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Kilgore’s supporters to speak Press conference to encourage renewal of Kilgore’s contract BY ABIGALE SVOBODA STAFF WRITER
A press conference will take place Monday regarding James Kilgore’s employment. The former instructor’s contract is up for renewal and under consideration after a series of articles exposing his criminal background were released last spring. The press conference, hosted by Friends of James Kilgore, will take place outside the Henry Administration Building, 506 S. Wright St., at 9:30 a.m. The group anticipates that the University Board of Trustees will reconsider Kilgore’s employment status at its meeting Thursday. Provost Ilesanmi Adesida appointed a committee in April to review Kilgore’s status at the University and advise the Board of Trustees on how to proceed. Kilgore served six years in prison for his involvement in a 1975 bank robbery, where one woman was killed. Kilgore was not the gunman. He was also a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, known for the kidnap-
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Illinois’ Nik Goncin shoots the ball during the game against Milwaukee at the Activities and Recreation Center on Saturday.
Treasurer too close to call A clear winner has yet to be declared in the race for Illinois state treasurer, where ballots are still being counted, mainly in Cook County. The current results show Republican Tom Cross in the lead with 48.06 percent of the votes. Democrat Mike Frerichs is close behind with 47.79 percent of the votes as of Friday night. The current ballot count places Cross in the lead by a slim 0.27 percent, or less than 10,000 votes. “We’ve known since the beginning that this was going to be a very close race,� said Dave Arkin, spokesman for Mike Frerichs. “It was consistently viewed as one of the closest races in the state, and right now it’s looking to be one of the closest races in Illi-
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(Administrative Center) where voters were standing in line to make sure they had the opportunity to vote,� said Arkin. “It’s important to him to make sure that not only their votes, but the votes of all the people across the state of Illinois, some who waited until three in the morning to vote, have their votes counted.� This race is one of the closest races in Illinois’ history and both candidates are currently waiting for all votes to be tabulated in order to announce a winner.
Abigale Svoboda and Marijo Enderle contributed to this report.
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Participants rush to their bikes in the Champaign-Urbana Bike Project’s annual Cranksgiving event held on Saturday. Cyclists raced to grocery stores throughout Champaign and Urbana in order to collect non-perishable food items which will be donated to the Eastern Illinois Food Bank.
Hard hitting, intense, violent. These might be words you use to describe a sport like football or rugby, but there is another sport being played in Champaign-Urbana that is the epitome of these descriptions: wheelchair basketball. Everything you expect to see when watching basketball can be found in wheelchair play. Cuts, screens, no-look passes, 3 -point plays are all there. The Illnois men’s and women’s teams have both been successful h istoric a lly, securi ng 15 and 14 national titles, respectively, more than any Illinois varsity sport. The two teams hosted the Illinois Classic on Saturday at the Activities and Recreation Center. Game one tipped off with the Illini men squaring off against the Illini women. The two teams were tied after the first half with 20 points apiece, but the men eventually cruised to a 54-39 victory. Gail Gaeng and Helen Freeman were two bright spots for the women, scoring 12 and 11, respectively. For the men’s team Nik Goncin and Tim Nagel paved the way for their team’s victory scoring 18 and 14 points,
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nois history.� According to Illinois election law, candidates are allowed to request a recount if the votes are within 5 percent of each other. The recount is considered a “discovery recount� and is nonbinding, but it can be used as evidence if a candidate chooses to file an election contest with the Illinois Supreme Court. All votes are scheduled to be counted by Nov. 18, and the Illinois State Board of Elections will officially announce the winner of the race on Nov. 30. “Like most people, we’re watching and waiting for all the votes to be counted,� Arkin said. “Right now, it’s extremely close; it can go either way.� The majority of the votes to be counted are mail-in ballots. “I think particularly for voters in Champaign, Mike, on election night, went straight to the Brookens
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ping of Hearst Media Company heiress Patty Hearst. According to Kilgore, the University was fully aware of his past when he was hired in 2011. However, his criminal record had not been a public issue until articles about Kilgore were published in The News-Gazette. Following the public’s reaction to the University’s employment of a former criminal, Kilgore was told his contract with the University would not be extended and was not given an explanation. A press release stated that Friends of James Kilgore will emphasize the recommendations made by the committee, which is chaired by Matthew Wheeler, professor in Animal Sciences, though the release does not specify what those recommendations entail. Friends of James Kilgore will assert its opinion that by terminating Kilgore’s future employment with the University, the board would infringe on the sovereignty of campus governance. They will also claim that the board cannot overstep the current system for hiring faculty and staff already acknowledged by University administration.
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Bill for rights of crime victims passes in Illinois BY ALI BRABOY STAFF WRITER
Illinois passed the fi rst constitutional amendment on crime victims’ rights 22 years ago, but Tuesday marked a resounding yes to another amendment to enforce those rights for citizens. The referendum on the Illinois midterm election ballot received 77.9 percent of votes in favor, meeting the required threefifths supermajority to add the amendment to the constitution. Previously, some victims faced restrictions to these rights, including the inability to make a victim impact statement and to obtain important information regarding the defendant, such as whether the individual obtained bail. Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins, director of Marsy’s Law for Illinois, has been involved in the fight for crime victims’ rights for many years. Bishop-Jenkin’s sister, her sister’s husband and their baby were murdered in Chicago in 1990. She said the day before the hearing for the sentencing of the murderer, she received a call that told her the court would not be taking a victim impact statement, which would have allowed to her speak during the hearing. Bishop-Jenkins said she was deeply affected and giving the statement would
have given her and her family some resolution. “I didn’t know at that time that that was a violation of actual rights,” she said. “We actually had a right to make that statement and that we were being denied that right.” While the Crime Victims’ Rights amendment was first added to the Illinois constitution in 1992, limiting laws did not allow crime victims to appeal if their rights were violated. Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office held roundtables in 2008, in which crime victims and advocates discussed the challenges that occurred in the criminal justice system . From the roundtables, these members gathered documentation that showed there were many violations of crime victims’ rights, Bishop-Jenkins said. After the gatherings, a coalition of groups against violence began advocating to amend the constitution, she said. In May 2008, Oregon amended its constitution to allow victims to appeal to higher courts, leaving Illinois as the only state to contain language barring the enforcement of crime victims’ rights. Kerri True-Funk, executive director of Rape Advocacy, Counseling, and Education Services in Urbana, said she had attended a roundtable held by Madi-
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SPENDING groups to contribute tens of millions of dollars to Quinn. “Part of that was about the positions that Rauner was taking and Quinn being the opposite of that,” Redfield said. “It was also about Illinois’ symbolic value, being Obama’s home state.” Rising levels of money in Illinois’ electoral process is part of a much larger national trend in which recordbreaking political expenditures are the new normal. Limits on these expenditures have been gradually reduced or eliminated over the last three decades, allowing for larger and larger contributions to be made.
What does more money in politics mean for democracy? What is still the subject of debate are the implications that money has on the democratic process. For example, a candidate may be popular because they raised significantly more money than his opponent, allowing for the purchase of more advertising and voter outreach. Conversely, a candidate could be attracting large donations because they were already
popular to begin with. “Political scientists have been studying this a long time, and we’re still arguing amongst ourselves about exactly how much weight to put on money,” Gaines said. “In most cases, it’s not really the money that’s driving the incumbent winning; the money is as much a signal of the incumbent’s advantage as it is the source of the advantage.”
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Redfield said that rising levels of political spending could have devastating consequences for democracy, especially when considering who is making these contributions. “Another thing that has changed is the concentration of wealth at the top of the economic system,” Redfield said. “You have got a lot more super-rich who are participating in politics. If you look at giving, not just
gan’s office in 2008. The Rape Advocacy, Counseling, & Education Services group has advocated for the amendment to pass by distributing yard signs and performing outreach programs to educate people in the area about the amendment, True-Funk said. She said the next step is to educate survivors and their families, so they can understand how their rights will now be affected. She said they will provide resources so victims can recognize if their rights are being violated. “It’s a real showing of the voters’ understanding that victims of crime deserve to be protected and to have their rights respected,” True-Funk said. Bishop- Jenkins said she doesn’t believe violations were usually intentional, but rather occurred because a member of the justice system was overloaded with work or had forgotten an important aspect in a case regarding the victim. Bishop-Jenkins said she met individuals in 2009 involved with Marsy’s Law for All in California, a group who successfully worked to bring rights to crime victims in 2008 and changed the California constitution. The group said it wanted to help crime victims do the same in Illinois. Susan Kang Schroeder,
district attorney chief of staff for Orange County in California said the outcome of the Illinois general election tells people how Illinois voters feel about crime victims: that they deserved more rights. “This is exactly in line with what we need to do to be compassionate with people who have actually suffered the harm,” she said. After the constitutional amendment passed on Nov. 4, the next step is to decide how implementation will take place by answering questions such as what procedures will be taken to enable legislation and give officials the authority to enforce the law, which will become effective in the next legislation session in January of 2015. “I’m very proud and excited of the fact that all of the young people at the University of Illinois are now going to be growing up in a state and functioning as adults now in a state where they will never have to worry about whether or not a rape victim, a domestic violence victim, a child abuse victim, a victim of assault, a murder victim’s family member, is protected in court,” Bishop-Jenkins said. “For a lot of us it’s going to be a big change, but hopefully for you guys it will soon become the norm.”
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Big Ten student leaders plan green association to unite affiliated schools BY CHARLOTTE COLLINS STAFF WRITER
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Students at the University of Maryland are trying to create a sustainability association to unite schools across the Big Ten. University of Maryland junior Ori Gutin wanted to bring together representatives from green-oriented RSOs from each Big Ten school to promote various types of environmentally conscious and zero-waste programs, which would make the Big Ten the first athletic conference to boast such an association. “The idea is to bring together a body of students from all across the Big Ten that cares about sustainability to share ideas, collaborate, get feedback on the ideas as to programs we’re implementing on our own campuses to be more successful,” Gutin said. He said the association will be able to work together on programs that affect individual Big Ten universities and programs that affect the conference as a whole. “There’s a possibility of lobbying on the federal level for sustainability issues as well,” Gutin said. Matt Hill, the vice president-internal of the Illinois Student Senate, said he is looking forward to being a part of the potential association. Illinois is one of 11 Big Ten schools to have commit-
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ted to the notion of an all Big Ten green association. Hill said the association could enhance the communication and collaboration of ideas of student sustainability organizations across the conference. “One of the things that really identifies the Big Ten is our athletics. One of their big ideas is the carbon neutral athletics program, creating something where our athletic air emissions will drastically go down across the Big Ten,” Hill said. Brianna Alston, chairwoman of the environmental sustainability subcommittee on ISS, said that the association is in its beginning stages and is currently working on communication between the schools. “We’re trying to brainstorm different ideas about what can we do to connect with other universities,” Alston said. “This is the first year for it, so they’re still trying to fi nd how to get everybody involved and connected.”
Charlotte can be reached at cjcolli2 @dailyillini.com. their money on political advertisements, they must disclose whom their donors are so that the public knows where the money came from. However, groups classified as 501(c)4 organizations by the IRS do not have to reveal the identity of their donors, and disclosure laws have come under fire in the Supreme Court. “Currently, when these large amounts of money are spent, there has to be a disclaimer ... and there has to be a disclosure of who is spending the money,” said Steven Seitz, associate professor of political science. “(Justice) Thomas has already attacked those two, and so if the Court turns to that level, there would essentially be no protections.” There are very few standards for campaign fi nance corruption, Seitz said. By the time the Supreme Court ruled on McCutcheon v. FEC, which eliminated the aggregate limits for political expenditures, the only standard remaining was the notion of “quid pro quo” corruption, which defi nes corruption very narrowly, Seitz said. “If the slow erosion of checks on (political) expenditures continues, how they got into Congress is going to become very, very important,” Seitz said.
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BBALL respectively. Goncin also dished out six assists. The Illini men fi nished the weekend with a record of 1-3 in the preseason tournament. The women lost both of their games, both of which were against male competition. The Illini men fell twice to the Milwaukee W heelchair Bucks of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association by scores of 76-38 and 88-51, and lost once to the Rehab Institute of Chicago Hornets, 58-46. The men’s third matchup of the day, a 3:15 p.m. tip against the Bucks, started off neck-and-neck before Milwaukee jumped out to a 48-28 halftime lead. Goncin fi nished with 23 points for
“In the first game we played much better ... we put ourselves in position to be successful.” STEPHANIE WHEELER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH
the Illini. Jacob Counts and Nate Hinze led the way for the Bucks, dropping 23 and 22 points, respectively. According to sophomore Martinez Johnson, the annual Illinois Classic gives the Illini an opportunity to prepare for the season by facing teams composed of former college players and Paralympians. “That’s why the level of competition is so good,” Johnson said. Men’s he ad c oach Matt Buchi said he isn’t concerned with Saturday’s results and that he looks at these games as a tuneup for the ones that truly matter.
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to campaigns but overall, Rauner contributed about $29 million to Illinois politics, Ken Griffin about $5.8 million and Richard Uihlein (both Chicago businessmen) about $4 million. You put (Chicago businessman) Fred Eychaner in there, who is on the Democratic side, you’ve got four people putting $40 million into Illinois politics.” According to the Center for Responsive Politics, in the 2012 election cycle, just 0.4 percent of the population made one or more political contributions over $200, but comprised 63.5 percent of the total value of all individual contributions. If a majority of a candidate’s funds come from such a small percent of the population, it may inevitably lead campaigns to cater to these donors. Voters in the 2014 election appear to believe that this is in fact the case. An exit poll conducted by the Associated Press found that nearly two–thirds of the electorate believes that the country’s economic system favors the wealthy. “There’s a danger there in distorting the political process by overwhelming the process with money,” Redfield said. “Money is corrupting the electoral process by the distortions that it introduces into the process.” When campaigns or outside organizations spend
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“We’re kind of planning on using all of these games as warm-up games to get ready for Nationals,” he said. “We’re not really worried about the outcome, it’s just what we use them for.” Despite the loss to the men’s team, women’s head coach Stephanie Wheeler was still pleased with the way her team played against its male counterparts. “ There were some places and moments where we played really well,” Wheeler said. Game two was a different story for the women. The Illini lost to the Rehab Institute of Chicago with a fi nal score of 53-34, and Wheeler was not as pleased with her team’s second showing as she was with the fi rst. “We let some things get to us and distract us from doing the things we know we can control,” Wheeler said. The Illini kept it close at halftime, with a score of 28-17, but two games against male competition took its toll, and in the second half the team was outscored 34-19. Christina Young led the Illini in scoring with 10, Freeman grabbed six rebounds, scored nine points and dished out an assist. The Hornets played a tough, defensively sound game with five members on the team recording at least one steal. Offensive rebounding was also a key factor in their victory, with the Hornets having a 17-9 advantage on the offensive glass. “In the fi rst game we played much better. ... We put ourselves in position to be successful,” Wheeler said when comparing the two games. Both teams will start their regular seasons in a tournament from Nov. 21-23 in Whitewater, Wisconsin.
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What motivates a political donor? Seitz said an individual citizen’s reasons for contributing to a candidate for office can often be vastly different from what motivates a corporation or PAC to make a political expenditure. “You’ve got motivation on the part of ordinary people to give to causes they like, or something like that, and that is typically motivated
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by no expectation of return except that particular issue or that particular policy,” Seitz said. “A corporation is going to expect a lot more than that.” Corporate donors, Seitz said, have an ideological orientation as well, but it does not drive them as much as it does for an ordinary citizen. Corporations who con-
tribute large sums of money to campaigns or PACs, he said, view their money as an investment and expect to see a return. “If buying a candidate succeeds, or if being able to get the candidate on the ballot, if I can succeed in doing that and eventually get more people into Congress, I’m going to have essentially Congress now defining problems the way I want them to define them,” Seitz said. Offsetting the influence of large corporate and private donors may be a challenge, but not outside the realm of possibility. Redfield said that maintaining and expanding donor disclosure laws along with increasing political participation could be a potential solution. Gaines said that gerrymandering can have an even greater influence over the outcome of elections than large contributions, a practice that both political parties have engaged in across the country. “In the end, I think redistricting is more important,” Gaines said. “Once the map is drawn, there are a bunch of races that are predetermined by the shape of the district, and in turn, the money follows the likely winner.”
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When a late-night case of the munchies comes about, there is no denying the need to silence the onslaught of hunger — and preferably with something either sweet or savory, definitely fatty and definitely highly processed. However, in Kansas, one man’s late-night hunger led him straight into trouble. A little before 3:30 a.m., a woman found a male intruder in her kitchen eating cookie dough out of her freezer. Well, to be fair, the man supposedly thought he was at his aunt’s house. We by no means intend to downplay the seriousness of intrusion, but hey, we’ve all been controlled by our sweet tooth before.
It’s week 12 of 16, and there are only 12 days until Thanksgiving break. Even better, we’re a mere 31 days away from reading day. That includes weekends, thank goodness, so actual days of class are even fewer. The period before our week 14 break rivals midterm and final seasons in terms of stress. It’s as certain as death and taxes, and we can only guess that the pressure stems from the fact that our professors are sadists. But fear not, we can make it through. There’s turkey at the end of the tunnel, and Dads Weekend sandwiched in there. After that, about two weeks to freedom. Let’s do this.
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With 19 kids, two media-blown weddings and a TV show to boot, the hyper-religious Duggar family sure knows how to grab the spotlight. Their latest draw to attention is one of the younger boys’ music video lipsynching to Lawson Bates’ “Happiness is the Lord.� Warning: It’s awkward. It includes yodeling, a lot of walking and faux instrument playing by five circa 10 year olds. We couldn’t even tell you what the Duggar boy’s name is who stars in the video, but we can tell you it starts with the letter “J� — as does the names of all the other 18 kids.
Many don’t always show those in the military how thankful they are for them. It’s easy to forget. But luckily, many other people do remember, and they go above and beyond to show their appreciation. Thursday, an anonymous Navy veteran picked up the tab for the 15 to 20 soldiers behind him in line at a convenience store in Swansea, Illinois. Although many wanted to give the veteran recognition, the man declined. He said, “It was just something I wanted to do,� and then he left the store. It’s the little things.
Paying for music shouldn’t cause bad blood EMMA GOODWIN Opinions columnist
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fter fantasizing about it throughout high school, this August, I signed up for a Spotify Premium account. Spotify Student gives subscribers access to all the music on the site for $4.99 per month. This is a discounted version of Spotify Premium which is $9.99 per month. There are no commercials, and I can download any music to my phone so I don’t use data. It’s just been a few months, but I love it. If I keep it for the rest of my college career, I will have shelled out over $100. As I sit here feeling that money fleeing out of my wallet, I know the subscription is worth it — or at least it had been until last week, when Taylor Swift removed her entire solo album catalogue from the site. I like Taylor Swift, but I’m not overly upset about her albums, specifically. Instead, I’m nervous that because she’s removed herself from the site, there’s a precedent for other artists to do so as well. Swift argues that music is art, and the amount artists make from Spotify is so menial that it perpetuates poor com-
pensation for the art they create (even though Taylor Swift’s net worth was almost 200 million dollars before the release of 1989 — enough to pay my college fees 1,600 times over). A similar line of thought is probably why many singles from 1989 from are removed from YouTube because of copyright laws. Despite her insane net worth, I tried to see her point. But, as a broke college student, I only see a few options, besides Spotify, for listening to music for free, or at an affordable price. 1. YouTube, where we waste our lives away waiting for the ‘Skip Ad’ button (if it ever comes). 2. Pandora, where I use all of the hour’s skips betting on the chance that the song I want will be next. (Spoiler: It never is.) 3. Torrenting. “Will this button destroy my laptop?� Or you nervously say, “What if the cops find out,� and apologize to the artist profusely in your head. 4. The iTunes Store. After previewing a song on the iTunes store, when you finally hear that song on the radio, you’re amazed there’s more to it than the ninety second clip you’ve previewed. With the money I’m spending on Spotify, I could buy about eighteen albums until graduation — not including singles. I hate the idea of illegally downloading music, but I have
a hard time paying around ten dollars for an album when I want new music — especially when I see how much artists make, and outlets such as Spotify let me pay half the price of one album, but let me listen to so much more. That’s why Spotify is a great choice: It’s legal, cheap and provides great music. But now, our ability to access certain music is changing. Despite the fact that Swift’s albums are removed from Spotify, I’m not going to unsubscribe; I’m just going to stop listening to her. It’s not personal, and I’m not doing it to make a statement, but her album availability isn’t convenient for how I listen to music. The music industry suffers 12.5 billion dollars each year due to piracy — in no way does Taylor profit from this. But she would be making money from Spotify, as she receives money every time someone (premium or free listener) plays one of her songs. Even if it’s not as much money as when people buy the album, she would still be making something. What’s ironic is that illegal downloads are curbed by streaming sites like Spotify. If this is an argument about money, Spotify is a better alternative to millions of people stealing albums.
Taylor Swift, what do you want me to do? “Shake It Off� and “Bad Blood� are great songs. I can’t deny that. For the same amount of money, I can buy three of your singles on iTunes, or I can listen to any music I want for a month with Spotify. There’s no doubt here over which I’ll pick — sorry, but it isn’t 1989. Owning music for people on a budget boils down to two very different options. There will be people — in T. Swift’s case, millions of people — who will buy the albums. But there will also be millions of people who won’t buy it, yet it will still make its way onto their music library illegally. Or, artists can continue (or resume, cough, cough, Taylor) providing us with their music for reasonable costs that are cooperative and understanding of people who are listening to different music nonstop. I live in a world where paying for eighteen albums is too much money, but eighteen albums isn’t enough music for my liking. That’s the option I choose. I pay for my music, and that isn’t a bad thing, so stop letting it cause bad blood.
Emma is a sophomore in LAS. She can be reached at egoodwi2@dailyillini.com.
Parliament in U.S. could combat polarization BOSWELL HUTSON Opinions columnist
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goes without saying that last Tuesday’s elections defined a seismic change in American politics, at least for the next two years. The Republican party seemed reinvigorated after a presidential defeat in 2012 and powered its candidates to victories throughout America in states where Democratic senatorial candidates have previously seen consistent success, such as Louisiana and Colorado. But Americans also went to the ballot box with some very liberal intentions, leading to the raising of the minimum wage in all five states where it was on the ballot and the legalization of marijuana in two others (and the District of Columbia). Despite the country’s forward-leaning tendencies on ballot initiatives, the reinvigoration of the Republican party has left the country in a very perplexing political atmosphere. While this mixed ideology is part of what makes America unique, it isn’t optimal for passing laws. As many who follow the news probably already know, last week’s election allowed Republicans to take control of the Senate, as well as retain a hold on a majority in the House of Rep-
resentatives. This means that, once again, the United States has a divided government. This isn’t anything new; a stark divide in the policies of both Democrats and Republicans has created deep political polarization across the country, perhaps indicative of Congress’ approval rating of 8 percent. After seeing these results, I couldn’t help but wonder what an American political climate would look like if this stark divide wasn’t present, or even more radically, wasn’t allowed. At first, this sounds outlandish because this is America, and freedom of choice, especially electoral choice, seems to define us. But there are other options — a parliament, for example. Nearly all major powers throughout Western Europe (and the world) operate using parliamentary systems, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and many other developed nations. In most parliamentary systems, citizens only vote for who they want to control the legislative branch of government, and, in more cases than not, a single party then controls the branch. The party that wins then fills the legislature with as many delegates as they proportionally received in votes. In America, we vote for our leader directly, leading to the possibility of a president from one party and a legislature from another, as it currently
does. In a parliament, the legislative party with the majority of the votes chooses a leader (usually a Prime Minister), and, thus, the possibility of gridlock is much lower. In this system, the party who receives a smaller portion of votes is still present in the government, just to a lesser, proportional degree. In the United States, perhaps a parliamentary system could stop the political infighting that has plagued the last decade. Only one party would be in power at any given time, and, thus, policies would have a much easier time being pushed through Congress. This, in turn, would lead to increased accountability on the part of political leaders because finger-pointing and accusatory rhetoric wouldn’t really be valid. In the event the majority party dissatisfies the public, a vote of no-confidence could be issued, and the ruling party could be changed relatively quickly. For this reason, most parties would probably avoid extremes so as to not receive votes of no-confidence. Of course, the chances the United States would swiftly change electoral systems is ridiculous; it would never happen. I’m not advocating for a vast political revolution. But I am saying that the infighting and political stalemate that grips the government in the United States could perhaps be reduced with a parliamentary electoral system in
which countries are forced to have a leader and a legislature from the same party. Policies wouldn’t be mired in stagnation. Maybe we wouldn’t have to worry about the possibility of Republican and Democratic infighting causing another government shutdown, as it did in 2013, or countless other issues, as they have been for what seems like all of recent memory. With a parliamentary system, we could hold leaders accountable for their policies because the party in power could no longer simply blame the opposing party if its policy isn’t adopted. If parliament passed an extreme anti-abortion law, for example, opposition from more than 50 percent of the country could overturn the party in power, with hopes the next group of leaders would overturn the law. This would lead to a more trial-and-error form of government. I’m sure errors would occur more frequently than triumphs, but at least we would get some sort of notion of what works and what doesn’t. Then maybe the cold grip of political polarization and apathy wouldn’t dominate the nation, as it did this past election day, and maybe, just maybe, Congress’s approval rating would soar into double digits.
Boswell is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at hutson2 @dailyillini.com.
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Orphaned otter pup taken on by the Shedd Aquarium BY DANA FERGUSON TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
CHICAGO — The Shedd Aquarium has announced the arrival of its newest inhabitant: a southern sea otter pup. The 5-week-old otter was orphaned on a California beach, but after weeks of intensive care, Pup 681 — the name given to her by the organization that first took her in — seems to be enjoying her new home in the Windy City. The pup was discovered Sept. 30 on Coastways Beach in central California when she was believed to be 1 week old, according to a media release. A jogger heard the pup crying and notified the Marine Mammal Center. Pup 681 was taken to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for care. Karl Meyer, an animal care coordinator for the Sea Otter Program, said the pup weighed 1 kg when she
arrived at the aquarium in California, which is seriously underweight for a newborn. He said the pup’s mother had abandoned her for at least 16 hours. “This meant it was critical that we begin to get calories into her as quickly as possible,� Meyer said in a media release. After four weeks of intensive care and stabilization in the Sea Otter Program, Monterey Bay Aquarium reached out to aquariums across the country seeking a facility that could provide roundthe-clock care for the sea otter pup. Shedd volunteered and last week brought in the 5-weekold. The aquarium said she arrived weighing just under 6 pounds and at a length of 22.6 inches. Tim Binder, the aquarium’s vice president of animal collections, said a team of animal care experts watches the
pup 24 hours a day to make sure she eats, grooms and sleeps. “It truly takes a village to rehabilitate a young sea otter,� Binder said. “Our animal care team is teaching the pup how to be an otter.� The pup swims in her own pool, splashing with long strands of felt normally used in car washes. The long green pieces are intended to replicate kelp. She also chews on plastic key rings and other toys because she is teething, her trainers said. The pup’s caretakers said she is learning to feed and bathe herself. She currently takes in a diet of instant formula in a bottle and sliced clam pieces. The pup will stay at Shedd indefinitely, and the aquarium is working to decide how it will choose a name for her. Pup 681 eventually will join four other otters in the Regenstein Sea Otter habitat.
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Pittsburgh — When Don Hall was working on a robotic character for his Disney animation, “Big Hero 6,� he visited NASA and other robotic research centers in search of a huggable robot. Who wants to embrace a metal one? In 2011 he visited Carnegie Mellon University, where he beheld a soft robotic arm inside Chris Atkeson’s robotics lab that Siddharth Sanan had developed for his doctoral thesis. Made from polyurethane, the inflated, user-friendly arm was being designed to help dress, feed or comb the hair of people who are elderly or disabled. In that instant, Hall later noted, “I knew we had our huggable robot.� It was apparent, the movie’s co-director said, that the technology would inspire the kind of robot character never seen before. “Everything about Baymax’s character, personality and design stemmed from that trip,� he was quoted as saying. Animated features typically are soft fantasy rather than hard science. But Hall combines the two. The movie’s main character, the soft, helpful robot Baymax, reflects the latest trend in developing soft, cheap and practical robots that can interact with people. The CMU team has been
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collaborating with the University of Pittsburgh in operating the National Science Foundation Center for Engineering Research Center on Quality of Life Technologies, which is developing health care robots, including the soft robot arm. Pittsburgh researchers include Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, dean of Pittsburgh’s School of Nursing, and Rory Cooper, director, Human Engineering Research Laboratories of Pittsburgh and the Veterans Administration. People needing assistance tend to prefer a warm, soft robotic hand rather than a cold, bruising metal claw. But such robots pose structural challenges. They must be soft and lightweight but strong. Air pressure can provide strength through computercontrolled actuators, pneumatic pressure and cables. Meanwhile, Atkeson’s goal has been to reduce the amount of metal in his robots. “In the glorious future,� he said, “I think we can build them out of soft materials with air pressure, soft valves and a computer filling up and deflating air compartments to make the robots walk, roll and do tasks.� The soft robotic exterior can be elastic and contain electronic sensors. “If we could make robots out of cloth or plastic sheets, it potentially could make for very cheap robots,� Atkeson
said. “That is one compelling reason to make inflatable robots.� A soft robotic arm would be ideal to disarm bombs. “If it is blown off, you can add a cheap new one, as opposed to the costly, complicated metal arm,� he said. While other potential benefits could include treating people infected with Ebola, the immediate goal is routine care. “If you can keep air in, you can keep water out,� allowing the robot to help wash, bathe or shower a person, Atkeson said. “We can build machines, but unless people like them and want to interact with them, they won’t be successful.� CMU now is busy creating a Center for Soft Materials and Machines led by Carmel Majidi, which will include the Soft Machines Lab and Soft Robotics and Bionics Lab. Turnabout is fair play. A goal of the new center is to develop a real Baymax. And apparently roboticists sometimes reflect the robots they build. Atkeson said he had five soft moments while previewing the film, with tears occurring three times when his lab’s technology was depicted. Two other times simply were emotional points in the plot. So his own movie review comes as no surprise: “The movie is a tremendous win for soft robotics.�
the issues that the program addresses,� Hwu said. Both Pijon and Hwu said they believe that constant relationships between prison inmates and citizens on the outside helps the psyche and the rehabilitation of prisoners, as well as an education of incarceration to volunteers.
“The old fashioned way is much better than just electronic correspondence,� Pijon said. “I think it is a lot more personal to see handwriting than just Times New Roman font on a printed page.�
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Oftentimes, people write letters to their loved ones, the elderly or even to their idols. But volunteers in the Community Justice program, a part of Volunteer Illini Projects, write letters to prison inmates that have been incarcerated for crimes ranging from armed robbery to murder. Since January, Nicole Pijon, sophomore in LAS, has been the director of Community Justice and runs the Prisoner Pen Pal program by herself. Every Monday, she enters the Volunteer Illini Projects office and is greeted by a big stack of letters either from inmates already corresponding with a volunteer, or inmates who desire to join the program. With a spreadsheet of 220 inmates from 22 correctional facilities in Illinois, she is able to track each correspondence and helps new volunteers work with inmates on the waiting list. “I wanted to be a part of something that was along the lines of what I grew up with,� Pijon said. Pijon’s father is a criminal defense attorney, and she grew up going to correctional facilities with him. As a pre-law psychology major, she saw this program as an opportunity to gain psychological insight into the criminal justice system. “It has been an interesting experience how we as volunteers are given a window into how the inmates could’ve changed their lives leading up to their imprisonment,“ she said. A lot of the prisoners that the volunteers exchange letters with do not have close contact with family or anyone on the outside. Pijon explained that a lot of them feel lonely, and for the volunteers, starting a conversation with the inmates is often eye-opening. “It is a learning experience on both sides,� Pijon said. All volunteers are paired up with a specific inmate and choose pseudonyms under which they begin their correspondence to protect their identities. They are instructed not to give out identifiable information, mention any specifics about daily routines and not to write about anything they feel uncomfortable with. The inmates are also sent a contract outlining what they cannot say in the letters. All these regulations are set in place for the safety of both parties. There are a lot of requests from prisoners who think the program is some sort of dating service. There are others who send letters explaining how they were wrongly accused, wrongly represented and how they are in need of legal help; however, the program’s policy is to not respond to these requests, Pijon said. “I get some weird requests,� Pijon said. “I get some that say ‘I want a woman with this waist size who I can marry and have
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children with after.’� Pijon even remembers a time where she was screening letters from inmates and she found one guy who sent a mug shot to his correspondent saying, “This is my smiling face, hang it up in your room for me.� She also recalled a time when a prisoner drew a feather pen dipped in blood on the front of the envelope she received. “Prisoners also send a lot of artwork, some of them are very artistically inclined,� she said. Pijon is also the vice president of the Prison Justice Projectand works with president Amanda Hwu, senior in Social Work. The Prisoner Justice Project is a RSO dedicated to incarceration and awareness. They have two branches of programming: The first consists of regular events programmed that pertain to a social justice topic about incarceration and the second deals with the running of C.U. Succeed, a strengths-based mentoring program for youth who have been through the juvenile justice system. As the president of the program, Hwu’s role is to act as a media spokesperson, program evaluator and advisor to other executive board members. Hwu used to be a part of the Pen Pal Program. She wrote to a man who was incarcerated at 18 years old and wouldn’t be released until he was over 60 for two armed robberies. “This was bewildering to me as this didn’t seem like justice,� she said. “It infuriated me that our system continued to punish this man as if he was still the 18-year-old that was convicted.� Hwu said she believes the program is a
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C-U works to eliminate food waste, feed homeless BY ABRAR AL-HEETI STAFF WRITER
When Cliff Maduzia walks through the hallways of Westview Elementary School in Champaign each day with large, empty containers in tow, faculty, staff and students know what he’s there to do. “Hi, Cliff,� a secretary says as he walks into the main office. Another faculty member says hello as Maduzia makes his way to the cafeteria and walks toward the leftover food from that day’s lunch. Maduzia is the chair of the Susan Freiburg Memorial Food Surplus Program, which picks up leftover prepared and perishable food from local restaurants, grocery stores and Unit 4 schools each day and donates it to local shelters. The program is under the Champaign-Urbana Coalition for the Homeless, a nonprofit organization. The food surplus program was established in 1989 by Susan Freiburg with the help of Garry Bird, director of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. Freiburg passed away in 1996, and Maduzia and other volun-
teers have worked to keep the program alive. The organization began with stores and restaurants, before adding Unit 4 schools to the program three years ago. Volunteers now gather leftover lunch food from all the schools in the district. “It’s still good quality food,� Maduzia said. “It’s still edible.� Without the program, Maduzia added, it would go to waste. Mary Davis has served as the director of food services for Unit 4 schools for four and a half years. She said when she began, the schools had a serving option in which each student was given every type of offered food. But Davis said this resulted in waste, as students threw away what they did not want. Two years ago, the schools switched to something called “Offer versus Serve,� in which students choose three out of five food items, one of which has to be a fruit or vegetable. If students don’t want one of the items they picked, they can put it on a share table, or a place where any student can then take it. Davis said this reduced waste significantly, but there
was still food that wasn’t getting eaten. The uneaten food from the share table is what Champaign-Urbana Coalition for the Homeless donates to the shelters. If there is hot food left over that hasn’t been served, they will take that as well. “They still have to take three of the five (food items), and two of the things maybe they’ll eat, and one they might not. So this way we still have somewhere good to take our leftovers,� Davis said. Maduzia starts driving to the schools he’s assigned to at around 12:30 p.m., while the other six volunteers from the coalition also drive to their assigned schools. They fill large plastic containers with milk cartons, fruits and hot foods, including sandwiches and beans. Maduzia finishes at around 2 p.m., before dropping off the food at local shelters such as the TIMES Center and Courage Connection. The Salvation Army and Canaan S.A.F.E. (Substance Abuse Free Environment) House also participate in the program; however, they bring their own trucks and volunteers to pick up food. Robert Swinford, who
works with the Salvation Army, said the food surplus program allows them to use their limited funds toward other services, while also putting resources to good use. “Schools have a hard time forecasting how much food they’re going to use,� Swinford said. “We (at the Salvation Army) have 45 men that we help, and we feed them three meals a day and a snack. We’ve had arrangements with restaurants and dining halls, but the school lunch program helps us to spend even less money.� Maduzia said his organization has received positive feedback from community members and the school district for the impact it has on the community. “There was a couple that was very excited when they found out that we were starting to do this because they saw the waste and all the stuff getting thrown out,� he said. “The people in the cafeterias are just ecstatic. They’ve been pushing for this for a while, and they were very excited that this was set up.� He said the program also promotes values and life les-
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Cliff Maduzia packages excess food. Maduzia is a volunteer for the Susan Freiburg Memorial Food Surplus program, which provides meals to the homeless. sons for the schoolchildren. “(Through the share tables), the kids are getting exposed to sharing rather than throwing it out,� Maduzia said. “A lot of times I’ll be walking through the school and kids will say, ‘What’s that? What are you doing?’ And I tell them what it’s for, and they get all excited.� Davis said the program has been helpful in the school district’s efforts to reduce lunchroom waste. “It is heartbreaking to see
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food go in the trash,� Davis said. “The fact that we can give it to someone who needs it is wonderful — we might even be feeding our own students. There’s too much waste. We’re working on our side of that through the production, but then there’s the other side, where it’s already made up and we don’t want it in the trash. So it has a good place to go.�
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MEN’S BASKETBALL ILL VS. QUINCY (EXHIBITION) FRI: ILL 91. QUINCY 62 STATE FARM CENTER
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ILL VS. MILLIKIN (EXHIBITION) SAT: ILL 108, MILLIKIN 38 STATE FARM CENTER
VOLLEYBALL ILL VS. NU SAT: ILL 3, NU 1 HUFF HALL
MEN’S TENNIS ITA NATIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS THURS-SUN: TIM KOPINSKI AND ROSS GUIGNON FINISHED AS TOURNAMENT RUNNER-UP FLUSHING, NY
HOCKEY ILL VS. AURORA FRI: ILL 4, AURORA 2 SAT: AURORA 7, ILL 4 ILLINOIS ICE ARENA
WRESTLING SWIMMING ILLINI QUAD KANSAS MEET DOUBLE SUN: ALL DUAL MEET SAT: KAN 154, DAY HUFF HALL ILL 146 ILL 254, TABOR 29 LAWRENCE, KS
Black, Hill steal the show in exhibition ALEX ROUX Basketball columnist
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Illinois’ Malcolm Hill does a layup during the exhibition game against Quincy at State Farm Center on Friday. The Illini won 9162 and Hill led the team with 20 points.
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The Illinois men’s basketball team did what was expected Friday night. Illinois took care of Quincy in the team’s exhibition with a 91–62 victory over the Hawks. “We did a lot of good things,� senior center Nnanna Egwu said. “Offensively, sharing the ball. We’ve got a lot of things to get better on defensively, but overall, I thought we did play well.� Although Quincy won the opening tip and scored the first points of the game, the outcome was never in doubt. After Quincy scored the first three points of the game, the Illini went on a 17-0 run to mount a lead they wouldn’t relinquish for the remainder of the game. Quincy played sloppy and looked outmatched in terms
of talent. The Hawks shot 26.7 percent from the field and missed all four of their 3-point attempts in the first half. Illinois, on the other hand, showed off its depth with 10 players seeing playing time in the first half. The Illini finished the first half with a 37-20 lead on 41.7 percent shooting. Illinois also shot relatively well from behind the 3-point line. The Illini seemed confident from three in the game, shooting 30 threes and hitting 36.7 percent of them. The second half was more of the same as the Illini continued their hot shooting and expanded their lead. Quincy reeled in the Illini and cut the lead to fewer than 20 points midway through the second half, but the Illini offense proved too potent.
The stout defense that became Illinois’ calling card last season was still evident for parts of the game Friday. Egwu finished the game with five blocks. But for head coach John Groce, the Illini’s defensive effort was lacking. “We’ve got to be better defensively,� Groce said. “We just didn’t guard the basketball very well. “I’m much more concerned about the (defensive) end of the floor. I didn’t think we were very good on that end. They had too many dribble penetration opportunities that led to offensive rebounds. We’ve got to take a lot more pride in keeping the basketball in front.� Sophomore guard Malcolm Hill led the Illini in scoring with 20 points, two rebounds and two assists on the night. Hill played exceptionally well in the first half
with 14 points. “I feel like I’ve gotten a lot stronger and I feel like my offense has gotten better,� Hill said. Leron Black was also impressive on both sides of the ball and on the glass for Illinois. The freshman forward finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. Four Illini finished in double-figures scoring. Joining Hill and Black were guards Rayvonte Rice and Aaron Cosby, each with 11 points. For Egwu, no matter how the team played, it was nice to just be back on the court at State Farm Center. “It was good getting out here and playing in front of our fans,� Egwu said.
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the season’s first exhibition game, Quincy won the opening tip and quickly converted an old-fashioned three-point play to take a 3-0 lead over Illinois. The Illini swung back, jumping out to a 17-3 lead, but the Hawks proved they were far from the worst team to grace the floor in the 51-year history of State Farm Center. Quincy competed, and led by Godson Eneogwe’s 14 points, it kept Illinois on its toes. The Hawks hung within 20 points most of the night, forcing Illinois to play hard until the 91-62 result was final. Other than offering a slightly better showing than this columnist expected, Quincy pretty much did wh at it was supposed to do F r iday night at State F a r m C e nte r. As most exhibition games go, the inferior team came in, got beat handily, and we got an idea of what the Illini might have in store for us this season. One of the biggest takeaways from Friday was the apparent acceleration of the Illinois offense. It appears the third edition
of Illinois basketball under Groce will run at a faster pace than what we’ve seen the last two years. Led by point guard Ahmad Starks, the Illini looked to push the ball in a secondary break after pulling down missed shots on the defensive end. They hoisted 30 threes, which no doubt is an indication of things to come. Make no mistake, the Illini will let it fly from deep this season. Groce has been known for his up-tempo offenses in his career, but wasn’t able to implement it to his liking due to the personnel he had in the last two years. It looks like this year, Illinois will essentially plug in four guards to its starting lineup (Starks, Aaron Cosby, Rayvonte Rice and Malcolm Hill) to surround center Nnanna Egwu with capable scorers on the perimeter. Rice, Cosby and Hill all possess a combination of size a nd strength to mix it up inside as well. Speaking of Malcolm Hill: Oh, boy. Every facet of Hill’s game looks light years better than last season. His jumper, his handles, his confidence, everything. The sophomore scored 20 points on 6-of-10 shooting while hitting six out of seven free throws. Hill was the best player on the floor Friday, and
It appears the third edition of Illinois basketball under Groce will run at a faster pace than what we’ve seen the last two years
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Illinois’ Michelle Strizak, filling in for Morganne Criswell, spikes the ball past Northwestern’s block during the volleyball game against Northwestern at Huff Hall on Saturday.
Illini one-ups Wildcats in 4
Strizak filled in for Morganne Criswell in the third For the Illinois and fourth sets and finished with six kills. volleyball team, it didn’t “I thought we were much take long to exact their revenge - only three days, better offensively. We really struggled to score in fact. Following a five-set dis- (Wednesday),� head coach appointment against North- Kevin Hambly said. “Jocwestern on Wednesday, the elynn scored early, and I Illini rebounded against thought Lizzie did a good the Wildcats at Huff Hall job of scoring late.� on Saturday, pulling out a In Evanston on Wednesday, it was the Wildcats four-set victory. “ W e who opened needed to the match be better as the passing aggressors by winning a nd on the first two o f fe n s e . I thought sets, but the we took Illini rolled steps forin the first ward in set on Satt h at ,� urday, taksenior Liz ing it 25-15. McMaLIZ MCMAHON Illinois SENIOR OPPOSITE HITTER hon said. p l a y e d J o c stifling e l y n n defense in Birks led the way with 14 the first set, particularkills and a season-high 21 ly on Northwestern right digs for her fifth straight side hitter Kayla Morin. double-double and confer- The sophomore was held ence-leading 15th for the without a kill in the openseason. McMahon chipped SEE VOLLEYBALL | 2B in 14 kills, while Michelle BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER
“We knew what that team was capable of, so there was a sense of urgency to finish it out in four sets.�
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The Illinois women’s basketball team made the most of its only preseason exhibition game. Although the opponent was Division III school Millikin, Illinois and head coach Matt Bollant still seemed to send a message. Despite the fact that the win won’t count towards Illinois’ regular season record, the 108-38 victory showed a lot about the Illini. The squad showed that they’ve greatly improved in the spots they struggled in last year but still have a lot of room to grow. The main issue Illinois had to deal with last season was depth. The scrimmage showed that Bollant has done a lot since the end of last season to change that. “A lot of different people can score, which is exciting to have more weapons offensively than we’ve had in the past,� Bollant said. The mix of freshman and transfers expected to make an impact showed their value to the Illinois fan base against Millikin. Top-100 recruits Chatrice White and Amarah Coleman set the bar high for their performance heading into the regular season. White is someone who adds depth down low and has been referred to by Bollant as a “program changer.� She had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in only 16 minutes on the floor. “(My debut) was a little rocky I think, but once I kind of settled down, I felt a little more comfortable out there,� White said. Coleman added 10 points with four assists and three rebounds in just 14 minutes. Production from newcomers didn’t stop at the two highly touted freshman. Redshirt junior Kyley Simmons transferred from Missouri and sat out last season. She poured in 17
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Illinois’ Kyley Simmons (15) lays the ball up during the exhibition game against Millikin at State Farm Center on Saturday. The Illini won 108-38. points in her first appearance with the Illini. “It’s fun to be able to take care of the ball,� Bollant said. “I don’t know how many games in the past two years that we’ve had double the assists that we did turnovers, I don’t think that’s happened many times and (Simmons) was a big part of that.� Brittany Carter also added 15 points, and is expected to be an important senior presence after transferring from Ball State just a few months ago. Illinois made it obvious that Bollant will have a tough job this season choosing his lineup. He’s going to be able to consistently go 11 deep off the bench, a good problem to have. “I think the starting five have separated themselves from the next five,
but the next five is really open so we’ll see down the road who steps up,� Bollant said. The 108 points was another indication that Illinois has improved since last season. The total is hard to make judgements on, because of the competition level, but the fact that seven different Illini scored in double digits proves Illinois is getting better quickly. Bollant sees one big issue that his team needs to work on before the official season opener on Friday. “We thought we’d be a little farther along than we were but this week, we’ve got to get better defensively and grow as a team,� Bollant said.
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Height not holding back Starks things I can do that other people can’t,” Starks said. When Ahmad Starks was Starks’ might only be in eighth grade, he played 5-foot-9, but lucky for him, in a Boo Williams Invita- there’s no height requiretional tournament in Vir- ment for a gym. ginia. Almost everyone After having his hardin the tournament was ship waiver to play imme15-years-old, except for diately denied by the NCAA Starks. At 13, Starks was a year ago, Starks had to sit good enough to jump two out last season. He took full age levels. advantage and added even Starks’ team made it all more strength to his frame. the way to the championIllinois head coach John ship game to take on the Groce witnessed these Boo Williams AAU team. changes first hand. Before the game, some “He’s really strong,” of the older, taller kids Groce said. “He weighs 171 who weren’t familiar with pounds and bench presses Starks’ abilities began to 290. You don’t see that very talk. often from a guy who is 171 “I was playing a bunch pounds.” of 15-year-olds. Obviously Senior point guard Trathey’re bigger and stron- cy Abrams tore his ACL ger and in high school, but last month. To many, that there was a lot of talk going news threw a wrench in the on, basically saying ‘He’s plans of a big season for the too small’ and all this oth- Illini. er stuff,” Abrams S t a r k s brought said. senior The kid l e a d t h at t he ership, b i g g e r aggreskids were s i v e calling defense too small and solid scored 22 offensive points and contrie a r n e d butions. While the MVP of the tournai njur y ment. will hurt ThroughJOHN GROCE the Illini MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH out much in some of Starks’ w a y s , life, he has G r o c e been proving people wrong. knows what Starks brings There is no sport where to the table. height can be as much of “He’s really gifted offenan advantage, or disadvan- sively,” Groce said. “He’s a tage, as it is in basketball. high-level shot maker. He’s However, Starks’ has a great ball handler. He never viewed his height as makes good decisions, and his assist-to-turnover ratio a weakness. “Some people say it’s a throughout the course of disadvantage, or you’re his career has always been looked down upon because really good.” of it, but there are also You don’t often hear
Swimming falls short of the Jayhawks Illini lost in the last event by three-hundredths of a second
BY SAM SHERMAN STAFF WRITER
“He’s really gifted offensively. He’s a high-level shot maker. He’s a great ball handler He makes good decisions.”
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VOLLEYBALL ing set and finished with 10 kills and nine errors. Morin produced against the Illini on Wednesday, tallying 15 kills on the match, but was not nearly as effective Saturday. The Wildcats were led by Symone Abbott who had 13 kills with eight errors. Northwestern hit .071 as a team. “We did a much better job on their two lefts (Morin and Abbott),” Hambly said. “I thought (Abbott) was bringing what she could really bring and we were still stopping her. Same with (Morin), I thought we did a great job blocking her and then picking up her shots.” For the second consecutive match, Northwestern middle blocker Katie Dutchman was a non-factor. Entering Wednesday’s match, the senior was second in the conference in hitting percentage at .406.
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ROUX he showed an impressive arsenal of skills on the offensive end. He could end up being a nightmare for opposing forwards this season, capable of creating mismatches with his athleticism. “I feel a lot stronger; my offense has gotten better,” Hill said. “All it is is confidence. When I was a freshman last year, I was a little nervous, I didn’t know what to expect. This year, I’m just playing, I’m just letting the game come to me.” It wasn’t just the Malcolm Hill show, either. Freshman Leron Black had an outstanding night, scoring 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting while being active on the boards with eight rebounds. As the impressive showing from Black rolled along, a murmur from the State Farm Center crowd grew louder, as if the fans in attendance were all agreeing upon the same thing: Illinois may have the bestkept secret in the Big Ten in the 6-foot-7 newcomer. We’ll see how Black does when he runs into more athletic and competitive bigs, but his performance Friday night was encouraging. Three of the players expected to have big years for the Illini this year —
The Illini held her to eight kills in each of the two matches. After the Illini cruised in the first set, the rest of the match was tightly contested. The Illini pulled out the second set 26-24 but gave away a lead late in the set. Illinois led 19-15 but allowed Northwestern to briefly take a 23-22 lead. In the third set, Illinois held a slim 20-18 lead only to have Northwestern go on a run and take the set 25-22. With a lead late in the fourth set, the Illini were determined to not let this lead, or the match, slip away. With a 19-16 lead, Illinois ran off six consecutive points to clinch the match. “We knew what that team was capable of, so there was a sense of urgency to finish it out in four sets.” McMahon said.
Stephen can be reached at sbourbo2@dailyillini. com and on Twitter @steve_bourbon. Rice, Cosby and Starks — did some nice things, but didn’t steal the show. However, it’s clear this will be a dangerous team when those three are connecting from beyond the arc. Egwu was, expectedly, a menace on defense, finishing with five blocks. Overall, this Illinois team showed some serious potential offensively; they did it without sophomore Kendrick Nunn. He sat out as a precaution to keep his recovering knee fresh. Groce expects him to be ready for the season opener next Friday, and I’m intrigued to see what the Illini offense can do with another high-octane weapon at its disposal. At Illinois’ media day in early October, Groce and his players refused to put a ceiling on this team when asked how far it could go. That’s wise in my opinion, because there are definitely things to improve on after tonight (especially defensively). But it certainly looks like Illinois has the pieces to have a solid year. I’ve been to dozens of Illini exhibition games over the years, and they never really mean much. But this one left me optimistic about where this team could go.
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BY DANIEL COLLINS STAFF WRITER
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Illinois’ Ahmad Starks shoots a 3-pointer during the exhibition game against Quincy at State Farm Center on Friday. coaches wanting their players to make more mistakes, but Starks’ case is a little different. Groce wants Starks to make more mistakes so he can be more aggressive and less cautious. Starks’ role changed since Abrams’ tore his ACL. He went from being an offensive sparkplug coming off the bench to more than likely the team’s starting point guard. Senior Rayvonte Rice, who led the Illini in scoring last season, noticed that nothing seems to get in Starks’ way. Starks isn’t afraid to take on any challange, including pulling up a shot on Nnanna Egwu. Rice also hasn’t been afraid to joke with Starks when it comes to his height. “I call him ‘Little Man’ sometimes, and other short jokes,” Rice laughed. “He drives a big Hummer, but he’s such a little guy.” Rice said the jokes are not one sided, however.
Jokes about Rice’s weight have been thrown around at his expense. Egwu has been impressed with what he’s seen from his new point guard. Starks continues to take on any challenge he’s faced with despite his height disadvantage. “I don’t even think he knows he’s 5-foot-9,” Egwu said. “He plays big, he plays aggressive and he plays strong. It doesn’t even come to his mind, he probably thinks he’s 6-foot4 because that’s how he plays, and that’s what I love about him.” When Starks got the news that he wasn’t going to be able to play last season, it was tough for him. Little did he know that this season, the success of Illini will rest heavily on his play at point guard.
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It was a meet of milliseconds for the Illinois swimming and diving team as the meet against Kansas on Saturday came down to the last event. The Illini lost 154-146 by three-hundredths of a second. A tight finish was only fitting seeing as the Illini started off the meet winning by 18-hundreths of a second in the 200 medley relay. From that point on, things remained neck and neck. “It was a great situation for the team to be in,” said head coach Sue Novitsky of the close meet. “Figuring out how to handle those high-pressure situations, but still be able to stay relaxed and perform.” Novitsky said part of learning how to swim in pressure situations is by blocking out all the distractions around you and not making the event any bigger than it really is. In order to accomplish this, the team implements deep breathing and visualization exercises. “If you overthink things and your brain gets in the way of your body, then you’re not able to perform the way you ideally have been in training.” Novitsky said. “People were tripping up on themselves and getting in their own way a little bit.” Amidst the pressure of the event, senior Alison Meng set the Kansas pool record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.16 seconds and won the 100 butterfly. For Meng, taking the positives out of the event and not dwelling on what small details could have
changed the outcome will help the team moving forward in other competitive competitions. “In close meets like this, races can go one way or the other; you just never know,” Meng said. “Having a positive attitude throughout will be the deciding factor ... because if we win a couple (events), it totally changes the momentum, and that positivity will carry over to big invites and big events.” Besides Meng, the performances of freshman Samantha Stratford and the diving squad helped keep the meet a seesaw battle. Stratford won the 100 and 200 breaststroke. She also raced in the 400 individual medley for the first time in her collegiate career and finished second with a time of 4:26.13, placing her ninth all time in Illinois history in that event. On the boards, the Illini secured first place finishes in both the 1-meter and the 3-meter dive, won by senior Erika Murphy and sophomore Olivia Kassouni, respectively. Had the Illini touched the wall four-hundredths of a second sooner in their last event — the 200 freestyle relay — their record would have been 4-1 on the year. Instead, they are 3-2 and will use this meet as a stepping stone against higher competition later in the season. “In the end, this can really help us in the long run,” Novitsky said of the meet. “Once you get to the Big Ten Championship, every race is going to be a tight race.”
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Kopinski, Guignon get to 2nd place Hiltzik still struggling but takes first win since ITA Midwest Regional BY CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY STAFF WRITER
Tim Kopinski and Ross Guignon took second place at the ITA Intercollegiate Indoor National Championships this weekend as they put together their best performance of the fall. The pair came into the season as the No. 2 doubles team in the country, but it’s been an up and down season. After a first round loss at ITA All-Americans, the pair went onto the consolation finals. A few weeks ago, they dropped only their match at Texas A&M’s Conference Challenge. This weekend, Kopinski and Guingon’s play reflected their preseason ranking. “I think we’ve been progressing as the semester’s gone along, each of us individually, and then it sort of came out as a team this weekend,” Guignon said. “We’re just trying to play our best tennis ... We feel like if we’re playing our best tennis we can beat anybody.” Kopinski and Guignon received an at-large bid for the tournament. In their opening match, they defeated the ITA Atlantic Regional Champions, Ryan Shane and Luca Corintelli of Virginia, 6-3, 6-2. A 7-6(4), 6-3, quarterfinal win against Central Regional Champions Tomislav Gregurovic and Tin Ostojic of Wichita State advanced the Illini to the finals. In the first set against the Shockers, Kopinski and Guignon came all the way back from a 4-1 deficit to win. “They played worryfree tennis ... They weren’t worried about ‘who are we playing’ and ‘what does this mean,’” assistant coach Marcos Asse said. “They got back to just playing and when they do that, get a lot of clarity out of their game, start executing better, play with less nerves, a lot of positives come out of that.” The pair lost a tough final match to the tournament’s No. 1 seeded team, USC’s Yannick Hanfmann and Roberto Quiroz. Asse said USC came up with some shots that even they were
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Illinois’ Tim Kopinski and Ross Guignon briefly celebrate during the NCAA Tennis Regionals at Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex on May 10. The duo took a second at the ITA Intercollegiate Indoor National Championships this past weekend. surprised by. According to Asse, after the match, USC’s coach said that to say they got lucky was an understatement. There’s no time to rest for Kopinski and Guignon, though. They’re entered in the Atkins Center’s JSM Challenger doubles bracket as a wild card this week. Jared Hiltzik also competed for the Illini in New York. He lost a hard-fought three set opening match to No. 28 Ryan Shane of Virginia, the same opponent that Kopinski and Guignon faced. Hiltzik won his first match in the consolation bracket over TCU’s Cameron Norrie but then fell to Roberto Cid of South Florida. Hiltzik entered the tournament on a five match losing streak, dating back to the Midwest Regional final. Despite the 1-2 performance this week-
end, Asse said he thinks Hiltizk improved throughout the tournament. “As the tournament went on, he (Hiltzik) kind of found his game back a little bit and squeaked his way through a couple sets here and there. He ended up playing better than he started,” Asse said. “I think there’s something that’s missing when you haven’t won in a while, he’s put himself in a place to play better tennis where he can start winning again.” Hiltzik will also compete in the JSM Challenger at Atkins Tennis Center this week as a wild card entry. While several Illini will compete, this ITA Indoor National Championship marks the end of the official fall season for Illinois.
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Summary: Tim Kopinski and Ross Guignon take second place at indoor national championships. Quote of the game: Ross Guignon — “I think we’ve been progressing as the semester’s gone along, each of us individually, and then it sort of came out as a team this weekend.” Hidden stat: Including his loss in the Midwest Regional final, Jared Hiltzik is 1-7 in his last eight matches. Up next: JSM Challenger, Atkins Tennis Center, Champaign, Ill., Monday through Friday
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Illinois wrestling opened its season at Huff Hall for the first time in 16 years on Sunday in a quad meet against Rider, Southern IllinoisEdwardsville and Northern Illinois. The No. 11-ranked Illinois wrestling team started the day by defeating SIUE 44-0, winning seven of its 10 matches by either a fall (technical and by pin) or major decision. After a dominating team performance to begin the meet, the Illini squared off against a Rider squad that had three wrestlers ranked in the top 20 nationally. Nevertheless, Illinois went on to claim eight of the 10 matches in a decisive 29-6 team win, losing its only two matches by a combined total of six points. In his match against Rider’s J.R. Wert, senior Jesse Delgado registered a technical fall with a score of 22-5, while redshirt juniors Steven Rodrigues and Jeff Koepke won their respective matches against two of Rider’s three nationally ranked members. The Illini ended
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“We know exactly what we’re getting with Martinez,” Heffernan said. “We’ve seen the same thing for the past two years.” “I think it was a good start,” Martinez said. “I’ll make my big statement when the Big Ten season comes around; then I’ll tell people I’m here to say.” Illinois travels to Gilroy, California, Friday to face Appalachian State and Cal State Bakersfield.
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Illinois’ Jesse Delgado pins Rider’s Zach Valcarce during the wrestling match against Rider University at Huff Hall on Sunday.
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Illini Quad Summary: Illini dominate in home opener. Delgado poised for successful senior season Key Performer: Isaiah Martinez went 3-0 in his first meet as an Illini starter. Quote of the Meet: Steven Rodrigues — “We have a lot of guys that have bought in and believed.” Hidden Stat: First-time Illini starters combined for a 5-1 record overall Sunday Next: Friday vs. Appalachian St. & CSU Bakersfield in Gilroy, California
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Illinois hockey splits with Aurora BY MATTHEW GERTSMEIER STAFF WRITER
Mistakes cost the Illinois hockey team a sweep against Aurora University at home this weekend. Illinois won on Friday 4-2, but faltered Saturday, losing 7-4. Illinois (10 -5 - 0 - 0) got out to a slow start Friday, scoring a power-play goal in the fi rst period. Illinois and Aurora had six shot attempts each in the fi rst. Head coach Nick Fabbrini thought it was one of the team’s worst periods of the year. “Complacency was a big issue in the fi rst,� Fabbrini said. “We just weren’t skating, making lazy plays, (making) bad decisions with the puck, (making) bad decisions without the puck, and I came in and made it pretty clear after the fi rst 20 (minutes), that was not going to be acceptable.� Illinois controlled the tempo in the second period, scoring two goals on 14 shot attempts, while Aurora scored one goal on seven attempts. Despite only
three shot attempts in the third, Illinois was able to hold on to the lead and seal the victory. After being swept by Lindenwood last week, Friday’s win gave the Illini a morale boost. “It was a nice bounceback weekend for us because we had a rough go at Lindenwood,� junior John Olen said. “It was defi nitely a good way to turn around after a three-game losing streak there.� Illinois’ win was short lived as Saturday’s game went much differently. After allowing three goals in the fi rst period, Fabbrini pulled goaltender Joe Olen and put in Zev Grumet-Morris. Grumet-Morris’ spark was extinguished quickly. After making a few saves, he gave up two goals and Aurora took a 5-0 lead late in the second. Illinois answered back when senior Kyle Varzino and John Olen scored each in a 43 second span. That momentum carried over briefly into the third period when a Joseph Riton-
dale goal cut the lead to 5-3. However, Illinois was unable to hold off Aurora’s attack and an empty-netter with a minute left ended the Illini’s hopes of a comeback. The Illini accounted for 11 penalties on Saturday, compared to five penalties on Friday. Fabbrini thought some of the extra penalties contributed to the loss Saturday night. “We may have lost our composure a little bit, took a couple stupid penalties, offensive zone stick penalties. We had four or five of them today and those are just not acceptable,� Fabbrini said. “Tripping a guy 200 feet from our net, there’s not a whole lot of upside in that.� Coming off Saturday’s loss, Fabbrini believes adjusting ice time will send a message to his players to get rid of committing unnecessary penalties. “I need to do a better job of taking away guys’ ice time,� Fabbrini said. “That really seems to be the only thing that changes decision making around here is lack
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Illinois’ Kyle Varzino tries to keep the puck away from Ohio during the Ohio hockey game at the Ice Arena on Oct. 24. The Illini had a pair of matches this weekend against Aurora. of playing time. Sometimes it’s our best players that are taking these penalties, guys that we need on the ice to score goals so it really kind of puts us in a tough spot.� The next series for Illi-
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