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Chancellor search continues Provost search will not begin until new chancellor named BY AARON NAVARRO ASSISTANT DAYTIME EDITOR
Since last August, the University has been searching for a new chancellor after former Chancellor Phyllis Wise stepped down along with Provost Ilesanmi Adesida. The search for a provost will not begin until a new chancellor is named. The path for a new chancellor began in earnest Aug. 31, when the Senate Executive Committee began organizing the guidelines for a search committee. Students got the chance to be assigned to the committee during an Illinois Student Senate meeting Oct. 7. The search committee was fully put together and announced on Oct. 23, and Antoinette Burton was appointed committee chair a month later. The search committee is comprised of 15 total members, eight being faculty members, two undergrad-
uate students, one graduate student, one assistant dean, one director and one member from Facilities and Services. The committee works with and advises President Timothy Killeen on the selection of the new chancellor. In February of this year, it was announced that search firm Greenwood/Asher & Associates would be contributing to the chancellor search. The main role of Greenwood/Asher & Associates is to help with the search process by providing logistical support, Burton said. “They have contacts in the world of higher education,” she said. “But we the committee, are really the drivers of the search.” Greenwood /Asher & Associates have been hired by the University in previous chancellor, president and director searches. The firm has been paid
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses a gymnasium full of supporters at his rally in the Activities and Recreation Center on March 12.
University’s top-10 visitors the College of Law. She also presented a lecture to the public at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, where she spoke about her career and growing up in the Bronx. “If you live thinking about the negative, there will never be any positive,” Sotomayor said.
BY MICHAEL SEMACA STAFF WRITER
1. Bernie Sanders Like most college students, many Illini have been ‘feeling the Bern’ all year long, so it’s no wonder that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders visited the University in March ahead of the state primary. Thousands of students waited in line for hours to see the Vermont senator speak, and Sanders, the only Democrat or Republican candidate to visit the University this year, made sure to have his message heard. “If you want to vote for me great, if you don’t want to vote for me that’s OK,” Sanders said. “But you don’t have the right to buy elections because you’re a billionaire.”
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3. Arne Duncan The University’s wheelchair basketball team had a guest in September: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Duncan praised the University’s Disability Resources and Educational Services program, as well as the University’s wheelchair basketball teams. “Again, the University of Illinois is an absolute model,” Duncan said. “It is an absolute model for the nation to be looking at.”
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4. Opal Tometi
Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice to serve on the United States Supreme Court, paid a visit to the University in March to facilitate a mock court case from
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Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson speaks with The Daily Illini’s Editorial Board on Jan. 14 at the University of IllinoisChicago campus.
Opal Tometi, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, stopped in Urbana-Champaign in February to host a conversation with
faculty and students in Allen Hall. She spoke about what made her decide to start the movement: the acquittal of George Zimmerman that started the movement. “It broke my heart. I felt like I got punched in the gut,” Tometi said.
5. Guillermo del Toro The annual Ebertfest brings in many famous movie personalities, and 2016 was no exception. World famous director Guillermo del Toro presented his film Crimson Peak at the festival. After the screening, he participated in a Q&A with film lovers, talking about everything from first dates to his growth as a director to why he makes films. “I don’t do movies for demographics. I make them for myself. I don’t give a movie two, three years of my life if I don’t absolutely adore it.”
6. Bob Woodward Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward, known for breaking the
Watergate corruption story in 1972, spoke at the University in January as part of the College of Law’s lecture series about Abraham Lincoln. Woodward also sat down for a short interview with the Daily Illini, talking about things like the 2016 presidential race. “Whoever becomes president is going to have to be someone who can deal with the convulsions in the world,” said Woodward. “There are many things going on domestically and abroad that are very serious. The leadership that is required is going to be large.”
7. Father John Misty Indie music fans rejoiced when RSO Star Course announced that Josh Tillman, better known as Father John Misty, would be performing at Foellinger in April. The singer-songwriter’s 2015 record “I Love You, Honeybear,” received widespread critical acclaim from music outlets like
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MAP Grant long-term funding status unknown BY CLAIRE TEXTOR STAFF WRITER
Monetary Award Program (MAP) Grants have caused a large amount of uproar among Illinois students throughout this past academic year. Tight state budgeting has led to controversy and difficult decisions. “MAP is not part of the university’s budget, but rather a direct grant to students from the state,” said Robin Kaler, Associate Chancellor of Public Affair. “In a typical year, MAP funds come to our Office of Student Financial Aid and they apply the grants to students’ accounts.” Around 130,000 students across the state currently
benefit from MAP Grants. The University distributed over $12 million last August to 5,667 qualified students on campus. Last November, Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson notified MAP eligible students that their aid might be in jeopardy due to state budget cuts and reform. “If the university ultimately does not receive MAP funding from the state, we may be required to remove these funds from your university account and you might have to repay the university,” Wilson said. The next big word on MAP Grants came in February when Illinois Governor
Bruce Rauner voted to veto a bill that would have supported higher education funding for low-income students. In a statement given by Rauner, he said the bill “would explode the state’s budget deficit, exacerbate the state’s cash flow crisis, and place further strain on social service providers and recipients who are already suffering from the state’s deficit spending.” The following month, the Illinois State Senate passed a bill proposing to overturn Rauner’s veto. However, the bill failed to obtain threefifths majority in the House and the bill remained vetoed. Senator Donne Trotter,
assistant Majority Leader and one of the bill’s sponsors, said the governor failed to fund the MAP Grants by deciding to “hold the people of the state of Illinois hostage … he decided not to pay these students to assist them to go to college after agreeing to do so.” In a turn of events, the Illinois comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger paid out the MAP Grants in full. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission sent $164 million in MAP Grant vouchers to her office. “Our students have suffered unacceptable hardship
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How much has the state promised Illinois Universities in MAP grants? MAP grants promised but not paid for 2015-2016 school year $125,000,000 $100,000,000 $75,000,000 $50,000,000
$101,855,557 for all public universities $60,398,184 for all UI schools
$25,000,000 $0 SOURCE: Northern Public Radio Thomas Hardy
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Investigations cause change College of Medicine advances BY MICHAL DWOJAK AND CHARLOTTE CARROLL MANAGING AND SPORTS EDITORS
For Josh Whitman, reality has sunk in. His position as Illinois’ athletic director was announced Feb. 17 and he was introduced to the campus community at a press conference Feb. 18. On his first day in office in March, Whitman fired football coach Bill Cubit and just days later hired former pro coach Lovie Smith as the replacement. The day of his introductory press conference, Whitman took a four-mile 6 a.m. run through campus. Stopping for selfies with Alma Matar and Memorial Stadium, the former Illini footballer expressed his excitement of returning to Illinois. “To realize we’re coming back here and we’re going to be here a long time, it was
pretty impactful,” Whitman said. Whitman’s hiring and announcement of Smith’s job gave new life to a program that has undergone a year of turmoil. Last Mother’s Day, a series of tweets sent by former football player Simon Cvijanovic and additional reports of allegations of player abuse in the women’s basketball program ultimately resulted with the firing of the University’s athletic director Mike Thomas, head football coach Tim Beckman and assistant women’s basketball coach Matt Divilbiss. Cvijanovic’s tweets prompted former Chancellor Phyllis Wise — who resigned in August — to launch an investigation into the accusations made by the former offensive lineman. Thomas stood by Beckman after the accusations were made,
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which might have sunk the former athletic director. Chicago law firm Franczek Radelet conducted the investigation for much of the summer. Beckman was expected to coach the team at the start of the season until Thomas received the preliminary results of the investigation and fired Beckman on Aug. 28, a week before the start of the season. Thomas cited that Beckman was found guilty of player mistreatment and scholarship mistreatment, forcing Thomas to fire the coach before the release of the full report. Offensive coordinator Bill Cubit was named the interim head coach after Beckman’s firing. Cubit provided calm and stability for much of the season until the full report was released
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While the Carle Illinois College of Medicine’s timeline to initiate its first class in 2017 has been pushed back to 2018, Carle Health Systems and the University are working to ensure that accreditation, dean selection and fundraising are all in place. This is the first new college the University has established in over 60 years, said Robin Kaler, campus spokesperson. It will combine medicine with bioengineering to transform the way the medical field is taught, said Andreas Cangellaris, dean of the College of Engineering.
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Top-6 technology stories of the year BY LILLY MASHAYEK STAFF WRITER
From exploding hoverboards to protein-enhanced beer, this year had its fair share of notable tech stories on campus. Along with an increasing emphasis on entrepreneurial opportunities, students and staff at the University have made their mark.
“Hoverboards: ‘Back to the Future’ or back to the emergency room?� Hoverboards, motorized skateboards powered by a small engine, became a huge trend toward the end of 2015. Pretty soon, these hoverboards made their way to campus. The problem was they were quite the fi re hazard. Reports of hoverboards exploding and catching on fi re began to surface after the boom, which caused University officials to ban them from campus on Jan. 18. According to USA Today, over 30 universities also have a ban on hoverboards.
“UI supercomputing center turns 30 this year� This year marked the 30th anniversary of
one of the University’s most well-known assets, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, or NCSA. Since its opening, the NCSA has contributed to many technological advancements, including the invention of the fi rst popular web browser, Mosaic. The 2013 addition of the Blue Waters supercomputer, one of the fastest and most powerful computers in the world, established the NCSA as an international hub for research.
“New Design Center to provide creative space for all students� Projected to be fi nished in 2018, the University’s Design Center will serve as a hub for students of all majors to gather and collaborate. The Design Center will be located next to the Krannert Art Museum, between Sixth and Fourth streets. The $60 million, 59,300-square-foot building includes 3-D printing facilities, an auditorium and spaces for students to work on projects. With the University placing a greater emphasis on providing students with resources for pursuing entrepreneurship, the Design Center will
hopefully become a place for students to do so.
“University alumnus develops buildable toy robot for kids� University alumnus Nick Cohut co-founded a tech company that developed buildable robots for kids. These bots, called Kamigami Robots, fold together from a 2-D sheet to form a 3-D robot, similar to origami. Once the robots are built, users can connect the robots to their smartphones or tablets via Bluetooth, letting the fun continue with an interactive app that allows the user to control the robot. With countless possibilities, the creators said the goal is to provide users with openended creative play.
“Research Park director wary of higher education budget cuts� While the University and Research Park both boasted a productive year, the state’s budget crisis remained a worrisome obstacle. Research Park Director Laura Frerichs gave a statement at the Illinois Coalition to Invest in Higher Education Cham-
paign-Urbana Regional Press Conference on Feb. 22, outlining the impact of the state budget on entrepreneurship and research at the University. She explained how budget cuts at the higher education level ultimately affect funding for research as well. While tenants at the park haven’t felt the pinch just yet, Frerichs maintained that a future without state funding would also impact the park’s future.
“Capital One digital lab presents new opportunities for company and UI� Capital One opened a 4,000 square-foot digital lab at Research Park this year. University alumnus Karen Peterson reached out to Research Park to establish a collaboration between the Fortune 500 company and the University. The company looked to hire students to work at their lab on campus, and also planned to work with faculty members and students in their efforts to take the brand in the direction of a more technologybased service provider.
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New professors begin without appointment approval BY MEGAN JONES STAFF WRITER
New professors who begin teaching classes in August will work until September without having their appointments approved by the Board of Trustees. For some, such as Steven Salaita whose controversial appointment was denied, this can create a lack of job security leading into the academic year. While the board must ultimately approve new hiring policies and procedures, the Academic Senate unanimously approved the policy May 2. The procedures encourage the board to delegate the approvals for tenure and non-tenure track academic appointments to each campus’ chancellor. The com-
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MEDICINE Around 50 people from across the country applied or were nominated to serve as the first dean. The search committee is comprised of seven representatives from Carle, seven from the University and three external members. The committee began looking at applications in January, held interviews in March and narrowed the search down to 11 candidates. These candidates were interviewed in person by the search committee and six were selected to come to campus for on-site interviews in May, said Matthew Gibb, Carle Health System’s chief medical officer. Finding a founding dean has differed from past searches, Cangellaris said. When he applied, he was
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mittee reaffirmed that the board should approve all appointments at the deanlevel and higher. The recommendations come from a committee that examined the policies after forming in October 2014 at the request of Former Provost Ilesanmi Adesida and Former Senate Executive Committee Chair Roy Campbell. A final report was issued in December 2014. The committee formed after the rejected appointment of Salaita, who was offered a position as a tenure professor in the American Indian Studies department for the 20142015 school year. On Aug. 1, 2014, Former Chancellor Phyllis Wise stated she would not forward his appointment to the board for
approval, citing his recent tweets regarding conflict in Gaza. The Salaita case was resolved in $875,000 settlement, following 14 months of protests. Salaita received $600,000 as a lump sum and agreed not to join the Urbana faculty. There was $275,000 given for Salaita’s attorney fees. Emails released later showed Wise was under pressure from donors and other stakeholders to rescind his offer. By the time Salaita’s job was rescinded, he had already left his previous job and began preparations to move to Urbana. The board typically meets every two months, so the time between a concluded search and when the board may meet could be weeks and months, said Bill Maher,
chair of the committee on University Statutes and Senate Procedures. “It has meant that we have people here who were hired to start working and are expected to start meeting with class and doing work, who haven’t had their appointments formally approved by the board, so there was this gap in timing,” Maher said. The decision sparked protest throughout the campus and globally. The American Association of University Professors placed the University on its censure list. The organization’s members will vote again in July on whether to take the University off the list. majones5@dailyillini.com @MeganAsh_ Jones
President Timothy L. Killeen takes notes during the board of trustees meeting at the Illini Union on Thursday, March 12, 2015.
able to meet with faculty, students and the community surrounding the college. Without a location yet or people able to give perspectives, the committee is looking for someone with a vision of what this college will be. Cangellaris said they are looking for individuals who have been involved with innovative research in the medical field and are able to combine the campus environment with the private environment of Carle Hospital. Most medical colleges tend to be silent and separate from the campus, he said, but the University’s college will be embedded, not isolated somewhere north near Carle. “We believe that moving forward, healthcare — not just medicine — but wellness is something that is everyone’s business,” he
said. “We would like the College of Medicine to be close to the campus so faculty from psychology to social sciences to applied sciences to engineering can see themselves having a role in defining a new way of teaching healthcare and medicine.” College receives accreditation from Illinois Board of Higher Education Normally the accreditation process would be a responsibility of the dean, but the process was started prior so the college can be ready in time, Gibb said. The college received accreditation from the Illinois Board of Higher Education two weeks ago and is currently working on receiving approval from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, LCME, a national accrediting body for medical schools. Gibb said they hope to
have the proposal sent to LCME by October to December and the selected dean will be actively engaged compiling the proposal. He said they hope to have LCME approval by 2017 so they can begin recruiting students. University committed to fundraising $135 million Carle has pledged $100 million over 10 years for the college, and the University is aiming to fundraise $130 million over 10 years. Phyllis Wise, former chancellor who began spearheading the college in 2014, began gaining donor interest and Kaler said donors have continued to be excited about the work. “If you talk to the donors, the main thing most people want to do is make the world better and this has plenty of potential to do that,” Kaler said. Kaler was unable to state how much the University
has raised so far. Gibb said that even without the fundraising, he believes they will be able to present a viable business model to LCME to start the first operating years of the school without running into any financial problems. “Announcing the dean will be a huge step forward and help the comfort level of donors in terms of knowing this actually is going to happen,” Gibb said. Committee develops curriculum A core curriculum development committee is working on templates for the engineering infused school. The committee is led by Dr. Robert Good, senior associate medical director of population health at Carle, and Rashid Bashir, the head of department of bioengineering. Wise also serves on the committee. “We are bringing in sig-
nificant components of technology and understanding how information can be used as part of changing the tradition,” Cangellaris said. Faculty to be hired after dean selection The college is already looking to hire faculty who worked with the original College of Medicine on campus and faculty who teach basic sciences, such as biology or chemistry, Cangellaris said. While they have begun planning ahead for faculty members, they would like to have the dean on board with any formal announcements of new positions within the college, he said. A committee led by former president Joe White is focusing on the workforce and faculty aspects of the college.
and campus compliance with federal and state regulations and overseeing the development, delivery and assessment of academic programs, policies and research activities. Public forums to get feedback from the campus community were held all throughout March, with the final one being held April 3. By this point, President Killeen made an emphasis to have completed this process by the 2016-2017 school year. “There is no specific date for the final selection of a candidate,” Burton said. “We do very much hope to have a new Chancellor by the fall of 2016.” After this final open meeting, it was revealed that the finalist interviews with candidates would be private and confidential. The confidentiality of the process itself is not unusual for chancellor searches. Tom Hardy, University spokesman, said this confidentiality has always been the norm. “As is the case with a vast preponderance of peer institutions, top-tier
private and public research universities,” Hardy said. “The U of I maintains the confidentiality of the candidates throughout the search process and the only identity divulged is the person eventually selected for the job.” Hardy said current candidates for the job may be working in senior positions at different schools or businesses, which is why confidentiality is necessary to collect the best candidates. Still, several members of faculty had a negative reaction to the confidentiality. Landscape architecture professor D. Fairchild Ruggles said that these finalist interviews should adhere to the principles of transparency that they will be placed under as chancellor. “If we seek a candidate who will steward faculty governance and transparency on this campus, we cannot do so through procedures that subvert those very principles,” Ruggles said. “Our hiring process must match our stated objectives.” Languages professor Harriet Murav said that
while he respects his colleagues on the chancellor search committee greatly he still does not agree with this confidentiality. “This is not the openness this campus in particular needs, given our recent history,” Murav said. “We need a chancellor who supports the rights of our nontenure stream faculty colleagues to unionize and have a fair contract. I doubt very much that this issue will be properly addressed, absent a public hearing.” The deadline for all candidate applications is May 13. While most of the information about the candidates remains confidential, she says that the process has shown many capable people. “What I can say is that we have had a lot of great nominations through our Chancellor’s search portal — people from all over campus have been very generous with their time and thoughtfulness in that regard. We are enthusiastic about the process going forward.”
Consequence of Sound and Pitchfork. A thousand people were in attendance for Father John’s performance, which was by far Star Course’s biggest production of the year.
for the future of the United States. “We need really deep systemic change,” Stein said. “And a different way forward based on democracy, justice and human rights, and a different kind of world that puts people, planet and peace over profit, instead of profit over everything else.”
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10. Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner paid a visit to the University this past April. However, his visit prompted a minor backlash from the campus community, as a group of about 50 students greeted him with chants mocking his role in the state budget crisis, including “they say cut back, we say fight back” and “Rauner go home.”
Who knew that the University had a prime minister in its’ alumni network? Georgian prime minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, who received a master’s degree in finances from the University in 1998, returned in April to speak at the College of Business. Kvirikashvili was incredibly excited to be back. “I’m so glad to see you all and I’m really happy to be back on this campus,” Kvirikashvili said. “I’m glad to notice that the work of the student body and the passions of the professors and administration to teach have not changed and is still very strong.”
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9. Jill Stein Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein stopped by the University in March to promote her campaign platform. Stein, the first presidential candidate to visit this election cycle, spoke about her view
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INVESTIGATE on Nov. 9. The investigation revealed the extent of Beckman’s mistreatment of the player, including his lack of belief in hamstring injuries. No other coach on the staff was found guilty of player mistreatment. Although the report said Thomas did not show any prior knowledge of the wrongdoing by Beckman, Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson announced that the former athletic director would be fired for all the negative light on the athletic department during the past year. While there was change in the football program, some spring cleaning was about to take place in the women’s basketball program. Former players accused head coach Matt Bollant and Divilbiss of player mistreatment, including mistreatment based on race. Wise announced that the University would conduct a separate investigation, this time by the law firm of Pugh, Jones and Johnson. Bollant fired Divilbiss before the release of the investigation, citing that it was in the best interest of both parties to move on. The final report was released on July 31 and found no wrongdoing by anyone on the coaching staff. The report suggested that the University could clarify the conduct expected for its coaches. Paul Kowalczyk was
semaca2@dailyillini.com named the interim athletic director when Thomas was fired. Kowalczyk and the rest of University leadership received a mixed reaction from the Illini fan base when they announced just prior to the season finale that Cubit would receive a twoyear extension. Wilson announced the formation of an eight-person search committee on Dec. 4, which ultimately led to Whitman’s hiring. Whitman played as a tight end under Ron Turner starting in 1997. After graduation, he played parts of four seasons in the NFL. He enrolled in the University’s Law school in 2005 and graduated in 2008. He became the athletic director at University of Wisconsin La-Crosse in 2011 and took the same job at Washington University St. Louis in 2014. Then opportunity came knocking and Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson offered him the job been dreaming of since his own time at Illinois. “I’ve lived this moment in my mind probably a million times,” Whitman said. “Ever since freshman or sophomore year in college, this is what I’ve wanted to do.” During his press conference, Whitman thanked the search committee, Wilson, the University, his family and past teammates and coaches. He outlined his goals for the program and shared a vision of an Illinois athletic department united with its
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CHANCELLOR $838,677 in contracts by the University in the last five years, which is part of the $5.6 million spent overall on administrative searches at all three UI campuses. Throughout February and most of March, the committee and President Killeen worked on a job description outlining the expectations of the chancellor position, which was posted on the Office of the Chancellor’s website on March 28. According to the description, the committee is looking for an individual who is “an accomplished scholar and an experienced academic leader who understands that research and teaching excellence, together with service and public engagement, are at the very heart of the landgrant university.” Some of the responsibilities outlined in the job description include managing the operating budget, overseeing public safety
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success. Or as he put it, “we will win.” While Whitman acknowledged it would take time, he’s ready to start when he takes over the job on March 21. Wilson said the contract is still being worked out, but Whitman will be earning $600,000 a year with a five-year contract. He will be able to earn bonuses for academic and athletic success. In front of a full crowd including his smiling parents and wife, Whitman seemed ready to take over the helm. “This is an opportunity to take the last job that I hope I ever have,” Whitman said.
due to this budget impasse and it is my priority to provide relief however possible,” Munger said. Despite this contribution, MAP Grant funding is by no means a mute issue. Students will continue to depend on this funding to support their education. “The state recently released a portion of the MAP grant funding it committed to Illinois students for this school year, but that was enough to cover their awards for last fall,” Kaler said. “Students are still waiting for the funding to cover the spring awards.” The amount of MAP funds released to the University of Illinois system as a result of the stopgap funding was $31.1 million which will be distributed among 15,000 students. This will bring temporary relief to students, but the long-term outcome of MAP Grants are unknown at this time. “We still don’t know exactly how the MAP grant picture will play out. We know that MAP funding is a high priority for the state of Illinois, and we believe that the state will honor its obligation to fund MAP,” Kaler said. “The University of Illinois has advocated vigorously with the state to approve funding for MAP, and we continue to do so.”
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Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman speaks at the press conference regarding the dismissal of head football coach Bill Cubit. fans over a shared love of the orange and blue. Wilson said she first observed Whitman’s ability in her interview with him. He impressed her so much during the interview that she didn’t take notes. Later when talking about the athletic director requirements with a group of Illinois coaches during the process, she fielded one question that stood out. “One of them said, ‘You’re looking for someone who walks on water?” Wilson said. “I said, ‘Yeah we are basically and we found him.’” But Whitman isn’t focused on being that guy. “I’m not the savior of Illi-
nois athletics,” Whitman said. “I don’t walk on water. I’m just one of the pieces of a very big group of committed people.” The technicalities will come later and for now Whitman is looking at the team picture: making Illinois better. He outlined three key points during his press conference as he begins his transition to Illinois. His first focus will be on the student athlete, saying that every decision will be based on preparing them for life after school. His second goal is inspiring Illini nation after a year of struggles. His third goal is athletic
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Grading the University
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Illini fans have seen some great feats from their school’s teams since the end of last year, including the ends of dream seasons for Illini baseball and men’s golf last summer and a gutwrenching win over Nebraska in football last fall. But as exciting as those feats were, the biggest story of the year was the complete lack of stability within the athletic department. From the firing of Mike Thomas to the allegations of abuse levied against several coaches, this year was stressful and tense above all else. The only consolation in an awful year was that it ended relatively well — early returns on new athletic director Josh Whitman are encouraging, and his hiring of Lovie Smith reignited a great deal of passion in the lllini football fan base. Athletes — B There were a few troubling events involving University athletes this year, including the vandalism of the Chabad menorah and multiple alleged assaults from men’s basketball team members, but those actions were the work of a very small minority of our campus’s athletes. This was still a good year for the Illini on the whole. Athletes showed strength in gracefully handling multiple coaching controversies, particularly in football and women’s basketball. They also performed well across nearly every sport, with men’s golf and wrestling being the standout sports of 2015-2016. Coaches — C+ This grade is especially complicated because the coaches who are primarily responsible for bringing it down are no longer in their positions. The events of last summer’s abuse scandals in both men’s football and women’s basketball combined to form a dark cloud that hung over Fighting Illini athletics during the fall semester. They overshadowed amazing coaching performances from Dan Hartleb, Mike Small and others. Though the highs were quite high for most Illini coaches this year, the lows of a few were a great deal lower. Athletic administration — BFrom firing Tim Beckman to keeping Matt Bollant to hiring Lovie Smith, the administration has had quite the year. In November, former athletic director Mike Thomas was fired, only to be replaced in February by Josh Whitman. The administration handled multiple investigations and lawsuits, ultimately settling for $375,000 with the women’s basketball players and $250,000 with Beckman.
Administration — C
The University was put in a weird situation this year, as the forced resignations in the fall put the campus on alert and gained lots of attention. Some students may think poorly of the administration after the events of last semester. Not only that, but all of the major positional changes made the University look bad in the public media and national eye, earning the campus the nickname the College of Interims. It was a frustrating year for students and the administration alike, and much of that frustration came to the surface because of constant administrative issues.
Clean-up — B The administration handled the striking of some of the nontenure track faculty well. Classes were hardly disrupted and an agreement was reached with relative ease. Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson made a quality hire in Josh Whitman as athletic director, and has made other successful changes as well in her time. Her agenda seemed to be mired in scandal though. It’s difficult, having to play the cleanup crew with Massmails after various racial and insensitive events occurred on campus, but we think Wilson and the rest of the administration did a relatively admirable job. Proactivity — C+ There were no major interruptions for the student body this year. Classes continued on as normal, and the University did an adequate job of upkeep. The timeline for hiring a new chancellor and provost does seem to be taking a long time, but we want the administration to take their time and pick the absolute best candidate for the job. The only major problem is the College of Medicine opening was pushed back a year. On the whole, the University could have done more during this school year, but the delays of a few of their plans were understandable.
Students — C
Some of our students have made exceptional strides this year to better our campus, community and world. Some have furthered their educations and had a little fun at the same time. And others have taken a step in the wrong direction. The actions of groups such as the Illini White Student Union and those who chalked anti-Hispanic messages on the Quad, embody that wrong step. Admittedly, our own staff took a step in that direction in October with the accidental printing of a racist cartoon. This is still something we regret and hope other students who have contributed to the same harm feel that regret too. When we average out the hard work, determination and good heartedness of the majority of our student body with the embarrassing actions of a smaller population of students, we found that the student body earned a solid C. Cs get degrees, but next year we hope our Illini earn University Honors. Controversy — CIn terms of controversy, the student population is barely passing. This year, the University has dealt with several controversial issues regarding racism and sexism. To the public, the actions of around 200 students have become the actions of the overall student body. While these issues are not an accurate representation of the University, they reflect poorly on the school. Political Awareness/Activism — B+ This year, students actively voiced their opinions on the running presidential candidates. University RSOs passionately campaigned for their candidates across campus and voter turnout for the Illinois primaries saw record-breaking numbers.Overall, many students were very politically involved; however, participation for the college student demographic is still low. While the University is on the right track to becoming more politically educated, there is always room for improvement.
You gain more in college than just a degree ALEX COCANIG Opinions columnist
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he end of the school year is a hectic time for everyone. Between studying for exams, finalizing next year’s classes and making living arrangements, it’s easy to get distracted by the allure of summer, which begins at the end of this week.. Summer is also significant for those of us who will be graduating and not returning to campus in the fall. It’s a stepping stone in our lives where we will decide our future plans, whether they be attending even higher education, entering the workforce or for increasingly more students, taking time to figure things out. With all the possibilities that lay ahead, it’s important to reflect on our own college experiences. As a transfer student who came in as a junior, my four semesters at the University seemed to fly by, but it was nonetheless important, fun and undoubtedly a learning experience for me, both inside and outside the classroom. While the material we learn for our majors in class is unquestionably important, as well as the sole reason for even going to college, I’d like to dwell on those learned experiences outside the classroom, that as a graduating senior, I feel greatly supplemented my experience here and taught me things that I wouldn’t have otherwise learned in lecture. Being the first of my immediate family to attend a university, my parents and I worked tirelessly to get all the logistical issues that come with going away to college figured out. Experiences such as searching for an ideal (and affordable) apartment, learning the campus and its surrounding area, as well as the bus system, and even little things like cooking and budgeting my time were all of utmost importance in making my time at the University a success. Professors won’t tell you how to properly shop for food, how to socially
adapt in a new place or even how to pay a utility bill. Instead, these very real tasks are something that a college student takes away from his or her experience here, in addition to an academic education. I can distinctly remember the beginning of my first few days down here. My parents had just finished moving me into an apartment and I was so excited to start my life as a student. I greatly looked forward to the lack of parental oversight and the ability to govern my time as I saw fit, without having to answer to anyone except myself and, to a lesser extent, my roommates. At first it was a very liberating experience, but as classes began to pick up, I realized that my responsibilities had not by any means been left at my suburban home 100 miles away like I thought. Rather, they took new shapes in the forms of studying, writing papers and doing assigned readings. In addition to being in the most difficult and time-consuming classes I had ever experienced as a student, responsibilities outside the classroom seemed to keep piling up. The pressure to find a job, get socially involved, keep up with things at home and stay physically active all while striving for the best grades possible are challenges a newly freespirited college student like myself didn’t seem to anticipate until actually faced with them. If I had not come here in the fall of 2014, I certainly wouldn’t know all the academic knowledge that I have since acquired, but I also might not have learned how to cook for myself daily or how to find and move into my own living quarters, among countless other things that came up on a daily basis. It is the combination of all these responsibilities and learning how to deal with them effectively and beneficially that, in my opinion, go handin-hand with an earned degree to achieve success in life after college.
Alex is a senior in LAS. cocanig2@dailyillini.com
ALMA APPROVED SANDERS’ SUCCESS SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH VOTE
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGALIZED
The Democratic Party has embodied the stability of a 200-year-old oak tree compared to its adversaries in the GOP this year. Still, the contentious race for the nomination between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders has provided plenty of entertainment in its own right. With young, primarily white supporters fervently declaring their feelings of “the Bern,” Sanders was able to make a race out of what first appeared to be a shoo-in victory for Clinton. Though things now look more than grim for Sanders’ chances of winning the nomination, the youth movement in favor of extremely liberal ideologies could have a major impact on the politics of tomorrow, should young voters remain engaged in congressional elections over the next decade.
Before the school year even began, a massive historical undertaking took place as same-sex marriage was finally legalized June 26, 2015. Certainly, this was a huge victory for Americans who were in same-sex relationships and hoping to get married. This was also a significant step in the right direction when it comes to equality in America. Freedom is the United States’ claim to fame, and with this new law, that can become more of a reality for all Americans. With all the disturbing amount of animosity in our country toward homosexual people in the past, and even now, it is a good reminder that while there is still a lot of work to do, we at least seem to be moving forward.
DI DENIED OVERSEAS TERROR ATTACKS
DONALD TRUMP AS PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
This school year was nearly bookended by two massive terror attacks overseas: in Paris during the fall and Brussels this spring. Thankfully, no University students abroad were harmed in either attack. Still, these acts of terrorism, and particularly other shootings on American soil, such as those in Kalamazoo, Michigan or Roseburg, Oregon, made gun violence a central topic of public discourse in 2015 and 2016. It’s a debate unlikely to end anytime soon, but one that must continue to be addressed moving forward as thousands of Americans continue to die each year at the hand of legally purchased weapons. Avoiding meaningful discussions about gun violence with excuses about families needing time to grieve must stop — it’s time to change the way we view possession of weapons and make significant strides toward amending the right to bear arms.
This past political year has been one for the books, with more shocking and horrifying things happening than anyone could have ever predicted. When Donald Trump announced that he was running for president back in June, few thought he was 100 percent serious, or that he would even make it past the winter. But with Ted Cruz and John Kasich officially conceding this week, it appears the American people are faced with the bleak reality that Trump will be the Republican nominee for president. With his racist and sexist slurs, violence at his rallies and his overall arrogant demeanor, it almost seems like some sort of mistake was made that let Trump make it this far. Though he currently trails Hillary Clinton in most nationwide pools, the future of America doesn’t look all that “great” with Trump as the nominee for a major political party.
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WORLDS group,” she said. “But if it’s hearing, I get lost. What am I going to learn from that? With deaf people I can sign. I don’t get lost.”
A language barrier There’s one subject that Guadalupe doesn’t have to worry about struggling in. In Susan Minnye Dramin Weiss’ American Sign Language classes, Guadalupe can practice what she once considered her secret language. “Everybody is so enthusiastic about communicating with her and they’re talking, and so I have to get everybody to stop when I’m starting to teach, but everybody wants to sit with her,” Dramin Weiss said. Guadalupe wishes more people could sign with her at the University. Amber Davis, a graduate student clinician and a teacher's assistant for Language and Culture of Deaf Communities, or SHS 222, believes Guadalupe's involvement in the deaf and hearing world is one that many students with hearing loss face. “I don't want to put any words in her mouth or speak for her and her situation, but just generally for kids with hearing loss, especially at this transitional identity age, it really is a point where they recognize there's a line,” she said. Though she can understand hearing people in a one-on-one setting, it’s especially difficult for Guadalupe to communicate in a group. The most frustrating instance for her is when she observes a group of people laughing, and she’s not sure why. “I would ask my friend why they’re laughing and they’ll tell me or sometimes they’ll tell me ‘I’ll tell you later,’ which I don’t like because sometimes I would ask them later and they’ll be like ‘Oh I forgot.’ It’s not fun,” she said. Despite her frustrations, Guadalupe never asks those around her to repeat themselves. “I guess I’m afraid to ask. I don’t want them to think I’m annoying. And I don’t want to waste their time, too.”
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world, there’s another culture that’s thriving specifically because all of the individuals who belong to it have a hearing loss. “You have a whole hearing society that’s labeling it as a disability, that’s referring to it as a hearing impairment, a hearing loss, kind of these more negative terms, but then you go to the deaf culture, and they have no loss, they have no impairment,” said Kristen Anderson, a master’s student in speech language pathology and a T.A. for SHS 222. “It would just be like if people spoke Spanish. I would never go to Mexico and say you’re disabled because I don’t speak the same language.” In SHS 222, students learn that those with a hearing loss can identify with a lowercase “d” or a capital “D.” A lowercase “d” simply refers to an individual who is deaf, but an uppercase “D” identifies that person as a member of the deaf community. For a capital “D” deaf person, being deaf is a source of pride. The capital “D” also indicates that the person will engage in community and social events. However, in order to receive an interpreter and a note taker in the classroom, a person must accept deafness as a disability. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, there are 13 disabilities that qualify a student for accommodations. “It’s counterintuitive with the culture,” Anderson said. And for Dramin Weiss, deafness is not a disability. “A long time ago, people didn’t know anything about deaf culture and they would look down on me,” she said. “I’ve had to insist, look at me, look at me straight in the eye and insist on that respect. And to teach them that we are all the same in every single way except our ears.” Though Dramin Weiss doesn’t see it as often anymore, lack of awareness often results in people asking her how she drives, restaurant waiters bringing her menus in braille and even individuals throwing things at her to get her attention. “They all of a sudden think, ‘How am I going to communicate?’ I don’t know, maybe they think I’m an idiot because I’m deaf …they feel dumb because they don’t know sign language.”
Finding the balance Guadalupe’s sister, Mel-
Majors and degree programs in Deaf/Hearing Impaired Education across the U.S.
SOURCE: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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Hearing Loss in the U.S. - More than 90 percent of deaf children are born to hearing parents. - Approximately 15 percent of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing. SOURCE: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
anie, is learning sign language at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church, a deaf church in Chicago. It’s the same church were Guadalupe has worked since she was 15 years old, serving coffee and doughnuts to church dwellers. “Everyone signs when they are there, sometimes they’ll have an interpreter for voicing,” Guadalupe said. “Hearing people go, too — those that know sign language. Some students come to observe, sometimes they try to sign with deaf people.” In the summer of 2014, Guadalupe participated in Miss & Mister Deaf International, a competition that honors both deaf women and men. She traveled to Reading, England, performed a dance to “Party in the U.S.A” by Miley Cyrus and became friends with deaf individuals from all around the world. Though Guadalupe engages in the deaf culture community, she still feels like she doesn’t have the same pride that a capital “D” person would have. “I think she was already in high school, but she came home crying and saying she didn’t want to go to school, and I was like ‘No no no, you don’t just let anybody push you down like that,’” Guerrero said. Jessica Bustamante, Guadalupe’s friend and a senior in LAS, didn’t even realize she was hard of hearing at first. “I think some people might not want to make the effort to get to know her, because they might see it like they won’t be able to communicate with her, but that shouldn’t stop them,” Bustamante said. “Because that’s never really been an issue with me or other people I see her around.” One day, Guadalupe hopes to work in the hearing world. She could see herself working for an adoption agency in a ministry. “I want her to go all the way. I want her to get her career,” Guerrero said. But Guadalupe is still figuring her future out. “I like this school. It has good education, good reputation. And I have some friends here, too. That’s the only part I don’t regret about being here,” she said. “I thought maybe because it’s my first year I’m not used to it. So, I’m giving myself more time to see what I can do.” features@dailyillini.com
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HOME I called (the Urbana Police Department) and they were fine with us doing it. They also stopped by to check in on us.” Robbins considered it “good community policy” to protect CIMIC and its members. “Everybody who entered the mosque stopped and thanked me for being there,” she said. In the end, there were no incidents of aggression that day. Jassim feels the local Muslim community has grown and feels at home in Champaign-Urbana because of an overall welcoming and accepting environment — by and large due to the University’s influence. “I think it’s because the community is educated, which implies the students being educated, too,” Jassim said. “We’re also close to bigger cities, like Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis. We’re like a magnet from all those places.” Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing said local attitudes of acceptance stem from the fact that this is an international community that sees people as individuals and respects different viewpoints. “We welcome people. We respect different religions, different political views, different races,” she said. She commended the Muslim community’s engagement with the larger local community, namely after 9/11 when it held a reception to condemn the attacks. Prussing said attendees understood the tragic events of that day were not an act of Islam, but rather the terrible actions of individuals. She also praised the efforts of local Muslims to establish Avicenna Community Health Center, a free, nonprofit clinic in Champaign for the uninsured or underinsured. Prussing said the city tries to ensure all parts of the community are represented on local boards and commissions in order to get as much involvement from different groups as possible. She noted that Urbana has at least one Muslim person on its human relations commission. From the Muslim community’s earliest days, numerous groups in Champaign-Urbana welcomed and supported its endeavor to establish a safe space to worship. Before there was a mosque, Muslims prayed in various locations, including the Illini Union and a “Muslim house” on Goodwin and Green, which featured apartment units upstairs and a small prayer area on the lower level. Services later took place at the University YMCA and the McKinley Foundation. Steve Shoemaker is a former pastor and executive director at McKinley Church and Foundation and
former executive director at the University YMCA. He immediately forged a connection with area Muslims when he returned to C-U in 1981 to begin working at McKinley after having served as a campus pastor in North Carolina. “I was delighted to find out the local Muslim community was having their Friday prayers (at McKinely),” he said. “I got to know some of the leaders of the group. The McKinley Foundation has this huge room on the second floor where there was plenty of room to put up prayer rugs.” The early ‘80s were a difficult time for Muslims in the U.S. because of the Iran hostage crisis. A group of Iranian students held more than 60 Americans hostage for over a year. Spiteful sentiments arising from the crisis were often extended to American-Muslims as a whole. But that only led Shoemaker to be even more welcoming. Presby Hall and the McKinley Foundation became places where Muslims could regularly meet, pray and eat on campus. But Shoemaker’s outreach didn’t come without skepticism. He once got called by the FBI and was questioned about his involvement with the Muslim community. “They said, ‘What are you doing having all these Muslims here?’ I said, ‘We’re welcoming them and giving students a chance to talk to one another about important issues.’” Shoemaker said the motivation behind his support of the Muslim community is simple: It’s a religious duty. “I have always believed, as a Christian, that we are to be hospitable and welcoming to strangers. And like I told the FBI, we’re even supposed to love our enemies — I didn’t consider local Muslim students enemies, but the FBI clearly did,” Shoemaker laughed. The early ‘80s certainly wouldn’t be the last time Muslim-Americans were the targets of suspicion. When local community members expressed that they felt uneasy about attending prayers at the mosque after 9/11, Shoemaker opened up the YMCA to them. “It turned out not to be necessary because there was no local violence,” he said. “There were other Christian groups and Jewish groups who came out publicly in support of the fact that (9/11) was a small minority, a radical group — that it wasn’t an action by international Islam for sure. I know that was appreciated by the mosque.” Muhammad Abdullah, a Champaign resident who converted to Islam from Christianity in 1972, felt the community was even more supportive of Muslims after 9/11. “There were efforts on the part of officials at the University and church organizations to reach out to Muslims
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and make them feel welcome in this community,” Abdullah said. Sameha Martini, junior in LAS, is from Orland Park, a southwest suburb of Chicago. She went to school in the nearby suburb of Bridgeview, which has a large Arab-Muslim presence. Martini said although people there are more exposed to Muslims than they are in C-U, she doesn’t necessarily notice a difference in attitude between the two communities. She hasn’t felt threatened on the University’s campus because of her religion or the headscarf she wears to represent it. “But at the same time, I feel like that is also just my naiveté, because the reality of it is Muslim college-age youth have been targeted; it’s not that far-fetched for something like that to potentially happen to me,” Martini said. Nationwide Islamophobia and negative media portrayals of Muslims have contributed to her unease. “It’s not that I’ve had tons of negative experiences, it’s just that I have to keep my guard up because anything could happen at any given time,” she said. Abdullah believes challenges of acceptance can be overcome if Muslim communities increase their political and social involvement. “We see some rhetoric that is kind of hostile and intimidating. America’s changing, and some people are upset about that. They don’t feel they’re in control anymore; they feel like they’re losing the America that they know. The anxiety has caused them to speak in hostile tones,” Abdullah said. But he feels these voices make up only a small percentage of the national dialogue. And he certainly hasn’t felt their negative effects here. “I think the ChampaignUrbana community has reached out to us, but I don’t think we have in turn helped to build those relationships,” Abdullah said. “The more we build stronger bonds, those (hostile) voices, they almost have no effect because other organizations will speak up for us. Every local Muslim community has to do its part.” There have been a few isolated incidents of aggression toward CIMIC, but no significant harm has ever been done. “We get threats once in a while by mail or email,” Jassim said. “People have thrown eggs at the wall.” But Jassim said the FBI and local law enforcement have always helped to protect the mosque. Shoemaker believes the cure to discrimination is increasing understanding by talking and listening to one another. “There’s so much fear and prejudice that has to be overcome,” he said. features@dailyillini.com
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Editors Note: These stories were published earlier in the school year.
In between worlds
The story of UI's only deaf student BY ALICE SMELYANSKY
LAS, has far fewer people to speak her secret language Guadalupe Pineda with. She is the only deaf stugrew up speaking two dent on a campus of approxlanguages — English imately 40,000, and not too and a secret one. many other students are Her secret language familiar with English sign isn’t exactly a mystery language. for others to solve. In Just how she speaks two fact, there are roughly 70 first languages, Guadalupe million people who speak lives on the border of two it as a first language or worlds. mother tongue. In the hearing world, she But at the Uni- communicates with her versity, Gua- mother and eight-year-old dalupe, a sister, her friends at the Unij u n i o r versity who don’t sign and i n the majority of people who she encounters on a day-today basis. In the deaf world, she speaks in her secret language with friends, works at a deaf church in Chicago and competes in Miss & Mister Deaf International. She knew coming to a hearing school would be difficult, but she didn’t expect it to be this difficult. “I thought I was going to graduate here and not worry about the chalLILY KATZ THE DAILY ILLINI lenges,” she said. Junior Guadalupe Pineda, the only deaf student on campus who chooses not to use cochlear “But now, I’m worried about the implants, sits on the Main Quad. FORMER FEATURES EDITOR
challenges and if I’m willing to take the risk, too.” The small battery-operated molds in her ears are her survival kit. Without her hearing aids, Guadalupe couldn't live in both worlds.
Adapting in a hearing world When she was 18 months old, Guadalupe received her first pair of hearing aids. “I remember I took her for the first time to Mexico and before we left, I started noticing she would take (the hearing aids) off and throw them on the floor because she was not used to hearing anything loud,” Hortencia Guerrero, Guadalupe’s mother, said. “So I’m like ‘Wow, these hearing aids are going to have to stay here, because the last thing I need is her to lose them there.’” Guadalupe gradually adjusted to the hearing aids, though she admits she used to take them off as a child so she wouldn’t hear her mother’s voice yelling at her when they argued. Around first grade, Guadalupe learned sign language in school. Her hometowns changed throughout the Chicagoland
area to ensure she could go to a school with a program for deaf students. For high school, Guadalupe took a 45-minute bus ride to Hinsdale South High School, the closest, and best, school that offered the services she needed. It was only when Guadalupe was in middle school did she and her mother discover Illinois School for the Deaf, the only school in Illinois to provide residential programming for students who are hard of hearing or deaf. Though she later attended summer camp at the school in Jacksonville, Illinois, her mother didn’t want her at a school where she would only see her on the weekends. “How can parents just come and leave their 5-yearold there?” Guerrero questioned. “And not see her for the whole week or maybe two weeks?” But when Guadalupe attended high school, she was one of 85 deaf students at Hinsdale South. It was the perfect scenario for her — a mainstream education with a deaf program. And she misses it. “I am better in a (study)
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Making a home in C-U
The Muslim experience in Central Illinois BY ABRAR AL-HEETI FORMER SUPPLEMENTS EDITOR
Editor’s note: The author of this story is an active member of the Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center, and has professional relationships with the sources contacted. We felt the need to be transparent with the context surrounding this piece. To read the author’s experiences writing this story, visit dailyillini.com. The red metal door subtly squeaks as hundreds of congregants flow in and out. In the foyer, the shelves are packed with shoes. Pink light-up sneakers are stacked next to brown leather men’s boots. Additional shoes lay on the tile floor covered with rubber mats. Backpacks and purses line the entryway past the foyer as students stream in for weekly services between classes, doctors come clad in scrubs during their lunch breaks and local restaurant owners take a break from business to spend an hour in worship. It’s a typical Friday scene at the Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center. Every person lining the dark blue rows of carpet in the prayer hall is more than just a member of the Urbana mosque. They are the law-
yers, engineers, businessmen, professors, bus drivers, secretaries, accountants, mothers and teachers of the community. It’s easy to overlook the beige, gated mosque sandwiched between apartment complexes and a gas station on Lincoln and Springfield avenues. Across the street, a rising new apartment structure sits on the former site of a few old houses, reflecting a growing city. But the Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center, or CIMIC, is growing, too. The Friday congregation, which numbers at around 300 people, can no longer fit inside the prayer hall. Many people sit in the surrounding multipurpose area to listen to the sermon. A second prayer service was added a few years ago to help solve the problem, and an expansion project involving the construction of an annex across the street is in the works. When Waleed Jassim, Champaign resident and longtime Muslim community leader, moved here in 1974, around 27 people attended the Friday prayers. “We knew (early on) the community would grow, but we never knew it would be this big,” Jassim said. The Muslim communi-
ty’s expansion is happening amidst national battles on issues of race, religion and acceptance in a post-9/11 world. Political rhetoric in the age of Donald Trump, who called on banning Muslims from entering the U.S., has been hostile and has frequently pinned Muslims as the enemy. The FBI reported 154 anti-Muslim hate crime incidents in 2014, up from 135 incidents in 2013. And in October, groups with anti-Muslim views led a nationwide day of protests against members of the religion. Even in cities where there wasn’t any scheduled activity, such as in Champaign-Urbana, Muslims felt uneasy and worried about what might happen. But local law enforcement stepped in to protect the community. University of Illinois Police Department Sergeant Barb Robbins and another officer donated their time to guard each of the mosque’s entrances that day as congregants attended the Friday prayers. “The mosque was uneasy about current events, (and) you don’t want people going to the mosque and feeling something bad can happen,” Robbins said. “Technically, the mosque is in Urbana, but
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FOOTBALL
Spring ball promises new era BY JOEY FIGUEROA STAFF WRITER
It’s not often that spring practices overshadow the football season that precedes them. But for Illinois football this year, such was the case. The hiring of Lovie Smith as the third head football coach within two years has been the big story on campus, and the starstudded
coaching staff Smith brought along with him has given the football program a much needed breath of fresh air. “We have high goals,” Smith said at the coaching staff’s introductory press conference. “When people leave the stadium, we’d just like for them to talk about how hard we play, the discipline we have as a football team and talk about that win.” Former head coach Tim Beckman’s fi ring left a cloud over the team, and his incumbent, Bill Cubit, led a forgettable, non-bowl 2015 season. On the field, Illinois looked like a better team than years past early last season, but we failed to maintain that look throughout the year. The Illini fi nished with a 5-7 overall record and a 2- 6 mark in the Big Ten, with wins against Nebrask a a nd Purdue. Illinois notched its fi rst win against the Cornhuskers since 1924 in a lastminute drive that was capped off by a Geronimo Allison touchdown grab with just 10 seconds remaining. The 14-13 victory was the highlight of a down season. A lt hough C ubit signed a deal to stay on as the permanent head coach, it was clear that keeping remnants of Beckman’s coaching staff wouldn't allow for the program to move forward. Illinois needed a change. New athletic director Josh Whitman realized this and made that change, agreeing to terms with Smith before the new AD barely had a chance to set-
tle into his office. The excitement was high from the outset. “This brings a level of stability and enthusiasm to a football team that needs it,” Whitman said before formally introducing Smith. “For our team to respond to seeing Lovie Smith walk through the door for the first time — as long as I do this, I’ll never forget the feeling in that room, the excitement in the air, the smiles on those guys’ faces.” Smith brought with him a hand-picked coaching staff full of experience at both the pro and collegiate level, highlighted by offensive coordinator Garrick McGee and defensive coordinator Hardy Nickerson. With all the new pieces in place, spring practices had an entirely new feel to them despite the roster being relatively the same. Thousands of fans piled into Memorial Stadium on April 18 for the only opento-public practice. Although the majority of the practice featured second- and thirdstringers playing a simulated game, a steady buzz remained throughout the stands. At the conclusion of the practice, fans mobbed Smith near the goal line for photos and autographs — the newest face of Illinois football had certainly arrived. But the news isn't all good for the Illini. Illinois suffered two major injuries on the offensive end during spring ball. After just one practice, former all-Big Ten receiver Mike Dudek tore his ACL once again and will miss his second consecutive full season. Projected backup running back Dre Brown also suffered his second straight ACL tear, leaving the backfield depth chart wide open after Ke’Shawn Vaughn. Without Dudek and Brown, the Illini offense will be missing two key
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Illinois’s head coach Mike Small tees off from the first hole during a team practice at the Stone Creek Golf Club in Urbana on April 18, 2012.
Small works behind the scenes to achieve big wins STAFF WRITER
In Mike Small’s 16 years coaching the Illinois men’s golf team, the team has won seven Big Ten titles and seemingly everything else at least once. As a result, Illinois needed to add a few more trophy cases in the Demirjian Golf Practice Facility since he started. While the Big Ten tournament titles still remain
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Guard Malcolm Hill drives to the basket during the game against Notre Dame at the State Farm Center on Dec. 2.
Depleted, injured Illini finish 15-19 BY ELI SCHWADRON STAFF WRITER
Illinois basketball (1519, 12th in Big Ten) experienced many injuries and off-the-court issues this season. The first blow occurred when point guard Tracy Abrams tore his achilles tendon in July, forcing him to sit out the entire season for the second-straight year. Two other would-be starters had season-ending surgeries shortly thereafter: center Mike Thorne Jr. and power forward Leron Black played in just eight games apiece before both went down with torn menisci. Kendrick Nunn (broken thumb, five games), Jaylon Tate (dislocated pinky fi nger, four games), Khalid Lewis (mumps, two games) and Michael Finke (knee contusion, one game) also missed considerable time. Then, Black, Nunn and Tate were arrested for various off-court issues in the span
of one month from midFebruary to mid-March. Their legal proceedings are ongoing. On the court, Illinois appeared out of sync and unable to run a clean, cohesive offensive system. Ball movement stalled in the team’s half-court sets, often resulting in contested, longdistance jumpers. However, the depledted, injured Illini displayed resilience and execution in wins over then-No. 20 Purdue on Jan. 10 and then-No. 20 Iowa in the second round of the Big Ten tournament. A triple overtime win over Rutgers on Feb. 3 was the most exciting game in an otherwise down season for Illinois basketball. The Illini lacked the talent and execution to compete in a stacked Big Ten. Illinois’ season came to an end in an 89-58 loss to Purdue in the third round of the conference tournament.
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playmakers. However, senior receiver Justin Hardee returns to the action after missing all of last season and quarterback Wes Lunt will head into his fi nal season with a new, dynamic offense. McGee said he’s been spoon-feeding the playbook to the offensive players and has been impressed with how quickly they’re picking up the new system. “Everything seems like it’s falling into place,” senior tight end Andrew Davis said. “At fi rst, it was pretty overwhelming with everything that happened, but it’s just football. Everyone’s coming together really well.” On the defensive side, Nickerson has proved his worth without even calling a play. At the end of April, Nickerson’s son, Hardy Nickerson, Jr. decided to transfer to Illinois from Cal for his fi nal season. Last season’s third-leading tackler in the PAC 12 will be immediately eligible and bring stability as the leader of an otherwise inexperienced linebacking crew. With the Illini defensive line and secondary boasting experience, Smith could very well be at the helm of another solid defensive unit. With the late start to spring practices, Smith and his staff also had a late start to recruiting. The focus has shifted to adding future talent, though, and began with two in-state receiver recruits, Ricky Smalling and Kendall Smith. From name recognition alone, Smith is likely to have made a big impact in recruiting talent to rebuild Illinois’ reputation in the Big Ten. “They’re all watching and listening to what’s going on here with Illinois football,” Smith said. “Now it’s left to us to keep that momentum going.”
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above a mantle and under a TV in the practice facility, there’s one title that has not yet found a home in any of Illinois’ trophy cases at the facility: the NCAA title trophy. The Illini fi nished tied for fi fth in the NCAA tournament last year, tied for third the year before and placed second in 2013. “We will make a spot (for the trophy),” Small said. “There is a designated spot
once it comes.” Small has helped Illinois through some of the worst times of the season and he’s followed that up by coaching the team to some of their best performances of the year. The fi rst instance came in the middle of the spring season when Illinois tied for eighth and fi fth at twostraight tournaments.
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Illinois's Isaiah Martinez (right( starting off strong against Penn State's Jason Nolf during the wrestling match vs. Penn State at Huff Hall on Jan. 23.
Martinez wins back-to-back national championships BY ALEX WALLNER STAFF WRITER
Entering his sophomore campaign, Illinois wrestler Isaiah Martinez was one-fourth of the way done with the goal he set coming into college: go undefeated and win four national championships. But on Jan. 23, one part of Martinez’s could no longer be accomplished. The date marked the soonto-be two-time NCAA cham-
pion’s first collegiate loss, as the predecessor, Penn State’s Jason Nolf, spoiled Martinez’s reign. The two grapplers stood face-to-face on the mat at Huff Hall as a 157 pound bout commenced between then-No. 1 (Martinez) and the then-No. 3 (Nolf). Both men came into the match undefeated and only one came out victorious. Nolf worked around Martinez’s shots throughout the
entire match and countered some of his attacks in the process to eventually take control of the match as it entered the second period. In the second period, Nolf still continued his attacks and found himself in complete control and would end the match by pinning Martinez to the mat at the four minute, 56 second mark of the bout.
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Student-athlete crime: Arrests plagued three Illini athletic programs in 2015-16 BY ALEX ROUX STAFF WRITER
The majority of Illinois student-athletes made headlines for the right reasons in 2015-16, but six arrests stained several Illini athletic programs in the last year. Four members of the Illini men’s basketball team — one third of head coach John Groce’s allotment of scholarship players – were arrested over a seven-month span, three of whom were
accused of violent crimes. Junior forward Darius Paul was arrested on the team’s summer European trip on Aug. 15 for public intoxication, vandalism and resisting arrest in Deauville, France. It was Paul’s second alcohol-related arrest as a member of the basketball program, and it was reported that he was damaging luxury cars in the French tourist town before he was apprehended. Paul
was sent home early from France and was dismissed from the team Aug. 21. Sophomore forward Leron Black was arrested Feb. 19 following an altercation with a Canopy Club security guard at a Lil Durk concert in Urbana. Black allegedly threatened a bouncer with a knife, but pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault. In April, Black pleaded down to a misdemeanor charge
of aggravated assault and was sentenced to 12 months of conditional discharge after being accepted into a diversionary program. He remains suspended indefi nitely from team activities. Junior guard Jaylon Tate was arrested three weeks later on March 12 on domestic battery charges. Tate pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his trial is set for June 7. He remains suspended indefi nitely from
team activities. Junior guard Kendrick Nunn was arrested on domestic battery charges on March 17, just five days after Tate was booked for a similar crime. Nunn is accused of pushing and striking a female victim in the back of the head during an altercation at her apartment. Nunn pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his attorney is hopeful the case will be resolved before
it reaches a jury trial. Nunn’s next court appearance is scheduled for May 18, and he remains suspended indefi nitely from team activities. The school’s other revenue-generating sport wasn’t spared from the police blotter. Illini football player Julian Jones was arrested following an October incident in Georgia and was sus-
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Transfers cap off worst season with Bollant BY DANIEL DEXTER STAFF WRITER
The Illinois women’s basketball team finished another disappointing season under fourth-year head coach Matt Bollant. The Illini (9-21, 2-16 Big Ten) struggled to get anything going in Big Ten play, and as a result, ended their season in last place in the conference. The team’s 9-21 record is tied for the worst during Bollant’s time at Illinois. The team’s only two conference wins came against a similarly deficient Wisconsin team.
The team was depleted from the start because of transfers before the season and injuries to key players: forward Simone Law and guard Cierra Rice. Because of the lack of depth, the team brought on senior Alexis Viliunas, a former member of the Illinois volleyball team. Despite the struggles, Bollant maintained an optimistic attitude throughout the season and praised the work his players put in. “A lot of coaches, when they go through struggles, would be anxious to get the year done, and I didn’t
feel that way at all,” Bollant said after the season. “I was hoping we could make a run (at the Big Ten Tournament) because I wanted to be around for our players some more because they’ve made it easy to coach and love who they are and just how they carried themselves throughout the year.” The team relied heavily on center Chatrice White to carry the offensive load. The sophomore led the team in points and rebounds with 18.4 and 9.3 respectively. She was tenth in the conference in points per game and sev-
enth in rebounds per game, which earned her a secondteam All-Big Ten selection. Unfortunately for the Illini, White decided after the season that she will transfer schools. She will be the second Illini to announce her intention to transfer, joining Brooke Kissinger. Kissinger will attend Creighton in the fall. The team will also lose four players to graduation, including guard Kyley Simmons. Simmons was the starting point guard in all 30 games for Illinois, and commended her coaches
for continuing to push the team through the season’s hardships. “There’s not going to be anything like it in life,” Simmons said after the season. “To be blessed to play for amazing coaches who come to the gym with a smile on their face the next day no matter what that’s what has made this year doable for me and has made me realize that even though in life, things aren’t going to go your way, you’re just going to have to fight through them.” The Illini will be adding several talented prospects
to the team next season. Guard Peca Holesinska, a Czech Republic native, and forward Ali Andrews, a fourstar talent, will be among the Illini joining the team next season. The two players are expected to add much needed scoring threats to the team. Bollant will be looking to push his team out from the bottom of the Big Ten in what is likely to be a makeor-break 2016-2017 season for him. dadexte2@dailyillini.com
MEN’S TENNIS
No place like home heading into NCAA tournament BY ALEX WALLNER STAFF WRITER
Editor’s Note: At the time of publication, men’s tennis was still in its regular season. After a match against Michigan two weeks ago at Atkins Tennis Center, the Illinois men’s tennis team celebrated its two seniors on the team, but one player didn’t feel like that match would be the last at the complex. Jared Hiltzik said he felt that he and his team would host a regional site. On May 3, Hiltzik and his teammates found out their NCAA Tournament fate and the result was one that was expected: The Illini will be back at Atkins Tennis Center on May 13, as they are one of 16 teams in the country to host regional matches. No. 15 Illinois will battle Western Michigan that Friday at the outdoor complex of the Atkins Tennis Center
for the second-consecutive season. Western Michigan comes into town as the No. 4 seed in Illinois’ regional. Sophomore Aleks Vukic said that the environment at Atkins Tennis Center is one aspect that is seemingly always in the Illini’s court. “The passion that everyone in Champaign has for us is unreal, and it resonates when we play,” Vukic said. “The players feed off that, and I’m looking forward to it.” Illinois went 11-2 at home over the course of the regular season and have only lost three home matches in the last two seasons combined. The Illini finished the 2015-2016 regular season with 19 wins with an 8-3 conference mark. The team finished at .500 away from Atkins Tennis Center. Illinois’ only two defeats at home during the regular season came against No. 5 TCU and No. 14 Texas A&M. Despite the 10 losses, the Illini did have their share
of marquee wins over the season. The first one came against the now-No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers in February. Illinois won that match 4-3. With wins over South Florida and Baylor early in the season, the Illini ended the nonconference season with wins over high-profile teams and held their own in the matches they lost. Entering the Big Ten season, the Illini had a target on their back as the defending conference and tournament champions. Illinois started off with a tough road match against Northwestern, who ended up with the best season in their program’s history. The Illini lost 4-3, but followed that up with a sweep of Indiana in their second Big Ten match of the season. A win against the Hoosiers marked what would be a nine-match winning streak for the Illini, eight of those matches being in the conference.
During the winning streak for Illinois, the team would go on to sweep six-straight opponents. Nebraska ended the string of sweeps for the Illini, as the Cornhuskers took the doubles point. After going 2-2 to end the season, the Illini were looking to repeat last season’s Big Ten Tournament magic and repeat as tournament champions. Illinois won back-to-back matches and avenged losses against Penn State and Northwestern to advance to the Big Ten Tournament finals against top-seed Ohio State. After losing the doubles point, the Illini tied the match up, as sophomore Aron Hiltzik became the only man to defeat an Ohio State player during the course of its season. Now entering the NCAA Tournament, the Illini are riding momentum and have the first two rounds of the regional tournament at home with a chance to go
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Illinois’ Jared Hiltzik celebrates after winning his doubles match against Wisconsin at the Atkins Tennis Center on April 3. to the Sweet Sixteen on the line. A win over Western Michigan would put the Illini into the round of 32, where they would take on the winner of No. 22 Mississippi State and Memphis. Head coach Brad Dancer
said that playing in front of the home crowd is the only thing that matters to him and his team and is what they are really looking forward to doing. awallne2@dailyillini.com @AWallner93
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Interim coach Clark leads team to 15-win season BY TIM GRIFFIN STAFF WRITER
The Illinois women’s tennis team ended its season in a Big Ten Tournament semifinals loss against highly-ranked Ohio State in East Lansing,
Michigan. But despite their season ending early, the Illini still finished with an impressive spring record. After parting ways with longtime head coach Michelle
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Illinois’ Louise Kwong attempts to return the ball during the meet against DePaul at Atkins Tennis Center on Feb. 19..
Dasso, the Illini put assistant coach Evan Clark as the interim head coach. It did not take long for Clark to make improvements for the Illini, helping them finish the regular season with a 15-9 overall record, one win better than last year’s record. This marked one of the Illini’s best regular seasons in recent history, as Illinois hadn’t hit the 15-win mark since 2012. The Illini also finished with the Big Ten at 8-3. This gave the Illini the fourth seed in the Big Ten Tournament. To add on to their stellar spring, the Illini had a strong 8-3 home record and never got bounced out of the ITA
rankings. Although the Illini finished well, their start to the season was relatively inconsistent. Illinois started the year by downing two easy opponents, IUPUI and Eastern Illinois. The Illini’s first challenge came against Texas Tech, when they were reunited with former Illini standout Melissa Kopinski, who is an assistant coach on Texas Tech. Ranked No. 17 at the time, the Red Raiders handed the Illini their first loss of the season. An early takeaway from this matchup was the strength of doubles duo Louise Kwong and Ines Vias. Kwong and Vias defeated a top-25 ranked doubles team.
They were dominant for the Illini and were the backbone for Illinois’ strong doubles play the remainder of the year. Kwong and Vias finished the year with a 24-8 record. Following the Texas Tech loss, the Illini fell to Kentucky, Notre Dame and Depaul prior to the Big Ten season. This put the Illini at 4-4 heading into their Big Ten opener against Northwestern. Northwestern proved to be the better team and was strong in the Big Ten all year long. Kwong and Vias continued their solid play, though and took down a top15 ranked doubles duo. After the Northwestern
loss, the Illini would prove themselves to be competitive in the Big Ten. They got back on track after a comeback win over the Badgers. Following this, the Illini would win seven-straight matches in the Big Ten, with victories over Rutgers, Maryland, Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana and Purdue. Ohio State put an end to the Illini hot streak. The Illini would close out the regular season going 2-2 in the Big Ten. Despite having no incoming recruits, the Illini will have nine out of 10 players returning for next year. tkgriff2@dailyillini.com @TimGriffy6
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MEN’S GOLF
Detry, Danielson pave way, bring home title BY RYAN WILSON STAFF WRITER
Editor’s note: At the time of publication, men’s golf was still playing.
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Illinois’s Dan Rowbottom runs to first after hitting the ball to right field during the game against Eastern Illinois at Illini Field on April 5.
BASEBALL
Team struggles with inconsistency, identity BY ETHAN SWANSON STAFF WRITER
Editor's note: At the time of publication, baseball was still playing. Both coaches and players on the Illinois baseball team have stressed one word in particular when addressing their current season: inconsistency. “There’s days I think we take a step forward, and then there’s some days we’re mediocre,” head coach Dan Hartleb said. “That’s more mental than physical. We’ve got some good pieces…and we have a number of guys that need to grow from a mentality standpoint.” Sitting at 22-19 (7-8 Big Ten), the Illini have struggled to find an identity. With 11 freshmen on the roster, the Illini came into the year carrying a sense of youth and inexperience — a stark contrast from last season’s veteran-driven core that produced school records of 50 wins and a 27-game win streak. Illinois began the season 11-14 but have been on a tear since the start of April. From the end of March, Illinois holds an 11-5 record headlined by a season-high six-game win streak from April 12-22. “The younger guys have had a lot of at-bats under their belts, and they’re starting to put good swings on the ball offensively,”
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COACH The team’s eighth-place finish was its worst of the season. “As a coach, I want to be sure that this doesn’t become a habit,” Small said after the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters — the worst of the two tournaments. “We’ll get to the bottom of it and hopefully chalk it up to a tough week.” After every round, Illinois holds a team meeting to talk about its progress. “We kind of reaffirm what our program is about, and why we’re here,” he said. “We just need to get our focus and our mindset matched up with our talent level.” Whatever Small told the team during these meetings has worked this season. Perhaps it has something to do with his ability to emulate his players’ swings and find areas of improvements. Or maybe his team is just feeding off of his competitive spirit, Assistant coach
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ILLINI As Martinez’s hand wasn’t raised for the first time in a college match, the crowd at Huff Hall was in complete shock. Preparing for the match, Martinez knew he was going to be in for a fight, but thought if he wrestled the way he knew how then all the cards would have fell his way. Just two months later, the two would face each other again, but this time with more on the line than just bragging rights. Martinez went into the 2016 Big Ten Championships as the No. 2-seed and the defending Big Ten champion at 157 pounds. He came out as a twotime Big Ten champion after avenging his early season defeat to Nolf. The first part of Martinez’s goal was no longer an option but the second part of his goal was still in his sights as he walked out of Carver-Hawkeye Arena
second baseman Michael Hurwitz said. “It’s been an up-and-down year where pitching and defense carried us for a while, and then offense carried us for a while. If we can put it all together, we’ll win a lot of baseball games.” Not every aspect of Illinois has been up and down. In the midst of the Illini’s relatively average season, there’s been career performances from a number of Illini veterans. At the plate, Hurwitz, a redshirt senior, put together a career and team-high 15-game hitting streak spanning from April 3-22. Having to miss last year’s historical season with a torn hip labrum, Hurwitz bounced back this season to become the everyday starter at second base and is second on the team in batting average, runs and hits. Catcher Jason Goldstein, who returned for his senior season after being selected in the 2015 MLB draft, has only helped his pro stock in his final Illini campaign. Goldstein has caught for an Illini pitching staff that holds a 3.76 team ERA and has gunned down 11 runners attempting to steal a base. Offensively, Goldstein leads the team with a .341 batting average, 46 hits and 26 RBIs. On the mound, junior Cody Sedlock and redshirt senior Charlie Naso have had strong performances all season long.
As the Illini’s ace, Sedlock is 4-2 with a 3.02 ERA and 90 strikeouts. In a 15-inning 1-0 win over Ohio State, Sedlock put forth a Herculean effort on the mound, tossing 10.2 scoreless innings, allowing five hits and recording a careerhigh 14 strikeouts. The performance earned him an NCAA National Pitcher of the Week honor. “There was no way I was coming out,” Sedlock said. “I’m built to go like that.” From the bullpen, Naso has been the Illini’s goto relief pitcher all year. Sporting a 2-0 record, he leads the team with a 2.21 ERA and just five earned runs in 20.1 innings pitched. Illinois is currently tied for ninth in the Big Ten standings, hoping to move up in the final weeks of the season to be one of the eight teams selected to take part in the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 25. According to the players, the Illini have the talent to make it; it’s just a matter of putting it all together at the right time. “We need to win every series,” Goldstein said. “We’ve haven’t faced a team this year that we thought we couldn’t beat. Everyone has gotten at-bats and the pitchers have all seen innings. Everyone has tasted success this season, it’s just a matter of staying confident…”
Zach Barlow said. He is, by the way, “sneaky good” at everything, including basketball and ping pong, and he’s still playing professionally. No matter the reason, Illinois won three of its next tournaments to win out the spring season. The last win of the regular season also came from one of the more notable coaching moves by Small. It was in the Big Ten Tournament, when his team suddenly lost hold of a firstround lead in the second round. The Illini were eight strokes behind the leader at a tournament they’ve won six of the last seven years prior to this season. After day two the tournament, he called a team meeting near a driving range separate from any other team. Every member of the team voiced their concerns about the team’s play, including Barlow, leaders Charlie Danielson, Thomas Detry and the younger players. “I think a lot of them were scared at the meeting, because I’m sure they
were thinking that coach was going to be a little disappointed — a little mad at them,” Barlow said. Like before, whatever was said at the 45-minute “gut check” worked. The team shot a course-record 24 under the next day to reclaim the lead and win the Big Ten Tournament. “The Big Ten Tournament was kind of a microcosm of the season,” Small said. “We played really well all season; we won seven times. At times during rounds, we kind of check out a little.” All of this helped Small earn his second-straight Big Ten Coach of the Year award and eighth in his 16-year career at Illinois. There may be times when Small has to regroup his team, but at the end of the day, coaching is more than just a job than to him. “When I coach, I’m alive,” he said in his 2013 induction in the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame. “My life is very, very full in the game — whether I win or lose.”
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with yet another accolade. as far as guys or anything Fast forward three weeks like that, it was harder to later and Martinez was in stay consistent and to keep the same position against that fire and that drive. It’s the same opponent again, as hard to keep that level of the sophomore battled and excellence and standard defeated Nolf for the sec- for multiple years and now ond time I understand that in three attempts. I am a litH o w tle bit betever, his ter and am more motifather, vated and A lfred focused Martinez, g o i n g was not into the there to MARK PERRY next year, embrace ASSISTANT COACH k n o w his son’s ing what I v i c t o r y. Martinez’s have to do father passed away from in the offseason.” cancer just one month before Now, Martinez feels that his sophomore campaign. he is more mature than he Even before his father was a year prior. passed, Martinez said that After his collegiate career he knew how hard it would is completed, his next step is be to repeat as a national to become an Olympic athchampion. lete and represent the Unit“It was different than the ed States in 2020. first one,” Martinez said. To Martinez, competing “The first one was easy in the Olympics would mean almost, it was easy com- a lifetime of hard work finalpared to this one. This one ly being paid off. Martinez said that he was a lot harder. The challenge wasn’t really harder, wasn’t right physically to
“He needs to set his sights on bigger and better goals down the road.”
It was a year to remember for the Illinois men’s golf team. The Illini are heading into the NCAA Tournament after having one of the most successful seasons in program history. The 2015-16 season saw senior leadership, a midseason slump sandwiched in between wins and breakout performances by nearly every player. The fall season teed off at the par-72 Rich Harvest Golf Course in Sugar Grove, Illinois. The Illini won the tournament and three more before winter break. The only non-win of the fall season came at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational on Sept. 20 when the team came in fifth. The spring season was similar to the fall. The Illini picked up momentum with wins at the Tinervin Cup and Louisiana Classic Invite. But the next tournament on March 9 was the team’s worst of the season. Illinois tied for eighth at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters, leaving the team 18 strokes off the lead. No Illini golfer placed in the top 15. “Good teams expect themselves, and find themselves, to be near the top of the leaderboard in tournaments,” Small said after the tournament. “Good players will always find themselves at the top.” The next tournament, Valspar Intercollegiate in Palm City, Florida, was better for Illinois, but the end result still did not meet the golfers’ expectations.
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BASKETBALL Junior Malcolm Hill took on a tremendous amount of responsibility; not only did he lead the Illini in scoring at 18.1 points per game, but he also snatched 6.6 rebounds per game and guarded every opposing team’s best player. “I’m asking (Hill) to be the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker,” head coach John Groce said early in the season. “Be a captain, be efficient scoring – if you don’t mind, could you play four positions tonight?” The 6-foot-6 Fairview Heights native earned second team All-Big Ten honors thanks to his stellar allaround play, which included a 34-point, 11-rebound,
The Illini tied for fifth in the standings and were 19 strokes behind leader Texas in the March 21-22 tournament. Seniors Charlie Danielson and Thomas Detry tied for fifth in the individual standings. After the string of nonwins for the team, they won out the regular season. The first-place finishes came in the 3M Augusta Invitational, the Boilermaker Invitational and the Big Ten Tournament — the most recent competition. Danielson and Detry led the team in the individual rankings all season. Their Big Ten Tournament finish (Detry No. 1 and Danielson No. 2) only exemplified their performances. There were four times this season in which both players were either tied or separated by one spot in the top 10 in the individual rankings. The younger players on Illinois also proved their spots in the lineup and looked capable of filling the seniors’ shoes. Sophomores Nick Hardy and Dylan Meyer consistently made the lineup and had a combined 10 top-10 finishes and four top-five finishes. Freshman Edoardo Lipparelli, on the other hand, was not in the lineup at every tournament. He was beaten out by redshirt-senior Alex Burge a couple times, but that changed toward the end of the season. As the season progressed, Lipparelli started challenging Burge for a spot in the lineup. Burge had two top25 finishes two years ago (he redshirted last season) and qualified for the 2013 U.S. Amateur and finished 11th at the 2014 Illinois Open. Even then, Lipparelli beat him out for a spot in two tourfive-assist, three-block, two-steal performance against South Dakota and a 39-point, 13-rebound outing against Penn State. Fellow captain Kendrick Nunn (15.5 PPG, 5.0 RPG) provided scoring and veteran leadership. Jalen Coleman-Lands (10.3 PPG) knocked down 87 threepointers, breaking Cory Bradford’s previous record of 85 for most trey-balls in a season for an Illinois freshman. He made a season-high six three-pointers and dropped 26 points in the triple OT Rutgers game. D.J. Williams is another promising young player for the Illini. He showed flashes of potential in limited minutes and could, with Coleman-Lands, become a key part of the program over the next couple seasons.
naments (the Big Ten Championship and the 3M Augusta Invitational) in the lineup this spring as compared with only once in the fall. Lipparelli, from Ronciglione, Italy, saw action in 10 tournaments this year. He competed individually four times, meaning his scores didn’t count toward the team’s overall score. He had three top-20 finishes. His best finish came at the Crooked Stick Intercollegiate on Oct. 12-13 and the Northern Intercollegiate on Sept. 12-13. He tied for 10th and 16th at the tournaments, respectively. With this season now coming to a close, the team is preparing for another run at the University’s firstever NCAA golf title. The returning players are trying to avoid repeating last season and the 2013 season’s ending when they finished tied for third and second in the national tournament, respectively. What would it mean if Illinois won this year? As several players have said, “Everything.”
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Season accolades Charlie Danielson
- Big Ten Player of the Year - won two of team’s three individual titles - All-Big Ten team - Big Ten Player of the Year - 2016 All-American team - Les Bolstad Award - Second lowest singleseason stroke average in program history
Tracy Abrams and Mike Thorne Jr. will likely seek medical hardship waivers from the NCAA, which would allow them to suit up again next year. Thorne Jr. is technically ineligible for the waiver, because NCAA rules mandate that a player cannot check into a game past the halfway point of the season. Thorne Jr. played 16 lone minutes in a Jan. 19 loss at Indiana. However, Groce has said he thinks Thorne Jr. still has a chance at obtaining a waiver because of special circumstances. The 6-foot-11 North Carolina native is a Type I diabetic, which slows down the recovery process due to weaker blood circulation.
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Illinois’s Michael Finke drives to the basket during Illinois’s 78-68 loss to Michigan at State Farm Center on Dec. 30. compete at the 2016 Olympic trials in Iowa City, Iowa, and instead watched others compete. “It was probably the worst thing that I could have done,” Martinez said. “Watching other athletes compete for something that I’ve wanted to do since I was four years old, but I’m looking forward to the next quad.” Assistant coach Mark Perry has been with Martinez since he stepped foot on campus and said that the target that has been on Martinez’s back for, the past two seasons should not matter to him in the end. “He needs to set his sights on bigger and better goals down the road,” Perry said. “Not only winning the NCAA championship, but becoming the baddest man on the planet and that’s what, I think, if he kind of flips that switch where you’re focused on being the best in the world, then these college kids shouldn’t be too much of a struggle.”
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CRIME pended from the football team in mid-November. The freshman linebacker was arrested on campus on Nov. 11 for being a fugitive of justice on a charge of aggravated sexual battery and simple battery. Jones’ suspension was lifted and he was cleared to return to practice in early April. Then early Feb. 7, junior softball player Ruby Rivera was charged with criminal damage to property after surveillance video captured her breaking one of the arms of the Illini Chabad’s outdoor menorah. Rivera was originally charged with a felony due to the crime taking place outside a house of worship. She later apologized to the Chabad’s rabbi and was placed in a diversion program similar to Black’s, and will be able to plead down to a misdemeanor if she meets the terms of the “second chance” program. The high-profile nature
and sheer frequency of the crimes stood out. Basketball head coach John Groce came under intense scrutiny following the spate of arrests, which occurred on top a miserable 15-19 season on the court. Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman felt the need to address the situation and held a joint press conference with Groce on March 24. Whitman reaffirmed his commitment to Groce as the coach heading into next season, while both expressed a shared concern over the hovering allegations. “We live in an instantgratification society,” Whitman said. “People want to assume the best way to handle a situation is often construed as the easiest solution. They want a clean slate. That’s not always the best decision. My job, as you all can appreciate, isn’t to make the easy decision. It’s to make the right one.”
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Editor’s Note: At the time of publication, softball was still in its regular season. There was plenty of uncertainty for the Illinois softball team entering the season. For the first time in the history of the program, the team had a new coach. Illinois had been under the guidance of Terri Sullivan since the first year of the program in 2000. However, her successor, Tyra Perry, was more than prepared to take over at the helm. Perry was fresh off winning the MAC Conference Championship at Ball State and proceeded to bring her winning culture to Champaign. The Illini have won 31 of their 50 games as of May 3, their best winning percentage since 2010. Inside conference play, it hasn’t been as easy for Illinois, but the team has recovered to .500. They now sit at 10-10 in the Big Ten with one series left on the horizon at Penn State. At one point the Illini were 4-9 in conference play,
but a late surge put them at even. “This is just what we needed,” senior Allie Bauch said. “We’re staying on the upswing with perfect timing at the end of the year. It gets us ready to go into the postseason.” The turning point for Illinois was, without a doubt, the emergence of junior pitcher Breanna Wonderly. Wonderly was the number-two pitcher coming into the year, behind fellow junior Jade Vecvanags, but she started eight straight contests for the Illini, leading them to a 6-2 record over the period. During her streak she has sported a 1.40 ERA. “Wonderly is really coming of age and starting to come into her own,” Perry said. “She understands how to actually command the plate and how to throw to different batters. She’s ebbing and flowing with all the different challenges that come about over the course of a game.” The uncertainty for Illinois this season has been at the plate, where despite the high batting average, the team has had lapses in run production.
Leading the Illini offense are the three and four-hole hitters Annie Fleming and Nicole Evans, who are leading the team in batting average and home runs, respectively. Lately the offense has not been thriving, but rather taking advantage of the situations given. Singles, walks and reaching on errors have become common as of late in the scorebook. “We’ve gotten really aggressive over the last couple weeks,” Fleming said. “That has really
helped us hit our stride in the last couple weeks.” Trending in the right direction, Illinois is now shifting its eyes toward the Big Ten tournament, with a chance to break into the topfive before the tournament. “It’s a big deal for us to get back to five hundred,” senior Kylie Johnson said. “It’s nice to get a win we’re supposed to get and really just focus on getting every win we can at this point.”
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Illinois head coach Tyra Perry talks to her team during game one of the doubleheader against Nebraska at Eichelberger Field on March 26.
Injuries hinder Rayfield’s squad BY MATT GERTSMEIER STAFF WRITER
At the conclusion of the Illinois soccer team’s Big Ten tournament loss to Penn State back in November, head coach Janet Rayfield said her team was going to hope for the best in receiving a berth to the NCAA tournament. “We’re going to prepare as if we are in because that is certainly a possibility,” Rayfield said. “We’ll see how things play out.” Things did not play out for the Illini. While the team scraped together a 10-6-3 overall record and a 4-4-3 record in the Big Ten, the Illini failed to make it to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season. It was, however, Illinois’ fifth straight appearance in the Big Ten tournament. Injuries plagued the team early on in the season. On Sept. 4, junior Reagan Robishaw tore her ACL, and on Sept. 28, forward Jannelle Flaws revealed she was battling plantar fasciitis. But neither the Illini nor Flaws let the injuries hinder the season. On Aug. 30, Flaws became Illinois’
career goal-scoring leader, scoring a hat trick in Illinois’ 3-1 win over Saint Louis. Flaws finished the season with 11 goals, tallying her career total to 54. “I owe a lot of my success as a player to the coaches, and especially to Janet,” Flaws said in August. “Her belief in me, when I didn’t believe in myself, was a big motivator for me to get back on the field and start scoring goals again.” Flaws’ record wasn’t the only highlight of Illinois’ season. The team secured some notable wins including a home win against No. 11 Rutgers. The Illini beat the Scarlet Knights, 2-1 on Sept. 24. Rutgers came into the game with an 8-0 record and had not allowed any goals. “We had nothing to lose, and they had a nice target on our back,” Allison Stucky said after the win against Rutgers. “(They came in) undefeated, (allowed) no goals and we were like, ‘We’re gonna get ‘em.’”
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With NCAA title, Ngai proves to be highlight of season 15.450 on the apparatus at the NCAA championships, Ngai became the youngest national champion — across all sports — in history. The now 17-year-old first came to Illinois when he was a week away from turning 16. After not winning a single pommel horse crown during his freshman campaign, his NCAA title capped off a sophomore season in which he won nine.
BY JAMES BOYD STAFF WRITER
After battling injury at the tail end of the year, the Illinois men’s gymnastics team finished runner-up at the Big Ten Championships and fourth in the country at the NCAA Championships. The climax of Illinois’ season proved to be sophomore Brandon Ngai’s ascension through the pommel horse rankings. With a score of
“Next year, we’ll have about three incoming freshmen that are really good on horse,” Ngai said. “I can take a lot of the things I’ve learned from this year and apply that to them and push to be the best pommel horse team in the country by a long shot. My goal for next year is to be up there on the podium with four other guys in orange.” Freshman Alex Diab was
also a key contributor to both of Illinois’ top-five finishes. The five-foot-two all-arounder had an outstanding freshman season, taking home the Big Ten still rings title and being named an All-American on high bar. Ngai’s and Diab’s seasons were ones of consistency and growing success, but the team’s year would not mirror that of its budding stars. Illinois began its season 7-0, defending its Windy City Invitational title, before picking up its first loss against Big Ten rival Penn State by one point (430.200-429.200). The rest of the year, Illinois could never recapture its rhythm. “You can’t have a national championship team every year,” head coach Justin Spring said. “But what you can do is try to foster a culture and environment where guys are at least maximizing (their potential) every year. And I think that’s what we had.” Jan 2009IlliIn the meet26. following nois’ loss to Penn State, sophomore Chandler Eggleston — who sat out the 2014-15 season due a torn patel4 in8his right3knee la9tendon — won both the individual floor 3 exercise and6vault
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title for a third consecutive competition. Eggleston was named an All-American during his freshman year, and after going through a grueling rehabilitation process on his right knee, he looked as if he was on pace to regain his All-American status and contend for his own individual national titles. But that turned out to be the peak of his season. In the week before Illinois’ next competition, the sophomore sprained his ankle that would encumber the rest of his season. The North Carolina native wasn’t the only Illinois gymnast to be hampered by injuries. The 2015 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year, sophomore Bobby Baker, also battled injury. Baker was off to a hot start just like Eggleston but was suspended for two meets during the middle of the season for violating team rules. Using those three weeks to Part B Skill:in upgrades, train and work last year’s Big Ten Freshman of the Year bounced back in his return meet. Baker won the title on 5 in7 vault, parallel bars and the all-around against Air Force and California, 2 help-9
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Stunning 2-bedroom apartment in small residential apartment block on corner of Coler and Main Streets in Urbana. Short walk to campus and to downtown Urbana. Available to rent May 15 2016-August 5 2016 with possibility to renew if you like the apartment.
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