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Remembering 9/11

More students, fewer programs

BY ALI BRABOY ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

The Academic an Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees met Wednesday to discuss increased enrollment, program elimination and faculty appointments.

Increased Enrollment Christophe Pierre, vice president for academic affairs, said the increased University enrollment and record-size freshman class is “good news.” The increases were announced by the University Tuesday. In Urbana, Chicago and Springfield combined, 76,166 are enrolled in the University. The count does not include all graduate, professional and online students, and University officials anticipate the number will reach 79,000 once all

students are accounted for, according to a University press release sent Tuesday.

P r e side nt T i mot hy Killeen said numbers are good, but faculty should remember this could mean more work.

“We have to do our part, I think, in administration, and I look forward to recognize that those classes need to be managed well,” he said. “And that the overall student experience does not diminish because of the numbers,” Killeen said.

Program Elimination Seven deg ree pro grams may be eliminated on the University campus, Provost Designate Edward Feser announced Wednesday.

Feser also said one pro-

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Student Senate discusses unmet financial needs ISS appoints liason to C-U community

Transportation and Urban Development and support for honoring former basketball coach Lou Henson.

Tuition costs

In twelve years, the average unmet financial need NEWS EDITOR for University students has Illinois Student Senate increased over $5,000, said met for the third time of the Mitch Dickey, student body school year Wednesday but president. had to delay any resolutions During his announcefor action. ments at the meeting, DickM a t t ey said he spoke with Hill, vice Dan Mann, presidentd i r e c ex ter n a l , tor of stusaid the dent finanstudent cial aid, to senate did talk about not distuition cuss the costs and scheduled resolutions student for action need.

MITCH DICKEY In 2003, because STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT he sa id the subthe avercommitage unmet tees have not been able to meet yet. need was $3,574. In 2014 The Internal Affairs com- the average unmet need was mittee will meet Sunday to $8,881; that is approximatediscuss the resolutions for ly $108 million of unmet action which include, creat- need across the University ing an ad-hoc committee for campus, Dickey said. mental health, creation of SEE ISS | 3A the Committee on Housing, ABIGALE SVOBODA

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Visitors gather around the National Sept. 11 Memorial in New York City. The memorial features two twin reflective pools that stand where the World Trade Center’s Towers were.

Running to respect victims of 9/11

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Most University students were between four and eight years old on 9/11, making them too young to vividly remember what is often regarded as the most devastating tragedy in recent U.S. history.

However, Sept. 11 still leaves many on campus with heavy hearts each year.

In hopes of honoring those lost on 9/11, members of the Illini Republicans will plant 2,977 American flags — one for each life lost — on the Main Quad Friday.

In addition to the flags, Chris Piper, president of Illini Republicans, said the group will still be out on the

Main Quad with an informational table, buttons and posters where people can write their memories of 9/11.

To memorialize and honor those lost on 9/11 in a more positive way, the University’s Naval ROTC program organized a 9/11 Commemoration Run. The 2.8 mile run will begin at Fourth and Armory Streets and end at the Illini Union, on the steps facing the Main Quad. The group especially encouraged veterans of the police, fire department and military to participate in the run but anyone is welcome. Runners will be escorted by two police squad cars and two

Strumming in September at Ellnora

Celebrate the history of guitars Thursday at Krannert Center for Performing Arts

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University’s important agricultural history, dedication merits student recognition

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“We’re trying to figure out how we can make the University more cost effective.”

Back-to-School Bus Tour stops

BY ALI BRABOY ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is scheduled to discuss disability resources Wednesday morning during his visit to the University.

Duncan’s visit is part of the sixth annual Back-toSchool Bus Tour.

He will discuss the changes and challenges in education while “highlighting the champions of reform — teachers, parents, community members and others.”

The 2015 tour theme is “Ready for Success” and will consist of 11 stops in seven states. Those on the tour will be honoring people who are increasing access and opportunity for students, according to the U.S. Department of Education web site.

Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, a professor of educational pol-

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9/11 specifically, the various ROTC branches on campus find ways to honor veterans throughout the year.

Leung said he believes people choose their own way to remember the events of 9/11, but the run is a way to recognize victims and those who served in a positive way.

“I think it’s good — any way you can draw attention for people to remember an event like that, which has so much significance to our country and basically led us along the road to several years of fighting,” Leung said. “I think it was a pivotal moment for our nation.”

Secretary of Education plans visit

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Gunnery Sergeant Christopher Nicholson said the run will be a slower, formation-style run during which runners will sing traditional military cadence to honor those who served. Nicholson said the Navy and Marine Corp. ROTC organize the run each year to raise awareness not only for the police, fire and military personnel who gave their lives on 9/11, but also for affected family and friends. “(9/11) is definitely something we’re still trying to remember,” Nicholson said.

Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Leung said although the run is the only event planned to commemorate

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On his Back-to-School Bus Tour, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will make 11 stops in seven different states.

Roosevelt Middle School Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Williamsfield Community Unit School District Williamsfield, Illinois

University of Illinois Champaign, Illinois

Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana

Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

North High School Des Moines, Iowa

Woodland Early Learning Center Kansas City, Missouri

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati, Ohio

Jeffersontown High Magnet Career Academy Louisville, Kentucky

University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky

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in the 800 block of East University Avenue.

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didn’t help. Instead of a high school diploma, the promising student earned a General Educational Development degree, or GED. More than any other subject, math trips up students who might otherwise thrive in college, especially those who don’t plan to go into technical careers that require profi ciency with numbers.

Failing the state’s math test keeps hundreds of students from graduating from high school each year, even when they’ve met

every other requirement.

Math is the reason why half of Washington’s high school students who enter community college must take remedial classes — which few ever pass, even after years of struggle.

A lot of effort has gone into thinking — and arguing — about how best to teach math, hoping to keep it from being such a barrier to higher education. But the math problem also has caused leaders of Washington’s community colleges to ask a fundamental question: How much math, and what kind, should be required for a student to earn a college degree?

Their answer, increasingly, is that there is no one answer.

Students who are studying to become nurses, social workers, early-childhood educators or carpenters may never use intermediate algebra, much less calculus. Yet for years, community colleges have used a one-size-fits-all math approach that’s heavy on algebra and preps students for calculus.

That’s starting to change in a few pioneering schools that are overhauling what math they teach and how they teach it. Some colleges, for example, have started to offer a math sequence that focuses on statistics, and persuaded

the state’s four-year colleges to accept it as a college math credit. Others are offering a learn-at-yourown-pace approach.

These experiments, to date, are small but encouraging. The word is spreading about algebra alternatives, many of which include the kind of math students are more likely to need, such as probability and margins of error in opinion polls. Students are flocking to such classes — and they’re passing at much higher rates.

One study found that a statistics-focused class, identical to one offered at Seattle Central College, had triple the success rate when compared with the traditional math sequence, and students fi nished math in half the time.

The vexing issue of students getting stuck in remedial math is not new.

It’s long been recognized as a problem, but one without a clear solution. Now colleges have models to try.

So far, 14 schools in Washington have made learn-at-your- own-pace math widely available.

Statway is offered at another three.

Seattle Central is one of 19 colleges nationally using Statway, which was developed by the Carnegie Foundation. (The founda-

tion has also developed a program called Quantway that uses math skills to solve real-world problems.)

DeYou ng, now 26, enrolled in Seattle Central’s version of that sequence last year, called Statway, but with the nagging concern that she’d soon hit a wall — just like in high school.

But that didn’t happen.

“In the fi rst quarter, I realized there isn’t something wrong with me,” DeYoung said. “I just needed a different approach.”

Even some Statway instructors say the class — while important — isn’t really a math class. Seattle Central instructor Bryan Johns, for example, thinks of the course as a logic and communications class because the math involved is so basic.

But it’s clearly helping students get beyond remedial math, and on to creditbearing courses.

The fi rst year Statway was offered at Seattle Central, 58 percent of students passed the three-class series. By the third year, 84 percent of students passed. By comparison, only between 11 and 15 percent of students who need to take remedial classes ever fi nish those courses, and complete one quarter of college math by the end of one year.

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UI ranks 41 in nation

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U.S. News and World Report released its annual college rankings Tuesday, ranking the University at 41st among all national universities.

“It’s always nice when external organizations recognize our achievements,” said Robin Kaler, campus spokesperson.

She added that the University likes to measure its success based on the success of students and alumni.

The 2015 ranking is a spot higher than the 42nd rank the University received in 2014.

This year, it tied with five other universities: Boston University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tulane University, University of California-Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

According to the report, the rankings are formulated based on first-year student retention, graduation rates and the strength of the faculty.

Additional methodology includes “quantitative measures that education experts have proposed as reliable indicators of academic quality.”

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He said the decision to

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ISS Unmet need is any living or tuition costs that are not met by financial aid or expected family contribution. Dickey said students then have to take out private loans or find external scholarships to cover their education costs.

Dickey said he will continue to work with Mann and hopes to have him give a presentation to the student senate about tuition and what financial aid is currently doing.

“We’re trying to figure

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EDUCATION icy, organization and leadership, said she plans to attend Duncan’s visit to campus. She said she believes members of the College of Education are excited and interested in what Duncan will share.

Zamani-Gallaher said she’s happy the University is one of the stops on Duncan’s tour and is curious to hear about the innovative ideas he has about student achievement.

Duncan was nominated to his position by President Barack Obama and approved by the U.S. Senate in January 2009. Before serving as secretary of education he was the chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools. During his time with CPS, Duncan focused on raising education standards and improving the quality of teachers in the public school system, according to the White House web site.

Ashley Kahn, president of the Epsilon Delta Professional Teaching Organization, said she hopes to attend Duncan’s visit. Kahn, senior in education, said she’s passionate about teaching and Illinois’ education system.

Kahn said she hopes Duncan discusses how teachers in Illinois can help students

U.S. News and World Report also notes that the rankings are based on research about what is important in education.

The report includes a summary of the application process, academic life, student life, campus services, cost and financial aid at each ranked university.

According to the report, the goal of the ranking is to

help prospective students learn more about colleges on their application short-list.

Princeton University topped the list for the third year in a row and Harvard was ranked second. Yale was ranked third and Columbia University, Stanford University and the University of Chicago all tied for fourth.

eliminate the programs was made by different University colleges because of a limited number of students in each program. The Board will vote on the proposal at its meeting Thursday in Urbana.

cially recommended two new faculty appointments which the board will vote on Thursday.

Wilson recommended Feser to serve as the interim vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost.

She said the recommendation is based on consultations with deans, faculty and students across the campus.

Wilson also recommended Kathleen Harleman,

director of Krannert Art Museum, as the acting dean of Fine and Applied Arts.

Finally, she recommended Bill Cubit to serve as the interim head varsity football coach.

Athletic Director Mike Thomas said the mood of the team is tremendous, “partly because they have a lot of confidence and appreciation for Coach Cubit.”

get issues, Dickey works on the Campus Budget Advisory Task Force, which was initiated by former chancellor Phyllis Wise over the summer.

“We’re trying to cut out some things in the budget that are maybe not as beneficial as they are costly.”

city council meetings and relay ideas to the council and report city concerns to the student senate.

Sam LeRoy, student senator, said working with the city councils is an opportunity for the University to better integrate with members of the community and help make their voices heard too.

“We shouldn’t think of the U of I as ending at Neil Street,” said Mark Glassgow, senior in LAS and Urbana native. “It’s a whole community.”

Appointments Though they have been in their roles for at least a week, Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson offiout how we can make the University more cost-effective for students and cost less for students,” he said.

Dickey has been active in lowering the cost of education during his time as student senate president. He spoke about college affordability to an Illinois senate committee on June 16. He also testified before the Illinois Senate Committee on Higher Education on May 19 to oppose Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed $16 million cuts to state funding for Amtrak.

To further combat increased unmet need and the pending University bud-

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ISS and C-U collaboration The student senators voted on two liaisons to the Champaign and Urbana city councils. Raneem Shamseldin, sophomore in LAS and Spencer Haydary, sophomore in LAS were elected. The senators will attend

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Seattle teachers, staff picket

BY JESSICA LEE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

SEATTLE — Teachers across Seattle took to the picket lines Wednesday as thousands of parents seek child care options and leaders of Seattle Public Schools consider legal action to end a strike that’s the first of its kind in 30 years.

Me a nwh i le, S e at t le school officials have canceled school Thursday, but also said the two sides will return to the bargaining table that day.

Teachers announced their walkout Tuesday evening, just before the Seattle School Board voted to authorize the superintendent to go to court to try to force them back to work.

Engineering instructor Doug Hartley was among dozens of Cleveland High School employees who cheered for honking cars and waved picket signs saying “On Strike!” at South Lucile Street and 15th Avenue South on Wednesday morning.

They started marching down the street at 8:25 a.m., with Hartley giving directions and passing out Seattle Education Association union garb and signs.

“It doesn’t seem like we’re getting much respect from the district. It isn’t about the money or anything else; it’s respect,” he said.

Hartley has been a Seattle School District employee for more than two decades. And after years of settling for what he called “subpar contracts,” he said teachers aren’t going to “roll over” anymore.

“We’ve been putting up for so much for so long. At some point, it’s the tipping point,” he said. “This isn’t vacation for us. … I don’t know how many weeks or months it’s going to take. I hope it doesn’t last forever.”

Biology teacher Mike Shaw said that by raising compensation for teachers the district might lower its turnover rate. Teachers are coming to the area to gain experience, he said,

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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks at a discussion. Duncan will visit the University campus the week of Sept. 14 for the Back-to-School Bus Tour. be more prepared for college. She is also interested in problems that arise from standardized testing in Illinois, specifically for students with disabilities. Kahn said she felt prepared for college after high school, but her experience student teaching made her feel that students from urban areas, similar to the Champaign-Urbana

area, are more likely not to earn high school diplomas and experience violence in school.

She said she hopes to find out how to help more students in cities be successful and want to graduate from high school and eventually graduate from college as well.

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California Assembly approves right-to-die legislation SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly on Wednesday approved a measure that would allow physicians in the state to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients, sending the proposal to the Senate, which had previously approved a similar bill.

Modeled on a law in Oregon, the measure by Democratic Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman sparked an emotional debate, with many Republicans saying it is immoral to assist in

a suicide, but with supporters arguing that terminally ill Californians should have a choice to die peacefully without pain.

“I am committed to this issue of people being able to die on their own terms,” said Eggman, a university professor with expertise in end-of-life care.

The legislation passed by a vote of 42-33 after Assembly members offered passionate, often deeply personal, arguments both in favor and against the bill.

NYC requires chain restaurants to post warnings NEW YORK — New York became the first U.S. city or state to require chain restaurants to post a warning on menus when dishes contain high levels of salt.

The Board of Health on Wednesday unanimously approved the rule for food establishments with at least 15 locations nationwide, a group that generates about a third of the city’s restaurant traffic. The rule is intended to reduce high blood pressure, which increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes, the Health Department said.

“High sodium intake is

dangerous,” the Health Department said in a statement. “With a simple menu icon and statement to alert restaurant customers which items have exceedingly high sodium, New Yorkers will have easily accessible information.”

The Board of Health decision, which carries the force of law, requires restaurants to identify any offerings with more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium, the recommended daily limit. Beginning Dec. 1, dishes exceeding the limit will bear a warning label: an icon of a salt shaker inside a triangle.

Illinois Lottery sued for not paying winnings due to state budget impasse CHICAGO — A pair of lottery winners have filed a federal lawsuit against the Illinois Lottery, which still is selling tickets despite its inability to pay prizes greater than $25,000 until state lawmakers pass a budget.

“How the heck can they do this, and they’re still selling tickets?” said Homer Glen, Ill., resident Rhonda Rasche, 48, who is still waiting for the $50,000 she won in July from a $3 scratchoff ticket. “If I was the one ELLEN M. BANNER TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Bean Yogi, a post-secondary counselor at Nova High School in Seattle, leads others as they picket in front of their school on Wednesday. and then often move to other places where the pay is higher.

“It’s time for teachers to get paid what they are worth,” Shaw said. “It’s time for Seattle schools to say it with money.”

Members of the union that represents about 5,000 Seattle teachers and other school employees voted Thursday to strike if they failed to reach a consensus with district officials on contract agreements before school was supposed to start.

District officials and union leaders have said bargaining will continue, even amid the strike.

The two sides have been in contract talks for months. They reached agreement on a number

of issues over the Labor Day weekend, including a guaranteed 30 minutes of recess for elementary students and increased pay for certified and classified substitute teachers.

Unresolved issues include pay increases and increased instructional time.

The district wants to add 30 minutes to the school day, saying that will increase student achievement and allow more time for physical education, arts and music.

And the district says it has provided raises to teachers over the past several years, even when the state wasn’t providing cost-of-living increases, and said its salary proposal would keep Seattle teachers among the highest paid in the state.

A little before noon, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray spoke at Van Asselt Community Center, thanking its staff for scrambling to help cover families’ child care needs.

Murray dipped his hands in wet starch with the kids to shape bouncy balls, joking that the kids, who were at the center for the school day, were better at the task than he was.

The mayor said he was encouraged that both the school district and the teachers’ union were continuing to talk. He said he didn’t intend to get involved in the negotiations, but said that education funding is a “multi-decade crisis” in Washington and said he wasn’t surprised that the teachers voted to strike.

selling raffle tickets and I didn’t pay, I would be sued or in jail or both. I feel like it’s fraud.”

Last month, the lottery made national headlines after it confirmed that state law barred it from paying prizes larger than $25,000 because the legislature must authorize the state comptroller to cut the checks. Lottery officials said they were still able to pay amounts of $25,000 or less.

Australia to take in 12,000 more refugees from Syria and Iraq Australia will nearly double its humanitarian refuge quota to take in another 12,000 Syrians and Iraqis this year, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Wednesday in a major policy shift.

Abbott’s government has been sharply criticized by human rights advocates for its rigid ceiling on granting asylum and for outsourcing the care and shelter of refugees to squalid camps in Papua New Guinea.

The government also came under fire in May over reports that the Australian navy had paid smugglers to turn back a boat full of Asian migrants.

As recently as Sunday,

Abbott said the annual quota of granting asylum to 13,750 would not be expanded in spite of the worldwide outcry for prosperous nations to take in more of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people fleeing the chaos of Syria’s civil war and Islamic State terror.

Australia also will contribute an additional $32 million to refugee relief work carried out by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the prime minister announced. That brings Australia’s contribution to about $170 million this year, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

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ur university’s connection to corn gets a lot of laughs. We joke about living “in the middle of a corn field” and the significance of the Morrow Plots is often lost on the suburban and city kids that populate the University.

It’s time we give that corn a little more respect.

In the shadow of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s visit, it’s time to appreciate what farming means to our state and perhaps give the institution more praise in relation to its farming roots — pun intended.

The University, not to mention our state, would be nothing without that corn.

Our history as a university lies in agriculture. We were founded thanks to the Morrill Act as a landgrant school with a focus on teaching farmers.

According to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, about 75 percent of land in Illinois is dedicated to agriculture. This includes about 74,300 farms growing mainly corn and soybeans.

If these numbers don’t impress you, then consider the state’s economy. Agriculture is a $19 billion a year industry in the state.

Of that, 54 percent comes from corn.

Billions of additional dollars flow in from industries that support these farms like machinery and real-estate.

As a state we export around $8.2 billion worth of agricultural goods to other countries.

So, yeah, corn is pretty important.

Chicago is our state’s biggest distraction from corn. It is a hub of international business, entertainment, politics and social change. Chicago keeps the state afloat, but not more so than agricultural areas.

Students coming from the suburbs and city are used to the city life and have the notion that Chicago is the core of Illinois.

They come down to our rural university and have a mini culture shock. There isn’t noise pollution coming from the Midway or O’Hare airports. There isn’t a strip mall every 15 minutes. The high schools are small and the library is underground to avoid bothering the corn that’s in the middle of campus.

When you’re coming from one of the country’s largest cities just a few hours away, where you are used to a fast paced life and constant movement, all of the agricultural focus can seem a little strange.

Suburban and city kids grow up thinking of Illinois as being Chicago and then just a bunch of corn.

Well, that’s what it is, but those rows and rows of corn that line Route 57 on the way to Champaign are the reason why the University at the end of that car trip even exists.

So the next time the urge to make a corn joke strikes, remember that our university and state would be nothing without it.

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A NEW IPHONE EVERY DAY MAKES THE CUSTOMERS STAY

NOT-SO-SUPER BOWL HALFTIME

Apple released the iPhone 6S yesterday and it seems pretty...similar to the regular iPhone 6, honestly. In all seriousness, it isn’t even surprising when Apple reveals a new product anymore. Obviously all the new features cause a frenzy, but until they release an iPhone that’s water proof with a more crack-resistant screen, we’ll remain unenthused.

Quieting most hope of Taylor Swift or One Direction slaying at the 50th Super Bowl, rumor has it Bruno Mars might make a reappearance. While nothing has been confirmed, Billboard and Entertainment Weekly have both said he might be back — either as a guest, curator of acts or headliner. Can’t we get some young blood — or maybe sing some “Bad Blood” — instead?

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FROM ‘REAL’ DOCTOR TO LOVE DOCTOR

As if we needed more fodder to reason why we are an amazing school, The U.S. School and News Report released their ranking of the best colleges and universities in the country and the University was rated number 41, bumping up one spot from last year.

Number one party school in the country, number four engineering school in the world and 41st nationally overall. You really can have it all, folks.

For those of you still reeling over Patrick Dempsey’s surprise Grey’s Anatomy exit, find solace in this: He has landed his first role since leaving the show. He is in final negotiations to appear in the third installment of the Bridget Jones’s Diary franchise, which will be titled Bridget Jones’s Baby. While this news is exciting, the bigger question is: There’s going to be a third Bridget Jones movie?!

‘Fat Shaming’ mean, ineffective STEPHANIE YOUSSEF Opinions columnist

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aving been an opinions columnist for several semesters, I have come to learn that the most effective way to convey an opinion is through discussion and debate, not through shock value like some may believe. This lesson in persuasion is something that YouTube comedian Nicole Arbour could learn from.

This week, Arbour garnered a slew of negative attention on social media when she posted a video called “Dear Fat People,” where she admonishes what she sees as a culture of fat acceptance.

“Are you gonna tell the doctor that they’re being mean and fat shaming you when they say you have f-ing heart disease?”

“Shame people who have bad habits until they stop.”

“If we offend you so much that you lose weight I’m OK with that. I’ll sleep at night.”

“It just means you’re too fat and you should stop eating.”

These are only a few of the inflammatory comments featured in Arbour’s highly controversial video.

She claimed that her video

and its message were aimed at helping obese individuals, but many remained unconvinced. The video was met with harsh criticism and claims that her words are harmful to individuals with body issues. YouTube administrators even temporarily suspended Arbour’s channel due to the nature of the video’s message.

Arbour told Buzzfeed that the responses were just “ridiculous outrage to a comedy video that has a bit too much truth in the jokes for (viewer’s) personal taste.”

In my opinion, there is not a fine line between honest and offensive. This isn’t to say that comedy cannot mention relevant social topics like obesity.

Often the most effective comedy references current issues and brings to light controversial matters facing society.

But that’s not what this video was. It feels wrong to call it “comedy.”

An article titled “‘Fat

Shaming’ actually increases the risk of becoming or staying obese, new study says” on nbcnews.com referred to a study conducted by Florida State University College of Medicine.

According to the study, “stigmatizing overweight people leads to psychological factors that are likely to contribute to weight gain,” for example, depression or binge eating.

The outrage over Arbour’s video is not because she speaks the truth without mincing her words.

It’s because she is wrong; You can’t shame others into being skinny, and being offensive will likely get you nowhere.

Her failure to successfully convince viewers that she’s advocating for a greater good speaks to the misconception she has on how to construct an argument and, frankly, how to be funny.

I initially couldn’t stand to sit through the six minute rant because the sound

You can’t shame others into being skinny, and being offensive will likely get you nowhere.

of her high, shrill voice and pompous demeanor came off as incredibly annoying and arrogant. Thus, it comes as no surprise that her greatest glimpse at popularity hinges on shock value and controversy.

An important detail to point out here is that YouTube should not have censored Arbour by shutting down her channel, even if temporarily. Her video did not violate the terms and conditions of the site and she had every freedom to use her First Amendment rights to speak her mind.

Instead of trying to shut down Arbour’s channel and silence her, Arbour and her viewers should take this video as a great example of how not to present an argument and should see the video as an example of insensitivity and offensiveness.

When you dig deep enough into Arbour’s video, an underlying message advocating for a healthy lifestyle and maintaining a healthy weight is an innately good message. Unfortunately, any chance Arbour had at furthering this message is clouded by her cruel metaphors and unsubstantiated claims of how to deal with obesity.

Stephanie is a senior in LAS. syousse2@dailyillini.com

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Reading for everyone

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Lakesha Sims, who took part in literacy classes while serving time in the Cook County Jail, volunteers as a tutor in a literacy class for adults at Literacy Chicago on August 12.

Former inmates help others learn to read BARBARA BROTMAN TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE CHICAGO — It could have been a game show or a variation of Hangman.

A word on a whiteboard, a highly vocal studio audience and at the front, with markers in hands, LakeSha Sims and Tracy Cisero running the game.

The game was adults learning how to read.

Word by word, on the board in a room at Literacy Chicago.

FREQUENTLY. PROPHESIED. And PULCHRITUDE, because the class members, who pick the words, sometimes like to give tutor Rob Shindler a hard time.

The class was filled with the kind of adults who regularly seek help from Literacy Chicago — adults who for a variety of reasons never learned to read and have swallowed embarrassment and fear to learn now.

But Sims and Cisero were a new kind of tutor.

They have just finished serving sentences for felonies at Cook County Jail.

Shindler, a longtime volunteer at Literacy Chicago and an attorney, wasn’t looking for tutors when he began teaching at Division 17, the jail’s therapeutic treatment program for women, 18 months ago at the

invitation of a jail psychologist.

He assumed he would be teaching the women how to read.

“So I wrote the letters AEIOU on the board,” he said.

“And they started laughing at me.”

It turned out that many of them already knew how to read — some of them well. Sims attended DeVry University, where she is proud to say she earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering.

So why had they come to a class on literacy?

Sims, 36, who was serving a 120-day sentence for identity theft, had hoped to learn some tips for teaching her dyslexic daughter.

Cisero, 46, whose 120day sentence was for violation of probation on an earlier retail theft conviction, had been bored on a Wednesday afternoon.

“I was embarrassed,” Shindler said. “I thought I didn’t have a purpose or place with these ladies. Then someone said, ‘You know, I have an uncle, and everyone in the family knows he can’t read. He holds the menu, then says, I’ll have what you have.’

“Then, someone else chimed in, ‘I have a son at home who can’t read.’ Then everyone chimed in. Everyone had a story about knowing someone who can’t read.”

“Someone said, ‘Teach us to be able to teach someone else,’” he said.

Every Wednesday afternoon, the tutors sat with a fel-

low inmate to work on reading.

Sims and Cisero loved it.

Cisero, who hadn’t picked up a book since she graduated high school, found herself learning along with her student. “Now I know how to break big words down,” she said.

They were released from jail at the end of June. Both immediately began volunteering as tutors in Shindler’s weekly class at Literacy Chicago, which he has dubbed, along with the jail class, Chiread.

“They’ve been a joy,” said Richard Dominguez, executive director of Literacy Chicago. “They’re really excellent, both of them.”

Shindler is delighted, and somewhat humbled, to see the women he met in jail become the tutors he works with.

“I saw the DOC on their backs and I presumed ... that they had some reading issues,” he said. He will not make such assumptions again, he vowed.

Several more women in the jail class are being released and plan to volunteer at Literacy Chicago, he said, including a woman who reads at a thirdgrade level.

“We’re trying to create this army of tutors, but everyone always says the same thing: ‘I don’t have time. I don’t know how to do it,’” he said.

“We could teach anyone how to teach someone to read in less than an hour. If someone sitting in jail can learn to become a tutor, then why can’t you?”

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Derrick Powell, taxidermist and co-owner of Master Taxidermy Studio, does detail work on a Florida black bear that he was preparing at his shop on Aug. 18 in Ocoee, Fla.

BY SUSAN JACOBSON TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE OCOEE, Fla. — The workshop at Master Taxidermy Studio looks like a cross between an antique tool shop and a medieval torture chamber.

The windowless room, with antlers and driftwood hanging from the high ceiling, teems with clamps, drills, saws, scalpels, screwdrivers, scissors and tools handmade by coowner Derrick Powell and his granddad.

One is a spoon with a bent handle that Powell uses to remove eyeballs. He replaces them with glass versions.

Watching Powell use the spoon and some of his sharper equipment is not for the faint of heart. But for him and partner Sherri Brady, it beats working for someone else.

“I have a passion for it,” said Powell, 28, whose nickname is “Ducky.” “It’s what I like to do.”

Business at the studio is picking up with the Florida alligator-hunting and South Carolina deer-hunting seasons in full swing, said Brady, 51, Powell’s mother-in-law.

Florida’s first bear hunt in 21 years, coming up in October, also is expected to bring in customers, she said.

The studio, nestled between a hair-and-nail salon and an antiques store in downtown Ocoee, was opened in 1972 by Powell’s grandparents, John and Judy Bartoletti. They retired five years ago.

Hunting is big business in Florida. The annual economic impact in the state is $1.6 billion, according to state officials. Recreational freshwater fishing brings in another $1.7 billion, and recreational saltwater fishing is worth $7.6 billion.

“The majority of taxidermists are some of the biggest animal lovers in the world,” said Trina Pritchard, president of the Florida State Taxidermists Association. “I can harvest a turkey for food, and I can put it back together. I can look at it forever and it’s beautiful.

It’s art.”

Last week, Powell worked on the pelt of a nuisance black bear that had been euthanized.

He posed the bear on its hind legs, then wrapped his arms around the animal’s waist and gave it a squeeze that looked like the Heimlich maneuver.

Next he shaped its empty right eye socket with a small knife, fluffed its fur with an air hose and smoothed its coat with his palms.

Powell has a backlog of deer heads, safari specimens and other animals in the freezer, but he can work only so fast. It can take six months, including tanning, to complete one display, although actual work time ranges from six to 30 hours, depending on the animal.

Master Taxidermy’s clients include weekend sportsmen, big-game hunters and education centers.

Greg Walker, a customer for two decades, said hunters typically make trophies of animals that have special meaning, whether it’s a first deer or the biggest fish.

“They make it look like it was when you brought it to them,” said Walker.

The fine work of sewing, molding and grooming begins after the flesh is removed with a wire wheel and the hides are cleaned with a pressure washer, dried and glued to a polyurethane-foam form that can be posed in a wide range of positions.

Powell learned his skills from his grandfather starting when he was 13 — no formal training is required — but he grew up hunting, fishing and cleaning game before he was old enough to go to school. The head of a kudu, an African antelope he shot on a safari, won a blue ribbon in a taxidermy contest and is mounted in the studio, the peach color and black spots in its ears painstakingly restored.

“I like the art of creating something, taking it and making it look alive again,” Powell said, who lives in Clermont.

Prices vary. Brady did not want to be specific for competitive reasons, but a black bear can cost more than $3,000 and a lion more than $5,000. Turkeys, which have freeze-dried, hand-painted heads, ducks and shoulder-mounted deer run in the hundreds of dollars.

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A R O N L L E y t i S R E v i d f O d R campus O o t h s d c n e E g hra brings guitar le t g N i m m ellno StRtu f o s r a e y en

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tretching back to the 16th century, the guitar has evolved as much as the timeline of human history.

Originating from what was once called a long-neck lute, today’s modern counterpart has developed into the backbone of all musical genres.

Music lovers can continue to celebrate this diversity and evolution of the instrument at the three-day Ellnora Guitar Festival starting Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

This is the sixth year of the biennial event.

Founded in 2005 by Krannert Center Director Mike Ross and musician and music curator David Spelman, the two have put emphasis on making this festival a time for individuals of all walks of life to gather and celebrate music; a philosophy that Ross said was heavily influenced by Ellnora Krannert, a co-donator of the Krannert Center and the inspiration behind the festival’s name. “(Ellnora Krannert) loved the idea of a communal gathering touchstone, mix-it-all-up kind of space, and that’s very much in the spirit of our guitar festival,” Ross said. “And that is a core value that we hold near and dear throughout our entire season (of performances).”

The festival has continuously maintained lineups that feature artists of varying genres and backgrounds — guitar legends such as Buddy Guy and Taj Mahal, to emerging artists like Colin Davin and Jessica Lea Mayfield. This variety of artists allows the festival to market to an audience of all eras and genres, targeting a multi-generational, multigenre, multi-aesthetic crowd, Ross explained.

“My favorite thing about Ellnora is the way it brings people together. Even though (Ellnora features) big name people like Los Lobos, the whole concert and vibe is really intimate and close knit,” said Callie Miller, a senior at Champaign Central High School. “The intimate concerts from people you’ve never heard of are sometimes the best ones.”

The sophisticated curiosity of the community has heavily contributed to Ellnora’s target audience, according to Spelman, who currently resides in New York City and is also the founder and artistic director of the New York Guitar Festival.

To develop such a diverse lineup, Spelman said the way he selects artists is similar to that of another art curator, Hans-Ulrich Obrist.

“Obrist describes his process as ‘see art, meet the artists, produce their shows to meet other artists and produce their shows in turn,’ and I think that can describe our process (for Ellnora),” he said.

Spelman said he believes that because the community finds the Krannert Center to be a place for discovery, this becomes a privilege that allows himself and Ross to take risks with the festival, building a relationship between the audience and their curatorial approach.

And with that risk, Ellnora Festival is able to produce a lineup that features this year’s myriad of artists, such as Drive-By Truckers, Los Lobos, Punch Brothers, Bucky Pizzarelli and many more, exploring into the musical realms of jazz, bluegrass, rock, country and more.

“Depending on your perspective, it may seem very odd for a University performing arts center to be producing this kind of event,” Ross said. “But I believe that the spirit of this festival and the core values that (Ellnora) stands for are of real potential value to the students of this University, to the people of this community and across the region.”

This especially rings true to the effort that the festival has made in performance affordability for the students of the University, who can attend festival performances either for free or for $10, depending on the artist.

“The first year that they had (Ellnora), it was more just about the shows,” Miller said, who has attended every Ellnora since its inception in 2005.

“Now, it’s about the liveliness and the free concerts and the art.”

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GAME 2:

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Illinois prepared for in-state FCS rival

BY MICHAL DWOJAK STAFF WRITER

After a two-week span that included the firing of the Illinois football team’s head coach and the postponement of its season opener, the focus is about the product on the field.

Quarterback Wes Lunt hopes things calm down after the chaos of the last couple of weeks. Although head coach Bill Cubit acknowledged that the whole season won’t be like the adreline rush the Illini have experienced so far, he also warned against becoming too comfortable.

“I don’t think there’s ever normalcy, because you’re always on edge,” Cubit said.

“I don’t think there are any issues we’ve had last week so it’s a little bit better, but as soon as you relax, something’s going to come up.”

Illinois’ 52-3 rout over Kent State showed the potential this season’s team has.

Most of the starters were taken out after the first half because the Illini lead 38-0.

But the game wasn’t perfect.

The team committed eight penalties for 80 yards during the game, five of which were pre-snap penalties.

The large lead also presented playing time for young players. Of the 29 pass attempts thrown by three different passers — Wes Lunt, Chayce Crouch and yes, cor-

nerback V’Angelo Bentley — 14 were caught. Young wide receivers like Sam Mays and Desmond Cain were guilty of dropping some passes but Cubit reiterated his confidence in their ability to learn quickly.

Young players will also need to adapt to the speed of the regular season. The Illini have had a week to prepare for Western Illinois, rather than an entire offseason, which they used to prepare for Kent State. Each player will need to balance watching film, workouts and school, which might be difficult for underclassmen.

“I think some of the young guys will be shocked by the speed of the implementation of the offenses and defenses, they’re going to have to catch up,” Cubit said. “It’s going to be an education process for us.”

The Illini will face an in-state rival that had little trouble beating Eastern Illinois to start the season.

The Leathernecks defeated the FCS-No. 25 Panthers 33-5 in impressive fashion.

Quarterback Trenton Norvell, a transfer from Cincinnati, completed 18-of-35 passes for 189 yards, one touchdown and one interception, and running backs Steve McShane and Devon Moore combined for 118 yards and two touchdowns.

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Illinois’ Josh Ferguson runs the ball down the field during the game against Kent State at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The Illini won 52-3.

Western Illinois’ defense allowed Eastern’s passing game 153 yards and forced three interceptions.

Despite the rout of Kent State and Western Illinois’ FCS status, Illinois players know they can’t overlook the Leathernecks. There’s an increased motivation because Western Illinois is an in-state rival and the players are motivated by the athletic department’s motto:

Our State. Our Team.

“We do a good job of treating everybody the same,” Taylor Barton said. “We didn’t overlook Kent State at all, so we won’t overlook Western Illinois, we won’t overlook UNC, won’t overlook anybody. Each week is a new week and we have to get ready.”

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Quick facts: Illinois will face Western Illinois for the second time in school history — Illinois won the only matchup.

Hidden stat: The Illini will try to start the season 2-0 for the third straight season.

Bentley’s skills big asset

BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER

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Illinois’ V’Angelo Bentley (2) on the sideline during the game against Kent State at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

V’Angelo Bentley is a team player. He’s quick to praise his teammates, his brothers. But he’s also quick to defend what he does best.

While highlighting Clayton Fejedelem’s touchdownstopping run Saturday against Kent State, Bentley was asked who was faster: Fejedelem or him?

“Nah, I’m faster,” the 5-foot-10-inch, soft-spoken Bentley said with a laugh.

It’s this quickness that can excite a stadium at any moment and has garnered respect from his coaches.

“He’s so natural,” said special teams’ coordinator Alex Golesh. “He sees and feels things as a returner.

As a kick returner, it’s relatively easy. But, as a punt returner, you got to have something about you to know ‘Hey, when I look down ... when you look away from the coverage unit, I might get sacked.’ And to me, that takes a different kind of kid.

I couldn’t do it.”

The star defensive back and returner needs just 116 kick return yards to break Pierre Thomas’ Illinois career record of 1,495 yards. Bentley currently ranks third on Illinois’ alltime list.

But that isn’t Bentley’s only contribution to the Illi-

ni history books.

He is the first Illinois player in school history to record kick, punt, interception and fumble returns for TDs in his career. Perhaps his most important return ever was a returned fumble recovery for a touchdown against Minnesota on Homecoming last season. Bentley squirted out of a scrum of bodies and scampered into the end zone to give the Illini an enormous win.

On Saturday, Bentley recorded 85 punt return yards and 25 kickoff return yards. He didn’t play much at cornerback.

When looking at his punt return game, Bentley said the team talks in terms of net punts: how far their opponent is punting and how far they are returning the ball. Against Kent State, Illinois returned 83 yards compared to Kent State’s 361 yards punted.

Not getting much defensive playing time, Bentley was blunt about what he needs to do this season for his return game.

“In my return game, I’ve got to get in the end zone,” Bentley said. “I don’t know what else to do but that.”

To do just that, head coach Bill Cubit has emphasized how key Bentley’s role is to the Illini. Cubit has talked more with Golesh about find-

ing ways to set Bentley up behind his blockers.

“A lot of teams don’t practice that as much because it’s a safe play,” Cubit said.

“You just want to field the ball and such. For us, it’s a big offensive play because of him.”

Cubit added that Bentley brings to special teams what running back Josh Ferguson does to the offense in terms of excitement. For both players he said, “you’re out of your seat and ready for a big play when they get the ball.”

It’s a talent Golesh has noticed and has stressed with his special teamers.

“We rally around V a lot,” Golesh said. “We talk about on punt returns, on kick return-block for a purpose.

Block for V to spring one.

The energy that a big return creates, maybe you don’t even realize it, is immense ... He just being out there creates an energy. You know every time he just touches the ball as a returner he can take it to the house.”

For Bentley, part of being a good teammate is always bringing that momentum.

“That’s what you do when you’re back there at returner. You’re supposed to be an electrifying guy and that’s what I want to be.”

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Playing it safe to avoid injury this game, which is the point of a non-conference FCS matchup if you’re Illinois.

The hidden landmines for the Illini are the bumps and bruises star players might get.

Remember Texas State in 2014?

That’s when Wes Lunt got hurt for the first time.

Cubit has already demonstrated he is not overly worried about padding Lunt’s, Josh Ferguson’s or Mason Monheim’s stats. He should take that mentality into Saturday with him and have it in the back of his mind all day.

If the Illini are beating the Leathernecks by three possessions or more at halftime, the first stringers should be riding the pine for the rest of the day.

Many have remarked that this is the deepest team of the Beckman/Cubit era, but an injury to a key player like Lunt, Ferguson, Monheim or

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eating Kent State was good for the Illinois football team. Duh. It was a morale booster for head coach Bill Cubit, for his players and for the Illini fan base. Wes Lunt performed, the defense performed and despite the scorching heat, most people in orange went home happy.

Oh, and no one got hurt — no one, zero, zilch, nada. James Crawford went to the locker room in the second half because of some problems with the heat but returned after 20 minutes and according to Cubit, is fine.

Illinois should thrash Western Illinois because, well, the Illini are better.

I don’t know anyone who thinks Western is favored in

SEE INJURY | 3B

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MINNESOTA @ COLORADO STATE 2:30 p.m WASHINGTON STATE @ RUTGERS 2:30 p.m EASTERN ILLINOIS @ NORTHWESTERN 3 p.m.

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ILLINOIS

WESTERN ILLINOIS

RECEIVERS

Redshirt junior Wes Lunt and redshirt freshman Chayce Crouch combined for five thrown touchdowns in the season opener against Kent State Saturday. Each touchdown was thrown to a different receiver. Senior Geronimo Allison led the Illini in receiving yards, collecting 57 yards on the day. No receiver had more than two catches, as ten different Illini were targeted. Lunt connected with Allison, sophomore Marchie Murdock, junior Tyler White and senior Josh Ferguson for touchdowns, while Crouch and freshman Sam Mays connected for the pair’s first career touchdowns.

Last year, Allison ranked 15th in the Big Ten in receiving yards per game (49.8) and 19th in receptions per game (3.4).

CORNER BACKS

Xavier Rowe and Timothy Smith combined for nine total tackles in the team’s 33-5 victory over Eastern Illinois last week. Both suffered injuries last year as freshmen, causing them to redshirt.

High School Highlights: Smith registered nine interceptions and returned two for a touchdown during his junior season at Morgan Park high school in Chicago.

Rowe lettered in football, track and basket during his days at Oak Park RiverForest high school. The two freshmen will have the task of shutting down Illinois’ top receivers on Saturday.

Of note: Middle linebacker Brett Taylor had one interception return for a touchdown in the Leatherback’s season opener.

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ILLINOIS QB Wes Lunt 12 RB Josh Ferguson 6 WR-X Geronimo Allison 8 WR-T Marchie Murdock 16 WR-Z Malik Turner 11 TE Tyler White 87 LT Austin Schmidt 57 LG Chris Boles 55 C Joe Spencer 71 RG Ted Karras 69 RT Christian DiLauro 67

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DL Jihad Ward 17 NT Chunky Clements 11 DT Rob Bain 16 LEO Dawuane Smoot 91 WLB Mason Monheim 43 MLB T.J. Neal Jr. 52 STAR Eric Finney 14 CB V’Angelo Bentley 2 SS Taylor Barton 3 FS Clayton Fejedelem 20 CB Eaton Spence 27

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EYE ON THE ILLINI: WES LUNT Wes Lunt had a standout performance a year ago in his Illini debut, and the start of his 2015 season was no different. Against Kent State, Lunt went 11-19 for 162 yards and four touchdowns — each was thrown to a different receiver. With the four touchdowns, he totals 18 touchdowns in his Illini career with only three interceptions. Lunt’s career efficiency rating of 145.8 is on pace to break the Illinois school record.

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QB Trenton Norvell 14 RB Devon Moore 28 WR Lance Lenoir 7 WR Joey Borsellino 1 WR J’Vaugn Williams 15 TE Taylor Hill 89 LT Josh Baldus 55 LG Ryan Ricketts 63 C Jacob Judd 66 RG James Torgerson 77 RT Matt Zobrist 73

DE John LaChapelle 96 DT Kris Harley 92 DT Gavin Ricketts 98 DE Eddy Holtschlag 99 WLB Adam Brott 35 MLB Brett Taylor 44 SLB Brad Blumenshine 27 CB Xavier Rowe 6 SS David Griffith 38 FS Aaron Diggs 5 CB Timothy Smith 3

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PASSING Wes Lunt 11-19, 162 yards, 4 TD

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RUSHING Josh Ferguson 12 carries, 76 yards, 1 TD Ke’Shawn Vaughn 11 carries, 43 yards, 1 TD

RECEIVING Geronimo Allison 2 catches, 57 yards, 1 TD Marchie Murdock 2 catches, 42 yards, 1 TD Sam Mays 2 catches, 37 yards, 1 TD Tyler White 2 catches, 15 yards, 1 TD

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The Fighting Leathernecks opened up the season at home last week against Eastern Illinois. Junior Lance Lenoir, Jr. shined for Western Illinois, catching a touchdown pass and racking up a career high of all-purpose yards on the day. Western Illinois took advantage of the Panthers’ three interceptions and two fumbles Thursday night in its 33-5 victory.

EYE ON THE ENEMY: WESTERN ILLINOIS LANCE LENOIR, JR.

HISTORY THE LAST TIME THE TEAMS MET...

Saturday marks the second-ever meeting between the Illini and the Leathernecks. Illinois came out on top 21-0 in 2007.

DID YOU KNOW? Illinois is 14-0 all-time against public universities in Illinois.

Special teams Lance Lenoir, Jr. set a career high in all-purpose yards in Western Illinois’ opening game against Eastern Illinois on Saturday. Of the junior’s 280 yards, 156 came on kickoff and punt returns. His 280 all-purpose yards were the second-highest total in NCAA Division I FCS on the weekend. 105 of his returning yards came off of two kickoffs, while the other 51 yards came from three punt returns. Lenoir, Jr. was named MVFC Player of the Week for the second time in his collegiate career.

Steve McShane 14 carries, 52 yards Devon Moore 23 carries, 33 yards, 2 TD

RECEIVING Lance Lenoir, Jr. 10 catches, 124 yards, 1 TD Joey Borsellino 4 catches, 36 yards

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OCT. 17 VS. NORTHERN IOWA

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SEPT. 12 AT. ILLINOIS

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NOV. 14 AT INDIANA STATE

OCT. 10 VS SOUTH DAKOTA

NOV. 21 VS. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

FROM 2B

INJURY V’Angelo Bentley and this season’s prospects change dramatically.

It’s football 101 to keep your stud horses in the barn when they don’t need to be on the track, and Cubit probably knows that. But in the heat of

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the moment, when it would be fun to see one more Lunt-toGeronimo Allison touchdown, sometimes you don’t go with your gut.

Cubit needs to go with his gut Saturday.

The other thing the Illini need this weekend is a strong performance from their special teams.

Taylor Zalewski is perfect

on kicks this season — seven extra points and one field goal — but booted a kickoff out of bounds. He’s off to a better start than last year but needs to demonstrate he can consistently be relied upon, because when Big Ten season rolls around, a field goal can be the difference — just ask David Reisner.

Ryan Frain was also a nice

surprise against Kent State.

Filling in for former punter extraordinaire Justin Duvernois.

Keeping up their momentum from Kent State is key, but it really doesn’t matter that the Illini beat the Leathernecks by as many points as possible. Thirty points should be more than enough to win the game, and they should be able

to reach that total by halftime.

Get in Chayce Crouch and let him run around a bit — Bill Cubit told him “not to try and win the Heisman” when he put him in Saturday — and that will be enough entertainment for everyone.

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ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

ILLINOIS VS. THE UPSET After everything went right against Kent State, nothing would slow down the momentum of the season more than losing to Western. It would mark the first time Illinois ever lost to an FCS or 1-AA team. It would bring back the dreaded talks of how the program looks to be in shambles, the ongoing investigation and firing of Beckman. Western is set up

with one of the tougher schedules in the FCS and already completed an upset in their first game when they cruised past Eastern Illinois, who was ranked 25th in the FCS, and were favored to beat the Leathernecks. The Illini can’t be complacent. If they do, their domination against Kent State will quickly fade away.

ILLINOIS D-LINE VS. WESTERN O-LINE

V’ANGELO BENTLEY VS. LANCE LENOIR JR.

The only shortcoming of an otherwise fantastic defensive performance for the Illini was the pass rush. The Illini only got one sack: from Dawaune Smoot. Jihad Ward is back, but the ongoing suspension of Joe Fotu means the group’s depth isn’t as strong as it could be. As a team that ranked No. 11 in sacks in the Big Ten last year, Illinois brought in Mike Phair from the Tampa Bay

The Illini senior corner will be tested by the Leatherneck’s star receiver/ returner. Lenoir had an impressive showing against Eastern Illinois, totaling 156 yards on returns and being named FCS special teams player of the week. On top of that, Lenoir had 10 catches for a total of 124 yards and a touchdown. Despite small hic-

Buccaneers to help with the pass rush. It remains to be seen if Phair can up the Illini’s pass rush from last season’s total, but the Leathernecks will be the Illini’s easiest opponent this season and gave up two sacks themselves in the first game. If the Illini can’t get to the quarterback, it may be the sign of yet another season with weakness in the pass rushing department.

cups, the Illini held Kent State down when it came to receivers and special teams, giving up 186 passing yards and 122 yards on nine total returns. This could be V’angelo Bentley’s dress rehearsal for the plethora of strong wide receivers that he will face in the Big Ten this season. Bentley may also flash his own stellar returning skills.

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Top: Illinois’ Mason Monheim and T.J. Neal tackle Minnesota’s KJ Maye during the homecoming game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. The Illini won 28-24.

Left: Illinois’ Jihad Ward (17) attempts to block Louisiana Tech’s Cody Sokol’s pass during the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas on Dec. 26, 2014. The Illini lost 35-18. Right: Illinois’ V’Angelo Bentley carries the ball from a point return during the homecoming game against Minnesota at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 25, 2014. The Illini won 28-24.

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No.7 volleyball heads to Shocker Classic Junior outside hitter Michelle Strizak echoed her coach’s statement.

“We kind of got stiff at the end of games against Stanford, but against Colorado we stayed loose and we stayed confident,” she said.

“We learned from Stanford that we need to be relentless the whole time.”

BY ELI SCHWADRON STAFF WRITER

The No. 7 Illinois volleyball team (4-1) travels to Wichita, Kansas this weekend to play in the Shocker Volleyball Classic. The Illini will face No. 21 Kentucky (4-3) Friday at 1 p.m. before Saturday’s double-header against South Dakota State (1-8) and Wichita State (4-3) at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., respectively.

Head coach Kevin Hambly’s squad is coming off a 1-1 split at the Big Ten/Pac 12 challenge this past weekend in University Park, Pennsylvania. Illinois won the first set against No. 3 Stanford on Friday night before falling 3-1. The Illini bounced back Saturday with a 3-0 victory over No. 23 Colorado.

Illinois’ lone loss of the season was due to late-game errors. In the final three tightknit sets against Stanford, the Illini tensed up and placed errant balls.

“We need to slow it down when it matters,” Hambly said. “There was anxiousness instead of trying to make plays.”

Hambly said it’s normal for younger players to rush sometimes.

“The older players ... they don’t do that,” he said.

setter Morgan Bergren (126 assists on the season) and sophomore middle blocker Kaz Brown (43 kills, .411 hitting percentage on the season) are a scary duo, and the highly ranked Illini cannot take them lightly.

As Hambly has said again and again throughout the young season, the team is preoccupied solely on what it can do better. The Illini will not watch film of their opponents until they arrive in Wichita. Instead, they’re worried about perfecting their own high-tempo system, which has been a success through five matches.

Strizak, freshman setter Jordyn Poulter and senior outside hitter Jocelynn Birks are slowly but surely building a chemistry that they hope will take this team far into the postseason.

The backups are more than capable as well, and there’s a competitive atmosphere in practice, which bodes well for the Illini when they have to face Big Ten opponents.

According to Birks, no starting position is completely safe — players are still fighting for spots. Strizak and junior outside hitter Katie Roustio push each other to become better daily.

“We learned from Stanford that we need to be relentless the whole time.”

MICHELLE STRIZAK OUTSIDE HITTER

Strizak said the team is focusing on defense in practice this week. Hambly noted the Illini are also keying in on fixing their ball control, digging balls in seams and serving more aggressively.

“We have a pretty good foundation, we’re pretty experienced, but we just have to keep building and keep striving,” Strizak said.

The Wildcats will pose the biggest threat to the Illini over the weekend. Senior

Shocker Volleyball Classic When: Friday Illinois vs.

Kentucky 1 p.m.

Saturday Illinois vs. South Dakota State 11 a.m.

Illinois vs. Wichita State 8 p.m.

TV/Radio: WDWS 1400 Quick notes: Illinois went 1-1 in last weekend’s Big Ten/Pac 12 Challenge.

Jordyn Poulter and Jocelynn Birks were named to the alltournament team.

Hidden stat: Friday’s opponent, Kentucky, is ranked 21st in the country but has dropped three of its last four matches.

“I think it’s definitely to our advantage to have competition,” Strizak said. “We both strive in competitive environments; otherwise, we wouldn’t be here right now.”

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Illinois’ Michelle Strizak reaches for the ball during the game versus Louisville at Huff Hall. The Illini are heading to Wichita for three games this weekend.

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Robishaw out with injury, underclassmen step up game that,” Rayfield said. “You don’t just pull out a piece and put someone else in that piece because they’re just not the same, they don’t have the same attributes and qualities.”

BY MATT GERTSMEIER STAFF WRITER

While the Illinois soccer team (5-1-0) scrimmaged and practiced free kicks during Wednesday’s practice to prepare for Friday’s match against Northern Kentucky (4-0-0), midfielder Reagan Robishaw limped around the sidelines and into the team huddles with a bulky brace on her leg.

The senior will undergo an MRI on what appears to be a torn ACL in her left knee, according to head coach Janet Rayfield. The injury occurred in Friday’s match against Washington.

In five games, Robishaw tallied two assists, two goals and played 250 minutes. With Robishaw defi nitely out for Friday’s game, and possibly for the season, Illinois will need to fi nd someone to replace her attacking role.

Rayfield knows that will not be an easy task.

“Similar to any injury, one person doesn’t replace

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Reagan Robishaw making a pass during Friday’s win over TCU on Aug. 28.

Illinois vs. Northern Kentucky

Robishaw against an unfamiliar opponent.

Hidden Stat: The Norse of Northern Kentucky are undefeated and have outscored opponents 14-1.

When: 7 p.m. Friday at the Illinois Soccer Stadium Quick notes: Illinois is without midfielder Reagan

midfielder Allison Stucky to step up to the challenge.

Stucky said she realizes the absence of Robishaw will have an impact on the team, but is confident she can help the team bounce back.

“Being a junior, you just take on a whole new leadership (role),” Stucky said.

“This year me playing so much and being in the midfield you have to have a voice in order to organize everyone around you and I can run for days so I kind of always lift everyone up.”

Illinois will have to rely on Stucky’s speed and attacking prowess this weekend. But due to Northern Kentucky’s lack of video streaming, the Illini do not have an advanced scouting report on the Norse’s strengths and weaknesses.

One thing for sure is that the Norse have showed they can be a high-powered offense — they have outscored their opponents 14-1.

The injury to Robishaw

“We’re not completely on the same page yet, but we will be.”

ALLISON STUCKY

MIDFIELDER, JUNIOR

Regardless, Illinois still needs to put out a starting 11.

Rayfield hinted that possible replacements for Robishaw might be freshmen Katie Murray and Lauren Ciesla, sophomore Emily Osoba and redshirt junior Tailor Smith.

The Illini will certainly miss Robishaw’s offensive production as well as the leadership role she fi lled on the field. Rayfield expects

couldn’t of come for a worse time for a team that continuously credited its success to cohesiveness and chemistry during this early part of the season. Illinois experienced its fi rst hiccup on offense this year in last week’s respective matches against Washington and Portland.

The Illini combined for two goals and lost its fi rst game of the season to the Huskies.

Stucky, though, is hopeful that the team can mesh quickly if Robishaw ends up to be out for an extensive amount of time.

“This is such an awesome team,” Stucky said. “We have so many returning players, but we also have a 100 times more chemistry than last year. It’s fun to be at practices, it’s fun to play in games, it’s just fun to play with each other. We’re not completely on the same page yet, but we will be.”

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Bartenders, Servers, and Bussers The Champaign Country Club is looking for bartenders, servers, and bussers. The individuals will be responsible to serve food and beverage items to our members in a friendly, enthusiastic, professional and timely manner. Please stop in at 1211 S. Prospect Avenue to apply or email your resume to joshua@champaigncountryclub. com.

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