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The Presidential Search Committee met with the Board of Trustees in a special, day-long meeting Tuesday in Chicago to interview candidates for the next president of the University. Douglas Beck, co-chair of the committee and professor in physics, said he felt positive that the candidates reviewed have the qualities he is looking for in the next president. “I think that we are looking for a president who is going to be more of a outward facing role,” he said. “Each of the candidates displayed those kinds of qualities today in different ways, but I think they all did well.” Beck said the interviews were part of ongoing conversations between the board, the committee and the candidates.
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IEPA cites city for water discharge BY WALBERT CASTILLO STAFF WRITER
Bike fee gains place on ballot Students can vote online BY ESTEFANIA FLOREZ STAFF WRITER
Students can answer a proposed $1 student-initiated bike fee referendum question online from Wednesday to Thursday at midnight. Grace Kyung, graduate student in urban planning, proposed the $1 fee to be required of students each semester and to be spent on bicycle-related projects. According to the referendum question, “the funds would include but not be limited to creating better bike infrastructure, expanding bike parking, creating safety courses and materials for bike encouragement and education, and creating a bike rental program.” Kyung has been working on this fee since the spring. Due to several communications issues with the Campus Student Election Commission, a group that runs student referendums and elections, her question was not placed on the ballot until now.
However, even if the fee passes, Kyung may have to wait another year to see its implementation, depending on the approval of the Student Fee Advisory Committee and the Board of Trustees. Her question is the only one on the fall ballot, and she believes it is time for the University to start focusing on funding more bicycle-related projects. Kyung said she wants to start an education campaign informing all students of where to ride bikes on campus, even for those who don’t ride bikes. “Even if you don’t ride a bike it will be beneficial for you as well because pedestrians will get the information of knowing what are bike lanes and where you should be walking or not,” Kyung said. Kyung said there has been very little funding put in place to fix bike infrastructure, and she believes the University needs to advance its efforts to become a more sustainable campus. “To me it is more of a statement: that students are willing to tax themselves to make changes happen.
In an ongoing dispute due to storm water discharge into the sewage pipes at a local construction site in Champaign in July, The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is now requiring the city of Champaign to undergo a series of corrective actions. The city council unanimously approved a Compliance Commitment Agreement with the Illinois EPA at its Nov. 4 meeting, which requires the city to monitor the site weekly and after significant rainfall, as well as make revisions to its Erosion Control Plan. Heavy rainfall in July, which rose as high as seven inches, caused the soil from the construction site at 200 Carriage Center Court to flow into the storm sewers of the construction site. The Ford of Champaign and several other car dealership businesses were previously located on the property. Champaign received a violation citation from the IlliHUBERT THEODORE THE DAILY ILLINI nois EPA on July 22, citing Thane Fowler, sophomore in General Studies and president water intrusion into the sewage on three occasions: June of BikeFace, fixes bicycles on the Main Quad. If passed, a 11, June 24 and June 30. bike fee would fund bike infrastructure, parking and classes. Since the city council So, what is the University the only money allocated granted the construction pergoing to do in response to toward bicycle-anything mits to bulldoze the buildings listen to us?” Kyung said. on campus is for bike and redevelop the site, Tom To Thane Fowler, junior racks, which are needed, Bruno, deputy mayor and city in LAS who works at the but we also need funding council member at-large, said Campus Bike Center, this for bicycle programs and IEPA had to find someone fee is very important to infrastructure,” Fowler responsible for the violation. campus. Fowler serves as said. “Increased bicycling The private developer, president of the registered reduces carbon emissions engineer and contractor of student organization Bike and improves quality of life the construction site as well Face and helped Kyung and makes transportation as the city were held jointgather signatures and orga- on campus safer.” ly responsible for the storm nize a voting campaign. Fowler also feels it is water discharge by the Illi“The fee is impornois EPA, according to the SEE BICYCLE | 3A resolution. tant because as of now, “When we had to accept the guilt from the storm
New pay guidelines issued by provost BY FARAZ MIRZA STAFF WRITER
Since discovering in August that several specialized faculty members had not received raises promised with their promotions, the Office of the Provost issued a new set of guidelines Monday to ensure promoted non-tenure-track faculty will receive the correct benefits from a pay floor implemented in May. Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Academic Policies Elabbas Benmamoun said the new guidelines, titled Communication 26, apply to
non-tenure-track faculty in all departments, including research professors, clinical professors and teaching professors. “When the resolution was initially posted, we went to human resources and checked, and we found out of all the promotions that had been processed, all of them got promotions except three,” Benmamoun said. “We processed it and implemented it effective Aug. 16.” Benmamoun said that the Office of the Provost has been in touch with the human resources department, and
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water discharge violation, it was ironic in a sense that was we were already doing what the IEPA told us to,” said Don Gerard, mayor of Champaign. “It’s sort of like a person receiving a ticket for not wearing a seat belt even though the seat belt was on the whole time.” Although construction workers that were stationed at the site put fabric barriers around the perimeter and covered the sewers with safeguards to prevent debris from flying into the sewers, rainfall still overwhelmed the area, said Bruno. While the water was not toxic, Bruno said the water flowing into the sewage pipes could eventually find its way to the Mississippi River, which the Illinois EPA does not want to happen since it could then have an affect on other states. “This was the first time Champaign has ever been cited for something like this before. It’s very unique, I have to say,” said Michael LaDue, district 2. Although this was the first occurrence of a storm water discharge, Gerard said this was not the first time they have had a dispute with the Illinois EPA. In 2007, the Illinois EPA issued a permit in regards to storing hazardous waste water at a facility over the Mahomet Aquifer located in east-central Illinois, which provides water for over 800 residents in downstate Illinois, including Champaign. Governor Pat Quinn directed the Illinois EPA to rescind the permit. The Illinois EPA could not be reached for comment.
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sida on April 28 in a massmail, detailing the release of new employment guidelines and promotion policies to support specialized faculty. The massmail also announced a uniform pay floor of $40,000 to be implemented for specialized faculty in all departments. Benmamoun said a $40,000 pay floor for specialized faculty has been in place since May 1, and there was no uniform pay floor among nonWALBERT CASTILLO THE DAILY ILLINI tenure-track faculty prior The Champaign City Council passed a Compliance to this. Agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for a storm water discharge at the Construction site located at SEE PAY | 3A 200 Carriage Center Court.
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New York City doctor who prompted New York quarantine mandate declared ‘Ebola-free’ NEW YORK — Dr. Craig Spencer, whose Ebola diagnosis fueled fears of the virus’ spread in New York City and prompted the state to mandate quarantines for some travelers, was released from a hos-
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Obama and Jinping aim to eliminate tariffs on global sales of high-tech Chinese equipment BEIJING — In a move likely to benefit U.S. information and technology companies, President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he had reached an “understanding” with China that could eliminate tariffs on global sales of high-tech equipment. If and when finalized, the tentative deal
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Florida quadruple amputee wanted in connection with parents’ death potentially found dead in Memphis ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange County detectives were dispatched to Tennessee on Tuesday, where the search for the quadruple amputee considered a person of interest in his parents’ deaths appeared to have come to a bloody end.
Local authorities had been searching for 30-year-old Sean Petrozzino for a week, when they were “notified that a death investigation being conducted by the Memphis Police Department may be connected to the search,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
South Korean ferry captain receives 26-year jail sentence over fatal sinking, found not guilty of murder SEOUL — The captain of a South Korean ferry was jailed for 36 years Tuesday over the sinking this year that killed more than 300 passengers, mostly school children, a news report said. Lee Joon Seok, 69, was convicted of der-
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Stabbing deaths of two Isrealis raises tensions, fuels increased military, police presence in West Bank JERUSALEM — A day after two Israelis died in separate stabbing attacks, Israel redeployed hundreds of troops to beef up forces in the West Bank, and strengthened the police presence in Israeli cities and towns, officials and media reports said Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a special security cabinet meeting Tuesday to discuss the situation. Against the backdrop of Monday’s attacks, Netan-
yahu ordered measures to contain the upsurge, including the demolition of family homes of the attackers. One of the suspected assailants in Monday’s attacks was jailed and the other shot and wounded. According to Palestinian reports, 21-year-old Muhammad Jawwabra died Tuesday after he was shot by Israeli troops during clashes in the area of Hebron, where one of Monday’s assailants had come from.
State and local law enforcement prepare for grand jury’s decision on Michael Brown case Law enforcement agencies from Missouri and local agencies will all work in a unified command when the Ferguson grand jury decision is reached, Gov. Jay Nixon said Tuesday. The Missouri National Guard will be part of that contingency planning “when we determine it is necessary to support local law enforcement,” Nixon said. Nixon said police are preparing for
peaceful protests, but would also be ready to respond if things get violent. The governor said the violence and property damage that occurred among some protesters after Michael Brown was shot and killed on Aug. 9 “were not representative of Missouri and cannot be repeated.” Nixon repeated that no date has been determined for when the grand jury’s decision is announced.
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LOS ANGELES — Their clothes were soaked and the end-of-day sun was slipping behind the San Gabriel Mountains. Stranded, the group of 15 hikers sent out electronic Hail Marys from a cellphone in the form of a “Help” text message to a relative and a 911 call to a local sheriff’s station. But help wouldn’t find them Sunday night. The fog was too thick for helicopters or light aircraft to navigate the rugged terrain, and their location was too remote to be seen from a trail in the darkness. So the Huntington Park church group — 11 adults and four juveniles participating in an annual trek in the mountains — made a campfire on the flank of a steep hillside above Pasadena and prepared to spend the night deep in Eaton Canyon. “We were wet, we were tired,” hiker Nancy Picado said. “But we just decided the best thing we could do was to stay there and rest.” Hikers said they lost track of the time as the afternoon wore on and the darkness seemed to come quickly. To keep warm, they huddled together around the campfire.
By Monday morning, after the fog had burned off, helicopters could begin circling the rugged backcountry. The group was spotted on the hillside where they spent the night and airlifted — four at a time — to nearby Henninger Flats, a dusty perch from where hikers typically bend to the left to reach the first of two waterfalls. Two of the hikers sustained leg injuries during the rescue and two others suffered hypothermia from the overnight exposure, authorities said. But considering the risks and potential for serious injury in an area known for its treacherous terrain, authorities said they were impressed by the group’s chipper spirits and good health. In the long history of Eaton Canyon rescues, Monday’s incident was unusual for its size, officials said. Claudia Ortiz, one of the hikers who suffered a leg injury, said it was the group’s decision to huddle together and share their body heat that helped them survive the night. “Nothing happened to us, thank God,” Picado told reporters minutes after she was rescued. Jones credited the group’s
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Claudia Ortiz, 20, is carried by her stepfather Raphael Palacios, left, and sister Gwenderlyn, right, after being rescued with 15 hikers who were lost overnight in the San Gabriel Mountains near Eaton Canyon in Altadena, Calif Ortiz suffered an ankle injury during the extraction operation.
calm and ultimate decision to stay in one place with aiding in the rescue. “If you keep moving,” Jones said, “it’s almost impossible to find you.” Officials said the group set out Sunday morning for an annual trek to Henninger Flats, then went through a narrow gorge in Eaton Canyon to the picturesque waterfalls. Jones said the team was experienced and prepared, outfitted with backpacks, first aid kits, extra clothing, water and food. Hikers who reach the first set of waterfalls have long made a sport of scaling the canyon walls that reach up behind the 40-foot falls and bathing in its cool waters. The Associated Press reported that the church hiking group was rappelling down the walls behind the falls, and Altadena Mountain Rescue Team training officer James Moussally described the group as “canyoneers,” hikers who work their way deep into a canyon and then descend by rappelling. “I think it’s a matter of maybe they weren’t quite prepared for it to take as long as it did,” Moussally said. As the group began its descent, authorities said, the darkness closed in quickly and they decided to make a camp on a steep hillside. They were found about 10 a.m. In July, two women had to be airlifted from the area after tumbling down the craggy face of a canyon wall near the upper falls. One slipped nearly 30 feet down a mountainside before her leg caught in a tree. Days later, Angeles National Forest officials closed the area above Eaton Canyon’s first waterfall. a steep and perilous climb over crumbling granite to another fall. Hikers who violate the restriction risk jail time and fines. In 2012, there were more than 60 rescues near the upper falls. Five people have died there since 2011.
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Border patrol exercises power far from border BY JEREMY SCHWARTZ TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
AUSTIN, Texas– Jaime Zaldana was driving to work =through the San Antonio suburb of Schertz on a winter morning in 2010 when his red pickup passed a U.S. Border Patrol unit on the side of the highway. He was 150 miles from the nearest border crossing, in Eagle Pass. The agents would later write that Zaldana and two co-workers “appeared to be startled” and looked “straight ahead,” — reason enough, they claimed, to pull the truck over. Zaldana was eventually deported as an undocumented immigrant, but not before the U.S. government paid $25,000 to settle his claim that the agents stopped him only because of his ethnicity and race, according to public court documents. Most Texans probably think of the Border Patrol as doing what the agency’s name suggests: interrupting illegal activity along the line separating the U.S. from Mexico. Yet over the last decade, agents have regularly made arrests deep inside Texas, according to an Austin American-Statesman’s investigation. In numerous cases, the arrests occurred more than 100 miles from the border, a blurry line of the demarcation drawn a half-century ago. While the agency has insisted the 100-mile line doesn’t limit its activities, courts have ruled that agents need stronger justification to stop motorists the farther they are from the border. And critics say roving interior patrols inevitably lead to agents pulling over motorists based only on their racial appearance, resulting in unconstitutional stops of American citizens and legal residents– the Border Patrol says it does not keep track of the numbers of those stops. Judges have voided Texas stops because of agents’ flimsy pretexts, though the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which adjudicates immigration cases, doesn’t track that number, either. Advocates say the number of decisions understates the reality because immigrants rarely challenge the stops. “You ask yourself: What else do (Border Patrol) agents have to go on besides race?” said San Antonio immigration attorney
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BICYCLE important for students to vote because the more they vote the more weight the referendum will have. “Bicycling on campus matters to students, and if we have high numbers of voter turnout, the University will see that,” Fowler said. Shawn Gordon, graduate student and chair of the elections commission, explained that referendum
David Armendariz, one of the few attorneys within the nation to regularly pursue such cases. “Because your average immigrant without papers looks like your average Hispanic.” In recent years, the Border Patrol has aggressively resisted revealing information about its more controversial operations. The agency has deflected media requests for information regarding fatal shootings and its use of force policy, leading to questions about its handling of those incidents. In response to the Statesman’s requests seeking details of the agency’s enforcement actions far from the border, it provided only general numbers on arrests. In important ways, the information fails to provide a full picture of the agency’s activities deep within the state. So, while all of the substations are close to, or beyond the 100-mile zone, it is impossible to determine which apprehensions occurred beyond that line. Nor would the agency say how many of the inland arrests were the result of roving patrols, rather than checkpoint stops or joint operations with other agencies. A congressional effort to require annual reports of the Border Patrol’s interior activities failed earlier this year. The Border Patrol also says it doesn’t track how many U.S. citizens or legal residents it pulls over during its roving patrols far from the border. The agency denied a Statesman request to visit an interior station and speak with agents. But the 2012 deposition of one veteran Border Patrol agent in San Angelo, obtained by the Statesman, provides perhaps the most detailed account yet of how the agency’s officers operate far from the border. The Border Patrol’s authority to stop and search is almost unlimited at the border, where agents can question subjects without providing a reason or obtaining a warrant. They also enjoy wide latitude at checkpoints located close to the border. The law allows Border Patrol agents to make warrantless stops at “a reasonable distance” from the border, defined as 100 air miles from the border by
the Justice Department in 1953. But the actual limit of Border Patrol’s authority is blurry, its policies peppered with vague directives. Federal rules technically allow agents to operate beyond the 100-mile line by asking permission from top agency brass in the event of “unusual circumstances.” It is unclear, however, whether such special permission is given case by case, or as a blanket approval for a specific period of time or geographical area. The agency didn’t answer questions about the policy. Yet some inland operations appear to be permanent and ongoing: In Texas, the agency has six stations well beyond the 100-mile mark. Agents working far from the border also must have both a “reasonable certainty” that a suspect recently crossed a border as well as a “reasonable suspicion” that he or she is engaged in criminal activity, which can include being in the country illegally. Yet generally, judges have interpreted those standards broadly, permitting agents to stop suspects, for example, because of a tip that they’d recently crossed the border. In 2010, immigration Judge Bertha Zuniga declared unconstitutional the stop of an immigrant pulled over in San Angelo because he appeared Latino, writing: “To allow roving-patrol stops of all vehicles in San Angelo, Texas, carrying Hispanic-looking persons without further evidence of suspicious activity would subject residents to ‘unlimited interference with their use of the highways.’ “ Roving patrol stops of U.S. citizens also sparked a 2012 lawsuit by the Washington state ACLU, claimingthe Border Patrol’s actions often seemed “based on nothing other than the ethnic and/or racial appearance of a vehicle’s occupants.” Last year, the Border Patrol settled the lawsuit without admitting wrongdoing and agreed to provide its agents in the area with additional training in constitutional privacy rights. The agency also agreed to publicly disclose its traffic stop information for 18 months. According to that data, in the year following the settlement, Border Patrol made only seven roving patrol stops in the area.
the resolution. Shawn Gilmore, lecturer of English and sponsor of the resolution, said in an email that he supports Communication 25 and the pay floor, but criticized the lack of input from the specialized faculty. “I support the attention that these documents have drawn to the situation faced by non-tenure-track faculty on this campus,” Gilmore said. “Both pieces make some welcome changes, but also operate without much input from the parties most affected, especially the non-
tenure-track faculty across campus.” Benmamoun said that prior to the new guidelines, Communication 9 held guidelines for the promotion of both tenure-track and specialized faculty. “What we did is that we took those guidelines out of Communication 9, expanded on them, and put them in their own independent Communication,” Benmamoun said.
questions allow students to vote on a type of University action or policy. “Students need to vote to have their say,” Gordon said. “If it is their fee, they need to vote to see if they will continue to have those fees and how those fees should be used. The University takes referendum questions seriously and they do their best to implement the outcome of any question as best as possible.” For the first time, the commission will track vot-
er turnout online, showing how many students actually cast votes out of 43,200 eligible voters. Gordon also said the voting process is easy. Students sign in online at vote. illinois.edu with their Net ID and password to vote. Voting is open for all graduate and undergraduate students and will remain open until midnight Thursday.
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E D I TO R IAL Tanning beds on campus not an issue to be governed by the university
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anning beds are present at twelve percent of the nation’s top colleges and universities, according to a report recently published online on JAMA Dermatology. At our university, there’s a salon on John Street near Fat Sandwich called The Beach - Sun and Spa, in addition to beds in select apartment buildings, to name a few places students can darken their skin tones. But some feel this access to tanning beds is inappropriate, because tanning can increase the risk of getting melanoma; due to the fact that skin cancer is the number one form of cancer in adults 25 to 29, some medical experts think that tanning beds should be banned on college campuses nationwide much like how many universities, including our own, have banned smoking. Personally, we don’t see the point. Banning tanning beds on our campus and others across the country would be an unnecessary waste of time and effort, and there are better alternatives to discouraging tanning. It’s not that we don’t agree that tanning is bad for a person’s health — we do. We know it can increase a person’s chances of getting skin cancer, but most other people know this too, including those who do it. No one is trying to trick students or anyone who tans into thinking it is good for them. Tanning most definitely comes with its risks and this is not new to most people. Nearly all the students on campus are adults, and, thus, can make their own decisions. If students choose to do things that are legal and harmful to their health, they have the right to do so, regardless of whether we agree with these choices or not. Tanning, unlike smoking, harms only the individual indulging in the practice. There is no such thing as secondhand tan, and your chances of being diagnosed with melanoma don’t increase if you live with someone who’s obsessed with having dark, glowing skin year round. Additionally, those who really want to tan would probably continue to find ways to do so, even if they don’t do it on campus. Maybe a salon would open on the part of Green Street that isn’t technically on campus, or maybe students would head off campus to different salons. This would be the case on any campus across the country. Instead of worrying about the location of tanning beds, those concerned with the negative effects of tanning should further emphasize the risks that go along with the activity. Advocates’ time would be better spent pushing universities and those providing beds to students to make more information about skin cancer available. As we said, tanning is legal, and everyone at the University has a right to do it. We are not promoting the continuation of tanning for those who do it, but instead, we suggest that of trying to move tanning beds off campus, advocates should try to further warn those who tan about the harmful effects.
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IRON BABY
DIVING INTO 100 YEARS OF LIFE
If you’ve seen “The Avengers,” which we imagine most of you have, then you know how awesome Tony Stark, otherwise known as Iron Man, is. He’s strong, he’s smart, and has just the right level of sass — making him the ideal superhero. Eric Hart, father of the 4-month-old boy, Collier, who is staying in a neonatal intensive care unit, decided to make an Iron Man costume for his son. He wanted to instill feelings of bravery into Collier, who is in the hospital for various medical issues. The story is heart-warming and inspiring, and if you’ve seen the video of him in the costume, it’s downright precious. We wish the best for the young baby and his family, and can affirm that Collier certainly is a superhero.
Most of us choose to spend our birthdays in somewhat similar manners. We like to spend time with our close friends and family, enjoy a party (preferably a bumpin’ one), open a gift or twenty and eat copious amounts of cake and ice cream — because calories don’t count on your birthday, duh. One woman in New York, however, decided jumping out of a plane would be a better way to celebrate. Fun fact: She’s 100 years old. Yes, Eleanor Cunningham spent her century of life celebration by skydiving — for her third time, that is. Eleanor has officially made her way into our hearts as the most gnarly senior citizen ever.
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SPOTIFY STRIKES BACK
Calvin Klein is notorious for its depiction of beautiful, thin women in its advertisements — women that typically have us second-guessing grabbing that next potato chip while we stare at the ad (but, of course, we eat the chip anyway). With size-10 model Myla Dalbesio, that image is about to change. Dalbesio has been chosen to model underwear in Calvin Klein’s “Perfectly Fit” campaign. Better yet, they aren’t drawing attention to her size and making some ruckus over using a “plus-sized” model (size standards that we think are ridiculous). Elle Magazine said, “Refreshingly, what was expected of her was the same thing that was expected of the other models featured in the campaign: to take a beautiful picture.”
Yesterday, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek spoke out in response to Taylor Swift removing her albums from the musicstreaming site on the basis that it does not pay artists what they deserve for their work. Ek responded by noting that, “Spotify has paid more than $2 billion to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists” and is protecting many artists from piracy, which brings artists nothing. We support Ek in his response because if there’s one thing we love, it’s easy access to music. And since we can’t get Taylor Swift’s song “Blank Space” out of our heads (or her crazy video), we’d prefer it if she would rethink her decision.
The magic of going to the movies KAANAN RAJA Opinions columnist
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ith movies such as “Interstellar” and “Big Hero 6” in theaters, it’s hard for me to see why anyone wouldn’t want to head over to one of the many theaters in the area and grab a bucket of popcorn. However, I spent an afternoon last week having arguments about whether it’s worth it to head to the Urbana-Champaign movie theaters, such as The Art Theater and the Virginia Theatre, when we could just stay in and watch TV. Ticket price, noisy preteens, the prohibition of cell phone use and expensive refreshment prices were all arguments thrown at me while I stood there, defending my love of movie-going. What my friends couldn’t realize was how invaluable the cinema experience is. Films serve as more than just entertainment; they allow us to connect to a group of strangers through the same medium that leaves us each with a different moving message. With a large screen, dimmed lights and the possibility of midnight pre-
mieres to go to, the cinematic experience is one that cannot be beat. Cinemas are like the cultural campfire that we all gather around to hear a similar story. It has the power to gather complete strangers around the same “fire” and leave them all with a parting message, all while surrounded in a cathedral-like atmosphere filled with the smell of popcorn and sound of surrounding speakers. In fact, I would argue that cinema is the most powerful art form in present time. Psychologically, movies allow us to emotionally connect and experience a new world from the comfort of a chair. While film can have the same visual effect on its viewers, each individual will interpret the movie differently. Some may become nostalgic of times they were in love, while others may connect to the movie through feelings of anger or bitterness. Similarly, going to the cinema will allow this to occur: Each individual will leave with a range of emotions that help can make that experience memorable for a lifetime. With no other immediate distractions that are usually present if you’re in your own home, watching a movie at the
cinema allows these emotions to completely transport you to the world of the movie playing in front of you. My friends are probably not the only ones who believe that watching TV or movies from the comfort of their own rooms is more accessible and easier than physically going to the cinema. But there is one thing that cinemas will always have that no online streaming source will be able to beat: the midnight premiere. The audience members that are present at these shows are usually the most fanatic of the bunch; they help raise the excitement level in the theater. Buzzing with anticipation, these die-hard fans murmur with one another until the film starts rolling. Then, the entire theater is filled with silence as the audience members are the first to be transported by the shared event. While other forms of media, such as Netflix and Hulu, are definitely prevalent in today’s society, none of them will be as grandiose as the full movie theater experience. There is nothing more exhilarating than an audience that is loud, pumped-up and ready to laugh, cry and scream at the screen together. Movies are a social experience and the cinema fully captures this.
Movies will always leave lasting memories in my own life. Some of the best moments I remember involve laughing and crying in a movie theater with my family or friends. In fact, the first time my parents let me go to the movies alone with my friends still resonates with me. On the edge of my seat with a box of candy in one hand and a bag of popcorn in another, I gleefully watched “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” with wide eyes. The room was filled with my 12-year-old girlish giggles and even cries. “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” now leaves a lasting impression on my mind; I can recall all of its lines at the drop of a hat. As soon as the lights start to dim, the music starts to blare and the film reel starts to roll, I no longer feel like an individual sitting in the theater with my friends, but rather as if I’m part of a group of people connected through the same story. While a great movie may be experienced both in the comfort of your home and at the cinema, it can only become magical when embellished by the experience surrounding it.
Kaanan is a freshman in LAS. She can be reached at kraja2@dailyillini.com.
Bo Burnham keeps us humble CAMRON OWENS Opinions columnist
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ecause we are trapped in this campus bubble for somewhere around four years, we often don’t realize how ridiculous and strange some of our school customs are, even though we might consider them normal. Last Sunday, I attended comedian Bo Burnham’s sold-out show in Foellinger Auditorium. While I found Burnham’s show to be entertaining and hilarious, I particularly enjoyed that he provided a critical but funny look at the different aspects of being a student here. His comedy was a reminder that we shouldn’t take ourselves, or the University’s traditions we practice, too seriously. If you’re unfamiliar with Burnham, he could be described as George Carlin meets Justin Bieber. He presents his crass and clever ideas through songs and productions not usually found in stand-up comedy. Burnham rose to fame after posting original comedy songs on his YouTube channel. After gaining popularity and moving on to stand-up specials and acting, Burnham has become a favorite among many college students. Star Course, a
registered student organization who organized the show, stated that this was its first sold out show in 13 years, further affirming his claim that he is “the greatest rapper ever.” While I expected the show to be funny, I didn’t realize how much Burnham would work with the crowd and reference campus. Burnham made fun of various aspects of campus life, including different majors and our use of the letter “I” in place of a mascot. He theorized that the founders of Champaign included the letter “I” in the spelling so that students would be able to use it as a mascot. He even mocked our “I-L-L” chant with his own panini chant, representative of his love of flat sandwiches (P-A-N! I-N-I!). In doing so, he made us Illinois students out to be weird — and he presented a pretty convincing case. When I was just a lad, I took the University tour. During it, a student shouted “I-L-L!” Being from the area, I knew the correct response was to yell back “I-N-I!” However, others on the tour seemed confused until the guide explained how that this was a University tradition. As Burnham later pointed out, our “I-L-L” chant sounds more like a military chant than something college students would yell. To outsiders, I’m sure this and some of our other traditions
and interests do seem strange. I probably would not own or seek out orange clothes if I were not an Illinois student. Nor have I ever have seen phrases like “Oskee WowWow” used anywhere but the University of Illinois. It is easy to get caught up in school pride, rivalries and traditions. While these are part of what makes being a University student unique and are certainly a fun part of campus life, when we actually step back and look at these traditions, they do seem weird and somewhat ridiculous. I can’t think of another place where I could yell out “I-L-L” and get a response back from numerous strangers. In other places, Orange Krush is just a soft drink, and corn fields are not found in the middle of campus. As a student at the University of Illinois, I take pride in our quirky obsessions and traditions that Burnham mentioned, like the fact that our mascot is basically the letter “I” and that many students here are obsessed with the campus squirrels. These aspects of the Illinois experience are what separate us from other schools. However, I am also not afraid to stop and think about how strange and silly some of these things are. As students, we want to show our friends, family, employers and others just how passionate we take our campus pride and Illinois
tradition. But just like everything else in life, I think that we should also try to keep these ideas in perspective. Due to the uproarious laughter and standing ovation Burnham received at the end of the show, I think many would agree that he put many aspects of our campus in check in a lighthearted way. Had anyone else made these remarks, I’m sure many students would get defensive and maybe upset with the speaker. After all, I wouldn’t want someone coming in and making a mockery of a place that I worked hard to attend. But for some reason, I was fine with Burnham doing it. Maybe it’s because Burnham’s style operates so that nothing is off-limits, and there is a joke in every situation. Whatever the reason, the audience was able to laugh along with Burnham’s somewhat critical views of our University and its traditions. We should remember this lightheartedness the next time we get into a debate about why our traditions are the best or why we can’t adopt a new mascot. After all, many of our traditions are unusual, and I hope that we can all acknowledge and embrace this weirdness that makes us who we are. I-L-L!
Camron is a junior in LAS. He can be reached at cowens8@dailyillini.com.
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Students experience trials of living on low incomes BY BRITTNEY NADLER STAFF WRITER
A single mother with three kids has to send her children to school, but also get to work on time. She needs to buy more groceries, but she doesn’t know how to pay for the doctor’s appointment, let alone if she can keep her family’s home until the end of the month. The poverty simulation hosted by the University YMCA and facilitated by United Way will take place today at 3 p.m. and challenges participants to experience the struggles of living on a low income. The simulation will run 90 minutes. “Some students don’t know what they’re getting into,” said Muong Saeteurn, intern at the University YMCA and graduate student in Social Work. “They don’t really know what poverty means. They have this idea of what poverty is, but they don’t experience it.” The simulation puts participants in “family” groups and each person has a role. They may be a veteran with a disability or a senior citizen, and they are asked to meet basic housing, medical, nutritional, energy and educational needs. Families are supposed to strategize and do “whatever it takes” to survive. Every 15 minutes represents one week in the simulation, and Saeteurn said students become frustrated as they realize their limits. “You see them get frustrated,” she said. “They’re like, ‘If I do this, I can do this and this, but I’m limited in my budget and resources so I can’t do this.’ You reach the end and it dissolves into a sense of ‘OK, this is what people feel when they’re in this situation.’ ” The simulation also includes social service agencies that may be difficult to deal with in order to represent what could happen in real life when people try to reach out for help. The social service agencies monitor the groups’ different needs through ways such as food stamps. There are typically between 75 to 100 participants, but they are hoping to reach 200 this time, Saeteurn said. This is the third poverty simulation hosted by the School of Social Work after the first event last spring.
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VIRGINIA armed in long red coattails, striped blue pants and crisp white gloves, Doyle said. Ushers stood in each isle, opening doors and lighting cigars for theatergoers in search of entertainment. Doyle’s daughter, Margaret, has herself been around the theater since her childhood. She remembers serving buttered popcorn to Donny Osmond as a 15-year-old girl and feeling “tickled to death.” It’s been the community she’s grown up around as well. “You feel comfortable there, the people are friendly,” Margaret said, hesitant to call theatergoers customers. “I wouldn’t say customers but the ones that go there to see a movie or a play, they’re all just like family.” To Doyle, the Virginia is the ‘central beauty in Central Illinois,’ and it’s no wonder he
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FOOTAGE West of video; after the success of Jane Fonda’s workout series, everyone rushed to profit from the new media with weird results. “It’s a kind of recent past that I remember somewhat,” McCann said in agreement. According to him, there is also a slightly disturbing undertone to the videos. The videos are all “a cultural product that has decayed,” he said. The effect of the tapes is hard to replicate now, Prueher said. “Everybody’s sort of more self-aware,” he said. McCann said he blames the recent technological growth, causing people to be constantly surrounded by viral material. He said the show finds a way of sorting through and focusing on highlights. “It’s a funny way of responding to cultural overproduction,” he said. While the videos all have a surreal element, they are all very real. “There’s so much real stuff out there in the world, that there’s no need to play anything fake,” Pickett wrote. Pickett and Prueher curate the show themselves, search-
County poverty rates increase significantly when factoring in college students
SOURCE: United States Census Bureau
Of Champaign County’s 184,398 people:
22.7 percent, or approximately 41,858 people, live below the poverty line. However, excluding college students, 13.9 percent, or approximately
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25,631 people, live below the poverty line. The difference: 8.8 percent, or approximately 16,227 students *data from 2009-2011 SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.CENSUS. GOV/HHES/WWW/POVERTY/ PUBLICATIONS/BISHAW.PDF
“The hope is that students walk away from the simulation with a better understanding of the struggles that those in poverty can experience,” said Sheri Williamson, intern at the University YMCA and creator of the simulation. “Poverty moves from being statistics to an experience, even if only a simulated one.” College students, drowning in student loan debt, are considered to live in poverty as they live paycheck to paycheck, said Williamson, a graduate student in Social Work. Poverty is often viewed as a single story, so the simulation helps break that stereotype. “To a student, it may seem unlikely that he or she will experience poverty beyond college, especially if they feel their degree will propel them into financial stability,” she said. “With the economic shifts that have occurred in recent years, it is not implausible for a student to find him or herself struggling financially after graduation.” Both the University and Parkland College have implemented food banks to help struggling students.
“Poverty can be a certain demographic, but it can also be the student living down the hall from you, living in class with you or walking the stage with you at graduation,” Williamson said. Yoon Pak, associate professor in Education, is offering extra credit to her students if they attend the simulation. “It’s increasingly important for all of us to understand the realities of life outside the bounds of our comfort and privilege,” Pak said.” Pak said that there are schools in ChampaignUrbana where more than 90 percent of students live in poverty. “If we as educators cannot relate to that at some level, we are doing a disservice to the future generation,” Pak said. “It is not just about individual motivation and hard work. There are too many working poor. I hope the poverty simulation provides a sliver of understanding of how reality operates for so many.”
wouldn’t let it go. When the red, velvet curtains of the Virginia threatened to close for the final time 23 years ago, Doyle found ground to work with. He helped turn The Virginia Theatre into the home of the Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company, an organization that Doyle still runs to this day. “I said no way - no way they’re going to tear this beautiful building down. There were too many big stars that went through the Virginia,” Doyle said. Since CPD’s takeover of the theater, Doyle has been an advisor for the venue. On Oct. 14, he received a key to the city from Champaign Mayor, Don Gerard, for his “years of service and contributions to (the) community.” He has a case full of trophies, pictures, old movie posters and city honors. And while he may be one day from turning 86, diabetic and in need of a walker, Doyle
remains restless. “I can’t keep up with him,” said Margaret. For Leonard, there’s no use of going to Chicago, St. Louis or Indianapolis to watch a show. Having seen the Virginia’s best days, he still dares to dream of seeing the Virginia and the CU theatre scene back to where it was, and even bigger than in the past. The days of unscripted entertainment by the Marx Brothers and Red Skelton are gone, but those are days Doyle misses. “There are no real entertainers today in my opinion. They’re not true entertainers,” Doyle said. “I want to put on one big heck of a production ... theater is work; a lot of work, a lot of stress, but when you stand on a stage and someone stands up and applauds and says, ‘Thank you,’ is that work? It’s appreciation. You’re giving something to someone.”
ing through thrift stores and The Salvation Army stores to find their material. According to Prueher, a system has been established where they hunt for tapes in each city they visit and put together next year’s tour from what they’ve found. According to Pickett, they used to get tapes through much more complicated means, such as applying to work at a video store, stealing all the training videos and quitting the next day. However, it’s not always that hard to find VHS tapes. Pickett said he once found a stack of tapes in a dumpster outside of his apartment. The tape that started the collection was “Inside and Outside Custodial Duties,” found by the two in 1991 at a McDonald’s in their home state, Wisconsin. Some of the tapes come from fans of the show as well. Prueher said he would like to encourage anyone who has a thrift-store tip or tape they think would be fitting to let them know or bring it to the show. “We want to add more videos to the collection,” he said. Another aspect of realism is the people in the videos. “We get obsessed with these videos and want to find out more,” Pickett wrote.
This then leads them to tracking down the subjects of the tapes, such as the “bumbling” hosts of the “John and Johnny Show,” a home shopping video. Prueher said they found out the hosts had not talked to each other since 1987. “We spent way too much money to reunite them for the first time in 26 years; especially considering that nobody else in the world cares about this reunion except for us,” Pickett wrote. The return of John and Johnny is not the only new feature for the anniversary tour. Prueher said they decided to spice up their morning talk show interviews by booking him as Chef Keith, who made disgusting dishes with holiday leftovers and fed the creation to five talk show hosts. The videos went viral in March. In addition to giving their side of the story, the new show includes such “wonderful awfulness” as “cybersex, whelping, rattlesnakes, Nick Nolte and a song called ‘Candypants,’” Pickett wrote. “I think there’s a strong argument that this is the most unsettling show we’ve ever done.”
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YMCA hosts poverty simulation to illustrate low-income challenges Approximately 14 percent of people in Illinois are living below the poverty line. But when college students are taken out of the picture, that number decreases. Turn to Page 5A to learn more.
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The Virginia Theatre renovated and still serving the C-U community BY ELISEO ELIZARRARAZ STAFF WRITER
At night, The Virginia Theatre is lit by the dim lights recessed on the walls. The children on stage rehearsing for “A Christmas Story” present a far different scene from the vaudeville shows of yesteryear. The big names haven’t stopped coming to the theater, but even the smaller names still get their nights under the spotlights. The Champaign Park District envisioned this scene when it purchased The Virginia Theatre 14 years ago. Now, it has turned into a community space as much as a historic fixture. “It’s a facility that no other group can offer youth, because our youth theater group is the resident theater group, so we can offer kids a huge, beautiful stage with a very professional setting that nobody else in town
really can,” said Patty Dudley, the Virginia’s youth theater director. After passing through the hands of several owners, including RKO Pictures and GKC Theaters, the CPD acquired the landmark Virginia Theatre in 1999 with the intention of opening up the space not only to wellrenowned acts, but to the local community as well. “It was in pretty bad shape,” said Steven Bentz, director of the Virginia Theatre. “Everything needed to be addressed.” According to Bentz, the theater’s walls that were once covered in gold leaf had somewhere along the way been painted yellow. The ceiling, which once boasted intricate, ornamental canvas designs, had been covered in a layer of brown, vinyl paint. The walls were water damaged, plaster chunks were missing and its
original Spanish renaissancestyle pillars were covered in plastic wrap. Bentz even recalled a time when Alice Cooper played a show at the theater, and the set’s sound blew big chunks of plaster off the ceiling, free-falling on the stage like a winter snowfall. Since the CPD acquired the theater, it has been working to restore the Virginia back to its original state and 1921 opulence with modern amenities. The remodeling began in 2000, and everything from the paint on the railings to the carpet and the plasterwork had to be redone. The renovation has been done in three stages — each phase focusing on a separate section of the theater. The latest phase, the main hall, was finished in 2013 and cost a total of five million dollars. Now with work coming to an end within the coming years, the Virginia is ushering in a
new era. Bentz now leads guided tours, detailing the renovations of the building every Wednesday to educate visitors about its history. The days of all-day programming are well and gone. The theater’s organist plays no more, and the sand bags of the theater’s old pin-rail system are no longer relevant, Bentz said.
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But long before the ceiling began to peel and the walls turned mustard yellow, before the original movie screen warped and the ceiling became discolored by smoke tar, the Virginia was a place of glory with Leonard Doyle as the selfproclaimed loyal jack of all trades. Theater was Doyle’s life. Involved in productions throughout high school,
Doyle was hired as an usher by The Virginia Theatre in 1947 and quit his job as a ticket taker at the now disestablished Princess Theatre. It came with a quarter raise. “Fifty cents an hour – 50 cents an hour!” Doyle said, brimming a smile through his black spectacles. “I was getting a quarter over there and you could buy a pack of chewing gum with a nickel.” From janitor to projections to usher and eventually manager, Doyle was at The Virginia Theatre at a time when the Virginia was the artistic and cultural anchor of Central Illinois, Doyle said. In the days when the Virginia attracted names like Dick Van Dyke, The Marx Brothers, Red Skelton and others, one could expect to be greeted by smiling doormen,
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Sifting through the VHS bin at the Found Footage Festival BY LILLIAN BARKLEY STAFF WRITER
For most, VHS tapes are dusty memories in a forgotten box, technologically obsolete. But for Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, creators of the Found Footage Festival, the tapes are a comedic gold mine. The 10-year anniversary tour will be at The Art Theatre Co-op in downtown Champaign on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12, and it is the second time this tour will be visiting the area since 2012. Austin McCann, general manager of The Art Theatre Co-op, said he has fond memories of the last show. “They played all of their material from a Playstation,” he said. “That was already pretty idiosyncratic.” The next 90 minutes of the show were absolutely hilarious, he said. The show is “a guided tour through our VHS collection,” Prueher said. Videos with similar themes are grouped together and the two comedians provide context and wisecracks in between. “We like to describe the
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7:30 p.m. Where: The Art Theater Co-op How: $12 tickets show as ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’ but for stupid videos that nobody really cares about,” Pickett wrote in an email. Part of the humor comes from the unintentional hilarity of the videos, because they are all failing in some way, according to Prueher. Rather than snarkily ridiculing the content, the men “treat the videos with more respect than they maybe even deserve,” Prueher said, professing a genuine love and reverence for the footage. Nostalgia also factors into the appeal of the show. “VHS is the format we grew up with, so we have some affinity for it,” Prueher said. He described it as the Wild
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The hosts, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, opening the Found Footage Festival, where they share VHS videos they find.
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TIM KOPINSKI & ROSS GUIGNON
With a fresh shot at a national title, this No. 2 nationally-ranked tennis doubles team knows how to keep their heads down and game strong, all the way to No. 1. BY CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY STAFF WRITER
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oss Guignon and Tim Kopinski entered the fall season as the nation’s No. 2 doubles team. While Guignon insists the ranking is just a number, and more of a reflection of past success than anything else, Kopinski said the news brought a different reaction. “Definitely excited, but we also felt like we needed to prove ourselves,” Kopinski said. “We felt maybe a little bit of pressure to prove we belong at that two spot.” After an inconsistent fall, Guignon and Kopinski proved they belong atop the nation with a strong second-place finish at the ITA Indoor National Championships, the fall season’s biggest tournament. They defeated the Atlantic, Central and Southwest Regional champions to advance to the finals against USC. The pair almost didn’t even have a chance to play at the tournament.
They earned a bid as a wild card, while almost all of the competitors qualified from their respective Regional Championship. “The chemistry comes pretty naturally, so the matches we missed at Regionals really didn’t hinder us too much moving forward,” Guignon said. “I was taking care of what I needed to do so when we got in these big matches, I’d be ready.” The chemistry comes naturally for Guignon and Kopinski because the seniors have been playing doubles together, as well as living together, for four years. They’re great friends, and Kopinski said it shows on the court, where the two complement each other perfectly. “Tim brings a lot of the power and the hammer. I’m a little more of the craftiness and the finesse,” Guignon said. “We get things going, and as long as we’re taking care of those individual things ... all of that chemistry stuff comes really incredibly naturally.” Even with four years of sharing just about everything, it has taken a little while for the duo to get things going this fall. They haven’t had that many chances to play with each other. At the first national championship tournament of the fall, ITA All-Ameri-
cans, Guignon and Kopinski fell in the first round to Vanderbilt’s Gonzales Austin and Rhys Johnson, who would advance to the quarterfinals. They went on a run to get to the consolation finals, but fell to Nick Chappell and Will Stein of TCU. Guignon and head coach Brad Dancer both said the doubles team was a little rusty. A concussion held Guignon out of the ITA Midwest Regional, so he and Kopinski played only one more match together before Indoor Nationals: an 8-4 loss to Texas A&M’s top doubles team, Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant, at the Conference Challenge in College Station, Texas. Kopinski saw time playing doubles with other players, but he said it’s not the same as playing with Guignon. “It’s a little different at first. I kind of expect Ross to be in certain spots where some else isn’t,” Kopinski said. “Different people have different styles. It just kind of builds your all-around game.” Kopinski has built his game with success on the singles court this fall. He posted an 11-5 record in four competitions, including a round of 16 appearance at All-Americans, where he almost knocked off Baylor’s Julian Lenz, the country’s No. 1-ranked singles
player. Kopinski says the singles experience helps improve his doubles game. “Confidence. Getting more repetitions. I get a lot of serve repetitions, return repetitions. I think I try to play the returns pretty similarly in singles and doubles,” Kopinski said. “You get to see a lot more balls ... that confidence transferred into doubles.” That individual improvement is what Guignon said helped the pair break through at Indoor Nationals. He said both he and Kopinski have been progressing individually this fall, and the results showed on the court this weekend. In a tournament where everyone earned a bid through regional play, Guignon and Kopinski defeated three Regional champs in Virginia’s Luca Corinteli and Ryan Shane, Wichita State’s Tomislav Gregurovic and Tin Ostojic, and UCLA’s Mackenzie McDonald and Martin Redlicki. It wasn’t unfamiliar territory, though, as the pair also made the semi-finals last year. “We talked a lot when we were in the semis this year, we were heading into our third set and it was just sort of like, we’ve been here, we’ve been in this moment,”
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Isaiah Martinez (wrestling) — The redshirt freshman went 3-0 and recorded two pins at the Illini Quad meet this weekend. Wrestling at 157 pounds, he helped the Illini sweep the weekend against Northern Illinois, SIU-Edwardsville and Rider. Jocelynn Birks (volleyball) — The redshirt junior recorded 14 kills and 21 digs in the Illini’s victory over Northwestern on Saturday. The double-double was her Big Ten-leading 15th of the season.
Lunt retrieves starting position after injury BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL STAFF WRITER
WES LUNT
REILLY O’TOOLE AARON BAILEY
Games played: 5 Yards: 1,569 Touchdowns: 13 Completion percentage: 66.5% Interceptions: 3
Games played: 9 Yards: 700 Touchdowns: 4 Completion percentage: 55.6% Interceptions: 6
Games played: 3 Yards: 118 Touchdowns: 1 Completion percentage: 50% Interceptions:1
The summer months set up a quarterback question that the Illinois football staff dodged until 10 days before the season’s start. The job went to sophomore pocket passer Wes Lunt, who beat out senior Reilly O’Toole and sophomore Aaron Bailey. Halfway through the season, a fractured fibula sidelined Lunt and forced the offense to make adjustments. But Lunt, after missing four of the last five games, is set to start Saturday for the Illini in their game against Iowa. “He (Lunt) was back last week. I’m a firm believer that an injury really can’t take your starting position. You deserved it,” Beckman said. “The injury was a unfortunate incident that happened. If he is healthy, which he is, he’ll be our starting quarterback.” Illinois led the Big Ten in passing under Lunt’s leadership, with 1,736 passing yards in the games he played. Illinois failed to get half of those passing yards in games played without Lunt, managing only a meager 673 passing yards. Though O’Toole has played in every game, it was Lunt who led the passing offense. O’Toole took over in Lunt’s
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Leron Black: ‘Savage’ on the court BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
On the basketball court, Leron Black prides himself on aggression and energy. The freshman forward’s energy on the court can be seen in every facet of his game. From scoring in the low post, to rebounding, to celebrating a three-point play with his team, Black exudes energy. Black’s motor is the reason why he almost knocked over sophomore guard Malcolm Hill in celebration after fighting through two Quincy defenders to lay the ball in off the backboard in the second half of the Illinois men’s basketball team’s exhibition on Friday. “I was trying to give him a hug,” Black said. “Malcolm, he’s smooth. He doesn’t like all the aggression, but I’m going to get him to like it.” Hill, who facilitated the play with a pass into the lane to Black, remembers Black’s enthusiasm after he was wrapped up in the freshman forward’s arms following the
play. “He got so excited,” Hill said. “I’ve never played with anybody that energetic. I’m more cool and calm. He got all hyped.” The intensity Black plays with isn’t anything new for the Illini, who have been talking about his drive since he joined the team. While the team gave Black the nickname “Savage,” and head coach John Groce raved about his energy before the start of the season, it wasn’t until the “Illini All In” scrimmage in late October that fans saw that Black’s nickname and all of the talk surrounding his game was warranted. “That’s just the way I play,” Black said of the reason behind the nickname. “I just feel like I play hard. Savage is like a beast. When I’m on the court, I’m a beast.” Against Quincy, Black came down with eight rebounds, second-most on the team behind senior center Nnanna Egwu’s 13. Black also proved that he
could get it done offensively as he finished second on the team in points with 15. On top of his contributions offensively and on the glass, Black showed flashes of defensive prowess in his 21 minutes against Quincy. He recorded an impressive chase down block in which he pinned what would have likely been an easy layup to the backboard with his hand. The block came just seconds after a block by Egwu on a play Groce assumed would be an easy layup for the Hawks. “(Black and Egwu) both play with such ridiculous motor and effort level,” Groce said. “The one play (where) Egwu blocks the shot, I thought a couple guys thought that kid was going to lay it in, but Black kept coming and pinned the next one. I think he’s just very relentless and you can’t have enough of those guys.” Although Black exhibits boundless energy and excitement on the court, when the final whistle blows, his personality changes.
“Off the court, I’m a nice person,” he said. When asked what his favorite part of the scrimmage was, the humble side of his personality came out. Black didn’t hesitate before he said he enjoyed seeing fellow freshman and current roommate Michael Finke score nine points and play well offensively. While he may be more laid-back off the court or in postgame press conferences, Black is always aggressive on the court. Groce sees Black’s aggression as a good thing. “I’d rather dial a guy back than have to dial him up or kick him in the rear end figuratively,” Groce said. “That’s certainly Leron. You never catch him on a day where he doesn’t have motor or he’s not giving effort. That never happens. That’s not how he’s wired.” Groce, who is himself energetic on the sidelines, actually sees a bit of himself in Leron.
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Illinois’ Leron Black lays the ball up during the exhibition game against Quincy at State Farm Center on Friday. The Illini won 91-62.
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Volleyball to play Ohio State once again
BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
For Kevin Hambly, the last time the Illinois volleyball team played Ohio State feels like an eternity ago. The Illini’s head coach might feel that way in part because of the changes Illinois has made since it last played the Buckeyes. Since the Illini dropped a fiveset match in early October to the Buckeyes, Illinois has switched rotation systems from the 6-2 to the 5-1, won eight of the last nine matches and moved into third place in the Big Ten standings. But while Illinois has undergone changes for the better, so has Ohio State. Illinois will have a chance to prove that it has become the better of the two teams Wednesday at Huff Hall when the Illini and the Buckeyes square off for the
second time. “We’re a different team. We’re better than we were then,” Hambly said. “They’re a different team and I think they’re better than they were then too. We look at these rematches as more of a whole new match rather than focusing on what happened in the past.” Since the teams last met, Ohio State has gone 6-3 and garnered a top-25 ranking. Although it would be easy for the Illini to dwell on the fact that they dropped the fifth set to the Buckeyes by giving up six unanswered points after building a 14-10 lead, the team is treating the contest like it’s against any other Big Ten team. “We’ve grown and become a stronger team since then, and so have they,” sophomore defensive specialist Danielle Davis said.
“It’s going to be another battle just like it was last time.” While not much remains the same for either team on the offensive side of the ball, Illinois will still need to slow down Ohio State’s fast tempo. “Ohio State runs a lot of different combinations, so it’s really important for the blockers, front line, to be really focused with our eye work,” junior opposite side hitter Ali Stark said. “(We’re trying to) make things as simple as possible and not get caught up in all the routes that they’re running.” Last time, Buckeyes senior outside hitter Erin Sekinger led Ohio State with 15 kills. Junior outside hitter Elizabeth Campbell and sophomore middle blocker Taylor Sandbothe each added 14 kills. Davis said Illinois has put in extra work on stopping slide hit-
ters like Sandbothe from getting loose and scoring basically at will. “From that week on, we focused a lot on defending the slide,” Davis said. “Jocelynn (Birks) and (Morganne Criswell) are both great blockers down the line. It was a defensive thing and we corrected that in practice.” Trailing first-place Wisconsin by two games in the Big Ten standings, the Illinois fate is out of its hands. Even if they win out, they will need some help to gain ground on the Badgers and second-place Penn State. Illinois is turning its attention not only to the upcoming Ohio State match but also the NCAA tournament. “This is the grind part of the season where you’ve got to embrace it and keep working and try to get better,” Hambly said. “This is where you figure out if you can win the whole thing.
Illinois vs. Ohio State
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday at Huff Hall Radio: WDWS 1400 AM Quick notes: Illinois will look to avenge its five-set road loss to Ohio State from early October. Illinois dropped the match after taking a 14-10 lead in the fifth set. Hidden stat: Illinois gave up six unanswered points to Ohio State to end the last match between the two teams. “This is when you can make some gains over everyone else.”
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Players need to reignite the Chicago Fire MICHAL DWOJAK Assistant sports editor
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any fans of the Premier League wear their fandom as a badge of honor; they consider their league the most prestigious in European soccer. It’s a point of pride to root for a team in the EPL — the most exciting, most storied league in the sporting universe. But the recent performance of some of the top English clubs in Europe’s biggest tournament, the Champions League, may be a crack in the EPL facade. Four matches into the UCL Group stage, the road has been full of potholes for England’s four participants — Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City. Thus far, the performance of Man City has been the bleakest. They began with a loss to Bayern Munich and drew with AS Roma (not terrible results). Where things have gone south on City is its recent results against Russian club CSKA Moscow. City was, by all accounts, unimpressive in a draw on the road in Russia. This was followed up last week by a befuddling home loss to CSKA. For a club with the
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DOUBLES Guignon said. “We were just going to do things on our own terms, play our style of tennis and it paid off for us.” The pair lost a tough final match to USC’s Yannick Hanfmann and Roberto Quiroz, returners from the Trojans’ national championship team last year and the tournament’s No. 1 seed. Assistant head coach Mar-
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talent and the expectations of City, such a result is unacceptable. Liverpool, back in the UCL after five seasons, hasn’t fared much better. Sure, the team lost twice against Real Madrid, but Liverpool was pretty inept against Swiss club Basel and struggled in a victory over Bulgarian club Ludogorets. While it is true that Liverpool is in semirebuilding mode post-Luis Suarez, there is still no excuse for the team’s relatively listless play. Arsenal has clearly played better than the two clubs above, but its recent result is also a cause for concern. The Gunners held a commanding 3-0 lead on the road over Belgian club Anderlecht, only to go on to give up three unanswered goals for a shocking draw. That cannot happen. While Arsenal will still move on to the knockout stage, the lack of mental toughness displayed last week will be a major obstacle that could result in a quick exit from the UCL. Chelsea has played the best of the four English clubs in the UCL, which is not surprising, given that they are the best team in the EPL this season. Chelsea did have a poor result of their own last week, with a draw against Slovenian club NK Maribor — a team Chelsea beat earlier by
six goals. If anything, that result is an aberration, as Chelsea is the only English team with a legitimate chance to make a deep run. A simple comparison between the UCL participants from England and the participants from La Liga and the Bundesliga reveals stark contrasts. Seven of the eight clubs from Spain and Germany are in first or second place in their respective UCL groups. Only two clubs from England can stake such a claim. So, why haven’t the English clubs played better? The easy answer for defenders of the EPL is that such poor performances were simply mental lapses or the product of having to travel into continental Europe for a midweek match. Having to travel to countries such as Switzerland, Slovenia or Bulgaria for midweek matches is certainly not an easy task, but it is something teams from Spain and Germany must contend with as well. Going on the road in a hostile environment is just another obstacle UCL participants have to deal with. Then again, English teams have to travel further than their Spanish and German counterparts, so EPL fans may have a legitimate argument. The lack of English dom-
inance in the UCL may also be a product of the EPL’s own prestige. It could just be that English clubs place a greater value on winning the league than they do on winning in Europe. That could very well explain this year’s struggles and why, in the last 10 seasons, English clubs have only won the UCL three times. Whatever the reason for the lack of English success in the UCL, the development is definitely not a good omen for the league overall. The EPL has recently developed a reputation of falling behind La Liga and Bundesliga. It’s imperative that the EPL doesn’t further cement its reputation as a league where its clubs fail to perform in Europe. Nothing positive can come from that reputation. With the EPL’s performance so far in the Champions League, it may be ample time to put to bed the argument that the Premier League is the best league in European soccer. At least for the time being, that is. Then again, a European championship for Chelsea can flip the script.
cos Asse said their loss in the finals to USC could have gone either way. “A couple of breaks didn’t fall their way to be honest,” Asse said. “It was really indicative of how they played the whole week, even after that, I think a lot of teams, it would’ve taken the wind out of their sails, like, ‘Oh, there goes our chances.’ They kept their heads down and stayed on it.” The collegiate fall season is now officially over,
but Guignon and Kopinski will play in the USTA JSM Challenger at Atkins Tennis Center this week as a wild card entry. Asse said the doubles team is playing well, and they can keep rolling in the Challenger. “They just need opportunity,” Asse said. “This weekend, coming back to the Challenger, I feel like is another great chance to just sort of put all that back to the test.” They will have plen-
ty more chances to play together in the spring season and plenty more chances to prove they deserve a No. 2 ranking, or maybe even more. “We’re looking to build on that (ranking) and get some wins on our resume,” Guignon said. “Maybe turn that into a No. 1 come the spring.”
a daily basis. He’s that way all the time. That’s a great attribute to have.” With his play in the scrimmage and against Quincy, Black showed he could hold his own in the college game and he will probably be the
first option off the bench at power forward. So while he may not be as productive on the stat sheet as he was in the scrimmage, Black knows his approach to the game and the energy he brings will remain the same.
“On the court, I feel like I got to give it my all and play as hard as I can,” he said.
throwing to trainers last week, he acknowledged it’s a little difficult to get back in the rhythm of throwing passes to wide receivers. Freshman wide receiver Mike Dudek is looking forward to having Lunt back in the game, though he admitted he felt confident with any of the quarterbacks. Illinois’ top receiv-
er has had a record-breaking season courtesy of his quarterbacks. “It’s exciting,” Dudek said. “You all saw how great (Lunt) was doing before he went down and got hurt. So any time the starter comes back in the lineup, as a receiver you’re pretty excited.” Now the Illini are faced
Dan is a junior in Media. He can be reached at descalo2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @danescalona77.
here are many different things that people are obsessed with. The latest Apple product, cat pictures and gossip to name a few examples. My obsession? Chicago sports. It’s essential for me to know how all my favorite teams — the Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox — are doing every time I get a chance to look at my phone or log onto a computer. But it wasn’t always like that. I didn’t have any favorite teams as a little kid. I wasn’t really exposed to my favorite Chicago sports teams, as both my parents had no interest in them. But I started playing basketball in the fourth grade and realized how cool sports could be. Before all of that happened, though, there was one team that caught my attention: the Chicago Fire. My dad is from Poland, where nearly everyone follows soccer. The club was founded in 1997 and reached out to the different Chicago communities by bringing in players from around the world, including from Poland. My dad would turn on the game whenever the team played on TV and would keep up with the club on the radio. We would go for a few games and although we weren’t obsessed, we knew how the team did. As I keep up with my favorite teams now, I’ll take a glance at how the Fire are doing. When I do so, I see things aren’t the way they used to be. Today’s Chicago Fire pales in comparison to the club at its beginning. In the club’s first year, it won the MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup, a feat difficult for any club, let alone a club in its first year of existence. The Fire would win three more U.S. Open Cups, a Supporter’s Shield (the award given to the team with the best regular season record) and appear in two more MLS Cup Finals. The Fire finished with a 6-10-18 record this year and missed the playoffs for the fourth time in five years. When the Fire did
make the playoffs in 2012, they were knocked out in the first round by the Houston Dynamo. The team has not bounced back since the club’s second head coach, Dave Sarachan, was fired in June of 2007. Since then, the club has had five head coaches and little success. Despite the doom and gloom I’m throwing out there, this franchise can be resurrected. The first key is finding a new general manager. Head coach Frank Yallop was hired in October of last year and was given the title of director of soccer operations in addition to his coaching duties. Although he has brought in the youth, he has not been able to bring the veteran players necessary to spur the team back to glory. It’s not all Yallop’s fault, though. The Fire missed out on U.S. Men’s National Team star Jermaine Jones when a controversial blind draw resulted with Jones landing with the New England Revolution instead of the Fire. Jones has turned it around for the Revolution, who were about as good as the Fire at the time and who are now in the playoffs. Had Jones been properly awarded to the Fire, they might be in a different position. The Fire’s new general manager will need to build upon the foundation Yallop has built. The team is filled with young stars, including 2013 MLS MVP Mike Magee, now it’s time to get some veterans. Sporting Kansas City built a solid foundation when it signed U.S. national team players Graham Zusi and Matt Besler in 2013 — the team would go on to win the MLS Cup that year. If a new general manager signed a few national players or even managed to convince a star from one of the leagues in England to come to Chicago, then this team could be a contender within the next few years. Yallop should be able to coach this team to success, but for now, it’s a new general manager’s job to bring in the right people. If he does so, maybe the Fire will be the next team on my list of obsessions.
Michal is a sophomore in Media. He can be reached at dwojak2@ dailyillini.com and on Twitter @bennythebull94.
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Nicholas can be reached at fortin2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @IlliniSportsGuy. with the challenge of getting back to that style of offense. “There’s a sense of urgency with all our kids now in terms of the passing game,” offensive coordinator Bill Cubit said.
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Philadelphia Union midfielder Maurice Edu (21) battles with Chicago Fire forward Quincy Amarikwa (24) during the first half at PPL Park in Chester, Pa., on Oct. 2.
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alloween has always been such a joyous holiday. Not because of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” marathons, the flocks of creative Halloween costumes or the endless supply of candy. It’s because Halloween night also means NBA basketball is back. About a week and a half into the basketball season, things couldn’t be going any better. LeBron and his precious Cavaliers are sputtering, random teams like
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Robinson 2.0, Pau Gasol is playing like an angry, seven-foot grandpa and Nikola Mirotic’s giddy smile after he nails a three in a defender’s face is a constant reminder why I love this team. This is a deep, fun team poised to go far. Hopes are high in Chicago. Then, there are the Bears. The Bears were drubbed by the Packers on Sunday night two weeks after a 51-23 thrashing at the hands of the Patriots and are 3-6 at the midway point of the season. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Trestman’s offense was supposed to eat up defenses, Mel Tucker’s defense was sup-
posed to improve with key free agent signings and the Bears were supposed to be in the upper echelon of the league. That’s not been the case. This extremely talented offense has been pedestrian, the defense is near the bottom of the league again, and the Monsters of Midway are poised to miss the playoffs for the fifth straight year. In their next seven games, the Bears will face an NFC North foe four times. Under Trestman, the Bears are 2-6 against such opponents. Those games include two games each against the Lions and Vikings. Under Trestman, the Bears have yet to defeat
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the same team twice in one season. This does not bode well for any potential winning streak. I’m tired of Jay Cutler acting like he’s too cool to care about doing well for the fans, whose emotions hang on his every throw. I’m tired of having to learn new names on defense every week because players are getting hurt, especially while celebrating a sack in a blowout. And I’m tired of trying to figure out why this team is underperforming so drastically. That’s why I’m giving the Bulls my complete attention. The past two seasons without their star player, the Bulls have overachieved for their fans. They play
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with an unmatched grit and passion. They labor through hours of practice with a screaming Tom Thibodeau for their fans. The Bulls know they’re playing for the entire city of Chicago, and every player on the roster embraces it. I don’t feel the same about the Bears. Come January, the Bulls will be in the midst of a long, hard-fought and hopefully successful season. And I’ll be watching every possession from the same spot Cutler, Trestman and company will be at that time: the couch.
Joey can be reached at jfiguer2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @joeyfigueroa3.
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the Suns and Grizzlies are excelling and, most importantly, the Bulls are 6-2. Sure, they lost to the Cavs in overtime in the home opener at the United Center, but when will Tristan Thompson ever grab 12 offensive rebounds again? Never. The point is, basketball is in full swing, and although it’s only been a couple weeks, the Bulls aren’t disappointing anybody yet. In the games he’s played, Derrick Rose has shown no signs of slowing down, even though every time he goes up for a layup, I cringe as if my grandma were about to be punched in the face. But hey, that adds to the excitement. Aaron Brooks is Nate
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Santonio Holmes’ time with the Chicago Bears proved to be brief and nondescript. Eighty-seven days to be exact. Nine games. Eight catches for 67 yards and nine punt returns for 50 yards. The Bears’ hope of getting complementary contributions and
the occasional big-play spark from the ninthyear wide receiver never quite materialized. And Tuesday, the team waived Holmes as part of a series of roster-reshuffling moves. Linebacker Terrell Manning also had his practice squad contract terminated. And receiver Rashad Lawrence, an undrafted rookie out of Northwestern, was added to the team’s practice squad.
But the exit of Holmes, the former Super Bowl XLIII MVP, was by far Tuesday’s most notable transaction. Holmes was signed to a one-year, minimum salary benefit deal on Aug. 16, a move the Bears made to bolster their depth at receiver after Marquess Wilson broke his clavicle in training camp. But Wilson’s recovery from that injury is nearly complete.
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