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UI to expand online education globally Online courses to be offered in 191 countries BY MARYCATE MOST STAFF WRITER

The University is in the process of globalizing its curriculum, which will offer more classes to hundreds of thousands of “participants� from all but four of the 195 countries around the world. Adam Fein, assistant head of programs and services at the Office of Online and Continuing Education, said this globalization, in large part, is due to the recent expansion of Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, which offer free online courses to participants from around the world. “We want to expand the reach of our campus,� Fein said. “We want to expand the reach to people who may not have an opportunity for this type of education, but also not lose the core focus on our residential education.� In 2012, the University began its partnership with Coursera, a website which hosts MOOCs from universities across the nation, leading to a rapid expansion of online education capabilities, Fein said. The strength of the University’s MOOC pro-

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gram stems from years of online education infrastructure, said Faye Lesht, head of the division of academic outreach at the Office of Online and Continuing Education. Fein described the quick integration of MOOCs as a result of the University’s already established online education programs. “We have had up to 20 years of working with (online courses) before any of this,� Fein said. “We were able to get up and running fairly quickly with very high quality MOOCs with Coursera because we had a lot of the structure in place to be set up for success as we thought about the differences.� MOOCs are progressing both at the University and around the world, Fein said. In a news release on Oct. 31, Coursera announced that it is partnering with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to create “learning hubs� around the nation. This partnership will assist in providing Internet access to those who previously

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The House of Representatives approved the Water Resources Reform and Development Act on Oct. 23, which authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out water resources development across the nation. The act includes a provision written by Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-17, and Rep. Rodney Davis, R-13. The legislation creates 15 pilot programs along Illinois’ locks and dam system that can be fi nanced through public-private partnerships. Bustos said the system currently requires $60 billion in needed improvements. “We do not, as a government, have the resources to pay for those needed improvements,� she said. “What (public-private partnership) allows then, is that we can expedite projects and save tax payer money.� Bustos added that the act does not allow the full privatization of any federal asset, and audits activities by nonfederal interests to ensure accountability and transparency on all projects. “I think we’ve got written into this, a way to move projects forward that looks out for the best interest of the

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Donning suits and carrying manila folders, a delegation of Illinois student senators traveled to the State Capitol in Springfield on Wednesday to discuss and lobby state representatives and senators in regards to the Alcohol Poisoning Immunity bill and raise awareness of their student debt campaign. “You’re walking and talking with them and you’re trying to explain all your points,� said Christopher Lowery, Illinois student senator and senior in LAS. “It makes you feel like a real player in Springfield, even if we are just students who are advocating for our causes.�

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Fall Advocacy Day allows for senators to meet with their home legislators on major issues they see as pertinent to students at the University. “It’s a great opportunity for all the senators to get more involved in the legislative process and can make a real impact on the larger community,� said Karolina Wasiniewska, senator and graduate student. Eleven senators attended and each were assigned three state legislators to speak with. “Even though we are University students, quite a few of us and a large portion of the University’s students vote in

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UI professor studies food-ordering behaviors BY STANTON POLANSKI STAFF WRITER

Bussing tables might not be the most glamorous job for someone who holds a doctorate degree. Brenna Ellison, assistant professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics who received her doctorate at the University of Oklahoma State, navigated from one whiteclothed table to the next as she rounded up dirty dishes and put down clean silverware for the next set of customers. But she was not doing it for a paycheck. She was really at The Ranchers Club restaurant in Stillwater, Okla., for research. According to Ellison’s fi ndings, when people eat at restaurants, their orders are influenced by their friends’ orders. The pressure to eat healthy loosens up when others order greasy, high calorie meals. And when everyone else chooses a leafy salad, the once unappealing and dry dish seems far more delectable. Still, restaurant-goers might not completely mimic their peers, but those around the table still influence what the waiter or waitress jots down when they take orders. “A lot of times we want to fit in with our friends, but we still want to show we’re not just a copycat,� Ellison said. “So we might order something a little different, like a bacon cheeseburger instead of hamburger if that’s what our friends get. But in the end, we don’t want to be so different that we stand out.�

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In the basement cafeteria at the Union Monday evening, Emre Demirisik sat with a plate of steamed rice, orange chicken and Kung Pao. Demirisik, a senior in Engineering and exchange student from Turkey, said that when he eats with friends, he tries to go along with whatever suggestions his friends make. “I might order something different with friends, as opposed to what I normally might get,� he said. “If my friend says to try this, then I might try it.� Three freshmen girls sat together and talked. When one went up for food, the While bussing tables, Ellison eavesdropped on chats that circulated around the tables between men dressed in suits and women draped in fancy overcoats. They talked about the menus she created. With Ellison acting as any other restaurant employee, no one could notice that she was observing them. “Well, if you’re getting the red, then I’m going to get the red,� Ellison would hear. The red traffic light symbol on the menu represented a high calorie meal, while the green light represented a low calorie meal. Even though customers did not like feeling force-fed due to the limited choices, they still

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other two stayed back and continued to talk. Gali Gannett, a student in ACES, said that when she goes out to eat, her habits depend not on whether she is with other people but what relationship those people have with her. “If it’s a new friend you wouldn’t order a lot. I wouldn’t want them to think I’m fat,� Gannett said. “But if I’m with my best friends, like with these two, I would buy five pieces of pizza if I wanted.� The three girls say they push each other to make healthy choices. “You pick up your friends’ habits, so you have to choose them wisely,� said Bart Wolski, junior in LAS. made healthier meal choices. But that effect was overshadowed when their friends became involved. “No matter which menu you had, if your friends were ordering like you, you would be happier even if you were ordering unhealthy food,� Ellison said. “Maybe calorie labels don’t matter as much when you’re accounting for the effects of your friends.� At closing time, Ellison took every receipt for the day home with her. She did this for 19 weeks. She would even have “secret

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US majority supports weed legalization BY BRITTNEY NADLER STAFF WRITER

A majority of Americans support legalizing recreational marijuana for the first time since 1969 with support split between Democrats and Republicans, according to a recent Gallup poll. According to the poll, 65 percent of Democrats and 35 percent of Republicans favor legalization. Both parties have seen increased support for the issue since last year when only 61 percent of Democrats and 33 percent of Republicans voiced support. “I think the disagreement for the legalization of marijuana between Republicans and Democrats is really an issue of conservatives versus liberals,” said Christiaan Burner, president of the College Republicans and a junior in Business. “I think it’s much more of a moral concern and also a regulation concern.” Graduate student Owen Marsden, president of the Illini Democrats, believes legalization is more of an economic issue. “Democrats are ... more progressive, tend to be younger and these are the exact same demographic groups that tend to support marijuana legalization,” Marsden said. “The country spends ... $40,000 per prisoner per year to incarcerate someone, and I think young people are very sensible to the waste that is our War on Drugs.” The survey posed the question, “Do you think the use of marijuana should be made legal, or not?” which does not specifically address if commercial production and distribution should also be made legal. Most Gallup polls are conducted by phone and target adults. The first time Gallup conducted this poll in 1969, 12 percent of participants favored legalization. Since then, Washington and Colorado have become the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana, and 38 percent of Americans have admitted to trying the drug. The poll states that both could be driving factors in the increase in greater acceptance of the drug. “I think that there are significant institutional barriers to the legalization of marijuana,” said Joseph Hinchliffe, director of Undergraduate Studies, adjunct assistant professor and advisor in Political Science. The Obama Administration is still against legalizing pot under federal law, but has been flexible with the matter. In late August, Deputy Attorney General James Cole announced that the Justice Department would not challenge Colorado and Washington in their legalization of the drug as

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WATER tax payer and helps improve the economy and looks out for commerce,” she said. Davis said the bill was crucial to Central Illinois because keeping waterways up-to-date helps get agricultural products out into the open ocean. “Many ag-related jobs, not just the family farmers but those who sell equipment to farmers, they rely upon the farmers getting their product out and overseas,” Davis said. “We feed the world here in Central Illinois, and it’s under-appreciated.” With agriculture being the largest industry in her district, Bustos agreed that WRRDA

Americans’ views on legalizing marijuana by age 18 to 29 years: 67 percent support, 31 percent oppose 30 to 49 years: 62 percent support, 35 percent oppose 50 to 64 years: 56 percent support, 40 percent oppose 65+ years: 45 percent support, 53 percent oppose

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HEALTH eaters” who would check if the correct menus were being used for each table. “You wouldn’t think you would have to do all this when you think about research,” Ellison said. The data for the study was found at the Western-style steak joint in Stillwater, with a deer antler chandelier, wall-covering display case of cowboy hats and paintings of open prairies. That started in 2010, but Ellison joined University faculty in 2012 and finished up the rest of the study in an average office in the ACES building.

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lacked access. Georgia Institute of Technology also recently announced that it would offer a MOOC master’s degree in computer science, for about onethird of the price of a residential master’s degree, Fein said. Not everyone is enthused by the rapid development of these courses. In a panel meeting Tuesday, University faculty and administrators met to discuss some concerns regarding MOOC growth at the University. “There has been a bit of a backlash to MOOCs, a bit of a concern that MOOCs will put faculty out of work,” said Ray Schroeder, associate vice chancellor for online learning at the University of Illinois at Springfield. “In general, the intent is not to replace faculty. Certainly a MOOC is open, but in many MOOCs, they are copyright protected and available for a certain timespan.” Rob Rutenbar, MOOC and oncampus professor, said another concern is that only small percentages of participants actually complete the MOOCs during that timespan. In his course VLSI CAD: Logic to Layout, only about 400 of the 17,000 students that signed up finished the course, he said. But Rutenbar was still encouraged by these results. “There are many ways to deliver educational value in a MOOC — it is not all about the final,” he said. “When you actually talk to some of (the MOOC participants), you find that they find educational value in a variety of ways.” Lesht sees online education as advantageous to a university’s residential education as well. By incorporating the multimedia aspects used in online education in the classroom setting, the Office of Online and Continuing Education seeks to further enrich on-campus courses. “One of the stipulations in what we are looking for with this is that portions of the courses also need to be used for campus instruction,” Lesht said. “In other words, they are not isolated. Material can’t be just for Coursera, it needs to be integrated into the curriculum.” At the University, every year has brought a steady growth in the number of instructional units offered exclusively online,

plays an important role in the state’s economy. She listed the Illinois Corn Growers Association, the Illinois Soybean Association, and the Illinois Farm Bureau as endorsers of the act. “By allowing for use of publicprivate partnerships in waterway infrastructure projects, we can unlock the full potential of the Illinois river system and turn the Mississippi River into an agricultural export drag strip for our state,” said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk in a news release. Davis added that the bill also serves an important purpose to Illinois’ coal-mining industry. “We export a lot of coal, which means that the coal-mining jobs in the southwestern part of my district actually are dependent

upon the river navigation channel being open,” he said, adding that a drought last year threatened the navigation channel and in turn, the jobs of miners. “We want to put together a long-term plan to make sure that doesn’t happen again, and that’s what WRRDA does.” Davis said the passage of WRRDA also displayed cooperation between the two parties in the House. Under the leadership of the bill’s sponsor, Congressman Bill Schuster, R-Penn., Davis said that the bill unanimously passed out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and went on to the floor and passed with only three “no” votes. “This is a shining example of the bipartisanship that actual-

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long as they remained strict in regulating it. “Over the long term, I think that increased or elevated public support for marijuana’s legalization is likely to result in changes in the institutional structures and changes in the law that will allow legalization of marijuana,” Hinchliffe said. “On the other hand, that mere increase in support would take months, years or decades to bring about that change.” The only age group still mostly opposed to legalization is Americans aged 65 and older, where 53 percent voted against legalization, although support from the group has increased 14 percentage points since 2011. “I see this as a massive new industry that’s being regulated in this country,” Burner said. “Part of my belief in not wanting to legalize marijuana is simply because I don’t want to see another multibillion dollar industry potentially regulated and taxed, and then who knows where those tax dollars go to?” Marsden believes the taxation would help the country. “The country could raise revenue in the form of taxes and lower expenses by legalizing marijuana,“ he said. “I absolutely think we should legalize marijuana.” The majority of Americans who support legalization are those aged 18 to 29, garnering 67 percent support, according to the survey. As the new millenium began, support surged, which could be a result of the increasing prevalence of medical marijuana. “I don’t necessarily think that the beliefs have changed dramatically of the people, it’s just the legislators have seen things like states going ahead and legalizing marijuana, so they want to deal with the issue as least as possible,” Burner said. “And since it is a majority opinion to legalize marijuana, just get this out of the way and focus on other things.”

She still remembers the early days of her research. “I have a lot more respect for anyone working at a restaurant,” Ellison said. In August, Ellison presented the study at the Agricultural and Applied Economic Association’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The study, which also received contributions from Jayson Lusk, has received national attention since it was released. The study is yet to be published, but Ellison hopes that all the media attention will help the study find its way into a journal.

Stanton can be reached at polansk1@dailyillini.com. Lesht said. In the past five years, the percentage of exclusively online courses offered at the University has jumped from 1.4 percent to 5.3 percent — and that doesn’t account for any of the classes that are taught in part in the classroom and in part online, she said. Online education offers a unique solution to people around the world in search of higher education without the burden of attending a University and plummeting into debt, Fein said. “So many of our students in the degree programs have families, or it just doesn’t make sense for them to leave their job,” Fein said. “But they know they can count on Illinois — they know they can get a high-quality degree even though they can’t physically come here.” Lesht said the Office of Online and Continuing Education has worked carefully to review each proposed online course in order to ensure that the University’s quality of education carries over into their online courses as well. “We are doing what is appropriate for Illinois — we have been all along,” she said. “Quality has always been very important here, so we have this infrastructure that supports high-quality online courses.” University professors are beginning to see their impact all around the world, Fein said. For example, he said, Jose Vazquez, clinical professor of economics, taught more people in his MOOC than he ever taught before in residential and online classes combined. In one MOOC class, he taught 37,000 participants. “And if Dr. Vazquez does some pretty incredible videos for the Microeconomics MOOC, we want to integrate those videos into his traditional online and face-to-face courses too, because they are well done and they communicate the learning objectives, no matter what the audience,” Fein said. Chancellor Phyllis Wise addressed the University’s expanding educational influence in a blog last spring. “Large numbers have impact, and the volume (of students) is something we cannot ignore,” Wise said. “We are beginning to see the enormous potential that the scale of contact offered by this platform offers.”

MaryCate can be reached at most2@dailyillini.com. ly happens in Washington a lot more than what the news media outlets report,” he said. “This bill in particular is one that couldn’t be passed since 2007 because of partisan bickering.” Bustos reiterated the importance of a bipartisan vote and her vision of the future. “My hope going forward is that we will find more Democrats and Republicans that we can try to work together on for the greater good for our country,” she said. “It’s really the only way we’re going to be a strong United States of America if we figure out these ways that we can work together for what’s right for the people we serve.”

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Property tax rates to stay the same in Champaign city, not just those who happen to own property here,” Gerard said. The Champaign City Council Champaign City Council memmoved forward with a plan to ber Marci Dodds voted against adopt the same estimated prop- this plan because she supporterty tax levy as last year at Tues- ed the other option to levy at the day’s meeting. same overall amount as the prior A study session was held to three years. Dodds said she supadopt an estimated tax levy. The ported the alternative because council voted 7-2 to move for- projections show the city will ward with the option to levy at face a structural deficit, and the the same adopted rate as last council should begin addressing year, and members will vote at that issue now. the Dec. 5 meeting. “To me, this was a short-term Although a report to the coun- feel-good moment that will come cil recommended levying at at a long-term possibly painful the same overcost,” Dodds said. all amount as “As much the past three as we love to years, which would increase be able to say property taxes we were able from $1.3152 to hold the tax rate and return per one hunsome money to dred dollars people’s pockto $1.3324, the ets, we have to council chose MARCI DODDS be realistic.” not to follow CITY COUNCIL MEMBER the recommenCity Council dation. member Karen Levying at Foster agrees the same adopted rate as last there is a deficit, but thinks the year will decrease the overall tax council can make up for it using levy amount by $257,882 and the the funds from the sales tax. FosCorporate (General Fund) Levy ter voted in favor of levying at the by $215,667. However, Mayor same adopted rate as last year. Don Gerard said the new sourc“I didn’t want to add an extra es of revenue would cover the burden to property owners by difference. making another increase, even Gerard said the implementa- though it would be very small,” tion of a local motor fuel tax and Foster said. “The revenues a one-quarter percentage point are different and I don’t think sales tax increase will provide we needed to continue to raise the city with funds to cover pay- taxes.” ing for city services. The council discussed the issue “We have discretionary funds, and was polled at a study session and it is my feeling that as the in October, but the absence of one recession subsides and as proper- member required Gerard to rety values are going up, we need to poll the question at the next meetmake a statement and say we’re ing or special session. going to have police, fire and other services to be a shared respon- Angelica can be reached sibility of anybody who visits our lavito2@dailyillini.com. BY ANGELICA LAVITO STAFF WRITER

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ADVOCACY our home districts, so it’s important to reach out to those legislators and let them know that their constituents are tracking these issues,” said Lowery, a former Illini Media employee. House Bill 2341, the Alcohol Poisoning Immunity Bill, seeks to change Illinois code to allow immunity from the Liquor Control Act for underage drinkers who seek emergency medical assistance. The bill was started as a collaboration between State Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-103, and former ISS student body president Brock Gebhardt. Senators also spoke out for student debt awareness, specifically Illinois House Resolution 0620, which calls on Congress to restore bankruptcy protection and other consumer rights for student loans. “For example, you can go out and rack up $10,000 on a credit card and file bankruptcy for those, but you can’t for student loans,” Lowery said. “You’ll carry that debt with you for the rest of your life.” Tony Fiorentino, student senator and graduate student, has been campaigning for student debt and has planned an upcoming student debt awareness week Nov. 11 through Nov. 16. HR 0620 also currently awaits the Illinois House Rules Committee’s action. “It’s very exciting for (legislators) to see college students wanting to get involved in the political process and meet with their legislators to have an impact on the state that we all live in,” Lowery said. “We are taking ideas that started with us and putting them into play with Illinois State Code.” The Alcohol Poisoning Immunity bill currently awaits committee action in the Illinois

House of Representatives. Wasiniewska said they hope this eliminates the situation where after a night of drinking, a student is scared to call for an ambulance because they fear a ticket for underage consumption. However, Deputy Chief Skip Frost of the University Police Department said the idea of the immunity legislation is frustrating for police officers because they are trying to pass a bill that they already operate by. “They are trying to legislate the way we already rule things,” Frost said. “Our number one goal is to help and not to write citations. This creates the impression that we are currently coming to fight someone for doing the right thing. We are not the boogie man. However, we hope this will eliminate any fear underage drinkers may have.” Lowery said that while a lot of universities already follow this policy, it would be nice to have it in state law that people should not be afraid, and Jenny Baldwin, ISS vice presidentinternal, agrees that having the bill passed in Illinois is a great thing, especially for this campus. “You may have people drinking in high school and certainly when people are younger they have lower alcohol tolerance and cannot judge how much to drink, which can result in alcohol poisoning,” Lowery said. “The whole point is not to interfere with the legal process or prevent authorities from doing their job, but it’s meant to save lives.” He adds that Illinois holds a good samaritan law for illegal drugs, granting immunity from any legal proceedings that may come from illegal drug activity when an overdose is reported.

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For its future, School of Labor and Employment Relations must merge with Business

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ome majors offered by the University are interdisciplinary, meaning that they require an understanding from not one but multiple fields of study. University academic departments recognize the importance of reaching out to other disciplines, but when proposals are made to merge colleges together, we have to wonder if both sides will benefit mutually. So, where do we draw the line? Well, it’s a delicate one. On one side, the merged colleges can continue to operate and offer courses at the University. The alternative is that one school loses its identity by becoming a smaller unit within a larger, generally more prestigious program. That’s where University administrators and top labor officials are at odds. The Daily Illini reported last week that University officials are considering pushing through a proposal that would merge the School of Labor and Employment Relations with the College of Business or another larger college. It would be a long and laborious process to the say the least, requiring the proposal to be pushed through an Urbana-Champaign Senate subcommittee, the University Board of Trustees and various University offices. But we believe it’s a change worth pursuing. Provost Ilesanmi Adesida told the House Economic Development Committee in mid-October that the University is looking for new options that would help the more than 60-year-old school expand and continue to attract top-tier students. However, Michael Carrigan, president of the state’s AFL-CIO union, said the merger could mean that fewer union members will participate in the program. Another fear is that LER will lose its identity and be outshined by the College of Business, which houses several highly ranked programs already. But LER already has a history of success. No formal national ranking system exists for labor schools, so LER can only stand to benefit to be associated with programs that are ranked. Employers consistently acknowledge that LER ranks in the upper echelon — at least in the topthree. And the education it provides, whether in human resources or managing unions, has an indelible place in the real world, especially as labor-related issues and workplaces evolve across the country, even more so around the world. But for that history to continue, merging with Business could prove useful. LER needs to be able to focus on what’s most important: continuing to attract top-notch students for its graduate programs. To increase LER’s master’s degree enrollment, campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said that LER “needs campus support and a larger infrastructure to do that.� Over the past five years, the master’s degree enrollment numbers have fluctuated between 100 and 200. Without a long-term foundation, we remain concerned for the future LER, a school most necessary in today’s business and labor landscape. The program should continue to be offered as long as the University is operational, but to do that, LER must realign with a strong partner with an even stronger presence: the College of Business. Business’ top priority, if merged, may not necessarily be the School of Labor and Employment Relations, but it will bring stability to a program that can and should be recognized nationwide.

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Both the Illinois House and Senate pushed through legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in the state on Tuesday. And now we’re just waiting on Gov. Pat Quinn’s John Hancock. Gays and lesbians: If you wanna put a ring on it, now’s the time to start preparing. And if you want the benefit of divorce that heterosexual couples have long enjoyed, here’s your chance for that, too. If you want to pull a Kim Kardashian/Chris Humphries 72-day marriage extravaganza, why the hell not. You can have a little fun with the institution of marriage, too.

Just when we thought we were safe from blow darts, we are now faced with the threat of paintballs. Last week, two incidents occurred on campus where a student was hit with a paintball and another car was found to have 500 paintballs inside. At this point, we should probably start walking to class wearing camouflage or maybe even a coat of armor. What’s next, paintball blow darts?

Why we should all strive to be more like Forrest Gump ANDREW HORTON Opinions columnist

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hen you ask someone who their role model is you can expect a wide range of responses: Ghandi, Mark Cuban and Steve Jobs are some common ones I’ve heard. For me, though, I’d have to say Forrest Gump. Granted, he’s fictional, but I’m cool with that. Forrest Gump, for those rock dwellers out there, is the protagonist in an epic movie (based on the novel by Winston Groom) that won best picture at the 1994 Academy Awards. Despite not being the sharpest tool in the shed, Forrest’s free spirit takes him on a number of adventures, from becoming an All-American college football player, to fighting in Vietnam, to starting his own shrimping business. Forrest goes through life like a feather floating in the wind. His actions are influenced by his external environment, but it never changes who he is. He brings a positive perspective

to everything, is extremely loyal to those he cares about and exhibits only kindness to others. He seeks the most fundamental means of happiness without getting caught up in the significance of his actions or trying to leverage relationships to obtain selfish objectives. There are many instances throughout the movie where Forrest Gump illustrates significant life lessons. First is the iconic metaphor that life is like a box of chocolates. It is a true statement — you never know what you’re going to get, nor do you always have very much control over it. But, it is the optimistic way in which Forrest proclaims this to a random stranger sitting next to him on a park bench in Savannah, Ga. that gives it its true meaning. Instead of looking at life as a series of things that we wish could have been, Forrest’s perspective reminds us to look at what we do have and make the most of it. Another Gump-ism that I love comes when the love of his life, Jenny, leaves him, causing him to take off on a three year coast-to-coast marathon run. Along the way, people ask Forrest why he’s running and he responds, “I just felt like running.� This con-

veys the message that we should live in the moment and do what makes us instinctively happy. Granted, living in the moment is not the only way we should live. Not having any regard for the long-term can have some negative consequences. However, the notion serves as a good stabilizer for the times when we get so caught up in trying to get somewhere that we forget about where we are. Sometimes going for a run is the best cure. Forrest also uses running as a means to deal with conflict. While I don’t think it is always good to run away from your problems, the metaphor serves as a good reminder that when we are feeling marginalized or abused in one world, escaping to another one for just a little can allow us to find our inner strength and eventually overcome the adversity. Finally, we see the idea that happiness is a state of mind. Forrest’s optimistic nature, even in the face of tragedy, reminds us that much of what makes us unhappy is just ourselves. Even when Forrest was fighting in Vietnam he still managed to put smiles on the faces of those around him.

This attitude eventually rubbed off on the curmudgeonly Lieutenant Dan, who, after wishing to die on the battlefield, found new meaning in his life after Forrest saved him in action. Some studies have shown that just forcing a smile can indeed make us happier, which suggests that there is some substance to this ideology. All this being said, it is likely impossible that a normal person could achieve the same level of bliss as Forrest Gump, and it probably wouldn’t be ideal for someone to do so. However, the lessons he conveys are a tremendous compliment to our self-awareness, which can sometimes become stifling if not put in the proper perspective. Forrest Gump’s brilliance comes from the fact that although he is not the brightest, he is still able to grasp the most fundamental values that bring humans together and ultimately provide happiness. He’s my role model, and I think the world would be a better place if everybody let a little more Gumption into their lives.

Andrew is a junior in Engineering. He can be reached at ajhorto2@ dailyillini.com.

Outcomes carry precedence over intentions NICKI HALENZA Assistant opinions editor

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onsider these three scenarios: 1. You drink three cups of coffee and pull an all-nighter to finish that term paper due tomorrow. By 5 a.m., you finally hit the sack, only to sleep through your class and miss the turn-in deadline. 2. You feel like your wit is on point today and come up with a hilarious tweet that your friends will love. Instead, one of your Twitter followers comes across it on his newsfeed and winds up deeply offended. 3. You plan to make the two-hour trip home so you can surprise your mom for her birthday. However, last minute you get an email from your boss and she needs you to come in to work on Saturday night. We have intentions that come with certain expectations. As with the cases above, sometimes the effects that occur, for whatever reason, do not align with our intentions. In these three instances, the intent was good: to get a paper in on time, to bring forth humor and to do something nice for you mother. However, as we saw with the outcomes, something totally differ-

ent and unplanned happened. And whether these consequences turn out to be problematic or for the better, they are unintended nonetheless. And while having good intentions is important because it serves as a guide for our actions and behaviors, in the end, it is not as relevant as the actual result. This concept becomes very important when we apply it to levels beyond the microsystem. Not only are our personal choices guided by intentions, but even decisions made by companies, governments and nations are made with an intended outcome that might not necessarily equate to the real effect. Most recently, I have become concerned, yet intrigued, by this idea in regards to how we are progressing with technology. In one of the MACS courses I am taking this semester, we have many discussions about Google operations, practices and ethics. This particular company has proved to be largely successful and continues to come out with new, innovative technologies while also providing us with free online services — and it obviously has to be doing well if it’s made its way into the dictionary. Google bases their practices off of the motto, “Don’t be evil,� which ultimately means do the right thing — be moral and just. However, with

all of Google’s huge steps forward with projects such as Google Glass and the self-driving car, there is still so much to consider in terms of how these inventions will impact society. Many of these new products are glamorized in a way so that we think these large advancements in technology — like having a pair of glasses intended to let you take pictures, record videos, give you directions, send messages, research and so much more — are our future. We are blinded into thinking that new inventions, innovations and products will change us for the better. But in doing so, it is easy to forget to consider the unintended effects of these products. I will admit, upon watching the video for Google Glass, I thought, “Wow, this is incredible.� And don’t get me wrong, it is. But upon further thought, I had issues and concerns regarding how this product would impact issues of surveillance, our interactions with others and even our privacy, which could be considered unintended effects of this product. And same goes for the self-driving car. With hopes of making driving safer and more efficient, there are also considerations of how this Google project will have bigger impacts on jobs, future generations

of drivers, police street patrol and more. While these particular Google inventions are fascinating and wellintentioned, we need to be conscious of what the real effects might be. But at this point, we don’t know what they are. These products have not made their way into mass society, so we can’t say whether the effect will be mostly positive or come with a slew of problems. It can be easy to slap the phrase, “Don’t be evil,� in front of a product and say that anything that ends up happening is justified because the initial intentions were positive. In fact, I think that we do this all the time. We justify the impacts of our actions by what we originally intended to do. If we offended somebody, did a poor job or just plain dropped the ball on something, it’s all vindicated because that wasn’t what we meant to do. So whether it is with our own personal choices or actions, or the choices of a larger entity, we should be guided by our objectives. At the same time, we must also consider the fact that the effect of what we do is more impactful than our intention, good or bad.

Nicki is a junior in Media. She can be reached at halenza2@ dailyillini.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Students should take advantage of opportunity to elect University physics professor to Congress

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id you know that our own Illinois 13th Congressional District is one of the most competitive districts in the U.S.? Did you know that our district also includes four other major public universities in addition to several other private schools and community colleges? That’s a huge student population, and we contribute to the reason why this district is so competitive. Since we are also such a large sector of the voting population, we can help determine who wins the election and which candidate will best serve students, faculty and the University community. This election cycle we have the unique opportunity to elect one of our own to Congress and ensure that the University of Illinois will always have a strong voice in Congress. My friend and University

professor, George Gollin, is currently running for the U.S. House of Representatives. George is a first time candidate and not a career politician. I’ve spent the past few months getting to know George, and I can honestly say that he will be a welcome alternative to the gridlock and argument that we are currently witnessing in Washington. I, like many other political science students, was interested in interning with a campaign, and I was excited to discover that a University professor was running. I set up a meeting with the campaign and I was pleased to meet George personally. He impressed me with his willingness to engage students in thoughtful discourse. He didn’t try to twist my questions to best fit his ideology. George answered honestly and

from the heart, something that I respect more than anything else in an individual. I’ve learned that this sort of honesty is a rarity among current members of Congress. George isn’t a politician. He isn’t running to seek power, money and fame. He’s a physics professor who’s been teaching for over 25 years. One of the reasons George is running is because he witnessed firsthand what happens when dirty money gets involved in politics. His frustration with corruption in government is one of the main reasons he decided to run. George is a scientist, a teacher and a watchdog, and I think we need more of all three in Congress. As students, we need a representative who is willing to fight for us, and someone who is familiar with higher

education issues, such as the rising costs of education and the burdens of student debt. George also acknowledges that climate change is a real issue and that we can do things to combat it, unlike our current Rep. Rodney Davis, R-13, who believes we should do nothing about it. It’s time we elect one of our own to Congress. If you’re not registered to vote, register today. If you are registered back home, it’s time to change your voting address to your campus address. As students, we can single-handedly elect our next congressional representative. For me, that choice is University physics professor George Gollin.

MITCH DICKEY, sophomore in LAS.

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EBERTFEST this spring’s festival. “The festival is celebratory; it celebrates great films which is something Roger considered his charge in life,� Kohn said. “The festival was designed to highlight films that Roger felt hadn’t received the attention they deserved.� A decision normally made by Kohn, Ebert and Chaz, the movie selection process will be only differed by the loss of Ebert. According to Kohn, Ebertfest 2014’s films will be selected in the same manner, but through a discussion with just Chaz and Kohn with “the spirit of Roger standing on our shoulders.� “It is just an informal, easygoing festival where people have time to mingle and talk with our guests,� Britt said. “With our onstage discussions with each film, it breaks down that mystery of

how films are made. ... As the filmmakers stay for the whole five days, it just becomes more of a community.� The festival has no real criteria for films, according to Kohn. Over the course of its 15 years, Ebertfest has attempted to display a variety of films, including a 70 mm film, a documentary, a film with music, films by well-known directors and low-budget independent films that still are looking to find distribution. These types of films reflect the informal formula that the festival has tried to maintain since its creation, Kohn said. All 12 films of Ebertfest 2014 will be shown at downtown Champaign’s Virginia Theatre, which seats 1,500. The theater has special significance for the film festival, as it was the childhood movie theater of Roger Ebert in his hometown community. “It was a place that Roger went as a child to view movies, as his dad did,� Britt said. “It is just a wonderful 1920s movie palace,

and they don’t make these movie palaces anymore. It is just a wonderful place to have Ebertfest, year after year.� The theater, which is owned and operated by the Champaign Park District, opened in 1921 and is rented out by Ebertfest for the festival. Bentz said the festival is “without question� the theater’s largest event of the year. According to Bentz, Ebertfest and the Virginia Theatre are connected not only due to Roger’s ties with the theater, but also for the festival’s worldwide reputation. “This is something that has brought a degree of notoriety to this theater that is simply extraordinary,� Bentz said. “We are excited to continue working with the organizers of Ebertfest in making it something that honors Roger’s memory and also the spirit of the festival that he created.�

Declan can be reached at dharty2@dailyillini.com.

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EU Center wins Jean Monnet grant Funds will go to class on Eastern Europe BY SAHER KHAN STAFF WRITER

The University’s European Union Center won the prestigious Jean Monnet Module grant on July 11, making it the only American university to do so. The grant period runs from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2016. The EU Center, founded in 1998 and funded by the European Union, promotes the study of the EU and trans-Atlantic relations at the University. One of the ways the EU Center promotes this study is by designing courses available to undergraduate and graduate students. “As an interdisciplinary center, we don’t have our own faculty but rather tap the expertise of faculty members from various departments on campus, and they are our affiliated faculty members,� said Matt Rosenstein, director of graduate studies at the EU Center and associate director of International Programs and Studies. Four of these affiliated faculty members came together with Rosenstein to draft a proposal that won the Jean Monnet Module grant. The faculty members include Zsuzsa Gille of the sociology department, Carol Leff of the political science department, and David Cooper and George Gasyna of the Slavic languages and litera-

ture department. The Jean Monnet Life Long Learning Programme is an initiative by the EU that awards grants to institutions of higher education with programs that educate students on the EU. These awards are given to universities within and outside of the EU. “We specifically applied for the Module grant, which is a category that awards learning modules, or in other words, courses (and) classes that focus on EU studies,� Rosenstein said. This is the second Jean Monnet grant the University has won. The first one was in 2011 for the proposal on the study of the Mediterranean region and its relationship with the EU. The proposal this year was “Eastern Europe and European Integration,� which focused on Eastern Europe and European tradition. “The first year we applied we didn’t get it. Grant offices give you feedback about what was strong and weak about your proposal, so we came right back at them and won this one,� said Leff, professor of comparative politics at the University. The proposal centered around a class called “The Other Europe Comes Home,� and it will be offered every spring semester starting in 2014 to educate students on Eastern Europe’s integration into the EU. It is a team-taught class, meaning that all four professors who were involved with drafting the

proposal will be co-teaching the course with a rotating lead professor each semester. This upcoming semester, Leff will start off as the lead instructor. “The course is a team-taught course; it’s intentionally multidisciplinary, so people involved are scholars in literature, culture, political scientists and sociologists,� Cooper said. “All of these different disciplines treat the issues covered in class in different ways and ask different questions.� However, the course is not just a class. On top of the lecture series, the curriculum will include learning from webcasts, lecturers, outreach programs and guest speakers. Rosenstein, Leff and Cooper hope that all students with an interest in Europe, political science and different cultures will take the course. “In this day and age, (students are) going to need to able to work with people from different cultures,� Rosenstein said. “It’s an essential body of knowledge to have an understanding of other cultures and other countries of the world.� Rosenstein said that students should be educated about the EU especially, as it is a part of the U.S. national agenda. It is the country’s major trading and security partner, as well as an international ally.

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UI student plans events for campus diversity BY JULIA MARBACH STAFF WRITER

After observing patrons at the coffee shop, classmates in lecture halls and passersby on the sidewalk, Saagar Gupta, junior in Business, said he thought he saw most of the people of many different races and ethnicities at the University, but didn’t see them coming together as much as they should. From this one thought evolved a movement — the movement to #DesegregateSociety. Last year, Gupta founded Student Consulting and Event Promotion as a means to do just that — desegregate society and bring people of different cultures together. Through event planning for the student and ChampaignUrbana community, Gupta and his team act as middlemen for various RSOs and other organizations, working closely with their leaders to plan integrated events for University students. “When you come to campus for the first time, you try to see where you fit in, and people fit in that one area or in that one club and they end up having all of their friends from that one club,� Gupta said. “What I want to do is just create an open environment so that people can branch out.� Since founding the group in the spring of 2013, Gupta has worked with other promoters and leaders of student groups to organize various campus events, acting as a liaison between them. “A lot of others do all the work, and I support them with my experience, resources and ideas,� Gupta said. So far this year, Gupta has helped to organize multiple events on campus, including a “Welcome Back Barndance,� which had more than 200 attendees, “I’m Shmacked,� “Heartland DJ’s

Unofficial Finale� and “Mom’s Day Musical.� “(The) Unofficial concert at (The) Canopy Club ... brought out hundreds,� Gupta said. “It was a completely sold out event, and it pretty much incorporated every different culture on campus.� More recently, Gupta helped to organize the Hotel D’Morte Halloween party, which was a collaboration between CU Entertainment, Kabanna Krew Productions, the social fraternity Lambda Theta Phi and Dance 2XS UIUC. “I believe that if everyone is together, it creates more of a friendly environment where everyone can collaborate, communicate and in the end people are more successful,� Gupta said. The event was managed by Louis Perez, founder of Kabanna Kew Productions and University alumnus, and Christian Espinoza, founder of CU Entertainment and graduate student in Engineering. Espinoza said the event was a huge success, as it attracted more than 750 attendees, making it the largest event they have held. “Having the world perspective of being from Peru and growing up in California, that made me realize that ... in order to make things better for our community we need to make things so that everyone can participate and everyone is a community,� Espinoza said. One way event organizers tried to get a mix of people at the Hotel D’Morte was through the use of DJs, Espinoza said. For example, Pawel “Polish Don� Geneja represented the Polish community, and DJ Rami represented Heartland, an Asian entertainment group. “We wanted to integrate all of these communities,� Espinoza said. “All of us are students, and all of us are doing great things for the University.�

The next project that Gupta, Espinoza and others are working to organize is the #LifeInChampaign weekend, which will take place Nov. 7 through Nov. 10, and will be a weekend dedicated to getting friends from other universities or from home to visit campus, Gupta said. As of Wednesday night, the Facebook event had 2,929 attendees, and 2,653 other invited guests. This weekend will be the first time the event is put on, said Eryk Puczek, concert promoter and junior in LAS. It will feature different activities including happy hours, bar crawls, DJ battles and concerts, as well as some activities still to be determined, Puczek said. Alex Rymarz, a progressive house artist known as Disflow, will also perform. “Your friends from Chicago want to come visit you, but why not come on a weekend when there’s tons of people coming?� said Puczek, junior in LAS. “There’s lots of activities, there’s constantly something to do, (and) you’re not bored.� Puczek said his team hopes to have more #LifeInChampaign events in the following weeks, particularly before fall break. “If you come into it with an open mind, you’re guaranteed to just have a good time,� he said. “Wear whatever you want. Be whoever you are. Do what you want to do. Come when you want to come. Leave when you want to leave, and just come and enjoy the music and the culture, the lights, the people.� For information on upcoming events coordinated by Gupta and other leaders of student organizations, visit facebook.com/ UniversityOfIllinoisEvents.

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Ebertfest to memorialize spirit of late co-founder BY DECLAN HARTY STAFF WRITER

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REUSE RECYCLE REVAMP BY ALICE SMELYANSKY STAFF WRITER

The summer before her senior year, 2013 University alumna Taylor Miranda became inspired by a Facebook group her roommate was in. It was a Facebook swap-and-sell community where people posted items they no longer wanted — a virtual garage sale of sorts. After realizing that many college students were in need of making money as well as updating their wardrobes, Miranda created the Facebook group “Champaign Closet Recycle.� “All of the fi rst members were my Facebook friends, and I expected it to grow, but I had no idea that the group would reach almost 3,000 members in one year,� Miranda said. “I wasn’t sure if many people would even be interested in the idea of recycling clothes when I fi rst made the page, so it’s great to see that so many people are getting use out of the page.� The “Champaign Closet Recy-

cle� is open to all members of the C-U community to sell retail items, such as clothing, accessories and shoes. To sell a piece, a member posts a photo of the item with information on size, condition and asking price. On Saturday, the virtual group will go beyond the walls of Facebook and hold its fi rst official event called “Illini Closet Recycle� at the ARC in Multipurpose Room Six from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Financial Wellness Program, a University of Illinois Extension program that offers free fi nancial advice and hosts fi nancerelated events. About 40 sellers have registered for the event, and registration closes on Friday, said Sophia Mohammed, peer educator for the Financial Wellness Program and senior in ACES. There are two shifts, 1 to 3 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m., and 25 tables will be displayed during each

shift. The price range is decided between the sellers and buyers, and there is no price limit for available items. Marsella Lopez and Andi Nault are co-administrators of the Champaign Closet Recycle Facebook page. Before graduating, Miranda sent out a Facebook message to fi nd administrators who would take over the page. Lopez, senior in LAS, and Nault, sophomore in LAS, were chosen because they were frequent posters in the group. Lopez said that she looks forward to the event. “I personally sold a lot of clothes on here, too, and sometimes it’s difficult to fi nd a good time to meet because everyone has these crazy schedules,� Lopez said. “I think this event is going to be awesome because it’s just one day, and the event goes on for multiple hours, so people can just swing by whenever they have time in one location.�

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The idea to hold the “Illini Closet Recycle� came up when Mohammed noticed the popularity of the Facebook group. Since its creation, the “Champaign Closet Recycle� Facebook group has grown to 2,714 members as of press time — one member being Champaign Mayor Don Gerard — and has at least 20 new members requesting to join each day, according to Lopez. “I figured (the event) would be a nice way to get everyone out to the same place so they could actually take a look at the clothes and be able to try them on and make sure that they fit,� Mohammed said. Mohammed brought the idea up with her program coordinator and contacted Nault about partnering with Champaign Closet Recycle. Once they realized it would be feasible, they went about fi nding a venue and organizing the event.

Jessica Langer, Champaign Closet Recycle group member and sophomore in Applied and Health Sciences, said she plans on attending the event. “(Champaign Closet Recycle) is convenient because it allows girls and guys to be able to sell their items without having to pay for a listing and being able to view the item before committing to purchasing it,� Langer said. Miranda said she is glad the Facebook group continued to function after she graduated and that it has led to the creation of the “Illini Closet Recycle� event. “It’s nice to see that they are organizing big swap events where everyone can bring their clothes to lay out and set up a mini-store of sorts. Hopefully the success with the page continues,� Miranda said.

Alice can be reached at smelyan2@dailyillini.com.

For the first time in its 16 years, Ebertfest is being planned without longtime host and co-creator Roger Ebert — University alumnus, Urbana native and the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize. Ebert passed away in April 2013 due to thyroid and salivary gland cancer, leaving behind many things, including his annual Champaign film festival: Ebertfest. The festival, which will occur April 23-27 next spring, will show approximately 12 movies throughout five days at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign. Festival passes, which are limited to 1,000, went on sale Friday. Passes are “selling great,� according to Steven Bentz, director of the Virginia Theatre, especially online. “Most (years) we sell out of festival passes, and we expect that again for 2014,� said Mary Susan Britt, associate festival director and director of advancement for the College of Media. Britt said right now, this year’s passes are selling at the same rate that they did this time last year. Tickets for individual film screenings go on sale April 1, 2014, through the Virginia Theatre, the festival’s home since its beginning in 1999. Individual tickets are priced at $14 with a $2 discount for University students and senior citizens. Britt, along with co-creator and festival director Nate Kohn and Chaz Ebert, the wife of the late Roger Ebert, are putting Ebertfest together for its 16th year. Chaz Ebert will also take over as host for the festival after assisting in that capacity in recent years. Kohn said that the festival has remained the same since its inception in 1999, with the exception of a name change occurring in 2007 from Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival to the current name of Ebertfest. The festival has maintained a community base by not expanding to larger venues after the success of Ebertfest. “We went into it without expectations,� Kohn said. “There is always a temptation, once something becomes successful, to make it bigger, but we decided that it was perfect as it is, and we have almost kept it that way since the beginning.� After 15 festivals, Ebertfest has continued many practices that were established in its early years. With the death of Ebert, festival coordinators hope to continue these practices and Ebert’s mission in

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Seven new Illini begin careers vs. Alabama State BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER

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The usual was not enough for the Illinois soccer team this time. Even though the Illini had been matched up with Indiana before and this time they had the home advantage, the Orange and Blue lost 5-3. A sloppy first half buried Illinois in an early hole. The Hoosiers did well to take advantage of Illinois’ mistakes throughout the game. Despite a 22-11 advantage in shots, Illinois’ dangerous offense proved inefficient. “We can’t let five goals in,� senior midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo said. “That’s never acceptable.� Indiana took advantage of Illinois’ lack of sharpness. The first goal was scored in the 6th minute when Indiana played it short form a corner kick. Midfielder Lisa Nouanesengsy ran to space in front of the left corner of the box and fired to the far side of the net. Freshman goalkeeper Claire Wheatley was out of position, and the Hoosiers were up 1-0.

DiBernardo checked into the game and the passing game appeared to improve. She was sprinting well on the sprained knee on which she still had a large brace. But Indiana struck again, this time from long range, with defender Tori Keller scoring with 13 minutes left in the first half to make it 2-0. Indiana scored its third goal off a series of failed clearances by the Illinois defense in the box. Forward Rebecca Candler put it past Wheatley at point-blank range in the 38th minute. “Everything was just like one step too late, defending,� senior midfielder Kassidy Brown said. “And that kind of put us on our heels.� Just minutes into the second half, Illinois came out with more energy and had a few solid possessions. Sophomore midfielder Nicole Breece was dribbling just inside the box and went down. DiBernardo converted the ensu-

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The season is finally here. After first getting together in June, the Illinois men’s basketball team will finally tip off its season Friday night against Alabama State. For seven Illini — five freshmen and two transfers — it will be their first time competing in orange and blue. “It’s here,� Illinois head coach John Groce said. “It’s hard to believe. It’s flown by. Some of the guys probably don’t feel that way.� Junior Rayvonte Rice is one of those guys. It’s been 601 days since he has competed in a college basketball game, but he will finally be back on the court Friday after being forced to sit out a year after transferring from Drake. “Coach told me: ‘Be patient. Your time will come.’ And it’s finally here,� Rice said. Rice, a likely starter, has been one of Illinois’ strongest players throughout the preseason. Despite being the last person off the bench in the latest exhibition because of a “coach’s decision,� Rice led Illinois with 16 points and was key to the Illini surviving a 29-4 Northwood run. Another one of Illinois’ top players throughout the preseason will also be suiting up for the Illini for the first time Friday. Fifth-year transfer Jon Ekey played his first four seasons at Illinois State but will start for the Illini. Ekey has been the highestgraded player for the Illini so far. Groce said he and assistant coach Dustin Ford have attempted to find ways to criticize Ekey’s game, but it is impossible on a lot of plays.

“You just can’t ding him,� Groce said. Ekey appreciated his coach’s words. “That’s just one of those perks of being around for a long time, being able to pick up things that coaches want you to do,� Ekey said. Groce compared Ekey to last year’s fifth-year senior Sam McLaurin, saying they both worked hard and are among his favorite players he has coached. “Everybody knows in here I have favorites,� Groce said. “I like the people who do what they’re supposed to do all the time.� Starting point guard Tracy Abrams will be back after sitting out against Northwood with a mild hamstring injury. Abrams said he is feeling better and even argued with Groce about playing in Sunday’s exhibition. Alabama State struggled last season, finishing 10-22, but Groce said he expects the quick-paced team to give Illinois fits when it comes to offensive rebounding after Illinois allowed Northwood 17 offensive rebounds. “They look like darts running in there,� Groce said. Starting center Nnanna Egwu said Illinois just needs to box out and take advantage of its versatility, and it shouldn’t have difficulty with the Hornets. The game will also be the inaugural game for State Farm Center, after the stadium was renamed in April. Illinois will also host Jacksonville State on Sunday, starting the season with two games in three days.

Johnathan can be reached at hetting2@dailyillini.com and @jhett93.

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Illinois’ Rayvonte Rice celebrates during the game against Northwood at State Farm Center on Sunday. The Illini won 83-67. Illinois plays Alabama State on Friday.

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Sometimes lightning does strike twice. After the fi rst two sets of its match against No. 17 Michigan (15-9, 5-8 Big Ten) in Huff Hall on Wednesday night, the Illinois volleyball team looked as if it was in position to fight for its seventh consecutive split week. At the end of halftime though, the Illini came out of the locker room fired up, looking like a completely different team. They fought back en route to a nail-biting fiveset comeback victory by scores of 18-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-15, 15-10. The last time both teams met, the Illini also came from behind to win

in five sets after going down 2-1. The Illini put on a complete team effort, as sophomore outside hitter Jocelynn Birks led the game with 22 kills in addition to junior Morganne Criswell’s 19 and Liz McMahon’s 15. Sophomore setter Alexis Viliunas notched a double-double with 55 assists and 13 digs, and the Illini defense accounted for 13 total blocks, holding the Wolverines to a .224 hitting percentage. The Illini hit .274. “You never want to be down 0-2,� head coach Kevin Hambly said. “To see (the team) turn that around — that’s not an easy thing to do. I don’t think people understand how hard that is. To make that change, to see the whole team just absolute-

ly put their hearts out there and fight. It was great to see.� After what Criswell described as a “lack of energy� in the team’s first two sets, Hambly’s halftime speech altered the Illini’s mindset and energy level going into the pivotal third set. The speech lasted long enough to earn Illinois a red card violation for a delay of game, costing the team a point before the set even began. Hambly said he asked his team to “fight, protect (Huff Hall), protect each other, and do your job.� Freshman defensive specialist Danielle Davis made one of the game’s most crucial saves at the

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Wrestling to start season at Loras Open BY DANIEL DEXTER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The IllinoiSkating team performs during the first intermission at Friday’s Illinois hockey game against the Ohio Bobcats at the Illinois Ice Arena.

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Skating team prepares for season BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As the period draws to a close, the hockey players exit the rink and leave behind a sheet of ice mangled by their sharp turns and sudden stops. “And now welcome to the ice for their first performance of the season, the University of Illinois Synchronized Skating team,” the announcer cries. With that, 16 women enter the icy arena and the music begins for a crowd that is unsure of what to expect. Yet, by the end of the program, the team has grabbed the audience’s attention and earned its applause. Founded in 2001 originally as the Illini Edge, the renamed IllinoiSkating team has been competing and performing since. At one point, the IllinoiSkating team consisted of both a collegiate and open collegiate team, but then moved up a division and transformed into a collegiate and senior team; however, this year IllinoiSkating will field only a collegiate team. A collegiate team requires

members to be registered Illinois students. A senior team is in the highest division with advanced moves and skills. The fi rst- and second-place winners in the senior division earn the right to represent the United States at the World Synchronized Skating Championships. Consisting of synchronized skating veterans, single skaters, pair skaters and even past ice dancers, the IllinoiSkating team has become a cohesive unit on the ice, gliding to each move in harmony. Junior executive board member Stephanie Rydecki, sophomore in FAA, came to IllinoiSkating with both single and synchronized experience but said she prefers synchronized skating for the team characteristic. “I really like performing and feeding off other people’s energy,” Rydecki said. “In the program, you can look, lock eyes with someone on your team, and you’ll smile more than you’ve ever smiled before. Because it’s like, ‘yeah, you’re cheesing it up, I’m cheesing it

up.’ I really like performing with my girls and I really like the family aspect.” The performance during the hockey game was the first in a series of exhibitions before the start of the competitive season. The team will be the featured act in the annual fall exhibition Saturday at the Illinois Ice Arena at 4:30 p.m. IllinoiSkating will perform twice, in addition to a few duets and single skaters. It will then skate in the Starlight Exhibition, which will be held in the Chicago suburbs on Nov. 17. In addition to exhibitions, the team hosts a variety of fundraisers with one taking place Saturday. From 8-10 a.m., the team will be hosting a pancake breakfast for $5 at the Applebees on 2121 N. Prospect. Beside achieving a greater level of familiarity for IllinoiSkating with students and the community, these events help quell nerves before the competition season starts. “No one at hockey games knows what is going on,” assistant coach and IllinoiSkating alum Carah Ferrill said. “But

it is good because it’s a fresh audience that you really have to sell what you’re doing to.” Yet, these home practices and exhibitions have drawbacks for the team when competitions arrive because of the larger size of the Big Pond at the Illinois Ice Arena. “When we skate at competitions, it’s a little scary because we might run into the boards since we have so much room here,” Rydecki said. “We have to shrink our program and we’re not used to that. So we take that practice ice when we have competitions very seriously because we need to get into the form where we can still do our program.” The team will start its competitive season Nov. 22-23 at the Kalamazoo Kickoff in Kalamazoo, Mich., followed by two other competitions. Midwest sectionals will be held Jan. 23-25 to determine qualifiers for nationals, which will be held in Colorado Springs, Colo., from Feb. 26 to March 1. Freshman Ellen Gou has performed on a synchronized skating team since middle school,

but she has noticed the collegiate program is faster paced. Gou still recalls how she felt the moment she truly felt like she had formed a bond with her teammates, which is critical to synchronized skating. “Completing our fi rst runthrough was great,” said Gou. “I don’t even remember what practice or what day it was. But just getting through the whole program was a really big accomplishment because we had continuously done parts of the program. But finally putting it all together, it just felt really good.” With a renewed passion from the older members and newly discovered one from the new members, the commitment has shaped an improved IllinoiSkating team, and a hope to spread the sport’s interest. “We have just a stronger team in general,” Rydecki said. “I’m not too worried about it. We’re further along this year than we ever were last year at the first competition.”

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The Illinois wrestling team will start off its season at the Loras Open in Dubuque, Iowa, this Saturday. Seven Illini wrestlers won titles in their respective weight classes at the tournament last year, and five others placed in the top four. Head coach Jim Heffernan views the tournament as a good opportunity for his team to face some competition before taking on Big Ten teams. “The biggest thing for us is that it gives us a chance to get out of the (practice) room, and wrestle live competition and get a lot of matches in, which I think is really important,” Heffernan said. “So the goal is to go out and see where we are at and get better.” Coming off his national championship in the 125-pound weight class, junior Jesse Delgado will compete at the tournament after missing it last year to compete in the NWCA All-Star Classic. Delgado won the Loras Open his freshman year, and he will be joined at it by past winners 174-pound Tony Dallago and 125-pound Dominic Olivieri. With his sights set on repeating as national champion, Delgado fully expects to win his weight class. “It’s kind of a tune-up tournament, so it’s just getting us ready for the Big Ten season,” Delgado said. Heffernan plans to start redshirt freshmen Zane Richards and Zac Brunson at the 133- and 157-pound weight classes, respectively. Both won the freshman division of the tournament last year. Brunson is confident in the team’s ability to continue the success Illinois has had in the past at the Loras Open. “We should go and win every weight class, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be easy,” Brunson said. The NCAA ranked Illinois at No. 7 in its preseason poll, and while Heffernan appreciates the recognition the program is getting, he admits to not focusing on the rankings too much. “I don’t pay as much attention to rankings anymore,” Heffernan said. “With the schedule we have every year and how competitive it is, you’ve got to prove yourself every week.”

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beginning of set four, in what looked to be a service ace by Michigan. After an errant dig, Davis sprinted toward the baseline at full speed, crashing into the barricades, as she was able to reach the ball and keep the play alive long enough for Birks to get the kill and deplete the momentum Michigan was starting to gain. From that point on, the Illini

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SOCCER ing penalty kick in the 52nd minute to make it 3-1. But the Hoosiers regained a commanding lead with another goal. Midfielder Monica Melink headed the ball from a cross into the box. Indiana seemed to put the dagger in with a goal from about midfield, by defender Lara Ross, which bounced over the head of freshman goalkeeper Claire Wheatley in the 74th minute. “It just really wasn’t a good night for us defensively,” head coach Janet Rayfield said. “No one real-

team just one game under .500 at 11-12 overall and 7-6 in the conference. The Illini will face No. 13 Michigan State (18-6, 7-5 Big Ten) on Saturday with a chance to reach .500 and aid Illinois’ chances of reaching the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011. The last time the two teams faced each other in East Lansing, Mich., the Spartans dominated the Illini in a sweep, disallowing Illinois to reach 20 points in any set.

ly had the kind of night we needed them to have in the back.” But the Illini still had some fight in them. Junior forward Jannelle Flaws finally converted in the 75th minute with an unassisted goal from the right side of the box to make it 5-2. DiBernardo, Flaws and Breece were all working well together throughout the second half. Brown got it down to 5-3 with a header off a free kick in the 83rd minute. But the comeback hopes would end there. Indiana fouled Illinois repeatedly which ate time and frustrated the Illini. Indiana will advance along with Iowa, Penn State and Nebraska to

the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. The NCAA Tournament hopes for Illinois are far from certain. The team is hoping that a BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINI competitive Big Ten season will Illinois’ Joseph Bertrand attempts a contested pass out of the paint during the game against Northwood at help them advance, but that will be State Farm Center on Sunday. The Illini won 83-67. up to the selection committee. The Big Ten Tournament will conclude on Nov. 10 and Illinois should know if its season is over next week. “We’ve beaten some good teams,” Rayfield said. “We’ve beaten some good teams. We’ve beaten some teams that are going to be in that mix so those are the types of things that you have to look at.”

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Injuries plague women’s basketball, T team working to decrease turnovers While the Illinois women’s basketball team will open the 2013-14 season on the road, the team won’t be traveling far. The Illini open up at Bradley in Peoria, Ill., at 11 a.m. on Friday. These two teams met last year at State Farm Center early in the season. The Braves emerged victorious on the road by a score of 83-77. A senior Karisma Penn led the Illini in that game with 29 points and 16 rebounds, but Illinois won’t have her to rely on this year. Catie O’Leary led the Braves in last season’s matchup with 15 points and 12 rebounds. She is one of three returning starters for Bradley. “They’re a veteran team that has some good pieces,” head coach Matt Bollant said. “We lost by six (last year), didn’t play very well. We’re obviously hoping to play better this year.” The Illini will still be without many contributors as the injury bug lingers around the program.

Guard Alexis Smith is now on crutches with a mid-ankle sprain. Smith started wearing the crutches on Tuesday to keep weight off her foot and try to keep the injury from progressing into a stress fracture. In addition, the Illini will still be without Mckenzie Piper, who is also dealing with an ankle sprain and will not be available for the game. “I don’t think I’ve ever had so many injuries at one time,” Bollant said. “I don’t remember ever having this amount of injuries, but it’s part of the deal, so you deal with it.” One area the Illini are wanting to clear up from their showing in an exhibition victory over Cardinal Stritch is turnovers. Illinois committed 25 turnovers in the exhibition, seven more than its 2012-13 season average. Paired with just 18 assists on the game, Bollant knows the Illini have work to do. “I think we lost our edge. We got up 20-2 and 44-15 and kind of

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lost our edge,” he said. “We’d like to be above 1-to-1 (assist to turnover ratio) if we can. We obviously weren’t above that last year, we were above that at Green Bay. We’re hoping to head in that direction.” While at Green Bay, Bollant’s teams aimed for a 1-to-1 assist-toturnover ratio but also took into consideration the amount of turnovers forced. Even though the Illini gave the ball away 25 times, they forced 33 turnovers. Having that defensive intensity to force turnovers will spark the offense, senior guard Amber Moore said. “We’re focusing on our defense, being aggressive in both man-toman and buzz,” she said. “With that, we’ll create more offense for us. We’re not focused on our offense because we know that our defense will dictate that.”

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he Illinois men’s basketball team’s game against Alabama State on Friday to tip off the regular season is pivotal, even if the outcome isn’t in doubt. Let’s be honest, we all know who’s going to win. Illinois hasn’t lost its first game of the season since 1998. That streak isn’t going to end Friday. Alabama State finished 10-22 last season, which was actually the middle of the pack in a SWAC conference that included a 0-28 Grambling State team. This game is not pivotal because Alabama State provides a challenge for Illinois. Rather, this game is pivotal because the Illini need to not only win, but win big. Illinois already has enough doubts heading into this season. The roster changeover has created plenty of uncertainty surrounding this group, and a troublesome start would only add to the team’s already modest expectations heading into this season. A shaky start for the Illini against Alabama State isn’t out of the question, even in this onesided affair. Illinois struggled out the gate just a couple weeks ago

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in Illinois’ first exhibition game of the season against Division-II McKendree. McKendree started the game on an 11-3 run and were up by double digits with 7 minutes, 13 seconds left in the first half. Illinois eventually cruised to a 10166 win, but the first 13 minutes of the game were unsettling as the fans at State Farm Center grew restless. Illinois once again fell flat in its second exhibition game against Northwood as they trailed at one point in the second half. Illinois can’t come out slow on Friday, not against a Division-I opponent. Illinois needs to obliterate Alabama State from the onset of the game. Even if Illinois’ shots aren’t falling, they need to drive the ball down the Hornets’ throats. The fresh faces on this Illini squad need to flash their potential from the get-go. Rayvonte Rice has the makings of becoming the best player on this team, and he needs to show it on Friday. The freshman will play right away, and they need to be ready for the call. Which freshmen will play is yet to be determined, but John Groce is certainly going to tinker with the lineup. Like Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau, who Groce talks about on occasion, Groce will play the hot hand during any given game. Whoever comes off

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the bench with steady play will get a chance in this system. A big game against Alabama State could give one of the freshmen an upper hand in the rotation. The first-game jitters will be there. The new players are still getting adjusted to the system, and the holdovers need to learn how to play with their new teammates. That’s where leadership comes in. Joseph Bertrand, Tracy Abrams and Nnanna Egwu need to prove they can be relied on as the leaders of this team. Communication is the key. Naturally, with it being the first game players are going to be in the wrong positions at times and not yet know their teammates’ strengths. The three upperclassmen will need to step up and provide a direction for the less experienced players whenever play is stagnant. Illinois is fortunate in that it has a pillow-soft stretch to begin the season. After Alabama State there’s Jacksonville State, Valparaiso, Bradley and then Chicago State, with all games being played in the friendly confines of State Farm Center. But Illinois needs to treat this schedule as if Kentucky’s coming to town. If not, this could be a long season.

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maintained control of all facets of the game, shutting down the Wolverines’ senior outside hitter Lexi Erwin, who had eight kills and hit .318 in the first two sets. Erwin finished the match with 20 kills, in addition to an inefficient .186 hitting percentage. “We made adjustments in the back row,” senior libero Jennifer Beltran said. “We pulled our left fronts back, so I could move a little deeper, because she was scoring left and right.” The win marks the second in a row for Illinois and leaves the

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