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The declining number of faculty has adversely affected students on campus. Students have had to deal with larger classes, as well as fewer classes taught by faculty. The student-to-faculty ratio, which was hovering around 15.4 throughout most of the 2000s, reached 17.6 students per faculty member in 2012. Wise said this prompted the University to make a change. “The University is all about you (the students), and we would not be here if not for our real desire to give you the strongest possible experience here,” Wise said. “Part of that obviously is recruiting the very best faculty. That’s really the foundation of your experience.” Wise said the academic landscape has changed over the past five years, and, while the University plans to replenish faculty members, it may not do so in the same areas where faculty members were lost. “What we want to pay real attention to is where is the student demand? What majors are the most popular? And are we understaffed in those areas? In which case we’ll be recruiting new faculty into those areas,” Wise said. The College of Engineering is one area where student demand has increased significantly in recent years. The college rose from 7,307 undergraduates in fall 2007 to 10,039 students in 2013. At the same time, the college had 390 tenure-system faculty members in 2007, compared to 368 in 2012-13. Admissions director Stacey Kostell said Engineering has started having larger freshman classes because of a nationwide increase in demand for engineering. In ICES forms at the end of each semester, students have continually given faculty members higher scores than teaching assistants, a sign that they
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After undergoing a large exodus of faculty in recent years, the University will try to rebuild by hiring 500 new faculty members in the next five to seven years, including 170 in the upcoming academic year. Since 2008, the number of tenure-system faculty on campus has decreased from 2,100 to 1,856, and all levels of faculty have decreased amid budget and pension uncertainty. Chancellor Phyllis Wise said this decline had to do with an increasing number of retirements, as well as the University’s unwillingness to replace professors while facing fiscal uncertainty. Many employees have retired early due to fears of having their retirement benefits depleted by pension reform. But the campus now believes it is able to replenish its academic staff. “When faculty left, we did not use all of the money that we were able to save to recruit immediately because we weren’t sure exactly where the budget would be for the next year,” Wise said. “So in collaboration with each of the colleges and some central money, we believe that we can recruit new faculty.” The Visioning Future Excellence Report, which was published in July, identified six different cluster areas for the new faculty members: energy and the environment; health and wellness; social equality and cultural understanding; economic development; education; and information and technology. The University will start hiring the 170 faculty members in the first three cluster areas. Campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said exactly what these clusters entail is still being formalized, but “you’ll likely see groups that have humanists and creative artists working alongside engineers and scientists.”
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Mike Locashio, Evelyn Holmes, Nathaniel Pendleton, Cirgol Hawkins, Shango Johnson, Walter Burnett and Ronald Holt sit on a panel for the City on the Brink event in the Illini Union Ballroom on Wednesday. The event addressed the death of Haidya Pendleton and the violence in Chicago.
Event highlights Chicago violence City on the Brink focuses on ending urban conflict with youth activism BY TAYLOR ODISHO STAFF WRITER
Hadiya Pendleton had just taken her final exams at King College Prep High School in Chicago. Earlier that week, she had performed at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration with her high school marching band. She was spending time with her friends in Harsh Park when she was shot and killed earlier this year. Chicago recently surpassed New York in homicides and was named the new murder capital of America, according to statistics released by the FBI. The National Association of Black Journalists hosted City on the Brink: A Closer Look at Inner City Gun Violence to bring to light the violence that is occurring in Chicago and what changes can be made to make the city safer. There was a panel discussion
BY STANTON POLANSKI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
When Lynne B. Hellmer looks at the white house at 57 E. Armory Ave., she looks past its boarded up door and chipped paint coating. She does not simply see an old building soon to be demolished. For her, she sees her childhood home and one of the few buildings still intact on the street she lived on as a child in the mid-’50s. “There’s not much left,” she said. “But a lot of kids used to live there. The girls lived down on the corner — but that’s an apartment building now.” The house she lived in and the one next to it at 59 E. Armory Ave. will be demolished once the University receives a response from the state regarding how to deal with preservation organizations looking to salvage items in the houses. Hellmer said the houses are way past their prime, and she has no idea what the University would do with the older buildings now, making them perfect candidates for demolition. Rich Cahill, board member of
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our kids can get out is through rap,” Hawkins said. “They’re only speaking with the knowledge they have.” Hawkins said the community must work together to educate Chicago’s youth so they will begin to change the way they speak. The panel went to great lengths to discuss changes that can be made by community organizations, politicians and the people in the communities. “A lot of young people feel like they’re invisible, and that’s why they act out in front of us,” said Alderman Walter Burnett, 27th Ward. “We just need to let them know that we care.” Holt encourages University students to make a change by starting anti-violence community organizations and transferring those changes to Chicago. “You are the young and the educated,” Holt said. “You are the bridge.”
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with seven prominent figures from Chicago who are working to make these changes, including Hadiya’s father, Nathaniel Pendleton. The event began with a presentation from photojournalist Mike Locashio from ABC-7 Chicago. It highlighted last week’s mass shooting in Chicago that left 13 people injured, including a 3-year-old boy. “It’s a story we’re, unfortunately, used to covering on a daily basis, and it doesn’t change,” Locashio said. There was also a discussion about the media’s portrayal of gun violence. Evelyn Holmes, a reporter for ABC-7 Chicago, said reporters are quick to jump to conclusions. “Black kid, black neighborhood, obviously it must be gang related,” Holmes said. “The first question reporters ask is ‘was he in a gang?’ and that drives me nuts.”
Shango Johnson works with CeaseFire Englewood, a violence prevention program for the youth in the community. He explained that many types of crimes go unreported. “The ones that are victimized that don’t get shot or killed don’t get any attention at all,” Johnson said. Johnson was concerned that no one had taken the time or effort to walk around communities like Englewood, which has the highest crime rate in Chicago, to talk to the people who experience this violence on a daily basis. The panel also addressed the impact that social media and music have on violence. Virgol Hawkins, CEO of AON Center for Community Arts and Development, explained why he believes Chief Keef’s term “Chiraq”, coined to describe the violence in Chicago, had been glorified by rappers and the younger population in the city. “Our area is infected with posttraumatic stress, and the only way
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the Preservation and Conservation Association, said he wants to keep anything useful or historic in the two houses that the University does not want before the rest goes to the landfill. The association may gain access soon enough, but not before the University hears back from the state. Cahill said he fi lled out the forms, turned them in to the University and was told that the forms had been sent to the state. But then he found out the forms had never been sent. In a meeting with Chancellor Phyllis Wise last Tuesday, Cahill and the association presented their case. The demolitions are now on hold. “This is good, but it shouldn’t have gotten this far,” Cahill said. “... If the University wants to say that it’s sustainable and green, they shouldn’t have anything that can be of use end up in the landfill.” Campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said she has no idea what the state’s response might be and that each case can vary. “We’re just trying to make sure materials that might be sal-
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The Beberman kids pose in front of their house at 57 E. Armory Ave. with the Kiburz kids before a wedding in 1956. The Kiburz family lived at a house where an apartment complex now stands. vageable do not go to the landfill,” Kaler said. And Hellmer knows from experience that there is a lot that can be used. “Demolishing it makes no sense if there are people who would like some of the elements around the house,” Hellmer said. “And there’s a lot.” Inside the boarded up door is an oak floor with an exposed oak staircase, Hellmer described. On both sides of the entrance to the
living room are columns that stretch from the ceiling down to a platform. Hellmer remembers kids playing on these platforms. The upstairs has a built-in linen closet. “They just don’t do things like that anymore,” she said. “It’s just a three bedroom house — everything else about it was pretty ordinary. But those touches of oak woodworking really made
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FACULTY prefer being taught by faculty, according to data obtained from the University’s Division of Management Information. Although students have had to deal with larger classes, undergraduates are also seeing a higher number of classes with less than 20 students. In 2012-13, 42.1 percent of classes had less than 20 undergraduates, compared to 34.4 percent in 2011-12.
Pensions concerns Wise and University President Robert Easter admit that the University may have trouble attracting new faculty members with an uncertain pension program. “Among our main concerns across all three campuses is the difficulty in recruiting and retaining faculty and staff without a reliable pension component in the compensation-and-benefits package we can offer,� Easter said in an email. “We’re in a highly competitive employment market, and the people we want to keep and those we hope to attract want an equitable, reasonable and reliable pension ben-
if we don’t have a stable pension system.� The Institute of Government and Public Affairs proposed the six-point plan, which has been endorsed by the Senate Executive Committee’s ad hoc Task Force on Faculty Issues and Concerns. Task force leader Nicholas Burbules said the IGPA plan is the “best of a bad set of options� because it is the only plan to address Tier II pensions. Going forward, all of the pension reform plans would transfer the cost to universities, though it would be a gradual change. In 2013, retirees from the University of Illinois system, which includes all three campuses, will receive $563.9 million in pensions, a number that will likely continue to rise in the future. Christophe Pierre, vice president for academic affairs, told the Board of Trustees at its Sept. 12 meeting that these increasing liabilities, as well as decreasing revenue sources, make it likely that reallocation of University funds will be necessary in years to come. He said cooperation will be necessary in this reallocation. “This cannot be done in a vacuum,� Pierre said. “It has to be done with deans, department
chairs and even more importantly, with faculty members.�
Faculty salaries The University has made strides in recent years to remain competitive with its peers in faculty salary. In Fall 2013, the average faculty member’s salary increased 4.16 percent from a year ago. The raise comes from a University-wide salary program that increased salaries 2.75 percent, though many faculty members in the arts and humanities, who had less-competitive salaries, receive extra raises, Wise told the Urbana-Champaign Senate on Sept. 16. “Over the last three years, we have made a concerted effort to increasing faculty salaries in order to catch up with our peers,� she said. “We are hoping that with the additional money we put in this year we can catch up and actually be at the median.� The University has been below its peer median — which comprises ten of the nation’s top fouryear public universities — for at least the past five years, bottoming out at 4.9 percent below the median in 2010, and inching up to 1.2 percent below in 2013. Overall, the Urbana campus is
the house special.� Hellmer described not only the physical elements of the house that make it valuable, but the events that took place inside the house. She said her former home is a historical spot on campus because of the work her father, Max Beberman, completed while there. He began working on the New Math, a program in response to Sputnik’s launch, that would change the way math was taught and bring him international recognition. “He stayed up late at night writing textbooks in that living room,� Hellmer said. When he died in 1971 at 45 years old, Hellmer said that ended the New Math. Time Magazine and Newsweek both covered his death. “By then he was very, very well known,� she said. “And I’m not just saying that because I’m his daughter.� When Hellmer looks back to a grainy black and white photo of herself and the neighborhood kids posing at a wedding, she fondly remembers the way the street used to be. She remembers turning the corner on Armory and rushing up a clean, white porch to pick up her lunch. Today, the porch stands out — it needs repairs and the new wood is the only part of the house not painted white. Over the years, Hellmer has been able to return to the house she once lived in because it would later be used for offices. “And it’s just like I remember,� she said. “But, of course, every childhood house seems to shrink. It’s much bigger in my memory than it actually was.� And this home will stay in her memory after it is removed.
the 16th-best paying four-year public university for full professors, 40th-best for associate professors and 10th-best for assistant professors, according to a recent report by the American Association of University Professors. “Again, we are in a competitive employment market and want to provide a merit-based salary program for faculty and staff in order to recruit and retain highquality personnel,� Easter said. “We’ve been able to do that for a couple of years now, after several years with no salary program and at least one in which many employees effectively had pay cuts as a result of a mandatory furlough. Ideally, we’ll be able to provide a salary program again a year from now.�
Other faculty concerns The Task Force on Faculty Issues and Concerns gave a presentation to the Urbana-Champaign Senate at its fi rst meeting of the year on Sept. 16, rolling out proposed changes that could be instrumental in the retention and recruitment of faculty. The faculty concerns are not new to the campus; task force leaders Burbules and Randy
McCarthy butted heads at this time last year over whether the faculty should unionize to help address these concerns. But McCarthy and Burbules put aside their differences in generating this report, which was endorsed by both Wise and Provost Ilesanmi Adesida. Many of the committee’s recommendations focused on making compensation — in the form of salary and other benefits, such as travel and research budgets — in line with peers. McCarthy said the University needs to upgrade its facilities in order to maintain a healthy campus and needs reliable funds for upgrades, a recommendation that would include a one-time cost of $213 million, in addition to $43 million annually. As the “public face� of the University, facilities help attract students and faculty, according to the report. The committee also recommended changes to the review process for tenure-track faculty, as well as other measures to help make the University more consistent at all levels.
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Perception that programs are expensive deter students, Study Abroad Office says Cost of studying abroad
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For many students, getting the chance to study abroad is the opportunity of a lifetime. That opportunity, however, does not come without a price. Over 2,500 students at the University participate in activities abroad each year. Programs include short-term, semester and academic year-long opportunities. According to the University’s Division of Management Information, the participation rate of undergraduate students in study abroad credit programs has declined from 27.7 percent in 2006 to 23.2 percent in 2012. Bridget Doyle, outreach coordinator at the Study Abroad Office, said one of the potential reasons for the lower participation rate is the perception among students that studying abroad is expensive. “Some programs are more expensive and some are less (expensive),� she said. “There are a variety of ways through which students can pay for their finances, including scholarships, loans, financial aid and through their family budget if they plan ahead.� Doyle said some students also assume that studying abroad will delay their graduation date, but many still graduate in four years. “Students earn credit toward graduation requirements for most courses taken abroad,� she said. According to the Native American Financial Services Association (NAFSA), the total number of students studying abroad in the 2010-11 academic year was only 273,996, which is one percent of all U.S. students who are enrolled at institutions of higher education. The report states that despite growth in the number of students participating each year, the rate of participation remains small.
finances properly, they can save The University has over 400 enough to go abroad,� he said. programs, all of which vary in cost depending on factors like Study abroad and majors location, duration, type of program, living cost and cocurricAccording to the Study Abroad ular activities. Rajeev Malik, Office, more than 27 percent of acting associate director of Inter- University students study abroad national Program and Studies, at some point in their college said a variety of scholarships are careers. The students who apply available from the University and for the program belong to all other sources. departments across campus. “Credit programs are helpful Typically, the majority of stufor students to improve their edu- dents who go abroad are in LAS, cational skills by taking classes followed by the colleges of Busiin their major or minor at differ- ness and Engineering. Last year, ent universities around the globe,� 35 percent of all study abroad stuhe said. dents were from LAS. Malik said it is important to Doyle said the University is introduce more working closecourses that ly with acamatch students’ demic advisers major requireto encourage ments, and the more students to have an interStudy Abroad national experiOffice is workence. She said it ing to add new courses to study is also imperaabroad pro tive to highlight the importance grams to make it easier for stuof studyi ng dents’ credit in a foreign RAJEEV MALIK country. hours to transASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF “We need to fer back to the INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM University. create awareAND STUDIES He explained ness among stuthat the recesdents in order to overcome myths sion played an important role in the declining regarding cost and length of the number of student participants program,� Doyle said. “Academic in study abroad credit programs. advisers can play a key role in it.� “With a weak economy, students tend to go less abroad for Study abroad and gender studying because they and their Students from both technical parents take it as an extra activand non-technical backgrounds ity,� he said. Malik said the ultimate goal of participate in the study abroad the experience is to introduce stu- program, but there is a promidents to the world, so that they nent gender gap. According to stahave opportunities to learn about tistics collected from the Study any region of the world. Abroad Office, the number of “If students plan their trip female students studying abroad (ahead of) time and manage their is double the number of male stu-
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dents who study abroad. In 2011, 64 percent of the students who participated in the program were female, and 34 percent were male. Adam Heinz, specialist for international projects at the Study Abroad Office, said the reason for this gender gap is because of the higher number of female students in humanities and the reluctance of male students to leave their comfort zones. “Generally, male students on campus don’t want to leave their fraternities and interest groups,� he said. “This is one of the reasons why there are fewer male students in study abroad programs.� He said the University has come up with a number of programs to reach out to students, including those who participate in the University’s Greek system. The University creates awareness by sending out flyers and reaching out to fraternities. He said it is important to expand the program in order to benefit students at large. “The University is planning to increase the number of students in the program and is working closely to help students fi nd programs that best meet their needs and qualifications,� Heinz said. Heinz said one of the benefits to studying abroad is that it’s a resume builder. He said recruiters look for students who have an international experience and can work in a more diverse environment. “Students need to articulate their experience properly while applying for jobs,� he said. “They should learn more about new cultures, technology and languages in order to be a better candidate for a job.�
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Study abroad participation rate for credit programs The percentage of undergraduate students studying abroad for credit programs managed by the University represented by year. Q 2012 — 23.2 percent Q 2011 — 26.0 percent Q 2010 — 25.2 percent Q 2009 — 26.2 percent Q 2008 — 28.1 percent Q 2007 — 26.7 percent Q 2006 — 27.7 percent
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Counseling center very difficult to make appointments
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he University of Illinois’ health services are overall amazing. I have had marvelous experiences with a physical therapist and my preferred doctor. In sharp contrast, the University Counseling Center is severely lacking in its student support. To book an appointment with a counselor at the Counseling Center, an individual must call at 8 a.m. on the day they want to visit a counselor. They cannot make
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he closure of the Institute of Aviation in July 2011 was one of the most hotly contested topics of the 2010-11 academic year. At the time, administrators believed closing the institution would help make up for the millions owed by the state to the University, but students and faculty saw the institute as an integral part of the campus and its mission. Then, last week, Parkland College adopted it, a move that has been years in the making. The college will assume the facilities and academic units associated with the University’s institute over the next three years. Fortunately, for students that both want to fly and earn a four-year degree, the University and Parkland will offer degrees concurrently. Even more fortunately, the institute’s revitalization comes at a time when the airline industry predicts an enormous shortage of commercial pilots as the baby boomer generation continues to retire. Coupled with new Federal Aviation Administration regulations regarding flight training and resting and an increased demand for pilots over the next 20 years, airlines’ demand for pilots will increase exponentially. While we are happy to see the institute carry on, let’s not forget that at the same time of debates about the Institute of Aviation’s survival, the University also considered closing down the Police Training Institute. Both the Institute of Aviation and the Police Training Institute are more or less trade schools. They both have seen the chopping block, although the PTI remained open when no other viable alternative was available and legislators pressured the University to keep it open. The University said that budget considerations prompted serious conversations about the closure of both institutes. When the University Board of Trustees voted 6-2 (all three student trustees voted to keep it open) to close the Institute of Aviation, then interim Chancellor Robert Easter estimated it would save up to $750,000 per year. PTI would have saved $900,000 per year. Mind you, at that time, the University was owed more than $400 million by the state, so the closure of either of these was only a minor fraction of the overall deficit. The state has brought that deficit down to $200 million as of Sept. 12. We bring these numbers to light because in the deal with Parkland College, the college will lease the aviation institute’s facilities for $1 a year — yes, you read that correctly. Of course, the University will also transfer $3 million to the college through upgrades to the fleet at Willard Airport and other expenses. For $3 million, students can rest happy that it will not end in August 2014 as intended, and the University no longer has to assume responsibility for it. But for $3 million, the University will lose its ability to contribute to an industry that benefits everyone. It has lost another route to provide a track toward viable careers for its students. A trade school it may be but, like the PTI, it was a great service to University students who continue to struggle to find careers within more traditional disciplines. But when another program is up for cutting, will someone be there to save it?
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appointments for another day. You don’t want to call after 8 a.m., as the available appointments are typically fully booked. To make scheduling an appointment even worse, there is usually only one secretary answering the phone, so students must wait on hold for several minutes. This is disturbingly inconvenient. Many students start work or class at 8 a.m., so it is impossible for them to schedule an appoint-
ment; particularly if they do not want their classmates or colleagues to know about their mental health issues. Scheduling appointments for other health services is significantly easier. The University is full of hardworking and ingenious staff, faculty and students. There must be a way to provide better counseling services for students.
KATHLEEN BECKER graduate student in LAS
Pope Francis is pushing for central message of Christianity: Forgiveness
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read your editorial, “Pope revisits Church doctrine in new light,� and while I don’t mind your simple statement of moral philosophy — “love the sinner, hate the sin� — I believe you have missed something important in what Pope Francis is saying. Certainly, he is criticizing the way some have spoken on behalf of the Catholic Church. When he says, “... it is not necessary to talk about these
issues all the time,� I think it is implicit that he knows that people have made that mistake. But what is being shortchanged if sexual morality is being overemphasized? It is not other aspects of morality, but Christ Himself and the good news about Him. Pope Francis wants Catholics to go back to the basics of evangelization: “Proclamation in a missionary style focuses on the essentials, on the necessary
things: this is also what fascinates and attracts more, what makes the heart burn...� The only reason that Pope Francis would downplay some aspects of church teaching would be to push more for the central mission: Christians must say, “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.�
BRANDON BIAGIOLI graduate student in Law
Pope Francis’ actions promise future of progress ANDREW HORTON Opinions columnist
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ere’s some reality: Gay culture is becoming increasingly more accepted as the lifestyle is becoming more common in pop-culture and in everyday life. Abortion remains a highly contentious topic that will likely never reach a legal resolution any time soon. Contraception is part of a healthy lifestyle for those who engage in sexual intercourse. Pope Francis’ bombshell announcement last week that Catholics have become obsessed with gay marriage, abortion and contraception signaled to me that this pope is taking the church in the right direction. For me, religion is meant to provide spiritual guidance so you have a way to model your life and grapple with life’s profound questions. It should not be used as a vehicle for pushing your ideals onto others. The Pope’s undermining of some of the most hot-button social issues directs the focus of the church back to its fundamental virtues of universal love and service to those in need. The Pope phrased this in an elegant metaphor: “I see the
church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.� The Pope’s words sought to unify the more liberal branch of Catholics who were more or less ignored during the previous two papacies. Granted, it aggravated some of the more conservative Catholics who feel the need to crusade against marriage equality and a woman’s right to control her own body. But this is for the better. The church’s conservative branch, particularly those who are very outspoken about their opposition to gay rights, abortion and contraception, are behind the times. Thus it tends to push young people away from the church, instead of drawing them in with the good that spirituality has to offer. This can be illustrated by the numerous religious demonstrators that come to campus and camp out on the Quad, advocating a host of extreme convictions, in some cases telling students that they are going to hell. These demonstrators receive a lot of attention, but not from students who are looking to join a religious congregation (it’s usually just hecklers or curious observers).
If anything it makes students more hesitant to take up any faith at all. Instead the church should focus on the value that the Gospel can bring to young people. Being happy depends on striving for a healthy balance of monetary freedom and interpersonal relationships. While students on campus are very keen on addressing the first part through resume building and their inherent consumerism, they often miss out on the fact that no matter how much money you make or how high you rise on the corporate ladder, you can never really be happy unless you have the other side strongly in place. The stories that the church teaches contains valuable lessons in handling these relationships, by exhibiting love and compassion for everyone in the face of contentious pride and injustice. This is the message that would make people want to join a religious institution, not the dogmatic rules that command them to abide by certain behaviors.
His statement can also be seen as representing the social progress that has been made in recent years, particularly in regard to gay rights. A growing portion of the world opposing the church’s insistent focus on these contentious issues may have been the motivation for him to back off on them. This would indicate a world shifting toward tolerance, which is the precursor of peace. And peace is something that any denomination can support. The Pope’s statement along with his other actions thus far have represented what a religious leader should be: an inspiring voice that speaks to the reality of the human spirit, not an untouchable old man in a high tower who conveys the same tired messages. It certainly changed my outlook on the church, and I can only pray that such progress will continue.
Instead the church should focus on the value that the Gospel can bring to young people.
Andrew is a junior in Engineering. He can be reached at ajhorto2@ dailyillini.com.
Students are more than what they think they are NICKI HALENZA Assistant opinions editor
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stood on a desk in the farthest corner of the room, looking past the rows of heads before me. The room was hot and humid as students were herded through the doors like cattle. Heads leaned back and forth looking for tiny gaps between people where they could catch a glimpse of the stage. Despite the crowd and chaos around me, my attention was focused completely on a wooden podium and a man dressed in a snappy suit. Last week, the University buzzed with excitement to see and listen to actor Giancarlo Esposito. As he spoke of his various experiences and offered up some inspirational advice, he said something that really resonated with me — you are more than what you think you are. And this completely clicked. As students at this University, we are all ten steps ahead of many people in life in terms of our education and opportunities. We are lucky. We are
told we carry promise - that we can be somebody and bring something to society. But, to me, that’s not enough. That is just the first step. Many of us are pretty well oriented with our majors and have at least some inkling of an idea of what we want to do after college. Or maybe we don’t. But regardless, we have an immense amount of prospects in front of us. However, I feel like many of us are so structured in our thinking that we settle for the idea of getting a degree, having a job and that’s it. But like Esposito said, we are so much more than that. We are more than a future employee. We are more than an accountant, a teacher, a doctor, a whatever. Often times, I think it can be really hard for us to see our full potential. It is hard to see ourselves as more than who we already are or beyond what we are already doing. Some of our greatest traits and talents are never fully explored. Maybe it is because we never find the right outlet to express them. Maybe we don’t know what to do with them. Or maybe we don’t know we have them at all.
But if people never pushed themselves beyond their limits, we wouldn’t see all of the amazing and life-changing things that people have done in our world. There are people who have fought and overcome tremendous battles, created inventions that have saved lives, made discoveries that have changed the way we live and think about our world. And I don’t think these things happened because a person is born knowing they are going to change the world. It is a process of learning, experiencing and growing up. If people never take chances and simply settle for who they are and what they do, then they will never see improvement. We need to constantly re-evaluate ourselves because we are always changing and are affected by new people and new experiences. And not even in terms of what we do, but who we feel we are. Essentially, our lives require as many updates as the iPhone. There are so many instances where I have limited myself from doing something because I thought, “I can’t do that. That’s not me. That’s not who I am.� And because of that I was never able to find out what
I was capable of. More recently, I have started going after things. I’ve taken on challenges that I never thought I would be able to handle. And let me just say, it feels good. With all of this in mind, I urge students to dig deeper in their experiences here. We need to go beyond this mindset that we are here so that we can walk out with a job. While that is definitely a nice outcome and it is important in our long-term success, I think we need to push ourselves a little further. Being here is a platform for us to do something bigger and hopefully learn something more about ourselves. It would be a waste if we did not walk out of this campus as different people and with a different perspective than when we walked in. Never settle for what you think you know about yourself. Keep driving in directions you didn’t know you could go and push your boundaries every so often. You are more than what you think you are.
Nicki is a junior in Media. She can be reached at halenza2@dailyillini.com.
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Celebrate your dad with quotes from the greats MAGGIE O’CONNOR Staff Writer
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honest with yourself: How much time do you really take to appreciate what the father figure in your life has done for you? Probably not much. Between homework, exams, meetings and a social life, you barely have time for sleep these days. So this Dads Weekend is an opportunity to turn it all around. It is your chance to take a few days and remember why your dad deserves this weekend getaway. And, in case you need a few reminders, the words of these Hollywood father-figures remind us why we should salute our Illini dads: 1. They build us up even when our best efforts come up short. Maybe you didn’t hear it in a football locker room, but sometimes Dad’s message may sound like the words of “Remember the Titans” Coach Herman Boone: “You boys are doing all that you can do. Anybody can see that. Win or lose... We gonna walk out of this stadium tonight with our heads held high. Do your best. That’s all anybody can ask for.” 2. I’ve never raised one
myself, but I have to imagine that a child presents you with a whole lot of problems that just seem to come out of left field. And we have to respect the guy who has been there through it all, the one who knows how to put a smile on when things just don’t go according to plan. Who better exemplifies this than Clark Griswold in “Christmas Vacation?” Take, for instance, the scene when his cousin-in-law Eddie shows up to his old-fashioned family Christmas: Eddie: “You surprised to see us, Clark?” Clark: “Oh, Eddie ... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn’t be more surprised than I am now.” 3. Let’s give Dad the benefit of the doubt here and admit that he may have actually been as cool as his glory day stories imply. He had fun, went to college parties and lived on the edge. And he gave that up for soccer practice, bedtime stories and a full-time job to support a family. That’s a pretty serious sacrifice — something that we appreciate, especially since we now know what it’s like to only have to take care of ourselves. We should always take time to appreciate those dads who, even though they may seem frustrated at times, are so selfless that they actually don’t regret trading in kegs and late night drunk food for raising a family. We might as
well call them Mr. Incredible: Mr. Incredible in “The Incredibles”: “I’m sorry. I’ve been a lousy father, blind to what I have. So obsessed with being undervalued that I undervalued all of you. So ... caught up in the past that I ... You are my greatest adventure.” 4. If you’ve ever had a father figure to encourage you, then you know that his supportive words have been as important to your success as Christopher Gardner’s words in “The Pursuit of Happyness:” “You got a dream ... You gotta protect it. People can’t do somethin’ themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want somethin’, go get it. Period.” 5. And then there’s this infamous line, where we are reminded of how wise our dads actually are. In one of his last conversations with Peter Parker (a.k.a. Spiderman), Uncle Ben reminds him: “Remember that with great power, comes great responsibility.” If we have been lucky enough to have an amazing dad or father figure in our lives, we have the responsibility to appreciate and celebrate him. Happy Dad’s Weekend.
Maggie is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at oconno36@dailyillini.com.
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At his rural home in the woods, long-time Forks, Washington resident John Anderson is photographed with hundreds of buoys used in Japanese oyster farms, March 7. Since the tsunami, he has seen a big increase in the number of Japanese buoys washing up on Olympic Peninsula shores. we’ve seen the majority of it wash ashore that we’re going to get. If more continues to wash ashore, we’re prepared.” The magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake in March 2011 was the largest recorded in Japanese history. It killed 15,833 people, destroyed 129,000 buildings and triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Afterward, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment estimated that 5 million tons of debris everything from smashed homes to drums of chemicals to tires to millions of plastic toys, bottles and pieces of furniture ended up in the ocean, but that 70 percent of it sank in the first few weeks. Scientists say the debris is not radioactive, because it washed out to sea before the nuclear power plant melted down. Satellites were able to track the debris for the first month, but then much of it scattered. Six months after the tsunami, a
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University tradition for over 90 years, Dads Weekend brings many fathers of Illinois students to campus to enjoy a weekend full of fun events. “Tradition is very popular throughout this campus,� said Rebecca Salzman, assistant to the director at the Illini Union Parent Programs Office. “The University recognizes the conservation of parents and families, so it has been encouraged to be continued.� Salzman said the tradition of Dads Weekend began when Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity members invited their fathers to campus in 1913. The Illini Union Parent Programs then continued the tradition after being founded Nov. 6, 1922. The Program planned many Dads Weekend events this year, many of which are already sold out. J.B. Bailey, the Illini Union Parent Programs Adviser, gave a rundown of the events that will take place during Dads Weekend. The events will include the Dads Weekend Welcome Reception, Illini volleyball, the pre-game barbecue, football, the Rock Band Concert and the Dads Weekend Brunch. On Friday, the Dads Weekend Welcome Reception will occur at the Illini Union. During the reception, King Dad will be announced, based on previously submitted essay-based nominations written by students who wished to show appreciation for their father figures. Tony Smaniotto, president of the University Dads Association, said the crowning of King Dad is his favorite part of the weekend. “(We are) proud fathers, and we like to be able to help our young students,� Smaniotto said. Once King Dad is crowned, he presides over many of the weekend events.
He is given a crown and scepter and can sit with Chancellor Wise at the football game. The same night, the Illini volleyball team will play against Iowa in the State Farm Center at 7 p.m. It’s the third time that the team has played in the center, and Smaniotta said that over 500 $7-tickets have already been sold. On Saturday morning, the annual, sold-out pre-game barbecue will take place in the ARC, offering the usual pulled pork sandwiches with scalloped potatoes and green beans. Smaniotta said that since they never know when the game will start, they always stick to the same food, no matter the time of the game. After the barbecue, attendees can head to the football game. Kickoff is at 11 a.m. at Memorial Stadium, and Illinois will play Miami University of Ohio. On Saturday at 8 p.m., American English, a Beatles tribute band that dresses up like the Beatles, will perform in the Rock Concert at Foellinger Auditorium. This will be the second year in a row that the band has played at Dads Weekend. Tickets are $15 and $25 for multiples of two. Bailey said the American English is one of the few bands that cover the entire Beatles repertoire, from the early Mop Top days and Sgt. Peppers to the Abbey Road Sessions. Bandleader Eric Michaels does all of the Paul McCartney parts of the Beatles songs. He is even left-handed like McCartney. Michaels has been a member of the band for about 20 years and said that the wide spread love of the Beatles is what brings them all over the U.S. Michaels said that performing last Dads Weekend was one of the highlights of the band’s year, and they are excited to be back this year. “Every concert is special in its own
way; this one is more special,� Michaels said. “The excitement will be there, I can feel it already. It’s gonna be a good fun time for everybody, I guarantee it.� Along with all of the scheduled events of Dads Weekend, many central buildings on campus will be offering free tours. The ARC, Altgeld Bell Tower, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the Undergraduate and Main Libraries will offer tours throughout the weekend. Each of these tours are first come, first serve, with the exception of the Altgeld Bell Tower Tour, which requires a reservation. More information regarding tours can be found on the University Parent Program’s Dads Weekend website. On Sunday at 11 a.m., there will be a sold-out brunch in the Union. This is the final planned event for the weekend, but many family members stick around to see the rest of campus and spend time with their family. Sam Giglio, sophomore in Fine and Applied Arts, plans to tailgate with his dad at the Evans Scholar House before going to the football game with his dad and roommate. After the game, he and his dad plan to go to dinner. Julia Hector, sophomore in LAS, said both her mom and dad are coming to campus this weekend. They will participate in Alpha Gamma Delta’s bags tournament and then attend the volleyball game. On Sunday, she plans to take them to brunch. Illini Union Parent Programs and students alike plan to make Dads Weekdend memorable, whether it involves tailgating, attending the Rock Concert or taking a tour of the Altgeld Bell Tower.
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h-oh, guess what time it is? Guess what time it is! No, it’s not hump day, nor is it gameday — my apologies to the Geico camel and Reilly O’Toole for getting their hopes up. It’s the start of conference play. Across the board, Illinois teams are gearing up for the long and grueling stretch of games that make up the Big Ten portion of the schedule. Teams leave the realm of, sometimes, subpar competition and say goodbye to cross-country road trips. From here on out it’s all Midwest, all the time. Well, at least until Rutgers and Maryland join the Big Ten contingent in 2014 because lets face it, New Jersey lacks that Middle America charm. Conference play is just more exciting. As fun as it was to watch soccer beat up on Florida International, it’s more intriguing and meaningful to see the team play familiar teams, rival teams. Last weekend soccer opened its Big Ten slate with Ohio State. After two overtimes the game ended in a 1-1 draw, Illinois’ only goal coming from junior forward Jannelle Flaws in the sixth minute. This was a much-anticipated matchup as the last time these two teams met, Ohio State clinched the Big Ten Tournament by beating the Illini 2-1. Playing the same teams year after year means there will be instances where some games mean more. Bragging rights are on the line. The respect of the conference hangs in the balance. A draw against a good Ohio State team isn’t
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Illinois' Jennifer Beltran (3) and Morganne Criswell (1) go for a bump during the match against Washington at Huff Hall on Sept. 13.
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Volleyball opens Big Ten season with game at State Farm Center BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
For the No. 24 Illinois volleyball team, this weekend will be different. Not only will the Illini play at State Farm Center, the team’s first home game outside of Huff Hall in four years, but they will also shift from their preconference schedule into more difficult conference games. With eight schools in the top 25 including Illinois, the Illini will have their hands full this year in the Big Ten. Illinois will begin action Friday at 7 p.m. in State Farm Center with a match
against Iowa before playing No. 12 Nebraska at 4 p.m. on Saturday. “Every year there’s never really an obvious weak link or an obvious team that’s going to take the title,� senior defensive specialist Courtney Abrahamovich said. “There’s teams clawing and fighting for that title and every night you have to be on.� The Illini will start the weekend against the Hawkeyes, a team that is coming off wins in three of its last four matches. Illinois head coach Kevin Hambly said Iowa is an extremely well-rounded team. “They’re balanced,� Hambly said. “They always compete
really hard and they play great defense. They dig a lot of balls and they create a lot of swings.� Illinois will continue its weekend against Nebraska. The Cornhuskers are coming off a fiveset contest against No. 5 Texas in which Nebraska almost beat last year’s national champions at home. Illinois also played Texas to five sets, but Hambly believes the Cornhuskers are currently playing at a higher level than the Illini. “They’re really athletic and they have swag,� Hambly said. “They come in expecting to win everywhere they go and they’re
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playing really good volleyball. They’re playing better volleyball than us right now, we’re going to have to step up our game.� Aside from the change in competition with the start of Big Ten play, Illinois will also be dealing with another difference this weekend: playing in a new venue. The Illini will play the Hawkeyes at State Farm Center as a practice run before Illinois possibly hosts regionals in a few months. Despite the size of State Farm Center, Abrahamovich feels the fans are still a big part of the action. She added that support from Illini fans on Friday may help bridge the gap between Huff and State Farm Center. Illinois has struggled to score points at times this season. To counter the slight drop in points, junior Morganne Criswell said the Illini have been working on “creat-
ing swings� this week in practice in order to make offensive opportunities out of every possession. “Whenever the setter takes the first ball, we’re working on having good hands so we can get a swing or create offense off a hit,� Criswell said. When the Illini take the court against the Hawkeyes, they will be looking to stop a four-game losing streak dating back two weeks. In order to turn the streak around, Criswell said the team will rely on its preparation. “The work we’ve put in is what’s going to get us our wins,� Criswell said. “We’ve put in the time, we’ve put in the effort and I think building off of that will help keep our confidence up.�
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they’re no Iowa State and they’re no Arizona State.� While being pitted against some of the best teams the ACHA has to offer, the Illini players have been working towards eliminating small, individual mistakes every week in order to make the team’s on-ice performance flow properly. After giving up four goals against Northern Illinois, a Division-II team, Illini head coach Nick Fabbrini said he was upset with the team’s defensive performance. But while fixing that problem last Friday by shutting out Southern Illinois on the way to a 6-0 win, the Illini saw a number of minor roughing penalties handed out to each team. The Illini have already racked up 64 penalty minutes in their first four games, meaning the
There was a void created in Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium at the end of last season. With the graduation of goalkeeper Steph Panozzo, the Illini were missing a solid foundation for their season. Panozzo’s influence during her time couldn’t be understated, as the Illini qualified for two Big Ten Tournament finals with her in goal. Panozzo left the school tied with current assistant coach Leisha Alcia for most single-season saves in school history with 111 in her last year. “Steph was always a great role model,� senior Lauren Parkin said “I never minded playing behind her because she was just such a great leader.� Illinois soccer started out its 2013 preseason with no knowledge of who its starting goalkeeper would be. Parkin, Lizzi Sanscrainte and Claire Wheatley were the choices in front of head coach Janet Rayfield. Although the trio’s experiences differed, Rayfield judged her candidates by their consistency to give an equal chance at getting the job. The discussion was tight up until the season opener in which Panozzo’s backups Parkin and Sanscrainte lost out to the freshman Wheatley. The competition in preseason was a precursor to the difficult times Wheatley would face early in her collegiate career. In the first weekend of the Illini’s regular season, Wheatley conceded eight goals. In the first five games, she had an average of 2.5
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Senior goaltender Nick Clarke prepares to make a save Friday night against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at the Illinois Ice Arena. Clarke got a shut out in the first game of the season, with the Illini winning 6-0.
Illini hockey faces 1st real test in Mich. State BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER
And so it begins. Illini hockey (2-0) has looked impressive early in the season, starting the year with a fourgame win streak and outscoring opponents by 20 goals (28-8) and scoring an average of seven goals per game. But, after two weeks of tune-up games, No. 7 Illinois enters the bulk of its schedule this weekend, starting off with hosting the defending ACHA DivisionII National Champion Michigan State. Though technically in a division below Illinois, Michigan State is the best team in that division, and Illini senior goaltender Nick Clarke is no stranger to the tough competition the Spartans bring. “They should be no easy opponent, and we have to come out and treat it just like any other game,� Clarke said. “We usually start the
year off playing them and we know what to expect.� The Spartans have 17 players returning from their national championship team and look to be strong contenders to retain their title come March, just as the Illini are poised to go after the ACHA’s Division-I National Championship. While Illinois remains focused on this weekend’s series against the Spartans, the team is fully aware of what’s right around the corner on the schedule. After this weekend’s games against Michigan State, the Illini must battle through one of the toughest schedules in the nation, playing No. 9 Iowa State, No. 2 Arizona State, No. 8 Robert Morris, No. 3 Lindenwood and thenNo. 5 Ohio, all in a row. “Michigan State is the best Division-II team in the nation,� captain Austin Bostock said. “These games are important, but
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SOCCER goals allowed per game. “I think it’s about getting used to the college game,” Wheatley said. “I grew a lot in my self-confidence and confidence in my team.” In the games since, she has earned her first shutout of the season and has a goal allowed ratio of just one per game. The former Plano West Senior High School standout has cemented her spot in the team by leading the Big Ten with 42 saves. Wheatley has steadily improved her stats but her newfound form is obvious on the field. She has more control of the penalty area, and she is more vocal. She has become less fearful about coming out for the ball and starting attacks from the back. Wheatley has become the centerpiece for an improving defense. “With each problem she solves, she continues to grow in her confidence in what she’s saying and how she’s saying it,” Rayfield said. “Her presence is getting bigger and her
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25. Penn State claims the No. 1 spot in the AVCA poll, and is scheduled to come to Huff Hall on Oct. 18. Going through conference play is like running the gauntlet. There’s tough competition around every corner just waiting to knock you out. Hockey is also gearing up to start its Central States Collegiate Hockey League season. The CSCHL is a Division I club conference made up of 10 teams, including ACHA powerhouses Lindenwood, Ohio and Robert Morris. The Illini welcome No. 9 Iowa State to Champaign the weekend of Oct. 4 to start CSCHL play. This conference is stacked. Four teams claim at least one ACHA national championship, Ohio with four,and Illinois and Lindenwood with two apiece. Iowa State won the ACHA’s decision making getting better and that is certainly helping us.” Wheatley said she had to adjust to the college game and pace as well as campus life. She had juggled sports and academia all her life, but being in a college in the Midwest added a lot more to the basic plot. She had to prioritize more in her life outside the sport to settle down on the field. Currently Wheatley is the inform goalkeeper but she is not just settling for dominance right now. She continues to motivate herself to get better, but her running mate Parkin takes a hand in that process. Wheatley and Parkin have forged a closer bond in their time together. Their friendship is based on mutual respect and competition as teammates vying for the same spot. “Since it’s only two of us now, it’s easier to push her and encourage her,” Parkin said. “We push each other and I help her get her mind set right just like I need to get mine right.”
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fi rst national title back in 1992. There will be a lot of coachspeak in the coming days about how “every game is the same” and “we treat all teams equally when preparing”, but playing conference teams just means more. Yes, beating Florida International and say, Nebraska, 4-0 is the same result, but which would you rather? Which do you think Jannelle Flaws and Vanessa DiBernardo would be more proud of? Conference play is a magical time. It’s when competition seems to start in earnest. So I ask, who’s more excited than a camel on hump day or Reilly O’Toole on gameday? Answer: the Illini at the start of conference play.
Aryn is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at braun17@ dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @ArynBraun.
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HOCKEY team’s disciplinary issues have forced them to play over an entire game’s worth of time with a shortened bench. Fabbrini said the Illini need to keep their discipline in-check if they expect to bring home the ACHA Division-I National Championship they’re working toward. Despite minor blemishes throughout a dominating first two weeks of hockey, the Illini players already feel that they’ve improved as a team. Rookie goaltender John Olen commended the team’s defense during his second victory of the season, saying they made his job between the pipes easier than it should have been. “We have to keep getting better and better before we play better teams,” Olen said. “We just have to take it one week at a time.”
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Women’s tennis to take on both coasts BY ALEX ROUX STAFF WRITER
The Illinois women’s tennis team begins its 2013-14 season Friday with a weekend schedule that spans the length of the country. Head coach Michelle Dasso is taking four of her players to the West Point Invitational in West Point, N.Y. Meanwhile, roughly 3,000 miles away, assistant coach Ric Mortera will oversee senior Allison Falkin and junior Melissa Kopinski as they compete at the Riveria/ITA Women’s All-American Championships in Westwood, Calif. Although her team will be split up across the country, Dasso isn’t worried about communication between coaches. She is confident in Mortera and anticipates a frenetic weekend of tennis updates between head coach and assistant. “We’ll be talking nonstop everyday I’m sure, keeping each other in the loop,” Dasso said. This weekend’s tournament scheduling came about under unique circumstances. Sophomore Audrey O’Connor is among the four Illini competing at West Point, and she will not be the only member of her family competing among the 17 teams represented. “My sister’s on the team (at West Point),” O’Connor said. “I’m actually a twin.” Coach Dasso was aware that Audrey’s twin, Haley, was on the United States Military Academy’s women’s tennis team. During the scheduling process, she made sure to enter the Illini into the West Point Invitational for the O’Connor family. “I contacted the coach (at
West Point) and explained to him that we’re trying to get out there,” Dasso said. “I knew that would be something that would be super special for Audrey and her family and mean a lot to them. The whole O’Connor clan is going.” Audrey O’Connor appreciates Dasso’s scheduling efforts. Besides having a twin in the Army, she also has a brother in the Air Force who will be in attendance along with her parents. This weekend provides the opportunity for an O’Connor reunion. “My whole family is close and we don’t get to see each other a lot,” O’Connor said. Family ties led Dasso to schedule West Point, but she also wanted to play the tournament to seek new competition. The Illini have never competed at the West Point Invitational, and eastern teams such as Connecticut and future Big Ten foe Rutgers are included in the field. Junior Julia Jamieson, sophomore Emily Baretta and freshman Alexis Casati will play alongside O’Connor at West Point. “I’m looking forward to seeing how they do in competition,” Dasso said. “It’s (against) a lot of teams we haven’t seen, which is nice.” The individual tournament begins Friday on Army’s campus at the Lichtenberg Tennis Center. At the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships in California, Ric Mortera will be coaching in his fi rst tournament as an assistant coach at Illinois since his departure following the 2011-12 season to become an assistant at Purdue. He was
a volunteer assistant for Dasso at Illinois for two years prior to last season. The No. 89 ranked Allison Falkin and the No. 102 ranked Melissa Kopinski get the chance to compete against the “cream of the crop” at the Riviera tournament, according to Mortera. “It’s kind of the fi rst big, major tournament of the year,” Mortera said. “The best players in the country are going to be there.” The best players in the country competing include No. 1 ranked Sabrina Santamaria of Southern California and No. 2 ranked Robin Anderson from UCLA. Santamaria also makes up half of the top-ranked doubles tandem in the nation, alongside USC’s Kaitlyn Christian. Santamaria and Christian ended the Illini’s run in last season’s NCAA Doubles Championships when they defeated the duo of Kopinski and graduated senior Rachael White. Kopinski and Falkin will compete in both singles and as a doubles tandem at the Riviera tournament. Pre-qualifying rounds are Sept. 28-29 in Westwood before the tournament moves to Pacific Palisades, Calif. for the qualifying rounds and the main draw. Kopinski and Falkin both competed in singles at the tournament last year and Kopinski hopes to use her past experience to her advantage. “I now know what to expect,” Kopinski said. “I’m hoping to do better in singles this year, so to have a good showing would be great.”
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