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UI Foundation plans to double funds BY STANTON POLANSKI STAFF WRITER
The University of Illinois Foundation discussed plans to double annual donations, even after last year’s record-setting total, at its annual meeting at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 18. “We’re an institution that has an incredible role in society. We want to make this place as great as it can be,” said UIF President
Thomas Farrell. UIF is an agency that handles University fundraising efforts and incoming donations. Farrell said the average annual funding the foundation has received the last three years from alumni and other donations has been around $210 million, but the goal is to raise that number to around $450 million seven to 10 years from now. Right now, UIF is deliberating over the budget and how to bring
in more donations, but Farrell said the new plan will be in action around January 2014. “We’re ready to go. It’s time to carry this plan out the next six years,” said Vice Chancellor for Development Jeff Lorber. The staff at UIF refer to themselves as people trying to bring color to the University’s “vision.” “We want to connect our vision as directly as possible to the chancellor, vice chancellor, deans, and
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the president,” Farrell said. To do that, UIF wants to increase the yearly donations from alumni. As of now, nearly 47,000 alumni actively donate each year. “The alumni have been very supportive,” Farrell said. “Our interest, though, is to better connect with them and improve what is a pretty good base. If you compare our level of engagement to other Big Ten institutions, there is
room for improvement. It’s good, but we’d like it to be better.” Last year, the foundation received key donations from the Grainger Foundation for $100 million, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for $25 million, and State Farm, in the agreement regarding the name change of Assembly Hall, for $60 million. Vice President Don Kojich said the Gates family approached UIF when they were looking to
donate to the University’s program designed to improve crop photosynthesis. “That’s unusual because with most foundations you approach them,” he said. Farrell said he tries to reach out to alumni so he can help them feel more connected to the campus, and it’s that familial relationship that drives donations. The same
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Confidence in government has reached all-time low licans, though it is not affiliated with a particular political party. “I do find that it’s true that Democrats and Republicans don’t really represent the people in general. I think the country is moving toward a more libertarian attitude,” Karr said. “We take, generally speaking, a more liberal stance on social issues and a more conservative stance on economic issues.” Karr even said that the attendance of Young Americans for Liberty meetings exceeds meeting attendance for College Republicans at UIUC. “I think that goes to show that people really care about the ideas that we’re fighting for, whereas students don’t really care about getting involved with college Democrats and College Republicans even if they identify as being in one of those parties,” Karr said. However, those students affiliated with College Republicans and Illini Democrats remain confident in their parties and attribute the survey’s low ratings to the party conflict. “I think people are very frus-
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Democrats and Republicans have reached an all-time low in public opinion, according to a Gallup survey. The poll, taken in the midst of the government shutdown, showed that only 26 percent of Americans believe that the Democratic and Republican parties are doing an adequate job of representing the American people, and 60 percent of Americans consented that there was a need for a third major political party. This is the poll’s highest recorded percentage in 10 years. “My personal opinion ... is that I wish it were easier for third parties to compete,” said Bill Karr, president of the Young Americans for Liberty organization and graduate student. “But the laws are such that it’s very difficult right now to gain traction with a third party.” Young Americans for Liberty is a large and fast-growing libertarian group that grew out of Ron Paul’s 2008 campaign. It has nearly 500 chapters on college campuses across the nation. Historically, the libertarian movement has often supported repub-
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Public schools outperform private in mathematics STAFF WRITER
For years, research from the National Center for Educational Statistics backed the assumptions that private primary education is more effective than public education — until University professors Sarah and Chris Lubienski adjusted these results to take student demographics into account. “The finding surprised me,” Sarah said. “When we compare apples to apples, so when we equate students and schools on demographics such as parent education level and income, we find that mathematics achievement is higher in public elementary schools than in private schools.” The Lubienskis recently published these findings in their book, “The Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools.” Sarah did not intend to compare public and private educa-
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Phyllis Wise: We define diversity very broadly. Not only racial diversity, not only religious diversity, not only ethnic diversity but disabled students, students of different ages, of different economic means, of different geographic backgrounds. So when we look at each of these metrics, we are going in the right direction, but I can say that I don’t think I’ll ever give up on diversity. I don’t think you can ever become too diverse, so to speak. And I think one of the other areas that we’re really concentrating on is inclusiveness. ... So I guess what I’m asking every student to do is to step out of their comfort zone a little bit, to extend a welcoming hand to someone that you don’t know so that everyone feels like this is truly their family.
Wise: We have never thought of international students as a source of revenue. We’ve always thought of them as students who really, really want to get their education at the University of Illinois. We enjoy a very, very strong reputation internationally, and many of those students seek us because they believe that they’ll get a better education here — and we like to believe that they actually will get a better education here — than many other choices that they can make. That they are paying full tuition, full out-of-state tuition, and then an international component of that in additions, is part of what they are doing, but we have never looked to international students because they are a source of revenue. In fact, the qualifications that we put on out of state and international students is actually higher than the qualifications that we ask of our in-state students because we realize that we are a state university — we are the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – and that our very first responsibility is to the citizens of Illinois.
DI: Regarding the high number of international students that we’ve admitted over the past years, some
DI: Why does the University hold the Chief Illiniwek trademark if we don’t intend to use it?
The Daily Illini: We know that making our University more diverse has long been a goal of the University and a goal of yours. As of now, where is the University lacking in diversity and where is it doing well?
tion initially, she said. She stumbled onto a negative estimate of achievement for private schools while she was analyzing mathematics instruction methods. The discrepancies intrigued her, and she started to use the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 to conduct studies on public and private education, she said. “I began to collaborate with my husband on this work because he is interested in education policy, which includes movements to privatize public schooling in various ways,” Sarah said. “We used a series of models, which allowed us to examine achievement in public and private schools both before and after adding demographic and instruction-related variables.” Sarah and Chris concluded
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Wise: We hold it, in part, so that others cannot abuse it.
DI: College affordability has become a growing issue among prospective students in higher education. What has, or what does the University specifically plan to do to address rising tuition costs?
Wise: We are trying very hard to control tuition levels. As you know, last year we raised them by 1.75 percent, and that amounted to less than $100 per semester. In addition, we have put a lot more money into scholarships. We put in $58 million in scholarships for students based upon need and merit. ... We realize that we want the University of Illinois to be accessible to everyone regardless of their ability to pay, and we aren’t there yet.
DI: What would you be looking for in the next president of the University?
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DI: What is being done to address crime on this campus?
Wise: There are over 1,000 cameras now, not only on campus in the buildings and around campus, but also around Campustown. ... That is certainly one of the big improvements, I think, in terms of security. The second thing is that we give rides — free rides — to areas around campus. ... It’s also a matter of educating students that nothing is ever 100 percent safe, and you have to be vigilant yourself.
DI: Regarding the cameras, how does the University balance security with privacy concerns? Wise: There’s always that boundary. We have never used a camera to follow a student unless something untoward has happened.
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SCHOOLS that public schools were actually performing better in mathematics, according to studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; math scores, when demographics were taken into account. In one example taken from the fourth grade, the Lubienskisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; research showed that before factoring in location and demographics, Catholic schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; achievement coefficient, or score when compared to public schools, was 9.5. After controlling for demographics and location, the coefficient dwindled to -7.2. From this data, they developed ideas as to why this trend might be occurring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We found that private school teachers tend to use more tradi-
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THIRD PARTY trated at the gridlock that the two major political parties are producing, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an appetite for something new or different to kind of move things forward,â&#x20AC;? said Owen Marsden, president of Illini Democrats and graduate student. Marsden pointed out that countries with three or four major political parties often have more gridlock, not less. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the number of political parties that are causing the gridlock,â&#x20AC;? Marsden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the polarization that has sort of gripped us.â&#x20AC;? President of the College Republicans Christiaan Burner, junior in Business, also attributed low public opinion to stagnation in Congress.
tional, perhaps outdated methods,â&#x20AC;? Sarah said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In math class, private school teachers are more likely to have their students sit in rows and complete math worksheets. Their elementary math curriculum tends to be more traditionally numberfocused and less likely to encompass other important strands of mathematics, such as statistics, measurement and algebra.â&#x20AC;? Chris Roegge, executive director of the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Council on Teaching Education, said that another one of the issues with many private schools is that teachers are not always required to be licensed, whereas in public schools, the state requires teachers to be certified. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a person is not licensed, then none of these guarantees â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in terms of the academic qualifi-
cations and having been through a program and shown some proof through these various assessments â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a baseline level of teaching competence,â&#x20AC;? Roegge said. Through their analysis of public and private schools, Sarah and Chris found that national education requirements might play a role in improving public education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Private schools have more autonomy, and that is often assumed to be a good thing,â&#x20AC;? Sarah said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But one downside to that autonomy is that private schools are less likely to hire certified teachers and to keep teachers upto-date on the latest developments regarding how children learn and what they need to learn.â&#x20AC;? Chris said he expects that the effect of their research will be reflected in a change in educa-
tional policy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily expect our research to have an impact in schools so much as an influence on education policy regarding school governance, privatization, charter schools and vouchers, for instance,â&#x20AC;? Chris said. This policy change would mean a reversal of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s educational reform going on in the U.S., Chris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our findings really call into question the primary assumptions of the current school reform movement, which has been embraced by both democrats and republicans, that choice, autonomy and competition should be primary levers of school improvement,â&#x20AC;? he said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think most of the dislike is not for what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing, but more the dislike for the gridlock,â&#x20AC;? Burner said. Days before the third-party poll was released, another Gallup poll shows that the percentage of people who see the Republican Party as favorable has fallen to 28 percent since the shutdown, a record low. Democratic Party ratings dropped as well to 43 percent, down four percentage points since September. To combat the low public opinion on a local level, Burner plans to focus more on the issues rather than party lines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rather than promoting the politicians, I really want to promote the principles of where we stand on these issues,â&#x20AC;? Burner said. He said changing the direction of the country is not about trying to find a perfect politician.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way we should change the direction of this country is by having an educated, high-information electorate.â&#x20AC;? Still, others hold out that a third major political party would best represent the American people. Among them is Champaign resident Jesse Phillippe, who is a member of the International Socialist Organization, which has 89 chapters across the United States. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have supported third party candidates, usually from other groups, in the past â&#x20AC;&#x201D; particularly the Green Party,â&#x20AC;? Phillippe said. Nick Dadufalza, a freshman in Engineering, is also part of the International Socialist Organization and explains that the organization supports neither the Democratic nor Republican parties, as they both are seen as capitalist institutions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The socialist party is a very
left-wing organization, so automatically we are very anti-republican,â&#x20AC;? Dadufalza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Democratic Party has propagated that they are the workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; party, but the reason why we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe that is that their campaign funds and how they operate are controlled by big corporations. That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t represent the workers or the people.â&#x20AC;? Though Ben Rosenberg, sophomore in LAS, believes more political parties are a good idea, he admits that with the current party system in place, a third major party is unlikely to happen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think politicians tend to forget that they also represent an entire country when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making legislative decisions, and not just the people that vote for (them) in (their) district.â&#x20AC;?
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A new eBay Data Center in Salt Lake City serves as the test site of a study conducted by three University ECE professors. The researchers are the first to look into how fuel cells, a lesser known clean energy, can be used as a primary energy source. The professors, Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia, George Gross and Philip Krein, conducted the study to see exactly how effective the fuel cells are. Krein compared fuel cells to batteries, which produce energy through a chemical reaction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fuel cells ... basically bring two different chemicals together across some kind of a membrane. They interact and exchange electrons, so they can send electricity throughout a circuit, and then interact,â&#x20AC;? Krein said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Classically (energy sources use) hydrogen and oxygen, and therefore produce water and electricity, but many other things can be used as well.â&#x20AC;? The three professors arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the first to experiment with fuel cells; however, the fuel cells in use at the eBay Data Center are far more advanced than those used in the past, Gross said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fuel cell idea is actually pretty old,â&#x20AC;? Gross said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It originated in the 1830s, but only got to be applied 100 years later when NASA started using them.â&#x20AC;? The use of fuel cells is beginning to promote clean energy in America. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anytime we can displace CO2 that we are generating with the (fossil fuels), we can clean up the environment. Essentially this
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country is a place where over 40 percent of the electricity is generated by coal,â&#x20AC;? Gross said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have so much energy production correlated with coal that we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do away with it overnight, it is going to take years and years to clean it up with renewable and cleaner energy sources.â&#x20AC;? There is no telling if companies and businesses will adapt to this new type of energy, Krein said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fuel cells are still relatively expensive, and not as efficient as people like to claim. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reasonably efficient, and certainty with natural gas prices as low as they are, it makes it a little bit more interesting,â&#x20AC;? Krein said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the long run it competes with wind and solar and other things that are sort of natural local generation methods.â&#x20AC;? Will Krone, freshman in Engineering, agreed that fuel cells were highly expensive but reliable, and as a result, â&#x20AC;&#x153;it will take years to implement fuel cells into our every day lives.â&#x20AC;? There is no guarantee if fuel cells will start to replace older energy sources, but due to their high reliability, Krein said it would be beneficial for companies to try to implement them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reason industries are using fuel cells is because you can make electricity much more reliable,â&#x20AC;? Krein said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this country, energy is still very reliable, it only goes out for a few minutes a year, but in their case, they are trying to get to the point where it is absolutely continuous â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it would never be interrupted.â&#x20AC;?
Andrew can be reached at musur2@dailyillini.com. the more involved the alumni were. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You give them incentives to go to games,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;oh, I give this much money, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give me a ticket.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s these relationships that are piecing together the University that Chancellor Phyllis Wise wants to see, Farrell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re responding to her vision,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And our goal is to try to raise money and support that plan which helps make that dream become a reality.â&#x20AC;?
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Settlement reached on Chief Illiniwek solves legal but not cultural issues
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ears after Chief Illiniwek was retired as the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official mascot, the University has reached an agreement with the Honor the Chief Society on how the Chief can be used by their organization. In fact, Chancellor Phyllis Wise, who sat down with The Daily Illini Editorial Board Wednesday for an interview, hailed the agreement as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;good clarificationâ&#x20AC;? in terms of what the Society can and cannot do. The society will not be allowed to do the following: use the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chief Illiniwek,â&#x20AC;? use the Chief logo, refer to people as Chief Illiniwek or refer to people as the next Chief Illiniwek.The society must also refrain from filling out additional trademark applications regarding Chief Illiniwek. The recent settlement ended a long and laborious battle over the Chief Illiniwek trademark and its uses by other student and alumni groups. The debate over the Chief stems back to 2005 when the NCAA instituted a ban on schools using â&#x20AC;&#x153;hostile and abusiveâ&#x20AC;? NativeAmerican nicknames and in 2007 when the University of Illinois Board of Trustees announced that the Chief would no longer be a University symbol. The University now canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t object to Chief Illiniwek performances from the Society. But that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that the University is loosening its stance. Campus officials are still making sure they are careful about not approving, endorsing or sponsoring events that honor the Chief or that advocate the reinstatement of the Chief as the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official mascot. Both sides gained something here: The Honor the Chief Society has agreed to drop its original application for the trademark in 2009. But, the society can continue to use Chief Illiniwek as part of its full name â&#x20AC;&#x201D; most notably for performances, also allowed in the agreement, that pay tribute to the dance. In the end, this agreement not only set direct guidelines when using â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chiefâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chief Illiniwek,â&#x20AC;? but it furthers the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agenda to distance itself from any performances or events surrounding the support of Chief Illiniwek. Even after the Board of Trustees voted to retire the Chief as the mascot more than six years ago, performances are still often associated with the Illini athletic program and the University in general. So what now? In the culture we live in, the issue of the Chief as a mascot wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just disappear after a settlement. This resolved a legal issue but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily address the culture of the Chief that still exists on campus. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect the University to change its stance after the latest development or in the near future, either. Merely, the agreement perpetuates the issue whether portraying certain native dances are considered as tributes or offensive. University officials could have continued the fight and even extended its reach â&#x20AC;&#x201D; tried to gain control over all activity over the Chief. But that would have left out the most important success from the discussion: a mutual agreement. On the other hand, after five years, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem like the Honor the Chief Society was going to step off the gas pedal and back down to the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demands. A settlement of this nature was the right solution. Sure, the University and the Honor the Chief Society lost something here, but each has secured some rights, too.
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Fracking debate should be driven by facts ANDREW HORTON Opinions columnist
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hen considering the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, people often recall the striking scene from the Oscar nominated documentary, â&#x20AC;&#x153;GasLand,â&#x20AC;? in which a Colorado homeowner ignites the water coming from his faucet. This combustion was supposedly the result of methane that entered the local groundwater due to surrounding fracking operations. However, officials later discovered that fracking was not the culprit. Instead, the homeownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water well was mistakenly drilled into a naturally occurring methane reserve. As University of Houston engineering professor, Michael Economides stated in a Forbes magazine article, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The clip, though attention-getting, is wildly inaccurate and irresponsible.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really unfair that fracking still carries such a negative connotation. For the uninitiated, hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) refers to the high pressure injection of water mixed with sand and chemicals into rock to cause fractures, enabling hydrocarbon resources (particularly methane) to be released and recovered.
The Energy Information Administration estimates the U.S. has 2,552 trillion cubic feet of potential natural gas resources. Thanks to fracking, the U.S. is now the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest producer of natural gas from shale formations, enabling greater energy independence and creating jobs in related industries. According to a study by PwC, the increase of commercialization of shale gas could lower energy prices such that U.S. manufacturers would be able to employ 1 million new workers by 2025. Additionally, the lower energy costs would reduce manufacturersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; natural gas expenses by $11.6 billion through the same time period. Fracking is now legal in Illinois and promises to provide thousands of jobs throughout the southern part of the state. However, this is much to the dismay of many environmentalist groups. Earlier in the month there was a protest outside the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) led by Chicagoland Against Fracking and the Chicago Youth Climate Coalition. One protester stated her disgust of the process by saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually shooting chemicals [into the ground] that are toxic for the environment and for people.â&#x20AC;? That statement perfectly represents what is wrong with the common perception of fracking. The truth is, many environmental concerns are
simply not justified and stem from greater misconceptions. The main concern about fracking is water contamination. People often fail to realize that the geology of fracking makes the risk of groundwater pollution extremely small. The water table is very close to the surface compared to the thousands of feet below surface where fracking takes place. For any contamination to occur, chemicals would need to somehow traverse thousands of feet of impermeable rock. Also, while fracking does involve the use of some chemicals, they typically only make up 0.5 percent of all the fluids injected into the well. Another critique of fracking is the large amount of water usage required. While itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true that fracking uses a lot of water (up to 7 million gallons in a single well), this pales in comparison with other water consuming activities. In Pennsylvania, for example, natural gas production accounts for just 1.9 million gallons per day compared to the 770 million gallons per day used by other industries. The seismic effects of fracking are also commonly overstated. Out of the thousands of deep injection wells used throughout the U.S., only eight locations have experienced injection-induced earthquakes. In each case, the resulting â&#x20AC;&#x153;earthquakeâ&#x20AC;? was no
more severe than the vibration you feel when a bus drives past you on the street. Another common concern is the impact on global warming that the increased release of methane would have on the environment. This has been countered by recent methane capture technologies that, according to a 2013 study by the University of Texas-Austin, have been shown to reduce these emissions by 99 percent, making the carbon footprint of natural gas production still significantly less than coal. Finally, in regard to Illinois, while the new law enables fracking to commence, it is important to remember that the practice is still highly regulated. Specifically, tight standards regarding well construction and waste water disposal are set in place to promote safe shale exploration for the foreseeable future. Ultimately, the natural gas resources available in North America are a blessing, and the U.S. needs to understand that the economic potential far outweighs the environmental risk. While environmental concerns should certainly be addressed, the debate on fracking needs to be driven more by facts and not by emotion.
Andrew is a junior in Engineering. He can be reached at ajhorto2@ dailyillini.com.
From tasteful to trashy: The evolution of Halloween NICKI HALENZA Assistant opinions editor
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Girl World, Halloween is the one day a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut and no other girls can say anything else about it.â&#x20AC;? Sorry, Cady Heron, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m saying something. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still a little unclear about when the exact point in time was that Halloween went from being about parading in your most unique, creative homemade costume to strutting around in the least amount of clothes possible. At what point did people go from wearing pounds of face paint to pounds of makeup, from scary to sexy? I am sure a large number of campus males and females are reading this with glaring, hateful eyes as I openly tackle an aspect of Halloween that they love â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and I may even be acknowledging some of the costumes that people will be wearing tonight and this weekend. But just for the record, I get it. By no means do I hold a conservative view in terms of Halloween attire, but I do hold a high regard for dignity. Obviously we want to look
good on Halloween and draw a little attention to ourselves, and I get that dressing down draws just as many eyes as dressing up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably easier, too. I am not stomping on the idea that people canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dress up in some appealing outfit that hugs them in all the right places. But rather, I would like to see these costumes executed in more tasteful ways. Too often do I find myself guffawing at the combination of Spanx, heels, fishnets, a sports bra or crop-top to portray something as simple and innocent as a dog. Even online costume stores, such as Spirit Halloween, promote the revealing look. Many of these Halloween stores have pages of random womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s costumes with titles like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sexy Zombieâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sexy Ghostbuster,â&#x20AC;? and any other random costume they decide to throw the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;sexyâ&#x20AC;? in front of. But
seriously, I bet somewhere out there exists costumes like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sexy Gym Shoeâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sexy Lamp.â&#x20AC;? Anything is possible with a shortened skirt or a deepened V-neck. The crème de la crème, though, is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sexy Crayon.â&#x20AC;? There is just something about turning inanimate objects into sensual, revealing Halloweenwear that just makes me roll my eyes and shake my head. And I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to all of the flesh colored leotards and tiny hair buns that people will be sporting this weekend â&#x20AC;&#x201D; do I even need to specify who this costume is an imitation of? Even the bottom of the Spirit Halloween store website says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey foxy lady! Strut your stuff this Halloween in a womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s costume from Spirit. Find the hottest from Playboy, the sexiest of Leg Avenue, the sauciest pirate garbâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? When did it become the
I suppose I just miss the days where Halloween was an opportunity to display your creativity in a way that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t purposely, overtly sexual.
norm to look for the sassiest, sultriest, skimpiest Halloween ensemble? Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just me, but nothing beats a clever, punny and borderline-dorky costume made from random household objects and clothes that you borrowed from your friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closet. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a cheesy yet hearty appreciation for all of the people who attach several gray paint swatches to their T-shirt and go as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fifty Shades of Grey.â&#x20AC;? I have even seen people go as far as to decorate umbrellas with long, pink, sparkly fabric and go as a jellyfish. Heck, I even get a good laugh out of those inflatable costumes that make it look like you are riding an ostrich. I suppose I just miss the days where Halloween was an opportunity to display your creativity in a way that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t purposely, overtly sexual â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but again, I get it. And I get that people are going to continue to dress that way. Granted, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Halloween. Do you. Be whoever or whatever you want, but leave something to the imagination instead of bearing it all. Let the costume do the talking and not your body.
Nicki is a junior in Media. She can be reached at halenza2@dailyillni.com.
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Topped with candy corn and “spiders” constructed out of Oreos and chocolate, the Graveyard Cookie is a Halloween twist on the everyday chocolate chip pan cookie.
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Halloween treats to scare up an appetite CHRISTEN MCGLYNN Staff writer
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alloween brings both tricks and treats. There is one Halloween treat in particular that has caught the eye of the Pinterest world and has landed in my kitchen: the Graveyard Cookie. Personally, I am no connoisseur of the kitchen, but this easy and cheap recipe has given my roommates and me a spooky treat that will fit perfectly alongside our eerie Halloween decorations. The Graveyard Cookie is a twist on the classic chocolate chip pan cookie and only requires 12 minutes in the oven. For those who prefer a crispier crust on their cookie, I recommend leaving it in for at least 18 minutes.
Ingredients: Q 2 cups of flower Q 1 teaspoon baking soda Q 1/2 teaspoon salt Q 3/4 cup margarine or but-
ter (I chose to substitute I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter for butter, mainly because I live on a college budget, and these are the ingredients I am forced to work with in my kitchen. However, my roommate taste-testers said they could taste no
difference, so feel free to get creative!) Q 1/2 cup sugar Q 3/4 cup brown sugar Q 1 egg Q 2 teaspoons vanilla Q 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I chose the dark chocolate route because that is my personal favorite. However, milk chocolate will work as well.) Q 6 Oreo cookies (For an extra sweet treat try the doublestuffed. It’s Halloween, so why not embrace a sugar high?) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix all of the ingredients together aside from the Oreos. Once all the ingredients have been combined, begin cracking the Oreos into small chunks, and incorporate them into the mixed bowl. Next, grease a frying pan with either butter or non-stick spray. Once all of the ingredients have been incorporated, pour them into the bowl and flatten them so they cover the entire pan. Place the pan in the oven for 12 minutes, and voilà! Let the decorating begin. To add an ominous feel to the graveyard cookies, take a couple of Oreos from the pack and turn them into creepy crawlers. Place 3 pretzel sticks on either side of the Oreo to give them a spider-leg feel, and give them a face using frosting. Lastly, add some candy corn, and you have a delectable Halloween treat.
For those Illini who may prefer a different Halloween treat, students have weighed in on their favorite Halloween recipe. Maddie Thompson, sophomore in Applied Health Sciences, said her favorite snack for the Halloween season is Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread. “It is the perfect amount of pumpkin and chocolate that is perfect for a sweet a Halloween treat,” Thompson said. Her recipe includes: Q 3 cups white sugar Q 1 can pumpkin puree Q 1 cup vegetable oil Q 2/3 cup water Q 4 eggs Q 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Q 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon Q 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg Q 2 teaspoons baking soda Q 1 1/2 teaspoons salt Q 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease a 9 x 5 pan. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl, and fill the pan halfway. Bake for one hour, and a slice of chocolate pumpkin bread will be ready to enjoy after cooling.
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It is that time of year when pumpkins, costumes, candy, apple cider and caramel apples are everywhere; but haunted houses become one of the main attractions for nights out. Here are a few options located near the University that students can attend to help them get into the Halloween spirit.
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One of the haunted houses in the Champaign-Urbana area is the The Haunt at Bone Saw Mill, which will be open until Saturday night. night, as well as Friday and Saturday. All of the actors in Gates of Delirium are volunteers, and this year’s cast members seem to truly enjoy what they do, said Greg Lavender, one of four owners of the Gates of Delirium. This haunted house is farther from campus — about an hour drive — but it was voted a Top 5 Visitors’ Favorite Haunt in 2012. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $16 for front-ofthe-line access. “I think that we’re the best value that you’ll find in central Illinois,” Lavender said.
Midway of Madness 1302 N. Coler Ave. in Urbana, Ill.
Located at the Champaign Gates of Delirium County Fairgrounds, Midway 115 N. Central St. in Gilman, Ill. of Madness is another hauntGates of Delirium is open for its third season in Gilman, Ill., and will be open Halloween
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Located in Champaign on Country Fair Drive, the Bone Saw Mill haunted house is just about 15 minutes away from campus. The Haunt at Bone Saw Mill maintains a continuous sawmill theme because it used to be a sawmill called Boneyard Mill. Jace Hoppes, director and designer of The Haunt at Bone Saw Mill used some of the saws from the old sawmill to create the attraction. The website for The Haunt at Bone Saw Mill contains the entire history of how the sawmill became haunted. After emerging from the many sawmill-themed rooms of The Haunt, visitors can enter a zombie shoot, which consists of three rounds of shooting zombies with a paintball gun. “We’re just trying to make sure that we have fun with everything that we’re doing here and that the people that come here have as much fun as they can,” said Hoppes. This haunted house is open through Saturday. Admission to The Haunt and zombie shoot costs $15, and admission to both attractions costs $25.
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night will be Midway of Madness’s last night open to the public. This carnival-themed haunted house is held in a barn with a dirt floor. Chad Swim, owner, actor and manager of basic operations, said that Midway of Madness has about 40 actors on a nightly basis. Admission to the haunted house is $10.
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CRAZY FOR CARDBOARD How to stand out on Halloween without spending all your money BY RAYMOND SOBCZAK STAFF WRITER
College students donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just celebrate Halloween for one day, especially at this University. People make it a weekend event with multiple costumes, even spending quite a bit of money. What a lot of students do, though, is try to recreate the expensive costumes they find online. What students donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know is that with a little bit of brainstorming and some added creativity, they can make their own unique costumes that will set them apart from everyone else. As someone who has always loved Halloween, I usually take it upon myself to make my own costumes from year to year. Below are a few of my favorites. Raymond can be reached at rsobcza2@dailyillini.com.
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The first costume is really simple to make â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that is, if you have about an hour and are artistically inclined. All you need is a tri-fold presentation board, some scissors and some paint. Cut a square-shaped hole on the upper left hand corner. Then, paint the Facebook logo above the hole. Paint some funny quotes or statuses, and viola! You are now Facebook (just make sure the hole is big enough for your head).
This next costume brings out the inner child in us all and is simple to make, as long as you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind cutting a hole into one of your favorite childhood games. Take the game Twister and cut a slit in the middle of the game board big enough put your head through. Then, take the spinner from the game and tie a shoestring in a loop around the back of the spinner and wear it as a necklace. You are now a walking, talking twister board. Just hope that if asked to play, you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the board!
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This next costume goes along with the whole cardboard theme. First, take a box (one big enough to fit your body into). Cut three holes one on the top for your head, and one on two of the sides for your arms. Now take colored construction paper â&#x20AC;&#x201D; nine different colors preferably â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and tape them on to the box with black duct tape. You should tape them on in rows of three, with only nine sheets on each side. You also may have to cut the construction paper to make it fit, depending on the size of your box.
For this last costume, you will need poster board, red paint, black paint or permanent marker, your imagination and possibly a partner. Cut a tear drop shape out of the poster board and paint it red. Next, cut a hole large enough for your face to fit through. Paint or draw a black â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? above the face hole, and you can officially say that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a point on Google Maps. If you want to get another person involved, make another red tear drop shape, except this time put a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;? above the face hole.
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Jonny Gomes of the Boston Red Sox is safe at home in the third inning against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 of the World Series at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday. The Red Sox won 6-1 to clinch the championship.
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BOSTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; This city was poised to celebrated here like it hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t since 1918 and the Red Sox didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disappoint. The celebration, in fact, kicked off early. Bludgeoning the previously dominant Michael Wacha almost from the start, the Red Sox won their third World Series crown in 10 years with a 6-1 victory over the Cardinals in front of 38,447 at Fenway Park on Wednesday night. It was the fi rst title clinched in the historic ballpark, which opened in 1912, since 1918, and completed a remarkable turnaround from last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 69-win campaign that never seemed more distant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People call this the cathedral of baseball, and I absolutely one hundred percent agree, this place is a special place to play,â&#x20AC;? Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shane Victorino said before the game. The veteran outfielder, in his
fi rst season with the Red Sox, was a big reason fans inside the ballpark â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not to mention on nearby Yawkey Way and Lansdowne Street â&#x20AC;&#x201D; could start celebrating before gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end. Victorino, whose grand slam led the Red Sox to victory in Game 6 of the ALCS, hit a bases-clearing double with two outs in the third off Wacha, who came in 4-0 with a 1.00 ERA this postseason, to make it 3-0. The double brought in David Ortiz, intentionally walked earlier in the inning, whom Cardinals manager Mike Matheny fi nally grew tired of pitching to. Ortiz, though he went 0-1 with four walks _ three intentional â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was awarded series MVP honors after entering the game 11-for15 with a .750 OBP. A few timely hits in the fi rst few innings against John Lackey, who allowed one run and nine hits over 6 2/3 innings, might have made things different. Allen Craig and Yadier Molina led off the second inning with
singles, but Lackey, 3-1, with a 3.26 ERA this postseason coming into the game., retired the next three batters in order. Matt Carpenter singled with one out in the third but was erased when Carlos Beltran grounded into a 6-3 double play. Through four innings the Cardinals were 0-for-5 with RISP and had stranded four. The Red Sox came away frustrated in the second when they put two on with two outs and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t score, but they did not fail in the third. Jacoby Ellsbury led off with a single and, after Dustin Pedroia grounded out â&#x20AC;&#x201D; putting Ellsbury on second â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Matheny called for an intentional walk to Ortiz. Wacha struck out Mike Napoli but hit Gomes with a pitch. It proved costly. Victorino got ahead 2-and-0 before driving a 93-mph fastball off the wall in left-center for a double that made it 3-0. From there it was a steady march toward a party sure to
last into the morning and beyond. Stephen Drew, 4-for-50 this postseason coming in, homered in the fourth to make it 4-0, and the game entered laugher status shortly thereafter. After Lance Lynn replaced Wacha, Napoli greeted him with an RBI single to center that made it 5-0. Victorino, naturally, singled to make it 6-0. Lackey, who allowed one run and nine hits over 6 2/3 innings, managed to keep himself in the game in the seventh. He retired the fi rst two batters before Daniel Descalso singled, Matt Carpenter doubled and Carlos Beltran singled to bring in Descalso for the Cardinals fi rst run. Farrell came out to talk to Lackey, who appeared to convince his manager to allow him to face Holliday. Lackey walked the left fielder to load the bases and gave way to Junichi Tazawa, doffi ng his cap to a boisterous ovation. Tazawa retired Allen Craig to end the inning and, for the most part, the Cardinalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; last chance.
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The regular season has come down to one game. The postseason fate of the Illinois soccer team will be decided Thursday afternoon when the team takes on Minnesota in Minneapolis in its season fi nale. In terms of Big Ten Tournament qualification, Illinois is tied for seventh place with Iowa and Wisconsin. The Illini hold the head-to-head tiebreaker because they beat both teams this season. With that, the math can be simple: a win and Illinois is in. A win is no guarantee, though, considering how competitive the Big Ten has been this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We certainly want to win and go out on the season on a good note,â&#x20AC;? head coach Janet Rayfield said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Minnesota is in the same boat. They want to do the same thing, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a challenge and I feel like a broken record. I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve said that every Big Ten game.â&#x20AC;? Minnesota (11-5-2, 4-4-2 Big Ten) is tied with Ohio State for fi fth place in the Big Ten. It won its last two games on the road against Wisconsin and Purdue and has beaten Penn State and is the only Big Ten team to beat No. 8 Michigan. Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game in Minneapolis will be on Thursday afternoon at 2. Temperatures are forecast to be in the upper 40s, and
The Illinois volleyball team was hoping for a big win Wednesday night against No. 11 Nebraska. The Illini (9-12, 5- 6 Big Ten) came into Lincoln, Neb., confident after knocking off No. 15 Wisconsin and ready to start what would have been Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fi rst week-long sweep of the season. Instead the Illini lost in three sets to the Cornhuskers (16-4, 9-2) and will instead look to split the week, as they have done every week since conference play started. Illinois plays Saturday at Iowa (10-12, 1-9). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We left some wins out there, which you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do,â&#x20AC;? Illinois head coach Kevin Hambly said prior to the contest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten a lot better.â&#x20AC;?
I l l i noi s fought back throughout each of the fi rst two sets, as the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totaled 16 tie scores and 5 lead changes in the match, but eventually Nebraska proved it was the better team, winning the match 25-21, 26-24, 25-12. The Illini kept the fi rst two sets with the Cornhuskers close, exchanging points back and forth throughout each set before allowing Nebraska to capitalize at the end. The third set was a different story, as Illinois only scored nine points by the time Nebraska reached 20. The Illini were unable to stop the Cornhuskersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kelsey Robinson, who recorded 15 kills. The Cornhuskers hit .318 as a team and outblocked the
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Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Megan Pawloski dribbles the ball during the game against Michigan State at the Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium on Sunday. The Illini won 2-0. The team plays Minnesota for its last regular-season game. a daytime kickoff is not likely to attract many fans. The fi xture is also the fi rst of the afternoon in a series of pivotal matchups for the Big Ten. Therefore, Illinois will not have the option of scoreboard watching, as the team will look to take care of business on the field, something the senior members of the team are especially looking to do. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Games in the past probably we, for as much as I hate to say it, probably let off a little bit, but to realize that this really ... could be the last game possibly, just to give it your all,â&#x20AC;? senior defender and midfielder Kassidy Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked so hard for so long not to have that be our last game.â&#x20AC;? Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense will be one of the better units the high-powered Illinois offense has faced this season. Fresh-
man goalkeeper Tarah Hobbs for Minnesota leads the Big Ten with 108 saves, and Minnesota is second with 0.93 goals allowed per match. Offensively, the Gophers are second to last in the Big Ten in shots and goals, with 228 and 25, respectively. Although the Illini had a solid performance the last time they saw the pitch, both Rayfield and her players want to come out with a bit more of a bang. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I defi nitely think (we need) to start strong,â&#x20AC;? senior forward Megan Pawloski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re known for quick start Janet said. So if we come out strong, and I think defi nitely getting that fi rst goal or those opportunities and just going at them and not letting them get into their game.â&#x20AC;? In the event of a loss or tie, Iowa or Wisconsin will need to
have the same result in their games for Illinois to advance to the Big Ten Tournament. If Illinois wins and Ohio State loses or ties its game, Illinois will be the fi fth seed. If Illinois and Ohio State wins, Illinois will be the sixth seed. Rayfi eld and the team has been saying all season that they will take it one game at a time, but now that they face the fi nal game of the regular season, Illinois is already in mental postseason mode. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You always want to be in control of your own destiny and not count on anyone else,â&#x20AC;? Rayfield said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just became a four-game tournament for us in some ways.â&#x20AC;?
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Women’s cross-country aims for middle finish BY MICHAL DWOJAK CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Illinois women’s crosscountry team hopes that seasonlong progress will lead to a strong finish at the Big Ten Championships on Sunday. “It’s time to use the whole season and go after it,” sophomore Alyssa Schneider said. “I’ve been building up to this since the last Big Ten championship.” The Illini have had the Big Ten Championships, which will be held in West Lafayette, Ind., circled on their calendar since the start of the season. They have used all their previous meets to help prepare for this one. The team had its last intense practice before the meet Tuesday. They ran a fast 1,600yard run, a 20-minute run and six 300-yard runs to finish it off. The team is looking positive heading into the big meet. “We are excited where we are health-wise, fitness-wise, as well as attitude-wise,” head coach Scott Jones said. “Hopefully these elements will help us compete this Sunday.” Jones is hoping for a middleof-the-pack finish after Illinois
finished ninth in last year’s meet. The Illini are focusing on beating teams that they have already beat, such as Purdue, and to beat the teams they’ve lost to this year, such as Ohio State and Northwestern. The young team looks up to teams in the Big Ten such as Michigan and Michigan State as teams they can aspire to be in a few years. The nine runners competing for the Illini will be seniors Katie Porada and Stephanie Morgan, junior Rachel Irion, sophomores Alyssa Schneider, Amanda Fox, Britten Petrey, and Natalie Wynn and freshmen Hanna Winter and Audrey Blazek. The team will have a few young and first-time runners at the meet; however, it doesn’t view that as a weakness. Runners such as Hanna Winter are excited to be participating in such a meet but the Illini will try to stay focused and continue to work hard as they have all season. “I think we are ready and determined to do our best,” Winter said. The top Illini runners are determined to help their
team compete as well as seek top finishes for themselves. Both Porada and Schneider are hoping to finish in the top group of runners who will be competing. “I’m hoping to compete well with the other top runners in the conference,” Schneider said. “I’m hoping to be in the first or second all-team Big Ten, which is finishing in the top 14.” Porada will be competing after receiving her first Women’s Cross Country Big Ten Athlete of the Week award. She received the honor after winning the Illini Open last Friday. It was a last-minute decision that she would be running in the meet, as she wanted to get one more meet in before the Big Tens. She had hoped to run a faster start, maintain a consistent pace in the middle of the race, and finish strong and fast. She was able to obtain these goals and was very grateful for the award. “I’m very thankful to be honored,” Porada said. “It’s nice to see how all the hard work has paid off.”
Michal can be reached at dwojak2@illinimedia.com and @bennythebull94.
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The Illini women’s cross-country team gathers before its race at the UI Arboretum during the Illini Invite, which took place on Aug. 20. Illiniois heads to West Lafayette, Ind., for the Big Ten Championships.
Men’s cross-country prepares for Big Ten Championships BY THOMAS DONLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
While the Illinois men’s cross-country regular season ended last Friday, the real competition is just beginning for the Illini. They will run their first postseason race of 2013 when they take part in the Big Ten Championships race Sunday in West Lafayette, Ind. The Illini are coming off a weekend that saw five Illinois runners finish in the top five at the Illini Open, though three of the five ran unattached. Sophomore Sam Telfer earned Big Ten Cross-Country Athlete of the Week for his efforts in the race. Telfer finished the 8-kilometer race in 25 minutes, 19
seconds. “I’m happy for Sam,” head coach Jake Stewart said. “He is still a big part of what we’re trying to do although he’s not going to Big Tens this week.” Jannis Toepfer, Liam Markham, Ian Barnett, Luke Carroll, Will Brewster, Brendan McDonnell, Tommy King, Paul Zeman and Graham Morris will run against the top runners from the 11 Big Ten schools to determine which teams and individuals are the best in the conference. “I expect our guys to run with good composure,” Stewart said. “The majority of our guys have been in a Big Ten championship in some capacity whether
in cross-country or in track and field, so they want to approach it like it’s no different than any other meet.” Stewart also said his team has a plan for success on Sunday. “Our plan is to be aware of what’s going on within the race,” Stewart said. “Championship races are a lot different than some of the race environments we’ve been in thus far. It’s going to be a lot more tactical, there’s going to be a lot more feeling each other out in terms of when teams or individuals may move.” Only four teams in the Big Ten — No. 7 Wisconsin, No. 16 Michigan, No. 24 Indiana and No. 31 Minnesota — are
ranked ahead of No. 32 Illinois. At the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, Illinois beat Minnesota and finished just 23 points behind Indiana. Wisconsin has won 13 straight conference titles. “At the end of the season, nobody cares what you ran at Notre Dame or Wisconsin,” Toepfer said after the Wisconsin adidas Invitational. “It only matters what you run that day.” Illinois, which has not won the Big Ten cross-country title since 1984, heads to West Lafayette in search of its fourth conference championship in school history. McDonnell was among those who felt confident in the team’s abilities.
“I think that we should come away with some hardware,” McDonnell said. “Our team is as fit as it’s ever been. This is a year where we could do really well. Jannis should finish pretty high.” Last season, Illinois took fourth overall at the conference meet. Toepfer led the way for the Illini in that race, finishing ninth with a time of 24:09. At Wisconsin, Toepfer ran a personal-best 23:50. The Big Ten Championships 8K record is 23:18, set last season by Mohammed Ahmed of Wisconsin.
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Do young teams have enough muscle, experience to make noise? ARYN BRAUN Illini columnist
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oth the men’s and women’s crosscountry teams wrapped up their regular seasons with impressive showings at the Illini Open last Friday. The meet was hosted at the University Arboretum where the Illini took on five teams from around the state, including Big Ten rivals Northwestern. Senior Katie Porada won the individual title for the women, posting a 5-kilometer time of 17:35 — just shy of her personal best of 17:22. The performance earned her Big Ten Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors.
The men’s contingent was pleased as well, as all three Illini placed in the top 10. The 8K men’s course proved lucky for the Illini as the top-five finishers were all Illinois cross-country runners, though some ran unattached. While the Illini Open proved successful for Illinois’ cross-country teams, the real challenge will be the Big Ten Championships coming up this weekend. This year’s meet will be held in West Lafayette, Ind., and is sure to host incredible competition, as many of last year’s champions — such as Michigan’s Mark Beams and Morsi Rayyan — return for another go. But the big story lies in the question of whether either Illinois team has enough muscle and experience to make a difference. Both teams are young — babies, by collegiate standards.
Of the 20 athletes that make up the women’s team, only three are seniors and among them, only Illini Open winner Katie Porada has competed at the Big Ten Championships in the past. The men face a similar dilemma. Their inexperience is a glaring weakness and distance coach Jake Stewart must rely heavily on Jannis Toepfer and redshirt sophomore Sam Telfer if the Illini hope to make a statement. Last year Toepfer was named to the men’s Second Team All-Big Ten after his ninth place finish at the Big Ten Championships in East Lansing, Mich. Toepfer, a graduate student from Bochum, Germany, will act as a leader for this young Illinois team during its quest for postseason greatness. Come November, Wisconsin is looking to nab its 15th consecutive Big Ten Championship. Other teams, Illinois among them, must be itching to
knock the Badgers off their throne. When you have a team like Wisconsin, that wins year in and year out, they turn into the bad guy. To the competition they are a team hell-bent on winning, a cross-country machine, a villain, the one everyone wants to see fail. Sure, they might be hated, but it doesn’t matter if they’re the best. Wisconsin is like the LeBron James of Big Ten men’s cross-country. They’re great, and you despise them for it. The women’s team faces a different kind of threat. Last year Michigan won its first Championship since 2006, and only their ninth overall — a paltry comparison to the 46 championships of the Wisconsin men’s team. The title is up for grabs. Illinois could fill that hole. Yes, the Illini women have a young team, but
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without a constant domineering presence like the Wisconsin men to contend with, a win seems more plausible - heck, even possible. Competition in the postseason is different. Sometimes it’s almost like what a team did during the regular season gets thrown out the window. It doesn’t matter anymore. You’ve arrived, and now anything is possible. Granted, teams that do well during the regular season do so for a reason. But weirder things have happened than a cross-country Cinderella story. Illinois should take comfort in this. They might come in anxious and overlooked, but perhaps they’ll leave West Lafayette as the belle of the ball.
Aryn is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at braun17@dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @arynbraun.
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Illinois hosts Midwest Blast in 1st home event this season peting in front of their home fans, but the quirks of a home venue are important as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people who come are great; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really exciting to have everybody here,â&#x20AC;? sophomore Audrey Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The environmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s familiar. You know the pace of the courts, how fast the ballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bouncing, the lighting.â&#x20AC;? Jamieson said Atkins provides a unique home court advantage when it comes to match-play style. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our courts are so different compared to most other schools so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an advantage,â&#x20AC;? Jamieson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The courts are way slower than other schools; I think they purposely made them that way. Most schools, their courts are lightning fast, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard to adjust to. Slow courts will make it harder because people will not be used to it.â&#x20AC;? The tournament will feature a hidden dual-match format, meaning each team will play each other once in singles and doubles, though a particular team will not play singles and doubles against the same team on the same day. On the doubles side of play, expect the Illini to switch up some of the tandems after an up-and-down start to the season. The team has been working on a lot of doubles play, and repetition in practice to get used to playing with their new doubles partners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to switch them all up, to be honest,â&#x20AC;? Dasso said. The Illini will open up doubles play against Missouri on Friday at 9 a.m. and will face Purdue at 3:30. Junior All-American Melissa Kopinski and senior All-Big Ten honoree Allison Falkin will lead the Illini into singles against Wake Forest at 6 p.m. The Illini also play at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday before closing out the tournament with singles matches against Purdue on Sunday, beginning at 11 a.m.
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For the first and only time this fall season, the Illinois womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis team wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to worry about travel hassles before playing its upcoming tournament. After playing a fall schedule comprised of trips to California, New York and Michigan, the Illini will stay home this weekend to host the Midwest Blast at the Atkins Tennis Center. The tournament begins Friday and extends through Sunday as the Illini play host to Missouri, Wake Forest and Purdue. It is the second consecutive year that the Illini will host the Midwest Blast, and members of the squad are eager to perform in front of a home crowd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always really nice playing at home,â&#x20AC;? junior Julia Jamieson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of us are from Chicago, so we get family to come back, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always nice playing on our home court since weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re used to it.â&#x20AC;? Illini head coach Michelle Dasso noted that matchups with Missouri and Wake Forest will feature two teams the Illini typically donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see on their schedule, while their matches against Purdue will provide a valuable preview of a Big Ten opponent for the spring. Purdue finished fourth in the conference last spring while compiling an 18-6 overall record. Missouri and Wake Forest are both coming off losing 2013 spring campaigns. Dasso touted the benefits of playing at Atkins, which include the academic perks of staying home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think this is one of the best facilities in the country,â&#x20AC;? Dasso said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always excited to play at home, particularly when you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to miss too much school, so I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for our student-athletes. We can tape the matches, which is a really good learning tool for our girls.â&#x20AC;? Although Atkins may be one of the best facilities in the country, it also serves as a comfortable setting for the Illini to compete. The players enjoy com-
HARRY E. WALKER MCCLATCHY TIMES
Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler leaves the field with team medical staff after being injured on a sack by Washington Redskins defensive end Jarvis Jenkins during the first half at FedEx Field in Landover, M.D., on Oct. 20.
Injured Cutler out indefinitely trainers tell me,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of the world weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re living in right now.â&#x20AC;? Cutler also dodged a question on whether he currently is experiencing pain while walking but did say he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow his ambition to return quickly turn into an overaggressive approach that leaves him susceptible to aggravating the injury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll push it as much as I can,â&#x20AC;? Cutler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the trainersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and the doctorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (department). When they say you can go, you go.â&#x20AC;? But when, exactly, will that be? Bears coach Marc Trestman announced the day after Cutler suffered the injury that the starting quarterback was expected to be out of action for a minimum of four weeks. And Trestman reiterated that prognosis Monday. But after Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice, he clarified that assessment and kept the door open for a quicker Cutler comeback. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was just reiterating the prognosis of the doctors,â&#x20AC;? Trestman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not always right. It could happen faster. Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s optimistic it can. We all are. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not bringing Jay back for four weeks. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m saying that thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the doctors have said and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll work off that timeline. If it happens quicker, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be great.â&#x20AC;? Trestman asserted it is â&#x20AC;&#x153;highly unlike-
BY DAN WIEDERER CHICAGO TRIBUNE
CHICAGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Looking for an exact timeline for when Bears quarterback Jay Cutler will be back in action? Good luck. The rhetoric from inside Halas Hall has been so ambiguous over the last week or so that it has grown increasingly difficult to know just how painful the muscle tear in Cutlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s groin really is and just how speedy his recovery might be. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certain: Cutler remains highly optimistic that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on a fast track to return quicker than the original fourweek minimum estimate doctors delivered after diagnosing the injury last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the goal,â&#x20AC;? Cutler said Tuesday. As for the ambitious prognostications from receiver Brandon Marshall that the quarterback could be back in the huddle as soon as Nov. 10 against the Lions, Cutler only could shrug and chuckle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s optimistic,â&#x20AC;? Cutler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And so am I. So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see how it goes.â&#x20AC;? Speaking to reporters for the first time since suffering the groin tear Oct. 20 in a loss at Washington, Cutler refused to share specifics Tuesday about the extent of his injury or his rehabilitation work behind the scenes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just doing whatever the doctors and
lyâ&#x20AC;? Cutler would be healthy enough to play Monday night against the Packers in Green Bay. But he even couched that with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;never say neverâ&#x20AC;? disclaimer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would not want to make it 100 percent,â&#x20AC;? Trestman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of time before the game.â&#x20AC;? Translation: Josh McCown almost certainly will start as quarterback against the Packers. But beyond that? Well, Cutlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s optimism obviously has grown contagious. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a trainer, man,â&#x20AC;? center Roberto Garza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I know Jay wants to be back on the field as quickly as possible. Whenever that time comes, it will come.â&#x20AC;? If Cutler doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play Monday, this will mark the fourth consecutive season in which he has missed at least one start. He missed the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; final six games in 2011 after breaking his right thumb. He also missed a start in both 2010 and 2012 with concussions. This groin tear, Cutler acknowledged Tuesday, was â&#x20AC;&#x153;the most significant painwiseâ&#x20AC;? of any of the injuries he has suffered. But that pain clearly has not been a major deterrent to Cutlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recuperation or drive to play as soon as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever they give me the green light, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to go in there rocking and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look back,â&#x20AC;? Cutler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So whenever that happens, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see me out there.â&#x20AC;?
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Illini Julia Jamieson returns the ball at the game versus Chicago State on Sunday. The Illini won with a 6-0 score.
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Illini gear up for Redbirds with new practice strategy BY MICHAL DWOJAK CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; swimming team hopes new techniques and attention to detail will progress the team at this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meet, a home contest against Illinois State. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team atmosphere has been better than ever,â&#x20AC;? junior Alison Meng said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Practices have been different compared to last year, which is good.â&#x20AC;? The Illini have implemented new practice techniques this year, many of which have been brought to the team by new assistant coach Alec Hayden. Some include having sprinters spend long durations of time underwater, since sprinters spend the majority of a race underwater. He has also focused on underwater kicking, which he believes to be very important, since 60 percent of the race is spent kicking in the water. Hayden has also added one more day in the weight room to build the necessary strength for sprinters. Haydenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s techniques are very current. Being just five years removed from competing himself, he keeps in contact with other coaches to stay abreast of new practice techniques. He tries to learn from what they are doing
and to implement those tech- the swimmers, which helps proniques with his team. mote the growth of each athlete. These new practices have He also emphasizes strength for helped his swimmers improve sprinters, as they have to push in their technique, most nota- hard and be ready to compete in bly senior Courtney Pope. When sprints. Pope arrived on the team, she â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want the girls to always be had been recruited as a distance ready to go,â&#x20AC;? Hayden said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They swimmer. Having swam many have to be ready to compete when different races in high school, it comes time to race.â&#x20AC;? the difference between distances Head coach Sue Novitsky has was not extreme, but noticeable. also made it the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal to â&#x20AC;&#x153;After swimfocus on little ming at a sprint details. Every relay in the Big second is imporTen championtant, which is ship my freshsomething the man year, I team learned realized that I at Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enjoyed swimmeet against ming in them,â&#x20AC;? Oakland, where Pope said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It they lost a few was great for ALISON MENG races by hunJUNIOR SWIMMER me to have that dredths of a change happen second. At pracat college, and tice, she has I enjoy the strategy part of it.â&#x20AC;? been timing how fast turns are Hayden has not only helped made. Hundredths of a second Pope, but also the other sprinters are important, especially during on the team. Pope learned from sprints and when there are mulHayden about the differences in tiple turns, which could add up freestyles and the different tech- to a second. niques attributed to them, such â&#x20AC;&#x153;The little mistakes can add as the hip-driven compared to up,â&#x20AC;? Novitsky said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to the shoulder-driven techniques. minimize them to swim a more Hayden motivates and challenges complete meet.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team atmosphere has been better than ever.â&#x20AC;?
The team has also learned that giving encouragement is a key part of the meet. As the team has grown during the season, they have realized how important it is to be supportive of each other outside of the pool. One of the ways the team has realized this is by cheering. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We realized that it was an important part of the meet,â&#x20AC;? Meng said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getting up and cheering for each other, having a more positive team atmosphere is something that can help make a difference when we compete.â&#x20AC;? In last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meet against Illinois State, the Redbirds had broken a multi-year losing streak to beat Illinois. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forgotten about the loss,â&#x20AC;? Novistky said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the back of their head.â&#x20AC;? The Illini hope to have Pope racing for the team. The senior is heading to Chicago that day for a job interview, but should be able to make it back in time for the meet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to make it,â&#x20AC;? Pope said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I should be back just in time for the warmups.â&#x20AC;?
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BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINI
Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Alison Meng swims the backstroke leg of the 200-yard medley event during the annual Orange and Blue exhibition meet at the ARC, on October 13. The Blue team won 120.5 to 100.5.
Hockey energized after win, prepares to face rival Ohio BY JOEY FIGUEROA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The scene at Tuesday practice for the Illinois hockey team was players cheering each other on during shooting drills and mobbing one another after scoring on breakaway goals. The sense of grief was noticeably decreased, as the players fi nally had something to be happy about after ending their woeful sixgame losing streak last Friday. But the Illini are still nowhere near satisfied with the weekend split. They need to play at their highest level for the rest of the
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VOLLEYBALL Illini with 16 blocks to Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 6.5. Illinois will look to turn its week and its tournament hopes around Saturday at Iowa, another venue like Nebraskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
season to remain relevant in the ACHA Divison-1 playoff race, and that begins this weekend when the Ohio Bobcats come to town. No. 11 Ohio will be the thirdstraight CSCHL opponent for No. 16 Illinois, continuing the recent streak of conference play. Head coach Nick Fabbrini remembers Ohio being the Illiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toughest opponent when he used to play and still considers them to be their No. 1 rival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna be a tough,
physical team,â&#x20AC;? Fabbrini said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big rivalry for both teams, and I told the guys theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re our biggest rival.â&#x20AC;? The Bobcats are fresh off a weekend split of their own against No. 7 Iowa State, in which they played well in two games decided by just one goal each. Fabbrini is well aware of their recent success and said he was impressed by how they played a tough Iowa State team on the road. Illinoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; main struggle during their losing streak was scoring goals, and after scoring six goals
over the weekend, Fabbrini has shifted his focus to the defense after the 6-3 loss on Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giving up six goals is never good,â&#x20AC;? Fabbrini said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to keep more shots to the outside. We tend to get beat off the boards occasionally, and we give up shots from right in front, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little deflections or tap-ins within five to 10 feet of the net. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an area we have to clean up.â&#x20AC;? After this weekend, Illinois will be away from the comfort of the Big Pond for a while, as they have three straight weekend
series on the road. Because of this, Fabbrini said it will be important for his guys to get a sweep this weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With everybody else splitting the majority of the time, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crucial for us to get sweeps whenever we can,â&#x20AC;? Fabbrini said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know (Ohio) will be tough. We expect them to be a physical team and well coached like they always have been, but I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be ready for them.â&#x20AC;?
that is tough to play in, but for a different reason. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going to Iowa is always tough,â&#x20AC;? Liz McMahon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kind of the exact opposite of Nebraska, they have a really big gym but not that many people so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of hard to get energy going.â&#x20AC;? The Illini have already
played the Hawkeyes once this year, beating them in three sets at State Farm Center in late September. Hambly said although Iowa didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pose much of a challenge earlier in the season, Illinois is by no means taking the Hawkeyes lightly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be way better than they were,â&#x20AC;? Hambly
said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was for sure their worst match of the year; I think they were in awe of what was going on. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really tough at home and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really tough place to play. They are quick, they have great tempo, and they have great balance offensively.â&#x20AC;? With Illinois splitting every week of games in conference
play thus far, the team knows it must get momentum and execute better throughout games in order to have success moving forward in the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been competing hard and I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just executing at the end,â&#x20AC;? McMahon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to work on until we get it.â&#x20AC;?
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna be a tough, physical team. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big rivalry for both teams, and I told the guys theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re our biggest rival.â&#x20AC;? NICK FABBRINI HEAD COACH
Joey can be reached at jfiguer2@dailyillini.com and @joeyfigueroa3. McMahon said that at this point in the season every game is a must-win for Illinois, but that the Illini canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get ahead of themselves if they are to get back to their winning ways.
Nicholas can be reached at fortin2@dailyillini.com and @IlliniSportsGuy.
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