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Allen Residence Hall will offer gender-inclusive housing to students starting fall semester of 2016. The residence hall introduced gender-neutral bathrooms this fall in response to student and residence feedback from several focus groups conducted last year. The bathrooms are only in Allen One North, which is where the new gender-inclusive rooms will be located. Logan Weeter, an Illini Media employee, is a freshman resident of Allen Hall.
He said that although at first he wasn’t sure what the gender-inclusive environment would be like, he has had a positive experience so far. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Allen, the community is really great,” Weeter said. “I went in a little concerned (gender-inclusive bathrooms) would be awkward, but if you treat it like a normal bathroom you don’t even notice a difference.” Kirsten Ruby, associate director of housing for communications and marketing,
said students were given the option to live in the genderinclusive wing this fall. Students could live with each other in rooms regardless of their gender identities. “The next step that was along this planned path is that next year the rooms will be identified as genderinclusive,” Ruby said. “That means that any two individuals that choose each other will be able to share a room in that one community,” Ruby said she hopes this will serve as a testimony to the University’s efforts
toward a more accepting campus. However, the University isn’t the fi rst to incorporate gender-neutral housing, as 197 universities in the nation currently have such housing available to students according to Campus Pride. The University isn’t even the fi rst of the three university campuses to incorporate gender-neutral housing, as the University of Illinois at Chicago incorporated gender-neutral housing last fall. While the University has
offered co-ed housing by door — female students live next to male students — in Nugent, Saunders and Bousfield Halls, gender-inclusive halls are not limited by traditional notions of gender. By not incorporating gender into housing considerations, non-binary identities or identities that are not exclusively male or female will no longer have to conform to traditional restrictions. The University’s incorporation of gender-inclusive housing, comes at a time
when transgender individuals have fought for the right to use their preferred bathrooms, despite cities and states across the nation proposing “bathroom bills,” which would make it illegal for a person to use a bathroom that is not assigned to their biological gender. “This really shows University Housing’s and University of Illinois’ commitment to be inclusive of everyone, regardless of their identity,” Ruby said.
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UIPD reports two sexual assaults in two weeks A recent survey conCampus Safety Notices ducted by the Association have been issued for two of American Universities sexual assaults on campus revealed one in four college women reported experiencsince Sept. 10. According to a notice ing unwanted sexual conissued Monday, a student tact during their time in was sexually assaulted college. The survey gathin an Urbana apartment ered information from Sunday. The offender was 150,000 students across 27 known to the victim. The U.S. universities. safety notice issued Sept. Across the board, 11.7 10 told of a similar incident. percent of students surThe notice reported a sex- veyed reported experiencual assault occurred early ing non-consensual sexual the morning of Sept. 9 in contact while enrolled at a University-certified pri- their university. vate residence hall. Again, On average, 23 percent the offendof college er was w o m e n known to repor ted the victim. experienc“ W e ing unwanted sexuknow that al contact there is w h i l e what a lot enrolled of people at thei r refer to as the red particuz one at lar Unithe beginversity; n i ng of on averthe school age five y e a r PAT WADE percent UI POLICE SPOKESMAN where stuof me n dents are repor ted the same. particuW a d e larly vulnerable to sexual assault,” said he believes awaresaid Pat Wade, UI Police ness as a community is cruspokesman. “We’re very cial in addressing the “red sensitive to this and that’s zone” and campus assault why we do a lot of commu- in general. nication with students at “I think we’re doing a the beginning of the year better job of being aware telling them about what are that it does happen and it some of the red fl ags to look happens here at the Univerfor, what are some of the sity of Illinois,” he said. “I things they can do to either think just being aware and respond to or support sur- talking about what we can do to prevent it, taking it vivors of sexual assault.” The “red zone” of cam- upon ourselves to say somepus sexual assault refers thing when we see certain to a heightened number of red fl ags. It’s really on all assaults during the fi rst of us to come together as a six weeks back on cam- community and try to stop pus. Wade said vigilance this.” and communication is key news@dailyillini.com during this time. DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
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Veterans talk at the Chez Family Foundation Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education.
Wounded vet center opens BY SAMANTHA JONES TOAL CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Veteran and student Garrett Anderson is excited for veterans on campus to have a “one-stop shop” to find resources, guidance, counseling and more on campus. The Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education is hosting an open house for veterans on campus Thursday. “In the military you’re very structured. So when you throw these guys into college, they don’t have a set schedule so it’s hard for them to conceptualize how to set their own study routines,” said Anderson, a graduate student in AHS. “So what we are going to do here is teach them those skills.” The new facility will serve the approximated 350 veterans on campus as well as 150 dependents. “We’ll be introduced to the center and be able to use it (Thursday),” said Jennifer Warning, a veteran and junior in LAS. “We’ll be more informed after the open house.” The center offers transition and academic services, counseling, employment services and other
programs aimed at helping veterans succeed in college and in the workforce. “Our goal is to help student veterans with a disability to stay enrolled, perform academically well and to graduate and go into meaningful work,” said Nicholas Osborne, interim director for the center. He said the center, located at 908 W. Nevada St, Urbana, cost $14 million. The project was mainly funded through private gifts, such as a $6 million donation from the Chez Family Foundation. The state also contributed $4 million under former governor Pat Quinn. One program offered to the veterans is a two credit hour course that focuses on their transition from the military into college life. “I’m in the veterans transfer class going into school from the military. They tell us about opportunities out there that will help us adjust,” Warning said. “It’s a helpful thing in order for veterans to transition successfully back into civilian life.” Many veterans stress the difficulty of attending college after years of military service.
According to the 2015 Veteran Economic Opportunity Report, 48 percent of veterans participating in the GI Bill complete degree programs. “A lot of veterans haven’t had any pure education for five to seven years,” Anderson said. “When they get
here, it’s like throwing them from a pond to a lake or an ocean because they’re overwhelmed.” Other programs include a live-in residency option on the third floor, which can house up to 12 veterans.
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Baruch College fraternity faces charges for death blamed on ‘brutal’ hazing ritual BY TINA SUSMAN TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
NEW YORK — By the time Chun Michael Deng — Michael to his family and friends — made it to a hospital on that cold December morning, he was struggling to breathe after being beaten and knocked unconscious while staggering blindfolded under the weight of a heavy backpack. The 19-year-old college student, an aspiring Pi Delta Psi frat brother, died shortly afterward. Nearly two years later, a grand jury has indicted 36 people and the fraternity on charges including murder in the latest example of what prosecutors say is a case of fatal hazing. Police in Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania, a bucolic region about 100 miles west of New York City, announced the indictments Monday, and on Tuesday they said some arrests had been made. The fraternity was expelled from New York City’s Baruch College, where Deng and his companions were students. Pi Delta Psi is described on its website as an Asian-American cultural fraternity founded in New York in 1994. It lists 25 campus chapters or associate chapters, most of them in the eastern United States. The fraternity’s president did not respond immediately to a request for comment Tuesday. Baruch imposed a lifetime ban on the fraternity after Deng’s death. It was not immediately clear if any
of the people named in the indictment, most of them in their early 20s, remained at Baruch. College President Mitchel B. Wallerstein said Baruch conducted its own internal judicial review of students involved in the Deng incident and “brought disciplinary proceedings against all of them, except for those who voluntarily withdrew from Baruch College.� “We owe it to Michael and his family to hold accountable those who were responsible for the senseless death of this promising young man,� Wallerstein said, adding that in addition to banning Pi Delta Psi, the college had imposed a moratorium in fall of 2014 on pledging activities for all fraternities and sororities on campus. The indictments come on top of a civil suit filed by Deng’s family in the New York City borough of Queens, where Deng’s parents settled after coming to the United States from China. Deng was their only child. According to the civil suit, which was filed in April, frat members participated in “this particular, dangerous hazing ritual� even though they knew it had been banned years earlier by the fraternity. Year after year, the lawsuit alleges, the Baruch chapter rented the same site in the Pocono mountains and took aspiring fraternity brothers there for a weekend of abuse. The civil suit echoes the criminal complaint in alleging that Deng and
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the other pledges were blindfolded, strapped into backpacks packed full of sand, and ordered to run across a field on the weekend of Dec. 7 and 8. As they did, the pledges were shoved and hit by frat members challenging them to make it to the end of the field, prosecutors in Pennsylvania said in a press release. Prosecutors said police described the ritual as “brutal,� and the forensic pathologist who examined Deng said he suffered multiple blows to his body and sustained a “significant head injury� that knocked him out. “It would take hundreds of pounds of impulsive loads and/or hundreds of G forces in order to cause the damage to the interior of the brain� that Deng suffered, according to the report. Deng’s companions allegedly waited at least an hour before taking him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Dec. 9, 2013. Six individuals, including Pi Delta Psi Fraternity Inc., face charges of murder in the third degree, as well as aggravated assault, simple assault, hindering apprehension, hazing and criminal conspiracy. The homicide charges carry a penalty of up to 20 years. The others named in the indictment face charges ranging from aggravated assault to conspiracy. In a statement, Deng’s parents said they applauded the actions by the police, grand jury and Pennsylvania prosecutors to bring criminal charges.
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VETERANS “Our veterans are looking for a community, and our center provides that,� Osborne said. “They will be in an environment with peers who they can relate to.� He said the center is one of the few facilities of its kind nationwide. The overall initiative provides direct service to veterans but also leads as a national resource component that will benefit veterans
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outside of Illinois as well. University faculty from various colleges also strive to apply research to the veteran population to answer some of the nation’s challenging questions. For example, research aims to shed light on veteran graduation rates as well as interventions that support veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder or brain injuries. “If you look across the country, there’s a lot of programs and resources in place for student veterans,
but there aren’t a lot that specifically address student veterans with disabilities,� Osborne said. “We realize that this is very complex work with a lot of layers so we have to work with each student individually rather than assume we can create one model that applies to them all.� He said Disability Resources and Educational Services, DRES, was the first organization in the country to begin research on veterans after World War II. Over time,
this evolved into a program that not only served veterans but also all students with disabilities. “I think what this center symbolizes is that we’ve been a continued leader in the area of disability research. We’re taking all of our talents and our history, and we are applying it to this newest generation of service members,� Osborne said.
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UI not committed to including external search firm in search for chancellor BY ABIGALE SVOBODA NEWS EDITOR
The Academic Senate approved a chancellor search process Monday but whether that will include an external search fi rm remains undecided. “I’m a little bit antsy about executive search firms in general,� said President Timothy Killeen on Monday. Killeen said he’s open minded to whether the University needs to hire a search fi rm for what he described as an “incredibly i mpor ta nt le adersh ip role.� He said he’s seen fi rms used successfully and times when it hasn’t worked out. Additionally he said he knows there is some concern amongst University members about
“who might want to come into a situation where there’s obviously been a little bit of churn,� but he believes the University will be able to secure the chancellor it needs. “If we don’t fi nd the right match we will proceed, but I’m confident we will fi nd a group that will be able to tailor their process to what we need on this campus,� he said. K ath r y n Oberdeck , history professor, said executive search fi rms also make her ancy and asked Killeen if he would be open to a written understanding about the role and limits of an external firm’s participation in the search process. Killeen said he would be open to it but does not expect a search fi rm to
be limited too much. He said he is also interested in hearing from external stakeholders such as donors and even Gov. Bruce Rauner, who he said he knows “fi rst-hand� is interested in the process. Jay Rosenstein, professor in media, raised concerns about how University ca ndidates would be elected, regardless of a firm’s involvement, and information about them disseminated. The senators agreed to amend the recommended search fi rm election process to include information about the candidates as well. The full list of candidates and biographies, submitted to the Committee on Committees or nominated on the senate fl oor, will
now be provided to the Academic Senate. The search committee will be composed of one faculty chair, eight faculty members, three students, one academic professional and one staff member. Shared governance was stressed at the Monday meeting, and Killeen said it should be stressed in the creation of the search committee as well as by the chosen chancellor. He said he is hopeful the new chancellor will be a “team player� who can both lead and represent the University. “When it comes down to it we exist to support the students,� Killeen said. asvobod 2@dailyillini. com
7 hikers descend into doom at state park BY WILLIAM YARDLEY, MATT PEARCE AND NIGEL DUARA TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah — An endless war between water and rock continues to remake this place. During monsoon season in the Southwest, rainwater pours into the alluring sandstone canyons. Trickles quickly turn into torrents. Keyhole Canyon was formed thousands of years ago by that dynamic, its steep walls carved and re-carved by sporadic bursts of rushing water. Even when the weather is scorching above, cold pools line the bottom. They are reminders of violent rains and floods. People nonetheless flock this time of year to rappel down into the canyon. They squeeze through the skinny parts and wade in the murky water. The group of seven hikers — six from California — had been planning their descent into the canyon for months. Several had extensive hiking experience. All but one took a fi ve-hour canyoneering class offered by the local Zion Adventure Company on Sept. 14. “People can go from mild-mannered civilians in the morning to independent, competent canyoneers by the afternoon,� the company touted on its website. While three men and three women started the class, another man in their group went down the road to the park visitors center and bought a $15 permit to descend into Keyhole that day. All of them in their 50s, many had met through the Valencia Hiking Club, a Meetup.com group that organizes outings ranging from strolls through downtown Los Angeles to long hikes in Joshua Tree National Park. “We are not a beginner
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Russian jets, artillery sent to Syrian air base in Latkia BEIRUT — Russia has flown military jets and artillery to Syria, according to a U.S. official, raising concerns among Syrian opposition groups that the move would derail United Nations efforts to end the conflict. The U.S. is not sure whether the Russian equipment sent to the Syrian air base in Latakia in the past three or four days is meant to support the government of President Bashar alAssad or fight Islamic State
militants, said the official, who asked not to be identified discussing sensitive information. The Russian arsenal currently includes four Su-27 Flanker air-to-air fighters, 12 Su-24 Fencer low-level attack jets and 12 Su-25 Frogfoot air-to-ground fighters comparable to U.S. A-10 Warthog, the U.S. official said on Monday. It also comprises MI-17, M-24 helicopters, field artillery and armored personnel carriers.
Parents, couple sent to mediation in case of autistic boy SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a quickly dispatched hearing on Tuesday in a case that has riled Bay Area parents of developmentally disabled children, a Santa Clara County judge sent an autistic boy’s parents and two Sunnyvale couples who claim the boy is a public nuisance back to mediation. In the Civil Court hearing where Sunnyvale neighbors sought the boy’s medical and school records, Superior Court Judge Maureen Folan admonished them, asking the two couples and the parents their ultimate goal: To fi nd a
solution or continue with litigation? All the families said they wanted a solution so all agreed to the judge’s suggestion that they arrange mediation with another judge, which is expected to happen in October. In their lawsuit fi led last summer, Kumaran Santhanam and Bindu Pothen and Robert and Marci Flowers said that despite repeated appeals by residents on Arlington Court, the parents of the autistic boy had not been able to control his aggressive behavior toward others.
Trump slams conservative group for ads, ‘extortion’ WASHINGTON — A week after the conservative Club for Growth launched a $1 million ad buy in Iowa slamming Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s conservative credentials, the Republican front-runner fired back Tuesday. In a scathing letter, Trump’s general counsel Alan Garten called the 16-year-old conservative organization a “pitiful little group,� said it “shamelessly attempted to extort Mr. Trump to the tune of $1
million� in exchange for its endorsement, and demanded that it remove its two ads from the air. “We will not sit idly by and allow special interest groups and political action committees like yours to defame Mr. Trump and cause damage to his reputation and business interests by intentionally disseminating libelous statements you fully know to be untrue,� Garten wrote in his cease and desist letter to Club for Growth President David McIntosh.
Man convicted of plot to ensure Prince Harry become king BRIAN VAN DER BRUG TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
A group of canyoneers hikes up red sandstone to the entry point for Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park, California, on Saturday. hiking group,� Don Teichner, one of the club’s founders, emphasized on Meetup. com. “A small amount of danger or risk, while still being safe, can also add to a hike’s enjoyment.� After the class, the group made its way to Keyhole, regarded as one of the park’s most accessible “slot� canyons. Wearing wetsuits to ward off the cold water and smiling beneath their helmets, they posed for a photograph in the middle of their descent through Keyhole that afternoon. Teichner, who moved from Southern California to Nevada in the spring, stood in the foreground, his right foot straddling a boulder, a gregarious explorer with tree-trunk quads and a bit of a belly. Steve and Linda Arthur, grandparents of seven, wrapped arms with Robin Brum, a hairstylist from their hometown, Camarillo. Muku Reynolds, who often looked for heartshaped rocks on her hikes,
peeked from behind. Gary Favela, an experienced camper, hiker and skier from Rancho Cucamonga, leaned in on the left. Mark MacKenzie, saddled with a bright red pack, framed them on the right. It was a picture of ease — of warmth and unpretentiousness — as they prepared to go deeper into the canyon. “They’re just so happy. They weren’t scared,� said the Arthurs’ daughter, Allison Bottcher. The canyon depths of the Colorado Plateau were explored by the Anasazi people for centuries, but canyoneering as a modern sport began in the 1970s. That is when pioneers such as Dennis Turville began making “fi rst descents� — maiden treks into previously unexplored slot canyons, armed with ropes and wetsuits. Turville and a friend made the fi rst descent into Keyhole Canyon in August 1979, describing it as “a small, inconsequential can-
yon.� Still, Turville always advises against making descents in large groups and late in the day — too much risk, particularly when the weather changes quickly. History books describe entire pioneer communities in the area being wiped out by fl ash floods. In September 1961, four teenage Boy Scouts and their scoutmaster were killed while exploring slot canyons in the nearby Narrows section of Zion. In 1997, 11 hikers died about 100 miles east, near Page, Ariz., when a storm flooded a canyon. Despite the risks, canyoneer i ng h as been increasing in popularity. “Maybe 20 years ago, there were 20 climbers at one time in Zion National Park on a given day and 20 canyoneers,� said Bo Beck, a longtime searchand-rescue volunteer with the National Park Service. “Now, on a given day, there are 400 canyoneers and the same 20 climbers.�
LONDON — A British court on Tuesday convicted a man dubbed a “ginger extremist� of plotting a chemical attack and planning to kill Prince Charles to pave the way for gingerhaired Prince Harry to become king. Mark Colborne, 37, a self-confessed admirer of Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Breivik, said he planned to carry out an attack “for the Aryan people.� He was convicted of preparing terrorist acts on Tuesday, after a jury had
failed to reach a verdict in May. Prosecutors cited evidence from Colborne’s diary in which he said he planned to use a sniper rifle to kill Prince Charles. He also acquired chemicals, dust masks, funnels, syringes and gloves that he planned to use in a cyanide attack, prosecutors said. Colborne denied the terrorism charges and told the court his diary notes about his plans were “angry rants� that he wrote while skipping his medication for depression.
Sage grouse denied endangered species protection for development WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior will not give endangered species protection to the sage grouse, deciding against a listing that would have restricted energy and residential development in the West. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said the birds are benefiting from the largest land conservation effort in American history.
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that these collective efforts add up to a bright future for the sage grouse,� said Jewell, who announced the decision on Tuesday morning. The governors of Colorado, Montana, Nevada and Wyoming joined Jewell at an event near Denver and praised the decision, saying it proves the success of state efforts to protect the sagebrush habitat.
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EDITORIAL Welcoming a safe-haven for student veterans
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embers and veterans of the U.S. military are some of the most well-respected people in the nation; maybe even the world. Yet, for years veterans — especially those with disabilities — who have attended the University have not had an adequate place to call their own. On Thursday, the newly constructed Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education will have its first open house, and veterans with disabilities at the University will finally have a place on campus that’s just theirs. Disability Resources and Educational Services was originally established in 1948 by Tim Nugent, a University alumnus and veteran, solely to serve veterans with disabilities. Over time, however, DRES has become a resource for all students with disabilities. It’s excellent that our University provides incredible resources like DRES for students, but veterans deserve a place just for them. “Our veterans are looking for a community, and our center provides that. They will be in an environment with peers who they can relate to,� said Nicholas Osborne, interim director of the new center. The new center will give veterans who are disabled a place to connect with other people who have experienced the hardship of military service and who are experiencing the transition back into civilian life — or who have already experienced it and can provide guidance. “A lot of veterans haven’t had any pure education for five to seven years,� said Garrett Anderson, a veteran and a graduate student in the College of Applied Health Sciences. “When they get here, it’s like throwing them from a pond to a lake or an ocean because they’re overwhelmed.� The vision of the University’s Veterans Student Support Services is “for student Veterans, active duty personnel, National Guards and Reserve members, and their qualifying dependents to succeed at Illinois and reach their full potential as ethical leaders and engaged citizens,� according to its web site. The Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education will finally fully provide those resources as it offers transition help, counseling, academic services, class courses and employment services. Everyone deserves a place to connect with people who know what they’re going through. Especially those who risked their lives for the sake of their country. And now, whether it be a conversation about their time in the service or an event on the Main Quad, the veterans will know they have a shared background. The center will serve an estimated 350 student veterans and 150 dependents in an effort to help them reach their full potential, while at the University and after. The center will also house up to 12 veterans, literally making it a place to call home for some. The creation of the new center is long overdue but welldeserved. We are glad veterans with disabilities will have a “one-stop shop� to access resources, receive help or just connect with a familiar story.
UI should make language a priority MATT SILICH Opinions columnist
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ollowing local increases in elementary school enrollment in December 2012, the Champaign Unit 4 Schools Board of Education approved a proposal to institute a new dual language elementary school program for Fall 2013. The program, which is entering its third year of classes, is named the International Prep Academy. Assistant Superintendent Susan Zola said in a Champaign School Board press release that the creation of the program came about because of high demand from local parents. “Over the past few years we’ve seen a growing interest from our families in this kind of program and for good reason; students who receive a dual language, bilingual education develop high levels of proficiency or skills in two languages, perform academically at or above grade level in all subject areas and demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviors toward two cultures,� said Zola. As globalization continues to escalate in the 21st century, everyone is realizing it’s more essential than ever to have the ability to speak multiple languages. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always seem to translate here; The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
needs to do a much better job of ensuring that its students are well prepared for today’s multicultural world. Nowhere is that necessity more obvious than at an extremely diverse place such as the University campus itself. According to the University, less than half of the student population in Urbana-Champaign is Caucasian — only 45.5 percent. Over eight percent of the University is Hispanic, over 14 percent is Asian and over 22 percent are international students. Many of these students are bilingual. And University students who aren’t should strongly consider taking up a second language to keep up with their fellow Illini, both on campus and later in life. It’s not like learning a second language is only useful when one is walking around campus eavesdropping on scattered conversations or in other fun scenarios. Consider that knowing Spanish or Mandarin Chinese would be hugely beneficial for communication with classmates during group projects at the University. And for the 27 percent of University of Illinois students who study abroad, there’s no better way to enrich an already amazing experience than by learning the native language of one’s host country. While it’s nearly impossible for current college students to become fluent in such a short time, an increased focus on bilingualism could help future students
maximize their enjoyment overseas. Beyond on-campus utility and the importance of bilingualism for studying abroad, knowing a second language can be extremely useful when internship and job hunting — some companies even require fluent knowledge of Spanish because of the job’s location or office demographics. The United States has long been a step behind other countries, particularly those in Europe, in bilingualism. It’s been estimated that around 20 percent of Americans are comfortable speaking two languages. For Europeans, that number has been reported as high as 54 percent. It should be acknowledged that the University has certainly done some work to facilitate multilingualism in its students by creating a meager foreign language requirement for graduation. Students in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences must have completed at least two full years of foreign language classes in college to graduate. This requirement changes based on college or major. That may seem like a significant amount of class, but that thinking ignores how easy it can be to get out of the language requirement. As an example, I took French every year from seventh grade to my senior year of high school and easily bypassed taking collegelevel language classes at the University. There’s an issue with the
ease of avoiding serious language studies: Junior high and high school classes are notoriously awful at actually teaching one how to speak and understand a second language. I never really learned anything in those French classes — I just memorized the vocabulary necessary to pass the next exam. Frequently those classes lack full immersion in the language of choice, unlike what students would find here. I suspect most other students experienced similarly simple foreign language classes at their high schools. The University should be placing stricter requirements on students hoping to bypass the foreign language requirement. If I can get by without having the slightest ability to hold a conversation in French, then others are probably doing the same. Many students may complain about having to take classes outside their majors, but the utility of knowing a foreign language in the long run far outweighs the stress of four hours of class a week. The University’s commitment to widespread foreign language learning should match its commitment to a diverse student population that has made becoming bilingual so beneficial — more needs to be done to ensure that students are prepared for the global communication of today’s world.
Matt is a junior in Media silich2@dailyillini.com
Going off the social media grid STEPHANIE YOUSSEF Opinions columnist
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deactivated my Facebook this summer. It began as an effort at achieving some level of privacy in the so-called post-privacy age but turned into a fascinating and self-revealing experiment. Whenever I was bored, instead of sitting at my computer, I noticed myself socializing more with friends in person, visiting relatives, reading interesting books and going outside more often. I found that many of the inconveniences of social media, like the lack of guaranteed privacy, the availability of distractions and the general waste of time had vanished. Despite my contentment and increased productivity, I was surprised to discover that my disconnection from social media was repeatedly met with common remarks: “Aww, why?� “What are you going to do for group projects?� “Oh I could never do that, because I use Facebook too much to ask classmates about homework.� Millennials have been bantered with warnings from
elders complaining about how pervasive social media is for years, but for me it was these questions in particular that highlighted that Facebook is inescapable even in academia. Though social media provides quick contact with other students, with the general lack of privacy and availability of University sponsored online domains, there is no need for using social media for academia. Lukas LaHood, junior in the Engineering says, “Not having Facebook has affected school a little bit. For group projects, people (say) ‘let’s communicate by Facebook’, but then I say I don’t have it and then we resort to email.� The University provides each student with an Illinois.edu account equipped with email and chat features. The directory for looking up any student’s email information is available publicly, so it is easy to get in contact with anyone at the University after a quick online search. Even with this convenience, some students still prioritize Facebook as the primary tool for reaching other students. George Mastorakos, a senior in LAS, says “I have used Facebook at school for group project meetings ... Never have I used Facebook in the professional world.� Companies use email
domains and work-related online resources as a means of protecting company information. What many students fail to realize is that when you post something online, it’s no longer yours. A recent study about Facebook in academia was published in the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Though the study focused mainly on problems with professors using Facebook for academic purposes, the researchers found that issues with privacy in social networks was a common concern among students. A great advantage to online sites like Compass, Moodle and the Illinois.edu domain is that they’re secure. Facebook can be hacked and recent changes in Facebook’s privacy policy now allow any user to find your profile regardless of your privacy settings. Thus, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act that protects your information on University sponsored domains cannot effectively protect the information you post on social media. A class of mine recently decided to utilize Facebook’s group feature as a primary means of communication between students. Although everyone in the class has access to the course Moodle page with a forum and the same commu-
nicative features, Facebook was still chosen as the main source for coordinating group projects and discussing coursework. Thus, I found myself begrudgingly reactivating my account in order to collaborate with the other students. The University provides us with a lot of communicative resources. Instead of using Facebook for an unintended purpose, why not use the resources provided to students by the institution we attend? After my Facebook-less summer, I found that choosing not to partake in online social media is rather uncommon for a member of the age group often nicknamed the “Net Generation.� With 88 percent of millennials owning a Facebook account, Zuckerburg’s company dominates as the most ubiquitously used social network among college aged students. We have come to an age where social media is so pervasive, the default standard is set at having an online profile. Thus, even in the face of its disadvantages with privacy, the few and far between individuals who remain off of social media are sometimes faulted for not buying into it — even in academia.
Stephanie is a senior in LAS. syousse2@dailyillini.com
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1989 was a good year ... and a good album three times over. After Taylor Swift released her fifth album last year, it’s been exploding with popularity, and recently, with famous indie rockers choosing to cover it. Ryan Adams released a full cover of the album just this week and Father John Misty has followed in a similar suit, but covered just a few songs in a different style, almost reminiscent of “Alice’s Restaurant.�
Yesterday, J.K. Rowling released a(nother) new story on her Pottermore website about Harry Potter’s family lineage. It’s a short history, but it traces the Potter tree back as far as the twelfth century to Linfred of Stinchcombe who offered his medicinal (AKA magical) services to his muggle neighbors. While tons of fans jump at every new nugget of information Rowling offers, we would really like to see a new world come from her brilliant mind, too.
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Pygmalion music festival is this upcoming weekend and we couldn’t be more excited. The Champaign-Urbana has a killer music scene that we can all be proud of and while students can get a sense of this creative environment at any time, it’s still great to have such a large event to get everyone excited and bring such big names to our campus. Maybe President Killeen will break out his guitar skills again!
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It’s now exponentially easier to get that afternoon cuppa joe without having to wait in dreadful lines: The new Starbucks app update provides a preorder and prepay function that allows caffeine addicts to grab and go as opposed to waiting behind people who’s coffee orders are contain more words than the Declaration of Independence. Our only hope is that the timing doesn’t cause our frappuccinos don’t melt before we get there.
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BIKES would be exchange students or people staying here for a short term,” Chao said. “But it turns out we also have a lot of people who came in as freshmen, and keep asking us can they rent one year instead of one semester.” With the success of the program and the recent expansion of the shop, Chao and Crosby have got their
work cut out for them. “I wouldn’t say (Chambana Bike has had) unforeseen problems — I need to hire about four or five more people,” Crosby said. “Because we’ve got a lot of work, and we have a lot more people than we did last year, and we actually expanded, and have a lot of new things going on.” Aside from encouraging people to come into the shop and feel comfortable, the bike shop dedicates time to educating the public by
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Prep academy to diversify legal field BY BONNIE MILLER RUBIN TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
CHICAGO — It was the first day of school, and Jamaurion Leverston was glad to be back. He spent much of the summer indoors — a conscious decision to protect a precious opportunity by avoiding trouble in his neighborhood. “I can’t afford to be at the wrong place at the wrong time,” he said. “Not when I’m so close to making something of myself.” Leverston, 17, is a senior at Legal Prep Charter Academy, the lone legal-themed high school in the state and one of few in the nation. Three years ago, it opened its doors with about 150 students in one of Chicago’s bleakest neighborhoods, West Garfield Park. Its mission: to attract more minorities to the legal profession and give them the tools to build a better life. The inaugural class is beginning its senior year, and 81 students who started three years ago remain. The senior class also includes 14 transfer students. They are joined by freshmen, sophomores and juniors for a total enrollment of around 300 — virtually all African-American — who are accepting strict discipline standards and rigorous classes that emphasize critical thinking, written and oral communication. Encouraging signs include enrollment gains and the expansion of extracurricular activities and AP classes. But co-founders Rather Stanton and Sam Finkelstein say they will not declare victory until every student has been accepted to college _ and graduates. Mindful of the dismal college graduation rates for minorities, they intend to follow students throughout their post-secondary education. “We will visit. We will call, we will make sure they have enough money for books and rent. Otherwise everything we did here was for nothing,” Finkelstein said. They plan to fulfill that goal by creating a special fund, with some donors already stepping up, he said. Since the school opened in fall 2012, it has added sports and dozens of extracurricular activities, from Steppers dance program to chess club. Staff led 16 juniors on a spring break college tour throughout the South. The school hired its first full-time
college counselor, the former vice president of admissions at Lake Forest College. Lawyers from some of the city’s top firms have taught classes and serve as mentors, hoping to increase diversity in the legal pipeline, which is overwhelmingly white. But there have been challenges. Fundraising is a constant concern. The first principal left amid philosophical differences, and Finkelstein assumed the role. Students, too, have come and gone, an eviction notice or utility cutoff away from academic traction. “Home is transient,” said Stanton, Legal Prep cofounder and development director. Most of all, the co-founders said they underestimated the trauma and violence in the area, which is plagued by poverty and the highest homicide rate in the city. So far this year through August, 27 slayings and 160 shootings have occurred in the Harrison District, which includes West Garfield Park, East Garfield Park and West Humboldt Park, according to police data. To address the student’s mental health needs, Legal Prep employs two full-time social workers and a social work intern. “A lot of that stress just comes into the building,” Stanton said. “It’s just so much more than we ever imagined, and you can’t separate it from the learning.” For decades, educators and policymakers have grappled with how to fix large, urban systems like Chicago Public Schools. They’ve tried myriad ways to close the achievement gap, including busing, school closures, increased testing and charters. While charter schools are not a panacea — some fare worse than their traditional neighborhood counterparts — they typically have smaller classes and are not bound by the same rules and regulations that govern non-charters. When Legal Prep’s junior class took the ACT in March, the average score was 16.7. The school mandated that the students retake the exam in June, when the average increased to 17.7, Stanton said. That’s close to the overall CPS average of 18 and higher than the average at two neighborhood high schools, Marshall and Manley, which have average scores around 14.6, accord-
ing to 2014 CPS data. Stanton hopes the average will continue to rise to the state average of 20. Legal Prep is a charter school, but like any other CPS school, it is free and open to anyone who lives in Chicago. About 90 percent of its $4 million annual budget comes from the state; the remainder must come from private donations, Stanton said. “Because of the flexibility charters are given, they can tailor curriculum to the student body, which results in a more engaging educational experience. At the same time, it can be very empowering for teachers, attracting a different kind of teacher workforce into the classroom,” said Jordan Posamentier, deputy policy director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington. “They can also be more responsive than a traditional school, adjusting or extending learning time, as needed.” Legal Prep, for example, added a second, remedial freshman math class after a few short discussions, instead of waiting until the following year. The curriculum includes a heavy dose of legal prerequisites, including law through literature for freshmen, criminal law for sophomores, constitutional law for juniors and law seminars for seniors. Stanton and Finkelstein, both lawyers, hatched the idea for the school in 2009, when the legislature raised the cap on the number of charter schools in Illinois. They had been working at a nonprofit that ran a summer program designed to increase kids’ interest in law. “But we were just sending them back to crummy high schools,” Stanton said. “Sam came into my office, shut the door and said: ‘Do you want to start a school?’” Two weeks later, they had both quit their jobs and devoted themselves to the project full time, looking for buildings and recruiting teachers. Katie-jo Ramirez was teaching at an alternative high school on the South Side when she saw an ad for Legal Prep on Craigslist. “I had tasted enough of the red tape and bloated bureaucracy of CPS. I thought ‘Why not?’ I love a challenge and being on the front lines, where change is needed.”
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A wall of bikes for sale on Sept. 15 at The Neutral Cycle Bike Shop. Neutral Cycle also offers a bike rental program.
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In May 2013, 650 bikes were abandoned on campus, according to a bike census done by the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment. The Chambana Bike rental program run by Neutral Cycle aims to reduce that number by allowing students and residents to rent bikes one semester at a time instead of purchasing one from a store like Wal-Mart or Target. The rentals, which cost $69 plus the cost of the bike, include free maintenance. When students return their bikes at the end of the semester, they are refunded for the cost of the bike. “People who were here for a semester or two, they buy a cheap bike and they just get rid of it,� said manager of Neutral Cycle, Matt Crosby. “The idea behind it is to have less bikes in the landfi ll and more bikes in the street.� Ryosuke Nagasawa, junior in Engineering and an exchange student, bought a bike from Neutral Cycle but was unaware of their bike rental service when he came to the University a month ago. “I prefer to buy (a bike), but I would recommend to a friend to rent one because we will stay here only one year,� Nagasawa said. Crosby and Neutral Cycle owner Tim Chao, initially estimated only renting out 50 bikes for the fall semester, but ended up renting out around 90. They aspire to make renting a
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leven years ago, the Pygmalion festival began as a 12-band lineup, featuring local and national touring bands, gaining momentum over the years of building a festival that brings some of the most relevant names in music. Now, Pygmalion has expanded to not only attract fans of live music, but a festival that is held in conjunction with both the Lit Fest, the bookish arm of Pygmalion, and the Made Fest, a market of handmade and vintage vendors. Continuing its innovation, Pygmalion presents the birth of an entire new component: the Tech Fest. Taking place Thursday through Saturday, the fest incorporates a set of panelists, speakers, demonstrations, interactive opportunities and a chance for students to integrate their learning experiences with recruiting professionals. For an added perk, Illinois students get in free with their I-cards. “(The Tech component) features
dozens of guests who will showcase their expertise in tech, media, design and more throughout the festival,� said Patrick Singer, director of development at the Pygmalion Festival. “There’s a Tech Crawl showcasing some tech companies in downtown Urbana, a full day at Research Park with panels and a tour of Blue Waters Supercomputer, a keynote, Demo Day (virtual reality demonstrations), and panels at Krannert Center on Friday and a few discussions in downtown Champaign on Saturday.� According to Singer, the entirety of the Tech portion came up as an idea during last year’s SXSW, an Austinbased music festival similar to Pygmalion. He said that it wasn’t until after SXSW that it became a serious idea, one that seemed to be a perfect addition, considering the amount of growth and success at Research Park. “A lot of other cities could try to implement a tech conference or component similarly to us,� Singer said. “But it probably wouldn’t be as probable as putting something together
with the stellar reputation of a worldclass university like the University of Illinois, and all the brilliance that has been produced from the humans that have spent time here.� And of those humans are individuals like Stephen Wolfram, of Wolfram Research, Tommy Craggs, former Deadspin editor, Steve LaValle, former principal scientist at Oculus VR Inc. and Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin; all of whom are contributing panelists and University affi liates or Champaign-Urbana natives. “The idea of the tech conference is to showcase what’s happening in Champaign-Urbana as it relates to tech innovation, and (Research Park) is probably the hub of that. A lot of what the panels are about, reflects the topics that (Research Park’s) clients and community are interested in,� said Laura Bleill, associate director of Research Park. “Student employment, tech innovation strategies and tech-talent. We want to utilize this opportunity to get our messages out there, but to also showcase what’s
happening in tech in our community and some of the challenges and opportunities that exist for others to get involved.� There are over 90 companies in Research Park, like Caterpillar, State Farm and Yahoo, many of which will be represented in panels at the festival. Essentially, Pygamalion’s Tech Fest is a tech conference, but with a unique twist, according to Carly McCrory, communications director of the Economic Development Corporation, one of the sponsors of the festival. “(The Tech portion) is really exciting because it brings a lot more activity to the festival as a whole, and it also brings a lot more people,� McCrory said. “A lot of these people go to several conferences throughout the year, but this one is great because it is very nontraditional and it brings this whole new perspective of what could be, and that’s really exciting.�
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ric Cruickshank is in his second season with the Illinois hockey team, and it has not taken long for him to secure a pivotal role with the Illini. In his first collegiate season, Cruickshank had the
second-most points (32) on the team, scoring 13 goals and 19 assists. This year, Cruickshank picked up right where he left off, scoring three goals and recording one assist in the Illini’s two wins against Michigan State this weekend. According to Cruickshank, it did not take long for him to look and feel as if he was exactly where he was supposed to be. But before he was accepted into the University, Cruickshank had to make a decision that most junior hockey players have
to face one way or another. After Cruickshank graduated from Vernon Hills High School, he moved onto the junior hockey circuit to try to make it to Division I. He spent his first year in Wisconsin with the Janesville Jets of the North American Hockey League. After playing with the Jets, he moved to Minnesota and played with the Wilderness in the NAHL. He went on a third junior league stint with the Minnesota Flying Aces of the North American Tier III Hockey League. After two years of playing
junior hockey, it was time for Cruickshank to make a decision about college. He had interest from several Division III schools, but Illinois head coach Nick Fabbrini was recruiting him to come back to his home state and play for the Illini. Cruickshank was familiar with some of the guys that were already on the team, and as a youth player, he played for a former teammate of Fabbrini’s. Fabbrini said that every single coach Cruickshank had ever played for had only great things to say about him.
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Thomas Detry (men’s golf) — The senior tied the course record in the first round of the Fighting Illini Invitational at the Olympia Field Country Club. He finished second on the individual leader board. The Illini are a Division I club team, and according to Cruickshank, the level of play between the two divisions is similar. He was surprised with the pace of play
Bing Singhsumalee (women’s golf) — The freshman finished tied for eighth place in her college debut. Singhsumalee led the individual field with 13 birdies throughout the entire tournament. when he got to Illinois, but he also said it was just what he was hoping for. The main difference between the two
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Wait for elite recruiting class nears 15 years ALEX ROUX Basketball columnist
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he dynamic between being an Illinois football fan and an Illinois basketball fan is very different. Illini football fans have been worn down after decades of inconsistency and false hope. It takes years to build a solid football program, and even when you think the Illini could be on the right track, they get rolled like they did Saturday at North Carolina. Basketball is different. Unlike football, true freshmen often have a profound impact on the game. If your team is struggling, success is conceivably just a year or two away if you can get some commitments from bigtime recruits. It’s easy for Illini hoops fans to fall victim to that classic Cubs fan’s “wait ‘til next year� mentality when it comes to recruiting. There’s so much high school talent in the state and in the Midwest, surely Illinois can
land a dream class soon, right? It hasn’t happened since 2002. That year, a class of Dee Brown, Deron Williams, James Augustine and Aaron Spears stepped on campus. I can still remember going to the Orange and Blue Scrimmage that year and asking my dad, “Are these guys gonna be good?� Besides Aaron Spears,
Next year we could be talking about the first truly great Illini recruiting class in 15 years. I think their college careers turned out all right. Illini fans hoped that the 2009 class would elevate the program as well. Brandon Paul, Joe Bertrand, Tyler Griffey and D.J. Richardson collectively brought some hype, they brought some
success, but ultimately weren’t able to lift the program back to elite status. For the most part, Illinois doesn’t get McDonald’s All-Americans. Brown earned the honor, and so did Jereme Richmond. But since falling out of the upper echelon of college basketball in 2006, Illinois has mostly landed pretty good, not great, players and has fielded decent, but not great teams. Guys who were supposed to be major contributors over the last decade like Jamar Smith, Crandall Head, Richmond and most recently Darius Paul, never panned out. Since head coach John Groce took over in 2012, he’s been trying to get the program back on solid footing. Illini fans thought an elite recruiting class was possible in both 2013 and 2014, and to be fair, it did seem realistic. Quentin Snider, Cliff Alexander, Elijah Thomas, Jalen Brunson and Jawun Evans just had other ideas. Groce has landed some good players since he took over. Kendrick Nunn and
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Illinois head coach John Groce makes a call to the team during the game against Wisconsin at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisc. on Jan. 8, 2014. The Illini lost, 95-70.
Cubit wants Illinois to refocus, reload after loss Missed out on opportunities in loss to North Carolina BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER
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Illinois running back Josh Ferguson evades a Kent State defender during the game Sept. 5 at Memorial Stadium. Illinois won 52-3.
After a 48-14 loss to North Carolina, the Illinois football team was quiet on its journey home. A week of preparation did little come gametime and the scoreboard quickly reflected a game players thought was much closer in reality. A bright spot in the struggling offensive game was running back Josh Fergu-
son, who had a career day: He became the 17th player in Illinois history to reach 2,000 career rushing yards. His 2,126 career yards move him up to No. 13 on Illinois’ all-time list. With 3,807 yards, Ferguson ranks fourth on Illinois’ career allpurpose yard list. Ferguson rushed for 133 yards on 22 carries and one touchdown. It was his sixth 100-yard rushing game. Not only is Ferguson making Illinois history, but his numbers are significant on a national scale. He is one of only two active FBS players with over 2,000 career rushing yards and 1,000 career receiving yards. However, this perfor-
mance, while notable in the history books, didn’t receive as much focus from the coaches. “To me if you lose, no one grades out,� said head coach Bill Cubit. “That’s my philosophy. We just didn’t do enough to win. Josh Ferguson played really well, but you’re not going to grade that out, you’re not going to single that out because we lost. And Josh understands that it’s all about the team.� That team mentality has coaches and players narrowing in on the mental aspect of the game. In his Monday press conference, Cubit talked a lot about improving Illinois’ psychological approach
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Illini enter Big Ten play with strong core BY ELI SCHWADRON STAFF WRITER
After going 2-1 over the weekend, the Illinois volleyball team (9-2) kicks off conference play at Maryland (10-4) on Friday and at Rutgers (3-9) on Saturday. Head coach Kevin Hambly’s No. 9-ranked squad is the second highest-ranked Big Ten team behind the defending champs, No. 1 Penn State (11-0). The strongest volleyball conference in the nation boasts a total of seven schools in the top 25. Hambly, who’s been with the program since 2004, said the intensity skyrockets once the non-conference slate is through. “The level of play picks up a ton,” Hambly said. “There’s familiarity: You know what everyone’s tendencies are.” He went on to say such familiarity makes Big Ten foes a little easier to defend. Though teams feature new players, their systems bear little to no changes. Junior middle blocker Katie Stadick echoed her coach’s statement. “The Big Ten is just a whole different ballgame,” she said. “You always have to grind out games, and it’s very defensively focused.” Defense was the theme in Illinois’ loss to No. 7 Arizona State on Saturday. Both
teams had trouble scoring, especially in the first set: The Illini and the Sun Devils finished the opening period with .175 and .091 hitting percentages, respectively. According to Hambly, the grind-it-out match had a Big Ten feel and was good preparation heading into the conference opener. The Illini hope to carry this past weekend’s sound defensive effort into Friday’s tilt with the Terrapins. Redshirt senior Adreené Elliot, whom Hambly called a “freak of an athlete,” will pose the toughest matchup for the Illini. The 6’3” outside hitter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina has 146 kills and 50 errors through 14 matches. Maryland won its first nine games of the year but has lost four of its last five. Two of those losses came at the hands of ranked opponents: No. 6 Washington and No. 3 Southern California each swept the Terps. Prior to facing ASU, Illinois hadn’t lost since Sept. 4 against No. 8 (then-No.2) Stanford. Hambly isn’t worried about Saturday’s hiccup — he’s confident that Illinois will peak midway through Big Ten play. “Four weeks in, I think this is normal,” Hambly said. “We’re riding these roller coasters right now,
and the Big Ten forces you to steady out one way or the other. You’re (either) gonna steady out bad or you’re gonna steady out good, and I think we’re gonna steady out good.” Despite the loss, redshirt senior Jocelynn Birks said a big takeaway from the ASU match was Illinois’ ability to regroup when things go awry. “We learned how to identify when something is going wrong. We learned how to stick together,” she said. The starting outside hitter sat out Friday’s sweep of Texas Southern and finished with a combined 22 kills Saturday against UNLV and ASU. Hambly often harps on the fact that the Illini treat every opponent the same and make quick work of underdogs. “There’s been a lot of matches where we’ve just taken people’s will — they didn’t wanna play us anymore,” Hambly said. Though Hambly noticed a difference against the Sun Devils. “We took ASU’s will for a little bit,” he said. “But as a good team does, they responded.”
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Illinois' Jocelynn Birks attempts to spike the ball during the game versus Louisville at Huff Hall on Friday, August 28.The Illini won 3-0.
Cross country sophomore loves teammates, thrill of competition BY MICHAEL GASICK CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Nicole Breece performs a long throw during the game against TCU on Aug. 28.
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Illini’s “catapult” quiets crowds Soccer midfielder surprises the away team with front handspring BY MATT GERTSMEIER STAFF WRITER
One of the biggest challenges of playing soccer on the road is dealing with the fans. Fans will taunt, jeer and do anything possible to make the away team feel uncomfortable. While the taunts usually last the entire game, Illini soccer midfielder Nicole Breece knows how to quiet the crowd for a brief moment. She just needs the ball to go out of bounds. In soccer, more often than not, when the ball rolls out of play, a standard throw-in takes place. A player throws the ball in over their head with two hands on the ball. Breece is the rare exception.
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CRUICKSHANK is that Division III has a better path to play in the minor leagues after college. Fabbrini’s pitch to Cruickshank was centered on an overall college experience. “I just told him he will not get the same college experience at a Division III school that he would get at Illinois,” Fabbrini said. “We are a top-10 public school, and he will have the opportunity to see all of the other Illinois sports teams on T.V.” Cruickshank weighed all the options, and after considering both the social and academic upsides of playing at Illinois, he made his decision. It was by no means an easy decision, according to Cruickshank, and caused some self-reflection. “I looked myself in the mirror one day, and I said to myself ‘OK, I’m not going to the NHL,’” Cruickshank said. “Fabbrini and I talked
The senior gets a running start and propels herself into a front handspring, catapulting the ball into a scoring position. It’s impressive. It’s thrilling. It’s a skill Breece developed at a young age. Before she started playing soccer, Breece became involved with gymnastics, thanks to her mother, Jacki Breece. “She started when she was about 4 or 5,” Jacki said. “She had a lot of energy, her and her sister, so I signed them up.” Nic ole pa r ticipated in gymnastics through her childhood years, but stopped when she was around 11 years old, since it became too time-consuming. She also discovered that she was more interested and skilled in soccer. Despite her gymnastics career coming to an end, Nicole found a way to incorporate her gymnast skills with her soccer skills. Through gymnastics she
learned a front handspring and one day during her U11 soccer days, she decided to try to perform a front handspring throw-in. “It probably took a few months (to learn),” Nicole said. “I had my front handspring down pretty well and then just kept doing it in my free time. Also, growing up I had one of my teammates who could do it as well; her uncle knew how to do it and coach it, so he helped me with it.” Even though Nicole learned the flip throw-in at a young age, she hasn’t mastered it yet. There are instances when she slips and botches the throw. But the flip throw’s inconsistency is what makes it so effective. Nicole performs the flip throw for more distance. The extra power allows her to set teammates up with scoring chances. The throw is occasionally unpredictable, but head coach Janet Rayfield doesn’t mind. “It’s inconsistent in
terms of height and location and those are things that make it really hard for a defense to strategize on how to stop it,” Rayfield said. Nicole is currently the only one on Illinois that can perform the flip throwin. She’s also one of the few in the NCAA with the technique to pull it off. As a result, it generally surprises fans. “I remember one game somebody said that it should be illegal,” Jacki said. “It’s funny because even a lot of people from the other team, they’ll be like, ‘No. 11, do that flip throw.’ It’s pretty funny to hear people talking about it.” Her gymnastics days are behind her, but Nicole can still showcase her acrobatic talents and silence an opposing crowd. She just needs the ball to go out of bounds.
about it, and it came down to getting a good degree and enjoying my college life or essentially going to high school again.” It took longer to adjust to the academic lifestyle than the hockey style. Cruickshank admitted that it was weird sitting in class again. He took online classes through a community college near Vernon Hills while playing in the junior leagues but had not actually sat in a classroom for two years. He said it only took him a few weeks to get back in the old routine. Adjusting to the hockey aspect was no problem. He stepped in as an older freshman, and saw no reason why he could not be both a freshman and a leader for the Illini. “I can say that this is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made coming to Champaign.”
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any developments probably won’t be anything earth-shattering. So it’s hard to blame Illini fans for looking ahead to the 2017 class, which is stacked with talented, in-state hoopers who have gotten to know Groce and his vision for the program. Guys like Da’Monte Williams, Jeremiah Tilmon, Jordan Goodwin and several others have already visited campus, planting new seeds of promise for the future. Next year we could be talking about the first truly great Illini recruiting class in 15 years. Or maybe we’ll be lamenting the ones that got away. Not all programs need elite recruiting classes to succeed. But Illini fans have seen firsthand the impact they can have.
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The heavy breathing, l ight-he aded ness a nd cramping that may affect runners during a crosscountry race does not seem entirely appealing. For about 20 excruciating minutes, runners endure and try to combat these effects to cross the finish line in good standing and impressive time. So, what makes these athletes want to continue participating in a sport — running — that is famously used as punishment in other sports? For Illini women’s cross country sophomore Audrey Blazek, the passion she has for the sport and her team makes her continue to lace up her spikes. “I love being around girls who share the same passion for the sport as I do,” Blazek said. “They’re some of my best friends.” Blazek wasn’t all about running at an early age. She first started running in junior high to get some physical activity and a way to meet new people. Not thinking much about it, she stuck with it. She continued her running career at Benet Academy in Lisle, Illinois, where she excelled in races while continuing to make new friends and enjoy her time on the team. She set the course record at the Royal Cadet Invite in 2011, posting an 18 minute, 53.4 seconds in the 3.01 mile race — a time that no runner since has surpassed. After making visits to Illinois, Notre Dame,
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FOOTBALL — the Illini offense missed opportunities against North Carolina, dropping passes and missing tackles. Cubit knows that some players may have a negative mindset with a struggling program, especially in a program that has seen a 12-16 record since he arrived. “Everywhere I’ve been, it’s the same thing,” Cubit said. “Every program that I’ve ever taken over has not been really good, and it becomes mental. It’s a negative mindset because they hear it everywhere they go.” In three key drives, the Illini failed to convert: Geronimo Allison dropped a touchdown pass on the first drive of the game, Taylor Zalewski missed a 57-yard field goal after letting the clock run in the last play of the second half and Christian DiLauro drew a holding penalty in the first
Wisconsin-Madison and Marquette, Blazek had little doubt in her mind that the next stage of her life would be in Urbana-Champaign. “I just felt way more comfortable with this team than any others,” Blazek said. “Coming to practice here is the best part of the day for me.” Blazek said one of her favorite memories of her Illini career came early this season on the first day of practice. The upperclassmen decided to wear running skirts to impress the freshmen on their first day. Appreciating how head coach Scott Jones allowed the joke to happen, Blazek feels the moment had a calming effect on the team and hopes that mood will carry on for the rest of the season. Motivated to stay on the starting roster this year, Blazek just wants to run. Not having participated in a race last year, she is determined to compete with the other top Illini runners in hopes of setting a personal record. T he sophomore is focused on helping the team stay in the top six in the Big Ten and compete with the top-tier teams of the conference. Jones said he has confidence in Blazek to go out every day and work hard to be a successful runner. Blazek hopes for a bright future with this team so she can continue to participate in the sport she most enjoys.
gasick2@dailyillini.com @mike_mgasick drive of the second half once again keeps Illinois off the scoreboard. With nine from North Carolina’s game and 21 total dropped balls this season, the Illini have already dropped more than all of last year. Cubit is hoping to nix the negative mindset that may be contributing to these dropped passes. Wide receiver Marchie Murdock said that Cubit preaches “fail fast and move on.” But this idea might be difficult for the Illini who allowed 21 points in the fourth quarter. In an effort to keep moving forward, the Illini will try to maintain that mindset for this week’s home game against Middle Tennessee State. “We’ve got a lot of things to fix,” Ferguson said. “We’ve got a lot groups to fix and we just got to keep going and get tougher mentally. That’s it.”
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The Big Ten’s nightmarish Rutgers problem DAN ESCALONA College football columnist
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ust as the Big Ten season is getting interesting, the conference is once again bogged down in the mire of another looming scandal. The most recent culprit of conference controversy is Rutgers. With arrests and dismissals piling up, and the recent suspension of head coach Kyle Flood, the program has suddenly found itself in dire straits. Whoever is to blame for the disarray is irrelevant as the program now deserves a thorough investigation by the Big Ten and the NCAA. Though the issues at Rutgers may have gotten lost in the shuffle of everything occurring on the field, the problems are indicative of the larger, systemic issues inherent in college sports. Since the start of the season, Rutgers has seen five players arrested — one for a home invasion and four others for assaulting a group of students back in April. All five have since been dismissed. Sure, the team made the right decision, but the mere fact that five players have been involved in legal trouble over the course of a couple months is tremendously disconcerting. It equally indicates a pretty obvious lack of institutional control at Rutgers. To make matters worse, the team’s star wide receiver Leonte Carroo was recently suspended indefinitely by the program for a domestic abuse incident. Carroo is accused of throwing a female student to the ground outside the team’s facility after a loss on Sept. 13 against Washington State. Carroo, one of the Big Ten’s better talents, now faces a bleak future at Rutgers as there are questions regarding his character as it pertains to his NFL future. On top of all of this, there’s the Flood situation. Just last week Flood was suspended for three games after allegations surfaced about his improper involvement in the academic affairs of some players. Flood violated long-standing rules barring coaches from corresponding with professors by pressuring academic staff for grade changes for Rutgers players. To put it bluntly, these controversies swirling around the program are serious and cannot be taken lightly by the Big Ten and the NCAA. The situation at Rutgers is worse than the scandal that involved conference counterpart Illinois and former head coach Tim Beckman. Illinois’ controversy involving allegations of abuse to players is serious in its own right, but the
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Rutgers coach Kyle Flood reacts during second-quarter action against Central Florida at Bright house Networks Stadium in Orlando, Florida, on Nov. 21, 2013. UCF defeated Rutgers, 41-17. Flood has been suspended for three games for pressuring academic staff to change players’ grades. issues at Rutgers extend to criminal activity by multiple players and breaches of academic ethics by the head coach. Similar to the situation at Illinois, the University administration and the athletic department launched an internal investigation, choosing to reprimand Flood rather than let his behavior slide. It is admirable that Rutgers has acted swiftly in suspending Flood for three games, though this decision does not go far enough. The athletic department should opt to suspend him indefinitely — or even dismiss him as Illinois did
with Beckman. er academic conduct. It is also not enough for the Unlike usual college football issues at Rutgers to remain an scandals that involve recruitinternal matter to be solved by the ing violations or players selling University. This is a clear case memorabilia, scandals of ethics where the NCAA and the Big Ten in academics completely betray should devote resources to a thorthe concept of the “student-athough investigation conducted by lete� — a concept now laughably individuals with no connection to paradoxical. Rutgers. It would be completely irrespon With college sports still reelsible for Big Ten administrators ing from an investigation that to use the conference’s recent rise revealed widespread academic back to national prominence as a fraud going back years at North shield to avoid demanding answers Carolina, that the from Rutgers. it is important powers that be in college football Rutgers may be a program of take a hard little consequence nationally but
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is nonetheless critical for the Big Ten’s future credibility to investigate the program — the scandal at Rutgers is simply further proof that ethical standards and college football are nearing opposite ends. Moreover, If the allegations pinned on the program are true, the NCAA ought to push for harsh sanctions on the football program. Maybe a multi-year postseason ban and limits on scholarships would do the trick.
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Fantasy Doctor: What is going on? JOEY FIGUEROA Fantasy Doctor
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a patient tells me something along the lines of “Larry Fitzgerald, Tyrod Taylor and Travis Benjamin all landed top-five Week Two fantasy scoring numbers,” I’d usually refer them to the nearest asylum. We were all under the influence of some abnormal point aggregates this past week, though, and they need some sorting out. It’s not unusual to see week-toweek point totals fluctuate dramatically early on in the season, but it’s always disconcerting seeing that guy you drafted in the second round stumble out of the gates. I’m right there with you, don’t worry. Doctor’s advice: Take a deep breath, take a nap, eat a pizza, pet a dog, it will be OK. From here on, I’ll do my best to convince you that your expected top-tier contributors will be alright, and so will your team. Flu and exam seasons are approaching, so I’ll try to give you one less thing to worry about. There are some big performers that need to be taken back down to Earth, though, so it can’t all be positive. And then, of course, my weekly defensive
pick, along with some waiver wire options for Week Three. Oh, and regardless of the handful of strange performances, your all-seeing, all-knowing fantasy doctor went a combined 3-0 in Week Two matchups. So my advice is all 100 percent correct, I swear. Expecting a full recovery Andrew Luck: Perhaps off to one of the slowest starts — in terms of his lofty standards — in the league, Luck struggled mightily against the Jets on Monday Night Football, and the Colts are 0-2. I took Luck with the fifth overall pick in one of my leagues, so his five interceptions and his career-worst MNF game scare me. But it’s Andrew Luck. He’ll turn it around, especially against three straight flimsy secondaries coming up — Tennessee, Jacksonville and Houston. Brandin Cooks: The Oregon State product has been held without a touchdown and under 65 yards for two straight weeks, not living up to his No. 1 option hype. With Drew Brees likely missing a few weeks, Cook will need to be backup Luke McCown’s go-to receiver. He led the team with seven targets Sunday. Demarco Murray: I wasn’t too high on Murray pre-draft, but I never expected him to have 11 total yards on the ground after two games. He accumulated a whopping two rushing yards on the ground against the Cowboys Sunday night, but has made up
for it with nine catches for 64 yards and a score on the year. Murray has nowhere to go but up, his offensive line just needs to give him room. In need of further examination De’Angelo Williams: In his two weeks as the interim lead back, Williams rushed for 127 yards in Week One and scored three times in Week Two. Quite the showing for a fill-in. However, there’s some guy named Le’Veon Bell returning in Week Three and he’s going to put the offense on his shoulders. It’s tough seeing Williams having much of a role going forward. Travis Benjamin: Out of nowhere, the speedy Benjamin has four total TDs for the Browns this season — and he has six catches. Used to being a special-teamer, he’s a situational deep threat whom Johnny Manziel has taken a liking to with his big heaves. Considering his snap count, Benjamin won’t be able to maintain this scoring run — he’s in the Josh Cribbs (remember him?) realm of random contributors. Andy Dalton: Through two games, the red-haired play caller for the Bengals has nearly 500 yards and five touchdowns with no picks. Dalton has become notoriously inconsistent over the past few seasons, though, so he shouldn’t be expected to string together too many multi-touchdown, 200-plus yards games — especially in the next four weeks
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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is upended by Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly on Jan. 3. against Baltimore, Kansas City, Seattle and Buffalo. Defense of the week: Seattle at home against Chicago will be a fantasy goldmine, but the Giants defense is more likely available in a plus matchup against the Redskins. Waiver wire pick-ups of the week: Tyrod Taylor (QB/BUF),
Matt Jones (RB/WAS), Dion Lewis (RB/NE), Devonta Freeman (RB/ATL), David Johnson (RB/ARI), Michael Crabtree (WR/OAK), Eric Ebron (TE/ DET), Crockett Gilmore (TE/ BAL).
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