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For more than 50 years, Martel Miller has lived in Champaign. Growing up, he said he was subjected to police discrimination, and he’s not the only one. “When I was growing up, if I left Park Street, before I got to Green Street, I was stopped by the police for no reason at all. All I did was cross a few streets,” he said. Following the release of the 2012 IDOT Traffic Stop Study, Champaign-Urbana residents, including Miller, have raised concerns about police discrimination and racial bias at Urbana City Council meetings. According to the report, minorities in the area have a higher chance of being stopped by police. To reach this conclusion, the report uses the ratio of the percentage of stops enacted on minorities to the estimated percentage of the minority driving population. If the resulting quotient is greater than one, that means that minorities are being stopped more frequently than the estimated percentage of the minority driving population would suggest. The Champaign, Urbana and University police departments had quotients of 1.30, 1.07 and 1.70 in 2012, respectively. The quotient for the majority of reporting agencies in Illinois fell between 1.01 and 1.25. “A (quotient) of one is the goal, because then each racial driving group would experience being stopped at the same percentage that they are of the driving public,” said Durl Kruse, a member of Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice. Illinois began recording the race of drivers stopped by police in 2004 in an effort to make police procedures more transparent. Since then, area residents have been pressuring the local police departments to address the issue. Over the course of nine years, the state has seen a dramatic decrease in the number of traffic stops, from more than 2.4 million in 2004 to just over 2.1 million in 2012, according to the 2012 Illinois Traffic Stop Summary. The majority of the 2012 stops were for moving violations. The majority of stops are enacted on white drivers, who make up 66 percent of all traffic stops in Illinois. The African-American and Hispanic populations are the second and third most stopped populations, accounting for 19 percent and 12 percent of traffic stops, respectively.

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Col. Stetson addresses the Fighting Illini ROTC battalion on the final day of the field training exercise in Camp Atterbury, Ind., on Sept. 22.

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Editor’s note: This is the second of a twopart series in which the reporter spent four days with the Fighting Illini Army ROTC battalion cadets at a field training exercise on Sept. 19-22. The following story contains profane language. CAMP ATTERBURY, IND. — What the hell did I get myself into? Throughout the entire weekend, I keep reiterating that question in my head. From the first moist night sleeping on the cold, hard ground surrounded by half-dollar-sized bugs to being lost in the woods with rainand sweat-soaked boots to eating cold, slimy, barely edible MREs, the question keeps coming up. I ask the cadets if they ever feel this way. The most common response is, “All the time.” While these four days are miserable, the field training exercise prepares the cadets to be soldiers. It puts them in situations impossible to simulate on a college campus. The cadets get the chance to try things they’ve never tried before. Many shoot

guns for the first time. Many experience a new level of sleep deprivation and a new level of discomfort for the first time. Many fail at new tasks. Many get yelled at for one reason or another. They learn from their experience. They learn from their mistakes. They get a taste of the United States Army. *** “Where the fuck is Lee?” One of the brethren is missing. He hasn’t returned from his land navigation. Lee isn’t a rookie. He’s an MS4, a veteran — the same MS4 in charge of FLAC. He’s done land navigations before. He passed at LDAC. But he isn’t back. He left on his land navigation late. He has his cell phone on him, but he isn’t answering. It starts with people casually asking where Lee is. Slowly, the cadets and the instructors get more worried. The teasing turns to concern. It’s beginning to get dark. Where could he be? “Did anyone see Lee?” A few people did, but that was hours ago.

“Does anyone know which points he got?” The MS4s are able to see which lane he took. Based on where the few cadets saw him, they think they know what points he was finding. After he is more than a half hour late, the instructors decide to plan a search. The cadres consider giving the cadets a chance to plan the search but decide against it. Sgt. Major Staub takes over the search. Experience takes precedence over training for now. The first platoon will go north. The second platoon will head south. A few MS3s tell me I can’t come. This is no longer a training exercise; they don’t want to take care of me. I object because this is where the story is. Cadet Gray, an MS4, says I can come if I keep up. I promise I will, and Chubb says he will take care of me. Each platoon loads onto a bus. The cadets seem anxious. They hope their fellow cadet is OK, but they are excited for a chance to use their training. They talk about what possibly could have happened to Lee.

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Two cadets try to stay warm under a blanket following the six-mile ruck march and initiation ceremony at Camp Atterbury, Ind., on Sept. 22.

Imaginations run wild. He might’ve fallen and broken his ankle. He might’ve gotten lost. He might’ve tripped and hit his head and passed out. As the bus turns out and drives about 50 meters, we see the black minivan in front of us slow to a stop. A muffled shouting is heard. “We found him,” it sounds like. The bus quiets. The message is confirmed. “They found Lee,” someone shouts. The tension among the cadets turns to relief and mild amusement. They are glad Lee is found, but they

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Housing rates, student fees to rise in fall 2014 Big 10, due in part to interest in newer housing as well as rising costs of business, said Alma Sealine, University Housing director. “We are wanting to provide the best services for our students in the most cost effective way possible,” Sealine said. Originally, Housing requested a 4.5 percent increase in room and board rates to accommodate utility and projected food cost increases, which would bring rates to $10,428;

BY MEGAN JONES STAFF WRITER

Student fees will increase $23 for the 2014-2015 school year, and University Housing will receive a 2 percent room and board rate increase, bringing a standard double room with a 12 meal and 15 cafe credit plan to $10,180. Returning students who live in residence halls won’t pay an increased rate. The University has the third highest housing rates in the

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He also said the University could stop building new residence halls, but they have already committed to this building. Housing will return next year to request another two percent increase to cover costs, he said. He added that Housing needs to make $1.5 billion in repairs to its 50 buildings on campus. Without continual maintenance, repairs will cost more in the long run. Rosa Rosas, graduate stu-

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dent and SFAC member, said Housing’s two percent increase is fair, but she is concerned with continual requests for rate increases. “The other units in Student Affairs have done a tremendous great job in showing how they cut expenses to save money,” she said. “But the housing unit has not shown students how they plan to do that.” The committee was con-

Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing said she wasn’t convinced that the IDOT data was conclusive. She said the quotient was simply a tool but not necessarily an accurate gauge of discrimination. “If you got a new thermometer and the first time you used it, it said, ‘105’ but you felt fine, would you run off to the hospital?” she asked. Charlie Smyth, Ward 1, mirrored the mayor’s sentiment at Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting.

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Today’s Birthday What do you most want this year, for yourself and others? Notice limitations and dissolve them with partnership. Share resources for mutual gain. Take actions that forward your dream. From New Year’s to March, stash extra income. Your creative engine roars all through springtime. Communications get a power boost in late summer, and negotiations flow with ease. Share your vision. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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ROTC find the anticlimactic ending funny. They rallied the troops, came up with a plan and were ready for a big adventure, but Lee just walked back like nothing was wrong. We return to camp, and Lee tells the instructors his story: He didn’t get lost. He was using his cell phone to tell the time and forgot he was in the Eastern Time Zone. He thought it was just now time to return. Sgt. Staub gathers the battalion to talk about what just happened and what could have been done to prevent it. They should have made sure everyone knew they were on Eastern Time. Also, cadets should understand their technology. “It was an honest mistake,� Staub said to the battalion. “In a training environment, we’re allowed to make mistakes, but now we have to learn from those mistakes. “It’s very important to understand that, when you have someone out there who is lost, it’s not just panic and send everybody out into the woods to find them. You have to remain calm. You have to gather data and information on the individual. You have to set priorities of work on what everybody is going to be doing. “(It’s important) when you get something last-minute that you remain flexible mentally and physically. Because that’s the way the military works. “It’s not a blame game thing. It’s not to poke fun at the individual. It’s so everyone can take something from this and realize that the day you commission in the United States Army is not the day that bad things and bad situations can happen to you. They can happen to you now. “People who survive things are people who plan, people who have

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TRAFFIC “People are convinced already without having a formal experiment to base it on,� he said. “No one has done an extensive, categorical data analysis with controlling for a number of factors on this data. ... It’s all two-way tables.� Smyth said comparing census data on the estimated driving population to traffic stops was not the same as looking at the actual driving population in Urbana because the census data doesn’t take into account that people who drive in Urbana may not live in Urbana. Urbana Chief of Police Patrick Connolly said the numbers from the traffic stop study aren’t entirely accurate. He said there were clerical errors in the data entry from the police department. “We need to correct the old information and make sure it’s accurately documented and entered,� he said. For example, he said the data on K-9 sniffs included a duplicate report and didn’t take into account when officers found “shake� — a term describing small particles of marijuana — and simply wrote the driver a ticket instead of taking the shake in as evidence. Once corrected, Connolly said the data shows a different picture. Rather than the reported five contraband finds out of 29 dog sniff searches, the Urbana Police Department found 24 instances of contraband out of 28 searches.

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situational awareness. Keep that in mind.� Lee’s OK. A lesson is learned. *** The MS4s saved the worst part for last. It’s a nippy morning — 46 degrees and dark. After three long, miserable days, the cadets have to go on a ruck march, a run with their 50-plus pound backpacks, on Sunday morning. They are leaving at 4:30, earlier than any other time they’ve done any activity, and they won’t stop or eat until they arrive at the rappelling tower six miles away. I am not in any sort of shape to be doing that, so I go with the photographer and Staub. We drive along the road. The cadets move as a pack. The only sound is heavy feet and heavy breathing. When the cadets finally arrive at the rappelling tower, they seem utterly exhausted. Everyone is silent. They need to catch their breath. No one is interested in conversation. Rappelling is the only training event left. It’s supposed to be a fun activity; an activity the cadets couldn’t do on campus. But right now, no one is interested. They just want to go home and go to sleep. But the sun is about to rise. And at sunrise is the initiation ceremony. Unbeknownst to the MS1s, the MS4s have been planning a ceremony to help initiate them into ROTC. They have set up a circle of tiki torches by the rappelling tower and brought a bass drum from campus. They move the battalion into the circle. Battalion Commander Carmichael leads the ritual. He gives a brief history of ROTC and the role the cadets play in the Army. He then welcomes the MS1s into ROTC. “Dear cadets: You have fulfilled

all of your responsibilities during the FTX. You no longer act individually, but as a team. You now represent the Fighting Illini Battalion. Take pride in your role as a cadet. Serve your future soldiers tomorrow with your hard work today.� The entire battalion then recites the cadet creed: “I am an Army Cadet. Soon I will take an oath and become an Army Officer committed to defending the values which make our nation great. Honor is my touchstone. I understand mission first and people always. I am the past — the spirit of those warriors who made the final sacrifice. I am the present — the scholar and apprentice soldier enhancing my skills in the science of warfare and the art of leadership. But above all, I am the future — the future warrior leader of the United States Army. May God give me the compassion and judgment to lead and the gallantry in battle to win. I will do my duty.� Chanting ensues. “I-L-L!� “I-N-I!� “I-L-L!� “I-NI!� “I-L-L!� “I-N-I!� “I-L-L!� “I-N-I!� The volume increases. The pace quickens. “I-L-L!� “I-N-I!� “I-L-L!� “I-NI!� “I-L-L!� “I-N-I!� “I-L-L!� “I-N-I!� The cadets run into the middle of the circle. They yell. They hoot. They holler. The MS1s, the MS2s, the MS3s and the MS4s become one. *** Why do the cadets do this? Why do they put themselves through all of this? Why do they willingly choose to spend a weekend in the central Indiana woods instead of on campus? Many say they do it for the free education. Many say they do it because they want to serve their country, but Cadet Craig offers another perspective.

“A lot of us do this for the job, the money, whatever, but this is what makes it worth it,� Craig said. “Look at us.� The cadets are standing around draped in blankets, sipping hot coffee, eating breakfast, smiling, laughing, moving slowly because of the pain of a six-mile run after three days of strenuous work and no sleep. They look happier than they have all weekend. The atmosphere is pure joy. The worst is over. The cadets survived the weekend. “We just did a weekend of work, and we’re all still together having a good time,� Craig said. Cadet Hackmiller, an MS1, can already tell the relationships make ROTC worth it. “Normally, I’d think it cheesy and weird,� he said of the initiation ceremony. “But I thought it made sense here since we just spent four days in the wet, in the cold, sleeping three or four hours a night. “I wouldn’t want to do it every weekend. Or every other weekend. Or even once a month. But once a semester is nice.� *** On the bus ride home, I feel like shit. I’m dirty. I’m tired. My feet hurt. I’m sore. I’m behind in my classwork. Cadet Gardiner, a sophomore and MS1, introduces herself and we begin talking. We discuss her transfer to the U of I and her desire to join ROTC. We talk a little bit about her major (Molecular and Cellular Biology) and her first weekend in ROTC. Gardiner had never shot a gun before; she said it was easily the best part of the experience. She conquered her fear of heights, going down the rappelling tower. When she fell upside down on her dismount, she got back on the tower. We talk about how she has to pull an all-nighter tonight, just as she did the night before the field training exercise, to complete her schoolwork.

“Those numbers can clearly be fixed for 2013 and for the future,� he said. He also said that the data lacks context. “In 2012, there were a series of shootings in the ChampaignUrbana area. ... Six people were shot in a three-day period,� he said. These shootings prompted police to increase patrols in the affected neighborhoods, which happened to be predominantly African-American communities. “If we can concisely capture that type of activity, it’s going to help at least explain some of the spikes with respect to why the police are enforcing the laws in certain areas.� Carol Ammons, Ward 3, objected to discussions focusing exclusively on the IDOT data. “For this particular topic ... the comments almost completely disregard the experience of the African community,� she said. “My spirit is disturbed because the response is ‘this can’t be as serious as you guys are saying it is.’ ... The mayor has done what she can to usurp this process behind the scenes, and I am so disappointed in that.�

munity members to participate in police ride-alongs. Prussing said only a few citizens had stepped forth and filed complaints with the Citizen Review Board in 2012. Patricia Avery, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Champaign branch, said people might not report complaints to the Citizen Review Board because it can be intimidating. She said as head of Champaign’s NAACP branch, she heard many complaints from community members. It’s simply a matter of people reporting to agencies that they feel are going to listen to them, she said. “I personally didn’t understand if someone felt that their rights had been violated ... wouldn’t you just file a complaint?� she said. “I went to the University to pick up a complaint form ... and I was treated in such a way that I began to understand.� She said she felt intimidated by the staff, who forced her to meet with a curt sergeant before she was able to pick up a complaint form. On the way out, she said she was followed out of the parking lot by a police officer. “If people feel that by just going to get a complaint form, (the police) are going to be ... keeping an eye on them ... (and) watching license plates, they don’t want to do that,� she said.

prompted some residents to call on the Urbana City Council to commission a task force to address the disparities. The goal of the task force would be to both further study any disparities in the way minorities are policed as well as to reduce the disparities. “Racial profiling is a crime. You can’t use a crime to reduce crime,� Miller said. Previously, the Urbana City Council approved a motion calling for the creation of a task force once specific goals had been set. At Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, Bill Brown, Ward 4, brought forth a proposal outlining specific guidelines for the creation of such a task force. Under this proposal, the task force would be established by February 2014 and would have 11 members. According to the proposal: “At least two members will have education and expertise in statistics. One council member may serve on the task force. Five members shall be appointed from nominations supplied by the community organizations that petitioned for the creation of a task force (Champaign Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice, the local NAACP Chapter, the local ACLU Chapter, the Ministerial Alliance of Champaign/Urbana and Vicinity and the League of Women Voters), with one representative from each. Other members shall be chosen based upon their knowledge and understanding of sociology, law enforcement, or other relevant experience.� Following hesitation to com-

Civilian Review Board Connolly encouraged community members with grievances to bring them forward to the Civilian Review Board, adding that he was personally willing to meet with community members to discuss issues. He also invited com-

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cerned with Housing’s “lack of $12,000 clarity� on how expenses could be decreased, according to its $10,000 report to Student Affairs. It add ed that Housing needs to take $8,000 a look at its luxury expenses, including themed dinner nights with “extravagant decorations $6,000 and entertainment.� “No one really knows wheth$4,000 er or not those items, like steak dinners, is something students $2,000 really want or need,� Rosas said. Sealine said Housing continues to discuss ways in which it 0 can be efficient in its practices. These continual increases do not compare with other units, such as the Career Center, which have requested no increases, (81,( .,0 5)& %"*-: *--*/* 4063$& &E 4MB[JOJL "TTPDJBUF 7JDF Rosas said. $IBODFMMPS GPS 4UVEFOU "GGBJST “(Housing is) a special circumstance, as they construct Heidy Garcia, freshman in LAS. tion, but SFAC recommended new buildings and other units “I know several classmates of decreases of $1 and $2 to the do not need to do that,� she said. mine in high school that planned service and health student fees. “However, the increase they are to attend UIUC but chose not to Originally, the committee receiving is going specifically to because of the housing rate.� suggested reduction of the the construction of new dorms, Room and board rates are the Counseling Center’s fee, but so they have to only source of Renee Romano, vice chancelfigure out a way revenue Hous- lor of Student Affairs, spoke to to save money ing receives, SFAC regarding expansion of because incomas tuition dol- the center’s services. ing freshmen lars are sep“We have more students comare not going to a rate a nd ing to our campus with mental take the cost of neither the health illnesses and we have an extra expenses U n i v e r s i t y increase in counseling needs,� when the other nor the state Slazinik said. units are saving Slazinik hopes the University contributes. money.� Slazinik add- will hire more counselors and Within their ed that ten he also said they hope to hire ALMA SEALINE repor t, the years ago, another psychiatrist at McKinUNIVERSITY HOUSING DIRECTOR committee the Universi- ley Health Center. expressed conty received 85 Romano’s report has been cern that next percent of its sent to Chancellor Phyllis Wise, year’s housing rates almost funding from the state. Today, who will then make her recmatch tuition rates, which could it receives 15 percent. ommendations to the Board of deter students from attending “This is how we’ve survived, Trustees. the University. but it’s not a trend we want to Megan can be reached at “I think that it is not the fair- continue,� Slazinik said. est price, considering the fact The general fee rose $26, due majones5@dailyillini.com that it is a public school,� said to State Farm Center’s renova- and @MeganAsh_Jones.

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A cadet descends down the rappelling tower at Camp Atterbury, Ind., on Sept. 22. My phone buzzes — I get a text, and I answer it. I go back to say something to Gardiner, but she’s asleep. I turn around to talk to the people in the row behind me; they’re asleep, too. I turn my head to the left, to the right, and then back again. I realize that after everything — five land navigations,

shooting practice, rappelling, a six-mile ruck march — every single person other than me has fallen asleep. This was my weekend. This is their life.

mit to the proposal at this time, city council members voted to keep the proposal in committee to allow further discussion on the exact parameters of the task force. The council moved to review the proposal on Jan. 6 after a revision, headed by Ammons, Prussing and Brown, is made to the proposal. “I’m not ready quite to support anything that specific,� said Eric Jakobsson, Ward 2. “I support the spirit of (the proposal), but there are a lot of details that I’m probably not quite ready to sign on to yet.�

dents who may not be accounted for in the census. Henry Huynh, junior in LAS, said he didn’t worry about police discriminating against Asian drivers. Instead, he said, his biggest concern while driving is pedestrians that aren’t wary of traffic.

University of Illinois Police Although the disparities represented in the traffic stop study for Urbana and Champaign seem to indicate that African-Americans are more likely to be stopped by police, the numbers for the University of Illinois Police Department, which patrols campus streets in both cities, indicate that Asian drivers are the most highly policed on campus in comparison to their estimated percentage of the driving population. Deputy Chief of Police for UIPD Skip Frost said race does not play a role in the likeliness for a driver to be stopped. “We don’t profile people. We profile behaviors,� he said. He also said because the estimated driving population was an extrapolation of the 2010 census data, it was difficult to apply it to the University, which has a large population of international stu-

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

Looking forward Steve Portnoy, president of the Urbana American Civil Liberties Union, said regardless of what the data indicates, it is clear that people feel like they are being discriminated against. “We need to address the fact that the community feels that it’s being disproportionately affected by the policing that’s going on,� he said. “Until that’s changed, I think it’s going to continue to be a problem.� Prussing said she felt Urbana was being targeted unfairly and that the task force should have a broader scope. But Avery said the intention was not to point fingers at anyone and not to single out Urbana alone. “Urbana has always been a more progressive body than Champaign. They’ve always been fair, impartial, and had an open ear,� she said. “We have to start somewhere, and if no one is willing to help us ... then where do we go?� The Daily Illini reached out to the Champaign Police Department but was unable to set up an interview.

Eli can be reached at ejmurra2@dailyillini.com.

Jon’s Pipe Shop moves from corporatization of Green Street BY ANGELICA LAVITO STAFF WRITER

Smoke, laughter, jazz and discussion fill the air at Jon’s Pipe Shop each night. On a Tuesday night, five customers and two employees are gathered in the shop sharing stories and ideas. Cigars are lit and relit after going out from engaging in conversation. “I come almost every day,� customer Ed Haas said. “It’s like a family. Every night, there’s always something everybody’s talking about. It’s really wonderful, it really is.� Haas was not always a regular customer at Jon’s. The pipe shop moved from its Green Street location to it’s downtown Champaign location on Nov. 1. The old shop was located at 509 E. Green St., which was close to campus and convenient for students and faculty. However, getting to the location could be difficult for customers who did not live nearby. “I never went to the old shop because there was nowhere to park and nowhere to sit, and I gotta sit,� Haas, who is 72, said. “I’m not walking across the street and keeping track of the meter.� Jon’s was located on Green Street from 1959 to 2013, but their longtime relationship with campustown ended when the staff decided multiple construction sites on Green Street were going to be a hassle for customers and ultimately harm their business. “We were going to lose all of our parking because of construction. Nobody except walk-in trade was going to be able to get to us, and walk-in trade was not going

to keep us going,� shop manager and City Council member Michael LaDue said. “None of the regulars or collectors would have a place to park if we stayed there because the parking lot for over a year is going to be tied up in construction.� JSM Development plans to build a 6-story hotel and a 6-story residential complex that will include stores and a parking lot at Green and Sixth Street where Parking Lot J currently is. When asked how long the customers had been going to Jon’s, some laughed and replied ‘too long,’ then started playfully poking fun at each other. “I don’t want to call it a goodold-boy’s club because it’s not that, but it’s actually a club where gentlemen can get together and have a decent discussion; even though we might be at opposite ends of the spectrum, we still respect each other’s opinions,� said customer Barney Bryson. When the staff announced the shop was moving, customers offered their assistance. One customer runs a moving company and put together a team to move the shop in less than 17 hours, shop owner Pat Callaghan said. The new shop is larger than the old shop, and the goal is to transform one portion of the building into a cigar lounge complete with a plasma TV and kitchen to host potluck dinners. Bryson will coordinate the construction. “You can’t smoke at work, and in some cases it’s difficult to smoke at home because your spouse doesn’t like smoke or you don’t want to expose your children to it,� Callaghan said. “It will be

an oasis for people who enjoy fine tobaccos and need a comfortable place to smoke them.� Callaghan has worked at the pipe shop since high school, when his mother was the manager. Eventually, Callaghan purchased the shop because he wanted to do something he enjoyed. Having grown up in Champaign and attended the University, Callaghan witnessed the changes on Green Street first-hand. “(Green Street) used to have a special character,� Callaghan said. “Now it seems like it’s getting more and more corporate and more like mayonnaise. It’s not spicy like it used to be with different types of stores and local ownership.� LaDue called the transformation a “Catch-22� because although development is good for the city’s economic vitality, it is not necessarily good for local businesses such as Jon’s Pipe Shop. Callaghan said customers have been overwhelmingly supportive of the move, and he likes the mature environment of downtown. “I’ve had a few students that just say it was handier for them when it was right on Green Street when they could just walk right to it in between classes,� Callaghan said. “But most of them have really liked the new location, the feel of the new shop. They like the fact that there’s a little more seating so they can sit down, relax and enjoy a smoke if the weather’s bad.�

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Money or passion: The major decision that will affect your happiness in life

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ou make one of the largest (if not the largest) financial investments of your entire life when you’re only 17 or 18 years old. You can’t avoid it anymore because without sinking $100,000 into your college education, you can’t hope to be financially sound later. You have to do it. That’s college today. Choosing whether to attend is one of the most important decisions you’ll make in your life. That is, until you have to pick your major. In a series of reports at the beginning of the academic year focusing on college majors, National Public Radio’s Planet Money reported, “Your college major has a bigger effect on your income than where you go to college.� Dealing with random roommates and getting lost on this massive campus is already daunting enough, but there it is staring you in the face: the decision of which college major you’re going to pick. Of course, you’ll try to rationalize your decision. You’ll try to decide if you should major in something you truly enjoy or if you should sacrifice some of your passions and go for the major with the gold. Maybe you’re one of the lucky few who can have both. But it’s that rational part that gets you. That part makes you believe that you must choose the less interesting, more financially lucrative major so that you can make the enormous sum of money you’re dropping on your degree count for something. Last week, The Daily Illini reported that only about a third of all college freshmen choose a major that aligns with their interests. The others opt for the not-so-unusual money-making majors. Still, about 80 percent of the students here will be undecided about their major even if they’ve declared one upon admission. Because the University requires declaration of a major or that you join the Division of General Studies, DGS is the second most popular college choice among freshmen, The Daily Illini reported. Given that we are the “me me me generation� as Time Magazine boldly proclaimed in one of its cover stories, it’s interesting that people struggle to decide between choosing their passion or choosing a major based largely on financial considerations. A piece in The New York Times last week opined that the millennial generation, our generation, will try to find a profession that gives them a sense of purpose rather than a fat paycheck because our thinking about jobs radically changed with the recent recession. Though the unemployment rate is lower than it has been in years, we still carry the fear that we may not make it, that we won’t find a job, that we won’t find purpose, that we may not be happy. All of that adds weight to the difficult decision. A new crop of high school seniors will be receiving their acceptance letters to the University this week, and they might be able to rest more easily given the state of the economy now. But they won’t. Think back to your days as a high school senior. The most important thing you could think about was getting the hell out, but they’ll soon ask, “What do I want to do with my life now?� Our advice: You will eventually get a job. You will make money. You won’t be happy, however, unless you make it your supreme goal.

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Highlights from the week’s most creative headlines: “Britney’s New Video Asks Major Existential Question� Is butter a carb? “NBC Is Already Working On Another Live Musical� For the love of God not Carrie Underwood. “Miley Cyrus Debuts New Bob Hairdo� So this is what the media reports on if she’s not fondling herself with a foam finger?

$/0$ $33529(' READING DAY! READING DAY! READING DAY! The time has finally come for us to say “au revoir� to our fall semester classes, and we can’t imagine anyone is too broken up about it. So what better way to bring in finals week than by celebrating by sleeping through a day that is supposed to be devoted to studying and preparation? Pack up your laptop and your books, head to your favorite study location and find the comfiest chair to indulge in a much needed nap.

$/0$ $33529(' Just a few days ago, South Africa’s first black president elected in the country’s first multiracial election, Nelson Mandela, died from a lung infection. An extremely modest man, Mandela never credited himself as the sole liberator for black South Africans, but rather emphasized that it was a collective effort among all of South Africa’s people. After serving nearly 27 years of what was supposed to be a lifetime prison sentence, Mandela emerged with forgiveness toward the white government that implemented the system of racial segregation known as apartheid. Although the system of apartheid was abolished only about 45 years ago, Mandela continued to represent unity in South Africa. As one of the greatest, most honorable leaders, he will be remembered throughout the world.

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Standardizing sustainability: The Real Food Campus Commitment Editor’s note: This letter is a response to the previous article, “UI Dining Services uses local, sustainable sources,� published in the Dec. 5, 2013, edition of The Daily Illini. I think it’s great that the University of Illinois has gone trayless, begun to recycle glass and divert leftovers in new ways. It is crucial, however, that campuses nationwide adopt better purchasing practices in a standardized way, which is what Real Food Challenge aims to achieve by 2020. Real Food Challenge is a student-led movement that strives to create “a healthy, fair and green food system� on college campuses. Here’s why I think signing the Real Food Campus Commitment is both a critical step and an attainable objective for the University of Illinois. RFC’s calculator tool is student-run, which increases student knowledge about these issues and presents opportunities for connections between students and producers. Student investigation holds dining service providers accountable for their promotional claims and affirms the role of young people as decision makers within our food system.

The calculator is versatile in its adapttion to the unique situations of different university campuses, but operates using the same rigorous measurement standards. For instance, some students volunteer to operate the calculator, some obtain academic credit and others are paid by their campus dining program. When assessing local purchasing, the calculator evaluates each of the individual ingredients, which represents a more rigorous analysis of food products. Furthermore, small producers and cooperatives are favored in the analysis; even if a Coca-Cola processing plant was located next to our campus, we could not count the product as “local.� The key to inclusivity is the calculator’s emphasis on producers that gross only 1 percent of the industry leader. It sounds like the University of Illinois would be well on its way to meeting local purchasing criteria using this method. Moreover, part of RFC’s goal is to use institutional support to build the infrastructure necessary to support small-scale localand community-based food producers who are producing food in sustainable, fair and

humane ways. By your institution making a demonstrable commitment to sourcing from such farms, you support your local economy in creating demand and supporting these producers. In Baltimore, we’re seeing positive change resulting from Johns Hopkins University’s commitment, which has supported the creation of an innovative new Baltimore Food Hub, nearly doubled the size of a local grassfed beef farm and helped an aquaculture facility take off. And we’re in the middle of a city! It’s also important to note that if we all adopt different standards, cross-campus comparison becomes impossible and leaves room for “greenwashing�; objective standards are important because they provide an operational definition for words like “sustainable.� RFC’s reasonable goals (20 percent Real Food by 2020) are based on third-party academic reviews and are meant to be attainable anywhere in the nation despite differences in climate and culture.

EMILY NINK, senior at Johns Hopkins University, co-president of Real World Hopkins

Winter break a time for relaxation, productivity KATE CULLEN Opinions columnist

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hile many will revel in the four long weeks of winter break by not emerging from their beds until well after noon, watching every season of a television series on Netflix or becoming an immovable fixture on the couch — others may choose to spend their break in a more productive manner. For those of you whose brains have not been completely fried by finals and cannot imagine being immobile for more than five minutes, here are some alternatives to wasting your days in your pajamas. But no judgment to those who consider lying around all day an art; I respect your endurance and determination. Many students choose to find a job over winter break to gain a little extra cash for the holiday season. Retailers, such as Nordstrom, are always looking to hire seasonal employees during their busy season, and students jump on the opportunity to take full advantage of the employee discount. Working in the mall may not be your style, but if you’re anything like me, you’ll spend the majority of your time there shopping for the holidays anyway. Taking advantage of all of the discounts is a full-time job, and someone has to do it. If you’re not looking to start a new, parttime job, consider asking your employer from over the summer if you can punch in

a few extra hours over break. Not only will they appreciate your enthusiasm, but you also won’t have to go through the hassle of learning the ropes all over again or meeting new people. Winter internships are also gaining popularity among employers and students. Not only does a winter internship offer students great experiences in a short amount of time, but it can also be useful when applying to jobs for the summer. If the employer likes you, then you could be offered a position for the summer and avoid the March Madness application season. While many may be hesitant to work over break, it could be better in the long run. Sleeping in is overrated anyway. If finding a new job is not for you, consider trying something new. Plan day trips with your friends or family and have a new experience. Go iceskating in Millennium Park, visit a museum, go skiing in Wisconsin — you have a month all to yourself, so fill it with memorable experiences that stimulate the mind and body. While working out can be a difficult task during the holiday season, and leaving the warmth of your home may seem impossible, hot yoga is a great alternative to traditional exercise. It will keep you warm, give you a great workout that will leave you exhausted and you’ll feel refreshed for all of the various holiday festivities. Going abroad for winter break is perfect for students who are looking for adventure or who do not want to commit to going away for a full semester.

While it may be a little late to apply to programs at this point, this may be a viable option for winter break next year. Studying abroad over winter break is great for seniors who were not able to travel during a previous semester and provides students with the opportunity to live in a new country for a month. Many students overlook winter break as an option for studying abroad because they underestimate how much time we have off from school. But there are many great programs offered by the University that students can benefit from, such as service learning trips or voluntourism trips. If none of these options appeal to you, perhaps you’re simply looking forward to spending time with friends and family this holiday season. Maybe you can help your family members prepare for a holiday party, volunteer to wrap presents or try your hand at cooking a festive dish. Your help will be appreciated and you’ll also be able to spend quality time away from your books and with the people you care about. And I think that’s a pretty productive use of time. With finals upon us, spending a month on the couch sounds ideal. But a month is a long time, and you may get a little stir crazy watching endless television shows and eating delicious holiday treats. It may be tough, but consider putting on your pants, getting a job, having new experiences or spending quality time with those you love this holiday season.

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

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TOY DRIVE when they go through, and saying, ‘Without these toys, my child would not have any Christmas.’ And I just think that the idea of helping a family and each child so they will have something to open up on Christmas is probably the big thrill of everything — knowing that you were able to fulfill a dream and that a child has a toy to unwrap.� The theme of this year’s toy drive is “Earn your Elf Esteem.� The event organizers encourage donators to take a picture

with elf cutouts located at Carle donation centers in Champaign County and share the photos via Facebook and Twitter with #ElfEsteem. “The theme of ‘Earn your Elf Esteem’ is really designed to help the community find their holiday spirit,� said Kelli Anderson, Carle public relations specialist and coordinator of the toy drive. “We wanted to challenge everybody to remember that feeling that you get when you see one of your family members opening up a gift that you worked so hard to get for them.� Meents, who has been involved with the toy drive and the shop

since its inception in 1984, described Christmas as a special time of the year for herself personally and having the ability to help others for Christmas is an amazing feat. “It is a fulfillment knowing that all those families are going to have a good Christmas no matter what,� Anderson said. “Knowing that a child’s face will brighten up, knowing that he or she has a new toy to unwrap. It just gives you the energy to go on and wanting to see a child’s dream fulfilled.�

Declan can be reached at dharty2@dailyillini.com.

U Nightlife app aims to enhance college nightlife BY SAHER KHAN STAFF WRITER

Tim Olp’s and his friends’ Saturday night was disappointing. They went from having too many options to none at all and ended up doing nothing. The U Nightlife app is something Olp, sophomore in Engineering, said he could have used to help turn his night around. As an app designed to enhance the college student’s nightlife experience by relying on userbased material, it is, in a sense, a collaborative tool. The University Nightlife app informs students about what is going on campus after hours and was designed with the intention to prevent situations like Olp’s where students get stuck having nothing to do. According to Jay Shah, University of Illinois representative of the application, “nightlife� pertains to a wide variety of things college students would want to do on their night out. A “night out� can be anything from having a party in a dorm to ordering pizza or going to the movies. “We decided we wanted to create something to bring people together and change something at a university level,� said Shah, sophomore in LAS. Nathan Groticelli, sophomore at Binghamton University in New York, created the application. Groticelli came up with the idea after spending many nights of his freshman year with his friends, not knowing what to do and wishing there was a way to find out

his options. Groticelli and his cofounder Justin Hill spread the word about their idea and gathered a team of software developers and graphic designers to create the application. He then went through the process of getting it approved for the Apple App Store. The app has been available on the app store since early 2013. “We enjoy working on this so much because we’re doing something that’s changing how people the same exact age and grade as us are doing something, like going out. So in a sense we’re creating something for ourselves,� Groticelli said. Shah and Groticelli worked together at Spotify. When Shah heard about Groticelli’s business venture, he wanted to get involved. The app currently serves 11 different colleges, with their own respective representative. Each representative helps provide feedback through conversations with friends and other students to help figure out what users want. University Nightlife depends heavily on its trending hashtag, #UNightlife. If anyone has problems, criticism, critiques or even a compliment, they can tweet it with that hashtag to bring in feedback to the U Nightlife team. On top of the hashtags, they use interviews, surveys and data from the app to learn more about what the users want. “We’re really just trying to create something that helps stu-

dents make their night out a little easier,� Groticelli said, “Everyone hates when they’re starving at 2:30 a.m. and no one is around and their dining hall is closed. If we could possibly help relieve some of that frustration and make someone’s night better, (those) would be the positives from this.� Currently, the app has one investor, but Groticelli and Shah are less focused on the money aspect and more focused on how to improve the product. Their next task is to add an events feature to the app, which will list the events occurring on campuses on a nightly basis. The process in which events and event details will be posted has not yet been determined. “It would be nice to have something to help lay out your options for the night,� Olp said. Shah pointed out that the app is a great way to get students to check out things they normally would not. “If a whole student body can come together and someone knew that there was going to be an awesome organization hosting a concert, they could post it to the app so that way people who did not know about it would get a chance to check it out,� Shah said. U Nightlife is available for free download on the Apple App Store and on the Google Play Store for the Android.

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No matter how many finals and assignments the sisters of Zeta Phi Beta may have ahead of them, those thoughts are set aside the moment they take the stage and start strolling, chanting, dancing and showcasing the deep-rooted traditions of a yard show. Tonight at 7 p.m., Zeta Phi Beta will host the second annual Twizted Yard Show at Lincoln Hall Theater, an event in which historically black fraternities will imitate historically black sororities, and where Zeta Phi Beta will imitate the five historically black fraternities on campus. “The yard show, to me personally, is another way for students to get to know the Greeks on campus, and that includes the diverse population,� said Keturah Prowell, head of the Twizted Yard Show committee, Zeta Phi Beta member and senior in LAS. Yard shows have been a tradition for the Black Greek Council for decades on campus, but the concept for the “twizted� yard show was created last year by Crystal Spruiell, Zeta Phi Beta member and senior in AHS. “Yard shows are something that the black Greek community prides themselves on,� Spruiell said. “A lot of historically black

colleges do it on a daily basis. But it’s a little different at U of I. We usually take a little more formal approach here.� A traditional yard show involves the active black sororities and fraternities presenting their call letters and signs, and sharing their principles and beliefs in an entertaining manner. One common method through which unity is represented is strolling, or forming a line and moving in unison with other members of the organization. “You’re asked to be respectful and not cut through it (the line),� Prowell said. “We take that to be very disrespectful, and it’s deeply rooted in the traditions of our organization. Every organization has its own strolls. You throw up your sign, calls, and basically dance at the same time.� A member from each of the organizations will be a part of the judging panel, and the winning organization will receive $150. However, the main goal of the yard show is to allow both Greeks and non-Greeks to catch a glimpse into the organizations of the Black Greek Council. “Generally the purpose of a yard show is to open it up and to have everyone come and learn about these organizations and learn about the principles,� Prow-

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extra mile for anyone,� Houdek said. “He wants to give back and improve the status quo in any position that he’s in.� As the former president of Phi Gamma Delta, or Fiji, fraternity, Zellner has acquired the skills to truly work alongside any personality, Houdek said. Whether it be the chair of a committee or a new member, he’s open to everyone’s ideas. “(As a leader), you have to inspire a shared vision,� Zellner said. Zellner further explained that if one can inspire a “shared vision,� everyone is motivated and wants to work for a common goal. This leadership style is something he plans on taking with him to his new role in the IFC, a role he has wanted for a long time, according to fellow Illinois Business Council member Joel Hood. “Zellner is someone who is not intimidated by taking on a difficult job or a leadership role,� said the junior in Business. “(Zellner) is one of those people that thrives under pressure,� Hood said. “He puts his full effort into everything that he does.� Despite having held prominent roles in the University’s Greek system, Zellner’s resume

consists of much more. Zellner is currently involved with the Illinois Business Council and Illinois Business Consulting, which he said have helped him develop professionally. In addition to business-oriented groups, Zellner also participates in the registered student organization Young Life, a Christian mentorship program that aims to work with high school and middle school students in the Champaign area. “He (Zellner) is passionate. ... He’s always giving back to the community,� Houdek explained. “He is driven and will achieve (his) goals.� Driven, hard working, motivated and genuine are just a few of the adjectives that seem to best capture Zellner and his goaloriented personality. “My goals for the IFC are to continue to unite the Greek community and to better the people in it,� Zellner said. “My role (as IFC president) is to say, ‘Hey, we have one overwhelming goal, and that is to better people and make a better community on the Illinois campus as a result of Greek life.’�

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‘Earn your Elf Esteem’ through Carle toy drive BY DECLAN HARTY STAFF WRITER

Santa Claus plans to come down the chute for all Champaign County residents this winter, with a little help from the donations of this year’s toy drive. The annual toy drive, which is made possible by The Salvation Army, Carle Foundation and WDWS/WHMS/WKIO radio, has been running since Nov. 14 and will end on Thursday. The toy drive will have an all-day fi nal push for new, unwrapped toys, gifts and monetary or gift card donations on Wednesday from 7

a.m. to 6 p.m. at Carle Foundation’s outpatient location at 1802 S. Mattis Ave. in Champaign. The toy drive has been successful, said Mike Haile, vice president and general manager of WDWS/WHMS/WKIO radio and Advisory Board member for Champaign County’s Salvation Army. As of Tuesday, the event organizers said they would be able to provide donations for 980 families and 2,400 children, and that the numbers continue to grow. Now in its 29th year, the toy drive has continually grown in number of recipients

each year. “It is a need that is very much a need every year that keeps growing,� Haile said. “The community can have satisfaction in helping, and it is so easy to help in this drive.� Haile said he believes that the toy drive provides children with the true meaning of giving, as it did with his children, who used to select the gifts that their family would donate. Haile, who has been involved in the toy drive for 28 of its 29 years, said the driving force behind the successful charity event is the Champaign

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junior Alison Meng made a crisp turn and began to swim the final 50 yards of the 100-yard backstroke final Friday night, the entire Illinois swimming and diving team filled the Nixon Aquatic Center with shouts of encouragement. When she touched the wall, ahead of the rest of the competition, the team’s celebration grew even louder. They knew she had done it again. This was the scene in Oxford, Ohio, as Meng set the school record in the 100 back with a time of 54.55 seconds, breaking

her own school record set in last year’s Big Ten Championships. She had already set the ARC pool record in the same distance during the meet against Kansas earlier this season. She also edged herself into Illinois’ record book individually with the second-fastest time in the 100 butterfly (55.20), the sixth-fastest time in the 100 freestyle (50.81). As part of the 200 and 400 medley relays, she was part of two third-fastest times in Illini history. She was even part of the 400 free relay, which was the seventh-fastest time. “It was a goal of mine (breaking a few school records) that I had for the meet,� Meng said. “It

felt good to get my own record again and to keep on improving.� Meng left the three-day invitational with nine individual event victories on the season, surpassing her total of seven from last season. She continues to mount achievements upon a swimming career that started late. While many of the swimmers on the team began to swim at ages 7 and 8, Meng began to swim in eighth grade. While she was a four-time letter winner and broke state swimming records in Wisconsin, Meng also helped Sauk Prarie High School’s soccer program be successful.

Although she reached many high achievements for both her high school and club teams, she didn’t know much about swimming when she came to Illinois. When she arrived, her success continued, but the transformation she needed came during this past summer. Both Meng and head coach Sue Novitsky came in with the mentality that she needed to become stronger. They worked on her core, which is essential for a swimmer to become successful. After a long summer of training, Meng got into “decent shape,� according to Novitsky.

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Jocelynn Birks (volleyball)— The sophomore finished the weekend with 25 total kills and 20 total digs to help the Illinois volleyball team advance to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. Steven Rodrigues (wrestling) — The sophomore scored on a reversal in the last six seconds to win his match after returning from ACL surgery for the first time this season.

“It is amazing to think about what she can be later on as she continues to learn and become a stronger swimmer.� ALEC HAYDEN ASSISTANT COACH

Illinois survives late Dartmouth run BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER

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Illinois’ Jennifer Beltran digs the ball during the game against Minnesota at Huff hall on Nov. 30. The Illini lost 3-0.

Illini volleyball makes its way to NCAA Sweet 16 BY NICHOLAS FORTIN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The Illinois volleyball team is back. The Illini are into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011, but their road has been significantly different than that of the 2011 team. “It has definitely been a different road, for sure,� senior libero Jennifer Beltran said. “What stands out for me the most is that we’ve had to work for it. My freshman year we already knew we were going to be in the tournament, and the next year we already knew we were going to be in the tournament, but this year was a lot different. We had to fight for it. It was nice to see that fight come out of this team. Our road’s going to be different, but in the end it will definitely be sweet.� The road between Sweet 16 appearances has been long, it will have been 735 days when Illinois takes the floor Friday at State Farm Center, and the team has grown a lot in that time. “We’ve been taking care of business, which has been really nice,� Beltran said. “I think the thing that stands out the most is that we keep improving every single day. Not only have we seen it on the court, but we’ve seen it in the gym just in practice, which is really cool.� There are only three Illini players left from the 2011

team that played their way to the NCAA Championship game. Head coach Kevin Hambly said it showed in the first game of the tournament against Morehead State, but the team was able to settle themselves in the second round. “Well I thought the first match they were a little nervous and anxious,� Hambly said. “I thought the kids that had played before were a little nervous and anxious as you are in the first round. Against Marquette we were really calm and we looked more like ourselves.� Redshirt freshman middle blocker Maddie Mayers, who played well in the first two rounds of the tournament after finishing with five kills and four blocks in the two games, said she was initially nervous but that the crowd helped her through it. With two games in the tournament under their belt and another one coming up Friday against Purdue, the Illini feel as if their youth is giving way to experience and that the team is improving along the way. “We’re still getting better,� Mayers said. “There’s always little things to work on, and I think the little improvements we’re making are just going to be another step that will help us in the road to Seattle.�

Nicholas can be reached at fortin2@dailyillini.com and @IlliniSportsGuy.

Illinois’ final home tune-up was going just the way it was supposed to. With 9:56 remaining in the second half Tuesday night, the Illini led the Big Green of Dartmouth 56-39, a game-high 17 points. Illinois head coach John Groce put in his reserves, and things started to head south. Dartmouth started to chip away at the lead. With 7:11 remaining and the Illini leading 56-45, Groce saw momentum shifting and put his starters in. Dartmouth scored a quick bucket to cut the lead to 9. The starters stayed in for the majority of the rest of the game. Despite the starters’ return, the Big Green were able to keep chipping away at the lead, making five of its last seven shots, though the 72-65 victory was never in doubt for the Illini. Illinois showed three-freshmen and four-freshmen lineups all night, but Dartmouth forced Groce to end the game with the starters on the court. Still, Groce said the freshmen were key to the victory. Malcolm Hill played the most of the freshmen, scoring 10 points and grabbing four rebounds in 19 minutes, while Jaylon Tate added five points, a rebound, block, assist and steal. Maverick Morgan grabbed four rebounds. “Those guys were really ready to go,� Groce said. “If they had not been that ready to go tonight, I don’t know if we would have escaped.� Junior Nnanna Egwu also saw the impact the freshmen had. “Those guys are learning a lot. They’ve grown a lot. They’re going to continue to grow,� Egwu said.

“The growth of these guys is really important for us to be successful as a team.� Dartmouth head coach Paul Cormier told his team that if they didn’t rebound, they wouldn’t be playing. They took it to heart. The Big Green were able to close the gap and stay in the game thanks largely to rebounding. Dartmouth outrebounded Illinois 33-27, but its 11 offensive boards and 12 secondchance points were crucial to keeping the score close. The Illini have hung their hat on defense for most of the season so far. They came into the game ranked eighth in the nation with only 58.7 points per game allowed, and 16th in the country by holding teams to just 37.3 percent shooting from the field. Dartmouth’s late success kept the score close. “You’ve got to get some stops. That’s our calling card,� Groce said. The Illini were solid across the board offensively. They shot 52 percent from the field and 38.9 percent behind the arc. Illinois made 13 of its 17 free throw attempts, good for 76.5 percent. No player stood out on offense with five players in double figures and Tracy Abrams one point away. Rayvonte Rice had a solid game with 13 points and five rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting, while forwards Jon Ekey and Nnanna Egwu added 11 each, in addition to Hill’s 10. “It’s the defensive end that I’m most worried about based on the deal that went down tonight,� Groce said.

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

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Illinois’ Malcolm Hill takes a three-point shot during the game against Darthmouth at State Farm Center on Tuesday. The Illini won 72-65.

Strong freshman play crucial in Illini victory MICHAEL WONSOVER Basketball columnist

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llinois took care of business on Tuesday. To step up the way Illinois did in a 72-65 win against Dartmouth on Tuesday is easier said than done. People always talk about those classic “trap� games, and Dartmouth could’ve been just that. It wasn’t pretty, but the Illini are sitting at 9-1 before heading to Portland, Ore., to face the No. 15 Ducks on Saturday. Illinois didn’t overlook Dartmouth ahead of their big matchup, even if the score made the game seem closer than it really was. Don’t get me wrong, Illinois

struggled down the stretch, letting Dartmouth get within five points in the last minute, but the game was never in doubt. A barrage of late 3-pointers by the Big Green put a scare in the Illini faithful, but Rayvonte Rice and Jon Ekey responded with dagger 3-pointers of their own. Rice led Illinois in scoring once again, this time with 13 points, extending his double-digit streak to 10 games, but numerous other players were needed to pull out the win. The freshmen stepped up. The freshmen as a whole made their biggest impact of the season. The newcomers have been playing on and off all season long, but this was the first time head coach John Groce extensively used the freshmen. At least three freshmen were on the floor for the majority of

the second half, and at one point there was a unique lineup of Jaylon Tate, Kendrick Nunn, Rice, Malcolm Hill and Maverick Morgan. Groce just had to have them on the floor with the way they were playing on Tuesday. Hill played well enough to be put on the postgame podium. The forward showed flashes of being a potential primary scorer in future years for the Illini. Hill finished with a versatile line of 10 points, four rebounds, two assists and two 3-pointers in only 19 minutes. Hill has the ability to bang down low when needed or drift to the perimeter where he has an improving stroke. He also had a slick spin move leading to an assist for a Nnanna Egwu and-one late in the first half. Hill has a feel for the game that’s rare for a freshman to have.

Tate and Nunn provided a nice change of pace from Tracy Abrams and Rice in the backcourt. Tate finished with 5 points to go along with an assist, a steal and a block. Nunn only scored two points, but he had a perfect lob to Joseph Bertrand on the break as well as an emphatic block late in the second half. Morgan didn’t score in this game, but his brick-wall screens and rebounding instincts were on full display. The Illini have won nine of their first 10 games but could easily be undefeated if not for the meltdown at Georgia Tech. That’s not too shabby for a team that entered the season with modest expectations. Illinois has avoided any major upsets in the early going and has kept its

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The transformation continued during the beginning of the year with the arrival of new assistant coach Alec Hayden and a new way of practicing. The team added another day of lifting before entering the pool for practice, which Meng believes has been a great addition. Meng came into the season determined to work on technique and details to improve as a swimmer, and both Hayden and Novitsky helped her with those changes. One of these was changing her arm position when she swam backstroke. Meng used to put her arms close to her head, but has now widened up and improved her stroke. Hayden has also made his sprinters spend more time underwater to work on breathing, since they are underwater for most of the race. Novitsky believes Meng can still improve on technique, turns and breakouts. Most importantly, she still needs to work on her tempo as she races. But the fact that Meng still has so much time to grow seems incredible to Hayden. “It is amazing to think about what she can be later on as she continues to learn and become a stronger swimmer,� Hayden said. Meng continues to mature as a swimmer and as a leader. Whenever she sees someone on the team in need, Meng is the first to help. Never shying away from competition, Meng challenges other swimmers to best her but stays laid back enough to have a good time during competition. Her transformation season not only encourages Meng, but also those around her. “She’s a really good role model, and she is one of the swimmers that I look up to,� freshman Gabbie Stecker said. “I see her doing so well, it pushes me to do my best.�

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omeone has to be blamed in every failed fantasy football run. If you were like me last week, you entered the first week of playoffs with your head in the clouds after finishing with the best record in the league. I’m sure you made a few adjustments to your roster, but not too many because everything you’d done thus far had been the right call — or right enough. You had no question your team was capable of keeping you en route to the Promised Land. But if you were also like me, you spent the better part of Tuesday wondering why. Why hadn’t you given your final roster more thought? Why had it happened so fast? Why, after weeks of successful, no-nonsense performances, had your fantasy players decided to let your season go up in flames? At the end of all of these questions, I’m sure I’m probably not far off to assume you came to discover that you now had list of players who were your fantasy football enemies. For me, last year’s downfall came at the hands (or the arm and hand, rather) of Philip Rivers, where his meager performances was responsible for ruining my season. This year, I can barely pick. Was it Adrian Peterson leaving me with just one point, or maybe Andrew Luck for having his best fantasy game all year against me? Hell, I could even blame the snow for throwing a monkey wrench into everything. Everyone who lost has someone to blame; it’s the natural order of things. If someone didn’t make you mad, and you truly feel like you were just beaten, fair and square, you weren’t caring hard enough. As I’ve said all year, fantasy football is the ludicrous concept of asserting your dominance among your friends and co-workers by playing a game based off of another game. It’s silly, it’s crazy, it’s even a little childish, but that’s OK, because you have to be a little bit of all of these things just to play. So contrary to what I said last week about letting go of these grudges, stew in them for a little bit. Let your rage follow you for the rest of the season; you’ve earned the right to be mad. Because in a football game centered around fantasy teams in fantasy leagues, you’re allowed to have fantasy enemies — as long as you ditch that anger in time for next year’s draft. Only four teams are left standing, which means there’s one last chance to swing the tide and put

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WONSOVER NCAA resume clean for the time being. Illinois now enters a brutal stretch of the season where they’ll face Oregon on the road, before finals week no less, and then head to St. Louis to face No. 24 ranked Missouri the following week. Groce even said after the game, “we’re gonna have to play better than we did tonight.� With Oregon ranking third in the country in points per game, that may be an understatement.

Michael is a senior in Media. He can be reached at wonsovr2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @The_MDubb.

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Chicago Bears quarterback Josh McCown runs for a second quarter touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field on Monday in Chicago. The Bears defeated the Cowboys, 45-28. yourself at that championship game. To help, here’s a fresh round of pickups and drops from your faithful fantasy doctor. PICKUPS Josh McCown (quarterback, Bears, 19 percent owned in ESPN leagues) — In the last two weeks, it’s important to have a fighter in your lineup, and no quarterback has fought harder to keep his team in the playoffs than McCown. In the face of missing out on both the division and the wild card, McCown charged into Monday night against Dallas and put up 348 yards and five touchdowns, one that he ran in himself. It was his third consecutive game with over 300 passing yard, too. The Bears’ offense looked its most complete of the entire season behind its backup quarterback, but it’ll need to stay that way if it wants to make the playoffs. The Bears are rallying behind McCown, so why shouldn’t you? Toby Gerhart (running back, Vikings, 1 percent) — Adrian Peterson could be back next week, but “could be’s� aren’t going to win that fantasy season. After taking 15 carries for 89 yards and score, pick up Gerhart, even if it’s just as a precaution. You don’t want to be the guy who missed out, do you?

DROPS Lamar Miller (running back, Dolphins, 88.6 percent) — Overall, Miller hasn’t been anything special all year. I’m actually surprised so many people have him on their roster, as he’s only had one game with over 100 yards and four with double digits. In his last four weeks, he’s amassed 17 points, and that’s bad news. If you have him or, god forbid, have been starting him, pitch him back to the waivers. Even the second worst rush defense in the league won’t redeem him this week. DeAngelo Williams (running back, Panthers, 88 percent) — Williams hasn’t been much of a hitter this season, either. I suppose that happens when your quarterback has six rushing touchdowns, the most in the league by two. Despite the negative connotations that follow the New York Jets name, its defense does its job stopping run yardage. And for goal line situations, with Cam Newton in the rotation, Williams is just too risky. Besides, you probably have other options if you’ve made it this deep. Ditching Williams can only help you.

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

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