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Gov. candidates make their case Snow removal comes with a hefty price tag BY ELEANOR BLACK STAFF WRITER
Three of the four Republican gubernatorial candidates — Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard and Dan Rutherford — met Monday night at the i-Hotel in Champaign to debate issues and discuss their vision of the state’s future. Organizers said they repeatedly invited Bruce Rauner, the other Republican candidate, to join the debate, but he declined.
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BILL BRADY Illinois senator
KIRK DILLARD Illinois senator
DAN RUTHERFORD Illinois treasurer
State senator representing the 44th district. This is his third campaign for Illinois governor. He won the Republican primary in 2010, where he beat Dillard by 193 votes.
State senator representing the 24th district. He served as Gov. Jim Edgar’s chief of staff from 1990-1993. This is his second campaign for Illinois governor.
Currently serving as the Illinois treasurer, previously served as state senator representing the 53rd district. This is his first campaign for Illinois governor.
Brady said he is the only candidate in the race who has promised to deliver on tax cuts. He plans to balance the budget as governor and does not support cutting or raising the minimum wage. As governor, he will focus on bringing good-paying job opportunities to Illinois, he said. In terms of economic development, Brady said he and running mate Maria Rodriguez come from small business backgrounds and will focus on supporting the creation of such businesses. Brady said Illinois needs a governor who will prioritize education funding and commented that pension reform was important because pensions “were going to eat up over 26 percent of our state revenues.” He also called for simplifying the current funding formula by getting rid of grants, for example, so that “the dollars follow the student,” as well as eliminating the State Board of Education’s power. In terms of agriculture, Brady discussed tax cuts and a 30-year plan to revitalize the transportation system, as well as research and development and energy resources, such as fracking, to help keep Illinois products manufactured and sold within the state. He also commented that he has a 100 percent voting record when it come to the second amendment and said that the bill that legislators worked on is fair, thanks to the training and background checks required.
Dillard said he would announce his plan to make Illinois a “destination economy” for job creators on Tuesday, adding that the state is overtaxed and over-regulated. He said under his leadership, there would be a panel to “overhaul, top-to-bottom, our state’s archaic and over-regulated tax system and regulatory system.” Jil Tracy, a state representative for the 93rd district and his running mate, will receive testimonies from families, farmers and businesses across the state to find out what regulations stifle their economic development. Dillard said he wants to leave the minimum wage where it currently is and instead focus on well-paying jobs because “no one should be living on a minimum wage or raising a family on minimum wage.” Education is a priority for Dillard, who said that he is the only candidate with a written plan for education, the “Best in Class” program. His candidacy has been endorsed by state education associations such as the Illinois Education Association, the Illinois Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Retired Teachers Association. He highlighted agriculture as the most important and largest employer in Illinois, and focused on the family farm, funding agriculture programs and agricultural research. Regarding concealed carry laws, Dillard said he sponsored it “before it was cool to do so,” but the state should give the law time to see how it is implemented and wait to make any changes.
As governor, Rutherford said he would use his power to appoint directors of state agencies and make sure that those agencies help create and retain jobs in the state. He also said the lieutenant governor’s office under Steve Kim, an attorney and his running mate, will become the governor’s office for job creation and retention. Rutherford said he would be the “chief marketing officer” to promote the state of Illinois to both big and small businesses. In regards to minimum wage, Rutherford said he does not support lowering or raising it in Illinois at this time. “The minimum wage increase is a mandate from your government telling a small business, regardless of what price you charge for your product and service, your government is mandating you to increase your costs,” he said. As governor, he said minimum wage is not the target, but well-paying jobs are. He said a minimum wage increase, combined with other initiatives, could be a discussion in the future but it depends on a variety of factors. In regards to education, Rutherford said pre-kindergarten is a major priority for him. He also called investment in higher education a good business decision. As governor, Rutherford said he will look at the agriculture market on both a domestic and oversea scale, and various agriculture programs. Like Dillard, he wanted to watch the progress of the state’s concealed carry law and have a discussion about its implementation in the future.
Police prepare for Unofficial BY CHRIS PULLAM CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Strict punishment awaits students who participate in reckless celebration of Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day. L ocal law enforcement agencies, along with University representatives, held a joint press conference on Monday to discuss strategies for mitigating the risk associated with the event. Neither the University nor the cities of Champaign or Urbana encourage the celebration of Unofficial. Rather, these groups have actively worked to manage and discourage the event. “It’s an event that promotes underage drinking and binge drinking,” said Lt. Jim Clark,
of the Champaign Police Department, during the news conference. “Every year, this event accounts for several injuries, and we’ve had fatalities during this event. Many more people have been transported to the hospital for alcohol incapacitation.” The organizations represented at the conference included the University’s Office of Student Affairs and Division of Public Safety, Community Elements Campus Community Alcohol Task Force Coalition, I l l i nois L iquor C ont rol Commission, the Champaign and Urbana police departments, Champaign County Sheriff’s
This winter season, the Urbana- Champaign area has seen about 40 inches of snow, which is more than 15 inches than the area average, according to the Illinois State Water Survey. The added snowfall is more than just a pain in the neck — it is also expensive. Through January, University Facilities and Services spent $306,535 on snow removal, up from $83,710 through January last year, according to an email from campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler. This total stems from labor costs and overtime as well as rising material prices and equipment maintenance. For the University and the cities of Urbana and Champaign, determining the budget for snow removal is based on averages of past years. Ch a mpa ig n a nd the University look at past levels of snowfall, and Urbana looks at how much money has been needed in past years. Kris Koester, Champaign Public Works public information officer, said the city of Champaign estimates that it costs around $19,000 to clear each inch of snow. “We do realize that there will be less than that, and there will be years where we have more, so we just have to be able to plan,” Koester said. “It’s best for us to be able to plan for something that we get on average so we have the appropriate amount of coverage.” The amount of accumulation is not the only aspect of winter weather that counts toward the costs of snow removal. This year the cost of salt has risen due to added national demand. “For example, as of right now, we’ve spent more than $80,000 on rock salt this year, and recently you’ve had prices increase due to supply shortages across the country,” said Steve Breitwieser, Facilities and Services media communication specialist. Although the cost of salt has risen with demand, it is not the most costly part of the
price tag as staffing and labor payment costs the most. “The biggest cost we have — granted salt costs quite a bit — but the biggest expense is just the overtime of staff,” said John Collins, Urbana Public Works operations director. Employing staff in multiple departments who are on call at all hours of the night when weather is inclement is necessary to ensure safe travel. “We have more than 250 people involved in snow removal operations and (Facilities and Services) working long hours though this winter to make sure that campus stays open,” Breitwieser said. “When you think of the snow removal process it takes all these different units working together as a team to really make it happen.” Workers have faced an added difficulty this year in dealing with low temperatures, which reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of road salt and calcium chloride salt melt. “We spend an awful lot of time looking at the weather conditions before, during and after an event,” Collins said. By monitoring the weather, city officials are able to decide the best way to address the weather, which ultimately reduces costs. City governments also pretreat roads with a brine solution as another cost cutting measure. About one and a half tons of salt can make 1,000 gallons of brine, and Breitwieser estimates that it takes about 3,000 gallons of brine to pretreat the roads before a winter storm. He added that the brine makes the removal process more efficient by reducing the number of passes plows need to make to fully remove the snow. This can assist in the process, but warmer weather is the cheapest way to remove snow. “I think everyone is hoping for some warmer temperatures to help with the removal process,” Breitwieser said.
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Q Officers raided five parties and arrested 21 hosts for violation of the social host laws. The largest party was in the 00 block of E. Chalmers Street, where officers arrested six participants and cited 62 individuals for being a minor in possession of alcohol.
Q An intoxicated male was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Green and Second streets. He sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene. Q The Illinois Liquor Control Commission cited KAM’S, Joe’s Brewery, White Horse Inn, Red Lion and The Clybourne for Happy Hour and violations of Champaign’s
emergency order restricting bar service. Total calls for service on campus from 5 a.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday were consistent with the same time frame in 2012. Calls increased by 84 percent from the previous Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Q
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Champaign police receive grant to help pay for enforcement BY ANGELICA LAVITO STAFF WRITER
The Champaign Police Department will have help paying for law enforcement on Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day, thanks to a grant. The city made an agreement with Community Elements Inc. that will provide the Champaign Police Department with funds to pay for extra police officers on Unofficial, which will take place Friday. Community Elements acquired a grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services and
worked with them to develop a strategy to use the money. The Champaign Police Department then created an agreement with Community Elements to determine how the money would be spent. “Unfortunately, a lot of the strategies they have focus more on elementary-aged and middleschool-aged (education), so we were kind of limited on choosing what we could,” said Traci Hayward, Community Elements coordinator I of Community Prevention. “We ended up going more
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the turnout for Unofficial. “If we have weather on Friday that’s supposed to be (around) 50 degrees from what I understand, it’s usually a madhouse,” Ketchem said. “There will be parties all over the place, there will be intoxicated people at bars, people trying to get into the bars that aren’t supposed to.” Ketchem said the most common problems on Unofficial are medical transports, possession of alcohol on public property, underage drinking and domestic battery. “Basically, just be responsible,”
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Local officials support Callis for Congress BY ELEANOR BLACK STAFF WRITER
With the March 18 primary approaching, 13th congressional district democratic candidate Ann Callis, former chief judge of Madison County, has received a wave of endorsements from elected officials and Champaign County community members. “I think endorsements are important because they show a candidate’s ability to build coalitions and bring people together, which is an important skill to have in Congress,� Callis said in an email. “I am honored to have the endorsement of such dedicated public servants who understand the needs of this community and believe I am the best candidate to represent their values in Washington.� These endorsements include Champaign Mayor Don Gerard and Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing. “I am excited to support Ann Callis in this race because she will work effectively to help our community,� Prussing said in a press release. “We need more strong women in Congress, and Ann has a proven record of bringing people together and getting results.� She also discussed the importance of working with others as an elected official.
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UNOFFICIAL Office and Illinois State Police. Together, these organizations will enforce laws regarding underage drinking, private parties, drunk driving and overcrowded balconies. This year, a grant that Community Elements received from the Illinois Department of Human Services will help fund more than 100 man hours for Unofficial, said Traci Hayward, project coordinator for the grant and Community Elements representative. In coalition with local law enforcement agencies, the Champaign Fire Department
“I was in the Illinois legislature al students, that there has been no and the women from the Democrats focus on much needed immigration and the Republicans got together and reform.� they said, ‘There’s lots of things that As mayor of Champaign, Gerard we disagree on, what are the things said he is in a bipartisan position and we agree on, and we can work on works with elected officials regardthose and get them done.’ And that’s less of party. what we did,� Prussing said in an “I do support Democratic candiinterview. “That’s the approach you dates, but the fact of the matter is, have to take, that you I support people don’t know everywho have views, thing and you have to plans and inilisten to people from tiatives that are very different viewgoing to directly points and try to find produce positive common ground.� results for the peoGerard said he is ple of our communot pleased with the nity and this area,� 13th district’s curhe said. “At this rent representation time, and in getin Congress, and ting to know Ann, looks forward to the DON GERARD I feel very strongCHAMPAIGN MAYOR possibility of Callis ly that she will serving the commube passionate and nity at the federal work to get things level. done in Washington.� “I was not happy with the govCallis also received an endorseernment shutdown, that was some- ment from the Champaign Counthing I thought was just reckless and ty Young Democrats. Scott Redenirresponsible and I let Congressman baugh, president of the group, cited (Rodney) Davis know that,� he said. her judicial experience as an impor“But I’m also extraordinarily dis- tant factor in that decision. satisfied as a mayor in the heart of “She is exactly the kind of candiagriculture country, as well as at date we need to run against Rodney the University of Illinois where we Davis,� he said. “She’s got a record have several thousand internation- of bringing people together, which I
“I support people who have views, plans and initiatives that are going to directly produce positive results.�
will c o nd u c t b a lc o ny inspections and cite tenants that fail to comply with overcrowding regulations. The fire department, along with police, will also look for individuals throwing objects from balconies. “By the Champaign city ordinance, the tenants are responsible for the conduct of their attendees at the party,� Clark said. “So if there is somebody on their balcony and they are throwing stuff, we will cite the tenants if we don’t identify which person it is.� To mitigate the chances of breaking the law, officials said hosts should adhere to the following safety tips: Keep parties small, allow only invited
guests and ensure that all individuals consuming alcohol are at least 21 years of age. Hosts that violate the law will face state criminal charges rather than a city ordinance violation. While local law enforcement practices strict zero tolerance laws du r i ng Unoffici a l, extraneous circumstances will affect the assertion of some penalties. For example, individuals should not fear prosecution if dealing with alcohol poisoning or other lifethreatening situations. “We want people to call 9-11 when one of their friends is in danger,� Clark said. “You will not receive a citation from any of the local agencies for
think is the most sought after thing right now in Washington D.C.� Champaign County residents George Gollin, University professor of Physics, and David Green, who works at the University’s Institute of Government and Public Affair, are running against Callis in the Democratic primary. While Prussing said she liked Gollin, she said she preferred Callis for her level of experience. Both Redenbaugh and Prussing mentioned Callis’ implementation of a foreclosure mediation program and the first Veterans’ Court in Illinois as examples of the beneficial work she has already done as a public servant. Redenbaugh also mentioned Callis’ support of marriage equality, reproductive rights, alternative energy and strengthening the Affordable Care Act rather than repealing it, as Rep. Davis said he would. “I am honored to have such strong and broad support in Champaign County,� Callis said. “I’ve come to truly love this community and the people who live here. I am excited to get to work on their behalf and advocate for our shared values in BRIAN YU THE DAILY ILLINI Washington.� Ann Callis speaks at a public forum held for candidates for Congressional representation of the Eleanor can be reached at 13th district of Illinois on Feb. 20 at Champaign City eablack2@dailyillini.com. Council chambers.
calling 9-1-1 for the person who is intoxicated and the Dean’s Office, as long as you stay and cooperate� In preparation for Unofficial, many of the organizations present at the press conference participated in last week’s Walk as One, an attempt to spread alcohol safety information to the student body. During the walk, student participants knocked on about 4,000 doors on the Champaign side of campus. An additional 20,000 students received the information t h rough t hei r proper t y managers. To target the largest possible population, law enforcement has also given safety presentations to multiple student groups over
the past weeks and, starting Monday, public safety agencies will utilize social media to spread safety information throughout the week. Still, much of the problem lies outside of the University’s scope. “I think that over half our arrests last year came from students who were not University of Illinois students,� Clark said. “We relate this to Super Bowl weekend. There are probably more private parties on Super Bowl weekend in this community than we have on Unofficial, yet we don’t have the problems ... It’s the individuals that come here from other communities, from out of state, that don’t respect the campus,
that have no ties to the campus. They’re the ones that cause the majority of the problems for us.� The University will not hesitate to contact other schools regarding their students’ actions during Unofficial. While law enforcement and public safety agencies have worked to create the safest possible atmosphere, most of the responsibility lies with the participants. “The students need to realize that their conduct on Unofficial is reported to the University,� Clark said. “It can lead to sanctions all the way up to dismissal.�
Chris can be reached at pullam2@dailyillini.com.
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Executive committee addresses budget, strikes
BY MARYCATE MOST STAFF WRITER
At its Monday meeting, the Urbana-Champaign Senate Executive Committee deliberated on the University budget, non-tenure track faculty, strikes at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a new standing committee.
Strikes in Chicago Senate Executive Committee Chair Roy Campbell asked the committee to consider the strike that occurred after faculty unionized at University of Illinois at Chicago. “How do we learn from our sister campus that seems to be upset?� Campbell asked committee members. Joyce Tolliver, General University Policy Committee chair, spoke out about some of her concerns for unionization on the Urbana-Champaign campus. “What we should learn from this is that if you unionize, we
might strike,� Tolliver said. “Beyond that, I just don’t think there is any real benefit to SEC sort of examining the validity of the demands and the validity of the administration.� Campbell mentioned that the Senate also considered the University of Illinois at Chicago strike as an opportunity to look into the Urbana campus’ notions of shared governance. “I would like someone at least to think about just how the situation occurred and whether there really are any issues that we would need to deal with in the way we think about shared governance to make sure that no one is feeling the same way they obviously feel in Chicago,� Campbell said.
Non-tenured track faculty In light of the debate that arose over non-tenure track faculty at the Urbana-Champaign Senate’s February meeting, Execu-
tive Vice Provost Barbara Wilson decided it was time to ask nontenure track faculty members what they would like to be called. “If this is a term that we are going to use with that group of employees, we want to make sure that feels right to them,� Wilson said. “We want to go back at it for an endorsement of the principles.� All 770 non-tenure track faculty members received a survey asking what they wanted to be referred to as, including titles such as specialized, NTT and other options.
University budget presentation The senate also discussed the University budget, which was presented by Chair of the Senate Committee on the Budget Mike Sandretto. Sandretto said the University has $800 million in excess cash. This excess — money that has not yet been allotted to cover any
specific cost — was the subject of much confusion. The University, however, has a variety of potential expenses that it will likely need to pay for by the end of the year. Excess funds will likely cover these potential expenses, which may include pension funds that need to be supplemented, additional faculty salaries and additional office space. Because of the confusion, the Senate Executive Committee voted to hold further discussion about making a clear budget presentation before presenting it to the full senate. “We don’t want people to leave more confused or with erroneous information,� said Senate Executive Committee Vice Chair Kim Graber. “It is just too important, and people are too, right now, invested in and sensitive to the budget because of the pensions. We don’t want them to think, ‘there is all this money,’ and nobody is thinking about their pension. It is a dan-
gerous time, and we have to be extra careful.� Information Technology Committee Chair John Hart also raised some concerns about wording in the presentation that suggested that Illinois had no option but to reduce pension benefits. “(At) Eastern Illinois (University), they listed out a bunch of choices that the state could have made to avoid the (pension) situation they are in now,� Hart said. “The use of the past tense makes it sound like the state didn’t have a choice. That is arguable. They could do a lot of things.�
Compensation Review Standing Committee Senate Executive Committee members also brought up the proposed Compensation Review Standing Committee, which would address faculty and staff compensation as a whole — beyond benefits — which the Aca-
demic Faculty and Staff Benefits Committee will still be responsible for. The main question at hand was whether or not the committee should become its own separate entity, or whether it should be combined with the benefits committee. “I’m really not sure why this wouldn’t fall under the Committee for Academic Faculty and Staff Benefits Committee,� said graduate student Calvin Lear. “It just seems to me that it would be easier to fold them into that.� Tolliver disagreed, saying that the proposed committee would also include key elements such as salary inequities, vacation time, sick leave, tenure rollbacks and other elements. Choosing members for this standing committee is set to be discussed at the senate’s next full meeting March 10.
MaryCate can be reached at most2@dailyillini.com.
Research Park director shows possible job growth in Urbana BY ELI MURRAY STAFF WRITER
At the Urbana City Council meeting Tuesday, Laura Frerichs, director of the University’s Research Park gave a presentation on how the city could improve on technology sectors. Frerichs detailed Research Park’s Business Cluster Development Report for attendants. The report calls for a focus on the development of three business clusters: data analytics, management and computing; energy; and biomedical and bioengineering. These clusters were chosen for the strong foundation already provided for them by the community and the high growth opportunities for each of them.
Carol Ammons, Ward 3, expressed concern that with the growth of technology-based sectors, the community would need to find a way to train potential job candidates. Frerichs said Research Park was in discussion with different departments at the University and Parkland College to offer short courses that non-students could register for and gain training to work in the technology field. As an example, Frerichs cited mobile app development courses offered by Research Park. Frerichs said she would like to see the community market itself as an attractive location for professionals who have families. She said the diversity of downtown
Urbana is a start to attracting families, but that Urbana could benefit from a more complete wireless network, as well as an extension of UC2B so that professionals could conduct business from home. Bill Brown, Ward 4, said he thought Urbana offers a community that encourages creative development. He cited the success of NCSA Mosaic, an early web browser created by University researchers, which he said received creative support from the community. With this collaboration in place, he said he can see other businesses thriving in the community. The meeting wrapped up with a
report on curbanas by Kate Ferrer, Urbana’s economic development specialist. Traditionally called parklets, curbanas are wooden platforms that extend into parking spaces along the street. The structures are not permanent and would only be in use during the late-spring into mid-fall seasons. Along with allowing for public seating, curbanas would also offer local businesses cafÊ-style outdoor seating. Curbanas are a space for public seating along Main Street. Parklets have become more common in urban areas across the U.S., Ferrer said. Mike Madigan, Ward 6, expressed concerns that downtown Urbana was currently in a
state of major growth and that it may not be beneficial to take away parking spots along Main Street. The curbana pilot program is set to run from April to October of this year.
Other matters addressed during the meeting — Mayor Laurel Prussing said she was in the process of selecting members for the Traffic Stop Study Task Force and would bring it before council for approval at the next Urbana City Council meeting on March 17. — Urbana City Council approved 7-1 an ordinance allowing for a reallocation of
Tax Increment Financing funds to create a seating area in the northeast corner of parking lot 10-X at Lincoln Square Village. The new seating will primarily serve patrons of Market at the Square, a gathering place for local food growers and venders, artists, and community members, but also the tenants and patrons of Lincoln Square. The total cost of the seating area, which will triple the current seating capacity, is $22,000. Of the total cost, half is being funded by TIF District #2; the other half is being funded by Market at the Square.
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What happens when Ellen DeGeneres hosts the Oscars? Pizza. Pizza everywhere. That’s what happens. We didn’t know Meryl could smile, let alone smile for pizza. Kerry Washington politely declined, citing absence of red wine as her prime complaint. Brad Pitt handed out plates and then had a slice of his own — and we all still want a slice of him. For all we know, this is probably the closest we’ll ever get to a celebrity — ordering pizza, that is.
On Sunday at a pre-Oscars party, the greatest meeting of two celebrities to ever occur happened between Snoop Dogg — or lion, or tiger, or bear, or whatever — and Oprah Winfrey. The two had a bit of animosity back in the day because Oprah made a statement about her dislike of rap music, but apparently the air has been cleared between the two. Oprah posted a photo of them on Instagram saying, “Our first meeting. Say WHAAAT??!! #Oscarparty,� and probably followed that up with, “And YOU get a car, and YOU get a car...� Meanwhile, Snoop Dogg posted the picture onto his Twitter and appropriately captioned it “a boss n a queen!�
Does stardom excuse basic faux pas? JED LACY Opinions columnist
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ince the dawn of stardom in America, celebrities have formed a reputation of not always treating their fans with the respect they deserve. What is it exactly, though, that prompts such disparaging opinions about celebrities? Could it be their ignorance to the role fans have in their own financial success? Perhaps it’s their inability to be punctual to their own performances and events. Or maybe it’s their unwavering refusal to sign autographs when confronted in a public space. Despite these reoccurring misconducts, as a society we tend to look at our favorite stars through rose-colored glasses, enabling their immunity from transgressions the rest of us would never get away with. Recently, this concept of a “celebrity get-outof-jail-free card� was personified on our own campus, when The Ellen DeGeneres Show visited the University. This past Monday, like much of the student body, I found myself making the trek from the comfort of my apartment all the way to the Quad to respond to a tweet that famed talk show host Ellen DeGeneres had posted the night before. Word of Ellen’s “big surprise� quickly circulated by word of mouth and across social media. As a result of the excitement generated by this event, students seemed to pay little concern to that fact that in order to experience “Ellen-palooza� they would
be required to venture out into subfreezing weather conditions. According to Weather.com, at 3 p.m. on Feb. 24, Champaign’s temperature was recorded at a frigid 16 degrees, but felt closer to 6 degrees. However, despite inclement weather, a group of friends and myself left my apartment at a quarter till 3 to see the super star talk show host grace our campus. When we arrived at the Quad our excitement was tangible, playfully discussing the endless possibilities of what Ellen’s “big surprise� was going to be. However, by 3:30 with the bitter cold beginning to make its impact felt and still no Ellen in sight, disappointment, as well as the shivers, began to set in. Nearing 4 p.m., an entire hour after Ellen had told the student body to come to the Quad, she was still nowhere to be found. As time continued to wear on, it was becoming apparent that the waiting students were growing more and more impatient. Finally, after an hour and 15 minutes, at around 4:15, Ellen’s University of Illinois Spectacular was finally underway. Just like that, in day-and-night fashion, the collective frown of the audience “turned upside down� and Ellen was forgiven. On my walk home from the Quad, I couldn’t help but reflect on the inconsideration Ellen had demonstrated earlier that day. Why exactly was it OK for her to show up an hour and 15 minutes late, making 4,500 people wait outside in what feels like 6 degree weather? Yet, for common-folk like you or I, if were to show up 15 minutes late for a date, forcing one person to wait, it would be considered a travesty.
Why is this you ask? It is simple: as a society we are infatuated with celebrities. According to James Houran, a psychologist from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, our love for celebrities has gone beyond infatuation and into obsession. In an interview with ABC News, he referred to this psychiatric condition as “celebrity worship syndrome.� “(Celebrity worship syndrome) is an unhealthy interest in the lives of the rich and fabulous. According to the researchers, about a third of us have it to some degree,� said Houran. If Houran’s calculations are correct, that means that out of the 4,500 students present at Ellen-Mania, 1,485 of them would be diagnosed with CWS. When this is taken into deliberation, it is no wonder why Ellen feels she has the right to “show up� over an hour late to her own event. This is because in modern day society, celebrities are looked up to in god-like fashion. According to “The World in a Frame: What We See in Films,� written by University of Southern California English professor Leo Braudy, celebrities often admit to how easy it is for them to begin thinking “they are the greatest thing in the world.� When looked at from the perspective of the celebrity themselves we can begin to see the role fans have in their creation. Similar to the mad scientist who created Frankenstein, we are to blame for creating Kayne West, Tom Cruise and even our very own Ellen DeGeneres.
Jed is a junior in Media. He can be reached at jedlacy2@ dailyillini.com.
Laws not key to safety on Unofficial STEPHANIE YOUSSEF Opinions columnist
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videnced by events circling Facebook and a recent local spike in the sale of green T-shirts on campus, Unofficial is coming as it has every year since 1996, and there is virtually nothing that can stop it at this point. Much to the chagrin of the University administration, and the Champaign, Urbana and University police departments, recent attempts to stop this high-risk, student-driven event by limiting the sale of alcohol and prohibiting guests in the dorms have not succeeded. Last year, Carle Hospital and Pro Ambulance together reported 26 ambulance calls and 15 hospital walk-ins — an increase from the 22 medical calls and 1 hospital walk-in reported in 2012. In order to try and reduce the number of medical calls made on Unofficial, more efforts should be put toward promoting responsibility and awareness as opposed to prohibition. For example, with the ACE IT alcohol safety and awareness program required for every new undergraduate and some transfer students at the University, students already know the effects and potential dangers that come with drinking alcohol and the consequences that come with doing so illegally. The ACE IT program is only available for
University students, which could account for the fact that 70 percent of enforcement action taken on Unofficial last year was against people who were not associated with the University. The fact that commendable attempts by local administrations have proved ineffective revolves around a fundamental concept: The underage drinker who is already willing to go against state law, as well as the 21-year-old who makes it down to campus to take part in the craze that is Unofficial, is unlikely to pay much mind to any temporary laws enforced by local authorities. It should be noted that some of these laws are effective. For example, the requirement for all bars to serve drinks in paper or plastic cups on Unofficial is meant to prevent the spread of an epidemic that could stem from poorly washed glassware. However, laws preventing the sale of alcohol before 11 a.m., limiting residents to one keg, and prohibiting pitchers of beer and shots of hard liquor are excessive laws that impede on the rights that residents, as well as bar and restaurant owners, have on the other 364 days of the year. Telling someone that ordering a pitcher of beer or shot of whiskey at 10:59 a.m. is not allowed on March 7, versus purchasing the exact same pitcher and shot before 11 a.m. on any other day of the year, is hardly productive. This is not to say that administrators and police officials
shouldn’t do anything against an event they see as a threat to community safety. Despite the increase in the number of medical calls last year, the severity of the injuries that were reported during Unofficial 2013 decreased. This, according to a report by the Champaign Police Department, is mainly credited to poor weather and the “Walk as One� educational awareness event conducted last year (and this year), where the University partnered with local property management companies and law enforcement to distribute safety information to local residents and students — proving the effectiveness of raising awareness. From a safety perspective, the 18-year-old who took one shot at 8 a.m. isn’t as big of a concern as the 22-year-old who chugged 30 beers and doesn’t know his limits. Even with students being aware of drinking hazards, local authorities still aren’t comfortable looking at the dangerous statistics that plague this annual celebration. With new laws limiting liquor sales passed for this year, we will have to wait and see if they are effective in lowering the medical calls made on Unofficial 2014. Until then, be safe University of Illinois!
Stephanie is a sophomore in LAS. She can be reached at syousse2@dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @syoussef22.
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consider myself an adopted son of the city of Champaign. I was not born here, nor was I raised here. I began my journey here in fall 2010, and that is when I became a part of the Champaign-Urbana community. I am a firm believer that it is important for people within a community to give back to the place where they live. The Daily Bread Soup Kitchen has been giving back to Champaign since August 2009, and the hungry can find a meals there. The soup kitchen is currently housed at the New Covenant’s Fellowship Hall and serves lunch to about 250 people on weekdays, according to the NewsGazette. Additionally, about one-third of the guests who come to eat are believed to be homeless. The rest have homes but usually can’t afford to get food. It is rumored that the soup kitchen is scheduling to move into the old Emerald City Lounge building on First Street. It is about a block away from University Avenue and is close to downtown Champaign. But some of the businesses of North First Street have their reservations about the move. Many business owners said they do not want the type of people the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen attracts hanging around their stores and restaurants. Many of these business owners are presumably afraid that individuals who are homeless, or anyone seeking food from Daily Bread, might turn away costumers from their businesses. Although not always the case, people tend to generalize homeless individuals as non-ideal citizens. If people see homeless individuals around local businesses, they might assume that it’s a poor area, that there’s a lot of crime or that the presence of homeless individuals is related to the quality of the business. People, for whatever reason, tend to feel uncomfortable around homeless individuals, whether it’s because we think they’ll ask for a handout or because we’re guilty of not giving something back. This speaks volumes to the perceptions of the homeless or impoverished people that some still have. Not all homeless individuals are criminals, poor or drugusers — it is a fallacy to automatically assume any of those things. It shouldn’t matter what types of people come out to the soup kitchen because the only thing that is important is how the land is being used. The Emerald City Lounge building could be used for something good that benefits the community. But it’s this very stigma — held by First Street business owners and its customers — that is preventing the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen from possibly expanding into its own location. It’s also preventing other businesses that work similarly to soup kitchens from establishing their presences in downtown Champaign. The soup kitchen’s current location only allows it to operate during the week. Its goal is to find a venue where it has its own building and can serve people seven days a week. Champaign city officials want to change the rules on zoning, and city council members are to have an upcoming meeting in which they will likely change zoning rules so that soup kitchens are regulated exactly like for-profit organizations. The main provision they will have to address is the Zoning Ordinance, or Chapter 37 of the City of Champaign’s Municipal Code, which states that “restaurants shall mean an establishment in which food, refreshments, or beverages are offered for sale for consumption in the building or at tables on the lot in which the establishment is located.� Since the Daily Bread does not charge its customers for food, it is technically not a restaurant under Municipal Code. The zoning change would not only benefit the Daily Bread; it would also make room for other soup kitchens to form in business districts that could reach to a wider population of homeless individuals or others. The zoning change could also make room for creative restaurants to open up in the business districts. Most of all, the zoning change could allow the Daily Bread to have an even bigger impact than it already has. By being in a more central location, not only is it in an ideal spot, it would show that the Champaign community is willing to have a soup kitchen near the heart of its business district. The Daily Bread Soup Kitchen has been giving back to the community by providing food for those that are hungry. This type of public service gives hope to the community and shows a great amount of respect we have for other humans. As an adopted son of the city, I can only support this change in the zoning law because stigmas toward homeless individuals should have no place in preventing the establishment of a business that can truly benefit the entire community.
Thaddeus is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at chatto1@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @Thaddingham.
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Women’s History Month has limited awareness BY MAGGIE O’CONNOR STAFF WRITER
As the calendar fl ips from the month of candy hearts and valentines, President’s Day and Black History to the month of Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day, dreaded midterms and the long-anticipated spring break, students may not realize that March has been recognized for more than 100 years as Women’s History Month. And, maybe that limited awareness has to do with the lack of University publicity surrounding the month-long holiday. In recent years, Jacque Kahn, academic adviser and administrative coordinator in Gender and Women Studies, said that she has seen a decline in the amount of programming implemented to celebrate Women’s History Month. Although the Women’s Resource Center will continue to offer women-supportive events during March, the International Women’s Day Banquet held in previous years will not take place this year, but the center will host a screening of the fi lm “Girl Rising.” The cancellation of the banquet is due partially to what Rachel Storm, assistant director of the Women’s Resource Center, called a “saturation” of Women’s History Month programming by other departments in the University community. However, the Gender and Women’s Studies Department also does not offer any programming specific to the commemoration of this year’s Women’s History Month or International Women’s Day on March 8. A cultural programming fund in Gender and Women’s Studies used to support posters and advertisements, but Kahn said that as focuses have shifted within faculty and student interests, so has the amount of attention surrounding Women’s History Month. She said that other University and student groups used to step forward, but as time went by, she found less and less units offering events for women’s history, and at some point didn’t have anything to put on the posters. “(Women’s History Month) is still important, but I think that it’s not something our department wants to focus our time and energy on right now, and it is not where the scholarship is right now,” Kahn explained. In fact, within this month, the
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Gender and Women’s History Symposium seems to be the only major event scheduled to specifically address March as Women’s History Month. Perhaps, said both Kahn and Storm, it is because the major campus units that work with gender issues are immersed in them for 11 other months out of the year. Or maybe it is the fact that Kahn said “those months are not for those who inhabit those identities; it’s for those who don’t think about them.” Additionally, Deirdre Ruscitti, graduate student in History and co-chair of the symposium, said people tend to lump women into an one over-arching category, neglecting the ways in which they are complex. Kahn said the work of early feminists centered on bringing women back into history and literature and to “recover what had been left out.” While this effort is not done completely, the focus has shifted to studying gender as a question of identity, the intersections between gender and race, gender and class, and gender and ethnicity. That’s one of the reasons why it is fitting that the Gender and Women’s History Symposium, which ran Feb. 27 to March 1, falls between Black History Month and Women’s History Month, Ruscitti said. “One of the things we’ve tried to promote a lot is intersectionality — so paying attention not only to gender but also to race within feminism,” she said. Calling it a “symbolic way to bring together the two of them,” Ruscitti said that it is important to be conscious of the ways that feminism and the study of women have excluded demographics and to work toward a more comprehensive idea of what it means to study women’s history. “Feminism doesn’t mean anything if people are blocked off because they feel that their concerns aren’t being heard,” she said. And, while the University’s Women’s Histor y Month programming may not be as visible as in previous years, Ruscitti said she believes history is still an important part of understanding the roots of the shifts in feminist study and fi guring out how to move
Emily Wickstrom, assistant director of The Career Center, suggested five Facebook “don’ts” if one is seeking any form of employment:
It’s 2014 and women still face inequality and discrimination.: Women currently hold 4.6 percent of Fortune 500 CEO positions. 85 percent of domestic violence victims are women.
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forward. “So much of how we act and the social constraints we feel (come from somewhere),” Ruscitti said. “I think by studying history we get a richer idea of who we are and why we are the way we are. When we understand all the years that have gone into shaping the forces that make us who we are ... I don’t think that’s something we get by studying just the present.” It is when feminism is defi ned by a narrow set of issues, such as women’s suffrage or jobs outside the home, that a false illusion of progress can distract from the fact that many different kinds of oppression still face women today, Storm said. However, it is still relevant to study these issues today, she said. Discrepancies in pay and the positions available to women, mass incarceration, violence against women of color, reproductive rights and violence against migrant women are just a few of the prevailing struggles for women-identified individuals, Storm said. “If you came up in the public education system in the United States, it’s very likely that the stories that you’ve heard were primarily from able-bodied, cisgendered, white men who are relatively middle class,” Storm said. “There’s defi nitely a need to broaden whose stories are told during Women’s History Month.”
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posts, she said. The Facebook Desktop Help section states that “Timeline review is a tool that lets you approve or reject posts that you’ve been tagged in before they go on your Timeline.” No matter what Facebook privacy settings are in place, everyone has the potential to see what you post. “Think of it as a permanent record,” Wickstrom said.
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ple seven times more than Twitter when looking at both PC and smartphone usage, and in the PC-smartphone Engagement Index, Facebook scores the highest out of other social networking apps and sites such as Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and Whatsapp. Though Holland Nickerson, junior in LAS, doesn’t spend the majority of her time on the website, she is a supporter of it and sees it as a “helpful asset.” She is also not worried about sharing her pictures with others, as she said she doesn’t post anything she wouldn’t want others to see. “I’m not a conspiracy theorist, I don’t really think people are watching us,” Nickerson said. “I enjoy it and use it at face-value and keep in touch with the people I want to keep in touch with.” Nonetheless, Nickerson does have moments in which she realizes only an hour and half later that she is still on Facebook. But, she says, these are the symptoms that accompany all social media sites. “It exposes you to things that you wouldn’t normally be exposed to,” Nickerson said. “Good and bad, I’m definitely guilty of being on it way too long.”
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Escaping the grid: The struggle of disconnecting from Facebook
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To sign up for an account, you must enter a name, birthday, gender and email address into the form, and then choose a unique password. After completing the form, it will send a confirmation link to finalize the sign up process. It is Facebook. In a matter of minutes after signing up, Facebook can help a new user reach hundreds of old friends, colleagues, family members and all the in-betweens. With more than 1.23 billion users, Facebook has enabled users to share what is on their minds, add photos and videos or even create social groups. However, when you sign up for Facebook and agrees to all terms and conditions, Facebook has access to more personal information than what you may assume. Since Feb. 4, 2004 — when Facebook was founded — its privacy terms and conditions have changed, and so have its sharing abilities. You can find tagged photos through search engines, share or embed statuses onto any website or blog without a user’s knowledge, and now most recently — share photos a user hid from his timeline, making them not so “hidden.� The Facebook Desktop Help section states that “when you hide a photo or post you’re tagged in on your Timeline, or adjust your Timeline and tagging privacy setting, this only limits who can see the content on your Timeline. The photo or post is still visible to the audience it’s shared with other places on Facebook, such as in News Feed or search.� If a user signs in to Facebook, types “Photos of� with the desired name following after in the search bar, one will see all of the photos of the person mentioned, even if they are not friends. Neel Patel, sophomore in LAS, said, “It’s partially our own fault for not reading the privacy terms, but it would have been nice if Facebook told us about this new feature.� Like most people, Patel said that he went through his Facebook settings and altered what certain people can and cannot see. “I don’t necessarily want my parents to see everything,�
As of Jan. 29, according to Digital Marketing Ramblings, there are 1.23 billion people posting statuses, checking their newsfeeds and creating profiles on the website notoriously known for its addictive qualities: Facebook. But as prevalent as Facebook is today, not all are linked in to the site. Hailey Mulliner, junior in LAS, said she refuses to create a Facebook profile, and has been living without one for about a year now. “I never really used it that often, but when I did have it, I would find myself on it for almost over an hour before (I’d) realize that (I’m) just on someone’s page that (I) maybe went to high school with looking at some pictures,� Mulliner said. During her freshman year at the University, Mulliner’s parents were involved in a car accident that received media attention. As a result, many students from her high school, even people she did not know, began contacting Mulliner for details about the accident. Feeling as if they were invading her privacy, Mulliner made the decision to deactivate her account and only briefly activated it again for a class group on Facebook. “I don’t understand how people love it,� she said. “I guess that’s cool, but in my opinion, if someone is important enough to you, you’ll talk to them and know about their life.� Similar to Mulliner, Mandy Rodio, sophomore in Media, does not feel compelled to go on the site. However, she said she does have an account to stay in touch with groups for her sorority and for registered student organizations. “Without a Facebook, there’s literally no way I would be able to be a part of anything on this campus,� Rodio said. In addition to the necessity she sees because of her extracurricular activities, Rodio is an advertising major, and must stay up-to-date with social media, viewing it as the best way to reach audiences. “That’s the number one way to reach people, so it’s kind of something you can’t escape at this point,� she said. Rodio also believes that the site decreases her productivity and has the power to suck her in for hours. According to “Business Insider,� Facebook attracts peo-
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Illinois’ Jon Ekey drives to the hoop during the game against Michigan State at the Breslin Student Events Center on Saturday.
Ekey, Bertrand leave together despite different paths to UI BY SEAN HAMMOND SENIOR WRITER
Joseph Bertrand remembers playing against Jon Ekey in November of 2011. Illinois travelled to Cancun, Mexico, to play in the Cancun Challenge over Thanksgiving break. They traveled all the way to Mexico and ended up facing a team that plays its home games 45 minutes from campus. Bertrand’s Illini met Ekey and Illinois State in the championship game of that tournament. Two years later, when Bertrand learned his team was adding a transfer from Illinois State, he went back and looked at the tape of that game. What he saw was a 6-foot-7 forward who knocked down three 3-pointers against Illinois and finished with 14 points and six rebounds. “He was a big part of their system there,� Bertrand said. “I’m really glad he was able to come here.� But the thing that Bertrand likes to point out about that game is that Illinois won 63-59. “You can tell him I said that,� Bertrand joked with the media prior to practice at State Farm Center on Monday.
While Bertrand, a fifth-year senior, has been committed to Illinois since Oct. 12, 2007, Ekey announced his transfer destination five and a half years later, on April 16, 2013. Both will play their final game in State Farm Center as teammates on senior night Tuesday. The Missouri native took advantage of the graduate student transfer rule, allowing him to play his final year of eligibility at Illinois without sitting out a year because he had already graduated from Illinois State. Head coach John Groce has loved having such an experienced player, especially with a young team. “It’d be great to have Jon any year,� Groce said. “But it’s great to have him when you have five freshmen and nine newcomers. You can point to him and Joe and say: ‘Do what they do academically and you’ll be fine. Practice like they do, and you’ll be fine. Do what they do.’� Nothing speaks to how much Ekey’s teammates like him more than the fact that he was voted a team captain this summer, despite having never worn an orange and blue jersey in a
game. He has led Illinois all year in ‘Matto’ points — the Illinois program’s name for hustle points, both in games and in practice. In early February, he was moved from the starting lineup to the bench in favor of those freshmen for whom he has been a role model. It didn’t matter to Ekey; he didn’t complain. Neither did Bertrand, who has been in a similar position. “Coach said it’s the best for the team,� Bertrand said. “So me and Ekey sat down and cheered from the bench and provided a spark. And we got some wins out of it.� Talking to Ekey, one would never know he lost his starting spot. He is always willing to answer questions and does so with a smile. He smiles, too, when he’s asked if he will watch the Missouri Valley tournament this week. “I’ll be watching those guys and keep an eye on my friends I have over there,� Ekey said. Illinois State is scheduled to play Friday against Missouri State. Years from now, Ekey will remember this year for the
friends and the memories he has made. He will remember playing in the Braggin’ Rights game. He will remember the arenas he’s played in. He will remember the grind of the Big Ten season, which the Missouri Valley could never equal. But he will remember his time at Illinois State, too. The Redbirds will always have a special place in his heart. And he will remember the way the Illini graciously accepted him onto their team. “The way I got here and people had open arms,� Ekey said. “I’ll follow these guys, I’ll always be their friend, I’ll always talk to them. That’s one of the great things about basketball, lifetime friendships are made.� Ekey and Bertrand will play their last home game Tuesday and their season will end sometime in the near future. They first encountered each other as foes one night in 2011, but three years later they will go out as teammates.
Sean can be reached at sphammo2@dailyillini.com and @sean_hammond.
oseph Bertrand is one of the most unique players in Illinois basketball history. The 6-foot-6 guard doesn’t have statistics that are going to blow anyone away. Bertrand has never averaged double-digit points or even five rebounds per game in any season in his career. He’s also never averaged a block or steal per game, and his career high for 3-pointers made in a season is just 18. But if you’re looking at statistics to help describe Bertrand, you’re looking in the wrong place. *** Trying to explain usage percentage to Bertrand was a challenging task. I described to him that usage percentage is the amount of a team’s possessions a player uses while he’s on the floor. I told Bertrand he ranked just seventh in usage percentage on last year’s team, behind the likes of Tyler Griffey and Mike LaTulip. I figured this season with the departures of Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson, Bertrand would have to take on more of a scoring load. Bertrand just laughed it off. “I don’t even know, I’m just gonna go out there and play,� Bertrand said. “If I have opportunities, I’ll take them. If I have
an open shot, I’ll shoot it. I’m not really worried about usage.� If he doesn’t have a shot to his liking, he won’t take it. Bertrand has failed to score in two of his last three games, which leads to some thinking he can’t score. In those two games, he took three shots combined. Bertrand could lead this team in scoring, if he wanted to. The senior is the model of efficiency. Bertrand shot over 50 percent for three consecutive seasons before this year, a feat that is quite amazing for a perimeter player. He’s shooting 47.9 percent from the floor this season, leading anyone on the team who’s averaging at least 10 minutes per game. Bertrand’s sky-high percentages are a product of his shot selection. Rarely do you see Bertrand shoot a pull-up jumper or take an ill-advised three. Bertrand prefers letting his teammates set him up in the flow of the offense. When Bertrand does look to score, he utilizes his favorite weapon: the floater. Bertrand’s floater is just beautiful. The high-arcing layup is uncommon for a 6-foot6 player to possess in his arsenal, but the shot has become a habit. “When I was younger, I used to play against older guys,� Bertrand said. “My uncle used to take me out to play and everyone was taller than me. I had to get the ball up there without getting blocked. I’ve used it
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Illinois Joseph Bertrand jumps over his opponent for the layup during the Fighting Illini’s win over Georgia Tech at State Farm Center, on Nov. 28, 2012.
POINTCOUNTERPOINT DOES WICHITA STATE DESERVE THE NCAA’S NO. 1 SPOT? Going undefeated in its regular season, Wichita State deserves the top spot BLAKE PON Staff writer
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1-0. How many teams can say they finished its regular season unbeaten? Only one can this year, and only 24 (many of which didn’t play near 30-game schedules) have since the national tournament era began in 1938. In the past 34 years, only two teams have swept their entire slate, and the last time a team won its first 30 games was 23 years ago. Wichita State is the lone squad without an “L� on their schedule this season and should be rewarded because of it. Naysayers of the Shockers
Wichita State is the lone squad without an “L� on their schedule this season ... attribute the team’s success to lack of competition. Playing in the Missouri Valley Conference hasn’t done Wichita State any favors, but if it was that easy to go undefeated in a mid-major conference, wouldn’t we see it more often? The last time a team went undefeated was in 2004, when the Jameer Nelson-led Saint Joseph’s Hawks went 27-0 in the Atlantic 10, only to lose by 20 points to Xavier in the first conference tournament game.
The Hawks still garnered a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament and proved doubters wrong by reaching the Elite Eight before losing to Oklahoma State by two points. In a season with a ton of parity, just about every top-25 team has a bad loss or two. Wichita State not only doesn’t have any losses, but has breezed through its schedule with ease, winning by an average of 16 points this season. The Shockers have not had a challenge all year other than their overtime win at Missouri State, a game where Wichita State rallied after being down as many as 19 points. They have had just 6 games where they’ve won by fewer than 10 points all season. The Shockers’ signature win came early in the year, when they went on the road and beat then-unranked Saint Louis by five. This season’s national tournament will likely require more than just skill to make a deep run, and Wichita State has the skill and intangibles to repeat a Final Four appearance or, even better, win a national championship. Experience will be key in a season where everyone has focused on players with potential, like Kansas’ Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid, or Calipari’s NBA-bound Kentucky squad. The Shockers return three cogs from their Final Four team, forward Cleanthony Early, guards Ron Baker and Tekele Cotton, and have turned former role players Fred VanVleet and Darius Carter into key contributors. The Shockers also bring more physicality to the hardwood than just about anyone else out
there, rebounding and defending at some of the best rates in the nation. Through 31 games, Wichita State ranks ninth in the country in total rebounds (1201) and rebounding margin (8.1). It also only allows 59.9 points per game to opposing teams, which is good for 12th in the country. Regardless of whether you think Wichita State is “real� or not, you have to give it credit for its historical run. That includes you, NCAA selection committee.
Blake is a senior in Media. He can be reached at pon1@ dailyillini.com.
An undefeated cupcake season isn’t worthy of No. 1 seed in NCAA tourney STEPHEN BOURBON Staff writer
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t’s March. Although Joe Lunardi has been making mock March Madness brackets since November, we’re only now reaching the point where we can finally start to make out a fuzzy outline of what the tournament field will look like. While there is still much to be decided over the next two and a half weeks to Selection Sunday,
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Wichita State's Ron Baker drives against Missouri State's Nathan Scheer in the second half at Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan., on Saturday The host Shockers won, 68-45, to complete their undefeated regular season.
one thing is clear: Wichita State doesn’t deserve to be the No. 1 overall seed. The Shockers finished this week with a perfect 31-0 in the regular season, the best start to a season since UNLV in 1991. They’ll get a No. 1 seed — assuming they win the Missouri Valley conference tournament — but they are by no means the best team in the country. I respect the fact that they’ve done the best they can with the schedule they have. It’s hard to get up for every single game, and the Shockers have answered the bell every time. I don’t respect the teams they’ve played. The Missouri Valley is 11th in conference RPI, according to CBSSports, comfortably positioned between the Mountain West and Mid-American conferences. According to ESPN, Wichita State’s strength of schedule is 111th in the country, which is a side effect from playing conference foes like Loyola and Evansville twice a year. The conference boasts only three teams inside the top-100 of RPI, as compared to nine in the Big Ten or the ACC. The Shockers simply don’t have any quality wins that differentiate themselves on a tournament resume. Of the team’s 31 victories, 22 came against foes outside the RPI top-100. Of Wichita State’s three top-50 victories, two came against mid-majors in BYU and Saint Louis — both of which feed off the same cupcake conference schedule that inflates rankings. All top-50 wins came in 2013, which is now a distant memory. Compare Wichita State’s three top-50 victories against other potential No. 1 seeds. Arizona has
10. Kansas has 12. Florida has six. The selection committee is supposed to rank the top teams in the country in the bracket. You can’t tell me an untested Wichita State team is a safer bet than a hardened Kansas or Arizona team —
They’ll get a No. 1 seed ... but they are by no means the best team in the country. Nos. 1 and 7 in strength of schedule, respectively. Wichita State isn’t sneaking up on anyone this year. The Shockers lived up to their billing in 2013 by making a run to the Final Four as the No. 9 seed. This year, everyone gave Wichita State its best shot, and it held firm 31 straight times. They’ll get a No. 1 seed, but I don’t see a deep tournament run again this season. With the right matchup, Wichita State could be this year’s Gonzaga: a No. 1 seed riding high on the coattails of an easy schedule only to be bounced in the Round of 32. The team that beat Gonzaga in 2013? Wichita State. Don’t fall in love with last year’s Cinderella. I’ll ride with the teams that earned their records by beating competitive teams instead of cupcakes.
Stephen is a junior in Media. He can be reached at sbourbo2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @steve_bourbon.
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Editor’s note: Every week, The Daily Illini basketball staff ranks the basketball teams in the Big Ten 1-12 and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings.
1. MICHIGAN (LAST WEEK 1)
The Wolverines are atop the conference standings and have all but clinched the outright conference title this season. Michigan’s offense is among the best in the country, and the Maize and Blue are on a three-game winning streak.
2. WISCONSIN (LAST WEEK 3)
3. MICHIGAN STATE (LAST WEEK 2)
4. IOWA
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Illinois’ head coach Tim Beckman signals a face mask to a referee during the game against No. 3 Ohio State at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill.. on Nov. 16, 2013. The Illini lost, 60-35. The team looks to fill many roles formerly held by graduating seniors, including quarterback, for the coming season.
Illini football starts spring practice BY SEAN HAMMOND SENIOR WRITER
The long road to football season begins this week for Illini football with spring practice Wednesday. Like any part of the team’s year — winter workouts, spring practice, summer camp or the regular season — head coach Tim Beckman has specific goals for his team. Every player posted a piece of paper with his spring goals on the wall of his locker Thursday. In addition, Beckman has set three goals for the team this spring: Create a physical atmosphere, be competitive and let leaders emerge. With players like Nathan Scheelhaase, Steve Hull, Jonathan Brown and Corey Lewis gone, the Illini are in need of leaders. And with a roster of 90-plus players, there are plenty of names to choose from. Beckman feels like this is the deepest team he has had at Illinois. The Illini return 19 of the 22 defensive players on the two-deep depth chart from last season. They return 15 on offense. But it wouldn’t be spring football
without position battles. Returning talent just means those battles will be more intense.
Offense Bill Cubit believes Illinois’ offense can be the best in the Big Ten. That thought would have seemed delusional a year ago. But considering the Illini jumped from 12th to fifth in total offense in the Big Ten during Cubit’s first year as offensive coordinator, it’s not as outlandish an idea. The key is taking the offense to the next step. Cubit harps to his players about not leaving yards out on the field. A cut here rather than there for a running back or wide receiver can be the difference between 10 yards and 20. “When I went back and watched all the tape, those things add up,” Cubit said. “And then if we play faster and get some more plays up, then where are we sitting?” It might not be the first order of business, but finding a quarterback might be the most pivotal. Without Scheelhaase,
quarterbacks Reilly O’Toole, Wes Lunt and Aaron Bailey will duke it out this spring for the starting spot. Lunt figures to be the favorite with Bailey as a quality second option. O’Toole, while stating that he wants to be the starter, figures to be the biggest long shot. Beckman does not have a timetable on when a quarterback decision will be made. He hopes to be close to naming a starter by the end of the spring but didn’t say he necessarily would.
Defense Tim Banks’ defense was young in 2013, and because of that, its returns all but three key contributors. Seniors Brown and Tim Kynard as well as junior Houston Bates — who recently made his intent to transfer official — will not be back for the Illini. But the rest of the defense returns. T.J. Neal is a likely candidate to start in Brown’s linebacker spot. Beckman said Earnest Thomas III is being moved from safety to the STAR position. Mike
Svetina, who started at STAR in all but one game last season, has been moved to linebacker. Beckman emphasized that all positions were being penciled in, and nothing is set in stone at this point on offense or defense. “Every job will be up for grabs,” Banks said. “We’ve got a little bit better competition this year.”
5. NEBRASKA (LAST WEEK 6)
The Huskers are tied for fourth in the nation’s strongest conference but are still sitting squarely on the NCAA tournament bubble after a loss to Illinois and a so-so nonconference slate. Nebraska has two games left, at Indiana and vs. Wisconsin. If they win those, they’ve got their ticket to the Big Dance.
Departed players Running back Dami Ayoola and defensive lineman Vontrell Williams are no longer members of the Illinois football team. Ayoola was dismissed from the team in September before attempting to work his way back onto the roster in December. Williams did not play in 2013 after redshirting the 2012 season. Illinois coaches declined to elaborate on the circumstances of either of their dismissals from the team.
Sean can be reached at sphammo2@dailyillini.com and @sean_hammond.
6. OHIO STATE
(LAST WEEK 5)
7. INDIANA
(LAST WEEK 9)
Persistence is key to Illini baseball’s success BY J.J. WILSON ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Sophomore Ryan Castellanos won his season debut on the mound Friday afternoon when he held Florida Gulf Coast to two runs in seven innings. In his fourth career win for Illinois baseball, Castellanos struck out five and didn’t give up a walk in 87 pitches. When sophomore Nick Blackburn relieved him to start the eighth, Illinois was ahead 3-2, which would be the final score. While head coach Dan Hartleb said he doesn’t expect the starting rotation to change — all three earned wins this weekend — Castellanos’ performance does exemplify the depth of the young pitching staff. Illinois returned its entire starting rotation from last year’s postseason — a sophomore and two freshmen, including Castellanos. When this season began, junior Drasen Johnson moved into the No. 3 slot. But after four strong showings in Florida this weekend, the words
of starter John Kravetz seem to be more relevant than ever. “Especially with the staff being as good as it is, you have to perform or someone else will,” Kravetz said before the year. Castellanos may not have earned his spot in the starting rotation just yet, but performing well in his season debut will definitely factor into the conversation later in the season.
History in March Illinois got its record to above .500 for the first time this weekend, but the challenge now becomes that of keeping it there. March has proved challenging for the Illini historically. While they have been able to get out of March over .500 in the three of the last five years, they have been forced to overcome adversity. In 2009, Illinois took two of three from No. 1 LSU. The next year, it split two
games with No. 12 Coastal Carolina and bowed to No. 19 Eastern Carolina before facing an unranked lineup in 2011. Illinois faced two ranked threats in 2012, beating only one — No. 18 Oregon. The Illini then bulldozed their way to a 13-4 record against an unranked field in March of 2013. Now, they face similar scheduling this March. This season, Illinois has topped No. 23 Florida twice; however, none of the remaining teams on the slate for March — Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, Indiana State, Eastern Illinois, Xavier, Illinois State and Purdue — have received any top-25 votes. But head coach Dan Hartleb’s main concern isn’t the strength of his opponent. Whether Illinois plays the best team in the nation or the worst, he focuses on his team’s persistence to improve each week. “We did a lot of things very, very well (this weekend),” Hartleb said. “I think one of the big things that you have to
do is make sure that you learn to handle success.”
No trouble in the spotlight Each time Illinois took the field last weekend in Florida, it played for more than 3,000 fans. Friday night’s game against No. 23 Florida was even televised on Fox Sports Florida. And yet, the Illini didn’t falter. Whatever caused their previous rut, when they lost four of six games to start the season, it wasn’t because the opposing fans — or the turf. That lack of stage fright could prove valuable for Illinois come postseason play in May. While the Big Ten Tournament tends to draw close to 1,000 fans per game, the NCAA regional usually posts numbers well above 2,000.
J.J. can be reached at jjwilso2@dailyillini.com and @Wilsonable07.
8. ILLINOIS
(LAST WEEK 11)
The Illini move up to eighth place this week after extending their winning streak to three games with a victory over Michigan State and Nebraska. Illinois’ defense has been unstoppable lately, and the Illini have held four straight opponents under 50 points for the first time since 1947-48.
9. MINNESOTA (LAST WEEK 7)
Teams should discipline athletes for criminal allegations PETER BAILEYWELLS Sports columnist
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eople who do illegal things should get punished. That’s called the law. Does that make Raymond Felton an outlaw? The New York Knicks point guard was arrested for illegal firearm possession a week ago and, since then, has not missed a game or been disciplined by the Knicks or the NBA. Just yesterday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called Felton’s legal problems an “image problem for the league”. I respect the legal process, and Felton will have his day in court (and 2-7 years in prison if he is found guilty), but I take issue with the phrase “image problem.” Felton getting arrested with an illegal firearm should spark a firestorm. The starting point guard for the Knicks was just arrested carrying
an illegal firearm in New York City, where recreational hunting doesn’t exist. There is zero excuse for him to be carrying a gun illegally. I take issue with Silver, the Knicks and the NBA acting like Felton is a college student who got caught drinking at a frat party, like Johnny Manziel. A little slap on the “image problem” wrist, and just head back to the court, where the Knicks have lost nine of their last 10 games. The NBA’s Collective Bargaining agreement states that teams may not discipline players based on an arrest. A player cannot be denied his worker’s rights, which is fair, right? Wrong. Felton is making upwards of $3 million this year. He isn’t a worker by most traditional definitions of the word. He has put a lot of effort, time and practice into reaching his current position, but his position is unique in the world of labor; he is not a worker, he’s a player. The Knicks and the NBA should bring down the hammer on Felton
and any other player who transgresses this seriously. Bench them. Temporarily strip them of salary, I don’t care, but do something that says, “Hey, we don’t approve of this action. This isn’t the kind of behavior we stand for.” Buying a gun isn’t a morally wrong thing to do. Buying a gun illegally is, especially for someone in Felton’s position. Kobe Bryant was accused of sexual assault in the summer of 2003. The event and initial hearings fell outside of the basketball calendar, but the trial was scheduled for September the following year. Prior to the trial, the Los Angeles Lakers gave Kobe a new $136 million contract that spring. The trial never occurred, but Kobe made a public apology outside of court to the alleged victim. “Sex Offender” has since fallen down Kobe’s list of achievements, past NBA champion, scoring champion and even insufferable teammate. I bet younger Kobe fans don’t even know their favorite player likely sex-
ually assaulted someone while also cheating on his wife. Why did Kobe get off scot-free? This isn’t an indictment of privileged professional athletes; it’s one against teams and leagues that are hesitant to make a statement of moral certainty and act on it. The New York Knicks are one of the most visible sports franchises in the world, and owner James Dolan has been silent on the issue of Felton. Sure, athletes are people, too, and sure people deserve second chances. I’m not attacking athletes. I’m attacking teams, owners and professional sports leagues for letting talent win out over morality. It took Aaron Hernandez allegedly killing someone for the Patriots to release him. Why should morality take a backseat to selling tickets? The Knicks suck anyway. Bench Felton.
Peter is a freshman in Media. He can be reached at baileyw2@ dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @pbaileywells22.
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up any better,� Scully said. ““It was pretty emotional. In the last When Nick Clarke finally few seconds there, I was like, brought himself to take off his ‘Man, this is it,’ and once that home sweater for the fi nal time, fi nal horn hits, it really kind of he was ready to talk. catches you.� The postgame interview didn’t Welch made senior night comlast long, though. Senior team- plete, earning an assist on Sculmate Matt Welch jumped in to ly’s fi nal goal with just over a hug Clarke, ending the conversa- minute remaining in the game, tion and showing what the week- putting every Illini senior on the end was really about: celebrat- score sheet in their fi nal home ing the Illini seniors’ careers. game. Statistically, Saturday night’s “It’s surreal,� Welch said. “It Illini hockey game didn’t mat- feels like I was just here yesterter. Emotionally, the weight on day. We had a great run, and I the senior class could’ve broken wouldn’t have wanted to do it with through the ice. anyone else but these guys.� The seven seniors stepped onto The seniors were honored the Big Pond knowing it would before the game with a ceremobe their fi nal game at home. ny led by head coach Nick FabAnd by the time brini, who gave they stepped a speech about off, the six each player as senior skaters they took pictures with their had each regfamilies along istered points the Illini blue while Clarke line. The home h ad e a r ned his fi nal win in crowd gave the front of a crowd players a standthat adores him ing ovation. enough to bow to “After four him every time MATT WELCH years of putting FORWARD he takes the ice. in a lot of time “ It ’s ju st and hard work been awesome,� with all these Clarke said between sniffles as guys in the locker room, you get tears welled in his eyes. “It’s just really close to them,� Scully said. hard taking off that white jersey “To have to wrap it up at home is for the last time.� pretty tough, but I couldn’t ask The seniors scored five of for a better four years here.� the seven Illini goals in SaturFabbrini’s starting lineup day night’s 7-1 win over Eastern included Bostock, Scully, QuagliaMichigan, combining for 11 total ta, Evans and Welch, with Clarke points. in net. The coach pulled Clarke Forward John Scully earned with a few minutes remaining in a hat trick, while captain Aus- the game, allowing the celebrattin Bostock had three points (one ed goaltender one fi nal chance to goal, two assists), Mike Evans hear the cheers of his hometown had two points (one goal, one crowd, and put the same startassist), and Eddie Quagliata, Matt ing lineup on the ice for the fi nal Welch and Ben Burbridge each minute when they added one more had an assist. goal to their legacy as Scully com“You couldn’t really draw it pleted his hat trick. BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER
‘We had a great run, and I wouldn’t have wanted to do it with anyone else but these guys.�
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Nick Clarke makes a save in a 4-3 shootout loss against Minot State on Feb. 1. Clarke played his final game at the Big Pond on Sunday. “It was nice to take a minute there and recognize all the seniors you’ve been with,� said Scully after the game, pausing to collect himself. “It was pretty cool.� Freshman Matt Flosi said it was tough for the younger players to watch the seniors go through the emotions of playing their fi nal game on home ice, knowing it was
something they would also have to go through in a few years. “It’s sad to see them get emotional about it being their last game home,� Flosi said. “They happen to be some of my closest friends on the team and the guys I hang out with the most. It’s really sad to see them go through this.� While emotions were high Saturday night, Welch’s mind set is
similar to the other seniors’ in the locker room: Return focus on the upcoming national tournament and extend the season — and their hockey careers — as much as they can. But for a player like Clarke, who’s started nearly 100 games and played more than 5,500 minutes wearing an Illini “I� on his chest, it’s difficult to say goodbye.
Being able to look back at his time with Illinois will always be easier than it was to leave. “We accomplished a lot as a class, and those are some of my best friends,� Clarke said. “It’s been an honor to play here.�
Sean can be reached at spneuma2@dailyillini.com and @Neumannthehuman.
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ominance in sports is a special thing. When you witness a dominating performance, you usually recognize it right away. The team or individual on the other end of such a performance has no chance from the start. You know it. They know it. Every one watching knows it. And make no mistake, the Illinois baseball team’s performance was dominant in its four-game sweep of Florida and Florida Gulf Coast this past weekend. The Illini pitching staff arrived from the north like a polar vortex and froze its opponents’ bats in Florida. Though the rotation was highlytouted entering the season, a four-game stretch like the one they turned in would probably seem a little too good to be true for any team. On the weekend, the Illini pitchers allowed a stingy four runs in four games. I’m no math major, but that’s good for a 1.00 ERA. They only walked five batters on the weekend while recording 21 strikeouts. The Illini bats did enough to reward the fantastic pitching, and Illinois downed No. 23 Florida twice to complement its two wins over an FGCU squad that was 5-3 entering the weekend. These were no slouches the Illini steamrolled. FGCU posted a 37-20 record last season, and Florida was nationally ranked entering the weekend. One would think that with their geographical warm-weather advantage, the Florida teams would have gotten the bat off their shoulders at some point. Even Jameis Winston and his Florida State Seminoles scored three runs against the Yankees
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WONSOVER ever since. Now that I’m bigger, taller and jump higher, it’s good to use.� *** Bertrand is the jokester on this team. You wouldn’t know it by his shy persona, but his teammates can back up his funny reputation. “Mainly with us, his teammates and stuff, he’s pretty talkative,� roommate and junior guard Tracy Abrams said. “But from the outside looking in, he seems really quiet, like he wouldn’t say as much.� Bertrand’s teammate of four years, Brandon Paul, wanted to share his friends exploits with the rest of the world so he created the Twitter hashtag #JoeTales to recount the stories. “Joe does so many crazy
and their major league arms in a recent exhibition. Longevity was the key in the four wins, as each Illini starter worked deep into the games. Kevin Duchene led the way with a three-hit complete game shutout in the Illini’s 6-0 victory over the Gators. John Kravetz and Ryan Castellanos each logged seven innings to make it easy on the Illini bullpen in their respective victories, and Drasen Johnson went six deep in his winning outing. I certainly didn’t see this fourgame stretch coming. The Illini pitching was bound to break out of its slump at some point after a 2-4 start to the season, but this was quite the turnaround. This was everything head coach Dan Hartleb and pitching coach Drew Dickinson advertised about their much-hyped pitching staff in the preseason and then some. It’s a far cry from the first series of the season, which Hartleb deemed the worst pitching performance he’s seen in a threegame series. It would be hard to envision the Illini sustaining their pitching success at such a high level going forward. But if they can establish more consistency with a few dominating performances sprinkled in, the Illini will be in good shape. The run production has been good enough so far at 5.7 runs per game. The combination of solid starting pitching and an adequate offense has the potential to take pressure off an Illini bullpen that struggled in its first series. No one should expect a team 1.00 ERA the rest of the way, but last weekend was very encouraging for a squad looking to shake off its early struggles. The ship seems to be steadying, and the elite pitching is a good sign of things to come.
Ivory Crawford didn’t have the greatest game of her career Sunday when Illinois lost its 10th game in a row, but she did reach a milestone only 26 other Illini have before her. With a little under four minutes remaining in a blowout loss to Iowa, Crawford made a tough layup in traffic for her seventh point of the game, which put her at 1,001 points for her career. “I just found out that I went over 1,000 points,� Crawford said after the game. “I’ve been working really hard, and I just keep going, and now I’m at a 1,000.� Crawford finished the game on a high note. Crawford finished with 10 points and also grabbed 10 rebounds for her second consecutive double-double, her third of the season. Six of those rebounds came on the offensive end. As a junior, Crawford is only the 15th player in school history to reach 1,000 points before her senior season.
Illini to face Hawkeyes in conference tournament The Illini did not know who they would be facing in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament prior to Sunday’s game, but they quickly learned their opponent afterwards. After getting blown out by a combined 39 points in two games against Iowa this season, Illinois will get one last shot to redeem itself Thursday in Indianapolis. “It’s a great chance to turn
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Illinois’ Ivory Crawford attempts a shot during the game against Iowa at State Farm Center on Sunday. The Illini will have a chance to redeem themselves in Indianapolis on Thursday. around and play a team that was much better than us (Sunday) and to see if we can make that change,� head coach Matt Bollant said. “We’ll see how much we can improve from now until Thursday and see what changes we make and how we adapt and see if we can be a lot better than we were today.� The Illini are 1-2 on neutral courts this season. The Hawkeyes are 3-0 on neutral courts. “They’re just as skilled as anybody out there,� Bollant said. “They really pass and shoot the
ball extremely well, move the ball really well. “It’s got to be about toughness and grit, and today it wasn’t about those things. If it’s all about skill, we’re probably not beating this team.�
Grant returns from mono Freshman forward Jacqui Grant, who missed the team’s last six games prior to Sunday, returned to the starting lineup. In 20 minutes of play, she recorded seven points on 3-of-6 shooting, one rebound and one steal.
“Obviously she didn’t look physically as good,� Bollant said. “She showed some of the things she can do, but it was just hard for her physically, being out for three weeks. It was good to have her back on the court and hopefully today would help her prepare for Thursday. mono is a tough thing to come back from, and hopefully today will do a little bit to help us on Thursday.�
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Alex is a sophomore in AHS. He can be reached at roux2@ dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @aroux94.
Editor’s note: The following is a partial transcript from an Illini Drive interview with Don Gerard, Champaign mayor. Illini Drive: Have you been paying much attention to the Illini this year? Don Gerard: Oh, absolutely. You know, I’m friends with John Groce. I forced my friendship upon him, and he is great. I think he’s the real deal. I thought Coach (Bruce) Weber, I had a lot of respect for him, but Groce is really one of those guys involved in the community. His kids go to the same public school that my kids went to grade school, which I have a great respect for. Somebody comes into town, dumps their kids into the public schools right in the heart of town — that’s
great. He and his wife are just really wonderful people, but I think the guy’s got a passion, a vision. I think people buy in, and he gets a lot out of what he has right now, and I think he has a lot more coming up. I tweeted it the other day, I think the future’s bright. It’s good to see a team playing well at the end of a season instead of falling apart at the end of the season. ID: What do you make of the freshman class that has come in? You’ve got guys like Kendrick Nunn and Malcolm Hill that have come into the starting lineup. DG: The hashtag is #NunnBetter, I’m really excited about that guy. I think he’s really fantastic, and I like Nnanna. I think Nnanna slipped under the radar and put up really good numbers last
year because no one expected it, and I think he’s taking a lot more. They’ve been focused on him a lot more, to be honest, is my opinion, and he’s had a lot more pressure. But I think he’ll come around and he’s been coming around. He’s had some good games, but yeah, those young guys and the guys coming up, it’s gonna be a dogfight. There’s gonna be a lot of competition. When you have competition among your ranks, you really push it. One example I would give is former Illini coach Wayne McClain is now coaching Central, and my son played on the JV basketball team, but he really likes the coaching side of it, so he’s a student manager on the team. And he said those guys have average talent, same guys from last year, and McClain just out-
coaches everybody. Those guys beat the No. 2 team in the state, they beat Centennial that has Michael Finke. First game of the season went into triple overtime, and they have beat some teams that they had no business beating, and they really bought into Wayne. And I see that with Groce and these guys, so the opportunity to take somebody and squeeze every bit of talent out of him, and as your program builds and you start to get guys who have a greater potential, and you just push them to that. ID: How important is U of I basketball to this community? DG: I think all of the U of I sports are important. I think people take great pride in volleyball and gymnastics, just all kinds of stuff. I think it’s huge.
things, I feel like people should know about this guy,� Paul told The Daily Illini a couple years back. “He’s literally one of the funniest kids I’ve ever met, probably one of the funniest kids in the nation.� With the way this season has gone at times for Illinois, there hasn’t been much to joke about. Still, Bertrand’s maintained his positive attitude. “That helps a lot,� Abrams said of Bertrand’s mind set. “Just to have a guy like that in general, just to bring that positive energy. If you’re down, just to have a guy like that around, bring a smile to your face, it’s good.� Bertrand’s team-first mentality has been put to the test this season. Illinois head coach John Groce opted to start the freshman duo of Kendrick Nunn and Malcolm Hill, moving Bertrand and fellow senior Jon Ekey to the
bench. “It’s best for the team,� Bertrand said. “Some things weren’t working. Coach (Groce) brought me in and told me he wasn’t gonna start me and Jon. We said OK, we’re two seniors, older guys, so we know what’s good for the team and have to roll with it.� The change has proved to be beneficial, even if Bertrand’s productivity has dropped off. Bertrand hasn’t scored in double digits since Feb. 4 against Wisconsin when he put up 11. By the way Bertrand acts, you wouldn’t know he’s in the middle of a slump. “Joe’s been here five years, has been through a lot� Groce said. “His experience level, the willingness he has to sacrifice for the betterment of the team is admirable. He just handles himself so well�. ***
When asked about their favorite moments from their careers, most players think about the individual achievements. He lists a few obvious choices, the Indiana win, the two tournament appearances, stuff any player cherishes. But absent from his top moments are his breakout 9-for-9 performance against Missouri during his sophomore season, and his 25-point outburst against Nebraska that same season. Bertrand doesn’t mention his many highlight plays throughout his career. But boy, Bertrand has memorable hops. The senior appears to have pogo sticks for legs whenever he lifts off, gracefully hangs in the air, and throws down a ferocious dunk. Whether it’s off the alleyoop or at the end of a drive, Bertrand can finish with the best of them.
There’s a lot to choose from when looking back at Bertrand’s top dunks. Even he had trouble whittling down his choices to just three. “I don’t really remember all of them,� he said. My personal favorite play of his is when he nearly jumped over Georgia Tech’s Marcus Georges-Hunt for an and-1 layup during the 2012 ACC-Big Ten Challenge. “That’s up there, that’s definitely up there,� Bertrand said. “It’s kind of a last-minute decision. I didn’t know what I was gonna do with it. Just jumped up and it kind of happened. I’m glad I made it over him.� *** Bertrand may not be one of the greatest Illini players ever. He’s not going to be found on any leaderboard for career points, rebounds, assists or any-
thing like that. Bertrand hasn’t even been on any particularly good Illinois teams. But there’s still something about him that will be hard to forget. I’m going to remember the highlight plays that he provided on some Illinois teams that seriously lacked entertainment. I’m going to remember Bertrand’s inability to take bad shots, even when his teammates did. Over anything else, I’ll remember him for being the kind of role player every team needs. “Hopefully they’ll remember I played hard,� Bertrand said. “I’d like them to remember I’m definitely a team player, always pushed my teammates to be better.�
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