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Police deal with drinking on campus despite cuts BY AARON NAVARRO STAFF WRITER
As the state of Illinois approaches its seventh month without an official, approved budget, Illinois police are starting to see consequences as cuts to programs and initiatives continue to be made. Due to the lack of a state budget, the funds to pay young undercover buyers working for the Illinois Liquor Control Commission are currently unavailable. While the lack of a budget has affected the resources to initiate undercover stings in towns such as Berwyn and Oak Lawn (who do these checks in cooperation with the state), Champaign rarely works with the state on liquor sale checks, said Champaign Police Sgt. Joe Ketchum. “We at times do compliance checks in cooperation with the state but these are few and far between,” Ketchum said. Initially, Champaign was granted additional funds for extra compliance checks. However, due to the budget,
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Ellie Hahn, a freshman in Social Work, remembers the hassle of scheduling a counseling session with the Counseling Center. “It was really frustrating having to call at 7:50 a.m. I personally felt like I wanted to get into counseling as soon as possible to get the process rolling,” she said. “The fact that every single morning I didn’t want to get up at 7:50, it just made it that much harder to get it started.” According to the Counseling Center’s website, a student can make a sameday appointment by calling their phone number any time after 7:50 a.m. Monday through Friday. Hahn said the morning that she did end up calling, she made an appointment that fit perfectly with her schedule. However, the Center later called her back saying that they accidently penciled her in for a filled spot. The Center apologized to Hahn and she received an appointment the following day. The website specifically encourages students to call earlier, since times available for initial appointments are provided to students in the order that their calls are received. “This approach allows us to offer support to as many students as possible each day,” the Counseling Center website says. “We are dedicated to providing accessibility and support services to our students.”
FY 2013-2014
Alcohol-Related Violations
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Drug-Related Violations
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Discipline-Related Referrals eCheckup to Go
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AODO
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External Agency**
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* An individual may be charged with multiple violations in a single case; these numbers reflect policy violations, and not individuals charged. **OSCR began to capture the requirements if dismissed students in FY14, which is why there was a significant increase.
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Alcohol-Related Violations
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Drug-Related Violations
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funding for extra checks will be unavailable and only a regular amount of compliance checks will remain. “The past two years the city received a grant through Community Elements to conduct extra compliance checks, but this year the grant is not available,” Ketchem said. “We will be conducting the same amount as if we did not have the grant before.” Checks are done by police in Champaign and Urbana, state troopers or Secretary of State police on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for about five to six hours at a time, said UIPD Lieutenant Joseph McCullough. The University of Illinois police, UIPD, contribute some officers to stings conducted by Champaign and Urbana police, though that may be a little tougher to do now. “We’re occasionally involved in those (stings); we’ll contribute a couple of officers for that. Generally those are done more extra duty, extra time, overtime,”
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Total Arrests
81
Non-Arrests
5
Illegal Possession (State Charge)
3
Illegal Consumption (State Charge)
17
DU (Non-Drug Related)
29
Illegal Transportation (State Charge)
13
Minor in Possession (City NTA)
19
Transportation in Vehicle (City NTA)
0
About four out of five college students drink alcohol.
50% of college students who drink also consume alcohol through binge drinking
Safety/Alcohol Awareness Presentations Presentations
65
Attendees
14,420
SOURCE: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM BIENNIAL REPORT ON ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG EFFORTS
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McCullough said. “We are very cognizant of our overtime right now.” With the budget standoff back to July 1, McCullough said the UIPD has been preparing for tight money. “You can see the writing on the wall, we’re gonna get in some times where we have to clamp on the budget and every penny is accounted for,” he said. “We’re holding off on some of our bigger projects and equipment purchases, just to see what happens with the budget.” Along with police
presence, Phil Owusu, a Joe’s Brewery employee, said the bar’s ID checking system also gets the job done. “We’ve got a very good track record of our bartenders (checking) for ID from customers,” a representative from Joe’s said. “MillerCoors over the last year has done four different bar checks and our staff successfully asked for ID all four times. We’ve also been checked a dozen times in recent memory by the local and state authorities and have a similar track
record. However, stings and investigations are done independent from the bar. “As far as when the officers are inside, we don’t get involved in their investigations,” the representative said. “They are very experienced in handling those situations and they do a very good job with no help needed from us.” UIPD officers are out every night in two shifts, 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. and 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. Most of the contact
patrollers have with underage drinkers are people out doing something to “get our attention,” McCullough said.“We’re focusing on where we do tend to see more crime, most alcohol related,” McCullough said. “Normally the way our shifts are set up, we have officers out there every day anyways on regular time. Those are just regular shifts, those aren’t things we are reimbursing extra
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Illinois gender parity at standstill of 19.7 out of 50, and was state legislative office are ranked 19th out of all 50 worth 30 points, and local states in the country. Illi- representation at the city nois’ ranking dropped since and county level is worth 1993, when it was ranked 10 points. 17th out of 50. “We have different points New Hampshire achieved for different offices in the the highstate in est genorder to der parity weight score of 57. the imporT h e tance of State of f e d e r Wo m e n ’s al offices Repre and state sentation executive 2015-2016 offices more highreport for ly than the the state CYNTHIA TERRELL local officof Illinois CHAIR OF REPRESENTATION 2020 es because looked at the impact the numof th at b er of women elected to office representation, we feel, is in four categories and greater,” said Cynthia Terassigned points to each cat- rell, chair of Representaegory – U.S. Congress, state- tion 2020. wide executive office and However, Terrell said that
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The state of Illinois’ progress on gender parity has come to a standstill since 1993, despite efforts to help increase female representation in government. Illinois was ranked as just above average for equal representation of women in office, according to a report by Representation 2020, a FairVote program that works to increase the representation of women in elected offices. According to the report’s ranking, a state reaches gender parity when they receive a score of 50 out of 100, meaning there are equal numbers of men and women in elected offices. A score of zero means there are no women present in elected office. Illinois received a score
However, the Counseling Center does provide emergency consultations to students with urgent mental health concerns. “These consultations are focused on stabilizing the current crisis and emergency and providing immediate support to the student while assisting them in linking to our services,” the website says. While Hahn cited her reasons for seeking out a counseling session as “not super serious,” she said talking to a counselor was something she has wanted to do since middle school. Students receive 12 free
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“The U.S. ranks behind 95 other countries in the percent of women’s representation. ”
this trend of underrepresentation is evident throughout the entire country. “In fact, the United States ranks behind 95 other countries in the percent of women’s representation on our national legislature,” she said. “In the case of women’s representation at the state legislative level, the number actually regressed (nationally) – that’s pretty staggering.” Within the Office of the Provost, the Gender Equity Council, similarly works to increase the representation of women on campus. “There are people who are committed to this, but there is still a lot of work that can be done,” said Nadya Mason, professor in physics and member of the Gender Equity Council.
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DRINKING through overtime.” Last year, the UIPD issued 147 alcohol related citations; 600 additional incidents were forwarded to be handled by the University, McCullough said. “We try the educationbased type of enforcement,” McCullough said. “There are thousands of people underage who consume alcohol out here. We’re going to contact a lot of people, when we get compliance, that’s perfect. If they become an issue or they do something that is deemed necessary for some type of intervention, we’d rather initially send them through the school as a referral.” Despite their efforts to deter this behavior, underage drinking is also possible through transactions with fake IDs. Even on a campus with a bar-entry age of 19-years-old, McCullough says the UIPD sees these
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2020 “At the University, it’s especially important because we have a lot of two-body faculty,” said Peter Sauer, professor in electrical and computer engineering and member of the Gender Equity Council. “Each of them is trying to be productive, but both of them are not necessarily treated the same and not able to do the same things.” Terrell said that with the gender parity report, Representation 2020 is advo-
violations all the time. He said rather than charge students who are caught with a fake ID, the UIPD looks for compliance or more information on who is manufacturing the IDs. “It is a felony to have a fake ID,” McCullough said. “A lot of our students are applying for jobs in an already hard market, when they have to answer if they have ever been convicted for a felony, employers will look at that.” Despite the budget cuts, McCollugh said the UIPD will continue to keep the campus safe.“(The budget) is in no way affecting our man power out on patrol, having our uniformed officers out there to protect our students, staff and community,” he said. “We’ve done everything we can to make sure that is not touched. Our time on the street and enforcement will not decrease.”
alnavar2@illinimedia. com cating for changes through political institutions to remedy structural barriers, such as recruitment practices, voting systems and internal legislative measures. She said that this problem is very similar to the adversity women faced with getting equal rights to education. In regards to Illinois’ ranking of 19 out of 50 on the report, Mason said, “We should try to be a leader, being average isn’t good enough.”
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COUNSELING sessions a year with the center, and after their first appointment, the center suggests an outside resource to continue helping the student. Sometimes counselors will offer advice and other resources for the student to utilize or students will continue counseling sessions. “After my first appointment, I walked out the happiest I had been in college,” Hahn said. “Just to be able to get it off my chest and the fact that somebody listened to what I said besides family and friends and said, ‘that’s normal, it’s okay to feel that way.’” She said while her experience has been very positive, she does have a friend who has not been as happy with his experiences. “People are afraid to go to counseling, not for good reasons but for understandable reasons. It’s not something that is a part of normal life,” Hahn said. “People don’t like talking about it. It’s taboo and people are kind of like, ‘Oh you see a counselor sometimes?’” She said if she wasn’t a social work major she might not be as familiar with the Counseling Center and believes other students might not be as familiar with it. “I feel like the Counseling Center is a resource that I never thought would be there so that’s really cool,” Hahn said. “The stigma around mental health is a societal issue,” Hahn said. “Talking about it makes the most sense
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Members of the Counseling Center set up a booth on the Bardeen Quad during an event for National Suicide Prevention Week this past September. Workers from the Counseling Center placed 1100 flags on the quad to represent the approximately 1100 college students who commit suicide each year. Passersby could then write encouraging messages to show their support. because the stigma is creat- enough awareness of them,” ed by not talking about it and she said. “And there’s such a saying that talking about it is stigma associated with menwrong somehow.” tal health, especially with all Farah Chalisa, senior in the mass shootings happenLAS, sponsored a resolution ing, there’s a huge misunto create such a committee derstanding that connects through mental illthe Illinois ness to Student violence.” Senate just Chalifor these sa said the reasons. c om m itChalisa tee mainly co-chairs focused on r e s e a rch the ad this semeshoc Mental Health ter in order C om m itto see how tee which FARAH CHALISA rea listic MENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE exists to their plans were and help end what their the stigma of mental health issues goals needed to be. as well as to spread awareWorking with the Associaness of resources available tion of Big Ten students, the on campus. committee was involved in “There are good resources the “U Are Not Alone” camavailable but there’s just not paign, which put together
“There are good resources available but there’s just not enough awareness of them.”
mental health resources for the Big Ten onto a website. “It’s one easy place where students can find resources available,” Chalisa said. For the upcoming semester, Chalisa said the committee plans on continuing different campaigns that’ll mainly be centered through social media efforts and demonstrations on the Quad. However, she said she is concerned about funding for the resources on campus. “With the budget cuts, one thing that we’re really concerned about is that mental health funding will be first to go,” she said. “But cuts have to come from somewhere and that’s unfortunate that’s the place they’re going to come from.” The Counseling Center was not available for comment.
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Students staying for break have options BY YI ZHANG STAFF WRITER
As students feel the pressure from a busy finals week, the beckoning of winter break can offer a welcome relief. Though a significant amount of students will go back home and reunite with their families, there are a number of students who decide to stay on campus for their winter break every year. Last year, the University began to provide online courses for the winter session, offering an additional option for students who stay on campus and want to be productive, said Adam Fein, associate director of the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning. “Starting from last year with eight courses and expanding to 17 courses this year, we surveyed students and faculties for the classes (that interested them),” he said. “And all the courses are covered in GenEd and have been taught online previously.” The classes are offered in advertising, economics, geology and gender and women’s studies.
“(A vast amount) of students who registered are residential students, and international students make up a great percentage — about 25 percent of (those) registered,” Fein said. “For students who stay on campus, it is also a good option to earn extra credits.” For students that may not
“(Students) can spend holiday time during break with their host families.” JENNIFER AVERY
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be interested in spending a month just taking online classes, other events are held on campus. “The Illini Union Board holds a lot of events for students during break, and there is also a tour for students to visit Champaign County,” said Jennifer Avery, international advis-
ing specialist of International Student and Scholar Services. Because a large amount of students who stay on campus are international students, there are other kinds of opportunities available that are specially tailed for international students. “Lots of international students enjoy the International Friends Program, which connects local host families with international students and invites students to their homes for holiday,” Avery said. “Students become more connected with the community, and they can spend holiday time during break with their host families.” The reasons that students choose to stay on campus can vary, said Avery. “Some of them have lots of work to do and work on research, some of them will do an internship otherwise because of financial issues,” Avery said. In addition, some students, especially international students, may be
Students gathered on the Main Quad to enjoy the snow last winter. dissuaded from traveling the long distance between the University and their homes. “Winter break’s time seems too short for me to
go back to China,” said Yi Zhao, junior in LAS. “But instead of staying on campus and preparing for next semester all the time, I would like to go to Califor-
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nia for a short break. I just want to stay in somewhere warmer.”
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San Bernardino killers talked jihad before U.S. marriage Couple talked online about martyrdom before dating BY SEAN COCKERHAM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
F BI Director James Comey said Wednesday that the husband and wife team that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif., last week were talking to each other as far back as 2013 about committing violence, before they were engaged and she received a visa allowing her into the United States. The revelation raises questions about how Pakistani national Tashfeen Malik was able to obtain a K-1 fiancee visa to enter the United States in July of 2014 and then a green card giving her permanent residency after she married Syed Rizwan Farook, an American citizen, a month later. The fact the pair were discussing “jihad and martyrdom” online before they apparently even met also raises questions about the National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance program, which was in full force at the time and supported by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and whether the government should do more in the cyber-hunt for potential terrorists. Feinstein is introducing a bill that would require
social media companies by foreign organizations to report “knowledge of and investigators are tryany terrorist activity” — a ing to figure out details. proposal that Silicon Val“We’re also working ley worries could lead to very hard to understand the violation of privacy of whether there was anybody else involved with innocent users. “We’re in a new age assisting them, with supwhere terrorist groups like porting them, with equipISIL are using social media ping them,” Comey said. to reinvent how they recruit “And we’re working very, and plot attacks,” Fein- very hard to understand, stein said, using the gov- did they have other plans, ernment’s preferred acro- either for that day or nym for the Islamic State. earlier.” Malik reportedly pledged Republican Sen. Lindsey allegiance to Islamic State Graham of South Carolina leader Abu Bakr al-Bagh- asked Comey if the couple’s dadi in a Facebook post- marriage might have been ing shortarra nged ly after the by a ter“This is yet another San Berr o r i s t nardino or g a n i z a example of the failure of the shootings. tion. ComC o m screening process for those ey said it’s ey t o ld unclear but the Senate screening process for those “would be a very, very Jud ici a r y Committee entering the United States.” important Wed nes th i ng to day that in CHARLES GRASSLEY know.” SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 2013, even Senate before the Jud ici a r y Committee rise of the Chairma n Islamic State, Malik and Farook Charles Grassley, a Repubwere communicating with lican from Iowa, said he has information that Malik one another online. “They were talking to lied in her visa application each other about jihad and to enter the U.S. martyrdom before they “This is yet another became engaged and then example of the failure of married and lived togeth- the screening process for er in the United States,” those entering the United he said. States. Our government Comey said the killers apparently didn’t catch the had been radicalized for false address in Pakistan a long time, “before they that she listed on her applistarted courting or dating cation,” Grassley said. Feinstein criticized what each other online.” He said the FBI believes she saw as another failure, the shooters were inspired allowing reporters into the
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One week after the mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, law enforcement officials escort groups of individuals outside the building on Dec. 9. killers’ apartment after the shootings. Feinstein said she was “appalled” and law enforcement should have blocked access. Comey responded that the FBI was finished with the scene, and it was the landlord who let the media in. Feinstein said there might be something that investigators later realize they want to search for in the apartment and “it just doesn’t seem to me to be smart” to allow access to the place. Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, is proposing significant changes in response to the terror attacks in Paris and California. One of her bills would forbid foreign trav-
elers without a visa from coming to the U.S. unless they are fingerprinted and photographed abroad. Her latest bill would require any company “engaged in providing an electronic communication service or a remote computing service to the public” to report any knowledge of terrorist activities to authorities. “This bill doesn’t require companies to take any additional actions to discover terrorist activity, it merely requires them to report such activity to law enforcement when they come across it,” Feinstein said. Feinstein said the information can help stop terrorist recruitment or an attack and “we need help from technol-
ogy companies.” The Software and Information Industry Association, though, said such a government demand carries its own dangers. “It would require social media to simply turn over information on its users to the government, based on a vague determination of what constitutes a ‘terrorist activity,’ ” said Mark MacCarthy, vice president of the trade association, whose members include Facebook. He said tech companies already work to stop the use of their systems for terrorist activity and “are diligent in disclosing relevant information to law enforcement.”
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EDITORIAL Our goals looking forward to next semester
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t’s safe to say it’s been a busy semester for everyone on this campus. Administrators, the legislators who run the state, coaches, professors and students have all had their hands full with more than just school work. By the end of a semester and the end of the calendar year, goals and needs tend to be put to the side when what seems like more pressing measures come forth. During the finals grind, it can be hard to put the events of a semester in perspective. But even though the focus is on the end of the term, we should all take this as a time to reflect on everything that has happened over the year and our hopes and resolutions for the next one. The Daily Illini Editorial board has seen what the people of this University have been through over the past few months, and we have our own set of hopes for the coming year. We hope that in the coming week, students do well on their finals and don’t stresseat their weight in donuts and other such comfort foods. If they do it anyway, ideally this food will actually calm their nerves and not just feed into the self-loathing brought on by last-minute studying. We hope that our professors and teaching assistants don’t get bombarded with desperate emails to round up their students’ grades at the last moment. When they inevitably get these emails, hopefully those emails are not sassy, but instead are understanding and thankful. We hope that everyone traveling out of Champaign for the break will have safe travels. Regardless if students are on their way to Rantoul or Beijing, we hope the traffic is manageable and the journey is safe. May the person next to you on the bus or plane not fall asleep on you and you remember your headphones. We hope that in the coming months, our University can hire qualified, passionate administrators who are dedicated to the students and mission of the school. Stability moving forward is essential for making positive changes. Although the interim members are doing the best they can, having permanent hires will give the University a chance to make long-term plans. We hope that all students, regardless of the race, religion and gender, come back to school next semester and feel safe going to class, sitting at home, socializing and living their life. College should be a time for learning and finding out what it means to be who you are, which can’t be accomplished when living in fear. We hope that members of the University community can have conversations driven by acceptance and understanding. Through mutual love and respect, we hope to see productive conversations about the issues our friends, classmates and professors struggle with every day. Ultimately, we hope that we remember these dreams when times are inevitably tough in the future, and work together as a campus to make our community and ourselves better.
Keep pursuing happiness ALEX SWANSON Opinions columnist
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’ve had quite an unusual college experience, largely stemming from the fact that I transferred to the University of Wisconsin and back again and changed my major twice. Every single time I announced an alteration with my plan, many people informed me, again and again, that I was making the wrong decisions. But I didn’t listen. I kept shifting and trying to find out where I was happiest. That is not to say that I was chronically unhappy throughout my college years (though there is nothing wrong with that — happiness and unhappiness don’t exist in an unshakable dichotomy). I was fortunate in that I most always felt “happy,” more or less, but I knew I could be happier if I changed my path. I think most of us, most of the time, could stand to take on a little more happiness. As I finish my undergraduate career, my last published opinion is an advisory to avoid large-scale stagnation if you know you could be happier. I can’t say this with any degree of authority, but I can’t believe that people in our society who do truly extraordinary things take an ordinary path, a path they never once altered. This is the time when we are supposed to experiment, the time when we are allowed to alter our paths with little consequence. I am, by no means, suggesting that being happy is easy, that we all have the ability to decide to “be happy.” Nor am I belittling the power in making the best of a situation. We can, however, participate in ongoing individual pursuits of happiness, whether that can be accomplished with an alternative environment, personal relationships or psychological attention. We can de-romanticize sadness and tragedy, which are so prevalent in our popular culture that it seems to seep into our generation’s psyche;
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Alex started her career at the Daily Illini working for news before she transferred to the Opinions section. She’s written about various campus topics and events, but one of her best articles focused on interpreting 14th amendment. She was a valuable member of the Daily Illini team and will be missed, but we wish her the best of luck in her future. we can stop propelling the false aren’t — but I do believe we should association between melancholy and all be making an effort to continually pursue more. My own antiprofoundness. stagnation philosophy allowed me Instead, we have to prioritize to march with the Marching Illini, a fierce sort of happiness, which pledge a sorority, play with the Hildemands that we never settle, least of all in collegiate years when many lel Basketball Team and sing in the Black Chorus — a combination of of us do not yet have dependents. activities I could never have imagCollege is the time in which we train for our professional lives. Just ined when I enrolled three and a half years ago. about everyone here is here to find I wouldn’t take back any part of a career. my unorthodox collegiate trajecIf we all know what we want to tory — it has all ended up being so be when we grow up — why don’t important to me now. we all pursue it? Why do any of us As odd as it seems, there is nothgraduate with majors that we don’t ing with more importance and influlove or secure jobs that offer little ence than happiness. That’s easy to more than security? lose sight of during the craze of acaI understand the place of security. I know that, in some respects, we demics and being tracked in profeshave to think of what is most secure sional paths, but we should always for those depending on us. But even be engaging in self-evaluation and in that situation, we are — I think — asking whether we can do anything else to be happier. supposed to keep moving toward a more fulfilling happiness. Alex is a senior in LAS. The movements don’t have to be enormous — actually they usually amswans2@dailyillini.com
Are you overindulging in ‘self-care’? MOLLIE HENRY Opinions columnist
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inals are upon us again, and with finals comes more stress and responsibilities and less time and energy. During these last few weeks of the semester, it is good to remind ourselves of the importance of self-care. Sometimes self-care means taking a personal day and sleeping in or sitting on your best friend’s floor eating donuts for dinner. But sometimes taking care of ourselves looks more like tough love, because self-care and selfindulgence are not the same thing. Sometimes taking care of yourself means getting up a little early to get some extra studying in, doing laundry because you’ve been wearing the same sweater for three days and going to the grocery store so you can make yourself real food for dinner. A pamphlet by the University of Kentucky defines self-care as, “any intentional actions you take to care for you physical, mental and emotional health.” Self-care isn’t always easy to do; things like exercising and eating balanced meals take extra time and planning. But making time for those things is especially important during finals, when our minds and bodies need all the support we can give them. The American Psychological Association has done numerous studies on the effect of exercise on mood. Their
findings suggest that light to moderate exercise improves mood and energy levels and can even have longterm effects on things like depression and anxiety. So even if it may sound beneficial to chill out for the evening, 30 minutes of exercise may be even more relaxing and healthy for your body. Ultimately, the goal of taking care of ourselves is to be happy, healthy and productive adults, even when that means doing things we’d rather avoid. Our mental and emotional health is a part of self-care that can be easily overlooked. But learning to set boundaries and say “no” to commitments that we don’t have the time for is important for maintaining mental and emotional stability. Caring for our mental well-being can help with things like test anxiety and difficulty studying. Sometimes the best thing we can do for our minds is to read our favorite book or watch a movie, but that shouldn’t be the only thing we do. Professors at Florida State University studied the importance of taking breaks to improve productivity. Their research found that the people who were the most productive tended to work for several uninterrupted 90-minute sessions, with breaks in between sessions. So caring for ourselves may mean taking some time to read or watch TV, but that should be something we do in between sessions of working or studying. Self-care sometimes needs to happen over a longer period of time, like
practicing good time management and organizational habits to minimize stress during particularly taxing times, like finals week. Thankfully, on our campus there are multiple ways to learn about and minimize stress. The Undergraduate Library Blog provides resources to help students during finals week and keeps you up to date on stress management events (like therapy dogs!). McKinley also offers services help students control stress and care for themselves throughout the year. You can make an individual appointment to speak with a stress-management coordinator, or if you’re pressed for time you can download relaxation exercises from their website. During finals week you can also stop by the center for a stress relief pack, which includes snacks, coupons and tips for managing stress. Taking advantage of the resources available on campus can be very helpful for reducing stress, but taking care of ourselves can also be as simple as spending some extra time cleaning our apartments or getting a head start on homework or studying. Between exams, papers and all of our other responsibilities it can be easy to forget to take care of ourselves. This finals week, be sure to make time for self-care, even if you’re tempted to just call it a day and have a donut for dinner.
Mollie is a graduate student in Art and Design. opinions@dailyillini.com
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FINALS TIME IS HERE May your group projects be easy; may your finals be simple. May your stress not cause even one extra pimple. May the odds of finals be ever in your favor, may this weekend be fun, filled with memories to savor. May you ace all your finals, may they go off without a hitch. May you never have to take a class with the professor who’s really a ... not nice lady.
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T’WAS THE WEEK BEFORE BREAK... With break fast-approaching, holidays are near. We cannot wait for the end of the semester to be here. While finals are “DI Denied,” four weeks off is certainly “Alma Approved.” By the end of these stressful weeks, we will certainly be moved. Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas or Solstice, and celebrate with friends and family, for home is where the heart is.
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SNACKING Not this: ice cream Ice cream may provide you with an instant sugar high, but the aftermath may not be worth it. Its high fat and sugar content doesn’t exactly make it the optimal late-night snack, and even low-fat varieties often contain plenty of chemical additives. Try this: green tea Green tea may not contain as much caffeine as an energy drink or a cup of coffee, but research has shown it leads to improved brain
function and memory. But if you’ve loaded up on caffeine throughout the day, you might want to be wary of adding even more into your diet. Not this: energy drink Have you ever thought about what’s actually in an energy drink? You might be better off not knowing. While manufacturers advertise Vitamin B, there’s a lot more that goes into that fi zzy drink — and it’s mostly chemicals and about 15 and a half teaspoons of sugar in a 16-ounce can, according to Eating Well.
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ESPRESSO technically require dine-in cups, which aren’t available at Grainger. Baristas can still make them, but they aren’t on the menu. Gillis was also the manager at the Illini Union café before it closed. She said it was the oldest Universitycontracted Espresso Royale and opened in the late 90s. “People started complaining about the Union and how it switched to Starbucks instead of Espresso,” Kimble said. The Krannert Art Museum café is a short walk from the Business Instructional Facility, which has another Espresso Royale. The distance is nearly the same between the Illini Union and Illini Union Bookstore, but
the Espresso Royales haven’t garnered as much attention. “You can really tell the difference in the customers. You can tell who goes to Starbucks and who doesn’t go to Starbucks,” Kimble said. “Here we actually know the customers, we don’t have to write their names on cups. We actually know them personally.” Gillis said the number of cafés on campus just has to do with Espresso Royale growing its business. “It’s working out for them,” she said. The Michigan-based company opened its first café in 1987 and soon spread to other college towns in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. Champaign-Urbana has the highest concentration of cafes – Michigan has seven cafés, but they are spread out over two cities. Espresso Royale has 14 total cafés, but Kimble said she still prefers the
atmosphere to Starbucks. “I always felt like nobody was watching me or judging me,” she said. “I don’t think of Espresso as a chain.”
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“I always felt like nobody was watching me or juding me ... I don’t think of Espresso as a chain.” FIONA KIMBLE
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Hookup culture myth created by media Casual friendswith-benefits relationships still have consequences
“ F riends-with-benefits relationships run the risk of one person becoming attached while the other does not. Another con is the risk of damaging the friendship. Finally, research suggests that these relationships have a low likelihood of advancing to a long-term relationship. So, if BY MARA SHAPIRO that’s what someone is looking STAFF WRITER for, then they should try to start a Victoria Metcalf, senior in relationship in another manner,” LAS, sees students engaging in Kosenko wrote. hookup culture on the University Metcalf thinks friends with campus. She believes it is a benefi ts can create emotional personal choice that should not consequences. be judged. “I don’t think I could ever “I’m for whatever anyone have a stable friendship where wants to do. As long as people are I am having sex with my friend. consenting and no one is getting Part of hookup culture is not hurt, I’m great with it,” Metcalf having to worry about emotional consequences. Friendships are said. According to Dr. Kami Kosenko, already emotional investments, University so if you a l u m n a pursue a sexual a nd sex ua l relationship, you communications could make things pr ofe s s or at more complicated. North Carolina There cou ld State University, be unclear hookup culture is expectations and a myth created communication,” by the media. Metcalf said. “Most studies Kosenko said conducted with that casual sex, in general, comes college-age with risks. populations indicate that the “ A n y majority of sex unprotected sex acts occur within act can be risky, the c ontex t and casual sexual relationships of committed run the risk of r o m a n t i c VICTORIA METCALF having one person relationships, SENIOR IN LAS develop feelings and some while the other i nd ic ate th at person remains the sex lives of college students emotionally today are quite similar to that of unattached,” she wrote. their parents and grandparents,” Metcalf thinks that people Kosenko wrote via email. can get caught up in the thrill Kosenko, however, explained of non-commitment and forget that no-strings-attached sex to be safe. can appeal to students for many “There’s nothing wrong with having sex with a million people reasons. “College is often a time if you choose. But people can of transition, and, for some, become too comfortable and committed relationships might content and forget they need to not make sense during a time of take care of themselves,” Metcalf change,” she wrote. “Also, some said. might view casual sex as a sort of Kimberly Rice, sexual health relationship-litmus test or a way educator at McKinely Health of gauging someone’s potential Center, explains the health risks for a committed partnership.” associated with casual sexual Both Kosenko and Metcalf encounters. “ Ex posu re to sex ua l ly discuss the pros and cons of friends with benefits transmitted diseases is a relationships. possibility for those who are
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nothing wrong with having sex with a million people if you choose.”
sexually active. If students choose to be sexually active, we recommend they talk to their partners about STDs and using protection. We also recommend that students take advantage of the services provided at McKinley like STD testing and
over the counter supplies such as condoms,” Rice wrote via email. Metcalf believes that hookup culture can be a popular choice for college students due to convenience. “I think it’s popular because it’s easy, and at our age, it’s
very easy to only engage with someone on a basic and surface level, especially for someone who has no interest in a serious, committed or monogamous relationship,” she said.
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Your finals guide to study snacking dos and don’ts ALICE SMELYANSKY Features editor
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hen you reach the point while studying for fi nals when your eyes start to glaze over and words lose all meaning, grabbing the nearest sugar-loaded treat is expected. Your body is exhausted, your eyes are closing and you need something that’ll keep you going, if only for a few more hours before you inevitably crash. As convenient as a vending machine snack at
the library is, you might want to reconsider how you fuel your body. Swapping in some common late-night snacks for a healthy alternative could just be the difference between falling asleep on your books and getting an A in a class. Try this: Greek yogurt It might not be the fi rst snack you reach for, but Greek yogurt is packed with protein, low in sugar and will actually fi ll you up. If the plain variety isn’t for you, throw in some granola, honey or berries for more fl avor. Not this: pudding
Though one cup of pudding isn’t going to hurt
As convenient as a vending machine snack at the library is, you might want to reconsider how you fuel your body. you, it probably won’t help you either. Low-calorie pudding made out of fat free or skim milk provides
calcium and nutrients such as Vitamin D, but also may contain sugar additives. Try this: pretzels In contrast to other savory snack foods, pretzels contain nutrients like fiber and almost no saturated fat. However, pretzels on their own aren’t particularly fi lling and are often high in sodium. Pair with a lowfat slice of cheese or fruit for a boost of energy and opt for a low-sodium variety. Not this: potato chips As satisfying as the crunch of a salty chip might be while getting through a dull PowerPoint
slide, it’s really not going to do much for you when it comes to staying awake. Most potato chips are high in sodium and saturated fats and low in nutritional value. Try this: frozen grapes If you’re craving a frozen sweet treat but don’t want all the fat and sugar that comes with it, try throwing a bag of green grapes in the freezer. Not only will you fi ll up on potassium, iron and Vitamins C and D, they are just the refresh you need to survive your all-nighter.
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Espresso Royale: largest campus chain
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Students looking for a coffee fix or a place to study have a wealth of options. There seem to be coffee shops on every corner, and every Starbucks on campus is within blocks of another. Espresso Royale, which opened a new café in Grainger Library Sept. 23 after closing its Illini Union location, has more locations than Starbucks, but rarely receives the same ridicule. “I’ve never heard anybody complain about how many Espressos there are. I think people really like Espresso because it has so much character, it makes you feel at home,” said Fiona Kimble, barista at the Espresso Royale on 1117 W. Oregon St. There are eight Espresso Royale cafés in the Champaign-Urbana area. Six of these are located on campus, and four can be found inside campus buildings. “I feel like there are Espressos... everywhere you go. It’s kind of underground, like you don’t really know where they are,” Kimble said. One of the locations is literally underground in the Undergraduate Library. It’s typically open the latest – from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday through Thursday. “They attempt to keep open later as the UGL stays open later,” wrote UGL Head Lori Mestre
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SPORTS
Volleyball ready to play No. 2 seed
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Illinois' Jocelynn Birks gets ready to spike the ball during the match against Wisconsin at Huff Hall Nov. 18.
Illinois vs. Minnesota
When/Where: Dec. 11, 5 p.m., Des Moines, Iowa TV/Radio: ESPN 3
Quick Notes: This is the Illini's first meeting with the Gophers since an Oct. 3 loss at Minnesota in five sets.
Hidden Stat: The Illini have dropped only one set so far in the tournament, while the Gophers have yet to lose a set.
The inevitable has finally come for the Illinois volleyball team — it has to face a Big Ten powerhouse in the NCAA Tournament. Following the team’s wins over Southern Illinois in the first round and No. 15 Louisville in the second, the Illini will meet the top seed in their half of the bracket: the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The No. 2 Gophers went on a tear to end the season and have continued their success into the NCAA Tournament. Minnesota has won 19 of its last 20 matches, including an Oct. 3 matchup with the Illini in Minnesota, where the Gophers came back from 2-1 down to defeat the Illini in five sets. Head coach Kevin Hambly said that the Illini have looked at the film from the October meeting closely, but are keeping in mind that the Illini and the Gophers have both evolved over that period of time. “We have 17 more matches of theirs since then that we have looked at,” Hambly said. “We are a differ-
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ent team than they saw, and we’re playing a completely different lineup, so we’ll have to keep that in mind.” The Illini definitely became a different team over the final stretch of the season, losing four of six matches and limping their way into the postseason. Once in the tournament, the Illini have stabilized and have looked to a familiar name to lead the charge. Senior Jocelynn Birks has taken over for the Illini through the first two games of the tournament, totaling 37 kills and 25 digs over the two-game stretch. Her team has taken notice, and junior Katie Stadick said the team is falling in line behind its leader. “She has been swinging high and hard,” Stadick said. “Jordyn (Poulter) has been doing great finding her and getting her the ball, and our passers have been doing a great job getting it up to Jordyn to set up Jocelynn.” This match could be the career finale for Illinois’ alltime kills leader. This season marks Birks’ third appearance in the Sweet 16 — the
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Athletes honored for academic and sporting success All five fall sports teams represented in Big Ten award BY DANIEL COLLINS ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
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Growing up in Morganfield, Kentucky, Brock and Caleb Ervin were surrounded by wrestling. The two cousins wrestled for the same high school – Union County – and were coached by Caleb’s father, Robert Ervin. The two have continued their careers with Illinois, where they have faced injuries on their respective paths to victory. “The reason it’s such a big part of our family is because it teaches everything that our family believes in,” Robert said. “If you work really hard at anything, good things will happen. All the values that my family believe in are hard work and living the right way, and with that good things will happen.” At Union County, Brock was a five-time state champion — his first came when he was an eighth grader competing on the team. To go along with five state championships, Brock earned the Most Outstanding Wrestler award as a senior, going undefeated against opponents from Kentucky. He was a Junior Nationals champion and part of two Kentucky state championship teams. Wrestling was a big thing in his household, but Brock initially picked it up as a hobby. “It’s in our blood,” Brock said. “I started at a young age. I wrestled with my cousins and then, in middle school and as an eighth grader, our high school team needed a 103-pounder, so I stepped up and wrestled for our high school.” From that point forward, his interest in wrestling continued to spark. As for Caleb, his high school success was mirrored
Illini have lost in the same round in the last two seasons. Along with Birks, Poulter has been in control during the tournament, dictating offense through the first two rounds. Poulter is averaging 40 assists per match and 11.4 assists per set. She has also been stuffing the rest of the stat sheet, adding 9.5 digs, 2.5 kills and 4 blocks per game. Even though Illinois is up against huge odds in the matchup with the Gophers — The Gophers have yet to drop a set in the tournament — Hambly said the team is more than ready to go headto-head with the No. 2 seed. “We’ve got a little bounce,” Hambly said. “We feel like, bring on whoever’s in front of us.” The Illini will take to the court Friday, Dec. 11 at 5 p.m. to battle with the Gophers in Des Moines, Iowa. The winner of the match will play Saturday and take the on the winner of the Penn State-Hawaii matchup.
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Illinois’ Caleb Ervin wrestles Michigan’s Eric Grajales at Huff Hall Jan. 18, 2014. by Brock’s at Union County. Caleb was a part of two team state championships — 2008 and 2011. Individually, Caleb placed second in the state in 2008 but was a state champion the following three seasons of his high school career: 2009-2011. To add on to his success in 2009, Caleb earned a national championship. Due to a neck injury,
“It’s in our blood. I started at a young age. I wrestled with my cousins.” BROCK ERVIN WRESTLER
Caleb’s performances on the mat have been limited, but it’s something he takes day-to-day. “It’s kind of always been an issue for me,” Caleb said. “Every wrestler has their setbacks, and this is mine. It’s always tough to deal with injuries because you have the rest of your life ahead of you. You have to make sure you’re not going to affect yourself in the long run.” In the 2012-2013 campaign for the Illini — Caleb’s first full season — he finished with a record of 22-14 and three falls.
He placed eighth at the Big Ten Championships and won the Harris Open. Caleb’s biggest win came against Dylan Ness, the No. 7-ranked wrestler in the 149-pound weight class, from Minnesota. Caleb defeated Ness by an 11-3 majority decision. During the 2013-2014 season, Caleb again placed eighth at the Big Ten Championships and won the William Penn Open, but had a .500 record and was sidelined for nearly the entire season, due to injury. Caleb’s reoccurring neck injury has involved two surgeries to date. “I’ve had a C5 and a C6 fusion that still had problems, where (the doctors) had to go back in and clear it back out again,” Caleb said. “Currently, I’m still having issues with it.” Since then, Caleb has not competed for the No. 12-ranked Illini at 149-pounds. Caleb added that there was no timetable on his return. Coming out of high school, Caleb and Brock received offers at various schools. Brock’s schools included Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Missouri and Wisconsin. The main reason for choosing Illinois was simply because it was close to home. “It’s a big thing with family,” Brock said of going to a college close to home. “It’s about three and a half hours
away and I’ve been coming here for camps since I was real little.” Caleb was interested in Oklahoma State — a perennial wrestling powerhouse — and Arizona State, but what drew him to Illinois was the coaching staff. “The biggest factor was the coaches here because they didn’t think of me as a business tool as most people do,” Caleb said. “The main goal for a coach is to assemble the people to win a national championship, and they wanted that, but they were more concerned about me on a personal level.” The Illini are 8-0 on the season and have conference play approaching when they’ll face seven Big Ten teams ranked in the top 25. Brock is the team’s 141-pound starter and 6-2 on the season — two of those wins coming in New York City. Wrestling in the bright lights of New York City is something Brock said he was extremely excited about, but added that he could have wrestled a little better regardless of the 2-1 record he had that day. “It was exciting, it’s always fun to wrestle in front of a lot of fans, especially in New York City,” Brock said. “I’ve never been to a big city like that, or quite as big.”
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The Big Ten recognized 75 Illini athletes for their academic achievements Wednesday. The conference named 1, 0 2 3 at h letes who participated in fall sports to the Academic AllConference team. Twentyone of those honorees have 4.0 GPAs, including Illinois offensive lineman Ted Karras and cross-country runner Zack Smith. Karras is a graduate student in Recreation, Sport and Tourism and Smith is a sophomore in Business. Wes Lunt (football), Claire Wheatley (soccer), Michelle Strizak (volleyball) and Mason Monheim (football) are some of the most notable Illini names on the list. The Illini football team — the school’s largest team overall — recorded the most All-Big Ten spots.
Thirty-one football players rec eived c on ferenc e honors. In order to be eligible, s t ud e nt s mu s t be letterwinners and in at least their second academic year with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Illinois had all five of its fall-only sports represented on the list — football, soccer, volleyball and men’s and women’s cross-country. T he Big Ten a lso awa rds ath letes who par ticipate i n wi nter and spring sports. The conference presents the Distinguished Scholar Award at the end of the academic school year. Students need to maintain a 3.7 GPA throughout the school year — not including summer school — in order to be eligible.
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Teddy Karras (69) celebrating with teammates Zach Hirth and Nick Allegretti following Illinois’ win over Kent State at Memorial Stadium Sept. 5.
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College coaches double as drivers To save money, teams opt to drive vans, not take airplanes
7 hours and 13 minutes to Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate. Slone has experience with long road trips: She used to drive herself to amateur and professional golf competitions. She once drove 24 hours BY RYAN WILSON straight from Phoenix to STAFF WRITER Peoria, Illinois. There’s more to coachClark said his team ing at the college level takes a charter bus to Minthan working with stu- nesota, because the trip dent-athletes. Some coach- includes several days of es have to become students matches and traveling. themselves. Players spend those Some head and assistant hours in the van sleeping, coaches for smaller colle- doing homework, watchgiate teams are required ing game film or strategizto take a class on driving ing. The coaches, who will a 15-passenger van. They alternate between drivlearn about the safety ing, may meet with playbuckles and turning, but as ers individually, strategize Illinois women’s head ten- or scout. nis coach Evan Clark said, Coaches keep a ny it’s not “rocket science.” receipts after using a UniAfter passing the course, versity credit card for food the coaches are allowed and gas. It takes money out to drive their respective of the teams’ budgets, but teams to tournaments. they are later reimbursed. The men’s and women’s “The only time (driving tennis, track and field, golf long distances) get’s a litand cross-country teams tle bit tougher is when we all use vans because they finish a match, and you’re don’t have enough mem- driving late,” said Clark, bers to fill a bus. It’s also who prefers to drink cofcheaper, though head fee during the longer women’s golf coach Renee rides. “That’s the only Slone said she did not know time it gets really, really how much the vans save. challenging … It could be “I don’t snowing, or raining or k n ow if ‘fun’ would something be the like that.” These right word to describe driving (d r i v i n g c o n d i the teams),” tions do Slone said. raise some “I certainly s a f e t y don’t mind concerns. it.” “ S a fe T h e transportation of stuteams ride d e n t- a t h in a “turt le to p ” letes may va n th at be an oftEVAN CLARK ILLINOIS WOMEN’S HEAD TENNIS includes neglected COACH Wi-Fi, TVs risk-ma nagement and DV D issue facplayers. i ng c olThey also lege athhave luggage racks and high ceil- letics administrators,” ings to allow passengers to Dr. David Lavetter, a prostand up. fessor of sports manageThe coaches look at their ment at Arkansas Uniteam’s schedule and drive versity, concluded in his to tournaments that are 2005 case study of coachinefficient to fly to. The es driving vans. “Even coaches factor in flight when an event is properly delays and travel expens- organized and managed, es to their calculations. an accident can immediClark said that if a ately turn the trip into a match is more than five disaster. Sadly, too many hours away, his team will NCAA institutions have fly. Other teams, including been involved in teamOhio State and Nebraska’s related van accidents.” men’s tennis teams, have a In 2000, the coach and six-hour limit. two players of the Tennes“Team travel for smaller see-Martin baseball team teams, like tennis, depends were critically injured on the school’s budgets, after its coach, Vicotor but most teams travel the Cates, pulled out in front same way,” Carrie Smith, of an oncoming truck at the director of opera- the intersection of two tions for the Ohio State highways and stopped for tennis teams, said. “It is an “unknown reason”. very common for schools Lavetter recommends to travel by minivans — ridding schools of 15-pas12-passenger vans — to senger vans and from havother schools for away ing their coaches driving matches that are up to six any vehicles. He also rechours away. Ohio State is ommends not traveling no exception.” between midnight and 6 Despite some coaches’ a.m. time limits, the Illinois “They keep talking about women’s golf team drove not letting the coaches 7 hours and 44 minutes (drive vans),” Clark said. to Minneapolis in Sep- “For the most part, if we tember for the Minnesota don’t feel like we should be driving, we make other Invitational. Sloane’s team stopped arrangements.” in Elgin, Illinois, at teammate Stephanie Miller’s rcwilsn2@dailyillini. house. A week later, the com Illini rode in their van for @32Ryno
“For the most part, if we don’t feel like we should be driving, we make other arrangements.”
Joe Olen tracks the shot to make a save during the game against Indiana at the Ice Arena on Nov. 6.
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Hockey needs quality wins to stay relevant in standings BY ETHAN SWANSON STAFF WRITER
The Illinois hockey team won’t have an opportunity to help itself in the CSCHL conference race this weekend, but is still faced with matchup that could have a significant impact on the ACHA national rankings. Coming off three straight series against CSCHL opponents and back-to-back weeks on the road, Illinois (11-6-3) will be on home ice to take on ACHA No. 12 Western Michigan (14-6-1). “This weekend could be big for us,” head coach Nick Fabbrini said. “This is our last series before the New Year, with a home crowd behind us we have a chance to bring some positive momentum into the break and make up some lost ground.” This weekend’s matchup will feature two very different styles of hockey. The Broncos exhibit a very balanced offense attack with an emphasis on passing and unselfishness. Western Michigan has 12 skaters who have recorded double-digit point totals this season opposed to
Illinois’ five. We ster n M ich iga n spends very little time in the penalty box, and thus, limits itself from being shorthanded. The Broncos have 86 less penalty minutes than the Illini. On the road, Western Michigan holds a +9 goal
season has been a much more dra matic a nd inefficient one. The Illini rely on strong goalie play to withstand the near 40 shots per goal they give up on average and kill opposing power plays for the 15 minutes a game Illinois is a man down. The Illini rarely put
“We like to use our speed to get out in space and create scoring chances. That’s when we’re at our best.” ERIC CRUICKSHANK ILLINI HOCKEY SOPHOMORE FORWARD
differential, just a three goal difference from its home statistic. “We try not to let any team dictate the way we play or change our style for any team,” Fabbrini said. “But we know the margin for error is small, we can’t make things harder on ourselves if we want to win.” Illinois’ formula this
teams away early, often coming from behind and relying on their go-to scorers to score timely goals in the third period and overtime. Illinois has gone into overtime three times and a shootout twice in the last six games. If the Illini do prevail in a game, it usually stems from a strong performance by
the duo of Eric Cruickshank and James Mcging, who account for more than 30 percent of the team’s assists and goals. “We just try to play to our strengths,” Cruickshank said. “We like to use our speed to get out in space and create scoring chances. That’s when we’re at our best.” Regardless of how they do it, the Illini need to string together a number of quality wins to stay relevant in both the CSCHL and ACHA standings. As March inches closer, the opportunities for Illinois to prove itself as a national contender start to dwindle even more. A series sweep this weekend could set the Illini back on track toward consistency and relevancy: something Illinois has not seen since the start of season. “It feels like we have the right pieces,” Austin Zima said. “Now we have to put something together.”
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Wheelchair basketball holds annual Popcorn Bowl before break
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Women’s captain Gail Gaeng hoists the popcorn bowl after her team the “Philly Fanatics” won the championship game Wednesday at the ARC. They call it a break, but the competition is intense for the bowl. The Popcorn Bowl started in 2004. BY TOMMY POLCYN STAFF WRITER
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Illinois women’s golf coach Renee Sloane is one of several college coaches who drives her team to some of its competitions.
After a long first half of the season, the Illinois wheelchair basketball teams were able to have a little bit of fun heading into winter break. Wednesday morning, the Illini held their 11th annual “Popcorn Bowl,” a gift exchange and touch football tournament that takes place every year before the break. The initial Popcorn Bowl idea came in 2004, when the coaches and players thought that they should celebrate the bowl season before break.
“It’s our fun way to kick off the football bowl season and celebrate the first half,” Assistant Coach Kate Rougeau said. “We do our gift exchange, play the game, and it gets pretty intense. The coveted popcorn is one of the big goals, especially for all of the seniors. It’s similar to the Stanley Cup, names written on it, years that they won. It’s awesome.” After the gift exchange, the players from both the men’s and women’s teams — along with some of their friends that are not on the team — break up into four smaller teams and play
two-hand touch football. Though it is supposed to be a friendly game, the players did not take it easy on each other. At times two-hand touch became tackle, and there were even people running into the walls. “There’s a big group of us that are seniors, so it would be awesome to come out with a win,” senior Olivia Morrison said before the game. “The Popcorn Bowl always gets really heated and competitive because its just fun to support our home teams in football. It’s just really fun to compete
against each other in a different sport.” In the end, the “Philly Fanatics,” came out on top. They won on a touchdown by senior men’s player Ryan Neiswender with five seconds remaining to go up 28-22. Some notable performances came from Shelby Gruss, who had a huge catch over Kendra Zeman, and Gail Gaeng, who participated in her first Popcorn Bowl ever this year in her senior season.
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Duke rests after hectic opener NFL becomes new voice of reason on public safety
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After wearing down an overmatched Buffalo team in a 82-59 victory this past Saturday, Duke could finally exhale. It has been a whirlwind beginning to the season, with nine games in three cities over 23 days. And the No. 8 Blue Devils (8-1) are ready for a break. “This was a long, extended stretch of quick turnarounds, learning about one team and then the next day having to learn about a whole different group,” Amile Jefferson said. “Always being locked in mentally as well as physically. When you’re playing three really good teams in five or six days, you don’t have a lot of room for turnaround. It’s like you play the next game, and then you get over it. It’s taxing on you mentally and physically.” The Blue Devils have a 10-day break for final exams and don’t play again until Dec. 15 against Georgia Southern. Monday was a feedback, lift and conditioning day. Tuesday and Wednesday will be off days, letting players focus on schoolwork. Thursday night, there will be another conditioning workout, and all exams, projects and papers will be done by midday Friday.
That gives Duke until Monday to meet daily and just focus on basketball. “One thing about the exam week, once you get through it, you don’t have school,” coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Even though you have Christmas break and stuff like that, you can really hone in on being a basketball player. All of us need to do that.” And, for the first time since the preseason, the Blue Devils will have the time to practice hard, challenging each other to get better instead of just relying on opponents to do that. Coaches will have time to review film with players and make necessary tweaks. And the players that actually play will have time to let their bodies recover. Duke already has a short rotation, going just seven deep even in games against mid-major opponents: Marshall Plumlee, Amile Jefferson, Matt Jones, Grayson Allen, Brandon Ingram, Derryck Thornton and Luke Kennard. And for the latter three, there has certainly been an adjustment to the pace and physicality of the college game. It’s one thing to run an eight-man rotation when it includes elite talents like Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones. It’s not quite the same with the
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is pumped during the second half of the NCAA National Championship game Monday, April 6, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. seven the Blue Devils feel comfortable with this year. That leads to performances like the one against Buffalo, with Krzyzewski saying he thought his team looked tired, particularly in the
first half. Still, though, Krzyzewski made a point after both the Indiana and Buffalo wins to say that he was proud of his squad. The loss to Kentucky was
a wake-up call, no doubt. But since then, even if it hasn’t always been aesthetically pleasing, the Blue Devils have found a way to win. And that’s a valuable skill.
“Our team played like winners today,” Krzyzewski said after the Buffalo game, which Duke won despite shooting a seasonlow field goal percentage. “And I am proud of them.”
NFL takes stand on gun control principles NFL becomes new voice of reason on public safety BY MICHAEL BRICK TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Somehow the National Football League, our country’s foremost purveyor of wanton violence for fun and profit, has managed to position itself as an important voice of reason on gun control. Now more than ever, as the two terrifying specters of mass shootings and global terrorism merge into one, we need to hear its message. NFL officials have in no way chosen the easy path. They are standing up against a sympathetic opponent with strong and wellintentioned arguments. For the past few years, unions representing law enforcement officers have been urging league officials to allow off-duty officers to carry loaded weapons into pro football games. The Fraternal Order of Police, supported by local unions across the country, argues that more armed officers will provide faster response times to confront an armed assailant. The NFL has responded by pointing out that its stadiums are already well patrolled. In a 2013 letter to the union, league secu-
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell greets fans on the sidelines before an AFC Wildcard game between the Houston Texans and the Cincinnati Bengals Jan. 7, 2012, in Houston, Texas. rity chief Jeffrey Miller said 500 civilian security guards and 150 on-duty officers work every game. They recognize one another and carry out specific assignments. Both sides agreed to disagree until last month, when the terror attacks in Paris — including bombs detonated during a soccer game — turned the world’s attention to the emerging threat of mass shootings
augmenting the old weapons of hijacking aircraft. The national union wrote back to the NFL, urging officials to reconsider as groups like ISIS target large gatherings. Here in Texas, much of this debate has gone overlooked. Citing state law that seems to supersede league policy, officers have been able to take their weapons into AT&T Stadium and NRG Stadium.
When I called Charley Wilkison, executive director of the Coalition of Law Enforcement Agencies of Texas, he urged the league to look to our state as an example. Off-duty officers, he argued, know how to identify themselves to their colleagues in an emergency and quickly help end the threat. “They’re going to buy a ticket,” Wilkison said. “They’re going to be there
in the crowd. They’re football fans. They want the game to go on and want things to be peaceful.” Both sides want safety. Both sides make compelling arguments. But there is something bigger at stake here, and you can see it, too, right here in Texas. Since the last legislative session, when lawmakers opened college campuses to firearms, utter confusion has reigned.
Texas Christian University opted out of the law. The University of Houston called a public meeting to discuss the issue. The Faculty Council at UT-Austin approved a resolution to ban guns in “educational spaces.” Another new law seeking to expand gun rights has produced similar results, leaving local officials unsure of their authority to ban guns in government buildings. Struggling to respond, Harris County officials have started evaluating each of their 150 buildings separately. Across the state, as my colleague Lauren McGaughy reported, various unions representing government officials have joined the fray. For a nation awash in 300 million guns, the time for quibbling over exceptions and loopholes has passed. Private groups need to retain the clear right to turn guns away. The time has come to place our trust in our strong, onduty armed police departments. We need to let go of our fear. We need to listen, believe it or not, to the NFL. “This Sporting Life,” by Michael Brick, runs every Wednesday in Gray Matters. Bookmark Gray Matters. Somehow, our country’s foremost purveyor of wanton violence for fun and profit has managed to position itself as an important voice of reason.
Orioles won’t offer more than $22 million to Chris Davis BY EDUARDO A. ENCINA TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
The Orioles have made an offer to retain freeagent slugger Chris Davis, but the deal would be worth no more than $22 million a year, an industry source said. The Orioles have been more active this offseason than past years, and they’ve said they will be able to increase payroll for the fourth consecutive year. Nearly half of the 30 major league clubs have a player who makes an annual average salary of $22 million or more. The Orioles’ highest-paid player, center fielder Adam Jones, makes an average of $14.25 million. Davis will undoubtedly make more than Jones, but how much? And how much does Davis truly want to remain in Baltimore? ESPN on Wednesday reported that the Orioles have made Davis a seven-year, $150 million offer, which would average $21.42 million a year. The Orioles aren’t willing to go beyond the $22 million a year mark, according to a source, which seems to be what Scott Boras, Davis’ agent,
is looking for. Even without Davis, the Orioles payroll for next season would be more than $100 million, a level that the club didn’t reach until three years ago. The Orioles are engaged in a poker game with Boras. They’ve made their offer and executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette has made it clear that the club has made contingency plans to pursue for other lefthanded bats on the trade and free-agent markets if Davis does not re-sign. Making an offer of this magnitude indicates their willingness to spend an unprecedented amount. The Orioles’ largest deal to date was Jones’ sixyear, $85.5 million contract extension signed in 2012. In the cases when the Orioles have been willing to spend, it has been on known commodities. Davis has been a major piece in the club’s resurgence and he’s a fan favorite. If they are going to go beyond their previous spending boundaries, it is more likely to be on a player like Davis than a free agent from another organization. Three of the Orioles’ four largest contracts were giv-
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The Baltimore Orioles’ Chris Davis crushes a solo home run against the Tampa Bay Rays at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Sept. 2. en to players already on the club. Jones and shortstop J.J. Hardy were signed to extensions. Matt Wieters
accepted a one-year qualifying offer this offseason. The only exception is right-hander U bal-
do Jimenez, who came from the Cleveland Indians after signing a fouryear, $50 million free-
agent deal. Davis has not received other offers, suggesting the slugger wants to return to Baltimore.
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MLB recomends protective netting
Tony Romo remains cautious as he comes back from collarbone injury
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, — In an effort to improve fan safety at ballparks, Major League Baseball issued recommendations to each team Wednesday morning urging them to extend protective netting to shield all field-level seats between the dugouts and within 70 feet of home plate. The league began a review of fan safety measures this summer following a number of injuries stemming from
IRVING, Texas — Aaron Rodgers understands what Tony Romo went through (and still is going through) in coming back from a broken collar bone. In 2013, Rodgers broke his collarbone in a November game against the Bears, then returned eight weeks later for the regular season fi nale and a playoff loss.
bats or balls flying into the seats. A consultant specializing in stadium architecture and protective netting will assist all clubs in implementing the recommendations. A release from the league also said the league and its clubs will increase its efforts to educate fans seated in the higher-risk areas, going beyond signs and warnings already posted.
When he made his return, the collarbone was on his mind. “There was a lot of apprehension when I was out there,” Rodgers said on Wednesday. “I actually took a shot in the _ I think it was the second quarter _ on that side. Fortunately it didn’t re-break it, but for sure it was on my mind.”
Two attorneys added to Olympic Committee due to recent scandals With international sport suffering through multiple scandals, and Olympic leaders calling for better governance, the LA 2024 bid committee has added two more attorneys to its staff. Tanja Olano and Anna
and varied range of legal and compliance matters that any candidate city wishing to host the Games has to face,” Chief Executive Gene Sykes said in a statement. The staff additions were made a day after International
Schmitz will join Brian Nelson, the committee’s general counsel and chief compliance officer, it was announced Wednesday. “Brian, Tanja and Anna are ideal attorneys to lead LA 2024 as we navigate the wide
Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach published an op-ed on latimes.com about cleaning up sports in the wake of scandals involving, among others, international soccer and track and the Russian track federation.
Badger freshman adjust to college dunking BY JIM POLZIN TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Khalil Iverson didn’t have to put much thought into dunking the ball in high school. “An easy two points,” said Iverson, a freshman swingman on the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team. “But now, you have to kind of expect someone to come and contest your shot every single time. I’ve learned.” The hard way, at times. Like during the Badgers’ 66-58 overtime win at Syracuse last week, when both of Iverson’s dunk attempts resulted in blocked shots by bigger defenders who seemed to come out of nowhere. “I thought there was no one around,” Iverson said. Fellow freshmen Charlie Thomas and Alex Illikainen know exactly how Iverson feels. They, too, have gotten a primer on how difficult it is to fi nish around the rim at times at the college level. “Guys are a lot bigger,” Thomas said, “and everything is much faster.” Games against Georgetown, VCU, Oklahoma and
Syracuse over a span of 13 days gave the freshmen a taste of what they’ll see when Big Ten play begins later this month. The Badgers (6-3) continue non-conference play tonight with a game against UW-Milwaukee (6-3) at the Kohl Center. “Some days, they’re going to look really energetic and poised and good,” UW assistant coach Lamont Paris said of Iverson, Thomas and Illikainen. “Other days, they’re going to look like they’re erratic. ... I think they’re your prototypical freshmen in that sense playing at this level. “Now, you have some special freshmen that are able to go out there on a consistent basis and perform like they’re a little older. But these guys are your typical freshmen from that standpoint, just trying to learn their way and contribute when they can. They’re trying hard, and you can always say that. But sometimes, they perform better and sometimes they don’t.” Thomas and Illikainen, who are both forwards, are coming off their best games. Thomas had nine points
and six rebounds in UW’s 76-60 victory over Temple Saturday afternoon, while Illikainen delivered six points and nine rebounds. Iverson, who had two turnovers to go along with the two missed dunks in a season-low four minutes vs. Syracuse, had four rebounds in 12 minutes against Temple. Iverson tweaked his back in practice last Friday and sat out the entire second half against the Owls after it tightened up, but he practiced Tuesday and said he’s ready to play against the Panthers. The growing pains are very evident at times with the freshmen, who have tested UW coach Bo Ryan’s patience. In practice Tuesday, Ryan screamed at Thomas after he caught the ball in the post and immediately dribbled as a double team quickly converged on him. “It’s just breaking bad habits,” Thomas said. And building some good habits. The art of deception is something Ryan tries to instill in his young players as a way to make up for
Bo Ryan, Men’s basketball head coach cheers on and instructs his team. disadvantages in size or quickness. It was something the coaching staff discussed with Iverson when breaking down the two dunk attempts vs. Syracuse. “You learn pump-fakes,” Ryan said. “You learn when to use the glass, when to try to throw it down, what’s more advantageous. The quickest way to score when you get it into the post is to
quickly get to the backboard with it before the help can get there. If you’ve got to power down and power up and you’re thinking only a dunk, that’s another step that the defense gets to come play you.” Iverson, Thomas and Illikainen all admitted that using ball fakes and shot fakes were not something they had to do much in high school.
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Now that fi nishing around the rim is more difficult, deception has to be a big part of their games. “It’s tough,” Illikainen said. “They close quickly, they box out harder. You have two options: You’re either going to go up right away or you’re going to pump fake. “That’s the hardest thing to read. Because if you’re wrong, they’re going to swat it into the fi fth row.”
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