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e’ve listened to Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” more than most colleges, and we’re obsessed with Kanye West, according to a new study created by Spotify. The music-streaming service recently completed a study, which tracked the listening patterns of American college students. The University was ranked as the 26th most musical university out of 40 considered. California Polytechnic State University was ranked as the most musical university. Eliot Van Buskirk, Spotify inhouse data storyteller, said the most important concept to understand from the data is “distinctive” picks. “It means that this is the music that students at one school prefer disproportionately to the others,” Van Buskirk said. “If you just look at favorite music, you get a lot of the same music; looking at it this way highlights what makes each school unique.” Out of all bands on Spotify, University students distinctively favor Phantogram, an electronic rock band, and distinctively dislike Lana Del Rey, a solo indie pop artist. The study also put together a list of the most popular tracks and artists University students listen to overall, which is on their website. Some students, such as Gabyliz Machado, freshman in DGS, said they would listen to some songs on the list because of their popularity. “It’s a good social function because you can look at what your friends are lis-

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Distinctive Tracks

Relative to other schools, students listen to these songs the most: Q Jealous (I Ain’t With It) - Chromeo Q Jubel - Original Mix - Klingande Q La La La - Naughty Boy Q The Mother We Share - CHVRCHES Q Breezeblocks - alt-J

Popular Tracks

Top played songs at the University: Q Summer - Calvin Harris Q Rather Be - Clean Bandit Q Fancy - Iggy Azalea Q Problem - Ariana Grande Q Magic - Coldplay

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Distinctive Artists

Relative to other schools, students listen to these artists the most: Q Phantogram Q Of Monsters And Men Q Kanye West Q alt-J Q Grouplove

Recent controversy over Steven Salaita’s rescinded job offer to the University has sparked concern for some professors regarding their academic freedom on campus. Monday after noon, four professors who often research controversial topics, spoke about their experiences regarding the significance of academic freedom for University professors. “We’re here today to make a step. One step toward advanced understanding of the ways questions of academic freedom are brought to bear on the work of scholars in various disciplines,” said Dianne Harris, director of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities. “We are not here to discuss any particular cases. Other forums have done that and there will surely be more.” Harris said she hopes the discussion on academic freedom will lead to further conversation over the emerging concern of academic freedom on college campuses nationwide. The event was held at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology by the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities. Kathryn Clancy, co-director of the Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology and assistant professor of anthropology, said she considers a lot of the inclusion research

she does to be dangerous to her academic career. She said there have been times when her academic freedom was contested. Clancy said it’s difficult to convince other colleagues that women are important in inclusion across every field. “Issues of inclusion can be potentially dangerous in science, ” Clancy said. Clancy collaborated with junior female professors from the Chicago campus and Harvard University for their inclusive research. They surveyed over 600 people, interviewed 26 and said that gatekeepers within their rank do not like the type of work they administer. “The majority of women, and hefty majority of men, have been sexually harassed while doing field work and another quarter of women and six percent of men sexually assaulted,” Clancy said. “I have to carry the stories of several hundreds of women that have been assaulted, harassed and raped in the field. Many of them who did go to their university for support and their university turned them away,“ Clancy said. Bruce Fouke, professor of geology and microbiology, took the podium to describe the controversy over academic freedom at the University as a “cultural tsunami.” Fouke explained, “This tsunami of information has gladly given up something

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Popular Artists

Top played artists at the University: Q Kanye West Q Coldplay Q Calvin Harris Q Iggy Azalea Q Drake

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Kathryn Clancy speaks to at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology about issues of academic freedom on Monday.

Computer science grows, diversifies Campus police 50th year marked by more women and new double majors BY ANDREW NOWAK CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As the department of computer science celebrates its 50th year at the University, many significant changes are shaping the way the department looks, including a great increase in female students and partnerships with other majors. According to Steve Herzog, coordinator of Undergraduate Programs, almost 25 percent of the incoming computer science freshmen are female. Herzog has been working for Undergraduate Programs for 10 years, and said he has seen many changes in the department during his time at the University. “For as long as I’ve been here, and as long as a lot

of people have been here, professional, social and (female students) were at technical services to about about 10 percent department- 80 active members, accordwide, and our incoming class ing to Tran. usually was about 10 percent Tran said it is important fem a le ,” to get more women into H e r computer zog said. science. “And this “If you last year have an all(u nder male team g raduate designing f e m a l e s) were up to products 16 percent, that also which was women are STEVE HERZOG using, they really surCOORDINATOR OF prising.” might overUNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS E m i see a lot of the things ly Tran , that a woma senior in computer science, is the an would be like, ‘Oh, why is president of Women in Com- that designed that way, that’s puter Science, an RSO at the not female-friendly...’” Tran University. WCS provides said.

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“The kinds of things that computer science majors do are going to be pretty influential.”

Herzog said he believes it is important for women to be involved in the field of computer science. “The kinds of things that computer science majors do are going to be pretty influential,” said Herzog. “I think it’s important that there’s a variety of perspectives that go into designing our IT infrastructure, the kinds of tools we’re going to be using in the future.” Eva Shih, junior in computer science, is a tech team chair in WCS and a member of the Association of Computing Machinery, ACM, another RSO that involves students of all majors in computer science. Shih said equality is important, and that women

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Evacuating a dark, smoke-filled burning building can be terrifying. Approximately 125 University students attended the 19th Fire Factor Academy, a hands-on fire safety workshop at the Illinois Fire Service Institute on Saturday to improve their fi re safety skills. Held each semester by the Champaign and Urbana Fire and Neighborhood Services Departments, University Housing Office, Dean’s Office and the Illinois Fire Service Institute, Fire Factor gives students the opportunity to practice situational

fire safety skills through a variety of stations. “We were having problems with the lack of respect when firefighters would show up at a scene or a false alarm,” said Janet Maupin, deputy fi re marshal at the Champaign Fire Department. “People were very uncooperative as far as leaving the building.” In response, Fire Factor was created to raise awareness about fi re safety and improve the relationship between fi refighters and students. Attendees distributed free smoke detectors to

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FREEDOM important, and that is a lot of control over information and how much information is available.” Fouke said professors need to be careful with what information they put online. He stressed that big data, meta data and pub-

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SPOTIFY tening to,” Rohit Bhonagiri, sophomore in LAS, said. Additionally, the listening patterns show that the most popular genre at the

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COMPUTER should not feel they are “not smart enough” or that they “can’t join the tech industry” just because of their gender. “It’s not important to get more women in the tech industry. It’s just more important to make everybody feel equal on the same field,” Shih said. Herzog said he thinks the increase in female students that has occurred the past two years will continue to grow as the CS department continues to adapt. “It seems like having more women here helps create kind of a critical mass to attract more female students,” Herzog said. “I think it’s working, and we’re continuing our efforts we’re undertaking to get women interested in this field.”

CS curriculum changes The CS department is not

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FIRE SAFETY off-campus student houses to help raise awareness for September’s Campus Fire Safety Month in Illinois. Participants were given the chance to practice their fire extinguisher skills and learn how to evacuate a high-rise residence in smoke-filled conditions. “It was pitch black with smoke to try and make you feel like you’re in a real fire, to show you that you need to be aware of where exits are in any sort of building, whenever you’re in a building,” said Sarah Olson, a sophomore who attended Fire Factor as a representative of her sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Two mock dorm rooms, one with a sprinkler system and one without, were set ablaze to highlight the difference sprinklers can make in a fire. “Students told us they don’t mind spending time if it’s actually hands-on learn-

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lic media should all be considered in the workplace because there’s an information surge that could potentially factor hiring, retention and promotion in tenure. “If we really look carefully in the mirror and we’re honest, there’s probably a lot of things that we might have done online or over they years,” he said.

Fouke said the University is reaching a new understanding of what standards must be enforced by professors on campus. Colleen Murphy, associate professor of philosophy and law, also spoke during the presentation. She said her greatest challenge as a professor is facing skepticism from fellow scholars. “There is a common phil-

osophical sense that philosophical theories have no purchase and little to contribute to real challenges of the world today,” Murphy said. Murphy defined academic freedom as something that shouldn’t be about being free from interference or sanctions, but rather protection a freedom where ideas can be

explored. Deke Weaver, associate professor of art and design, concluded the presentation with a racy video promoting the academic freedom of art. Weaver alluded to numerous examples that exemplify the freedom of the First Amendment and occurrences that have happened recently, such as the shooting of Michael Brown

at Ferguson, Mo. Weaver noted that he and writer Barry Lopez canceled a lecture at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts scheduled for Nov. 18, due to the recent controversy of academic freedom.

University is pop, with nearly 60 percent of students listening to the genre. Almost 30 percent of students listen to dance music, but less than 1 percent of students listen to classical music. After analyzing the spe-

cific timestamps of listening patterns on an average day, Spotify saw that students listen to music the most between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., and least between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. By looking at when over 50 percent of students begin

listening each morning and when it reaches below 50 percent each night, Spotify estimated that most students wake up at 10:15 a.m. and go to bed at 1:15 a.m. Van Buskirk said the study may have an influence on what new music Univer-

sity students will listen to in the future. “It’s always a possibility, any time someone highlights something, that they’re going to raise its prominence, which can have a reinforcing effect,” he said. “But people release

new music all the time, and there’s so much already there to be discovered too. It can be good, as a listener, to remember how much is out there.”

only growing its number of female students, but students in general. To compensate for this rise, the department is expanding its curriculum to include “CS + X” majors this year. “Historically, we’ve had CS in Engineering and CS in LAS, and within LAS you can either do a stats or math field,” Tran said. “But as CS is becoming much more integrated with other fields, they are doing a lot more CS + X programs, and CS + X is a really cool thing where you can pick an LAS major and have a track that includes both classes.” Current “X” departments that are partnering with Computer Science for this new degree include: anthropology, astronomy, chemistry and linguistics. Herzog said the department of computer science hopes to continue attracting different types of students. Shih said she wished they had the new LAS+X programs when she was a fresh-

man. Due to the growing size of the department, Shih said she had to fight to get a place in several CS classes this semester. “The CS classes are already overflowing, so I don’t know how they’re going to deal with a lot more LAS people coming in,” Shih said. According to Herzog, the CS deparment is currently at a crossroads as it works toward accommodating students that want to study computer science. Since there isn’t enough room in the classrooms, Herzog said the department has been forced to be more selective. However, he said the department is making changes to allow more students into the major in the future. “We try and keep up with the way the industry is going and so, we’re probably going to revise our curriculum here pretty soon,” Herzog said.

ing,” Maupin said. Olson said the most eyeopening part of the workshop was learning about overcrowding and the importance of being aware of exits in case evacuation is necessary. “A lot of kids go out and don’t realize that overcrowding is really an issue at the bars here,” Olson said. “I normally don’t think of other ways to get out of a building if it needs to be evacuated.” Olson plans on sharing her newfound awareness and thinks other students could benefit from attending Fire Factor. Members of fraternities and sororities on campus, as well as residence advisers, are encouraged to attend the workshop, Maupin said. “I think it’s really great that they have one representative from each dorm and of each sorority and fraternity attend to spread the message to everyone else for how important it is to be aware,” Olson said.

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The Board of Trustees received a $1,492,545 grant from FEMA for fire prevention and safety that will go toward the Illinois Fire Service Institute. The grant will fund a research project to study the risks to cardiac stress and carcinogens that firefighters face when responding to a fire, said Gavin Horn, director of research at the Illinois Fire Service Institute. “It’s going to provide us a chance to study two of the most important health concerns that the fire service faces in a single study,” Horn said. He said that sudden cardiac events are the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths in the fire service, with cancer being one of the primary chronic health concerns associated with firefighting. The study will send 36 firefighters to a controlled, small fire, which they will

respond to as if it was a normal fire. Once the firefighters contain the fire, researchers will use EKGs to measure their heart’s electrical activity. Researchers will also measure the subjects’s core temperatures and measure the amount of particulates and carcinogens on the firefighters’ skin. “We’re also interested in seeing how firefighters recover from this,” Horn said. “We’re looking at heart rate, core temperature, EKG as well as anything that gets any of these carcinogens metabolized in the body for up to 12 hours after they’ve completed the firefighting activity.” Research from Underwriters Laboratories, who will be working with the institute on the study, indicated that modern house fires are more dangerous and pose more of a risk than in the past. They concluded that modern homes create a perfect storm of conditions as homes are larger, have more open floor plans,

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Fire Safety Skills:

The University of Illinois Fire Service Institute recommends that students know the following skills: — Locating the two closest fire extinguishers in any given area — Operating fire extinguishers — Understanding when a fire is too large for an extinguisher — Closing doors when exiting the fire room — Proper actions when trapped in a room — Accountability of other house occupants after an evacuation — Operation of installed hood systems, if present SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FIRE SERVICE INSTITUTE

increased fuel loads and new construction materials, according to their website. “Fires don’t burn the same with fuels that we have today as they did 50 or 60 years ago because we have so many synthetic materials in our homes,” Horn said. “So there are different risks associated with modern fires.” The grant that the Illinois Fire Service Institute received aims to provide funding for fire prevention

as well as firefighter safety research and development. Money from the grant will cover the bulk of this study, according to Horn. Planning for the study is already underway and Horn said he expects to begin collecting data in the spring. The results of the study are expected to be complete by this time next year.

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Illinois receives Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award from INSIGHT magazine BY JANE LEE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For the second year in a row, INSIGHT into Diversity magazine awarded the University of Illinois with its Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award. This recognition has been given out for the past three years by the publication and this was the second year the University applied for it. “We are very proud of what we have accomplished so far in terms of putting diversity issues front and center on our radar screen, making it a part of every conversation and our DNA,” said Chancellor Phyllis Wise. “This is one of those areas where we can never say we’ve done enough. Even though we applied for this award, it’s not because we thought we were done, but because we thought this would be our beginning.” Since receiving the award, Wise feels a greater responsibility to continue to work on the University’s diversity efforts, because she acknowledges that the campus is a leader in diversity awareness. Wise believes that other institutions will look at the University as an example to try to achieve their own goals. Menah P ratt- Clarke, associate chancellor and associate provost for Diversity, said it was important to apply for the award for the second year in a row to demonstrate the school’s commitment to diversity on a national level. “I hope that one of the benefits is that it will help

us continue to recruit a diverse faculty, student and staff population.” PrattClarke said. “The University really promotes people from different places and they try to make people who come from different places aware of other cultures that exists in the University,” said Rajasi Rastogi, sophomore in FAA. “So, there are many events happening around all the time. There are people interacting all the time about different cultures and talking to each other and there are many charity events.” INSIGHT into Diversity magazine will also put together its first official benchmark report later this year, which will outline what the award recipients are doing well and stand as an example for other schools. “In terms of increasing the awareness and what they offer in terms of diversity and inclusion on their campus, the benchmarking report will certainly communicate the commonalities between (schools) and what schools are doing well in order to receive our sort of recognition,” said Holly Mendelson, publisher of INSIGHT into Diversity magazine. The application for the award consists of 51 criteria. Mendelson said the publication does not rank or compare schools because every school has different responses. The overall sum of the application determines the outcome of the school that will gain award recognition.

“There really isn’t anything else out there like this,” Mendelson said. “We want to recognize the schools that really are doing something about diversity and inclusion.” One of the criteria on the application ask schools to list “diversity policies, programs, and outreach.” According to PrattClarke, there are seven diversity committees on campus. “We have different committees working on diversity of gender diversity, LGBTQ diversity, racial diversity, and also we have two committees that the chancellor and the provost have commissioned, EDGE and DRIVE, that are paying attention particularly to student diversity and faculty and staff diversity,” Wise said. “It permeates the whole atmosphere of everything that we do.” The University responds to recommendations that these committees request each year by implementing their requests and providing funds. Wise said they plan to continue to do so this year. “Our vision is to be the preeminent public research university with a land grant mission and global impact. I think we all recognize that diversity is the under pinning of our being able to really make this vision statement more than a vision statement but an actual goal and an action statement,” said Wise.

Jane can be reached at janelee5@ dailyillini.com.

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Tony Stewart gives a press conference to national media at Stewart-Haas Racing in Kannapolis, N.C. on Monday. Stewart said he’s never considered stopping racing after his car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. during a race.

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart never considered quitting after deadly incident KANNAPOLIS, N.C. —A subdued Tony Stewart said Monday he never thought about giving up driving race cars in the past seven weeks after a car he was driving struck and killed sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr. during a dirt track race in New York. But he said he still thinks

constantly about what he called a “100 percent accident.” “I think about it every day, Stewart said, “and I wish I could say it was once a day but it’s not. ... It will never go away. It’s always going to be a part of my life the rest of my life.”

FAA to examine security after Chicago-area fire resulting in hundreds of canceled flights As Chicago airports canceled hundreds of flights and worked to return to normalcy on Monday, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration has ordered a review of security protocols and how the agency deals with delays such as those stemming from last week’s fire at an air traffic control

center in Illinois. Speaking Monday morning at the Air Traffic Control Association conference outside Washington, Administrator Michael Huerta said he has asked an agency and union team to look at the incident with an eye to finding ways to make security better. On Friday, a contract

employee tried to commit suicide and set a fire that damaged the air traffic facility in Aurora, Ill., leading to thousands of flight cancellations and delays at O’Hare and Midway airports in Chicago. The ripple effect caused flight delays and cancellations in many parts of the country.

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Eating habits depend on time, not on education CARLY CHARLES

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Cycling through shortcomings

Getting from point A to point B by bike on this campus is more of chore than it should be thanks to multiple shortcomings in the University’s bike infrastructure. Consistent problems across the bike path system include a lack of maintenance, discontinuity, poor placement, lackluster signage or markings and insufficient bike rack amenities. We have previously noted the University’s ignorance on these matter, and yet problems persist. Below are some highlights of our gripes.

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ast week, I read with interest The Daily Illini article regarding a University study about the eating habits of freshmen women. While it presented many great ideas regarding the subject of dietary habits of first-time female college students, it left me feeling slightly unsatisfied. The article discusses two different test groups for the study: One that was left to their own dietary devices and another that was more experimental. In addition to going about their days as normal college freshmen, the latter group would attend supplementary scheduled sessions, in which they would discuss how to incorporate healthy choices into their lives. In addition to acknowledging the problem buffet-style dining poses to healthy eating, the article maintains that although freshmen women are, in general, knowledgeable of what it means to eat healthfully, they somehow “lack the confidence to follow through with making healthy eating choices.� However, I would suggest that it’s not a matter of freshmen women lacking the confidence to make healthy dietary choices; but, rather, that students in general lack the time to do so. As an individual who was once a college freshman, I can vouch that the allure of the allyou-can-eat buffet setups in the dining halls is great; if I can’t decide between pizza and chicken fingers, it’s not a pressing problem — because I can just grab both, and dessert(s), too. It wasn’t until college that I finally noticed a new tightness in my waistband, things fitting awkwardly, feeling fatigued more quickly on the occasion I would find the time to exercise. So, is it really the buffet-style of college dining that is part of the issue? Pre-college, you nearly always have meal times carved into your schedule, whether it be in the form of an assigned lunch period, or a parent who is nice enough to cook you breakfast or dinner when you have no time. In college, however, it’s quite within your rights to sleep until two minutes before an 8:00 a.m. class, and forego breakfast. And it’s even easier to schedule classes during the conventional lunch hours of 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. In fact, at times, it’s unavoidable. And then you factor in the burdensome heap of rehearsals, group projects, sports practices, work shifts and meetings that you almost definitely have to attend after classes. And with that, the 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. window you’d often reserve for dinner at home has passed, and you’re forced to look elsewhere for sustenance. In short, college freshmen schedules often don’t come equipped with the means by which to live and eat healthfully. Speaking from my personal experience with having a packed schedule without lunch and dinner breaks, I can say that eating well was a challenge — but not because I wasn’t aware that taking donuts and a sugar-ridden energy drink on my way out the door to Music Theory was unhealthy, and not because I lacked the confidence to make a better choice. The first time I’d have the chance to eat a full meal would be at PAR’s After Dark Late Dinner — commonly referred to as late night — and by this point my thoughts couldn’t be farther from phrases like “portion control,� “trans-fat is bad for me,� and “more than seven chicken fingers is probably too much.� The notion that I’d failed to eat a particularly great deal of food earlier in the day led me to think that it’s okay to pig out. In general, the fact that it’s so very late at night, and you’re tired, and you have a whole bunch of homework, makes you far more apt to say “screw it� and go for the grease-spattered, fructose corn syrup gold. In short, it’s not that students lack the confidence with which to make smart dietary decisions; it’s that when we find the time to eat, portion control is the last of our concerns.

Location: Armory and Wright CUMTD Stop At several junctions, bike paths are sandwiched directly between a bus stop and the street. As a result, pedestrians waiting or getting on and off the buses barricade the bike path and use it like a sidewalk, which is a definite safety hazard for all involved.

Location: the Main Quad The Quad is one of the most congested areas on campus, and there is only one bike path, running east to west, that goes across it. The path is often used as a sidewalk, and even when people are using it properly, it’s hard for bikers to cross while so many people are walking to and from class. The placement of north - south paths on all the quads could serve to minimize conflicts between bikers and pedestrians.

Location: West side of the Armory The bike path outside of the Armory, like many other paths on campus, is in severe disrepair. Bike paths in high traffic areas like this should be mended regularly to ensure bikers will actually be able to use them and ensure efficient travel for all.

Location: Fourth Street and Peabody Ave Apparently when bike riders get to Fourth and Peabody, they are expected to either stop riding or head straight into a light pole. This is a clear inconvenience and something comparable to Platform 9 ž from Harry Potter. Maybe if bikers ride into the pole they will be transported to a magical world outside of the University where people actually put some thought into bike infrastructure.

Location: Sixth Street, south of Armory Ave On this particular bike path, bushes get the right of way — literally. The bushes are wide enough such that they take up almost half of the bike lane, leaving less room for bikers to travel on this particular path. Obstacles both natural and artificial are not uncommon occurrences on many University paths.

Carly is a junior in FAA. She can be reached at ccharle2 @dailyillini.com. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS | opinions@dailyillini.com with the subject “Letter to the Editor.� The Daily Illini reserves the right to edit for length, libel, grammar and spelling errors, and Daily Illini style or to reject any contributions. Letters must be limited to 300 words. Contributions must be typed and include the author’s name, address and phone number. University students must include their year in school and college.

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CYCLE ber, notes that the Champaign-Urbana community is becoming more accepting of bike-sharing programs. Kyung was involved in a 2012 bike-sharing feasibility project for the University and began working with several University departments in creating community-wide bike-sharing programs in June of 2013. The Sustainable Living Learning Community at the Lincoln Avenue Residence dormitory also offers

a bike-sharing program. “I exist in this role because the University is interested in bike-sharing,” she said. “Y-Cycles has been a great catalyst in creating a movement for bike-sharing in the community. We have so many different students coming in and out of this YMCA and I think it’s a great way of making different students aware that bike-sharing can exist on campus.”

Stephanie can be reached at skim108@dailyillini.com.

“The best case scenario is that everyone who rents a Y-Cycle thinks, ‘Bikes are great!’ and buys one for themselves.” KASEY UMLAND

YMCA ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND 2007 UNIVERSITY ALUMNA

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Members of WaterAid at UIUC run a bake sale on the Quad on Thursday afternoon. The RSO aims to improve clean water access worldwide through fundraising initiatives and eventual overseas volunteering.

University students create WaterAid RSO BY ABRAR AL-HEETI STAFF WRITER

There are more than 780 million people in the world lacking clean water, and the availability is expected to decrease as the population continues to increase, according to UN Water facts and figures, WaterAid is a worldwide organization that works to improve access to safe water and promote hygiene in third-world countries. A chapter of the institution became a Registered Student Organization last spring semester called WaterAid at UIUC. The RSO recently had its first event, a bake sale, on the Quad on Thursday. As the organization is in its beginning stages, members are still in the planning process for larger fundraising events. WaterAid members hope to raise funding for the building of sanitary water pumps. Many current water sources in poorer countries are polluted lakes and rivers. Fizzah Hasan, president of WaterAid and junior in Business, was inspired to establish the chapter with Apoorva Vuthunuri, senior adviser and junior in LAS, after reflecting on their shared personal experiences with consumption of impure water. “I was born in Pakistan, Apoorva in India, so we’ve seen the problem firsthand,” Hasan said. “Tap water is really bad over there. Hygiene education is not a big thing.” Vuthunuri said the University campus was a good place to establish the chap-

ter because of the available resources that could be used to help others abroad. “We looked at multiple volunteer organizations, and we decided that what WaterAid needed the most was money to help other countries, and at the University, we have that opportunity to fundraise and we have that opportunity to get money from different sources,” she said. As a first step in helping to establish clean water sources overseas, the organization seeks to make a difference with a local angle.

“There are many diseases that are easily preventable, just by washing your hands.” APOORVA VUTHUNURI

SENIOR ADVISER, WATERAID

Mahreen Bux, vice president of the WaterAid at UIUC and senior in AHS, said one of the objectives of WaterAid is to help people realize that by cutting back on their daily routines, they could make a difference to those without clean water access. “One of the events that we’re trying to participate in is World Water Day, and that’s kind of to try to get our members to be more aware of how much water they use every day and cut back,” Bux said. “Say, cutting your shower by five minutes — things like that.”

The promotion of hygiene is also an important part of WaterAid’s mission, according to Bux. Vuthunuri said WaterAid has volunteers go to the countries they help and provide hygiene education to the locals about topics like sanitation, garbage disposal and how to get rid of waste the proper way. “There are many diseases that are easily preventable, just by washing your hands,” she said. “People aren’t aware of it.” Hasan added people also lack accessibility to hygienic practices, therefore furthering the issue. Bux said the chapter is looking to collaborate with other RSOs in larger fundraising events. One such organization that WaterAid is looking to work with is the Quench Foundation, which is also founded upon the mission of providing clean water and hygiene education in poorer countries. “Many of the members who joined WaterAid wanted to go abroad to volunteer for this cause, so we might talk to those organizations who send students abroad to help over spring break or summer break,” Vuthunuri said. WaterAid at the University is currently recruiting members and can be reached at wateraidatuiuc@gmail.com. The organization also has a Facebook page, where interested students can apply to be an executive board member.

Abrar can be reached at aalheet2 @dailyillini.com.

Many factors drop teen pregnancy to historic low BY RICK MONTGOMERY TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Blame reality TV. Blame films about sexually active youths. Blame, as always, the Internet. Or credit them all. The cultural forces that cause parents to worry sick about teens getting pregnant may actually be doing more good than harm. Pick a reason, as many researchers are attempting, to explain why rates of both teen birth and abortion have fallen to historic lows. Some cite more effective contraceptives and straight talk in schools. Some point to the stigma of abortion and even the long economic slowdown. For Jasmin Robinson, a Kansas City high school senior, it was a health course that gave some classmates artificial infants to carry around. They wailed and needed changing at the worst times. The report by the CDC’s health statistics center found that the 2013 birth rate for females ages 15 to 19 had dropped to 26.6 births per thousand —

down 10 percent from just the year before. And back in 1991, childbearing youths were twice as likely as now to have abortions. All news to you? Pondering what it termed “the mystery” of falling rates of teen pregnancy and abortion, the news website Vox. com this summer floated a variety of possible causes, most backed by scholarly research: “16 and Pregnant” and its hit spinoff, “Teen Mom,” could have accounted for onethird of the overall drop in teen births. In a rough economy, birth rates tend to decline for women of all ages, a large body of research shows. Couples are more apt to grow families when the financial outlook appears safe. Among the wilder theories floated by Vox.com is research pointing to the nation’s drastically lower exposure to lead, particularly in gasoline and paint. A recent report by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health advocate, credited better contraception. Options such as longacting intrauterine devices and over-the-counter emer-

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gency contraceptives (socalled morning-after pills or Plan B) were not as widely available for teens a decade ago. Groups with an advocacy stake in fights over teen pregnancy may insist they know what works and what doesn’t. But the biggest factor behind the drop in numbers, many experts acknowledge, is unknown. “At the end of the day, the credit for the declines in teen pregnancy goes to adolescents themselves.” And despite what parents might fear, high school students in that span report having less sexual intercourse and with fewer partners. The federal Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey published in June tracked a “significant” decrease in the percentage of students saying they had ever engaged in intercourse, with just under 47 percent reporting it last year, compared with 54 percent in 1991. Experts attribute much of that decline to youth concerns about the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

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David Belcher and Brian Galli, two University alumni, regularly perform across Campustown and downtown Champaign as the ChamBuskers, a nightlife street performing duo.

Musical duo brings sound to streets of Champaign-Urbana BY SAHER KHAN STAFF WRITER

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11 p.m. on Thursday, David Belcher and Brian Galli walked to the corner of Sixth and Green streets with arms full of different instruments. Among bar-goers and rowdy late-night passersby, they readied their djembe, ukulele, shaker, tambourine and kazoo to set their stage for the evening. The headless mannequins of Gameday Spirit in the window behind them were the first onlookers of the night. The duo calls themselves the ChamBuskers, a play on Chambana and the lesser known name of street performers — buskers. The two University graduates spend weekend nights performing live music around campus and downtown Champaign. As Belcher drummed away on his djembe, a West African drum, and Galli strummed his ukulele for a cover of Neon Trees’ “Everybody Talks,� a crowd gathered around the two to take in the show. “The interaction with the audience is my favorite part,� said Galli, a 2014 alumnus of FAA. “It’s really personal; you get to experience people.� The spontaneity of busking, another word for street performing, is what makes it so attractive to Galli and Belcher, a 2013 alumnus of LAS. Never knowing what people are going to do when they walk by makes for an on-edge entertaining experience, Galli said. “It’s not like when you’re playing on a stage where you’re separated from the audience. It feels more natural for me. It’s like I’m not above you

because I’m performing; I want your energy,� Belcher said. They received plenty of energy that night as they played a mix of favorite pop tunes. Green Street was bustling with people and cars in the 60-degree weather; nearly everyone going by slowed or stopped to enjoy the sounds they heard from the ChamBuskers. “We were just strolling, looking for an adventure tonight when we heard these guys,� said Tess Johnson, junior in LAS. “They’re playing live music on Green Street, people walking by are slightly intoxicated, it’s something to see, you know.� Johnson, along with her friends, said these street performers are different because their performances are more genuine and can’t be seen on campus every day. Both Belcher and Galli said they grew up around music. They started to play their respective drums and trumpet around the seventh grade. Despite having graduated last year, the two alumni spent their summers in Champaign making music and perform in a an RSO cover band called Contraband. But it was their friendship and partnership that evolved when Belcher was looking to make some money with his music. “I wanted to busk because I had no money, and I wanted to go out in the street and play,� Belcher said. “So I made a Facebook event: ‘Busking Party! All of my Friends who like to play music come play!’ And nobody responded except for Brian, and Brian was like, ‘I guess we should go play some tunes.’ From there we instantly decided we should put it

together like a busking duo.� Both Belcher and Galli said they are committed to making music more than just a hobby. Galli said the reason why they have bonded so much can be attested to their similar goals. They want to be able to make a living by doing what they love and they want their music to communicate and connect with an audience. “You can be a great skilled musician in life but it’s bridging that gap of how good a musician you are to turning that into something people can digest. So ChamBuskers is awesome because it’s actually this fun musical challenge,� Belcher said.

“It used to be we only played music together. Now we play music and video games together.� DAVID BELCHER

CHAMBUSKERS MUSICIAN

“Learning new songs, singing in different musical scenes, vocal ranges — it’s musically fulfilling and also people like it and people receive it and we can see that.� While collecting tips is admittedly nice, the two said the interaction with people is the best part. But building relationships through busking isn’t limited to an audience. Belcher and Galli both said the experience has affected their relationship as well. “It used to be we only played music together, Now we play music and video games together,� Belcher said. Brianna Davis, sophomore in LAS, and her friends hung around enjoy-

ing the music longer than others Thursday night. “It’s informal and fun, you can kind of join in and they’ve got personalities,� she said. “Also (Galli’s) trumpet kazoo is awesome. They’re just different.� While Belcher plays the djembe, he also plays the shaker and the tambourine with his foot. Galli plays the trumpet and a ukulele, which he plugs into a small amp. He also plays a trumpet-shaped kazoo, while both provide vocals. “Right now we don’t really have a concrete plan, we just want to see where this goes,� Galli said of the ChamBuskers. Both said they intend to start making YouTube videos of their performances. They can usually be found between Tuesday and Saturday nights and are aiming to perform one night downtown and one night on campus per week. The duo has a Facebook page that announces where and when they will be performing later that night, but along with their love of music, it is the spontaneity of busking that continues to interest them. “A girl wearing a birthday tiara and a sash was with her friends and asked if she could play our drums because it was her birthday. We sang her ‘Happy Birthday’ and then she played the drums and started busting out these tribal jams and beats and was making really good music,� Galli said of his favorite moment as a member of ChamBuskers. “The expectation was that she was going to bang away at the drums and then she started whipping out this awesome drum beat and we jammed with her for 10 minutes. People surprise you.�

Saher can be reached at smkhan3@dailyillini.com.

YMCA’s Y-cycles offers campus bike-sharing BY STEPHANIE KIM STAFF WRITER

In the occasion of a flat tire or a sudden urge for adventure, students and community members can rent bikes through the YMCA’s bike-sharing program, Y-Cycles. The hourly rate is $2 for all users, with the first two hours free for YMCA members. For longer trips, daily rentals ($15 for non-members, $8 for members) and overnight rentals ($10 fee for non-members, $7 fee for members) are available as well. “We want to give people biking an option for transportation and to explore it without making a huge purchase for a bicycle,� said Kasey Umland, program director at the YMCA and 2007 University alumna. “It’s also a great way, if you

rely on your bike, to have a back-up system.� As a bicyclist and someone without a driver’s license, Umland hopes Y-Cycles will give students and community members the opportunity to experience the health, economical and environmental benefits she’s received, Umland said. She first introduced the idea of a bike-sharing program during a staff meeting about limited resources for community bicyclists in the fall of 2011. Thereafter, Y- Cycles gained momentum during the 2011 to 2012 academic year, when students enrolled in a Learning in Community class developed a project proposal for the YMCA. The next year, the YMCA raised enough money through a $2,000 grant from the Community Foun-

dation of East Central, Student Organization Resource Fee funds and online crowdfunding via Indiegogo to launch the program and to purchase four rental bikes. After figuring out the kinks in the program during its soft opening last summer, the YMCA hopes to expand its usership and become an avenue for people to eventually become full-fledged bicyclists, Umland said. “We’re not trying to make money off of it, although it would be a lovely, unintended consequence,� Umland said. “The best case scenario is that everyone who rents a Y-Cycle thinks, ‘Bikes are great!’ And buys one for themselves and never has to use Y-Cycle again.� But Umland realizes that several roadblocks are in the way of achieving this

result – the low level of awareness of the program and the cultural perception of biking as a recreational means of transportation, she added. Students and community bicyclists agree with these said challenges. “A lot of people are used to it being a toy, rather than a means of exercise and transportation,� said Justin Licke, senior in Engineering and former YMCA member. “It wasn’t until last summer that I was even okay with calling myself a cyclist; it seemed like a term you’d reserve for crushing miles on a road bike and hanging out in spandex.� But despite the anticipated challenges, Grace Kyung, graduate student in FAA and YMCA board mem-

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SPORTS Evans to make final decision ALEX ROUX Basketball columnist

When it was reported that Jawun Evans would not be taking any more in-home visits from coaches, many Illini fans took it as a bad sign. That’s not necessarily the case. Though head coach John Groce won’t get the last word in with Evans before the recruit announces his decision Wednesday, the lack of a fi nal in-home is no reason to panic. Following PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ATHLETICS his official visit to Oklahoma Illinois volleyball head coach Kevin Hambly addresses the Illini Networkers in one of his pregame chalk talks. Hamlby gives State last weekend, Evans simply wanted time to clear fans an insight into the program with a 30-minute presentation before each home match. his head and think hard about the biggest decision of his life, according to his mentor Lamont Simmons. “It’s just giving him some time as a teenager BY STEPHEN BOURBON Volleyball isn’t like many est with the group and peo- and a young man — and his the lineup and then we play SENIOR WRITER is great for me. I’m not a ner- mainstream sports. Even ple want to be a part of that mom, who went through the The waning minutes before vous-type of guy, but when casual football fans can tell chalk talk because I don’t put recruiting process from an Illinois volleyball match you’re sitting there doing you all about the Cover 2, and on a show.� about 20 different schools are a time filled with anxiety. nothing, your mind just goes basketball fans are familiar In his time of doing the — some time to think about Head coach Kevin Hambly and is breaking down every- with the 2-3 zone. Unless fans pregame talks, Hambly has what they want to do,� doesn’t want any part of it. thing that’s going on in front have a background playing noticed the Networkers pick- Simmons said. Instead of sitting and of you.� volleyball at a high level, the ing up on emphasis points As of Monday afternoon, watching his players go Hambly says he has been X’s and O’s are lost on many and learning the game. As Simmons said as far as he through warm-ups for the running the chalk talks for fans. fans learn more about the knows, Evans has not come umpteenth time, Hambly is seven or eight years now. He “People don’t understand sport and the team, they can to a fi nal decision on which revealing his whole game started while still the coach- volleyball at all. They don’t become more critical and school he will choose. plan. Not with players, nor in-waiting as an assistant know how to watch the game,� point to exactly where the Simmons said he would with his assistant coaches, under former coach Don Har- Hambly said. “They watch Illini falter on the court. talk to Evans and his but with fans. din. The previous staff want- the ball. And if you watch “The danger is they’re mother Monday evening, Around 30 minutes before ed to have Hambly interact the ball, it’s a really terrible becoming educated. They when Evans will lay out his each home match, Hambly with the boosters as part of game to watch because you have a lot better questions options and presumably meets with the team’s boost- his time leading up to getting only see each contact.� than they used to,� Hambly come to a fi nal decision. er group, the Networkers, the head coaching job. Almost every match, Room said. “They see the game difThe highly coveted point Since Hambly has taken 112 in Huff Hall nears capac- ferently. Now, everyone can guard in the 2015 class is for a “Chalk Talk� where the head coach goes over the over head coaching duties, he ity to hear Professor Ham- complain, ‘Why didn’t you do deciding between Oklahoma most specific points on what says the size of the Network- bly share his weekly les- this, why didn’t you that? You State, USC and Illinois and the strategy is for the night. ers has quadrupled. It helps son. Before big matches, the did this last time.’ Which is is coming off an official visit Details could include how the that the Illini have missed crowd swells to standing- what I want. I want them to be to Oklahoma State, which team will play defense, which the tournament just once room only. educated on the game.� wrapped up last weekend. matchups the Illini want to in Hambly’s five seasons as There’s no specific forThe following chalk talk The Oklahoma State visit exploit, even which oppos- head coach at Illinois, which mat to the talks, and Ham- after a win, Hambly won’t say went well, according to ing player the Illini want to included a national runner- bly always opens it up for much, although fans love to Simmons, though he hadn’t serve to. up finish in 2011, but he said questions to start. Nothing point out how the game went gotten the chance to speak “That’s the worst time the program is unique in its is off-limits and Networkers according to the script. with Evans in-depth about before the match,� he said. interaction with fans. are able to cut through coachAfter losses, however, fans the visit until Monday night. “When you’re sitting there, Following Evans’ official “I think a lot of it has to do speak to understand what is will come up to the coach to waiting for the game to start with the accessibility of the really going on. Hambly is discuss where the Illini devi- visit to Illinois three weeks and your team is warming program. That’s why I like generally forthright with the ated from the game plan, ago, he had rave reviews up. And you see, ‘Is this kid to do it,� Hambly said. “It’s media, but he really pulls no or worse, where the game about the Illinois staff and really into it?’ They’re fine, unique. Huff is accessible, punches during chalk talks. plan didn’t work at all. The campus. Simmons called the they’re into it, but you start to coaching staff is accessible, “I’ll say when kids play straight-shooting coach is Illini visit “phenomenal� get anxious. Me sitting down players are accessible with- bad with their parents sit- willing to accept criticism and praised head coach and talking to these guys in reason. I think that’s what ting right there,� Hambly John Groce for developing about it and then turning in has drawn fans in.� said. “But I’ll be real honSEE VOLLEYBALL | 2B a special relationship with

An off-court education

Illini expect Lunt to return Defensive struggles continue against Nebraska in defeat BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER

Wes Lunt is expected back on the field this weekend. Illinois head coach Tim Beckman said he’s expecting the sophomore quarterback to start Saturday against Purdue after missing Illinois’ game against Nebraska. “He was not 100 percent,� Beckman said of Lunt’s status against the Cornhuskers. Beckman declined to comment on the exact nature of Lunt’s leg injury. Offensive coordinator Bill Cubit said after Saturday’s game that it was a knee sprain. T he qu a r terback warmed up in full pads prior to the game but didn’t enter the game. The injury occurred after a hit against Texas State on Sept. 20. “Reilly (O’Toole) had a good week of practice and he deserved the right to start,� Beckman said. O’Toole completed 17 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown, but threw three interceptions in the 45-14 loss. Beckman said he was prepared to play quarterback Aaron Bailey in place of Lunt if O’Toole needed to be replaced against Nebraska. But Beckman also said Monday he’s not going to play Bailey just to play him because Bailey still has a chance to redshirt the season.

Defense ranked last in Big Ten Illinois’ defense is now ranked last in the Big Ten in total and rushing defense. The Illini allowed Nebraska running back Ameer

Abdullah 208 yards on 22 carries Saturday. Illinois allowed 458 rushing yards in total against Nebraska — the third time in five games the Illini have allowed more than 200 yards rushing. Beckman said the Illini defense tried 18 different blitzes against Nebraska to try and stop Abdullah, who ran for a career-high three rushing touchdowns. “We were getting breached or out-athleted at times,� Beckman said. “The more aggressive we ended up playing, the better we played. Not that we played the way we wanted to play.� Defensive coordinator Tim Banks said the team has focused on stopping opponents’ rushing game since the spring. “At the end of the day, you just have to be able to win at the point of attack,� Banks said. “We’ll continue to do different things in our pressure game and try to help those guys, but at the end of the day we just got to continue to execute and execute better.� Despite ranking last in rushing defense, the Illini lead the conference in tackles for a loss. Illinois has recorded 40 in its fi rst five games, ranking 11th nationally.

work and you don’t want to see that work not pay off for you.� One of the most stressful preparations came last week heading into Nebraska, where Illinois played in front of 91,255 fans at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. “It was defi nitely an eyeopener when I went out there,� Dudek said about looking out into the sea of Cornhusker fans draped in red. “When I saw my parents in the stands, that really calmed me down a lot.� Dudek said after a few plays, his total focus returned to the field. “It’s still the same game, it’s just a way bigger atmosphere now,� Dudek said. “I enjoy that. The fi rst few plays I was a little nervous, but as the game kept going on I’d calm down more and more.� Dudek leads the nation in fourth quarter receiving yards (212) and is ranked 10th in the conference in receiving yards per game (67.8) through Illinois’ fi rst five contests. “Of course, I wish we were 5-0,� Dudek said. “But individually I feel like I’ve done

Illinois vs. Purdue promotions Illini fans will experience a number of promotions Saturday when Illinois hosts Purdue. Chicago Blackhawks’ national anthem singer Jim Cornelison will sing the Star-Spangled Banner before the game. Illinois is celebrating 125 years of football this season and is asking all fans to wear orange to the game for an “Orange Out,� where the first 20,000 fans will also receive orange pompoms. Students will also be able to purchase tickets to the game for 10 dollars.

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Power rankings DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

Editor’s note: Every week, the Daily Illini football staff ranks the football teams in the Big Ten 1-14 and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings.

1. WISCONSIN (LAST WEEK: 2)

The Badgers rolled to a 27-10 win over South Florida with nearly 300 rushing yards.

2. MICHIGAN STATE (1)

The Spartans scored 42 points in the first half against Wyoming on the way to an easy 56-14 win.

3. OHIO STATE (3)

The Buckeyes put up 710 total yards of offense and scored 50 points against Cincinnati on Saturday.

4. NEBRASKA (5)

It was Ameer Abdullah’s third game this season with 200-plus rushing yards led the Cornhuskers to a 45-14 win over Illinois.

5. IOWA (6)

The Hawkeyes opened Big Ten play with a 24-10 win over Purdue on Saturday.

6. PENN STATE (4)

The Nittany Lions fell to a struggling Northwestern team Saturday, giving up 258 passing yards.

7. MARYLAND (7) a good job.�

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The Terrapins had 361 passing yards in a 37-15 win over Indiana.

8. MINNESOTA (8)

The Golden Gophers held Michigan to 14 points at home Saturday in a 30-14 win.

9. NORTHWESTERN (13)

The Wildcats got a much-needed win, opening Big Ten play with a 29-6 victory over Penn State.

10. MICHIGAN (10)

The Wolverines’ dismal season continues with their third loss of the season, falling to 2-3.

11. INDIANA (9)

The Hoosiers couldn’t find the endzone against Maryland on Saturday, only scoring 15 points on five field goals.

Freshman in Big Ten games Freshman wide receiver Mike Dudek has made an early impact this season. The true freshman leads the team with 25 receptions for 339 yards and three touchdowns. “I’ve had a great time and it’s been fun,� Dudek said. “I’ve had a lot of stress, though, leading up to the games and wanting to perform well. You put in all that

Evans throughout the process. Looking at the Evans situation objectively, there are cases to be made for both Oklahoma State and Illinois when analyzing his possible decision-making process. Oklahoma State has amazing, state-of-the-art athletic facilities. Over the years, oil magnate and Oklahoma State alum T. Boone Pickens has donated at least $250 million toward athletic facilities on the Stillwater, Okla., campus. The modern facilities certainly play a role in attracting recruits across all sports, especially basketball. A nother obvious consideration is that Evans plays his high school ball in Texas, which is much closer to Stillwater than Champaign. Playing for the Cowboys would cut down travel times considerably for Evans’ mother (if she stays in the Texas area while Jawun is in college, which Simmons said is yet to be determined). Oklahoma State has also been slightly more relevant on the national scene as of late in college basketball. On the other hand, Illinois has its own set of advantages. If Evans were to commit to the Illini, he would be surrounded by a crop of talented guards entering next season. Current guards Aaron Cosby, Kendrick Nunn and incoming recruits Aaron Jordan and Jalen ColemanLands will all be dangerous shooters, giving Evans plenty of targets to dish to while opening up the lane, a point guard’s dream. And though Oklahoma State’s athletic facilities are overall superior to the Illini’s, Illinois actual arena, State Farm Center, will have a decided advantage over its Oklahoma State counterpart once its $160 million renovation is complete in 2016. The allure of playing in a new State Farm Center is one Groce hopes will sway Evans and recruits

12. RUTGERS (12)

A total of 462 yards of offense led the Scarlet Knights to a 31-6 win over Tulane.

13. ILLINOIS (11)

The Illini had a poor start to Big Ten play, losing 45-14 to Nebraska. FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINI

Illinois’ Wes Lunt (12) congratulates Geronimo Allison (8) after his touchdown during the game against Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. on Saturday. Lunt is expected to return from injury.

14. PURDUE (14)

The Boilermakers had just 156 yards of total offense in a 24-10 loss to Iowa

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Illinois soccer forced to juggle lineups

BY JOEY FIGUEROA STAFF WRITER

In the absence of freshman forward Kara Marbury, head coach Janet Rayfield has been tinkering with her lineup to find the right way to fill in for Marbury. Marbury started all six of the games she appeared in before injuring her foot in the game against UAB. Before her injury she brought a defensive presence to the forward position alongside offensive juggernaut Jannelle Flaws. Flaws has played beside a number of different players at the forward spot since Marbury’s injury and has nothing but kind words for anyone that has played next to her. “I think you just have to look at the person next to

you and their strengths,” Flaws said. “When Megan Green’s next to me, she’s a great person at holding the ball, (Katherine) Ratz is great at putting the pressure on and attacking backlines, (Nicole) Breece is great at turning people. I just kind of adjust a little bit to what they’re going to do next to me.” This past weekend was a bit different since it was the first time freshman Abby Elinsky moved up from the defensive backline to midfield. She mainly played forward in high school, so playing higher up should come naturally to her. With Elinksy moving up, freshman Sarah Warren has started the last four games on the back line and has fit in nicely, which she credits

to the leadership of the other defenders around her. “It made it so easy,” Warren said. “It really was like I was just playing with my club team again which was really nice. It feels like I’ve been playing for U of I for four years now. They talk so nice and you can see when to step and when to drop just based off the communication and it’s always positive.” Five different players have gotten starts in Marbury’s absence, but this looks like the lineup Rayfield will stick with moving forward.

Flaws piling up records With three more goals this past weekend, senior forward Jannelle Flaws has set

the Illinois record for most consecutive matches with goal at five in a row. With her two goals in Friday’s game against Ohio State, Flaws also set the school record with four consecutive games with multiple goals. This streak ended against Penn State on Sunday. Flaws now has 10 goals in six Big Ten contests, and 14 total for the season. The next closest goal total in the Big Ten is half of Flaws’, as five players are tied for second with seven goals. “Jannelle Flaws is arguably the best goal scorer in the country, let alone the Big Ten,” associate head coach Jeff Freeman. “So for her to have that confidence and that mentality going forward is going to be huge for us as a team.”

Now with 40 career goals, Flaws is just four goals away from passing Vanessa DiBernado for third all-time in Illinois goal scoring. Tara Hurless’ school record of 47 career goals is not too far off, either.

Spreading the shots It’s no secret that senior forward Jannelle Flaws has a knack for scoring goals, but besides Flaws, the Illini have had trouble finding much offense. Since Big Ten play began, sophomore midfielder Allison Stucky and sophomore defender Casey Conine are the only players besides Flaws to score, with one goal each. Flaws accounts for 41 percent of Illinois’ total shots and has over 50

percent of the team’s shots on goal. In their recent loss to Penn State, Illinois held the spread-out attack of the Nittany Lions to just two goals, but couldn’t get anything going on their end. Penn State leads the Big Ten with 34 goals and features eight different players who have scored goals in conference play, as well as five different players with at least nine shot attempts. A talent like Flaws can carry an offense very far, but if opposing defenses shut her down, the Illini will need to find other scoring options to be successful.

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IS BASEBALL RELEVANT IN TODAY’S SPORTS CULTURE? ROBERT COHEN TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

St. Louis Cardinals fans react to Matt Holliday’s solo homer in the fourth inning against the Boston Red Sox during Game 5 of the World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday.

Postseason revives baseball excitement COLE HENKE Sports columnist

Baseball is called America’s pastime for a reason. It has always been there, and it always will be. Like any other professional sports league, the MLB has not stayed perfectly consistent in popularity, whether you are speaking in terms of just within one season or over the history of the league. I will be the first to admit I probably did not watch more than nine innings of baseball throughout both June and July. With its heavy reliance on statistics and numbers, baseball is a unique sport in which a fan can pretty much get a full understanding of a game just from the SportsCenter alerts they receive on their phone. But then, as if it is Opening Day again, mid-September rolls around and every relevant team’s fans get the baseball fire back in them and try to watch as many games as possible. There is nothing quite like September and October baseball. It is when baseball takes the spotlight. It is time for playoff teams’ fans to come out in full force. As a Cardinals fan, I am accustomed to this feeling, but there are fans who never wake up from their hibernation, because their team has fallen to the bottom of the standings by September. The common excuse for this passiveness is, “It’s football season, man.” I have heard this a lot around campus this September, especially from Bears fans. It seems like Chicago sports fans, instead of perennially getting their hopes up for the White Sox and Cubs only to have them crushed, are now getting their

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EVANS like him down the road. Another important factor could be that Groce is firmly cemented as head coach of Illinois, having attained near-celebrity status with most informed Illini fans. Oklahoma State head coach Travis Ford, however, sits on somewhat of a hot seat following consecutive underwhelming seasons.

hopes up for the Bears, and I don’t think I have to say how that is working out for them. Obviously baseball is not going to be a big deal for fans whose teams are out of contention. The MLB postseason starts this week, and it will be getting more media attention than those in past years. The nation will get to see one of the three best players in baseball, Mike Trout, play in his first postseason. The Royals are going to the playoffs for the first time since they won the World Series in 1985. Then mix in the teams that are always in contention, like the Dodgers, Giants, Tigers and Cardinals, and this postseason has the potential to grab headlines for the entire month of October. From a statistical standpoint, baseball still owns prime-time television in local markets, as well. On Aug. 5, Maury Brown wrote an article for Forbes.com citing Nielsen Media Company, which tracks prime-time TV ratings. According to Nielsen, “of the 29 U.S.-based clubs in the league, 12 of them are the top-rated programming in prime-time since the start of the season in their home markets, beating both broadcast and cable competition.” There are also seven more teams that are in the top three of their local prime-time ratings. In fact, no team is outside of the top nine in local prime-time ratings, except for the Dodgers and Astros because they are in the midst of carriage disputes with several providers. The numbers do not lie. Baseball is as popular as ever, but the popularity in certain areas depends on the how relevant the local team is in the standings.

Baseball too slow for younger generations

The numbers do not lie. Baseball is as popular as ever, but the popularity in certain areas depends on how relevant the local team is in the standings.

I’ll probably find out who wins this year’s World Series from a tweet rather than actually watching the game.

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Simmons has said the coaching situations don’t concern Evans, but it’s fair to speculate that it might end up impacting his decision. Just three weeks ago, following Evans’ official Illini visit, he was an overwhelming favorite to sign with Illinois. His “crystal ball” projection from recruiting experts on 247sports.com sat at 100 percent in favor of the Illini.

For whatever reason in the weeks since, national recruiting experts have cooled on the prospect of Evans committing to the Illini, and his orange and blue crystal ball has dipped to 29 percent, with the remaining experts picking Oklahoma State. To this point, Illinois has done all it can do with Evans. Groce and his staff put in the time, developed a strong relationship and gave him a concrete vision

JOEY FIGUEROA Sports columnist

Baseball used to be my favorite sport, which is saying something since I’m a Cubs fan, and not a fairweather Cubs fan either. The season I remember the most is 2006, when the Cubbies won a whopping 66 games and their cleanup hitter was Michael Barrett, while their ace toward the end of the year was Rich Hill. Yikes. Well, I watched just about every game that summer, and I could probably tell you players’ entire stat-lines from that year. Today, I could barely even tell you what teams are in the playoffs. If you asked me what’s going on with baseball nowadays, I’d only be able to tell you about Derek Jeter and his triumphant “farewell tour,” as ESPN likes to call it. Any time I turn on Sportscenter, it seems like its priority is to show Jeter ground out to third base rather than analyze playoff races. And who can blame it? The majority of casual baseball fans are going to care a heck of a lot more about the Captain’s exploits than the Orioles or Cardinals clinching playoff berths. According to a survey by Harris Poll in January, baseball is still the second most popular sport in America behind the NFL. Fourteen percent of Americans claim baseball is their favorite, which is a nine percent drop over the past 30 years, the largest drop of any sport in that time frame. Here are some more numbers for you. In 2009, the average viewer of the World Series was 49.9 years old. Just five years later, that age group

for his future if he chooses the Illini. Simmons said although an exact time Wednesday is not yet set in stone, fans should expect Evans’ decision to be revealed t h rough E S P N.c om’s Reggie Rankin around noon Wednesday. Now, all we can do is wait.

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increased considerably to an average age of 54.4 years old. In fact, the overall viewership of baseball’s marquee event has dropped by 40 percent over the past 25 years. The casual baseball fan just doesn’t really exist anymore. The majority of Americans who tune in to some fun on the diamond are old dudes who have been watching the sport since they were tikes. Even the most casual fans of the NFL or NBA will watch the Super Bowl or NBA Finals, whether it’s for the commercials or to see LeBron lose to the Spurs. The addition of the one-game wild card round definitely adds interest since unproven teams like the Pirates and Royals will get a chance on the big stage, but once the longer five-game and sevengame series begin, the interest can only last so long. Since 1989, the average baseball game has become about 15 minutes longer, and the addition of replay review is no help to that. Pitchers sometimes take entire minutes in between pitches, and the same atbat can last forever only to end in an anticlimactic pop out behind the plate. It all becomes very tedious. In an age where anything over 140 characters can’t hold someone’s attention, it’s no surprise baseball’s popularity is trending downwards. People want fast breaks and touchdown drives, not sacrifice bunts and pick-off throws. Twelve-year-old me would hate the fact that I’m writing this opinion, but it’s the sad truth. I’ll probably find out who wins this year’s World Series from a tweet rather than actually watching the game, and I don’t doubt that many others will do the same.

Joey can be reached at jfiguer2 @dailyillini.com and on Twitter @joeyfigueroa3.

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VOLLEYBALL — at the fan’s own risk. “They know if they’re going to speak up and say stuff, there’s a sort of banter that I’m not afraid to jab with and I’ll get some jabs back,” Hambly said. “I like the interaction in the group. It’s all in fun.” The Illini were on the road for three straight weekends, giving a long break between

lessons. But with Illinois in the midst of a four-game homestand, class is back in session for the Networkers. “They’re eager to hear it. It’s cool because they’re so excited to hear what’s coming,” Hambly said. “There’s people taking notes. They’re totally into it. It’s really cool. It’s worth my time for sure.”

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In light of Jeter retiring, Jets-Patriots Rivalry lacking kees-Red Sox is unmatched in sports, while the KnicksCeltics and Rangers-Bruins matchups are fiercely competitive. But then there’s the Jets and the Patriots rivalry. It pales in comparison to the other rivalries and, recently, that is the fault of one person: Rex Ryan. Ryan is the boisterous coach of the Jets and is in his sixth year with them. His first two seasons with the team, the Jets made the AFC championship. Led by Darrelle Revis and a dominating defense, the Jets made waves in the AFC East, a division won by the Patriots in 10 of the last 11 seasons. After their first two seasons under Ryan, the Jets established a hard-nosed

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his weekend, sports’ greatest rivalry was put on hold for a great player. Derek Jeter’s retirement provided a moment to reflect on the never-ending struggle for dominance between Boston and New York sports teams. Boston is on an unprecedented run of championships in all four major sports, and New York is, and always will be, the busiest sports city in the country. The rivalries between the two cities are colorful and historic. Yan-

reputation. Ryan led his team by example, often appearing in local and national media with provocative comments and cocky behavior. Ryan had earned the right to be confident, right? Since the 2010 season, the team has gone 23-29. The Jets have had no winning seasons, just two All-Pros and one great butt-fumble. Quarterback Mark Sanchez, responsible for said buttfumble, had shoulder surgery before the 2013 season and has not played for the Jets since. In his time with the team, Sanchez threw more interceptions than touchdowns and his buttfumble had to be retired by ESPN because it could not be beat in voting for the Worst-ofthe-Worst in their Not Top 10. Ryan blustered through his

third season with the Jets, predicting a championship at the beginning of the 2011 season. That season ended with Santonio Holmes embarrassing himself, and the Jets and Ryan fighting with teammates in the season’s final game. The Jets lost that game to the Dolphins and missed the playoffs. The 2012 season was a mess. The Jets’ offseason acquisition of Tim Tebow created a media storm, but the quarterback was hardly used and created more of a distraction than he was worth. Constant calls for Tebow to replace Sanchez overshadowed Ryan’s mediocre squad. Ryan’s dominant defense fell to bits that year, and the team finished at 6-10. Prior to 2013, Sanchez hurt

his shoulder when Ryan put him in late in a preseason game. With the starter out for the season, rookie Geno Smith got the chance to start. On Sunday, Smith used an f-word with a fan while walking off the field and the Jets slipped to 1-3. Ryan stood up for his quarterback, but this season already looks like it could be a lost cause. Ryan has another QB controversy on his hands and can’t seem to develop young signal-callers. When a head coach is a defensive specialist (like Ryan), his defense better be really good (think Parcells, Belichick, Coughlin, etc.) if he wants to win a Super Bowl. He also has to be lucky enough to have a competent QB leading the offense (Phil

Simms, Tom Brady, Eli Manning). Since his first two seasons with the Jets, Ryan can’t seem to do either. His time in New York should be almost up. When Ryan arrived in New York, he claimed he wouldn’t kiss Bill Belichick’s rings. The Patriots are aiming for their fourth straight AFC championship appearance. When you keep taking shots at the big boys, you eventually start to look like a fool. Combine that with the Jets on-field product and, sooner or later, Ryan needs to be shown the door.

Peter is a sophomore in Media. He can be reached at baileyw2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @pbaileywells22.

Another defeat for Bears on Sunday in one-sided rivalry with Packers I’m sure the Chicago Bears and their fans can perfectly imagine this feeling, especially after this weekend. The Bears and Packers have one of the most legendary rivalries in all of sports. It has existed for 93 years. The Bears-Packers rivalry has become widely recognized as one of the best because of the immense history behind it. What truly separates the great rivalries from the pedestrian ones is the element of parity between the two opposing sides. This is what makes the games exciting and memorable, when the outcome is up in the air. Each fan base should believe their team has a shot to win the game. As a Chicagoan and longtime Bears’ fan, I can say I have not felt this way in

MUBARAK SALAMI Sports columnist

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rowing up, my older brother and I were always very competitive. Due to our love of sports, we frequently played one-on-one pick up basketball games, raced 100 meters and held various contests to compare our athletic abilities. We developed an intense rivalry. However, I could never beat my brother. He was always one second faster, one step quicker or a little bit bigger. Even when it seemed as though I had a slight upper hand, my brother would simply find a way to come out on top.

years. Sadly enough, Sunday’s debacle reaffirmed my beliefs. At least the start was promising. The Bears scored on their first possession, a long 8-minute drive that was capped by 6-yard touchdown pass from Jay Cutler to Brandon Marshall. For an instant, I believed. I thought for just for a moment maybe my distrust of the Bears was wrong. Then, Aaron Rodgers woke me up from my dream. He led the Packers right down the field in just over two minutes for a gametying score, and there went my hope that perhaps the Bears were back. Three Rodgers touchdowns, two Cutler interceptions and several Bears’ mishaps later, the game was over. Yet again, the scoreboard read “a lot� to “a little� with Green Bay com-

ing out as the victorious side. Deep down, as much as it hurts to say, I wasn’t surprised with the outcome. I mean, why would I be? The past six years the Packers have absolutely dominated this rivalry, if you can even call it that. Green Bay has won 11 of the past 14 regular season matchups, and the most recent playoff matchup in 2010, when a Super Bowl berth was on the line. I guess a small part of me just thought Sunday’s game would be different. The Bears were coming off two very impressive road victories, including a huge comeback win against the 49ers in San Francisco, a place where they have struggled mightily throughout the years. The Packers were

coming off a bad loss against Detroit, in which their highpowered offense looked somewhat vulnerable. Plus it was a home game for the Bears; surely the thousands screaming at Soldier Field must count for something. Nope, I was wrong. Unequivocally and wholeheartedly mistaken. After the game, it was quite clear to me. I didn’t just watch the Packers beat the Bears. I watched my older brother beat me. I watched evil triumph over good, well, at least in the eyes of everyone outside the state of Wisconsin. It wasn’t just the loss; it was the way the Bears lost. Granted, the referees didn’t help the Bears’ cause with numerous questionable calls, but the Bears didn’t help themselves all that much

either. So what now? Well, hopefully the Bears learn from this defeat moving forward because fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, there is another game to be played against these Packers in Week 10. A chance at redemption and an opportunity to finally bring excitement back to this one-sided rivalry. Until then all I can do is hope, because I know sometimes it just takes one time, one game to change the complexity of a rivalry. My older brother learned that lesson too, because even he didn’t win every time.

Mubarak is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at msalami@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @justmubar.

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Campbell leads Illini to No. 1 ranking, has eye on PGA career

BY LAUREN MROZ

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Led by senior Brian Campbell, the Illinois men’s golf team moved to the No. 1 spot of Golfweek’s rankings after a dominant win over 15 teams at the Wolf Run Invitational held on Sept. 20-21. Following his first place performance, Campbell also jumped from 28th to third in the individual rankings. “It’s cool to see that,” Campbell said, “But really, rankings don’t mean anything because (we still) have to bring it every week. “After we’re done with one tournament, it doesn’t matter the next week because we keep playing. I’m proud of all of that, but we know those are just numbers and that we have to keep playing hard and keep a positive attitude.” With Campbell entering his final season at Illinois, head coach Mike Small has high hopes for the senior’s transition from a collegiate career into what Small hopes will be a professional one. “Overall, he can be as

good as he wants to be,” Small said, “But Brian will be the first one to tell you that we don’t put expectations on things. “I don’t have any expectations for Brian except that he brings it every day and brings his confidence and work ethic every day. If he does that, he can win a lot of big, major events and have a chance to play professional golf someday.” Campbell played soccer and baseball until high school and didn’t get too involved with his competitive golf career until his freshman year at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif. After realizing his greater potential in golf, he dropped the other sports to focus on golf. Campbell is quick to admit he did not come into college expecting to reach his current success level. Since his freshman year, he has lowered his yearly stroke average by three strokes and is on track to lower it even more this season. He credits his former teammates with preparing

him for competitive play, both at the college and professional level. “From the guys around me who have been there, like guys who have graduated and gone on to play pro, I’ve learned a lot and have continued to get better and (learn) about game management on the course,” Campbell said. He also credited Small with having a major impact in his career. “I came into my freshman year not really playing too great and not knowing anything about the game of golf, and he just gave me the tools and the knowledge to help me develop my game and understand what my game is,” Campbell said. Last season, Campbell added various accolades and school records to his resume, including being named a PING secondteam All-American, PING All-Midwest Region, Big Ten Player of the Year and a unanimous selection onto the All-Big Ten First Team. He also shot a season stroke average of 71.08, which placed him ahead of former

school record holder, Luke Guthrie, who is currently on the PGA Tour. Last October, Campbell finished the 54-hole Macdonald Cup 13-under-par, breaking the school record and placing the second-best 54-hole score in Big Ten history. Overall, Campbell had seven top-10 finishes and 10 top-25 finishes during his junior season, while finishing 16 rounds under par and six rounds at par. Campbell said he doesn’t plan to change his approach during his final season. This summer, he was one stroke away from qualifying for the U.S. Open, which he believes has instilled a level of confidence in his ability to compete with professionals in addition to giving him experience. In his first tournament this season, Campbell tied for eighth at the Olympia Fields Country Club Fighting Illini Classic. After his win at the Wolf Run Invitational last week, he was named Big Ten Co-Golfer of the Week. It was Campbell’s third Golfer of the Week honor.

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Illinois golfer Brian Campbell is ranked the No. 3 golfer in the country. The Illini are ranked No. 1 overall. “I obviously see that, and I’m proud of myself,” he said. “But I try not to let myself get too involved in it. “I’m just thankful for the opportunity that I’ve been given. I know that I’ve got to keep playing and keep

focused (and) bring it day after day and week in and week out.”

Lauren can be reached at lmroz2 @dailyillini.com and on Twitter @MrozLauren.

Women’s tennis struggles at ITA pre-qualifier BY COLE HENKE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The two players representing the Illini women’s tennis team had a rough time over the weekend at the ITA All-American prequalifier in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Senior Melissa Kopinski and sophomore Alexis Casati were unable to advance past the prequalifier stage in singles or doubles. Casati, in her first trip to the pre-qualifier, lost to Kelsey Dieters of Kentucky

4-6, 3-6 in the first round of the tournament. Kopinski won her first round 0-6, 6-4, 6-4 against Elena Kordolaimi of Houston, but then lost in the second round 2-6, 4-6 to Mariana Gould of Georgia. Despite playing only one match, Casati said the tournament was a learning experience. She now has a better understanding for how tough her competition will be this season. Casati gave her opponent credit, saying nothing was really off in her

own game, but Dieters was a good player and got the best of her. Kopinski, an All-American her sophomore year in doubles, did not meet her own standards. “Well, obviously I am disappointed. Being my senior year, I really had high expectations for myself.” Kopinski said. Kopinski was happy, though, with her consistency. Kopinski and head coach Michelle Dasso spent a lot of time this summer work-

ing on patience and staying solid from the baseline until Kopinski had the opportune set up shot to take control of the point. Kopinski mentioned that she felt she showed improvement in that regard this weekend. The two also teamed up to play doubles at the event. The tandem fell in the first round to the third-seeded pairing of Kenna Kilgo and Lynn Kiro of Texas Tech. Kopinski and Casati played a tough match, losing 6-8, and showed signs of being a team

to be reckoned with once the spring season comes around. “Overall, I think we played really well together. We had a lot of energy,” Casati said. “We have a lot to learn playing good teams in close matches.” Dasso did not travel with the two to the pre-qualifier. She went to the Notre Dame Invitational with the rest of the team. Instead, former player and Atkins Tennis Center assistant pro Christine Stromberg accompanied Casati and Kopinski to

California. Both players said it was great having Stromberg along. They praised her knowledge of the game and said she helped both of them when they were on the court. Both players now look forward to the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional at the Atkins Tennis Center from Oct. 17-21.

Cole can be reached at cehenke2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @cole_ Henke.

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