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Salaita claims FOIA violation in lawsuit against UI STAFF WRITER
Steven Salaita filed a lawsuit against the Board of Trustees on Monday, claiming the University violated the state’s open records law. The lawsuit claims the University failed to comply with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, which requires public bodies, such as the University, to disclose specific records, unless the records fall under an exemption. Maria LaHood, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and a representative of Salaita, said the lawsuit is about getting the documents that Salaita requested under the law. The documents were emails containing specified keywords sent among University officials. “This is not a suit about his termination. This is just about getting the FOIA records,” LaHood said. She said she expects the lawsuit to only take a few months to be resolved, but said it depends on how the University responds. “We haven’t seen the suit, and therefore don’t have any response to make other than we will review it carefully and defend the interests of the University,” said University spokesman Tom Hardy. Salaita requested the documents on Sept. 17, six days after his appointment to join the University as a professor in American
Student fee continues to rise from SFAC Student committees vote on future student fee changes BY ANDREW NOWAK STAFF WRITER
In this past election season, students overwhelmingly passed a bike fee measure for coming school year. The fee is a $1 increase per semester that contributes to all things bike-related on campus: new bike racks, repainting and improved maintenance to bike lanes, among other improvements. The Student Fee Advisory Committee will meet in the coming weeks to consider the recommendations on the fee before forwarding it to the Chancellor.
What is the SFAC? The purpose of SFAC is to provide oversight on student initiated fees, first when they are approved by the student body in a referendum and then regularly after the fees are established. The voting portion of the committee is composed of one staff member appointed by the vice chancellor and 10 students. All of the student members are nominated by the Illinois Student Senate. Non-voting members of the committee include the Treasurer of the Illinois Student Senate and Ed Slazinik, chairman, associate vice chancellor for student affairs and director of auxiliary services. Mitch Dickey, president
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Indian Studies Program was officially rejected by the Board of Trustees. The University responded to his request, saying the FOIA request was unduly burdensome and urged Salaita to narrow his request. On Oct. 15, Salaita issued a new request, which asked for emails between 15 University officials over a three-month period, according to the lawsuit, which was published by The Chicago Tribune. The University again orally rejected the request, stating that it would require reviewing between 8,000 to 10,000 emails. Salaita responded by requesting the FOIA again on Nov. 5, this time reducing the timeframe to just over one month. However, he claims that he never received a response. The lawsuit, filed in Champaign County, asks the court to order the Board of Trustees to give Salaita the requested documents and admit to violating act, to award civil penalties, reasonable attorney fees and any other compensation the court deems appropriate. According to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, any party found in violation of the act is required to pay civil penalties of no less than $2,500 and no more than $5,000 per violation.
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Women in a farmer’s group plan an agricultural extension program for the next growing season in Tajikistan.
Efforts for food security ACES receives funding to help women farmers and nutrition BY ESTEFANIA FLOREZ STAFF WRITER
For women in many developi ng c ou nt r ies around the world, farming is a means of empowerment that can help them receive higher incomes and nutritional outcomes for their families. The College of ACES was awarded $7 million by the United States Agency for International Development to continue a project known as INGENAES: Integrating
Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services. The project aims to strengthen gender-neutral farming careers and promote nutritional values for families through agricultural extension and advisory services. Ultimatly, IGENA ES aims to reduce poverty, improve food security and reduce malnutrition within eight countries ACES will work with. “It’s about shaping and
improving services in developing countries to better reach women farmers and to have more impact on nutrition,” said Paul McNamara, project director for INGENAES and associate professor in nutritional sciences. He added that the project helps the livelihood of the womens’ families. The project will help women farmers improve their access to services and help integrate nutrition into agricultural extension programs, which will help the women find access to training, equipment and supplies necessary to farm. I NGENA ES, a new-
ly started project, stands as part of three projects ACES is contributing to, including a $12 million project working to modernize extension and advisory services, funded by USAID. “Through the activities we will do in the developing countries we will continue to learn quite a bit,” Andrea Bohn, associate director for INGENAES, said. “We look forward to be working in the focus countries and trying to overcome problems together.” Bohn also explained the
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State homeless rates decline Critics say numbers underestimate true homelessness levels BY FATIMA FARHA STAFF WRITER
In a recent report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, the number of homeless people in Illinois seems to have declined by 8.9 percent between 2010 and 2014. According to the report, the homeless population in Illinois decreased from 14,395 in 2010 to 13,107 in 2014. However, Melany Jackson, executive director at C-U at Home, said it would be impossible to know exactly how many homeless people there are in the state. Jackson said the numbers reported by HUD do not account for all homeless people, and that the numbers will only account for 400 to 500 people, when there are actually many more. “It’s very clear to those of us who work with the homeless that there are well over 1,000 right here in Champaign County,” Jackson said. “So if you multiply that by all the counties in Illinois you’ll see that the number you have is very, very skewed. You can’t get an accurate count.” Paul Gallagher, managing director at C-U at Home, also said the HUD reports don’t seem to be compatible with the actual number of homeless people in the local area. Gallagher said in his experience, he has seen that homelessness due to poverty has actually increased, but many
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of the people are not accounted for in reports such as the one compiled by the HUD. Gallagher mentioned there are many reports from the government that are often skewed because of the numbers the government uses to make these reports. Because of this, he said, even inflation and unemployment numbers are often inaccurate. “I see more and more, I think back then in ‘96 we’d see a lot of substance abuse related homelessness and domestic violence. We weren’t seeing much directly related to poverty and income,” Gallagher said. “But now what I’m seeing is a lot more, you know people living paycheck-to-paycheck and just can’t make it anymore and just fall through the cracks.” HUD Spokeswoman Shantae Goodloe said the numbers that HUD reports are an aggregation of the numbers from all counties in Illinois. “What we report is accurate in terms of what selfreported continuum of cares have told us they have found in the community. It’s based off of information of what they’ve given us,” Goodloe said. Kerri Spear, outgoing chair for the Champaign County Continuum of Care, said the reports do appear to be skewed because they are not completely accurate representations. Spear said the Continuum of Care is an organization that decides where the federal funding for homelessness will go in the county. If a county wants funding, the
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Volunteers having a meeting to discuss the service schedule at Phoenix homelessness daytime drop-in center, which has been open since July 2014. federal government requires that the county performs a count of homeless people living on the streets on a given date chosen by the government. The count is supposed to represent the people living in situations unfit for humans, not those living in shelters. Spear said the last count was done during one of the coldest nights in late January, when emergency shelters were put up so people would not be out in the cold. Because of this, there were fewer homeless to count on the streets and many of the people in the emergency shelters were reluctant to be interviewed. On Jan. 28, the continuum conducted a survey of the county’s homeless population, both sheltered and unsheltered, and found that 222 people in 176 household
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HOMELESS emergency centers were homeless . “So when people say that number is skewed, you’re trying to count people within a certain window of time, and just like any data count, there’s going to be some limitation, some margin of error,” Spear said. “We found a lot of people that were staying in an overnight emer-
Initiatives by C-U at Home to fight homelessness:
The Recovery House allows up to four men to live together while they receive case management and counseling for addictions. They are allowed to live there for six to 12 months and are required to have at least part-time employment. Q A Family House for either single parent or a married couple with children. They are required to have at least part-time employment and may also receive case management and counseling between six and 12 months. Q A daytime drop-in center called “The Phoenix” located in downtown Champaign. It includes a community environment with Q
gency shelter, but they did not necessarily want to be interviewed so you’re somewhat limited in what you can count or collect because you can’t get all the information that you need.” Spear reiterated that there are many conditions that need to be considered when it comes to data collected during such a short amount of time.
Fatima can be reached at news@dailyillini.com. computers, music, books, art materials and board games. It is open to the community as well as to the homeless on the streets. Q Outreach by spending time with the homeless on the street and offering transportation to those in need of drug and alcohol detox services. Q “One Winter Night,” an event in February when members from the community, such as public officials, students, business leaders and pastors, spend 12 hours inside a refrigerator box in downtown Champaign to see what a homeless person experiences in the cold on a daily basis. Each person who commits to this challenge is also challenged to raise at least $1,000. SOURCE: MELANY JACKSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF C-U AT HOME
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University senate revises statute on academic freedom BY ABIGALE SVOBODA STAFF WRITER
The University Senate met Monday and approved revisions to a statute on academic freedom. The meeting began with a report from Roy Campbell, chair of the Senate Executive Committee. Campbell first thanked Board of Trustees Chairman, Christopher Kennedy for his service. Kennedy
“(faculty should be) mindful that accuracy, forthrightness, and dignity befit association with the University.” STATUTE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
said he will not seek reelection to the board after his term expires Jan. 19. “Thanks (Chris Kennedy) for performing such a dedicated task,” Campbell said. “Such an effort, probably thankless, but nevertheless, he performed it and did it very well for us.” He additionally said the senate’s committee on University Statutes and Senate Procedures, the Senate Budget and Educational Policy are all “thoroughly examining” the details concerning the proposed College of Medicine. A
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FARMERS $7 million will be spread out in three and half years amongst four major institutions who will be helping with the project. Eight countries will be selected from the existing 19 “Feed the Future” countries, a U.S. initiative to fight global hunger and improve food security. The team will select the countries over the next year and a half. “A lot of the money will be invested in the countries for getting people together that don’t usually have the funds or the time to do this sharing of learning,” Bohn said. The plan is also to empower women farmers by encouraging these women to operate their own agriculture and nutrition extension programs, that they hope to see grow and improve the communities. Bohn also said this is a project that can have a strong impact for the campus.
decision on the proposed college will be made in March after President Robert Easter has reviewed it. William Maher, University Statutes and Senate Procedures Committee chair, proposed revisions to the statute on academic freedom. The statute was created in 2010 to protect all faculty members, but needed updating due to issues with terminology. The statute clarifies that academic freedom includes the freedom to teach and research both in and out of the classroom. It also states the any research findings can be published and ensures that faculty can speak freely and openly about their employment or the institution without “fear of retaliation.” However, the statute cautions that all academic faculty should be “mindful that accuracy, forthrightness, and dignity befit association with the University.” Associate Provost Katherine Galvin announced the addition of Communications 26 and 27, which define the promotional procedures for both tenure and non-tenure track faculty and define shared governance among academic units. Galvin clarified that Communication 26 is intended to be inclusive of all faculty; however, the decision is ultimately up to the department.
Abigale can be reached at asvobod2 @dailyillini.com and @AbigaleSvoboda. “The project does provide the opportunity for graduate students specifically to work in our focus countries, on the ground as reflective practitioners,” Bohn said. “Our goal is to find innovative and creative ways of providing opportunities for graduate students as well.” Katy Heinz, a graduate in global studies and communication specialist for INGENEAS, works to make the project more receptive and accessible for the general public. She said she’s learned a lot from her work in this project so far. “I feel encouraged that the general body of stakeholders are finding value in helping women be empowered and helping farmers have slightly better outcomes,” Heinz said. “It’s a step in a direction that is trying to better this world and trying to create stronger families and healthier people.”
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Republicans dominate mid-term elections BY JOSH WINTERS STAFF WRITER
The results of the 2014 Midterm Election are in: big gains for Republicans and big losses for Democrats. Though the outcome of the election is clear, a definitive theory that explains the results has yet to emerge. Republicans, who currently hold a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, picked up an additional 12 House seats. Republicans also picked up eight seats in the Senate, giving them a majority in both chambers of Congress and ending the Democratic majority in the Senate, which the party had kept since 2006. Brian Gaines, professor of political science at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, said that while it is difficult to definitively say what factors led to the Republicans’ success in the election, there are some things that we can conclude from its results. “To some extent, what happened is a sort of unlikely theory about one party having a permanent advantage was shot down,” Gaines said. “My big conclusion is neither party has a permanent advantage right now. We’re going to have a period of volatility where there’s a great year for the Democrats, a great year for the Republicans; we’re not moving toward dominance by one party or the other.” Gaines pointed out that historically, a president’s party typically loses seats in Congress during midterm elections. This has happened every year since 1934, except for 1998 and 2002, he said. Democratic candidates in the 1998 midterm election were able to pick up additional seats in Congress by riding a wave of public frustration over President Clinton’s impeachment. In 2002, President Bush’s approval rating was still in its post-9/11 bump, leading to gains in Congress for Republican candidates.
An older electorate, angry voters and Obamaphobia This election cycle, Gaines said, had an older, whiter electorate than in 2012, a voting demographic that favors
Republican candidates. In fact, 65 percent of the 2014 electorate was aged 45 and up. It was easier to motivate Republican voters to turn out on Election Day, he said, by tapping into their frustration with the president than it was for Democrats to drum up a supportive vote. Max Balkan, vice president of Illini Republicans and senior in Business, also cited low Democratic turnout and voter frustration as major factors that contributed to the Republican party’s success. “Democrats are dependent on demographics that really don’t vote in midterms,” Balkan said. “Many people saw Democrats as those in charge still, whether Democrats wished to be portrayed that way or not.” Balkan added that Democrats failed to communicate their accomplishments to voters, a sentiment shared by Evan Keller, communications director for Illini Democrats and sophomore in LAS. Keller said that while the economy is growing and unemployment is lower than when Obama took office, many voters are still not feeling the effects of the recovery and as a result, chose not to vote for Democratic candidates. While most Illinois Democrats ran fairly progressive campaigns, Keller said, Congressional races around the country saw Democratic candidates distancing themselves from the president. “There weren’t too many candidates here in Illinois that ran away from Obama,” Keller said. “All these candidates that did that, claimed no allegiance to Obama and his policies, most of them lost big.” The most talked about example of this was a Louisville Courier-Journal interview with Alison Lundergan Grimes, Democratic challenger to Republican Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, in which she refused to say whether she voted for Obama or not.
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What’s next for Congress? For Democrats and Republicans? Keller said that if Democrats hope to retake the Senate and maintain control of the White House, they must do a better job of fielding candidates that voters can connect with. “We start recruiting candidates that have some history of activism or teaching or a trade because those are candidates that people can definitely more relate to than these candidate that they don’t know much about,” Keller said. “As long as we’re getting away from always recruiting judges or lawyers.” Keller believes that on social issues, Democrats have a winning platform but need to be more aggressive in pursuing major issues like education reform and marijuana legalization. “Socially, we’re there, but I think there are issues that we could be leading the pack more than we are,” Keller said. “The party should take a strong stance on marijuana legalization; generally there’s been a strong correlation between Democrats and legalization as opposed to Republicans, but you just haven’t seen that translate into actual party platform or much support from main-
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stream candidates.” Balkan hopes to see big legislative action from the new Republican Congress over the next two years, particularly on civil liberty issues, infrastructure development and the Affordable Care Act. “Whether or not they deserve to be, civil forfeiture has been a major issue recently thanks to John Oliver and different news agencies, eminent domain issues have come up with regards to Keystone Pipeline and privacy protections from the NSA have continued to be in the news,” said Balkan. “We are finally getting data from Obamacare; we should definitely use it to make the current system as effective as possible. The plan is here for the next two years, make it right.” Gaines said that while it is likely the White House and Congress will butt heads over the next two years, bipartisan compromise is not outside the realm of possibility. “I wouldn’t say that I’m positive we’ll see a lot of bipartisan compromise on big issues like tax reform or immigration, but it won’t astonish me if we do,” Gaines said. “A neutral carbon tax that doesn’t result in increased taxes, I could imagine that passing the Republican House.”
Josh can be reached at jjwinte2@dailyillini.com.
Plasma-fusion reactor comes to the University BY ERIC FRIES STAFF WRITER
The first of several trucks arrived Monday morning at the Nuclear Radiation Lab on Goodwin Avenue to unload pieces of a disassembled plasma-fusion advanced physics testing device. The device, renamed the Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications, or HIDRA, was given to the University for free by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Germany. The University will have one of only a handful of fusion devices in the U.S. thanks to the efforts of several professors, including Daniel Andruczyk, David Ruzic, Davide Curreli and Jean Paul Allain. One truck will arrive every day this week, said Andrucyzk, research assistant professor in nuclear, plasma and radiology engineering, who will oversee
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STUDENT FEES of ISS, has been one of the undergraduates on the committee for the past two years. “The committee takes votes on all of the fees,” Dickey said. “On whether or not to increase, decrease, or stay the same, and we incorporate that, with a lot of the comment, into a report for the vice chancellor for student affairs.” The feedback from SFAC and Slazinik is then passed on to the chancellor, who then either accepts the SFAC recommendations or makes his or her own recommendation. The chancellor passes their recommendations on to the Board of Trustees, who have the authority to ultimately decide on all aspects of the fee. “So we are the very bottom rung of that, and we start the process at the very beginning of the semester,” Dickey said. Slazinik said the studentinitiated fees that students vote in favor of in referendums usually pass in some form. “Typically the campus has followed through on the fees, as far as I know,” Slazinik said. “They may not always agree with the prescribed administration or certain elements of it, but typically it has resulted in a fee being assessed to students.”
research conducted with the device. By Thursday, the device should begin to take shape, although it will take until January or February for assembly to be completed, Andruczyk said. Next, the cooling and power services will need to be prepared, and there will be a four to five month testing period to make sure these services and the machine are ready. Andruczyk said they hope to have their first plasma reaction in mid-September of next year. There will be opportunities for students to gain experience with fusion reactors by being involved in the assembly and preparation process. Andruczyk will be teaching a “fusion design and control” course next semester that will work with the HIDRA device. “It’s very, very excitSlazinik said the most recent example of a fee being altered after the referendum was passed by the student body was the media fee, which helps fund Illini Media Company. The SFAC recommended the fee be lower than the $3 that was originally proposed, and the Chancellor and Board of Trustees agreed and made the fee $1.85. SFAC provides oversight for all existing student-initiated fees by reviewing them every four years in groupings staggered by year. When the fee committee reviews these fees, Slazinik said they typically require whoever is responsible for administering the fee to show “how they are spending the money, what the original referendum was and how that relates to the intent of the referendum.”
Changes to the Process Shawn Gordon, a thirdyear PhD student and chair of the Campus Student Election Commission since October, said the referendums will look different on the spring ballot. “Starting with this spring, the CSEC will be providing an argument in favor and argument against any fee question based on a summary put together by the Student Fee Advisory Committee,” Gordon said. The SFAC pros and cons format received the recom-
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Students utilize cranes and other devices to move parts of the Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications into the Nuclear Radiation Laboratory on Monday. ing, because aside from the hybrid device itself, it will have liquid metal walls and will be the first machine dedicated to studying these problems of interacting with materials,” Andruczyk said. He added that the research and discoveries made with the machine will likely be
applied to larger reactors elsewhere, such as a device at Princeton University. “Liquid metals are starting to show more and more that they are the way of the future,” he said.
mendation of ISS. Dickey said SFAC should make sure these proposed fees are well thought out in how they would be implemented, prior to the referendum going up for vote. “Something that was really, really clarified with this bike fee referendum was that we do not do a good job of making sure that there is any kind of logistic or structure for a fee that is set before the fee actually goes up,” Dickey said. Gordon said that any student or group of students can propose a referendum. After a review by the CSEC, those bringing the referendum forward need seven percent of the student body or five percent of the student body, along with an endorsement from ISS, to be put on the ballot. Dickey said he doesn’t want fees on fall ballots because most fees are voted on in the spring. Slazinik said there is less student turnout for fall elections, so removing the fees from the fall ballots would get more students to vote on those fees.
could not keep the students who opted out from benefiting from those services. “Students had the option of paying or not paying that fee. As a number of fees increased, of course, that got a lot more complicated. And as the cost of tuition continued to grow, what we were seeing was there was an increasing number of students opting out of paying it,” he said. Due to this difficulty, the fees were eventually reformed into student-initiated fees. In the past 11 years, six of the 10 existing student-initiated fees were created. The most recent student-initiated fee approved was the media fee, which students voted in favor of in spring 2012. Besides the media fee, the other fees created in the past 11 years are: collegiate readership, study abroad and travel scholarship, sustainable campus environment, cleaner energy technologies and cultural programming. “When you start initiating new fees, like the bike fee, the problem is when mom and dad get the bill, it is like, you know, ‘We’re paying a lot of money to send you to school here, and on top of that we are getting nickel and dimed for everything,’” said Slazinik. “So I think there is some concern that this is kind of getting out of hand.”
The Student Fee in Recent Years Previously, students could opt out of these fees, however, by spring 2012 students no longer had that option. Slazinik believes this is because too many students were choosing not to support the fees and the University
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Thursday, the Board of Trustees announced that University departments were free to hire former instructor James Kilgore, ending months of debate and controversy that embarrassed the University on a national level. Kilgore was a lecturer in Global Studies and part-time staff member with the Center for African Studies before the University chose not to renew his contract in the spring following a string of media reports (none by The Daily Illini) about Kilgore’s past as a convicted felon and member of the Symbionese Liberation Army. On April 23, The Daily Illini wrote an editorial criticizing the University and supporting Kilgore’s employment at the University of Illinois. At the time, we wrote, “The University seems to be folding under political pressure and punishing a man for committing a crime he has already paid for and been rehabilitated from. The University needs to respect the laws society has in place. The University should let Kilgore have his second chance and continue his contributions to his job.� Since writing the editorial, nothing has changed in terms of Kilgore’s situation — except that he lost his job for a semester. Kilgore himself has not changed, nor have we changed our position on Kilgore. He should not have lost his job in the first place, and it is about time the Univer-
Christopher Kennedy and the rest of the Board of Trustees intervened in a place they should not have. sity offers him the freedom to have it back. In a May interview with the News-Gazette, board chairman Christopher Kennedy called Kilgore a “domestic terrorist� and said Kilgore should not be on the public payroll. Kennedy and the rest of the Board of Trustees intervened in a place that they should not have. They remedied that on Thursday by asking President Robert Easter to come up with a plan for hiring part-time and adjunct faculty members. This would eliminate the confusion regarding whether the board is allowed to weigh in on hires of these instructors. This new process will help give the University stricter guidelines for hiring that will help resolve similar issues in the future. The guidelines will help keep the Board of Trustees out of decision-making that should be done without political influence. We criticized the University for not renewing Kilgore’s contract, so it is only right that we commend the Board of Trustees for changing its mind and allowing Kilgore to be employed at the University. Now, it needs to take the next step and give Kilgore his job back.
Internet freedom at stake SHIVAM SHARMA Opinions columnist
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es, such as Netflix and Hulu, to pay an extra fee to have their data (movies and TV shows) transferred to consumers at the standard speeds or face the consequence of having their service restricted or slowed down. Netflix claimed that this is in violation of the principles of net neutrality. Imposition of such fees by I.S.P.s on companies will lead to a “paid prioritization� of information on the Internet. People and companies that choose to pay extra will have their websites and services more readily accessible on the Internet than those who choose not to. The issue is currently being deliberated by the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates interstate and international communications. Their decision on net neutrality could seriously impact the way we interact with the Internet on a daily basis. I believe net neutrality is essential to the existence of the Internet in its current form; repealing it could lead to unpredictable and potentially detrimental changes to the virtual landscape. The Internet is a cornerstone for society in the 21st century. It has become a utility whose importance is at par with that of electricity, gas and water. Net neutrality ensures that those responsible for providing this utility doesn’t play a role in how we use it. But that is not
the only reason net neutrality is important. One of the foundational advantages of the Internet has been the fact that it provides a readily accessible platform for innovation, fueling progress. Net neutrality ensures a level playing field online so small companies and individuals with less capital can compete equally with larger corporations. This has been absolutely crucial to the growth of the Internet. In a scenario where net neutrality does not exist, a small online tech startup with minimum resources would have to pay extra to make their services and information as readily accessible to people as those of their established competitors in the market. This puts their destiny in the hands of the financial leverage enjoyed by the I.S.P.s. Net neutrality has played a vital role in the success and unbridled progress of companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Buzzfeed, which rely heavily on Internet traffic. Naturally, these companies are now strong proponents of net neutrality. Repealing net neutrality, then, would mean putting insurmountable obstacles in the way of the Facebook or Amazon of tomorrow. An important claim that opponents of net neutrality make is the fact that compa-
nies that provide more data (i.e. take up more space on the network) should pay more. However, the current situation doesn’t seem to be hurting anyone and the only people to benefit without net neutrality would be the telecom companies themselves. Without net neutrality, access to Internet content would lie in the hands of a few major, private institutions. When combined with Comcast and Netflix’s competition over viewers, you don’t need to connect too many dots to come to a terrifying conclusion: Comcast’s push against net neutrality might have something to do with it wanting to gain an upper hand in the battle for viewership. Thus, I for one, would be quite afraid if Comcast took control over how I accessed the Internet. Considering the nature of the telecom industry, the consequences that repealing net neutrality could have are quite unpredictable. Imagine if the refrigerator you bought was dictated by your electric company. That idea is preposterous, and repealing net neutrality should be the same. My take on the net neutrality debate, then: If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.
Shivam is a senior in Engineering. He can be reached at ssharm16 @dailyillini.com.
Black Friday deals turn violent CARLY CHARLES Opinions columnist
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a cold, snowy November afternoon, I type “www. walmart.com� into my laptop’s address bar, and I am greeted instantly with large, brightly colored banners advertising “Online Specials,� framed with a little gift-shaped graphic, complete with a bow on top. Other headlines I see on the site read “Your Black Friday Ad is Here!� and “Holiday Hub: All the tips, tricks, recipes and gift ideas to make your season easy and fun.� Generally, the term “savings� is glued haphazardly onto products ranging from tablets to nauseatingly pink Barbie Dreamhouses. The day after Thanksgiving — commercially known as Black Friday — holiday shopping season begins, and businesses advertise supposedly tremendous discounts on many of their products. Today’s consumers and corporations seem to honor Black Friday and its familiar customs, spending gargantuan amounts of money on merchandise and advertising to reap the most publicity and benefits out of the event.
It’s almost as if we’ve come to regard Black Friday as its own twisted holiday. For many shoppers, the deals are only part of this monumental day, and sales, only in part, contribute to Black Friday’s sometimes violent, chaotic infamy. It’s the illusion that Black Friday is an essential holiday festivity that drives so many consumers to forego their warm beds, drive to Best Buy and whack an old lady over the head to procure a somewhat-discounted Xbox. Advertisements might claim that Black Friday is all about the deals, but to many Americans, the event has become an essential holiday tradition, at times ridden with barbaric consumerism. Walmart unquestionably reaps a good deal of Black Friday’s economic benefits. The corporation claims that last Thanksgiving, an estimated 22 million customers made their way to stores to get their fix of “to-die-for� sales. They also receive the most negative attention concerning Black Friday. Stories of shoppers and employees alike being trampled and beat up in the quest for sweet deals have become a staple of the holiday season. While it’s ludicrous that such violence has become commonplace in this holiday shopping day (concussions and other injuries incurred in
the race to grab the last DVD player off the shelf are not unusual occurrences), I think it speaks to how accepted and vital Black Friday participation has become for many. On Nov. 12, Walmart announced their plans to introduce a “New Black Friday� into this year’s holiday season. In the past, Black Friday deals have only been available on late Thanksgiving Thursday and early Friday; however, this year’s Black Friday deals will span across the entire week. Trends yielding information with regard to who shops on Black Friday and why lead me to believe that Walmart’s choice to extend Black Friday over the course of the entire Thanksgiving week will only make the issue of barbaric consumerism grow. According to a Women’s Wear Daily poll, 57 percent of Black Friday shoppers are showing up to shop simply for the “fun experience.� Now, on what planet and in what mindset could the bloodthirsty battle over a PS4 ever be conceived of as “fun,� is completely beyond me. However, the fact remains that Black Friday has come to be perceived as a necessary holiday ritual. Thus, the fact that deals can just as easily be negotiated either year-round, or from the safe comforts of one’s
iPhone days before Black Friday, become irrelevant. In other words, as enthusiastic as consumers may be for the sales, “Black Friday-ers� are in it primarily for the spirit of the consumer season. I predict that Walmart’s decision to advertise and conduct Black Friday as a more liberally-paced, longer span of savings opportunities will not alleviate the insane amounts of people that will rush indoors late Thursday night. Advertising continues to play up the alleged personal economic necessity of Black Friday, despite the fact that polls show that more than half of “Black Friday-ers� partake merely for the “fun� experience. Walmart’s extension of Black Friday deals over the whole week and into the online realm will likely not help them eliminate the violent, unruly spectacles for which their Black Friday sales days have come infamously to be known. Until Americans can realign their priorities and not perceive Thanksgiving weekend as a shopping opportunity extraordinaire, the violent and inappropriate behaviors associated with the event will persist.
Carly is a junior in FAA. She can be reached at ccharle2@dailyillini.com.
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Local vinyl company makes some noise
BY FRANCES WELCH STAFF WRITER
It all started in 1994 with two high school sweethearts, a love of music and Polyvinyl Press, a self-published minimagazine (“fanzine�) about local, underground music. At the time, Matt Lunsford and Darcie Knight were two high school students living in Danville with an appreciation for the DIY music scene. That music scene consisted of a self-sufficient music culture, free from labels and mainstream ideologies in Champaign-Urbana and the greater Midwest. The fanzine quickly gained popularity and was found in record stores, house show merch tables and other zine writers’ mailboxes across the country. With the DIY community having such a large pull for zines in the 1990s, Polyvinyl Press segued into their strong relationships with various bands and influential individuals. Lunsford and Knight’s countless hours spent writing about their favorite local bands eventually evolved into releasing a 7� split, or an album which includes tracks by multiple artists. It was included with their third issue of Polyvinyl Press. A year later, the two released a 20-band compilation, “Direction,� and Braid’s first 7�, “Rainsnowmatch,� just two of several products representing Champaign-Urbana’s local talent. In 1996, Polyvinyl Record Co. was created. The label has now evolved into a staple in today’s indiealternative music industry whilst remaining completely independently owned
and operated in downtown Champaign. “There aren’t advantages or disadvantages for Polyvinyl being in Champaign specifically,� said Chris Hassen, production manager of Polyvinyl. “Having an office on the West Coast and New York has opened a lot more doors because we’ve added a lot more bands that are West Coast and New York based. It’s nice being close to Chicago, but our roots are here in Champaign.� Managing over 50 artists and over 300 album releases, the label has transformed into a powerhouse due to its highly coveted roster among other labels and by keeping the art of vinyl long-lived. In addition to its roster and record releases, Polyvinyl is extending its success in another musical realm in January, the release of a monthly yearlong subscription of singles on vinyl entitled, “Polyvinyl 4-Track Singles Series.� The series, a Polyvinyl trademark, had its first run earlier this year as an experiment of sorts with no postulation of high success. While it was originally limited to 500 subscribers, high demand led to a 2015 Volume 2 release and increased the subscriptions to 1,000. The idea behind the Single Series came from label manager Seth Hubbard, who runs the satellite office in Berkeley, Calif. “The way it went down was 3 years ago when we were running a Kickstarter for the Of Montreal documentary,� Hubbard said. “A reward if you backed the project was receiving a limited edition cassette, which was record-
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STARBUCKS customers, always has something interesting to talk about with a smile on her face. She’s also really fun. Customers will ask when Clair and Megan are working together,� Anstrom said. From a small town of 7,000 people, Brendel’s conversations with her customers makes her feel more at home on a campus of over 40,000. *** A line begins to form at 7:30 a.m. as customers stream in from the light snowfall outside. Fluhr and Brendel have a good rhythm going behind the counter between their playful banter. The orders of fat-free vanilla lattes and peppermint mochas start coming in a flurry. Students and Dads Weekend visitors filter in and fill the seating area wall to wall. Brendel brings one male customer his drink as he reads a newspaper at his table. Now as a experienced barista, Brendel has memorized customers’ orders, from the woman who orders a venti caramel macchiato with whipped cream every morning to the man whose venti decaf coffee needs to be freshly brewed or he won’t take it. While her favorite drink is a raspberry mocha — with two pumps of mocha and one pump of raspberry — her favorite drink to make is a cappuccino. Leslie Schulke, junior in FAA, has worked with Brendel for the past two years. “She’s cheerful and always makes customers feel at home and welcome in our store,� Schulke said. “She’s the queen of coming up with new drink combos.� While Brendel has a good
memory, she does say that students’ orders can be trickier to keep in her mind. “Students are hard to predict. If they have a test, they may want more shots of espresso,� Brendel said. “When they have different schedules, the orders change more.� As more families file in, Brendel talks about her own family with them as Frank Sinatra takes over the cafe speakers. Fluhr stacks more of Starbucks’ red holiday cups in anticipation of more morning customers. It is still only 8:30 a.m. The job requires planning in advance, and Brendel has developed ways to handle stress though the position. “It took a lot of time. It involves being a couple of steps ahead. If you just focus on how busy you are, you run out of cups, milk and lids and wonder how you got there. If you focus on what’s around you it gives you an idea of what you need to do. For me, singing and dancing also helps me de-stress,� she said. Her mental process really begins the night before work, when she goes to sleep seven or so hours before. She packs her backpack with books and a change of clothes for class and maps her route from work to school. While her days at work don’t usually vary, Brendel admitted she has some standout experiences. “My first year that I worked, I worked with a girl who was very no-nonsense. She took the condiment bar and barricaded the bathroom so no one could come in and use it,� she said. “Then last year for Unofficial a really drunk girl had been at Cold Stone and had wanted them to sing, but they didn’t sing so she came to Starbucks and asked and I sang ‘Let it Go’ and got tips from that.�
ed on a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder. After that, we had this recorder just sitting there so I thought why not take that 4-track, ship it to a bunch of different bands and make a record out of it?� And that’s exactly what Polyvinyl did. Polyvinyl ships the single recording device to one artist, and the artist records two songs with no requirement; it can range from a brand new song, rendition of older material or they could record a cover. From there, the artist sends it to another artist until the series has been completed. Each artist on the Series is specifically chosen by Polyvinyl, but the majority are not signed to the label. “Whoever we are asking to be a part of (the Series) is because we like their music and we want them to be a part of it, not because we think people would like to see them on the Series,� Hassen said. Just a few of the artists participating in the Series are The Dodos, Kishi Bashi, Ducktails (of Real Estate), Jonathan Rado (of Foxygen) and Telekinesis, along with seven other artists. The recorded songs are exclusively for the Single Series subscribers and the only way an outsider can catch a listen is if he or she has the vinyl itself; not even Spotify can snag this compilation. “There’s a lot to be said of serious people who collect records; they want exclusive, limited editions,� Hubbard said. “There are people who really care about their record collecting and want to know how many records were made, the color and even the weight of the record.� To the average vinyl buyer, the specificity could seem excessive, but the Series is for the collector who lives and breathes vinyl. Every aspect that goes into the creation of the Series is specified towards collectors who notice every detail. Even the record jacket has significance — the unique artwork is by Grammy-nominated artist Jesse LeDoux. “The album art was a big deal for the series. Post-mark stamps were a big inspiration for the whole thing. It was a really cool, branded collection where fans of the label could purchase this series not knowing who all of the artists are,� Hubbard said. “We wanted to make sure what we’re putting out looks and sounds as best as it can. We put it out on colored, 180gram vinyl because it looks and sounds the best, which is what we want for the people that purchase it.�
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Frances can be reached at fwelch2 @dailyillini.com. Brendel has worked at other Starbucks locations around Champaign-Urbana, but she loves the Green Street store the best. Compared to the older crowd on Vine Street and the working-class crowd on Prospect Avenue, the lively Green Street location uses less decaf and Splenda. But as a company, Brendel also likes how Starbucks varies from other coffee shops. She said that the strict uniform and how conscious the staff has to be with customer interactions are large differences. Based upon sales last year, Brendel said the Green Street store’s Frappuccino Happy Hour was number one in the state for frappuccino sales as well as number three in the nation. She said Dads Weekend, Homecoming and sports camps over the summer draw in large amounts of customers. *** Approaching 10 a.m., Brendel talks to Fluhr about going to the football game after work. Any Iowa fan who steps though the glass doors prompts Brendel to say they are in the “wrong territory.� Five minutes before Brendel’s shift ends, Illini Men’s Basketball Coach John Groce comes in and says hello, greeting Brendel by name. Groce tells Brendel about how the team could have played better in its 80 to 71 win over Georgia Southern on Friday. When her shift is officially up, she stays an extra five minutes to help with a sudden influx of customers. But she soon hangs up her green apron and pulls on her coat to walk out onto Green Street herself, amongst the students and Dads Weekend visitors heading to the football game.
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The Daily Illini: Why is Yik Yak so popular at the University? Cam Mullen: I think, in general, the University of Illinois is one of the many colleges blowing up right now. In your area, it’s one of the strongest, for sure. Yik Yak is going back to anonymity. It creates conversations that people otherwise wouldn’t have. I think one of the reasons it’s so popular at the University of Illinois is because it’s connecting students in a way different from other past social networks.
DI: Why is the University more active on Yik Yak then nearby universities like Illinois State University? CM: It’s hard to say exactly why. U of I has almost 30,000 undergraduates. Everyone is within such a close location that Yik Yak works perfectly. Everyone is in that two-mile radius. They’re all going through the same experiences. They have the same inside jokes, so everyone can relate to each other and that leads to discussions on Yik Yak that are really relevant.
DI: Yik Yak can be controversial because DI: So the anonymous aspect helps it blow up on a some people have abused it to post inappropriate college campus? or racist content. Has the CM: Yeah, that, and it’s University ever had an the location aspect, too. With Yik Yak, you download issue with that? it. You don’t need to friend anyone. You don’t need to follow anyone. You’re immediately connected with everyone within two miles. At the University of Illinois, it connects you with pretty much your whole student body.
DI: When did the boom start at the University? CM: You guys had some activity last semester — that’s spring semester 2014
CM: It seems that the feed there is very active and healthy, which is a good thing. One thing that you’re highlighting is, you know, that people misuse the app. And we recognize that with any social app or network there’s a likelihood for misuse from a small group of users. And that’s something that we’re constantly battling and trying to improve upon. You know, putting different algorithms in place to
try to prevent that from happening. In Yik Yak, we typically err on the side of taking stuff off as quickly as possible. So you can down vote posts and once it gets to minus five, it’s deleted. Beyond that, users can report messages. And on our end we have a team of monitors working and filters running, checking the text in the Yaks for names, phone numbers, cyber bullying, racist and homophobic words and other kind of general inappropriate content. These algorithms and filters are getting better and better every day, really. And we’ve noticed that as communities have got bigger and more mature and more diverse the better they are at policing themselves. With big schools it takes minutes to get that comment off the feed.
DI: Are there trends in what students post? CM: Not necessarily at U of I, but we see a lot of topics that spread through Yik Yak. Chipotle and Netflix, people love to talk about. Campus squirrels. Giving shoutouts and saying, “he’s a real MVP.� There are a lot of trends that go on Yik Yak, but we don’t have any trending subjects.
DI: What are the top areas in Illinois for Yik Yak users? CM: (1) Chicago, (2) Champaign, (3) Normal and (4) Evanston.
DI: What’s the most active time of day? CM: In general, the most active times are, it varies, but we see a lot between classes, actually. So, when
What was happening on campus on Sept. 15 when Yik Yak got really popular? Here are some Daily Illini headlines from the day: •Board votes to reject Salaita appointment •The beginnings of a new College of Medicine •UI in-state enrollment percentages down •Bid Day people are walking to class, we see they check it a lot. Also right before they go to bed is one of the most active times on Yik Yak.
DI: Anything else you want to comment on the University’s Yik Yak use? CM: One of the missions of Yik Yak is to produce an open forum and give a voice to those people that might not otherwise have one. The idea behind that is the quiet girl in the back of the classroom might be the funniest girl in the school and just because she doesn’t want to speak up in class or she doesn’t post on Twitter or on Facebook, she’s able to turn to Yik Yak, download it and immediately connect with everyone around her. She doesn’t have to friend anyone. She might not be the most social person, but she’s able to connect with everyone, talk to them, send out her jokes or thoughts and get the opinions of people around her, which is an awesome service, and we’re really happy we mobilized that to schools. We’re really happy that the University of Illinois has adopted it and
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With Yik Yak’s presence on campus increasing, The Daily Illini got the chance to speak with Cam Mullen, lead community developer at Yik Yak, to discuss the app’s origins, current trends and how it works on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus.
— and we saw it started to have a bigger following. But really at the beginning of this year is when it really took off. Activity doubled from the end of April and beginning of May to the beginning of this year right around Sept. 1. It really started to boom right around Sept. 15.
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Professors Jose Vazquez and Werner Baer, who teach ECON 102 and 103, are two of the most popular professors mentioned in Yik Yak, but they didn’t know about their popularity. “To be honest I don’t really worry whether students use Yik Yak wants to utilize it and Yak so much. So thanks, guys.
or not, simply because I don’t feel I have the option of preventing them from using it,� Vazquez said. “To try to stop them from using their phones (and hence apps like Yik Yak) during my class would be equivalent to try to prevent them from breathing.� Rebecca can be reached at rrjacob2 @dailyillini.com.
Starbucks employee finds incredible experience on Green Street BY MARA SHAPIRO STAFF WRITER
Clair Brendel wakes up at 5 a.m. to make the morning shift at 6 a.m. At the campus Starbucks on Green Street, Brendel, a senior in Social Work, sets up the pastry case and espresso machines for the caffeinedeprived students to stumble in bleary-eyed for their morning caffeine wake-up. “I was never really a morning person,� she said. “I don’t mind working if I’m around morning people — people who want to get up and get their coffee before work are excited to start their day.� Two shots of espresso also helps Brendel with the early
morning start. But she stays peppy throughout her shift because she wants respect and kindness from her customers, so she treats them the way she wishes to be treated. It’s the Saturday of Dads Weekend, and Brendel is working the morning shift with her supervisor, Ethan Fluhr. Even though it’s just past 6 a.m., customers are steadily entering into the store, warm and filled with the aroma of coffee and steamed milk. The muted rock of The 1975’s song, “The City,� plays in the background as the coffee machines whir to life. Brendel’s plan wasn’t to become a barista, but she
knew she wanted to work for Starbucks at least once during her lifetime. “I decided I wanted to work with Starbucks. A lot of it deals with policy and how they treat employees. There are a lot of benefits, social actions, outreaches and fair trade. Those are all values of my major (social work),� Brendel said. “There’s free coffee, I work with great people and there’s flexible hours. This built up to be the place where I wanted to work.� In her two years at Starbucks, Brendel has worked all the shifts and positions at the coffee shop. But she said she enjoys working at the bar and register the
most because of the customer interaction. “Professors come in outside of the classroom setting and talk about what they like to teach and what they don’t like. They talk about political opinions, musicians, artists; they ask me about my love life,� Brendel said. “I also met people on the Homecoming Court because they’d all come to Starbucks.� Megan Anstrom, one of Brendel’s supervisor, said she appreciates Brendel as a staff member for the past one and a half years they’ve worked together. “She’s always friendly to
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Beckman’s job security in question BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER
the number of wins each year and still fighting for bowl eligibility heading into the final two games this season. “I want to win for these kids,� Beckman said. “I want nothing but for these kids to experience what it’s like to change something.�
Illinois head coach Tim Beckman said Monday he has been given no assurances by athletic director Mike Thomas regarding his job security for next season. “It’s about winning and I understand that,� Beckman Injuries on the offensive said. line The Illini are 4-6 (1-5 Big Ten) this season and have Illinois’ offense struggled been 10-24 (2-20) in the past to get anything going against three seasons under the head Iowa on Saturday, gaining a coach. season-low 235 yards of total Beckman said he and offense. Thomas meet in the coach’s Two starting offensive office every Wednesday linemen — junior guard Ted morning to discuss what they Karras and senior tackle can do to improve the Illini Simon Cvijanovic — were football program. absent with injuries against “He’s a phenomenal athlet- the Hawkeyes, leaving jumic director,� Beckman said. bled protection for quarter“He’s always asking me, back Wes Lunt. ‘What can we do to help build Karras will be out for the this program?’� rest of the season after tearThere’s ing his ACL been specand MCL in his knee ulation in a 55-14 on Beckloss to Ohio man’s firing since an State. early OctoC v ij a n ber loss to ovic sufPurdue at fered a TIM BECKMAN home. The left shoulHEAD COACH team has der injury against the lost six Buckeyes. of its last eight games. Beckman would not com“I’ve been around winning ment on the nature of the my whole life,� Beckman injury but said the senior is said. “This isn’t something day-to-day and a decision will that I enjoy by any means.� be made Thursday if he will Facing the possibility of play against Penn State. his third consecutive losing Offensive coordinator Bill season at Illinois, Beckman Cubit said redshirt freshman has focused on the team’s improvements — increasing SEE FOOTBALL | 2B
“I want nothing but for these kids to experience what it’s like to change something.�
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Illinois’ Brandi Donnelly goes for a dig during the volleyball game versus Ohio State at Huff Hall on Wednesday. Donnelly has been making an impact for the Illini at libero despite being a true freshman.
Freshman libero makes impact BY STEPHEN BOURBON SENIOR WRITER
Brandi Donnelly has always been the youngest. Growing up in the small village of Williamsville, Illinois, home to 1,500 people, just north of Springfield, Donnelly was the youngest of four siblings. As one of only two freshmen on the Illinois volleyball team, Donnelly is in a familiar role. “I feel like I’m always the youngest and everyone makes fun of me because I’m young,� Donnelly said. “I don’t turn 19 until December and because I’ve been here
so long, they think it’s funny because I’m young. And it’s because I’m so small too, so I get a lot from that.� Head coach Kevin Hambly has a history of bringing freshmen slowly into the rotation. On this year’s roster, only senior Liz McMahon appeared in every match during her freshman year. Donnelly has been starting from day one, just the fifth time in program history a freshman has been an opening day starter as libero. “Playing as a freshman is very challenging, but she’s filled out that role well,� soph-
Illini face Robert Morris Women’s team to play private university for the first time
omore Katie Roustio said. “It’s almost like she isn’t even a freshman, she’s just been a part of us the whole time. It’s really awesome to see her out there and just see her do her thing.� *** Hambly almost missed Donnelly as he crisscrossed the country looking for his next libero. California, Hawaii, Kentucky. With the recruiting season winding down, Hambly racked up the frequent flyer miles after the 2012 season in search of a natural passer. Though he put in all
of the work, Donnelly was in his backyard the entire time. “I see this kid at this club and I say, ‘Why did I spend all this money, she’s right here the whole time.’ She’s the best passer I’ve seen out of this (recruiting class),� Hambly said. Listed at 5-foot-8, something Hambly admitted is a bit generous, Donnelly was an outside hitter for Williamsville High School. She set the high school’s record for kills and digs in her senior season. While ranked outside of the
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Power rankings DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Editor’s note: Every week, The Daily Illini football staff ranks the football teams in the Big Ten 1-14 and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings.
1. OHIO STATE (Last week: 1)
The Buckeyes held off Minnesota to remain unbeaten in Big Ten play.
2. WISCONSIN (3) Running back Melvin Gordon rushed for an NCAA single-game record 408 yards in the Badgers win against No. 16 Nebraska.
BY JOEY FIGUEROA STAFF WRITER
After nearly being upset in its home opener on Friday, Illinois women’s basketball will look to fi nd its offensive rhythm when it hosts Robert Morris University for the fi rst time in school history at State Farm Center Tuesday night. Heading into their second game of the young season, the Illini have yet to make a three-pointer, an area that head coach Matt Bollant assumed would be a strength this season. Illinois went 0-for-21 from beyond the three-point arc against IPFW and had to rely on its defense to edge out a victory. Illinois may not fare as well if it has a similar shooting performance against a tougher Robert Morris team. The Colonials are fresh off of a 21-12 season during which they were the Northeastern Conference regular season and tournament champions and earned a spot in the NCAA tournament. They lost their season opener to Iowa, but hung around with the No. 19 Hawkeyes for most of the game. “They’re really skilled,� Bollant said. “Their guards can all shoot the ball, they handle the ball well. Even though they’re young, these are foreign kids who probably have a lot of experience and they play like that. They’ve got a good combo of some skilled kids and then also some toughness as well.� In the off-season, Robert Morris lost its best player, Greek-born Artemis Spanou, who accounted for 28 percent of the team’s scoring last season, recording 19.4 points per game and adding 14.5 rebounds per game. The Colonials are now led by Anna Niki Stamolamprou, who also hails from Greece and scored 21 points against Iowa. This may be the most diverse roster the Illini will face all season, as eight of the Colonials’ 14 players hail from foreign countries, including Greece, Spain, France, Canada and Congo. With three players listed at 6’3�, Robert Morris has the size to match freshman center Chatrice White and sophomore forward Jacqui Grant down low, but the three big Colonials combined to play just 22 minutes against Iowa. “They play differently than some
3. MICHIGAN STATE (2) The Spartans had nearly 500 yards of total offense in a 37-15 win over Maryland last week. 4. NEBRASKA (4) The Cornhuskers defense allowed Wisconsin 59 points on nearly 600 yards rushing Saturday. 5. IOWA (7)
The Hawkeyes shut down Illinois’ offense in a 30-14 win, holding the Illini to a season-low 235 yards.
6. MINNESOTA (6) The Golden Gophers allowed 489 yards of offense in a close 31-24 loss to Ohio State. 7. NORTHWESTERN (9)
The Wildcats upset Notre Dame in overtime Saturday on four field goals and 547 yards of total offense.
8. MARYLAND (5) The Terrapins had just six rushing yards in Saturday’s 37-15 loss to Michigan State. 9. MICHIGAN (8) The Wolverines are second-to-last in the conference with just 20.7 points per game. 10. PENN STATE (10)
The Nittany Lions are rushing for a conference-worst 103.3 yards per game.
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Illinois’ Kyley Simmons dribbles the ball down the court during the game against IPFW on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. The Illini won 70-63. other teams defensively,� Bollant said. “They play behind in the post, so we’ll see if (White) can get catches near the basket and get some fi nishes early.� White dominated in the paint against IPFW, reaching the free throw line eight times during her fi rst double-double as an Illini, and will look to continue fi nding her rhythm against Robert Morris. “I just have to take my time, get my balance under me and not rush too many shots,� White said. “I just need to slow down and finish my shot.� Illinois hasn’t won two consec-
utive games since last December and will rely on a patient offensive attack to try to avoid another poor shooting performance and break that streak. “We just need to take the right shots at the right times,� junior guard Kyley Simmons said. “Instead of forcing shots, (we should) not take a three that’s a little rushed and our feet aren’t quite right. We need to recognize that and just be able to knock it down when it’s a good shot.�
Joey can be reached at jfiguer2 @illinimedia.com and on Twitter @joeyfigueroa3
11. RUTGERS (11) The Scarlet Knights defeated Indiana 45-23 despite allowing Hoosier running back Tevin Coleman 307 yards. 12. PURDUE (12)
The Boilermakers offense is miserable. They rank last in the Big Ten in first downs per game.
13. ILLINOIS (13)
The Illini had eight penalties in Saturday’s loss to Iowa.
14. INDIANA (14)
The Hoosiers lost to Rutgers 45-23 despite outgaining the Scarlet Knights on offense with nearly 300 yards on the ground.
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POINT-COUNTERPOINT
WHAT MEANS MORE, FRIDAY’S SLUGGISH WIN OR SUNDAY’S BLOWOUT?
Recent win shows team potential
Illini needs bench for Big Ten play
Close game against Georgia Southern raises more concerns for Illini’s season
Two games in, Illini’s improvement a testament to Groce’s strong leadership MASAKI SUGIMOTO Sports columnist
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llinois fans were excited for basketball season to begin last weekend, with the Illini donning new uniforms and leaving a 50-49 NIT loss to Clemson behind them. The result was an unimpressive 80 -71 win over Georgia Southern that got people questioning this year’s Illini. Then on Sunday, Illinois put a 114-56 beatdown on Coppin State, a game that should erase all doubt. The crushing of Coppin State shows the Illini are a mentally strong team capable of responding to public criticism. Doubts arose after the Illini failed to dominate Georgia Southern, but Illinois responded as well as it could have. The Illini’s performance was as strong as any in the John Groce era, with their 114 points the most ever under Groce, and the most for an Illinois team since 1993. Some players added significant contributions after having minimal roles in the first game. Kendrick Nunn scored 13 points after going scoreless in the first contest, and senior Ahmad Starks burst onto the scene, dropping 18 points and five assists after putting up just 10 points on 2-of-11 in his Illini debut Friday. Illinois was able to shoot 55.4 percent from the field and 53.6 percent from behind the arc, making 15 3-pointers, just one shy of the school record. This strong shooting performance came after the Illini shot just 41.1 per-
cent on field goals and 36.8 percent on 3-point tries against Georgia Southern. The big improvements didn’t stop there. Jaylon Tate dished out seven assists after only having one in the first game. Rayvonte Rice, despite scoring fewer points, committed no turnovers and had four steals against the Eagles. T h is ga me showed Groce knows how to properly motivate and direct this Illini team in his third year, learning from some FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINI of the rough patches he Illinois’ Kendrick Nunn takes a jumper against Coppin State experienced in his first on Sunday. The Illini opened the season 2-0. two seasons as head coach at Illinois. With 11 players returning from last year’s team, Groce knows this team. These guys have been with him long enough for this team to start reaping the rewards of his coaching ability. The Illini faced challenges before even taking the court, with Tracy Abrams’ ACL injury forcing him to sit out the entirety of the 2014-15 season. Yet, Groce has helped Starks fit right into the starting point guard role, and with two other seniors in the starting lineup, Starks will have help leading the team. The tough ness a nd responsiveness of this team will prove invaluable down the stretch. When the inevitable rough patch in the season rears its ugly head, the Illini won’t go on an eight-game losing streak like last season. This Illini team can play with anyone in the Big Ten, and maybe, in March, anyone in the country.
“This game showed Groce knows how to properly motivate and direct this Illini team...”
“I’m inclined to be more concerned with the flaws that were exposed in Friday’s nine-point win.”
Masaki is a sophomore in Media. He can be reached at msugimo2 @dailyillini.com and on Twitter @MasakiSugimoto.
Illinois’ Ahmad Starks runs the ball during the game against Coppin State on Sunday. The Illini won 114-46.
ly had to complete two high school classes “by mail” in order to graduate on time. For her two remaining classes, a sociology class and a government top 100 in her class, Hambly knew class, she was mailed the textbook and had to send in four separate he had finally found his libero. “I thought from the minute I saw tests throughout the semester. She her pass a ball and really looked then had to appear at the school to at her closely,” Hambly said. “I take the final to finish off her high thought, she’s a natural passer. This school career. is a no-brainer. We need to offer “It wasn’t bad,” Donnelly said. “I this kid.” was really hoping to start my freshHambly describes her with the man year, and that’s why I graduinnate qualities of a natural, just as ated early so I could come in and some are natural shooters in basket- start.” ball or natural pitchers in baseball. *** “Finding it is not easy,” Hambly The void left at libero was left by said. “I was just sitting there hop- a program legend: Jennifer Beltran. Beltran also started for four ing it was real, and it is.” Hambly offered her a scholarship years and holds the Illinois record and Donnelly committed soon after for career digs. in February of 2013. Comparisons between the two are Though she was committed, Don- natural. Both started as freshmen, nelly still had to make sacrifices both played outside hitter in high before joinschool, then moved to ing the Illini. libero for college and She was they both wear No. 3. also a standBut Donnelly isn’t out pitcher Beltran and that isn’t on the Wila slight. lia msvi lle Beltran is big for a softball team libero at 5-foot-9, while and set the Donnelly is realistischool record cally closer to 5-footfor batting 6. While Donnelly’s JENNIFER BELTRAN forte is passing, Belaverage her FORMER ILLINI LIBERO tran was exceptionjunior season. She had al at digging hard hit aspirations of balls on defense. playing both sports in college and “They’re different kinds of athwas looking at UI-Springfield to do letes,” Hambly said. “Jen’s like a both. Illinois was one of the only strong, physical kid. Brandi is physschools Donnelly wanted to exclu- ical, but I think speed is more of her gift. sively play volleyball. “If anything was hit at Jen, it “I kind of had to talk her out of it, well, kind of talk her out of it,” was coming up. Brandi has had Hambly said. “I’m really glad she to learn that skill. They’re not the same. They’re very different athdidn’t (play multiple sports).” With an open spot at libero head- letes. They play the position very ing into the 2014 season, Donnel- differently.” ly had the opportunity to graduDuring the spring, the torch was ate high school a semester early passed as Donnelly was mentored and work with the Illini during the by Beltran, who was finishing up her undergraduate degree. Every spring exhibition season. The only catch was that she practice, every drill, every scrimcouldn’t sign a national letter of mage, Beltran worked with Donnelintent for the spring. The NLI is ly in order to pass along knowledge specifically for student-athletes and teach the art of playing libero. “She was really hungry to learn,” joining the program during the next academic year, so Donnelly said Beltran, who now coaches volwasn’t put on the financial aid pack- leyball at Sacred Heart High School age until the 2014 fall semester. in California. “That alone was what Along with the sacrifice of miss- let me know she was going to be ing her senior year of softball and successful because she was really her club volleyball season, Donnel- hungry for it.”
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“She was really hungry to learn. That alone was what let me know she was going to be successful.”
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Hambly said her development during the spring exhibitions under Beltran’s tutelage allowed Donnelly the chance to take over as the starting libero from the opening serve. “I don’t think she’d be doing what she is right now if she didn’t come early in January and train through the spring,” he said. “When you’re a freshman, you don’t want to have people say, ‘She plays like a freshman,’” Beltran added. “I don’t think she does, which is great.” *** After learning from an Illini legend, Donnelly beat out sophomore Danielle Davis and junior Julia Conard for the starting libero spot. So far, she’s lived up the expectations Hambly set while recruiting her. Donnelly has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice and earned the MVP of the Creighton Classic in September. She ranks third in the conference in digs per set. Even with all of the accolades, Donnelly expected to have early success in Orange and Blue. “I came in really wanting to be the libero and be starting,” Donnelly said. “But I don’t know if I’ve exceeded my expectations.” Donnelly had big shoes to fill and has been up to the task. The Illinois defense funnels everything to the libero, with the goal of getting her the ball as much as possible, and teams in the rugged Big Ten will continue to try to exploit the freshman. Although Donnelly might have been a revelation early in her career, she doesn’t have it all figured out and continues to develop. “She’s still learning a lot, she’s far from perfect,” Hambly said. “There’s still times where I want to kill her, but she’s way ahead of where she would have been if she came in as a freshman (in the fall). I think Jen had a lot to do with that, she helped her a lot.” While Beltran is the one who set the bar so high for Donnelly, she is also the one who has helped her get there. And although she might not ever be exactly like Beltran, Donnelly’s name has the potential to be mentioned alongside Beltran’s in Illini history.
Stephen can be reached at sbourbo2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @steve_bourbon.
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114-56 win must feel good. But even with the blowout win Sunday, the Illinois basketball’s opening weekend raises some concerns. Let’s not blow anything out of proportion: It was only two games. Things change throughout a long season. But still, the Illini looked like two different teams in Friday’s 80-71 win over Georgia Southern and Sunday’s 114-56 win over Coppin State. That being said, I’m inclined to be more concerned with the flaws that were exposed in Friday’s nine-point win than Sunday’s 58-point victory. Coppin State lost to Oregon by 42 points the night before playing Illinois. The Eagles clearly can’t compete with teams in power conferences. I’m not going to make the argument that Georgia Southern could. It probably can’t, but that’s what causes concern for the Illini. Illinois has a history in recent years of struggling to close out inferior opponents. John Groce said it after Sunday’s win: The team needs to be consistent. Sunday’s win was a combination of a bad opponent and really good shooting. Illinois is not going to shoot 53.6 percent from 3-point range all year long. That’s simply too much to ask. There will be shooting slumps and at some point this year, Illinois will lose a game it shouldn’t. There are few teams across the country that won’t. On another note, the Illini are going to miss injured point guard Tracy Abrams more than ever. Ahmad Starks didn’t have a good game in his debut. He finished with 10 points on
2-of-11 shooting, but turned it around Sunday with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Nearly everyone had a good game against Coppin State, offensively. What was missing was the toughness Abrams brings to a close contest. I can’t say that Starks isn’t tough. We haven’t seen enough of him yet to comment either way. What I am saying is that Abrams has the ability to will his team on to a victory (Remember his two games in the Big Ten tournament a year ago? The Indiana game on New Year’s Eve? The Braggin’ Rights game?). Nnanna Egwu’s lack of offensive production isn’t a problem. Egwu doesn’t need to be a force on offense, not when Illinois has so many weapons. He needs to be a presence on defense. But a combined three rebounds in two games is a problem. He can’t get into foul trouble like he did against Georgia Southern. If Egwu gets into foul trouble during Big Ten play, the Illini will be exposed down low, especially on the defensive end. Sunday’s game showed flashes of what Illinois is capable of on a good night. Friday showed the same thing for what the Illini might look like on off nights. This team can’t rely on Rayvonte Rice to carry it. We saw that plenty last year, and in Big Ten play, that strategy didn’t work. If the Illini are going to be successful in 2014-15, they will need different players to step up at different times. Six players finished Sunday’s game in double-figures. Don’t count on that happening every game, but it’s good to see that type of depth. As the opponents get tougher, depth will be a huge factor.
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Illinois’ head coach Tim Beckman speaks to the officials during the homecoming game against Minnesota at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 25. The Illini must win their final two games to make a bowl game.
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yards and completed a season-low 56 percent of his passes in his first game since early October. “There’s going to be a higher intensity this week just knowing we have to win these last two,” Lunt said. Illinois had eight penalties against Iowa, while the Hawkeyes had one. It was the biggest difference between Illinois and its opponent this season, and the mistakes proved costly, stalling drives, taking away first down conversions and setting the team back 59 yards in total. And when talking about fixing those mistakes, Cubit echoed a sentiment about the Illini players that applies to the mood of the program all around. “It’s not lack of effort,” Cubit said. “It’s just sometimes you’ve got to be almost perfect.”
Illinois’ mental lapses on offense were costly in the loss to Iowa. Lunt threw for a season-low 102
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FOOTBALL Christian DiLauro and junior Chris O’Connor were impressive while filling in Saturday. “We have to figure out what we want to do with the center and the guard,” Cubit said. “With Joe (Spencer) and Alex (Hill), is Joe a better center? If Joe plays center, is Alex better there? Who knows with those guys there, so we’ll fool around with that.” The Illini will need to be strong up front against Penn State with pass protection and opening lanes rushing the ball, going up against the third-ranked defense in the country of the Nittany Lions.
“There’s going to be a higher intensity this week just knowing we have to win these last two.” WES LUNT
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or Bulls fans, patience with starting point guard Derrick Rose is starting to wear thin. For the past two seasons and the beginning of this year, Rose has been sidelined with a myriad of injuries. In addition to his inability to stay on the floor, Rose has tormented Chicago fans with comments to the media that are often untimely and almost present the Chicago native as unaware or completely oblivious to the responsibility that rests squarely on his shoulders. This nonchalant attitude has never been more evident than it was this past Tuesday when Rose addressed the media about criticism from fans, and those around the Bulls’ organization, for sitting out games. “I don’t want to be in my meetings all sore or be at my
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will say incredibly stupid things at the worst times. This isn’t the first time he has missed games that he probably could have played in, and it certainly won’t be the last. I understand that now. Sure, it’s OK to get frustrated when he gets hurt every other game or when he says he cares more about not being sore for meetings 10 or 15 years down the road than playing right now, but everyone shouldn’t overreact. Fans need to take the apathetic approach. I’m not saying fans should pretend to be okay or happy with his behavior. I’m saying to accept it, to realize that it’s not going to change. Rose will continue to get hurt. He will continue to miss games. He will continue to speak out of turn. As Bulls fans, that’s our life with him and that reality isn’t changing any time soon. I used to get mad when, day after day, Rose would be listed as questionable or as a game-time decision even though his injuries were just minor aches and bruises. But not anymore.
If that means that he will be healthy come playoff time, then so be it. At the end of the day, the Bulls’ main goal is to compete for a championship at the end of the year. Every decision, every action made by the team is made with that end goal in mind. Every choice either moves them farther or closer to that objective. As frustrating as it might be at times to accept, I now realize that when Rose sits, Chicago gets closer to that objective. When he sits out, that’s another day he can rest. Another day he can use to prepare himself for the long haul. So for now, everyone relax. Take the good and the bad that comes with Rose because that’s all we can do. Let him do his thing and hope he is healthy enough to lead Chicago to a championship come June. Be patient. Besides, anything worth having is worth waiting for.
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son’s graduation all sore just because of something I did in the past,” Rose said. The 26-year-old also went on to add that people need to understand that he’s thinking long-term about things, essentially saying that winning a championship right now with this team, for this city: his city, is not his primary concern. How stupid. How completely and utterly absent-minded. However, here’s the thing. Bulls’ fans, myself included, need to relax. Now I’ll be the first to admit that I have been highly critical of Rose in the past (including a vicious column I wrote last week) because of his seeming lack of toughness. Yet, now I see the bigger picture. I understand that I simply need to accept Rose for what he is. But, what is he? Rose is an elite talent who, when on the floor, completely changes the dynamic of the Bulls’ roster. Chicago’s championship hopes rest on his unreliable knees. Rose is also a fragile, highmaintenance superstar who
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Hockey’s strong defense key to latest win BY DANIEL DEXTER STAFF WRITER
The Illinois hockey team was more aggressive than usual on defense this weekend against Iowa State. The Cyclones only scored two goals over the course of the weekend, and the Illini kept them to 30 shots in the series opener Friday. Illinois had been outshot in its past fi ve games before Friday night. Left wing Eric Cruickshank attributed the shot discrepancy to defensive laziness because players wouldn’t pick up opposing teams on the forecheck. As a result, the Illini had to face a lot
of odd man rushes in their own defensive zone. “Coach has been harping on that a lot because we have had goals scored on us by guys coming in,� Cruickshank said. “I think we did a good job of picking guys up and stopping them from getting good shots on net.�
up being the game-winner — in the Friday game, and center John Olen scored the second powerplay goal in the series fi nale to give the Illini a comfortable 2-0 lead in the fi rst period. While he has praised the team’s penalty kill in the past, head coach Nick Fabbrini has said the power play is an area the team wanted to improve on. Fabbrini spent time changing up the lines that would be utilized on the power play, and his efforts paid off over the weekend. “We had two guys battling in front of the net for position, making the goalie’s life difficult,� Fab-
Illinois demonstrated revamped power play Illinois scored two power-play goals over the weekend in key moments of both games. Cruickshank scored the fi rst power-play goal — which ended
brini said. “And when we do that, we’ve got guys who can shoot the puck and put pucks where they want when they are shooting, so good traffic in front just makes it flow that much easier during the power play.�
team was bullied by its opponent. Instead, the Illini made the bigger Iowa State players work even harder to prevent the Illinois rush. Illinois’ bigger ice allows it to spread the puck around and utilize its speed. “I think our speed gave them some problems, especially on the rush and on the forecheck,� Fabbrini said. “We are going to look to keep pushing the pace, and make those big guys move.�
Speed was a big factor in the Illini’s win Even though the Cyclones were bigger than the Illini, Fabbrini believes his team had the advantage in its ability to skate. Fabbrini acknowledged that Iowa State played a physical game, but he didn’t think his
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Illini see improvement versus Coppin State “We’ve got some guys who can make shots,� Groce said. “That’s part of who we are.� The Illini made 15 three-pointers and had six players in double-digits. “They’re really balanced,� Coppin State coach Michael Grant said. “I was very impressed with the way they shared the basketball.� The team shot 55.4 percent Sunday night after shooting 41.1 percent two days before.
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The same 15 players were on the court in Illinois’ first two games, but it seemed like a different team came to play in each. The Illini struggled to pull away from Georgia Southern in Friday night’s 80-71 win, but quickly buried Coppin State 114-56. Friday’s game had 14 lead changes, but Illinois only needed one on Sunday with a different energy on the court. Illinois head coach John Groce was surprised by the lack of enthusiasm the team brought in the season opener Friday night. “Usually in an opener guys are excited to play,� Groce said. “We had to adjust our approach.� The team’s mental adjustments between Friday and Sunday led to improvements on the scoreboard.
early with just three rebounds in the first two games. The senior has just three rebounds in two games. Malcolm Hill led the Illini with seven rebounds Friday, but Groce was looking for more out of the sophomore. Hill improved his rebounding total to nine Sunday and said he played more physical.
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Groce voiced concern about Illinois’ big men having trouble rebounding and said the team “hasn’t been up to snuff� in that category. The Illini were out-rebounded 41-34 Friday night by Georgia Southern. “We got beat up pretty good on the glass,� Groce said. “At some point it will cost us. I gave them the Mark Twain quote: ‘Some people learn by listening, some people learn by seeing and some people learn by peeing on an electric fence.’� The quote is really from the early 20th Century humorist Will Rogers, but Groce still got his point across. Center Nnanna Egwu has struggled
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