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Fraternity takes Block to tailgate Editor’s note: This story is about a fraternity trying to bring Block, an Illinois tradition, to Memorial Stadium. It’s the second in a series of three stories. Tomorrow’s story is about the gameday experience of Block at Campustown bars. BY ALEX ROUX STAFF WRITER

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Jason Leigh, an ACES alum, drinks a beer bong in Grange Grove before the Homecoming football game against Wisconsin on Saturday, October 24.

On the Illinois campus, the student presence on football Saturdays is the inverse of what exists at most major universities. Thousands of Illini students, some battling hangovers from the night before,

roll out of bed early on Saturday mornings. But they don’t head to Memorial Stadium. Many instead make the trek in the opposite direction to campus bars to participate in the game day tradition known as Block. As fan interest in Illini football has cratered in recent years, Block has soared in popularity and become a staple of Greek life at Illinois. Before each football season, fraternities sign contracts with one of three campus bars — KAM’s, Joe’s or Red Lion — paying upwards

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Yesterday’s page 5A of The Daily Illini included a distasteful cartoon that depicted an individual on what is presumably Halloween climbing over a fence saying, “I’m going as an illegal immigrant.” The Daily Illini would like to issue its sincerest apologies for the running of this syndicated cartoon. The cartoon was run with frivolous regard, and in no

way represents our ideals as an organization, company or the individuals who work for The Daily Illini. The cartoon we pull is one of the last things that is done during production before we send the page off to the printer. Each night, we print out fi nal page proofs and our design, photo and section editors, along with our editor-in-chief look the page over. However, the cartoons are pulled after we’ve print-

ed the proofs, disallowing a thorough review. In the future, we will place cartoons for editorial review earlier in the production process to ensure that every inch of our product reflects the mission of our organization. We are canceling our contract with the company Cagle Cartoons, the wire service from which we receive our comics. We aim for diversity

within our staff and coverage, yet it is decisions like these that set us back, and for that, we apologize. The person who selected the cartoon is currently on indefi nite suspension due to regrets on the oversight. This choice was made out of carelessness, not out of malice. This student has learned an important lesson about carelessness. We unfortunately cannot go back and erase it from

BY ABIGAIL SVOBODA NEWS EDITOR

Matt Hill, Illinois Student Senate vice president-external, and Renee Romano, vice chancellor for student affairs, stood in the entrance to the Illini Union on Tuesday morning to promote the University’s firstever campus climate survey on sexual assault. “We’re trying not to be coercive with this,” Hill said of the flyers students handed to others entering the building. The fl iers featured the “It’s On Us” tagline and detailed the survey, which

Asian American Cultural Center and invited them to come in and talk with the staff about mindfully reporting on issues pertinent to underrepresented communities. We recognize that a statement can not recognize the hurt that this cartoon may have caused and we apologize for the perpetration of this disgusting stereotype.

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Students express concern over the Courtyard Cafe Starbucks

Campus promotes climate survey UI-specific sexual assault survey available

yesterday’s paper, yet we hope this serves as a wakeup call in our decisions as an editorial staff. We apologize again, and hope that we can earn back the trust and confidence of our readers with each issue of The Daily Illini from here on. We have reached out to the directors of the Native American House, La Casa Cultura Latina, Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center and the

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Matt Hill (top left), Moises Contreras (top right), Tara Chattoraj (bottom left), and Raneem Shamseldin (bottom right) promoted the Campus Climate Survey on Tuesday. was emailed to students earlier Tuesday morning. Romano, who helped organize the survey, said the aim of the survey is to gather more information about sexual assault and misconduct on the University campus. “The more we know and the more knowledge we have about sexual assault on campus and about student attitudes about resources the better,” she said. Romano said the first step in addressing the issue of sexual misconduct on campus is just knowing what

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occurs and how. "(The survey) is also going to ask, ‘Do you feel the University provides enough resources? Do you feel you have access to resources? Do you know where to get those resources?’” Hill said. “It really measures all the different factors in the sexual assault issue.” Hill said the University created the survey after the University decided to opt out of a similar American Association of Universities survey this fall; the deci-

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Despite the apparent popularity of Starbucks on campus, some students have fi led complaints to the Illini Union Student Programs & Activities office about the Starbucks in the Illini Union. The complaints, which have also been fi led to the coffee shop itself, state the noise made by the baristas and machines interferes with people’s enjoyment of courtyard performances. The Courtyard Cafe’s Starbucks opened Aug. 21, replacing Espresso Royale. Gregory Fabry, junior in Engineering said he was distracted when he saw “The Ginger and Spice Show,” a performance put on by a pair of harpists from the College of Music. “During a silent moment in the performance a barista yelled out, ‘banana nut!’ which led the crowd to snicker and the performer to respond jokingly,” Fabry said. He said that he doesn’t recall any similar incidents occurring before Starbucks

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opened its new location. “I went to a couple performances when it was Espresso Royale and I don’t remember any interruptions,” Fabry said. “If they were noisy, it was never at one of the shows I went to.” The two stops have a similar function, as both provide coffee and other snacks and pastries. Architecturally, however, there are differences in the layout of the coffee shops. Espresso Royale’s store

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was built into the wall in the southeast corner of the cafe — sharing the same side of the room as the stage — where RSOs and other artists can host events such as a guest performer or open mic nights. Starbucks is located on

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Starbucks at the Courtyard Cafe in the Union.

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STARBUCKS the wall opposite the stage and is built out of the wall, intended to provide “a more open concept,” said Rebecca Seymour, overseer of all Starbucks operations on campus. “In order to allow ample space for the students to congregate as well as enjoy courtyard performances , the Illini Union recently leveled the elevated section of the east side of the courtyard, moving the café out into the courtyard as well,” Seymour said. Additionally, the differing acoustic set-ups of the shops could have an effect on noise volume, said Douglas McCarver, regional operations manager of Espresso Royale in Illinois. “My guess is that because Espresso was located in a much smaller, enclosed space near the side entrance — it is now the Starbucks storage closet — the sounds were more muffled and not as intrusive,” McCarver said. “Since the Starbucks is now a third of the courtyard cafe with a very open air design, I would imagine the sounds would travel and be much louder; it is essentially in the performance space.” Emma Andruczyk, programming coordinator for the Courtyard Cafe, said despite the layout difference, Espresso Royale still received noise complaints. “On occasion there are complaints that are brought up after the event,” Andruczyk said. “But there seems to be no difference in complaints now from when Espresso Royale was in that space previous to Starbucks being there now. Seymour said Starbucks management also meets regularly with Andruczyk. “(They) meet with the Courtyard programming manager to anticipate

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Hannah Kim, a freshman in elementary education, scoops out the “guts” of her pumpkin as Cassie Yu, a freshman in FAA, watches on in the Illini Union Courtyard Cafe on October 27, 2015. The event was sponsored by the Illini Union Board and the Horticultural Sciences Club.

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SURVEY sion not to participate was made because it was expensive and less in-depth than the University’s own. I nste ad, Romano researched the AAU survey, looked at how other schools handled similar surveys and put together a team to develop the University’s own survey. Romano and researchers looked at how several universities approached similar surveys, including University of Minnesota, University of Michigan and Ohio State University. Hill said he talked with the student body president at the University of Minnesota about the findings of the universities survey to gauge

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BLOCK of $5,000 and pledging their house’s game day patronage in exchange for dollar drink deals from 8 a.m. to noon. The frats also pair up with a sorority to “block” with each year. The result is a lively game day atmosphere — a mile from Memorial Stadium. In an ongoing attempt to draw students closer to the stadium, the Illinois athletic department offers free tailgating space in Grange Grove, a brand new fan zone west of Memorial Stadium. Tristan Nelson, a sophomore at Illinois, is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. As an employee of both the University’s athletic ticket office and athletic marketing department, he saw Grange Grove as an opportunity to bring Block’s atmosphere to the stadium. “This is something that I’ve been kind of thinking about since I came to this school,” Nelson said. “I know that other Big Ten schools and all other successful football programs around the country have a different vibe on Saturday mornings.

what to expect for the Urbana campus’s results. “They said the results were pretty sobering but reflective of the national statistics we see,” he said. The University survey is independent of the AAU survey, although the University is a part of the association. “It’s a pretty comprehensive survey a group of researchers and professors at our University have been working to compile,” Hill said. Romano said the survey is consistent with the goals and mission of the White House’s “It’s On Us” campaign but the two are not affiliated. The email inviting students to participate in the survey — which addresses each recipient by their own name — states the Univer-

sity is doing “everything it can” to educate students about sexual misconduct and prevent sexual misconduct, in addition to addressing problems that arise. The survey is not connected to participants’ names or University Identification Number, making it completely anonymous. Depending on a participant’s experience, the survey will take anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes to complete. Hill said students who did not receive the email previously indicated to the Institutional Review Board that they would not be interested in participating in University research or surveys. The Institutional Review Board is composed of campus members who are charged with approving any research conducted at the

It’s something that we never have.” Nelson approached SAE president Stephen Vollmer about hosting a student tailgate in Grange Grove with members of their house. Vollmer, a junior, agreed that Grange Grove had potential as a complement to Block and could possibly serve as an alternative to Block in future years.

first tailgate at Grange Grove for Illinois’ game against Nebraska. With a 3 p.m. start time for the game, members of SAE and Gamma Phi Beta (the sorority paired with SAE for Block) would be able to go to the bars in the morning and head to the tailgate when Block ended at noon. Did they reserve a specific space? Nelson and Vollmer knew that convincing close to 300 students (roughly 150 in SAE and 150 in Gamma Phi Beta) to go to the stadium — many of whom didn’t have tickets to the game — would present a challenge. “People just haven’t been exposed to tailgating,” Vollmer said. “I know that since I came to this university, most students on Saturday mornings, you go to Block, and there’s no question about it. “Any approach that somebody might take, like (suggesting that) instead of going to Block, let’s go tailgating, is immediately dispelled, but right now, (we’re) showing how fun tailgating can be and its benefits financially, socially, the whole nine yards.” Vollmer also noted that some students fear more

“People just haven’t been exposed to tailgating.” STEPHEN VOLLMER SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON PRESIDENT

“We want to be participative with U of I athletics and want to bridge that gap that has kind of crumbled over the years,” Vollmer said. “(Tristan) just approached me saying we can get a spot for free. The (DIA) was very open to having us participate and tried to be lenient and work with us to have both of our best interests at hand.” Nelson and Vollmer worked to organize SAE’s

New task force to be implemented Task force to report on community racial relations BY STEPHEN NYE STAFF WRITER

A month after a panel on race relations was held featuring Champaign community leaders such as Mayor Deb Feinen and Chief of Police Anthony Cobb, the Champaign County Board approved the creation of a local task force investigating race relations. The Champaign County Board approved the creation in a 15-5 vote, calling for the establishment of a local task force to research racial issues in the county and any potential racial injustices in the county’s operations. The approved resolution was a revised, shorter version of the original proposed resolution. “The shorter version that was approved had no specific defined parameters,” said Patricia Petrie, Champaign County Board chair. “I can assure everybody that I will integrate the suggestions that are in the long form (proposal) into how we set up the task force” The task force will be comprised of community volunteers split into three working groups

— one will study justice and mental health, one will study housing and one will study jobs, apprenticeships and the general economy. Petrie said the task force will encourage meetings with the community to understand issues and to receive feedback and suggested changes to the operation of the task force. “I encourage those people in the community who have expressed concerns about racial justice to consider applying for the task force,” she said. Petrie also said she encourages those who do not volunteer to be a part of the task force to stay engaged with the task force’s operations. She said community involvement will be crucial to ensuring the task force’s success. The timeline for the creation of the task force is in formative stages; Petrie said she hopes to have the task force members submitted to the board for approval by January. Once approved, the task force will begin to conduct research and prepare reports over the next six months. The sheriff’s office plans to comply with the task force and work alongside them to the best of their abilities, said Allen Jones, Champaign County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy. According to members of the Champaign County Board, there is a high level of community support for the task force. Commu-

University. “Their goal is to make sure any research participants are protected and safe,” Hill said. Students can participate in the survey until Nov. 20. The Illinois Student Senate will host an informational table on the Main Quad from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday and will distribute more information while the survey is available. Students who participate in the survey will also have the opportunity to enter into a lottery to win one of 100 gift cards, ranging in value from $80 to $20. According to the email, if 20 percent of students participate — which is expected — the odds of winning will be one in 88.

asvobod2@dailyillini.com stringent enforcement of alcohol ordinances outside of a bar setting. But Illinois’ marketing department addressed those concerns, assuring Vollmer that they weren’t trying to play the role of “bad cop,” as long as the tailgate remained under control. As Block wrapped up that day, over 50 members of SAE and Gamma Phi Beta made their way to Grange Grove. Vollmer and Nelson were thrilled with the turnout. “We were having a great time, interacting with people tailgating around us,” Vollmer said. “Everybody came out, we were cooking out, there was a lot of open space, and (people were) playing 5-on-5 football. (We were) just eating chips, drinking beer, hanging out.” In Vollmer’s assessment, the tailgate remained under control and everyone remained in “good spirits.” SAE’s Block contract with Red Lion runs through the remainder of the season, but Vollmer and Nelson said they believe their tailgate could be the beginning of a new tradition that they hope complements Block on fall Saturdays. They plan to host student tailgates at the final

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home game of the season — against Ohio State — and believe that other fraternities and sororities will follow suit. Vollmer would like to eventually see a “Greek Row” in Grange Grove. “From my personal perspective, it’s going to snowball,” Vollmer said. “Everybody I talked to who was there, they said ‘hey, this is awesome, why haven’t we done this before?’ We definitely want to come in the future. (Saturday) was kind of a test run. Seeing the logis-

The arrest rate between minority races and white people is significantly different for a number of reasons. The Racial Justice Taskforce will seek to lessen this difference.

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tics, since we haven’t done this in the past. For the next home game, for Wisconsin, we want to set up a huge tailgate.” On Homecoming, Grange Grove was filled with students. SAE’s tailgate was one of several popular tailgates during the morning of Homecoming celebration. Alumni gathered with current student to drink, eat and socialize before the Illini’s 24-13 loss to the Badgers.

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New state law oversees fantasy sports BY VIVIENNE HENNING STAFF WRITER

Leon Dixon, sophomore in DGS, said he also supports the program and hopes the program manages to fulfill its difficult goal. “It’s truly a good thing,” Dixon said. “It sometimes seems like law enforcement’s main aim is just to terrorize.” Anthony Sanders, a junior in the College of Applied Health Sciences, said he “defi nitely approves” of such a program, and hopes the force can ensure that all police officers have the same power and all citizens have the same protections through them. He said he would like to see more minority officers in the county’s law enforcement and administration too.

Illinois state representative Mike Zalewski introduced new legislation Tuesday to give protection to those who are involved with online fantasy sports gaming. The proposed legislation was spurred from the growing popularity of online fantasy sport sites such as FanDuel and DraftKings. As the fi rst of its kind in the U.S., the legislation aims to bring a proper balance of protections for fantasy players. “We need a thorough debate over how to best provide this popular entertainment and protect players in Illinois,” Zalewski said in statement released Tuesday. “And my hope is this is a good framework to jumpstart that debate as we head into 2016.” The new legislation will establish what constitutes as online fantasy gaming and ensure that it is not gambling under state law. It will also look to provide the best practices for daily fantasy players, such as preventing players from overplaying and allowing daily fantasy sites to check players for child support or tax liens. Part of the new legislation also aims to prevent anyone under the age of 18 from playing daily fantasy sports. Zalewski said that the goal is to provide players with sensible regulation that is welcomed by the industry and not for government to interfere. “We have a chance here to put Illinois at the forefront of a new and emerging technology and to encourage responsible innovation, rather than stifle it.”

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nity groups such as the North End Breakfast Club, a group of African-American community members who work together to better the community, attended the county board vote and voiced their support for the motion. Petrie said the County board meetings attracted a large number of pro-task force attendees. The assembled members of the community were unhappy the shorter version of the resolution was passed, and their testimonies to the board urged for the creation of the task force. Mrigank Bhardwaj, freshman in the College of Engineering, said he thinks the task force is a good idea to address a real problem and should exist as a worthwhile investment.

upcoming performance venues. Starbucks typically turns off their music during performances and tries to staff accordingly to best serve attendance needs,” Seymour said. McCarver said the chaos and noise of any coffee shop is just part of the business. “(The) Espresso Royale in the Illini Union was always open and served all of the drinks during performances,” he said. “Cafes are loud, with the grinders, the tapping, the banging, and the steaming.” When artists perform, they are told the cafe is an open and public space, and there are possibilities for sound to bleed over, Andruczyk said. The layout, despite recent complaints, is still being utilized by RSOs and performers. According to the Illini Union calendar, there are 14 events scheduled in the Courtyard Cafe in October. “A big goal would be to have an event in the Courtyard Café every available day, no matter how big or small,” Andruczyk said. “It really is a great space in a central location that groups can utilize.” However, some performance attendees are still bothered by the noise. “It’s just not appropriate for the vibe of some of the shows there, in my opinion,” Fabry said.

Past and current members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon celebrate Block at Grange Grove before the Homecoming football game on Saturday.

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EDITORIAL Same drink, different noise for students

hen the University announced that a new Starbucks would be opened in the Illini Union Courtyard Cafe, some caffeine-addicted members of The Daily Illini’s editorial board rejoiced. We figured it would be convenient — even though there was already a Starbucks 0.2 miles away from the new location. And another just 0.3 miles down the road. The contract promising this new Starbucks was, in actuality, for three Starbucks locations to be opened and owned by the University. The first was installed in the Illini Union Bookstore, the Courtyard Cafe was the second location and the third has yet to be revealed. However, the Courtyard Cafe location’s opening meant the closing of the quaint Espresso Royale, which had occupied the same spot up until last year. But, now that the Illini Union Starbucks has been open for almost 10 weeks, our beloved $5-acup coffee stop has posed some issues to usual Courtyard Cafe dwellers. When the University finally does announce the location of the third University-owned Starbucks, they need to take into consideration the problems that the Courtyard Cafe spot has presented. The Courtyard Cafe has long been a place for students to study, meet with friends, conduct interviews and even listen to performances put on by fellow University students — but this is a lot harder now. When Espresso Royale inhabited the space, the coffee shop was tucked into the south wall and had soundproofing surrounding the interior in order to quiet their work. This created a large seating space within the Courtyard Cafe that allowed for studying, watching news on the televisions and paying attention to performers simultaneously — whether or not any given student in the Cafe intended to purchase coffee. The University’s Union Starbucks is far more intrusive and creates a more distracting environment. It has taken away roughly a fourth of the space of the Courtyard Cafe with both the space of the shop and its seating. The previous Espresso Royale effectively took up none. Further, it creates a more hectic climate, with baristas frequently shouting orders and running obnoxious blenders to make drinks. While we appreciate the supply of caffeine and recognize that these negatives are necessary elements to make the business function, they’re issues that weren’t present with the previous, similar regime. Had the location followed the same style of Espresso Royale — taking into consideration the restrictions and functions of the space and the needs of students who frequently use it — perhaps we wouldn’t be faced with the many problems the Courtyard Cafe exhibits today.

College shouldn’t just be classes LOGAN WEETER Opinions columnist

won’t pretend to be a seasoned veteran of this whole college thing, but in my time at school I’ve put myself out there and met a fair number of people. Here at the University, there’s no shortage of diverse people with diverse lifestyles, and I’ve met a plethora of individuals with interesting combinations of majors and hobbies. I always get a little sad, however, when I meet someone and the conversation goes like this: “So what do you do outside of class?” “Oh, I study, watch TV shows, play vid-“ “No, I mean your extracurriculars; your RSOs.” “Oh. Nothing.” “…Nothing?” It takes a bit of time to register. There are over 1,400 registered student organizations on campus, yet there are people who aren’t a part of a single one of them. Such a lack of involvement shows that some students aren’t using the University and its resources to its full potential. College is a place of personal growth and development for the real world, and a major part of that development is a social aspect. I’m obviously not against focusing on an education. Most students do, in fact, go to college to learn. Were everyone to graduate and enter the work force with no academic growth since high school, the nation would be populated with absolute disasters wielding meaningless bachelor’s degrees. I am, however, saying that you shouldn’t go to college exclusively to learn in class. A social psychology article from the University of Washington says that, “We live and work in a world where

groups of people solve problems — especially in the areas of science, math and engineering. Therefore, these people coming out of college will have trouble succeeding because they do not have the higher social skills required in this situation. Yes, you learn academically in college, however, the social skills learned are more important.” The real world after college is scary and unknown for a lot of us right now, but one thing I definitively know about it is that it isn’t solitary. No matter what major you’re pursuing right now, you will have to work with people to some degree, and involvement with people and extracurriculars on campus will fortify your skills for that

Focus on studies, sure, but all work and no play will, in fact, make Johnny a dull boy. inevitable social interaction. If we graduate this university without developing those basic skills required to function as a 21st century human being, our college experience was, to a certain degree, wasted — pun intended. Nick Eckel, sophomore in Media, says that creating genuine human connections is crucial to your success in college, especially as an incoming student. “When you come to a school with as many people as UIUC (has), it’s really important to establish friendships and connections and have that network on campus,” Eckel said. “Everyone has to go through a period where they are new to campus, and having those friends that are going through the same thing makes it easier to adjust to this place.”

And we have no excuse not to establish those friendships and connections. Being a campus as large as ours is, having the amount of RSOs that we do and being the nation’s No. 1 party school means that, for better or worse, there are absolutely no shortages of opportunities to go out there and immerse yourself in campus culture. Focus on studies, sure, but all work and no play will, in fact, make Johnny a dull boy. It could also strain Johnny’s eyes, create distance between him and his friends and eventually put a load of stress on him that could affect him in a medical way — and now Johnny’s sick and potentially lonely. We all know about things like stomach pain and optical injuries that can result from too much work and screen time — acknowledge and evade these risks when you can. Right alongside the academic aspect, college is about making connections, meeting new people and learning those oh-so-important skills that simply can’t be taught in a classroom. Your physics professor will not be able to teach you how to make people like you, or how to expertly weave an impressive story to make yourself look like a qualified, but not conceded potential employee. A physics-oriented RSO, however, might. This upcoming weekend is Halloween. Take advantage of it. Go to a party you’ve been invited to, or if you haven’t been invited to a party, go somewhere or do something with a friend. You deserve to have fun after all the stress a collegiate academic schedule can put on you. Take the opportunity to step out of your comfort zone and develop yourself in a way that you can’t with a professor’s assignments. Don’t let the weekend go to waste in front of a computer screen.

Logan is a freshman in LAS. weeter2@illinimedia.com

Messy roomates can mess up your life STEPHANIE YOUSSEF Opinions Columnist

currently live in a four-person apartment with one student and two slobs. Two of my roommates are the kind of people who litter the apartment’s floors with piles of their discarded clothing, keep boxes of books and papers lying around collecting dust, leave plates covered in crusted, old food fermenting in the sink and procrastinate doing their dishes until fruit flies swarm to remind them. They use the last of the toilet paper in the bathroom and fail to replace it. They leave the apartment door unlocked and unattended. They take up all of the cabinets in the kitchen with their food so there is no room left for my plates. Every time I try and remind them of basic human decency and that I am, in fact, paying for a fourth of the apartment, my attempts at fixing the place to livable human conditions are met with resistant glares and annoyed scoffs. In describing my apartment dynamic to my friends, I was surprised to find out that almost everyone I spoke to had experienced a roommate conflict at some point as an undergraduate. In fact, problems with roommates is ranked among the top-five reasons students drop out of college. Given the ubiquitous and toxic nature of bad living arrangements, all students experiencing roommate conflicts should prioritize resolving disagreements quickly and efficiently. Whether concerning cleanliness, differing sleep habits, noise or invasions of privacy, conflicts can

arise easily at any point when multiple people are living in close quarters. Additionally, living arrangements that start out well initially can deteriorate as the year goes on. Lauren Schultz, senior in LAS and Resident Advisor at Bromley, said she believes roommate conflicts are inevitable, particularly when it comes to school work. “Times get hard with studying for tests and trying to meet deadlines on big assignments, so that can translate into negative emotions.” It is important that these negative emotions are addressed earlier rather than later. Letting disagreements drag on can let minor quarrels stew

To those currently in a conflict, learn from my predicament and the consequences that can come from tensions between roommates. into more severe conflicts that are detrimental to one’s well-being. In reality, the relationships you have with your roommates can affect aspects of your life even outside of your home. According to a study conducted by economics professor Bruce Sacredote at Dartmouth University, roommate relationships can affect your grade point average, as well as your participation in extracurricular activities. Additionally, other studies have found a strong correlation between roommate problems and general stress in students. Thus, it is important to realize that letting a

conflict linger can take a toll on your grades, your health and your overall college experience. Suleiman Ayoub, senior in LAS and RA at Florida Avenue Residence Hall said, “Roommate conflicts can arise for many different reasons. Lifestyle differences is usually a factor, but more importantly, a lack of communication in the beginning of the year, as well as throughout the year, has a significant influence on whether or not there are conflicts.” Schultz, who has cited many experiences dealing with roommate disagreements as an RA, shared similar advice with regards to resolving these issues, “In general, roommate conflicts come down to communication. If you do not communicate what you like, what you don’t like, what annoys you and what pushes your buttons under times of stress, you are going to have problems.” Starting a dialogue with your roommate and listening to their concerns gives each of you the opportunity to speak and learn. After verbalizing concerns, you can each start compromising to create better living arrangements. With regards to my current apartment setup, issues with cleanliness and general respect have gone on for too long without being resolved. To those currently in a conflict, learn from my predicament and the consequences that can come from tensions between roommates: Prioritize resolving your issues and communicating your concerns before the situation becomes more severe. Because the obstacle course of garbage I have to maneuver through to reach my room is getting out of hand.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Taking a stand against animal cruelty

Monday, I stood peacefully in silence with other protesters on the sidewalk outside the McDonald’s near the Market Place Shopping Center in Champaign, taking part in a nationwide campaign requesting that the fast food giant ensure better treatment of chickens raised for McNuggets and other menu items. The wording on our signs ranged from “Animal cruelty: Chicken McNuggets’ secret ingredient” to “Animal cruelty: I’m hatin’ it.” Motivation for the event came in August, when animal advocacy organization Mercy For Animals released a graphic video

available at McDonaldsCruelty.com that is making viewers think twice about eating that next chicken nugget. Filmed at a contract farm of McDonald’s chicken supplier Tyson Foods, the video depicts two employees walking through an overcrowded shed to stab live birds with a spiked stick and drop them into a bucket, presumably to die slowly. Both Tyson and McDonald’s cut ties with the contractor after the video’s release, but neither company has made a public plan to significantly improve the welfare of chickens raised for meat. To many residents of the ChampaignUrbana area like myself, the way

McDonald’s treats chickens is disturbing and it pushes us to prefer eating at more compassionate restaurants whenever possible. In Urbana, The Red Herring and Dancing Dog both offer a fully plant-based menu, free of animal cruelty. And statewide, restaurants like McDonald’s may begin to find increasing competition from other such enterprises; in Chicago, fast-casual vegan venture Native Foods now serves five different locations with a delicious and convenient alternative.

Sean Hennessy is a master’s student in ACES. srhenne2@illinois.edu

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UI staff say career paths are not always traditional BY NATALIE STEWART STAFF WRITER

The general formula for college students is to go to school, get a degree and eventually land a job in their field. But sometimes the path to that cookie-cutter career is not a straight and narrow one. Some of the advisors and staff at the University can attest to the fact that their current careers are not what they initially set out to do. Terry Cole, an advisor in Media, earned his bachelor’s degree in recreation sports and tourism with a concentration in sports management at the University. He said uncertainty sparked his early career endeavors. “(I) really didn’t know what I wanted to do. I was searching. And I think that’s part of why I wasn’t so successful because I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” Cole said. It was after spending some time working in “the real world” that Cole said he discovered his true passion. “I thought it was coaching, but it really was helping mentor young students and helping them find their ways through middle school, high school, through their family problems,”Cole said. “And that really just led to when I finally got back into school, that passion just kind of continued to wanting to work with students. Wanting to improve the student experience on campus.” According to Jennifer Neef, associate director of the Career Center, acquiring a position as an academic advisor requires a range of skills that don’t necessarily have to stem from the traditional route. “Sometimes in academic advising roles, the hiring unit highly values candidates that may have a degree in that discipline,” she said. “And so sometimes it’s advantageous if someone is wanting to be an academic advisor in the

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ANXIETY claimed to be naturally optimistic. Their study consisted of 61 healthy young adults who had no history of having clinical medical disorders. The subjects then took a series of tests that rated their levels of optimism, anxiety, depression and various other symptoms. Hu and Dolcos then analyzed their subjects’ brains from MRI scans, calculating the amount of gray matter in relation to the brain as a whole.

department of math to have had a degree in math.” However, Neef noted that it takes more than just a degree in math to be a good math academic advisor. She said they have to have the right skill set and interest of working in higher education. Micah Heumann, an advisor in DGS, earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University. After spending some time working as a psychological counselor, he said he wanted to return to the university as a faculty member. Despite his background in psychology, Heumann said he felt he was still wellequipped for the advising position because of the type of skills he gleaned working with patients. For

“It’s not a ladder anymore, it’s a whole web of opportunities.” JENNIFER NEEF

CAREER CENTER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

instance, he said his counseling skills help him read the body language of students when they come in. Just like Heumann, Cole said experiences working outside the field made his passion and direction even more apparent. As a graduate mentor, he worked at the Office of Minority Student Affairs, which helped him realize his true career path. “It wasn’t so much that I knew that I wanted to be an academic advisor as much as I knew that I wanted to advocate for students,” he said. “So that experience with Minority Student Affairs was what was convincing for me for sure.” Neef said there is no onesize-fits-all career path for college students majoring in different types of vocations. “For students that are in majors that are more broad This revealed that those who had a thicker or larger OFC responded with higher optimism levels and lower anxiety. This led Dolcos and Hu, based off the results from their own research and the Japanese-earthquake study, to conclude that people can manipulate the size of their OFC to reduce anxiety with proper methods. Sophie Miller, a senior at Kansas University, said she hopes that this study can help her cope with anxiety that she recently developed. “My anxiety became noticeable when I told my friends about my relation-

and are not tied to one specific vocation or they’re tied to many occupations or vocations, it’s hard to even determine what is considered pursuing a job in someone’s field,” Neef said. In 2013, only 27.3% of individuals with bachelor’s degrees had jobs closely related to their college major, according to a study called “Do Big Cities Help College Graduates Find Better Jobs?”, conducted by economists Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz of the New York Fed’s Research and Statistics Group. Neef said she can personally attest to the fact that though some college graduates don’t directly work in the fields in which they majored, the skills they learn can be transferable. Neef ’s bachelor ’s degree is in animal science and her master’s is in animal nutrition. Though she did not become a nutritionist, she said that she still achieved many of her original career goals. “I knew I wanted to work in an educational setting and I wanted to work on a big campus. I thought that I wanted to be sort of working at the intersection of animal science and what that means for educating people related to animal agriculture, but life happened and I took a different path to end up here,” she said. “There are some things that I knew early on in my college career that I was looking for, it’s just in a completely different setting now.” When it comes to finding a specific path and career goal to pursue, Neef said there is no specific answer. “It’s a winding path that I took and that many people take as well, particularly as people progress through their careers,” she said. “It’s a career web, it’s not a linear path , its not a ladder anymore, it’s a whole web of opportunities.”

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An experienced climber attempts a difficult move Saturday at Urbana Boulders.

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BOULDER getting in on the game with everybody else,” Bragg said. “We get new climbers in the door and they’re climbing within minutes.” Bouldering, unlike normal rock climbing, doesn’t use harnesses and rappelling. Climbers use only their muscle to reach the top and either accidentally fall off or fall back when they reach the top. This sounds dangerous, but every climber is given a workshop on safely falling beforehand, and the gym is padded with 12-inch foam. “This is the only gym I’ve ever been to that’s padded the whole floor,” said Hadley McGuire, one of the regulars who had been to the gym twice, and was sporting an Urbana Boulder t-shirt. Schmarr said that there had been no injuries more serious than torn skin on

climbers’ hands. “We have brand-new holds here, so the texture is really crisp,” Bragg said. “People get a little excited and climb harder than their skin will allow.” The grips may wear down, but routes will not. The walls are divided into eight sections, and one section will be changed every week. “We want to keep Urbana Boulders fresh; we want to change the routes often,” Bragg said. They also plan to change the climbing rope hanging in the open space between the walls. Bragg said it could be switched for gymnastics rings, a door or “some object people can interact with and have an experience around.” Though the gym just opened, the owners have plans for expansions in the next year. “Phase 2” is written in bold on a white wall in the back half of the gym. The addition will include

more climbing features and seating so students can climb and then use the free wifi to study. “We have a big University following,” Bragg said. The owners are working on organizing classes, and are aiming to host competitions in the future. “It’s just Kris and I right now, so we’re just trying to get the basics down before we develop any sort of community activities,” Bragg said. For now, however, they are having a Halloween event where everyone can climb in costume as long as it doesn’t have a cape. Bragg and Schmarr are the only full-time employees of the gym. “I logged my first 90-hour week last week. It’s a pleasure to be open,” Schmarr said. “It’s like they say: When you’re working your dream job, it doesn’t feel like work.”

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Orbitofrontal cortex: region in the brain located right above the eyes MICHELLE TAM THE DAILY ILLINI

SOURCE: National Alliance of Mental Illness

BY FRANCES WELCH STAFF WRITER

hen a puzzle is missing a piece and there is nothing to fill the space, the mind runs wild with overanalyzing, overthinking and finding every detailed flaw; restlessness of dissatisfaction caused by reasons unknown. This is anxiety. Anxiety disorder affects roughly 44 million people in the U.S., which is one out of every five people in the country. According to Yifan Hu, a third-year psychology graduate student, treatments for the disorder average an estimated cost of $42 billion to $47 billion annually. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorder is the most common mental illness in the U.S. And due to its prevalence, a team

of three University psychology researchers investigated why some individuals were more prone to the disorder than others. Postdoctoral Research Associate Sanda Dolcos conducted this recent study with Florin Dolcos, her husband and psychology professor, along with Hu. Their study linked anxiety with a structure of a region in the brain, called the orbitofrontal cortex, and optimism. Their analysis, titled “Optimism and the Brain,” was reported in the journal “Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience,” and explained how the size of the orbitofrontal cortex, or OFC, affects the level of anxiety or optimism an individual has. Their findings revealed that subjects with a larger OFC had high levels of optimism and low levels of anxiety. The OFC is a region in the brain,

located above the eyes, which is responsible for the cognitive process of decision-making. According to Dolcos, an easier way to understand what this region does is to think of it as keeping a mental tally of the value of the stimulus. An example of this is when your brain fi nds chocolate to be desirable, the OFC is then likely to respond to the sight of it. After eating two bars, the chocolate has lost its appeal and you will likely see a decrease in OFC response as well. When people become anxious, they are in a situation where the OFC makes a decision that the situation is somehow affecting them negatively. According to Hu, there have been several studies on this area in the brain, including one that studied the brains of young adults before and after the 2011 earthquake and tsu-

nami in Japan. Those researchers made a shocking discovery. Within four months, the OFC in their subjects shrank drastically, from what researchers assumed to be post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. “(The Japanese earthquake) study is what we based our research off of,” Dolcos said, who noticed that the size of the OFC in the Japanese subjects shrank. Studies done on anxiety typically focus on subjects who have already been diagnosed with clinical anxiety, according to Hu, who said their study took a different angle. Dolcos and Hu already knew about the reaction of the OFC in correlation to anxiety, but what they didn’t know was how the OFC reacted to attitudes of those who

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Urbana Boulders climbs in popularity BY LILLIAN BARKLEY ASSISTANT COPY CHIEF

“HAVE FUN.” This is the last on a list of eight rules posted around Urbana Boulders. No one seems to have trouble following this rule based on the laughter that rings out of the open garage door, which reveals the building’s prior use as a mechanic’s garage. Urbana Boulders at 1502 North Cunningham Avenue has been open since Oct. 17. The gym is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day, and anyone can climb regardless of skill level. “It feels new and it feels good. It’s a relief, but it’s also the start of a new adventure,” said Alex Bragg, who runs the gym with Kristoffer Schmarr. The gym was finished just under seven months after Bragg and Schmarr’s indiegogo campaign to build Urbana Boulders was fully funded. On March 26, the campaign closed with $14,409 — exceeding their $10,000 need. “They started a great thing here. It’s going to be here a long time,” said Daniel Bernardi, who has visited the gym twice since it opened. Bragg hoped to “give everybody

in this community another activity to do. If there’s something I think we can improve on in ChampaignUrbana it’s activities for everyone.” The owners said business has been steady since they’ve opened, with some groups coming in multiple times within a week. On opening day, Bragg said they ran out of climbing shoes and had to rent more from the ARC. “I had no idea this many people would come out,” he said. “We just didn’t really know what to expect because climbing in this town is a new market.” On Saturday, the gym hosted two children’s birthday parties while more experienced climbers shared the walls. “Each wall has something to offer everyone. All the children aren’t always put into one corner and all the advanced climbers aren’t always trying for the same area,” Schmarr said. The 12-foot walls covering the interior of the building are colorcoded. Grips of one color indicate a route, with the final grip marked by tape at the top of the wall. “It’s way more intuitive,” Bragg said. “You can ignore everything

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Urbana Boulders owners Kristoffer Schmarr (left) and Alex Bragg (right) stand in their newly opened gym on Saturday. else and just climb.” Many climbing gyms mark their routes with tape, but Bragg said he and Schmarr wanted to use a color system from the beginning. This policy also extends to the gym’s difficulty scale, which is marked from easy to advanced by seven colored hands. “We just want to get rid of num-

bers,” Bragg said. Bouldering usually uses the “Hueco” difficulty scale, which goes from V0 to V16. The Urbana Boulders scale begins two grades below V0. “That’s so we can have these beginners trying something new and

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SPORTS Groce hosts Nichols on late visit ALEX ROUX Illini hoops columnist

How about you and Juice playing some Nintendo 64 Mario Kart? RO: I have definitely played my fair share of Mario Kart. I think I would make up for my lack of speed with my skill behind an N64 controller. I’d put all my money down on myself for that one, but not so much on the foot race. KM: Do you have any favorite childhood television shows? RO: I still love Spongebob, that’s still going strong. I loved Rocket Power. I was just a big Nickelodeon fan. KM: Do you know the episode of Spongebob where he draws all the perfect circles? RO: Yes. KM: Please don’t hate me too much for asking this — but is your face a perfect circle like the ones Spongebob drew? Did Spongebob design it? RO: I’d like to think so because my face is a perfect circle. When I take my hat off, it looks like a basketball. KM: I was nervous about asking that, but I’m glad we’re on the same page. KM: Final question. One day, down the road, us two irishmen — Kevin O’Brien McCarthy and Reilly O’Toole — can we get together for some corned beef and cabbage and a pair of stouts? RO: Sign me up, I’m there.

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Joe Olen: Illini hockey’s iron goalie BY ETHAN SWANSON

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Oct. 24, 2014, Central States Collegiate Hockey League rival Ohio traveled to Champaign to begin a two-game series with Illinois. In the series’ opening game, the Illini were charged 14 penalty minutes and only managed to accumulate 12 shots on goal against a team that was averaging nearly four goals per game. However, Illinois skated off the ice that night with a 2-1 victory — a victory that only seemed plausible due to the play of goalie Joe Olen. Olen recorded 43 saves that Friday night, reaching his best mark of the 2014-15 season and solidifying himself as the Illini’s go-to goalie. Almost exactly a year later, last Friday, the Illini found themselves facing off against the Bobcats at Illinois Ice Arena, and Olen, once again, was between the pipes facing an Ohio team that was No.7 in the ACHA poll and had scored 59 goals this season. In a déjà vu situation, Olen showed that sometimes history repeats itself. Last Friday, Illinois came away with a 2-0 shutout, statement win over Ohio in which Olen denied 42 opposing shots on goal – just one

shy of his save total nearly a year ago against the Bobcats at home. In Saturday’s game, Olen tallied a gaudy 46 saves, allowing Illinois to take a 2-2 score to overtime and an ensuing shootout in which he was just one save shy of securing a series sweep. “On a league weekend, you have to be on top of your game, especially since (Ohio was) the No. 1 team in the league the weekend before,” Olen said. “I was feeling pretty good.” “Ohio’s coach was just raving about his performance,” head coach Nick Fabbrini added. “He battled all weekend long.” Despite Fabbrini’s initial plan coming into the season of actively using all three goalies on the Illinois roster and not having any one see consecutive starts, Olen has emerged as a near must-start in goal. Olen has built off his experience and success as the Illini’s iron goalie last season when the then-sophomore played in 25 games, compiled a 12-11-1 record, allowed 2.92 goals per game and registered 726 saves. This season, Olen is credited with four of Illinois’ six wins. Appearing in seven games this season, the junior goalie has racked up 218 saves – good for second in the CSCHL and seventh in the ACHA. His 1.58 goals allowed per game ranks 11th

in the ACHA and third in the CSCHL, while his .952 save percentage tops the leader board in the conference. “When he is on his game, I think he is as good as any goalie in the country,” Fabbrini said. “After he played like he did on Friday he defi nitely earned himself another start on Saturday. I can’t say that he is our No. 1 guy for the rest of the season, but right now he has proven himself to be our go to guy in the net.” Olen’s recent performance is perhaps even more significant considering the Illini’s leader in points last season, John Olen, has been out with a broken ankle. Olen is not used to being without his older brother on the ice with him, as the two grew up practicing and playing together. The only significant period of time the brothers haven’t played with each other was when they had separate stints in the junior league. “I started playing when I was two and he started when he was four. So that makes me two years better, but no one seems to mention that,” Joe said. “This is actually the fi rst year we’ve gotten to play a lot with each other at Illinois, it’s been a really cool experience.” With John out for another three-to-five weeks, the Illini will need little brother Joe

Honorable Mentions: Eaton Spence (football): The senior had one endzone interception, nearly had another and broke up multiple passes in the Illini’s 24-13 loss to the Badgers. Jocelynn Birks (volleyball): The senior tallied 33 kills over the weekend for Illinois. The team went 1-1 on the road trip, defeating Indiana and losing to Purdue. to continue to dominate in net and keep the Olen name on the lips amongst fans and opposing coaches. Despite playing without his brother, Olen says he feels no pressure to perform at a high level. Instead, Olen has put faith in his teammates to step up with him, and if he’s going to get motivation from anyone, it’s going to be from his ice mates.” “I have trust in the team we put out on the ice every day, so John being out isn’t going to affect the way I play,” Olen said. “I love seeing other guys stepping up…it gives me a boost and just makes me want to play harder for them.”

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Conversation with an Illini: Reilly O’Toole KEVIN MCCARTHY Illini columnist

wore the No. 4 on the field, but was always No. 1 in the hearts of those all the way from the ole’ Blarney stone near Cork to the bustling town of Champaign. The former Illini starting quarterback and current graduate assistant coach sat down to talk with me about everything from Spongebob to Juice Williams. Kevin McCarthy: It’s good to be with a fellow Irishman like yourself. Reilly O’Toole: Yes, it is. KM: What are the specials this weekend at Reilly O’Toole’s Pub? RO: If the Illini win this weekend, everything is free. All you can eat. KM: This is going in the paper. People are going to be expecting you to follow through. RO: Bring it on. KM: I want you to know that my middle name is O’Brien. Since I also have an apostrophe in my name, I thought we could be friends, we could bond over our apostrophes. It’s very rare. RO: So rare. We’re in elite company, for sure. KM: Let’s get serious. Why don’t you talk about a couple of your favorite memories of your four years of playing football here at Illinois? RO: Some of the wins senior year like Penn State, Minnesota and Northwestern are such awesome memories. But a lot of my favorite memories are in the locker room waiting for practice to start, or after practice, or after a big win. Also in my apartment with all of my teammates, just relaxing and getting away from football for a bit. KM: As a graduate assistant for the team this year, what are your responsibilities and how do you help the team? RO: I really help out the offensive coaches with game plans and breaking down film. Mainly with the running backs. KM: How have you liked that job, and how do you like working with (former Illini quarterback) Nathan Scheelhaase? RO: I’ve loved the job. The time commitment has been the biggest change — I thought you had to put in a lot of work as a player. Coaching is two or three times the work. But working with Nate has been awesome.

Working with one of your close friends is always fun. KM: Talk a little bit about beating Northwestern on Ryan Field to send your team to a bowl game. RO: After we won the Penn State game last year, we all bought in. We knew that it was do or die. I remember getting very emotional before the game knowing that this could be my last football game. KM: What was it like playing for (former offensive coordinator and current head coach) Bill Cubit? RO: It was really awesome. When he first got here, it was really tough because he challenged me. He questioned if I really wanted to play college football. But in time, he made me believe in myself and believe that I could play at that level. It’s really a blessing to me that he came to Champaign. KM: Do you miss putting on the pads? RO: Absolutely, yes. Absolutely. KM: I know you don’t like to talk about yourself, but I’m going to make you. What made you a good quarterback? RO: I tried to make people around me better. I didn’t have all the physical tools that traditional quarterbacks have — like the big, strong arm. I just always wanted to play really hard, and rally my teammates, and help them to play to the best of their abilities. KM: In 2009, you lead your Wheaton Warrenville South Tigers to a victory over my Geneva Vikings in the IHSA playoffs. I was in 8th grade — you broke my little heart. How does that make you feel that you made 8th-grade-Kevin sad? RO: I feel really bad but at the same time I’m glad we won. Hopefully you got over it — doesn’t really sound like you have that much — but someone had to lose. KM: Dang, you’re embracing being a heartbreaker. You’re like Taylor Swift. RO: A lot of people like Taylor Swift. KM: So a lot of people like you, I guess. Back to the Geneva Vikings, do you have anything against a Geneva Viking like myself? RO: You’re not from Wheaton so that’s kind of a bummer. KM: How do you feel about the infamous “Faux Pellini” twitter account? RO: I think it’s hilarious. I actually met the guys that run it. I went down to Austin, Texas for a big Kansas vs. Texas basketball game. They do it in good fun. KM: You were a good running quarterback. But if I threw you in a foot race with Juice Williams, you wouldn’t fare so well.

ust when you thought you could shift your attention to this year’s Illini basketball team, head coach John Groce arranged an 11thhour recruiting visit. My man Derek Piper over at Scout.com dropped a Twitter bomb Sunday evening, reporting that former Tulane commit Kipper Nichols was on the Illinois campus for an official visit. Originally from Lakewood, Ohio, Nichols is a 6-foot-6 wing who was granted his release from Tulane in September. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Nichols left the Tulane program for “personal reasons.” The New Orleans Advocate reported that Nichols never enrolled for the fall semester at Tulane. At the earliest, Nichols wouldn’t be able to enroll until the spring semester of 2016 at his next school since fall classes are well underway. He would then have to sit out a full year due to NCAA transfer rules. Piper said if Nichols were to enroll at Illinois for the upcoming semester, he would be eligible to play in January of 2017. Nichols is a well-molded 215 pounds, and has above-average athleticism even at the college level. He was a three-star prospect according to 247sports.com, and held offers from Maryland, Clemson, Butler and Nebraska, among others. Nichols would have to compete with several other wings at Illinois, including Jalen Coleman-Lands and Aaron Jordan. Kendrick Nunn and Malcolm Hill would be nearing the end of their careers by the time Nichols could potentially suit up for the Illini. News of Nichols’ visit came just hours after the Illini completed their ILLINI ALL-IN scrimmage Sunday, which has been a nice fill-in for the Orange and Blue scrimmage while State Farm Center undergoes renovations. Held at Ubben Practice Facility in front of a few hundred fans, the scrimmage was spread over three 8-minute periods. Groce shuffled his dwindling roster of able players at each intermission as four injured Illini looked on. Tracy Abrams, Leron Black, Nunn and Coleman-Lands all were on the sideline, and Coleman-Lands was the only one suited up in practice gear. Nunn, Black and Coleman-Lands are all expected back at some point this season, with Coleman-Lands’ anticipated return coming soonest in early November. With those three out, eyes scoured Sunday’s scrimmage for contributors at the shooting guard and power forward positions. Jordan and redshirt sophomore walk-on Alex Austin showed some spark, scoring nine points apiece on the afternoon. I expect Jordan to have a chance to crack the starting lineup at shooting guard until either Coleman-Lands or Nunn is close to 100 percent, and Austin to get a good amount of minutes off the bench behind him. All nine of Jordan’s points came on 3-pointers, and Austin’s solid play was highlighted by a fast-break flush over senior walk-on Mike LaTulip. Redshirt freshman Michael Finke was impressive offensively filling Black’s spot at the 4, scoring 12 points and passing phenomenally from the high post. Finke’s already the best frontcourt ball-handler, passer and shooter the Illini have. His offense will get him on the floor this year, and his ability on defense will determine if he stays on it. The big story of the afternoon — and I mean big in every sense of the word — was Mike Thorne. The senior graduate transfer is a load at 6-foot-11, 270 pounds, and he imposed his will in the post Sunday with 15 points and 15 rebounds. Mike Tisdale and Nnanna Egwu, Thorne is not. He won’t stray far from the basket and he probably won’t make more than half his free throws, but he’ll devour rebounds and muscle the ball in the basket all season long. Illinois hasn’t had a center move this well since Shaun Pruitt at the end of last decade, and it looks to me that Thorne uses his body even better than Pruitt. Not only was Thorne perfectly positioned for rebounds, he was able to turn off either shoulder to shed his defender and attack the rim. The play of the day came when Thorne received the ball on the left block and pivoted, letting Maverick Morgan’s weight betray him as he finished through a foul with a onehanded dunk. Malcolm Hill is still the star of this team, but the Illini will rely heavily on Thorne until Nunn and Black provide relief. Even then, let the big man eat.

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Full Block I adds to Homecoming excitement BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER

When Ke’Shawn Vaughn broke free and ran 36 yards for a touchdown in Saturday’s Homecoming game against Wisconsin, the Memorial Stadium crowd went wild. While it was silenced just a few plays later and the Illini ended the game with a loss, that noise level resonated with players and coaches. “It got very loud,” said defensive back Eaton Spence. “If you’ve never been to a big college game, you would have sworn it was like an earthquake or something. It got real loud.” Spence said when the team ran out at the beginning of the game, the crowd was just so-so. But when the team returned after the halftime break, he was amazed to see what he thought was the largest crowd in his time at Illinois. While Vaughn elicited cheers and yells from thousands of Illinois fans, he said he didn’t look to the crowd after scoring. Instead he faced his teammates. But by doing that, he missed the sea of orange and blue in the north end zone: five thousand fans, to be exact. Block I, the student section, was a full house. Senior and vice president of Block I Nick Robinson said he had never seen the student section that packed

Block I performs card trick during the Homecoming game against Madison at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, October 24. during his time at Illinois. He thinks Illinois’ win over Arizona State in 2011 may have been the last time Block I was that full. But because he wasn’t a student here yet, that’s just a Block I legend “It was really exciting finally having that incredible turnout because the players have worked their butts off during my four years,” Robinson said. “And that’s not just in the gym and on the practice field, but they’ve been great interacting with us at our events. I’m glad they finally got a game where they got to play in front of a packed student section.” Robinson has had a role in Block I leadership since

his sophomore year when he was a Blockhead and then his junior year, he was a Block I chair. He has helped run card stunts and social media with varying degrees of authority It hasn’t always been easy. The Illini student section has received plenty of flak from national websites for its lack of attendance and incomplete card stunts in the past years. “As anyone reading SB Nation, Deadspin or whatever likes to point out to us in an effort to get us to stop doing stunts when attendance is bad,” Robinson said. “That’s never going to happen, and I’m glad we got to show everyone how great stunts can be.”

Saturday’s official attendance was 45,438, but Memorial Stadium holds 60,670 people. Saturday was the first time this season where Block I was more full — percentage wise — than other portions of the stadium. Packing the student section has been a combined effort. In the past, Block I was separate from other student season ticket options. But this year, every student season ticket holder has Block I membership built into their season ticket price and the benefits such as pregame tailgates that come with the membership. Single game tickets for the North end zone are also available to students.

All Block I members were given two free tickets to the Wisconsin and Ohio State games, as well as the opportunity to purchase two more discounted tickets. Head coach Bill Cubit has also made a point to interact with fans — he has been out on the quad every Thursday promoting the team and encouraging fans to head to games. But Illinois athletics’ Director of Marketing Brad Swanson said the likely difference in marketing was just that the team was 4-2 heading into the game, giving an added buzz to the Homecoming festivities. In Swanson’s judgement, Block I was last filled to

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capacity in 2012 against Louisiana Tech Despite the time between Homecoming and the Ohio State game, Robinson said he doesn’t believe that the ending of the Wisconsin game will impact people’s decision to come out for the last home game. He’s already seen people in search of tickets and is expecting another good turnout. Cubit is making sure his team holds up the bargain on the field. “I’m confident we’re going to give them something they’re going to look forward to,” Cubit said.

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Baylor strives to advance to the playoffs desite injuries DAN ESCALONA Illini football columnist

or the second year in a row, a sudden and devastating injury to a quarterback may have changed the entire face of the road to the College Football Playoff. In replicating an eerily similar storyline to that of a season ago, the Baylor Bears must now contend without starting quarterback Seth Russell — like Ohio State last season. Russell was lost for the season after sustaining an injury to his clavicle on a routine play near the end of Baylor’s win over Iowa State. Fortunately for Russell’s sake, the injury is not expected to be career-threatening. Baylor, a presumptive play-

off team had the season concluded today, now faces a 90-degree precipice in the climb toward college football’s summit. Stop me for a second if this story sounds familiar? While the parallels to the 2014 Buckeyes have inevitably kicked into gear, the two plot lines nonetheless diverge. Given that Ohio State lost not one but two starting quarterbacks — and was forced to start its third string quarterback for the season’s three most important games — made that story oh so much more tailor-made for a “30 for 30” in the next five years or so. At least Ohio State did not have to start its third string quarterback for the final five games of the season plus the conference championship and the two playoff games. Had this been the case, the Buckeyes’ nearly improbable national championship run may have never materialized.

In some ways, though, Baylor’s road to the CFP is likely much more daunting than for the Buckeyes last season. Russell’s injury could not have come at a more inopportune time for the Bears, with five games left to play in the regular season. Baylor’s next three games are undoubtedly its most challenging stretch of the season with matchups against three ranked Big 12 opponents — Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and TCU. To make matters worse, Russell had been putting up Heismanlike numbers thus far as a starter. He has thrown for 29 touchdown passes — first in the nation among quarterbacks — and compiled a quarterback rating of 188.4. His performance as arguably the best quarterback in college football was a major cog in propelling Baylor to lead the entire FBS in both yards per game and points per game.

Now who exactly is the Cardale Jones character in this story? That would be true freshmen Jarrett Stidham. Like Jones, Stidham is a supremely talented quarterback just as capable to keep the Baylor offense revving in high gear. This is a freshman quarterback that entered Waco as a 5-star recruit and the second rated quarterback prospect in the class of 2019, according to ESPN.com. It also is not as if he is being thrown into the fire as a completely inexperienced freshman. Stidham has appeared in all seven of Baylor’s games this season, though mostly in the mop-up duty. Small sample size notwithstanding, he has accounted for an 85 percent completion percentage with six touchdown passes and no interceptions. If any freshman has the ability to immediately thrive in the Bears’ pass-heavy offensive

attack, it is this guy. As with the Buckeyes a season ago, Baylor can go in either one of two directions; it can unite and emerge undefeated from a tough Big 12 or shrivel up and miss out on the CFP or a New Year’s Six bowl game. Yet again, the college football landscape this season is inexorably shaped by injury, forcing actors into strange, uncomfortable roles. The specter of unfortunate physical injuries — the cold reality of college football — has exposed itself, and Baylor will either be its conqueror or its victim. Can the familiar chapter previously written by Ohio State be rewritten? As always, stay tuned.

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have all tied each other when they played in the regular season, the tie-breaker would be decided by how many points they have against mutual conference teams that are ranked the same or higher than them. Illinois, Ohio State and Michigan State have all played each other and also played Rutgers and Minnesota. In these games Illinois has eight points, Michigan State has five points and Ohio State has two points. This means the Buckeyes would be eliminated from the race for the tournament and Illinois and Part A Skill: would be the Michigan State fi nal two teams in. “We just have to perform on Wednesday,” Flaws said.

Not-so-breaking news: The Illinois volleyball team can jump high. Michelle Strizak hovers around 37 inches on her vertical leap. On her best days, she can reach 40 inches – or 3 1/3 feet off the ground. Teammates Naya Crittendon, Katie Roustio and Katie Stadick average 36, 35 and 34 inches, respectively. Those are numbers that rival verticals of the best leapers in the NBA. And with new technology, the Illini are learning more and more about their jumping abilities. Since the first official practice of the season, Illinois players have worn the two-inch long sensors, which are about the size of a USB drive. The sensors – or as the team calls them, “VERTs,” keep track of various jumping statistics, chief among them the number of jumps and the allimportant vertical. Head coach Kevin Hambly said the sensors provide information that the program probably should’ve known a long time ago. “It helps for workload and for how they recover,” he said. “It gives them a better sense of how they’re doing.” Crittendon said the sensors differ from normal vertical leap tests, because the VERT analyzes jumps during actual gameplay. “When you do normal testing, and you run up and you hit the little (plastic bars), it’s cool, but it’s different because it’s not really getting your vertical when your adrenaline is pumping, and you’re in the game or in practice,” Crittendon said. She added that players improve their jumping tendencies after studying the VERT data. “Let’s say you’re more tired on a Tuesday than you were on Monday, and your vertical is a little bit lower,” she said. “(You) can look at that and (say), ‘Okay, maybe let’s take it a little easier for practice on Wednesday or Thursday.’” The VERT sensor is helpful for volleyball players coming off injuries, too. The coaching staff used to count each player’s number of jumps by hand. Prior to the VERT technology, a coach would hone in on a player and tally attack jumps during games and practices. On average, a player will finish with 185 jumps per practice. Freshman setter Jordyn Poulter fi nished with 504 jumps during a practice this season. “That’s insane, because the next closest person had 180 that day,” Hambly said. “And she jumps high.” The number of Illinois volleyball injuries has decreased significantly since coaches started paying attention to specific jump statistics. “Since we started moderating a lot of this stuff, our injuries have gone way down,” Hambly said. “(Jumps tend to) wear and tear the knees, ankles and muscles. Go jump even 50 times, and you’ll see. But I mean, 500 of ‘em? That’s a big workload.” The team has created its own metrics system called “True Efficiency.” Hambly said other schools and international teams have started using the equation, which focuses on zero hitting percentages for attacking, such as what happens with balls that are dug. What about back in the day when coaches just went with their gut and knew which kid could play without having to look at metrics or analytics? “That’s not really my style,” Hambly said.

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State/Michigan State game results in anything but a tie, the final standings would have either the Buckeyes or the Spartans in seventh place with 17 points and Illinois in eighth place with 15 points. The top eight teams in the conference qualify for the Big Ten

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This Wednesday’s game has a familiar feeling to it for Janet Rayfield. In the Illinois soccer head coach’s first year in 2002 with the Illini she faced Purdue for the fi nal spot in the Big Ten tournament. The Illini beat the Boilermakers 3-2 in the fi nal minute of regulation to advance to the conference tournament. This Wednesday the Illini (9-5-3, 3-4-3) travel to Minnesota to face the Gophers (114-3, 6-3-1) in the fi nal game of the regular season. With a win, the Illini are in the Big Ten tournament. Although the Illini have not yet qualified for the Big Ten tournament, which starts on Nov. 1, Rayfield is treating this game as Illinois’ first postseason game. Like any postseason game, Rayfield said she knows a win is going to have to be earned by Illinois, especially against an opponent like Minnesota. As well as the Gophers’ overall athleticism, Minnesota poses a defensive threat quite similar to Northwestern. On the season Minnesota is allowing 0.61 goals and 9.4 shots per game. Northwestern’s season averages are very similar. The Illini were shutout by the Wildcats 2-0 Saturday. Scoring has been a bit of an issue lately for the Illini. Illinois has been shutout in two of its last three games, and its leading goal scorer, Jannelle Flaws, currently has nine goals. At this point a season ago, the forward had 17 goals. But Rayfield isn’t concerned about that. She just wants her team to go out with nothing to lose on Wednesday. “We’ve got to go to Minnesota on Wednesday, play the best we can, execute the way we are capable of, get a result, and hope that’s enough,” Rayfield said. “We can’t control anything other than that right now.” The Illini control their own destiny. Ohio State and Michigan State are tied for seventh place with 14 points. The two teams play each other on Wednesday.

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many sports are happening right now. The Mets and Royals are set to square off in a World Series straight out of the 80s. The College Football Playoffs are approaching fast. And ball is life once again with the NBA returning this week while college hoops on the horizon. But hey, fantasy football is still a thing, too. With Week 7 of the NFL in the books, we’re roughly halfway through the fantasy season and, as always, it’s been a fun ride. Well, at least it’s been fun for your beloved Fantasy Doctor. Not to polish my own stethoscope, but I’ve gone a combined 9-0 over the past three weeks and I’m in either first or a close second place in all three of my leagues. That isn’t to say some tough sledding won’t appear for me in the near future. Like Jamaal Charles a few weeks ago, Arian Foster is now done for the season, and guess who owned both Charles and Foster in two leagues? Yep, this guy. But instead of complaining

about injuries or dwelling on roster depth, I want to take a look at the first half and pinpoint some of the best, worst and strangest individual performances we’ve seen thus far — I left out a tight end for the sake of space, but I’m looking at you, Gronk, Zach Ertz and Gary Barnidge.

Quarterback Best: Tom Brady. It’s easy to pick the guy with the most fantasy points in the league, but Tommy Terrific has, indeed, been terrific. His lowest point total was when he put up 23 against the Jaguars back in Week 3, and his 16-1 touchdown-interception ratio is the tops in the NFL. Keep starting him if you own him and keep fearing him if you don’t. Worst: Sam Bradford. Sadly, I deemed Bradford a sleeper QB before the season and was very wrong. The dude has one 20-point outing this season, and Chip Kelly has to defend his starting title to the media every week. Oh, Peyton Manning has also been terrible, but he’s quite aged in terms of quarterback years, so he gets a pass. Strangest: Tyrod Taylor. He came out of nowhere to consistently put up near20-point games and is set to return from injury this week.

Running Back Best: Devonta Freeman. No one else is even close. Freeman has a 60-point cushion over the secondbest fantasy back this season and shows no signs of slowing down. He either has 100 rushing yards or multiple scores in each of his last five games, so if he’s been in your lineup, I’d bet good money you’re near the top of your league. Worst: Jeremy Hill. Ah, the dismay of running back committees. Hill seemed to be Cincinnati’s workhorse heading into the season, but Gio Bernard was having none of that and became the Bengal to own in fantasy. Strangest: Danny Woodhead. I’d expect this type of output in PPR formats, but little Danny is the sixthhighest scoring back in standard formats. Rivers throws a bunch, Woodhead catches a bunch, Woodhead owners smile a bunch. Yay.

Wide Receiver Best: DeAndre Hopkins. With Andre Johnson out of the picture, Hopkins has established himself as a top weapon not only in Houston, but across the NFL. He leads all receivers in fantasy points and yards and is tied for second in receptions and touchdowns in most standard

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Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman finds some running room against Tennessee Titans safety Da’Norris Searcy during the first half on Sunday, Oct. 25 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. leagues. He’s the real deal. Worst: Demaryius Thomas. With Manning struggling, only death and taxes are certain anymore, and Thomas is no longer thriving in the Denver offense. He’s still been targeted as much as anyone, though, and his single touchdown catch has to be a fluke,

right? Look for Thomas to break out in the second half. Strangest: Odell Beckham Jr. Wasn’t this the year that Beckham took over the league? The ridiculous athlete has dealt with nagging injuries all season, but has shown glimpses of dominance whenever he’s let loose. But for now, the

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