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Service union announces its intent to strike BY AUSTIN KEATING STAFF WRITER
Service Employees International Union Local 73 on Monday announced its intent to strike. The strike could come as soon as March 11. The union represents about 800 building and food service workers at the University and has been in contract negotiations for about nine months. Its contract expired in July 2012. “Over the last week, we’ve talked to our membership about what they’re willing to accept,” said Ricky Baldwin, SEIU chief negotiator. “We came to the con-
clusion that management is not moving fast enough.” He said even though negotiations have made progress over the past few weeks, they can’t “let it go on indefinitely” for two main reasons. “If we get to the end of the academic semester, our strike threat virtually evaporates,” Baldwin said, referring to the down time during school breaks when food service workers are temporarily laid off. “The leverage we have with the strike just isn’t there in the summer.” He also cited legal consequences because of lengthy negotia-
tions, such as a bargaining impasse. Should this happen, the University would have to impose a final agreement with no possibility of further negotiations. He said most issues that have been holding up negotiations relate to wages. The University wants the union to participate in the campus wage program, of which most University employees are a part. This program provides a flat rate percentage increase to compensate for inflation. “Most of the large issues that we consider to be close to being resolved are all contingent on set-
tling this campus wage issue,” Baldwin said. In past negotiations, the University suggested setting up a base rate increase in which union workers would receive the campus wage program’s raise, but they would have the option of having the base rate increase in case the campus wage rate was lower than the base rate. Baldwin said that while the intent to strike legally allows the union to strike as early as March 11, it doesn’t have to if negotiations are going well. “If we’re almost there, we’re not going to say ‘Well, that’s all
Champaign enacts same Unofficial restrictions as 2012 State),” Gerard said. Last year, city ordinance vioWhile State College, Pa. city lations were down by 15 percent officials prohibited the sale of from 2011 on Unofficial. The alcohol during Penn State’s amount of state criminal arrests, “State Patty’s Day” last Satur- medical calls and transports to day, the city of Champaign has the hospital had also decreased. no plans to follow suit for Unoffi“At the end of the day, everycial St. Patrick’s Day on March 1. body has rights and responsibiliNearly three dozen bars and ties,” Gerard said. “If you’re of restaurants in State College halt- drinking age, or if you own an ed the sale of alcohol Saturday establishment that sells liquor in exchange for a $5,000 subsi- and you live up to your respondy per establishment from the sibilities, you have a right to city for lost revenue. Champaign conduct business, and you Mayor and Liquor Commission- have a right to patronize these er Don Gerard said he hopes businesses.” Champaign will All bars withnever need to in the order’s consider such ge og raph ic a l measures for boundaries are required to folUnofficial and low the emeris “cautiously optimistic” that gency order and both locals and may also instate alumni visiting additional rules for the informal of their own. DON GERARD, holiday on FriLuke Henry, Champaign Mayor and liquor day will behave general managcommissioner er of Joe’s Brewresponsibly. “I believe in ery, said in an personal responsibility, from email that Joe’s will continue to business owners, patrons and require guests to be 21 or older visitors and would not be com- for entry all day Saturday, even fortable using tax dollars to though the mayor’s order only subsidize such a tactic,” Gerard requires of age-only entry from said. 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Other on-campus bars, such While the State College community increased limitations in as KAM’s and White Horse Inn, an attempt to curb excess alco- will work to enforce the rules hol consumption by students, the in the mayor’s emergency order emergency order Gerard issued but are not implementing rules Wednesday did not add any new of their own. “We treat (Unofficial) like any restrictions since 2012. He said this was in part due to the Uni- normal football game weekend; versity and the city reducing we’re obviously going to have many of the “worst” aspects of more business than normal,” said the holiday, such as bar fights Eric Meyer, owner of KAM’s. “I and class disruptions. think the only thing we’re going “The event seems to be shift- to really focus on is not allowing ing to less of a chaotic, civil dis- individuals to have more than obedience fest as the years go one drink in their hands.” on, so I would hope we would not be in a position to consider Emma can be reached at wessmnn2 such drastic measures (as Penn @dailyillini.com.
great, but we’re going on strike anyway,’” he said. “But if it doesn’t look like we’re going to have an agreement ... then we’re prepared to walk out.” Campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said in an email that the University would be able to continue operations if a strike occurs. “The University will implement its strike contingency plans and will continue operating in a manner that causes the least disruption to students,” she said. Despite the University’s assurances that services will continue, Baldwin said those services would not be of the same quality.
“They can bring in some temporary replacement workers but not nearly enough to accomplish the job,” he said. “If they feel that they can run the clock and then make some kind of an agreement, that’s not going to work.” Kaler also said the University wants to reach an agreement with the union. “The University will continue negotiating in good faith with the union until a collective bargaining agreement that’s agreeable to both sides can be achieved,” Kaler said.
Austin can be reached at akkeati2@ dailyillini.com.
Spreading school spirit
BY EMMA WEISSMANN STAFF WRITER
“At the end of the day, everybody has rights and responsibilities.”
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Students wait to get inside Kam’s on Unofficial on March 2.
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President Katie Chan and member Patrick Proctor of the 1867 Society handed out free “I love Illinois” shirts to the first 500 students at the Ikenberry Dining Center on Monday. The 1867 society has declared this week “I Love Illinois” week, which celebrates the founding of the University.
Phi Sigma Sigma sorority to return to campus after 3-year break BY BRITTANY GIBSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
After a three-year break, Phi Sigma Sigma sorority will return to campus this fall to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Founded in 1913, Phi Sigma Sigma was last seen on campus as an active sorority house in 2010. The sorority has since then left the University primarily because of the lack of girls involved. Taylor Paige Rushing, a field consultant for Phi Sigma Sigma headquarters, is leading the effort to bring the chapter back. “As I have begun to meet with women interested in this opportunity, I am so excited about the caliber of women here,” Rushing said. “The enthusiasm for a new sorority makes us excited, and I look forward to bid day in the fall.” Rushing said the sorority expects the new Illinois chapter will eventually grow to be comparable in size to other chapters,
See PHI SIGMA SIGMA, Page 3A
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Phi Sigma Sigma will move into the current Phi Gamma Delta house in the summer of 2014.
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Champaign Aggravated and domestic battery was reported in the 2400 block of North Neil St., around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. According to the report, the offenders were involved in a domestic dispute. Q A 21-year-old male was arrested on the charge of battery at the U.S. Post Office, 302 E. Green St., around 3 a.m. Sunday. According to the report, two victims were battered by the suspect, who was issued a noticed to appear for battery. Q Burglary from motor vehicle was reported in the 600 block of South Country Fair Drive around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. According to the report, one purse or wallet, one identification, one check/bond, one driver’s license and 12 credit/debit/ gas cards were stolen. Q
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A 62-year-old female was arrested on the charge of theft at Schnucks, 200 N. Vine St., around 1:30 p.m. Sunday. According to the report, the suspect was issued a notice to appear. Q Theft was reported at Vineyard Church, 1500 N. Lincoln Ave., around 4:30 p.m. Sunday. According to the report, the victim’s cell phone was lost or stolen at a conference and has been tracked to an address in Mundelein, Ill. Q Burglary from motor vehicle was reported in the 100 block of Scottswood Drive around 9 a.m. Sunday. According to the report, an unknown offender made entry into the victim’s vehicle while it was parked in his driveway overnight. The method of entry was undetermined because the victim believes his vehicle was locked. There were no signs of forced entry.
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Constant monitoring gets you ahead financially this year. Group efforts advance the furthest. Fix your place up for happy times at home until summer, when your playful side gets sparked to pursue art, travel, culture or a romantic adventure. Dream muses inspire. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Today is an 8 — Allow yourself more quiet time this month. You may as well tell the truth; it saves hassle. Stick to old rules and your schedule to avoid misunderstandings. Think before speaking.
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Today is an 8 — Dress for power and practice success. Watch for short tempers if you’re going to be late for a family affair (or just be on time). Group activities go well.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)
Today is a 7 — For the next month, it’s easier to advance your agenda,
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Today is a 7 — You overcome new challenges and set ambitious goals to further you career. A glitch in the communication could rain on your parade. Don’t take it personally.
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Today is a 7 — It’s becoming easier to save, not just now, but for the next month. It’s also easier to make money. Offer a calming voice to a loved one. Rediscover a gift or talent that you have.
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Today is an 8 — Get off to a quick start. You’re even smarter than usual. Discover hidden resources. Keep on schedule for best results. Visit a local establishment for supplies.
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BP goes to trial, accused of gross negligence in 2010 oil spill BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS — BP put profits ahead of safety and bears most of the blame for the disastrous 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a U.S. Justice Department attorney charged Monday at the opening of a trial that could result in the oil company and its partners being forced to pay tens of billions of dollars more in damages. The London-based oil giant acknowledged it made “errors in judgment” before the deadly blowout, but it also cast blame on the owner of the drilling rig and the contractor involved in cementing the well. It denied it was grossly negligent, as the government contended. The high-stakes civil case went to trial after attempts to reach an 11th-hour settlement failed. Eleven workers were killed when the Deepwater Horizon rig leased by the BP exploded on April 20, 2010. An estimated 172 millions of gallons of crude gushed into the Gulf over the three months that followed in the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Justice Department attorney Mike Underhill said the catastrophe resulted from BP’s “culture of corporate recklessness.” “The evidence will show that BP put profits before people, profits before safety and profits before the environment,” Underhill said in opening statements. He added: “Despite BP’s attempts to shift the blame to other parties, by far the primary fault for this disaster belongs to BP.” BP attorney Mike Brock acknowledged that the oil company made mistakes. But he accused rig owner Transocean Ltd. of failing to properly maintain the rig’s blowout preventer, which had a dead battery, and he claimed cement contractor Halliburton used a “bad slurry” that failed to prevent oil and gas from traveling up the well. BP has already pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other criminal charges and has racked up more than $24 billion in spillrelated expenses, including cleanup costs, compensation for businesses and individuals, and $4 billion in criminal penalties. But the federal government, Gulf Coast states and individuals and businesses hope to convince a federal judge that the company and its partners in the ill-fated drilling project are liable for much more in civil damages under the Clean Water Act and other environmental regulations.
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An oil slick is seen as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns on April 21, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico.. Nearly three years after the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a high-stakes trial against BP for the raft of litigation spawned by the disaster on Monday. One of the biggest questions facing U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, who is hearing the case without a jury, is whether BP acted with gross negligence. Under the Clean Water Act, a polluter can be forced to pay a minimum of $1,100 per barrel of spilled oil; the fines nearly quadruple to about $4,300 a barrel for companies found grossly negligent, meaning BP could be on the hook for nearly $18 billion. The judge plans to hold the trial in at least two phases. The first phase, which could last three months, is designed to determine what caused the blowout and assign percentages of blame to the companies involved. The second phase will determine how much crude spilled into the Gulf.
During opening arguments, BP and its partners pointed the finger at each other in a tangle of accusations and counteraccusations. But BP got the worst of it, from its partners and the plaintiffs in the case. Jim Roy, who represents individuals and businesses hurt by the spill, said BP executives applied “huge financial pressure” to “cut costs and rush the job.” The project was more than $50 million over budget and behind schedule at the time of the blowout, Roy said. “BP repeatedly chose speed over safety,” Roy said, quoting from a report by an expert who may testify. Roy said the spill also resulted from Transocean’s “woeful” safety culture and failure to properly train its crew. And
Roy said Halliburton provided BP with a product that was “poorly designed, not properly tested and was unstable.” Brad Brian, a lawyer for Transocean, said the company had an experienced, well-trained crew on the rig. He said the Transocean workers’ worst mistake may have been placing too much trust in the BP supervisors on the rig. “And they paid for that trust with their lives,” Brian said. “They died not because they weren’t trained properly. They died because critical information was withheld from them.” A lawyer for Halliburton defended the company’s work and tried to pin the blame on BP and Transocean. “If BP had shut in the well, we would not be here today,” Halliburton’s Donald Godwin said.
Underhill, the Justice Department attorney, heaped blame on BP for cost-cutting decisions made in the months and weeks leading up the disaster. He said two BP rig supervisors, Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine, disregarded abnormally high pressure readings that should have been glaring indications of trouble. Kaluza and Vidrine have been indicted on federal manslaughter charges. Brock, the BP lawyer, said Transocean employees on the rig also played roles in misinterpreting the “negative pressure test.” “It was a mistake made by several men from two different companies,” Brock said. “They were trying to get it right. They were trying to do the right thing.”
Park Geun-hye takes office as South Korea’s 1st female president uniforms shouted “loyalty” and fired cannons in salute. SEOUL, South Korea — Park At her inauguration, a band Geun-hye took office as South played a military march before Korea’s first female president a crowd of tens of thousands, Monday, returning to the presi- including U.S. National Securidential mansion she had known ty Adviser Tom Donilon, Thai as the daughter of a dictator, and Prime Minister Yingluck Shiwhere she will respond to vola- nawatra and Japanese Deputile North Korea, which tested ty Prime Minister Taro Aso. a nuclear device two weeks ago. Before Park took her oath of Elected in December, Park office, South Korean superstar also must answer victims of her PSY performed his global hit father’s 18-year dictatorship and “Gangnam Style.” Children and address worries about a lack of the elderly alike joined him in the jobs, a growing gap between rich contagious horse-riding dance he and poor and a stagnant economy. made famous in the song’s video. There’s pressure for her to live As Park was sworn in as presiup to her campaign suggestion dent, North Korea’s state media that she can return the country continued their typical rhetoric to the strong economic growth against South Korea and the U.S. her father oversaw, the so-called over annual military drills that Miracle on the Han River. Pyongyang says are an invasion North Korea’s rehearsal. underground “The U.S. warmongers should atomic detonation tests her vow think what conto soften Seoul’s sequence will be current hardbrought out for line approach to getting on the its northern rival. nerves of the Park called the DPRK, a dignified nuclear powFeb. 12 test, the er,” the North’s North’s third main Rodong since 2006, “a Sinmun newspachallenge to the PARK GEUN-HYE, per said in a comsurvival and president of South Korea mentary carried future of the by the official Korean people” and said Pyongyang should aban- Korean Central News Agency. don its nuclear ambitions and DPRK refers to the Democratic work for peace. People’s Republic of Korea, the “There should be no mistake North’s official name. It warned that the biggest victim will be the allies would “die in flames” if none other than North Korea they start a northward invasion. Pyongyang, Washington, Beiitself,” Park said in her first speech as president during a cer- jing and Tokyo are all watching emony where troops in formal to see if Park pursues an ambi-
Illinois’ unpaid bills may stack up to $22 billion BY SARA BURNETT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BY FOSTER KLUG AND HYUNG-JIN KIM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
“There should be no mistake that the biggest victim will be none other than North Korea itself.”
PHI SIGMA SIGMA FROM PAGE 1A which aims for 150 to 200 members. They plan to participate in the big/little tradition and support the Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation, which primarily funds the National Kidney Foundation and also gives out scholarships and educational grants. Rushing said in order to
recruit new members, other sororities on campus are extending a helping hand and offering suggestions of women who are not currently involved in Greek life who may want to rush Phi Sigma Sigma. Representatives from the chapter headquarters will also be tabling in front of the Illini Union to pique interest once the weather is warmer, Rushing said. During formal recruitment
Hundreds of attorneys have worked on the case, generating roughly 90 million pages of documents, logging nearly 9,000 docket entries and taking more than 300 depositions from witnesses who could testify at trial. “In terms of sheer dollar amounts and public attention, this is one of the most complex and massive disputes ever faced by the courts,” said Fordham University law professor Howard Erichson, an expert in complex litigation. The spill fouled marshes, killed wildlife and closed fishing grounds. Scientists warn that the disaster’s full effect may not be known for years. But they have reported dying coral reefs and fish afflicted with lesions and illnesses that might be oil-related.
LEE JIN-MAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
South Korea’s new President Park Geun-hye salutes during her inauguration ceremony as the 18th South Korean president, at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday. Geun-hye is the first female president. tious engagement policy meant to ease five years of animosity on the divided peninsula, or if she sticks with the tough stance of her fellow conservative predecessor, Lee Myung-bak. Park’s decision will likely set the tone of the larger diplomatic approach that Washington and others take in stalled efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons ambitions. “If Park Geun-hye wants to contain, the U.S. will support that,” said Victor Cha, a former senior Asia adviser to President George W. Bush. “But if Park Geun-hye, months down the road, wants to engage, then the U.S. will go along with that too.” Park’s first weeks in office will be complicated by North Korea’s warning of unspecified “second and third measures of greater intensity,” a threat that comes as Washington and others push
for tightened U.N. sanctions as punishment for the nuclear test. That test is seen as another step toward North Korea’s goal of building a bomb small enough to be mounted on a missile that can hit the United States. The explosion, which Pyongyang called a response to U.S. hostility, triggered global outrage. Park has said she won’t yet change her policy, which was built with the high probability of provocations from Pyongyang in mind. But some aren’t sure if engagement can work, given North Korea’s choice of “bombs over electricity,” as American scientist Siegfried Hecker puts it. The economic aid and other benefits that North Korea would have received by “choosing electricity over bombs ... will be made much more difficult, if not impossible, for at least the next five years,” Hecker, a regular vis-
itor to North Korea, said in a posting on the website of Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. As she takes office, however, Park will be mindful that many South Koreans are frustrated at the state of inter-Korean relations after the Lee government’s five-year rule, which saw the North conduct two nuclear tests and three long-range rocket launches. In addition, attacks blamed on North Korea that killed 50 South Koreans in 2010. Park’s policy calls for strong defense but also for efforts to build trust through aid shipments, reconciliation talks and the resumption of some largescale economic initiatives as progress occurs on the nuclear issue. Park has also held out the possibility of a summit with new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
in the fall, Phi Sigma Sigma will only participate in the first round of recruitment, called “Open House.” They will then continue the recruitment process two months after bid day by asking girls to return for events that mirror those that occur during formal recruitment, such as “Sisterhood Day” or “Philanthropy Day.” Rushing said she hopes to recruit as many women as pos-
sible by the end of this year in order to make the recruitment process in the fall more manageable. The chapter won’t have a house until summer 2014 after remodeling is finished on the current FIJI, or Phi Gamma Delta house, 902 S. Second St. Rushing said Phi Sigma Sigma has owned that house for several decades. Incoming freshman Jillian
Koren committed to the University in part because of Greek life and said she was encouraged by the thought of an additional sorority. “(The University) gives me a lot of options to choose from, which is good because out of the 19, I’ll be able to find one that is best for me,” Koren said.
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CHICAGO — Illinois’ backlog of unpaid bills will reach nearly $22 billion within five years if lawmakers don’t take action to fix the state’s worst-in-the-nation pension crisis, according to an analysis released Monday by a Chicago-based watchdog group. The report from the Civic Federation notes some improvement since last year, when it was forecasting a $35 billion backlog in overdue bills. The improved outlook is largely because of $1.6 billion in Medicaid cuts Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law last year. But the overall financial picture remains dire, with annual payments toward Illinois’ $97 billion unfunded pension liability threatening to “swamp all of state government,” Civic Federation President Laurence Msall said. This year, the state’s annual pension payment is about $5.1 billion, or roughly 22.1 percent of the state’s general fund. The payment will grow to $7 billion — or nearly 31 percent of all general funds — by 2018 without pension reform, the analysis found. That would mean even less money would be available for the state to pay its bills. Currently, the backlog is $7.8 billion. An increase to $21.7 billion by 2018 could mean health care providers, nursing homes and other vendors would be waiting more than a year to be paid, Msall said. That raises the question of whether they would be able to keep their doors open or continue to provide services such as health care for state employees and retirees. “No one knows if the state will be able to continue to operate under that scenario,” Msall said. The report comes about a week before Quinn is scheduled to present his budget for the next fiscal year. Projections issued by his budget office last month showed the growing pension costs would result in a cut of about $400 million for education. The Chicago Democrat has said pension reform is his top priority — a refrain echoed by other top lawmakers. But legislators remain unable to agree on how to fix the problem.
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hese past 12 months have had such a significant number of shootings that many of us have forgotten about Trayvon Martin. Tuesday marks the anniversary of his death. Since that time, many more Americans have died because of gun violence, and the way we talk about gun violence has changed radically. When George Zimmerman, a white Latino man patrolling his neighborhood, shot Martin, a black teenager who was unarmed, race became the central focus of our nation’s thoughts about gun violence. We saw a white man shooting an unarmed black teenager, whose only crime appeared to be wearing a hoodie. Debates ensued about who did what and whether Martin was as innocent as he first appeared. But every debate was tinged with the specter of race. Since Martin died, America has witnessed mass shootings in Colorado, Wisconsin and Connecticut. Except for the shooting at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, race didn’t factor into the media’s conversation. Instead, the conversation centered on mental illness. Questions were asked about the mental health of the shooters, and many wondered whether we should tailor gun laws to exclude the mentally ill. The discussion centered around mental illness even though little is known about the mental history of these mass shooters. People assumed that to kill 20 school-age children, the Newtown mass shooter had to be mentally ill. But the issues surrounding gun violence are more complicated than that. After every incident, lawmakers and journalists asked whether we need stricter gun laws. This is a natural response to these public shootings, but these questions should be the norm, not the exception. This country needs to constantly re-evaluate how it views gun restrictions and availability. More than 500 people were killed in Chicago last year. That statistic gets thrown around a lot lately, but it’s a reminder that more people were killed with guns in Chicago in 2012 than were killed in mass shootings. Most of those shootings didn’t receive any media attention, aside from the small three- or four-paragraph news brief on a website. That’s why we can’t wait around for tragedy to strike. We can’t wait for several people to be killed at one time in one place. We can’t wait for a white man to shoot an unarmed black teenager. Gun violence is endemic. It happens so often that we rarely consider it except in the most appalling cases. If we want to see meaningful change in this country, we have to actively seek that change all the time. Gun violence in this country is a complex issue. We can’t narrow the problem down to just race or mental illness. When tragic shootings occur, multiple factors are at play. Instead of trying to pigeonhole each shooting into one category, we should recognize that these shootings have complex roots. No one change in gun laws will stop them. This anniversary is not only a time to remember the death of Trayvon Martin, but also a time to consider how little has changed.
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the fourth wall and allow viewers to live in the world they’re watching, if only for just a moment. Compared to other forms of art, music can be more easily enjoyed and understood by the masses. This is why it resonates so much with all people. The highlight of the night, though, came from Ben Affleck’s acceptance speech for winning best picture for “Argo.” On what it takes to make it in Hollywood, he said that you can’t hold grudges and that it doesn’t matter how you get knocked down, you just have to get back up. And music can help remedy those issues. I think these remarks can be expanded to being successful anywhere: Life is too short to let these negative feelings drive your actions. The power of negativity is stronger than we’re led to believe because it affects us subconsciously in the same way that music does. Music is special because it can transcend this negativity. Music calms you down whenever you are stressed. It clears your head, accompanies you during times of trouble and occupies your thoughts when you don’t want to think. If you’re going through a difficult time, turn on your favorite song, and let the music carry you.
ith spring break just a few weeks away, many on campus may be scrambling to find that perfect place to relax, to get away from the stresses of school and campus life and forget all cares. If you’ve left your spring break planning to last minute, allow me provide the perfect solution: Abbottabad, Pakistan. That’s right folks! The city where Osama bin Laden was found and killed by U.S. Navy SEALs on May 2, 2011, is looking to promote itself and increase tourist traffic. Project director Sheikh Kaleemuddin hopes to attract “the tourists from all around Europe, America. People should come and see what we are doing.” (It could just be me, but isn’t that transparency a bit ironic?) Kaleemuddin promises, “You won’t get such a beautiful landscape around anywhere in the world.” In the foothills of the Himalayas, it certainly may be true. Abbottabad has called to tourists and those looking to relocate for generations, and, before the whole bin Laden kerfuffle, was most well-known for its temperate weather. Abbottabad has a new plan to help harness that nature and get the tourists coming over: an amusement park. At a cost of roughly $30 million, the “amusement city,” will initially cover 50 acres, later extended to 500 acres, said Syed Aqil Shah, the area’s minister for tourism and sports, to the BBC. The amusement park sounds like an amalgamation of almost every other type of amusement park, a Pakistani version of Disney World and Six Flags and Sea World all wrapped up into one. The park will host mini-golf, rock-climbing, paragliding, water sports and a zoo, and that’s just what’s planned at the outset. With the other $20 million in further private funding that could be coming Kaleemuddin’s way, who knows what other attractions will pop up? “Sesame Street” characters? Harry Potter? A drone strike simulation? So what about that bin Laden issue? NPR discusses the residents and the town, culminating in a description of black graffiti that reads “Here is where the ‘martyr’ Osama was killed.” They say it has an uncomfortable, “almost spooky” feeling — how welcoming! According to Shah, the project is merely to “promote tourism and amusement facilities” and “has nothing to do with Osama bin Laden.” Well that certainly is a relief. I’m sure everyone who visits the area will be coming for the amusement park and the surrounding landscape, completely forgetting that one guy ... What was his name? Obama bon something? It’s a good idea for Pakistan and especially the region of and around Abbottabad to try to rebuild its image, but to expect incoming tourists to ignore the history that surrounds the area is impossible. While I wouldn’t go so far as to promote the bin Laden compound as a selling point, Abbottabad needs to recognize that part of its history, just like Pearl Harbor and Gettysburg and Auschwitz and Hiroshima. These places are forever tied to the events that occurred within them, and it remains impossible to think of them without being reminded of those events. Abbottabad and Pakistan as a whole too often get lumped with bin Laden and the “War on Terror.” It’s ridiculous to discount a place because of its past. And while I think it’s unfair to both the country and its people, building an amusement park in an attempt to hide from the past is equally ridiculous. The compound where Osama bin Laden was killed and the story surrounding and leading up to his death will remain powerful narratives, not only in the United States but around the world. And even though the compound itself was torn down a year ago, the area will forever be known as the place that sheltered bin Laden. Abbottabad could have lovely weather, picturesque landscapes and a reputation of peace and security, but as a tourist spot, it won’t be able to escape two major factors: its geographic location and its history. So if you’re still looking for that great spring break getaway with your sorority sisters or lacrosse team, book your tickets. Pack your bags. It’s only 15 hours in a plane — not including layovers and connections — and roughly $1,000 in airfare. The landscapes captivate, the weather subdues, and there’s an amusement city that’s only three to five years away from completion.
Tommy is a senior in Business. He can be reached at opinions@dailyillini.com.
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Approaching alcohol differently RENÉE WUNDERLICH Opinions columnist
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pride ourselves in freedom of speech, of religion and of the press, yet we hold these truths to be selfevident that alcoholic beverages are evil. That all men and women, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or religion, may be considered impure and unhealthy upon the consumption of such substances that helped our species survive in the first place. But that was so long ago. Surely, with such great knowledge and bountiful resources that come with first-world-country status, we have reached a level of sophisticated understanding of how to sustain a stable nation of acceptance, especially regarding something so commonplace to our history as fermented beverages. Nope. We bet our livers. We ride the bus. We shotgun and keg stand and day drink until all the free beer is gone — we call that a pregame. Some never make it to the bars, and of those who do, maybe half remember. And at the base of the beer-a-mid, the wisest wizards make the dumbest mistakes. If we abstain, we are too good, and if we partake it’s just too bad, because there is no in-between and moderation was five shots ago. That is the American right of passage. And ignoring a problem seems to be the cultural approach, and it’s not just with alcohol. The burden of teaching a topic with maturity and understanding often falls on the American school system. But how much can a school be expected to combat cultural norms or taboos? Let’s look at an issue that is highly stigmatized in America, especially when involving teenagers and young adults: sex.
Sex education in this country is abysmal in comparison to our European neighbors, and only now are we starting to understand why. Abstinence-only education results in more teenage pregnancies than programs that introduce safe sex options. Yet, as mentioned in the 2009 documentary “Let’s Talk About Sex,” some young Americans are still convinced that condom is a dirty word. Choosing to abstain from intercourse or drinking alcohol is a personal choice and should be respected as such. But the fact of this particular matter is that a substantial number of young Americans make the choice to drink like they may make the choice to have sex. Alcohol is the drug of choice among American adolescents and is used more than tobacco or illicit drugs, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Maybe if schools, families and community outreach groups started teaching students what an appropriate serving size of beer is instead of commanding that thou shalt not blow above a .08, there might be a smaller number of stupid mistakes. Those opposed to safe-sex education argue that teaching children about sex would encourage participation in sexual activity. But evidence suggests the contrary — those educated on how to practice safe sex ended up having less sex, even waiting longer before becoming sexually active. What if school programs discuss not just the physical and legal complications of abusing alcohol, but also how to responsibly enjoy a drink? Like positive sex education where students learn birth control options or abstinence, understanding how a drink or two can be enjoyed in a healthy and safe manner may lead a future of lower sad statistics. Religious, health or other considerations may be made in personal instances, but decisions about how to handle sex and alcohol are based on just that — personal feelings.
Instead of “Don’t drink and drive,” the message becomes “If you drink, don’t drive.” Doesn’t that sound a bit more realistic? Scolding rarely inspires people to better themselves. Giving realistic options for responsible decision-making sounds a bit more on par with positive outcomes. Is the problem the drinking itself or the irresponsible decisions that result from alcohol abuse? The American college culture encourages students to drink in excess at any age. Drink to be grown-up. Drink to feel young again. Drink to celebrate. Then drink away the pain. And by the time we turn 21, we legally solidify all the habits we have worked to create for the last three to seven years. But at some colleges, students party without drinking. More importantly, there are people in America of college age who choose to handle alcohol responsibly. We don’t often hear about this population — maybe it’s time we do. This Friday is an opportunity to show this community and this country that we can handle ourselves around alcohol. You don’t have to embrace Unofficial, but you don’t have to condemn it either. This holiday, much less this aspect of a campus community, is a product of this country’s environment of fear toward alcohol. Even without the 20,000 or more visitors from neighboring universities frolicking outside in the early hours of the morning, it’s Unofficial every Thursday, Friday and Saturday here in Chambana. Green Street is bustling, frat houses are trashed, and apartment parties dictate the neighborhood’s noise level — but for one day each spring semester, the chaos is color-coordinated. We are a culture refusing to accept that alcohol is not the enemy. Knowledge is power, America. And ignorance is the reason for the season. Happy Unofficial.
Renée is a senior in Media. She can be reached at wunderl1@dailyillini.com.
Oscars pay deserved tribute to music TOMMY HEISER Opinions columnist
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fter picking up my mom from the airport from a long overdue trip, we sat down with some popcorn and watched the Oscars with the dogs. They weren’t particularly interested, though when anything from “Life of Pi” appeared on the screen they perked up, probably more so than the estimated 1 billion watching around the world. But for us human viewers, it was an entertaining night of quality television filled with laughter and great music. Seth MacFarlane, most known for his unmistakable voice on Family Guy, hosted and carried an all-around successful show. Sunday night’s theme — music at the movies — hit a strong note at home, taking my thoughts to what music does for a movie or for anyone who listens to it. Music is everywhere. When I hear a song or score, I think of the emotional story it tells. Happy, sad, light, dark, legendary, subdued. It can do it all. Storytelling can take many forms, and music offers the artist an opportunity to engage listeners on a roller coaster of feelings. Music was the name of the game Sunday at the Oscars, and the producers of the show went for it all
the way, from one musical performance to the next. Going 35 minutes over the scheduled three-hour running time. As everyone knows, the show tends to drag on, leaving the viewers shifting through channels or walking away altogether. This year’s run time was around average, yet still 48 minutes under the longest show ever in 2002 — “A Beautiful Mind” won best picture that year. This wasn’t just a show about movies. Rather, it was a night about performance and, of course, the music. The musical score is the defining characteristic of the movie. It does what an actor or actress cannot; it fleshes out the story, luring you in when you are most unaware and forcing you to experience the raw emotions coming to life. When I think of my favorite movies, it’s the music that brings those memories back. The score can lead a movie to new levels. Without the emotionally-driven scores of John Williams, Darth Vader’s entrance in the opening scene of “A New Hope” wouldn’t be as gratifying. Without the chilling and thunderous scores of Hans Zimmer, we wouldn’t feel the twisted fantasy each villain manifests in “The Dark Knight” trilogy. And without Howard Shore’s brilliance in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, the tale of Frodo’s epic quest to destroy the ring would severely fall short. All these scores break
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Bombay Indian Grill has been serving authentic Indian food in Champaign for 10 years. Some of its well-known and tasty dishes include the savory butter chicken (left) and flavorful cholay (right ) alongside some warm and crisp naan bread (middle). The restaurant has two locations: one at First and White streets and one at Fourth and Green streets.
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On the corner of First and White streets stands Bombay Indian Grill, one of two locations in the area. Upon walking in, one is greeted with the smell of spices wafting through the kitchen doors. Arches separate the main dining and banquet-style area, and the dim lighting accentuates the cozy restaurant. Bombay Indian Grill opened its location at First Street in 2008. The restaurant is known for authentic Indian cuisine and a loyal customer base. For many of its dishes, the chefs use a traditional tandoori oven, which is made of clay and is shaped in the form of a cylinder, where temperatures can reach up to 900 degrees. The owner of Bombay Indian Grill also owns Casablanca, a Moroccan restaurant on Green Street. There is another Bombay Indian Grill location at Fourth and Green streets, which was opened in 2003. Server Carmelo Suyas has worked at Bombay since the store first opened. His favorite part about working there is the teamwork and interaction with the customers.
“I know a lot of them now. We have a lot of repeat and old customers,” Suyas said. One common dish ordered at Bombay is butter chicken, also referred to as “murgh makhni.” After dipping a piece of naan — a type of flatbread — into the dish, customers may be in for a little surprise. Head chef Gursharn Singh uses a little honey in the dish, which makes it a touch sweeter. This makes it a good dish for new customers who might be worried about the spiciness of this cuisine. Even then, Bombay has a scale for spiciness, allowing customers to pick and choose according to their taste. Originally an engineer, Singh’s passion for cooking strengthened when he went to Taj Hotel in New Delhi, where he learned how to cook traditional and authentic Indian cuisine. Soon after learning the rules, he started to break them. He’s known to experiment with fusions and various combinations of ingredients because he enjoys adding a twist to his dishes. Another popular dish, albeit an appetizer, is the cholay. These are chickpeas made with
“authentic, homemade masala (a mix of spices) with a nod to Punjabi cuisine,” said Simran Singh, the manager of Bombay and Gursharn Singh’s son. The cholay are served alongside a type of bread called bhatura, which is also ordered frequently at Bombay. The bread is prepared in Mughlai fashion, stemming from north Indian roots. The food from Mughal times was generally made for the likes of kings and royalty, so that’s why a lot of Bombay’s dishes may have some sweeter undertones, Simran Singh said. At Bombay, workers pride themselves in their pledge to customer satisfaction and the close bond that exists within the staff. Joking around with each other and laughing, Gursharn and Simran Singh said they don’t like to take things seriously. When things get a little tense, someone on staff will play a joke and everyone else will start laughing, Simran said. Whether the customer is new, or a repeat, everyone is welcomed as a member of the family.
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you were on the Quad last Wednesday at 1:50 p.m., you would have witnessed yet another example of the viral video phenomenon surrounding the Harlem Shake. University students — dressed in a variety of masked, cartoonish costumes — created a mob of dancing convulsions to the music of Baauer’s hit single of the same name. But could it be said they were doing the actual Harlem Shake dance? Not in the slightest. What you’ll see now in your Google or YouTube search is a growing list of videos featuring an individual dancing alone amongst a commonplace group of people, before the shot jumps to the entire group wildly joining in once the song reaches the “drop.” According to an article by the SocialTimes, over 4,000 of these videos are uploaded to YouTube every day, with some having been watched upward of 44 million times. The original video seems to have been traced back to that of a New York college student under the YouTube username Filthy Frank, and has since caused an avalanche of videos throughout the month of February. It has been replicated by everyone, from skydivers to puppies to numerous universities across the country.
3-D LAB FROM PAGE 6A a research project designed to identify impactful and emerging technologies, 3-D printing skills were predicted to be required in curriculums across grade schools and higher education in the next four to five years. Sachdev said one of MakerLab’s goals is to give students the ability to manage and leverage the innovation that’s possible with 3-D printing. Rindfleisch said both of them believe America is moving toward the next industrial revolution, which they think will be small-scaled and personalized to
fit consumers’ desktops. Consumers now and in the future will have much more autonomy and control over the things they use, he said. As part of the business school that deals with firms and consumers, Rindfleisch added that it is important for the college and its students to be in touch with these changes. “In college, I learned about the wired economics of buyers and consumers, and now we refer to the two as makers,” Rindfleisch said. “We’re used to that category of consumers basing decisions on things given to them, but now we’re given a perspective and capacity to create our own solutions. We want to explore that potential.”
for examples of the Harlem Shake, the current meme is sure to dominate your results. And surely, if you were to ask any high school or university student to describe the dance, you’d get a description of energetic failings to a techno track. But is this enough to call the meme the cause for white cultural appropriation and racism? I wouldn’t take it that far. It’s clear when watching the crowd last Wednesday that no one was intentionally stripping a Harlem facet of its cultural context and meaning. To me, it’s more along the lines of innocent fun. Still, it’s easy to sympathize with the Harlem residents who feel a part of their culture has been stolen and misrepresented. The quick fix? It’s quite clear if the meme’s dance isn’t exactly the Harlem Shake, it shouldn’t be called so, despite whatever samplings the hit song used and then was named for. But with thousands of videos still being uploaded with the name, that damage might be irreversible. However, that’s the thing about fads. They’re short-lived. Just like every other viral video, it’s going to pass and fade out of the cultural mainstream within the year. It will be up for the taking once again. And if it’s truly a part of the Harlem community, it will continue to be so, despite ever having been confused with the ephemeral whimsy of happy video dancers.
Sarah is a sophomore in Media and can be reached at soenke2@ dailyillini.com. Despite the increasing promise for 3-D printing, Sachdev and Rindfleisch remain humble toward MakerLab and hope for student turnout. MakerLab is open to all students, with open hours ranging from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Friday in Room 103 of the Surveying Building. “We’re just getting started and this is kind of an experiment,” Sachdev said. “This may be a temporary location, but we’re nevertheless excited to see what comes out of MakerLab.”
Adlai can be reached at aesteve2@ dailyillini.com.
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Origin of Harlem Shake disputed Buried under this current fad, however, lies an actual dance from the 1980s. Harlem resident and rapper Al-B claims to be its creator, originally calling the dance the “albee,” sourcing its rhythmic shaking and rolling to mimic the movement of Egyptian mummies and the Ethiopian form of dance called “Eskista.” The dance was later referred to as the Harlem Shake once it spread outside the Harlem community. It peaked in popularity during the early 2000s when it was featured in a the video for “Let’s Get It,” performed by rappers G. Dep, Black Rob and P. Diddy. What do Harlem residents think of the “new” dance? In a video filmed right outside of Harlem’s Apollo Theater, residents’ responses ranged from lighthearted criticism to dismayed disbelief. The responses firmly point out that the spastic gyrations displayed in the videos are nowhere near the rhythmic bodily shakes and shimmying of the original dance. While some residents simply laughed it off, one of the locals articulated a heavier common response: “It looks like they’re making fun of it.” That sentiment is now part of a collection of cultural criticism against the meme. Some have claimed the fad has figuratively killed a dance that’s part of the strong Harlem community, with a New York Times article stating “the explosion of this song, and its accompanying videos, threatens to all but obliterate the original dance’s claim on the name.” Of course, when searching
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students received a nickel for every 3-D printing lab affiliated with the College of Business, they would get 5 cents — not just in Champaign-Urbana, but at business schools throughout the world. MakerLab is the College of Business’s new 3-D printing lab opened this semester to help students develop technological skills in design that empower them to succeed in an evolving consumer economy. The new lab accompanies a number of other 3-D labs already on campus, some of which are located at the Imaging Technology Group at Beckman Institute. “The College of Business’ dean read a cover story in Wired magazine about how 3-D printing machines will change the world, and he was very receptive to our idea of the lab as a way to enhance the undergraduate experience,” said Aric Rindfleisch, executive director of MakerLab and professor of business administration. “We hope that students can take an interest in 3-D printing and build skills that we think, in a few years, will be very important.” Vishal Sachdev, director of MakerLab and assistant professor of business administration, categorized 3-D printing as a form of “additive” manufacturing, where designs are built from the ground up, layer by layer. Sachdev said 3-D printing uses design software to create three-dimensional models of objects that are sent to a printer, which creates physical objects out of a selected material including plastic and
More online: Go online to learn more about how this new liquid. 3-D printer lab makes a computer image come to life as a “It’s a way of 3-D model out of plastic at DailyIllini.com. changing digits into physical evidence,” he said. in 3-D printing have hyped up this new Rindfleisch added that 3-D printing accessibility so much that their stock has a variety of sources, and MakerLab prices show a 300 percent growth in the mainly focuses on two ways for students last six months.” to design their objects. Six printers sit together in MakerLab’s Students can download models from space, located in Room 103 of the SurThingiverse, a website Rindfleisch calls veying Building. The printers, known as the “iTunes of designs and objects,” Replicator 2s, were named one of the best where they can modify and print innovations of 2012 by Time magazine. “Other areas on campus have much over 50,000 objects spanning several categories. more advanced manufacturing machinSoftware programs are another source ery than the printers here, but they’re that offer the digital tools to essentially behind locked doors and you have to give design objects, Rindfleisch said. Mak- an order to them,” Rindfleisch said. “The erLab will use one particular program, objective here and the ethos we stand Tinkercad, in one of its courses to teach behind is sharing open sources.” students how to use software for 3-D MakerLab plans to hold design comprinting. petitions along with their programming MakerLab hosted an open lab Feb. 8 courses and experimenting with open where students printed models of them- hardware so interested students can selves from scanned images taken by a interact with the lab as much as possible. Kinect motion sensor in addition to using Rindfleisch and Sachdev encourage Thingiverse and Tinkercad. students and faculty to take on teachMakerLab’s approval came after what ing and volunteer positions as well, hopSachdev described as a “bubble” in the ing for learning experiences to extend 3-D printing industry and its rising beyond the uniform classroom setting. accessibility to consumers. He said 25 Sachdev and Rindfleisch predict that years of the technology’s existence were MakerLab’s activities will be essential predominantly commercial, but recent for many careers in the not-too-distant years have seen growing activity among future. consumers. According to the NMC Horizon Report, “Now the machines can sit in your a research project designed to identify home, and the software’s so much easiSee 3-D LAB, Page 5A er to use,” Sachdev said. “The big players
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Sports Women’s basketball vying for seed in Big Ten, NCAA tournaments BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER
PORTRAIT BY JORDAN WILSON THE DAILY ILLINI
Sam Watts, an 11-yeard old, poses with Orange Krush members during the game against Penn State on Feb. 21. Watts dances on the jumbotron at each of Illinois’ home games.
Popcorn Kid: The heart of Illini nation BY J.J. WILSON STAFF WRITER
Illinois men’s basketball has been a yearlong inconsistency. Fans who have attended a game this season can attest to the Illini playing games with the fans’ emotions. They put up an impressive 12-0 to start the season, then followed it by losing five of seven Big Ten games. But fans of the Orange and Blue can always count on one thing at home. It isn’t the first year that 11-year-old Sam Watts, known around Assembly Hall as “Popcorn Kid,” has stood up to dance. He’s been keen to dance in public since his aunt’s wedding six years ago. But when Watts stood this year, wearing dark shades and concessions-popcorn bucket as a hat, he struck popularity gold. “I think I was kind of desperate to get on the Jumbotron this year, so I just tried something and it worked,” Watts said.
Watts said he had gotten up on the screen two or three times since he started going to games in the first grade, but nothing compares with to his current moves and how it affects the fan base. After one game, fans hoped for his dance. After three, his dance was an expectation. “It’s a great time,” said Ryan Lemenager, a freshman in Orange Krush. “He really gets the crowd going and everyone loves it.” Watts’ dance moves, inspired by Internet videos, vary from game to game, but it isn’t an act he’s putting on. It’s a full-fledged expression of who he is on the inside. “I just like to be myself,” Watts said. “I just like to let out the stress from school ‘cause there’s a lot of work ... and just go by whatever I feel like doing.” Judy Argentieri, Watts’ mother, said she and her husband, Ben Watts, let him do his own thing because it’s in their son’s nature.
“We get questions all the time, ‘Who does he get it from?’” Argentieri said. “Neither one of us. It’s all him. That’s his personality.” At last week’s home game, shortly before Purdue head coach Matt Painter was ejected, Orange Krush organized a popcorn-hat theme to rile the crowd, and they recruited Watts himself for the lead inspiration. “We knew they were coming (to get him),” Argentieri said. “We didn’t give him any warnings.” What followed was a wave of freestyle dance around the court that seemed to recharge fans with love for the Illini. And amidst the excitement, an amazed Watts led the show. “It was a lot of fun, especially because we all got to have our popcorn hats with him,” Lemenager said, laughing. “His dance moves just crack everybody up.” Olivia Watts, Sam’s older sis-
ter, laughs at the thought of her brother dancing. She said she feels embarrassed, as all big sisters are by their little brothers. But still, she has fun seeing him show the crowd what he’s got. Watts is more than just an energetic fan. In fact, he calls his love for the Illini an obsession — extending from his favorite player, Brandon Paul, to every scoring detail about the team. “If you what to know how the team did and who scored, you ask him,” Argentieri said. “He loves it.” Watts remembers most statistics by simply watching the game. Occasionally, he’ll turn to the Internet or newspaper, but he pays attention to which player does what, game by game. “My favorite thing (about the Illini) is that they’re always competitive in sports, I’d say,” he said. He doesn’t limit himself to basketball, even though it’s his favorite sport. He has attended
several football and baseball games, as well as women’s basketball, as a fan. However, his dance is exclusive to Illinois basketball. “For the most part, it’s funny,” Argentieri said. “It’s always surprised me how funny it is.” Illinois takes on Penn State on Thursday, and while the Illini have been on a hot streak since the win over No. 1 Indiana, there is no guarantee of the outcome. But whether Illinois is winning, fans can count on one constant just after halftime. Before each game, Watt said fans come up to him and say, “Do a good dance tonight, will you?” He smiles and nods. Why? Because whatever he does, it’ll be a reflection of him and his support for the team he loves most, and that’s consistency.
J.J. can be reached at jjwilso2@dailyillini.com and @TheWilson9287.
Karisma Penn and Adrienne GodBold will likely play at Assembly Hall for the final time Thursday night. But Illinois’ two seniors have almost secured themselves an opportunity to do something the women’s basketball team hasn’t done since 2002-03: make the NCAA tournament. Thursday’s game against Ohio State will be Illinois’ final regularseason home game, assuming it qualifies for the NCAA tournament, but the Illini could play at home once more if it is relegated to the WNIT. Illinois’ latest win over Indiana secured a conference record above .500 for the first time since 2002-03 and guaranteed the Illini (16-10, 9-5 Big Ten) a top-six finish in the conference. The NCAA selected seven Big Ten teams last season, and the conference has improved from No. 6 in the conference RPI to No. 2. “(It) should give us a good shot at the NCAA tournament,” Illinois head coach Matt Bollant said. EspnW bracketologist Charlie Creme has Illinois as a No. 9 seed in his most recent bracket, and Bollant has previously said he thinks a 10-6 conference record would guarantee Illinois a spot in the tournament. Illinois insists it isn’t looking past the Big Ten Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Ill., from March 7-10.The Illini are guaranteed at least a No. 6 seed but could secure as high as a No. 2 seed. “We’re trying to position ourselves for the Big Ten Tournament and getting the very best seed we can and the best position to make a run in that,” Bollant said. Illinois will have the opportunity
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Illinois’ Adrienne GodBold drives down the baseline during Saturday’s 73-60 win over Indiana at Assembly Hall.
A tale of 2 halves for Illinois basketball in Michigan BY THOMAS BRUCH STAFF WRITER
If Illini fans had nightmarish flashbacks Sunday afternoon from the dreadful second half against Michigan, the conjured image would be another Big Ten road game in the state of Michigan. On Jan. 31, the Illinois men’s basketball team marched out to a 37-27 lead at halftime against then-No. 13
Michigan State. Despite the encouraging start, the Illini collapsed in the second half, much like their performance against the Wolverines on Sunday. Here is a breakdown of those two lackluster second-half performances from Illinois.
Thomas can be reached at bruch2@dailyillini.com and @ThomasBruch.
Illinois has twice given up first-half leads in Michigan.
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Illinois head coach John Groce looks from the sidelines during a game against Michigan on Sunday in Ann Arbor, Mich. Sunday’s loss epitomized Illinois’ seasonlong inconsistency.
Loss to Michigan epitomizes good, bad of Illini basketball DANIEL MILLER-MCLEMORE Basketball columnist
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unday at Michigan, we saw the two faces of Illinois. Twenty-nine games into the season, we still don’t know who these Illini are. Is it the Illinois team that beat the No. 1 (Indiana)and No. 2 (Gonzaga) teams in the country, crushed the Maui Invitational field and flattened the likes of Purdue and Northwestern? Or are the Illini the imposters that no-showed at Wisconsin and embarrassed themselves on multiple occasions against lackluster competition? And while we’re asking questions,
why did Harvey Dent think it was OK to start murdering innocent people based on a coin flip? Shouldn’t he have just killed the crazy anarchist responsible for the death of his girlfriend and half his face burning off while he had a massive handgun pressed to the Joker’s forehead? And while we’re on the topic, wasn’t there a serious risk of infection with all that exposed flesh on Harvey’s face? (Oops, forgot this was a basketball column for a second. Back on topic.) Seriously, who are these Illini? It’s impossible to know which Illini persona will show up on a game-bygame basis. Hell, it’s impossible to know which team will come out for each half.
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31-28 15-3 54.2% 43 71-58 “I’m gonna keep this real simple for you: They were smarter and tougher than us in the second half. That was the difference in the game.”
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37-27 14-0 87.5% 53 80-75 “I thought they came out and punched us in the mouth. I didn’t like our response.”
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Positive journalism should be focus of consumer attention ELIOT SILL Sports columnist
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Champaign Mayor Don Gerard laughs while on air with Illini Drive on Monday.
Gerard: I’m really proud of Illini men’s basketball Editor’s note: The following is a partial transcript from an Illini Drive interview with Champaign Mayor Don Gerard about Illini sports. Illini Drive: You’re a big Illini guy. What are your thoughts on the Illini basketball season?
Gerard: I’ve really had fun this year. And to be honest, I was listening on the way over, technically they have, by definition, one bad loss. ... Maybe two. I’m really proud of them. Brand new coaching staff, new system, no point guard. I mean, no true point guard, really, coming into the season. You lose Meyers Leonard. It could be a lot worse. But it’s been exciting; they’ve won some fantastic games. It’s been fun to watch. That’s what we’re hoping for. It’s been a lot of fun. ... Granted, I’m busy. I
didn’t watch the second half of the Michigan game, so that was great. They won, as far as I’m concerned.
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ID: Have you made any mayor bets? DG: I tried to with the mayor of Minneapolis, but he’s big time, so they only do it for playoffs. So maybe we’ll see for the Big Ten Tournament. ... But no, I haven’t made too many mayoral wagers, but we’ll see what happens.
ID: You’ve mentioned that you’ve been watching Illinois basketball for 40-plus years. Do you have an Illini memory that sticks out? DG: I was there when Eddie Johnson hit the shot at the buzzer to beat No. 1. ... I’ve seen all the games where they out-toughed No. 1 at the Hall, which is great. And one of them I was actually there. That 2005
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season ... it was just a whole different animal. It was just remarkable. Those guys were just such rock stars and it wasn’t just about the games; it was about the way they were around town and just how you felt if you saw one of them. Johnson hitting that shot is probably one of my most vivid memories.
ID: Are you a coffee guy like (John Groce) is?
DG: Yeah, I can be. I don’t sleep a whole lot.
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Gonzaga’s Elias Harris fights for a rebound against San Diego in Spokane, Wash., on Saturday. Gonzage moves to No. 2 in the top 25.
Indiana stays at No. 1 in AP Top 25, Gonzaga at No. 2 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indiana is No. 1 in The Associated Press’ Top 25 for the fourth straight week, while Gonzaga moved to No. 2 for the first time in school history. The Bulldogs were third last week, matching their previous best ranking. “The polls mean a lot more this time of year than they do in November, December, even January,” coach Mark Few said. “All of us are being judged on the true body of work. It’s definitely rewarding. “It establishes us as a national program, which I believe we have been for the last 10 years. This group has done a great job of competing at that level, winning games at the highest level.” While the West Coast Bulldogs made some news at the top of the poll Monday, Louisiana Tech, the Bulldogs from Down South, moved into the rankings for the first time since a 13-week run in 198485, their only appearance in
BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1B to improve its seed against Ohio State on Thursday and at Purdue on Sunday. If the Illini win both games, they will be guaranteed a protected seed and first-round bye in the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since 2002-03.
Too much buzz about the Buzz Illinois’ Buzz defense has been a main focus of many of Illinois’ opponents this season, but Indiana
the poll. Louisiana Tech, which is 25th this week, was led back then to a ranking as high as No. 7 by a forward named Karl Malone. Gonzaga at that time had a point guard named John Stockton. They went on to become one of the greatest combinations in NBA history with the Utah Jazz, where members of the Dream Team and both were inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The Hoosiers, who have been ranked No. 1 for a total of 10 weeks this season, received all but one first-place vote from the 65-member national media panel. Gonzaga, which got the other No. 1 vote, was ranked third for the final two weeks of 2003-04. Duke moved up three spots to third and is followed by Michigan and Miami, which dropped from second after falling to Wake Forest, the Hurricanes’ first Atlantic Coast Conference loss this head coach Curt Miller focused on a different aspect of the Illini. “We feared their man-to-man defense more than the Buzz, and it played out that way,” Miller said. “I thought we were very good all night long getting good shots and we did a nice job against the Buzz. Their man-to-man pressure is tough because they can switch one (point guard) through five (center) with their current lineup, and they can pressure all over the court.” The Buzz, in Miller’s opinion, gets too much credit for Illinois’ success.
here was a study conducted once that had people quantitatively measure their mood while being insulted and complimented by total strangers. I only remember hearing about this study sometime in middle school, but its results have stuck with me ever since. It was determined that one insult from a stranger carries the emotional weight of four compliments. You’re pretty, your shoes look awesome, you’re kind of fat, I would kill for that hair, your jokes are hilarious. Even exchange. Obviously this ratio isn’t formulaically rock solid. If I hadn’t said “kind of” in that previous sentence, the insult would have cut deeper, and so forth. Additionally, this ratio was determined based off strangers. It’s reasonable to believe the ratio would increase somewhat exponentially depending on how well you knew the person insulting you. If I tell you you’re stupid, I’m just a jerk. If your mother tells you you’re stupid, that problem is a few levels deeper. The point is, though, that insults are more impactful than compliments. This idea plays out in media, too. In fact, it played out here at The Daily Illini all last week. One could argue that newspapers are held to a much higher standard, and that one bad or insulting story would crush the impact of hundreds or even thousands of good ones. For some reason, insults sting harder in print. Last Tuesday was one of the proudest days for our sports section here at the DI. We ran some of our best work of the year, heck, some of The Daily Illini’s best work of the year.
Indiana
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Gonzaga
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Duke
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Michigan
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Miami (FL)
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Kansas
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Georgetown
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Florida
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Michigan State
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Louisville
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Arizona
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Syracuse
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Kansas State
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New Mexico
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Oklahoma State
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Ohio State
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Aga i nst a competitive 13-team field that included three top-15 teams, the Illinois women’s golf team finished 11th, with a 50-over-par 914, at the Westbrook Spring Invitational which took place Sunday and Monday. The event was marred by some inclement weather at the Westbrook Village Golf Club in Peoria, Ariz., which resulted in a frost delay on the second day. The team acknowledged many times that it came in with a lot of confidence, especially coming off a win at the Illinois Challenge on Feb. 3. Illinois said the last three weeks of practice were really strong, but as head coach Renee Slone said, the Illini’s patience needs improving. Difficulties like the weather didn’t help. “Honestly, we weren’t very pleased,” Slone said. “We just didn’t execute very well.” Slone added that the fairly rough start could be attribut-
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Wisconsin
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Saint Louis
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Memphis
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Butler
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Notre Dame
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Marquette
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Pittsburgh
21-7
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Oregon
22-6
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Louisiana Tech
24-3
season. Kansas is sixth, followed by Georgetown, Florida, Michigan State and Louisville. Saint Louis, which beat Butler and VCU last week, moved into 18th in the poll, the Billikens’ first ranking since being in for one week last season. Colorado State, which was 22nd and lost twice last week, and VCU, which was 24th, dropped out. “They’re a really good man-toman team, and that’s what’s underrated,” Miller said. “There’s this myth about the Buzz that everyone writes about, but their manto-man is good and it deserves a lot of credit.” Bollant has voiced his dissatisfaction with the team’s man-toman defense all season, and he has made it a main focus in practice recently. “We’re getting better,” Bollant said. “We’re getting smarter. We’re in better position and just have a better feel. We had good ball pressure today. We kept
Daily Illini’s sports section. This trend exists with national media, too. ESPN, the Wal-Mart supercenter to our corner convenience store, produces a ton of great journalism. It also produces lots of bad and faux journalism. It has made debate one of its cornerstones, and what is debate if not inflammatory? (More intelligent, among other things.) Fans, athletes and media nerds such as myself like to point out the bad aspects of ESPN. We tweet when the announcer flubs a last name during a game, we scream at the TV as if Skip Bayless will heed our advice to shut up and move to Antarctica. I’ve posted stories on my Facebook page alongside a message that reads (and I’m paraphrasing here) “Look how bad this is!” And that’s what my friends will read, despite the great work of Grantland being a couple clicks away. It’s a problem we all have because it’s in our nature. Most discussions about the downturn of journalistic quality in America conclude that it can be traced back to money and consumerism. Realistically, it’s on the consumer to discern what’s good and what’s bad, to thumbsup the good stuff and shun the bad stuff. Statistically speaking, Renee Wunderlich’s column was the best thing to run in The Daily Illini last week. If you want to disagree, you have to do so in a tangible way. A condemning comment is as valuable to advertisers as a praising comment. Don’t be afraid to comment more on the stories you do like, so we know what kind of work you want us to strive for. Make four comments, maybe. Because it takes a lot of effort to balance these kinds of things out.
Eliot is a junior in Media. He can be reached at sill2@dailyillini.com and @EliotTweet.
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But no one wanted to read those stories because there was something bigger looming in the opinions section. I’m not writing this column to discuss the content of Renee Wunderlich’s column; anyone smart enough to matriculate here should be mature enough to have reined in their emotions about the piece by now. Sean Hammond’s article about the life and accomplishments of a paralympic athlete garnered 135 Facebook recommendations while Wunderlich’s column sits around 2,700. Going back to our insult-compliment ratio, it looks like it takes 20 pieces of journalistic work as good as Hammond’s to equal the attention of pieces that get such an inflamed response as Wunderlich’s did. As journalism turns a corner to the Internet era, it becomes more and more pageview-driven. That’s how advertisers determine where they want their banners placed and how it’s determined where the money goes. So with about 20 times the attention, columns like Wunderlich’s are 20 times as desirable to advertisers and thus to newspapers themselves. I understand that if you are a student-athlete at the University of Illinois, you absolutely had to read Wunderlich’s piece. But while you’re on the site, look around a little bit. Hammond’s profile of summer paralympic athlete and winter paralympic hopeful Tatyana McFadden was eye-opening; it’s the kind of story that reminds you of sport’s place in the real world. It’s also the reason journalists get out of bed in the morning: in hopes of capturing enlightening and fascinating stories like that. There was a lot more good work in last Tuesday’s section, but I’m not going to summarize each one because I’m not writing this just to promote The
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MCLEMORE FROM PAGE 1B Sunday’s loss to Michigan summed that up perfectly. Illinois opened the game with a flurry of impressive plays on the offensive and defensive ends of the court, running crisp offense, defending with aggression and attacking the offensive boards with abandon. More importantly, the Illini came out with the focused, attacking mindset that is an absolute must in adverse road environments. They flashed that potential early in the season in an upset win at Gonzaga and looked the part for the first 20 minutes at Michigan. I don’t know what transpired at halftime, but a switch flipped. Maybe the ghost of Heath Ledger paid a visit as the Joker because when the second half began, it was nothing short of a massacre. Except the only innocent thing being murdered was every them from throwing lobs. We’re growing.” Illinois’ two defenses combine to force a conference-high 24.0 turnovers per game. Illinois’ opponents must be able to make shots because of the limited opportunities caused by the high rate of turnovers. Illinois is 9-0 when holding its opponents below 40 percent from the field.
Best in the Big Ten? Bollant’s first-year success has made him a likely candidate for Big Ten Coach of the Year. Bol-
ed to subpar putting, which she said resulted in many three-putt holes for the team. Wedge play was another point of concern for the team. Shots in the 120-yard range led to a high team score and more inopportune situations. There were some individual highlights for the team, though. Sophomore Pimploy Thirati scored an eagle in the first round of play on the par5, 482-yard eighth hole. She was one of only three golfers to eagle in the first round. The score came after a solid 214yard shot downwind, which set up about a 17-foot putt. The putt would prove difficult, but Thirati sank it. “I’m going to treat it like any other putt,” she said to herself in preparation for the shot. Thirati finished tied for 26th overall and was 11-over-par for the invite with a score of 227. She pointed to her struggles with her hybrid club and a lack of aggression as places to improve.
“Before going into the tournament, I feel everyone was very prepared,” she said. “I feel like I could have done better.” Sophomore Jacqueline Calamaro also tied for 26th overall and remained among the topthree Illini competitors throughout the invite despite a slow start. After a small and easy adjustment in her stance after the first day, Calamaro posted her invitelow 1-over-par score of 73 in the third round. She appeared very pleased to get out any first-invite jitters. “I’m excited the season started,” she said. “It’s a good start for sure.” Illinois’ next competition will be at the Notre Dame Clover Cup on March 8-10 in Mesa, Ariz. The team’s short game, as always, will be the major point of emphasis. Still, there were positives to be taken away, especially with the second day of play.
Illinois fans’ hopes for an upset. After snagging eight offensive rebounds in the first half, Illinois failed to collect even one the rest of the game. Brandon Paul went scoreless and failed to get a shot off. Every Illini guard appeared befuddled by an aggressive Wolverines defense that pressured and trapped almost every ball screen. Illinois’ own defense proved incapable of stopping Michigan’s ball-screening action, Trey Burke time and time again carving through the defense with a drive or pass for open looks. One sequence with seven minutes left and Illinois down four epitomized this shift. With the shot clock winding down, Tracy Abrams lofted a shot from the right baseline, barely grazing the rim. The rebound was tipped high in the air toward the 3-point line, in between D.J. Richardson and Trey Burke. The ball bounced toward Richardson, who extended his arms for it, only
to have Burke bullishly snap it away, leading to a breakaway layup for Tim Hardaway, Jr. and sparking 9-0 Michigan run that effectively put the game away. It was a 50-50 ball that Richardson, as one of Illinois’ most consistent hustle players, usually gets to. Yet for some reason, maybe the same reason that afflicted Illinois all half, he was one step slow. Now might be a good time to mention that Michigan is one of the best teams in the country and losing at the Crisler Center is nothing to hang your head about. In fact, it’s encouraging that Illinois showed the ability to hang with and even control one of the country’s elite teams for an extended period of time. But it is disappointing that, at a point this late in the season, we still can’t be confident which face the Illini will show.
lant took over a program that went 11-19 last season and hadn’t made the NCAA tournament in a decade, but Bollant has positioned Illinois to make the tournament in his first year at the helm. Miller can see why Bollant, his longtime friend, has had success. “He’s got tremendous players,” Miller said. “I don’t care who you put on the sidelines; players win games. Illinois has not a deep roster, but a fantastic group to work with.” Miller spoke especially high of senior Karisma Penn.
“Karisma Penn showed why she’s of the lead post players in the league tonight,” he said. “She didn’t just score on the block. She made a ton of 12-foot, 15-foot face-up shots and was terrific.” Penn is a top candidate for Big Ten Player of the Year. She ranks fourth in the Big Ten in scoring (19.1 points per game) and second in rebounding (9.8), steals (2.9) and blocked shots (2.2).
Alex can be reached at ajortiz2@ dailyillini.com and @AlexOrtiz2334.
Daniel is a senior in Media. He can be reached at millerm1@ dailyillini.com and @danielmillermc.
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202 E. Green, C.
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101 E. Daniel, C.
1,2,4
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508 E. Clark, C
1,2,3,4
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808 S. Oak, C.
2,3,4
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Free internet, lofts, balconies
408 E. Green, C.
1,2,3
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Intercom entry, remodeled bathrooms
102 S. Lincoln, U.
2,4
F
Balconies, skylights, big rooms
106 S. Coler, U.
3
F
Patio/Balcony
605 E. Clark, C.
1
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Free internet, balconies
55 E. Healey, C.
2
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303 W. Green, C.
1,2,3
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Guest parking lots, balconies off bedrooms
311 E. Clark, C.
2
F
Free internet, quiet
505 S. Fourth, C.
1,2
F
Laundry on site, Balconies
606 E. White, C.
2,3
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New! With private baths , lofts, balconies, TV
911 S. Locust, C.
1
F
Laundry on site
Next Chapter Properties - 75 Armory
56 1/2 E. Green, C.
1
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Dishwashers
75 E. Armory, C
2,3,4
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410 E. Green, C.
1,2,3
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512 S. Neil Suite C
2,3,4
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Burnham 310
217-239-2310 Nogle Properties LLC.
www.burnham310.com
310 E. Springfield, C
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Country Fair Apartments
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2106 W. White St., C.
B FREE Heat, digital cable and high speed internet
1,2
217-359-3713
Hunsinger Enterprises
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Urbana Houses
5+
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Urbana Apartments
2,3,4
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Joe Allan Properties
217-356-3511
New 9-ft. ceilings
www.nogleproperties.com
105 E. Chalmers, C.
2
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702 W. Washington, C.
1
B Free Parking, Laundry on-site
Royse & Brinkmeyer
217-337-1565
www.75armory.com
www.roysebrinkmeyer.com
217-337-7990
217-352-1129
Royse and Brinkmeyer Apts. 1,2,3
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Shlens Apartment
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Several Locations to choose From.
1004 W. Stoughton, Urbana 4
F
Large flat screen TV, new carpetting
1102 W. Stoughton, Urbana 2,3
F
Large flat screen TV
217-359-3527
joeallanproperties.com
311 E. John, Champaign
1
B
Fourth and John, laundry on site
Tenant Union
308 N. Orchard, Urbana
1
B
Near Engineering department
U of I Tenant Union
315 N. Orchard, Urbana
1
B
Free parking
The Tower at Third
www.tower3rd.com
www.tenantunion.illinois.edu
217-333-0112
Free! Check Landlord Complaint Records & Lease Review!
217-367-0720
609 S. Randolph, Champaign 2,3,4
F Secured building, West side of campus
302 E. John, Champaign
301 W. Park, Urbana
1
B
Weiner Companies, Ltd
www.weinercompanies.com
305 W. Park, Urbana
2
B Near bus stop
404 1/2 E. White, C.
F
On site laundry, Pet friendly! $425/month
401 W. Park, Urbana
1
B
Northwest side of campus
605 W. Springfield, C.
4
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403 & 405 W. Park, Urbana
1
B
Near Computer Science Building
603 W. Green, U.
2,3
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407 W. Park, Urbana
1
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305 W. Elm, U.
2,3
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911 S. Oak, Champaign
2
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705 W. Main, U.
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201 S. Wright, Champaign
1
B
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607 W. Springfield, C.
1
U On site laundry, pet friendly, $525-$570/mo.
404 W. High, Urbana
2
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906 W. Springfield, U.
1
F On site laundry, pet friendly, $525-$560/mo.
704 W. Nevada, U.
1
U On site laundry, hardwd floors, cats allowed, $530-$675/mo
604 W. Nevada, Urbana
1
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403 W. Elm, Urbana
1
U
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714 S. Race, Urbana
1
U
Pet friendly, car port, $530/mo.
Crystal Lake Park across the street
Lincolnshire Properties
www.lincolnshireprop.com
714 W. Elm, Urbana
F
1,2,3,4
MHM Properties
217-398-1998
Modern, 1 block to campus
217-337-8852
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805 S. Locust, C.
2,4
F
Free internet
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217-344-2901
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217-384-8001
Updated kitchen with dishwasher, pet friendly, $735/mo.
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