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Prussing victorious in mayoral primary BY CORINNE RUFF STAFF WRITER
Incumbent Laurel Prussing defeated candidate Les Stratton in the Urbana Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday with 65 percent of the vote. Prussing will move on to the mayoral election April 9 to face Republican Rex Bradfield in her third race as the Democratic candidate. “I am very happy, and I appreciate the people that actually turned out to vote,” she said. Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten said voter turnout was significantly lower than expected, possibly because of the rain and snow throughout the day. By the end of the day, only 9.7 percent of registered voters, or 1,994 people, voted. “I’m not sure why,” he said. “It may have been the weather. It may have been a number of different things.” Les Stratton said he was disappointed with the low voter turnout as he had gone door-to-door the day before to encourage residents to vote. “I was thinking it would have been a lot closer,” he said. “I ran a good campaign, a clean campaign. It was strictly (focused) on the issues, and it was up to voters to come out, and essentially, it was
a referendum for voters to decide how we spend money.” While he does not plan to run again for public office, Stratton said he would continue to address the public safety needs in the Lierman neighborhood, known for being a high-crime area, in any way the community needs him. “I’m 62, and I am not interested in making a career out of politics,” he said. “I made my attempt to help the MAYOR LAUREL Urbana community, and PRUSSING I was defeated. I can live with that.” Although Prussing said she was happy with her win, she said she is now shifting her focus to these next six weeks of campaigning. “I feel very tired,” she said. “You wonder how people do it for president. I started collecting signatures in November. ... It’s pretty intense.” Redevelopment of the Urbana Landmark Hotel swayed Urbana resident Car-
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Moderator Adam Joines stands between the candidates at the student trustee debate Tuesday evening in the Illini Union's Pine Lounge. Topics discussed ranged from student fees to a proposed renovation of Assembly Hall.
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An Assembly Hall security worker checks a student's bag as he enters Foellinger Auditorium on last year’s Unofficial St. Patrick's Day on March 4, 2011.
UI finalizing Unofficial security in lecture halls BY CHRISSY PAWLOWSKI STAFF WRITER
As Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day approaches, University police and the provost’s office are finalizing the list of lecture halls that will need security. Security will be present Friday in buildings with high capacity, including Foellinger Auditorium and the Lincoln Hall Theater, said Capt. Skip Frost of the University Police. “The whole idea with us is just to make sure it doesn’t get out of hand,” Frost said. “We want to make sure that, if people are going to enjoy the day, they take care of their classwork first, and there’s no disruptions.” John Marquardt, Assembly Hall event and safety coordinator, said Assembly Hall security has a contract with University police for Unofficial to ensure classrooms are kept under control. These security guards are not police officers,
but they will monitor the lectures and contact police if disciplinary action is needed. Marquardt added that Assembly Hall is not involved in the development of policy or enforcement tactics. Assembly Hall security will check bags or identification of disruptive students. Although beverages are not allowed in the auditoriums, security personnel will collect any beverage containers to ensure classrooms are alcohol-free. “We brief them what our expectations are ... to make sure nobody’s bringing in drinks and nobody’s causing major disruptions,” Frost said. “They have the ability to contact us directly, so we can address any behavioral issues in classrooms.” The classroom security procedures began a few years after the holiday was
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Assembly Hall renovation fee among candidates’ debate topics BY TYLER DAVIS STAFF WRITER
Financial issues facing both the University and current students dominated the debate among the candidates for student trustee hosted by the Illinois Student Senate and the Student Organization Resource Fee board Tuesday night. Six candidates are running for student trustee: Carey Ash, graduate student senator; Mike Cunningham, junior in LAS; LaDarius DuPree, junior in LAS; Ryan Gleason, junior in LAS; Shao Guo, vice president-internal of the Illinois Student Senate; and Brian Siegel, junior in media and student senator. The election for student trustee, who serves on the University’s board of trustees and shares a vote with the Springfield and Chicago campus student trustees,
will be held by online ballot on March 5-6. Cunningham said his longterm goal is to see a higher rate of employment for University graduates by utilizing the University’s alumni network. “I would want to bring (alumni) here, open it up for everyone who is an undergraduate to actually get their dream job,” Cunningham said. Siegel, a former Illini Media employee, said the state of Illinois is in debt to the University. He said the relationship between the state and the University needs to be strengthened, and funds should be made more readily available to the University. “All of the things and programs and everything we want to do to make the University better is going to take money,” he said.
Ash returned to this point later, explaining that the state is broke and cannot even pay its workers. He said he would like to bring all three University of Illinois campuses together to solve the system’s problems. “Waiting on the state of Illinois will get us nowhere,” Ash said. “The University of Illinois is independent of its own right, and though the state may sink, this ship will stay afloat.” The trustee candidates also voiced their opinions on a possible Assembly Hall renovation referendum question that asks for $25 per semester in student fees. Guo, sophomore in DGS, explained that he dislikes this referendum question, stating that Assembly Hall has not yet reported to the student senate where exactly these fees would go. This concerns Guo — if ISS does
not know where these fees are going, neither would the average student, he claimed. “It’s unacceptable for them not to come and talk about their budget, it’s unacceptable for them not to even come to the senate — not even broadcast on their website item-by-item on what our money would go towards,” Guo said. “Shame on them. Shame on Assembly Hall.” DuPree also had problems with the student fee, saying that Assembly Hall is fi ne the way it is. “They’re asking for the students to pay for it?” he asked. “That’s outrageous.” Gleason said the designs for the renovations look amazing, but the cost is too high for students. “To many students here who rely on loans, grants, that $50 means maybe one less book, that $50 means maybe one less night out — for what?” Gleason asked. “For a student that potentially doesn’t even attend Assembly Hall.”
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Assembly Hall fee would charge students $25 for 30 years BY LAUREN ROHR STAFF WRITER
The addition of a $25 Assembly Hall renovation fee for the next 30 years will have a place on the spring 2013 referendum. The Assembly Hall Student Referendum Committee received more than 3,300 signatures on its petition, meaning the question will appear on the March 5-6 ballot, said Adam Joines, chair of the Campus Student Election Commission. The commission has yet to fi nalize the language of the question. The committee will need a majority vote in favor of the fee in order for it to move forward. “We’re hoping that this is an issue that
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brings out more voters than normal,” said Claudia Christy, chair of the committee and sophomore in AHS. “Everyone should know what’s going on with the University, and the best way to voice your opinion about it is by voting.” If passed, the $25 fee will be evaluated by the Student Fee Advisory Committee, and the amount will be adjusted if necessary, said student trustee David Pileski. It will then be added, starting in fall 2014, to the general fee students pay every semester. Kent Brown, associate director of athletics, said University officials will take out a bond for the $160 million renovation. The funds from this fee would make up about
17 percent of the cost of the entire project, he said. The total cost of the project has not been disclosed to the public. “This is one of the largest construction projects that will ever be on this campus, and the students are a big part of the usage of that building, in terms of entertainment, athletics, concerts, graduation, all those types of events,” Brown said. “Students now have an opportunity to build a legacy of supporting an iconic building that everyone’s very proud of.” But some students believe that not enough communication has been relayed
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John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay, asks the audience at his lecture, "Who has an iPad?" while a student in the front row raises his tablet at Deloitte Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon. One of the main topics of the lecture was eBay's strides toward an increasingly mobile marketplace and its prominent position in the mobile device industry.
Kelly wins primary to replace Jackson Jr. SARA BURNETT AND SOPHIA TAREEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Former Illinois legislator Robin Kelly captured the Democratic nomination Tuesday in the race to replace disgraced ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., after a truncated campaign season where she got a boost from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s super PAC. The nomination all but assures that Kelly will sail through the April 9 general election and head to Washington, because the Chicago-area district is overwhelmingly Democratic. From a crowded field of Democratic contenders, Kelly emerged early as a leader on gun-control issues — a central theme during the race — which helped her win support from Bloomberg’s super PAC, Independence USA. It poured more than $2 million into the race by airing anti-gun ads in her favor and against another Democratic front runner, former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson, who unlike Kelly is against banning assault weapons. “We worked really, really hard,” Kelly, a former state representative from Matteson, a south Chicago suburb, told The Associated Press. “We were on the right side of the issue and our message resonated.” She defended the fi nancial support from Bloomburg, saying: “No one complains when the NRA was spending big money.” Halvorson conceded Tuesday evening, saying the outside money certainly played a roll. “It shows, unfortunately, you can’t go up against that big money. ... That’s the problem with super PACs,” Halvorson, who unsuccessfully challenged Jackson in a primary last year, told the AP. “There is nothing I could have done differently.” After casting her ballot earlier in the day, in the snowy weather that pelted the region Tuesday, Halvorson had warned that if the
ASSEMBLY HALL FROM PAGE 1A to the student body about the fee, especially with the date of the ballot approaching. Student senator Tom Pacey, junior in Business, said he feels that the committee has not informed students enough about the fee. Other than stating the $25 cost of the fee on the committee’s website and Facebook page, he said the committee has not informed students of the full impact of the fee. “To ask us to vote on this fee, which is going to be committing tens of millions of dollars from students over those 30 years, without us knowing more about it, is the wrong way to go about it,” Pacey said. In December 2011, the University board of trustees approved the selection of the architecture fi rm AECOM to complete the renovation. Now, the board will have to grant approval to move forward with design and construction phases, Brown said. He said if all goes well, construction would begin once the basketball season ends in March 2014. Renovations would be broken up into phases and would potentially be completed by November 2016, he said. The men’s and
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Former Illinois state Rep. Robin Kelly, a Democrat, asks for support from Kenta Finkley and Sallie Watson as she campaigns at an IHOP in Matteson, Ill., on Tuesday. Kelly won the primary to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress. ads were successful, Bloomberg would try to “buy seats” across the country. Another Democratic front runner, Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale, also took issue with the ads, saying people are “extremely upset” that someone from New York is trying to tell people in Illinois how to vote and predicting that there will be a “backlash.” A spokeswoman said Beale also conceded late Tuesday. Guns were a leading issue at candidate forums and email blasts from candidates, even as Jackson’s legal saga played out in court and frustrated voters who’ve seen two other congressmen in the office leave under an ethical or legal cloud. Jackson resigned in November, after a months-long medical leave for treatment of bipolar disorder and other issues, then pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges that accused him of
women’s basketball teams would not be displaced during construction. Improvements made to the facility will include new restrooms, new concession stands, better seating and more public gathering and concourse space, said Assembly Hall director Kevin Ullestad. An Orange Krush lounge will also be added for any student organization to use, and student fans will have seating on the floor for basketball games. And, with the addition of air conditioning, Assembly Hall will be open all year instead of being out-of-use during the summer, he said. Ullestad said officials looked at many other Big Ten universities’ athletic facilities — including facilities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Ohio State University and Penn State University — to determine Assembly Hall’s major defi ciencies in comparison. Unlike the athletic buildings at Purdue University and Indiana University, which are mostly used for basketball games, Assembly Hall is a multi-use facility, he said. “The entire building needs an update, really. That’s the essence of it,” Ullestad said. “It’s something that the student body should be very excited about because we’ll
misspending $750,000 in campaign money on lavish personal items, including a Rolex watch and fur coats. Jackson’s exit created a rare opening in a district where he was first elected in 1995. The primary featured 14 Democrats, including former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds, who held the seat in the 1990s but served prison time after being convicted of fraud and for having sex with an underage campaign volunteer. There were four Republicans on the ballot. Voters heading to the polls Tuesday indicated that guns, ethics and economic woes were on their minds. Mary Jo Higgins of south suburban Steger said she voted for Halvorson because the former congresswoman is “the only Democrat who believes in the Second Amendment.” But Country Club Hills minister Rosemary Gage said she vot-
URBANA FROM PAGE 1A rie May-Borich to support Prussing. “My mom worked on that hotel a long time ago when it was a beautiful hotel,” she said. “I’d really like to see it come back to life.” In the race for city clerk, incumbent Phyllis Clark defeated Robert
SECURITY FROM PAGE 1A created in 1996, when students and visitors to campus were especially disruptive, Frost said. “Years ago, we would have dozens of people highly intoxicated, running through the larger class venues or people bringing alcohol into the classrooms, people urinating in the aisle, people throwing up because of their level of intoxication,” he said. “So that really was kind of the beginning of when we started to reformulate.” Students such as Kimberly Jones, senior in business, said she has not noticed much disruption in her classes during her time at the University. “I would say that it has been very stagnant over the years,” Jones said. “The majority of people who actually attend class aren’t intoxicated.” Jones said the classrooms could always benefit from more security, but other areas on campus should be the primary focus.
ed for former state Rep. Robin Kelly because Kelly is “standing with (President Barack Obama) and trying to get rid of guns.” “It’s really bad in Chicago and across the country,” Gage said. “Too many children have died.” Election officials in the three counties covering the district reported no problems at the polls, even though voters and poll workers had to contend with a blustery mix of snow and sleet. Chicago’s Department of Streets and Sanitation deployed extra resources to keep polls accessible. Turnout at the polls was low, and election officials said the weather might have kept some voters on the fence at home. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for much of northern Illinois and streets and sanitation workers deployed extra resources to keep roads to polls clear. Michael Gatsche with 77 percent of the vote. Urbana resident Brenda Lynge said she voted for Clark because of her experience as city clerk. “I watched a debate with her and her opponent, and she was much more knowledgeable,” she said.
Corinne can be reached at cruff2@ dailyillini.com. “I think the bars and University residential housing could benefit a lot more,” she said. “Many of the underage students who drink will live in these halls and need more regulation than those that have their own apartment.” Jones said that while it’s not the primary responsibility of teachers to maintain order in the classroom, it should still be one of their concerns. “If teachers created an incentive, like having more tests that Friday, I think there would be less drinking, or it would at least stall pregaming,” she said. Frost said security will be placed in the classroom to ensure the event will not interfere with the institution. “It’s one thing to blow off class and attend a bar or go to a party,” he said. “(But) when you start messing with the academic arm of the institution, the institution is not going to react very favorably.”
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The producer of an Unofficial T-shirt design resembling Chief Illiniwek said his shirts couldn’t be printed because of complications with copyright. The design, an outline of the Chief with a headdress made of beer bottles, was originally available for purchase via Facebook. Elliot Rosenbaum, graduate of Ohio State University, had been coordinating printing and sales of the design, which he said was submitted to him by someone else, whom he would not name. Rosenbaum said he was told by the Collegiate Licensing Company, which represents the University, that Underground Printing in Champaign could not print the design. “A few weeks ago, we worked with the CLC, and they told us the shirt was approved, but they came back about a week ago and said it wasn’t,” Rosenbaum said. He said everyone who ordered a shirt was contacted via email about the change and a new shamrock design will be distributed on Thursday. Of about 100 shirts sold, he said the majority of customers did not ask for a refund. “The reality is there was no face on the design, and it was not anything compared to the actual profi le of the Chief shirt,” Rosenbaum said in reference to a design from last year’s Unoffi cial. “The last thing we wanted to do was offend anyone.” The T-shirt provoked students and some members of the Graduate Employees Organization to reach out to administration for action. “The design reinforces the stereotype that Native Americans have problems with alcohol,” said Juan Bernal, GEO member. “Regardless of whether or not you support the Chief, using the symbol to promote Unofficial is completely disrespectful.” Holly Bass, president of the
North American and Indigenous Student Organization UIUC chapter and freshman in ACES, said alcoholism is a serious issue in the Native American community and to have it portrayed on a T-shirt is offensive. “I think everyone stereotypes Native Americans,” she said. “They think they’re drunks and living off the government. Being part of nationally recognized Native American tribes and having several family members that are alcoholics, I guess the T-shirts are a touchy issue for me, seeing them portrayed like that.” Graduate student Katie Walkiewicz said she and a group of students came together by way of an email thread on the GEO listserv after taking offense to the original design. Their goal is to have a conversation with the administration about the climate on campus for Native American students, staff and faculty. “These continued reemergences of these Chief parodies and discussions really aren’t doing anything to say this campus is safe for Native people,” Walkeiwicz said. Carey Hawkins Ash, graduate student representative on the Illinois Student Senate and Student Trustee candidate, said he was concerned these T-shirts were symbolic of a greater movement to restore the Chief. “As citizens of this great nation, we all have First Amendment rights,” Ash said. “But anything that could bring harm to students on this campus is not something I can support. The Chief’s restoration means the suspension of our athletic teams.” Other T-shirts with Chief imagery have been printed, sold and distributed for Unoffi cial at unofficialshirts.com and other local businesses, such as Te Shurt.
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Officials warn against risky Unofficial behavior BY CARINA LEE STAFF WRITER
Local police department officials and University representatives encouraged students to be aware of the potential risks and consequences that go along with participating in Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day at a joint press conference Tuesday morning. At the press conference, Renee Romano, vice chancellor for student affairs, said the University is discouraging students from participating in the event, but if students choose to participate, they need to be aware of the consequences. She reminded students that they will be held for responsible for disruptive behavior as a result of alcohol or drug consumption, in accordance with the Student Code. “We communicate directly with students in a number of ways,” Romano said, referring to emails and other types of communication. “We encourage them to be safe.” Lt. Jim Clark of the Champaign Police Department said that 115 additional police officers will be on duty in the campus area March 1. “Our primary concern for Unofficial (on) Friday is dealing with public safety,” Clark said. He said there are three specific concerns that the department has about the event: pedestrian safety, private parties and private property damage. Clark said local police departments also launched a social media
campaign Monday, reaching out to students with safety messages. He said he is hoping to “blast the message out there to students that are following our Twitter feeds,” in an attempt to encourage the public to be safe. The Champaign Community Coalition held the first “Walk as One” event Feb. 20 to educate students about responsible drinking and Unofficial policies. “We knocked on about 2,900 doors distributing safety information,” Clark said. “In addition to knocking on the doors, we emailed that same information to about 15,000 people.” Champaign Police spokeswoman Rene Dunn said the University has been running a campaign to raise awareness about Unofficial, with the tagline “Think and rethink the drink.” Dunn said the campaign focuses on drinking responsibly during the event. Despite the fact that many Unofficial participants do not attend the University, Romano said they will still be subject to the same policies as University students. “Over the years, consistently 60-65 percent of those arrested or receiving notices to appear have not been our students,” she said. “However, the University does use whatever systems we have in place, such as our judicial system.”
Carina can be reached at lee713@ dailyillini.com.
Urbana places restrictions on bars during Unofficial DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing released an emergency order Tuesday regarding Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day. The order, which will be in effect March 1 and 2, stems from Prussing’s belief that the event may constitute a threat to the public health, safety and welfare to members of the public participating in the event. The order places three restrictions on Urbana bars during the event: Q Licensees may not serve or permit the possession or consumption of alcohol on its prem-
ises between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. March 1. Q Licensees may not serve pitchers of alcoholic liquor between 11 a.m. March 1 and 2:30 a.m. March 2. Q Licensees may not serve alcohol in glass or metal containers between 11 a.m. March 1 and 2:30 a.m. March 2. Last year, the event resulted in the issuance of 310 notices in both Champaign and Urbana for sale of liquor to minors, underage consumption of liquor and other charges. Numerous participants were treated in hospitals for alcohol intoxication and other injuries sustained.
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Congress should take immediate action to avoid sequester
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e’ve been here before. In terms of buzzwords for federal financial crises, “sequestration” is a whole lot less visual than the “debt ceiling” of summer 2011 and the “fiscal cliff” of fall 2012. But in terms of importance and danger of real, measurable consequences, Friday’s impending sequester is an incredibly important moment to pay attention to. Unless Congress takes action, either by way of a two-party deal or an acceptance of one of the party’s plans — both of which are basically understood to be doomed to fail — the White House must follow through with a previously imposed law to force $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts. On paper, this means a 5 percent federal budget cut for nonmilitary programs, and an 8 percent cut for defense spending over the full fiscal year, according to The New York Times. However, the White House Office of Management and Budget estimates the cuts could actually amount to as much as 9 percent for domestic programs and 13 percent for military spending. In addition, the law does not allow for the cuts to be differentiated between programs and projects — meaning those that are of benefit to a community, state or the country will be slashed at the same rate as those which have been deemed ineffective. These cuts are too much all at once, and it doesn’t have to be this way. But because political theater has been the name of the game in Congress for the past two years, real conversations have been left off the House and Senate floors in favor of dramatic, often inaccurate, rhetoric that wastes both time and resources. The immediacy of the sequester could be felt as early as next week; should no plan win in Congress and no compromise be made by leaders, the first to feel the blow will be the unemployed, as unemployment checks will go out next Friday. These checks may be reduced by 9.4 percent. Doctors with patients on Medicare will also see reduced federal funds as soon as mid-March. In April, it is estimated that the Defense Department’s civilian workforce will start taking furlough days, while other federal workers will have already seen the trend in many industries. And to top it all off, the threat of another government shutdown is looming. The sequester is a result of congressmen putting politics over progress for far too long. Though the Democrats should, in theory, have the upper hand in the sequestration equation, they repeatedly let themselves get undercut by arguments against tax hikes. But the reality is Democratic majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has a plan that is much more logical: freeze the sequester until the end of the year and find ways to make gradual cuts by a combination of spending cuts and tax increases. The sad fact, however, is that partisan politics will once again let this plan go out and fight to the death with the Republican plan in one corner and the Obama administration’s in the other. Even though this new Congress started out with promise of being less argumentative and partisan, the same old faces have kept the same old political theater alive. And no one wins.
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So it took the senseless massacre last December of 20 children and six teachers at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., for me — and, sadly, for most Americans — to remember that our country has a serious gun problem. Within 24 hours of the shooting, there were over 100,000 signatures on a White House petition to consider new gun control laws. The president quickly announced the formation of a task force to develop stronger anti-firearm legislation, but even after congressional hearings and substantive data proving that stricter gun control works, it seems unlikely that anything truly transformational will pass. For this sad state of affairs I blame the gun-crazed simpletons out there, most of whom are unwilling to admit that their unerring worship of the Second Amendment is just as hazardous to the good of the public as the AR-15’s they love to collect. They’ll go to any length to keep the hands of jack-booted government thugs off their guns. NRA spokesman Wayne LaPierre actually insinuated after Sandy Hook that the police were untrustworthy and unnecessary and that civilians should keep themselves armed at all times rather than simply rely on law enforcement. “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Would you rather have your 911 call bring a good guy with a gun from a mile away ... or a minute away?” This, my friends, is the “Die Hard” mentality. This is why, every year, 30,000 people will continue to die while looking down the barrel of a gun. This is why it will only get worse.
ere we go again. It seems that people don’t get results on this campus until they are forced to threaten to strike. It’s actually quite ridiculous, but more so annoying. On last Wednesday, I was wandering out of Allen Hall after lunch when I was approached by students trying to explain the current problem of the Service Employees International Union Local 73. They invited me to a meeting that would be held that Saturday. Representatives and University employees of the SEIU would be there to discuss their current dilemma and how students could help. As a journalist and a concerned resident of University Housing, I made it my mission to go to this meeting. I was also shocked that only three students set out with the same intentions. Not only did I meet Paula and David Goodwin, a lovely couple trying to make an honest living, I met two Facilities and Services workers who care about and love the students of this university. They take pride in their contribution to the campus’ successful operation. And they should. This campus wouldn’t work as smoothly without them. Think about it. It is truly the Building Service workers, Food and Service workers and the workers of Facilities and Services that make this University go ’round. Eight hundred SEIU members cook the food we eat, clean the halls we live in and shovel the snow that often plagues us. Their duties are not limited to this short list, and most times they go above and beyond; but for whatever reason, they can’t seem to receive a fair contract. Currently, the University is offering to place the SEIU back on the Campus Wage Program after they decided to leave in the 2010-11 school year. The program provides “a flat rate percentage increase,” in order to compensate for inflation. However, the past has shown the program to be unstable. The SEIU was placed on the campus wage program in the 2008-09 school year and also received a raise. The following year, the SEIU did not receive a raise and, as a result, decided to leave the program during the 2010-11 year. In the 2011-12 academic year, the SEIU had already left the program, but still received the salary increase because it was higher than the SEIU negotiated base rate. The Daily Illini reported earlier this month that the union left the campus wage program to better negotiate a higher wage for union workers. They would opt for a base rate percentage increase. Whichever was higher at the time — the campus wage or the base rate — would be the one they would choose. Ricky Baldwin, chief negotiator for Local 73, said earlier this month to The Daily Illini that the campus wage program continues to be a problem because of the rising costs in health care, pension costs and uncertainty as past incidents have shown. This reminds me of the Goodwins, who dedicate their lives to this University. Paula Goodwin mentioned that even through the salary increase, she managed to bring home $2,000 less in earnings after the benefit and tax deductions. They have to choose their vacation and sick days wisely and can only work full time during the academic year. And though the school year ends, workers still have to make ends meet. However, Mrs. Goodwin mentioned that many employers refrain from hiring temporary University employees during the summer. The Goodwins also mentioned that the University tends to pay 20 percent more to private contractors for the same work they do. And often times they have to redo that work. It seems that it would be a no brainer for the University to offer a proposal that is decent and fair. These employees have earned it. They sure have made my college life easier. Having the luxury of someone cooking for me, cleaning my bathroom, shoveling walkways is something that I appreciate. And not only do they do all of this, they do it with it a smile. The SEIU have filed its intent to strike, but it honestly shouldn’t have to go that far. The University should immediately offer these workers a fair and livable contract. If they worked as hard at negotiating fair contracts with their lower-level employees, they wouldn’t always be faced with their employees striking back. They also wouldn’t have to learn the same lesson repeatedly. It’s time for this University to pass the test.
Adam is a freshman in LAS. He can be reached at ajsmit11@dailyillini.com.
Ta’les is a senior in Media. She can be reached at tllove2@dailyillini.com.
Equality should extend to football ADAM HUSKA Opinions columnist
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en are typically stronger than women: true. This should affect women’s opportunities: false. And what better way to prove it than on the football field against 11-year-old Caroline Pla. But as of her second season on the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Catholic Youth Organization’s football team, she is being told it will be her last. The church says it’s a safety issue, that the decision is justified because the CYO handbook reserves single-sex contact sports for males. Well, apparently that only applies when a female brings some competition into a male-dominated sport. In a country that publicizes athletics left and right and boasts the accomplishments of both male and female athletes, I would think Pla wouldn’t have a problem. Especially since the implementation of Title IX in 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities, in this case football. This is the same law that opened up athletic and academic opportunities for female athletes at the University. But here’s the catch: the law only applies if the program or activity receives federal financial assistance. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is a participant in the federal government’s National School Lunch Program. Pla is legally entitled to play. In a country that has recently allowed women to serve in direct
combat, I would think that women would be given a little more credit for their abilities. Women enlisting in the military do so voluntarily and with conscious acceptance of the risks and conditions. The case is no different for Pla, who deliberately chose to play on the CYO football team. Her parents signed off on both concussion and sudden cardiac arrest waivers and paid registration fees, and Pla explicitly indicated her gender on forms — the exact same process completed by her male teammates. Fact is, this girl is competing on the same playing field and enduring the same bruises and scratches as her male teammates — and doing so successfully. Frankly, I think this 11-year-old has the archdiocese stumped. She isn’t seeking something like priesthood that the Roman Catholic Church explicitly prohibits, just a spot on the team. She’s testing the boundaries of women’s abilities and participation in the Roman Catholic Church — through athletics. Pla is very much fighting for something beyond the ranges of the football field — equal opportunity. This is more than saying some sports are too dangerous for women. It’s implying that somehow, a woman’s agility or talent can’t make up for her lack of physical strength. That there’s minimal consideration of safety when a bunch of boys run out on the field tackling each other with full force, but when a girl is involved the safety concerns increase five times over. That when girls try to test the gender barriers set by men, we doubt their efficacy and are skeptical about their well-being.
When the sport involves grace and lack of apparent harm, we have no problem with women playing sports. But as soon as it involves contact, aggressiveness and confrontation — so-called “unfeminine” attributes — the excuses and concerns pour in. And let me remind you that we aren’t talking about the NFL; we’re talking about an 11-yearold’s church-sponsored football team. We’re talking about an 11-year-old girl that is nearly the same physical size as her teammates, if not bigger. Just let the girl play. If safety was really the problem, the archdiocese wouldn’t be promoting youth football, period. And if rules were really the problem, the archdiocese wouldn’t have let Pla participate on the team her first season. If the archdiocese wants to make a progressive and egalitarian decision, it’ll let Pla play. I get it; competition comes with risks. Some that may disproportionately affect a girl as compared to a boy. But Pla is just a young girl looking to continue a sport she fell in love with at age 3. A sport with apparent risks that she has confronted and tackled before. And although competition is important, so is cooperation. So are the valuable lessons that can be learned by young boys who think girls can’t take up the same tasks as them or, at the bare minimum, think that girls have cooties. To many of you, it’s just a game. To Pla, it’s her passion. And to others, it’s a real touchdown for equality.
Adam is a junior in ACES. He can be reached at huska1@dailyilini.com.
Gun violence needs to die hard ADAM SMITH Opinions columnist
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you want to know why Congress will never pass substantive gun legislation, look no further than your local multiplex. A few weeks ago, when I took a friend to see “Silver Linings Playbook” — an outstanding motion picture, by the by — I had the particular misfortune of having to be subjected to the first trailer for “A Good Day to Die Hard,” the fifth installment of Bruce Willis’ “Die Hard” series. Just as in the previous films, it features Willis as a lone ranger charged with eliminating a grave threat to the safety of the United States with nothing but a cadre of weaponry — my God, were there guns. Assault rifles. Rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Pistols. Shotguns. Car bombs. Helicopters strapped to the gills. On its opening weekend, despite reviews that could only be characterized as god-awful (the Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern artfully characterized the film as a “neardeath experience”), “A Good Day” opened with a box office-leading $29.3 million its opening weekend. Typical. We don’t have patience for a real story. We’re not appreciative of cinematographic nuances or intricate plots. Nah, we just want to see things blown to pieces. Don’t get me wrong, though. I’m an 18-year-old, red-blooded, somewhat manly man. I thoroughly enjoy watching “Pulp Fiction” or “Kill Bill” and seeing absurd amounts of blood splatter across my television
screen. A quiet boys’ night in with my buddies normally entails playing quite a few rounds of the ultrapopular, ultra-violent “Call of Duty” Zombies game mode, in which teams work to eradicate seemingly unending hordes of the undead. And I’m smart enough (at least, I think I am) to realize that movies and video games aren’t to blame for the more than 30,000 people killed by guns every year. But I’ve found that our collective American identity, for whatever reason, has always relied on a particularly dangerous perception of ourselves as the world’s John Wayne — as rebellious cowboys, whose desires for wealth and power are only matched by our collective thirst for violence. That temperament sets us apart from everybody else, and it’s an inalienable part of our socalled American exceptionalism. We think we’re really, really special. We’re special enough, in fact, to own 300 million firearms while being the only country in the world with a constitutionally guaranteed right to virtually unregulated gun ownership. We believe ourselves to be the greatest nation man has ever seen, and we’re ranked first in the world in guns per capita and second in firearm homicide rate and assault deaths only to our favorite drug-smuggling neighbor, Mexico — a nation essentially governed by its cartels and exceedingly corrupt military. On average, about 3.6 Americans die every hour by gunfire. But I have yet to be affected by guns. Like many of my classmates, I grew up in a safe, quiet, tree-laden suburb of Chicago. I never witnessed gang violence, I never heard of a murder in my neighborhood — I’ve still yet to even hold a .38 Special.
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Get closer to dream beach body before spring break BY TAYLOR ELLIS STAFF WRITER
Between getting into the swing of a new class schedule and applying for summer internships, it’s easy for spring break to sneak up on some students. This often means getting in shape for vacation is put on the back burner until a few weeks before hitting the beach. For those who haven’t been doing Insanity videos since October in preparation, here’s some advice on how to get a little closer to your dream beach body before March 15. When it comes to working out and dieting for spring break, both must be done in moderation. Even if you have slacked a bit on your pre-spring break routine, starving yourself and working out like a maniac to make up for it could come with health risks. When dieting for spring break, Jeanette Andrade, a registered dietician at the University, explained that a simple healthy diet is the best way to go — even though that’s not what everyone likes to hear. Andrade explained that fad diets and cleanses will only keep the weight off for a certain amount of time. Instead of attempting these solutions, it’s best to reduce portion sizes and make sure you’re not eating a high amount of salt or fat, she said. It’s also important to remember that reducing portion sizes can be overdone. Even on a healthy diet, it is possible to not eat enough on that diet. “For example, if you’re eating 2,000 calories per day and then you’re going to start only eating 400 calories per day, that’s not enough to sustain your body,” Andrade said. Some people also believe that completely cutting out carbohydrates is an effective method for losing weight before spring break. Andrade explained this isn’t actually the case because our bodies need carbohydrates in order to maintain a balanced diet. Foods such as fruit, whole wheat bread, brown rice, whole wheat pasta and cereals that contain fiber shouldn’t be cut out of diets because they contain complex car-
bohydrates that are beneficial. It’s recommended to lose only two to three pounds per week to maintain a healthy lifestyle. So, with only a few weeks to go until spring break, it’s not realistic to think you’re going to lose an extreme amount of weight before your vacation. “If you’re shooting to lose 20 pounds in two weeks, it’s probably not going to happen,” Andrade said. Working out must also be done in moderation in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle. “You can’t really go too hard on yourself in a short amount of time because it’s not healthy,” said Gina Jenero, first-year law student at the University. Jenero has maintained an active lifestyle since a young age, with intense workouts starting in high school. In terms of working out, Jenero recommends doing cardio and working with weights in order to see results quickly. Typically, it’s best to do cardio for a substantial amount of time, even if it means you have to alternate between running and walking on a treadmill, according to Jenero, who works out five times per week. For weight lifting, using a small amount of weight with a lot of repetitions can maximize results. However, it’s important to remember to alternate between different types of exercises, said Arielle Penuelas, senior in AHS and personal trainer at the ARC. “You’ll see a plateau after a while if you keep doing the same things consistently and that’s just because of muscle memory,” Penuelas said. “Your muscles will remember what you’re doing and won’t benefit from the work out.” To avoid this, switching between alternate forms of cardio and working different muscles is recommended. Jenero explained that she tends to choose a specific part of her body to target each time she makes a trip to the gym. Recently, Jenero has noticed trends such as CrossFit and yoga being used in preparation for spring break. “I know a lot of people who are doing yoga and that’s great because it really relaxes your
muscles and stretches them out,” Jenero said. “I would definitely recommend yoga, especially for those girls who feel like they need to work out more than once in a day.” The one downside to getting into shape during this time of year is the crowds at the ARC and CRCE. Specifically, many students tend to work out between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. because it’s after class and before dinner. In order to get an efficient workout in without becoming frustrated with a packed gym, Jenero explains that “you might have to consider waking up early or going to the gym during your lunch time instead of hitting the gym after class.” After working hard to follow a diet and exercise plan prior to spring break, Penuelas said you don’t have to let the entire thing fall apart during break. “When people are on vacation, they typically don’t think they can work out because they don’t have the facilities they’re used to,” Penuelas said. “But there’s a ton of body weight exercises that you can do such as lunges, push-ups, calf raises — there’s body weight exercises for every part of your body.” In addition to body weight exercises, vacationers can utilize the beach for running or a swimming pool for laps. To stay away from bloating while on vacation, foods that are high in salt as well as alcohol consumption should be avoided. Andrade explained that if you can’t avoid drinking alcohol, it’s best to make sure that “you’re eating while drinking alcohol and that you’re not drinking to excess.” By following a healthy diet while creating a workout plan for yourself, it’s possible to shed a few pounds before spring break but it is probably too late for drastic change. “With three weeks left, it’s not an ideal amount of time left to get in great shape,” Penuelas said. “However, you can definitely make a difference within that time.”
The 4 personality traits you need to get a date (and 3 traits to avoid) STAFF WRITER
Attraction. It’s a funny thing. Some people are attracted to the tall, dark, handsome type. Others prefer the comedians, and still others see something in the athlete, the hipster, the nerd or the rebel. Attraction is more than simply who has a crush on whom, however, and psychologists have developed a number of theories behind what makes a person attractive. Multiple factors play into the reason why some are more attractive than others, as well as the different components involved when choosing a partner.
The four personality traits of global desire In a study of over 10,000 peo men and women from six continents, researchers asked participants what traits they find most attractive in a potential partner, said Marie Heffernan, doctoral candidate in personality psychology at the University. The first trait people said they wanted was mutual love or attraction. The second was dependable character. The third was emotional stability or maturity, and the fourth was a pleasing disposition. Based on this research, it appears as though people are attracted to the “nice guys” and that it isn’t necessarily the “bad boy” or rebel who gets the partner, she said. “I think what really matters is just if you guys make each other happy,” said Abigail Durkin, junior in LAS. “I’ve dated guys just because I thought they were good-looking or I liked their style or something, but we didn’t actually get along that well, and those ended pretty quick.”
Physical appearance vs. personality “Physical attractiveness is often the first thing that pops out at you because it’s the most immediately accessible piece of information about somebody,” Heffernan said. However, after the initial attraction, personality is important to determine how happy people are in relationships. People tend to be more satisfied in their relationship
if their partner is high on agreeableness, is emotionally stable, and doesn’t have extreme changes in emotions, she said. “I think physical attraction is a lot of times more important to younger people because they’re thinking more short-term,” said Taylor Ventress, senior in Engineering. “But when you’re older, you’re more mature about it, I guess, and don’t care as much about looks.”
The familiarity effect According to this theory, individuals tend to like people who are physically close to them or whom they see more frequently, Heffernan said. “We tend to like familiar stimuli more than unfamiliar stimuli, and that holds for our attractiveness rating of our peers.” Various research supports this theory, specifically a study in which researchers had a group pretending to be students attend a class 15 times over the course of a semester and a second group of students attend only five times. When researchers had the class’s actual students rate the actors on their attractiveness, those who attended more frequently were rated as more attractive. “So we tend to like people who we’re more familiar with is the bottom line with that,” she said.
Birds of a feather vs. opposites attract There are two “lay theories” of attraction that involve competing ideas, Heffernan said. One is that people are attracted to those who are similar to them, and the other is that people like those who are opposite of them. Research supports the similarity — or “birds of a feather” — hypothesis, which involves variables such as demographic characteristics, level of education and similar attractiveness. “You and your boyfriend or girlfriend have to be pretty similar, because if you have nothing in common it’s pretty hard to do stuff together,” said Jenna O’Malley, sophomore in Education. “But I think you also have to have differences so you can have time to get away from
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Menstrual cycles affect what women find attractive In a study that manipulated male faces on a computer, researchers found that when women are in the ovulation stage of their menstrual cycle, they rate more masculine faces as more attractive than more feminine-looking male faces, Heffernan said. However, when women are not ovulating, they prefer more feminine-looking male faces. This probably has something to do with survival of the fittest, and the idea that more masculinelooking men are healthier or would produce healthier kids, Heffernan said.
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The dark triad of personality: Three less attractive traits The dark triad of personality is made up of narcissism, M ach i avel l i a n ism a nd psychopathy, Heffernan said. Narcissists tend to be attention-seeking, vain, arrogant and charming, she said. “They also tend to be rather physically attractive because they’re very good at presenting themselves — they dress smartly and make themselves up nicer than non-narcissists,” Heffernan said. Machiavellianism “involves callused emotional detachment,” she said. Machiavellians are calculating and manipulative. Psycopathy involves being emotionally cold, manipulative, thrill-seeking and anti-social. In a study on the dark triad, researchers found that in general people did not find any of these traits attractive. But how might one explain the “bad boy” phenomenon? “That study might suggest that people aren’t very attracted to bad boys if they’re thinking about it,” Heffernan said. “So, if they’re told, ‘Here’s what this guy’s like, are you attracted to him?’ then they might not be attracted to that person.” However, of the three, narcissism was considered most attractive. “Yeah, when you say narcissist I definitely wouldn’t say I’m attracted to that,” said Maddie Lloyd, junior in LAS. “But at the same time guys who are confident are really attractive, they know how to be smooth, so that might be why.”
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This martini is festive simply for its bright green color. Especially if you’re not a beer drinker, this sweet concoction is something to sip on if you’re celebrating in a more low-key way.
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Honorable mentions Matt Crook (hockey) — The sophomore forward recorded the first two goals of his career, aiding the Illinois’ weekend sweep of Eastern Michigan. David Kerian (baseball) — The sophomore went .571 and recorded four RBIs this weekend, including a 4-for-4 day Friday.
OF THE WEEK Ashley Spencer
The sophomore took home two individual titles at the Big Ten Championships, leading Illinois women’s track and field to a championship BY DAN ESCALONA STAFF WRITER
Editor’s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down Sunday nights and decides which Illinois athlete or coach is our Illini of the Week. Student-athletes and coaches are evaluated by individual performance and contribution to team success.
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ith the Illinois women’s track and field team clinging to the slimmest of leads over Nebraska, the Big Ten Championship title was on the line in the 4x400 meter relay. It was then, on the indoor track in Geneva, Ohio, that Ashley Spencer calmly awaited her turn to anchor the relay on the race’s final 400 meters. “We knew what was at stake,” Spencer said. “The girls on this team really excel in that event, and we were all confident prior.” Spencer’s fellow sprinters — Asia Thomas, Morolake Akinosun and Marissa Golliday — all ran strong legs to give the Illini the lead before the baton was handed off to Spencer. And 400 meters later, Spencer zoomed past the finish line with a Big Ten Indoor title, a school record time of 3:30 and the team’s first conference title since 1996 in tow. It was Spencer’s third title of the day, following title-winning performances in the 200-meter and 400-meter dash.
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Freshman Goldstein catches on quick for Hartleb’s squad BY JAMAL COLLIER STAFF WRITER
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hey weren’t the ideal conditions for baseball — cold and windy with the temperature hovering around 30 degrees — and being outdoors in those conditions usually isn’t the way to spend one’s 90th birthday. But Alvin Goldstein was having a blast. He was flown out from his home in Highland Park, Ill., for his birthday to see his grandson play his fi rst collegiate game. When the cold got too much for him, he made his way into the pressbox in Cookeville, Tenn., and found members of the Illinois sports information department. With a wide smile on his face, he talked about how proud he was of his grandson, Illinois starting catcher Jason Goldstein. It was the perfect way for Alvin to spend his birthday, and watching Goldstein get his fi rst career hit was even better than the steakhouse the family would dine at later. “Ever since I was in T-Ball, he’s been my No. 1 fan,” the freshman Goldstein said. “He had an awesome time, and it’s something he really likes.” Alvin and the rest of Goldstein’s family plan on making the trip to every home game for Illinois and most Big Ten road games. That’s one of the main reasons one of the highest-rated prospects head coach Dan Hartleb has ever recruited decided to come to Illinois. The 6-foot, 190-pound Goldstein was ranked the No. 4 catcher in the country by Perfect Game
and turned down offers from Duke and other schools to play at Illinois. Goldstein has all the tools to be a big-time catcher at Illinois. He’s a little undersized with a strong build, and his arm has always been one of his strengths. He is 2-for-5 catching runners this season. He’s expected to follow in the line of great catchers at Illinois that end up going high in the MLB amateur draft, including third-round draft picks Chris Robinson and Lars Davis in 2005 and 2007, respectively, and Adam Davis, who went to the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 2011 draft. Goldstein knew about the history of Illini catchers when he made his decision, and he knew Hartleb was a former catcher himself who’s helped guide and coach these catchers to success. It starts in the way Illinois runs practice. Whether they’re working on cut-off drills or live batting practice, catchers have to control the base paths because runners are in motion with every pitch. The catchers have to balance that with controlling and working with the pitching staff. It may be one of the most physically and mentally taxing positions in baseball, and then they’re expected to pick up a bat and produce at the plate. Goldstein’s not expected to hit .394 like he did during his career at Highland Park; he’s started the season hitting .182. He said he’s barely even been able to focus on his own batting
“He has a great feel for what we’re trying to accomplish on the field.”
yler Griffey trucks upward, one arm clutching a basketball under T his armpit while the other swings at his side, his feet ascending step by step to the concourse between the A and B sections of Assembly Hall.
“You ready for this?” the senior forward shouts in his rebounder’s direction. Freshman guard Mike LaTulip swivels his head around as Griffey rears back and hurls the ball at the basket like a quarterback. The gym stops. The few managers taping down the floor lock their eyes on the soaring ball, which almost magnetically draws more spectators as it moves across its plane, edging toward the basket. It misses off the far end of the rim but was dangerously close to swishing through the net. The spectators’ disappointment begs Griffey to try again.
“You’re not, not staying up there,” LaTulip shouts back, as a smile cracks his face. Griffey is relishing the moment while he can. It’s Tuesday, three practices before his fi nal game at Assembly Hall, and he’s exploring the range of the building. LaTulip can’t help himself. He climbs up the steps and joins his fellow sharpshooter, chucking balls at the hoop as the rest of the players fi le out onto the court. A little fun would do Griffey some good. He needs to take his mind off things. Before Tuesday, Griffey hadn’t given much thought to graduation. Now it’s all anybody wants to talk about. The Illini men’s basketball team hadn’t even started its afternoon practice, yet three people had already asked for Griffey’s response to playing the fi nal home game of his Illinois career. “I think I can speak for the rest of the fellow seniors, we’re just concentrated on get-
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DAN HARTLEB, Illinois head coach
numbers because he’s been so focused on handling the pitching staff. Still, Harlteb is impressed with how wise his newest catcher is so early in his career. He asks so many questions. Questions he usually knows the answer to. Hartleb keeps a detailed score sheet of both teams to help him track the game. Goldstein will come up to him during the game and ask where the opposing team is in the lineup, and he can usually guess exactly where and know what the batter did last time and on what pitch. “Those things are the little things I’ve been impressed with because sometimes guys don’t get that until they’re gone and are in professional baseball,” Hartleb said. “It’s not pulling teeth trying to get him to do it.” The catchers call the pitches at Illinois because Hartleb
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TYLER GRIFFEY power forward
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Illinois’ Tyler Griffey dunks the ball to finish off the fast break during Illinois’ win over Purdue at Assembly Hall on Feb. 13. As Griffey nears the end of his Illinois career, he reminisced about his favorite moments.
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Women’s basketball team struggles finishing games Bollant: Illinois hasn’t taken advantage of its opponents’ turnovers BY MICHAEL WONSOVER STAFF WRITER
With only two games remaining in the regular season for the Illinois women’s basketball team, the final product of the team is starting to take shape. What was once an erratic rotation filled with injuries and a first-semester suspension by senior guard Adrienne GodBold appears to have found its identity at the right time. The Illini are 10-5 since GodBold returned to the lineup Dec. 28, after starting 6-5 without her. Even with the recent success, Illinois still has some concerning trends it must improve on heading into postseason play.
Finishing games Currently tied for third place in the Big Ten, there is not much for Illinois to complain about, but head coach Matt Bollant has recently been disturbed by an ongoing problem for the Illini: blown leads and poor second halves. Illinois is 0-5 in games decided by four points or less, making up for half of its 10 losses on the season. In all five of those games, Illinois led at some point during the second half. In Illinois’ last three home games, the second half was closer than Bollant would have liked. On Feb. 10 against Minnesota, Illinois blew a ninepoint second-half lead as the game was tied with 5:54 left. After holding the Golden Gophers to 30.4 percent shooting in the first half, Minnesota went on to shoot 60.7 percent in the second half. But the Illini ended the game on an 18-8 run to win. During the team’s next game against Wisconsin, Illinois led by as many as 14 points in the second half, but the Badgers managed to cut the deficit to
three with 10:11 remaining in the contest. On Saturday against Indiana, Illinois saw its 14-point lead cut to six after the Hoosiers upped its field-goal percentage to 51.9 percent in the second half after shooting only 37.5 percent from the field in the first half. The Illini went on to win all three contests, but Bollant realizes his team must improve in this area. “We struggle with leads, honestly, a little bit,� Bollant said after the win against Indiana. “Start of the second half, I was not pleased with that. I think we get caught up in the end result and we forget how we built that lead. The first half, probably for 15-16 minutes, we were the most aggressive. And then the start of the second half, we just weren’t very aggressive to start. I’m not really sure why that is, but we need to be better in those situations.�
Missed opportunities Even Illinois’ biggest strength has had a weakness recently. Illinois forces 24.0 turnovers per game, ranking first in the conference. It also leads the Big Ten in steals per game (12.8) and turnover margin (plus-5.31). Despite those statistics, Illinois has recently struggled to capitalize on its opponents’ mistakes. In its past two games, Illinois has forced 29 turnovers against Penn State and 25 against Indiana. Although Illinois turned the ball over just 20 times against Penn State and 14 times against Indiana, its opponents have scored more points off the turnovers. Illinois’ opponents in the past two games have a 44-41 advantage in points off turnovers, even though Illinois has committed 20 fewer turnovers in the stretch. “We haven’t always taken advantage (of scoring off of turnovers),� Bollant said. “We missed a bunch of layups. Probably four layups (against Indiana) were wide-open. I think we got a little hurried and didn’t jump up toward the rim and we shot it a little bit long. We gotta be able to convert those. A couple chances we blew out there. We had momentum going, and then we missed a layup and kinda let the momentum go as well.�
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Illinois’ Adrienne GodBold rises for a shot during the Illinois’ win over Indiana on Saturday at Assembly Hall.
Illini hockey players receive CSCHL awards BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER
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Texas Rangers’ Elvis Andrus, right, is tagged out by Chicago White Sox shortstop Steve Tolleson, left, as he tried to steal second during an exhibition spring training baseball game Tuesday in Surprise, Ariz.
Darvish throwing hard despite Rangers’ 14-8 loss to White Sox Darvish said through a translator. “Getting along and communicating with my teammates, I feel very comfortable with it this year.� Manager Ron Washington described this as a “relaxing spring� for Darvish. “He’s just being a part of things more,� Washington said. “He doesn’t stand out as much as he did last year, which is a good thing. That means he’s blending in with the rest of his teammates. In that respect, it should help.� Nestor Molina and Brian Omogrosso, the first two White Sox pitchers, both had two shutout innings. Omogrosso is in the mix for a possible spot in the Chicago bullpen. Chicago scored six runs in the third off 20-year-old Cody Buckel. The right-hander, the top minor league pitcher in the Rangers organization last year, walked five of the seven batters he faced. Evan Meek, in Rangers camp on a minor league contract, allowed five runs and five hits and got only two outs in the fourth. Buckel was also hurt by an error when a liner ricocheted off the glove of third baseman Mike Olt, who later hit a two-run homer. After throwing two balls to start the game, Darvish threw two strikes before getting leadoff hitter Dewayne Wise on a foul popout to Olt. Gordon Beckham then struck out. “He looked good, same old stuff. He’s got good stuff, throwing hard it looked like,� Beckham said.
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SURPRISE, Ariz. — Yu Darvish is more at ease in his second spring with the Texas Rangers, and he is still throwing hard. The Japanese ace, who won 16 games last season as a major league rookie, struck out two while retiring all six White Sox he faced in his first spring start. Chicago then scored 11 runs over the next two innings on the way to a 14-8 victory Tuesday. “His velocity was up, his stuff was just better,� said new Rangers catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who faced his former team while catching Darvish. “He threw the ball really well and it was very encouraging to see. We talked in the bullpen and talked before the game about what he wanted to accomplish, and he accomplished everything that he wanted to and needed to.� Pierzynski, who spent his last eight seasons in Chicago before signing a one-year deal with Texas, had previously worked with the 26-year-old Darvish during an intrasquad game last week and in bullpen sessions. After the Rangers committed more than $107 million to acquire Darvish, including a guaranteed $56 million, six-year contract, the pitcher’s every move was chronicled and scrutinized last spring. Plenty of people are still watching, but not to the same extent in this camp. “Compared to last year, I think my comfort level is really high,�
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The CSCHL boasts four of the nation’s top-nine teams and five of the top 12, making it top to bottom one of the best conferences in the country. But the parity that makes the conference so strong was not on display when 2012-13 season awards were handed out. Illinois, crowned the conference regular-season champions, accounts for half of the league’s first-team all-league squad, as well as the CSCHL Rookie of the Year John Olen. “It says a lot about our guys for the seasons they had as individuals,� head coach Nick Fabbrini said. Olen led the Illini (25-11-2) in points (47), goals (25) and power-play goals (11) in his first season in Champaign. In addition to Rookie of the Year honors, Olen was named to the first-team allleague team and to the all-rookie team. “He should have been the MVP,� Fabbrini said of his freshman. “He’s the best player on the first-place team. I guess I don’t understand how he’s not MVP.� Despite leading the team in points, Olen had no idea that he was in contention for the award until Fabbrini texted him when it was announced last Wednesday. “I knew I was having a pretty decent year, but I had no idea I was up for the award,� Olen said. After playing junior hockey for two years, Olen surprised himself with his 201213 campaign. “I knew I would come in and make an impact,� he said. “The impact we made, winning
the league, exceeded my own expectations.� Joining Olen on the all-league team is junior goaltender Nick Clarke and senior defenseman Mike Evans. Clarke posted a 21-9-2 record in net this season with a 2.83 goals against average and a .902 save percentage. He also posted two complete shutouts during the season: Nov. 2 against Ohio and Jan. 19 against Iowa State. The junior was on the second-team all-league team last season, behind Robert Morris netminder Andy DiCristofaro, but the pair flipped places this season. Evans was named to the alldefensive team as well. Even though he’s a defenseman, the senior finished fifth on the squad in points with 28, including 20 assists. Evans was one of just four Illinois players to play in all 38 contests during the season. “Evans is one of the best defenders in the country,� Fabbrini said. “He should definitely get consideration for all-American.� Evans, however, was quick to deflect credit to his seasonlong defensive partner Anthony Carlsen. The duo was a mainstay on a defensive unit that was inconsistent for much of the year. “It’s always nice to prove people wrong when there’s doubt,� Evans said. “Our defensive core has dealt with a lot of adversity this year, so it’s nice to be recognized with how strong we really are.� While the team was well-represented, a case could be made that the Illini were snubbed in some areas. Fabbrini thought Olen had a chance to win MVP,
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Illinois’ John Olen looks for an open teammate against Robert Morris at the Illini Ice Arena on Feb. 9. Olen took CSCHL Rookie of the Year honors. but the head coach could have made a case for some hardware of his own. The first-year coach led Illinois to its first regular-season championship since 2008 and held a 2-0 head-to-head record against CSCHL Coach of the Year Chico Adrahtas from Robert Morris. “It would have been nice to win it,� Fabbrini said. “But (Adrahtas) has done a great job turning that program around.� While the hardware is something to remember the season, Fabbrini said the recognition isn’t the ultimate prize that the Illini are chasing. “I think any guy in there would trade an all-league for a national championship any day of the week.�
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2012-13 CSCHL regularseason honors Most Valuable Player Grant Gorczyca— Lindenwood
Coach of the Year Chico Adrahtas — Robert Morris
Rookie of the Year John Olen — Illinois
First Team All-League Nick Clarke — Illinois Jonathan Gulch — Ohio Mike Evans — Illinois Grant Gorczyca — Lindenwood Tyler Pilmore — Ohio John Olen — Illinois
Mbakwe leads Minnesota over top-ranked Indiana BY DAVE CAMPBELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS — Trevor Mbakwe had 21 points and 12 rebounds to help Minnesota take down No. 1 Indiana 77-73 on Tuesday night, the seventh time the top-ranked team in The Associated Press’ poll has lost a game this season. Andre Hollins added 16 points for the Gophers (19-9, 7-8 Big Ten), who outrebounded Cody Zeller and the Hoosiers by a whopping 44-30 and solidified their slipping NCAA
tournament case with an emphatic performance against the Big Ten leaders. The fans rushed the court as the last seconds ticked off, the first time that’s happened here in years. Zeller was held to nine points with four turnovers for the Hoosiers (24-4, 12-3), who have held the No. 1 ranking for 10 of 17 polls this season including the last four. Victor Oladipo scored 16 points, but 14 of the 17 points by Jordan Hulls came before halftime. Mbakwe posted his conference-
leading seventh double-double. At 24 years old, he was a man among boys in this game, dominating both ends of the court when the Gophers needed him most. Minnesota had 23 offensive rebounds. Mbakwe, who played for Indiana coach Tom Crean when they were at Marquette in 2007-08, has had some of his better games against the Hoosiers. This was his best. He gave the Gophers and their home crowd a double-shot of energy early with 10 points in the first 6½ minutes, plus a jarring
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block of Zeller’s inside shot that knocked the 7-footer to the court. Zeller, Indiana’s leading scorer and the second-best shooter in the Big Ten behind Oladipo, was 0 for 4 from the field in the first half with two turnovers, two fouls and two points. The Hoosiers started the week with a two-game lead over Michigan State, Michigan and Wisconsin, poised for their first outright Big Ten regular season championship since going 17-1 in 1993 during Bob Knight’s heyday as coach.
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Dear NFL: Stay out of my college basketball
GRIFFEY FROM PAGE 1B
JACK CASSIDY Sports columnist
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he NFL is a monster. Monstrous in size and popularity, obviously. You can’t turn on the TV or pick up a newspaper or go anywhere on the Internet without seeing something football-related. That’s the case now, and it’s February. It will be the same in March. And April. And forever. Monstrous in that it cannot die. It’s too big to fail. They had to add seatbelts at the point when automobiles became so big, moved so fast, began crashing into each other and people started dying. The NFL has the same problem, but where do the seatbelts go? And still, the show goes on. Mostly, however, monstrous in that it’s wreaking havoc on the entire sports fandom enterprise. It’s football or bust. Every league’s following is nothing more than a pathetic fraction compared with the NFL’s following, so every non-football following is now labeled as “niche,” like it’s a special, exclusive club. That’s just not true. College basketball has especially taken on this identity. You’ve certainly heard something along the lines of, “College hoops is too slow, too choppy,” or, “There’s no flow,” or, “No one cares until March Madness anyway.” No sport is perfect, not even football; and yes, the sport’s following increases during the postseason, as is the case with every sport. But that doesn’t mean it is a niche sport. We’re only noticing this recent attack on college hoops because it’s currently in season. Every sport has garnered similar criticism. Baseball is too slow. Tennis is too long. Hockey doesn’t have enough scoring. Soccer is boring. The NBA sucks. It’s not real basketball. It sucks. Everything sucks. The only thing you hear about football, though, is that it’s too violent, and that’s only said because people don’t want to see the sport concuss its way into extinction. Sports fandom nowadays carries the same dynamic as a college dorm. College basketball fandom lives at the end of the hall near the bathroom. On the other end is baseball fandom, which lives across from hockey and next to the NBA. In the middle of the hall is college football. Everybody is friends with everybody — except NASCAR, which lives by the water fountain and pretty much keeps to himself — but smaller, tighterknit cliques exist. That’s always the case with a large group, and everyone has his favorite factions. But the distinctions between friend and best friend go out the window when the hall heads to the hot bar down the street — the NFL. Everybody has that fandom in common. Even NASCAR shows up for a beer or two. The point is that just because a sport isn’t as popular as the NFL does not mean that sport is a “niche” sport. It’s not better or worse, and you’re not any more special or unique or different or weird for liking the NHL. It’s its own damn thing. Was the landscape always like this? Growing up, I had four favorite teams, each corresponding to a different season of the year. When a certain season rolled around, I loved a certain team. When the next season came, I moved onto the next team. Now, if I said I had four favorite teams, I would have to rank them. Just liking four sports without declaring one the biggest and best is unacceptable. The venture hasn’t changed. All that’s different is the size of pro football. (The three mostwatched television programs of all time were the past three Super Bowls.) If the NFL went away, maybe we’d realize the other sports weren’t small — they just weren’t monstrous. So enough with the niche, niche, niche. It’s derogatory — “Yes, he’s different. He likes college basketball.” — and ridiculous. And please, tell me college basketball is a niche sport next month when the world shuts down for March Madness. I bet even you NFL-only fans will be tuned in.
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SPENCER FROM PAGE 1B “It was such a shock to see Illinois up on top of the scoreboard once we finished the 4x4,” she said. “Back in September, ‘Big Ten Champs’ was just a word, and a word that seemed so far-fetched for us. Now that word can be attached to women’s track again, it is really a blessing and an amazing feeling.” As a sophomore, Spencer is overloaded with a full slate of classes, undecided interest in switching to news-editorial journalism and daily practices at the Armory. Many in her situation would not be able to stay level-headed — a quality of importance for the student-athlete. In the midst of these pressures, Spencer keeps her focus and is able to remain grounded, which she credits to the two constants in her life at Illinois: her teammate and sister, Ahlivia, and her coach, Tonja Buford-Bailey. Spencer began competing in track as a hurdler in middle school
GOLDSTEIN FROM PAGE 1B knows that’s what they have to learn before the professional level. He expects his catchers to be able to see when hitters are starting to adjust to a certain pitch or losing a certain pitch, or see when batters make adjustments in the box and just having natural instincts about calling a game.
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in her hometown of Indianapolis. As a seventh-grader, her future high school coach at Lawrence North High School instructed Spencer to look up other hurdlers. Spencer came across Buford-Bailey and began to watch footage of her future coach competing in college and at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Witnessing Buford-Bailey compete at such a high level, along with fellow Illini track standouts such as Andrew Riley, Ashley Kelly and Latoya Griffith, cemented her decision to run track at Illinois. Since then, Buford-Bailey has coached Spencer to six outdoor and indoor Big Ten titles. Last season’s Illinois Female Newcomer of the Year won two titles in the 400 and 4x400 relay at the IAAF World Juniors. “She is like my mom away from my mom,” Spencer said of BufordBailey. “She keeps me grounded, she keeps me focused and always helps me put things in perspective. She has been a tremendous influence on my life and I’m thankful that she is my coach.”
Buford-Bailey commented on her relationship with Spencer, saying: “Since track is such an individual sport, I think it is very important to have someone that you can trust and feed off of. I’ve had success beyond the collegiate level and that is something that Ashley wants too, and she continues to trust in what I do to try to put her in that position.” In addition to her head coach, Spencer credits Ahlivia with keeping her grounded. The Spencer sisters both had success back home at Lawrence North throughout high school before Ahlivia graduated and chose to run track at Louisville. Once Ashley graduated and enrolled at Illinois, her sister decided to transfer to Illinois to rekindle the track success they had in Indianapolis. “When we were separated for that one year when I was still in high school, it was tough to be away from her,” Spencer said. “I’m just so glad for her that she was able to find and call Illinois
a home. I influence her, she influences me, and I push her and she pushes me.” Ashley is quickly becoming one of the most decorated women’s sprinters in Illinois history. As a sophomore, she has nine individual Big Ten titles in both indoor and outdoor and is fresh off her team’s most prized title yet, a Big Ten Championship. Spencer will be off to the NCAA national meet in two weeks and then begin the outdoor track season after spring break. With a Big Ten team title and a clear mind due to the bond with her coach and sister, Spencer is brimming with confidence for the outdoor season. “The success we just had, not just for me as an individual, but for everyone, from us sprinters to the throwers, will catapult us for the outdoor season,” she said. “We’ll be in the mix once again for more success outdoors, and I’m looking forward to it.”
Sometimes the older pitchers shake him off more, but he understands that’s going to happen. Some things just take time. “It’s all trust,” Goldstein said. Hartleb’s excited to see just how much his catcher develops because of his awareness. That intelligence extends off the field too. Another factor in his decision to attend Illinois was because he wanted to major in industrial engineering. He started playing catcher
at age 7 with his brother Tyler, who is currently a pitcher at Johns Hopkins University. Even though Tyler is two years older, Goldstein’s father always found a way to make sure his sons played on the same team through little league and all the way to Goldstein’s fondest memory, when they played together for two years in high school — he the starting catcher and his brother the No. 1 starter. That age difference had to help the
young catcher develop, so when Tyler started throwing harder and his pitches started breaking more, Goldstein had no problem handling it. “He’s an intelligent, intelligent kid,” Hartleb said. “The baseball IQ portion is very good. He has a great feel for what we’re trying to accomplish on the field.”
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North Korea greets Dennis Rodman Former Bull, 3 Globetrotters visit Pyongyang for HBO’s VICE BY JEAN H. LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PYONGYANG, North Korea — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — tattoos, nose studs and all — to the country with possibly the world’s strictest dress code: North Korea. Arriving in Pyongyang, the American athlete and showman known as “The Worm” became an unlikely ambassador for sports diplomacy at a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. Or maybe not so unlikely: Young leader Kim Jong Un is said to have been a fan of the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s, when Rodman won three championships with the club. Rodman is joining three members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team and a VICE correspondent for a news show on North Korea that will air on HBO later this year, VICE producers told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview before they landed. “It’s my first time, I think it’s most of these guys’ first time here, so hopefully everything’s going to be OK, and hoping the kids have a good time for the game,” Rodman told reporters after arriving in North Korea on Tuesday. Rodman and VICE’s producers said the Americans hope to engage in a little “basketball diplomacy” by running a basketball camp for children and playing with North Korea’s top basketball stars. “Is sending the Harlem Globetrotters and Dennis Rodman to the DPRK strange? In a word, yes,” said Shane Smith, the VICE founder who is host of the upcom-
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Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman is surrounded by journalists upon arrival at Pyongyang Airport, North Korea, Tuesday. The American known as “The Worm” arrived in Pyongyang, becoming an unlikely ambassador for sports diplomacy at a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. ing series, referring to North Korea by the initials of its formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “But finding common ground on the basketball court is a beautiful thing.” The notoriously unpredictable and irrepressible Rodman might seem an odd fit for regimented North Korea, where men’s fashion rarely ventures beyond military khaki and where growing facial hair is forbidden. Shown a photo of a snarling Rodman, piercings dangling from his lower lip and two massive tattoos emblazoned on his chest, one North Korean in Pyongyang recoiled and said: “He looks like a monster!” But Rodman is also a Hall of Fame basketball player and one of the best defenders and
rebounders to ever play the game. During a storied, often controversial career, he won five NBA championships — a feat appreciated even in North Korea. Rodman, now 51, was low-key and soft-spoken in cobalt blue sweatpants and a Polo Ralph Lauren cap. There was a bit of flash: white-rimmed sunglasses and studs in his nose and lower lip. But he told AP he was there to teach basketball and talk to people, not to stir up trouble. Showier were three Harlem Globetrotters dressed in fireengine red. Rookie Moose Weekes flashed the crowd a huge smile as he made his way off the Air Koryo plane. “We use the basketball as a tool to build cultural ties, build bridges among countries,” said
Buckets Blakes, a Globetrotters veteran. “We’re all about happiness and joy and making people smile.” Rodman’s trip is the second high-profile American visit this year to North Korea, a country that remains in a state of war with the U.S. It also comes two weeks after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test in defiance of U.N. bans against atomic and missile activity. Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, made a surprise four-day trip in January to Pyongyang, where he met with officials and toured computer labs, just weeks after North Korea launched a satellite into space on the back of a long-range rocket.
ting a win on Saturday,” Griffey said. “This has got postseason implications.” While he wants to avoid the subject, nostalgia eventually becomes unavoidable. He reminisces about the times he’s had in Assembly Hall: starting against Michigan State in front of a national audience on ESPN’s College GameDay in 2009, recording the game-winning layup against No. 1 Indiana on Feb. 7, watching Illinois play Purdue in his earliest memory in the arena. The last is special. On Feb. 2, 2008, two days after Griffey called former Illinois head coach Bruce Weber to commit to the program, he visited Champaign hoping to see former Boilermakers forward Robbie Hummel, one of his favorite players at the time. Griffey had just become the final piece to Weber’s puzzle. He was not only the last of Brandon Paul, D.J. Richardson and Joseph Bertrand to commit to Illinois’ 2009 recruiting class, but 2010 recruits Jereme Richmond, Meyers Leonard and Crandall Head had all committed before Griffey. For that reason, he didn’t even think fans realized he was in the building. “Crandall was up here as well, he had just committed,” Griffey said. “I remember I walked up to go get a soda, and everyone was telling me, ‘Welcome to the family, congratulations.’” Those same steps Griffey hiked up to get a soda as a senior in high school are now the ones he climbs down after he finishes chucking shots with LaTulip to pass time before Tuesday’s practice. He now feels very much a part of the Illinois family and is insistent that his greatest moment as a member of it is still ahead of him. Short of a deep Big Ten Tournament or NCAA tournament run in the next few weeks, that might be tough. Griffey will forever own one of the most important highlights in Illinois basketball history. His layup against Indiana gave Illinois its third win over a top-ranked team in school history and first since knocking off Wake Forest in 2004. But Griffey didn’t really arrive as an offensive threat until this year under first-year coach John Groce. In three seasons under Weber, Griffey never averaged more than 4.9 points per game and saw his minutes get cut from 8.4 per game in his freshman year to just 6.5 as a sophomore. Despite frequent reports that Griffey might actually be the best shooter on the team, he had to wait for his opportunity to be a regular contributor. After reaching the Sweet 16 in 2010-11 behind a roster led by four seniors, the Class of 2009 had to prematurely carry the 2011-12 Illini, which missed the postseason, ending Weber’s reign as head coach. Groce saw Griffey’s potential as a long-distance sniper from the outset, but Griffey has shot his team in and out of games this season. He single-handedly saved Illinois’ early season chances by draining a buzzerbeating 3-pointer against Gardner-Webb on Nov. 25. But during Illinois’ horrid streak where it lost six of seven games, Griffey was in a disastrous rut, when he was 0-for-20 from 3-point range. Entering Sunday’s contest against Michigan, he had missed his last eight from distance, shying away from shooting after missing five 3’s against Purdue on Feb. 13. “I think I’m going to make every shot,” Griffey said. “Some people say I turn down shots. Maybe I didn’t catch it right, but I only take shots I’m confident I’ll make. I don’t want to shoot just to shoot. One of my favorite quotes is: ‘It’s not my shot, it’s our shot.’ It’s our team’s shot.” Under Groce, that team dynamic appears like it’s finally working. With just three games remaining before the Big Ten Tournament, Griffey’s recruiting class might be headed to its second NCAA tournament appearance in the twilight of its run at Illinois. “I think we came in with a lot of expectations. Maybe we have, maybe we haven’t lived up to those,” Griffey said. “We’ve been through some really high ups and some really low lows, but I’m proud at how we’ve battled through it. “Not once at any point in our careers have we thought about leaving this place. We’re Illini for life, and we look forward to being part of the family forever.” Unfortunately, everyone has to leave this place eventually, whether they’re thinking about it or not. So far, Griffey has no set plan to pursue basketball after college. This could very well be the end. He’ll always remember that first Assembly Hall soda and the family that welcomed him just like he’ll always remember that Indiana layup. To continue building the memories, his team will have to ascend, one step at a time.
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