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Gov. Pat Quinn plans to double MAP grant funding BY ELEANOR BLACK STAFF WRITER
In his annual State of the State address Wednesday, Gov. Pat Quinn discussed the successes he has seen during his five years as governor of the state of Illinois and his goals for the state’s future. He also had a positive message to those watching: Illinois is making a comeback. Among the successes mentioned by Quinn in his review of the year, he focused on the legalization of same-sex marriage, balancing budget measures and the state’s comprehensive pension reform. He reiterated his administration’s commitment to higher education by saying he would double funding of the MAP grant, which currently helps 140,000 students go to college. Quinn also outlined a five-year blueprint for jobs and economic growth, which he said aims to “create more jobs, deliver stronger education and build an econ-
omy that works for everyone.” The first step involved focusing on supporting small businesses, which has been done by providing loans and investments through the Advantage Illinois program. Quinn outlined his goal to decrease the initial setup fee for local businesses from $500 to $39. Additionally, the governor issued an executive order to establish a “small business advocate” who would “examine policies and proposals through the lens of how they impact small businesses,” he said. Sen. Michael Frerichs, D-52, agreed that small businesses are important to the job growth of Illinois and said the state should reduce their costs and streamline their growth. “I think that we need to be targeted in how we attract jobs and grow them in the state of Illinois,” he said. “But for long-term health, that is going to be very
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Humanities Without Walls receives grant, promotes higher education collaboration BY MARYCATE MOST STAFF WRITER
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Green Street to receive new parking garage BY BRYAN BOCCELLI STAFF WRITER
Currently under construction, the new high rise that will be located at Fourth and Green streets will be equipped with a parking system relatively new to the architecture community. The building, located at 308 E. Green St., will be equipped with Boomerang System’s RoboticValet. “RoboticValet is a fully automated parking system that can store and retrieve automobiles in a multilevel parking structure without human intervention,” said Chris Mulvihill, president of Bloomberg Systems, Inc. There have been a number of automated parking systems set up around the world, but Boomerang System’s RoboticValet is distinctive because it was designed, engineered and manufactured in the U.S. “From the user’s perspective, the system is like a big vending machine for cars,” Mulvihill said. Residents wishing to park drive-up to the automated system and park their vehicle in a tray, the car is then transported to its designated spot and can be retrieved by the driver at any time using an ID or key. “By eliminating the need for ramps and drive aisles, this system can fit cars in much less space than would otherwise be required by a conventional garage,” Mulvihill said. “This improved efficiency can be used to conserve open space, reduce excavation or to re-purpose space for other uses.” Because there are no people
inside the parking system, this helps eliminate the possibility of theft, vandalism, assault and many other crimes. “There’s no idling — going up and down aisles,” said Jim Heffernan, principal at HERE Enterprises. “In addition there is no one in the vault its self where the cars are stored.” This helps make the residence safer for cars and residents. “We are pleased to be working with HERE and Campus Acquisitions on what will be the first fully automated robotic parking system in the state of Illinois,” said Mark Patterson, CEO of Boomerang Systems in a press release. The 16-story building is already under construction with plans to be completed some time in 2015. “We believe our technology is ideal for student housing projects in environments where space is at a premium and where the market places high value on safety and modern building technology that offers environmentally friendly solutions,” Patterson said. This is the first time this kind of parking garage is being built on a university campus. “Most campuses are space constrained and colleges and universities are conscientious of the environment and wish to reduce opportunities for crime,” Mulvihill said. The company has spent years developing and testing this system and its first system was installed in New Jersey in 2011. In Miami, the company is cur-
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The University’s Levis Faculty Center was packed on the evening of Aug. 19 as students from universities around the Midwest prepared to perform the medieval play “Mankind.” This performance was part of a test-run for the Humanities Without Walls program, a collaboration between Midwestern universities intended to promote research and improve humanities education. “The purpose is really to bring medieval performing arts to the modern stage,” said Charlie Wright, LAS professor. “It was very successful. We had both performers who specialize in medieval performances and grad students helping design our project.” A continuation of the Humanities Without Walls project launched officially on Jan. 15.
Director of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Dianne Harris said the program is funded by a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. “It is really helping to showcase that humanities and arts really matter on our campus, which has been so well known for so long in its research in STEM education,” Harris said. “I hope what people will see is that this is a really excellent time to invest in the humanities in Illinois. I think it really positions Illinois as a leader in the country, trying to think carefully, thoughtfully and liberally about doctoral education in the humanities.” Uses of Scale in Literary Study, the other pilot project for the Humanities Without Walls program, is headed by LAS Professor Ted Underwood. It works to develop studies of the humanities
Criteria changed for honorary street names New policy places limitations to applicants, cuts ceremony funding BY ANGELICA LAVITO STAFF WRITER
When driving through the city of Champaign, people can see street signs honoring those who have made an impact on the community. The Champaign City Council passed an ordinance at its January 21 meeting that revises the application policy and implements more selective criteria for honorary street designations. “We were looking for a way to formalize the process and make it more streamlined, as well as to make sure there is criteria and the criteria’s applied to anyone who is requesting (honorary designation),” said Kris Koester, public information officer for Public Works. The new policy limits honorary designation to those that have had a significant cultura l, h istoric a l or humanitarian impact on the city, as opposed to the old policy that simply required
significance to the city. Last year, the city spent $13,000 on honorary street designations. In order to cut spending to $4,000 per year, the new policy limits the designation to one block, there is a limit of four designations per year, and the city will no longer fund the dedication ceremonies. “It was nice for the city to take care of (the arrangements), and I’m sure the families appreciated it, but it was still a cost to the city and we need to be more prudent with taxpayer dollars,” said Karen Foster, council member at-large. The new policy does not allow renewals of honorary street names, as opposed to the former policy, which allowed individuals to apply for renewal every 10 years. “I think this offers an opportunity for the sign to be a catalyst for something else,” said Mayor Don Gerard. “Once someone has had a tribute ... a number of things could happen ... and it will give us an opportunity to display elsewhere in mass the signs that have been taken down.”
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Underwood believes that there can be more emphasis within graduate programs to express the variety of positions in which humanities studies would be useful. “I am very enthusiastic about the Humanities Without Walls project going forward, although our own pilot project isn’t going to continue as part of it,” Underwood said. “The thing I would especially underline is that the consortium is thoughtfully encouraging innovative approaches to doctoral education.” During their pilot projects, Underwood and Wright worked with students and faculty from other Midwestern universities who are participating in the program. Underwood worked with the University of Notre Dame and the University of Wisconsin-Mad-
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HONORARY TIM NUGENT WAY Nugent Hall, which houses students with disabilities, carries Tim Nugent’s name. Nugent founded the first higher education program for people with disabilities, and was a professor and director of the Rehabilitation Education Center and the Division of Education Services at the University.
HONORARY JEAN DRISCOLL WAY Olympic hall-of-famer Jean Driscoll is the Assistant Dean for Advancement in AHS. Driscoll is a paralympian who holds two Olympic medals, 12 Paralympic medals, a world record in the 10,000 meter run and numerous other athletic accomplishments.
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Jim Turpin announced football and basketball games at the University for 42 years. Turpin was vice president and general manager of WDWS and WHMS radio, where he hosted his “Penny for Your Thoughts” and “Saturday Sportsline” radio shows.
HONORARY ROGER EBERT BOULEVARD Roger Ebert was a film critic who wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times, where he became the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize. Ebert graduated from the University and was recently awarded with the 2014 Illinois Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism.
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Lou Henson coached the Illini basketball team for 21 years. Henson retired after leading the team to 423 wins and one NCAA Final Four appearance. SOURCE: SPORTS-REFERENCE.COM ILLINI-NATION.COM, FIGHTINGILLINI.COM
Dwight “Dike” Eddleman is considered the University’s greatest all-around athlete for his achievements in football, basketball, and track and field. He played for the Illini in the 1947 Rose Bowl winning football team, 1949 NCAA Final Four team and won the 1948 NCAA High Jump Championship. Eddleman also won a silver medal at the Olympics for high jump.
In 1967, REO Speedwagon began performing at bars in Champaign. The original members formed the band while attending the University. The band has nine “Billboard Top 100” hits and still performs 47 years after its creation.
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in a different way — by creating software that can correct optically transcribed texts such as books from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. When researchers search through the pages of an eighteenth or nineteenth-century book, differences between letters used currently and those used during previous centuries can make collecting data from these books more difficult. Helping collect data and find patterns in these texts is only one of the outcomes from the project. “I think Humanities Without Walls can play a catalytic role here, encouraging faculty to think about doctoral programs more broadly and imaginatively,” Underwood said. “A lot of important decisions about public policy and about the representation of the humanities in public culture get made outside universities.”
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C-U recognized as leader of technological innovation BY EDWARD GATHERCOAL STAFF WRITER
After earning his doctorate in materials science at the University and serving as program manager of nanotechnology for the U.S. Air Force, John Busbee helped found the Xerion Advanced Battery Corp., where he currently serves as its CEO. Xerion is a business involved in developing and commercializing next generation ultra-high power. It began in October 2011 and has already garnered interest from several Fortune 500 companies. Busbee’s business is just one of many examples as to why Champaign-Urbana, alongside major metropolitan areas like Detroit and Atlanta, has been recognized as a promising region for technological innovation in 2014 by Techie.com. Laura Frerichs, director of the University’s Research Park, believes that Champaign-Urbana has had a history of technological innovation from an industry standpoint. She attributed the success
to entrepreneurial, corporate and community aspects of the area. Companies like Wolfram Research, which originated at the University, become successful by taking advantage of the wealth of research that goes on at the University and translate it into business. “The entrepreneurial culture over the last ten years has really improved,” Frerichs said. “The University has put a lot of effort towards facilities to support an entrepreneurial community making it easier for students and professors to start companies.” The University receives about $8 million a year in grants like the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grants, said Erik Kotewa, deputy director at the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation. This means that Champaign County makes up for almost 18 percent of research funding for the entire state, according to the Research Park website.
The incubator at EnterpriseWorks serves as a primary resource for many start-up companies through which they can get laboratory, office or co-working space. Within EnterpriseWorks there is a program called I-Start, which assists entrepreneurs with first-year services like business planning and development, financial statements, marketing and grants. “It depends on the type of company. If they’re a biotech company, their needs are going to be very different from a mobile app company, and we try to serve all of it,” Frerichs said. “Which is the neat thing about ChampaignUrbana ... there’s a really wide range of science taking place here.” Busbee weighed in on how the incubator has helped his business, Xerion. “It’s been advantageous for us to be in the incubator because our technology is a nanotechnology, and access to the electron microscopy facilities on campus
have been really critical to our success,” he said. Frerichs said out of 105 companies that have graduated from EnterpriseWorks since it opened in 2003, 59 percent are still in business or have been successfully acquired. Of those remaining successful companies, 64 percent are still located in Illinois. About half of those companies are based in Champaign County. Frerichs also identified the corporate side, stating that companies like Yahoo!, Intel and Sony are located in this area because of the scientific quality that is produced on campus, the breadth of areas that can receive help and because the area is less competitive for resources than Cambridge or MIT. “I think Champaign-Urbana is both bright and a rich source of talent but also relatively a bargain for a city in the U.S. to establish technical operations,” she said. Kotewa also mentioned that he’s heard that the start-up environment is much friendlier in Cham-
paign-Urbana than it is in much larger places like MIT. She added that finally, in order for the Champaign-Urbana region to acquire businesses and thus make it a leader of innovation, the community needs to be appealing as well. “We need to be a place where the tech sector feels comfortable living and working and that usually tends to be a young professional type of crowd,” Frerichs said. Busbee added that incubators at other schools may offer office and lab space but they don’t have the immersive entrepreneurial experiences like those offered at the University and community as a whole. “The unique aspect that makes us different from Bloomington, Normal or other places is the University of Illinois,” said Kotewa. “If it wasn’t here, companies would not be here, and therefore many jobs would not be here.”
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Almost 100 years ago, the assassination of a duke triggered a worldwide conflict and significantly altered the course of history. As the centennial of the outbreak of World War I in July draws near, major commemorations will be held across Europe. Here at the University, political science professor John Vasquez will take students to Austria for four weeks this summer as they write papers on conflicts between one country from the allies and one country from the central powers. “We’re going to be taking students on a unique trip to spend the entire month in Vienna, and the ultimate goal of the trip is to pro-
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duce a research paper,” Vasquez said. “Then, students will present their papers at a conference in Salzburg at the von Trapp family home where they filmed the movie ‘Sound of Music.’” Vasquez is accepting 22 students before the Feb. 1 deadline to apply for the opportunity to travel throughout Austria, the chance to see actual World War I documents in the state archives and to visit the Museum of Military History, where they can view the car that Archduke Franz Ferdinand rode in that pivotal day. “I think they’ll learn a lot about the history of Europe and diplomacy,” Vasquez said. “They’ll get a pretty good knowledge about the war and if it could’ve been avoided
or not. They’ll come back having taken away a really good appreciation of Europe and the legacy of the war.” Although this is not the first time Vasquez will be taking students to Vienna, this trip is unique because of the anniversary of the first world war. “It’s something I would definitely be interested in applying for,” said Arianna Adkins, freshman in LAS. “My favorite piece of history is World War II, but in order to understand why it happened, you have to trace its origins to World War I and the Treaty of Versailles and what came of that.” Students should take advantage of this opportunity to learn about the first world war in Europe
where there will be a lot of centennial commemorations taking place, said Emily Barrett, assistant director of the course. However, the trip is not only devoted to World War I. Students will also be given two three-day weekends when they can travel on their own and there are many cultural and art events in Vienna unrelated to the course that students can take advantage of. “Vienna is a very unique and beautiful place to study abroad. Since it is located further east in Europe, it provides access to numerous countries like Hungary, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany and Italy that might not be as easily traveled (to) if you are studying abroad in western
Europe,” Barrett said. “Also, the music scene — for performance majors — is phenomenal since Austria is the birth country of Mozart.” One of the most important takeaways from the course is a deeper understanding of diplomacy, Vasquez said. “Ever since World War II, Europe has learned how to avoid war and it has been relatively at peace since 1945,” he said. “While we’re there, we’re going to take a look at what works and learn a little bit on what the European Union does. So, it’s not just about history. It’s very relevant to today’s world.”
ier, Mulvihill said. “We believe that providing a central drop off and pick up location for vehicles on grade will provide a safer and more convenient parking experience for our student residents,” said CEO of HERE James Letchinger in a press release, This type of parking system is already available throughout many parts of southeast Asia. “It’s a highly green idea,” Heffernan said, “It dramatically reduced carbon emissions associated with a standard parking garage.”
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tium to be useful to their research. “It simply increases the means that directors and producers have at their disposal and the variety of approaches that directors and scholars use in their performances,” Wright said. Both the administration and the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities have been pleased to see these contributing universities sharing their resources and research, Harris said. The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities’ next goal is to get more undergraduates involved in research and involved in the humanities on campus, said Harris, director
of the program. Programs such as the Inside Scoop Series are aimed at attracting undergraduates to humanities research projects and humanity-related careers. Harris feels involvement in the humanities will be key to the careers and lives of students. “The humanities help us understand our place in the world,” Harris said. “They help us think critically about what is around us, evaluate life choices and they help us grapple with the complexities of a citizen in a global world.”
important to growing our tax base and making sure that young people graduating from college have opportunities to have good paying jobs here in Illinois.” In terms of education, Quinn put his focus on early childhood by introducing the Birth to Five Initiative. This will involve ensuring prenatal care for mothers, access to quality early childhood learning opportunities and strong parent support and services. Frerichs said he was happy to see Quinn’s investments in both early childhood and higher education. He applauded his goal of funding those programs, as did Jaclyn Gelfond, president of the Illini Democrats and junior in LAS. She said that although she knows it is not the job of the governor, she would have liked to hear him talk more regarding issues pertaining to college students such as student debt and more affordable college education. Quinn also continued to promote raising the minimum wage in Illinois to $10 an hour, adding that by doing so, those workers would spend more money in their local communities, further aiding the economy. Gelfond said an increase to the minimum wage was one of the most important issues to her. However, College Republicans Vice President Max Balkan, a junior in Business, said the governor was vying for re-election with the issues he addressed in his speech. “I imagine he’s trying to base his re-election campaign on this,” he said. “It’s probably him touting himself a lot just to talk about how good he’s going to be.” Regardless of intentions, Gelfond said she wasn’t quite sure the goals Quinn outlined would come to fruition. “They always have these grand ideas in the State of the Union and State of the State addresses — they’re good plans and good ideas, but I don’t know if they’re all attainable,” she said. Though he has no way of knowing what is to come, Frerichs does have a positive outlook for the state. “We have a long way to go in Illinois, things are improving and I am very optimistic about the potential of the people in this state,” Frerichs said. “Some people have asked for more specifics but I think those will come in the governor’s budget address. This is a talk about a vision for where the state of Illinois needs to be going.”
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Representative information key in Urbana Task Force’s success
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umbers can be misleading. Without the proper context, a figure could be mathematically correct but not representative of the information you are trying to present. Sometimes misrepresentation is a mistake, but, other times, it may be deliberate. A wariness for statistical figures ran through the Urbana City Council when it was discussing the development of a task force, which would examine racial disparities in traffic stops. For nearly a decade, the city has collected and examined information regarding what many believe to be a disproportionate number of stops for minorities. And after the Illinois Department of Transportation handed down its report in 2012 that asserted Urbana was stopping a higher percentage of minorities, Mayor Laurel Prussing was not convinced of the report’s veracity. She considered the data a tool, rather than an accurate gauge. In December, council member Charlie Smyth agreed: “People are convinced already without having a formal experiment to base it on. No one has done an extensive, categorical data analysis with controlling for a number of factors on this data.� They were rightfully skeptical because the census data used by IDOT considers the entire State to compute the percentages may not accurately represent the proportion of minorities living in Urbana. To see if Urbana really is unfairly pulling over minorities, the council voted to establish a task force to better examine the data. But even with the task force, it’s possible the results turn to be inconclusive. To boost the chance of the task force’s success, it must work to ensure that clerical errors do not happen, as they had in earlier years when collecting the data, according to Urbana Chief of Police Patrick Connolly. Because the task force is also supposed to bring transparency to the process, it must work to encourage community members to come forward and share their experiences. Without the context of their stories, we can’t know if new data will accurately reflect the traffic stops that happen. Establishing a complete and representative data set for analysis necessitates as much anecdotal context that can be obtained. Given the length of time that the city has spent trying to follow up on the traffic stops, some may have come to assume that minorities are stopped in a greater proportion. While we hope that there is no discrimination, we cannot know that based on assumptions and one or two studies alone: We need a complete portfolio of evidence that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the Urbana Police Department needs reform. Members of the Urbana City Council were right to question the statistics, but if the next step of gathering more local data is not carried out objectively and precisely, it could be years before we know the truth. And the truth isn’t something the minorities in the Urbana community should keep waiting for to spark constructive change.
Reality TV’s allure: Our mysterious, trashy obsession NICKI HALENZA Assistant opinions editor
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would be lying if I said that I don’t keep up with the Kardashians. I would also be lying if I said that I haven’t watched at least one episode of nearly every TLC show. It seems that an overwhelming majority of Americans are viewing a wide array of reality television shows such as “The Bachelor,� “Duck Dynasty,� “The Real World,� “The Biggest Loser� all the way to “American Idol,� among many, many others. They are the shows that I often find myself rolling my eyes at due to the unimportant, over-dramatized and mundane content — yet I admittedly, and even shamefully, watch some of it with a strange fascination, as do many others. Essentially, reality TV is like the tabloids of television — leaching unimportant, unartistic, and sometimes trashy, work onto our screens. What is interesting as well is that many of us do use words and phrases like “shamefully,� “embarrassingly,� or “guilty pleasure� to describe how and why we watch these shows — like how I always have my tail between my legs when I find myself immersed in an episode of “Dance Moms.� So what does that say about this genre? It seems to say that most of us collectively see
the hilarity and ridiculousness of some of these shows — where roses are handed out ceremoniously, tiaras are bestowed upon 5-year-old girls, hair is pulled, rivalries formed and 19th babies are born (and counting). Yet reality TV is supposedly one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Because of this, as well as the comparably low production cost, we are bombarded with more and more reality shows revolving around themes of competitions, drama-filled strangers living together, accounts of unique individuals and eccentric American families. While realizing the absurdity of many of these shows, many of us still seem so invested in knowing who got eliminated on “The Bachelor� or what the current relationship status is on Khloe and Lamar, and maybe it can be explained through various media theories. In one media approach, people choose what specific media to consume based on a uses and gratifications theory that emphasizes how people actively seek out content to satisfy a wide array of needs and desires. These might range to anything from passive entertainment to a desire to fill a social need, or fulfillment by living vicariously through others. In another approach, the limited effects model, it is said that people tend to choose media that will support their already-existing attitudes and therefore media does nothing but reaffirm their own values — although I can’t imagine anyone sharing many of the same values as the cast of “Jersey
Shore.� Or maybe there is no rhyme or reason at all to why we choose to watch reality shows other than out of convenience and amusement. But regardless of the motive behind why we watch, it still remains that many of us find ourselves concerned with what is going on in the everyday lives of other semi-ordinary (and borderline crazy) people who we don’t even know. And it can be difficult to pinpoint the exact reason for why that is, so we refer to this as our “guilty pleasure.� We find ourselves having a strange curiosity to know the latest gossip both on and off the screen — but also discovering we know way more than we care to about topics like the divorce of Jon and Kate Gosselin. When it comes to television, we give as much attention to Honey Boo Boo eating a bowl of cereal as we do to Walter White producing millions of dollars-worth of methamphetamine. But it is almost no wonder that reality TV is so popular and relevant considering it has trickled its way into various networks like a virus and has dominated many television stations. So while I strongly hope a new genre of television is on its brink of domination, I will settle for a casual, eye-rolling episode of “Toddlers & Tiaras� and continue to wonder why I stoop to the level of reality television in the first place.
Nicki is a junior in Media. She can be reached at halenza2@dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @NickiHalenza.
Tossing out net neutrality limits freedom on the Internet THADDEUS CHATTO Opinions columnist
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had never heard of net neutrality prior to Jan. 14 — and that particular day was a significant one for the World Wide Web. On that day, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down most of the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order, otherwise referred to as net neutrality. For those that don’t know what it is, feel no shame, because it can mean different things to different people. From what I understand, net neutrality is the idea that all types of data — that comes from any and every source — should be delivered equally by connections provided by Internet Service providers. These rules make sure that the Internet is provided in a fair and non-discriminatory fashion. We should have equal access to multiple facets of the Internet, such as when we want to start a new website, create a new blog to compete with CNN or watch Netflix for 10 hours straight. The FCC adopted three basic open Internet rules: transparency, anti-blocking and antidiscrimination. ISPs must disclose information regarding their services, may not block lawful content services and may not discriminate lawful network traffic over a consumer’s Internet service. It might be easier to understand these if they were put into examples. If you are watching House of Cards on Netflix, and the performance of the streaming is mediocre at best, your ISP would have to tell you why the show is not loading quickly (transparency).
If Comcast — an owner of NBC — is your ISP, the company can’t block or slow down the websites and services from rival networks such as ABC or CBS (anti-blocking and anti-discrimination). But with the Jan. 14 ruling from a federal appeals court in Verizon v. FCC, the court tossed out the anti-discrimination and the anti-blocking rules leaving ISPs having only to comply with the transparency rule. Originally, ISPs such as Comcast, Verizon and AT&T were not allowed to mess with the Internet speed that is being provided in the pipes that give millions of people across the country access to the Internet. Now, these companies want to set up a restricted fast lane of Internet exclusively for their own partners and services. Other websites would have to pay a higher fee to use the highspeed service, thus making them gatekeepers. The court’s reason behind the ruling is because of the FCC’s decision to classify Internet providers as information services rather than telecommunication. The FCC lacks the authority to regulate the Internet when it’s classified under information services. As college students, we should be concerned that ISPs now have the potential to limit their users’ experiences. If you think about it, we spend many of our hours on the Internet from doing research for papers, reading the news on various outlets and watching YouTube videos of cats doing silly things. The Internet can be thought of as our campus. Now, the analogy of the Internet being like our campus is not exactly the same, but it does share some qualities. We want our campus to be free of discrimination, have access to all the possible opportunities and services, and know we are safe to explore as we please.
For example, another way to think about it is how registered student organizations operate here at the University. Imagine that a RSO is a website. It starts out small, but with hard work and access to the best and most reliable services from the University, it can grow into something great. This is how small RSOs can start from the bottom and make their way to the top. It would not be fair for the University to restrict the new and smaller RSOs from developing because then we would have, like, 10 big clubs to join. We love variety, we love choice and we love innovation. The FCC can do something. According to Digital Trends, the FCC can consider ISPs “common carriers,� “the category including phone companies, and then it can reestablish net neutrality.� That is much easier said then done. There are a plethora of powerful organizations, businesses and people who don’t believe that the federal government should regulate ISPs. So what can we the people do? Well, as usual, not much. There is a website, www.savetheinternet.com, that you can take action on and as the site’s name suggests, help save the Internet. Whether you take action or not, I think what’s most important is to be aware of what net neutrality is. Its future could have lasting impact on the Internet we know and love. I pride myself in being a fan of the Internet, and yet until now I was not even informed in the ongoing battle that could decide the fate of the Internet.
Thaddeus is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at chatto1@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @Thaddingham.
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SUPERBOWL a big surprise, because Google is not known as a TV advertiser at the time,� Learmonth said. “Sometimes bigger advertisers that buy a lot of spots sometimes try to sell them back if they don’t like the creatives.� Along with the Olympics, the Super Bowl is the only event on television that people still watch at the same time, which leads to a interesting year for 2014, Slater said. While Slater did reference that the commercials need to be about building a relationship with consumers, she said that the product should be at the forefront of the commercial. According to Slater, a major downfall of most Super Bowl advertisements are that viewers “can sit through commercials, and not know who the brand is.� “I don’t think that is very effective,� she said. Brittany Duff, assistant profes-
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MOBILE connected devices all over us,� Frerichs said. “So it’s not just your phone that’s smart, but how that phone (links) you with different items that were otherwise inanimate objects.� She explained how one Kickstarter project by Champaignbased Oso Technologies seeks to monitor plants’ water content. A sensor is placed in the plant, and once it detects the loss of too much moisture, it can notify the user via email or text. Mobile Development Day is free, and it also welcomes those who are not in the mobile or computer field but are interested in learning more about it. “I think (Mobile Development Day) is a great event for the University; it’s a great event for the community,� said Patrick MacKay, president of 004 Technologies
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NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD sor in advertising, said car brands fall to this idea quite often during the Super Bowl, and the level of success for commercials depends both on the brand and the product. “So if your product is a consumer-packaged good, the people can easily pick up and it isn’t going to cost them much ... such as chips or something like that,� Duff said. “For cars and things like that, people don’t buy them as often, so success would be a little different for those. It may just be about getting people to consider it, or put it on their list of cars to think about once they do purchase a car.� The struggles of advertisers to make a sound return on their investment in a Super Bowl ad is nothing new to the industry though, Slater said. But since Apple Computer’s “1984� advertisement during the 1984 Super Bowl, brands have attempted a variety of approaches, such as comedy, nostalgia and more provocative ads. Both of Anheuser-Busch’s USA and panelist in the event. “Not only is it a great event for folks who actually work in the space to do some networking, but more importantly the opportunity for folks in the community to learn what’s going on.� 004 Technologies USA is a mobile application development company located in Champaign, with a subsidiary in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Locally, it offers workshops for individuals or businesses, helping them create apps in relation to their line of work. Globally, the company partners with retailers across Europe to manage an online presence. MacKay, like Bratton, is also an alumnus from the University. He graduated with his MBA in 2010. “One of the things about the University of Illinois is that ... (the engineering and) computer science department has been responsible for some of
approaches to Super Bowl ads have been very successful, and have incorporated both a comedic and a more solemn approach to their ads, according to Slater. The company, which has purchased five 30-second spots for this year’s Super Bowl, uses a clever and funnier approach for Bud Light and a more solemn approach with the infamous Clydesdale Horses in their other advertisements. However, Slater questions brands like GoDaddy and their more provocative approach to the commercials. “Is it a smart move for GoDaddy? I don’t know,� Slater said. “I think they have gotten an awful lot of bad publicity because of their commercials, I don’t think it is driving their business, but they get an awful amount of buzz, not necessary good buzz, by the Danica Patrick stuff.�
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the most groundbreaking foundational research and development that we’ve seen,� MacKay said. “There is a rich, rich legacy here.� This legacy will be exhibited Friday through mobile technologies as part of the daylong event. While the event is free, anyone who wishes to register must do so soon, as there is limited space. For those who are able to come, the event hopes to build on the previous two Mobile Development Days to bring together students, faculty, community members and industry personnel. “One of the things that excites me about the Mobile Day is really looking at how other people are addressing problems in the enterprise of mobility, so we can all learn from each other,� Bratton said.
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With freezing temperatures and below-zero wind chills, the beginning of the spring semester has felt nothing like spring. Walking to class in these conditions can seem impossible, but some believe the end may be close with the upcoming holiday, Groundhog Day, on Sunday. Groundhog Day originated as something similar to an Imbolc, a Celtic festival celebrating the beginning of spring. Imbolc later turned into a Christian feast called Candlemas. Those who observed the holiday thought that if it occurred on a sunny day, there would be 40 days left of winter. Similarly, in Germany, people determined whether or not the day was sunny if animals like badgers saw their shadow. When Germans immigrated to America, many came to Pennsylvania, where they continued their tradition using the indigenous groundhog. It was in Punxsutawney, Penn., where the first Groundhog Day was celebrated on Feb. 2, 1887. Each year, this celebration attracts thousands who gather together to see if groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow. Phil has been prominent in U.S. culture with appearances on “The Oprah Winfrey Show� in 1995 and meeting politicians like President Ronald Reagan. While Phil may arguably be the most acclaimed, there are other groundhogs who participate, such as Wiarton Willie of Canada and Staten Island Chuck
of New York . This holiday has also gained popularity from the 1993 movie “Groundhog Day� starring Bill Murray. Despite the day’s popularity, groundhogs have no weather predictive skills. According to the National Climatic Data Center, they have been right less than 40 percent of the time. “I don’t believe (the groundhog’s prediction), but I like to see it,� said Mallory Meade , junior in LAS. Daniel Chavez, sophomore in LAS, agreed, explaining that Groundhog Day is not grounded in science. The same goes for Professor Eric Snodgrass, director of undergraduate studies in the department of atmospheric sciences. “I imagine it’s like ... you’re a detective, and you end up watching shows like ‘CSI: Miami,’ and you just watch and make fun of them because you know things don’t work that way. That’s kind of how a lot of us (meteorologists) feel about things like Groundhog Day. It’s a joke, but everyone gets a kick out of it,� Snodgrass said. Snodgrass said there are a lot of different techniques to predict the upcoming spring season scientifically, but each technique has its limitations. “The general rule of thumb is the longer the forecast time period, the greater the error,� Snodgrass said. Analogous forecasts are one technique used to make seasonal predictions, Snodgrass explained. Meteorologists use weather data from past years to compare it to present condi-
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tions. For example, if one wants to know what February’s weather will be like, they can look at the weather from November, December and January and reference data to find a corresponding year that matched the weather of those three months. They can predict that the weather of that year’s February will match the upcoming February. “These techniques ... have skill but the accuracy of even a one-month, three-month or year-long forecast is you just can’t do it. The reason why is you are trying to predict the behavior of a nonlinear chaotic fluid,� Snodgrass said. “The atmosphere behaves like a fluid, and because of that, it is nearly impossible to predict its future beyond six or seven days.� Regardless of the techniques used to predict spring, it is apparent that winter is prevalent in the Champaign-Urbana area. Temperatures reached a low of minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of minus 18.1 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday. “It was awful. I thought we might cancel (classes) because the public schools canceled,� Meade said. Chavez said he is looking forward to spring so he can go outside more and not have to wear a jacket and sweater. “I am desperately ready for spring,� Snodgrass said. Whether the method is by science or by groundhogs, it seems only time can tell when spring will arrive.
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AD-MANIA Companies vie for clever spots that further brand BY DECLAN HARTY
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an Slater, advertising professor and dean of College of Media, fondly remembers Volkswagen’s 2011 “The Force� ad, shown during that year’s Super owl. The advertisement featured a young child wearing a Darth Vader helmet, trying to use “The Force� on his baby brother, the family dog and the laundry machine, all unsuccessfully. However, when the child attempts it on his father’s Volkswagen Passat, he fi nds success. “It was a great combination of humor, of intrigue,� she said. “We had to keep watching because we wanted to see what would happen.� According to Slater, the commercial had a great story, good imagery and suspense, and an ending that deemed the brand, in this case Volkswagen, as “a hero.� “My background is branding, and making sure the brand is relevant to the consumer,� she said. “Those are all the components I think are fantastic in a commercial.� On Sunday, television sets throughout the country will be fi lled with images of blue and orange colliding, as the Denver Broncos take on the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII. However, a large percentage of those viewers won’t be watching for the game, but for the commercials. Last year, over 108.7 million viewers in 53 million households across the nation watched last year’s Super Bowl, according to data collected by Nielsen Company. This year, both fans and non-fans alike will tune in for the same reason: to see the myriad of cleverly produced commercials. According to Kantar Media, the rate of viewers for last year’s game grew by 1.6 percent when the commercials aired, as compared to when the game was on. “I think the viewership is defi nitely a driv-
ing force of it,� Slater said. “Commercials have almost overtaken the game, and part of it is entertaining. Now people just want to be entertained, and sometimes the commercials are better than the game — hopefully not this time, but that has happened.� Michael Learmonth, a deputy managing editor at Advertising Age, shares a similar sentiment. “I think the commercials are a nice addition, and they add to the entertainment,� he said. This year’s Super Bowl will feature advertisements from a variety of brands. Veterans advertisers include Coca-Cola, Doritos and Anheuser-Busch, while newcomers such as Squarespace and WeatherTech will attempt to make a good impression in their first Super Bowl advertisements. Doritos will continue to provide viewers with a consumer-generated commercials this year, continuing a tradition its had since 2007. The voting for the winning ad closed Wednesday night at midnight. Voters had a selection of five fi nalists: “Time Machine,� “Finger Cleaner,� “Office Thief,� “Cowboy Kid� and “Breakroom Ostrich.� Although the five commercials have been selected from thousands across the nation, “Time Machine� is one that has roots in Champaign-Urbana. Its creator is alumnus John Coates, starring as the old man in the commercial. Coates, who received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the University in theatre studies, said he has always enjoyed acting. He was also a theatre professor at Parkland College for 15 years, and now he is an actor in Phoenix. During the summer of 2013, he was approached by producer Raj Suri to play the role in “Time Machine.� “It was one day in October,� Coates said. “We spent about six hours shooting it, and the total cost of the commercial was about 300 bucks ... This year, even on that day of the shoot in October everybody on set just
kept saying, ‘This is the one, this is going to be the one, we are going to be the winner.’� On Sunday, the two winning commercials will air, with the most viewed commercial online, and another selected by the Doritos brand team. The winners of the contest will have the opportunity to work on the sequel of “The Avengers� fi lm, and the creator of the ad that receives the most fan votes will win $1 million. Other commercials are being purchased at an all-time high, with companies paying $4 million for a 30-second commercial, and, according to Kantar, the rate has increased by 70 percent over the past 10 years, with predictions that it will continue to rise. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, by the 2030s, companies will face the price of $8 million to have an advertisement in the Super Bowl, doubling the current rate. Due to the rising cost of 30 seconds of air-time, some brands have had to drop out from the event, most notably E-Trade. Since 2007, the company’s fiscally sound baby has appeared in Super Bowl commercials for the company, but will not this year. Slater said she believes the E-Trade baby “wore out its welcome� long ago, and unlike other brands, such as Coca-Cola and its iconic polar bears, E-Trade did not vary its commercials enough. “I think you have to do what is constantly enhancing the brand, and Coca-Cola has certainly done that,� Slater said. “I am not sure E-Trade ever really got to the level of connection; they were selling E-Trade, that’s it. That is not a type of relationship building business ... brands are all about relationships.� According to Learmonth, the Super Bowl’s network typically holds a few spots for last minute advertisers who may be interested in participating. For example, Google’s advertisement in the 2010 Super Bowl was a late purchase for the company. “The fact that they had a Super Bowl ad was
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Mobile Development Day features tech-savvy speakers BY REEMA ABI-AKAR STAFF WRITER
Telephones have evolved considerably over the course of history. Starting out as basic communication devices, they have grown far beyond their original concept. Still, technology continues to flourish and provide users with a wider range of possibilities. Research Park is sponsoring the third annual Mobile Development Day to discuss progress
and advancement in smartphone technology. The event will take place at the I Hotel in Champaign from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. The daylong event will include 25 speakers and panelists and an audience of more than 200 people. “This is a good way to get a daylong exposure to a variety of different types of programming,� said Laura Frerichs, director of Research Park. “(The event showcases) different examples of
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puter engineering. From there, he went on to found 13 companies including Chicago-based Lextech, which focuses on enterprise application technologies. “My passion is really applying technology to help people thrive in whatever they’re doing — living their lives or doing their jobs,� he said. “And I founded Lextech really to apply that in a work setting.� Bratton will focus his speech on this idea; that mobile systems
can be applied in new places and even industries that are not necessarily tech-based. For example, Lextech is working to “mobilize� a grain silo, so to speak. Instead of requiring a truck driver to leave the cabin, inhale corn dust and slow down the grain loading process overall, the driver can now push one button on his phone to do the work. This mobile system lets him communicate with the industrial equipment, telling it when
to begin loading grain into the truck. “There’s technology everywhere,� he added. “Mobility is becoming our window into all of that.� One of the panel topics is the Internet of Things, which focuses on this same concept: connecting the Internet or mobile technologies to everyday items. “There are now going to be
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reluctant to adopt replay is due to their fear that “going to the monitor� will further lengthen ALEX ROUX games that are already sneakIllini columnist ing up on four hours long (five if you’re watching a Yankees/ Red Sox game). this day and age, people NFL games usually last are impatient. They’re around three hours but can easily distracted. It’s regularly push four. NBA and common that you’ll go to a NHL games fall right around sporting event nowadays an average of two hours and where spectators will be enam- 20 minutes. Soccer games are ored with their smartphones generally even shorter. We rather than with the action in don’t follow any cricket-like front of them. Fans arrive late sports that can go on for days and leave early. on end, and for good reason. If The governing bodies of you’ve ever watched an MLB collegiate tennis have taken game stretch deep into extra notice. Through the first six innings, the crowd will begin weeks of the NCAA tennis sea- to thin out. There’s only so son, the Indoor Tennis Associa- much time an everyday fan can tion has put experimental rules invest into one sporting event. in place that are designed to So by American sporting shorten matches and keep fans standards, collegiate tennis in their seats. takes a long The new time. These scoring fornew rules are mats difshortening fer slightthe matches ly between to three and the men’s a half hours and womlong, which en’s games, is already but they both pushing the have the same attention span goal in mind. of Joe Fan. MICHELLE DASSO If you’ve ever After the first WOMEN’S TENNIS HEAD COACH attended a six weeks, tennis dual (through the meet or any end of the tennis match in general, you National Indoor season) the know it can run longer than scoring will go back to last expected. year’s format. Like any potenWith the new rules in place, tial rule change, the experiwarm-up times will be cut mental results from this seabetween individual matches. son will be evaluated by the Also, doubles matches will be powers that be and we could consist of one set to six, shorteventually see the shortened ened from eight in the previous matches become permanent. format. Other tweaks were also Personally, I like the idea of added to the singles format in shorter tennis matches. I have both men’s and women’s tennis relatively little tennis experiwith shorter play as the focus. ence and absolutely no eye for “The overall goal is to short- the intricacies of the game, en matches to between twobut I think shorter matches and-a-half and three-and-acould help draw in potential half hours,� Illinois women’s new fans like me. The hope, as tennis head coach Michelle Dasso puts it, is that “fans are Dasso said. “Probably the main engaged and that they stay for goal would be three hours or the entire match.� under.� After all, football season I’ve come to the concluends this weekend. You’re sion that your average Amerigoing to need something to fill can sports fan can only handle that empty three-hour time slot about three and a half hours on Sundays. of a single sporting event or Alex can be reached at so before becoming impatient. One of the reasons Major roux2@dailyillini.com and @aroux94. League Baseball has been so
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The Illini will be looking to Rayvonte Rice to help pull them out of a six-game losing streak when they take on the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday at State Farm Center. Rice and the freshman class have been pleasant surprises for Illinois fans this season.
Searching for silver linings
Despite 6-game slide, poor offense, Illini have had a few bright spots MICHAEL WONSOVER Basketball columnist
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here’s no sugar coating it: This season has been downright ugly for the Illini. Illinois is currently in the midst of a six-game losing streak spanning three weeks. The Illini’s highest point total during this streak was 70 in a game they lost by 25 points to Wisconsin. Yeah, it’s been that bad. As odd as it may sound, there have been silver linings to this down season for the Illini. You just have to dig deeper.
The success of Rayvonte Rice Rayvonte Rice shouldn’t be penalized for the play of his teammates; he’s been sensational this season. The Drake transfer has been remarkably consistent except for his zero-point
dud against Ohio State, one of the best defenses in the country. Barring that performance and one other against Northwestern in which the Illini totaled 43 points, Rice has scored in double digits every game. Rice is the go-to player of this team and there isn’t a close second. When Illinois needs a bucket, the ball is in Rice’s hands and he’s more than comfortable taking the big shot. Rice has put up numbers almost identical to his sophomore season at Drake, but this year he’s maintained that production in a much better conference. His stat line of 16.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game can be matched by only nine other qualified guards in Division I this season. This speaks to Rice’s versatility and unique skill set. Don’t forget Rice is only a junior, so he’ll be back next season with a year of Big Ten experience under his belt. Expect many more muscle-flexing and1s in the future.
The solid freshman class
While everyone was waiting for the 2014 class to pan out, the class of 2013 has been just fine. John Groce hasn’t been afraid to play freshmen this year and with good reason. Malcolm Hill and the Simeon duo of Kendrick Nunn and Jaylon Tate have all played more than 10 minutes per game this season. Their numbers won’t wow anyone, but they all have interesting facets to their games. Hill’s shot has been off all season long, as he’s shooting only 33.3 percent from the floor, but his athleticism has been on full display. Hill has an uncanny ability of drawing fouls. His free-throw attempts of 5.8 per 40 minutes are second on the team. He’s also an outstanding rebounder for a player who’s only 6-foot-6, leading the team with a 17.8 defensive rebound percentage, which illustrates the rate a particular player comes down with available rebounds. Nunn is arguably the most athletic player on the roster. His left-handed dunks on the break have been some of the high points of an otherwise dreadful season. Nunn is also struggling with his stroke, shooting 39.3 percent from the floor, but he’s already ahead of the curve defensively. He leads the team with a steal percentage of 2.8, meaning 2.8 percent of possessions end with Nunn stealing the
ball while he’s out there. Tate is the future table setter for the Illini offense. He’s a heady player who already leads Illinois with a 30.5 percent assist rate. If he qualified, that number would rank third in the Big Ten. Tate can’t really do much else offensively, but playmakers are sorely needed on this Illini squad. He’s also an outstanding lob-thrower, quite possibly leading the nation — if that stat was tracked. Maverick Morgan and Austin Colbert haven’t got much playing time this season, but the duo provides necessary size in the future. Morgan has been playing more lately and projects to be a bruiser inside.
The surprisingly stout defense Illinois is a train wreck offensively, but this team can defend. Illinois ranks 34th in the nation in opponents points per game at 63.3. Though Illinois has averaged only 55.7 points per game during this losing skid, they’ve allowed only 67.7 points per game in that stretch. Illinois plays exceedingly slow to reach that low point total, but even when adjusting for pace the Illini have been above average defensively. Ken Pomeroy’s adjusted defensive efficiency measures
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After a two-meet weekend on the road, the Illinois wrestling team will be competing in front of the home crowd this Saturday at 4 p.m. when it takes on Nebraska at Huff Hall. The Illini have struggled against Big Ten competition this season, getting their fi rst conference win last Sunday against Michigan State. Associate head coach Mark Perry said Nebraska will pose a tougher challenge to overcome than the Spartans; however, Perry said he believes the teams are evenly matched if Illinois can be at full strength this weekend. “If we have our full lineup in, then it’s going to be a barn burner,� Perry said. “On paper, it’s about a five-five split, and then it just comes down to which team shows up and which team wants it more.� The team has been without 141-pound Steven Rodrigues and 197-pound Mario Gonzalez since both were injured at the Midlands at the end of December. Both of their statuses are questionable and won’t be officially determined until Saturday. Gonzalez, a two-time NCAA qualifier, said there is about a 50-50 chance of whether he will be able to compete this weekend. He has gotten back to his usual practice routine and is hoping to be cleared so he can help the team get back on track in his last year of eligibility. “It’s frustrating because a lot of the losses we have had have
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WONSOVER the points a team allows per 100 possessions against an average Division I offense, neutralizing the pace a team plays at. Illinois ranks 41st in the country with an adjusted defensive efficiency of 96.3. Illinois is held back by its 183rd ranked adjusted offensive efficiency. It’s not hard to see why Illinois has been so solid defensively this season. Nnanna Egwu, despite his struggles offensively, is blocking 2.1 shots a game. Jon Ekey has also arguably been the best pick-and-roll defender on
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the team and is constantly diving after loose balls. The guards can’t shoot the ball into an ocean right now, but Rice, Joseph Bertrand and Tracy Abrams usually do a good job of staying in front of their man. You also can’t blame their lack of hustle; they’re always competing on the defensive end. Illinois’ strong defense has made this losing streak even more mind-boggling. If Illinois’ offense can just turn it around, the defense is there.
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WRESTLING lez and Rodrigues to come back and make an impact late in the season. With the way the wrestling season is structured, if they both wrestle well at the Big Ten Tournament, then they will be able to compete at the NCAA tournament. “When you have that kind of time off and you use it the right way, it can be a positive,” Perry said. “They both have been putting in a lot of work, and when it’s their time to go, whether it is this weekend or the following weekend, they are going to per-
form when it matters. That is the philosophy of the program. If we can be at our best and healthy in March, we will take that 10 times out of 10.” Senior Tony Dallago has been able to stay healthy all season and has put himself in position to break the Illinois record for most career pins. He recorded his 37th pin against Michigan State to tie Illinois alumnus B.J. Futrell. Dallago wasn’t overly impressed with himself about the achievement since he would rather be remembered for wrestling well at the NCAA tournament. “I didn’t even know I had (tied the record) or that I was
even close,” Dallago said. “The record doesn’t really mean much to me. Other people view it as prestigious, but it’s not really my goal.” Dallago does, however, believe that Illinois dominant 29-6 win over Michigan State can serve as a confidence booster as the team approaches the end of the season. The team has been frustrated with how close the losses have been and a win helps reassure the wrestlers of how talented they can be. On the other hand, Perry said team wins and losses aren’t as important as individual wins. He is expecting to have seven Illinois wrestlers qualify for the
NCAA tournament, and his main concern is how good of a seed each receives. “Individually, I think guys are in a really good place right now,” Perry said. “Even the guys that have been hurt, I think they’ve used it the right way, and they will be ready. Getting a team win is important, but that’s not really what our guys have been focused on. It’s been more about being individually selfi sh and trying to get what each one of them wants in March in Oklahoma City.”
Daniel can be reached at dadexte2@dailyillini.com and @ddexter23.
Hockey faces reigning ACHA champions Minot State BY JOEY FIGUEROA STAFF WRITER
The Illinois hockey team will look to move up in the standings this weekend when it hosts the No. 7 Minot State Beavers for alumni weekend, having split last weekend with No. 8 Ohio and maintained its No. 20 spot in the national rankings. This will be Illinois’ second of three consecutive matchups against top-10 teams, and the Illini don’t have much room for error for the rest of the season. The ACHA national tournament has been a 20-team format for the
past two years, and Illinois has been barely hanging on to that last spot for the past three weeks. Head coach Nick Fabbrini was disappointed that Illinois didn’t move up in the rankings after a close weekend in Ohio but said the team can’t dwell on it. “We absolutely are going to be desperate this weekend to win both games,” Fabbrini said. “We need them both. The fact that we’re not exactly where we’d like to be in the rankings shouldn’t get us down. If anything, it should serve as extra motivation for us.” After starting the season on
a 13-game winning streak, the Beavers have been a mediocre 9-9 since; however, they are the defending ACHA champions and have many players from last year’s team still on the roster. Minot State may prove to be one of the toughest tests of the season for the Illini, but there is no sense of intimidation among the team. “We’re pretty excited about (playing the Beavers),” senior forward John Scully said. “This is why you schedule those kind of games. Being back at home here during alumni weekend, I think
we’ll have a pretty nice fan base going, which will help generate some energy.” The Beavers are coming off a successful weekend sweep of No. 17 Oakland, in which they scored 14 total goals. Fabbrini said this will be the first time Illinois is facing Minot State since 2003, so the only way the Illini can prepare for the Beavers is by watching game tape of their most recent games. “We’ll try and figure out some of their tendencies and some of the things they like to do, but really it’s just going to come
down to the way we play,” Fabbrini said. “We’re defi nitely going to respect them, obviously, but I don’t think we’re intimidated by them.” Illinois will try to use its speed and skating skills to gain the upper hand against the larger Minot State squad that isn’t used to playing on a rink as big as the Big Pond. “We’re working on using our speed to get pucks to the net and using our ability to skate,” Scully said. “We’re a pretty good skating team, so we’re going to try to use that to our advantage.”
Fabbrini said Illinois and Minot State were pretty big rivals when they used to play regularly, and he is looking forward to renewing that rivalry this weekend. “It’s going to be a very tough weekend for us, but I think if we come out and play the way that we’re capable of, especially on our rink, (we can) fully expect favorable results this weekends,” Fabbrini said.
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Consistency the key for men’s gymnastics at Minneapolis meet BY KIERAN HAMPL STAFF WRITER
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Jordan Valdez performs the parallel bars routine against Ohio State at Huff Hall on Sunday, Jan. 26rd, 2014.
The No. 8 Illinois men’s gymnastics team made it clear heading into the season that it expected to make a deep run at the end of the year through the Big Ten and the national championship. Despite plenty of expectations, this does not mean the Illini are overlooking any of their opponents. This includes Minnesota and Nebraska, who the Illini will compete against this weekend in Minneapolis. “Minnesota is a tough team, they’re going to be good ... and are definitely not going to be taken lightly,” redshirt sophomore C.J. Maestas said. The Illini will not have the home-gym advantage, which proved to be crucial in a victory over then-No. 3 Ohio State last weekend. “With Ohio State coming to Huff Hall for us, the crowd is always on our side. Going to Minnesota, at least in the past, their crowd is huge,” senior Jordan Valdez said. He added that the best way to account for this is to create as much team energy as possible. Another challenge the Illini are going to take on is the travel schedule they will face this weekend. A long drive to Minneapolis creates a very tight turnaround for the players. The coaches have posed this as a challenge for the players, saying that if they can
handle this, then they can handle anything. This week in practice, a lot of players have been doing additional numbers and routines to prepare for the upcoming Winter Cup in Las Vegas from Feb. 20-22, which will give players an opportunity to clinch a national team birth. “Joey (Peters), Chandler (Eggleston), and C.J. will be doing a huge number of routines on Thursday ... which is not ideal at all to have a great showing at the Minnesota meet, but it’s best for them to compete at Winter Cup with a format like that,” head coach Justin Spring said. With this weekend’s format of having five gymnasts compete on each event as opposed to the usual six, Spring said it could be anyone’s competition. The five-man lineups mimic the Big Ten and national tournaments. Despite both Minnesota and Nebraska not being ranked as highly as Ohio State or Michigan, this meet will allow the Illini to continue to practice putting emphasis on consistency and try to hammer down as many little details as possible. “In an 18-man team where we can only send 15 guys, the most consistent guy will be in the lineup every weekend,” Valdez said. To practice consistency, the Illini have not only been doing routines but receiving scores in prac-
tice in hopes of cementing the tiny details into their performances. Starting in March, the event format will become similar to that of the NCAAs, where there are five scores and five athletes. This creates challenges for the coaching staff trying to maximize the team’s score as much as possible. “We are already trying to figure out who that’s going to be, and how we can still maximize their final score for us while still always pursuing that consistency that we are looking for,” Spring said. Despite performing well and having high expectations, Spring has emphasized the big picture of winning in the end. “Our mission is to not beat most of the Big Ten but to be Big Ten champions.” Maestas reiterated Spring’s emphasis by talking about how the team focuses on each individual meet and takes everything on a daily basis instead of getting ahead of themselves. He also said weathering the difficulties of a long season requires a certain amount of toughness. “It’s just overcoming that soreness, overcoming that mental setback and just knowing this is my job and this is what it is going to take — we signed up for this,” Maestas said.
Kieran can be reached at hampl2@dailyillini.com.
No. 17 team to host annual Pink Meet BY ASHLEY WIJANGCO STAFF WRITER
Many sports teams have hosted pink-themed events in recent years to support the fight against breast cancer. The No. 17 Illinois women’s gymnastics team will be doing just that when it hosts Iowa this Friday for its annual Pink Meet. “It’s just such a wonderful competition to be able to raise awareness for breast cancer,” head coach Kim Landrus said. “And it touches most of us on the team very dear to our hearts, so I just think it’s something great that we do every year.” Freshman Erin Buchanan is
one individual who values the Pink Meet dearly. She is most proud of her mother, a breast cancer survivor, who Buchanan said is her best friend and her inspiration. “After she was diagnosed, that’s all I wanted to do, was go to a pink meet, and this will be my first one,” Buchanan said. “It means a lot to me, and I wish she could be here to watch it, but she won’t make it this weekend.” Despite her mother’s absence this weekend, Buchanan continued, “She’ll be in the back of my mind the whole time.” While doing so, her mother gives an added motivation to excel.
The Pink Meet will also feature children of breast cancer survivors walking in with the team. Outside of competing, this gives Buchanan another aspect to look forward to, as she can relate to them. In the midst of this all, though, the Illini haven’t lost sight of achieving the win. This will be their second time competing at Huff Hall this season. In the home opener, Illinois came away with a dominant win over Centenary and Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Landrus wants her team to do just what they did then. She also expressed her confidence in the team’s balance beam lineup,
despite mistakes on beam last weekend. Illinois currently averages a score of 195.617, while Iowa, who isn’t ranked in the top 25, averages 192.113. Despite the large difference, a strong finish is always key, particularly after the Illini fell short in last weekend’s final event. “We worry about one routine at a time,” Landrus said. “There are 24 routines in a competition, and we need to make sure that we’re in it until the 24th routine is over.”
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Men’s track prepares for Indiana Relays BY THOMAS DONLEY STAFF WRITER
This weekend, the No. 18 Illinois men’s track and field team will face much easier competition than last weekend as it travels to Bloomington, Ind., for the Indiana Relays. Despite a successful two days at the USTFCCCA’s Meet of the Week at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational against tough competition, the drop-off in the level of competition will not have any effect on the way the Illini prepare or compete. “Our mind set is to get better every day,� junior sprinter Brandon Stryganek said. “We’ll just take the race plan how coach planned it out.� While the 50 -team field at the Indiana Relays will feature Big Ten rivals Indiana and Ohio State, as well as No.
17 Alabama, the Illini will also toe the starting line with runners from Division II, Division III and NAIA schools. Several non-university-affiliated track clubs, such as Human Motor Works T.C., and Nexus Track Club, will also compete. Illinois head coach Mike Turk said the competition is not the only important aspect of this weekend’s meet. One such aspect is that of Indiana’s banked track. The Indiana Relays will be the first meet this season in which Illinois will race on a track that is raised from the outside on the curves in order to reduce the outward pull runners experience on a 200 -meter indoor track. Turk stated that running on Indiana’s banked track will help prepare the Illini for a bigger meet at Nebraska, which also has a banked track.
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Another aspect Turk feels will benefit his athletes is the environment because of the larger number of athletes competing in the 50-team field at the Indiana Relays. “The warm-up area will be hectic,� Turk said. “And that’s good training for them because at a lot of the big meets we go to, that’s kind of the way it is. Limited space, a lot of people and learning how to navigate through that is all part of that process.� Turk said Illinois has had a good week of practice in preparation for the Indiana Relays, a sentiment shared by Stryganek. “The coaches have me prepared all week long, all year long, so I’m ready,� Stryganek said. JOHN LOK MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
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Women’s golf prepares for spring season with Illinois Challenge exhibition BY ASHLEY WIJANGCO STAFF WRITER
In late October, the Illinois women’s golf team ended its fall season by placing fifth of 19 teams at the Palmetto Intercollegiate. This tournament was the only one where the Illini failed to place in the top three. Three months later, they are ready to escape the arctic-like chills of campus at the Illinois Challenge in Venice, Fla., on Sunday. In Florida, the Illini will take on the Illinois State Redbirds. The scoring for the tournament wi ll differ from typica l
collegiate stroke-play. To begin, the first 18 holes will be matchplay format. Each golfer pairs with a teammate, and the duo plays the same hole with the better score counting. The remainder of the competition consists of single-match play, where individuals from both teams face off against one another. The Illinois Challenge is an exhibition tournament, but the Illini will still be taking it seriously. While it may be fun and a nice change from what they’re used to, it mainly serves as good practice.
“ It’s a n ic e wa r m- up opportunity and a chance for us to gauge where our games are at right now, what areas are strong, what areas need attention, and how we will structure our practices in the coming weeks,� head coach Renee Slone said. The time away from the golf course hasn’t necessarily hurt the team’s game. It has been viewed positively, as it gave the golfers a good balance between golf and free time. Senior Ember Schuldt mentioned the majority of the team took some time off from golf completely
just to be with family and recover. “Playing in the fall season I’m kind of ready to get that rest and break in,� Schuldt said. “I think most of the team is kind of that way.� “When you look at some of the southern schools — and they can play all year round — they tend to get burnt out faster. It just gives us a chance to really relax, recuperate, refocus, so for the spring, we can have all our energy on the season.� This isn’t to say the Illini didn’t take time to improve over break though. Slone said that
“It’s a nice warmup opportunity and a chance for us to gauge where our games are at right now...�
each golfer had specific aspects they worked on, whether it was technical, physical, mental or breaking in new equipment. “Each and every one of us has put in a lot of work over break,� Schuldt said. “The last tournament didn’t quite leave us with a good taste in our mouth. We all were motivated to work really hard over break, especially on the specific areas that we needed to and prepare for ourselves for the spring.�
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Illini hit the road, face Ohio State Women’s basketball looks to continue strong play BY BLAKE PON STAFF WRITER
The Illinois women’s basketball team will get a chance to improve its winning record on the road in conference play. The Illini (9-11, 2-5 Big Ten) will face Ohio State (13-10, 3-4) in Columbus, Ohio, for the teams’ first and only meeting of the year. Neither squad has been able to gain traction in conference play and both are coming off losses, with the Buckeyes losing three of their last four. The Illini have split their last four after an 0-3 start. The Buckeyes, like the Illini, rely on a balanced offensive attack. Five of the Buckeyes’ players average 8.8 points per game or more. The team’s main scorer is guard Ameryst Alston. The sophomore is leading the team in scoring (16.7), assists (2.6), steals (1.1) and ranks second on the team in 3 -point percentage (34.4 percent). “They’re different from last year,” head coach Matt Bollant said. “Last year, they had two really good guards. This year, they’ve got really good size inside. I think we’ll match up pretty well.”
heel all year. Illinois is 6-2 when attempting 20 or more free throws in a game. The Illini have averaged 3.3 fewer free throws made per game than their opponents, while the Buckeyes have made 1.2 more per game than their oppoBollant and junior guard Alex- nents this season. Against Puris Smith praised Alston’s pull-up due, the Illini shot 13 free throws, jump shot and said the defense making six. really needs to get under her and “It’s very important to draw disrupt her shot in order to win. fouls and getting those easy Forward Jacqui Grant emerged points,” Smith said. “I think it’ll be as another offensive weapon for very important, especially when Illinois in its it comes down to loss against Purclose games, and due on Monday. we get a chance to T he fresh ma n capitalize on the scored a careerother team’s foul.” high 22 points on Smith also said 9-of-14 shooting she felt like her to go along with team got to the foul line more than ususeven rebounds al against Purdue, and four blocks. but the Illini still Twelve of those need to increase points came in the a mou nt of the second half. shots attempted Grant’s 6 -footand shots made in 3 frame will be relied on against order to change the Buckeyes, ALEXIS SMITH the outcomes of JUNIOR GUARD as they have no games. In Illinois’ most recent win elite rebou nding threats. Ohio against Michigan State’s leading State, the Illini got rebounder is 6 -foot-2 Darryce to the line 25 times to the SparMoore, who averages 6.2 rebounds tans’ 15. per game. Getting to the free-throw line Blake can be reached at has been the Illini’s Achilles’ pon1@illinimedia.com.
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