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Murals encourage pollution awareness BY CLAIRE HETTINGER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Though the University is located inland, its only waterway, Boneyard Creek, eventually drains to the Gulf of Mexico along with any pollution that may be deposited. University Facilities and Services is coordinating a project featuring storm drain murals to encourage pollution awareness. The project, which features seven local artists and five University students, began as a requirement of the University’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer permit from the Illinois EPA. This permit allows the University to direct storm water into receiving streams. Eliana Brown , the coordinator of special programs for Facilities and Services, said her department is responsible for organizing this public awareness project, focusing on pollution of waterways. Brown said this year her boss challenged her to do something that was more engaging for the public. She said that’s when she found that Columbia, Miss., had done a successful storm drain mural project and decided the University should give it a try. “Our hope for the project is that campus and our community will understand that they have
an impact downstream and that even though we are inland we are connected via our land and our storm drains to our waterways and on out to the oceans,” Brown said. Kristin Rose, one of the mural artists and a senior at the University majoring in art, said she wanted to join the project to support its cause and found it to be a good way to publicly display artwork. She said her mural, located in Meadowbrook Park, 2808 S. Race St., Urbana, is right next to a stream fed by storm water. “The source of that stream that is under the bridge is storm water and that water creates a habitat for plants and animals and things. So I decided to pick various native plants to put in each color block because I thought that would show that these plants are here, this water supports them, so you should keep it clean,” Rose said. She said she wanted her to draw attention to her mural by making it bright and colorful, and she also ensured it was kidfriendly because it is in a park. Another of the mural artists, George Hwang, a freshman in Engineering, said he found out about the project through a Mechanical Engineering Facebook page and applied right away.
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Molly Malec, senior in Media, paints the sidewalk on Mathews Avenue near the Engineering Quad on Sunday. Murals across campus encourage pollution awareness. guide them in designing their murals. “Then the artists came up with their designs, and we talked about it,” Brown said. “It really was a conversation, but it’s the artists’ creations.”
The murals were created with marine paint that is not a harm to the environment and will be covered with a clear sealant. They are expected to last between three to five years.
“I couldn’t be more proud of them,” Brown said. “Their artwork is simply breathtaking and amazing.”
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Professors performed experiments to confirm existence of Higgs boson BY ANGELICA LAVITO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Three University professors saw their research validated when the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Francois Englert and Peter Higgs for their theory of the Higgs boson particle. Mark Neubauer, Steven Errede and Tony Liss, all professors of physics, participated in experiments that confi rmed the existence of the Higgs boson, a particle essential to understanding how matter gets its mass. “For us it was very much a validation of all the efforts we’ve put in,” Neubauer said. “Not only did we analyze the data, which we did here at the University of Illinois, but we also contributed strongly to building parts of the detector, and, also, we end-processed the data.” The professors participated in the ATLAS project, which was one of two working to locate the Higgs boson at CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. Errede began his work with ATLAS in 1994 when he and his wife helped build a major portion of the Large Hadron Collider, which was used to conduct the experiment. The Large Hadron Collider accelerates protons, collides them together and creates foreign particles, Neubauer said. The ATLAS detector collects data from the collisions. Prior to the Large Hadron Collider’s activation in September 2008, researchers believed they had seen every particle existent, except for one — the Higgs boson. Englert and Higgs theorized about the particle’s existence in 1964, and more theories appeared until the discovery of the Higgs boson last year. “(The theories are) all descriptions of what theoretical physicists think could’ve happened,” Errede said. “But nature did what she did, and it’s up to us to figure out what the choice was. Some of them to me were very appealing, so it was rather a shock to discover that of all these possibilities, nature
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Art depicting UI researchers’ work on display at Midway BY EDWARD GATHERCOAL CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Brightly colored pictures depicting a wide array of scientific research projects now cover the walls of Concourse A at Chicago Midway International Airport, allowing passengers to experience the “Art of Science: Images from the Institute for Genomic Biology” expose. It will be on display until Spring 2014. The exhibit contains images that exemplify breakthrough research over a variety of scientific fields such as the environment, medicine and energy, demonstrating the diverse work done at the University’s Institute for Genomic Biology. “We are a melting pot of science,” said Kathryn Coulter,
multimedia design specialist and managing artist for the exhibition. The exhibit has 12 pictures and two banners that display enlarged and enhanced microscopic images that researchers were able to capture using state-of-the-art equipment provided by the institute. The aim of this presentation is to spark a scientific interest in the general community. “I think a lot of people are used to experiencing nature on their scale by looking at trees and plants and mountains, and these are beautiful things,” said Glenn Fried, director of core facilities at the institute. “But the reality is that nature is beautiful from a small scale to a planetary
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WASHINGTON — It’s the fastest, cheapest, most effective way to move large numbers of people in an urban area, some transit advocates have come to conclude. But it’s not a streetcar or lightrail system: It’s a fleet of buses that acts like one. Bus rapid transit is common in Latin America and Asia, but it hasn’t caught on as quickly in the United States. Most transit investment in the U.S. over the past few decades has concentrated on subways, light rail and streetcars. According to its boosters, bus rapid transit can spur just as much or more economic development generally at a fraction of the cost, although more sophisticated projects can be just as expensive as rail. Real estate developers and city planners tend to prefer rail systems because of their durability and capacity to move large numbers of people. A report by the New Yorkbased Institute for Transportation & Development Policy has fueled an ongoing debate about the advantages and disadvantages of both modes. The institute released a 159-page report last month that compares 21 North American transit corridors that contain a mix of streetcars, light rail systems and bus rapid transit. But the answer may not be as simple as throwing rail under the bus. In some cities, buses might be the right choice, while in others, rail could be best. Despite the cost advantages that bus supporters claim, high-end systems can
be expensive to build and operate, and many Americans still view bus service as inferior. “Perception is reality,� said Chris Leinberger, a real estate developer, author and urban planning scholar. “We’ve got to change that perception.� Transportation policy experts and city planners have come to embrace bus rapid transit. “An additional tool in the transit toolbox,� said Deron Lovaas, the director of federal transportation policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental policy group. But the more you improve it, he said, “the more the cost advantage disappears.� Bus rapid transit isn’t an ordinary city bus. It incorporates many elements of light rail: a dedicated roadway that’s separated from regular traffic, frequent service, fewer stops, elevated station platforms with better lighting and shelters, and payment collection at the station rather than on the bus. “When you build something higher quality, you provide more transportation benefit,� said Annie Weinstock, the director of the U.S. and Africa for the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy and one of the authors of the group’s recent transit report. Weinstock said rapid bus systems could deliver more bang for the transit buck at a time when federal, state and local governments had less funding. But she acknowledged that many railbased transit systems have been successful at stimulating local economies. The report cites the Lynx Blue
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Young and old riders board a FAX bus in Fresno, California. Bus rapid transit is common in Latin America and Asia but hasn’t caught on as quickly in the United States. Line in Charlotte, N.C., a 9.6-mile light rail corridor that opened in 2007 and has generated more than $800 million in transit-oriented development. “Both have potential to stimulate development,� she said. “In areas that have hot land markets, it doesn’t necessarily matter what kind of project you build.� Charlotte and other cities, such as Sacramento, Calif., plan to expand their light-rail systems. Kansas City, Mo., Sacramento and Charlotte also have streetcar systems on the drawing board. Additionally, Charlotte, Kansas City and Fresno, Calif., have some variation of bus rapid transit. Kansas City’s MAX, or Metro Area Express, buses began running on a nine-mile route in 2005 and expanded with a second, 13-mile route in 2011, for a total investment of $50 million. But MAX runs in marked bus lanes on existing city streets, not on a dedicated roadway. That falls
short of the “gold� standard for bus rapid transit as defi ned by the report. Kansas City recently received a $20 million federal grant from the Department of Transportation to begin building a $100 million two-mile streetcar line, scheduled for completion in 2015. The bulk of the project will be fi nanced by bonds paid for with increased sales and property taxes in a special district near the line. Increasingly, cities are relying on the direct beneficiaries of transit projects to pay for them. Voters have approved more than 70 percent of the bond measures for rail transit in the past decade. But while rail projects have sparked tens of billions of dollars in economic development, Leinberger said he had yet to see bus rapid transit deliver benefits on the same scale. “That is a reflection of how the market feels about it,� he said. The construction cost for the highest level of bus rapid transit can approach or even exceed
that of light rail because of the sophistication of the engineering, according to Art Guzzetti, the vice president of policy at the American Public Transportation Association. Still, while bus rapid transit generally is cheaper to build, it might not be cheaper to operate over the long term. Bus systems require more vehicles, drivers and fuel, and light rail vehicles last longer. Mike Wiley, the general manager and CEO of Sacramento Regional Transit, considered bus rapid transit to connect Sacramento’s airport with downtown. He said the construction cost would have been lower than light rail, but there’d be a significantly higher operating cost. The agency plans an “advanced bus� corridor with dedicated lanes elsewhere in Sacramento, he said. “We’re not opposed to any mode or any option,� Wiley said. “We believe there are places for anything.�
Blizzard kills cattle herds, brings economic troubles BY JOHN M. GLIONNA MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. — From inside a small plane cruising over cattle country here, Scott Reder spied the carnage and felt sick to his stomach. Mile after mile, half-buried by snow, the dead animals lay huddled in groups, calves close to their to mothers — carcasses by the dozens strung out along field fences and packed into ditches, black hooves poking up through the drifts like macabre stakes. “In 20 years of flying, I’ve never been sick, but I had to let my friend take over,� Reder recalled. “I looked down and saw 120 of my cattle laying there dead. After I’d finally had enough I said ‘Let’s go home.’� Reder is among thousands of ranchers who last week watched helplessly as a killer early-autumn blizzard decimated 80,000 head of cattle. Calling it the state’s worst economic disaster in decades, officials say the storm has ravaged South Dakota’s $7 billion livestock industry. On Friday, as rain pelted the region near the historic Black Hills, ranchers continued tallying their grim toll, roaming the soggy backcountry, collecting carcasses from melting snow, knowing that perhaps tens of thousands more still lay buried. Silvia Christen, executive director of the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, called the die-off a “perfect storm� of bad weather and amid the federal shutdown worse political timing. The disaster has already caused a “noticeable jump� in the price of live cattle, a rise that could eventually be felt by consumers, she said. “Beef prices will depend on how fast we can get cattle to market again,� Christen said. “If people want to help, go out and buy a steak tonight.� South Dakota ranks sixth in the country in livestock production,
with nearly 4 million head of cattle. Officials say 6,000 ranching operations suffered losses from the storm. The blizzard hit just days after 80-degree weather, before ranchers had moved their herds from less-protected summer grazing lands. Most ranchers were set to bring calves to market — the satisfying payday after another year of grueling labor. Thousands of head had been recently relocated here from Texas and New Mexico to escape punishing droughts in those states. Yet Washington’s shutdown has deprived people here of a traditional safety net: Congress hasn’t passed a new farm bill to subsidize agricultural producers, and the lockout means legislators won’t be voting on the topic any time soon. These days, Reder passes a federal Farm Services Administration office whose doors are closed. Like most American ranchers, the 47-year-old is a resilient small businessman used to tending to his own problems, with help from neighbors whose families settled this land generations ago. Still, he’s frustrated and feels that federal lawmakers have turned their backs on the nation’s heartland in a time of need. “We’re just a bunch of ranchers from South Dakota — it’s hard for our voices to be heard,� he said, sitting at the kitchen table at dawn Friday, drinking coffee, fielding calls from fellow cattlemen. “You see crises across the country, the hurricanes and tornadoes, and officials are on right on top of it. But something of this magnitude, that has just about leveled this part of the country, and there’s nothing.� Many residents in this conservative region had supported the government shutdown as a way to make Washington more fiscally responsible. “But one appropriate role for these guys is to lend a hand after disasters like this,� Christen
said, “and they’re not here.� Reder’s losses are steep. Out of 750 head of cattle he grazed across 40,000 acres, 200 are dead and others are missing. He lost 100 of the 450 calves he had planned to market this month. He says he’s already lost between $250,000 and $300,000 and expects the losses will grow. Many exhausted cattle could die in coming months. Ranchers also face the task and expense of burying their lost herds and are scrambling to beat any warm spell that would spread a reek of decomposition across the range. “These dead cattle will burden people here for a long time,� said Butte County Sheriff Fred Lamphere. “If these ranchers aren’t under enough stress, they now have to dig trenches for livestock they’ve spent years cultivating. I’ve watched good men break down. I feel for these people.� Ranchers described how the fluke storm struck Oct. 3, with heavy rain that rapidly turned into flurries. By the next day, as much as four feet of snow, combined with 70 mph winds, doomed cattle and sheep trapped out in summer grazing land known as gumbo fields for their soft sticky soil. Lamphere, a former ranch hand, said the cattle lacked their warmer winter coats to protect them from wet snow that stuck to bodies already chilled by freezing rain. He said cattle caught in the open field by bad weather instinctively head downwind, their heads low, as they seek shelter. Unable to see, many livestock fell into ditches, quickly covered by trailing animals in a tragic chain reaction. Some animals were so weary they stood frozen in groups, eventually suffocated by piling snow. Cattle collapsed along fences, perishing from hypothermia, others hit by passing cars. On Sunday, when the blizzard finally quit, Reder and his wife, Angela, rode snowmobiles into
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South Dakota rancher Scott Reder, who lost 200 head of cattle in a recent blizzard, displays ear tags of his dead animals on Friday. The storm blew through the region on Oct. 3. isolated country miles from any road, stopping to collect the ear tags on cattle that carried their brand. Locating one animal they had given to their 9-year-old son, Reese, they hugged each other and wept, standing in the field in their snowsuits. “These aren’t just inanimate objects. I personally know each and every one of these animals,� said Reder, a tall rangy man in a well-worn cowboy hat. “I bottle fed most of them as calves.� Ranchers here have survived freak weather. In 1996, a spring squall killed numerous livestock, but that time the federal government responded with partial compensation, often paying ranchers a third of an animal’s cost. The last year brought drought, and many
ranchers sold off parts of their herds rather than pay for expensive store-bought feed. The fall blessedly brought rain, turning brown fields to green, and many started to feel good again. And then, this. Rancher Steve Schell, who lost half his herd, said he can’t bear the idea of finding more dead animals beneath the melting snow. “I’m just so damned whipped,� he said. “I’m played out.� The 52-year-old recalled the shock of seeing mountains of dead animals. “I can’t explain what it’s like because, mister, you can’t imagine it until you witness it with your own eyes,� he said. “To see 15 or 20 cattle piled up — the fruits of all your hard labor — you just have no concept.�
Senate and House still at odds over spending bill Congress expected to compromise soon BY ANITA KUMAR MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON — Several Republican senators said Sunday that a new Democratic request to increase government spending is hurting chances of a deal to end the 13-day-old shutdown. Leaders of the Democratic-led Senate were dismissive of a proposal Saturday, in part, because it kept in place for too long the automatic spending cuts that went into effect this year. Another round of those decade-long cuts is expected in January. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. said maintaining spending cuts is the same for Republicans as maintaining the Affordable Care Act is for Democrats. “They’re all about Obamacare being the law of the land, but so’s the sequester,� he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.� “If we exceed that, it’s real big step in the wrong direction.� Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. said House Republicans went too far in their initial proposals by trying to force repeal or delay of the new health care law as part of legislation needed to keep parts of the government open when money ran out with the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30. Now, he said, Senate Democrats are doing the same with their bid to end the sequester and increase spending. Corker has been part of several groups trying to craft a larger fiscal deal in recent years, including one with the White House, but none have attracted enough bipartisan support. “What we need to do is get this back to the middle of the road, act like adults,� he said. “Nothing is going to happen, I don’t think, if it’s about breaking those spending caps.� Senators of both parties said they believe Congress will find a compromise before Thursday, when the government is expected to start running out of ways to pay its debts. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. said on CBS’s “Face the Nation� that he was “cautiously hopeful, optimistic,� but acknowledged that the issue over spending is now “one of the sticking points.� The future of any compromise now rests largely on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. They, with Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Schumer, met Saturday for the first time to discuss a deal. But Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., said on ABC’s “This Week� that he thinks a proposal should originate in the House.
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ED I TO R IAL Instructors should allow student use of technology
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Friday marked National Coming Out Day. Various campus groups like PRIDE and the Ikenberry Rainbow Connection recognized this day with different events and activities to raise awareness and encourage others to become LGBT allies. National Coming Out Day promotes tolerance and acceptance and is something to be celebrated and acknowledged. Being in the closet was so last National Coming Out Day.
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ake a walk down any street and you will be able to spot at least one person who is texting on his phone, talking on his phone or just holding his phone. It’s 2013, and technology surrounds us all the time, shaping how we live our day-to-day lives. For many of us, it’s hard to go a day, or maybe even an hour, without checking our phones or going on our laptops to watch the most recent YouTube videos and check up on Facebook. With that, technology has also changed education over the years. Especially in college classes, where we use our laptops to take notes and use quick Google searches to try to decipher what our professors are talking about. Many classes require swift note-taking, and it’s hard to do that when the professor is talking quickly and trying to cram as much as possible into a 50-80 minute class. That’s why many students opt to use their laptops. Our University caters to the fact that technology is changing the way we learn and the resources that we use to educate us. Simply by having WiFi, like UIUCnet or IllinoisNet, available all over campus, the University is encouraging the use of technology in education. It’s also visible in the fancy projectors hanging from the ceilings of classrooms that professors use to pull up lecture slides for their classes. Not to mention the numerous computer labs across campus that are used as classrooms so that students have access to the Internet during class. So, with all this technology around us and in use, it’s difficult to understand why some professors do not allow students to use technology in classrooms. Most of us have probably been in a class at some point where the professors ban the use of laptops or cell phones in class. The reason many of them give for eliminating the use of technology in the classroom is the fear that students will be going on Facebook or Twitter rather than paying attention. They fear that technology will distract students, yet it’s technology that is the preferred teaching medium in classrooms. We do go on Facebook, and we do check to see who has tweeted at us while we’re in class. But we also use our computers to take notes quickly so we don’t miss anything. Not to mention, it’s just a waste of time to wait for everyone to take handwritten notes, and it’s equally annoying to have to have the professor constantly repeat the material because students didn’t catch what was said the first time. It’s simply hypocritical to ask students to put their technology away because it disturbs the learning process. Students get assigned homework online through websites like Compass 2g all the time. If using technology really does disturb the learning process, then why are we getting homework that is supposed to be done through such a bothersome and distracting medium? If students choose to use their cell phone in class or go on Facebook in class, it is their fault if they end up doing poorly in the class. There are many things that could disturb the learning process even if technology is banned: another student sneezing, people shuffling around pages of their notebook or even someone tapping their pen on their desk. Professors shouldn’t be playing safety patrol with technology. It’s a paradox: Revolve our classrooms, courses and teaching styles around technology, but inhibit students from using their own technology to individualize their learning experiences.
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There is no better way to kick-off the Halloween season than with the series premiere of “American Horror Story: Coven.� The first episode aired Wednesday on FX as devoted fans saw the return of favorites like Jessica Lange and the babe-tacular Evan Peters. With other celebrity appearances by Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts and the girl from “Precious,� you know it’s going to be a good season. Granted, by the end of the night, we were all lying in the fetal position wrapped up in blankets screaming for our mothers. But what good is that? They’re probably sipping on Skinnygirl margaritas with that empty-nest-syndrome swag anyway.
$/0$ $33529(' If you aren’t watching Season 1 (the lost season) of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,� then you probably aren’t fabulous and you probably think wearing Uggs in the winter (or summer) is still fetch. On episode 2, “Girl Group Challenge,� Destiny’s Child third-wheel Michelle Williams made a guest judge appearance. The queens lip-synced to “Say My Name� and “Independent Women,� and let us tell you: It was not a disappointment. But at the end of the night, one woman must sashay away. Honey, if you’re getting sent home on the Destiny’s Child episode, then you need to go home. You’re embarrassing.
SafeRides valuable but can be improved SEHAR SIDDIQUI Opinions columnist
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a junior, I have never used SafeRides. And I haven’t tried to use it since freshman year. I remember being a dumb but excited freshman, wandering around campus with my new friends, thinking I was so cool for walking around Champaign late at night. We tried to use SafeRides and were rejected — we were to go to the nearest bus stop instead. As a freshman, you usually don’t have the best sense of direction on a big, new campus (or at least I didn’t). My mind was still set to navigating the tiny halls of my high school, so maneuvering through the University was a big transition. When we were told by SafeRides that we’d have to walk a certain distance to a bus stop and wait ‘x’ amount of time for a bus, we were pretty confused and annoyed. Especially since we had sat through so many talks about how important it was not to walk around late at night and how SafeRides was always a good alternative. A disoriented freshman’s initial idea of reliance on SafeRides could easily be shattered after being rejected once. Being told to walk to a bus stop sounds like a good solution on the surface, but the amount of time spent alone walking and waiting can be risky and maybe even equivalent to the time it would take to walk to your destination. However, I have heard good and bad things about SafeRides. The good: For people who have had good experiences with the service, they say it’s dependable
and a safer option than walking alone. Zoya Siddiqui, junior in LAS, says, “I rely a lot on SafeRides, and they’ve always come through for me. Especially when I’m at a friend’s place in Champaign until the middle of the night or studying all the way at Grainger ... the driver always picks me up at the exact time they give me on the phone and gets me home pretty quick. Because this is such a huge campus, not all buses can take you exactly where you want to go; there’s almost always some walking involved. And at 2 a.m., there’s no way I’d feel safe walking halfway across campus just to get home.� Loyola University in Chicago also has a service similar to SafeRides known as “8-Rides�; however, its service generally operates from 6:30 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. unless they have extended hours, and in that case it runs until 4 a.m. Our school’s SafeRides service on the other hand operates from sunset until 6:30 a.m. This is a full twoand-a-half to four hours longer than LUC’s system even when they have extended hours. Unlike Loyola, we don’t live in a huge city. One would anticipate more crime in Chicago than in the Champaign-Urbana area and, accordingly, expect higher security precautions for 8-Rides than SafeRides. This just goes to show how our campus takes safety seriously. The bad: People who have had negative experiences with SafeRides generally say that they were rejected and had to walk pretty far to a bus stop when they felt uncomfortable doing so. Stephanie Youssef, sophomore in LAS, said, “We were at the hospital for orientation, and it was 9 p.m., and we wanted a safe ride back to campus. The nearest bus stop was, I don’t know, at least four blocks away.
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-Maximum of three persons per pick-up location (except for Illini Union, ISR, Main Library and corner of Armory Avenue and Wright Streets). -SafeRides does not duplicate services provided by MTD routes. In other words, if an MTD bus serves And SafeRides wouldn’t come and pick us up. They said we were too close to a bus stop. However, another time we called them they picked us up one block away from a bus stop. They came to Fifth and White even though there are bus stops at Fourth [and White] and Sixth and White.� Although the SafeRides rules specify that,“SafeRides does not duplicate fixed-route service already provided by the MTD,� I find it difficult to justify telling students to walk such a far distance to catch a bus, especially when their algorithm for where to pick up students seems a bit skewed. Additionally, even if a student does happen to be on the route for SafeRides, they still have to wait 15 to 20 minutes. If you’re not waiting inside a building, this can be just as dangerous or even worse than waiting at a bus stop.
your pick-up location already on an existing route, SafeRides will not pick you up at that particular location. -SafeRides does not provide emergency transportation services to medical facilities nor do they provide transportation services to bars. -Must provide your first and last name, phone number, pick-up location and destination to the operator. -Wait up to 15 minutes on weekdays and 30 minutes on weekends. -Display valid pass or appropriate fair to SafeRides operator. -Board SafeRides within two minutes of the vehicle’s arrival. I definitely do see the merit in SafeRides and believe it is a valuable service to our school, which is why I see room for improvement as well. SafeRides is a little muddled and contradictory in its procedures for pick up spots which leaves students feeling frustrated and unsatisfied. SafeRides should be more clear and consistent about where they’re going to pick students up. Also, it could be beneficial for SafeRides to invest in more shuttles and drivers. Not only would this help the service extend where they pick students up from, but it could also speed up the actual pick-up process. This would help transform SafeRides into a service that better caters to the student body’s needs and overall sense of security.
Sehar is a junior in LAS. She can be reached at shsiddi2@ dailyillini.com.
Local issues overshadowed by global concerns BOSWELL HUTSON Opinions columnist
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think it goes without saying that in the United States of America we have some pretty massive problems in our hands. Right now we are faced with debt, environmental, education and health care crises just to name a few. On top of all of this, our government can’t seem to get along and has argued itself into an infuriating shutdown stalemate, seemingly abandoning the needs of its citizens for selfish political reasons. Just last week I was talking to my friends who are working to fix some of these problems, albeit on a local level, with their student groups. One of my very close friends, in fact, is involved with an environmental registered student
organization here on campus, Students For Environmental Concerns, more commonly know as SECS. One of their big projects is weatherization of lowincome housing in Champaign. They’ve actually received a very sizable grant to move ahead with this initiative, and thus it is going forward with no cost to low-income residents. Weatherization, as I understand it, is a way of protecting houses from various weather conditions. It will allow houses to operate more efficiently at an overall cheaper cost to residents. One of the unfortunate problems with this, however, has been gaining community support and awareness for the initiative, which requires the residents to install their own weatherization kits. At first, I couldn’t fathom how it would be hard to gather community backing for this movement which was entirely
positive. The only cost would be one to the RSO, which would be at least partially funded by the University, and the rest would be covered by a grant. After some thought and experience of canvassing, and going door-to-door collecting information in low-income neighborhoods all throughout central Illinois (mostly Danville and C-U), I started to gain some perspective on why residents couldn’t get behind an idea like weatherization. It’s not that people are against the environment or the University, but rather this is a case of the government’s inability to focus on issues right here in our own backyards. In 2009, 30.5 percent of Champaign’s residents lived below the poverty level and 40.5 percent of Danville’s residents lived below the poverty level. The problem with entering these communities of widespread poverty and spreading
information and educational material about peripheral concerns, in this case weatherization, is that it quite frankly isn’t the top priority in these citizens’ lives. If some people are living paycheck-to-paycheck and are never sure where their next meal is going to come from, why would they be able to devote time and concern to something so broad and beyond their personal concern? I vividly remember the experience I had when canvassing a neighborhood on Danville’s east side. I used to work for a local state senator, and we spent a lot of time walking around all sorts of neighborhoods. I canvassed everything from the smallest, dirtiest shack I’ve ever seen to the house of Jimmy John himself. In this particular instance, I asked a woman how she felt about gay marriage and she responded with: “Honey, I’ve
got two sons in Afghanistan and a husband without health insurance. What would I care about gay marriage?� To question these people for their lack of interest is neither correct nor justified, but rather highlights a distinct lack of care on the part of politicians and those in power to address the needs of those in poverty. The poor are an often-neglected part of the American political roundtable discussion. Just last year we had an election, and while Republicans were hell-bent on a message of lower taxes and repealing Obamacare, the mention of the poor, especially in urban areas, was conspicuously absent. The fact that peripheral issues occupy the bulk of political information that is released to the public can perhaps tell us why political apathy is so high in our country. I’m not saying peripheral problems like health care, the
economy and the environment should be ignored. They absolutely should not be. These problems affect billions of people on a daily basis (the environment quite literally affects everyone in the world) and should be dealt with the highest importance and priority. But if someone is apathetic toward these problems because they can’t put food in his or her own stomach, it’s not a reason to chide them, but rather a reason to reevaluate our needs as a country. Perhaps this care can be instilled via education, as my friend’s RSO is seeking to do, but I have a sinking feeling that the problem of poverty, and the blinders it places on much of our population, is much more deep-rooted than something one person or one group can change.
Boswell is a junior in LAS. He can be reached at hutson2@dailyillini.com.
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of their most popular songs, “Cruise.� They played the remix version, which featured Nelly on the screen behind them. Kelley and Hubbard gave an entertaining show for the country music fans at the University. Running around the stage, shaking hands with everyone in the front row and throwing T-shirts into the audience, the duo threw a memorable party. “I see so many smiling faces; so many happy people,� Hubbard said. “This is why we do this, Illinois.�
Olivia is a junior in Media. She can be reached at catuara2@illinimedia.com.
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A lemongrass beef dish at the House of Gourmet located near the corner of Daniel and Sixth streets.
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DOTW we like to put it out in our serving area, too,� Deng said. Jennie Carr, senior in LAS, said the dish changed her mind about Asian food. “I wasn’t really into Chinese food and my friend made me come here. The first dishes
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it may be worth it to give this restaurant a try. Home of Gourmet Chinese and Thai restaurant is open on Mondays until 5 p.m. and on Tuesday through Saturday until 10 p.m. Online orders, delivery and catering are available through www.gourmetcu. com or by phone.
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Big Gigantic performs a sold out show at the Canopy Club on Nov. 25. Dominic Lalli, saxophonist, and Jeremy Salken, drummer, laid down some heavy beats on their Uprising Tour.
Big Gigantic returns to Canopy Club Monday Duo encompasses electronica and jam band BY ROHANIA HASSAN STAFF WRITER
Big Gigantic, a livetronica duo from Boulder, Colo., is performing at The Canopy Club in Urbana on Monday. Minnesota, a producer and DJ from Santa Cruz, Calif., along with the band Positive Vibr8ions, will be opening for Big Gigantic. Big Gigantic comprises saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken. After Lalli graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City with a master’s degree in jazz, he relocated to Boulder, Colo. Lalli and Salken met each other through Boulder’s music scene, where they were both playing gigs in jazz and funk bands. From there, in 2008, Salken and Lalli began performing together and experimented with traditional DJing and the incorporation of live instruments. The pair has been referred to as a “livetronica� duo, which encompasses a style of music that fuses jam band elements with electronica. The word is a combination of live music and electronica, which reflects the overall music Big Gigantic produces. Salken and Lalli work together on stage, alternating between the keyboard, saxophone and tracks on their laptop to offer a sound experience that is distinctly Big Gigantic. Before Lalli and Salken began performing at sold-out venues and headlining music festivals, they started with a more local approach. In 2008, they were playing shows in the Boulder, Colo. area and around the country. Soon after, in 2009, they released their debut album, “Fire It Up,� and proceeded to set out on a full U.S. tour, according to a press release. In 2009, they also released their second album, “Wide Awake,� following up with “A Place Behind
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The Moon� in 2010, and “Nocturnal� in January 2012. “Nocturnal� reached the No. 2 spot on iTunes’ electronic charts and has received over 750,000 downloads. Their album, “Nocturnal,� is fitted with 11 tracks that incorporate the elements they are known for: the saxophone, the drums and funky beats. In the past year and a half, the duo have spent their time headlining sold-out tours across the United States, as well as playing on the festival circuit. Some of the festivals they have played include Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, North Coast and Outside Lands, according to a press release. This isn’t the first time Big Gigantic is performing in Urbana. In November 2012, they performed at The Canopy Club. Jenna Liu, a sophomore in Media, will be attending Big Gigantic’s concert tomorrow night. “I love their music and I’ve heard a lot about their performances, so I’m even more excited to finally experience Big Gigantic live,� she said. During their shows, Big Gigantic plays songs off their albums, as well as various songs they have remixed. Their performance often features a variety of songs, some old, new, unreleased, as well as their own remixes of popular songs, including Aloe Blaac’s “I Need a Dollar,� JayZ’s “Can I Get A ...,� Kanye West’s “Get ‘Em High,� and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Can’t Hold Us.� Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and the show begins at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are still on sale for $20.50 in advance, and $25 at the door.
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Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley gives a shout-out to the “country-folk� of Champaign before beginning the set list on Saturday at State Farm Center.
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ountry fans gathered at State Farm Center on Saturday night, clad in their cowboy boots and plaid shirts. “Illinois, where’s our country folks at tonight?� Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line said as he opened Saturday night’s concert. As a strictly country music fan, I came into the concert with high expectations and knowing I would enjoy the music. Needless to say, Florida Georgia Line did not let me down. Florida Georgia Line, who won awards from the Academy of Country Music Awards and at the CMT Music Awards this year, has been on tour with country singer Luke Bryan all year. They headlined at the University’s State Farm Center Saturday night, singing to an audience full of country fans ready to sing along with the music. The two opening acts were country singers Dallas Smith and Colt Ford. During Dallas Smith’s set, it seemed like the backstage
crew was still trying to get the lighting working properly, as the crowd was blinded every few seconds by flashing lights coming from the stage. While it seemed like not many audience members knew the original songs on Smith’s set list, their excitement visibly grew as he began playing covers of more popular songs, including “Fast Cars and Freedom,� by Rascal Flatts. The crowd responded by dancing and singing with the music. The second opening act was Colt Ford, who began his set by encouraging the audience to get on their feet. However, after his first song, many audience members were back in their chairs. Ford can be best categorized as a hip-swinging, sunglassesindoors, country rap artist. As an audience member who came expecting to hear country music, I was disappointed by both Ford’s musical style and on-stage presence. Many times, he pulled the microphone away from his mouth, almost seeming to accompany his own songs. He sang a few songs that he
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Fans absorb Florida Georgia Line’s energy during their performance Saturday. assumed the audience would know (they didn’t), and then ended the performance with “Dirt Road Anthem,� which was written by Brantley Gilbert and Ford but was popularized by Jason Aldean. Right when the lights went off in preparation for Florida Georgia Line, almost everyone in State Farm Center was back on their feet, myself included. Hubbard and his best friend Brian Kelley make up Florida Georgia Line. The duo began with “It’s Just What We Do.� From the beginning, both Hubbard and Kelley brought all of their energy and gave a great performance. Hubbard and Kelley made many alcohol references during their performance, and both of them took a swig of something that looked like whiskey while onstage, setting the tone for the rest of the concert as one giant party. Later on, Hubbard announced that State Farm Center was “about to have the biggest party of the year in Champaign!�
Some of the band’s songs, such as “Tip it Back,� are about drinking and going out with friends, and before beginning “Tip it Back,� Hubbard told the audience to tip back their flasks. Although flasks are forbidden in State Farm Center, many audience members complied. “Well, you know what, Champaign? I gotta be honest for a second,� Hubbard said. “We’ve been waiting all week for this night right here.� Kelley and Hubbard mentioned their love for the city of Champaign a lot during their performance. They never missed a chance to give the audience a boost of excitement when they substituted some lyrics in their songs with the words “Illinois� or “Champaign.� Toward the middle of its concert, Florida Georgia Line brought Colt Ford back out to show off his dance moves. Hubbard joked that Colt Ford taught Luke Bryan how to
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DISH OF THE WEEK
Popular lemongrass beef dish receives rave reviews
BY JOLIE HUANG STAFF WRITER
Before the rush of late-night debauchees and bawdy country music lovers line up outside KAM’S, another nearby location boasts its own long lines during the day. Home of Gourmet Chinese and Thai Restaurant, commonly known as “Home of Gourmet,� is a small restaurant located on 604 E. Daniels St. in Champaign, next door to KAM’S bar. Students
come and go during the day to grab some food before class or sit down for a meal. However, the ethnic dish that may bring some of these long lines is the lemongrass beef, a popular dish among University students. “Out of all of the Chinese restaurants on campus, I think this one is closest to the authentic style of Chinese food I have in my hometown,� said Bing Zhu, junior in Engineering and international student from China.
In late 2012, House of Gourmet was taken over by a new management team whose first course of action was to remodel the entire kitchen and replace all appliances. “The quality of the dishes has improved a lot. The lemongrass beef has always been good though,� Zhu said. To make this dish, Xiowei Deng, chef at Home of Gourmet, mixes lemongrass, fish sauce, sugar, oil and a “special� sauce. Beef
strips are then sliced and marinated in the mixture for approximately 20 minutes. After marinating, the strips are grilled and served with rice. According to Deng, this recipe comes from his hometown, a small southern village of China in the Henan Province. “When I was growing up, we sometimes didn’t have all of the ingredients to make this dish, or sometimes we would have too many leftover ingredients,� Deng
said. “We would just mix whatever we had together to make the ‘special’ sauce. I remember we used grounded water chestnuts once. It was very good.� Of course, at Home of Gourmet, the “special� sauce is no longer a mishmash of leftovers. It is instead a combination of Asian spices and savory sauces. The lemongrass beef dish, prepared in the sauce, is always on the restaurant’s menu. Sometimes the dish is also available in the
serving area. House of Gourmet has a unique layout where the center of the restaurant is laid out like a cafeteria. Customers can go up to a serving area where employees dish out a variety of entrees. Occasionally, the lemongrass beef will be served there as well. “It’s a very popular choice. Many people order it during the busy hours at lunch, so sometimes
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Mid-semester blues hit Illini sports teams Despite slump in athletics, students should be hopeful
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Illinois libero Jennifer Beltran digs the ball during Illinois’ five-set loss to Michigan State at Huff Hall on Nov. 16.
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BELTRAN SETS DIGS RECORD
Record-breaking libero possesses consistency that rest of team lacks BY BLAKE PON STAFF WRITER
Senior libero Jennifer Beltran didn’t even know what she accomplished during Saturday’s sweep of Indiana until head coach Kevin Hambly informed her after the match. Midway through the opening set Saturday, Beltran recorded dig No. 1,922 of her career, passing former Illini Ashley Edinger for most digs of all time in program history. Beltran finished the match with 11 digs to place her 10th all-time in the Big Ten with 1,929 digs. “To be honest, I had no idea how close I was to it or that I had done it,� Beltran said. “Of course it’s an honor to be a part of history, but, like I said, every time I’m out there I’m doing my job and doing what I have to do for my team and getting us as many opportunities as I can by making plays in the back row.� Hambly said Beltran set a high standard for the libero position. “We’ve been fortunate to have some good liberos over the years,� Hambly said. “For Jen to break that record, it’s a pretty big deal. “She’s a great player, she’s been a great libero for us, and I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to coach her.� Although Beltran is a model of consistency, the Illini as a whole have not been this season. Illinois dropped three consecutive sets Friday against No. 20 Purdue after winning a tightly contested opening set, by scores of 29-31, 25-23, 25-17, 25-23. The Illini were no match for Purdue junior Val Nichol, who turned in a complete performance with 14 kills, 23 assists, nine digs and four blocks. Sophomore outside hitter Jocelynn Birks kept the Illini alive offensively, leading both teams with 22 kills on 60 attempts for a .267 hitting percentage. A lack of execution in key moments late against Purdue led to Illinois’ downfall, Beltran and Hambly said. The Illini were able to correct this problem in the following match against Indiana, sweeping the Hoosiers 25-22, 25-23, 25-20. The win leaves Illinois 7-9 overall and 3-3 in the conference. “I think (Alexis Viliunas) did a really good job of distributing the ball to all of our hitters,� junior outside hitter Morganne Criswell said. “A lot of times we depend on just one or two hitters, which sometimes gets us into trouble. I think (Viliunas) made great decisions at key points.� Viliunas dished out 33 assists against Indiana, which allowed five Illini to get five kills or more. Birks led the way once
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“We’ve been fortunate to have some good liberos over the years. For Jen, to break that record, it’s a pretty big deal.� KEVIN HAMBLY HEAD COACH
air warning, this column is going to seem depressing. Students are in the midst of exams, the weather is getting colder and many Illinois teams are slumping. The University’s got that mid-semester blues. It’s no longer the beginning of the school year and students are starting to remember why they were so excited for summer a mere five months ago. Everyone is stressed. Walking across the Quad you hear sentiments like, “maybe grad school isn’t such a good idea,� “how important is going to class anyway?� and even the occasional “If Steve Jobs can be successful without a degree I can, too, right?� A fog of monotony has hit Illinois, and hit it hard. Sports teams are following the same trend, much to the dismay of the players, coaches and fans. Soccer was down in the dumps. The Illini have been riddled with injuries, and beating Wisconsin on Saturday was their first win since opening conference play with a narrow victory over Iowa two weeks ago. Yikes. But the Wisconsin win is nothing to scoff at. The No. 20 Badgers were a worthy opponent and Illinois hung on to clinch a 3-2 victory. A bright spot in an otherwise dismal October so far. Volleyball is also in desperate need of a pick-me-up. It’s lost seven of its last 10 games. Granted, six of those losses came to teams ranked in the top 25. The schedule is strong, and that counts for something, but with the exception of a 3-2 loss to then No. 2 Texas, the Illini struggle to take sets from good teams. Looking at the results, you see a lot of 3-0 or 3-1 losses that don’t account for how competitive each set was — maybe the Illini kept it close until the end and then couldn’t close — but it doesn’t look good. A 3-0 win over Indiana this weekend helped to soften the blow. But Indiana has now lost eight in a row, and is winless in the Big Ten. So while it always feels good to sweep a team, anything less would
have been embarrassing for the Illini. Though football had a bye week, a bad taste lingers from last week’s disappointment at the hands of the Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb. Quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase had his worst performance of the season, amassing only 135 yards passing. A far cry from the 300-yard, 40-point games of the not-so-distant past. When reading recaps of games from each weekend it seems like loss after loss after loss. There are exceptions, of course, and excitement every once in a while, but for the most part, Illinois is in desperate need of a spark; something to ignite campus and transform it into the vibrant, lively community it was only weeks ago. Ah, September. The good old days. Now I’m just being dramatic. The great thing about sports is there’s always hope. Underdog status means nothing. Once the whistle blows, the number of W’s in a teams win column proves pointless. Florida Gulf Coast embodied the Cinderella story during March Madness last year. Illinois basketball did it when they upset No. 1 Indiana. Hell, I just watched Missouri’s football team beat Georgia in Athens. “It’s always darkest before the dawn.� Florence and the Machine taught me that one. Harvey Dent also said it in “The Dark Knight,� but I try not to speak of old Two-Face. I think the same sentiment holds true for Illinois sports. We’re in a rough patch, but brighter days are ahead. The football team had time to regroup so they can surprise Wisconsin under the lights at Memorial Stadium. Soccer is focused on getting players healthy and proving to the Big Ten that they shouldn’t be taken lightly. And volleyball? Volleyball is primed and ready for a big win. No. 5 Penn State comes to town next weekend and I think head coach Kevin Hambly and his team have had this match circled on their calendar since the beginning of the season. So let’s not despair. Right now, I think we’re experiencing a midseason slump, but hopefully, mercifully, the fog will lift. Midterms will end, Champaign will reawaken and Illinois athletics will get a big victory to soothe our souls.
Aryn is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at braun17@ dailyillini.com. Follow her on Twitter @arynbraun.
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Illinois’ Jennifer Beltran celebrates a point during the match against Iowa at State Farm Center on Sept. 27. The Illini won 3-0. Beltran set the record for most digs in Illinois program history on Saturday.
Beltran opens up, thrives throughout 4 years on Illinois volleyball team BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of the story originally posted online Friday. When Jennifer Beltran arrived at Illinois four years ago she was, in her own words, “really, really shy.� Four years later, the senior libero is not only closing in on the Illinois volleyball team’s all-time digs record, she’s doing so as one of Illinois’ most vocal leaders. “She’s a great left back defensive player and a great libero,� Illinois head coach Kevin Hambly said. “You have to be a leader of the defense, and she was the leader of the defense for the first three years and now, this year, she’s the team leader and she’s developed into one of the best leaders I’ve ever been around. She’s a very vocal leader, and when she talks everyone listens, staff included. I‘m proud of her development that way as much as anything, and I’m proud of who she’s become as a person and as a student. Very few kids have made the gains she has in those two aspects.� After finishing Friday’s game against No. 20 Purdue with 19 digs tied her with Michigan’s Sloane Donhoff for 12th all-time in the Big Ten, Beltran recorded 11 more digs Saturday against Indiana, breaking the Illinois school record previously held by Ashley Edinger. Beltran also moved into 10th place all-time in the Big Ten for digs with 1,929 digs in her career. Beltran, a native of Reseda, Calif., was initially nervous about even looking at schools outside her home state. She said she was “stuck� on either going to UCLA or USC but decided to look into Illinois after talking to Hambly, who had been around Beltran at USA High Performance, a volleyball camp
for the nation’s top junior volleyball players. “I was like: ‘I’ll give it a try, I’ll go take a visit, why not,’� Beltran said. “The very first time I came here, I honestly fell in love with it. Everything about it from the school to the program to the fans, it was just everything I wanted and what I was looking for.� Beltran was sold on becoming an Illini in part because of how comfortable she felt around everyone involved with Illinois volleyball. “I definitely felt comfortable with Kevin,� Beltran said. “He’s been there all this time for me. Besides what you see in the gym, outside he’ll talk to us just like you’re a normal person. He wants to know about your life, and he wants you to be successful. So he’s there guiding you in that right direction, which he said he was going to do, and he’s been doing it.� Hambly said he talked to Beltran’s mom after she had committed and reassured her that everything was going to be good and that he was going to take good care of her daughter. In her first year on campus, Beltran said she didn’t talk very much, but that changed with the help of her upperclassmen teammates. “My teammates would say all the time, ‘Oh, she doesn’t talk at all.’ I was honestly really, really shy,� Beltran said. “But players like Laura (DeBruler) and Hillary (Haen) and E.J. (Erin Johnson) were always there. All my teammates were really good about welcoming me to the group and making me feel comfortable because I started right away, so that alone is a lot to handle. So knowing that I had people who I could trust and who had my back was awesome.�
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Club soccer brings diverse students together BY CHARLOTTE CARROLL CONTRIBUTING WRITER
When soccer is played correctly at a high level of competition, it is viewed by its spectators as an art form performed by a cast that can expertly compose and dominate each part perfectly. In this light, the numbers on the athletes’ jerseys fade away, masked by the cohesiveness that highlights a team’s ability. Playing with this level of unity, the Illinois men’s soccer club team has been able to blend together many different playing backgrounds and experiences to produce a team that is undefeated thus far. Casting even more light on a team that is often overlooked for its lack of status, the team improved to 8-0 on Saturday when they defeated Northwestern 2-1 and Loyola 2-0. From exchange students to former NCAA Division I athletes, there is an eclectic slew of experiences that merge and help establish a truly unique team. Competing at the highest level at Illinois, as there is no NCAA men’s soccer team here, the club team is an RSO comprised of two squads, an A-team and a B-team. Though club status provides many challenges, such as exposure and financial constraints, Stefan Wingo, a fifth-year senior who is both the head coach and a player for the A-team, has seen one positive aspect that he considers to lead to a more unified team. “It definitely makes it tough from just an organizational sense, but to be honest it is kind of cool to be not officially affiliated with the University,” Wingo said. “I think it kind of gives us a niche that we can fit into. It is hard to relate to players on an NCAA team because they’re always hanging out with other athletes and always traveling for long weekends and going to different places. But I think with these guys, you see them all over the place. We have engineers, we have fraternity brothers and we have business majors. They all have really active social lives and are involved in other organizations, so it is much easier to relate to us.” Using Quad Day as its biggest marketing tool, the club has repeatedly attracted more than 100 players to tryouts, only
to take about five players to the A-team each year. With no NCAA Big Ten conference to compete in, the A-team is instead a part of the Western Division of the Midwest Alliance Soccer Conference, which contends for a national title in the National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association. Not actually in a league, the B-team organizes its own games with teams from these conferences to play during their off weekends and has a less rigorous practice schedule. After finding the club on Quad Day, junior Alessandro Angiuli became one of three exchange students in the club. Angiuli is a native of Italy with a background in soccer. He played for the youth team for International Milan, a major league soccer club in Italy, for three years starting when he was 15. “Here all the players are very big, they train a lot with their bodies, while in Italy we just try to learn about soccer,” Angiuli said. “It’s more theory than physical training. A lot of strategy and not all that running found here. It is quite hard, but I like it.” Adapting to this new style of play, Angiuli has, like Wingo, taken his past soccer perspective and combined it with current one to generate a multiviewed approach for Illinois soccer. Transferring to Illinois after his sophomore year from Mercer University, Wingo is one of three who once played at the Division I level but found he lost his passion for the sport when playing at the NCAA level. “I really disliked playing a lot of the time or I disliked going to practice,” Wingo said. “But here I look forward to going to practice every day and look forward to playing in the games on the weekend. This is actually a lot more fun, to be honest. For Division I, it is all about being stronger, being fitter than the other teams and not so much focus on technical ability. But here if you have practices that make good, technical players, you can do well because that is really what sets teams apart because everyone’s at the same athleticism level.” Focusing strongly on tech-
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Griffin Barra, Brandon Brown and Toheeb Okenla battle during a friendly scrimmage at the men’s club soccer practice on Thursday at the Complex Fields in Urbana. The team has a very diverse membership, welcoming those from across campus and the world. nique and athleticism, the two seemingly opposite ideologies have both been implemented at Illinois. With the strategy covered by a mixture of different backgrounds, there is similarly a fusion of old and new. “This year, it is a lot of new guys, so we’re trying to build (camaraderie) up again. I try to make sure we play well and during game situations if you see people’s heads aren’t in the game, I try to be a leader. There are a few other seniors on the team, and they all try to do the same thing,” said Ismael Romo, a senior on the B-team.
From mentoring the freshmen to all going out together after games, the team has forged a bond that goes beyond the field complete with international flavored pranks. “We were driving up to a game the other day, and I fell asleep in the car, so it was just me, another American player and the Spaniard and the Italian,” Wingo said. “They all decided to slam on the breaks while I was sleeping and then scream at me because I guess that’s what they would do when they’re in their cars driving to games in Europe, so that scared the crap out of me.”
The team-wide bond has nurtured friendships and values that, in turn, transfer back to the soccer field. With all the players focused on striving for the same goal, a common competitive mind-set has taken over. Crowned the 2012 MASC regional champions and having reached the 2012 NIRSA National Championship Elite-Eight, the team once again has high hopes. With regional playoffs set for Oct. 26 and Oct. 27 and the national tournament scheduled for Nov. 21 through Nov. 23, the club team hopes to go all the way this year. Casting each pass with a cer-
tain grace, there is not only a sense of fluidity to the game, but a display of skill and form as well. The flow is kept constant in anticipating each other’s movements. What’s left is a beautiful, ever-changing field of players weaving in and out creating an exhibition of something relatively simple in conception, but often so difficult in attainment. By coming together to form one cohesive unit, the men’s Illinois club soccer team comes pretty close to this achievement.
Charlotte Carroll can be reached at cmcarro2@ dailyillini.com.
German-born Toepfer leads men’s cross-country BY THOMAS DONLEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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The men’s cross-country team practices on August 30. Jannis Toepfer, of Germany, adds depth to the team.
It has been a long and eventful journey to the Illinois men’s cross-country team for Germanborn Jannis Toepfer, and head coach Jake Stewart is just glad he made it. “Jannis does so much more than just placing high for us,” Stewart said, “He’s a leader — a very mature guy with lots of real life experiences that the other guys can look to for advice.” Toepfer, a graduate student, was born in Germany, where he lived until the age of five. At that time, he and his family moved to Japan for three years before moving to their current home in Bochum, Germany. It was on flights between Germany and Japan that a young Jannis developed an interest in airplanes, which led to his decision to go into aerospace engineering. “Back in the day, you could go into the cockpit, and you were like, ‘This is awesome!’” Toepfer said. “So in the back of my mind I always wanted to be a pilot ... but (eventually) that seemed boring to me, but I still loved planes, so a friend of mine said, ‘Why don’t you get started in this?’ So I did, and I love it.” “I think the most impressive thing about him is that he’s
an aerospace engineer and his ability to balance that academic workload with his training,” Stewart said. Toepfer, who spent a year of high school as a transfer student at Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School in St. Louis, completed his undergraduate studies at the Delft University of Technology in Delft, Netherlands. He chose Illinois after his running coach from MICDS put him in contact with the Illinois cross-country program and liking the school after a recruiting visit. Running is not Toepfer’s only sporting love, either. Toepfer said until he was 16, he wanted to be a basketball player. He trained more for basketball than he did for running. It paid off, too. In high school, Toepfer played one stage below the German national team. “I was pretty decent at basketball,” he said, “but some things just didn’t work out the way I wanted them to. Sometimes you need to make a choice.” As far as the Illinois crosscountry program is concerned, Stewart is convinced Toepfer made the right one. “He’s important to us from an athletic perspective because you know he’s going to go out there
and compete at a high level and place high for us,” Stewart said. “But he does so much more.” Toepfer paced the Illini in their first competitive meet of the season at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing sixth overall with a time of 24 minutes, 36 seconds. The team placed 12th overall. “Notre Dame seemed to be one of those races where everyone had a bad race, more or less,” Toepfer said, “That can’t happen, but generally, from what I’ve seen, especially compared to my teams back home, this is a very good group of runners.” Toepfer has embraced his role as a leader on the cross country team and is pleased with the team’s progress this year. “We’ve definitely improved a lot,” Toepfer said. “We’ve gotten much fitter and we’ve gotten closer together. We just need to put it all together in one race.” Toepfer and the Illini will not run again until Oct. 18 and 19 at the Bradley Classic in Peoria, Ill., and the adidas Invitational at Wisconsin, respectively. “We had a real good workout all together yesterday as a team,” Toepfer said. “I think we’ll be in good shape.”
Thomas can be reached at donley2@dailyillini.com.
Miller shines as women’s golf wins 1st place in weekend invite BY ASHLEY WIJANGCO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In their previous two tournaments, the Illinois women’s golf team placed third and second, respectively. This past weekend, the team was finally able to emerge victorious with a first place finish at the Diane Thomason Invitational. Illinois’ team consisted of freshmen Emily Joers and Stephanie Miller, juniors Michelle Mayer and Sam Postillion and senior Ember Schuldt. These golfers combined for a total score of 899 (35-over-par), which was good enough to beat 11 other teams at the Finkbine
Golf Course in Iowa City, Iowa. After ending her last tournament with a second-place finish, Miller was able to grab the individual win. As the competition went on, she managed to improve her score for each round: 74, 70 and 69. To maintain the success she has had to begin her collegiate golf career, Miller just keeps a certain mindset. “I just play my own game,” Miller said. “It’s just me against the golf course, and at the end, we’ll just see how the scores compare.” Head coach Renee Slone was proud of the way her freshman
standout performed. “Just played solid tee, green, rolled the ball well, putted well. Short game was terrific,” Slone said. “This weekend was just great golf. I mean, she ended up winning the tournament by 10 shots.” The credit cannot all go to Miller, though. Schuldt also finished in the top five, tying Wisconsin’s Brooke Ferrell for fourth place. Postillion was just outside of the top 10 at No. 11. “In the first round, Ember and Sam played very well,” Slone said Sunday. “In the second round, Emily had a great round and then again today. In
the final round, Ember stepped up and finished strong as well. “We didn’t necessarily have our best shots each and every round, but we at least had two people come up to the plate and really get it done for each round.” The highlight of the tournament came from Joers, who had her first career hole-inone during the first day of competition. “It was pretty surprising because I had never had one before,” Joers said. “I hit a really good shot, and everybody was just like, ‘Oh! Get in, get in!’ And whenever some-
body says that, you never really think it’s going in. And then I look over, and I didn’t see it anymore. And I looked to my mom, and her hands were up in the air. Then I started jumping up and down, and Ember Schuldt was playing behind me, and she heard and looked over, and then she started jumping up and down. It was just a really exciting moment for me.” Joers followed her hole-inone by going birdie, par, birdie on the next three holes. Maintaining concentration is something Slone has emphasized recently, and it has really benefited Illinois. Focus
allowed the Illini to maintain their lead heading into the second day of the tournament, getting Illinois a much needed win. “I think it’s great confidence booster, and I think it’s confirmation that the things that we’ve been doing in practice and workouts are paying off,” Slone said. “You know, we’re doing the right things. We’re preparing well, and it’s very gratifying to see all that come together and accomplish one of our goals.”
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The Illinois men’s tennis team turned out exciting finishes in the Texas A&M Conference Challenge in College Station, Texas. On the doubles side of play, the Illini finished 7-5 with the No. 10 junior duo Ross Guignon and Tim Kopinski making the biggest impression. The Illini
tandem fell short 8-7 (7) in a tiebreaker against No. 3 pair Junior Ore and Jackson Withrow from Texas A&M. The duo rebounded with an 8-5 over win over Harvard’s Brian Yeung and Nicky Hu, but would end the weekend with an 8-7 (4) loss to Harvard’s No. 20 pair of Denis Nguyen and Casey MacMasters on Saturday.
The Illini’s other doubles pairs, sophomores Julian Childers and Brian Page and juniors Farris Gosea and Blake Bazarnik, each finished 2-1 on the weekend. Illinois broke even in singles on the week at 8-8 after finishing 5-3 on Friday and 3-5 on Saturday. No. 17 Jared Hiltzik and No
121. Kopinski each finished 1-1, with Hiltzik picking up a ranked victory over No. 67 Harrison Adams of Texas A&M on Day One before falling in three sets to Nguyen 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 on day two. Kopinski also earned a day-off victory; however, he fell in two sets to No. 11 Jeremy Efferding 6-0, 6-3. Meanwhile, Gosea and
Guignon return from the weekend with 2-0 records. Gosea made the biggest splash with a three-set, ranked victory over No. 78 Ore, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1. “It was a great start to the weekend with some incredibly exciting finishes to matches,” Illinois head coach Brad Dancer said. “A&M and Harvard both played some high-level tennis
and pushed each one of our guys. It was disappointing that we didn’t get to finish some of the last rounds of singles as there were some compelling matches underway.” The Illini return home to a short week of practice before hitting the road again for the ITA Midwest Regionals hosted by Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.
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Myths About Israel and the Middle East (2) Should we re-examine endlessly repeated clichĂŠs? In a previous installment in this series of clarifying messages about Israel and the Middle East, we examined certain myths which, by dint of constant repetition, had acquired currency and acceptance. We looked at the myth of “Palestinian nationhood,â€? the myth of Judea/Samaria (the “West Bankâ€?) being “occupied territory,â€? the myth that Jewish settlements in these territories are “the greatest obstacle to peace,â€? and the myth that Israel is unwilling to “yield land for peace.â€? And we cleared up the greatest myth of all, namely that Israel’s administration of the territories, and not the unrelenting hatred of the Arabs against the Jews, is the root cause of the conflict between the Arabs and Israel. But those are not all the myths; there are more.
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Reality: There is no prospect at all that anything resembling a democratic state could be created in the ! Myth: The Arabs of Israel are a persecuted territories. There is not a single democratic Arab minority. state – all of them are tyrannies of varying degrees. Reality: The over one million non-Jews (mostly Even today, under partial Israeli administration, Arabs) who are citizens of Israel have the same civil Hamas and other factions fight for supremacy and rights that Jews have. They vote, are members of the ruthlessly murder each other. Another Lebanon, with Knesset (parliament), and are part of Israel’s civil and its incessant civil wars, is much more likely. The diplomatic service, just as their Jewish fellow lawlessness and chaos citizens. Arabs have prevail in Gaza since complete religious “It is in our national interest that that Israel’s withdrawal is a freedom and full access to the Israeli legal, health reality, not myths, govern our policy.� good prospect of what would happen if Israel – and educational systems foolishly and under the pressure of “world opinion� – – including Arabic and Muslim universities. The only were to abandon this territory. As for difference between the “rights� of Arabs and Jews is demilitarization, that is totally unlikely. Because – that Jewish young men must serve three years in the with Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, most of military and at least one month a year until age 50. which are in a declared state of war with Israel, at its Young Jewish women serve for two years. The Arabs borders – an irresistible power vacuum would be have no such civic obligation. For them, military created. Despite pious promises, the arms merchants service is voluntary. Not too surprisingly, except for of the world would find a great new market and the the Druze, very few avail themselves of the privilege. neighboring hostile Arab countries would be happy to ! Myth: Having (ill-advisedly) already given up supply anything else that might be needed. control of the Gaza Strip, Israel should also give up ! Myth:: Israel should make “confidence-building the administration of Judea/Samaria (the “West gestures� for the sake of peace. Bank�) because strategic depth is meaningless in Reality: What really is it that the world expects this age of missiles. Israel to do for the sake of peace? Most of the 22 Arab Reality: Israel is a mini-state – about half the size countries consider themselves in a state of war with of San Bernardino county in California. If another, Israel and don’t even recognize its “existence.� That even smaller mini-state were carved out of it, Israel has been going on for over sixty years. Isn’t it about would be totally indefensible. That is the professional time that the Arabs made some kind of a “gesture?� opinion of 100 retired U.S. generals and admirals. If Could they not for instance terminate the constant the Arabs were to occupy whatever little strategic state of war? Could they not stop launching rockets depth Israel has between the Jordan River and its into Israel from areas that Israel has abandoned for populated coast, they would not need any missiles. the sake of peace? Could they not stop the suicide Artillery and mortars would suffice, since Israel bombings, which have killed hundreds of Israelis and would be only nine miles wide at its waist. Those who which have made extreme security measures – such urge such a course either do not understand the as the defensive fence and convoluted bypass roads – situation or have a death wish for Israel. necessary? Any of these would create a climate of ! Myth: If Israel would allow a Palestinian state peace and would indeed be the “confidence-building to arise in Judea and Samaria it would be a gestures� that the world hopes for. democratic state and would be totally demilitarized. Countless “peace conferences� to settle this festering conflict have taken place. All have ended in failure because of the intransigence of the Arabs. President Clinton, toward the end of his presidency, convened a conference with the late unlamented Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak, the prime minister of Israel at that time. Mr. Barak offered virtually everything that Arafat had requested, except the partition of Jerusalem and the acceptance of the so-called refugees, their descendants having swollen from the 650,000 who fled the nascent state of Israel during the War of Liberation, to an incredible 5 million. Arafat left in a huff and started his infamous intifada instead, a bloody war that has cost thousands of Palestinian and Israeli lives. Israel is America’s staunchest ally and certainly its only true friend in that area of the world. It is in our national interest that reality, not myths, govern our policy. This message has been published and paid for by
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again offensively, finishing with 15 kills on 32 attempts for a .406 hitting percentage. At the midway point of the season, the Illini have yet to string together more than two wins in a row, doing it only once this season in the beginning of September. Criswell still believes the team is heading in the right direction despite the frequent weekend splits. Hambly said the combination of a tough schedule and inconsistent play can be blamed for the team’s middling record thus far.
As a sophomore, Beltran helped the Illini make history, as she was a major part of the first Illinois team to make it to the NCAA Championship match. Beltran called the experience both exciting and awesome, and, although the Illini didn’t win it all, she still said it was her favorite experience at Illinois. Next came the “emotional roller coaster” that was the 2012 season. Beltran said it was extremely tough, especially with the way things piled on top of each other, but it made her a stronger person
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and a better player. As she grew older, Beltran developed into both a better player and a more vocal teammate. Now, she says she tries to do what Johnson, Haen and DeBruler did for her. “I try to help especially girls in my position like Danielle (Davis) or even Jules (Julia Conard), who’s a sophomore now,” Beltran said. “If they have questions I answer them, and I do my best to pass on to them what got passed on to me when I first got here.” With only 16 more regular season games to go, Beltran knows time in her senior season is winding down, a fact that sometimes catches her off-guard. “It’s crazy now there’s just
two left,” said Beltran of her and fellow senior Courtney Abrahamovich. “We’ve both done a lot of growing in our time here, and it’s crazy because this past Saturday, when we were at Michigan, we were standing there during warm-ups, and I was like ‘Court, this is that last time we’re gonna be here.’ Sometimes we even forget about it. It’s crazy to sit down and look back at everything we’ve gone through; it’s just been amazing so far.” After the season, Beltran sees her future as up in the air. She said she would enjoy playing volleyball professionally or coaching, something Hambly said she’d excel at. “I would take her as a student
assistant like I’ve taken Erin (Johnson) in a second,” Hambly said. “We’ve talked about that a little bit, and it’s going to be a matter of what’s the best fit for her. I could see her being a great coach. She understands the game; she understands the technical aspect of it. If you’re a libero, you have to become a master of your craft in a lot of ways and to become a master of your craft, you have to know every nuance of passing and every nuance of defense. I think she’s still learning more and more, but she could do a nice job of helping young ones develop.” Wherever Beltran goes in life, she will always be able to look back and see the legacy she built
for herself at Illinois — a legacy that includes more digs than any other Illini in history but will encompass so much more than that. “When I first decided to come here one of the biggest things that drove me here was that I wanted to go somewhere to make history,” Beltran said. “I didn’t want to go somewhere where history was already there — schools who had already been to the Final Four and had won titles already. I wanted to be a part of something different. Something people were going to remember forever.”
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Illinois falls twice against Arizona State over weekend in Chicago BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER
The Illini hockey team was hoping to escape Chicago with a couple wins and creep back up the national rankings, but what Illinois found was that a lot is going wrong. No. 2 Arizona State (7-0) swept No. 7 Illinois (6-3-1), outscoring the Illini 14-1 over the course of Friday and Saturday night’s games. Illinois was shut out in game one 8-0 and was nearly shut out again on Saturday night, losing 6-1. Illinois’ penalty kill was an issue in game one Friday night, when they racked up 48 penalty minutes and allowed the Sun Devils to score three times on the power play.
“The bottom line is our power play and penalty kill were terrible this weekend, there’s no ifs, ands or buts about it,” defenseman Cody von Rueden said. “We’ve got to get the lazy penalties out of our game and play hard between the whistle and cut the crap out.” The Illini offense was unable to crack an impressive Arizona State defense, which has only given up four goals this season in seven games. Arizona State goaltenders Robert Levin and Joe D’Elia split duties in net for the Sun Devils this weekend, dominating the Illini in both games. Levin shut out the Illini on Friday and has given up just one goal this season, while posting a 0.28 goals against aver-
age. D’Elia nearly shut out the Illini on Saturday night as well, but Illini senior Eddie Quagliata scored with just over two minutes remaining in the game. Quagliata’s late goal ended an Illini goalscoring drought that saw them hold scoreless for eight consecutive periods over the past two weekends. Head coach Nick Fabbrini said the team is simply struggling to find its offensive identity. “We had quite a few chances to score some goals early, but weren’t able to do so,” Fabbrini said. “When you’re playing a team that’s better than you, you need to capitalize on your opportunities, and we didn’t do that. When we made mistakes, they scored goals. That’s what great teams do.”
Illini goaltender Nick Clarke, who gave up 11 goals this weekend, was pulled from Friday night’s game after allowing five Sun Devil goals through one and a half periods and was replaced by rookie Joe Olen. Olen wasn’t able to handle the Sun Devils’ offensive onslaught, either, giving up three more Arizona State goals in the third period. The Illini played most of Friday night’s game shorthanded and found themselves in the penalty box for 56 minutes throughout the weekend — four minutes shy of an entire game. “We’ve proven that we are a little undisciplined, and we need to stop that,” von Rueden said. Illinois’ defense was outmatched again Saturday night,
allowing six Sun Devils goals to reach the back of the net. The weekend was best summed up in the image of an exhausted Nick Clarke laying face down on the ice after giving up the fifth Arizona State goal late in the second period of Saturday night’s game. Nine different Sun Devils scored on the Illini throughout the weekend and winger Danny McAuliffe had a hat trick within the first 40 minutes of Saturday night’s game, in addition to his two goals on Friday night. “They’re a very good team, and good teams are going to put you in tough positions, but we didn’t do anything we needed to do to be competitive,” Fabbrini said. “For us to compete against teams that are more tal-
ented than us, we need to score when we get our opportunities.” Illinois has now lost four straight games and has yet to win a game against an ACHA Division-I opponent. The Illini schedule will continue to challenge the team, playing No. 5 Robert Morris, No. 9 Lindenwood and No. 13 Ohio in the next three weeks. “We’re all aware, and we know our schedule,” von Rueden said. “I actually believe that we could be a top team in the nation, we’ve yet to prove it, though. We’ve yet to prove it to the University of Illinois and ourselves.”
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Flaws’ 2 goals helps end soccer’s slump with 3-2 win over No. 20 Wisconsin BY LANRE ALABI STAFF WRITER
one touch, she controlled the pass and rounded the ball past the on-rushing Wisconsin goalie Genaveve Richards, who helplessly clattered into Flaws. In midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo’s fourth straight game out nursing a bruised knee, the spot fell to sophomore Taylore Peterson, who stepped up to slot home the penalty that resulted from the Flaws-Richards collision. Wisconsin tried to pull back even almost immediately with a series shots stopped by Illinois, including an Amy Feher clearance off the line. The sophomore defender was a constant thorn in the Badgers’ flesh as she tore up and down the left flank for Illinois, thwarting brilliant moves
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A recent slump in form led to questions about Illinois soccer’s spot in this year’s race for the Big Ten title. The Illini are slated to host the tournament this year, and with only four points in five conference games, the team looked set to miss the championships billed for November. They temporarily put those worries to rest as they defeated No. 20 Wisconsin 3-2 on Saturday night at Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium. “Early in games as we started down that slide, we hit the panic button,” head coach Janet Rayfield said. “For the majority of this game we played with some composure, we played with some
confidence. We didn’t hit that panic button and it made all the difference in the world.” The Badgers were ranked fourth in the Big Ten with 10 points at the start of the game. They were also undefeated through eight away games this season and regarded as favorites coming into the game. The Badgers lived up to this tag at the start of the game, maintaining the better share of possession and creating more chances than the Illini. A breakthrough came for Illinois against the run of play in the 36th minute of the first half. Forward Janelle Flaws won the chase to an Illinois ball launched over the Wisconsin defense. In
by Wisconsin while also creating chances for Illinois. An accurate summary of Feher’s play Saturday came on Illinois’ second goal. She dispossessed a Badgers player of the ball and picked up her eyes downfield to spot Flaws making a run. Feher delivered a chip in behind Wisconsin’s back line from inside the Illinois half, which Flaws ran into and finished to double the Illini advantage. “Amy Feher tonight was great,” Rayfield said. “Right now everybody’s going to have to play well for us to be successful in games like this, and we had a lot of people play well. A lot of people put their soul and heart into this game and certainly Amy
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and Taylore Peterson were two of those.” Illinois was able to see its 2-0 lead through halftime and withstood a barrage of shots by Wisconsin at the start of the second period. Wisconsin finally broke through the Illini defense in the 77th minute and found the back of the net through an Alev Kelter tap-in. The comeback was short-lived, though, as Janelle Flaws scored her second goal of the night and 15th on the season just 17 seconds after Kelter’s. The Badgers would grab another goal in the final minute of the game after a goalmouth scrabble, but the Illini picked up a hardfought win in the absence of seniors Brown and DiBernardo.
The Illini moved up one spot to ninth in the Big Ten after the weekend’s games. They now sit just one point and one slot outside a qualification spot for the Big Ten Championships. “We just have to go after it like we did today,” Flaws said. “In the first half, we had people sliding all over the place, blocking shots. Just doing the little things right that ended up keeping the ball out of the back of our net in the first half. We gave up two goals, but we still keep that mentality of getting a foot in anything you can.”
Lanre can be reached at alabi2@dailyillini.com and @WriterLanre.
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