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Left: Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson speaks to the Academic Senate during its first meeting of the year on Monday. Right: President Timothy Killeen addresses the Academic Senate on Monday regarding current issues such as the state budget and the chancellor search process.
Ten takeaways from year’s first Academic Senate meeting: 1) Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson has been in her role for five weeks now. And she doesn’t want the job.
At Monday’s Academic Senate meeting, she said she loves the University but does not want to be in her role. She said she only took the position in hopes of helping the Urbana campus get out of its current situation after the resignations of former chancellor Phyllis Wise and Provost Adesida Illesanmi.
2) One of Wilson’s main goals going forward is to restore trust among the campus community.
“Even some of our students, I think, have lost trust in what we’re all about here,” Wilson said during her opening remarks Monday.
3) The creation of the CarleIllinois College of Medicine is “moving forward forcefully and actively,” Wilson said.
A dean search is ready to be launched and the University is working on a number of research agreements with Carle Foundation. The agreements need to be signed by the end of October.
4) If a “passionate donor” comes forward, the name of the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine could return to the senate to vote on a name change.
The University hopes to enroll its first class by 2017 and Carle Foundation donated $1 million.
5) University administrators are still waiting on the state to decide FY16 appropriations for the University.
“We do need to get the word out about the value of higher education in this state,” Wilson said. “We’ve been a little quiet on that and I think we can do better.”
6) President Timothy Killeen and Wilson plan to meet with local chapter members of the American Association of University Professors.
They hope to discuss how the University can work toward being removed from the censure list for violating academic freedom after the rejected appointment of Steven Salaita.
University of Illinois police are investigating two different cases as arson for fires set within one week in Wardall Hall. A Campus Safety Notice was issued Monday morning to alert the campus community of the fire set in the University Housing dorm, located at 1010 West
The Senate Executive Committee proposed the process, which involves a committee of faculty and staff members who will consult with an external search firm.
8) Biographies for all chancellor candidates nominations will be presented to the entire Academic Senate for review. Killeen said he is very dedicated to being transparent with the search.
9) The Academic Senate supported a resolution to urge the Board of Trustees to postpone the implementation of a new background check policy. The policy was approved at the board’s Sept. 10 meeting.
10) Wilson said “it’s really not up to me” on the employment of Salaita. Wilson was asked on her opinion by Bruce Levine, history professor. Salaita is still suing the University.
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The newly approved background check policy is expected to be implemented in less than two weeks, but the Academic Senate might put it on hold. Teresa Barnes, professor of history, presented a resolution at the Academic Senate meeting Monday asking the senate to urge the Board to postpone the implementation of the new background check policy. Following Barnes’ presentation and discussion, the senate voted in support of the resolution and will ask the Board to postpone implementing the policy. The policy is set to go into effect Oct. 5 and would require all new University hires to undergo a back-
ground check before beginning work at the University. Only those offered a job would be required to complete a background check and can choose to opt out. Barnes argued there is no appeal process in the implementation of the policy, but Abbas Benmamoun, vice provost for faculty affairs and academic policies, said hires whose background checks return a “hit” have the opportunity to submit reference letters and other explanations from family, friends, ministers, probation officers and others. “(The letters) are from people who know you and can vouch for you,” he said. He added the policy was created to best balance safety for the campus community and fairness to new
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7) The Academic Senate agreed upon a process for selecting the next chancellor for Urbana.
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Illinois Street. Police suspect the incidents are related and the fires were set intentionally, according to the notice. According to the notice, papers attached to a cork board on the eighth floor of Wardall Hall were set on fire around 9:30 p.m. Sunday. The fire was extinguished by the time the
Urbana Fire Department arrived. A similar incident occurred on the same floor of around 9:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14. A building resident extinguished a fire set to papers in a recycling bin. No one was injured in either incident.
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In 2004, unsteady relations between the Champaign Police Department and the community showed as a proposal from the police for Tasers was met with a hostile reaction and negativity. Eleven years later, the Champaign Police are requesting Tasers once again. This time, things are a little different. Champaign Police Chief Anthony Cobb appeared along with three other representatives from the force in front of the Champaign
City Council on Tuesday to seek approval for the department to draft an official bill for Tasers. The Champaign Police attained a 6-3 vote, giving them approval to draft a bill. Council member Clarissa Nickerson Fourman said that community attendance for the meeting was low compared to 2004, citing improved relations between the Champaign Police and the community and their work with the Champaign Community Coalition as a big reason for a calmer community response.
CPD offered several different reasons for the necessity of Tasers, but reducing officer and citizen injuries was one of their major rationales. In the presentation, the Champaign Police provided a 2009 study by the National Institute of Justice and the Police Executive Research Forum that shows how Taser implementation has affected injury numbers with departments similar to Champaign. The study found that Tasers reduce 40 percent of citizen inju-
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Tony Beam hosts a conservative radio show in Greenville, S.C. Immigration topics always light up his phone lines. BY KATE LINTHICUM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Illegal immigration is always a sizzling topic on Tony Beam’s conservative call-in radio show in this small Bible Belt city. “Usually all I have to do is say the word and the phones start ringing,� Beam said. Sure enough, the lines lighted up on a recent morning when he mentioned a proposal by Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson to offer work permits to immigrants in the country illegally. “You have to deport them,� seethed a caller named Alex, who dubbed Carson’s proposal weak. “They’re changing our country.� As Wednesday night’s debate showed, such hard-line views among conservative voters have
created a stark divide among GOP presidential candidates. Many Republican leaders had moved to the right on immigration even before Donald Trump made the issue the centerpiece of his campaign. Those who opt for more moderate approaches have faced backlash from the party base. But while Republicans must answer to far-right voters now, they also face a future electoral force — one just coming into focus in parts of Greenville, a city of about 60,000 nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In some neighborhoods here, strip malls have been transformed by cafes, carnecerias (meat markets) and hair salons catering to the region’s rapidly growing Latino population, which increased 866
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percent between 1990 and 2013. South Carolina’s upstate region, where Greenville is located, is a microcosm of the dramatic demographic shift happening across the country, where an estimated 28 million Latinos will be eligible to vote in next year’s presidential election. Although Latinos here and elsewhere share many conservative social values with Republicans, their support for a fix to an immigration system widely viewed as broken is in conflict with a conservative constituency that largely opposes citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally. How Republicans negotiate the competing pressures could determine the outcome of the party’s primary and the 2016 general election.
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SENATE employees. Barnes said the background check policy should be postponed for a variety of reasons. The policy is unfair because it is completely subjective, she said. She added the process becomes much more difficult after a person
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is found to be a felon. However, Barnes said a person convicted of a felony who has completed their prison sentence has been “by definition” judged by the U.S. Judicial system as fully rehabilitated and ready to rejoin society. The University chose to retain the company who previously conducted background checks, General
Information Service, or GIS. According to Barnes, however, in 2014, the company settled a multi-million classaction lawsuit with 53,000 people for 3.2 million dollars on allegations that it misrepresented information and violated the Fair Credit Act. “UIUC cannot have any certainty that GIS and other companies will not make the same mistakes,” she said.
Harry Hilton, professor emeritus in aerospace engineering, said the policy itself is not what’s most “disturbing,” but rather the fact that there was no faculty or campus consultation on behalf of the Board of Trustees before the policy was approved. “This is no way to behave.”
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Senate concerned over use of private emails Nick Burbules isn’t afraid of an investigation into his behavior. So long as it’s fair. In August, Burbules, senate member and general educational policy professor, was implicated as an advisor to former chancellor Phyllis Wise when the University released over 1,100 emails between University administrators, professors and external consultants. Burbules and Joyce Tolliver, fellow senate member and associate professor in Spanish, were frequently involved in communications with Wise and other administrators. Their involvement raised concerns among the senate and Senate Executive Committee. As a result, a group of senators led by Mark Steinberg, history professor, proposed a resolution “concerning the formation of an ad hoc committee concerning senators’ in use of nonofficial communications to advise campus administrators” at the Monday Aca-
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TASERS ries and 70 percent of officer injuries. In 2014, almost 13 percent of Champaign Police officers were unserviceable due to injury. “We believe that in many of the injuries reported, many could have been prevented with a Taser,” Deputy Chief Joe Gallo said in the council meeting. Council member Michael La Due was one of the six approvers of the motion. He believes Tasers are a valuable tool to help reduce physical altercations and possible injury. “There was one incident in Urbana where there was a suicidal subject who had a knife, who wouldn’t drop it, and he was going to harm himself with it,” LaDue said. “They used a Taser, and that ended the crisis.”. Fourman was one of the dissenters for the case. Though Fourman understands the benefits of implementing Taser use, she worries that it won’t improve community relations with the police. “The police are here to protect, we want people to feel that the police are there for them,” Fourman said. “I just don’t want the public to think the police are asking for Tasers in order to have more control.” The proposed Taser technology will make sure of the transparency of every incident. When the safety switch is turned off, the Taser will immediately start recording audio and video. The Taser
demic Senate meeting. The resolution called for a senate committee to be formed to determine what, if any, senate “procedures, ethical norms or best practices of shared governance,” were violated and to determine what steps should be taken
iver argued the use of personal email is not against University procedures; additionally, she questioned whether the senate has the authority to create such a committee to investigate the use of personal email. If so, Tolliver said USSP
“I am not afraid in anyway of a fair investigation of my behavior in any venue, whatsoever. The question is: Is it a fair investigation?” NICK BURBULES SENATE MEMBER
to reinforce and maintain those procedures. Before the senate could begin a discussion about the resolution, Tolliver proposed a motion to move the recommendation to the committee on University Statues and Senate Procedures who would investigate and report findings to the senate. Tollis also limited to only fivesecond bursts. “Our department is becoming more transparent,” Cobb said in the meeting. La Due believes that the technology and accountability with the new Tasers sets it completely apart from the 2004 proposition. “It was a different discussion, a different technology,” La Due said. The request from the Champaign Police is for 25 Tasers, only assigned to select officers by Cobb, as opposed to the six Tasers the Urbana Police Department received. Every time the Champaign police has needed to use a Taser in the past, they have had to call in a different force. In these cases, the officer represents a different force and is not under command of the Champaign chief. According to the presentation given by the Champaign Police, there were 71,308 calls of service in 2014. Out of those, there were 4,628 arrests and 211 uses of force. According to the 2014 Champaign Police Use of Force report, only one Taser was deployed by another agency at their direction. This compares to 33 cases involving chemical spray and 184 cases in which officers drew their weapons and pointed. La Due cites the Taser as a necessary “rung in the ladder” between physical altercation and weapon use. “You have an increment that you can reach for that doesn’t include striking
still determine what the scope of the investigation should be and ensure that it is consistent with state law and University rules. Senators raised concerns about taking the issue out of the public eye and delaying the process. William Maher, University library, informed the senate that
USSP is not an ethics committee and is not versed in evaluating ethical issues, Mark Steinberg, professor in history, reiterated Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson’s earlier statement that the University administration needs to reestablish itself as trustworthy. He said the establishment of an ad hoc committee was a good start to increased transparency and trustworthiness and urged senators not to approve Tolliver’s motion. “I am not afraid in anyway of a fair investigation of my behavior in any venue, whatsoever,” Burbules said. However, he questioned whether the investigation would be fair and noted that he was not named in the resolution but is “certainly” one of the people the ad hoc committee would look at. The senate voted not to send the recommendation to USSP and voted against the resolution itself.
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someone with a baton,” La Due said. “Any use of force has a risk. It’s best having to avoid to use force, and I think that generally the police, particularly now with our new policies, have to pass a fairly high bar to justify the use of force.” Fourman and La Due both believe the request for Tasers will not make any drastic changes to campus safety and force for University
Liquor license suspended at The Clybourne DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
The liquor license of The Clybourne bar, 706 S. Sixth St., was suspended over the weekend for multiple violations. The bar, commonly called Cly’s, was cited for four violations, one of which was dismissed. The other three violations include one count of sale to an underage individual and two counts of presence of minors. A presence of minors charge indicates that someone under the age of 19 was admitted into the establishment. All three violations occurred between August and November of 2014. The Clybourne’s liquor license was suspended 6 a.m.
Friday until 2 a.m. Monday. Elliott Nelson, Champaign assistant to the city manager, said the bar will not face any other repercussions in relation to the suspension, as the business served the penalty in its entirety. Nelson said that every bar in the Champaign area gets checked for violations about twice a year; he said the city doesn’t try to single out any particular establishment. If a bar is found in violation of any city ordinance, it will be checked again in addition to the semi-annual rounds. A representative from The Clybourne could not be immediately reached.
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Burkina Faso coup leader faces military pressure to step down JOHANNESBURG — The message to Burkina Faso’s coup leaders on Monday could not have been clearer: Protesters burned tires and set up roadblocks as they rejected a deal that would give amnesty to those who had ousted a transitional government just weeks before an election. Opposition to last week’s coup was conveyed in one extraordinary scene, posted on Facebook, in which hundreds of young men on motorcycles with their horns blaring ushered one
of several army convoys heading to the capital, Ouagadougou. The military threatened to confront the more powerful presidential security regiment that carried out the uprising. Soon after, the coup leader, Gen. Gilbert Diendere, appeared to give ground. He apologized to the nation and the international community in a statement late Monday and said he was willing to relinquish power once there was an agreement reached to end the crisis.
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students. “I feel that when the kids come down, they’re down in Champaign, they’re enjoying themselves, I don’t want them to be deterred from coming because they think they’re going to get tased. I don’t think the students would have that fear,” Fourman said.
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A 15-year-old boy pleaded not guilty Monday in the death of 8-year-old Madyson “Maddy” Middleton in Santa Cruz, Calif. Adrian Jerry Gonzalez, of Santa Cruz, faces one count of murder with the special circumstance that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and tied up Maddy before killing her July 26. He is also accused of lying in wait. He also has been charged with one count of kidnapping and four other sexual assault-related offenses. If convicted of all charges, he faces life in prison, according to Santa Cruz County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosell.
Gonzalez is being housed in a juvenile detention facility. Maddy was last seen about 5:05 p.m. July 26 on surveillance video, showing her riding her scooter in the sprawling Tannery Arts Center. Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel said Gonzalez then lured Maddy to his family’s apartment, where they were alone, and killed her. The boy then carried her body downstairs to a garage and hid it in a recycling bin, he said. She and the boy both lived at the center, a mixeduse creative space providing affordable housing to artists.
Abortion vote a prelude to U.S. Senate’s shutdown watch WASHINGTON — The Senate will start its week debating abortion, but it’s far from certain Tuesday’s symbolic vote will diffuse the tension over Planned Parenthood funding enough to avert a government shutdown. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is following through on a promise made to social conservatives to line up a vote on a bill to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks, a measure that’s spearheaded in the Senate by presidential candidate Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. It’s a measure that has passed the House with 242
votes, but the Senate vote is expected to fall short of the 60 votes needed to limit debate on taking up the measure. Once that happens on Tuesday, McConnell will quickly need to start the procedural gears turning on a continuing resolution to keep government operations going past Sept. 30, if he faces procedural objections from Republicans not satisfied with the anti-abortion vote. Graham is among the members vehemently opposed to the strategy of tying the Planned Parenthood debate up with the must-pass appropriations bill.
Federal officials start laying ground work for possible October rate hike WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers began laying the groundwork for a possible interest rate increase in October after the central bank declined to act last week because of concerns financial market volatility could slow the U.S. economy. “It’s too early to know whether this episode amounts to a bona fide shock to the economy or just a nervous spasm in the markets,” Dennis Lockhart, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, said Monday of the turmoil caused by China devaluing its currency last month.
At this point, “it’s too early to detect any significant impact on the real economy,” in the U.S., he said in prepared remarks to the Buckhead Rotary Club in Atlanta. “For that reason, I thought it prudent to wait to evaluate whether recent developments change the outlook.” Lockhart, a centrist, is one of the 10 voting members of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee. It voted 9-1 on Thursday to hold the central bank’s benchmark short-term rate at near zero percent after a much-anticipated two-day meeting last week.
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iCard is a student’s key to campus. With it, you can get into fitness facilities and campus buildings; with a meal plan you need your card to swipe into any public dining hall. Depending on your housing situation, it will also give you access to some campus dorms. As a safety measure, iCards only grant access to buildings for residents of each dorm. Only residents of each dorm can swipe their card to get in, but that does not always stop unattended guests or people without clearance from slipping in. Most of the time, these unauthorized people are there for harmless reasons — reasons that typically, hopefully, shouldn’t pose security risks or threats to other residents of the building. They might be looking for a friend’s room, want to use the dorm’s library or be in search of the dining hall. In an effort to be polite, students hold doors open for one another and exchange casual greetings. To avoid such an incident, students are encouraged by the University not to hold the door open for others who don’t have an iCard and be cautious about who they let into University buildings. It’s tough to know how often this happens, but by watching how students interact with one another, it’s a safe guess to say not very often. Our campus has been fortunate not to have a major incident regarding someone sneaking into a dorm to commit a dangerous crime. But that might not always be the case. Although it is smart to be vigilant and question people who seem out of place, it is not necessarily realistic to have students prove their identities to one another when entering the dorms. Still, for the safety of all students living in University Housing, it is important to find a balance between practicality and general safety. Students want to believe that everyone on this campus is here for the same reasons: to study and have a better future. With the exception of theft, we have been lucky to not have a violent crime at a University residence hall. Vigilant students can help prevent this, but when a criminal is set on committing a crime, a nervous freshman asking for an iCard is not going to be a deterrent. There may not be a cost effective, reasonable solution to the problem. Campus police and student patrol already have their hands full, and the state’s budget issues don’t leave a lot of room for added hiring or new security systems. So, while students should make a conscious effort to make their dorms safer, a broader effort would be more effective in stopping serious crime, since there may not be other avenues to prevent these potential threats.
Fulfilling the new American Dream JULIO CESAR Opinions columnist
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ack when I lived in Brazil, the American dream was just a shady concept from history classes that I never had much time to think about. The old tale about ideas of freedom and meritocracy sounded great, but so unlikely to work in my personal reality that wondering about it seemed to be a waste of time. Nonetheless, we had our own “Brazilian Dream�: Finding a well-paying, public job that could guarantee good money and status without much effort. Stability is what most Brazilian families desire for their children’s future. So it’s no surprise that back then, when I started to talk to some of my teachers, friends and relatives about entrepreneurship and creating my own business, the only feedback I received was a silent and worried look. I can’t blame them; with a surreal taxation policy that just grows and a economy that just sinks, in Brazil more than 48 percent of
new companies close within three years and making your own business is indeed a fate to worry about. Things just work differently for us in Brazil, and as in many other countries, the American ideals of opportunity and prosperity seem great, but unlikely to happen due to our economic and political circumstances. From country to country, our hopes are shaped by our cultural reality and our place in our surrounding society, sometimes even before we’re born: Our skin color, religion or ethnic group can signify a lifetime bonanza or suffering that we, as youth, should be capable of dealing with. I was born into a privileged family for Brazilian standards, but that’s contrasted by the fact that I am from the Northeastern region — an area that holds an ethnic stigma of inferiority that I had to carry with myself, especially when I studied in the country’s “rich and developed� Southeastern region. It’s not surprising why, for many international students, the first year living in the United States can be so strange in the best way possible. It provides unique experiences that should
be enjoyed every day with opportunities to be more and more independent; you can be anybody you want to be. Further, in America, someone’s standing or place in their home country does not matter. Here, I’m just a Brazilian, equal to any other Brazilian who might also be at the University; former oppressions don’t translate. It can be hard to realize, but us students at Illinois surely are some of the most free and fortunate in the world, and especially for our international community, that’s a big deal: Here there’s always ears for new ideas and distance from the determinism that many had back home. We can fight for what we consider right and live with independence, keep or question aspects from our culture at our will. This new freedom is so good that many international students who had different privileges back home don’t mind living without them. I, for example, got used to living without maids doing all my laundry and cleaning (a common practice in Brazil), and I’m actually enjoying it. The trade-off of doing your own things and taking responsibility for your actions is absolutely worth it.
Here there’s no space for old prejudices. In our own Illini version of the American Dream, the differences fall to the wayside when you see friendship between people from rival countries and the coexistence that creates an diverse and cooperative community, united under the same principles: The principles of the American Dream. This is a lesson that us international students and even Americans should learn with their experience in this university. Surpass fears made by our prejudices, see an opportunity to learn in every nation and culture, and see freedom as something that should be spread to everyone. In this point, I believe that we from the international community have the special duty to make the American Dream, and International Dream, something tangible; something possible in a way that people will not have to travel to this country anymore to get it. Welcome to the American Dream: What you will do with it?
Julio is a freshman in Engineering. opinions@dailyillini.com
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Liberal arts teach skills for the workplace MINJU PARK Opinions columnist
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my experience as a creative writing major, many peers and adult figures have questioned and muddled over my decision of choosing a major that may seem difficult to apply in the workforce. But more liberal majors such as linguistics and religion are just as suitable, or even more so applicable, in aiding students to succeed in the career field. In high school, it was more simple to go through our day without contemplating what interests us as a career potential. Rather, it was a robotic sequence of eight periods, filled with vigorous classes with the sole goal of becoming accepted into a prestigious university. In college, many of these students revert back to this philosophy that we utilized in high school — when lacking individual direction, following a structured blueprint leads to success. In high school, this was the overloaded coursework of AP’s and IB’s while in college, it may be compared to the pre-professional programs such as business, medicine or law. It isn’t necessarily that these directions demote creativity or free thinking in the slightest. On the contrary, many
students pursuing these programs have a true interest in the topics that they’re studying. The problem arises when students believe that simply holding a major in a pre-professional track will guarantee their future success. In the professional field, employers search for a broad variety of skills, not just technical capability. The Association of American Colleges & Universities cites that the criteria employers are sought after in college graduates includes “the ability to write and speak well,� “the ability to be creative and innovative in solving problems� and “the ability to think clearly about complex problems�. This can incorporate a variety of majors, not just preprofessional ones. The Creative Writing department here at our University states the major “develops students’ analytical and creative skills and prepares them for work or graduate study in any number of fields.� This is a strong com-
ponent of a job applicant that employers claim to search for. Students need to realize the vast amount of choices in majors that are available, many of which are just as capable as pre-professional majors in spring-boarding them into a career that they are interested in. Students may want to consider a double-major or a minor in certain subjects to supplement their interest and to learn new skills. For example, the communications department states its major prepares students to “become critical thinkers, avid consumers of information and effective problem solvers in both their personal and professional lives.� These are extremely useful skills to have in a vast variety of fields and can be applied to nearly any career. For example, when working with a marketing or a graphics team, an individual with a communications background will be able to provide the
Liberal arts majors aren’t just topics of interest that are pursued out of the flippant excuse that they’re “fun.�
necessary skills to actively and successfully convey ideas to the general public. In addition, majors such as philosophy can be utilized to create a strong foundation of logic and reasoning for a future career path in law or public service. Even a major in Latin can aid a student in biology, as many medical terms often utilize Latin root phrases making the process of memorizing and understanding the terms an easier experience. In fact, it was precisely this mindset that led me into pursuing a major in creative writing, as a stable foundation of writing skills will help me into prospering in a variety of fields — whether it be writing as a journalist, applying for medical school or conducting research in a lab. Liberal arts majors aren’t just topics of interest that are pursued out of the flippant excuse that they’re “funâ€?. Instead, they allow for the exploration of creative thought and innovative problem solving, while also laying down valuable skill sets that may be applied to a multitude of professional careers. These students are often what employers are searching for, holding criteria that surpass the lines of a typical rĂŠsumĂŠ. Minju is a freshman in LAS. opinions@illinimedia.com
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Class experiment leads to fit, focused students BY KAREN ANN CULLOTTA TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — For years, students were told to “sit still and stop fidgeting,� but that has changed with the addition of elliptical machines to classrooms at an elementary school here. On a recent morning in Christina Philo’s 5th grade classroom at Windsor Elementary School, Adam Boesen, age 10, hopped aboard, not during his P.E. class, but while participating in silent reading time. “It helps me concentrate,� said Adam, who kept up a brisk pace on the elliptical, while engrossed in a book by Louis Sacher. “I got my homework done early the other day,� added classmate Joshua Grzesiak, 10, who said the array of socalled fit work stations also helps him to stay focused. “When I’m on the elliptical, I feel the opposite of distracted ... I’m more connected with what I’m learning than when I’m just sitting,� Joshua said. Welcome to Windsor’s new fit classrooms, where after researching various educational methods intended to engage students in active learning, Principal Shelley Fabrizio has encouraged her staff of kindergarten through 5th grade teachers to allow students to bike, bounce and even pedal while learning. “We all know that kids love to move, so we didn’t want to have our students sitting all day long,� said Fabrizio, who partnered with Assistant Principal Virginia Hiltz to create a program with standing desks, stationary bike and elliptical desks and a seemingly Willy Wonka-esque, rainbow-hued stool called an Ergo chair. Hiltz said the collection of roughly $3,635 fit work stations were rotated throughout the school’s classrooms last spring to allow every student the opportunity to experiment with at least one piece of equipment. Students were then surveyed so teachers could learn which particular work stations were most popular. “Some of the pieces were a huge hit, and others
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Students at Windsor Elementary School in Arlington Heights, Ill., including Adam Boesen, age 10, are learning this year with the help of so-called classroom fit stations. weren’t as popular,� Hiltz said. “But the bottom line is that students loved the chance to test them out. Many even said they were able to concentrate and focus more on academics while using the equipment, and that’s what we were after.� With the survey results showing that the Ergo chairs were a favorite of a majority of students, officials used funding from the school’s PTA to purchase six additional chairs, all of which appeared to be happily occupied during a recent visit to several classrooms. “So many kids have attention needs, and they all have different approaches to learning,� Hiltz said, adding that students can choose whether to use a fit workstation or stay seated at a traditional table or desk. “I started out with standing desks, one per class-
room,� Hiltz said, “and the kids and teachers just loved them ... the teachers wanted some for themselves. And the program just morphed from there.� Philo said that when the new fit workstations first arrived in her classroom, she was not surprised that her students reacted enthusiastically. “I knew the kids would be excited and wild, and they all ran over to the elliptical,� Philo said. “So I created a schedule for each piece of equipment that lists all of my students’ names, and when everyone has had a turn, it starts over again. “For my more active students, being able to stand while they learn is especially important,� Philo said. “Before, they would be wandering the room and not as focused, but now, these new desks let them work where they want to work.�
Ultrasound waves could treat Parkinson’s disease BY ANDREA K. MCDANIELS TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
BALTIMORE — Kimberly Spletter’s knee would pop backward involuntarily, or her leg would shake uncontrollably. Sometimes she’d cross her legs tightly, trying to make it all stop — to no avail. “I had to live with it,� said the 50-year-old Frederick woman, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease. “I tried to keep it to a dull roar, but that was the best that I could do.� That all changed in a matter of hours after Spletter recently underwent a groundbreaking procedure at the University of Maryland Medical Center that guided ultrasound waves through her skull to kill the brain cells interfering with her motor skills. She’s participating in a clinical study looking at a cutting-edge way — known as focused ultrasound — to possibly treat certain Parkinson’s symptoms noninvasively. As many as 1 million people in the United States live with Parkinson’s, a nervous system disorder that affects movement and becomes progressively worse over time. The disease most often afflicts older people, but about 4 percent of those suffering from it are under age 50. Symptoms include tremors, stiff limbs, trouble balancing and a general slowdown in movement. Medications can ease the symptoms but may trigger other side effects in patients. Spletter was the first at the University of Maryland Medical Center to participate in the study, which also is being conducted in Korea, Canada and at the University of Virginia. Spletter said many of her painful symptoms have subsided, and she is looking forward to evening walks in downtown Frederick as her condition continues to improve. “I feel like a got a new lease on life,� she said. “My quality of life has improved so
much.� The question is for how long. Scientists already know that targeting specific cells in the brain can minimize Parkinson’s symptoms. But current treatments involve more aggressive tactics than the procedure doctors performed on Spletter. The more common method is to cut a hole into a patient’s head and put electrodes on a specific part of the brain. A stimulator implanted under the skin of a patient’s collar bone transmits small electrical pulses to block symptoms. Doctors also can use radiation to destroy cells or insert a needle through the head and use radio frequency waves to heat the cells to destroy them. There were no cuts made to Spletter’s skull as part of her procedure. The most she felt was intense pressure from a metal frame and helmet tightened around her head to prevent it from moving. Ultrasonic waves were directed through Spletter’s skull, much like a magnifying glass aims sunlight at a certain spot. The waves provide energy that is low enough that they don’t damage the brain as they pass through, but, where they meet at single point, the energy adds up, creating enough heat to kill the cells. The procedure was done as Spletter lay in a MRI machine so doctors could watch what was happening. They would stop from time to time to see if she was having vision problems or other side affects that might signal they weren’t targeting the correct part of the brain. Once they had a target, doctors asked Spletter to perform certain exercises, such as touching her thumb to her finger or pretending to press a gas pedal with her foot, to see if the surgery was working. “The effects are immediate,� said Dr. Paul Fishman, a professor of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who has treated Spletter for sever-
al years and recommended she participate in the trial. “We saw improvement in her Parkinson’s while doing her procedure.� Spletter could not believe what was happening. “It was a miracle,� she said. The procedure performed on Spletter is one of many in the rapidly growing medical field of focused ultrasound. When the Focused Ultrasound Foundation was founded nine years ago, the therapy was being looked at to treat three conditions. Today, there are more than 58 ways the treatment is being used in various stages of research, development and commercialization. It has been used to treat fibroid tumors, brain tumors and obsessive-compulsive disorder. There are plans for a clinical trial to see it could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease. The Parkinson’s study builds off a previous pilot trial that looked at focused ultrasound to treat essential tremor, another progressive movement disorder. “This is just one arrow in the quiver that neurosurgeons will have, if it works, to treat Parkinson’s disease,� said Dr. Neal F. Kassell, founder and chairman of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, which is funding part of the study. Kassell and the University of Maryland researchers caution that more research is needed to determine how effective the treatment is in treating Parkinson’s. The study Spletter participated in will ultimately include 40 patients, who will be followed for a year. “One of the things we don’t know is whether this is durable,� said Dr. Howard M. Eisenberg, principal investigator and the Raymond K. Thompson Chair of Neurosurgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Spletter “was good today. She was seen a few days ago, and she was good. We don’t know if she’ll be good in six months.�
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rom the hot chocolate that melts the bitterness of winter, to the double shots of espresso that students crave during fi nals week, these delectable drinks have become a vital necessity to students on campus. The disposable cups containing these drinks, however, can actually do more harm than good. Kill the Cup, an organization that advocates for environmental change through the reduction of single-use cups, has challenged the University to join what they consider to be the nation’s largest reusable cup contest. “Our goal is to reduce waste through disposable coffee cups and use it as a way to educate consumers about sustainability,� said Drew Beal, co-founder of Kill the Cup. From October 5 to 30, Kill the Cup will host a challenge involving 16 universities nationwide. The challenge invites students, faculty members and staff to unite in using reusable cups instead of the disposable ones given at most cafes. The university that outperforms the others will receive a reward of up
to $1,000 in social-impact grants to fund a sustainability project of their choice. �It’s just a fun way to bring people together to reduce waste,� Beal said. Kill the Cup began as a graduate school project at the University of California, San Diego in 2013. Their goal was to change the problem of convenience and create a more environmentally sustainable habit. By offering prizes to those who used reusable cups, they hoped to make a meaningful difference on their campus. �Everyone knows that it is better for the environment, but no one was actually changing their behavior,� Beal said. “It’s the little things that you can do everyday that can build up and have a significant impact.� After the reduction in disposable cups the campaign saw at its starting university, Kill the Cup decided to offer the same opportunity to other campuses. Therefore, in 2014, they began to spread the competition to other universities throughout the nation. “I didn’t just want it to be an environmental thing. I wanted it to be a fun thing that anybody can get into,� Beal said. “I thought of it as a lot like the March Mad-
ness basketball tournament. Teams of students and universities that care about making an environmental impact can come together.� This year, the University has been invited to join the madness and attempt to win this environmental challenge. The competition is measured through social impact and waste diversion. In addition to using their cup at their university’s participating cafe, students should upload a photo of themselves with their reusable cup to the campaign’s app. “We identified this competition as an excellent opportunity to get students mobilized around reducing waste on campus in the form of the ubiquitous disposable coffee cup,� said Katie Pollman, Kill the Cup student ambassador and senior in LAS. Sohinee Oswal, Kill the Cup student ambassador and sophomore in ACES, also believes this challenge is a good opportunity to create a social movement toward a beneficial lifestyle. “Students at U of I care about the environment, and this challenge gives students an easy and tangible opportunity to create a positive impact, which we believe can last far beyond the duration of this cam-
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atrina Gerhard likes to go fast. She likes the rush of speeding down an open road with scenery blurring past her. She likes zeroing in on the competition, with nothing else in the world to worry about. Just her, the path and her wheelchair. She likes to take the positives out of every situation. That’s why the two wheels underneath her are a constant reminder of how fast she can go, rather than what was taken away from her. “I love training,� Gerhard said. “It’s so much fun. I love being in my chair, I love being able to just do it all the time.� If not for being diagnosed with an uncommon medical condition in 2011, Gerhard wouldn’t have made the long trip from Acton, Mass., a suburb of Boston, to join one of the best wheelchair racing programs in the country. She wouldn’t have discovered her natural ability and passion for wheelchair sports. And she certainly wouldn’t have set two national records before entering the University of Illinois. But one backflip gone awry set Gerhard on a completely unexpected path. While competing with her sword dancing team, the Pocket Flyers, during her freshman year of high school, Gerhard broke her collarbone. There were no initial signs of damage to her spine — which traditionally precedes loss of limb use — but while her collarbone healed, Gerhard began to lose feeling in her legs. With more and more trips to the hospital, doctors finally diagnosed Gerhard with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, a rare condition in the peripheral nerves that causes the gradual loss of sensory and reflex functions. Doctors are still unsure if the fall catalyzed the rare condition or if the two are coincidental. So, as a teenager already going through the rocky transitions of high school, Gerhard had to use to a 45-pound machine that she didn’t yet realize would help her go faster than she’d ever imagined. “Now I’m much more comfortable with my body and my disability, but at first, there was definitely a lot of grief,� Gerhard said. Gerhard credits her parents for being an unfailing support system while she learned how to navigate day-to-day life in a wheelchair. And even though she didn’t know it at the time, the simple decision to join her high school track team as a sophomore would add to her support system, and pave a path that looked tough to navigate. Track and field is a nocut sport at Acton-Boxborough Regional High, so Gerhard joined simply because she could. She was the only disabled athlete on the team but had plenty of support from her coaches and teammates. She enjoyed going out and being active every day and feeling more in shape than ever. “It was interesting to go from feeling whole, like feeling like a dancer, and then suddenly not being able to dance or walk well anymore,� Gerhard said. “But then (I was) feeling much more fit and feeling much more healthy in my body because I was working out so much. That feeling was awesome.� The only problem was that the Acton-Boxborough coaches didn’t necessarily know how to train a wheelchair racer, so they recommended Gerhard attend a one-day wheelchair sports clinic in Boston. That’s where Gerhard met Jimmy Cuevas, the coach of an adaptive sports program. Upon meeting and instructing Gerhard at the one-day event, Cuevas want-
ed her on his team, the North Jersey Navigators. Despite the distance between the two — 4 to 6 hours by car, depending on traffic — Cuevas regularly emailed Gerhard training plans and she competed with the Navigators in the spring. “(Cuevas) definitely made me feel like I could do this,� Gerhard said. “The school track team was encouraging, but I was the only wheelchair racer, so I was sort of like this inspirational, cute thing, which is nice, but that wasn’t going to encourage me to be an actual competitive athlete.� Gerhard suddenly saw where her life was headed. And with a newfound love for a sport she never expected to be a part of, neverthe-
“Watching her race and watching her compete, she has great potential,� TATYANA MCFADDEN WHEELCHAIR RACER
less actually good at, Gerhard found no reason to wallow. “A lot of people look at someone with a disability and there’s a lot of pity and there’s a lot of feeling as if they’re stunted and they can’t reach this full potential, and it’s kind of sad,� Gerhard said. “Being part of a community where there’s no excuses — no one’s going to sit around because that’s not what life’s about, especially for athletes.� Under Cuevas’ guidance, Gerhard started training six days a week during her junior year and began participating in adaptive races across the country. In the summer of 2014, she traveled to the National Junior Disability Championships in Ames, Iowa, walked away with 10 gold medals and set U-20 national records in javelin and pentathlon. She already held the
U-20 record in shot put. She also took part in the Falmouth Road Race on Cape Cod, which she does annually due in part to the beautiful view of the beach from the course. In 2014, she placed second only to famous Illini and Paralympic great, Tatyana McFadden, whom Gerhard looks up to a great deal. McFadden has taken notice. “What struck me most was her personality,� McFadden said of her new teammate. “She’s definitely very outgoing and really wants to learn a lot about the sport. Watching her race and watching her compete, she has great potential.� Like McFadden, Gerhard hopes to uphold the tradition of great Illinois wheelchair racers. After just three and a half weeks of training with her, head coach Adam Bleakney believes Gerhard has what it takes to be very successful. “She certainly is very diligent and committed, academically and athletically,� Bleakney said. “She’s very positive, very motivated, and those are the qualities that I look for when I’m recruiting. There’s no question that she’s going to be very successful.� Similar to her previous coaches, Bleakney will look to further hone Gerhard’s natural talent for distance racing. As a program that saw 31 athletes — between alumni and current racers — represent the U.S. in the 2012 London Paralympic Games, Gerhard came to the right place to become an elite Paralympian. The 20-plus student-athletes in Bleakney’s program train together every morning. They may not all compete in the same events or even rely on each other to be successful in competition, but the sense of community they create is a vital aspect to the tradition of excellence Bleakney and his staff have built over the past 11 years. “The success of this program is built between the athletes and the camaraderie and the positive energy
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Top: Katrina Gerhard during practice at the Track and Soccer stadium on Sept. 7
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Middle left: Gerhard with the Pocket Flyers, her sword-dancing team, in 2012 Middle right: Gerhard after winning the 2014 BAA Half Marathon Bottom: Gerhard, at age 14, doing contra dancing, a type of American folk dance that exists everyday with this team,� Bleakney said. “That’s the real ingredient you put in when you’re mixing everything together that makes success happen.� Bleakney holds his team to a high academic standard, which Gerhard has bought into. Gerhard has a lot of life goals, and perhaps her loftiest is to eventually become a doctor: She’s majoring in biology and plans to attend medical school. Gerhard attacks her academics in the same manner she pushes herself in training. “For me, the sport actually helps academics because working out just makes me feel more focused and awake and alive,� Gerhard said. Previous to her condition, Gerhard didn’t think she would end up as a part of a competitive team at the col-
legiate level any more than she considered herself an athlete. Now she is training for the Chicago Marathon, a 26.2mile adventure through the city on Oct. 11. Last year’s winner? McFadden, who has won the race in five of the last six years, while plenty of Illinois racers placed not far behind her. Because she still has some minor sensation in her legs, it is difficult for Gerhard to stay in her racing chair for much longer than an hour at a time. She’s worried she may have to stop to take a break from her chair during the marathon, but recently completed a 21-mile run during training, her longest distance yet. She has no doubt that she will finish her first full marathon — she won the 2015 Boston Half-Marathon.
Right now, completing the Chicago Marathon is the first on Gerhard’s long list of goals. No matter what place she ends up taking, Gerhard will find solace in the long, secluded endurance run through the Windy City. “I really like the longer races because you’re out on the road in the middle of nowhere and there’s no one around you, and it just feels great,� Gerhard said. “It’s weird because when you’re out there alone, you’re working really hard and you’re tiring your body out so much, but you also feel really peaceful and almost as if you’re meditating. You go into this zone and everything is more colorful and beautiful. “You’re just flying.�
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Hockey’s youth help sweep Spartans BY ETHAN SWANSON STAFF WRITER
Head Illinois hockey coach Nick Fabbrini describes his team using many different adjectives — fast, resilient, talented — but the word “experienced” is not necessarily in that mix. Of the 27 players on the Illini’s active roster, 15 are either a sophomore or freshman, and only five of the remaining 12 are seniors. “We had a lot come back this season, but most of that talent is young,” Fabbrini said. “We graduated four guys last year, all of which played a big role for us. We feel that the guys that we have here along with the ones we have coming in are ready to fill those roles for us.” Last weekend, Illinois’ youth accounted for nearly all of the team’s offensive output. Illini sophomores managed to score six of the team’s 10 goals over the weekend, including three by left wing Eric Cruickshank — arguably Illinois’ most potent offensive threat, who lead the team with 32 total points last season. “Eric works hard every shift,” fellow sophomore Mike Fischer said. “He never stops moving his feet. Great player and leader on the ice and in the locker room.”
Doing it With Defense Prior to Illinois’ twogame series with Michigan State, the Illini were trounced by the Springfield Jr. Blues, giving up 13 goals over two games on the road. Over the weekend, how-
Illinois’ Joe Olen deflects a shot during round one of the CSCHL hockey tournament vs. Iowa State at the Ice Arena on Feb. 20, 2015. ever, Illini defensemen were the highlight of the series. Illinois’ suddenly stingy defensive line gave up only two goals in the two games against MSU, none of which came in the second period or later. “We played a little bit of a different system on our ice this weekend,” Fabbrini
said. “Our guys are more comfortable with man-toman rather than the zonestyle defense we tried to play on a smaller rink last weekend. I thought we did a great job of limiting (Michigan State’s) time and space.” This is something we can build off of,” Cruickshank added. “It showed our character.”
Three Goalies, One Net Another wrinkle in Illinois’ defense came in Saturday’s game when the Illini’s starting goaltender from the night before, Joe Olen, stayed on the bench during pre-game warm-ups after producing 20 saves in a 6-0 shut-out win. Instead, Zev GrumetMorris stood between the
posts for the Illini — a move Fabbrini said will be a common occurrence all season. “We have three good goaltenders, and they’ve all earned the right to play,” Fabbrini said. “It’s my challenge to figure out how to get all three in on a regular basis, but up until the end of the year, I wouldn’t
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expect any goalie to play back-to-back games.” If Fabbrini stays true to his word, Illini fans should expect goaltender David Heflin to get the start in net next weekend in a series against Oklahoma.
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Illinois defeats Texas Southern in invitational BY DANIEL DEXTER STAFF WRITER
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Illinois’ Ali Stark (13) spikes the ball during the game vs Louisville at Huff Hall on Aug. 28.
The No. 6 Illinois volleyball team opened the Sun Devil invitational on Friday with a masterful sweep of Texas Southern (25-13, 25-7, 25-11). The Illini (9-2) defense stifled the Tigers’ (2-9) offense, limiting them to a negative hitting percentage throughout the match. On the other end, Illinois’ offense registered a .402 hit percentage, which included hitting .714 in the second set. Illinois’ offense was led by hitters Katie Roustio, Michelle Strizak and Ali Stark, all of whom led the team with nine kills in the contest. Setter Alexis Viliunas facilitated the scoring output with 27 assists throughout the match in place of starter Jordyn Poulter. Middle blocker Katie Stadick was given a break throughout the majority of the match, which seemed to pay off; she returned to lead the team in kills in its next two matches. Stadick credited her teammates for showcasing the team’s depth in the matchup. “What’s really cool about our team is that you can put in anybody and it doesn’t really make a whole lot of difference,” Stadick said. “Our practices are pretty competitive.”
Illini face unexpected challenge from UNLV The Illini appeared to be on their way to a sixth-consecutive sweep in their secondround match against the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. The Rebels, however, managed to take advantage of their opponent’s confidence to take a third set and end Illinois’s sweep streak (2518, 25-12, 21-25, 15-16). Head coach Kevin Hambly was disappointed in his team’s complacency in the third set, and said the play did not meet expectations. “We dominated three of the sets and let up in one of the sets,” Hambly said. “We played the way we should but in the one set, we took it easy and expected them to just roll over, and they didn’t.” The team committed seven errors in the third set, one more than the previous two combined. The Illini recovered in the fourth set with a defensive effort that limited the Rebels to a .000 hit percentage — they had an equal number of kills and errors — to secure their second victory of the tournament.
Poulter records two double-doubles on the weekend Poulter returned to the
starter role against UNLV and played one of her best matches of the season. The freshman setter recorded 46 assists, the second most of her career, and added 10 digs to help lead Illinois to its sixth consecutive victory. It was her third double-double of the season, and first since the opening weekend at Huff Hall. She followed the performance up with a second double-double against Arizona State, tallying 38 assists and a career high 11 digs. She also recorded six points, matching her career high. Her standout play was in a losing effort: the team lost its second match of the season to the Sun Devils. After the tournament, Poulter said that she is still working on her synchronization with the team’s hitters, but she is feeling comfortable in her role heading into Big Ten play this weekend. “It’s been team effort,” Poulter said. “I think that I have been doing a good job of getting passes that are easy to move around, and our hitters have been doing a great job of scoring and making great shots with whatever ball I put up.”
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Soccer’s sparse scoring continues after hot start BY JON JOFFE STAFF WRITER
The Illinois soccer team scored an impressive 13 goals in its first four games of the season. Five matches later, the team has only tallied four more goals. A lack of scoring comes as a frustration to head coach Janet Rayfield, not because the chances are not coming, but because her team is failing to convert. “I liked the chances that we got, I just did not like the mentality that we had throughout the game on Sunday,” Rayfield said. “You do not win Big Ten games without 90 minutes of consistent effort, work rate, and relentlessness.” Rayfield is approaching it with a “we’ll get the next one” attitude, but feels that her team shouldn’t take any scoring chances for granted. The Illini are outshooting their opponents — firing off 15 shot attempts per game while allowing 11 attempts on average — but their goals per game average is down
to 1.89. Shots were plentiful for Illinois on the road over the weekend, which featured a 0-0 tie versus Indiana and a 3-1 loss to Purdue. The team rifled off 22 shots (seven on target) Friday while getting off 12 Sunday (seven on target). “I think you can probably look at each one individually, and have an area or a place where we can do better to convert some of those,” Rayfield said.
everybody on the field.” Flaws is experiencing a scoring drought of her own. She netted seven goals in the Illini’s first four games of the season, but has only scored one time in her last five contests. “If giving her a break was going to get that (level of consistency), then that is what we needed to do,” Rayfield said. “We’ve got to find a way to get that effort and mentality consistent.”
Freshman Katie Murray scores first goal of her Illini superstar — a label career
Flaws off her game lately
most definitely earned by past performances — Jannelle Flaws was subbed out around the 27th minute on Sunday. Her coach simply felt that the redshirt-senior forward wasn’t getting the job done. “That high standard has to be for everyone,” Rayfield said. “If you look at the first 20 minutes versus the last 20 minutes, that’s the kind of effort, work rate, and consistency that we need from
Freshman midfielder Katie Murray scored her first goal in an Illini uniform in the 88th minute of the team’s game against Purdue. “Katie Murray is getting better every day,” Rayfield said. “For a freshman to understand what Big Ten soccer is like, I think the first weekend is going to be a real step forward for Katie.” Rayfield thought that Murray’s play in the second half against Purdue was out-
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Illinois’ head coach Janet Rayfield instructs her team during the game against No. 20 Wisconsin at the Illini Soccer and Track Stadium on Oct. 12, 2013. standing, noting that she had more an energy and a pep in her step that was not present in the first half. Murray’s coach spoke highly about the freshman that has made a big impact
so far with the Illini. “This is what I know about Katie Murray: every time we challenge her with something like that, she steps up and answers,” Rayfield said. “This will be a real step for-
ward for her, and I expect her to keep moving forward as we go on through the Big Ten season.”
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Illinois defeated in North Carolina Heat, fatigue could be factors in loss BY MICHAL DWOJAK STAFF WRITER
Illinois football’s first drive against North Carolina on Saturday couldn’t have been drawn up any better. The offense traveled 73 yards over 11 plays in 4:07. Quarterback Wes Lunt looked efficient with his throws and running back Josh Ferguson ran productive routes in what would be a 133-yard rushing day. But the end of the drive would foreshadow how the offense’s day would go. Head coach Bill Cubit decided to go for it on fourth down from North Carolina’s three-yard line. Lunt took the snap and looked around before he found wide receiver Geronimo Allison in the middle of the end zone. Allison had the ball in his hands but couldn’t finish the catch when he fell to the ground. “The biggest things from the game were the missed opportunities offensively,” Cubit said. “It seems that we let things like that snowball ... We just didn’t make plays when we needed to. The dropped balls stopped drives all the time.” Illinois wide receivers dropped nine passes
against North Carolina and have dropped 21 on the season, more than all of last year. Both Lunt and Chayce Crouch completed 19 of 38 passes for 172 yards but the offense’s struggles concerned Cubit. Dropped passes have been a trend for the Illini even though the offense scored 96 points in the first two games of the season. Cubit called the dropped passes a “community effort.” Lunt was also not perfect even though the starting offensive line hasn’t allowed a sack this season. Players said they have a strong relationship with the starting quarterback and like the type of leader that he is — both one who will address the issue and also give hard love. “A little bit of both, it just depends,” Marchie Murdock said. “Wes, being a good leader, you have to know what is good for the person, so maybe one guys takes harsh criticism than another. I think Wes does that really well.
Kicking game struggles Illinois’ kicking game showed the same struggles from last season on Saturday. Starting kicker Taylor Zalewski missed two key field goals. The first came just before halftime after the Illini moved the ball to North Carolina’s 38-yard line. Cubit elected to attempt the 57-yard field goal instead of throwing
Power rankings DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Editor’s note: Every week, The Daily Illini football staff ranks the football teams in the Big Ten 1-14 and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings.
1. OHIO STATE (LAST WEEK: 1)
Maybe the Buckeyes do have a quarterback problem. Cardale Jones started and threw two interceptions, and J.T. Barrett came in and threw a touchdown and interception and the team barely survived Northern Illinois 20-13.
2. MICHIGAN STATE (2)
The Spartans scored 28 points in the first half against Air Force, and Connor Cook threw for 247 yards and four touchdowns in Michigan State’s 3521 win. The Spartans were elevated to No. 2 in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 1966.
3. WISCONSIN (3) Two Badgers were ejected and there was an errant fire alarm that caused a delay at Camp Randall Stadium but neither affected Wisconsin in its 28-3 win over Troy.
4. NORTH WESTERN (6) Northwestern’s Warren Long ran 55 yards for a touchdown and Solomon Vault returned a kickoff for a touchdown in the Wildcats’ 19-10 win over Duke, which puts them at 3-0.
5. MINNESOTA (5)
The Golden Gophers managed to score 10 points against Kent State in a game when quarterback Mitch Leidner threw for 184 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Despite his poor play, his team beat the Golden Flashes 10-7.
6. IOWA (9) C.J. Beathard threw for 258 yards but no touchdowns and an interception. Iowa’s rushing game gained 105 yards and three touchdowns in the Hawkeyes’ 27-24 win over Pittsburgh.
7. NEBRASKA (4) The Cornhuskers scored 23 points in the fourth quarter against Miami to force overtime but Miami cornerback Corn Elder caught an interception on the first play in overtime and Miami hit the field goal to defeat Nebraska 36-33.
8. MICHIGAN (7)
Ty Issac ran for 114 yards, including a 76-yard touchdown run, and Jake Rudock threw for 123 yards, a touchdown and an interception, in Michigan’s 28-7 win over UNLV.
9. PENN STATE (10) Saquon Barkley ran for 195 yards and two touchdowns against Rutgers, a team that also recruited the running back, and Christian Hackenberg threw for 141 yards in the Nittany Lions’ 28-3 win over Rutgers.
10. MARYLAND (13) Caleb Rowe’s first start at quarterback for Maryland included 297 passing yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions in the Terrapins’ 35-17 win over South Florida.
11. ILLINOIS (8) Josh Ferguson was the lone bright spot for the Illini against North Carolina as Illinois’ defense allowed Tar Heels’ quarterback Marquise Williams 203 passing yards and 105 rushing yards in its 48-14 loss.
12. INDIANA (11) Nate Sudfeld’s 355 passing yards and Jordan Howard’s 203 rushing yards helped negate the 484 passing yards the Hoosier defense allowed in their 38-35 win over Western Kentucky.
13. PURDUE (12) The Boilermakers’ defense allowed Virginia Tech to finish with 223 passing yards and 238 rushing yards in Purdue’s 51-24 loss. The Boilermakers are 1-2 and face Bowling Green next week.
14. RUTGERS (14)
Chris Laviano threw two interceptions and the Scarlet Knights’ defense allowed 330 rushing yards in Rutgers’ 28-3 loss to Penn State. The Scarlet Knights have won two of their last seven Big Ten games.
a Hail Mary in the final seconds. Zalewski’s kick had the distance but was wide right. “That was a crucial time of the game, we needed some points coming out of the half,” Lunt said. “That really deflated us because we really needed points at that time of the game.” The kicker also missed a field goal on the first drive of the second half after the Illini offense went 65 yards in 12 plays down 20-7. Zalewski’s 45-yard attempt bounced off the right upright and the Illini wasted an opportunity. Zalewski was 4-for-4 in the first games of the season, and hit a 43-yard field goal against Kent State. The senior hoped to turn the corner after a season when he made 3-of-6 field goals and was replaced by junior David Reisner. Illinois kickers finished 9-for-17 in 2014, last in the Big Ten, and also made 38-of-42 PATs, also worst in the conference. “We’re confident (in the kickers),” Lunt said. “Taylor and David both have the capabilities to be great kickers and we’re all confident in them.”
Exhaustion Saturday was the fi rst game many players competed for the entire game. Illinois held large leads in its first two games of the season and the coaching staff
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Illinois quarterback Wes Lunt throws a pass in the game against Western Illinois at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 12. didn’t want to risk injury to the Illini starters. Cubit admitted that fatigue was a factor along with the high temperatures — Chapel Hill, N.C., had a high of 87 degrees Saturday. While
temperature and exhaustion were factors, players didn’t want to blame their poor performance on the circumstances. “I don’t think it was too much,” Lunt said. “We prac-
tice hard like that every day ... I think that the heat was a factor but it wasn’t anything that was game changing.”
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Illini prepare for intrasquad meet Freshmen prepare for their first taste of Head Illinois swim- collegiate competition.
BY DRAKE PENA STAFF WRITER
ming and diving coach Sue Novitsky will finally get an opportunity to gauge how her team’s hours of practice a nd summer swim schedules helped her players in the teams’ first intra-squad meet on Oct. 2. The Illini will compete against each other at the A RC pool, their home arena and practice facility. The team will get in some competitive reps, all in preparation for its first competitive meet against the trio of Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Olivet Nazarene two weeks later. Novitsky said she is pleased with what she’s seen from her athletes so far, ”I feel pretty good, the team’s been working hard,” she said. “We have been doing some test sets to see where we are in terms of our fitness levels and everything, and I like the practice we have been putting in, progressing towards the meet.”
With the first meets approaching, nerves are beginning to set in for some of the freshman who will be swimming at the collegiate level for the fi rst time. F reshman Madeline Kuhn has some fi rst meet jitters, but has already gotten accustomed to the life of a Division-I athlete. “It’s really nerve-racking but also really exciting,” Kuhn said. “It is so much work, but it’s so worth it already. Being able to say you’re a D-1 athlete is just so cool.” Novitsky said she is curious to see how her freshman will react to the spotlight of collegiate competition. “Hopefully they take it that they have swam hundreds of meets in their lifetime and this is just another one, they are just wearing a different cap,” Novitsky said. “Some get nervous and make it into something huge but some swim really fast which is great to see ... It’s really about talking
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Illinois’ head coach Sue Novitsky cheers on her swimmers during the meet against Illinois State at the ARC in 2013. it through with them and just reminding them to get themselves ready like they normally do.”
From homeschool to Big Ten student athlete Senior swimmer Lori Lynn takes on a lot of responsibility for her team. As a co-captain and mentor to some of her younger teammates, Lynn takes on a big role for the Illini. Lynn eased into her roles on the team, and part of the reason may be due to her schooling prior to her tenure at Illinois. Lynn was homeschooled, and she said she feels that it has helped her moving forward academically and
competitively. “It really helped me with being more dedicated to my work. It was internally motivating and that helped a lot,” Lynn said. People she knew questioned Lynn’s decision of coming to a bigger school at fi rst, but she said that feels so long ago as she prepares to play out her fi nal year for the Illini. “A lot of people wondered how I was going to do it, being homeschooled then coming to U of I,” Lynn said regarding her transition. “But I did really well, and I wasn’t too overwhelmed with all the people. I really like it.”
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Interim coach Clark brings energetic perspective to women’s tennis team BY EMMA MCGOWEN STAFF WRITER
After serving an eightmonth stint as an assistant coach for the Illinois women’s tennis team, Evan Clark was named the interim head coach for the 201516 season. Prior to coming to Illinois, Clark was the head coach for the University of North Carolina-Wilmington women’s tennis team for two years, where he had a 31-11 record. During his fi rst year with the Illini, Clark helped the team to a 14-10 record. In his new position, Clark said he hopes to bring a lot of energy, experience and knowledge about the strategic side of the game to the program. “We really need to understand how to play your strengths to someone’s weaknesses,” Clark said. “It’s not really a team sport; you’ve got six individuals at a time so you really have to build up each individual’s strengths. So we’re going to do a lot of individual work, which will probably be something different than they’ve had in the past.” The team will kick off its
season at the Puerto Rico Invitational on Sept. 25. In preparation, Clark plans on having the team work on sets, singles and doubles. “My philosophy is when you make the individual better, you make the team better,” Clark said.
Tennis in different places Some athletes are lucky enough to always have access to some sort of facility and people to practice with; others aren’t so lucky. During the school year, the men’s and women’s tennis teams have the Atkins Tennis Center they can utilize. But when school’s not in session, fi nding a place to continue to hone their skills can be hard for athletes. Freshman Jaclyn Switkes, from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, didn’t have any problems fi nding a court to play on when she was at home, but fi nding someone to play with was another story. “You’d think Florida has a lot of tennis players,” Switkes said, “But that’s South Florida. Where I live there aren’t a lot of people
to play with.” Because tennis wasn’t as popular in her area growing up, in order for Switkes to continue to advance her playing ability, she had to travel to academies. On the other hand, senior Emily Barretta, who’s from the suburbs of Chicago, never had any issues fi nding someone to play with. In fact, she grew up playing with and against some of her current teammates, like junior Alexis Casati.
International players This year, the Illinois women’s tennis team has three international students on its roster, freshman Daniela Pedraza Novak from Bogota, Colombia; sophomore Jade Hilton from Mississauga, Ontario; and junior Louise Kwong from Toronto, Ontario. Kwong notes that playing tennis in Canada is pretty similar to playing it in Illinois, but the intensity increases due to college tournaments. In Canada, if a player wants to continue past junior tennis, because schol-
arships aren’t given, most players will come down to the U.S. to play in college. One similarity both players noticed was that in the U.S., tennis is more of a team effort. “It’s so much more intense,” Kwong said. “It’s a bigger community and more popular, but the competition is just as tough.” Novak noted that you represent yourself in Columbia, but in the U.S., you represent your school. “You need to be able to recognize what you’re able to do as a part of a team and what you’re not able to do,” she said. “Here you have to remember that everything you do has a repercussion on the team ... You have to cheer up your teammates and be positive at all times.” With the team leaving for the season opener in Puerto Rico tomorrow, Novak said she doesn’t fi nd herself nervous for her first meet at all. “Being a freshman, you just have to play and show yourself and just go out there and enjoy everything you do.”
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The wheelchair basketball team meets with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during his visit to the ARC on Wednesday. Martinez Johnson, Illini basketball player, sits in front of Duncan.
Martinez Johnson: The inspiring story KEVIN MCCARTHY Sports columnist
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artinez Johnson is a member of the wheelchair basketball team here at the University of Illinois. He sat down to talk with me, and by the end, completely inspired me. I hope reading his words can do the same for you. Kevin McCarthy: When did you start playing basketball? Martinez Johnson: My freshman year of high school. I tried it, fell in love, and played all throughout high school. My goal became to come and play at
the University of Illinois. KM: What have you learned during your time playing basketball? MJ: When I was on my wheelchair basketball team in high school, some of my teammates were unable to play at the level that I could. They couldn’t even pass or catch a ball. I gained so much appreciation for the skills and body that I have. There are people that are way worse off than me. People ask me if I wish I could walk, and I say “no.� But there are people who wish they were as well off as I am physically. KM: What does it mean to you to be an athlete here at the University of Illinois? MJ: It really upsets me when people don’t understand it. Yes, I’m a wheelchair athlete — but I’m an
athlete. Just as a player on the football team or the basketball team is an athlete — I am too. KM: You’re an inspiration to so many students here — how does that hit you? MJ: Just the fact that I’m on this historic team, it hits me a lot. I look back and I’m like, “Wow.� I’m at the University of Illinois — one of the best schools in the nation, and I get to be an athlete at the same time. I’m just so blessed to be here. When people tell me that they look up to me, I laugh it off because I’m not doing anything that’s special. But, I also tell them that I look up to them too. If you go to this school, you motivate me. I want to win a championship for this University — and you’re a part of that — so I want to
win this for you too. KM: How did it feel to lose the national championship game last year? MJ: It hurt a lot. We lost a few guys from last year’s team, so we’re kind of in a rebuilding stage — or should I say reloading stage — but guys are ready to step up. We’re ready to get back there again. KM: Describe the feeling you get when you’re out there playing basketball. MJ: Every time I go out there, I always feel so energized. It’s a feeling of amazement. To be a part of a family and a program like this, it just excites me. KM: The University of Illinois puts an enormous focus on the inclusion and equality of disabled students — what’s it like to be a part of this school?
MJ: It’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen in my life. Once I got here I learned that a lot of the disability programs that are offered at schools across the country started here. Even though a lot of disabled students don’t get to come here, they’re still reaping the benefits of the programs this university designed. That’s just so overwhelming — it brings a tear to my eye — to think that this school took that leap of faith to make so many changes and lay down the cornerstones for disability services across the country. KM: Tell me about Martinez Johnson in 5 words. MJ: Smiling — does that count? KM: Yes, that’s one. MJ: And at times, I’m
funny. I’m energetic, calm and serious. KM: Your initials are MJ — any coincidence there? MJ: No, no, no. I am nowhere near the wheelchair Michael Jordan. But I’m a big MJ fan. KM: How do you want your teammates to remember you? MJ: As a hard-worker and a guy who would lay his life down for his team. KM: Would you trade anything you’ve experienced in life? MJ: No. I wouldn’t change anything, but I would like to go back in time to live things twice.
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