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Various Illinois retiree associations have filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the state’s recent changes to the pension system. These include the Illinois Retired Teachers Association, the Retired State Employees Association of Illinois, Illinois State Employees Association Retirees and the Illinois Association of School Administrators. The opposition of the pension bill cite specific language in the Illinois Constitution, which states that pension benefits “shall not be diminished or impaired.� The pension reform of 2013 directly affects retirees — or those soon to be retiring — by reducing their cost-of-living adjustments and increasing the retirement age. During discussion of the bill, University administration announced its opposition to the proposed changes, which were eventually signed into law on Dec. 5. The University’s Board of Trustees will meet Thursday at the
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The City of Urbana is now accepting applications for members to join the Traffic Stop Data Task Force that will examine racial disparities in local traffic stop data. According to the resolution, the task force will be composed of 11 members selected by Mayor Laurel Prussing. Two of the members are to have expertise in statistics, one member may be from the city council and one member will be a representative of the Urbana Police Department. The other seven members will be selected based on their expertise in law enforcement, sociology, or other relevant experiences but do not have to live in Urbana. The task force is to have a monthly meeting which will be video recorded and uploaded on Urbana’s website. The members of the task force will submit preliminary findings and policy recommendations by April 30, 2015, after which they will hold a public presentation and answer questions from the public. Area resident Martel Miller spoke before the council to ask that they carefully consider applications and select the right people to join the task force. “I think we can set examples (with this task force) ... and we can not only be a model for this city and this state, we could be a model for the country,� he said.
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The senate began with a starting budget of $67,408.78 as $28,408.78 remained from the previous year. After a semester of resolutions passed, $36,333.94 remains available. 1. iRent Expansion — $7,998 Provided i>clickers for the iRent program, which provides free i>Clickers to rent to students on campus. 2. Facilities and Services Bike Lane Improvements — $6,000 The subsidy will be used to repaint 1.2 miles of bicycle lanes. This has been allocated, but has for executive members, while the Illinois Student Senate does not. “Having a smaller budget really does put us behind with larger projects because we’re not able to do things like that,� Baldwin said. “Just on a larger scale, it puts the University of Illinois programming below other Big Ten schools.� Seymour solicited project ideas for the surplus from the senate’s listserv and received 10 to
not yet been spent. 3. Quad Day — $2,839.79 Used funds to promote ISS on Quad Day by giving away free items such as cups, drawstring bags and sunglasses. 4. Student Debt Awareness Week — $2,514.32 The week-long event raised awareness towards the student debt crisis through panels, a rally and a movie viewing. 5. Hunger Games (Illini Union Board) — $2,500 The senate co-sponsored an archery battle with the Illini Union Board for a “Hunger Games� themed Illinites.
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Larger-than-usual budget provides extra flexibility The Illinois Student Senate currently faces a financial identity crisis, said Treasurer Kevin Seymour, as senators continue to submit resolutions toward hosting events and funding registered student organizations. The senate’s quarterly financial report began with opening remarks from Seymour questioning: “Why are there only a few allocation resolutions which are in line with our goals while a majority are not?� “They start writing resolutions for easier things, which is not necessarily what we should be spending our money on,� Seymour said. While other student governments within the Big Ten are centralized under one umbrella, the University is decentralized into the Illinois Student Senate, the Student Organization Resource Fee board and other programming boards. “You have to let people know what we’re supposed to be spending our money on, which is a challenge to convey or to get senators to agree,� Seymour said. “You tell them you’re not a programming board and yet we still have resolutions that come up that ask for money for student organizations or they want to promote an event that we’re not supposed to be doing.� During financial years 2009 through 2013, the senate has spent an average of $33,834 each year. However, the senate has allocated $38,886.36 during the Fall 2013 semester. A surplus of $28,408.78 from previous years has given the senate a much larger budget to work with. He added that senators know ISS is not a programming board, but senators are still not submitting resolutions that align with the senate’s goals. He attributes this to lack of motivation, support or administrative backing. “We do have a set process, and it puts the burden off student government from having to focus on distributing money to Registered Student Organizations, but this also has its disadvantages as it’s something we don’t get to do,� said Jenny Baldwin, vice president-internal. Illinois Student Senate has one of the smallest budgets in comparison to other schools in the Big Ten, Baldwin said. She added that all other schools’ student governments except Northwestern and Rutgers also receive stipends
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PENSIONS Chicago campus to discuss and vote on various issues, including compensation plans for faculty pensions. The Illinois State Employees Association Retirees released a statement announcing plans for its class-action suit, made on behalf of retirees from all four of the retirement systems that are affected by the changes. “We have concluded our careers, we have made all contributions to the retirement systems that were required of us, and many retirees made life-long plans based on the constitutionally guaranteed payments from those retirement systems,” said Rudy Kink, Jr., executive director of ISEAR. “To pull those guarantees out from under the retirees at this point is absolutely unfair and contrary to the very intent of the pension protection clause in the constitution.” Kink said before working for ISEAR, he worked for the state’s retirement system for 27 years and found that opinions regarding pension reform were similar to the opposition seen now. “During the time that I was in the retirement system, we had several opinions from law firms and others that the pension benefit could not be diminished or impaired,” he said. “As time went on and the argument
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ISS wiggle room — when in the fall semester we had to think about planning for the rest of the year,” Baldwin said. Each year, the senate receives $39,000 from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, said Rhonda Kirts, Illinois Student Senate adviser and associate dean of students. In 2007, the budget was increased by $7,000. The stipend agreement can only be opened if both the vice chancellor and the senate agree it needs revision; however, many senators do not want to open the agreement because of the possibility of losing privileges previously granted, such as having a workspace in the Union and sending two mass emails per year. Seymour previously submitted a resolution for an Appropriately Sized Annual Budget, which never left the financial committee. After calculating what the senate has spent money on in the past, he believes that the senate should have a lower total budget of $24,000 to $26,000. “I feel like all the rest of the money we spend is pretty much wasted, but that’s my opinion,” Seymour said. This year, a failed resolution to allocate $18,000 for robes for the Black Chorus was one of the most debated items. This allocation would have allotted 27.3 percent of the senate’s starting budget to one RSO. Seymour said senators also heavily debated public relation
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TASK FORCE Another area resident, James Kilgore, spoke before the council about his involvement in a similar task force in Champaign County which looked into alternatives to building a jail. The task force was a diverse group, he said, but everyone shared a goal. “No one came to the task force with the idea that they wanted to build a jail,” he said, warning the council that the to-beestablished task force would
came up about this bill — and eventually led to the passing of the bill — we took the same position that I had been associated with for 27 and a half years, in that you can’t go in and change pension once it’s been granted to the people.” Ricky Baldwin, chief negotiator of the Service Employees International Union, Local 73, said if the changes are found to be unconstitutional, the pension reform issue would be back to Square 1. He said SEIU would be filing a lawsuit in the near future. In addition, he said the changes do not help the bigger issue of Illinois’ debt, caused by the state’s failure to pay the legally required amount into the pension plan for years. Baldwin added that this is also because employees will now pay less into the pension system while the interest payments on the debt continue to rise. For now, Baldwin said retirees are affected most by the current pension bill. “They don’t have the opportunity to pay anymore, or to switch pensions, or switch to another plan or anything. They’re just stuck,” he said. “These are folks who, most of them, can’t go out and get another job now. Or if they do, it’s going to be a very low paying job.”
Eleanor can be reached at eablack2@dailyillini.com. fund allocations toward supplies to be given away during Quad Day as well as later in the year, totaling $4,149.67. “I wouldn’t call spending $4,500 this semester alone on ISS merchandise and business cards as fiscally responsible,” said Mark Rosenstein, former senator and current member of The Caucus. “The people who want to get involved and want to give back are going to find the student government anyway. They don’t need plastic cups and drawstring bags.” Last year when Student Body President Damani Bolden was sworn in, he said that one of his goals for this year is to be “more fiscally responsible with our dollars, more efficient with them and more ethical with them.” Rosenstein believes that Bolden has yet to meet this goal, as Bolden himself sponsored the Black Chorus robe resolution. However, Bolden said he thinks the senate is a leader in transparency on campus. “For the first time since I’ve been here, the senate has talked about establishing funding and financial principles of ISS and I think that is the first step to spending money responsibly,” Bolden said. “We are the leaders of being as transparent as possible. Everything that we do, every dime we spend, every action we take is done publicly on record and we make it readily available unlike some departments where you have to search or (submit a Freedom of Information Act request for) that information.”
Megan can be reached at majones5@dailyillini.com. accomplish very little if its members could not agree on an end goal and instead argued over statistics. Alderwoman Carol Ammons, Ward 3, said she applauded the other council members for their work in establishing the task force, adding that the community was moving in the right direction. Applications to join the task force are due by the end of February, and appointments will be made by Prussing in March.
Eli can be reached at ejmurra2@dailyillini.com.
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Paul Fann of Hartsville, S.C., testifies that he saw and remembers someone taking a wrapped up bundle of clothes from the house of George Stinney the day of his arrest. With the aid of a map, Fann points out where the persons of interest in this story lived.
Retrial not needed for teen executed in 1944 for murder BY JOHN MONK MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
SUMTER, S.C. — The state prosecutor in South Carolina fighting a bid to overturn a 70-year-old jury verdict and death sentence given a 14-yearold black-American boy in 1944 ripped into the defense case Tuesday, sending a clear signal the defense has an uphill struggle to get a new trial. “The evidence here is too speculative, and the record too unclear, for this motion to succeed,” 3rd Circuit Solicitor Chip Finney told Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen in opening remarks to an overflow crowd at the Sumter County courthouse. It was the first day of one of the most unusual criminal hearings in state history—the judge is hearing a motion to rule that the trial of young George Stinney Jr. in Clarendon County was so unfair, on so many grounds, that the jury verdict should be overturned. The hearing resumes Wednesday for its second and final day. Mullen may issue a ruling at day’s end. “This case will not die,” Stinney family lawyer Steve McKenzie told Mullen in his opening remarks, quoting a letter written to the governor in 1944 by a white librarian saying Stinney’s trial and execution will cause future South Carolinians to “look back with remorse and shame.” Stinney was the youngest person ever executed in the United States. Since then, the U.S. Supreme Court has outlawed executing juveniles. More strict criminal procedures protecting defendants’ rights have been enacted. McKenzie was one of three Manning lawyers, assisted by Charleston School of Law professor Miller Shealy, who put up four witnesses Tuesday—three Stinney siblings in their 70s and 80s and a forensic pathologist. The three siblings—two younger sisters and a younger brother—told a story of a law-abiding black family in a segregated but
peaceful World War II-era Clarendon County rural community called Alcolu. Their father, George Stinney Sr., worked in a sawmill; their mother, was a cook in an elementary school, they testified. It was a strict household, with church going and attention to schoolwork. They had a cow and chickens and grew vegetables. They went to a school for black children. The kids did chores; George’s was to graze the cow, whose name was Lizzie. Then one day, “everything went haywire,” Katherine Stinney Robinson, 79, a retired teacher from New Jersey, testified. That was the day when two young white girls—Betty June Binnicker, 11, and Mary Emma Thames, 8 — were found bludgeoned to death, their bodies tossed in a trench not far from the Stinney house. They had been out bicycling and looking for maypops—a lemony little fruit. Police soon came to the threeroom Stinney house, searched it and took young George away. With their parents, the siblings fled Clarendon County that night and never saw him alive again. No Stinney family member was called to testify at the 1944 trial. After his execution, they buried him in an unmarked plot “because we was afraid people would come to desecrate his grave,” one sibling testified. Under questioning by McKenzie and another defense lawyer, Ray Chandler, the siblings’ testimony, taken as a whole, contained these points: that George Stinney didn’t have the opportunity to kill the girls; that at 95 pounds, he was too small; and police didn’t recover any bloody clothes from the house. Stinney, a seventh-grader, also was portrayed as harmless. “All he wanted to do was to be an artist and draw. Every time he saw an airplane fly overhead, he would try to draw it,” Aime Stinney Ruffner, 77, testified. “He was quiet, but he was smart.” Finney cross-examined each sibling, getting them to acknowledge that for decades, they had
done nothing to get a lawyer to challenge the case. At one point, Finney shouted at Ruffner about an apparent contradiction. The judge told him to “calm down” and back off. Earlier, in questioning Robinson, Finney got her to admit she actually hadn’t seen the two slain girls passing the Stinney house as she had claimed on direct examination by her own lawyer. The point was important because, in the context of the defense case, it would have gone to show Stinney couldn’t have killed the girls. The fourth defense witness, a consulting pathologist, was used by Stinney family lawyers to try to show autopsies of the two slain girls were flawed, even by that era’s standards. For one thing, there were only external examinations of the bodies, testified Dr. Peter John Stephens, an unpaid expert witness whose deposition was read in open court. And although law officers claimed young Stinney used a railroad spike to rain death blows on the two girls’ heads, indentations described in the death reports are not consistent with a railroad spike, Stephens testified. Neither girl was sexually assaulted, Stephens testified, despite a report of a law official’s claim that one of them was. Finney put up one witness late Tuesday afternoon, Paul Fann, who in 1944 was a 10-year-old boy who worked for his father delivering ice in the Alcolu community. Fann’s testimony contained this crucial point: — he had been outside the Stinney house while law officers searched it and saw a man come out with “an armful of clothes. He went out and put them in a car.” “Then they came out with a young man and put him in a car,” Fann said, describing how law officers took Stinney into custody. Fann’s testimony contradicted earlier testimony by Stinney siblings that implied law officers hadn’t seized any of George’s clothing, which Finney says
would have been bloody. Defense attorney McKenzie asked Ruffner about what she remembered about South Carolina—then a racist society where blacks who rebelled against segregation often were killed, beaten or driven out of the state—in the 1940s. Ruffner’s reply of “Nothing good” drew laughs. The hearing was to have been held in Manning, the county seat of Clarendon, where the Alcolu community is located. However, the Clarendon courthouse is undergoing renovation, so the hearing was moved to Sumter. Sumter and Clarendon are in the 3rd Judicial Circuit. The case is fraught with irony: Clarendon County was the original plaintiff in the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kan., that integrated the nation’s schools. And Finney is the eldest son and namesake of South Carolina’s first black Supreme Court chief justice. Hearing rules only allow Stinney family lawyers to challenge the 1944 trial’s fairness on factual and legal grounds, such as newly discovered evidence, which in this case is the siblings’ testimony. The case is challenged in numerous other ways. All the evidence—including the railroad spike, any bloody clothes and a so-called Stinney confession—has disappeared. No transcript of the trial was ever made; no one who attended the trial is known to be alive. Stinney’s court-appointed defense lawyer did not appeal the case. The trial lasted an afternoon, and the jury was out 10 minutes. His family was forbidden to attend the trial. Newspaper accounts of the event are fragmentary. The jury was all white. “It’s the dirty hands of the state—that’s the basic reason we are here today,” Stinney lawyer Shealy told the judge. In reply, Finney, said the state didn’t have “dirty hands”—the information available showed Stinney was given a trial, he had a lawyer and that 12 citizens convicted him.
New Jersey Gov. Christie inaugurated for 2nd term amid recent scandal BY MELISSA HAYES, MICHAEL PHILLIS AND JOHN REITMEYER MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
TRENTON, N.J. — It was planned as a day of grand gestures to cap the landslide election victory that affirmed Chris Christie’s status as his party’s presidential front-runner. But an intense winter storm forced the image-building ball at Ellis Island to be canceled, and a speech peppered with bipartisan overtures and conservative highlights was notable for what it didn’t say: There was nothing about the scandal that has touched both his administration and his campaign staff and challenged the New Jersey governor’s reputation for rebuilding the state after Superstorm Sandy. Christie focused on the need for politicians from both parties to work together “outside the red and blue boxes,” citing the need to improve education and keep helping those battling drug addictions. “We have survived the worst natural disaster in our state’s history and worked together to restore, renew and rebuild the state we love,” Christie said during his speech inside the War Memorial across the street from the State House, as snow piled up. Christie’s speech hit themes meant to show he is in charge and moving past the scandal — he stated four times that he is governor.
In another sign that Christie is not backing down, David Samson, chairman of the Port Authority, sat on stage just three rows from the governor. The mayor of Hoboken has alleged Christie’s administration threatened to withhold Sandy aid unless she fast-tracked a project being developed by a company Samson’s law firm represents. And it was top deputies at the Port Authority — apparently on word from a Christie aide — who closed the lanes at the George Washington Bridge, the scandal that has forced Christie to fire that aide and the man who managed his landslide election victory. Even taking the oath of office presented a sign of the troubles Christie faces: New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, whose term expires in June, swore in the governor who has repeatedly called him a member of the liberal, “activist” court. Rabner, who has not yet been re-nominated, is caught in an ongoing fight between Christie and Democrats who accuse the governor of trying to slant the court in his party’s favor. Christie, the first two-term Republican governor since Christie Whitman, who took her second oath in 1997, used his speech to revisit the bipartisan message he introduced in his first inaugural address four years ago — when
he spontaneously grabbed the hands of the Democratic Senate president and Assembly speaker — and he pushed familiar themes of smaller government. Despite the claims of abuse of power and political intimidation, Christie held up New Jersey government as an example that Washington politicians can learn from. The speech made no mention of the ongoing George Washington Bridge controversy, an act of apparent political retribution, which led Christie to fire a deputy chief of staff and end his relationship with his campaign manager. He also did not speak of Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s claims that Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and other members of the administration threatened to withhold Superstorm Sandy aid if she didn’t fast-track a residential development. Guadagno disputed those allegations Monday. As the governor worked to put the bridge controversy behind him and look ahead to his second term, a national poll of 2,000 voters released by Quinnipiac University on Tuesday indicated that the allegations are starting to affect how Christie is viewed across the nation. The poll found that nearly 75 percent of those surveyed have heard about the lane closures and of those, 50 percent say the scandal hurts
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during his inauguration at the Trenton War Memorial in Trenton, N.J., on Jan. 21. his presidential chances. “It was the same speech the governor gave about bipartisanship at this time four years ago,” Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, one of 61 Democrats to endorse Christie, said. “I thought it was great.” Christie’s inaugural committee canceled a celebration in the Grand
Hall at Ellis Island as snow blanketed the state, something analysts said may have been a blessing in disguise. “You can cancel and not think twice that anyone would wonder why you weren’t coming, because there was a blizzard happening. And he was able to send all the food to pantries in Jersey City,
so he even looks compassionate,” said Dan Cassino, a Fairleigh Dickinson University political science professor. Christie joked about the weather in his speech — which drew a smaller crowd than his address four years ago — saying, “To the hardy folks who are here, you have my thanks.”
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dividuals are found to be in violation of the policy — a cost-effective way of demonstrating that the ban is real but that continually policing costs time and money. Essentially, the University and police have better things to do than to slap tickets on the occasional smoker here and there. Although the University Police Department may not be able to strictly enforce the ban, we still encourage students to kick the habit because of the insurmountable evidence that smoking kills frequently. For that, we do hope that the ban encourages people to quit, even if it may come off as some kind of violation of personal rights by the University. Eight quitting centers are distributed evenly throughout campus, allowing for easily accessible help regardless if students live in campus’ surrounding apartments or University Housing. According to the policy, you are not allowed to smoke in your privately owned vehicle. That means, if you are on campus property, you are in violation of the policy if you smoke in your car, no matter how sealed you believe it to be. It’s still not clear if you can smoke on sidewalks adjacent to non-Universityowned sidewalks but are still adjacent to University-owned property. The map is detailed, sure, but it lacks that important detail. But as we reflect on the possible success or demise of the smoking ban, we have to realize that it’s not just students and faculty accommodating to the new policy, it’s an entire university — and all its streets, buildings and people that come along with it.
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Allow personal growth to change relationships at school, home NICKI HALENZA Assistant opinions editor
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ith the snowy, cold holiday season behind us, it goes without saying that there is nothing quite like winter vacation — a time when we slam the textbooks close, turn in our pencil-smudged Scantrons and transition into 24/7 groutfit attire — all signs that the month-long break is in full swing. Winter break is one of the few annual opportunities many of us students have to be back in our hometowns and catch up with old friends. We anticipate hangouts, lunch dates and several other opportunities to rekindle and reconnect those ties that we shared with our high school favorites. But it seems that sometimes these expectant friendships are not always restored to their former glory, and it is ultimately nothing but a plain and simple indication of this particular stage of life where
college students are in the weird transition from teenagers to adults. Young adulthood is a time full of constant change, growth and development. It can be challenging to realize that our friendships, both old and new, are going through that same process and are developing and changing just as rapidly — and maybe not intentionally, either. For instance, I find that suddenly people I wasn’t particularly close to in high school are now a part of my life, and all the while I have drifted away from those I used to spend more time with — and this phenomenon is not unique to only me. It’s not as if there was some falling out that changed the dynamics of the friendships, but more as if a switch was flicked at some point where some friendships turned off while others turned on.
This sometimes seemingly random shift in dynamics is indicative of the immense growth that has occurred in only a matter of a few years. I don’t say this with a pessimistic view, but rather with a more eyeopening perspective that we should try to gracefully accept these changes in our relationships with others and acknowledge that certain people are simply going to be more present in our lives while others will drift out. And it is nothing more than an indication of how we have all grown into different, and hopefully better, versions of ourselves that might not mesh with the same people as when we were 17 years old — but that’s nothing to be upset about. In fact, on the contrary, it is refreshing to see how evolvement impacts our lives. Even a few years
Most of it is a result of circumstance and gradual, unbeknownst personal progression.
away at a different school, or even living a few hundred feet away on the same campus, can greatly affect us and our connections with others. As I find myself writing about this idea of growth and friendship, it feels as if I am regressing to a 5-year-old me, talking about such a basic and universal concept (and it probably doesn’t help that the song lyrics, “Make new friends, but keep the old� are playing loudly in the back of my head). But despite this feeling of regression, what a fascinating and extraordinary spectacle that while studying and writing and absorbing copious amounts of information at an esteemed university, there are still lessons to be learned in elementary topics like change, friendship and human relations. And just like when we were 5 years old, the reality of growing up and growing apart from others is still a really scary concept, and maybe even a little bit sad. However, this gradual drift is something we will always be going through, and it continuously brings new people and better opportunities into our lives at
times when we least expect it. I suppose this lengthy, somewhat random, spiel about friends and growing up ultimately stems from how humbled and pleasantly surprised I am every time I return home and compare who I am catching up with now, versus who I was talking to a few years ago. And most of it is a result of circumstance and gradual, unbeknownst personal progression. Yet it’s comforting to know that even as people go in and out of our radars, many of us are fortunate to have permanent key players who are rooted in our lives despite the constant changes around us and allow us to keep little reminders of ourselves from earlier times. So in my desperate attempt to temporarily keep learning at bay and stop knowledge from seeping into my brain during the coveted winter vacation, I always learn a thing or two about friendship.
Nicki is a junior in Media. She can be reached at halenza2@ dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @NickiHalenza.
Classroom knowledge isn’t ‘real world’ knowledge KATE CULLEN Opinions columnist
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ne of the great things about social media is that people are able to share small tidbits of information about their lives to others. Whether it is personal information or universal truths we all can relate to, the information on social media that receives the most views seems to be the things that everyone is thinking, but no one is saying. For example, the other day as I scrolled through my endless Facebook newsfeed, I came across a meme, an idea or style popularized through mimicry and imitation, that I found hilarious. However, I laugh at pretty much everything, so for me to think something is funny doesn’t say much. But thousands of other people must have also thought it was funny because of the outrageous amount
of “likes� this particular meme had received. It was a picture of a high school student standing in front of a chalkboard covered in what looked like the longest math equation ever. Underneath the picture, it read something like, “So glad I know how to solve complex math equations that I’ll never use in real life.� It said something a little more clever than that, but you get the idea. I found this particularly hilarious because I’m quite certain almost everyone who was once a high school student can remember asking themselves, “When am I ever going to use this?� Especially when it comes to math. I then began to think about all of the “real world� things I will someday need to know, but have not learned in the classroom. Yes, I can probably tell you the equation to find the radius of a circle, but I wouldn’t know the first thing about buying a car. I suddenly found myself wishing for a class on “How to live life: Adult edition.�
I then thought about how such a class did exist. In fact, I took it my senior year of high school. It was called consumer economics, a required course specifically designed to teach suburban kids about the “real world.� The class focused on extremely relevant topics to high school students like how to file for taxes, how to haggle for purchasing a car and when the best time to buy a house is. While that information is essential to know as an adult, I can remember sitting there and consciously thinking — I will never be able to remember this information for when I actually need it. Unfortunately, I was not buying houses or cars in high school so the information was lost on me. Turns out, as an adult, you need
to know the kind of information my stubborn teenage self was so unwilling to learn. As I regrettably approach the permanence of adulthood via graduation, I find myself wishing I could retake that class. Because even though I have learned about literary criticism and post-modern writing techniques, I would not be able to tell you how to refinance a mortgage. And I’m fairly certain that the majority of college students would not know either. These are things we’re going to need to know, and soon. But we’re not going to learn these things from a classroom. We’re going to learn them from trial and error, making mistakes and talking to others. The fact of the matter is: I have learned more essential life skills
I have learned more essential life skills over beers with my Dad on a Saturday night than I have in any classroom.
over beers with my Dad on a Saturday night than I have in any classroom. Our random conversations about the future have led to key lessons on different types of insurance as well as how to be realistic and smart with money. That’s information I won’t ever be tested on, but should take notes on nevertheless. We’re not going to learn important life lessons from a teacher; we’re going to learn them from our parents who have already done it all. Even though we can laugh at ourselves about how unintelligent we are when it comes to the “real world� via memes and vines, sometimes that immediate chuckle can lead to a nervous giggle. Which, of course, turns into small whimpering noises as reality suddenly sets in and you ask yourself: Do I even know how to be an adult?
Kate is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at cullen9@dailyillini.com.
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Krannert Art Museum showcases various unique spring exhibits BY ELIZABETH DYE STAFF WRITER
On Thursday, the Krannert Art Museum will introduce its visitors to the drawings, paintings and other works featured in its 2014 spring exhibitions. The four opening exhibitions range from activist art from the museum’s permanent collection to ceramic instillations and recent drawings from contemporary artists. The exhibits will have a public opening reception from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday with opening comments by museum director Kathleen Harleman.
Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerilla Girls in the Artworld and Beyond Guest curated by Neysa PageLieberman of Columbia College Chicago, “Not Ready to Make Nice� presents the historically significant and continuous work of the Guerilla Girls, the highly influential group of anonymous female artists and activists who, according to their website, “expose sexism, racism and corruption in politics, art, fi lm and pop culture ... with facts, humor and outrageous visuals.� The gorilla-mask-donning Guerilla Girls began their confrontation with the art world in the mid 1980s by creating highprofi le signs and advertisements to expose the racial and sexual discrimination that the art world continues to have. Their group achieved fame and profound impact largely by using guerrilla tactics and “their fi nely honed presentation style characterized by succinct and quick-witted messages and indisputable facts,� wrote Neysa Page-Lieberman in “A+D Gallery,� a publication by Columbia College Chicago. This exhibit is composed of a collection of some of the group’s most famous work from the 1980s, 1990s and more recent years, featuring 12 large-scale banners, books published by the Guerrilla Girls, a showing of their fi lm, “Guerrillas in Our Midst,� and a slideshow of behind-the-scene photos that show how expansive their global reach and influence has been. Also included are two interactive spaces, one in which the Guerrilla Girls have posted their favorite “love letters and hate mail.� Museum-goers are invited to comment or leave their own thoughts on interactive installations, according to Koca Polite. Koca Polite hopes that even though this exhibit may be a fi rst introduction to the Guerilla Girls, visitors can “understand just how significant these anonymous female artists have been, and continue to be ... for the art world and beyond.�
Auto-Graphics: Recent Drawings by Victor Ekpuk
Born in Nigeria, artist Victor Ekpuk is most widely known for his use of improvisational nsibidi in his artwork. Nsibidi, explained Krannert’s Curator of African Art Allyson Purpura, is an ancient form of sacred communication among the male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria whose meanings are only revealed to initiates. Ekpuk became familiar with nsibidi signs at a young age, but understood only a minimal amount. While a student, his fascination with the writing system grew and tremendously inspired his work. This has led to his exploration of “drawing as writing� and “to the invention of his own fluid letterforms.� “Auto-Graphics� will feature selections from several of Ekpuk’s newer bodies of work, including digital prints and large-scale drawings as well as a special installation by the artist drawn directly onto the main gallery wall. Visitors will be the first to see this drawing — Ekpuk’s most recent — upon entering the museum. Purpura ultimately hopes exhibits like this one will expose audiences to contemporary art practices by Africans and their long participation in the global art scene, according to the Illinois International Review. This can show how common assumptions about “African artists� working only in traditional modes such as sculptures and masks is not entirely true. Additionally, she hopes “viewers will find the work visually compelling and interesting, that they’ll see the play between writing and drawing in Victor’s work and see how kinetic and dimensional drawing as a medium can be.�
Mandala Flea Market Mutants Curated by the Krannert Art Museum’s Contemporary Art Curator Tumelo Mosaka, “Mandala Flea Market Mutants� features artwork by Japanese multidisciplinary artist Yoko Inoue. Interested in the commoditization of culture, the cultural process of assimilation and the correlation between mass-produced objects and their ever-changing “transcultural value,� Inoue uses installation, sculptures and performance art to explore these relationships and to see how objects attain new meanings when in a different context. In this exhibit, Inoue has created a mostly ceramic installation made of an assortment of objects in which she replicates the environment of the en-nichi market “where contemporary Japanese pop icons and traditional symbols find hidden commonality,� Mosaka said. From these mass-produced
objects found in markets, she creates hand-casted ceramic objects that represent the popular items and transforms them with conventional Japanese symbols. “By using porcelain and stoneware, Inoue presents past and present traditions interchangeably, emphasizing the fluid exchange and circulation of cultural symbols,� Mosaka said. “Her investigation examines ways culturally specific objects acquire new meaning beyond their original context, especially when absorbed and disseminated within a global setting.� Inoue hopes that her work will encourage discussion and questions about globalization, assimilation and their impact.
Art as Provocation “Art as Provocation,� curated by Koca Polite, will accompany the exhibition, “Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls in the Artworld and Beyond.� “‘Art as Provocation’ is meant to showcase a wide range of contemporary artists who are creating art that actively address similar issues of racial and gender inequalities, as well as class disparity and to protest military conflicts,� Koca Polite said. “The contemporary artists featured in this exhibition utilize varying forms of appropriation, humor and subversion to make a statement on current realities and highlight the need for change.� The exhibition consists of work by more than 20 artists, including large-scale paintings, lithographs, photography, light boxes and ceramic plates. Polite said she is excited for the exhibit, having first learned about the Guerilla Girls in her first art history class. Now she has the opportunity to expose new viewers to their (and other artists’) important activist works. “What I hope people realize is that things have gradually progressed in regards of equality of race and gender, but we as a society are no where near the equality we should be at,� Polite said. Additionally, she hopes that her exhibit will show how a group of various artists — diverse in gender, race and sexual orientation — continue to use their art in varying ways to reveal the different inequities within the art world. “Not Ready to Make Nice� will remain open through April 6; “Auto-Graphics: Recent Drawings by Victor Ekpuk� and “Mandala Flea Market Mutants� will remain open through July 27; and “Art as Provocation� will be open through May 4. Each exhibit is free to the public, with a suggested donation of $3.
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New artists to dominate 2014 Grammy’s BY ALEXANDER VASSILIADIS STAFF WRITER
On Sunday night, millions across the United States will have their eyes glued to the television, waiting to see their favorite musicians receive one of the highest awards in the music business: the Grammy. Before getting into specifics, if someone were to ask me to describe this year’s Grammy awards with one word, that word would be “Pharrell.� With his name on two of this year’s nominees for Record of the Year and two for Album of the Year (he is included in seven nominations in total), Pharrell Williams has exhibited his specialized talent in not only producing but collaborating with other musicians as well. Pharrell has been featured on songs that, without his contribution, would lack a certain memorable and jazzy flair that makes audiences go back for more every time. With producing “Blurred Lines,� one of the most commercially successful tracks of 2013, Pharrell brought something new to the table with his dreamystyle pop. Although some argue that Robin Thicke kept full control when creating the album, the
track itself was the pure brilliance of Pharrell. His hip-rocking beats add a signature to the tracks which easily characterizes his style. His primary vocals on “Get Lucky� were a supplement to the funk sound that simply made the song whole. With “Get Lucky� and “Blurred Lines� being two very likely candidates for Record of the Year, I felt a small shout-out to Pharrell Williams was appropriate. Now, to move on to new artists that have made a bang with their entrance to the music business. It is only right for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis to take this one home, boys and girls. The success of producing a jazzy and aurally seductive track about thrift shopping is enough to qualify the group as Best New Artist. The combination of the song’s aggressive lyrics on same-sex marriage and Mary Lambert’s even stronger vocals make “Same Love� a strong candidate for Song of the Year. Overall, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have entered the music scene roaring, letting everyone know of their presence, and their road is looking up from here on out. An artist that needs to be mentioned is the 17-year-old Lorde and her record “Royals.� As
co-writer of her most-listened to hit track “Royals,� Lorde is definitely a worthy runner for Song of the Year due to her raw emotion-filled lyrics about her humble upbringing and her general lack of attraction toward the lavish-filled lives of successful musicians. In addition to all these new artists, we also see Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City� up for Best Album of the Year and Lamar himself for Best New Artist. Although I don’t usually listen to traditional mainstream rap, like Nicki or Drake, there is nothing traditional about Lamar. With the combination of his soft vocals, bluesy-type slurred beats and various string samplings, his music comes off as nothing short of sultry. This year’s new artists have hit the scene leaving their listeners with a nothing-but-pleasant aftertaste. It is also apparent that tracks like “Get Lucky,� “Blurred Lines� and “Same Love� will remain as many listeners’ favorites because of either their musical or lyrical revolt.
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For college students, spending $9 for chips and a burrito from Chipotle can feel like a splurge, as they pinch pennies to also afford tuition and textbooks. But from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, the Champaign Center Partnership is presenting the 4th Annual Center City Restaurant Week, promoting various meal deals around campus. Through its website, Champaign Center Partnership is publicizing special menus from popular on-campus venues such as Firehaus, Legends Bar & Grill and Q Smoke House. A burger at Legends with a side of fries is only $5.94 during Restaurant Week. And, Q Smoke House is offering their Bourbon Apple Bar for 99 cents. The event began in September 2011 with special events such as cook-offs, family movie night and
culinary demonstrations through the week. Ever since, the Champaign Center Partnership has successfully brought back the event in the colder months. Erin Lippitz, executive director of Champaign Center Partnership, told Champaign-based radio station NewsTalk 1400 WDWS that the event is designed for residents who wish to explore the diverse food in the ChampaignUrbana area, even if they’re on a budget. “The whole point of Restaurant Week is to try restaurants you may never have been in before, because they’re offering a special menu or special pricing on their menu,� she said in the radio interview. “We do it kind of, you know, in the middle of winter ... People are going a little stir crazy... Been inside. It’s just a really good chance to give you a reason
to go out and about and explore Inner City,� she added. Lippitz said the Champaign Center Partnership assumed responsibility for the event when it was introduced to the area in 2011, and since then has worked to expand the selection for event participants. “When the program first began, you had to be a sit-down white table cloth restaurant to participate. But we have a lot of pubs, pizza places and cafes, so our organization opened it up to everyone,� Lippitz said. In addition, social media users can check their Twitter feeds and Facebook timelines throughout the week for reviews and photos posted by event participants. Both sites will be using the hashtag “#EatInnerCity� to connect those who are using Restaurant Week’s discounted specials. For each user who tweets photos
about his or her experiences at one of Champaign Center Partnership’s three Twitter accounts (@DTChampaign, @Campustown and @go_Midtown), the organization will enter the user to win prizes. While the event covers some popular venues on campus, The Center City Restaurant Week will also reach beyond campus. There will be special menus available at some of Champaign’s other downtown and midtown eateries, such as Farren’s Pub and Eatery, Big Grove Tavern and Cafe Kopi. Beginning Jan. 26, Cafe Kopi will offer a medium chai latte and a cookie for only $3.50. Freshman Jesus Villa says he’s interested to check out the event with his friends. “It’s a change of pace from dorm food, and it will be a good distraction from the work we’re starting to get in class,� he said.
“Plus, we’re all out here trying something new and meeting new people (who are) doing the same thing.� The Champaign City Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, a main promoter of the event, sees the week as an opportunity for both locals and visitors to discover the restaurants in the area that make Champaign unique. Jayne DeLuce, president and CEO of the bureau (known as Visit Champaign County), said that the local restaurants help to reflect the specific identity of the community. “We live in such a multi-cultural city, and what’s great about it is that we are able to showcase all of that with our restaurants. It’s a neat way to celebrate that diversity.�
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UI senior Scott Rusch to release 2nd single BY JULIA MARBACH STAFF WRITER
He expected 5,000 views. He got almost 40,000. He expected “kudos� from friends and family. He got a random girl changing her last name to Rusch on Twitter. Welcome to the world of Scott Rusch, stage name for Scott Rausch, piano and guitar playing singer-songwriter in his senior year who, after seeing success from his first single, “Hey Girl,� is getting ready to release his next single, “Heartbreaker.� “Scott is probably one of the most genuine artists I’ve ever worked with, and it really shows in his music,� said Evan Thompson, Rusch’s manager with ISO Management and a 2012 College of Business graduate. “A lot of people write music and they write really obscure lyrics. Scott’s one of those people who just writes it exactly how it is instead of using metaphors and instead of beating around the bush.�
To celebrate the release, Thompson is throwing a release party on Saturday at The Clybourne, the same day the song will be available through platforms such as iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. “In order to get it out there, get Scotty out there and let people see who he is and what kind of artist he is, ... I just wanted to invite a bunch of people to a really fun party,� Thompson said. “They can experience him and kind of introduce him to the campus a little more broadly.� Thompson said he expects about 80 people to attend, all of whom are invited friends or people in the community who may be interested in booking Rusch, such as sorority presidents and members of the press. The event starts at 10 p.m. and will go until close. The mezzanine will be roped off, and VIP guests will be welcome to an open bar. Rusch and guests will be able
to move about freely, and while there is no set schedule, Rusch may speak, socialize and be open to meeting anyone interested, Thompson said. “I really like ‘Hey Girl’ because it is a cute song when it comes to the content, and it’s an upbeat song (that) sounds like a mix of pop and country,� said Christina Young, sophomore in AHS. “I am excited for his new single. If it’s anything like ‘Hey Girl,’ I will love it.� While “Heartbreaker� has the same “upbeat energy� that “Hey Girl� has, “Heartbreaker� is more “grounded in reality,� Thompson said. “‘Hey Girl’ was all about finding that girl in the bar and introducing yourself and having the energy and the courage to say something,� Thompson said. “’Heartbreaker’ is the way that Scott feels about this person, and the things that she did to him and the way things are now. It’s just
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McCoy does production in Nashville, where Rusch and Thompson have met with him multiple times to work through songs at Tyler Ward Studios. “I would describe (Scott’s) music as country-pop acoustic fusion,� Thompson said, “because it is pop, but when Jeremy produces it, because it’s a Nashville thing, it has kind of a country feel to it, but his voice is pretty much unaltered and pretty acoustic.� In addition to his two singles, Rusch plans to release an EP in May. “I’ve known Scott for the past couple years through our a cappella groups,� said Sunil Thomas, 2013 alumni. “His talent in singing is so diverse he can take his music in any direction, and I have no doubt that what he decides to write and sing about will be awesome.�
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Four keys for Illini to beat Buckeyes layups against Michigan State on Saturday. The Spartans shot an outstanding 55.8 percent with many of their looks coming inside the paint. Illinois’ big men need to step up. Nnanna Egwu had an encouraging start to his junior campaign, but his play inside the conference has been worrisome. The 6-foot-11 junior blocked two or more shots in 11 of Illinois’ 13 nonconference games while fouling four or more times in only two games in that span. Egwu has struggled in the Big Ten, having two games where he didn’t even block a shot while fouling at a ridiculously high rate (he has fouled four times in four of his last five games). It’s as if Egwu has regressed to his old fouling tendencies. The blame can’t all go on Egwu; someone else needs to step up as a rim protector. Maverick Morgan, here’s your chance. Morgan hasn’t seen the court much this season, but the 6-foot-10 freshman is coming off a career-high 16 minutes against Michigan State. Egwu is going to need help defending Williams, who leads the Buckeyes with a 22.4 PER. Ohio State has numerous weapons, including the highlyskilled LaQuinton Ross, so other guys are going to need to take some pressure off Egwu inside.
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Illinois’ Tracy Abrams attempts a layup during the game against Michigan State at State Farm Center on Jan. 18. The Illini lost, 78-62.
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Illini hope to end four-game losing streak
BY SEAN HAMMOND SENIOR WRITER
In Saturday’s 78-62 loss to Michigan State, emotions got the best of John Groce. Near the end of the game, the Illinois men’s basketball coach threw his suit coat and engaged in a one-sided shouting match with the referees that earned him a technical foul. Groce knows there was a line that was crossed. He knows an example was set in front of his players, and it was not the example he would have liked to set.
“The difference between emotion and emotional is two letters,� Groce told media Wednesday. “There’s a very fi ne line. I thought the other day I broke that line.� Groce is an animated coach. He wears his emotions on his face when the Illini are on the court. Point guard Tracy Abrams said that can be a good thing. “We feed off it sometimes,� Abrams said. “It’s definitely good that guys see that coach cares just as much as we care.� Four straight losses brought out that emotion in the form of a thrown coat, and it’s easy to understand why. Illinois has struggled during the four-loss stretch, which
included an ugly loss to Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., and a frustrating loss to Purdue at home. Thursday the Illini (136, 2-4 Big Ten) have a chance to end those struggles against an Ohio State team (15-4, 2-4) that is going through a similarly frustrating four-game losing streak. Two squads gasping for breath square off at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, where Illinois hasn’t won since 2009. Both come in with identical 2-4 records in league play and on the verge of falling further behind the conference leaders. “It’s not the way either team wanted it to go thus far,� Illinois forward Jon Ekey said. “It’s going to be an interesting game between two teams that are try-
ing to fi nd their way back.� Only one of them can take a step in the right direction, and both have seen a significant drop in offensive production of late. Ohio State and Illinois rank eighth and ninth in the Big Ten in scoring, respectively and have both seen scoring and field goal percentage drops since conference play started. Illinois used the four days since Saturday’s loss to Michigan State as a chance get back to, as Groce put it, “old-school, fall-type practices.� The Illini have focused on their individual skills during practice, as well as correcting some of their offensive woes.
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Illinois has been brutal offensively in the first half of recent games. Illinois’ last four first half totals have been 25, 15 (against Northwestern, no less), 33 (this qualifies as an offensive explosion) and 25 points. You’re not going to beat any team, let alone Ohio State, with poor first halves like that. The Buckeyes have allowed 58.5 points per game, the eighth lowest mark in the country. Ohio State is stocked with defensive stalwarts in Aaron Craft, Amir Williams and the highly underrated Shannon Scott. If Illinois struggles out the gate offensively once again, it could get ugly. Penetration is the key here. Illinois too often begins games by chucking up shots (see Rayvonte Rice) or draining the shot clock by over dribbling. Tracy Abrams and Rice need to start the game by driving inside and kicking the ball out to shooters. Illinois’ shot selection has lacked as of late, but early looks inside the paint could jump start the Illini’s subpar offense.
Move the ball Ohio State loves stagnant offenses. If the likes of Rice, Abrams and Joseph Bertrand dribble the ball around on isolation attacks, look for the Buckeyes to pounce. Craft and Scott are among the best backcourt defenders in the conference, ranking first and third in the Big Ten in steals per game, respectively. Illinois needs to spread the ball around to avoid turnovers.
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Illini look to regain momentum versus Ohio BY JOEY FIGUEROA STAFF WRITER
The No. 20 Illinois hockey team is coming off a relatively easy weekend at home and will bring its short two-game winning streak to No. 4 Ohio this weekend. This will be the Illini’s second series with the Bobcats this season. Their last was split, as Illinois bounced back from an embarrassing 8-1 defeat to grab an emotional 5-2 victory at home. Head coach Nick Fabbrini said the team would be looking at the tape from the previous two games against Ohio and placing equal importance on the loss and the win. “You don’t really learn from just watching yourself do good things, but it’s also good to have confidence and realize what worked for us last time and the way we need to play to be successful this time,� Fabbrini said. “The bad things are good because
it makes you a better player. of their ice rinks in ours, so it’s No one likes seeing themselves a very different rink to play at. make mistakes on camera and do I think that it’s just going to be a things that they’re not supposed faster pace of game.� The Illini simulated Ohio’s to do, but that’s the way that you learn and get better. So there’s small rink during practice by definitely beneplacing pads fits to both.� around their The main rink to make it adjustment the more narrow Illini will have and to shorten to make the the boards. second time “It’s definitearound against ly not a perfect the Bobcats is science, but playing away I think it will help us be prefrom home. pared,� FabbriWhile Illinois’ NICK FABBRINI ni said. “A lot Big Pond is ILLINI HOCKEY HEAD COACH larger than regof the guys who ulation rinks, have played at Ohio said some Ohio’s rink, also known as the Bird, is small- of the drills we’ve done out there er than regulation, making it a for the past two days have done drastic transition for the Illini. a nice job of simulating what it’s “This is a pretty tough place to like to play at Ohio. We’re tryplay,� senior captain Austin Bos- ing to be as prepared as we can tock said. “You can almost fit two to make plays in tighter, smaller
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NBA Draft not end of road for NCAA players ARYN BRAUN Illini columnist
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emember Mike Bruesewitz? He played basketball at Wisconsin, and Cosmopolitan Magazine named him one of the “Hottest Guys of March Madness� in 2013. Well, I almost met him in Israel two weeks ago, as he now plays for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Winners League. Most fans write off college athletes that aren’t immediately drafted, which is the majority of them. But what happens when the NBA says no thank you? Kids that — just a few short months ago — were the darlings of the NCAA are forced to make a big decision. They can stick around, go through training camp or play in the D-League in hopes of getting a contract, or they can go abroad, learn about a new culture and get paid to do what they love.
Sign me up for the latter. Maybe Illini fans don’t really care about a Badgers has-been, but there are plenty of former Illinois big shots just like him. Brandon Paul now plays for Russian team Nizhny Novgorod, which competes predominantly against other eastern European teams in the VTB United League. After participating in the Las Vegas Summer League, Paul was offered a place in training camp by Minnesota, Brooklyn, Portland and Miami, where he would have been able to compete for a place on a 2013-14 roster. He declined and opted to go overseas. Paul will have the chance to go through the summer leaguetraining camp decision again after he completes his first season with BC Nizhny Novgorod. Perhaps the financial independence gained from playing professionally for a year will allow him the opportunity to take a chance in the NBA.
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areas under a lot more pressure.� With less room to navigate, the physicality is bound to be high. Bostock has deemed the Bobcats to be the Illini’s biggest rival, and when asked if he expects the animosity between the two teams to be even higher than when they first played, he responded quickly and surely. “Absolutely,� he said. “I hate playing against them just because they’re always a good team and you always know you’re going to get hit every single time; it’s not even a question. It’s the biggest game of the season thus far for sure.� The Bobcats are the first challenge in a three-week stretch of top-10 opponents for the Illini, which makes their final run at a spot in the ACHA National Tournament in March even tougher. “We’ve got eight games left before rankings come out, and
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Illini focus on turnovers and defense for victory BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER
Despite a start to Big Ten play that is colder than the Champaign winter, the Illinois women’s basketball team is looking to heat up at the end of a long string of road games. Illinois (8-10, 1-4 Big Ten) wraps up a three-game road trip when it travels to Michigan State (12-6, 4-1) on Thursday. The Illini split their fi rst two games on the road after starting off conference play with three straight losses at home. Now they are looking to focus on closing out individual games. “I think fi nishing games has been our downfall,” guard Alexis Smith said. “Just defensive and mental breakdowns I think has killed us and consistency throughout the whole game has been hurting us.” Michigan State is coming off its fi rst Big Ten loss in its last game against No. 16 Penn State — snapping a six-game winning streak for the Spartans. Michigan State is 36th in the RPI rankings and is one of seven Big Ten teams to be receiving votes in the latest Associated Press poll. The Spartans’ offense is run by point guard Kiana Johnson who is averaging 8.6 points per game and 6.3 assists per contest, good for third best in the conference. Johnson’s assist numbers jumped to 7.4 in five Big Ten games, and with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.4, forcing turnovers will be a focus for the Illini. “We need to cause turnovers, that’s
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Illinois’ Alexis Smith drives the ball down the court during the game against Nebraska at State Farm Center on Jan. 12. The Illini lost 75-56. what we’re known for, that’s what we need to keep on doing,” Smith said. “But we also need to be patient on offense so that doesn’t create the other team’s offense.” As is custom under head coach Matt Bollant, the Illini are forcing more turnovers than almost any team in the country. Illinois is ninth nationally in steals per game and 10th in turnover margin. A key to success this season for the Illini has been the play of their defense. Illinois is 7-1 when holding its opponents to 70 or less points in a game, as opposed to 1-9 when opposing teams break the 70-point threshold. Illinois earned its fi rst such victory on Jan. 15 against Northwestern, pulling out a 76-74 decision on the road. The win also marked Illinois’ fi rst road win of the season and the team’s fi rst conference victory in five tries. “If we don’t turn them over, we give
up too many easy shots, especially in the second half,” Bollant said. “We haven’t been as good defensively in the second half, and that hurt us the most.” Illini guard Ivory Crawford has been a stimulant on offense in recent games, posting 19 or more points in each of the past six games. Crawford’s scoring average jumped to 15.4 points per game — 11th in the Big Ten — while Amber Moore continues to lead the team at 16.3 points per game. Michigan State’s leading scorer is sharpshooter Annalise Pickrel. The senior forward leads the team at 14.0 points per game and 45.9 percent from behind the 3-point line. Her shooting percentage from beyond the arc ranks fifth in the Big Ten.
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uccess should be measured against the achievements of your peers. I don’t get too excited when our beloved Illini crushes Miami of Ohio in football, because we’re supposed to. They’re not on our level. Illinois sports teams are generally evaluated on their performance in conference play. We play our Big Ten foes every year, so conference play is usually a good indicator of where a given Illini program stacks up over time. Women’s basketball head coach Matt Bollant is in his second year at the helm, taking over a program that was subpar in conference play under the previous regime. Former head coach Jolette Law led her teams to a combined 7-25 conference record in her fi nal two seasons in Champaign before being fi red. Bollant got off to a good start in his fi rst season, going 9-7 in Big Ten play and leading the Illini to a berth in the 2013 WNIT. If not for three late-season losses, the Illini would have had a reasonable shot at making their fi rst NCAA tournament in 10 years. Any realistic Illini fan chalked Bollant’s fi rst season up as a resounding success. Bollant’s second season has not been as positive up to this point. His team sits at 8-10 overall heading into Thursday’s matchup at Michigan State, including a 1-4 record against conference opponents. That’s good for last place in the Big Ten. And with six of the Illini’s fi nal 11 games being played on the road, don’t expect it to get any easier the rest of the way. The Illini have beaten up on inferior opponents this season but have struggled to compete with high-major teams. Victories over Seton Hall and Northwestern are
the only two names that jump off the schedule as quality wins. The meat of the Illini’s schedule comes during conference play, where unlike the nonconference, there are no cupcakes sprinkled in. The Illini’s RPI sits at 143, and a second consecutive postseason berth seems like a pipe dream at this point in the season. After racking up eye-popping point totals in the beginning of the year, the Illini are now giving up large amounts of points to opponents. They’re ranked 253rd out of 343 Division I teams in points allowed. In a December 2012 ESPN.com article, Bollant cited one of his main draws for taking the Illinois job: It would be possible to land top recruits. It’s much easier to land top talent at a high-major program like Illinois than it was at Bollant’s previous school, Wisconsin-Green Bay. This being only his second season, we shouldn’t jump on Bollant for a lack of success yet. Much like his counterpart John Groce on the men’s side, Bollant’s team is struggling in its second year. Rebuilding programs to a level of sustained success takes time, and it is done through good recruiting and player development. If Bollant’s recruits come in and his teams struggle in years three and four and are unable to compete in the conference, then criticism is fair game. Bollant is charged with the task of leading Illinois women’s basketball to consistent national relevance. I believe he can do it; however, if the Illini continue to sit at the bottom of the conference standings, fans will begin to get impatient. It’s the success against your peers, Big Ten opponents, that ultimately matters. For an NCAA bid to ever be realistic, Bollant will have to consistently field teams that are above-average in the Big Ten. Anything less, and this program starving for success will only get hungrier.
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Dual match to feature 2013 NCAA title rematch BY DANIEL DEXTER STAFF WRITER
Following another Big Ten loss, this time against Michigan, associate head coach Mark Perry gathered his team before practice and explained that he is not satisfied with mediocrity. Perry has large goals for the Illinois wrestling team in the coming years, all of which have been accomplished by the Illini’s opponent this Friday: Penn State. Although Perry expects the dual in State College, Pa., to have an exciting environment with a hostile packed gym, he doesn’t see this meet being any different than any other dual Illinois has had. “It’s just another dual meet to me, and even to our guys,” Perry said. “Obviously they are three-time defending national champs, and this is the best they have had in the past four years. So we are aware of what they have, but for us, it’s just a process of getting to the national tournament.” The dual will also feature a rematch of last year’s 125-pound national title match, which ended with redshirt junior Jesse Delgado defeating Penn State’s Nico Megaludis. Delgado has called Megaludis his rival and is excited for the opportunity to face him again. “I think we have a better game plan than them, but it will come down to whoever wants it more will win,” Del-
gado said. Perry said opponents have been wrestling a more defensive game plan against Delgado. In his one loss this season, his opponent didn’t take any shots and won by being more conservative. Perry pointed out that Delgado has not been wrestling to his potential and that this Friday’s match is a good opportunity to get him back on track. “If he goes in there and gets a win over a guy of that caliber, it will kick start him to where he wants to be,” Perry said. “Regardless, he is going to perform where he wants in the end.” Besides Delgado’s struggles, the team will once again go into a meet without two starters in Steven Rodrigues and Mario Gonzalez. Perry has been frustrated by Illinois’ injuries and believes the Illini would have a perfect record if the team would’ve been healthy the whole season. “In this conference when you have two or three guys out every week, it’s almost impossible to win,” Perry said. “We are going up to Penn State where they have dominated everybody this season. We have two guys who will be sitting out again, so basically we are two matches down.” Although the team may have difficulty coming out with a win, Perry sees this meet as a good opportunity for younger wrestlers like redshirt freshman Zane Richards to develop even further.
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Illinois’ Jesse Delgado wrestles Michigan’s Conor Youtsey at Huff Hall on Friday. A rematch of last year’s 125-pound national title match with Delgado facing Penn State’s Nico Megaludis will be featured at the Illinois and Penn State matchup on Friday. Richards shared the sentiment of his coach and looks forward to the chance to wrestle in the house of the threetime defending champs. He feels he has taken the next step mentally toward becoming an elite wrestler, and he is confident in his game plan heading into the dual. “I’m looking to go out there and dominate the kid,” Richards said. “To do that,
I have to stay in position and not get wild. I have to wrestle where I’m good and let the chips fall from that point.” Perry is confident in his team’s ability to battle hard against the Nittany Lions and has high hopes for the younger members in the future. Duals like this one are exactly what they need to meet those expectations. “These young guys who we expect to
make an impact in the future are getting the chance to wrestle the best guys in the nation in front of a huge crowd that’s going to be booing and calling stalling,” Perry said. “Nothing seasons you like duals like that.”
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Men’s gymnastics hosts Ohio State in home opener BY KIERAN HAMPL STAFF WRITER
The Illinois men’s gymnastics team came into this season hoping to rebound and return to the national championship after a subpar season that concluded with a last-place fi nish in the NCAA tournament. They started the season with a victory against Illinois-Chicago and then a second-place fi nish in the Windy City Invitational. Returning to Huff Hall for the fi rst time this season, the No. 5 Illini face a
tally tough all season and hopes his team will be able to fight past the emotions. To beat the Buckeyes, Spring said his team “has to be better on the front end.� Ohio State is known for having very strong anchors, and putting up comparable scores is going to be crucial for the Illini. The Buckeyes also sat out some of their players in last week’s meet, which means the Illini will be facing a different team and will face an even bigger challenge. Redshirt sophomore C.J. Maestas is coming off a strong performance for Illi-
giant task in No. 4 Ohio State. Illinois tied with Ohio State at the Windy City Invitational and knows it can compete with the Buckeyes, but it also knows head-to-head matches are very different than invites because of constant momentum changes. Sunday’s match will be head-to-head, meaning the teams will compete on the same event at the same time. “Energy sways are going to be huge,� head coach Justin Spring said. Spring said he has emphasized the importance of being consistent and men-
nois last week and is excited to compete in all six events for the first time since a tricep injury last season. “It took me out of my element,� Maestas said of his injury. This week Maestas has focused on cleaning up the little things in preparation for Ohio State, and Spring said Maestas isn’t taking anything for granted after his injury. Another huge contributor for the Illini early this season has been freshman Chandler Eggleston who is coming off two consecutive Big Ten Freshman of
the Week honors. He has spent the week focusing on being consistent throughout his events in hopes of performing well in his first home meet. “I’m hoping there’s a big crowd and my friends come out,� he said. The Illini have started the season strong, but a win against Ohio State could both put last season in the past and cement the Illini as one of the country’s top teams.
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Illinois prepares to take ‘next step’ in matchup against Minnesota Women’s gymnastics looks to preserve early season success as they face top-25 opponent BY ASHLEY WIJANGCO STAFF WRITER
Despite starting the season 2-0, the details will determine the continuation of success for the Illinois women’s gymnastics team this Saturday in Minnesota. “We made some really big strides from the fi rst weekend to the second weekend,� associate head coach Jay Santos said. “I think it’s really going to come down to who can take another step,
who can improve on their performances a little bit more and really go in and hit a clean meet. “Basically, we’ve just been really trying to instill upon them this week to just take that next step.� In the national rankings, Illinois started at No. 16. It then moved up to No. 13 following its season opener at Michigan State. The Illini now sit at No. 11 after a 196.175 performance at last weekend’s home opener. The Illini have yet to face a top25 opponent this season. Michigan State was absent in the preseason rankings. Coming into the home opener, Wisconsin-Eau Claire sat at No. 64 with Centenary College right behind them. But facing Minnesota will be a different story. No. 13 Minnesota owns an average
score of 195.600 after three meets. This is just 0.150 behind Illinois’ average. Both teams have scored above 196 recently, so the focus lies in the details. “Half a tenth can do a lot to the score,� said Erin Buchanan, this week’s Big Ten Freshman of the Week. “As Jay was just telling us, it can get us a whole point if we each do a little improvement on every routine.� The next step isn’t just limited to the team’s performance, though. Senior Elizabeth McNabb likes the team’s consistency with energy, but there’s also work to be done with the mental aspect of the sport. “We’re just really trying to get those little things that can sometimes be more mental mistakes in the competition, like pressure or you’re nervous,� McNabb said. “It’s more like in competition
rather than what we’ve been seeing in practice, so we know we’re physically there. We just need to hold it together mentally and everything.� The 2-0 start has really lifted the Illini’s spirits, but it hasn’t gotten in the way of their work ethic. They have been able to manage in a way that translates into wanting to do even better. “Their spirits have been good,� Santos said. “Their attitudes have been great all week. Effort’s been great all week, so I think they’re feeling really good about it. What I see in practice is they’ve been really working on trying to make that next step. It’s what we’re going to need if we’re going to win in Minnesota.�
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Groce said he wants to see the Illini more aggressive on offense, including leading scorer Rayvonte Rice. Rice has been suffering from a strained adductor muscle in his hip, acquired in the Jan. 12 loss to Northwestern. He still scored in double-figures against Purdue and Michigan State, but not near his season average of 17.4 points per game. Groce said Rice has been at his best physically since the injury. “I want him in attack mode,” Groce said. “He’s at his best when he’s aggressive.” He will need to be against the Buckeyes, who rank seventh in the nation defensively. But losses to Minnesota and Nebraska last week proved they can be scored upon. With two defensive-minded teams both struggling offensively, it’s likely that 60 points will be all it takes to win Thursday’s matchup.
Illinois has been anything but a free-flowing offense so far this season. The Illini rank 323rd in the nation with 10.4 assists per game. To put that number in perspective, LIU Brooklyn’s Jason Brickman leads the nation with 9.5 assists per game. Don’t blame the lack of assists on John Groce’s offense. D.J. Cooper averaged 7.5 assists per game for a Groce-coached Ohio team in 2011. Abrams leads this year’s squad at a measly 3.4. Illinois doesn’t have Brandon Paul to single-handedly defeat Ohio State, so a balanced offense attack is the better approach.
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Limit Aaron Craft Illinois needs to contain Craft on both ends of the floor. The senior point guard is one of those classic guys that opponents hate, but his team loves. Craft is just annoying. He’s constantly in your face, diving for
balls left and right, while effectively running the offense. Craft isn’t an NBA player, nor is he an NBA athlete, but he has an impact on the game on both ends of the floor as much as any player in the nation. Abrams is already on a cold stretch, having shot under 40 percent four times in his last five games, and he hasn’t even faced a defender of the caliber of Craft. Illinois’ already heavy pick-and-roll offense will need to be in full force against the pesky Craft. Abrams won’t be able to beat Craft off the dribble consistently, so on-ball screens will be even more important in this one. Defensively Abrams can’t let Craft blow past him. Craft is, well, crafty, and loves to get in the paint and use his penetration to set up his teammates. Groce usually avoids using double teams, but Craft might be an exception.
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BRAUN Illinois graduate Demetri McCamey has been through the ringer. The 6-foot-3 guard went undrafted in 2011 and, instead of waiting for the NBA lockout to end, signed a one-year deal with a professional team in Turkey. By early 2012 he was playing for Hapoel Jerusalem — Bruesewitz’ future team — but was released almost immediately. In August 2013, after almost a year of NBA D-League roulette, McCamey signed with Cairns Taipans, a professional team in Australia. After finishing out his Illinois career in 2013, Tyler Griffey almost gave up on basketball. The 6-foot-9 forward went undrafted and was spurned by the NBA Summer League. Griffey could have taken a chance and tried to impress in the D-League but instead signed a contract with Allianz Swans Gmunden in Austria. Paul, McCamey and Griffey
all left a legacy. It wasn’t a championship, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t important. Paul scored 43 on the way to taking down No. 5 Ohio State in 2012. McCamey came up big in Illinois’ 2010 win over North Carolina, dishing out some revenge after losing to the Tar Heels in the NCAA Championship game in 2005. And Illini fans remember Griffey as the guy made the winning shot to beat No. 1 Indiana last year. Maybe he wasn’t the most consistent player, but he gave Illinois that moment. These three guys are only a small percentage of former Illini playing overseas that shouldn’t be forgotten just because we don’t see their names in headlines every week. So thanks, Mike Bruesewitz, for reminding me that professional basketball exists outside of the NBA.
Aryn is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at braun17@ dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @Aryn_Braun.
FROM 1B
HOCKEY right now, we’re right on the cusp of the (national) tournament,” Fabbrini said. “I think that it’s very important for us to make the most of the next three weekends, especially since we have three top-10 teams on our schedule. We have everything there in front of us to get in the tournament, we just need to step up and win some games.” Fabbini wants the Illini to dedicate all of their focus to not only every game, but to every period. Point differential is another factor in the national ranking system, so even in losses, full effort in every period of every game is important for Illinois. “We’re approaching every period like it’s a 20-minute game, and we want to win each one for the next eight weeks,” Fabbrini said. “It’s definitely not going to be easy, but we’re more than capable of doing it.”
Joey can be reached at jfiguer2@dailyillini.com and @joeyfigueroa3
Men’s track prepared for Kentucky tournament BY THOMAS DONLEY STAFF WRITER
The No. 12 Illinois men’s track and field team will travel to Lexington, Ky., this weekend for the Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational on Jan. 24-25. This will be the Illini’s first road meet of the season. Illinois will look to take first place as a team for the second straight meet after finishing first at the Illini Classic last weekend, in which it racked up 227.50 points while dominating the sev-
en-team field. Several Illini will look to continue personal winning streaks at Kentucky. David Kendziera has finished first in the 60-meter hurdles and the long jump in each of the first two meets this season, as have Brandon Stryganek in the 60-meter dash, Davis Fraker in the weight throw and Branden Tanthavong in the triple jump. Stryganek also finished first in the 200 at the Illini Classic, and DJ Zahn is coming off a win in the 400 in the last meet.
Illinois head coach Mike Turk expects three of his top performers to return this weekend from injuries that have held them out all season. Turk believes sprinter Stephon Pamilton and hurdler Vanier Joseph are good to go and that pole vaulter Matt Bane is probable, and the team will benefit from their returns. “They’re a big shot in the arm for us,” Turk said. “I was real pleased with how last week we competed real well and had great results without those guys.
Every year you’re going to have great kids that are seniors that are going to leave or some guys that get hurt, and you have to have somebody else ready and stepping up into that role, and I think we saw a little bit of that last week.” Four other top-25 teams will take part in the Rod McCravy Memorial such as No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Oregon, No. 18 Baylor and No. 24 Alabama. Big Ten rival Ohio State will also be a part of the 14-team field at Lexington
this weekend. “The competition this week will be really, really good,” Turk said. “I think we’ll learn some things about ourselves and our team. I know this about our guys: They’re going to go out and compete really hard, and I think we’ll find some things we need to work on, and I think we’ll find some things that are pleasant surprises.” The Illini will debut their distance medley relay this weekend, earlier in the season than in previous years because of new NCAA
rule changes that prevent teams from qualifying relay teams after the conference meets. The McCravy Memorial is a two-day meet, affording Illinois the opportunity to have athletes run on back-to-back days in order to see how they respond to a test similar to a conference meet. The meet, which lasts all day Friday and Saturday, will be streamed on Kentucky’s website.
Thomas can be reached at donley1@dailyillini.com.
Illinois swimming awaits recovery for match against Nebraska BY MICHAL DWOJAK STAFF WRITER
Illinois swimming continues to recover and place a great amount of time on detail as it enters the final stretch of the season at Nebraska on Saturday. “We’re really excited for championship season,” sophomore Jennifer Coady said, referring to the post-dualmeet portion of the schedule. “But it’s important that we put in the final details into our races before we compete, and that starts with Nebraska.” After competing in three meets in a span of four days, the Illini are making sure to recover but also work hard with championship season not far away. They will head back to the drawing board and return the focus to detail. Throughout the season, head coach Sue Novitsky has been emphasizing the importance of the quickness of turns during a race, because the seconds lost there could be the difference between finishing first or second. Looking back on the weekend, she was not happy with how her team executed turns. She acknowledged that fatigue was a factor but knows work can
still be done. “It was nice to see that extra gear and respond to the competition,” Novitsky said. “But we need to continue to work on detail to become better.” Other than working on turns, Novitsky monitored the swimmers’ heart rates during practices this week to make
“It’s important that we put in the final details into our racers before we compete, and that starts with Nebraska.” JENNIFER COADY
SOPHOMORE IN SWIMMING
sure they are recovering well after an intense weekend and practices. She also emphasized the importance of the body to be able to adapt to high-speed training as well as pushing off walls as they enter this part of the year. Novitsky knows the intense training is hard on her swim-
mers’ bodies, but after a few weeks she knows they will be used to the intensity. This past span of meets has helped recreate the situation the Illini will be in when they compete in the Big Ten Championships in February. There will not be much time to regroup and deal with mental and physical exhaustion. There will be no excuse to not pay attention to details. The Illini hope to use their meet against Nebraska as one final tune-up on those details before entering championship season. The team is expecting it to be a back-and-forth battle with Nebraska. Apart from it being a conference rivalry, the Illini enter this meet with a little revenge on mind. The Illini lost to Nebraska 194-106 at home last year and have not forgotten that defeat. “We are looking forward to competing against them again,” Novitsky said. “We’re getting contributions across the board, which is great to see, and we look forward to it continuing.”
Michal can be reached at dwojak2@dailyillini.com and @bennythebull94.
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Illinois' head coach Sue Novitsky cheers on her swimmers during the meet against Illinois State at the ARC on Nov. 1. The Illini won 206-94.
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