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is a mechanism to train students not to focus narrowly on a specific major, but to think broadly and engage in life.” The last time the University’s general education requirements were updated was in 1989, according to BY SAMANTHA JONES TOAL Francis. The 1989 requireSTAFF WRITER ments also included a numSome students at the Uni- ber of mandates that were versity want to ensure their supposed to be implementfellow classmates graduate ed in the years following. with a better understand- However, no mandates ing of minorities and non- were ever applied. western experiences. Since 2000, it was genCurrently, each student erally agreed the origimust take a Western/Com- nal mandates would not be parative Culture(s) course, updated, Inda said. and either a Non-Western Laura Saldivar, Illinois or U.S. Minority course. A Student Senate vice presiproposed resolution would dent external, said ensurrequire undergraduates to ing that students take take a course in all three a U.S. Minority course areas to fulfill their gener- through revised requireal education requirements. ments would help make stuAt the Educational Poli- dents more accepting and cy Committee meeting on open-minded. Jan. 25, the U.S. Minority She said when the policy course proposal was dis- was discussed at the meetcussed, ing, it was sta ndi ngbut not room only v o t e d — meanon , a nd i ng t he has yet room was to reach full of the entire d i ffere nt Academic Senate, groups accordin sup ing to port of the C om m itchange. tee Chair LAURA SALDIVAR “I would ISS VICE PRESIDENT EXTERNAL say there Bettina Francis. is overwhelming She said the proposal is a “for your student support,” Saldivar information” report that said. “Everyone I’ve talkpassed the Illinois Student ed to seems in favor of it.” Senate in November. Saldivar said one concern “The proposal has a lot of of some students is that details that need to be add- they don’t really undered, that’s all,” said Shawn stand the details of the Gordon, graduate student proposal, especially the on the Educational Poli- additional required credcy Committee. “We don’t it hours. pass any proposal out of The Educational Policy the committee without the Committee will discuss the details and questions being proposal again on Feb. 15, addressed. So the fact the but Francis is uncertain proposal didn’t get a vote whether the committee will at the meeting last Monday vote on it. isn’t indicative — it’s not a “It will get considered signal of anything.” by the committee and Gordon said the meet- once that’s done, it’ll get ing was an opportunity a recommendation and go for the proposal’s sponsors to the full senate and then to make their case for its the senate will vote on it. enactment. That’s basically the proRonald Bailey, profes- cess,” Gordon said. sor of African American At the Senate Executive studies, and Jonathan Inda, Committee meeting held on professor of Latina/Latino Monday, members shared studies, are sponsoring the their concerns about the proposal. proposal. “We want to make sure Sam LeRoy, a sophomore everyone has a curriculum in LAS who serves as the that is very spread out,” SEC undergraduate repreInda said at the Education- sentative and as a student al Policy Committee. “The SEE MINORITY | 3A nature of general education
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“I would say there is overwhelming student support. Everyone I’ve talked to seems in favor of it.”
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Vice chancellor issues Title IX sexual misconduct policy update DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Renée Romano, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, issued a University Massmail on Wednesday reminding them of resources available to those impacted by sexual misconduct. “As we begin a new semester, I want to make sure that you are aware of the resources available to help educate about, prevent, support those impacted by, and respond to sexual misconduct,” Romano said.
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The email encouraged students to visit the University’s We Care website, where they can find “information about confidential and non-confidential resources, reporting options, university policies, and disciplinary procedures.” The email also announced that Assistant Dean Amy Thomson — who helped the University establish the We Care website — was appointed as the interim Title IX Coordinator.
Romano said she is confident in the strength of the University’s “resources, policies, and procedures we have established to address sexual misconduct on our
campus” and an appreciation for the students’ help on “this very important issue.”
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Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the main objective of the law is to "avoid the use of federal money to support sex discrimination in education programs and to provide individual citizens effective protection against those practices.”
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor arrives for the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. Sotomayo will visit the Krannert Center on March 7.
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Sonia S o t o m a y o r, Supreme Court justice, will talk with the University community in March. The College of Law will hold “A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor,” on March 7, according to the school’s website. At the event, Sotomayor will “discuss a wide range of topics” with Robin Kar, University Law professor. The event is free and
open to the public but tickets — available at 10 a.m. Feb. 15 — are required. Tickets can be reserved on the Krannert Center’s website or by calling or visiting the center. Sotomayor will sign copies of her book, “My Beloved World,” at 8:30 p.m. following the discussion at 7 p.m. Sotomayor will also be one of the judges in the Frederick Green Moot Court competition, the law school’s biggest moot court competition, on March 8. Sotomayor’s involvement with the competition was announced in July in an email to students in the College of Law. The competition was named after Professor
Frederick Green, who taught at the University from 1904 to 1939. According to the competition’s website, four University College of Law students will be participating in the moot court competition: Elizabeth Carter, Sarah Craig, Lindsey Lusk and Kevin McKeow. The top competitors will be chosen to compete nationally and will be editors for the following year’s competition. Ac c ord i ng to t he Supreme Court’s website, Sotomayor was nominated as an associate justice to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in 2009 after serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
since 1998. Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York in 1954 to two Puerto Rican immigrants; her appointment to the Supreme Court earned her the distinction of being the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and the third female justice. Sotomayor earned her bachelor’s degree from Princeton in 1976 and her juris doctor from Yale in 1979. Also serving on the panel will be Ann Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Jill Pryor of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
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Yahoo layoffs may not hurt Research Park BY LILY MASHAYEK STAFF WRITER
Yahoo will be laying off about 1,700 workers but it is unclear whether the University’s Research Park location will be affected by the cuts. The layoffs stem from efforts by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to overhaul the company after the c ompa ny ’s sh r i n k i ng profit-margin. Yahoo’s Research Park location is currently working on two major projects, both involving cloud computing. According to a report from U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo will close offices in Dubai, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Madrid and Milan as well as media sites. The aim of the closures is to cut annual operating costs by $400 million. Mayer is also looking to grow Yahoo as a mobile media company and has discussed the possibility of selling the company’s “nonstrategic assets” to bring in
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A handmade sign follows Ohio Gov. John Kasich, tallying his time in New Hampshire in red and blue paint. Chris Christie’s wife knows the number of questions he’s answered at town halls, one of them about bobcats. Before he dropped out, Lindsey Graham followed the model of his good friend and two-time primary winner John McCain and met with voters nearly 200 times. The Republican front-runner, though, has eschewed these intimate rituals of presidential politicking in New Hampshire for a far different pitch. “I don’t even think I have to campaign anymore. Why am I even wasting my time?” Donald Trump said recently in Nashua to a crowd that was massive by retail campaigning standards. “I can leave here right now; they’re going to vote for me.” As the state celebrates the 100th anniversary of its presidential primary, Trump’s bravado has given rise to an uncomfortable argument here: that New Hampshire itself has as much to lose as any of the candidates, should his double-digit lead hold until the Tuesday primary.
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Number of undocumented Cubans entering US rises sharply in 2015 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — More than 51,000 undocumented Cubans entered the United States last year — a dramatic surge over 2014. Newly released immigration numbers for the final three months of 2015 show that 17,071 Cubans arrived in the U.S. without prior authorization, bringing the calendar year total to 51,011, according to figures from the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection. That is an 84 percent increase over 2014. “The numbers are going up and are going up fast,” said Sebastian Arcos, associate director of the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University. The 2015 count does not include more than 20,000 Cubans given official permission annually by the U.S. to immigrate, or those who overstay tourist visas.
Ukrainian economy minister quits as government declines
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Don Gerard, former mayor of Champaign, signs a shovel during the Yahoo! Groundbreaking event at the iHotel on Feb. 5, 2014 $1 billion. W hen asked if the layoffs would affect the University’s Yahoo
location, Laura Bleill, Research Park associate director said, “we are not aware of any impact at this
time, but that remains to be seen.”
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Caucuses out of touch with voters Critics argue system not productive with new campaigns
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Such an outcome would er candidates here, part strike at the heart of the of what made New Hampstate’s claim to first-in-the- shire unique and special and nation status, as a presiden- attractive is undermined,” tial proving ground where Cline added. celebrity and a sizable camKasich and Christie are paign war chest matter far perhaps counting the most less than candidates’ will- on a strong showing here in ingness to subject them- order to vault their candidaselves to the rigorous scru- cies into the top tier and have tiny that voters here see as followed the traditional New Hampshire playbook. A taltheir birthright. For months, prominent ly maintained by New EngNew Hampland Cable shire politiN e w s cos have network scratched showed their heads t h a t as poll after Kasich poll showed had held not only 180 camp a i g n Trump in stops overthe lead, all, just but Sen. JOHN KASICH ahead of Ted Cruz REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTAIL Christie’s of Texas, CANDIDATE 176. another Republican “Whethhopeful who er I win or has only occasionally visit- not, I believe in this process,” ed, right behind him. John Kasich said. “I believe “If a candidate can come that folks in New Hampshire in and win because he’s a are the best screeners Amercelebrity with huge name ica can have to recommend recognition and deep pock- to the country.” ets, and he doesn’t do any Trump has held only 39 traditional retail … then you events in 30 trips to the state. undermine not just the par- And while most candidates ties’ justification for sched- arrived in New Hampshire uling New Hampshire first, from the Iowa caucuses with you undermine the candi- busy schedules through pridates’ motivation for coming mary day, Trump originally here,” said Drew Cline, the planned to stop in only briefformer editorial page editor ly — with just five scheduled of the New Hampshire Union events here before votes are Leader, Manchester’s main cast Tuesday. daily newspaper and tradiIn what would be one of tionally a force in swaying the last 174 events he held public sentiment here. here before dropping out of “When you lose the abil- the race last December, Graity to attract those oth- ham bluntly warned voters
about Trump. “Don’t reward him,” he said, noting that the billionaire hadn’t even spent a single night in the state. Former New Hampshire Rep. Dick Swett, a Democrat who supports Hillary Clinton, said he has observed the process changing here with every cycle, as national trends increasingly influence campaigns. “But I still believe that you get a better look at all of the candidates because of the process that we represent, that we offer here in New Hampshire,” he said. “And if you take that out, then you’ve really given in to reality television, celebrity, big money. And it will change much, much more rapidly.” Clinton, who trails Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by double digits here, according to public polling, has signaled that she will push aggressively to narrow the gap, relying on what she called residents’ insistence on giving candidates “the once-over, twice-over, thrice-over.” On Wednesday, she dismissed pundits’ advice that she pass on what could prove to be a futile New Hampshire campaign. “I just could not ever skip New Hampshire,” she said in Derry. “I cannot even imagine not being here, not being in settings like this.” Sanders, meanwhile canceled his only public event Wednesday in preparation for two nationally televised prime-time forums.
a mess,” Burbules said. “It is presuming a particular model that we may or may not want to have.” Student senator Ron Lewis, an active member of ‘Being Black at Illinois,’ said he’s in support of the required U.S. Minority course, despite some student and administration reservations. Lewis said rather than
look solely at logistics, people should consider the purpose behind the proposal. “I think people are concerned that they’ll have to stay an extra semester,” Lewis said. “But to rebut that — I think they’re missing the bigger picture of what this could do for our campus.”
“I believe that folks in New Hampshire are the best screeners America can have to recommend to the country.”
taking one course to fulfill multiple requirements. Still, other members of the committee, including SEC graduate representative Calvin Lear and Nicholas Burbules, General University Policy chair, expressed uncertainties about the general education requirements over all. “I think the whole general education program is
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K I EV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s government, splintering over issues from the war in the nation’s east to faltering anti-corruption efforts, suffered a new setback as its reform-minded economy minister stepped down. Aivaras Abromavicius, 40, a Lithuanian-born former fund manager, said Wednesday that he wouldn’t be a “puppet” for officials he accuses of blocking overhauls of the ex-Soviet republic’s economy and institutions. He said politicians, including one from Pres-
ident Petro Poroshenko’s party, had pressured him to appoint “dubious people” at state-controlled companies. Government bonds slumped after his comments. Wed nesday’s news brought losses for government debt. The yield on dollar-denominated bonds due 2019 jumped 39 basis points to 10 percent, the biggest daily increase in more than seven weeks on a closing basis. The hryvnia gained 0.8 percent to 25.7 against dollar, recovering from an 11-month low Tuesday.
Democrats set four more debates over next three months WASHINGTON — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who heads the Democratic National Committee, bowed Wednesday to days of pressure from the party’s two presidential candidates and agreed to schedule four additional debates over the next three months. Two days after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont finished in a virtual tie in the Iowa caucuses, Wasserman Schultz said the DNC had sanctioned the first new debate for Thursday at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, to be
moderated by Chuck Todd of NBC News and Rachel Maddow of MSNBC. Wasserman Schultz also scheduled a March 6 debate in Flint, Mich., where city and state officials have faced a crisis over contamination of drinking water. Two additional debates will be held, one in April and the other in May, on dates and at places to be determined. The new events are in addition to two previously authorized forthcoming debates — Feb. 11 at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and March 9 at Miami Dade College in Florida. There have already been four debates.
Real estate heir pleads guilty to gun charge, paves path for Los Angeles muder case New York real estate heir Robert Durst has pleaded guilty to a gun charge in Louisiana, clearing the way his transfer to Los Angeles to face a murder charge in connection with the death of his writer friend Susan Berman. Durst, 72, entered his plea Wednesday in a New Orleans Federal Court as part of a deal, his attorney’s office confirmed. Durst was facing a federal gun charge related to the discovery of a loaded revolver by FBI agents in his New Orleans hotel room. The agreement seals Durst’s extradition from New Orleans to Los Angeles. He is expected to return to California by Aug. 18 for his arraignment on the murder charge. Durst drew national attention this year as the
subject of the HBO docudrama “The Jinx.” The series explored the mysterious disappearance of Durst’s wife, Kathy, in 1982, as well as the 2000 killing of Berman, who was found shot in her Benedict Canyon home. In the final episode, Durst is caught muttering what sounded like a confession to the killings into a microphone off-camera. Before the series ended last spring, Durst disappeared from his Houston condo, a manhunt ensued and he was caught in New Orleans on March 14. Los Angeles County officials charged him with murder in connection with Berman’s death and attempted to extradite him to California. Durst has insisted he had nothing to do with Berman’s fatal shooting.
State senator talks to ISS about budget, grants BY SAMANTHA JONES TOAL STAFF WRITER
State Sen. Scott Bennett, D-52, attended the Illinois Student Senate meeting Wednesday to address student-centered issues in Springfield. “He is probably the biggest advocate for higher education in the state of Illinois and our biggest ally in the state senate,” said Mitch Dickey, student body president, as he introduced the senator to the student body representatives. Bennett said he wanted to visit the student senate to give a summary of what’s happening in Springfield involving higher education. “Illinois does not have a budget,” Bennett said. “Why is that a problem? Because we are eight months into the new budget year. We are two-thirds of the way through and yet, we are coasting on reserves.” Bennett brought up the uncertainty of MAP grant funding. He said the house and senate of the Illinois General Assembly have passed the MAP grant but are waiting on Gov. Bruce
Rauner to make the final decision. “The state has not fulfilled its obligation,” he said. “I can’t say it’s because we haven’t tried.” Bennett said 180,000 students in Illinois rely on the MAP grant and currently, the University owes $60 million without the funding. Bennett said the largest cutbacks to the University will come from work study programs and financial aid, despite the tuition freeze. There are more hearings involving higher education and the state budget scheduled for March, Bennett said. “This is not a partisan issue,” he said. “This should be about the state’s issues. The best and brightest in the state are in places like this - are in this room.” Student senator Samuel LeRoy, sophomore in LAS, asked the senator why republican senators were reluctant to agree on higher education funding. “There’s a larger conversation that needs to be had,” Bennett said. “Where does
higher education funding fall on our priority?” Bennett said legislators have compared Illinois to its neighboring states of Wisconsin and Indiana. He said the state governments in Wisconsin and Indiana specifically ask their state universities how much money they need and then work their budget around their needs. He said Illinois does the opposite. “They say, ‘What’s left? We’ll throw back the rest of it,’” he said. Bennett said this has been the system for the past 10 years, under democratic governors as well. Bennett said tuition has almost quadrupled since he attended the University’s law school in 2002. “There’s no good explanation for that other than we’re not putting our priorities where they need to be,” he said. Bennett said Chicago State University is about 2 weeks from being unable to afford payroll and Eastern is a few weeks behind that. “The budget itself cannot be the weapon to hold
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State Sen. Scott Bennett, D-52, addresses the student senate regarding financial issues in the Illini Union Feb. 3. over people’s heads, there’s too many people to hurt,” he said. Bennett also said the uncertainty of faculty pensions could negatively affect the university’s rep-
utation as top-tier faculty move elsewhere if their job is insecure. “Right now, higher education is one of the last things we invest in,” Bennett said. “In the analogy
of musical chairs, when the music stops, and there’s no more chairs left, well, that’s the concern of higher education.”
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton yells as he celebrates with the the team after winning the NFC Championship over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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dds are more than likely that Super Bowl 50 will be a routine affair. The National Anthem will be sung, the halftime performance will be a distraction and one team will fight and claw its way to victory over the other. ‘Murica. This particular Super Bowl is a statistical oddity, however, in that one of the starting quarterbacks is African-American. When Carolina Panthers star Cam Newton takes the field against the Denver Broncos at San Francisco’s Levi’s Stadium, he will become only the sixth African-American quarterback in 50 years to start in the Super Bowl. The previous five black quarterbacks to appear in the NFL’s championship game are Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks, Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers, Donovan McNabb of the Philadelphia Eagles and Steve McNair of the Tennessee Titans. The attention Newton receives as a football player should be primarily for his abilities, like most other athletes. But as an African-American athlete playing a traditionally white position, the conversation surrounding Newton more often involves the ugliness of America’s relationship with racism than it does football. In a press conference Jan. 27, Newton acknowledged as much when he addressed the elephant in the room, stating that the amount of criticism he faces is because he is African-American. “I’m an African-American quarterback, that scares people because they haven’t seen nothing that they
can compare me to,” Newton said. Newton certainly has brought some new things to the playing field. His post-touchdown celebrations, such as the “dab,” have taken the sports and popular culture worlds by storm. It’s fair to suggest that there is currently no other player in the NFL quite like Newton; however, some fans appear to be viewing Newton’s uniqueness as a negative. A major part of football’s appeal is that all you need to play is a field and a ball. It’s that simple. It is a game that was created with no race or economic background in mind. That’s why scrutinizing Newton for celebrating a successful play, as so many other players do, is so confusing. If not his race, what’s the difference? Former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, whose touchdown celebration “Tebowing” made him a household name, received mostly positive media coverage and fan reaction for his trademark celebration. And Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers isn’t banned from Soldier Field for doing his “discount double check” celebration every time he throws two to three touchdowns a game against the Bears. I wish he were banned, but only because as a Bears fan, I believe the entire Packers organization and fanbase are made up of useless Cheeseheads. The only difference between Newton and other quarterbacks with similarly well-known celebrations is race, and Newton is the only one criticized for his actions. After the Panthers beat the Seahawks 31-24 in the NFL playoffs earlier this month, an elated Newton snatched a “12” flag handed to him by a Seahawks fan and euphorically and dismissively threw it on the ground.
This was particularly insulting because “12” signifies the role of fans in the Seahawks organization. The incident made national news, and an online petition was started to ban Newton from The Seahawks stadium for the 2016-2017, which the petition’s creator suggested “should teach (Newton) to put this arrogance in check.” It seems as if some people expected Newton to bow graciously as he accepted his opponent’s flag, give it a kiss and then sleep with it under his pillow, as if any other quarterback in the NFL would have done the same. While being quoted for an article in USA Today, Cynthia Frisby, an associate professor of communications at the University of Missouri who has studied the stereotyping of black athletes, suggested that African-American players are judged by the ‘illusory correlation’ theory. In this case, the illusory correlation refers to the false association between membership in a statistical minority group, such as African Americans, and a rare, typically negative, behavior. “When you have a minority or somebody that stands out, you tend to make correlations that are usually wrong. . . . because it fits in our typical stereotypes,” Frisby said. So when you’re watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, focus on the commercials, or the halftime show or even the actual game being played instead of the personality of those who are playing in it. If Newton and other AfricanAmerican athletes must prove their worth and ability against the very subconscious of their naysayers, then this country has a much bigger problem than anything that can be resolved on a football field.
Jessie is a junior in Media. jmwebst2@dailyillini.com
each member of the future class of 2020 at the University: Tomorrow, you will open up your admissions decision. Regardless if the University is your dream school or your back-up, your life will change forever when you choose to come to this school. You’ve probably heard a lot about the University in recent news stories, and a lot of it has not been pretty. That’s all true, and there are obstacles to consider when picking the University. Without the state budget being resolved by the Illinois government, choosing to go to an in-state public school is a gamble. Although tuition is not being raised for your class, the future of MAP grants and other financial aid hangs in the balance. But the worst of what you’ve heard about the issues with University administration should not overpower the good this University can do, and the good you can do for it. Despite the issues that keep our school in the news, there are still professors that care deeply about their students and their success. When you get here, you will take their classes. And despite the intense competition among students, there are still great friends to be made here. Step out of your comfort zone and get to know people who are different than you. They’ll teach you more than you know. As you go through college, you will learn that you will need to have someone who’s there for you, and you’ll have to be there for someone else. Choose those people wisely. Take advantage of the benefits of going to a large research university. Participate in research that interests you, join some RSOs, and go to concerts and lectures. Don’t waste opportunities because you’re nervous about meeting new people or putting yourself out there. There is a lot to gain from attending the University, but there is also a lot students should do to give back. College is a transitional period between adolescence and adulthood, and one of its many purposes is to encourage students to be civil-minded adults who effort to make the world a better place. Create works that will inspire people. Express yourself in a way that opens other people’s minds. Above all, take the resources you have and make something out of them. Educate people about the causes that drive you and the issues that affect you. Create things that will make the world more sustainable, healthier and more accessible. The University has had some bad press, but you have the power to take the good we have here and make it into something even better. Good luck, and we’re happy to have you.
Media turns democracy into an unfair game JASON SCHWARTZ Opinions columnist
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ith the Iowa caucuses wrapped up, the presidential primary elections are in full throttle. The race for the Democratic Party nomination is down to Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, while the Republican Party nomination is likely coming down to Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. This is exactly how you’ll see most media outlets presenting the election because the press loves to cover elections as if they were horse races. The press talks about who’s winning, who’s losing and who’s doing better or worse than expected: Everything boils down to a race. These media outlets simply think this is the best way to make the presidential election entertaining and worth watching. Because of this coverage, political polls are given far too much weight during election season. Polls determine who is “winning” and who should be discussed on the news. Not only are these polls usually misleading, but they also unfortunately knock out legitimate candidates far too early in the race, based solely on the small sample of information garnered from the polls. Straw polls, or public opinion polls, were first conducted in 1824 when newspapers would interview voters as they left the polling place. The polling system that we have become accustomed to began to take shape during
the Great Depression, when the response rate amongst citizens was close to 90 percent. Back then there wasn’t much issue with political straw polls, but a problem has begun to arise in today’s society because the response rate is now under 10 percent. That means the people responding to these interviewers are not representative of the entire country. To compound this issue, the significance of these polls in shaping political coverage has increased dramatically in recent years. Last year, Fox News announced that, in order to participate in the first GOP debate, candidates had to place in the top 10 of an average of the five most recent national polls. Not only that, but where the candidates stood on stage would also be determined by their polling numbers. In a day and age where voting turnouts are at an all-time low, the small percentage of Americans who respond to these polls should not have such a large influence over who gets the most press coverage. The media’s job should be to present each candidate equally, especially early on in the race when candidates are just beginning to state their platforms. The media’s purpose has always been to act as a buffer between the public and the government: Allowing the public to sway the vote so early on blurs these lines. Those who design these surveys were even flabbergasted by Fox News’ decision to let the polling determine the arrangements for the first debate. “I just don’t think polling is
really up to the task of deciding the field for the headliner debate,” Scott Keeter, a director of survey research for Pew, said in an interview with The New Yorker. To put such heavy reliance on the polls so early in the presidential race is a disservice to America’s democratic process. Lesser-known, legitimate candidates are left out of media coverage early on because they aren’t doing well in polls, but those polls don’t even account for the majority of Americans. Once so many candidates were left out of the debate on Fox News due to these polls, their chances of winning the Republican nomination instantly fell to zero. The moderators for these debates are also much more likely to ask the majority of questions to the candidates who are viewed to be “winning” in the polls. Take, for example, one of the first GOP debates in August 2015, when the race seemed to be between Trump and Jeb Bush. In that debate, Trump led all candidates with more than 10 minutes of speaking time, blowing away the field in that category. Only one other candidate received more than seven minutes to speak: Bush, who spoke for just less than nine minutes. What compounds the issues with these polls is that they are not only too frequently used in the media, but they are also often inaccurate. In the Iowa polls leading up to the Iowa caucuses, Trump led all GOP candidates with 31 percent of the vote while Cruz held 24 percent. On the Democratic side, Sanders led Clinton 49 percent to 46 percent,
respectively. So naturally, when the Iowa caucuses actually occurred, the polls were rendered useless. Cruz beat out Trump 28 percent to 24 percent while Clinton holds a slight advantage over Sanders, 49.8 percent to 49.6 percent. This further highlights why using this faulty measuring stick to get rid of qualified candidates early on in an election process is
barbaric. The bottom line is we should let democracy do what it does best: elect the most qualified candidate as president. That should not involve the media telling us who is best based solely on the thoughts of less than 10 percent of the American population.
Jason is a senior in LAS. jcschwa2@dailyillini.com
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IDEAS from how to grow your own burrito to their poetry or people presenting on the birth of the Internet and really, really interesting, diverse topics. It really shows a range of the people we have in this town and how creative and innovative people are.” Feb. 6 will be ChampaignUrbana’s 20th volume. In honor of the 20th presentation, all 12 presenters will be returning members. Brandon Dohman, who first presented in 2011, will be one of the presenters returning to the 20th anniversary event. His past two presentations were about his various hamburger recipes, and his upcoming one will be about the history of the strongman, ranging from ideas of masculinity to what makes people strong. He said his experience of presenting stories to a large group of people opened a new window of opportunity for him. “It was really cool to get out and share my hobbies with a lot of different people,” Dohman said. “A lot of people came up after me, and said, ‘Hey, that was cool’ and asked me about the burgers.” Dohman also explained that PechaKucha is a very unique concept because it’s a different, one-of-a-kind format that most people aren’t used to. “I think it’s an interesting artistic concept that’s not like paintings or a play
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or something like that,” Dohman said. “It’s cool to have someone show off their passion that’s not in a drawing or structured event. I look at is as something very similiar, but it’s another way for someone to show their passions but in a more intimate way.” David Monk, another presenter that will be returning to speak at PechaKucha all-star night, has a passion for prairie preservation and restoration. He also feels as though the setup of the event and the judgement-free area it provides allows people to bond together over each other’s ideas. “It gives people a chance to look at the small elements of what people do,” Monk said. “I think it’s excellent at bringing the community together. It’s a great way to bring people together, especially young people together with the older people.” Dohman said PechaKucha night allows people to be themselves. “The stories are very personal. They’re getting on stage and presenting to 300 to 400 people about something they may have not shared with many other people,” Dohman said. “It’s a weird outlet; it’s a cool way for people to get out and expose themselves in a way that they maybe never would and hopefully give somebody else the courage to do something similar. They may see themselves in someone else’s shoes and go after a new adventure.”
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FRIENDZONE Stortz said her boyfriend was friend-zoned because she did not feel attracted to him and she thought it would have been weird to transition into a romantic relationship. However, as the two grew closer, she changed her mind. She said her boyfriend never complained about being in the friend zone while they were just friends. Stortz believes there are a few reasons as to why people are friend-zoned. “I think sometimes they are afraid of hurting people and letting them down,” Stortz said. “I also think that once you have a long-term friendship, it is hard to imagine that friendship as something romantic.” Friendship before feelings Alan Gan, freshman in Engineering, “escaped the friend zone” his senior year of high school. He had met his ex-girlfriend during his freshman year of high school and said they were inseparable. They both admitted their feelings for each other senior year and tried to date long distance, which did not end up working out. “When we started dating, it felt like we had been dating for three years already. The feelings only intensified,” Gan said. Gan believes dating his best friend was a natural step in the progression of their relationship. “In a way, it was inevitable. Once you feel that way about someone, you can’t not act upon it, because you’re scared of what will happen. You have to be very conscious of what you are looking for in that relationship before making moves,” he said. Gan said he never saw himself in the friend zone and does not like the term, over all. “You’re setting expectations for where you think the relationship with
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“This is my second time (eating here this semester). I don’t know much about the outbreak. I heard about it hitting other states first, and then I heard about Chipotle taking a day to shut down and have a meeting. There have been times when I almost came in, and went, ‘Oh wait, E. coli.’ And then I didn’t come in. There was no one in the shop, so I was like, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t come in.’” NATALIA MIGDAL Sophomore in Engineering
“They didn’t have lettuce (when I came here). They ran out, and they can’t cut it themselves anymore. I’m pissed. I came here during the E. coli outbreak, and I heard it was in the tomatoes, so I just didn’t get the tomatoes, but apparently, it was in the lettuce. I love Chipotle. There was an article about (the outbreak). People would rather die than stop eating Chipotle. I’ve been back three or four times this semester.”
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the other person will go. Those people (who use the term) don’t really respect that the other person doesn’t want to be in that situation. It’s a complaint in disguise. You start to forget what made the friendship so great to reach that point in the fi rst place,” Gan said. He described the term “friend zone” as making a “friendship seem unpalatable” and that rejection is a “fact of life.” Baron feels that society can work to combat the friend zone. “It needs to start young. We need to start working on respecting other people, bodies and spaces. We need to start working on gender binaries; they don’t just hurt women, but men too,” Baron said. “We need to start calling out attention in the media. I love ‘Friends,’ but there is a problem with Ross. When we see someone get-
The line at Chipotle might get a little longer than it’s been in the past few weeks. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its investigation into E. coli, salmonella
ting friend-zoned or a woman being accused of it, say, ‘Hey, let’s look at this in a different way.’” However, McLay said there is a way people can not only escape the zone, but avoid the term entirely. “There shouldn’t be an expectation when people become friends that there is a sexual relationship. If a mutual attraction happens, great, but if there is an expectation, then that person isn’t being a nice friend,” McLay said. “People need to think, ‘Am I trying to get something out of this or content with being just friends?’ The idea of the friend zone is a heteronormative concept: the assumption that a man is only friends with a woman to get with her. Not all men are interested in women in that way.”
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and norovirus cases linked to the chain known for “putting the food back in fast food.” The following day, Chipotle released its fourth quarter earnings for 2015, showing that the net income was $67.9
“I ate Chipotle every day over the summer. I would rather die without it. I didn’t look into it that much. I wasn’t nervous because I was so misinformed on E. coli, and I didn’t know what it would do to you. At the end of the day, it’s worth the risk. I would rather live than die, but they reopened, so a big corporation isn’t going to open and then stay open if they thought there was a legitimate risk to the consumer.”
million, which resulted in a 44 percent decrease from the fourth quarter of 2014. In response to the recent changes at the popular campus eatery, students weighed in on their Chipotle habits.
“I haven’t been here before this semester; I just didn’t get the chance to. But what are the chances of me actually getting sick from it?” SAMUEL CHUNG Sophomore in Engineering
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PechaKucha: Ideas in seconds Rapidfire presentation style comes to Champaign BY ARIELLE KRAMER STAFF WRITER
On Saturday, 12 individuals will take the stage at The Virginia Theatre in Champaign. But they won’t be singing, acting, dancing or even performing comedy acts — instead, they will be speed-presenting lectures on anything they wish to talk about. The local event reflects a national trend. Originating in Tokyo around 2003, the event is known as PechaKucha Night, meaning “chit-chat” in Japanese. Young participants prepare a 6-minute and 40-second speech, entailing 20 slides with 20 seconds each, no more and no less. Now 13 years later, more than 300 locations host this event. This presentation style, that turned into an international event,
was started in 2003 in Tokyo by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein-Dytham Architecture after they came to the conclusion that architects often speak for too long. Karissa McDermott, an individual on the organization committee for the Champaign-Urbana location, explains what the event is all about. “People present onstage in front of an audience. They stand at a podium and speak while their slideshow runs on a big screen,” McDermott explained. “The presenters can speak about anything they’re passionate about. It can be work, it can be a hobby they have, it can be a story they have to tell, it can be something personal and heartfelt, anything that they want they can speak about.” The goal of the presentations are not to sell a product or idea to the audience, but to provide an open, judgementfree platform for people to share their stories to their community. “It’s not a sales pitch;
it’s not anybody trying to sell or convince the audience of anything,” McDermott pointed out. “It’s purely for the sake of people wanting to share their ideas or anything that’s happened to them. The only mission of this event is to bring the community together and have everyone share ideas and get inspired by community members.” Although the event started in Tokyo, there are now over 500 locations worldwide that host the PechaKucha event, with the Champaign-Urbana location being the 217th to join in. McDermott has been on the organization committee for two years now and has seen a very wide range of topics between presentations — something that makes this event so unique. “The great thing is is that since it’s such an open-ended thing, people can literally talk about anything they want,” said McDermott. “We’ve had people present about everything
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Brandon Dohman will present about the history of the strongman, ranging from ideas of masculinity to what makes people strong. Dohman first presented in 2011.
The truth about the ‘friend zone’ People discuss implications of heteronormative term, concept BY MARA SHAPIRO STAFF WRITER
From the MTV show “Friendzone” to music artist The Weeknd’s line, “I’m just trying to get you out the friend zone” in “The Hills,” friend-zoning has become a commonly used phrase in society today. Described as a situation where one friend has unrequited feelings for another, the term may seem innocent; however, Molly McLay, assistant director of the Women’s Resources Center, said the term has some negative connotations. “My understanding of the friend zone is that a person, usually a guy, thinks that if they’re nice enough to a girl
that they are entitled to sexual relations with someone, just by virtue of being a nice guy or friend,” McLay said. “If the person isn’t willing to have sex with them, then the person is in the friend zone. It puts the responsibility on the person rebuffing the advances. They’re the problem and the reason that this has happened, rather than acknowledging the possibility that a woman may not be interested in a man that way. She could just want to be friends.” McLay said while all genders can get friend-zoned, men are more vocal about this placement in a romantic interest’s life. “Men are the people who push for sex and the women give permission. It’s predator (and) prey. It’s the woman’s job to give in. If a man is nice enough, forceful enough and keeps pushing for it, a woman will give in and have sex with them. It’s a ‘woe is me, pity me’ kind of thing,”
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she said. McLay thinks this thought process can be considered emotional coercion, and contributes to rape culture through guilting women into sexual acts and dating. The “nice guy” Rebecca Baron, senior in LAS, wrote an essay about the friend zone and the concept of the “nice guy” for McLay’s C.A.R.E class. In the paper, she said she believes nice guys think they are entitled to sex and a relationship. Baron also researched popular culture and how it depicts the friend zone. “The media portrays the advantage on the side of the nice guy, like Ross from ‘Friends’ and Severus Snape from the ‘Harry Potter’ series,” Baron said. “Everything Snape has done is excusable because he liked someone, and she didn’t like him back. It’s bashing the woman.” Baron feels that gender
politics play a role in the concept of the friend zone. “Our society is conditioned toward men having to be the ones pursuing women. They become friends with women, and once they ask for more, they are shocked that the women just want to be friends with them,” she said. “It’s also that men are the ones who have to be having sex, be the alpha male and be masculine. When women reject men in the capacity that they were being too nice, it is being less masculine. There is this ‘pride’ thing there.” Because of how society conditions men and women, women can get attacked for not giving in to a male’s sexual or romantic interests. “(The philosophy is) ‘You should accept what men are giving you. If a guy likes you, how dare you not like him?’” Baron said. McLay also explained that there is a common stigma behind “the nice guy.”
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Head football coach Bill Cubit added 22 new players to his roster Tuesday on National Signing Day. The 22 signees — plus three early enrollees already on campus — give Illinois a 25-man class of 2016. The group contains 17 allstaters and picked up 11 state titles. The class includes 17 skill position players and eight linemen. There are 11 offensive players, 13 defensive players and one special teams player — Florida kicker James McCourt. Cubit’s recruiting pitch was focused on Illinois’ academics and prestige, result-
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ing in a combined recruit grade point average of 3.08. Illinois’ recruiting class includes 19 3-star players and five 2-star players. The Illini had two 4-star commits, 18 3-star recruits and four 2-star recruits in its 2015 recruiting class under former head coach Tim Beckman. But Cubit isn’t worried about his new players’ rankings. “I’ve coached five-star recruits that never made it,” Cubit said. “I’ve coached a ton of 2-star players that are still playing in the League. Everyone gets caught up in the stars. I’m not looking for stars.” Instead, his staff’s focus
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Bill Cubit and the Illinois football team must replace 21 graduating seniors from the 2015 season. In total, his 2016 class numbered 25. Three players enrolled early and 22 others are scheduled to arrive in the fall. was on the compatibility of recruits in Illinois’ system — even if it meant getting recruits at the last minute. Cubit guessed he picked up eight commits in the the three days before National Signing Day. In a new defensive scheme without a LEO position, it means looking for athletes, especially linebackers, who can run and have long arms. “To me, these were more handpicked guys,” said Mike Phair, defensive coordina-
tor. “We went out and found them. Yeah, they were found a little later, but we went out and found exactly what we were looking for. As coach said, ‘If a guy fell through, we had another guy sitting there ready for him.’” This year’s signing class has only one junior college transfer — defensive back Ahmari Hayes of Davis, California, an early enrollee. That is compared to six in Beckman’s 2015 recruiting class. While the defense was
focused on recruiting for a new system, the offense locked up two wide receivers and a running back — Tre Nation of Leeds, Alabama — to add to the mix. Nation recorded more than 7,000 rushing yards and 120 touchdowns in his high school career. Four offensive lineman were added to the list with Darta Lee and Eddy Fish particularly catching offensive line coach A.J. Ricker’s eye as potential freshman depth-
chart additions because of their size. Lee is 6-foot-3 and 300 pounds. Fish is 6-foot-6 and 295 pounds. Fish only played two years of high school football, so Ricker has hopes for his college potential. “His best football is ahead of him,” Ricker said. “He’s a young guy who’s really only played two years in a good program. I mean he’s a big kid that can also move. I just
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Football recruiting evolves to modern science 2014-2015 Illinois recruitment spending by sport Men’s track: $26,576.30 Men’s sports
Men’s tennis: $28,864.68 Baseball: $34,770.64 Men’s gymnastics: $35,070.98 Men’s golf: $59,944.51 Men’s basketball: $433,431.27 Football: $786,013.24
Women’s basketball: $157,426.63 Volleyball: $55,510.62
BY MICHAL DWOJAK STAFF WRITER
John Holecek fulfilled a lifelong dream when he committed to play football at the University of Illinois in 1991. Holecek was a three-sport athlete at Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and received offers to play football from multiple Big Ten schools. Now an IHSA championship coach at Loyola Academy, he turned his dream of playing college football into a pair of All-Big Ten seasons and an eight-year NFL career.
The members of the Class of 2016 will sign their letters of intent on Wednesday’s National Signing Day. They’ll try to follow in the footsteps of Holecek and countless others who’ve played college football.
Academics Lost among the letters of intent are the names of those who won’t sign an official letter for academic reasons. At least that’s what fans think. In the months leading up to Signing Day, recruits decommit from schools and on occasion, fans jump on
academic standards as the reason for the unexplained switch. Several Illinois high school football coaches think that blaming academics is misguided. “I think that’s overblown,” said Derek Leonard, head coach at Rochester High School. “I think people want you to think that. Maybe places like Northwestern and Duke, but I’ve never heard a kid get into Indiana and Purdue and not get into Nebraska.” The NCAA has strict requirements for prospective student-athletes. Divi-
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Illinois football players sing Alma Mater with the Fighting Illini following Illinois' 27-25 win over Middle Tennessee State on Sept. 26. Front and center in the photo is Gabe Megginson (72), Illinois' highest-ranked recruit last season.
Women’s track: $48,025.63 Swimming: $36,781.08 Women’s gymnastics: $36,542.71 Soccer: $36,422.97 Softball: $33,407.13 Women’s tennis: $21,316.11 Women’s golf: $14,275.64 0
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sion I athletes must have taken 16 core classes in high school and must earn a minimum GPA in those classes. That GPA is combined with either their SAT or ACT score on a sliding grade scale and must reach the guidelines set by each university
for its prospective students. A sliding scale means that the higher the future student-athlete’s GPA, the lower his or her SAT or ACT score can be. According to the University’s class profile, the middle 50 percent of Illinois’ Class
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of 2019 ranged a 27-32 ACT score and a 1320-1470 SAT range. Although most prospective student-athletes must reach the requirements, there’s still hope for those
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Battle of the streaks in Illinois women’s basketball game BY MATT GERTSMEIER STAFF WRITER
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Illinois’ Brooke Kissinger drives to the basket during the game against Penn State at the State Farm Center on Jan. 23. The Illini lost 65-56.
Both teams have a streak on the line this Thursday as the Illinois women’s basketball team hosts Northwestern at State Farm Center. But both are streaks neither team wants to extend. The Illini (8-13, 1-9) and the Wildcats (13-9, 2-8) are both struggling to get a win. Illinois is riding a four-game losing streak, while Northwestern has lost five straight. Both teams are 1-7 in their last eight games. Illini head coach Matt Bollant said he is expecting both teams to be eager to snag the win, especially with Northwestern coming off of a season where it finished fourth in the Big Ten and was a No.7 seed in the NCAA Tournament. “I’m sure they’re disappointed,” Bollant said. “They’ve lost a few close games. (And) coming from a team that made the NCAA tournament last year and finished really high in the Big Ten, I know they expect to better than what they have. Both teams will be hungry to get a win on Thursday.” One of Northwestern’s most recent close games was against Ohio State. Northwestern lost to the No.7 Buck-
eyes by three points in second meeting of the season for the two teams. Northwestern beat Ohio State two weeks prior. The Illini are fresh off a loss to Ohio State on Monday night. In one of Illinois’ more impressive losses of the season, the Illini’s second half defensive effort helped keep the game close. Ohio State shot about 55 percent in the first half and 31 percent in the second. Illinois’ zone defense left the three point line exposed and Ohio State took advantage, stringing together some outside jumpers and threes, which ultimately sealed Illinois’ fate. Bollant said he prefers to play more man-to-man defense, but with his team’s lack of experience, a zone is easier to learn. He also said he has seen his team’s defense improving as the season has progressed. Illinois’ defense will need to tighten up against Northwestern who is averaging about 78 points per game in its last four outings, compared to Illinois’ 67. “We’ve got a lot of kids that haven’t played college basketball and the learning curve is a lot,” Bollant said. “They’re trying, they’re getting better. I think we’re bet-
ter defensively now than we were earlier, but we’ve got to keep growing and keep getting better.” Northwestern’s offense is propelled by its upperclassman. Its four leading scorers against conference opponents consist of three juniors and one senior and they combine to average about 64 points per Big Ten game. Junior Nia Coffey leads the Wildcats with 22 points per game. Illinois’ top four conference scorers, on the other hand, are one freshman, two sophomores and one senior. Together they average 48 points per Big Ten matchup. In Bollant’s tenure as head coach for Illinois, he has gone 2-3 against the Wildcats. Coffey has appeared in three of those contests and averages 16 points, eight rebounds and two blocks against the Illini. If Illinois wants to come away with its first win in two weeks, it will need to utilize its bigs. Chatrice White and Alex Wittinger both had a double-double with points and rebounds against Ohio State. Wittinger is also coming off a Big Ten Freshman of the Week award. The Illini will need to look to its bench for help. Sophomore Brooke Kissinger hit
five threes in 20 minutes from off the bench against in Monday’s loss. While the Wildcats stand in the Illini’s way of ending its losing streak, Kissinger is optimistic that the Illini can earn the win. “They’re a well-coached team and (there are) smart players on the team,” Kissinger said. “(But) we’re just going to go out there and play our game and do our best and we’ll see what comes.”
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Illinois vs. Northwestern
When: 7 p.m. Thursday at State Farm Center Quick notes: Both Illinois and Northwestern look to end their losing streaks on Thursday. Hidden Stat: Three juniors and one senior make up Northwestern’s top conference scorers, while Illinois is led by one freshman, two sophomores and one senior.
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Chandler Eggleston performs the high bar routine against Ohio State at Huff Hall on Jan. 26, 2014.
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SIGNING DAY don’t think he knows yet what his body can do. I think after one year of maturity or maybe just even a summer, I’ll be curious to see what he can do.” Illinois will have a freshman quarterback: 3-star recruit Eli Peters of Jacksonville, Florida, who was one of the Illini’s three early enrollees. With the early enrollees, Illinois has three scholarships left to offer for the upcoming year. But Cubit said the there was about one positon that the Illini came up short with and that because of this, recruiting isn’t over. “I’m not bringing in a guy who I don’t think can play, just to fill the roster,” Cubit said. But even as Cubit fills the scholarship positions
for next season, his mind is already on the 2017 recruiting class. He started talking to coaches and visiting schools in December. Illinois had around 200 players come out for Junior Day, according to Cubit. He said the length of the recruiting process hurt Illinois’ chances this past year because with coaching changes, the staff did not have the time to develop relationships. When asked about his position’s stability, Cubit was not phased. He said his pitch to recruits has been confirming that he will still be at Illinois next year and that he tells recruits the way it stands with honesty. “I’m not into fluff,” Cubit said. “I’m into hard-nosed football players that want the right things.”
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Gymnast conquers after injury Eggleston picks up where he left off, following knee injury
BY JAMES BOYD STAFF WRITER
Editor’s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down each week and decides which Illinois athlete or coach is our Illini of the Week. Athletes and coaches are evaluated by individual performance and contribution to team success. Cha ndler Eggleston saluted the judges and went about his floor exercise routine as he usually does. Three tumbles in, he felt a pop. On Jan. 6, 2015, the University announced the AllAmerican ruptured his patella tendon during an intrasquad meet. He opted to redshirt his sophomore season and began the rehabilitation process. “There were defi nitely days, way into the rehab, where it just didn’t seem
like things were chang- lost by) 0.6 at Big Tens, ing,” Eggleston said. “I just Chandler would’ve given didn’t want to do it.” us three points (toward) Watching team prac- the championship. Done. tice as he lay on the train- No problem.” ing table at Kenney Gym, Spring had Eggleston at Eggleston missed the sport his disposable this time more than he thought he around against the Nittawould. ny Lions, but Illinois fell Now, he sports a lengthy to Penn State, 430.200scar on his right knee — a 429.20 0, despite Eggpermanent reminder of his leston’s performance. long layoff. Regardless of the result, In his return season. Eggleston’s performance contrib Eggleston uted i n has led the way in keeping many of the meet the Illini’s close until wins. The the last sophomore event. His won the 15.050 on vault was floor and vault titles a me et this past high. He weekend is averCHANDLER EGGLESTON against a g i n g GYMNAST Penn State 15.075 on — the team vault and that edged 15.275 on Illinois by 0.6 points last floor exercise over the past year at the Big Ten Cham- two weeks. “It feels good to get some pionships while Eggleston titles under my belt,” Eggwatched on the sideline. “He has unparalleled leston said. “But (the loss) talent,” head coach Jus- doesn’t sit well with me.” tin Spring said. “And he Eggleston revamped his picked up right where he high bar and parallel bars left off, no problem.”(We routines during his rehab
“It feels good to get some titles under my belt, but (the loss) doesn’t sit well with me.”
Honorable mentions Zane Richards: The junior defeated Wisconsin’s No. 7 Ryan Taylor to improve to 20-0 on the season. He helped the Illini beat the Badgers 21-13. James Mcging: The sophomore scored one goal and added one assist over the weekend in Illinois series against No. 1 Lindenwood. On Friday, he helped the Illini to a 4-2 win over the top-ranked Lions. stint. The sophomore is yet to win a title in those events this season, but Spring thinks Eggleston can eventually compete for a national title on each apparatus. Eggleston has five more meets and the Big Ten Championships to fi ne tune his routines before he can compete for those national titles.
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Illinois men’s tennis prepares to host Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish BY MIKE GASICK STAFF WRITER
The Illinois men’s tennis team defeated Notre Dame last month by a score of 4-0, earning the team its fi rst victory of the spring season. The Illini host the Fighting Irish on Friday — and head coach Brad Dancer’s players are preparing as if the fi rst match never happened. “Even though we beat them, it doesn’t mean anything,” senior Jared Hiltzik said. “We’re looking forward to them coming here, and we know they are going to put up a tough fight for us.” Dancer mentioned that Notre Dame had a few injuries that withheld some of its players from competition during its previous matchup with Illinois, so he expects to see some different faces on the court. “We know it is going to be a much-improved team from what we saw two weeks ago,” Dancer said. “I think they also had a lot of guys that had not played matches that are now getting their feet wet, so I think we expect this to be a much tougher match.” Freshman and Chinese native Pengxuan Jiang made his first regular season appearance for the team against North Carolina and hopes to get another chance against the Irish. He partnered with junior Julian Childers and was excited to step onto the court for the first time this season. Jiang lost both his doubles and singles matches. “I tried my best, did whatever I could to win the match,” Jiang said. “I want to work on my serving in singles.” According to Dancer, Jiang is not afraid of the spotlight and has an extra edge and comfort to him
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Illinois’ Jiang Pengxuan swings for the ball during the match against Valparaiso at the Atkins Tennis Center on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. Illinois won 4-0. once match play begins. “He loves playing for the team,” Dancer said. “There is a different look in his eye when it counts.” The Illini split their two meets last weekend, defeating No. 24 Duke, 4-3, and falling to No. 10 North Carolina, 4-0. Hiltzik was satisfied with the team’s level of play but would’ve preferred to return to Champaign with two victories. Dancer said his team has been working on its serving in doubles. He would have liked to have seen more consistency with ball placement on the serves to set up easier points for his squad. The Illini took Sunday off and used Monday as a strength and conditioning
day to recover from the two matches. They used Tuesday and Wednesday to work on drills and improve skills in doubles serving. The No. 36 Fighting Irish are 2-3 and coming off a close loss to Northwestern. Illinois defe ate d Northwestern 4-0 earlier this season.
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Illinois vs. Notre Dame When/where: Friday, 6 p.m., Atkins Tennis Center Quick note: The Illini defeated the Irish 4-0 earlier in the season Hidden stat: Notre Dame is 2-3 on the season.
“ We’re looking forward to them coming here, and we know they are going to put up a tough fight for us.” JARED HILTZIK
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Interim head coach Bill Cubit looks looks on from the sidelines during the game against Ohio State at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 14.
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RECRUITING who don’t enter through regular admissions at Illinois. Applicants recruited to participate in a varsity sport who weren’t admitted through the regular admissions process can be considered for admission by the Committee for the Admission of Student Athletes. Potential student-athletes are evaluated by a committee of senior admissions officers from each of the undergraduate admitting schools to determine whether the recruit will be successful at the school. “Student-athletes need to meet the same standards as every other incoming student. There are NCAA minimums that need to be met to be eligible, and Illinois actually has higher standards to be admitted,” said Kent Brown, associate director of athletics for media relations. “Each student is considered singularly. ... The quality of incoming students at Illinois means that student-athletes have to meet standards that somewhat match the entire group.” And while there are some loopholes, high school coaches don’t think academics is a determining factor between schools with similar academic standards, like Illinois and the University of Wisconsin. According to both Holecek and Leonard, schools like Northwestern, Stanford and Duke have particularly high academic standards and are forced to reject students who can’t reach those standards, but the coaches haven’t experienced difficulties with other schools. Holecek believes some prestigious schools — he cited Notre Dame — have lowered their expectations recently, but he still thinks that schools like Illinois manage to get recruits who meet the NCAA requirements. “I think when you get to that large of an institution, you can hide some students in some classes, and you can get around, finding ways to graduate them,” Holecek said. “Now there are penalties if you don’t graduate them. That’s somewhere the NCAA has made improvements in the past 20 years.”
A modern process Holecek also said that recruiting was simpler when he went through the process. In 1991, there weren’t websites dedicated to recruiting, filled with stats, game film and anything else coaches and fans want to know about a high schooler. “It’s changed a lot since I was in school and it’s night and day,” Holecek said. “Things are so much more accelerated now. … The offers come in quickly and they’re going to dry up because (schools) are not going to wait that long for you.” The recruiting process
can now begin as early as freshman and sophomore year. Although NCAA regulations prohibit coaches from calling or sending any written information about recruitment until July 1 before the recruit’s junior year, recruits do receive school-specific summer camp information and NCAA questionnaires. Recruits usually begin by sending a video of their game tape to interested schools. Today’s technology has made the creation of scouting videos easy with different features to show why that particular recruit stands out from the rest. Websites like “Hudl” make it easy for recruits to distribute their film to dozens of coaches in hopes that their tape will impress the coaches enough for an offer. Once the coaching staff is interested, the timeliness of the process depends on their team’s position needs. Coaches usually inform the recruit of where he would stand on the team’s depth chart were he to sign with the university. The rest of the process depends on a few things: the recruit’s ranking, his interest in a school and the school’s interest in return. It can go any number of ways. Technology isn’t the only part of the process that is different from Holecek’s day. High schoolers are forced to make quick decisions — schools often offer three athletes the same position to be safe and recruits must think quickly before another snaps the offer away. By Wednesday, many schools will have much of their 2017 class already in place. While many recruits and families will be happy to know what the future holds before senior year, late-developing athletes will have a problem. “There’s very little room for kids to grow into their bodies anymore,” Holecek said. “So if you’re a late developer, you’re going to have a problem.” Because the recruiting process starts so early, schools make quick judgments as to which players will be ready to compete in the collegiate level and which will struggle. According to Holecek, this is the reason why schools like Boise State can compete with Power 5 schools. The Broncos coaching staff picks up on the mistakes that other schools have made and put together nationally relevant teams. While fans might want to find excuses for why their favorite teams missed out on a top recruit, coaches emphasize that if the recruits want to play, they control their destiny. “You better do whatever else everyone else does to win,” Leonard said. “They’re going to have success or not based on their work ethic.”
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Small teaches by example Illini golfers learn from their coaches experiences
Learning from a pro
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Illinois men’s golf head coach Mike Small turns 50 in March, but he still has some competitive gas in his tank. Not only for his golf career, but for everything he’s involved in. “He’s sneaky good at about everything,” assistant coach Zach Barlow said. “You don’t want to take him on in too many things.” In addition to golf, Small can play ping pong and basketball to keep his competitive edge. “I just think overall, he misses competing to a point,” Barlow said. “He competes in everything he does.” Small may be talented in multiple sports, but golf — while he can play it — will be his main focus. He continues to chase majors and personal goals. In November he competed in the Champions Tour Qualifying School, finishing tied for 46th. He occasionally practices at Illinois’ Demeirjian Golf Practice Facility in the morning. “He seems pretty motivated to not only win a National Championship (with Illinois’ golf team), but to continue to play at a high level,” Barlow said. But even then, Barlow said he thinks Small’s professional golf days may be numbered.
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Illinois’ Isaiah Martinez starting off strong against Penn State’s Jason Nolf during the wrestling match vs. Penn State at Huff Hall Saturday Jan. 23. The Illini lost 19-1.
Martinez bounces back from his one and only college match loss STAFF WRITER
Sunday’s win for Illinois wrestling featured a bounce-back win for No. 2-ranked Isaiah Martinez, who, at 157 pounds, lost his first college match just eight days earlier. The sophomore said ever since the loss, everything has been a little different but his focus has not changed one bit. “Lately, it’s been a little different,” Martinez said. “I’ve just been trying to stay focused on what’s important, the end goal and winning a national championship more than ever. As for Sunday, I did what I did, went out and attacked, put some points on the board and I got a technical fall.” Martinez defeated the Badgers’ T.J. Ruschell
16-1, allowing one escape. Another technical fall had Martinez feeling even more confident — he believes he can score a lot of points against anyone in the country. “I can’t wait to start facing more opponents in the top eight,” Martinez said. “As we get more into the postseason, I’m curious to see if I can do the same to them. I believe I can, for the most part, I believe I can still put up those kind of points. That’s what it’s about, just going out and dominating your opponent.”
Redshirt freshman picks up first conference win Coming off six straight losses, five of which were against Big Ten oppo-
nents, redshirt freshman Andre Lee picked up his first conference win against Wisconsin’s Eric Peissing by a 7-3 decision. Lee said that his offensive skills make
“I believe I can, for the most part, I believe I can still put up those kind of points..” STEVEN RODRIGUES
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him capable of defeating anyone, but he has a problem of focusing too much on what his opponent is doing. “I’m trying to really
be conscious of getting to my offense,” Lee said. “During a lot of those matches that I have lost this year, I have been so focused on what my opponent’s going to do, instead of working on what I need to do because I know what I’m capable of what my offense is capable of doing. It all falls on if I’m going to go out there and do it.” Illini head coach Jim Heffernan said via press release that Lee will continue to grow with more experience and will be successful because of his offensive ability.
Rodrigues records tough loss against Jordan Entering Sunday, Illinois’ Steven Rodrigues
was ranked No. 4 at 165 pounds. He faced No. 3 Isaac Jordan of the Badgers. Rodrigues lost 5-2 against Jordan but felt that he let Jordan control the majority of the match. The Illini senior said that he feels that he is right up there with some of the best in his class, it’s just all centered around believing in himself and getting to what he does best. “I kind of let him control the pace and let him wrestle his match,” Rodrigues said. “I didn’t get to my ties and I let him be a little too comfortable. I know that I’m right there with the best guys.”
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While Small is learning how to better his golf game, the Illinois golfers are learning from his successes and failures along the way. “They know that when he talks about his experience, they can believe him, because he’s been there,” Barlow said. Small has coached at Illinois for 14 years and has played professionally for nearly two decades. Barlow, who played golf at Illinois from 2006-2010, said Small’s resume was a key factor in which college to attend. Barlow then played professionally for four years before returning to the Illini to fulfill one of his long-time desires: coaching. The team won a schoolrecord eight tournament titles and reached the NCAA Championship semifinals in 2015, Barlow’s first year as an assistant coach. It felt “weird” for Barlow to watch Illinois compete from an assistant coach’s perspective. Some of his responsibilities include ensuring each player has proper equipment and recruiting potential players — which was the most challenging for him to learn. “(Small) knows so many different people, techniques,” Barlow said, smiling. “(It) makes it easier on me, because I don’t have to do a whole lot of teaching and things like that.”
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Sedlock has big shoes to fill After losing Duchene and Jay to the MLB last season, Illinois will turn to right-handed pitcher Cody Sedlock to play a much bigger role in its 2016 campaign. As a sophomore, Sedlock appeared in 21 games and had a 4.01 ERA. This season, Hartleb sees him as a guy who has as good, if not better, stuff as Duchene and Jay. “He has made some major adjustments over the offseason, and has really improved from last year.” Hartleb said. ”(Sedlock) has always had great arm strength and great stuff, but his location and his angles were very average, and he would get hit hard a lot.” Hartleb said that Sedlock’s improvement in his command and his swing-and-miss ability has been “unbelievable,” and that Sedlock will have a great oppor-
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With the 522nd pick of the 2015 MLB Draft, the Los Angeles Dodgers selected Illinois catcher Jason Goldstein. But Goldstein knew that he was going to stay at Illinois before the Dodgers drafted him. Nine Illini, including Goldstein, were drafted. Goldstein and shortstop Adam Walton
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Within three days of Illinois baseball’s season-ending super sectional loss to Vanderbilt last season, the team had lost 13 players — seven to the MLB draft. Losing those players was by no means a dagger to the program. Eleven were seniors. The other two — lefthanded pitchers Tyler Jay and Kevin Duchene — were the only two non-seniors to leave the program. Head coach Dan Hartleb, foreseeing the departure of his veteran players, signed 13 players to his 2015 recruiting class. Tack on redshirt freshmen Ryan Haff and Quentin Sefcik, and Hartleb has 15 new players to field this season. While there was a lot of turnover for the Illini this season, Hartleb’s expectations for the program have not changed. The Illini threw themselves into the national spotlight last year, and Hartleb said that it’s now this team’s job to keep them there. “The first meeting I told the team that there is an expectation for us to win, and it is a goal of ours to win a national championship,” Hartleb said. “I don’t think you obtain those goals unless it’s something you think about, dream about and talk about.”
were the only players who decided to forgo the MLB to return to Illinois. Goldstein was one of the Illini’s bigger bats last season, finishing third on the team in both RBIs (47) and slugging percentage (.476). But Goldstein’s experience behind the dish will be just as valuable as his experience in the batter’s box. He played in 59 of the Illini’s 61 games last season, and started in 57 of them. Hartley said Illinois’ young pitching staff will benefit greatly from having a veteran catcher to throw to. “It is really nice to have (Goldstein) back with the young pitching staff,” Hartleb said. “Any time you have experience in their with past success it is a positive. We put a lot on our catchers from calling games to being a leader. It is nice to have.”
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Hockey prepares for Ohio rematch Illini look to secure first round bye in CSCHL tournament BY ETHAN SWANSON STAFF WRITER
This weekend marks the Illini hockey team’s last two games of conference play before the CSCHL tournament Feb. 19 — setting the stage for a rematch with major league implications. Friday, No. 16 Illinois (16-11-3) will begin the end of its CSCHL regular season and travel to Athens, Ohio, to take on No. 8 Ohio (235-1) in the teams’ second series of the year. Only two points separate second through fourth place in the conference standings; Ohio sits at second with 19 points and Illinois ranks fourth with 17. With a series sweep this weekend, the Illini could finish as high as second and capture a first-round bye in the conference tournament. “Winning the CSCHL championship is one of our goals, and that’d be a lot easier to do if we didn’t have to play that first day,” Head coach Nick Fabbrini said. “Every game you play is tough and it grinds you down, anyone who can avoid that first game has an advantage, quite frankly.” Sweeping the Bobcats on the road is a tall order, not just for the Illini, but for any team this season. Ohio is 18-2 at home and has scored 117 of its 157 total goals when skating on familiar ice. Last time the Bobcats took on the Illini — Oct. 24-25 at Illinois Ice Arena — Ohio managed to rattle off 92 shots on goal in two games. “They’re a very deep team and they run a strict system,” sophomore forward Eric Cruickshank said. “Their coach tells them what he wants them to do and they run it very well — drive to the net hard and get pucks to the net. When you put up 40 shots a game, you’re going to score a couple.” Nonetheless, Illinois has had considerable success against Ohio
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Illinois’ Eric Cruickshank carries the puck up the ice during the game against Lindenwold University at the Ice Arena on Saturday. thus far. The Illini split their first series with the Bobcats, shutting out their conference foe 2-0 in the first game and losing in a 3-2 shootout the following contest. Illinois has had more recent success, as well. Last weekend, the Illini faced CSCHL-leading Lindenwood University on the road and came away with a 4-2 win Friday. The following Saturday’s 4-1 loss was the first the Illini had suffered in the last five games – a winning streak that featured a sweep of Rochester College and a road win at No. 6 Iowa State. However, the most reassuring
thought for Fabbrini’s team is that this weekend it will face Ohio with a full roster, something that can’t be said about the teams’ October matchup. Senior forward John Olen and sophomore defenseman Joseph Ritondale did not play in the last series against the Bobcats due to injury. Since the two have returned in late November, Cruickshank said the team’s scoring depth and defensive prowess has drastically improved. “Having (Olen’s) leadership back on the ice is huge, he’s one of our best players,” Cruickshank said. “And (Ritondale) is big piece to defense. Going to play at their
place, we need every guy in our lineup.” With CSCHL-third place Iowa State playing last-place Robert Morris this weekend, the Illini will definitely need help getting that first-round bye. But both the coaches and players are happy they can give themselves an opportunity with their own sticks and skates this weekend. “We know what we need to do…” Cruickshank said. “Guys are starting to realize there’s a certain way we have to play very every weekend to be successful.”
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Illinois vs. Ohio University When/Where: Feb. 5-6, 7:30 p.m., Athens, Ohio Quick Notes: Illinois can finish as high as second in the CSCHL with a series sweep of No. 8 Ohio Hidden Stat: In its last meeting with Ohio Oct. 24-25, Illinois gave up 92 shots on goal in two games.
Men’s track banking on success in Nebraska BY WILL MOST STAFF WRITER
After one of its most challenging meets of the year in Lexington, Kentucky, the Illinois men’s track team got a weekend to relax and recuperate after racing several top-25 teams and playing what was a punishing start to its season. With the rest, practice and people returning from injury, Head Coach Mike Turk thinks his team will be able to start the next half of its season with some success at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite Friday and Saturday in Lincoln, Nebraska. “A week off always freshens the team up, both physically and
mentally,” Turk said. “It’s just a good break for us from competition with the Big Ten Championship looming in the background.” After being short-handed in Kentucky, the Illini will be getting several athletes back for the meet. All-American junior David Kendziera and sophomore Matt Burns will return in the 400 meters, a race Illinois has struggled in since the year’s start. Another all-American, sophomore sprinter Cole Henderson will also be coming back from a nagging ankle sprain that held him down at the start of the season. Other returning athletes include sprinter Mo Maat, long distance
runner Ian Barnett, pole vaulter Mitch Mammoser and sophomore Parker Deloye, who will be competing in the heptathlon. While the returning athletes are primed to give Illinois a boost this weekend, many core athletes who have led the team thus far will also be a key to the Illini’s success. Jonathan Wells has won three events and placed second in a heptathlon in the Illini’s first three meets of the season. This weekend, Wells will be focusing on the high jump, but it won’t be a cakewalk — the meet will feature some of the best high jumpers in the country. “They’ll perform to my stan-
dards,” Wells said. “I’m coming back and setting some new goals. I’m planning on jumping higher than seven feet.” Despite the fact that the Big Ten Indoor Championships are more than a month away, the conference title meet is at the front of Turk’s mind. Despite utilizing almost 40 athletes this weekend, he’s limiting certain Illini’s workload in preparation for Big Tens. While there isn’t much time to react and change the training based on the team’s results, this weekend’s meet in Nebraska offers a huge opportunity for Illinois, not just because of its proximity to Big Tens, but additionally
because of its banked track. The track contains a degree of elevation and curvature that can’t be found in the Illinois Armory or any of the other tracks the Illini have raced on this year. This type of tracks allow for faster times, and have become the standard for major competitive racing events like the Big Ten Championships. “I’m really expecting some personal records and top-10 breaks,” Wells said. “I’m looking for my team to step up and show that we have potential to compete at the Big Ten level.”
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Big Ten championship similar to presidential caucuses DAN ESCALONA
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ebruary is here, and, while the groundhog has predicted an early spring, he certainly hasn’t picked a favorite in the Big Ten. A slew of conference teams have positioned themselves nicely to blossom at the end of March, making the conference as unpredictable as its
been in years. With the beginning of February, Big Ten primary season has arrived, as has the battle to determine the conference’s most electable teams. The race to the Big Ten crown has not become much like the race to the Republican nomination with candidates and teams seemingly dead in the water one week only to still – somehow – be around the next. Unlike the GOP though, at least the Big Ten has “candi-
dates” worthy of some excitement and not mere endless streams of hot air. With the Big Ten primaries still over a month away, a viable crop of teams are still campaigning across the Midwest to be bestowed the title of the conference’s best come tournament time. First, in a virtual tie, we have Indiana and Iowa. The Hoosiers are the high-flying offensive juggernaut of the bunch, leading the Big Ten and most of
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the country in points per game, field goal percentage and threepoint percentage. Though their defense is improved over last season, Indiana will go as far as its offense — led by Yogi Farrell, James Blackmon, Troy Williams and Thomas Bryant (all averaging over 10 points per game) — can take them. Iowa, whom I wrote about a few weeks ago, is a comparable to the Hoosiers on offense yet boasts a more sustainable model to succeed in March that balances the inside scoring of Jarrod Uthoff with the outside scoring and ballhandling of Mike Giselle and Peter Jok. Indiana and Iowa have two matchups against each other before the end of the season, both of which will have an important impact in seeding for both the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments. Of course, we can’t forget Michigan State, the grizzled campaign veterans. Following a rough start to the conference season, at least for Spartan standards, Tom Izzo’s men have regrouped with a win over Maryland and 30-point blowouts of Northwestern and Rutgers. While the Big Ten regularseason crown is likely out of the picture, a conference tournament title and a Final Four appearance are again very real expectations. We can’t forget about the Terrapins, either. After losing on the road to Michigan State, Maryland is back on track following a crucial home victory over Iowa, who was undefeated in the Big Ten before the loss. The Terrapins, led by Big Ten Player of the Year candidate Melo Trimble, boast five players averaging over 10 points per game and have more than enough talent to make their first Final Four appearance in 13 years. Michigan and Purdue are still on the campaign trail, too. The
Wolverines — and leading scorer Caris LeVert — sits fourth in the Big Ten — have gotten off to a decent start in the conference, yet are still looking for some signature wins to pad their tournament resume. Purdue, one of the conference’s surprise teams, is by far the best rebounding team in the Big Ten, leading in offensive and defensive rebound percentage, offensive and defensive rebounds per game and rebounding margin. The Boilermakers’ prowess on the boards makes up for some of their offensive weaknesses and makes them a potential sleeper for a deep tournament run. The depth of the Big Ten field makes attempting to predict the rest of the regular season or the conference tournament both difficult and largely irrelevant. Winning the regular season conference title in college basketball, unlike in football, is neither an amazing accomplishment for many nor an accurate predictor of tournament success – kind of like presidential polls. The last Big Ten team to win both the regular season title and the National Championship was Michigan State back in 2000. Through this point in the season, many of the Big Ten’s best have already beaten each other up. The team left standing will be both the healthiest and the one playing the best at that point in time. Any one of the Big Ten’s top six squads can either make a deep run, or then again be bounced in the first round. Winning the Big Ten — or any conference, regardless of the year — is much like winning the Iowa Caucus; a nice start and something to hang your hat on but ultimately not indicative of the primary battles yet to come.
Dan is a senior in Media. descalo2@dailyillini.com