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College of Media adds new program BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER

Media sales have allowed Brett Clifton to go the Masters. It has presented him with the opportunity to golf in the Western Open Pro-Am twice. The profession has taken him to countless Chicago Cubs and Blackhawks games. Now, Clifton wants to help University students experience opportunities like his through media sales. Clifton is the director of the new Media Sales Certificate program, which will be offered by the College of Media in the fall. He has worked for the past year to help establish the certificate. In an increasingly competitive job market, the 15-hour program is designed to teach

students how to be successful in the world of media sales, Clifton said. “There really isn’t a program like this out there anywhere in the country,” he said. “There are other sales programs, and there are other sales training things that involve media, but there is nothing that is this dedicated over 15 credit hours.” The program will have five components, including Introduction to Media Sales (MDIA 270), Persuasive Writing (BTW 271), Media Sales Management (MDIA 320), Advanced Media Selling (MDIA 370) and an internship. The classes will teach students about selling ads for all types of media, while the

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Media Sales Certificate class breakdown The 15-hour Media Sales Certificate program will comprise of four classes and an approved internship. Here’s a breakdown of the program’s required courses: MDIA 270 — Introduction to Media Sales — This course will introduce students to selling ads and teach students about the world of sales. It will be offered in the fall semester. BTW 271 — Persuasive writing — Focuses on written communication from a sales perspective. That is where they’ll focus more on the written communication that they would need from a sales perspective. MDIA 320 — Media Sales management — Students will learn about advertising and media sales from the manager’s perspective and explore different managerial styles. MDIA 370 — Advanced Media selling — Students will spend several weeks learning about each facet of media sales: television, radio, print, digital and non-traditional. Internship — The internship is designed to help students gain real-world experience that is necessary to find jobs in media sales. The internship must be pre-approved by the College of Media.

Want to learn more? Brett Clifton, the director of the Media Sales Certificate Program, will be holding an information session about the program on Tuesday, April 30, from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. in Gregory Hall Room 231.

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On Thursday, community members participated in an event called “Take Back the Night” to raise awareness about sexual violence. The protestors marched from Lincoln Square Mall to the English Building for a speak out, where people were encouraged to share their personal experiences with assault.

Activists breaking the silence

BY CANDICE NORWOOD STAFF WRITER

Rachel Reardon’s voice breaks through the patter of rain drops one Thursday evening as she and 49 volunteers battle 37-mph winds and slosh through damp streets to cry out against sexual assault. The forceful, almost desperate sound of Rachel’s voice rings out as if speaking to each onlooker individually. “No more silence, no more hate. No more violence, no more rape,” she hollers into a megaphone. The group behind her repeats in unison. Armed with ponchos, boots and umbrellas, they plan to march west along Green Street from Urbana’s Lincoln Square Mall, curve left around Sixth Street and end at the English Building as part of Urbana’s 34th annual “Take Back the Night,” an international march that began in Belgium in 1976. The Urbana event is sponsored by the University’s Women’s

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Resource Center and Rape Advocacy, Counseling and Education Services, a local rape advocacy organization that offers medical, legal, educational and counseling services to survivors throughout Central Illinois. “Oy vey,” Rachel says after several chants, cracking a smile. Her voice is on fire from the yelling. A graduate student in social work at the University, Rachel has been an intern with R.A.C.E.S. since August. Most of her work focuses on counseling clients and accompanying them to the hospital. It was only five years ago that Rachel herself was inside the R.A.C.E.S. offices, as a client. When she reflects on her long, personal experience with sexual assault, she knows it will always be a part of her life. Tonight, however, it’s not about her. It’s about the hope that even one person might be able avoid a similar pain. Rachel takes few moments to catch her breath. When the

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Local currency aims to unite with events BY JANELLE O’DEA STAFF WRITER

A cooking demonstration on Saturday afternoon not only gave attendees a taste of new foods, but also gave them a taste of the different talents other community members have to offer. Seonmi Kim, the executive director of Champaign-Urbana’s local currency UC Smiles, said she got the idea for the

demonstration when she tasted a friend’s Indian cuisine. “(Kim) has come to my house for dinner and enjoyed my cooking,” said Shyamala Balgopal, a University librarian who demonstrated how to make three different Indian dishes at Saturday’s event. Balgopal said she has cooked only at home before, and this event was her first time giving a demonstration.

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Kim said the main goal of UC Smile events, such as this cooking demonstration, is to gather community members and to have fun. “Many people want to learn new and more diverse things,” Kim said. “We have many people in this community who can provide lectures and things like this cooking class, so what we

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Rachel laid under the covers of his bed, crumpled in a fetal position, crying. “What’s wrong?” he asked. She couldn’t answer. She tried to digest what just happened. Was this the way it was supposed to be? Her first time? “The Birds and the Bees” was not something Rachel had been taught as a child. Most of her knowledge about sex came from friends or health classes in school. Now, it was the summer before her freshmen year at the University, and she was the last virgin among her friends. Rachel was embarrassed. She just wanted to get it over with, almost like an

inconvenient doctor’s appointment. So, she and a guy she dated at the time headed back to his apartment. He was a student at the University who gave Rachel the “willies,” but she didn’t have much dating experience. He liked her. Did she ask for this? Rachel tried to remember exactly what happened, but most of it’s a blur, memories buried behind a protective wall in her mind. She couldn’t remember if he pinned her down, or how hard she fought, just the words: “I can’t do this, I’m scared. I can’t do this. No.” “You’re fine,” he answered. And then, nothing. She couldn’t move, breath, feel anything. Afterward, when she finally gathered the strength to walk, Rachel got out of the bed, put on her clothes and left the apartment. She tried to pretend like everything was fine. She had done it:

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Illinois officially adopts National Minority Cancer Awareness Week BY BRITTANY GIBSON

Participants of the Office of Volunteer Programs' Community and Campus Day of Service pack meals intended for those in need in Illinois, at the Ikenberry Commons on Saturday.

shouts of the crowd also begin to die down, it’s time to get back to work. She lifts the megaphone to her mouth. “No matter how we dress, no matter where we go, yes means yes, and no means no!”

When he was 11 years old, John Eckert had no energy, lost his appetite and began fainting in school. He was diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin’s lymphoma and went through three cycles of chemotherapy and radiation treatment for eight months to shrink a tumor the size of three adult fists in his chest and an additional tumor near his pelvic area. He has been in remission for seven years. The freshman in DGS recalled seeing patients with varied ethnicities when he was being treated at Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign and said he thinks the National Minority Cancer Awareness Week — adopted in Illinois on April 12 by U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis, R-13, and Ami Bera, D-Calif. — is a good idea. National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, introduced in House Resolution 154, spans from April 15 to April 23. According to Davis’ press release, it is a week meant to spread awareness about minority groups in the United States who are not receiving adequate cancer prevention, screening and treatment. “Despite incredible medical advancements in cancer treatments, too many minorities and

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other medically underserved populations are not seeing the benefits of this progress,” Davis said in the press release. “Our goal for National Minority Cancer Awareness Week is to shine a light on these disparities and find ways to effectively bridge these dangerous gaps in health care. Eckert attended this Saturday’s Relay for Life, an overnight event that was held to raise funds for cancer research, and he said there seemed to be an equal amount of Caucasians and minorities participants. He said he wanted to spend National Minority Cancer Awareness Week reaching out to cancer patients of different ethnic backgrounds. “I ... intend to make an effort to try to connect with minorities here on campus who are currently undergoing treatment and with those who have survived,” Eckert said. In his press release, Davis drew attention to the large amount of ethnicities in need of treatment. More than one out of every four deaths in the United States is due to cancer, and 1.6 million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year. “As a doctor, I took an oath to provide all my patients with the best options available to

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them, but a disproportionate number of Americans remain underserved,” Bera said in the press release. “During Minority Cancer Awareness Week, it’s important for us to look at how we can improve these disparities and ensure everyone has access to lifesaving cancer treatments.” The American Cancer Society recognizes National Minority Cancer Awareness Week in its Cancer Awareness Calendar for 2013. The week of awareness was first designated for the third week of April in 1987 by the U.S. House of Representatives because, “while cancer affects men and women of every age, race, ethnic background and economic class, the disease has a disproportionately severe impact on minorities and the economically disadvantaged,” according to the National Association of Social Workers. This bipartisan resolution, supported by Davis and Bera, allows Illinois to officially recognize and celebrate the week along with other states in America. “Cancer touches every American family, regardless of race, zip code or economic status,” Davis said.

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Today is a 9 — Your mind wants to play, but work takes precedence. Make it fun and your productivity increases. Stick to your budget and stash away the surplus. Reward yourself by getting outside somewhere beautiful.

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CORRECTIONS In the April 19, 2013, version of The Daily Illini, the graphic on the story, “Student loan interest rates set to double� incorrectly stated that the federal government will earn an additional $10,578,6898.89 if the interest rates were to double. It should have stated that the government would earn an additional $10,578,689.89. The Daily Illini regrets this error. In the April 19, 2013, edition of The Daily Illini, the graphic on the story, “Viral Facebook post about Suburban Express sparks controversy� incorrectly stated that since January Suburban Express filed 46 lawsuits toward passengers who have violated its terms and conditions. Suburban Express filed 44 lawsuits. The Daily Illini regrets this error. When the Daily Illini makes a mistake, we will correct it in this place. The Daily Illini strives for accuracy, so if you see an error in the paper, please contact Editorin-chief Darshan Patel at 217-3378365.

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Day of Service unites community BY NYAJAI ELLISON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Over 1.4 million people in Illinois have been assisted by Feeding Illinois, the state food bank association, and University faculty, staff, students and community members helped decrease those numbers by participating in the Community and Campus Day of Service on Saturday at Student Dining and Residential Programs. In honor of National Volunteer Week, organizations including Illini Fighting Hunger, the Office of Volunteer Programs, Austin’s Day, local community groups and other organizations coordinated the Day of Service with the goal of packaging 146,000 meals. Gregory Damhorst is the director of the registered student organization Illini Fighting Hunger. Damhorst, graduate student in the college of Engineering and college of Medicine, said the packaged meals will be sent to the Eastern Illinois Food Bank. The goal of 146,000 meals was inspired by “one thousand meals for every year the University have existed,” Damhorst said. The facilitators said they hoped to see 600 volunteers but received help from over 1,600 people. Sarah Zehr, event coordinator and assistant dean and director of Engineering Career Services, said she was thrilled with the results. “I was super excited that so many people came,” she said. “I was very pleased with the level of participation and enthusiasm. It wasn’t just people from

the University — it was people from the community as well, and that was the goal we wanted to achieve. It was basically a public engagement activity, and it means that we are active with the public, and that’s what we want people to know.” Chancellor Phyllis Wise said she was astonished by the outcome. “I am just utterly amazed, utterly amazed,” Wise said. “There is an incredible need in our community. There are one in four children who are on school lunches, and there are one in five that are at the poverty level, and it just takes one person at a time to help. I think doing community service is absolutely a part of our mission — it’s what the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is all about. We serve.” Champaign Mayor Don Gerard added that community service makes a difference. “I’m just so extremely grateful that they put together things like this and fantastically grateful for our student population that invests in our community because as the mayor of Champaign, I want people to feel like this is their home and not just some place they’re coming and then take off,” Gerard said. “Everybody is here pitching in. You look around and you see all the different faces and, to me, it feels like America. It feels like this is how it should be and how we should be working together to make things better. I love the University of Illinois and the student population and it’s so wonderful to

have them investing in our community and being a part of this.” Students, like Ariana Wilson, freshman in LAS, also said they think community service is important, and Wilson said she thought it was more fun than hard work. “It was just so much fun, and everybody was really friendly. I had a good time,” she said. “There’s a lot of people in need out there and anything that you can do to help, especially if you’re of higher privileges, and being here at the University, I am so blessed, and I want to bless other people, too.” Yesenia Olvera, senior in LAS, said giving back is something that she does on a regular basis. “Volunteering means something you do out of no reason,” Olvera said. “It’s just something you do to help others. I’ve been volunteering ever since I was young, so whenever they need me, I just go.” The hard teamwork resulted in packaging 81,044 meals Saturday, Damhorst said. Though the total was lower than their goal, participants were pleased with the numbers. “I love being part of the community and being part of a team,” Wise said. “This is just one more beautiful example of what the University does. We teach, we discover, and we engage with the local community, the state community, the national community and the global community.”

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SMILES FROM PAGE 1A need to do is provide a bridge so we can connect people.” Admission to the demonstration cost 10 Smiles. The Smiles are a local currency that can only be used at several Champaign-Urbana businesses. The Smiles are part of a pilot project and can be purchased at International Galleries and Strawberry Fields, both in Urbana, and Cheese & Crackers in Champaign. The currency is backed by U.S. currency, dollar for dollar, but some stores offer discounts to customers using Smiles. Kim started the Smiles movement in November 2012 after receiving two grants from the University. Since then, she said Smiles have reached a circulation of about 25,000. The currency is accepted in 75 stores in the Champaign-Urbana area. Sam Rodriguez, senior in sociology, was willing to pay admission to the cooking demonstration for a couple of reasons. Rodriguez said he has learned a lot by attending events outside of classes. “Teachers have a lot more to offer than just lecture content,” Rodriguez said. “And I want to learn how to cook something because my regime is pretty monotonous in the kitchen.” Rodriguez said he enjoys learning about the local currency movement because he wants to change the fundamental attitude about the American economy. Kim and Tracy Satterthwaite, executive director of public relations for UC Smiles, took trips to Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, to study local currency movements in those cities. In Washington, D.C., the movement has been unsuccessful because the city is too large for a local currency to be implemented, Kim said. But Baltimore’s local currency, the BNote, has been successful because the leaders of the city’s local currency movement hold weekly meetings with

MEDIA FROM PAGE 1A internship is designed to help students gain experience in the job market because many jobs require experience, making it difficult to find an entry-level job. Clifton said he expects the program to help build a bridge between advertising alumni and the campus. “We’ve got a very strong alumni base in Chicago for people in advertising sales,” he said. “Probably about 100 that are alums from the department or the college that have gone on to very successful careers working at magazines, network radio stations, and they all wish they would have had something like this when they were here because it would have given them that extra set of skills.”

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Sam Rodriguez, senior in LAS, and Tracy Satterthwaite chop carrots to help Shyamala Balgopal prepare Indian dishes at Saturday's cooking demonstration.

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Ornella Ngamboma, a graduate student in AHS, picks up cigarette butts outside Gregory Hall as part of the” Blooms not Butts” project on Saturday afternoon.

University celebrates Earth Week BY KAT BOEHLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

University students kicked off Earth Week, an annual series of events hosted by the Students for Environmental Concerns, on Saturday. Earth Week is an extended celebration of Earth Day, which takes place Monday. “It’s our efforts to raise awareness of sustainability,” said Jamie Zouras, chair of SECS’ Earth Week Planning Committee and sophomore in LAS. “We want to communicate with the students that the University shows sustainability efforts and that everyday efforts really do make a big environmental impact.” The registered student organization will be hosting events on Earth Day, including an Earth Week Symposium, a green cleaning supplies workshop and a showing of Dr. Seuss’s “The Lorax” on the Quad. The UI Wellness Center hosted “Blooms, not Butts,” a new tobacco litter pick-up event on Saturday. For Tuesday’s Environmental Expo at the Illini Union’s Courtyard Cafe, the Wellness Center will be adding a unique twist to the event by transforming tobacco litter into art displays, said Michele Guerra, director of UI Wellness Center. She said most universities put collected tobacco litter in tubes to show how much they had collected, but she wanted something more interesting, adding that the art will be themed on the benefits of a smoke-free campus.

community members to foster a closer sense of community. With the help of a volunteer who has professional video editing experience, Kim and Satterthwaite will use the knowledge gained from these trips to make a documentary about local currency movements. The documentary will be completed when evaluation of the UC Smiles pilot project is finished. “We are interviewing business owners and doing surveys to evaluate the pilot project,” Kim said. After evaluation, Kim’s next step will be to find a new executive director for the UC Smiles movement. Kim accepted a position as an assistant pro- URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SENATE fessor of social work at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Kim’s work as an assistant professor will start next year, and until then, she will continue searching for a new executive director. “We have a great group of volunteers; now we just have to find someone to coordinate them,” BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER Kim said. The 2013-14 Urbana-ChamJanelle can be reached at jnodea2@dailyillini.com. paign Senate will convene for the first time Monday. The meeting will take place at 3 p.m. at One of these alums, Jason “Even if students don’t plan the Levis Center. Ciesiolka, a senior account exec- on going into media sales, the The senate will elect three utive for WDRV-FM 97.1 The overarching sales techniques members of the University SenDrive, said he was drawn into don’t change,” Clifton said. “You ates Conference who will serve media sales by a chance encoun- could learn the basic sales tech- through 2016 to join the seven ter at a conference. niques in that intro class, and other already-elected members. “It was a great program and those things are very transfera world I was passionate about,” able to other industries as well. Ciesiolka said in an email. “How“It’s vigorous enough, with 15 ever, I did not realize at the time credit hours, that it will actuI would only find complete fulfill- ally give them a substantial ment if I was the person respon- amount of skills, and that it will BY ALLEN G. BREED AND STEVE sible for growing the agency’s actually teach them about what PEOPLES clientele and revenue.” they learn, but not too rigorous THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gina Cetrone, junior in Media, that it will interrupt their other BOSTON — As churches said she thinks the program will schedule.” paused to mourn the dead and enhance the education the UniClifton said he sees a lot of console the survivors of the Bospotential in the program’s future, ton Marathon bombing Sunday, versity has to offer. “It’s a good perspective for including making the program the city’s police commissioner students to look at,” she said. available online and, potentially, said the two suspects had such “We focus on how to make ads adding a minor. He also said he a large cache of weapons that but don’t know what goes into could see having concentrations they were probably planning buying and selling. It keeps us in other areas, like Engineering, other attacks. The surviving suswell-rounded.” if the program takes off. pect remained hospitalized and The program will be offered unable to speak with a gunshot to all students, including those Johnathan can be reached at wound to the throat. outside the advertising major. After the two brothers engaged hetting2@dailyillini.com.

“We wanted to make it a positive event,” said Paula Chmiel, UI Wellness Center Program assistant. “We wanted to make it about the benefits of quitting, not just ‘this is bad.’” The idea for the event came when the University decided to go smoke free last fall. Guerra said the Wellness Center wants to compare how much on-campus tobacco litter will have decreased after the University goes smoke free Jan. 1, 2014. The Wellness Center will weigh the amount of tobacco litter gathered at this year’s event and compare it to the amount of litter collected at next year’s event. “We want to draw awareness that one of the reasons (for quitting tobacco use) is for green reasons, not just health ones,” Guerra said. Although the tobacco litter had not been officially weighed yet, Guerra said the bags of litter filled up her car’s trunk. Most tobacco litter was found near Grainger and Undergraduate Libraries. Volunteers sent to this area spent all two hours of the event picking up litter and said they could have stayed longer, Guerra said. However, as Guerra said to volunteers picking up litter, this was not just an evaluation of tobacco litter on campus, but an awareness event. Because of this, Guerra asked volunteers to distribute carnations with informational letters attached explaining tobac-

co litter’s harmful effects on the environment. This is not the only part of the event that “blooms,” as Chmiel said. The Wellness Center has hopes to replace campus cigarette receptacles with plants after the University has gone smoke free. This was not the only event held Saturday, as the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission hosted a county-wide residential electronics collection in Champaign. This event has been held several times a year since 2008, said Champaign County Recycling Coordinator Susan Monte. Monte said past events had been successful, collecting 215,000 tons of electronics in 2012, but turnout at Saturday’s event was “record breaking,” seeing 1,029 vehicles deliver electronics Saturday. Though the weight of electronics hasn’t been estimated yet, Monte said about 60 percent were old or broken televisions. Zouras said there will also be events that were repeated from last year, such as “Bike Blender Smoothies” on Wednesday. SECS will make smoothies without electricity using a bike hooked up to a blender. Earth Week will conclude Friday with a Sustainability Innovations Seminar Series followed by a Sustainable Foods Discussion and Picnic on the Quad.

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New Senate to convene for 1st time Next year’s committee members and chairs will be established at the meeting. The senate will approve appointments to all of the committees and then vote on the chairs to lead the committees. The senate will choose between the top three candidates for each committee chair, which will have been established by a vote conducted before the meeting. Each of the

committee chairs will serve on the 2013-14 Senate Executive Committee. Since it’s the first meeting of the new governing body, senators will learn the basics of parliamentary procedure from Senate parliamentarian Ken Andersen.

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Police discover weapon stockpile after Boston arrest in a gun battle with police early Friday, authorities found many unexploded homemade bombs at the scene, along with more than 250 rounds of ammunition. Police Commissioner Ed Davis said the stockpile was “as dangerous as it gets in urban policing.” On “Fox News Sunday,” he said authorities cannot be positive there are not more explosives somewhere that have not been found. But the people of Boston are safe, he insisted. The suspects in the twin bombings that killed three people and

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wounded more than 180 are two ethnic Chechen brothers from southern Russia — 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan. Their motive remained unclear. The older brother was killed during a getaway attempt. The younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was still in serious condition Sunday after his capture Friday.

Associated Press writers Meghan Barr and Michael Hill contributed to this report.

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Medicinal marijuana the best solution for many

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Integrating subsidized housing will help lower poverty rate

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ection 8 housing or governmentsubsidized living is meant to provide lowincome residents with affordable housing. This kind of voucherbased housing, started by the Housing Act of 1937 that provided government subsidies to low-income communities, is sometimes sectioned off from mainstream apartments or single-family homes. But the Housing Authority of Champaign County is pushing those boundaries, expanding into a predominantly singlefamily area of Champaign, and some community members are not too pleased with the development. The housing authority is looking to build the subsidized housing in a wealthier neighborhood west of I-57, where the property taxes and value of the homes are quite high compared to the rest of the county. The issue is that the subsidized housing — and its residents — will be placed near wealthier, upscale residences near the Turnberry Ridge subdivision. While the new plans might change the landscape of this area, the plan to move forward with development is beneficial because there are low-income residents that need affordable housing. Champaign County is one of the poorest in the state with 21.3 percent living below the poverty line — the rate of poverty in the county is above the state average, which is at 15 percent. Edward Bland, the executive director of the housing authority said he wants to move the housing outside of Champaign’s center where much of it is already located. Bland said the plan calls for the construction of 160 units beginning this September and going through December 2014. The land went through zoning for multi-family housing in 2004 and the city’s housing authority recently bought the land to convert it to help alleviate the needs of hundreds of residents, especially those who already live in subsidized housing. City officials have promised building codes will be enforced. But make no mistake: These would be apartment complexes in a territory in which singlefamily homes dominate. This is a step — but not the only — toward integrating low-income residents into the heart of the community. Often cited as the most important factor in alleviating poverty is providing affordable housing. Subsidized housing is meant to help residents who are living paycheck to paycheck, and it becomes even more crucial when there’s a waiting list of families looking for housing vouchers. There’s about a few thousand residents in need, Bland said, for affordable housing. The plan to move forward is already set, though a public hearing is planned. And indisputably, something needs to be done to reduce the poverty rate in this county.

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ably no surprise to anyone that I’m a sucker for all causes: I sometimes shake my head in sadness for kids in poverty. I’m 100 percent for LGBT rights, and I will write about affordable education for all kids until the cows come home. I will always fight against victimblaming, and not too long ago, I cried when I read DI columnist Melanie Stone’s five-part series on eating disorders. I’m a mess of things that I stand for, and I saw that as a weakness, as if the many things that rile me up would bring me down faster than if I stood for nothing. And then I got over that fear. Because although it’s good to have one cornerstone belief that you carry around, there’s nothing wrong with standing for more than one thing. There are so many important causes in the world that need multiple people to give attention to, so it’s only natural that we may stand for multiple things. Caring for a thousand things doesn’t make you weak just like caring for one core thing doesn’t make you any less complex. Next week, I encourage you to write down one statement, or seven or twenty-two. Because no matter how many words, phrases, declarations and verbs you write on however many cards, the most important thing is that you’re upright on the two feet of your own beliefs. You’re not falling; you’re standing proud.

ednesday was a historic step in the right direction for the people of Illinois. The Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill that would legalize the use of medical marijuana. I believe the state senate will make the right decision and pass the bill. The ban on marijuana for medicinal purposes is not a war on drugs — it is a prohibition on common sense. Proponents of legalizing medical marijuana face misinformed, yet effective counterarguments, such as that medicinal legalization will lead to a full repeal of the prohibition on marijuana or that marijuana is a “gateway drug.” I must point out that any extrapolation taken to its logical extreme is no longer logical — it becomes unrecognizable. We should look at the substance’s impact from a patient’s standpoint rather than the stigmas already attached to it. The state senate and the governor must take into account the overwhelming benefits medical marijuana presents. The day before the house voted, nearly 250 Illinois physicians came out and supported the use of medical marijuana to help treat patients who suffer from serious illnesses and diseases. Moreover, Illinois would be far from the first state to legalize this measure. Eighteen other states and Washington, D.C., have already legalized the use of medical marijuana. In fact, Colorado and Washington have unequivocally lifted the prohibition on marijuana for recreational purposes. Clearly, our society is bending in favor toward the use of medical marijuana. This isn’t surprising. We are all benefactors of a nation founded on the mandate that we must exercise great compassion for those who suffer, the sick and terminally ill. The pain some people live with is unbearable. I recently heard the story of man in his late 20s from my hometown by the name of Mac. Two years ago, Mac suffered a gruesome injury when he dove head first into a lake. Mac now lives his life as a quadriplegic. He is forever a changed man. He suffers from both physical and emotional pain; marijuana eases both. If marijuana alleviates his pain and doesn’t compromise his good health, he should be able to use it. We should encourage it. We should lend our collective hand in helping our fellow citizen heal not because it’s the right thing to do, but because it is our duty to one another. Cases like Mac’s are plentiful across the country. How about the man coping with the mental and physical pain of terminal cancer? Or the woman battling breast cancer who must endure chemotherapy? Or the soldier back home struggling with PTSD? Should they not be able to use marijuana to help them deal with these conditions? After all, marijuana has been found helpful in treating a wide range of illnesses. Should false notions of morality cause us to lack empathy for those among us that suffer great pain? Perhaps the overall lesson is that we have to re-evaluate our mode of thinking. Many places still institute the death penalty in the face of the rising number of cases exonerating death row inmates. Many places still restrict the marriage of two people of the same sex because of outdated notions of right and wrong, despite the fact that systematically diminishing the quality of life of some in society is most certainly wrong. And let us not forget the inescapable hypocrisy of alcohol and tobacco being legal — as they should be, no matter the harms society deals with from their misuse and abuse. To be clear, we, as a society are consistently inconsistent. Banning medical marijuana is indisputable proof of that phenomenon. To the people that view medical marijuana as a problem — it is not. It’s a solution.

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

Imran is a sophomore in LAS. He can be reached at ikhan10@dailyillini.com.

What will you take away from your education? JOSEPH VANDEHEY Opinions columnist

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he end of the spring semester is rapidly approaching. Hold on tight for just a few more weeks, and then finals will be over and summer will be here. For many of you, my dear readers, this is it — the last semester of school ever. You’ve completed all the requirements, passed all the tests and are moving on to the next phase of your life. So instead of asking the common question of “What will you take away from this class?” I want to focus on “What will you take away from this education?” You’ve been in college likely for four years, maybe more, maybe less. So what has it got you? There’s the diploma, of course, and the skills that come with it. The importance of that should not be ignored. Even with problems of unemployment, underemployment and student debt in today’s economy, there are plenty of benefits to having a degree. But I hope — oh, do I hope — that you will take away far more than that. Many say that your college years are the best years of your life. I think that’s silly, but college is a unique experience, not quite like what came before, and not quite like what will ever happen again. And I hope you took advantage of all the opportunities that uniqueness offers. I hope you stepped outside your comfort zone. OK, that’s a lie: I hope you were given a swift kick in the rump and sent off into the big crazy world we live in. We too often fall into the trap of believing that everyone is like ourselves, or that anyone who is the slightest bit different must be completely alien and incomprehensible. Any college campus the size of the University of Illinois brings in vastly diverse backgrounds in socioeconomic

status, country of origin, customs, culture, thoughts and opinions. It forces us to confront the wide diversity of humanity every day. I hope that you made friends and work to keep them. Not only does college bring together people from across the world, it flings them back out to all corners of it once it’s over. It takes effort to hold on to the connections you made in college, but it’s worth it to do so. I hope that you found a passion. A degree only certifies our capability, but our work can be so much sweeter if we bring drive, energy and verve to it every day. There is more to growing up than gaining more responsibilities (and having fewer hairs on our heads); it is also about discovering who we are, what we care about, and — yes — what we will fight for, too.

There is more to growing up than responsibility (and having fewer hair on our heads); it is also about discovering who we are, what we care about, and — yes — what we will fight for, too. There is no need for your passion to come from high-minded ideals, like peace and justice: It can be as simple as a book so powerful, you want to reread it again and again. It is possible to go through college without ever finding your passion. Possible, but not recommended. Take that crazy course that doesn’t immediately benefit your degree just because you want to learn about the weather on Mars or what life was like in Ancient Rome or whatever your heart desires. At the same time, I hope you stayed a kid at heart. We all have those silly dreams that persist into

our college years (I have always wanted to be better at juggling myself), and college is a great time to make some of those dreams come true. Whatever they may be, there’s bound to be a like-minded club of people who want to help. I hope you were exposed to different ways of thinking: a scientific paper, a Supreme Court trial, a classic novel, a screening of a silent movie, and the most avant-garde art gallery available. Even if we are not scientists or lawyers ourselves, understanding the delicate attention to detail required in these subjects is an important aspect of being a citizen in today’s world; and for art, we should all be exposed to a little bit of everything. It may take some searching to find that perfect work of art that speaks directly to us. I hope you learned to question your deepest beliefs and to defend them just as fiercely. We’ve all had to write the five-paragraph essay to argue for a thesis idea, all ostensibly to improve our communication and rhetorical abilities. But we learn so much about ourselves by turning that inward, to our own sacred beliefs. Even better, take something we don’t believe in and argue for it as passionately as we would our own views; it humanizes those we disagree with, instead of the constant demonizing of today’s politics. But most of all, I hope you found the confidence to say, “I don’t know.” There is a point we reach in our education, where we see that for all we have discovered about the universe, there is far, far more that is not known. It takes a great humility to admit that our knowledge isn’t perfect. And it’s that incompleteness which inspires us to keep learning — to keep exploring — well after our time in college is over.

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

Nothing wrong with supporting multiple causes TOLU TAIWO Opinions columnist

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you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” You see this quote everywhere, from your cousin’s Facebook status, to inspirational memes your grandma sends you on your birthday, to countless arm tattoos. It’s one of those hotly disputed attribution cases — did Malcolm X say it? How about Alexander Hamilton? No, no, it was definitely by Ginger Rogers — and it’s one of those sentences you hear over and over again. It’s engraved in your brain and you’re programmed to treat it as just another cheesy quote sewed onto throw pillows and printed on encouraging Hallmark cards. Which is unfortunate. Because that quote is a meaningful one that applies to every living person. In fact, “I Stand For...” is a declaration that everyone should be ready to make. Next week, different student groups, through a movement by the Office of Student Affairs, will be on the Quad all week asking students to write down what they stand for on big cards. This initiative has me thinking about the importance of knowing what you truly have strong stances on — and has me sorting through all my opinions. Sound familiar? Well, a couple of months ago, I wrote a col-

umn dedicated to “This I Believe” statements. After reflecting on my past “This I Believe” statement — “sharing is caring” — and pondering the things I stood for, I was worried these two life declarations were exactly the same. “This I Believe?” and “I Stand For?” both sound like they mean the same thing. I had become the queen of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” quotes, and I had picked two that were identical. Fantastic. But after distinguishing my core beliefs from my hard stances, I began to work out the differences between the two. You see, knowing what you believe in is no doubt important. It’s the cornerstone of your life: something that carries you, defines you. It’s your moral name tag. It marks you as a person. Standing for something is more active and more decisive. It’s what you do; it’s what you fight for. “I Stand For” statements are what people march for, what they get in debates over and what they write columns on. And while what you believe in definitely can link to what you stand for, I would argue that “I Stand Fors” come after the “This I Believes,” the action verb to follow the adjective. A half a year ago, it took me some time to think about an appropriate “This I Believe” statement. I finally came up with one that branded me as a person. But my problem with “I Stand For” statements were that I had too many. I was indecisive, and I couldn’t pick only one thing I stood for. It’s prob-

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Conductor Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conclude their performance of Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration during their first concert on tour on August 26.

Famed Chicago orchestra plays at Krannert Center BY JOLIE HUANG STAFF WRITER

Every seat in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Foellinger Great Hall was filled Saturday as listeners sat entranced by Vivaldi’s “Concerto in A Minor.” Not one cell phone went off, not even a cough was heard. The infectious ritornelli passages floated seamlessly from the outer to the inner movements, transporting listeners back to the 18th century. Though these were professional musicians, their rendition of this classic piece proved that they were much more. The music went beyond technique, something that comes much more easily to professionals, and focused more on creating a story through artistry. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is hailed by most reviewers as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. It is also known for employing some of the highest paid musicians and performing in some of the most celebrated venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York City and its own theater, the Symphony Center in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. Recently, it has even graced the Champaign-Urbana area with its presence, performing at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Saturday. The CSO comes to Krannert at least every other year, said Bridget Lee-Calfas, advertising and publicity director at Krannert. And, for any listeners who want to hear them over the summer, the orchestra plays frequently at Ravinia Festival, an outdoor music venue on Chicago’s North Shore. “We hope that every performance we offer reminds our patrons and the community of the importance of live performing arts experiences,” Lee-Calfas said. “It is certainly crucial to the lifeblood of the arts that we continue to reach out to current and new audiences to share the life-affirming work of artists.” Though the orchestra has performed many times in Foellinger Great Hall, it debuted a new conductor Saturday. Riccardo Muti, who attained this maestro position in 2010, is an Italian conductor who has worked with both operas and symphonies, but is especially known for his work at the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg, Austria. He has also worked for the London Philharmonic Orchestra as

well as the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics. With more than 50 years of experience under his belt, the conductor has been known to lead passionate performances, according to Saturday’s program. In the past month, Muti has suffered some minor health issues, but was nonetheless active during the performance. According to The Associated Press, his main goal is to bring a sense of goodwill to the world with his orchestra. Only last week, he dedicated a performance of J.S. Bach’s “Mass in B minor” to the Boston bombing victims, adding that “Bach didn’t have in mind just eternal peace — but also peace on earth.” This Orchestra’s renowned reputation is evident in Champaign, as tickets for Saturday’s performance sold out months before the performance. Krannert even hosted a CSO preengagement night April 1 in order for attendees and students to learn more about the music and prestige of the Orchestra prior to Saturday’s performance. “The event was a dialogue,” said Katherine Syer, speaker at the pre-engagement event and assistant professor of musicology. “I was keen to find out what the main draw was for the folks who joined us. It was certainly the CSO and, above all, Muti. However, some really interesting questions about orchestra organization emerged ...‘Could they play as well without a conductor?’ as well.” This type of pre-engagement event and even the performance itself can truly assist the public, especially those who know little about music, to develop appreciation for the performing arts, she said. “Experiencing great music played well and live can leave one speechless and utterly enriched,” Syer said. “Feeling transformed is one of the most important ways that we instantaneously recognize the value of the arts.” Saturday’s program consisted of a selection of symphonies and concertos by 18th century composers, all pieces that require both overwhelming technique and artistry from each performer. Janak Mehta, junior in LAS and music minor, described the performance as “breathtaking.” “I’ve heard them perform before and they are always phenomenal,” she said. “But hearing

them play in these great acoustics makes me just truly appreciate music and what these performers are doing. This is why music is important to me — because of moments like this.” The tangible beauty of this music was evident to other audience members as well. Many listeners sat on the edge of their seats, letting the world-class acoustics of Foellinger Great Hall fill the space around them. The second piece of the night was Mozart’s “Symphony No. 38,” or “Prague Symphony.” According to the program, Mozart originally wrote the work as a gratuitous piece for the people of Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, his strongest “fanbase” at the time. Because of the celebratory nature of the piece, the balance of the group was greatly tested. Led by principal flutist, Mathieu Dufour, the woodwind section blended wholly with the lower brass and strings, allowing each phrase to float on top of the violins so that the melody could be heard. Unpredictably, the last piece of the night, Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 4,” was peaceful, ornate and more melodic than a typical orchestral piece. The symphony is one of Beethoven’s lesserknown works, often overshadowed by its following symphony, “Symphony No. 5.” According to program notes, the work was written at a calmer point in Beethoven’s life, during a summer stay in his friend’s home in Vienna, Austria. He later dedicated the work to this friend, Count Franz von Oppersdorff. The symphony was a refreshing and much-needed contrast to the recent tragedies in Boston and Texas, Syer said. As the last note of the piece was released into the Great Hall, the audience was silent. The note sailed into the balcony and hung in the air until it gradually evaporated. The audience then stood up for a nearly five-minute standing ovation. “I don’t listen to classical music at all,” said Anna O’Neill, freshman in LAS. “I never understood why anyone would listen to it. But honestly, this performance was really inspirational. I wasn’t in the best mood before this show, but this music really surprisingly had the power to change my attitude.”

Roger Ebert’s 15th Annual Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, kicked off Wednesday and ended Sunday. The Daily Illini Features desk reviewed a selection of films. Below are a few highlights from the film festival. “Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh” What distinguishes Paul Cox’s film from other biographical accounts is the way in which it is told. “Vincent” uses letters that Van Gogh wrote during his lifetime to his beloved brother, giving it an almost autobiographical sentiment. By featuring Van Gogh as the narrator, Cox is able showcase his personality in a unique way that could not have been done as effectively otherwise. —Jed Lacy “Bernie” After the movie ended, the director Richard Linklater stepped onto the stage for a Q-and-A session. However, the audience was given

a surprise when they heard the booming voice of Jack Black calling in over the speaker system to answer audience questions. Black went on to discuss the time he spent visiting the real life Bernie Tiede, learning his story and getting to know the man he would be playing. Black had to transcend his past characters in popular movies such as “School of Rock” or “Shallow Hal” to make the audience believe him in this role as a funeral director from east Texas. By the end of the movie, Black’s past characters are forgettable and the only role for Jack Black is that of Bernie Tiede. —Kelly Chuipek “Kumaré” Roger was a very spiritual person and was fascinated by cults,” Chaz Ebert said. “How do people allow themselves to follow someone? Are they that charismatic, or is it about the needs of the followers?” This film is a must-see because it answers these questions in an engaging and hopeful light. “Kumaré” shows the reality of why people are drawn to

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She tried to move past it, put it all behind her, but this “gross feeling” just wouldn’t go away.

ASSAULT FROM PAGE 1A lost her virginity. She should be happy — right? During dinner with her friends, Rachel told them a pleasant version of the story, and they were excited for her. She tried to move past it, put it all behind her, but this “gross feeling” just wouldn’t go away. Rachel even tried to make things work with him. One night she went back to his apartment — just to hang out and watch movies. Suddenly he asked for oral sex, and Rachel paused. She was shocked and a little confused. She had never done that before. After a few moments, he got tired of waiting and tried to push her head onto him. After a struggle, Rachel wiggled her way out of his grasp and rushed toward the door. “You need to stay,” he said as he tried to stop her. “No. I need to be somewhere. My friend is picking me up,” she responded. Her hands were shaking. He was persistent, but eventually Rachel convinced him to let her leave. After that day, he called. No answer. He texted. No answer. He searched for her at parties, and asked her friends where she was. Rachel was terrified, but she tried to hold it together.

During that first year of college, she still didn’t completely understand what happened to her, so she lived life as “normal” as possible. To her friends, she was outgoing and funny. She drank a lot, sure, but that was normal — right? But her friends weren’t there when Rachel woke up from nightmares in cold a sweat. They didn’t know that during work she had terrible flashbacks that left her shaking. She didn’t tell them that when his car drove past her one day on campus she broke into a sprint to get away; it gave her a panic attack. Rachel didn’t want them to know those things because she wanted to be strong. Eventually she started to realize that something wasn’t right. A counselor at the University referred her to R.A.C.E.S. They told her that what happened wasn’t normal, it wasn’t love — it was rape, and it wasn’t her fault. Rachel began to feel relief, but it took years to work through these feelings: the confusion, the guilt, the anger, the fear. She slowly began to open up to family and friends. Some were caring and supportive, but others said nasty things, and called her a liar. Rachel still battled with self-confidence issues and the need for validation — especially from men. Her constant hunger for love and approval led to year-long relationship with

a man who isolated her from family and friends. He even said that she just needed to “get over” the rape. It wasn’t until the year following her graduation from college that she was diagnosed with and treated for posttraumatic stress disorder, and things began to turn around. She went through an exposure therapy that focused on getting to the root of her sexual assault trauma. Eventually the anxiety started to fade away. Rachel regained control over her life and even started to feel happy. Her inner judge began to quiet with only one question remaining: Will she let her past take over the future? And her answer to that was no.

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At 7:35 p.m. the marchers file into room 160 of the English Building, guided by a trail of small candles placed in white paper bags. Seated in the second row of the classroom, Rachel smiles brightly as she glances down at her hand entwined with her boyfriend’s. His thumb gently grazes the back of her hand. She and Jordan started dating six months ago. He’s “amazing,” understanding and completely different from her past relationships. It’s been two years since Rachel

began treatment for PTSD, and she no longer recognizes the girl she used to be. After graduation from her master’s program in May, Rachel wants to continue working with survivors like those in room 160 who share their stories one by one. The first, a freshman at the University, speaks publicly for the first time about the molestation she endured as a child from her father. The second is a male in his early 20s, who told the group that he was touched several times growing up by an older cousin. These forums used to be a lot for Rachel to handle. It’s difficult to hear the details of something so horrific, but as a counselor she has to be there for those who need support. Her mission is to help them see that “the experience changes them, but it doesn’t have to define them.” Rachel doesn’t pretend to know what the future holds for women’s rights or sexual violence. She knows that taking on the social and political stigma attached to rape is not easy; it requires extensive education and empowerment. Now that these issues are at the forefront of recent debates, Rachel is hopeful that the dialogue means that the silence will be broken.

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Sports Women’s gymnastics ends season 11th at NCAAs Illinois then moved to bars where they had been strong all The Illinois women’s gymnas- season. The Illini scored below tics team ended its season on a their season average on the event high note Friday. and didn’t have a competitor The Illini tallied their highest score over a 9.800 resulting in score ever at the NCAA Champi- a 48.500. onship semifinals with a 195.700. “We just opened up the door “It’s such a great accomplish- for judges to take deductions, ment,” junior Sarah Fiedler said. and they did,” Landrus said. “I heard someone talking about Fiedler said that despite the how one team ... had made it to setback on bars, Illinois ended nationals for the 31st time or the season well. something, so it’s just really awe“Obviously that wasn’t the some that its only like, our third kind of bar routine we have every time in school history. So to be week and how we performed a part of this team, it’s such an yesterday isn’t how we’ve been amazing feeling; to be a part of preforming the entire year,” she Illini history is said. “But defisuch an honor.” nitely on the othAlthough Illier three events, nois finished we couldn’t have fifth out of six ended the season better.” and 11th overIllinois was all at nationals and didn’t move able to bounce on to Super Six, back on the final two events startthe team feels it ing with beam. competed well. KIM LANDRUS, “Honestly I The Illini head coach thought we did a scored a 48.975 really good job,” on the event and Fiedler said. “We struggled a lit- had five of their six competitors tle bit on bars, but I think that score a 9.750 or higher. we’re really known for being Weinstein was the only comable to work together no matter petitor who didn’t hit the 9.750 how many mistakes we might mark on beam. She had a fall make. We really bounced back on the event and finished with on beam and floor after we com- a 9.000. peted bars. It really showed how The fall didn’t faze Weinstein, strong we were as a team after who came back and led her team we had that little bump in the to a 49.200 on floor, 0.200 points road. We finished strong.” above Illinois’ season average. The Illini were led by senior Weinstein scored a 9.900 on the Alina Weinstein, who finished event, which was good enough in a tie for first on floor and for a six-way tie for first. advanced to the individual event Landrus said the team’s finals on Sunday where she fin- record-setting performance ished 12th in the country. was a good way to end the “It’s a wonderful accomplish- season. ment for her to bounce back after “It’s just such a great feeling,” her beam performance and go Landrus said. “We were able to out on the floor and have fun and go in here with our motto that do her routine at the level she did we’ve had all season, which is to and get that 9.900,” head coach keep things simple and go in and Kim Landrus said. “It says so do our routines. And we were much about her character and able to build off the momenherself as an athlete.” tum we’ve had this postseason The team cycled through the at Big Ten Championships and events in the Olympic order, regionals.” starting on vault, where the team was led by Weinstein and junior Nicholas can be reached at Amber See, who scored 9.875 and goldwyn2@dailyillini.com and 9.825, respectively. @IlliniSportsGuy. BY NICK FORTIN STAFF WRITER

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Illinois’ Fred Hartville performs his floor routine at Huff Hall on Dec. 9. Hartville won the NCAA vault title over the weekend.

Men’s gymnastics finishes 6th at nationals; Hartville wins vault title BY GINA MUELLER STAFF WRITER

The Illinois men’s gymnastics team’s performance at the NCAA Championships was a mirror reflection of its season. Amid a struggling team performance came standout individual routines. The Illini started the qualifier session on the parallel bars, earning a 68.800 — the second-lowest score of the season and lowest of any team during the afternoon session. They moved to the pommel horse later in the competition, but it was once again the Achilles’ heel after posting a seasonlow of 66.200 on the event; however, the Illini managed to place third (426.900) in the Session I Qualifier of the NCAA Championships and advanced to the NCAA Team Finals for the 11th straight season. “It was close, and we were relieved we got in,” senior Vince Smurro said. “We knew that we had work to do, though. That was step one and we knew we had to do our jobs in the team finals.”

Illinois started the Super Six competition with a shaky start on the high bar. Senior Austin Phillips closed the rotation with a strong performance of 14.7, which earned him a fourth-place finish overall and an opportunity to compete in the event finals. The Illini moved to the floor exercise, where they did not recover, posting a 71.450 — the third-lowest score of the season. Illinois continued to struggle on the pommel horse once again and weren’t able to develop the momentum desperately needed. “This year, once again, our lineup was made up of individual specialists, and I think the pressure built on them so much, and with not doing any other events, I think it really got to the lineup,” Illinois head coach Justin Spring said. “We swapped lineups around more than ever, and I think that hurt us in the long run.” At the end of the night, Illinois placed sixth out of six teams with a season-low score of 422.550. Michigan claimed the NCAA

crown with a 443.200 followed by Oklahoma (440.100), Stanford (436.150), Penn State (436.100) and Iowa (426.450). Olympian Sam Mikulak from Michigan earned the NCAA all-around title with a 91.150. The last time Mikulak earned the title was in 2011. Illinois all-around competitor Joey Peters placed eighth in the competition, earning his first AllAmerican honors as a freshman. Though Illinois struggled all weekend as a team, individual Illini found success in the event finals. Sophomore Mike Wilner was named All-American after placing fifth in the rings event final with a 15.15. Freshman Fred Hartville garnered another award, becoming the NCAA vault champion after another stuck vault, posting a 15.425. It was only two weeks ago that Hartville earned the honor of Big Ten vault champion. “It was like I knew he was going to do it again, but when he did it, I was in complete and utter disbelief,” Spring said. “It is truly amazing. He has been on fire and

it seemed as if it was going to be too good to be true if it happened again, and then he did it. I was in disbelief, but so proud of him for stepping up.” Senior Austin Phillips closed out his career as an Illini with an outstanding high bar performance posting a season-high 14.95, earning him All-American honors and second place in the event finals. This is the second year in a row that Phillips has earned All-American honors. “Austin finished out his senior year with a bang,” he said. “He had one of the best high bar performances I have ever seen him do.” Though as a team the Illini couldn’t pull it together, they were well-represented by a few standout gymnasts. Spring said this sixth-place finish is what the team needed in order to start a more serious and disciplined training format in the summer. “We need to re-evaluate at the core what we stand for,” Spring

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“We just opened up the door for judges to take deductions and they did.”

Penn signs with Liberty, will continue career with WNBA BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER

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Illinois’ forward Jannelle Flaws heads back to the center of the field with a smile after finessing a shot past the goalkeeper for an Illinois goal.

Illini women’s soccer uses spring season to train new, young talent BY ALEX ORTIZ STAFF WRITER

For the Illinois soccer team, the 2013 spring season was about finding their identity. With several players set to take on larger roles next fall, the four spring games were used as opportunities to feel out the team’s young talent. This offseason, the freshman additions include midfielder Alia Abu-Douleh, defender Hope D’Addario, outside midfielder Meegan Johnston, midfielder Jenna Miller, central midfielder Allison Stucky, goalkeeper Claire Wheatley and defender Casey Conine — none of whom were available to compete this spring. Forward/ midfielder Nicole Denenberg, defender Kristen Gierman, forward Marissa Holden, forward Shayla Mutz, goalkeeper Steph Panozzo, and forward Niki Read

will all be graduating. Head coach Janet Rayfield sought to solidify the team’s talent on a player-by-player basis in order to shore up the squad as a unit before the games count next fall. “I think any time we’re going into the spring, we’re really working on individuals,” Rayfield said. “When we get out here and watch a game like this (versus Illinois State) we’re seeing, has that individual gotten better in the thing that we want? So, not all the pieces of the puzzle come together.” In the spring season finale against ISU on April 20, the Illini defeated the Redbirds 2-1. While Rayfield saw a number of positives with the young team playing without senior Vanessa DiBernardo, who recently won the Four Nations Tournament with the U.S. Under-23 Wom-

en’s National Team, it had its moments of inconsistent play. Rayfield acknowledged the team didn’t perform exceptionally well in its attacking third. Early in the game, this was due to the Illinois forwards playing toward the center of the field. Sophomore forward/midfielder Nicole Breece (5-foot-4), senior midfielder Allie Osoba (5-foot6) and senior forward Jannelle Flaws (5-foot-7) were having difficulties getting past bigger ISU defenders like sophomore Rhianna Krutz (5-foot-10) during the first 20 minutes. It was not until senior forward Megan Pawloski and Breece began to spread out to the wings that they were able to create more scoring opportunities. These eventually led to the ISU defensive line spreading out, making space for two

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Karisma Penn isn’t finished playing basketball. The Illinois women’s basketball forward signed a free agent contract with the WNBA’s New York Liberty on Saturday, just five days after going undrafted in the WNBA draft. “I’m excited,” Penn said in a press release. “Coach Laimbeer is a great coach and he’s already won three WNBA championships with Detroit (in 2003, 2006 and 2008). Having the opportunity to go to New York and learn from him and his staff is exciting.” Penn will join the Liberty for their training camp, which begins May 6. Unlike many teams, Illinois head coach Matt Bollant said, New York plans on keeping three or four rookies. “It’s a great opportunity for me to make a team, where if I had been drafted by a lot of the teams, I would have just filled a training camp roster versus having a real chance to make a team,” Penn said. The team’s first preseason game will be May 11, the day before Penn graduates from the University. New York’s first game is May 25 against the Connecticut Sun. The Liberty finished 15-19 last season. The team selected five rookies in the three-round WNBA draft. “Karisma will have a chance to make a roster, which is pretty rare for players right out of college,” Bollant said in the press release. Penn was named First Team All-Big Ten and Illinois’ team MVP this season after averaging 19.2 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 2.2 blocks per game. “She had a great senior year,” Bollant said. “Hopefully she can carry that momentum into training camp with the Liberty.”

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Illinois’ Karisma Penn (00) goes up for a layup with an opposing Iowa player reaching in her face at Assembly Hall on January 31. Penn, a four-year starter and honorable mention All American, has led Illinois in scoring and rebounding each of the past three seasons. She leaves the program as the all-time leader in blocks (271), second all-

time in rebounds (1,043) and double-doubles (42) and fourth all-time in points (1,965) and steals (242).

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Ohio State takes final 2 of series against Illinois Woes continue for Kravetz from mound BY JEFF KIRSHMAN STAFF WRITER

Somewhere on a bus between Columbus, Ohio, and Champaign, Dan Hartleb, head coach of the Illinois baseball team, addressed his disappointment in his team’s performance. The Illini were hours removed from dropping Sunday’s rubber match 7-3 in a weekend series against Ohio State. Illinois entered the weekend with hopes of a sweep that would push it past the Buckeyes in the conference standings. But after winning Friday night’s matchup 9-2 behind Kevin Johnson, who took a no-

SOCCER FROM PAGE 1B goals by Flaws. “I think anytime we’ve been inside a lot ... our space has been small,” Rayfield said. “You get outside, and the width of the field and the spaces — how close you are to each other in terms of our back — it changes. And so we had to sort of adjust to that.” Illinois’ own defensive third was having trouble throughout the game keeping ISU’s wing players from getting behind the fullbacks. There also were a few size mismatches on the outside, which caused difficulties for

hitter into the sixth inning on his way to becoming Illinois’ leader in career innings pitched, Illinois dropped the next two, with Saturday’s 7-6 extra-innings loss sparking particular dismay from the Illini’s eighth-year head coach. The Illini (24-12,6-6 Big Ten) matched a season high with 13 runners left on base Saturday in a game that featured four ties and four lead changes. The Buckeyes (25-13, 9-6) eventually won with a one-out double by Buckeyes catcher Brad Hallberg in the bottom of the 10th inning to end the game. John Kravetz went just 2 2/3 innings before he was replaced by Kevin Duchene, which Hartleb found unacceptable.

“He’s been disappointing,” Hartleb said. “He needs to make adjustments — things that make you a successful pitcher, that get you out of trouble and out of jams. “It’s not a one-day thing. He needs to throw strikes.” Saturday’s contest was Kravetz’s fifth no-decision of the season. He is 3-1 with a 5.59 ERA, but his struggles escalate against Big Ten teams. The right-handed sophomore has averaged just under five innings per outing in four Big Ten starts this season. He’s 0-1 with four no-decisions during that time, along with an 8.84 ERA and .355 opposing batting average. “It’s on me,” Kravetz said of his performance on Saturday. “You can’t have a starter just

go 2 2/3 innings.” Johnson, Kravetz’s teammate since their days attending Mount Carmel high school in Chicago, said some of Kravetz’s mistakes are on account of his habit of dealing himself into hitterfriendly pitching counts. Johnson has observed that Kravetz could do a better job keeping batters off-balance with his pitch selection, as falling behind in the count allows for hitters to set up for specific pitches. “What makes a good pitcher is being able to battle when you don’t have your good stuff going,” Johnson added. “Some days you have it, some days you don’t.” Johnson’s performance Friday was a welcomed return to form after struggling the week

before against Purdue. Along with Johnson’s play on the mound, Friday saw the offense’s highest production with nine runs. Yet as a whole, the Illini look to see more consistent play from their batters. Outfielder Justin Parr said it’s not just how many runs Illinois scores, but how it scores them. While the Illini have had a knack for the big inning as of late, they’ve experienced less success scoring multiple times throughout the game. Sunday’s game in particular saw Illinois get ahead 2-0 to lead in the top of the first inning before allowing six runs in the following inning and only scoring one run the rest of the game. “We have to be more consistent

in the way we score,” Parr said. If there’s been a model of consistency this season, it’s Parr, who extended his career-best hitting streak to 24 games to place him one shy of Ryan Snowden’s record of 25 set in 2007. Parr finished the series 5-for-13 with four RBIs. Consistency had played in the Illini’s favor prior to Ohio State. Illinois entered the weekend on a four-game winning streak, having notched double-figure hits in each of those wins. The Illini will look to return to their winning ways Tuesday against Eastern Illinois, the team Illinois had last lost to before Saturday.

the Illinois defense. There were several near-misses by the ISU attack. which easily could have evened the score. “They were serving balls in behind us because we weren’t getting pressure on the ball from our midfield and our front runners,” Rayfield said. The Illini adjusted and the defense did a better job of holding ISU in check as the game progressed. The entire team put more pressure on the Redbirds, which disrupted passing lanes. “In our defensive third, we were just trying to stay composed and compact,” junior defender Kassidy Brown said. “And not let them get the split ball through

over the top and drop together as a team and step together as a team.” The Illini defensive line stepped together fairly well with the Redbirds going offside a couple of times. Split balls were also a rarity. The major advantage for ISU all game was through the air, which resulted in its only goal, a header by 5-foot-9 sophomore Lauren Koehl. While the pieces may not all be coming together, Illinois will get a boost when DiBernardo returns to the starting lineup and the newcomers arrive to bolster all levels of the field. Even though Rayfield wants a team that is a well rounded and cohe-

sive group, the team also wants to maintain an aggressive offensive mentality. “We have a lot of attacking personnel,” Flaws said. “And there’s a bunch of people we can rely on to score goals and get on line and things like that. And yes, Vanessa is such a good player. We definitely rely on her, but we also have other personnel who can step up and fill in shoes when she’s getting marked.” Illinois began its spring season with a 3-0 loss at Kentucky, but bounced back with a 3-1 win at Wisconsin. The Illini showed some improvement after a 1-1 draw against Loyola by beating ISU. It will not be until August

that the Illini see the full squad on the pitch, but with what she’s seen this spring and the talent that has yet to join the team, Rayfield looks for another run at the NCAA tournament. “It’s a collective thing that, certainly, (DiBernardo’s) addition onto this, Casey Conine ... and some of our incoming freshman, we look just to add to this and not just add individually, but synergistically,” she said. “There’s a synergy that comes from having those players that will make this team even that much better.”

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FROM PAGE 1B said. “What I mean by that is setting standards that we truly believe in. I think we highlighted a lot of things at the beginning of the year that we valued and were important, and I don’t know that we really picked the ones that resonated with the team. I think the team acknowledges and is actually looking forward to a little bit more structure in that area. I think that is a big message for a team to face.”

Three-game sweep ends softball’s month long woes BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER

The Illinois softball team kept its promise. Shelese Arnold dominated Indiana’s offense this weekend, throwing back-to-back two-hit shutouts and helping Illinois to a three-game sweep over its conference rival, which helped the team’s Big Ten standing and ended a forgettable stretch in which it lost 13 of its 14 games. The Illini (14-25, 4-11 Big Ten) took both games Saturday, defeating the Hoosiers (19-27, 3-13) 5-4 and 1-0. Jessica Davis’ walk-off home run in extra innings was the difference in Saturday’s Game One for Illinois, while junior Alex Booker fell a home run short of the cycle to bolster the offense. The Illini took a 4-0 lead into the fifth inning, capitalizing on three Hoosiers errors and benefiting from two RBIs from freshman Allie Bauch; however, that was not enough. Indiana stormed back in the top of the fifth inning, scoring four runs on first-baseman Michelle Huber’s two-run home run and pitcher Brooke Boetjer’s two-run double — tying the game at 4-4. It took one extra inning of play until Davis’ solo home run left the field and hung an Indiana comeback out to dry.

In Game Two, the Illini offense took a backseat to sophomore Arnold’s stellar pitching performance. The sophomore threw a two-hit shutout, putting a much-needed stop to Illinois’ pitching troubles as of late — throwing six strikeouts and allowing just one walk. Arnold said catcher junior Jenna Mychko was key to her success in the circle, keeping her confidence up and calling the right pitches to throw against a tough Indiana offense with four players batting over .300. “The defense had my back, and I had a lot of confidence,” Arnold said. The Illinois offense was absent from the score sheet until the bottom of the sixth inning, when freshman Remeny Perez’s solo home run put the team ahead 1-0. Head coach Terri Sullivan decided to go with Arnold again Sunday in lieu of usual starter Pepper Gay. “When a pitcher’s hot, they get the ball,” Sullivan said. “And honestly I felt good about going with either one of them today, and we really believe in them both, and we had some specific goals for our pitchers this weekend, and they really delivered on them.” The Illini dominated the Hoosiers from the first inning in that game, as Arnold threw her sec-

ond shutout in 24 hours, with a two-hitter leading to 8-0 victory via mercy rule in six innings. In the first inning, sophomore Jess Perkins launched a two-run home run over the left field fence — landing just short of the curb on Florida Avenue — to give Illinois a 2-0 lead. Perkins said seeing players getting on base ahead of her boosted her confidence this weekend and was a wake-up call for the Illini offense. “I knew that I needed to step up and start getting some runners in and help out my team any way possible,” Perkins said. Davis’ RBI single in the fourth inning drove in Booker and extended the Illini lead to 3-0, but they really opened up the game in the fifth inning. A couple of bloop singles from Mychko and freshman Katie Repole snuck past diving Hoosiers outfielders, and smart base running allowed the Illini another opportunity with runners on second and third. Sophomore Brittany Sanchez’s RBI squeeze bunt, followed by Booker’s RBI infield single put the Illini ahead of Indiana 5-0. Sanchez then scored on a throwing error by Indiana catcher Kelsey Dotson, who was trying to catch Booker stealing second, and pushed the Illini out to a 6-0 lead.

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Remeny Perez scores only run during the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against Indiana. The Illini won 1-0. Booker had six hits, two RBIs, scored four times and stole two bases on the weekend, batting third in the lineup for the first time in her career. “I was just trying to put the ball in play and use my God-given talent,” Booker said, pointing at her legs. In the sixth, Illinois continued to pound the ball. Bauch’s double and a couple of Illinois walks set up a bases-loaded, noout situation. After sophomore Jami Schkade’s walk forced in another run to make the game 7-0, Sanchez’s knocked a bases-loaded

single over left fielder Kelsey Brannon’s head, drove in another run and brought the team’s lead to 8-0, ending the game via NCAA mercy rule. Illinois’ sweep over Indiana was the first time the team swept or won a conference series this season — and it came at the perfect time. The three victories over Indiana ended a near month-long win drought and also pushed the team up two spots in the Big Ten standings to 10th place — over Indiana and Penn State. Head coach Terri Sullivan said the team can’t get too high

in spirits after a couple of big wins and needs to continue to focus on playing good softball. This weekend’s victories were the first steps forward for a struggling Illinois team, but with only nine games left on the schedule and the postseason on its mind, Illinois will need wins against Iowa and Ohio State, ninth and eighth in the Big Ten, respectively, in the next two weeks if it hopes on making a climb back up the conference standings.

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Illini end regular season with split conference weekend BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

Needing wins to solidify its tournament resume, the Illinois women’s tennis team split a pair of matches on the weekend to end the regular season. After pulling out a 4-3 win at Indiana (17-8, 6-5 Big Ten) on Friday, the Illini (13-10, 6-5) dropped an extermely close decision to Purdue (16-4, 8-3) 5-2 amid blustery conditions. In Sunday’s Senior Day contest, four singles matches were determined in the third set, and the Illini could not capitalize in the final frame. Purdue earned victories in three of the four extra-set matches, which provided the final margin of victory. “That was a difference maker (Sunday),” head coach Michelle Dasso said. “Purdue was stronger in the mental department. ...

We need to find a way to be 10 percent stronger mentally.” The Illini opened the match with strong doubles play at the first and second doubles pairings. After dropping the first game of the set, juniors Misia Kedzierski and Allison Falkin went on to win eight of the next nine games to finish with an 8-2 victory. The first doubles position featured two ranked pairings, as Purdue’s Krisztina Kapitany and Mara Schmidt boasted a No. 27 ranking while the Illini countered with the No. 25 duo of sophomore Melissa Kopinski and senior Rachael White. The pair would clinch the doubles point for Illinois with an 8-5 victory. “Misia and Allison played pretty flawless,” Dasso said. “It was ridiculous how well they played.” Moving into singles play, however, the Illini couldn’t transfer

the momentum from the doubles point and lost five of the six singles matches. Senior Breanne Smutko, in her last home match at Illinois, and Audrey O’Connor were both put away in two sets, giving Purdue a 2-1 lead. The rest of the courts would go down to a third set, where the Boilermakers held a decided advantage. Purdue took three of the four courts, including two upsets over ranked Illini players with nearly identical scores. No. 102 Falkin held a 4-1 lead in the third set, but lost the next five games to lose the match 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Kopinski, ranked No. 109 in singles, was at a dead heat of 4-4 in the third set before losing 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. “We’re physically better than a lot of teams,” said Kedzierski, who had six match-point opportunities before dropping her singles match. “But we need to get stron-

ger mentally, to play those pressure points.” The lone bright spot for the Illini on the singles courts was White. She finished off her last home match and battled to a 6-0, 2-6, 6-3 victory. Weather played a factor in the matches as wind whipped parallel to the lengths of the courts, providing a boost in the air on one side while knocking down balls going the opposite direction. “We always seem to play Purdue outside,” White said. “I think that’s an advantage for us because we’re used to playing and practicing outside.” In Friday’s match against Indiana, the Illini again earned the doubles point and split the six singles matches to reach the 4-3 score. Falkin defeated No. 97 Katie Klyczek 6-0, 6-2, and Kedzierski and White each notched victories

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Senior Rachel White prepares to return the ball during the match against Purdue on Sunday. The Illini lost to the Boilermakers by a score of 5-2. on the singles courts. Illinois has a quick turnaround before the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, where they will face Wisconsin (6-16, 3-8). Despite the loss, the Illini still have won seven of their last nine matches.

“We are playing our best tennis,” Dasso said. “But we are a bubble team. We have to win our first match in the Big Ten Tournament.”

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Men’s tennis grabs 2 wins, seniors have mixed results BY J.J. WILSON ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The Illinois men’s tennis team closed Big Ten play with the same record as last season, but this year’s seniors found more disappointment at the end of their final campaigns. After rolling Indiana (17-13, 6-5 Big Ten) 6-1 at home for Senior Day, the Illini (15-9, 8-3) set out for West Lafayette, Ind., where they brought down Purdue (16-11, 3-8) 5-2 after nearly five hours. “I thought we lost our focus in doubles a little bit against Indiana,” head coach Brad Dancer said. “We got a little bit sloppy on all three courts, and the same thing happened (Sunday) ... but the guys bounced back well and got focused in singles.” Still, the Illini grabbed the dou-

bles point as the Hoosiers fell fast 8-1 on Court One to No. 77 sophomore pair of Farris Gosea and Tim Kopinski. Shortly after, the No. 80 freshmen Alex Jesse and Jared Hiltzik wrapped up Court Two 8-5, clinching the point and leaving the third court unfinished. Dancer said Kopinski, who is usually paired as a No. 11 tandem with sophomore Ross Guignon, was switched around this weekend in order to give Guignon rest heading into the upcoming Big Ten and NCAA tournaments. “Ross has been a really valuable member of our team, and we were just trying to make sure he’s completely ready to go for the stretch run of the season,” Dancer said. As for singles, Illinois took five of six courts, including No.

31 Hiltzik’s 6-2, 6-3 win over Indiana’s top player, No. 104 Sam Monette. But for senior Bruno Abdelnour, his final match was hindered by injury and emotion. “It was more emotional than I thought it would be,” Abdelnour said. “It was a hard meet with it coming to an end, and the reality is harsh.” Abdelnour also said his injuries — a groin strain suffered against Duke on Feb. 1 and a quad contusion in practice two weeks ago — had his body breaking down and clamping up in the match, hurting his play. Meanwhile, one senior finished up his regular-season career at Illinois with a win, as Stephen Hoh claimed Court Four 6-4, 6-4. Two days later, the Illini found more challenges against the Boil-

ermakers, who broke Illinois’ sixgame doubles streak and sank to 13-11 for doubles matches this season. Illinois fired back in a similar way to Friday, taking five of six courts again for a 5-2 win over Purdue; however, Abdelnour also found similar losing results. “Bruno (Abdelnour) was up 4-0 in a set, and that certainly would have finished the match pretty quickly,” Dancer said. “We were feeling in control, then Bruno kind of lost his focus, and that put our backs against the wall a little bit. But the guys responded well.” Illinois is fourth in the conference heading into the Big Ten Tournament, and Dancer said his players’ strong performances has made deciding his top-six singles players difficult going into

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Senior Bruno Abdelnou, right, embraces senior Stephen Hoh during the Senior Day match against Indiana. The Illini won 6-1. the postseason. But Abdelnour’s defeats this week won’t sing his swan song as an Illini. “It was a very frustrating and disappointing end for Bruno in terms of his last home match,”

Dancer said. “But that doesn’t take away anything from what he’s done here.”

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