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Champaign Q A 34-year-old female was arrested Thursday on a charge of theft in the 300 block of Greenview Drive in Urbana around 3 p.m. According to the report, the suspect stole a television from the Economy Hotel Inn in Champaign.

Q A 28-year-old female was arrested Friday on a charge of trespassing in the 2000 block of north Neil Street in Champaign around 7 p.m. According to the report, the suspect was banned from Marketplace Mall and was trespassing on the property.

Q A 19-year-old female was arrested Thursday on a charge of aggravated battery in the 2000 block of Moreland Boulevard in Champaign around 10 p.m.

Q A 21-year-old male was arrested Thursday on charges of resisting, obstructing and disarming an officer and possession of 30 grams and under of cannabis in the 1200 block of Mimosa Drive in Champaign around 2 p.m. According to the report, the suspect fled from the vehicle during a traffic stop and was arrested after a brief foot chase.

University Q A 27-year-old male was arrested Wednesday on a charge of failure to appear in court in the 1100 block of South Oak Street, Champaign around 8 p.m. According to the report, the officer recognized the suspect after he failed to appear in court on cannabis charges.

Q A 24-year-old male was arrested Wednesday on charges of calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy and manufacture/delivery of cannabis in the 800 block of South First Street, Champaign, around 1:30 a.m. According to the report, the suspect’s vehicle was stopped and a canine unit alerted officers to possible drugs in the vehicle.

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Urbana Q A 29-year-old male was arrested Thursday on a charge of driving under the influence in the 100 block of West Water Street in Urbana around 3:30 a.m. According to the report, the suspect stumbled into his vehicle and almost backed into an Urbana Police car.

Q A 28-year-old female was arrested Thursday on a charge of domestic battery in the 400 block of Urbana Avenue in Urbana around 5 a.m. According to the report, the suspect battered her ex-boyfriend and his current girlfriend during an argument.

Q A 19-year-old male was arrested Friday on a charge of retail theft in the 1800 block of Philo Road in Urbana around 11 a.m. According to the report, the suspect stole multiple scratch-off lottery tickets while working at Circle K. Q An 18-year-old female was arrested Friday on a charge of noise prohibition in the 1700 block of East Florida Avenue in Urbana around 11 p.m.

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May 20-26, 2013

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THE ALTER PERSONA OF MENTALIST, FREAK & FIRE BREATHER

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David der Geist, local magician Jace Hoppes’ stage personality, pounds a nail under his nostril as a Champaign-Urbana crowd cringes.

BY CORINNE RUFF MANAGING EDITOR

It’s subtle, but you’ll notice when Jace Hoppes is no longer himself. He trails off midsentence, moving his lips in an inaudible tone, and then suddenly snaps back to a conversation.

He fiddles with cards, coins and nails in his pocket before the show, a bit unnerved by the details of what will happen on stage.

But in the few minutes before he walks on, his facial expressions relax, his posture straightens and his hands are calm. That’s when you know Hoppes has been replaced

by David der Geist, his performance persona, and is ready for his next act.

Der Geist, a professional freak, fire breather and mentalist, walks into a room full of people, dressed in a black suit with a bright red shirt to match his bright redgelled Mohawk. He holds a hammer and a nail to his face.

“All right we’re going to put this right where it’s supposed to go. Right in my eye,” he says as he moves the nail toward his left eye socket.

“No!” The audience screams as they cringe in their seats. “No it’s not going in my eye. ... It’s going in my head!” Der Geist yells as he places the nail under his left nostril and carefully pounds the thin metal into

his face. Then, letting his hands fall to his sides he smirks as the nail dangles in place.

Members of the audience gasp, throwing their hands up to cover their grimaced faces. With one quick sneeze and a gentle tug, the nail is back in his hand, unstained by blood or brains.

Like many people, when Hoppes goes to work, his personality changes and he acts differently around people. Whether it’s putting on his salesman grin at RadioShack or a stone face when he works the door at Mike ‘N Molly’s, he’s different from the moment he gets to work.

For his primary job, Hoppes is a mentalist, a type of performer who uses hypnosis, telepathy and mind control instead of physical props. However, he also does magic card tricks and freak tricks, such as pounding a nail into his nose. Unlike many people, when Hoppes goes to work he becomes a different person. He’s David der Geist — an outgoing, humorous stage freak, willing and able to stick something in his nose or chew glass for a price.

“That’s what a mentalist is,” he said. “It’s a guy on stage trying to play the part of a psychic. In a way, we are actors in a play.”

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because of its German connotation, meaning strong, spiritual and humorous. To him, it combines everything he does on stage.

Hoppes handcrafted der Geist to blend all the skills he doesn’t have in his a day-to-day personality but as a performer he knew he needed. Above everything, Hoppes said he knew his alter persona couldn’t be small — he had to be “larger than life.” Hoppes said the creation of der Geist is very organic and still evolving. Although der Geist has only existed for about a year, Hoppes has also made his dual persona useful in social situations besides performing.

Lisa Cerezo has been Hoppes’ manager at Psychic Joker, a magic entertainment company, for three years now, but she has been a close friend to Hoppes for much longer.

Sometimes she says it’s difficult even for her to distinguish between Hoppes and der Geist.

“Getting to know David is almost like getting to know (Hoppes’) brother,” she said.

“But I have no need to talk to him when he’s performing, and we never get the chance to sit down and have coffee.”

For Cerezo, her friend and client isn’t just Hoppes or der Geist; the line between the two is tied too deeply. She doesn’t believe Hoppes could be a performer without his other persona. She sees Hoppes as the planner, taking hours to make sure he does something just right, but she only ever sees der Geist when he’s on the stage sticking a needle in his cheek or making someone’s pulse stop.

“That’s the difference between the two,” Cerezo said. “The performer gets all the glory ... but (der Geist) gets to take the applause on stage.”

While Hoppes will head down to a bar on a Friday night to relax, Der Geist’s idea of a good time is being chained up, locked in a bag and thrown off a bridge. When he goes out for a night on the town, weird things happen, silverware starts to bend and straws levitate. According to Hoppes, he’s the center of attention without trying to be. He’s definitely not a ladies man.

“I learned, don’t use mentalist to hit on girls,” he said. “The first thing they realize is that you can read their mind, and all of a sudden you’re not so attractive anymore.”

If Hoppes is out for a night downtown in Champaign meeting new people, he said sometimes he would rather be der Geist, but it can be a double-edged sword depending on whom he meets. Hoppes is a little reserved and timid in his black jeans, Guinness T-shirt and messy, faded Mohawk. He isn’t great at walking up to tables and sparking a conversation with a magic trick, but der Geist is. So he’ll be der Geist for the night.

Hoppes works at Mike ‘N Molly’s nearly every night until the sun comes up. His mother worries he won’t ever make enough money to live as a performer, but he assures her he always pays his bills on time.

“I didn’t get into it to have a stable life. I got into it to have a fun life,” he said. “It’s become a big part of who I am and I’ll never turn away from that.”

Hoppes has been doing magic tricks and mentalism for 10 years now, and he has quit a number of jobs to pursue his passion.

Years ago, Hoppes purchased his first set of magic tricks at Dallas & Company Costumes and Magic store in Champaign. Intrigued by his new tools, Hoppes studied under Andy Dallas, store owner and escape artist, to improve his skills in magic. He was also later hired to work for some time as a salesman.

“I have no idea why magic is so intriguing,” said Dallas, “It’s either in you or it’s not.”

He doesn’t wonder why people collect stamps or coins throughout their lives. If someone has the passion in an art, he believes that’s one of the most wonderful things anyone could ever have.

For many magicians such as Hoppes, Dallas said, his store is only an interim job they work at until they begin their career in magic.

“We realize there may come a time when they move on to perform and we encourage that ... he’s still one of my kids.”

Hoppes isn’t strictly a mentalist or a mystic. He walks the line between the reality of spiritualism and the unseen magic of the mind.

“There is more in the universe than we know about,” he said. “The whole purpose is to find that child in ourselves because the only way to look at the universe and have the sense of awe that you should, is to regain that sense of awe of a child.”

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Allerton Park offers wide variety of summer activities From concerts to photography to volunteering and weddings, something for everyone at park

BY LAUREN COX STAFF WRITER

Concerts, volunteering, photography, hiking, biking and even getting married are just a few of the things visitors to the University’s Allerton Park can take part in this summer.

The park, which is located about 28 miles west of campus, is popular with summer visitors for three reasons, said the park’s interim director Bruce Branham.

“We have three things that make the park unique,” he said. “We have 1,500 acres of natural area, which is pretty pristine. We have the formal gardens and sculptures, which are pretty unique for central Illinois. And then we have the mansion, which is kind of our business unit. We have weddings and conferences there.”

This summer, Allerton’s formal gardens will be home to “Concerts in the Park,” a series of performances by musicians of various genres taking place on the first Friday of every month through October.The next concert will take place on June 7 at 6 p.m.in the park’s Brick Wall Garden, where the The Chip McNeil Quartet will perform jazz music.

The concert series also provides one of many opportunities for volunteers to get involved at Allerton, Branham said. According to Mindy Brand, the park’s volunteer coordinator, volunteers can find work both indoors and outdoors at the park during the summer.

“We have a lot more volunteer opportunities in the summer because we can do more programs,” she said. “We have more events going on in the summer, and obviously there are people who want to work outdoors in the natural areas and the formal gardens. That stuff’s not going on in the winter.”

Informational orientations for prospective volunteers are held about once a month, depending upon the level of interest, Brand said. The next orientation will be on June 11 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the park’s visitor’s center.

Volunteers are then directed to different departments of the park depending upon their interests, schedule and physical abilities. Brand said the park would like to have more University students volunteer, but the park’s distance from campus can be problematic.

“We’re really trying to get more U of I students out here, but we find one of our biggest challenges is transportation,” Brand said. “A lot of kids can’t come 30 miles to volunteer. We do have a lot of fraternities or service organizations that come out here like on a Saturday and bring out 20 to 40 people and work on bigger projects, so that’s really nice.”

Visitors can also try out Allerton’s hiking trails or bring bicycles to ride through the park. The trails can also act as a showcase for the park’s many sculptures, Branham said.

“Hiking is probably the main thing we can do out there in the natural areas,” he said. “You can hike to see some of the sculptures. ‘The Sun Singer,’ for instance, at the

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A statue at Allerton Park in Willow Branch, Ill. far west end of the park is something you really ought to see. Same with ‘The (Death of the) Last Centaur.’ That’s one of the more impressive sculptures, and the way it’s positioned is meant to be seen from the hiking trails.”

Summer is also the park’s busiest time for weddings, Branham said.

“May through October is the prime season,” he said.

“There are several sites where we have outdoor ceremonies. We often use the Sunken Garden or the Brick Wall Garden or the Fu Dog Garden for outdoor weddings. You can also rent the mansion, and that’s nice because in a sense it’s like a destination wedding.”

Allerton is also a popular spot for photographers, Branham said, because it offers a variety of subjects. The park, in conjunction with The News-Gazette, even offered a photography class in March.

“It’s a great place for not only nature photography, but also the sculptures provide you with opportunities if you want to get some more art-type photography as well,” he said. “There are a lot of pictures taken at Allerton.”

Thomas Byler, a junior at Decatur’s Millikin University, said he enjoys photography and has made several trips to take photos at Allerton since first visiting the park as a high school student.

“I like to shoot photographs at Allerton because the park is gorgeous,” Byler said. “There are many interesting subjects that you can photograph ranging from the

statues to the plant life. It is perfect for shooting landscape photography and portraits.

“I have a few places I really like to shoot photographs at. The pavilion at the beginning of the park is a great place. It has a very interesting staircase to take photographs in and the top of it has nice detail to add interest.”

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“It’s a great place for not only nature photography, but also the sculptures provide you with opporunities if you want to get some more art-type photography as well. There are a lot of pictures taken at Allerton.”

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Illini Tours ordered to shut down immediately

BY KARYNA RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER

Local charter bus company Illini Tours has been issued an order to immediately shut down by the US Department of Transportation.

According to the out-of-service order issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the basis for the order is due to the company’s failure to “ensure that its commercial vehicles are properly and regularly inspected repaired and maintained.” The FMCSA found these violations during a March compliance review of the company.

It was also found that Illini Tours failed to correct safetyrelated defects listed on vehicle inspection reports. According to the order, Illini Tours allowed drivers to operate one of its five motor coaches for several days despite the fact that drivers repeatedly listed a problem with the anti-lock braking system indicator light on their vehicle inspection reports.

The order was issued against Robert L. Frazier, the owner of Illini Tours. Frazier is also president and owner of Lex Express, Inc., which was also shut down after the department found unsatisfactory results during a compliance review in October.

Violations by Lex Express included fraudulently or intentionally making false entries on inspection and vehicle maintenance records and operating a motor vehicle in such a condition as to likely cause an accident or breakdown. The order additionally cites that Frazier’s other company also failed to correct safety-related defects listed on vehicle inspection reports and used a commercial vehicle not periodically inspected.

Fraizer could not be reached for a comment.

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Mascot survey results released Student referendum results favor ‘no change’ for mascot, moot court board rules the referendum as constitutional

BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER AND STEPHEN BOURBON ASSIGNMENT EDITOR AND STAFF WRITER

It has been six years since the University has had an official mascot and as far as students are concerned, it looks to remain that way.

The results of a March student referendum that looked to gauge student opinion about a new mascot for the University show that the most popular new mascot is “no change,” which received 15 percent of the vote, followed by “other,” which received 12 percent of the vote and was another popular answer due to support for Chief Illiniwek.

The most popular mascot of the 48 choices was “Eagle,” which was an eagle with its wings spread, similar to the headdress of Chief Illiniwek. The eagle logo garnered 9 percent of the vote.

The referendum results were released following a May 9 moot court decision regarding the constitutionality of an Illinois Student Senate resolution that created the survey. In the case Joshua Good v. David Pileski, Good brought into question the constitutionality of the resolution to discuss a new mascot because he felt it was in violation of the Illinois Student Senate constitution.

Good said that the resolution was in direct conflict with two separate student referenda that bind ISS to support Chief Illiniwek as a symbol of the University. The referendums in question were passed in 2005 and 2008 regarding Chief Illiniwek as an official symbol of the University.

The 2005 referendum asked, “Do you support Chief Illiniwek as the Symbol for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?” The referendum passed with 69.5 percent of student support.

In 2005, Chief Illiniwek was still the official mascot of the University, and Chief

Illiniwek performances were still held at basketball and football games. In 2007, the Board of Trustees voted to retire Chief Illiniwek, ending performances by the Chief and the use of Native American imagery associated with the University.

In response to the Board of Trustees decision, students put another referendum on the student ballot in 2008, which asked, “Do you support the reinstatement of Chief Illiniwek as the symbol of the University of Illinois?”

This resolution also passed, with 79 percent of the student vote.

Good argued that since the referenda were binding on the student senate, according to ISS constitution, ISS was not able to begin a search for a new mascot.

The question was brought to the law school Moot Court Board Judiciary, which found the referendum constitutional, citing the difference between a symbol and a mascot.

The 2005 and 2008 referenda regarded the chief as a symbol, and the new referendum was in search of a new mascot.

“This Court cannot read meaning into the text of the referenda and will not conflate the definitions of ‘symbol’ and mascot,’” the moot court decision read. “When referenda and resolutions use different words, we must assume that they have different meanings.”

The moot court decision said “a mascot need not be the only symbol a university employs,” citing the multiple symbols the University currently has: the “Block I,” “Illinois” logo, Alma Mater and Chief Illiniwek.

The resolution was sponsored by both ISS and Campus Spirit Revival, an RSO on campus that supports finding a new mascot. Other popular alternatives have included Chef Illini, two different wolf mascots and an Abraham Lincoln mascot.

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Mike Wehrli, Illinois student at time of photo, holds up a sign in support of Chief Illiniwek at State Farm Center, then known as Assembly Hall, in Champaign, on Feb. 18, 2007. The game marked the second to last performance for the Chief. asked if students “support Chief Illiniwek as the official symbol of the University.” Students supported the Chief by a 4-to-1 margin.

At the May 13 (Urbana-Champaign) Senate Executive Committee meeting, Chancellor Phyllis Wise reiterated her view that the University needs to move past the Chief.

“I’m a biologist,” she said. “I believe you can’t go backwards. When a baby is born, you can’t put the baby back in the womb ...

Any energy we spend going back and trying to restore something is counterproductive.”

Wise said she has been working the past

couple months to help figure out the best way for the University to move past the Chief. Her efforts included a visit to the Peoria Tribe in Oklahoma and a planned trip to Miami (Ohio) University.

Miami transitioned its mascot from “Redskins” to “Redhawks” in the 1970s.

Though Wise has maintained that she wants to move forward, there is no plan for a mascot change at this time.

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Future of aquifer, water supply threatened

Local legislators work with Illinois EPA to control toxic disposal from landfill

BY JANELLE O’DEA STAFF WRITER

Clinton, Ill., is 40 miles west of the University, but what happens at Clinton’s landfill could have a widespread effect on campus. At the end of April, Illinois legislators reached an agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to increase oversight at the Clinton landfill.

George Roadcap, hydrogeologist at Prairie Research Institute’s Illinois State Water Survey, said the increase in oversight would be good for the future of the water supply for both the University and the surrounding community.

“We get all of our water from the (Mahomet) aquifer,” Roadcap said. “Champaign is 100 percent on groundwater.”

Roadcap said the University wouldn’t be the first place affected by water contamination caused by polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in the Clinton landfill, but if PCBs are dumped, they can eventually spread to surrounding communities via thunderstorms and getting mixed in with river sediments.

Because Champaign-Urbana is dependent on the Mahomet aquifer and the Clinton landfill sits on the aquifer, toxic chemicals being dumped in the landfill prompted Sens. Mike Frerichs and Chapin Rose, as well as Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, to motion strongly against the idea.

The most recent concern is with PCBs in the landfill.

According to the federal EPA’s website, “data strongly suggest that PCBs are probable human carcinogens.”

Because of the possible carcinogenic effect, the legislators would prefer Clinton landfill did not get the necessary permit for PCB disposal or allow any PCB disposal at all.

“The ideal outcome would be no PCBs dumped over the sole source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in central Illinois,” Frerichs said. The legislators have been working closely with the Illinois EPA to assure the safety of the aquifer.

Champaign-Urbana is “sort of at the top of a hill,” Roadcap said, and it does not have reservoirs or rivers

available for building a dam and creating a reservoir.

Surrounding communities, like Danville and Decatur, have reservoirs they can tap when water from the aquifer is not available.

As Illinois EPA oversight increases, Frerichs said he thinks it will be difficult to stop PCB dumping altogether, but he is not done trying.

No matter the amount of PCBs dumped, Roadcap said he understands a variety of factors play into this decision.

“The IEPA is tight on money, like everyone else, so their hands are tied somewhat,” Roadcap said. “There are some things with the existing landfill that should have been handled much better by both the landfill and IEPA ... when you’re talking about putting all of this toxic waste in there, we need to make sure you can regulate the landfill before you can take that step.”

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New construction changes landscape of Ikenberry Commons Renovations scheduled for Campus Rec, State Farm Center

BY DARSHAN PATEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

University officials on May 13 revealed updated design plans for Residence Hall No. 3, as part of the Ikenberry Commons project.

The new residence hall, which will be located on the corner of Gregory Drive and First Street, will use a “pod” concept, offering at least four double bedrooms in each pod with four smaller, semi-private bathrooms, officials said at the Board of Trustees’ Audit, Budget, Finance and Facilities Committee meeting. In addition, accessible single and double rooms will be located throughout the hall but not available in all pods.

The residence hall will be built in a “T” shape, with the base running along First Street. This design calls for a change from the original plan in 2010 in which the residence hall was planned to be built in an “L” shape. This change was made to provide more open space in the quad-like area directly south of the Student Dining and Residential Programs Building.

In addition, the University is moving forward with plans to install a new underground stormwater detention system, just west of the residence hall, underneath the playing fields.

This development, along with new turf for Campus Recreation, is set to add $3.17 million to the project, pending approval by the full board at its May 29 meeting in Chicago.

The added cost would bring the total to $83.2 million for this phase, which the University plans to pay for with revenue bonds.

The new hall, which has yet to be named, will offer 497 beds and is scheduled to be ready for the Fall 2016 semester. Along with the new hall, Taft-Van Doren residence halls will be demolished to make room for another hall in the later stages of this massive project.

Construction is expected to begin next year.

Also Monday, the committee agreed to forward to the board a proposal regarding the

construction project of the formerly named Assembly Hall. The trustees will vote on the design plans, as well as the naming rights agreement with State Farm.

Mike Bass, deputy comptroller for the University, told committee members that nearly $10 million annually will go toward funding the tentatively three-year, $165 million State Farm Center renovation project. The annual amount comprises $4.4 million in personal seat licenses, $2.1 million in student fees, $2 million in naming rights, $700,000 in a ticket surcharge on both athletic and non-athletic events and $500,000 in revenue from the Big Ten Network. The project was supposed to originally cost $157 million.

For the seat licenses, over 800 people have committed to the 851 club seats available; five have signed on for the 11 suites; and loges, or mini-suites, have been selling but not as quickly because of its new concept, Bass said.

The proposal calls for the project to be done in three stages, presumably starting in 2014, although no specific timetable has been finalized yet. Kent Brown, associate athletic director for media relations, said in an interview that even though basketball season will not be affected during the three-year stretch – the plan is to have renovations to the State Farm Center completed by 2016-17 – work could possibly be ongoing on the outside in the winter months.

Also, Brown said there’s a “strong likelihood” that Commencement will be held at the State Farm Center next year, although nothing has been finalized yet. Committee member Pam Strobel recused herself from discussion of the renovation project because of possible conflict-of-interest concerns as she is a director for State Farm.

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People line up to purchase Powerball lottery tickets Saturday in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif. A record Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million, and lottery officials speculated the jackpot would continue to soar in the run-up to Saturday’s drawing.

Suburban Florida home to winning Powerball ticket, which as of Sunday still unclaimed Ticket estimated at $590.5 million, largest Powerball jackpot to date

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ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

But it wasn’t Matthew Bogel. On Sunday, he loaded groceries into his car after shopping at the Publix. He shook his head when asked about the jackpot.

It’s an amount too high for many to imagine.

Compare it to the budget for the city of Zephyrhills: This year’s figure is just more than $49 million. The winning Powerball jackpot is 12 times that.

Whoever has the ticket hadn’t come forward as of Sunday afternoon.

“This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it’s the sole winner of

the largest ever Powerball jackpot,” Florida Lottery executive Cindy O’Connell told The Associated Press. “We’re delighted right now that we have the sole winner.”

Publix spokeswoman Maria Brous said that there are a lot of rumors about who won, but the store doesn’t know. “We’re excited for the winner or winners,” she said.

Florida Lottery spokesman David Bishop said Sunday afternoon that it was doubtful the winner would come forward that day. The ticket-holder can’t claim the prize until Monday when the agency opens, he said.

“It never happens this quickly,” Bishop said.

“If they know they won, they’re going to contact their attorney or an accountant first so they can get their affairs in order.”

O’Connell said Florida has had more Powerball winners than any other state but did not give any indication whether anyone had stepped forward with the winning ticket in Saturday’s drawing.

Kelli Kennedy in Miami contributed to this report.

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Guarding sources is a right, essential to journalism’s duty to inform the public

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ver the past week, controversy emerged when the Department of Justice seized The Associated Press’ phone records, seemingly to hunt down anyone who may have leaked highly confidential government information.

The DOJ has been investigating a May 7 AP story, which revealed the unraveling of an al-Qaeda terrorist plot in Yemen by the Central Intelligence Agency to destroy a U.S.bound airliner.

In the investigation, the DOJ crossed the line to obtain the records of 20 reporters’ and editors’ phone lines that were subpoenaed over a two-month period. The seizure covertly proceeded without the AP’s knowledge and without appropriate justification at the time the investigation was uncovered.

While Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. defends the actions of the DOJ, he has been widely criticized for dodging questions on why the subpoena for the phone numbers was used so broadly. While subpoenas are supposed to be a last resort, according to guidelines set out by the department itself, after all other ways of obtaining information have been exhausted, the DOJ went behind the AP’s back, violating their first amendment right to report the news. In return for unknowingly seizing the numbers, the AP was given nothing more than the same bland statements emphasizing the threatening nature of national security leaks that all other news publications were given.

The May 7 story refuted White House claims, which said there was no terrorist plot near the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s killing.

During times like this — where our own government denies the existence of a threat ultimately proven valid — it is especially important that the press maintain its watchdog role. This is a serious freedom of press issue. Do journalists still have the right to publish information without punishment by government? Constitutionally, yes.

The DOJ’s actions not only intimidate and threaten the AP but all

news organizations who use anonymous sources to acquire sensitive information. The media has to secure sources deeply involved in government affairs — and secure they should remain.

While it’s safe to say that some publications use anonymous sources more freely than others, anonymity is a choice reporters can take all the way to prison. Once that right is compromised by the government, what happens to any source’s trust in the media?

It is hard enough already to break the shield of bad criticism people have built into the media’s reputation. The last thing we need is another reason for sources to keep quiet.

With the fear of their name being disclosed, sensitive and often classified information becomes all the more difficult to obtain.

While Holder continues to defend the decision, he has not given a detailed statement on how exactly national security was in danger and what — if any — other measures were taken (or not taken) before the subpoena. If mistakes were made, they should be accounted for.

Considering the lack of White House involvement, including Obama himself in the decision to seize the phone numbers, it is hard to believe all procedures were followed.

In fact, this issue sparked the White House to begin considering protective legislation for reporters to guard their sources known as the media shield bill.

Whether the DOJ’s justifications prove valid, we cannot promote the infringement of the government upon the media. If government intervention is necessary, there is a lawful and suspiciondeterring way to go about it. If it weren’t for the AP uncovering the terrorist plot, Americans may still believe — as the government reiterated — that there wasn’t a threat at all. But ultimately, the AP is being wrongfully punished for doing their job — surfacing lies and uncovering truths — and the government’s at that.

Going the extra smile for friendliness across cultures NICKI HALENZA Opinions columnist

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I sauntered down a long, busy Parisian street, an excited and entranced 17-year-old me greeted passersby with a warm smile and a “bonjour,” in my evident American accent.

In return, I received quick glances from natives with stone faces that uttered nothing in return. Not one person responded with even a look or a grin. I had definitely showered that day, and I don’t think there was food stuck in my teeth so I ruled out odor or lack of appeal as the issue.

When I returned to our little apartment later that day, I picked up a traveler’s book about Paris and noticed a key message in the section on etiquette. The passage indicated that politeness between strangers is essential but should not be mistaken for friendliness.

While being friendly and being polite are seemingly similar, the key difference between the two is that politeness entails civility and appropriateness while friendliness demonstrates more sociability and warmness.

After skimming the chapter of the traveler’s book, I spent the rest of my trip following the supposed rule of being polite but not necessarily friendly. I minded my own business and showed respect, but as a result I had no amiable interactions with people — and where’s the fun in that? Naturally, I concluded that friendliness ought to be world-renowned and not so much a cultural thing.

Being kindhearted and open is imperative in even the smallest of interactions.

I think people often underestimate the power of a smile or any other simple sign of acknowledgment. To merely be present, obedient and courteous just doesn’t cut it in my book.

It’s those lighthearted, quirky encounters that can ultimately make your day.

For instance, a recent trip to a public restroom sink forced me to cross paths with another woman. She looked over at my Salt-N-Pepa cutoff T-shirt and gave me a quick smirk as she threw me a compliment over my outfit choice. Pleasantly surprised, I responded with thanks and we spent a good minute or two chatting as we each ran our hands through the automatic sinks.

Assuming she wasn’t pulling a Regina George on me — the classic, “Oh my God, I love your skirt! Where did you get it?” And

then in the event of my departure, “That is the ugliest f-ing skirt I’ve ever seen,” — I venture to say that our mini bathroom chat made my day a little bit better than if it didn’t happen at all.

Had she simply been polite and not friendly, our encounter would have consisted of us silently washing our hands next to each other while trying desperately to avoid awkward eye contact in the mirror in front of us.

There is something to be said about those people who go out of their way to turn an everyday, mundane interaction into something pleasant. Nothing speaks clearer to this than the encounters we have daily. Think about the person who serves your grande café mocha latte Frappuccino cappuccino macchiato (or whatever), the person who bags your groceries, or even the person who swipes your i-card at the ARC or dining hall. We have quick, routinized contact with all of these different people every day and often think nothing of it.

However, on those occasions when that person who hands you your coffee over the counter takes that extra second to smile and tell you to enjoy your day, you probably walk out the door with a better outlook on your morning than had they not done so.

Those simple encounters are something you don’t get from just being polite. Politeness is the bare minimum of what is necessary to maintain in public. There is no gold star given out for simply doing what should ultimately be expected like minding your own space, maintaining good manners and acting appropriate in given situations.

It’s going that extra mile and being outgoing and approachable that makes all the difference. It’s amazing how you can meet people at random moments and talk for five minutes and feel like in that five minutes you were old friends. And while you part ways, move forward and other interactions take place, that five-minute best friend holds a tiny spot in your memory of that day.

I find it borderline ridiculous that friendliness is often something cultural and not particularly common everywhere.

Being kind and acknowledging someone’s presence is something that makes anyone feel good. While other countries and regions obviously have their own set of norms and guidelines about etiquette, it doesn’t change the fact that a smile is universal.

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

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Illinois clinches berth in Big Ten Tournament Illini earn 5th seed in Big Ten, take 2 of 3 from Gophers, will face Minnesota in 1st round of tournament Wed.

BY ELIOT SILL STAFF WRITER

The Illinois baseball team packed for a week. It was quite literally win or go home.

Thanks to stellar pitching and timely hitting, the trip to Minnesota will last a while longer for the Illini.

Behind the arms of freshmen Kevin Duchene and Ryan Castellanos, respectively, Illinois was able to clinch a berth in the Big Ten Tournament on Friday after notching its second win of the series against a Gophers team that was near the top of the conference entering the weekend.

“We knew that going in that their team is more pitching oriented,” center fielder Justin Parr said. “Their offense is OK, they did a good job getting some runs on the board, but we knew that the way they win ball games is through their pitching.”

Illinois matched that mentality over the weekend, as Duchene pitched a quality game in his most crucial start of the season, going six innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs with three strikeouts. With the win in that game, he tied a school record set by nowsophomore John Kravetz for most wins by a freshman, with eight.

Duchene began his outing with a lead, as a Thomas Lindauer led the way to a one-run inning to help the Orange and Blue strike first.

The Gophers answered right back with a run of their own, however. The first three batters Duchene faced all reached base. A base hit followed by a passed ball, a bunt single and a walk loaded the bases for the Gophers, and a sacrifice fly knotted the game at one run apiece.

Duchene got a double-play ball to get out of the jam. Minnesota hardly threatened again

until the sixth, when another sacrifice fly brought in Minnesota’s second run. By that point, however, Illinois had already pushed four runs across.

The Illini added two more in the top of the ninth as extra security for closer Bryan Roberts, but he wouldn’t need the support in a three-up, three-down inning.

It was Castellanos on the mound Friday, getting his sixth start of the season. Staff ace Kevin Johnson’s shoulder soreness kept him out again on the weekend, so Castellanos was again inserted into the rotation. The freshman right-hander gave up five hits in 4 2/3 innings, also notching five strikeouts and leaving with two runs allowed.

After his first inning of work, the team had to wait out a two-hour rain delay.Castellanos was able to stay loose, and while waiting for the rain to cease in Minnesota’s football facility, the Orange and Blue passed the time playing Capture the Flag.

“It was just one of those things where we started playing Hide and Go Seek, but there weren’t many places to hide, so that got old,” Lindauer said. “We made the most of it. We had a great time.”

Lindauer made sure to note that his team won. When the delay was over, they still had to win the baseball game, too.

After Castellanos pitched 3 2/3 more innings, it was reliever Drasen Johnson who carried Illinois through, with 2 1/3 innings of relief before Ronnie Muck allowed a run in an inning of setup work.

Roberts again set out to close the game, and with a one-run lead, retired three consecutive batters to win the series.

It would be enough to clinch a spot in the

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Illinois baseball’s Ryan Castellanos pitches during the game against Penn State on May 11 at Illinois Field. The Illini won 8-6. conference tournament, as Michigan and Michigan State both lost Friday. Minnesota’s losses were enough to push them down to fifth place, as Illinois overtook the Gophers. Minnesota had a Big Ten series canceled earlier in the year, so the losses had a more drastic effect on its conference win percentage.

The momentum turned in Saturday’s series finale, as the teams were locked in a pitcher’s duel thanks to masterful performances

by Minnesota 6-foot-7 left-hander DJ Snelten and Kravetz. Snelten threw eight innings and allowed seven hits, but no runs. Illinois runners reached third base just twice. Its best chance to score was in the eighth, when the Illini loaded the bases. With one out and Justin and Jordan Parr due up, designated hitter Michael Hurwitz grounded into a double play.

The Gophers counted with a pair of runs that would be the difference in the game.

After seven shutout innings, Kravetz’s day was spoiled in four pitches as a first-pitch double from Ryan Abrahamson put the winning run home. The Gophers added another run, and went on to win 2-0.

“The difference between (Saturday’s) ball game and the last two games, offensively we executed the first two days, we moved runners and when guys were in scoring position, we did the job, whether it be on a sac fly or getting a hit,” Parr said. “That just wasn’t there (Saturday).”

Illinois fell back to fifth place in the conference with the loss, and the win put Minnesota back up to fourth. The two teams will square off again Wednesday in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament.

Eliot can be reached at sill2@dailyillini.com and @eliottweet.

Small adds regional feather to his cap; men’s golf prepares for run at nationals

BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER ASSIGNMENT EDITOR

Men’s golf coach Mike Small has accomplished a lot during his 13 years at the helm of the Illini. He has won five Big Ten Championships and now made eight NCAA Championships. He’s coached two individual national champions in the last three years.

On Saturday, Small accomplished another feat; he finally coached Illinois to a regional championship. The Illini won the Fayetteville, Ark., regional by 3 strokes and were one of five teams to advance to the NCAA Championships, the sixth straight appearance for Small’s squad.

Illinois, at 1-under, was the only team to score below par. Arkansas, on its home

course, finished at 2-over. The Illini could have finished 30-over and still been one of the five teams that advanced. Illinois was the No. 6 seed, but defeated five of the nation’s top-30 teams in the tournament.

“We just played better golf,” Small said.

When asked to pinpoint what was behind Illinois success this weekend, Small immediately pointed to the four Illini golfers who finished in the top 10 of the regional. Sophomore Brian Campbell and freshman Thomas Detry tied for second, while freshman Charlie Danielson tied for fifth. Defending national champion Thomas Pieters finished at 3-over for the tournament and tied for 10th.

Small said he wasn’t worried about Pieters, who will be playing his final collegiate tour-

nament in the NCAA Championships after announcing he will forego his senior season to play professionally.

“I was happy with his play. He was solid and steady,” Small said.

Illinois got off to a hot start behind Danielson, who fired a 7-under 65 in Thursday’s opening round. Small said Danielson’s performance fired up the team and gave the Illini confidence heading into the rest of the tournament. Fellow freshman Detry shot a 68, and Illinois finished 6-under to lead after the first day.

On Friday, Campbell was the leader for the Illini, shooting a 5-under, and keeping Illinois in second place entering the final round. Solid rounds by all four players lifted Illinois to

the top of the leaderboard Saturday.

The Illini have now won two tournaments in a row after winning the Big Ten Championship their last time out.

The Illini will next play in the 30-team field at the NCAA Championships in Atlanta on May 28. The Illini are one of six teams in the nation to play in the NCAA Championships each of the last six seasons. Illinois is joined by Southern California, UCLA, Texas, Texas A&M and Florida.

If Illinois’ hot streak continues, Small could add yet another new accomplishment to his resume: a national championship.

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

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SEEING DOUBLE

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Doubles team Melissa Kopinski and Rachael White celebrate a point against Notre Dame at the Atkins Tennis Center on Jan. 20.

For 1st time in over 10 years, Illini duo advances to NCAA tourney

BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

For the Illinois women’s tennis team, its 2013 season is over, but it continues for two of its players.

While the team missed out on postseason play, two of its members will continue playing; Rachael White and Melissa Kopinski earned an invitation to the NCAA doubles tournament, which begins Thursday.

The duo finished the year at 26-12 — 13-8 in the spring season — and ranked No. 25 in the ITA polls heading into the tournament, which will be held at the familiar Atkins Tennis Center courts in Urbana. White and Kopinski are the first Illini doubles pairing to make the tournament since Jennifer McGaffigan and Michelle Webb made the trip in 2003.

“We were all pretty bummed that we didn’t make the team tournament,” White said. “But we knew we had a pretty good chance to make the doubles tournament, so this is a good way to end my senior year.”

The play of White and Kopinski has been directly tied to the team’s performance throughout the spring season.

When the duo lost its doubles competition, the team won just two matches in eight tries and when the pair won its match, Illinois held an 11-2 record.

The success White and Kopinski have experienced goes back to their complementary styles nad their chemistry off the court. White is known for having a powerful serve, which sets up Kopinski at the net to pounce on a wayward return. Kopinski also prides her game on an effective service return and ball placement that keeps the pair in rallies longer and allows for the opponent to make more mis-

takes, or leaves an opening for White to finish off rallies with winners.

Despite not playing together at all in 2012, they played every match together in 2013, so their awareness of each other on the court has never been higher.

“They certainly enjoy playing with each other,” head coach Michelle Dasso said. “To say that they understand each other’s games out there is an understatement. They probably have more experience than anyone out there, or at least just as much as anyone.”

“They certainly enjoy playing with each other. To say they understand each other’s games out there is an understatement.”

MICHELLE DASSO, head coach

White and Kopinski have a solid relationship off of the court as well. Even with a two-year gap between the two, their off-the-court rapport helps to relieve stress during tough games.

“We get along together really well off the court, too,” White said. “We can relieve some pressure or stress on the court if there is some there. Knowing each other off the court helps us to relieve some of that.”

Though the team was inconsistent during the year en

route to a 13-11 record, White and Kopinski knew they were one of the nation’s best pairings all the way back in October.

The Illinois pair was invited to the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships on Oct. 3 and 4 to face off against some of the best competition in the country, and they rose to the occasion. The tandem took down four nationally ranked opponents in two days, including victories over No. 9 Stacey Tan and Ellen Tsay of Stanford and No. 6 Samantha Adams and Kenna Kilgo of Texas Tech.

“When (Dasso) asked me in the fall if I wanted to play with Rachael, I said yes,” Kopinski said. “I knew we could do big things ... After the All-Americans, we knew we could hang with anybody in the country.”

In addition to the quality wins, the pair added some hardware to their resume by defeating another ranked team to capture the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional doubles championship on Oct. 22. The title was the first by an Illini pair since Webb and McGaffigan completed the feat 11 years ago.

Illinois’ premier doubles team is looking to add to the trophy case this week and thinks that playing the matches at home could prove to be a decisive advantage.

“We’re not satisfied with just making it,” White said.

“We’re really lucky to be playing at home, and we want to go as far as we can without having pressure on ourselves.”

The team earned five wins against ranked opponents in October alone. If they can replicate that feat in May, they’ll be hoisting the national championship trophy.

Stephen can be reached at sbourbo2@dailyillini.com and @steve_bourbon.

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Ohio State defeats 4-time defending champs Spot in Monday’s semifinal against topranked UCLA comes down to No. 2 singles have the big trophy from 2009 sitting at our place.”

Peter Kobelt knows what it feels like The Buckeyes, to start the match, when all the attention turns to him and his clinched the doubles point in the same manner Kobelt did later: in a deciding-match tieopponent.

The lanky junior’s No. 2 singles match break. The No. 90 duo of Devin McCarthy was the deciding factor earlier this year at and Ille Van Engelen upset No. 47 Emilio national indoors against Virginia. While he Gomez and Roberto Quiroz 9-8 (7) at No. 2. lost both sets in mid-February, he said he McCarty and Van Engelen fought off one needed that experience to pull through in match point in the tiebreak, and went on the second-set tiebreak Saturday against to convert one of their own to clinch the Ray Sarmiento, sealing the victory for Ohio doubles point for Ohio State.

State and knocking off four-time defending USC won the first singles point, but BuckNCAA champions Southern Cal at the Khan eyes quickly grabbed the lead with a win Outdoor Tennis Complex. at No. 1 singles. No. 12 Blaz Rola, who had No. 5 Ohio State men’s tennis team been battling injury the last month or so, mobbed No. 8-ranked Kobelt, who won 7-6 dispatched No. 7 Emilio Gomez 6-1, 6-0. The (3), 7-6 (3) as natural light was giving away two teams exchanged points, including a after Ray Sarmiento misplayed a forehand tight two-setter at No. 3 between Yannick on first match point with Kobelt serving.

Hanfmann of USC and No. 71 Connor Smith “I really made an effort after that (indoor at Ohio State. Hanfmann closed it out 7-5, match), in practice matches and actu- 7-6(4), after Smith fought back from being al matches, to really focus on closing out double break down.

That gave USC its third point, turning all matches and if I was ever back in that situation, I would capitalize,” eyes to court No. 2 and the Kobelt said. “I ended up helpdeciding match. ing my team advance today.”

Earlier that day, GeorKobelt dictated tempo gia’s Nathan Pasha held off three break points late in throughout the match with the second set and broke his quick service games and heavy forehands. Even his opponent in the next when he didn’t win the game, game to force a decisive at 4-5 in the second set, for third set, igniting the Georexample, he pushed No. 16 gia faithful. Then it was all Sarmiento with his forehand, cruise control for the sophTY TUCKER, leading to unforced errors. omore from Atlanta, who Ohio State head coach Kobelt had an opportunity defeated Alex Sarkissian to close out the match then, of Pepperdine 2-6. 7-5, 6-2. coming two points away from victory, but His victory at No. 2 singles propelled he wasn’t able to return Sarmiento’s serves No. 3-ranked Georgia 4-2 to the semifinals and failed to break.

Monday afternoon, when it will take on No. Ohio State now faces top-ranked UCLA, 2 Virginia. The Cavaliers defeated Tenneswhich handily defeated Duke in a semifi- see 4-0 earlier. nal at the NCAA Championships on Monday Sarkissian was one point away from havafternoon. Meanwhile, the Trojans headed ing a chance to serve for the match and home after winning four consecutive years, earn a much-needed second point for Pepthe first of which was won against the Buck- perdine, but Pasha continued to serve with eyes in 2009. pace, holding to give him a 6-5 second-set “Even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in advantage. In the subsequent game, Pasha a while,” Ohio State head coach Ty Tucker capitalized on his third break chance to said. “Ohio State tennis beats USC tennis force a third set, one that he would evenevery once in a while. This is a little bit of tually go on to win over a worn-down consolation, that’s for sure, but I’d rather Sarkissian.

BY DARSHAN PATEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

“Even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in a while. Ohio State tennis beats USC tennis every once in a while.”

JOHN DIXON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oklahoma’s Costin Paval hits a backhand with partner Dane Webb in their match against Georgia’s Hernus Pieters and Ben Wagland during doubles play at the NCAA Tennis Championships at the Kahn Outdoor Tennis Complex on Thursday.

“Our fight and synergy, it’s something we talk about and preach and that’s what brings us together as a team,” Pasha said in a press release. “I affect the courts next to me and they affect me, just with their energy they inspire me, and I try to inspire them so we were down and they had the momentum big time so a little bit of fight got us going and we just took it and rolled with it.”

Pasha’s victory gave Georgia a 2-1 lead at that moment, one that the Bulldogs wouldn’t relinquish. No. 11 Pepperdine captured the double point to begin the match, but Georgia rallied, including a third-set

tiebreak win at No. 6 singles.

Georgia, throughout this tournament, has played without then-No. 4-ranked KU Singh, who quit the team three days before the Bulldogs opened up regional play in Athens, Ga. Singh was a member of the Illini tennis team before he transferred in early 2012.

Saturday’s match was a rematch of last year’s quarterfinal in which Pepperdine came from behind to upset Georgia 4-3 in front of a Bulldogs-laden crowd.

Darshan can be reached at patel174 @dailyillini.com and @drshnpatel.

NCAA TEAM SEMIFINALS SET FOR MONDAY Women’s semifinals — 5 p.m.

Men’s semifinals — 1 p.m.

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No. 3 Georgia

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No. 2 Virginia

No. 5 Ohio State

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No. 1 UCLA

No. 12 Stanford

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No. 1 Florida

No. 7 UCLA

No. 3 Texas A & M

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Second-round losers have uncertain paths ahead Instead of reaching conference finals, teams find selves at crossroads

Chicago Bulls It’s nearly impossible to view Chicago’s season in a greater context. This team, assembled last offseason, is likely to disband its current form and change completely with the return of Derrick Rose. Like a spinoff of your favorite sitcom that’s better than

New York Knicks With a loss to the Pacers, the Knicks showed a lack of championship grit. It’s nothing new for Carmelo, who has spawned a monkey on his back. His career arc is very similar to Dirk Nowitzki’s, and you’d like to see Carmelo elevate his game in the way Dirk did two years back, but he needs to be paired with another huge talent to succeed — and not a scoring power forward.

Tyson Chandler looks a step slower than the Defensive Player of the Year that anchored Dallas’s 2011 title run. The Knicks need to retool their bigs. They need someone to be a floor gener-

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Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose cheers on his team from the bench during their first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets on April 25 in Chicago. The Bulls won 79-76. al when Anthony’s feeling funky.

That’s why they brought in Jason Kidd, but Kidd was not-his-oldself when he won the title with Dallas, let alone two years later in New York.

You could tell in the closing moments of New York’s Game 6 loss to Indiana that Anthony was embarrassed and wanted to be somewhere else. There were not positives to take away from the year, and he needed to play better when it counted. You could tell it stung him deep, which is what you want to see if you’re a Knicks fan. Carmelo’s done becoming good. Now all that’s left to do is win. I would expect

him to be a more poised, mature player going forward. All that’s left is for the Knicks management to assemble a team that can win. This one cannot. They need a different backcourt, more depth up front, and probably a different head coach.

Eliot is a senior in Media. He can be reached at sill2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @EliotTweet.

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ith the penultimate round of the NBA playoffs at least half underway, four teams will watch at home, thinking if they had given a little bit more, they could have won their respective series.

The Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors should each take away very different lessons from their second round defeats. A team that loses in the second round is usually either on the rise or on the decline (or the Atlanta Hawks from the past five years). How does this year’s class of conference semifinal losers stack up?

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unless you want to bring him back as your backup two guard, which means no trying to re-sign Belinelli. Both had the best seasons of their careers and would probably love to come back, but there’s not that much room on the bus, especially if Chicago takes a shooting guard in the draft.

Next year, it’s basically a reset.

You have your franchise player back, but your momentum from this year evaporates. With that fact, it’s hard to think the Bulls will make a significant step forward next season.

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you feared it would be, Bulls fans should take caution not to stick to simple mathematics in assessing their team’s future. In other words, you don’t simply add the greatness and production of Derrick Rose and figure he pushes them over the top.

You have to realign completely.

Nate Robinson was on a veteran minimum, and it’s hard to see where he fits into this team next season. With Rose back starting, Nate will be relegated to bench duty, but Kirk Hinrich is all but cemented into the second team point guard spot. That means Nate would have to play the two, and that would create a defensive liability, which is not what you want your bench to provide. You have Richard Hamilton as a shooting guard, but he’s shown that he can’t be relied on for an 82-game season, even with limited minutes.

In other words, it’s messy.

What you end up with is a season where you overachieved and got to watch more basketball than you thought you would. You saw Jimmy Butler grow into basically the next Luol Deng while Taj Gibson leveled off in a way that may cause you to rethink his $38 million contract. The biggest story of your year, Robinson, is basically irrelevant to your team,

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Ferguson, Beckham leave Manchester with legacy LANRE ALABI Staff writer

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ast week, Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United announced his retirement from coaching at the end of this English Premier League season. For as long as I have been alive, Ferguson has been the coach of a Manchester United team that has rivaled my favorite sports team, Arsenal FC. This piece is not just about the end of the managerial career of a man who is widely considered the best in Premier League history, certainly in the conversation for best ever across all sports, but about what the combination of his and a number of his own players retirements mean for the Manchester club.

In April this year, former United wonderkid Michael Owen announced that this season will be his last. Unknowingly, this seemed to mark the beginning of the end of a significant era. Since Ferguson announced his retirement last weekend, former and current Manchester United stars have

also joined him on the soon to be unemployed line.

Paris St. Germain star, former LA Galaxy and Manchester United player David Beckham has also announced his retirement.

Also, former retiree and current United player Paul Scholes has also announced he is hanging up his boots with the culmination of the Premier League season and current fan-favorite Ryan Giggs is touted to be next in line. These spur of retirements will most likely not destabilize the United franchise, but it defines the end of an era for many Great Britain soccer fans and followers around the world.

Late last millennium, I became aware of my loyalties in regards to sports franchises, and the first team I picked up was Arsenal. During this time period, the north London side and the Manchester side were in a protracted battle for the dominance of the English Premier League, a battle that spurned into the physical much too often. Both sides were the giants of English football and perennially faced each other for the league title so that added an extra spice to the blooming rivalry.

The fierce rivalry was said to have begun in 1990 when an allout brawl broke out over Arsenal faithful Nigel Winterburn lunging at United’s Denis Irwin. Over the next 15 years, we would get to see a melee in almost every game these teams faced each other. The skirmishes included a food fight in ‘04 after United ended Arsenal’s 49-game unbeaten streak, a soccer boot to Beckham’s famously pretty face in ‘03 and a captain v. captain one-onone square up between Arsenal’s Patrick Vieira and United’s Roy Keane. Ferguson and his opposite number at Arsenal, Frenchman Arsene Wenger, have also had some toss ups in their nearly twodecade span in control of both squads. The violence was famously rumored to have ended with a “no-violence� treaty between the two franchises.

In the years since that dust up, a lot of those players have left those teams and the matchup has been a lot more mild-mannered in comparison to what we might have expected or become accustomed to. While United has maintained its spot at the top of the league, Arsenal has fallen of the pinnacle. The budding friendship

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson applauds supporters after his last game in charge of his team at The Hawthorns Stadium in England on Sunday. between Ferguson and Wenger was some indication of the lack of animosity, but the sale of Arsenal captain Robin van Persie to United last offseason has confirmed that. Although most of the mentioned players are no longer with United, these string of retirements certainly solidified that peace position.

Acknowledging that the heated rivalry came to an end a couple of years ago is a reality that most fans haven’t faced. The key players from the tail end of the rivalry have moved on, and they

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all ply their trades for a different team. This widespread retirement spree is in no way the real end of that rivalry but the official end of it. Most fans, including myself, still won’t be able to let go of the imagery of Keane and Vieira going at each other or Martin Keown and Giggs getting into arguments. This does force us to come to a realization as it marks the end of a memorable era.

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CHICAGO — Cubs starter Travis Wood was thinking about one home run, and it wasn’t the one he hit.

With two outs in the seventh inning, rookie Juan Lagares connected off Wood for his first big league homer. The two-run shot tied the game, and Daniel Murphy hit a leadoff home run in the eighth that sent the New York Mets over Chicago 4-3 Sunday.

“As soon as it left the hand, I didn’t like it,” Wood said. “I was hoping he would pop it up or something. But he didn’t. He put a good swing on it. Hit it out of the park to tie the ballgame.”

Wood said the 2-2 pitch was a changeup that he tried to get down, but instead left up over the plate.

Overall, Wood did well on the mound, giving up three runs and five hits in seven innings, while striking out three and walking two.

It was Wood’s ninth consecutive quality start to open the season. The last Cubs starter to begin a season with at least nine straight quality starts was Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown in 1908.

Wood also hit his homer of the season and fourth of his career, managing to clear the left-field bleachers with a drive that landed on Waveland Avenue.

“Woody pitched another great game,” Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. “Obviously we’d like to have that one pitch back. It was the last batter he was going to face and he threw his worst pitch of the game in that situation. That was unfortunate, obviously.

We pitched great, we just couldn’t keep the ball in the ballpark the times we needed to.”

Murphy homered off Kyuji Fujikawa

(1-1) as the Mets got their first series win at Wrigley Field since 2007. Murphy has homered twice in three games and has an eight-game hitting streak.

Scott Rice (2-3), who leads the majors with 25 relief appearances, pitched two scoreless innings for the victory. Bobby Parnell tossed a perfect ninth to earn his sixth save in eight opportunities.

The Cubs extended their lead to 3-1 in the sixth on Ryan Sweeney’s leadoff homer. It was his first home run since July 27, 2011, when he played for Oakland.

Mets starter Dillon Gee allowed three runs and eight hits in five innings. He has allowed nine runs in his last nine innings and hasn’t won since May 1.

The Cubs missed out on several other scoring opportunities against Gee. Sweeney tried to stretch a leadoff double into a triple in the fourth but was thrown out at third. The Cubs failed to drive in runners from third in the first, fifth and sixth.

“It’s too bad we didn’t win that game today because of Woody’s home run,” Sveum said.

“We pitched great, we just couldn’t keep the ball in the ballpark the times we needed to.”

DALE SVEUM, Cubs manager

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Chicago Cubs' Travis Wood watches his two-run home run leave the park in the fifth inning giving the Cubs a 2-0 lead over the New York Mets on Sunday. Cubs lost 4-3.

Red Wings’ young roster using limited playoff experience to improve Detroit giving Chicago all it can handle as Blackhawks await end of captain Toews’ postseason troubles

BY LARRY LAGE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings got much younger this year, rebuilding with rookies and prospects pushed onto the ice.

For much of the lockout-delayed season, it didn’t look good for them.

The storied franchise used to chase Stanley Cup titles with key players in their late 30s and 40s such as Nicklas Lidstrom, Steve Yzerman and Brett Hull.

Not anymore.

As the Chicago Blackhawks are now finding out, the Red Wings are much better than they were during the regular season thanks to an improved cast of inexperienced players.

“We’ve had great growth from within, I think the most since I’ve been in the National

Hockey League for sure,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said Sunday. “That may be because we have a different type of team. We got a whole bunch of kids, so we have a chance for growth.”

Red Wings rookie Brendan Smith scored the winning goal Saturday in Detroit’s 4-1 win at Chicago that tied the series 1-1. The topseeded Blackhawks won the opener by the same 4-1 score.

When the puck drops Monday night in Detroit for Game 3, Chicago captain Jonathan Toews hopes his team is ready to bounce back.

“There’s no time to waste in this series,” Toews said. “We know going into their building it’s even more difficult.”

It will be even more challenging for Chicago if Toews can’t produce as he did in the

48-game regular season.

Toews had 23 goals, tying Patrick Kane for the team lead and trailing just four players in the league. However, he is struggling to score for a third straight postseason.

Toews is in an eight-game playoff slump that dates to last year. He has just three goals combined in three postseasons since scoring seven goals to help Chicago win the Cup in 2010. He had seven goals the previous postseason — his first — when Detroit eliminated the Blackhawks in the Western Conference finals.

Henrik Zetterberg had a lot to do with holding Toews without a point in Game 2.

The Red Wings would also benefit if their inexperienced players figure out a way to avoid fading into the background.

Before Smith’s go-ahead goal on Saturday,

first-year player Damien Brunner and rookie Gustav Nyquist also scored winning goals this postseason — in overtime against Anaheim.

While Babcock’s job behind the bench was tougher this year than it had been the past seven seasons with veteran-filled rosters, he relished the opportunity to lead the young Red Wings.

“It’s the most fun I’ve had coaching in a couple years, by far, just because we have a real enthusiastic group,” Babcock said. “At the start of the year, we weren’t a good team.

We all understood that, but we buckled down and we got better. It’s been fun for us. If you would have asked me before the playoffs, I would’ve told you the same thing. Then suddenly you have a little success in the playoffs — and it’s more fun.”

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Champaign Q A 34-year-old female was arrested Thursday on a charge of theft in the 300 block of Greenview Drive in Urbana around 3 p.m. According to the report, the suspect stole a television from the Economy Hotel Inn in Champaign.

Q A 28-year-old female was arrested Friday on a charge of trespassing in the 2000 block of north Neil Street in Champaign around 7 p.m. According to the report, the suspect was banned from Marketplace Mall and was trespassing on the property.

Q A 19-year-old female was arrested Thursday on a charge of aggravated battery in the 2000 block of Moreland Boulevard in Champaign around 10 p.m.

Q A 21-year-old male was arrested Thursday on charges of resisting, obstructing and disarming an officer and possession of 30 grams and under of cannabis in the 1200 block of Mimosa Drive in Champaign around 2 p.m. According to the report, the suspect fled from the vehicle during a traffic stop and was arrested after a brief foot chase.

University Q A 27-year-old male was arrested Wednesday on a charge of failure to appear in court in the 1100 block of South Oak Street, Champaign around 8 p.m. According to the report, the officer recognized the suspect after he failed to appear in court on cannabis charges.

Q A 24-year-old male was arrested Wednesday on charges of calculated criminal cannabis conspiracy and manufacture/delivery of cannabis in the 800 block of South First Street, Champaign, around 1:30 a.m. According to the report, the suspect’s vehicle was stopped and a canine unit alerted officers to possible drugs in the vehicle.

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Urbana Q A 29-year-old male was arrested Thursday on a charge of driving under the influence in the 100 block of West Water Street in Urbana around 3:30 a.m. According to the report, the suspect stumbled into his vehicle and almost backed into an Urbana Police car.

Q A 28-year-old female was arrested Thursday on a charge of domestic battery in the 400 block of Urbana Avenue in Urbana around 5 a.m. According to the report, the suspect battered her ex-boyfriend and his current girlfriend during an argument.

Q A 19-year-old male was arrested Friday on a charge of retail theft in the 1800 block of Philo Road in Urbana around 11 a.m. According to the report, the suspect stole multiple scratch-off lottery tickets while working at Circle K. Q An 18-year-old female was arrested Friday on a charge of noise prohibition in the 1700 block of East Florida Avenue in Urbana around 11 p.m.

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THE ALTER PERSONA OF MENTALIST, FREAK & FIRE BREATHER

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David der Geist, local magician Jace Hoppes’ stage personality, pounds a nail under his nostril as a Champaign-Urbana crowd cringes.

BY CORINNE RUFF MANAGING EDITOR

It’s subtle, but you’ll notice when Jace Hoppes is no longer himself. He trails off midsentence, moving his lips in an inaudible tone, and then suddenly snaps back to a conversation.

He fiddles with cards, coins and nails in his pocket before the show, a bit unnerved by the details of what will happen on stage.

But in the few minutes before he walks on, his facial expressions relax, his posture straightens and his hands are calm. That’s when you know Hoppes has been replaced

by David der Geist, his performance persona, and is ready for his next act.

Der Geist, a professional freak, fire breather and mentalist, walks into a room full of people, dressed in a black suit with a bright red shirt to match his bright redgelled Mohawk. He holds a hammer and a nail to his face.

“All right we’re going to put this right where it’s supposed to go. Right in my eye,” he says as he moves the nail toward his left eye socket.

“No!” The audience screams as they cringe in their seats. “No it’s not going in my eye. ... It’s going in my head!” Der Geist yells as he places the nail under his left nostril and carefully pounds the thin metal into

his face. Then, letting his hands fall to his sides he smirks as the nail dangles in place.

Members of the audience gasp, throwing their hands up to cover their grimaced faces. With one quick sneeze and a gentle tug, the nail is back in his hand, unstained by blood or brains.

Like many people, when Hoppes goes to work, his personality changes and he acts differently around people. Whether it’s putting on his salesman grin at RadioShack or a stone face when he works the door at Mike ‘N Molly’s, he’s different from the moment he gets to work.

For his primary job, Hoppes is a mentalist, a type of performer who uses hypnosis, telepathy and mind control instead of physical props. However, he also does magic card tricks and freak tricks, such as pounding a nail into his nose. Unlike many people, when Hoppes goes to work he becomes a different person. He’s David der Geist — an outgoing, humorous stage freak, willing and able to stick something in his nose or chew glass for a price.

“That’s what a mentalist is,” he said. “It’s a guy on stage trying to play the part of a psychic. In a way, we are actors in a play.”

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Hoppes handcrafted der Geist to blend all the skills he doesn’t have in his a day-to-day personality but as a performer he knew he needed. Above everything, Hoppes said he knew his alter persona couldn’t be small — he had to be “larger than life.” Hoppes said the creation of der Geist is very organic and still evolving. Although der Geist has only existed for about a year, Hoppes has also made his dual persona useful in social situations besides performing.

Lisa Cerezo has been Hoppes’ manager at Psychic Joker, a magic entertainment company, for three years now, but she has been a close friend to Hoppes for much longer.

Sometimes she says it’s difficult even for her to distinguish between Hoppes and der Geist.

“Getting to know David is almost like getting to know (Hoppes’) brother,” she said.

“But I have no need to talk to him when he’s performing, and we never get the chance to sit down and have coffee.”

For Cerezo, her friend and client isn’t just Hoppes or der Geist; the line between the two is tied too deeply. She doesn’t believe Hoppes could be a performer without his other persona. She sees Hoppes as the planner, taking hours to make sure he does something just right, but she only ever sees der Geist when he’s on the stage sticking a needle in his cheek or making someone’s pulse stop.

“That’s the difference between the two,” Cerezo said. “The performer gets all the glory ... but (der Geist) gets to take the applause on stage.”

While Hoppes will head down to a bar on a Friday night to relax, Der Geist’s idea of a good time is being chained up, locked in a bag and thrown off a bridge. When he goes out for a night on the town, weird things happen, silverware starts to bend and straws levitate. According to Hoppes, he’s the center of attention without trying to be. He’s definitely not a ladies man.

“I learned, don’t use mentalist to hit on girls,” he said. “The first thing they realize is that you can read their mind, and all of a sudden you’re not so attractive anymore.”

If Hoppes is out for a night downtown in Champaign meeting new people, he said sometimes he would rather be der Geist, but it can be a double-edged sword depending on whom he meets. Hoppes is a little reserved and timid in his black jeans, Guinness T-shirt and messy, faded Mohawk. He isn’t great at walking up to tables and sparking a conversation with a magic trick, but der Geist is. So he’ll be der Geist for the night.

Hoppes works at Mike ‘N Molly’s nearly every night until the sun comes up. His mother worries he won’t ever make enough money to live as a performer, but he assures her he always pays his bills on time.

“I didn’t get into it to have a stable life. I got into it to have a fun life,” he said. “It’s become a big part of who I am and I’ll never turn away from that.”

Hoppes has been doing magic tricks and mentalism for 10 years now, and he has quit a number of jobs to pursue his passion.

Years ago, Hoppes purchased his first set of magic tricks at Dallas & Company Costumes and Magic store in Champaign. Intrigued by his new tools, Hoppes studied under Andy Dallas, store owner and escape artist, to improve his skills in magic. He was also later hired to work for some time as a salesman.

“I have no idea why magic is so intriguing,” said Dallas, “It’s either in you or it’s not.”

He doesn’t wonder why people collect stamps or coins throughout their lives. If someone has the passion in an art, he believes that’s one of the most wonderful things anyone could ever have.

For many magicians such as Hoppes, Dallas said, his store is only an interim job they work at until they begin their career in magic.

“We realize there may come a time when they move on to perform and we encourage that ... he’s still one of my kids.”

Hoppes isn’t strictly a mentalist or a mystic. He walks the line between the reality of spiritualism and the unseen magic of the mind.

“There is more in the universe than we know about,” he said. “The whole purpose is to find that child in ourselves because the only way to look at the universe and have the sense of awe that you should, is to regain that sense of awe of a child.”

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Allerton Park offers wide variety of summer activities From concerts to photography to volunteering and weddings, something for everyone at park

BY LAUREN COX STAFF WRITER

Concerts, volunteering, photography, hiking, biking and even getting married are just a few of the things visitors to the University’s Allerton Park can take part in this summer.

The park, which is located about 28 miles west of campus, is popular with summer visitors for three reasons, said the park’s interim director Bruce Branham.

“We have three things that make the park unique,” he said. “We have 1,500 acres of natural area, which is pretty pristine. We have the formal gardens and sculptures, which are pretty unique for central Illinois. And then we have the mansion, which is kind of our business unit. We have weddings and conferences there.”

This summer, Allerton’s formal gardens will be home to “Concerts in the Park,” a series of performances by musicians of various genres taking place on the first Friday of every month through October.The next concert will take place on June 7 at 6 p.m.in the park’s Brick Wall Garden, where the The Chip McNeil Quartet will perform jazz music.

The concert series also provides one of many opportunities for volunteers to get involved at Allerton, Branham said. According to Mindy Brand, the park’s volunteer coordinator, volunteers can find work both indoors and outdoors at the park during the summer.

“We have a lot more volunteer opportunities in the summer because we can do more programs,” she said. “We have more events going on in the summer, and obviously there are people who want to work outdoors in the natural areas and the formal gardens. That stuff’s not going on in the winter.”

Informational orientations for prospective volunteers are held about once a month, depending upon the level of interest, Brand said. The next orientation will be on June 11 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the park’s visitor’s center.

Volunteers are then directed to different departments of the park depending upon their interests, schedule and physical abilities. Brand said the park would like to have more University students volunteer, but the park’s distance from campus can be problematic.

“We’re really trying to get more U of I students out here, but we find one of our biggest challenges is transportation,” Brand said. “A lot of kids can’t come 30 miles to volunteer. We do have a lot of fraternities or service organizations that come out here like on a Saturday and bring out 20 to 40 people and work on bigger projects, so that’s really nice.”

Visitors can also try out Allerton’s hiking trails or bring bicycles to ride through the park. The trails can also act as a showcase for the park’s many sculptures, Branham said.

“Hiking is probably the main thing we can do out there in the natural areas,” he said. “You can hike to see some of the sculptures. ‘The Sun Singer,’ for instance, at the

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A statue at Allerton Park in Willow Branch, Ill. far west end of the park is something you really ought to see. Same with ‘The (Death of the) Last Centaur.’ That’s one of the more impressive sculptures, and the way it’s positioned is meant to be seen from the hiking trails.”

Summer is also the park’s busiest time for weddings, Branham said.

“May through October is the prime season,” he said.

“There are several sites where we have outdoor ceremonies. We often use the Sunken Garden or the Brick Wall Garden or the Fu Dog Garden for outdoor weddings. You can also rent the mansion, and that’s nice because in a sense it’s like a destination wedding.”

Allerton is also a popular spot for photographers, Branham said, because it offers a variety of subjects. The park, in conjunction with The News-Gazette, even offered a photography class in March.

“It’s a great place for not only nature photography, but also the sculptures provide you with opportunities if you want to get some more art-type photography as well,” he said. “There are a lot of pictures taken at Allerton.”

Thomas Byler, a junior at Decatur’s Millikin University, said he enjoys photography and has made several trips to take photos at Allerton since first visiting the park as a high school student.

“I like to shoot photographs at Allerton because the park is gorgeous,” Byler said. “There are many interesting subjects that you can photograph ranging from the

statues to the plant life. It is perfect for shooting landscape photography and portraits.

“I have a few places I really like to shoot photographs at. The pavilion at the beginning of the park is a great place. It has a very interesting staircase to take photographs in and the top of it has nice detail to add interest.”

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“It’s a great place for not only nature photography, but also the sculptures provide you with opporunities if you want to get some more art-type photography as well. There are a lot of pictures taken at Allerton.”

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Illini Tours ordered to shut down immediately

BY KARYNA RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER

Local charter bus company Illini Tours has been issued an order to immediately shut down by the US Department of Transportation.

According to the out-of-service order issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the basis for the order is due to the company’s failure to “ensure that its commercial vehicles are properly and regularly inspected repaired and maintained.” The FMCSA found these violations during a March compliance review of the company.

It was also found that Illini Tours failed to correct safetyrelated defects listed on vehicle inspection reports. According to the order, Illini Tours allowed drivers to operate one of its five motor coaches for several days despite the fact that drivers repeatedly listed a problem with the anti-lock braking system indicator light on their vehicle inspection reports.

The order was issued against Robert L. Frazier, the owner of Illini Tours. Frazier is also president and owner of Lex Express, Inc., which was also shut down after the department found unsatisfactory results during a compliance review in October.

Violations by Lex Express included fraudulently or intentionally making false entries on inspection and vehicle maintenance records and operating a motor vehicle in such a condition as to likely cause an accident or breakdown. The order additionally cites that Frazier’s other company also failed to correct safety-related defects listed on vehicle inspection reports and used a commercial vehicle not periodically inspected.

Fraizer could not be reached for a comment.

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Mascot survey results released Student referendum results favor ‘no change’ for mascot, moot court board rules the referendum as constitutional

BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER AND STEPHEN BOURBON ASSIGNMENT EDITOR AND STAFF WRITER

It has been six years since the University has had an official mascot and as far as students are concerned, it looks to remain that way.

The results of a March student referendum that looked to gauge student opinion about a new mascot for the University show that the most popular new mascot is “no change,” which received 15 percent of the vote, followed by “other,” which received 12 percent of the vote and was another popular answer due to support for Chief Illiniwek.

The most popular mascot of the 48 choices was “Eagle,” which was an eagle with its wings spread, similar to the headdress of Chief Illiniwek. The eagle logo garnered 9 percent of the vote.

The referendum results were released following a May 9 moot court decision regarding the constitutionality of an Illinois Student Senate resolution that created the survey. In the case Joshua Good v. David Pileski, Good brought into question the constitutionality of the resolution to discuss a new mascot because he felt it was in violation of the Illinois Student Senate constitution.

Good said that the resolution was in direct conflict with two separate student referenda that bind ISS to support Chief Illiniwek as a symbol of the University. The referendums in question were passed in 2005 and 2008 regarding Chief Illiniwek as an official symbol of the University.

The 2005 referendum asked, “Do you support Chief Illiniwek as the Symbol for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?” The referendum passed with 69.5 percent of student support.

In 2005, Chief Illiniwek was still the official mascot of the University, and Chief

Illiniwek performances were still held at basketball and football games. In 2007, the Board of Trustees voted to retire Chief Illiniwek, ending performances by the Chief and the use of Native American imagery associated with the University.

In response to the Board of Trustees decision, students put another referendum on the student ballot in 2008, which asked, “Do you support the reinstatement of Chief Illiniwek as the symbol of the University of Illinois?”

This resolution also passed, with 79 percent of the student vote.

Good argued that since the referenda were binding on the student senate, according to ISS constitution, ISS was not able to begin a search for a new mascot.

The question was brought to the law school Moot Court Board Judiciary, which found the referendum constitutional, citing the difference between a symbol and a mascot.

The 2005 and 2008 referenda regarded the chief as a symbol, and the new referendum was in search of a new mascot.

“This Court cannot read meaning into the text of the referenda and will not conflate the definitions of ‘symbol’ and mascot,’” the moot court decision read. “When referenda and resolutions use different words, we must assume that they have different meanings.”

The moot court decision said “a mascot need not be the only symbol a university employs,” citing the multiple symbols the University currently has: the “Block I,” “Illinois” logo, Alma Mater and Chief Illiniwek.

The resolution was sponsored by both ISS and Campus Spirit Revival, an RSO on campus that supports finding a new mascot. Other popular alternatives have included Chef Illini, two different wolf mascots and an Abraham Lincoln mascot.

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Mike Wehrli, Illinois student at time of photo, holds up a sign in support of Chief Illiniwek at State Farm Center, then known as Assembly Hall, in Champaign, on Feb. 18, 2007. The game marked the second to last performance for the Chief. asked if students “support Chief Illiniwek as the official symbol of the University.” Students supported the Chief by a 4-to-1 margin.

At the May 13 (Urbana-Champaign) Senate Executive Committee meeting, Chancellor Phyllis Wise reiterated her view that the University needs to move past the Chief.

“I’m a biologist,” she said. “I believe you can’t go backwards. When a baby is born, you can’t put the baby back in the womb ...

Any energy we spend going back and trying to restore something is counterproductive.”

Wise said she has been working the past

couple months to help figure out the best way for the University to move past the Chief. Her efforts included a visit to the Peoria Tribe in Oklahoma and a planned trip to Miami (Ohio) University.

Miami transitioned its mascot from “Redskins” to “Redhawks” in the 1970s.

Though Wise has maintained that she wants to move forward, there is no plan for a mascot change at this time.

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Future of aquifer, water supply threatened

Local legislators work with Illinois EPA to control toxic disposal from landfill

BY JANELLE O’DEA STAFF WRITER

Clinton, Ill., is 40 miles west of the University, but what happens at Clinton’s landfill could have a widespread effect on campus. At the end of April, Illinois legislators reached an agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to increase oversight at the Clinton landfill.

George Roadcap, hydrogeologist at Prairie Research Institute’s Illinois State Water Survey, said the increase in oversight would be good for the future of the water supply for both the University and the surrounding community.

“We get all of our water from the (Mahomet) aquifer,” Roadcap said. “Champaign is 100 percent on groundwater.”

Roadcap said the University wouldn’t be the first place affected by water contamination caused by polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in the Clinton landfill, but if PCBs are dumped, they can eventually spread to surrounding communities via thunderstorms and getting mixed in with river sediments.

Because Champaign-Urbana is dependent on the Mahomet aquifer and the Clinton landfill sits on the aquifer, toxic chemicals being dumped in the landfill prompted Sens. Mike Frerichs and Chapin Rose, as well as Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, to motion strongly against the idea.

The most recent concern is with PCBs in the landfill.

According to the federal EPA’s website, “data strongly suggest that PCBs are probable human carcinogens.”

Because of the possible carcinogenic effect, the legislators would prefer Clinton landfill did not get the necessary permit for PCB disposal or allow any PCB disposal at all.

“The ideal outcome would be no PCBs dumped over the sole source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in central Illinois,” Frerichs said. The legislators have been working closely with the Illinois EPA to assure the safety of the aquifer.

Champaign-Urbana is “sort of at the top of a hill,” Roadcap said, and it does not have reservoirs or rivers

available for building a dam and creating a reservoir.

Surrounding communities, like Danville and Decatur, have reservoirs they can tap when water from the aquifer is not available.

As Illinois EPA oversight increases, Frerichs said he thinks it will be difficult to stop PCB dumping altogether, but he is not done trying.

No matter the amount of PCBs dumped, Roadcap said he understands a variety of factors play into this decision.

“The IEPA is tight on money, like everyone else, so their hands are tied somewhat,” Roadcap said. “There are some things with the existing landfill that should have been handled much better by both the landfill and IEPA ... when you’re talking about putting all of this toxic waste in there, we need to make sure you can regulate the landfill before you can take that step.”

Janelle can be reached at jnodea2@dailyillini.com.

New construction changes landscape of Ikenberry Commons Renovations scheduled for Campus Rec, State Farm Center

BY DARSHAN PATEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

University officials on May 13 revealed updated design plans for Residence Hall No. 3, as part of the Ikenberry Commons project.

The new residence hall, which will be located on the corner of Gregory Drive and First Street, will use a “pod” concept, offering at least four double bedrooms in each pod with four smaller, semi-private bathrooms, officials said at the Board of Trustees’ Audit, Budget, Finance and Facilities Committee meeting. In addition, accessible single and double rooms will be located throughout the hall but not available in all pods.

The residence hall will be built in a “T” shape, with the base running along First Street. This design calls for a change from the original plan in 2010 in which the residence hall was planned to be built in an “L” shape. This change was made to provide more open space in the quad-like area directly south of the Student Dining and Residential Programs Building.

In addition, the University is moving forward with plans to install a new underground stormwater detention system, just west of the residence hall, underneath the playing fields.

This development, along with new turf for Campus Recreation, is set to add $3.17 million to the project, pending approval by the full board at its May 29 meeting in Chicago.

The added cost would bring the total to $83.2 million for this phase, which the University plans to pay for with revenue bonds.

The new hall, which has yet to be named, will offer 497 beds and is scheduled to be ready for the Fall 2016 semester. Along with the new hall, Taft-Van Doren residence halls will be demolished to make room for another hall in the later stages of this massive project.

Construction is expected to begin next year.

Also Monday, the committee agreed to forward to the board a proposal regarding the

construction project of the formerly named Assembly Hall. The trustees will vote on the design plans, as well as the naming rights agreement with State Farm.

Mike Bass, deputy comptroller for the University, told committee members that nearly $10 million annually will go toward funding the tentatively three-year, $165 million State Farm Center renovation project. The annual amount comprises $4.4 million in personal seat licenses, $2.1 million in student fees, $2 million in naming rights, $700,000 in a ticket surcharge on both athletic and non-athletic events and $500,000 in revenue from the Big Ten Network. The project was supposed to originally cost $157 million.

For the seat licenses, over 800 people have committed to the 851 club seats available; five have signed on for the 11 suites; and loges, or mini-suites, have been selling but not as quickly because of its new concept, Bass said.

The proposal calls for the project to be done in three stages, presumably starting in 2014, although no specific timetable has been finalized yet. Kent Brown, associate athletic director for media relations, said in an interview that even though basketball season will not be affected during the three-year stretch – the plan is to have renovations to the State Farm Center completed by 2016-17 – work could possibly be ongoing on the outside in the winter months.

Also, Brown said there’s a “strong likelihood” that Commencement will be held at the State Farm Center next year, although nothing has been finalized yet. Committee member Pam Strobel recused herself from discussion of the renovation project because of possible conflict-of-interest concerns as she is a director for State Farm.

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People line up to purchase Powerball lottery tickets Saturday in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif. A record Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million, and lottery officials speculated the jackpot would continue to soar in the run-up to Saturday’s drawing.

Suburban Florida home to winning Powerball ticket, which as of Sunday still unclaimed Ticket estimated at $590.5 million, largest Powerball jackpot to date

BY BARBARA RODRIGUEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

But it wasn’t Matthew Bogel. On Sunday, he loaded groceries into his car after shopping at the Publix. He shook his head when asked about the jackpot.

It’s an amount too high for many to imagine.

Compare it to the budget for the city of Zephyrhills: This year’s figure is just more than $49 million. The winning Powerball jackpot is 12 times that.

Whoever has the ticket hadn’t come forward as of Sunday afternoon.

“This would be the sixth Florida Powerball winner and right now, it’s the sole winner of

the largest ever Powerball jackpot,” Florida Lottery executive Cindy O’Connell told The Associated Press. “We’re delighted right now that we have the sole winner.”

Publix spokeswoman Maria Brous said that there are a lot of rumors about who won, but the store doesn’t know. “We’re excited for the winner or winners,” she said.

Florida Lottery spokesman David Bishop said Sunday afternoon that it was doubtful the winner would come forward that day. The ticket-holder can’t claim the prize until Monday when the agency opens, he said.

“It never happens this quickly,” Bishop said.

“If they know they won, they’re going to contact their attorney or an accountant first so they can get their affairs in order.”

O’Connell said Florida has had more Powerball winners than any other state but did not give any indication whether anyone had stepped forward with the winning ticket in Saturday’s drawing.

Kelli Kennedy in Miami contributed to this report.

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ver the past week, controversy emerged when the Department of Justice seized The Associated Press’ phone records, seemingly to hunt down anyone who may have leaked highly confidential government information.

The DOJ has been investigating a May 7 AP story, which revealed the unraveling of an al-Qaeda terrorist plot in Yemen by the Central Intelligence Agency to destroy a U.S.bound airliner.

In the investigation, the DOJ crossed the line to obtain the records of 20 reporters’ and editors’ phone lines that were subpoenaed over a two-month period. The seizure covertly proceeded without the AP’s knowledge and without appropriate justification at the time the investigation was uncovered.

While Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. defends the actions of the DOJ, he has been widely criticized for dodging questions on why the subpoena for the phone numbers was used so broadly. While subpoenas are supposed to be a last resort, according to guidelines set out by the department itself, after all other ways of obtaining information have been exhausted, the DOJ went behind the AP’s back, violating their first amendment right to report the news. In return for unknowingly seizing the numbers, the AP was given nothing more than the same bland statements emphasizing the threatening nature of national security leaks that all other news publications were given.

The May 7 story refuted White House claims, which said there was no terrorist plot near the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s killing.

During times like this — where our own government denies the existence of a threat ultimately proven valid — it is especially important that the press maintain its watchdog role. This is a serious freedom of press issue. Do journalists still have the right to publish information without punishment by government? Constitutionally, yes.

The DOJ’s actions not only intimidate and threaten the AP but all

news organizations who use anonymous sources to acquire sensitive information. The media has to secure sources deeply involved in government affairs — and secure they should remain.

While it’s safe to say that some publications use anonymous sources more freely than others, anonymity is a choice reporters can take all the way to prison. Once that right is compromised by the government, what happens to any source’s trust in the media?

It is hard enough already to break the shield of bad criticism people have built into the media’s reputation. The last thing we need is another reason for sources to keep quiet.

With the fear of their name being disclosed, sensitive and often classified information becomes all the more difficult to obtain.

While Holder continues to defend the decision, he has not given a detailed statement on how exactly national security was in danger and what — if any — other measures were taken (or not taken) before the subpoena. If mistakes were made, they should be accounted for.

Considering the lack of White House involvement, including Obama himself in the decision to seize the phone numbers, it is hard to believe all procedures were followed.

In fact, this issue sparked the White House to begin considering protective legislation for reporters to guard their sources known as the media shield bill.

Whether the DOJ’s justifications prove valid, we cannot promote the infringement of the government upon the media. If government intervention is necessary, there is a lawful and suspiciondeterring way to go about it. If it weren’t for the AP uncovering the terrorist plot, Americans may still believe — as the government reiterated — that there wasn’t a threat at all. But ultimately, the AP is being wrongfully punished for doing their job — surfacing lies and uncovering truths — and the government’s at that.

Going the extra smile for friendliness across cultures NICKI HALENZA Opinions columnist

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I sauntered down a long, busy Parisian street, an excited and entranced 17-year-old me greeted passersby with a warm smile and a “bonjour,” in my evident American accent.

In return, I received quick glances from natives with stone faces that uttered nothing in return. Not one person responded with even a look or a grin. I had definitely showered that day, and I don’t think there was food stuck in my teeth so I ruled out odor or lack of appeal as the issue.

When I returned to our little apartment later that day, I picked up a traveler’s book about Paris and noticed a key message in the section on etiquette. The passage indicated that politeness between strangers is essential but should not be mistaken for friendliness.

While being friendly and being polite are seemingly similar, the key difference between the two is that politeness entails civility and appropriateness while friendliness demonstrates more sociability and warmness.

After skimming the chapter of the traveler’s book, I spent the rest of my trip following the supposed rule of being polite but not necessarily friendly. I minded my own business and showed respect, but as a result I had no amiable interactions with people — and where’s the fun in that? Naturally, I concluded that friendliness ought to be world-renowned and not so much a cultural thing.

Being kindhearted and open is imperative in even the smallest of interactions.

I think people often underestimate the power of a smile or any other simple sign of acknowledgment. To merely be present, obedient and courteous just doesn’t cut it in my book.

It’s those lighthearted, quirky encounters that can ultimately make your day.

For instance, a recent trip to a public restroom sink forced me to cross paths with another woman. She looked over at my Salt-N-Pepa cutoff T-shirt and gave me a quick smirk as she threw me a compliment over my outfit choice. Pleasantly surprised, I responded with thanks and we spent a good minute or two chatting as we each ran our hands through the automatic sinks.

Assuming she wasn’t pulling a Regina George on me — the classic, “Oh my God, I love your skirt! Where did you get it?” And

then in the event of my departure, “That is the ugliest f-ing skirt I’ve ever seen,” — I venture to say that our mini bathroom chat made my day a little bit better than if it didn’t happen at all.

Had she simply been polite and not friendly, our encounter would have consisted of us silently washing our hands next to each other while trying desperately to avoid awkward eye contact in the mirror in front of us.

There is something to be said about those people who go out of their way to turn an everyday, mundane interaction into something pleasant. Nothing speaks clearer to this than the encounters we have daily. Think about the person who serves your grande café mocha latte Frappuccino cappuccino macchiato (or whatever), the person who bags your groceries, or even the person who swipes your i-card at the ARC or dining hall. We have quick, routinized contact with all of these different people every day and often think nothing of it.

However, on those occasions when that person who hands you your coffee over the counter takes that extra second to smile and tell you to enjoy your day, you probably walk out the door with a better outlook on your morning than had they not done so.

Those simple encounters are something you don’t get from just being polite. Politeness is the bare minimum of what is necessary to maintain in public. There is no gold star given out for simply doing what should ultimately be expected like minding your own space, maintaining good manners and acting appropriate in given situations.

It’s going that extra mile and being outgoing and approachable that makes all the difference. It’s amazing how you can meet people at random moments and talk for five minutes and feel like in that five minutes you were old friends. And while you part ways, move forward and other interactions take place, that five-minute best friend holds a tiny spot in your memory of that day.

I find it borderline ridiculous that friendliness is often something cultural and not particularly common everywhere.

Being kind and acknowledging someone’s presence is something that makes anyone feel good. While other countries and regions obviously have their own set of norms and guidelines about etiquette, it doesn’t change the fact that a smile is universal.

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

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Illinois clinches berth in Big Ten Tournament Illini earn 5th seed in Big Ten, take 2 of 3 from Gophers, will face Minnesota in 1st round of tournament Wed.

BY ELIOT SILL STAFF WRITER

The Illinois baseball team packed for a week. It was quite literally win or go home.

Thanks to stellar pitching and timely hitting, the trip to Minnesota will last a while longer for the Illini.

Behind the arms of freshmen Kevin Duchene and Ryan Castellanos, respectively, Illinois was able to clinch a berth in the Big Ten Tournament on Friday after notching its second win of the series against a Gophers team that was near the top of the conference entering the weekend.

“We knew that going in that their team is more pitching oriented,” center fielder Justin Parr said. “Their offense is OK, they did a good job getting some runs on the board, but we knew that the way they win ball games is through their pitching.”

Illinois matched that mentality over the weekend, as Duchene pitched a quality game in his most crucial start of the season, going six innings, allowing six hits and two earned runs with three strikeouts. With the win in that game, he tied a school record set by nowsophomore John Kravetz for most wins by a freshman, with eight.

Duchene began his outing with a lead, as a Thomas Lindauer led the way to a one-run inning to help the Orange and Blue strike first.

The Gophers answered right back with a run of their own, however. The first three batters Duchene faced all reached base. A base hit followed by a passed ball, a bunt single and a walk loaded the bases for the Gophers, and a sacrifice fly knotted the game at one run apiece.

Duchene got a double-play ball to get out of the jam. Minnesota hardly threatened again

until the sixth, when another sacrifice fly brought in Minnesota’s second run. By that point, however, Illinois had already pushed four runs across.

The Illini added two more in the top of the ninth as extra security for closer Bryan Roberts, but he wouldn’t need the support in a three-up, three-down inning.

It was Castellanos on the mound Friday, getting his sixth start of the season. Staff ace Kevin Johnson’s shoulder soreness kept him out again on the weekend, so Castellanos was again inserted into the rotation. The freshman right-hander gave up five hits in 4 2/3 innings, also notching five strikeouts and leaving with two runs allowed.

After his first inning of work, the team had to wait out a two-hour rain delay.Castellanos was able to stay loose, and while waiting for the rain to cease in Minnesota’s football facility, the Orange and Blue passed the time playing Capture the Flag.

“It was just one of those things where we started playing Hide and Go Seek, but there weren’t many places to hide, so that got old,” Lindauer said. “We made the most of it. We had a great time.”

Lindauer made sure to note that his team won. When the delay was over, they still had to win the baseball game, too.

After Castellanos pitched 3 2/3 more innings, it was reliever Drasen Johnson who carried Illinois through, with 2 1/3 innings of relief before Ronnie Muck allowed a run in an inning of setup work.

Roberts again set out to close the game, and with a one-run lead, retired three consecutive batters to win the series.

It would be enough to clinch a spot in the

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Illinois baseball’s Ryan Castellanos pitches during the game against Penn State on May 11 at Illinois Field. The Illini won 8-6. conference tournament, as Michigan and Michigan State both lost Friday. Minnesota’s losses were enough to push them down to fifth place, as Illinois overtook the Gophers. Minnesota had a Big Ten series canceled earlier in the year, so the losses had a more drastic effect on its conference win percentage.

The momentum turned in Saturday’s series finale, as the teams were locked in a pitcher’s duel thanks to masterful performances

by Minnesota 6-foot-7 left-hander DJ Snelten and Kravetz. Snelten threw eight innings and allowed seven hits, but no runs. Illinois runners reached third base just twice. Its best chance to score was in the eighth, when the Illini loaded the bases. With one out and Justin and Jordan Parr due up, designated hitter Michael Hurwitz grounded into a double play.

The Gophers counted with a pair of runs that would be the difference in the game.

After seven shutout innings, Kravetz’s day was spoiled in four pitches as a first-pitch double from Ryan Abrahamson put the winning run home. The Gophers added another run, and went on to win 2-0.

“The difference between (Saturday’s) ball game and the last two games, offensively we executed the first two days, we moved runners and when guys were in scoring position, we did the job, whether it be on a sac fly or getting a hit,” Parr said. “That just wasn’t there (Saturday).”

Illinois fell back to fifth place in the conference with the loss, and the win put Minnesota back up to fourth. The two teams will square off again Wednesday in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament.

Eliot can be reached at sill2@dailyillini.com and @eliottweet.

Small adds regional feather to his cap; men’s golf prepares for run at nationals

BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER ASSIGNMENT EDITOR

Men’s golf coach Mike Small has accomplished a lot during his 13 years at the helm of the Illini. He has won five Big Ten Championships and now made eight NCAA Championships. He’s coached two individual national champions in the last three years.

On Saturday, Small accomplished another feat; he finally coached Illinois to a regional championship. The Illini won the Fayetteville, Ark., regional by 3 strokes and were one of five teams to advance to the NCAA Championships, the sixth straight appearance for Small’s squad.

Illinois, at 1-under, was the only team to score below par. Arkansas, on its home

course, finished at 2-over. The Illini could have finished 30-over and still been one of the five teams that advanced. Illinois was the No. 6 seed, but defeated five of the nation’s top-30 teams in the tournament.

“We just played better golf,” Small said.

When asked to pinpoint what was behind Illinois success this weekend, Small immediately pointed to the four Illini golfers who finished in the top 10 of the regional. Sophomore Brian Campbell and freshman Thomas Detry tied for second, while freshman Charlie Danielson tied for fifth. Defending national champion Thomas Pieters finished at 3-over for the tournament and tied for 10th.

Small said he wasn’t worried about Pieters, who will be playing his final collegiate tour-

nament in the NCAA Championships after announcing he will forego his senior season to play professionally.

“I was happy with his play. He was solid and steady,” Small said.

Illinois got off to a hot start behind Danielson, who fired a 7-under 65 in Thursday’s opening round. Small said Danielson’s performance fired up the team and gave the Illini confidence heading into the rest of the tournament. Fellow freshman Detry shot a 68, and Illinois finished 6-under to lead after the first day.

On Friday, Campbell was the leader for the Illini, shooting a 5-under, and keeping Illinois in second place entering the final round. Solid rounds by all four players lifted Illinois to

the top of the leaderboard Saturday.

The Illini have now won two tournaments in a row after winning the Big Ten Championship their last time out.

The Illini will next play in the 30-team field at the NCAA Championships in Atlanta on May 28. The Illini are one of six teams in the nation to play in the NCAA Championships each of the last six seasons. Illinois is joined by Southern California, UCLA, Texas, Texas A&M and Florida.

If Illinois’ hot streak continues, Small could add yet another new accomplishment to his resume: a national championship.

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

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SEEING DOUBLE

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Doubles team Melissa Kopinski and Rachael White celebrate a point against Notre Dame at the Atkins Tennis Center on Jan. 20.

For 1st time in over 10 years, Illini duo advances to NCAA tourney

BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER

For the Illinois women’s tennis team, its 2013 season is over, but it continues for two of its players.

While the team missed out on postseason play, two of its members will continue playing; Rachael White and Melissa Kopinski earned an invitation to the NCAA doubles tournament, which begins Thursday.

The duo finished the year at 26-12 — 13-8 in the spring season — and ranked No. 25 in the ITA polls heading into the tournament, which will be held at the familiar Atkins Tennis Center courts in Urbana. White and Kopinski are the first Illini doubles pairing to make the tournament since Jennifer McGaffigan and Michelle Webb made the trip in 2003.

“We were all pretty bummed that we didn’t make the team tournament,” White said. “But we knew we had a pretty good chance to make the doubles tournament, so this is a good way to end my senior year.”

The play of White and Kopinski has been directly tied to the team’s performance throughout the spring season.

When the duo lost its doubles competition, the team won just two matches in eight tries and when the pair won its match, Illinois held an 11-2 record.

The success White and Kopinski have experienced goes back to their complementary styles nad their chemistry off the court. White is known for having a powerful serve, which sets up Kopinski at the net to pounce on a wayward return. Kopinski also prides her game on an effective service return and ball placement that keeps the pair in rallies longer and allows for the opponent to make more mis-

takes, or leaves an opening for White to finish off rallies with winners.

Despite not playing together at all in 2012, they played every match together in 2013, so their awareness of each other on the court has never been higher.

“They certainly enjoy playing with each other,” head coach Michelle Dasso said. “To say that they understand each other’s games out there is an understatement. They probably have more experience than anyone out there, or at least just as much as anyone.”

“They certainly enjoy playing with each other. To say they understand each other’s games out there is an understatement.”

MICHELLE DASSO, head coach

White and Kopinski have a solid relationship off of the court as well. Even with a two-year gap between the two, their off-the-court rapport helps to relieve stress during tough games.

“We get along together really well off the court, too,” White said. “We can relieve some pressure or stress on the court if there is some there. Knowing each other off the court helps us to relieve some of that.”

Though the team was inconsistent during the year en

route to a 13-11 record, White and Kopinski knew they were one of the nation’s best pairings all the way back in October.

The Illinois pair was invited to the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships on Oct. 3 and 4 to face off against some of the best competition in the country, and they rose to the occasion. The tandem took down four nationally ranked opponents in two days, including victories over No. 9 Stacey Tan and Ellen Tsay of Stanford and No. 6 Samantha Adams and Kenna Kilgo of Texas Tech.

“When (Dasso) asked me in the fall if I wanted to play with Rachael, I said yes,” Kopinski said. “I knew we could do big things ... After the All-Americans, we knew we could hang with anybody in the country.”

In addition to the quality wins, the pair added some hardware to their resume by defeating another ranked team to capture the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional doubles championship on Oct. 22. The title was the first by an Illini pair since Webb and McGaffigan completed the feat 11 years ago.

Illinois’ premier doubles team is looking to add to the trophy case this week and thinks that playing the matches at home could prove to be a decisive advantage.

“We’re not satisfied with just making it,” White said.

“We’re really lucky to be playing at home, and we want to go as far as we can without having pressure on ourselves.”

The team earned five wins against ranked opponents in October alone. If they can replicate that feat in May, they’ll be hoisting the national championship trophy.

Stephen can be reached at sbourbo2@dailyillini.com and @steve_bourbon.

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Ohio State defeats 4-time defending champs Spot in Monday’s semifinal against topranked UCLA comes down to No. 2 singles have the big trophy from 2009 sitting at our place.”

Peter Kobelt knows what it feels like The Buckeyes, to start the match, when all the attention turns to him and his clinched the doubles point in the same manner Kobelt did later: in a deciding-match tieopponent.

The lanky junior’s No. 2 singles match break. The No. 90 duo of Devin McCarthy was the deciding factor earlier this year at and Ille Van Engelen upset No. 47 Emilio national indoors against Virginia. While he Gomez and Roberto Quiroz 9-8 (7) at No. 2. lost both sets in mid-February, he said he McCarty and Van Engelen fought off one needed that experience to pull through in match point in the tiebreak, and went on the second-set tiebreak Saturday against to convert one of their own to clinch the Ray Sarmiento, sealing the victory for Ohio doubles point for Ohio State.

State and knocking off four-time defending USC won the first singles point, but BuckNCAA champions Southern Cal at the Khan eyes quickly grabbed the lead with a win Outdoor Tennis Complex. at No. 1 singles. No. 12 Blaz Rola, who had No. 5 Ohio State men’s tennis team been battling injury the last month or so, mobbed No. 8-ranked Kobelt, who won 7-6 dispatched No. 7 Emilio Gomez 6-1, 6-0. The (3), 7-6 (3) as natural light was giving away two teams exchanged points, including a after Ray Sarmiento misplayed a forehand tight two-setter at No. 3 between Yannick on first match point with Kobelt serving.

Hanfmann of USC and No. 71 Connor Smith “I really made an effort after that (indoor at Ohio State. Hanfmann closed it out 7-5, match), in practice matches and actu- 7-6(4), after Smith fought back from being al matches, to really focus on closing out double break down.

That gave USC its third point, turning all matches and if I was ever back in that situation, I would capitalize,” eyes to court No. 2 and the Kobelt said. “I ended up helpdeciding match. ing my team advance today.”

Earlier that day, GeorKobelt dictated tempo gia’s Nathan Pasha held off three break points late in throughout the match with the second set and broke his quick service games and heavy forehands. Even his opponent in the next when he didn’t win the game, game to force a decisive at 4-5 in the second set, for third set, igniting the Georexample, he pushed No. 16 gia faithful. Then it was all Sarmiento with his forehand, cruise control for the sophTY TUCKER, leading to unforced errors. omore from Atlanta, who Ohio State head coach Kobelt had an opportunity defeated Alex Sarkissian to close out the match then, of Pepperdine 2-6. 7-5, 6-2. coming two points away from victory, but His victory at No. 2 singles propelled he wasn’t able to return Sarmiento’s serves No. 3-ranked Georgia 4-2 to the semifinals and failed to break.

Monday afternoon, when it will take on No. Ohio State now faces top-ranked UCLA, 2 Virginia. The Cavaliers defeated Tenneswhich handily defeated Duke in a semifi- see 4-0 earlier. nal at the NCAA Championships on Monday Sarkissian was one point away from havafternoon. Meanwhile, the Trojans headed ing a chance to serve for the match and home after winning four consecutive years, earn a much-needed second point for Pepthe first of which was won against the Buck- perdine, but Pasha continued to serve with eyes in 2009. pace, holding to give him a 6-5 second-set “Even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in advantage. In the subsequent game, Pasha a while,” Ohio State head coach Ty Tucker capitalized on his third break chance to said. “Ohio State tennis beats USC tennis force a third set, one that he would evenevery once in a while. This is a little bit of tually go on to win over a worn-down consolation, that’s for sure, but I’d rather Sarkissian.

BY DARSHAN PATEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

“Even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in a while. Ohio State tennis beats USC tennis every once in a while.”

JOHN DIXON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oklahoma’s Costin Paval hits a backhand with partner Dane Webb in their match against Georgia’s Hernus Pieters and Ben Wagland during doubles play at the NCAA Tennis Championships at the Kahn Outdoor Tennis Complex on Thursday.

“Our fight and synergy, it’s something we talk about and preach and that’s what brings us together as a team,” Pasha said in a press release. “I affect the courts next to me and they affect me, just with their energy they inspire me, and I try to inspire them so we were down and they had the momentum big time so a little bit of fight got us going and we just took it and rolled with it.”

Pasha’s victory gave Georgia a 2-1 lead at that moment, one that the Bulldogs wouldn’t relinquish. No. 11 Pepperdine captured the double point to begin the match, but Georgia rallied, including a third-set

tiebreak win at No. 6 singles.

Georgia, throughout this tournament, has played without then-No. 4-ranked KU Singh, who quit the team three days before the Bulldogs opened up regional play in Athens, Ga. Singh was a member of the Illini tennis team before he transferred in early 2012.

Saturday’s match was a rematch of last year’s quarterfinal in which Pepperdine came from behind to upset Georgia 4-3 in front of a Bulldogs-laden crowd.

Darshan can be reached at patel174 @dailyillini.com and @drshnpatel.

NCAA TEAM SEMIFINALS SET FOR MONDAY Women’s semifinals — 5 p.m.

Men’s semifinals — 1 p.m.

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No. 3 Georgia

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No. 2 Virginia

No. 5 Ohio State

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No. 1 UCLA

No. 12 Stanford

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No. 1 Florida

No. 7 UCLA

No. 3 Texas A & M

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Second-round losers have uncertain paths ahead Instead of reaching conference finals, teams find selves at crossroads

Chicago Bulls It’s nearly impossible to view Chicago’s season in a greater context. This team, assembled last offseason, is likely to disband its current form and change completely with the return of Derrick Rose. Like a spinoff of your favorite sitcom that’s better than

New York Knicks With a loss to the Pacers, the Knicks showed a lack of championship grit. It’s nothing new for Carmelo, who has spawned a monkey on his back. His career arc is very similar to Dirk Nowitzki’s, and you’d like to see Carmelo elevate his game in the way Dirk did two years back, but he needs to be paired with another huge talent to succeed — and not a scoring power forward.

Tyson Chandler looks a step slower than the Defensive Player of the Year that anchored Dallas’s 2011 title run. The Knicks need to retool their bigs. They need someone to be a floor gener-

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Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose cheers on his team from the bench during their first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets on April 25 in Chicago. The Bulls won 79-76. al when Anthony’s feeling funky.

That’s why they brought in Jason Kidd, but Kidd was not-his-oldself when he won the title with Dallas, let alone two years later in New York.

You could tell in the closing moments of New York’s Game 6 loss to Indiana that Anthony was embarrassed and wanted to be somewhere else. There were not positives to take away from the year, and he needed to play better when it counted. You could tell it stung him deep, which is what you want to see if you’re a Knicks fan. Carmelo’s done becoming good. Now all that’s left to do is win. I would expect

him to be a more poised, mature player going forward. All that’s left is for the Knicks management to assemble a team that can win. This one cannot. They need a different backcourt, more depth up front, and probably a different head coach.

Eliot is a senior in Media. He can be reached at sill2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @EliotTweet.

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ith the penultimate round of the NBA playoffs at least half underway, four teams will watch at home, thinking if they had given a little bit more, they could have won their respective series.

The Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors should each take away very different lessons from their second round defeats. A team that loses in the second round is usually either on the rise or on the decline (or the Atlanta Hawks from the past five years). How does this year’s class of conference semifinal losers stack up?

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unless you want to bring him back as your backup two guard, which means no trying to re-sign Belinelli. Both had the best seasons of their careers and would probably love to come back, but there’s not that much room on the bus, especially if Chicago takes a shooting guard in the draft.

Next year, it’s basically a reset.

You have your franchise player back, but your momentum from this year evaporates. With that fact, it’s hard to think the Bulls will make a significant step forward next season.

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you feared it would be, Bulls fans should take caution not to stick to simple mathematics in assessing their team’s future. In other words, you don’t simply add the greatness and production of Derrick Rose and figure he pushes them over the top.

You have to realign completely.

Nate Robinson was on a veteran minimum, and it’s hard to see where he fits into this team next season. With Rose back starting, Nate will be relegated to bench duty, but Kirk Hinrich is all but cemented into the second team point guard spot. That means Nate would have to play the two, and that would create a defensive liability, which is not what you want your bench to provide. You have Richard Hamilton as a shooting guard, but he’s shown that he can’t be relied on for an 82-game season, even with limited minutes.

In other words, it’s messy.

What you end up with is a season where you overachieved and got to watch more basketball than you thought you would. You saw Jimmy Butler grow into basically the next Luol Deng while Taj Gibson leveled off in a way that may cause you to rethink his $38 million contract. The biggest story of your year, Robinson, is basically irrelevant to your team,

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Ferguson, Beckham leave Manchester with legacy LANRE ALABI Staff writer

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ast week, Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United announced his retirement from coaching at the end of this English Premier League season. For as long as I have been alive, Ferguson has been the coach of a Manchester United team that has rivaled my favorite sports team, Arsenal FC. This piece is not just about the end of the managerial career of a man who is widely considered the best in Premier League history, certainly in the conversation for best ever across all sports, but about what the combination of his and a number of his own players retirements mean for the Manchester club.

In April this year, former United wonderkid Michael Owen announced that this season will be his last. Unknowingly, this seemed to mark the beginning of the end of a significant era. Since Ferguson announced his retirement last weekend, former and current Manchester United stars have

also joined him on the soon to be unemployed line.

Paris St. Germain star, former LA Galaxy and Manchester United player David Beckham has also announced his retirement.

Also, former retiree and current United player Paul Scholes has also announced he is hanging up his boots with the culmination of the Premier League season and current fan-favorite Ryan Giggs is touted to be next in line. These spur of retirements will most likely not destabilize the United franchise, but it defines the end of an era for many Great Britain soccer fans and followers around the world.

Late last millennium, I became aware of my loyalties in regards to sports franchises, and the first team I picked up was Arsenal. During this time period, the north London side and the Manchester side were in a protracted battle for the dominance of the English Premier League, a battle that spurned into the physical much too often. Both sides were the giants of English football and perennially faced each other for the league title so that added an extra spice to the blooming rivalry.

The fierce rivalry was said to have begun in 1990 when an allout brawl broke out over Arsenal faithful Nigel Winterburn lunging at Unitedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Denis Irwin. Over the next 15 years, we would get to see a melee in almost every game these teams faced each other. The skirmishes included a food fight in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;04 after United ended Arsenalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 49-game unbeaten streak, a soccer boot to Beckhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famously pretty face in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;03 and a captain v. captain one-onone square up between Arsenalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Patrick Vieira and Unitedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roy Keane. Ferguson and his opposite number at Arsenal, Frenchman Arsene Wenger, have also had some toss ups in their nearly twodecade span in control of both squads. The violence was famously rumored to have ended with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;no-violenceâ&#x20AC;? treaty between the two franchises.

In the years since that dust up, a lot of those players have left those teams and the matchup has been a lot more mild-mannered in comparison to what we might have expected or become accustomed to. While United has maintained its spot at the top of the league, Arsenal has fallen of the pinnacle. The budding friendship

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson applauds supporters after his last game in charge of his team at The Hawthorns Stadium in England on Sunday. between Ferguson and Wenger was some indication of the lack of animosity, but the sale of Arsenal captain Robin van Persie to United last offseason has confirmed that. Although most of the mentioned players are no longer with United, these string of retirements certainly solidified that peace position.

Acknowledging that the heated rivalry came to an end a couple of years ago is a reality that most fans havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t faced. The key players from the tail end of the rivalry have moved on, and they

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all ply their trades for a different team. This widespread retirement spree is in no way the real end of that rivalry but the official end of it. Most fans, including myself, still wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to let go of the imagery of Keane and Vieira going at each other or Martin Keown and Giggs getting into arguments. This does force us to come to a realization as it marks the end of a memorable era.

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Cubs fall to Mets after poor changeup in 8th Pitcher Travis Wood hits home run but focuses on the game winner he lets get away THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — Cubs starter Travis Wood was thinking about one home run, and it wasn’t the one he hit.

With two outs in the seventh inning, rookie Juan Lagares connected off Wood for his first big league homer. The two-run shot tied the game, and Daniel Murphy hit a leadoff home run in the eighth that sent the New York Mets over Chicago 4-3 Sunday.

“As soon as it left the hand, I didn’t like it,” Wood said. “I was hoping he would pop it up or something. But he didn’t. He put a good swing on it. Hit it out of the park to tie the ballgame.”

Wood said the 2-2 pitch was a changeup that he tried to get down, but instead left up over the plate.

Overall, Wood did well on the mound, giving up three runs and five hits in seven innings, while striking out three and walking two.

It was Wood’s ninth consecutive quality start to open the season. The last Cubs starter to begin a season with at least nine straight quality starts was Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown in 1908.

Wood also hit his homer of the season and fourth of his career, managing to clear the left-field bleachers with a drive that landed on Waveland Avenue.

“Woody pitched another great game,” Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. “Obviously we’d like to have that one pitch back. It was the last batter he was going to face and he threw his worst pitch of the game in that situation. That was unfortunate, obviously.

We pitched great, we just couldn’t keep the ball in the ballpark the times we needed to.”

Murphy homered off Kyuji Fujikawa

(1-1) as the Mets got their first series win at Wrigley Field since 2007. Murphy has homered twice in three games and has an eight-game hitting streak.

Scott Rice (2-3), who leads the majors with 25 relief appearances, pitched two scoreless innings for the victory. Bobby Parnell tossed a perfect ninth to earn his sixth save in eight opportunities.

The Cubs extended their lead to 3-1 in the sixth on Ryan Sweeney’s leadoff homer. It was his first home run since July 27, 2011, when he played for Oakland.

Mets starter Dillon Gee allowed three runs and eight hits in five innings. He has allowed nine runs in his last nine innings and hasn’t won since May 1.

The Cubs missed out on several other scoring opportunities against Gee. Sweeney tried to stretch a leadoff double into a triple in the fourth but was thrown out at third. The Cubs failed to drive in runners from third in the first, fifth and sixth.

“It’s too bad we didn’t win that game today because of Woody’s home run,” Sveum said.

“We pitched great, we just couldn’t keep the ball in the ballpark the times we needed to.”

DALE SVEUM, Cubs manager

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Chicago Cubs' Travis Wood watches his two-run home run leave the park in the fifth inning giving the Cubs a 2-0 lead over the New York Mets on Sunday. Cubs lost 4-3.

Red Wings’ young roster using limited playoff experience to improve Detroit giving Chicago all it can handle as Blackhawks await end of captain Toews’ postseason troubles

BY LARRY LAGE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings got much younger this year, rebuilding with rookies and prospects pushed onto the ice.

For much of the lockout-delayed season, it didn’t look good for them.

The storied franchise used to chase Stanley Cup titles with key players in their late 30s and 40s such as Nicklas Lidstrom, Steve Yzerman and Brett Hull.

Not anymore.

As the Chicago Blackhawks are now finding out, the Red Wings are much better than they were during the regular season thanks to an improved cast of inexperienced players.

“We’ve had great growth from within, I think the most since I’ve been in the National

Hockey League for sure,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said Sunday. “That may be because we have a different type of team. We got a whole bunch of kids, so we have a chance for growth.”

Red Wings rookie Brendan Smith scored the winning goal Saturday in Detroit’s 4-1 win at Chicago that tied the series 1-1. The topseeded Blackhawks won the opener by the same 4-1 score.

When the puck drops Monday night in Detroit for Game 3, Chicago captain Jonathan Toews hopes his team is ready to bounce back.

“There’s no time to waste in this series,” Toews said. “We know going into their building it’s even more difficult.”

It will be even more challenging for Chicago if Toews can’t produce as he did in the

48-game regular season.

Toews had 23 goals, tying Patrick Kane for the team lead and trailing just four players in the league. However, he is struggling to score for a third straight postseason.

Toews is in an eight-game playoff slump that dates to last year. He has just three goals combined in three postseasons since scoring seven goals to help Chicago win the Cup in 2010. He had seven goals the previous postseason — his first — when Detroit eliminated the Blackhawks in the Western Conference finals.

Henrik Zetterberg had a lot to do with holding Toews without a point in Game 2.

The Red Wings would also benefit if their inexperienced players figure out a way to avoid fading into the background.

Before Smith’s go-ahead goal on Saturday,

first-year player Damien Brunner and rookie Gustav Nyquist also scored winning goals this postseason — in overtime against Anaheim.

While Babcock’s job behind the bench was tougher this year than it had been the past seven seasons with veteran-filled rosters, he relished the opportunity to lead the young Red Wings.

“It’s the most fun I’ve had coaching in a couple years, by far, just because we have a real enthusiastic group,” Babcock said. “At the start of the year, we weren’t a good team.

We all understood that, but we buckled down and we got better. It’s been fun for us. If you would have asked me before the playoffs, I would’ve told you the same thing. Then suddenly you have a little success in the playoffs — and it’s more fun.”

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