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LEGALIZING LOVE Illinois says ‘I do’ to same-sex marriage BY ELEANOR BLACK

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llinois is on its way to becoming the 15th state to recognize marriage equality. On Tuesday, after a two -hour debate, the House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 10 with 61 votes. The bill was then sent to the Senate, where it was quickly passed and is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn. SB10, sponsored by Rep. Greg Harris, would change the definition of marriage in Illinois to an act between two people, thus allowing same-sex couples the same rights and protections currently given to married couples. Though the bill does not require religious institutions to perform same-sex marriage, some religious leaders believe it does not go far enough to protect their rights. One concern raised is that they may be forced to provide health insurance to an employee’s same-sex spouse. In a statement, President Barack Obama expressed his support of the LGBT community and Tuesday’s historic vote. “As president, I have always believed that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally under the law. Over time, I also came to believe that same-sex couples should be able to get married like anyone else,� he said in the statement. “So tonight, Michelle and I are overjoyed for all the committed couples in Illinois whose love will now be as legal as ours — and for their friends and family who have long wanted nothing more than to see their loved ones treated fairly and equally under the law.� Over the past year, the possibility of same-sex marriage in Illinois often seemed dim. In January, the proposal failed in a lame duck session, but the Senate later passed it on Feb. 14. At the end of spring session in May, there was no House vote, which left both sides to lobby lawmakers over the next few months. After the first week of the veto session passed without a vote last month, some

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didn’t expect a resolution until next year. But SB10 received 61 votes, one more than the minimum needed to send it back to the Senate for Tuesday’s final vote. Praise has also rolled in on a more local level from Quinn, who has been a proponent of same-sex marriage in Illinois. “Illinois is a place that embraces all people and today, we are an example for the nation,� Quinn said. The governor also thanked those who made the vote possible. “I thank Rep. Greg Harris and Sen. Heather Steans, Speaker (Michael) Madigan and Senate President (John) Cullerton, the dedicated advocates who have worked day and night to get this bill to my desk, and members of the General Assembly who took a stand for equal rights,� he said. Once it is signed by Quinn, the bill will take effect on June 1, 2014. Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-103, co-sponsored the legislation. She rushed to Springfield from her home, where she was caring for an ill relative, because the vote was expected to be so tight and made it to the House floor shortly after the debate started. State Sen. Michael Frerichs supported the bill and praised Tuesday’s vote. “In the land of Lincoln, and to quote his famous words, ‘in order to form a more perfect union,’ I think it’s important that we join in concurring with the House and their action,� he said. “It took them awhile, but they came around on the right side of history.� Though it is uncertain when Quinn will sign the bill into law, he said the vote puts Illinois “on the right side of history.�

“I’m very happy that equality is finally coming up now, everyone should be treated equally. So it’s a good thing that it’s happening.�

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+$1$ 1$66(5 401)0.03& */ -"4 “I grew up in a religious family that was kind of against it, I wouldn’t say I’m really against it. It’s their rights, and if they want to do something, then I guess it’s fine. It’s their freedom, I’m not going to try to force them to say it’s really wrong, even though I grew up in a family that was totally against it. I’m not going to preach the word like ‘Oh, gay marriage is wrong’ – if that’s what they want to do, that’s their right.�

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EDITORIAL BOARD WELCOMES YEAR OF LGBT RIGHTS

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This bill is long overdue. Marriage equality in this state was inevitable. The legislation hit many roadblocks along the way, but now the path is clear. When Gov. Pat Quinn signs the bill, Illinoisans will join the 14 other states that have already recognized the importance of marriage. Illinois, welcome to 2013, the year of LGBT rights.

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Urbana Department of Public Works signed an agreement on Oct. 23 to purchase 16.96 acres of land from the owners of Heimburger Farm near the 4800 block of North Lincoln Avenue. The land is to be used in the construction of the Olympian Drive project. Once completed, the project will connect Olympian Drive with North Lincoln Avenue just west of the purchased tract of land . The project includes a bridge spanning five railroad tracks, which are owned by Illinois Central Railroad Company. “This is a project that was approved many years ago,� said Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing. The land was purchased for $35,000 per acre or $593,600 in total. Bill Gray, director of public works, said the purchase was fully funded by Illinois Jobs Now! and that the city wouldn’t be paying anything out-of-pocket for the land. Furthermore, he said, the cost of the planned construction is entirely covered by Illinois Jobs Now!, the Illinois Commerce Commission and the federal highway bill. While the tract lies just east of the planned construction, the land is an instrumental piece of the project, accord-

Representative talks about new memoir BY TAYLOR ODISHO STAFF WRITER ZACH DALZELL THE DAILY ILLINI

Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez addresses immigration reform and his recently published memoir “Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill.� Tuesday in Gregory Hall. would be sitting across the table from the president in the Oval Office,� Gutierrez said. After working these jobs, Gutierrez worked as a Chicago Public School teacher and then at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. He and his wife eventually saved enough money to buy a “bungalow,� they had a daughter and he was happy. He described how he used to watch “Mork & Mindy.� He attend weddings, baptisms and birthdays, and he spent time with his family on the weekends. He had a small family and, as Gutierrez said, “life was good.� Gutierrez’s passions changed the day someone knocked on his door to promote mayoral candidate Bernard Epton under the slogan, “before it’s too late.� Epton was running against Harold Washington, an African Amer-

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U.S. Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, D-Chicago, was the first Latino elected into Congress from the Midwest. He came to Gregory Hall on Tuesday to talk to hundreds of attendees about his views on immigration reform and to promote his memoir, “Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill.� “Barrio� means neighborhood in Spanish. Gutierrez was born in Chicago in 1953 and was raised in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. After his first year in high school, his family moved to Puerto Rico, but Gutierrez eventually returned to Chicago to earn a bachelor’s degree in English from Northeastern Illinois University. After he graduated, he married his wife, Soraida. During college, and for some time afterwards, Gutierrez worked odd jobs to make ends meet, including taxi cab driving, cutting pig innards and sweeping the floor of an unsuccessful restaurant. “If you would’ve seen me, you wouldn’t have seen somebody who

“I’m really excited because my oldest brother is gay, so it makes it happy that he can do everything that I can now, in terms of marriage.�

ican politician. Epton lost, and Washington went on to be the first African-American mayor of Chicago. “I’m always happy about those guys that showed up at my door with that racist attitude,� Gutierrez said. After that day, Gutierrez made a vow to stay connected to his community, and once he made that connection, he said there was a constant revolution. He worked under Mayor Washington and eventually became a member of Chicago City Council. From there, he ran for Congress. Gutierrez has written his memoir to show readers his journey to where he is today. “I thought it was a story worth telling so that people could say, ‘I’ll be able to do lots of stuff —

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HEIMBURGER owners of the Heimburger Farm have secured a lease on the land at a price of $1 a year. Mike Madigan, Ward 6 , said he was disappointed that the city wasn’t able to secure a more profitable lease. “I understand we’re not trying to make money ... (but) I think the city ought to be pursuing at least a little bit of cash rent while this project is yet to be underway,” he said. According to the memo from the Department of Public Works, “If roadway construction does not commence by September 1, 2021, the Heimburgers will have a nontransferable right of fi rst refusal to purchase the tract at a price no greater than $35,000 per acre.”

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GUTIERREZ look where Luis was at,’” said Gutierrez. “I’m not Daley. I’m not Kennedy. I’m not Rockefeller. Yet, I made it as a politician.” Mirelsie Velazquez, visiting lecturer of Latina/Latino studies, has watched Gutierrez progress into the leader he is today since she was 8 years old. Her mother volunteered for Gutierrez during the ‘80s when he ran for alderman in Chicago. Velazquez said she thinks Gutierrez’s memoir title is perfect because it describes how he sees himself as a politician and how the community sees him as not only a politician, but also as a person. Velazquez said she believes Gutierrez, as a politician, is someone who has “lent himself to the cause.” Velazquez talked about Gutierrez’s involvement in ending operation of the military installations on the Puerto Rican island, Vieques in 2000. “Even though he could be seen as an outsider, he’s still very much tied to that history as someone who’s from Puerto Rican descent,” Velazquez said. “He saw how an issue like the U.S. bombing the small little island, how that trickles down and affects other communities across the United States.” Gutierrez has participated and been arrested multiple times during protests in Puerto Rico and outside of the White House; one protest occurred after President Barack Obama deported one million immigrants. Gutierrez also works to protect and expand workers’ rights among many other issues. In regards to sometimes going against Obama’s beliefs, Gutierrez read from his book, “Sometimes you can’t be subtle with powerful people.” “Don’t lose the privilege of using that power and privilege to take people on,” Gutierrez said. Gutierrez lends himself not only to immigration reform, labor reform and environmental issues, but also to helping the community by staying connected with the people in the community. During his presentation, Gutierrez read two excerpts from his memoir, which he said “will make you laugh, and it will also make you cry.” He also took questions from the audience and signed books afterward. Emmanuel Salazar, senior in LAS and student outreach coordinator for the department of Latina/Latino Studies, helped coordinate the event. Salazar looks forward to Gutierrez’s future work in pushing the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM Act, of which Gutierrez is a co-sponsor in the House. “I’ve had friends who couldn’t go to college because of their immigrant status, and this act has given them a little hope to actually be able to attend a university,” Salazar said. “Every time they visit me, they say ‘I wish I could go here.’ They all have the grades and everything, just no fi nancial backing or things like that.” After immigration reform, Gutierrez said the biggest challenge for the United States is going to be “preparing the youth to take advantage of the opportunities and to meet the challenges of the future.” “Many times, I fear we are not (prepared). I see the high dropout rate. And I see the high rate of incarceration. And I see the high lack of skill sets,” Gutierrez said. He believes this challenge can be met by promoting the youth to get a college education. His father advised him to study English because “there’s always a job teaching English.” But Gutierrez advises students today to study computer science and technology. Alicia Rodriguez, academic advisor and administrative coordinator for the department of Latina/Latino Studies, has goals of her own in mind for Gutierrez and his future in politics. “The hope is that he will work, he will be one of the leaders in legislating a really effective immigration reform policy,” Rodriguez said. “He’s the most knowledgable, he’s the most passionate, he really takes a nuance understanding of immigration issues, and I think he would be the best to be a leader.”

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Second I-Corps cohort begins work Program funded by NSF accepts 2 new UI research teams BY JACQUI OGRODNIK STAFF WRITER

The University’s first National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Sites cohort, a program that commercializes research done in labs on campus, was completed in late October. The second cohort began on Oct. 24, and it added two research teams to the original six that were accepted into the program. NSF I-Corps Sites is a threeyear program funded by the NSF with the goal of helping “commercialize research that’s been done in our labs and (getting) 30 teams through the program each year,” said Jed Taylor, assistant director of the Technology Entrepreneur Center. The program is a partnership between the Technology Entrepreneur Center and EnterpriseWorks, along with the Office of Technology Management and Illinois Ventures. Faculty members, graduate students and researchers who are looking to start up their own companies apply to the program to help explore and commercialize their research, Taylor said. “We teach them a curriculum, help them go out and talk to potential customers and make sure that they’re building stuff that people care about,” he said. The program is a great introduction to the components of a business model because validating ideas is not something engineers tend to do much, said Ryan Shelton, entrepreneurial lead for PhotoniCare, Inc., which is in the first cohort and postdoctoral research associate in the College of Engineering.

PhotoniCare aims at improving screening and diagnoses techniques for physicians. They have developed an enhanced handheld device used by primary care physicians that enables them to see both the surface of tissue and through the surface to view the tissue layers beneath. “Our goal was to validate that we were solving a problem that existed,” Shelton said. “That’s one of the reasons some businesses don’t succeed. They’re trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.” Shelton and his team worked to gain a better understanding of their business model by interviewing anybody who would be a user or decision maker of their product. Through this process he found potential collaborations and partnerships with physicians. “That was a large component of the program,” he said. “Customer interviews were where the value really came into play.” Among the engineering teams in the first cohort was one team from the School of Music. Heinrich Taube, associate professor in the School of Music, was the entrepreneurial lead for the Harmonia project in the fi rst cohort. Harmonia is a music theory application that is aimed to make music theory instruction better and to allow the students to actually practice it. “Their homework is like a test,” Taube said. “They get one shot at it and then move on. It’s hard to learn music like that.” Taube said the program was eye-opening, as it identified potentially commercial research projects while allowing the team members to take the next step by discovering the viability of the research as a commercial enterprise. “The goal is to fi nd out if this thing is commercially viable.

The University has just completed the first round of its National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Sites cohorts. The I-Corps Sites program is a three-year program funded by the NSF with the goal of commercializing research and pushing 30 teams through the program each year. Teams are comprised of faculty members, graduate students and researchers. Below is a selection of completed and current I-Corps Sites projects.

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Project Name: Harmonia Project Lead: Heinrich Taube University Affiliation: School of Music Technology: A music theory application that combines notation, automatic analysis and grading, word processing and multimedia playback. Project Name: PhotoniCare Inc. Project Lead: Ryan Shelton University Affiliation: College of Engineering and Beckman Institute Technology: The team developed an otoscope for primary care physicians, equipped with advanced optical imaging technology enabling physicians to not only see the surface of the tissue but also through the surface to image the tissue layers beneath. Project Name: Inscites Project Lead: Jason Goldman University Affiliation: Independent This isn’t a yes or no answer — it can be a maybe,” he said. “Through the interviewing process, you can fi nd out what you thought was your market or customer base wasn’t at all or it was another set of features that you could add that would increase people’s excitement of what you were doing.” The members of the fi rst cohort are now in the position

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to enroll in the NSF I-Corps national program or to apply for a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the government. “(They validate their) market size, their customer segment and their value proposition ... they’re in position to apply for the national program or an SPIR grant,” Taylor said. Four of the six teams, includ-

ing Shelton’s and Taube’s, are planning to apply for the national program. The second cohort will end Dec. 5, while the third cohort, which three teams have already been signed up for, will begin Jan. 23. The fourth cohort will take place sometime in March.

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Half of young women in study victims of sexual coercion BY BRITTNEY NADLER STAFF WRITER

A recent study of high school and college-aged women shows that more than half of the sample, 53 percent, have experienced at least one incident of verbal, physical or substancefacilitated sexual coercion, with more than half of those incidents resulting in sexual intercourse. Sexual coercion is defi ned in a couple of different ways, said Bryana French, co-author of the study and assistant professor of counseling psychology at the University of Missouri. French and co-author Helen Neville, professor of African American studies and educational psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, began the research while French attended the University for her doctorate in educational psychology. “Some researchers describe (sexual coercion) as an allencompassing umbrella term to identify any unwanted experience with sex,” French said. “Other researchers defi ne it more as (suffering) from sexual assault or rape and focusing more on the verbal pressure tactics — being pressured if you don’t want to or manipulated.” In their study, sexual coercion was a term that included multiple ways people have

sex when they don’t want to, she said. This includes forcible rape, manipulation, begging, making someone feel guilty and taking advantage of someone while he or she is intoxicated. The fi ndings of the study discuss ways that women who have been victimized either by force, pressure or substances have different ranges of sexual behavior. Women who experienced instances of unwanted intercourse, fondling, kissing, touching or attempts at sex were more likely to have lower self esteem, higher levels of psychological distress and increased sexual risk taking, French said. “Sexual assault can be a form of trauma,” said Molly McLay, coordinator of FYCARE and assistant director of the Women’s Resources Center. “Many people who are sexually assaulted experience symptoms that are similar to that ... of post traumatic stress disorder.” The participants in the study were recruited from two high schools and psychology and ethics studies classes at a midwestern university, French said. P a r ticipa nts c ompleted assessments about their coercion incidents that included verbal coercion, such as threatening to end a relationship; physical coercion, such as threatening to use or using a weapon; and substance-relat-

ed coercion, when women are encouraged to use drugs or alcohol before being taken advantage of. Physical and verbal coercion were reported to be the most commonly used coercion tactics from the 335 women involved in the study. “We didn’t focus solely on sexual intercourse,” French said. “We included attempt at intercourse, fondling, those sorts of things as well, so a much broader defi nition of unwanted sexual experiences than a lot of other researchers use.” In the survey, physical sexual coercion was reported by about 40 percent of participants, a rate that differs from the 13 percent of women who reported they had experienced sexual coercion at some point in their lives in a 2012 Centers for Disease Control report on sexual violence. French thinks the results differ because of the way the CDC words their survey questions. “(The CDC survey) just asked participants if they were ever forced to have sex, and that’s just that one question. It’s very vague and depends on how one might define ‘forced’ and how someone might define ‘sex,’” she said. “Our survey asked questions that were much more descriptive, and so it gave examples about being held down

or having someone block an exit or having someone beg you until they won’t stop.” Many survivors do not report sexual trauma experiences or view their experience as rape, according to French and Neville’s report. Women who hold a greater belief in gender role stereotypes may also blame women themselves for the assault, Neville said. McLay said many people hold misconceptions that rape is committed by people who are completely different from them, of another race, background or sexual orientation or that it would never happen to them. “As a society, we have very narrow views of what rape is, at least in terms of what’s publicly known and publicly talked about,” she said. Results also differed between races depending on factors such as self-esteem and the belief in sexual stereotypes, which are contemporary beliefs that support dominant heterosexual and gendered sexual norms, according to the report. Beliefs include men being sex-driven, women’s relationship value resting in their sexual attractiveness and status and appearance taking precedence in dating.. According to the report, both black and white women who

New Jersey mall shooter found dead following 6-hour manhunt BY ABBOTT KOLOFF, JEFF GREEN AND JIM NORMAN MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

PARAMUS, N.J. — The body of a 20-year-old Teaneck, N.J., man who walked into the Westfield Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus on Monday night and fired six shots, setting off a panicked frenzy and a six-hour manhunt, was found in a storage area inside the shopping center early Tuesday morning with a selfinfl icted gunshot wound to his head, authorities said. John L. Molinelli, the Bergen County Prosecutor, identified the shooter as Richard Shoop, 20, at a predawn press conference. He said authorities recovered a note from the house Shoop shared with his parents in Teaneck. Molinelli did not describe its contents but said he would not classify it as a suicide note. Molinelli said Shoop, dressed head-to-toe in black and wearing a black helmet, entered the mall about 10 minutes before it was due to close at 9:30 and fired six rounds from a Sig Sauer rifle that had been modified to resemble an AK-47-style assault rifle. The rounds struck an escalator and an elevator, but Molinelli said Shoop did not appear to be firing at anyone. None of the witness reported seeing anyone hit by the gunfire, and Jim Tedesco, the deputy coordinator of the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management, confi rmed late Monday night that no injuries had been

reported. Witnesses described a chaotic scene that unfolded as the sound of gunshots rang out inside the mall minutes before closing time. Authorities ordered shoppers and employees to huddle behind locked doors in the mall’s stores. Thousands of shoppers were at the mall when the shots rang out, and as many as 400 were locked down inside stores - some for six or more hours - as authorities conducted a painstaking storeby-store, room-by-room search for the gunman, Molinelli said. Shoppers and employees were still being let out of locked stores at 4:30 a.m., the prosecutor said. An FBI SWAT team found Shoop’s body around 3:20 a.m. in a remote area of the mall that is off-limits to the public, Molinelli said. He described it as being behind an area that is under construction, and said the FBI team had to navigate “a maze of corridors” to access it. The incident drew hundreds of police officers, including 500 SWAT officers, from across North Jersey as reports of the gunfire spread, authorities said. “The situation is no longer an active shooter situation,” Tedesco said around 11:15 p.m. After 1 a.m., dozens of police offers in SWAT gear had assembled outside the Shoop residence in Teaneck. Molinelli said Shoop had a history of drug use, but there was no immediate sign of a motive. “It was the family that reached

out to police” after they saw reports of the shooting on the news, Molinelli said. “The family reached out because they had an indication it was him in there.” Madison Barbarini, who graduated from Teaneck High School with Shoop in 2011, said she has known the suspect for most of her life. She said Shoop worked the counter at Victor’s, a pizzeria in Teaneck. “He’s one of the nicest guys I know,” she added. “I don’t even believe it.” Molinelli’s office issued a statement shortly after midnight confirming that a “single male” had entered the mall at 9:19 p.m. and fi red several shots. Tedesco said a shell casing had been recovered. Police were reviewing security camera footage to try to determine what had happened to the shooter. In the meantime, Tedesco said, the mall remained in “total lockdown.” The Westfield Garden State Plaza is the largest mall in New Jersey and one of the largest and busiest in the United States. Renovations at the mall over the past decade added more exits with the goal of making it easier to evacuate the mall in an emergency. Each year the mall draws more than 20 million visitors who spend over $400 million. It is owned by Westfield Group LLC, an Australian developer of shopping centers. Authorities said early Tuesday morning that the mall would be closed for the day.

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experienced verbal coercion had an increase in risky sexual behavior. Risky sexual behavior includes having unprotected sex and having sex with multiple partners, Neville said. “Some of the important findings that stand out to me are that black and white women have comparable levels of experiences with sexual coercion,” Neville said. “It wasn’t like one group experienced more overall coercion than the other group, so that really stood out to me, that’s an important finding.” For black participants, those who endorsed sexual stereotypes and had high experiences of sexual coercion had the lowest self-esteem, according to the report. For white women, low endorsement of sexual stereotypes made the relation between sexual coercion and psychological distress stronger. “I think it’s the responsibility of all people to take care of each other, and for us to teach about how to respect one another, what consent looks like in a relationship (and) outside of a relationship,” McLay said. “If we see someone doing something coercive and sexually coercive toward another person and we don’t do anything about it, then we are to blame.”

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inally. Same-sex marriage, gay marriage, lesbian marriage. Marriage. Just say it, and taste the words: how freeing, how monumental, how necessary this is. On Tuesday, both the Illinois state House of Representatives and Senate pushed through legislation that would allow same-sex couples to legally marry. The historic move puts the Land of Lincoln on track to be the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage. No longer does an inadequate civil union have to suffice. They were unequal and unjust. And, finally, that’s over. Earlier this year, a same-sex marriage bill passed the Democratcontrolled Illinois Senate, but it was never put to a vote in the House because major proponents of the bill did not think it would pass. The journey to this point has been surprisingly long. The state’s government through and through leans left, and Democrats control both the House and the Senate. Not to mention, President Barack Obama, once a state senator in Illinois, said he supported the bill’s passage in May. He again expressed his support Tuesday, along with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn, who has long said he will sign samesex legislation as soon as it’s on his desk. With the exception of a few Republicans, the bill passed both chambers along party lines. Since the Senate first passed the bill on Valentine’s Day, Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota and New Jersey legalized marriage between two men or two women. Hawaii’s state senate passed a similar bill Oct. 30, and it is likely the next state to join those that have gone before it. In debates Tuesday before the House voted on the bill, many supporters championed how critically important marriage equality is for residents of the state. Rep. Greg Harris, the main sponsor of the bill, told BuzzFeed, “It is a wonderful day for the state of Illinois. I think it is a day that Illinois can now hold up its head proudly among our sister states.� Of course, there were the naysayers: It defies “the basic tenets of the Bible,� one representative said. But either history will forget them or it will remember them as the bigots. History will remember 2013 as the year of LGBT rights, as several states legalized samesex marriage and challenged the constitutionality of certain bans. The Supreme Court redefined marriage by killing the Defense of Marriage Act, allowing same-sex couples to qualify for more than 1,000 federal marital benefits. Illinois joined the right side of history Tuesday, and its bravery puts the country that much closer to full marriage equality.

Fight for ENDA: Discrimination needs to stop MAX FISHER Opinions columnist

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important concern of college students is finding a rewarding career following graduation. We work hard by studying and completing internships all in an effort to build an attractive resume for our post-collegiate career searches. Sometimes our resumes are weaker in certain areas, which may affect the decision of the employer. For example, if your online presence is filled with indecent and unprofessional content, then potential employers may think twice before hiring you. Nevertheless, there are some uncontrollable characteristics that employers should never be allowed to base their hiring judgments on, such as race, sex or socioeconomic status. Other obvious ones are sexual orientation and gender identity, but for some reason 33 states of this Union believe that sexual orientation and gender identity are characteristics that employees can be held accountable for.

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hands, but our virtuous Speaker of the House, John Boehner, the highest-ranking lackey of the Tea Party, has spoken and declared his opposition to the legislation. A condemnation from such a high-ranking member of the majority party in the House is pretty much a death sentence for this resolution. Introduced by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-OR, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, aims to end workplace discrimination based on an employee’s sexual orientation or gender identity. This type of legislation was introduced, but never passed, in every Congress since 1994 except for the 109th Congress. Our current Senate will begin debating the legislation since it recently passed the 60 vote hurdle. Additionally, President Barack Obama supports this legislation. Speaker Boehner thinks that this bill will cause frivolous litigation against corporations that cannot be risked. Additionally, he thinks that this bill will cause harm to the American job market. I think we need a quick fact check. In the 17 states that do provide this protection against discrimination, there has only

been a small amount of litigation related to sexual orientation and gender identity. For example, in California, according to the Government Accountability Office, between 2007-12 there were 19,839 employee discrimination complaints. Only 1,104 of those complaints were related to sexual orientation. Additionally, how would this be bad for American jobs? This bill would bar corporations from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity, meaning gays, lesbians and transgender individuals would have a better chance of getting a job in those states that previously allowed this type of discrimination. And they would have less of a chance of getting fired for being gay, lesbian or transgender. The fact that people are still discriminated against for things that they cannot control is truly deplorable. The members of the LGBT community have been scrutinized for far too long, and to deny them a career opportunities based on their sexual preference is ludicrous. This bill must pass or else the discrimination will not stop.

Max is a freshman in DGS. He can be reached mpfishe2@ dailyillini.com.

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That’s right, in Texas, Alabama, Louisiana and 26 other states you can be fired for being gay. And in 33 states it’s legal to fire someone for being transgender. These companies are essentially allowed to discriminate against potential employees because of who they love and who they are. I was disappointed when I saw these very troubling statistics about a country that is supposed to offer life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to all its citizens. The idea that being gay is a choice made by individuals has been refuted by scientific studies on numerous occasions. In fact, according to the American Psychological Association, an organization that once deemed homosexuality a mental illness, now states that individuals have little to no choice in their sexual orientation. Therefore, if it is not a choice made by an individual, but rather something out of their control, then these states are punishing working American citizens for being who they are. However, worse than the allowance of this type of discrimination itself is that there is currently legislation that would outlaw this form of discrimination in Congress’

tudents arm themselves for battle with descriptions from various courses, rankings from Rate My Professors and adviser overrides. It is a dog eat dog world on campus and there’s only one plausible explanation: registration season. The battle begins when the floodgates of registration are opened and after the James Scholars have picked their classes, the rest of the peasants can feast on their leftovers — hungry with the will to do whatever it takes for the prized goal of not having class on Fridays. Undergraduates anxiously mobilize all forms of social media in search of the easiest non-western, the advanced composition class that requires the least amount of writing and the online class with no tests.

All of these classes are an undergraduate’s dream, and every semester students tirelessly go in search of them through word of mouth, disregarding the fact that they may be elusive myths composed of mere fantasy. All of this effort is done to fulfill general education and major requirements so students are one step closer to the end game: graduation. Upperclassmen are well aware of the strategy needed to execute the perfect registration. It is a set of acquired skills that can only be achieved through practice and scheming tactics centered around one selfish goal: to keep others out of your desired class and to make sure you get in. After all, all is fair in war and registration. Since mayhem would erupt if everyone registered at the same time, the University devised a plan to give each student a registration time slot, which indicates when that student can begin choosing classes. Graduation year and completed hours determine how the time slots are assigned. Despite this well thought-out plan,

students have found a loophole. Students who find themselves in the unlucky predicament of being in the last batch of registration may ask a friend to save a spot in a class for them. This tactic must act like a well-oiled machine, as it is essential that the two friends work in harmony together. Once that student is able to register, the friend simply drops the class while the other simultaneously picks it up. Though you run the risk of your friend suddenly realizing that they, too, want to register for the same class, it is a risk you must be willing to take. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Don’t be afraid to throw them off your trail by asking them to register for more than one class for you. Sometimes, you have to be a shark. And this is one of those times. Any clever student well versed in the art of registration knows that the war is not over until the final add/drop day of the semester has passed. Even if you lose the battle of not getting

into a class the minute your time ticket begins, you know that you have not yet lost the war. Many students will continue to stalk the class, patiently waiting, like an animal hunting its prey, for a single student to drop the class. It only takes one spot to open up before they are able to sneak in and snatch it up. This takes patience and faith. Two things an experienced registration expert knows all too well. It is every man for himself as students are driven with the desire to make the ultimate schedule that all of their friends will be jealous of. Being done with class by noon is essential and eight a.m. classes are out of the question. Those who sheepishly approach registration will be left behind with nothing more than a full load on Fridays and awkward breaks that can only be spent by inconveniently napping in the Union. I pity you.

Kate is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at cullen9@ dailyillini.com.

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COMMUNITY school program that Blackman leads, can sell their produce to earn their own money. To fund the garden, each year there is a cash crop sold in town. This year, it was sweet potato. Of course, there are endless ways to use the garden’s produce. Dorothea Penn, a community member who has been gardening in the RSCG for three years, looks forward to cooking meals with her fresh veggies. This year, she made black bean salsa with her tomatoes, peppers and onions. After moving to the Champaign-Urbana community three years ago from Tennessee, Penn was eager to become involved in the community. The RSCG provided the platform to do so. “Everybody’s just so friendly, you know. People will water your garden if you can’t make it,� she said. “One year ... me and Dawn (Blackman) would just spend the morning watering everybody’s garden ... (Gardening in the RSCG is) just something I look forward to every year.� These days, Penn tries to tend to her garden twice a week. Since she lives in a condo, she doesn’t have a backyard of her own in which to garden. The same goes for many local residents, so the RSCG is especially helpful in that aspect. Blackman said that the garden started 12 years ago as an urban planning student’s project. After the student graduated, master gardeners took it over for three years, during which time Blackman became involved. Though

she started with no gardening experience, she quickly learned the tricks of the trade. “When the master gardeners were ready to withdraw (in 2006), I had a group of children who had already picked out their plants for the next year and were excited about growing,� Blackman said as she picked a few collard green leaves. “So I ... found out how we could keep on, and here we are.� The garden has come a long way. From June through September of this year, there have been over 6,000 individual visits to the garden, according to Blackman. Eight plant beds have grown to 42 over the years, and Blackman hopes to continue expanding in the future. Contributing to these 6,000 visits were members of the Planners Network, a student organization at the University that focuses on community development in social justice. These students volunteer in the garden and even have plots of their own. “Some planners have worked on (RSCG) as an important antidote: The garden is in an area that in (urban) planning terms would be called a food desert,� said Ken Salo, urban planning professor at the University. A food desert is a community or neighborhood with a lack of accessible, affordable fresh produce or groceries. The problem worsens if the area contains low-income families. The garden, Salo said, helps to alleviate this issue by enabling local citizens to grow their own fruits and vegetables for free. “In some ways, the garden has made the neighborhood and the

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school much more accessible, and also safer, because there are more people there,� Salo added. The garden has truly changed the community in more ways than one, he said. “The gardeners meet each other as equals,� he continued. “Whether you’re a professor or a student or unemployed or if you have a felony conviction, you’re all gardening.� Since it is a long-term project from planting to harvesting, people get to know each other during the process. The garden also holds events such as picnics and volunteer days during the summer and fall months. “I think it’s a good thing we have going here,� Blackman said, “Especially with the cooperation between ‘town and down,’—the students and people in town. I think there’s a lot of opportunity to increase the peace, so to speak, so that people don’t feel there’s two separate communities: the University and the town.� Though the season is winding down as the temperature drops, several plots still show lush, leafy greens and carrot tops poking out of the ground. Although the produce stop growing in the winter, the sense of community that the garden holds will remain year-round. “I just love the place,� Penn said. “Every time that I can talk to somebody that doesn’t know about it... I try to let them know. We have free plots and it’s nice, and you just meet a lot of new and nice people. It’s really something.�

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MUSIC aras said. “He really helped me understand what I was doing and appreciate music theory.� Halim Beere, University graduate student in Music, took three of Taube’s classes and even helped develop ideas for Harmonia. He continues to work with Taube, after asking Taube to be his research adviser. “He’s a deep thinker and expresses this thought through writing code and thinks about musical problems in a really

abstract and stimulating way,� Beere said. Right now, Harmonia provides music analysis in editable PDF file formats. Taube explained that it is basically an interactive word processor that lets users combine text, images, video clips, audio clips and notations to receive feedback on their computers and work independently. “There’s nothing wrong with learning from a book, but it doesn’t scale today,� Taube said. “When you’re teaching 80 or 100 or 500 students at a time, it becomes really difficult to understand and grade. There aren’t

enough humans in the loop to teach this adequately anymore. Harmonia solves this problem.� Although teaching is the driving force behind Taube’s Harmonia, Beere said there is more to Taube than just teaching; he creates his own software, he’s a composer, a father and a positive mentor within the School of Music. “A part of his strength in teaching is allowing the students to really do what interests them,� Beere said.

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WASHINGTON — An unassuming bird that’s rebounded in California’s remote Inyo County is giving conservatives and environmentalists alike something to crow about. The Sacramento-based Pacific Legal Foundation gets to claim victory, with the Fish and Wildlife Service’s new proposal to remove the Inyo California towhee from federal protection. The conservative advocacy group sued to force action. But in a rare win-win for the perennially embattled Endangered Species Act, environmentalists are likewise pleased with the Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal. The towhee’s revival, they say, shows the 1973 law can still work. “The recovery of the towhee and its spring habitats is cause for celebration and provides yet another example of the success of our most important law for saving wildlife,� said Tierra Curry, a biologist at the Center for Biological Diversity. On Monday, the Fish and Wildlife Service published the formal proposal to remove the Inyo California towhee from the list of “threatened� species. The estimated population of the grayish-brown bird found in the Argus Mountains of the Mojave Desert has increased sevenfold since the bird gained federal protection in 1987, officials say. The proposal also puts the towhee in rare company. Only 30 other species, including the bald eagle, have been delisted from the Endangered Species Act because their populations have recovered. More

than 1,500 U.S. species remain listed, including more than 300 currently found in California. The law itself seemed endangered for many years, as congressional Republicans led by former Rep. Richard Pombo, a San Joaquin Valley rancherturned-chairman of the House Resources Committee, vowed to roll it back. Pombo was defeated in 2006 after being targeted by deep-pocketed environmental groups. Since his departure, serious Capitol Hill debate over the Endangered Species Act has all but disappeared, though the GOP-controlled House of Representatives committees still hold hearings that highlight the law’s perceived problems. “The Endangered Species Act and the legal restrictions that flow from it impose an unnecessary regulatory burden on the public when species that do not qualify for listing are not reclassified,� Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Daniel A. Himebaugh said via email Monday. The foundation and the Center for Biological Diversity usually represent opposite views on endangered species protection. Both aggressively litigate. Last January, for instance, the center sued the Fish and Wildlife Service over alleged failures to protect the Sierra Nevada red fox, some of which live near Sonora Pass south of Lake Tahoe in California. The legal foundation, meanwhile, is still awaiting action on a petition to delist Indian Knob mountain balm, a plant found in San Luis Obispo County, Calif. With the Inyo California

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A NOTEWORTHY APPLICATION UI professor designing technology to bridge music and computer gap BY SAHER KHAN STAFF WRITER

Although music theory education has traditionally been confined to textbooks, University music professor Heinrich Taube is creating a technological, interactive tool to advance students’ studies outside of the classroom. Harmonia, Taube’s computer program, was recently released as the first commercial app put out by the University and is available for free download on Apple’s App Store. By providing intelligent feedback to its users, the app allows students to check their responses while studying music theory and structure. More than 14 years in the making, Taube’s app comes as a result of his life experiences — motivation for him to be one of the first to bridge music studies with technology. Music was always been a part of Taube’s life growing up in Portola Valley, Calif.; he began playing the piano at 5 years old. “My father was a chemist

and would play opera everyday when he came home from work,� Taube said. “I grew up loving classical music and realized I wanted to work with music when I was 18.� Taube has not always been just a music professor, as he first pursued extensive music education in computer programming. “I went to Stanford, and that place was the premier place in the ‘70s and ‘80s to study computer music,� Taube said. “No one told me I couldn’t. It wasn’t like I needed a degree. It was just something that I did.� Taube attended the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford, a school where he said programming was a natural part of life. John Chowning — the inventor of frequency modulation synthesis in music and audio, founding director of CCRMA and one of Taube’s former professors — helped shape Taube’s belief that music and technology go handin-hand in today’s world. “There’s all kinds of plug-ins

and systems that help you write music, like GarageBand, so we don’t really think about it anymore as computer music but just music,� he said. “It’s not a special thing anymore. Music is digital technology. Period. End of sentence.� After graduating Stanford with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in composition and theory, it took Taube a while to get into teaching. “I was associated with research labs and software, and just before this job, I was living in Germany (and) working at a music and arts institute (where I) applied computers to music,� Taube said. Taube returned to the U.S. and started his job at the University in 1995, where his take on technology and music translated into his teaching technique. Having created two educational software programs to help students learn music algorithms and music theory, Taube is now working to use technology as an effective learning tool in music classrooms — an update he feels the field has long needed. “When I started teaching and walked into a classroom, it was like a throwback,� Taube said.

“It was like I was 18 again and nothing had changed.� This is what inspired him to create Harmonia as a modern tool to help students learn how to analyze the theory and structure of music. “We started the process for Harmonia in 1998 and are still working on finishing it up today,� Taube said. Trying to understand the harmony, progression, keys and composition of notes is a difficult process, Taube said, which is why he created the app. “There was no team. There was me sitting at this old, funky table with a computer,� he said. “I’m not a computer scientist, but I learned from really clever people at Stanford how to program, and I am pretty good at it.� Anastasia Malliaras, senior in Music, took atonal music theory with Taube two years ago. She said she enjoyed the course because of its small class size and the individual attention she received. “I struggle with music theory, but the way he taught it was very clear, and he explained everything really well,� Malli-

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The produce grown in the Randolph Street Community Garden has special powers. The produce may look like regular fruits and vegetables, but these crops have the ability to bring together an entire community, dissolve social barriers, and feed the disadvantaged in a space that is less than a half-acre of land. The Randolph Street Community Garden, or RSCG, is a free public garden located near the intersection of Neil Street and Beardsley Avenue in Champaign, neighboring Stratton Elementary School. Community members can sign up to have their own garden plot to cultivate crops during the growing seasons. “We like the aspect of community building that the garden represents,� said Dawn Blackman, the garden’s volunteer steward. Everything from collard greens and tomatoes to plums and cherries are grown in the garden. Blackman is also making a new addition to her own garden this year: cucumbers. She pointed to a plastic ladder-shaped ornament resting on one of the beds. “(The cucumbers) climbed up and down this, and we had a giant (one) this big!� Blackman said, holding her hands about a foot apart. In the RSCG, anyone is able to become a volunteer gardener, as long as they pledge to maintain their plant beds and collaborate with others. “I try to increase our numbers of gardeners every year,� Blackman said. “I do that by inviting people who come to us in need of food assistance, (and) ask them if they would like to grow some of their own for next year... And I just yell to people walking down the street, waiting for the bus, kids I find in the garden. They think they came in to steal something; next thing they know, they got a plot,� she laughed. The food from the garden is distributed to a variety of places. Individuals who grow the food get to keep it or donate some of it, if they choose. A portion is also donated to the Eastern Illinois Food Bank or the food pantry at the nearby Church of the Brethren. Members of Children in the Culture Club, an after-

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Groce lands four-star Simeon recruit for 2015 BY SEAN HAMMOND SENIOR WRITER

Illinois head basketball coach John Groce made a nother splash on the recruiting trail Tuesday morning when Class of 2015 recruit D.J. Williams verbally committed to play for Illinois starting next season. Williams is a 6 -foot-7 forward from Chicago who is currently a junior at Simeon Career Academy. He is listed as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Scout.com and ESPN.com. ESPN ranks him the 29th best overall player in the Class of 2015 and Rivals ranks him 45th. Williams is Illinois’ fi rst Class of 2015 commitment. He will join former Simeon teammates and current Illini freshmen Kendrick Nunn and Jaylon Tate in Champaign. A two-time Illinois state championship at Simeon with Nunn and Tate, Williams played behind current Duke freshman forward Jabari Parker and went up against

him in practice every day. The decision to commit as a junior eases the recruiting pressure for Williams. He also had offers to play at DePaul, Florida, Nebraska and Southern Methodist. His commitment comes just 10 days before another Chicago native, Cliff Alexander of Curie Metro High School, is scheduled to make his college announcement. Alexander, the No. 3 recruit in the Class of 2014 according to ESPN.com, is deciding between Illinois, Memphis and Kansas. He recently nixed Michigan State from his list. Alexander has set Nov. 15 as the date he will announce his decision. Illinois already has Class of 2014 verbal commitments from Leron Black of Memphis, Tenn., Quentin Snider of Louisville, Ky., and Michael Finke of Champaign.

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THE REBUILDING PROCESS: SCHOLARSHIP GRID The Illinois men’s basketball team has 13 scholarships available to hand out to recruited players. D.J. Williams’ commitment is the first from a member of the class of 2015. Currently, Illinois has one more commitment than available scholarships for 2014-15.

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All-American junior’s performance at the Midwest Blast embodies the ‘heart and hustle’ of Illinois women’s tennis. BY ALEX ROUX STAFF WRITER

Michael Jordan had his “Flu Game.� Call Melissa Kopinski’s most recent performance the “Flu Blast.� Before she led the Illinois women’s tennis team to the best overall record at the annual Midwest Blast tournament this past weekend, Kopinski wasn’t feeling like her usual self. The junior from P a lo s Hills, Ill., had flu-like sympto m s , h e ad coach Michelle Dasso said. Kopinksi responded by shrugging off her illness and posting a 5-1 overall record in front of the home crowd at the Atkins Tennis Center. Dasso called Kopin-

ski’s performance “gusty,� and it was one that embodied the “heart and hustle� she witnessed from her team at its fi rst home tournament. “Once I got on the court, adrenaline rushed through me,� said Kopinski, her voice sti l l hoa rse from her weekend ailments. “Michelle (Dasso) got me amped up right before.� It was Kopinski’s fi nal tournament of this fall season for the Illini. It was also the fi rst tournament she played under the newly-raised AllAmerican banner bearing her likeness at Atkins. Kopinski was named an All-American following her NCAA Championships

Call Melissa Kopinski’s most recent performance the “Flu Blast.�

run last year alongside graduated doubles partner Rachael White. They were the fi rst Illini women’s tennis All-Americans since Lindsey Nimmo received the honor in 1993. With her All-American status came a preseason No. 35 doubles ranking for Kopinski and her new partner, senior and fi rstteam All-Big Ten honoree Allison Falkin. Kopinski and Falkin encountered early doubles exits, however, in both tournaments they played in this fall, failing to advance past the quarterfi nals and prompting Dasso to mix up the doubles lineups. She decided to pair Kopinski with freshman Alexis Casati , who has shown promise in her young college career. Casati was matched with Kopinski in the practices leading up to the Midwest Blast, where the duo made its doubles debut. They stormed out of the

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Running game no better than last season’s BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

In offensive coordinator Bill Cubit’s first year at Illinois, the improvements to the offense have been widespread. The Illini rank significantly higher this season in key statistical areas such as total offense, passing offense, fi rst downs and scoring offense from the 2012 team. One area, however, that has remained stagnant is rushing offense. In 2012, the Illini rushed for 125.3 yards per game — 11th in the conference. A year later, those numbers are nearly identical: 133.3 yards per game and again second-tolast in the Big Ten. “It’s hard, it really is,� Cubit said. “It doesn’t magically happen. When you’re trying to win games, what’s the best way for us to win games? You got to throw the ball.� The Illini use two running backs, Donovonn Young and Josh Ferguson, in the rushing game. Both split carries in the rushing game. Ferguson leads the team in rushing with 395 yards rushing and three touchdowns but hasn’t been able to get going recently. In the past three games against Wisconsin, Michigan State and Penn State,

Ferguson averaged just 28.3 yards per game on 3.1 yards per carry average. In those three games, Young hasn’t been much better. He recorded 12 yards against Wisconsin and 21 yards rushing against Penn State but didn’t even see the field against Michigan State. Outside of the two running backs, quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase is the team’s third-leading rusher. Scheelhaase, who has rushed for 1,901 yards in his career, has just 106 yards this season, and Cubit has stressed that he wants his quarterback to stay in the pocket and make throws rather than scramble. “We’ve had some different game plans,� Ferguson said. “We had the field spread out and the linebackers haven’t spread out to the receivers, so that’s why we passed a little more.� One reason the rushing game hasn’t been as effective or relied on as much is the Illini have been down in games early on, forcing the offense to go to the air more often. In the team’s five losses, the Illini have gone into halftime fac-

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Ind., where the Hoosiers claimed a 3-2 victory in a game where Rayfield said the Illini “lost the battle for confidence.� In the game, Illinois saw its 1-0 advantage turn into a 3-1 deficit. For the upcoming match, though, Rayfield is more optimistic about the team’s chance of getting a different result because of its growth. “We played them at the time when things were most in flux,� Rayfield said. “We didn’t have a stable backline, we didn’t have a stable midfield, people were figuring out how we were going to fi ll Vanessa’s void. This team is beyond that now. “There’s some consistency and stability now, and let’s play this game with that and see what Indiana throws at us.�

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The fi fth-seeded Illinois soccer team will begin its journey for the Big Ten title Wednesday after a fighting all season to earn qualification. “It was a real fight to get in this tournament,� head coach Janet Rayfield said. “Probably better than it’s been in any season in the Big Ten. There’s a new Big Ten regular season champ for the fi rst time in 15 years. ... There’s a lot of parity.� In contrast to previous seasons, this year doesn’t present a clear favorite to win it all. Penn State had fi nished at the top of the regular season standings for 15 straight seasons until Nebraska dethroned the Nittany Lions this year. There hasn’t been much setting apart a majority of the teams in the Big Ten this year, with only four points separating the middle six in the conference

standings. Illinois will need on me, and I want to be there to capitalize on its home fi eld for my team and be a leader in advantage in a bid to claim its the back,� freshman goalkeeper second tournament trophy in Claire Wheatley said. “As long three seasons. as I continue to improve in Throughout the confidence and year Rayfield has communication, also emphasized I’ll be that for “It was a real fi ght to get in the importance of the team.� this tournament. Probably getting the reps T h e underneath the better than it’s been in any to u r n a me nt ’s freshmen’s belts. fourth-seeded season in the Big Ten. Most of the Indiana is the There’s a new Big Ten gaffes earlier in first opponent the year were Illi nois wi ll regular season champ for face. chalked up to the fi rst time in 15 years. ... S e n i o r inexperience in the college game. midfielder Lisa There’s a lot of parity.� But after a full Nouanesengsy season, Rayfield leads the JANET RAYFIELD will be looking Hoosiers. She ILLINI SOCCER HEAD COACH posted 10 goals to some of those a nd three freshmen to step assists in the up and assume a more prominent role this regular season for a team-high 23 postseason. points. The teams faced each other “I want to be able to depend earlier this year in Bloomington,

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Fifty things to know this college basketball season McDermott’s decision to return to Creighton. There is inspiration in Louis14. Marquette was picked by ville, giddiness at Michigan State the coaches to win the 10-team and loneliness in Miami. Big East, followed by GeorgeKeep your hands to yourself town, Creighton and Villanova. while playing defense and your The league tabbed former WNBA eyes on a budding rivalry between commissioner Val Ackerman to the best two teams and players in be its leader. “I will do everything the Big 12. Here are 50 things you Dave Gavitt set out to do when he need to know about the upcoming led this conference as it started in 1979,” she said. “We are going to college hoops season: 1. Louisville junior guard Kevin make the Big East a force in colWare, who became the Joe Theis- lege basketball.” mann of college basketball when he 15. Kentucky is the Associated sustained a gruesome compound Press’ preseason No. 1 for just the fracture of his right leg during third time ever. In 1980-81, the the NCAA Tournament last year, Wildcats lost to UAB in the secis back playing. When he first start- ond-round of the NCAA Tournaed the healing process he would ment. In 1995-96, the kittens won land on one foot while taking jump- the national title. ers, obviously a self-preservation 16. Said Kentucky coach John instinct because of the injury. Calipari: “Our biggest opponent: 2. The Cardinals, picked to win ourselves ... We don’t just play colthe American Athletic Conference, lege basketball, we are college basare anchored by guards Russ Smith ketball. As you know, we are everyand Chris Jones, last year’s nation- one’s Super Bowl.” al junior college player of the year 17. The Wildcats added six and the proud owner of an Allen McDonald’s All-Americans after Iverson poster in his dorm room. missing the NCAAs last year, which 3. Jones said caused Florida he’d love to meet senior center Iverson one day. Patric Young to Maybe he can observe “I hope ask Kuran Iverthey think they son, a 6-10 freshcan just walk man for Memon the court and phis who is a they’re going to second cousin to beat everybody. I A.I., to help him hope that’s what out. Louisville they think.” The hosts the Tigers Gators visit their on Jan. 9 and TOM IZZO bitter rivals on MICHIGAN STATE HEAD COACH goes to Memphis Feb. 15 and host on March 1. Kentucky on 4. After domMarch 8. inating Conference USA for 18 18. “The college basketball years, Memphis is picked second landscape has changed,” Syrain the American. “This is going on cuse coach Jim Boeheim said. my fifth year as head coach,” said “Any team that’s in the top 20 can Memphis’ Josh Pastner, “and this go to the Final Four. Any team in is my first time we weren’t picked the top 30 probably. We’re one of those teams (ranked eighth). The to win the league.” 5. Anybody else bored with con- ACC’s wide open.” 19. When Syracuse hosts Duke ference realignment? 6. There will be an emphasis by on Feb. 1, it’ll be the first time two referees on hand-checking, which coaches with 900 Division I wins likely will increase the number of oppose one another. Duke’s Mike personal fouls and lengthen games. Krzyzewski is 957-297 (.763). Boe“We may have some games where heim is 920-314 (.746). you can’t go up and down twice 20. Georgetown is not on Syrawithout having stoppage,” said cuse’s schedule, but Villanova is Kansas coach Bill Self. “It’s going (Dec. 28, at the Carrier Dome). to be a fragmented game in large 21. Drexel opens its season Friday night (midnight EST) at UCLA part.” 7. There also will be expanded in a game televised on the Pac-12 use of replay for shot-clock viola- Network. It’ll be the third trip for tions and possession questions — a Philly school to Pauley Pavilion also meaning longer games. since 1987, when Temple beat the 8. Connecticut is once again eli- Bruins on its way to a No. 1 rankgible for the NCAA Tournament ing later that season. Villanova lost after being barred last season at UCLA in 2001. Ditto for Temple because of poor academic per- in 2005. formance. The upperclassmen 22. In the Philadelphia area, the are leading the way by making Pac-12 is on Comcast channel 716 sure everyone is focused on class- and Dish Network’s channel 413. work. “I think the message is, we It is not available on Verizon FiOS. 23. La Salle High/Penn alum ain’t ever going to be back on that banned list,” junior guard Ryan Fran McCaffery has a decent Boatright said, much to the dismay chance to lead Iowa to its first of his English professor. NCAA Tournament since 2006. It 9. Here’s a grand slam Texas would be the fourth school McCafTech forward Jaye Crockett could fery has coached into the Big have done without: Tubby Smith Dance. Lehigh, UNC-Greensboro will be his fourth coach in four and Siena were his first three. 24. Iowa, which lost to Baylor years. He was recruited by Pat Knight, who was replaced by Billy in last year’s NIT championship, Gillespie after one train-wrecked returns its top five scorers and nine season. Then Chris Walker wore of its top 10. an interim tag last year, and now 25. Miami lost its top six scorit’s Tubby. “I haven’t been more ers from last year’s first-ever ACC excited playing for a coach since championship squad. “I’m used to high school,” Crockett said. being the young guy,” said senior 10. “I haven’t felt this good about guard Rion Brown. “Now I’m the the potential and possibilities of a old man. We had basically a sevteam I’ve had since the 2001 team en-man rotation last year and six (led by Jason Richardson) that took of them left. They kind of left me us to a third straight Final Four,” here all by myself.” said Michigan State coach Tom 26. Most UCLA fans probably Izzo. The decisions by stars Gary had never heard of Andy Enfield Harris and Adreian Payne to put before he led Florida Gulf Coast to the NBA on hold are a large rea- the Sweet 16 last year and took the USC job. They certainly know him son for Izzo’s optimism. 11. Harris’ mom, Joy, was Pur- now after he snapped at his players due’s first All-America wom- during an October practice, “We en’s player. When she played for play up-tempo basketball here. If Detroit’s WNBA franchise, Gary you want to play slow, go to UCLA.” would get to run through the Pal27. New UCLA coach Steve ace of Auburn Hills. Talk about the Alford laughed off the incident take-your-child-to-work-day pro- saying the team nicknamed guard gram paying dividends. Kyle Anderson “Slo-Mo.” 12. The Big East preseason play28. New Mexico, the school er of the year is Creighton senior Alford left like a jilted bride, proDoug McDermott. Creighton? That moted Craig Neal to head coach. sound you just heard was confer- During a team summer trip to Ausence founder Dave Gavitt spinning tralia, his freshman son Cullen in his grave. suffered a ruptured appendix and 13. McDermott is bidding to spent 11 days in a Sydney hospital. become the first three-time first29. Savon Goodman left the team All-America since Way- UNLV team following felony man Tisdale and Patrick Ewing charges for an alleged burglary in 1985. The Bluejays move from in August. Goodman is due back in the Ohio Valley to the Big East, Vegas next week for a preliminary even if it’s not nearly the power- hearing, which has put his basketful league it once was, factored into ball career in limbo. BY ED BARKOWITZ MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

“I haven’t felt this good about the potential and possibilities of a team I’ve had since the 2001 team ...”

30. “This is our year,” said St. John’s junior guard Jamal Branch. “Not making the NCAA Tournament, not making a run in the NCAA Tournament, would mean we weren’t as successful and this team’s too good for that.” 31. St. John’s has been to the NCAAs just once in the last 11 years, but a solid group of returnees and the addition of freshman Rysheed Jordan (Robert Vaux High) has hopes running high. After leaping over a 6-8 teammate during an intrasquad dunk contest, the New York Post dubbed him “Flair Jordan.” The Johnnies play Villanova at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday, Feb. 22. 32. LaQuinton Ross is expected to fill the void at Ohio State left by Deshaun Thomas’ departure to the NBA. Ross, a junior from Life Center Academy in Burlington, N.J., was at his best during last year’s NCAA Tournament. Aaron Craft, known as much for his stifling defense as for his unpopularity among opposing fans, also is returning for the Buckeyes. 33. Here’s why coaches should get free cardiograms in addition to bonuses for making the NCAA Tournament. “I coach those guys like we’re in last place,” said Marquette’s Buzz Williams. “I wake up every morning like we’re in last place.” That must be a fun existence. 34. Officials are expecting the Final Four crowds at Jerry Jones’ house in suburban Dallas to exceed 80K, which would break the mark MARK CORNELISON MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE set during the 2011 national semi- Kentucky Wildcats forward Julius Randle (30) battles for a loose ball with Montevallo’s Ed’Lexus Collier, left, finals (UConn/Kentucky, Butler/ and Larry Slaughter (4) on Monday in Lexington, Ky VCU) of 75,421 in Houston. The championship game mark of 74,326 43. Rutgers hasn’t been to the was set last year in Atlanta when NCAA Tournament since 1991 and Louisville beat Michigan. things will not get any easier when 35. The only other time the Dal- the Scarlet Knights move into the las area hosted the Final Four was Big 10 (along with Louisville) next 1986, when freshman Pervis Elli- season. 44. National runner-up Michison led Louisville to an upset over Duke, which was making its first of gan is turning to freshman Derrick 11 Final Four appearances under Walton Jr. to help compensate for Krzyzewski. the departure of star Trey Burke. 36. For the next two years, TBS Championship game near-hero will broadcast the national semi- Spike Albrecht will backup Walton. final games, which is problematic The Wolverines biggest concern is for the dozens of college basket- the cranky back trouble hampering ball fans around the country who big man Mitch McGary. 45. North Carolina guard P.J. do not have cable television. CBS will have the championship game Hairston, the team’s leading scorin 2014 and 2015, but TBS gets the er, is suspended indefinitely following separate arrests for marijuana entire Final Four in 2016. 37. Eastern Kentucky, led by possession and reckless driving. Speedy Morris disciple Jeff Neu- The Heels have a rough non-conbauer, is coming off a school- ference schedule that includes record 25-win season and has been games against Michigan State, picked to win the Ohio Valley Con- Kentucky and maybe Louisville. 46. Gonzaga’s strength is its ference East Division. EKU’s nonleague schedule includes visits to backcourt of Kevin Pangos and Gary Bell Jr. Pangos, a nominee N.C. State, VCU and Wisconsin. 38. Butler turned to assistant for nation’s best point guard, hails from NewmarBrandon Miller ket, Ontario, a when Brad Stevens surprisingCanadian town ly left to take the of about 80,000 Celtics job. Millthat has proer was a point duced comedians Jim Carrey guard at Butler and led the way and John Canµ when the Bulldy, the Flyers’ dogs surprised Steve Downie JOHN CALIPARI and Phillies utilWake Forest KENTUCKY HEAD COACH ity infielder Pete in 2001 for the program’s first Orr. 47. GeorgeNCAA Tourtown plays Orenament win in nearly 40 years. gon on Friday at Camp Humphreys 39. Robert Morris has never won army base in South Korea, a breezy an NCAA Tournament game, but 7,000 miles from the Hoyas cambeating Kentucky in last year’s pus. The base is named for BenjaMARK CORNELISON MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NIT first round has given the Colo- min K. Humphreys, a chief war- Louisville’s Kevin Ware cuts the net after Louisville defeated Michigan, nials a recruiting boost. Coach rant officer who died in a helicopter 82-76, in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship at the Georgia (and Penn product) Andrew Toole accident in 1961. Dome in Atlanta on April 8. said prospects have told him, “‘I 48. An interesting rivalry to know you beat Kentucky.’ That’s watch is Oklahoma State/Kansas the response we get from kids who in general, and Marcus Smart/ normally wouldn’t be in the know Andrew Wiggins in particular. when it comes to Robert Morris Smart is the Big 12’s reigning playbasketball.” er of the year and Wiggins, a fresh40. Incoming freshmen Jeremi- man, is widely regarded as a leadah Worthem and Britton Lee, both ing contender to be the No. 1 pick from MCS Charter in Northeast in next year’s NBA draft. Philly, signed with Robert Mor49. “A lot of people are saying ris long before the Kentucky win. he’s the best player now in colRMU plays at Kentucky on Nov. 17. lege basketball,” said Smart, a 41. Rough time to be a Gram- sophomore. “All I’m saying is bling fan. Not only is the football how can you be the best player team 1-9, but the basketball team in something you haven’t even is coming off an 0-28 disaster and played yet?” A wrist injury sufreturning two scholarship players fered during the NCAA Tourand one walk-on. Hate to pile on, nament was part of the reason but the Tigers also are ineligible Smart decided not to go to the for postseason play because of poor NBA. academic performance. 50. Kansas is in line to play Vil42. One of Eddie Jordan’s pri- lanova the Friday after Thanksorities at Rutgers has been creat- giving (Nov. 29) down in the ing a less fearful culture among Bahamas. Besides Wiggins, felhis players following the April dis- low freshman Joel Embiid also missal of Mike Rice after abusive is drawing interest from NBA KIRTHMON F. DOZIER MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE videos surfaced. Jordan went just scouts. KU coach Bill Self called 27-55 for the Sixers in his last head the Cameroon native “a young Head coach Tom Izzo of Michigan State leads his team through coaching job. Hakeem Olajuwon.” practice on March 28 in Indianapolis.

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MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin senior Chris Borland was smiling Monday as he met with reporters. Two days after a pregame workout reaffirmed that his right hamstring wasn’t sound enough to allow him to play against Iowa, the fifth-year senior talked enthusiastically about preparing to face visiting BYU this week. “I feel a lot better,” Borland said. “I couldn’t even run at this point last week, and I’m nearly 100 percent now.” Borland, who leads Wisconsin in solo tackles (35) and total tackles (57), acknowledged he felt relieved. “I think it’s just an injury that takes time,” he said. “We did everything under the sun to try to heal for Iowa but at the end of

the day, your body needs a little bit of time to heal.” Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen wasn’t as certain about several other players. The Badgers lost wide receiver Jared Abbrederis (chest), tight end Brian Wozniak (ankle), center Dallas Lewallen (ankle) and linebacker Conor O’Neill (ankle) during the 28-9 victory over Iowa. “Probably need another day or day and a half to see for sure,” Andersen said. “We’ve made a lot of progress in a number of those kids. “But I can’t say anybody is going to play for sure yet. I can’t say anybody is not going to play for sure yet. I haven’t seen them. It’s just been reported through the trainers.” Meanwhile, Andersen does

not expect reserve defensive end Tyler Dippel to return to the team this week. Dippel traveled to California last week to address what Wisconsin officials have called a serious family matter. “Tyler’s situation is still completely up in the air,” Andersen said. “Our concern right now is not getting Tyler back here to play in a football game. It’s just being with Tyler and helping him get through the situation he is involved in. Football is a distant second, in my opinion, right now. ... I’m worried about Tyler as a kid and Tyler’s family.” Several Wisconsin players Monday said that balancing supporting Dippel and preparing for a talented BYU team was a matter of being practical. “You definitely wonder how

your guys are doing,” senior safety Dezmen Southward said. “But at the same time, the show goes on. As tough as that might sound, it’s truly like that. “And we really prepare that way because every single guy, you could be fourth or fifth on the depth chart, and you could be up to play the next week. You never know.” Borland understood Southward’s sentiments. “I think one thing ... is that all of our guys understand Tyler would want us to do all the right things in preparation,” Borland said. “And genuinely, I think that is what he would want. I think it refocuses our guys. “Not that it gets corny or anything, but we do want to perform well for him because we know how much it means to him. It is

difficult and we want to ease it in any way we can. “He’s got a lot invested. When things go wrong ... football is kind of an oasis, a place of normalcy. We can help him (work) through it.” According to the players, who said they haven’t been told the specifics about their teammate’s situation, Dippel was able to watch at least portions of the Iowa game. “He was pretty fired up after the game, as you can imagine,” Southward said. “Dippel is that kind of guy. “But at the end of the day, some things come before sports. And when it is your family, you definitely have to drop everything and go and that is exactly what he did. “We were here to tell him:

‘Hey, you’re in our prayers; we’re going to take care of business while you’re gone.’ “ Borland is glad to be back, and Monday he was able to laugh about the rehabilitation regiment he endured in the failed attempt to play at Iowa. “After the game at Illinois, they gave me a steroid injection to calm the inflammation,” he said. “I was in the pool the next day — walking. “Massage. Loosening up everything else around it so there’s not as much tension on the hamstring. More massage. Ice. Just machines I didn’t even know existed. “It just wasn’t ready. If it was the Super Bowl, I would have tried to play and I would have pulled it in the first series or two. It just wasn’t ready.”

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The oversight that results can manifest itself in several different ways, but the health of the coach is often something that is not highlighted enough. Most fans love to see their head coaches engaged in the game and being vocal. “Jim Harbaugh? Sure, he looks like his eyes are going to fly out of his head when a call goes against him, but its just because he’s passionate!� It’s hard to justify ignoring the health of head coaches, especially with roly-poly Andy Reid as the poster child of poor physical condition. The life of a coach seems to involve eating takeout, getting very little sleep and trying to win some

days as a (healthy) high school coach are numbered until he calms down a little bit. Another interesting example of coaching wellness is Urban Meyer, the head football coach at Ohio State. Meyer “retired� from his position as head coach at Florida because of health problems (specifically chest pain) and took a year off before taking his new job with Ohio State. He had the awareness to step away, but also could not make the choice to pull himself away entirely. Meyer is on my “Next Coach to Collapse on Sideline� watchlist. When it comes to winning, it’s hard to pull away from it all and consider the big picture.

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you have a stressful job? A boss with exceedingly high expectations? A high-pressure work environment? This past weekend, Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak suffered a mild stroke during halftime of the Texans game versus the Indianapolis Colts. Just this week, Jack Del Rio took over as interim head coach of the Denver Broncos in light of the fact that head coach John Fox just had heart

suffers from epilepsy. The condition is not stress related, but Kill has suffered multiple public seizures during games, and now coaches from the skybox rather than the field. Is he putting winning before his health? The stereotype of the veinsbulging, red-faced, screaming football coach has existed for some time, but having some self-awareness might not be a bad quality for a coach to have. The defensive coordinator of my high school team was someone who was perpetually ready to blow a gasket because of an on-field mistake. He was an excellent coach and great person (once you got to know him), but even now I fear his

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surgery. Now do you feel like you have a stressful job? Unsurprisingly, it is the case that if your chosen profession is football coach, you are in for a stressful career. Fox and Kubiak’s health problems are reflective of an environment that is high anxiety and highly results-oriented. Football coaches across the country are too stressed out, and they would do well to learn from Kubiak and Fox. Winning isn’t always everything in sports, and the stress it causes can hurt a coach a lot more than it can help. Jerry Kill is the head football coach at Minnesota, and he

Ryan has had trouble keeping up all season, even before Julio Jones went out. Jones’ inactivity may help White’s chances, but not much. He’s already missed three weeks, and it’s unsure as to when he’ll be back to full strength. It’s Week 10, which means your team only has four weeks left to make its playoff push — and an injured receiver with 10 points on the season won’t help you make it.

J.J. is a sophomore in Media. He can be reached at jjwilso2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @Wilsonable07.

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Chicago Bears’ Jay Cutler drops back in the game against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, on Oct. 20. hall’s value is going to be halved at the very least. Best case scenario: they split the carries, and the former Illini is lucky enough to punch one in. Worst case: Your fantasy team falters and you lose the game that would have put you in the playoffs, all because you put your faith in someone unreliable. Roddy White (wide receiver, Falcons, 92.5 percent) — The prestige of his name may make this sound outrageous, but White hasn’t helped your team so far this year — and he won’t in the coming weeks. The Falcons are struggling, and I don’t just mean recently. Matt

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antasy football is a search for consistency. The game itself is centralized around adding players to your roster that bring a constant effort week in and week out. If a player doesn’t score much, you drop them. If they are inconsistent, you can’t trust them. The goal is to build a team you can count on, but no one can count on their entire team every week. As many fantasy owners know, though, there exists a special few players that beat the odds every season. No matter what the circumstance, owners can count on these players to stand among the best of the best and turn out consistent, high numbers each and every week. These players are your fantasy rocks. Take Peyton Manning for example. He’s thrown multiple touchdowns in every game in addition an average well above 300 yards per game. He’s reached 20 points or higher every game. For the 2013 season, anyone who drafted Manning knows he’s a driving force behind your fantasy team’s suc-

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Head coach Kevin Hambly speaks to Morganne Criswell after she is substituted out of the game against Penn State at Huff Hall on Oct. 18. The Ilini will take on Michigan on Wednesday and attempt to beat them for a second time this season.

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IOTW gates to a 3-0 record, winning each of their matches over Missouri, Wake Forest and a rival Purdue squad that posted an 18-6 record last season. Kopinski’s extensive doubles experience helped guide the freshman Casati, revealing her leadership capabilities on the court. “I really like playing with an upperclassman,” Casati said. “With Melissa it’s just easier because she’s so much more experienced. She’s got great hands and great ground strokes, too, so she’s kind of got the full package.” Kopinski may have found a permanent doubles partner for the spring in Casati, just as she may have found her groove in singles play as well. Entering the season as the No. 102-ranked singles player in the country, Kopinski had an up-and-down fall season. After being invited to the Riviera/ ITA All-American Championships, she picked up a win in the tournament consisting of some of the nation’s top players; however, she was disappointed with her singles performance at the ITA Midwest Regionals in mid-October. She righted the ship on Friday as Illinois’ No. 1 singles player with a comeback win over Andrea Retolaza Andrade of Wake Forest. Kopinski faced No. 72 Cierra Gaytan-Leach of Missouri on Saturday, giving her a chance to pick up a win against the highest-ranked player at the Midwest Blast. “I knew Cierra from juniors, so I knew how she was going to play,” Kopinski said. Kopinski got past Gaytan-

Leach in the first set with a 7-6(4) tiebreak win before dominating the second set 6-2 to seal the Illini’s marquee win of the tournament. The victory is indicative of Kopinski’s individual goals as she looks toward the spring season. “It’s good that I got that (win),” Kopinski said. “I can finally start building my ranking and getting that ready for the spring. It would be nice to crack the top 100 finally.” Kopinski barely missed a perfect weekend. In her final singles match against Purdue’s Lynda Xepoleas, Kopinski easily took the first set before dropping the next two, which stood as the lone blemish on an otherwise impressive showing. “I did run out of gas,” Kopinski said. “It was stupid errors on my part. I could have gotten it done, but it just didn’t happen.” The Illini will look to Kopinski to lead the team from her No. 1 singles spot in the spring, much like she did this weekend at the Blast. In a tournament where every Illini had her moment, it was Kopinski that stood out most by overcoming her illness and picking up a signature win along the way. “She has shown a lot of growth this year in particular, particularly this fall,” Dasso said. “It’s so exciting to see her so passionate on the court, trying to get her teammates going. She’s showing opponents: ‘Hey, this is Melissa Kopinski. I’ve got a banner on the wall, I’ve got swagger.’ “I think that’s what we need.”

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FOOTBALL ing a deficit each time and were outscored 89-31 in the first halves of those games. “We’ll continue to harp on running the ball more, the better we play early in games,” head coach Tim Beckman said. There is an opportunity to jump start the stagnant rushing attack this weekend against Indiana. The Hoosiers enter Saturday’s game with the 117th-ranked defense in the country out of 123 FBS teams and 114th against the run; however, Cubit said that

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just because the opposing defense has a weakness in an area doesn’t mean the Illini can afford to be predictable. “It’s the same thing if they’re not covering the wideouts out there and throw it out there and the guy gets five yards, you say that you have a five-yard average. I’ll do that every single time,” Cubit said. “If you think you’re going to pound the ball without big, massive offensive linemen and big, strong tailbacks, a great defense is going to stop it. It’s hard.”

third in kills in the conference with 13.6 per set but does not have a single outside hitter generating a majority of its offense. Four Wolverines account for the team’s offensive production, three of whom have more than 200 kills and one with 184. Illinois is coming off a match where it held Iowa to a -.048 hitting percentage, leading to a 3-0 sweep in the Illini’s favor. The last time Illinois and Michigan matched up, the Illini got production from just about everywhere as sophomore outside hitter Jocelynn Birks and junior Morganne Criswell accounted for 29 kills, sophomore setter Alexis Viliunas racked up 40 assists, and junior middle blocker Anna Dorn blocked seven balls. The Illini will need to put together another complete effort in order to upset the Wolverines for the second time this year.

Senior forward Jacob Matysiak controls the puck on Sept. 20 against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at the Ice Arena. Illinois won 6-0.

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“Execution” has been the most important word associated with head coach Kevin Hambly and the Illinois volleyball team. While it’s the team’s lack of execution that has established the season’s motif, Illinois (10-12, 6-6 conference) can look back to its first match against No. 17 Michigan (15-8, 5-7 confernce) this year as a textbook display of executing correctly. After winning the first set of the match against Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Oct. 5, the Illini volleyball team found itself in a precarious situation just two sets later: down two sets to one and on the brink of falling to 5-8 on the season. Then, Illinois did something it hasn’t done much of through the year. It came back to win. After a week where Illinois was on both ends of a sweep, the team is looking

to execute again against the reigning Final Four squad and finally get its record back to .500 for the first time since the middle of September. The Illini return to Huff Hall for the first time in two weeks to face a Wolverines squad that has dropped the past three matches against Illinois and two of their last three overall. “They’re essentially the same team that played in the Final Four last year,” Hambly said. “They’re a challenge you know, and they play us pretty well. They play pretty good defense, and they run a really complicated, fast offense.” Fortunately for the Illini, defense has been the team’s key component on the floor of late. Despite failing to reach a .200 hitting percentage or above in three of its last four matches, Illinois has accumulated 35 total team blocks and 260 digs in 15 sets en route to a 2-2 record. Michigan ranks

The scene in the locker room after Saturday night’s 5-2 victory over No. 11 Ohio was one that hadn’t been seen in a while for No. 16 Illinois. Music blasting, players celebrating, and head coach Nick Fabbrini couldn’t seem to get rid of his boyish smirk. This type of environment has rarely been seen since the opening weeks of the season, and the team will look to continue the post-game celebrations moving forward. In order to do this, Fabbrini wants as much contribution as possible out of every player. “Obviously not everybody can score goals every game, but everybody can finish their

checks, everybody can block shots, and everybody can play strong defense,” Fabbrini said. “That’s something that we’re striving for, to be tougher and tougher to play against. If we can continue to do this on a consistent basis I think we can get on a roll.” With five goals scored by four different players Saturday, the Illini offense seems to be out of its recent funk. Illinois has scored at least three goals in three out of its past four games, so the team can focus more on improving the defensive effort with the offense performing well. Fabbrini thought the defensive effort was top-notch in Saturday’s victory and raved about the team’s shot blocking and

physical checking. “Blocking shots is not an enjoyable thing to do, but obviously it makes a big difference when it comes to winning hockey games,” Fabbrini said. “So it was great to see that kind of energy and that kind of sacrifice.” When asked what the team needs to do to maintain the momentum they gained over the weekend, sophomore forward John Olen took a page out of Fabbrini’s book and said the key to success is playing simple, which is something that has been preached all season. “ We just need to limit the m i st a kes a nd st ay out of the box,” Olen said. “ Power play and penalty kill were a lot better, a nd I thi nk that

showed on the scoreboard.” The Illini will have a week off before going on the road for the next three weekends. It is a well-needed break for players dealing with injuries, but junior forward Jacob Matysiak doesn’t expect the team to just relax during its week off. “We’re going to keep practicing like we have games this weekend,” Matysiak said. “I’m sure Coach is going to keep up the intensity, and I’m sure all the older guys are going to keep us going. We’ll have a lot of time to work on extra things that we need to work on.”

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