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Former Illini coach Lou Henson inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Former Illinois men’s basketball head coach Lou Henson will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in November. The 83-year-old coach led three schools — Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State and Illinois — for a total of 41 years, retiring in 2005. The induction ceremony will take place on Nov. 20 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame is different from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. The college Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 2006. Following Tuesday’s announcement, Henson couldn’t help but be humble when thinking about his nod to the hall. “I’m just happy to be in there,” Henson said. “I feel fortunate
Lou Henson served as the Illini men’s basketball coach from 1975-1996. Henson is the winningest coach in Illinois history, having won 423 games during his time in Champaign. Highlights of his tenure include winning the 1984 Big Ten championship and reaching the 1989 Final Four with the Flyin’ Illini. BOTTOM: Kenny Battle celebrates Illinois’ trip to the 1989 Final Four.
because there are a lot of great coaches that will never get this
“I’m just happy to be in there. I feel fortunate because there are a lot of great coaches that will never get this great honor.” LOU HENSON
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great honor.” Henson was the head coach of the Illini from 1975-1996. During his time at Illinois, he compiled a 423-224 (214-164 Big Ten) record, led his team to the NCAA tournament 12 times, won 20 games 11 times and reached three NIT’s. He still leads all Illinois coaches
in wins and his career at Illinois was highlighted by the 1989 Flyin’ Illini run to the Final Four, where the team lost to eventual champion Michigan. Henson also coached at HardinSimmons and had two stints at New Mexico State. His 775 career wins places him 10th in the NCAA alltime list. In the late 1950s, Henson was a high school coach in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was offered an assistant position at New Mexico State in 1962. At the same time, however, Hardin-Simmons in Albine, Texas, offered him a head coaching spot. When he met with Hardin-Simmons officials, Henson experienced a moment that he still believes is the highlight of his career. He was interested in the job, but there was a problem: The school wasn’t
might be underage, intoxicated and don’t want to call the police department, fearing they will get in trouble. International students speak poor English and may not understand phone conversation. This app establishes a swift and convenient method for them, so they don’t have to walk alone at night.” Johnson believes that with the launch of this new app, more students will request a SafeWalk. The program has recently hired more student patrollers to ensure that every requester can get a pair of student patrollers in time. The SafeWalk app will support both iOS and Android systems, and directly connect students and faculty who request the service with a SafeWalk student patroller. Initially, users will have to register with their net ID, name and phone number, which will be stored for all future requests.
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Martin Burke, professor of chemistry, recently launched his company REVOLUTION medicines, which aims to find natural medicinal solutions for severe fungal infections. the human’s cholesterol, as opposed to what he was taught in medical school. By using simple chemical building blocks, Burke was able to synthesize a derivative of the drug that kills only the fungi’s cholesterol. With this information, Burke recently founded the company REVOLUTION Medicines in collaboration
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New Willard Airport plans gaining altitude
Professor’s new company receives investment When chemistry Professor Martin Burke attended medical school, he learned about Amphotericin B, a natural medicine used as the last line of defense for severe fungal diseases. This drug was also thought to be very deadly to humans because it disrupts the polarization of cells, therefore killing individual cells, and sometimes caused debilitation and death. According to the National Institutes of Health, severe fungal diseases kill over one million people per year. Considering that half of the patients with systemic fungal diseases will die even if they take Amphotericin B, Burke sought out to research and develop a better, non-toxic version of the drug. W h i le rese a rch i ng Amphotericin B in 2012, he discovered the medicine to be deadly because it kills both the fungi’s and
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Students walking home alone at night, fearful of walking by themselves but not comfortable calling the University police department, will soon have a new alternative. SafeWalks, a program sponsored by the University police department that provides student patrols to escort students and faculty around campus, is set to release a new mobile app in two to three weeks, according to the University police department. The smartphone-based app will provide a simpler way to request SafeWalks than calling the University police line. Ryan Johnson, security coordinator for the Division of Public Safety, said when students walk at night in pairs or with a group, their chances of being involved in a critical incident or becoming the victim of a violent crime are greatly reduced. Most of the time students become the target of a crime just because they are outside alone, he said. “Our goal is to make it easier for students to connect with our SafeWalk program,” Johnson said in an email. “Many times, students
with Third Rock Venture, a fi nancing investment fi rm that invested $45 million in the company. Dr. Mark Goldsmith, the founding president and chief executive officer of REVOLUTION Medicines, said the company’s “initial vision is to treat severe fungal dis-
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For international student Patrick Ang, flying from Singapore to Champaign isn’t easy. Willard Airport’s flights to Chicago and Dallas provide options, but not as many as students and the airport’s new advisory board wish. Within the next three years, the airport plans to expand locations to major hubs across the U.S. and improve air service. Steve Carter, advisory board chair, said they want to encourage international students to fly directly into Willard rather than flying into O’Hare and then taking a bus to Champaign. “Willard means an extra connection fl ight for me and could cost as much as $300 to $400 United States dollars more without being that much of a convenience as far as time is concerned,” Ang, freshman in FAA, said. “If Willard were to offer routes that involve greater time savings, that allow me
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to transit to Willard through San Francisco International Airport or New York, it may be worth it to consider as an option.” At the beginning of 2014, a task force was created to present a business plan to Chancellor Phyllis Wise regarding the revamping of the airport. The plan, presented in late January, also included governance recommendations, including
creating a CEO, adding more community representation and a new management system for the airport. “From the task force perspective, one of the most important recommendations is to put some management in place that has responsibility for implementing the strategic plan,” Carter said. “This management would
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HENSON integrated. Henson made it clear to the board that he would not accept the job if the team wasn’t integrated. To make sure that it could secure the coach, Hardin-Simmons decided to integrate the team. “What we did to integrate the team (was my biggest achievement),” Henson said. “I’m glad they made that decision.” Henson is one of eight National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees of the 2015 class. The other inductees are coaches Don Donoher (Dayton) and C. Felton “Zip” Gayles (Langston) and players Rolando Blackman (Kansas State), Quinn Buckner (Indiana), John Havlicek (Ohio State), Ed Ratleff (Long Beach State) and Charlie Scott (North Carolina).
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SAFEWALKS The app is connected to the GPS of the user’s device, so the police department can immediately pin students’ current location on campus after they have requested a SafeWalk. A student patroller from SafeWalks will then call and confirm their request and current location. Two student patrollers are driven to the location to begin their SafeWalk escort. The app was put into development six months ago with minimal funding and resources to design, create, promote and publish, said Johnson. Michael Hao and Jeffrey Huang, sophomores in Engineering, are develop-
Lou Henson’s Hall of Fame coaching career: Career record Hardin-Simmons: 67-36 (1962-1966) New Mexico State: 289-152 (1966-1975, 1997-2005) Illinois: 423-224 (19751996) Henson at Illinois: NCAA tournament appearances: 12 NCAA Sweet 16: 3 NCAA Elite Eight: 2
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NCAA Final Four: 1 NIT tournament appearances: 3 Big Ten Championships: 1 Famous players: Kendall Gill (1986-1990) Stephen Bardo (19861990) Nick Anderson (19871989) Kenny Battle (1987-1989) Lowell Hamilton (19851989) Larry Smith (1986-1991) Derek Harper (1980-1983)
Henson will attend the Final Four in Indianapolis this year, after which he will spend the summer months in Champaign. He’ll return to a community that he not only affected on the basketball court, but also beyond it. “Coach Henson’s coaching record stands on it’s own, but his incredible lead-
ership qualities over the decades stand out among all his peers,” Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas said in a statement. “Lou and Mary have influenced the lives of thousands of people during Coach’s career.”
ing the app’s Android and iOS verisons, respectively. “The most difficult part was just getting over a learning curve,” Hao said. “There is defi nitely a lot of new things to try to get yourself used to writing an application like this. I honestly say that I work 15 to 20 hours a week just working on its bugs and features.” To brand and license the app and publicize it, the police department collaborated with the Office of Technology Management and other departments to make sure it meets all the legal requirements to be an official University app. Student Patrol Officer Taylor Franzen, senior in LAS, has assisted with the
promotional and marketing concepts, and is the only female supervisor in the department. “It is a male dominated field, but girls can also do this; in my mind it makes no difference,” Taylor said. “I hope with this app, more people could know that there is this kind of service, that there is another option to help them get home safe. We are here. We are all protective people who can make you safe.” Franzen and other members of the Safewalk team believe this will be the fi rst smartphone app of its kind for universities across the nation.
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MEDICINE ease, but we hope to expand the scope to include other diseases as well.” “The idea is to try and take these complex molecules and transform them into simple little building blocks that are easy to make in the lab, and what my lab developed is a methodology that allows us to couple those building blocks together using just one reaction over and over again,” Burke said. “With all that, we ended up being able to make the derivative of Amphotericin using this building block chemistry, and excitingly this derivative showed us that our hypothesis was correct; the sterol binding was the key” REVOLUTION Medicines began with developing new technologies regarding how to transform Amphotericin B into a less toxic drug, and now that that’s underway, Burke and the REVOLUTION team are developing ways to take other products of nature and turn them into medicines. Burke also received support a nd fundi ng through two Proof of Concept awards from the University. Dr. Lisa Dhar, senior associate director at the Office of Technology Management, said the offi ce aided Burke with the development of the technology created in his lab. “Professor Burke was a part of our Proof of Concept Program and he received
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Portrait of Martin Burke, professor of chemistry, and head of REVOLUTION, a company that researches natural medicinal remedies. two Proof of Concept awards that were administered through our office,” Dhar said. “The award is meant to provide funding to help advance technology toward commercialization.” Because of Burke’s leading antifungal program on campus, REVOLUTION Medicines has signed a license agreement with the University stating that the company has exclusive rights to develop certain technology at the University. It also states that “the license agreement itself involves a transfer of intellectual property rights in exchange for compensation for the University,” Gold-
smith said. Burke said he is very grateful for the amenities and support the University has provided. “It’s very exciting to think about creating an environment where basic science can fl ourish and then having this capacity for that basic science to get launched out to society,” he said. “Illinois has just created really powerful resources to allow that to happen, and so we’ve definitely benefited from that tremendously.”
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WILLARD particularly work on air service development and marketing the airport.” M ike DeL orenzo, associate chancellor, said the task force has recommended either outsourcing the airport or hiring more of a CEO and then instituting a marketing plan and branding campaign. DeLorenzo said Willard’s delays are in response to connecting Chicago flights. Carter said last year flights averaged over 80 percent capacity, which is profitable from an airline standpoint but could be increased to 90 percent if the airport added flights. “Willard’s delays or cancellations are about 19 percent overall, whereas Chicago’s are about 30 percent. For a regional airport, we are in a pretty good range.” DeLorenzo said.
University’s relation to Willard
Palm reading, among other activities, were on display to students and members of the community during the Mardi Gras Event hosted by the Illini Union Board at the Illini Union on Tuesday.
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Willard Airport is owned and operated by the University and established an Institute of Aviation at Willard in 1946. “Having flights that can get to international destinations for research opportunities to domestic operations is beneficial,” said DeLorenzo. “There is the academic piece, the research piece, and for the students, staff and faculty to be able to get in and out on business or for students to access the University.” Aside from international travel, Carter said Willard has no presence in social media and part of a marketing plan would look to implement a social media presence in order for Willard to have more contact with passengers. “The chancellor, when considering the task force, had a lot of interest expressed from the local business community, but she seemed
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Travelers check in at Willard Airport. The University hopes to work with the community to make the airport more convenient for University students. to be really committed to making some improvements (to the airport), because the airport is important to the University,” Carter said. Carter said having more fl ights is important and will benefit not only the local community but faculty, staff and students.
“Having flights that can get to international destinations for research opportunities to domestic operations is beneficial.” MIKE DELORENZO
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Right now, the University puts $400,000 a year into Willard operations, and Carter said it is not possible for Willard to be self supporting, in the short run, because elements required to make the airport self supporting are not in place. Carter added that looking at economic development on the airport and getting more fl ights will increase the revenue. The task force report calls for the local governments and the community to consider providing some additional funding for the short term, Carter said.
Ground Transportation Recommendations One aspect of the strategic plan presented by the task force was ground transportation, including improving taxi service. One recommendation believes cabs should be able to accept credit cards for payment, as passengers sometimes lack cash on-hand. In addition, the airport wants to continue to improve coordination with the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District to provide bus services that accommodate flight times. Hannah Schumacher, freshman in FAA from St. Paul, Minnesota, said she experienced a lack of ground transportation. “I flew out of Willard, and it was very convenient, but there needs to be a more direct bus to Willard and better prices,” Schumacher said. T he repor t a lso recommends for the airport to switch to automated parking. Carter said cars stack up with limited staffing if two flights come in at close timing. Also, the parking staff has limited hours, which can create limited parking hours.
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he University Police Department is launching a SafeWalks application — an idea that carries great value and relevance in a world where students are constantly on their cellphones. Recently, one missing student was found dead, and another graduate student went missing from campus. On Feb. 13, aggravated assault and possible robbery were reported near Fifth and Daniel streets when a student was walking around midnight. Events like these not only make us concerned about students’ safety, but they instill a sense of worry and fear across the campus community at large. Fortunately, we do have several services available to students to help promote safety, but there is always room for updates and improvement. Everyone should feel safe walking on campus, and no one should hesitate before asking the police for the service. Currently, to request SafeWalks, students must call the number provided by the University Police Department. The SafeWalks service is valuable to students now, because it gives them a way to walk home in a group, rather than alone, where they are more vulnerable. In the Daily Illini story published today, Ryan Johnson, University security coordinator, said that when students walk in pairs or with a group at night, their chances of becoming the victim of a violent crime are greatly reduced. If students are intoxicated and feel uncomfortable calling the police department, they will soon be able to use the new application, and initially not have to speak with anyone to ask for help. All they will have to do is press a button to request SafeWalks. The police will be able to see their location, and then call the student to confirm their request and location. The application can also help international students, who may hesitate to call SafeWalks at first, because they are not comfortable speaking English. And with such a large international student population, this factor is vital. No one should have to worry about their safety, even if they are drinking underage. We’re glad the police are putting students’ safety first, and finding a practical way for students to ask for help. We like that the police department is being proactive in thinking of ways to connect with students. Some of the safety methods, like the emergency phones, seem a little outdated. They also serve as a way to call for help once something bad has already happened and it may be too late. The SafeWalks application is a great preventative measure. Many times students find themselves in a situation where they must walk at night alone, whether it is going home from the bars or the library. We hope the police department and the University continues to be proactive when it comes to students’ safety, and we hope they are always thinking of new ways to connect with students and make them feel comfortable on campus.
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GAGA OVER GAGA’S ENGAGEMENT
In case you couldn’t tell from previous Quick Commentaries, we have a large, ocean-sized soft spot for Jimmy Fallon. He is funny, he is friendly, he is cute as a button — what’s not to love? Recently on “The Tonight Show,� Fallon shared a precious photo of his baby #2, Frances Cole Fallon — or, to make that name even cuter, Franny Fallon — in a little, grandma-like purple knit sweater. Let’s make the whole situation even cuter (if possible) by acknowledging the fact that Fallon’s first daughter is named Winnie. Winnie and Franny. Adorableness overload. We love the Fallon family.
It’s official. Lady Gaga, our wonderful, weirdo celebrity icon is engaged — guess it wasn’t a bad romance after all. To be honest though, we didn’t even know she was dating someone, but apparently she was. Lady Gaga got engaged to her longtime (who knew) boyfriend Taylor Kinney who proposed on Valentine’s Day. To truly acknowledge how curious we all are about the wedding attire, which we assume will be a little “out there,� Ellen DeGeneres tweeted out a funny photo of her photoshopped in an outfit made from Kermit the frogs (yes, really) saying, “.@LadyGaga is getting married! And I’m gonna be a bridesmaid!� We bet there will be plenty of papa-paparazzi at the event.
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HUNGRY FOR MORE HUNGER GAMES
NOT AT ALL “HAPPY� ABOUT THIS
This Monday, Hunger Games fans were #blessed with two deleted scenes from part one of the Mockingjay film, which released last November. While it’s not much, they totaled four minutes of Josh (Bae) Hutcherson screen time (which the movie was otherwise seriously void of). We also got a little bit of classic Katniss humor. The scenes were revealed after some pretty involved steps that fans had to follow, including getting #UnlockMockingjay at the end of the fans’ hunt. While we didn’t participate or do any of the hard work to get these scenes available, we’re sure happy to see them now, so thanks super fans!
Breaking news: Pharrell’s “Happy� will likely be playing in the seventh circle of everyone’s personal hell. After one year and four months blasting through our stereos, this song has no signs of stopping its annoying tirade. News has even been surfacing that Pharrell is going to be adapting this song into a series of four children’s books, the first of which will go on sale September 22. First of all, that was the point of it being in “Despicable Me 2� — for a children’s audience. Second of all, not only does this further shatter our hopes that this song will die a vengeful death, but it propels this song into our futures. We just cannot with this anymore. Someone make it stop!
Dress code regulations wearing thin STEPHANIE YOUSSEF Opinions columnist
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recent news, three students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, were tragically killed, the ISIS terrorist group advanced near a marine base in Iraq, and a senator in Montana tried to ban yoga pants. That’s right. While citizens are exposed to true issues in our society that require concern, Sen. David Moore put his efforts and taxpayer dollars to focus on a fight against certain articles of clothing. Which brings up the allimportant question: Why does he care? A belief accredited mostly to libertarians that I try to advocate for is the belief that if the way you live your life does not directly interfere with the way I live mine, then continue living it. This principle applies to policies, attitudes and certain lifestyle choices, including the choice to wear yoga pants. Beyond the constitutional
amendments that protect our rights to freedom of speech and freedom of expression, I think that, from a social perspective, people should avoid being critical of how other people dress in the first place. Currently, there are no explicit regulations on clothing and apparel in the University of Illinois Student Code. But even in discussing this idea with other students, I found it surprising that people advocate for dress codes to regulate what students wear to class to add onto the already existing state laws for indecent exposure. In fact, a blog started in 2010 has a mission to try and enforce the doctrine that leggings aren’t pants by shaming pictures of University students wearing tight clothing. Despite the fact that the blog hasn’t been updated recently, the attitude that permeates the site is still one that exists on campus today. In addition to laughing at the Montana senator’s heinous idiocy, I was thankful that this wasn’t a big controversy taking place at the University. But with the existence of the
no pants blog, and the attitudes that some students have expressed to me personally, the possibility of a dress code being drafted and enforced here isn’t far-fetched. In fact, in 2014, a number of schools in Illinois, mostly high schools, succeeded in enforcing bans on leggings as part of their dress codes. The Bill of Rights exists mainly to protect our liberties from infringement by governments and intrusive institutions. Thankfully, the Montana senator’s ridiculous bill was quickly shot down due to the fact that it was a clear and excessive violation of the First Amendment rights of Montana’s residents. I don’t think that people should care in the first place about how others choose to dress because attempted infringements on our liberties stem from social attitudes and conventions people carry. For instance, the social idea that leggings and yoga pants have “suggestive� implications led to the Montana senator and Illinois schools trying to enforce rules banning them. If more people avoided attitudes
in judging other’s protected rights to self-expression, the ridiculous attempts at violating the constitutional rights of students and citizens wouldn’t originate in the first place. Some may argue that just banning yoga pants isn’t that big of a deal, but it is. When one aspect of our rights are violated, there is nothing to stop institutions from taking those violations further. Not everyone thinks that yoga pants are suggestive. There are popular ideas that beards, heels and long hair are attractive. If people are negatively judged for certain forms of self-expression and start by banning yoga pants, what’s to say that other forms of expression won’t be? I enjoy the right of being able to put on a pair of leggings and a shirt and go to class. To those who run the blog — I never said leggings were pants, I just choose to wear them as such. In the words of Kim Kardashian “I was feeling my look! Can I live?!?!�
Stephanie is a junior in LAS. She can be reached at syousse2@dailyillini.com.
Now is the time for transgender rights ALEX SWANSON Opinions columnist
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elebrity and former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner’s supposed upcoming gender change has been in the tabloids for weeks. Much of the controversy stems from the fact that many feel that a sex change should be a private affair. Because Jenner has not released any public comments on the matter at this time, I, and others, believe that the decision to alter his gender should be left out of the tabloids for the time being. Still, right now, there is a rare, national spotlight on transgender issues and equality. I believe that we should use this moment to advocate for transgender equality and work toward a totally and completely inclusive campus. According to the American Psychological Association, transgender refers to “persons whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth.� Even with increasing awareness, transgender equality remains pertinent in regards to our campus and every campus in this country. Approximately one-third of students who identify as transgender reported being harassed during college in
2010. In addition, about 45 percent of people who are transgender between the ages of 18 and 24 have attempted suicide. As both of those statistics are shockingly high, it is the responsibility of colleges to make campuses as welcoming as possible for students who do identify as transgender. Appropriately, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees passed a resolution to cover gender reassignment surgery in student health insurance last March. This was, no question, a victory that moved toward transgender equality that I would never want to diminish. This component of the insurance plan now allows for students who identify as transgender to physically change their sex. Further, we have established campus resources such as the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Trans Resource center and the Campus Union for Transgender Equality and Support, a student group, to educate and advocate for transgender equality on campus. However, Stephanie Skora, senior in LAS and President of CUT*ES argues that these strides made by the University were only made after immense prompting by transgender student groups and the LGBT Center, and that there is still much to be done. We can now use the intense national interest surrounding Jenner’s story to lend relevance to transgender issues on our campus. Skora advocates for trans-
gender issues on campus to be taken more seriously. “The reason that we don’t have a preferred name system at UIUC, the reason that we don’t have all-gender housing, and the reason that the all-gender bathroom project has been taking so long, even though a lot of people have invested a lot of time and energy into it, is because these things aren’t seen as a priority by the University,� Skora said in an email to me. Although there are some gender inclusive bathrooms across campus in various academic buildings, there are none yet in the residence halls. Allen Hall recently sent out a survey to residents asking their opinions about a pilot program for a gender inclusive bathroom. However, because of too little interest, the program has not gotten off the ground. Jesus Monroy, a sophomore in DGS expressed disappointment in the lack of interest. “The introduction of a gender inclusive [bathroom] is something that would be really amazing to happen in residence halls,� Monroy said in an email. “For a lot of people they don’t see the big deal of having a gender inclusive bathroom ... But for those students who are transgender, intersexed, fluid, neutral or choose to not identify this is a really big deal.� Indeed, the atmosphere that gender segregated bathrooms create can be intimidating and even dangerous for people who are gender non-conforming. Gathering interest about an
Allen Hall potential pilot program was an important step forward in making our campus as gender inclusive as possible. By all means, we shouldn’t stop pushing. Universities across the county are looking to break out of the rigid male and female categories that dominate their campuses. Ithaca University has gender inclusive housing options. The University of Michigan allows students to change their name on all school records. And both Northwestern and Illinois State recently implemented gender inclusive bathrooms on their campuses. We need to continue moving forward with transgender equality as well. Our society loves binaries, and we love to categorize: young or old, democrat or republican and then there is male or female. But these binaries make no allowances for any sort of nonfixed gender spectrum, and we should therefore aim to avoid them. With this public focus on transgender issues, we should heed this opportunity and advocate for transgender rights across the country and at our campus. While Bruce Jenner shouldn’t be the focus of the conversation, the stories surrounding him can serve as a vehicle with which to approach these inequalities.
Alex is a junior in LAS. She can be reached at amswans2@dailyillini.com.
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If budget cuts are in the near future, Bassett is concerned that the University will value the STEM programs more than the humanities and arts. “I’m concerned that the social science and humanities are going to be perhaps less supported because of emphasis on practical skills and jobs. (The Universi-
ty) tends to have a flow of resources toward the STEM disciplines, but we need to put a strong emphasis on the global arts and sciences,� Bassett said. “(A person who) understands culture, can speak another language, can write well and is creative is a wellrounded, educated individual. It’s an ongoing battle to support liberal arts and sciences education.� But before worrying too much about the future,
Bassett focuses on the reasons why he has returned to the classroom year after year. “Getting published in the best journals, working with graduate students and seeing them become professionals, getting evaluations back that say (my course was) life changing, that’s rewarding,� Bassett said. “I enjoy teaching.�
Sarah can be reached at spfoste2@dailyillini.com
Couple ties knot after 22 years and cancer fight BY ELIZABETH OWENSSCHIELE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
CHICAGO — For 22 years, a couple persevered through some of life’s biggest struggles hand in hand but without a band on their fingers. Mark Wyatt, 53, and Anna Ridarelli, 56, finally exchanged wedding rings at noon on a recent Friday at a suburban courthouse before Judge Alfred Levinson. For the couple, it was a bittersweet time to make their commitment official: They recently learned Wyatt’s multiple myeloma has returned after a fiveyear remission of the blood cancer. He faces his second stem cell transplant in upcoming months, according to his oncologist’s assistant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Ridarelli’s father was released from the hospital the day before the ceremony, and her 86-year-old mother’s health also is failing, the couple explained. In their time together, they’ve lost two of Wyatt’s brothers and Wyatt’s father and fought cancer together. They consider each other soul mates. “The time was right,� Ridarelli said. “We want to make sure we’re officially together. I’m putting all my
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faith in God.� Wyatt had proposed multiple times over the years, the first time on a Florida beach. “I wasn’t ready,� remembers Ridarelli, a hairdresser. “I was afraid of change. It’s a big decision.� The couple started dating after meeting through mutual friends. “I saw her beautiful smile, which intrigued me,� said Wyatt. They had their first date on Nov. 7, 1992. “I cut his hair the first time we went out, then he took me to Johnnie’s Beef and we sat outside,� said Ridarelli, quickly adding their second date was at a much fancier downtown seafood restaurant. “I liked his pretty blue eyes and he was sweet and kind.� They dated until they decided to move in together, since they wanted to save money, the couple said. They lived happily for a while until life’s many challenges crossed their paths. They lost one of Wyatt’s brothers in a work accident and the other to a heart attack. Later, they lost his father. Soon after his father’s death, Wyatt began having problems with his back, had surgery and went on disabil-
ELIZABETH OWENS-SCHIELE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
After 22 years together, Mark Wyatt and Anna Ridarelli finally tied the knot at the Rolling Meadows Courthouse Friday before Judge Alfred Levinson.
ity. It was on Dec. 12, 2009 that he was diagnosed with cancer. He went through radiation, chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant . Wyatt said he knows more treatments lie ahead, but was focused on who was beside him on their wedding day. Both were obviously nervous when they were finally called into the courtroom. The couple cracked jokes with the judge, who admitted he usually presided over divorce proceedings. He encouraged them to hold hands before he began. They told the judge they had a tough time that day convincing the desk clerk who took their marriage license application they had never been married before. Minutes later, they were pronounced husband and wife. “We did good,� said Wyatt. Ridarelli agreed. “Better late than never,� she said. The couple was joined at the courthouse by family from Ohio to California, along with the Chicago suburbs. “The fact that they’ve been through quite a bit together, it’s great they’re finally formalizing their union,� said brother Eric Wyatt, 51. “It’s not too often we all get together for something other than funerals or cancer treatments, so to get together for a happy occasion is a good thing.� Mom also was glad she came to witness the big moment. “I’m absolutely thrilled for both of them,� said Mildred Wyatt, 80. “It was a wait but it was worthwhile, and I knew it would happen eventually.� So did Wyatt, who said it was nice to finally call Ridarelli his wife. After the short ceremony, he didn’t see an immediate difference, he said. But, Wyatt added, “the love grows every minute.�
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Student gives birth to line of high-tech maternity fashion BY SARA BAUKNECHT TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
PITTSBURGH — For moms-to-be, it’s the ageold quandary: What should you expect when you’re expecting? In the age of wearable technology, there could be more innovative, interactive ways for women to find out. Blake Uretsky, 22, created a concept for a maternity clothing line that combines fashion and functionality. The collection of mix-andmatch apparel designed with working women in mind would have conductive silver fibers embedded in the fabrics to track an expectant mother’s vital signs. A module that attaches to a belt buckle would transmit information such as heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and respiration levels to an iPhone app, allowing her to review it and even email stats to her doctor. The idea earned Uretsky, a senior at Cornell University, a $30,000 Geoffrey Beene national scholarship. The award was one of four given by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit that supports promising fashion designers and entrepreneurs. Uretsky, who studies fiber science and apparel design at Cornell, received the honor in January in New York City at a gala. Former New York Yankee Mariano Rivera presented the prize. Uretsky came up with the concept while working on a case study that posed the question: How can wearable technology and fashion design successfully work together? Her research found that people wanted wearable tech devices that not only fulfill a purpose but also are aesthetically pleasing. She picked maternity wear as her focus because she felt it was a market that lacked a lot of stylish, high-quality clothes and had potential for wearable technology. She conducted 10 in-person
interviews and surveyed others who were pregnant or had recently had a baby for their feedback. She also strapped on a padded baby bump herself and tried on maternity clothes in stores to get a sense of how they felt and what they lacked. The 10-piece collection aims to “reveal and conceal,� Uretsky said, giving women the option of showing off their bump with more fitted pieces or camouflaging it with draping and layers. Another key element is a “grow with you� feature, meaning the apparel has wrap styles and asymmetrical hemlines that can adjust with women as their bodies change during and after pregnancy. More than half the women Uretsky questioned expressed an interest in maternity wear that incorporated wearable technology. She worked with colleagues in Cornell’s fiber science department to develop a plan for how it would function. One local doctor supported the idea. “I have (patients) who
would love this,� said David Logan, director of obstetrics for Jefferson Regional Medical Center. “Nowhere do people get more interactive than when they’re pregnant. Anything that kind of aids them I think is valuable.� While there are fetal monitors that help women listen at home to a baby’s heartbeat inside the womb, there isn’t something quite like the wearable technology conceived by Uretsky for pregnant women, Dr. Logan said. And while there are benefits to these kinds of wellnesstracking technologies, misreadings can happen. In addition to technical glitches, users might not understand how the information collected reflects overall health, he said. Open communication with a doctor is essential for people to learn how to translate the data, Dr. Logan said. “We want to partner with our patients for better health and better outcomes. However we partner with them, it’s going to lead to better outcomes.�
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Blake Uretsky, 22, of Fox Chapel, Pa., came up with an idea for an app that would display updates for a pregnant woman’s vital signs based on information detected via conductive silver fibers embedded in maternity clothes.
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lot can change in 30 years. In 1984, Grainger Library wasn’t standing, Chief Illiniwek was dancing on Memorial Stadium’s field, and Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day was not yet a University tradition. Certain aspects of the University and its students have come and gone these past three decades. Thomas Bassett, however, has remained. As the professor of geography and geographic information science looks back on the early days of his career, he‘s lists some notable changes of his own. Throughout his time, he’s seen the University through the eyes of both an administrator and a professor, and he’s taught hundreds of students in lecture halls year after year. “(Today), the student body is more diverse; (there are) a lot more minority students and international students,� Bassett said. “(This makes) a lot more interesting conversations in the classroom. Someone from a different background sees things differently.� There have also been changes in technologies, as MacBook Pros and PowerPoint have replaced notebooks and overhead projectors. “Technology in the classroom made teaching a lot easier,� Bassett said. “Thirty years ago, I had three different medias: live projector, video projector and overhead projector; now, with PowerPoint, it’s so much easier.� But it’s not just the students and the tactics that have changed; it’s also the very area that Bassett specializes in: geography and information science. “The strategy of trying to use examples that link students to the global south has evolved and become more important, as globalization has accelerated in the past 30 years,� Bassett said. “Factories in the
Midwest have shut down and gone overseas. The world and our relationship to people is changing. People recognize now that we are connected to the wider world.� The lessons may have changed, but the purpose, however, has not. Bassett has always longed to show his students the importance of global awareness. “We tend to see ourselves disconnected in what’s going on in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, but we’re intimately connected with these people and these regions by what we eat, what we wear, what we consume,� Bassett said. “What has been consistent is my interest in radical thinking and challenging assumptions about the world. I
“I think this university ... must fight back against the disrespect for learning.� DIANE KOENKER PROFESSOR
try to develop empathy in my students for people who live in seemingly distant lands. I try to show they’re connected to us. One of my interests is challenging those received ideas and exposing students to alternative ways of thinking.� But Bassett isn’t the only professor who’s seen the progression over the years. Since 1983, Diane Koenker, a professor of history in Russian, East European and Eurasian studies, has noticed some alternations of her own. “Students seem to expect not having to work as hard in their courses as they did
30 years ago; they have a harder time managing the reading and assignment loads,� Koenker said. “Students are (also) stretched more thin than they were 30 years ago. It seems to me that students are working jobs outside of the classroom.� Koenker has also seen the introduction of new technologies that haven’t positively affected her classroom. “Email and other kinds of electronics have changed things a lot. It used to be that you would print out copies of your syllabus and that was the communication about the course. Now, there are other ways to communicate,� Koenker said. “It’s made things a lot easier, but the downside is that students are less likely to come to office hours than they used to. Email is a very convenient way to have brief questions answered.� According to Janice Juraska, a professor in psychology since 1986, these new technologies are impacting the way students learn. “They don’t learn quite as well, partly because of the electronics,� Juraska said. “It’s easy to think you know it when you passively look at pictures (on a PowerPoint).� But when Bassett, Koenker and Juraska look back on the past, they return with fears for the future, as the University of Illinois receives considerably less state funding in recent years. “I think these are troubled times for higher education coming up, because of changing attitudes of the population of the state,� Koenker said. “I think this university — all universities — must fight back against the disrespect for learning. We have to work really hard to convince the society at large why it’s so important to preserve academic freedom, to teach people not just how to get a job in business but become better human beings. Without (knowledge), we would be in the swamp. Knowledge is what makes us function.�
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Illinois' Bobby Baker performs a routine on the pommel horse during the match against Minnesota at Huff Hall onw Feb. 1. BY DANIEL COLLINS STAFF WRITER
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llinois men’s gymnastics head coach Justin Spring and his staff now laugh about how they fi rst considered freshman Bobby Baker an “up in the air� recruit.
The coaches weren’t sure if they even wanted Baker. Once Baker arrived at Illinois, the coaching staff adjusted Baker’s gymnastics to focus more on hitting routines than attempting big tricks. So far, the freshman gymnast has shown enough consistency to be a frequent selection to compete for the all-around title, but there are still more improvements to be made. “His routines are so streamline right now. He’s going to get so much better,� Spring said. “His abil-
Honorable Mentions Chatrice White (women’s basketball) — The freshman center scored 18 points and brought in seven rebounds against Indiana on Wednesday and registered her fifth double-double of the season, scoring 13 points ity to learn quickly is one of his strengths. He’s going to continue to grow to be one of the best Illinois gym-
and pulling down 12 rebounds, against Ohio State on Saturday. Isaiah Martinez (wrestling) — The No. 2 ranked freshman defeated Kent State’s No. 6 Ian Miller on Sunday, improving to 36-0 on the season. nasts of all-time.� Besides being talented,
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Illini head to Big Ten Championships Swimming and diving looking to improve on last year’s result BY DANIEL COLLINS STAFF WRITER
It’s been a while since the Illinois swimming and diving team has competed, but the team hasn’t relaxed during that time. After nearly three weeks off from competition, Illinois will head to Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday to compete in the Big Ten Championships, which runs through Saturday. The Illini posted a dual meet record of 2-2 against conference opponents this season, losing to Northwestern and Iowa and defeating Nebraska and Michigan State. Illinois will compete against six nationally-
Rutgers 82, Illinois 54
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Illinois’ Alison Meng swims the 100 yard backstroke event during the meet against Nebraska at the ARC on Jan. 24. This will be the final Big Ten championship event for the senior. ranked teams, including No. 14 Minnesota, No. 15 Indiana and No. 17 Michigan. “We have our team iden-
tity, and when we remember that and stay true to that, we compete the best,� head coach Sue Novitsky said.
“They have all competed in big competitions before and
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It was the same old story for the Illinois women’s basketball team Tuesday at Rutgers. The Illini were steamrolled by the No. 19-ranked Scarlet Knights, 80-56, in Piscataway, New Jersey, giving Illinois its 11th Big Ten loss on the year. Head coach Matt Bollant’s squad dipped back under .500 on the season, now at 13-14 and 4-11 in Big Ten play. One of Illinois’ big issues this season has been its inability to piece together two effective halves in a single game. While beating a top-20 Rutgers team on the road wasn’t going to be easy, the Illini held their own in the fi rst half. Going into the locker rooms at halftime, Illinois only trailed by eight. “We fought back late in the fi rst half, cut it to eight and were hopefully going to give ourselves a chance in the second half,� Bollant said in a press release. “We just didn’t string together enough stops.� Rutgers’ balanced scoring attack was a worry for Illinois coming into the night, especially with the way the Illini’s last road game played out. At Indiana on Feb. 11, Illinois let the Hoosiers shoot better than 50 percent from the field and behind the 3-point arc. The Rutgers offense clicked exactly the way the Illini had feared it would, shooting 56 percent from the fi eld with four scorers fi nishing in double figures — led by guard Tyler Scaife’s 21 points. “Give Rutgers credit, they made everything tonight,� Bollant said. “They were really good offensively and made a lot of jump shots.� This didn’t necessarily go against the defensive plan for Illinois. Bollant said the goal was to make Rutgers take jump shots. The Illini had a balanced offense as well, with four scorers reaching double digits. They were led by senior guard Ivory Crawford’s 15 points. Coming off a big win at home against Ohio State, the Illini also failed in other areas. Rutgers outrebounded Illinois by nine,
Summary: The Illini were beaten by 20 in the second half to turn Tuesday’s game in Piscataway, New Jersey, into a blowout. Key Performer: Betnijah Laney of Rutgers finished with 14 points, seven assists and five rebounds. Hidden stat: Rutgers scored 82 points despite only making three 3-point shots. Up next: at Purdue, 1 p.m., Saturday, West Lafayette, Indiana which could have also been impacted by the disparity in missed shots between the two sides. Sophomore forward Jacqui Grant — one of the Illini’s leading rebounders — had minimal impact, only grabbing two boards in the game. The other aspect in which Illinois faltered was creating turnovers. Usually one of the top teams in the Big Ten in forcing turnovers, Illinois only forced Rutgers into 13 of them. The Illini themselves committed 21 turnovers, something the coaches didn’t want to see after focusing on point guard Kyley Simmons’ oncourt leadership role in recent practices. “We weren’t quite as proactive and didn’t move as well defensively as we did against Ohio State,� Bollant said. With the loss at Rutgers being their seventh road loss in conference play, there is one bright spot for Illinois. They only have to hit the road once more in the regular season. That last road trip comes this weekend, when the Illini travel to West Lafayette, Indiana, to face a Purdue team that beat them by seven at State Farm Center earlier in the season.
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Baseball heading ‘home’ across the US BY MICHAL DWOJAK ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Packing a suitcase might not be a highlight of traveling for most people, but when the destination is warm and sunny, the task becomes bearable. For Illinois baseball’s senior second baseman Reid Roper and senior pitcher Drasen Johnson, getting out of the frozen Midwest makes packing a larger bag worth it. “We’ve been in (the Irwin Indoor practice facility) for the past month,� Johnson said. “To finally to go outside and play in the 70-degree weather, it’s pretty exciting.� Because of the harsh winter, many northern teams spend the weekends of their first month of the season in southern cities. From Fort Myers, Fla., to Long Beach, Calif., college baseball teams begin the baseball season while the ice slowly starts to melt back home. Illinois hosts Chicago State at Illinois Field in its home opener on March 10. Prior to that, the Illini will have visited Beaumont, Texas, Fort Myers, Fla., Myrtle Beach, S.C., twice and Stillwater, Okla. The team also traveled to the Dominican Republic during the fall. Head coach Dan Hartleb and his team don’t use travel as an excuse — every northern team has to prepare for it. In recent years, Hartleb said travel hasn’t factored into his team’s mindset when the time came to play live ball. While traveling to different regions of the nation, Illinois competes against unfamiliar faces. A majority of the Illini are familiar with other Big Ten players from playing on the same travel baseball teams and summer leagues around the Midwest. But when play-
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Illinois baseball travel location The Illinois baseball team will travel 12,768 miles to 12 different locations.
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Team USA Illini return home, ready to compete Brothers John and Joe Olen return from games in Spain
BY MATT GERTSMEIER STAFF WRITER
Illinois hockey’s center John Olen spent most of his Sunday on a nine and a half hour flight from Spain to the United States, reminiscing about the past three weeks. While the Illinois hockey team played games against Oklahoma, Lindenwood and Ohio, its top-two players — brothers John and goaltender Joe Olen — faced some of the greatest teams in the world at the World University Games in Granada, Spain from Feb. 4-14. The best players in the ACHA made up Team USA. The selection was John’s second and Joe’s first for the event, which takes place every other year. It was also the first time Team USA had brothers on the same team. “It was really awesome being able to share (that experience) with him,” Joe said. “Playing on the U.S. team together, it’s kind of a dream come true.” A few days were spent touring castles, cathedrals and the Mediterranean Sea, but Joe said most of the trip was business-like. Days were mainly devoted to practices, meetings and film sessions. After going 1-1-0 in the preliminary round, Team USA advanced to the qualification round where it defeated Swe-
den 4-1 in a game where John recorded an assist. However, USA’s tournament play was cut short, falling 4-0 to Canada on Feb. 11. In consolation play, the U.S. lost in overtime to Slovakia and beat Korea. Team USA finished seventh out of 11 teams, going 3-2-1 overall. Russia won the gold medal game over Kazakhstan. John said playing teams from around the world is much different than playing ACHA competition. “International play is something else,” John said. “It’s a lot higher level than what I experience (in the ACHA).” John recorded one goal and one assist, while playing in all six games. Joe made only one appearance in net, making 10 saves on 14 shots in the 5-4 overtime loss to Slovakia. Joe, heavily relied on as Illinois’ starting goaltender, had to take the backseat most of the tournament behind Iowa State’s Matt Cooper. Nonetheless, Joe learned some skills, which he looks to use to improve his game, just in time for the CSCHL tournament this weekend. “It’s a lot faster game there and I didn’t think it could get much faster,” Joe said. “(It’s) just quick decisions and more anticipation than anything else.” Five players on Team USA compete on CSCHL teams, in addition to the Olen brothers. Two of those five play for Iowa State, Illinois’ opponent in Friday’s CSCHL tournament opener. Joe said it will be weird playing against guys who were his teammates a week
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Illinois’ John Olen maintains control of the puck as Robert Morris’ Jake Floro comes up from behind during the hockey game vs. Robert Morris at the Ice Arena on Jan. 24. John along with his brother Joe have recently returned from Team USA. ago, but it will be a fun experience. Regardless, both the Olens are shifting focus to Illini hockey and their missed school work. During their absence, the Illini have gone 4-2-0 and the Olens have missed three weeks of class. “We’re going to have to
do a little catching up,” Joe said. “We didn’t have much Internet, so we kind of got a little behind. (We have) a lot of studying to do.” During their study breaks, the Olens will be gearing up for Illini hockey and the conference and national tournaments.
Wonderly adjusts to Division I Team’s new pitcher fits in as an Illini on and off the field BY COLE HENKE STAFF WRITER
Illinois sophomore pitcher Breanna Wonderly has not taken long to adjust to the life of a Division I softball player. This past summer, she transferred to Illinois from Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. That jump is difficult for some, but hasn’t been for Wonderly. Wonderly pitched well at Heartland, posting a 17-7 record with 115 strikeouts and only 25 walks in 153.0 innings last season. Her game was good enough to attract the attention of Illinois head coach Terri Sullivan, and after one season at junior college, Wonderly was headed to play for the Illini. Wonderly has had no problems fitting in with the
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SWIMMING this is no different.” One of Illinois’ main goals in the Big Ten Championships is to break records. The Illini likeliest to break records are freshman Samantha Stratford and senior Alison Meng, who have found their names consistently in the record books. At last season’s tournament, Meng set school records in the 50 backstroke, the 100 back, the 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay.
team so far, and she attributes that to how close-knit the team is. “The team has made it really easy for me,” Wonderly said. “They are all really nice and helpful, and I immediately felt like I was part of the team.” Sullivan said the closeness of her team is one of its biggest strengths, and long road trips allow the players to really get to know each other. It didn’t take long for Wonderly to be thrown into the mix: She has already pitched 20.1 innings in six appearances for the Illini through the team’s first two weekends. Wonderly did not expect to have as big of a role as she has had at the beginning of the season, but her improvement this fall has keyed her rapid development “She already had such a great mental side to her game,” Sullivan said. “Now she has gotten so much stronger just since the fall after working with our strength coach and developing her pitches.” Sullivan often prais-
es Wonderly’s presence in the circle, and how she becomes a different person once she is inside it. Normally shy, Wonderly becomes a fierce competitor when she has the ball in her hand. Wonderly has made a pair of minor changes to her game since coming to Illinois. She has adjusted to the smaller strike zone that comes with pitching in Division I and is trusting her defense more — she credits the Illini fielders for a lot of her success so far. Relying heavily on a strong sinker, Wonderly’s hallmark is her accuracy, making her a valuable asset to the Illini’s pitching rotation, Sullivan said. Outside of softball, Wonderly has made adjustments with her academics and normal life. According to her, the hardest part about adjusting to life at such a big school is working on her time management skills, similar to the average new Illinois student. Junior college provided a
“I’ve accomplished more than I ever thought I could,” Meng said about her time at Illinois. “I’ve wanted to make the NCAA meet since my freshman year, but if I don’t this year, at least I know I did all I could to try to make it.” Meng said this year’s team has the potential to put up the best results in her four years at Illinois. Recently, the team has been resting as much as possible in order to prepare for the four-day competition. “A lot of our meets this past January have been late morning when prelims will be competed,” Novitsky
said. “So those meets were good rehearsals for the athletes to be in the mind frame of swimming fast in the morning.” Regardless of how much the team has rested or endurance trained, Novitsky said there is still an accumulation of fatigue that can’t be ignored. Reigning Big Ten champion Minnesota finished last year’s meet with a total score of 760. The Illini finished in last with 76.
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more relaxed feel for Wonderly academically, who said she now has a hectic schedule. She relies on her team for help with academics, too — the players often study together on their long road trips, making the difficulty of her school work much more manageable. It has been a smooth transition for Wonderly, but she isn’t the only one who has had to change her lifestyle. Wonderly’s hometown of Centerview, Missouri, is about six hours away from Champaign, and according to her, lands right in the middle of “Mizzou country.” Born and raised a Missouri Tigers fan, and now a converted Illini, she was not the only one who needed to make adjustments. “My parents had to basically get a new closet,” Wonderly said. “They even posted on Facebook that they were selling all of their Mizzou gear.”
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Big Ten Championship When: Feb.18-21, McCorkle Aquatic Pool, Columbus, Ohio. Quick notes: Illinois finished last at last year’s Big Ten Championship, setting five school records in the process. Hidden stat: The Illini have not competed against any of the six nationally ranked teams who will be contending this weekend.
“It’s back to Illinois hockey,” John said. “I had my fun overseas, but now we’re looking at our long-term goals here with Nationals and the CSCHL tournament.” Although he admits it was a great experience to put on the USA uniform, John is ready to be back with Illinois.
“I’m going to stick with the orange and blue,” John said. “Although it was definitely fun wearing the red, white and blue.”
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bored, so I got back into it,” Baker said. Until his gymnastics days conclude, there is one person that he will always Baker possesses a high lev- compete in memory of: his el of maturity and leader- mother. ship, according to his teamShortly after introducing mates and coaches. Baker to gymnastics at the On Saturday, when C.J. age of 6, his mother lost her Maestas was unable to lead fight with breast cancer. the team out to the floor When asked how much at Huff Hall for its meet of his gymnastics he dediagainst Penn State due to cates to his mother Baker strep throat, Baker was the replied, “All of it.” one to lead the team out. “She was the one that “You always have to speak wanted me in this sport, so to maturity and focusing on since I stuck with it, everythe details,” Spring said. thing I do is for her,” he “You can’t drive that into said. “I want to make her freshmen enough because proud.” they’re still taking it all Due to his efforts, he was in. Bobby’s named Big done takTen Freshing it all in. man of the He’s pro Week for cessing and the fourthhe’s making straight dramatic time — his changes to fifth overthe point, all — to go where he’s along with his first Big ex e c ut i n g Ten Gymhis gymnastics like nast of one of the the Week award. best athJUSTIN SPRING letes on the On the MEN’S GYMNASTICS HEAD year, he has team.” COACH B a k e r won a pair clinched of titles in the allparallel around title in the meet bars, vault and all-around with a score of 89.550, in addition to one on both which is the third-highest the floor exercise and pomscore in team history and mel horse. the nation this season. He The next step in Bakalso set a career-high in the er’s career will be to earn pommel horse and high bar a spot on the senior U.S. event with scores of 14.800 national team. He’ll be and 14.500, respectively. In competing for a spot this terms of all six events he weekend at the Winter Cup competed in, Baker finished in Las Vegas. with a top-five score in all “Making the senior national team for the Unitof them. Even with all his success, ed States is my main priorthere was a time when Bak- ity at the moment,” Baker er almost walked away from said. “That means you’re the sport. Body aches, time at the top.” consumption and interest in other sports are what drew Daniel can be reached him into hiatus. at dcollns2@dailyillini. “I took a little bit of time com and on Twitter off at one point and got @collins_d2.
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Don’t forget about the ‘other’ Wildcats ELI SCHWADRON Sports Columnist
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hen people talk about the best teams in college basketball this year, the focus tends to center around three teams: Kentucky, Virginia and Duke. But another school is rounding into top form at the perfect time, and although March Madness is unpredictable, I have a feeling this team will be an especially tough matchup a month from now. Don’t sleep on No. 6 Villanova (24-2, 11-2 Big East) when it’s time to fi ll out your bracket. ’Nova boasts the most balanced roster in the country besides those “other” Wildcats (will UK ever lose?), with six players averaging nine or more points per game. Darrun Hilliard II is playing his best basketball of the season; the senior guard has posted 65 points over his last three outings, including a 31-point explosion in a victory against No. 18 Butler. After falling to Seton Hall in overtime on Jan. 3, the Wildcats exacted revenge by obliterating the Pirates in a 80-54 statement game Monday.
Will ’Nova earn a No. 1 seed in the tournament come Selection Sunday? As long as the ’Cats keep doing what they’re doing, the committee has to give them serious consideration for a top spot.
Mountaineers Make Strides Call it the curse of my column. Last week, I highlighted Kansas’ dominance of the Big 12 in the past decade. Of course, right after that story dropped, the No. 8 Jayhawks (215, 10-3 Big 12) went on to lose their second conference matchup in four games. No. 23 West Virginia (20-6, 8-5 Big 12) upset Kansas on Tuesday in Morgantown thanks to a game-winning layup from senior point guard Juwan Staten. If you’re not yet familiar with Staten, now is the perfect time to get acquainted with WVU’s crafty, hard-nosed leader. The Dayton, Ohio, native is averaging 14.5 points and 4.6 assists per game and is a big reason why the Mountaineers are sitting pretty at No. 23 in the country and third in the Big 12. Staten and 6-foot-9 sophomore power forward Devin Williams (11 points per game, 8.1 rebounds
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Tark the Shark Just four days after the death of Dean Smith, college basketball lost another legendary coach. Jerry Tarkanian passed away Feb. 11 at the age of 84. Tarkanian, aka “Tark the Shark,” built the UNLV basketball program from the ground up. He took over as head coach of the Runnin’ Rebels in 1973 and went on to win 761 games, appear in four Final Fours and capture one national championship. The three best players from that 1990 national title team — Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon and Greg Anthony — all returned for their senior campaigns, a testament to how much they respected Coach Tark. Such a scenario would never happen in today’s college climate. Somehow, I just don’t see Karl Anthony-Towns, Willie Cauley-Stein and Devin Booker returning to Kentucky after this season — championship or not. There’s no denying Coach Tark’s iconic status. In his honor, the
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Villanova’s Darrun Hilliard tries to block the shot of Seton Hall’s Stephane Manga during the second half on Monday at The Pavilion. lights of the Las Vegas strip will dim this week. It’s one of the cooler tributes out there, one that in the past was also given to
the likes of Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy.
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Rice returning to form after absence BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
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Illinois’ Rayvonte Rice goes up for a layup against Michigan at State Farm Center on Thursday. Rice had missed the past nine games with injury and suspension.
With the score tied at 50 and less than 10 seconds left in the game, Spike Albrecht slapped the ball to start the Michigan inbounds play. Rayvonte Rice eyed Aubrey Dawkins. Dawkins, who had nine points already in the game, broke to the basket past Rice’s right side as Albrecht lofted a pass toward the lane from his spot at midcourt. Rice spun and trailed a step behind with his bandaged left hand swinging as he ran. The ball began to descend and Rice slid in front of Dawkins and rose in the air. When they came down, Rice had the ball and his third steal of the night. The Illinois men’s basketball team would go on to beat Michigan 64-52 in overtime Thursday, closing the game with a 21-2 run. Although Rice only managed four points in the game, his defensive play showed that Rice was both mentally and physi-
cally back from his injury. “He was great in lategame defensive situations,” head coach John Groce said. “I thought he was — what do the players call it — a dog on defense.” In his fi rst game back from both a broken bone in his left hand and a suspension for a violation of team rules, Rice took some time getting going offensively against the Wolverines. He missed multiple layups and his only 3-point attempt of the night didn’t even hit the rim. But Rice’s belowaverage shooting, 2-for-7 from the field, didn’t deter the senior guard from contributing in other areas. Rice pulled down five rebounds, seemingly always at key points in the game, and played stellar defense, despite picking up his fourth foul midway through the second half. “A lot of guys that are as talented as Ray, when you get back for your first game, would try to play out of char-
acter,” Groce said. “I thought he tried to fit in and tried to help us win, and boy did he do that.” After shaking off the rust against Michigan, Rice seemed noticeably improved offensively against Wisconsin on Sunday. He went 4-for12 in the game, finished with 10 of the Illini’s 49 points and grabbed four rebounds. “He’s getting his rhythm back,” senior center Nnanna Egwu said. “That’s all it takes. He’ll take another game to get even more of a rhythm and you can see he’s getting his groove back.” While Rice said he’s getting his confidence and conditioning back with every minute of game time, there has been one thing he’s struggled with since coming back: the bandage on his hand. “It’s noticeable,” Rice said. “But I’ve got to play through it and do what ever I have to do to help our team win.” When asked if he knows when he’ll be able to play
without the bandage, Rice said that decision would be up to the trainer. During Rice’s nine-game absence, sophomores Malcolm Hill and Kendrick Nunn stepped up to lead the Illini offensively. Hill had more than 25 points in two games over that span and seemed to take control of the offense with Rice, the team’s leading scorer before his injury, on the bench. With Rice back on the floor, the Illini have had to adjust offensively. Ever the team player, Rice said that he welcomes Hill and Nunn having bigger roles in the offense because it gives the Illini more options on that side of the ball. “That just makes us a better team,” Rice said. “We just need to find a balance. Once we do that, we’ll be a great team.”
Nicholas can be reached at fortin2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @IlliniSportsGuy.
Looking at quarterbacks for upcoming NFL draft beyond Mariota and Winston Falling Star: Brett Hundley — UCLA
CHRIS KENNEDY Sports Columnist
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he nation’s top college football players have descended upon Indianapolis this week for the NFL Scouting Combine. It’s a sign that the NFL Draft is coming, and the big event’s biggest question is Marcus Mariota or Jameis Winston? That will be endlessly analyzed over the coming weeks, but which quarterbacks are available behind the last two Heisman Trophy winners?
After last year’s draft, Brett Hundley was considered a can’t-miss prospect behind only Mariota and Winston. He had a chance to declare for the 2014 draft and seemed to be a sure-fire first round pick. That perception has changed and Hundley seems to be a Day 2 pick now. UCLA didn’t perform as well as it was projected to this year and Hundley’s stock has gone down. His biggest asset is his raw athleticism. The word on Hundley is that he has all of the physical tools to be a professional quarterback, but has trouble with
the decision-making necessary to succeed. Hundley will participate in all of the drills at this week’s combine. A strong showing could remind teams of his potential.
Spread Stat Machine: Bryce Petty – Baylor
During Senior Bowl practices, Bryce Petty told the media that he thinks he is the top quarterback prospect in the draft. Petty commanded the high-flying Baylor offense for two years and put up enormous numbers. But he has never run a pro-style offense, and there’s a question of how much of his success is due to Baylor’s system rather than his skill.
After his bold statement prior to the Senior Bowl, Petty didn’t really blow anyone away at the game, throwing for 123 yards and an interception. Scouts have said he struggles with covered receivers and facing pressure in the pocket. Both Petty and Winston met with Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh this week to prepare for the combine. Petty will need to show teams that he can run an NFL offense if he wants to move up from a spot in the mid-to-late rounds.
Chance for a Comeback: Connor Halliday – Washington State
Petty put up big numbers at Baylor, but Halliday set the NCAA passing record this season with 734 yards in a losing effort against California. Late in the season, though, Halliday suffered a gruesome leg injury that ended his college career. Halliday will be attending the combine, but he can’t participate in workouts. He could still be a seventh-round pick, but it will be difficult without a chance to impress scouts and prove he has recovered from his injury.
Dark Horse: Garrett Grayson – Colorado State
Grayson is considered the best quarterback pros-
pect from outside the Power 5 conferences in this year’s draft. He led the Rams to a 10-3 record last season, their best since 2000. Grayson was one of the most efficient quarterbacks in the county last year. He’s the all-time leader in passing yards at CSU and was the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year in 2014. Grayson will probably be a mid-to-late round pick, as he has trouble outside of the pocket, but he could improve his stock by showing off his arm at the combine.
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New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez signs autographs before the game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 23.
Alex Rodriguez apologizes to fans In a handwritten letter addressed “to the fans,” the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez expressed his regrets for the steroids circus that led to his full-season suspension by Major League Baseball in 2014. “I take full responsibility for the mistakes that led to my suspension (and) I regret that my actions made the situation worse than it needed to be,” A-Rod wrote in the letter, released Tuesday afternoon. “To Major League Baseball, the Yankees, the Stein-
brenner family, the Players Association and you, the fans, I can only say I’m sorry.” Yankees position players report to camp on Feb. 25, when Rodriguez will officially re-enter the Yankees’ universe after missing the entire 2014 season due to his involvement with steroids and the Biogenesis scandal. Rodriguez, 39, had sued MLB, the Yankees team physician and the players union in a vigorous defense and proclaimed he was not guilty of MLB’s charges of his involvement with Biogenesis and PEDs during a swaggering November, 2013 interview with WFAN’s Mike Francesa.
Banished wide receiver Josh Gordon is fighting the one-game suspension he received from the Browns at the end of last season because it would delay his free agency. The NFL Players Association has filed a non-injury grievance against the Browns over Gordon’s one-game suspension, ESPN reported Tuesday. A Browns spokesman said the team did not have a comment. Neither the NFLPA nor Gordon’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, immediately returned
messages. On Dec. 30, Browns general manager Ray Farmer said he expected Gordon’s camp to dispute the one-game suspension. “I’m pretty sure they probably will contest it, and from our perspective, it is what it is,” Farmer said. “And we’ll deal with that through the right channels.” The Browns suspended Gordon, whom the NFL banished for at least a year on Feb. 3, for their Dec. 28 season finale against the Baltimore Ravens because he did not attend the team’s walkthrough practice the previous morning.
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Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon just misses a long third quarter pass in front of Indianapolis’ Greg Toler on Dec. 7.
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Demolition crews remove the bleachers along Waveland Avenue at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Oct. 16.
Cubs oppose restraining order The Chicago Cubs asked a judge Tuesday to deny an emergency request from two rooftop businesses to temporarily stop construction at Wrigley Field. The team said in court papers the rooftop businesses — Lakeview Baseball Club and Skybox on Sheffield — haven’t provided any evidence that they will “suffer any harm over the next few days or weeks” to justify an emergency restraining order. A temporary restrain-
ing order is sought to prohibit someone from doing something, such as violating a contract, for a short time before a court decides whether to issue a preliminary injunction. In this case, the rooftop businesses sought a restraining order last week to halt the installation of video scoreboards and advertising at Wrigley Field that they argue would block their views into the stadium and destroy their operations. They say their views are guaranteed under a 20-year agreement with the team that was reached in 2004.
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