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Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter, Bob Woodward, giving the inaugural speech for “The New Lincoln Lectures” at Foellinger Auditorium on Tuesday.

Pulitzer Prize winner gives UI lecture BY AARON NAVARRO STAFF WRITER

Before Bob Woodward could delve into how Abraham Lincoln relates to the 21st century during a lecture at Foellinger Auditorium on Tuesday, he addressed his outfit choice. “I do not have a coat and tie on because I got stranded out of Washington because of the snow,” Woodward said. “The dean generously offered his best suit, and I declined. Because my daughter, a freshman in college, said, ‘Now you look like a real professor: underdressed.’” The Washington Post reporter is best known for his work in unveiling the 1972 Watergate scandal. Over the course of his career, Woodward has written multiple non-fiction bestsellers and has covered and interviewed every U.S. president since Richard Nixon. His writing ranges from the inner workings of the Supreme Court to actor John Belushi’s

drug overdose. Woodward started his career at The Washington Post following a five-yeartour in the U.S. Navy. Two weeks later, he was released by his editor Harry Rosenfield due to his lack of “journalistic experience.” After working at the Montgomery Sentinel for a year, Woodward returned to the Post in 1971 and has been there ever since. So how did the College of Law and Dean Vikram Amar secure Woodward as the first speaker in its lecture series, “The New Lincoln Lectures: What Abraham Lincoln Means to the 21st Century”? “The answer also turns out to be quite simple,” Amar said before introducing Woodward at the lecture, “We asked.” While the fact that Amar’s brother Akhil Amar, co-taught with Woodward at Yale University helped sway Woodward, he said he also realized that Lincoln and the eight presidents he has covered have a lot in common.

“I thought about it… and I didn’t know a whole lot about Lincoln. But I spent the last month reading a lot,” Woodward said in an interview with The Daily Illini. “What I’ve done is distill the characteristics that Lincoln has, and take the eight presidents that I have written books about and tried to show how they used Lincoln, how they learned from Lincoln and in some cases how they failed to learn from Lincoln.” Woodward, who attended high school in Wheaton, Illinois, graduated from Yale in 1965. “Yale was hard. It was the hardest I’ve ever studied,” he said. “Except for the Lincoln Lectures.” As a result, Woodward said he learned Lincoln is still incredibly relevant in the 21st century.“President Obama said, a month after his inaugural, ‘Lincoln made my own story possible.’ And that

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UI Professor develops temporary implant sensor Technology would help postsurgery healing

tion to remove it because the sensor simply dissolves. “Our ultimate goal is to develop a technology that has utility for the human population,” Rogers said. “Realistically the research is at the earlier stages, but we’ve demonstrated the ability to make the device and make the measurements at the required accuracy and in a bioresorbable form.” The sensor is made from materials that are already commonly found in the body, such as magnesium and silicon, that are also inexpensive. It is currently 85 percent resorbable, takes about two to three months to dissolve and has no long term effects on the body. “We had been working in bioresorbable electronics since 2012 and have developed a whole range of materials that allow us to do different kinds of functions in electronics with materials that are biocompatible and which dissolve in biofluids,” Rogers said. “Neurosurgeons became aware of that work and identified an application of relevance to their field specialty.” One of those neurosurgeons was Rory Murphy from the Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis, who recognized the technology’s potential. “I was reading about (Rogers’) work in journals and I thought we could use this technology and his knowledge for the brain,” he said. “We do deal with a lot of brain injuries, but other

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A chemistry professor at the University has developed new medical technology that performs a disappearing act. John Rogers said it was through conversations with neurosurgeons that led him to develop a new brain sensor. The sensor wirelessly transmits data about a patient’s temperature and pressure from the sensor attached to the brain to a sensor planted on another part of their body. These two parameters need to be monitored during a patient’s recovery, which usually lasts a week, because they can indicate potential complications. “Temporary implant sensors that make those measurements have to be surgically extracted when the patient doesn’t need them anymore,” he said. “So (neurosurgeons) identified a really powerful opportunity … to do that same kind of monitoring but with a device platform that doesn’t need to be surgically extracted anymore.” The second sensor is placed in a part of the body where its removal is much less harmful than if it were in the brain. Once the sensor is done with it’s job, there is no need for a second opera-

The Graduate Employees’ Organization will celebrate its successful defense of graduate students right to tuition waivers at a rally Thursday. Grace Hebert, grievance officer for GEO, said the organization was made aware Tuesday that an arbitrator found the University in violation of the terms and conditions of the GEO’s contract, in a case involving graduate students in the Professional Master of Computer Science program. Hebert, graduate student in LAS, said the GEO and the University went into arbitration in August 2015 over issues involving tuition waivers for graduate students in the Professional Master of Computer Science program at the University. The GEO’s Facebook page states that for more than six years, the organization has been fighting for the protection of tuition waivers, but “the University administration continues to look for ways to erode tuition waivers and profit off of graduate students.” Hebert said students — most of them international students — were being recruited specifically for Engineering’s MCS program, and were under the impression that they would receive an appointment when they got to the University. But, when the students arrived at the University, it was difficult for them to receive assistantship because the University departments employing them were asked to

pay for the graduate students’ tuition, instead of the tuition being waived. Failing to waive tuition for students in this program violated the University’s contract with the GEO, Hebert said. “The College of Engineering has started recruiting international students by telling them they can find a waiver-generating appointment when they arrive on campus,” A post on the GEO Facebook page stated. “After moving halfway around the world those students arrive at UIUC and find themselves functionally unemployable because their academic department demands that any employing department pay that employee’s tuition in cash!” Andreas Cangellaris, dean of Engineering, said the college doesn’t recruit international students to specific graduate programs. He said international students’ applications to the college are driven by the reputation of Engineering and students’ interests. “Graduate students are an important part of our campus, and they are the backbone of our educational and research efforts in the College of Engineering,” Cangellaris said when asked about the GEO’s claims. The arbitrator said a remedy has to be made between the University and the GEO, Hebert said; but a deadline has not been set. Hebert said the cost of the arbitrator was split by the GEO and the University. According to a statement from the arbitration, “The

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problems can occur.” Jeff Karp, an associate professor from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was also intrigued by Rogers’s work. “There’s a lot of opportunity for implantable devices that can sense all kinds of cues,” he said. The sensor is currently being tested in animals, but Murphy said the hope is to eventually use these sensors in human patients. But, Karp said, the transmission into humans presents new challenges that need to be addressed. “One of the key challenges is that you really want to miniaturize the systems, be able to deliver them via a needle, for example,” he said. “John Rogers and his team have been able to develop a system that addresses these problems and this work really just puts us up a step further in terms of being able to monitor signals, in particular in the brain.” Murphy said these sensors can be used to monitor the brain after surgery, and possibly even as a tool for diagnosis. “It opens up new avenues to make diagnoses and get information from a person, and the sensor then dissolves away,” he said. Rogers said he hopes to improve some of the engineering aspects of the sensor, such as extending the time which it is able to relay

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Twenty-two body bags were sprawled out in front of the Abraham Lincoln statue at the Illinois State Capitol Building on Wednesday. The body bags represented the estimated number of veterans who commit suicide everyday, according to the United States Department of Veteran Affairs; Medical Cannabis Outreach held a rally in Springfield urging Gov. Bruce Rauner to approve eight more conditions for the medical cannabis pilot program, including post traumatic stress disorder, autism and chronic pain syndrome. The remaining five conditions are a series of chronic pain-related conditions including

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intractable pain, osteoarthritis, postoperative pain, pain due to trauma and irritable bowel syndrome. Dan Linn, an executive director for The National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws Illinois chapter, expected Rauner to approve the eight conditions on the day of the rally, but Rauner now has until Feb. 1 to rule on the conditions. In September, Rauner rejected the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board’s recommendations for 11 conditions to be added to the program, including osteoarthritis and PTSD. “We’re hoping that lawmakers will see that there is an overwhelming amount of

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RALLY Masters in Computer Science (MCS) Program violated the 2012-2017 collective bargaining agreement, in particular the Side Letter included in that agreement, by seeking reimbursement for tuition costs of MCS students in assistantships in units other than the MCS program.” Hebert said there are around 2,700 University graduate students, or members, represented by the GEO. Half of the members are signed members, which means they have voting rights in the organization. The current contract between the GEO and the University was signed in 2012 and runs through 2017. Becky Schumann, copresident of the GEO, said she sees the organization as a “social justice organization that ensures that (students) get better working conditions as graduate employees.” The organization’s mission

is to empower graduate students. The organization also serves as a representative for graduate students by negotiating with the University on the terms and conditions of employment, according to the organization’s website. "(The MCS action) reduces the value of the tuition waiver, when it imposes the costs of the tuition waiver on the employing unit, the unit granting the assistantship. The tuition waiver is transformed from the primary form of compensation to a competitive disqualifying cost,” the arbitration said. Hebert emphasized the importance of tuition waivers for graduate employees. “As a teaching assistant, I receive a tuition waiver so I have to pay less tuition than I would otherwise, and that’s really important because otherwise I couldn’t be here,” she said. “I essentially would be paying to work.” Cangellaris said each graduate program in Engineering has its own tuition

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policy; some are eligible for assistantships that include a tuition waiver but other professional programs are not eligible for tuition waivers. “International and domestic students who apply to our programs are treated the same in all cases, based on the tuition policy of the program that they are part of,” Cangellaris said. “The tuition policy for each program is explained in all pertinent literature and web materials describing the program. We absolutely do not tell students that support will be available or be a possibility when it is not.” Though the arbitration has been finalized, the GEO will still hold a rally Thursday. The event will include speakers at the Alma Mater and a march around Bardeen Quad and the North Quad. Attendees will then send postcards to Andreas Cangellaris, dean of Engineering, according to the GEO Facebook page.

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MARIJUANA support for extending this program, making it permanent and reforming our cannabis laws in a greater fashion,” Linn said prior to the rally. A Champaign Connection The rally coincided with the announcement of the first medical cannabis dispensary opening in Champaign. Currently under construction at 1704 S. Neil St. Suite C, Phoenix Botanical is expected to open sometime in March. Phoenix Botanical consulted with Medical Cannabis Outreach to hold seminars prior to their opening, aimed at informing and registering potential patients. Medical Cannabis Outreach is hosting a seminar on Phoenix Botanical and how to obtain medical marijuana Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. in the Urbana Free Library. Caprice Sweatt, founder and CEO of Medical Cannabis Outreach, said patients are often unsure of how to obtain medical cannabis. Often, the process is tough-

er than it appears. “A lot of people are not aware that medical marijuana is legal in the state of Illinois and dispensaries are opening all around the state,” Sweatt said. “We get out there to let people know about the program, about the rules and regulations.” For Sweatt, legalizing medical cannabis is a personal endeavor. Diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease at the age of 17, Sweatt credits marijuana with keeping her prescription drug-free for the past 25 years. “There is a prescription drug epidemic in the United States right now,” Sweatt said. “So, we’re trying to encourage people to take a look at medical cannabis (instead of) prescription drugs and narcotics.” Obtaining a Dispensary License Phoenix Botanical has yet to receive its medical dispensary license from the state. However, Sweatt said the way the process works, they expect to obtain their license during their final inspection in the next couple of weeks. Sweatt said she under-

stands the confusion surrounding procedures to obtain a dispensary license. “This whole industry is strange,” Sweatt said. “There is not anything that follows what normal business practices would be, so we have completely different regulations we have to follow.” Widespread Support According to a new statewide medical marijuana survey conducted by Harper Polling, 80 percent of Illinois residents support the use of medical marijuana as a doctor recommended treatment. Notably, the survey shows bipartisan support for this movement. Sixty-six percent of Republicans, 87 percent of Democrats and 82 percent of Independents supported legalization. As of January 2016, 23 states have legalized medical marijuana in some capacity. Current University policy prohibits prescribed medical marijuana possession in University-owned buildings, including University Housing.

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Study links tuition spike to past recession BY SAMANTHA JONES TOAL STAFF WRITER

Current college students may be paying more out of pocket to afford tuition because of events that happened before most were even in high school. According to a study by Young Invincibles’ Third Annual State Report Cards, the recession of 2007 might be the cause behind the spike in college tuition across the U.S. Average in-state tuition across the country has increased by an average of 28 percent since the beginning of the 2008 school year, following the December 2007 recession, according to the study. Ultimately, the economic slowdown caused a decrease in state higher-education budgets, causing public institutions to raise their price tag. “State governments have been cutting back their support for public universities and that is the overwhelming reason and consensus statistically,” said Walter McMahon, professor emeritus of economics. “There’s been a shift from state support to more student support for tuition.” In reality, the nationwide expenditure per students at four-year universities has slightly decreased from 2007 to 2015 according to the National Center for Educational Statistics, McMahon said. While the Young Invincibles’ study cited Illinois as having one of the smallest cuts to state funding for higher education since the recession — there has been a 9% reduction since 2007 — it later on mentions that Illinois

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Students make their way into Foellinger Auditorium for class on a mild winter afternoon on Wednesday. has the fifth highest in-state tuition for four-year public colleges in the U.S. “It’s kind of disappointing,” said Rohan Subramaniam, freshman in Engineering. “If you keep increasing tuition, you get some issues with the lower middle class being able to afford college.” He said lower class students will often receive financial aid, and upper class students will be able to afford college, but the middle class will suffer. McMahon also shared some of the same concerns. “The University of Illinois has reached the limit, it just can’t reach raise tuition much higher,” he said. “We lose students to other universities and it also discourages the middle class to come to the University of Illinois.” Base tuition for in-state students has risen from $9,242 in the 2008-2009 academic year to $12,036 in the 2015-2016 academic year. Once students enroll at the University they are guaranteed tuition for four years. McMahon said the Uni-

versity has reached its limit on raising tuition but said he doesn’t think it will never increase again. “You can see what the state is doing, they’re not supporting the University. The University is under stress,” he said. Despite the question of state funding, President Timothy Killeen said the University is committed to keeping tuition affordable for the average middle class family at a Senate Executive Committee meeting Monday. Killeen said the University’s decision not to raise tuition marks the second year of tuition freezes and that the class of 2020 will be paying the same amount of tuition as students entering the University in 2014. Still, some students are concerned about the cost of tuition. “It’s kind of sad because we’re paying tax dollars, too. It’s like, come on, we deserve it,” Subramaniam said.

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John Rogers, chemistry professor, developed a sensor that can monitor brain injuries and dissolve when the injury is healed.

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WOODWARD is exactly true,” Woodward said during the lecture. On the contrary, Woodward recalled a story about Richard Nixon going “berserk” when he learned members of the Executive Branch had pictures of John F. Kennedy in their offices. “Could you see Abraham Lincoln going crazy about someone having a picture of George Washington or Thomas Jefferson in their office? He would say, ‘Oh fine! They’re our founding fathers,’” Woodward said. “Nixon went berserk, ordered all the pictures removed, had to be replaced with pictures of… you guess: him. Now this is a failure to deal with who he was.” While Woodward is still unsure of whether he will continue his “fly-on-the-wall” coverage with the next president, he noted that the 2016 election comes at pivotal point for the country. “Whoever becomes president is going to have to be someone who can deal with the convulsions in the world.

There are many things going on domestically and abroad that are very serious,” Woodward said in an interview with The Daily Illini. “The leadership that is required is going to be large.”And while media coverage urges people to predict the next president, Woodward cautioned voters to pause and take a look at who’s running. “You can’t name the future,” Woodward said. “There’s a type of compulsion there — ‘Well who’s gonna win? Who’s gonna do this? Who’s gonna do that?’ I think what’s most important is: who are these people? Who’s Donald Trump? Who’s Hillary Clinton? Who’s Bernie Sanders? That’s the information people need when they go to the polls to vote. Not whether ‘x’ or ‘y’ was ahead in January or February, that’s irrelevant. What is relevant is their character, and biography is their character.” Woodward said he thinks reporting on candidates’ — and presidents’ — character has been on the decline, an issue he said needs to be addressed.“I’m 72 now, and saying ‘we need to do more hard-digging

data to the wireless receiver, which is currently about five days. He also wants to make the sensor 100 percent resorbable. “What we’d like to do is over-engineer the system so if the neurosurgeons say they’d like it to operate for a week, we’d like to make it so that it operates for two just so we have some cushion,” he said. “So we’re coming out with advanced embodiments that offer longer periods of stable operation.”

lmasha3@dailyillini.com reporting.’ You can argue, and people have, that we didn’t know enough about Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama,” Woodward said in an Interview with The Daily Illini. “For the past 24 years a lot of people felt that we didn’t get enough and do enough. I think we need to do more.” In his lecture, Woodward said the U.S. president needs to “figure out what the next stage of good is for the majority of our country.” He added that stage needs to be good for the majority of the country, not just one party or group. To demonstrate Lincoln’s commitment to the good of the country, Woodward quoted a speech Lincoln delivered on April 6, 1860. “I hope that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind; and therefore,” Lincoln said. “I will simply say, that I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.”

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2 BASE jumpers presumed dead after leaping off iconic Big Sur bridge in California Two BASE jumpers are presumed to have drowned after leaping off the iconic Bixby Bridge in Big Sur, Calif., last week, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday. The bodies of Mary Katherine Connell of Ventura, Calif., and an uniden-

tified man from Finland remain missing, according to Cmdr. John Thornburg, spokesman for the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. The pair are believed to have been overpowered by tumultuous surf short-

ly after landing on a small beach below Pacific Coast Highway last Wednesday. Authorities only learned of the jumpers’ fate Sunday, when they recovered a parachute and helmet camera on the beach, and then watched the recording.

More cases reported in deadly salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers SEATTLE — A deadly outbreak of salmonella food poisoning tied to Mexicangrown cucumbers has been linked to six deaths and nearly 900 illnesses since last summer, health officials reported Tuesday. Two additional deaths and 50 more illnesses tied to the Salmonella Poona outbreak have been reported since the last update in November, the Centers for Disease and Prevention said. That includes illnesses that began in January, raising new questions

about an ongoing source of contamination. Consumers who may have had recalled cucumbers are being urged to wash and sanitize drawers or shelves in refrigerators where the vegetables were stored and to wash reusable grocery bags often. In addition, restaurants and retailers that received the recalled cucumbers should wash and sanitize any crates or other containers where cucumbers were held or sold, the CDC said.

Overall, 888 people in 39 states have been sickened by the outbreak that began in July and was tied to fresh slicing cucumbers grown in Mexico and distributed by Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce. That includes 191 people who were hospitalized and six who died. Two recent deaths in California occurred in people who were infected with the outbreak strain of salmonella, but the infection was not considered to be a factor in their deaths, CDC officials said.

Kansas lawmaker posts online meme insulting Mexicans, Hillary Clinton WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas state lawmaker says he shared a racially tinged Internet meme on his Facebook page by accident this past weekend. Rep. Les Osterman, R-Wichita, said he hit the wrong button when he posted a “Mexican Word of the Day” meme on his page Saturday. The post depicted a man in a sombrero and Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, paired with text that said “Mexican Word of the Day: Bishop” and continued: “Can someone please shut this bishop?!” Osterman said he hadn’t realized he had shared the image and deleted the post after receiving a phone call. “That was a pure, honest mistake. I accidentally hit the wrong button,” Osterman said. “I’ve got to live with something I accidentally did. I regret it. Didn’t do it deliberately and everybody that knows my Facebook, has watched my Facebook page,

knows that.” The lawmaker’s page is mostly filled with messages about Native American culture and U.S. military veterans. New US regulations allow financing of some exports to Cuba The Obama administration announced new regulations Tuesday designed to further expand commerce with Cuba that include permission to finance licensed exports to the island — except agricultural products. The new regulations, which take effect Wednesday when they are published in the Federal Register, build on other sets of U.S. commercial and travel regulations released since the United States and Cuba announced Dec. 17, 2014, that they were working to normalize relations. The amendments “send a clear message to the world: The United States is committed to empowering and

enabling economic advancements for the Cuban people,” said Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew. In a conference call, a senior U.S. official said the steps taken by the U.S. government will have a much greater impact and benefit the Cuban people much more if the Cuban government takes steps to match and facilitate them. While trying to support the Cuban people through expanded commercial activities, a senior U.S. official said that the United States continues to be concerned about Cuba’s treatment of dissidents. “We will continue to push them on this issue,” the official said. Perhaps the most significant rule change is one that removes existing restrictions on payment and financing terms for authorized exports and re-exports to Cuba. Most aspects of the embargo, however, remain in place.

‘Boring’ will win the day in Philippine vote, Aquino’s pick says MANILA — Philippine presidential aspirant Mar Roxas, the candidate of the incumbent Benigno Aquino, predicted that voters so far unexcited by his campaign platform of strengthening growth and containing corruption will ultimately back him in the May election. “We’re boring, we have no drama — we simply work and deliver the goods,” Roxas a 58-year-old former Cabinet member under Aquino, said in an interview in Makati City in the Phil-

ippines on Monday night. He pledged to strengthen agriculture, empower local communities to distribute public-investment cash and help private businesses by fighting graft and reducing regulatory burdens. Speaking days before the government is forecast to announce the slowest annual growth for four years, seen at 5.7 percent, former Sen. Roxas said that his platform could see the expansion rate return to the 6 percent to 7 percent

pace Aquino achieved in the past. That record helped spur the World Bank in 2013 to label the Philippines as a “rising tiger” — a big contrast from the decades when it was deemed Asia’s “sick man.” “Six percent to 7 percent will be attainable,” said Roxas, grandson of a former president. “This year, there would be a bump from all the election activity. But on a sustainable basis, we can approach it beginning 2017, 2018.”

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Medication can possibly help cure anxiety JESSIE WEBSTER Opinions columnist

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remember one of the scariest moments of my life with remarkable clarity. It was August 2003, and my parents and I were spending the last two weeks of the summer at our house in Prouts Neck, Maine. I was 9 years old. On the morning before we left for home, I ignored my mother’s explicit instructions to avoid swimming in the ocean. There was no one to supervise me, but as a perpetually pigheaded child, I elected to tread into the water anyway. I knew I was in trouble by the time the water reached my waist. The relatively puny Lake Michigan waves I’d experienced before were nothing compared to those of the Atlantic Ocean. Before I knew it, a powerful riptide knocked me off my feet and pulled me under the water. I don’t remember how I escaped the current’s grasp, only the feeling of drowning in cold, salty water. Ever since that day, I’ve had a paralyzing fear of open water and swimming by myself. Even thinking about it still causes my

anxiety levels to spike. So, what if there was a drug available that could permanently cure phobias and anxiety disorders? Would you take the medicine? I sure would. New research suggests that it may be possible to take a drug that will erase the emotional fear response to a situation that causes individuals anxiety. Merle Kindt, a professor of psychology at the University of Amsterdam, and her colleagues, have discovered that giving a betablocker called propranolol to individuals with anxiety or phobias can, over time, erase them for at least a year. To others, phobias such as thalassophobia (fear of the ocean) may seem trivial, but it’s important to know that fears like this are in no short supply. According to research from the National Institute of Mental Health, phobias and anxiety disorders affect 40 million adults in the United States ages 18 and older. General Anxiety Disorder can usually be managed with a combination of medication, therapy and meditation. That being said, there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wish that anxiety could be cured once and for all. A common argument against taking medicine

to combat fear and anxiety is that the only way to overcome one’s demons is to confront them head on and actively work through them. Medicating the problem is nothing but the weak way out. That suggestion is not only offensive and outrageous, but entirely untrue. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, the two most effective methods to treating/curing anxiety disorders in young people are cognitive behavioral therapy and, yes, medication.

What if there was a drug available that could permanently cure phobias... As with many other ailments, medication can drastically improve the lives of people who are so paralyzed by their fear and anxiety that it prevents them from living a normal life. "(The drug) sounds like a good thing for people who constantly have panic attacks,” Daniela Flax, an undeclared sophomore, said. “But if it’s just regular social anxiety then it seems like a little too

much. I guess you’d have to draw a line somewhere.” It’s hard for some people to understand that there are those who condemn others who are struggling with anxiety and phobias, or any medical issue for that matter, simply for trying to get help, even if that includes taking medication (I’m looking at you, anti-vaxxers). Statistically, there are a tremendous amount of you who struggle with the same types of phobias and anxieties that I do. A study, also from the National Institute of Mental Health, has found that around thirty percent of Millennials, defined as any individual between the age of 18 and 29, suffer from an anxiety disorder of some sort. As we navigate college classes or job interviews, where we deal with the everyday pressure of grades, finances, and the minefield that is social interaction, such a disorder can be debilitating to one’s development as a student and a human being in general. Of course, every single fear can’t be eradicated from society; fear has its natural purposes to keep us alive. Jeffrey Weinberg, a sophomore in Engineering, believes that medication to handle fear would be beneficial only if used responsibly.

Focus on vocational education could reduce student debt RYAN HARDING Opinions columnist

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most of us students realize, student debt is crippling our generation. Life is often put on hold as young Americans grapple with the staggering amount of debt they amassed. As a result, first home purchases, marriages, children and other major life events are put on the back burner because our generation does not have the financial security required to move forward in life. Many recent college graduates will find themselves moving back into their parents’ home rather than buying one for themselves. The best way to reduce the effects of the student debt load for our generation is for fewer people to attend fouryear universities and for more people to receive vocational education at local community colleges. This is because the average yearly tuition at a community college is $3,347 while the average annual tuition of an in-state four-year college is $9,139 and $31,231 a year for a private college. Further, many jobs that require vocational training make substantial, middle class incomes. As concrete examples, consider that truckers, carpenters and machinists make approximately $40,000 annually while plumbers and electricians make approximately $50,000 annually. Quite simply, as Senator Marco Rubio said this fall, “For the life of me I don’t know why we stigmatize vocational education. Welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers.” Frankly, I could not agree more. Preparing our American economy for this new century is going to require people of all skills and backgrounds. Mindlessly sending or trying to

send everyone to college, where they rack up debt for degrees that won’t get them jobs, is not going to prepare this country for the challenges ahead. Simply put, I would much rather be a welder making $17.45 an hour than a barista with a bachelor’s degree making minimum wage desperately trying to pay off student loans. Many want to fix the student debt problem by increasing public spending into the higher education system so society, rather than the student, shoulders the staggering cost of education. However, I am not persuaded by such proposals because universities are incapable of judiciously spending this money and would simply raise their tuition and increase their bureaucracies as they have done in the past.

“The American middle class was created by hard work, skilled labor and industrial strength.” The high cost of education cannot be blamed solely on the increase in the number of students. From 1974 to 2014, the number of students increased by 110 percent. However, over this period, the price of tuition at public universities increased by 270 percent while the cost at a private university increased by 204 percent. Despite the rise in tuition, federal and state governments have increased funding for education during this time. As for college bureaucracies, according to the American Institute for Research, “The number of non-academic administrative and professional employees at U.S. colleges and universities has more

than doubled in the last 25 years, vastly outpacing the growth in the number of students or faculty.” This increase in the size of bureaucracy also occurred at the University. From 1987 to 2011, the enrollment of students increased 42.4 percent. However, the number of full time administrators over this period more than doubled, an increase of 116 percent. And the number of full time professional staff over this time span increased by 75.33 percent. The disproportionate increase in University administration relative to student growth shows the unwise allocation of public funding. It is for this reason that we should refocus the public’s efforts on vocational education rather than encouraging every prospective college student to study at a fouryear university. Efforts to increase technical training must be done so in tandem with pro-growth reforms that make America the best place for manufacturing and business. This can be accomplished in part by tax reform, workers compensation reform, promoting energy exploration, and providing tariffs on nations who recklessly harm the environment or do not treat their workers humanely. Only then will American workers be able to fully actualize their potential. The American middle class was created by hard work, skilled labor, and industrial strength. Greater emphasis on vocational education, in addition to pro-growth reforms, would go a long way to achieving our goal of growing the middle class and shrinking our generation’s student debt. We must put a greater emphasis on skilled training, so more individuals can enjoy the American dream on their own terms.

Ryan is a law student at the University. opinions@dailyillini.com

Phobias and anxiety disorders affect 40 million adults in the U.S. age 18+ 30% of Millennials, ages 18-29, suffer from an anxiety disorder

SOURCES: Anxiety and Depression Association of America, National Institute of Mental Health

“For something like a fear or anxiety that would prevent people from living their life, (the drug) would be helpful.” Weinberg said. “But certain things, there’s a reason to fear them. You have to draw the boundary and know to still fear what can actually harm you.” Still, for the benefit of the millions affected by anxiety and crippling phobias, drugs that can cure severe anxieties and phobias for an extended peri-

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od of time, perhaps even permanently, must be made available to the general public. I very much look forward to the propranolol treatment developed by Kindt being released on a global scale, so those with crippling anxiety and fear can resume the life of a fully functional citizen.

Jessie is a junior in Media. jmwebst2@dailyillini. com

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Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson speaks with The Daily Illini’s Editorial Board on Jan. 14 about the existing racial climate on campus. Wilson said she expects students to hold the University accountable, but wants them to be a part of the solution.

Students must take initiative to make campus inclusive

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the end of the fall semester, racial tensions on campus were elevated, and rightfully so. Just before Thanksgiving, an “Illini White Student Union” Facebook page surfaced. Students rallied for equality, wrote letters and called on administrators to change the campus climate. One group wrote that the University administration should anticipate them to take more action at the start of the second semester. Two weeks into the spring semester, there haven’t been any protests or events similar to last semester. But, we assume the University should expect students, faculty and staff to raise the same concerns they shed light on last semester. And we applaud that, but we’d also like to give our fellow students some advice: Act only if you’re willing to be part of the solution. In an exclusive in-

terview with The Daily Illini Editorial Board, Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson said she has met with students to learn more about the concerns and issues members of the campus community face. But, she said, the administration can’t solve these problems on its own. “I’m challenging students to help us. It’s one thing to stand up and say, ‘Here are all the awful things, you do something about it.’ I’ll turn around and say ‘No, we have to do something about it,” Wilson said. “We need all hands on deck. We need student leaders, we need people who are willing to challenge each other and say, this isn’t working, this would be better.” Wilson pointed out that as an educational institution, the University should be at the forefront of finding solutions to issues of diversity. Especially with the University’s diverse community, Wilson said, we have the opportunity to be leaders.

Wilson said she hopes students who aren’t touched personally by issues of diversity and inclusion still feel pressured to get involved and change the campus climate. So, fellow students, whatever your race, ethnicity, gender or background may be, please heed our chancellor’s advice. No one wants to feel like they’re less than their peers, or not a part of this community. We, as students, have the opportunity to make sure that’s not the case. “I expect students to step up and to call us on the carpet when things aren’t working but then to also be right there, saying ‘How can we help? How can we do better? We want to be a part of this,’” Wilson said. We absolutely believe in holding our administrators and professors accountable; but, we believe just as strongly in holding ourselves, and our peers, accountable. Push for change and be a part of the solution.

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Off the screen and onto the stage House of Cards composer visits Krannert on Saturday BY MARIAH SCHAEFER STAFF WRITER

In the early ‘80s at the Eastman School of Music, Jeff Beal and Stephen Alltop were both undergraduates pursuing a career in music. Beal studied trumpets, performance and composition; Alltop studied organ and conducting. But after their graduation in 1985, they both went their separate ways in the musical realm. Beal moved to the San Francisco Bay Area shortly after college and then relocated to Los Angeles in 1991. In L.A., his career as a composer for film and television took off. He has since composed works for television shows, films and documentaries such as “House of Cards,” “Monk,” “Pollock,” “Blackfish” and “The Pixar Story.” Beal currently has 116 credits to his name as a composer on IMDb. In the meantime, Alltop received two master’s degrees from Eastman, one in conducting and another in organ. He also obtained a doctorate in orchestral conducting from Northwestern University. Alltop has taught full time at Northwestern since 1994 and has served as the music director and conductor of the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra since 2013. About two years ago, Alltop started watching “House of Cards” and was struck by the “exceptionally good opening credit sequence musically.” When he looked up who had composed the score for the show, he immediately recognized the composer’s name. Alltop got in touch with Beal, and they started talking about a way to collaborate. The result of this reconnection will come to life on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, as the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra will perform “House of Cards in Concert.”

The concert Starting at 7:30 p.m., the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra will showcase Beal’s compositions for film and television. Beal will attend and perform his trumpet concerto, “House of Cards” suite and music from “Pollock.” He will also talk about his career in Hollywood. What Alltop is looking forward to the most for “House of Cards in Concert” is seeing Beal in person after many years. “I haven’t seen him for 30 years, to be honest,” he said. “It’s a really great thing when you’re a student and you have the opportunity to be with other talented and bright people … and then down the road see the things they’ve accomplished. . . . It’s very satisfying to see what they’ve done.” For Beal, the concert will be a combination of both of his worlds. “I think it will be fun. I think the audience will get to hear some of the music that they know me for and are familiar with from the show, but they will get to hear some of my pure concert music,” Beal said. “I love live performance. (That is) part of the reason that I really reached out to Stephen Alltop and am so excited about this (concert). I get to work with musicians a lot when I’m recording my scores, but I don’t get to do as much live performance. It’s definitely something I want to do more of in the future.” J. David Harris, associate professor of clarinet at the University and principal clarinetist with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia da Camera, will perform Beal’s clarinet concerto at “House of Cards in Concert.” Alltop approached him last year, and Harris said he was happy to play Beal’s concerto for the clarinet because the music “looked

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Jeff Beal, known for composing the score of “House of Cards,” directs an ensemble. Beal will be showcasing his work at Krannert this Saturday, during “House of Cards in Concert.” like it would be fun to do.” Harris has been working on the clarinet concerto since last May, when Alltop gave him the music. He said clarinetists work for a long time on a piece to get a good grip on the right style and technique. Starting on the Wednesday before the concert, the Champaign-Urbana

To Beal, composing for “House of Cards” is a fun process because the season is released all at once for people to watch. “That’s the odd thing, you know,” he said. “You work your seven months on something, and people watch it in a couple days and say, ‘OK, what if we have more?’ Well, give me time; give me time.” Beal also said that another funny thing about being a film composer is that he works at home in his studio, yet his work on “House of Cards” is viewed all over the world. “Sometimes it’s easy to forget just how widely in the world this music goes out and to see it reach so many people,” he said. The award and reward In September 2015, Beal won a Primetime Emmy under the category of Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for his work on “Chapter 32,” the sixth episode of the third season of “House of Cards.” Over the years, he has been nominated a total of 15 times for a Primetime Emmy and has won three other statuettes:

very expressive and has a very lovely slow section that I think is tremendously expressive.” The television show In the weeks before the concert, Beal has been finishing up the score for the fourth season of “House of Cards” — on which he has been working since midJune of last year – and is

“Sometimes it’s easy to forget just how widely in the world this music goes out and to see it reach so many people.” JEFF BEAL COMPOSER

Symphony Orchestra will only have four rehearsals. Harris said this schedule is pretty compact and is the normal rehearsal process for most symphony orchestras. “Some things are a real chore to practice, but this has been completely enjoyable,” Harris said. “It’s a fun piece of music. It’s

to stay in one part of the company, and that’s something that I really enjoy,” Dailey said. “I can work on something for four to five years and then switch to a different division.” In her fifth year of working at 3M, Dailey is currently working on commercializing a film composite that is being used for the trackpad industry. Parts of the product have been commercialized, but she and her team are working on branching it out to other product areas. The product is made to be used in laptop trackpads. The challenge of making a

getting ready to start the soundtrack. He said composing for the show is a bit of a marathon because a season contains 13 episodes with about 30 minutes of music each. Beal has an iTunes playlist of all the music he did for the upcoming season, and he said it added up to six hours and 15 minutes.

material like this is what interests Dailey the most. The composite has to be durable, stain resistant, and scratch resistant, while also feeling smooth to the touch. “I like working with materials because it’s something you can feel and touch and see an impact of where that material goes,” she said. “So to actually see it as a trackpad in a laptop and know what went into making that film is really cool.” Aside from her work, Dailey said she enjoys giving back by mentoring younger students, similar to what her mentors through-

out her career gave to her. Dailey said this includes encouraging younger women who are entering this male-dominated field. In her experiences, it hasn’t been uncommon for her to be the only woman working in a group or a laboratory. But she doesn’t see this as a challenge, so she tells students what she already knows herself. “You can do anything you put your mind to,” Dailey said. “Just because you might look different than the person next to you doesn’t mean anything.”

one for “The Company” in 2008, one for “Nightmares and Dreamscapes” in 2007 and one for “Monk” in 2003. He said an Emmy is a great symbol and the award shows are fun and terrifying. Beal said that, although it is great to be appreciated, he has learned to not put a lot of emphasis on awards because he does not compose with the hopes of winning. As a result, he said having his work featured in “House of Cards in Concert” is infinitely more rewarding than receiving an award. “People will not remember 10 years from now what won an award and what didn’t win an award, but if you do great work that has integrity and is of a certain quality, that has the potential to live on and to be remembered, that really is so much more fulfilling and really meaningful,” Beal said. “I think that’s why we do it, and that’s really the best reward. That’s why I am so excited about (the concert) and all the traveling I’ve done.”

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Lindsey Zawila , University alumna and former volunteer and FYCARE facilitator at the Women’s Resources Center, said she experienced slut shaming from friends and family, despite it being delivered in a joking tone. She explains that family members would comment on how short her skirts were, how friends would sexualize her body and how strangers

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As a resident advisor for Indiana State University, Taylor Letofsky oversees students in one of the university’s residence halls. But one day, she witnessed a dramatic breakup on her floor. “Someone posted a picture on Yik Yak of her car being keyed and the word ‘slut’ written in mustard on the car. She eventually left school,” Letofsky said. Also an intern at the University’s Women’s Resources Center, Letofsky said this is situation is an instance commonly known as slut shaming. Slut shaming is defi ned the harassment of a woman for exhibiting sexual behaviors that deviate from societal norms, according to NoBullying.com. According to Molly McLay, assistant director of the Women’s Resources Center, women all over the world experience these occurrences. “I think we live in a culture more broadly than just college that has sexual expectations for women and punish those who don’t align with them. There’s a double standard, where women are expected to be pure, but not a prude, and to be sexy, slut shaming also happens when photos but not a slut. Because women are put in such a or videos shared romantically with a narrow space, it can be partner are spread without consent impossible to meet this standard,” McLay said. Letofsky explains that women feel pres- SOURCE: NOBULLYING.COM sure when it comes to their sexuality from fi rst dates to would ask how many sexual parttalks with parents. ners she had. Due to these expectations, women She was even slut shamed when can end up tearing each other down. she was a part of the mock trial team “Because of these high standards, here. women have internalized these mes“The coaches said something along sages about how they and other wom- the lines of, ‘We don’t want you to en should behave. It’s internalized dress like a slut,’” Zawila said. sexism. Women dole out punishMcLay said a form of slut shaming ment of slut shaming other women that people may not think about is because of the culture,” McLay said. victim blaming with sexual assault.

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People question what the victim was wearing, if she was drinking, or overall, if she was being reckless when she got assaulted. She explained that the prevalence of slut shaming is due to the fact that we live in a patriarchal society. “In so many sex-ed classes, women are depicted as the gatekeepers to sexual activity. And in many sexual assault programs, it’s about how

slut shame each other,” she said. “It’s about bragging rights, and it’s easier to put someone else down.” Letofsky also explained that slut shaming can indicate a discomfort when it comes to sexuality. Zawila thinks that people need to be more respectful toward women and their personal choices. “Anyone who sleeps around a lot is probably doing it out of self-esteem issues. People need to be more understanding. It’s a personal choice, and there is probably a bigger issue there. Respect people’s decisions,” Zawila said. L etofsk y also explains that gay and lesbian individuals can face slut shaming more than heterosexuals, simply because of the stigma attached to homosexuality. She advises that students of all sexualities slut shaming could ruin embrace who they are. “Call (slut shaming) people’s reputations, especially out. Be proud of who for young girls and teens you are. Own your sexuality. If you’re someone who sleeps with a lot of people, you don’t need to be ashamed. Don’t hide who you are,” she said. McLay agrees that there needs to be a level of respect given to all people and their sexualities. “A big thing is just having empathy and thinking critically through various & diverse media channels, about what you are activists and feminists worldwide thinking about a person and what could be conchallenge this misogynist culture tributing to this thinking. Ask yourself, ‘How might I think of this difMICHELLE TAM THE DAILY ILLINI ferently and help others women can keep themselves safe. to do the same?’” she said. There’s this media spotlight on womMcLay also said that women need en whereas men can do what they to help each other out when it comes want,” McLay said. to slut shaming. “See other women as allies and Letofsky said that men take pride in their sexual encounters and can resources and friends and not comslut shame women regardless of petition. It’s the best way to stand up engaging with them physically. for each other and stop slut shaming,” “They slut shame girls who deny McLay said. them, they slut shame girls who don’t sleep with them and guys can even meshapi2@dailyillini.com

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Alumna finds variety through work with 3M Innovation, hard working nature lead to success BY EMILY SCOTT STAFF WRITER

Mary Caruso Dailey doesn’t just take notes, she makes them. The 2010 University alumna works for 3M, a corporation that produces various items, ranging from adhesives to medical supplies to car care items. They are best knownn for making Scotch Tape and Post-It notes. In her current position as product development specialist, Dailey creates new and innovative products for commercialization. But it’s her time at the University, where she earned her Ph.D. in chemistry and worked at the Moore Research Group, that led her to this career. “The chemistry program (at the University) is very strong, so that was something that really attracted me to the department in the first place, the fact that I could work for a lot of different professors doing research,” she

said. Dailey worked for a research group at the Beckman Institute under Jeffrey Moore, University professor of materials science and engineering. Moore said he could never forget Dailey and her impact on the group — even after six years. “Creative, thinks outside of the box — that was Mary,” Moore said. “She wasn’t afraid to make mistakes and learn from them. She had a great sense of humor, a kind personality, and she was very organized.” Dailey said her research was specifically focused in self-healing polymers, which are materials that can heal after being cracked or damaged. Self-healing polymers interested her because they presented a problem that was related to more than just chemistry. “I had to learn a lot about material science, and how doing certain things to the materials would affect their performance,” she said. Dailey strayed away from her chemistry background and worked with material science through Gerald Wilson, an alumnus of both the University and Moore Research Group. Wilson started working alongside

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Dailey in the fall of 2006, and he co-authored publications with her. Although he graduated with his Ph.D in Material Science and Engineering in 2007, he still keeps in contact with Dailey. “She was very tenacious but she was balanced with an excellent personality,” he said. “She was encouraging when pushing projects.” In this interdisciplinary program, Dailey said she learned how to work with people from all different backgrounds. One challenging aspect of doing this, she said, is learning how to communicate findings to a diverse audience. “Communication of your results in the lab is something that’s very, very important. How do you tell a person who’s not an expert in your field what you’re working on?” she said. “I think grad school really helped me figure out how to do that.” Wilson said Dailey offered a unique perspective to the group. “She had a good gut for innovative ways to approach things,” he said. “She was very competitive.” But her competitive drive wasn’t just with research. Wilson remem-

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Basketball battles for back-to-back wins Buckeyes to face UI men’s team BY JOEY FIGUEROA STAFF WRITER

When they meet the Buckeyes at State Farm Center on Thursday night, the Illini will attempt to do something they haven’t done since March of last year — win back-to-back Big Ten games. Looking to capitalize on its first road win of the year, Illinois (10-10, 2-5) will face Ohio State (138, 5-3) in a rematch of an early conference battle that was decided by two points when the teams last met in Columbus, Ohio. Illinois didn’t come away with a happy result back at the beginning of January, but having studied film of the first matchup, junior captain Malcolm Hill pinpointed what held the Illini back. “We lost by two points, and they made like a hundred free throws,” Hill said. “If we foul a lot less, we’ll have a better chance of winning.” They may not have reached triple digits, but the Buckeyes did get to the charity stripe 39 times — 24 more attempts than Illinois allows on average — in last month’s matchup. The Illini got to the line 11 times in Columbus, but have attempted at least 20 free throws in all but one game since. Hill’s recent aggressiveness has been key in that stretch.

“That’s just part of our game,” Hill said. “The more I put pressure on the run, the easier it is to free up my jump shot later in the game.” Hill sunk 13 free throws in the win over Minnesota and has eclipsed 20 points in three of his last four games — even after a slow start, he sits at second in the Big Ten in scoring. The multi-faceted forward is also a top-20 rebounder in the conference and has benefitted from seeing more minutes at the three in recent games. The steady play of big men Michael Finke and Maverick Morgan have allowed Hill to stray away from matching up with bigger players. With center Mike Thorne Jr. remaining a game-time decision because of knee soreness, the Finke-Morgan duo may prove to be crucial against an Ohio State team that can be imposing in the paint. Coming off the best rebounding performance by an Illini since 2011, Finke is looking forward to seeing more minutes with another big alongside him. “Four is probably my natural position, especially offensively,” Finke said. “Whenever I’m able to do that, I love playing there. Mav’s stepped up his game also — I think we complement each other well.” The Buckeyes lead the Big Ten in blocked shots and swatted nine Illini attempts last month — center Daniel Giddens accounted for five of

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When/where: State Farm Center, 8 p.m., Thursday Broadcast info: Big Ten Network Quick note: The Illini get another crack at the Buckeyes, whom they fell to by two points earlier in the season. Hidden stat: Illinois and Ohio State are tied for ninth in the Big Ten with 286 made free throws each. In their first meeting, the Buckeyes outshout the Illini 28-9 from the charity stripe. those blocks and is third in the Big Ten with two rejections per game. Ohio State is third in the conference in rebounding, which Illinois has struggled with all season. Looking at the box score of these teams’ first meeting, it’s difficult to find many positives for the Illini. They were out rebounded 42-33. Buckeyes leading scorer Marc Loving hung 27 points. Hill and Kendrick Nunn were held to 9-of-28 from the floor. And yet, Illinois lost by one basket on the road. “It’s tough in the Big Ten,” Morgan, an Ohio native said. “Anybody can literally beat anybody in this conference. You just have to keep it rolling, and that’s what we’ve gotta do (Thursday). We owe Ohio State.”

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ey there, Ohio State. We meet again. So soon? Illinois basketball will face its first repeat opponent of the season in the Buckeyes Thursday, who are set to visit State Farm Center just over three weeks after edging the Illini 75-73 at home. Since the two teams last played Jan. 3, both lost three games, including a pair of ugly footnotes on their resumes. Both teams suffered two embarrassing road blowouts to top-tier Big Ten opponents in January and were brutalized by Indiana during its seven-game conference win streak. Ohio State’s 35-point loss to Maryland on Jan. 16 and Illinois’ 34-point loss to the Hoosiers on Jan. 19 were the worst losses in their head coaches’ respective tenures. But it wasn’t all bad in January. The Buckeyes (13-8, 5-3 Big Ten) picked up wins over Northwestern, Rutgers and Penn State, while the Illini (10-10, 2-5) knocked off a ranked Purdue team and needed overtime to squeak by Minnesota in their most recent game. Still, both have lost three of their last five games and are looking to find some consistency to carry into the back end of the Big Ten schedule. As long-shots for the NCAA tournament, Ohio State and Illinois will use Thursday’s rematch as an opportunity to simply establish some stability against a beatable opponent. With Illinois’ homecourt advantage factored in — Orange Krush will

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Illinois' Kendrick Nunn looks for an opening in Nebraska's defense during the Illini's 78-67 loss to the Huskers at State Farm Center on Jan. 16.

Hockey to face No. 1 Lindenwood Illinois looks to continue momentum against nation’s best BY LUCAS WRIGHT STAFF WRITER

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Illinois’ head coach John Groce checks the scoreboard late in the first half during the Illini’s 78-67 loss to the Huskers at State Farm Center on Jan. 16. be back for the first time in six weeks — the game is essentially a toss-up on paper. However, the Illini’s schedule is much more favorable down the stretch, so beating the Buckeyes could lay the foundation for a nice Big Ten run. I know, the same thing was said after the Illini’s win over Purdue before they immediately blew it against Nebraska. The window was open then for an extended, successful stretch, but instead the Illini went into meltdown mode for two games. That window has since been recalibrated and their margin of error is now narrower, but their upcoming schedule is too soft to not tempt you to be optimistic. Looking at Illinois’ next six games, only a home date with Iowa seems like an extreme long-shot to win. But as we know, the Illini have proven that you should never feel comfortable penciling them in for a W in advance. Beating the Buckeyes Thursday wouldn’t move the needle much yet regarding the rest of the season’s outlook, but it could do wonders for the confidence of this inconsistent bunch. To pull off a victory against Thad Matta’s program for the first time since 2013, the Illini need to do a couple things they weren’t able to three weeks ago in Columbus. The free-throw disparity was the most glaring shortcoming in their last meeting, as the Buckeyes shot 39 free throws to the Illini’s 11. Illinois doesn’t get to the line all that often in general, but the gap can’t be nearly that large if they want to win games. John Groce’s guys will need to keep their hands

to themselves Thursday and try to even out the rebounding margin, which was 42-33 against the Buckeyes last game. The Illini getting worked on the boards has been a common theme, but center Mike Thorne Jr. should be able to limit that discrepancy if he’s able to go — Groce said his center was day-to-day in his recovery from a torn meniscus. Marc Loving dropped 27 on Illinois last time, so containing him and the rest of Ohio State’s versatile and athletic roster will be Groce’s concern heading into Thursday. Hill locked down dynamic forward Jae’Sean Tate, but Buckeye point guard JaQuan Lyle hurt the Illini for 14 points, four rebounds and five assists while his Illini counterpart Khalid Lewis watched from home with the mumps. Offensively, Illinois stretched the Buckeye defense pretty well on its way to 12 threes in that two-point loss. Look for the Illini to hoist a high number of 3-pointers again and show 2-3 zone on defense to counter Ohio State’s ability to limit twopoint looks and convert interior buckets at a reasonably high rate on the other end. Fans have been riding Groce for a perceived lack of in-game adjustments this season, and this rematch presents his first opportunity of the year to tailor a game-plan to an opponent he’s seen before. As his understudy for eight years, Groce knows Matta’s tendencies better than anyone. We’ll see if Groce can exploit them this time.

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A tall task lies ahead this weekend for the Illinois hockey team. The No. 15 Illini will meet the Lindenwood Lions on Friday night for their first opportunity to knock off a No. 1 ranked team in the nation. Lindenwood jumped two spots to hold the top ranking after sweeping Oklahoma last week. Even though the Lions bring a five-game win streak into the matchup, they aren’t the only team on a roll. The Illini are coming off one of their more impressive showings of the season, dismantling the Rochester Warriors 6-3 and 5-2 in their home matchups Jan. 22-23. The Illini offensive outburst came largely at the hands of sophomore James Mcging, who tallied seven points on the weekend with three goals and four assists. Despite the fact that the No. 20 Rochester Warriors were a much weaker defensive unit, Illini head coach Nick Fabbrini says that his squad can keep up it’s offensive production. “We’re not going to get as many chances as we did against Rochester, but, that being said, I still think we are going to get ours,” Fabbrini said. “It will just be

a matter of bearing down and finishing and capitalizing on those chances.” This won’t be the first meeting of the season between Illinois and Lindenwood — the two faced off in November in Wentzville, Missouri, when the Lions took down the Illini by scores of 3-2 and 8-0 in the two-game series. Fabbrini has high expectations going into this weekend’s matchup and says his team should be able to keep things tight against a strong Lindenwood squad, as it did on the Friday night game in November. “We went toe-to-toe with them for 60 minutes, and they scored in the final minute when we played them down there,” Fabbrini said. “We know that we are more than capable of beating them if we play a good game and it will be a key for us to limit our mistakes.” The Illini game plan will certainly involve getting their offense going at the level it performed at against Rochester. Mcging says having some fresh faces in new spots helped shake up the offense and could be a difference maker this weekend. “We shuffled our lines a little (last week) and we got some guys back from injury that definitely helped,”

Illinois vs. Lindenwood

When/where: Jan. 2930, 7:30 p.m., University of Illinois Ice Arena Broadcast: 107.1 WPGU FM Quick notes: No. 15 Illini take on Lindenwood this weekend with the first chance to knock off the newly crowned No. 1 team in the nation Hidden stat: Illini sophomore James Mcging leads the team in points, assists and penalty minutes this season Mcging said. “Although I think we have to realize Lindenwood is a completely different team and that these games won’t nearly be easy as last weekend.” The Illini enter the weekend’s matchup with a 15-10-3 record, while the Lions sport an 18-70 record coming into the contest. Although out of the CSCHL regular season title race, Illinois could be in prime position for a run at the conference tournament. Wins against Lindenwood and upsetting the No. 1 ranked team would certainly set a strong foundation for that goal.

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Illinois' James Mcging fights for puck during the game against Western Michigan University at the Ice Arena on Dec. 12. Illinois won 4-3.

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Men’s gymnastics faces reigning champs

BY JAMES BOYD STAFF WRITER

Having lost the Big Ten Championships by six-tenths to Penn State last season, the Illinois men’s gymnastics team enter Rec Hall for the first time since its agonizing defeat. The team is reminded of just how close it came to winning at every practice. Head coach Justin Spring made sure of that, plastering a poster of the small point differential on a wall at Kenney Gym. Sophomore Chandler Eggleston said that even with the 0.6 staring back at them every day, facing Penn State on the road will definitely provide his squad with added incentive to get things right this time. Eggleston admitted that the loss last year didn’t affect him as much as it did the rest of the team. He sat out last season due to a leg injury, but has performed well in his return thus far. Coming off two event wins in the meet against Iowa, the sophomore looks to not only return to his old self, but become even better than he was before his injury. Penn State and Illinois headed into last weekend with 6-0 records and faced Minnesota and Iowa respectively. But while the Illini stayed perfect against the Hawkeyes, the defending Big Ten Champions fell to the Golden Gophers — a team Illinois defeated at the Windy City Invitational. Associate head coach Daniel Ribeiro is not interested in keeping track of who beat whom. Instead, he believes his team should be aware of its upcoming opponent, regardless of record. He knows the Nittany Lions have lost, but they are still the team that edged the Illini out as Big Ten Champions

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Illinois’ Brandon Ngai performs a routine on the pommel horse during the meet against Stanford at Huff Hall on March 6.The Illini lost 21-9. last season. “Going against Penn State at home is really hard,” Ribeiro said. “If you look at their record at home, they win almost always.” He said the Minnesota team Illinois defeated in the Windy City Invitational

is not the same team Penn State faced just a few days ago — the Golden Gophers did not have their full team at the Invitational. “(Penn State) is going to do a little better,” Ribeiro said. “We can’t do what we did against Iowa, against

Penn State, and still pull out a win.” One of Illinois’ biggest concerns has been its performance on pommel horse. Sophomore Brandon Ngai is coming into his own, but even with his impressive scores, one man can’t beat

five. Freshman Blake Martin is coming off an Illini season low, 10.900, on the apparatus and sophomore Tyson Bull has only averaged a score of 12.100 in the event over the last two competitions — scores that will likely not get the job done against Penn

State. The Illini will have their full line up Saturday, after resting a few gymnasts last meet to prepare for the Nittany Lions.

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Gymnastics looking to rise above .500 with a win against Penn State BY TYLER FEDAK CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Lizzy LeDuc on the balance beam during the match against Michigan at Huff Hall on Jan. 22. Michigan won 196.825 to 195.15.

Jacob Lee has ramped the Illinois women’s gymnastics team’s practices this week. Illinois has early-season losses against Missouri and Michigan, and a win against Rutgers. The coaches are running multiple lineups a week to make sure the gymnasts can perform in the highstress environment that they’ll see in competition. After a week at home, Illinois hits the road this Friday night to take on Penn State in its third Big Ten match up of the season. “I’m putting them in a lot of pressure situations, running the lineup as if we were doing it for Penn State,” Lee said. “I’m really trying to focus on hitting those handstands, landing those dismounts,

and getting everyone to hit their routines.” For freshman Lizzy LeDuc, the beginning of the season has been an adjustment period, getting used to the ways of the team and collegiate competition. “The transition has been pretty okay to grasp,” LeDuc said, “I haven’t hit the routines quite like I’ve wanted to, but I’m slowly progressing over time.” LeDuc has a team full of veteran members to help support her and get acquainted with college. “It’s really nice having the upper classmen around to help me get through the day and through the hard times,” LeDuc said. On the opposite end, Heather Foley is in the midst of her last year on the team, growing more sentimental as each meet

passes. “It’s a little bittersweet because every meet I think, ‘I only have this many meets left,’” Foley said. “I’m taking it all in, cheering my heart out for all my teammates, taking advantage of every opportunity I have, knowing that this is my last year.” Looking to this Friday, Penn State has yet to win a meet and has been averaging in the 194’s in total points this season. If Illinois performs up to the caliber it have so far this season, with point totals in the 195’s, the Illini will come away from the Penn State meet with a win. However, while their usual performance may be good enough to beat Penn State, the gymnasts are striving for more and think they have the ability to climb the standings. “This team is so talent-

“I’m taking it all in, cheering my heart out for all my teammates . . . knowing that this is my last year.” HEATHER FOLEY ILLINI GYMNAST

ed, we just haven’t put it all together on the same night,” Lee said. “They’re capable of going 196 and more, it’s just getting down to when the meet comes, when the time is right, they just need to put it all out there.”

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Swimming prepares for first SEC competition in 10 years BY DRAKE PENA STAFF WRITER

With only three weeks remaining until the Big Ten Championships, the Illinois swimming and diving team will compete outside the conference for its last meet versus No. 24 Arkansas. The Illini have not faced an opponent from the SEC since the 2005-2006 season, when the team fell to Kentucky, 179-119. The Illini finished at 4-5 that season, but with the team’s current 8-3 record, Illinois is looking to prove that it can compete with teams from other major conferences, and not just the Big Ten. Head coach Sue Novitsky didn’t have the SEC drought on her mind when she made the schedule. She felt the similarities between the programs allowed for a great opportunity for the Illini. “It’s just the way it worked out,” Novitsky said. “Arkansas is also a women’s-only program, so sometimes it’s a little easier to get some meets because you don’t have to worry about traveling with the men’s team or anything like that. They reached out to us so we are taking advantage of it.” Freshman Autumn Ledgin has a bit of SEC experience herself. Ledgin attended high school four hours away from one of the premier SEC swimming and

Illinois vs. No. 24 Arkansas

When/Where: Saturday, Jan. 30 in Fayetteville, Arkansas Quick Note: Junior Amelia Schilling had two event victories in her last meet. Hidden Stat: Illinois is 1-3 in conference play. diving schools — the University of Florida. She believes that there is no added pressure, and that the Big Ten can carry its weight against teams from any conference. “A lot of the kids on my high school team went to SEC schools, and honestly it’s just another conference,” Ledgin said. “It’s a powerhouse like the Big Ten is so I don’t feel any added pressure.” The SEC currently has 10 of its 14 schools ranked in the top 25 teams in the country — including No. 1 TIFFANY ZHANG THE DAILY ILLINI Georgia and No. 6 Texas Stephanie Hein, senior, swims the breaststroke in the 400 yard IM at the Fighting Illini Dual Meet Spectacular in the ARC Pool A&M. on Oct. 16. The Illini face a rough For the Illini to improve tributor to the Illini’s 8-3 on those and not the outtest after coming off back- of meets we need to be in, to-back conference defeats, so I’m not overly concerned to 9-3 on the season and record, and come Satur- come of each race,” Stratboth of which Novitsky with (getting a win) because knock off their first ranked day, Stratford is prepared ford said. “We go into the said came down to the last that record doesn’t help us opponent all season, the to treat the meet just like meet like it was any other in the Big Ten Champion- team will have to lean heav- any other. meet, it’s just another team second. “They were very close ships. It’s all about times, ily on their star sophomore “I think our last meet doesn’t matter if it’s SEC or went well, but we could have Big Ten.” meets, and fractions of a so we have to keep worry- Samantha Stratford. second and they could have ing about competing well, Leading the team in event focused on smaller details, gone either way,” Novitsky and handling those situa- victories this season, Strat- and that could have been dapena2@dailyillini.com ford has been a key con- the difference if we focus @di_sports said. “Those are the types tions when it’s tough.”

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Men’s tennis prepares for top-25 competition BY MIKE GASICK STAFF WRITER

The Illinois men’s tennis team has quite a challenge this weekend. The Illini will first travel to Durham, North Carolina on Friday to take on the No.24 Duke Blue Devils. Following the match, the team travels 11 miles southwest to take on the No.10 Tar Heels of North Carolina. Illinois will head into the matches with some momentum after defeating Valparaiso, Notre Dame and Northwestern — each by a score of 4-0. The past weekend’s results allowed the Illini to punch their ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, which will run from Feb. 12-15. Multiple Illini had strong matches against the three teams over the weekend, most notably sophomore Aleks Vukic. Vukic first knocked off No. 37 Quentin Monaghan of Notre Dame and then defeated No. 12 Konrad Zieba of Northwestern on the following day. The Big Ten Conference was impressed with Vukic’s performance of knocking off two top-50 opponents, earning him Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week. “The players have been pushing me, and the coaches are fantastic,” Vukic said. “This Big Ten award is really just for the team, so I am just happy to be recognized.” The sophomore ended the weekend with a 5-0 record in the singles and doubles

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Illinois’ Aleks Vukic returns the ball during the match against Valparaiso at the Atkins Tennis Center on Jan. 22. matches he competed in. Head coach Brad Dancer complemented Vukic, but knows that he has more work to do as the season progresses. Dancer knows that his team will need to be prepared for going up against solid competition over the weekend.

“No offense to him or anyone else, but he did not play that well over the weekend,” Dancer said. “He has a lot of work left, but we are seeing some things in practice that he is starting to get back, so it is a good sign for the weekend.” Nicolas Alvarez of the

Blue Devils may pose a formidable challenge to Illinois, as he is ranked No.12 in the ITA player rankings. Duke enters its match against the Illini with 1-2 record, falling to No.55 Kentucky and No.19 San Diego. The Blue Devils defeated unranked Elon in their lone victory of

the season. The Illini were defeated by the Blue Devils in a regular season match last year. North Carolina enters its matchup against Illinois with a 4-0 record. The Tar Heels knocked off No. 40 North Carolina State and No. 50 Indiana University.

The team has an extremely young, talented squad with three freshman ranked in the top-50 of the ITA rankings — No.7 Ronnie Schneider, No.43 Brett Clark and No.47 Robert Kelly.

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Wrestling looks to rebound at Wisconsin The team’s four loses have all been to top 10 teams BY ALEX WALLNER STAFF WRITER

With four duals remaining before the Big Ten Championships, No. 13 Illinois wrestling currently boasts a 10-4 record on the season with a 1-4 mark in the conference. All four of the Illini’s losses come against teams currently ranked in the top-10 of the USA Today/ NWCA Coaches rankings, with the latest blow coming against No. 1 Penn State last Saturday. Illinois will travel to Madison, Wisconsin, to take on Wisconsin Sunday. The Badgers received four votes in Tuesday’s rankings with a record of 1-4 and 0-3 in the Big Ten. Wisconsin hasn’t competed in more than two weeks — its previously scheduled duals against No. 12 Rutgers and Maryland were postponed due to superstorm Jonas. Last season, the Illini defeated the Badgers in Champaign, 20-15, and come into Sunday with two wrestlers ranked in the top-20 in their respective weight classes. At 133 pounds, Wisconsin’s Ryan Taylor enters Sunday’s contest ranked No. 7 with a 1-2 record on the season. He will square up with No. 2 Zane Richards of Illinois. Taylor, who came into last season’s dual ranked No. 7, defeated Richards by tech fall, 23-5. This season, Richards

tling match and I got to go out there and whoop some dude’s (butt). It’s plain and simple what you got to do.” Richards is a coming off a win against No. 5 Jordan Conaway of Penn State last Saturday by decision, 8-2. At heavyweight, Brooks Black comes into the season with a 14-5 record and will face 11-9 Brock Horwath of the Badgers. Black is coming off a 6-2 victory over Jan Johnson of Penn State, but said that he could have done more over the course of the match.

said he is a much different competitor and wrestling at a “very high level,” — he has a 19-0 record this season. Richards said that to come away with his 20th win of the season on Sunday, he will have to wrestle at a consistent level throughout the match. “(I have to) just wrestle consistent with my training and through my practices,” Richards said. “It’s another match. You want to exact revenge, but at the end of the day it’s a wres-

“I think I started off pretty strong,” Black said. “I didn’t go after as many attacks that I would like to of. It’s a good win, but it’s not where I want to be yet. I want to be at the top and I really got to get my offense going more.” Black said he didn’t know all that much about Horwath, except for that fact that he is big, and underhooks a lot in his matches. Illini head coach Jim Heffernan said that Wisconsin is a tough team and that the record is not indic-

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Wheelchair basketball in fit form midseason BY THOMAS POLCYN STAFF WRITER

Teams with sustained s uc c e s s of te n get complacent, but the Illinois men’s wheelchair basketball team has not fallen into that habit. Head coach Matt Buchi has continued to push his team forward in pursuit of a national championship. “We are always looking to work harder and make more improvements in our game,” Buchi said. “We are really trying to shore up our defensive schemes and spread the floor better on offense. I like where we are at, but we can definitely get better.” The Illini have just

“We are really trying to shore up our defensive schemes and spread the floor better on offense. ” MATT BUCHI

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passed the halfway point of their season, and have been competitive with top teams as of late. Though they came away with just one win in their last tournament, Buchi said he really liked the way his players fared over the weekend. Offensively the Illini have performed well, largely due to the play of senior Ryan Neiswender. He leads the team in points and assists. “(Neiswender) is our biggest threat on offense,” Buchi said. “When he is on the floor he really allows us to get great looks because he forces defenses to cover the whole floor. He allows us to get much better scoring opportunities.”

Illinois’ head coach Matt Buchi talks with Ryan Neiswender during the wheelchair basketball game v. Missouri at the ARC on Feb. 13. Buchi is looking to utilize the 3-pointer a lot more in the second half and is confident his team will benefit from taking more outside shots. He expects to see much more outside shooting and spacing, especially from Neiswender, Mak Nong and Spencer Heslop. Illinois’ head coach is confident in his shooters and believes that giving them a little extra space will allow them to finish more consistently. He’s also looking to make some adjustments on the defensive side of the ball. “Our team is a little bit slower than we have been in the past,” Buchi said. “I wouldn’t say that as a bad thing but it just makes us

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DAN ESCALONA College hoops columnist

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aybe it was the neon green uniforms, but Michigan State was powered by a strange, new energy source against Maryland on Saturday. Not only did the Spartans end their three-game losing streak, but they also kindly reminded the rest of the Big Ten that the road to March is still patrolled by Tom Izzo and Co. in a Mad Max-style war rig. Prior to Saturday’s showdown with the Terrapins, the Spartans were one loss away from all but ending their Big Ten regular season title aspirations and further damaging their tournament seeding. Michigan State has already fallen behind the magic eight ball with two losses against Iowa, as well as losses to Nebraska and Wisconsin — teams of definite inferior talent. The team got off to a rather puzzling and unimpressive 3-4 start to the conference schedule. All three of those wins came against Big Ten bottom feeders in Illinois, Penn State and Minnesota. Part of what made the Spartan’s cold start to conference play so surprising was that it came on the heels of steamrolling nonconference competition toward a No.1 national ranking, which included wins over Kansas and Louisville. Looking to the stats in order to come up with an answer why Michigan State struggled through early January is, in fact, a tough task. The Spartans rank among the top of the conference in many of the important statistical categories. They rank in the top five in scoring offense and

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Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine celebrates after a 74-65 win against Maryland on Saturday at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan. defense, field-goal percentage and field-goal percentage defense, three-point percentage and three-point defense. Michigan State also ranks second in rebound differential and top in assists. Solid production in each of these categories is typically an indicator of only one or two losses and certainly not of three-game streaks. So why, again, the Spartans get off to a pedestrian start in the first seven games of Big Ten play? The answer to this question largely lies in turnover differential for Michigan State ranks last in the entire conference. In each of its losses, the team had more turnovers than their opponent. Simply put, force Michigan State into turnovers and you’ll have a shot to effectively tranquilize the rest of its strengths. It wasn’t until then-172 Maryland waltzed into the raucous, neon green

clad Breslin Center that the Spartans shattered the glass ceiling keeping them from playing to the top potential in conference play. Facing an opponent of equal talent may just have been the antidote to the Big Ten blues. The Spartans not only won the turnover battle, they also played to their strengths and outrebounded the Terrapins by 10. Perhaps the best development for Michigan State,and the scariest for the rest of the country — from Saturday’s game was the play of guard Bryn Forbes. Though Forbes has posted a respectable scoring average of 13.6 points per game, he had mightily struggled in his previous two home games scoring only five points. Yet, versus Maryland, he brought a sledgehammer to those struggles, leading the team with 25 points. If he continues some sem-

blance of offensive consistency the trio of Forbes, Denzel Valentine and Matt Costello still give the Spartans the ability to beat any team in the country. Before Saturday much of the narrative surrounding Michigan State was a pessimistic one, leaving some questioning the legitimacy of the team. If you were one of these people, just remember that as long as Tom Izzo paces the sidelines, doubting the Spartans, be it in January or March, is the most futile of endeavors. I may not be the biggest believer in superstition but, hey, you gotta wonder if Michigan State should keep rolling out those lime green unis. The dreams of the entire Maryland team are most likely haunted by that color as we speak.

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Illinois men’s track head coach Mike Turk talks about sophomore Jonathan Wells differently from the way coaches usually talk about their athletes. Coaches liken their athletes to gym rats with considerable work ethics. But for Turk, Wells’ determination and dedication are unparalleled. “When he comes in here, it’s all about ‘it’s time to get better,’” Turk said. “It’s a rare quality. There are a lot of people who have high desire and want to work hard, but he just started at a whole different level.” Turk added that Wells’ intelligence is his greatest asset, especially when matched up with more gifted athletes. Wells, a member of his high school’s debate team, is articulate, but Turk’s claims can be backed up by more than just Wells’ words and demeanor; the sophomore’s success is apparent in his performances. This season, Wells — who has previously focused on events such as high jump and long jump — is having success in his transition to multi-events. These multi-events — like heptathlon — have required him to practice and learn to compete in events that he has had little to no experience in. He is learning quickly. Turk had set a season goal of 15 feet for Wells in the pole vault, and within two meets, Wells had already met the mark that coaches had anticipated it would

take a whole season for him to make. While this season marks the first time Wells attempted the multievent at the collegiate level, he is no stranger to balancing multiple athletic responsibilities. Wells has played basketball, football and wrestled; Of all the sports, Wells excelled the most in football and track and field, receiving Division I scholarship offers in both sports. Eventually Wells chose track and field, the sport in which he held three state titles. Wells actually followed in the footsteps of his brother Sean Wells Jr., a senior at Grand Valley State University who has won two Division II titles in 110 meter hurdles. “I love the campus, I love the coaching staff and I love the team chemistry,” Wells said. “That kind of made my decision to come to the University of Illinois.” With a few victories under his belt and some real success in his past, this might be the year that Wells cements himself as an Illinois great. Wells is chasing the school record for high jump while pushing himself to succeed in events that are foreign to him. “In our program, we talk a lot about doing things the right way,” Turk said. “I can say without any question in my mind there is no one on this campus who does things the right way better than he does.”

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