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University unveils translation master’s program New program attempts to satisfy predicted translation job demands beginning in Fall 2013

By Kat Boehle staff writer

The University’s Center for Translation Studies will be starting a new master’s program in translation and interpretation in the fall.

Elizabeth Lowe, director of the Center for Translation Studies, has been developing the program for a long time, but because the final approval did not come until February, the department has only had since then to recruit students for its first class this fall.

Despite the short notice, Lowe said that the department has been receiving applicants from around the world and accepting students on a rolling schedule.

Before the new master’s program, there was an 18-credit certificate program that was available to undergraduate and graduate students. Lowe said the center plans to eventually create an undergraduate program for a major and minor in translation studies.

Lowe said that the program’s applicants hold a variety of bachelor’s degrees. She said the center prefers that applicants have a background in three different languages, one being a proficiency in English even if it is not their first language. The center encourages people from all different backgrounds to apply because of the nature of translation and interpretation;

anything from legal documents to scientific procedures requires translation. Because there are so many different fields in translation and interpretation, Lowe said the program is asking applicants to choose from three different tracks: translations for the professions; literary and applied literary translation; and conference and community interpreting.

Only a small number of jobs exist in oral interpretation, which is often misconceived to be the most emphasized style of translation, according to Lowe.

The University has already started incorporating diverse backgrounds into the field of translation. David Cooper, associate professor of Slavic language and literature, used literature in teaching a class about translation history this semester.

Although he will continue to teach Slavic classes, Cooper said he expects to be doing more teaching about translation in the future.

“I’m really excited that they’re admitting students for a master’s program,” Cooper said. “We are the only Research I institution that has a master’s in translation studies, so we have an opportunity to be number one, and I’m really excited to build toward that.”

The program requires that students take 32 credits in two academic years, according to Lowe. The classes will include require-

ments in history, process, practice and theory. Students will also be encouraged to do internships in the field throughout the course of the program.

Students will be able to complete the degree either online or on campus, accommodating individuals already in the field looking to enhance their skills or people who cannot afford to come to campus, Lowe said.

The program can be completed with a focus on any language the University offers.

Lowe said the program has yet to get an applicant not supported by the 37 languages taught by the University.

Students will also be learning advanced terminology research, in the case that an individual knows nothing about a subject that they have to translate.

“It’s not just about the language,” Lowe said.

Students who earn a degree in translation and interpretation can work in a variety of places, Lowe said, including translation agencies, hospitals, courts, community agencies and software companies.

“You name any big company, they need translation services,” Lowe said. “The demand for these services is far from the supply.”

One of the most in-demand fields in translation is technical translation, according

to translation professor Patricia PhillipsBatoma. She said that although most people think of literary translation, roughly 90 percent of the field is in technical translation.

Technical translation includes translating instructions for appliances and cell phones, chemistry protocols, medication instructions and even drug manufacturing when a drug company wants to go international.

“If you want to pay your rent, it’s a pretty good field,” Phillips-Batona said.

The importance of having translators out there has also been recognized by Nicole Talis, who graduated Saturday with a certificate in translation along with her double major in Latino studies and Spanish.

As a student, Talis worked for the Child Care Resource Service at the University where she was one of only two employees who spoke Spanish despite the fact that roughly a third of the families who use the service are Latino.

In addition to her student job, Talis worked four internships while getting her degree, and during all, she said she used her interpretation skills.

“I literally spoke Spanish 90 percent of the time,” she said. “I’ll be utilizing my Spanish anywhere I go.”

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Yuhan Wang, graduating from LAS, stands on Saturday in front of the pedestal where the Alma Mater once stood.

By Johnathan Hettinger Assignment editor

The Alma Mater showed up for Commencement after all, though not in the form most would have expected.

Campus’ most famous statue was taken away for renovations in August with an intention for a return for Commencement, but the University in March announced that the Alma Mater would not be finished with its renovations until 2014, meaning that Class of 2013 graduates would not get a chance to take a photo by the Alma Mater, a popular graduation picture opportunity.

The University then said that it would make up for the absence with replica statues made by art and design students displayed across campus over Commencement weekend. But campus officials ended up bringing the Alma Mater back to its original home, at least graphically.

University employees worked to develop an augmented reality version of the statue,

visible on iOS devices. The 63-day endeavor included a 3-D scan of the Alma Mater, the development of a mobile application and a system to make the statue visible to iOS devices.

Joel Steinfeldt, brand manager for the University, said it was the first time this technology has been used. He said the idea for the project came from Facilities and Services, but many University offices, ranging from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications to Public Affairs, collaborated to make the project possible.

Travis Ross, visualization laboratory manager at the Beckman Institute, worked with another company for three days to develop the 3-D model that was used for the visual.

Although the renovations were not complete, the team was able to travel to Forest Park, Ill., and scan the statue.

The augmented reality image was the first place in which the Alma Mater’s new bronze finish could be seen. Ross said the

team worked for hours to perfect the correct tint because the new bronze finish is not yet complete on the statue, and it was hard to adjust for natural lighting.

The application was available for download in the Apple Store, and people who downloaded the application could view the Alma Mater in three dimensions, and from 180 degrees, via a picture on top of the Alma Mater statue that interacted with the application to form the image.

Students were informed about the statue in a mass email sent to students by Chancellor Phyllis Wise.

In the memo, Wise said, “As you commemorate this milestone in your life, we know many of you miss the iconic Alma Mater sculpture as a backdrop for Commencement photographs.

“With that in mind, we have created several options for you, the most innovative of which is the Augmented Reality Alma Mater.”

Nicole Conway, a Class of 2013 ACES graduate, said she was mad when she heard the Alma Mater wouldn’t be back for her Commencement, and she did not think that the augmented reality version would make up for it.

After seeing the statue, Conway said the University redeemed itself, saying the new application was “kinda cool.”

In addition to the augmented reality statue, the University created 6-foot replica statues and placed them around campus for photo opportunities at places like the Alice Campbell Alumni Center and the Quad.

The Alma Mater was designed by University alumnus and sculptor Lorado Taft. The statue was completed in 1929, and was a gift from the graduating classes from 1923 to 1929. The Alma Mater hadn’t been renovated for decades prior to the $100,000 renovation.

Johnathan can be reached at hetting2@dailyillini.com and @jhett93.

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Students succeed with startup hot dog stand

Nineteen injured University students use business to promote self-designed video game from shooters in Mother’s Day parade

By Janelle O’Dea staff writer

Most may think “dog” when the term “man’s best friend” is used, but they probably don’t think of hot dogs.

John Pedigo opened Man’s Best Friend Hot Dogs last week. MBF Hot Dogs is a new campus food cart found on Sixth and Daniel.

Pedigo, a computer science major at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, said he was a semester ahead in credits and wanted to open his own business.

“A lot of adults told me my whole life that it was going to be so hard to step out and make money in the real world,” Pedigo said.

“I just didn’t believe that, and I wanted to see for myself if it was that hard, and it really isn’t.”

Pedigo opened MBF Hot Dogs with the help of his roommate, Chris Bagsby. Bagsby is also a student taking a break from the University of South Carolina and has known Pedigo since they attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School together.

MBF Hot Dogs only offers hot dogs right now, but Pedigo said he wants to add “all kinds of random stuff” to the menu.

Originally they were supposed to move back to Champaign and start a computer repair business together, but Pedigo saw the hot dog stand online and Bagsby agreed to help him open it. Kickstarter.com raised enough money for Pedigo to purchase “the

cash cow,” from Ben’s Carts in Tennessee.

MBF Hot Dogs is confined to its spot at Sixth and Daniel streets in Champaign because of health department reasons.

When not in use, the cart is stored inside Community United Church. Pedigo said forming a contract with Community United Church and meeting health department standards took the most time when making plans for the business.

The roommates were also busy planning an entirely different entrepreneurship adventure.

While Pedigo and Bagsby say they do both enjoy hot dogs, they are using the business to promote a self-designed video game based on the University of Illinois.

Bagsby taught himself to code before the semester started and Pedigo understands computer programming and with their combined knowledge created “The Mystery of Morrow Plots: The U of I video game.” The game can be found on the business’ website, http://mbfhotdogs.com.

“We’re thinking outside of the box with everything with this (hot dog) stand,” Bagsby said.

In the game, hot dogs represent life and refuel players. Players can travel to Green St. to pick up more hot dogs at the hot dog stand.

Pedigo didn’t plan for the hot dog stand to promote the video game or vice-versa, but

“the two just combined,” he said.

Another high school friend, Marty Arneberg, senior in Media at the University, promotes the business and the video game. He also contributed a lot of University “insider” information.

“I was a student (here), and he wasn’t, so I was giving him tips and stuff to put in the game,” Arneberg said. “At first I was the liaison into the U of I, and then I started doing stuff for their Twitter and Facebook.”

Pedigo needed Bagsby’s help along the way for everything from designing the video game to physically obtaining the cart.

The cart was shipped via freight train to a terminal outside of Champaign. Bagsby rode with Pedigo in his Ford Taurus to pick it up.

They were able to get the cart in the car well enough, but driving home in a rainstorm was the challenging part. One of Pedigo’s windshield wipers was broken to the point of scratching his windshield when he used it, so he didn’t turn his wipers on while driving.

“We were blindly going through (the rain) picking up this cart,” Pedigo said. “But we’re alive, the cart’s fine.”

Adults can say anything they want to about Pedigo. Not even a blind drive through a rainstorm can stop him.

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NEW ORLEANS — Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a neighborhood Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19 people, police said.

The FBI said that the shooting appeared to be “street violence” and wasn’t linked to terrorism.

Many of the victims were grazed and most of the wounds weren’t life-threatening, according to a police news release. The victims included 10 men, seven women, a boy and a girl. The children, both 10 years old, were grazed and in good condition. Police said at least two people were in surgery Sunday night.

Mary Beth Romig, a spokeswoman for the FBI in New Orleans, said federal investigators have no indication that the shooting was an act of terrorism.

“It’s strictly an act of street violence in New Orleans,” she said.

Police saw three suspects running from the scene in the city’s 7th Ward neighborhood. No arrests had been made as of late afternoon.

In the late afternoon, the scene was taped off and police had placed bullet casing markers in at least 10 spots.

Michael Kunzelman, Kevin McGill and Jackie Quinn contributed to this report.

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Mobile app enables contaminants to be detected Users can test water quality with app created by University professor, students

By Austin Keating staff writer

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“We think it’s going to have some pretty significant applicability beyond this single use we’re talking about, so we look forward to using it.”

William kruidenier, associate director of National Great Rivers Research

Tristan Wietsma, University graduate student, is involved with commercializing the product.

“Thanks to the Vodafone and Indiegogo funding, the lab is working on arsenic and more,” he said. “(MoboSens) works very well for ions – nutrients, heavy metals –

but can also work for organic molecules.”

Liu said the project received $200,000 from the Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project competition that will go directly to perfecting the product. The team has already started working with some local and international nonprofits.

William Kruidenier, associate director of National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, said his organization will be the first field testers of MoboSens and will be using it to examine the water quality of the Mississippi River for environmental purposes.

“Our understanding is it will be considerably cheaper than what we’re using now,” he said. “It’ll be about 10 percent of the cost of something we’re currently paying for that uses similar measuring techniques, so there will be considerable savings.”

He added that because MoboSens will be purchased by several different research groups and, as Liu put it, citizen researchers, the cost is driven down by high production.

“It can be deployed in a number of different situations, it’s mobility as well as its accuracy and the ease of use and (cheap) cost make it exciting,” he said.

“We think it’s going to have some pretty significant applicability beyond this single use we’re talking about, so we look forward to using it.”

Austin can be reached at akkeati2@dailyillini.com.

2012 water contaminant reports for C-U Most water for the Champaign-Urbana area is supplied

by Illinois American Water. It serves about 141,000 people and has two water treatment plants in Champaign and one in Urbana, which take water from 28 local groundwater wells. In Illinois American Water’s quality report from 2012, the company’s nitrate and arsenic levels were lower than the Environmental Protection Agency standards for water quality.

Level of nitrate in parts per million

by scientists or specialists...(but) with this, every one of us becomes a scientist and we can contribute data to the map.”

Freyr Technology, Inc., a startup company in the University’s Research Park named after a Norse god of environment, was recently established by Liu to bring MoboSens to market. Liu said his goal is to eventually produce the sensor for $50 each.

“This sensor will eventually be a multifunctional sensor,” he said. “It will detect not only nitrate but also other contaminates like phosphate, pH values, conductivities, bacteria’s even.”

Level of arsenic in parts per billion

Even with modern water treatment methods, the EPA reports that in some parts of America there are harmful concentrations of certain contaminates in the water supply that can’t be seen, smelled or tasted.

With this in mind, a new technology called MoboSens, developed by University microand nanotechnology researchers aims at creating a water quality monitoring system by using smartphones as an interface.

The project leader, Logan Liu, professor in Engineering, said “citizen researchers” will create the system through crowd sourcing information gathered by a bulky “dongle” that can be attached to any smartphone through an audio jack.

“The first target we’re trying to detect with MoboSens is nitrate, and there’s a high concentration of it in our area particularly,” he said, referring to farmers use of it as fertilizer. “When you drink too much nitrate your skin will turn blue because the nitrate will compete with the oxygen in your blood and your blood cannot carry enough oxygen.”

Liu also cited another water contaminant, chromium, which was made famous by the film “Erin Brockovich” starring Julia Roberts. The film was a dramatization of a $300 million case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in California that came from the company exposing a town to arsenic contaminated water supply and causing many to develop cancer.

“Back then, people had no way to figure out whether the water they are drinking is good or not,” Liu said. “We made this so people could have the ability to check the water quality and make sure the water they’re drinking is clean of contaminants like nitrate, arsenic or chromium.”

Liu added that the water sensing function of MoboSens is only one part of the project; users will also have the ability to share their findings over social network websites by using an app that accompanies MoboSens.

“We also have cloud computing software that allows us to retrieve this crowdsourced data and environmental sensory data to one place and publish that data onto a Google map,” he said. “If there were some water contamination events happening, you would get to see that on the map.”

He added that with the use of the cloud, map and social networking ability of the app will transform how research is usually done.

“Conceptually, this is really revolutionary compared to the conventional form of research,” Liu said. “Conventionally, what people rely on is the information gathered

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True beauty will prevail despite Corporations need to stand against Abercrombie & Fitch CEO’s policy

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cheap labor in wake of Bangladesh building collapse

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ach week, the death toll rises. Yet from the owner of the building, no words of sorrow. No words of condolence. No words of grief from the owner who has since gone into hiding following the collapse of Rana Plaza. And worse yet, no real responsibility taken by companies operating in the building.

Obligatory statements, investigative reports, but still nobody taking responsibility. Most manufacturers are distancing themselves from the Bangladesh building collapse that has taken over 1,100 lives and counting.

On April 24, an eight-story garment factory gave in near the capital, leading to the worst garment factory accident in history.

But this wasn’t an accident; it was months – possibly years – in the making. Safety codes were ignored from the onset; the head of the country’s Fire Service and Civil Defense later said the upper four floors were built without a permit. The day before the collapse, concerns were raised over cracks found in the building, and members of a special employment oversight agency urged the owner of the building to shut down until a proper inspection was completed. Yet the next day, labor resumed.

The involved parties have shied away from any real responsibility.

It’s the harsh reality of today’s business but one that reminds us that money is the driving force behind everything.

A few companies have offered to compensate the victims or send

representatives to the nation to ensure structural wellness of the clothing factories. Yet with the money-making mentality, the owner will most likely continue to pursue deals and workers will still go to line up for low-paying jobs.

Nothing is going to change unless corporations make a statement by pulling out of the country and addressing that the situation in which thousands of people lost their lives was preventable.

The incident in Bangladesh illustrates the unwillingness to focus on and improve dangerous working conditions that are prevalent worldwide. Rather than reacting to one of history’s deadliest garment factory accidents, companies should have been proactive, at least ensuring or investigating the structural integrity of the building. It’s one thing to willingly exploit labor, and it’s another to be blind to the working conditions that imminently put workers in deadly situations.

While acknowledging the incident through statements and reports, that is the bare minimum of actions that should be taken. It would take the will of just a single company pulling their labor out of the region to make noise. Or even refusing to invest in the region until changes and improvements are made and enforced.

Thousands of garment workers walked out and protested after the collapse, hopefully sparking discussion among other manufacturers and urging them to take action before history repeats itself.

Clothing company’s practice of not stocking plus-sized items only creates culture of exclusion for some customers adam huska Opinions editor

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you never owned an Abercrombie & Fitch muscle tee with an oversized moose in the center, or the bare minimum, a bottle of that cologne its stores spray by the gallon, you probably weren’t cool. You probably weren’t beautiful, and you probably weren’t thin. You probably resorted to American Eagle or H&M where they offer — dare I say it — plus sizes.

Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries knows what I’m talking about. When Jeffries took over in 1992, he redirected the brand to target teens with preppy, luxurious apparel. But rebranding came with a price.

Jeffries wasn’t looking to target all teenagers, but only a subgroup of them. And who better than the 68-year-old to tell the beautiful elite of American teenagers, well, how to keep on being beautiful?

Jeffries’ ideals reflect the epitome of a thin-oriented, diet-obsessed, I-need-to-lose2-pounds-tomorrow, America.

See, Jeffries has been picking up the breadcrumbs (but not eating them) that media and advertisers have been leaving for quite some time. Make the beautiful superior and anyone but, inferior. Advertise skinny, and maybe those who aren’t will want to be. Purposely include people so there’s exclusion. Exclude anyone who doesn’t fit the definition of cool and beautiful — Jeffries’ definition.

What Jeffries is selling is not luxury, brand-name apparel, but an idea. An idea that I once gave into as a teenager myself.

I truly believed by wearing clothes that showed off I was fit, I would be perceived differently. That in all naivety, wearing clothes that hugged my skin would somehow make what was under my skin more appealing.

But a shirt did not make me beautiful. An outfit didn’t make me feel cool.

Jeffries’ idea fuels the statistic that 95 percent of those with eating disorders are between ages 12-25.8. An idea that disregards the one-third of U.S. adults who are obese. An idea that tells teenagers that they must look like “this” if they want to succeed. That if you’re a thin teenager, these

clothes are for you — these clothes make you cool.

An idea that is pushed even stronger on women. Because while XL and XXL sizes are offered for men, they aren’t for women. Men with muscles, that’s OK. Women with muscles, well, we can’t help you here.

Jeffries has the double standard of men’s and women’s body image down to the pit.

Because if a woman isn’t slim enough to be morphed into a beer bottle for a Michelob or Budweiser advertisement, she surely isn’t thin enough to wear Abercrombie & Fitch.

Sorry, Mr. Jeffries, but that beauty you’re trying to promote, it isn’t beautiful.

And that cool you’re trying to spread, it’s a complete fallacy. Remember Mr. Jeffries, beautiful clothes only conceal the ugliness inside.

Everyone’s beauty is not one person’s standard of beauty. Beauty, Mr. Jeffries, is not black and white: It’s gray, purple, orange and the rest of the spectrum. Beauty, against his popular belief, does not come from clothes, weight or conformity.

He targets teenagers — vulnerable, selfconscious, egotistical teenagers. Teenagers believe and listen quite freely, and Jeffries has taken full advantage of that susceptibility. He perpetuates a false belief, for the sake of his company, advertising and profits.

I know what I’m going to do when I get home: part with anything Abercrombie & Fitch. Because it’s no longer a symbol of clothes I once liked to wear, that I felt good wearing and that I thought made me look good. It’s now a symbol of the fat-shaming culture Jeffries perpetuates through his apparel. I don’t need form-fitting shirts and overpriced jeans to reinforce to other people I’m beautiful and cool.

As long as beautiful men and women shop at Abercrombie, correction, as long as men and women continue to believe Abercrombie will make them beautiful, Mr. Jeffries’ ideal will remain prosperous. And as long as influential and successful people like Mike Jeffries reinforce everything beauty and cool is not, people will believe it.

But as long as there are still those people who know their inner beauty — who know that wearing a small makes you no less beautiful than a double-extra large — true beauty will prosper.

Adam is a senior in ACES. He can be reached at huska1@dailyillini.com.

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WOMEN’S TRACK FINISHES 2ND AT BIG TENS Yaeger sets school record in 10,000 meters; Murphy captures 2nd-best school mark in 800

BY LANRE ALABI STAFF WRITER

The Illinois women’s track and field team completed a successful weekend at the outdoor Big Ten Championships, finishing the competition in second place with a combined total of 120 points.

The team had several individuals compete for a title, qualifying 17 athletes in eight events on the final day. The Illini came away with champions in the pole vault, 800, 400 and 200-meter dashes and a number of second and third placed finishes.

“Overall the team performed really well,” head coach Tonja Buford-Bailey said. “We had some ups and downs but it averaged itself out and although we wanted to win, we’re happy with our performance.”

The tournament began for the Illini with senior distance runner Courtney Yaeger’s performance in the 10,000 meters. Yaeger broke the school record with a time of 34 minutes, 17.37 seconds and parlayed that to a third-place finish.

The Illini had two multi-event athletes compete in the heptathlon with seniors Marissa Golliday and Kristin Morrison wielding the torch with personal bests. Morrison finished the weekend in seventh with 4,943 com-

bined points while Golliday ended her Big Ten career with a third-place finish and 5,305 points, the second-best point total in school history.

“Kristin fought hard the whole way, even down to the final 800,” Buford-Bailey said.

“Marissa was able to get the second-best time in school history which is amazing. For both of them to go out like that, as seniors, is really something special.”

In the pole vault, the Illini received a major boost to their Big Ten title aspirations with 17 points coming in this event. Illinois sent senior Elizabeth Eitzen, freshman Jennifer DeBellis and junior Stephanie Richartz as representatives and all put forth performances worthy of a place at the regional championships. DeBellis finished sixth overall with a personal best of 3.92 meters and Eitzen finished a spot above her in fifth with an identical 3.92 meter vault. After a mid-season slump, Richartz recovered in time to defend her Big Ten Outdoor Championship title with a mark of 4.27 meters. Buford-Bailey said it was a pleasant surprise for the pole vault group to put forth such a performance.

“Stephanie always comes alive on the big stage so I’m really pleased with her performance,” Buford-Bailey said.

On the track, sophomore sprinter Ashley Spencer distanced herself from the field, retaining her title in the 200 and 400. She was also part of the 1600-meter relay team that finished first and the 400-meter relay team that ended up in second place.

“I was happy to win the titles but I’m really not happy with my times,” Spencer said. “I (earned a personal best) in the 400 and while that was good, I wanted to do better. I’m still happy I was able to get the titles and points for my team.”

“It’s so exciting as a coach to an athlete like that on your team,” Buford-Bailey added. “For example, we were down in the 4x4 going into the anchor but I thought to myself ‘Relax, they are passing it off to Ashley.’ Words can’t even describe how much of an impact she makes for the team.”

The single event with the greatest triumph for the team was the 800-meter race. The team had juniors Amanda Duvendack, Ahlivia Spencer and Samantha Murphy all compete in this distance and they finished fifth, third and first respectively. Murphy turned in a lifetime best and school second best time of 2:05.04 in the preliminaries and although she suffered approximately a one-second drop in the finals, she was still able to win the event.

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Illinois will now practice for the NCAA West preliminary round two weeks from now.

Performances this season had indicated them as favorites to win Big Ten Championships, and although they didn’t win Sunday, the Illini are not hanging their heads.

“Everybody on the team did a really good job this weekend but sometimes things just don’t work out,” sprinter Morolake Akinosun said. “We’ll train hard and prepare like we always do, and we’ll be ready for regionals, and I know personally, I’ll perform better.”

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Illinois baseball sweeps Penn State Illini dominates series as Justin Parr’s hit streak comes to an end By eliot sill staff writer

Penn State pitcher Jack Anderson dangled Game 34 in front of Illinois’ Justin Parr, hoping he would take the bait. First base was open for the Nittany Lions — who had just allowed the tying run to steal second with two outs in the seventh inning — so it only made sense to put one the NCAA’s hottest bats there and not risk further damage. Parr was 0-for-2 on the day, and his NCAA-best hit streak of 33 games was in jeopardy.

Rather than throw out four intentional walk pitches, however, Anderson threw around the plate, thinking Parr might be desperate to keep the streak alive. The senior center fielder showed poise and maturity, and resisted any temptation to swing

at balls out of the zone.

Illinois responded, after Justin Parr took his free pass, with a frozen rope back over Anderson’s head and into center field off the bat of none other than Jordan Parr.

The runner on second, Thomas Lindauer, wheeled around to score as Justin Parr headed to third. He had exchanged his record streak for a tying run, and that’s a deal he would take any day.

“As a competitor, it’s not easy to go 0-for, but at that point, I just wanted to win,” Justin Parr said.

One inning later, an errant pickoff attempt by Penn State pitcher Ian Parvin put the goahead run at third base. Reid Roper capitalized on a shallow

See baseball, Page 13 Justin Parr makes a hit during the game against Penn State on May 11, 2013. The Illini won 8-6.

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Men’s track finishes 4th at Big Ten Championships 4 x 400 meter relay finishes 2nd in final event, but team falls half-point short

By Lanre Alabi Staff writer

The Illinois men’s track and field team finished in fourth place with 86 points at the Big Ten championships held this weekend at Ohio State. The Illini’s late surge on Sunday helped them usurp the Iowa and Ohio State on the last event of the competition.

Illinois’ meet started out with a lot of promise, gaining surprising third and seventh place finishes from Jim Riddle and Hunter Mickow in the 10,000-meter run on the first day of the tournament. Riddle finished the race in 29 minutes, 30.81 seconds while Mickow completed his run with 29:43.10.

In the hammer throw, sophomore Davis Fraker finished sixth with a season-best throw of 61.45 meters. That throw was good enough to earn three points for the team

and round out their first day with 11 points and put them in fourth place.

Senior Jannis Toepfer competed for the Illini in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and earned himself a fifth place finish with a time of 8:55.18. Senior Ryan Lynn earned a season best time of 1:48.87 in the 800 and freshman Liam Markham completed the 1,500 with a personal best of 3:46.94.

From the second day of competition, the team was able to qualify 10 athletes for the finals on the last day.

The Illini had four athletes rank in the top-nine spots in the pole vault with the highest finish in second place. Junior Cody Klein hit a mark of 5.16 meters for second, sophomore Matthew Bane and freshman Mitch Mammoser hit high marks of 5.06 meters for third-place and fifth-place finishes, respectively. Senior Josh Hodur fin-

ished just outside the point allotted places with a mark of 5.06 meters for ninth position.

The 400-meter relay squad of Julian Smith, Brandon Stryganek, Stephon Pamilton, and DJ Zahn qualified first in the preliminary round but ended up with a third place finish of 40.29 seconds in the finals.

Junior sprinter Vanier Joseph got the team its first Big Ten champion this outdoor season with a 13.70 second run for first place in the 110-meter hurdles. Not long after, Pamilton repeated the feat with a time of 46.06 seconds in the 400. Pamilton also came in fifth with 21.42 seconds in the 200.

This stretch of races built a surge for Illinois, which had previously been far down in the rankings, but surged up the standings pretty quickly. Freshman Ian Barnett

continued the surge with a fourth-placed finish in the 5,000, coming in at 14:10.02.

The Illini’s last hoorah came in the final event of the day in the 1600-meter relay.

The team of Zahn, Cameron Viney, Juan Green and Pamilton ran a relay lasting 3:09.00 to claim the second position in that distance. The team came agonizingly close with that performance but ultimately fell short of third-place Wisconsin by half a point.

Illinois will now take the next two weeks to train hard for the NCAA West preliminary round in Austin, Texas. The Illini are hoping to perform well there and qualify for the outdoor NCAA Championships next month.

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Men’s tennis falls in 2nd round of NCAA tournament, unable to end season at home

By Stephen bourbon staff writer

Stephen Hoh was expecting one more home match.

However, the senior’s bid for another competition at home fell short, and the Illinois men’s tennis team lost to No. 16 Vanderbilt 4-1 in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday.

The loss was particularly devastating for the Illini (1711) because the rest of the tournament will be hosted at the team’s home courts at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Urbana.

“It was an extraordinarily disappointing loss for us,” head coach Brad Dancer said. “Our program has high expectations and an opportunity to play in front of our home crowd was something we anticipated being able to do.”

The Illini were feeling confident heading into the match after dispatching of Georgia State by a 4-0 margin Friday. The Illini wouldn’t experience nearly as much success against the much tougher Vanderbilt Commodores team the

following day, although it wasn’t for a lack of chances.

All three doubles matches were tied at 3-3 and the Illini’s first and third doubles pairings were up a break point on the Commodores.

Vanderbilt took control of the matches from that point and went to win both doubles matches, including an upset of the Illini’s No. 16 pairing of sophomores Tim Kopinski and Ross Guignon.

It was just the duo’s second loss since April 7.

“They gave us opportunities in all three doubles matches,” Dancer said. “And we didn’t really capitalize on any of them.”

The Commodores’ momentum carried into singles action as they stretched their lead to 3-0 after No. 10 Ryan Lipman beat No. 32 Jared Hiltzik 6-4, 6-4, and No. 46 Gonzales Austin defeated Kopinski 6-4, 6-2. Hiltzik’s loss at the No. 1 singles spot was the freshman’s first in his last eight matches.

Freshman Alex Jesse got the Illini on the board with a 7-5, 6-0 victory at No. 5 singles, but Vanderbilt clinched

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Illinois’ Alex Jesse hits the ball during the match against Penn State on April 14. The men’s tennis team’s season came to an end Saturday. the win with Rhys Johnson over Guignon 6-3, 6-3.

“I thought we were waiting the opponent to make the error instead of going out and get the win,” Hoh said. “We were more reactive rather than proactive.”

The Illini were shorthanded without senior Bruno Abdelnour, who broke his wrist in what Dancer called a “freak accident” in practice a few days before the first round. Abdelnour has been battling injuries all season, including a groin

strain in February and a quad contusion in April, and his experience was missed from the courts for the Illini.

Without Abdelnour, the entire Illini lineup was freshmen and sophomores with the lone exception being the senior Hoh. “Bruno has been a difference-maker for us for four years,” Dancer said. “I believe he would have been a difference-maker (Saturday) as well.”

While the team didn’t

have Abdelnour, his senior classmate Hoh said that the team’s expectation was to get another match at home and make it to the Sweet 16. While it first hit him on senior day against Indiana on April 19 that his tennis career was coming to a close, Hoh said he was still emotional after the loss Saturday.

“At the time, we all thought we had a good chance to make it back for the Sweet 16,” Hoh said.

“But for some reason that

didn’t work out.”

While the team’s season is over, there are still goals at stake for individual competition, beginning next week.

Hiltzik earned a spot in the NCAA singles tournament and the duo of Kopinski and Guignon earned a spot in the NCAA doubles tournament, both begin May 22-27 also at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex.

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Softball finishes season with 5-2 loss to Penn State By sean neumann staff writer

The momentum wasn’t as strong as they thought.

The Illinois softball season came to an end on a cloudy Thursday afternoon in Nebraska, as the team dropped its first-round game in the Big Ten Tournament 5-2 to Penn State.

With an early exit from the Big Ten Tournament, the Illini saw their only chance at an NCAA postseason berth disappear.

Despite a late-season turnaround that saw the team win 11 of its last 12 games, climbing back up the Big Ten standings, Illinois’ sub.500 record leaves it ineligible to qualify for the NCAA tournament.

The Illini consistently failed to drive in runners in scoring position throughout the game, a problem head coach Terri Sullivan said the offense dealt with all season long.

“I don’t mind getting beat when you bring your best and you make your opponent earn it, but we just didn’t do that today,” Sullivan said.

“You win games, and you lose games, but we certainly would have liked to compete a little bit harder today.”

Penn State freshman Macy Jones shut down Illinois’ offensive momentum, only making one mistake to Jess Perkins, which allowed the sophomore to crush a two-run home run over the left field wall in the bottom of the first inning.

Instead, it was senior Pepper Gay who struggled early. Gay allowed Penn State a basesloaded opportunity with one out in the first inning, which resulted in 2 runs on an infield single and a wild pitch.

“I didn’t pitch my best,” Gay said. “I always have a rocky start, and it ended up hurting us this game because we didn’t score enough back in the end.”

Despite Illinois’ quick response from the Perkins home run, the Penn State Nittany Lions tacked on two more in the top of the second on a Kailyn Johnson triple off the right field wall, giving them a 4-2 lead the Illini couldn’t erase.

Illinois threatened in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, with batters reaching base on three separate doubles, but couldn’t capitalize on the opportunities.

In the fourth, freshman Kylie Johnson grounded out to end the frame, while a pair of pop-outs by Perkins and freshman Remeny Perez ended the fifth and a double play finished off the Illini sixth.

Gay said the pressure on the team was increasing as the innings went on.

“We were trying too hard because in the back of our minds, we knew it was single elimination,” Gay said.

Gay’s control returned, but unfortunately for Illinois, the senior put the pieces back together too late. She threw four innings of one hit softball — including throwing just

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Pepper Gay pitches during the first game of a doubleheader against Indiana on April 20 at Eichelberger Field. Gay, on Thursday, struggled early in the Big Ten quarterfinal matchup against Penn State. five pitches to retire the Nittany Lions in the top of the fifth.

But in the seventh, Penn State’s senior Cassidy Bell homered to right field to extend the Nittany Lions’ lead to 5-2 — the final nail in the coffin.

With 10 returning players contributing in Thursday’s game, Sullivan wants her players to take what they can from the loss.

“They’ve got to take this experience and know that you have to bring your best all the time and all season,” Sullivan said. “It’s a great lesson for the team to have.”

But according to junior Alex Booker, it wasn’t just the underclassmen who took valuable lessons from a wild, up and down Illinois season.

“We’re still a family, we’re still a team, we’re still a unit, and we’re always going to be together,” Booker said. “We know that we can always learn from something and always learn from the game and put it into real life experiences, whether we are moving on to the life after softball or are moving on to next year.”

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LeBron James shrugs off Chicago Bulls’ flopping accusations Miami Heat forward and Chicago Bulls center receive technical fouls after on-court confrontation

by ANDREW SELIGMAN The associated press

CHICAGO — The suggestion that he’s a flopper drew a grin as wide as his wingspan from LeBron James.

Miami’s superstar shot down the accusations from the Chicago Bulls, saying they reminded him of the days when some claimed he was overrated and questioned his ability to lead a team to a championship.

“It’s kind of the same (as when) I heard people say I was overrated,” he said Sunday.

“It’s kind of like the same response.”

The Heat are trying to repeat as champions after a dominant regular season, and if they keep this up, they won’t have to worry about Chicago much longer. Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals is Monday, and Miami has a chance to take a 3-1 lead in a series with no shortage of hard fouls, technicals, ejections and fines. One thing in short supply is healthy bodies for the Bulls, with Luol Deng still recovering from a spinal tap and Kirk Hinrich from a bruised left calf. The odds that either would play seemed slim at best on Sunday.

Meanwhile, coach Tom Thibodeau’s wallet is a little lighter after the league smacked him with a $35,000 fine on Sunday.

That hit came after he accused James of flopping on that shove to the floor and questioned the officiating after the Heat took Game 3, saying the Bulls weren’t going to get the benefit of the calls. Thibodeau had already addressed the media by the

time the punishment was announced and declined comment through a team spokesman.

Yet there was still plenty of talk about that incident between James and Mohammed.

Joakim Noah had already shoved Miami’s Chris Andersen after he landed on a driving Nate Robinson late in the first quarter, and things nearly boiled over early in the second.

With James dribbling near midcourt, Mohammed reached in to take a foul and stop a potential break. Their arms got tangled. Mohammed fell, and when he got up, he gave James a hard shove to the court.

Both players picked up technicals.

Mohammed got tossed, making him the third Bulls player to get ejected in the series along with Noah and Taj Gibson.

“I don’t need to flop,” James said. “I play an aggressive game. I don’t flop. I’ve never been one of those guys.”

It’s probably worth noting that James accused the Bulls of crossing the line a few times back in late March, when they beat Miami at the United Center to snap Miami’s 27-game win streak.

“What I said is what I said, but I don’t want to get involved too much with what everybody else says about us, about me,” he said. “It’s nothing I haven’t heard before in my career. It’s nothing. ... I’m here to play basketball and do whatever it takes for our team to win. So what a coach and players say to me and about me, I don’t really care.”

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Freak play key in Chicago’s comeback win in series finale Welington Castillo’s bat proves to be the unlikely hero in a 9th inning fluke play

By DAVID GINSBURG The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Welington Castillo got his bat on the ball at precisely the right time.

Even though it was a complete accident and Castillo didn’t get credit for a hit, his bat essentially won the game for the Chicago Cubs.

Alfonso Soriano scored the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning after a one-of-a-kind throw by Washington catcher Kurt Suzuki went for an error, and the Cubs rallied to beat the Nationals 2-1 Sunday.

The Cubs didn’t have a baserunner through the first five innings and trailed 1-0 entering the eighth before coming back in the deciding matchup of a three-game series.

Facing Nationals’ closer Rafael Soriano (0-1) in the ninth, Alfonso Soriano singled and took second on a single by Julio Borbon. After Ryan Sweeney struck out, both runners took off on a double steal with Castillo at the plate.

Suzuki’s throw hit Castillo’s bat. The ball veered well to the left of third base and into foul ground, allowing Alfonso Soriano to scoot home.

“I was just standing there and I just feel the ball hitting my bat and the ball fly into the outfield,” Castillo said.

If Castillo moved into the throw, interference would have been called.

“Only thing that I say when (Suzuki) said something to the umpire is, ‘I didn’t move.’

And the umpire said, ‘I see you didn’t move’” Castillo said.

Cubs manager Dale Sveum said, “The way you draw it up, that’s the way you do it. Make the catcher get around you. Don’t let him have the throwing lane.”

Suzuki shrugged his shoulders afterward

and said, “That’s the first time I have ever done something like that, let alone saw it.

It’s one of those things, where a freak thing happens like that.”

Alfonso Soriano concluded: “It’s a huge play for us and we score a run and we don’t have to hit the ball.

Ryan Zimmerman drove in the run for the Nationals, who went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position. After missing the first two games of the series with an ingrown toenail, Washington’s Bryce Harper went 0 for 2 with two walks and is mired in a 4-for-35 skid.

Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez retired the first 15 batters he faced, finished with seven innings of two-hit ball and left with a 1-0 lead. But the bullpen couldn’t make the advantage stand up.

“I feel like we have a great bullpen,” said Gonzalez. “You turn the page, move forward and go to the next series.”

Gonzalez was flawless until Dioner Navarro opened the sixth by beating out a grounder deep in the hole.

The Cubs then used a walk and a single to load the bases with two outs before Gonzalez retired Anthony Rizzo on a grounder to first base.

Gonzalez concluded his performance with a perfect seventh.

In the eighth Chicago pulled even. Navarro drew a leadoff walk and was replaced by pinch-runner Travis Wood, who advanced on a sacrifice and scored on a two-out single

by Starlin Castro.

Cubs starter Scott Feldman gave up one run, five hits and three walks in six innings.

The Nationals hit two doubles and drew two walks in the first inning, but they left the bases loaded after Zimmerman doubled in a run.

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Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Scott Feldman delivers a pitch against the Washington Nationals during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday in Washington, D.C.

Rockies’ De La Rosa shuts down Cardinals in rare strong road outing

By R.B. FALLSTROM The associated press

ST. LOUIS — Jorge De La Rosa answered a pair of pitching gems by the St. Louis Cardinals with one of his own.

The Colorado Rockies’ offense woke up, too.

De La Rosa held St. Louis hitless into the seventh inning and Troy Tulowitzki’s three-run homer ended Colorado’s scoreless streak at 28 innings, sending the Rockies to an 8-2 victory Sunday.

De La Rosa did not allow a hit until David Freese’s twoout single in the seventh.

Charlie Blackmon added a two-run homer off Jaime Garcia (4-2) for the Rockies, who snapped a four-game skid. They finished with 11 hits after totaling three in consecutive shutout losses to rookie Shelby Miller and Adam Wainwright.

“Jaime definitely had a couple of pretty tough acts to follow,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “He came out and looked pretty good at the beginning, and had a couple things happen that didn’t quite go his way.”

The Cardinals lost for just the second time in 11 games.

Pinch-hitter Matt Adams’ RBI single off Matt Belisle in a two-run ninth ended Colorado’s shutout bid.

De La Rosa (4-3) struck out seven and allowed two hits in seven innings, baffling the Cardinals until Freese singled sharply to right off the glove of diving first baseman Jordan Pacheco and Jon Jay followed with a double. De La Rosa finished his longest outing of the season, and his best showing on the road by far, by getting Pete Kozma on a lineout to first. De La Rosa entered 1-3 with a 5.13 ERA on the road and 2-0 at home with 12 scoreless innings. This was the fourth time he worked six or more scoreless innings, and he carries a 13-inning scoreless streak into his next outing.

Tulowitzki’s eighth homer and first on the road since April 9 stopped the Rockies’ scoreless streak two innings shy of the team record. They went 30 innings without a run from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2010, according to STATS. Blackmon batted eighth after being called up earlier in the day to replace Michael Cuddyer, placed on the 15-day

disabled list with a neck injury.

Colorado had five hits in the first three innings after totaling three and going 40 consecutive at-bats without a hit the previous two days. The Rockies have never been shut out three straight times.

Garcia had won three straight starts before giving up five runs in six innings and falling to 0-3 with a 10.53 ERA against the Rockies in four starts — his highest against any opponent. He entered as the career ERA leader at 8-year-old Busch Stadium at 2.41. The lefty gave up just two homers in his first seven starts and entered with a 2.25 ERA overall.

The Rockies finished with five extra-base hits, including a two-run double by pinch-hitter Reid Brignac off Carlos Martinez in the eighth.

The Cardinals’ streak of retiring 40 straight batters is tied for the second-longest in the majors since 1974, two shy of the record set by the Seattle Mariners from Aug. 14-17 last year, with Felix Hernandez throwing a perfect game on Aug. 15.

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 9 — Choose a partner who believes you can win. Then get busy! No more procrastination. Compromise and modify plans with family. The best things in life are free; reward yourself with some after work.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8 — It’s getting luxuriously romantic. It’s easy to get distracted. Go for a vision from your dreams. Your crew grows. Enjoy the game without expensive risks. Use what you have, and recycle.

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