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University of Illinois Vice President Christophe Pierre speaks at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Faculty at the Illini Union, on Monday. He and Chancellor Phyllis Wise discussed the previous academic year and the current fiscal year.
Officials discuss University fiscals BY MARYCATE MOST STAFF WRITER
Christophe Pierre, vice president for academic affairs, who spoke at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Faculty on Monday, summarized the past academic year with a quote from author Charles Dickens. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,� Pierre said. “For the University, it is a time of much good, and it is also a time of serious concerns.� Among these concerns, Pierre and Chancellor Phyllis Wise listed a slew of economic issues that
affect students and faculty. State debt has taken a toll on the University, Pierre said. In fiscal year 2014, the University did not receive an increase in appropriation from the state, which currently is about $640 million. Additionally, allocations from the state to the University have declined by 25 percent in the past 10 years, despite an enrollment increase of 16 percent, he said. “The state has continued to owe us money,� he said. “It currently owes us $309 million — that is almost half of our yearly
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appropriations from the state. These cash flow delays continue to hamper University operations.� Pierre said the state of Illinois also continues to take cuts out of money reserved for the University in order to cover pension deficits, which has ended up costing the University about $9 million. “We still don’t know what pension reform will be, and we still don’t know what cuts pension reform could bring to the University,� Pierre said. “We are also subject to state procurement requirements. These impede
research and even reduce revenue generating opportunities.� Wise addressed some of these economic concerns by introducing a new, three-year strategic plan. “It is a way of us measuring how we will continue to be and even become a greater preeminent public research university,� she said. “We want to be doing innovative teaching, meaningful engagement, and we certainly want to have a hand in economic development.�
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Consumers can now see proof that the restaurant they are eating at will serve them safe meals, as the Champaign County Public Health Department and the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District propose all food vendors post the results of their recent health inspections. Color-coded, single-page signs will display vendor’s results and will be placed on the front doors to ensure customers can see whether the building is a safe environment before even entering, said Michelle Mayol, chair of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. The proposal was discussed at a study session Monday night where citizens had the opportunity to express their opinions. The proposal will be passed on to each separate board to vote within the coming months. If passed, officials hope to have the signs in effect by Jan. 1, 2014. The regulation will affect 1,112 food vendors throughout Champaign County, which includes private certified housing dining halls, but not University dining halls, said Jim
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A recent study found that some Illinois river otters have traces of banned pollutants in their livers. The study assessed the concentrations of 20 different contaminants and compared their findings to numbers reported about river otters about 25 to 30 years ago, said Samantha Carpenter, a wildlife technical assistant at the Illinois Natural History Survey at the University’s Prairie Research Institute. The University’s Illinois Natural History Survey, College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Animal Sciences worked in collaboration with Michigan State University’s Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to complete the study. The goal of the research was not to quantify the effects of the compounds on the otters, said Nohra Mateus-Pinilla, wildlife veterinary epidemiologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey. Rather, the group wanted to establish if the chemicals were present in the otters and if their presence differed from previous studies. Researchers found the highest concentrations of the pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls; DDE, which is a breakdown of the pesticide DDT; and dieldrin, another pesticide. The amounts of polychlorinated biphenyls and DDE found in the studied river otters were consistent with the amount
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The Champaign County Economic Development Corporation recently set its two-year goals, which include providing support to create 3,000 new jobs in Champaign County. Over the next two years, the corporation aims to attract $225 million in new private investment to Champaign County, assist companies to grow payroll by $132 million and increase private sector influence in the corporation by doubling the number of its private investors. “Ultimately, we want to increase the level of income in our communities, which will be a big economic boost to the local economy,� said Erik Kotewa, deputy director of the corporation. “In order to do that, we have to attract new jobs by either expanding current businesses that are here or attracting new businesses.� Financial contributors give money to the Economic Development Corporation to help fund business retention programs aimed to ensure that Champaign County-based companies are satisfied, ease expansions and provide other services that help keep corporations in the area. In the past 10 years, Champaign County has been in the bottom half of the Midwestern community peer group for job growth, according to the EDC’s two-year strategy. Creating 3,000 jobs would put Champaign County in the top third. Lori Gold Patterson, CEO of Pixo, a technology firm in Urbana, doubled the size of her company in less than a year. She said she supports the EDC’s strategy,
and her company will help the corporation reach its goals. “The more jobs that are created locally, the stronger the economy is,� Gold Patterson said. “The more likelihood there is a growing talent pool here we can pull from.� The EDC also aims to attract $225 million in new private investment to the county, such as expanding local companies or new companies investing in new facilities, which would create jobs. In assisting companies with growing their payroll, the corporation seeks to ultimately increase per capita pay to $26,000 from $23,700, according to the two-year strategy. “They’re aggressive (goals), but they’re realistic and provide something for the organization and the region to shoot for in terms of growing the economy,� said Bruce Knight, Champaign’s planning and development director. Kotewa said in order to accomplish its two-year goals, the corporation strives to double the number of private investors who contribute to the EDC. “These goals are bigger than what we can accomplish with our current level of resources and with the current level of involvement in our organization from local stakeholders,� Kotewa said. Gold Patterson said she supports this initiative and thinks the corporation needs to focus more on the private sector business model. She said other companies should support the organization once they see the value of it. The corporation provides
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Previously, researchers were concerned with potentially lethal consequences of large amounts of pesticides, as discussed in conservationist Rachel Carson’s 1962 book “Silent Spring.� Now, however, the greater concern is the potential of the pesticide as a neurotoxin. Coming with smaller levels of exposure, a particular concern is developmental neurotoxicity, said Samantha Carpenter, a wildlife technical assistant at the Illinois Natural History Survey at the University’s Prairie Research Institute. According to a report on developmental neurotoxicity by Harvard researchers, some neurodevelopmental disorders are learning disabilities, cerebral palsy and types of sensory deficits. Researchers found concentrations of dieldrin in liver of studied Illinois river otters, a pesticide that had been banned decades ago, Carpenter said. Dieldrin was used as a pesticide on its own and was the primary breakdown product of a pesticide called aldrin. Widely used in the past, most of the dieldrin in the state comes from aldrin used on corn soil, Carpenter said.
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This year your talents and inventive mojo flower. Creativity flourishes, so capture it, refine and polish. Express your love and share it. Springtime enchants someone to you with fun. Summer travel for a project leads to autumn profits. Get a big break. Your work is getting attention. You’re beloved. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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but friends and family are really there for you. There’s a lot to be learned, and still time to “chillax� at home. Think it all over, and get organized.
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Today is a 9 — Commit to your objectives. A new project demands more attention. Put your heads together. Save some energy for a significant other. Romance still reigns.
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Today is a 9 — You may have to modify the dream slightly to fit reality or modify reality to fit the dream. More research is required. Think about what worked before and what didn’t. Your nerves will become less frazzled soon. Keep the focus on fun.
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Today is a 9 — Your ability to concentrate gets marvelously enhanced; double-check your data anyway, just in case. Hold on to what you have. It’s easier to get it than to keep it. Avoid shopping or gambling.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) Today is a 9 — You’re entering a two-day moneymaking phase but also a potential spending spree. Think twice before you buy. Do you really need that? Let your conscience be your guide. Your friends count on you.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) Today is a 9 — When you’re hot, you’re hot. Action depends on your will power. Consult a professional or an impartial person to sort out confusion at work. Others move more quickly. You’re the star.
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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) Today is a 9 — There’s still some confusion or indecision, but you can clear it up and find the way. Career matters are in the forefront now. Keep your frugal common sense. You have plenty of work to do. Involve the group.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) Today is a 9 — Travel conditions are excellent. Take regular breaks to stay rested. Heed wise words from a loving woman. Dig deeper and find the treasure. However, don’t shop until the check clears.
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Group brings awareness to Affordable Care Act BY BRYAN BOCCELLI STAFF WRITER
Through the Illinois Public Interest Research Group, students at the University are spearheading efforts to make their peers aware of the changes happening in the health care system. “Illinois PIRG is a statewide, non-partisan consumer advocacy group. We’ve worked on all different kinds of issues; we have worked on health care issues in the past, and we’re really excited to be working with the implementation of this,” said Rachel Binstock, campus organizer for the Public Interest Research Group Education Fund. “Illinois PIRG is heading to campuses across the state to educate students about health care, so that’s pretty much what we’re doing at U of I,” said Michael King, senior in LAS and intern at the research group. “Right now we’re trying to educate students about the Affordable Care Act.” Lauren Krone, sophomore in LAS and intern at the research group, said they are trying to get current information regarding the act to students to help prepare them for after graduation. “It’s important for University of Illinois students because there are a lot of new options where young people have a lot more economically feasible ways of being covered since the Affordable Care Act went into effect,” said Krone
Illinois P ublic Interest Research Group hopes to make students aware of the changes and help them understand how they are affected by them. “This educational campaign is statewide and we have a very ambitious goal of educating 60,000 students,” Binstock said. “We have a team of eight interns working here, and they each have a goal of educating a number of students throughout the semester.” She said the research group exists in part to “stand up for the public against powerful interests” by lobbying, taking legal action and grassroots organizing. “Traditionally young people have been widely uninsured or inadequately insured — some people would say it’s because they’re invincible and they don’t need it, but I think that’s actually a misnomer,” Binstock said. She also said most young people between the ages of 18 and 35 are interested in health insurance, but they just can’t afford it. “Our goal for the campaign is to get people aware about the Affordable Care Act and aware that there are resources for them when they graduate, when they fall off their parent’s health insurance plans and they don’t know where to go because they’ve never handled health insurance,” said Binstock.
Bryan can be reached at boccell2@dailyillini.com.
Young people’s rights under the Affordable Care Act
1. They have the right to stay on their parents’ family health insurance plans until age 26. 2. They have the right to coverage that cannot be dropped when an accident makes their care expensive or an unexpected condition comes up. 3. They have the right to an appeal if coverage for needed care is denied by the insurer. 4. They have the right to right to information about the quality and cost of insurance benefits. 5. They have the right to choose their primary care doctor or pediatrician and to see an OB-GYN without a referral. 6. They have the right to emergency care when needed without huge out-of-network costs. 7. They have the right to a rebate if their insurer spends less than 80 percent of premium dollars on care. 8. They have the right to free preventive care. 9. They have the right to coverage, even if there is a pre-existing health condition.
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As Erica Mendez, 24, a mother of two, was enjoying her first trip to a thrift store, her son David Quintana, 4, found what he wanted in the store’s Halloween section on Oct. 21. Mendez said she usually shops at Ross or Nordstrom Rack but was amazed at the low prices of used clotting at Savers thrift store in Anaheim.
Thrift stores thriving
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SANTA ANA, Calif. — Maria Garcia’s front yard sale held no theme. Shoes, wrenches, blender, a Darth Vader mask — all were on the driveway in front of her onestory Garden Grove home. A child’s shirt? Five bucks. The blender? Fifteen. Garcia, 31, began holding monthly garage sales three years ago to earn pocket money for her father who had been forced out of the workforce by illness. Times were tough in Orange County then and unemployment was at its peak. These days, the economy has improved. Local unemployment is 6.2 percent, slightly better than the national average. Home prices are going up. Still, for people like Garcia, the lessons about thriftiness learned during the dark times haven’t gone away. Garcia works full time. But she also does what she can to save cash, buying cheaper clothes for her kids and shopping at thrift stores for herself. Garcia says she and her sister once were big mall shoppers. She also says she hasn’t been to a mall in years. With people like Garcia taking on new habits, and rappers
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The U.S. Embassy in Berlin is pictured on Monday with the Brandenburg Gate and German Reichstag in the background and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in the foreground.
Embassy accused of spying BY MATTHEW SCHOFIELD MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
BERLIN — Michael Goewe was excited when he arrived in his nation’s capital to see the sights. But as he was planning this visit back in his home in Cologne, he hadn’t figured the seemingly boring U.S. Embassy in central Berlin would be among the mustsee items. Plans changed over the last week. A steady stream of news reports on how the Americans had been spying on the German political class, including now three-term Chancellor Angela Merkel, pinpointed the top floor of the embassy. “We knew the spy news this summer, but it’s reached a new magnitude when you learn they’ve been spying on the chancellor,” he said. “It’s clear now that something has to be done, and so you want to see where it’s based.” When the new American Embassy opened here five years ago, there was more than a little grousing. The building was boring, critics argued, and looked to be more about keeping the rest of the world away than projecting an image. Locals worried that reopening the embassy in the very heart of a reunified
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FACULTY The strategic plan’s four main points are to build a strong faculty, to provide students with a transformative learning experience, to engage in research with societal impact and to find and manage the resources in order to accomplish those first three goals, Wise said. This includes recruiting 500 new faculty over the next five to seven years, increasing faculty salaries in LAS and FAA, and increasing campus-wide changes in the way the University gives out indirect costs. “We have done a very good job of really trying to figure out how to give money back to the units ... where people have put a significant amount of time into hiring people,” Wise said. “We also know that in order to achieve the first three goals, we cannot count on increasing tuition, and we cannot count on federal grants and research. We have to do it through private philanthropy.” Pierre agreed that refocusing spending priorities and using resources well is critical to the success of the University. “Despite the lack of state capi-
Berlin, in a reunified Germany, would make the iconic surroundings less accessible. And there were fears that mooted plans to shut down the road running along the backside of the embassy would somehow snarl downtown traffic. But there was little talk about the top floor of the embassy, and the antennas atop it. Until now. This weekend, the latest issue of the German magazine Der Spiegel has a cover photo with a creepy Cold War feel to it of what’s atop the embassy, under the headline “Das Nest.” The magazine analyzes the top floor of the building. It focuses on the gray box-like rooms on the top that appear to have stonecolored windows. The magazine found experts and journalists who postulated that such an appearance is likely hiding highly sensitive spy equipment. They note that documents indicate the embassy’s top floors are home to a joint National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency spy program. Berlin visitors say the fact that the embassy rises above the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is a painful tes-
tament to what can happen when a paranoid government moves unchecked. The embassy roof offers an unrestricted view of the Reichstag a block to the north, the seat of the federal government. Two blocks to the south is the futuristic Sony Center, a symbol of reunified Germany’s economic rebirth. The embassy is, without a doubt, a building at the very heart of this nation, residing in an honored place that has made sense to Germans. The United States is considered such a staunch and worthy ally. But then the spy scandal erupted with the release by former NSA worker Edward Snowden of records that indicated the United States was sweeping up hundreds of millions of electronic communications. The documents he released indicated the NSA was studying emails with key words or phrases and recording so-called “metadata” from smart phones, information tracking the movement and actions of phone owners. The embassy became the focus of an occasional protest, the slogan “United Stasi of America” projected from across the street onto its walls.
tal budget for almost 10 years, we have found funds to rehabilitate several buildings, including the Natural History Building, and make certain improvements to classrooms and labs, which are our spending priorities,” Pierre said. “The challenge here is to make the very best use of the resources that we have through careful planning and careful investing.” Pierre also touched on reforms that were discussed in the annual University Administration Review conducted by seven review teams, each chaired by a college dean. The review team outlined 47 recommendations for reform that they suggested to University President Robert Easter. “In mind, the purpose of the University Administration Review is to focus on the basic missions of the UA — one of these is to represent the best interest of the University to constituents, but also to the state of Illinois,” Pierre said. After Pierre and Wise spoke at the meeting, faculty members were given the opportunity to address some of their own concerns. Stephen Kaufman, professor emeritus of cellular and structural biology, questioned
Pierre and Wise about the lack of protection for the pensions of retirees. “This is a concern that involves thousands of other retired persons,” Kaufman said. “It has been enormously disquieting to me, as a retiree, and to thousands of other workers, that the University is so ready to compromise the retirement benefits of its workers instead of being a strong public advocate for that workforce.” Kaufman called for the University to take action toward protecting retirement and health benefits of employees in order to maintain the high quality of faculty that Wise had emphasized earlier. Pierre responded, promising that the University has worked with the state to deal with pension decreases as much as possible. John Kindt, chair of the Urbana-Champaign Senate’s Faculty and Staff Benefits Committee, seconded Kaufman’s assertion and suggested that “faculty, staff and the University take a more aggressive view on (pension issues).”
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OTTER found across North America, Carpenter said. However, she said the dieldrin found in the otters was found in a far higher concentration than in other locations, as dieldrin’s parent product, aldrin, was used intensely on the state’s corn. These pollutants have been banned for decades but still persist in the environment. “Depending on the amount of the pesticide that was applied to a particular location, they have long half-lives and are persistent in the environment,” said Jan Novakofski, animal science professor. Carpenter said research on dieldrin shows that its halflife is between 4 and 25 years, meaning it could take as long as 25 years to halve its presence in the environment. River otters were used in the study as biomonitors for the situation, Carpenter said, because they are at the top of the food chain. “They are eating a lot of fish and possibly a lot of the same species of fish that humans in Illinois are also eating,” Carpenter said. Working up the food chain, chemicals become more concentrated; therefore, otters accumulate more of the banned substances. “When otters are eating a lot of fatty fish, for example, they
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INSPECTION Roberts, environmental health director at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. Vendors consist of food establishments including restaurants, grocery stores, food trucks and institutional facilities, such as schools, hospitals and nursing homes. “It is good information for consumers to know whether or not they are eating somewhere that has been following the correct procedures to protect them against any foodborne illness risks,” Mayol said. “I hope it will bring knowledge to consumers and make restaurants more responsible for maintaining their facility for public safety.” Roberts brought the idea to the Champaign County Board of Health in September 2012. Michael Ruffatto, Champaign County Board of Health member, hopes that the notices will provide consumers with a chance to view the rating history instead of simply a sign saying they passed. If passed, the proposal would not change the way establishments are graded, but it would
bragging about 99 cent sheets and entrepreneurs looking to franchise garage sales, one thing seems clear: Thrift is chic. “One man’s trash, that’s another man’s come-up ...” — From “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Thrift stores are the Chia Pet of industries. Local and national experts say thrift store sales grew during the last recession — and they’ve continued to grow during the supposed recovery of the past three years. And thrift stores are just part of a bigger trend. The Association of Resale Professionals reports that national sales in all quarters of the so-called secondhand industry — including retail categories ranging from thrift shops to high-end consignment stores — grew more than seven percent in each of the past two years. And that number, they add, gives only a glimpse of a hard-to-measure market. Economists who calculate gross domestic product count the value of goods only one time, the first time they’re sold. So it’s hard to gauge the true volume of America’s thrift economy. But one industry — used cars — offers a clue about the relative popularity of used versus new. And in Orange County, Calif.,
used has been hot. Sales of new cars in Orange County fell hard in 2008, the peak year of the recession, and didn’t return to prerecession levels until last year. But during that same period, used car sales grew consistently, according to the state Board of Equalization. It’s Finance 101. When consumers have less to spend, they look for ways to get more for their money, said Esmael Adibi, an economist at Chapman University. “A higher unemployment rate, a loss of income, means that people are going to choose things that nobody would have touched (a few years ago),” Adibi said. But that trend is playing out even as those basic factors — jobs and income — seem to be improving. Matthew Zabala, front supervisor for the Savers thrift store in Anaheim, Calif., said both gross sales and the number of customers walking into the store have jumped by about 20 percent in 2012. During that same period, unemployment in Orange County fell from 8.8 percent to 7.6 percent. Officials at Goodwill of Orange County have seen something similar, saying sales at their retail outlets in Orange County have grown steadily since 2008, even as economic conditions have improved.
are consuming higher concentration of dieldrin than, say, a herbivore would,” Carpenter said. The concentration of dieldrin was found to be higher when compared with past amounts of dieldrin in river otters, according to the report. This may be due to the fact the studies compare river otters from different geographical areas of the state, Carpenter said. During the previous study, river otters were limited to the northwest corner of Illinois, but since a reestablishment program by the Department of Natural Resources, their population has expanded. “We’re comparing otters from different geographical regions of the state so that is one possibility in terms of why there are differences in our results, but there are also other possibilities as well,” Carpenter said. Going forward, researchers would like to find how often these compounds are present, the species where they are present and the possible effects on the animals where they are present. “I think more importantly this is a first step to go forward and try to understand what is happening with these compounds,” Mateus-Pinilla said. “It’s really just for us right now, a first step to evaluate these compounds.”
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change the way the public is notified. “For the businesses that are in general compliance and have not had any problems, I hope these places will benefit because the public will see them as establishments that are working hard to prevent and looking out for the health and the welfare of the general public,” Ruffatto said. “On the other side, the businesses that have had problems with closure may see a hit to their business, which will require them to have the utmost compliance at all time for fear of failing future health inspections.” Ruffatto mentions that the notices’ only downside is that restaurants that receive a “needs reinspection rating” would have to keep this specific notice posted on their windows for a designated period of time, which has not yet been established. He said restaurants may lose business as a result. “They could have been in compliance by that time. It could have been fixed within 24 hours,” Ruffatto said. “So after that time of initial inspection, it could be in compliance, it just hasn’t been reinspected yet.” Roberts hopes to change the rate the county holds inspec-
ECONOMICS industry roundtables for Champaign County-based corporations to discuss collaborative opportunities. On Nov. 21, the EDC will host its annual meeting highlighting products made in Champaign County. Gold Patterson said Pixo has seen solid outcomes from these services and thinks they enable businesses to better meet the needs of the workforce. She said the corporation’s annual meeting has tremendously helped her staff. “Pixo is a technology firm, and the staff at our company historically did not have the opportunity to be inspired by other innovations and technology in the county,” Gold Patterson said. “It really helps when you’re in a creative field or a technology field to feel the energy and the growth and the idea creation around you.” Kotewa said achieving the two-year goals may be a challenge, but he is confident they are realistic numbers based on information regarding what other economic organizations across the country are doing. “The thing to keep in mind is that this reflects a county-wide effort,” Knight said, “so everybody is pulled up by attempting to achieve these goals.”
tions and make them more frequent so business owners do not have to wait to be in general compliance. Mari Brocker, associate director for housing information, expressed concerns regarding how the notices would affect the University’s year-round private certified housing contracts. “It would be very easy for a mother or father, who is also by coincidence a lawyer in the Chicago-land area, to come and read a checkmark on a green (plaque), that would otherwise indicate compliance, but misread, and then therefore make an argument for wanting out of their housing contract for the rest of the year,” Brocker said. She added that the list of violation categories on the green plaque are very broad categories. For example, “improper chemical storage or labeling” could be a bottle of dish soap next to a bottle of ketchup. “While that is a violation and while we want to correct those violations, it’s not so egregious as some chemical spill somewhere that could be over open food,” Brocker said.
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hat’s the big fracking deal? Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process in which natural gas is extracted by injecting a highlypressurized combination of water, chemicals and sand into shale rock layers. Fracking can create cracks in the rocks or widen existing cracks allowing methane to escape. Fracking, which many are concerned can harm the environment and contaminate our groundwater supply, is now a regulated activity in Illinois. The Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act, Senate Bill 1715, was signed into law on June 17, making Illinois the only state to require water testing before and after fracking operations. It also makes Illinois the first state to require chemical disclosures pre- and post-fracking. The bill was sponsored by local State Sen. Mike Frerichs, D-52, and State Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-103. These are the same legislators who opposed an idea to dump PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, known carcinogens and cause of other adverse health effects, into the Mahomet Aquifer earlier in May. While some are concerned about the environmental harms fracking can elicit, others believe that fracking can bring more revenue and jobs to the state. Other positive aspects of the new law include presumed liability for companies engaged in fracking to prove water contaminations were not caused by their activities and various opportunities for the public to participate in the process of granting fracking permits. However, the law does not ban fracking outright, as some organizations, such as Illinois People’s Action and Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment, had wanted. Assuming that fracking would have been made legal in Illinois at some point in the future, state lawmakers headed in the right direction by implementing strong restrictions. Already, more than 20 states have areas of active fracking, and that’s excluding neighboring states that may be affected, too. Like medical marijuana and concealed carry legislations, the state made sure to create a comprehensive regulatory plan to ensure that fracking is being carefully handled and follows set standards. However, there are concerns to be had about the interests of the lawmakers who pushed for the bill to be passed. Rather than attempting to stop fracking in Illinois for environmental reasons, lawmakers went ahead and tried to tame the situation they believed to be inevitable. There is no question the economically depressed southern Illinois region stands to benefit from the thousands of jobs fracking could create, as do the politicians who support the fracking industry’s entrance. However, aside from monetary reasons and the jobs the industry could create, fracking can cause groundwater contamination through chemicals used in the fracking process. Illinois alone has had documented cases of water contamination, sudden explosions from oil wells, residents who were pressured into signing leases and residents who have experienced air quality issues and constant traffic. Of particular concern in eastcentral Illinois is the possibility of contamination of the Mahomet Aquifer, the sole source of water for Champaign, Urbana and many other east-central communities. While the state should be commended for their heavy regulations on fracking, we hope Illinois lawmakers weren’t blinded by prospective political gains along the way. And we hope that environmental degradation and the quality of life for those living near fracking areas are considered above creating jobs and making money. Because where fracking is meant to benefit the country as a whole, it’s also hurting individuals and their respective communities.
Alma of “Alma Approved� is coming back for commencement this spring. LOL SAID THAT LAST YEAR. She looks good, just missing a few minor details — like a head. Oh, and she’s not even green anymore. SHE DOESN’T EVEN GO HERE. An X-ray indicated that 60-80 percent of bolts holding her together were missing, broken or just gone. Well, that’s what you get when you leave her with 40,000 crazed and drunken college students. Poor Alma.
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The hilarious Jason Sudeikis and glamorous Olivia Wilde are expecting. “Why DI Denied,� you ask? Because maybe, possibly, hypothetically, our assistant opinions editor has lost yet another one of her celebrity infatuations — who in her wildest dreams imagines she still has a chance with — to the list of celebrity dads. Sudeikis joins the ranks with some of her other lost loves like Charlie Day, Johnny Depp, David Beckham, Channing Tatum and Kim Kardashian. It looks like Nicki’s journey for love continues.
Depending on your relationship with the beloved Campus Liquors, previously located at Fourth and Green streets, you could have been greatly upset by its closing last Saturday. The Campus Liquors location was a beautiful thing for students romping around on their way to the bars only to remember they forgot the chasers to accompany the flasks in their purses. In its place will be yet another high rise apartment building because apparently the one being built two blocks away just isn’t enough.
All the world’s a stage, even in college THADDEUS CHATTO Opinions columnist
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act in a play is to live in the moment. When acting on stage, you can’t pause and re-do a scene. You just have to go with the flow. That is a big thing I have learned from acting on stage. When I first arrived at The University of Illinois, I never thought I would be in a play. The very idea of standing on stage portraying a character never crossed my mind. I was not meant to be in theater. And I never tried it for a number of reasons: First, our high school was so small and lacked the resources to afford to have a theater troupe. Second, even if we would have had a theater troupe, I would probably have thought it wasn’t that cool. That was the perception I had from a young age. I guess I always thought athletes were on top of the student social hierarchy, followed by the preppy kids and then the music and drama students were near the bottom. This was a very foolish perception on high school popularity that I have thankfully outgrown. And some of those assumptions probably arose out of my own experiences and activities before college, including my lack of exposure to theater. My interests in high school included sports, video games, music and movies. When it came
to those hobbies, I felt safe and sound. For example, I felt comfortable playing point guard and taking the basketball up the court. That is something I have done several times and was used to it. But before college, my comfort zone never included acting. That just wasn’t part of who I was. The idea of acting on a stage overall is pretty scary to me. I would have to memorize my lines, say those lines loudly, wear costumes and have stage presence. Trying to portray another character seems like a very daunting task. Sometimes, it’s not even easy being yourself in certain situations (like on a first date). That’s a lot to keep in mind when acting in a play. But, as with most things in life, practice makes perfect. But during my time being here, I have performed in three different plays. And it’s all thanks to one of my roommates from freshman year. Jake Settanni, senior in LAS, saw a flyer for the play “You Can’t Take it with You,� and he wanted to audition for it. The auditions were held around the second week of our first fall semester here at the University. He told me I should go audition with him, but I was hesitant because I barely knew the guy and I never thought I was into theater. However, the audition flyers said, “No prior acting experience required.� So, I thought, what the hell, and decided to give it a shot. I had no idea what to expect. I’ve never been to an audition before so I was a little nervous, mainly because I didn’t want to look like a fool to people that were probably judging the crap out of me.
Low and behold, we both received parts in the play. Jake was cast as one of the main male characters, and I was cast as G-Man 2. It was a minor role in comparison to his, but I was surprised to even be selected. At auditions, I didn’t feel like I deserved a spot in the play. My complete lack of experience had me doubting my ability to act well in a play; however, one consistent critique throughout all my auditions is that I have great stage presence and that I show confidence when speaking. Without auditioning for this first play, I may not have discovered or realized I had those qualities. I am grateful to have been a part of plays, mostly because it taught me to get out of my comfort zone. I never thought I would fit into the theater crowd, or at least what I thought that type of crowd was. This was just my foolish thinking because now I am in the theater group. The more I reflect on what I’ve done in my life so far, I realize what I do was not so different from the theater kids do: entertain. I was part of a dance group for seven years of my life, I started playing the piano at the age of eight and I was in my high school’s marching band for six years. Looking back on everything, it makes sense for me to try acting. Our college years are a time of exploration and discovery. Never had I thought I would be comfortable acting on stage in front of an audience. Putting yourself out there in situations that are foreign to you can truly be an enlightening experience.
Thaddeus is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at chatto1@dailyillini.com.
University guided by social model of disability MATT PASQUINI Opinions columnist
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eet Jane and John. Jane is able-bodied, and John is someone with a physical disability. As a result, John uses a wheelchair. Both are presented with a task to walk up a set of stairs. Jane has no problem completing this task, but as you might imagine, John is unable to do so. A lot of people would look at John and think about how unfortunate it is that he is unable to go up the stairs. This view of people with disabilities is very much in line with the medical model of disability, where disability is viewed as a problem located within the individual and concerns no one else. It is the responsibility of the individual to seek out any sort of medical attention to “fix� or “cure� their disability in order to be a part of society. To put it into context, it is John’s condition that disables him and keeps him from going up the stairs, not the stairs themselves. But according to the social model of disability, it is not John’s condition that disables him, but the stairs. The social model of disability says that it is the environment that society has created to meet the needs of the majority that disables the individual. In other words, disability is created through the barriers that exist within society, not by the impairments of the individual. Here at the University, we are fortunate enough to have administrators, students, faculty and staff who are passionate about creating an inclusive environment for students
of all identities. But one identity the University has made strides in working with is students with disabilities. Hugo Trevino, senior in LAS, said, “When choosing a University, I wanted the full college experience. I wanted to gain the experience that everyone else gets...and I knew that with all the accessibility the University of Illinois had to offer I would be able to get this experience and more.� The Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services and the Beckwith Residential Support Services have been major contributors to improving the quality of life for students with all types of disabilities by following the social model of disability. These resources are major factors as to why the University is rated No. 1 as one of the most “disability friendly� schools. Programs like DRES and BRSS have assisted students with all types of disabilities, visible and invisible, by offering various programs. For instance, the learning disability staff, “...works with students on compensatory strategies in test preparation, test taking, reading comprehension, and written expression.� They also provide students with housing that offers assistance in performing the basic activities of daily living through the support of paraprofessional staff and personal assistants, as well as the development of skills and experience necessary to live independently. BRSS is located on the first floor of Nugent Hall. They are equipped with a staff of personal assistants to aid the residents. These experiences help able-bodied students obtain a new perspective on students with disabilities that raises awareness and appreciation for the issues facing those students.
Personal assistant Audrey Maske, sophomore in ACES, said, “Everyone on the floor is one giant family and the environment is so welcoming ... Since working in Beckwith, I have gained an awareness and appreciation concerning the students and staff in the program.� But while the University has programs like DRES and Beckwith, Nugent Hall Resident Advisor, Lexi Wirtas, senior in LAS, believes that, “... accessibility is not on the forefront of minds of many individuals . . . Chipotle, for example, has an accessible bathroom on its second floor but no elevator to actually get up to the bathroom.� She goes on to say, “We have made so many great strides as a University, but there is still so much more that needs to be done.� And she’s right. Despite the advancements and progress of our University, there is more that needs to be done. While accommodation efforts have been on the forefront of the disability rights movement, there is a societal attitude that considers people with disabilities helpless, looks at them with pity and views them as partial or limited human beings. But the social model states otherwise. It’s the everyday structures that are limiting to people with disabilities. As the University continues their efforts to create a more inclusive environment through expanding accessibility, as prescribed by the social model of disability, they should be serving as a guide to public institutions across the nation of how to become more disability-friendly.
Matt is a sophomore in LAS. He can be reached at mpasqui2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewPasquini.
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SafeWalkers say they ‘do a job like no other’ BY ANNABETH CARLSON STAFF WRITER
Oct. 23: 7:00 p.m.-9:29 p.m. Steve Chraca sat on a swivel chair in a cramped office filled with vests, police radios and flashlights. He held up a black, pocket-covered vest with a shining emblem that read “Student Patrol.” With a grin on his face, Chraca pointed to the wall where additional vests were hanging. “Last semester we had blue ones, and these (black vests) are pretty new, so we want to make sure people still recognize us,” he said. “The blue vests were bulky. These are more slimmed.” Chraca stood and hung up his vest. He explained that all he carries in the vest on a typical night are his radio, cell phone, wallet and maybe snacks. “Some people ask if we carry weapons, but we don’t. I usually just say we have our left and right,” Chraca said with a laugh, flexing his arm muscles. Chraca, junior in LAS, is one of three team leaders in the Student Patrol program. The 31 members of the Student Patrol staff are trained by the University of Illinois Police Department and hold meetings at the Police Training Institute, located at 1004 S. Fourth St. Each team member works once every three days and helps the campus police by reporting suspicious activity, giving warnings for noise complaints and directing pedestrian traffic at sporting events. But, perhaps what the Student Patrol is best known for is the SafeWalks program. To use SafeWalks, students call the SafeWalks number at 217-333-1216, and, after the SafeWalks patrollers arrive, they are escorted safely to their destinations. Previously, SafeWalks began at 9 p.m. but, beginning on Oct. 20, the service was extended to run from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday, and 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Upstairs, Chraca joined assistant team leaders Trey Jackson, junior in Business, and Sean Ryan, senior in LAS, inside a mock courtroom at the Police Training Institute. Ryan casually sat on the judge’s bench, typing on his laptop, while Jackson played games on his phone, and Chraca finished a Chipotle burrito. I have to admit, the whole process seemed very laid-back. A smiling Chraca, sporting jeans and a hoodie, had greeted me earlier, shattering my previous notion that the SafeWalks patrollers were serious and intimidating. To pass the time, Chraca and Jackson exchanged stories about being on the job. Chraca explained that on the weekends, Student Patrol is mainly responsible for responding to noise complaints. First, the team gives courtesy warnings. If the host does not comply with these warnings, the police will get involved and write tickets. “Usually we are welcomed,
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EXORCISM provide the assistance that people are looking for, there’s a concern that people may look for it in an area that really isn’t going to help them.” During the Halloween season, however, Lampert experiences a 100-fold spike from his typical 10 calls or emails per week from concerned individuals across the U.S. To address the seasonal rise in interest, Lampert is in the midst of a six-stop lecture tour in the Midwest, which began Oct. 23 and goes until Nov. 6. However, Lampert reported that the number of cases determined to require an exorcism has stayed stagnant, despite increased inquiries and seasonal hysteria. “(The need for an exorcism is) extremely rare. The example would be maybe one out of 5,000 people who contact me would be a genuine case of possession,” Lampert said. “The exorcist is trained to be a skeptic, so just because somebody calls me doesn’t necessarily mean that I believe they’re possessed. Obviously, something’s going on in their life, but it’s important to determine whether it’s of a spiritual or of a mental nature.” Lampert said he requires concerned individuals to have a physical and psychological evaluation, by medical experts of their choosing or of his recommendation, to determine if the perceived possession might be due to delusions, hallucinations or other non-spiritual causes.
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ONE BOOK deserve,” Ryan said. But Kelley’s reason for the hope for change comes from one that is more personal. “I was adopted at birth, and
so it’s not often that people are rude. They realize it’s either us or the actual police. And you would much rather deal with us ... as opposed to a $400 fine,” Chraca said. Despite the nightly challenges of Student Patrol, Chraca became involved in the program to gain experience for his future career in law enforcement. As he explained earlier, Student Patrol serves as the eyes and ears of the University’s police. “It’s a calling, something you feel obligated to do. It’s a way to serve the community in a beneficial way, to do a job like no other,” Chraca said. Jackson, on the other hand, said he was simply looking for a part-time job. He heard about the job opening through his roommate, who was also a Student Patrol member. At this point in our conversation, additional Student Patrol members began to show up for the briefing meeting. Thirteen members were working that night, including patrol veterans Jung Yeob Kim, senior in Business, and DaTron Williams, junior in LAS. During the meeting, Chraca discussed protocol for campus building checks and opportunities to do ride-alongs with the police, while also reminding members about the dress code: no sweatpants. He also showed a picture of a SafeWalks T-shirt, which is a bright orange shirt and has the phrase “Keep calm and call SafeWalks” across the front. After the meeting, the team separated and set out to cover different sections of campus. I was assigned to work with Jackson and Kim. Downstairs, they slipped on their vests and handed one to me. We left the Police Training Institute and began our patrol on Section 2: the Quad.
9:30-10:54 p.m. Jackson and Kim walked down the Quad, ignoring the chilled air, snow flurries and passersby who stared at their vests. “When people get lost, they often say they’ve never seen us before. But once you’ve seen us, you’ll start noticing us everywhere,” Jackson said. Kim added that their reputation has changed a lot over time. “There are times when students hate us and times when students love us,” Kim said. Kim and Jackson approached the Undergraduate Library for a building check. Before going inside, Kim walked down the courtyard and looked out at the South Quad. Suddenly, the campus seemed empty. The only thing to be seen was the back of Kim’s vest and the light snow that fell around him. “I could tell you about so many beautiful places on campus that people don’t notice,” he said. At this point, Chraca pulled up in the Student Patrol van and picked us up. Inside, he listened
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to his police radio and ate another burrito, this time from Taco Bell. While Chraca expects his team to dress warmly, he said he also lets everyone take rotations to warm up in the car. The team drove through the different sections of campus, watching for suspicious activities. After about 30 minutes, Chraca headed back toward the Quad. Still, no one had called for SafeWalks. While calling is the most common way students contact Student Patrol, Chraca said there are alternatives. “If you see us, you can walk up to us or we can ask you (if you need help),” he said. “The third way is (to use) the Emergency Phones.” Emergency Phones are the blue-topped phone booths on campus with “Emergency” on the top. They direct callers to the same dispatcher as SafeWalks.
10:55 p.m.-11:20 p.m. Back on the Quad, Jackson asked, “Is today Wednesday? We are going to have a SafeWalk at the University Library around 11.” “We have regulars. This girl started memorizing our names,” Kim added. Sure enough, Natalie Leoni, senior in LAS and Illini Media employee, met us at the front of the library. Leoni said she has been using the SafeWalks service since her freshman year. “This year I work at the Main Library, and I work late nights until closing, so this walk to Urbana is scary,” she said. “I just feel more secure, and it’s nice to talk to people.” Leoni said she is a SafeWalks regular, to which Jackson responded, “I have to say, probably my favorite.” In what felt like a 30-second walk, we arrived at Leoni’s home. She told Jackson and Kim she will see them next week at the same time. We walked through the silent, cold Quad once again, and after giving up my vest, Jackson and Kim gave me a SafeWalk home. When we reached my dorm, it felt like I was saying goodbye to close friends. I remember Chraca telling me that Student Patrol is hiring next semester. Maybe I’ll be there.
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Once medical and psychological experts evaluate the individual and determine there is something they cannot explain, Lampert must determine the type, degree and entry point of the demonic presence, as well as the number of demons involved. A full-blown demonic possession can call for an imperative exorcism, in which the demon(s) are commanded to depart. However, lesser forms of a demonic presence — such as infestation, oppression and obsession — call for a supplicating exorcism in which God is asked to dispel the demonic presence. Lampert said he likes to keep sessions under 30 minutes, although the duration can differ depending on the exorcist. The number of required sessions can also vary, based on the level of “evil” at hand. While Lampert pressed that actual exorcisms are often far less dramatic than their Hollywood portrayals, he has witnessed eyes rolling into the back of the head, supernatural strength, bodily contortions, foaming at the mouth and, in one particular case, levitation. “I think movies tend to want to highlight the manifestations of evil ... exorcism, in reality, is basically a prayer; it’s a prayer of healing and wanting to bring healing into the person’s life,” Lampert said. “(Movies) tend to look at the more bizarre ... but most exorcisms are not of that degree or nature.” One of the most common misconceptions involve the cause of demonic possession. Movies tend to focus on external causes, Lampert said, when typically the problem lies within the person’s
own internal thinking. “Usually when people believe their dealing with something evil, they have to do something extraordinary to rid themselves of it,” he said. “Usually, the way to defeat the presence of evil would just be doing the very ordinary things that are tied to one’s belief in God.” Derek Miller, Illini Secular Student Alliance president and senior in LAS, attended the lecture with a group of members from his RSO. He left the lecture still not convinced that demonic possession is a real issue and that many of Father Lampert’s experiences could be explained by medical conditions. “I thought it was a lot of scary language designed to have people think a certain way,” Miller said. “It sounded a lot like a sermon to me. ... If you listened to the way this guy talked about things like witchcraft and vampires, you’d realize this is totally out of touch with reality.” On the other hand, Cristina Morales, recent University alumna, saw Lampert’s 2009 lecture and said she believed it was a great way to hear from an expert in the field. “Lampert has had some pretty terrifying life experiences,” Monsignor Ketchum said. “But that’s not something we should celebrate, that’s not something we should rejoice in; it’s just the opposite. When people get mixed up with Satan and personified evil, it has often destroyed their lives.”
I could’ve ended up in any situation, any home life. I wanted to write about the homelessness issue in particular because I felt so lucky with the home I did get,” she said. “I hope there will be an understanding that homeless kids exist and are often in their situation at
no fault of their own, and that they’re incredibly talented and compelling human beings. And with that understanding, I hope would come a desire to do something to help.”
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SafeWalkers: the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eyes and Earsâ&#x20AC;? of the University Police Staff writer Annabeth Carlson follows the student patrol, well-known for their SafeWalks program, on Wednesday. Turn to Page 5A to read about her time with the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student members.
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Annual lecture to address youth homelessness BY STEPHANIE KIM STAFF WRITER
The Illini Union will host its annual One Book, One Campus event at 7 p.m Tuesday in Illini Union Rooms A-C. OBOC is a free public lecture that is open to members of the Champaign and Urbana communities and features a book that raises awareness about a topic of interest and encourages discussion. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s featured book will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope,â&#x20AC;? by Kevin Ryan and Tina Kelley. The book highlights the transformations of six homeless youths at the Covenant House International, the largest charity that serves homeless and trafficked young people in North and Central America. Ryan, president of Covenant House, and co-author Kelley will be at the event to discuss their book and the issue of youth homelessness. Previously, Ryan was appointed by the governor of New Jersey as the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Child Advocate in 2003 and later as the commissioner for the Department of Children and Families in 2006. Kelley, on the other hand, worked as a reporter at The New York Times from 1999 to 2009, where she was part of the Metro staff that won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize for the coverage on the Sept. 11 attacks. Ryan said that the two developed a good working relationship as their fields intersected, and they began writing the book in 2010. After two years of exchanging drafts, the book was published with hopes of raising awareness and compelling others to help with the larger issue of youth homelessness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem with youth homelessness is that so few people know that it exists,â&#x20AC;? Kelley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homeless young people really work hard to stay invisible, and once people know that they exist, they can join in our movement to help reduce youth homelessness.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each year ... young people die on the streets of America, as there are not enough safe places for them,â&#x20AC;? Ryan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a strong hunch that once readers came to know the kids in our book â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Paulie, Muriel, Keith, Meagan, Benjamin and Creionna â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as individuals, not as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;those kids,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; they would see the real need to help them.â&#x20AC;? This was the primary reason Chancellor Wise and the OBOC Committee selected the book for the event, said Frances Davis, assistant director of General Books at the Illini Union Bookstore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look for books that after reading or glancing ... compel you, encourage you and incite you to communicate with other people about the subject and to take action,â&#x20AC;? Davis said. Tyler Koontz, OBOC committee member, Illini Union Bookstore student supervisor of General Books and graduate student at the University, also expressed that â&#x20AC;&#x153;there was no better moment than now to shed more light on this topic.â&#x20AC;? The Champaign County Continuum of Care, an agency committed to ending homelessness in Champaign County, published a survey on Jan. 24 that revealed that 214 people, including 41 children, were homeless in Champaign County at that time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After looking into the local statistics, the committee and the chancellor realized that this book also hit very close to home,â&#x20AC;? Koontz said. Thus, this event â&#x20AC;&#x153;allows the University to highlight the issue of homeless(ness) for teens and young adults in our society, and provides a forum to come together as a campus and a community at large,â&#x20AC;? said Lowa Mwilambwe, Illini Union director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My hope is that these conversations will continue in other settings and beyond the event on Oct. 29,â&#x20AC;? Mwilambwe said. This is a hope Ryan also has, stemming from his experiences with the homeless youth at Covenant House. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had seen young people make remarkable transformations during my years at Covenant House, and I wanted more people to know about how important it is for vulnerable kids to have a place to go where they can receive unconditional love and respect, and the chance to embrace the bright futures they
Father Vincent Lampert returns to campus to talk about the myths of exorcisms just in time for Halloween BY SARAH SOENKE ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
ith disturbing horror films and ghost stories galore, supernatural hysteria can often dominate consumer culture during the Halloween season. One way to quell paranormal fears is recognizing that the tales are not based on real-life occurrences. Unless, of course, they actually are. For Father Vincent Lampert, priest at the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and exorcist for his ministry, exorcismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s modern-day realities make up his daily work. Father Lampert visited Foellinger Auditorium on Monday night for his lecture, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Real Exorcist Returns!â&#x20AC;?, sponsored by the St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Newman Center. Starting at 7 p.m., his lecture recounted the realities of his position, debunked the common myths created by popular culture and set guidelines that individuals of all faiths can follow to prevent forms of evil from entering into their lives. A 30-minute Q-and-A session followed the 45-minute lecture, with questions submitted via text and Twitter and asked by a student moderator. Jennifer LaMontagne, director of marketing and communications for St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Newman Center, explained that Lampert was invited back to campus this month after his October 2009 lecture, which was well-received by a packed Foellinger. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think one of the reasons that we have events like these ... is that there certainly is kind of this sensational aspect to it, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really think about outside of the context of fiction or film,â&#x20AC;? LaMontagne said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So it (was) an opportunity for students all across campus, regardless of their beliefs or backgrounds, to come hear about a topic that they may not have thought about in depth.â&#x20AC;? Monsignor Gregory Ketcham, director and head chaplain of St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Newman Center, first met Lampert in 1990 when they were both students at Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Ill. He was still in touch with Lampert when he first heard Lampert was appointed by Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein of the Archiocese of Indianapolis to become an exorcist in 2005. He said he thought Lampert was a fitting selection for the job. At the time of his first campus lecture, Lampert was reportedly one of 12 trained exorcists in the United States. Now, as one of the more than 50, his line of work is increasingly prevalent to the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rising concerns involving exorcism, or as Lampert defined, the persistent request manifested before God and directed against demons to depart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think (after) thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a lot more people asking questions about it, the church realized it needed to appoint more, just because the 12 of us were getting so many calls and inquiries,â&#x20AC;? Lampert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So it became a need to have more people to respond to these people. If the church doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t
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WR Lankford is out for season, coach confirms Senior receiver has broken bone in shoulder, Beckman says BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER
After fearing the worst, head coach Tim Beckman confirmed his suspicions Monday by announcing that wide receiver Ryan Lankford is out for the season with a broken bone in his shoulder. With Lankford sidelined for the season, the Illinois football team will turn to unproven commodities at the wide receiver position this week against Penn State. The Illini moved Devin Church from running back to wide receiver and expect sophomore Justin Hardee and freshman Dionte Taylor to see more playing time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ryan Lankford will make us better as this season continues, just not on the football field,â&#x20AC;? Beckman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great leader on this football team and will continue to be that.â&#x20AC;? In better injury news, the Illini expect to have wide receiver Steve Hull and cornerback Vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Angelo Bentley back this week after not having either in a full capacity last week against Michigan State. Hull played a few snaps in an â&#x20AC;&#x153;emergency situation,â&#x20AC;? but Beckman pulled
him out of the game to avoid further injury. Bentley is dealing with an ankle sprain sustained against Wisconsin and did not play at all against the Spartans. True freshman Jaylen Dunlap started in Bentleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence, but it was the sophomore who was again listed as the starter on this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s depth chart. Bentley is also the starter on punt and kickoff returns.
Offense trying to get back on track After setting season lows in points, yards and plays, the Illinois offense is trying to regroup. Even against the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top defense, offensive coordinator Bill Cubit was not at all happy with his unitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance a week ago after the Illini were limited to 3 points, 128 total yards on just 42 plays. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember a game that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve coached where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only gotten 42 plays,â&#x20AC;? Cubit said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our fault. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to move the football.â&#x20AC;? A goal line stop and a red zone field goal instead of a touchdown mitigated the Illiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scoring efforts, but other than two long drives, they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sustain any offensive consistency. Illinois has an opportunity to regain consistency against a Penn State defense that has surrendered an average of 49 points per game in its last three contests against
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Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ryan Lankford (12) runs the ball during the Homecoming game against Michigan State at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Lankford is out for the season with a broken bone in his shoulder incurred during that game. Indiana, Michigan and Ohio State.
Illini blocking out negative energy as losing streak continues
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Illinois soccer hopes to win tiebreaker, move on to Big Ten tournament BY ALEX ORTIZ STAFF WRITER
The coaches and players knew it all along. They knew that for the Illinois soccer team to make it to the Big Ten Tournament, they would have to survive a grueling season that would be tight all the way. With a Big Ten record of 4-5-1 and an overall record of 9-7-2, the Illini are tied for ninth in the Big Ten standings with Iowa and Wisconsin. Only the top eight teams will go on to compete in the Big Ten Tournament, which will be held Nov. 6-10 in Champaign. Since Illinois beat both Wisconsin and Iowa, they hold the tiebreaker even though Illinois has a worse overall record. So if the Illini win at Minnesota this Thursday, Oct. 31,, they are in the tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really just focused on recovering,â&#x20AC;? junior midfielder Allie Osoba said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each win gets us one more game, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re focusing on.â&#x20AC;? The team is continuing to follow its goal of â&#x20AC;&#x153;one game at a time,â&#x20AC;? as it has done all season.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to go in there like we have every Big Ten game,â&#x20AC;? head coach Janet Rayfield said of the Minnesota contest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to be solid defensively. I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good team playing on their home field.â&#x20AC;? Fortunately for the Illini, the game is scheduled for 2 p.m., so it will not be a long day for the team.
losses dating back to 2011, the Illini are focusing on the positives moving forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the past nine weeks, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a winning record,â&#x20AC;? Beckman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last three opponents weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played are 9-2 in the Big Ten.â&#x20AC;?
While the identity of the team has been youth and inexperience, Beckman said the older players are the ones needing more of a pick-me-up than younger players because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve â&#x20AC;&#x153;been around the losing more.â&#x20AC;? The Illiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference losing
streak now sits at 18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a program record â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and with only five games remaining, Illinois needs three victories to become bowl-eligible.
Stephen can be reached at sbourbo2@dailyillini.com and @steve_bourbon.
Power rankings DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: Every week, The Daily Illiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football staff ranks the football teams in the Big Ten 1-12 and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings.
1. Ohio State (last week: 1)
2. Wisconsin (2)
The Spartans may not have had the biggest jump in our power rankings, but they may have made the most significant one. At 7-1 and 4-0 in Big Ten play, Michigan State is the only undefeated team in the conference other than Ohio State and is impossible to ignore any longer. The toughest tests are yet to come, including this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battle with in-state rival Michigan.
3. Michigan State (5)
DiBernardo still questionable with knee injury Sunday, senior midfi elder Vanessa DiBernardo saw her fi rst minutes on the field since Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Sept. 27 match against Iowa. She was only in for a few minutes in honor of Senior Day. Her sprained knee, which she had in a brace, has been a lingering question ever since she injured it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was fun to see her out there,â&#x20AC;? Rayfi eld said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we gave her specific instructions not to tackle anyone.â&#x20AC;? Last week, Rayfield said DiBernardo
4. Michigan (4) Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over Nebraska last week was the statement this team has been trying to make in the three-year span of the Jerry Kill era. With its coach still sidelined from health problems, this team snapped a 16-game losing streak against Nebraska. The Gophers (6-2, 2-2) are bowl eligible and still have four games left to play. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to predict where they go from here. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not impossible for this team to finish with eight or nine wins, but it also wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprising if the Gophers lost the remainder of their games.
T-5. Minnesota (8)
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T-5. Nebraska (3) The defense came up clutch for the Hawkeyes, holding Northwestern to just 10 points last week and giving Iowa its fifth win of the season. Iowa (5-3, 2-2) has four games to get its sixth win and secure a bowl appearance. But three of those games come against Wisconsin, Michigan and Nebraska.
7 Iowa (9)
8. Penn State (10)
T-9 Indiana (7)
What a terrible four weeks for Northwestern football. When October started, the Wildcats were 4-0 and ranked No. 16 in the country. As Halloween approaches, they sit at 4-4 with an 0-4 conference record. And it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any easier. Pat Fitzgeraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squad travels to Nebraska this week in a match-up of two teams coming off of disappointing losses (or in the Wildcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; case, four).
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Illinois midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo (20) defends the ball, despite her sprained knee, during the game against Michigan State at the Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium in Urbana, Ill. on Sunday. The Illini won 2-0.
11. Illinois (11)
12. Purdue (12)
New ACHA computerized rankings affect Illini hockey BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER
The American Collegiate Hockey Association used the results from a computerized ranking system for the fi rst time in its 22-year history on Friday. Previously, the weekly polls were decided by voting done by coaches throughout the league. The switch to computerized rankings caused a 10-spot drop for Illinois (7-6-1), which now stands as the No. 18 team in the nation. The first trial for the computerized ranking was
met with controversy after the top 25 underwent a largescale makeover, with 23 teams switching spots in the latest poll. Three teams jumped into the top 25 after not being ranked last week, something only one team (Mercyhurst) has done all season. North Dakota State made a surprise jump to No. 25, despite a 1-5 overall record and being outscored 50-24 so far this year, while No. 3 Central Oklahoma (8-6) jumped eight spots after being ranked No. 11 last week.
Under the computerized system, weekly rankings will be determined by a formula involving the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wins, losses, strength of schedule and goal differential. Bill Shannon, Vice President of the ACHAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Division-I league, said the move to the new computerized system was intended to eliminate bias from coachesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; voting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of the coaches did a very good job with ranking the teams, but there were some that would be questionable,â&#x20AC;? Shannon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think this
will take that out of it and give us a much more representative ranking of where the teams should be.â&#x20AC;? Head coach Nick Fabbrini said the worry over voting-bias was more a concern of coaches from smaller conferences in the ACHA and not the CSCHL, the conference Illinois plays in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the CSCHL has proven itself as the top league in the country for the last ten years,â&#x20AC;? Fabbrini said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m biased in that regard, that I think our teams are better than most everybody else in
the country, but I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good reason for that. The results back it up.â&#x20AC;? CSCHL teams have won five national titles in the past decade, and the conference has had one of its teams playing in seven of the past 10 national championship games. Shannon said the ACHA has already been using the computerized system for a few years now but began implementing its results into the national rankings for the fi rst time in the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history last Friday.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kinks are really pretty much worked out,â&#x20AC;? Shannon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were a lot of drastic changes from the coaches poll to the computer ranking, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to have to take a few weeks for it to really play out and to really get a good feel of how well itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be accepted by the teams.â&#x20AC;? Senior John Scully said the Illiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drop in the rankings makes sense to him, since the Illini have lost seven of their last eight games.
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Illini volleyball looks back on their week DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Editor’s note: The following is a partial transcript from an Illini Drive interview with Illinois volleyball head coach Kevin Hambly and sophomore Julia Conard. Illini Drive: You guys played on a Wednesday-Sunday split this past week. Wednesday didn’t go so well against Northwestern. Then you came back and upset Wisconsin on Sunday. For the match on Sunday, what was kinda going well for you guys? What did you guys think you did well. Julia Conard: I think we had a really good fi rst two (sets) of the game. The third really didn’t go our way, and it started off pretty rough, and we
decided to place in a couple of new players. And we decided to set the tone for the third (set) after it hadn’t started off so well. We pulled it off in the fourth match, and it was a solid, solid day. ID: Coach, want to break down (the game) against Wisconsin and even the whole week? Kevin Hambly: I think with Northwestern, we came out and controlled them in the fi rst two sets and really dominated them in a little ways and let up a little bit, and they got hot, and we couldn’t turn the tide after that. We ended up losing in five, which was a real tough one because we sweeped that weekend — we felt we had a
good shot against Wisconsin, to be honest. We thought we could beat them. — because if we sweep that weekend, all of a sudden, we’re eligible for the tournament. If we split the rest of the way, we’re in. ... It was what it was. The girls did a good job of letting go of that, I thought. We came out and did the same thing against Wisconsin. We came out the fi rst two sets, played hot and kinda willed ourself to a win. Third set, we relaxed a little bit, and I pulled everybody legitimately except Lex (Alexis Viliunas) and J-Bo (Jennifer Beltran) and just regrouped. ... Then we played great in the fourth, and we were in control of the whole
fourth set, and I felt like were gonna win the match. All in all, it’s a big win against on the road a team that just beat Minnesota. It was a top-10 team two nights beforehand. ID: You’ve alternated wins, went 1-1 every week in conference. KH: It’s amazing. We’ve lost to a team that wasn’t ranked and beat a team that was a ranked. We’re struggling to fi nd that fight and consistency. I feel like we’re getting closer and closer every time. ... In this next turn, we could go 7-3 or 8-2, we have the ability to do that. If you ask the girls, how many wins we should have? We should have at least seven wins or eight wins on this turn.
ID: You have been impressed by the team’s defense ,,, KH: I think we’re getting better. We’ve had a pretty good defensive team. We look like Illinois volleyball at times, when it’s really hard to score. ID: Julia, what’s your assessment of how you guys have played defensively so far? JC: I think we have a lot of depth in defense, and we have a lot of players that can go out and make plays, and I have all the confidence in the world in the next girl that gets put up there. I think we have a lot of depth out there. KH: Julia came off the bench and did a great job; she made some great plays, especially in the fourth set at the end of it
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to give us a chance to win. She had a couple of crazy plays, a lot of diving, but she can do that. Talk about kids making plays, she’s one of the few that can make crazy plays. ID: How are you feeling on the floor personally? JC: We’ve been working really hard since this past spring and all throughout the summer, and I defi nitely feel really comfortable with the girls, and it’s a fun atmosphere.
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Women’s golf ends fall season with 5th-place finish BY ASHLEY WIJANGCO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Editor’s note: The quotes in the following story were taken from a voicemail recording at the convenience of the team, which was driving back from a competition. Illinois women’s golf team ended its fall competition with a fifth-place fi nish at Palmetto Intercollegiate
This past weekend, the Illini travelled to Kiawah Island, S.C., for their final competition of the fall, placing fifth out of 19 teams. Illinois played at the Turtle Point Golf Course, where it posted a total score of 902, 38-overpar. This was enough to tie with the host school College of Charleston; however, their fifthplace finish was the worst of the season so far. All of the Illini’s previous tournaments featured
them in the top three. “It was not the way we were looking to finish the fall season,” Slone said. “We had things going at the start of the first round, and we stumbled tremendously on holes 15 and 16 towards the end of the first round. That was kind of a big blow to our first round score.” Things did not get better in the next round, either. On Monday, Slone said the team “threw away
a lot of shots” on the course. “Our short putting was not nearly as strong this weekend as it has been in our other tournaments,” Slone said. “We did have good and solid rounds. ... But overall we just did not get the scores — strong scores put together in a single round like we needed.” As for the individual golfers, this is the first time this season a golfer failed to finish in the top
15. In a field of 99 golfers, senior Ember Schuldt was llinois’ top performer tying three other golfers for 16th place. Freshman Stephanie Miller and junior Sam Postillion tied for 22nd place. Four spots behind them was freshman Emily Joers followed by junior Jackie Calamaro at 85. Despite the less-than-ideal end to the fall, Slone is still proud of how far the team has come. “Overall this fall, there were
a lot of positives to draw from and a big step forward for the team,” Slone said. “We still have work to do in order to reach our goals and the level we want to be. These ladies are fighters, and even though we didn’t finish in the ideal way, however, it will serve as motivation for the offseason.”
Ashley can be reached at wijangc2@illinois.edu and @ wijangco12.
New rosters, healed players amount to an interesting NBA season SPENCER BROWN Sports columnist
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he NBA season begins Tuesday, and it is shaping up to be the most exciting and interesting ones we’ve seen in a long time. Needless to say there are multiple compelling storylines. For starters, the leaders on the sidelines will be foreign to most fans. There are 12 head coaches that have never coached an NBA game going into this season. Of the remaining 18, 11 have fewer than five years of head coaching experience. It is definitely signifying a “win now” culture in the NBA. That attitude was never more present than in the acquisitions of big name free agents over the offseason. Josh Smith parted ways with the Atlanta Hawks this offseason after nine years. He hopes to bolster a young Detroit Pistons front line that features Greg Monroe, Charlie Villanueva and Andre Drummond. The Pistons also acquired Brandon Jennings via trade to improve at the point guard spot. Andre Iguodala will be an old face in a new place this season as well. He was dealt to the Golden State Warriors this summer in a three team. His much needed perimeter defense and athleticism should carry the Warriors deep into the playoffs. However, the Warriors lost a key contributor to the new look Cleveland Cavaliers. Jarrett Jack signed with the Cavs to back up rising star Kyrie Irving. Adding to that signing for Cleveland was the acquisition of Andrew Bynum. His health has been a problem over the past few years. If he can remain on the
court, the Cavs should be something to watch. Another team to watch from the NBA’s cellar a year ago is the Washington Wizards. John Wall and Bradley Beal proved to be a formidable duo down the stretch last season. Had Wall been healthy the entire season, this might have been a playoff team. They may be a surprise in the East this year. The new-look L.A. Clippers won’t be surprising anybody this year. Doc Rivers took his championship talents West and hopes to lead Chris Paul to new heights. Paul has often been criticized for not being able to lead teams deep into the playoffs. The Doc is here to cure that ill. Shooters J.J. Redick and Jared Dudley were shipped to L.A. as well to spread the floor. It will be interesting to see the growth, if any, of Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. The general consensus seems to be that they can’t coexist on the floor because of the limits of their offensive games and free throw shooting. Fans should keep an eye out for a possible roster shift or trade. Leaving Hollywood this free agent season was Dwight Howard. The newest attraction in Houston, Howard is expected to catapult the Rockets into the championship conversation. Along with Omer Asik, the Rockets have the two of the best defensive big men in the game. Perennial All-Star James Harden is a year older and a year better. It could be their year to take that step. Taking a huge step back into the basketball world is Bulls guard Derrick Rose. After sitting out all of last season recovering from surgery to repair his ACL, he looks like his old self again. Actually, he looks better. Rose admits to having gained 5 inches on his vertical leap and has no mental trepidation about
his knee. Translation: Defenders should be wary. Luol Deng is healthy. Jimmy Butler has improved. Boozer looks focused. The Bulls look to contend to represent the East in the Finals. Before that can happen, they must go through Miami. LeBron James is seeking his fifth MVP award and is trying to make the Miami Heat the third team in the last 20 years to three-peat. They return the bulk of their championship roster, minus 3-point specialist Mike Miller. The additions of Greg Oden and Michael Beasley should improve the Heat’s most glaring weakness, rebounding. No matter who represents the West they’ll most likely have to contend with the Oklahoma City Thunder or the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs return basically the same roster. The loss of Gary Neal was filled with Marco Belinelli. Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili are a year older. Gregg Popovich surely will implore his strategy of limiting their minutes as much as possible to keep them fresh for another run at the Finals. The Thunder hope to return to the big stage after an early exit last season. A lot will be predicated on the health and effectiveness of Russell Westbrook coming off knee surgery. There are no reports that indicate he will have any issue returning to form. One issue looming for the Thunder is that third perimeter scorer. After losing James Harden and Kevin Martin in a year span, the Thunder hope second year player Jeremy Lamb will emerge as that extra scoring punch. The season tips off Tuesday, and there many more compelling stories that will develop. Who will you be watching?
Spencer is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at sebrown2@ dailyillini.com.
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The Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose drives against the Indiana Pacers at the United Center in Chicago on Friday. After being out last season, Rose returns to the basketball world recovered from his ACL injury.
With Game 5 victory, Red Sox a win away from title BY MARK GONZALES CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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Matt Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals walks back to the dugout after striking out in the third inning against the Boston Red Sox during Game 5 of the World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Monday.
ST. LOUIS — Despite his feeble production at the plate, shortstop Stephen Drew’s defense has been too stellar for manager John Farrell to take out of the Red Sox lineup. And that patience displayed by Farrell and Drew paid off Monday night as the Red Sox moved one win from their third World Series title in 10 seasons as they beat the Cardinals 3-1 at Busch Stadium. Drew, who is 4-for-50 with 19 strikeouts in the postseason, worked Adam Wainwright for a walk in the seventh inning. Cody Ross followed with a ground-rule double to score Xander Bogaerts and snap a 1-1 tie, and Jacoby Ellsbury added an insurance run with a two-out single to score Drew. The Red Sox took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series and can win their fi rst World Series title since 2007 with a win Wednesday or Thursday at Fenway Park. Jon Lester and David Ortiz continued their dominance. Lester pitched 7 2/3 innings of four-hit ball and retired 12 consecutive batters after Matt Holliday hit a game-tying home run in the fourth that landed on the grassy knoll behind the center-field fence. Lester has pitched 151/3 innings of nine-hit ball in the series. Holliday’s homer snapped his streak of 161/3 scoreless innings in World Series play. Only Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants had a longer scoreless streak (28 innings) to start his World
Series career. Meanwhile, Ortiz continued to make the Cardinals pay every time they elected to pitch to him. He drove in the fi rst run with a double in the fi rst and went 3-for-4. Ortiz had reached base nine consecutive times in the series before lining out to center in the sixth. Ortiz is 11-for-15 in this series and 20-for-43 (.465) during his career in the World Series. The Red Sox’s seventh-inning rally spoiled an exceptional effort by Wainwright, who recorded his fi rst six outs on strikeouts and fi nished with 10 strikeouts in seven innings. However, Wainwright’s inability to retire Drew after getting ahead on a 1-2 count cost him. Before the game, both teams adjusted their lineups in efforts to invigorate their stagnant offenses. The Red Sox moved up Dustin Pedroia and Ortiz one spot to second and third, respectively. The change paid off in the fi rst, thanks to a curious decision by the Cardinals. With one out, Pedroia doubled and the Cardinals elected to pitch to Ortiz with fi rst base open. Ortiz pulled a double down the right-field line to score Pedroia. The Red Sox’s six strikeouts in the fi rst two innings gave them a record for strikeouts in a postseason, surpassing the Giants’ 142 in 2010. The Cardinals altered their lineup by inserting Shane Robinson in the second spot and dropping Carlos Beltran from second to cleanup.
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SOCCER had made more progress the past week than she had in the previous two. She has been running and partially participating in practice but was not in game shape last weekend. This week, the questions remain as Rayfield has yet again given the â&#x20AC;&#x153;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll seeâ&#x20AC;? response, but the odds are not entirely against seeing DiBernardo for the fi rst time in a month this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to see her out there on Thursday and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly a chance of that,â&#x20AC;? Rayfield said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to get her in a little more intensive training environment before we can know whether sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready or not.â&#x20AC;?
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of urgency or desperation, players of all positions chipped in to the defensive effort Sunday for one of the best overall defensive showings of the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we talk a lot about defense being the back four and the goalkeeper,â&#x20AC;? Rayfi eld said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But today that defense really was our midfielder and our forwards doing a lot of work trying to deny service.â&#x20AC;? Even on Friday night in the 2-0 loss against No. 7 Michigan, the defense made it difficult for one of the most dangerous players in the Big Ten, Nkem Ezurike, limiting her to only an assist. Defenders like freshman Casey Conine stepped up and showed that the still maturing defensive unit wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t back down to anyone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we did a good job disrupting their flow,â&#x20AC;? Conine said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was bad they scored, but it was off a fluke accident and a restart, so they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really pounding us.â&#x20AC;?
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Officers responded and escorted involved parties to the east concourse. Creer was taken outside the stadium in an attempt to calm him down. Creer was arrested as a University Police officer was questioning him. Frost said Creer â&#x20AC;&#x153;approached that sergeant in a very aggressive manner and was basically noncompliant.â&#x20AC;? He was placed under arrest for resisting and obstructing a peace officer. According to the police report, witnesses told officers Creer was intoxicated and had started the fight. Scheelhaase was scheduled to speak to the media on Monday, but did not appear. This season is his last in Champaign and the Illini have two home games remaining.
BY SEAN HAMMOND SENIOR WRITER
Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaaseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Nathan Creer, pleaded not guilty to charges of resisting arrest at the Champaign County Circuit Court on Monday. Creer appeared in court days after getting into a physical altercation in the stands at Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football game at Memorial Stadium. University Police issued a letter of no trespass, banning Creer, 51, of Champaign, from all University property for one year, including Memorial Stadium. The altercation happened in the east stands behind the Michigan State bench during the second quarter of Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Homecoming game against the Spartans. Deputy Chief of Police Skip Frost said only â&#x20AC;&#x153;half a dozenâ&#x20AC;? individuals were involved, but the scuffle caused a commotion that affected many fans sitting nearby.
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m atter the end result of this season, this year still falls under the era of basketball that belongs to the Miami Heat and, more specifically, to LeBron James. As much as fans hated seeing James join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, it’s been a greater pleasure seeing teams jump higher to reach that bar. San Antonio was a rebound away from reaching that bar in the 2013 finals. The Heat stay atop their throne, making slight changes to their roster but keeping the majority of the squad intact. It was the rest of the league that spent the off-season shifting paradigms to try and match Miami. The San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers are right at the cusp, having each taken Miami to seven games. The Chicago Bulls played the Heat tough and now get an MVP-caliber player back in Derrick Rose. Brooklyn basically absorbed everything good about Boston to form a supergroup squad. Oklahoma City will get Russell Westbrook back. Houston paired two of the NBA’s best and is now looking for titles. The pool of contenders is growing and bloodthirsty. The Heat holds the title belt, but will need to elevate their level of play to retain it and earn a third consecutive title. To examine each team heading into 2013-14, I’ve decided to rank them on three metrics — think of them as X, Y and Z coordinates — to get a better idea of what each team is heading into the season. The first of these metrics is last year’s finish. I kept it simple, with three different levels: Successful, mediocre and bad. Winning more than 45 games earns a status of “successful,” winning between 45 and 30 games constitutes “mediocre,” and managing fewer than 30 wins dictates a “bad” distinction. Under these rules, there were 10 “successful” teams, 12 “mediocre” teams and eight “bad” ones. The second metric, which is more subjective, is the team’s offseason changes. Some teams made moves to get better. Other teams made moves to get worse, or lost players that made them better. Some teams stayed the same. I graded these on a five-point scale, more or less. Teams either “supercharged” their roster by adding huge talents, are “charging” by adding solid contributors, remained “stagnant” by either keeping their roster similar or evenly adding and losing players, left their rosters “dwindling” by taking a slight step back talent-wise, or began “imploding” by losing crucial franchise cogs, i.e. being the Boston Celtics. The third metric, which is also subjective, is the level of certainty there is as to how the team will perform this season. This is graded to three degrees and is easy to tell in most cases as well. We are “certain” the Heat’s current grouping will succeed. We consider it “likely” that Los Angeles will be unsuccessful with Nick Young and Wesley Johnson as serious contributors, but anything can happen with Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash on your team. We have no idea, however, how the Detroit Pistons will pan out with Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings added to the roster, making them an “unknown.” Analyzing these three, relatively simple variables for a team gives us a good picture of how they’ll be next season. With that, here are my playoff predictions for this season, which will come true barring half the league’s best players going down with injury like last year.
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tions. That’s a big “if,” though, in several ways. 9. Milwaukee Bucks — Pessimistic (Mediocre + Dwindling + Likely) This team doesn’t really have an identity right now. Losing Jennings necessitates a change in culture, probably for the better, but what can they change it to? 10. Atlanta Hawks — Burning slowly (Mediocre + Dwindling + Certain) This may be the only team I can remember in any sport that needs to have a losing season. Just let it go, Atlanta. Let it go. 11. Toronto Raptors — Stuck (Mediocre + Stagnant + Likely) If their roster magically developed chemistry, the Raptors could make the playoffs. Too bad magic is really just chemistry, which as we’ve clarified, Toronto doesn’t have. 12. Charlotte Bobcats — Comfortably uncompetitive (Bad + Charging + Unknown) It’s bad when you can add Al Jefferson to your roster and not worry about undermining your tanking plans. 13. Orlando Magic — Rebuilding (Bad + Charging + Certain) The Magic’s rebound from Dwight Howard starts with a good season from Victor Oladipo. 14. Boston Celtics — Trenched terribility (Mediocre + Imploding + Certain) This season will be a nightmare of Boston fans who lack patience. 15. Philadelphia 76ers — Rebuild ready (Mediocre + Imploding + Unknown) Who knows how bad they can be? They might win the tanking contest for Andrew Wiggins. The lottery, however, is another issue.
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EAST 1. Miami Heat — Stagnant dominance (Successful + Stagnant + Certain) It’s stagnant success, but they won the championship, so let’s call it dominance. Feels more correct. 2. Chicago Bulls — Apex bound (Mediocre + Supercharged + Certain) Chicago getting Rose back changes the East landscape completely. This crew will be at its pinnacle this season, likely Carlos Boozer’s last in Chicago. 3. Indiana Pacers — Establishing contendership (Successful + Charging + Certain) Last year they were a Cinderella. This year, they’re the Pacers, and you’d better look out for them. They also bolstered their bench, which was their biggest weakness. 4. Brooklyn Nets — Risking it all (Successful + Supercharged + Unknown) Are they the 2004 Lakers, the 2013 Lakers or the most dangerous team in the East? Right now it’s safe to keep them at fourth, but they could win the East or all this could backfire and they could be headed for trouble. 5. New York Knicks — Risking complacency (Successful + Dwindling + Likely) It’s tough to see New York having a better season than last year, which can’t sit well with those fans. 6. Detroit Pistons — Last gasp (Bad + Supercharged + Unknown) No tanking for Detroit. How will the frontcourt work? How will Brandon Jennings satisfy all those bigs? 7. Washington Wizards — Upward seeker (Bad + Charging + Likely) A whole season of John Wall should land Washington in the playoffs. The Gortat addition should help as well. 8. Cleveland Cavaliers — Cinderella story (Bad + Supercharged + Likely) If Andrew Bynum plays for them, he will be one of the biggest offseason addi-
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A GUIDE TO THE RATING SYSTEM To make this more fun, I named every possible combination of the three variables I used. Some of the names are unclear as to what they mean (broken boxer is meant as a fighter who’s no longer competitive and is still going to try really hard but get jacked up anyway — sorry Denver), and others are used twice because they produce basically the same end results. I listed out all the names I came up with, in case you disagree and need to know what to call the Rockets. And yes, the words “contendership” and “terribility” are technically made-up, but you know what I mean, and they sounded better, so ha.
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WEST 1. San Antonio Spurs — Holding court (Successful + Stagnant + Likely) Last season was San Antonio’s third straight year going out in disappointing fashion in the playoffs. How’d they bounce back those last two times? Better. 2. Oklahoma City Thunder — Leaving room (Successful + Dwindling + Certain) They will need more scoring, and more of a defensive effort from their two stars. But they’re still the Thunder, and they’ll win a lot. 3. Los Angeles Clippers — Establishing contendership (Successful + Charging + Certain) Their roster is stacked, but it depends on whether the frontcourt is good enough to compete for a title. Right now they’re in the same position they were last season — close, but not there. 4. Memphis Grizzlies — Holding court (Successful + Stagnant + Likely) The Grizzlies are the same team that wasn’t good enough last year, save for an improved Mike Conley, an improved Marc Gasol, Mike Miller and a new coach, David Joerger. 5. Golden State Warriors — Establishing contendership (Successful + Charging + Likely) How will Andre Iguodala mesh with this squad? He fits Mark Jackson’s defensive game plan, but Golden State may need another year to learn and grow. 6. Houston Rockets — Born contender (Mediocre + Supercharged + Likely) Hard to put Houston this low, but let’s chalk it up to an adjustment period for Howard and Ryan Anderson, when Houston trades New Orleans for him. 7. Minnesota Timberwolves — Playing to win (Mediocre + Charging + Likely) Minnesota has been fun and competitive whenever it’s had Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio healthy. If they stay healthy, they’ll make the postseason. 8. New Orleans Pelicans — Upward seeker (Bad + Charging + Likely) The Pellies (I stand by this nickname) could compete for a playoff spot, but their offseason moves could backfire. Also they should trade Anderson for Asik. 9. Denver Nuggets — Broken boxer (Successful + Imploding + Likely) They’ll give it another whirl, but losing Iguodala hurts. Almost as much as losing Coach of the Year George Karl. Idiots. 10. Portland Trailblazers — Upward seeker (Mediocre + Charging + Unknown) As Meyers Leonard falls back on the depth chart, Portland looks to its young core to improve a lot to make the playoffs. 11. Dallas Mavericks — Burning slowly (Mediocre + Dwindling + Certain) Dirk Nowitzki is still good, and Monta Ellis can still score, but the Mavericks can no longer compete with the best of the Western Conference. 12. Los Angeles Lakers — Pessimistic (Mediocre + Dwindling + Likely) The Lakers are going to be something this year. We just don’t know what that is. I don’t think anyone knows. But they’ll probably suck. 13. Sacramento Kings — Trenched terribility (Bad + Stagnant + Likely) Sacramento beat Seattle to win the Kings. Winning games against real teams — that’s another difficulty. 14. Utah Jazz — Trenched terribility (Mediocre + Imploding + Certain) Utah is going to excel at tanking this season. Hopefully Utah will be an environment in which Trey Burke can thrive, despite the difficulties. 15. Phoenix Suns — Waiting for intervention (Bad + Stagnant + Unknown) Phoenix traded Marcin Gortat away for a draft pick and hurt Emeka Okafor. Good move for the future, but it makes them the West’s worst team this season.
Successful + Supercharged + Certain = Unfair lock Successful + Supercharged + Likely = Team to beat Successful + Supercharged + Unknown = Risking it all Successful + Charging + Certain = Establishing contendership Successful + Charging + Likely = Establishing contendership Successful + Charging + Unknown = Holdout contender Successful + Stagnant + Certain = Stagnant success Successful + Stagnant + Likely = Holding court Successful + Stagnant + Unknown = Vulnerable favorite Successful + Dwindling + Certain = Leaving room Successful + Dwindling + Likely = Risking complacency Successful + Dwindling + Unknown = Sleeping giant Successful + Imploding + Certain = Abandoning the throne Successful + Imploding + Likely = Broken boxer Successful + Imploding + Unknown = Tragic downfall Mediocre + Supercharged + Certain = Apex bound Mediocre + Supercharged + Likely = Born contender Mediocre + Supercharged + Unknown = Going for it Mediocre + Charging + Certain = New power Mediocre + Charging + Likely = Playing to win Mediocre + Charging + Unknown = Upward seeker Mediocre + Stagnant + Certain = Stagnant mediocrity Mediocre + Stagnant + Likely = Stuck Mediocre + Stagnant + Unknown = Without a plan Mediocre + Dwindling + Certain = Burning slowly Mediocre + Dwindling + Likely = Pessimistic Mediocre + Dwindling + Unknown = Counterproductive Mediocre + Imploding + Certain = Trenched terribility Mediocre + Imploding + Likely = Given up Mediocre + Imploding + Unknown = Rebuild ready Bad + Supercharged + Certain = Phoenix contender Bad + Supercharged + Likely = Cinderella story Bad + Supercharged + Unknown = Last gasp Bad + Charging + Certain = Rebuilding Bad + Charging + Likely = Upward seeker Bad + Charging + Unknown = Comfortably uncompetitive Bad + Stagnant + Certain = Trenched terribility Bad + Stagnant + Likely = Looking for parts Bad + Stagnant + Unknown = Waiting for intervention Bad + Dwindling + Certain = Soft tanking Bad + Dwindling + Likely = Guilty tanking Bad + Dwindling + Unknown = Risky tanking Bad + Imploding + Certain = Aggressive tanking Bad + Imploding + Likely = Hopeless Bad + Imploding + Unknown = Shooting the moon
SYSTEM VARIABLES PART 1 | LAST YEAR THEY WERE
Successful = more than 45 wins Mediocre = 30-45 wins Bad = fewer than 30 wins PART 2 | THIS OFFSEASON THEIR TEAM WAS
Supercharged Charging Stagnant Dwindling Imploding PART 3 | THEIR FATE IS
Certain Likely Unknown
A BRIEF LOOK Atlanta – Burning slowly Boston – Trenched terribility Brooklyn – Risking it all Charlotte – Comfortably uncompetitive Chicago – Apex bound Cleveland – Cinderella story Dallas – Burning slowly Denver – Broken boxer Detroit – Last gasp Golden State – Establishing contendership Houston – Born contender Indiana – Establishing contendership Los Angeles (C) – Establishing Los Angeles (L) – Pessimistic Memphis – Holding court Miami – Stagnant dominance Milwaukee – Pessimistic Minnesota – Playing to win New Orleans – Upward seeker New York – Risking complacency Oklahoma City – Leaving room Orlando – Rebuilding Philadelphia – Rebuild ready Phoenix – Waiting for intervention Portland – Upward seeker Sacramento – Trenched terribility San Antonio – Holding court contendership Toronto – Stuck Utah – Trenched terribility Washington – Upward seeker
THE BEST OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE NBA It’s absurd to really rank 100 players. Like, really rank them. I mean, you figure players are better than other players. But to actually say objectively that James Harden is better than Dwight Howard is insane. It’s apples and oranges. Apples are shooting guards, oranges are centers. (Bananas are power forwards, watermelons are small forwards and grapes are point guards. Whoever wants to help me write a kids show about a fruit basketball team, hit me up.) So of course these rankings are subjective. These aren’t sabremetrics. I don’t even have NBA League Pass. But I’m reasonably sure if you think Chris Paul is a better player than Derrick Rose, you’re a doofus. And I know the difference between Nikola Pekovic and Nikola Vucevic, and which one I’d rather have on my team. I determined these rankings not on the basis of who would win 1-on-1, or who’s most valuable to their team. The determining scenario in these is if you had a 5-on-5 contest in which anybody was eligible to play, who would dominate that game? The top spot obviously belongs to LeBron James, and if LeBron sits, Kevin Durant becomes the alpha dog player. If Kevin Durant sits, Tony Parker asserts himself. And so on. These aren’t meant to be definitive. If anything they’re meant to be disagreed with. But I stand by them, firmly.
30 | SERGE IBAKA
19 | RAJON RONDO
9 | STEPHEN CURRY
Oklahoma City Thunder — C Still waiting for him to take the leap. Oklahoma City will go as he goes.
Boston Celtics — PG Boston is encouraging all the vacation time Rondo wants to take.
29 | BLAKE GRIFFIN
18 | DERON WILLIAMS
Golden State Warriors — PG Can the shooting keep up? Can he complement the shooting? Let’s hope so.
Los Angeles Clippers — PF Overscrutinized is Blake Griffin. Hurts when greatness is expected.
Brooklyn Nets — PG It’s his job to put it all together and make it all work. That’s a lot of pressure.
28 | DAVID WEST Indiana Pacers — PF Will West sustain his effort through an 82-game slog? Indiana hopes so.
27 | KAWHI LEONARD San Antonio Spurs — SG When he drops the humility and asserts himself, he’ll be a star.
26 | KYRIE IRVING Cleveland Cavaliers — PG The time is now for Irving to make his ascension into the league’s top tier of players.
25 | DIRK NOWITZKI Dallas Mavericks — PF Dirk must feel like he’s lost in purgatory.
24 | MARC GASOL Memphis Grizzlies — C The rock of Memphis’s rock solid defense and a great passer.
23 | JOAKIM NOAH Chicago Bulls — C Can be the best center in the NBA if he combines energy with consistency.
22 | LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE Portland Trailblazers — PF LaMarcus is just hoping the pieces around him can kick into gear.
21 | PAUL PIERCE Brooklyn Nets — SF The Truth is a sleepy scorer. But will he score enough to stay happy?
20 | JOE JOHNSON Brooklyn Nets — SG Another sleepy scorer for Brooklyn. Can he work as part of a whole?
17 | DWYANE WADE Miami Heat — SG LeBron James is Dwyane Wade’s 401k. Dude is dusty. Still the old him in spurts, though.
16 | CHRIS BOSH Miami Heat — PF Bosh has to step up and be this team’s second best player this year.
15 | KEVIN LOVE Minnesota Timberwolves — PF How many great years can Love put up in Minny before he leaves it?
14 | ROY HIBBERT Indiana Pacers — C If Hibbert played hard for 82 games, Indiana would clinch a one seed easily.
13 | TIM DUNCAN San Antonio Spurs — PF He’s still going. And going. And going. And we won’t question him for now.
12 | PAUL GEORGE Indiana Pacers — SF Paul George is great and getting better. LeBron’s biggest individual threat.
11 | CARMELO ANTHONY New York Knicks — SF Carmelo’s brand of basketball does not lead to championships. It’s a tragedy, honestly. Poor guy.
10 | KOBE BRYANT Los Angeles Lakers — SG No idea how he’ll come back, but his legacy isn’t finished being made yet.
8 | RUSSELL WESTBROOK Oklahoma City Thunder — PG The Thunder need Russell as much as KD. He needs to get back as soon as possible if the Thunder want the West’s top seed.
7 | DWIGHT HOWARD Houston Rockets — C All the tools you could want. But you can’t fix a broken engine. Is his broke?
6 | JAMES HARDEN Houston Rockets — SG Freed from the shadows in Oklahoma City, he showed his aptitude for stardom.
5 | CHRIS PAUL Los Angeles Clippers — PG What about Chris Paul indicates championship contention? Nothing, yet.
4 | DERRICK ROSE Chicago Bulls — PG Rose is back, and he has to remind a lot of people about a lot of things.
3 | TONY PARKER San Antonio Spurs — PG When Parker plays, the whole offense is under his control. It’s magical.
2 | KEVIN DURANT Oklahoma City Thunder — SF Imagine the NBA without LeBron. Durant still might be the league’s No. 2. He needs to turn up his attitude.
1 | LEBRON JAMES Miami Heat — SF The entire basketball world is at his mercy. Have mercy, Bron. Have mercy.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF DOUG DURAN, LAWRENCE K. HO, DAVID SANTIAGO CHRIS SWEDA MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE