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Chaz Ebert speaks on ‘Life Itself’ Ebert speaks at Campus Honors Program Convocation BY AARON NAVARRO STAFF WRITER

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Roger Ebert’s wife, Chaz Ebert, speaking at the Illini Union on Sunday.

Chaz Ebert spoke at the Illini Union Sunday about her late husband Roger Ebert, his book “Life Itself” and the arts. The event was part of the annual convocation for the Campus Honors Program, which provided students of the program with “Life Itself” as a summer read. “This year we thought it

would be nice to provide them with ‘Life Itself.’ Though Roger couldn’t be here, we thought it would be nice to invite his wife, Chaz, to speak,” campus honors program director Kim Graber said. In the book “Life Itself,” Roger talked about his time at the University, including his time spent as an editor at the Daily Illini and at the News-Gazette. “His former colleagues at the Daily Illini, who are now successful journalists, all say that he definitely made a difference in his time there,” Chaz said.

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Study finds food rebates effective BY SAMANTHA JONES TOAL STAFF WRITER

Ruopeng An, assistant professor of kinesiology and community health, conducted a study that found a cost-effective way to improve the dietary consumption of low-income people. The study was based on a USDA report of the Healthy Incentives Pilot. The pilot was a large-scale randomized trial conducted in 2011-2012; it provided 30 percent rebate on targeted fruits and vegetables to 7,500 study participants enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “Recently there’s been research suggesting that providing a discount or rebate for people to purchase healthy food may encourage people to adopt healthy dietary behavior,” An said. However, he said promoting or reducing obesity is not SNAP’s main focus.

“The main purpose of the SNAP program is not to reduce obesity but to provide low-income families with the food they need to reduce the malnutrition and nutrition deficiency and increase food security,” he said. Still, An conducted his study as a means to determine the cost-effectiveness of the expansion of the HIP program to all SNAP participants nationwide. Through his study, An found the rebate would increase the SNAP participants’ scores 0.08 on the quality-adjusted life year scale. The quality-adjusted life year scale is a measure of the quality of life of an individual within one year. If the individual is in perfect health they would receive a one on the QALY scale, while a person in extremely poor health would receive a score between zero and negative one. The QALY is also the unit

used in assessing the value for money of a medical intervention. An’s calculations predicted the program has a cost-effectiveness ratio of $16,172 per QALY gained, which is relatively cheap considering the threshold is often $50,000 to $100,000 per QALY gained in the U.S.An estimated the rebate to cost the federal government $1,323 per person on the program. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, SNAP participants are 10 percent more likely to be obese than higher income nonparticipants. An said one explanation for the higher likelihood of obesity in low-income people is that high-calorie junk food tends to be less expensive than healthy options. There is strong evidence that this awareness of price contributes to obesity, he

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University of Illinois President, Timothy Killeen at the homecoming pep rally on Oct. 23.

President requests to waive retention bonus Killeen would earn $225,000 in five years

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A study conducted by a University professor found that providing rebates on healthy food increased healthy eating among SNAP participants. Below are national demographics on the correlation between healthy eating and obesity in the U.S. Obese persons in the United States (millions)

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P resident T i mot hy Killeen proposed two changes to Board of Trustees protocol at the Governance, Personnel and Ethics committee meeting Thursday. Trustee Timothy Koritz a n nou nc ed K i l le en’s request to waive the fiveyear retention bonus that is currently included in his contract. He will earn a $30,000

22% of children are obese who live in households with incomes four times the poverty level

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bonus every year he is president for the first five years of his time at the University, according to his contract. Once Killeen has served five years he will receive the entire bonus — a total of $225,000. Koritz said Thursday Killeen wishes to waive the bonus because he considers being able to serve at the University an honor and privilege. Trustee Patricia Holmes confirmed that Killeen will still be eligible for a performance-based bonus. The committee unanimously voted to forward Killeen’s request to the board.

The request comes after a debate over former Chancellor Phyllis Wise’s $400,000 bonus following her resignation in August. Gov. Bruce Rauner weighed in on Wise’s bonus, as well, saying it should not be awarded. The bonus was never awarded. Killeen currently earns $600,000 a year and can earn another $100,000 in annual performance-based incentives. Killeen also proposed more casual, informal discussion b e t we e n trustees and University faculty members. He suggested small group

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DRES to host fifth annual Disability Awareness Program DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

T he fi f t h a n nu a l Disabi lit y Awa reness Program will be held Wednesday. Corey Hyslop, a two-time University alumnus, will be the keynote speaker. The program will also feature the Beckwith Resident Panel which is composed of six students with disabilities. “We’re trying to promote awareness and inform the public about people with disabilities and how we live,” said Ryan Wilson,

panel member and Illini Media employee. Wilson said the panel will host a question-andanswer forum, aimed at informing the community with more information about disabilities. He said the panel is expecting a few hundred attendees. “Our main goal is to spread awareness about the disability world,” said RaeAnne Lindsay, panel member. “We are trying to break down the walls that society has put up around us and able-bodied people.”

Chelsey Baker, panel member, said she decided

disabilities. “I feel like it provides

“Even more students understand that we are just like them. We just get around differently.” RAEANNE LINDSAY BECKWITH RESIDENT PANEL MEMBER

to serve on the panel because she thinks people are often uninformed about

an opportunity for people to ask questions that they would feel uncomfortable

or too nosy asking in a different setting,” Baker said. Lindsay, who has been helping organizing the panel since the beginning of the year, said she hopes the panel will help break down barriers between disabled and able-bodied people. Lindsay said she hopes the panel helps “even more students understand that we are just like them. We just get around differently.” The pr o g r a m is sponsored by Disability

Resources and Educational Services at the University. DR ES was originally founded by Tim Nugent in 1948 to help veteran students. DR E S now exists as a resource for all students with disabilities. The panel will be held Wednesday in the SDRP Multipurpose Rooms of the Ikenberry Commons from 7-9 p.m. The event is open to the public and will include giveaways for attendees.

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With Eberfest tickets on sale, students should get involved in community events.

University alumni create beer fortified with protein to cater to health-conscious drinkers.

Illini football falls to Penn State 39-0 on the road, drops to 1-3 in conference play.

Volleyball takes two in a row for first time in a month with Michigan, Michigan State wins.

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McFadden wins again UI alumna breaks NYC Marathon women’s wheelchair course record DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

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Paralympian Tatyana McFadden lifts her body weight during a recovery session after racing in the U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing National Championships, January 2014, at the National Ability Center in Park City, Utah. At right is teammate Beth Requist.

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EBERT Chaz also recalled when Roger stopped the presses and wouldn’t let a newspaper go out when John F. Kennedy was shot because someone juxtaposed a picture of a weapon pointed at Kennedy’s head. “Even now I ponder where this maturity came from as a student,” Chaz said. “I think he was just born with it.” Chaz also discussed her relationship with Ebert, as she talked about her love for him and the musical centered around their relationship, “The Black White Love Play.” The play just finished its run in Chicago Sunday. “It’s strange to have a play about your life,” she said. “And the fact that it’s a musical.” Born in the West side of Chicago with eight other siblings, Chaz said her resilience and toughness helped her become the person she is today. “You couldn’t just not fight back, you had to let bullies know,” she said. “I just hate when I see people bullying other people. It just hurts my heart. Your generation will cre-

ate ideas that will be better for us in a lot of ways, in technology, in medicine, but I hope you also make things better in kindness and compassion.” Chaz also spoke about the new Ebert Center in the College of Media, which is funded by the Roger Ebert Foundation. She said her vision for the Ebert Cen-

“If ignorance and indifference are society’s brake, then empathy and storytelling are the gas pedal.” CHAZ EBERT

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ter is a “crossroads of film studies, production, technology and ethics.” She said a collaboration with Engineering could open up more doors for the center. Representatives of Engineering and Chaz have discussed arranging satellite programs in

Chicago, New York, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Los Angeles. “Maybe the Ebert center will combine engineering with the film and cinema studies, so that we can reach out, even internationally,” she said. “That would be another phase, but I am excited about that.” Chaz said the vision of the center is not only to continue the legacy of Roger, but push others to achieve and create. “If ignorance and indifference are society’s brake, then empathy and storytelling are the gas pedal,” she said. “So we have to push forward to inspire emerging writers, artists and technologists to make art that includes empathy, kindness and compassion.” Chaz encouraged students with ideas for the Center to email her at chaz@ebertdigital. com.Chaz also organizes the annual Ebertfest Film Festival, which will be held April 13-17 at the Virginia Theater. Tickets for the festival went on sale Sunday.

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HEALTH said. While college students may not be in the same situation as those income-eligible SNAP participants, a study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that 59 percent of students at a mid-size university in Oregon were food insecure at some point during the previous year, meaning they had limited or uncertain access to nutritious and safe foods. Vaughn said not a lot of

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BONUS meetings as well as more social time when there is not a second executive commit tee meeti ng during Board of Trustees meetings. Koritz raised concerns dating back to 2009. “We understand the sha red a nd cur rent frustration about the current predicament,” he said. Koritz said the 2009 admissions scandal made faculty members feel

For the third consecutive year, Tatyana McFadden swept four major marathons — London, Boston, Chicago and New York. The University alumna defeated the New York City Marathon women’s wheelchair course record Sunday, with a time of 1 hour, 43 minutes, 4 seconds. McFadden beat Amanda McGrory’s 2011 record by seven minutes and 20 seconds. This Grand Slam tops off a series of accomplishments for McFadden since her first marathon win in Chicago in 2009. McFadden was the first athlete — able-bodied or otherwise — to win all four major marathons in the same year, and has 11 medals as a four-time U.S. Paralympian in track and Nordic skiing.

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students on campus have a lot of money to spend, which is why she thinks places on campus like County Market don’t have a wide variety of healthy foods. Paige Vaughn, sophomore in LAS, said price often influences what she buys. “I u s u a l ly, a nd u n fo r t u n a t e l y, buy unhealthy things because they are much cheaper,” she said. While there are other components of SNAP that encourage healthy eating, such as collaboration with farmers markets, An’s micro-stimulation specifi-

cally shows the impact of cost incentives. “The bottom line is that a price incentive is progress — but not a silver bullet,” An said. An said the incentive is still low and that a rebate of 30 percent can only change people’s dietary behavior a small amount because people’s behavior will change proportional to price. Still though, An is positive about its implications. “A subsidy is the better choice because it’s a step in the right direction,” he said.

u nc om for t able when approached by board members. Although, he said he knows much has changed in the six years since, Koritz cautioned trustees to consider how board members approach faculty. “ T here’s no sti ff, forma l protocol for conversations,” Killeen said. “Just something we’d like to try.” The committee also unanimously voted in favor of forwarding a recommendation to appoint James Anderson, professor in Education, as an advisor to the athletic board on the

Urbana campus. As an advisor, Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson said A nderson would provide academic and nonacademic advice to Wilson and the athletic board. Anderson is familiar with the role because he served as a member of the athletic board in the past, Wilson said. “This is a pretty easy path for him, he knows it quite well,” she said. The board will vote on these proposals at its Nov. 12 meeting in Chicago.

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Students, parents say no to homework TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Amy Clipston had a request that was a new one for her daughter’s firstgrade teacher. M a ny pa rents had marched in to demand that their children, even those who couldn’t tie their shoes yet, get more homework. Clipston was the first to request the opposite — that her daughter opt out of homework altogether. “I felt my child was doing quite fine in school,” said Clipston, a chemist with three children, noting that her daughter’s schoolday in the highly competitive Lower Merion School District was 6 1/2 hours, with a 20-minute recess. “I felt 10 to 20 minutes of homework a night was not accomplishing anything.” Her request, which the teacher approved, represented one small step for a movement slowly gaining momentum in schools around the country: questioning, scaling back or, in a handful of schools, even eliminating the nightly homework ritual once thought as all-American as junior proms and cafeteria food fights. For decades, homework’s value has been hotly debated. But now a growing legion of critics say the notion that America can close the learning gap with China or India by stuffing kids’ backpacks with math worksheets as early as kindergarten is backfiring — creating a nation of stressed-out, sleepdeprived children, despite scant scientific evidence they are actually learning more from the reams of homework. Some school administrators are starting to listen. Radnor School

District has unveiled a policy stating that homework shouldn’t “interfere with the student’s health and wellbeing.” Several New Jersey districts, including Princeton Public Schools and the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District, are experimenting with banning takehome assignments on designated nights or weekends and school vacations. An elementary school in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has banned homework altogether in favor of 30 minutes of nightly reading. And under the radar, parents such as Clipston — she says there are others in Lower Merion — are quietly opting their kids out of the daily grind. That is all music to the ears of Vicki Abeles, who triggered widespread debate on test and homework pressure with her 2010 documentary “Race to Nowhere,” and is back with another film and book, “Beyond Measure,” to look at schools that are breaking the mold. She said educators should be seeking work-life balance for students just as some high-tech companies are doing for employees. “A lot has been written about adults having real time off from the workday, and that it improves creativity and productivity,” Abeles said. “We’re doing the exact opposite with kids. It’s insanity.” The anecdotal complaints from parents and teachers about the harmful impact of students emailing completed assignments at 3 a.m. or kids spending sunny weekend days inside on a laptop are increasingly supported by scientific research. The 2013 American Psy-

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Ryan, 10, Nick, 13, and Zach Masterman, 15, play fight with each other in their Haverford, Pennsylvania., home on Oct. 23. Nick says he has three hours of homework nightly. chological Association survey, for example, found that 45 percent of U.S. schoolchildren were stressed-out by school — and homework was the leading cause. Many schools try to stick to 10 minutes for each grade level, but some, particularly private ones, load on a lot more. For example, St. Joseph School in Downingtown has a policy of starting with 30 minutes for first and second grade up to 120 minutes for seventh and eighth grade. “The kids are overwhelmed,” said Tom Di Giulio, a Latin teacher at Cedarbrook Middle School in Cheltenham. “It’s too much. I’m getting work sent in to me at 12 o’clock at night,” sometimes 1 and 3 a.m. Zach Masterman, 15, a sophomore at Lower Mer-

ion’s Harriton, knows what Di Giulio is talking about. After putting in a full day of school, after-school activities and choir practice, he comes home and dives into three hours of homework nightly. “I’m really busy,” he said. “I have a ton of things to do.” While high schoolers are expected to hit the books every night, Stephanie Brant, the Gaithersburg principal, said she was surprised when she initially got pushback from some parents when she eliminated homework. They were worried, she said, that their kids wouldn’t be prepared for middle school. But now, not only have other schools in her district jettisoned the worksheets and additional homework, a middle school principal

also thanked her for sending him devoted readers. “We demand so much of our students during the day,” said Brant. “You can often be doing homework that is rote — addition or whatever — and the second you do one wrong problem, you’re doing 25 wrong.” But conventions are hard to break. Cathy Hall, assistant head of school at elite Episcopal Academy, said teachers there are keenly aware of the “homework dilemma” and are being “intentional” in what they assign students. Yet at a school that boasts of its Ivy League admissions, time spent on homework is ultimately a personal decision, she said. And in Lower Merion, opting out of homework — even with a teacher’s blessing — is “a violation of pol-

icy,” said spokesman Doug Young. “Homework is part of the school experience.” It doesn’t have to be, say some critics. Alfie Kohn, who wrote “The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing” a decade ago, said that numerous studies fail to find any link to improved learning. “There’s really dubious academic benefit to homework at any age, especially in younger kids,” Kohn argued. What’s more, he and Abeles argue, too much homework can cause considerable harm, raising levels of frustration, anxiety and family tension while robbing time for imaginative play and outdoor exercise, and — most importantly — crushing the potential to get excited about learning.

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Actor Jason Segel and director James Ponsoldt spoke about their film The End of the Tour at 2015’s Ebertfest in April. Ebertfest is one of many community events students can attend off campus.

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hile it’s easy to recognize all of the opportunities the University has to offer — from Illini Spring Jam to famous speakers at the Union — the vast number of activities available in our neighboring towns often get forgotten. Still, students should be looking to the Champaign and Urbana communities, for they frequently have great events to offer that we can take advantage of. For example, the annual movie festival Ebertfest happens every year, and tickets for this year’s go on sale today. However, that shouldn’t be the only community event to get attention. Year round, the area surrounding the University is full of vibrant, interesting events such as David Sedaris coming to the Virginia Theater in Champaign last year, to annual happenings such as the C-U Folk and Roots Festival. When students attend these local events and festivals, it helps foster a sense of community, and gives students the opportunity to see what is going on off campus. Many of these festivities are unique to the Champaign-Urbana area, such as the Folk and Roots Festival and the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival. Others have similar counterparts in communities around Illinois, but have aspects that set them apart. For example, while the Taste of Champaign-Urbana may be smaller than the Taste of Chicago, the proceeds from the C-U version go to a scholarship fund so local youth can go to summer camps, as well as take lessons in dancing and swimming.

Like with the Taste of Champaign-Urbana, it’s evident that when you support these events, you also support important causes within the community. For example, the C-U Oktoberfest supports the local Developmental Services Center. The center aims to help members of the community with disabilities by “providing services and supports which enable them to live, work, learn and participate in their communities.” Many of the businesses that are involved in and support these events are also locally owned, so by attending, you’re supporting those businesses. This not only contributes to the local economy, but also promotes diversity and innovation within the community — in 2012, 36 percent of small businesses were owned by women and almost 15 percent of small business owners were nonwhite. The more we support these businesses, the more diversity we will see. They also help employment in the community — from 1992 to 2013, about 63 percent of new jobs are created by small business, according to the Small Business Administration. As many small business owners are residents themselves, they’re more likely to facilitate relationships with residents, community leaders and schools. Outside of the fact that these events are often educational and simply fun, there are economic, social and philanthropic benefits when we engage in these outer-community events, whether it be Ebertfest or the Taste of C-U. While it might be a farther hike than just trekking to the Quad, all of these positives make communal festivals and activities a must.

ive months ago I met Lynsey Addario, one of my favorite photojournalists and role models. Addario is a photojournalist who has covered many conflicts and human rights issues in Iraq, Afghanistan and India. Her success, in a field where men make up 75 percent of the work force, has made this career path more accessible and relatable for young women inspired by her work. Addario, like many other women, has found a way to stand out, winning a Pulitzer and MacArthur Genius award in a profession where women are the minority. She has become a role model for women hoping to become photojournalists. Young women, especially those hoping to enter a career where females are a minority, need to find a role model that inspires them to reach their goal and serves as an example of female success. When women have a samegender role model in a field they are passionate about, it can serve as motivation. Not only that, but the knowledge and experience provided by this person can make their career seem a bit easier to access. Having female role models in fields that women are interested in is empowering and makes their goals more attainable. It shows women that they can do the same things as men and be just as successful. Women can be outnumbered by the large number of successful men in their field, but having female role models to look to can help diminish the feeling of intimidation. There are many people we know personally who have the ability to inspire us, between our mothers, fathers and grandparents, but role models from our fields provide insight and knowledge needed to succeed in our work. The United States Department of Labor reported in 2014 that women made up 19.1 percent of network and computer system administrators, 8.8 percent of

mechanical engineers, 12.4 percent of police and sheriff’s patrol officers and 21.4 percent of chefs and head cooks. Women are in these maledominated fields, but they are scarce. Ladies, it is imperative to find a woman in our field who we can connect to and who can serve as an inspiration. Our role models have an impact on the way we view ourselves. If she can do it, then you can do it as well. If one woman was able to confront the obstacles then you can too. In 2006, Penelope Lockwood published, “‘Someone Like Me can be Successful’: Do College Students Need Same-Gender Role Models,” an article that endeavored to find the impact of same-gender role models on women and their career goals. “Female participants indicated stronger beliefs that they were currently like the model and might become like the model in the future when they were exposed to a successful woman rather than a successful man in their field,” Lockwood wrote. In her study, Lockwood found that women connected better with women in their field rather than men. Female role models boosted their confidence and created a positive self-perception. TIME Magazine listed their “Best Photojournalism of 2014,” where more than ten male photojournalists were listed while the work of only two females were on TIME’s list. Later in her article, Lockwood wrote, “In occupations in which women perceive themselves to be minority group members, it may be especially important and inspiring for them to learn that an individual who shares their minority group status has attained such success.” Addario is one of the female photojournalists listed in TIME. Her journey to success wasn’t easy, but her story and success gives other women someone to look up to. Success entails hard work and some fields require a bit more work than others, but having a strong woman to look up to can help women boost their confidence and allow them to conquer their aspirations.

Agatha is a senior in LAS. agarci85@dailyillini.com

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hile women’s health is often neglected in talks between politicians, research institutions and even clinical settings, I never expected an esteemed medical school to jump on board as well. This is exactly what happened when University of Missouri ended its 26 year relationship with Planned Parenthood, canceling all ten of its contracts with the family planning provider. Before this decision, medical and nursing students were given the option to complete a training rotation in comprehensive women’s health care at local Planned Parenthood clinics. Now, future physicians graduating from University of Missouri will no longer receive the option of gaining experience working in a center specifically designated for under-insured women, a setback in the progression for women’s health care. This move was made during a state investigation into the organization after a series of heavily edited undercover videos were purported to show Planned Parenthood selling fetal parts after abortions. Despite the fact that multiple state investigations and a federal investigation into Planned

Parenthood have so far turned up nothing, the University of Missouri decided to give in to government pressure and sent the message to the rest of the country that women’s health care, and especially for those uninsured, is not a serious priority. This decision sets a dangerous precedent for students and citizens alike. As many of us are women, have mothers, sisters or may have daughters in the future, it is time to start treating the issue of women’s health care as a serious matter or it will continue to be pushed aside. Basic health care, family planning and obstetric services are essential for women, yet are not available to many; in fact, approximately 19 million women in the U.S. are uninsured. Women are less likely than men to be insured through their own jobs — 35 percent versus 45 percent, respectively. And women who are able to buy their own health insurance on the individual market often have to pay more than men for the same coverage. That is why organizations like Planned Parenthood are so beneficial; the organization prides itself in providing a “common sense approach to women’s health and well-being, based on respect for each individual’s right to make informed, independent decisions about health, sex, and family planning.” Many people overlook the fact that Planned Parenthood

provides so many non-abortion services such as precancerous screening, birth control, family planning, HPV and PAP tests and more. Further, the organization caters to women who are uninsured and those on Medicaid – basically patients who have the most difficulty finding doctors who can see them. With the talks of government de-funding and universities such as Mizzou cutting their affiliations with Planned Parenthood, there seems to be a blatant disregard of how all this could have major negative effects on women’s healthcare. In 2013, Planned Parenthood treated over 2.7 million patients — patients who would otherwise not be able to gain access to quality healthcare had it not been for the organization. Our own Planned Parenthood in Champaign accepts drop-in appointments and provides care to anyone within the community ranging from University students to local residents. The center states that “with or without insurance, you can always come to us for your health care.” As approximately 40 percent of Champaign County residents are uninsured or receive Medicaid, it’s easy to see the benefit our local Planned Parenthood can provide for those who cannot access quality healthcare at their convenience. With the large number of people that are helped by organizations such as Planned Parenthood, women’s health needs to

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be put on the forefront of political conversation and medical conversation alike. Whether you consider yourself pro-life, pro-choice or somewhere in between, the topic of women’s health care cannot be clouded by political agendas and talks of government de-funding. Having seen multiple family members battle through breast cancer and the amount of ignorance that surrounds topics like

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sexual assault, teen pregnancy and STDs from women my own age on a daily basis, women’s health is extremely important to me. While progress in women’s healthcare in the U.S. has been substantial, we still have a long way to go to close the gap.

Kaanan is a sophomore in LAS. kraja2@dailyillini.com

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After spending the day filming a video for their kick-starter, Blake Konrardy, founder of Brewtein and Nutribeer, relaxes with one of his protein-infused beers.

Double duty: Alumni-made beer allows people to drink protein with their alcohol

BY ARIELLE KRAMER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With exams to study for, parties to attend and clubs to join, sometimes keeping up with fitness in college can be challenging. It can involve working out several times a week, eating balanced, healthy meals, and of course, drinking protein shakes to get nutrients. Yet, is there a way to simplify this regimine? Blake Konrardy, a 2013 University graduate, believes there is. After graduating with a degree in statistics, Konrardy got a job working at an insurance company right out of college. But a little over a year ago, an idea took him down a different path. Konrardy said he regularly works out, lifts weights and drinks protein shakes after exercising. On Friday nights, he would come home, hang out with friends and have a few beers while relaxing. However, he got tired of drinking both his protein shake and beer simultaneously. “So after that, I decided enough was enough, and I have to come up with a solution, so that’s where the idea for protein beer came about, and then I started brewing with that idea in mind,” he said. The two products Konrardy came up with are Brewtein and Nutribeer. Brewtein is an American wheat ale beer with 7 grams of protein and a higher caloric count, while Nutribeer is a lighter, lower calorie lager beer with a subtle citrus flavor and 4 grams of protein. When he first started brewing, he didn’t think of it as a business idea. He said he saw the protein beer as something for him and his friends to enjoy. But eventually, he saw the product as something that would benefit many people. “You look at sickness (and staying healthy) in America and it’s becoming more and more popular, and at the same time, drinking is becoming more and more popular as well, so you think those two things don’t normal-

ly go hand in hand, but at some point they have to,” he explained. Konrardy is not alone in this journey — his college roommate, Dan Bruzdzinski, also shares his passion for fitness and decided to join the company. “What better than starting a company with your buddies?” Bruzdzinksi said. This summer, they officially formed their company. In order to raise funds to move the company forward, Konrardy and his teammates made a Kickstarter page. Although they didn’t quite reach their goal of $40,000 in 38 days, they still managed to raise just over $30,000. With this funding, Konrardy said the company plans on producing and distributing the beer by partnering up with exist-

tein, you can’t really taste the protein as much in the beer, it mixes rather well,” he said. “We brew the beer without protein, we brew it with protein, and you’re not able to tell the difference.” He acknowledged the fact that Brewtein or Nutribeer will not replace protein shakes, as protein shakes can have up to 20 or 30 grams of protein in them. But he said their product will still attract customers. “I think the other angle of it is that you’ll come home from the gym and have a protein and a beer. Why not kill two birds with one stone and have a protein beer?” he said. “Even if you’re not going to the gym and it’s just a Friday or Saturday night and you’re a health-conscious individual, instead of just having a beer and wasting calories, you’re getting anywhere from 4 to 7 grams of protein.” Konrardy said he also believes that the product is comparable to regular beer. Yet, he said it took them many tries to get the products to where they are now. He started off by simply taking a scoop of whey protein and putting it in a blender with his beer; however, that turned out not so great. But the team kept brewing in order to improve the product. “We kept refining it over time, just brewing batch after batch of beer, in just small 5 gallon batches, and now we’re at a point where I wouldn’t say the recipe is final, but it is at a place where it’s very good.” Campbell said in the future, they hope to create their very own brewery. “Way, way, way down the line, that would be the ultimate goal,” Campbell said. As for right now, Bruzdzinski said they hope the company takes off. “We just need a couple years to grow and get bigger, but we’re hoping that we can start it out and go from there,” he said. “Shoot for the stars, right?”

“So after that, I decided enough was enough, I have to come up with a solution, so that’s where the idea for protein beer came about, and then I started brewing with that idea in mind.”

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PROPOSAL animal bears hugging. One of the bears was Hussain’s childhood toy. When Charania arrived, clad in a race girl costume for Halloween — an ode to Hussain as one of his hobbies is studying cars — Hussain played her favorite song “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” by The Script. He then asked her, “Will you be my lobster?” — a reference to her favorite show “Friends.” Tearfully, and unsurprisingly, Charania said yes. Early in the relationship, she joked that her family didn’t approve of Hussain. “They were like, ‘You’re dating him? All he talks about is cars,’ and even now, when we drive by apartments on campus I have to be quiet and let him look at

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EXCHANGE groups in fear of the time commitment while adjusting to classes. He helps repair bikes at The Bike Project, a non-profit, doit-yourself space in Urbana that provides tools and

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ing breweries. He said they plan on doing this as opposed to starting their own brewery because it allows them to scale up and produce larger quantities of the product in a faster manner. Jim Campbell, a 2013 University graduate and one of Konrardy’s associates, explained how the process of pairing with the existing breweries works. “We give them the recipe, then hire them to brew the beer for us and package it, and then, we take it from them and handle the shipping and the marketing,” Campbell said. Campbell said he has high hopes for the product, as he believes it has a great taste and is very comparable to regular beer. “Because it’s whey pro-

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the cars,” Charania said. Hussain said he is grateful that Charania accepts him for who he is. “She puts up with my childish behavior and my quirks. She’s very caring, very forgiving. She’s very determined and optimistic,” he said. “She is always looking at the good side in every situation. She’s one of the people who I can feel comfortable around and be my real self with.” Charania praised Hussain in return. “He’s so thoughtful and so understanding,” Charania said. Hussain kept Charania’s personality in mind when he thought of how he was going to propose. “I knew I had to do something low-key. She’s a very simple person. What better place than how I met her? Here (on campus),” Hussain said.

As for the Halloween proposal, Hussain figured that the holiday coincided with how often they try to see each other in person, which is about once a month. He thought it was a unique and fun day to propose. As of now, they’re not thinking of marrying until Charania finishes graduate school in 2017, but they do plan on having an engagement party. The couple’s families are thrilled. Right after the proposal, they called and FaceTimed their parents. Hussain and Charania’s friends are also ecstatic for the couple. “She’s an extension of him. They’re really good friends and have good chemistry. I can’t see them not being together,” Hassanali said.

resources to repair bikes. “It can clear your head of complex thoughts, you can just focus on solving that problem in front of you,” Friesen said. “It’s nice to do something with your hands, as compared to studying, which goes on mostly in your head or on a computer.”

As for future trips in America, Friesen hopes to see more of the country. During Thanksgiving break, he plans on taking a road trip to New Orleans in a van with other exchange students.

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Illini love cemented with Arboretum marriage proposal BY MARA SHAPIRO STAFF WRITER

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he Arboretum had an eerie feel this Halloween, with the temperature at a cool 45 degrees as a smattering of droplets fell from the sky. Most of campus was last-minute costume and candy shopping and preparing for holiday festivities to occur later that night. Ahmed Hussain, a University alumnus, however, was preparing for an event of a larger scale: his wedding proposal to his girlfriend of three years, Munira Charania, alumna in LAS and fi rstyear graduate student at the University. Though Charania and Hussain both attended the University, they never spoke once during their undergraduate years. They met on May 25, 2012, about a week after graduation. They were both helping with University tours for prospective students when they were introduced by a co-worker. Even though Charania knew Hussain’s sister, a fellow University student, she had never met her friend’s brother. But Hussain instantly knew he wanted to get to know Charania better, and reached out to her on the premise of joining a pre-medical society. Charania said she was perplexed that Hussain contacted her given that she was an economics major as an undergrad. “She didn’t know it, but there was another reason why I was reaching out to her,” Hussain

laughed. From then on the two started to talk more, and their first official date was on July 13, 2012. Hussain took Charania on a date in Chicago and gave her a diamond necklace. “I just remember him not being able to untangle it,” Charania chuckled. “And that he had it in a ring box and I was freaking out.” That day, Hussain asked Charania to become his girlfriend. However, that September, Charania had to go to Pakistan and planned a return date in January 2013. Charania told Hussain he could back out, given how hard it would be to be away from each other, but Hussain had no intentions of breaking up with Charania. “I knew what I was getting into when she told me she was going out of the country,” Hussain said with a smile. “It’s not a

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Ahmed Hussain (kneeling), 2009 graduate of the College of Business, his fiancee (with flowers) Munira Charania, a first year MBA student, and their friends and family pose together in the Idea Garden at the Arboretum on Saturday after Hussain proposed to Charania. stan, Charania went to work for Hewlitt-Packard in Houston and Hussain got a job with Dell in Chicago. Charania then had to make the decision while she was working about where she was going to graduate school, and when it was time for her to officially commit, she knew what

Even though Hussain just proposed this weekend, he said he knew he wanted to marry Charania for the past year. On a trip to California, he discussed how he would pop the question with Adnan Hassanali, his childhood best friend. Hassanali said he was not surprised that Hussain

“We weren’t shocked. We knew just from seeing them with each other ... If she could put up with him for two years she was definitely a keeper.” ADNAN HASSANALI

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big deal if you’re willing to stick it out. It came out well.” Things didn’t get easier for the couple distance-wise. Shortly after returning from Paki-

she had to do. “It was between UT Austin and (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and I chose here because of him,” she said.

wanted to marry Charania. “We weren’t shocked. We knew from just seeing them with each other,” Hassanali said. “If she could put up with him for

two years she was defi nitely a keeper.” Hussain said he waited until Charania was settled in at school before preparing to propose. Hassanali, friends and relatives of the couple pitched in with the organization, as Hussain really wanted people close to the couple to have a hand in the proposal, even if they couldn’t make it to the event. Friends of the couple all came down to campus, telling Charania that they were coming down for Halloween. Hassanali said he came all the way from Florida to be there. Charania was told to get ready to go out with friends while Hussain and his crew set up in a gazebo in the Arboretum. Four pumpkins had the words “will you marry me” written on them, surrounded by framed pictures of the couple and two stuffed

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Exchange student adjusts to life, culture BY SHAHZMEEN HUSSAIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Three weeks ago, a group of about six students sat in a corner table at Murphy’s Pub. Amid laughter and sipping on beer, there was constant chatter in British-English with a few German and Hindi words here and there — it was evident they weren’t from Illinois. In fact, they were visiting from a variety of countries while at the University for study abroad programs. One of these students was Daniel Friesen, a 26-year-old German exchange student pursuing a graduate degree in mechanical engineering. This is Friesen’s first time in America, and he has wanted to study abroad since beginning college. “It’s comparatively easy to go (abroad) for half a year as compared to going abroad when you start working,” Friesen said. “I’m pretty late into it ... this is basically the last opportunity I got.” The biggest difference between the U.S. and Germany, according to Friesen, is the society’s mindset and daily interaction with strangers. “People are just more open to that small talk conversations, like, for example, when you’re shopping for groceries,” Friesen said. “In Germany, you’re lucky if you get a ‘Hi’ out of a cashier.” But beyond these simple interactions, Friesen said he wanted to study abroad because he wanted more life experience.

“You hear from many people that they went abroad and it changed their mind about what they wanted to do with their life,” he said. “It does something to you and I wanted to experience that.” Friesen was born in Wuppertal, Germany, and is the only child of two retired opera singers. He later moved to Darmstadt to study at Technische Universität Darmstadt, a research university. “I’m like the exact opposite (of his parents) — very analytical and the engineering working style fits my style,” he said. Friesen said he is mostly interested in space and aviation management and came to the University to expose himself to more opportunities in that field. After fi nishing two bachelor’s degrees — mechanical and industrial engineering — last year, he interned at Lufthansa Technik, an aviation maintenance and repair company, for five and a half months. “At my home university, we don’t have many space application or space research going on basically,” Friesen said. He said he hopes to get a better understanding of what exactly he wants to do after staying in the U.S. for a year. “I thought about staying for a three month internship after this year because it would be quite easy with the visa,” he said. “But depends on how fed up I am of U.S. by the end of this year and what’s bad is that nearly every U.S. aerospace compa-

ny only employs U.S. citizens.” Friesen said another reason was to do an internship in an English-speaking country so he could become proficient in the language. He can read and understand English well, since his father is Canadian, but he said he needs more speaking practice. “The fi rst few weeks were kinda bad ... but a few people thought I was from Belgium and London based on my accent, so apparently I’m okay at it,” he said. In addition to the language curve, adjusting to American food can be a bit challenging for exchange students like Friesen. “American bread is awful, especially if you are used to really dark, healthy bread, freshly baked or at least ... fresh,” he said. “Most of the time (in the U.S.), it is super soft and sweet, I don’t really like that.” However, he said he was happy to fi nd German bread at Schnucks supermarket in Urbana, which is nearby the Roundtable House properties where Friesen and a lot of international students live together. Friesen’s friend Alexander Moeller, a 23-year-old exchange student, is also from Germany and is pursuing a graduate degree in electrical engineering. Moeller also lives at Roundtable House and met Friesen back in Germany when they were both elected for their exchange program. They became members of the same International Student and Scholar Services

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orientation group upon arriving at Illinois. Friesen noted that most exchange students have common ground and a certain level of understanding with each other that prevents domestic students from approaching them. “Most of my friends are also international or exchange students, only a few Americans

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from my classes because of group work,” said Raphaela Breu, Friesen’s housemate and a 25-year-old exchange student from Austria, studying civil engineering. In terms of extracurricular activities, Friesen has restricted himself from joining aerospace

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Hackenburg key to success for Penn State BY AUDREY SNYDER TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Christian Hackenberg has been in some sort of zone the past two weeks. Whether he is slinging touchdowns, reeling off long completions or extending plays with his legs, this Hackenberg looks much different than the one who was asked to manage games earlier this season. Penn State’s junior quarterback is adjusting to whatever opposing defenses throw at him, finding a rhythm, and success has followed. “Quarterbacks are graded by touchdown-to-interception ratio, third-down percentage, red zone, and — obviously, most importantly — wins and losses,” coach James Franklin said. “I’m pleased with him, pleased with the whole offense. ... Staying positive works.” For the second consecutive week, Hackenberg put together an outing reminiscent of his standout freshman season, one when he moved the offense up and down the field and got the ball to his playmakers. And for the second consecutive week, it resulted in a win, with the Nittany Lions (7-2, 4-1 Big Ten Conference) also riding a dominant defense that shut out Illinois, 39-0, Saturday at Beaver Stadium. Hackenberg, who exited the game early in the fourth

quarter with the Lions holding a sizable lead against the Fighting Illini (4-4,1-3), completed 21 of 29 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns. He hasn’t thrown an interception in the past six games and has thrown 12 touchdowns in that span. Hackenberg has 19 completions of 16-plus yards in the past two games — with nine coming against Illinois — after 21 of those in the previous seven games combined. Hackenberg delivered first-quarter touchdown passes to receivers Chris Godwin and Geno Lewis, for completions of 5 and 6 yards, and followed a sharp first quarter in which he completed 8 of 9 passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns with the first touchdown reception of his career. Running back Nick Scott, who hit Godwin for a 32-yard halfback pass earlier this season, stepped to his left and delivered a pass to a wide-open Hackenberg, who was split out at the bottom of the formation, in the third quarter. “I was a little worried I was going to underthrow him, that’s why I put it right at him,” said Scott, who played some quarterback in high school. Hackenberg was knocked out of bounds after the play and Scott had a few choice words for the Illini defender.

“I always have Hack’s back,” Scott said. Hackenberg couldn’t recall the previous time he caught a touchdown, but said the Lions practiced the play successfully all week in practice. Add in a 3-yard rushing gain on a play in which Hackenberg — not known for his elusiveness — broke three tackles, and everything seems to be clicking for No. 14. With freshman running back Saquon Barkley back at full strength, rushing for 84 yards and catching three passes for 58 yards, Hackenberg looked at ease in and out of the pocket. “It gets tough at times when you’re getting hit in the mouth a couple times (and) it’s always in the back of your head,” Hackenberg said. “But (we’re) showing (we’re) able to overcome that and (we’re) doing what we need to do to get the job done. ... We just got lost in the flow of the game as a team, and that really helped.” It helps that as the offense finds its footing, the defense continues to keep its foot on the gas. Penn State, which entered the game 22nd in defense in Football Bowl Subdivision (318.6 yards per game), was not outmatched by an Illinois offensive line that entered the game having

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Marcus Allen (2) looks down Dionte Taylor (4) during a game against Illinois at Beaver Stadium on Saturday. Penn State defeated Illinois 39-0. allowed just eight sacks through seven games. The Nittany Lions’ dominant front four of Carl Nassib, Anthony Zettel, Austin Johnson and Garrett Sickels rattled Illini quarterback

Wes Lunt, who completed 16 of 36 passes for 129 yards. The Lions sacked Lunt three times and the defense shored up tackling issues that popped up the previous two weeks.

“We never stop, even if it’s a three-step (drop), we push the pocket and try to get our hands up. If it’s five-step, obviously we try to rush the quarterback,” Johnson said. “It’s definitely paying off.”

Volleyball goes 2-0 over the weekend

Illini sweep Michigan schools at home with solid defensive force BY DANIEL DEXTER STAFF WRITER

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Penn State defensive tackle Anthony Zettel, right, sacks Illinois quarterback Wes Lunt (12) on Saturday, at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions won, 39-0.

Cubit and Co. can’t afford to tire, their jobs are on the line PETER BAILEY-WELLS Sports editor

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ESPN2 Saturday, the term “one-sided” played out in high definition for all the world to see. The Illini got knocked around against the Nittany Lions in their 39-0 loss in State College, Pennsylvania. For those who didn’t watch, to put it in context, Illinois’ highlight of the day was blocking a pair of Penn State extra points. The Illini offense couldn’t muster up more than 167 yards of total offense and Penn State nearly doubled Illinois’ first down total — 23 to 12. Wes Lunt looked helpless in the face of a stout Penn State pass rush and the guys around him continued to make the mistakes that have hounded the Illini all year. His receivers dropped passes, his line couldn’t run block for Ke’Shawn Vaughn and the defense missed tackles. Penn State stuck two defenders on Geronimo Allison all game and challenged someone else to make plays. The missed tackles thing is the biggest issue — its defense kept Illinois in games against Iowa and Wisconsin when the offense was struggling. Up to this point,

the defense has been the thing bracing the team against the press of mediocrity, the one thing that might have allowed Bill Cubit to shake off the “interim” moniker. Doesn’t look that way anymore. Maybe they’re tired. Yet again, the Illini trailed their opponent in time-of-possession. The Nittany Lions held the ball for nearly eight minutes more than the Illini. That wears out a defense. Last week, Wisconsin had the ball for 40 minutes and 9 seconds. That’s 2/3 of the game and that wears out a defense.

(The team’s) defense kept Illinois in games when the offense was struggling. But regardless of the reason — and, to their credit, this is a team that hasn’t made excuses about its performance — Cubit and Co. simply can’t afford to get tired. His job is on the line. One precious year of eligibility is on the line for most of the Illini and for some of them, their football careers will end on Nov. 28 against Northwestern if this team doesn’t make a bowl game. As far as the receivers

go, maybe when Josh Ferguson comes back, he’ll help right the offensive ship a bit. Vaughn hasn’t been bad, he’s simply been a freshman back in a pass-first offense who is being asked to play 90 percent of the downs. That’s a tough transition. Mike Dudek isn’t walking through that door and neither is Justin Hardee. There’s no silver bullet left for Cubit to plug into his lineup. Once Ferguson returns, the offense will be as complete as it’s going to get this season. So, now it’s onto Purdue, who just punched Nebraska in the mouth this weekend and who are riding a one-game winning streak against the Illini — yeah, wrap your head around that one. Nov. 7 against the Boilermakers will be Cubit’s day of reckoning. He’s likable and seems to inspire his players, but lose to Purdue, and all thought of him walking around on the quad after this fall vanishes — unless something in the finalized investigation report prompts his dismissal earlier. The Illini were able to put their 49-14 loss to North Carolina behind them pretty well. Now they need to do the same with Penn State, or it’s curtains for Cubit.

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This weekend, the No. 21 Illinois volleyball team accomplished a feat it hasn’t done since Sept. 26: win two consecutive matches. The Illini (15-8) returned to Huff Hall this weekend to take on Michigan State (14-9) and Michigan (16-7) on Friday and Saturday, respectively. The team found the consistency it was looking for and came away with a four-set win over the Spartans (25-17, 23-25, 25-15, 25-19) and a sweep of the Wolverines (25-22, 25-22, 25-20). Head coach Kevin Hambly said his team put up a strong defensive effort that stifled its opponents for the majority of the matches. The Illini limited both of their weekend opponents to fewer than .200 hitting percentage, and the team racked up 14 blocks against the Spartans. Outside hitter Michelle Strizak added that Illinois’ defense complimented the team’s offensive play. The team strived to maintain a steady offensive performance and accomplished its goal for the most part. Illinois committed just 13 and 14 errors in its matches against Michigan State and Michigan, which by comparison compiled 26 and 19 errors, respectively. “We were very much in control throughout the whole match with our motions and play,” Strizak said. “We were in control for the first time in a while.” Against the Spartans, the Illini started out fast with a 7-0 run in the first set, a lead that they would sustain throughout the set. Michigan State responded in a back-and-forth second set, but Illinois closed the door on any chance of being upset in the third and fourth sets. Outside hitter Jocelynn Birks led the team with 16 kills in the match and contributed two of Illinois’ six aces. She followed up on Saturday with 14 kills, enough for second-most on the team behind Strizak’s 15 kills. Illinois started the match against Michigan at a much slower pace, which allowed for seven ties and three lead changes throughout the set. Illinois managed to close the set out on two kills by Strizak just as the Wolverines

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Michelle Strizak spikes the ball during the game against Michigan State at Huff Hall on Friday. Illinois won 3-1.

Illinois volleyball weekend

Illinois 3 Michigan State 1 Illinois 3 Michigan 0 Summary: Illinois is coming together at the right time as it dominated Michigan State and Michigan at home. Key performer: Jocelynn Birks had 15 and 14 kills against Michigan State and Michigan, respectively. She also added four blocks over were on a 4-1 run. In the second and third sets, Illinois hit for over .300 and allowed Michigan to take the lead just once the rest of the way. Birks said the team was able to sustain pressure against Michigan and neutralized preseason All-Big Ten middle blocker Abby Cole, who was limited to just six kills. “(Michigan’s) middles do a really god job of scoring when they were in system,” Birks said. “That was something that we were conscious of and working on throughout the match. I think our middles did a good job of slowing things down.”

the weekend. Quote of the weekend: Outside hitter Jocelynn Birks: “We always have one more step. This is just a start for us. December is still a whole month away, and that’s really when we need to be at our best, and we have all this time to get better.” Up next: at Northwestern on Nov. 4, Evanston, Illinois. Birks added that the team is showing a calm presence on the court that wasn’t on display in previous matches. And although Illinois is still not where it wants to be for the national tournament, she is optimistic about the progress the team can make over the course of the final eight regular season matches. “We always have one more step,” Birks said. “This is just a start for us. December is still a whole month away, and that’s really when we need to be at our best, and we have all this time to get better.”

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Soccer eliminated in Big Ten first round BY MATT GERTSMEIER STAFF WRITER

Jannelle Flaws said the eighth-seeded Illinois soccer team felt like an underdog going into Sunday’s Big Ten Tournament match. The Illini played like underdogs in the 3-1 loss to firstseeded Penn State, at least in the first half. Penn State outshot Illinois 15 to 1 in the first 45 minutes of play. All three of the Nittany Lions’ goals came in the first half. Penn State midfielder Nickolette Driesse scored the first goal of the game, which started a ripple effect for the Nittany Lions. The other two goals were scored within 14 minutes of the first. The Nittany Lions had five corner kicks, and Illinois had one in the first half. Head coach Janet Rayfield said the wind in the first half made it difficult for Illinois to get the ball out of its own end. “Trying to keep the ball and trying to battle the wind and a good Penn State team sort of wore us down a little bit,” Rayfield said. “And then we didn’t defend individually the way that we needed to keep a good Penn State team off the score board.” Illini forward Kara Marbury said at halftime Rayfield stressed the importance of putting pressure on Penn State’s defense. The Illini responded in the second half, recording eight shots compared to Penn State’s four. Illinois had five

corner kicks in the second half. While Illinois amped up the pressure in the second half, it wasn’t able to convert its shots until the 76th minute. Moments after a Penn State player stepped on the back of Marbury’s knee, she scored Illinois’ lone goal of the game in the 76th minute in some pain. Marbury was subbed out to check the severity of the injury and was back in the game six minutes later. Rayfield said Marbury’s competitive nature propelled her to score while hurt. “I don’t know if there is anyone on this team who battles harder, that defends as hard as she does as a forward that goes after things,” Rayfield said. “Getting whacked like that and then battling back to score that goal is one of the ways she shows how competitive she is and how much she wants to win games.” But by the time Marbury returned it was too little too late. In the final minutes of the game, Illinois tried to achieve an underdog-like comeback but struggled to get shots on frame. Penn State’s goalkeeper Britt Eckerstrom recorded three saves, while Illinois goalkeeper Claire Wheatley recorded four saves on seven shots. The loss to Penn State eliminated the Illini from the tournament and might have weakened their chances of an at-large bid for the NCAA

Illinois 1 Penn State 3

Summary: In the first round of the Big Ten tournament, Penn State eliminated the Illini. Key performer: Kara Marbury had one goal Quote of the game: Head coach Janet Rayfield: “We didn’t defend individually the way that we needed to keep a good Penn State team off the score board.” Tournament. But Rayfield is hopeful, her team has built a resume strong enough for a tournament bid. “We’re going to prepare as if we are in, because that is certainly a possibility,” Rayfield said. “We’ll see how things play out.

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“Trying to keep the ball and trying to battle the wind and a good Penn State team sort of wore us down a little bit.” JANET RAYFIELD WOMEN’S SOCCER HEAD COACH

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Illinois’ head coach Janet Rayfield instructs her team during the game against Minnesota on Oct. 12, 2014. The Illini lost 2-1 in overtime.

Illinois hockey embarrassed by Illinois State BY COLE HENKE STAFF WRITER

The Illinois hockey team took care of business Friday night. Its game Saturday was a completely different story. Illinois State (5-9-1-1) ran Illinois (7-3-1-1) out of the rink Saturday with a 7-1 Redbirds win. The Redbirds were not supposed to be a challenge for the Illini. The Illini were ranked No. 13 in the country going into the weekend. This is the first year the Redbirds have been a Division I club team. Illinois was coming off of weekend splits against conference opponents and top-10 ranked teams Ohio and Robert Morris. Illinois State was blown out in two-consecutive games against that same Robert Morris team. Illinois stayed true to form and blew out Illinois State on their ice with a 7-2 victory Friday. Illinois State scored the first two goals of the game, but then Illinois rattled off seven-straight goals to win the game. On Saturday, the Redbirds scored early again, but the Illini could not make up the ground a second time around. According to head coach Nick Fabbrini, a lack of energy was the cause for the Illini’s slow start, which is familiar ground for the team. Fabbrini said that the Illini have struggled to get going early in games this season, but this was the first game that the Illini goalies could not bail out their team. The Redbirds had only 24 shots

on goal compared to the Illini’s 31, but three of the Redbirds’ first four shots found the net in the second game. According to Austin Zima, the quality of shots that the Illini defense was giving up was the problem. “Losing seven to one was not an indicator of how our goalies played,” Zima said. “They, for what its worth, stopped the bleeding. We gave up fewer than 30 shots, but the shots we gave up put our goalies in tough position. We did not give them the effort they deserved.” Sophomore David Heflin started in net and shut down the Redbirds on Friday night, giving up only two goals. On Saturday, junior goalie Zev Grumet-Morris got the start but was subbed out for Heflin six minutes into the first period after the Redbirds went up 3-2. Heflin recorded 16 saves while in the net, but he also let in four goals. “Any time I go into the net, my goal is to give my team an opportunity to win,” Heflin said. “I personally don’t think I played well during Saturday’s game. I didn’t think my performance was up to par. I made some saves, but I didn’t make the saves I needed to in order to give my team that opportunity.” According to Zima, the Illini thought they had done everything they needed to do in order to prepare for Saturday’s game. He said that the loss was deflating, especially coming off of two successful weekends and said that “any wind that we had was completely taken out of our sails this weekend.”

Hockey weekend Friday Illinois 7 Illinois State 2 Saturday Illinois State 7 Illinois 1 Summary: The Illini blew the Redbirds out of the water on Friday, but the Redbirds returned the favor on Saturday. Key player: Goalie David Heflin Quote of the game: Forward Austin Zima: “I had friends come up to me after the game and tell me that was not an Illinois hockey team on the ice.” Up next: Indiana at the Illinois Ice Arena, Friday, Nov. 6. Zima also said that Saturday’s game was just one to put behind them, and it did not change how they saw themselves as a team. “In competitive sports, you aren’t going to win every game, and we know that,” Zima said. “We are not worried. We know that we are a good team, and that we can compete with and beat any team we play.” TAYLOR COURTNEY THE DAILY ILLINI Even the Redbirds realized that the Illini were off. According to Austin Zima defends against an attacker during the game against Ohio Zima, some of the people he knows University at the Ice Arena on Saturday, Oct. 24. Illinois lost 2-3 in a on the Illinois State team told him shootout. that it was obvious that something ice,” Zima said. “We did not play play better and learn from this.” was off. “I had friends come up to me to the level that is expected of us. after the game and tell me that was People know Illinois hockey and cehenke2@dailyillini.com not an Illinois hockey team on the they know when we are off. We will @cole_Henke

Illini runners grab second place in Big Ten

Schneider leads women’s cross-country to 8th place

Lafond, Reiser secure All-Big Ten team honors

BY MIKE GASICK STAFF WRITER

where they will find themselves up against top teams like Michigan, Oklahoma State and Tulsa. Additionally, for the first time this season, the Illini will race in a 10,000-meter race, which might present problems for a relatively young roster.

At last year’s women’s crosscountry Big Ten Championships in Iowa City, Iowa, Alyssa Schneider finished in 21 minutes and 27 seconds, good for 58th place. After being held out of the last two Illini meets by head coach Scott Jones due to precautionary reasons, Schneider had one of her best races this season in Evanston on Sunday. The redshirt senior placed third out of the 122 Big Ten runners, finishing with a time of 19:58 for the 6-kilometer race. Senior Britten Petrey followed up her first-place Illini Open performance with a 20:55 race, good for 28th overall. Sophomore Audrey Blazek and junior Hanna Winter were next to cross the finish line for the Illini, finishing in 58th and 67th place, respectively. Sophomore Denise Branch ended in 70th with a time of 21:47. Junior Valerie Bobart finished in 88th, one place ahead of junior Megan Lemersal. Junior Kim Seger (98) and sophomore Nicole Choquette (101) were the last of the Illini to finish the race. Penn State won the conference title, followed by Michigan in second and Michigan State in third. The Illini head to Lawrence, Kansas, in two weeks to compete in the NCAA Regional Championships.

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BY WILL MOST STAFF WRITER

With just about a hundred meters left in the race, freshman Dan Lathrop kicked into a higher gear and started accelerating towards the finish line. With just about every other stride he passed his opponents, eventually crossing the Big Ten Championship finish line in 20th, helping the Illinois men’s cross country team take second place in the conference championship meet in Evanston, Illinois. Lathrop’s kick was not only a crucial part of the Illini’s second-place finish but a microcosm of their season as a whole. For months, the Illini strung together solid performances but never delivered a true signature moment. Just as they were getting to the part of the season that mattered the most, the Illini kicked into overdrive, and that pleased head coach Jake Stewart. “We ran the way we’ve been capable of running all year,” Stewart said. “I truly felt that this was a performance coming, and the guys just went out and did it.” While many Illini delivered strong performances, the team’s success wouldn’t have been the same without Dylan Lafond. After coming out and leading the pack for the first kilometer, Lafond started to fall behind, and it looked like Wisconsin standout Malachy Schrobilgen would lead the rest of the race, but about halfway through Schrobilgen started to break down, and he took the Badgers chances of defending their 2014 conference title right with him. At that point, Lafond found himself in a tightly contested three-man race for first. On the final lap, Lafond fell off slightly from eventual champion Matt McClintock of Purdue and runner-up Mason Ferlic of Michigan, but still

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Illinois’ Dylan Lafond during the Big Ten men’s cross-country championship in Evanston, Illinois, on Sunday. Lafond finished third and helped the Illini end the meet in second. comfortably held third, where he would sit for the remainder of the race. “With 2,000 meters left, it was comfortably hard at that point,” Lafond said “I kept telling myself I belong up here and I’ve got to hang on.” The junior finished the race in 23 minutes and 22 seconds. While Lafond’s performance may have been the most critical, the member of the Illini who stepped up the most on the big stage was on of their youngest members. Jesse Reiser’s 11th place finish made him the second-most important runner for Illinois, a jump for the freshman who, as recently as a couple of months ago, was having difficulty adjusting to the college distance of 8,000 meters. Now with the pressure on, Reiser and Lathrop finished the best of any freshman in the conference. “My first race tested me a lot,” Reiser said. “After that race I felt awful, I didn’t know about an 8K. Now thanks to Coach Stewart and the team, my confidence level has grown greatly.” Regionals still loom ahead for the Illini,

Big Ten Championships

Summary: The Illini surprised many with their second place finish at the Big Ten Championship Key player: Dylan Lafond came in third place at the meet. Quote of the game: Coach Jake Stewart: “We ran the way we’ve been capable of running all year.” Up next: Midwest Regional Championships Nov. 13 Lawerence, Kansas

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Swim and dive finishes off weekend 2-1 Illinois rebounds, defeats SIU, ISU in doubledual meet

BY DRAKE PENA STAFF WRITER

W hi le the average Illinois student spent their Saturday participating in costumed events, the swimming and diving team had something else on its mind: Getting off to its best start in five years. I l li nois ex ited the weekend 2-1, losing Friday’s tilt to Northwestern and rebounding the next day by defeating SIU and ISU in a double-dual meet. The Illini (6 -1) kept Friday’s meet competitive, but ultimately fell to the Wildcats 173-127 to conclude their home slate. Illinois is the first team to score over 100 points against the Wildcats this season. Head coach Sue Novitsky touched on the close, competitive nature of the meet. “From the very first race you could tell it was going to be a close meet all the way through,” Novitsky said. “In the first race, we fought our way back into it and just got touched out at the end. Both teams were under the pool record, so that set up what was going to happen for the rest of the meet and it just came down to execution.” Illinois was led by sophomore S a ma nth a Stratford, who captured three event wins. Leaving Friday’s meet, Stratford has finished first

Summary: Illinois off to best start in 5 years. Key Performer: Sophomore Samantha Stratford. 3 event victories in first meet, and part of winning relays in second and third meets. Up next: Florida International University, Nov. 6, Miami Florida. in all 10 of her individual races this season. Novitsky noted how St rat ford’s i mproved conditioning and strong work ethic has led to such a strong start to the season. “She comes in and goes about her business, putting together some really strong practices,” Novitsky said. “Sam’s gotten a lot stronger in the weight room and she’s in good shape. She’s got that confidence along with that year of experience under her belt.” Illinois edged the Salukis 166-134 in SIU’s only home meet of the season. Illinois kept the momentum rolling, defeating the Redbirds 20891 to cap off its Saturday in Carbondale, Illinois. Novitsky didn’t let the loss to Northwestern dishearten her team, encouraging her swimmers to stay strong and focused. “This was a good showing for the team on the day,” Novitsky said Saturday. “Being able to rebound from a very physically and emotionally challenging Northwestern meet last night was a great result to see from the team. We talked about some choices you can make when you encounter difficulties: letting your troubles deflate you, defeat you or

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Hollie Smith, senior, swims the 50 yard breaststroke at the Fighting Illini Dual Meet Spectacular in the ARC Pool on Oct. 16. define you.” Illinois began Saturday’s double - dua l meet by claiming first and second in the 400 medley relay swam by Stratford, senior Sloane McDermott, senior Lori

Lynn and junior Gabrielle Bethke in a time of 3:51.27 seconds. On the diving front, junior Olivia Kassouni picked up a pair of secondplace finishes.

Kassouni turned in a mark of 243.05 in the onemeter dive and a 271.20 on the three-meter dive. Illinois has a short break before taking a 19-hour bus ride to Miami for

its meet against Florida International University on Nov. 6. FIU has a record of 5-0, with three of those wins coming at home.

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Final Four rematch at East Lake Cup for men’s golf BY CHRIS KENNEDY STAFF WRITER

The Illinois men’s golf team’s season ended in the Final Four of the NCAA last year. The team earned the No. 1 seed in match play at the National Championship, and after a thrilling quarterfinal victory against UCLA, Illinois fell to Southern California. This week, Illinois will face USC once again, as well as the other two NCAA semifinalists, LSU and Georgia, at the East Lake Cup in Atlanta. “We wanted to win the whole thing last year, and we came one match away from getting to the final match,” head coach Mike Small said. “I think that’s the intrigue of this tournament. There’s a little history behind the teams that are here. They just saw each other six months ago. Hope-

fully we can go in there this time and win the thing.” The inaugural East Lake Cup brings back the four semifinalists from the previous season’s NCAA championships. Last year, LSU took home the national title by beating USC in the final match. The East Lake Cup will rematch last year’s semifinals. Illinois will face USC on Monday, while LSU takes on Georgia. The winners play on Tuesday. “We want to show that we’re a better team than USC after they beat us in the Final Four last year,” sophomore Nick Hardy said. “It’s an opportunity for us to get redemption, and we want to end the fall season the right way.” The Illini have won all but one of their tournaments this fall. At the Fighting Illini Invite, the team took

fifth without senior Charlie Danielson, who injured his back during a practice round. Otherwise, Illinois has looked dominant and lived up to its preseason No. 1 ranking.

moving up from fourth on the first day of play to take the team championship. The East Lake Cup brings not only elite competition: the reigning semifinalists are currently No. 8, No. 17

“I’m confident in my team and confident in myself and I know that if we play some very good golf, we’ll end up winning.” THOMAS DETRY

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The team faced elite competition at the Fighting Illini Invite as well as two weeks ago at the Tavistock Collegiate Invite, another premiere collegiate golf event. At Tavistock, the Illini climbed up the standings each day of the competition,

and No. 25, but also the Illini’s first match play tournament since the NCAA’s last spring. The team has been playing match play amongst themselves in practice to prepare for the different pressure that comes with it. In the team’s last match

play victory, the NCAA quarterfinal, Illinois was tied 2-2 with UCLA going into the final hole. Thenfreshman Hardy sunk a clutch putt to clinch the victory. But against USC in the semifinal, Illinois lost 3-1-1. Graduated senior Brian Campbell was tied through 18 holes and the lone Illini victory came from Thomas Detry over the Trojan’s Sean Crocker. Like Illinois, USC returns four of their five starters from last year’s run at the NCAA Championships. LSU returns three, and Georgia returns four. “I don’t try to look at the rankings,” Detry said. “The only thing we want to do when we play some very good teams, we just want to win ... There’s not really any different expectation, we just go there to win and play our game. I’m confident in

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When/Where: Nov. 2-3, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia Broadcast info: Live at 9 a.m. on Golf Channel Quick note: The East Lake Cup brings back last year’s Final Four teams. Illinois will try for revenge against USC. Hidden stat: All of last year’s FInal Four teams return at least three starters. my team and confident in myself and I know that if we play some very good golf, we’ll end up winning.”

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

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Michigan

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Rutgers

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Indiana

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Maryland

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Sept. 26 Middle Tennessee State — (W 27-25) Oct. 3 Nebraska — (W 14-13)

Oct. 24 Wisconsin — (L 24-13)

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Iowa

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Wisconsin

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4-1

Northwestern 6-2

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Illinois

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Minnesota

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A bright spot to Penn State scoring in the first quarter was the Illinois special teams’ response. The Illini blocked both of the Nittany Lions’s first two extra-point attempts. It was the first time Illinois blocked two kicks in a game since 2003 and the first time Penn State had an extra point blocked since 2012. Illinois’ Rob Bain is now tied for first in the nation with Temple’s Sharif Finch with three blocked kicks. Because of Illinois’ offensive performance, Ryan Frain punted 12 times for 457 yards, with three landing inside the 20 yard line. Illinois had no punt return yards and just 39 kickoff return yards.

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Cubit did the best with what he had on offense. The head coach gave up on the run early in the game when he saw that Vaughn struggled to create any momentum on the ground — 21 of his 38 rushing yards came on one run. The departure from the run might’ve hurt the offense but Illinois doesn’t have its playmakers. Running back Josh Ferguson remains out while both both Mike Dudek and Justin Hardee will redshirt after missing the entire season. Illinois’ defense couldn’t adjust to Penn State’s offense. The Illini defensive line didn’t display the dominance it has up to this point this season and defensive coaches failed to adjust to create any type of pressure on Christian Hackenberg. Cubit and his staff managed the game well for the most part, but Penn State created a big lead early on which forced the staff to forget its gameplan and fi nd a way to come back.

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Nov. 7 @ Purdue — 11 a.m.

GAME TO REMEMBER Clayton Fejedelem

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Illinois was shut out for the first time since 2012.

The Illini committed eight penalties for a total of 80 yards.

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Number of rush attempts, 15 of which came from Ke’Shawn Vaughn.

Nov. 14 Ohio State — TBA Nov. 21 @ Minnesota — TBA Nov. 28 Northwestern — TBA

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DEFENSE C-

When the Illinois offense has failed to gain momentum in the past, the Illini defense has come in clutch, making plays to stop the scores. However, Saturday’s game against Penn State was a different story. The 39-0 rout was Penn State’s first Big Ten shutout since 2009. The Nittany Lions started strong, scoring 12 points in the first quarter. The Illini could not contain either the passing or the run game. On the passing front, Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg went 21-for-29 with 266 yards and two touchdowns. Hackenberg also caught a pass for a touchdown. Penn State running back Saquon Barkley led the game with 142 all-purpose yards, rushing 24 times for 84 yards and a touchdown, and catching three passes for a career-high 58 yards. The Nittany Lions fi nished with 120 rushing yards. Illinois sacked Hackenberg three times, but it wasn’t enough to contain his pocket presence. Clayton Fejedelem led the Illini with 13 tackles, one TFL and one forced fumble. He is Illinois’ leading tackler.

CC+ SPECIAL C TEAMS

Sept. 19 @ North Carolina — (L 48-14)

Oct. 10 @ Iowa — (L 29-20)

School

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Illinois failed to get anything going on offense against Penn State. It was tough watching as quarterback Wes Lunt’s passes either fell to the ground or were overthrown, while Ke’Shawn Vaughn failed to gain any rushing yards on the rare occasions head coach Bill Cubit ran the ball. Lunt threw for 129 yards and completed 16 of his 37 attempts. The junior averaged 3.5 yards per throw, but the catches were rare. Six different receivers caught the ball but dropped passes were trouble again. Whenever the offense gained a little momentum, the Illini either committed one of their eight penalties or failed to convert on third downs — they were 6 for 21. Dionte Taylor was a bright spot at the beginning of the game and fi nished with four receptions for 45 yards. The offense was one dimensional after Cubit gave up on the run game. Vaughn fi nished with 38 yards on 15 carries as it is clear that the head coach doesn’t have confidence in backup Henry Enyenihi. Illinois became easy to defend when Penn State knew that the Illini were going to throw.

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

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