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Inequality, violence among topics discussed BY SAMI TOAL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Amanda Radek and Richard Hungerford, members of Wings of Wonder Aviation Rescue, look at one of the parrots at the Vet Med Open House at the Veterinarian Medicine Building on Sunday.

College of Education debuts IDEALL

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About four years ago, as technology continued to evolve, the College of Education began to consider how the school could evolve with it. The college researched how technology can be used in the classroom as well as how students interact with and learn from technology. This curiosity led to the development of the Illinois Digital Ecologies and Learning Laboratory.

“We really wanted to create a space where we could both create and study a learning environment,” said Emma Mercier, assistant professor in Education. “A space where it’s flexible and easy to change what’s going on.” Robb Lindgren, assistant professor in Education, said members of the department began working with architects to coordinate what should be included the lab about a year ago, after the location was selected in the College of Education. “We started those conversations about what should be in the room, while also working pretty hard on applying for external funding to support the types of projects that would be com-

plimented by the lab’s facilities,” Lindgren said. “Both Dr. Mercier and myself had managed to get National Science Foundation, NSF, funded grants to support research related to these technologies that are being done in the lab.” The University and the College of Education jointly invested nearly $700,000 into the physical infrastructure and initial set of technologies for IDEALL. Academics working with the lab will also received $4.1 million in federal grants to conduct research. $2.4 million of the grant money will go toward the University and the college. There are a vast range of different technologies within the lab including 55 inch

multi touch tables, a grid system in the ceiling to easily move cameras, projectors and microphones, as well as augmented reality surfaces. “We’ve got wireless microphones and (pan-tiltzoom) cameras that we can easily move around the room, change, refocus them, get different angles on groups so we can actually get one or two views on a group of students working together and then later on go back and look at a video and try to work out how the technologies are influencing their interactions and learning opportunities,” Mercier said. The lab allows researchers to focus on the many

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Nine months after University students held a “diein” march to support African-American students on campus following the protests at Ferguson, MO, Champaign-Urbana community members gathered Sunday to talk about race relations. The seminar titled “Black and White in America: A Look at Racial Relations and Violence” was held at the Wesley United Methodist Church, Urbana, including a panel of speakers and members of the local community. “I thought it was exceptionally well-done,” said Judith Unger, a member of the United Methodist Women. “I was really impressed with the number of people that came, getting the conversation going is critical.” On the panel was Champaign Chief of Police Anthony Cobb, Champaign Mayor Deb Frank Feinen,

Monica McDermott, professor of sociology, and Travis Dixon, professor of communications. “One of the great things about events like this is that we are all coming together,” McDermott said. “There is a diverse range of perspectives.” McDermott began the discussion by stating stereotypes of African-Americans are a major obstacle in ending inequality and violence. “The murders in Charleston this past summer is a clear indicator that we have not transcended our violent past,” she said. McDermott said the Confederate flag’s removal mirrors progress made in the country since the 1960s, despite a range of inequality still found between the races in the areas of health, education and wealth. “We cannot just state race doesn’t matter,” she said. “We must commit to goals.” McDermott spoke of research she had done while working in a discount store in rural South Carolina. She said while working, a white man in the store

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Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education dedication celebrated Friday Center offers resources for transitioning to civillian life

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A member of the seminar audience voicing his opinion on the information that has been presented by the panel at Wesley United Methodist Church on Sunday.

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Noted as the first of its kind, the University officially dedicated the Chez Family Foundation Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education Friday. Ron L. Chez, president of the foundation for which the center is named, spoke at the ceremony and noted how the efforts of Tim Nugent — Disability Resources and Educational Services founder — gave way to the center’s creation. “Somebody has to have the doggone pursuit of wanting to get something done and Tim Nugent started that,” Chez said. The $14 million dollar building provides resources for veterans with disabilities pursuing college degrees and transitioning from military to civilian life. Gov. Bruce Rauner was also in attendance and spoke to the importance of the center, just as Gov. Pat Quinn did at the groundbreaking in 2013. The center was partly funded through a $4 million investment from Quinn’s Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program. Rauner also took the

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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner attends the Dedication Ceremony and ribbon cutting for the Center for Wounded Veterans in High Education in Urbana on October 2. opportunity to thank the veterans directly. “We are the greatest nation on earth because of the service, the dedication, the commitment and the sacrifice of our service men and women who defended our freedom and democracy,” he said. “For that I thank you.” Interim Cha ncellor Wilson noted how the University has long been a pioneer with establishing disability resources and also remembered Nugent’s contributions to veteran and disability centers. Nugent founded DRES in 1948; it has since expanded

to serve all students with disabilities. “Today marks another chapter in that storied history,” Wilson said. Garrett Anderson, retired U.S. Army Sergeant and Graduate Assistant for the center spoke about how exciting the creation of the center was. “Today’s been awesome. This morning I woke up, walked downstairs, and the Stanley Cup is sitting in our front room. I touch the Stanley Cup, then of all things, Lou Henson walks in. I was like, ‘Gah! This is great!’ It wasn’t even 11 o’clock yet,” Anderson said.

Carol Owen, who is married to a student veteran, shared in Anderson’s excitement. Owen said it was “wonderful” to have everyone involved in creating the center — be it administrators, donors or veterans — there to celebrate the dedication. “It’s no mystery why this campus is regarded as one of the best campuses in America for veterans,” Rauner said.”This is a campus, this is a university that cares about people. Its an extraordinary place,” Rauner said.

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The University may be lacking a state budget, but the same cannot be said for donations, according to a press release from the University of Illinois Foundation. The release, sent Friday, reported the final numbers for fiscal year 2015, which ended June 30. According to the release, the University received $251.5 million in cash gifts, pledge payments, annuities/ life income gifts and estate distributions, University of Illinois Foundation treasurer Walter Knorr reported. Although the $251.5 million earned in fiscal year 2015 is a drop from the $259.5 million raised in 2014, it is nearly $17 million more than the $234.9 million raised in 2013. Concerns about the amount of donations the University would receive were raised by members of the University community following the controversies surrounding James Kilgore and Steven Salaita. However, since the close of fiscal year 2015, the combined endowment of the University and the Univer-

Endowment fund allocations

Research: $66.2 million Academic programs: $44.7 million Student support: $33 million Facilities: $23.2 million Public service: $14 million Faculty support: $8.8 million Unnamed areas: $3.8 million

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sity of Illinois Foundation totaled to $2.5 billion. Of the total endowment, nearly $2.4 billion is active endowment and $139.8 million is “irrevocable deferred” and can only be used for certain endowment purposes. “The University’s alumni, friends and community partners have once again demonstrated the importance of investing in higher education and the University of Illinois,” said James H. Moore, Jr., foundation president.

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Y Combinator offers avenue for students to share ideas BY JOE LONGO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Ch a mpa ig n -Urba n a resembled Silicon Valley Thursday when Y Combinator, an American seed accelerator, held a panel about entrepreneurship. The panel — held at the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science — consisted of Kat Manalac, Y Combinator director of outreach, Kevin Hale, Y Combinator partner and cofounder of Wufoo and Roger Dickey, co-founder of Gigster and University alumnus. Gary Durack, adjunct clinical assistant professor of bioengineering, moderated the panel, which was organized by the Technology Entrepreneur Center. Speaking to about 200 entrepreneurial hopefuls, the members of the panel stressed the importance of clear vision. “To have a strong sense of how to communicate that and how to sell that to both the public and (one’s) users is a really important thing now,” Manalac said. She noted that clarity is what helps separate a company from its competitors in the current saturation of

startups. Founded in 2005, Y Combinator boasts that the only eight startup companies worth over $1 billion are alumni of their accelerator program. Airbnb, Reddit, and Dropbox are among the over 900 companies produced through Y Combinator. The company recently launched an experimental fellowship program in which a $12,000 grant is given to a group with an idea or prototype. They hope to reach 1,000 companies a year through their fellowship. Although Y Combinator has a strong history of producing successful companies, Manalac said the company wants to innovate even further. “In the past couple of years, we have seen a lot of applications and founders come from all over the world,” she said. Manalac said Y Combinator accepted applications from 18 different countries in the last accelerator program. “I look forward to us funding a thousand companies with the fellowship or through Youth Combinator

and having founders from all over the world joining us,” she said. Y Combinator’s push to help more young entrepreneurs has already benefited University members. After graduating from the University, Dickey’s company, Gigster — which builds tech products on demand — had its start at Y Combinator. Dickey is not the University’s only connection to Y Combinator though. Taylor Fairbank, University alumnus, participated in the Spring 2015 accelerator with ReSchedule Med; the company was founded by Dr. Janet Jakola, head of internal medicine at the University. Reschedule Med simplifies medical school scheduling for students. While on campus, Y Combinator allowed students to pitch their ideas and prototypes to Hale and Manalac, which is how Fairbank began Reschedule Med’s involvement with the company. “We would not have gotten into Y Combinator if we didn’t have the opportunities to meet some of the partners and talk to them,” Fairbank said.

Stephanie M. Larson, assistant director of student programs and marketing at TEC, said that she notices a difference in the way alumni and regular field professionals treat current students. “(The alumni are) more open with their feedback and advice, because they had just been there,” she said. “You have a connection already.” TEC hosts a Silicon Valley workshop each year where students visit startups and professionals in the field; Dickey is one of the workshop hosts. “He opens up his home to us and we have a pitching event at his house,” Larson said. “He’s really good about his time and giving back.” The TEC started its own accelerator program for student startups this past summer and plans to continue the program through the spring. “There are 13 different startups in the accelerator, and it’s not just engineering,” said Ashley Hipsher, marketing director for the center. “They range from social work to engineering to applications.”

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A slow-moving storm in South Carolina left parts of Charleston underwater and dumped a more than a foot of rain on parts of Columbia. The rainfall submerged lowing-lying traffic intersections around Columbia. Richland County declared a state of emergency Sunday, which allows the county to seek help from state emergency officials and buy emergency equipment and

supplies. Roads were closed all over the Midlands. State officials told drivers to stay home — even if there was little rain in their part of South Carolina. “We’ve got another day of this at least,” said Derrec Becker, a spokesman for the state Emergency Management Division. At least four people across the state died in incidents related to the storm that started late last week. The latest was a motorist on U.S. 378 in West Columbia who died in floodwaters Sunday, an emergency official said. In Columbia, the city received hundreds of calls requesting rescue and evacuation. Creeks overflowed into neighborhoods and

shopping centers. Between 3:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Sunday, the Columbia Fire Department had rescued people in at least 50 vehicles throughout the capital city. Flooding is widespread in Columbia. After soaking Charleston with nearly two feet of rain since Thursday, the storm shifted northwest overnight and drenched the Midlands. At least three dams had failed in Richland County by 9 a.m. The Forest Lake, Arcadia Lake and Lake Dogwood dams had been affected by rising waters that were creating pressure, Lewis said. Columbia Fire Department spokesman Brick Lewis said he did not know of any injuries related to bro-

ken dams, but he said the department was generally busy helping people trapped in homes and cars across town. The first dam breaks were reported after dawn. “The rainfall totals that have come in are causing the waters of these lakes to flow over the dams and just give way,”” he said. “It is putting pressure on the dams.” President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency for South Carolina on Saturday. The National Guard activated 300 more members, service members, bringing the total on duty to about 500, Becker said. South Carolina also asked other states to send swiftwater rescue teams.

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Aqua satellite captured this image of Hurricane Joaquuin near the Bahamas on Sept. 29 MIAMI — Hurricane Joaquin continued moving slowly toward the northwest on Friday as it battered the central Bahamas with 130 mph winds. At 8 a.m. Friday, the National Hurricane Center said Joaquin was starting an expected change of course that appeared increasingly likely to steer the dangerous Category 4 storm away from the Carolinas and the heavily populated New Jersey-New York area, which had been devas-

tated by Superstorm Sandy. The latest track threatens Bermuda but would keep the massive storm well offshore of the East Coast as it slowly weakens to a Category 1 then tropical storm by midweek. But forecasters cautioned that the track could still shift over the next few days. And much of the coast could see impacts — particularly from heavy rains that could produce widespread, serious flooding in some coastal states.

Enemy fire not suspected in crash of U.S. plane in Afghanistan, Air Force says WASHINGTON — Enemy fire is not suspected as a factor in the crash of a U.S. C-130 cargo plane at the Jalalabad airport in Afghanistan, the Air Force said Friday. All 11 people on board died in the early morning incident. First-responders were

still conducting recovery operations, the Air Force said in a statement. The cause of the accident is under investigation. Six U.S. service members and five civilian passengers died in the crash, which occurred at 12:19 a.m., officials said.

US has funded artists and intellectuals for half a century, but it’s a perennial fight WASHINGTON — Half a century ago, during a crowded Rose Garden ceremony, President Lyndon B. Johnson codified the nation’s commitment to the arts and humanities. Johnson, who as a young man taught students of Mexican descent in his native Texas, asked the nation not to forget the

arts and humanities even as the prevailing thought was that science and technology should be the focus in an increasingly advanced world. This week the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts celebrate their 50th anniversaries.

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Barricades block the flooded intersection of Monroe and Maple streets in Columbia, South Carolina, on Sunday. Several streets and neighborhoods are flooded in Columbia as heavy rains from Hurricane Joaquin fall.

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IDEALL different types of interactions students come across in the classroom. Footage of how the students interact with each other as a group and go about interacting with the various technologies at their disposal is collected and analyzed

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RACE mentioned a robbery that happened. Looking around to make sure nobody could hear him but her, he whispered, “He was black, it’s those blacks. They are ruining this country.” However, as soon as a black coworker entered the scene, the man quickly dispersed. McDermott said this is a demonstration of the unwillingness of differing races to talk about issues together as well as prevailing stereotypes still found in the country. “Attitudes and stereotypes can change over time,” she said. “We just have a lot more work to do.” Dixon then spoke primarily about stereotypes and the effect of media. “The media helps create

WASHINGTON — The likely next speaker of the House, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, returned to Fox News on Thursday night in a bid to clarify his remarks 48 hours earlier on the Benghazi committee. “It was never my intention to say that,” the California Republican told news anchor Bret Baier. He was referencing his

Tuesday night’s comments to Sean Hannity, in which he credited the special committee to investigate the 2012 Benghazi attacks with sinking 2016 Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton’s poll numbers, and cited that as an example of the kind of conservative leadership he would provide as speaker.

to see what helps students learn and what areas can be improved. “The way we designed the IDEALL is to create a platform where, because of the combination of 360 cameras and of wireless directional mics we are able to capture all sorts of interactions,” said Fouad Abd El Khalick, associate dean for research and research

education. “We can capture the streams of data — if students are clicking, sketching, typing — we can capture all this data, store them, and make them the object of analysis. So when we’re testing our new technology in our learning environment, we’re able to know what’s going on.” While one of the functions of the lab is to assess

and analyze the interactions and learning processes of students, another aim is to connect the campus. The lab is a campus classroom, where researchers from all University colleges can go to analyze and develop technologies and work to improve them. “I’m really excited about this being a place where the College of Education gets

to collaborate with people across campus. The questions that we ask in education are actually pushing other fields as well so it’s a nice position to be in,” Mercier said. “Schools really should be getting the best technology available and the most innovative opportunities for students, so this a chance for us to actually do that.”

Lindgren said the lab is bringing in researchers from every corner of the University. “That was really the motivation behind the lab, to bring lots of people together designing and researching new technologies that support learning across the spectrum,” he said.

and reproduce part of our stereotypes,” he said. He asked the audience to name three prominent African-Americans who are in history books. After three name were announced by the audience, he asked for three Asians and Latinos, but the audience came up dry. “Our history books tell us who’s important. We learn from institutions,” he said. “Television is supposed to tell us the truth, but it doesn’t,” he said. According to a study Dixon published in 2000 with Daniel Linz, a professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, 37 percent of the time AfricanAmericans were portrayed as perpetrators of crimes on TV, while in reality African-Americans were only arrested 21 percent of the time. “Racial bias is system-

atic and cultural; it’s interwoven in society,” he said. “You should regularly be checking unconscious bias. It’s an active, lifelong process.” Feinen mentioned the attitude and actions of the community as potential barriers to progress in race relations. “As a community and society, we need to change and grow,” Feinen said. “If we expect race relations to improve, the city can’t do it by itself.” Still, Feinen stressed multiple programs in place geared toward the progression of minorities in the community, such as Champaign’s Minority and Women Business Development Program. “In the last four to five years, our council has worked very hard on opening up contracting and bidding opportunities for

minority owned and small businesses,” Feinen said. She said the non-white population in Champaign is about 20 percent, and nine percent of all city contracts are with minorities. The city council has three African-Americans on its council, one of whom is a woman. “I see people listening to each other and I see community and police working together in ways I didn’t think possible,” she said. Cobb spoke about his experiences as both a police officer and an African-American. “The scrutiny of law enforcement, my profession, is at an all-time high,” Cobb said. He mentioned the popularity of the Black Lives Matter movement and the nation’s obsession with crime dramas and reality TV.

“The point is, our community is curious about what police officers do, why they do it and how they do it,” Cobb said. He said people want transparency of law enforcement and that law enforcement needs to step up and have these conversations about bias and race. “I was shocked when I got into the profession. I came across a lot of caring men and women who truly want to serve all citizens,” he said. “I did find ignorance when it came to racial differences, but there were good people.” Cobb said all people have unconscious bias and the problem of bias affects everyone. “It is my challenge to all of you to know your bias,” he said. During a question and answer session, one speaker asked the panel how to

improve race relations in the community. McDermott said the community needs to reach out to all of its members, including those uninvolved in the conversation, such as the wealthy and poor. “The thing about this event is that it is for people who already care about the issue,” she said. “The big question is how do we connect with the people that would never come to an event like this. That’s a really important piece.” Colin Michels, freshman in ACES, was one of the University students also in attendance at the Sunday seminar. “I thought it was interesting how media misinterpreted information,” he said. “It’s all about stereotypes and misinterpreting situations.”

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EDITORIAL Remembering those we’ve lost the right way Today is the 278th day of the year. Subtract 13 from that number. That’s the number of mass shootings in the United States so far this year. 265 mass shootings in the United States in 278 days. Forty-five of which have been school shootings. This editorial is redundant. It’s redundant because it could be written any week this year. Last Thursday nine students were killed at the hands of yet another gunman at a school, and like after almost every school shooting, Facebook newsfeeds filled up with posts of remorse and articles trying to explain or justify the tragedy. Arguments heated up in the comments sections of blog posts over gun control and mental health care. These conversations need to happen, but as they stand now, they’re clearly not working. It’s clear that they’re not working because in a week we’ll go back to posting about cats and TV shows until the next tragedy. But families at the 45 schools where there have been shootings since the beginning of 2015 don’t have this luxury. Life will never return to the simplicity of before whatever incident occurred. The emotional effect of a weapon discharging in what should be as safe as home is scar-

ring for students and their families alike. So, instead of making a tired point about gun control and mental health care, we encourage you to remember the burden that students and families of the following 45 schools face every day. In a week we might be able to forget about their pain, but their consciousness will never go back to normal. Wisconsin Lutheran High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Vanguard High School, Ocala, Florida Williamson High School, Mobile, Alabama Royal Live Oaks Academy, Hardeeville, South Carolina Hand in Hand Christian Montessori School, Roseville, Minnesota Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota Frederick High School, Frederick, Maryland University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Lawson Elementary School, Little Rock, Arkansas Tenaya Middle School, Merced, California Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida Northwest Passage Alternative High School, Coon Rapids, Minnesota

Checking in on safety: making coat checks mandatory JASON SCHWARTZ Opinions columnist

Yes, I realize it’s only late September and leaves are just beginning to turn to their beautiful autumn glow, but making free coat checks at campus bars a mandatory for bar-owners is a topic that needs to be discussed now. Even when the weather drops below freezing temperatures and it snows on campus, students at the University are not discouraged from going out at night – after all, we are the number one party school in the nation. Whether it is 70 degrees or even ten, students on this campus will flock to bars as much as their workload allows. However, the dilemma arises when you realize that the majority of bars on this campus do not have any coat checks, and the only frequented bar on campus that does have a coat check, The Clybourne, charges cover to watch over your jacket. I have a personal quarrel with this subject as I witnessed the direct consequences of what can happen when students are discouraged from wearing coats when they go out. During February of last year, I was walking home at 2 a.m. from the bar with my friend when we noticed a student passed out on the ice near Third and Chalmers. The temperature was below 20 degrees and the student passed out on the ground was wearing only a flannel with jeans. Thankfully, my friend and I were able to pick the student up and walk him back to his house safely, but it is not far-fetched to imagine the worst that could have happened to him. This entire situation definitely could have been prevented with a coat check that allowed this man to wear his jacket when he went to the bars as opposed to thinking a flannel was sufficient enough during frigid temperatures. Pao-Yi Warner, senior in LAS, is a head bartender at The Red Lion here on campus. Warner acknowledges that Red Lion does not have a coat check, and when asked if she thought Red Lion should look into

one, she stated, “In theory, it’s a good idea, but when you think of the logistics it doesn’t work out so easily.” Warner went on to discuss how there are countless wallets and ID’s left on the Lion floor after each night, and she is sure people would forget their coats at the bar. Warner brings up a good point: having a coat check is certainly no easy fix, but despite the logistics, it is necessary option for students’ safety. As it is, this situation leaves several students with the conundrum to either bring a coat and hope it doesn’t get stolen, or go out without a coat and risk getting frostbite. Not surprisingly, many students choose the latter, fearing losing their coat at a bar and believing in their “alcohol blanket” to get them home warm and safe. The fear of losing your coat or having it stolen is not unwarranted, as I have had countless friends bring their coats to a bar and leave it behind some table only to come back a couple hours later and discover it has vanished. So the responsibility should be on the bar owners to create a coat check so students don’t have to choose between losing a coat and their safety. There is no need for students to be put in danger over something that can be a simple fix. Just for the sake of comparison, when I studied abroad in Barcelona, every bar or club that I went to had a coat check. When you consider that it never gets below 40 degrees in Barcelona, compared to the inevitable spells below zero degrees we see on campus every winter, it should be a no-brainer to make coat checks a mandatory operating procedure for any bar on campus. City officials, please help us so we don’t have to choose between an expensive coat and our warmth. After all, drunk college kids aren’t always the best at decision-making.

Jason is a senior in LAS. jcschwa2@dailyillini.com

American International College, Springfield, Massachusetts Community College of Beaver County, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee Everett Community College, Everett, Washington Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, North Carolina Seguin High School, Seguin, Texas Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina Ruthe Deskin Elementary School, Las Vegas, Nevada North Thurston High School, Lacey, Washington Willow Elementary School, Cleveland, Ohio Conyers Middle School, Conyers, Georgia Corona del Sol High School, Tempe, Arizona Robinson High School, Robinson, Texas Flint Southwestern Classical Academy, Flint, Michigan Everglades City School, Everglades City, Florida South Macon Elementary School, Franklin, North Carolina Fort Calhoun Elementary School, Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Coppell Middle School East, Dallas, Texas Elolf Elementary School, Converse, Texas

University of Florida – Gainesville, Gainesville, Florida Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas Paradise High School, Paradise, Texas William Velasquez Elementary, Richmond, Texas Hornsby Elementary School, Augusta, Georgia Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia Sacramento City College, Sacramento, California Northside High School, Lafayette, Louisiana Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi Central Elementary School, Statesville, North Carolina Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, Montana Harrisburg High School, Harrisburg, South Dakota Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon These are incidents in which a gun was discharged on school grounds, including after hours and self-inflicted gunshots. These do not include instances in which a gun was brought on school grounds but not discharged.

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October isn’t worth the hype COURTNEY BOYER Opinions columnist

Autumn is now officially in full swing. The onset of October last week brought about the annual “autumn craze” that a lot of people on this campus seem to fall prey to. Many people, on this campus especially, seem to go crazy for autumn and everything that has to do with it, including: hay rides, barn dances, flannels, apple cider and pumpkin spice lattes. This is especially prevalent in the month of October on this campus, specifically since we have an “October Lovers Club” and Curtis Orchard, where people make trips out to for apple picking and donuts. While I too enjoy autumn to a certain extent, it is far from the best season of the year — I do not understand why people are so in love with it, as it marks the end of the summer — which is a significantly better season. Christine Grady, sophomore in DGS, says that she too has noticed that people here seem really into the month of October, and has even noticed the recent Twitter trends about the month, but similarly doesn’t “understand why people love fall so much.” She expanded to mention that her favorite season is

“summer because it’s warm outside and I don’t have as many responsibilities.” Certain things and situations get hyped up all the time, especially on social media, causing people to over-exaggerate their significance. People behind screens often blow things out of proportion, and the rest of social media users often go along with this new, hyped-up version of reality. T h a t is what I believe happened with the month of October. According to Pew Rese a rch , about three quarters of the entire online popu lation use social media sites. A nd that number is increasing, m a k i ng it easy to manipulate society’s mindset on certain topics and issues. Businesses also use social media for marketing because it is a cheap and easy way to get the message to the masses — hence why Starbuck’s Pumpkin Spice Latte has its own Twitter. Perhaps this “October Craze” is a social media marketing strategy for flannels and cider.

Last Thursday, as I was scrolling through my Twitter newsfeed, I was shocked to see how the majority of the tweets had to do with October. I saw tweets like “it’s finally October!” and “Happy October 1!” Even tweets talking about all the fun things that could be done now that is was “finally” October. With a few Google searches I learned that other people were noticing the recent interest in all things October as wel l . I came across an a r t icle titled “Why people love O c t o b e r,” explaining a plethora of reasons s uch as the changing leaves and weather and getting to wear scarves and other accessories. And of course, people love Halloween. Dario Kikas, freshman in Business, can understand where people are coming from with loving the month of October. He says “the weather is perfect because it is not too hot and not too cold.” But he also loves the season of

I understand enjoying certain aspects of October, however turning the whole month into a holiday does not seem warranted.

spring for the same reason, furthering how standard fall really is. I can understand enjoying certain aspects of these things, however turning the whole month of October into a holiday does not seem warranted; it acknowledges the fact that the carefree months of summer are almost over and the school year has just begun with no ending yet in sight. People should not always listen to the hype, especially on the month of October, because in reality, it is not as great as people believe it is. It seems that students at Illinois have their own personal reasons to enjoy autumn. I can understand that, perhaps social media has just taken it too far. October is all right, but it is not, and will never be, a reason to celebrate in my book.

Courtney is a sophomore in LAS. ceboyer3@dailyillini. com

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Hot wings, hot rods rev up menu

BY JENNY HORNE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After the cars left the building and the wings were devoured, Jeff Grant hopes Hot Wings and Hot Rods will continue for years to come. “We really spiced up the Buffalo Wild Wings hotwing eating contest,” said the CEO and owner of the Fluid Event Center. The second-annual Hot Wings and Hot Rods took place at the Fluid Event Center on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event featured over 150 “hot rods,” as well as multiple wing-eating and wingcooking contests. With an open space, the venue allowed viewers and car owners to walk around, peruse and sightsee as they pleased. The event was free of charge, so the flow of people was constant throughout the entire day. The viewers, several donning Harley-Davidson gear, were mostly locals from the Champaign-Urbana area. Sounds of chatter fi lled the room. For Champaign local Tom

Linne, the hot wings were his favorite part. “I came to this thing last year, and they’ve really amped up the food since I was here last,” Linne said. “I love the variety of wings and how spicy they are. I don’t

“It’s mostly middleaged or older people from around town... But it’s a fun thing for students to do too.” STEVEN YOULSAD LOCAL RESIDENT

think my wife can handle the heat.” The Fluid Event Center travelled back in time as it displayed a multitude of cars, ranging from Mustangs and Fords to Cadillacs. The owners of the vehicles stood proud with their cars. At the end of the day, trophies were distributed to

the cars deemed as the best of the. The winners were announced, applauded, and given a variety of trophies in conclusion of the day’s events. But one attendee has a goal for the third-annual event. Champaign local Steven Youlsad noticed that few University of Illinois students were in attendance. He said he would like to see more students coming into the event, whether they view the cars or eat more wings. “I think it’s mostly middle-aged or older people from around town,” Yousald said. “But it’s a fun thing for students to do, too.” Youlsad remarked that any college kid, particularly young men, would love looking at cars while participating in a few hot wing eating contests. “What kid wouldn’t like grabbing a few hot wings and looking at some old vintage cars?” Youlsad asked.

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Sawsan Ghazal, 46, center, from Aleppo, Syria, visits with her best Swedish friend, Gunhild Carlbom, 78, who gave her a bike when she first settled in the country. At right is Carlbom’s grandson Simon, 10, and Carlbom’s son’s girlfriend Terese Olivelof. BY CHRISTOPHER GOFFARD TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

She woke before dawn in the cramped apartment in Istanbul. She kissed her three children as they slept, and decided not to wake them. She might lose her courage if she did. She said goodbye to her husband and stepped into the chill of the dark street, under the towering minaret of the mosque next door. It was drizzling. At 44, Sawsan Ghazal could not recall a day she had been apart from her children. A small woman with a dulcet voice, she had always been resourceful, always found a way to protect them, whether from bombs or the mayhem in their genes. As a girl, she had seen little of her own parents. They had divorced when she was young. When she grew up and built a family, she promised herself, she would never abandon them to that kind of loneliness. Now, in February 2014, she was convinced that the only way to save her children was to leave them, crossing the continent with a man whose real name she didn’t know. She had an assumed identity and a fake passport. She had memorized her role. She would be an English-speaking Turkish nurse on vacation, not just another Arab Muslim fleeing Syria’s interminable civil war. The smuggler was waiting. They had been dressmakers in Aleppo, Syria’s bustling commercial hub. She had never lived anywhere else, and took an outsized pride in her city’s history. It had endured millennia of strife and shifting rule - the Romans and Byzantines, the Mongols and Ottomans, plague and war. Aleppo had, to her, an eternal quality. Her earliest memories were of her grandmother, who mostly raised her, taking her by the hand through the Old City. They explored the noisy labyrinth of the great bazaar, the tables teeming with dates and spices and gold. As an adult, she came to search out fabrics for the small garment factory she ran with her husband, Ourwa Alaraj. She would lead her own children - her son

Abdulsalam, and daughters Joud and Cidra - through the clamor of the ancient maze. They vacationed on the Mediterranean shore at Latakia. When she returned from a trip, the city’s smell - a compound of the earth, the trees and the fl owers - greeted her like an embrace. Syria was a police state. But it was possible for a non-political family like theirs, part of the Sunni Muslim majority, to live comfortably. Street crime was rare and harshly punished; she had always felt safe. More important, there was health care for her two oldest children, Abdulsalam and Joud, who had slight, brittle bodies as a result of thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder. Because their bodies didn’t make hemoglobin normally, they needed regular

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transfusions to live. Every two weeks, all through their childhood, she had packed them into the family Volkswagen for a four-hour ritual at the hospital. The siblings lay side by side, often asleep, as blood dripped through a tube into their bone-thin arms. She told them the disease did not need to defi ne them. Their bodies might be weak, but their minds were strong and capable. She had always tried to shield them, to explain hard realities in a way that left room for hope, but there was little she could do when doctors ran tests and learned they had contracted hepatitis C from bad blood. By then they were old enough to understand that hepatitis could eventually kill them, and that it probably made their one hope of a thalassemia cure - a bone-marrow transplant too dangerous to try. They did not want to

leave Syria. They clung to it as long as possible, even as it crumbled around them. She and her husband were sure the anti-government protests that erupted in early 2011 would be short-lived. They believed it possible to wait out the chaos, even as the street-bystreet fighting reached Aleppo and rebels carved out large chunks of the city and her children learned to dive to the fl oor of the car if she turned down the wrong street. They believed it even as they became accustomed to warplanes overhead, and as Cidra called weeping from school to say militants had scrawled threats on the walls: If you send your kids to school, we will kill them and send back only their bags. They believed it even as they learned to leave the windows slightly ajar so they wouldn’t shatter, on nights when they could feel explosions trembling through the carpet of their ground-floor apartment. Somehow, the children were able to sleep through the encroaching war. She and Ourwa would carry them into the central hallway, farthest from the windows, and tell themselves: If death comes, at least we will be together. In early 2012, they closed the dress factory. Supplies of cotton and linen and chiffon had been cut off. They rented a shop and sold shoes. Blood became harder to get. Soldiers needed it. She pleaded with friends and neighbors to donate, so her children could get blood in return. That winter the hospital lost power, and fi nally she was bringing the blood bags home for Abdulsalam and Joud and swabbing their arms to insert the intravenous lines herself. She had seen it done hundreds of times. She kept them warm with blankets and told stories of the Old City. It would be a 1,300-mile journey with the smuggler. The family managed to borrow $10,000, the fare for just one of them. “Even I can’t understand what’s happening,” she said.

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Colleges Against Cancer thinks pink Pink Week is a time to raise money and awareness for breast cancer FAA and president of Colleges Against Cancer. “Cancer can or Megha Mathur, be kind of a scary thing. We junior in AHS, want people to know it’s okay joining Colleges and how to convince people, Against Cancer whether it’s a mother, sister or was a decision friend, to get a mammogram.” already determined in high Colleges Against Cancer school. was created in 2000, makMathur initially became ing it the first chapter for the active with Relay For Life, American Cancer Society’s an all-night effort from the college outreach program. American Cancer Society, as According to the American a freshman in high school. Cancer Society’s website, Mathur, however, didn’t go Colleges Against Cancer is a without a purpose. Weeks nationwide effort from colearlier, her friend’s mother lege communities that work passed away from cancer. toward raising funds for the As a sophorga nizaomore in coltion with lege, Mathur the Amerijoined Colcan Cancer leges Against Society. Cancer. Now, “We have already she serves as had people the organization’s direcmessaging us asking tor of advowhat the cacy, where GRACE ERIKSON T- s h i r t s she is headVICE PRESIDENT, COLLEGES are going ing into one AGAINST CANCER to look like of the orgathis year,” n i z at io n’s said Grace prime fundraising efforts — Pink Week. Erickson, vice president of Pink Week is an event that the University’s Colleges raises breast cancer aware- Against Cancer and junior ness by educating students in LAS. about the disease. ThroughBut T-shirts are not the out the week, the group hon- only thing at the event. There ors Breast Cancer Aware- will be fliers and members of ness month by selling shirts Colleges Against Cancer to with different breast cancer educate students about the themed logos. Funds raised disease. through these shirts will ulti“We’re going to try to get mately go to the American people to not just buy shirts Cancer Society. from us, but to stop by and The organization will also get that cancer education,” sell baked goods and distrib- Erickson said. ute flyers to passers-by on the Breast cancer is the secQuad. The group will be at ond leading cause of death for Anniversary Plaza each day women in the U.S., according this week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to the National Breast Can“We are more than happy cer Foundation. The Founto educate (students),” said dation reported that it’s Kayla McCraren, senior in the most commonly diag-

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“We’re going to try to get people to not just buy shirts from us, but to stop by and get that cancer education.”

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nosed cancer in women, and that on an annual basis, nearly 40,000 women will die because of it. Pink Week isn’t the only event hosted by Colleges Against Cancer. The organization also works with the American Cancer Society to host the University’s annual Relay For Life event in the

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spring. The 2014 event had over 1,000 participants who worked together to raise over $100,000, all of which went to the American Cancer Society, said Erickson. For McCraren, the events sponsored by her organization remind her of the reason why she joined Colleges Against Cancer.

“I have many family members who are cancer survivors,” McCraren said. “I was a freshman (when I got involved). Now, I’m president, and this year is going to be great. We’re happy to advocate for ACS and educate people on campus.”

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FOOTBALL: SAT: ILLINOIS 14, NEBRASKA 13 MEMORIAL STADIUM

VOLLEYBALL SAT: MINNESOTA 3, ILLINOIS 2 MINNEAPOLIS

SOCCER: FRI: ILLINOIS 1, OHIO STATE 1 ILLINOIS SOCCER STADIUM

HOCKEY: FRI: ILLINOIS 7, ALABAMA 0 SAT: ILLINOIS 6, ALABAMA 2 CHICAGO

Win over Huskers tastes extra sweet PETER BAILEYWELLS Sports editor

elebrations in sports are funny things. They’re rarely for the sake of posterity — a spontaneous outburst isn’t about legacy. Illinois football’s win over Nebraska on Saturday sparked a different kind of celebration. In the seconds and minutes following Geronimo Allison’s go-ahead touchdown with 10 seconds left, everyone in Memorial Stadium seemed to comprehend, at least partially, the magnitude of the moment. Allison saluted the heavens after scoring like a man saved from a desert island. Bill Cubit broke out an enormous celebratory fist-pump. Ted Karras and Nick Allegretti tried to get the team up into the stands of Block I to sing Alma Mater. Mike Thomas beamed when congratulating players running off the field. And Illinois fans in the media room following the win gave Cubit a burst of applause when he arrived for his postgame press conference. Everyone seemed to know that it was more than just a typical win. It was Cubit’s first Big Ten win as head coach. It was the program’s first Big Ten-opening win since 2011 and first over Nebraska since 1924 — a stat that is skewed because of the teams’ relative lack of faceoffs,

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Wide receiver Geronimo Allison celebrates after catching the game-winning touchdown pass with 10 seconds left in Illinois’ 14-13 win over Nebraska at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. but sums up the evening nevertheless. The defense was nothing short of incredible. After the game, Mason Monheim remarked at how nice it was to have something really worth celebrating. He knew it was more than just a typical win. Clayton Fejedelem said the victory might have been the most fun he had on a field in a while. He knew it was more than just a typical win. And Cubit knew it.

When asked where this win ranked in his career, the coach cracked a smile and admitted it might be the best. He allowed himself some personal reflection — which has been mostly absent from his mantra since

being promoted. He’s highlighted his studentathletes’ accomplishments, their struggles and their work ethics. He hasn’t given himself a lot of credit, and didn’t coach his best game Saturday. But

Illinois football’s win over Nebraska on Saturday sparked a different kind of celebration.

he coached well enough to win, which means a lot more than any style points he might lose for how his team performed. Cubit bucked historical trends Saturday night, becoming the first Illini head coach since John Mackovic to win his very first Big Ten game. Mackovic did that in 1988, and since then, three Illinois bosses have failed to win a single game in their first seasons leading the Illini — Tim Beckman, Ron Zook

and Ron Turner all went 0-8 in conference in their first seasons. Look, there is a lot for this team to clean up before it heads to Iowa City next week. With the exception of the final drive, the offense was stagnant and the special teams, both punting and kicking, struggled a lot against the Cornhuskers. The Hawkeyes are 5-0 and bound to be ranked following their victory

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Illinois gets Cubit first Big Ten victory as boss BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER

While running into the locker room after Illinois’ 14-13 win over Nebraska on Saturday, wide receiver Geronimo A llison embraced head coach Bill Cubit. It wasn’t a quick tap on the shoulder or the occasional handshake they’ve had after past wins. Instead, Allison told Cubit how blessed they both were. The Illini took advantage of the last minute of the game to beat the Cornhuskers for the first time since 1924. Allison caught the game-winning touchdown with just 10 seconds to go. “I think we played with a sense of urgency,” Allison said. “It was getting down to the wire. We just came out with a spark and a burst.” The Illini were scoreless until the fourth quarter, having dropped a few passes and missing two field goals beforehand.

Illinois vs Nebraska

Summary: The Illini overcame a 13-0 deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat the Nebraska Cornhuskers by a score of 14-13. Illinois took the ball over on downs with 51 seconds remaining and marched down the field in a sixplay, 72-yard drive. Key Performer: Wide receiver Geronimo Allison. Illinois scored a touchdown within the opening two minutes of that quarter when quarterback Wes Lunt hooked up with Marchie Murdock on a 22-yard touchdown pass. Then, Lunt led Illinois on a game-winning six-play, 72-yard touchdown drive that began with 51 seconds remaining. He got the Illini down the field with a 50-yard pass to Malik Turner and capped it off with a one-yard touchdown pass to Allison.

The receiver had eight receptions for 91 yards and caught the gamewinning touchdown. Quote of the game: Allison: “I think we played with a sense of urgency. It was getting down to the wire. We just came out with a spark and a burst.” Up next: Illinois at Iowa. Iowa City, Saturday, 11 p.m. CT. The drive gave Cubit his first Big Ten win as Illinois’ head coach and improved the Illini’s Big Ten win streak to three games, stemming back to last season. Illinois struggled to gain momentum, even when it seemed that a controversial officiating decision would give the team a shot of energy. In the third quarter, Allison caught a quick slant and came up just short of a first down.

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Head coach Bill Cubit and the Illinois sideline celebrate after Taylor Zalewski completes the PAT that put Illinois up 14-13 over Nebraska to win Saturday’s game at Memorial Stadium. Officials said the play occurred on third down, but ultimately they ruled that the pass play was actually fourth down and gave the ball to Nebraska via a turn over on downs. The officials running the chains were the source of the issue — they had incorrectly given the Illini a first down and were marking off the downs behind of the actual down count. Clayton Fejedelem intercepted Tommy Armstrong Jr. on the ensuing drive and

the Illini appeared to gain some momentum, but came to a halt on offense following the turnover. In the series after, Illinois had a penalty and was forced to punt. Cubit and Lunt were visibly frustrated following the series. “We did a heck of a job moving the ball today,” Lunt said. “I just think we did a bad job of not putting it in the endzone.” Lunt went 23-for-45 with 251 yards and two touchdowns. Instead of its usu-

al pass-first approach, the offense relied heavily on the run for the majority of the game. Senior Josh Ferguson exited the game with a shoulder injury in the first half and freshman Ke’Shawn Vaughn took over, rushing for 98 yards on 24 carries. Ferguson had four carries for 50 yards before leaving the game. In the the first quarter, Nebraska muffed a punt

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Illini defense holds strong against Huskers BY MICHAL DWOJAK STAFF WRITER

Mason Monheim ran toward the Memorial Stadium stands Saturday night with a smile on his face — his prayers had been answered. The Illinois football linebacker ran through the mist and the sea of teammates in orange looking for his family. His search was difficult: He had to scan the mixed crowd of Nebraska and Illinois fans for his family, who weren’t the only ones wearing orange No. 43 jerseys. But once he found his family, it was worth the struggle. He went to his brother and they hugged, a celebration years in the making. Monheim ran toward the north end zone when he realized the Marching Illini were playing Alma Mater. The “Our Fathers” that he said during the team’s game-winning drive were answered.

Frustration from past defenses’ struggles were relieved. Illinois’ defense made its statement in the Illini’s 14-13 win over the Cornhuskers, a moment the senior captain has waited for since he started in his freshman season. “It’s just a long time coming,” Monheim said. “As a leader, I try and be the best person I can be to them but it’s not one person, it’s not one man, it’s one team.” The linebacker tied for the team lead with 10 total tackles and helped anchor a defense that kept the Illini in the game when their offense failed to gain any momentum. After each failed offensive drive, the Illini defensive players ran onto the field and stopped Nebraska’s offense from scoring time and time again. Nebraska’s quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. threw for 105 yards and ran for 38

while Nebraska’s running backs finished with 149 rushing yards. Nebraska managed to drive down the field in the second quarter thanks in part to a 32-yard run by Armstrong and a 15-yard personal foul on Illinois defensive lineman Dawuane Smoot. Illinois defense’s strongest stop came in the final five minutes of the game. With 4:38 left in the game, Nebraska started a drive on its own 38-yard line. Illinois had three timeouts but Nebraska continued to drive down the field with running plays. The Cornhuskers recorded two first downs and drained the clock down to 55 seconds. Armstrong took the ball on fourth down and ran to his right, attempting a pass to Andy Janovich. The ball fell to the ground and quarterback Wes Lunt led the offense down the field for the gamewinning touchdown.

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The Illinois defense line up against Nebraska in Saturday’s game at Memorial Stadium. Illinois won 14-13. Head coach Bill Cubit praised the defense for its ability to keep the team in the game. The former Illini offensive coordinator was forced to fight large deficits in past seasons and now paid respect to a strong defensive performance. “The defense was unbelievable,” Cubit said. “This is the first time when I’ve been here that the defensive line looks like a Big Ten defensive line. We’re playing well up front

there ... If it wasn’t for the defense, we wouldn’t be talking about this win.” Although emotions ran high on the field and in the locker room after the game, players know that a one-game performance is only just the start. Illinois still has seven Big Ten opponents left to play. But after seasons of being on the wrong end of blowouts and answering the same questions about what went

wrong, Monheim seemed pleased to answer questions about what went right. “We just need to know that this is game one of the Big Ten season,” Monheim said. “This is why I came here, to play Big Ten ball. We’ll celebrate this win, we’ll feel good about it but we have a game to play in a week in a hostile environment against a very good football team.”

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Volleyball drop pair of top-25 Big Ten games BY DANIEL DEXTER STAFF WRITER

The Illinois volleyball team (11-4) is officially on its first losing streak of the season. The No. 7 Illini entered Minneapolis looking to rebound after being upset by No. 19 Wisconsin just three days earlier. But Illinois failed to rise to the occasion against No. 16 Minnesota (113) and was sent home with its second loss of the week (2426, 25-22, 25-22, 10-25, 6-15). The teams traded blows in the first set, which featured 14 ties throughout. Eventually, with the score even at 24, the Gophers managed to close out the set with two kills from middle blocker Paige Tapp and outside hitter Daly Santana. “I think there were some points we did well and were aggressive in attacking them,” Illini outside hitter Jocelynn Birks said. “They obviously have a lot of weapons on their team and were really aggressive through the whole match.” After evening up the match in the second set, the Illini found rhythm early in the third set and looked as if they were going to run away with the set. The offense connected on 22 of 46 attacks and held a 21-13 lead before the Gophers made a late run to close the gap in a 25-22 Illinois victory. The attack was spread between middle blocker Katie Stadick and outside hitters Birks and Michelle Strizak. The trio accounted for 57 out of 69 total kills the team

Minnesota 3 Illinois 2

Summary: Despite being down 2-1, Minnesota used momentum from a late third set run to comeback and put Illinois away in five sets. Key Performer: Jordyn Poulter posted career highs with 59 assists and 21 digs. Quote of the match: recorded in the match. Setter Jordyn Poulter bolstered the team on both ends, recording career highs in assists and digs with 59 and 21, respectively. Unfortunately, her strong performance wasn’t enough to prevent the team’s collapse in

“We gave up the momentum because we didn’t work hard enough.” KEVIN HAMBLY HEAD COACH

the final two sets. “We didn’t have the right mentality of if we didn’t get the last point, we are getting the next one,” Poulter said. “There was no sense of urgency really, and that showed up in the score.” Minnesota built off the momentum it gained late in

Head coach Kevin Hambly: “When the crowd is working against you, you have to learn how to fight through that a little bit. It’s something that we have to be addressing and something that we are working on. We identified it in the match; we just couldn’t turn the tide.” the third set and held Illinois to just 16 points and a negative hit percentage over the next two sets. The Illini committed 17 errors in the fourth and fifth sets, while the Gophers had just four in the same span and 15 in the match overall. Illinois head coach Kevin Hambly said he was disappointed with the way his team reacted when faced with adversity. He said it was difficult for his team to overcome Minnesota’s run in the final two sets, especially with a crowd of 4,000 opposing fans. “We gave up the momentum because we didn’t work hard enough,” Hambly said. “We gave them a couple of easy points that let them feel better about how they are attacking.” Illinois’ four losses this season have come against highly ranked opponents. The team is still searching for a signature win and will get an opportunity for one against No. 1 Penn State at Huff Hall on Friday. Hambly is not concerned

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Jocelyn Birks spikes the ball in a match against Minnesota at Sports Pavilion in Minneapolis on Sunday. Illinois lost 3-2. with where the team is this early in the season and said it will continue to work on maintaining a high level of play in its first full week of practice in five weeks.

“When the crowd is working against you, you have to learn how to fight through that a little bit,” Hambly said. “It’s something that we have to be addressing and some-

thing that we are working on. We identified it in the match; we just couldn’t turn the tide.”

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Childers only Illini still alive at All-American qualifying BY LUCAS WRIGHT STAFF WRITER

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Illinois’ Toshiki Matsuya makes a return during the Big Ten Tennis Tournament quarterfinals v. Iowa at Atkins Tennis Center on Friday, April 24. Illinois won 4-0.

Illinois at ITA All-American Championships

Summary: The Illini featured four players in this week’s pre-qualifying draw in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Asher Hirsch was defeated in the play-in round, while Toshiki Matsuya and Pablo Landa were defeated in

the round of 128. Julian Childers will open his third round of play against 17-32 seeded Vaughn Hunter of Mississippi State for a spot in the round of 32. Aron Hiltzik is set to begin the tournament on Oct. 8. Key Performer: Julian Childers – made quick work of his opponents through

his first two rounds and is still competing. Quote of the Game: Childers: “I feel like I belong with the tops guys and my goal for this tournament is realistically to make it to the qualifiers,” Childers said. “If I can accomplish that, then I’ll set another goal to make it to the main draw.”

The Illinois men’s tennis team is off and running at the ITA All-American Championships, but for some players, the tournament came to a halt earlier than they wanted. The Illini featured four players in this week’s prequalifying draw in Tulsa, Oklahoma: redshirt junior Julian Childers, sophomore Toshiki Matsuya, redshirt freshman Pablo Landa and freshman Asher Hirsch. Hirsch was the lone Illini to fall in the play-in round, losing to Luke Johnson of Clemson in three sets, 7-5, 4-6, 6-0. Matsuya, Landa and Childers each breezed through the round of 256 Saturday. The threesome defeated players from Troy, Texas A&M and Drake without losing a set. “It was great to see a strong effort across the board from the team,” Asse said. “Even though Asher didn’t make it past the first round we are really hopeful in what we

have moving forward.” The round of 128 was the end of the road for two of the three remaining Illini. Matsuya ran into Niclas Braun of Mississippi State, who has yet to drop a match in the tournament. Matsuya was dispatched in two sets, 6-4, 6-3. Landa followed suit in Sunday morning’s match against Texas’ John Mee. The 9-16 seeded Mee topped Landa in two sets, 6-1, 6-2. The lone Illini left in the pre-qualifying field is Childers, who has made quick work of his opponents through his first two rounds. Childers knocked Drake University’s Bayo Phillips out in the first round, winning 6-2, 6-2. He capped off his Sunday rounds by finishing off Simon Freund of LSU in the second round 6-3, 6-4. Having not lost a set yet in the early going at All-Americans, Childers says he is confident moving into the third round, but he says that he has a lot more left in the tank. “I don’t feel like I’m playing at the top of my game, but

I feel like I’m competing and staying calm and having fun out there like I have never done,” Childers said. “I feel like the rest of my game will come as I move on and play in even more matches.” Childers will open his third round of play against 17-32 seeded Vaughn Hunter of Mississippi State for a spot in the round of 32. Aside from Childers, the only remaining Illinois player is Aron Hiltzik. The sophomore has yet to open his tournament, as the main draw is set to begin on Oct. 8. Childers still has to make it through the final rounds of pre-qualifiers and qualifiers to make it to the main draw on Thursday, but Childers has his eyes on making it to the main draw. “I feel like I belong with the tops guys and my goal for this tournament is realistically to make it to the qualifiers,” Childers said. “If I can accomplish that, then I’ll set another goal to make it to the main draw.”

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Illinois hockey knocks around Alabama in pair of Chicago games BY ETHAN SWANSON STAFF WRITER

For a team playing its inaugural season in the American Collegiate Hockey Association, Alabama (2-2) was looking to play an established, successful ACHA opponent when scheduling this weekend’s series in Chicago against Illinois (4-2). The Illini dominated the Crimson Tide, sweeping the series and giving them anything but a warm welcome to Division I club hockey. Even with injuries to starting defensemen Joey Caprio and Aaron Dusek, Illinois was still able to put together a solid defensive performance en route to a 7-0shut-out win in Friday’s series-opener. “It’s been up to our entire defensive core and our forwards to fill the void those guys created,” said head coach Nick Fabbrini. “We’ve had to lean on some of our older players by giving them more minutes and rely on some of our freshman play their role.” An Alabama minor boarding penalty just 11 seconds into the first period was all

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CELEBRATE over No. 19 Wisconsin. And on the road, the Illini certainly will be the underdogs. But they got the Big Ten monkey off their backs. Sometimes teams have to win games to win more games, and this grind-it-out win against a storied program is ammunition for more. It’s also ammunition for the fans.

Illinois needed to get the ball rolling. A little over a minute later, sophomore Joseph Ritondale netted the Illini’s first goal of the night off the early power play. A breakaway goal courtesy of freshman Valentino Wilson about halfway through the first gave the Illini their 19th shot-ongoal of the period and a 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission. The floodgates burst open

“It’s been up to our entire defensive core and our fowards to fill the void those guys created.” NICK FABBRINI HEAD COACH

for the Illinois offense in the second period. Just 17 seconds in, sophomore Shaunak Pal lit the lamp again for the Illini, and back-to-back goals scored by junior Josh BelThe next game at Memorial Stadium is homecoming, on Oct. 24, and the Illini could come into the matchup with the Badgers undefeated in Big Ten play. Imagine that. That would draw out the fans that have so famously left Block I half-filled and allowed Nebraska fans to stuff the away stands Saturday night. But at the end of it all, it was the Illinois fans,

Illinois vs. Alabama

Summary: Despite injuries to two key defenseman, the Illinois hockey team shut down the Alabama offense in two blow-out wins at the Chicago Blackhawk’s practice facility. Key Performer: Junior Josh Belmont – scored twice in Friday’s 7-0

victory and again in Saturday’s 6-2 win. Quote of the Game: Hidden Stat: The Illini produced more shots on goal than the Crimson Tide in every period except one over the weekend. Next: October 16-17, 7:30 p.m. vs Robert Morris University

mont extended the lead to 5-0 after less than 40 minutes. Two garbage-time goals from Yoshi Shibata late in the second and midway through the third period on a power play gave Illinois its 7-0 win. Saturday’s matchup once again featured a stout Illini defense, but the theme of the game was the Illini’s early offensive explosion — especially for a team that had only scored one firstperiod goal in four games prior to Friday. Within the first five minutes of Saturday’s seriescloser, Illinois had already

snuck three pucks past the Alabama goalie — one courtesy of junior Austin Zima and a pair by sophomore THE DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTO Grant Stueve. Illinois’ Josh Belmont (10) manuevers the puck down the rink “We knew we had to during round one of the CSCHL hockey tournament v. Iowa change our mindset for that State at the Ice Arena on Friday, Feb. 20. Illinois won 2-1. first 20 minutes,” Olen said. “It was a mental thing we had to get past, because we comfortable 5-1 lead heading “It’s always nice to play know we have the talent to into the final period. in Chicago, we treat it like score goals at any time durAfter sophomore James a home game,” Olen said. “A ing a game.” Mcging extended the lead to lot of guys get to sleep in our The Illini defense finally 6-1 early in the third, Ala- own beds, get a home cooked faltered in the second period, bama scored its second and meal, then head to the rink – giving up a goal 28 seconds final goal of the game and and I think we showed Alainto play. However, the Illini weekend off a 5-on-3 advan- bama they have a tough road soon responded with a redi- tage from two Illinois penal- ahead in this league.” rect by sophomore Connor ties, giving the game its 6-2 Robbs and Belmont’s third final tally and the Illinois erswans2@dailyillini.com goal of the weekend to hold a sweep. @EthanSwanson88

players and coaches who were in full-throated celebration. This wasn’t a game that the Illini usually win. But they did, and the postgame celebration was one the likes of which don’t come around Memorial Stadium all that often.

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NEBRASKA return and Illinois recovered the ball on Nebraska’s 39-yard line. But the Illini couldn’t capitalize on the Huskers’ miscue and kicker Taylor Zalewski missed a 51-yard field goal to cap off the drive. While he missed two field goals, he made both extra points, including one following Allison’s fourth quarter touchdown, which

sealed the win for the. The Illinois defense put pressure on the Nebraska passing game all afternoon and held the Huskers in the fourth quarter. Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. went 10-for-31 with 105 yards and one interception. Star wide receiver Jordan Westerkamp was limited to just one reception for -1 yard. The Illini finished with 382 total yards, including 131 on the ground. Nebras-

ka finished with 292 yards — its lowest total of the season so far and far less than its previous low, a 445yard effort against BYU. For Allison and Cubit, the win wasn’t a surprise. Allison knew they had come a long way since the season started and Cubit gave the credit to his players. “ I ’m not st u n ned , because of the type of kids we have,” Cubit said.

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Monday, October 5, 2015

GRADING ILLINI FOOTBALL NEBRASKA

THE SCORE

A+

ILLINOIS — NEBRASKA

A-

BY THE DAILY ILLINI FOOTBALL STAFF

B+

B-

C+

COFFENSE

Editor’s note: The Daily Illini football staff will be giving out grades following the Illinois football game each week. The staff will be grading offense, defense, special teams and coaching.

Scoring by quarter 1st 0 0

2nd

3rd

4th

Final

SCHEDULE

The Illinois offense was average Saturday, until the fourth quarter. Wes Lunt led the game-winning six-play, 72-yard touchdown drive that began with 51 seconds remaining on the game clock. He got the Illini down the field with a 50-yard pass to Malik Turner and capped it off with a one-yard touchdown pass to Allison. But six dropped balls and moments of confusion between receivers and Lunt proved costly. The pass-centered offense struggled with the strong winds and had to rely on its rushing for most of the game. The Illini offense finished with 382 total yards, including 131 on the ground. Lunt ended with 251 yards through the air. It was the second consecutive game that the Illini have not turned the ball over.

BIG TEN STANDINGS

Sept. 5 Kent State — (W 52-3) Sept. 12 Western Illinois — (W 44-0)

EAST DIVISION

Sept. 19 @ North Carolina — (L 48-14) Sept. 26 Middle Tennessee State — (W 27-25) Oct. 3 Nebraska — (W 14-13) Oct. 10 @ Iowa — 11 a.m.

School

Overall Conf.

Ohio State

5-0

1-0

Michigan State 5-0

1-0

Michigan

4-1

1-0

Penn State

4-1

1-0

Indiana

4-1

0-1

Rutgers

2-2

0-1

Maryland

2-3

0-1

D+

D-

F+

F-

A+

A-

B+

B-

C+

CSPECIAL TEAMS

A+

ADEFENSE

The defense got the win for Illinois, holding Nebraska to just 13 total points. None of those points came in the fourth quarter as the offense came back to win in the final minute. Illinois held the Cornhuskers to a season-low 292 yards — their previous low was 445 yards against BYU in the Cornhusker’s season opener. The Illini defense held quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. to 105 passing yards, his lowest total this season and his second lowest total in the last two seasons. Mason Monheim and T.J. Neal both recorded 10 tackles. Clayton Fejedelem recorded his first career interception, which he returned for 18 yards. The defense has been good at forcing the opponent off the field quickly. The Illini forced six threeand-outs Saturday, improving its total to 30 threeand-outs this season.

B+

B-

C+

C-

D+

D-

F+

F-

A+

A-

B+

BCOACHING

The winds were a factor, but Illinois’ special teams still struggled. Fresh off a game-winning field goal last week against Middle Tennessee State, Taylor Zalewski missed both of his field goal attempts. Illinois was forced to punt nine times, the same number as Nebraska. David Reisner eventually punted in place of Ryan Frain after Frain misfired on a series of short punts that put the Cornhuskers in favorable field position.

Bill Cubit recorded Illinois’ first Big Ten conference opener win since 2011 and Illinois’ first win against Nebraska since 1924. But the game wasn’t without its challenges. His biggest struggle was readjusting the game plan after losing Josh Ferguson to a shoulder injury. Freshman Ke’Shawn Vaughn played a bigger role, but Cubit said he planned to originally use the two running backs on the field together against the Cornhuskers after Vaughn’s breakthrough performance last week. Cubit once again used his timeouts at strange times. He used two in the second quarter in attempts to ice Nebraska kicker Drew Brown during a field goal, but Brown still converted on it. Cubit used all of his timeouts before going into the last-minute scoring drive to win the game.

5 NUMBERS TO KNOW

GAME TO REMEMBER

D+

D-

F+

F-

Oct. 24 Wisconsin — 2:30 p.m.

C+

C-

D+

D-

F+

F-

WEST DIVISION

Oct. 31 @ Penn State — TBA Nov. 7 @ Purdue — 11 a.m. Nov. 14 Ohio State — TBA Nov. 21 @ Minnesota — TBA

School

Conf. Overall

Iowa

5-0

1-0

Northwestern 5-0

1-0

Illinois

4-1

1-0

Minnesota

3-2

0-1

Wisconsin

3-2

0-1

Nebraska

2-3

0-1

Purdue

1-4

0-1

Nov. 28 Northwestern — TBA

UP NEXT

1924

The last time Illinois defeated Nebraska.

Clayton Fejedelem recorded his first career interception.

This was the third time this season that Nebraska has lost on its opponent’s last drive of the game.

The amount of turnovers the Illini committed, the second consecutive game Illinois hasn’t turned the ball over.

at Illinois at Iowa, 11 a.m. CT, Saturday

Freshman running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn’s rushing total, the most by a freshman since Donovonn Young’s 100 yards against Western Michigan in 2011.

Ke’Shawn Vaughn

The freshman running back ran for 98 yards on 24 carries. Vaughn took on all of the workload after starter Josh Ferguson left the game in the first half due to a shoulder injury.

GAME TO FORGET Taylor Zalewski

The senior kicker had a game to forget a week after he made the game-winning field goal in last week’s win over Middle Tennessee State. He missed both of his attempts against Nebraska — one a 51-yard attempt, the other from 41 yards out.

TWEET OF GAME “Boy Don’t It Feel Good. #FightingIllini” @SpeedKe5 (Running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn)

QUOTE OF THE GAME “We never give up on y’all. We never give up.” JIHAD WARD, DEFENSIVE END

Soccer ties at home for first time in 2015 MATT GERTSMEIER STAFF WRITER

Much like the final score, the Illinois soccer team (8-2-2) and Ohio State played in a constant stalemate Friday night. After two evenly matched regulation and overtime halves, the Illinois Soccer Stadium scoreboard read 1-1, making it the first time the Illini weren’t victorious at home this year. Both teams had plenty of scoring chances, but for the majority of the match they struggled to fire off accurate passes in the scoring areas. Much of that inaccuracy seemed to have been due to the windy conditions. Part of the Illini’s bread and butter this year has been their effective throw-ins and corner kicks. Friday’s gusty winds made it difficult for Illinois to use one of its biggest strengths.

“Our team did a good job recovering, (but) sometimes it’s not good enough” CLAIRE WHEATLEY

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The wind turned midfielder Nicole Breece’s signature flip throw-in, which is typically as sufficient as a corner kick, into a knuckleball-like floater. The same went for the team’s corner kicks – there was simply no accuracy and the power was lost in the wind. Head coach Janet Rayfield noticed the difference. “The wind makes lots of things dangerous that wouldn’t normally be, and it takes away things that would normally be dangerous,” Rayfield said. “It’s a lot harder to control a ball that you’re trying to play in behind the back line, it’s a lot harder to judge punts, goal kicks and throw-ins.” Despite the challenging weather conditions, the Illini managed

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Allison Stucky takes a shot and scores Illinois’ lone goal against Ohio State during the game at Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium Friday. The game ended in a 1-1 tie. to get on the board early when “We weren’t really expecting to defensive line played well when “(For) the players who been forward Jannelle Flaws executed give up the ball there,” goalkeep- the wind was against them. The here and are players from the a good pass to midfielder Allison er Claire Wheatley said. “I think team that had the wind blowing Midwest, it doesn’t matter,” she Stucky who laced the Illini’s lone our team did a good job recover- in its favor was the one that were said. “If you grew up playing goal from approximately 25 yards ing, (but) sometimes it’s not good more aggressive on the attack. youth soccer anywhere in this out in the 18th minute. enough. I think that was one of Illinois simulated unpredict- country, you’ve dealt with these Three minutes later, Ohio State those situations we just have to able and nonconventional ser- conditions. We’ve just been really answered off an ill-advised pass mark it a little bit tighter and vices early in the week at prac- lucky and haven’t had to play in by Illinois in its defensive end of make sure those people can’t get tice to prepare for the anticipated them for a while.” the field. The intercepted pass those shots.” conditions. Regardless, Rayquickly led to a Buckeyes goal in Wheatley finished the game field expected her squad to be gertsme2@dailyillini.com @ transition. with seven saves. She said the prepared. MattGertsmeier

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