Roger Ebert
He is from Urbana, and he never really left. Roger Ebert’s mark on this community is permanent. The famed film critic of more than 45 years and former editor-in-chief of The Daily Illini could stipulate the success or demise of a movie with a simple thumbs-up or -down. But what he did for films, for his home in Champaign-Urbana, for his friends and colleagues, for The Daily Illini and for everyone who reached out to him was anything but simple. It was profound. The Chicago Sun-Times announced his death Thursday afternoon, following Ebert’s 11-year battle with cancer, which left him without a voice but never without words. Ebert, 70, was the first to win a Pulitzer Prize for his film criticism and his reviews were read and respected by the millions that followed him. Even though he found his success in Chicago, there was always a part of him that remained in Champaign-Urbana. This editorial continues on page 6A.
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Roger Ebert was more than a film critic. He was a journalist and a pioneer of his time. He found new ways to tell his stories: through his television show, through his books, through his website and through social media. He endured so much through the years. He battled thyroid and salivary gland cancer and lost his voice and lost a part of his jaw. His cancer resurfaced after a hip fracture late last year. Yet his writing persevered, and he never missed a beat as a beloved figure in the film industry. He confronted his long and laborious battle with cancer publicly. And just days ear-
lier, he said goodbye in what his friends call a fitting way: through his intellectual, creative words. “So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I’ll see you at the movies,” Ebert wrote in his blog post, announcing he was taking a “leave of presence.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic died Thursday at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, announced the Chicago Sun-Times, where he had been working for over four decades. He was 70. He was sceduled to attend his annual film festival, Ebertfest, which will still be held later this month. Ebert’s death was met with
sadness from the ChampaignUrbana community, a place where he grew up and called home. “Roger Ebert was a dear friend to this campus and a great ambassador for the University throughout his career,” Chancellor Phyllis Wise said in a statement. “He truly changed the way we talk about film and how we think about art and media. Thanks to Roger, none of us will ever see a movie in the same way again.” Ebert was born on June 18, 1942, in Urbana and earned a bachelor of science degree in journalism from the University. But his years at The Daily Illini defined his career, his long-time friends said in the
wake of his death Thursday. This year marks the 50th anniversary in his position as editor-in-chief, a role that Ebert called “the highlight of his career,” said Michael David Smith, who was the editor-in-chief in 1999 — the same year of Ebert’s inaugural film festival. Ebert’s moment might have never come. His father had died during his freshman year at the University, and he had offered to drop out of the University to join the workforce to help his family, his mother later told Betsy Hendrick, a friend who met Ebert while they were both working at The News-Gazette. “She wouldn’t hear of it,”
Hendrick said. Ebert was in high school then, while Hendrick was attending college. While he was editor-inchief, Ebert penned a column after John F. Kennedy’s assassination — arguably one of his greatest works as a college student — which was republished in the Illini Media’s 100th anniversary edition. “We all rushed to The Daily Illini (after Kennedy was assassinated). Everyone who worked for the paper came running down. Of course the bells were going off in the AP (Associated Press) and UPI (United Press International) machines, signaling a major story. And Roger was there front and center. ... He knew
what to do,” said William Nack, who succeeded Ebert as editor-in-chief. After graduating, he spent a year studying in Cape Town, South Africa. He then went on to be a world-renowned critic, whose “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” became an icon for his reviews and his TV shows, which he hosted first with Chicago Tribune’s Gene Siskel and then with colleague Richard Roeper. In 1975, he became the first to earn a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. But his most important honor was
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Ars Gratia ... Editor’s Note: The following column was first published on October 4, 1961, in The Daily Illini and was one of Roger Ebert’s first published movie reviews. There is in “La Dolce Vita” a great deal to be puzzled about, and a great deal to be impressed by, and perhaps a great deal which we as Americans will never completely understand. Yet it is a fine motion picture. And we have the feeling that even those students who sat through its three hours with a measure of boredom came away convinced that something was there. It is this something, this undefined feeling being hammered at beneath the surface of the film, which gives it power and illumination. And it is this
hidden message which contains the deep and moral indictment of the depravity which “La Dolce Vita” documents. In technical excellence, the film surpasses every production this reviewer has seen, except a few of the Ingmar Bergman classics. Photography and the musical score are together almost as important as the dialogue in conveying the unmistakable attack on “the sweet life.” This attack is also made clear in frequent symbolism, although sometimes the symbolism becomes too obvious to fit into the effortless flow of the total production. For example, in the final scene where merrymakers gather around the grotesque sea monster which represents
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their way of living, and then the protagonist is called by the “good” girl but cannot understand her, the symbolism is very near the surface. Yet this tangible use of symbols might account in part for La Dolce Vita’s fantastic success. Too often the “new wave” fails through symbolism that is simply too subtle for most movie-goers.
Acting Startlingly Realistic The acting itself is startling realistic, and for a very good reason: many of the players are portraying themselves. The greatest surprise – and one of the greatest successes – in the film is the Swedish sex
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Reflections Editor’s Note: The following column was first published on April 22, 1964 and was the last column written by Roger Ebert as editor-inchief of The Daily Illini. Twenty-four hours after this column appears, The Daily Illini will have a new set of editors. The old names will continue to appear in the masthead for a few days, but the transfer of power will have taken place, at least in the minds of our staff members. And so I thought I would use this space today to set down some of the things which have occurred to me during a year of editing this newspaper. The Daily Illini is one of the most remarkable college papers in the nation. It is
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one of the oldest, and one of the very best. For most of its 93 years, it has been one of the pace-setters in demonstrating that complete student editorial freedom can be maintained in a campus newspaper. It is one of the basic duties of each year’s staff to protect and extend The Daily Illini’s editorial freedom, so that this campus will never have to admit that its paper is controlled by the administration, the college of journalism, or any official source.
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Perhaps this campus should be reminded more often that the freedom enjoyed by The Daily Illini is not very common elsewhere. The vast majority of the nation’s
1,200 college newspapers are the mouthpieces of their administrations. Most of the others have various systems of “supervision” which guarantee that nothing embarrassing to the university will appear in the newspaper. Such a system of “supervision” is now in operation at four state colleges in Illinois– but The Daily Illini, which is financially independent and self-supporting, is not affected. This newspaper is part of a fraternity of free college papers. The fraternity is very small. Yet its members read like a list of America’s great college publications. Included are The Michigan
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Illinois chess team puts opposition in check Childhood friends Auger, Rosen lead their team to Final Four in Rockville, Md. BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER
When Michael Auger arrived on campus as a freshman, he didn’t quite get what he was looking for. He joined the Illini Chess Club and found six or seven people casually playing chess. Auger had played at competitions across the nation, ranking among the country’s top players, and even winning two quick-chess national championships. He enjoyed the casual atmosphere but wanted more intense competition. So, when he became the club’s president this year, the sophomore brought in a new mentality — and a new batch of players. Auger had competed against Eric Rosen and Aakaash Meduri since childhood. Rosen, the 2011 K-12 national champion, was recruited to play chess out of high school by the University of Texas at Dallas. Texas-Dallas, one of the nation’s top chess programs, offered him a full ride, but he would be relegated to the program’s B-team, missing out on a spot at top competitions. Auger encouraged Rosen to turn down the offer and join him at the University. Rosen finally decided the day before the national decision date that Illinois was the place for him. The two became roommates at Bromley Hall, as well as the club’s No. 1 and 2 players. Meduri began playing against Rosen and Auger at age 8 and continued at Hinsdale Central High School. When he came to the University, the biochemistry major became the team’s No. 4 player. At the beginning of the year, Auger spent hundreds of dollars trying to attract new members to the club. At Quad Day in August, the club’s leaders offered Amazon gift cards to anyone who could beat them. One of the many players who failed to defeat Auger on Quad Day was Leo Luo. While he hadn’t played chess for a while, Luo was high-ranking player in China before he stopped playing at the age of 11, and the loss really bothered him. He decided to come to the club and eventu-
ally became the No. 3 player in the club, rounding out the fourman team. While all Auger and Rosen were able to compete at were national competitions in high school, they quickly discovered that collegiate chess was an entirely different ball game. “We were always up there at nationals (in high school),” Auger said. “All of the sudden we get thrown into the (collegiate) tournament, and it’s like, ‘Where did this come from?’ It was definitely a unique experience being the underdog again.” Despite being heavily outranked, the chess club tied for first at its first tournament of the year. “We thought that was going to be the highlight of the year,” Auger said. But then the club won their next competition. And the one after that. The Illini went into the PanAmerican Championships, the nation’s premier collegiate chess tournament, seeded No. 14 out of 44 teams. The University hadn’t competed at the tournament since the 1970s, and it took a lot of planning and administrative work to make the trip happen, including securing funding from the Student Organization Resource Fee office. “It felt like an accomplishment even getting there,” Auger said. The Pan-American Championships boasted the nations’ top chess teams. But, by winning four games and drawing two, the Illini were able to continue their Cinderella story with a tie for first, guaranteeing the team a spot in the collegiate chess final four, officially known as the President’s Cup. “When we won Pan-Ams, I knew we did something that shouldn’t have been done,” Auger said. “But I didn’t realize that people would notice.” But people did notice. Rosen and Auger have been featured in the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, WGN radio, DNAinfo and WCIA. “Everyone pays attention to the basketball team, and the football team, and no one really hears about the chess team,”
Rosen said. “So it’s cool to have all these stories about us.” The Illini Chess Club will again be heavy underdogs at the Final Four. The other three schools, the University of Texas — Dallas, the University of Maryland — Baltimore County and Webster University, all flaunt chess scholarships and coaches. These schools recruit internationally for chess and boast the world’s top players, and Auger said the tournament is one of the world’s premier chess competitions. “If you take us out of it, it would be the best players in the world competing against each other,” he said. The competition will include teams that boast at least one FIDE grandmaster, the highest rank given to a chess player in the world. Rosen is the only member of the Illini Chess Club to have an international title, which is FIDE master, two notches below grand master. “It’s pretty tough competition, but the nice thing about playing a well-known chess player is that most all grand masters have several, several chess games published online,” Rosen said. “So that allows us to kind of study how they play and prepare openings for them, the sequence of moves to begin the game and we’re able to use that to our advantage.” He said playing tough competition also has a mental benefit. “I enjoy playing stronger competition because there’s really nothing to lose,” Rosen said. “You’re expected to lose. There’s really no pressure. From my opponent’s point of view, he’s probably terrified to lose to me because that would be a devastating loss for him. I’m just going to go to the tournament and have fun.” For Rosen, the competition made the tournament even more interesting. He turned down a spot as a reserve at Texas-Dallas, but he will be sitting across the chess board from its best player this weekend. Despite all the success and publicity, Rosen and Auger said they’re still just having fun. “It’s awesome now,” Auger said. “I’m with all my friends on a chess team. We’re kind of running the team ourselves rather than just being a member of some B-team, and we’re out there competing with them.”
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How the Final Four works The Illini Chess Club will compete at the final four in Rockville, Md., this weekend. Illinois comes in as a heavy underdog to Texas-Dallas, Maryland-Baltimore County and Webster University in St. Louis. The tournament is in round-robin format where all four teams will play each other over the weekend. In each of the matches, the teams will have their No. 1 player, No. 2 player, No. 3 player and No. 4 player compete against the other team’s player of the same rank. Each match is worth one point for a win or half a point for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of the competition will be the national champion.
UI service union voting on 4-year proposal
Wardrobe does not justify sexual assault
BY DAN WELIN STAFF WRITER
After more than nine months of negotiations, Service Employee International Union Local 73 members voted Thursday and will vote Friday on a four-year proposal, which negotiators from the union and from the University tentatively agreed upon on Wednesday. The Union went on strike from March 12 to March 14 instead of accepting the University’s prior proposal. In March, SEIU chief negotiator Ricky Baldwin said members voted against it primarily because the proposed wage increases were too low. In the current proposal, there is a wage increase for all four years. The union’s negotiators recommended the members vote yes. If there is another no vote, the union will initiate its second strike in four weeks. The polls close Friday night at 6 p.m., and results will be released at 6:30 p.m. KENDALL MCCAUGHERTY THE DAILY ILLINI
Elizabeth Mucha, senior in LAS and member of Amnesty International 124, participates in the SlutWalk to call awareness to sexual assault and victim blaming Wednesday on the Quad.
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Efforts continue to remove University emails from blacklists CITES awaits response from Trend Micro’s large filtering service on blacklist status DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
CITES is continuing efforts to reduce the number of accounts compromised by phishing emails and other methods, as well as working to minimize negative effects of compromised accounts. The University was still on Trend Micro’s blacklist as of noon Tuesday, meaning email messages sent from University accounts are still being blocked when sent to
customers and organizations that use Trend Micro’s email filtering service, according to a campus announcement. Phishers attempt to gain personal information by pretending to be trustworthy entities over email. The University has not experienced any new incidents that would jeopardize the chances of the University being removed from Trend Micro’s blacklist.
Since CITES has begun phishing damage control, the University has been removed from some blacklists but not Trend Micro’s. CITES is waiting to hear back from Trend Micro about removing the University from their blacklist, said Brian Mertz, CITES spokesman. Trend Micro has not provided a specific date when University accounts will be removed from the blacklist. “The actions we’ve taken should help convince Trend Micro to take us off their list, but when that happens is entirely up to Trend Micro,” Mertz said.
To improve the University’s chances of being removed from the blacklist, CITES is contacting specific email users and requiring them to reset their passwords. Mertz said that even if the University domain is removed from Trend Micro’s blacklist, the problem has still not been completely solved. It may be important, now more than ever before, to prevent future phishing attacks. “If we do (have another phishing attack), Trend Micro and others will be even more reluctant to take us off of their blacklists next time,
or they’ll at least make us wait longer until they do,” Mertz said. CITES has also added extraautomated reviews of outgoing email to check that Illinois email accounts are not being used to send spam. As a precaution, people with an illinois.edu email addresses are encouraged to change their password to improve their account’s security. Mertz also emphasized the need for users to be vigilant about suspicious emails now and in the future.
Janelle O’Dea contributed to this report.
“If we do (have another phishing attack), Trend Micro and others will be even more reluctant to take us off of their blacklists next time, or they’ll at least make us wait longer until they do.” BRIAN MERTZ, CCO at CITES
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What to do when you’re afraid
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MELANIE STONE Opinions columnist
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want to apologize to anyone who was walking near me Wednesday morning around 9:30. I’m sorry for my harsh tone, for those nasty swear words that poured out of my mouth and for the stomping as I trudged up Fourth Street to the ARC. Anger can make a person do strange things. But where does it come from? My mom and I were on the phone, talking — no, she was talking, I was yelling — about my summer plans. Frustrated and exhausted after months on the internship hunt, I took it out on her. I think I used every combination of the F-word, the B-word and the D-word possible. (Believe me, there are many.) The anger was building, building, building as I zigzagged through the Six Pack. I clenched my hand tight around my phone. “Mom, I’m just ... I just ... I am just so angry.” Right then, I walked into a tree branch. Hot tears sprung from my eyes as I shoved my phone back into my pocket. The sting of the poking branch was the final straw. By the time I got to the ARC, the anger had dissolved, and in its place: fear. I went straight downstairs to the women’s locker room and shut myself in a stall with my thoughts: What’s going on with me? Why am I such a wreck today? Come on, Melanie, get a grip. A few deep breaths later, a simple truth popped into my mind: Fear is at the root of every human emotion. Joseph Ledoux once wrote a column for The New York Times about the anatomy of fear. On anxiety, he called it “an experience of uncertainty,” an emotion we feel when we leap too far into the future. “While anxiety is defined by uncertainty, human anxiety is greatly amplified by our ability to imagine the future, and our place in it, even a future that is physically impossible. With imagination we can ruminate over that yet to be experienced, possibly impossible scenario,” Ledoux wrote. In this age, people are constantly looking ahead and worrying about tomorrow. Our thoughts are way ahead of reality. And once we take a mental turn for the worst, our emotions simply respond. Emotions have no intellect. They cannot discern past or present or future; all they can do is respond to our thoughts. If we think fearful thoughts, our feelings will surely reflect that. For many of us, fear paves the way for even more negative emotions. This is where the anger comes in: When I allow my fearful thoughts to take over my mind, I respond with an angry, hardened exterior. Among my favorite coping mechanisms is yelling at my parents or snapping at my friends. Once my short fuse is lit, there isn’t much time before I explode. The challenge we all must face is how to respond to fear, worry and anxiety. Do we give in and get mad? Or do we surrender, understanding that we’re not in control of tomorrow? The latter option certainly isn’t easy. Loosening our grip on the future is one of the toughest things a person must do. But when — and only when — we let go, we will begin to experience the sort of peace we were designed to live in.
Melanie is a sophomore in Media. She can be reached at mastone3@ dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @mellystone.
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When volunteering, care about your cause Put in more than a few hours at a nameless place, share your time NICKI HALENZA Opinions columnist
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some point or another, we have all been victims to the lecture that preaches about the importance of volunteering. We are told time and time again that it is vital to give back to our community and that providing even a little bit of help can make a difference. By now, most of us have heeded the advice and done some sort of community service. But chances are the motives have been to spice up a resumé or check off a requirement for a club membership. However, I feel that doing community service out of necessity is not enough. People need to start putting more time and passion into their volunteer efforts. We are all fortunate enough to attend a prestigious university and have the accessibility to some amazing resources. Despite our busy schedules, we can all afford to spend more than a couple hours every few months donating our time. It is great to offer any amount of help, but those little snippets of effort don’t leave as big of an impact – and I say this out
of experience. For several years, I have participated in many one-time volunteer opportunities such as working with Feed My Starving Children, the Salvation Army, cleaning up local streets, and attending beach sweeps in Chicago. At the time, these were all respectable acts of service and I had helped out some organization in some way. But at the end of the day, how far did my efforts really go? Sure, I was able to make a street cleaner — that is until someone would flick a cigarette butt at the curb. Sure, I collected several pounds worth of change for a charity, but it probably equated to a whopping $5.00. Many students fall prey to this kind of volunteer work as well. For instance, I know many of us participated in iHelp during the fall semester, which paired groups with a service project in the area. It is an overall fantastic event that brings a lot of people into action, but how long did the impact of one day worth of hard work last? Until iHelp and other events like this amp up participation time to extend beyond a single day, they will continue to lack the full
effects of giving back. A few years ago, I decided to donate time every week to a group that I find fun, hilarious, and engaging – the elderly. I found my niche volunteering at Sunrise Senior Living because it catered to my interests. While some people are young and vivacious at heart, deep down I am an old, cranky woman. And because of that, I looked forward to my weekly visits. Because of the hundredplus hours I spent there for a year, I got to know the fiery personalities of Phyllis, Hesh, Liz, Dolly, Art, and several other residents who had the greatest names ever. Our interactions were engaging and enlightening and I always left feeling better about my day than when I walked in. By bringing excitement each week through games like Bingo and Bunco, and being someone for residents to chat with, I was able to leave something behind that a few hours of service couldn’t accomplish. My latest involvement with volunteer work was my trip to New Orleans through University Housing’s Alternative Spring Break. Not only did I experience so much new
A few years ago, I decided to donate time every week to a group that I find fun, hilarious, and engaging – the elderly. I found my niche volunteering at Sunrise Senior Living because it catered to my interests.
culture, but I was able to take the time I had off of school and put it towards directly impacting someone’s life. While it was not a longterm project, the passion and motivation I felt for this particular act of service is what puts it above other efforts. This week-long trip included eight-hour days of painting a house and building a fence. The homeowner’s story was tragic and inspiring, and it made the sweat, sunburn, and exhaustion so worth it. We were even able to meet her and really put a face onto the hard work we had done all week. By participating in something I really cared about, it made a bigger impression than collecting change for some nameless cause. Through this trip, I met 30 of the finest people at the University, and I left feeling humbled by my experiences. By sharing my own volunteer involvements, I want to emphasize how I think that many people try and get away with mediocre service with temporary positive effects. But when we are at an age where we have so much energy, vigor and opportunity, we should really be more generous in using our time and capabilities to do something greater. Do something you feel passionate about. Do something that makes you excited to help out. Do something that brings a tear to your eye. While doing something is better than nothing, care about your cause and do more.
Nicki is a sophomore in Media. She can be reached at halenza2@dailyillini.com.
‘Illegal immigrant’ to no longer be used in the DI Associated Press, other media outlets ditching this dehumanizing term SAFIA KAZI Opinions columnist
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The Daily Illini, we want to be as professional as possible. A major aspect of this professionalism is adherence to the Associated Press Stylebook. AP style is used by many professional publications across the country. The Associated Press announced its decision on Tuesday to exclude the term “illegal immigrant” from the 2013 stylebook. Previously, the only variation from this racially charged term was to refer to an individual as “living in the country without legal permission.” As a former assistant news editor, I always cringed at having to add the term “illegal immigrant” into a story. Undocumented immigrant, a term I prefer, is not AP style, so I had to use illegal immigrant in stories despite my opposition. More than three years ago, the Drop The I-Word campaign, sponsored by ColorLines Magazine and the Applied Research Center, was created to influence journalists, politicians and the public to rethink using the word illegal to describe undocumented immigrants. My major problem with calling immigrants illegal is that it dehumanizes them. As the Drop The I-Word
campaign states, no human being is illegal. The use of “illegal” as an adjective before a category of people is what makes the term “illegal alien” so derogatory. We would never refer to Gov. Rod Blagojevich as an illegal governor — it just sounds silly. Instead, we specify that his actions were illegal. Likewise, the same consideration should be given to undocumented immigrants. People may act illegally, but that doesn’t make them illegal people. Given the illogical nature of this term, how is it possible that it has become a part of our discourse? One of the main reasons we don’t object to the term is because politicians use it. In a town hall meeting in March, a woman asked Rep. John McCain to stop calling humans illegal. He refused, stating that undocumented immigrants entered the country illegally, so they should be identified in such a way. But as I mentioned earlier, this immediate criminalization is reserved only for undocumented immigrants. It’s no surprise that a politician wants to be able to use this term. Using the term “illegal immigrants” allows politicians to incorporate scare tactics within their policies on immigration. By criminalizing people before knowing anything about them, the
judicial system gets away with doling out excessively strong punishments. Take Claudio Molina, father of three and undocumented immigrant, who may be deported. Molina was vomiting and convulsing as side effects of his medication, and a bystander called 911 for an ambulance to help Molina. Instead of paramedics, police officers showed up. Instead of giving him medical assistance, they arrested him. The public has accepted the blatant disregard for Molina’s well-being; because he is undocumented, he can be denied basic human rights. The police officers were doing their jobs by checking Molina’s immigration status, but how could they blatantly ignore his deteriorating condition? I like to think the American population is better than that. We stand up for the rights of people, regardless of what they have done. We believe people are innocent until proven guilty. So why is it that a human being needing medical assistance was arrested? A lot of it has to do with harmful terms like “illegal.” Molina is seen, first and foremost, as a criminal. It doesn’t matter that he is diabetic, that he is the breadwinner for his family or that his youngest child is only 4 years old. Molina is only defined by his immigration status. He has done something wrong. He doesn’t deserve
As a former assistant news editor, I always cringed at having to add the term ‘illegal immigrant’ into a story. Undocumented immigrant, a term I prefer, is not AP style, so I had to use illegal immigrant in stories despite my opposition.
what people in the rest of the country deserve. As the Drop The I-Word campaign notes, normalization of calling people illegal allows for human rights violations to go unpunished. People who hire undocumented immigrants for inexpensive, exploitative labor — knowing that these people are undocumented — are also acting illegally. But it’s only the laborers who are labeled as illegal; their employers who are complicit in breaking laws are not given dehumanizing titles. I realize that many people reading this column feel they have the right to continue to call people illegal because of how undocumented immigrants entered the country. I can’t stop anyone from using the term. If you want to perpetuate a culture of narrowmindedness and dehumanization, I have no right to stop you. Despite people’s reluctance to abandon the term “illegal immigrant,” the Associated Press changing its stylebook is a major victory for immigrants, documented and undocumented. As an editor, I was hyper-aware of accusing people of crimes. I, along with the other former news editors, drilled it into reporters’ heads that people are arrested on charges of wrongdoing, not arrested for wrongdoing. We never assume a citizen’s guilt. It’s bad journalism. The Associated Press’ decision to abandon the term “illegal immigrant” adheres to standards of good journalism. It’s also the right decision morally; no human being is illegal, and it’s time we start treating undocumented immigrants as people.
Safia is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at kazi3@dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @Safia_Kazi.
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The break dancing crew Floor Lovers Illinois will compete against other crews from across the nation for a $1,000 grand prize at the Illini Union this Saturday, April 6th.
Breakdancing competition kicks off Saturday at Union BY ALICE SMELYANSKY STAFF WRITER
It’s more than a battle. It’s not just a competition. And it’s certainly not about the money. For the Registered Student Organization “Floor Lovers Illinois,� or FLI, breakdancing is a form of self-expression. But more importantly, it’s freedom. FLI will have a chance to experience this freedom during the ninth annual “IL Breaks� competition on Saturday at the Illini Union. The competition, which consists of a series of battles, is sponsored by the RSO, along with the Illini Union, and is funded by the Student Organization Resource Fee.It will feature four-member breakdance crews from across the nation who will compete to receive a grand prize of $1000. Once the doors open at 1 p.m., the event, or “jam,� as it’s known in the breakdancing community, is open to all and free for University students. Before the dancers go into battle, three professionals from the industry — Toyz, Bravemonk and Paranoid Android,who will serve as judges for the competition, will also lead their own dance workshops throughout the day. Even for those with no prior dance expe-
rience, FLI members encourage them to participate and feel the energy of a jam. Joe Peng, vice president of FLI and senior in LAS,said he expects the breakdancers, sometimes known as “bboys� or “bgirls,� to eventually break out into “cyphers,� which are circles where dancers freestyle in the middle. “The dance serves as a medium, which connects your soul to the music,� Peng said. “When you are on the floor and in the cyphers, you are baring your souls for the rest of the bboys and bgirls to see and judge.� The group said that entering a cypher is similar to preparing for war. At any moment, another dancer will step into the cypher and present a challenge, causing the bboy or bgirl inside to bring out their best moves, including toprocks, freezes and power moves. This war-like mentality became a part of the dance form when breakdancing was popularized in the Bronx, N.Y., as an alternative activity to gang violence. However, even in the heat of combat, the group said they never forget the one thing that unites them all: their love of dance. “I think it represents Amer-
ica very well,� said Winston Feng, president of FLI and junior in ACES. “It’s a melting pot of cultures.� It’s the backgrounds, cultures and personalities of the breakdancers that culminate to create their unique styles. The only rule in the world of breakdancing is that there are no rules, which leaves room for a lot of creativity. The battles are almost entirely freestyle, but the judges do pay attention to technicality, execution, originality and other elements of style, said Nathan Hsieh, senior in Media and media relations chair for FLI. “When you’re good and you know you’re good, it’s getting out there and just being able to crush,� Hsieh said. After multiple elimination rounds, one winner will leave the Union with the prize. But for Hsieh and his crew, that’s not what really matters, as the experience of any jam is equally as thrilling. “At the end of the day, we just look forward to Friday at 5 p.m. (practice),� Hsieh said. “It’s what I live for in college.�
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Talks of compromise on federal deficit plan appear bleak in partisan debates
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WASHINGTON — The bipartisan cease-fire that kept the government running this spring gave birth to hopeful talk — among pundits and some senators, at least — of a much larger “grand bargain� that would reduce the federal deficit for years. Such optimism, however, seems to ignore how far apart the two parties remain on key issues, and how adamantly they defend positions that prohibit compromise. The mutual obstinance disappoints those who felt top Republicans and Democrats were close to a major accord on spending cuts and tax increases in December. When that potential deal evaporated, President Barack Obama settled for $620 billion in new tax revenue over 10 years, as part of the “fiscal cliff� resolution on Jan. 1. That’s about half the total revenue he has sought as part of a proposed grand bargain in which Democrats would agree to slow the growth of social programs they hold dear Congress then enacted $85 billion in spending cuts this year, the “sequester� deal once considered unacceptable to both parties. Some Democrats had hoped to extract new tax revenues as part of a compromise to mitigate those across-the-board program cuts. Now, despite widespread grumbling about the sequester cuts and the still-growing deficit, both parties seem more inclined to stand pat than to make the types of compromises that might begin to shrink the nation’s debt, $16.8 trillion and growing. For Republicans, that means blocking any further income tax increases on the wealthy. Democrats in turn refuse to consider slowing the growth of popular and costly “entitlement� programs, including Social Security and Medicare. “The chief impediment to reaching a grand bargain has been the refusal of Republicans to ask the wealthiest and well-connected to pay even a dime more to help us deal with our deficit challenges,� White House spokesman Josh Earnest said recently. Some GOP lawmakers, he said, “are actually running around the country bragging about their intransigence on this.� Republicans say Obama is fixated on raising taxes. Americans tell pollsters the
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In this March 19 photo, President Barack Obama stands with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio after they attended a Friends of Ireland luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. debt is a serious problem, but they’re disinclined to make sacrifices to reduce it. When Pew Research asked in March which was more important, reducing the national debt or keeping Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are now, the public sided with safeguarding the benefits programs, 53 percent to 36 percent. Congressional GOP leaders repeatedly have said the $620 billion in new revenues demanded by Obama during the fiscal cliff action — which Republicans were powerless to block — is all he will get. Some lawmakers say Republicans might allow overall revenue to rise through another means: trimming enough tax credits and loopholes to generate more net government income. The alternative is a “revenueneutral� change to tax laws. It would shift tax burdens among various payers but generate the same grand total for federal programs. Kevin Smith, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, noted that the House Republican budget “called for revenueneutral tax reform.� It’s possible, of course, that both sides are posturing and compromise is attainable. A few columnists and lawmakers suggest Republicans might accept $250 billion to $400 billion in new revenues over 10 years — via tax code changes, not income tax rate increases — in exchange for Democrats’ agreement to start reining in entitlement programs. “Republicans, if they saw true entitlement reform, would be
glad to look at tax reform that generates additional revenues, and that doesn’t mean increasing rates,� Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., told “Fox News Sunday� in mid-March. It’s hard to find House Republicans who say the same thing, however. Most of them echo Boehner, who told ABC: “The president got his tax hikes on January 1. The talk about raising revenue is over.� He told reporters in February, “we don’t have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem. How much more money do we want to steal from the American people to fund more government?� Obama and Boehner began talks about a deficit-reduction “grand bargain� in 2011. Boehner suggested new revenues of $800 billion over 10 years in exchange for reductions in entitlements and other programs. Obama and congressional Democrats demanded more revenue, and the talks ended. It’s impossible to know if the deeply divided Congress would have enacted any of these plans. But some independent groups say the December gap was bridgeable, and they despair at the renewed partisanship. Erskine Bowles, the former Clinton White House chief of staff who co-chaired a deficit-reduction commission, was grim-faced at a Feb. 19 forum in Washington. “The idea of a grand bargain is at best on life support,� he said.
Associated Press news survey specialist Dennis Junius contributed to this report.
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ROGER EBERT FROM PAGE 1A when he won an AP sportswriting award, one that he earned for a piece he wrote in high school, he said in a 2010 blog post. With every accolade and accomplishment, the list of his admirers grew. “Roger Ebert was the reason I went to the University of Illinois. He was the reason I studied journalism. He was the reason why I worked at the DI. He was the reason why I became I writer,� former Daily Illini
sports editor Will Leitch said. “He was the reason why I did everything.� Even while writing countless reviews and keeping up with a Twitter account and a Facebook page, he still found time to return home. Ebert stayed involved with what was then known as the College of Communications. In the spring of 1999, he hosted what was then known as Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival. The film festival grew and flourished with support from the College of Media and the Champaign Park District. Even the cancer surgeries in 2006
IN THE BEGINNING FROM PAGE 1A goddess Anita Ekberg, cast as a “typical� American motion picture star. She plays the part with a wild, unthinking abandon which far surpasses her previous roles in “B� pictures designed primarily to exploit her impressive physical attributes. But there can be no real award for the best actor or actress in the film, just as in a sense it does not seem to be a film so much as a simple record of “the sweet life.� The characters, in their midnight parody of happiness, are all strangely anonymous. Only their life, their society, comes through –
and the hardships the ordeal brought did not sideline his work with the festival or the Sun-Times. But Smith said Ebert’s recent announcement signaled an unfortunate turn of events. “Although he put (Tuesday’s blog post) in such an optimistic tone, I really thought he must be really thick to be taking a leave of any kind. He would not do a thing like that lightly; it certainly indicated he was not doing well. I feared the worst when I heard that,� he said. Ebert has reviewed over 200 films every year, writing 306 reviews last year — the most of his career — according to his blog. He watched the movies that the rest of us didn’t see or didn’t
with a sad, burnt-out vividness that sputters briefly through a long night and then dies in the morning on the beach, dies with the sea monster who has blank, uncomprehending eyes. In the film, the wild but bored house party comes just before the dawn. It is this party in all its depravity, which has become one of the most widely known segments of the film. Yet it is probably the one area of “the sweet life� which misses the mark for many American audiences. The scene is meant to show a last, desperate attempt to find something beneath the whirlpool of animalism which finally engulfs them all. Yet as the girl lies still beneath the mink stole, bored and restless eyes look away – still looking.
want to. And he was excited to share those stories. After all, that’s why he dedicated his film festival to those that “for one reason or another haven’t found the audiences they deserve,� he said in the welcome of the first annual festival guide. He was looking forward to a new chapter in his life. “I’ll be able at last to do what I’ve always fantasized about doing: reviewing only the movies I want to review,� Ebert said in his blog, promising: “I am not going away.�
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Final Meaninglessness We are afraid that too many Americans might consider this scene as a sharp, immediate event. Its message, of complete and final meaninglessness, might not come through to an audience which may not find such things particularly every day. And so, despite the almost extreme good taste with which this scene was filmed, we are afraid that many of the thousands who queued up before the theater had rather elementary motives. This is excusable. We wonder how many years it has been since a film as intellectual and meaningful – and as basically moral – as “La Dolce Vita� has attracted such crowds here. We suspect it has been a very long time. The greeting it is getting is a tribute to one of the finest motion pictures of our time.
IN THE END FROM PAGE 1A Daily, The Harvard Crimson, The Cornell Daily Sun, The Daily Texan, The Colorado Daily, The Wisconsin Daily Cardinal, and not too many others.
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On the campus, the reputation of The Daily Illini varies from year to year. I suppose most readers are rather fond of the paper, as they might be fond of an eccentric uncle or of Lar (American First) Daly. I doubt if many readers realize the amount of time, energy and lost sleep that goes into the production of the DI. There is, I believe, not an activity on this campus which demands more of its participants during the entire school year than The Daily Illini does. There are at least a dozen members of our staff whose jobs require a minimum of 30 hours of work a week. For most of these editors, 30 hours is just a start. During the State Tournament week, for example, the sports editor rarely sees the outside world. And, since most of the hard physical work on The Daily Illini is done between the hours of 3 p.m. and 3 a.m. the next morning, the time spent here by staff members is a considerable sacrifice. Yet there have been editors nuts enough to go the route for 93 years, and I am convinced there will always be a sufficient supply. I think most of us spend our time working on the newspaper because we consider it to be one of the few outlets on campus for real, meaningful activity. Many of the other undergraduate activities have the quality of crayon-and-constructionpaper games compared to The Daily Illini, we believe. Some undergraduate activities seem to maintain their momentum simply because social status and Greek activity points demand it. I cannot imagine, for example, how Star Course finds top leadership potential from a list of candidates who all had to start out as ushers for a year. Yet the potential is there–because the “ushers� were piling up their activity points without complaint.
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In this Jan. 12, 2011 photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert works in his office at the WTTW-TV studios in Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that its film critic Roger Ebert died on Thursday. educational community at the University of Illinois, and we try to provide a consistent voice in defense of the student in such areas as housing and discipline. If we do not always get the names of all the IUSA major publicity chairmen into the paper, perhaps that is better than if The Daily Illini were like those sickening college papers which get ALL the names in–but never print anything of substance or controversy. That, at least, is our philosophy. In a way, The Daily Illini creates and maintains an image of the campus. We put together a daily mosaic of events, opinions and facts in such a way that, over the period of a year or two, a regular reader can sense our general approach to this confused but dynamic campus. This year, we have been criticized for “undermining student confidence in their disciplinary system,�
In a way, The Daily Illini creates and maintains an image of campus. We put together a daily mosaic of events, opinions and facts.
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Against a backdrop of gally decorated bulletin boards and cute little Burma-shave signs on the quadrangle, the production of The Daily Illini takes on additional meaning. We try to exercise influence within the
and indeed the student unrest on this score does seem larger than in past years. Yet it is hard to determine how much of the change is our “fault,� and how much is simply reflected in our pages. Such a reflection is an important part of the way we operate the newspaper. This year, The Daily Illini has printed many more letters to the editor than in any other recent year. One estimate is that three times as many letters appeared this year as last year. By printing such a volume of mail (much of it, possibly, not very valuable to all readers) we have kept a door open to the campus. They are given the space and opportunity to express their opinions–and in this way, an open forum actually does develop.
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These have been random, disorganized thoughts. I doubt if I will be able to think objectively about The Daily Illini for several months. I can remember a night two years ago, when we were all standing around The Daily Illini offices waiting to learn the names of the new editors for
the 1962-63 school editor. The outgoing editor that year was Wade Freeman, and about 11 p.m. he appeared with a sign on his shirt reading, “Has-Been.� We all told Freeman he’d be back every afternoon to see how things were going. “Not me,� he said. “Four years of this place is enough. Now I need to recover.� I think maybe Freeman was right. The Daily Illini is a tremendous opportunity to join in the mainstream of the University. It is an outstanding example of free student journalism. It is, perhaps more than anything, exciting and challenging every minute of every day. But eventually you get the feeling that you’ve been around long enough, and that other people are waiting in the wings with ideas that could make The Daily Illini move in directions you didn’t even think of. I’ve got that feeling. It’s been fun. But now it’s time to be a hasbeen, like Freeman and Karen Lucas and 90 other DI editors. And being a has-been might be fun, too. Tune in tomorrow for the change in program.
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EDITORIAL FROM PAGE 1A Roger Ebert had a disdain for the editorial “we,� but we stand unified in what we think of him. We have the greatest respect for this man — and perhaps “respect� does not quite do that feeling justice. Hundreds of editors and writers at The Daily Illini have looked to Roger Ebert for inspiration, for direction, as they pursue their own career paths, be them in journalism, the arts or the sciences. Ebert’s alma mater, the University of Illinois, sits between cornfields and cow farms, far from a major city. At times, it can feel as if our diplomas will not show us an open door to our dreams, but then we look to Ebert, and we, too, might achieve greatness. Deadspin founder and former sports editor at The Daily Illini, Will Leitch, wrote about the film critic in March 2010, “He was proof there was a ticket out. I went to study journalism at the University of Illinois, simply, because I wanted to be Roger Ebert.� A poster of him — his smile and those eyes behind silver spectacles — is on one wall of our newsroom, but what he did for this paper is everywhere. It was hard to keep up with the man. At 15, Ebert started out at The News-Gazette writing high school sports stories. He enrolled at the University in his hometown of Urbana studying journalism, like many of us, and assumed the highest position at The Daily Illini as the editor-in-chief in 1963. He published one of his first film reviews under the title “Ars Gratia ...� in the Oct. 4, 1961 edition of the DI, and it shines not because it is among letters to the editor about women’s makeup and the drinking age but because the writing is indistinguishable from his next 10,000 reviews. Ebert said that his time as editor of the paper changed him, but those closest to him then have said that this was one of the most definitive years for the accomplished critic. Admiration and love from his coworkers in the early days was certainly not in short supply. Bill Nack, the sports editor at the DI under Ebert said, “Of all the people who worked at The Daily Illini in the early 1960s, no one brought Roger’s energy, intellect and unbridled enthusiasm to the often difficult, always demanding job of putting out a paper five days a week.� His roots here are strong, and he has been there for us since he left in 1964. When we owed $250,000 to our printer and other vendors, when we were behind on our mortgage payments and when we were falling victim to the changing world of media, Roger Ebert was there for us. We reached out to him to write a letter to a handful of our alumni to help with our deficit. The letter, which was subsequently made public first by Crain’s Chicago Business, helped to alleviate some of our debt. We will forever be indebted to him. Ebert gave a $1 million donation to the College of Media to start the Roger Ebert Program for Film Studies Fund, an effort to eventually establish the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies, which will house the activities of the program. He gave Champaign the beloved Ebertfest, where Ebert handpicked some of the best overlooked films. He hadn’t spoken at the festival for years — the cancer and subsequent surgeries took his voice from him. He didn’t need it, though, to leave himself in his work, with the people he knew and with those who read his reviews. He may have passed, but he hasn’t gone anywhere. His hometown will never forget him. We cannot. He gave this city, this University, this paper — us — so much life, so much everything. He gave everything he could to us, often without blinking an eye. The frontpage of The Daily Illini is dedicated to him not so much as a memorial but as a thank you. You’ll find one of his first reviews reprinted there — it’s of the 1960 Italian film “La Dolce Vita,� and he wasn’t that big of a fan of it then. However, he begins the review, “There is in ‘La Dolce Vita’ a great deal to be puzzled about, and a great deal to be impressed by, and perhaps a great deal which we as Americans will never completely understand.� While Ebert was critiquing what would become one of his favorite films, he was simultaneously penning one of the greatest lessons of life: We struggle to grapple with this sweet life we have been given and the options it sets before us; we don’t understand the pain we feel, the cancers that attack us, the legacies we leave. A legend he became, but he didn’t see himself becoming one when he left The Daily Illini. In his final column as editor-in-chief of the paper, he wrote that the outgoing editor before him facetiously labeled himself as a “has-been.� “It’s been fun,� Ebert wrote in April 1964. “But now it’s time to be a has-been, like Freeman and Karen Lucas and 90 other DI editors. And being a has-been might be fun, too.� Roger Ebert was anything but.
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Illinois’ Alina Weinstein completes her balance beam routine during a dual meet at Huff Hall on Jan. 26. Illinois is optimistic about Illinois’ chances at NCAA Regionals in Morgantown, W.Va.
Illini compete for spot in national tourney Women’s gymanstics must finish 1st or 2nd at regionals BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
The No. 17 Illinois women’s gymnastics team will compete in the NCAA Regionals in Morgantown, W.Va., against five other schools — including Big Ten rivals No. 8 Nebraska and No. 5 Michigan. The Illini lost dual matches to both teams and finished
fourth overall at the Big Ten Championships. “We’re put with Nebraska and Michigan as the top two seeds, so we know our competition,” junior Amber See said. “We’ve competed against them a few times this year, so it will be like Big Tens all over again.” In order to advance to nationals, Illinois will need to
finish in either first or second place at regionals, a feat that will likely require flawless routines from everyone. “It will take for us to believe in each other and the routines that got us there,” senior Alina Weinstein said. “We’re going to have to be pretty much perfect, but that’s something we can do.” Michigan and Nebraska have both been strong all season, as they finished first and third in the Big Ten, respectively. The other three schools competing are No. 19
Kentucky, North Carolina and host school West Virginia. Illinois, who finished seventh in conference after an up-and-down year, was content with its performance at Big Tens but still sees room for improvement moving forward. “We scored really well at Big Tens, and that shows us going into regionals that we’re capable of scoring that high,” See said. “But we also had some mistakes at Big Tens which shows us that we have the chance to improve our scores.”
Head coach Kim Landrus said the team’s approach is to go into regionals with the same goal they’ve had all year, to hit 24-for-24 routines. As has been the case throughout the season, the Illini will need to get all the little details, including amplitude and execution, correct in order to advance, but they will also have to be self-assured. “I think our score relies a lot on confidence, and right
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Inconsistencies dog Illini before Big Tens Illinois hopes for 5th straight ring, some say victory is a long shot BY GINA MUELLER STAFF WRITER
After its third wake-up call this season, the Illinois men’s gymnastics team has switched plans. The No. 6 Illini wrapped up the regular season with two losses — one being to a Big Ten competitor on senior night at Huff Hall. Illinois was edged by then-No. 8 California and then-No. 11 Nebraska. The new five-up, five-count format has been merciless to teams this season, causing uncharacteristic losses across the country. “We’ve had losses and that speaks to how unforgiving this format is,” Illinois head coach Justin Spring said. “We were one routine away from beating Iowa, Nebraska and Cal. One routine. That’s all it takes.” After an upset loss to the Cornhuskers, Spring was at his tipping point. The Illini took it upon themselves to have a team meeting without the coaching staff present to figure out how to solve the problem. “I’m not going say it was a wake-up call because we have had three of those already, but let’s hope this is the last one,” senior Vince Smurro said. “I
think making our own training plan really put us in the right mind-set. ... ‘You are saying it in front of all of us, and now you are responsible for that. If I see you slacking, I have a right to say something because you made a commitment to us, not the coaches.’” With the loss of senior and co-captain Jordan Valdez to injury in the middle of the season, Smurro was left alone to lead Illinois. He struggled with communication but has worked to improve as a captain the past two weeks. “Instead of talking with people I took too much pressure on myself, which didn’t solve anything,” Smurro said. “Eventually, just talking with my teammates and getting their input and putting it together with the input I have been thinking about all season but not sharing with anyone really brought this plan together.” Illinois will travel to Minneapolis hoping to clinch its fifth consecutive Big Ten Championship. Though the Illini have had an up-and-down regular season, they don’t feel pressure to defend their title heading into the competition.
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Illinois’ Vince Smurro completes his high bar routine during the Gym Jam against Iowa at Huff Hall on Feb. 16. The Illini will try to get their fifth straight Big Ten Championship in Minneapolis on Friday and Saturday. “Everyone else has put the ring up on a pedestal,” sophomore Josh Wilson said. “Other people that will be competing at this meet except for us don’t have a ring. It’s not some treasure that’s unreachable — we have one. Some of the guys on the team have multiple. It’s a reality for us.” Despite the title streak, the Illini enter the Big Ten Championships as underdogs. Seven teams will compete
alongside Illinois: No. 1 Penn State, No. 3 Michigan, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 7 Minnesota, No. 8 Iowa and No. 10 Nebraska. With such an inconsistent season, many teams have counted out Illinois. The comments that have been circulating are motivation the Illini will use for their performance this weekend. “There have been some comments made on Twitter posts and social media outlets and sports write-up’s after
our losses to Cal, Iowa and Nebraska,” Spring said. “A lot of these teams have counted us out, but we are still a good team. I think this team is looking forward to surprising people. That’s a team that wants to win and hates to lose. They are looking at their losses, they are angry about it, and they aren’t going to lose again.”
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No. 16 Illini women’s track and field looks to dominate in Arizona BY LANRE ALABI STAFF WRITER
The No. 16 Illini look to make their mark at the Sun Angel Classic, a meet including talent from more than 20 colleges, some high schools and the professional ranks. “This weekend is going to be tough,” head coach Tonja Buford-Bailey said. “There are a lot of teams. It will range from
people who are really fast to people just getting themselves going on the collegiate ranks. It’s going to be a wide range of talent at this meet, which is fun.” Even with the volume of competition, there aren’t many top-ranked universities at the meet, which is hosted by Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz. Given Illinois’ start in the
outdoor season, the expectation would be for it to outclass some of its opponents, but BufordBailey is not underestimating the competition. “I don’t think the rankings mean a lot,” Buford-Bailey said. “You have to go to the national meet and perform well to get your national finish. The rankings are great, it’s great being ranked top 20, but
I don’t think it really matters for much.” Three meets into the outdoor season, the team finally got a chance to practice on the outdoor track this week for the first time. The presence of unseasonable weather and having to practice indoors has not hindered the team’s performances yet, so BufordBailey and the Illini athletes
believe they will be able to perform even better this weekend. “We’re kind of a little tired from traveling and not being able to practice outside yet,” Buford-Bailey said. “It’s going to be over 90 degrees, so that is going to be a challenge for us in and of itself, getting used
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o my bracket is busted. Just like everybody else’s. I’m still waiting for someone who put Wichita State in the Final Four — what a “Shocker,” eh? But really, should we be surprised? This happens every year. Last year wasn’t as bad, with a four seed as the lowest in the Final Four. But 2011. Butler in the championship, VC - who in the Final Four and the highest seed there was a No. 3. Now, that was wack. But that’s what’s supposed to happen, that’s what makes it March Madness. There’s a special thrill of seeing the impossible happen, rooting for the Cinderella story, and watching No. 1 seeds crumble. I get it and I like it. But bracket challenges build up excitement then ruin everything. People get so pumped about their brackets and the competition, and then lose energy as the tournament continues when the games get better and more exciting to watch. What’s the point in making brackets when the odds of getting it completely correct are something like 1-in-100 million trillion? There is no point. I’d have better luck trying the Powerball, going to the horseraces, or betting on who the new pope was going to be — though I have lost in all three of those instances this year. I don’t understand the addictive allure of filling out brackets, which explains the complacent attitude with which I filled my three brackets out this year, which explains my near last-place finish in the standings of every pool I entered. One may ask why I filled out so many, and it’s because there’s some societal standard that everybody has to fill out a bracket. And I’m all about living up to social norms, of course. Bracket challenges make the competition not about the athletes, but about individual people fighting for money and bragging rights. People spend more time checking their bracket then actually watching basketball. And people fill out the brackets with absolutely no knowledge of sports, using mascots, logos and astrology to fill out their brackets for them. There are even online guides for how to fill out your bracket if you couldn’t care less. Also, with the addition of online brackets, you could probably fill out 800 if you were crazy enough. And that just completely exploits everything, which is an argument to be saved for another day. Now, I like the idea of bracketology, but it just doesn’t work for college basketball. Take pop culture brackets, which seemingly came after the basketball ones and have been spreading like wildfire — all credit goes to The Daily Illini’s March Movie Madness of course are better because people can intelligently debate matchups and come to a logical conclusion. You can’t do that in basketball, thanks to the unpredictable nature of sports. You shouldn’t be arguing about which team is better in advance, but instead rooting for the story, the athletes and the final buzzer beater shots. People would still get excited about March Madness without the brackets. It’s college basketball, where you’re witnessing raw talent before players have their souls and spirits sucked out by agents and drafts and contracts. I’d even go so far to call it the epitome of basketball. The NCAA sets us up to lose in these bracket challenges, and it makes us look like a bunch of fools. It’s like we’re animals in the zoo and the selection committee is on the other side of the window laughing at us. It’s time to rise above this crap. Grantland writer Shane Ryan proposed a 256-team playoff system beginning in December, consisting of eight best-of-11 rounds. And even though the idea of a bestof-11 format makes me dizzy, I’d still like to endorse it. Anything would be better than what we have now. And there’s even a petition to Congress about it, which you can fill out online. Ryan also proposed that everybody burn their brackets, which is a little hard since the majority of everybody fills them out online nowadays. My idea is that bracket boycott begins next year. Don’t fill out a bracket, even if your life depends on it. I don’t care if you have 800 emails in your inbox begging you to fill one out, if you have the possibility of winning 800 million dollars, or 800 pink ponies, just don’t do it. The madness will continue, bracket challenges or not.
Emily is a graduate student. She can be reached at bayci1@dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @EmilyBayci.
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Illinois’ Thomas Pieters tees off from the first hole during a team practice at the Stone Creek Golf Club in Urbana on April 18. The men’s team will head to Augustana, Ga. this weekend.
Illini golfers will swing before pros arrive Practice round of PGA Tour event to be attended by Illini BY CLAIRE LAVEZZORIO ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The PGA Tour professionals aren’t the only ones getting ready to play in Augusta, Ga. The Illinois men’s golf team will be traveling there this weekend to compete in the annual Insperity Augusta State Invitational, a two-day event played at Forest Hills Golf Club, a 7,142-yard track, designed by famous golf course architects Donald Ross
and Arnold Palmer. The Illini finished third at last year’s Augusta State Invitational after breaking the single-round school record with a 15-under 273 in the tournament’s second round. The team finished -18 for the tournament, eight strokes behind Texas and Augusta State. The No. 17 Illini will compete against a 15-team field, boasting many top teams such as the No. 6 Longhorns along with No. 16 Southern Mississippi and No. 17 Georgia. Out of the 15 teams participating, four of the top 25 and seven of the top 50 individuals in the Golfstat rankings will appear at the tournament. The Illini lineup will be
anchored by team stroke leader Thomas Pieters (71.11) who is coming off a Big Ten Golfer of the Week honor on March 27 after finishing third at the Desert Shootout. He will be accompanied by sophomore Alex Burge and a trio of freshmen: Charlie Danielson, Thomas Detry and David Kim. Despite cold weather affecting Illinois’ practice routine, Pieters feels he will play well on a course that suits his playing style. “It’s not that long of a course, and I hit it pretty long,” he said. “It’s an advantage to be able to hit it long. It’s a placement course. I’m good with my irons, so I think I can bring it home.” Pieters said even he can
acknowledge that gaining confidence from this tournament is key for not only him, but the team as a whole. “I’m definitely hoping to gain more confidence,” Pieters said. “Last tournament, we didn’t play so well in Arizona, so just finishing strong and maybe winning will help us rebound. As a team, it also would be nice for us, to give us confidence going into the Big Tens.” Head coach Mike Small also emphasized how hard the team works, having said it’s up to them to play “relaxed, confident golf” to close out the spring season. After the teams play 36 holes on Saturday and 18 on Sunday, they
will attend the practice round of the prestigious PGA Tour event, The Masters. Players like Pieters could not be more excited to watch live in Augusta, considering the lineup. Former Illini and PGA golfer Steve Stricker will be playing in the 2013 Masters, vying for an eight million dollar purse. “There’s former Illini competing, so we’ll probably be able to meet them,” Pieters said. “I also will get to meet Nicolas Colsaerts, a Belgian from my home country. It should be a fun day after a weekend of good competition.”
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CHICAGO — Gavin Floyd gave the Chicago White Sox a third straight solid start to open the season. Problem was Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie was a bit better. Guthrie struck out nine and gave up one run in six innings Thursday, and Kansas City snapped a two-game losing streak to start the season, beating the White Sox 3-1. Floyd (0-1) gave up three runs — two earned — in the fifth inning but otherwise limited Kansas City to four hits, struck out five and walked just one while giving up two runs through six innings. “I thought he pitched great,” said White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham, who went 4 for 4. “The one inning that got away from him a little bit I thought he still made good pitches and just hung a couple.” Chicago turned in three wellpitched games and won twice in the season’s opening series, eliciting praise from Kansas City outfielder Jeff Francoeur. “You got to give a lot of credit to (Chris) Sale, (Jake) Peavy, and Floyd,” he said. “I mean, they pitched really, really well. And our three guys pitched really, really well.” Greg Holland worked the ninth for his first save. The Royals scored three runs after the first out in the fifth. First baseman Eric Hosmer walked, advanced to third on Francoeur’s single to right on a hit-and-run and scored when center fielder Jarrod Dyson grounded out. Francoeur advanced to second on the play and came home with on Chris Getz’s single to center field and an error by Alejandro De Aza. Getz, who advanced to second base after the error, scored on Alex Gordon’s RBI single to right. “I thought that (hit-and-run) was huge and then Getzy to follow through and drive me in it gave us a little bit of breathing room,” Francoeur said.
Softball works on developing defense, hopes to defeat NU BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
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Illinois’ Pepper Gay throws a pitch early in the game Wednesday night against Indiana State at Eichelberger Field.
Revenge is on the mind of the Illinois softball team (11-18, 1-5 Big Ten) as it heads to Evanston, Ill., to face Northwestern (16-14, 2-3) this weekend. The Illini lost three games to the Wildcats to end the regular season last year and missed NCAA regionals for a second year in a row because of the sweep. “We’ve got some revenge to take, that’s for sure,” junior outfielder Alex Booker said. Senior pitcher Pepper Gay said the emotions felt last year will drive Illinois this weekend. “We know they’re a really good team this year, and it’s still in our minds that we didn’t make postseason because we didn’t get a win last year,” Gay said. “That will carry over into this weekend and make us play really aggressive.” The Illini will face Northwestern three times on the weekend: Friday at 4 p.m, Saturday at 1 p.m and Sunday at 12 p.m. Northwestern touts an extremely potent lineup that is in the top four in the Big Ten in average and
Big Ten, we’ve been down offenruns scored on the year. The Wildcats have been reliant sively, and we just need to get on the home-field advantage this everyone going. We’re doing a lot season, as they have gone win-less of situational things in practice. on the road. The girls are putting the time in “They’re very tough at their and now it’s just getting those hits home field,” head coach Terri come live situations.” Sullivan said. “We always have Even with the offense strugvery big batgling at times, tles with them. Illinois has held a Northwestern lead in a majority of its games this likes to put a lot of pressure season. While on you, they’re this fact is reasvery aggressuring, the team Illinois Northwestern hopes to break sive at the (11-18, 1-5 Big Ten) (16-14, 2-3) plate, and they open more games and increase don’t strike out Friday, 4 p.m. leads. a lot so they’re Saturday, 1 p.m. going to get “One-run leads Sunday, 12 p.m. wont cut it for a their swings Evanston, Il. in.” game,” Booker The Illini, The Illini will play their first road Big said. “We have who have been Ten series in Evanston this weekend to hit and do anynear the botthing we can to tom of the conference in most get on base.” offensive categories, have been Sullivan said the team’s offenworking on in-game situations in sive success has a lot to do with practice to jump-start the offense. its confidence. “We need to get the core of our “We need to execute a little lineup hitting better,” Sullivan bit better and we just have to be said. “In these first two series in confident at the plate,” Sullivan
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said. “Once the team gets a couple clutch hits, our confidence starts to fly and that’s where it starts inside the head.” Despite the fact Illinois has surrendered the most walks in the Big Ten this season, Sullivan said she’s still confident in her pitchers. “Our pitchers should feel good about their numbers, especially when they throw strikes. When they do that the opponents batting average is very low,” Sullivan said. “Even when we’ve had multiple walks, we’re going into the seventh inning with leads, and you can imagine if we really throw aggressive the success we could have. The girls just need to be aggressive, trust their pitches and their defense to make plays.” At this point in the season, Illinois is still looking to improve overall. “Every part of our game needs to be better,” Gay said. “Defense, offense, pitching. We have to play almost perfect ball.”
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Wood dominates as Cubs beat Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 BY WILL GRAVES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITTSBURGH — Carlos Marmol remains the closer for the Chicago Cubs until further notice. At the rate the volatile righthander is going, further notice might arrive before the end of the weekend. The Cubs rode six strong innings from Travis Wood to edge the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Thursday, a victory Marmol nearly gave away. Looking to bounce back from a shaky performance on opening day — when he was pulled after retiring just one of the three batters he faced — Marmol again made things in the ninth. Nate Schierholtz gave the Cubs a healthy cushion with a two-run homer in the top of ninth against Pittsburgh reliever Jared Hughes. The Cubs ended up needing every last inch of it. Starling Marte singled and Russell Martin walked to Pittsburgh’s start final at-bat. Andrew McCutchen and Gaby
Sanchez followed with consecutive run-scoring singles. Still, Chicago manager Dale Sveum stuck with Marmol and he responded by whiffing Pedro Alvarez on three pitches then getting Neil Walker to ground sharply to second base, allowing the Cubs to turn the double play. “It does feel good, when you’ve been struggling and give up a base hit and walk people, to strike out one guy and get a groundball, it feels great,” Marmol said. Sveum insists Marmol will continue to get the ball in the ninth, pointing out Marmol wasn’t exactly steady last year while picking up 20 saves. “For the most part we know things like that can get interesting with him,” Sveum said. “But he got out of it again.” The high-wire act allowed the Cubs to take an opening series for the first time in four years, an important step for a team looking to catch up to the rest of the NL Central. “Could have been 0-3 really but it was nice,” Sveum said. “We won both ball games we
were ahead in.” The Cubs were ahead thanks in large part to Wood, an X-factor for a team trying to make inroads on the rest of the NL Central. The left-hander struck out four and walked two. He also scored the game’s first run, racing home on Starlin Castro’s single in the third inning. The loss spoiled a stellar season debut for Pittsburgh starter James McDonald. The righthander gave up just two hits in seven innings, striking out four and walking two. McDonald’s start provided a welcome return to form for the enigmatic 28-year-old, who nearly made the All-Star team last season before stumbling during a bumpy second half. He went just 3-5 with a 7.52 ERA after the July break as the efficiency that led to his breakout first half vanished. There were no such problems on a chilly 45-degree afternoon. His only hiccup came in the third. Wood singled with one out, moved to second on a groundball then scored on Cas-
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Chicago Cubs right fielder Nate Schierholtz dives for a fly ball hit by Pittsburgh Pirates’ Neil Walker during the baseball game in Pittsburgh on Thursday. The Cubs won 3-2. tro’s single to center field. The hit marked the first by the Cubs with a runner in scoring position this season, ending an 0-for-13 start. After Marmol survived a hectic ninth, Wood improved to 4-1 in his career at PNC Park. The Pirates couldn’t get going. Clint Barmes was strand-
ed at second in the third inning following a one-out double off Wood, the only base hit Wood allowed all day. He retired 10 straight at one point to give the Cubs an early boost, handcuffing Pittsburgh all afternoon. Chicago didn’t run into trouble until after Wood gave way to Shawn Camp in the seventh.
McCutchen reached on an error then stole second and third. Reliever James Russell, however, struck out Neil Walker looking and the Pirates wasted a golden opportunity in the ninth as the Cubs improved to 2-1 for the first time since taking two of three from Houston to open the 2009 season.
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Illinois’ Bryan Roberts pitches during the Illinois win against Oakland at Illinois Field on Saturday. Illinois will play the Indiana Hoosiers this weekend in Bloomington when the teams face off in three games.
Baseball hopes to end Indiana’s 16-game winning streak Both Big Ten teams strong in batting average, pitching BY JEFF KIRSHMAN STAFF WRITER
While the Indiana baseball team’s 16 consecutive wins seem impressive from afar, a closer look at the NCAA’s longest active winning streak reveals that the Hoosiers’ recent tear might not be as substantial as the numbers suggest. Indiana’s opponents since falling to Florida on March 10 are a combined 126-158, with just two of those teams — Louisville (225) and Navy (16-13)— sporting records above .500. Illinois (18-7, 1-2 Big Ten) pres-
ents arguably the greatest threat to snapping Indiana’s (23-3, 6-0) streak since it began. The Illini ended then-No. 17 Oregon’s 10-game winning streak last season behind a one-run complete game outing by Kevin Johnson, who held the Ducks to four hits while striking out five. Johnson will once again take the mound in Friday’s series opener in Bloomington, Ind,, this time against Indiana’s Joey DeNato. “You can say you don’t look at the stats, but everyone does,” Johnson said. “Indiana is a big conference rival. It’s a huge
weekend for us.” The Hoosiers’ numbers, if slightly inflated, are still worth noting. Indiana’s .324 team batting average is far and away the best in the Big Ten; with the Illini in second, hitting .300. Indiana’s 19 home runs also pace the conference, with the Illini again following in second with 11 on the season. The Hoosiers lead the Big Ten in a number of other offensive categories, including team slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs, hits, RBIs, walks and total bases. The Illini are second in each of those categories. “A portion of their schedule hasn’t been all that great,” Illinois head coach Dan Hartleb said before practice Thursday. “Obviously it’s still an accomplishment
to win that many in a row, but I keep people in check, but the next think the same things about us.” two days you’ll start to see us put Indiana’s Kyle Schwarber is up some runs.” In addition the Big Ten’s hits leader with to offensive 46 and also leads firepower, Illithe conference nois and Indiin home runs ana also boast strong pitching with seven and numbers. RBIs with 19. Illinois’ Jordan Johnson is 4-1 Illinois Indiana Parr is tied for (18-7, 1-2 Big Ten) (23-3, 6-0 Big Ten) with a 1.89 ERA second in the in seven appearFriday, 5:05 p.m. ances, while the Big Ten with Saturday, 1:05 p.m. four home runs, Hoosiers feaSunday, 12:05 p.m. while his brothture the tanBloomington, Ind. er, Justin, is just dem of Scott two hits behind Effross and AarIndiana has the longest active NCAA Schwarber with on Slegers, who winning streak at 16 games. stand atop the 44. conference with “I expect Saturday and Sunday to be really matching 5-0 records and ERAs offensive,” Jordan Parr said. of 0.88 and 1.08,l respectively. “The No. 1 guys will probably Effross, however, isn’t slated to
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The Illinois men’s track and field team will face its first major challenge of the outdoor season this weekend as the team travels to Auburn, Ala., for the Tiger Track Classic. It will be the first scoring meet for the Illini against high-level competition during the outdoor campaign, as they compete against elite teams from the ACC and SEC such as Clemson and host Auburn. “This is a meet that always attracts some of the better sprinters and hurdlers in the country,” head coach Mike Turk said. “This is the first real challenge for us and it will be a much greater challenge for us
than the first meet at Mississippi State.” One of the biggest disadvantages the Illini face is that many of the southern teams have been training outdoors for a greater period of time, given that the weather is more conducive to outdoor training. Turk said many of the team’s competitors are a few weeks ahead of his squad in terms of training and the adjustment to the outdoor season, with many already at midseason form. Illinois will have the majority of its top-line sprinters and runners competing in their main events over the weekend. Turk had previously been trying some of his best athletes in different events, such as senior Ryan Lynn
running in the 1500 meters. Lynn will return to his main event, the 800 meters, and sophomore Brandon Stryganek will run the 100- and 200-meter dashes and junior Stephon Pamilton in the 400-meter dash. Stryganek sat out the 100 in favor of the long jump at last weekend’s Bill Cornell Spring Classic, while Pamilton did not compete. “Guys that ran at indoor nationals like Stephon and Ryan are still a week or two behind in their training, so this will be another chance to see some of our top level guys improve,” Turk said. “We just want to see some solid marks from the guys competing in their main events, and see them take another step toward getting to midseason form by the time Drake Relays roll around.” The other main focus for the Illini will be once again on the further progression of the 400-meter relay. After a first-
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Illinois men’s tennis will continue its fight for the Big Ten crown against Michigan and Michigan State this weekend, but another friendly competition will take place between the two head coaches. Before graduating in 1993, Illinois head coach Brad Dancer donned a green and white uniform under the guidance of Gene Orlando, who has been coaching the Spartans since 1992. “Gene’s a great guy, so I talk to him all the time,” Dancer said. “He’s been nothing but a mentor and a model to me over the years. We still try to beat him though.” The Illini stayed on pace in the conference with Saturday’s 6-1 win over Wisconsin, but the unranked Gophers upset them 4-3 on Sunday. After Minnesota put the first blemish on Illinois’ Big Ten record last weekend, the team is trying to refocus.
“Right now, we’re a little dis- known for in singles. ... The othappointed with our first loss,” er team played well in spots, and sophomore Farris Gosea said. when they didn’t, we took advan“It came as a shock, especially tage of it. I think we just have to because we were in control most do that across the board.” of the match, but we know what The Illini won two of three to we’ve got to do now with the rest grab the doubles point against of our regular Minnesota last matches.” weekend, and Both DancDancer said he er and associwas impressed ate head coach with their comMarcos Asse petitiveness. But more harm agree it’s difthan go o d ficult to isoIllinois Michigan late one thing (11-7, 4-1 Big Ten) (9-7, 4-1 Big Ten) seemed to be for the team done, statisSaturday, 11 a.m. to work on, tically. The Ann Arbor, Mich. team holds an as each play8 -10 record er has their own obstacle The illini look to redeem their first Big on the season to overcome Ten loss from last weekend with a win while the No. over Michigan. 22 tandem of heading into the weekend. sophomores “The biggest thing to me is Tim Kopinski and Ross Guijust a mind-set across the board gnon — ranking as of March 26 and a culture,” Asse said. “I — dropped its first point in eight think Minnesota is a good exam- matches to Wisconsin. ple of when we fought like hell Michigan (9-7, 4-1 Big Ten) in doubles, similar to what we’re boasts a third-place position in
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the conference, just behind Illinois, while Michigan State (8-10, 2-3 Big Ten) has struggled thus far in the season, being one of three teams in the Big Ten to have a losing season record. Though Illinois has prided its season on a match-by-match outlook that doesn’t approach conference play differently, Asse said both teams have proved not to be underestimated. Michigan has had eight matches decided by one point this season, five of which they lost. Meanwhile, Michigan State dominated now-No. 14 Vanderbilt in January and could pose a threat to an Illini team that has just fallen out of the top 25. “I just think last week was our first real road trip in the Big Ten, and just back-to-back will be a good challenge for these guys,” Dancer said. “They’re a hungry, motivated team, and we’re going to go out and fight hard.”
now, these guys are set,” Landrus said. “We’ve prepared them, they’ve had a great season, and we just have to continue the mental approach. With everything we work on in training as far as team activities and whatnot, we just have to continue to do that and go in and do our job.” After making nationals as a team in 2011, the Illini failed to do so in 2012 but sent Weinstein as the 10th individual qualifier in school history in the allaround after she won the regional all-around title. This season marks the 10th straight year Illinois has been selected to compete at regionals, and if the Illini were to advance, it would be the second time in the last three years they had done so. “If we want to make it to nationals, we’re going to have to improve a lot, especially against these two great teams (Nebraska and Michigan),” See said. “We honestly have nothing to lose, and we’re going into it with a positive attitude. We’re the underdogs, but we want it just as bad as them, so we’re going to leave it all out there.” Heading into what could be the Illini’s final meet of their season — and the seniors’ final meet of their careers — Weinstein said the concept is hard to grasp. “It’s a very hard realization,” Weinstein said. “For me it’s hard to think about that this might be the last meet of my career. But we’ve had such great momentum this year, and if we keep it up, we have a very real possibility of going to nationals.” See said that win or lose, the team wants to go out on a solid performance. “We would love to make it and continue our season,” See said. “But if we go in there and put everything on the floor and don’t make it, we know that we gave it our all.”
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to that climate. But either way, I think they’ll go out well.” Freshman sprinter Morolake Akinosun looks to continue her success in the 100-meter dash, having recorded the secondfastest time in school history of 11.29 seconds. After taking Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week honors, Akinosun is still trying to manage expectations. “My outlook is always the same for every weekend that I go into competition,” Akinosun said. “I’m just trying to run fast and do the best I can, better than I did the previous week. I think the pressure is pretty much the same. There’s always a level of pressure to do as well as you’ve been doing previously. I just want to keep the same mind-set as I have all season, work hard and do better than I can.” Buford-Bailey is also happy to have her whole squad at the same meet this weekend. Last weekend, they were split to three different meets, but every competing athlete will travel to Tempe this week. “I think it’s great (to have everyone together), and it gives us a chance to see what it feels like so when we go to the Big Ten Championship meet, it will give us a test run at that,” BufordBailey said. “The girls, anytime they can be all together with the different event areas, it’s always great for us.” Senior Marissa Golliday, who will compete in the long jump, 100-meter hurdles and javelin, made the team’s intent at this meet clear. “I think my team in general is doing extremely well,” Golliday said. “We are just putting it all together at these meets so we can accomplish our goals, which are Big Tens and nationals. We want everyone to know we are somebody to watch out for. We compete hard wherever we go, and we are really making a statement on the track this year. They just need to know we are a team to watch out for.”
place finish last weekend the relay squad will have its first opportunity of the season to square off versus much tougher competition. The relay will feature — as it did last week — juniors Vanier Joseph and Julian Smith, and sophomores DJ Zahn and Stryganek. “We got off to a decent start in the 4x1, but we have so much room to improve, especially in our exchanges,” Smith said. Smith will also compete individually in the 100, 200 and the long jump. “I’m looking to get my time down in the 100 and 200 to get back to the place I was at the same time last season,” he said. “In the long jump, since the first time I’m doing it, I’m just happy to do all that I can to help score points for us.”
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start against Illinois. Sophomore left-hander Kyle Hart is scheduled to face Illinois right-hander John Kravetz (3-0, 3.82 ERA) on Saturday. Hartleb said Friday’s and Saturday’s results will dictate who gets the start on Sunday. Adding to the drama this weekend is the history between Johnson and Indiana leftfielder, Chris Sujka. The two, along with Kravetz, attended Mount Carmel High School together in Chicago. Johnson also played summer ball with Hoosiers first baseman Sam Travis. Johnson didn’t waste a breath when asked about the scouting report on Sujka. “He can’t hit breaking balls,” Johnson said.
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450 HOUSES FOR RENT
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