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“The idea itself is wonderful. I don’t think that changing the language is going to solve the problem,” Ginsburg said. “But it’s defi nitely a start.” Labeling ex-criminals as felons stigmatizes them and prevents them from BY CHRISTIN WATKINS being able to get housing STAFF WRITER or employment, she said. Former governor George Labels distance those Ryan recently called for who have been incarceratlegislation to end labeling ed from the rest of society, people as “felons” once making them appear to be they serve their prison lesser human beings, said sentence. James Kilgore, UniversiReb e c ty adjunct ca Ginslecturer. “ T h e b u r g , language d i r e c tor of the that we Education use to Justice describe P r oje c t , people supp or ts is pretty important i nformANATTA OKONKWO in shaping ing peo PRESIDENT OF THE PRISON ple of the our ideas JUSTICE PROJECT n e g a t ive a b o u t effects of them,” he stigmatizsaid. ing ex-criminals, although T hese labels on ly she is unsure of the effect increase public stigmatithis legislation could have. zation of criminals, said The project — conducted Anatta Okonkwo, presiby a variety of people at dent of the Prison Justice the University, including Project registered student students, faculty and staff organization. — provides higher educa“Labeling someone as a tion inside a medium-high ‘felon’ defi nes the person security Illinois state pris- by what they have done in on, according to the program’s website. SEE FELONS | 3A
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Homecoming 5K race participants raised money for the Emergency Dean Fund on Sunday at the Arboretum.
“Labeling somone as ‘felon’... leaves no room for societal redemption.”
Nugent Hall to house honor students in learning community BY DANIEL CORRY STAFF WRITER
Only James Scholars and Campus Honors Program students will be living on the third and fourth floors of Nugent Hall come fall 2016. The change creates the 10th Living-Learning Community, or LLC, at the University. The communities are distinctive programs in the residence halls for students sharing common interests, according to the University’s Housing website. Each community offers its own special traditions with ties to education. On Oct. 15, spaces for returning students for the new honors LLC fi lled up in a little over an hour when students registered for housing, said Kristen Ruby, associate director of housing for communications and marketing. University Housing has also reserved spaces for incoming freshman who will apply for housing this spring. “The response has been just amazing,” Ruby said. “Students are telling us that they want it, and they want to live there, and they want to become a part of this new community.” Ruby said students who apply to live in the honors LLC are engaged and love the experience. She said faculty and staff are very focused on ensuring the creation of the LLC goes smoothly. First year residents of the honors LLC will be required to take a one-credit-hour course, which will introduce students to the community, their fellow honors LLC students and honors programs at the University. The community will be composed of 50 percent returning students and 50 percent fi rst-year students.
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Nathan Sanden, assistant director for Residential Life for Academic Programs, said creating an honors community has been talked about over the past several years. Sanden oversees all of the LLCs and worked on creating the honors community for the last few years. “We really wanted to create an LLC that would involve all of those different colleges on campus, and honors seemed like a real way to go for that — given that each college has their own James Scholars program, plus the campus honors program,” Sanden said. “We wanted to
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dents with some unique and interesting projects to develop with the ‘best of the best’ students.” Charles Tucker, vice provost for Undergraduate Education and Innovation, received the formal proposal for the honor’s LLC after Sanden worked on the development. Tucker said honors communities have been very successful at other universities and with the University’s’ highly structured LLC program, “it felt like good time to do it.” Tucker said a lot of time and thought goes into the creation of LLCs, but students opinions are always encouraged when new communities are being created. “I don’t know where we’re headed in terms of numbers of LLC’s, but if what we’ve heard about honors living-type communities in other universities holds true here, we have the potential for this honors LLC to grow in size quite a lot going forward,” he said. Before creating a new LLC, Tucker said the University ensures the community will be a good value to students — greater than the investment made in them — and that there’s evidence to of a strong demand among students. “I’m just delighted that our campus is doing this and is offering it to students,” Tucker said. “We think it’s going to be very popular and that’s going to be great for the students at U. of I.”
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create an LLC that would be interdisciplinary and would encompass all of the colleges.” He said the University hopes having honors students from different backgrounds living together will create positive outcomes and new developments. “It’s a great opportunity for honors students to be able to learn from each other and be creative to work with some of the most high achieving students from across colleges,” Sanden said. “I think it applies stu-
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Young professor receives kickstart grant for women Fout Group to continue work on nitrite reduction reduction in humans and its effects on blood Just in time for Nation- pressure. al Chemistry Week, Alison She will be conducting Fout, assistant professor the research with her own in chemistry, was recently program, The Fout Group awarded a $50,000 grant to — founded in 2013, one begin new research. year after Fout joined the Fout received a Marion University faculty. The Milligan Mason Award for group focuses on molecule Women in rese a rch Chemia nd is comprised cal Sciof three ences, a underresearch g radu ate g r a n t st udents given to and nine female scientists g radu ate who are students. just startT h e ing their ALISON FOUT w o r k ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN careers. the Fout CHEMISTRY On ThursG r o u p day, Fout does — and the and will three other winners were do with the new project recognized at an awards — is “similar to that of an ceremony in Washington architect,” Fout said. D.C. hosted by the Amer“Before an architect ican Association for the breaks ground on a new Advancement in Science. building he/she builds a Fout will use the grant model of that building. This for her project, “Nitrite model will contain all the Reduction in a Non-Heme fi ne details of the building, System: Evidence for an from the placement of Alternative Mechanism,” which will research nitrite SEE GRANT | 3B BY AARON NAVARRO STAFF WRITER
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From the left, Graham Hubbert, freshman in Business, Dennis Damico, freshman in LAS, Conor Lipinski, freshman in Engineering and Peter Sokalski, freshman in Engineering, enter Nugent Hall on Saturday.
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UI debuts new engineering center BY CHRISTIN WATKINS STAFF WRITER
The new $18.5 million center for the Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems is a “really big deal,” said President Timothy Killeen. At a kick-off meeting for the center Thursday, Killeen said he believes the new center will affirm “the world-class knowhow” of the University in relation to power and electro-thermal systems. The center is sponsored by the National Science Foundation as an Engineering Research Center and aims to pack more power into less space for electrical systems, according to the Engineering at Illinois website.
“It was the commitment 10 of the 18 received site to education at the Univer- visits. sity that was very impresFinally, of the three winsive,” said Pramod Khar- ners, the University was g o nek a r, chosen to assista nt receive director an Engifor Direcneering torate of Research EngineerC e nte r. ing at the He called Nationa l the techScience nological oppor tuFoundation. nity “very Kharcompelgonekar FRANCE CORDOVA ling.” DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL said that AccordSCIENCE FOUNDATION ing to finding their next the Engiindustrial neering partner was a two-phase Research Center’s webprocess. Originally, 18 out site, the University is the of 198 proposals moved to lead institution with Howthe second stage and then ard University, Stanford
“Sometimes we come across unexpected discoveries and solutions that change the world.”
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FELONS the past and leaves no room for societal redemption,” she said. “The fact that they have paid their debt to society becomes irrelevant in the public’s mind, the employer’s mind, in the associate’s mind.” Ginsburg said supports the Ban the Box movement, which makes it illegal for employers to request cr i m i na l backg rou nd i n for m at ion on job applications, or during early stages of application review. This is currently illegal in Illinois. “A lot of people who have been convicted of a felony,
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if they see that box on an application, some of them will decide not even to apply to the job,” Ginsburg said. “So many studies have shown that if you check the box, you are never going to get a call back.” Despite the ban of “the box” in Illinois, there are still employers who question potential employees about their crimi na l background, although this should not be a concern in the initial hiring process, Kilgore said. “Universally, people are aware that this is a big obstacle to them getting employment,” he said.
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Academic Senate narrows down choices for chancellor search The formation of the Chancellor Search Committee is underway; members of the Academic Senate recently voted on the nomination of a chair to lead the committee. Members voted on nominees, William Maher, library administration professor, Atoinette Burton, history professor and
James D. Anderson, education professor. Maher and Burton led the votes with 54 and 64 votes, respectively. As a result, President Timothy Killeen will choose Maher or Burton to serve as the chair of the committee. Whoever is not chosen as chair will serve as one of the eight faculty members on the committee.
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GRANT windows and doors to the park benches that people will sit on to enjoy a sunny day,” she said. “This is very similar to how we build our molecules, a smaller model of a larger system that still contains the intricacies found in the larger molecule.” The award was also given to Katherine Mackey, assistant biogeochemistry professor at the University of California Irvine, Kristin Parent, assistant professor of cryo-electron microscopy at Michigan State University and Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, assistant inorganic/materials chemistry professor at the University of Utah. “As an early-career scientist, this is very difficult at times, to get the funding for high-risk research,” Fout said at the ceremony. “We need preliminary results, we need data, we need publications, and then we need to get that funding. And as you can imagine, all that takes time, and time costs money.”
Fout was selected out of 190 applicants from 123 schools and progressed through two stages. First, the initial applicant pool was narrowed down to the top 20 to 25 finalists. In the second stage, a jury of four members of the chemical sciences community decided the final award recipients, said Gavin Stern, AAAS director of news and information. The grant was not the first award Fout has received in her career. In 2014, she was awarded with the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, and in 2010 she was given the American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigators Award. Simran Rijhwani, a fresh ma n i n a ni ma l s c ie nc e s , s a id she appreciates the value jumpstart grants could have to a student early in their career. “The earlier students have an opportunity to apply what their learning into research, the better,” Rijhwani said.
Passes to attend Ebertfest — a five day long festival that honors University alumnus Roger Ebert — will go on sale Nov. 2. The 18th annual fest will be held at the Virginia Theater, 203 W Park Ave, from April 13 - 17. Passes will cost $150 each and 1,000 will be available.
Attendees will have the opportunity to attend all of the 12, or more, movie screenings as well as related discussions. The movies being screened has not yet been announced but will be available before the event. Ebertfest is sponsored by the College of Media
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The Fout Group is a chemical research group committed to molecule work. Alison Faut, assistant professor in chemistry, and her group will now be working on an investigation on nitrite reduction, a process that can reduce blood pressure. Fout said the grant opened the door for her. in terms of further funding for future projects. As a result of the award, she said being able to collect
data from this project will allow her to apply for funding from other agencies. “This truly facilitates an early career scientist and research group in
obtaining research results fast,” she said. “Another aspect of this award, which is unique, is the leadership development component. With this my
research group and myself will become better future scientific leaders.”
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Sanders, Trump agree that Iraq War was a mistake BY ALI ELKIN TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
It’s not every day that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders see eye-to-eye on an issue. But on Sunday the candidates from opposite ends of the political spectrum agreed that President George W. Bush’s Iraq invasion was a serious mistake. “I would say that the decision — Bush’s decision to get us into a war in Iraq unilaterally — was one of the worst foreign policy blunders in the history of the United States,” Sanders said on ABC’s “This Week.” “It destabilized the entire region, and led us, in many respects, to where we are today,” Sanders said, appearing on ABC’s This Week on Sunday. Trump made a similar argument on Twitter. Sanders and Trump seem to be on the same page, even though Trump called Sanders a “maniac” and a “socialist-slash-communist” last week. Sanders refused to comment on Trump’s remarks. “Well, if I had to respond to every absurd thing that Donald Trump said, I would spend my whole life doing it,” Sanders said. Still, the two candidates have common ground when it comes to the Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq, in part because reassessing it allows each man to target a respective rival in the presidential race. For
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the debate stage at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California Sept. 16. Sanders, it is a reminder that Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, who was then a senator from New York, voted to approve the war. “I would point out to you that in perhaps the most significant public policy issue of our time, the war in Iraq, I cast the correct vote,” Sanders said in April. “On the other hand, Secretary Clinton voted for that war. Her judgment was not right. It is an issue we have got to talk
more about.” For Trump, judging the Iraq war is yet another way to get under fellow Republican candidate Jeb Bush’s skin. This past week, Trump disputed Bush’s claim that his brother had kept America safe during his administration. “When you talk about George Bush, say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time,” Trump said.
Bush shot back at Trump on CNN Sunday. “My brother responded to a crisis, and he did it as you would hope a president would do. He united the country, he organized our country and he kept us safe. And there’s no denying that. The great majority of Americans believe that,” Bush said. “And I don’t know why he keeps bringing this up. It doesn’t show that he’s a serious person as it relates to being commander in chief
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses a crowd at the Avalon in Los Angeles, California. and being the architect of a foreign policy.” Trump returned to the subject on “Fox News Sunday” and offered an assessment of the 9/11 attacks using Sanders-esque language. “Look, look, Jeb said, ‘We were safe with my brother. We were safe,’” Trump said. “Well, the World Trade
Center just fell down! Now, am I trying to blame him? I’m not blaming anybody. But the World Trade Center came down. So when he said, we were safe, that’s not safe. We lost 3,000 people, it was one of the greatest — probably the greatest catastrophe ever in this country if you think about it, right?”
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here is a difficult balance facing young undergraduates at our University. Finding the balance between difficult course work across subjects and a booming social life at the nation’s top party school is challenging for even the best students. The students here are mostly driven and want to do well, with many participating in the University’s James Scholar honors program or the Campus Honors Program. These students have extra responsibilities like honors projects and accelerated classes along with normal student schedules. Having these extra responsibilities can be more overwhelming for young students who are still trying to navigate a college atmosphere. First and second year students are prone to stress and need extra support from friends to make their transition to school and adulthood successful. Added support could come from a Living Learning Community, and one is being created for students in Nugent Hall next year. Two floors of the dorm will serve as an honors program LLC comprised of half first-year students and half returning students. Students will take a one hour course aimed at introducing them to the honors program along with living in the community. The goal of the LLC is to have honors students from across the different colleges work and learn together, said Nathan Sanden, Assistant Director for Residential Life for Academic Programs. Having some of the best and brightest all on two floors will also allow students to lean on one another for support when transitioning into college. Despite having different areas of study, honors student have a shared experience to bond over, and hopefully, the returning students can give valuable advice to their younger floormates. But, like anything, there are pitfalls. Some students who are equally as talented and driven, but might not have had the top grades in high school or transferred from another university do not have access to the same resources. Not to mention that it will not be possible for every honors program and James Scholar student to live on the two floors — meaning some students will inevitably be excluded. Nugent is also a newer dorm with higher costs, which may discourage some cashstrapped honors students from living there, especially when LLCs are more expensive at the University than standard dorms to begin with. Another argument against LLCs in general is that they keep students from expanding their horizons. Part of the greatness of freshman year dorms is the diversity in personalities and lifestyles. An honors student’s study habits can rub off on a roommate who may be less academically motivated, but that student could teach the honors student how to take a night off. The same could be said about any LLC, but an honors group provides its own set of unique benefits and challenges. It has the potential to be a great emotional and academic support system that would expand minds and help transition gifted students. But it also has the potential to create a stressful, competitive environment. Only time will tell how how the LLC plays out and the roll it takes in University housing.
Removing bias from news for students COURTNEY BOYER Opinions columnist
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ollege students are often mocked for not being informed in “real world” events, and when they do have opinions on worldly events, they are often not taken seriously. A lot of college students are frequently distracted with homework and problems directly affecting themselves, however, a lot of students do like to keep up with news and know what’s going on in the world. This makes certain news outlets such as theSkimm very useful. For those who do not know, theSkimm is a free daily newsletter is delivered to your email each morning. These emails cover basic news topics and happenings in the world in an easy-tounderstand way that are also brief, making them quick and easy to read. This makes it perfect for young people, especially college students, who are busy. theSkimm was actually originally made with college students in mind. Over the past week, theSkimm reported on a story in a way that upset some of its readers, but they have not released any statements that seem to acknowledge that
they do read and care about their reader’s responses. The controversial snippet released in their daily email covered the recent violence that has been occurring in Israel. In it, they described the recent attacks that left at least eight Israelis and 30 Palestinians dead as acts of “terrorism,” — with the quotation marks included. They also described the conflicts as the “ushe” — a shortened version for “the usual.” Many people were tweeting to theSkimm and letting them know how appalled they were with the reporting on Israel. Many people called it biased, inaccurate and even disgusting. They called out theSkimm’s use of quotation marks around the word “terrorism” and called the language very one-sided. This story was clearly targeted towards young people, and the reader’s population responded in a way that was unfavorable to the biased reporting. TheSkimm acknowledged the backlash that they received with a blog post ending with “We do our best. You have a lot of opinions. And we hear them (sic)” This response just seems
like a way to get people off their backs. It further proves that the opinions being sent in were not valued — if theSkimm did hear the complaints, as they said they did, the fact that nothing has been done about the situation shows that the opinions of the readers were disregarded. Since this news outlet does cater specifically to young people, they should be more aware of the way that they are reporting news stories. It is important to be objective in reporting, always, especially based on how the population who reads it is going to respond. However, even when their readers did respond, theSkimm did not validate or acknowledge their opinions, which is disheartening. I am pleased to see that college students have such strong opinions on news in the world and are inclined to reach out to news media outlets when they are upset and angry. Young people’s opinions are often scoffed at or believed as less important and the fact that theSkimm has not apologized for it’s reporting on the story attests to this. TheSkimm claims to be great for
Staying away from biased reporting is especially important for young people...we are still trying to form our own opinions.
young students because it is a quick and easy way to get the news, however, if theSkimm refuses to take seriously the opinions of these students, they are actually hurting this generation more than helping it. It is great that college students have strong opinions on things such as this, but it is just as important that news outlets keep any bias in check and report with reader and victim sensitivity in mind. Biased reporting, especially that which is specifically catered to young people, could potentially feed information to readers that is not entirely accurate, and can sway them on important topics without providing full information. Staying away from biased reporting is especially important for young people because, as opposed to older generations, we are still trying to form our own opinions on real world topics. As with all biased news, it makes it harder for readers to form their own opinions on topics. As the future leaders of the world, it is great to see students calling out biased reporting. News outlets targeted towards college students should not be reporting in biased ways and should not discredit the opinions of young people.
Courtney is a sophomore in LAS. opinions@dailyillini.com
Skip the latte and donate to Syrian relief AGUEDA GARCIA Opinions columnist
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inter is approaching and, for many of us, it is easy to unpack our winter clothes and be ready to face the harsh weather that awaits us. The Syrian people who have left their homes with almost nothing are struggling to build a better life for themselves and their family — they too will have to get ready to face the winter months. The troubles in Syria began in 2011 when peaceful demonstrators who were calling for democracy and more freedom were met with violence from security forces. The conflict escalated and a civil war erupted between Syrian rebels and President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. The Syrian people are seeking asylum because of the ongoing danger the country’s unstable environment poses. As the refugees journey to find shelter, they lack many of the basic amenities we so often take for granted. Four years of civil war, four million refugees and so many deaths cannot be ignored. Many of the refugees are
children, and at such a young age they have already lived through instability, violence and tragedy. As students of this University, it is important that we do not forget the troubles that many Syrian refugees face and that we can find the means to donate. As Illinois students, we are familiar with freezing winds and blizzards; however, most of us have not faced a winter without a jacket, shelter or food. With Homecoming and Halloween approaching and midterms behind us, many of us will be spending money on costumes, alcohol and our favorite restaurant on Green Street, while Syrian families are forced to wonder where their next meal might come from. We should remember them when we make unnecessary purchases, instead think about the impact a donation can make — the money spent on a latte or slice of pizza could instead go to those who are seeking basic resources. In July, the number of Syr-
ian refugees had grown to four million and 7.6 million still remain in Syria. No matter where they are located, the Syrian people are facing obstacles that some of us could never imagine. Donations are helping them continue their journey and survive the harsh conditions. Organizations like UNHCR and Unicef are taking small monetary donations to help the relief efforts. Rather than spending money on a sweater from Urban Outfitters or sushi from Ko Fusion, we can choose to eat in one day and instead donate to organizations that can truly make a difference. Donations to UNHCR can provide help in running camps and providing shelter and aid to refugees across Europe. On the other hand, Unicef provides life-saving supplies such as clean water, medicine and psychological support for Syrian refugees. The organization states that 14 dollars could provide an emergency water kit for a family.
As Illinois students we are familiar with freezing winds and blizzards; however most of us have not faced winter without a jacket, shelter or food.
We can donate small amounts of money or if donating money isn’t possible, we can help by staying informed and making sure not to ignore the refugees’ struggles. A small contribution can go very far and it will enable them to move forward to a better place. It is hard to reflect on a dire situation like the one the Syrian people are facing while being so far away from the crisis. Although we are in Champaign, there are still ways to connect to this crisis. Last March, the Arab Student Association at the University began a Syrian Relief Project on campus in order to raise awareness about the ongoing troubles facing the Syrian people. The organization was hoping to teach students about the Syrian crisis and were asking for monetary donations to send to organizations. We have an obligation to take initiative and learn about the refugee struggles and donate in order to help them. Access to donation centers online and free newspapers available by campus buildings make it easy for us to keep informed; we have no reason not to be involved.
Agueda is a senior in LAS. agarci85@daillyillini.com
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explore her curiosities. “I’ve always been interested in the paranormal,” Cochran said. “I don’t necessarily believe, but that’s why I’m doing this.” Leger explained that what keeps her hooked on ghost
hunting is the feeling she experiences in the presence of the paranormal. “It’s not very glamorous. You go to a lot of cold, dirty places and sit around for hours in the dark,” Leger said. “Sometimes you don’t get anything, but the minute you do is when you know you want to do it again.” Davies had one statement
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that summed up his experience with ghost hunting: “I’ve found too much evidence not to believe.” Recordings, videos and other evidence that the Champaign-Urbana Paranormal Society have collected can be found at www.cuparanormal.org.
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UI professor warns of sedentary behavior
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The Sedentary Behavior and Health Conference, held Thursday through Saturday, was live-streamed internationally with the purpose of bringing attention to growing problems stemming from lack of physical activity. BY EMILY SCOTT STAFF WRITER
“Sitting is the smoking of the 21st century” — this is the call of the Sedentary Behavior and Health Conference, which was held from Thursday to Saturday and was live streamed online internationally at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. As the first international conference on the topic of sedentary behavior, the event’s goal was to bring attention to the growing problem through workshops, 28 presentations from scholars in the field, poster sessions and more. “Obesity, chronic disease problems due to lack of physical activity and overeating have become a worldwide problem,” wrote Weimo Zhu, University professor of kinesiology and community health and organizer of the conference, in an email. “To meet our genes’ ‘moving’ needs, we have to keep the same moving patterns. The modern ‘mandatory’ sitting environment, however, makes us sit too long.” He cited examples such as learning, working, traveling and socializing — all of which require prolonged periods of sitting. Zhu explained that he discovered sedentary behavior affected his personal life a few years ago. Though he exercised daily, he would sit in his office for a majority of the day. He began to feel negative impacts such as lower-back pain and increased blood sugar. After exploring a few alternatives, he built a standing desk in his office and now stands for five to seven hours during his work day. “Studies show that even a five-to-10-minute break per hour from prolonged sitting
could bring some significant health benefits,” Zhu wrote. The promotion of this lifestyle was even coordinated into the structure of the conference — to have a break from prolonged sitting, attendees participated in standing Q & A sessions as well as “standing applause” at the end of presentations. Zhu organized a conference specifically about sedentary behavior and health because he feels it is his “responsibility” to address critical health problems as a physical activity and public health scholar. Throughout his career, Zhu’s research has focused
“The modern ‘mandatory’ sitting environment, however, makes us sit too long.” WEIMO ZHU
UI PROFESSOR OF KINESIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
on kinesmetrics, or the measurement and statistical analysis issues in kinesiology. He spoke at the conference on the topic of “critical psychometric issues in analyzing sedentary behavior,” discussing how to best measure data about sedentary behavior and the research problems that go along with it. Not only was the Sedentary Behavior and Health Conference unique in its topic, but it was also different because it was live-streamed online. The streaming allowed for viewers to have remote access to conference events and the ability to chat in real time with speakers. The live streaming was done in cooperation with the
National Center for Supercomputing Applications and YellowBox Advertising. Nate Hartmann, creative strategist for YellowBox Advertising, said a mutual friend of his and Zhu’s reached out to him about four years ago to begin initial planning of the conference. “Over time, they realized there was a lot of international interest,” Hartmann said. “They realized this was a way they could take it up a notch and make (the conference) available to a lot more people.” Hartmann said this live streaming aspect is unique because while other conferences may stream speakers into the conference, they haven’t seen any conferences that broadcast to a larger audience. Looking back, Zhu believed it was a wise decision. Approximately 100 individuals and 30 universities worldwide participated in the conference through the live stream. At the end of the day, Zhu hoped to promote a lifestyle that combines sitting, standing and moving around — a lifestyle that he has seen make improvements in his own life. To make this change, Zhu recommended starting slow by standing and walking for five minutes every hour. “You will start to feel benefits — released lower-back (pain), decreased blood sugar and pressure, more energy — when you can stand for thirty minutes at a time,” he explained. “Again, remember that prolonged standing is not good either; the key is to integrate sitting, standing and small movement together and make your life ‘active living.’”
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Three of a kind: The Red Herring looks to promote vegan cuisine BY ABBY PAETH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Three different types of beans, sweet potatoes and bell peppers are some of the main ingredients used to make vegan chili at the Red Herring in Urbana. The restaurant is interested in getting the community more involved, and will start today with its first vegan chili cook-off. The cook-off is a fundraiser to support the Channing Murray Foundation and to raise money for social and environmental justice. It will feature a threecourse dinner that includes the Red Herring’s own chili recipe and vegan cornbread, as well as three different types of chili made by both community members and a registered student organization known as the University Vegans. Participants will vote on their favorite chili and a winner will be announced at the end of the evening. “With the permission of the person who wins, we will feature their recipe as a special sometime this semester,” said Holly Curia, head chef and kitchen manager at the Red Herring. “It would be awesome if somebody made a chili that I was blown away by ... If people think it’s better we might have to change (our) recipe.” According to the Channing Murray Foundation’s website, the fundraiser aims to promote its goals through events that are “radically
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The Red Herring will host its first ever vegan chili cook-off on Monday at its restaurant. inclusive, social justice-centered and spiritually alive.” Sean Hennessy, outreach coordinator of University Vegans and graduate student in Agricultural and Applied Economics, will volunteer at the event with other members of the group. He said one of the great benefits of maintaining a vegan diet is learning how to cook and get creative when preparing food. “At first, (the diet) seems super restrictive, like no meat, no milk, no eggs and those things are in a lot of different foods. But then you start exploring other foods and you discover that it’s this whole (other) world,” he said. Geeta Bharathi, junior in Business and Media, was a vegetarian most of her life before she started eating meat during her senior year in high school. While
Bharathi doesn’t consider herself a vegetarian anymore, she said she still enjoys vegetarian cuisine and tries to stay away from meat. “It was harder to be vegetarian in college. If you go to the Ike there is a vegan section but everything just (doesn’t) taste fresh,” she said. “(The Red Herring) makes it easier having the option to go somewhere where you know that everything is vegan.” Hennessy said he’s excited to participate in the event and thinks it’s a good way to get community members and students introduced to vegan foods. “Chili is one of those (foods) where even some meat eaters will say vegan chili is better than a chili that uses meat,” Hennessy said.
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Local breweries foster community
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Michael Miller, Triptych brewery’s sales representative pours a taster glass of their special Pygmalion Pilsner created for the Pygmalion Festival in ChampaignUrbana that happened last month.
Sipyard beer garden helps the C-U community through local beer BY SUSAN SZUCH
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he C-U community can expect to see a new addition to the Urbana bar lineup, as well as expansions to already existing breweries in Champaign and Savoy. Sipyard is an open-air beer garden located in the space called AirUrbana between Flying Machine Coffee, at 208 W. Main Street and [co][lab], at 206 W. Main Street. Red shipping containers dominate the area, one of which will be used as a concession area to serve beer, while the others are still available for other retailers to use. Carl Catedral, one of the owners of Sipyard, was inspired to start the project to provide more spaces for people to gather in Urbana. He hopes the project will provide the community with an environment where people can “have fun and create positive memories of living in our Midwest community.” “(We want to) bring interesting places to the community,” Catedral said. “Downtown Urbana can be a place that has an urban feel — not that we’re trying to urbanize in a specific way — but inspire people to see it in a different way and feel excited about what’s happening here and participate in it. Through that, I hope we can inspire them to do things, also.” Another one of the ways Sipyard hopes to contribute to the community is by serving local beers. “I think, in general, we’re passionate about keeping things local. As business owners, we’re supporting other local business owners. Even if you’re paying a little bit more for
stuff, that money is staying in the town,” Catedral said. “If money is staying in the community, in the town, that money is helping infrastructure grow.” Catedral added that they want to be a part of that local support through their beer. Sipyard is not the only place that contributes to the community through their plan to serve local beer. Bars like Black Dog Smoke & Ale House and The Canopy Club serve beer made by Savoy-based brewpub, a combination of a brewery and a bar, Triptych. Triptych is currently undergoing construction to put in an automated canning line so they can increase production and expand where they provide their beers. The almost three-year-old brewpub offers anywhere from 10 to 12 different types of beers on average. Owner Anthony Benjamin said that in the time they’ve been open, they’ve brewed around 200 different beers. “A lot of times, if you blink, you’ll miss two or three beers down here. Every week, two or three new beers come on draft,” Benjamin said. “If a beer is really popular, which we measure by sales and customer feedback, we’ll put it back on again.” Much of the inspiration for the beers Triptych brews comes from the seasons and weather, as well as different ingredients that they come across. “Sometimes it’s just random ingredients get dropped on our laps, we had peaches get dropped off here from Prairie Fruit Farms, which is a goat farm in Urbana. We’re making a special beer with those soon,” Benjamin said. “Sometimes it’s apple cider from
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Chris Knight, owner of the Blind Pig franchises in Champaign, stands in front of the door to his new production facility that will allow a larger production of his beers that will then be bottled and sold outside of the brewpub. Curtis Orchard. It really depends on what we might find, or what somebody brings to us or suggests.” The Blind Pig is another brewpub currently looking to expand its reach. Started by owner Chris Knight in 1990, as a bar in the space where Cowboy Monkey currently occupies, The Blind Pig has expanded to three locations since then. The main location, The Blind Pig Co. on Walnut Street, as well as the brewpub on Neil Street and the expansion of the brewpub. Knight has been working for the last 15 years to add a brewery to The Blind Pig’s lineup. An adjunct professor in chemistry who came to the University to do postdoc work, Knight saw an opportunity when he first came to Champaign to educate people on beer, something he did by serving beers like Guinness and Bass on draft when the norm had been mainly domestic beers like Budweiser or Pabst Blue Ribbon. Eventually, as the demand for craft beer increased, Knight came up with the
idea to start his own craft beer brewery in Champaign, especially given the fact that the community’s water comes from the Mahomet Aquifer, one of the purest sources of water in the United States. “So put together the fact that we have good water and that there’s a lot of people who like craft beer, and it should be obvious that you should start your own brewery,” Knight said. “And it’s been over 15 years that I’ve been trying to organize that.”
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“I think, in general, we’re passionate about keeping things local.” CARL CATEDRAL SIPYARD OWNER
C-U Paranormal Society seeks spiritual world BY MADDIE GALASSI STAFF WRITER
While some spend the few weeks leading up to Halloween running away from ghosts, one group of locals is running toward them. The Champaign Urbana Paranormal Society searches for evidence of the paranormal by conducting ghost hunts both locally and around the nation. The society’s founder, Bob Davies, also known as the ‘Ghost Cowboy,’ got the idea for the organization after a paranormal experience sparked his passion for ghost hunting. Davies’ mother passed in 2001, and he found himself facing some hardship as a result. “I woke up one night around 2006, and my mother was standing next to my bed,” Davies explained. “She told me things were going to get better. Soon after that, my life turned around completely.”
Davies began searching for more evidence of the paranormal. After stumbling upon an episode of Ghost Hunters, he begin doing research on tours of haunted locations around the nation and discovered one of the top ten most haunted was nearby in Alton, Illinois. “I’ve been down there a few times and I’ve had some really crazy stuff happen to me,” Davies remembered. “Channel 4 had been there a few days before, and they had left tape marks around the feet of some of the furniture for filming purposes. I left the room, and heard the door slam shut behind me. When I went back into the room, nobody was there, but all the furniture was moved a few inches off of the tape marks. That’s what really hooked me on ghost hunting.” Davies has also conducted private local investigations of potential hauntings. The society has spent time exploring some of C-U’s local
soon.” legends. It has been three years “The old YMCA has been rumored to be haunted for since Leger’s first ghost hunt. many years,” he said. “We Since then, she has found eviwere able to get into it for dence of the paranormal in a night, and got some evi- Champaign as well as other dence, but not enough to con- locations across the country. firm that it She also is definitely ex pla i ned haunted.” that at one The paralocal, prinormal socivate invesety is trying tigation, to return to she recordthe YMCA ed what appeared to for further be knocking investigation, and and a little girl talking. to possibly BOB DAVIES There were confirm its FOUNDER OF CHAMPAIGN haunting. no children URBANA PARANORMAL SOCIETY “I think present. B o t h that there Davies and is something there,” said Lori Leger found some of their Leger, Champaign resident most compelling paranorand member of the paranor- mal evidence at the Transmal society, about the local Allegheny Lunatic Asylum YMCA. “Some nights things in Weston, West Virginia. are jumping and some nights Starting in 1864, thousands they’re more tame, so I defi- of people with mental illness nitely would like to go back lived there, and hundreds
“A lot of people ... expect a ghost to jump out at them, and it just doesn’t work that way.”
died there before its closing in 1994. The spirits there are said to haunt the asylum back to the Civil War era. “I’m always the slowest one on ghost hunts, since I have a cane,” Davies said. “I was walking down a long, dark corridor and heard the footsteps of someone walking behind me, which was exciting because I wasn’t the last one. I turned around, and no one was there.” Leger explained that her experience at Trans-Allegheny involved a little bit more emotion. “I was in the women’s ward, and saw a shadow in one of the rooms and had the feeling that someone was there. I heard a noise and didn’t know what it was, but all of the hair stood up on my arms,” Leger said. “I walked back into the hallway, and aloud said that that if there was a message they needed to share to express it. I suddenly got an overwhelming feeling of sadness and almost
started crying.” According to Leger, women were neglected at the asylum. “They did not treat people well there,” she said. “I think their message was that they were really, really sad.” Despite the apparent excitement, Davies said that ghost hunting is not for the faint of heart. He explained that it requires both courage and patience. “A lot of people go ghost hunting and expect a ghost to jump out at them, and it just doesn’t work that way,” he said. “What I always tell people when they show interest in the society is that you might think you want to ghost hunt, but until you experience a paranormal encounter you don’t really know if you can or not,” Davies said. Chris Cochran, another member of the CU Paranormal Society, explained that she joined the society to
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WEEKEND ROUNDUP:
SPORTS
VOLLEYBALL: FRI: ILL 3, IOWA 0 SAT: NEB 3, ILL 0 HUFF HALL SOCCER: SUN: ILL 3, NEB 1 ILLINOIS SOCCER STADIUM
HOCKEY: FRI: RMU 4, ILL 1 SAT: ILL 5, RMU 3 ILLINOIS ICE ARENA
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MEN’S CROSSCOUNTRY: FRI: 20 OUT OF 36 ADIDAS WISCONSIN INVITE MADISON, WIS.
SWIMMING: FRI: ILL 371, EIU 66 ILL 366, WIU 69 ILL 338, OLIVET NAZARENE 101 FIGHTING ILLINI DUAL MEET SPECTACULAR ARC POOL
Volleyball 1-1 for the weekend Illini sweep the Hawkeyes but get swept by the Cornhuskers BY DANIEL DEXTER STAFF WRITER
Even though the results might not show it, Illinois volleyball head coach Kevin Hambly saw improvement. After the No. 16 Illini (127) took down Big Ten bottomfeeder Iowa (10-11) on Friday at Huff Hall in three sets (25-16, 25-16, 26-24), Hambly didn’t allow himself to get too excited. He admitted it was nice to see his team snap its four-game losing streak, but its level of play was going to need to be sharper to compete with No. 3 Nebraska (16-2). His intuition was right and the Cornhuskers ended up making quick work of the Illini (25-22, 25-18, 25-19). It was the first time the Illini have been swept this season, but Hambly was optimistic about his team’s effort. “I thought we defended how we want to defend for the most part, and we played with our hearts out there a little bit more,” Hambly said. “We fought, we just didn’t execute the way we need to execute to beat a team like that, who’s playing at a high level. We will continue to get back to work.” On the defensive end, the
Illini limited the Hawkeyes and Cornhuskers to .157 and .219 hitting percentages, respectively. This represented an improvement compared to last weekend when Penn State and Ohio State hit for .289 and .271 in their respective matches against Illinois. Middle blocker Katie Stadick, who has struggled in previous matches, seemed to get out of her slump against the Hawkeyes. She took part in four of the team’s seven blocks and was one of four players to record 10 kills on the night. “We were really getting after it this week in practice, just being more defensive-minded and trying to assert our will on teams,” Stadick said. “It was definitely better than what it has been, but it could always use improvement.” While the team found success offensively against the Hawkeyes, a team that remains winless in the Big Ten, the Illini had trouble finding their rhythm against the Cornhuskers. Illinois hit for just .108 and none of the players reached 10 kills. Illinois particularly struggled at the end of the second
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Illinois’ Katie Stadick spikes the ball during the match against Nebraska at Huff Hall on Saturday.
Volleyball weekend
Illinois 3 Iowa 0 Nebraska 3 Illinois 0 Summary: The Illini snapped their four game losing streak in a sweep of Iowa, but were swept themselves the next night
by No. 3 Nebraska. Key Performer: Naya Crittenden put up 10 kills and two blocks against Iowa. She followed up her performance with nine kills and two blocks against Nebraska. The
set when Nebraska went on a 8-0 run behind the serves of Nebraska’s star freshman Mikaela Foecke. The outside hitter had four aces and one kill on the run. Defensive specialist Julia Conard said after the match that the Illini had trouble finding a connection on its passes, which led to the Cornhuskers’ domi-
nant run. “Toward the end of the second set, I don’t think that was necessarily a reflection of how we passed the entire night,” Conard said. “I think it was just the wrong series of serves received. I think overall we had each others’ backs and cleaned it up.” Despite the scoring trou-
opposite hitter has seen an increased role on the team recently. Quote of the weekend: Kevin Hambly: “The first weekend we were in here talking about how we didn’t fight the way
wanted to. (On Saturday), I feel like we fought hard. … What I saw progress in is our mentality and our willingness to put ourselves out there and fight. That’s a step in the right direction.”
bles, Hambly said he saw an emotional investment from his team that wasn’t there the previous weekend. Still, he noted that his team made too many errors in both matches and “isn’t even close” to meeting program expectations, but is making progress. “The first weekend we were in here talking about
how we didn’t fight the way wanted to,” Hambly said. “(On Saturday), I feel like we fought hard. … What I saw progress in is our mentality and our willingness to put ourselves out there and fight. That’s a step in the right direction.”
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Soccer’s hopes for Big Ten tourney still alive BY JONATHAN JOFFE STAFF WRITER
There was a noticeable lack of energy on the Illini soccer team’s part Thursday evening, and the team’s play suffered as a result. The Illini dropped a 1-0 match to Iowa, who was previously winless in the Big Ten. Junior defender Hope D’Addario was able to find the net in the loss, but she put it past her own goalkeeper, Claire Wheatley, instead of into the Hawkeyes’ net. D’Addario was attempting to clear a ball that deflected off of Illinois’ post after an Iowa strike, but she reacted late and the ball bounced off of her leg and into the net. Illinois’ own-goal was the only score of the game for either team. The loss had serious implications in the Big Ten standings. Ohio State moved ahead of Illinois in the Big Ten standings, bumping Illinois to ninth – only eight teams make the Big Ten tournament. Fast forward to Sunday: the Illini came out with a renewed energy and sense of urgency, knowing that a loss to Nebraska would potentially put their tournament hopes to an end. It was only fitting that Nebraska sat one spot behind Illinois in the standings heading into the matchup. Illinois was looking to avoid further falling in the standings, while Nebraska aimed to climb up them. The C or nhuskers matched the Illini’s high energy and while the two teams combined for six shots in the first half, neither side scored. Illinois came out firing in the second half and overwhelmed Nebraska. In the 57th minute of play, Illinois defender Sarah Warren executed a pinpoint lobbed ball over the heads of the Cornhusker defense and found forward Kara Marbury. Marbury floated a header of her own over the reach of Nebraska goaltender Erika Johnson and straight into the upper right corner of the net. The Illini amped up their energy level even more following Marbury’s goal, as the team was determined to put the game out of reach. Marbury struck again five minutes later for Illi-
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Eric Cruickshank (15) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Robert Morris on Saturday. Cruickshank had a hat-trick and led the Illini to a 5-3 win over the Eagles.
Hockey rebounds in big win against Robert Morris BY COLE HENKE STAFF WRITER
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Allison Stucky dribbles around a defender during Illinois 1-0 loss on Friday against Iowa at Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium.
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Illinois 0 Iowa 1 Illinois 3 Nebraska 1 Summary: Illinois regained its position in the Big Ten standings after a win on Sunday Key performers: Kara Marbury had two goals on Sunday Quote of the weekend: nois, after midfielder Allison Stucky fired a cross in from eighteen yards out. Stucky’s ball found Marbury on the left side just in front of the goal, and the sophomore sent it rocketing into the net. The Illini fed off of the newly found momentum and continued to pour it on. In the 65th minute, midfielder/forward Katherine Ratz scored after a touch pass from Taylore Peterson inside the box, stretching Illinois’ lead to three. Nebraska was able to shrink the Illini’s lead back to two in the 82nd minute after Nebraska forward Haley Hanson booted in a strike from 25 yards out, but the score stayed put for the remainder of the match. “Both Sarah (Warren) and Allison (Stucky) played perfect balls over the back
Head coach Janet Rayfield: “It’s letting go of the things you want in order to get them” Hidden stat: This is the first time Illinois has scored 3 or more goals since Aug. 30 against St. Louis Up next: Northwestern on Saturday of (Nebraska’s) line,” Marbury said of her goals. “I think they saw me there, and I just happened to get my head on the end of it.” Marbury attributed the team’s success Sunday to a light-hearted change in coaching philosophy. After the Illini’s loss last Thursday, Rayfield reminded her team to have fun, live in the moment and enjoy its season. “It’s letting go of the things you want in order to get them,” Rayfield said. “We should play like we did at the beginning of the season, and play just because we love to play.” With her team’s fate unknown at this point, Rayfield is keeping her message short: “Just go for it.”
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The Illinois hockey team was eager to start its conference season on a high note against Robert Morris on Friday. The Illini ended up having to wait one more night to reach that high note. The No. 7 Eagles (1-3-0 CSCHL) started their conference season with two losses to Lindenwood. But they picked up their first conference win of the year against the No. 13 Illini (1-10 CSCHL) on Friday night. Illinois sophomore forward Shaunak Pal credited poor consistency for Friday’s result. The Illini were down 1-0 after the first period, but early in the third period, the Eagles were up 3-0. The final score was 4-1. “We took a little bit of time to get going,” Pal said. “That has been a problem for our team all season. It takes a while to really find our game. We take stupid penalties and give them chances.” Pal said while the Illini didn’t necessarily play badly Friday, they could have played a lot better. Saturday night’s game was completely different though. The Illini beat the Eagles 5-3, behind a hat-trick from forward Eric Cruickshank. According to Cruickshank, the real story of the game was that his team played the full 60 minutes. The Illini fell behind early after a power-play goal by the Eagles, but Cruickshank started to heat up in the second period. He netted two of his three goals in the second period. The first goal came when the teams were playing four-on-
four during a minor penalty for both sides. The second goal came while the Illini were short-handed. Entering the third period the two sides were tied, but goals from Pal, Cruickshank and junior Josh Belmont secured the game for the Illini. It was Cruickshank’s second multi-goal game this season. “It is obviously great to lead the team in that aspect,” Cruickshank said. “I wouldn’t be able to score the goals without my teammates making the initial plays. For example, I wouldn’t have scored my second goal without (Pal) giving me a great pass.” Pal scored the go-ahead goal early in the third quarter, which he called “a bigenergy goal.” That goal opened the floodgates for the Illini. The offense was not the only part of the Illini’s game firing on all cylinders. The defensive zone stayed solid all night. The Illini defensemen blocked more than 30 shots during the game Saturday. The Eagles were putting more shots on goal than the Illini all weekend. Even in Saturday’s third period, when Illinois scored three goals, Robert Morris still put more shots on goal (13-7). “We did a great job clearing the puck,” Pal said. “On Friday, we were turning the puck over a lot on defense. Saturday we did a lot better job keeping control of the puck and moving it down the ice.” The Illini played man-toman defense on both nights,
Hockey weekend
Friday, Oct. 16 Robert Morris 4 Illinois 1 Saturday, Oct. 17 Illinois 5 Robert Morris 3 Summary: Robert Morris had control of the game all night on Friday. On Saturday the Illini turned the tables behind a hat trick from sophomore Eric Cruickshank. Key Player: Eric Cruickshank Quote of the Game: Shaunak Pal: “This win could not have come at a better time.” Who’s Next: No. 1-ranked Ohio University Oct. 23 and 24 but Cruickshank said the communication between the players on Saturday was much better than on Friday. The defensive zone stayed tight and kept the Eagles from getting inside. Illinois had yet to take down a nationally ranked opponent this season, despite being ranked No. 13. Every other team in the CSCHL conference is ranked in the top 10, and the Illini hope that Saturday’s win over the Eagles won’t be the team’s last top-10 victory. “I think this weekend really showed who we are,” Cruickshank said. “It showed we can beat a good team and play a full 60 minutes.”
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Men’s team without head coach
Assistant wheelchair basketball coach steps up BY THOMAS POLCYN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Following a successful 2014-2015 season, the Illinois men’s wheelchair basketball team will begin this season’s campaign without its head coach. Just after the school year began, head coach Matt Buchi had a kidney removed and has been unable to rejoin the team since. In his absence, assistant coach Kate Rougeau
has taken over and is preparing the Illini for their upcoming season opener. Under normal circumstances, Rougeau operates as the assistant for both the men’s and women’s teams. In practice she does nearly equal work with both sides and as a result has gotten to know the ins and outs of each team. “I think (working with both teams) benefits both sides,” Rougeau said. “I
think sometimes there is a detriment where I can be stretched too thin, and they won’t always have a coach for the full length of practice. Typically I’ll bounce back and forth between drills so I’ll miss things they’re working on. It makes (the coaches) communication off court that much more important, but I really enjoy working with both teams.” Rougeau has now been with the Illini for three years as the assistant to both the men’s and women’s teams. Before coming to Champaign, she worked with younger teams —
5-18-year-olds — back in her home state of Michigan. After making connections with old Illinois coaches she submitted her application and was given her current job. In addition to working with the basketball teams Rougeau is also a graduate student at Illinois, seeking a doctorate in biobehavioral kinesiology. Recently, Buchi returned to the office but still has a little time to go before he makes a return to the court. For now, he meets with both Rougeau and women’s head coach Stephanie Wheeler. In these meetings they watch film and form game/
practice plans for the week. The team is hopeful that he will make a return to the court around mid-November, but for the most part Rougeau is running things exactly as Buchi would if he were there. “We talk every day,” Rougeau said. “He sits in on our practice plans, so we are pretty serious to make sure that nothing changes while he is gone.” Under the mentorship of Rougeau, the team is making its final preparations for game action as its season will start next week. Rougeau won’t be alone at the game, as Wheel-
er will assist her at the tournament. “We’re getting there,” Rougeau said. “It is going to be a test for the team and luckily I will have (Wheeler) by my side on the bench to help me see things I might not see right away. We just began running our set plays and we can use some work but we’ll get there.” The experience of both Wheeler and Rougeau will carry the Illini into action next weekend in the men’s season opening tournament.
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Illini finish 43rd in disappointing meet BY MIKE GASICK CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Ilinois women’s crosscountry team had to work hard to reach a race filled with top-tier teams at this year’s Pre-Nationals meet. After a solid performance at last month’s Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Illini qualified to compete against highlevel competition – Louisville considered the Illini’s performance at the Griak Invite good enough to enter the race. Some of the teams that competed in this year’s meet include Oregon, Georgetown, Michigan, Colorado and Stanford. As a team, the Illini finished 43rd in the 45-team field. Michigan took the PreNationals title with a score of 150. Colorado finished in second place with a score of 151. Oregon rounded off the top three, posting a score of 175. “We were disappointed,” head coach Scott Jones said. “I thought we had higher aspirations. It wasn’t the effort that I was disappointed with, it was more the outcome.” The Illini were led by junior Hanna Winter, who completed her best race of the season, finishing in 21 minutes and 30 seconds, good for 161st place. Jones said Winter was comfortable in the racing environment and passed 57 people in the last half of the race. Jones believed that Winter handled herself well throughout the race. Second to cross the finish line for the Illini was junior Audrey Blazek with a time of 21:46, good enough for 212th place. Senior Valerie Bobart finished right behind Blazek, finishing one second later in 213th and junior Britten Petry followed, posting respective times of 21:47 and 21:54. Sophomore Denise Branch JOVANIE DE LA CRUZ THE DAILY ILLINI and junior Megan Lemersal were the next Illini to finish. Audrey Blazek (251) and Denise Branch (253) keeping their pace steady at the Illini Challenge 2015 at the Arboretum on Sept. 4. The final runner to complete the race for the Illini was Saturday. According to Jones, she wanted to be ready for far more quality teams. Pre-Nationals Meet Illinois has one more race junior Kim Seger, who end- Schneider was held out for that.” Key player: Hanna Winter, who finished 161st ed in 305th in 23:11. precautionary reasons. Jones said that the envi- — the Illini Open on Oct. 23 Summary: The Illini finished 43rd out of 45 teams Redshirt senior Alyssa “If it was a do-or-die situa- ronment may have been a — to prepare for the Big Ten Schneider, the team’s lead- tion, she could have run, but factor in the “disappointing” Championships on Nov. 1. Quote of the game: Head coach Scott Jones: “It wasn’t ing runner, who has finished it’s not,” Jones said.” We’ve outcome. The course was difthe effort that I was disappointed, it was more the first for the team in every got the meets that define our ferent than that at the Griak gasick2@dailyillini.com outcome.” race this season, did not run season still in front of us, so Invitational, and there were @mike_mgasick
Two-meet day ends with mixed results BY WILL MOST CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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D. Lathrop (288), G. Lee (289), Z. Smith (293), and B. Magnesen (290) taking the lead together during the first pass at the Illini Challenge 2015 at the Arboretum on Sept. 4.
adidas Wisconsin Invite Bradley Classic Summary: The Illini take 20th in Madison with Dylan Lafond placing 22nd and take first in Peoria with three top 10 finishes.
Quote of the meet: Dylan Lafond: “I think there were certainly good things that happened at both races, we are very much pleased with the weekend.” Up next: Illini Open, Oct. 23., UI Arboretum
Going into the weekend, the Illini men’s cross country team had visions of major success for both the adidas Wisconsin Invite and the Bradley Classic. The invite offered Illinois a chance to prove that its cross country team deserves national recognition, while the Classic presented an opportunity to show its depth as a team. These two meets had mixed results: The Illini took 20th in a competitive field of 36 in Madison, Wisconsin, and finished first in the less competitive race in Peoria, Illinois. While the weekend might not have been the huge leap forward the Illini were hoping for, head coach Jake Stewart didn’t see it as a step backward. “There were certainly good things that happened at both races,” Stewart said. “We are very much pleased with the weekend.” Junior Dylan Lafond led the way in Madison, taking 22nd and logging 23 minutes and 53 seconds as his 8,000 meter time – more than 30 seconds ahead of the nearest Illini. Next to finish for Illinois was senior Ian Barnett in 93rd and redshirt fresh-
man Zack Smith in 99th. Smith bested his time at last week’s Greater Louisville Classic by 31 seconds. Illinois placed fifth among Big Ten teams, behind Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana and the meet host, Wisconsin. In Peoria, however, the Illini were the best in the
“There were certainly good things happening at both races.” ZACK SMITH
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field, resulting in their second first-place finish of the season and an encouraging sign for the strength of their runners who fall outside of the top seven. Redshirt freshman Dan Lathrop had the team’s best finish, taking fourth. Additionally, two other Illinois runners, senior Paul Zeman (sixth) and sophomore Alex Gold (eighth) placed in the top-10. The Illini defeated two Big Ten opponents — Iowa and Nebraska — who were running their “A-team.” “I think those guys ran
great,” Smith said. “That speaks to the depth of our team this year. We can go out at Wisconsin and run well, and just as many guys can go out to Bradley and run well.” Moving forward, the Illini will host one final meet, the Illini Open, this Friday before competing in the Big Ten Championships. The weekend gave the Illini a pretty good idea of where they stand among Big Ten opponents: They weren’t very far behind usual conference powerhouses Indiana and Wisconsin. The Illini were confident that they were going to surprise people at the Adidas Wisconsin Invite and make a name for themselves, but that narrative could actually be farther down the line when the Illini race in the conference championships on Nov. 1. “I think we can compete with anyone right now,” Smith said “The Big Ten is a very strong conference in general. Teams like Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana have been historically good. There is no reason why in two weeks we can’t get our guys right up there with theirs.”
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Illinois dominates Dual Meet Spectacular BY DRAKE PENA STAFF WRITER
With proud family members in attendance, the Illinois swimming and diving team did not disappoint in its fi rst competitive meets of the season. The Illini won each of their meets in dominant fashion, beating Western Illinois, Olivet Nazarene and Eastern Illinois by scores of 36669, 338-101, and 371-66, respectively. In addition to the three wins, the team broke a multitude of records, including five pool records and two school records, which head coach Sue Novitsky said “is outstanding for being on the (pool) deck for over six hours.” Novitsky said she is proud of the effort her team showed throughout the draining day in and out of the pool. “I thought the team performed well from start to fi nish today,” Novitsky said. “There was a lot of energy all the way through the meet which is what we wanted to see.” The Illini started their six-hour swimming marathon by winning 11 of their 12 events in the fi rst session. Illinois started making changes to the record books early, beginning with the relay team of juniors Gabbie Stecker and Amelia Schilling, freshman Megan Vuong and sophomore Samantha Stratford, which broke the record with a time of 7 minutes 27 seconds. The Illini grabbed the record after a 30-year stranglehold by Michigan . Three events later, senior co-captain Lori Lynn broke a school and pool record in the 50 meter butterfly. Stratford joined in the recordbreaking festivities once again, setting a pool record in the 200 butterfly. During intermission, nine swimmers and divers, along with their families, were honored in a senior day ceremony. The Illini continued with their winning ways in the second session, winning 10 of the 12 events they competed in . Stratford earned three event victories in the second session, giving her a total of five for the day. She ended the day with two individual pool records and one school record, in addition to being a part of two record-breaking relays. Not all the praise went to the swimmers, as junior diver Olivia Kassouni scored 288.25 in the three-meter diving event, securing a fi rst place fi nish and qualifying her for the NCAA Zone Diving competition . Illinois did not send a diver to the event last year. The last Illini to appear at the Zone Diving competition were Keri Eberhardt, Darragh McDermott and Erika Murphy. Illinois will be away from home next week when it heads to Michigan State in East Lansing, Michigan, on Oct. 23 . Michigan State is looking for its fi rst Big Ten win after dropping meets to Purdue, Michigan and Iowa. Novitsky said she knows that being on the road can be rough, but she said she is confident in her teams’ locker room atmosphere for her players to keep fighting. “We work on having that family atmosphere so that the athletes really support each other, both in and out of the pool,” Novitsky said. “I think we have an environment that lets them be themselves ... a lot of the times that relaxes the atmosphere and allows them to feel comfortable and working hard.”
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Gymnastics helps freshman grow as a Filipino BY ASHLEY WIJANGCO STAFF WRITER
Illinois freshman gymnast Lizzy LeDuc made her first trip to the Philippines in May 2014. Despite being half Filipina and feeling like she resembled a Filipina, she noticed that she still stood out among all of the Filipinos there. “I don’t look like them, super dark, and I hadn’t been tanning for a while,” LeDuc said with a laugh. “So I was kind of white.” As a result, native Filipinos stared at her wherever she went. LeDuc said she’d receive these stares whether she was walking about or eating, and it was “a little uncomfortable.” The staring didn’t bother LeDuc much, though. She called Filipinos “really sweet people,” and enjoyed her time there. Halfway through her trip, though, LeDuc had everyone’s eyes on her for an entirely different reason. LeDuc was in the Philippines for two weeks to compete for a spot on the Philippine National Team. She spent her first four days there training for a meet that would serve as her tryout. For three days following the meet, LeDuc competed against other Filipino gymnasts at the PSC-POC Philippine National Games in May 2014. “We had this competition, and it actually took, like, 12 hours,” LeDuc said. “It was the longest — we had a lunch break in between! We did two events and then were like, ‘Okay, lunch break!’ Yeah, it was awful, but then we competed, and ... I finished first.” LeDuc’s success grabbed everyone’s attention, and made them forget she didn’t look like a native Filipina. Along with her firstplace all-around finish, she won gold medals on balance beam, floor and uneven bars. Those achievements earned her a spot on the Philippine National Team. She first imagined being on the team in 2013, after talking to a friend. *** LeDuc met Ava Verdeflor in 2011 after joining the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy — better known as WOGA, the gym that produced 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin. When LeDuc left that gym, she still remained friends with Verdeflor. In 2013, LeDuc heard Verdeflor was a member of the Philippine National Team, and she became intrigued by the idea of reuniting with her former teammate. “Honestly, I thought, ‘Why not?’” LeDuc said of joining the Philippine National Team. “You work so hard to do something great in your sport, and I feel like it’s an opportunity you just wouldn’t want to pass up.” When LeDuc was named to the team, she, yet again, became teammates with Verdeflor, but Verdeflor wasn’t the only person who influenced LeDuc’s decision to suit up for her country. Tammy DeGuzma n, LeDuc’s main coach from
January through May, competed as a gymnast for the Philippine National Team. Twenty years ago, DeGuzman won a gold medal in the 1995 Southeast Asian Games, and gave LeDuc insight into what it’s like to compete for the Philippines. “I encouraged Lizzy to compete for the Philippine Team knowing that they need her talent and personality,” DeGuzman said. “It is different competing internationally, and I wanted Lizzy to experience it.” LeDuc had her chance to compete internationally for the first time in June at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. She first learned she would have a chance to compete at the SEA Games after making the Philippine National Team, but two foot surgeries — the first one coming in September 2014 — put her opportunity in question. “I had surgery on both of my feet,” LeDuc said. “My muscle was overdeveloped, so they had to release the muscle and then decompress the nerves on both of them.” The surgeries sidelined LeDuc until January, when she returned to the gym and started to run and work out using an elliptical. It was at that same time DeGuzman became LeDuc’s main coach and helped her train for the SEA Games. LeDuc even went as far to say DeGuzman is one of the main reasons she was ready for the competition. “She was always there supporting me,” LeDuc said. “When I just wanted to give up, she would help me. She would be the one to be like, ‘OK, breathe. You can do this.’ If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t have made it.
“Once you got oustide of the country, it’s just a fresh start. You can do what you want.” LIZZY LEDUC
ILLINOIS GYMNAST
She was a really big part of my life then, so she means a lot.” DeGuzman had high hopes for LeDuc at the SEA Games. She felt LeDuc “had a great chance” of medaling on beam and “really wanted her to place in the all-around.” But that’s not how it turned out. LeDuc became sick before the SEA Games. She was vomiting constantly and couldn’t hold any food or drinks down — not even water. It meant she had to skip going to the gym for a week, but she got through it and made it to the Games. “I just took what I had and just tried to not think about how I was feeling, just think about what I do in the gym and do it,” LeDuc said. Each event final had eight competitors while the allaround final had 11. LeDuc finished sixth in all-around, fifth on beam and eighth on floor.
But just because LeDuc’s individual performances didn’t go as well as they could doesn’t mean she went home empty-handed. The Philippines took third place in the women’s team competition, and LeDuc played a large role in that. She had the team’s second best all-around score with a 49.900 and the highest scores on all events besides bars. LeDuc said she now has a lot more Filipino pride after representing the Philippines and achieving something for them. But, for Verdeflor, LeDuc did more than just give the Philippines’ success in the SEA Games. “She made my SEA Games experience more fun,” Verdeflor said of LeDuc. “We were roommates during our stay in Singapore, and there were never boring moments with her. She was always encouraging me and the rest of our team.” LeDuc’s experience at the SEA Games was one of the first times she competed on a team. She didn’t get to do it much while in level 10 gymnastics, and never did it as an elite — Olympic-level — gymnast for the U.S. But it was something LeDuc aspired to when she was younger. *** In 2009, LeDuc qualified to the junior elite level, beginning her quest to make a U.S. National Team. But she never made it there. LeDuc went back to competing in level 10 in 2012 after being a U.S. elite gymnast for three years. She said the injuries sapped her drive and drained her emotionally. “Gymnastics is really hard on your body, and it was at that point where I almost just wanted to give up,” LeDuc said. “I just needed to take a breather and do some normal things, and then it put me in perspective of how close I really am to doing something better.” That “something better” turned out to be the Philippine National Team. LeDuc said she enjoyed being back at level 10 but
PORTRAIT OF LIZZY LEDUC BY JOVANIE DE LA CRUZ THE DAILY ILLINI
couldn’t pass up the opportunity to return to the elite level to help the Philippines make a name for themselves in the artistic gymnastics world. She also saw it as a “fresh start” for herself after having been a U.S. elite. “You know certain people’s names in the U.S. and stuff like that,” LeDuc said. “But once you got outside of the country, it’s just a fresh start. You can do what you want, and it’s just more fun.” *** The 2015 World Gymnas-
tics Championships starts Oct. 23, but Verdeflor is the only female representative for the Philippines. LeDuc won’t compete at the event and doesn’t know where she’ll go from here for the Philippine team — she’s still officially a member. For now, though, she looks forward to being a part of the Illinois women’s gymnastics team. Aside from competing for the Philippines, she also spent the summer on campus getting familiar with her coaches and teammates, whom she already considers family.
After questioning her drive for the sport years ago, LeDuc has become of one the few gymnasts who get to compete internationally and has now rediscovered her drive as an Illinois gymnast. “I almost feel like this is like representing another country,” LeDuc said of being an Illini. “It’s just as big to me as it was in Singapore. We’re representing the University, and we’re trying to win.”
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