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‘Hit it and quit it’
BY CHRISSY PAWLOWSKI STAFF WRITER
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Aaron Fuster, junior in Engineering, swings a stick at a heart-shaped, condom-filled pinata on the Quad on Thursday. The pinata was part of a booth run by the Mexican Student Organization. Students around Fuster chanted “Hit it and quit it!” while he hit the pinata.
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Forum scheduled for Urbana Dem. primary BY CORINNE RUFF STAFF WRITER
The Champaign County League of Women Voters will host a question forum for the Urbana Democratic primary on Friday night. The forum will be held in the Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine St., and is open to the public. The forum begins at 7 p.m. with mayoral candidates Laurel Prussing and Les Stratton, who will each be given two minutes to introduce their campaign. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask candidates their questions.
After the forum, city clerk candidates Phyllis Clark and Robert Michael Gatsche will also answer questions from the public. Carole Rebeiz, voter service chair for the Champaign County League of Women Voters, said the organization hosts question forums for every contested local race to spread awareness of local elections. “This allows the community to have the opportunity to watch a forum and get an idea for what the candidates are like,” she said. Rebeiz said she expects about 30 people to attend. The event will be
broadcasted live on the Urbana Public Television on Channel 6 and will also be rebroadcasted several times before the Feb. 26 election. “This is important for Urbana since this may determine who wins in the general election because there is a larger Democratic community,” Rebeiz said. Sandra Kato, director of project Upward Bound at the office of minority student affairs at the University, will moderate the event.
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Flex-N-Gate workers fight to join United Auto Workers BY AUSTIN KEATING STAFF WRITER
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Serice Employees International Union members arrived to support FlexN-Gate workers, who want to join the United Auto Workers union, at a protest on Wednesday.
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Employees of the Urbana Flex-N-Gate car parts plant owned by local billionaire and alumnus Shahid Khan are looking for support from co-workers in petitioning to join the United Auto Workers union. “Workers have, for a long time now, wanted to improve working conditions at the plant,” said Chris Schwartz, research coordinator for the union. “For months and months, Flex-N-Gate has been reluctant to sit down and have a talk about a free and fair process for workers to form a union.” The group will need to rally the support of at least 30 percent of workers to send a petition to the Illinois Labor Relations Board for unionization. To raise awareness, employees of the headquarter facility in Urbana stationed themselves outside the building’s gates Wednesday. Similar events were staged at seven other Flex-N-Gate locations across the country Wednesday. Flex-N-Gate Corp. operates 20 facilities in the country, nine of which allow employees to join unions. Calls to the Urbana Flex-N-Gate were not returned. Isaias Ortega, robot technician at the plant, was one of the workers holding signs and blowing whistles at drivers entering the gates, some of whom honked in solidarity. Ortega said he thinks the reason plant workers hadn’t looked to unionization earlier was fear of retribution. “The thing is that these supervisors are scaring and intimidating our workers,” he said. He cited an example of a co-worker who was told he couldn’t participate in the event the night before by a supervisor.
“They said ‘I don’t want to see you out there. If I see you out there, you’re going to get fired,’” Ortega said. “That isn’t something you can do.” Jerry Harcharik, president of UAW local 2488 in Bloomington, joined with University students, community members, UAW members and local Service Employees International Union members. He said plant employees have to work for low wages and under poor safety conditions. “What these workers are forced to do, the conditions they’re asked to work under, the lack of pay, the lack of benefits — it’s unconscionable,” he said. “The guy who runs this place is worth $2.5 billion ... he sits in his high rise, and he doesn’t care, doesn’t even care to negotiate with them.” According to an Occupational Safety and Health Administration citation issued to Guardian West on Jan. 15, the plant was responsible for seven safety hazards classified as “serious” with proposed fines of up to $41,200. A serious violation is issued when there is a “substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.” Flex-N-Gate is currently negotiating with the administration, according to an email from OSHA spokesperson Allen Scott. Schwartz said this recent citation is one of the main reasons employees at Guardian West should be allowed to join UAW. “A union can both educate workers about the safety issues that they should be aware of and also provides them with
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Under current legislation, Chan Choi, junior in FAA, only has the option of joining in a civil union in Illinois if he wants to legally commit to a partner. However, Illinois moved closer Thursday to becoming the 10th state in the nation to allow same-sex couples to legally wed, after the Senate voted to lift a ban on gay marriage. Senators voted 34-21 to approve the measure Thursday, sending it on to the state House where Democrats also hold a majority. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn has said he will sign the bill if the House approves it. According to Quinn’s State of the State address Feb. 6, nearly 5,200 couples are joined in civil unions in the 94 counties in Illinois since the civil union law went into effect in June 2011. In Champaign County, 188 civil unions have been filed, said Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, called it “a vote for the history books.” “We have the opportunity today to welcome all families in Illinois as equally valued,” she said. Choi had similar sentiments. “I think it is time for Illinois to pass the legislation because quite honestly ... it could be a monumental step for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters,” Choi said. Some Republicans raised concerns that the bill would force religious organizations to allow samesex marriage ceremonies in their fellowship halls, parish centers or even in their sanctuaries. Before approving the measure, the Senate attached an amendment Thursday that explicitly states no church or other religious organization will be forced to perform same-sex marriages. It also says churches cannot be sued if they don’t allow their parishes to be used for same-sex marriage ceremonies. Sen. Jason Barickman, R-Champaign, was the only Republican to vote in favor of same-sex marriage. He said he worked with Steans on the amendment before pledging his support. “I think it was the right thing to do,” Barickman said. “It’s a vote that I understand some have varying opinions on, but I feel that I voted in the correct way.” The Valentine’s Day vote marked the first time samesex marriage has passed on the floor of either chamber of the Legislature. Steans and other supporters tried to pass it during the January lame duck session. But after getting approval from a Senate committee, Steans opted not to call for floor action, saying it didn’t have enough votes. After picking up seats in November, Democrats entered the current legislative session with control of 40 seats in the Senate, where 30 votes are required to advance most measures. The Senate Executive Committee approved the gay marriage bill on a partyline vote last week, setting up the Valentine’s Day floor action. Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, said he “the prospects are very good” in the House, where he’s the bill sponsor. Harris said he hasn’t spoken with House leadership about when a vote may occur in the House, but he said he hopes it will be soon. He wouldn’t comment on how the roll call looks so far. Polls show voters’ feelings shifting rapidly in favor of gay rights. Last year President Barack Obama said he supports same-sex marriage, and in November voters in four states either approved or voted down bans on same-sex marriage. “I think it’s a safer vote to vote with us than to vote against us at this point,” Bennett said. The issue has caused internal conflict among Republicans as the party works balance its efforts to appeal more to younger voters, minorities and women with the more socially conservative positions of some members. After Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady announced his support for gay marriage during the lame-duck legislative session, saying it was a civ-
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JUSTIN L. FOWLER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Illinois Sen. William Delgado, center, D-Chicago, celebrates after Senate Bill 10, a measure to legalize same-sex marriage, passed in the Senate with a vote of 34-21 at the Illinois State Capitol on Thursday in Springfield.
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offender and victim live together and are in a dating relationship. They had a verbal argument. Q A 34-year-old male was arrested on the charge of public urination in the 200 block of North Broadway Avenue around 9:00 p.m. Wednesday. According to the report, the suspect was seen urinating by a subject who called 911. He admitted to urinating after being located. Officers also observed a large wet spot where the offender had been standing. The suspect was issued a notice to appear.
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Today is an 8 — It’s a good time for romantic plans. Grasp an opportunity and you may get a bonus. Make subtle refinements along the way. Be happy with what you have.
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FLEX-N-GATE FROM PAGE 1A protection and backing so that when they do speak up about problems in the plant, they can have a real voice and make improvements to the plant,” Schwartz said. If the union gathers the 30 percent of workers’ support, a state board investigator would then decide whether the employer and employees would be willing to collectively bargain and consent to a board election for a final determination.
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MARRIAGE FROM PAGE 1A il rights issue, some Republicans called for his ouster. Opponents of gay marriage pledged to fund primary candidates who run against Republicans that in favor of the bill. Thursday’s vote came two years after Illinois lawmakers approved civil unions, which provide legal recognition of a partnership between two people, regardless of gender. But gay marriage supporters said it wasn’t enough. Choi said he thinks same-sex legislation, such as that of civil unions, is discriminatory. “I believe that subjecting laws to who we can and or cannot appreciate is awful, and a civil union is wrong to deny same sex couples of tax benefits and licenses that could be given to any human being,” he said. “Orientation is not a choice, and whether or not we homosexuals have a choice only destabilizes our means for humanity.” ROCHELLE WILSON THE DAILY ILLINI
Members of the Black Chorus on campus give a sing-a-gram to a class in the Armory for Valentine’s Day. The Black Chorus will perform at the Black Sacred Music Symposium Closing Concert on March 10 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
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Beyond Coal to help form human pipeline BY CLAIRE EVERETT STAFF WRITER
Students in the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal organization will join other environmental activists at The National Mall in Washington this weekend in an attempt to form the largest climate rally in history. The Forward on Climate Rally is a call to President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Last year, the Sierra Club estimated the approximately 15,000 attendees at the rally delayed the signing on the pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. “The purpose of this rally is to not only block the Keystone Pipeline but send a message to
President Obama and all the legislators that we want action on climate,” said Drew O’Bryan, Students for Environmental Concerns secretary and sophomore in LAS. Nine members from the organization and other Chicago activists will take a 22-hour bus ride to rally outside the White House and form a human pipeline. “We’re all looking forward to being around activists from all over the country,” O’Bryan said. “It will be good to meet other people and hear their perspectives and stories about why they’re against fossil fuels.” About 135 organizations are signed up to attend the rally.
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Jim Reynolds, 66, right, and wife, Karen Reynolds, 57, recount their experience during a news conference Wednesday in Big Bear Lake, Calif. The couple said they were held captive by fugitive Christopher Dorner inside a condo unit they own at Mountain Vista Resort.
Couple recount how ex-cop Dorner held them hostage under searchers’ noses LANCE BERTOLINO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two SWAT team members stand by a ShadowHawk drone in Montgomery County, Texas, in September 2011. In a major step toward opening U.S. skies to thousands of unmanned drones, federal officials Thursday solicited proposals to create six drone test sites around the country.
FAA to create 6 US drone test sites, raising privacy concerns BY JOAN LOWY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — In a major step toward opening U.S. skies to thousands of unmanned drones, federal officials Thursday solicited proposals to create six drone test sites around the country. The Federal Aviation Administration also posted online a draft plan for protecting people’s privacy from the eyes in the sky. The plan would require each test site to follow federal and state laws and make a privacy policy publicly available. Privacy advocates worry that a proliferation of drones will lead to a “surveillance society” in which the movements of Americans are routinely monitored, tracked, recorded and scrutinized by the authorities. The military has come to rely heavily on drones overseas. Now there is tremendous demand to use drones in the U.S. for all kinds of tasks that are too dirty, dull or dangerous for manned aircraft. Drones also are often cheaper than manned aircraft. The biggest market is expected to be state and local police departments. The FAA is required by a law enacted a year ago to develop sites where civilian and military drones can be tested in preparation for integration into U.S. air-
space that’s currently limited to manned aircraft. The law also requires that the FAA allow drones wide access to U.S. airspace by 2015, but the agency is behind schedule and likely won’t meet the deadline, the Transportation Department’s inspector general said in a report last year. The test sites are planned to evaluate what requirements are needed to ensure the drones don’t collide with planes or endanger people or property on the ground. Remotely controlled drones don’t have a pilot who can see other aircraft the way an onboard plane or helicopter pilot can. There’s also concern that links between drones and their on-theground operators can be broken or hacked, causing the operator to lose control of the drone. Military drones use encrypted GPS signals for navigation, which protects them from hacking, but the GPS signals used by civilian drones don’t have that protection. “Our focus is on maintaining and improving the safety and efficiency of the world’s largest aviation system,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement. “This research will give us valuable information about how best to ensure the safe introduction of this advanced technology into our nation’s skies.”
BY HAVEN DALEY AND TAMI ABDOLLAH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — Officials said Thursday that the burned remains found in a California mountain cabin have been positively identified as fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner. Jodi Miller, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County sheriff-coroner, said the ID was made through Dorner’s dental records. Miller did not give a cause of death. The search for Dorner began last week after authorities said he had launched a deadly revenge campaign against the Los Angeles Police Department for his firing, warning that he would bring “warfare” to LAPD officers and their families. The manhunt brought police to Big Bear Lake, 80 miles east of Los Angeles, where they found Dorner’s burned-out pickup truck abandoned. His footprints disappeared on frozen soil, and hundreds of officers who searched the area and checked out each building failed to find him. Five days later, but just a stone’s throw from a command post authorities had set up in the massive manhunt, Karen and Jim Reynolds said they came face to face with Dorner inside their cabin-style condo. The couple said Dorner bound them and put pillowcases on their heads. At one point, he explained that he had been there for days. “He said, ‘I don’t have a problem with you, so I’m not going to hurt you,’” Jim Reynolds said. “I didn’t believe him; I thought he was going to kill us.” Police have not commented on the Reynolds’ account, but it renews questions about the thor-
oughness of a search for a man who authorities declared was armed and extremely dangerous as they hunted him across the Southwest and Mexico. “They said they went door-todoor, but then he’s right there under their noses. Makes you wonder if the police even knew what they were doing,” resident Shannon Schroepfer said. “He was probably sitting there laughing at them the whole time.” The notion of him holed up just across the street from the command post was shocking to many, although not totally surprising to some experts familiar with the complications of such a manhunt. “Chilling. That’s the only word I could use for that,” said Ed Tatosian, a retired SWAT commander for the Sacramento Police Department. “It’s not an unfathomable oversight. We’re human. It happens. It’s chilling (that) it does happen.” Law enforcement officers, who had gathered outside daily for briefings, were stunned by the revelation. One official later looking on Google Earth exclaimed that he’d parked right across the street from the Reynolds’ cabin each day. The Reynolds said Dorner was upstairs in the rental unit Tuesday when they arrived to ready it for vacationers. Dorner, who at the time was being sought for three killings, confronted the Reynolds with a drawn gun, “jumped out and hollered ‘stay calm,’” Jim Reynolds said during a Wednesday night news conference. His wife screamed and ran downstairs but Dorner caught her, Reynolds said. The couple said they were taken to a bedroom where he ordered them to lie on a bed and then on the floor. Dorner bound their arms and legs with
plastic ties, gagged them with towels and covered their heads with pillowcases. “I really thought it could be the end,” Karen Reynolds said. The couple believes Dorner had been staying in the cabin at least since Feb. 8, the day after his burned truck was found nearby. Dorner told them he had been watching them by day from inside the cabin as they did work outside. The couple, who live nearby, only entered the unit Tuesday. “He said we are very hard workers,” Karen Reynolds said. After he fled in their purple Nissan Rogue, she managed to call 911 from a cellphone on the coffee table. Police said Dorner later killed a fourth person, a sheriff’s deputy, during a standoff and died inside the burning cabin, where he took cover during a blazing shootout. While authorities have not corroborated the couple’s account, it matched early reports from law enforcement officials that a couple had been tied up and their car stolen by a man resembling Dorner. Property records showed the Reynolds as the condo’s owners. The San Bernardino County sheriff has refused to answer questions about how one of the largest manhunts in years could have missed him. During the search, heavily armed deputies went door-to-door to search roughly 600 cabins for forced entry. Many of the cabins were boarded-up summer homes. Authorities said officers looked for signs that someone had forcibly entered the buildings, or that heat was on inside in a cabin that otherwise looked uninhabited. Helicopters had landed SWAT officers in a lot near the Reynolds’ condo, and through the weekend
they stood in plain view from the cabin, gearing up in helmets, bulletproof vests, with assault weapons at the ready. According to the Reynolds, the cabin had cable TV and a secondstory view that would have allowed him to see choppers flying in and out. Timothy Clemente, a retired FBI SWAT team leader who was part of the search for Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph, said searchers had to work methodically. When there’s a hot pursuit, they can run after a suspect into a building. But in a manhunt, the search has to slow down. “You can’t just kick in every door,” he said. Police have to have a reason to enter a building. Officers would have been approaching each cabin, rock and tree with the prospect that Dorner was behind and waiting with a weapon that could penetrate bulletproof vests. In his manifesto posted online, Dorner, a former Navy reservist, said he had no fear of losing his life and would wage “unconventional and asymmetrical warfare” and warned officers “you will now live the life of the prey.” Even peering through windows can be difficult because officers have to remove a hand from their weapons to shade their eyes. Experts said it is likely officers may have used binoculars to help examine homes from a distance, especially when dealing with a man who had already killed three people, including a police officer. In many cases, officers didn’t even knock on the doors, according to searchers and residents. “If Chris Dorner’s on the other side of the door, what would the response be?” Clemente said. “A .50 caliber round or .223 round straight through that door.”
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ne of the very first scenes in “The Social Network” shows Mark Zuckerberg’s drunken online adventure: the invention of Facemash, his website for Harvard students to rate their classmates based on pictures. The concept was simple: Is this person hot or not? Facemash, meet Tinder, the iPhone application launched in September 2012 by Hatch Labs, Inc. The app has risen to fame on college campuses across the country, and as of Monday, Tinder passed a whopping one billion profile rankings. Essentially, after downloading the app, you log in via Facebook, select your sexual preference and allow it to access your current location. Then, the real magic happens: You’re free to swipe through every single potential match in your area, clicking the heart button if you like what you see, the “x” button if you don’t. If I “like” a guy and he “likes” me back, then he becomes one of my matches. A chat bubble pops up, giving the two of us an open invitation to flirt. Tinder’s tagline reads: “A fun way to break the ice.” Apparently, this is how we’re meeting people now. I downloaded the app this past Tuesday, partly because I was bored in class and partly because I wanted to find sources for this very column. Tinder fascinated me. I sat through a 90-minute lecture with my iPhone glued to my fingertips, swiping through pictures of every guy within 1 mile of the Natural History Building — my location. Tim, Lonnie, Erik, Carlos, Matthew ... The fellas kept on coming. A highlight of my Tinder research was recognizing people I knew, like Pierson Wodarz,freshman in DGS. Immediately, I sent him a text to find out his opinion of the app. Wodarz claimed he wasn’t a fan. His response to my questioning: “If I needed to know if I was hot or not, I’d just make an account at HotOrNot.com ... If that still exists? Lol.” (Yes, that site does still exist. My friend might want to check that out.) As I continued scrolling past faces, I pressed the “heart” button whenever I came across someone that was within a few miles of me. To my matches, I sent an innocent message that explained my column and asked for an interview. First, there was Jay, who chatted me, then immediately blocked me after I popped my question. Then, a boy named Billy, whose response read: “Uhh ill pass thanks.” Kevin: “I don’t do interview sorry.” Daniel: “No thanks. Good luck thoe.” Michael: “Haha no chance.” Joseph: “Geez you didn’t even actually like me lol.” I had hit a wall, unable to find anyone on Tinder who was actually willing to talk about Tinder. So, what’s a girl to do? Draw conclusions. The men of our generation need to step up their game. Dating as Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks knew it is dead and dying, and it will continue to die a slow, painful death if the male population continues down this cowardly path. Women are certainly at fault as well, but I think men are supposed to be the initiators, the pursuers, the leaders. They make the first move. Not us. If I couldn’t even get a harmless little interview on Tinder, then how could any Tinderellas out there expect to get a date? A potential relationship? A boyfriend? Of course, I don’t believe Tinder was created for love — it’s about lust. The app is driven by appearances and flirtation, a mindset that is killing our society. A boy doesn’t simply call a girl to ask her out — he texts. He hides behind his phone, hoping and praying that she’ll type back a “yes.” Inventions such as Tinder are just fanning the flames. Listen up, guys, I’ve got a challenge for you: Man up. If you want to flirt, then flirt in person. If you want to take her to dinner, then go knock on her door. And if you want to meet someone special on Tinder ... Well, maybe you shouldn’t.
Melanie is a sophomore in Media. She can be reached at mastone3@dailyillini.com and @mellystone.
Upset of No. 1 Indiana has lasting meaning KIRSTEN KELLER Opinions columnist
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ssembly Hall was filled with expectation Wednesday. Six days earlier, our beloved underdogs defeated No. 1 Indiana by a basket in the last second of the game. The Illini entered the court Wednesday night for the first time after that perfect game as if they ruled the place. Videos ran showing highlights of the Indiana game, and energy surged through the hall. While we won 79-59 over Purdue, marking our third straight win after a string of losses, the Indiana game remains something that is too perfect to forget. When our Illini defeated the Hoosiers last Thursday night, every single person in Assembly Hall was astonished. I’d be willing to bet that no one expected the Illini to win that night. Hoosier fans, who made up a considerable portion of the attendance, came ready to rub a win in Illini fans’ faces. On the other hand, we humble Illini fans came in with hope, but no notions of winning. And for many, including me, it may not have been until the three-minute mark in the second half that we started to think we had a shot at winning. And at the 1:19 mark, we were tied at 70-70, and an amazing thing happened: We expected to win. And boy, at that point, if we didn’t win, there’d be some angry Illini fans hitting up the bars after the game. But it didn’t have to come to that. It
President Obama needs to act in Syrian civil war As President Obama’s second term kicks off, the conflict in Syria spirals into its third year. In that there is so much at stake for the United States and the region as a whole, and in that the humanitarian consequences in Syria have been beyond catastrophic, the events in Syria will pose the toughest decisions on the second Obama administration’s foreign policy agenda. To be precise, what President Obama does or fails to do in Syria will define the state of the Middle East for decades to come. The conflict in Syria has claimed over 60,000 lives and has displaced more than 2 million Syrians. Over 600,000 Syrians are refugees in neighboring countries. As the armed opposition to the Syrian government, the Free Syrian Army, attempts to solidify its control over parts of northern, eastern and central Syria, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues to authorize attacks on innocent civilians, as highlighted by the recent bombing of the University of Aleppo. The Syrian army and gangs loyal to Assad have had no shortage of means to inflict terror and suffering on the Syrian people. The world has watched idly, and Western powers have continued to deliver condemnation upon condemnation of Assad and have continued to point to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s support of the Syrian regime as the principal enabler of Assad’s war crimes. The reality is that the responsibility of what happens in Syria falls upon American leadership.
didn’t even have to come to overtime. In the last 0.9 seconds, Tyler Griffey scored the basket that made Illini fans’ jaws drop. Thanks to the comeback-kid attitude that our guys put on, we had a wonderful moment that no one who was at the game that night will ever forget. Let’s freeze that moment in time. Don’t think about the up-and-down season the team was having before that night. And don’t worry about what will come next for the Illini. Since the Indiana game, we have won two games with a close 57-53 win at Minnesota and a clear win over Purdue, where the Boilermaker’s coach was ejected and our benchwarmers replaced the starters for the last few minutes of the game. Exciting, yes, but what we got last Thursday was so important. I was at the game that night with my dad who graduated from the University in 1982. He was at the Michigan State game on Jan. 11, 1979 where, for the first time, the Illini beat the No. 1 team in the nation. Illinois’ record against No. 1 teams is 3-20. My dad got to witness two of three wins against a No. 1 team. As cool as that sounds (and as cool as that is), being an Illini basketball fan has not been easy for him in between 1979 and 2013. While there have definitely been good moments (including two appearances in the Final Four), for years I have watched him yelling at the TV in frustration while the Illini play. That’s why last Thursday night was so refreshing, not only for alumni like my dad, but for current students at the University who are devoted to the Illini and attend the games even when we’re not doing well.
As the buzzer hit 0 seconds, Assembly Hall erupted. There was no hesitation for those who rushed the court — the ball went in the basket, and instantaneously a sea of orange maniacs stormed the court. They surrounded the players, who were as emotional as the fans. Up in the C section, my hands shook as I tried to snap a shot of the scoreboard that displayed “Illinois 74 Indiana 72.” Normally after games, Assembly Hall empties quickly. The fans clear out, the band finishes “Oskee-WowWow”, and the players head to the locker room. But it was only the Indiana fans who quietly exited the hall at the conclusion of the game. Illinois fans soaked up the euphoria, not wanting that perfectly unexpected night to end. My legs were wobbly as I walked down from the C section to the area above where the pep band plays. The band, having stormed the court as well, was called back to continue its very important job. As director Barry Houser conducted the downbeat, the first note of “Hail to the Orange” rang through Assembly Hall. No longer were people simply singing the words of the alma mater. Every word had meaning. Every word had pride to back it up. And every word sounded sweeter than ever before. My dad and I swayed to the music as we sung, “We love no other / So let our motto be / Victory, Illinois! Varsity!” And what a victory it was, Illinois.
Kirsten is a sophomore in Media. She can be reached at kekellr2@dailyillini.com.
Guest column Our leadership has adopted the policy of “leading from behind,” recklessly attaching itself to futile diplomatic means to bring Assad down after Assad has continuously indicated that he is not to be reasoned with. His latest public speech was the rhetorical equivalent of giving the middle finger to the U.S. and U.N. Meanwhile, our allies neighboring Syria, including Turkey and Israel, continually experience conflict leaking across their borders, and Iranian leadership remains empowered as Assad, Iran’s only Arab ally, thwarts the West with his noncompliance and massacring of his own people. During his first term, President Obama arguably treated the conflict with caution to avoid a potential prolonged military entanglement that would burden American taxpayers with another Middle Eastern war and ultimately cost him his reelection. Whatever his motives for inaction were, he ignored the calls of Secretary Clinton, Secretary Panetta and CIA Director Petraeus for active engagement in Syria. This caution is reflected in the fact that the Obama administration has drawn the red line for Assad at the use of his large chemical weapons stockpile. In other words, Assad can continue to slaughter innocent civilians with any weapons at his disposal without any reaction from the United States. That is the Obama Syria policy: no policy at all. As the civil war continues to uproot Syrian lives and send the entire country a year back for every month it ensues, Assad and his Russian advisers know very well that Obama’s red lines are nothing but rhetoric. This
reinforces to Assad that U.S. leadership is impotent in asserting its relevance and influence in the region. President Obama made it clear that the use of chemical weapons would change his “calculus” and would force him to act. As much as some Syrian political and military opposition groups state otherwise, the Syrian opposition needs U.S. leadership to end this conflict. But as of now, the Syrian people have found a U.S. president too paralyzed to be counted on. As a Syrian-American who used to spend his summers in Syria, I haven’t the heart to speak to my grandparents while their neighbors are murdered, their house in Homs is quartered by the Syrian Army, their grandchildren are traumatized and their golden years are lost to the destruction of their beloved country, all while my president and my country do nothing. While former President George W. Bush’s reckless interventions cost America blood and treasure and damaged the United States’ image and partnerships with the Muslim world, President Obama’s weak leadership is costing us even more. U.N. envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi warned that as many as 100,000 Syrians could be killed by the end of 2013. As Syria burns and threatens to engulf the entire region, the United States will face a Syrian generation and Arab people disillusioned with American influence and reliability and a world distrustful of America’s resolve to act when it matters the most. ADHAM SAHLOUL, sophomore in LAS and previously served as a policy fellow at the Syrian Emergency Task Force in Washington
Letter to the Editor Columnist Emily Bayci isn’t as funny as she thinks I’m writing in response to the Valentine’s Day column titled “Nothing compares to dating athletes.” While I understand that the intended purpose of this article was to be humorous, I think it missed the mark.
To be fair, it is difficult to write satire. To write satire well, one must first master the art of subtlety. Using an age-old, tired stereotype about “jocks” could work, but it certainly didn’t in this case. The purpose of satire is to make an intelligent and witty jab at established norms. Simply stating the polar opposite of your own views isn’t funny,
it’s the equivalent of a fourth grade “... NOT” joke. I’m also not quite sure what “fanangle” means (if you meant finagle, it doesn’t contextually make any sense.) I didn’t intend this to be a scathing criticism, but unfunny satire doesn’t add anything to the experience of your readers, it just bores them. EMMA MURDOCH, senior in LAS
just about that time of the year where the ARC and CRCE grow quiet. The clanking of weights isn’t so noisy, the tracks become less crowded and the spurt of gym rats hell-bent on fulfilling their New Year’s resolution of getting in shape quickly trails off. But don’t get used to the spacious feel the gym has now, fitness fanatics. There’s a new flock of students who are about to make your Mondays even longer; that’s right, the spring breakers. As the chatter gets progressively louder with spring break only a month away, more and more students are taking advantage of their paid-in-full student fees, hitting the weight room and sauna. With the hope of developing those washboard abs and toned legs, students seek comfort in knowing that soon they will be laying on a sandy beach with all of their friends, skimpily dressed, soaking in the sun. It’ll undoubtedly be a trip of a lifetime, filled with plenty of laughs and lots of booze. But, is there a mentality we as students are adopting that makes us believe that a hasty solution to changing our body image is plausible, or even acceptable? Are we striving to develop the body image of a King Leonidas (“300” is a sweet movie by the way) to impress the ladies and stand out amongst our friends? It makes me wonder if we conform to the notion that we must look good in some fashion. Or maybe that going to the gym provides a sense of achievement to those spring breakers, who then look to the trip as the real reward. However one chooses to frame it, there’s a real issue going on that we seemingly forget to address: health is an all year round thing, not a convenient fix. While there are plenty of students who are dedicated to improving their overall health and are committed to incorporating the gym into their hectic college schedules, this recurring wave of aspiring health enthusiasts are missing a common patience shared among the devoted few. Surely, the squats and deadlifts must wait; the glamour muscles have to come first. It’s no secret — our need to have a great-looking body comes from numerous influences in popular culture. We see it in the movies, the magazines, on YouTube and from an influx of junk mail promoting fat-burners and the newest dietary plans. By those standards, if you don’t look like a fitness model, you clearly aren’t a healthy person. But the problem with this craze is dual-pronged. The first issue being that the actual construct of the “perfect” body isn’t entirely a result of tireless hours spent at the gym aided by risky supplementation. If this were the case, every single person could grace the cover of “Muscle and Fitness” or put out their own home-workout DVD set. The second issue is a relative effect of the first, where people seek a “quick fix.” Similar to the diesel fuel a Mercedes requires to run efficiently, our body’s design has much to do with proper nutrition more so than routine exercise. The irony of students who yield to such a capricious ideology — that they can remodel their body quickly — is detrimental to their physical and mental health. More often than not, one does not take into account other behaviors that hinder their health, including binge drinking, recreational drug use and sleep deprivation. Perhaps if we were to re-evaluate our actions, we could foster an appreciation for how invaluable our total health really is. It’s a test of character, no doubt. And despite various constraints that shackle us into adhering to the financial burdens that we face as college students, we all have a choice to live a certain lifestyle. It’s with this that I must say there is no quick fix. The path of unwarranted supplementation can be a slippery slope. Life, like college, is tough. We must accept that anything you want to do in life will take hard work and an unparalleled work ethic if you want to achieve your dreams. The difference in the dedicated gym rats vs. the spring breakers speaks volumes of who they are and what they embody. This spring break, I won’t be enjoying a game of beach volleyball and a night out on the town with my friends. Instead, I will read a book or two, with the hopes of improving my spiritual self. I will eat a balanced and fruitful diet that will positively contribute to a greater overall health. And again, it will be a time where the gym grows quiet — where you can find me working hard now and forever.
Imran is a sophomore in DGS. He can be reached at opinions@dailyillini.com.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan army is training female special forces to take part in night raids against insurgents, breaking new ground in an ultraconservative society and filling a vacuum left by departing international forces. “If men can carry out this duty why not women?� asks Lena Abdali, a 23-year-old Afghan soldier who was one of the first women to join one of the special units in 2011. Night raids have long been a divisive issue between Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who doesn’t want foreign troops entering Afghan homes, and the U.S.-led coalition that says the raids are essential to capturing Taliban commanders. Many Afghans, however, have complained that the house raids are culturally offensive. Having male troops search Afghan females is taboo. So is touching a family’s Quran, the Muslim holy book, or entering a home without being invited. Another focus of anger has been the disregard for privacy and Afghan culture because women and children are usually home during the raids. The raids now are conducted jointly by U.S. and Afghan forces, but the female Afghan special forces soldiers play an important role. Their job: Round up women and children and get them to safety while guarding
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PARIS — The price, smell and color should have been clear tipoffs something was wrong with shipments of horsemeat that were fraudulently labeled as beef, French authorities said Thursday. The government pinned the bulk of the blame on a French wholesaler at the heart of a growing scandal in Europe. Police in the U.K., meanwhile, announced the arrests Thursday of three men on suspicion of fraud at two meat plants inspected earlier this week by the country’s Food Standards Agency. The two separate developments were part of an escalating scare that has raised questions about food controls in the European Union — and highlighted how little consumers know about the complex trading
operations that get food from producers to wholesalers to processers to stores and onto their dinner table. Europol, the European Union police agency, is coordinating a broad continent-wide fraud investigation amid allegations of an international criminal conspiracy to substitute horse for more expensive beef. In Paris, Benoit Hamon, the government’s consumer affairs minister, said it appeared that in the most prominent case fraudulent meat sales had been going on for several months, and reached across 13 countries and 28 companies. He did not name the countries or companies. He said there was plenty of blame to go around, but most of it rested with Spanghero, a wholesaler based in southern France. Officials at Spanghero denied
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No Comment places 1st at quarterfinals A cappella groups NoCo, Xtension Chords advance
piece of music that we’ll read from and learn from.� Stover thinks one reason for NoCo’s success is that they’re a co-ed group, which allows for more diverse song choices. BY JULIA MARBACH “There’s no recreating a male bass voice in STAFF WRITER an all-girls group,� Stover said. “There’s no They’ve practiced for months — three hours comparison ... We can sing a guys’ song, a girls’ a day, three times a week — and it’s finally time song, a duet, whereas an all-guy group can sing to show off their skills. They aren’t nervous, an all-girls song, but it doesn’t have the same though. They’ve got this. effect.� “We don’t psych ourselves out and worry Madison Wilkinson, alto singer and sophomore that the judges are critiquing us or worry in Business, attributes the group’s success to about the parts we might mess up,� said Scott their close friendships. Stover, tenor for the UIUC a cappella group No “I consider these guys my best friends and sort Comment (NoCo) and sophomore in ACES. “We’re of like another family,� she said. “We all have just having fun, and that’s why we all do it. We the same goals and same passions, and we’re obviously love performing.� all brought together by the same It was this mentality going in to love of music, and I think that the International Championships definitely helps.� of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) Another University all-male quarterfinals competition on Feb. a cappella group, the Xtension 2 that helped the 15-member co-ed Chords, took second place at the group, which was founded in 2004, competition. Both NoCo and the win three out of the four possible Xtension Chords will move on to awards. compete in the ICCA semi-finals This was the first time NoCo on March 30 at E. Desmond Lee has placed at the ICCA, which Concert Hall at Washington University in St. Louis. was held this year at Illinois State University, Stover said. Not At the semi-finals, NoCo will only did they win first place over perform the same set as the seven other groups, but they also quarterfinals, which is not a won best soloist, which went to requirement but a choice, Stover Kelsey Stanker, senior in FAA, said. and outstanding choreography for “We’re reworking some parts their entire set. that we want to make sure we have “Winning best soloist was everything right,� he said, “but c ompletely shock i ng a nd it’s not just a two-month stress overwhelming in the best way,� of beating the songs to death and Stanker said, who sings alto, making them crazy drilled.� mezzo and soprano. “I didn’t see Although the ICCA is the only it coming, but the rest of my group contest NoCo participates in, they saw it coming the whole night. I average one gig per week, often felt very honored and overcome performing on the Quad, and they with disbelief.� started Christmas caroling in NoCo’s set included a Ben Champaign this year, Stover said. Rector cover of W hitney They also have one show per Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With year, which will be held on April Somebody,� “Breathe Again� by 19. The show is called “AcEx,� or Sara Bareilles, and “Clarity� by A Cappella Extravaganza, and will Zedd. be held at Lincoln Hall. SCOTT STOVER, “I was a lot more excited Anyone is welcome to audition tenor for No Comment about our set this year,� Stover to join the group, Wilkinson said. “And obviously it makes a said. Auditions are held at the big difference when you’re excited about what beginning of each school year. you’re singing versus singing songs that you’re “It was such an accomplishment,� Wilkinson not really fond of. Our set was so diverse, and it said about the victory. really made us stand out.� “(We wanted) to show not only everybody else The group was judged on various aspects of how well we can do, but we wanted to prove it to their performance, including dynamics — or the ourselves too. Just knowing how hard we worked ability to sing loud and soft rather than staying and all the hours we put into it, seeing that it paid the same volume — as well as arrangement and off was just so rewarding.� choreography. “The arrangement is taking a song that you Julia is a junior in Media and can be reached at hear on the radio and actually making it to what marbach2@dailyillini.com. we’ll actually sing,� Stover said. “So, the actual
“I was a lot more excited about our set this year. And obviously it makes a big difference when you’re excited about what you’re singing versus singing songs that you’re not really fond of. Our set was so diverse, and it really made us stand out.�
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A cappella group No Comment won first place for the first time at ICCA Midwest Region quarterfinals on Feb. 2.
Q&A: DEV KENNEDY
Actor, alumnus discusses his role in LGBT-themed play Daily Illini: Could you tell me about yourself and your experience Dev Kennedy, University attending the University of Illinois? alumnus Class of ’82, is Dev Kennedy: I graduated with a
BY SARAH SOENKE STAFF WRITER
degree in speech communication and political science — a double major. I didn’t study theater because I didn’t think it was material to make a living. ... I was there for four years; I lived in PAR for two years and then off-campus housing for two years. ... I have such a fond memory, I loved my time at U of I, loved it. It’s just a very wonderful experience for me to have gone to school there, I’m really glad I did.
DI: Can you tell me about the play you’re in now, “Teddy Ferrara�? DK: It takes place at a university; an unnamed but large university, probably public. And it deals with a group of students, many of whom are part of an LGBTQ group. ... So there is a student, who you never meet, who has killed himself by the start of the play by jumping off of the ninth floor of the library on campus. ... It gets into issues of how different subgroups of the LGBTQ community deal with one another (and) how the university deals with political issues around that.
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performing in “Teddy Ferrara,� a play written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Christopher Shinn and directed by Evan Cabnet. The new drama centers around the student members of an LGBTQ group at a public university when they face a tragedy on campus. It explores the many issues around how the community responds — the organizations, media and minority movements — and how the truth is often manipulated to serve individual interests. “Teddy Ferrara� will be performed at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and is in its second week of shows. It runs until March 3. The theater offers a special $10 ticket price to all students, available through advance purchase. PlayBack, a free postshow discussion with members of the Goodman’s artistic staff, follows each Wednesday performance. Here’s what Kennedy had to say about “Teddy Ferrara� and his experience acting in the play.
Teddy ends up jumping off the same library, and then the rest of the play is about how they, the main characters, deal with that reality.
DI: Was it difficult for you to work in this play, given its heavy subject matter? DK: I suppose it’s not unlike what happens to a doctor or a nurse or a funeral director. I mean, people that work in emotionally charged environments have a tendency to find a way to wall it off so that they are appropriately involved emotionally — engaged emotionally — but they also recognize that you can’t walk around the entire time you’re doing the show and feel like you’re depressed or you end up being pretty miserable. ... So it’s sort of one of the occupational hazards that you have to deal with as an actor.
DI: Have you had any experience with or preformed in a play that centered around the LGBTQ community? DK: Well, I did a play ... (where) I played the main character, who was a gay man. ... I think that’s one of the beauties of being an actor: You get the opportunity to play characters that you are
not. You know, I’m straight, I’ve been married since 1986, I have a child, but you get opportunities to work out aspects of the human condition that you’re not, and that’s a wonderful part of being an actor.
DI: Would you say this play specifically targets how universities handle issues facing the LGBTQ community? DK: I would argue that (Shinn)
uses the university setting as a metaphor for how all organizations deal with, not just LGBTQ issues, but how a story gets hijacked by the media. ... It’s not just about the silo of LGBTQ people wanting what they want. ... We see that as a culture in lots of specific communities, and so the argument can be extrapolated outside of just the LGBTQ issue, but, you know, how do all minority groups deal with (these issues)? ... Does the culture have to change to suit the needs of a few? Or is it really the responsibility of the few to adapt and to change, and how do you then change the culture at large? These are the broader issues that I think the play is really about, as opposed to a kind of
linear plot. ... You know, what is the media’s responsibility today where information is accessible for an infinite period of time? ... How do young people that are using this new media, how do they need to learn to protect themselves from it?
DI: How has this play, taking place at a four-year public university, made you reflect on your own experience at college? DK: This is a
the late ’70s. It just wouldn’t have happened. ... The dorm floor that I lived on, in 1978-79 was a pretty (laughs) raucous, straight group of guys. But who knows who was there on the floor that had to hide.
“The gay community in ChampaignUrbana in ’78 to ’82 was just really beginning to become willing to go public.�
DI: Do you think this show will mainly attract a college audience then? DK: You know,
it’s a very heavy play. It’s a thought-provoking, smart DEV KENNEDY, play, and you alumnus and actor in the new play have to engage world that didn’t “Teddy Ferrara� exist when I was your brain in it in school. The or information gay commuwill whip by you nity in Champaign-Urbana in that you’ll miss and that will ’78 to ’82 was just really beginaffect you. ... You know, the playning to become willing to go wright is asking its audience to public about who they were. ... work. I think it’s a fascinating But when you look at how much play because it’s a deep play. It more out in the open people are has many layers to it. And work living their lives today, it’s real- like that in the theater is more ly pretty astounding. You know, challenging. kids in high school in my community today, there are a couple Sarah is a sophomore in Media. She can be contacted at soenke2@ who are out of the closet. That never would have happened in dailyillini.com.
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Hockey to enter CSCHL tournament shorthanded BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER
One down, two to go. The consensus preseason goals from the Illinois hockey team were to win the CSCHL regular-season title, the CSCHL Tournament and the ACHA National Championship. With last weekend’s sweep of then-No. 4 Robert Morris, the Illini (22-9-2) checked off the first item on their list and have their sights on the second. This weekend marks the CSCHL Tournament in Athens, Ohio, at Ohio University, featuring some of the top talent in all of the ACHA. The conference boasts four of the nation’s top-nine teams and five of the country’s top 12. “We’ve beaten everyone in the conference at least twice,” forward John Scully said. “We feel like we’re the best team in the conference.” Thanks to the sweep over Robert Morris, No. 7 Illinois vaulted to the top of the conference standings, giving the team a first-round bye. There is uncertainty what team will face the Illini on Saturday in the second round. One thing that is certain, however, is that Illinois will be shorthanded. At the end of the first period in last Saturday’s game against Robert Morris, forward Scott Barrera dropped the gloves for a fight — an automatic ejection and one-game suspension from the league. Additionally, Barrera’s linemate, Derek Schultz, will be out after injuring his shoulder last weekend. “It’s going to put an onus on everyone to step up,” head coach Nick Fabbrini said. “We’re not going to have either of our top-line wingers. Everybody else is going to have to step up.” A silver lining in the situation is that Illinois has been shorthanded before. After a multiplayer brawl against Lindenwood earlier this season, the Illini were tasked with going on the road to then-No. 3 Ohio on Nov. 16. With four players suspended, including two of the team’s top-four point leaders, the Illini pulled out an improbable 3-2 victory in overtime. With a season’s worth of experience playing with guys in and out of the lineup, Fabbrini is confident they will manage Barrera’s absence successfully. “All year, we necessarily haven’t had our full roster,” Fabbrini said. “Schultz has only played 11 games and (defenseman Josh) Baker has played four shifts all year.” If the Illini win Saturday, they will play in the title game Sunday afternoon. With the bye in the first round, the team will get to travel and rest Friday while the other teams slug it out on the ice. “Hopefully, they take a chunk out of each other. I hope they play six overtimes,” Fabbrini joked. Even though the national bracket is set in stone — Illinois will face Delaware on March 2 — the games this weekend will be the most pressure-packed to date. “It’s basically a one-day season, a two-day season,” Scully said. “Each shot you get on net, it’s a chance to win the game.”
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BY ALEX ROUX STAFF WRITER
Groce looks close to home in recruitment of local talent
“O
ur State, Our Team.” This slogan, introduced last fall by athletic director Mike Thomas, is Illinois’ campaign to unite “Illini Nation” while giving fans and alumni a renewed sense of identity. It also doesn’t hurt that it one-ups “Chicago’s Big Ten Team” upstate in Evanston, Ill. For some Illini athletes, a different slogan can apply: “Our Town, Our Team.” These are the athletes that hail originally from Champaign-Urbana. Several high-profile “townies” have made names for themselves on the local athletic scene in recent years. Most recently, Champaign Central High School graduate J Leman led the 2007 football team to the Rose Bowl. Former Champaign Centennial High School star running back Mikel Leshoure now plays for the Detroit Lions. Local stars from Centennial, Central High School, Urbana High School and The High School of Saint Thomas More pop up year after year in a variety of Illini sports. With that being said, the University is widely considered a basketball school. Fans need look no further than their own backyard when it comes to two promising future Illini: Michael Finke, a 6-foot-9 junior at Champaign Centennial, joined the Illini when he committed to head coach John Groce’s
program Dec. 12. Rayvonte Rice, a 6-foot-4 guard, graduated from Centennial in 2010. He is currently sitting this season out due to NCAA rules after transferring from Drake last spring and will be eligible to play for the 2013-14 Illini. Finke had several major offers by the time his junior season began, eventually choosing Illinois over fellow Big Ten schools Iowa and Wisconsin. Finke’s father also played basketball and football at Illinois. Rice led Drake in scoring in both his freshman and sophomore seasons and will look to make an immediate impact on Groce’s squad as a junior next year. Both Finke and Rice said they don’t doubt whether they made the right decision when choosing to remain in town. “Groce, he just made me feel comfortable. He showed me the big picture. What it would be like to be playing in my hometown, in front of all these fans,” Rice said. By landing Rice and Finke, Groce has done what former head coach Bruce Weber rarely did by reaching out to Champaign-Urbana prep stars. Rice was Illinois’ Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior in 2010 after averaging 24 points a game and leading Centennial to a fourth-place finish in Class 3A at the IHSA state tournament. This season was preceded by Centennial’s state championship run when Rice was a junior. He was a major
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factor for the Chargers during that 2009 season as well, averaging 16.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Despite the impressive list of accomplishments, Rice received little interest from Weber and Illinois, which led to his commitment to play basketball for Drake. However, when Groce was hired at Illinois in March 2012, Rice saw an opportunity to return home and represent his hometown team. “Just having that second chance, it means a lot,” Rice said. “(I’m) coming in with a new coach that’s familiar with my game. Knowing that I can play in his system feels great.” Rice isn’t the only local high school standout that Illinois may have missed out on in recent years. Verdell Jones led Champaign Central to a third-place finish in the state tournament in 2008. After receiving minimal interest from Illinois, he became a four-year starter at Indiana, where he contributed solid numbers as a point guard during his career playing for Tom Crean. Rice’s high school teammate James Kinney has had trouble staying in school due to legal issues, but he averaged 20.2 points per game for San Jose State through 14 games this season before being suspended for the remainder of the season for violating team rules. Weber notoriously took heat from fans and the media for failing to land big-time in-state recruits such as Derrick Rose and Anthony Davis. After seeing local stars leave for other programs and enjoy
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“Once I got the offer, I just knew it was the right fit for me.”
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MICHAEL FINKE, Illini basketball commit
Illinois' John Scully looks for a shot during the game against Robert Morris at the Illini Ice Arena on Saturday.
Local talent contributing in multitudes While Illinois may be a basketball school, the Illini wrestling program has been extremely successful over the past decade and a half as well. The future holds a Chargers duo for John Groce and the men’s basketball team, but Illini wrestling coach Jim Heffernan already boasts a local pair of wrestlers on his eighthranked Illini team. Walk-on redshirt junior Evan Ellsworth and walk-on redshirt sophomore Adam Acheson both graduated from Champaign Central. They were members of two dominant statequalifying wrestling teams, and they each individually qualified for the IHSA state meet in 2009 and 2010, respectively. The Maroons team placed fourth at the team meet in 2010, led by Acheson. Ellsworth has family ties to Illinois athletics. His grandfather and uncle both played football for the Illini. The 184-pound Ellsworth jumped at the opportunity to carry on the family legacy when offered a walk-on position on Heffernan’s squad. “I always really wanted to go here. Pretty much everybody in my family went to Illinois,” Ellsworth said. Ellsworth’s teammate and friend Acheson said he initially was drawn to Illinois by the wrestling program, but that he is now enjoying all aspects of his college experience. “I’ve come to love it,” Acheson said.
McLaurin: The ‘Invisible Man’ Illinois travels to Evanston for rare Sunday night game The Illinois men’s basketball team will seek to avenge its loss to Northwestern earlier this season, as the Illini travel to Evanston, Ill., to face the Wildcats on Sunday night. The last time these two teams met, Illinois’ defense struggled Jan. 17, when the unit was embarrassed in a 66-51 Northwestern victory. The Illini struggled from behind the arc in that game, shooting 3-for-20. The Illini are coming off a blowout victory at home against Purdue, marking their third win — two of which were over ranked opponents — in seven days.
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Northwestern (13-11, 4-7)
Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Evanston, Ill. Former Illini Meyers Leonard blocked Drew Crawford’s shot as time expired to seal the victory for Illinois last season in Evanston.
Fifth-year transfer’s contributions to Illinois aren’t visible in box score BY ETHAN ASOFSKY SENIOR WRITER
John Groce has done everything but call him the Invisible Man. You can’t always see fifthyear senior Sam McLaurin’s contributions on the stat sheet. How do you put a price tag on menacing an opposing big man, establishing pinpoint position to alter shots or having a sixth sense for switching on defense? Over this three-game stretch where Illinois has seemingly turned around its season after losing six of seven Big Ten games, McLaurin has, by Groce’s standards, been “ridiculously good.” That much was evident during Wednesday’s press conference, when the Illini’s first-year men’s basketball coach wasn’t hiding praise for his big man. “Sam had the highest grade out defensively of any player I’ve coached since we’ve been grading out the way we do, which would be six years, of
a guy that’s played 20 or more minutes in a game,” Groce said of McLaurin’s performance against Minnesota.” The guys in the locker room (Tuesday), when we read that thing off, clapped for him, darn near gave him a standing ovation. That’s how good he was defensively.” Then Thursday, as his fellow seniors stared down a Purdue team they had failed to defeat in seven tries, McLaurin pulled down three offensive boards, five total, and scored a quiet season-high eight points off mostly second-chance opportunities. The six-foot-eight McLaurin also drew the difficult task of guarding Boilermakers sevenfoot center A.J. Hammons while Nnanna Egwu sat on the bench. Hammons scored 10 points on the night, managing just four rebounds in 24 minutes. One play in particular baffled Groce. Rarely does D.J. Richardson run into screens, but in the first half on Thursday he got picked, leaving D.J.
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Illinois' Sam McLaurin defends a Purdue guard during Illinois’ 79-59 win on Wednesday. Byrd wide open for a three. “Sam comes out of nowhere and takes him!” Groce said after the game. “He just has such great awareness. He just sees things. It’s a gift.” McLaurin doesn’t know the hurt of the Weber era. He’s the physical embodiment of Groce’s
philosophy – the past is the past. This summer, McLaurin saw the opportunity to fulfill one of his dreams by joining a top-tier college program. He’d accomplished nearly everything he could at Coastal Carolina, becoming the school’s leading shot blocker and reaching
the top 10 in total rebounds. He found himself watching primetime college basketball games on TV thinking he should be there. When Groce offered him the opportunity, he jumped at it. He was quickly embraced by
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Short-handed Illini taking advantage of rare break BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER
College basketball coaches rarely give players days off, especially in the heart of conference play. So when Illinois head coach Matt Bollant gave the women’s basketball team three days off in a week, it came as a surprise to players. “It was really weird,” freshman McKenzie Piper said. “We’re not used to it.” Illinois is on an eight-day break without games, tied for its second longest of the season, and its last break of more than three days between games until the Big Ten Tournament in early March. The players can see why Bollant gave them the time off. “My body needed the break,” senior Adrienne GodBold said. “I had a lot of wear and tear on my body, my legs and my feet mostly. I needed it.” GodBold has averaged 35.5 minutes during conference play, only heading to the bench for foul trouble. She was the Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year last season, so she was used to starting games off on the bench, but will use the reprieve to help acclimate herself to her team’s weaknesses. “Mentally, I’m trying to watch some film and see a lot of the stuff that I haven’t been able to see off the court because I haven’t really been out of the games,” she said. “That’s where I’m used to getting my mental game from, like sitting out for a second and see where I’m coming in off the bench. Since I’ve been starting, it’s been a lot harder to know what I have to do and where I have to step up.” A lack of depth has forced GodBold and the rest of Illinois’ six-player rotation to step up. Illinois has lost two players, including former starter Kersten Magrum, to career-ending injuries this season, in addition to seeing two players transfer and one signed recruit turn elsewhere after former head coach Jolette Law was fired last season. Bollant doesn’t believe that forwards McKenzie Piper and Nia Oden
are ready for significant playing time, leaving the team with six significant contributors: guards Alexis Smith, Ivory Crawford, Amber Moore, Taylor Tuck and GodBold and forward Karisma Penn. Tuck has replaced GodBold as Illinois’ sixth player, but after Tuck, no reserve averages more than five minutes per game in conference play. Illinois’ six-player rotation has accounted for 97 percent of the team’s minutes in Big Ten play. “Those six better be in pretty good shape,” Bollant said. “One of the things that we pride ourselves on is how hard we practice. We feel like that prepares them well for the game environment.” Although practicing hard means a lot to Bollant, Illinois’ lack of depth has forced him to tone down practices. “We obviously have adjusted practice quite a bit,” he said. “Not going quite as long or not doing quite as much full-court stuff because of that.” The lack of depth has also influenced Bollant to make coaching decisions that he wouldn’t have otherwise, like letting players with two fouls play in the first half. The six-player cycle has led Illinois to have more players foul out than any other team in the country. The rotation has also created unique situations for the Illini, including fiveguard lineups and players playing out of position. “Those six have to be interchangeable,” Bollant said. GodBold has had to learn all five positions. Tuck has been transitioned from a forward to a guard. Moore, a wing, has learned forward and point guard. Crawford sometimes runs the point. “It shouldn’t be as hard as I make it,” GodBold said of learning all five positions. “In practice, we’ve done a better job of changing positions whenever we’re practicing the plays, so we’ve been getting better.” Bollant acknowledged that a sixplayer rotation isn’t ideal. “Hopefully, McKenzie Piper and Nia Oden can add some minutes down the road, especially if we get into foul trou-
Minutes per game in Big Ten play Amber Moore 37.1 Adrienne GodBold 35.5 Karisma Penn 35.4 Alexis Smith 34.4 Ivory Crawford 32.5 Taylor Tuck 21.1 McKenzie Piper 4.8 Nia Oden 2.4 Player
ble,” Bollant said. Piper and Oden have averaged 4.8 and 2.4 minutes per game, respectively, during conference play. He has noticed each player with specific woes that limit her playing time. “(I told her), ‘McKenzie, just show us that you can defend,’” Bollant said. “She has certainly been getting better. She is better defensively today than she was two weeks ago. “Nia just kinda (needs) a feel for the game. Like, understanding against the zone which pass to make and understanding what we’re trying to accomplish in certain areas. Nia is very athletic but can sometimes slow down and let the game come to her more.” Until Bollant is satisfied with each player’s progress, he plans to stick with his six-player rotation. “With the media timeouts and as athletic as we are, we have been pretty fortunate playing six,” he said. Illinois is 6-3 since moving to a that rotation after Magrum was sidelined. The question remains if the Illini can maintain this level of success with such few players and no large breaks left on the schedule. Regular practice resumes Saturday, and, starting Monday, the team will play three games in just six days. “Now we get back to practice and our legs are fresh and ready to go because we have three games coming up this next week,” Tuck said. “It gave us a good break and we needed it.”
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Illinois’ Adrienne GodBold jumps over an Iowa player during the Illini’s win over the Hawkeyes at Assembly Hall on Jan. 31. GodBold has had to learn all five positions because of Illinois’ lack of depth.
Illini prepare new team for season opener
Softball to travel to Houston for 2nd tournament BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
BY JAMAL COLLIER STAFF WRITER
Brandon Hohl thinks the air is weird inside Irwin Indoor Facility. It doesn’t get recycled very well during a two- or three-hour practice. Sometimes the lighting feels weird. That makes it difficult to see the ball off the bat. Right field has a thin, black screen running through it when the Illinois baseball team takes live batting practice, so sometimes the right fielder has to play the ball off the screen, which doesn’t create any kind of carom, and the ball just dies. Those are just some of the problems with trying to play an outdoor game indoors. But the Illini have made the most of it. They try to get outside to the turf at Illinois Field whenever the weather even remotely allows it. Even then, Illinois pitchers overpower the hitters some days. Other days, Illinois hitters overpower the pitchers. Head coach Dan Hartleb said it’s reached that point where it’s just time to play somebody else. Illinois is ready to open its 2013 campaign with its first-ever meeting at Tennessee Tech on Friday. It’ll begin an opening-season stretch of 18 consecutive road games. “It’s an adjustment,” center fielder Justin Parr said. “You have to mentally prepare to travel and be a little bit worn down from that. It’s just a different schedule and style. After that first week, you just adjust.” It’s been nine months since Illinois was left out of the Big Ten Tournament because of a rulebook technicality. Illinois finished in a three-way tie for sixth place — and the final spot in the Big Ten Tournament — with Minnesota and Ohio State, two teams the Illini won the head-to-head season series with. But the tiebreaker prioritized record against Big Ten common opponents instead of head-to-head. It stung then, missing the postseason for just the second time in eight years. But last year was thought to be a bit of a rebuilding year anyway for a team that was coming off a Big Ten Championship in 2011. Illinois had to replace nearly all of that team and began last year with 18 players on the opening-day roster that had never played an inning of college baseball.
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Illinois’ Brandon Hohl hits the ball during the game against Eastern Illinois at Illinois Field on April 10. The Illini won 10-3. Hohl will bring experience to the Illini this season, as he will start at third base for the fourth straight season. This year’s Illinois team returns loaded with talent and experience. The MLB first-year player draft could have hurt Illinois, but its ace, Kevin Johnson, and leader in batting average, Jordan Parr, decided to return despite being drafted. Gone is last year’s starting center fielder Willie Argo, who holds the record for most stolen bases in program history. “I think the thing we need to understand is that one person doesn’t have to fill his shoes,” Hartleb said. “Everybody just has to do a little bit better job than they did a year ago and we’ll be in good shape.” Filling his role in center field will be Justin Parr, who is moving from left field to center field. His brother, Jordan, is switching positions from first base to left field, a move he’s ecstatic about. Last season was the first time in his career he’d played first base. Illinois wanted to move him to the outfield to utilize more of his athleticism. Senior Davis Hendrickson will start at right field to give Illinois a strong veteran outfield presence. The Illini bring two new starters in the field, as freshman catcher Jason Goldstein won the opening day starting job. Goldstein was ranked the No. 4 high school catcher in the country by Perfect
Game and will be Illinois’ first freshman catcher to start opening day since 1992. Left-handed freshman Ryan Nagle will start the season at first base for Illinois. The young Illini will be surrounded by experience, as Hohl will start at third base for the fourth straight season. And Illinois returns the 2012 nation-best double play combination of Thomas Lindauer and Reid Roper. The Illini led the nation in double plays per game with 1.3. The talk of all the depth for Illinois has the players excited and expectations are high. However, the Big Ten coaches picked the Illini to finish sixth in the Big Ten in the preseason coaches’ poll. Hartleb dismissed any meaning to preseason rankings. “This team should be hungry,” Hartleb said. “We had every opportunity to put ourselves in a position to be in the tournament last year. “Just because you have experience, doesn’t mean you win. You have to go out and use that experience to be successful.”
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Deadspin claimed Illinois’ ticket office as its latest victim Thursday. A Valentine’s Day promotion for next week’s men’s basketball game against Penn State garnered negative publicity following a perceived association between the advertisement and the events involving former Nittany Lions’ assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky by the sports website. Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of child abuse in June. The advertisement in question, sent via email, features Illini head coach John Groce and his son, shirtless in the photo, reveling in the moments following Illinois’ upset over No. 1 Indiana on Feb. 7, along with the message, “No matter who’s your Valentine, surprise them with tickets to the game.” It’s not the promotion itself, however, but the context in which the photograph is used, that caught Deadspin editor Jack Dickey’s attention. “But why they chose a photo of head coach John Groce hugging his shirtless son? And why they slapped a ‘no matter who’s your Valentine’ slogan on there? That’s a mystery,” Dickey wrote. Referencing Sandusky and the Penn State child
sex scandal that broke in 2011 was not the intention of Illinois’ marketing team, Kent Brown, associate athletics director for media relations, said in a phone interview Thursday. “It was a very quick turnaround,” Brown said of the advertisement’s conception. “There was a number of us who certainly saw it, and I don’t think anyone’s apologizing for the ad. A week ago, that picture was lauded for a possible sports photo of the year. ... The fact that some people interpreted it as anything other than that is very unfortunate.” Various members of Illinois’ athletic department viewed the advertisement prior to its distribution, Brown said, including the marketing staff, sports information directors and members of Illinois’ ticket office. Brown declined to name the person responsible for final approval of the advertisement, saying, “It wouldn’t be fair considering the number of people who saw it.” “It was certainly not discussed in that context until it was posted by Deadspin,” Brown said. Deadspin’s article fits into the framework of the website’s often-irreverent maxim: “Sports News without Access, Favor, or Discretion.” Illinois alumnnus Will Leitch founded the sports compo-
“I thought we did really well, especially for the first time going out and doing everything together.” BRITTANY SANCHEZ, sophomore outfielder
nent to the Gawker Media family in 2005, though he left in 2008 to become a contributing editor at New York Magazine. Brown said Illinois has yet to receive criticism from fans regarding the advertisement. “I think the people who saw that certainly saw a strong photo that was very popular after last week’s game,” Brown affirmed. “That’s all there is to it.”
“It’s a terrific tournament,” Sullivan said. “We’re really excited about this weekend. Each team we play offensively is very strong one through nine in their lineup, and each team has a couple of power hitters that can change a game with one swing of the bat. All of the teams also like to run a lot and have some of the best returning pitchers in the country, so it should be exciting.” Sullivan added that the Illini share a lot of similarities to the teams they will be facing this weekend; drawing on said similarities will be key in coming away with victories. “We have to work really hard to make the routine plays and defend well,” she said. “We have to throw the ball and catch the ball well, especially when there’s speed in play like there is with these teams. Our pitchers have to challenge these really aggressive teams and we have to put the ball in play so we can get on base and run like we want to.” The Illini will be led by senior pitcher Pepper Gay, who over the weekend pitched a no-hitter and broke the school strike-out record. “It means a lot to me, it’s nice to be on that list of pitchers who have thrown no-hitters,” Gay said. “That was a goal of mine and I’m glad I’ve finally accomplished it. As for the strike-out record, that’s just hard work. It’s just focusing on throwing strikes and it took a long time but it’s nice to be there.” “She has so many of the accolades for pitchers but she doesn’t just want the individual accolades,” Sullivan said. “She wants team wins and team success and that’s where her leadership is so big this year.” Gay said that in order for Illinois to succeed it needs to be both consistent and resilient. “We just have to show resiliency,” Gay said. “When we get down we have to fight back. We have to score both early on in the game and late in the game too, and we need to play all seven innings.”
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The Illinois softball team hopes its constant work with communication will pay off this weekend, as it did last week, with wins in its second tournament of the season, the Hilton Houston Plaza Invite. “Every play defensively involves more than one player, even if it’s a strikeout,” head coach Terri Sullivan said. “So especially when you get a lot happening offensively either for you or against you, you really need to have solid communication.” Illinois looks to continue the success it had last Sunday at the UNI Dome Tournament — going 2-0 in the final day of the tournament. “I thought we did really well, especially for the first time going out and doing everything together,” sophomore outfielder Brittany Sanchez said. “We have been focusing a lot on communication and I thought that went really well.” The Illini will play in-state rival DePaul once, as well as Texas and Houston twice over the weekend.
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RECRUITING FROM PAGE 1B success, standouts like Rice have questioned Weber’s reluctance to sign the area’s top talent. Rice expressed frustration about being passed over by his hometown college team. In his opinion, there were five local D-I caliber products in his high school days, including himself, that all wanted to come to Illinois if given the chance. “Not one of us came,” he said in late January. “We’ve got talent in Champaign. It can’t be overlooked. I guess Coach Groce isn’t making the same mistake.” However, with the new regime change in Champaign, Rice is eager to make the most out of his last two years of eligibility. “I’m trying to be ready to step in and play next year,” he said. “I (want) to make the tournament and go deep.” If everything goes according to plan, the 2014-15 basketball season will feature a unique combination of two Centennial Chargers on its roster. Finke will be a freshman, and Rice a redshirt senior. “It’s pretty sweet,” Finke said. “(Centennial) coach (Tim) Lavin gets it done. A lot of D-I players come through that program. Playing with Ray should be pretty exciting.” Rice was also eager for the scenario to play out. While Finke and Rice will be representing the entire state when they suit up for the Illini, they feel no shortage of hometown pride. “There’s not another school in the country I’d rather play for,” Finke said. “To know I can represent Illinois — not just my state, but my town — and go from there, it’s really exciting.” “It means a lot,” Rice said of being an Illini. “I think I landed in the right spot.”
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Illini basketball best as team When Paul is not sole focus, Illinois is more effective on offense, defense, like Purdue win DANIEL MILLER-MCLEMORE Basketball columnist
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y text conversation with my brother Wednesday night looked like this: Me: Painter got ejected!!!! Matt: You bastard Me: Ahaha it feels good to win one of these finally. Finally. See, my brother went to Purdue, and for the entirety of my college career, I’ve had to suffer through the embarrassing defeats and the inevitable mockery that came with them. It took the better part of four years, but at long last this group of Illinois seniors broke through against Purdue. When asked in the postgame presser how it felt to finally overcome the Boilermakers, senior Tyler Griffey reiterated the classic athlete cliche: It’s just another game, one game at a time. Sorry, Tyler, but I don’t believe it. This one meant a little bit more to this Illini team, and in their impressive victory, they put together their most complete team performance of the Big Ten season. Last week’s miraculous comeback upset win over Indiana was, to date, the biggest win of the season and halted a dreadful slide to obscurity. Last Sunday’s victory at Minnesota built on those positives and showed these Illini do have the grit necessary to win ugly (or as many would call it, pull a Wisconsin). But Wednesday’s victory, despite coming against the most
underwhelming Purdue team in years, showed Illinois’ potential when the team put everything together. Here are three reasons why: 1. Offensive balance — Seven Illini scored eight or more points in the win and none of them were leading scorer Brandon Paul. That’s how an offense that’s firing on all cylinders looks. Slashers (Tracy Abrams and Joseph Bertrand) were effectively slashing, shooters (D.J. Richardson and Myke Henry) were converting open looks, big men (Griffey, Nnanna Egwu and Sam McLaurin) were setting hard screens to free guards and hitting the offensive boards with abandon, keeping numerous possessions alive. Paul was in foul trouble for the majority of the second half and finished the game with just three points, his lowest total of the season. But on this night, Illinois’ offense was better off when their leading scorer wasn’t on the court, as Paul’s offensive night consisted mostly of ill-advised long-range shots. It’s the fifth straight game that a player other than Paul has led the Illini in scoring after Paul led or tied for the lead in scoring in 16 of the team’s first 21 games. This is not to say that Illinois is a better team without BP3, but the Illini are a more dangerous one when he isn’t the sole focus of the defense’s attention or when he has to create his own shot. The Illini are more effective with Abrams facilitating the offense and Paul and Richardson running off screens, receiving handoffs and balls screens on the wings.
2. Rebounding — The Illini dominated the glass, a somewhat amazing feat given that Purdue had won the rebounding battle easily in the first meeting and Illinois had been outrebounded by 32 boards over its last four games. Postgame, Purdue coach Matt Painter labeled the Illini a team that lives and dies by the 3, but the Illini on Wednesday were most certainly not. Twenty-eight percent shooting from beyond the arc may have spelled defeat on many other nights for Illinois, but not on a night when the Illini collect 20 offensive boards. McLaurin, Egwu, Bertrand and even Griffey(!) were incredibly active on the glass. 3. Speaking of Griffey... — My heartfelt apology and love for the senior is well-documented now (I’m still waiting on a response), but Griffey’s play Wednesday night deserves another mention. Without hitting a single 3 (he was 0-for-5 from beyond the arc), Griffey managed to affect the game as much as he has all year. Rebounding, defense, emotion. It was all on display. Griffey has now scored in double figures the last three games, all Illinois victories. In the nine Big Ten games leading up to the current win streak, Griffey never reached double digits. He scored only 26 total points in those games, as the Illini went 2-7. See a pattern? Griffey’s long-range shooting and ability to stretch the defense is critical to this offense. Anytime he contributes as much rebounding and energy plays as he did against Purdue is gravy. Maybe I should start writing him weekly letters.
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BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1B his teammates, given the “old man” nametag and elected as a captain, but his game took longer to assimilate. McLaurin almost never took charges at Coastal Carolina. He didn’t have to. He was the school’s leader in blocked shots. With the physicality and size of the Big Ten, McLaurin had to change his game. He had to learn to grind out defensive possessions, use fundamentals to his advantage and lean off trying to make the show-stopping defensive plays he’d become accustomed to in the Big South conference. Groce has constantly used the term “grade out” to describe how he evaluates players in game situations. Former Illini head coach Bruce Weber used the “Matto chart,” which awarded players points for their hustle plays. While Groce wouldn’t get into exactly what his philosophy entails, he said the bulk of it is preventing rebounds, avoiding easy layups or deep post catches, refraining from fouling and stepping out and defending at the catch on opponents’ 3-point opportunities. Groce saw those qualities in McLaurin when he recruited him to Champaign, and Wednesday he said his fifth-year forward has lived up to his expectations. “He has a physical disposition,” Groce said. “The guys on the team respect him. I mean, how could you not? He dives on the floor for loose balls, he takes charges, he never misses a screen and he very rarely if ever misses a blocked out.” Illinois had 20 offensive rebounds against Purdue on Thursday. Eight of those came from guards. Who do you think cleared the lane? “I just try to win, man,” McLaurin said. “That’s what I’m here for.”
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That’s why, while others care about scoring, McLaurin is fine cleaning the mess. And his game around the basket has noticeably evolved since the early going of the nonconference schedule. He’s putting his shoulder down and moving toward the rim instead of accepting midrange jump shots. Well, that is except for two 3-point attempts he took in the Minnesota game, one of which he actually drilled for his first 3-pointer of the season. They were the first attempts from distance he had attempted since his freshman year in 2008-09 at Coastal Carolina. “That was fun, man,” said McLaurin, laughing at the mere notion he’d joined his teammates as cold-blooded 3-point shooter. “They left me open. I’ve been working on them, me and Mike LaTulip, like every day, so I knocked it down. The second one felt good. It looked like it was going to go in for a second. It rattled around, but I got the one in.” At his old school, McLaurin could only make his way into the tournament by winning his conference. That won’t be the case at Illinois, where every win now works toward building a resume that could truly make McLaurin’s final season of college basketball special. The Illini still need to grind out a few more wins to be safe, but luckily that’s McLaurin’s specialty. “The stat sheet on him, in particular, doesn’t even come close to telling the story in terms of what he brings on the defensive end, how unselfish he is on the offensive end, the little things he does on the glass and how he screens,” Groce said. “He makes winning plays. Sam’s a winner.” So much so, sometimes you wouldn’t even realize he’s there. He’s just fine with his role as the Invisible Man.
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Men’s gymnastics hosts Iowa in annual Gym Jam Huff Hall creates loud atmosphere for gymnasts BY GINA MUELLER STAFF WRITER
Come Saturday afternoon, Huff Hall will sound like a zoo. It will also have a large blue spring floor in the middle of it. To the left of the floor will be a set of parallel bars, a pommel horse, a set of rings and a high bar. To the right will be a set of uneven bars, a balance beam and a vault. The blue floor is a separation marker for the Illinois men’s gymnastics team and the Illinois women’s gymnastics team. This weekend will be the one of two times both Illini gymnastics teams competes alongside each other at the annual Gym Jam. The mutual competitor is Big Ten rival Iowa. Having both teams competing at the same time can be a distraction, but it also doubles the energy in the gym. “I think we are both crazy, energetic teams and we are just going to feed off of each other’s energy,” freshman Joey Peters said. “Plus, I think more people are going to come with the girls there, so it’s all positives.” Injuries from the preseason set Illinois back to begin the season. However, the Illini have had three weeks off from competition, aside from the three men that competed at the Winter Cup Challenge. With the extensive time off, playing catch up is over. “I think some schools, without looking further, have kind of counted us out,” Illinois head coach Justin Spring said. “We lost C.J. (Maestas), but maybe they didn’t know that we were injured in many other capacities with other guys. If we come back and put up a top score, we could open some eyes again.” While senior Yoshi Mori and juniors Chad Mason and Jordan Valdez were away in Las Vegas last weekend, the rest of the Illini performed a simulation meet in preparation for this weekend. This put all the Illini back on the same page for competition. “There was a lot of energy in the gym,” senior Austin Phillips said. “We had a lot of numbers with routines and team sets. We did a lot of polishing. I think the break was well needed and it was well used.” As a freshman, this will be Peters’ first time competing in Huff Hall. He has been told stories of what competing in the facility is like, but he said he can’t wait to get out on the floor and find out himself.
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Illinois' Austin Phillips, pictured, competes during Malcolm Brown's floor exercise routine during the Orange and Blue Exhibition at Huff Hall on Dec. 9. “This is why I came here,” he said. “To compete at Huff Hall in front of a bunch of people. The guys said they will walk in on a random day because they have class at Huff and they will get goosebumps because they will think about what it’s like to compete in front of so many people.” Spring said this meet will be a true testament to see where Illinois stands with the rest of the
country’s men’s gymnastics teams. Though Illinois has competed against Iowa twice already this season, Spring said it is no advantage. The Illini will look to prove themselves in the mass chaos of Saturday night. “I like that it’s dual co-ed against the same team,” Spring said. “It’s like an Illinois Iowa gymnastics showdown. Both are strong programs in the
Big Ten. You are going to have Illinois fans and Iowa fans. “We’ve got to rise to the occasion to show that we are the team that was ranked No. 1 at some point long ago.”
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Gym Jam brings gymnasts together BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
The Illinois women’s gymnastics team will have more than enough energy in the gym when it takes on Iowa at home Saturday. The No. 21 Illini will compete at home for the second time this season. They will also be alongside the men’s team, also hosting Iowa. Both teams will compete in the annual Gym Jam, where the men and women’s teams compete together, in what the women’s team called a very energetic environment. “We love being at home, and it’s a lot of fun to compete with the guys,” junior Sarah Fiedler said. “We work out with them in practice, so it’s a more comfortable environment because we do that every day. There just seems to be a lot of energy, so we’re definitely excited.” The atmosphere should help the Illini in their quest for backto-back scores of 196 or better, though head coach Kim Landrus said the team has to preform
well and go 24-for-24 to do so — something the Illini have yet to do this season. “We talk a lot about performance with the team,” Landrus said. “The score is something you always know comes along with performance. We can’t worry about the things we can’t control, but we can control how we preform.” The Illini will be led this weekend by senior Alina Weinstein, who is coming off a program-tying performance in the all-around last weekend against Minnesota, one that won her Big Ten co-gymnast of the week. Illinois will face an Iowa team that has shown improvement, starting the season 1-2 with a win against Ball State and then losses to Ohio State and Michigan, before bouncing back by finishing second in a quad meet and winning a meet over UIC and Michigan State last weekend. “They’re a great team,” Weinstein said. “Since they’re in the Big Ten it’s going to be great competition, obviously,” The Illini are quite similar
to Iowa in the way their season has unfolded. Illinois started the season with a third-place finish in a quad meet, and lost to Michigan before finding its stride and hitting a 196.125 over Michigan State in its first meet at home. Illinois scored its second 196 of the season last weekend with a 196.350 against Minnesota but was outdone by 0.425 points by the Golden Gophers. The loss didn’t dampen the Illini’s spirits as they still see the meet as a push in the right direction. “What we did last week was a stepping-stone on our road to Big Tens and Nationals,” freshman Giana O’Connor said. “We have been working on all the little things in the gym now we just need to work on turning that over into the meet. We’re calm in the gym and we can do it all in the gym but we just need to work on showing that in the meet so we can continue our success.”
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Illinois' Alina Weinstein celebrates after her balance beam routine during a dual meet at Huff Hall on Jan. 26. Weinstein will lead the team Saturday when the women’s and men’s teams compete together against Iowa.
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