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New puppy on board Illini Service Dogs team welcomes new puppy Huff BY MICHELLE REDONDO STAFF WRITER
Big, brown puppy dog eyes are no match for the Illini Service Dogs team. The puppies with mischievous and playful glares will transform into patient and welltrained dogs who are given the opportunity to help another person. Started as a project by Bridget Evans in 2010 when she attended the University, Illini Service Dogs has since grown into a Registered Student Organization that serves the disabled community. Last Quad Day, it received over 800 signatures and 200 applications, but only 65 were chosen to be a part of the team. Because of this growing attention, the organization received a new puppy, Huff, a black Labrador mix, in late December.
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Huff was rescued by Great Lakes Lab Rescue and given to Turning Point Labradors, a central Illinois breeder, until they could find a home for him. Illini Service Dogs receives puppies from breeders, rescue shelters or community members. “It’s hard to tell with puppies if they’re exactly what we’re looking for, but we do look for personality and motivation right away,” said Kendall Cox, senior in Engineering and president of Illini Service Dogs. “Huff is a good one.” Before puppies like Huff are placed with a person in need, they are trained for up to two years. Each dog has a primary trainer that lives and trains with them and a secondary trainer to help them a few hours a week.
While Huff is only five months old, his trainers said he has made rapid progress. During training sessions, he is close to mastering the basics and his secondary trainer, Brenden Horwitz, junior in ACES, has been working with him on “touching.” Touching is a skill service dogs learn to push handicapped plates that open doors. “Patience, loyalty and being able to adapt to a lot of situations are essential (skills),” Horwitz said. “They need to be able to continue being a service dog and doing their job even in public and large groups of people.” The foundation of each trainers’ job is to fundraise, since the dogs are given for free. Cox explained that without money, there would be no dogs. “We need money to take care of the dogs. We are dog trainers, and we are also
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Rodney Davis praises recent sole source aquifier designation State, local and federal representatives praised the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to designate a segment of the Mahomet Aquifer as a sole source aquifer, SSA, fulfilling a long-time goal of Illinois lawmakers. “This designation makes clear the importance of the Mahomet Aquifer and will hopefully help further the bipartisan efforts of state and local officials to protect the main source of drinking water for more than 700,000 residents throughout Central Illinois,” said Rep. Rodney Davis, R-IL 13. The aquifer’s status as an SSA has been the subject of much discussion, due to Area Disposal Company’s permit request to dump toxic Polychlorinated Biphenyls, or PCBs, in the Clinton Landfill, which sits just above the aquifer. The EPA’s definition of sole source designation means the agency recognizes the aquifer as supplying “at least 50 percent of the drinking water consumed in the area overlying the aquifer,” and that there are no alternative water sources “that could physically, legally and economically supply all those who depend on the aquifer for drinking water.” Mahomet Aquifer’s new status as an sole source aquifer requires the EPA to review all projects within the designated area that receive federal funds to assess the likelihood of a potential contamination to ensure the aquifer remains unpolluted. “Sole Source designation will protect our Aquifer now and for generations to come,” said State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-103, in a
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President Robert Easter said he was as skeptical as anyone when discussions began on a potential Urbana College of Medicine. But after reviewing the report and others from the Academic Senate and the University Senates Conference, he said he was assured the proposal would be beneficial for the University of Illinois. Easter recommended the Board of Trustees vote in approval of the proposal at the Academic and Student Affairs committee meeting on Monday. He said he grappled with the decision for over a year, making a final determination based on the proposal’s economic feasibility and how it would affect the University of Illinois’ land grant mission, as well as its research and educational mission. It was clear that the college would advance the University’s missions, Easter said, but its economic feasibility was not as apparent. Eventually, Easter said he determined the proposal
University takes steps to improve enrollment In the past ten years enrollment has increased 10 percent across all University campuses, however, University Vice President Christophe Pierre said more enrollment is not reflected in the yearly freshman yield. In an effort to reverse the
steadily decreasing yield, the University has implemented several strategic changes, including changing to a single admissions date at the Urbana campus, Pierre said. The change was experi-
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Pulkit Budhiraja, computer science Ph.D. candidate, created an add-on to virtual reality technology to allow for specific aspects of the physical world to be coheIllinois Geometry Lab sive with a user’s virtual reality experience. and Mathematics His add-on to Oculus Department celebrate Rift’s technology allows Saturday at Altgeld Hall for users to see portions of the physical world, such as PAGE 6A a cup, while also being in a
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would be successful without hindering other University programs, including the existing College of Medicine on the Chicago campus. If the Board of Trustees approves the college at its meeting Thursday, the proposal will be presented to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for approval. If approved, the University will enter a binding contract with the Carle Foundation for its $100 million contribution to the college over the next decade. Additionally, the University has a plan to obtain $135 million in donations over the next 10 years. Trustee James Montgomery expressed concern that other programs may suffer while donors contribute to the College of Medicine. However, Chancellor Phyllis Wise said an unnamed alumni who had not previously donated to the University has promised $10 million. Easter echoed it is important to pay attention to donors’ passions and that some alumni may not be have been inclined to donate
virtual reality game. The University is offering a virtual reality course for the fi rst time this semester, CS 498SL. The course, taught by Steven Lavalle, professor in computer science, aims to establish an understanding of the technology and how to develop virtual reality content. “I consider it to be a kind of mixing of engineering
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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) Today is an 8 — Your exploration could get intense. Complete a long-term project. Own the rules to win by them. Associates supply bright ideas. Learn through experience. Postpone a financial discussion or risky business. You get what you have coming.
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LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) Today is a 7 — Relish the moment! The game’s getting fun now. Watch the tab or it could get expensive. Discipline is the key to your success. Work out the kinks in private. Choose practical over nebulous options.
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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22DEC. 21) Today is a 9 — Make the personal changes you desire. Are you being true to yourself? Notice if you feel right at home. Find a solution in your own backyard. Consider the pragmatic aspects of the deal. Disciplined efforts win.
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Professor Dan Schiller talks net neutrality BY JOSH WINTERS
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On Feb. 26, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to adopt new rules for the Internet to protect the principle of net neutrality. The vote designated the Internet as a public utility under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. The Daily Illini spoke with Dan Schiller, emeritus professor of Library and Information Science and telecommunications expert, about the vote and what it means for the future of the Internet. The Daily Illini: It seems like there has been a lot of confusion as to what “net neutrality” is and what the telecom company-backed rule changes would have done to the Internet. Why do you think this is? Dan Schiller: “Well, there’s big money involved in this policy making. And when there’s big money involved, there’s a likelihood of different corporations trying to advance their interests as best they can, and there’s a likelihood that there’s disinformation — let’s just call it a lot of self-interested pub-
DI: It seemed like proponents of the Comcast, Verizon and AT&T plan tried to frame their arguments as if they, in fact, were protecting net neutrality and a free and open internet. What do you think? DS: “I think it’s indicative of how the entire political debate has shifted over the last couple years toward the view that it was like being against mom and apple pie if you were against net neutrality. In other words, they had to appear to be supportive of the principle of it even if they were trying to sabotage in practice. It’s an incredibly complicated area technically as well. There are a lot of private arrangements made between the big broadband service providers and the big data generators — Google, Facebook — and the arrangements that were made already give a significant advantage to these big companies over ordinary users or certain non-profit organizations.”
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DI: How does classifying the Internet as a public utility go to protect the principle of net neutrality and an open Internet? DS: “It places the Internet into a category that we’ve had for many, many decades with previous media. It’s important to understand that the reclassification is often lampooned as using some antiquated statute for the ‘ultra-modern’ Internet ... I think that’s a misleading argument. The category of regulatory oversight that’s involved ... means that there are an array of tools available to the regulator to ensure that certain kinds of abuses are not likely, and if they occur they can be dealt with.”
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Lawmakers, organizers respond to the Federal Communications Commission vote U.S. Representative Rodney Davis, R-13
“My fear is that if the government decides to regulate the Internet as a public utility, it takes away the ability for new innovation and faster speeds and better opportunities for better web service for all Americans in the future.” Danielle Chynoweth, organizing director at the Center for Media Justice
“At this point, a schoolchild really can’t go to school without having the Internet at home to do their homework. a person can’t apply for a job, people can’t access their retirement benefits or other kinds of benefits unless they have access to the Internet; so it’s important that the FCC maintain a level playing field.”
Lecture series discusses diversity, inclusivity on campus BY DARRAH PERRYMAN ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
Six lectures. Six speakers. Six conversations on diversity. This is one answer to the diversity problem that some claim the University has. At a time of heightened racial tensions, the Many Voices series brings six speakers to the University who will discuss their experiences with diversity in their respective fields. Chancellor Phyllis Wise, Inclusive Illinois representatives, college deans and other campus offices partnered to create the series after campus leaders went to a diversity institute last fall. After the conference, leaders discussed ways to foster diversity conversations on campus and the idea for the series was born, said Menah PrattClarke, associate provost for diversity. “These speakers are really about giving the campus and units tools to use to continue the conversation,” PrattClarke said. The 2014 freshmen class had fewer African-Americans than when Project 500 was enforced in 1968. As a response, Champaign activists held a press conference on Feb. 27, where they went public with a letter they wrote to the Board of Trustees asking that Wise’s contract not be renewed. Their letter outlined the failure of the University to
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DAVIS statement. “This designation for the Mahomet Aquifer by the U.S. EPA recognizes its vital importance as the sole source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of residents of Central Illinois.” The Mahomet Aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing gravel and sand that stretches across 14 Illinois counties. According to the EPA , the aquifer supplies roughly 58 million gallons of
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BOT mental, said Charles Tucker, vice provost for undergraduate education and innovation, adding the University will decide whether to change the admissions process after the May 1 enrollment deadline. Trustees and Lucas Frye, Urbana’s student trustee, relayed concern from students, parents and grandparents about the single notification date. Trustee Timothy Koritz said many parents from his area in Rockford have told him their children have chosen other schools over Illinois for simple reasons. Before the University notified students of their admission, some had already chosen premium housing at other universities. Frye said he has heard similar concerns. Many schools required financial deposits before students were notified of their admission this year, causing students to opt for other schools because they didn’t want to risk losing
recruit African American students within the Champaign-Urbana community and the lack of faculty diversity. Wise described an inclusive Illinois as a welcoming, affirming, respectful environment that gives deep thought to race, background, religion, sexuality and gender during her introduction of Erin McConahey’s lecture on March 5. The chancellor also elaborated on the purpose of the series, which she said is to make sure every voice is heard. “We encourage you to share your voice and learn from others, and together we can lead the campus into developing a new vision for welcoming an inclusive Illinois,” Wise said. During her presentation, McConahey discussed unconscious bias and how diversity can create a better environment and society. The lecture highlighted why diversity is important and essential for growth, despite the misconception that discussions about diversity are no longer needed. Inclusion, she said, is something we create for one another. “It’s something we have to do intentionally because it is too easy to fall into in groups and cliques,” McConahey said. “We lose intellectual capital when people feel afraid to contribute.” Ben Deese, associate IT drinking water to 120 public water systems, thousands of rural wells and 500,000 people daily. More than half of East Central Illinois’ population relies on the aquifer for all of their drinking water. “As one of the individuals who testified at the regional hearing in favor of this designation, I’m glad to see the U.S. EPA recognize this wonderful resource for what it is,” said State Sen. Chapin Rose, R-51, in a statement.
jjwinte2@dailyillini.com @jw_daily_illini their spot if they were not admitted to the University. Other trustees voiced concern about the steadily declining enrollment of minority students. Trustee Ricardo Estrada said there is not enough effort to welcome minority students to the University. Newly appointed trustee, Ramón Cepeda, said he would like to see more Illinois residents enrolled, regardless of their race. Pierre thanked the group for their insight and reiterated the University is making strategic moves to improve enrollment statistics.
Budgeting proposals made for Armory, student insurance A proposal will be made to renovate part of the Armory. The proposed renovation would remodel the south exterior of the building as well as the fi rst and second floor office space. If approved, the $6.5 million project will be funded by the University’s institutional funds operating budget. A proposal for student
specialist at Engineering IT Shared Services, attended McConahey’s talk and was specifically interested in creating a more welcoming environment for international students. “A lot of my friends are international students and one of the biggest issues is being able to talk to them,” Deese said. “Sometimes their English skills, through no fault of their own, are not at that fluent level and a friendship cannot caress because the understanding cannot happen.” After the lecture, he said he was excited to apply McConahey’s advice about creating diverse environments. In addition to the six guest lecturers, there will also be campus-wide discussions held on March 30 and 31 where students can voice their opinions on diversity and school spirit. “I would like to see a lot of students come out on March 30 and 31 to really make their voices be heard,” PrattClarke said. Every lecture is targeted toward the entire campus community, Pratt-Clarke said. The next lecture will take place on March 17 at 3 p.m. in the National Center for Supercomputing Applications Auditorium. The speaker, Derald Wing Sue of the Teachers College Columbia, will discuss race and overcoming racism. McConahey said she hopes
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Chancellor Phyllis Wise introduces the first speaker in the Many Voices series, Erin McConahey, on March 5. McConahey discussed unconscious bias and how welcoming diversity can benefit society as a whole.
#ManyVoices speaker schedule
March 17: Derald Wing Sue (Teacher’s College Columbia) at 3 p.m. in the NCSA Auditorium. March 31: Stacy Harwood (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) at 4 p.m. in the Spurlock Museum. April 9: Anita Hill (Brandeis University) at 4 p.m. in the Beckman Institute Auditorium April 16: Karen McDonald (University of California Davis) at 3 p.m. at the NCSA Auditorium
Campus-wide Conversations
March 30: Graduate and professional students at 11:30 a.m. in the Alice Campbell Ballroom March 31: Undergraduate students at 7 p.m. in the SDRP
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her presence on campus, and the series as a whole, will give people permission to start talking about diversity. “We all need to create an inclusive environment ... because at some point, it might be us on the other
side,” McConahey said. “If we haven’t created an environment where everyone can contribute and everyone feels that they belong, we will suffer as a society.”
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advocates for the disability culture,” Cox said. As a part of its fundraising programs, the organization partners with Shi-Ai, a group promoting intersorority bonds and community service. Every semester, Shi-Ai raises money for Illini Service Dogs by hosting “PetA-Pup for a Buck.” Shi-Ai’s President Jayne Chorpash, sophomore in LAS and Business, said all the proceeds go toward Illini Service Dogs. “It has always been a joy working with Illini Service Dogs,” Chorpash said. “We love to be able to benefit their organization.” The service dogs also have play dates with their fellow service dogs every Sunday after group training. Although a puppy, Huff interacts very well with the others, including Grainger, the eldest. “We like to say the dogs are best friends with each other,” Cox said. “This weekend we had a few of them playing, and Grainger had the tennis ball running around, and the younger ones were all chasing him.” The organiztion is rewarding not only for puppies but people too. “I love this because it gives me the opportunity to help someone, and it’s cool because the dogs enjoy helping others, too,” Horwitz said.
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Some Republicans are opposed to or undecided about whether to support Lynch. Republicans, who have a 54-46 majority in the Senate, have questioned her independence and support of President Barack Obama’s immigration policies.
in virtual reality, the most successful result was seen with the object, hand and context option, which and perceptual psychology.” “shows the object of interhe said. “Those two things est, the user’s hands and fit together in an unusual surroundi ng physical way, so I want to get the objects with edges,” the students to understand that paper stated. interaction.” This was accomplished by In a study by Budhiraja, using a three-dimensional he conducted trials of 16 printer mount that cased st udents , two weba lthough cams on six could the extenot finish r ior of all of the the headscenarios, set, allowing for the ranging from roller viewer to coasters to see what floating in wa s on space, due the table to motion in front sickness. STEVEN LAVALLE of them, PROFESSOR, COMPUTER SCIENCE Overall, B u d i r aj a there were said. 300 grabs “ Essento the physical world, such tially what we found was as grabbing a cup, docu- that it was most helpful if mented, according to the we just show some of the paper published on the important things from the project, titled “Where’s My virtual world and just the Drink? Enabling Peripher- edges of the context,” Budal Real World Interactions hiraja said. “This allows While Using HMD’s.” you to localize yourself For a user to physically easily without becoming grab a cup while immersed very intrusive to the vir-
tual world that you are in.” Lavalle has been a mentor for Budhiraja throughout the project. Lavalle was one of the leading scientists for Oculus, a company that produces and designs the Oculus Rift. “I gave (Budhiraja) some critical feedback from time to time,” said Lavalle, “(At Oculus) I spent a lot of time trying to perfect the transformations and representations and how this information is presented to your eye.” Now, devices like this are manufactured by a company in Japan, and the Oculus Rift is made in China but is sold by an American company that was recently bought out by Facebook, said Budhiraja. The price for an Oculus Rift is $350. “I think it is very exciting as a new form of media,” said Lavalle. “It’s very interesting to figure out what kind of human experiences we can have when it’s fully immersive — you feel completely present in another place.”
SEOUL, South Korea — Five days after he was slashed in the face by a North Korea sympathizer, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert said he was feeling “darn good” as he was discharged from a hospital in Seoul on Tuesday. Lippert, 42, told report-
ers at Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital that he expects to make a full recovery and return to work “as soon as possible.” He received 80 stitches to repair the wound on his face, and will still need rehabilitation work for his hand.
health insurance plans for the 2015-2016 school year will also be presented Thursday. The cost of insurance for Urbana students will decrease by two percent, costing $286 in the fall semester. In total, the student insurance plan will cost about $25 million, providing students with 12 month coverage and eight insurance options. Additionally, the Board will vote on new faculty appointments for the summer and the 2015-2016 academic year. A total of 155 new hires at the Urbana campus will be decided on, 77 men and 78 women. Reports on the University’s investments and investment policy, as well as the University’s financial state will also be presented Thursday. At the March Audit, Budget, Finance and Facilities committee meeting, Walter Knorr, chief financial officer, said the University is in full compliance with Gov. Bruce Rauner’s executive order to eliminate all unnecessary spending.
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have grown up in the age where our cell phones have transformed from bricklike Nokia phones with antennas to smartphones that allow us to find information with the swipe of a finger. We don’t want to wait ten seconds for anything to load, but we sure won’t pay for it either. This is just one example of why net neutrality is so critically important in this day in age. Net neutrality is the basic principle that we should have equal access to all online content. Whether you get your Internet service from Comcast, AT&T or Verizon, it means our providers can’t charge us more for “fast lanes� or for certain content. Just because our world has shifted from standing on soapboxes to typing on online forums doesn’t mean we have any less right to the freedom of speech protected under the first amendment. In a 3-2 vote on Feb. 26, the Federal Communications Commission decided to adopt rules to protect the open Internet. The issue has sparked controversy over the last few years locally, where community members recently rallied outside an AT&T store in Champaign in anticipation of the vote. The matter is of such importance that some people such as Urbana Alderman Aaron Ammons and president of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Danielle Chynoweth define it as a public utility and a basic right to healthy democracy — sentiments which we agree with. “I think it’s an important issue for citizens, because the internet now, in our age of technology, is essential for all households to have access to information and the way information flows and the way things change on a regular basis. It’s absolutely essential to a healthy democracy to make sure that people have access to information,� Ammons said at the rally. According to the FCC’s website, the 2010 transparency rule, requiring Internet providers to be public with their management and performance practices, is still effective. “This rule helps consumers make informed choices about their broadband service, and it gives edge providers technical information that helps them develop their business plans and assess risks,� the statement reads. In addition, we strongly believe that as students, who require the use of a computer every day, an open Internet is an essential right. Almost every class at the University now requires the online use of either Moodle or Compass 2G. Professors expect students to check in either to post in forums or stay updated on class content. Some courses are taught exclusively online. To keep up with the way classes are taking advantage of online resources, and to keep up with the advancing technological world in general, we require the access of free and fast Internet. As such, the protection of net neutrality is a concept we stand behind.
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Oh Hillary, you know we love you, but come on, girl, figure our your email situation! Even as early 20-something-yearolds, we know to separate our private and professional lives. So when our moms email us pictures of our dogs, we check our tweety92 and goldilocks100 accounts, and when our bosses email us, we’ve got our other email accounts that make us sound like actual professional adults (which we know we’re not).
Taking a stand against intolerance MATT SILICH Opinions columnist
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hen the 10-second video of the University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members chanting racially charged lyrics surfaced, the administration took swift action against the local SAE chapter. Two students were expelled and the chapter was banned from campus. Further action is potentially on the way, according to a statement released on Twitter by the school’s president, David Boren. “We will continue our investigation of all the students engaged in the singing of this chant,� Boren said. “They will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.� Any halfway-decent human being can understand the appalling racism of the students involved in this chant. As with any public mistake in this day and age, this incident will follow the former fraternity members for the rest of their lives. It will be mentioned in every job interview they have and it will be the first search result when their names are Googled. The two expelled students, and any other participating members of the fraternity, deserve any and all punish-
ment laid upon them without question. Regardless of whether SAE’s chant is only meant for private use, the content is so disgusting that somebody should have put a stop to it long ago. But blind outrage directed at the students’ families and the national SAE fraternity is misguided. This issue extends much further than the expelled students and their families — it even extends further than SAE and the entirety of Greek life on college campuses. A discussion of much more nuance should be addressed in the wake of a racist incident such as this — all students, those who participate in Greek life and otherwise, need to evaluate the things they hear and say in public and private. There are crucial lessons to learn from the actions of those University of Oklahoma students. A statement from one of the identified students, Parker Rice, released to the Dallas Morning News after the incident shows the troubling reason why these songs are performed. “I admit it likely was fueled by alcohol consumed at the house before the bus trip, but that’s not an
excuse,� Rice said. “Yes, the song was taught to us, but that too doesn’t work as an explanation.� Much more troubling than the alcohol consumption is that this song was evidently passed down from the previous generation of SAE members. It’s scary to think how far back this tradition could stretch, and it is clear that the fraternity didn’t find it disturbing enough to eradicate. It is through avenues like this, where songs become traditions and people aren’t willing to change, that racism and intolerance persist in our society, even 50 years after equal voting rights were instituted in the United States. It’s easy to punish those who are caught engaging in racist activities. It’s much more difficult to purge society of colloquial traditions or phrases that insult minority communities, but infinitely more important. Though often in private, it’s not all that uncommon to hear racial slurs and insults casually tossed around on campus. Perhaps even more common are homophobic slurs and the derogatory use of the word “retard.� These
Improper and insulting use of slurs ... won’t fade away unless people actively work to stamp them out.
are all unacceptable terms to use in any context, yet they remain relevant because people are sometimes too afraid to speak out against them. When new fraternity pledges are taught songs or asked to perform tasks, more accountability is needed on all sides. Members should be able to take a step back and realize that a song such as this completely crosses a line. Hopeful initiates should be ready and willing to reject teachings that go against their personal beliefs, even if that means leaving the fraternity. Racism and intolerance should no longer be ignored just because they are used in a more casual sense than what’s seen in videos from the 1950s. It should no longer be allowed because a friend said it, or because members of the fraternity you want to join said it. Offensive songs will last forever if students of Greek life are unable to push back against the ignorant beliefs of those who came before them. Improper and insulting use of slurs, even in the most casual and private context, won’t fade away unless people actively work to stamp them out. A horrible story like this would be the perfect backdrop for everybody to review their priorities and ensure that tolerance is near the top of the list.
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Revisiting issues in Salaita case In late December, the Academic Senate’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure (CAFT) issued its report on the Steven Salaita case. The report repudiated the way Chancellor Phyllis Wise and the Board of Trustees had violated academic freedom in withdrawing its offer of a faculty position from Dr. Salaita last summer, and it criticized both of them for threatening free speech again in major public statements that they had then issued in justifying their conduct. The CAFT report called on both the board and the chancellor to rescind those dangerous statements and recommended that the College of LAS revive and review the Salaita case as a whole. In early February, the Academic Senate strongly and clearly endorsed that Committee’s report. What response have we received from the board and the chancellor? The board has spurned the CAFT report, publicly refusing to reconsider its abusive treatment of Dr. Salaita. And in her MassMail of Feb. 26, the chancellor similarly rejected the recommendations of the Academic Senate, a rejection which she repeated March 9 at the Senate’s monthly meeting. I find the chancellor’s response evasive, dishonest and dangerous to the future of academic freedom and faculty rights on this campus. First, the chancellor falsely claims that a second Senate committee — the committee on hiring and appointment — has called for the board to intervene in the hiring process “much sooner� than it does now (and than it did in the Salaita case). And she promises that in the future the board will do just that, as though
this change will materially improve things. In fact, however, the Senate committee she refers to has recommended just the opposite: That the trustees should stop trying to micromanage faculty hiring and instead delegate the task of giving final approval of faculty appointments to the president, chancellor and provost. Having the trustees intervene in the process earlier will only make it easier for them to repeat their disastrous conduct in the Salaita case more often and more easily in the future. We don’t need more and quicker trustee intervention in faculty hiring; we need much less. Similarly dishonest and dangerous is the chancellor’s promise to create “new Chancellor’s Faculty Fellows� in the humanities and arts. She tells us these new positions (for which she welcomes “nominations,� not elections) will enhance “frequent and rapid faculty guidance around critical campus issues.� But she says so in the same message in which she rejects the recommendation of the existing, elected institution of faculty representation, the Academic Senate, concerning the most critical issue facing the campus in years: the Salaita case. In this context, an appointed group of “Faculty Fellows� will not “enhance� what is called “shared governance.� It will simply give the chancellor cover for continuing to ignore the Senate in the future. Third: Chancellor Wise
justifies her dismissal of the Senate’s recommendations in the Salaita case with a typically vague claim to having conducted “broad consultation across campus� on her own and by citing the trustees’ refusal to reconsider its shameful initial decision on this matter. So, here, once again, is a refusal of the Senate’s right to speak for the faculty. And here, once again, the chancellor is abdicating her responsibility to advise the board to respect academic freedom, choosing instead to allow the trustees to dictate what she should and should not say to them. This amounts to helping the trustees to ignore the faculty and bury this case. Fourth: The chancellor implies that Dr. Salaita’s lawsuit against the University prevents any further action on the case by the University while the case is in the courts. This claim is just more sleight of hand. Dr. Salaita’s utterly justified attempt to have the courts force the University to do the right thing hardly prevents the University from doing the right thing right away. In fact, giving Salaita his job back could remove one issue from before the courts and thereby reduce the severity of the judgment that the courts will likely impose upon the University. Finally: The chancellor’s latest comments about her alarming Aug. 22 MassMail to the University are also evasive and misleading. That August statement (entitled “The Prin-
“Giving Salaita his job back could remove one issue from before the courts.�
ciples on Which We Stand�) announced that “What we cannot and will not tolerate at the University of Illinois are personal and disrespectful words or actions that demean and abuse either viewpoints themselves or those who express them.� Beneath a veneer of seeming tolerance, that declaration threatened everyone on this campus who expresses opinions about other viewpoints in a manner that she and the board find “uncivil.� Both the CAFT and the Senate (as well as the AAUP) have pointed out the threat to academic freedom and free speech rights generally contained in that August announcement and have called on the chancellor to explicitly withdraw it. Did she do that in her latest MassMail? No. Instead, she simply tries to justify herself, pretending that the August message didn’t imply a policy (so it was a “principle,� but not a “policy?�) and that she wrote that message in the spirit of the AAUP’s stand on such issues. These claims, too, are transparently false and unacceptable. So: We’re faced with a chancellor and a board of trustees who have made it painfully clear that they simply do not care what the highest elected body of the faculty thinks about academic freedom, free speech and this flagrant attack upon both. They have also, I believe, demonstrated that the claim that the University is run through some sort of truly “shared governance� between faculty and administrators is a sham. Faculty, staff and students rightfully alarmed by this situation will now have to consider what to do about it.
Bruce Levine, J. G. Randall Distinguished Professor of History
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Engineering Open House begins Friday BY REEMA ABI-AKAR STAFF WRITER
Creating a personalized action figure by using a 3-D printer, seeing liquids act like solids, interacting with a robotic child at Beckman Institute and driving a simulated race car at the 2015 Engineering Open House — these are just a few of the over 250 exhibits that will be set up north of Green Street on Friday and Saturday. In its 95th year, the Engineering Open House (EOH) has attracted tens of thousands of people annually in the past, with an expected 17,000 to 20,000 visitor count this year, according to Jon Henricks, director of EOH and junior in Engineering. “We are the largest event of our kind in the entire country,� Henricks said. “I think that this is a great opportunity to have our students show off what they’re capable of and get very positive feedback for the things that they’re doing.� Henricks said because the event is free and open to the public, it attracts people of all ages and academic backgrounds. This year’s theme is “The future starts here,� which will be exhibited in a variety of different booths, experiments, demonstrations and shows from each department and some other majors. The events will span the two engineering quads, located to the north of the Illini Union, and 14 buildings on campus. “It’s a science fair on steroids, to put it quite bluntly,� joked Michael Sarantos, senior in Engineering. Sarantos is helping with two booths this year, and he has been a participant in the events since he was a freshman. “We’re doing something called oobleck. ... It’s corn starch and water,� he said. “It’s called a non-Newtonian fluid, so if you punch it really hard, it’ll act like a solid, but if you just let your hand sit on it, your hand will sink like a liquid.� There are a handful of student groups at EOH who will also focus on this sticky substance, and each will exhibit it in a different way, mostly to appeal to small children who like to play around with it and get messy, Sarantos said. Ann Choi, senior in Engineering, is also helping out with the oobleck booth, in addition to a demo called “invisible glass.� “We’re going to have five different types of materials like plastic, glass, soda lime glass, magnifying glasses — all with different refractive indexes,� said Choi, who is also the vice president of Keramos, the materials science and engineering professional society. “Then we’ll basically submerge (the materials) in the same oil, just so children can see what happens when you have two materials with the same index together — it will essentially disappear.� A nother i nteractive exhibit will feature a race car driving simulator for kids to play on, headed by
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SHOW “I saw a poster at PAR promoting the event, and I’m excited to see a musician that I listen to (iLoveMakonnen) come to campus,� said Belen Uriostegui, freshman in Social Work. Star Course’s management said they expect to
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Illini Motorsports, the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers team. “Every year for EOH, we have a booth in front of the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, MEL, where we have a car along with design posters,� said Michael Bastanipour, captain of Illini Motorsports and senior in Engineering. “But this is the first time we’re doing the actual driving (at the EOH).� The Formula team along with the Baja team and an electric car will be driving around in front of the Engineering Student Project Lab. The student groups will be explaining the mechanics behind the vehicles and what it takes to build them, Bastanipour said. Additionally, a 25 ton army truck will also be open to the public on Springfield Avenue, which will be closed off for the weekend to accommodate the influx of EOH visitors. Returning to EOH this year is the Tesla Coil Concert. The concert involves an electric lightning-like show paired with popular music, but this year it will be a bit different from previous performances. The concert will play students’ original material and their own renditions of wellknown tunes submitted through a music competition that ended March 1. The electrified performance will kick off on the Engineering Quad on Friday at 9 p.m. and will be free of charge to attendees. “(For the Tesla Coils), we need a unique power supply, a 240 volt plugin,� Henricks said. “We’re lucky we’re a huge university, because we have one of those, most don’t.� Beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, students will man booths and present to incoming guests throughout the day, including middle school and high school students. “We’ll have between 40 and 50 buses of (high school and middle school) students alone,� Henricks said. This year will be the first year that EOH will offer tours of the open house for school-age kids, hoping to make it more accessible to navigate. “It’s very intimidating if you don’t go here to try and go to all 14 of the buildings,� Henricks said. Planning the EOH is no small feat either, Henricks said. The planning process
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Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 250+ student exhibits In 14 buildings across the North Quad and Bardeen Quad Guest Speaker Marcin Kleczynski from Malwarebytes Friday at 7 p.m. Grainger Auditorium, ECE Building Tesla Coil Concert Friday at 9 p.m. Bardeen Quad Engineering Majors Fair Basement of the Digital Computer Lab (DCL) Engineering Dean’s Info Session Friday at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday at 1 and 3 p.m. 1320 Digital Computer Lab (DCL) is a year-round operation — initial preparations began in April 2014 and weekly committee meetings have taken place since the fall. The same effort of preparation applies for students with exhibits as well, who began planning throughout the school year. “Weeks of planning go into preparing for EOH. We have to make sure everything we are presenting will work reliably throughout the two days of EOH,� wrote Ankur Mehta, senior in Engineering, in an email. “We also have to prepare specific visuals and peripherals to help educate the general public on what we are working on and what we have accomplished.� At the end of the day, EOH participants just want to offer an opportunity for people to learn about math and science. “I have always liked reaching out to kids and showing them that science is cool,� Sarantos said. “I do it because I just like hearing someone learn something new.�
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the favored dessert that my mother made for many years, so I love pie ... So I’m looking forward to being a judge in the pie contest,� Berndt said. “But I’m also of course looking forward to talking about Ramanujan, because I’ve spent my entire academic career on his work, and so I love to talk about Ramanujan’s contributions.� Mtip Phaovibul, head of the Pi Day 2015 committee and graduate student on IGL, said this year’s event is the first department-wide Pi Day celebration of this magnitude. He said he is most excited to see people in the community realize that math is more than just numbers, something the IGL attempts to do through its campus and community outreach programs. The organization of Pi
Day 2015 has allowed undergraduate and graduate student volunteers to spread knowledge of math through creative outlets, according to Jayadev Athreya, director of the IGL. He said he hopes the event will expose people to the beauty of mathematics in a fun and relaxed setting, and that it will introduce people to what the IGL does. “I think it will have a wonderful multiplier effect and bring people in, and they’ll get to see some of the great things we’re doing,� he said. But on Saturday, the focus will be on this number that has been studied for centuries. “I think that there are a lot of beautiful applications in math,� St. Clair said. “And pi is just one of them.�
see a great turnout for the performance because it is something for students to do before spring break. “I’m excited to go just because I think it’s awesome when organizations can get artists here to entertain the students on campus,� said Kennencia Parrish, freshman in ACES. “It would be boring if things like this didn’t
happen every once in awhile, so I plan on taking advantage of it.� According to Marohn, Star Course prides itself on branching out and bringing a wide variety of music genres to campus. “Our success comes from going where the crowd tells us to go,� Marohn said.
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A PERFECT DAY FOR PI Celebration honors centennial marking BY EMILY SCOTT
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t’s the perfect day for pi. Saturday fulfills the first five digits of the numerical value pi perfectly as the date reads 3/14/15, something that only happens once a century. The Illinois Geometry Lab (IGL) and the Department of Mathematics decided this mathematical feat was a cause for celebration. The two organizations will host a Pi Day event Saturday from 9:26 a.m. to 5:35 p.m., just to make it even more perfect and complete the first 11 digits of pi: 3.1415926535. The free event will take place at Altgeld Hall and will feature activities for math lovers and pie lovers alike, such as an “Illustrated History of pi”, a pie baking competition, a pi digit memorization workshop and contest, presentations by local mathematicians and, as expected, free pie. Pi has made its mark throughout history. According to PiDay.org,
the numeral was referenced in the Old Testament of the Bible and first approximated by the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes. Since then, the irrational number has been thoroughly studied and calculated to over one trillion digits. But that doesn’t stop some from taking on the task of reciting as many digits as they can. In fact, Natalya St. Clair, graduate student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and volunteer for IGL, will teach participants how to use the phrase, “My turtle Pancho will, my love, pick up my new mover Ginger” to memorize the first 24 digits of pi. This method for memorizing numbers uses a phonetic code to assign certain sounds to digits, a method discussed in Arthur Benjamin’s “Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician’s Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks.” St. Clair said the method is applicable in many situa-
What: IGL and Department of Mathematics’s Pi Day When: Saturday 9:26 a.m. to 5:35 p.m. Where: Altgeld Hall How: Free tions, such as remembering phone numbers. “Hopefully by the end of the talk, they’ll have about 100 digits memorized,” she said. It’s a start, but it’s going to take a lot more practice to beat the world record of 67,890 digits memorized, a record held by Lu Chao of China, according to the Guinness World Records. Wendy Cho, professor of political science, will answer the question, “What is pi?,” during her presentation. “We talk about the area of a rectangle or triangle, and that’s pretty easy to get,”
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Star Course to host iLoveMakonnen concert BY TAYLOR HOFFMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Foellinger Auditorium will be “going up,” and it won’t even be on a Tuesday. Star Course will bring iLoveMakonnen to campus on Sunday to perform one of his hit songs “Tuesday” at 8 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m. Other performers include fellow hip-hop artists, Frank Leone and mikeyDU BS.“ We sup ply a wide range of acts like alternative shows and indie shows, so we’re really reaching outside of our comfort zone and branching out to our audience who listen to hip-hop,” said Ryan Marohn, senior manager at
Star Course and senior in LAS. Star Course, a registered student organization that has been on campus for 123 years, aims to bring entertainment to students on campus. From concerts to comedy acts, Star Course offers events for students throughout the school year, Makonnen Sheran, 25, otherwise known as iLoveMakonnen, is an entertainer on the rise with recent performances on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” iLoveMakonnen’s music has won the fandom of many in a short period of time. He signed with
Drake’s label, October’s Very Own Sound, in partnership with Warner Bros Records last year. Bringing a unique style to radio and the hip-hop scene, iLoveMakonnen both raps and sings in his music. I nclud i ng the fa l l semester, Star Course has brought singers like Sky Ferreira, Hoodie Allen and Mac DeMarco to campus. Sunday’s hip-hop performances will welcome a new genre of music to campus. “Students who don’t have exposure to hip-hop will probably benefit from this concert, because it’s just something new,” said
What: Star Course presents iLoveMakonnen When: Sunday at 8 p.m. Where: Foellinger Auditorium How: Tickets $27 Roxana Cejeda, freshman in DGS. After seeing the event on Facebook, Cejeda said she decided to buy tickets for the concert, especially because of how accessible the concert is. “You (typically) have to go to the city just to see artists like that,” Cejeda said. In the past, Star Course has brought artists like Lil’
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Wayne and Lupe Fiasco to campus. Marohn explained that it is easier to get artists to perform on campus when they are at the start of their career. “We try to get them while they’re young and upcom-
ing,” Marohn said. Given that there are few hip-hop concerts on campus, some hip-hop music lovers feel compelled to attend the event on Sunday.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT ILL VS. MICH THURS: 11 A.M. CHICAGO
BASEBALL ILL VS. SIU FRI: 4 P.M. SAT: 1 P.M. SUN: 1 P.M. ILLINOIS FIELD
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD BIG TEN TOURNAMENT ILL VS. NEB THURS: 6 P.M. HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS
WOMAN’S TRACK AND FIELD NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS SAT: 5:30 P.M. FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
MEN’S TENNIS ILL AT TEXAS SAT: 1 P.M. AUSTIN, TEXAS ILL AT TEXAS A&M SUN: NOON COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
WOMEN’S TENNIS ILL AT USF SUN: 8 P.M. TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA
MEN’S GYMNASTICS ILL AT MICH SUN: NOON ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS BIG FIVE MEET SAT: ALL DAY LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Illinois has final chance at NCAA bid Illinois can’t afford to lose against Michigan ALEX ROUX Basketball columnist
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Illinois’ head coach John Groce watches the game against Purdue at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana on March 7. The Illini lost 63-58.
Groce set for tournament rematch with Michigan BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
Illinois head coach John Groce always brings four suits with him to the Big Ten tournament. While the Illinois men’s basketball team has yet to make it to the Big Ten tournament championship game in Groce’s first two seasons, he will still bring multiple suits to Chicago this weekend, just in case the Illini make a deep run in the tournament. In order for Groce to wear the full wardrobe, Illinois (1912, 9-9 Big Ten) will need to first get past Michigan (15-15, 8-10) on Thursday at the United Center. “Everyone’s hope is that you’re in Chicago for a while,� Groce said. The Illini know the Wolverines well. Illinois’ secondround tournament game will be the third time the teams compete this season. Both games went to overtime, but with differing results. The Illini dropped the first game at Michigan 73-65 on Dec. 30, but picked up a
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When: 11 a.m. Thursday at the United Center in Chicago TV/Radio: Big Ten Network/Illinois Sports Network Quick notes: Illinois looks to knock off familiar foe Michigan in the team’s first game in the Big Ten tournament. Hidden stat: Illinois leads the all-time series record over Michigan 86-79, but the teams are tied at two wins each in the Big Ten tournament.
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#12 Nebraska
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#13 Penn State GAME 1 3:30 p.m. CT ESPN
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#5 Iowa
#4 Purdue
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#10 Northwestern GAME 5 5:30 p.m. CT ESPN2 GAME 9 5:30 p.m. CT BTN
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64-52 win at home on Feb. 12. Groce said that while the teams have added wrinkles to their play, both Illinois and Michigan have a good understanding of their opponent. “You get in conference tournament play and you are who
#2 Maryland
#14 Rutgers GAME 2 6 p.m. CT BTN
#11 Minnesota
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#11 Minnesota GAME 6 25 mins. after G5 ESPN2
#6 Ohio State
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ere we are again. For the fourth consecutive year, Illinois basketball fi nds itself in the No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed game at the Big Ten tournament. As the previous three Big Ten tournaments have shown, (the Illini were dumped in each before the semifi nals) it’s not the most enviable position to be in. The No. 8 Illini will face No. 9 Michigan Thursday at 11 a.m. at the United Center in Chicago for the third matchup of the season between the two teams; they split the previous two meetings. The Illini and Wolverines are both interesting teams, and have played two highly entertaining overtime games this season. I wouldn’t be surprised if the third affair comes down to the wire as well. But the hype of this game will be diminished by its inherent nature; the winner of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 game usually just earns the right to be beaten by the tournament’s No. 1 seed. Illinois has faced the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament in each of the last two years and has been bounced both times — last year’s one-point loss to No. 1 Michigan was a heartbreaker for the Illini. This year, Wisconsin awaits the winner of Illinois/Michigan, and the Badgers outmatch either team by a wide margin. Michigan would need to run the table and win the conference tournament to make the NCAA tournament, which is about as likely as Jim Harbaugh being fired in his first season as the football coach in Ann Arbor. But Illinois’ postseason script isn’t written yet, and the general belief is that the Illini need to beat both Michigan and Wisconsin to ensure a spot in the Big Dance. With their current situation on the NCAA bubble, it’s unfortunate that the
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Richartz seeks national championship win Senior hopes to win title in pole vaulting BY ALEX WALLNER STAFF WRITER
With the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, just two days away, Illinois senior Stephanie Richartz is trying to accomplish something that has never been done at Illinois — win a pole vault national championship. Richartz, Illinois only representative at Nationals, will go up against 15 of the country’s best vaulters. She joins Stephen F. Austin’s Demi Payne, No. 1 Arkansas’ Sandi Morris, No. 5 Texas’ Kaitlin Petrillose and Duke’s Megan Clark in the national top five. Richartz’s mark of 4.39 meters ties her with Petril-
lose for third-best in the country. The two trail Morris and Payne. But Richartz said it will take a “unique series of events� for her to win a national championship. “I don’t think it’s completely out of the question,� Richartz said. “But it would take a combination of some people falling short of what they’re capable of and me really stepping up to what I’m fully capable of. I think that, to be honest, I have a lot left in me that hasn’t shown in numbers yet.� Assistant coach for pole vault Bryan Carrel said Richartz has worked hard at trying to reach 4.57 meters (15 feet), a mark that Carrel said is in her reach. Her goal this weekend is to fi nish third or better. Carrel said reaching third might be tough for Richartz because of the quality of competition — Morris and Payne are
two of the best vaulters in NCAA history and two of only three vaulters in ever to clear 4.57 meters. Morris and Payne have broken each other’s record multiple times and for Carrel, there’s a clear difference between those two and the field. “I think for all the girls, beyond those two, third place is like winning a national championship,� Carrel said. “With Stephanie, we’ve gotten better every single week, we haven’t really had a setback.� Richartz said all she’s aiming for this weekend is to set a new personal record, although she added that a national championship wouldn’t hurt. “I want to go out there and jump through as many bars as I can,� Richartz said. “Accomplishing a personal best is always a great way to compete at a high-
level meet like that.� Going into a big meet like the one this weekend can cause stress for athletes, but head coach Ron Garner thinks that Richartz is far from feeling pressured to do so. She was sidelined all of last indoor season with an ankle injury, and Garner added that her recovery helped her to focus on her mindset. “I think that’s been part of what she has learned in the past year,� Garner said. “She had to go day-to-day with the rehab process and assessing where she was at. If one particular thing wasn’t ready to go, then she focused on some other component. But, I think she’s ready to go for this and I think that everything in her career has prepared her for this meet.�
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Illinois’ Stephanie Richartz releases the pole as she lifts past the bar to break her previous record with a height of 4.38 meters.
Illinois students make strides in concussion detection BY LAUREN MROZ STAFF WRITER
Concussion detection and treatment has been the buzz of the sports world in recent years. For the most part, the immediate effects of a concussion are temporary. These include headaches and trouble with concentration, memory, balance and coordination. But what doctors are most concerned with is the possibility of second impact syndrome for people who have already suffered a concussion. This occurs when a person suffers a second concussion before the first concussion has healed. A second head injury carries far greater long-term complications: a higher risk of epilepsy and progressive impairment that limits the brain’s ability to function properly. Michael Dietz was lying in bed in early September when he conceived of a more effective concussion detection product that could help prevent second impact syndrome. Dietz’s product is the basis
for Sudden Impact Analytics, his startup that deals with concussion detection in youth sports. His product doesn’t diagnose concussions: it identifies whether or not an athlete was hit hard enough to warrant further testing. A chip is attached to a specialized mouth guard, which relays the possibility of a concussion to coaches or other sideline personnel through a smartphone application. The price of the package is $50. One of the company’s objectives is to get concussed athletes off the field — had Michigan quarterback Shane Morris been wearing Dietz’s mouthpiece, former Michigan head coach Brady Hoke and his sideline staff would have had no excuse not to remove Morris from the game. Morris suffered a concussion last season, and the fallout from his injury contributed to Hoke’s eventual dismissal from Michigan. Dietz, a senior in electrical engineering, has been involved in amateur boxing for about a year and is
currently participating in the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament. He has read a lot about concussions, because as a boxer, he is worried about getting one. Most of what he read recommended strengthening the neck in order to avoid a concussion. “One of the biggest causes of concussions is the linear and rotational acceleration of the head,� Dietz said. “One day, I thought about how I can actually measure the acceleration of the head. I just looked into it, and it was feasible, so I went for it.� Dietz is not working on his product alone. He refers to himself as the “ideas guy.� Joe Benassi, a senior computer science major, and Hanish Moola, a junior aerospace engineering major, are also involved in the process. Benassi focuses most of his attention on the app side of the product, while Moola designs the look of the product itself and the company’s website. Since Dietz and his team started the design and production of the
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Sudden Impact Analytics has created a chip that measures impact and informs if a concussion could’ve been suffered when placed on a mouthguard. detector, they’ve participated in (and won) one major competition: “54,� an event hosted by Founders in late September that encourages Illinois students to launch their own
companies. Founders is an entrepreneurial student group at the University.
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Women’s gymnastics heads to Nebraska BY ASHLEY WIJANGCO STAFF WRITER
The Illinois women’s gymnastics team will prepare for the postseason at Saturday’s Big Five Meet, and sophomore Erin Buchanan knows her team feels optimistic about the meet. “We’re going in with an open mind knowing that our (No. 13 ranking) isn’t permanent,” Buchanan said. “Whatever we score this weekend can potentially — and that is what we’re aiming for — improve our RQS (regional qualifying score), which is our ultimate goal.” The Big Ten’s 10 teams have been split into two different Big Five meets, and Illinois will be up against Maryland, No. 25 Michigan State, No. 9 Nebraska and Ohio State at the Devaney Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Illini visited the Devaney Center on March 1 for the Masters Classic, so they feel even more confident knowing they recently got a feel for the equipment there. “We all loved it there,” freshman Jordyn Givens said. “I know I loved the floor and the vault, so it’s just nice having been there and already seen the place.” Aside from Nebraska, who is hosting the competition, Illinois is the only team that has competed at the Devaney Center this season. It’s not the only advantage the Illini have over their opponents, though. Illinois outranks all of its opponents besides Nebraska, but the Illini are No. 11 and No. 10 on the uneven bars and balance beam, respectively — both of which are better than the Huskers’ rankings. Illinois also has two ranked all-arounders (No. 11 junior Giana O’Connor and No. 20 sophomore Mary
Jane Horth) to match Nebraska’s No. 10 Jessie DeZiel and No. 14 Hollie Blanske. Plus, O’Connor already bested the Huskers’ all-around duo at the Masters Classic, when she tied the program allaround record. The Illini failed to defeat the Huskers at the Masters Classic, but if that were to be the case again Saturday, it wouldn’t matter as long as they meet their goal: making the evening session of the Big Ten Championships in one week. If Illinois places in the top three on Saturday, it will advance to the evening session of Big Ten Championships, where the best teams usually compete. The Illini qualified for the evening session for the first time ever in 2014 and are hoping to make a return trip. To ensure that goal is met, the Illini know it will come back to the little things. “As a team, we’ve come together, and we’ve each put something down that we can improve on to get even a half a tenth back,” Buchanan said. “That ends up adding up insanely, like a huge amount, to not only the event score, but for the team score.” Lately, Illinois has focused on landings. Givens said her team has done well with sticking them in practice. It’s just a matter of bringing that to the competition. “We’ve had a lot of good meets and definitely a ton of good practices under our belt,” Givens said. “So if we just go in there and have confidence and do exactly what we do in the gym, then we’ll be set.”
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How to Calculate RQS (Regional qualifying score):
1. Take a team’s (or individual’s) top six scores, of which at least three need to be road scores. 2. Eliminate the best score. 3. Take the average of the remaining five scores, and that number is the RQS.
Big Five Meet Participating teams: Illinois, Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska and Ohio State When: Noon, Saturday at Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb. Quick notes: Illinois looks to finish in the top three at the Big Five Meet in order to qualify to the evening session of the Big Ten Championships. Hidden stat: Illinois is the highest ranked team out of the five teams on the uneven bars (No. 11) and the balance beam (No. 10).
Maestas looking for last hurrah BY DANIEL COLLINS STAFF WRITER
To his coaches and teammates, Illinois gymnast C.J. Maestas is modest, dedicated and possesses a captivating attitude. To his opponents, he has proved to be a force to be reckoned with, consistently posting high scores and executing momentumchanging routines. But this season is the last of Maestas’ Illinois career. The redshirt junior will graduate this spring instead of applying for another year of eligibility. His career at Illinois is a decorated one, filled with awards and championship trophies. But his journey to success wasn’t free of obstacles. During his career as a highly successful young gymnast, Maestas caught the attention of Daniel Ribiero, who was a gymnast at Illinois at the time. Ribiero is now an assistant coach for the Illini and someone Maestas sees almost every day. “He (Ribeiro) is the main reason I came to Illinois,” Maestas said. “He made me feel comfortable and feel a part of the team even as a recruit.” Ribeiro said he started noticing Maestas’ talents while the two were competing at national gymnastics competitions together some eight years ago. Once Ribiero entered his junior year at Illinois, he started to aggressively recruit Maestas — then a senior at Cibola High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The recruiting process ultimately led to a friendship between the two. Three to four times a week they conversed over the phone or via text message — about topics that ranged from gymnastics to personal life. “It really developed from me trying to get a good gymnast, to me wanting to bring in a best friend,” Ribeiro said. “The kid’s got the biggest heart. He means well in every single thing that he does.” Maestas was supposed to join Ribiero — then a senior — at Illinois as a freshman
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ROUX Illini couldn’t avoid the No. 8 vs. No 9 game. Wisconsin looks unbeatable right now, and Illinois hasn’t shown any capability of even competing with the Badgers since Illini head coach John Groce took over almost three years ago. While I’m sure Bucky Badger is doing his best to haunt the corners of Groce’s mind right now, the Illini have to first worry about Michigan and Michigan only. Though decimated by injuries and sporting a 15-15 record, the Wolverines have proven that they’re going to give any team they face a battle. Because it’s the third meeting between the two teams, Illinois should have a good idea of how
in 2010, but he didn’t attend the University that year for academic reasons. Maestas had to retake the ACT and write a letter of appeal to obtain a scholarship. Maestas finally came to campus in the fall of 2011 – Ribeiro’s first season as assistant coach – and immediately made an impact. That season he helped lead Illinois to its first NCAA national championship since 1989 and became the first Illini ever to win the NCAA national still rings championship. He was the Big Ten All-Around champion, Freshman of the Year and Gymnast of the Year. Maestas was approached by a member of the media at the Big Ten Championships when he was holding his awards in his arms and was asked if a picture could be taken of him with his trophies. He responded, “Yes, as long as my team is behind me in it.” This is a moment head coach Justin Spring remembers vividly. “He couldn’t even hold all his trophies up, and he told (the media), ‘Hold on,’ and ran over to the team and asked them to get behind him for the picture,” Spring said. So there he stood, surrounded by his teammates, grasping his trophies and basking in the ambience of taking the Big Ten by storm in his first year. He was confident. But Maestas was yet to face the toughest challenge of his gymnastics career. Before the start of his sophomore season, he suffered a near-complete triceps tear and didn’t know if he would ever compete again. Spring recalls Maestas telling him, “It’s over, it’s over.” Nick Sacramento, a former teammate-turnedteam manager and roommate of Maestas for three years, said Maestas posted inspirational quotes and notes in his room with goals for himself, something the gymnast continued doing during his rehab. While he attempted to keep himself motivated, Ribeiro noticed Maestas was at a vulnerable point to contain Michigan. The top priority is slowing down leading-scorer Zak Irvin (14 points per game), who can nail threes and score inside at a versatile 6-foot-6. The emergence of freshmen Aubrey Dawkins and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman has given the Wolverines some additional firepower from the wing, and Illini fans won’t forget how Dawkins torched the Illini for 20 points in Michigan’s Dec. 30 win. Like Illinois, Michigan likes to use a high pickand-roll scheme to create space and attack lanes for guards. Unlike Illinois, Michigan can be very effective at hitting the man rolling to the basket for some easy buckets. The Wolverines used this tactic over and over to beat Illinois in the first meeting this season, and it was a high pick-and-
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Illinois’ C.J. Maestas encourages his team after a strong performance on the floor during the meet against Stanford at Huff Hall on March 6. The Illini lost 21-9. in his life. “That was a time when (the team) really helped him,” Ribeiro said. “He was in a rough place.” Re-strengthening his triceps was the first objective. The second was reconstructing his gymnastics to relieve as much stress on his triceps as possible. One of the most noticeable changes is in his pommel horse routine. While many gymnast circle around by gripping the pommels, Maestas spins his flat hands in a circular motion and loops his body around the apparatus to complete his turns. A year and a half after suffering the injury, his new techniques have proven to be successful. In the team’s Sunday meet against Nebraska, he won three event titles, putting himself in a tie with Ribeiro for 10th place on Illinois’ all-
time titles list with 45. One of those titles came on pommel horse, where his 15.100 score tied a personal best. Whether Maestas continues to improve or not, Spring considers himself fortunate that Maestas is healthy enough to compete. “C.J.’s like the glue that holds this team together,” Spring said. “He has that magnetic personality. It’s going to be awful losing that piece of him.” Even with his polished career, his teammates and coaches know that he has two more goals in mind before he departs. “His determination right now is higher than it’s ever been,” Ribeiro said. “He wants to go out like he came in… he wants to win a team Big Ten title and team national title.”
roll between Nik Stauskas and Jordan Morgan that doomed the Illini on Michigan’s final play of the aforementioned onepoint Illini loss in last
less Thursday morning. The NCAA tournament is on the line, so this game should be treated like an NCAA tournament game by the Illini. It’s do or die. Leave everything on the court. I have no doubt Illinois seniors Rayvonte Rice, Nnanna Egwu and Ahmad Starks will show a high level of intensity with their careers on the line. It’s up to the rest of their team to match it. A win over Michigan and a loss to Wisconsin technically leaves a small window for the Illini to sneak into the Big Dance if luck breaks their way. But one thing is certain: An Illinois loss to Michigan would eliminate any hope of a tournament berth.
Illinois needs to beat the Wolverines, and likely Wisconsin, to earn an NCAA bid. year’s Big Ten tournament quarterfinals. The Illini must defend the pick-and-roll effectively, and should be able to do so as they’ve seen it enough from Michigan. Illinois can’t afford to save its A-game for Wisconsin, because it can be beat by Michigan if it shows up with anything
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Illinois’ Erin Buchanan performs a routine on the uneven parallel bars during the meet against Minnesota at Huff Hall on Feb. 7. The Illini won 195.775-195.375.
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DETECTION Sudden Impact Analytics is now participating in Illinois’ Cozad competition, hosted by Illinois’ Technology Entrepreneur Center. Running from February through April, Cozad provides finalists the opportunity to meet with venture capitalists, early stage investors and successful entrepreneurs. In 2014, eight finalist groups competed for nearly $200,000 in funding and other prizes. Dietz was confident that his product would win the earlier competition, but Cozad is a different story. Because of the vast number of applicants, Cozad will be more competitive, though Dietz has a new component in mind that can help his campaign. “We were becoming a ‘notify of a severe impact’ company,” Dietz said. “That wasn’t enough for me, so I started thinking about how the ageold method to detect concussions is the eyes. I said if you can track an athlete’s eye movement, you can probably predict concussions very well.” One of the first tests doctors perform when checking a patient for a concussion is to have the patient follow a finger back and forth. If the patient is concussed, his eyes will not move in sync. Dietz’s newest idea would replace the finger test. When a player is brought to the sideline after an alert of serious impact, Dietz would have the player watch a special video on a phone and have the camera on the phone run a computer vision algorithm to track the pupils. “Just sensing the little variations in the pupils, I think you can not only diagnose concussions but say how severe they are,” Dietz said. “It could be more accurate
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than a CT scan.” Dietz can point to a time when his video eye tracker would have come in handy. A few years ago, his younger brother suffered a concussion while their parents were not home — Dietz’s brother was tackled by a friend while playing football and hit his head. “We freaked out. It was pretty scary,” Dietz said. “Then, you go to the doctor and get a CT scan. It costs a couple grand. You wait around for hours, and there’s no treatment for it. I’d ask my mom, ‘Why even bother bringing him to the doctor?’ If a parent can just pay $10 to download our app and have her kid watch a twominute video, that’s the easiest thing.” When Sudden Impact Analytics’ products become available to buy, they will be aimed at youth sports, because safety is the highest priority at that level. In the NFL, players are provided with a similar concussion detecting device, but not many wear it, in fear of being taken out and losing their starting positions. “High school football and middle school football is about safety. It’s kids,” Dietz said, “At the end of the day, football is not going to be around that long in this country. It’s too dangerous, so let’s make it safer while we can. NFL players aren’t worried about concussions like kids and parents are.” Dietz said that he is entering the concussion-detecting industry at both a good and bad time. Everyone is looking for an answer to the concussion problem. But Dietz said that only encourages him to make the best product possible. “It’s going to be tough,” Dietz said, “but it’s definitely doable.”
lmroz2@dailyillini.com @mrozlauren Rice said he and fellow seniors Ahmad Starks and Nnanna Egwu have been big for the Illini to close out the regular season because they realize how little time they have left in Illini orange. “Just knowing that that ticker is ticking,” Rice said. “We don’t have too many of these left.” Egwu added that, while the seniors are reenergized, the rest of the team must also buy in for the Illini. “If you lose, you’re out,” Egwu said. “That’s the big thing: to survive and advance at this point. We’ve got to find a way to get the whole team with that same sense of urgency.” Sophomore guard Malcolm Hill said the Illini aren’t concerned with bracketology and are instead focusing solely on Michigan. No matter how comfortable the Illini feel in their knowledge of the Wolverines, Egwu said the only thing that will determine how many suits Groce gets to wear during the tournament is how the team plays Thursday morning. “At the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter how much you’ve prepared,” Egwu said. “It’s all about going on the court and executing, while playing hard at the same time.”
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This weekend is unprecedented for the Illinois men’s tennis team. Head coach Brad Dancer called it a “throwback trip,” in the vein of old-time professional barnstorming. The Illini will travel roughly 300 miles around Texas to play three top 20-teams: No. 8 Texas on Saturday, No. 9 Texas A&M on Sunday and No. 17 TCU on Monday. While the team has played highly ranked teams consecutively in indoor tournaments, they’ve never traveled to visit and play three different ranked opponents. The Ilini have already dealt with three ranked teams in three days this season at ITA Indoor Nationals. The team hosted the tournament in Chicago and went 2-1, defeating then-No. 13 California and then-No. 8 Ohio State before losing to then-No. 4 Georgia. Playing three top teams on the road will be a different atmosphere, said senior No. 18 Jared Hiltzik. “It’s going to be a tough environment,” Hiltzik said. “Obviously we’re not going to have as big of a fan sup-
port so a lot of it is going to come from the guys that are not playing in the lineup as well as just people that we know in Texas.” The Illini had last weekend off, their first all spring without a match. Hiltzik says that the team’s training over its week off will ensure that fatigue won’t be a problem. “We put a huge emphasis during our week off on our fitness, and we refreshed our bodies fitness-wise,” Hiltzik said. “We put ourselves in really good physical shape. Fatigue should not be an issue for us.” Last season, the Illini beat both Texas and A&M at Atkins Tennis Center — part of a run of four matches in four days. But Texas A&M would get revenge on the Illini with a 4-2 win at last year’s ITA Indoor Nationals. Texas will be a tough opponent for Illinois. The Illini are 2-9 all-time against the Longhorns, who haven’t lost a home match in almost two years. They’re 11-1 and have won four consecutive matches, all against ranked teams. At the No. 1 singles spot, the Longhorns have one of the top players in the coun-
No. 4 Illinois vs No. 8 Texas, No. 9 Texas A&M and No.17 TCU
heading to Texas for three matches in three days against top-20 teams.
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It’s the Illini’s second time this year playing three top-20 teams in three days after February’s ITA Team National Indoor Championship. The Illini went 2-1 at the event.
Saturday 1:00 p.m. Sunday 12:00 p.m. Monday 11:00 a.m.
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The Illini take their biggest road trip of the season, try — senior No. 4 Soren Hess-Olsen. They open their outdoor season Thursday against Michigan State, another Big Ten opponent. Texas A&M has a 6-1 home record this year. Like Illinois, they’ve fallen to No. 3 Georgia and defeated thenNo. 5 Ohio State and Kentucky. However, the Aggies’ most impressive win this season was a home upset over No. 1 Oklahoma, 4-3. Doubles look to be a strength for the Aggies and the doubles point has been key to upsets of the No. 1 and No. 5 teams in the country. They have two top-30 pairs in No. 9 Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant and No. 26 Jeremy Efferding and Jor-
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dan Szabo. The Aggies will be looking for another top-five win this weekend and could jump on an Illini team that has struggled with doubles play all season. No. 12 Ross Guignon and Tim Kopinski will have their work cut out for them in one of their toughest matches of the season. Against TCU, the Illini are 3-3 all-time, and the teams haven’t played since 2008. After defeating Texas A&M on the road at the start of the spring, the Horned Frogs have lost their last five matches against top20 teams, including No. 2 Baylor. TCU’s top doubles team, No. 29 Nick Chappell and
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Illinois’ Jared Hiltzik makes a return during the tennis game v. Northwestern at Atkins Tennis Center on Feb. 20. Illinois won 5-2. Hiltzik is optimistic that the Illini will succeed in their trip. Will Stein, already beat Guignon and Kopinski in the fall at the ITA All-American Championships. Kopinski defeated Chappell in singles at the same tournament. Hiltzik defeated Stein a few weeks later at the ITA National Indoor Collegiate Championships. While three matches
against top-20 opponents in three days will be quite the test for the Illini, the team is getting ready the same way. “We’re approaching it like any other match,” Hiltzik said. “I think we’ve been very prepared.”
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Illinois vs. USF When: 8:00 a.m., Sunday, Tampa Bay, Florida talking about postseason, you’re obviously talking about outside.” While preparing for a tournament push, Dasso has stressed the importance of doubles in practice — her players have acknowledged that the past two losses came down to a lack of production in the doubles point. Despite the losses, sophomore Madie Baillon feels that spirits are
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high around the team. “We’re moving on from these matches with a positive attitude rather than thinking that we lost,” Baillon said. “We know that we are right there and that we’ve been playing well in singles. We just have to get better in doubles.” Dasso believes that senior leadership has been huge for the Illini, going as far
as saying that the aforementioned high morale of the team is a result of Kopinski and Julia Jamieson. “Julia (Jamieson) and Mel (Kopinski) have done fantastic,” Dasso said. “The intensity was there in practice (on Tuesday), and it all stems from them.”
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The Illinois women’s tennis team will make the switch from playing inside to playing outside as it travels to Tampa Bay, Florida, for a match against South Florida on Sunday. Coming off of two straight losses against Penn State and Ohio State, the team takes a break from conference play for one match when it faces the Bulls. While the Illini look forward to the nice weather, senior Melissa Kopinski and her teammates understand the implications of playing
outside. “Indoors there is no sun, no wind and the courts are fast,” Kopinski said. “Indoors, you can get away with anything, but outdoors you actually have to grind.” Kopinski stressed that everyone is trying their best to get in shape for the Florida weather, which has been difficult due to the inability to hit outside in Champaign because of the cold weather. Sunday’s match is at 8 a.m., meaning the humidity will be low — something Kopinski highlighted as a benefit of playing early in the morning when playing outdoors.
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