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LES STRATTON BY CORINNE RUFF STAFF WRITER
The Champaign County League of Women Voters hosted a question forum Friday night for candidates in the Urbana Democratic primary. Incumbent Mayor Laurel Prussing and candidate Les Stratton debated questions asked by residents in attendance on topics including crime in the Lierman neighborhoods, the Urbana Landmark Hotel and economic development. The primary election will take place Feb. 26.
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How will you decrease crime in Urbana, particularly in the Lierman neighborhoods and the Philo Road area?
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Jen Chen and Kyle Grob, students at Parkland College, skate together during the Skate with a Date event held at the Ice Arena on Saturday night. Hosted by the University of Illinois Service Committee, all proceeds from the event went to the American Cancer Society through Relay for Life.
“Urbana has used community policing for many years. ... We’ve cut crime 25 percent across the city. When we started condemning the homes at Urbana Townhomes the crime went down significantly. ... Our police department works very closely with our fire department and our building inspectors. We really crack down on slum landlords.”
“My suggestion is to put more police on the streets. I believe locating them in the area on a regular basis is the way to go. Looking at the budget, we’ve come across $380,000 in overtime for fire department. ... I would see capping that and using the balance to put additional police on the street.”
What are your thoughts on funding for the Urbana Landmark Hotel?
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City council to discuss social service funding, early childhood education BY CORINNE RUFF STAFF WRITER
The Urbana City Council will discuss changes to social service funding and ways to increase efficiency in evaluating community need at their regular meeting Monday. Although the city does not foresee an increase in the $313,400 budget from the fiscal year of 2011-2012, council members will re-evaluate current need and consider additional programs that aid pre-K education and youth employment in terms of allocating the funds. “These are known to be extremely effective and to pay huge dividends to kids later in
life,” said Alderman Charlie Smyth, Ward 1. “Kids who get a few hours a week do better in school and graduate at higher rates. Those are the kinds of successes we are after.” Smyth said council members will also discuss ways to make the yearly application more efficient for agencies who continually receive funding, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois and Crisis Nursery. “We need a way for them to quickly report on what they did with the money,” Smyth said. “We also want to evaluate the programs for their relationship to Urbana.” Although the city received 48 applications
from agencies last year, the city was only able to fund about 35 of them. Smyth said there are core programs the city funds every year, and they are unlikely to accept new programs unless there is an excess of funds. At last week’s meeting, Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing and council members discussed the possibility of expanding Champaign’s Summer Youth Employment Program to Urbana if the city can come up with more funding. The program partners with Champaign businesses that offer summer jobs to high school students.
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“Well, the 45 rooms are filled and booked through May. The project was always going to be done in phases. The owner was not out of contract in the agreement because when he ran into problems, we amended the contract. I think it’s wrong to take a man who is investing $2 million and tell him he is a failure when he took on a very tough project and the hotel is beautiful.”
“It’s been managed improperly. The current administration overlooked that (the owner) was not ready. ... They should have sent him back to the table to get a proper construction plan. If he had that, we wouldn’t be in the situation we are now with only 45 rooms available.”
If you become mayor of Urbana, what do you expect to accomplish in the next four years? “I would like to see us continue attracting new businesses to Urbana. I’d like to see completion of the Boneyard project. I’d like to see us have cooperation with Champaign and the University on expanding early childhood education and housing for people and creating more jobs.”
“Sustainable environments in sustainable investments. Urbana needs to invest in things that we know we are going to get our money back. If we spend $5 million on Boneyard and it doesn’t attract anybody, we’re out $5 million.”
New RSO holds 2nd annual conference for ECE students Event included several student competitions, keynote speech by NASA deputy director BY AUSTIN KEATING STAFF WRITER
The new student organization ECE Pulse held its second annual conference, directed toward students in electrical and computer engineering, Friday and Saturday. The conference, which also has the same name as the RSO, was fi rst held last spring. This year about 350 people showed up to the keynote speech, and about 450, more than double the turnout of last year’s event, registered for the conference, said Shivani Singh , director of the conference and junior in computer engineering. “ECE Pulse is a conference that’s not just about holding tech talks and having a lot of students coming together to hear people talk,” Singh said. “It’s about
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FROM PAGE 1A cult competitions. Li Ma and Liana Nicklaus won the Digital II competition and, along with other winners, attended a dinner with corporate representatives Friday night. “We built a control system for a rover that was supposed to leave Earth, go into space, go into Venus’s atmosphere and land on Venus,” Nicklaus said. Graphics cards, lunch, breakfast and snacks were paid for by various corporate sponsors including Nvidia , Intel and Google. “Professor (Andreas) Cangellaris, head of our department, is really proud that we held this event without taking a single penny out of his pocket,” Singh said. The ECE department helped the group plan the event as well. Cangellaris gave the inaugural speech, and Erhan Kudeki , the faculty mentor, oversaw the day’s talks. “They gave us ideas about what we can do in the future,” Singh said. “We just recently became an RSO, so now we are thinking about holding more events than just this conference.” FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINI
Aditya Kedia, Devesh Jhunjhunwala, and Abhishek Harish, all sophomores in Engineering, work in a team of three at the first Coyote Hackathon held at the University on Friday. It was hosted by Coyote Logistics.
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Critics of Hagel say vote will proceed BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Republican opponents of former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s stalled bid to become defense secretary said Sunday that they’ll probably allow his Senate confi rmation vote to proceed unless material more damaging to the nominee — and, by extension, the Obama administration — surfaces in the coming week. Critics said the decorated Vietnam combat veteran is a “radical” unqualified to lead the U.S. military. A top White House official expressed “grave concern” over the delayed confi rmation vote, adding that there was nothing to worry about in any disclosures that may yet come. “No, I don’t believe he’s qualified,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said of his fellow Republican and former Senate colleague. “But I don’t believe that we should hold up his nomination any further, because I think it’s (been) a reasonable amount of time to have questions answered.” McCain and other Republicans have angered President Barack Obama by delaying him from rounding out his second-term national security team, which includes Hagel and John Brennan, the White House counterterrorism adviser who is awaiting confi rmation to become CIA director. Former Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry assumed his post as secretary of state at the beginning of February. Critics contend that Hagel, who snubbed McCain by staying neutral in the 2008 presidential race between McCain and Obama, isn’t supportive enough of U.S. ally Israel and is unreasonably sympathetic to Iran, which has defied international pressure to halt its pursuit of material that could be used to make nuclear weapons. Hagel’s nomination also became ensnared in Republican lawmakers’ questioning of how the White House handled the Sept. 11 attack against a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, in which the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed. Hagel was not involved in the administration’s response. GOP senators also have challenged Hagel’s past statements and votes on nuclear weapons, and his criticism of President George W. Bush’s administration. Republicans last week delayed a confi rmation vote, but have indicated that one will be allowed when senators return from a break on Feb. 25. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., another leader of the opposition to Hagel, referred to a letter he received from Hagel in response to questions about past statements on Israel. Graham said that, as a result, he’ll take Hagel “at his word, unless something new comes along.” Still, the weeklong delay buys Hagel’s opponents even more time to rally additional opposition. Last week, Obama criticized Republican senators for delaying the nomination, accusing them of playing politics with national security.
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Then-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. , D-Ill., and his wife, then-Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, ask each other for their support and votes in Chicago on March 9. On Friday, Jackson, who resigned last year, was charged with spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses. His wife, Sandi, who resigned from the city council in January, was charged with filing false income tax forms.
Taste for flashy items ends Jackson’s career BY SARA BURNETT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — For all the talk of Jesse Jackson Jr. aspiring to be a U.S. senator or mayor of the nation’s third-largest city, his career wasn’t ended by attempts to amass political power. Instead, it was the former congressman’s desire for fl ashy items — a gold-plated Rolex watch, furs and collectibles, such as Eddie Van Halen’s guitar. In a state where stop-at-nothing political ambition has been well documented — and often rewarded — the seemingly frivolous cause of Jackson’s undoing is seen by political observers and former colleagues as both nonsensical and sad. “When you have a magic name like that, he was in position, waiting for the gun to go off, for mayor, the Senate ... he
was playing with the big guys,” said Paul Green, a longtime political scientist at Roosevelt University in Chicago who moderated Jackson’s fi rst congressional campaign debate. “To go down for this, you just feel sad.” Federal prosecutors on Friday charged Jackson Jr. with one count of conspiracy for allegedly spending $750,000 in campaign money on personal expenses. The Chicago Democrat’s wife, former alderman Sandra Jackson, was charged with one count of fi ling false joint federal income tax returns. Authorities say the returns, for the years 2006 through 2011, knowingly understated the income the couple received. Both agreed to plead guilty in deals with federal prosecutors. Their sentencing dates have not been set, but the charges both carry possible sentences of sev-
eral years in prison. Jackson Jr. also could be ordered to repay thousands of dollars in fi nes and forfeitures. While former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich went to prison because he tried to trade President Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat for a more prestigious job or millions in campaign donations, Jackson could go to prison for, in part, buying memorabilia tied to martial arts movie star Bruce Lee. The son of a civil rights icon, Jackson represented Illinois’ 2nd District, which includes part of Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs, for 17 years. He was wildly popular in his heavily Democratic district, consistently winning elections with more than 80 percent of the vote. Suddenly last summer, Jackson disappeared from public
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view for several weeks. His staff eventually revealed he was being treated for bipolar disorder and other medical issues. When Jackson resigned from office in November, he cited his bipolar disorder and acknowledged he also was under federal investigation. Sandi Jackson resigned from her Chicago alderman seat in January. U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, who represents a neighboring district and visited Jackson Jr. shortly after his release from treatment at the Mayo Clinic, said the charges against the Jacksons “couldn’t be more unfortunate.” “I think things probably just got out of hand for them and they got involved in making decisions that just didn’t make a lot of good sense,” Davis said. Davis wondered whether the
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long list of luxury purchases mentioned in the federal criminal complaint were “an indication that his bipolar condition kind of was manifesting itself even then.” If so, he said, it’s unfair to compare this situation to other Illinois corruption. “It’s hard to rationalize it,” Davis said. “Not all elected officials in Illinois are corrupt or building any kind of political dynasty or trying to develop political power. Most individuals elected to public office are citizens who want to make the most effective use of themselves and make this world a better place in which to live.”
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Escaped prisoner fatally shot by police in Texas GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Florida prisoner who escaped in Texas after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was fatally shot early Saturday after refusing to cooperate with officers and lunging at them, police said. Alberto Morales was shot in a wooded area of Grapevine, a community near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. It put an end to a massive five-day manhunt that started when he escaped Monday from a Wal-Mart parking lot after attacking the Miami-Dade, Fla., detective.
Grapevine police Sgt. Robert Eberling said at a Saturday news conference that officers instructed Morales to lie on the ground, but he rushed toward them. Morales, 42, was unarmed at the time of the shooting and was not wearing handcuffs. He was holding some sticks, Eberling said. “He was very skilled and crafty as far as making makeshift edged weapons inside the prison. That was in the forethoughts of the officers. He was able to almost kill an officer with some eyeglasses,” Eberling added.
Police said Morales used a piece from his eyeglasses to stab MiamiDade Detective Jaime Pardinas, who was transferring him by car to Nevada, where Morales was to serve a sentence of 30 years to life for sexual assault. Pardinas was treated at a Dallas hospital for stab wounds to the neck, shoulder and back and a collapsed lung. Parkland Memorial Hospital spokeswoman April Foran said Pardinas was released Saturday. Pardinas was accompanied by Miami-Dade Detective David Car-
rero during the transfer. They flew to Houston with Morales and then decided to drive the rest of the way after he became disruptive on the flight. They had stopped near the store while waiting for a third officer who was flying to Dallas to join them. Department policy requires three officers to be present for transfers of prisoners. On a recording of a 911 call of the incident released Wednesday, Pardinas can be heard breathing heavily as he tells the operator that he’s been stabbed. He described Morales’ height, weight
and appearance and then added, “He’s a schizophrenic.” Miami-Dade Police Department director J.D. Patterson commended Pardinas and thanked the law enforcement agencies that took part in the manhunt. “To the victims who suffered at the hands of this diabolical individual, may you now have peace knowing that he will not be able to hurt you or anyone else again,” Patterson said. Eberling said investigators believe Morales had been planning his escape for some time.
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ll things considered, it could be worse for Jesse Jackson Jr. On Friday, the former Chicago congressman was charged with a number of counts centering around his illegal spending of campaign contributions, which totaled $750,000. With the money he bought a $43,000 Rolex watch, fur coats and a fedora once owned by Michael Jackson. He and his wife, Sandi, also found creative ways to spend campaign contributions to pay down personal debts and fund vacations. Sandi Jackson, a former Chicago alderman, has already pled guilty to falsifying tax returns for the couple, and multiple sources report that Jackson will also plead guilty, most likely in a plea bargain. And for the voters of Illinois, especially Jackson’s congressional district, that’s the best news possible at a time like this. No one wants to turn on the 6 o’clock news night after night to see yet another Illinois politician grasping at straws to defend himself for months on end. Jackson is doing the right thing by trying to wrap up a trial before it begins, not taking up valuable federal court resources, just to end up debating the nuances of just how guilty he is in one instance over another. This admission of guilt comes at the end of a long saga of catand-mouse games between federal investigators and Jackson. In 2008, Jackson reportedly involved himself in a bid for President Barack Obama’s Senate seat, the attempted sale of which indicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is currently serving prison time. Though Jackson was never charged in that case, it was a hit to his public reputation. Last summer, Jackson disappeared from public view, his office later issuing a statement that Jackson was being treated for bipolar disorder at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. This period of laying low seems to have been a strategic move. Even while public disapproval mounted, Jackson never withdrew his candidacy for his reelection to Congress, which he won easily in November. Fifteen days later, however, Jackson resigned from his seat. A special election will be held Feb. 26. The congressman had served in his role since 1995, when Jackson’s predecessor was indicted on charges of having sex with a 16-year-old campaign worker. Jackson won a special election to replace the former Rep. Mel Reynolds. And while it would be crude and irresponsible to write off Jackson’s actions as just another player in the corrupt Illinois political game, it’s hard not to. The people of Illinois deserve better. When he went “into hiding” in the summer, Jackson chose to use his Congressional health insurance to his advantage, having an extensive stay in a top-rated hospital. He had another chance to come clean after his treatment but chose to continue on the campaign trail with little effort, garnering even more campaign contributions along the way. Jackson completely neglected the people of his district — a population that legitimately needs attention with respect to policy — and instead used his post for his own political gain. So it comes with great relief that Jackson is pleading guilty, closing the book on a story that has been drawn out far too long already. Better late than never.
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Illinois is most proud of its people. The typical Illinois student is unlike those at any other college. We are one of the most eclectic student bodies in every way possible. Aside from being diverse racially, economically and geographically, we are most diverse in our interests. You might find an engineering student who manages to go out four nights a week despite endless homework. You might find an English major who has always loved building computers on the side. You might even find a student athlete who happens to love fashion. This culture of diversity is made possible by the endless opportunities on this campus. I recently overheard someone say, “If you don’t find your place at Illinois, you might not be able to anywhere else.” While this sounds harsh, it is also completely accurate, as there is, quite literally, an outlet for any interest you might imagine. More importantly, though, it is through these opportunities that you build friendships that will last a lifetime. I realize that my opinion and those stats may not be enough to persuade you to attend the University. However, I can promise you that if you attend Illinois with an open heart and mind, you will grow intellectually, thrive socially and expand your horizons beyond anything you might think is possible now. If that’s not enough, we also have some outstanding amenities and even more new buildings. Congratulations again and welcome home.
nyone who says that college students have it easy is just bat-crazy. True, we are in the prime of our lives with fast metabolisms, newly explored freedoms and endless possibilities. But when you add in the mix of studying for finals and balancing some semblance of a social life, things start to get real I just got stress hives reading that last sentence, and I haven’t even brought in the grandmother of all worries: money. Life doesn’t come cheap, and unless you have a rich uncle who pays for your every purchase, it’s pretty safe to say that we’ve all wondered at least once when our next paycheck will come in. Although it’s impossible that all of our financial stress will just magically disappear, there’s a chance that things may get a tad bit easier. In his State of the State address on Feb. 6, Gov. Pat Quinn introduced the idea of raising the minimum wage in Illinois from $8.25 to an even $10 in the next four years. He’s looking out specifically for residents in poverty in Illinois but also called the proposal with student employees in mind. And President Obama also jumped on the raise train, calling last Tuesday in his State of the Union address for the federal minimum wage to be bumped up to $9. This sounds wonderful. And almost too good to be true. I think the biggest concern with everyone isn’t what they’re going to do with their money when they get their sweet new advance of $1.75, but where the money is going to come from. It’s no secret that the state of Illinois is in tremendous debt — according to the real-time U.S. debt clock, we’re in a hole of about $145 billion, which equals out to $11,313 per person. We don’t exactly have an endless supply of cash lying around to support a raise. It’s also tricky because of the school of thought that suggests that raising the price would lead to a loss in jobs. If the wage goes up, could a company really afford to hire more people? Raising the wage is risky. Many think it could be better if left alone, with an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” kind of attitude. But it’s also one of those things that could work in our favor. First of all, this proposal goes beyond us. As I said before, Quinn and Obama are keeping a majority of Americans in mind when it comes to raising the minimum wage. According to President Obama, a full-time worker earns $14,500 a year with the current wage. To a prospective grad student like myself, that looks like a pretty attractive stipend; to a mother with three kids, however, that’s a nightmare. But some may look at us and argue that our circumstances are different. Though there isn’t a typical college student, the majority of us may not be the head of a household. We’ve survived with this wage for so long; do we really need the near $2 jump in pay? The answer is yes. We deserve it. We’ve earned it. As students, we work a variety of jobs, whether it’s our dream internship that just can’t pay us enough, or if it’s the 9-1 shift that we hate but pays our electricity bill. We work for different reasons, from being able to afford a new pair of boots once in a while to being able to afford a degree. But whatever the reasoning may be, it is generally one of the worst feelings in the world to worry about whether you can afford something or make a payment by the end of the month. Finances are a big part of what stresses out students, and I argue that the state has a responsibility to make our lives a little bit easier. There’s no denying that a pay raise would have to take some serious legislative and economic thinking. But it’s nothing that the state can’t do. Quinn, Obama and their teams need to realize that this can only be considered a good deed if we’re not paying for our pay raise somewhere down the road in the form of a ridiculous tax. They can’t cheat to raise the money, and I suggest starting to look at reasonable places to get the money and ways to keep the number of hires steady, like cutting back on some benefits, paid training hours, or bonuses for higher-up workers. $1.75 isn’t much. The raise isn’t coming for another four years, and it’s not going to instantly get us a new car, or complete piece of mind. But it may, just may, give us a little bit of the sense that we’re in the prime of our lives again.
John is a junior in Media. He can be reached at jbuyss2@dailyillini.com.
Tolu is a senior in Media. She can be reached at taiwo2@dailyillini.com.
Don’t typecast erotica by ‘Fifty Shades’ JOSEPH VANDEHEY Opinions columnist
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here are certain items in this world so befuddling that there is not enough room on one’s forehead for the necessary eyebrow-lift. In my case, that item was “Fifty Shades of Grey: Party Game,” which I found on the shelf of my local Barnes & Noble. ... Really? I mean, really? Why the heck are phrases like “Fifty Shades,” “Inner Goddess,” and so on being slapped on everything from self-help books to neckties? I don’t have a problem with the books themselves. I haven’t read them and don’t plan on doing so unless it’s to giggle at some of the hilariously bad writing. But I don’t have a problem with them. In fact, I think the popularity of the “Fifty Shades” series is a good thing. “Fifty Shades” is BDSMthemed erotica written by a woman for women, and even had its origins in “Twilight” fan fiction. It has so many people talking about and discussing things they normally wouldn’t — about erotica, about fan fiction, about what women want — that I feel author EL James’ place on Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people of 2012 is well-deserved. What bugs me is not so much the books, but the marketing that has grown up around them: not just “Fifty Shades” the party game, but
“Fifty Shades” the magazine and “Fifty Shades” the bondage kit. Anything with the most tangential relation to the books is slapped with the “Fifty Shades” label, and anything without a relation is ignored. On my eyebrow-lifting trip to Barnes and Noble, they had an entire display case devoted to “Fifty Shades” and assorted accessories, but not one other book: No “If you enjoyed this book, you might also enjoy ...” It was all as if to say, “Sex, paddles, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream — you won’t see anything like this anywhere else!” You’d almost think EL James invented erotic fiction. With other highly marketed books of the past few years like “Lord of the Rings” or “Harry Potter,” every bookstore devoted one table solely to the series, but the next table over would have the latest “Sword of Time” or “Guardians of Ga’hoole” hardcover. “Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter” were not the only examples of their field that were promoted. It’s bad enough that romance, as a genre, already gets typecast as either being a Harlequin-style bodice-ripper or else a centuriesold classic a la Jane Austen. Now it seems like all books containing sex, let alone erotica as a genre, have become typecast as “Fifty Shades” knock-offs. That’s a disservice to all writers. James’ writing is flowery and prosaic and (again just going from the reviews here) a bit amateur. But there are great writers out there who write great sex scenes. Some that will make you laugh, some that will make you cry, some that will make you cuddle in a corner
clutching your blanket close about you out of sheer terror. (Sorry, Stephen King, but a gun is not a proper sex accessory.) And yes, dear reader, some that will be titillating. Some, but not all. Writers take the writing of sex as seriously as any other aspect of the craft. I’ve been to writing conventions and seen panels for writing sex scenes sandwiched in between panels on marketing to the small press and panels on characterizing antiheroes. And all of that hard work does not deserve the dismissive giggles that many are launching at “Fifty Shades” — unless, of course, the sex was meant to be humorous, in which case, giggle away. Again, the problem isn’t the books. The problem is that we’ve focused so much attention on just the “Fifty Shades” books that we’re forgetting the bigger picture to the questions they were inspiring us to ask. The question shouldn’t be, “Is ‘Fifty Shades’ a good erotic book series?” but rather, “What other books might I like if I liked ‘Fifty Shades’?” The question shouldn’t be, “Is all fan fiction like this?” but rather, “What is fan fiction? Is there fan fiction for that other series I loved?” Oh, and guys, the question should not, absolutely not, be, “My girlfriend liked ‘Fifty Shades,’ so that means she’s into such-and-such kink, right?” but rather it should be an opportunity to talk about what you both enjoy.
Joe is a graduate student in Mathematics. He can be reached vandehe2@dailyillini.com.
An early welcome to the Class of 2017 JOHN BUYSSE Opinions columnist
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ongratulations, admitted students to the Class of 2017, on your admission to the University of Illinois! Many of you may have already signed, sealed and delivered your decision to join us on campus next fall. Others are likely waiting to hear back from a few schools before making a decision. In any situation, you have accomplished something that thousands of students did not and millions around the world will never even consider. By that I mean you have earned acceptance into a world-class University. At a glance, the University has given you a bevy of appealing numbers that might help to convince you to move to ChampaignUrbana in the fall. Thirteenth best public university in the country. Third most recruited undergrads in the country, 14th most students who study abroad. 1,000plus registered student organizations to join. The list could go on and the numbers are just as impressive. However, I realize that most high school seniors cannot and will not be persuaded by a list of numbers. There are so many factors to consider when making a decision as monumental as going to college. In fact, when I was applying during my senior year of high school, I applied to an excessive number of colleges. I believe the grand total ended up at 13. Some were Big Ten schools. Oth-
ers were colleges located in urban meccas. Others I applied to because the application was free and I thought I might as well just apply. The main reason I applied to so many schools, though, was to give myself as many options that were not the University of Illinois. You see, I am the youngest of four children, and all three of my older sisters attended the University. After six years of moving my sisters in and out of dorms, apartments and sorority houses, I thought it was time to break the pattern and be different. My visits brought me to three different cities and a total of eight schools. After each school I thought to myself, “This is it,” and would subsequently purchase a T-shirt or sweatshirt at the school’s bookstore. After avoiding it for as long as I possibly could, my parents forced me to take one last visit to Champaign for the College of Media’s Mediapalooza event. That day changed my life, and I saw Illinois with a different set of eyes. I was no longer a little brother or a prospective high school student — I was an admitted freshman being courted to attend a world-class university. As I walked the Quad, I felt as though I was in a movie. Students were reading under trees, playing Frisbee and soaking in the sun. As you might guess, I saw some variation of this at each school I visited. On that day, though, something was different about Illinois. And, as I now know, something is different about Illinois. While many universities may hope to woo you with flashy amenities and brand-new buildings,
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A model wears a design created by Vivienne Westwood during London Fashion Week at the Saatchi Gallery in west London on Sunday. Westwood’s designs are inspired by her political opinions on Julian Assange and climate change.
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LONDON — Few designers so consistently mix fashion with politics or manage to secure their fans’ adoration with the same looks almost every season. But Vivienne Westwood is not any designer. The flame-haired grand dame of British fashion on Sunday sent her models marching down the catwalk in her signature tightfitting dresses and nipped-in jackets, then in the finale joined them wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a giant image of her own face and a slogan that read, “I am Julian Assange.� Westwood has been selling the Assange T-shirts to raise funds and support for the WikiLeaks founder, who is living in the Ecuador’s embassy in London. He is seeking asylum from the country to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault questions. The designer recently wore the shirt when she went to visit Assange in October.
As always, Westwood was less interested in talking about her designs than about climate change, a subject she has long campaigned about. “There’s no latest thing. It’s all rubbish,� she said, brushing off questions about fashion. Instead, she patiently explained to reporters why she feels so passionately about her climate change campaign. “Every small thing you do can really change your life,� she said. “And the first thing they must do is inform themselves, believe the scientists ... then they’ll stop being consumers and start being more interested in the world.� It’s anyone’s guess how many people attending the Vivienne Westwood Red Label autumn collection shared her enthusiasm, but the crowds were clearly taken by the designs shown on the catwalk, which was held at the Saatchi Gallery. Although the makeup was startling — chalky white faces
paired with eyes and lips outlined in stark, cartoonish lines — the clothes lived up to her legendary fame. Jackets and blazers were beautifully tailored to accentuate the waist and hips, and dresses were draped in all the right places to draw the eye to the curves. The palette included a delicious plum, teals and metallics. There were dramatic pieces, for sure: A metallic zebra-stripe was printed on coats and a striking prom-style dress with stiff underskirts, and an iridescent foil-like tight biker jacket that shimmered purple and green was paired with harem pants dripping in sequins. Westwood isn’t the first influential figure in the entertainment and fashion industries to declare support for Assange. Pop singer Lady Gaga also paid a visit to the activist at the Ecuadorian embassy in London last year, though it wasn’t clear what the pair discussed.
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WEST SENECA, N.Y. — In an elementary school hallway, a teacher takes her second-graders to the library, leading a single-file line of giggling boys and girls that’s perfectly ordinary until you get to a sleek white robot with a video screen showing the face of a smiling, chubby-cheeked boy. Devon Carrow’s life-threatening allergies don’t allow him to go to school. But the 4-foot-tall robot with a wireless video hookup gives him the school experience remotely, allowing him to participate in class, stroll through the hallways, hang out at recess and even take to the auditorium stage when there’s a show. What’s most remarkable is how unremarkable this gee-whiz technology is viewed by his classmates. In a class of 7-year-olds raised on video games, avatars and remote-controlled toys, they don’t see a robot. They just see Devon. Just before class one recent day, a girl leaned toward the robot to tell Devon the joke making the rounds at Winchester Elementary School: Why did the boy eat his homework? The teacher told him it was a piece of cake. That Devon isn’t actually there is barely acknowledged. While making get-well cards for him during a hospital stay last year, his classmates all drew him as a boy, not a bot. “In the classroom, the kids are like, ‘Devon, come over, we’re doing Legos. Show us your Legos,’� says teacher Dawn Voelker. “I wondered how the little kids would take to him, thinking they’d be amazed,� adds Principal Kathleen Brachmann. “But I think kids are so tech-savvy now that they accept it more than we do.� Even Devon doesn’t quite get what all the fuss is about. Steering the four-wheeled robot through school and spinning around to see the classmates is just another mouse-and-keyboard challenge. “It’s so cool because it’s like playing a game on the computer,� says the boy with a mop of curly brown hair who always seems to be smiling. “It’s like your objective is to just survive.� For a year now, Devon has attended school using “VGo,� a robot shaped a little like a chess pawn and best known for its appearance in a Verizon televi-
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Murder charge may end Pistorius’ career having his lower legs amputated as a baby. Pistorius still had “overwhelming support� from his fans, Van Zyl said as he left Brooklyn police station, but the agent steered away from a question from a reporter on what Pistorius’ emotional state was now like following the death of his girlfriend and a possible realization that his entire career was in ruins. Pistorius’ sponsors — including big-name brands Nike and eyewear manufacturer Oakley — were also sticking by him, Van Zyl said. But that could depend on the outcome of a possibly lengthy murder trial. “Regarding sponsors and partners, I can confirm that at this point in time, all parties are supportive and their contractual commitments are maintained,� Van Zyl’s In Site Athlete Management company said. “They have said they are happy to let the legal process takes its course before making any change in their position.� The Beaverton, Ore-based Nike Inc. and Foothill Ranch, Calif.-based Oakley Inc. did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press seeking comment. Pistorius was quickly arrested and charged with murder Thursday, with prosecutors saying at his fi rst court appearance a day later that they would pursue a more serious premeditated murder charge, which carries a life sentence. Pistorius broke down and wept in the court, with his face in his hands. His family later denied he murdered Steenkamp and said the state’s own evidence “strongly refutes� any possibility of a murder.
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JOHANNESBURG — Oscar Pistorius’ track career was put on hold indefi nitely Sunday because of his murder charge, reinforcing the possibility that the double-amputee Olympian and disabled sports icon might never run again competitively on his famous carbon fiber blades. Pistorius’ agent was forced to cancel all future races, he said, so Pistorius could concentrate on defending himself against allegations he murdered his model girlfriend by shooting her several times in his upscale house on Valentine’s Day morning. Reeva Steenkamp died from gunshot wounds suffered inside Pistorius’ home in the predawn hours of Thursday. Pistorius was arrested and charged with her murder the same day. His family denies he murdered her. “I have decided that following these tragic events that we have no option but to cancel all future races that Oscar Pistorius had been contracted to compete in,� agent Peet van Zyl said in a written statement late Sunday night. A few hours earlier, Van Zyl had visited his athlete at a police station in the South African capital, Pretoria, where he is being held in custody in a red-bricked, one-story building with green metal fencing. Pistorius has been there since Friday following the shocking developments at his villa in a gated community in Pretoria’s eastern suburbs where Steenkamp was shot dead. Her death and Pistorius’ arrest stunned South Africans, who revered Pistorius for his humble nature and success at overcoming adversity to become an international star, despite
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South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius starts in the men’s 400-meter semifinal during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Aug. 5. Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend, who was shot inside his home in South Africa. “I am not going to comment on anything except that (what) is related to his athletics career at this point in time,� Van Zyl told reporters outside the police station after being asked how Pistorius was coping. “Obviously from a management side and also as a friend, it’s a tragic circumstance and events that have
unfolded and we can only give Oscar our support at this point in time.� Family members and his lawyers also visited Pistorius on Sunday, but declined comment both when they arrived and when they left the city center police station. The family of Steenkamp, a
model, law graduate and budding reality TV star, told The Associated Press that her body had been released by police after an autopsy and was back in their hometown of Port Elizabeth on South Africa’s southern coast. “Reeva is back home,� the late model’s brother, Adam Steen-
kamp, told the AP by phone. He had flown back from Britain, where he now lives, to be with the family. They also said Steenkamp’s funeral would be held Tuesday and would be a private ceremony for family at a local crematorium. Media would not be allowed in.
Cruise passengers drift without power, toilets for 5 days on a different bus reported losing their luggage. “I’m very frustrated that now our luggage is gone and missing,� said Deborah Day of Plano, Texas, adding that she had made sure to check through every transfer point herself, only to lose it when she trusted Carnival to put it on a separate truck instead of the bus she was riding on. But she had kind words for the crew aboard the disabled ship, adding, “Those people were incredible.� Other passengers were taking things more in stride as they got closer to home.
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Passengers of the Carnival Triumph tried to put the memories of their nightmarish cruise behind them Friday, boarding buses and planes for home after five harrowing days aboard a vessel adrift at sea without power or working toilets. Many of the roughly 3,000 passengers were bused to New Orleans to catch a flight home or to the ship’s home port in Galveston, Texas. And as if they hadn’t suffered enough, one of the buses broke down during the two-hour ride to New Orleans. Passengers
Georgia Jackson, 66, of Cedar Hill, Texas, said that while the cruise was not ideal, it was not all bad either. “About the only thing that’s been reported is the bad and Carnival has been treating us like VIPs since the boat docked,� she said in Galveston, adding that the crew did the best they could with a terrible set of circumstances. “The ship looked like vagabond city,� Jackson said, “but by and large people got along great.� While some called the journey a horrible experience, others spoke of bonding with fellow passengers during the struggle to get home.
As ship conditions deteriorated after an engine-room fire Sunday, travelers formed Bible study groups, shared or traded precious supplies and even welcomed strangers into their private cabins. Long after they’ve returned to the everyday luxuries of hot showers and cold drinks, passengers said, they will remember the crew and the personal bonds formed during a cruel week at sea. The tired tourists finally reached land Friday and gave a glimpse into the intensely uncomfortable journey they had endured. Sandy Jackson, of Houston, was fortunate to have an upper-level
room with a balcony and a breeze that kept the air in her cabin fresh. Rooms on the lower decks were too foul or stifling, so Jackson took in five people, including four strangers. “We knew one. The others we’re very good friends with now,� Jackson said. “Everyone was very cordial in sharing supplies.� Brandi Dorsett, of Sweeny, Texas, said people were antsy and irritable at times, and there was tension. But it never got out of hand. “People were bartering. Can I have your cereal for this? Can I have your drink for that?� she said. “We had one lady, she was
begging for cigarettes for diapers. There were no diapers on the boat. There was no formula on the boat.� The ship carrying 4,200 people left Galveston, Texas, on Feb. 7 for a four-day jaunt to Cozumel, Mexico. A fire paralyzed the ship early Sunday, leaving it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico until tugboats towed the massive 14-story vessel to Mobile. It arrived late Thursday to cheers and flashing cameras. It took four hours for all of the passengers to disembark. “Sweet Home Alabama!� read one of the homemade signs passengers hung over the side.
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Illinois avenges Northwestern loss Illini a different team in 62-41 victory BY ETHAN ASOFSKY
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VANSTON, Ill. – Sections 303 and 304 of Northwestern’s WelshRyan Arena roared. “This is our house! This is our house!” The Illini men’s basketball team’s student section, the Orange Krush, marked its territory. Its “sneak attack” road trip was planned in December. Krush President McKennon Biers never imagined it’d see the Illini rout the Wildcats 62-41. From the outset, Illinois was getting its revenge. Northwestern’s Jan. 17 win at Assembly Hall was the beginning of the Illini’s tailspin that knocked them out of the top 25 and culminated in six losses in seven games. Illini head coach John Groce was beside himself 2 ½ weeks ago. He was at a loss for answers and admitted that his team’s back was firmly against the wall. On Sunday, the two teams didn’t even belong on the same court, and it was Illinois that ran Northwestern out of its own building. “It was definitely motivation,” Illini senior Brandon Paul said. “We got embarrassed at our place. They played hard, hats off to them. But we knew we weren’t that team anymore.” Sunday’s pummeling was the abrupt exclamation of Illinois’ revitalization over the last two weeks, during which it defeated No. 1 Indiana, then-No.18 Minnesota and most recently stomped
on the jugulars of Purdue and they immediately think almost Northwestern in statement-game exclusively of offense,” Groce fashion. said. “But defensively right now, In front of Sunday’s favorable we’re just in the right position crowd, which had a near 50-50 more, we trust one another orang-to-purple ratio, it didn’t more, we cover for one another take long for Illinois to realize better, we understand that we it would own the night. want five guys guarding the basAfter starting the game on a ketball. It’s not about if my man 7-0 run, the Illini closed the first scores.” half on a 10-0 Groce would run before openonly touch upon ing the second the strategically half with a 16-0 planned changes run to embarhe and his staff rass the Wildcats implemented to for 26-straight stop Northwestpoints without a ern’s offense this response. time around. The ga me Northwestern was all but over entered Sunday’s before Northgame fresh off a western musvaliant effort at Ohio State, tered its first BRANDON PAUL, where the Wildsecond-half senior guard point with 13:26 cats went 11-forremaining in the 26 from 3 and game. nearly knocked off the BuckGroce pointed to team defense eyes on the road. In their 68-54 as the cause of the Illini’s strug- win at Assembly Hall, the Wildgles when the team was at its cats were 8-for-15 from behind worst. On Sunday, Illinois put on the arc. a defensive clinic. D.J. RichardOn Sunday, Northwestson scored 18 points and pulled ern made five of its 27 3-point down eight rebounds, but Groce’s attempts. focus after the game was on the “They carved us up in Chamguard’s impressive performance paign,” Groce said. “That stuff’s on the defensive end. hard to guard. They cut well. Paul, known mostly as a scor- They screen hard. They move er, only tallied eight points, the ball. It’s very difficult to but Groce highlighted his six defend.” rebounds and five assists to go This wasn’t an offensive outalong with his work on the other burst by any standards. Illinois only hit six of its 20 attempts end of the floor. “I think sometimes people, when they think unselfishness, See BASKETBALL, Page 3B
“We got embarrassed at our place. They played hard, hats off to them. But we knew we weren’t that team anymore.”
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D.J. Richardson shoots a basket in Evanston, Ill., on Sunday. Illinois won 62-41 with a much-improved performance from the teams’ last meeting, when Northwestern won 68-54 at Assembly Hall in January.
Weinstein’s historic night caps Gym Jam win Rankings BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
During the annual Gym Jam, in front of 2,316 screaming fans, senior Alina Weinstein did something that had never been done before in Illinois women’s gymnastics history. After tying the school allaround record against Nebraska last weekend, she broke both the all-around and floor school records Saturday. No. 21 Illinois emerged victorious after trailing Iowa for the first three events. The Illini had an impressive floor performance on their final rotation, catapulting them to a 195.975-195.875 win over the Hawkeyes. “Oh gosh, it’s exciting,” Weinstein said. “Like I said last week, I’ve always dreamed to be hanging with the record-setters of Illinois and just to say that I can be up there now is really humbling and inspiring.” Weinstein recorded three 9.875s Saturday in each of her first three events before setting her second school record of the night by scoring a 9.975 on floor. “Alina is just a great performer,” head coach Kim Landrus said. “She’s a great athlete, she’s super talented so it’s always nice to see her reach her potential, and she definitely did that.” The Illini opened their night on vault, where Weinstein had the
first of Illinois’ eight scores of at least 9.825. The team scored a 48.875 on the event, as every gymnast scored at least a 9.700. Junior Sarah Fiedler competed on vault for the first time in her collegiate career. “I practiced my vault really well this week and (the coaches) said if I warmed it up well, I could compete it and I did, so it felt really good being out there on vault again,” Fiedler said. Illinois moved to bars next, where six consecutive stuck dismounts gave the team a seasonhigh of 49.250. Sophomore Sunny Kato led the Illini and won the individual bars title with a careerhigh 9.900 on the event. While on her exhibition bars routine, Illinois junior Amber See fell, forcing her to leave the competition due to injury. Landrus said that after the fall she gathered the team and reassured the group that See was in good hands. “We really just got to let the medical personnel take care of it,” Landrus said. “I just reassured them that they would take care of her, and we needed to just continue focusing on what we needed to focus on.” See’s status was unavailable as of print time. For their third rotation, the Illini moved to beam, where they preformed “decent” under the circumstances, Landrus said. Illi-
and stats only say a small amount Fans need to wean themselves off of rankings ELIOT SILL Sports columnist
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Illinois’ Alina Weinstein competes her floor exercise routine at the Gym Jam against Iowa at Huff Hall on Saturday. nois recorded a 48.700 on beam to Iowa’s 49.150 on floor, with Weinstein recording her third 9.875 of the day. “After what happened on bars,
we started off beam with a fall and we were a little tentative, and we have to learn to transfer what we do every day in the gym and be aggressive, especially after
something like that happens,” Landrus said. Illinois was down by .750 going
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Men’s gymnasts edged by Iowa BY GINA MUELLER STAFF WRITER
The Illinois men’s gymnastics team opened eyes this weekend, but not in the way it was hoping. Saturday marked the annual Gym Jam competition, where the Illinois men’s and women’s gymnastics teams compete alongside each other. Heading into the competition, the Illini were favored to win. However, they fell to Iowa 428.450428.400. It’s been 12 years since Illinois’ men’s gymnasts last lost to Iowa. “If anything, I hope this slaps some people in the face,” senior Vince Smurro said. “Everyone’s been working hard in the gym, I can’t say that people have been slacking off, but if anything, this is a great wake-up call. Losing to Iowa by half a 10th hurts. I hope people come into the gym angry, pissed off and ready to go.” Illinois started the night on
the floor, having some uncharacteristic falls. These mistakes seemed to transfer to almost every other event throughout the night. The consistency the Illini were trying to achieve was lost. “You can’t let mistakes get to you like this and that’s what happened,” Illinois head coach Justin Spring said. “We made a few early mistakes on floor and it kind of snowballed. We weren’t able to rebound.” Huff Hall was packed to the ceiling with orange and blue fans, recording an attendance of 2,316 people. Spring said that having a larger crowd for the men’s competitions has always been a goal since he took over as head coach. Spring said Illinois’ energy didn’t match the crowd’s. “Last week’s inter-squad meet went fantastic,” Spring said. “This is not the team we were a
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Illinois’ Austin Phillips prepares for Illinois’ Gym Jam dual meet against Iowa on Saturday at Huff Hall. Illinois lost to Iowa, 428.450 - 428.400, for the first time in 12 years.
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a very basic level, sports are played to find out who is better. We turn athletic skill into a measurable statistic known as points. Whoever has the better total of points wins the match. That entity, be it a team or an individual, is “better” than those it competes against. Sports are no longer very basic. Our consumption of them has changed accordingly. We now have infinite access to sports of all kinds, infinite information on our favorite athletes and sports video games so realistic they make our parents squint. Sports don’t ever have to stop. When I played Madden 2000 on my PC as a child, I was entranced by the ratings system for players. I obsessed over signing the best free agents and executing one-sided trades to get as many of my starting players to have an overall rating of 80 or above. I’d usually just set up my team and simulate the season, Super Bowl and all, to see how I did. I mean, sure I could play and be good at the game and prove that I’m “better” in that way, but if I could assemble a team — essentially a list of numbers — that proved in a random, objective simulation that I had the best squad, I would have won the game, for my personal intents and purposes. Madden came to define my perception of players, overtaking my previous defining obsession: football cards.
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Hockey knocked out of CSCHL in shutout BY STEPHEN BOURBON STAFF WRITER
Riding high on a seven-game winning streak, the Illinois hockey team was peaking at the right time. After a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of No. 12 Iowa State, that’s no longer the case. After securing a first-round bye in the CSCHL Tournament by winning the regular-season championship, the Illini came out flat and were held scoreless for the first time all season Saturday. “We got outworked, really,” head coach Nick Fabbrini said. “A lot of our guys picked a bad day not to show up.” The Illini (23-11-2) were ineffective in the offensive zone with Scott Barrera serving a one-game suspension for fighting against then-No. 4 Robert Morris on Feb. 9. Barrera’s presence was missed most on Illinois’ power-play unit, which was 0-for-7 on the afternoon. The opening 10 minutes of the game saw Illinois apply a lot of pressure in the forecheck, creating chances in Iowa State’s defensive zone. After a turnover during a line change, the Cyclones’ J.P. Kascsak used a
breakaway opportunity to take the early 1-0 lead. “It was probably their first real scoring chance of the game and they scored,” Fabbrini said. “That really took the wind out of our sails.” While the second period didn’t see any scoring, the Cyclones dominated the play. Illinois goaltender Nick Clarke recorded 19 saves in the period to keep the Illini within a goal. Despite his play, the offense just wasn’t there for Illinois. Even with four power-play opportunities in that period, the Illini only mustered six shots on net and had trouble sustaining any offensive chances. In the final period, Kascsak was the catalyst for the Cyclones again, beating Clarke on another breakaway chance to extend the lead to 2-0. Any chance of a comeback was denied when Illinois’ bench was assessed a penalty during 4-on-4 play with six minutes to go. Seventeen seconds into the power play, the Cyclones added another goal at push their advantage to 3-0. “I voiced my displeasure on the ref’s no-call on a pretty blatant trip in the neutral zone,”
said Fabbrini, whose vocal dissatisfaction resulted in the penalty. “We lost our composure a little bit.” Iowa State added an emptynet goal with six seconds left to put an exclamation point on the victory. Cyclones goaltender Matt Cooper pitched his second consecutive shutout of the CSCHL Tournament after blanking Robert Morris 2-0 on Friday. Over the two days, he made 71 saves and propelled the underdog Cyclones to two consecutive victories. The victory was Iowa State’s fifth in a row and seventh in its last eight games, although the Cyclones would lose 4-0 to No. 4 Ohio in the championship game Sunday. Illinois’ loss was disappointing, but the Illini are using the playoff game as a tune-up before the ACHA tournament begins March 2. “We learned what it’s going to take to win in the playoffs,” Fabbrini said. “We definitely didn’t do those things.”
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Badgers beat Buckeyes, are tied for 3rd in conference Wisconsin offense dominates 1st half THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin can be awfully good when it is making shots. Ohio State found that out Sunday. The 20th-ranked Badgers shot 53 percent from the field, their best performance of the season, to rout No. 13 Ohio State 71-49. “The guys got good looks, and they went down,” Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said. “They didn’t change anything. I’d like to say we did, that we found something.” It was a dramatic turnaround offensively for Wisconsin (188, 9-4 Big Ten) after Thursday, when the Badgers went scoreless over the final five minutes in regulation and then managed just four points in overtime while losing at Minnesota. The 39 first-half points tied their best opening period in Big Ten play this season and were only 10 fewer than the Badgers scored for the entire game at Ohio State in a Jan. 29 loss. Ohio State coach Thad Matta said it was just one of those games when the Badgers could do no wrong, perhaps best summed up in the second half when Wisconsin guard Traevon Jackson banked in an off-balance shot as the clock shot expired. Even so, Matta said he was at a loss to explain how poorly Ohio State (18-7, 8-5) played on defense. “We’ve seen the results if we’re not going to play defensively. We’re not a good basketball team,” Matta said. “If we’re going to rely on trying to outscore people, that’s not going to happen.” The win kept Wisconsin tied with Michigan for third in the conference, two games behind leaders Indiana and Michigan State. Ohio State dropped into fifth place. Wisconsin put Ohio State in a hole early and never let the Buckeyes climb out of it. The Badgers took control with an 18-0 run in the first half that lasted more than 7 minutes and put them up 24-6. At one point in the run, Matta called timeout and said he lost it with his players, asking
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Illinois’ Adrienne GodBold lays up the ball during the game against Minnesota held at Assembly Hall on Sunday, Feb. 10. The Illini will face Wisconsin on Monday night, kicking off a busy week with three games in six days.
Illini to return from long break against Badgers Illinois headed into a packed week of play to defend man as well.” The Buzz defense has helped Illinois force a The Illinois women’s basketball team has reit- conference-high 23.6 turnovers per game, but erated one goal all season: to play late into March. weaknesses in the man-to-man have given IlliThe Illini will get a taste of the quick turn- nois’ opponents plenty of opportunities to score. around of the NCAA tournament starting Mon- The Illini allow their opponents to shoot 41.0 percent from the field, the highest average in day with three games in six days. Illinois (14-9, 7-4 Big Ten) will start the stretch the conference. against Wisconsin (11-14, 3-9) Illinois has found success when it does even an average job on Monday night at Assembly Hall. The game will be the secof preventing its opponents from ond matchup between the two making shots and is 9-0 when its teams in 15 days. opponents shoot less than 40 perThe first game ended in a 64-56 cent from the field. Illinois victory at the tail-end In the first meeting between Illinois Wisconsin of another three-game stretch (11-14, 8-9 Big Ten) the teams, Illinois was able to (14-9, 7-4) in a week for the Illini. Illinois limit Wisconsin to 38.6 percent should be fresher Monday, as the from the field, while forcing 27 Monday, 6:30 p.m. team is coming off of an eightturnovers. Assembly Hall “I think we can pressure day break, one of its longest of them,” Moore said. “When we’re the season. The Illini begin a stretch of three “I think it helps,” head coach games in six days, giving them a taste aggressive on defense, we can Matt Bollant said. “It’s hard to get more stops and having a lot of the Big Ten Tournament. know. Sometimes when you’re of pressure on them will help.” playing well, you don’t want a Wisconsin has lost two of its break, but for the long run it’s definitely good three games since its loss to Illinois, with the for us to have a break, and we should be really only win coming against last-place Indiana. The Badgers have not won a conference game outside fresh going in.” Bollant, who has mostly used a six-player rota- of Madison, Wis., and have won only three Big tion this season, took advantage of the break by Ten games, though they are the only conference team to beat No. 8 Penn State. giving his players three days off. “My body needed the break. I had a lot of wear Illinois will continue its stretch of three games and tear,” senior Adrienne GodBold said. “I feel in six days at Penn State on Wednesday before better. My body is getting better.” hosting Indiana on Saturday. The eight-day break The reprieve also gave Illinois time to work will be Illinois’ largest until the Big Ten Touron some of its weak spots heading into the final nament in early March. “It’s going to be a difficult week,” Bollant said. five games of Big Ten play. “We’ve been working on our man defense,” “We did it once before. We know what it’s like, junior Amber Moore said. “Getting better in our but it’s a challenge for sure.“ man defense and not having to rely on the Buzz. I know the Buzz creates a lot of opportunities Johnathan can be reached at hetting2@dailyillini.com for us, which is good, but we have to know how and @jhett93. BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER ANDY MANIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wisconsin’s Ben Brust shoots over Ohio State’s Amedeo Della Valle (33) and Shannon Scott on Sunday in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin defeated Ohio State 71-49, moving into third place in the Big Ten. in bewilderment what was going on. “The way we opened the game defensively, guys catch and shoot, we weren’t even challenging shots,” Matta said. Things weren’t much better on the offensive end. DeShaun Thomas led Ohio State with 18 points, though he needed 17 shots to do it and only got to the foul line once. Sam Thompson added 10 points but Aaron Craft was held to four on 2-of9 shooting, and the team shot less than 38 percent from the field. That included 3 of 12 from 3-point range. Ohio State had only six assists and trailed by 17 points at halftime. That was its largest deficit at the break since March 22, 2007, when the Buckeyes trailed Tennessee by the same margin but went on to win 85-84. “This is on us,” Craft said. “Coaches can’t get us ready to play. The responsibility is on us as individual players. We’ve got to go and bring teammates with us. We can’t play like this in February. This is beginningof-the-year mistakes and mental errors.” Wisconsin, by comparison,
was a model of efficiency on offense. The Badgers had 16 assists on 29 field goals and were 7 of 19 from 3-point range. Ben Brust and Jared Berggren each scored 15 points to lead the Badgers, while Brust also had 11 rebounds. Sam Dekker came off the bench to score 13 for Wisconsin, and Jackson added 10. Wisconsin built its first 20 -point lead at 34-14 on Dekker’s 3-pointer with less than 4 minutes to go in the first half and led by as many as 26 in the second half. Berggren said the Badgers didn’t do anything differently against the Buckeyes. He chalked up the offensive effort to a landslide effect — when a couple of guys started making shots early, it just spread across the team. It also helped that the Badgers took advantage of Ohio State playing them tight on defense, making hard cuts to the rim and then kicking the ball out to open 3-point shooters. “I think a big part is just knocking down shots,” Berggren said. “I think we got a lot of the same looks, but everything seems better when the ball goes in.”
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Blackhawks sink Kings, move within reach of league record BY MATT CARLSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Brent Seabrook and Jonathan Toews each had a goal and an assist to help the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Sunday, extending their seasonopening points streak to 15 games. Patrick Sharp also scored for the Blackhawks (12-0-3), who matched the 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers for the second-longest season-opening points streak in NHL history. Chicago is one away from the league record, set by Anaheim in 2006-07, and will try to match the mark on Tuesday when it
hosts Vancouver. Mike Richards scored two power-play goals in the third period to pull the Kings within one after Chicago had built a 3-0 lead. Blackhawks backup goalie Ray Emery made 25 saves. He lost a bid for his first shutout in more than three years when Richards connected 56 seconds into the third period. Emery made back-to-back starts for the first time this season as Corey Crawford missed his second game with an undisclosed upper-body injury. Sharp, who led Chicago with 33 goals last season, ended a 10-game drought without a
score. The Blackhawks outshot the Kings 37-27, and defeated the defending Stanley Cup champions for the second time this season to end Los Angeles’ twogame winning streak. Chicago won 5-2 in the teams’ season opener at Staples Center. Jonathan Quick started in goal for the Kings after backup Jonathan Bernier was in the nets in Los Angeles’ previous two games. Quick finished with 34 saves. Los Angeles played again without three injured defensemen — Willie Mitchell, Matt Greene and Alec Martinez. Chicago was a step faster than
the Kings in the first period and held a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. Seabrook opened the scoring 6:29 in to cap a Chicago flurry in the Kings’ zone, and after Quick had made several in-close saves. Seabrook pinched down to the low edge of the left circle, and took a pinpoint feed from Duncan Keith who threaded a cross-ice pass from the top of the right circle. Seabrook then slid a shot into an open net before Quick could dive across. Toews’ power-play goal 4 minutes later made it 2-0. Stationed in the slot, Toews first tipped Keith’s feed off the right post, but buried the loose puck before
Quick could cover it. Sharp exploited a Kings coverage breakdown and increased Chicago’s lead to 3-0 just 56 seconds into the second period. Quick dropped to the ice to block Toews’ stuff-in attempt at the side of the net, but the puck popped into to slot. Sharp was wide open and fired high into the net before Quick could recover. The Blackhawks were in control for most of the second period and outshot Los Angeles 21-10. But Emery had to make several tough saves late in the period — including in-close stops on Dustin Brown and Jeff Cart-
er — to keep the Kings off the scoreboard. Richards cut it to 3-1 early in the third. With Brown providing a screen at the edge of the crease, Richards’ high shot from the top of the slot sailed past Emery. Richards’ second power-play goal trimmed it to 3-2 with 7:10 left. This time, he beat Emery from the top of the left circle with Brown screening. The Blackhawks spent the final 1:04 short-handed after Johnny Oduya was sent off for slashing, and Quick was pulled for an extra attacker during span.
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Softball’s lack of consistency continues at Texas tourney BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
Heading into its second tournament of the season, the Hilton Houston Plaza Invite, the Illinois softball team was still looking to find what it was missing in its first: consistency. The Illini looked good in their wins against DePaul and Houston, but struggled against No. 6 Texas. “We need to improve on being consistent all the way around throughout the whole game,” pitcher Pepper Gay said. “We need to work on just finishing every game strong and winning the last four innings so we don’t keep giving up runs at the end of games.”
The Illini started their weekend Friday against Texas in what most would call a pitchers duel. Neither side allowed a hit until the third, but the Longhorns eventually capitalized on eight walks given up by Gay in the complete game and went on to win 3-0. “I think I got better as the weekend went on,” Gay said. “On Friday, I didn’t have as much control over the ball, I gave up too many walks and I didn’t make them earn their bases. Today, I tried to work on that and I think I did a better job.” In their second game of the day, the Illini played Hous-
ton, which scored in all but one inning, eventually beating Illinois 8-1. The storyline of the game was missed opportunities, as the Orange and Blue left 12 base runners on in the game. Sophomores Brittany Sanchez and Jess Perkins both went 2-for-3 for the Illini but couldn’t help the team pull out the victory. In its first game on Saturday, Illinois came out swinging. The Illini scored four early runs and stranded 10 DePaul runners on base to come away with the 4-1 victory. Perkins scored a run and Gay pitched her second complete game in as many days, as Illinois
got its first tournament win. “DePaul was a must-win as well and obviously it’s a big game between our two teams and we had to fight really hard but we came away with a win there,” head coach Terri Sullivan said. “Coach said, ‘You don’t lose that many back-to-back,’ so we went in not accepting anything less than a win and we came out with a win,” Perkins added. In its second game of the day, Illinois took on Texas once again and took the lead early. The Illini led the Longhorns 2-0 until the sixth inning, when Texas exploded for 12 runs, a gap
the Illini couldn’t make up. “I think we didn’t play the best that we could have, we just didn’t finish the game, I think we need to work on that,” Gay said. Sullivan agreed. “We took a punch in our second game against Texas, and we didn’t respond well after that,” she said. Illinois saved its best game for last, as it again beat Houston 7-5 to finish the tournament. Perkins came up big for the Illini, going 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in the game, and Gay pitched her third straight complete game, giving up four hits and record-
ing seven strikeouts. “The highlight is that today we did a much better job taking punches and then giving them back,” Sullivan said. ”I think that’s important for a team to learn and to carry through the season at this level. At the start of the weekend we took a couple hits and didn’t respond well, so we told the team, we demanded them to be mentally tougher and end on a high note and we had that type of effort for seven innings.”
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Baseball goes 1-2 in season-opening series at Tennessee Tech BY JAMAL COLLIER STAFF WRITER
Even before the Illinois baseball team opened its season against Tennessee Tech, head coach Dan Hartleb knew his team had reached the point where it needed to play somebody else. He knew this from watching at times in practice, when players failed to make some of the adjustments suggested by the coaching staff. “Sometimes, they will progress more once they fail,” Hartleb said. “We had some guys fail this weekend, and it should be fairly easily to get them to make adjustments now.” Illinois struck out a lot, includ-
ing 13 times on Sunday, to bring the total to 28 on the weekend. Pitchers left the ball high in the strike zone and even walked in runs, and the Illini left 32 men on base in three games on the way to a 1-2 start to the season. Despite that, Illinois battled back in the series finale Sunday, when it trailed 5-2 in the seventh and 6-5 in the eighth to tie the game heading into the ninth inning. With two outs in the bottom of that frame, freshman pitcher Tyler Jay left a fastball high and outside that Tennessee Tech designated hitter Brandon Thomasson hit over the right field wall for a game-winning home
runs. In his third inning of work in his season debut, Jay knew he wanted that ball back as soon as he threw it, and center fielder Justin Parr knew it was gone right off the bat. Illinois’ once promising start to the season was erased by the time it landed. That homer sent Illinois home losers of two out of three to Tennessee Tech after winning the season-opener 13-2. Those 13 runs were the most in the first game for Illinois since a 25-5 beatdown over Texas-Pan American in 2000. Everything went right for Illinois on Friday, every starter reached base and the team
notched 16 hits. Not that starting pitcher Kevin Johnson needed the help. He finished with six innings and six strikeouts and allowed only one run for his first victory. That team was absent for the rest of the weekend. The Illini failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities in two one-run losses against Tennessee Tech. “We may have been too lax on some things and took some things for granted,” Parr said. Illini freshmen got some game experience during the weekend, including starter Kevin Duchene, who was in the unenviable position of making his college debut
Saturday and endured two separate snow delays. Although both lasted about five minutes each, Duchene still had to compete with the temperature in the 30s, and the wind speed up to 15 mph blowing at the back of his neck that even his blue Illini turtleneck could barely block. He had to do extra stretches and play extra catch to stay loose during the game, but struggled through 4 2/3 innings while giving up five runs and earning a no-decision. Illinois would lose 6-5. The players were disappointed and thought they beat themselves this series, as it seemed they’d had the Golden Eagles
overmatched after the first game. Parr said this first series isn’t indicative of how the season’s going to play out for the Illini at all, and that he was still confident in his team’s ability. For Hartleb, he expects that he’ll see a lot better practices moving forward, this week especially. “After some performances this weekend, from everybody,” Hartleb said, “(the players will) understand the things we’re telling them are the things we need to do to be successful.”
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In front of a Gym Jam record crowd of 2,316 fans, both the men’s and women’s gymnastics teams faced Iowa on Saturday. Illinois’ women edged out Iowa, 195.975-195.875, but the men came up short, 428.45-428.40.
WOMEN’S GYM FROM PAGE 1B into the final event, the floor, but two Iowa falls on beam and impressive floor performances by the Illini propelled them to victory. Weinstein led Illinois on floor with her school-record 9.975 and was followed closely behind by freshman Giana O’Connor, who tied her career-high with a 9.850. Illinois scored a 49.150 on the event and a 195.975 in the meet to stay undefeated at home. “It was thrilling,” Weinstein said. “I’ve been working really hard in the gym to save all those
SILL FROM PAGE 1B Before I would scan statistics, see the player in action and maybe read a short bio on him. Now, it was simplified: a number, out of 100. Above 80 and you were a good player, below 80 and you were forgettable. Soon, I had NBA and MLB games and knew who was good across the board — not that I had watched them play, heard from others who had or even played the video game as them. It was a player and a number. Comparisons took milliseconds. If
BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1B from distance. It started the game 6-for-13 from the field but ended the first half 11-for-30. The Illini finished the game shooting 43.6 percent from the field. That number was mostly made possible because of the Illini’s 14 forced defensive turnovers. Northwestern sharpshooter Alex Marcotullio nailed a 3-pointer to draw the Wildcats within five with 4:52 remaining in the first half, but that was the last time the game was even remotely close. With a chance to sweep the
deductions for myself and not give them to the judges, so to be able to go out there and preform and get a score like that and get rewarded, it’s amazing. It’s so much fun, it’s why I do it.” The end of the meet came down to a 10th, something the team has been stressing all season. “They absolutely mean so much,” Fiedler said. “A 10th is honestly like a step on a dismount, so that’s why we always say that we stress hitting the handstands and hitting the dismounts. It was a close call but we pulled through.”
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week ago, so something went wrong in competition. We lost some energy and they didn’t rise to the occasion. That’s a little unsettling.” Illinois’ best event of the night was the still rings. The Illini posted at 73.850 and sophomore Mike Wilner claimed the event title with a 15.5. Freshman Joey Peters took second on the event with a 14.7. The Illini then went on to post a season-high team score on the vault with a 73.150. Illinois swept the top-four event title
spots, starting with freshman Fred Hartville in first (15.1) and sophomore Josh Wilson in second with a 14.8, earning a new career-best, followed by senior Yoshi Mori in third (14.65) and redshirt freshman Jacob Tisley in fourth (14.6). Illinois needed to have consistent performances in its last two rotations, but faltered, scoring a 67.850 on the parallel bars and a 70.050 on high bar. Peters took second in the all-around with an 84.100 and Mori finished fourth with an 83.150. Illinois has had the past three weeks off from competition with plenty time to prepare for the meet this past weekend. With all
the injuries that have occurred, it was much needed, but the performance may have been affected by the time off. “I liked the break,” junior Cameron Rogers said. “I’m still trying to get fully healthy, so it was nice to be able to polish up some routines, but it might have threw some of the guys off who haven’t gotten into the groove of competition. We competed three weeks in a row, people were starting to figure it out, and then we had three weeks off.” With their confidence stricken, the Illini will be traveling next to No. 5 Ohio State. Illinois has seen Ohio State in competi-
tion twice already this season, tying the Buckeyes at the Windy City Invitational and finishing one place behind them at the Metroplex Challenge. “I can give you a lot of excuses but the fact of the matter is that they didn’t rise to the occasion in competition and I know that they are perfectly capable of doing that,” Spring said. “Back to the drawing board to try and figure it out. We have a very strong competitor next weekend, a four-day turnaround before we leave for Ohio State, so we better figure it out quickly.”
two players had the same overall rating, more specific ratings — speed, accuracy, strength — were a few columns away. Clearly, I wasn’t the only one whose opinions of players became inebriated by the simplicity of ratings. Clearly, I wasn’t the only one who watched an interest turned into an obsession. Clearly, many others have let ratings reach a logical conclusion, rankings, and let those define their outlook on sports. From the practical side of things, it’s necessary to rank teams by measured statistics. If you have a tournament, you use seeds to ensure it plays out fair-
ly. If you have seeds, you need to have qualifying statistics — wins and losses — to determine those seeds. But a lot of rankings in sports are for convenience and fun, in an effort to make sports something bigger. Rankings are a staple of college sports. They act as a viewer’s guide to aid expectations for certain teams because there are a lot of college athletics teams out there, and we don’t need to know all of them. Rankings aren’t a statistic, they’re an ascribed measurement, subject to change — indicative in their nature of change. Last week, Illinois didn’t just
beat Indiana, it beat No. 1-ranked Indiana; as in, the best college basketball team in the country. Rankings are a product of the media, so distinguishing between Associated Press poll rankings and ESPN power rankings becomes difficult. Did you know ESPN’s college football website features four different media polls, the BCS rankings, its own power rankings and a poll-generated, fan-voted rankings? That’s seven different ranking systems. Only one of which is concretely based in statistics, and that’s the one America hates. Bleacher Report is also a fre-
quent butt of rankings jokes, as they are currently enlisted in tackling the NFL 1,000 project. Ranking that many players is absurd, no matter how much game film you’ve watched. What happened to the notion of “any given Sunday”? And the ranking of quarterbacks, left tackles and punters in the same list is impossibly perilous. ESPN completed a similar project with the NBA in 2012, ranking the 500 best players. The list was debated — an ESPN buzzword — because it was subjective in nature. It became a comparison of resumes, not even a simulation of who would
win. All arguments stemming from these subjectively ascribed results — player rankings, power rankings and player ratings — do not matter, and they are not sports. Sports fans need to wean themselves off the vice of rankings. While they may provide a guilty pleasure, they are merely theories born to be disproved. Real sports fans know that it’s the arena, and not a piece of paper, where it’s determined who is “better.”
series and embolden its marketing motto, “Chicago’s Big Ten team,” Northwestern saw a different Illinois team than the one it played in January. It was one thirsty for revenge and a chance to prove itself. “The guys have bought in at a higher level,” Groce said. “The more time you spend with them, the more you connect with them. They’re starting to see how things fit together.” Everything fit together on Sunday, when Welsh-Ryan Arena became the Illini’s house.
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Jordan celebrated as he turns 50 BY KRISTIE RIEKEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Michael Jordan turned 50 on Sunday, giving this year’s All-Stars a chance to reflect on his illustrious career and how much he still means to the sport. In a weekend filled with the NBA’s greatest players, Jordan was the topic no one could stop talking about. Though he hasn’t played since the 2002-03 season, Jordan’s influence still permeates the league and its players.
“Every kid that wanted to play basketball, that could play, that couldn’t play, you tried to emulate Michael Jordan,” Heat star Dwyane Wade said. “That’s why there will never be another one of him. He the first of his kind. Everything he did was groundbreaking. He did it with so much flare and so much pizazz that even today people are still trying to be like Mike.” Jordan won six titles and five MVP awards during a career that began in 1984.
Jordan celebrated his birthday early with a private bash on Friday with guests including LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. “Be Like Mike” was more than a marketing campaign. It was a dream for many of today’s players. “He’s amazing,” Howard said. “He’s one of the reasons why we played basketball. He inspired us to do great things. I hear his voice sometimes on commercials, it makes you want to get out there and try to do something.”
Jordan retired twice before leaving for good at age 39. Some people wondered this weekend if he could still play in the NBA, despite reaching the age where he qualifies for an AARP card. One of the most common sentiments echoed by players this week when talking about Jordan was disbelief that he was turning 50. “Time actually flies,” Bryant said. “Him turning 50, this will be my 17th year, my 15th All-Star Game. Where did the time go?”
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