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Standoff ends after weekendlong search for Morrissey DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Ac c ord i ng to t he Cha mpaign C ou nt y Sheriff’s website, a standoff in Rantoul “ended via suicide” at 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. Police had been searching for Jacob K. Morrissey since Sunday when he allegedly shot his way into a home on Chateau Drive in St. Joseph around 1:30 a.m. and fi red a 12-gauge shotgun at the residents, according to a press release by the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office. The residents of the house knew Morrissey and identifi ed him to the police. An adult male who was struck is being treated at an area hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries to the face, shoulder and neck, according to a CCSO synopsis published by The News Gazette. On Monday, police reported that they had recovered Morrissey’s stolen 1994 tan Buick LeSabre in the Mahomet area. According to the synopsis, he abandoned his car, which contained shotgun ammunition, in a cornfield and proceeded to steal a car that had been left running unattended in front of the Village Pantry. Morrissey then traveled to Lake of the Woods Apartments and held two people hostage with his shotgun for an over hour in an unoccupied apartment undergoing renovation. According to the synopsis, Morrissey told the hostages that, “He meant to kill the subject he shot in St. Joseph and also ... that he didn’t want to go back to prison.”
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Beverly Smith discusses the film “Highway of Tears” following its screening at the Native American House. The film looks at the cases of First Nation women in Canada who have gone missing or were found murdered.
LAS budget cuts hurt units
Forced cuts will affect staff salary, department budgets BY CHRISTIN WATKINS STAFF WRITER
Budget cuts continue to be a trend at the University, with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences requesting that each unit reduce their budget by 5 percent. For the Department of Communication, that totals to about a $200 thousand loss, said David Tewksbury, head professor of communication. “Every cut hurts,” he said. “Life for the students in that department gets a little bit worse every time.” If these cuts continue, it will become more and more difficult to sustain the college, he said. “If we get a lot more, it’s going to be more painful every time,” he said. “As they say, we’re cutting into muscle, the fat is gone.” Acc ord i ng to the University’s Division of Management Information 2014-2015 campus profi le, 90.3 percent of the unit’s budget is unchangeable because it goes toward
faculty and staff salary. “The majority of our budget can’t be changed,” he said. “If one of our faculty members were to retire next year, that’s a class I won’t be able to refi ll.” There are over 14 thousand students in LAS who will be affected by these cuts, said Brian Ross, L AS Executive Associate Dean. “The ongoing lack of a state budget creates uncertainty and stress for students and their families as well as faculty and staff,” he said. This budget distress will continue until the state decides on a fi scal budget for higher education. “ With the budget uncertainty created by the ongoing impasse in Springfi eld, the College of LAS has been working to proactively reduce spending for the current fi scal year,” he said. These cuts reduce the quality of higher education offered to students, by making it necessary
Cutting into muscle The College of LAS's budget will be cut by 5 percent for each unit, which will result in reductions in faculty and staff, where a majority of the college's budget is allotted. This chart shows the LAS budget breakdown: WE TRU GOD ST IN
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to increase class sizes and reduce the number of teacher’s assistants, Tewksbury said. “Our job is to give
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Morrissey freed the hostages after stealing a green Ford truck from one of the hostages. Around 11:45 a.m. Monday, Morrissey was located inside a home located at the southwest corner of Clark and Maplewood Streets, according to the synopsis. The Champaign County METRO SWAT team then entered into negotiations with Morrissey, who was barricaded in the attic of the home, in an attempt to convince him to surrender. Throughout the negotiations, Morrissey reportedly made several suicide threats and stated that he did not want to go back to prison, despite pleas from his family members and a friend to turn himself in to the police. At approximately 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, the SWAT team introduced “non-lethal chemical agents” into the attic and entered the home, according to the synopsis. Morrissey was found dead due to an apparent selfinfl icted gun shot wound to the head. P at Wade , UIPD spokesman, said the last time a felon was on campus was during the spring 2015 semester when a fugitive from Indiana was found and arrested by campus police in the Undergraduate Library. “The campus is pretty public and open, people pass by the area all the time,” Wade said. “But we’re really good at watching our property and area and making sure everything is safe.”
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Feinen to attend Harvard conference
Mayor of Champaign and mayors across the nation to meet BY VIVIENNE HENNING STAFF WRITER
Champaign Mayor Deborah Feinen has been invited to attend the Harvard Institute of Politics’ Seminar on Transition and Leadership for Newly Elected Mayors. Mayors from across the country will meet at Harvard University from Dec. 8 to 11 for educational and preparatory programs to discuss leadership as well as legislative and policy changes. Feinen said the conference will provide her with the information and techniques to help improve Champaign. “It’s about marketing (your) city and creating a city that is welcoming to millennials,” said Feinen. “So I think that’s relevant for this community, especially because of the large number of college students here.” The conference is a space to collaborate and share ideas not just from speakers to attendees, but also amongst the mayors, Feinen said. “(The conference is an)
opportunity to get to know other mayors from cities around the nation, to fi nd out what is going on in those communities and have the opportunity to exchange ideas,” said Feinen. The new mayors will have the chance to talk with past and present U.S. mayors, academics and policy analysts in workshops about finance, economic development and attracting new and young people to their areas.
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Champaign • Burglary was reported in the 200 block of East John Street around 7 p.m. Sunday. According to the report, the victims returned to their apartment after break and found items missing. • Burglary was reported at Pickens Chicken & Soul Food, 904 North Fourth Street around 7 a.m. Sunday. According to the report, unknown offenders used a piece of concrete to break a window of the business. The offenders
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Seat belt buckled? Check. Gas tank full? Check. License plates renewed? Maybe not. Illinois residents will need to take one more precaution before driving due to a recent budget cut that has suspended mailing of vehicle registration renewal notifications.
The Illinois Secretary of State’s office said this cutback is due to the ongoing state budget impasse. According to the Secretary of State’s site, cyberdriveillinois.com, suspending notifications will save the state $450,000 per month. The money saved by this suspension will be used to send drivers their vehicle regis-
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The tall (and expensive) tale of the Capitol Christmas tree BY DAVID HAWKINGS TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
It may be an unstoppably powerful combination: the seemingly unbridled expansion of everything about “the holidays,” and the perception that even the most modest and benign government program will eventually spiral out of control. This is in no way a “bah, humbug” screed; my family has been making an annual pilgrimage to the West Lawn since the 1980s, and we’re eager to repeat the ritual again in the coming weeks. But just maybe there’s a cautionary tale woven into the history of the Capitol Christmas tree. This year’s conifer is in place and ready for the traditional lighting ceremony, scheduled to begin 15 minutes after sunset Wednesday. The festivities are probably going to get more press coverage than normal, mainly because camera crews are eager to record Paul Ryan as master of ceremonies during one of his first iconic Washington set pieces since becoming speaker of the House. It’s the tree itself that’s customarily the main attraction on such occasions. And the 2015 specimen — a 74-foot-tall, sharply proportioned, arrow-head-shaped Lutz spruce — looks worthy of all the attention. But the epic back-story is what’s really getting noticed. As the first tree to come to the Capitol from Alaska, it’s traveled farther than any of its Yuletide predecessors: After it was cut down in the Chugach National Forest and trucked 120 miles up the road to Anchorage, it traveled 1,400 miles over three storm-tossed days in a container ship crossing the Pacific to Tacoma, Wash., and endured another 2,800 miles or so on a flatbed truck with a series of police escorts on a three-week, 15-city tour through the Rockies, the Great Plains and the Corn Belt before finally arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland just before the Thanksgiving recess.
Contrast that Odyssean voyage with the fundamentally different journey taken by the earliest congressional Christmas trees. The first Capitol tree was raised on the East Front plaza 102 years ago, on Christmas Eve. The decision of where to harvest the 2015 spruce was announced on Jan. 2, even before the 2014 tree was taken down. And the chainsaws did the job on Oct. 27, fully a month before Black Friday and two months before the actual holiday. In 1913, volunteers took a couple of hours to adorn a Norway spruce (provenance unknown) with a few strands of red, white and blue electric bulbs. The big splurge was for an illuminated placard at the base with the inscription, “Peace on earth, good will to men.” After this year’s tree was moved to the West Front on Nov. 20, teams aided by a pair of cherry picker trucks spent several days festooning the boughs with thousands of LED lights and 2,000 ornaments that arrived in a separate shipment — again, all the way from Alaska, where they’d been crafted for the occasion by schoolchildren, artisans and tribal leaders. (One of the kids, 10-year-old fifth-grader Anna Kathleen DeVolld of Soldotna, is flying in to help Ryan flip the ceremonial switch.) The original celebrations were under the purview of the Capitol Police, with the help of a local Boy Scout troop. Today’s trees are a joint venture of the Agriculture Department, which picks the specimen and gets it to the Hill; the Architect of the Capitol, which does the decorating; and Choose Outdoors, a nonprofit that promotes recreation on public lands and which pays most of the bills with donations from a dozen corporate sponsors. A century ago, the tree was the centerpiece of a community gathering featuring a chorus singing hymns and a Marine band striking up the national anthem. This year’s
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Stores around the nation see record-setting Cyber Monday Cyber Monday sales on record pace, to crack $3 billion This Cyber Monday could be the largest online sales day ever, according to early numbers from Adobe Systems Inc. As of Monday morning, online sales totaled $490 million, 14 percent higher than the same period last year. Adobe expects sales to reach a record $3 billion for the first time ever. That number would be a 50 percent increase from Cyber Monday sales of $2
billion three years ago. The booming Cyber Monday sales come on the heels of a slower Thanksgiving and Black Friday for retailers. Combined sales for those two days totaled about $12 .1 bi llion, according to preliminary data from Shoppertrak, down from $12.3 billion over the same period last year. Black Friday numbers were hurt by early November retail sales, as well as earlier opening times on Thanksgiving.
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The 2014 Capitol Christmas Tree, from the Chippewa National Forest, is seen lit up on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. tree has already drawn attention, but for political rather than religious or civic reasons: Graffiti deriding some presidential candidates got scrawled on the truck during a stop in Ohio, and on the “Tonight Show,” Jimmy Fallon offered this: “The tree will only be at the Capitol for about a month-and-a-half, which actually makes it the hardest-working member of Congress.” Lack of funds was cited as the reason the nascent congressional Christmas tree tradition lapsed at the start of World War I, not to return until Speaker John W. McCormack had a modest tree erected in Statuary Hall days after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. After that, the Massachusetts Democrat proposed planting a conifer on the West Front that could take care of the holiday duties indefinitely — and a 24-foot Douglas
fir, purchased from a commercial nursery in the Amish country of Pennsylvania, played the role for four years before dying on the job after a severe storm. After cadging trees cut down in the Maryland suburbs for a couple of years, Congress began relying on USDA’s Forest Service to provide government-grown timber in 1970. Though the specimens have come from national forests in 20 states, one trend has been clear: The firs and spruces have steadily gotten much, much bigger. Forest Service records reveal how the trees of the 1970s averaged 47 feet tall when felled, growing to 54 feet on average in the following decade; 63 feet in the 1990s, 69 feet in the previous decade and a 76 feet for the six in this decade — triple the size of what got planted for Christmas 1964.
LOS ANGELES — A suspected burglar who sneaked into a home chimney Saturday died of thermal burns after the homeowner unwittingly lighted the fireplace, coroner’s officials said. Cody Caldwell, 19, of Huron also died from smoke inhalation, according to F resno County coroner’s officials. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Department said Caldwell climbed into the chimney to burglarize the home and became stuck. When the homeowner returned home, he lighted a small blaze in the fireplace, deputies said.
The homeowner did not know Caldwell was inside the chimney before starting the fire, deputies said. After lighting the fire, the homeowner heard C aldwell’s yells. As smoke filled the home, the homeowner tried to put out the fire. Ten minutes later, Caldwell was still moving and breathing inside the chimney. F i refighters were finally able to dismantle the chimney to get to Caldwell. But by the time they reached Caldwell, he was dead, deputies said.
Pope Francis ends Africa trip with a stop in a war zone
JOHANNESBURG — The final hours of Pope Francis’ African tour might well have been most dangerous moments of his papacy, as he visited a volatile Muslim neighborhood in the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, followed by an open air Mass at a stadium. It was the most powerful symbolic moment of his Africa trip, as he became the first pope in modern history to travel to a war zone. As crowds cheered, Francis brushed aside
security warnings, traveling in the back of an open Pope-mobile — a converted SUV with no bulletproof glass — and wore no bulletproof vest. It was a trip that the French Defense Ministry had urged against, saying forces from the former colonial power couldn’t guarantee the pontiff’s safety. But it sent an inspiring message of hope and peace to Christians and Muslims in a nation that has been locked in a cycle of sectarian violence since December 2012.
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State DCFS needs complete overhaul legal director, said in the Tribune article. “This is going to be a long The Illinois Department of Chil- and challenging reform process, dren and Family Services is work- but we’re hopeful we’ll get there.” ing on a complete agency overhaul Acting director of DCFS, George plan after a report was published Sheldon, said that the report was criticizing the agency. not surprising and was, “consisAs reported by The Chicago Tri- tent with what I had identified durbune, a panel of court-appointed ing the period that I’ve been here.” experts concluded that the agenThe agency has already been cy displays an “absence of respon- making steps toward addresssibility and accountability” in ing the problems pointed out in regards to makthe report. It is ing sure that chilpiloting a prodren receive the gram that aims appropriate help. to decrease the The repor t amount of state also criticizes wards that are the DCFS for the waiting in juvelong waits that nile detention children have to centers past their endure in shelters, release dates due group homes, psyto an inability to chiatric hospitals find placements and other restricBENJAMIN WOLF for them. ACLU LEGAL DIRECTOR tive environThe DCFS has ments after they until the beginhad already been ning of the new cleared to move to year to address more lenient settings. Experts ref- the problems revealed in the erenced statistics that claim that report. one-third of children waited six “The Department was pleased months or more to be moved and that the judge entered the Agreed that the median wait time exceed- Order in October and look forward ed 100 days. to collaborating with the expert “The experts accurately panel and the plaintiffs in the comdescribed how the wards of the ing months to improve the lives of state have been suffering for years the children in our care,” a reprebecause of the inadequate place- sentative for DCFS stated. ments and services for so many of them,” Benjamin Wolf, ACLU jpchun2@dailyillini.com BY JASON CHUN
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Honoring the loss of a program’s founder BY THOMAS POLCYN STAFF WRITER
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Rep. Rodney Davis speaks with the late Tim Nugent, a pioneer for the creation of the University’s Disability Resources and Education Services, DRES.
The University of Illinois lost one of its veterans on Veterans Day — one that completely changed the campus lifestyle for disabled students. On November 11, Dr. Timothy Nugent passed away at age 92. Nugent is most known at the University level for starting what is now the Division of Disability Resources and Education Services. DRES has expanded and helped make life on campus easier for students with disabilities. Dr. Nugent was inspired to start DRES after seeing how many of his fellow veterans — he served in the U.S. Army — had physical disabilities, but still wanted the opportunity to go to college. Thanks to his dedication to helping the disabled, he is often referred to as “the father of accessibility.” Due to his contributions, Nugent Hall — the first fully accessible dorm on campus — was named in his honor. Along with what he has done for the university academically, Nugent was also the founder of Illinois’ first collegiate wheelchair basketball team. He started the team in 1948, and later would go on to start the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. He served as the NWBA commissioner for 25 years, and since then the league has experienced some massive growth. The Paralympics — and many other similar endeavors — are a result of Dr. Nugent’s initial ideas. Dr. Nugent affected the
lives of many, but to the wheelchair basketball players at Illinois, he was particularly special. “When I think of Dr. Nugent, honestly I think of U of I wheelchair basketball,” said Gail Gaeng, a women’s wheelchair basketball player. “I also think of wheelchair basketball in general. He was the man that pioneered the sport and has done so much for our program.” Men’s captain Mak Nong had an especially close connection with Dr. Nugent. Nugent knew him as a basketball player, but their relationship was much more than just basketball. “He took a chance on us when nobody else would,” Nong said. “Him and his wife were always loving. It was almost like having grandparents away from home. No matter the situation, they always focused conversations on you and it was just great to have them around. It is thanks to him that we all have the opportunity to be here today and I couldn’t be more thankful.” The Illini were not able to make his memorial service, but played their last weekend tournament — at WisconsinWhitewater — in his honor. “I think playing in the tournament is what he would have wanted us to do,” said assistant coach Kate Rougeau. “He was a great man and will be a huge loss to our program and wheelchair basketball. He gave us the ability to do what we do and has made this whole program possible.”
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McCarthy out as head of police BY BILL RUTHHART, HAL DARDICK AND JOHN BYRNE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
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Police are looking for the man pictured in this Nov. 24 security camera footage from parking garage B-4, 405 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. He is believed to have been involved in at least two car break-ins.
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The University of Illinois Police Department issued a press release Monday to remind community members about vehicle security. According to the release, the UIPD is still looking for a man suspected in the burglary of two vehicles last week. Two University employees reported that their cars, parked at grave
B-4, 405 North Goodwin Avenue were burglarized on Nov. 24. Nothing appeared to be stolen in one burglary but in the other a speaker with an estimated value of $150 was stolen. Both cars were unlocked, the report stated. Investigators believe the suspect appeared on University security cameras and continues to search for the suspect. In the meantime,
the UIPD reminded community members of the importance of locking car doors. The UIPD also urged drivers not to leave valuables in their cars, park in visible areas and install an alarm system. High-traffic areas and alarm systems can be enough to deter potential burglars, the UIPD reported.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday announced he has dismissed Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, citing a lack of public trust in the police leadership in the wake of the high-profile shooting that eventually led to a white officer being charged with first-degree murder in the death of a black teen shot 16 times in a Southwest Side street last year. “Superintendent McCarthy knows that a police officer is only as effective as when he has the trust of those he serves,” Emanuel said at a City Hall news conference where he appointed a task force to look at police accountability. Emanuel said he and McCarthy began discussing the future of the police department on Sunday and “the undeniable fact that the public trust in the leadership of the department has been shaken and eroded.” “This morning, I formally asked for his resignation,” said Emanuel, who said McCarthy can be proud of his record. “Now is the time for fresh eyes and new leadership to confront the challenges the department and our community and our city are facing as we go forward.”
Emanuel said he asked new First Deputy Superintendent John Escalante to serve as acting superintendent during a “thorough” search. “This is not the end of the problem, but it is the beginning to the solution of the problem,” Emanuel said of Tuesday’s moves. “There are systematic challenges that will require sustained reforms. It is a work in progress as we continue to build the confidence and the trust by the public in our police force.” McCarthy was not at the news conference, and so far has not responded to voicemails or text messages seeking comment. As late as 8 a.m. Tuesday, he was on the radio talking about the Laquan McDonald shooting and praising the mayor’s task force plan. “How am I? I’m a little busy and a little bit stressed out, but staying the course,” McCarthy said when asked how he was doing by WGNAM 720’s Steve Cochran. The mayor, however, is changing course after his office issued statements of support for McCarthy during the past week. For 4 1/2 years, Emanuel had stood by McCarthy through various rocky patches, including a major spike in homicides and a number of high-profile murders and
shootings of young children caught in the gang gunfire of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods. Then came the intense criticism of how the two handled the police shooting of 17-year-old McDonald. After Cook County prosecutors charged Officer Jason Van Dyke with first-degree murder a week ago, federal prosecutors disclosed that their probe of the fatal shooting, which was announced in April, remains “active and ongoing.” Van Dyke shot McDonald in October 2014. For much of the last year, Emanuel and his lawyers fought in court to keep a police dash-camera video of the shooting under wraps, arguing that releasing it publicly could interfere with a state’s attorney and federal investigations into the shooting. But when a Cook County judge’s ruling forced Emanuel to release the video to the public last week, the fallout for McCarthy and Emanuel was sharp and immediate. Protesters took the streets chanting “16 shots!” and on Friday blocked entry to Magnificent Mile stores on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Black aldermen called for McCarthy to be fired. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle urged Emanuel to do the same.
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LAS budget cuts foreshadows gloomy future
ecently, the college of Liberal Arts and Sciences asked every unit within the college to cut 5 percent of their budgets, due to the uncertainty of the state budget (which will negatively affect our university’s budget as well). The Division of Information Management reports that 90.3 percent of the LAS budget cannot be changed because it accounts for faculty and staff salary. While it’s reassuring that salaries aren’t in jeopardy, it leaves that remaining 9.7 percent — the money allotted for our education — at even greater risk of being reduced. We understand there is still no state budget. With every day we go without one, the uncertainty for our state and our school only continues to rise. We understand that cuts will inevitably need to be made for all programs at the University. However, cutting 5 percent of every LAS unit is going to be detrimental to those students’ education down the road. Further, this only brings up more questions for the University’s other colleges going
forward. Without a state budget, more units and colleges will be forced to scale back as much as possible to avoid a larger crisis and it’s unfortunate that our education is on the line, and nothing can be done to compromise with salaries instead. On Monday, Illinois reached 153 days without a state budget. As the University continues to operate without any idea of state funding allocations, our options continue to shrink. The longer we forge ahead without a budget, the greater the likelihood of cuts become. If state funding to the University needs to be cut, so be it. But do it soon. Rather than hemming and hawing about a decision, make a decision, and make it with students and the future in mind. The back and forth in the government is hurting our statewide programs — especially our state universities that are intended to serve and educate the people of Illinois. The cuts to LAS are disappointing and representative of a larger issue. Cuts to LAS could indicate more cuts across the board. And the University is not the only
LAS programs that would have to cut 5 percent of their budget
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higher education institution in Illinois. There are nine public colleges in Illinois, all of which expect and need state funding. Each of these institutions is waiting on a budget decision that will impact the programs and the quality of education offered. Although any cuts will certainly be hard to han-
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dle, knowing what they are is better than the current uncertainty. The state is currently going on five months without a budget, six months — half of the fiscal year — should be avoided at all costs. A state budget decision will allow colleges to plan accurately, instead of planning preemptively.
Not enough cooks in today’s family kitchen MINJU PARK Opinions coulmnist
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hanksgiving for the traditional American family is spent serving a home-cooked turkey at a dining table, surrounded by members of our extended family. However, the reality is, for over 40 percent of Americans, Thanksgiving dinner is the rare event that dinner is home-cooked rather than ordered from a restaurant. The concept of a homecooked meal is an important tradition that should be enforced beyond the annual holiday, especially for college students who are just learning to cook for ourselves. It provides us with many benefits such as closer relationships, financial savings and a healthier diet to combat the dreaded “Freshman 15.” According to The Washington Post, the average time spent cooking by both genders was about 150 minutes per day in the 1960s, contrasting the average 110 minutes per day in 2015. And while this may seem like a considerable length
of time, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that the United States spends the least amount of time cooking each day than any other developed nation. Instead of spending time to prepare food at home, people are turning to eating out more often instead. This is unfortunate in that cooking creates an array of benefits such as closer relationships and bonds. The process of cooking and eating with family provides us with time to connect and bond with others, which is often neglected in the hectic schedules of our lives. College students are often overwhelmed by tests, homework and other commitments, but cooking provides time to reconnect with friends or roommates by preparing and eating a meal together. Cooking is also a popular way to destress and enjoy oneself during leisure time, a way to take our mind off of periodic tables and quadratic formulas for a short period of time. Michael Pollan, author of the bestselling book, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and the more recent “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation” explores the
social importance of cooking in his work. In an interview with The Boston Globe, Pollan explains, “Cooking isn’t just about preparing the fuel for your body. Cooking is a social act and it has been since we started.” Cooking at home allows for a healthier diet, as opposed to the processed and unhealthy fast food that we tend to gravitate towards when eating out. This is because cooking often causes the individual to eat more simplistic meals — without all the greasy fries and artificially flavored chips. Cooking your own meals often results in dishes that are truer to the raw ingredients, such as salads, sandwiches, soups — simply because it is easier to make. For college students who often worry about the common problem of the “Freshman 15,” cooking our own meals provides a way to avoid the unhealthy, sudden weight gain caused by the excessive indulgence in Chinese take-out or pizza deliveries. In addition, although many low-budget college students assume that home cooked meals are more expensive than eating out,
this is not exactly the case. The cost of a meal and the cost of groceries may be similar in some cases, but the crucial difference is that the home cooked meal will provide more food. Food at home is often prepared in greater quantities than the restaurant meals — either to feed more people, or to store and eat later. Therefore, the cost per meal at home is actually much cheaper than eating out, when factoring in the cost of meal per person. This is a very helpful way
to save money, especially for students whose costs of tuition and books requires them to save every penny they can. Home cooked meals also do not take considerably longer to prepare, when working with simplistic recipes that don’t require too many ingredients. Take-out may even take longer in certain situations, when considering travel time and waiting for the order at the restaurant. A simple thirty minute trip to the grocery store each week may save hours
of lost time from take-out food. As we enjoy and indulge in the festivities of mashed potatoes and stuffing during the holiday season at home, it is important to carry on the practice of cooking one’s own meals into a frequent habit. Creating a routine of cooking our own meals from the start— the first independent adult years in college — can help us become happier and fitter people in the future.
Minju is a freshman in LAS.
Faults of religious ambiguity in holiday season COURTNEY BOYER Opinions coulmnist
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culture of political correctness has come about in today’s society. This culture has the tendency to make people overlook the good in one another. This culture can also confuse identities existing in humans with things that are taboo topics of conversation, instead of seeing them as something to bring people closer together. One of these things is the right to believe and practice your own religion. This right has recently come under scrutiny after several controversies surrounding holiday greetings and Christmas in general, including the recent Starbucks holiday cups controversy, the ban-
ning of Christmas trees and store greeters being told to say “Happy Holidays” as opposed to a tailored holiday greeting. People should be able to exercise the right to express their religious beliefs — no matter what they are — around the holiday season, without running the risk of being persecuted for it. People of all religions have been hassled in the past for their beliefs, whether by the media or by people around them. People who are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, atheist or any other creed have one thing in common: the ability to decide what they believe for themselves. Given the nature of this modern-day society, it’s not uncommon for people to be bullied for their beliefs. It is wrong to push around anyone for their religious beliefs, and it is no secret that people of any religion do not wish
to get persecuted for their religions either. The holiday season should be a reminder of this right, instead of a time to tear down other religions. Human beings need to remember that we are all of the same species, and we are vastly more alike than we are different. We all deserve the right to celebrate this joyful time of year. By expressing these beliefs in public by saying “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Hanukkah” or “Happy Kwanza,” individuals are simply taking pride in what they believe. They are not pushing their religion onto anybody by saying this, they are exercising their right to religious
freedom. We have become prone to shying away from people who think differently than us, and instead of seeing our differences as a bad thing, we should celebrate our ability to think and to have different ideas. Ben Stein, American writer, actor and commentator on political issues once said as a Jewish man that it “doesn’t bother me a bit when people say ‘Merry Christmas’ to me ... In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this time of year.” As a society, we can do a better job of being more accepting of others’ beliefs, even when they clash with our own. By showing equal respect to all, we can not only earn respect ourselves, but we
We all deserve the right to celebrate this joyful time of year.
can begin to change the culture we live in. As a society, we need to do our best to diminish some of the pervasive aspects of political correctness. Political correctness has created a culture where religious individualism is discouraged and looked down upon, and beliefs are not to be displayed in public. This culture encourages individuals to celebrate behind closed doors, when really our culture should be more accepting of all religions, especially during the holiday season. John Haltiwanger, economist, writes, “political correctness is a form of censorship and an impediment to free speech, in the sense that it’s a phrase used to shame people into silence.” This is what is happening with holiday greetings; people of different religions are being told not to tailor their
greeting to their religion, but to use a blanket term instead, thus silencing them into conformity. The need for respect and acceptance for one another’s beliefs has never been this important. Without it, this culture runs a risk of allowing religious persecution or silence, something our country does not need. Young people, being the next generation, have the opportunity to turn this around in the upcoming years and teach their children religious acceptance, instead of being offended by a religion that is not their own. This holiday season, if someone approaches you and delivers a holiday greeting, simply return it; contribute to a society of acceptance and respect for one another’s beliefs.
Courtney is a sophomore in LAS. ceboyer3@dailyillini.com
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attention. “Obviously when someone looks at a mount, if the eyes look good, the rest of it can have flaws everywhere, but they’ll look at it and say, ‘that deer looks alive,”’ Kibler said. “So if there’s one place to make sure everything looks right, it’s obviously the eyes.” Kibler uses a dental tool to gently tuck the skin into a clay slot he creates around the glass eye. He then creates the deer’s tear duct and adds a replica nictitating membrane, a third eyelid that all animals have. Kibler guesses that 75 percent of taxidermists don’t bother to add the detail. “It’s like, why wouldn’t you do that? I mean, 15 seconds and I’ve got it put in place and just replicated nature a little bit closer, which is what you’re trying to do,” Kibler said. Three pictures of a deer eye hang from a shelf next to Kibler while he works. He considers studying deer anatomy critical to creating quality work. He began his studies when he was 12 years old, and now 56 years old, he has never stopped. “I mean, it’s like anything else. It’s always learning, learning, learning,” said Kibler. “You’re never too good that you can’t learn something else.” Kibler grew up hunting and fishing with his father. At 10 years old, he saw pictures of animal mounts in his father’s outdoor magazines and wanted to learn how to create them. One day, he saw an advertisement for a mail-order taxidermy class and asked his parents if he could take
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it. They told him to wait until he was 12 years old, and if he was still interested in the class, they would order it for him. “And my mom said they never heard another word out of me for two years,” Kibler said. “When I woke up on my 12th birthday, I came out of the bedroom and went in the kitchen and asked if they’d buy me the taxidermy class” The class was “horribly vague,” but Kibler began mounting small animals such as fish, quail and pheasants. Once he began deer hunting in his early 20s, Kibler began mounting deer for himself and his friends. When he and his mom went to the World Taxidermy & Fish Carving Championships in Kansas City, they saw the work of Joe Meder, a man from Iowa who won best in the world. A few years later, Kibler took a 3-day course with him. About a month and a half later, Kibler mounted his first deer and entered it in the Illinois Taxidermist show. He won first place. Kibler took his mount to another show in Iowa about a month later. He won first place again. At the show in Iowa, Kibler’s instructor encouraged him to take feedback from the first two judges, mount another deer and bring it to the World Taxidermy & Fish Carving Competition. Kibler followed his instructor’s advice. He won third place in the world with the second deer he ever mounted. “It placed me on the map in the taxidermy industry,” Kibler said. “You know, people heard about me.” Kibler continued entering his work in shows for a few years, but eventual-
ly stopped to focus on his part-time taxidermy business. Preparing a mount for a show can take 60 to 80 hours, while preparing a mount for a customer can take six to seven hours. Kibler works on his taxidermy every day after he gets home from his day job. But once archery season starts, he’s away from his one passion most weekends focusing on his other passion: hunting. “I hunt a lot,” Kibler said. “This paying is for my playing.” Kibler’s wife of five years, Kathy, supports his weekends away, helping process deer that customers bring in and stir the salt brine, which she calls the “witch’s brew.” She said some women would ask if they’re more important than their spouse’s hobby. “The answer’s always going to be no, you know, because that’s what they do,” Kathy said. “It’s their passion, and you can’t take away somebody’s passion.” But not everyone supports hunting. Kibler said he frequently receives posts on his Facebook page condemning hunting and taxidermy. Kibler doesn’t let much of his deer go to waste, saving the meat and skin. “It’s not like we’re out there shooting animals and just letting them be,” Kibler said. “We’re utilizing everything — I utilize more than most. I save the skins and mount them.” Kibler takes pride in his work. He still has to add more details once the glue dried, but he steps back to admire the trophy. “Looks pretty nice, don’t he?”
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Photos of deer eyes hang above Eric Kibler’s work area so he can refer back to them.
Trying to find the value of keeping the penny BY HAJIRA AHMED CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Jessica Huynh, a junior in ACES, has heard many of the penny-related clichés. Huynh said her mother frequently tells her that a penny saved
is a penny earned. “If a penny is heads-up on the ground, I usually pick it up for good luck,” she said. Although she frequently encounters the one-cent coin on her way in and out of her
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apartment, it never crossed her mind why Jeff Gore, MIT physicist, would want to stop the mint of the United States penny. “Why are you trying to get rid of it?” Huynh asked.
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According to Citizens to Retire the U.S. Penny, an organization founded by Gore, “it makes ‘cents.’” The costs, monetary and otherwise, far outweigh the benefits. Stopping its mint could save this country time and money. In 2011, it cost 2.4 cents to make a penny, and with five billion pennies minted that year, it cost $120 million to produce $50 billion of circulating currency. Huynh wondered, “Why do you care?” “There is obviously no connection to my research,” Gore said. “But I have always been annoyed with pennies. I read a study (by Walgreens) about how much time we waste, saying there is an average waste of 2 seconds per transaction. With all the transactions in all the stores in America, that adds up.” With Citizens to Retire the U.S. Penny, Gore is trying to convince people that there are substantial costs associated with continuing
the use of the penny and hopefully get more people annoyed with its mint. Citizens like Huynh have legitimate concerns: “Could it cause an inconvenience?” To answer these concerns, Gore turns to data from several countries who have discontinued the penny from their mint. Ridding the penny did not raise prices, decrease charitable donations or cause their economies to crumble. The US has already stopped minting a coin of little use. The half-penny’s mint was stopped in 1857, when it was worth what a dime is worth today. At the time, there was little to no significant opposition. One of the biggest challenges Gore faces is the group Americans for Common Cents. “Their website looks like a non-profit, but it is just a lobby group funded by the zinc industry,” Gore said. According to the United States Mint, the penny is
composed of 97.5 percent zinc. Another opponent is the sentiment associated with the penny. Many politicians from Illinois, the Land of Lincoln, are determined to keep the coin alive. However, those worried about Lincoln being forgotten should turn to the five-dollar bill, which is a currency unit that still has significant purchasing power. “The purchasing power of the penny in 1940 is 17 times what it is today,” Gore said. “It is on the side of being worthless.” John Green, author of “Paper Towns” and “Looking for Alaska,” supports the cause to stop the mint of the one-cent coin. “If Abraham Lincoln were alive today, he would say, ‘Why is my face on a coin that is worth 1/26 of what a penny was worth when I was president?’”
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Brought back to life, a 44-year-long passion BY ANGELICA LAVITO SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR
Eric Kibler opens the dryer door to retrieve a deer hide that’s been tumbling among a load of towels. The owner of Kibler’s Taxidermy washed and dried the hide after a chemical tanning, a 48-to-72 hour process to preserve it. Once the hide is ready, Kibler glues it to a plastic deer head similar to a mannequin used to display clothes in retail stores. He must carefully move the skin to its correct anatomical place to “recreate nature,” as Kibler said. “It’s a far cry from stuffing, isn’t it,” Kibler said, refuting the common notion that taxidermists simply stuff an animal. With hunting season underway, customers are starting to pour into Kibler’s shop in St. Joseph. Halloween usually marks the beginning of the busy season as temperatures drop and hunters hit the woods. By the second week of November, he had a backlog of 18 deer to mount. Kibler charges $600 per mount, a price he said is higher than most, but one that he believe is reasonable because customers are paying for quality. He follows the proper procedures when preparing the hide, explaining that a mount won’t last if a taxidermist takes shortcuts. “It’s kinda like anything else. If you buy cheap, you get cheap,” Kibler said. “Quality comes with at least some kind of a price.” With the quality of technology today, Kibler said there is no excuse for taxidermists producing “garbage.” Kibler has done about 25 pieces for Robie Pruitt, his friend of nearly 20 years. Pruitt thinks Kibler’s devotion to quality over speed is what separates his work from others’. “When he does a mount, it’s going to last a lifetime,” Pruitt said. “I mean, he takes all the proper steps, and his artistic ability — which is unbelievable — makes him so good at what he does.” It’s Kibler’s artistic ability that helps him bring the deer back to life. He uses clay to build muscle tissue under the antlers and around the eyes. He uses paint to make the ears pink inside again and redefine the mouth. He uses modge podge and black paint to recreate the texture of the deer’s nose. But it’s the eyes that require the most ANGELICA LAVITO THE DAILY ILLINI
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Saturday marks third Pakistani culture night Pakistanti Student Association shows dancing, food BY SHAHZMEEN HUSSAIN STAFF WRITER
Biryani, flavored rice made with Indian spices and meat or vegetables, and nihari, a curry consisting of slow-cooked beef or lamb along with bone marrow, are two well known South Asian dishes that attendees can try at Pakistani Students’ Association’s third annual culture night. Pakistani Student Association (PakSA) will bring together people of different South Asian ethnicities and share the Pakistani cultural heritage with the campus community on Saturday at 6 p.m. at McKinley Presbyterian Church. Inas Mahmood and Sharmeen Khan, both juniors in LAS, will be emceeing this night full of performances, a golgappa — crispy shells stuffed with potato and chick peas — competition and a traditional Pakistani dinner. Ali Nizamani, junior in FAA, will open for the event with the Pakistani national anthem, “Paksar Zameen.” This will be followed by a variety of other talents and performances like singing Pakistani songs, reciting poetry, playing the ukulele, French horn, “tabla” and other instruments. Most attendees come dressed in traditional clothing — men wear kurtas and women wear salwar kameez. Hashim Sharif is a graduate
student at the University from Lahore, Pakistan, who will be performing at culture night as well. “I would like to thank Maryam Shehzad (vice president of PakSA) for spreading out the word and motivating me to perform at the culture night,” Sharif said. He will be singing a Pakistani song called Dil Dil Pakistan, which is a patriotic song released in 1987 by a pop band called “Vital Signs.” Nizamani said he will also be playing a piece titled “Lament” on the French horn to express his sorrow for the suffering that has plagued Pakistan in recent years.
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Sharif said. “Whenever I go back, I don’t miss out on any opportunity that comes my way.” Tickets for the event are being sold for $12 Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Illini Union Courtyard Café. The price will go up to $15 at the door. “We’re all very excited because it’s our biggest event of the semester,” said Armina Rizvi, freshman in LAS and PakSA’s social media chair. “There are going to be a lot of amazing performances that you won’t want to miss.”
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“A lot of Pakistanis in the U.S. know this feeling all too well, and I hope that those attending culture night can connect with my performance,” he said. “(Pakistan’s) underground music culture came about from a lot of censorship a few decades ago. Now our country boasts amazing rock bands, as well as the famous Coke Studio, and of course classical legends like Nusrat and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.” In addition to biryani and nihari, dinner will include biryani various curries and naan. “Food is celebrated in Pakistan probably more than anywhere else,”
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SPORTS Worst start to season ALEX ROUX Illini hoops columnist
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Illinois’ Malcolm Hill looks to pass the ball during the game against Chicago State at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Illinois, on Nov. 23. The Illini won 82-79.
Illini prepare for the Irish BY ELI SCHWADRON STAFF WRITER
The 2015-16 Illinois basketball season has been injury-filled early on, but Illini fans have reason to rejoice: The newly renovated State Farm Center is finally ready for action. After playing their first four home games in Springfield, Illinois, the Illini (3-4) return to Champaign to face the Irish (4-2) on Wednesday. The first 6,000 fans to enter the State Farm Center will receive a scratch-off ticket, and 1,500 winners will receive a mini replica Lou Henson Court. Forward Leron Black, point guard Jaylon Tate and shooting guard Kendrick Nunn all recently returned to the floor. However, the Illini will be without starting center Mike Thorne Jr. against the Irish. Thorne Jr. suffered a torn meniscus in Illinois’ loss to No. 5 Iowa State on Saturday. He underwent surgery Monday and is out indefinitely according to head coach John Groce. “It’s hard to replace a guy with one player of Mike’s ability and size. There’s not a lot of 6-foot11, 270-pound guys walking around campus,” Groce
said. “But we’ve got to turn in the second half against that somehow into a positive Iowa State. We had trouble with our style of play, which getting defensive rebounds. will eventually evolve and It’s going to be pretty change.” unique that this year we’re With Thorne Jr. out of only going to have one game the picture, junior center where we’ve had everybody Maverick Morgan will see play available.” increased minutes. The Finke said the guards Springboro, Ohio, native is have to pitch in on the glass, currently as well. “ W e averaging were talk6.4 points ing to per game on a teamc o a c h high 67.7 ( D u st i n) percent Ford the shooting other day perc entand just age. s ay i n g Prior to how we the injury, might not Thorne Jr. MALCOLM HILL (a l w a y s) GUARD ON MEN’S BASKETBALL was averbe the ones aging 8.4 getting the rebounds, rebou nds in 22.1 minutes per game. In but we’ve got to box out 7.1 minutes per game, Mor- our guys and make sure gan is averaging six fewer the guards are coming in and grabbing them,” Finboards. Junior Malcolm Hill ke said. “So we can at least knows the team needs a prevent our guy from getsignificant boost in the ting the rebound.” Illinois is coming off a rebounding department from players including 1-1 weekend at the Emerald Morgan, Black and Michael Coast Classic tournament in Finke, among others. Niceville, Florida. Nunn (18 “We need someone to points, five rebounds), Hill make up the rebounding (12 points, six assists, four (Thorne) did,” Hill said. “I steals) and Black (12 points, think people noticed that six rebounds) led the Illi-
“This year we’re only going to have one game where we’ve had everybody play available.”
ni to a 72-58 win over Alabama-Birmingham on Friday. One day later, Illinois fell 84-73 to Iowa State in the championship despite a 20-point, five-rebound effort from Hill. Meanwhile, Notre Dame lost 74-73 to Alabama on Sunday night. Point guard Demetrius Jackson missed a would-be game-winner with two seconds left, and the Irish lost their No. 17 national ranking. Groce pointed to Jackson and forward Zach Auguste as players to watch for. “Jackson is the head of the snake if you will,” Groce said. “They’ve got shooters around him. Auguste is a load inside. He can rebound, he’s a double-double guy. He can pass. I love his athleticism and his mobility.” Hill also had high praise for Jackson. “When they played Alabama, one thing I noticed is that Demetrius, he plays really hard, he likes to get up (in your face), and he can be really disruptive on the defensive end,” Hill said. “He kind of reminds me of (Providence’s) Kris Dunn.”
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ardly anything has gone according to plan for Illinois basketball this season. The Illini got off to the worst start of a season in 50 years, and now sit at 3-4 entering December. The only projected starter to avoid injury so far is Malcolm Hill. Their five-game stint in Springfield will also be remembered most for its poor attendance and even poorer play. For head coach John Groce, his players and Illini fans, it would be nice if something would actually unfold smoothly this season. It would be nice if, for the first time since last season’s surprise victory at Michigan State, good vibes reverberated around the program. Wednesday is the grand re-opening of State Farm Center, highlighted by a
tribute and court dedication to legendary Illinois basketball coach Lou Henson. The evening will also feature a primetime matchup between Notre Dame and Illinois as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Irish are the first Power 5 team to visit State Farm Center in nonconference play in three years. The combination of the renovation, the Henson dedication and the marquee opponent means Dec. 2 has been circled on calendars since the game was announced back in May. Even the Illini’s slow and injury-plagued start to the season can’t dampen the excitement surrounding Wednesday night’s festivities. But there’s no getting around the fact that Wednesday’s aftertaste will be extremely bittersweet unless the Illini open the new State Farm Center with a win. Illini fans just endured one of the most tumultuous sports months possible: It saw their athletic director fired, their football team roll over multiple times and several basketball players struggle with injuries.
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Illinois’ Jalen Coleman-Lands takes a jump shot during the game against Chicago State at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Illinois, on Nov. 23. The Illini won 82-79.
White shouldering scoring load early for Illini women
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Center Chatrice White takes a three point shot during the game against Tennessee State at Parkland College on Nov. 24. Illinois won 98-43.
2003, the University of Illinois’ in-state tuition was about $5,300, Chief Illiniwek was the University’s active mascot and the Illinois women’s basketball team qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Fast forward 12 years. In-state tuition is now about $12,036, Chief Illiniwek is retired and the Illinois women’s basketball team has made zero appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In those 12 years, the university has seen changes and the team has struggled. But Illinois might have found its answer in Shelby, Nebraska. Of the estimated 694 people who inhibit the small town in eastern Nebraska, there might be someone who could lead the team to a tournament bid — Chatrice White. Although it is highly unlikely she can do anything about tuition rates and Chief Illiniwek, White can help the women’s basketball program. Last weekend Illinois hosted Tennessee-Martin and Tennessee State. White scored 26 points on 12-of18 shooting in Illinois’ 94-74 win over TennesseeMartin, and 20 points, seven rebounds and six steals in the team’s 98-43 win over
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Kendrick Nunn (men’s basketball): The junior guard scored 18 points against UAB and 19 against Iowa State as the Illini went 1-1 in the Emerald Coast Classic on Tennessee State. In only four games, Illini head coach Matt Bollant has already noticed an improvement in White’s game. “No doubt she is much farther ahead,” Bollant said, comparing White at the start of last season to this year. “Last year at this time, she was scoring on the block and that’s really all where she was scoring. Now she is making free throws, driving the ball (and) shooting the three. She’s doing everything else so much better than she did last year at this point.” At this point a season ago, White was shooting 12-for26 from the free-throw line. This season, White is 17-for19 at the line. Last year, White averaged 15.4 points in her first four games. This year, she is averaging 20.3 points per game in the four games. Twenty-five players have scored over 1,000 points in their Illini careers — two have scored over 2,000 points. If White continues at this pace, she will finish this season with 589 points, giving her 1,037 thus far in her two-years at Illinois. Even with all of the hype surrounding her, White remains humble. “I didn’t know that,” White said about the potential of scoring 1,000 career points after this
Nunn’s return to the lineup. Clayton Fejedelem (football): The senior safety recorded 16 tackles in the Illini’s 24-14 loss to Northwestern. Monday he was named to the media’s All-Big Ten second team. season. “That’s pretty cool, but if I get that this year, that would be pretty sweet, I think.” Instead of focusing on her personal achievements, White gives credit to her guards for feeding her the rock in the post. White could have gone just about anywhere in the country to play college basketball. A McDonald’s All-American, she had about 60 Division-I offers. Notre Dame, Stanford, Oklahoma State and many Big Ten teams — including Nebraska — were among some of the schools to give her an offer. In the mix of those schools was Illinois. Bollant started recruiting White when she was in eighth grade. He remembers making about five or six trips a year to see her play and attended all of White’s summer games. Fortunately for Bollant, the eight-hour car rides paid off. White said she knew she belonged at Illinois because of the staff, professors, advisors, and the overall people associated with the university. And even after the circumstances surrounding last season, White said she has no regrets. With White onboard, Illinois has a chance to end
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BASKETBALL Not to mention losing at the sparkling new State Farm Center would be a bad omen for an arena where a decade ago, the Illini owned a 33-game home winning streak. It used to be unthinkable for the Illini to fall at home; now, it’s all too common. Not only does Groce’s team — in danger of racking up a nearly insurmountable number of early-season losses — need a win Wednesday, the entire Illinois basketball community needs it. It’s time to lift the
spirits surrounding a program that’s been plagued by disappointment and injury in the last calendar year. The much-needed victory won’t come easy against the Irish, who were three points away from the Final Four last year when Kentucky ended their magical season. Notre Dame entered the year ranked No. 19, but close losses to Alabama and Monmouth have dropped coach Mike Brey’s team to 4-2 and out of the Top 25. All-American guard Jerian Grant is gone for the Irish, and so is fellow NBA draft pick Pat Connaughton. But big man Zach Auguste
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and point guard Demetrius Jackson — who committed to Notre Dame over Illinois in 2012 — remain to headline a skilled, albeit not very deep, Irish roster. Groce will get a front row seat as his team looks to contain his former recruit. Jackson is averaging 18.3 points per game and joins Kris Dunn and Monte Morris on the list of elite point guards the Illini have faced in the season’s first month. If Illinois plays as well as it did in the first 32 minutes of its 11-point loss to No. 5 Iowa State Saturday, you have to like their chances to beat Notre Dame. But if the
Illini fade down the stretch again, the State Farm Center debut will probably be spoiled with a loss. A major factor in the Illini’s collapse Saturday was the absence of senior center Mike Thorne Jr., who didn’t play in the second half after limping off with a knee injury. Fans’ worst fears were realized soon after when it was announced Thorne could miss the remainder of the season with a torn left meniscus. Groce wouldn’t rule out a late-season return for Thorne on Tuesday, but Illinois will have to forge on after enduring the lat-
est in an unprecedented string of injuries. With a depleted frontcourt, a season that was already mired in uncertainty becomes murkier. For a couple of hours Wednesday, the Illini have a chance to make everyone forget what a painful — literally and figuratively — season it’s been so far. The modern State Farm Center will be alive in honor of a beloved coach, and it will be a spectacle. It’s only fitting to cap it all off with a W.
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WHITE its 12-year tournament drought. But White is taking it one step a time. “Just taking the next step,” White said. “Doing better than I did last year, better than the game before, that’s just what I’m looking at. It doesn’t really matter how many points I come out with in a season. As long as my team is winning, it doesn’t really matter to me.”
Illini wrestler honors dad KEVIN MCCARTHY Illini columnist
Isaiah Martinez reflects on his father’s influence
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saiah Martinez is a beast. He looks like a man sculpted out of marble — a perfectly chiseled 157 pounds that would make Michelangelo proud. Admittedly, he’s not the most technically sound wrestler. But what he lacks in technique on the mat, he makes up for with exceptional strength. The hulking sophomore walloped opponents all season long in 2014-2015 en route to an undefeated season and a national title in his redshirt freshman year. Martinez’s physical prowess is evident, but his real strength lies between his ears. Flip your Oxford dictionary to the word “strength.” Slide your finger down to the third definition. “The emotional or mental qualities necessary in dealing with situations or events that are distressing or difficult.” Martinez’s mental strength has been tested since he learned his stepfather, Alfred Garcia, was diagnosed with cancer on Sept. 3, 2014. Garcia came into his life when Martinez was just a year old. “Isaiah was Alfred’s everything,” Isaiah’s mother, Yvonne Martinez, explained. “He was very, very special to him. They were always so close.” To Isaiah, Garcia was his dad, his coach and his biggest fan. As the months dragged on, Isaiah knew that the man who had taught him all he knew on the mat could pass away at any moment. Regardless, Isa-
iah kept on working his tail off, because that’s what his father wanted. His father’s diagnosis fueled his fire all the way to winning a national championship. Each of his 35 straight victories were for his dad. Each win lead him a little bit closer to the moment that he had longed for. As the final seconds ticked off the clock in St. Louis on Mar. 21, Martinez defeated Cornell’s Brian Realbuto to be crowned champion of the 157-pound weight class. The memory of what came next will never fade from Isaiah’s mind. His father wrapped him up in his arms in the sweetest bear-hug in wrestling history — it was the culmination of years of dedication to the sport. The ESPN cameras caught the moment, but a camera could never do justice to the emotion behind the embrace. The snapshot of that father-son moment resurfaced just a month ago, but for all the wrong reasons. His father’s 14-month fight was over.
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On Oct. 29, Isaiah tweeted the photo, captioning it, “This morning my pops passed away. Thank you for making me the man I am today. I love you and I will always miss you.” For both Isaiah and his father, that moment in St. Louis was truly special. “It was our signature moment,” Martinez explained. “That picture exemplifies what it meant to me and what it meant to him. We could finally say, ‘We did it.’” It’s ironic that Isaiah used the pronoun “we” to describe winning a national championship. The word came up time and time again during our interview. While it was Isaiah who had his hand lifted in victory 35 straight times, his father played a critical role in each win.
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Illinois’ Isaiah Martinez attempts to bring down Nebraska’s James Green during the wrestling match vs. Nebraska at Huff Hall on Jan. 23. The Illini lost 22-9 It was their championship. Isaiah couldn’t have done it without his pops. His father introduced him to the sport and coached him out on the mat through eighth grade. Isaiah told me stories of the many times they drilled moves in the family living room after practice. They drilled the same moves over and over again — sometimes this practice lasted for hours. Once he could no longer coach his son, Garcia became Isaiah’s biggest fan. But his coaching mentality never left; Garcia would research and watch film on Martinez’s upcoming opponents and call Isaiah to prepare him for what moves to expect from his Big Ten foes. “He and his father were unbelievably close. This sport has done so much for them and brought them so close together,” Illinois head coach Jim Heffernan explained. “They’ve had conversations about Isaiah’s goals and dreams. I think Isaiah’s mindset right now is to exceed whatever expectations they made together.” Junior Zac Brunson echoed his coach’s thoughts about his teammate and
roommate. “His Dad has been his motivation his whole life,” Brunson said. “He was a huge motivation for him last season. I think he’s going to continue to succeed because the memories of his dad will continue to motivate him for the rest of his life.” Those memories are vivid in Isaiah’s mind. Whether it was an anecdote about making weight and celebrating with his pops with some Long John Silver’s, or stories of simple phone calls he used to receive from him — one thing was clear: his dad made him happy. The beaming, contagious smile on Isaiah’s face when he was recalling old memories of his father made that very clear.
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“I wish I could ask him what the national championship meant to him. I never really did,” Martinez explained. “But, he told me one time, ‘Son, it makes me happy when you win.’” With that in mind, his father’s final year must’ve been one filled with joy as he watched his son clobber 35 straight opponents. Garcia had a lot to cheer about — his son had become the
first freshman to go undefeated since Iowa State legend Cael Sanderson in 1999. Sanderson went on to be the most decorated wrestler in the history of collegiate wrestling — winning four straight national titles with a record of 159-0. In an interview with Martinez at the end of last season, I asked Martinez about the comparison to Sanderson. “I want to exceed him, honestly. I look to someone like that and I want to emulate what he did, but it’s about setting your own legacy,” Martinez explained. “I want my name to come out and people to be like, ‘He was better than Cael Sanderson.’ I have a long way to go. It’s gonna be very hard. But if I stay the course, I don’t see why I can’t do it.” That quote perfectly embodies who Isaiah Martinez is: bold, confident and determined. “I don’t know if I’ve seen a more motivated kid in my 28 years of coaching,” Heffernan said. The combination of motivation and an unbelievable work ethic has lead Isaiah to the peak of collegiate wrestling. If you thought he was motivated to win
for his pops last year, just wait until he struts out on 2015-16’s biggest wrestling stages. Isaiah is going to miss the phone calls, the hugs and the many memories he shared with his biggest fan. But, he’ll never forget all that his father gave him. To close our interview together, I asked Isaiah to briefly articulate what his father means to him. He stared blankly at the ground for 16 seconds of straight silence — count to 16, that’s a long time — exploring his brain to find the right words. “Without him, I wouldn’t be at the University, I wouldn’t be a wrestler, I wouldn’t have all these things,” Isaiah finally said. “I wouldn’t have the kind of drive or the focus. I can’t imagine my life without him.” Isaiah squared up with some of the best wrestlers in the nation last season. But, wrestling with the loss of his former coach, friend and biggest fan may be his toughest test to date.
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Bowl games still possible for Illinois football Illini might have a chance BY MICHAL DWOJAK STAFF WRITER
Illinois football’s bowl hopes might not have died on the sloppy grass of Sol-
dier Field on Saturday. The Illini may have a chance to play in the postseason for the second consecutive season, due to the lack of teams in the nation with six wins. There are 44 bowl games, including the three games in the College
Football Playoff, that have spots that need to be filled and the lack of six-win teams might force some bowl committees to invite teams who finished their season with a 5-7 record. The NCAA announced on Monday that it will use each
school’s academic progress rate to decide which teams will be eligible to play in a bowl game. Based on the 2013-14 ratings, Nebraska leads the group of 5-7 teams at 985, followed by Missouri and Kansas State at 976, Minnesota and San Jose State at
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Illinois’ V’Angelo Bentley returns a punt during the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl against Louisiana Tech at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas on Dec. 26. The Illini lost 35-18.
975 and Illinois and Rice at 973. Illinois SID Kent Brown and the team’s Twitter account confirmed that the Illini would accept a bowl invitation. Missouri has already announced that it will decline an invitation to play in a bowl game because of its coaching transition. Illinois would likely be invited to a bowl game if Georgia State and South Alabama both lose their respective games this Saturday — both teams have 5-6 records. Eight teams in the Big Ten finished with six wins and the conference has a sponsorship with 11 bowls: Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, Quick Lane Bowl, New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Foster Farms Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Outback, Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl, Rose Bowl and TaxSlayer Bowl. Although all 11 don’t have to be filled — the Orange Bowl will be a semifinal for this year’s Playoff — a few 5-7 teams will fill some of the spots this season. Other bowls that the conference doesn’t have a sponsorship with might invite the Illini if that bowl’s partner conferences don’t have enough qualifying teams. As of Tuesday, different projections have the Illini playing in different bowls. ESPN.com’s Brett McMurphy has Illinois playing San Jose St. in the AutoNation Cure Bowl in Orlando on Dec. 19. Sports Illustrated has the Illini in the Poinsettia Bowl on Dec. 23 in San Diego while
Foxsports.com has the team playing in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 29. Of the remaining bowl games that have sponsorships with the Big Ten, Illinois could play in the Quick Lane Bowl, Music Bowl and Armed Forces Bowl. The bowls will also depend on how many teams make it into the College Football Playoff. It’s likely that the winner of Saturday’s Big Ten Championship — Iowa or Michigan State — will be the lone Big Ten team to qualify for the Playoff. Where other teams fall depends on the independent or at-large bids given by bowls with Big Ten contracts. A potential bowl bid will likely be met with enthusiasm by head coach Bill Cubit and the players. The team will be allowed to practice more because of the bowl, a good opportunity for the team to build its depth — something that hurt the team this season. Aside from the revenue benefits a bowl game gives a school, it helps the coaching staff in recruiting. Cubit is already battling a difficult task with a two-year contract and the bowl appearance might help recruiting when the staff hits the road. After their 24-14 loss to Northwestern, the Illini players were hopeful about being invited to a bowl game with a 5-7 record. Now they, and Illini fans, will need to root for South Alabama and Georgia State.
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Women’s basketball hits the road BY MATT GERTSMEIER
Illinois at Miami
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When: 6 p.m. Wednesday at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Florida.
Cierra Rice is looking forward to leaving the cold Midwestern weather as she travels to Miami this Wednesday. But she’s not going on vacation. She’s looking to take care of business. Rice and the Illinois women’s basketball team (4-0) are heading to South Beach on Wednesday to take on Miami (7-0) in the Big Ten/ ACC Challenge. This is the first true road game for the Illini, despite playing all of their home games about five miles away from the State Farm Center at Parkland College. Even though Rice and the Illini spent the summer playing games in France, Rice anticipates Wednesday’s first road game will be much different. “Even though we already went to France, that was a while ago and overseas,” Rice said. “This is definitely exciting to finally leave and go play somewhere else and get that experience of playing in someone else’s gym where they will probably have a good crowd.” In its last two games, Illinois has unleashed an offensive barrage, scoring 94 points against Tennessee Martin and 98 points against Tennessee State. Rice scored 21 points in the game against Tennessee Martin and 10 points against Tennessee State. In the two games com-
Quick notes: Illinois will have its first road test of the season as it takes on the Miami Hurricanes. Hidden Stat: Illinois is averaging 96 points per game in its last two games played. bined she shot 10-for-12 from the field. But Rice believes offense is not going to be the key to Wednesday’s matchup. Instead, she said defense will be a deciding factor. In seven games, Miami is averaging 73.3 points per game and limiting opponents to 52.1 points per game. The Hurricanes also average 10.9 steals and 3.1 blocks per game. Illinois has similar ranks in those categories. After four games the Illini are averaging 80.3 points per game and giving up 51.5. Per contest, Illinois is averaging 8.8 steals and 3.8 blocks. Another factor Illinois is anticipating is Miami’s physicality. Miami has six players over 6-feet. Illini head coach Matt Bollant said this is something his team will have to be ready for. “Physically they get after
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Guard Kyley Simmons shields the ball from a defender during the game against Tennessee State at Parkland College on Nov. 24. Illinois won 98-43. it,” Bollant said about Miami’s players. “They’re long and athletic, their guards go to the boards and they’re just a quick and athletic team. Off the dribble and their offensive rebounding are probably their two best things.” Illinois should be rested up for the physical toll they will face against Miami after having more than a week off of
games. After last Tuesday’s game against Tennessee State, the Illini had Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off before practicing Saturday night. Bollant, however, would have preferred to be playing games during that time. Illinois was originally supposed to play on Friday night, but the game was dropped last
minute, Bollant said. “I think it’s better to play games to stay sharp than it is to be off,” Bollant said. “But I’m hoping for in January, February this might help us then more than now. If I was just going to prepare for Miami I would have rather played Friday or Saturday.” After traveling to Miami, Illinois will return back to
Champaign to host Lehigh. While Champaign can’t offer the warm weather of Miami, it will have the newly renovated State Farm Center ready for action. It will be the first time the Illini play in the State Farm Center this season.
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Same goal for Illini despite different record Illini garner Big postseason honors
“Every team is different, but this year we are just in a different kind of place,” Hambly said. “This team is every bit as athletic and physical as any other team I’ve had, it’s just they haven’t had the number of wins we usually have going into the tournament.” Hambly will look to add to his already impressive tournament record, which includes four Sweet 16 appearances and an appearance in the national championship.
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The Illini volleyball team earned its third-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and its sixth in seven years with head coach Kevin Hambly at the helm. Based on records, this year is one of Hambly’s weakest teams, entering the tournament with only 19 wins as opposed to 26 wins in 2014 and 32 in 2011. But Hambly said that it is hard to compare this year’s team to his successful teams of the past.
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Despite a run-of-the-mill 10-10 finish in Big Ten play, Illinois managed to bring home multiple All-Big Ten honors. Senior Jocelynn Birks solidified her spot on the AllBig Ten team for the thirdstraight year. She ranked fifth in the Big Ten with 389 kills and logged five 20-kill matches this season. Two Illini rookies made their way on to the Big Ten
All-Freshman Team: middle blocker Ali Bastianelli and setter Jordyn Poulter. The tandem joined five other freshmen on the team. Poulter was just short of 1,000 assists on the season, finishing with 974 on the year. Bastianelli led the conference in blocks at 150, and ranks 21st nationally in the category. Rounding out the awards was senior Ali Stark, who represents the Illini as the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree. Stark was one of only two Illinois players to play in
collegiate careers, while the young talent of the Illini are getting their first shot at the tournament. Although it is unknown territory for the freshmen, Poulter said the new challenge will not phase them.
all 112 sets this year, Brandi Donnelly being the other.
Last run for seniors, but first chance on the big stage for freshmen
If the Illini lose another game, it will be the last for an Illinois senior class that has been the core of this team over the past few seasons. Defensive-specialist Julia Conard, back-up setter Alexis Viliunas, Birks and 7 8 in Stark could 1 be playing their final games of their
“I think when you look at the spot we’re in, we are in 11. Jun 2008 a great position to make Part a B deep run,” Poulter said. “We just have to execute and we’ll make it though.”
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