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in areas such as leadership and networking. The political science departThe director position for the ment and the College of LAS program will be terminated at have eliminated the master’s the end of the school year. He said he wants to preserve education portion of the civic leadership program, a joint bach- the essentials of this program, elor’s and master’s degree pro- while making it more cost-effecgram for students interested in tive and available for more stupublic leadership, because of a dents on campus. lack of funding. “This is the direction we’re As the program now stands, moving in, and I’m pretty excited the University selects 10 stu- about the possibilities,” he said. He said the dents per year program has in their undergraduate junior not been closed year, and they by the Urbathen take a resina-Champaign Senate because dency or internship in their sec“it would be preond semester of mature of us to their undergradtake those steps uate senior year. to formally close Students come the master’s program.” back to campus in the fall to “We’re not complete a oneshutting it down year master’s entirely,” he MAX ELLITHORPE, degree by worksaid. “We’re program fellow ing on a group just kind of takproject about public policy. ing the master’s degree portion William Bernhard, depart- of it, and we are putting it on the ment head for political science, shelf.” said the program is funded by But Max Ellithorpe, current external donors and foundations. program fellow, and many other The University also provided a fellows fear for the future of the $100,000 commitment per year program. for five years and tuition waivers “There is really not much like for the about 70 graduates that this in the United States; this is have completed the program in one of the only programs that has this model,” Ellithorpe said. the last seven years. After reaching the five-year “There’s already a minor in leaddeadline in 2010, the University ership, and we see the central extended its commitment by two value in this program as the masmore years. ter’s degree in combination with The department launched a the other stuff.” review of the program, bracing He said he would not be happy with an undergraduate-only for a loss of University funds. Bernhard said the department program, hoping that current has three goals for the revised fellows will be given more of a program: maintain the overall chance to restructure the proobjective, expand participation gram with administrators. and better integrate the pro“I think the fellows are ready gram within the political sci- to collaborate with the Univerence department, all while being sity, but we hope they’re ready mindful of the new budgetary to work with us, not to just tell constraints. He said the depart- us what their decisions are,” he ment has discussed making the said. program into a concentration or Esteban Gast, senior in LAS, minor where students would still and other program fellows spoke have internship opportunities and the chance to take courses See LEADERSHIP, Page 3A BY TYLER DAVIS STAFF WRITER

“There is really not much like this in the United States; this is one of the only programs that has this model.”

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Ryan Smetana, center, solos during “MLK” at The Other Guys Annual Holiday Concert for an audience of approximately 800 attendees at Foellinger Auditorium on Dec. 1. Other holiday songs performed include “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” “Baby Please Come Home for Christmas” and “Cold December Night.”

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C-U community launches Wiki site BY JACQUI OGRODNIK STAFF WRITER

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AA & The Ultimate Raasers perform at the Diwali Talent Show put on by the Indian Student Association at the ARC on Saturday. The panel of judges awarded the group first place.

Diwali talent show brings students closer to roots ciation incorporated them into a skit the emcees performed. Throughout the show, the emcees acted out a search for the diya to light during Diwali. Premal Tailor, association member and sophomore in Engineering, said the group wanted a show that incorporated the traditions of Diwali in a fun environment. “During the show, we have

BY ATOOSA SAYEH STAFF WRITER

The Indian Student Association held a talent show Saturday that incorporated elements of the five-day Hindu festival Diwali in its performances. About 300 people attended the event at the ARC on Saturday to celebrate the holiday, which traditionally involves the lighting of small clay lamps fi lled with oil. These lamps are known as diyas, and the asso-

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A group of residents, with the help of University students, has created Wikipedia of sorts for the Champaign-Urbana community. Cuwiki.net launched Dec. 1 and was formally presented at an event at the Douglass Branch Library. Eileen Walz and Rubayya Hoque, first year graduate students in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, or GSLIS, introduced the site to community members with demonstrations at the event. “This website is created by the community, not just for the community,” Walz said. “It contains virtual space that anyone can add to, edit and share local knowledge.” CU Wiki was created by a Champaign-Urbana committee that started up in 2011. The committee was searching for a way to build “a website about the Champaign-Urbana area that anyone can edit,” which is now the website’s tagline. “Anyone can go in there and write whatever they want,” Hoque said. “The website con-

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tains pre-made layouts for new articles. If someone made changes to your article, it allows you to monitor those changes.” While the website started as a community project and not a student project, many University classes have begun assisting in generating content for the site. “If we don’t get involved and upload information, there’s not going to be anything there,” said Abdul Alkalimat, UC2B policy board member and professor of African-American studies. In September, two Community Informatics classes in the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences began adding multiple articles to the site as well as snippets of information to which others can add. Spanish classes will also be taking on projects to translate pages into Spanish. Other language classes are expected to join these projects, Walz said. “Teams of students will be targeting different sectors of society,” Hoque said. “While one group focuses on bars in the community, another group

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Kevin Wolz, senior in LAS, shows how tall a hazelnut plant has gotten over the year at his perennial polyculture site at the Sustainable Student Farm. His project received full funding on Friday.

Committee approves funding for student farm BY CLAIRE EVERETT STAFF WRITER

A proposed 20.5-acre solar farm at the University received final approval by the Student Sustainability Committee at its meeting Friday. The farm, which was debated about extensively, will provide the University with two percent of its energy by next year. The committee will fund $1.05 million of the cost of the farm over the course of three years.

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Teresa Tousignant, chair of the energy working group and graduate student, voted against the solar farm project. “It happens on agricultural land, which is an issue that has not been well-publicized, but the rate of loss of farmland in the United States is phenomenal,” Tousignant said. Although location was the main concern with the solar

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University ! A 26-year-old male was arrested on the charge of criminal trespass at the Chemical and Life Science Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave., at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. According to the report, an officer who recognized the suspect was aware that the suspect had previously been issued a University no-trespass letter. ! According to a police report, a man attending Wednesday’s University men’s basketball game at Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., reported that he had traded his purchased tickets with three men outside the arena who claimed they had better seats. The tickets he traded for were canceled by ticket managers and he was denied entry to the game. There were about $4,000 in tickets that were cancelled that night because of ticket discrepancies.

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UCC is set to discuss town home leveling BY CORINNE RUFF STAFF WRITER

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves to the crowd during celebrations for their successful bid to win U.N. statehood recognition in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday. Abbas returned to a hero's welcome after winning a resounding endorsement for Palestinian independence at the United

Supporters welcome Palestinian president home BY ARON HELLER AND DALIA NAMMARI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian president returned triumphantly to the West Bank on Sunday, receiving a boisterous welcome from thousands of cheering supporters at a rally celebrating his people’s new acceptance to the United Nations. An Israeli decision to cut off a cash transfer to the fi nancially troubled Palestinian Authority, following an earlier decision to build thousands of new homes in Jewish settlements, failed to

put a damper on the celebrations. But Palestinian officials acknowledged they were undecided on what to do with their newfound status, and were waiting for upcoming Israeli elections and new ideas from President Barack Obama before deciding how to proceed. Outside the headquarters of President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, some 5,000 people thronged a square, hoisted Palestinian flags and cheered their leader’s return from New York. Large posters of the Palestinian leader, whose

popularity had plummeted in recent months, adorned nearby buildings. “We now have a state,” Abbas said to wild applause. “The world has said loudly, ‘Yes to the state of Palestine.’” The United Nations General Assembly last week overwhelmingly endorsed an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in the 1967 war. The move to upgrade the Palestinians to a nonmember observer state does not change much on

the ground, but it carries deep potential significance. The vote amounted to an international endorsement of the Palestinian position on future border arrangements with Israel and an overwhelming condemnation of Israeli settlements in the areas claimed by the Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects a return to Israel’s 1967 lines. Israel remains in control in parts of the West Bank and considers east Jerusalem, the Palestinians’ hopedfor capital, an integral part of its capital.

Same-sex weddings hosted by West Point for the 1st time THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Cadet Chapel, the landmark Gothic church that is a center for spiritual life at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, hosted its first same-sex wedding Saturday. Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton, a West Point graduate, exchanged vows in the regal church in an afternoon ceremony, attended by about 250 guests and conducted by a senior Army chaplain. The two have been together for 17 years. They had a civil commitment ceremony that didn’t carry any legal force in 1999 and had long hoped to formally tie the knot. The way was cleared last year, when New York legalized same-sex marriage and President Barack Obama lifted the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy prohibiting openly gay people from serving in the military. The brides both live in New Jer-

DIWALI FROM PAGE 1A classical acts, and they have a variety of culture that they show,” Tailor said. The performances in the show varied from comedy acts to dance performances. The acts allowed the performers’ friends and families to come, bringing the Indian community together, said Mythili Gopikanth, association member and sophomore in LAS. “We have a list of comedy acts, dancing and singing acts in the show, and it’s a great cultural show that gets everyone involved,” Gopikanth said. The acts included several dances performed by Universi-

SCC FROM PAGE 1A farm, and the location of the site at First Street and Windsor Road could not change once the proposal passed, several members of the committee felt it was still best to fund the farm. “I think it would be worse if this project didn’t happen than it is better if it does happen,” said Emily Cross, head of marketing for the SSC, junior in LAS. “I think it’s awesome that we have Board of Trustees support, but I think this would have turned out very differently if we had had student input from the beginning.” Despite disagreements, the solar farm proposal passed 7-3 with an amendment that said after the energy generated by the farm pays itself back, the committee will see a quarter of the farm’s profits. Sustainable campus fee money is used to fund these environmentrelated projects proposed by students and faculty in the areas of water, education, food and waste, transportation, land and energy. Each year, students pay about $24 in sustainable campus environment fees and $4 in cleaner energy technologies fees.

sey and would have preferred to have the wedding there, but the state doesn’t allow gay marriage. “We just couldn’t wait any longer,” Fulton told The Associated Press in a phone interview Saturday. Cadet Chapel was a more-thanadequate second choice, she said. “It has a tremendous history, and it is beautiful. That’s where I first heard and said the cadet prayer,” Fulton said, referring to the invocation that says, “Make us to choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong, and never to be content with a half-truth when the whole can be won.” The ceremony was the second same-sex wedding at West Point. Last weekend, two of Fulton’s friends, a young lieutenant and her partner, were married in another campus landmark, the small Old Cadet Chapel in West Point’s cemetery. Fulton has campaigned against

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Brenda Sue Fulton, center left, and Penelope Gnesin proceed through an honor guard forming an arch of raised swords after exchanging wedding vows at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on Saturday. nal Corps in Germany and rose to the rank of captain, but left the service in 1986 partly because she wanted to be open about her sexual orientation. Obama appointed her last year to the U.S. Military Academy’s Board of Visitors.

ty dance clubs that incorporated traditional Indian dancing with modern music. There were also performances by bands that sang in Hindi and comedy acts that included impersonations of Bollywood actors. Although the show was mostly focused on the journey to fi nd the diya, the event was also, for the fi rst time, a competition to win the title of “Mr. Browntown.” Before the talent show, the association put up a poll on their Facebook group page that allowed members to nominate and vote for men they thought were a good representation of their community. The polls received more than 1,500 votes. Because of the popularity of the poll, they decided

to bring the “Mr. Browntown” competition to the talent show. The top five competitors were brought out on stage to dance and answer a few questions. The audience then decided on who was the best representation of “Mr. Browntown.” “Every year, we have people who perform dances, songs and comedy acts,” said Jess Talati, junior in LAS. “This year, we wanted to incorporate something new that the audience would love and fi nd fun.” The winner of “Mr. Browntown” was Kushal Thakkar, sophomore in LAS. He said being a part of the competition was fun, and the talent show was a big success. The performers enjoyed being

a part of the cultural event, said Snegha Ramnarayana , sophomore in Engineering. Ramnarayana, an employee of the Illini Media Company, said she loves being a part of ISA’s events because it allows her to feel closer to her roots. “I like being part of all the cultural events related to India,” she said. “It makes me feel closer to home.” Members of ISA said they enjoy hosting the annual talent show because of its large turnout. “The talent show is a nice way to get the Indian community together to celebrate,” Gopikanth said.

Kevin Wolz, senior in LAS, wrote one of the proposals that was approved. He requested funding for his perennial polyculture site, which is located on four plots of land at the Sustainable Student Farm. Perennial refers to plants that come back every year, and polyculture to when multiple species are grown together in the same field. “With the SSC (Student Sustainability Committee) funding, we’ll be able to tie this project in to education in classrooms, outreach to the community as well as producing food for the dining hall,” Wolz said. The site was planted a year ago and includes chestnut, hazelnut, apple, currant, raspberry and grape plants as well as two plots of corn and soybeans. Its end goal is to get quantitative data that compares the site productivity to different agricultural systems, such as those of corn and soy. “With the SSC money, we’ll be installing another building, we’re going to have a tower with a time lapse camera to take a picture of the site every 30 minutes,” Wolz said. “There’s all kinds of cool stuff we’re going to be doing.”

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set plan, this is not yet possible. He said this doesn’t concern him too much, as recruitment can be picked up in the spring instead of the fall, and the program can simply operate on a different cycle. None of the changes will affect current students, he said. “(There are) resource constraints now that (the University) didn’t have even 10 or 20 years ago,” Bernhard said. “We’re doing our best to be mindful of that and maintain those really important opportunities that current civic leadership program students have identified.”

FROM PAGE 1A at last Wednesday’s Illinois Student Senate meeting in defense of the program. “This program is more than something students want to pad their resumes – there is no selfish ambition for every student currently fighting for the program has already enjoyed its benefits,” he said. Bernhard said no concrete plans for the revised program have been drafted. At this point in past years, fellows would already be recruiting undergraduate students to apply for the program. Without a

WIKI FROM PAGE 1A will focus on local businesses.” Other students assist as tech volunteers at the Urbana Free Library and Douglass Branch Library, according to the wiki website. Students have the opportunity to upload articles focused on individuals, clubs, dorms and University colleges. The website contains sub-

Atoosa can be reached at asayeh2@ illinimedia.com.

Tyler can be reached tadavis2@ dailyillini.com. jects such as history, social services and local businesses. The “Things to Do” page features a list of activities someone can do in Champaign-Urbana, while the “Hidden Gems” page contains a number of little-known businesses. Ronald William Bailey, department head of African American studies, called CU Wiki a “tool to capture history.”

Jacqui can be reached at ogrodni2@ dailyillini.com.

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Asperger’s term undergoes revision BY LINDSEY TANNER

the ban on gays in the military as a member of two groups representing gay and lesbian servicemen and servicewomen. She graduated from West Point in 1980, a member of the first class to include women. She served with the Army Sig-

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Over the last two years the condition of “Urbana Townhomes,” 901 to 1009 S. Lierman Ave., have been declining and now pose as a safety hazard to the surrounding community. The Urbana City Council will discuss the demolition of the condemned apartment buildings at Monday’s regular meeting. “It’s beyond reasonable cost to repair,” said John Schneider, Urbana building safety manager. Schneider said over the last two years, the owners of the buildings have not maintained the apartment complexes properly. “It would take a significant investment of funds to bring it back to a point where it was occupyable and even more to be workable in the community,” he said. According to the ordinance, the bank with current ownership will donate the properties to the city for demolition. Council members will discuss whether to accept the properties and what to do with them. Mayor Laurel Prussing said Urbana’s responsibility as a city is safety, which is why the city has pushed to obtain the hazardous property.

“We tried working with owners, it wasn’t right and it became a danger,” she said. “Rather than go through a lengthy court process, the quickest way is to own the buildings and tear them down.” Prussing said the ordinance skipped committee and will be addressed directly during the committee meeting, in order to speed up the process. Diane Marlin, Ward 7, said the neighborhood would be vastly improved with the demolition of the apartments that have attracted high crime. “It’s a Christmas gift to the neighborhood,” she said. “(The building) is in horrible condition. It’s a safety hazard and a nuisance.” If the council accepts the properties and carries out the demolition, Marlin said she hopes to see lower density housing developed in the open space. Schneider said once the property is demolished and plans for development are discussed, the city will incorporate neighborhood input to ensure that what is developed would fit in and be more compatible with the surrounding community.

CHICAGO — The now familiar term “Asperger’s disorder” is being dropped. And abnormally bad and frequent temper tantrums will be given a scientific-sounding diagnosis called DMDD. But “dyslexia” and other learning disorders remain. The revisions come in the first major rewrite in nearly 20 years of the diagnostic guide used by the nation’s psychiatrists. Changes were approved Saturday. Full details of all the revisions will come next May when the American Psychiatric Association’s new diagnostic manual is published, but the impact will be huge, affecting millions of children and adults worldwide. The manual also is important for the insurance industry in deciding what treatment to pay for, and it helps schools decide how to allot special education. This diagnostic guide “defines what constellations of symptoms” doctors recognize as mental disorders, said Dr. Mark Olfson, a Columbia University psychiatry professor. More important, he said, it “shapes who will receive what treatment. Even seemingly subtle changes to the criteria can have substantial effects on patterns of care.” The changes were approved Saturday in suburban Washington, D.C., by the psychiatric association’s board of trustees. The aim is not to expand the number of people diagnosed with mental illness, but to ensure that affected children and adults are more accurately diagnosed so they can get the most appropriate treatment, said Dr. David Kupfer. He chaired the task force in charge of revising the manual and is a psychiatry professor at the University of Pittsburgh. One of the most hotly argued changes was how to define the various ranges of autism. Some advocates opposed the idea of dropping the specific diagnosis for Asperger’s disorder. People with that disorder often have high intelligence and vast knowledge on narrow subjects but lack social skills. Some who have the condition embrace their quirkiness and vow to continue to use the label. And some Asperger’s families opposed any change, fearing their kids would lose a diagnosis and no longer be eligible for special services. But the revision will not affect their education services, experts say. The new manual adds the term “autism spectrum disorder,” which already is used by many experts in the field. Asperger’s disorder will be dropped and incorporated under that umbrella diagnosis. The new category will include kids with severe autism, who often don’t talk or interact, as well as those with milder forms. Kelli Gibson of Battle Creek, Mich., who has four sons with various forms of autism, said Saturday she welcomes the change. Her boys all had different labels in the old diagnostic manual, including a 14-year-old with Asperger’s. “To give it separate names never made sense to me,” Gibson said. “To me, my children all had autism.” Three of her boys receive spe-

cial education services in public school; the fourth is enrolled in a school for disabled children. The new autism diagnosis won’t affect those services, Gibson said. People with dyslexia also were closely watching for the new updated doctors’ guide. Many with the reading disorder did not want their diagnosis to be dropped. And it won’t be. Instead, the new manual will have a broader learning disorder category to cover several conditions including dyslexia, which causes difficulty understanding letters and recognizing written words. The revised guidebook “represents a significant step forward for the field. It will improve our ability to accurately diagnose psychiatric disorders,” Dr. David Fassler, the group’s treasurer and a University of Vermont psychiatry professor, said after the vote. The shorthand name for the new edition, the organization’s fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, is DSM5. Group leaders said specifics won’t be disclosed until the manual is published but they confirmed some changes. A 2000 edition of the manual made minor changes but the last major edition was published in 1994. Olfson said the manual “seeks to capture the current state of knowledge of psychiatric disorders. Since 2000 ... there have been important advances in our understanding of the nature of psychiatric disorders.” Catherine Lord, an autism expert at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York who was on the psychiatric group’s autism task force, said anyone who met criteria for Asperger’s in the old manual would be included in the new diagnosis. One reason for the change is that some states and school systems don’t provide services for children and adults with Asperger’s, or provide fewer services than those given an autism diagnosis, she said. Autism researcher Geraldine Dawson, chief science officer for the advocacy group Autism Speaks, said small studies have suggested the new criteria will be effective. Other changes include: —A new diagnosis for severe recurrent temper tantrums — disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. Critics say it will medicalize kids who have normal tantrums. Supporters say it will address concerns about too many kids being misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder and treated with powerful psychiatric drugs. Bipolar disorder involves sharp mood swings and affected children are sometimes very irritable or have explosive tantrums. —Eliminating the term “gender identity disorder.” It has been used for children or adults who strongly believe that they were born the wrong gender. But many activists believe the condition isn’t a disorder and say calling it one is stigmatizing. The term would be replaced with “gender dysphoria,” which means emotional distress over one’s gender. Supporters equated the change with removing homosexuality as a mental illness in the diagnostic manual, which happened decades ago.

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Editorial World AIDS Day reminds us to be educated, safe in our sexual health

ost students at the University are too young to remember the height of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. during the 1980s and ’90s. But even with the scientific breakthroughs in the last 15 years that have provided ways of managing the disease, we are still a long way from adding AIDS to the list of diseases eradicated by modern medicine. The most defining characteristic of AIDS is its massive, global scale. No country is unaffected, and the epidemic has infected an estimated 60 million people, killing 30 million worldwide. The numbers and deaths are staggering. But so has been the collective struggle of individuals and organizations all over the world to stop, or at least slow, the loss of life. The fight against the disease has occupied enormous public and private resources and some of the best minds of the last two decades. With the passing of World AIDS Day on Saturday, there is good news: According to UNAIDS, 700,000 AIDS-related deaths were avoided thanks to antiretroviral therapy. Incidence of HIV fell in 33 countries, 22 of them in hard-hit SubSaharan Africa. HIV infection among children has fallen 15 percent since 2001, and 21 percent below the number of new infections in 1997. But an issue that is global is, by nature, also entrenched at the local level. Here in Illinois, AIDS killed 12,506 people between 1990 and 1999. Since then, deaths have decreased dramatically, with only 250 deaths reported in 2010. There is progress, but AIDS is present in our community. The numbers are not large; As of June 2012, 185 AIDSinfected individuals live in Champaign County as of June, with only of eight new cases reported in that month, according the Illinois Department of Public Health. It would be easy to look at AIDS as a problem on the way out, but this ignores the astounding level of challenge overcome since the disease broke on the global landscape. There has been progress, but, the reality is that disease continues to be transmitted despite enormous education and outreach efforts here and around the world. For University students, that means we are not entirely removed from a possible infection; as of 2010 about 12,000 young people between the ages of 13 and 24, or about 1,000 per month, were infected with HIV, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We may be a school that was awarded first place out of 141 schools in sexual health resources, but University students have little excuse for not staying diligent. And while AIDS remains a global problem, taking responsibility for ourselves — by staying educated, getting tested, and being careful with our partners — is a surefire way to hasten a true end of AIDS for all.

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Technology changes spread of information, content of articles JOSEPH VANDEHEY Opinions columnist

solid brick of paper landed on my desk with an audible thunk. It was one article, just one, that my adviser wanted me to read — over sixty pages of densely packed mathematics written in German. Oh, and not just German, but the sort of arcanely worded German that prompted Google Translate to throw up its hands and say, “You’re on your own on this one, bub.” But after the initial language shock, what struck me most about this article was how little space it devoted to its audience. Despite its length, the abstract and introduction — the explanation of why these results mattered — was scrunched into half of the first page. A review of the article (also in German, but much less arcane) remarked that the utter lack of context for the results meant the paper would generate little interest; and indeed, in the near century since it was published, only one other writer, besides myself, has cited it. I have noticed journals even into the ‘70s and ‘80s following this same terse format: no context for results, just the results themselves. No space is wasted. As soon as one article ends, there is a bold black line, a blank space best measured in fractions of a millimeter, and then the next article begins. But today, I hardly see this format any more. Sometime in the last few decades, the expected audience for a research article shifted from the mere dozen who might

have looked at a particular issue before to a much broader selection of researchers. Why the change? I suspect shifting publication standards are the culprit. It is easy to forget that research journals are a business, just as much as newspaper or book publishers, and they want to publish high-quality, attention-grabbing articles to increase their sales. At some point, the value of a well-written introduction outweighed the value of cramming in one more article into a given volume. Since the dissemination of one’s work is an important goal of any researcher, the publication standards of journals can have a massive impact not only on what researchers write down, but what research they actually do in the first place. I have spoken with scientists who lament that journals focus so much on publishing bright, shiny new results. Discovery is only one part of scientific progress, after all. We also need to retest results and confirm that they work. This work, while necessary, is not terribly prestigious, and so these results are often overlooked by major journals. Even papers that show flaws in previous work, a vital duty in science, often get skipped. In mathematics, too, we often only write down and publish the one method that worked. All the methods that failed, all the ideas that petered out without results — they never find their way into print. That is just fine if all the reader needs to know is the truth of some statement. It is awful if the reader wants to expand, refine or improve upon the results of a previous

paper: Researchers can spend most of their time rediscovering the same dead ends that the previous writer did. The company Elsevier provided one of the more worrisome reminders that publishers are a business. The methods they used to boost their profits earned such widespread condemnation that nearly 13,000 researchers boycotted them, refusing to review for, edit for or publish in any of their journals. But, once again, dear reader, the Internet is changing everything. Already there are several research journals published completely online. Some even have high-profile editors and a bit of prestige to their name. Most printed journals I see today also have all their articles available for download online (for a subscription fee, of course). The big difference between print journals and online journals is the associated cost of running them. There is a massive difference between a 20-page and a 60-page paper in print; not so much difference between a 20 kb and a 60 kb PDF file online. The biggest remaining cost is the time and effort to take articles through the peer review process. Without the same pressure to publish the best stuff possible in the few pages allotted, online journals can take on more and more varied articles. Researchers, in turn, can take slightly greater risks as well: The maxim, “Publish or perish,” may just become, “Publish, or publish somewhere else.”

Joseph is a graduate student in mathematics. He can be reached at vandehe2@ dailyillini.com.

Lincoln provides model of hands-on, compromising skills for Obama KIRSTEN KELLER Opinions columnist

uring a bitter war in which half of the nation had seceded, President Abraham Lincoln knew how to get the job done. During a time when one issue tore the nation apart, Lincoln knew how to resolve it. He shrewdly did what was necessary to end slavery. As was shown in Steven Spielberg’s recent release, “Lincoln,” the president knew that with the passing of the 13th Amendment, which outlaws slavery, the Civil War would end. By banning the thing that essentially caused the war, this amendment was obviously not popular among the border states. So, Lincoln effectively set out his staff to persuade undecided and influential members of the House of Representatives to vote for the amendment. We need to see more of Lincoln’s bulldog approach to solving problems in Congress today. Debate persists over if Congress is less effective in getting things done because it is more polarized today than has been in the past, or if ways of compromising are not as effective. I’d like to say that the latter is more of the problem. From the time we are born, our parents teach us that we will not always get our way. We cannot take a cookie out of the cookie jar whenever we please. We cannot have a sleepover on a school night. This is a hard concept to grasp when young, for in our minds, the world revolved around tod-

dlers. Yet as we grew we came to understand the concept of compromise. We can have a cookie if we finish all our dinner. We could have a sleepover on Friday night if we helped mom and dad in the garden. So who is the parental figure residing over Congress, now that the senators and representatives are all grown up? Father Obama. He isn’t the perfect parent, but nearing his second term, Obama needs to prepare himself to be a shrewd politician and get things done in a timely matter. There are so many things I’d like to see in the next four years: the passing of the DREAM Act, marriage equality across the nation, extreme revision of the No Child Left Behind Act and a lower unemployment rate. These issues take time and thought to resolve. But with a combination of political savvy and compromise, things can get accomplished. Currently, the major issue on the table is the fiscal cliff. On the eve of 2013, tax cuts for certain Americans will end and spending cuts will start to be made in areas like defense and Medicare. If these taxes increase and spending cuts occur, the deficit could be cut in half, yet they may cause the nation to go into another recession. If the tax cuts are extended and the spending cuts cancelled, the nation’s debt will grow, and it could put the economy in a state similar to that of Europe. Obviously, there needs to be some settlement in the middle of these two scenarios. The route Obama is taking is to extend the tax cuts for middle

class families and raise taxes on the wealthy, exactly what he said he would do in his campaign. Republican House Speaker John Boehner is adamant on not taxing the rich more, although some of his counterpart-Republicans are starting to budge on this stance. In order to avoid this fiscal cliff, which could very well devastate the economy if not settled, Obama needs to act on the Republicans who are wavering, much like the way Lincoln did to the Democrats in 1865. He needs to talk directly to these representatives instead of travelling and telling the nation that we will have a “Scrooge” Christmas if the issue is not resolved. He needs to send his staff out to convince the likes of moderate Republican Representative Steve LaTourette of Ohio, who said he would support tax increases on the wealthy if Medicare was reformed. “If we can get a few House Republicans on board, we can pass the bill. ... I’m ready to sign it,” Obama said, according to Reuters. If Obama leaves the compromising up to Boehner, the nation could be in big trouble. I encourage a hands-on approach from Obama to do whatever he needs to do to avoid this fiscal cliff. This is a test of his compromising skills and his bull-doggedness, which will need to continue into the next four years. Obama will not be able to please everyone all the time and should look to Lincoln as a model of political savvy.

Kirsten is a sophomore in Media. She can be reached at kekellr2@dailyillini.com.

his past Friday, the House of Representatives voted to pass the STEM Act, a bill that makes it feasible for immigrant students who are graduating with high degrees in science and math majors to receive a green card, allowing them to have permanent resident status in the United States. Getting this bill off the ground has been no easy feat: Even now, there are concerns on how the bill will fare in Congress because of bipartisan arguments. One party thinks the STEM bill will help with the ever-current job demand in the math and science field, while the other sees the STEM bill as potentially getting rid of other visa candidates. One of my main concerns is that if STEM passes, it will eliminate another visa category, the “diversity” visas. Diversity visas are for people who come from countries that have low immigration rates to the United States. There are only so many visas to give, and that the bill may exclude an entire subset of visa recipients makes me want to continuously bump my head against the counter. But let’s just pretend that there was some magical way that STEM wouldn’t knock other visa applicants out of the water; that different people could get the visas they need. The STEM bill, in theory, is pretty handy. After all, it allows immigrant students to put their American university education to use and work for companies here, instead of overseas. These are some of the world’s most brilliant minds, and now employers can continue to fill their talent pool with these kids, thus, helping out our economy by filling these jobs. Plus, the makers of this bill recently added a revision that makes it easier for these students to legally bring in spouses and children. Science, a great global economy, family ... I’m down for that. Sounds like it works, right? Not really. Right now, the bill discriminates — not just in what kind of person gets to receive a green card, but in which academic field is allowed a visa. STEM — science, technology, engineering, and math — but what about the other fields? That’s right, I said it: STEM needs to open up. Now, saying this does not mean that I am a liberal arts child with an axe to grind on science enthusiasts. The STEM bill should include students who pursue the math and science tracks; these majors are vital to society and our economy. We need computer programmers and mechanical engineers, and anyone who says otherwise is kidding themselves. It’s not fair that students who have studied math, science, technology or engineering should be given a higher priority over students who have studied education, or journalism, or business consulting. A major is a major, and an education is an education. It’s almost insulting that only foreign STEM students get an easier time getting visa, while others may not. Limiting immigrants’ right to working in the country that provided them their education based on the degree they studied here is not fair. If anything, let’s look at lists with the highest demanding jobs in America. Obviously, things like “software engineer” and “computer specialists” are on there, but so are therapy jobs (physical, occupational) and marketing managers. It would be in our favor if we make it easier for more students, regardless of major, to stay here after they finish college. And what happens if a foreign student, who studied a STEM subject for most of his or her college career, decides to switch gears and work as a social worker? They’ve been counting on that green card for their work in a science or math area, but now they won’t be able to get their green card, which they had been counting on, as easily. Simply because some interests changed. They shouldn’t be punished because they want to change their life path. I do see that certain kinds of jobs are needed over others, and it’s fair to even stipulate that a majority of them are jobs where you need to come from a STEM background. But, in all honesty, our economy should see that most, if not all jobs, are critical, and must be filled. And we can only start to do that once we acknowledge that though many foreign students may be on the STEM track, not all of them come here to major in math or science. And they shouldn’t be overlooked because of it. If we want to start protecting foreign students, we need to protect all of them — regardless of what degree they have.

Tolu is a senior in Media. She can be reaced at taiwo2@dailyillini.com.

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Kimberly Masklyne looks at her flooded car Sunday in Windsor, Calif. The National Weather Service issued flood warnings yesterday for both the Napa and Russian rivers.

Storm hits northern Calif., drops inch of rain per hour BY JOHN S. MARSHALL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Residents of northern California endured the brunt of another powerful storm that drenched the area with yet another round of pounding rain and strong winds, but damage from the storm was less than expected, officials said. The latest storm system â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the third to hit the area in less than a week â&#x20AC;&#x201D; moved across the region late Saturday and early Sunday dropping as much as an inch of rain per hour in some areas, toppling trees and knocking out electrical service to tens of thousands of people, officials said. Rivers across Northern Cali-

fornia swelled from the deluge but did not flood as extensively as had been expected, officials said. Forecasters had issued flood warnings for the Napa and Russian rivers, two rivers north of San Francisco with a history of flooding, as well as the Truckee River, near Lake Tahoe, but by Sunday afternoon had canceled the warning for the Russian River. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It (the storm) moved through a lit bit faster than it was looking like it would, so it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plant on top of us and keeping raining,â&#x20AC;? said Austin Cross, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The period of heavy rain didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last as long.â&#x20AC;? In Napa, where officials had

handed out more than 8,000 sandbags and about 150 tons of sand before the storm hit, officials breathed a sigh of relief Sunday afternoon after the heaviest rain moved out of the area and the city appeared to avoid any major damage from the storm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had some minor street flooding and some of the intersections were flooded,â&#x20AC;? Napa city spokesman Barry Martin said. Flood construction projects were credited with keeping the river within its banks through the city, while most of anticipated flooding, expected around 6 p.m. Sunday, was expected to hit a mostly agricultural area outside of the city, officials said.

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NORFOLK, Va. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fi rst nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was retired from active service on Saturday, temporarily reducing the number of carriers in the U.S. fleet to 10 until 2015. The USS Enterprise ended its notable 51-year career during a ceremony at its home port at Naval Station Norfolk, where thousands of former crew members, ship builders and their families lined a pier to bid farewell to one of the most decorated ships in the Navy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a special memory. The tour yesterday was a highlight of the last 20 years of my life. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve missed the Enterprise since every day I walked off of it,â&#x20AC;? said Kirk McDonnell, a former interior communications electrician aboard the ship from 1983 to 1987 who now lives in Highmore, S.D. The Enterprise was the largest ship in the world at the time it was built, inheriting the nickname â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Eâ&#x20AC;? from a famed World War II aircraft carrier. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to carry conventional fuel tanks for propulsion, allowing it to carry twice as much aircraft fuel and ordnance than conventional carriers at the time. Using nuclear

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The crew of the USS Enterprise stands at attention after disembarking the ship during the inactivation ceremony for the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise at Naval Station Norfolk Saturday in Norfolk, Va. The ship served in the fleet for 51 years. reactors also allowed the ship to set speed records and stay out to sea during a deployment without ever having to refuel, one of the times ships are most vulnerable to attack. It was only designed to last 25 years but underwent a series of upgrades to extend its life, making it the oldest active combat vessel in the fleet The ship served in every major confl ict since participating in a

blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis, helping earn its motto of â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are Legend.â&#x20AC;? While the Enterprise was inactivated Saturday, it will be several more years before it is fully decommissioned. Its nuclear fuel must fi rst be removed by punching gigantic holes in the ship, rendering it unfit for service or turning it into a museum. It will eventually be towed to Washington state for scrapping.

Powerball couple says theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll stay true, keep living simply BY MARIA SUDEKUM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DEARBORN, Mo. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; To announce one of the biggest events of their lives together, Cindy and Mark Hill returned to the place where it all began â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the high school where they became sweethearts in the 1970s. Surrounded by family and friends, the two were introduced Friday as winners in this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s huge Powerball lottery â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an extraordinary stroke of luck that gives them half of the $588 million jackpot. The nostalgic high school homecoming seemed to reflect the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hopes of staying true to their roots and living simply, at least as simply as possible for winners of one of the biggest lottery prizes in history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will still be going down to the corner cafe for breakfast or fish day. I can guarantee you,â&#x20AC;? Cindy Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just us. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just normal human beings. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re as common as anybody. We just have a little bit more money.â&#x20AC;? The Hills, who have three grown sons and a 6-year-old daughter, said they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play the lottery regularly. They spent

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$10 on five tickets with random numbers. The result: After taxes, they will take home a lump sum of $136.5 million. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still stunned by whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened,â&#x20AC;? said Hill, a former office manager who was laid off in 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surreal.â&#x20AC;? The other winning ticket was sold in Fountain Hills, Ariz., near Phoenix. No one has come forward with it yet, lottery officials said. Joining the Hills at the news conference were their children, with the youngest, Jaiden, sitting on her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lap clutching a black stuffed horse. She was adopted from China five years ago. When asked what she wanted for Christmas, the little girl said simply: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pony.â&#x20AC;? Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s news conference made official what just about everyone in the town of 500 north of Kansas City already knew, thanks in part to a Facebook posting by Mark Hill, said their son Cody. At fi rst, the elder Hill told his son about the winning ticket but instructed him not to share the news with anyone. Cody Hill said he went to work and heard people

commenting about how one of the winning tickets came from a local store. He said nothing. But then a relative told him to look at his dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page, where his father had announced the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good fortune. Cindy Hill, sounding cautious and a little concerned about the windfall, said they have no immediate plans to move out of their single-story ranch house on a quiet cul-de-sac. But they will have more free time. Mark Hill quit his job as a mechanic Thursday. His wife, who missed a scheduled job interview on the same day, has no plans to keep looking for work. Instead, she plans to focus on their daughter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our most important thing,â&#x20AC;? Cindy Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And we want her to have normal things. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christmastime, and we want to be home. ... We want everything normal.â&#x20AC;? Mark Hill said the adjustment in the family income hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite sunk in yet. He had to buy some small things Thursday when the family was in Jefferson City waiting for the Missouri Lottery to validate their ticket.

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Cypher competition brings back original hip-hop cypher to date. The cypher brings rappers from all over to compete Hip-hop began as a product against one another in a friendly of street ingenuity out of the battle. Rose’s mentor, Isra Shatat, South Bronx. From the projects began the cypher competition in to the subways, lyrical genius- an effort to bring back the origies stepped up with voices that nal skill and feel of hip-hop. After could not be silenced. In a world finding out about WBML as a of its own, today is all about the sophomore, Rose followed in the flashy chains, hydraulic cars and footsteps of her mentor by extendbeautiful girls. But beneath all ing the event this year. the media portrayals, there is a This year’s cypher had 10 conhip-hop revolution in effect. Art- testants, including Chuck L.I., ists are reverting back to their Spud Cotton, Theo Means, eGo, old-school ways and embracing Young Blu, D.R.E.W., Lady A, their roots. The University’s own Halo, E.Nos and LG Kid Real. WBML radio station is front and These contestants come from center for it. very different places and have WBML, which stands for Where their own styles, but each posBlack Music Lives, was created in sesses a talent and true love for the ’80s and broadcasts live out hip-hop and what he or she does. of the AfricanWhile warming American Culturup for the event, al Center online which was held 24/7. Saturday in the “Hip-hop withbasement of the in itself origiRed Herring, the nated from skill, contestants talkfrom actual bated about developtle rapping, and ing their passion. “I was 9 years I feel like that’s old. I walk into the what is missing record store and from hip-hop,” said Nadia Rose, I see ... 50 Cent’s general manager ‘Get Rich or Die of the WBML and Trying’ album,” a senior in Media. Theo Means said. For this reason, “I was like some WBML hosts an suburban Koreannual cypher, an kid that never listened to rap in which artists before, but either gather to freeTHEO MEANS, style to a continway I just saw the Cypher contestant uous beat with album ... and ever other rappers. At since then I was Saturday’s Cypher 3.0 event, rap- like, this what I’m gonna do.” pers competed to win a Complex Another rapper in attendance Magazine and ThisIs50.com fea- gained interest in music at a young age. ture, along with other prizes. The cypher concept has become “I liked listening to lyrics and a proving ground for the best art- rhythm. In Chicago, my grandfaists to come face to face with each ther, he used to always have me other. The nature of the battle is listening to jazz. That’s when I raw, with no rhymes prewritten. got started into hip-hop,” LG Kid It truly forces the rapper to see if Real said. they can handle the pressure and As the rappers prepared, they still rhyme and rap. found comfort in their own rituals “The cypher itself is just where and sources of inspiration. a collective group just says what “I’m a very analytical person. I they want to say. They vibe off of find inspiration in my lows and my highs,” E. Nos said. “Everything each other,” Rose said. WBML has hosted a cypher the I go through, I just try to be me past two years; this is the third as much as possible.” BY ROHAINA HASSAN STAFF WRITER

“I was like some suburban Korean kid that never listened to rap before, but either way I just saw the album ... and ever since then I was like, this is what I’m gonna do.”

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There were two female rappers in the contest — Halo and Lady A. “I feel like men respect women who are rapper because ... it’s something unique. I feel like they will give me my, you know, time to shine,” Halo said on how she felt about being one of the only other women in the cypher. As people slowly filtered in, the anticipation rose in the basement of the vegetarian restaurant and coffeehouse located on the corner of Oregon and Matthews.

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Artists Chuck L.I., Spud Cotton, Theo Means, eGo, Young Blu, D.R.E.W., Lady A, Halo, E.Nos and LG Kid Real come together on campus to perform in a Cypher on Friday. Each artist had their few minutes to “spit” in hopes to make it to the next round and ultimately a feature in Complex magazine. tle, where the final two faced each other. At the end of each round, the judges decided which two contestants were eliminated. The judges included DJ A Ron, Premiere Central Illinois DJ, Isra “La La” Shatat, last year’s WBML general manager and a G-Unit intern, and Dave Coresh, Cypher 2.0 champion who was featured on BET’s Sprite Hip-Hop Awards Cypher. After an intense set of four rounds, Lady A and Young Blu made it to the final round. With

DJ Julian took on the task of spinning music for the event, as WBML and Tau Kappa Epsilon members took the stage to open the night up with their own cypher. Far from serious, they faced off each other with playful jabs and rapping. Soon after, the rules were announced. The cypher consisted of five rounds, 10 minutes each. The first four rounds allowed all the contestants to cypher with each other. The last round was the cypher bat-

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Injury sidelines Maestas for 2013 DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORTER

C.J. Maestas, sophomore standout for the preseason No. 1 Illinois men’s gymnastics team, will miss the entirety of the 2013 season because of an injury, head coach Justin Spring confirmed Sunday night. Maestas tore his tricep in practice two weeks ago while practicing flares during a floor sequence at Kenney Gym, Spring said, adding that Maestas received surgery on the elbow Nov. 20. The recovery process is expected to take between four and six months. Maestas won the NCAA’s still rings title last season as a true freshman. Last year’s Big Ten Freshman of the Year was slotted to anchor five of the Illini’s six events this season.

Spring said Maestas was irreplaceable and that the entire team will be responsible for helping fill Maestas’ void if the Illini are to repeat as national champions. He pointed to senior Yoshi Mori, who finished sixth in the all-around in April’s NCAA Championships, as someone who will need to step up in Maestas’ absence. “We’re not the same team anymore,” Spring said in a phone interview. “Every guy who was seventh in an event is now in our lineup. It’s an early setback, but the team is ready to rise to the occasion.” Spring said Maestas hopes to return to full strength in time to compete at the World Championships in the summer. Illinois’ season opens Jan. 12 at UIC.

Women’s basketball falls asleep in 2nd half, loses to Colo. BY MICHAEL WONSOVER STAFF WRITER

What a difference two days can make. After scoring a season-high 95 points against Wake Forest on Thursday, the Illinois women’s basketball team (4-3) barely broke 60 in a 69-62 loss to Colorado (6-0) on Saturday at Assembly Hall. The first and second halves were almost complete opposites for the Illini. Colorado’s strategy was apparent early in the game. After scoring a season-high 30 points on Thursday, Illini forward Karisma Penn was double-teamed by the Buffaloes almost every time she touched the ball in the post. Colorado also played guards Amber Moore and Ivory Craw-

ford tight while sagging off nearly every other Illinois player. The game plan bothered the Illini in the early going, as Colorado led for all but one minute and 10 seconds of the first half. “That was part of our game plan,” Colorado freshman forward Arielle Roberson said of doubling Penn, who finished with 11 points despite averaging 19 points a game this season. “We actually had three players (to focus on), and she was one of them. So that was the key player to shut down because we knew that the team went as she went.” With Buffalos’ defense zoning in on Moore, Crawford and Penn, other Illinois players had to step up. Sophomores Alexis Smith and

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Wisconsin running back Montee Ball and Jared Abbrederis (44) hold up the trophy after Wisconsin defeated Nebraska 70-31 to win the Big Ten Conference championship NCAA college football game Saturday in Indianapolis.

BADGERS WIN BIG TENS BY CHAD THORNBURG STAFF WRITER

Wisconsin will compete in Rose Bowl INDIANAPOLIS — The 2012 Big Ten intercepted Cornhuskers quarterback championship game might as well have Taylor Martinez for a pick-six on Nebrasbeen a 60-minute Wisconsin highlight reel. ka’s first offensive play to go up 14-0. The Badgers made big play after big Martinez did get loose on a scramble play as they bowled over Nebraska en for a 76-yard touchdown run, but the big route to a 70-31 victory Saturday night at plays kept coming from the Badgers, who Lucas Oil Stadium, punching their ticket led throughout and continued to pile on to Pasadena, Calif., and the Rose Bowl points to secure their second straight Big Game for the third straight year. Ten game victory. Wisconsin won the inauNebraska couldn’t contain Wisconsin’s gural game 42-39 against Michigan State offense, as the Badgers gained 640 total last season. The Badgers’ stellar rushing perforyards — including 539 rushing, the most ever allowed by a Nebrasmance had quarterback ka team — and ripped off Curt Phillips handing the nine plays of more than ball off most of the game. He attempted only eight 20 yards, five of which passes, completing six for spanned more than 40 yards. 71 yards, but still got in S at u rd ay ’s ga me on the fun with a 27-yard marked the first time in catch from wide receivWisconsin history that er Jared Abbrederis on a two players rushed for reverse pass play that set over 200 yards, and three up White’s 1-yard touchrushed for over 100. down run in the second quarter. Senior Montee Ball ran While Martinez confor 202 yards and three tributed on the ground touchdowns on 21 carries, junior James White for the Cornhuskers with had 119 yards and four 176 yards and two touchMONTEE BALL, scores on 15 carries, and downs, he finished with senior running back redshirt freshman Melvin 184 yards and two interGordon had 216 yards and ceptions on 17-for-33 passone touchdown on just nine runs for an ing and lost one-of-two fumbles. average of 24 yards per carry. “Everything, I mean everything, went Ball’s three-touchdown performance wrong,” Nebraska safety P.J. Smith said. extended his NCAA record for total touchWisconsin (8-5, 5-4 Big Ten) finished downs to 82 and set the record for career third in the Leaders Division behind Ohio rushing touchdowns with his 76th. Satur- State (12-0, 8-0) and Penn State (8-4, 6-2) day’s eight rushing touchdowns was also — which both beat Wisconsin in the regular season — but the Buckeyes and the a school record. “We all felt like we had a big statement Nittany Lions were ineligible for postseato make on a big stage,” Ball said. “We son play, allowing the Badgers to sneak kind of set our minds before the game into the Big Ten title game with 4-4 conthat this is our game. The running backs ference record. “We lost two heartbreakers to two good were going to set the tempo.” The Badgers got off to a quick start, teams — Ohio State and Penn State,” Wisscoring on a four-play opening drive with consin head coach Bret Bielema said. “We a 56-yard touchdown run by Gordon. Badgers cornerback Marcus Cromartie then See RECAP, Page 4B

“We all felt like we had a big statement to make on a big stage. We kind of set our minds before the game that this is game.”

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Illinois’ Alexis Smith (23) goes for the layup during the Illini’s 69-62 loss to Colorado at Assembly Hall on Saturday.

MVP Ball sets NCAA rushing scoring record INDIANAPOLIS — When a reporter mentioned at Saturday’s postgame press conference that Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon’s 216 Big Ten championship game rushing yards came on nine carries, senior running back Montee Ball started beaming. He looked down along the line of microphones to his teammates, linebacker Chris Borland and running back James White, and mouthed “nine carries” with a look of excited disbelief across his face, a fitting end to a historic night for Wisconsin’s running back trio of Ball, White and Gordon. “I was waiting for the day (Gordon) was going to excel and show what he was capable of doing,” Ball said. “And I’m sure the coaches are extremely excited for the future because this player is going to be very, very good.” The Rose Bowl Game-bound Badgers will lose Ball — the NCAA record holder for total and rushing touchdowns — next season, but if Saturday’s 70-31 annihilation of Nebraska was any indication, White and Gordon should be just fine in his absence. “These guys compete on a daily basis,” Wisconsin head coach Brett Bielema said. “Montee’s great, James is great and Melvin’s getting the hang of things. And it’s really fun to think about the future.” Ball finished with 202 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns, extending his total career touchdowns record to 82 and setting the total rushing career scores mark at 76, which broke a tie with Miami (Ohio)’s Travis Prenctice at 73. Ball was named the Grange-Griffin MVP for his Big Ten title game performance. In addition to redshirt freshman Gordon’s 216 yards and one score, junior White added 119 yards of his own paired with four touchdowns. The eight rushing touchdowns set a Wisconsin school record, and Saturday was the second time the Badgers had three 100-yard rushers in a single game as well as

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Illinois suffers after week off, is swept by No. 8 Oklahoma BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

Before this week, the Illinois hockey team has emerged with four straight splits, winning each time on Friday but falling in the Saturday game. This last weekend against No. 8 Oklahoma, the Illini couldn’t even muster that and were swept by the Sooners in their first games after a week off for Thanksgiving. Illinois on Friday was defeated 4-1, and it suffered a 5-3 loss Saturday. “I think it was the fact we were off last week,” defenseman Chad Himley said. “The first period didn’t go our way (Friday) and that kind of set the tone.” While the Illini looked lethargic when the puck dropped Friday, the Sooners came out of the gate with energy and buried a goal just over three minutes into the game to give them a 1-0 lead. Illinois (12-7-2) not only suffered on the scoreboard but in the penalty box as well. Forward Matt Welch committed an

unsportsmanlike conduct penalty as the first period ended, which directly led to a Sooners power-play goal 17 seconds into the second frame. “The penalties Welch took in the first are unacceptable,” head coach Nick Fabbrini said. also speaking of an early slashing penalty. “Going after a guy after the buzzer ... there’s not a lot of upside to that.” Down 2-0, the Illini would get some life late in the period when freshman John Olen hammered home a one-timer from Scott Barrera to bring the score within one. The third period was tense as both sides had a multitude of chances off rebounds and in front of the net, but it was Oklahoma’s Darrell Boldon who punched home the goal to put the game out of reach with only 2 minutes and 48 seconds remaining. The Sooners would add another goal barely a minute later to secure a 4-1 final. “There are a lot of things we need to tighten up, especially defensively,” Fabbrini said. “We

gave up three five-on-five goals (Friday). That’s way too many. We shouldn’t be giving up any five-on-five goals.” Saturday’s game started with fireworks early on. On the first shift, Welch buried a goal only 31 seconds in to get the Illini offense going. With the crowd and much of the Illini bench still celebrating, Oklahoma’s Brandon Dennis slipped through the defense and tied the game 15 seconds later — his third goal on the weekend. Still in the first period with the score now 2-1 in favor of Oklahoma, Olen was at it again on the Illini power play. Taking the puck from behind his own net, Olen handled past the blue line where he weaved in and out of two defenders. With no one left in front, Olen slammed home the equalizer for the coast-to-coast finish. The Illini would briefly take the lead in the second after a JT Turner goal, but the SoonJONATHAN DAVIS THE DAILY ILLINI

See HOCKEY, Page 4B Illini John Scully (14) delivers a hit to a University of Oklahoma player on Friday. The Illini lost the game 4-1.

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What’s it like to be the NBA commissioner? JAY BENSAL Sports columnist

ate this week, another page was written in the saga that is David Stern’s tenure as NBA commissioner. Stern went head-to-head with San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich over Pop’s strategic benching of his top-four regulars. As a result, a nationally televised, late-November matchup between the resurgent Spurs and the world champion Miami Heat featuring two sets of “Big Threes” (albeit the Spur’s three are aging) turned into game a between a roster composed of mainly backups and the Heat. The contest was still close, a one-possession game decided in the last 30 seconds, but without a doubt the storyline wasn’t the same. What was marketed as a fiery clash between new and old wasn’t anymore. Presumably that made all the difference to David Stern. Stern released two statements on the game. In the first, on Thursday night, Stern threatened “substantial sanctions.” on Friday, the commissioner announced a $250,000 fine, apologized to fans and claimed the Spurs did a “disservice” to the league and its fans. Both Stern and Popovich are standing on firm ground.

Stern, as commissioner, is trying to keep TNT — one of the league’s TV partners — happy because the network’s bottom line changed. Popovich, as a coach, was managing his team as he saw fit — whether it was in the league’s best interest or not. This particular debate is endless and not of interest to me. Rather, this series of events raised another question. What’s it like to be a commissioner in one of America’s three big leagues? I don’t know, and I’m not sure I want to find out. I don’t like Stern’s decision against the Spurs, but I understand why he felt the need to make it. In my lifetime as a sports fan, I’ve only seen a few different heads across different leagues. Both Stern and MLB commissioner Bud Selig have been around since before I was born in 1994. When I was younger, there was a time when I idolized commissioners, especially Stern, whom I saw on TV standing next to the top NBA draft picks every year. Not only was he in charge, but he got to meet the players! His job seemed like the perfect mix of power, business and, best of all, sports. The same held true in my opinions of other commissioners. Of course, HBO doesn’t produce “Hard Knocks” for commissioners so I have no way of fully knowing what a day on the job entails. What I do know is that being a commissioner is the

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San Antonio Spurs, from left, guard Manu Ginobili, Richard Jefferson, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker watch action from the bench in an NBA game against the New Orleans Hornets in New Orleans. The Spurs played without Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and Danny Green Thursday night against the Miami Heat in Miami, all sent back to San Antonio by coach Gregg Popovich, who said the move was in his team’s best interest. least glorious but most glorified position in sports. They’re the public faces of their respective leagues and with every move, thousands of fans, players, team officials and owners are affected. For every war on steroids, fiasco with replacement referees, denied trade, bought-out franchise, relocated franchise, gamefixing scandal, lockout, brawl, suspension and fine, there are also quieter success stories that

go silently into the background. During Stern’s tenure, seven new franchises have been created, revenues and national exposure have increased dramatically and the league has launched the WNBA and D-League. Internationally, the league has its strongest presence ever riding on the coattails of stars such as Yao Ming, Jeremy Lin and Kobe Bryant. Sure, Stern’s latest fine led to some outbursts and even confu-

sion around the league. But it’s not exactly bucking the trend. Fans will eventually forget this situation as most fans have forgotten about the replacement referees, lockout-shortened seasons and game-fixing scandals in this year and in years past. Such is the media cycle of the sports world today, and there’s little to be done about it. For the majority of fans, who single-mindedly cheer for their home team, it’s hard to view

these big leagues through a macroscopic lens that commissioners are paid to look through. With that in mind, I may someday be able to forgive Stern for supporting the relocation of Seattle SuperSonics team that I grew up watching (I grew up in Seattle) — just don’t expect that day to be anytime soon.

Jay is a freshman in Engineering. He can be reached at bensal2@dailyillini. com. Follow him on Twitter @jbensal.

Kaepernick’s errors drive 49ers’ 16-13 loss to Rams THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, right, tries to toss the ball to teammate Ted Ginn as St. Louis Rams’ Quintin Mikell (27) defends on Sunday in St. Louis. The play was ruled a fumble, and the ball was recovered by Rams’ Janoris Jenkins, who took it in for a touchdown. The Rams won 16-13 in overtime.

ST. LOUIS — Colin Kaepernick blamed himself after losing for the first time as the San Francisco 49ers’ starting quarterback. It appears he will not be losing his job. After the St. Louis Rams avoided a second tie with San Francisco with a 16-13 overtime victory on Sunday, coach Jim Harbaugh indicated he’d be sticking with Kaepernick next week at home against the Dolphins. “I’ll let you know if there’s a change, but right now I think it’ll be the same as it was this week,” Harbaugh said. “I’m proud of Kap, proud of the way he played. He handled himself well, gave our team a chance to win.” Harbaugh took the heat for Kaepernick’s errant pitch in

the fourth quarter that led to a 2-yard fumble return for touchdown by Janoris Jenkins. Combined with a 2-point conversion, that tied it at 10 with 3:04 to play. Harbaugh said it was “the wrong play to call at the time.” “I would have loved to have that one back, but don’t blame the players on that one,” Harbaugh added. Kaepernick also gave up a safety when he was whistled for intentional grounding in the end zone. Though he rallied the 49ers to a go-ahead field goal late in regulation, he felt the sting of defeat. “I gave up those points that were on the scoreboard for the Rams, so that’s 100 percent on me,” Kaepernick said. “I’ve just got to keep working. There’s nothing more you can do than

keep working and get ready for next week.” Leading 10-2, Kaepernick was well off the mark on a pitch to Ted Ginn Jr. from the San Francisco 17 on third-and-3, and Jenkins fell on it at the 2 before flopping into the end zone. The second-round pick out of North Alabama returned two interceptions for touchdowns last week in a victory at Arizona. Tight end Lance Kendricks beat coverage from Patrick Willis on the 2-point conversion as the Rams succeeded even after a false start penalty on tackle Rodger Saffold. “I just pitched it high,” Kaepernick said. “It was my fault all the way, I gave up those points that were on the scoreboard for the Rams, so that’s 100 percent my fault.”

Colts secure last-minute victory over Lions thanks to Andrew Luck BY LARRY LAGE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — Andrew Luck was down to his last shot and his final option to lead the Indianapolis Colts to victory. Luck dropped back, then moved up to avoid pressure and buy time for a teammate to get open, tossed a short pass to Donnie Avery, and the receiver did the rest — racing untouched for a 14-yard touchdown and giving the Colts a 35-33 comeback win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. “You always hesitate throwing the ball not in the end zone, for fear of the clock running out with a guy in bounds,” Luck said. “Took the calculated risk that Donnie could get there in the end zone, and he did.” Luck made all the right moves when it mattered most, making his transition from Stanford to the NFL look relatively smooth to help Indy win a game in a way it hasn’t since just after his 1st birthday. The last time the Colts scored a game-winning TD with no time remaining on the clock was Sept. 30, 1990, according to STATS LLC, to beat Philadelphia 24-23. Luck has won more games (eight) than any rookie quarterback drafted No. 1 overall in the Super Bowl era. He broke the mark by Sam Bradford, who helped St. Louis win seven games two years ago, and also surpassed Jim Plunkett in New England during the 1971 season. The Colts (8-4) stayed in control of the AFC wild-card race by winning for the sixth time in seven games. Luck helped them move a step closer toward being in the playoffs for the 10th time

in 11 seasons, only this time without Peyton Manning. “Some teams find ways to win,” Indy interim coach Bruce Arian said. “Others don’t.” The Lions (4-8) lost for the fourth straight time, including three in a row at home after leading in the final quarter. They’re the first team to lose three straight games when leading with 2 minutes left in regulation since San Diego did it in 2000, according to STATS LLC, and the first since at least 1983 to blow leads that late in three home games in a row. “This is a tough league for tough people, and we’ll find out now who is tough,” Detroit coach Jim Schwartz said. Luck is — that’s for sure. Ndamukong Suh, who was fined $30,000 for kicking Houston quarterback Matt Schaub last week, sacked Luck on his first snap and he was hit and hurried many more times by a hard-rushing front On the game-winning play, though, Detroit let Luck run through a slowly collapsing pocket as the final seconds ticked away and he took advantage. “If the pass rush does their job, he doesn’t get free the scramble and he never finds that receiver,” Schwartz said. “All game, we focused on taking away his step-up lanes, and then on the last play, we don’t do it.” Luck, who was 24 of 54 for 391 yards with four TD passes, made up for matching a seasonhigh three interceptions by doubling his previous season high with his final TD on the winning, fourth-down play that started with 3 seconds left. He had two interceptions in the first half and threw a third

in the fourth quarter. He has thrown 13 of his 16 interceptions on the road. Fellow rookie T.Y. Hilton had six receptions for 100 yards and Avery had five catches for 91 yards and two scores, the first of which gave the Colts their only lead — until his second one won the game. “I had no choice but to score,” Avery said. “It was the slowest 11 yards that I ever felt like I ran.” Calvin Johnson had a careerhigh 13 receptions for 171 yards, including a 46-yard touchdown that gave Detroit a 30-21 lead late in the third quarter. Johnson made a one-handed grab that set up Mikel Leshoure’s TD in the second quarter. Johnson had at least 125 yards receiving for the fifth straight game, matching an NFL record set in 1966 by Pat Studstill with the Lions. “Calvin Johnson is always a bright spot,” Schwartz said. “Maybe I should have had him on defense for the last play.” Matthew Stafford, the No. 1 pick overall in 2009, was 27 of 46 for 313 yards with two TDs and an interception late in the first half that hurt his team’s chances of adding to its 24-13 lead. Stafford also missed Johnson at times late in the game, including on the Lions’ last scoring drive when he threw behind him in the end zone and that led to Jason Hanson’s fourth field goal that gave them a 33-21 lead with 8:41 left. Luck threw his third TD pass to LaVon Brazill to make it 33-28 with 2:39 left. Then, Nick Harris’ poor punt from the 50 gave Luck the ball at his 25 with 1:07 left and no timeouts and the quarterback pulled off another dramatic finish.

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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate (81) reaches for the goal line for a touchdown past Chicago Bears cornerback Charles Tillman (33) in Chicago on Sunday.

Bears disappointed after 23-17 OT loss BY ANDREW SELIGMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears were left questioning themselves after Sunday’s loss. Defensive end Israel Idonije bemoaned the plays the defense did not make. Coach Lovie Smith secondguessed his own decision-making, and the injury list got a few new additions, including linebacker Brian Urlacher and cornerback Tim Jennings. It all added up to this — a gutwrenching loss to Seattle. Russell Wilson threw for two late touchdowns, connecting with Sidney Rice on a 13-yard score with 7:33 left in overtime to lift the Seahawks to a wild

23-17 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. “You’ve just got to make the play,” Idonije said. “Whatever it may be. If they’re handing it off or booting or whatever, we’ve got to find a way to make those plays to end the drive.” Meanwhile, Smith was fuming after this loss, the third in four games for Chicago (8-4). “That hasn’t happened to us very often around here,” Smith said. “Terrible job I did getting our football team ready. I thought we were ready to go. Some decisions I made really hurt us early on.” He was particularly upset at himself for going for it on fourthand-1 at the 15 early in the second quarter rather than have

Robbie Gould attempt a field goal with Chicago up 7-0. Yet, he also said he’d do it again. Either way, the Bears are tied with Green Bay for the NFC North lead after the Packers beat Minnesota. And the Seahawks gave their playoff hopes a boost. Unbeaten in five home games, they finally figured a way to win on the road after dropping five of their first six. A 97-yard touchdown drive late in regulation gave the Seahawks a brief lead, and they finally won it on Rice’s catch after Gould sent it into overtime with a field goal. Seattle (7-5) leads the NFC wild-card chase and, despite its frequent struggles on the road has won three in a row in the regular season at Soldier Field.

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Monday, December 3, 2012

Nationals prepare Illini swimming for big meets

Badgers get revenge on Huskers to take Big Ten

BY J.J. WILSON STAFF WRITER

Wis. is 1st 5-loss team in Rose Bowl history BY DAN WELIN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

INDIANAPOLIS — The last time Nebraska played Wisconsin, the Cornhuskers overcame a 17-point second half deficit to start conference play 1-0. This time around, the Badgers built a 32-point lead at halftime and poured on 28 more in the second half, giving the Cornhuskers no chance at a comeback. “I apologize to everybody associated with Nebraska football with DARRON CUMMINGS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS how we coached, how we played, Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon runs 56 yards for a touchdown past Nebraska cornerback Ciante Evans and it’s not acceptable,” head coach during the first half of the Big Ten Championship on Saturday in Indianapolis. Bo Pelini said following Saturday’s 70-31 loss in the second annual Big again,” Pelini said. “I don’t know if ception, Martinez turned a bro- Orlando, Fla., where they’ll face Ten championship game at Lucas I’ve ever ... I’ve never been a part ken pass play into a 76-yard touch- BCS snub Georgia. The CornOil Stadium. of a game like that as a coach.” down run; on the ensuing drive, huskers lost to South Carolina in the 2012 Capital One Bowl in After allowing a combined 715 The Badgers’ tailbacks, known he led his team for a field goal. Wisconsin then scored 35 unan- their fi rst season in the Big Ten. rushing yards in its only two loss- more for their power than their es this season to UCLA and Ohio speed, beat the Cornhuskers swered points, putting the game In what was a wacky Big Ten State, the Cornhuskers’ defense defenders to the edge multiple out of reach. season that included the top two clamped down to fuel a six-game times Saturday, showing bursts “I’ll put this on the defense. We teams in the Leaders Division winning streak to close the regu- of speed on runs of 56, 60, 57, 68 didn’t step up,” senior safety P.J. ineligible for postseason play and 46 yards. Smith said. “We didn’t do what and a poor nonconference showlar season. On two of those carries, Wiscon- we were supposed to do. It was ing, the conference now sends a Nebraska’s defense held all six of those opponents under 250 rush- sin running backs Montee Ball and a great game plan, we just didn’t five-loss team to the Rose Bowl ing yards and rose to No. 15 in the Melvin Gordon bullied Nebraska’s finish the plays.” Game for the first time in history. nation in total defense. Ciante Evans with vicious stiff “We came short of our goal Heading into the matchup with That same defense was nowhere arms that defined the night for the Badgers, the Cornhuskers and that’s frustrating,” Smith to be seen Saturday, as Wisconsin the Cornhuskers. sported a 10-2 record and were said. “But the season’s not over racked up 70 points while running Despite a slow start and the eying their first BCS bowl appear- yet. We have one more game to wild over the Nebraska defense Badgers’ early 14 points, which ance since losing the 2002 national leave our mark some type of for eight rushing touchdowns and consisted of a four-play scoring championship at none other than way. So it’s about getting the 539 rushing yards — the most ever drive and an interception return the same venue they were playing 11th win.” allowed in the program’s history. for touchdown, Nebraska quarter- for on Saturday, the Rose Bowl. “There were some things that back Taylor Martinez closed the Now Nebraska will have to set- Dan can be reached at welin1@dailyillini. we corrected and it happened gap to 14-10. Following that inter- tle for the Capital One Bowl in com and @WELINandDEALIN.

RUSHING FROM PAGE 1B the fi rst time with two 200-yard rushers. “The offensive linemen did a great job of creating some big, huge holes for us,” Ball said. “They made it very easy for us, and we didn’t want to let them down. So we hit it full speed and had to make plays in the back end, and I believe we did.” The Badgers’ offensive line dominated the line of scrimmage all night, and Wisconsin shred-

RECAP FROM PAGE 1B knew they couldn’t be here, so we took advantage of the opportunity. Our team is resilient, full of character and we have a room full of men who really know how to persevere.” Wisconsin will face Stanford on Jan. 1 in the Rose Bowl, becoming the first school to represent the conference in the game for three consecutive years since Michigan did in 1977-79.

HOCKEY FROM PAGE 1B ers would knot up the game less than two minutes later. In the third, just like Friday’s game, the Sooners notched late goals when it mattered, scoring twice in the frame to claim a 5-3 victory. “The two or three shifts after a goal are some of the most important in the game,” Fabbrini said. “All of the momentum you build by scoring is lost when they come back and score right away.”

ded the Cornhuskers defense with 15 rushes for 10 or more yards, including five big plays of 56, 60, 57, 68 and 46 yards. With the run game rolling, the Badgers only attempted 10 passes. Wisconsin fi nished with 539 total rushing yards, the most ever allowed by a Nebraska team in a single game. “It was like a leaking boat,” Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said. “It was one thing after another, one problem after another.”

Chad can be reached at thornbu1@ dailyillini.com and @cthornburg10. The Badgers lost to TCU 21-19 in the 2011 Rose Bowl and to Oregon 45-38 in 2012. “It’s OK to get there, but you need to win it,” Bielema said. “We’re going out there on a mission to play a great team in Stanford. We know we have work to do. We played to win the game today, to go to the Rose Bowl. We have unbelievable respect for Stanford, so we’ll enjoy this and get ready for Pasadena.”

Chad can be reached at thornbu1@ dailyillini.com and @cthornburg10. After the first game against Iowa State on Oct. 26, the Illini held a 9-1-2 record. Since that victory, Illinois is just 3-6-0 — losers of its past three games. Despite the recent struggles, captain Austin Bostock said he sees a silver lining. “I’m glad we’re going through this slump now,” Bostock said. “Rather than in March, when we’re going to have to win four games in five nights (at the ACHA tournament).”

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WOMEN’S BBALL FROM PAGE 1B Taylor Tuck responded. Although Smith entered Saturday’s contest leading the nation in assists at eight per game, Colorado’s defense forced the point guard to attempt more shots than the pass-first guard normally does. Smith spearheaded the struggling offense in the first half, scoring 11 points Smith, who finshed with 17 points, said she knew she had to do more offensively given Colorado’s defensive scheme. “I think I just had to be aggressive in order to get my other teammates open,” Smith said after the career-high scoring output. “They were sagging off of me so I had to be a threat in order to open it up for everyone else.” “I thought (Smith) did a great job of attacking and getting to the rim,” Illinois head coach Matt Bollant said. “She had a lot of opportunities and took 15 shots. A lot of those were layups, which was great. She showed some initiative. They played a sagging man(-to-man defense), so you gotta have some discipline.” Tuck provided much-needed energy off the bench, putting up nine points and grabbing three rebounds while shooting 3-for-4 in the first half. Illinois ended the half on a 7-0 run to give the team a 36-30 lead. But the second half was a different story. After shooting 11-for-12 from the free-throw line in the first half, the Illini shot just 7-for16 the rest of the game. A first-half field goal percentage of 44 fell to 33.3 percent in the second half. Colorado, on the other hand, shot 56 percent from the field in the second half despite shooting only 1-for-3 from behind the arc. Most of the half was neck and neck, with each team trading buckets and leads. The last few minutes would be the turning point of the game. Leading 60-57 with three minutes remaining, the Illini would score only once more. The Buffaloes ended the game on a 12-2 run as the Illini recorded four turnovers and missed a field goal and a free throw. Roberson, who finished with 25 points on 7-for-8 shooting, iced the game on a 3-pointer with 37 seconds remaining to put the Buffaloes up six.

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Between a long plane ride and bonding talk of television shows and weddings, Illinois swimmers found time to power into the 2012 AT&T Winter National Championships and secure season-best individual times across the board. Because only eight Illini traveled to the meet in Austin, Tex., the athletes were able to utilize the time spent traveling and over the course of the meet to improve the team’s chemistry. “There are four freshmen here, and I’ve gotten to know them a lot better just because they’re in the dorms, so we don’t really see them as much as the rest of the team,” junior Courtney Pope said. Three days of competition can be taxing, but head coach Sue Novitsky thought ahead and started tapering her competing swimmers three weeks prior. The way her athletes responded this weekend will give her some foresight regarding the amount of rest her team will need heading into the Big Ten Championships starting Feb. 20, 2013. “What Sue wanted to get out of this meet is how much rest you need. I think it depends on the person,” Pope said. “Typically, two and a half weeks of a taper, not three (is what I like) ,,, but it was a good experience to see just how much we needed.” Instead of Novitsky, assistant head coach Steve Farnau traveled to nationals with the competing swimmers. He said a meet like nationals changes the energy level because of the limited swimmers who traveled. The swimmers, he added, handled changes in energy and team chemistry of

the small group well. “I think the biggest positive is that they’ve really gotten to see what its going to take to be ready to go in the morning at a Big Ten meet, and I think this was a great preparations for that scenario as we look forward to the end of the season,” Farnau said. Another thing Illinois gained, or regained rather, was the return of junior Jessica Holz , who suffered a ligament tear in her right shoulder in early September. Farnau said she showed a lot of progress in the meet and that she is ready to take her performance to the next step this season. “For the injury, I think that I’m at a pretty good spot,” Holz said. “Obviously, I want to continue to get better and get back to where I was at the end of last year.” The Illini may not have come away from the meet with any placing victories, but they did not leave empty handed. Farnau said Pope, from her past experience, provided a good, calming presence for the freshmen during nationals, and that they, too, would now have collegiate experience in large meets that they could share with others. Pope also said she wanted to reiterate to the swimmers at home how close the season-ending Big Ten meets are. “For some people, it can get pretty hard because these next weeks can be pretty tough,” Pope said. “It’s a good reminder that its not that much more hard work, but also a wake-up call that we only have two more months to be the best that we can be.”

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“Well I originally wasn’t gonna shoot it ’cause I thought there was more time on the shot clock. Apparently, there wasn’t,” Roberson said. “Two of my teammates were just like, ‘Shoot it!’ I was feeling good, I had a little rhythm going anyways, so when I shot it somehow I knew it was going in.” Bollant said he was impressed with Roberson, who leads the undefeated Buffaloes in scoring as a freshman. Roberson is the sister of Colorado men’s basketball standout Andre Roberson. “She’s a really good player,” Bollant said. “Hard to believe she’s a freshman. I thought the three in the game kind of ended it, her three in the corner. She was just really physical, really aggressive. It obviously caused Kersten (Magrum) to get in foul trouble, which hurt us.” Roberson’s big shot followed a controversial out-of-bounds call that was awarded to Colorado. Tuck didn’t use the call as an excuse. “I’m not sure who it went off of, but we can’t let refs dictate the game.” Bollant said the loss was because of a lack of energy, perhaps from playing a game two days earlier. “I was really disappointed in the second half with our team. ... It just seemed like we were dead energywise. I think the game on Thursday took some out of us. We didn’t have energy. We just struggled to do little things. I’m just really frustrated with the way it ended. BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINI Disappointed for our program,” Bollant said. Illinois’ Alexis Smith goes for the layup during Illinois’ nine missed free throws in the sec- the Illini’s loss to Colorado at Assembly Hall on ond half loomed large. Saturday. “You could just feel it take the energy out of us,” Bollant said of the missed free throws. game, it gave us a good lift.” “We got to the foul line, had some opportunities, Bollant said his team will need to improve its and then we go 7-for-16. We let some missed clutch performance. Illinois has had the lead free throws and missed shots hurt us on the in the second half in two of its three losses this season — the only exception, against Bradley. defensive end. That really hurt us.” A positive for the Illini was the effectiveness In that game, Illinois was within two points in of the “buzz” defense. Illinois forced 27 turn- the second half. overs, many which were caused while using “It was difficult tonight ’cause we really the 2-1-2 full-court press. lacked poise and took some really quick shots “That buzz defense was really, really effec- when it wasn’t there and didn’t take a shot tive,” Roberson said. “It kind of pushed our or two when it was,” Bollant said“We kind of tempo a lot more than we would’ve liked. I pointed some arrows inward and weren’t real think their defensive intensity really shook together as we missed shots, as we missed free us up a little bit.” throws, we didn’t seem real together going “I thought the buzz gave us a lift,” Bollant down the stretch.” said. “Obviously, you gotta fly around it and be aggressive, a couple possessions we didn’t and Michael can be reached at wonsovr2@dailyillini.com they got it inside, but definitely throughout the and @The_Mdubb.