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2016 class sees international enrollment drop BY LAUREN ROHR STAFF WRITER
As the University strives to become a more global community, the total number of international and out-ofstate students has continued to increase since the preliminary enrollment numbers were released last week. But the results of the freshman
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Libyans walk on the grounds of the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens on Wednesday. They were killed when a mob of protesters and gunmen overwhelmed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, setting fire to it in outrage over a film that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. More inside: To read a full story about the attacks in Libya turn to Page 3A.
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As Election Day nears, political RSOs work to get out the vote BY MATT RICE STAFF WRITER
With Election Day less than eight weeks away, two registered student organizations on campus are revving up grassroots efforts to increase student involvement in the electoral process. The Illini Democrats and the Illini Republicans are taking measures to increase student voter registration and to swing those newly registered voters toward partisan candidates. “Most of our (Illini Democrats’) efforts right now are directed at getting students registered,” said Shana Harrison , chairman of the Illini Democrats and senior in LAS. Harrison said each Wednesday and Thursday for the next five weeks, the Illini Democrats will be visiting a different student dining hall and hosting drives to register students. The push to register more students is a bipartisan effort
on campus, with the Illini Republicans actively seeking to do so as well. Despina Batson , president of Illini Republicans and senior in LAS, said getting more students to vote is a priority. She also stressed the efforts that her group is making to guide registered voters to Republican candidates. “We’ve been hitting it hard since Quad Day,” Batson said. “The reality is that the economy is not strong. Everything hinges on the job market. Nothing else matters without a strong economy.” For that reason, the Illini Republicans are campaigning on behalf of candidates they think offer solutions to America’s economic situation, including Mitt Romney for president and Rodney Davis for Congress. Harrison said the economy is a crucial issue for students to pay attention to this election season.
“With the state of the economy, we have to make sure that we get people into office who will make the right decisions,” she said. The Illini Democrats have also been trying to swing voters across the political spectrum to the candidates they endorse, such as incumbent Barack Obama for president and David Gill for Congress. For some students on campus, voting is already on their minds. Amanda Moore , fi rsttime voter and senior in LAS, plans to vote for Barack Obama. “Voting is very important because it is an inalienable right that needs to be exercised,” she said. Moore also said America’s biggest economic problem is “a lack of opportunities for people who come from all different walks of life.”
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Owen Marsden, graduate student, talks to people about registering to vote at the Illini Democrats booth at Quad Day 2012 on Aug. 26.
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Despina Batson, senior in LAS, president of Illini Republicans, hands out a cup at the Illini Republicans booth at Quad Day 2012 on Aug. 26.
Urbana’s Climate Action Plan promotes sustainability, reduction of greenhouse gases The Urbana Climate Action Plan , created by the City of Urbana Sustainability Advisory Commission, is moving forward in promoting sustainability and the reduction of greenhouse gases in Urbana. The fi nal draft of the CAP details how Urbana can facilitate an 80 percent reduction by 2020 through green initiatives. Some of the projects are improvements to outdoor lighting and recommendations on decreasing idle vehicle emissions. Goals pertain to the commercial sector, transportation and rental properties, among others. The CAP also aims to increase awareness. Charlie Smyth, Ward 1, thinks the CAP will help Urbana reach the sustainability goals that the
projects in the Urbana area of campus, such as the installation of energy efficient lighting between Goodwin and Lincoln Avenues. “We hope we can receive money from the University to help pay for the project because a lot of that is for streets that serve the University,” Smyth said. Additionally, Smyth highlighted the need for the public transportation code to include idle time regulations. CUMTD advises bus drivers to minimize the amount of waiting time, as there is currently no limit on idling time. Scott Tess , SAC environmental sustainability manager, worked with other board members to create the CAP’s
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Local Republican politicians visited the Champaign County Victory Center on Wednesday to give student volunteers a boost in morale as Election Day nears. The center, located at 610 S. Sixth St., is a volunteer organization that actively campaigns on behalf of Republican candidates. Two centers are launching grassroots campaigns in the 13th District, with the other center located in Taylorville. Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford, who is the chairman of Romney’s Illinois campaign, and Rodney Davis, the current Republican candidate for the 13th District congressional seat, were among the figures that made an appearance Wednesday. Rutherford said the Romney campaigning center in Champaign is the newest of several in Illinois. The Champaign Victory Center, along with the Taylorville branch, is also campaigning heavily for Davis in his bid for the 13th District seat. Volunteers make calls and go door-
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Theft was reported at Walmart, 100 S. High Cross Road, around 9 a.m. Tuesday.
According to the report, while the victim was shopping, an unknown offender took her parking pass out of her unlocked vehicle. ! Theft was reported in the 1000 block of West Springfield Avenue around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. According to the report, an unknown offender took the victim’s locked bicycle from the bike rack outside of the victim’s apartment building. ! Forgery was reported at Circle K, 1821 S. Philo Road, around 11 a.m. Tuesday. According to the report, an unknown offender used counterfeit money at an Urbana gas station. ! Residential burglary was reported in the 1300 block of North Lincoln Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to the report, an unknown offender entered an apartment belonging to the victims without authority and took two computers. ! Retail theft was reported at Shell Gas, 1812 N. Cunningham Ave., around 4 p.m. Tuesday. According to the report, an unknown offender pumped gasoline and left without paying for it. The offender was not located. ! Theft was reported in the 1100 block of South Colorado Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the report, an unknown offender stole money from the victim. ! A 35-year-old male was arrested on the charges of domestic dispute and criminal damage to property in the 1700 block of James Cherry Drive around 11 p.m. Tuesday. According to the report, the victim and the suspect are father and son. They engaged in a verbal argument and the suspect ultimately broke the victim’s television. The suspect was transported to jail.
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Rankings from U.S. News & World Report for 2013 were released Wednesday, listing the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign in a five-way tie for 46 in National University Rankings. Other schools ranked at 46 are Pennsylvania State University, the University of Texas, the University of Washington and Yeshiva University. Last year, the University was ranked 45. University spokeswoman Robin Kaler said the ranking University officials are more focused on
is the Top Public Schools list, on which the University of Illinois comes in at 13. In this ranking, the University is tied with Pennsylvania State University, the University of Texas and the University of Washington. Kaler said this ranking holds more weight for the University because “we really measure ourselves against other public research universities.” U.S. News develops the rankings each year for National University Rankings, Top Public Schools, National Liberal Arts Colleges,
Best Value Colleges and other categories based on academic excellence, graduation rates and faculty to student ratio. “(University officials) are happy to see that (U.S. News) recognized the excellence of the University,” Kaler said, regarding both of the rankings. Tied for No. 1 in National University Rankings are Harvard University and Princeton University, followed by Yale University at three. Columbia University and University of Chicago are tied at four.
Obama vows justice after terrorist attack in Libya BY MAGGIE MICHAEL AND OSAMA ALFITORY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BENGHAZI, Libya — A mob armed with guns and grenades launched a fiery attack on the U.S. Consulate, killing the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. President Barack Obama strongly condemned the violence, vowed Wednesday to bring the killers to justice and tightened security at diplomatic posts around the world. The attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens — the first U.S. ambassador to die in the line of duty since 1979 — came on Tuesday’s 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist strike and presented a new foreign policy crisis for the United States in a region trying to recover from months of upheaval. While the deadly assault was initially blamed on an anti-Islamic YouTube video, U.S. officials
say the Obama administration is also investigating whether it was a planned terrorist strike to mark the anniversary of 9/11. Intelligence officials said the attack on the Benghazi consulate was too coordinated or professional to be spontaneous, according to a U.S. counterterrorism official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the incident publicly. Libya’s interim president, Mohammed el-Megarif, apologized for what he called the “cowardly” assault on the consulate, which also killed several Libyan security guards in the eastern city. “I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi,” Obama said in Washington, adding the four Americans “exemplified America’s commitment to freedom, justice, and partnership with nations and people around the globe.”
Obama ordered increased security to protect American diplomatic personnel around world. “Make no mistake we will work with the Libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people,” he said. Obama added, “We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, but there is absolutely no justification for this type of senseless violence, none.” Stevens was a career diplomat who spoke Arabic and French and had already served two tours in Libya, including running the office in Benghazi during the revolt against Gadhafi. He was confirmed as ambassador to Libya by the Senate earlier this year. Before Tuesday, five U.S. ambassadors had been killed in the line of duty, the last being Adolph Dubs in Afghanistan in 1979, according to the State Department.
ENROLLMENT FROM PAGE 2A the University this year, compared with the 8,009 last year. These students represent over 100 countries. However, campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said this year’s freshman demographic demonstrated a few “interesting changes,” including the decrease in the proportion of international students in the freshman class. Since 2006, the proportion of international students in the freshman class has been progressively increasing. This year, though, only 12.8 percent of the freshman class comes from outside the U.S., down from 13.2 last year. “For us, we always had a higher increase in out-of-country students than out-of-state from the U.S.,” Kaler said. “This was an unusual thing to have fewer out-of-country students.” The number of American students from outside Illinois in the freshman class increased from 10 percent in 2011 to 11.2 percent this year. The number of underrepresented minorities has also increased for the freshman class, Kaler said. Fifteen percent of freshmen are Hispanic, African-American or Native American, compared with last year’s 13 percent. Adding AsianAmerican and other multiracial students, the number jumps to 35 percent. The University received more than 31,000 applications for this year’s freshman class, a record-
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fi nal draft, which is available on Urbana’s website. Tess said the CAP and other sustainability efforts contributed to his decisions to take a position on the board of the commission. “The greenhouse gas inventory and Climate Action Plan were two reasons why I chose to come to Urbana,” he said. “I wanted to work on these issues here because I felt like the city had a good grasp on the issues and was moving in the right direction.”
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to-door to gauge residents’ affinities for particular candidates and compile that data into a database. The ultimate goal of the phone bank is to sway undecided voters to the Republican party. John Bambenek, candidate for the Illinois 52nd District, spoke of his past political experience in Illinois and how it has shaped his belief that Illinois’ status as a blue state should not be taken for granted in this election. “I’ll let you know a dirty little secret. How many of you have heard that Illinois is a deep blue state? That’s a bunch of crap,” he said. “(Rutherford) wouldn’t be treasurer if this were really a blue state.” Davis greeted the young volunteers and thanked them for their efforts to bring swing voters to the Republican party. “You guys, you can do it; you are our base, and I can’t thank you enough,” he said. Rutherford said it will be difficult for the Romney campaign to challenge President Obama’s sturdy foothold in Illinois. “To be candid with you, it will be abundantly difficult to beat an incumbent president in his home state,” he said. “But we are going to play every inch of it very hard. Polling shows that Obama is not running as strong in certain areas as what he had before. The criteria for success is to suppress his numbers from 2008.”
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He acknowledges the city’s efforts to maintain appropriate bicycling facilities to promote green transportation and reduce vehicle travel. “They’re all related to sustainability, because the more miles that we are on our bike or a bus, the less greenhouse gas emissions we have from our vehicles,” Tess said. Aditi Kambuj, planner for Urbana, worked on the CAP by putting documents together and articulating strategies for the commission. She stressed the importance of residents being involved with the CAP.
“A large part of this plan (is) to talk about setting up conversations and task forces with stakeholders,” she said. “And participation is essential for that.” Residents will develop a quality of life for themselves while investing resources back into the community with the plan, Kambuj said. “I feel like the future is very positive and vibrant for the sustainability agenda in Urbana,” she said.
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Venezuela presidential campaign turns violent BY LUIS ANDRES HENAO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUERTO CABELLO, Venezuela — Violence broke out at an opposition campaign event Wednesday as supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blocked a road and a campaign truck was burned. Both sides hurled rocks, and police said at least 14 people were injured. A large crowd of Chavez supporters in red shirts blocked a main road near the airport in the coastal town of Puerto Cabello before a visit by opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. A truck used by Capriles’ campaign was set ablaze, and a motorcycle was also torched. The area has traditionally leaned pro-Chavez, and opposition supporters were seen running for cover during the violence. At least 14 people suffered cuts and other minor injuries, police in Carabobo state said. After the violence, Capriles spoke at an outdoor rally in the town, blaming Chavez and small “radical groups.” He was on his way to the event when the clashes erupted. “Those actions aren’t spontane-
ous. There’s someone responsible for those actions,” Capriles told the crowd. Addressing Chavez without mentioning the president’s name, Capriles said: “It’s you who wants that scenario. It’s you who wants to sow fear.” “We know that he who turns to violence, it’s that he’s afraid of the other’s ideas,” Capriles added. “We’re tired of violence.” His supporters chanted, “We aren’t afraid!” Chavez has recently said that his rival has a hidden agenda to impose right-wing measures “that would lead Venezuela to a civil war.” But Chavez has denied intending that as a threat or trying to promote violence in any way. A station wagon fi lled with Capriles’ campaign fliers also was trashed as people broke the windows, ripped out the headlights and began to pull out parts from under the hood. The campaign fliers were scattered on the ground. Carabobo state Gov. Henrique Salas Feo, a Chavez opponent, condemned the violence on television. ARIANA CUBILLOS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ”The country needs peace,” he Supporters of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, one carrying Venezuela’s flag, walk near a burning motorcycle during clashes at the International airport said. in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, on Wednesday. Violence broke out at an opposition campaign event between supporters of Chavez and the opposition.
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Understanding candidates and their policies is the first step for students making an educated vote
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HEALTH CARE The president has made health care a key tenet of his policy. The Affordable Care Act might as well be the Obamacare Act by now, as the president has made health care reform the defining policy of his administration. Even the president calls his policy Obamacare, a term once used as a disparaging shorthand by Republicans. Most aspects of Obamacare, such as requirements for many small businesses to provide health insurance and allowing children to stay on their parents’ insurance until they’re 26, are immensely popular. The most unpopular part of the bill is the individual mandate, which requires that Americans have health insurance or pay a fine, and was upheld by the Supreme Court as a constitutional tax this summer. The mandate may feel like government overreach, but the mandate is fiscally necessary if insurance companies are to have enough money to uphold the rest of Obamacare’s policies.
Until recently, Romney has said he would repeal Obamacare on the first day of his presidency. However, Romney then said on “Good Morning America” that he would keep some aspects of the president’s health care plan, including covering pre-existing conditions and letting children stay on their parents’ plan until after they’ve left home. As governor of Massachusetts, Romney instituted the most progressive health care plan in the state’s history, and it closely resembled Obamacare. Romney has said the plan worked only on a state level and would be unmanageable at the national level. Romney’s flip-flopping on health care makes it hard to know what he would do as president. Would he follow congressional Republicans’ calls and repeal Obamacare? How much of the law would he keep? To say the least, Romney’s plan, and intention, is muddled.
FOREIGN POLICY Obama’s greatest accomplishment has been killing Osama bin Laden. But one of Obama’s greatest moral failures has also come from the Middle East: the repeated use of drone strikes to eliminate enemies, which have killed hundreds of innocent people. Three Americans have also been killed, and their families are suing White House administrators. But Obama’s status is undeniable internationally. And although the promise of Obama’s presidency hasn’t panned out entirely, he’s still an celebrity abroad and holds more clout overseas than Romney ever could. Romney, with little foreign policy experience, would start from scratch. Although he is scaling down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. was a leader in Libya under Obama. The president, interestingly, has seemed unwilling to get involved in Syria or Iran, though.
Undeniably, Mitt Romney’s foreign policy experience is limited, if that. The international community has not taken well to Romney. Romney has called Russia the United States’ “No. 1 geopolitical foe,” and, although Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would still work with Romney, his election would further a gap over the United States’ antimissile shield in Europe. Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry wasn’t kidding when he said at the Democratic National Convention last week that Romney acts as if he only knows Russia from his times watching “Rocky IV.” Romney’s policy on Iran is questionable. He has said he would consider military action against a nuclear Iran, but military leaders in both the U.S. and Israel have shown great fear of stirring up a region-wide war.
ECONOMY Aside from Franklin Roosevelt, no president has inherited an economy worse than what Obama has. Obama’s stimulus program helped save the auto and financial industries. Without them, many economists say unemployment would be even higher. Some economists even say the stimulus package didn’t go far enough, that Obama should have put even more money into the economy. Obama’s recovery program definitely didn’t bring the country out of recession or fix the economy overnight, but if he had not had to compromise with congressional Republicans, the president might have been able to do more. The economy shows few signs of speeding up. Under Obama, jobs have grown but not enough to keep up with population growth. Presidents get altogether too much criticism — or credit — for economic matters, though, and it’s likely that the economy will largely be shaped by events in Europe and China.
Romney would lower taxes, cut regulations and further free trade. Some economists think this is the way to go and that Obama has relied too much on governmental and stimulus spending. With the myriad of different opinions economists have, it’s safe to say no one knows what’s right to do. And it’s worth noting that if Republicans win Congress, which seems likely, Romney would face much less legislative opposition to his economic plan than President Obama has. If no one knows the right answer, maybe the best way to go is with the candidate who would be able to implement his plan the best. Romney also has proven credentials as a businessman, and he is credited with saving the Salt Lake City Olympics almost single -handedly. Running a country isn’t the same as running a business, but business savvy is definitely helpful for a president.
WOMAN’S ISSUES AND ABORTION Obama is pro-abortion rights. Many women’s groups, including the National Organization for Women, have endorsed the president and for good reason. Obama’s health care reform included key provisions for women’s health, including providing free birth control through employers, although some religious organizations are exempt. Obama and Democrats in general have a strong record of supporting a woman’s right to have an abortion. Some would say Obama’s trying appeal to women is a cynical attempt to garner favor with more than half of voting Americans. But whatever his motives, Obama’s track record with abortion and women’s rights is certainly stronger than Romney’s.
Romney differs from the Republican platform and would allow abortion in cases of rape, incest and when the mother’s health is in jeopardy. He has flip-flopped on the issue, so what he’ll do in office is unknown. But one thing is sure: Disallowing some abortions would be logistically unworkable. Reuters columnist Steven Brill in August wondered just how a woman would prove her unwanted pregnancy came from a rape. Would she have to wait months for a conviction? What if she doesn’t want to press charges? What if the man she says rapes her is found not guilty? No matter how you feel morally about abortion, only allowing them in some cases would be practically unworkable.
The American public and college students in particular often complain that it’s hard to find out about presidential candidates and their policies. If you want to know more, read a newspaper every day. University students
get The New York Times for free. Websites like Politico and CNN. com offer excellent analysis of both candidates. Many websites, including the Huffington Post, publish week-in-review articles that sum up important events.
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Tampa, Fla. two weeks ago, Clint Eastwood yelled at an empty chair and Gov. Mitt Romney bored his audience to sleep. The theme seemed to be, did that really just happen? The American public was displeased. Romney received no boost in poll numbers after the convention. Last week in Charlotte N.C., the Democrats held their national convention and by the end I thought, “Who needs the 22nd Amendment? I want Bill Clinton 2016.” It’s a shame that most of us are too young to remember President Clinton’s administration. By the time the 2000 election rolled around, I was only 9 years old. People used to tell me, even with the Lewinsky scandal, Clinton would have won another term in office if there were no term limits. And after his beautiful speech last Wednesday at the DNC, I have no doubt. Before delving into some of the specifics, there was another speech worth watching on opening night by the always classy first lady Michelle Obama. Even if I wanted to, I could not relate to Romney. My family has never been as wealthy as his family, I never attended a private school, and my dog has never been strapped to the roof of my family car. But I can relate to our current president. Mrs. Obama shared a story during her speech in which good ol’ Barack had picked her up for a date in a car where she see the pavement below from inside of the car. Being the youngest in my family, the car I inherited in high school was the same way. Any day my 1989 Honda Civic decided to start was a good day in my book. Both the president and the first lady graduated from college with massive debt, something most of us can relate to. My parents consistently remind me that the University has the most expensive in-state tuition for a Big Ten public school. This leads me to the greatness
that was Bill Clinton’s speech. While I could go into great detail about his speech alone, there are two areas I want to focus on that affects us as students. First, the job creation statistics between the two parties is fascinating. In the past 52 years (28 years of Republican administrations, 24 years of Democratic), 66 million private sector jobs have been created and only 24 million of them came from the Republicans; the other 42 million were created by the Democrats, reported in Bloomberg News in May. With many of us entering the workforce in the next few years, I would rather take a chance reelecting the party with the better job creation history. He also devoted an entire section of his speech to Obama’s student-loan reform. What does such a bill do, you ask? According to Clinton, “it lowers the cost of student loans, and even more important, it gives students the right to repay those loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years.” For those of us who lack financial aid or sufficient funds to pay for our education, that sounds wonderful. He continued to say that means those of us willing to make a modest income can do so without the fear of failing to pay back our loans. Finally, last Thursday, the president accepted the nomination from the Democratic Party for the upcoming election in front of 35 million viewers, more than 13 million more than Romney. During his speech, he spoke of the Republicans’ record of consistently cutting taxes and creating tax breaks and the realities of global climate change. He also briefly noted the death of Osama bin Laden and spoke of the need to improve student aid, just as the first lady and former president before him. Overall, it was a solid, but not great, speech from the president. But it got the job done because the Democrats achieved just what they wanted — a three-point rise in the polls. It’s amazing what can happen when you don’t yell at inanimate objects.
Joanna is senior in LAS. She can be reached at opinions@dailyillini.com.
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is the customary first-day-ofelementary school ice breaker, a question that seemed once all too imaginative and today is real: What do you want to be when you grow up? As a child shrouded by a fallacious sense of hubris, my responses to the question would have fallen somewhere along the lines of wanting to be bitten by a supernatural-power-inducing insect or an urge to simply help others. In doing so I wouldn’t have doubted that I would receive appropriate compensation for acting with such selflessness nor be reprimanded for campaigning to better the environment in which my altruism would be projected. I wanted to be a teacher, plain and simple. After all, what could go wrong when the responsibility of educating America’s future is tangible? Introducing the Chicago Public School system — where a 25-year-old sleeping giant has recently been disturbed. Well, at least that’s what happens when you start to ignore the vitals, or in this case, putting the needs of educators on the backburner. The recent Chicago Teachers Union strike encompasses an array of issues ranging from the understaffing of nurses, social workers and therapists to lack of effective technologies necessary to achieve state standards. The phrase “not enough” suddenly becomes cliche: not enough faculty, not enough resources and not enough care. All of this is becoming particularly uncomfortable. I’m uncomfortable at the fact that these teachers’ exclamations (clearly authentic if we think about who is in direct and routine contact with the school environment) are subordinated by an administrative macrosystem. I’m agitated that any politician or administrator would not be more understanding that a lack of teacher resources means a lack of student resources as well. I am outraged that we do not show more appreciation for those dedicating their lives to our future’s enlightenment. I assume this is where I top my agitation and my outrage — and who better to instigate it than Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. While defending his offer of pay increase over four years to the teachers union, Emanuel classified this recent strike as “a strike of choice” even going further to say it is “unnecessary, avoidable and not deserved by our children.” It’s a statement like this that reminds me that power is not always coupled with compassion. Let me ask you, mayor, how is it “unnecessary” to protest for air-conditioned classrooms for more bearable conditions during summer school? How is a strike, revolving around the improved benefits of teachers and students in underprivileged areas, deemed “avoidable”? The situation is all too familiar for Democratic State Sen. James Meeks, who in 2008 protested for New Trier Township High School (not so ironically the same high school Emanuel graduated from in 1977) to mass enroll students from CPS. Yet somewhere in my heart I can agree with Emanuel that this strike will in fact take away from hundreds of students’ education temporarily. On the contrary, strikes unbolt the determinants of students’ education and put them right to their faces. Students are in no way blind to the exact protests of their teachers, but how often do they have a chance to act on these protests and create change through these protests? Though it’s the students who have the needs, it’s the teachers who have the voices. This strike is as much for the improvement of teachers’ security as it is for the welfare and protection of students in the CPS system. When there are problems, we face them — and it is in that mindset that I consider this strike necessary, inevitable and, most importantly, a wake-up call. If only those mediating this strike would acknowledge the future of an education they once and always will rely on. The reform I once knew embraced change, not cuts. If the education system has always been about paying it forward, it only makes sense to move accordingly.
Adam is a junior in ACES. He can be reached at opinions@dailyillini.com.
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Dorms not just for underclassmen, RAs BY MELISSA ESPAÑA STAFF WRITER
After a year of floor activities, exploring the dining hall and getting used to carrying their keys and i-card everywhere, most students are ready to make the move out of University Housing and into an apartment. While it’s not uncommon for sophomores to come back for another year of bunk beds and community bathrooms, there are also some students who come back to University Housing as upperclassmen. Karen Li, junior in L AS, has lived in the Illinois Street Residence Halls (ISR) since her freshman year. She chose to stay at ISR because she leads a small group Bible study for the I nterVa rsity Ch ristia n Fellowship. “(I wanted) to reach out to freshmen and other new students who live there. There’s a good community (at ISR),” she said. Although Li sometimes feels like “a creepy old junior,” she said she loves living in the dorms because she is able to meet new people and hang out with her friends. Ashley Zamora, junior in LAS and third-year resident of University Housing, agrees with Li about living near her friends.
Students tend to be more social in the residence halls, especially with Resident Advisors planning events as often as they can. It can be easier to make friends in the dorms than in apartments, which often have a more private atmosphere. Max McKittrick, junior in Engineering, said that the real reason he didn’t try looking for an apartment was due to the hassle of finding one. “(It is) really laziness,” he said. “I’m more or less apathetic to where I’m living, as long as I have friends nearby. When I heard that there would be at least a couple other juniors I know... on my floor this year, I didn’t try very hard to live in an apartment or see who was living in one.” Although there are social benefits to living in the halls, some students choose to move out because they feel too old to be living in a residence hall. However, Zamora never felt that way about her living arrangement. “I never feel awkward because I tend to see (the younger residents) as just regular students, regardless of their age,” she said. “I get the whole ‘immaturity claim,’ but honestly, people are immature at any age, so I don’t see that as a valid complaint. I also have friends of all
ages, so I just see it as living near my friends.” McKittrick agrees and doesn’t treat the freshmen who live around him any differently than he would treat upperclassmen. “Aside from knowing nothing about how hard their classes are and complaining about dorm food occasionally, they aren’t so different from me,” McKittrick said. Some upperclassmen choose to stay with University Housing because they become RAs, study abroad for a semester, or have a University-sponsored job that requires students to live in a residence hall. “This year (I chose to live in a dorm) because it’s easier to just cancel my contract than try to find a sublease person, because I’m studying abroad in Costa Rica next semester,” Zamora said. “Also, my desk clerk job required me to live in-hall for the first year.” Although it has its benefits, some students do eventually opt out of living in the dorms, and as McKittrick puts it, sometimes only because living in an apartment allows you to lounge around in your underwear.
Melissa can be reached at espana2@ dailyillini.com.
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FROM PAGE 6A *** Born in Bronson, Mich., in 1959, Roussey was introduced to the construction trade at a young age. “That’s what our family always did,” Roussey said. “That’s what my dad did, my uncles did, my cousins. Everyone I grew up around.” Roussey got his real introduction into the construction trade, however, when he got the opportunity to attend a vocational school in high school. Roussey said that as a high school student, vocational school not only gave him a feel for the responsibility of having a job, but the added bonus of earning his own money. “I always had needs and wants and, in order to fill that, you had to have money. We were a family of seven (children),” Roussey said. The road that led Roussey to Grunloh and the University was a difficult one. After vocational school, Roussey went out into the field to work as a labor carpenter and iron worker. He started traveling in 1978 with Ray Roussey Construction, owned by his uncle. After leaving his uncle’s company in 1985, Roussey went on to build self-storage units for a company called National Self Storage. This led him back to Michigan, and, in 1989, Roussey joined his cousin’s construction company as a superintendent. On Sept. 9, 1992, Roussey was working as superintendent on the construction of an airplane hanger when a severe thunderstorm rolled into the area. Roussey instructed all his guys off the building and stayed to make the final connections and unhook the crane that was attached to the steel structure. “We had 140 feet of stick (crane) in the air hooked to that steel structure,” Roussey said. “If that lightning had hit that crane it would have came down through the building and could have elec-
RSO FROM PAGE 6A the National Student Advertising Contest team. Now in his third year of AAF, he is on the executive board and the agency coordinator of Midnight Oil. “Midnight Oil is great because we get to work with real businesses in the Champaign-Urbana area and see our work firsthand,” he said. Yadron has helped with the
*** Upon returning home, Roussey’s cousin’s company closed and he experienced difficulty finding a new job since he did not receive a college degree. Roussey was up for the challenge. In 1994 he enrolled in Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, Michigan and five years later, he graduated with a degree in engineering, design and computer-aided drafting. His degree allowed him to secure a job designing office spaces at Officeways, Inc. out of Battle Creek. The physical nature of the construction industry eventually took a toll on his body and after dislocating three disks in his back in 2001, Roussey was let go from his creation of player pamphlets for Illini Football recruitment among other projects. Contrary to popular belief, AAF is not solely comprised of ad majors. “We have people in graphic design, communications, computer science, you name it,” Buysse said. Lee said that her favorite part of the RSO is the diversity. “Everyone has come from such different paths and there are so many different combina-
job. A little discouraged, Roussey decided to retire. He had his own self-storage complex and a few rentals to keep him occupied, but he was in search of something to do in the winter. This led him to Champaign where he started driving semi trucks. While on the job, he met a woman whom he married in 2006. This led him to permanently leave Michigan and settle just outside of Sullivan, Ill. In search of more convenient work hours, he began to once again look for construction jobs. “I started looking in the phone book and I found Grunloh Construction and it seemed like a good fit for me, so I just went down there and bugged (Tom Grunloh) once (or) twice a week until he gave me a job,” Roussey said. “I told him you might as well hire me because you’re not gonna get rid of me.” Tom Grunloh, the owner of Grunloh Construction Inc., finally gave in and hired Roussey in 2006. “He was persistent and thank God he was,” Grunloh said. “Nick is a dedicated individual. He is just rock solid. He’s just a good man.” Grunloh said Roussey may come off rough around the edges, but that it is certainly not the case. “He acts like he’s a bull, but at the end of the day everyone respects him and likes him,” Grunloh said. Although construction workers are often stereotyped as “a bunch of low-life, uneducated people,” Roussey said many of them are as educated as anyone else and are skilled tradesmen. One thing’s for sure, Roussey seems to have landed in the perfect profession. “I honestly don’t see myself ever retiring,” Roussey said. “I love the job, I just love construction. You (get) to see things come from dirt and come up to something beautiful and all of them are beautiful in my eyes. All of them.”
Morgan can be reached at quilici1@dailyillini.com. tions of experience,” she said. “We really are this great melting pot for creativity.” The general meeting for AAF was this Tuesday, but an informal coffee hour is being held today at the Courtyard Café in the Union at 6:30 p.m. for those who missed the meeting or are interested in chatting with the current executive members.
Emily can be reached at harnden1@ dailyillini.com.
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trocuted all my guys. If anyone’s going to get hurt on a job site, it will be me, not my guys.” After unhooking the crane and sending it away, Roussey began to make his way down when a bolt of lightning struck near the building, causing him to lose his grip and fall 17 feet to the ground. “I told (my workers) to get me up, I picked my hat up off the ground, put it on my head, and said, ‘Come on you guys get me in my office, this foot’s broken,’” Roussey said. But his men knew it was more serious than just a broken foot. Roussey broke 47 bones that day, causing him to permanently lose 30 percent movement in his right arm, 25 percent movement in his left foot and 30 percent in his right foot. Miraculously though, Roussey only spent eight days in the hospital. “I asked the doctor what I could do to get home and he said have someone at home to take care of you and a hospital bed and (you) can walk out of here,” Roussey said. “So, I just got on the phone and called down to therapy and said, ‘Hey can you come up here and fit me for a walker,’ and they came up that afternoon and I was out.”
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etween Gregory Hall and Lincoln Hall sits a medium-sized trailer with a white and red exterior and the words “Grunloh Construction, Inc.” printed on all four sides. Inside the trailer, the walls are planked with wood paneling, and the tiled fl oors are covered with dirt from workers continuously tracing in and out. A long desk is mounted to the trailer’s northern wall, the top is buried under piles of papers. At the right side of the desk, in a black office chair, sits Nick Roussey, superintendent of the current Gregory Hall and Noyes Lab construction. Roussey has overseen the completion of five projects as superintendent since fi rst arriving on campus with Grunloh Construction, Inc. in 2007. These include the construction of the Poultry Research Facility and Nugent Hall, as well as the renovations to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library,
the English Building and the Foreign Language Building. Although Roussey said no work site differs much from the next, he enjoys working on campus because of the complexity involved with each project. “I just like being here because it’s intriguing,” Roussey said. “You get into so many different variables of the construction trade right here, and trying to renovate a building and bring it up to speed with today’s technology, it’s a challenge, and I love a challenge.” He does note, however, that the challenge isn’t always an easy one. “It’s really hard to work around (the) students, work around the instructors and still be able to have the facility functional,” Roussey said. “These (buildings) provide a whole different challenge that nobody really wants, but you have to do it.”
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Construction blocks the entrance of Noyes Laboratory, the latest Grunloh Construction rebuilding project. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL BOJDA THE DAILY ILLINI
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AAF provides students with career start BY EMILY HARNDEN STAFF WRITER
The summer before his sophomore year, John Buysse, junior in Media and Illini Media employee, was folding t-shirts and tidying up shop at Campus Colors, the same part-time job he had in high school. This past summer, Buysse went from greeting customers to researching consumer satisfaction and developing a social media strategy at his internship with McDonald’s Corporation — a complete career turn-around if there ever was one. Buysse credits the American Advertising Federation (AAF) for this leap from
having an after-school job to interning at a consistently Top 10-ranked brand in social media. “It felt like I went from a part-time job to the start of my career in only a year,” Buysse said. “I can legitimately say I would not have been able to do this without immersing myself in AAF and using it to gain experience.” The AAF chapter at the University is the largest in the country. With over 400 members, it may seem intimidating for freshmen to get their foot in the door, but Diana Lee, junior in Media and current president of AAF Illinois, assures underclassmen they need not worry about hav-
ing their voices heard. There’s no seniority policy here to hinder those with less experience. “A freshman should have just as good a chance as any to earn a title or become a board member of a committee,” she said. “We are always open to new ideas and we want all of our members to feel valued.” Currently, AAF is made up of 10 committees in which students have the opportunity to gain real world industry experience. Midnight Oil and On the House are two stand-out committees that operate as student-run ad agencies for the local community. Midnight Oil’s current clients consist of Illini Football Recruit-
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ment, The Art Theater, Viewfi nders, Erika’s Cakes and More, LIVE WILD, Eat-CU and more. On the House provides campaigns for campus RSOs and student start-ups such as Illini Medical Screen Society (IMSS), Penny Dreadful Players (PDP), Acting on AIDS and Teachers for Creatures. Buysse said both committees are very team-oriented. Being a part of them is a great way to help make the club seem smaller while also developing a working portfolio, he added. “I know it’s overused, but the word ‘innovative’ is the best way to describe our mindset,” Buysse said.
Lee also noted that the club is constantly changing, adapting and looking for newcomers to become leaders and make an impact. Tom Yadron, junior in Media, is one of those people. Yadron joined AAF during the fall semester of his freshman year, still undeclared and unsure if advertising was for him. After joining On the House and taking an upper-level advertising class, Yadron declared his major and became even more involved with AAF his sophomore year by becoming part of
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Hambly continues to look for right mix BY DANIEL MILLER-MCLEMORE STAFF WRITER
Kevin Hambly could be a blackjack dealer in Las Vegas by December. The Illinois head volleyball coach has been shuffling his backline on a regular basis this season in an attempt to fi nd combinations that produce success. Without the steady production provided by graduates Michelle Bartsch, Colleen Ward and Rachel Feldman, who combined for 1,181 of Illinois’ 2,208 digs last season (53 percent), Hambly has been forced to insert defensive specialists into the game more often in this young season. Senior Jackie Wolfe played a similar role during her first three years at Illinois but has seen increased time this season and has started five of seven matches. Junior Courtney Abrahamovich has appeared in 14 of the Illini’s 27 sets this season after only playing in a single set last season, and freshman Julia Conard has seen action in 22 sets. For the relatively inexperienced trio, Hambly said the team’s defensive schemes can at times be difficult to pick up on, with only one way to get better. “Play it a lot, get used to it, learn it, get better,” Hambly said. “There’s a lot of decisions. The difference is we’re not telling them where to go. They have to see where to go and decide. It’s all based on what you see and what’s in front of you. And that takes some time to figure that out.” Conard spent the last four years playing outside hitter for West Chicago High School, where she is the all-time kills leader. As a high schooler, though, Conard was a multitool player, who also contributed defensively. That experience helped her overcome any growing pains and transition to her new role as a defensive
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Jackie Wolfe (10) digs the ball during the Illini’s 5 set loss to Iowa State, Sept. 1, at Huff Hall.
Illini OF THE WEEK
PORTRAIT BY KELLY HICKEY THE DAILY ILLINI
Vanessa DiBernardo
Illinois soccer standout DiBernardo is back after the U.S. won the under-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan. She recorded her only goal of the tournament in overtime during a quarterfinal match against South Korea that sent the Americans to the semifinals. BY GINA MUELLER STAFF WRITER
Editor’s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down Sunday nights and decides which Illinois athlete or coach is our Illini of the Week. Student-athletes and coaches are evaluated by individual performance and contribution to team success. Vanessa DiBernardo spent the fi rst day of her junior year in Japan at Miyagi Stadium playing against Germany in the last match before the quarterfi nals. DiBernardo was named to the U.S. under-20 Women’s National Team at the beginning of August, sealing her spot to play in the under-20 2012 World Cup. But DiBernardo was not the only one announced to represent the Illini. Head coach Janet Rayfield was named assistant coach to the national squad, a position she has held since 2009. Earning the victory against Germany in the fi nal match allowed the U.S. to claim the world title for the third time in four years. Sharing that moment with one of her collegiate players added to the accomplishment for Rayfield. “To watch one of your own players in that experience and see how that’s affected them was certainly unique
and a bond that I’m sure Vanessa and I will share throughout her career,” Rayfield said. “I think it just makes it that much more special because you just realize what a pinnacle experience that is for a player.” DiBernardo was more than prepared for her World Cup experience after recording two goals and an assist in five games with the under-20 squad during CONCACAF qualifying in Panama and earning a pair of assists against New Zealand in May. She also traveled to Japan in July to play a few friendly matches before entering her training camp at the end of the month. DiBernardo said after preparing for so long, the team was ready and excited when it arrived in Japan. DiBernardo played all 90 minutes of the fi rst match against Ghana, making a crucial play in the 20th minute by placing a corner kick right outside of the 6-yard box, where teammate Morgan Brian headed it off the crossbar, then off a Ghana defender and into the goal. This was the fi rst goal put on the board for the Americans with three more to come later in the game. A 4-0 fi nal earned the Americans their first victory in the tournament. In the second match against China,
DiBernardo played the whole game as a midfielder. The U.S. had to settle for a 1-1 tie against China but had one last match versus Germany before the knockout stage. DiBernardo is a starter at Illinois and spends most of her time out on the field. However, representing the United States felt a little different. “It was a lot of fun,” DiBernardo said. “Standing out there while they play the national anthem was a great experience, and I would even get the chills sometimes.” DiBernardo earned her only goal of the tournament in a quarterfi nal against South Korea. At Illinois, DiBernardo earned the title of leading scorer last season, tallying the winning goal in overtime against Penn State to seal the team’s second Big Ten title. She again recorded the clinching goal for the Americans against South Korea during overtime, which advanced them to the semifi nal match against Nigeria. The U.S. would go on to match up against Germany for a second time, previously losing 3-0 to the Germans to fi nish group stage. “After I scored the goal, I thought, ‘Did that really just happen?’” DiBernardo said. “It was a long shot, and it
Honorable Mentions Josh Ferguson (football) — After a disappointing game against Western Michigan (38 yards on 11 carries), Ferguson had 14 touches
for 101 yards, which marked the first time he went over the century mark since his senior year at Joliet Catholic Academy. Tatyana McFadden (Paralympics) — The junior at Illinois won four
medals (three gold) at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. She won her first gold of the game in the 400-meter dash of the T54 classification, a distinction for athletes with spinal cord injuries. She later finished first in the 800 meters and the 1,500.
was so unreal. I didn’t even know it went in. It’s hard to describe.” Though they had previously lost to Germany, DiBernardo felt their best effort wasn’t put into their previous meeting, and this time the Americans would be better prepared. “I think we knew after the game (in the group stage) that we shouldn’t have lost 3-0,” DiBernardo said. “We
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Defense prepares to get back on track against Buccaneers Illini anxious to prove elite potential after 31-point loss BY JAMAL COLLIER STAFF WRITER
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Illinois’ Josh Ferguson (6) runs against Western Michigan at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 1. Ferguson rushed for 101 yards against Arizona State on Saturday.
Ferguson steps up after subpar season opener BY CHAD THORNBURG STAFF WRITER
The last time Josh Ferguson rushed for over 100 yards, he was running for Joliet Catholic Academy in the 2010 IHSA Class 5A playoffs. Ferguson had 18 carries for 123 yards to cap off his Hilltoppers high school career in a seasonending loss against Peoria Richwoods High School. It wasn’t until
the Illini’s blowout loss to Arizona State on Saturday that the redshirt freshman finally broke the century mark again. “I hadn’t run for that much in a long time,” he said. “It felt good. The next goal is to score.” Ferguson carried the ball 14 times for 101 yards in the 45-14 road loss. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound running back saw time as a freshman in the first three games last
season but tore two hamstrings in his left leg while returning a kick in a Week Four practice. Ferguson was granted a medical redshirt for the 2011 season. He showed some of his burst in April’s spring game, when he rushed for 130 yards on 20 carries; however, he — along with fellow starting running back, sophomore Donovonn Young — couldn’t get anything going on the ground in
the season opener against Western Michigan. They combined for just 40 yards on 22 carries. Tight end Jon Davis was the leading rusher with 54 yards on six touches. Young also made some strides over the weekend, with 12 carries for 65 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown. “It’s a defi nitely a confidence
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Preparation is the word Illinois defensive coordinator Tim Banks says has been his team’s motto all week long. He knows his defense was out game-planned, looked overmatched and confused against a fast-paced Arizona State offense, who scored 45 points against a proud Illinois defense, the most it has allowed in a regulation game since 2009. “We were disappointed in how we coached across the board,” Banks said. “There were a lot of different things we wish we had done to be successful, but, at the end of the day, there is no rewind button. You just have to move forward and get ready for the next one.” That next one is Charleston Southern, and the Illini are focused on making sure they aren’t so ill prepared for an opponent again. Beckman says the Buccaneers are going to be a fast-paced offense as well, using the option and lining up players from different slots on the field. However, Charleston Southern is an 0-2 FCS team. The
last time the Illini faced a FCS team was South Dakota State last year, and Illinois beat them 56-3. The Illini are a perfect 11-0 against FCS teams with an average margin of victory of 29 points. In their fi rst game, Charleston Southern threw the ball more, and the other they ran the ball more, but Banks thinks they’ll try to run the ball if the score doesn’t get too far out of hand early. But for this defense, it doesn’t matter which team this next game is against. Saturday will be a game for it to regain some of its pride back from Tempe, Ariz. “We still feel like we’re a top defense in this country,” defensive end Michael Buchanan said. “We want to get back there on the field, regardless of our opponent, and we want to show the world again that we are a top defense, and we do have a lot of talent on the defensive side of the ball.” To prepare for the optionstyle offense Charleston Southern will run, Illinois’ scout team quarterback in practice has been running the option
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Physical wide receivers may lift Bears to 2-0 start BY CHRIS JENKINS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GREEN BAY, Wis. — With two words, Jay Cutler dismissed the notion that the Green Bay Packers would be able to disrupt the Chicago Bears’ new-look wide receiver corps with physical play: Good luck. Emboldened by a makeover that featured the arrival of Brandon Marshall, Cutler believes the Bears are better prepared to handle any sort of clutching, grabbing or jamming by the Packers. “Our speed guys are going to get around them and our big guys are going to throw and go,” Cutler said. “We invite press coverage. We invite man. And if we get in that type of game, our guys outside have to make some plays for us.” And if the Bears (1-0) somehow find a way to outscore Aaron Rodgers and the Packers (0-1) at Lambeau Field on Thursday night, the result will be something that seemed unlikely going into the season: The Bears could send the NFC North heavyweights to an unlikely 0-2 start at home. Four days after their defense got pushed around in a seasonopening loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the Packers must find a way to stop a Bears offense that put up 41 points on Indianapolis in a Week 1 victory. Renewing the productive partnership he had with Cutler in Denver, Marshall caught
nine passes for 119 yards with a touchdown. “They definitely have better personnel, especially on the perimeter,” Packers cornerback Tramon Williams said. “Jay has confidence in those guys and is definitely going to give those guys a chance to go get the ball.” Williams said Marshall’s size and skill present a tough challenge but added, “I’m up for the task.” Marshall had a big game the last time he faced the Packers, catching 10 passes for 127 yards with the Miami Dolphins in 2010. He welcomes the physical brand of coverage the Packers have used to neutralize Bears receivers in the past. “It’s all about matchups,” Marshall said. “I’m 6-5, 230. There aren’t too many DBs walking around that big. If they want to get physical, I do welcome that. But again, you look at Williams and (Sam) Shields over there and even (Charles) Woodson when he’s down there, they like to mix it up a lot. They give you different looks and that’s what gives them bigplay potential.” Besides changes on offense, which also included drafting another big wide receiver in Alshon Jeffery and signing free agent running back Michael Bush to team with Matt Forte — the Bears also have a new look led by Mike Tice. “I think there is a big differ-
ence to what we are doing offensively,” Cutler said. “This is a totally different scheme, a mentality and direction that we are going offensively. So, there would be no advantage for (the Packers) watching tape from last year of what we did. It’s totally different. I think they understand that.” One thing the Bears didn’t appear to fix in the offseason was their offensive line. Cutler was sacked 23 times in 10 games last season before breaking his right thumb. He was sacked twice in Sunday’s victory over Indianapolis — and the Colts played most of the game without Dwight Freeney, who left with a sprained left ankle. While the Packers’ defense got pushed around by the 49ers, it did manage to sack Alex Smith four times. That’s an indication that they might have fixed one of last year’s biggest defensive deficiencies. “I thought we did some good things in the pass rush,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “The statistical support of that would be the four sacks, but I thought we had good pressure (throughout the game).” Green Bay could be without wide receiver Greg Jennings, who hurt his groin in the game, has missed practice time and is listed as doubtful. The Packers could again try to create mismatches with Randall Cobb, who caught a team-high nine passes last week.
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Illinois' Jonathan Brown (45) deflects a pass against Western Michigan at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 1. Brown said he believes the Illini have the best front seven in the country.
FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1B without a football. It’s forced players to focus only on the guy they are responsible for and not commit any of the “eye violations,” which occur when players looked away from their man for a different receiver. A loss like last Saturday’s can
be deflating for a team, but Illinois players say they haven’t lost any confidence, especially on defense. Banks told his players that confidence comes from their preparation, and he has assured them that they’ll be prepared for what other teams are trying to do. If anything, that one loss seems to make them want to come back and show everyone that the Arizona State game
was more of an aberration than the normal. “We have the best front seven in the country, I firmly believe that,” linebacker Jonathan Brown said. “We know we’re still a good defense. We’re just ready to go out there and get a chance to prove it again.”
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Chicago Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery (17) makes a 42-yard touchdown catch past Indianapolis Colts cornerback Vontae Davis (23) in Chicago on Sunday. Jeffery and Brandon Marshall have reinvigorated the Bears’ receiving corps.
VOLLEYBALL FROM PAGE 1B specialist for the Illini. “My energy has turned from getting a kill to preventing a kill now,” Conard said. Hambly evaluated Conard, Wolfe and Abrahamovich’s play in the early portion of the season as “up and down like everybody else.” Outside hitter Ali Stark’s early season ankle sprain hasn’t made life any easier for Hambly. The fourth-year head coach called Stark a “stabilizer” for Illinois’ passing game. Similar to Bartsch and Ward, Stark is particularly valuable to the Illini because of her ability to play in both the front and backlines. But with the redshirt freshman mostly limited to the backline since her injury and fellow outside hitters
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were confident that their goals were our mistakes. We were confident after the game that if we played them again we could do better.” With the odds against them, the Americans bested Germany for a 1-0 victory. American Kealia Ohai recorded the only goal in the 44th minute on a low cross ball in the middle of the box. The U.S. was able to hold off Germany for the rest of the game to earn World Cup. While DiBernardo was playing in Japan, her teammates in Illinois still remained supportive. Though they had busy schedules, along with the 14-hour time difference, the team continued to show its support from a distance. “We filmed a series of videos
FERGUSON FROM PAGE 1B booster for the backs,” Ferguson said. “We should be even better going into this week.” Coming off an injury, Ferguson appreciated reaching the personal milestone in his Illini career, but the brutal 45-14 beating from the Sun Devils made the experience bittersweet.
Jocelynn Birks and Morganne Criswell mainly playing at the net, the traffic to and from the bench has increased. Amid all the shuffling, junior libero Jennifer Beltran, who holds two best single-season digs marks in Illinois history, has been a steady mainstay. She has tried to step into a leadership role for the Illini this season. “Vocally, I’m trying to take responsibility,” Beltran said. “Especially kind of being more vocal when it comes to directing what defense we’re gonna play against certain hitters or just reminding people of where to go.” Just as Conard takes time to learn the system, it’s taking Beltran time to adjust to playing with new players. The junior is attempting to define her range, or how much of the court she can cover, and what balls to leave for her teammates. Hambly has
already seen improvements taking place. “I see at times she looks like herself and sometimes she’s trying to do too much and make up for some inexperience back there,” Hambly said. “But I thought she started settling down last Saturday a lot. Her best match so far has been last Saturday.” Beltran’s comfort level has increased synonymously with that of the team’s. “Before, we were way out of position and moving all over the place, and now we’re in the right position and we’re there,” Hambly said. “We’re just not making the plays. We’re not finishing the plays, and at some point, we’re going to finish those plays and be pretty good.”
that we emailed or texted over to Janet,” senior Marissa Holden said. “We made a bunch of signs and took pictures of them. Social media definitely helped because they were checking Twitter. I think they definitely knew they were supported, and we were cheering loud for them.” DiBernardo will be bringing her international experience back to her teammates here at Illinois, which will benefit them as the Big Ten season starts Sunday. Having to play against foreign competitors and with different women from across the country allowed DiBernardo to mature as a player. “I’ve learned a lot,” DiBernardo said. “In that tournament, every game was different. I learned how to problem solve a lot better so I can transition that over to my teammates now.” The feelings from winning the under-20 Women’s World Cup
still linger inside both Illini, and reality has not set in. Though Rayfield was not there as a player, she considers this one of the biggest moments in her overall soccer career. “I’ve been coaching for over 20 years, and I’ve won a national collegiate championship as a player, but this certainly was a pinnacle in my coaching career,” she said. “I told the athletes, 20 years from now, most of them will realize it was a pinnacle in their playing careers. Not many people have a world championship in any sport, but in the sport of soccer where results can be so hard to come by, you can dominate and still lose. “To have a world championship is a phenomenal experience but also a phenomenal accomplishment.”
“The loss tames it a lot,” Ferguson said of his excitement. “I always want the W along with the 100 yards, but it was good to get out there running.” “At the end of the day, it’s about winning,” quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase said. “I’m sure he wishes he would have rushed for 200 if that would have meant we would have won. That’s how everybody should feel. They should never be too satisfied on
their own personal game.” Regardless of personal goals, Ferguson figures to play an integral role in the Illini’s up-tempo spread offense. “We expect more and more from him,” Scheelhaase said. “He’s going to be a player that is going to be pivotal in what we’re able to do as an offense.”
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Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mustache returns to inspire comeback BY ANDREW SELIGMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The infamous mustache is making a comeback â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Jeff Gordon believes he is, too. The four-time NASCAR champion grabbed the final spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship away from Kyle Busch with a vintage performance last week. He will try to end his long â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drive for Five,â&#x20AC;? starting Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the defining moment for me at this stage of my career,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not making this Chase could have had devastating results.â&#x20AC;? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in because of a dramatic performance at Richmond. Gordon came in trailing Busch by 12 points and beat him by three, making major adjustments to his Chevrolet throughout and coming on strong after falling a lap behind to finish second in a race hampered by rain. Now, the question is: At age 41 and 11 years removed from his last championship, can he capture title No. 5? If nothing else, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showing heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a man of his word. Gordon had vowed to bring back the mustache he sported at the start of his NASCAR career if he made the Chase, and his facial hair is once again the talk of the sport. He had a salt-and-pepper 5 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock shadow, the early makings of a beard, on Wednesday. He insisted it will be a mustache by the weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My wife started all this because she reminded me and Twitterville of the commitment I had made a month or month and a half ago,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I meant it when I said it and I hoped that we would be in this position, be in the Chase and sporting the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;stache. So here we go. Get ready.â&#x20AC;? Gordon couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember
exactly what led to the vow to bring back the mustache, widely ridiculed after its debut when he was a 21-year-old Sprint Cup Series rookie. He just remembers the reaction to his promise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were all like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yeah, yeah, yeah,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have fans all the time on Twitter, off Twitter, other competitors, messaging me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bring back the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;stache.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And I guarantee, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not because I was cool.â&#x20AC;? At this time last year, defending champion Tony Stewart defied his own expectations. He won at Chicagoland after stumbling into the Chase and won five of the 10 races, including the season finale, to tie Carl Edwards for the championship and take the title on the tiebreaker. Can Gordon be this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stewart, the guy that gets hot at just the right time even if he is admittedly past his prime? He might have won at Atlanta this month, but instead of knocking winner Denny Hamlin out of his way, he drifted up the banking and allowed him to pull away. Gordon second-guessed himself for that, and he looked like he was in trouble last week before making his push. He figured he had nothing to lose midway through Saturday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race at Richmond, so why not make some â&#x20AC;&#x153;wholesale, hugeâ&#x20AC;? changes to the No. 24 Chevy? â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic when I think of (Dale) Earnhardt Sr.,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He would start the race. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d lap him. By the end of the race, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re winning or coming after you for the win. To me, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sometimes the box that you put yourself in that can be more beneficial. What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned from that is weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to go out every weekend for these next 10 weeks and be fully committed to pursuing winning. If weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in fifth, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to have that same attitude like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in 26th. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to absolutely go after it.â&#x20AC;?
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MATT SLOCUM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia Phillies’ Jimmy Rollins, left, scores past Miami Marlins catcher John Buck on an RBI-single by John Mayberry Jr. in the sixth inning of a baseball game on Wednesday in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 3-1.
Phillies beat Marlins 3-1 for 7th straight victory BY DAN GELSTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Rollins hit a two-run homer and Cliff Lee pitched seven strong innings to lead the streaking Philadelphia Phillies to their seventh straight win, 3-1 over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. The Phillies continued their late push for an NL wild-card spot with a three-game sweep of the Marlins. Up next for the Phillies, four games in Houston against the NL-worst Astros. Philadelphia came in four games out of a playoff spot in the always-changing wild card standings. The Phillies (72-71) are on a season-high winning streak and have won 15 of 19 to move over .500 for the first time since they were 28-27 on June 3.
Phillippe Aumont worked a scoreless eighth and Jonathan Papelbon completed the four-hitter with his 34th save. Papelbon fanned Gorkys Hernandez with two runners on to end it. Their 15-4 record since Aug. 23 is the best in the National League and they are 21-8 in their last 29 home games. Johnson did his best to shut down the Phillies early, taking a no-hitter and a 1-0 lead into the sixth. Pinch hitting for Lee, Pete Orr hit a two-out single. Rollins followed with his 19th homer, a two-run shot to right, that sent the late-afternoon crowd into a frenzy and gave the Phillies a 3-1 lead. Lee struck out the side in the fourth inning and fanned Her-
nandez to open the fifth. He tossed four-hit ball and struck out six in seven innings to earn only his second home victory of the season. Lee allowed only an unearned run in the sixth after two straight Marlins batters reached on errors. Rollins, who leads all NL shortstops in fielding percentage, booted Donovan Solo’s grounder. Jose Reyes hit a one-hopper that Lee snagged wide of the mound, whirled around and threw wide to second for an error. Carlos Lee followed two batters later with an RBI single to right for the 1-0 lead. That’s the kind of sloppy play that might have done in the Phillies before the All-Star break. Not this month.
GREGORY BULL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Padres starting pitcher Clayton Richard pitches against the Cardinals on Wednesday in San Diego. The Padres won 3-2.
Struggling Cardinals lose 3-2 to Padres, risk lead for wild card THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SA N DIEGO — Clayton Richard pitched seven strong innings and rookie Yasmani Grandal singled home the goahead run to lift the San Diego Padres over the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Wednesday, handing the slumping World Series champions their 11th loss in 15 games. The Cardinals began the day with a one-game lead over Los Angeles for the second NL wildcard berth. St. Louis put a runner on third with one out in the ninth but was unable to score. World Series MVP David Freese and pinch-hitter Skip Schumaker both grounded out.
Logan Forsythe hit a solo home run for the Padres, who completed a three-game sweep of St. Louis for the first time since August 1995. San Diego has an NL-best 17-5 record since Aug. 19 and has taken 21 of its last 27 games at home. Richard (13-12) outpitched Kyle Lohse and gave up only three hits, including a two-run homer by Matt Carpenter that tied the game at 2 in the sixth. Luke Gregerson pitched the ninth for his seventh save, working around a leadoff double by Allen Craig. Lohse (14-3) had his eight-game winning streak snapped as he allowed three runs — two earned — on five
hits over six innings. He struck out eight. Forsythe connected with two outs in the second to give San Diego a 1-0 lead. Carpenter’s error in right field cost the Cardinals a run in the fifth. Yonder Alonso singled and went to third on Cameron Maybin’s one-out double into the right-field corner. But when Carpenter overran the ball, Alonso was able to score. Carpenter homered immediately after Jon Jay’s leadoff single in the sixth, but San Diego went ahead in the bottom half on Chase Headley’s two-out double and Grandal’s run-scoring single.
Smith, Rank advance to US Mid-Am final THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Threetime champion Nathan Smith advanced to the championship match in the U.S. Mid-Amateur, winning two matches Wednesday at Conway Farms Golf Club. The 34-year-old Smith, from Pittsburgh, will face 25-yearold Canadian Garrett Rank in the 36-hole final, with the winner in line to get the Masters spot traditionally awarded to the champion. Smith, the 2003, 2009 and 2010 winner in the event for players 25 and older, beat Corby Segal
of Santa Clarita, Calif., 1-up in the morning quarterfinals, and topped 1994 and 2001 winner Tim Jackson of Germantown, Tenn., 3 and 1 in the semifinals. Rank, an Ontario Hockey League referee, beat Matthew Mattare of New York 3 and 2 in the quarterfinals, and edged Todd White of Spartanburg, S.C., 1-up in the semifinals. Smith is attempting to break a tie with Jay Sigel for the tournament victory record. “That would be unbelievable,” Smith said. “Obviously, I am a long way
from that. I’m going to have my hands full (against Rank). I am going to have to play great just to stay with him. “I’m honored now to have three, with the company I am in (with Jay Sigel). It’s a fun event and I have enjoyed playing it through the years. But anytime you can say something that nobody else did, that would be great. This championship means a lot to me because I care so much about amateur golf.” Smith is 31-4 in match play in the event.