The Daily Illini: Volume 146 Issue 42

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75 years of Illini history

The Illini Union celebrated its 75th birthday Friday, concluding a year-long celebration of the iconic building.

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Students first discuss building a student union.

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The previously stalled movement restarts as alumni start a campaign to build an Illini Union.

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University of Illinois Foundation starts campaign to build union after plans are set aside to build Memorial Stadium.

With funds secured, construction begins for the $1.5 million Illini Union. University Hall is demolished to make way for the new building; the main entry way of University Hall was later preserved and repurposed as the Hallene Gateway in 1998.

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The Illini Union opens its doors Feb. 8, 32 years after the initial idea. The following year, Eleanor Roosevelt cut the first anniversary cake and dedicated the building.

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Architects created a plan that would fill in the middle between the north and south buildings with a glass exterior, facing Altgeld Hall.

People get food in the cafeteria in 1963.

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As the student population grew, so did the Union. A $6.9 million addition to the Union is completed by constructing the south building that faces the Main Quad.

Fundraising for the renovations could start as early as Jan. 2018, according to Laurence Uphoff, interim director of the Illini Union. The project may be funded by a mix of private donations and University contributions.

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The newly named University president, Arthur C. Willard, declares Cutting the cake on the 10th building a union one of his main anniversary of the Illini Un objectives

The main structure remained unchanged until the courtyard in the center of the building is enclosed and named the Courtyard Cafe.

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“What affects some members of the community affects us all.” SUSAN KOSHY ENGLISH PROFESSOR

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Student government leaders are trying to give students a voice about the current state budget crisis. In light of recent efforts by student leaders from universities across the state, Evan Williamson, from the University Alumni Association, gave a brief speech at the Illinois Student Government meeting Wednesday on an initiative to bring buses of students to Springfield, Illi-

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“vitriol, fake news, and alternative facts that has imperiled core democratic institutions and values,” according to the statement. Koshy said that while the statement does support free speech, it realizes “the multiple and complex ways in which speech is restricted in the current political climate.” Recent political events have led to other college petitions as well,

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nois, to demand answers regarding the state budget crisis. “What we are trying to do is give students the opportunity to meet with legislators one-on-one,” Williamson said. “The political process is fundamentally driven by people.” Williamson went on to discuss how this budget crisis affects every single student at the University and that it will not be solved if students

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During the Illini Union’s 75th anniversary celebration on Friday, Earl Finder, 93, sat in the Pine Room before pictures of the building throughout the decades. To one side of him were pictures from the Union’s past and to the other were renditions of what architects hope to build one day. It was not the fi rst time Finder sat at the center of history. Finder grew up in Champaign. He remembers going to the arcade building that stood where the Illini Union now stands. He remembers the excitement when the Illini Union opened its doors. “I spent a lot of time here in the Union, of course,” Finder said.

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Protestewrs meet by the Illini Union to march on Jan. 30.

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to endorse open, respectful dialogue and uphold “the principles of scientific method and of fact and reason-based inquiry.” Susan Koshy, one of the organizers of the petition and an English professor from the UrbanaChampaign campus, said that faculty, postdoctoral scholars, researchers and graduate students can sign the petition. The statement says it comes at a critical time and responds to the current political culture of

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Alumnus introduces bus initiative to push for state budget resolution

Petition calls for inclusion, respect With recent national attacks on factual information and research, over 260 professors, lecturers, Ph.D. candidates and department leaders are responding by signing a petition to uphold values of “Research, Diversity and Freedom.” The petition was released with a statement aiming to reaffi rm the University’s “commitment to the core values of access and inclusion.” Those signing come from all three University of Illinois campuses and from departments in humanities, arts, social sciences and STEM fields. The petition itself calls for signees to “reject every form of bigotry, discrimination, and hateful rhetoric and action,” as well as

Former director reflects on Union

The University conducted a study last year to evaluate the building and its uses.

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Criminal damage to property was reported near the intersection of Third and Chalmers streets around 12:30 p.m. Friday. According to the report, an unknown suspect damaged the front passenger window of the victim’s vehicle. A 22-year-old male was arrested on the charges of burglary, obstructing identification and obstructing justice at Meijer, 2401 N. Prospect Ave., around 3:30 p.m. Friday. According to the report, the offender took merchandise from the business without paying.

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Credit card fraud was reported in the 300 block of Busey Avenue

around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. According to the report, an unknown offender cloned the victim’s credit card and used it to make purchases at a store in Tempe, Arizona. A 25-year-old male was arrested on the charges of public urination and possession of open alcohol and a 24-year-old male was arrested for having a warrant out on him at Circle K, 1821 Philo Road, around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. According to the report, the fi rst man arrested was seen urinating in the parking lot of the business while in possession of an open alcohol container. The second man arrested was found to have a warrant out for his arrest and was subsequently taken to jail.

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Vandalism was reported at Altgeld Hall, 1409 W. Green St., overnight Thursday. According to the report, a University employee reported that someone damaged an entry door. The cost for repair was $250. An 18-year-old female was issued a state court notice for retail theft at the Illini Union Bookstore, 809 S. Wright St., around 6 p.m. Tuesday. According to the report, store security personnel called police after seeing the offender attempt to leave the store with books and other supplies with a total retail value of $599.

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The Daily Illini executive team holds two of the awards from this weekend’s Illinois College Press Association ceremony. DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

The Daily Illini won first place for “General Excellence” and “Online News Website” at the Illinois College Press Association award ceremony in Chicago on Saturday afternoon. The ICPA hosts this competition annually and judges various components of college newspapers from across the state. Staff members also placed in other categories, including general news, sports photo, photo essay, headline writing, sports page design, sports column, sports feature, sports game story, news story, features story, column, editorial, front page layout, full page ad, advertising campaign and inhouse promotional ad. Here is the full list of awards the staff received.

Please visit the website for links to the stories and photos. • The Daily Illini StaffFirst Place: General Excellence • The Daily Illini StaffFirst Place: Online News Site • The Daily Illini Editorial Board- First Place: Editorial • The Daily Illini Editorial Board- Second Place: Editorial • Matt Silich- First Place: Column other than sports • Peter Bailey-Wells- First Place: Sports Column • Kevin McCarthy- Second Place: Sports Column • Cole Henke- Third Place: Sports Feature Story • Joey Figueroa- First Place: Sports Game Story

• Abigale Svoboda- Honorable Mention: News Story • Alice Smelyansky- Third Place: Feature Story • Lily Katz- First Place: Photo Essay • Ryan Fang- Honorable Mention: Photo Essay • Austin Yattoni- First Place: Sports Photo • Ryan Fang- Second Place: General News Photo • Lily Katz- Honorable Mention: General News Photo • Brian Bauer- Second Place: Spot News Photo • Kelsie Travers- First Place: Feature Page Design • Michelle Tam- Second Place: Feature Page Design • The Daily Illini StaffThird Place: Headline Writing

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Professional partiers: students diversify campus nightlife BY LUKE COOPER STAFF WRITER

When Chang Hun Lee visited The Canopy Club in 2011, he rarely saw other Asian students at the concerts. It bothered him, but he wasn’t surprised. “We kind of understood the party scene at the University,” said Lee, a junior in Business. “There are some parties that international students can’t really attend, like fraternity and sorority parties.” He wanted a solution, so he took it upon himself to fix it. In 2011, Hun Lee and three other South Korean students founded Heartland, a University based event planning organization. Since then, Heartland has become a major organization on campus to unite students of various backgrounds through music. “If you go to any music festival, people are always together no matter what color they are,” said Lee. They’ve hosted many different party events in Champaign-Urbana venues such as Joe’s Brewery, The Canopy Club, The Accord, Soma and The Hub. Cathy Sanchez, a junior in Media and an administrative assistant at The Canopy

Club, said Heartland parties almost always sell out when hosting events at the venue. “There is just so many different kinds of people that come,” Sanchez said, “They are usually the most diverse nights at the club.” Heartland’s staff reflects their diverse mission with 42 members, representing over seven different nationalities. “In order to get a diverse audience, our members have to be diverse,” said Lee. Hun Lee said Heartland is broken up into three departments: Korean, Chinese and Non-international. Staff members of their representative nationalities advertise to their respective communities. Kelly Song, a Heartland staff member and junior in LAS, said joining the organization helped her and fellow staff adjust to life on campus. “It teaches people a lot about how things work in America,” Song said. From 2013 to 2015, Heartland had a contract with The Canopy Club to host Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day events. This year, Heartland will be hosting their Unofficial event at The Hub. In addition to hosting independent events, Heart-

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People come together at Heartland Music Festival concert on Feb. 5, 2015. Heartland focuses on attracting a diverse audience to its venues and represents multiple nationalities. land collaborates with student RSO’s to draw in larger and more diverse crowds, including the Korean, Korean-American and Asian-American student associations.

Currently, Heartland is a non-profit group with members who volunteer their time. They sell tickets online with prices negotiated between organizers and vendors.

Lee said all proceeds from event go towards benefiting enhancing the organization and future events. Ticket for events are sold through venue websites with ticket prices varying

on the expenses of any given event. Heartland will host their next event on Friday at Joe’s Brewery.

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Assistant professor answers relationship questions via Twitter chat BY LUKE COOPER STAFF WRITER

Most students don’t ask professors for romantic advice, but one professor offered the expertise he has gathered from his research. On Thursday afternoon, Brian Gabriel Ogolsky, assistant professor in human development and family studies, hosted a Twitter Q & A on romantic relationships. Ogolsky researches romantic relationships and how they can change both over time and across life transitions. Question topics included the science behind relationship improvement and deterioration as well as the reasons behind relationship failures. Twitter users, many of them students, were asked to tweet using the hashtag “#askACES” to have their questions answered. Twitter user @Kalemonk BRIAN BAUER THE DAILY ILLINI asked, “What advice would A couple stands outside Firehaus on Feb. 7. Brian Ogolsky hosted a Twitter Q&A on romantic you give to avoid break-up? Are there times when you relationships, helping numerous students.

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UNION “Studying, lounging, playing bowling and billiards and all that stuff.” The ballrooms that are now used to hold meetings hosted dances when Finder was a student. Ballroom dancing was “big in those days,” he said. During World War II, the rooms housed military personnel. Finder graduated during the war in 1944. He got a job with the University’s auditing department. Then, he was transferred to help with the Illini Union’s accounting. F i nder remembers the Union before it had television. In 1953, a television station opened in Decatur, according to Finder. He had some radio experience and used it to attach an antenna to the roof. He pointed it toward Decatur and hoped it would receive a signal. His contraption worked. Students at the Illini Union watched the New York

Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers on television for the fi rst time. In 1960, Finder was named director of the Illini Union. By then, the building had been open for 19 years. More students were attending the University — and going to the Union. “We had nothing like

“It was so busy. It was obvious to the administration of the University: We needed more space. EARL FINDER FORMER DIRECTOR OF UNION

McDonald’s or fast food restaurants. And it was so busy,” he said. “It was obvious to the administration of the University: We needed more space.” He oversaw construction of the south building in 1963. As part of the project, the eight exist-

ing bowling lanes were removed and 20 new lanes were added in another location, he said. The old lanes were replaced with a billiards room. Physical changes were not the only ones that the Illini Union underwent in the 1960s. Anti-establishment, anti-Vietnam War protests swept campus. Finder remembers “radical” students joining the Illini Union Board. He watched the National Guard come to campus to defuse protests. Finder retired in 1975. He still lives in Urbana, in the same house he and his wife lived in when they were married. Finder sat in the Pine Room during the Union’s 75th birthday celebration, surrounded by the 1941 woodwork. People walked up to meet him and to thank him. Finder reminisced on the Illini Union’s history. He did not dwell on its past. He complimented its present and approved of its future. lavito2@dailyillini.com

“The best way to avoid break-up is to view yourself, your partner, and your relationship as better than others.” BRIAN OGOLSKY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

trust, love, closeness and satisfaction.” Twitter user @mjtoddcomm asked how relationships that were started in high school compare to those started later in life. Ogolsky responded, “We know relationships change over time, but we’re try-

ing to figure out what ways people adapt their maintenance behaviors.” “Early-on relationships deal with a different motivation for maintaining their relationships, oftentimes mitigating threats,” he said. Ogolsky continued to answer an array of questions throughout the afternoon, addressing the use of social media and confl ict management and how life developments infl uence relationships. At the end of the Twitter chat, Ogolsky thanked the participants. One of the most liked responses of the chat was in response to the question that anonymously asked, “What are some ... relationship strategies to put in to practice?” Ogolsky said, “Positive and open communication, responsiveness and support, joint leisure activity, being generous and thankful.”

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Illinois Student Government addresses the budget crisis and customs, border control officials.

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BUDGET do nothing. “Higher education, health and human services is about 10 percent of our state’s budget that’s totally defunded,” Williamson said. Moving along in the meeting, Vice President External Alex Villanueva addressed concerns some senators had previously expressed about seeing Customs and Border Patrol officials at a basketball game. Villanueva checked on the incident and reported to the senate that Customs

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should break-up?” “The best way to avoid break-up is to view yourself, your partner, and your relationship as better than others,” Ogolsky said. “Other strong predictors of stability are commitment,

including one against the immigration ban executive order that has 264 signees from the Urbana campus. “What affects some members of the community affects us all,” Koshy said. “In the wake of travel bans, virulent rhetoric and actions directed at marginalized groups, we have a responsibility to support those in our community who feel vulnerable.” She said that the University can serve as a counterweight to divisiveness and fear, and that the University thrives on having stu-

and Border Patrol had a contract with the University to recruit on campus and pass out information. In addition to this information, the senate also came to an agreement about the hydration stations that will be placed around campus during Unofficial. The committee was able to decrease the cost of the stations by $750 by buying coolers instead of renting them. Most of the items on the agenda Wednesday were referred back to their committees, but one caused a 45 minute debate. The debate concerned whether the senate should or

should not support placing a referendum on the ballot during the March election about campus transportation fees. Villanueva wanted the senate to attach this referendum onto the ballot citing that it would be a good idea for the University to keep the same student fee for transportation as it is now. Other senators called this into question and wanted to know why the transportation services should not have to go out and petition to be on the ballot themselves. Eventually, this item was passed and the referendum will appear on the ballot.

dents from all around the world. “Setting up barriers to these exchanges violates core American values and undermines the ability of universities to do their work,” Koshy said. Emanuel Rota, another organizer of the petition and associate professor in the College of LAS, said that the petition deals with providing accurate information, and that, as researchers, it is crucial to democracy. “If the number of immigrants or criminal activities are purposely misrepresented, or if the the data on climate change is hidden from the public, or

if we have the intentional spreading of fake news by the administration, then the citizens cannot make informed political decisions. In the end, any attack on rational and accurate research is both against science and democracy,” Rota said. Koshy said that the petition has had a strong response by the University and that working on the statement with other faculty members has been inspiring. “We feel it has galvanized university communities to defend their core values,” Koshy said.

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embers of The Daily Illini editorial staff spent Friday afternoon receiving a critique from Chicago Tribune editors at the Tribune Tower in Chicago. On a short tour before the discussion, our staff noted the various quotes about the role of the press that line the walls of the building’s lobby. “To the press alone, checkered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression,” said Madison. BRAIN BAUER THE DAILY ILLINI The Daily Illini Staff traveled to Chicago on Saturday for the Illinois College Press Association award ceremony. It was particularly inspiring to see history’s greatour paper and website, all yearly awards banquet Satpassion, and we work tireest scholars praise journalwhile maintaining the highurday much more satisfylessly to improve our conism given the current media est grades we can. We also ing. The Daily Illini placed nections to students and the climate, in which President employ dozens of unpaid stu- community at large. first in Illinois for General Donald Trump constantdents who are absolutely esExcellence and Best Online To receive such high ly disparages distinguished sential to content creation News Site, the two biggest praise represents the culmioutlets such as The New honors. Our editorial board’s and the paper’s overall sucnation of our efforts inside York Times and refers to the two submitted editorials also cess. and outside the classroom, media as “the enemy of the Nearly every student feels and there are few better placed first and second for American people.” the best editorials of 2016. passionate enough to spend feelings than that sort of And that same tenuous considerable free time on a Many of our editors work recognition. state of the profession made job or hobby, and we’re no nearly full-time jobs each But our work is nowhere the results of the Illinois week to prepare content for different: Journalism is our close to its conclusion. The College Press Association’s

Daily Illini is still far from the standard of excellence that we believe our fellow students deserve. We need to further increase our diversity, both in our staff and of our perspectives. We still don’t cater enough to groups in Champaign-Urbana that deserve our undivided attention. If students continue to vote in favor of the Media Fee that helps sustain our paper, then we owe it to them to tell their stories — all of them. Much of our current editorial staff will leave the paper after spring break, the traditional time during which we turn over our positions. We hope to leave behind an educated staff even more dedicated to inclusion than we’ve tried to be. Winning the award for Illinois’ best college newspaper was the cathartic conclusion to nearly a year of our sweat and tears. But it was even moreso a reminder that journalistic work never truly concludes — we can always aim higher, reach further and do better.

Humanities students should not feel shame for their majors KRYSTYNA SERHIJCHUK Columnist

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recently did something I joked about doing when I was an 18-year-old senior in high school. With my then-newfound adult privilege, I was ready to get a stupid little tattoo as a right of passage. I decided against getting my original tattoo idea back then, and instead got an even dumber (easily concealed) tattoo. But that’s beside the point. About three years later, I finally made my youthful, facetious tattoo idea a reality. I got the words “Times New Roman” tattooed on my inner upper arm, in the Times New Roman font. At 18, I thought it would be sort of slick and ironic of me to get these words tattooed. I was finally graduating high school and moving on to college; I’d be paying homage to my education in a not-so-serious way. I was already committed to the University as an English major at this point, so I’d also be paying homage to my future focus on literature. At 21, I got this tattoo to solidify my choice to pursue the humanities, or more specifically, English literature. It pays homage to my love-hate relationship with writing, words and my major. It also connects me to a younger version of myself. I’ve questioned my choice to study English

countless times, which has lead me to consider switching majors often. Every humanities and arts major can relate to being interrogated about his or her future available career opportunities after college. I’ve felt borderline shame and embarrassment announcing my major while introducing myself to people at parties and on-campus events. This is especially true when the person on the other side of the conversation proclaims to be an aerospace engineering major or something of that sort. I would secretly internally sulk in envy a bit every time. Part of this embarrassment stems from attending such a research-intensive university with one of the top-ranked engineering colleges. And although it’s taken me a little while to come to terms with my educational choices, I no longer regret my major or mope around complaining about feelings of inadequacies. In the past, I’ve felt selfish for studying something I enjoy — something sometimes deemed “easy” and an “unaffordable luxury.” But no one should think this way about his or her humanities education. There are countless benefits, especially when you supplement your liberal arts major with in-demand skills. Many college students and graduates are surprisingly deficient in writing skills, cultural comprehension and histori-

cal knowledge. As a humanities major, you have a leg up in these regards. Other gains include learning to actually deal with people, or explain and sell complex ideas. Emotional intelligence and analytical skills are also benefits. These majors are also flexible: Someone majoring in English could eventually end up working in technology or something seemingly unrelated. For example, former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano was an English major, while American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault was a history major. And there are countless other examples. In addition, the unemployment rates for humanities majors aren’t as bad as they’re rumored to be. According to Business Insider, “The average unemployment rate for new graduates across all of the humanities is 9 percent, right on par with computer science and math (9.1 percent) and not too far off all majors combined (7.9 percent).” In reality, the world needs math and scienceoriented minds as much as they need the minds of those majoring in the liberal arts. Humanities majors: You are still needed. The world would fall apart without you.

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The English building on the Main Quad. Columist Krystyna Serhijchuk said students in majors such as English develop valuable skills that set them apart in the workforce.

The University of Illinois Police Department issued a response to student concern over reporting of the recent alleged sexual assaults on campus. Columist Isabella Winkler argues the campus has a right to know if a fraternity has a perpetrator.

UIPD is not protecting fraternities for assault ISABELLA WINKLER Columnist

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ll students at the University are probably familiar with the Campus Safety Notices. In the past couple of weeks, the police used this medium to inform the campus about two different sexual assaults occurring at fraternity houses. On Feb. 6, the police issued a safety notice describing a sexual assault at an unknown fraternity. On Feb. 9, they issued a similar notice describing a sexual assault at a fraternity house by someone known to the survivor. During just the first week of the last fall semester, students were informed of three different sexual assaults that were reported, two of which occurred at fraternity houses. These reports had students wondering why the police chose not to include the names of the implicated fraternities. Students argue that the whole campus has a right to know if a fraternity house is harboring a perpetrator or condoning these actions. Instead, it seems the anonymity guarantees their reputations remain untainted. The outrage is understandable, but it might be surprising to know that police don’t provide anonymity to protect the fraternity. In fact, it is to protect the survivor more than anything.

An article published by The Tab Illinois expressed outrage over the perceived notion that the University purposely protects fraternities’ reputations. “Apparently some people think by disclosing the names of the specific organizations implicated would damage their reputation,” argued Harold Zhu. “Displaying outright favoritism towards specific groups doesn’t show (equality and respect). If an organization becomes associated with sexual assault, it should reevaluate its core beliefs.” In a Feb. 17 post on the UIPD’s website, the department responded to these concerns from students. “Some information — like demographic information about the survivor or exact times and locations — is withheld from the mass emails to protect the survivor’s privacy and avoid unintentionally identifying that person,” the website states. If the police revealed specific information about the fraternity, it could put the survivor at risk. Other students could deduce who the survivor is based on people who are often associated with the fraternity. This information could also put survivors in danger of retaliation for reporting the offense. It is absolutely disheartening that students receive these alerts so often, especially because they are regularly reporting a sexual assault. It is also frustrating that it seems as if these fraternities are get-

ting away with it. Many times, though, it is the survivor who chooses not to report the perpetrator or his fraternity. Survivors may also report an assault, but choose not to have the perpetrator arrested or prosecuted, Police Chief Jeff Christensen said in the UIPD release. Going through the motions of an investigation can add to the trauma by putting pressure on survivors and forcing them to relive the assault. The Clery Act requires that the University share certain details about crimes committed on campus. When this information is shared, it is easy for students to forget about the survivor's’ safety in search of specifics. “It's important to keep in mind that sexual assault is a crime of power and control,” said Molly McLay, assistant director of the Women’s Resources Center. “When someone's power has been taken from them, we want to do all that we can to return some of that autonomy, privacy and safety to that person.” Restoring the sense of safety and control to the survivor should be the priority, even when it seems as if the perpetrators are not being served justice. Before students jump to conclusions and lose faith in the University, we need to better understand the police’s motives.

Isabella is a sophomore in ACES. iwinkle2@dailyillini.com

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Baker receives abundant gratitude from audience BY KAYLA MARTINEZ STAFF WRITER

The Accord welcomed singer Julien Baker on Saturday night as part of Pygmalion’s show series. Hues of red and blue fi lled the venue as Thunder Dreamer, an indie rock four-ma n ba nd from Evansville, Indiana, came on. The audience put their hands up as drummer Corey Greenfi eld took a moment to take a picture of the crowd. An eerie sound crept in from guitar distortion. The ground vibrated and Steven Hamilton began the band’s set, with delicate guitar riffs from its fi rst full-length album, “Lonesome Morning,” that was released in 2014. Hamilton’s voice hit falsettos and bass guitarist Alexander Wallwork moved vicariously through his guitar, turning and moving his head with its sound. Meanwhile, keyboardist Zachary Zint leveled each song with organ undertones. Thunder Dreamer left the stage with a soft tone that would later be picked up by Julien Baker’s gentle folk melodies. From Memphis, Tennessee, Baker began her musical career with a band called Forrister, and later released a solo EP on Bandcamp in 2014, “Sprained Ankle,” which went on to become a studio album in 2015. Baker dashed on stage and the audience cheered as she plugged her guitar into the amplifier. “Hi guys, my name’s

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Julien Baker performs at The Accord in downtown Champaign on Saturday. Baker’s indie folk music was appreciated by the audience, who frequently called out praise during Baker’s set. Julien Baker,” she began. The rest of her sentence was inaudible because the audience’s enthusiastic response. Baker’s fi rst guitar notes subdued the audience. The only sound other than her

music was the clinking of glasses from the bar. “Do you think that there’s a way I could ever get too far? That you’d ask me where I’d been? Like I ask you where you are?” Baker closed her eyes as

she sang “Blacktop.” She knelt down and played her guitar at eye level with the audience, and came back up as she moved on to the next song. Quietly, the audience sang along as she began “Sprained Ankle.”

Baker’s humble sound goes beyond folk melodies. Heavy topics like, Baker sang about substance abuse and depression. “Thank you,” an audience member screamed. “ Yeah, it was my

pleasure,”Baker responded. Baker continued to pour each song out to the audience, and in exchange, it sang along and threw out an abundance of thank yous. She took a moment to say that it was encouraging when people sing along and that it makes her happy. Her voice and guitar fi lled up the empty stage, with blue lights that dimmed down to highlight the sound’s mood. The bartenders quietly served drinks, whispering. The audience laughed as she described her next song, “Funeral Pyre,” as the title sounding “like a metal song, but it’s not.” Throughout the entire set, songs were separated as the audience burst the bubble of lingering silence with encouraging screams. Baker tha nked the audience for welcoming her during her fi rst visit to Champaign, and they thanked her back. “This song is about being grateful,” she said as she began to tune in to play “Rejoice.” The audience sang along. “Thank you, thank you, no seriously thank you,” came out from the crowd. “ No , thank yo u , seriously,” Baker said. She stepped out after her set was over, and quickly gave in for an encore, saying that she didn’t want to seem “pretentious.” Baker ended with “Go Home,” and the audience sank in the melancholy of her vocals.

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J Mase III of #BlackTransMagick seeks inclusive resources BY MELISSA WAGNER STAFF WRITER

J Mase III and Vita E partnered up to create #BlackTransMagick in 2015, and have traveled a rou nd t he c ou nt r y performing on college c a mpuses a nd fo r community organizations since then. The duo is scheduled to perform at 12 p.m. on Monday at the Women’s Resources Center as part of the Office of Inclusion & Intercultural Relation’s Lunch on Us weekly discussion series. The Daily Illini talked to J Mase III over the weekend about the importance of inclusionary spaces on college campuses.

awQward. awQward is a trans and queer people of color specific talent agency — we use the acronym TQPOC. We’re both performers and we had an opportunity that kind of showed up through us doing some outreach and talking about the organization in probably June of 2015, so about two years ago. I was scheduled to perform with another awQward artist who fell sick. Vita was still new to the (organization) and we had never performed together. We put it together fairly quickly and had only about one hour to rehearse. We just started creating material from that.

like that. I think for us, what our major goal is with #BlackTransMagick, as well as with awQward, is re a l ly about the redistribution of resources from larger institutions to black and brown trans, queer folks. We use art as a way to create space for cooperative economics, so that’s part of it. We also try to provide our work free to smaller black and brown organizations and institutions, or at a low cost, so that we can still be in the communities that know us and help to facilitate our work.

You said you perform on college campuses a lot, can you speak to the importance of giving black and trans voices a platform on a college campus?

What type of venues How d i d do you perform at, and # B l a c k Tr a n s M a g i c k is there anything that originate and when? influences where you J Mase I I I : choose to perform? JM: #BlackTransMagick originated through myself and Vita, we are part of the administrative team for an organization called

JM: P r i m a r i ly we perform at colleges and universities. We a lso do some c om mu n it y organizations and things

I th i nk wh at’s important for most people, especially on college campuses to recognize, is that the resources in colleges and universities

are very much stolen from communities of color. Even in spaces doing LGBTQ work and/or other social justice-centered practices. The institution as a whole — when we talk about the land that institutions take up, when we talk about the money that institutions have — there’s no such thing as creating wealth in the United States of America without taking that from black a nd brown people through our bodies and labor. And so it’s important because it’s a redistribution of those resources back to the spaces from which they were stolen. It’s also when we talk about being “inclusive” of LGBTQ folks, the people in the LGBTQ community most likely to be impacted by violence, lack of access to education, lack of access to jobs, are trans and queer people of color. So it’s being more honest about who is impacted by these situations. So it behooves

people to be honest when they say they’re trying to create intersectional spaces that are rooted in social justice. .

Is there anything you think can be accomplished through spoken word and poetry that cannot be accomplished through something like a speech?

JM: I don’t know that it’s something that can’t be accomplished through (eit her) pl at for m , I think that we tend to take different routes of u nderst a nd i ng ba se d on the med iu m. S o there’s something that I can explain to you intellectually, so you know it. But, through art we actually feel something and we’re compelled to do something about it. Intellectually, I know that my life as a black person and a trans person is important, but it’s through art that I actually felt that it mattered.

What type of audience do you welcome to your performances?

JM: Everyone is welcome, but what we do specifically is center the experiences of black and brown trans, queer folks of color. I think for me, and I can’t speak for Vita, I know for myself a lot of times, people try to tell me “Oh, your work is to help people who are not like you learn how to accept you.” That’s not what my work is about. My work is I’m a black, trans, Muslim person on this planet, and for a long time, I didn’t know I had a right to space. So my commitment is to create space for myself and for people in my community, to take up intentional space and take back resources from institutions that seek to erase us. So I encourage TQPOC folks to come, I encourage folks who want to be in solidarity with TQPOC folks to come.

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LIFE CULTURE

BY MERAL AYCICEK STAFF WRITER

Artists prefer different canvases, whether it be the blank page of a sketchbook or an untouched block of marble. A popular option for aspiring artists on campus is the anonymous surface of a bathroom stall. Eduardo Martinez, junior in LAS, started a blog called UIUC Graffiti for a class last semester. He said he started the blog to focus mainly on bathroom graffiti and to see if there was something significant about the bathroom graffiti that blog writers could analyze. “The way I view graffiti, it’s the voice of counter culture,” he said. He has seen everything, from swastikas to empowering quotes, while photographing various campus bathrooms. “I think people write on bathroom walls because it’s such a place of anonymity,” Martinez said. “If someone has a radical opinion but they’re not so outspoken about, or they’re afraid of getting backlash, they’ll just put it on a bathroom wall and see what happens, get a response.” He described bathroom walls as the perfect medium for people who have a message or opinion they can’t post or discuss anywhere else. “The English building is probably the most drawn up place. The fi rst floor bathrooms, for the guys,

those are just destroyed with graffiti. There’s a lot of political conversations on there saying stuff about, Donald Trump and Nazis and oppression and stuff,” he said. “It’s also interesting how when you go to Altgeld, for example, the writings and pictures become a lot less tolerant.” Greer Durham, freshman in LAS, said the type of graffiti tends to depend on the building. “In the bathroom of The Red Herring, which is known for being very inclusive, a lot of the stuff on the bathroom wall is like free love, every person is a person and all these other things,” she said. “Whereas if you go to David Kinley Hall, there is a wall of people just having conversations with each other about random stuff. The venue, I guess you could say, determines what people are going to write on the walls.” Tia Smith, freshman in FAA, said she has also seen a variety of bathroom graffiti. She said the variety points to the diversity of problems and opinions on a college campus. “Usually they’re really personal things,” Smith said. “I just broke up with someone. I have cancer. I’m pregnant. I’m gay. Or sometimes it’s something really trivial like ‘hi’ or ‘Sam was here.’” Smith said she’s read bathroom conversations between multiple people that sometimes result in arguments. “I think it’s a very honest

form of talking to other people,” Smith said. “It’s interesting to see the insights of other people because everyone uses the bathroom and everyone sees what’s being written.” Durham said she isn’t opposed to any type of graffiti. She defi ned graffiti as any form of art in a place it’s not supposed to be. “For me, art is when someone has an idea or a vision and goes and tries to create that vision. If that’s in a bathroom, it’s still art. If it’s graffiti, it’s still art,” Durham said. Graffiti usually brings to mind complex, colorful and oftentimes illegal street art, but that’s not the universal definition. Graffiti is not limited to street art, though there are a few differences between bathroom graffiti and street graffiti. Martinez said that the limitations in place for street art aren’t the same in bathroom graffiti. He also said many graffitists are trying to get their tag out to the public. Many times, their graffiti is also done out in the open. “In a bathroom, let’s say you’re the only person in there,” Martinez said. “You could write a whole essay if you wanted to. You can draw a whole picture. And I think that that time and anonymity of it all is why bathroom graffiti sometimes comes out more radical that street graffiti.”

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SPORTS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Holesinska is no stranger to distance on, off court BY JAMES BOYD STAFF WRITER

Shorts tucked and with her hair braided back into two pigtails, Petra Holesinska warms up for her game against Penn State. She stands on the left wing, catches a pass and knocks down a three-pointer. She waits there for a brief moment and then repeats the action. Her shooting form isn’t picture perfect — her right elbow sticks out just a bit on the release — but her accuracy and consistency make up for it. Holesinska nails her next two attempts from behind the arc, and the ball barely touches the rim. She isn’t surprised by this feat at all. Instead, she just blows a bubble with her gum and continues her warmup routine. She has done this before, and she’ll do it again. “She’s a really good shooter,” Illinois women’s basketball head coach Matt Bollant said. “When we do our statistics, she’s one of our best kids, and has been one of the best kids since I’ve been here, even as a freshman.” Holesinska has made 45 three-pointers this season and is shooting 90.5 percent from the free throw line. Illinois’ starting guard has only

missed four shots from the charity stripe all season. But before she became Illinois’ top perimeter threat, Holesinska played a different sport nearly 5,000 miles away in her home country — the Czech Republic. “I played tennis first,” Holesinska said. “My dad plays tennis, so that’s why he wanted me to play tennis. But I honestly hated it.” The freshman said she didn’t like being by herself and longed to be a part of a team. She remembers fi rst playing basketball in elementary school when she was seven, and she hasn’t put the ball down since. Holesinska doesn’t remember who taught her how to shoot, but said that she always shot from the outside because she was little. Years later, Holesinska hasn’t experienced any major growth spurts — she stands at just 5-foot9. But after hundreds of hours of practice and thousands of shots, she has found a way to impact a game that is usually dominated by taller players. Holesinska is a member of the Czech Republic National Team, but that isn’t her only noteworthy accomplishment. Back home, Holesinka won three national titles with her club team, BK Brno. She also took home a silver medal at the 2013 U-16 European Championships. The following year, her squad missed

the podium, finishing fourth at the U-17 World Championships, but she averaged 11.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. By the time she fi nished high school, Holesinska had started thinking about playing in the United States. She had several American schools recruiting her, but the University stuck because her former club teammate, Jenna Smith, had also attended. Upon graduation in 2010, Smith was both the Illinois’ all-time leading scorer above women’s and men’s basketball with 2,160 points. Smith’s record still stands, and she is Illinois’ only female to eclipse 2,000 points in her career. Aside from her offensive expertise, Smith also holds the women’s program records in rebounds, blocked shots and double-doubles. She was drafted by the Washington Mystics in the second round of the 2010 WNBA draft, but eventually ended up taking her talents overseas. Smith is now retired and works as an assistant coach at Indiana State, but she still remembers meeting Holesinska after signing with BK Brno in 2014. She said that Holesinska was the only one who spoke some English and even knew American slang. Holesinska told Smith she had learned from watching American movies and TV Shows.

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• Petra Holesinka was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the first time in her career on Jan. 9. • Her 45 three-pointers are the fifth-most three-pointers in Illinois freshman single-season history. • She is shooting 90.5 percent from the free throw line and has only missed one free throw in Big Ten play. • She is shooting 46 percent from beyond the arc in conference play, making 31 of her 67 attempts.

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Smith and Chance The Rapper form unlikely online connection BY STEPHEN COHN STAFF WRITER

Illinois head football coach Lovie Smith was raised in Big Sandy, Texas, but he has taken a liking to the state of Illinois after coaching in Chicago and Champaign. “I believe in homegrown, state of Illinois (people),” Smith said. Smith tweeted at Chicagoraised Chance The Rapper after the 23-year-old won three Grammys last week. “Extremely late but congratulations to @chancetherapper (my new favorite artist) on a great night at the Grammy’s! #HomeGrown,” Smith tweeted on Wednesday. Less than an hour later, Chance The Rapper got back to the Illinois coach. “Thank you man you’re a leg-

end thanks for all you’ve done for Chicago and Champaign,” Chance tweeted. The exchange seems to have went viral at the University. Many Twitter users suggested Chance should perform in Grange Grove, the State Farm Center or with the Marching Illini during halftime. Smith said Chance is his new favorite rapper, but he still enjoys R&B. “I listen to him, but I’m in my late 50’s,” Smith said. “R&B music is probably No. 1 on my list, but I do listen to rap, and it’s easy to listen to his form of rap music.”

Trio of wide receivers walk-on Illinois football team

Wide receiver Samuel Harlib has never caught a pass in

his collegiate career, but the senior is one of the leaders at his position. “(Harlib) knows what’s expected,” fellow senior wide receiver Malik Turner said. “He’s really familiar with the offense. He knows what’s going on, and he works extremely hard, even though he is a walk-on.” Harlib joined the team as a preferred walk-on prior to the 2013 season. After redshirting his freshman year, Harlib transitioned from safety to wide receiver. He then tore his left labrum in his fi rst spring practice in 2014 during a blocking drill. But he fought through the injury and appeared in six games last season.

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Thank you man you’re a legend thanks for all you’ve done for Chicago and Champaign

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Illinois looks to improve after this weekend Strong meet ends in loss a similar performance to its previous game, scoring two runs on Four games into the Illinois base- eight hits. The Illini dropped the ball season, head coach Dan Har- contest, 4-2. tleb knows his team can perform “The thing we need to improve better than it did this past weekend. on as a group most is getting ahead The Illini split a two-game series in counts, throwing more strikes,” with Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Hartleb said. “Our guys just have then dropped both to have compoof their games sure. We had not against Lamar. shown that in pracIllinois got off tice and so I expect to a good start on the guys just to be more composed Opening Day, put— same thing ting up a five-spot in the first inning from our hitting against Milwaustandpoint.” Illinois got kee. Freshman down early in its second baseman DAN HARTLEB next game against Michael Massey ILLINOIS BASEBALL COACH Lamar. The Carand sophomore dinals scored outfielder Jack Yalowitz had three four runs in the hits apiece with a combined two first inning off of sophomore Cole RBIs and four runs scored. Bellair. Sophomore Luke Shilling gave up The Illini responded with three three hits, six walks and one earned runs of their own in the top of the run but struck out six, helping the second, thanks to sophomore Jalin McMillin reaching on an error to Illini cruise to a 10-2 win. The team returned the next day score a run and keep the inning for a rematch with the Panthers. alive. The walks continued, however, Lamar countered with four runs for the Illinois pitching staff with in the bottom of the second and four sophomore Quinten Sefcik going in the bottom of the fourth to take five-thirds innings, giving up three a 12-3 lead. The Illinois pitching earned runs and three walks. staff allowed nine Lamar batters The Illinois offense failed to have to reach first base via base on balls. BY MIKE GASICK

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Head coach Dan Hartleb hopes to see improvement following the team’s performance this weekend.

The Cardinals withstood a four-run Illini eighth inning to secure the win, 15-9. Illinois closed out the weekend with a series finale against Lamar

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The Illinois swim and dive team shattered several school records but placed 12th at the Big Ten Championship this past week in West Lafayette, Indiana. On the fi rst day of competition, the relay team of seniors — Amelia Schilling, Gabbie Stecker, Audrey Rodawig and junior Samantha Stratford — set a new school record in the 800-yard freestyle with a time of 7:12.50. After the day concluded, the Illini were tied for ninth overall with 74 points. Day two was not as successful for the Illini, who dropped to 12th in the standings after a rough start, but the team eventually recovered. “We were a bit tight starting out of the preliminary session,” head coach Sue Novitsky said. “It took us a while to relax, and that hurt us. We rebounded well and fi nished with another school record.” The school record came from the relay team comprised of Stecker, Stratford, Rodawig and sophomore Megan Vuong in the 400-yard medley relay that touched the wall at 3:41.73. Stecker continued to shine on Day Two. Her time of 26.69 sec-

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The Illini placed 12th overall with a final point total of 197. Hidden stat: Senior Gabbie Stecker and juniors Ashley Aegerter and Samantha Stratford all had times that qualified for the NCAA B Cut standards. onds was the second-fastest leadoff individual time in the 100yard backstroke event. The Illini recorded similar results on Day Three, struggling in their morning events and then bouncing back with strong times later in the day. Rodawig’s time of 55.42 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly moved her to sixth on the school's fastest individuals list while freshman Jamie Kolar got herself fifth on the list with a time of 55.71 in the 100-yard backstroke event. Stratford also ended the day strong for the Illini, earning a

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Power rankings DAILY ILLINI BASKETBALL STAFF

Editor’s note: Every week, The Daily Illini sports staff ranks the basketball teams in the Big Ten, 1-14, and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings. 1. Purdue 22-5, 11-3 Purdue cruised to a perfect week with pure domination over Rutgers and Michigan State, which is why the Boilermakers remain No. 1 in this week’s power rankings. It’s going to be interesting to see how Caleb Swanigan fares in the conference tournament and Big Dance. 2. Northwestern 20-7, 9-5 The Wildcats had a strong week, causing them to bump to the No. 2 spot this week. A seven-point win over No. 11 Wisconsin is going to do wonders for Northwestern’s tournament resume. 3. Wisconsin 22-5, 10-3 This was a tough week for Wisconsin as senior guard Bronson Koenig battled and started, recovering from a strained left calf. The Badgers were upset by Northwestern and Michigan, but bounced back with a win over Maryland. 4. Maryland 22-5, 10-3 Melo Trimble’s 27 points were not enough to propel Maryland over Wisconsin in the Terps’ most recent contest. Maryland now sits in second place in the Big Ten as Purdue and Wisconsin are tied for first. 5. Michigan 17-9, 7-6 The Wolverines made a strong statement with a win over Wisconsin last week. Defeating the Badgers improves Michigan’s tournament resume and could help land the Wolverine’s a nine seed. 6. Michigan State 16-11, 8-6 Tom Izzy’s club dropped a big game to the Boilermakers after defeating Ohio State. A win over Purdue would have changed the momentum for Michigan State this late in the season. 7. Nebraska 12-14, 6-8 This was a slow week for Nebraska who defeated Penn State in its only game of the week. Tai Webster continues to lead the Cornhuskers, who is averaging almost 18 points per game. 8. Minnesota 19-7, 7-6 The Gophers are one win away from 20 on the season. But with six of its seven losses at the hands of Big Ten teams, will it be enough for a spot in the NCAA Tournament? 9. Penn State 14-13, 6-8 Penn State fell to Nebraska this past week. Looking at the Nittany Lions’ four remaining games, I would give them a 3-1 record at best, 0-4 at worst. 10. Indiana 15-12, 5-9 The Hoosiers continue to slip and plummet to the bottom of the Big Ten. Indiana won’t have an easy final four games either with Northwestern and a road game at Purdue still left on the slate. 11. Illinois 15-12, 5-9 The Illini have found themselves back in the win column after defeating Iowa on the road. It was Illinois’ second road win of the season and now the Illini have a chance to sweep Northwestern this Tuesday. 12. Iowa 14-13, 6-8 An entire week off of action led to a loss to Illinois for the Hawkeyes. This young Iowa team will have a tough challenge ahead with Maryland and Wisconsin left on the schedule. 13. Ohio State 15-13, 5-10 Ohio State have dropped in this week’s power rankings after going 0-2 this past week with losses to Michigan State and Nebraska. Just an overall poor week for the Buckeyes. 14. Rutgers 13-15, 2-13 Same old same old for Rutgers. This was a tough week for the Scarlett Knights who squared up against Purdue and Northwestern. Five points separated Rutgers and Northwestern from an upset.

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FOOTBALL Now in his second spring ball, Harlib is excited for the challenge of earning playing time. “(This year’s spring ball) is a big challenge because we have low numbers,” Harlib said. “It’s really just focusing on technique and getting ready for the fall.” Illinois added three walk-on wide receivers — Keith Jones, Shaun Magill and Shawn McPartland — after an open tryout last week. Turner said he is seeing a similar drive from the walk-ons as he has seen with Harlib. “(The walk-ons) have shown growth over the past couple of days,” Turner said. “They’re a little banged up right now, but I think they’ll be able to help us out.” Harlib lined up to the left of quarterback Trenard Davis during a drill in Saturday’s spring practice. He ran a streak route, but the pass went to junior Sam Mays on a slant. While he still has yet to catch a ball in a game, Harlib is excited about this season’s prospects.

“Everybody on the team has a role,” Harlib said. “Hopefully, mine will be bigger than last year. Hopefully this year I can be a receiver.”

Illinois invites junior high school recruits to spring practice

Smith and his staff are already at work preparing for the 2018 recruiting class, only two weeks after 2017 National Signing Day. “We just want to start the process, the process of introductions to a player and hopefully trying to get them on board with our vision and our program,” Smith said. “A lot of things will happen in between, but you need to start that process.” Illinois invited many 2018 recruits and their families to its spring practice on Saturday. Recruits were able to talk to Smith and the staff, listen to a player panel and sit in on positional meetings. “We have quite a few of the top players here that like what we’re doing and can see themselves possibly being here,” Smith said.

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Chris Lozinak carries the puck up the ice during the game on Saturday. The Illini have one series left in the regular season.

Illini leave last home series in split BY STEPHEN COHN STAFF WRITER

Illinois hockey will be very familiar with Robert Morris by the end of next week. The Illini and the Eagles split Illinois’ fi nal series against Division I opponents this weekend. The teams will face off for the third time in eight days Friday night at the fi rst round of the CSCHL tournament. No. 6 Robert Morris (22-9-4) is hosting this year’s five-team conference playoff at The Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Illinois. Illinois junior forward Chris Lozinak got the scoring going in the fi rst period during Friday’s 5-1 win with a breakaway goal past Robert Morris goalie Cole Semchak. “It was a broken play,” Lozinak said. “I didn’t pick up my guy in the (defensive) zone, but the puck squirted out right on my stick. It was a great center-lane drive by David Kellner to take the D

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Smith said that language and Holesinska’s interest in America helped them become good friends. She would joke and call Holesinska, “American” and encourage her teammate to pursue a career overseas and come visit her in the States. “(She told me) ‘Yeah I want to go to college in America,’” Smith said. “‘A lot of my friends think I’m crazy to do that, to move so far away from home.’ And I was like, ‘Girl, you should go. It’s like the best experience of your life.’” A couple years later, Smith’s and Holesinska’s conversations turned into reality after a chance encounter with Bollant. At the time, Illinois’ head coach didn’t even know who Holesinska was. He traveled to the Czech Republic to see sophomore Jaelyne Kirkpatrick play for the Canadian National Team. He said he went there with the intentions of recruiting additional players besides Kirkpatrick, and after seeing Holesinska’s ability to shoot the ball, she quickly became one of the players on his radar. Bollant knew it would be a big transition for Holesinska to move to the U.S. But

out of the play and open up a shot for me.” Illinois (20-9-3) took a tough blow late in the fi rst period when freshman forward Luke Forfar was ejected from the game for a late hit on Robert Morris defenseman Jake Floro. The Illini killed off the fiveminute major. Illinois did not allow a power play goal on Friday. “I thought the PK was outstanding,” Illinois head coach Nick Fabbrini said. “Killing the fi ve-minute major was huge in the fi rst period, and we were able to build off of that. Any time special teams are going like that, we have a great chance to win.” Robert Morris scored two power play goals Saturday. No. 14 Illinois split last weekend’s series against No. 2 Ohio. Two Bobcat goals during the weekend were the result of the Illini’s inability to clear the puck, an area Illinois improved upon this weekend.

Senior forward Eric Saulters said the offense starts clicking when Illinois gets the puck out of its defensive zone. “We’re trying to just be a lot more cautious and safe as opposed to trying to make pretty plays,” Saulters said. “We’re just trying to make hardhat, lunch pail plays where we’re safe and out of the zone. Defense fi rst.” Illinois’ five Friday night goals came off the sticks of five different Illini. Fabbrini said Illinois’ depth will pay dividends in the playoffs. “Any time we get scoring up and down the lineup we’re a really tough team to beat,” Fabbrini said. “Our top guys are as good as anyone in the country, so when we get scoring from our third and fourth-line guys, that makes up pretty tough.” Robert Morris stole Saturday’s game 3-2 behind a late third-period goal from forward Scott Coash.

Illinois top-line forward James McGing was ejected from Saturday’s loss after picking up two ten-minute majors. McGing, who has an arsenal of stickhandles, is suspended for the team’s next four games. Illinois honored its five seniors — goalies Joe Olen and Zev Grumet-Morris, defenseman Aaron Dusek and forwards Austin Zima and Saulters — and Lozinak, a graduating junior, before Saturday’s game — their fi nal career game at the Big Pond. The seniors and their families participated in an on-ice ceremony prior to the game. The Illini conclude the regular season March 3 and 4 on the road against Division II Augustana in Oak Lawn, Illinois. They will compete in the ACHA Nationa l Tour na ment beginning March 9 if they fi nish the regular season inside of the top-20 national rankings.

the potential lifestyle and trust her. I was like, ‘You’re academic challenges did going to love Champaign.’” not hinder him from wantA few days after her official visit, Holesinska sent ing her on his team. It was then that Bollant Bollant a Facebook message started recruiting Holesin- committing to Illinois. ska, and she came on an offiShe said she still gets cial visit with her dad that homesick and hasn’t fulwas paid for by the Univer- ly adapted to American culture. sity, according to Bollant. “It was hard, fi rst of all, “That was a good night,” Bollant said. “I knew right because of the language,” away she was going to be Holesinksa said. “I thought fi ne in the classroom. She’s I knew English really well. a smart kid. She just really But then when I came here liked it, and then she said I was like, ‘Probably not.’ she wanted And food, to go back it’s a little different. home and talk to (her) I th i nk mom.” it’s worse, In addihonesttion to ly. Everytalking to thing is fried.” her famJENNA SMITH Despite ily, HolesFORMER UI BASKETBALL PLAYER w h a t inska also Holesinsreached ka thinks, out to her old teammate. Bollant said her English has Smith said she told Holes- improved since coming to inska she would make an the United States. But for impact right away at Illi- a person who already knew nois and enjoy playing on three languages, learning a a Big Ten stage at the State fourth wasn’t too difficult. “(I can speak) Czech, Farm Center. Smith remembered being English, Russian, and Gerin Italy when Holesinska man,” Holesinska said. “We reached out to her about learned it at school.” Illinois. But regardless of lan“I think what made her guage, Holesinska has let comfortable was knowing her game do the talking that I went there,” Smith during her freshman camsaid. “She trusts me and I paign. She is averaging 11.8

points per game in the Big Ten — third most on the team — and despite an upand-down season, she has had a handful of standout performances. In a home game against Rutgers that Smith attended on Jan. 7, Holesinska drained a career-high five three-pointers on her way to 21 points. Since then, Holesinska has matched her career-high in made three-pointers twice. “I hadn’t seen her since I left,” Smith said. “It just brought back so many memories. She’s grown up so much. I’ve known her since she was 16 and she’s at my alma mater, wearing No. 13 and just playing so well.” The number connection comes from when Smith joined Holesinska in the Czech Republic as teammates. Both favorited No. 13; however, Holesinska had to give it up to Smith. But now at Illinois, the roles have been reversed and Holesinska sports the same No. 13 jersey that Smith wore when setting her Illini records. “Her high IQ and the love of the game, you don’t fi nd that a lot nowadays,” Smith said. “Some people just like the game. She genuinely has the passion for it.”

“Some people just like the game. She genuinely has the passion for it.”

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BASEBALL as the two teams competed in a pitching duel. Freshman Ty Weber threw 4 scoreless innings, while freshman Cyrillo Watson allowed one run in three innings pitched. The bats then went quiet for both teams, causing the tied game to head to extra innings. Sophomore Joey Gerber came in to relieve freshman Zack Jones in the bottom of the 10th with men on first and second base and nobody out. After Gerber gave up a single to load the bases, he forced a fielder’s choice to give the Illini the first out of the inning. The sophomore right-hander could not get out of the jam, throwing a wild pitch to lose the game, 2-1. Despite the pitching woes, Illini batters struck out 45 times over the weekend. Hartleb said he was proud of some of the at-bats his younger players took. “I think our most consistent guy was Jack Yalowitz,” Hartleb said. “For our young guys, I thought Michael Massey and Ben Troike did a good job. They showed us they can put some good swings on balls; I was really pleased with their progress.”

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Illinois’ Samantha Stratford swims the butterfly against Nebraska. The Illini saw many personal achievements at the Championship, but it wasn’t enough, leaving the team in 12th.

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SWIMMING place in the fi nal round of the 400-yard individual medley where she registered a time of 4:15.94. After the third day, Novitsky said she was looking for more from her team going into the last day of competition. She said she wanted the team to be "relentless, tough and energetic.” Stecker, Stratford and junior Ashley Aegerter made NCAA B stan-

dard times on the last day. Achieving B standard times allows for the athletes to make their way into the NCAA Championship as individual alternates. To go along with their B standard times, Stecker’s time of 1:59.12 in the 200-yard butterfly event was a school record, while Aegerter moved up to fourth on the all-time fastest individual’s list with a time of 2:16.18 in the 200yard breaststroke event. When everything was completed, the Illini fi nished in 12th place with a

point total of 197. Michigan won the tournament. Even though Novitsky and her squad didn’t see an improvement from last year’s standing at the Big Ten Championship, Novitsky was still proud of her team for the way it performed. “The team stood up and performed with a toughness that we had been looking for the previous two days,” Novitsky said. “I am proud of their resilience and continuing to fight.”

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Illini have night of career, season-bests against Spartans BY DANIELLE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER

Hit. Land. Dismount. These are the words the Illinois women’s gymnastics team want to hear when competing in meets. Seniors Erin Buchanan and Sarah Lyons demonstrated this throughout their careers at Illinois, and the pair were honored with a Senior Night celebration after taking on Michigan State. The Illini came out on top against the Spartans 196.550-194.025. It was a night full of career and season-highs for the Illini. “We did well as a team,” said freshman Rae Balthazor. “We picked it up after vault. We still have some work to do.” The team started off in the lead on vault with Lizzy LeDuc posting a 9.825, giving her the event title. Balthazor marked a careerhigh with 9.775. Mary Jane Horth followed their lead with a 9.725. The Illini rounded out with a score of 48.700. The uneven bars was a dif-

ferent story for the Illini. “After vault, they knew that they could be better,” said head coach Kim Landrus. “We had a lot of work put in this week during practice. They trusted their gymnastics, put everything out from the gym and ended with a season-best.” LeDuc fell during the beginning of the Illini’s second rotation on bars, scoring a 9.100. Balthazor kept up the momentum she had and scored 9.900 — the highest score on bars this season by an Illini. Buchanan tied her careerhigh of 9.850 and Lyons posted a season-high with a 9.850. “Winning the title felt awesome,” Balthazor said. “A lot of us put so much work in the gym, and it’s fun to have it show.” Illinois marked a seasonhigh with 49.225 on bars. By the third rotation, the team kept its lead by more than a point. Junior Bridget Hodan led the Illini on beam, earning a 9.925 — a career-high. Horth followed behind with confidence and matched her career-best of 9.900.

“Hodan’s performance was one of the performances that stuck out the most,” Landrus said. “She led us on beam again and was phenomenal. She had a great floor as well. Couldn’t be more proud of Bridget.” Illinois posted another season-high 49.375 on beam, matching the third-highest score in program history. The Illini finished off strong on their final rotation with a season-high for floor 49.250. LeDuc landed the floor title with her 9.925 and posted a season-high. Hodan hit another career-high and Buchanan earned her season-high with both of the gymnasts scoring 9.875. “Buchanan and Lyons mean so much to our program,” Landrus said. “To see Erin end the night on the floor with a season-high performance was phenomenal. Sarah started us off on bars after our vault rotation and just did a phenomenal routine. I couldn’t be more proud, and it was just a great way to end it in Huff.”

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walk. “(Nilsen) still has a lot to work on,” said head coach Tyra Perry. “Her outing against Saint Mary’s showed us that we are still kind of working with her on trusting herself and trusting coach Lance (McMahon).” Saint Mary’s College scored in the top of the fifth with an RBI ground out, but Illinois responded with a two-out rally in the bottom of the frame with three runs on six hits. Junior pitcher Kate Giddens finished the game with a hitless seventh inning. Later that day Illinois played California — the only team it had lost to at that point in the season. “This time we were pretty uptight which was kind of odd,” Perry said. “I expected us to have more of a revenge type mode.” The Bears snagged an early 2-0 lead with a tworun single in the second inning. The Illini responded in

the third when junior Leigh Farina came home on an RBI triple from Sherlund. That was all the Illini scored though, losing again to California. After five rain delays, the second day of the tournament was canceled. Illinois did not play UC Davis or Arkansas. Though the day was frustrating with the delay and eventual cancellation of the games, the team took time to bond, Perry said. In the final day of the tournament Illinois took on the No. 9 Oregon Ducks. “We have to realize when we are in those situations that no one expects us to win, so that’s when we can go out and have a nothing to lose mentality,” Perry said. The Ducks won 11-0, and the Illini ended the weekend with a 1-2 record. Next weekend the team heads to Georgia to compete in the I-75 Challenge.

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