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Illinois’ McFadden makes marathon history BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The chill in the wind and the prospect of flat tires proved no match for senior Tatyana McFadden as she finished first in Sunday’s ING New York Marathon women’s wheelchair division, achieving an unprecedented Grand Slam of the Boston, London, Chicago and New York marathons in the same year. Setting a personal course record, Illinois’ McFadden won the race in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 13 seconds, finishing nearly four minutes ahead of runner-up Wakako Tsuchida of Japan. Teammate Amanda McGrory, who won the race when it was last held in 2011, finished fourth at 2:05:06. McFadden was hoping to avoid a flat tire Sunday, which plagued her in the 2009 and 2011 races of
the New York Marathon. “I mean, a few times during the race, as I hit a few bumps, I was like: ‘Oh, no, this is going to come again; I’m going to get a flat; this is great,’” McFadden said in a press release. “But I just quickly looked at my tires and saw (the tires) were still rolling and saw they were OK. “Then I just had to stay calm. If I flat, I flat. I have time to change it since I was in the lead.” She added that she always straps on a spare tire. This win is another addition to McFadden’s growing list of athletic accomplishments, which includes a 2010 New York Marathon victory. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, with spina bifida, a congenital disease that paralyzed her from the waist down, McFadden was adopted by Debbie McFadden in
1994. After coming to the U.S., she dived right into sports, including swimming, basketball and track and has since become an exceptional all-around athlete. A 10-time Paralympics track medalist with three gold medals to her name, McFadden has competed in the Athens, Beijing and London Paralympics games. But it was not until 2009 that she started racing marathons. “It’s taken me a long time to get where I am,” McFadden said. “I didn’t just wake up and this all happened. So it’s just about the training and taking the time and to really develop my muscles and develop the sprint aspect and developing endurance and try to put those together.” The hours of training and dedication have paid off with McFadden becoming the first person — paralyzed or otherwise — to
complete a marathon Grand Slam. Balancing the life of a full-time student at the University with her athletics, McFadden faced fatigue and a rib injury before the Chicago race. In addition, the London marathon was merely six days after the Boston race, while the New York race took place only weeks after Chicago. Nervous that the pain would return, McFadden spent the time in between managing her nutrition and getting plenty of rest. “The training the past couple of weeks were really good, so I felt confident,” McFadden said. “And whatever happened, I told myself on Sunday, I did everything that I could do; just believe in myself and just hit all the strength on the course.”
Charlotte can be reached at cmcarro2@dailyillini.com.
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Illinois’ Tatyana McFadden wins the women’s wheelchair division of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Oct. 13. Nearly a month later, she completed the grand slam by winning the New York City race.
UI receives grant for soybean project BY STEFFIE DRUCKER STAFF WRITER
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and the College of ACES announced Friday that the University has received a $25 million federal grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to increase the food supply in five African countries by improving soybean yields. University agricultural economist Peter Goldsmith will lead the team of universities and nongovernmental research organizations working on this project, officially titled the Feed the Future Innovation Laboratory for Soybean Value Chain Research. Durbin has a special connection to the project, as he helped bring the National Soybean Research Laboratory to the University in the late 1990s and has secured over $5.2 million in funding for soybean research. “These (Morrow) plots and research labs are examples of the University of Illinois’ long tradition of using agricultural research to help farmers in Illinois and across the United
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Andrew Wessen, left, guitarist and singer in the band Grouplove, paints a sustainablity mural with University students in the “eco-village” Friday on the Quad as part of the band’s Campus Conciousness Tour to educate students about sustainable solutions.
Grouplove promotes going green BY CLAIRE EVERETT STAFF WRITER
Gripping the microphone, Grouplove guitarist Christian Zucconi’s lime green fingernail polish shone under the stage light. “You guys know what this tour’s about?” he asked the crowd. “It’s about being green.” Hannah Hooper, band vocalist and keyboard player, stood next to him dressed in a full body skeleton suit and chimed in. “This tour is about making a difference,” Hooper said. “Pick up some garbage. Smoke a joint. Make a compost pile.” *** The indie pop band’s concert at Foellinger Auditorium on Fri-
day night was part of the Campus Consciousness Tour. A non-profit group called REVERB organized the tour. This year, it was joined by an organization called the Rainforest Alliance, a group that aims to educate students on college campuses about environment sustainability and get them to take action by submitting a “green idea” to the tour for a chance to win $10,000. Seven hours before the show, members of the band joined students in front of Foellinger to make a sustainability-themed mural in the “eco-village” tents the Rainforest Alliance set up. “It’s been really cool to be part of a cause you really believe in,
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even before the tour started,” Zucconi said. He said although lines in their music didn’t directly relate to sustainability, the theme of coming of age and self-discovery was prominent, and environmental change was a part that. “I think people should learn about sustainability and go through their own process of questioning the things around them and what they can do to change the world,” Zucconi said. Bryce Dorn, junior in computer science and ad designer for Star Course — the concert-planning registered student organization that brought Grouplove to campus — said he was happy the band sup-
States and people around the world,” he said. Durbin also said the project is significant for him because he’s visited Africa so many times throughout his Congressional career. “The potential for development and rapid growth always seems so far away for those who haven’t visited,” he said. “But those of us who have been there know better.” Currently, 38 percent of the population of Ethiopia lives below the poverty line. Fortyfour percent of Ethiopian children under the age of 5 are failing to grow, in part due to lack of proper nutrition. However, in the past 10 years, six of the fastest growing economies in the world have been in Africa, and Durbin sees a new middle class rising. “This is a continent that’s in real evolution,” he said. “We need to make sure that middle class of tomorrow is well-fed, well-educated and well-prepared to lead the world.” This is the first USAID-supported soybean research program, Goldsmith said.
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ported eco-friendly initiatives. “I personally am glad that the tour is eco-friendly,” Dorn said. “There really aren’t too many organizations that do that with music and it’s cool that they care.” Anna Clark, communications associate for Rainforest Alliance, stood at a table showing students products that were sustainably certified with a Rainforest Alliance frog seal. All certified products have set standards
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Illinois Senator Dick Durbin listens to a question after the press conference announcing a major five-year grant enabling the school to build on its leading soybean research at the College of ACES on Friday.
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Illinois Student Senate possibly breeches Open Meetings Act with private Facebook group BY MEGAN JONES STAFF WRITER
The Illinois Student Senate’s private Facebook group may have breached the Illinois Open Meetings Act as select members, who met quorum, took part in discussions online. Jenny Baldwin, vice president-internal, said discussions occurred without executive board oversight, and Timmy Knudsen, former vice presidentexternal, said many of the discussions were typical of those found in any other RSO’s Facebook group. According to 2010 research by the Student Press Law Center, there are few guidelines to predict whether student government meetings would be required to
abide by the Open Meetings Act. However, in the Illinois Student Senate constitution, the senate is required to follow all provisions of the act, in accordance with their long term goals of transparency and inclusiveness. “We are glad The Daily Illini brought this matter to the senate’s immediate attention. The Senate will move to open the group for public comment at Wednesday’s meeting under President (Damani) Bolden’s leadership,” said Carey Ash, student senator as well as law and doctoral student. “This way, our fellow Illini will be able to constantly communicate with their elected leaders, any place, any time.” A senator created the group
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following spring elections, but some staff and executive board members, including the director of communications, were not included. During Knudsen’s resignation at Wednesday’s ISS meeting, he mentioned how he felt like an outsider when he was contacted by senators with concerns regarding the Facebook group. He said that on the Facebook page, senators had shelled groups of constituents out from receiving information, even including the name of one of these constituents. Knudsen said a majority of senators are great student leaders who are there for the right reasons, but some need to focus on their roles and rethink why they ran for senate.
“Some people view it as a very political body, yet we are a school. We have the ability to make little impacts that can help students greatly, and I just want them to focus on that as opposed to positioning themselves for a larger role later,” Knudsen said. “It’s really the politics of it that flogs a few students from having a positive impact on the University.” Baldwin said the Facebook group was started with “innocent” intentions in mind and is similar to groups other RSOs would create. She said it was a way for all other ISS members to interact more with each other on Facebook because the only other time they see each other is at meetings. “However, we are obviously a
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voice and an image of the student body,” Knudsen said. “The Facebook group is a hiccup in trying to work toward complete transparency.” Former student senator Mark Rosenstein, graduate student, said this type of behavior from the senate does not surprise him
and that many were using the group to criticize former senators. Rosenstein was involved in Caucus, an ad-hoc group within the senate that was not quite “official,” where senators were strong advocates in questioning the stu-
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The Illinois Open Meetings Act requires that whenever a public body meets quorum, which members of the Facebook group did, they are required to provide documents such as minutes and pre-meeting agendas. In the senate’s constitution under Article 7: Meetings of the Illinois Student Senate, Item D, it is stated: “Illinois Student Senate should follow all provisions of the Illinois Open
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