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Champaign ■ A 32-year-old male was arrested on charges of unlawful possession and use of a weapon by a felon in the 1000 block of North Prospect Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. According to the report, a convicted felon was in possession of a semi-automatic pistol. ■ A 21-year-old male was arrested on charges of domestic battery and unlawful restraint in the 2600 block of West Springfield Avenue around 4:45 a.m. Friday. According to the report, the suspect restrained and battered a 26-year-old female. ■ A 21-year-old female was arrested on charges of retail theft in the 2000 block of North Neil Street around 1 p.m. Friday. According to the report, the suspect stole clothing, a purse or wallet and a backpack from J.C. Penney, Old Navy and Sears before being arrested.

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In the July 29 - Aug. 4, 2013, edition of the Daily Illini, the article, “Desire for facts drives UI professor to Congress,” stated that George Gollin was taking a paid leave during his run for Congress. Gollin is taking an unpaid leave during his run. The Daily Illini regrets the error. When The Daily Illini makes a mistake, we will correct it in this place. The Daily Illini strives University for accuracy, so if you see a mistake in the pa■ Two 18-year-old males were arrested on per, please contact Editor in Chief Darshan Patel charges of robbery near the corner of Wind- at 337-8365. sor Road and Fourth Street in Champaign around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday. According to the report, the two suspects stole a tablet computer from a woman at the Illini Union on Sunday and were identified from a video sent out as a crime alert. The two men were later found in a vehicle driven by a 19-year-old male, who was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended license. ■ A 34-year-old male was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of drugs, possession of cannabis, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia around 1 a.m. Thursday near the corner of Goodwin Avenue and Illinois Street in Urbana. According to the report, the suspect was initially stopped for driving down a one-way street the wrong way, but a drug-sniffing dog identified contraband inside of the vehicle.

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Urbana ■ A 26-year-old male was arrested on charges of domestic battery and four outstanding City of Champaign warrants; one warrant for retail theft, two warrants for possession of public property and one warrant for purchasing for a minor. A 36-year-old female was also arrested on one outstanding City of Champaign warrant for possession of alcohol in public in the 800 block of Division Avenue in Urbana around 1:45 a.m. Saturday. According to the report, the male suspect battered the female suspect, and the female suspect called the police. The police found that both suspects had outstanding warrants and took both into custody. ■ A 27-year-old male was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, driving without a drivers license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and having a breathalyzer test over the legal limit in the 1300 block of North Lincoln Avenue in Urbana around 6:30 p.m. Friday. According to the report, a witness saw a vehicle driving erratically in a parking lot with the alarm sounding. The police found the suspect passed out behind the wheel of the vehicle with the keys in the ignition and an open container in the vehicle. The driver admitted to drinking at least three beers before operating the vehicle and was taken into custody where he blew a .179 BAC.

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OPENING THE CONNECTION Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband project to become nonprofit organization

By Stephen Bourbon Staff Writer

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After a joint council meeting Tuesday night, Champaign and Urbana city councils announced the UrbanaChampaign Big Broadband project will become a nonprofit agency. The meeting featured the entire Champaign Council but only Charlie Smyth, Carol Ammons, Bill Brown and Michael Madigan were in attendance for Urbana. Other aldermen, including Mayor Laurel Prussing, were visiting Urbana’s sister city, the Haizhu District, in China. The Big Broadband initiative, also known as UC2B, is currently being constructed all around Champaign, Urbana and on campus. There are currently 285 connections in the area, but with “Phase 3” construction underway, the plan is to add 400 more connections to make the internet more available to citizens. Despite the expansion, Champaign Mayor Don Gerard said the project must have the quality to succeed with consumers, or risk losing out to private companies such as Comcast or AT&T. “This is about bridging the digital divide. This is taking us to the next level,” Gerard said. “Champaign is on the forefront of this. This isn’t about where we are now, it’s about where we want to be in 10 years.” There was much debate over the shortened time line and making additions to the bylaws. Specifically, Ammons pushed for explicit language in the bylaws to provide contract opportunities for minority contractors. “This grant came to the community under the guise of including underrepresented communities with access to technology and Internet,” Ammons said. “To not include it here (in the bylaws) or to leave it to another board would be inappropriate on our part.” Champaign councilman Will Kyles echoed the sentiment, saying that from discussions he had with contractors, they wouldn’t honor an agreement to include minority contractors purely based on “good faith.” The tight deadline for the project is another obstacle, and was one of the points against putting in new language to the bylaws. With the intended approval dates from Champaign, Urbana and the University being Aug. 6, the projected date to submit an application to the state of Illinois for a nonprofit agency would be Aug. 9. However, the real imposing deadline is Aug. 15. On that date, the program must have a proposal for asset transfer, otherwise the assets are handed over to the State of Illinois and out of the control of council members. Also, the $30 million grant for the project was given by the federal government, although that grant will expire Sept. 30. The grant was awarded three years ago to help fund a project that would bring technology and Internet connection to underdeveloped areas in the Champaign-Urbana areas. Another issue discussed was the compliance with the Open Meetings Act. The 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization would be independent of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, something that was troubling to some council members. The bylaws currently state that the board of trustees of UC2B have to comply with the Open Meetings Act, but can meet confidentially if they felt “it was necessary to speak confidentially.”

Willard Airport will be getting improvements, thanks to $841,000 the state pledged for the facility through the Illinois Jobs Now! project. Gov. Pat Quinn announced the improvements Thursday. According to a press release, the funds will be used for road and parking lot work. “Investments in airports like this one in Champaign make them more efficient and safer while creating construction jobs,” Quinn said in a press release. “This Illinois Jobs Now! project will continue to ensure that Illinois has a strong, 21st century infrastructure.” Illinois Jobs Now! is a six-year, $31 billion project and is the largest in the history of Illinois. It is supposed to create 439,000 jobs and update the state’s infrastructure. Cross Construction of Urbana will complete the construction, and the Illinois Department of Transportation Division of Aeronautics will oversee the project.

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Christopher Mooney will head the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University, Vice President for Academic Affairs Christophe Pierre announced on last Monday. Mooney has been a professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Springfield since 1999 and has worked for IGPA since 2004. He currently serves as the W. Russell Arrington Professor of State Politics for the institute. “A central part of the University of Illinois’ mission is to provide service to state government, and IGPA is key to contributing to that mission,” Mooney said in a press release. “We will continue to help bring the resources of the university to bear on the public problems of the state.” Mooney’s appointment will take effect Aug. 16. The Board of Trustees will vote whether to approve his appointment at its September meeting. Mooney will replace interim director J. Fred Giertz, who has served since August 2012.

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UCC to issue decision on Zeta Tau house’s landmark status Monday Student nominator to be questioned by phone before vote

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The Urbana City Council should be making its final decision on the historic designation of the Zeta Tau Alpha women’s fraternity house on Monday, after pushing back the decision from its July 15 meeting. The house, located at 1404 S. Lincoln Ave., was originally nominated for historic designation on April 8 and was approved by the Urbana Historic Preservation Commission to be designated a historic landmark. But because the owner, the Zeta Tau Alpha Housing Fraternity Association, objected to it being designated a landmark, the city council has to approve its designation with a two-third majority vote. When the topic of deferring the ordinance until the next city council meeting came up, city attorney James Simon said that the ordinance of the preservation says that city council must make a decision on the landmark status soon. “There is a time frame in which the council must act from the date that the historic preservation committee has made its recommendation, and that time-frame runs out August 5,” Simon said. “If no action is taken, then it dies and no action can be taken on this particular property for 12 months.” Although no meeting was scheduled for Aug. 5, Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing said that if two council members request it, then it can be done. Eric Jakobsson, Ward 2, and Dennis Roberts, Ward 5, requested for the meeting. Deferring the ordinance was suggested when Roberts said that Brianna Kraft, the student who nominated the house for historic preservation, would be available for telecommunication so that the owners could question the nominator. “My suggestion is that we arrange for it at our next meeting and let the nominator present the case and satisfy any questions we have,” Roberts said. Colleen Ramais, the attorney representing the owners, had said in her initial statement that the nominator had not been present so that the owners could ask questions. Although Roberts gave Ramais his suggestion via telecommunication, Ramais said she and the owners would prefer a vote that evening. “Yes, we would like an opportunity to interact with the petitioner, but it really should have happened back at the public hearing,” she said. “This has taken a lot of time and money.” Whether it should be marked as a historic landmark has been debated by city council since it first showed up at city council on June 17. It was originally pushed back in June when Charlie Smyth, Ward 1, wanted to amend the ordinance, so the owners could replace the windows with safer, more efficient ones.

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The abandoned Zeta Tau women’s fraternity house, which no one has lived in for four years.

However, although being able to replace the windows and fixing the roof is still under debate, the council members’ main debate is whether the nominator’s presence at meetings should affect the historic landmark decision. This was still under discussion on July 15 with Michael Madigan, Ward 6, and Carol Ammons, Ward 3, who both believed that council should vote on the matter that evening. Ammons and Madigan had shown disagreement with the property’s historic designation at previous meetings because they both believed that if the owner objects to the preservation, then the nominator should be present to answer any questions that the owner might have. Madigan showed a great dislike in deferring the ordinance if the only purpose was for Kraft to present her case. “They (the owners) should have been able to question her (Kraft) at the historic preservation committee meeting, and we’re basically saying that we’re going to let you fix this now,” Madigan said. “I think that is totally inappropriate.” Because city council rules say that when an ordinance is deferred, it does not require a vote, the ordinance was successfully deferred despite the objections of Ammons and Madigan.

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Illinois legalizes medicinal marijuana with strict rules Measure not to take e ect until Jan. 1st of next year

BY SOPHIA TAREEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — Illinois became the 20th state in the nation to allow the medical use of marijuana Thursday, with Gov. Pat Quinn signing some of the nation’s toughest standards into law. The measure, which takes effect Jan. 1, sets up a four-year pilot program for stateregulated dispensaries and 22 so-called cultivation centers, where the plants will be grown. Quinn, a Chicago Democrat, focused his remarks on how medical marijuana will help seriously ill patients, including veterans, which have been a key focus during his time in office. He also played up Illinois’ standards. “It’s important we do whatever we can to help ease their pain,” Quinn said Thursday at a new medical facility at the University of Chicago. “The reason I’m signing the bill is because it is so tightly and properly drafted.” Under the measure, only patients with serious illnesses or diseases will be allowed to obtain medical marijuana. The bill lists more than 30, such as cancer, muscular dystrophy and lupus. The patients must have established relationships with a doctor and will be limited to 2.5 ounces every two weeks. Currently, 19 other states and Washington, D.C., allow medical marijuana. New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan signed a medical marijuana bill into law last week. Illinois’ rules are among some of the strictest in the nation, according to Karen O’Keefe, director of state policies at the Mar-

ijuana Policy Project. The Washington-D.C. based legalization advocacy group tracks state laws and helps some craft bills. For one, Illinois won’t allow home growing operations like more than a dozen other states do. The growing centers will have to be under 24-hour video surveillance, which is uncommon compared to other states. O’Keefe said most states also have more general guidelines on who can obtain medical marijuana. Also, there’s no reciprocity: Those who obtain medical marijuana legally in other states won’t be allowed to get it in Illinois. Legalizing medical marijuana faced some opposition in Illinois, mainly from opponents who feared it would encourage drug use and authorities who feared it would complicate driving-under-the-influence tests. Some anticrime groups also objected to the 2.5-ounce amount, which they said was too much. State Rep. Lou Lang, a bill sponsor, dismissed the concerns, saying it would be difficult to obtain the drug for anyone who didn’t need it. He said he was motivated to take up the issue after hearing from patients, and noted the new law would allow them a safe way to obtain relief. Lang, a Skokie Democrat said that the 2.5-ounce amount is to accommodate patients who ingest, not smoke, it, such as in baked goods. Army veteran Jim Champion was at Thursday’s news conference, along with several other people who’ve dealt with chronic pain. Champion, 46, has suffered from a progressive form of multiple sclerosis for 25 years, leaving him a quadriplegic.

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In this Nov. 19 photo, prepared marijuana is for sale for those who possess a medical marijuana card, inside a dispensary in the small Rocky Mountain town of Nederland, Colo. Illinois has become the 20th state to legalize medical marijuana with some of the strictest standards in the nation.

At one time, he was taking nearly 60 pills a day, including morphine and valium. But he said marijuana — which his wife obtained illegally — was the only thing that gave him relief from chronic and constant pain. He now takes about two dozen pills a day. Champion, who has lobbied state lawmakers on the issue, said he felt vindicated. “Now, we’re going to be offered a safer and more effective alternative to pain and spasm relief than the pharmaceuticals that we’ve been given by the bucket loads in the past,” he said. “I’ve always been ashamed that I was criminalized by the actions that I was forced to take for my pain relief.”

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Large-scale Calif. marijuana farms raise environmental concerns Counties concerned with growers who take advantage of medical marijuana laws

BY TRACIE CONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With parts of Northern California’s scenic hillsides illegally gouged by bulldozers for marijuana grows, frustrated local officials asked the state for help to protect streams and rivers from harmful sediment and the chemicals used on the pot plants. They hoped to charge growers under federal and state clean water regulations with tougher penalties than the infractions local officials could impose. But they were rebuffed. It’s too dangerous, the state agency in charge of protecting the region’s water said in a letter to county supervisors. As in many rural counties in California, marijuana farms are becoming more and more plentiful. They proliferate in the high Sierra, where armed Mexican cartel operatives clear wilderness areas, divert creeks and poison wildlife. Other smaller gardens are planted by people operating as collectives by pooling dozens of permits under the state’s medical marijuana laws, though many of those are traffickers attempting to skirt the law. State law allows a person with a medical permit to grow roughly a dozen plants. Butte County Supervisor Chairman Bill Connelly — frustrated that even photos of illegally scraped and terraced hillsides in sensitive watersheds didn’t convince the water quality board to act — accused the board of not applying the law equally.

Penalties can range from cease-and-desist citations to fines of $5,000 for each day of the violation to more than $1 million, said state water board spokeswoman Kathie Smith. The issue of large-scale marijuana enforcement and the damage some pot farms cause is not new in a region known as the Emerald Triangle, for the marijuana that has been produced there for decades. Marijuana is the state’s biggest cash crop with an estimated $14 billion in legal and illegal sales annually. California wildlife wardens and hikers in the state’s remote backcountry occasionally happen upon gunmen guarding multimillion-dollar pot farms. It’s one of the reasons the California Department of Fish & Wildlife recently issued its wardens more powerful weapons. Those growers, when caught, are charged criminally in federal courts. But at the local level, counties are concerned with growers taking advantage of laws legalizing the growing of marijuana for medical uses. Even the legal farmers must comply with environmental laws. The state’s nine regional water boards are quasi-independent agencies that set their own policies, though all are charged with enforcing the federal Clean Water Act and its California equivalent. The Central Valley board, which focuses on runoff from farming, construction and hundreds of dairies, does not have a policy for investigating violations associated with

marijuana grows. “This is outside of our expertise,” said Andrew Altevogt, assistant executive officer of the agency. “It’s not the kind of thing that we do.” Yet its sister agency, the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, aggressively seeks out and prosecutes growers who flatten remote hilltops, dam streams to divert water and allow sediment and chemicals to reach waterways. In 2007 that agency joined an environmental crimes task force made up of county district attorneys and code enforcement agents. The discrepancies in enforcement have come to the attention of Assembly Member Dan Logue, R-Loma Rica, who represents Butte County. He said it’s the first time he’s heard of a state agency refusing to enforce state laws. He said that as marijuana farms proliferate, the issue of keeping creeks, streams and rivers free of toxins has become a statewide issue. Logue sent a letter to the water board’s Creedon expressing concern over the “diminishing water quality in this part of my district,” and asking the agency to help find a way to enforce the Clean Water Act. “This has to be fixed,” Logue said in an interview. “We have an issue in the state where agencies are fearful, and the law isn’t being applied equally.”

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Lawmaker seeks to ban guns in places of worship

by JIM SUHR the Associated Press

Religious leaders, followers support concealed weapons citing instances of church violence CAHOKIA, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers who last month beat a court-imposed deadline to allow concealed weapons in public left out something a suburban Chicago legislator now wants to change: A ban on firearms in places of worship. Democratic state Sen. Dan Kotowski, a former gun-control lobbyist from Park Ridge, is drawing fire from some ministers after introducing an amendment in mid-July to add churches, synagogues and mosques to the list of places forbidden for concealed carry. Kotowski said he consulted with Chicagoarea religious leaders before formally proposing the amendment in a state where a pastor inexplicably was gunned down during a Sunday service four years ago. But clergy leaders downstate say prohibiting pistols near pulpits could be an unrighteous affront to constitutional and property rights, and a National Rifle Association lobbyist says he plans to challenge it. The fledging law, passed July 9 and months from taking effect, bars concealed weapons from Illinois schools, courthouses, government buildings, libraries and forms of public transit. The measure says churches and other private places may post a sign noting people can’t carry guns onto the property. Kotowski says providing churches with a specific exemption was an oversight that some lawmakers were unaware of until the legislation was debated. Such a prohibition has the blessings of Charles Burton, pastor of the 125-member Unity Fellowship Church in Godfrey northeast of St. Louis. Burton, though, believes the debate about concealed weapons dodges an underlying issue: broken communities and “the politics of division.” “People don’t feel safe because of the lack of community, and guns don’t fix that,” Burton said. While he understands gun ownership for home protection and hunting, “guns in public space where we’re supposed to have law enforcement to protect us is problematic.” He doubts congregants need to pack heat. Other religious leaders consider Kotowski’s legislation misguided, saying big churches, mosques and synagogues in Chicago and elsewhere can afford security while their smaller, less well-funded counterparts are defenseless. “I’m fine with the church deciding (whether to allow concealed guns). I’m not fine with the state dictating it,” said Cory Respondek, pastor of the 20-member Living Water Church in Cahokia, which he calls “a higher crime area” near St. Louis. “If someone is intending harm or to attack our congregation, we want to be able to stop that threat. Arming ourselves and a few of our people is the easiest way to deter that,” said Respondek, whose Pennsylvania concealedcarry permit allows him to publicly tote a firearm in dozens of states, but not Illinois. Pastors who object to Kotowski’s plan also point to examples of church violence in Illinois. Four years ago, a stranger armed with a .45-caliber handgun and enough bullets to kill 30 people strolled into the First Baptist Church in Maryville during a Sunday morning service and shot at pastor Fred Winters as he stood at the pulpit — causing confetti to rain from the pastor’s Bible and leaving some of the 150 onlookers to wonder, at first, if it was a skit. Gunman Terry Sedlacek, who had no apparent connection to the southwestern Illinois church or Winters, fired three more times, with one bullet going through the pastor’s heart as Winters, 45, tried to run, authorities said.

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Pastor Cory Respondek poses with his Ruger handgun at his Living Water Church in Cahokia, Ill., just east of St. Louis on Friday. An Illinois state lawmaker is proposing adding churches to a list of places where firearms toted publicly under the state’s new concealed-carry law would not be allowed.

After Sedlacek’s gun jammed, he pulled out a knife but was wrestled down by two congregants, police said. Sedlacek has pleaded not guilty and remains confined to mental health treatment, his case still unresolved. Messages left with the Maryville church’s security chief for this story weren’t returned. Another of the violent church incidents was the impetus for the lawsuit that resulted in Illinois’ last-in-the-nation ban on concealed carry being scrapped by a federal appeals court. Mary Shepard was 69 and working as a secretary at First Baptist Church in southern Illinois’ Anna in 2009 when she and a 76-year-old cleaning woman were severely beaten. Willis Bates ultimately pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder and is serving a 23-year sentence. Shepard has said she could have thwarted the attack had she not been barred by state law from carrying a gun. While the law gives Illinois State Police months to set up the process, Shepard is suing to hasten the law’s implementation. She does not have a listed phone number and was unreachable for this story, and a message left for her through her church wasn’t returned. All the while, Mark Palmisano embraces the prospect of his fellow congregants carrying hidden firearms at Collinsville’s Centerpoint Church, where he serves as the security chief. The caveat: Logistically, he needs to know who the armed folks are.

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In this July 26, 2013, photo, Zach Callahan, right, and supporters of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, march outside Fort Lesley J. McNair, in Washington. Few Americans in living memory have emerged from obscurity to become such polarizing public figures admired by many around the world, fiercely denigrated by many in his homeland.

Manning guilty of 20 charges but acquitted of aiding the enemy Trial highlights inconsistencies between investigative journalism and national security issues

by DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEK the Associated Press

FORT MEADE, Md. — In a split decision, U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was acquitted Tuesday of aiding the enemy — the most serious charge he faced — but was convicted of espionage, theft and nearly every other count for giving secrets to WikiLeaks, a verdict that could see him spend the rest of his life in prison. The judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, deliberated over three days before delivering a decision that denied the government a precedent that freedom of press advocates had warned could have broad implications for leak cases and investigative journalism about national security issues. From the courtroom to world capitals, people struggled to absorb the meaning of a ruling that cleared the soldier of a charge of aiding the enemy, which would have carried a potential life sentence, but convicted him of 20 of 22 counts that, together, could also mean life behind bars. Manning faces up to 136 years in prison if given maximum penalties in a sentencing hearing that starts Wednesday. It is expected to last most of August. The 25-year-old soldier stood quietly at attention in his dress uniform, flanked by his attorneys, as the verdict was delivered. He appeared not to react, though his attorney, David Coombs, smiled faintly when he heard “not guilty” on the aiding the enemy charge. When the judge was done, Coombs put his hand on Manning’s back and whispered something to him, bringing a slight smile to the soldier’s face. Transparency advocates and legal experts had mixed opinions on the implications for the future of leak cases and investigative journalism in the Internet age. The advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said the verdict was a chilling warning to whistleblowers, “against whom the Obama administration has been waging an unprecedented

offensive,” and threatens the future of investigative journalism because intimidated sources might fall quiet. However, another advocate of less government secrecy, Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, questioned whether the implications will be so dire, given the extraordinary nature of the Manning case. “This was a massive hemorrhage of government records, and it’s not too surprising that it elicited a strong reaction from the government,” Aftergood said. “Most journalists are not in the business of publishing classified documents, they’re in the business of reporting the news, which is not the same thing,” he said. “This is not good news for journalism, but it’s not the end of the world, either.” Glenn Greenwald, the journalist, commentator and former civil rights lawyer who first reported Edward Snowden’s leaks of National Security Agency surveillance programs, said Manning’s acquittal on the charge of aiding the enemy represented a “tiny sliver of justice.” But WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose website exposed Manning’s spilled U.S. secrets to the world, saw nothing to cheer in the mixed verdict. “It is a dangerous precedent and an example of national security extremism,” he told reporters at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, which is sheltering him. “This has never been a fair trial.” To prove aiding the enemy, prosecutors had to show Manning had “actual knowledge” the material he leaked would be seen by al-Qaida and that he had “general evil intent.” They presented evidence the material fell into the hands of the terrorist group and its former leader, Osama bin Laden, but struggled to prove their assertion that Manning was an anarchist computer hacker and attention-seeking traitor. Coombs said during trial that Manning had no way of knowing whether al-Qaida would access the secret-spilling website

and a 2008 counterintelligence report showed the government itself did not know much about WikiLeaks at the time. An aiding the enemy charge for someone who didn’t directly give an adversary information is extremely rare, and prosecutors had to cite a Civil War-era court-martial of a Union soldier when they brought the charge against Manning. “I think certainly that a conviction on that charge would have had a ripple effect,” said Lisa Windsor, a retired Army colonel and former judge advocate. “I think it would have had certainly a chilling effect on anyone in the military who might decide that this is some sort of freedom of speech or whistleblower thing that they needed to engage in.” The judge did not give any reasons for her verdict from the bench, but said she would release detailed written findings. She did not say when. Manning acknowledged giving WikiLeaks more than 700,000 battlefield reports and diplomatic cables, and video of a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack that killed civilians in Iraq, including a Reuters news photographer and his driver. Prosecutors branded him an anarchist and traitor. The defense portrayed the Crescent, Okla., native as a “young, naive but good-intentioned” figure. Manning said during a pretrial hearing he leaked the material to expose U.S military “bloodlust” and diplomatic deceitfulness, but did not believe his actions would harm the country. Besides the aiding the enemy acquittal, Manning was found not guilty of one espionage count involving his acknowledged leak of a video from a 2009 airstrike in Afghanistan. The judge found that prosecutors had not proved Manning leaked the video in late 2009. Manning said he started the leaks in February the following year. Manning pleaded guilty earlier this year to lesser offenses that could have brought him 20 years behind bars, yet the government continued to pursue all but one of the original, more serious charges.

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Quinn signs bills to help ex-offenders get jobs New measures intend to keep ex- and non-violent offenders out of prison, back into society

by SARA BURNETT the Associated Press

CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn signed a series of bills Saturday he said will help ex-offenders get jobs so they can stay out of prison and become productive members of society. The Chicago Democrat said the measures also will give judges and prosecutors more options for sentencing nonviolent criminals. He noted more than half of Illinois inmates return to prison within three years of their release, many because they go back to committing crimes to provide for themselves or their families. “Formerly incarcerated individuals shouldn’t face a life sentence of no job prospects and no opportunities to better themselves just because they have served time in prison,” Quinn said during a ceremony at a church on Chicago’s South Side. “These new laws will help them get back on their feet, contribute to their communities and keep one offense from becoming a life-long barrier.” The measures also could help Quinn gain support among progressive voters in advance of a 2014 Democratic gubernatorial primary. Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley, also a Chicago Democrat, has said he’s running against Quinn. Four Republicans have announced they’re running: state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard, venture capitalist Bruce Rauner and state Treasurer Dan Rutherford. The three bills signed into law Saturday were approved by

the Democrat-controlled Legislature with bipartisan support. One measure increases a tax credit for employers who hire qualified ex-offenders to $1,500 per employee. It previously was capped at $600. Employers may take the credit for up to five years. It applies to any ex-offender hired within three years of their release from prison. Rep. Art Turner, a Chicago Democrat and lead sponsor of the bill, said he’s hopeful more employers will take advantage of the credit. “Programs like this must be part of a creative approach to reducing recidivism and addressing the larger challenges of unemployment and violence in our communities,” he said. Another bill creates a “second-chance probation” option for non-violent offenders. It allows some convictions to be cleared from a person’s record after successful completion of at least two years of probation. It was sponsored by Rep. Tom Cross of Oswego, the Republican leader in the Illinois House, and Sen. Linda Holmes, an Aurora Democrat. The other legislation ensures motions to seal or expunge a criminal record are heard in a timely manner and that court orders are delivered to the proper authorities. Saturday’s bill signings come one day after Quinn signed legislation to add several non-violent felonies to the list of offenses for which records may be sealed. The offenses include theft, retail theft, forgery, possession of burglary tools and possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance. Previously records were

only eligible to be sealed for people convicted of prostitution or drug possession. The measure also easily passed the Democrat-controlled Legislature, despite concerns from some critics that it would prevent employees from knowing whether they may be hiring someone with a criminal history. The new law requires a person to wait four years from the termination of their last sentence before asking for their records to be sealed. They also would have to pass a drug test within 30 days before filing their petition to seal. If a judge grants the petition, the sealed records can no longer be seen by most potential employers or other members of the public, except by court order. Law enforcement agencies, however, still have access, and if the person is later convicted of another crime the court may order their sealed records to be unsealed. State Sen. Kwame Raoul, a Chicago Democrat and a chief sponsor of the bill, said in a statement the legislation will help people who have been convicted of crimes to leave behind the stigma of a criminal conviction. “When people have served their sentences, public safety and a sense of humanity demand that we give them the opportunities they need to stay out of prison — a genuine chance at an education, a job and a future,” Raoul said. The lead sponsor in the Illinois House was Rep. LaShawn Ford, also a Chicago Democrat. Ford is under indictment for bank fraud but those charges were filed in federal court, so the legislation would not apply to him if he is convicted. He has pleaded not guilty.

Nearly 20 US embassies close following terror threats abroad US intercepts threats detailing major attack planned by al-Qaida

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WASHINGTON — The weekend closure of nearly two dozen U.S. diplomatic posts in the Muslim world resulted from the gravest terrorist threat seen in years, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday. Sen. Saxby Chambliss said “the chatter” intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies led the Obama administration to shutter 22 embassies and consulates and issue a global travel warning to Americans. “Chatter means conversation among terrorists about the planning that’s going on — very reminiscent of what we saw pre9/11,” Chambliss, R-Ga., told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “This is the most serious threat that I’ve seen in the last several years,” he said. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told ABC’s “This Week” that the threat intercepted from “high-level people in al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula” was about a “major attack.” Yemen is home to al-Qaida’s most dangerous affiliate, blamed for several notable terrorist plots on the United States. They include the foiled Christmas Day 2009 effort to bomb an airliner over Detroit and the explosivesladen parcels intercepted the following year

aboard cargo flights. Rep. Pete King, who leads the House Homeland Security subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence, said the threat included dates but not locations of possible attacks. “The threat was specific as to how enormous it was going to be and also that certain dates were given,” King, R-N.Y., said on ABC. Rep. Adam Schiff, a House Intelligence Committee member, said the “breadth” of the closures suggests U.S. authorities are concerned about a potential repeat of last year’s riots and attacks at multiple embassies, including the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed. In addition, Interpol, the French-based international policy agency, has issued a global security alert in connection with suspected al-Qaida involvement in several recent prison escapes including those in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan. Those prison breaks add to the concerns about an attack, said Schiff, D-Calif., also noting the approaching end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. “So you have a lot things coming together. ... But all of that would not be enough without having some particularly specific information,” he said. The Obama administration’s decision to

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A Bahraini armored personnel vehicle reinforces U.S. Embassy security just outside of a gate to the building, surrounded in barbed wire, in Manama, Bahrain on Sunday. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world. close the embassies and the lawmakers’ general discussion about the threats come at a sensitive time as the government tries to defend recently disclosed surveillance programs that have stirred deep privacy concerns and raised the potential of the first serious retrenchment in terrorism-fighting efforts since Sept. 11. The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman has scoffed at the assertion by the head of the National Security Agency that government methods used to collect telephone and email data have helped foil 54 terror plots. Schiff said he has seen no evidence linking the latest warnings to that agency’s collection of “vast amounts of domestic data.” Other lawmakers defended the administration’s response and promoted the work of the NSA in unearthing the intelligence that lead to the security warnings. “The bottom line is ... that the NSA’s job is to do foreign intelligence,” Ruppersburger said. “The whole purpose is to collect information to protect us.” Added King, a frequent critic of President Barack Obama: “Whether or not there was any controversy over the NSA at all, all these actions would have been taken.”

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Illinois Lt. Gov. Simon to run for comptroller Simon cites legal background as former prosecutor, law professor in decision to run

by SOPHIA TAREEN the Associated Press

CHICAGO — Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon ended five months of uncertainty about her political future on Wednesday by launching her 2014 bid for Illinois state comptroller, likely setting her up for a tough race against one of the state’s most successful Republican officeholders. Simon, a Democrat, formally announced her plan during a campaign stop in downtown Chicago, where she vowed she would be “the most aggressive fiscal watchdog this state has ever seen.” She was scheduled to appear in Springfield and her hometown of Carbondale by day’s end. “I want to go beyond just transparency and where there is corruption and misspending,” she told The Associated Press ahead of her announcement. “Let’s engage people about where we’re spending money as a state. Let’s all be watchdogs.” Simon is likely to face at least one Democratic challenger in the primary: Will County Auditor Duffy Blackburn has mentioned plans to run. The primary winner would face a tough race against Republican Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, a former three-term state treasurer who lost the 2006 governor’s race to Rod Blagojevich. Topinka, who is a former state lawmaker, once served as head of the Illinois Republican Party. Along with experience in winning statewide offices, Topinka has a fundraising advantage, reporting more than $805,000 cash on hand at the end of the second quarter, compared with $272,000 for Simon and $25,300 for Blackburn. Simon said she’s up for the challenge.

“I’m looking forward to a good competitive race,” she said at the news conference. Simon took aim at Topinka during Wednesday’s announcement. Since local governments are required to submit financial reports to the comptroller, Simon said Topinka’s office could have raised a red flag earlier about scandals such as one that occurred in the northern Illinois community of Dixon, where the city comptroller pleaded guilty in February to stealing nearly $54 million from the city. “It’s time for a comptroller who provides not just accounting, but accountability,” Simon said. But Brad Hahn, a spokesman for Topinka’s office and her campaign, said the comptroller “has raised transparency to a new level” since taking office. That included efforts to push the southern Illinois city of Washington Park to submit financial reports, which hadn’t submitted data for years and is grappling with major financial issues. He also said she’s committed to the job and doesn’t view it as “a consolation prize.” “Sheila Simon has been shopping for an office for months. It appears that she settled on this one,” Hahn said. “We welcome her to the discussion.” In February, Simon abruptly announced her plans not to seek re-election with Gov. Pat Quinn, but she declined to say which statewide office she would seek. Instead, she played up her legal background as a former prosecutor and law professor, fueling speculation that she would run for attorney general. Simon’s campaign later mentioned comptroller and treasurer as possibilities. Attorney General Lisa Madigan said this

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Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon hugs her friend, Northfield Township Committeeman Mike Kreloff, before she announces her candidacy for Illinois Comptroller at a news conference on Wednesday in Chicago. month she would seek another term rather than challenge Quinn. That caught Simon by surprise, but she said she was happy with how things turned out. Simon, the daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Paul Simon, worked in Jackson County as an assistant state’s attorney and taught law at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. She was placed on the 2010 lieutenant governor’s ballot by Democratic officials even though she had little campaign experience. She had run for Carbondale’s mayor, but lost. The comptroller is central to handling Illinois’ tax money and maintains the state’s accounts, paying bills and signing checks to employees. She said that while weighing her decision, she thought about a conversation she once had with former Illinois Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch, who died in March. Netsch helped rewrite the state constitution and was the first woman to get the Democratic nomination for Illinois governor. “I asked her what she found most exciting. It was the opportunity to teach people about the budget, to get more people engaged about how we spend money as a state,” Simon told AP. “That’s exactly what I want to do.” The office has received attention lately as Quinn moved to halt lawmakers’ pay after they failed to act on pensions. After reviewing the matter, Topinka said she had no choice but to withhold the paychecks, citing a previous court case. The head of the House and Senate filed a lawsuit against Quinn over the issue on Tuesday. Simon said she agreed with Topinka’s assessment that Quinn was within his power to veto the budget to cut salaries. If elected, she says she also plans to keep a focus on Illinois’ massive backlog of unpaid bills. “It’s a shameful state that we’re in,” she told AP. “That’s something that lawmakers need to pay attention to.”

Illinois lawmakers to miss paychecks over pension problem Pension committee prepares proposal developed by UI Institute for Government and Public Affairs

by KERRY LESTER the Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers were set to lose their paychecks Thursday barring a court’s intervention, but there still appeared to be no end in sight to a stalemate over the state’s $100 billion pension mess that prompted Gov. Pat Quinn to withhold their salaries. Members of the eight-member bipartisan pension committee say they are several weeks away from presenting a plan to fix the state’s worst-in-the nation $100 billion unfunded pension liability. State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka’s office told The Associated Press Wednesday that the comptroller will have no choice but to withhold paychecks 177 lawmakers were set to receive Thursday. Quinn used the line-item veto of a budget bill to eliminate legislative salaries in apparent retaliation for their inaction on pension reform. Legislative leaders have filed a lawsuit asking a court to issue the paychecks Thursday as scheduled, but by late Wednesday there was no signal that the court would

intervene. Topinka also would be withholding Quinn’s paycheck, per his request. However, because of the way Quinn changed the bill, his salary could be restored at any time, spokesman Brad Hahn said. But lawmakers would have to return to session to vote to reinstate their pay. Speaking at an event Wednesday, Quinn declined to elaborate on why he chose to eliminate lawmaker salaries but not his own. “I think what I did was the appropriate way to go,” he said. Pension committee members said they are still waiting on savings estimates as they prepare a proposal developed by the University of Illinois’ Institute for Government and Public Affairs and touted by several of the state’s university presidents. While Quinn has mused about the idea of a special session dealing with pension reform around the time of the Illinois State Fair in mid-August, committee member

Mike Zalewski said it would be difficult to have something to show by then. “Calling a special session the week of the fair when we haven’t completed our work doesn’t make any sense,” said Zalewski, D-Riverside. “It’d be better for us to conclude our work and present it to the two chambers and say we really stand behind what we accomplish here.” Zalewski said he hasn’t gotten any calls from colleagues concerned about the length of the process affecting their pay schedules. State Sen. Kwame Raoul, a Chicago Democrat, said committee members, who have not met formally in the last week, speak by phone on a daily basis. He said he has also been meeting with union members and state employees that would be affected by any pension reform plan. Like Zalweski, Raoul said the work shouldn’t be rushed. “I’m not into predicting time lines,” Raoul said. “I think that’s the same mistake that led to there now being a lawsuit. That an arbitrary deadline was set that was not at all scientific.”

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Strict new law aims to prevent misuse of medical marijuana professional relationship. Setting predetermined distribution sites, requiring 24-hour video surveillance of cultivation centers and employee background checks ensure these laws are enforced. However, it’s important to acknowledge the law’s purpose, too. The fear is that, now, marijuana overall will see increased use because it is more easily accessible and condoned, in part, by law. Yet in Colorado, which legalized medical marijuana in 2000 and recreational use of marijuana in 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that while marijuana use in a 30-day period among high school students rose nearly 2 percent from 2009 to 2011, it decreased about 3 percent in Colorado. But regardless of legalizing it, marijuana will most likely continue to be grown and consumed illegally, as it has done so operating in the black market. But, at least we know in Illinois, people with ulterior motives likely won’t be able to obtain a prescription or fill it at one of several legal cultivation centers under the law’s strict guidelines. So, while legalizing medical marijuana may not curb use, at least it will be regulated, just as prescription opioids, depressants and stimulants are. Implementing the strictest medical marijuana laws in the country will hopefully manifest into a well-regulated, functional system for Illinois. Although the state legislature has struggled to pass other progressive laws, this medical marijuana bill could be the non-partisan, reaching-acrossthe-aisle framework through which a marriage or pension bill could be passed. The bill’s chief House sponsor Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, has high hopes, “Pain and suffering for many chronically ill and terminally ill individuals will be significantly lessened … because of Gov. Pat Quinn’s courage to sign a controversial bill that often has been subjected to distortions and fear mongering.”

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llinois could not gather enough votes to pass the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Bill when the legislature adjourned at the end of May, nor could it prevent the closing of 49 schools from the state’s largest public school system in May or pass pension reform in July. But Illinois managed to pass the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act on Thursday after being signed by Gov. Pat Quinn, setting the state up for a four-year medical marijuana trial program. While it’s frustrating that the Democratic majority in the General Assembly remain stagnant in passing other legislation, legalizing medical marijuana is a progressive step for Illinois. Nineteen states, including Washington, D.C., have passed medical marijuana laws; Quinn has long said he’s “openminded” to the idea of medical marijuana. Marijuana in general remains illegal on the federal level, but medical marijuana has been gaining momentum since Colorado and Washington recently legalized its use recreationally. Illinois’ laws are touted as the strictest in the nation, designed to keep medical marijuana within state borders and out of the wrong hands. Medical marijuana licenses from other states won’t be valid in Illinois, and the drug itself can only be distributed and obtained among 60 dispensing centers, supplied by 22 licensed growers. To obtain a medical marijuana prescription, patients must have an existing relationship with a prescribing doctor and a diagnosis of one of nearly 40 serious illnesses. While the laws regarding possession limits may be lenient (four other states cap possession limits at 2.5 ounces along with Illinois, eight states have specified lower limits), other provisions make Illinois’ law particularly stricter. Requiring an existing relationship with a doctor ensures that medical marijuana is distributed practicably in confidence of a

July 23, University of Illinois professor George Gollin announced his intent to enter the race for U.S. representative of the 13th Congressional District, a seat currently held by Republican Rodney Davis. This news caught my attention as it’s not often that you hear of professors taking a leap into the world of politics. It has been my experience at least that many professors prefer to superficially mock politicians or remain smugly apolitical. In fact, the current 113th Congress only has 20 representatives with doctoral degrees, none of whom are in the Senate, interestingly enough. Then imagine my surprise when I found out that the professor running is from the physics department. I certainly could have envisioned a polarized political science or law professor throwing their hat in the ring, but a physicist is something you don’t see every day. Gollin is using his unique background as part of his platform. As he stated at his campaign announcement, “Washington has plenty of lawyers, I’m a teacher and a scientist. Certainly law is an honorable profession, but as a scientist, I was trained to discover the facts, and act on them. Lawyers, on the other hand, are trained to argue about the facts. I think we have enough argument in Washington already, and need more facts.” I’m inclined to agree with him — and not just because I’m an engineering student who’s inherently biased toward people in the STEM fields. There really is much truth in what he said. The economy will always be one of the main issues that voters hold their politicians accountable for. Economic growth is fundamentally tied in with technology, and thus having politicians who better understand the factors that enable technological innovation provide significant advantages to the country as a whole. In Congress, Gollin would be able to contribute his knowledge as a physicist as well as his experience as an educator in the higher education system. There is so much debate about how to best educate America’s youth and how that plays into job creation. Who better to weigh in on these issues than a man who has spent years interacting with students face-to-face on a daily basis,

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and who has firsthand knowledge of our country’s educational and technological infrastructure? The root of most of the gridlock in Washington today is due to politicians arguing for the sake of party identification instead of agreeing on the best solution for the American people. People with scientific backgrounds usually have developed superior critical thinking and problem solving skills through the nature of their work that allow them to excel at processing information and reaching definitive decisions. Politicians with this more rigid mindset would hopefully help shift the focus back to coming up with solutions instead of sparking greater party divide. Gollin, for instance, has spent years speaking out against so-called “diploma mills,” which are criminal organizations that sell fake academic degrees. He has researched the issue extensively and has even written a book on it. He assisted in creating a bill that was eventually proposed in the Senate, however as he explained, “Once the bill got out of a position where I was no longer able to influence it, politics and dirty money got in the way.” Now Gollin may finally get the chance to influence the political forces that were previously beyond his control. The fact that he is fundamentally an academic would expectably make him less susceptible to the partisan pressures that the majority of career politicians are forced to align with. This concept of having scientific minds make policy decisions is deeply woven into American history. Many of the founding fathers had deep scientific interests that helped them form the fundamental ideals that Americans identify with. Benjamin Franklin’s influence on electricity is obvious. However, it’s less known that George Washington was once a praised experimental farmer in Europe, and that John Adams received the finest science education available in America in his time, including courses in “Pneumaticks,” “Hydrostaticks,” “Mechaniks,” “Statiks,” and “Optiks.” Thomas Jefferson once commented on the value of science to the Republic by noting, “the security it gives to liberty” and “its identification with power, morals, order, and happiness.” All things considered, a scientist running for office shouldn’t be that much of a surprise. It’s really something we could use more of.

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

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Sprinting away: Top-2 runners follow coach to UT Spencer, Akinosun announce transfers on Twitter, follow Buford-Bailey in leaving Illinois for Texas Top Illini sprinters are joining their former coach at Texas. The duo, Ashley Spencer and Morolake Akinosun, announced the transfer on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. Texas athletics confirmed the news later that evening. Both will be eligible to run next year. This comes more than a month after Illini women’s track and field coach Tonja Buford-Bailey left Illinois for Texas’ newly combined men’s and women’s program. Ron Garner, who was hired to lead Illini’s program, said in late July that Spencer was happy, from what he heard, at Illinois. “She’s had a tremendous two years. She could go down as one of the storied athletes if she continues and finishes,” he said in a news release. “Ashley, right now, is the billboard athlete for the program and deservingly. But you know, we have the entire program to move forward.” Spencer, a junior who forwent the option to turn professional this summer, won two NCAA titles in the 400-meter dash in her two seasons as an Illini. In her freshman season, Akinosun, along with Spencer, contributed to a squad that finished fifth in the 1600-meter relay, breaking the school mark. The team finished 14th overall. The Daily Illini named Spencer, a 12-time Big Ten champion, as the athlete of the year this past spring. Spencer also won Big Ten Athlete of the Year honors for both indoor and outdoor competitions. Spencer in an early May interview said it’s easier for her to learn from BufordBailey when she has accomplished what Spencer wants to do. “Before I came to Illinois, I researched (Buford-Bailey),” she said. “We ran similar events and just considering her fouryear stint at Illinois and not considering her professional career was impressive enough. She’s very easy to talk to and she’s like my mom away from my mom, and that helps a lot.” Spencer is in Moscow this week preparing to represent the United States in the IAAF World Championships, which begin Aug. 10.

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Illini men’s golf coach chats with The Daily Illini as he prepares to compete in the PGA Championship

By Stephen Bourbon Staff Writer

Small discusses professional career, team plans DI: What’s it like to play in a major? Is it any different than playing in other professional event?

Small: Oh yeah. PGA tour events are as big as they get but then once you get into the majors it’s a lot bigger. The intensity, and there’s a lot of people there. The intensity is ratcheted up a notch.

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The Illinois golf team concluded its season with a second place finish at the NCAA Championships and celebrated its fifth consecutive Big Ten Championship. Since the season’s conclusion, team members and their coach have played in various professional tournaments across the country, highlighted by head coach Mike Small’s fourth place finish at the PGA Professional National Championship in June. The Daily Illini sat down with Small to discuss the latest with his playing career and the team.

DI: Earlier in June, you were voted into the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame, what does that mean to you?

Small: It’s really cool. It’s humbling, and I guess I’m the youngest player to ever be voted in so that’s pretty neat.

DI: What are your expectations for yourself when you play in a major? Just playing well or making the cut?

DI: So what’s next for you? After the PGAs are you just winding down recruiting?

The Daily Illini: You’ve been playing in some tournaments, is that basically what you’ve been doing so far this summer?

Mike Small: I’ve only played in two tournaments this summer. One was out in Oregon, the National Professional Open and the Illinois Open last week. So, I’ve been recruiting and running a couple camps and stuff like that. But I’ve got a big one coming up next week at the PGA.

Small: Yeah, I’ve made the cut a few times, but I seem to play the best over the years when I don’t have any expectations. We talked on our team a lot. Expectations can sometimes limit you. You set them too high or too low, and you kind of gravitate towards that, so why not set any expectations and just play the best you can.

Small: Well, we’re always recruiting so that goes on all year-round, but we have our big fundraiser in two weeks, the Steve Stricker Classic where all of our Tour guys come back and play with the boosters and that’s the week before school starts and then practice starts after that.

DI: That’s good advice. What’s your relationship like with the PGA guys?

DI: You had one of your best players leave, Thomas Pieters.

DI: Right, and that’s with all of the professionals, the PGA tour?

Small: Yeah, I play with all professionals all the time. But this is a major. It’s one of the four biggest tournaments in the world.

Small: I know a lot of guys on the Tour. I played with a lot of guys back in the ’90s, and I’ve coached a lot of the younger guys. So I know a large percentage of the players, and they’re the best in the world, so it’ll be fun to spend a week with them.

Small: Yeah, our best player was an underclassman, a junior, and he left to turn pro, so we’ve got a big hole to fill.

DI: Are you confident that you guys are able to fill the hole without him?

DI: You’ve played in a bunch of those.

Small: This is my ninth PGA championship and 12 majors all together.

DI: You played with Steve Stricker when you were here at Illinois, right?

Small: Oh yeah. We were teammates, and we’ve been friends a long time.

Small: Yeah, I’m as curious as anybody, I want to see how we can fill the holes and who’s going to step up to the next level.

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Age not a problem for Bears’ defensive end Peppers heads into season as team’s oldest defender the associated press

CHICAGO — While Julius Peppers owns the title of oldest Chicago defender, the seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end spends little time dwelling on how many more years he has left in the NFL. “I feel like I’m 25,” the 33-year-old Peppers said. “Age is just a number that people put on players. It’s really in your heart and your mind how you feel. I think it’s been showing.” Coming off his highest sack total (11.5) since 2008, Peppers plays on a line younger through attrition after the departure of Brian Urlacher (retirement) and Israel Idonije (to Detroit). Four starters are 30 or older, but Peppers doubts the defense will show it. “That’s the thing in this league,” Peppers said. “When you reach 30, that’s the number that everybody wants to put on you and say you’re getting old. But these guys come out and work hard. “We all know what we’re doing. I think we’ve got the right mix of older guys and younger guys. I don’t think it’s a problem as far as age on this team.” If Peppers feels like he’s 25, teammates

see someone even younger. “A guy that’s 24,” said defensive tackle Henry Melton. “He looks good. He’s moving well. He hasn’t lost a step.” The Bears defense has been bothered by injuries in training camp. Peppers enter his 12th season healthy after playing through nagging injuries the last two seasons. He was bothered by a foot injury last year and a knee injury in 2011. When Peppers came to Chicago, a reputation for taking occasional downs off followed him, despite making big plays. That distinction disappeared long ago. He’s amassed a career sack total of 111.5, second only to Jared Allen among players who came into the league in 2002 or later. “He’s just a role model for the younger guys, for guys like me and for veterans who just go out there and see him working,” Melton said. “He doesn’t take a day off unless the coach makes him take a day off.” Some of the spring in his step comes from playing fewer downs last year than in his first two seasons with the Bears. With Corey Wootton and Shea McClellin also at defensive end, Peppers expects to be rested

Andrew A. Nelles The Associated Press

Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers gets into position for a drill during NFL football training camp at Soldier Field in Chicago on Saturday. enough again this season. However, Wootton is sidelined with a hip injury and Turk McBride, brought in for depth at the position, is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. Rookie Jonathan Bostic is playing middle linebacker for injured D.J. Williams, who is bothered with a calf strain. “It’s going to be week to week and these things happen during training camp,” new Chicago coach Marc Trestman said. The Bears are glad to have veteran Peppers to carry the defensive load until healthy players return. “The way he carries himself around the locker room through the meetings and certainly on the field, and watching him since April, it’s just impressive, the consistent high level of effort,” Trestman said. “He’s all over the field. He’s first in line. “We all want to grow up and be like Julius.”

Notre Dame names Rees 1st-string QB Senior, former starter replaces suspended national championship game starter Golson

By Tom Coyne The Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Tommy Rees believes he’s ready to make the most of his second chance as Notre Dame’s starting quarterback. Rees doesn’t like the fact it took Everett Golson, who helped the Fighting Irish get to the national championship game a year ago, being suspended by the university for a semester for him to get the job. But the senior from Lake Forest, Ill., wants to take advantage of this opportunity, something he did last season when he played key roles in four victories when Golson either struggled or was injured during a 12-0 regular season. Rees said he’s always had the same mindset. “Whenever my time came, I wanted to be ready to make the most of it. I never really anticipated things working out like this,” he said Sunday, speaking with the media for the first time since Golson’s suspension was made public in late May. “But I’m definitely excited.” While Rees has started 18 games for the Irish over the past three seasons, including all but the opener in 2011, he heads into the opening practice Monday knowing he will be the opening day starter for the first time in his career. He didn’t even have a shot at that last year because he was suspended for the opener by coach Brian Kelly after being arrested on an underage drinking charge. “It’s a pretty good feeling. You can do exactly what you want to and you don’t have to worry about competition or what’s going on,” he said. Kelly said Friday that he has confidence in Rees, but said he named him the starter only for the opener against Temple on Aug. 31. Kelly said naming Rees the starter was

an easy decision because he’s a senior, has the most experience and he’s popular among his teammates. As the Irish prepared Sunday to travel to Marion, a central Indiana city about 100 miles southeast of the Notre Dame campus, for the first four days of practices, several teammates said they were disappointed that Golson can’t play this season, but they are pleased to see Rees get to play. “Lucky for us we have Tommy Rees,” said tackle Zack Martin, a captain last season. “Everyone is excited he’s there right now. He’s been an unbelievable leader, and the transition has been so smooth this summer. We’re all excited to see him play. .... He’s the leader of the offense right now.” Kelly said the Irish are “very fortunate to have a returning starter at quarterback when you lose your starter from the national championship game.” Rees is 403-of-634 passing in his career for 4,413 yards in 33 games, with 34 touchdown passes and 24 interceptions. He isn’t a great fit for Kelly’s offense, though, because he doesn’t run well. He’s rushed the ball only 47 times for a loss of 71 yards and his longest career run is 12 yards. There had been some speculation about whether Rees would come back for his senior year, knowing he would be playing behind Golson. But Rees said he never thought about transferring. “I signed my letter of intent to come here four years. I love my teammates. I love the school. I’ve got great relationships with the coaches. It really wasn’t a tough decision for me. I wanted to be here. I wanted to finish my career where I started,” he said. “I played last year. I figured I’d go in there, compete, see what happens. I guess sticking around was the right decision.”

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Chicago to be home of 1st LGBT sports hall of fame Former athletes to be honored as part of inaugural class with festivities at Wrigley Field

by DON BABWIN the Associated Press

CHICAGO — Dave Pallone, who was part of Chicago history when he umpired the first night game at Wrigley Field, is returning to Chicago to take part in another chapter of American sports history: His inclusion in the inaugural class of what organizers say is the first-of-its-kind National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. On Friday night, Pallone will be honored in the first class of inductees that includes tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King, Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis, and Jason Collins, who in April became the first active male professional athlete in a major team sport to publicly reveal he was gay. “It is a tremendous honor and ... I hope it gives young people and adults alike who happen to be LGBT and want to be in professional sports another example of why they should continue to strive for their dreams,” Pallone said. The events will include a dinner Friday night to honor the inductees at a ceremony at the Center on Halsted and an event on Saturday at Wrigley Field called “Out at Wrigley,” which organizers says is the largest “Gay Day” at a major league sporting event. Louganis, who was attending the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, will not be in attendance Friday, but expressed gratitude for being included with the groundbreaking group of inductees. “It’s an honor to be included with that group because of the things they’ve done and what they have stood for,” he said. “I’m very flattered.” Executive Director Bill Gubrud said the

decision to establish the country’s first hall of fame honoring gay athletes and their supporters is not tied to Collins’ announcement earlier this year. He said factors such as changing attitudes about homosexuals made him and others think this was the ideal time to create an institution that honors the contributions that gays have made in sports. Among those being inducted is the late Glenn Burke. An outfielder with the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970s, Burke is widely believed to have delivered the first high-five. Though he did not publicly come out until two years after he left baseball, Burke maintained until he died of complications due to AIDS in 1995 that he was run out of the game by “prejudiced and homophobic” managers and front offices that knew he was gay. “This will help preserve history,” said Gubrud. “You are not going to know where to go if you don’t know where you’ve been and many in the gay community don’t know Glenn Burke.” Gubrud also said that a number of the inductees who are not gay are being recognized for having “helped create safe environment for LGBTs to compete in sports at every level.” Among those is Ben Cohen, an English rugby player. “He founded a foundation to stop bullying against LGBTs,” Gubrud said. Gubrud said Chicago was chosen to be hall of fame’s home for a number of reasons, starting with the city’s place as a major gay tourist destination. He said, “Chicago is one of the most gay-friendly cities in the United States.” Gubrud said a site for the actual hall of fame has not been selected, but that organizers are putting together a plan to raise money and find a building.

Scott Eisen The Associated Press

Bill Gubrud, executive director of the National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame sits for a portrait in Chicago on Thursday. This is the first of its kind and the first class of inductees includes tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King, Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis, and Jason Collins.

Mary Schwalm The Associated Press

In this June 8 photo, NBA veteran Jason Collins, left, the first active player in major U.S. professional sports to come out as gay, shakes hand with Boston Marathon hero Carlos Arredondo. Collins will be honored in the first class of the National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.

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Chicago Cubs' Dioner Navarro reacts after getting a hit during their 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a baseball game on Sunday in Chicago.

Detroit Tigers' Torii Hunter singles to left field to score teammate Matt Tuiasosopo from second to win the baseball game in the 12th inning against the Chicago White Sox in Detroit on Sunday.

Tigers walk off in 12th inning to Dodgers defeat Cubs, extend road winning streak to 14 games extend White Sox losing streak The Associated Press

CHICAGO —A.J. Ellis hit an RBI single, Stephen Fife pitched into the sixth inning on a day when Zack Greinke was pushed back a day for rest, and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their franchise-record road winning streak to 14 games with a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly moved Greinke’s scheduled start to Monday, saying he wanted to keep his starting pitchers fresh and rested. Mattingly said there was nothing wrong with Greinke, who will face the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday. A day after rookie Yasiel Puig hurt his thumb trying to make a catch, another Dodgers star was hurt. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez exited the game in the seventh inning after

he tumbled into the stands catching a fly ball. He held his right shoulder as he walked off the field. The Dodgers haven’t lost on the road since July 6 in San Francisco. The NL record for consecutive road wins is 17, accomplished by the New York Giants in 1916. The last team to win 14 straight road games was the Detroit Tigers in 1984. The Dodgers also swept the Cubs in a series of four or more games at Wrigley Field for the first time since 1988. The Cubs haven’t scored for 23 straight innings. They last scored a run in the fourth inning of their 6-2 loss to the Dodgers on Friday. Los Angeles finished with just two hits. The Dodgers are 14-2 since the All-Star break.

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DETROIT — Paul Konerko’s ninth-inning homer sent the game into extra innings. All that did was prolong another defeat for Chicago — these White Sox are reaching new lows. Torii Hunter’s RBI single in the 12th inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 3-2 victory over the White Sox on Sunday, extending Chicago’s losing streak to 10 games. It’s the team’s first double-digit skid since June 1976. “There are not many guys in the clubhouse that have ever been through anything like this. I know I never have,” Konerko said. “It’s getting really tough.” Miguel Cabrera, who has been dealing with hip and abdominal problems, led off the Detroit 12th with a pinch-hit single. Matt Tuiasosopo ran for him and went to second on a

sacrifice bunt by Austin Jackson. Hunter’s single off Dylan Axelrod (3-8) drove in the winning run, giving the Tigers their eighth straight victory. Adam Dunn homered and had four hits for Chicago. Konerko’s solo shot in the ninth tied the game at 2. Bruce Rondon (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings for his first career win. The Tigers have won 12 of 13 and take a three-game lead in the AL Central into a four-game series at second-place Cleveland. “The starting pitchers are having quality starts, and our bullpen is coming in and getting the job done,” Hunter said. “Timely hitting, our defense looks good ... all cylinders are clicking right now. We’re just going to ride that bike until the wheels fall off.”

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