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eventy-four percent of University students reported they were neutral about homosexuality or were not homophobic in 2004 . The University has not conducted an LGBTQ-specific campus climate survey since. However, Campus Pride, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping colleges create a better atmosphere for LGBTQ students, recently conducted its own study. The University was not assessed and therefore was not listed among the 25 most LGBTQfriendly campuses. Still, Jeremy Skiba , junior in LAS, said he’s had a positive experience at the University. “I mostly surround myself with LGBTQ-positive or neutral people,� he said. “Of course there’s the occasional negative comment,
but it’s really not that bad.� The survey rated 196 schools, from community colleges to research universities, and included 10 schools from the Big Ten conference; Northwestern University, the University of Nebraska and the University of Michigan being the only schools beside the University not included. Indiana University, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, Pennsylvania State University, Ohio State University and Rutgers University also appeared on the list of top 25 LGBTQ-friendly schools, which was organized alphabetically. Schools interested in participating were required to use Campus Pride’s self-reporting tool to have their school ranked and included in the index. Leslie Morrow, University LGBTQ Resource Center director, said there is good reason the University did not participate
in Campus Pride’s index. The current tool focuses primarily on what services and amenities universities offer to LGBTQ students, Morrow said. “There are a couple things that here on campus we will never have; for instance, we don’t have a living-learning community that’s fully based on gender and sexuality,� Morrow said. “So because of that we’re already down in the rankings.� Skiba said he lived in Allen Hall his freshman year and said it was an “obviously accepting dorm� that introduced him to good friends in the community. Allen Hall was the fi rst University residence hall to implement gender- neutral dorms at the beginning of the fall 2015 semester. Shane Windmeyer, the cofounder and executive director of Campus Pride, said Campus Pride’s instrument and cam-
pus rating system has been in place since 2007. He said it is a question-answer of about 60 questions related strictly to the policies, programs and practices at a university. “It’s not about how students feel because that’s very subjective,� he said. Rather, Windmeyer said the tool asks questions about benchmarks nationally seen as important and popular. “Campuses need to want to take the survey,� he said. “But the questions are very black and white.� Morrow said her research into Campus Pride’s index and rating instrument prompted her, along with colleagues around the country, to meet with Windmeyer. “I wanted something that was more intentional and more meaningful,� Morrow said.
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The Natural History Building is under renovation and is currently scheduled to be completely upgraded by fall 2016.
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The Natural Histo ry building on campus is requesting an additional $3 million for renovations that started this summer. Initially approved for $70 million in December of 2011 from institutional funds and construction contingency funding, the building was endowed with a total of $73.4 million by the time construction began during the summer of 2014. The building is projected for completion by the fall of 2016, but the timeline is being reviewed due to unforeseen structural issues. Steven Breitwieser, manager of Communications and External Relations, said the issues are related to the older structure of the building, which has been on campus since 1892. “We’re dealing with structures that are over one
hundred years old and fi nding more issues than anticipated,� said Breitwieser. Nathan Ricker, Illinois alumnus and the fi rst architectural graduate of the University, designed the original building, according to the website for the Natural History Building. Those involved in the renovations are working to renovate the building but maintain as much of the classic structure as possible. Breitwieser said they are looking to follow the lead of Lincoln Hall’s renovation in terms of “keeping the historical factor, but defi nitely adding the wow factor.� “It’s very neat that there will be upgraded facilities, technology and services but still have the connection the people that have studied and worked there before,� said Breitwieser.
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When the Illini score a touchdown and you want to send a Snapchat, the phone can lag with the hundreds of other attendees all accessing the same network. To help counter this, AT&T will be brining a 50-foot-tall cell tower on wheels to each home game at Memorial Stadium to better handle the boost in data activity brought on by having so many people in one place. AT&T spokesman Phil Hayes said major events at large venues, such as concerts and football games, often see a backlog because they were not set up to handle such increased data activity. “It was much like a freeway where there aren’t enough lanes for traffic,�
Hayes said. “What this cell tower does is it, in essence, adds more lanes for the data to pass through so there’s no problem, it increases the data capacity.� Hayes said that other college football stadiums and even venues like Lollapalooza have used the mobile cell towers as well. Nowadays, more stadiums look to build with the digital antenna system in place but many older public areas without digital antenna systems can benefit from the towers. The tower will aid AT&T users specifically and was used at Memorial Stadium for the first time last year. It will be located outside the stadium.
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1897: A lightning strike causes fire 1908-1910: Architect W.C. Zimmerman adds South and West portions to the building, including a lecture hall and the Museum of Natural History. 1923: Architect J.M. White completes the final addition to the building 1986: The Natural History Building joins the National Register of Historic Places 1990: Construction issues cause another fire 2001: The Natural History Museum closes and specimens are moved to other areas of the building 2014: Building closes for renovations
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Champaign Q Residential burglary was reported in the 2100 Block of Ivy Court around 2:30 p.m. Sunday. According to the report, a bicycle and computer accessory was stolen after the offender burglarized the victim’s motor vehicle and garage. Q Retail theft was reported at Premier Sound and Design, 1104 N. Prospect Ave., around 12 p.m. on Monday. According to the report,
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Motions to dismiss charges against Baltimore officers denied BY KEVIN RECTOR TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
BALTIMORE — In a victory for State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, Judge Barry Williams on Wednesday morning denied motions to dismiss charges against six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray and to recuse Mosby’s office from the case. The hearing, which began at 9:30 a.m. EDT, is the first time prosecutors and defense attorneys are arguing verbally in a case that has played out for months through a flurry of written motions. The arguments largely centered around the actions of Mosby and others in her office. The dismissal motion focused on statements Mosby made while announcing the charges against the officers on May 1 at the Baltimore War Memorial. Chief Deputy State’s Attorney Michael Schatzow argued against the dismissal and recusal motions on behalf of the prosecution as Mosby sat behind. Andrew Graham, a defense attorney for Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr., argued for the dismissal of charges. Catherine Flynn, a defense attorney for Officer Garrett E. Miller, argued for the recusal of Mosby. Judge Barry Williams
at times cut off both the defense attorneys and prosecutors arguing their points. A gathering of media and sign-toting protesters began to form outside the courthouse around 8 a.m. — an anticipated scene surrounding a case that has garnered international attention following rioting and unrest in the weeks following Gray’s death. Protesters began moving downtown toward the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore with arms linked. At least one person was arrested. Protesters then headed north to Baltimore’s police headquarters. Goodson, the driver of the police van in which Gray was injured, is charged with second-degree depravedheart murder. Sgt. Alicia D. White, Lt. Brian W. Rice and Officer William G. Porter are charged with manslaughter. Officers Edward M. Nero and Garrett E. Miller face lesser charges, including second-degree assault. Graham argued that when Mosby publicly announced the charges against the officers, she “adopted and encouraged the public’s cry of ‘no justice, no peace,’ and that her statements tainted the jury pool. Schatzow said Mosby’s comments were taken directly from a statement of charges and that
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Police try to control the angry protesters as they arrest activist Kwame Rose on Tuesday in Baltimore. The first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case will be held at 9:30 a.m. in Baltimore Circuit Court. Williams should consider the words she spoke and not accept the defense’s “gross distortion of what she said.” Flynn repeated arguments made in written motions that prosecutors in Mosby’s office became witnesses in the case through their independent investigation of Gray’s death. The officers have all pleaded not guilty. They waived their rights to attend Wednesday’s hearing. Gray’s family was also not expected to attend, according to their attorney. Following Gray’s death, peaceful protests against
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Brothers must adjust to life after 31-year imprisonment BY JOSEPH NEFF TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The 31-year nightmare that swallowed the lives of Henry McCollum and Leon Brown ended on a sticky Wednesday afternoon on a modest street here, the day after a judge declared them innocent of a brutal 1983 rape and murder. Brown, fresh from a Greene County prison, stepped from his cousin’s car, blinking in the sunlight, unsure where to go or what to do after three decades behind bars and prison guards dictating his every move. McCollum, in a smart tweed jacket and silvery black tie instead of the bright red khakis of death row, looked intently at his brother before deliberately crossing the street. As the two brothers hugged, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews broke into applause. McCollum, 51, was silent and misty-eyed. Brown, 47, smiled: “Free now. It’s over.” For three decades, the brothers have been the poster children of young men gone wild, convicted of gang-raping an 11-year-old girl, Sabrina Buie, and killing her by stuffing her panties down her throat with a stick. On Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser declared them innocent and ordered them freed. The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission had found DNA evidence tying the killing to Roscoe Artis, a sexual predator with a long
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PRIDE Windmeyer listened to the requests of Morrow and her colleagues, and Morrow said future Campus Pride surveys will include their suggestions. Because of the changes that will be implemented, Morrow said the LGBTQ Resource Center will certainly consider participating next year. Windmeyer said campuses that participate in the survey should enlist the help of a team of knowledgeable students, faculty and staff. Once a campus submits the survey, he said Campus Pride fact checks the report and distributes a private report to each campus. The private report provides a percentage score and a rating out of five stars. Campuses are then able to choose if they want to make the results public. The last University LGBTQ-specific campus climate survey — conducted by Rankin and Associates — was distributed during the 2004 spring semester; the results were published in May 2006. According to the executive summary of the report, surveys were distributed to 1,230 employees and 2,538 students. The summary reported 491 lesbian, gay or bisexual people, 2,884 heterosexual people and 85 people who were uncertain about their sexuality responded to the survey. The University most recently conducted a general campus climate survey in 2012. In the survey, straight students rated the overall campus climate a mean score of 3.8. Bisexual students rated it a mean score of 3.7, and gay or lesbian students rated it a mean of 3.5. Morrow said she would like another LGBTQ-specific campus climate survey to be conducted within the next few years. “We need to build a strategic plan and think
Building Bridges • Provides an “open, accepting, safe space” for LGBTQ people and allies who are drawn to Christianity. Building Bridges encourages personal growth through discussion, social interaction and more. CUT*ES • The Campus Union for Trans* Equality and Support is aimed at giving transgender students at the University a voice and place for support and discussion on campus. Infusions • Recognized as a multicultural gender and sexuality alliance, whose focuses is on intersections of gender, sexuality, ethnicity and race. oSTEM • Out in Science,
history of attacking women, including a similar rape and strangulation of a young Red Springs woman one month after the arrest of Brown and McCollum. Robeson County District Attorney Johnson Britt consented in the exoneration. Prison is over, but freedom will certainly carry new and bewildering challenges for McCollum and Brown, who have been locked up their entire adult lives. Both are mentally challenged, with IQ tests scoring in the 50s or 60s. They struggle with basic reading and writing, and they have lived three decades in a world being ordered around by others. Like exonerated inmates before them, the two entered the free world with no outreach or help from the state that imprisoned them. They will rely on family, McCollum living with his father and stepmother outside Wilmington and Brown with his sister and cousins in Fayetteville. A social worker from the Center for Death Penalty Litigation has been trying to help establish residency, locate birth certificates and line up social services. They will likely consider reparations: A pardon of innocence from the governor could bring a maximum of $750,000 each. Other wrongfully convicted inmates have filed civil rights lawsuits that have won settlements in the millions of dollars. And the two, who entered prison in the analog age, will about, you know, where the LGBTQ Resource Center needs to be in the next five, 10, 15 years,” she said. “So it’s a process that’s on my list, and it’s just a matter of planning for it and preparing for it.” Morrow said she knows many LGBTQ students at the University who are thriving and many who are not. She said despite a lack of official data, keeping in contact with students is a good “reality check” to make sure the resource center provides the support and services students need. Elliot Che, president and co-founder of the Campus Union for Trans, Equality and Support and senior in LAS, said because of CUTES affiliation with the resource center, he is at the center all the time, either leading meetings or hanging out with friends. The resource center is affiliated with six other campus groups that advocate for LGBTQ centers. Skiba said he is appreciative of the LGBTQ Resource Center and the services it provides, but he would like to see more LGBTQ speakers and events, especially for the transgender community. Che said he wishes more professors would attend ally training seminars, specifically dealing with names and preferred pronouns for transgender students. Windmeyer said prospective students and their parents definitely consider climate surveys and ratings such as Campus Pride’s when deciding on a school. “Parents want to send their students to a campus that takes responsibility for its LGBTQ students,” he said. Windmeyer noted that recruiting students is competitive, and campuses need to consider LGBTQ students when marketing their programs and services. “At the end of the day, running a college is a business,” he said. “Campuses need to reflect the values of the society we live in.”
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is a “national technical student society” for students who identify with the LGBTQ community. Pride • “The oldest and largest LGBTQ RSO” at the University that discusses social and political issues to better the LGBTQ community and Rainbow International Serves the international LGBTQ community at the University; works on projects intended to increase visibility for LGBTQ international students. Women of Pride • “Informally” educates the University community about issues related to lesbian and bisexual women as well as transgender people.
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Geraldine Brown, right, fights back tears as her brothers Leon Brown, left, and Henry McCollum greet each other in the front yard of her Fayetteville, N.C. home Sept. 3, 2014. struggle as they parachute into a digital world. Priscilla McCollum, his stepmother, had some good news about the Brunswick County home where he will be staying. “We’ve got a land phone with a cord,” she said. “Right up your alley, you’ll be comfortable.” McCollum signaled that he had been thinking a lot about his role in the family
as older brother. “Be strong,” he told his sister, Geraldine. “Don’t cry. Whatever you read in the paper, don’t let it upset you.” McCollum advised his brother to get off the meds prescribed by prison psychiatrists. “I got off them. You get off that stuff and you’ll drop the weight,” McCollum told his brother. “Put your faith
in God and he’ll help you.” And he called some relatives to account for not keeping in touch. “Why couldn’t you come see me? I tried to get in touch with you,” he asked his cousin Michelle Wallace. “I couldn’t come, I’d feel so bad, death row and that,” she said. McCollum was serious like a judge: “You could have seen Leon.”
Wallace turned her head and sort of laughed: “Now you’re making me feel bad.” “No, you made yourself feel bad,” McCollum said, nodding intently. “I’m home now.” Brown said his last night in prison was uneventful: Few knew he had won his freedom. He looked forward to walking to the grocery store with his sister Wednesday evening.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley fuels Republican VP discussion By William Douglas and David Lightman Tribune News Service WASHINGTON — Is she selling the New South or auditioning for a 2016 presidential campaign spot? Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina is generating buzz that she’d be in the mix for the Republican vice presidential spot in 2016, following her successful handling of the removal of the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds after the shooting deaths of nine African-Americans inside a historic Charleston church. Appearing Wednesday at the National Press Club, Haley teetered between deflective and receptive to the VP talk, at first dismissing it as a way-too-early political exercise, given that 17 Republicans are still elbowing each other to win the Republican presidential nomination. “I’m not wasting any energy or any time thinking about that because I’ve got too much to do,” she said after her speech. “I’m trying to continue to heal the state, we’re trying to get back on track because we lost time, getting ready for a legislative session. … I’ve got a son in middle school, I got a daughter who’s a senior in high school, I’ve a husband who just came back from Afghanistan.” That said, “If there’s a time where a presidential nominee wants to sit down and talk, of course I will sit down and talk,” she added. Since the Confederate flag debate erupted, Haley has seen her star rise on the national stage. She was the featured speaker at the Republican
National Committee sum- visible. And you have to mer meeting in Cleveland show consistency.” last month. She engaged You also have to distinin a question-and-answer guish yourself from othsession before the attend- ers that check similar ees with RNC Chairman boxes. Mary Fallin is the Reince Priebus, recount- second-term governor of ing the steps that led to the Oklahoma. Susana Martinez, second-term governor flag’s removal. “If we can do that in of New Mexico, could be a South Carolina, just think rival, and unlike Haley, she what we can do across our comes from a general eleccountry,” she said at the tion swing state. So does RNC meeting. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New She impressed the Cleve- Hampshire. land audience. Ada Fish“We have a number of er, an RNC member from strong women in office,” North Carsaid Steve o l i n a , D u p r e y, c a l l e d a n R NC Haley “a member be aut i fu l from New wom a n .” H a m p shire. Juliana While Bergeron, Haley has a n R NC become member popular from New outside H a m p shire, said of South H a l e y C a roli na, SOLOMON YUE “stepped she’s had OREGON RNC MEMBER up on the a some Confedertimes tenate flag. uous relaShe didn’t wait until people tionship with the state’s told her to do something.” Republ ic a n - d om i n ate d Haley checks sever- legislature. al boxes that Republicans She fought with the Genwould like to consider when eral Assembly over govcrafting a presidential tick- ernment restructuring and et: Southerner, minority, revamping ethics rules. She woman, conservative. even tried unsuccessfully Add to that “the indepen- to order lawmakers back dence she showed,” said into session. Report cards Solomon Yue, an RNC mem- that Haley issued for lawber from Oregon. “Republi- makers after her first year cans need to realize she did in office further soured the right thing.” relations. None of this suggests “To people outside the Haley is a favorite to go on state, she comes across like a presidential ticket. The the new face of the Republimemory of her Confeder- can Party,” said Scott Huffate flag stance will fade, mon, director of the Winand Yue noted: “You have throp University poll. to keep doing things to be Haley toned down her
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criticisms of lawmakers and won support for her education plan. Eventually, she also won passage of a government restructuring plan, which gave her office some additional powers. In Wash i ng ton on Wednesday, she portrayed herself as a daughter of a new South, an Indian-American who’s helping her state come to grips with its racial past while steering an economic renaissance as it shifts from a reliance on textiles to automotive, aviation and high-tech jobs. The slayings in Charleston and the removal of the Confederate flag thrust Haley and South Carolina into the spotlight in terms of race relations. But the second-term governor insists that her election proves the racial climate in her state had improved even before the tragic shootings. “I would have not been elected governor of South Carolina if our state was a racially intolerant place,” Haley said. “And I would not have won the Republican primary if we were a racially intolerant party.” Still, she seemed to chide Republicans, saying, “The problem for our party is that our approach often appears cold and unwelcoming to minorities. That is shameful and it has to change.” “That is not just a black and white thing,” Haley said. “For Indian- and Asian-Americans, for Jewish-Americans, for Mexican-Americans, our party and our principles have so much to offer. It’s on us to communicate our positions in ways that wipe away the clutter of the problems.”
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Republican Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
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EDITORIAL LGBTQ progress must be tracked for prospective students
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hen prospective students are deciding what university they want to attend, college rankings on various topics speak volumes. How environmentally friendly is each campus? What about the dining hall food or nightlife? What about the engineering or education program? What about the resources provided for LGBTQ students? As an LGBTQ student entering the college world, knowing you’ll have the support system and allies you need when you arrive on your campus is vastly important. Campus Pride, a non-profit organization which helps colleges create better, friendlier and safer atmospheres for LGBTQ populations, conducted a study on the resources and policies set in place for LGBTQ students. The University opted not to participate in the survey, leaving them out of the top 25 ranking and behind other Big 10 schools. Leslie Morrow, the director of the University’s LGBT Resource Center, said the University did not want to participate because some services are behind those of other schools. “There are a couple things that here on campus we will never have; for instance, we don’t have a living-learning community that’s fully based on gender and sexuality,� Morrow said. “So because of that, we’re already down in the rankings.� However, publicly setting a benchmark and knowing that we are behind other colleges is a great way to move forward and know where we need to improve to
ensure members of the LGBTQ community feel exceedingly comfortable on campus. Morrow has met with the creators of the Campus Pride organization to help give suggestions on how the index is tested, and she said that in the future, the University will consider participating. When completing the index, the results don’t have to be released publicly. The last time a LGBTQ campus climate survey was conducted at the university was in 2004 but the campus’ LGBTQ environment has to have changed drastically in the last 11 years. After so much time, now is definitely the time to have our progress assessed and evaluate the areas in which we still need to improve to get an accurate idea of where the University stands. By not assessing how LGBTQ-friendly this campus is at its current state, we have created the possibility of driving away potential students. This also fosters the possibility that students of the LGBTQ community who currently attend the University might not feel as safe or comfortable as possible. Creating a safe environment for students of all backgrounds and sexualities is essential in today’s world. Showing potential and current students that the University is accepting of all students can only help us, and getting an accurate gauge of the current atmosphere can only help the University and its students. All students deserve equal opportunities to have a comfortable, fun college experience and it’s time to make a larger effort to ensure that happens here.
ALEX SWANSON Opinions columnist
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appiness is a choice.� For years, I’ve seen the slogan everywhere from online motivational blogs to t-shirts. The more often I see it, the further I am convinced of its insensitivity. While I consider myself to be a very happy person, I also acknowledge that I am lucky to have been always predisposed toward optimism. I’ve also, so far, led a life in which my circumstances have made it easy for me to remain happy. Of course, everyone has the ability to make choices that increase their happiness, such as making certain immense life decisions, or following habitual routines such as eating and sleeping well. Indeed, there are also people who, for whatever reason, do seem to be content with being sad and remain so by conscious circumstance creation. But even if I concede all of that, there is substantial evidence, according to a study from UCLA, to suggest that optimism, which can be tied to happiness, is far more common in people who possess the oxytocin receptor gene. The presence of the gene allows those who have it to cope better with stress and depression. Thus, they can more easily fi nd happiness. Therefore, whether you are happy or not is at least somewhat biologically mandated. Further, we know that various mental conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, etc.,
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er or some other meaningless action, is incorrect. The eventual attainment of happiness could mean medication, therapy, making acute adjustments in occupation and social relations, etc. These adjustments, which may or may not lead to happiness, are not commensurate to a “choice.� Happiness has forever been a part of American ideology, existing as one of the named rights in our country’s Declaration of I ndependence. Everyone should c er t a i n ly strive for happiness by everimproving our personal lives and our society. But we must recognize that each individual has their own pursuit of happiness, some more laborious than others. So how do we, as a people, really become happier? I believe part of the answer lies in respecting happiness as a frequently elusive quality. We must examine it from every angle: biologically, circumstantially and consciously to achieve it more fully on a communal basis. Rather than dismiss those who are not happy as those who have not yet made the decision to be so, we need to somberly take the struggle as an intensely complicated issue.
We must recognize that each individual has their own pursuit of happiness, some more laborious than others.
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diminish the capacity to feel happiness regularly. This willingness to assume that contentment is wholly conscious exists coextensively with the incorrect belief that mental health is not as serious as bodily health. In the face of these facts, one cannot fl ippantly claim that “happiness is a choice.� Arguing that happiness is a choice is tantamount to the assertion that people make the decision to be depressed. Any mental condition, or physical discrepancy such as having or missing the oxytocin receptor gene, is at least some sort of a physical issue. The odd divergence between bodily and mental health needs to be dissolved. Even if the biological proclivity to optimism or pessimism were no object, the vast difference in experience between any two people must also hold a great effect on happiness. One who experiences systematic oppression, abuse, fi nancial stress, emotional loss, trauma, among other factors, could very well fi nd it more difficult to secure bliss than one who has encountered few major hardships in life thus far. The mantra of happiness as a choice foolishly makes no allowance for physical or circumstantial disparities among people. The ways in which people fi nd their way to happiness is so varied and exists in so many disparate degrees that to assert that it is a “choice,� a word often used to denote picking out a sweat-
Alex is a senior in LAS. amswans2@dailyillini.com
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Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa have both announced future “presidential runs.� Who do you think would be the better president?
“Tough choice. I’ll take Kanye as the successor to Donald Trump; they have pretty similar personalities.�
“Wiz Khalifa because his ego is slightly smaller than Kanye’s.�
“Kanye West would be better by a landslide. Could you imagine Kim Kardashian as the First Lady? I think I’m on Cloud Nine.�
“Well, considering Wiz doesn’t even meet the age requirements to become president, I’d have to go with Kanye.�
Nickelodeon is considering revamping “Hey Arnold!� and “Rugrats�. Any other childhood favorites you’d want relaunched?
“2005 Illinois basketball was a childhood favorite of mine-- how about we work on rebooting that?�
“No. The classics are great as they are and the sequels or remakes are always worse.�
“I still miss the show ‘Recess’. Those fourth graders basically created my expectations for elementary school. Needless to say, it definitely didn’t hold true to reality.�
“I still don’t understand how the world hasn’t figured out a way to bring back ‘Lizzie McGuire’. Everyone seems up for it so can we get on that?�
The University residence halls are going to start including laundry in living fees. Do you think this is a smart decision?
“Well, given recent events, we know this university has more than its fair share of dirty laundry. Anything that helps get rid of it is a good decision in my book.�
“I’d rather pay for my own laundry. Considering the way the University charges for cost of living they will probably overcharge for the added laundry fee.�
Nev Schulman of “Catfish� is coming to campus soon. Any other celebrities you’d like to see give a speech here?
“I’d love to see Donald Trump give a speech on campus because I have a few overripe tomatoes that I need to get rid of.�
“Bill Nye the Science Guy because he would be informative and entertaining.�
“As someone who would sometimes go for a week without clean shirts simply because I forgot to get change for my dollar bills, I am 100% in support of this decision. Hopefully, the dorm rooms will no longer smell like high school gym locker rooms.� “After Joe Biden, that’s a tough call. After the MTV Awards, I wouldn’t mind having Queen Nicki inspire the students of U of I.�
“I almost never did my laundry when I was in the dorms, but it would be nice to not have to hoard quarters for when I did have to do a load.�
“Asking for One Direction to come here would be pushing it, but I could happily sit and listen to Mindy Kaling talk for hours.�
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PorterKey app offers recommendations just one key away BY BELLA JACKSON STAFF WRITER
On a campus that offers countless options of where to eat and what to do, making plans can be challenging and time-consuming. But thanks to a new app developed by a University student and a recent graduate, decisions may be getting easier to make. Faris Toqan, senior in Engineering, and Robert Pieta, a 2013 graduate, have developed a new iOS app that adds an additional keyboard to allow users to search for food, nightlife and movies, and get information such as phone numbers or reviews without leaving the text messaging screen. “The goal is to make the search contextual,� Pieta said, “You’ve already had the communication with your friend about what you want. [The app] can go through what you were looking for.� Pieta said that by eliminating the need to use another medium — whether it be an app or a web browser — to search for information, it makes the process of planning more efficient. Toqan and Pieta met when Toqan was a freshman looking for a tutor to help him learn how to design programs for iPhones because a class was not available through the University. Pieta said after a few months of tutoring, it became clear that Toqan was very talented, and he hired him to work for his consulting group that worked with outside companies. After graduation, Pieta went to work with another outside company, but in September 2014, he quit his job and founded the startup Onenigma with Toqan. Onenigma comes from the words “one� and “enigma,� and represents some of the goals the two have. “We tackle different
problems, one puzzle at a time,� Toqan said. “PorterKey is actually the third app that we’ve developed, but it’s the fi rst that we’ve really pushed to launch.� Toqan said the University’s emphasis on work outside of classes helped him take the initiative to develop products while still in school. Pieta echoed that statement, adding that because the University allows students to earn credit from AP tests and proficiency tests, he could focus on computer science and application development while he was at school, and was able to graduate early in December 2013. Pieta said the idea for PorterKey came while the two were eating at Chipotle on campus in June. “I really suggested it as a joke,� Toqan said. “Like, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if there was just a keyboard that could help you decide where to eat?’ But then Rob was like, ‘That’s actually a really good idea.’� The two spent around three months designing, building and testing the app before it launched on Aug. 11. Pieta said throughout most of the summer, the two worked remotely, with Pieta at his apartment in Chicago and Toqan in Abu Dhabi. “We’re really efficient at working as a remote team,� Pieta said. “It really frees up a lot of time that we would spend commuting to an office and allows us to focus on building really cool stuff.� Toqan said college students would definitely fi nd the application useful because the three major categories — food, nightlife and movies — are very prevalent topics in communication between students. However, the app can be of use to anyone who wants to make plans through text message without search-
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ing additional Web pages or outside apps. Toqan said the biggest challenge in developing the app was coming up with a design that communicated the information in a userfriendly manner. The name PorterKey was not given to the app until the keyboard was already designed. Pieta and Toqan wanted a name that was based on the concept of getting advice, similar to the way in which visitors do at a hotel. “We were thinking Concierge Key, but it was too long,� Toqan said. “PorterKey is easier to spell and remember, and it still communicates the point.� Toqan said he would like to continue designing apps to solve problems that he or people he knows face in their daily lives. Pieta said he thinks Onenigma will keep building on its technology to even more accurately present information. This means PorterKey may just be the beginning for the two Illini behind Onenigma.
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LIGONIER, Penn. — “Nail,� Evan Wingenroth said as he dug in a shallow trench outside the walls of Fort Ligonier, an 18th Century British fortification from the French and Indian War. The senior at Juniata College, in Huntington, Penn., held up a dirty, corroded bit of metal. His fi nd did indeed look like a nail. It had a wide head and then tapered to a point. The next challenge would be to determine if it was a modern nail or something dating back to the construction of the fort in 1758, Matt Gault said. Gault is assistant director of education at Fort Ligonier, where Wingenroth and nine other students were taking part in a two-week archaeology field school. The Westmoreland County dig, part of a course called “Clash of Cultures� at Juniata College in central Pennsylvania, was the first excavation at the French and Indian War site in 20 years. The effort was led by Jonathan A. Burns, director of the college’s Cultural Resource Institute, and Andrew Dudash, reference librarian at Juniata’s Beeghly Library. They worked with Erica I. Nuckles, Fort Ligonier’s director of history and collections, and Brad Mooney, owner of Heritage Restorations and an expert on artillery pieces. The students’ goal was to fi nd the remains of a wooden palisade — known as a “line of communication� — constructed outside of the main stockade. The wall, which is shown on a 1758 map of the British fortification, provided protection for soldiers assigned to an artillery battery guarding an approach to the fort. The efforts of students and interns such as the ones from Juniata College are important to the operation
and improvement of public and nonprofit historic sites across southwestern Pennsylvania and elsewhere, officials say. “It’s a wonderful partnership,� Nuckles said of the arrangement with Juniata. “This part of our site has never been excavated. We’ll benefit from new information and with new items for our collections, and the students will benefit in getting education and experience in field work.� The summer’s work ultimately could lead to locating and reconstructing the 18th century artillery position outside the fort, she said. One of the things that college students and interns bring to museums, historic homes and battlefields is a new perspective. “We get to see our operation through the eyes of an outsider,� Karen Parsons said. She is the office manager and volunteer coordinator at the Depreciation Lands Museum in Hampton, Penn. “I make sure they learn a little bit of everything,� curator Sarah Buffi ngton said of the students who work at Old Economy Village in Ambridge, Penn. “And we get a lot more done when they are here.� Among the items uncovered at the Fort Ligonier dig was a brass bell from a horse collar and several musket balls that likely date to the mid-18th century. That was the era when Great Britain, France and Native American tribes battled for control of thousands of square miles west of the Allegheny Mountains. The French and Indian War, which effectively began in 1754, in Fayette County, Penn.’s Jumonville Glen, was part of a worldwide struggle for colonies and resources. Juniata students found hundreds of small glass, ceramic, metal, mineral and animal artifacts at Fort Ligonier as they excavated in several trenches looking for evidence of the 1758 wooden wall.
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Student archaeologists dig French and Indian War sites BY LEN BARCOUSKY
Thursday, September 3, 2015
While they could remove the top layer of grass and soil with shovels, much of their digging was done with hand trowels. During the fi rst week of the dig, the trenches were roughly 12 to 24 inches deep. Abigail Sites, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh who took the Juniata course, spied what turned out to be a wooden button as she sifted soil from one of the trenches. An anthropology major, Sites said she was glad for the opportunity to learn field techniques. “I’m not just picking up rocks anymore and thinking they’re artifacts,� she said. Kristin Kopera is a junior from Clearfield County majoring in geology at Juniata. Her summer experience has included time spent examining different kinds of soil and rock layers. That skill should help her with any sedimentology courses she likely will take as part of her major. Burns and his students have done similar digs at other French and Indian War fortifications across Pennsylvania. They have included the sites of Fort Littleton in Fulton County and Fort Shirley in Huntingdon County. At Old Economy Village in Beaver County, interns from Mercyhurst University in Erie, Penn., and Mansfield University in northcentral Pennsylvania helped with packing, moving and photographing artifacts in the historic site’s extension collection. Among the treasures the students worked with were intricate displays of wax flowers made by the Harmonists in the 19th century and modeled on local plant life. Three of those arrangements have been moved to the Old Economy visitors center, where they will remain on display through the fall, Buffi ngton said. “What interns learn here reinforces what they are learning at school.�
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Miga offers modern cuisine in a comfortable downtown bar and lounge accompanied by classic cinema pieces projected onto the wall.
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Miga serves a fusion of favors
Unique local restaurant celebrates anniversary BY MADDIE GALASSI STAFF WRITER
A restaurant with worldwide flavors has resided in downtown Champaign for nearly a year, and its menu is only expanding. Miga, located at 301 N. Neil St., is celebrating its anniversary on Sept. 5. The urban-inspired restaurant was brought to Champaign by the same mind behind Sakanaya at 403 E. Green St. and features American food with a twist. “The food here has a lot of Asian flavors combined with French technique,� said Jennifer Kropfel, Miga’s general manager. The unique combination of flavors was created by executive chef Jae Jin Lee, who grew up in Boston and previously worked for hotels like the Four Seasons and small family restaurants. Lee also studied culinary arts in Boston, where he worked with and learned from local French chefs. “They have a large focus of French food in Boston,� Lee said. “I then went to Korea, where I learned high standard Korean cuisine while working at the W hotel.�
Lee brought this discipline to Miga’s popular steaks, which are cooked with Korean techniques and sauces and cut in an American-French butcher style. “When I was in Boston, I learned French cuisine. When I was in Korea, I learned Asian cuisine. And when I came to Champaign, I combined the two together,� he explained. For alumna Madi Odell, the ambiance at Miga provides a setting unlike others in downtown Champaign. “The atmosphere is hip and it makes you feel like you’re sitting in downtown Chicago,� she said. During the past six weeks, the typically dinner-only restaurant has introduced a new brunch menu to customers on Sundays. “The majority of people who eat here come to both eat and drink,� said Jared Decker, head server at Miga. “We typically try to pair things together as well, like a specific wine with a specific steak.� The restaurant’s bar features an extensive selection of wine, cocktails and beer. Chris Porter, the head bartender, said that many guests come in the
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evening simply to enjoy drinks with friends in a unique atmosphere. The vast menu includes appetizers like traditional and exclusive salads, followed by options like sea scallops, Zen-style ceviche and Miga’s take on French fries, complete with Parmesan cheese and served with sweet and sour ketchup. Porter said one of the restaurant’s most popular dishes is the white butter fish, which is a marinated escolar. “The butter fish is my favorite here,� Porter said. “I love fish and you aren’t going to get a cut like that anywhere else here.� After spending a year residing in downtown Champaign, Kropfel said the restaurant has seen the University’s diversity reflected in their customer base. “We get a very diverse crowd here,� Kropfel said. “We get a lot of international students, and even some Champaign locals that just want a nicer atmosphere.� First-time diner Moira Quealy, junior in LAS, visited Miga on a whim. “It was kind of a spontaneous decision to go, but it was awesome,� she said. “I got the Bi Bim Bap and it was impressively presented.� Reservations are necessary for a chance to eat at Miga during a busy weekend.
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Football ready to play Illinois to open the season against Kent State on Friday BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER
Most of the Illinois football players have not been in a Friday night game since their high school days. This Friday, as Illinois opens the season at home under the lights against Kent State, brings a return to the old grind. It’s an opportunity to put the whirlwind week of press conferences behind and finally shift focus to the game itself. Illinois’ 2014 season (6-7, 3-5 Big Ten) ended with a disappointing Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl loss. Opening the season at home, Illinois will face Kent State (2-9, 1-6 MAC East) for the first time in the two programs’ histories. However, head coach Bill Cubit, in his time at Western Michigan, faced the Golden Flashes four times, splitting the series with two wins and two losses. The game time is only one of the many differences the Illini face heading into the season. With the dismissal of Tim Beckman, Friday will be the first test of the program’s stability. As the Illini have grappled with the leadership change, some players were quick to
point out that the structure of the program has not really changed. “Coach Cubit is an oldschool guy, and that’s how he’s raised,” quarterback Wes Lunt said. “He’s a different coach, but he’s going to try and keep the same things that coach Beckman preached and wanted accomplished.” Lunt will be back after fracturing his fibula in 2014. He went 153-for-241 with 14 touchdowns and 1,763 passing yards in eight games last season. The weekend after Beckman was fired saw lighter practices, with a return to a more normal schedule in the weekdays leading up to game day all in an effort to keep the spotlight on football. In a campus surrounded by controversy, players have turned to each other and have stated that there’s now an increased drive to win on Friday. “There’s no cloud (in our mindset),” offensive lineman Ted Karras said. “We feel like there’s a little of an added buzz to the whole thing with Friday night and with everything that’s happened. It’s been crazy, but we’ve seen a lot of stuff here,
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especially as seniors. We’re ready to go.” For Cubit, as the players have come together, the coaching changes have been shaping up as well. Wide receiver coach Mike Bellamy is out with a one game suspension for an NCAA recruiting violation. Stepping up will be quarterbacks coach Ryan Cubit, who will be up in the box on Friday, and former Illini quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase, who will play a role with the running backs. The Cubits have coached together for years, and Bill said having Ryan around to help direct the offense is vital, because his son knows how he thinks. With Karras, Lunt, linebacker Mason Monheim, STAR Eric Finney and wide receiver Geronimo Allison named captains for the game, the Illini are trying to ignore the negativity surrounding the program, not worry about the students at the game and prove themselves under the lights. “Something comes up every day ... I want to make sure our kids are taken care of first,” Cubit said.
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After missing parts of five games in 2014 due to a fractured fibula, Lunt returns in 2015 as the undisputed starter at quarterback. He shared the starting duties with Reilly O’Toole last season. Lunt was the only junior named as a starter for Friday’s game, and is the only quarterback on the roster with any NCAA game experience. He finished with 14 touchdowns and three interceptions last season and broke the Illinois season record for passer efficiency, with 141.61.
Reardon, a junior, enters this season fourth in Kent State history in completions and sixth in career passing yards and touchdown passes. Reardon tossed 14 touchdowns and threw for 2,466 yards last year, the fifth most and second most in each of those categories respectively in Kent State history. Reardon is also a threat to run, racking up 484 yards on the ground in his first two seasons with the Golden Flashes. He scored two touchdowns on the ground last season.
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QB Wes Lunt 12 RB Josh Ferguson 6 WR Geronimo Allison 8 WR Malik Turner 11 WR Dionte Taylor 4 TE Tyler White 87 LT Austin Schmidt 57 LG Chris Boles 55 C Joe Spencer 71 RG Ted Karras 69 RT Christian DiLauro 67
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DE Dawuane Smoot 91 DT Rob Bain 16 DT Chunky Clements 93 LEO Carroll Phillips 6 WLB Mason Monheim 43 MLB T.J. Neal 52 STAR Eric Finney 14 CB V’Angelo Bentley 2 S Taylor Barton 3 S Clayton Fejedelem 20 CB Eaton Spence 27
ILLINOIS LEADERS PASSING Wes Lunt 153-241, 1763 yards, 14 TDs
RUSHING Josh Ferguson 146 carries, 735 yards, 8 TDs
RECEIVING Mike Dudek 76 catches, 1038 yards, 6 TDs Geronimo Allison 41 catches, 598 yards, 5 TDs Josh Ferguson 50 catches, 427 yards, 2 TDs
The Golden Flashes defensive line is inexperienced with a combination players that did not see much valuable time last season. Sophomore Jon Cunningham led the team in 2014 with 35 tackles and only one sack. An Illini offense known for its runningback talent behind senior Josh Ferguson will look to take advantage of the Kent State defense that ranked 107th in the nation last season and gave up 214 rushing yards on the year.
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As opposed to 2014, the 2015 season should be locked into place for junior quarterback Wes Lunt if he can stay healthy and consistent. In his Illini debut against Youngstown State at Memorial Stadium, the 6-foot-5, 225 pound, Lunt displayed the best Illinois quarterback debut in program history. He threw for four touchdowns and 285 passing yards. Despite a consistently slow first half, Lunt proved his ability to kick it up a notch, while winning three of the first four games of the season in fourth-quarter fashion. In his fifth game however, the quarterback started a playing-time dual with Reilly O’Toole who graduated in May. Lunt suffered a knee injury, which kept him out of the team’s loss at Nebraska. He came home to Champaign only to break his leg against Purdue. But now with O’Toole gone, the 2015 season gives Lunt the opportunity to showcase what he is known to be capable of.
HISTORY
Illinois and Kent State have never faced each other in a football game. However, head coach Bill Cubit, in his time at Western Michigan, faced the Golden Flashes four times, splitting the series with two wins and two losses.
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Illinois interim head coach Bill Cubit led Western Michigan to a 51-47 during his stint as head coach at the University.
KENT STATE OFFENSE
QB Colin Reardon 10 RB Trayion Durham 34 WR Kris White 3 WR Ernest Calhoun 25 WR Connor Arlia 11 LT Reno Reda 55 LG Wayne Scott 71 OC Nathan Puthoff 52 RG Anthony Pruitt 66 RT Brock Macaulay 74 TE Brice Fackler 13
DEFENSE
LE Nate Terhune 69 NT Jon Cunningham 90 DT Clay Miller 52 RE James Alexander 5 OLB Elcee Refuge 7 MLB Matt Dellinger 32 WLB Darius Redmond 36 CB Najee Murray 12 SS Jordan Italiano 23 FS Nate Holley 18 CB Demetrius Monday 21
KENT STATE LEADERS PASSING
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Collin Reardon 228-400, 2466 yards, 14 TDs
Casey Pierce 60 catches, 641 yards, 6 TDs Chris Humphrey 51 catches, 635 yards, 5 TDs Ernest Calhoun 33 catches, 319 yards, 1 TD
RUSHING Nick Holley 125 carries, 516 yards, 3 TDs
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BY MICHAL DWOJAK STAFF WRITER
The Illinois football team will not only enter the Bill Cubit era when it starts the season against Kent State on Friday night. Players, coaches and athletic department officials hope Friday marks the start of a new gameday tradition. Illinois’ new decorated team buses will drive onto First Street and stop at the entrance of Grange Grove, the new tailgating area west of Memorial Stadium. Players will exit the bus and walk down the new brick road, surrounded with cheering fans, toward the Red Grange statue where the Marching Illini will greet them with music. “The atmosphere will be exactly what we want,” said Brad Wurthman, associate athletic director for marketing and fan development. “It’s everything we’ve hoped it was when we planned it, and a lot of it from this point on will lean on our fans. If there are things they want changed or altered ... the goal is that it rocks.” The new tailgating area is a University initiative to create a better fan experience, especially among students. The Block I platform on the north side of the stadium, which is the student section, has noticeably been mostly empty during recent games, often encouraging nationwide ridicule. Student attendance during last season averaged 1,506 people per game. The Homecoming game
against Minnesota was last season’s best with 2,655 students and the Penn State game was the lowest with 314 — this game took place during Thanksgiving break. Players have noticed low attendance during recent seasons. Although every player would love to play in front of a packed house, the student section is of particular importance. “Any time you can get your classmates out there with you it’s a huge boost of confidence,” quarterback Wes Lunt said. “It’s a great home-field advantage. The more students we can get out there the better. We know they’re busy but we’d love them to be out there every day.” Players know that the team’s record plays a big role in fans’ interest in the team. The Illini hope there is a new buzz among the fan base with the coaching change. Fans from all over the nation called Cubit voicing their support; on Friday, those in attendance will have a chance to do the same. “I’ve always said we have some of the best fans in the nation and we haven’t given them the best show always and we have started to pick it up in the past two years, but it’s huge,” offensive lineman Ted Karras said. “When we pack the Block I, you can see the stadium atmosphere go up a bunch of notches.”
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Grange Grove highlights the University’s efforts to promote gameday culture at Memorial Stadium. The Grove will open to the public Friday when the Illini play Kent State.
IFC pushes for more student interest in football affiliation — is the goal Greek Night will be a twopart event. The first aspect is the recruiting tailgate, sponsored by the Interfraternity Council. The second is the discounted tickets in an effort to get more students to see the game. Michael Sterne, IFC’s vice president of recruiting, said the tailgate, which starts three hours before kickoff, will feature 900 free sandwiches from Cracked in an added push to get students to come out. “I love football,” Sterne said. “I’ve been upset that we don’t have the kind of atmosphere that Alabama, or even Ohio State, has where everyone gets excited on Saturday morning to go to the game, regardless of how the team is every year.” While many fraternities and sororities participate in Block, a tradition where these students go to bars on Saturday mornings
BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER
In a push to get more students invested in this year’s Illini football team, the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics will be hosting fraternity and sorority members at Greek Night this Friday. With a percentage of the $10 student tickets going to the non-for-profit Circle of Sisterhood and a pre-game recruiting tailgate, the event is another chance for Illinois to market the newly installed Grange Grove. Last year’s Football 101 for international students and the start of a Mandarin broadcast this year are just some ways Illinois is additionally reaching out on campus to attract more students. According to Brad Wurthman, associate athletic director for marketing and fan development, having one-in-eight Illinois students at Memorial Stadium on game days — regardless of Greek
rather than games, this week will be easier to reach both groups because Block does not begin until the next week, and the game is on a Friday. Sterne said Block likely plays a role in attendance from the Greek community, but that there is an increased interest in both football and basketball as the athletic department plans more events with specific groups on campus. At the end of the day, Wurthman and the Illini sales team aren’t distinguishing between students — they just want people to show up. “Are we ever going to be able to tell the masses ‘hey don’t go over here, come over here,’” Wurthman said. “No, that’s not the world we live in. Our goal is that they have an opportunity where this is a better alternative.”
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Friday football to relieve fans after scandals BY PETER BAILEY-WELLS SPORTS EDITOR
The fact that there’s an Illinois football game Friday is a big ole’ relief. Most people — myself included — have been itching for Sept. 4 since the Illini lost to Louisiana Tech in December. But after all that has happened since May, it’s time to exhale: we’ve finally reached the season. No one can get fired between 8:12 — kickoff — and the end of the game. No one will file a lawsuit — probably — between 8:12 and the end of the game. Bill Cubit is Illinois’ head coach instead of Tim Beckman, but at Monday’s press conference, Illini players said the game plan isn’t any different. It’s just another football game, they said. If you’re really in it for the sports, Friday should be a good day for you. The Illini should stomp Kent State. Like, totally throttle them. Maybe you forgot, because of the total and utter chaos that was this summer, but this is an Illini team with a very good starting quarterback, a talented running back and a hungry defense. They’re not Ohio State, but that doesn’t matter. These kids obviously care about their reputation as a football team — especially in the wake of Beckman’s dismissal — and they know their college careers could be on the line this season. A head coaching change means transfers, a new coaching staff and general turmoil. If there’s another new head coach next season, a.k.a. anyone but Cubit, the
program will take anywhere from one season to three trying to find its identity. That’s not an endorsement of Cubit. He still has to do well this season and be left out of any remaining investigation results. But as far as these players are concerned, Cubit is the most important man in the world for the next four months. So Friday is a football game. Illinois is playing a team from the MAC, which often seems like the Big Ten’s AAA younger brother. This is the best Illinois team since the 2011 season, and “coming together” — a phrase the players have repeated a lot since Friday’s firing — whipping Kent State seems like the only possible option for this team. Wes Lunt said Monday that playing on a Friday night feels like playing in high school again. And the school spirit Friday might be higher than it will be for any other game this fall, excluding homecoming. Newly fi nished Grange Grove looks really slick — slicker than the muddy parking lot it used to be — and despite offending high school coaches a bit by taking over their Friday night timeslot, this game should be rocking with orange. So enjoy Friday night if you’re an Illini fan. It should be a win, a big win, and it should be nice to get back to football. Or someone important could get hurt. Peter is a junior in Media.
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Illinois’ Wes Lunt throws to a receiver during the game against Iowa at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 15.
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Illinois preps for Big Ten/Pac 12 Challenge Illini to face No. 2 Stanford and No. 21 Colorado BY ELI SCHWADRON STAFF WRITER
Fresh off finishing first among four schools in the Illini Classic this past weekend, the No. 6 Illinois volleyball team (3-0) will travel to University Park, Pa., to compete in the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge. The Illini’s first test is No. 2 Stanford on Friday. Then, head coach Kevin Hambly’s squad will get a little under 24 hours to rest before taking on No. 21 Colorado on Saturday. The Cardinals made it out of Illinois’ region last year in the NCAA tournament before falling in the semifinals to eventual champion, Penn State. While Stanford – who received eight first-place votes in the recent AVCA Coaches’ Poll — presents a huge matchup for the Illini, the squad won’t worry about the Cardinals until arriving in University Park. Hambly said the focus in practice this week has been improving on areas that were vulnerable throughout the Illini Classic — though there haven’t been too many mistakes for the Illini. Apart from some erratic, error-heavy play Friday night, Illinois dominated all weekend, sweeping Louisville, Miami (OH) and Creighton.
“Obviously, playing Stanford is a big match, but it’s more about what can we gain from this experience and how it can be a step toward our goal of being a national champion,” junior outside hitter Michelle Strizak said. Freshman middle blocker Ali Bastianelli echoed her teammate’s statement and explained that the team is going to treat all of its opponents with the same ferocity. “There is a lot of pressure, Stanford being No. 2, but at the end of it, it’s just us playing volleyball,” Bastianelli said. For Bastianelli and the other two freshmen on the roster, the Penn State trip means their first taste of college volleyball on the road. The Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge is the start of a 12-game away stretch through Oct. 3, with the team leaving campus for the next four weekends. Playing on the road for so long may seem daunting, but Hambly said there are a lot of positives. In his view, the team bonds better on the road than they do at home. Playing in front of hostile crowds is solid experience for the postseason, and many of the matches are what he calls “dead matches” — neutral sites. He said he hopes the Big Ten fans are more on Illinois’ side this upcoming weekend. Three players won awards for their fantastic play in the Illini Classic. Strizak earned Big
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Illinois’ Michelle Strizak attempts to spike the ball during the game versus Louisville at Huff Hall on Friday. Ten Player of the Week honors, sophomore libero Brandi Donnelly won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, and freshman setter
Jordyn Poulter took home Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Outside hitter Jocelynn Birks leads the club with 37
kills, and Donnelly anchors the opposite side of the ball with 49 digs. Strizak has played the most efficient volleyball thus far, racking
up 33 kills with just three errors.
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Swimming transfers return to home state to join Illini BY DRAKE PENA STAFF WRITER
When she attended Champaign Centennial High School, Illini swimmer Audrey Rodawig was only two and a half miles from the University of Illinois campus. To put that into perspective, that’s just a bit further than going on a run from the ARC to the Engineering Quad, and back again. After spending her first two years at Ball State, Rodawig transferred to her hometown school. The junior is one of nine additions to the Illini roster this season, six of which are from Illinois. Fellow transfer, sophomore Charli Wike from
Sterling, Ill., is returning to the state of Illinois after swimming her freshman season at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Head coach Sue Novitsky was ecstatic that two of her swimmers came home and helped out the Illini. “Obviously we always like Illinois kids to stay in Illinois, so it’s great to have them here,” Novitsky said, “Both are great additions to our team.” Rodawig and Wike swim different sets of events. Novitsky is looking forward to seeing her new recruits compete and is excited to get the opportunity to watch her new pupils develop and grow as members of her team. Rodawig will compete
in the sprint, freestyle and butterfly. “She’s got that potential to really help out our relays and to help us out individually in her events both at the Big Ten Championships and throughout our dual meet season,” Novitsky said. “We are excited to help her on improving even more.” Novitsky had similar sentiments in regards to Wike, a breaststroker. “(Charli) has a lot of potential to gain, especially in the area of strength,” Novitsky said. “She had great drops her freshman year at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and I think having the chance to further develop her is an excellent opportunity for the team.”
Novitsky is not the only one who is enthusiastic. Rodawig and Wike have each expressed their enthusiasm to be part of Illinois athletics. Wike said that the strength of Novitsky’s training regimen is very beneficial, and despite the progress she made at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the training she has already received under Novitsky has her confident about the season. Wike continued on about her satisfaction of being an Illini. “Being here, I absolutely love it,” she said. “I’ve been here for a week and a half, and it feels more like home than home even does. I absolutely love the team.”
Hometown girl Rodawig has an extra bit of support behind her for the home contests, as she expects a lot of friendly faces waiting for her outside of the pool at the end of meets. “I’m so excited. My parents, grandparents and friends are just so stoked to be able to come and watch me,” Rodawig said. “It’s only about a five-minute drive, so it’s going to be really fun. I was told I might have quite the big fan section here for me at the home meets.” Novitsky can tell that Rodawig is happy to be back in the area where she grew up not only for swimming, but also for her academic interests. “I think she’s excit-
ed about being able to be here,” Novitsky said. “She’s a speech and hearing science major, so she’s really excited about being in that department. Overall, I think she’s just excited for the opportunity to be home and closer to family, and just in the area.” Lots of emotions come from being a transfer. Competing at a new school can really make for a stressful time for some athletes. Not every athlete makes the decision that is right for them. But in the case of Rodawig and Wike, both think they’ll fit right in. “It feels great,” Rodawig said, “I’m really happy to be a part of the Illini family.”
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Bolden leaves Kansas State due to injury MANHATTAN, Kan. — Brandon Bolden has played his last basketball game in a Kansas State uniform. The junior forward has been granted a medical exemption coming off a broken wrist that ended his sophomore season early, meaning he can remain on scholarship at K-State without playing for the basketball team . Bolden intends to stay at K-State in hopes of graduating with a degree
in sociology in May 2016. “It is always disappointing for a student-athlete when injuries derail on the court dreams,” K-State coach Bruce Weber said in a release. “But Brandon has continued to work hard in the classroom and we look forward to seeing him earn his K-State degree next spring and supporting him as he determines his post school path.” A 6-foot-11, 215-pound forward, Bolden transferred to K-State from Georgetown in 2013. He played in 17 games last season, averaging 0.9 points and 0.9 rebounds in 4.2 minutes.
Blackhawks forward agrees to one-year deal Joakim Nordstrom will stay with the Blackhawks next season. The 23-year-old forward agreed to terms on a one-year deal, the team announced Wednesday. Nordstrom played in 38 games last season and tallied three assists while appearing in three postseason games. Nordstrom, 23, played parts of the last two seasons with the Hawks while bouncing back and forth between the Hawks and Rockford of the AHL. With training camp set to begin Sept. 18, center Marcus Kruger, who was a restricted free agent, remains unsigned.
Briggs to retire from NFL soon
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Kansas State’s Brandon Bolden delivers a thunderous dunk against Southern Utahat Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan., on Nov. 14.
It looks like Lance Briggs will not wear another uniform in the NFL. The seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker for the Bears plans to retire, he said Wednesday afternoon during CSN Chicago’s broadcast of the Reds-Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Briggs said he expects to submit paperwork to the NFL making his retirement official soon, perhaps in the next week. Briggs, a third-round draft pick in 2003, played 12 seasons for the Bears and was a central performer on some of the best defenses in the
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Chicago Blackhawks’ Joakim Nordstrom chases the puck in front of Minnesota Wild’s Ilya Bryzgalov in the 1st period during Game 3 of the NHL Western Conference semifinals in St. Paul, Minn., on May 6, 2014. league during his prime. He’s going to stay around the Bears and remain a part of CSN’s coverage of the team after doing an often candid show during his playing days with Pat Boyle. Briggs, 34, visited the 49ers in March as a free agent, but the team signed a handful of other linebackers. No other firm offers materialized for Briggs, who told the Tribune during the week of Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix that he hoped to continue playing. He was even open to a switch to the 3-4 for coach John Fox’s staff, but the Bears never pursued him. “Outside of freak injuries, I’ve been durable,” Briggs said. “I want to play. At this point in my career, I understand a whole lot.”
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Chicago Bears outside linebacker Lance Briggs runs with his interception against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C. on Oct. 5. Briggs was limited to eight games last season as he missed three after he was
speared in the ribs playing the Panthers and five more with a pulled groin muscle at
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Illini going west undefeated
Team looks to carry success into West Coast matches has preached the need for consistency throughout the duration of matches. Flaws netted three goals in the first twenty-five minutes of last Sunday’s victory against St. Louis, but the Illini were held scoreless for the rest of the match. “In other games earlier in the year, we started slow and finished strong,� Rayfield said. “We flipped the table tonight.� Rayfield told her team after Sunday that it is hard to maintain a high level of play once you take your foot off of the gas, which she thought happened around the 30th minute of her team’s game against St. Louis. A lot of that play starts in the midfield, which junior Allison Stucky says must be the connecting line of the team. The midfielders have been able to rely on Flaws to put home the passes that they’ve served her so far this season, but in 2014, defenses started to focus on Flaws midway through the season, and if that were to happen this year, Stucky said the midfielders need to maintain the group’s chemistry. “This is the best that this group has been in my three years here,� Stucky said. “Janet (Rayfield) can always pick us up and always knows what to say at halftime, but we have to feed off of each other.
BY JONATHAN JOFFE STAFF WRITER
After four games, the Illinois soccer team remains undefeated. The Illini certainly have gained some momentum and are coming off a game in which redshirt senior Jannelle Flaws became the all-time leading scorer in Illinois history — earning her Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors. A West-Coast trip is in store for the Illini this weekend — with matches against Washington on Friday and Portland on Sunday – and they hope their success travels with them. “They’re a really positive team,� head coach Janet Rayfield said. “When things are going well, they feed off of that positive energy, and that’s where we are right now. They’ve really bonded together, they’re trying to stay positive no matter what has happened, and that has translated into the outcomes that they’ve desired.� Washington sits at 2-1 on the season, while Portland sports a 1-1-2 record. The Illini are 4-00 for the first time since the 2008 season, and that season, they defeated Washington 3-0 in Champaign. Illinois figures to be the favorite in both matches, and Rayfield
Soccer goes out west
Illinois at Washington When: Friday at 9:30 PM, Seattle, WA. Quick notes: Illini are 4-0 to start the season for the first time since 2011 Hidden stat: Washington won the last matchup (2009) 1-0 Illinois at Portland When: Sunday at 2 PM, Seattle, WA. Quick notes: Illinois is leading the B1G with 12 assists on the season Hidden stat: The two last met at the 2013 NCAA Tournament, with Illinois winning 4-3 in OT. Forwards need to keep communicating and making runs. We want to stay undefeated.� For Illinois’ sake, the team hopes that Flaws keeps her foot on the pedal. She already has seven goals in the first four games and is on pace to have her highest scoring season of her time at Illinois.
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Top Left: Jannelle Flaws throws the ball in during Friday’s game against TCU. Top Right: Claire Wheatley punts the ball downfield during Friday’s win over TCU. Bottom: Allison Stucky dribbles down the field during Friday’s win over TCU.
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Stolen Heisman Trophy recovered Man suspected of 1994 O.J. Simpson trophy theft arrested, charged BY VERONICA ROCHA TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors have charged a man in connection with the theft of O.J. Simpson’s 1968 Heisman Trophy from a display case at the University of Southern California more than 20 years ago. Lewis Eugene Starks Jr., 56, of Apple Valley, Calif., is scheduled to be arraigned later Wednesday on one count of receiving stolen property, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Starks was arrested Monday after a lengthy investigation. The trophy has been recovered. P rosecutors accused Starks of trying to sell the trophy late last year, even though it was known to be stolen. The trophy, the crowning individual award in college football, was USC’s copy of the statue and was on display in the athletic department when it was stolen in July 1994. Both the Heisman winner and his university receive
copies of the trophy. Simpson reportedly later sold his own copy at auction to help pay court costs. An anonymous East Coast collector bought the trophy for $230,000, plus commission. USC’s statue was recovered Dec. 16 after detectives went to court seeking a search warrant for phone records for an unnamed person who they said was connected to the theft. Police announced the recovery of the trophy in January, but didn’t arrest anyone in connection with the decades-old theft until this week. On July 28, 1994, a USC custodian noticed that Simpson’s Heisman and No. 32 football jersey were missing from display cases in the lobby of the school’s athletic department building. Investigators found that screws holding the covers of the cases in place had been unscrewed. Police believed two thieves were responsible. Simpson had been arrested the previous month in
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OJ Simpson’s Heisman Trophy, seen in 1999, was the centerpiece at a court-ordered auction at Butterfield and Butterfield that year. USC’s trophy was stolen in 1994. connection with the slaying of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and
her friend, Ronald Lyle Goldman. He was acquitted of mur-
Fish ends tennis career at US Open
der charges but was found liable in a later civil trial. After the trophy was sto-
len, USC obtained a replica Heisman to stand in its place.
Kephart pushes for new Oakland Raiders stadium BY MATTHEW ARTZ TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
at love, and Lopez quickly won the next two games. NEW YORK — Mardy In the last set, Fish briefFish fought against a heart ly doubled over in pain. condition that threatened “I don’t feel that great, to sideline his career and just from the match, so it climbed back from severe takes a little bit away from anxiety disorder that it,” said Fish, who noted essentially did end his that both his legs began to career. cramp toward the end of So it was fitting that the the fourth set _ something 33-year-old’s last stand he said wouldn’t have hapended like this on Wednes- pened in his younger years. day: Limping and pained “I was starting to feel at the U.S. Open, and fight- pretty tired and starting ing through a deciding fifth to get a couple of twinges. set against a player consid- ... I wasn’t quitting. ... You ered far above him, all so would have had to carry me he could end his career on off the court.” Fish had 10 unforced his own terms. Fish, who wrote in his errors in the final set to Players’ Tribune piece that Lopez’s six. he had no expectation of He had previously defeatwinning, but that compet- ed Marco Cecchinato in the ing would be important clo- first round, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3, PEDRO PORTAL TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE sure, fell to No. 18 Felicia- despite having won only Mardy Fish returns a ball against Juan Monaco during the no Lopez, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 5-7, five matches since the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla., 6 -3, in U.S. Open. March 29, 2012. his final That was the Open first time (since Nadal) ... one last time. tournament. It didn’t diminish his disw h e r e This isn’t a sports movie, F i s h Fish with- of course, and there won’t appointment, he said, but had a drew from be a sports movie ending. he was happy with everychance to his fourth- I won’t be riding off into thing up until the last set. serve out r o u n d the sunset, lifting a trophy. His opponent, Lopez, said an upset I’m not going to win the he told Fish at the net that m a t c h of Lopez he deserved to win. a g a i n s t tournament. But that’s fine by me _ “I’m just trying to help in t he R o g e r fourth F e d e r e r because honestly, this isn’t any way I can and share my story and if it helps other set, but b e c a u s e a sports story. he began And I think it’s impor- people, that’s great,” Fish of severe to show anxiety. tant that my story not said. “I was open and honIn h i s have a sports vocabulary. est about a topic that is ... discomMARDY FISH article for I didn’t ‘choke’ in Act Two, not supposed to be mascufor t i n PROFESSIONAL TENNIS PLAYER The Play- and I’m not going to ‘win’ line. ... I want to help people his right that have gone through it ers’ T ri- in Act Three.” thigh, Though Fish said that and try to be a role model. bune, entir u b “It’s always going to be tled “The Wednesday didn’t end the bing and stretching it. Weight,” he wrote of play- way he wished it would, a part of your life, but you Fished had three straight ing after years of manag- he said he was glad he was can pull yourself right back unforced errors then dou- ing his disorder: “I’m back able to overcome his obsta- (out) of the fire and come ble-faulted to be broken at the U.S. Open for the cles and return to the Open through OK.” BY LAURA ALBANESE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
“This isn’t a sports movie, of course, and there won’t be a sports movie ending.”
OAK LAND, Calif. — Floyd Kephart has known for months that the cornerstone of his plan to finance a new stadium for the Oakland Raiders was a nonstarter for the team. Yet, he has continued to pitch it, raising further doubt that Oakland and Alameda County will retain him as their hand-picked financial partner in securing a new Raiders stadium and spearheading the Coliseum City mega-development. At a breakfast meeting last week, Kephart, a finance professional, once again said that the estimated $400 million shortfall for a $900 million Raiders stadium could be closed primarily through issuing bonds backed by future stadium revenue. What he didn’t say was that Raiders President Marc Badain rejected that idea in an April 28 letter to Kephart. In the letter, obtained by this paper, Badain wrote that the team needed to control stadium revenues to help pay for the team’s $500 million contribution toward the stadium including a $200 million stadium loan from the NFL. “Simply put the ‘terms required for the Raiders to commit to remaining in Oakland’ are a plan that fills that funding gap without stripping revenues from the stadium and preserves the current level of surface parking,” Badain wrote. He added that “all revenues from the stadium must be retained by the Raiders.” The letter underscores Kephart’s struggles over the past 10 months to real-
ize Oakland’s vision of a transformed Coliseum complex as a destination center with new sports facilities, homes, offices and stores, said Andy Dolich, a sports business consultant and former executive with three Bay Area teams. “This has been a waste of time,” Dolich said. “There are plenty of people ... that can develop that land in and around the Coliseum. Why have the city and county spent so much time, effort and money pursuing something that was dead in April?” Kephart, city officials and the Raiders have not responded to requests for comment. The three-page letter illustrates both the level of distrust the Raiders have for Kephart, who they rejected as the city and county’s third-party intermediary for negotiating a stadium deal, and their frustration with the city over the Coliseum City development that was supposed to provide private money to help the Raiders build a new stadium. Badain wrote that city officials “reported that they had identified a number of “private developers’ who they claimed could fill the gap that remained ... in exchange for acquiring development rights around the stadium.” But even though the Raiders offered to sell a limited share in the team to a developer “willing to fund the gap,” Badain noted that the first two private developers weren’t willing to contribute any capital to the stadium project and Kephart also hadn’t “committed any capital to the project.”
Harbaugh returns to field as U-M coach Jim Harbaugh, new Wolverines coach, focuses on season-opening pressure BY MARK SNYDER TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
The last time Jim Harbaugh coached a football game showed why he is so coveted. On Dec. 28, 2014, in Santa Clara, Calif., the San Francisco 49ers were preparing for their regular-season finale in a home game. Harbaugh had been told weeks earlier that he wouldn’t be returning as coach for 2015 and, despite him not telling almost anyone, it was obvious to everyone and the media crush locally and nationally was intense. Everyone knew what was coming, building the chaos to a feverishly awkward pitch. Thousa nds of fa ns arrived early that day to cheer him as he took the field. Only one night earlier
at the Santa Clara Marriott, fans hollered at him as he walked by between meetings. Yet Harbaugh still got his team to perform in a 20-17 win over Arizona. That scene translates a few hundred miles east Thursday, as Harbaugh debuts in his new job as coach of the Michigan football team at Utah. Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. on Fox Sports 1. The environment will be hostile, the opponent overlooked and the swirl again enormous. The masses wonder how he will be, how his team will react. If recent history is a guide, Harbaugh will barely notice. He was proud that day in Santa Clara because he got his players to focus on the work, which is what he
does. Many times this offseason he has said he enjoys a day of practice as much as coaching in the Super Bowl. It may be a bit exaggerated, but the sentiment is legitimate - the man acts big but lives small. A major reason for his success is those blinders, able to push aside the tumult and live in that moment. There are times that his life gets complicated, when he’s mentally in another world during a conversation to his constant crush of ideas, unrestrained and left to someone else to implement. On the field, though, where he has shined as a coach and player for more than 30 years, it’s home. Even if it’s someone else’s home.
When Harbaugh was introduced as Michigan’s coach Dec. 30, he talked about the job being his dream since he was young and he has spent the past eight months living that. The hype and attention he has brought has exceeded even his imagination, the means to a recruiting end. Yet he understands the Wolverines will be judged on the field, by their results. Last year that was 5-7 with a 26-10 loss to these Utes. But it wasn’t his team. Many big-school coaches get to ease into a job, facing a team with far less talent and prestige, at their own stadium. But the easy path has never been the Harbaugh way. So while he sure ly cringed when realizing this was the Wolverines’ season-opening lot - a game sealed by former U-M athletic director Dave Brandon and former coach Brady Hoke, signed
as they basked in the glow of an 11-2 season - he never made it publicly an excuse. “This is what we signed up for,” he said last week. Even before the game began, Harbaugh’s impact has been felt in the program. He overhauled the internal recruiting process, he brought in assistants who are teaching fresh techniques, and he has pushed the players physically and mentally much further than they feared. There’s little explanation: to players, the public or even his coaches. So while Thursday night’s altitude was mentioned, it was never stressed. W hile the all-white uniforms (from his earliest memories on the 1973-75 Wolverines) were revealed, they were never celebrated. Harbaugh has made no promises about expectations for this game, let alone this season, not nec-
essarily because he is trying to keep his players’ mind focused but his rarely goes there. His players are told: “Don’t talk about it, be about it.” Just last week, during a punt drill, he was standing among the receivers, trying to catch the high flyers as they dropped. A few landed in his arms and a few bounded away. But he was focused. “It’s stuff where he throws himself into the mix,” linebacker Desmond Morgan said. “He’s like no other head coach I’ve been around. He really gets involved.” For many coaches, eight months of external chaos would build to a crushing weight on the first game. Millions will tune in to see how he reacts and, to a lesser extent, his team. Given his history, though, Thursday night will be a release for Harbaugh, who will barely notice anything but the field.