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Don Gerard’s time as Champaign mayor 2011 April: Don Gerard wins mayoral election against three-term incumbent Jerry Schweighart August: Named one of five Musicians with Political Cred from MTV
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2012 February: Issued emergency orders restricting the distribution of alcohol on “Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day” 2013
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Former mayor’s term allows him to see the community in new light BY FRANCES WELCH STAFF WRITER
Don Gerard said his final goodbyes to the community before his office pictures were packed away and his suit jackets were hung up in his office on the last Thursday of his term. His day started like any other. He finished his shift as facilities manager at the University, a job that he held before his term as mayor. He walked through the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in jeans and a suit
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jacket, ordering his lunch while still wearing his yellow frame, blue lens sunglasses. He was stopped every few minutes by random passersby. “You all right?” said Mike Ross, director of Krannert Center. “I’m fantastic!” Gerard said, a genuinely optimistic response that was felt no matter who he was talking to. That afternoon, as he sat down to enjoy his sandwich at Intermezzo Cafe, Gerard reflected on his term as mayor, a four-year span that allowed him to gain a different perspective on the community, for better or for worse. “The first time I did a ride along as mayor with the police, I told the officer, ‘This isn’t my first time in a police car, but it’s my first time I’ve been in the front seat,’” he said. “You make mistakes, but you can be anything.”
After four years in office, Don Gerard lost his bid for reelection to Deb Feinen on April 7. Before his mayoral term, Gerard was a self proclaimed “punk rocker,” reinventing a new, political side that he never thought existed. “There’s still a chance to make a difference if you have a passion,” he said. “If you work hard, you can be somebody or make a difference, and that’s what I wanted to do. I’m here trying to make a difference in your life. I could just be cutting ribbons for the Chamber of Commerce, but that’s not the point.” Gerard expressed that over his term, he
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March: Approves grant to curb underage drinking March-April: Presents the key to the city to Vice President Joe Biden, Ronald E. Meyer and comedic writer David Sedaris May: Term ends
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Champaign organizations seek to aid panhandlers Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series on panhandling within Campustown. BY ANDREW NOWAK STAFF WRITER
Tony Comtois is fi ne with being a “24/7” employee because he helps provide people with something he was once given: second chance. In his hometown of Rantoul, Comtois was working at a Conair Corporation factory and living in an apartment with no utilities. He was focused more on drugs and drinking than he was on working and paying rent. After failing a drug test, Comtois lost his job and his apartment. In July 2006, he moved to Champaign after burning all of his bridges back home; he began living at the TIMES Center, a homeless shelter for men transitioning between residences. He was 40 and spent the next 22 months in the shelter. Now, he is a mentor for C-U at Home, a recovering alcoholic and an apartment renter in Urbana. He con-
ducts street outreach for C-U at Home, which consists of driving through the Champaign area in his truck and checking in on the homeless population. He also works at the Phoenix Daytime Drop-In Center, a part of C-U at Home. Comtois said he truly loves his job — he visits the homeless and other shelters while on vacation. When he went to Southern California last year for his father’s funeral, he drove down to Skid Row to see shelters. “I just can’t imagine how they deal with it down there. There’s just people for blocks, living on the sidewalks, and you look at some of them, and there’s like nobody home,” he said. Comtois said C-U at Home’s approach to aiding the homeless changed over time. At fi rst, the organization housed the homeless in houses they owned. However, the system wasn’t working and after reading “Toxic Charity” by Robert Lupton, the staff of C-U at Home decided to switch gears. “Toxic Charity” details how mod-
ern charities can negatively affect the people they originally set out to help and describes how to structure a charitable organization that serves people correctly and creates lasting benefits. Now the organization focuses on offering services to people and fi nding ways to get them motivated to change their own lives. “If you want to turn your life around, what are you gonna to do?” Comtois said. “What’s your part in it gonna be? More a handup than a hand-out type of concept.” The Urbana-Champaign Continuum of Care put together a 10-year plan in order to end chronic homelessness in Champaign County by 2014 . Champaign City Council Member Karen Foster said she doesn’t think the homeless and panhandlers necessarily have an effect on the city or those who visit. She said she doesn’t see as many panhandlers in downtown Champaign as she used to. Foster attributes this to Restoration Urban Min-
istries, the Phoenix Daytime Drop-In Center and other organizations who deal with Champaign’s homeless. She said the Champaign City Council hasn’t done anything in the past few years to work on the homeless population. Comtois said most shelters have different rules that a lot of panhandlers don’t want to follow, such as no drinking or using drugs, not frequently moving in or out of the shelter and having no history of violence. According to the Community Elements website, the TIMES Center offers many community services and can house 70 men. Robert Swinford, director of the Salvation Army’s Stepping Stone shelter, said the shelter has three programs for homeless men. There are three emergency beds, which people can stay in up to three days. There are 45 beds for the Stepping Stone program, in which people can stay up to a year and four transitional beds, in which people can
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Academic Senate updates hire policy BY MAGGIE SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER
Efforts to create better guidelines for University hiring processes began in the fall and came to fruition at the Academic Senate meeting Monday. Katherine Galvin, associate provost of administrative affairs, presented the Provost Communication number 3, which has been a yearlong effort. The 17-page document lays out the University’s new search and hiring processes. It lists policies for the hiring of 13 University positions, including executive officer appointments
and tenure and non-tenure appointments. It also lists policies for appointments requiring prior approval by the provost, appointments that don’t require prior approval by the provost, and two-level review requirements. “This document creates an explicit process for discussing any employment questions that might arise prior to employment,� Galvin said. Galvin assured senators that the faculty and college will oversee any concerns that may arise with a potential University hire. The new policy comes after the
University faced criticism for hiring James Kilgore, a convicted felon, and Steven Salaita, whose offer of employment was rescinded after he sent controversial tweets about the conflict in Gaza. “If any concerns are raised, they will involve everyone,� Galvin said. Chancellor Phyllis Wise said the weight of potential budget cuts is still an ongoing concern. The University could lose 31.5 percent of its state funding under Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Wise reiterated the
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James H. Moore Jr. was named the new president and chief executive officer of the University of Illinois Foundation on Monday. The foundation, established in 1935, is dedicated to securing and administering private gifts for the University and its three campuses. Moore, the current president and CEO of the University of Arizona Foundation, will succeed Edward F. Ewald, who has been acting as the interim president and CEO of the foundation since October 2014. “It is an honor to be joining the University of Illinois family,� Moore said in a press release. “I am looking forward to supporting President (Robert) Easter and President-designate (Timothy) Killeen and the three chancellors at a time when private support and an engaged donor community has never been more important.� Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed to cut $209 million of state appropriations to the University for fiscal year
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PANHANDLER stay up to two years. The Stepping Stone Shelter has extra rooms for times of extremely hot or cold weather, too. Carle Foundation Hospital also experiences a seasonal uptick during cold or hot weather. Larry Sapp, director of Carle Arrow Ambulance Service, estimates the hospital responds to five to 10 homeless or transitioning individuals a month, which would be about 1 to 2 percent of overall responses. A majority of calls regarding the homeless come from the general public who are concerned about the individual. The police are called for a welfare check and usually call Carle. Sapp said the homeless do not get a lot of the preventative care they require and therefore a lot of them have underlying medical conditions, such as diabetes, heart issues and mental health issues. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 32 homeless persons in Champaign County and 2,168 in Illinois were reported to have severe mental illness However, Carle’s staff doesn’t worry about payment until a patient gets the care they need. After that, if someone is in financial need, Carle approaches it with an “aggressive� community care policy. For the homeless, it often means the bills are written-off in full, Sapp said. Carle’s community care benefit plan details rates for families with different sizes and incomes. For example, a household of one with an income at or below $23,340 would be discounted 100 percent of the bill. “These folks need the care that we provide, and it’s good to see that the public looks out for ‘em,� Sapp said. Korey Johnson is no stranger to medical issues. Johnson, 48, is homeless and panhandles on Green Street. He said he cannot work due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His wife, Michelle Saathoff, has an amputated leg and can also be seen on Green Street. Johnson is hoping to get the disability benefits he applied for in November, he said while waiting to cash in a video gambling slip at Murphy’s
2016. Chad Ruback, vice president of marketing and donor relations of the foundation, said they have been searching for a new president and CEO since September 2014. Rubak said Moore was chosen due to his status as a highly-respected leader and his successful track record at the University of Arizona. “He’s got a great track record of success both professionally, but also in thought leadership,� Rubak said. Alan Feldman, a UIF board member who chaired the search committee, stressed Moore’s leadership as a deciding factor in his hiring. As the new president and CEO, Moore will be the University’s chief development officer and will provide oversight and support to the UIF’s fundraising operation, which brings in an average of more than $300 million in new gifts and pledges each year. He will also assist the University in managing a combined endowment of more than $2 billion. Prior to his time at the
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University of Arizona, Moore served as the president and CEO of the University of Northern Colorado Foundation. He also held senior-level positions at Iowa State University, the University of Arizona and Northwest Missouri State University. Feldman said Moore has a natural leadership presence and quickly distinguished himself during the search process. “He’s clearly an industry expert, and we feel he will partner well with our University’s leadership to reach their goals for the academy,� Feldman said.
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A breakdown of services provided by C-U at Home
Phoenix Center: A daytime drop-in center where the homeless can come and relax, it also houses C-U at Home’s offices. Street Outreach: Tony Comtois, a member of C-U at Home, drives around the Champaign area in his truck and keeps tabs on the homeless and panhandlers. He carries a stack of business cards and extra supplies the homeless may need. Transport Ministry: Providing a chance to start over, C-U at Home offers rides to the homeless to get them to a drug treatment center or to relocate them to another community. Family House: currently houses a female with her teenage son and a four-year-old child Recovery House: housing that services four recovering addicts
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Pub Monday. Johnson and his wife have been together for eight years and originally met 19 years ago at the St. Jude Catholic Workers House. The couple got married on Aug. 22, 2013 in Crystal Lake Park at a service provided by C-U at Home. “Love is having something when you’ve got noth-
“You ask for help, but then at the same time you’re selling yourself.� KOREY JOHNSON
ing,� Johnson said. Getting married allowed the couple to use the housing service previously provided by C-U at Home. An average day on Green Street is tough for Johnson, who said he goes out each day to try and make enough money for a hotel room and food for him and his wife. If he is out from 8 a.m.
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Wise said Edelman will look into what the University’s public relations team is already doing and determine whether it is optimally organized. She said Edelman will not be paid through tuition dollars or general revenue funds. “This is an effort that will be very conclusive and consultative,� Wise said. Chair Roy Campbell bid farewell to the Academic Senate Monday. Gay Miller, chair of educational policy, will take his place as Senate Executive Committee Chair in the fall. “I have very, very much welcomed the attitude of
this senate,� Campbell said. “Albeit we’ve had a lot of problems this year, but we’ve faced them, and come up with a solution that is respectable and upholds our values.� Chancellor Phyllis Wise proposed a resolution thanking Campbell for his efforts as Senate Executive Committee Chair, which passed unanimously. She also thanked the senate for a year of hard work. “It’s been a joy and a challenge in many, many ways,� Wise said. “We’ve grown up together.�
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budget is not finalized, and she anticipates many conversations with Provost Ilesanmi Adesida in the coming months. Jay Rosenstein, professor in Media, said he was concerned about the University hiring Edelman to improve its image because it might not have sufficient funds if Rauner’s proposed budget cuts are approved. “We already have a large public relations staff,� Rosenstein said. “If every time you talk with someone they don’t know what Illinois has done, I don’t know if the solution is hiring more external staff.�
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until 8 p.m., he usually makes around $45, which is enough for the couple to get a hotel room. His worst day was seven dollars. But if Johnson doesn’t get the $40 he needs for a hotel room, him and his wife try and get away with staying the night in a hospital visiting room. He said they can’t camp out at night in their condition. Johnson said there are kind people who do feed him on Green Street. Although students and passersby are skeptical, Johnson described his way of trying to overcome that. “You ask for help, but then at the same time you’re selling yourself,� Johnson said. “Let them know who you are because if people get scared of you all the time, they won’t give you anything.� Johnson said he recognizes students that pass by and some regularly stop to talk to him. “A personality goes a long way if you know how to utilize it,� Johnson said.
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The University’s vision for the College of Business didn’t include leading online education when it was established 100 years ago; however, the college could become the first institution to launch a Massive Open Online Course, MOOC, based MBA program. The Academic Senate approved a proposal for the new program, iMBA, and the Board of Trustees will vote on it Thursday. The program, which would partner with the online learning platform Coursera, uses the capability of MOOCs to offer an MBA program to people all over the world, at less cost. “Exposure to thousands of learners from around the world will give students a tremendous advantage,� said Dean of Business Larry DeBrock. “This program will allow a worldwide audience to showcase the excellence of our faculty and the quality of our program.� i M BA courses will include two parts; a MOOC, which anyone can enroll in for free, and the opportunity to pay to take the course for certification, or for graduate credit, at a higher price. “This prog ra m is designed for a different group of learners,� DeBrock said. “This is for students off campus, so they do not have to quit
their jobs or move to another city to get the education offered by the University.� iMBA redefines what a business school subject is; rather than taking offline content and formatting it for an online class, iMBA blends content from multiple platforms and subject areas. If approved, students will be able to begin the program by enrolling in digital marketing or finance/operations, in late May. “We are not only bringing different parts of the business school together in this way, but different parts of the university as well,� said Mary Kay Dailey, execu-
“We are not only bringing different parts of the business school together ... but different parts of the university.�
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GERARD just wanted to be a mayor for the people, a mayor that represented everyone, regardless of race, class or gender. But being mayor for the people also means facing criticism. Recognizing his Twitter debacle with ESPN’s Dan Dakich, legal battle with an ex-girlfriend and a misunderstanding from a campaign employee, he has made mistakes. But Gerard said he realized over his term that being mayor wasn’t about him or his ego — it was about being the face of Champaign and trying to make citizens feel good about their city. “People hate politicians, but they want to like them, so when they do, you can’t let them down,� he said. “I wanted to dignify people who felt disenfranchised the previous 12 years, who felt frustrated and angry.� Though Gerard felt he did as much as he could to represent the underrepresented, he expressed that he could never make everyone happy. In local Champaign publications, headlines criticized his every move, an aspect of the job that not only took a toll on Gerard, but his family as well. “I don’t want to speak for her, but I think (my daughter) was overwhelmed by it all. I’ve embarrassed my kids, but imagine it being on the front page of the conservative press that will paint an unattractive portrait to begin with,� he said. He spoke about his son, who has not only grown taller than Gerard over his term, but has also developed a thicker skin and grown an appreciation for politics. He’s “a little democrat,� as
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tive director of communications in the College of Business. “This makes for new types of richer learning experiences.� One feature that sets iMBA apart from its online MBA counterparts is the price, she said. iMBA costs about 1/3 of typical online MBA programs at comparable institutions. Dailey said iMBA seeks to advance the mission of land grant universities by offering a program to students who have high-potential business talent who have been priced out of other MBA programs. “The College of Business turns 100 this year, Gerard would describe him. Despite the media spin and embarrassment, Gerard reflected on the times that outweighed the negatives, finding light in a particular moment during his term that made the past four years well worth it, when a man came up to hug him after a church service one Sunday. The man expressed his gratitude toward Gerard, stating, “Everything’s better since you became mayor! Everything is better!� Gerard was flattered from the man’s kind words but was later informed that he was Albert Carrington, a man who lived through the greatest tragedy as a parent. His son, Kiwane Carrington, was shot and killed at 15 years old by a Champaign police officer in 2009. That moment made Gerard realize that he achieved his goal of changing and reaching out to a community that was ignored from previous mayoral incumbents. “I’ll never be rich — I’ll never have really nice things, but it doesn’t matter at all,� he said. “I’ve had these moments and feelings and experiences in life that I’ve shared and connections that have made me feel genuinely alive and genuinely a part of something bigger than myself.� Back at his office, while still wearing his yellow sunglasses and gray suit jacket, Gerard lifted his feet onto his desk. The mayoral office inside the City Building was business casual, a feeling that was relatable and comfortable to all people. Later, Gerard invited Mary Beth Wynn and Kaden Orr, part of a Mahomet family who recently lost their home in a devastating house fire, to visit his office. “Who signed all your base-
and this is our gift to the state, the country, and the world,� Dailey said. iMBA offers what Dailey calls course “stackability.� This means a student can enter the program at any time, enroll in any subject and eventually build a full iMBA. Each course is fully self-contained, Dailey said, which eliminates the need for a core curriculum of sequences and prerequisites. iMBA also has benefits for students on campus pursuing a traditional MBA, Dailey said. Students can take the MOOC-based online course for regular academic credit, which can be applied to a graduate degree at the University. Students at other institutions could also take the University’s iMBA courses for transfer credits. Matt Hill, vice president external, said at the Academic Senate meeting Monday, current oncampus MBA students are concerned the iMBA program could devalue their program. “One thing we will tell you is there are 180 online MBA programs in the world right now,� said Raj Echambadi, associate dean of outreach and engagement in the College of Business. “If you look at our successful peers, they have all done well with respect to their faceto-face programs as well.� However, Dailey said this approach to an MBA has not yet been taken by any other institution. “We think it holds great promise for students here on campus,� she said, “Enriching their learning, adding options, and expanding their alumni network.�
mesulli2@dailyillini.com balls?� said 11-year-old Orr, as he sat spinning in the mayor’s leather chair. “Do you need boxes to pack up all your stuff that you have in here?� said Wynn, Orr’s mother. During their first time visiting Gerard’s office, Orr and Wynn were curious about the toys cluttering his shelves and window sills, as well as the stories behind the many pictures hanging on his walls. They were moments capturing Gerard’s encounters with actors, musicians and individuals that changed the world, such as Bob Metcalfe, a co-inventor of the Ethernet cable. “Time to go to the STAR awards,� Gerard said around 6 p.m. in regards to a ceremony, which awarded unsung heroes around the community, that he would speak at. When Gerard walked into the award room, audience members’ faces lit up. He knew everyone and everyone knew him. “Remember that one time ...� several conversations would start out with, conversations had with the most unexpected of patrons. During one of the last times he would be speaking to a crowd as mayor, Don Gerard ended the evening with a speech that would honor the awarded. Emotions ran high. Though his term might be over, his legacy to connect with the community will live on. “Whether it’s stopping on the street to take a selfie with somebody or speaking at a celebration of life for someone, you have to be a pillar who stands for people who they want to believe in.�
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oday marks Champaign Mayor Don Gerard’s last day in office and the end of an era. A Champaign resident since 1968 and a politician with a colorful past dotted by stints in rock bands, Gerard has been devoted to the University and community since he was elected in 2011. Over the years, he has avidly supported the University by attending numerous campus events, including a particularly notorious appearance at the 2013 Pygmalion Music Festival. Gerard took the stage and dropped the mic, forever solidifying his status in university lore as the “cool mayor.� He even earned himself a spot in Timeflies’ freestyle rap about the University at the recent Spring Jam concert on the Main Quad. Beyond endearing himself to a college student population with his antics, Gerard has gone beyond simply being a fun figurehead. He has always been available to students. Further, despite The Daily Illini’s status as a student newspaper, he has always made himself available to us as well. He has been consistently approachable and has shown a genuine interest in what students have to say. Students call ChampaignUrbana home during their college careers, and Gerard gave us our due by embracing University students as an important part of his constituency. For that, we thank him. Now, we start to look ahead. Newly elected Champaign Mayor Deb Feinen will be replacing Gerard. Also a longtime Champaign resident, she brings into office her experience as a lawyer, an at-large member of the Champaign City Council, the commissioner and chair of the Regional Planning Commission and former chair of the Policy Board for UC2B — Champaign county’s broadband project. We certainly don’t anticipate that she takes up Gerard’s status as “cool mayor,� nor is it necessary she does. We look forward to the changes she’ll make during her time in office and how her differences from Gerard will perhaps prove to be her strengths. However, we do hope she will take a page from Gerard’s book in continuing his precedent of accessibility to University students. Public figures, especially those like Feinen serving in a huge college town like Champaign-Urbana, should always keep college students in mind. We are an important population — 41,497 strong. Discounting us only as a temporary population is not only a disservice to us but a disservice to Champaign-Urbana. Most of us live here the majority of the year. We are a population composed of so many bright and motivated minds who are out and involved in the community and after recognition and involvement from Gerard, we hope the next four years foster a similar relationship with the new mayor.
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he 2016 presidential election is just over a year and a half away, and the first Republican and Democratic hopefuls have just started announcing their campaigns for the office. It’s been little over a month since the first candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, threw his hat in the ring, so most of the media fervor around the early days of the election has been centered on who is running rather than their political positions. However, these candidates have been relatively mum on one subject close to all of us — the cost of higher education. Instead, the candidates have largely piggybacked off of the news of the day to bring attention to their candidacy. Still, as students, it’s important to look at each candidate and what we can expect from their campaigns.
1. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Despite Obama’s efforts and proposal to make community college free, the average cost of a four-year degree continued to increase under his administration, which could spell trouble for Clinton in two ways. It gives Republicans the chance to tie her to Obama’s contested stance on education
since she served on his cabinet. Among progressives who have grown disenchanted with the Obama presidency, Clinton will look like a re-run of Obama the candidate — a lot of talk and not a lot of action.
2. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt Sanders recently entered the Democratic race, giving strong progressive positions on economic inequality, racial injustice and higher education. In fact, in April he said higher education is “a right� for all Americans. Sanders has a record of being an advocate for students, but might not be a plausible candidate. If you think the word “socialist� was tossed around a lot during the Obama years, just wait and see how much it’s used to describe Sanders. Sanders might currently be the best candidate for students, but I doubt he has the charisma or support to bring higher-education reforms to the White House.
grants would cease to exist, which is not exactly a cheery future for students. While Cruz understands student loans — he had $100,000 after college himself — he hasn’t made any proposals to cut them. Paul, on the other hand, focuses on primary and secondary reforms, rather than higher education. Further, along with Marco Rubio, both candidates voted against a bill to lower the federal student loan rate by raising the income tax for millionaires. Granted, the bill was almost definitely introduced to be a political salvo to force Senate Republicans to choose between millionaires and students, but to many young voters, their vote against the bill won’t look good. In November 2014, the Pew Research Center found that 18-29 yearold-voters favored Democrats 54 percent of the time, and Republicans just 43 percent of the time. If the GOP hopes to nab the youth vote, coming out strongly in favor of reducing the cost of tuition would be a good place to start, but given how they’ve handled the issue over the last 6 years, that seems pretty unlikely.
It’s important we look at each candidate and what we can expect from their campaigns.
3. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, or Cruz Both have proposed eliminating the Department of Education. Were that to happen, all federal student loans and
4. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. Rubio’s record on higher
education is far less draconian than his counterparts. I would actually call it “moderate� if that wasn’t a dirty word in politics these days. He’s proposed making student loan payment rates income-based, and has also pushed to make information about the cost of colleges more accessible for students. Overall, the candidates’ histories with higher education and student loans do not guarantee their future positions on the issues. Candidates change their positions in subtle ways throughout their campaigns, so just because some candidates support reducing the financial burden on students today doesn’t mean they will tomorrow. Not to mention that we have no way of knowing if they’ll actually follow through on their promises, and new candidates who could change the student landscape could surface at any moment. If we want to shift the political conversation from the trending issue of the day to less black-and-white issues like education, we should do our part to look at the candidates’ records and support the person most likely to take action. Regardless, as students, this is an issue that impacts us all and has the possibility to change the entire future of the America. Education is the key to how the country works and operates, and all potential candidates should try to make that a prospect available to anyone.
Josh is a junior in LAS. jjwinte2@dailyillini.com
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Queen Bey seems to be expanding her empire by taking three proteges under her wing. Sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey and 16-year-old Sophie Beem have both been offered separate multiyear recording contracts working personally with Beyonce herself. While both Bailey sisters and Beem will not be working together, we’re still rooting for another Destiny’s Child!
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With more people announcing their run for the 2016 presidential nominations, at this point, the race is looking like a soon-to-be-bottlenecked-disaster. Seven people are officially running and more than 11 are interested — and everyone is throwing shade, making this feel less like a presidential race and more like the vote for prom queen in ‘90s movies.
Keeping our data safe and sound CAMRON OWENS Opinions columnist
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rivacy laws have never been more important than they are today. As students, we trust that the University will take the precautions to secure our data. We want to have proper guidelines in place to ensure we are informed about how our data is being used. We also don’t want people or institutions to be able to access our social media pages. Privacy laws basically affect these two areas, and in Illinois it is important students get more involved with just how secure our personal data is. The University has sensitive information like our social security numbers, home addresses and academic information on file. The amount of personal data that the University has is somewhat frightening. I’m not implying the University has a secret agenda to use student data in an evil scheme, but accidents do happen and skilled hackers lurk in the shadows, waiting to strike. Take Auburn University, which, in April, accidentally exposed the social security numbers, physical addresses, birthdays, names and academic information of 364,012 people. Some of these people did not
even attend that university. To make matters worse, this data was public from September until March. Auburn claimed they were “unaware of any attempted or actual misuse� of the data, which still isn’t the most reassuring statement regarding such personal information. These kinds of stories are all too common. In 2014 alone, the University of Maryland exposed the social security numbers of 300,000 students and employees, North Dakota University left roughly 300,000 students’ information vulnerable, Butler University exposed personal information of nearly 200,000 people, and our neighbors to the east at Indiana University exposed the information of 146,000 current and former students. Most of these data breaches were larger than the infamous Sony Pictures data breach that still sees the news coverage today. These stories should raise concern about our own privacy and what measures our University and state are taking to
protect students. Ten years ago, Illinois lawmakers passed the Personal Information Protection Act, which requires public universities like the University of Illinois to notify affected individuals when a security breach of their personal data occurs. This includes personal information like social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, state identification numbers and different account numbers. Because Illinois was only the second state in the country to implement a law that addresses security breaches, it would appear that our state legislature cares about our privacy and security. Today, 47 states have enacted these laws. The Personal Information Protection Act is certainly a reassuring measure to students who place the trust of their data into big institutions, but there are other laws being passed that make me question our future privacy and security. Earlier this year, the Prairie State enacted Public Act 0980129, which despite its unimaginative name, poses a major threat to privacy. Public Act
We, as students, need to be more involved in the debate over online security.
098-0129 allows elementary and high schools to demand students turn over social media passwords when notice of the school’s right to demand access is published in a handbook, rule or policy. While seemingly implemented to crack down on cyberbullies and online threats, many believe that it can be an unnecessary invasion of privacy. As a college student, it makes me wonder if any similar laws will be enacted at the college level. These two laws say different things about our state’s stance on online privacy and security. That’s why we, as students, need to be more involved in the debate over online security. We need to ensure that proper precautions and laws are in place so our personal information is protected and we are aware if it is compromised. However, we don’t want to have the looming threat of Universities being able to access our personal social media accounts for reasons that may not be justified. These leaks and breaches can have serious consequences. We all understand that there are questionable practices and security discrepancies going on with our data, but the protection of our personal information should be at the forefront of the people that collect it.
Camron is a junior in LAS. cowens8@dailyillini.com
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Debate continues over Lyme disease treatment BY DAVID TEMPLETON TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
PITTSBURGH — Impassioned debate rages over the cause of and treatment for lingering Lyme disease symptoms — a topic of local importance considering the infection is now found in every Pennsylvania county and also in other parts of the country. The spirochete bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, causes Lyme disease, about 30,000 annual cases nationwide, but the mechanisms of infection continue to baffle medical science. Key to the debate is the 10 to 20 percent of patients who continue experiencing Lyme symptoms — fatigue, joint and muscle pain, and even heart problems — for months and even longer after antibiotic treatment. Such cases usually occur in people diagnosed months after the infection began. Mainstream physicians say antibiotics eliminate the bacteria. But the infection can cause damage or an autoimmune reaction, resulting in lingering symptoms. A vocal minority of doctors, however, says symptoms persist because the bacteria survived the antibiotic treatment. Both sides agree that an initial 10- to 14-day prescription of doxycycline, amoxicillin and other antibiotics (sometimes with longer regimens), cures most cases. Symptoms may begin with a target-shaped rash around a blacklegged tick bite. Citing abundant scientific studies and meta-analysis of Lyme disease studies, mainstream doctors and health institutions refer to persistent symptoms as “posttreatment Lyme disease syndrome.� The infection is gone but symptoms remain. “After treatment, a small number of people still experience some symptoms, such as muscle aches and fatigue,� the Mayo Clinic states. “The cause of these continuing symptoms is unknown, and treating with more antibiotics doesn’t help. Some experts believe
that certain people who get Lyme disease are predisposed to develop an autoimmune response that contributes to their symptoms. More research is needed.� But a vocal minority of physicians use different diagnostic centers and their own treatment centers, where antibiotics are administered, often intravenously, sometimes for months and years. “There are two camps, unfortunately, that have been at war for the past 20-plus years, and it is a very bitter and contested situation, and one of the most contentious issues in the history of medicine,� said Kenneth B. Liegner, an internal medicine physician in Pawling, N.Y., in one of the most endemic Lyme regions.
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Both sides defend their positions by citing research. “But the data is clear, and I don’t understand why there is a controversy,� Dr. Liegner said. “The clinical findings are so obvious.� He said some 300 peerreviewed articles show that borreliae can be persistent even after treatment in mice, dogs, Rhesus monkeys and in “well-documented human cases.� “There is still a refusal to acknowledge the complexity of the illness. Some people stake their reputations on the premise that chronic Lyme disease does not exist,� Dr. Liegner said. “That results in medical neglect. If they don’t like what we are doing, in using a long-term antibiotic approach, then they should develop better and reliably curative treatments.�
But keeping patients on antibiotics for months, even years, poses major health risks, including antibiotic resistance and potentially fatal Clostridium difficile or C-diff, which can infect the gastrointestinal system once antibiotics have destroyed protective bacteria in the gut, said Scott R. Curry, an infectious disease physician and clinical assistant professor of medicine in the University of Pittsburgh Division of Infectious Diseases. “There is no evidence that antibiotics given for a duration longer than established by clinical trials do any good for Lyme disease,� Dr. Curry said. “There is no evidence that chronic Lyme disease exists.� Andrew J. Nowalk, a pediatric infectious-disease physician and assistant professor of pediatric medicine at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, conducted research on Lyme disease a decade ago. “An enormous mythology� has arisen around Lyme, he said, including a cottage industry of alternative treatments. He said he rarely prescribes antibiotics for more than 28 days and hardly ever puts a pediatric patient on intravenous antibiotics. But post-treatment symptoms “are hard to fight,� Dr. Nowalk said. That’s why he refers patients to other specialists, including behavioral psychologists and mental health experts if depression or other psychological problems occur. Post-treatment symptoms usually diminish in the course of months, but some can persist even longer. The CDC has two studies underway to see if the bacteria can be found in sufficient numbers after treatment to cause infection. Efforts also are underway to develop better diagnostic tools. Still, the webinar cited four research trials of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome showing that long-term antibiotic treatment “provides little if any benefit and carries significant risk.�
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RODEO At the end of the event, the most popular competition entered the gates: the bull riding. This thrilling event requires cowboys to hold on to powerful, fast bulls as they toss and rear around the arena. Like in the bronc riding, cowboys must stay on for eight seconds to qualify for the event. Even when a cowboy or cowgirl did not qualify or place in a certain event, Northall made sure to rally the applause of the crowd. “It’s not going to work for your cowboy today, but make a little noise, let him know you appreciate him,� Northall said after a rider failed to stay on the bull for eight seconds.
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E-GAMING expect to make it that far, Benassi said. “We just met each other on Reddit and formed a team,� Benassi said. “We wanted to see how far we could go.� He said what attracts people to the game is that it requires less time to finish. Blizzard Entertainment has made many popular games — notably Diablo and Starcraft — and the characters from those games can be seen in Heroes of the Storm. “It’s kind of nostalgic,� Benassi said. “It is new and more exciting too, which is why I enjoy it a lot.� Members of the DotA 2 club are trying to change
Even though the Big Hat Rodeo Co. professionals were competing, the Rodeo Club members were the people making sure the event ran smoothly. They sold tickets, handed out programs, worked the merchandise booth and directed traffic. “A big event like this is do or die,� Ragle said, “We really put our heart and soul into it. When I’m not in class or doing homework, I’m working on this. This is our baby.� Ragle said the skills that she has learned through Rodeo Club will definitely benefit her in the future. “We have to talk to adults in the community and local businesses,� she said, “You learn about advertising, budgeting and people skills.� The rodeo was a chari-
ty event for the Wounded Warriors Project, a nonprofit organization that provides services and programs for veterans. Ragle said the club has worked with the charity in the past, and she loves how the money goes to help American soldiers who have been on the front lines. “There are a lot of connections between rodeo cowboys and soldiers, but the soldiers are the real heroes,� Ragle said. The amount raised for the charity is still being calculated, but Ragle said the club is ecstatic over how the rodeo turned out. “Looking into the grandstands, seeing all the excited kids faces and the families cheer, made all our hard work worth it.�
the stigma behind gaming one match at a time. “People say playing computer games is a waste of time,� said Austen Majors, senior in LAS and member of the DotA 2 team. “I think it’s like, instead of watching Netflix for eight hours, I play DotA for eight hours, so it’s not that much different.� Although they love to game, their grades must be decent too — to participate in competitions, each player must have good academic standing. Yoon, for example, will attend law school next year. Astin also emphasized the importance of schoolwork coming first. “A lot of our players are really intelligent individuals, and often, they put school before the games anyway,� Astin said. “But
it could be another incentive for people to keep their grades up to be able to keep playing.� Although many people may call these competitive gaming e-sports, the team doesn’t see themselves as athletes. Astin said many people tie athletic with physical strength and endurance, but gaming uses a different type of strategy than what people find in a physical competition. “There’s a lot of people who are supportive, but there’s also a large number of people who just don’t get it,� Astin said. “I think there’s always value for supporting people who are able to master a particular skill or talent.�
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Performers from the UIUC Rodeo Club participated at the organization’s event, the Orange and Blue Rodeo Roundup, on Saturday at the Champaign County Fairgrounds. A rider from the Big Hat Rodeo Company (left) competes in the bareback riding event.
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h a m p a i g n - Ur b a n a transformed into the Wild West on Saturday night. The smell of leather, pulled pork and hot dogs wafted in the air as the UIUC Rodeo Club hosted this year’s Orange and Blue Rodeo Roundup at the Champaign County Fairgrounds. The night started off strong with bareback and center saddle bronc riding, where cowboys attempted to ride a bronco for eight seconds as it bucked violently. Throughout the night Mark Northall, the a nnouncer, described the competition rules for each event to nearly 1,000 attendees, making the scoring process and goals of the cowboys clear to those who weren’t from the West or familiar with rodeos. “I’ll tell you what, it’s getting wild, it’s getting Western here in Urbana on a Saturday night,” Northall said as the crowd cheered.
Gretchen Ragle, senior in ACES, has been involved with Rodeo Club since she first transferred to the University three years ago. She said that the club has been around since at least the 1970s, and its main goal is to educate people about what rodeos really are. “Even though we are located in central Illinois, we have a diverse campus,” Ragle said. “Not many people know about rodeos. They think it’s inhumane or crazy, so we try to squelch those rumors,” The crowd at Saturday’s rodeo consisted of both newcomers and veterans, and they cheerered throughout the entire display. The RSO started planning for the event last semester. At that time, Ragle said the group determined the bigger details of the event and set a budget. They dedicated the spring semester to working out the finer details, such as scheduling and securing sponsorships. Claire Timlin, junior in ACES, joined the club this year. She said each club member is
required to get sponsorships from local businesses. This is a time-consuming task, but Ragle said that many of the businesses are very willing to help out because they get publicity from the event and want to support the community. One of these local businesses, Gibson City Meats & Deli, sold food at the event as well as sponsored the competition. Timlin said when she meets people who have never been to a rodeo, she explains to them that it’s just a competition for cowboys and cowgirls with multiple events. On Saturday, Big Hat Rodeo Company provided the professional cowboys, cowgirls and animals that competed in seven different events, which included bronc riding, roping events and bull riding. As the rodeo professionals moved to the next event, a trick rider performed; she stood on two horses as she weaved through flaming torches, walked backwards and even completed a jump. Northall called these tricks
Roman-style, which a style similar to how generals used to stand on two horses when commanding their troops. The next event consisted of steer wrestling, where a cowboy jumped from a moving horse to wrestle a steer to the ground. During the event, Northall explained how modern rodeos honor the skills that were daily tasks for cowboys in the American Wild West. After a cowboy who wasn’t as quick as his opponents finally finished wrestling his steer, Northall said, “He never quit trying. And that’s the heart of the American cowboy.” Although the crowd’s energy started to fade near intermission, it picked back up as the cowgirls entered the arena for the barrel riding competition. This event was followed by two cowgirl trick riders, who donned dazzling sparkly costumes while dangling off their horses upside down or standing straight up with an American flag flying behind them.
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E-gaming demands strategy, knowledge BY EARN SAENMUK STAFF WRITER
When Andrew Yoon was forced to give up soccer because of an injury, he found a new activity to pursue: e-gaming. “The thing about e-sports is that you either like it or you don’t like it,” said the senior in LAS and captain of the UIUC DotA 2 team. “There is no middle ground.” DotA, or Defense of the Ancients, is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) modification of the game Warcraft III. His teammates and Yoon, a former Illini Media employee, joined the collegiate competition, representing the
University. “It’s basically like chess, except every piece moves at once,” Yoon said. “It’s kind of nerdy representing the school and (being) like ‘lock your doors and put your headphones on.’” He said a lot of people are playing MOBA games because they’re free. And, if a person plays really well, he or she can make some money off of the game, too. “Last year’s prize for first place of the world was about 10 million dollars,” Yoon said. “The game is mostly crowdfunded — you can buy an in-game ticket to show your support.” DotA 2, however, requires strategy and cunning of its
players. This causes a lot of get together instead of playplayers to choose different ing in front of their computgaming options, like League ers at home. It also actively of Legends organizes or Heroes matches, and people of the Storm. can sign up T h e to join. The club curLeague of rently has Legends about 200 club has members. become more orga“A lot of nized this what we past year, learned PATRICK BENASSI said Jake this seaMEMBER OF UIUC DOTA 2 TEAM A s t i n , son has graduate to do with student in organizaBusiness and current social tions and team compatibilchair of the club. The club ity,” Astin said. “This was now has more social events, the first season that we had which encourages players to everything together.”
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The League of Legends team was one of 16 teams in the final at the competition, but eventually lost to Robert Morris University, the only university that gives scholarships to League of Legends players. Astin said the school has great funding, a practice room and high performance devices available for their team. “Perhaps our greatest challenge this past season is finding incentives for our players to commit as much as the other teams would,” he said. “Of course when it comes down to it, school and all those other things are a lot more important.” The beta version of Heroes of the Storm, anoth-
er game that has recently gained popularity, was released in January. While DotA 2 and League of Legends are quite similar, Heroes of the Storm is significantly different from other MOBAs. The UIUC Heroes of the Storm team competed at the semi-final in Los Angeles, California, before losing to the University of Maryland on April 26. “The winners gets $25,000 for their tuition, which is a really good deal,” said Patrick Benassi, senior in LAS and member of the team. Since the game is relatively new, the team did not
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Illinois’ Aleks Vukic returns the ball during the April 26 Big Ten Men’s Tennis Tournament final against Ohio State. Vukic tied the school record for single-season wins.
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Vukic ready to return to Texas BY CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY STAFF WRITER
Aleks Vukic stood surrounded by sound on Court 5 at Baylor’s Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center for the Illinois men’s tennis team’s first dual match of the season. Fans were yelling, the Bears were heckling, and his teammates were cheering. As the freshman played the next point he looked over and saw senior Tim Kopinski about to clinch his match against Baylor’s Max Tchoutakian on Court 3.
Vukic’s heart started beating faster in his chest. With Kopinski’s win, the Illini were tied 3-3. It would all come down to the Australian on Court 5 to win the match. Now Vukic could feel his stomach start cramping. What had happened? He had been the most relaxed member of the team before the match. He wasn’t at Illinois last year, so he wasn’t out for revenge. The Bears were the only team to shutout the Illini last year, and they
did it twice — including in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Nine months ago, Vukic had stood surrounded by silence. On a dusty court in Reus, Spain, he was playing in a Futures match. Another match with few spectators in a “not nice� place in Europe. The only sound was the ball hitting the clay and muted claps from the sideline. So how did he get here, to Waco, Texas, standing in a whirlwind of energy, with his
heart ready to leap out of his chest? *** One year prior to facing Baylor in Waco, Vukic met Illinois head coach Brad Dancer for the first time. It was Vukic’s first visit to the United States. It had always been a dream of his to come to America — he had come for a Futures Tournament in Sunrise, Florida. Dancer was there to watch Vukic’s future teammate Jared Hiltzik, who took down Vukic in a quick 40 minutes.
But Dancer liked what he saw from Vukic. “He had a raw physicality to him,� Dancer said. “I feel like I do a pretty good job with guys that have good physical skills and coaching some of the nuances of the game. I felt that’s all he really needed.“ Dancer gave Vukic his card and told him to give him a call if he was interested in coming to Illinois. Vukic was fresh off of graduation from Sydney’s Normanhurst Boys’ School. In Australia, the
school year ends in December for summer break. Going to college in the United States to play tennis had been in the back of his head, but this was the first time it seemed like a real possibility. “I always wanted to be pro. That was my main goal,� Vukic said. “Until January last year I still had my sights on pro tennis ... I started thinking more about it and the more I thought about it, (coming to play American
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am asks: Hey Sam, you beautiful man, graduation is coming up soon. Any final thoughts on your reign as the best columnist at The Daily Illini? When I transferred to the University of Illinois after my freshman year, I didn’t know where I was going to fit in. I loved to write, and had some broadcast experience, so I had an area of interest but no direction. I originally applied to host a radio show on WPGU, the University’s alternative student radio station. I remember feeling very confident during the interview, and I was sure I would get a spot. I remember interviewing with someone, maybe a music director, but I’m not totally sure. He was basically testing my alternative music knowledge. I love music, but I have never been big into the alternative genre. I remember the guy asked me questions like, “How many Nirvana songs can you name?� and, “Talk to me about Radiohead.�
This was where I struggled. I just wanted a talk radio show. I didn’t mind playing music as well, but in this case, my lack of alternative music knowledge may have done me in. I got an email a couple days later from the woman who gave me my first interview and it was a mass email addressed to all the people who didn’t make the cut. Among the reasons she gave for me not getting hired was, “I was looking for those with more of an edge.� OK, whatever, that was three years ago, and this story has a happy ending. I was pretty down at that point. I was a broadcast journalism major, and I couldn’t even get a job at the student radio station. I went to see Lynn Holley at the College of Media to get some advice. She told me to apply for a sports reporting job at The Daily Illini. I went to one of The Daily Illini info nights, filled out an application and waited. I waited for about two weeks before getting impatient and going back to Lynn. I assumed I didn’t get the job, so I needed to know what my next move
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Illinois’ David Kerian attempts to make contact with the ball during the baseball game v. Indiana at Illinois Field on April 18. The first baseman was named the Big Ten Player of the Week this week.
Kerian highlights the lineup Illinois first baseman has been team’s most consistent hitter BY JOEY FIGUEROA STAFF WRITER
Looking at the Illinois baseball team’s lineup, it is difficult to pick out the team’s best hitter. This season, five Illini are hitting over .300, six batters have at least 25 RBIs and all but one of the regular starters have scored at least 25 runs. Such balanced hitting up and down the order has been a major factor in Illinois’ record 21-game winning streak. With a closer look at
the numbers, though, one hitter stands out. And even though he would never say it himself, senior first baseman David Kerian has arguably been the Illini’s top hitter all season. In fact, Kerian was the best hitter in the entire conference this past week, earning Big Ten Player of the Week honors after a four-game stretch during which he batted .600 with a home run, five RBIs and six runs scored. Illinois won all four games, including an impressive road
sweep of Ohio State. “It feels great getting recognized for something and for a great weekend,� Kerian said. “Our team as a whole this weekend and whole week just came out and battled and had great at-bats. We had a bunch of guys who were huge this weekend to take three wins.� Kerian was the third Illini to win Big Ten Player of the Week this season — senior outfielder Casey Fletcher was honored last week and junior catcher Jason Goldstein earned the award earlier in the year. While Goldstein and Fletcher consistently hit in the heart of the Illini batting order, Kerian does all of his
damage out of the seventh slot in the lineup. Despite hitting in the bottom third of the lineup, Kerian leads Illinois in many major offensive categories. With a .366 average, .621 slugging percentage, .456 on-base percentage, 11 home runs and 100 total bases, Kerian has the stats you’d expect from a cleanup hitter. Head coach Dan Hartleb has taken pride in the fact that opposing pitchers never have an easy out when facing his lineup, and Kerian has been a force near the bottom of the order all season. “He’s been consistent,�
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Conference play ends years of mediocrity BY ETHAN SWANSON STAFF WRITER
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Illinois’ Jess Perkins swings at the ball during the softball game against Purdue at Eichelberger Field on April 26. Perkins leads the team with 48 RBIs this season.
A fifth-place regularseason finish in conference won’t earn a first-round bye in this year’s Big Ten Softball Tournament in Columbus, Ohio. For Illinois (26-26, 14-9), it is a performance that ends four years of conference mediocrity. Entering the last weekend of conference play — two games behind Nebras-
ka and a half-game ahead of Northwestern — the Illini had an opportunity to secure third place with a sweep of the Huskers on the road. Although Illinois ultimately concluded the regular season a half-game out of fourth place and a tournament bye after dropping two games to Nebraska, 2015 marks the Illini’s best Big Ten finish since 2010. “We’ve had a lot of players come a long way, both sta-
tistically and mentally,�said head coach Terri Sullivan. “They’re finally starting to realize what it takes to play in this conference.� Illinois’ 14-9 Big Ten record doubles the amount of last season’s conference wins. The No. 5 seed in the Big Ten tournament is Illinois’ highest seeding since 2004, when the team captured the No. 2 seed and lost to Michigan State 7-5 in the confer-
ence championship game. Illinois has finished in the top-five three other times since 2004 — 2009, 2010, and 2011 — but no tournament was played during those years.
Senior success Illinois has received major contributions from its underclassmen all season, but few players have
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Illini coaches’ thoughts on athlete pay for play Coaches disagree on merits of compensating student athletes BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
For years, collegiate student-athletes have been amateurs, not allowed to accept payment for on-the-field services. Student-athletes have not been permitted to receive financial compensation for use of their likeness, number or autograph. But, at January’s NCAA convention, the Power Five conferences — the Big Ten, SEC, Pac 12, Big 12 and ACC — passed a costof-attendance measure that pushes pay for play closer to reality. While the system may be imminent, everyone in the Illinois athletic department isn’t onboard. “I’m against the pay for play system across the board,” Illinois men’s track and field head coach Mike Turk said. “I think that all of our people here are still student-athletes. I realize that there’s money generated and the University reaps the benefit of that. But there’s tremendous amount of money and resources put into providing support for student athletes.” While a pay-for-play system would vary drastically between sports and universities, a cost-of-attendance policy is a smaller, more uniform substitute to a larger system. The cost-of-attendance policy could be in effect as early as next fall, and it looks like Illinois will be one of the first schools to adopt the policy. According to women’s basketball head coach Matt Bollant, Illinois will enact the policy next year. In doing so, the athletic department will provide a stipend between $3,000 to $5,000 a year for each athlete. The money is intended for things that scholarships don’t cover, like plane tickets home during school vacation. Under the pay-for-play
system, athletes would have the opportunity to be paid for use of their likeness, among other things. The athlete would receive money in addition to the scholarship provided by the school. This excess money would be the “pay” aspect of the system and would be determined based on how much money the athlete was able to bring in for the school. In 2014, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney said he did not support paying student-athletes, but every Big Ten school voted in favor of the cost of attendance at January’s conference. The new policy comes just a year after Northwestern football players attempted to unionize in a move that was supported by the National Labor Relations Board and is expected to be challenged by the NCAA in the U.S. Supreme Court. “You see it in lots of different places where schools are profiting from these guys’ images,” said volleyball head coach Kevin Hambly. “I’m not sure that this addresses that directly, but the ability to give players money, and especially the ones that really desperately need it, is great.” Hambly added that with the volleyball team he recruited potential players who had a hard time scraping together the money to afford to attend Illinois. With the cost-of-attendance policy in place, Hambly said it will be easier for athletes to buy plane tickets home as well as have a little bit more money in their pockets, which he is in favor of. Although Hambly and Bollant both seem to be in favor of paying collegiate athletes, football head coach Tim Beckman said that he is in favor of helping his football players in any way that he can, but not for paying them excess money. “I believe in amateurism,”
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Illinois’ head coach Tim Beckman yells at a referee for a penalty call during the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl against Louisiana Tech at in Dallas, Texas on Dec. 26. Beckman does not like the idea of paying student-athletes excess money.
Pay for Play Football head coach Tim Beckman: “I believe in amateurism. I believe that these players are very proud of the opportunity to play division 1 football. (The players are) proud of the opportunity to get a college education from the University of Illinois.” Men’s basketball head coach John Groce: Could not be reached for comment. Women’s basketball head coach Matt Bollant: “I’m for it. I feel like college athletics makes a lot of money for the school and brings a lot of publicity.” Volleyball head coach Kevin Hambly: “The idea of paying our athletes and giving them a little bit more, I like the concept of it. The ability to Beckman said. “I believe that these players are very proud of the opportunity to play Division I football. (The players are) proud of the opportunity to get a college education from the University of Illinois. It’s a privi-
give players money, and especially the ones that really desperately need it, is great.” Men’s track and field head coach Mike Turk: “I’m against the pay-forplay system across the board. I realize that there’s money generated and the university reaps the benefit of that but there’s tremendous amount of money and resources put in to providing support for student athletes.” Baseball head coach Dan Hartleb: “I’m not in favor of it. You look at our athletes in baseball and we’re on all partial scholarships. So I think the pay for play is actually scholarship money. There’s a lot to the amateurism side of things. But I think having your education paid for, part of it, is the pay portion.” lege, not a right, to be a college football player. “I’m for taking care of the student athletes. They do a lot for us.”
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SHERMAN would be. She was shocked that I hadn’t heard back, so she immediately called Max Tane, who was the on-air sports editor at that time. She told him to reach out to me, and she essentially got my foot in the door. Max contacted me, and we scheduled an interview time. I remember waiting in the Illini Media building; I was very nervous to speak with Max. When he arrived, we spoke for probably 30 minutes before he said, “How does on-air softball reporter sound?” I was thrilled! I honestly didn’t care at all what sport he put me on, I was just happy to start at The DI. I was a reporter, a sports reporter. I didn’t really get to know anyone very well early on. I kind of assumed I wouldn’t become friends with anyone, for no other reason than my relatively quiet personality at that time. I was at a new school and involved with a new organization. Everyone at the DI seemed like they knew each other really well, and I never thought I would be a part of that group. My first year was great, but I didn’t socialize much with my coworkers. I was honing my craft, and getting better with every story, but socially, things could have been better. When I began covering hockey junior year, I started to get more comfortable at the DI. I started making friends, and everything seemed to be falling into place. By the second semester of my junior year, I felt like I was a part of the team. I was now inside of the group that I felt outside of the year before. Senior year, I covered two of the major sports at Illinois: football and men’s basketball. Neither team was very good, but the experience was incredible. For football, I got to travel to Nebraska, Ohio State and Wisconsin to cover road games. For basketball, I got the incredible opportunity to cover the Big Ten Tournament in Chicago. Throughout the early stages of my journalism career, I loved the work I was doing, but felt like I could be doing more. I had creativity inside of me that
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Illinois men’s tennis senior Ross Guignon empties a water cooler on head coach Brad Dancer after winning the championship match of the Big Ten Men’s Tennis Tournament against Ohio State at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex on April 26. The Illini won 4-0.
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TENNIS collegiate tennis) might have been a good idea.” Playing college tennis in Australia wasn’t really an option. Vukic said that college sports are “non-existent” there. The same goes for high schools. Normanhurst wasn’t good at tennis, but in Vukic’s was “forced into” playing one season for the school. Vukic’s goal was to play professionally, and that’s what he started doing after graduation. He played two tournaments in Florida that January and headed to Spain to train at the BTT Academy in Barcelona. After a month of tough training, he started touring around Europe with the academy. It was unlike anything he had done before. He had traveled before, but only with his parents. “I had nothing. It was just tennis by myself,” Vukic said. “Not really many friends, just because you’re touring with different people all the time, so you don’t have that much social life either. It was just tough being by myself.” Vukic had a breakthrough at a tournament in Croatia, but he was thinking more and more about coming to the U.S. In June, Vukic returned to the
U.S., this time not for a professional tournament, but for a visit to Champaign-Urbana. “Everything was amazing. The facilities were unreal,” Vukic said. “Coming from an academy in Spain ... it had more of an academic feel and it was like, ‘maybe this isn’t the best option for my tennis,’ but once I got here, I felt how serious everyone was ... I thought they were really cool guys who were determined on tennis. I wanted an environment where everyone pushes ourselves, everyone has a similar goal.” He committed to the University in July, about a month before the school year started. While tennis was all he did in Spain, he’s learned to balance his life at Illinois. “Having too much tennis, just tennis, tennis, tennis, 24/7 is not good for the mind as well,” Vukic said. “It burns you out. I feel like the mix here helps a lot ... My parents weren’t 100 percent set on the college idea, so I’m trying to prove them wrong a bit.” College tennis has proved to be much different than the professional game, and Vukic has loved every minute of it. From his very first tournament at September’s Southern Intercollegiate Championships hosted by the University of Georgia,
Vukic has loved the crowds. He played Georgia’s Nathan Pasha and while the Georgia fans were rooting against him, Vukic was invigorated by playing in the atmosphere. The energy and the noise provided an incredible stage to play on. Vukic has shone on that stage. “You’re on a team, and you know you’re on a team,” Vukic said. “I was coming in from no one cheering to everyone cheering, it’s like — wow this is great. It’s always better when they’re cheering for you; even so it’s just a great atmosphere... (Here there’s) almost a thousand people screaming. It’s unbelievable.” He’s had a phenomenal freshman year, starting with his very first matches at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships, where he made a quarterfinal run. He had arguably the best fall of any Illini, highlighted with a eight-match streak at ITA All-American pre-qualifying and qualifying. This spring, he’s 20-2 and ranked No. 74 in the country. Vukic has 42 singles wins the entire year, tied with Ryler DeHart for the most wins in a single season. And he has a chance to add to that total. “He’s probably the one guy I feel comfortable saying he’s overachieved my
expectations,” Dancer said. “I never have preconceived expectations ... having said that, if you would have said that he was potentially going to break Ryler DeHart’s single-season record I would have not thought that was possible.” *** His heart pounded, his stomach ached with the cramps. “Isn’t it hot in Australia? Shouldn’t you be used to this?” shouted one of the Baylor players. The cheering wasn’t for him, but Vukic embraced the energy. He had battled in this match. Mate Zsiga, his opponent, was a grinder, but Vukic had matched him blow for blow. He had clawed back from match point and just took two points to take a 6-5 lead in the third set tiebreaker. He wouldn’t let it slip away, and the pressure proved to be too much for Zsiga, who double-faulted. Vukic was swarmed by teammates leaping towards him: Not bad for his first collegiate dual match. This year’s NCAA tournament is hosted by Baylor. Vukic hopes that the January victory was just the first of several big matches for him and the Illini in Waco.
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Hartleb said. “The entire year, he’s had quality at-bats and has come up in key situations, and he’s been leader for us. He’s carried himself well and has played with great confidence. He’s a really good player.” In Big Ten games, Kerian’s numbers are even better. With a .394 batting average, three home runs, 15 RBIs and a team-leading .606 slugging percentage, the 6-foot-3 switch hitter is a large reason why Illinois has won all but one of its 17 conference games. Long before Kerian began tearing up the Big Ten, his father, Steve Kerian, put together a successful career as an amateur fast-pitch softball player in Iowa. The elder Kerian played shortstop for five Amateur Softball Association national championship teams from 1978 to 1999 and was even a part of the 1988 gold medal-winning USA team in the 1988 quadrennial International Softball Federation Championships. Kerian, who also played shortstop in high school, credits his father for developing his passion and skills for baseball.
couldn’t really be fulfilled with general sports reporting, so I started writing sports columns along with my on-air stories. Those columns filled my creative void. For one of my columns I tried out a mailbag, where people sent me questions, and I answered a few of them for the column. I did this a couple times before approaching my editor and asking him if I could make the mailbag a permanent thing. He was open to the idea, so I tried it out. If you spoke to my editors, you would know that throughout my time at The DI, I have given them a decent amount of trouble. Editor’s note: Sometimes Sam was a bit too creative for his own good. I always tried pushing the limit with my writing, and sometimes I pushed that limit too far. Believe me, there are a few people at The DI whose lives would have been a little easier if I wasn’t a knucklehead sometimes. But I am who I am. That being said, I knew I needed to change a few things, and I made those changes. I still gave my editors fits about what they wanted to take out of my columns, but I just couldn’t help it. “A Sports Columnist’s Mailbag” was the most fun I had at The DI in my three years at Illinois. It gave me a creative outlet to try to be funny, insightful and hopefully entertaining. I found my voice through writing the mailbag. My editors gave me way more freedom than I probably should have had, and for that I will always be grateful. I took advantage of this freedom at times, but in the end I have no regrets and think we created something fun. When I say we, I am of course including all of you who sent me questions every week. Seriously, you guys are amazing, and you made writing the mailbag even more special. I made amazing friends and memories both in and out of the newsroom during my time at The DI. Thank you to The DI, my readers, my girlfriend Sophia and my mom and dad, who helped me craft the mailbag to what it is today.
Sam is a senior in Media sshermn2@dailyillini.com @Sam_Sherman5 “He taught me everything I knew up until college,” Kerian said. “He was my coach, he was my hitting coach and he had everything up in his head planned out for me. It definitely helped, and then the coaches here put me on the right track.” Kerian has used the Illinois coaching staff’s teachings to improve every season since becoming an Illini. Kerian’s conference-leading 11 home runs are more than he had in his first three seasons combined, and his total bases, slugging percentages and strikeout rates have improved every year. As the senior’s days as an Illini are winding down, Kerian — and his team — have never been better. With just six games remaining in the regular season and Illinois poised to clinch a national seed in the postseason, Kerian hopes to make the most of the time he has left as an Illini. “It’s kind of surreal right now signing all the papers and stuff to be graduating,” Kerian said. “It’s definitely going to be memorable for us and we’re going to continue making memories. It’s going to be a fun finish.”
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been as consistent and integral to this year’s success as seniors Brittany Sanchez and Jess Perkins. At catcher, Perkins has been key in the development of the Illini’s ace Jade Vecvanags; with Perkins calling the pitches, Vecvanags has recorded a conference-leading 19 wins. At the plate, Perkins has swung a hot bat all year: she’s batting .339 with a team-leading 48 RBIs. Playing all 52 games in right field, Sanchez has only committed two errors and leads an Illini outfield that includes two underclassmen. At the eight-spot in the lineup, Sanchez has five doubles, 34 hits and 15 RBIs. “We (the seniors) have been preparing the younger players since day one,” Sanchez said. “And I like the direction we’re going
Eichelberger Field has been a haven for the Illini this season — they’ve won 10 of 16 outings at home this season. Outside of Urbana is a different story. Illinois is 10-11 in away games and 6-9 at neutral site. This season’s record-breaking offense has struggled to find its groove on the road, averaging under five runs in Illinois’ last five away games compared to an average of nine runs in the team’s last five games at home. “We definitely lost some games we should have one earlier in the season,” said outfielder Nicole Evans. “We know we can’t get games back, we just have to start playing Illinois softball wherever we go.”
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314 E. White, C.
1004 W. Main, U.
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Hunsinger Apartments
www.hunsingerapts.com
1010 W. Main, U.
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306 N. Harvey, U
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1003 W. Main, U.
2
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202 E. Clark
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203 N. Gregory, U.
2
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505 W. Springfield
2
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204 N. Harvey, U.
2
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409 W. Elm
2
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“It’s time to go professional. I’ll be representing Illinois, (my hometown) Albuquerque, my family, my friends, my team and this University at the 2016 Olympics ... I don’t just want to call myself an Olympian, I want to win. �
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ly my twin. She’s just a girl version of me. And my baby sister is a gremlin. So I’ve got my goon, my twin and my gremlin. They’re literally my life. KM: What about your parents — what do they mean to you? CM: I can’t even put the words together — I love them so much. They’ve taught me everything. My pops has worked his butt off to get to where he is. My mom, the way she has taken care of us and just loved us — there’s nobody like Mamacita. KM: What’s your relationship like with head coach Justin Spring? CM: Justin’s like a second father to me. I was a sophomore in high school when he was on the Olympic team in 2008, so I looked up to him. To have him as my coach, it still gives me goose bumps. I’m so far away from home, so to have him is amazing. He’s a beast — an awesome man, gymnast and coach. KM: What’s your favor-
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what got me through it. KM: How did it hit you when there was a possibility of you never being able to do gymnastics again after your injury? CM: It was surreal. I remember just feeling ... like I had no purpose. I was thinking, “Oh my gosh, this is it. What am I going to do?� Everything I had worked for seemed to be gone. Fortunately everything worked out, and I came back from it stronger than ever. I think it’s made me better as a person and a gymnast. KM: Why do you wear No. 4? CM: The No. 4 represents me (and my siblings). I always feel like they’re with me when I’m competing. To have them on my back, with “Maestas� written above it just means so much to me. KM: What do your three little siblings mean to you? CM: They’re my world. My little brother, he’s my little goon. My little sister, Courtney, she’s practical-
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217-344-3008
1007 S. Locust, C.
4
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217-367-6626
901 W. Springfield, U.
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603 W. High
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1
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407 W. Elm
5+
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111 S. Lincoln, U.
2
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1004 W. Springfield, U.
1
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Bankier Apartments
Lofts 54 54 E. Chalmers, C.
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2.5 blocks to Quad
217-328-3770
217-366-3500
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217-337-8852
606 E. White, C.
3
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106 S. Coler, C.
3
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808 S. Oak, C.
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202 E. Green, C.
4
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102 S. Lincoln, U.
4
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505 S. Fourth, C.
1,2
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2
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1107 S. Second, C.
4
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1601 N. Lincoln, U.
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Burnham 310 310 E. Springfield, C.
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217-239-2310
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1,2,3,4
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201 E. Armory, C.
2
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1004 S. Locust, C.
2
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217-840-5134
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2
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506 E. White, C.
3
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1012 W. Clark, U.
2
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2
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3
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217-351-8900
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903 S. First, C.
1,2
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217-352-1129
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302 E. John, C.
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217-367-2009
906 S. Locust St.
4
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www.smithapartments-cu.com
1004 S. Locust, C.
1
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705 S. First St.
507 W. Church, C.
1
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511 W. Church, C.
1
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603 W. Green, U.
3
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2
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502 W. Green, U.
4
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