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Volunteers keep warm at the fourth annual One Winter Night event on Friday, where volunteers raised money for C-U at Home.
ONE NIGHT OF AWARENESS Participant recalls homeless days, encourages locals to show empathy at ‘One Winter Night’ BY SARAH FOSTER STAFF WRITER
With a cardboard box beside her and a difficult past behind, Champaign resident Breelyn Mehrtens leans on the edge of a portable chair, staring into the distance. “I had been homeless during the summer (of 2002),” Mehrtens said, pulling the tops of her pink mittens over her fingertips, “from June to August.” Though it’s been more than 10 years, she can’t help but think of those three months — especially as she decides to relive that past again, during C-U at Home’s fourth annual “One Winter Night.”
The event took place Friday and winded down the streets and sidewalks of downtown Champaign. According to Jay Schubert, volunteer coordinator and donations organizer for C-U at Home, the organization has raised $95,000 so far this year. The event’s organizers aimed to raise a total of $100,000. Melany Jackson, executive director for C-U at Home, said this year’s event doubled the number of box dwellers and funds, and it benefited from the added educational component new to this year’s event. Tony Comtois, mentor for C-U at Home who also participated as a box dweller, has been active with C-U at
Home for approximately three years. He presented in the education program at Friday’s event and spoke about the importance of shelter living. “When the speaking part was over with, some of the people were out walking around visiting the box dwellers, and when they saw me in mine, they told me it was great,” Comtois said of the reception for the educational program. “To not just only have the homeless awareness event, but to also have an educational part of it.” Only two hours after the event’s 6 p.m. start, Mehrtens’ skin turns red from exposure to the chilly, February air. She knew bearing the conditions for another 10 hours wouldn’t be easy, but she said she wouldn’t have missed it. “Not only are (the homeless)
The University of Illinois is known for a diverse and inclusive campus, yet it is still in the process of providing more options for dorms to have gender-inclusive facilities. In late January, University Housing sent emails to students residing in Allen Hall to take part in a survey to gauge interest in having a gender-inclusive restroom on one floor for a week-long trial. The survey closed on Jan. 30 and a housing committee met Wednesday to evaluate the results of the survey, which showed that no floors met the 75 percent threshold needed to implement the pilot program. While the threshold was not met, Kirsten Ruby, associate director of housing for communications and marketing, emphasized that a high number of students expressed interest in creating the facilities. “The survey got a good deal of interest on a couple of floors in Allen, but there wasn’t a single floor that responded high enough for us to proceed right
away,” Ruby said. Ruby said the main reason for proposing the survey was to explore ways that University Housing and the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center can make the community more inclusive. “One part of that, in a community like we have, is that a student who is transgender may want or choose to use a restroom, and they only have two choices,” Ruby said. “One way that a community could be more inclusive would be to provide a restroom that is identified as gender-neutral or gender-inclusive.” Leslie K. Morrow, director of the LGBT Resource Center, said the group is trying to expand and reach out for gender-inclusiveness in residence halls. “These are conversations that we had with housing, and we know that they’re willing to work with us and make those options,” Morrow said. “They’ve been a great partner and working alongside us. Matter of fact, they are the ones that reached out to us, quite honestly.”
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The University’s partnership with TCF Bank will not be renewed after its contract expires at the end of February. Although there will no longer be a TCF Bank branch on campus or in the Champaign-Urbana area, Mark Goldman, director of corporate communications at TCF, said students who bank with TCF don’t need to panic. All of TCF’s on-campus ATMs will remain open until at least May 18. Goldman said the company continues to make improvements to its mobile and online banking platforms to increase convenience while eliminating the need to visit a physical branch. In addition to the guarantee of ATMs and online access, students should take comfort in knowing that their account will not be affected. “TCF is committed to serving the
needs of the student population and we believe that students will continue to benefit from TCF product offerings — particularly checking and savings accounts,” Goldman said. “Any student that maintains their account with TCF will continue to enjoy the same benefits and the same account structure that they do today.” However, Goldman said students who have their TCF Bank account attached to their i-Card will no longer be able to use that service as of Feb. 28. “No student will be expected to close or switch bank accounts as a result of the contract ending,” said John Ealy, Senior Associate Director of i-Card Programs at the University said, in an email. Students will still have access to their accounts, but will be required to use their TCF issued card. Students who do not have a TCF card should call TCF Bank’s toll-free number or visit the on-campus branch before Feb. 28.
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Urbana City Council considers contract with union BY FATIMA FARHA STAFF WRITER
The Urbana City Council will hold a special meeting of the Urbana City Council and Committee of the Whole on Monday. During the meeting, the council members will vote on a resolution approving a contract agreement between Illinois, the city of Urbana and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1331, which is a public services employee union. The council will also vote on another resolution approving an extension on the agreement between Urbana and the local International Association of Firefighters. Alderman Charlie Smyth, Ward 1, said the contracts are going to give firefighters and the union the same provisions of pay increase as the police
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contract, which will be finalized in one week. “We’re approving an addendum that has already been negotiated,” Smyth said. “It really allows the city to do some good planning, and makes the negotiation more efficient.” The committee of the whole will also be voting on a motion to allow a brick street renewal between Stebbins Drive and Oakland Avenue. According to the motion, the brick street has deteriorated and needs to be fixed. “Over the years, heavy traffic, including regular bus route travel, has caused the pavement section to become uneven and rutted, which has impaired adequate drainage,” the motion stated. “Portions of the pavement have been patched with asphalt to correct the deep rutting of the pavement structure.”
The council will also consider revising the annual budget ordinance and approving a redevelopment agreement with 129 North Race LLC. The redevelopment agreement is meant to activate the building and allow for more tenants for the future, according to the ordinance. The agreement would require renovations to the building as well as adding sections such as a photography studio and a gallery. The agreement also ties into the city’s 2012 Downtown Urbana Plan, which aims to strengthen economic activity in Downtown Urbana’s public spaces and engage with the community. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the city council chambers and is open to the public.
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At the time, the Board of Trustees’ January decision not to reconsider Steven Salaita’s appointment to the University seemed like the end of the controversy. However, the Illinois Faculty for Academic Freedom and Justice will present a new resolution during the academic senate meeting Monday, asking members to re-evaluate the University’s decision. The resolution will be submitted by 13 faculty senators from a variety of departments and will address the report given by the University’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure and the Board’s decision that followed. Ultimately the resolution, written by history professor Bruce Levine, calls on the administration to follow all of CAFT’s recommendations, including to allow the College of LAS to review Salaita’s case and reconsider his employment. “The (Board’s) refusal to reconsider its initial decision after the release of the CAFT report was a slap at the faculty and a blow to oft-made claims that the faculty now participates in ‘shared governance’ of the University,” Levine said in an email. “If the Board compounds that effect by ignoring the stated opinion of the Senate as a whole, both the insult to and the disillusionment among the faculty
would grow exponentially, I believe.” The resolution cites that CAFT found the handling of Salaita’s case as unusual and unprecedented, furthering why the Board should follow the recommendations. “The process by which Dr. Salaita’s proposed appointment was withdrawn and eventually rejected did not follow existing policies and procedures in several substantial respects, raising questions about the institution’s commitment to shared governance,” CAFT’s report stated. The appended resolution concludes by calling on Chancellor Phyllis Wise, President Robert Easter and the Board of Trustees to “implement these recommendations promptly.” If the majority of the academic senate votes in favor of the resolution on Monday, it will be forwarded to University administration. Levine said he can’t predict the future, but he is hopeful the senate will do what he said he thinks is right. Otherwise, he believes the senate’s credibility will suffer immensely. “I would hope that the senate’s majority would now rise to the occasion, accept its responsibility, and do the right thing — endorse the finding of its own committee,” Levine said. As the University deals with Salaita’s case, many questions have arisen about the institution’s hiring procedures. The Hiring Policies and Procedures Review Committee Final Report, made in December, will be presented to the full
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Yemen rebels dissolve the country’s parliament, interim bodies take over SANAA, Yemen — Shiite Muslim rebels in Yemen on Friday dissolved the country’s parliament and announced they would set up interim bodies to run the country and the government, a move that opponents said amounted to a coup. The move marked a perilous new juncture in what has been a tumultuous halfyear in Yemen, a poor but strategic country that sits at the tip of the Arabian Pen-
insula. Armed men loyal to the rebel Houthi movement filled the streets of the capital, Sanaa, following the announcement, and the city was calm but tense. Yemen has been roiled by uncertainty in the two weeks since the Houthis seized the presidential palace and put President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi under house arrest, leading him and his Cabinet to tender their resignations.
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People react to a campus shooting at the Arnold School of Public Health on the University of South Carolina campus Feb. 5 in Columbia, S.C. Police are treating the shooting as a murder-suicide.
Shooting investigation begins University of South Carolina police say murder-suicide BY THE STATE (COLUMBIA, S.C.) TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A shooting incident on the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus is being investigated as a murder-suicide. University of South Carolina police and others responded to the shooting at the Public Health Research Center on campus about 1 p.m. University spokesman Wes Hickman subsequently said the building had been secured and an all clear issued. However, confusion
persisted. According to the university’s Darla Moore School of Business, university police were saying not to release students from that nearby building, even though the threat had passed. An investigation is being conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division, which takes the lead in all shootings on South Carolina college campuses. Thom Berry of SLED said the agency was investigating a murder-suicide in the public health building. “There was no active
shooter other than the two deceased,” Berry said. No names were released, and Berry wouldn’t say if the two killed included students, faculty or others related to the university. University President Harris Pastides declined to comment Thursday afternoon. A schoolwide alert went out at 1:16 p.m. in a text message to all 25,000-plus university students and faculty saying, “SHORS FIRED AT NEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. Seek safe shelter.” The typo was included in the message. Afterward, the university said all public health classes and any classes in the Public Health Research Center (New School of Pub-
lic Health) had been canceled for the remainder of the day. There was an unconfirmed report from an employee at the school, who declined to give her name, that the shooting happened on the fourth floor of the building. As the alert was issued, people were asked to seek a safe shelter. All university buildings also were put on lockdown, and police set up a perimeter, blocking off several streets. Gov. Nikki Haley cut short a news conference for security concerns Thursday. Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook was on the scene as well as the Columbia Fire Department.
Side issues slow progress in trial of alleged 9/11 plotters at Guantanamo BY CAROL ROSENBERG TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The alleged 9/11 plotters led by Khalid Sheik Mohammed return to the war court Monday for the first time in six months with an agenda packed with some of the most fundamental issues to bedevil the case — torture, religious accommodation and the sanctity of the attorneyclient relationship.
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NIGHT cold and hungry, but they also deal with feelings of shame put on them by other people. Shame leads to loss of self-worth, which leads to depression, which leads to hopeless feelings,” Mehrtens said. “It’s a big reason I hid when I was homeless. I wanted to make a statement about something that I have passion for.” As she repositions her red hat to block the wind, Mehrtens remembers that difficult time in her life, being unaware if her situation would ever improve. When she moved from Alabama to Champaign in 2002 to escape an abusive situation, she had no home, no job and barely any money. For three months, Mehrtens substituted a car for a bed and a parking lot for a home. She couch-hopped, stayed up all night and slept in parks during the day. She shuffled through parking lots, hoping to find enough change just to afford a candy bar for food. Tears begin to form
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SENATE academic senate in March, but it was already discussed at the Senate Executive Committee’s Feb. 2 meeting. The review committee was appointed by the academic senate and the provost to evaluate the current University hiring process. Although the review committee was created following the Salaita case, it was not charged with looking into any specific case, Salaita’s included. The committee recommended the Board of Trustees continue to oversee the appointment of faculty higher than the position of dean and delegate tenure appointment approval to campus administrators. Co-author Eric Johnson, professor of law, clarified that the committee’s conclusions about University
None of it, however, will involve the crime that drove creation of the court and prison in this remote outpost in southeast Cuba — the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. That’s because nearly three years after the Obama administration arraigned the men, the legal landscape has gotten more complicated, not less, in the Pentagon’s deathpenalty prosecution of the five men accused of training, directing and funding the
hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a Pennsylvania field. The hearing comes just days after a senior Pentagon policy official told a Senate committee that the tribunal system that George W. Bush built, Barack Obama reformed and Congress blessed is inefficient, and necessarily slower than the traditional federal court system.
in Mehrtens’ eyes as she remembers eventually finding housing through a generous friend. On that 32-degree night, she said she would do anything to make sure others didn’t experience what she did. “I always feel that I don’t do enough for other people,” Mehrtens said as she wipes her eyes. “I cannot stand for people to be hungry or cold — I’ll cry. I just can’t do it.” Mehrtens frequently keeps extra snacks, bananas, gloves and scarves on her, just in case she sees someone in need. But when she discovered C-U at Home’s One Winter Night around the 2015 New Year, she knew this was another important opportunity to bear her hurtful past and help others. “Nobody should have to be homeless,” Mehrtens said. “It’s not like they’re all alcoholics. They’re people that have one or two bad things that happen to them and just couldn’t get back up again. If it’s one or two little bad things that put them there, one or two little good things can help them out of there.” But Mehrtens doesn’t hope
to relive utter homelessness alone during One Winter Night. Zipped to his chin in a puffy blue, orange and white coat is her two-and-ahalf-year-old son, Benjamin. “I like him to know that he’s got it good because not everyone does,” Mehrtens said. As she feeds her son, she remembers her childhood home, where the only heating unit her family could afford was a stove. “Never, ever, ever, ever take home and food for granted, because one day it may not be there,” she said. Inside the cardboard box, Benjamin huddles with his Winnie the Pooh blanket, his arms enlarged from five layers of T-shirts his mother dressed him in. He begins to sing Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire,” attracting several pedestrians already walking the sidewalks of Neil Street to notice and socialize with him. Mehrtens said she hopes her toddler doesn’t just learn a lesson, but that he teaches one to the Champaign-Urbana community as well. “Homelessness does not know an age,” she said. “It’s
hiring practices were not in any way related to Salaita or intended to make a point about the controversy. “The recommendation was driven by purely practical considerations,” Johnson said. The Board of Trustees announced that it is going to move Board approval closer to the time an employment offer is made, instead of several months (or even a year) later, as was the case with Salaita. Johnson argued this still doesn’t fix the problem, given the Board doesn’t meet regularly enough to ensure earlier approvals. “As a practical matter it doesn’t make sense to tell the board, ‘just do it faster,’ ” Johnson said. Additionally, Johnson said the current procedure puts the University at a disadvantage when it comes to hiring highly sought after faculty. Many other universities’ Boards of Trustees currently delegate hiring approval
to campus administrators, making an offer of employment a guarantee, Johnson said. Johnson said the undesirable waiting period will drive new employees to accept other offers, especially since the waiting period could result in no job at all. Now that the Board has rejected Salaita’s appointment, Board approval is no longer considered as just a formality, as it once was, Johnson said. The Hiring Policies and Procedures Review Committee’s report will not be discussed in the full academic senate until March, but it has already gained the praise of some Senate Executive Committee members, such as Abbas Aminmansour, professor of architecture.
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“These cases are dragging on for quite some time, because of the new statutory framework,” Brian McKeon, principal deputy undersecretary for defense policy, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. “Lawyers are litigating to death every new issue,” he told Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., who supports military trials for alleged al-Qaida members over the civilian criminal justice system.
MEXICO CITY — Authorities said Friday that an abandoned crematory in an outlying area of Acapulco had yielded 60 bodies, a horrific discovery that came after neighbors complained of fetid odors.
The bodies had been embalmed, authorities said, suggesting that the matter was negligence by the former owner of the bankrupt Cremations of the Pacific facility and had no link to organized crime.
Numerous immigrant women and girls could be at risk for genital excision Nearly 507,000 women and girls in the United States could be at risk of female genital excision, including 57,000 in California, a new study has found. That is more than twice the number that were thought to be at risk in 2000, the last year for which estimates are available.
Analysts at the Population Reference Bureau, a nonprofit research organization in Washington, attributed the preliminary findings released Friday to an increase in immigration from countries where the practice is common, including Egypt, Ethiopia and Somalia.
Government investigations taking place after data breach at Anthem, Inc. Numerous government investigations are underway into the data breach involving 80 million Americans at insurance giant Anthem Inc. On Friday, officials from Anthem were meeting with staff members of a key congressional committee involved in cybersecurity.
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and officials in Connecticut and other states where Anthem is a major insurer are also looking into what security measures the company had in place and what can be done to prevent future breaches.
U.S. Congressional panel investigating 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi WASHINGTON — The U.S. congressional panel investigating the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, said it wants to interview former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Obama administration officials. Among 20 current or former officials the committee wants to question are White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, National Security Adviser Susan Rice,
former White House press secretary Jay Carney, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey, former CIA Director David Petraeus and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The committee’s chairman, Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, disclosed the plans in a letter Friday to the panel’s top Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland.
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Volunteers in boxes line downtown Champaign on Friday to raise awareness of homelessness. not necessarily people that are strung out on drugs. It’s not just some random stranger that you could pass by and pretend not to see. It’s a real person. It could be your friend. It could be kids.” But most of all, Mehrtens said enduring the cold for
One Winter Night will teach others something that she believes is missing in today’s society toward homelessness — empathy. “We’re all on Twitter, and we’re all on Facebook, but when we use the site, we forget that we’re all
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Union for Trans Equality and Support, said the University cannot be inclusive for students if there are no genderinclusive housing options. “Gender-inclusive housing is not too far of a cry,” Skora said. “The real roadblock is actually getting it implemented and getting a system in place.” Skora said there should at least be one gender-inclusive dorm, so transgender students and those who identify themselves as non-binary gender have more options. “I’m really open to it because I think it will just create a safer environment for other people in general, just have them feel more secure in the place that they live,” said Hannah Alvarado, sophomore in Business and front desk clerk at Allen Hall. “If people really hear out the pros and cons of it, they’ll really understand the benefits to it, to the whole community in general.”
GENDER By the end of February, University Housing staff plans to meet with the two floors that showed an exceptionally high interest in a gender-inclusive restroom. Ruby said the next steps for Housing are to reach out to the students on the two floors and hold floor meetings to explore the students’ potential interests and concerns on this option. “Even if the floors don’t enthusiastically embrace having a pilot week, it doesn’t mean that our gauging students’ interests will stop,” Ruby said. “I think it will be likely, but we would ask students again next semester, so in the fall, a similar question, to see if perhaps a different group of students might be interested in this.” Stephanie Skora, senior in LAS and president of Campus
actually flesh-and-blood human beings,” Mehrtens said. “What you do or say hurts someone in real life. It makes someone else feel something.”
Sarah can be reached at spfoste2@dailyillini.com.
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According to a study from the University of Massachusetts, there are over 150 campuses with gender-neutral restrooms available for students. In Illinois: • Illinois State University • Northeastern University • Northwestern University • University of Chicago • University of Illinois at Chicago • University of Illinois at Springfield • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jane can be reached at janelee5@dailyillini.com.
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The ordinance ... also requires officers utilizing Tasers to complete a training requirement. The city council has shown how much it values the voices of its citizens by instituting a Civilian Police Review Board to oversee the use of these devices after they’re being used by officers. By instituting the Civilian Police Review Board, the city council has also given their residents a more permanent and more viable way to have their opinions and voices heard if an issue regarding the use of Tasers comes up during their review. Allowing residents to join in on the conversation regarding incidents when Tasers are used will go a long way in calming many of the concerns that have been voiced about the uses of these devices. The ordinance allowing the purchase of these Tasers also requires officers utilizing Tasers to complete a training requirement, thus minimizing the potential misuse of these devices. As noted by many of their opponents, Tasers do present the possibility of misuse. However, by placing trust in the public officials that have been voted into office by the general public, residents should believe that these individuals have their best interest at heart. These protocols instated by the Urbana City Council will hopefully go a long way in making the public feel safer about their use. By having the council work hand in hand with Urbana residents, they will preferably be able to reach an accord that will satisfy the need of all parties involved. In light of numerous national issues regarding police and community relations as of late, it is necessary that the relationship between the two remains civil and strong to promote a safe community environment.
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After spending years trying to help Link save Zelda, it seems as though we might be able to take a break and watch Link go for it himself. Netflix is in the (super) early stages of developing a live-action television series based on the popular video game that defined our childhoods: “The Legend of Zelda.� While they have yet to hire a writer, they hope that the show will mimic a family-friendly “Game of Thrones.� Still, don’t get your hopes too high. Considering how under-developed this idea currently is, it could get killed at any moment (just like Link himself). Let’s just hope this idea has tons of lives and will keep coming back and one day grace our screens.
“The Walking Dead� returned last night to start off the last half of the fifth season, and without spoiling anything, we can already tell these episodes are going to be crazy. Not to mention that in a recent interview, Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes) mentioned how the back eight are some of the wildest episodes of the series, and almost create a new series within themselves. We can’t wait to see how our favorite survivors survive yet again. With all this talk from producers and actors, it’s safe to say these episodes won’t be boring — we personally just hope that our blood pressures and heart rates remain fairly normal throughout all the vicarious stress.
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Living in Illinois requires thick skin — literally. We know what a brutal winter feels like, and often times (most times), it doesn’t feel too good. This past weekend, however, we were graced with 40-plus degree weather and it was the greatest thing ever. For Illinoisans, that is darn tootin’ close to swim suit season! We won’t get too excited over the warm-front though, because we know weather changes on a dime and we will probably be back to negative temperatures, snowy, unpleasant conditions sooner rather than later. But we sure enjoyed it while it lasted.
As if people weren’t already bothered enough with Kim Kardashian’s “famous for being famous� status, she proved once again that she gets attention for just about anything and everything. For a decent stint of time this weekend, one of Facebook’s top trending stories was simply that Kim Kardashian got her hair cut shorter ... Yes, people were talking enough about trimming hair for it to become popular on Facebook. Kim Kardashian was trending for getting a haircut. Let us say that again in case you didn’t get it: A haircut. In future breaking news, Kim Kardashian gets a french manicure. Come on, people!
Don’t let stress get the best of you YUNJO JEONG Opinions columnist
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round us everyday, among the many students who look happy and cheerful, there are some who are having trouble dealing with their college lives. Not even a few, but many. A 2008 survey carried out by the Associated Press and mtvU on college students found that of the participants, 80 percent frequently or sometimes experienced daily stress, 34 percent had felt depressed at some point in the past three months, 13 percent had been diagnosed with a mental health condition such as depression, and 9 percent had seriously considered suicide in the past year. It is clear that stress is highly prevalent among college students, and therefore we should take personal actions to help combat it. Mary Gormandy White, a corporate trainer and consultant and certified Senior Professional in Human Resource Management mentions academic pressure, financial woes, increased
responsibility and peer pressure as possible causes of such stress. With heavy coursework, high tuition rates, independent college life and social pressures, such problems are easily faced by college students. Excess mental stress creates problems both in the mind and the body. Students may feel unenthused to the extent that it is impossible to focus. But even worse, the physical state of the body may worsen, resulting in headaches, sleeping problems, muscle tension or pain, fatigue, anxiety, changed eating behaviors and other negative consequences. With consequences of excess stress as problematic as they are, it is important to try to relieve stress regularly. Resolving the malevolent impacts of stress can be difficult, but making efforts to try and prevent common, everyday stress can help keep it from piling up and falling down on you.
To help combat some of the effects of stress, I think it can be helpful to take time to do something one enjoys. For example, I’ve found that exercising, listening to music, biking, even playing games can be helpful. Enjoying life is what counts. College life can be extremely burdening at times. There is seemingly endless class work, many clubs and activities to go to and meetings to attend, and there is even the added pressure of maintaining a social life as well. Managing such a large amount of events and dealing with the busy life of a college student can be difficult. I, personally, am taking 17 credit hours this semester, and I took 18 credit hours last semester. It wasn’t easy, and my schedule was extremely full. Stress was a concern, and it made my college experience less enjoyable than it could have been. I questioned my decision to come all the way to the United States. I questioned my purpose, and
Making efforts to try and prevent common, everyday stress can help keep it from piling up and falling down on you.
I questioned my ability to get things done. This semester is pretty much the same workload. But by participating in more enjoyable, personal activities, I can work to relieve my stress. For instance, I attend weekly meetings for the Society for Experimental Mechanics, which I highly enjoy, and I take the time to have more frequent encounters with my friends. Without having fun every now and then, it is easy to question the point of studying so hard, and such questioning is the bridge to unnecessary stress. The answer is easy; everybody needs a break and an opportunity to feel the fresh air. Many students are probably as busy as I am. Every student here at the University has a dream to pursue, and the road to academic Eden is not easy. Writing papers and doing assignments, studying for exams, etc. — they’re all important. But a break away from the academic pressure is just as important — don’t let stress get the best of you.
Yunjo is a freshman in Engineering. He can be reached at yjeong12 @dailyillini.com.
Grammys should focus on popular music BOSWELL HUTSON Opinions columnist
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don’t know if I’m quite ready to admit this or not, but as a media-junkie, awards season is on par with the NCAA Tournament and the Olympics. OK, that was intentional hyperbole, but watching an awards show while reading the comments made about it on Twitter is one of my many completely useless talents, and makes Sunday nights in the late winter just a little more interesting. For the same reason I love sports and politics, award shows are fascinating in that they present a competition, which is something innately fascinating to humans, I suppose. Last night, the Grammys resulted in yet another three hours spent in front of my computer scrolling my Twitter timeline. Social media commentary is at an all time high when there’s a singular event occupying the attention of everyone I follow. As a rabid music fan, I am naturally interested in what everyone has to say. But despite the Twitter population’s focus, there are constant complaints and outcries directed toward the show. People often complain that the Grammys leave out entire
chunks of music culture and genres while glorifying other parts, seemingly disproportionately. You’re much more likely to see Beyonce on the Grammys than Bombay Bicycle Club or Vic Mensa, and fans of these genres that are left out tend to reject the significance of the event itself. As an avid fan of underground hip-hop and indie rock, two genres that are unsurprisingly rarely included in the awards, watching the Grammys often feels watered-down, kind of like the music industry’s version of a nice Keystone Light. But then I had a remarkable epiphany: The Grammys are meant to represent the most popular music, not necessarily the best or most innovative. The Grammys represent the tastes of a diversified populous, which ultimately boils down to awards being given to musicians who generally sell the most records and bring out the biggest crowds to their concerts. Though many listeners wish it would focus more on music they’re personally invested in, the Grammys are perfectly adequate for what they are. While people on social media platforms poke fun at the performances, what the artists are wearing or the occasional teleprompter reading mishap, these snubs and genre-exclusions are a focus, too. Last year’s selection of Macklemore over Kendrick Lamar for the Best Rap
Album was especially provocative, prompting literally every music reporter (intentional hyperbole, once again) in the country to write a think-piece or a feature on that specific award, and the fact that Lamar got snubbed. Broad-sweeping distaste with the Grammys didn’t start last year, though. Countless artists have been snubbed for awards that they surely should have gotten in hindsight. Artists who fall into this category include Elvis Costello, who lost “Best New Artist� to A Taste of Honey in 1979, and The Beatles and The Beach Boys, who were passed over in 1966 for The New Vaudeville Band for Best Rock Recording. In addition to these historical snubs, another common theme across the board with the show, however, is that the Grammys as a whole are headed for some great decline from what they used to be. Just like many of my friends, I used to be frustrated with the Grammys, too, but only after I saw Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons’ performance together last year did I fully understand what the Grammys truly are: A night to celebrate the most popular music in the world via insane collaboration and a lot of awkward presenters opening envelopes. The fact that Imagine Dragons, a band that I have never been that fond of, could collaborate with Kendrick Lamar and put on an
electrifying performance was something to behold. Yeah, you probably saw too many shots of Taylor Swift for your own good last night — we get it, she’s America’s sweetheart. I’m over it, too — but it is very rare, if ever, that we’re given the opportunity to see the collaboration between some of the most diverse and talented artists in history. Where else could we have seen Elton John perform with Eminem, or a Beatle (Paul McCartney), an artistic visionary who also happens to know everything (Kanye West) and a pop princess (Rihanna) on the same stage? The Grammys are great for what they are — a massive collaborative concert between the most popular artists across genres. They can’t devote as much attention to underground hip-hop, electronic or independent rock music because those genres simply aren’t as popular as what wins Grammys. They’re not playing in every dentist’s office and grocery store, and pop music is. This year, I went into the Grammys with an open mind, and I’m never looking back. It’s a lot more fun to watch if you stop caring about who wins, and just marvel at the spectacle. But hey, man, that’s just me.
Boswell is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at hutson2 @dailyillini.com.
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Brad Knop, scuba instructor at the ARC and the Midwest SCUBA Center in Champaign, is gearing up to lead the three two-week sessions for scuba diving offered this semester.
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ers skills that were briefly demonstrated in the online course, was beneficial to Henderson in becoming more comfortable with breathing underwater and scuba. “(Knop) is very understanding of people being scared of it — I was kind of freaked out in the beginning. I would encourage people to try it if they want to, because if they can go to the ocean, they’ll see lots of things they won’t even see snorkeling,” Henderson said. “All the teachers are very understanding in helping you.” Despite trying to make the classes more manageable for students by allowing them to use the online book, Knop has seen a decline in the amount of students enrolled in the clinic. “Back in the ’80s, we would have 20 people sign up for a
class,” Knop said. “(Now,) there have been some classes where I don’t get anyone to sign up. I think a lot of it is money and the economy. ... (After 9/11) it got bad, people were afraid to leave the country and afraid to go on vacations, not be able to get back into the U.S., which are problems some of my friends had.” Despite the declining popularity, Knop said he feels confident in the choices he’s made. “Would I do it again? I couldn’t be a rockstar, so the answer is yes,” he said. “You don’t get rich doing it — there are better jobs to make a living — but, (you get) a lot of enjoyment, and I think that’s part of it.”
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Dorothy Neumann (second from left) accepts a certificate for Urbana’s first living Legacy Tree from Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing (second from right), council member Eric Jakobsson (left) and City Arborist Mike Brunk (right) on Oct. 9. Neumann likes to joke her tree is more valuable than her house.
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LEGACY program and thought it really mirrored our interest in promoting and preserving a lot of our older trees,” said Tim Bartlett, executive director of the Urbana Park District. “We can help promote the value of trees and promote the history that’s associated with these very long-lived treasures in town.” With this community collaboration, there is potential to include walking trails or tree walk programs in Urbana parks to provide a health and wellness aspect to it, Bartlett suggested. Further, there could be an education facet in the future, encouraging teachers to bring their classes outdoors and learn about local ecology and history.
What makes a tree a legacy? “The roots of why we created the program go back more than 10 years,” Brunk said. “I was out at Portland, Oregon, for a conference, and I came across this ... program that they had, which was ‘Heritage Trees of Portland.’” Based off of this initial idea, Brunk and his colleague began researching and creating a similar pro-
gram to be implemented in Urbana. They studied comparable programs across the U.S., then created a system to analyze the local trees based on previous ideas. The characteristics of a legacy tree are based on the following categories: size, rarity, history, age, location, aesthetics and special ecological value. Community members are encouraged to nominate their favorite Urbana tree based on one or more of those standards. In fact, the community remains the highest priority. The program is fully funded by donations, and Urbana residents are able to nominate their trees to become Legacy Trees. This gives the community members a sense of pride and involvement in their own city’s program. “We really want the public to nominate those trees and get involved that way so they have an attachment to the program,” Brunk said. “The program will only be as good as the community wants.”
Documenting Urbana’s trees Besides leading the Legacy Tree Program, Brunk also helps document and maintain a comprehensive tree inventory throughout Urbana. Trees are mea-
sured and evaluated based on their size and assessed for safety hazards to ensure that they are not a threat to the public. “We live in a Chicken Little society, if you will, when we live under a canopy of trees,” Brunk said. “Trees drop limbs. And so our priority is to go and trim those trees in such a way that we try to minimize limb failure and tree failure.” The public can visit urbana.mytreekeeper.com to see the details of more than 15,000 trees in Urbana, look for a specific address or search for a certain species. “One of the most important features of all our trees is that they absorb ... rain water,” Brunk said. “If we don’t have trees to absorb that water, we’d have to manage it (in the form of) underground infrastructure with all the drains.” Overall, the Urbana Legacy Tree Program seeks to highlight trees’ importance in the community through ecological, aesthetic and social benefits. “I just think that the more people that realize what treasures they are, the better care will be taken of them,” Neumann said.
Reema can be reached at abiakar2@dailyillini. com.
Pedal for Heroes finds honor in sweat BY MARY BETH BRECKENRIDGE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
WADSWORTH, Ohio — Cassie Schumacher knows the value workouts can have for veterans’ physical and emotional health. That’s why exercise is at the core of Wheels4Change, a nonprofit veterans support organization she founded. It’s also why about 15 vets and Wheels-4Change volunteers gathered recently to sweat through a grueling workout at a CrossFit gym. The workout was a warmup for the organization’s upcoming bike-ride fundraiser, Pedal for Heroes. For 20 minutes, the participants performed burpees and wall balls and pow-
er cleans. They worked in two-person tag teams in an effort to achieve 279 reps per team, one for each of the Ohioans who have died in action since 9/11. Ten minutes into the workout, the strain was showing on some in the group. Faces were red. Breathing was labored. One left sweaty handprints on the floor after a series of burpees, exercises that marry squat thrusts and pushups. When the interminable 20 minutes were up, Akron veteran Marvin Smith slumped on a stack of weight plates to catch his breath. The workout was more intense than the 50-year-old expected. The exercise might have left the veterans fatigued,
but Schumacher knows that ultimately they’ll be stronger because of it. A licensed counselor and distance cyclist, she understands the way physical activity can improve health and alleviate the post-traumatic stress disorder that many veterans experience. Pedal for Heroes will help fund the work of Wheels4Change and draw attention to veterans and their sacrifice, Schumacher said. Despite its name, the event isn’t just a bike ride. Participants can pursue whatever form of exercise they wish at four designated venues, but the aim is to work out one minute for each of the 279 Ohio service members who have given their lives.
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a threeyear-old boy watching the TV series, “Sea Hunt,� Brad Knop became fascinated with breathing underwater. “It was on every week, and Lloyd Bridges was the diver in it, he was whom the plot was about,� Knop said. “I knew I wanted to be a diver, and he was my inspiration. ... That’s really what got me interested.� For the past 33 years, Knop has been running Midwest SCUBA Center in Champaign, pursuing his dream of teaching other people how to scuba dive. Additionally, Knop runs three scuba diving clinics at the ARC, which each run for two weeks in February, March and April. Students complete online work and two weeks of inperson instruction to obtain Professional Association of Diving Instructors certification for an open water environment. Students can sign up online for the inperson orientation, where
they are required to demonstrate that they can swim 200 yards and tread water for 10 minutes. He discovered his desire to share scuba with others after he took his first class around 1977. “I just knew that I wanted to share this. I worked hard to become an instructor, and it just gets better and better all the time,� Knop said. “Unfortunately, when I die, I have to quit — I think, I don’t know that for a fact — but I just like it; I enjoy it.� While it may seem strange to learn a skill more suited for vacations or in a state along the coast, Knop asserted that training in the Midwest can be easier on people’s wallets and give them the opportunity to explore freshwater areas. “Well, we have a lot of great places to dive in fresh water, and you’ll see a lot fish. The water visibility can be anywhere from 20 to 50 foot, well, a lot of the oceans can be only 20 to 50 foot (visibility),� Knop said. “It’s cheaper to get your training here, in the
Midwest, and then go enjoy your vacation and you can get more time in here.� Lauren Henderson, a 2014 University graduate in integrative biology, initially planned on obtaining her certification for a study abroad program, but came to love scuba diving. “I was planning on going on a study abroad that required scuba certification, I ended up not doing it, but now I just do (scuba diving) for fun,� she said. “All the teachers were really nice and it was a great time. Now it’s just sort of a hobby that I do, and it was really cool.� According to Knop, not much has changed in how courses are taught under the Professional Association of Diving Instructors system. Developed in 1966 in Chicago, the system was created as a response to the teaching methods at certain organizations. According to its website, these organizations taught scuba with older equipment and in an unprofessional manner that made it difficult for people to learn. Knop equated these 16-weeklong courses to the military’s
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Each two-week clinic runs on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at the ARC. Session 1: February 9-18 Session 2: March 2-11 Session 3: April 13-22 approach to scuba. One major shift in the clinic, however, has occurred in the last two years. Knop has implemented the use of online resources, altering the way he teaches and how students take the course. “Online learning has changed everything. We are not required to do online learning, but I felt that the time is coming when most of your stuff was going to be online. I wanted to get it set up for the ARC and whoever comes in to teach this class after me, so that they don’t have to go through all the headaches,� Knop said. “We’re still kind of polishing the course up, and I’m happy with it because I don’t
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Program honors historic, unique trees in Urbana BY REEMA ABI-AKAR STAFF WRITER
As impassioned Bostonians cast their tea into the Boston Harbor in 1773, over 1,000 miles to the west, a tiny sapling was beginning to grow in Urbana. This tree, a bur oak at the corner of Main and Maple streets in Urbana, is one of the oldest trees in the city — though it is not alone. Urbana is home to thousands of notable trees, some whose lives extend 100, 150 or even over 200 years into the past. To highlight these unique and historic trees, the City of Urbana has recently established the Urbana Legacy Tree Program. The program is still in its infancy, and has officially only been around since 2014. “It’s to recognize trees and bring awareness to the community,� said Mike Brunk, Urbana’s city arborist. “I’m very excited about this program. It’s brand new, and I think it came together really well.� So far, there are three
designated Legacy Trees in the community, but the program continues to receive new tree nominations to expand in the future.
Legacy trees Dorothy Neumann has 150-plus years of history growing in her front yard in the form of a massive bur oak tree. “It was struck by lightning probably 10 years ago, but you can’t even tell,� she said. “Mike (Brunk) says that the roots reach clear across the street and up to the railroad tracks.� Neumann’s tree, in front of her house at 301 Griggs St. in Urbana, was the first living Legacy Tree in the program. On Oct. 9 of last year, she received a certificate to commemorate its legacy status. “I love it. I tell people that the tree is more valuable than my house,� she chuckled. “I have a very modest little house and the tree is spectacular.� The very first Legacy
Tree actually came before Neumann’s, though unfortunately it cannot be seen today. The Sim Hackberry Tree, previously located at High Street and Coler Avenue in Urbana, grew at the one-time residence of Joseph W. Sim, an acclaimed Urbana mayor, lawyer and judge in the 1970s and 80s. The Hackberry tree was over 100 years old and a community favorite, but after surviving an ice storm in 1990 and several of its limbs weakening since 1986, it had to be taken down as a safety measure in 2014 (however, as of Sunday, it can still be seen in Google Maps street view). Finally, the newest Legacy tree is visible at 309 High St. in Urbana. The American Sycamore is over 100 feet tall and continues to thrive today.
Community significance The Urbana community has a history of standing up for its trees. In addition to the locally adored Sim
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Hackberry Tree, two other case studies stand out: a bur oak at Long’s Garage and a ginkgo at an apartment complex on East Green Street. In both cases, one in 1979 and one in the 1990s, the community rallied against developers to keep the two historic trees. After locals voiced their opinions and the issues made their way to the news, both developers decided to redesign their buildings and keep the trees standing. “So we looked at those two studies, and we felt that this public peer pressure was useful,� Brunk said. “The idea (for the Legacy Tree Program) was to present ... our special trees of the community so that the public would know about them and potential developers would know about them.� To broaden the program and integrate it further into the community, the City of Urbana collaborates with the Urbana Park District. “We looked at the
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The first living Legacy Tree, a bur oak, is located at 301 Griggs St. in Urbana. It was planted around the mid-1800s.
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HOCKEY ILL VS. LINDENWOOD FRI: ILL 3, LINDENWOOD 2 SAT: LINDENWOOD 4, ILL 2 ILLINOIS ICE ARENA
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ILL 3 (6) ILL VS. MURRAY STATE SAT: MURRAY STATE 5, ILL 3 ILL VS. COPPIN STATE SUN: ILL 13, COPPIN STATE 0 (5) ATHENS, GEORGIA
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Illini struggle offensively at Northwestern BY BRETT LERNER STAFF WRITER
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Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, left, shakes hands with Illinois head coach John Groce on Saturday. The Illini pushed past a slow start during a close game to win against the Spartans.
Despite odds, Illini win ALEX ROUX Basketball columnist
EAST LANSING, MICH. — If Illinois head coach John Groce proved anything to Illini basketball fans in his two-plus years in charge, it’s that you shouldn’t ever count his team out. In each of Groce’s three seasons at Illinois, his teams have shown an uncanny form of resiliency just when you’re about to write them off. It happened in his first season against No. 1 Indiana, last year during games at Michigan State and at Iowa and most recently on Saturday, when Illinois won 59-54 in front of a hostile crowd at Michigan State. Sports fans are irrational by nature, and the fan in me nearly gave up on yesterday’s game when the Spartans (15-8, 6-4 Big
Ten) jumped out to a 10-2 lead. The Illini (16-8, 6-5) looked flat, flustered and poised to take a beating on the road. Even if Michigan State had cruised to a home victory, it would have been hard to blame Groce and the Illini. They were playing their third game in seven days with a depleted roster: The starting lineup had three sophomores, one freshman and a senior. Leading scorer Rayvonte Rice and Aaron Cosby were still unavailable, maybe due to injury and definitely due to the mysterious indefinite suspension imposed by Groce. The Spartans were at home, their body clocks adjusted one hour later to an early start time. The Breslin Center student section (the Izzone) was bearing down on the Illini from all sides. But an Illinois team that folded more than once when things got tough early in the season held its
ground Saturday. Seniors Nnanna Egwu and Ahmad Starks hit early threes to get the Illini back in it, and the team as a whole seemed to relax. Supersophomore Malcolm Hill started to heat up offensively, and it was the Spartans who began to look uncomfortable. Michigan State’s best players, Branden Dawson and Denzel Valentine, were timid in the first half, and it got contagious. The Spartans were throwing the ball out of bounds, throwing it to Illini defenders and missing free throws. Illinois was also sloppy at times but managed a onepoint halftime lead. In the second half, Hill (19 points) and fellow sophomore Kendrick Nunn (14 points) carried the Illini offensively, just as they’ve done since Rice went down a month ago. Hill abused Spartan defenders, showing off a mid-range game
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In a battle between the state’s two Big Ten teams, Illinois women’s basketball came up short for the second time in just over two weeks against Northwestern. The Illini fell to the Wildcats 64-58 in Evanston, Ill., on Sunday. The Illini (12-12, 3-9 Big Ten) made the first half a competitive affair — they only trailed by four at halftime. But the Wildcat’s fast start to the second half put Illinois at a 15-point disadvantage. Slow starts to halves have been an issue for a good portion of Illinois’ season, and that sluggishness showed up again Sunday. “The start of the second
half really put us in a tough spot,� head coach Matt Bollant said. “It felt like we had some momentum at the end of the first half, but we just didn’t start with getting stops and then gave up some offensive rebounds.� After beating Minnesota on Thursday to end a sevengame losing streak, Illinois has now dropped eight of its last nine games. The first loss to Northwestern, a 68-67 thriller on Jan. 22, finished similar to Sunday’s matchup. Illinois had chances to regain the lead late in the second half of both games, but came up short. After a 3-pointer by Kyley Simmons brought the Illini within two,
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Illinois 59 Michigan State 54 Summary: The Illinois
men’s basketball team held off a late push from Michigan State to come away with its second win in East Lansing, Michigan, in as many years.
Key performers:
Malcolm Hill finished the game with 19 points, six rebounds and two assists while Nnanna Egwu added 12 points, nine rebounds and three blocks. Hidden stat: The Illini shot 75 percent from the free throw line in the game while the Spartans only shot 38.9 percent from the line. Up next: vs. Michigan, 8 p.m. Thursday at State Farm Center
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Illinois’ Kyley Simmons goes for a three-pointer against Minnesota at the State Farm Center on Thursday, Feb. 5.The Illini struggle on offense despite strong shooting from the arc.
No. 14 Illinois edges out No. 25 Minnesota Season-best bars and early lead carry win BY ASHLEY WIJANGCO STAFF WRITER
Two falls on the balance beam weren’t enough to deter the No. 14-ranked Illinois women’s gymnastics team from achieving a 195.775195.375 win over No. 25 Minnesota on Saturday night at Huff Hall. Junior Giana O’Connor was the lead-off on beam. Right before her dismount, she fell during her leap-tobackflip connection. She lost her balance and tried to counter it, but she was no match for gravity. O’Connor took the fall and paced a bit, with clear disappointment written across her face. Illinois bounced back, though, with junior Heath-
er Foley following her teammate with a 9.825. But then, sophomore Erin Buchanan fell on the first skill of her routine. Illinois still had no problem recovering from that with three scores at a 9.8 or higher to finish the rotation. “Mental toughness is key, and you have to be able to overcome obstacles,� head coach Kim Landrus said. “We faced a challenge today on beam, and those last competitors really put it aside and went out and did their job.� The Illini did have to count one fall on beam, Buchanan’s 9.275, but they still scored 48.650, which was still enough for them to maintain the lead they built from the start on vault. On vault, Illinois had to count two scores below a 9.8. The 48.950 team total, however, did put the Illini in a good position heading into the uneven bars for the second rotation, as they led
No. 14 Illinois 195.775, No. 25 Minnesota 195.375 Summary: The Illini overcame two falls on balance beam to defeat the Golden Gophers. Key performer: Sophomore Mary Jane Horth was the lone Illini to win an event title. She scored a career high 9.975 on uneven bars. Quote of the game: Head coach Kim Landrus — “Mental toughness is key,
and you have to be able to overcome obstacles. We faced a challenge today on beam, and those last competitors really put it aside and went out and did their job.� Hidden stat: Illinois was outscored by Minnesota in the last two rotations (balance beam and floor) 97.800-97.450. Up next: at Iowa, 3 p.m. Saturday at CarverHawkeye Arena
48.950-48.550. Illinois built upon that lead with another strong bars performance. Each member of Illinois’ bars lineup scored at least a 9.8, but it was sophomore Mary Jane Horth’s 9.975 that put her team over the top. Horth’s score headlined the
Illini’s 49.375 total on bars, a new season high. “All of the girls before me went out, did their job, hit the scores that they needed to do,� Horth said. “That just gave me so much confidence going in and know-
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Softball loses 1-4 in Athens, Georgia, showcase BY COLE HENKE STAFF WRITER
Inconsistency was the root of the Illini softball team’s problems on its weekend trip to the Red and Black Showcase in Athens, Georgia. Illinois returned to Champaign on Sunday having dropped four of five games. Illinois started its season with a Friday doubleheader against Winthrop and No. 12 Georgia. Against the Eagles, the Illini put runners on base in every inning, but couldn’t capitalize on their opportunities and dropped the season opener 5-1. The Illini put up a fight against the Bulldogs in the second game, but Georgia broke the contest open with a four-run fourth inning. Illinois’ inconsis-
tent offense couldn’t keep up — the Illini lost to the Bulldogs 5-0. Illinois had another doubleheader Saturday: one game with Murray State and a rematch against Georgia. It was the same story as Friday for the Illini. They lost to Murray State 5-3. The Illini again hung tough with Georgia, but huge fifth and sixth innings for the Bulldogs meant an 11-3 loss for the Illini. Head coach Terri Sullivan was not happy with her team overall on the weekend. “We didn’t play well, particularly offensively,� Sullivan said. “We never found any consistency with our line up at all.� Inconsistencies on both sides of the ball were the
major problems for the Illini. They failed to score with runners in scoring position, and their defense made crucial errors that allowed opponents to put together big innings. In the second game against Georgia, sophomore pitcher Breanna Wonderly came into the game to relieve senior starter Shelese Arnold. In the one inning Wonderly pitched, she gave up five unearned runs to the Bulldogs. Arnold couldn’t find her comfort zone early — she gave up runs in the first two innings of the three games she started on the weekend. Sullivan said falling behind early put even more pressure on the faltering bats of the Illini. “We fell behind early in every game,� Sullivan
said. “When you do that, you need your offense to pick you up, but our offense was unable to do that this weekend.� Junior Allie Bauch, who is looking to be a big source of offense for the Illini this season, was quick to point to herself for some of the team’s offensive struggles. Bauch had just three hits in 15 at-bats over the weekend. “It was definitely not one of my better weekends,� Bauch said. “Usually I am supposed to be the consistent hitter that gets the team going, but I was unable to do that this weekend.� The weekend wasn’t all bad for the Illini. They closed the trip out with a 13-0 win over Coppin State Sunday. It left the
some of the players, like Bauch, wondering where that offense was the whole weekend. Bauch had a home run in the Illini’s offensive outburst. Another good sign for Illinois was Wonderly, who made her first pitching appearances for the Illini after transferring from Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois, this year. She pitched 12 1/3 innings and only gave up five earned runs on the weekend. The Illini look to bounce back next weekend at the February Freezer tournament in Starkville, Mississippi.
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Winthrop 5, Illinois 1 Georgia 5, Illinois 0 Murray State 5, Illinois 3 Georgia 11, Illinois 3 (6) Illinois 13, Coppin State 0 (5)
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The Illini headed into Sunday’s game having lost all four of their games, but responded with an offensive explosion against Coppin State, scoring 13 runs. Sophomore Breanna Wonderly threw a onehitter that allowed Illinois to take the final game and finish the weekend with a 1-4 record.
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Men’s gymnastics celebrates record Illini defeat Hawkeyes on Saturday, make school records BY DANIEL COLLINS STAFF WRITER
When senior Jordan Valdez flipped off the high bar and stuck his landing in the last event of the Illinois men’s gymnastics meet against Iowa on Saturday, he not only recorded a careerhigh score of 15.600, but he also cemented the highest team score in history as well. The Illini were not immediately aware of this feat when they celebrated their 440.150-424.500 win with their teammates. In fact, due to a late change in Matt Foster’s floor exercise score from 14.850 to a career-high 15.050, the gymnasts were not aware of its achievement until after they exited the gym. However, while celebrating at Huff Hall, the Illini realized that they capped off a strong meet. Recording a score in the 440 range is something head coach Justin Spring said his team has had the potential of accomplishing since the
start of the season. Until the victory over Iowa, one of the Illini’s few flaws this season has been ending their meets with strong scores all the way through the lineup. “I have no idea why, but they finished as best as I ever could have hoped,” Spring said Saturday. “But the message is going to be to look at this not as something special, but business as usual.” The meet started out with Illinois setting a seasonhigh team score on the floor (73.100). That score is also tied for fifth-best in school history. The shakiest moments of the meet for the Illini came during their vault routines. While they had a few hiccups in the event, Spring will not hold it against his team. “It’s easy to look back at that event and say, ‘I’m so disappointed,’ but I’m not,” Spring said. “It’s been a very consistent event for us this
year and we just had some things that were off by the littlest bit that resulted in some big mistakes.” In three events — still rings, parallel bars and high bar — Illinois had at least two competitors record a score of 15.000 or higher. Junior C.J. Maestas credited the team’s strong composure for the good performances. “People weren’t scared, they were going for it,” Maestas said. “That’s the first time we were going for those kind of sticks on high bar. We weren’t taking hops. People were cringing their toes on that mat to stay on it.” Junior Fred Hartville made his season debut for Illinois after being sidelined with a knee injury. The 2013 vault national champion competed in both the floor and vault events and scored a 14.150 and 14.650, respectively. “He was a big contributor and he’s only going to get better,” Spring said of Hartville.
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Illinois’ Jordan Valdez performs a routine on the high bar against Iowa at Huff Hall on Saturday. The Illini won 440.150-424.500.
Illinois 440.150, Iowa 424.500 Summary:
The Illini moved to 9-0 with the win over Iowa, recording a higher team score in all six events. Foster, Maestas, junior Joey Peters, freshman Bobby Baker and Valdez where the event winners for Illinois.
Key performer:
C.J. Maestas — Won the all-around and still rings titles with scores of 88.650 and 15.800, respectively.
Quote of the game:
Maestas — “People weren’t scared, they were going for it. That’s the first time we were going for those kind of sticks on high bar.”
Quick Note:
Baker set a career-high on the parallel bars with a score of 15.300. He was also the runner-up for the all-around title with a score of 87.950.
Up next:
Penn State, 4 p.m. Saturday, Huff Hall
Women’s tennis wins against San Jose State Freshmen Tapak and Hilton step up by clinching tight victory BY COLE HENKE STAFF WRITER
Freshmen Grace Tapak and Jade Hilton were crucial in the Illini’s 4-3 win over San Jose State Spartans on Saturday at Atkins Tennis Center. The Illini started off strong, taking the doubles point from the Spartans with two 6-2 victories from the pairings of senior Melissa Kopinski and sophomore Louise Kwong, and sophomores Alexis Casati and Tapak. Kopinski was a late scratch from the singles lineup, causing the whole order to shift. Tapak shifted up to the five spot and Hilton moved to the four spot. The Spartans struck first in singles with Gaelle Ray’s 6-1, 6-4 victory over Illini sophomore Jerricka Boone
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at the No. 3 singles spot, and Sybille Gauvain’s 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Casati at the No. 1 singles spot. Tapak turned the momentum of the match at No. 5 singles. After a 7-5 first set victory, Tapak fell behind in the second set 2-4, but made a strong comeback and won 6-4 to even the team score at 2-2. According to Tapak, she got overconfident to begin the match and started going after shots that weren’t there. She said once she settled down, she took control. Head coach Michelle Dasso gave Tapak a lot of credit for coming back in her match and said she was proud of Tapak’s effort in a high-pressure situation. “She played like a warrior out there,” Dasso said. “It’s always fun to see your freshmen come through in tough situations.” After Tapak finished, the last three matches, featuring Kwong, senior Julia Jamieson and Hilton, all went to third sets. Jamieson lost hers 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, but Kwong picked up a 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 win, which left the deciding match to Hilton. In the middle of the third set, Hilton started suffering from leg cramps and had to take an injury time-
out. She came back out onto the court, but the cramps nagged at her the rest of the match. “It was weird. I’ve never cramped before,” Hilton said after the match. “I’m in really good shape, and one of the fastest runners on the team, so it kind of surprised me.” Toward the end of the third set, her opponent started cramping, too, and it became a battle of toughness. When the match went into a tie-breaker for the third set, the whole building started to get nervous, but Hilton was confident. “I wasn’t really nervous,” Hilton said. “I was excited. This was my match. My moment to prove myself.” Hilton won the third set 8-6, clinching the win for the Illini. The win puts the Illini at 3-1, but more importantly for Hilton and Tapak, it provided their first real collegiate test. “I know what I can do now,” Hilton said. “I know I can win in a third set. I know I can win the big match now.”
continued a slow offensive stretch, only posting eight points on 3-of-10 shooting. Illinois has had reoccurring issues in many of its losses this season, some of which showed up again in Evanston. The Illini lost both the rebounding and turnover battles, areas they’ve focused on improving for much of the season. They also faced foul trouble once again, something that has been a hindrance to an already thin roster. However, Bollant once again seemed proud with the second-half push to get back into the game. “We started clawing and fighting,” Bollant said. “Down 15, we showed some resiliency, came all the way back and then just couldn’t quite
get over the top.” Not being able to get over the top has seemed to be the theme in many of the Illinois losses this season. While Bollant and the players haven’t put their fingers on a specific cause over the past few weeks, Bollant thought it started on the offensive end in their most recent defeat. “Sometimes it’s taken some time to make some baskets for us before we get going,” Bollant said. “You can’t do that as a basketball player, you can’t wait until you make shots to do the other things as well.”
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hold the Spartans off, clinging to a narrow lead as the game’s final minutes passed in a painstakingly slow fashion. The Illinois lead was 55-52 with 33 seconds to play, and Michigan State’s Travis Trice was shooting one-and-one free throws when the Illini were dealt a blow that I honestly didn’t think they could overcome. Illinois point guard Jaylon Tate boxed Trice out during his first attempt and Trice doubled over in pain. The fans in green and white became irate, Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo complained, and the officials (Ted Valentine, Terry Wymer and Ray Perone) went to the monitor to review the play. Tate had initiated contact while boxing out Trice, and a common foul call would have been at least debatable. But the officials missed their chance to call a foul when the ball went through the net, rendering the play dead. With Izzo looming and the crowd waiting, the refs assessed Tate a techni-
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James Mcging passes the puck during the game against Lindenwood on Saturday. The Illini lost 2-4.
Hockey splits weekend series with Lindenwood BY MATT GERTSMEIER STAFF WRITER
The Illinois hockey locker room was two completely different scenes Friday and Saturday night. Cheers rang out over the blasting music after Friday’s 3-2 shootout victory over No. 7 Lindenwood , whereas Saturday night was filled with silence, broken up by occasional shouting from the Lions’ locker room after the Illini fell, 4-2. The Illini came from behind to force Friday’s game to a shootout after trailing by two goals at the end of the first period. Still without center John Olen and goaltender Joe Olen, Illinois relied on Zev Grumet-Morris in the net and wingers Eric Cruickshank and James McGing to win the shootout. McGing, Illinois’ leader in assists, scored the gamewinning goal in the shootout. “I practice that move almost everyday, going backhand, top-shelf,” McGing said of his shootout goal. “I’ve had breakaways before and I get kind of nervous to do it, but this time I went for it and it worked out.” McGing’s heroics in Friday’s thriller, however, was short-lived and overshadowed by Saturday’s game.
cal, which would give Michigan State two extra free throws and the ball. Wymer’s official post-game explanation regarding the call was flawed. He said the technical was given due to “deadball contact,” but replay clearly shows the ball was live and in the air when Tate initiated contact. The call was wrong, especially under the circumstances when it could have easily decided the game. You simply don’t make that call in that situation, but the officials did. Even though it looked like an extraordinary road effort would go to waste, the Illini overcame adversity one last time (with a lot of help from Michigan State). The Spartans bricked two of their remaining three free throws (they were 7-for-18 from the line on the afternoon), and Austin Colbert locked up Valentine on the ensuing possession. Hill and Tate each sank two free throws and the Illini celebrated arguably their biggest victory of the
Lindenwood and Illinois increased the intensity in a more physical contest. As a result, 90 minutes were spent in the penalty box on a total of 21 penalties called on both teams. Lindenwood was 1-for-4 on the powerplay while Illinois was 2-for-12. Lindenwood’s one successful powerplay resulted in two goals off a five-minute major called on Shaunak Pal for kneeing. Head coach Nick Fabbrini did not think the call was accurate. “I didn’t necessarily agree with that call,” Fabbrini said. “I think the referee called the reaction more than the actual play.” Regardless, Illinois had plenty of powerplay opportunities, including a couple of five-on-three powerplay chances, but was unable to convert. Fabbrini said missing out on two-man advantages was a turning point in the game. Illini forward Jonathan Langan credits the number of penalties in Saturday’s game to a rivalry that has developed between Lindenwood and Illinois. The only other games he has played in with so many penalties called was also against Lindenwood.
season. Groce coached a hell of a game and continues to do more with less. The Illini have now won three straight, are above .500 in conference play at this point in the season for the first time in four years and have positioned themselves nicely to make the NCAA tournament with four of their last seven games coming at home. Did anyone predict this situation when Rice went down with his team at 0-2 in Big Ten play? I certainly didn’t. But Groce has his team playing its best ball of the season, and it’s a testament to his and his players’ mental fortitude. There’s still work to be done. But after all the setbacks this season has seen, things may finally be coming together for Illinois.
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Saturday’s game continued a season-long trend of Illinois winning the Friday game and losing Saturday at home. It was the fourth time it has happened this season. Langan, however, feels like that is no longer a trend for Illinois. “It’s not something that’s bugging our guys,” Langan said. “We know we can win every night — it doesn’t matter if it’s Friday or Saturday.” Whether or not that habit is broken, Illinois is taking away some positives from the weekend’s split and its last six home games. Fabbrini was impressed with Illinois’ ability to come back Friday and has noticed players stepping up in the absence of the Olen brothers. The Illini are 4-2 in the past six games against top10 opponents. “We’re certainly not satisfied with the results, we hate losing at home, but we’re going through a tough stretch of games,” Fabbrini said. “We’re playing much better now than we were about a month ago at this time.”
Matt can be reached at gertsme2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @MattGertsmeier.
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WGYM ing I could just be aggressive and go for the routine that I knew I could do.” The 49 on bars would be the only one for Illinois. The team failed to grab a 49 on floor. This came just one week after the Illini achieved a 49 on all events for the first time this season, as well as their season-high 196.400. Illinois still came away with the win, though. Landrus and Horth were also both impressed with the performances the Illini gave Saturday, so the scores aren’t too concerning. “We spent a great deal of time at the beginning of the year developing our championship culture, and it’s something we strive to live for every single day,” Landrus said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a good day or a bad day. We go back to our championship culture and we know all those things that it’s comprised of. And we have to live them out.”
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Men’s tennis wins over Kentucky, Purdue in Indiana pairings brought success for the Illini. Blake Bazarnik and Brian Page took the doubles point against Kentucky with a win on Court 3, while Hiltzik and Farris Gosea claimed two weekend doubles victories. No. 3 Ross Guignon and Tim Kopinski picked up their first win of the season against Purdue on Saturday and led 5-3 against Kentucky on Friday. “Kudos to Brian Page in the doubles,� head coach Brad Dancer said. “He served the way we wanted him to serve, I think he set the tone for all three of our doubles
BY CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY STAFF WRITER
The Illinois men’s tennis team played better doubles and started faster this weekend in two victories, a 7-0 sweep over No. 27 Kentucky and a 6-1 win over No. 51 Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind. The Illini went 4-0 in doubles and led the in two uncompleted matches, while taking 9-of12 first sets on the weekend. No. 31 Jared Hiltzik said. “We really made that a big focus in practice this week: getting our doubles down.� In the doubles, some new
teams out there.� After picking up a point for Illinois on Court 6 against North Carolina, Toshiki Matsuya worked his way up the lineup. The freshman took down Kentucky’s Trey Yates in straight sets, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 on Court 5. He moved up to Court 4 for the match against Purdue and picked up a marathon point with a 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 1-0 (10-6) score. On both Friday and Saturday, another freshman, No. 62 Aron Hiltzik, took over the No. 2 singles spot and went 1-1. On Friday night, he completed
the sweep of Kentucky with a hard-fought match over Jerry Lopez — 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (8-6). Lopez was visibly irked by the crowd’s noise during the final set. No. 44 Aleks Vukic also grinded out a tough victory against Kentucky. Vukic fell behind big early against Kevin Lai, but closed the gap to 3-6. Vukic was in control for the next two sets, taking them 6-3, 6-3 and claiming the Illini’s third singles victory of the night. Jared Hiltzik played the No. 1 singles spot Friday and
took home the victory over No. 92 Beck Pennington of Kentucky. The victory gave Hiltzik a 6-0 start to the season, and he acknowledged that the Wildcats were a tough battle in singles. “They’re deep from 1-6. It showed that with a lot of matches going three sets,� Jared Hiltzik said. “We just had to stay focused, stay on our court and take care of business.� The Illini will host this week’s ITA Team Indoor National Championships in Chicago. Dancer said play-
ing two matches in a row this weekend was a valuable chance to prepare. “We tweaked our schedule a little bit,� Dancer said. “With the Indoor Championships next weekend, this might be a good chance to experiment a little bit with what it’s like play a match late and then turn around and play another one late.�
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