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Student Senate slows on spending Illinois Student Senate Illinois Studentbudget Senate 13th assembly The Illinoisassembly Student Senate hasbudget allocated 60 13th percent of their $51,196 for the 2016–2017 The Illinois Student Senate has allocated 60 school year. percent of their $51,196 for the 2016–2017 school year.
Starting balance $51,196.24 Allocated $24,650.90 Starting balance $51,196.24 Spent $16,497.66 Allocated $24,650.90 Spent $16,497.66
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Each new assembly of the Illinois Student Senate receives a budget to help organize its spending for campaigns and fundraisers across campus. Usually, there is enough money to fund campaigns comfortably throughout the year. But this year’s assembly has deviated from its spending plan. The senate has allocated twothirds, or $24,650.88, of its $39,000 allocation from the Chancellor’s office for the year with five months left on their term. But the 12th Assembly’s rollover funds helped this year’s assembly stay on target by raising the 13th Assembly’s budget to total $51,196.24. The senate has $26,545.36 left in its account after allocations. Sam Braganca, student senate treasurer and sophomore in Business, explained that each new assembly typically receives rollover funding that is added to the budget for the next year, but it includes fixed amounts that are pre-allocated for certain events and campaigns. “This year, I inherited about $12,000 from my predecessor,” Braganca said. “But, $8,000-$9,000 of that was already allocated to things that we had to spend this semester — that last assembly allocated for.” But this year, the student senate has had to curb their spending so that it has enough money to fund campaigns in the coming months. “From looking at past budgets, we are spending a lot quicker than we usually do. That’s been a cause of concern. So we’ve sort of slammed on the brakes there,” Braganca said. “We’re trying to ease up a little bit so that we don’t run out of all our money because we’ve already allocated over half. Which is, as far as I can see, unprecedented.” In the Pre-Packet released about the student senate meeting on Oct. 26, Braganca had announced that thus far, the Senate has allocated $24,650 and spent about two-
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thirds of their budget. He also stated that he would release a quarterly budget. “We funded that all in one block sum this year instead of smaller increments,” he said. “So we have been spending quicker, but also, there’s less stuff down the road that we’re going to have to pay for.” In contrast, last year’s 12th Assembly encountered a positive influx for its budget during the second half of the Assembly. In its Spring Financial Budget Report of 2016, in its Statement of Balance, it revealed that while the 12th Assembly started with $51,230.76, the second half of the 12th Assembly had seen spending (allocations and disbursements in tandem) increase markedly from the previous period. “While I encourage senators and committee members to think of innovative ways to spend money on projects, it is likely that the 12th assembly will see a rollover of almost double its previous year,” said Rahul Kalluri, the 12th Assembly student senate treasurer, in the statement. Another complication is the impact of the state budget impasse on the University. This, in turn, has an effect on the spending abilities of the student senate. “We have been affected a little bit,” Braganca said. “It makes it harder to spend money because we have to jump through a few more hoops.” Braganca said that, because the money is coming from the Chancellor’s office, the student senate is not allowed to hold onto it themselves. Instead, it is kept in the student senate RSO account and only Rhonda Kurtz, the student senate advisor, is allowed to handle the money. The majority of money is spent on outreach campaigns; the two biggest are Quad Day and the “It’s On Us” campaign. “(For) our campaigns, the rule that we have is that it has to be accessible to any student,” Braganca said.
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The student senate has already spent almost twothirds of its yearly allocated funding for the term that ends in five months.
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ALEX VILLANEUVA ANDRIANNA KURZENBERGER
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Allocated money is not always spent; sometimes, more money is put aside than is needed if additional costs arise. For example, $1,240 was allocated for National Coming Out Day but $251.30 was spent
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In the wake of Donald J. Trump’s victory in the presidential election, voters and pundits alike wondered the same thing, how could Trump have pulled off such a massive upset over his seemingly heavily favored opponent, Hillary Clinton. Nearly every poll had Clinton winning most swing states along with the national election -- nearly every poll was wrong. On the morning of Nov. 8, the University’s own Election Analytics group gave Trump a mere 0.20 percent chance of winning; in October, they gave him a zero percent chance. Professor Sheldon Jacobson of Election Analytics said the polls missed multiple things, such as the number of undecided voters. “We have seen in previous elections that the undecided would be
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next fall. Padilla is unsure of how that will affect her family financially. She noted her dad cannot pay for an increase in student rates. “I feel like (my dad) is going to have this breaking point where he won’t be able to pay for school anymore,” Padilla said. As of now, the student health insurance plan costs $320 per semester for undergraduate students. The plan, provided by United Healthcare, covers all elements required by the Affordable Care Act as well as the most necessary medical expenses a student might encounter in the event of an illness or accident, Palinkas said in
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The daughter of a mechanic and a Chicago public schools office assistant, sophomore in LAS Fabiola Padilla has already had to take out $13,000 in loans in order to afford the University. For her family, every dime counts when it comes to paying for her college education. A substantial increase in any student rate could push them over the edge. McKinley Health Director Robert Palinkas mentioned during an Illinois Student Senate meeting that student health insurance premiums may increase by at least 10 percent
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From Nov. 14-17, President Timothy Killeen and a delegation of senior leaders visited Mexico and met with the Mexican Science and Technology Council. The University of Illinois signed an agreement with the Mexican Science and Technology Council that will allow doctoral students to study at the University system. All three campuses, Champaign-Urbana, Chicago and Springfield agreed to provide a foundation for new academic and research partnerships with Mexico’s largest university and the country’s leading research institute. This four-day trip aimed to explore new educational and research collaborations in Mexico and involved meetings with government agencies and two
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Student senate advocates midterm grade reporting BY GILLIAN DUNLOP STAFF WRITER
Professors should be required to release midterm grade reports, according to a new Illinois Student Senate resolution for action. The goal is for all undergraduate students enrolled in a 16-week course to know their grade by the end of the seventh week of the semester. Spencer Haydary, coauthor of this proposal and vice president-internal of the Illinois Student Senate, said the idea behind the proposal was to benefit students by letting them know their grades before the add/drop deadline of the semester. This way, students could get a good sense of how they are doing in class and what areas they may need to address. Not all members of the senate were in support of this proposal, and a debate ensued regarding whether professors should be
required or encouraged to grade and drop the class post midterm grades. without ever consulting Bryan Parthum, first their professor or teaching year Ph.D. student and assistants. This may take graduate student represen- away the possibility of a tative, disagreed with the meaningful conversation proposal. that would help a student “My personal concern stay in the class and learn was by mandating midterm strategies for studying. semester grades, if the goal “An actual interaction was increasing transpar- with a teaching assistant or professor ency and is much underm o r e standing benefifor the students, I cial than think that a blind online report g r a d e o n l i n e ,” reporthe said. “By maning only SPENCER HAYDARY dating adds an VICE PRESIDENT-INTERNAL OF THE (midterm additionILLINOIS STUDENT SENATE al barrier g r a d e to helping reports), we potenthem pass that particular class,” Par- tially reduced the possibility of helping students in the thum said. Parthum’s argument long run.” against requiring midterm However, the student sengrades was that this would ate cannot actually require allow students to see their professors to upload scores
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without the authority of the provost. Since this resolution was passed, the next step is for the Senate to advocate it to the administration for approval. “This is a recommendation we’re issuing to administration,” Haydary said. “(It will) be at the discretion of the provost office as well as professors themselves.” Even so, Parthum argued against it at the meeting, making the point that sometimes professors don’t know what the class curve will be at the time of reporting. Therefore students might not be receiving accurate grades at the time of midterms. “At midterm grades, the professors still don’t know where the class sits as a whole,” he said. “I’m a fan of the word ‘encourage’ because it does add more flexibility on behalf of the professor.”
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The Spanish language has “traumatically” changed since it was first created, said Ann Abbott, Spanish professor and director of undergraduate studies. The language was historically taught in order to read Spanish literature, with heavy emphasis on works coming from Spain, she said. Now, people want to take Spanish because it’s around them, as well as the sense of experience it provides. As director of undergraduate studies, she said that she sees tensions in the Spanish departments, starting with the reason people choose to major or minor in Spanish. Her biggest critique toward Spanish departments is the adherence to colonial Spanish, which does not reflect the language that appears globally. “It’s a fact that most students study abroad in Spain than in Latin American countries,” she said. According to a report from the Modern Language Association, the number of students majoring in foreign languages has significantly declined. In 2009, there were approximately 861,008 Spanish majors across the nation, as opposed to the 790,756 in 2013. The numbers keep dropping. “Many students want to study the Spanish language to add it their their resumes, whereas faculty and courses are aimed at the discipline of ‘Hispanic Studies,’ not just the learning of Spanish,” Abbott said in a blog post titled, “The Tensions in Spanish Programs Cannot Hold.”
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Students studying at La Casa Cultural Latina. More emphasis is placed recently on Latino/Latina studies, which raises concern for the director of undergraduate studies. Abbott says because of the decline, foreign language departments across the country won’t be as strong as they should be. “To protect ourselves (from such a dilemma), we need to connect more with what (Spanish) means today,” she said. One of her biggest concerns as a Spanish professor is that many people who decide to study the language disregard native Spanish speakers. “Why did you learn Spanish if you don’t care about Spanish speakers?” she said.
An apparent divide between Spanish and Latino/Latina Studies hurts the Spanish department. If the departments interacted or collaborated more often, maybe there wouldn’t be such a problem, she said. However, Latino/Latina Studies are often taught in English, while the Spanish department’s curriculum is taught in Spanish. Abbott too noticed that attaining the Spanish minor appears to be easier for non-native speakers who accumulated AP credit in high school. If they achieve a four or five on the AP test, credit is granted for
two of the required classes. She has noticed from past experiences that many white students tend to take AP Spanish in high school, whereas native speakers do not. As a result, native speakers are at a disadvantage having to take more time to complete the minor. Discussing this in a blog post, she stated that she did not have statistcs on the theory. Abbott intends to make changes in the department, including teaching a class called SPAN 232: Spanish in the Community. The class spends two hours a week in class
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Jacobson also speculated that the discrepancy between the polls and reality were the many “quiet Trump supporters.” These voters did not answer polls honestly about who they would vote for, thus completely throwing off most polls. Jacobson said this is one of the biggest flaws in current polling methods. “The polling data was limited because it can only rely on what people tell them,” he said. “But if people were uncomfortable admitting that they were voting for Trump, what happened was the situation that we ended up with.” While polling is a flawed method of data collection, Jacobson said it is the best one available. He believes no one has yet come up with a more reliable method to predict elections. But a University startup th inks it has the answer to this dilemma. The company, called Tweetsense, managed to predict both Trump’s victory and Brexit, the United Kingdom’s vote in June to leave the European Union. Tweetsense claims it is the only group on the planet to correctly predict both. William Widjaja and Cody Pawlowski, sophomores in Engineering, founded the startup in 2015. The platform works by reading through news posts, tweets and other sources to determine people’s “sentiment” about a topic. “We then make correlations between that and future events,” Pawlowski said. “We found that it’s a great way of making predictions, as shown by our Brexit and U.S. election predictions.” “It’s a search engine for people’s opinions, essentially,” Widjaja added. Widjaja and Pawlowski said that this “sentiment analysis” is significantly more accurate than traditional polling methods because of better sampling. Using social media allows them to survey a larger number of people more often than polling does, ultimately leading to more accurate data. The two of them were incredi-
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KILLEEN of the nation’s top universities. “These are some major universities in Mexico working with us,” University spokesman Tom Hardy said. “This will be an opportunity to diversify our international enrollment, and have more graduate students, doctoral students from our southern border, whereas we’ve been relying on Asia.” The University adopted a new strategic framework earlier this year, seeking to build on the service to students, the public good, and its global impact. The outreach effort is rooted in this new framework. “We are committed to new partnerships at home and around the world that support our students and our excellence — promoting opportunity, diversity and educational and research programs with global impact,” Killeen said in the news release. In the agreement, the Mexican Science and Technology Council will provide 10 Mexican students every year with funding to pursue doctoral studies at any of the three campuses. The total amount invested by the council during the five-year
and two hours doing community service in Latino neighborhoods. The class attempts to both challenge and complement the Spanish spoken in Spain and Latin America. “It helps students interact with Spanish speakers in America,” she said. Abbott said the biggest change she has seen in students who have taken the class is their stance on immigrants. “One of my students told me that they used to think immigrants were a problem, but that taking the class changed their opinion,” Abbott said. Niyi Adeleye, a sophomore in LAS, minoring in Spanish, said that as a non-native speaker, Spanish has positively impacted him. “It’s a great experience being able to express yourself in more ways than one,” he said. “The Spanish minor gives you the education you need to be fluent in the language and understand the Spanish culture to an extent.” Though Abbott is concerned about the Spanish departments, she never discourages people from studying Spanish or another language. “Learning another language is a wonderful gift that one can give themselves,” she said. Other professors in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese as well as those in the Latina/Latino Studies Department declined to comment on this article, or could not comment due to contract restrictions.
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ed,” Mark Schaer, the student senate press secretary, said. “Sometimes resolutions include a small amount of extra money just to be sure the With that mindset, on Quad Day, event or project can be completed, the student senate offers students but often times, this goes unspent the chance to rent an i-clicker for and goes back into our budget.” free for the academic year. The “We spend a lot of little amounts senate spent $5,838.54 solely on on like, forums. We have some monthe i-clickers. ey allocated for town halls where This is also senators get to the student senmeet with their ate’s third year c o n s t it u e nt s ,” of being involved Braganca said. with the “It’s On “There’s a very Us” campaign. diverse group of Braganca said things that we spend our money that the University is the numSAM BRAGANCA on. But predomSTUDENT SENATE TREASURER ber one school inantly, it’s the for pledges, so major outreach the student senate campaigns.” does focus a large With fewer portion of their budget on the cam- large campaigns to fund later on paign to keep it going. in the year, Braganca said that the The student senate did have Senate from now on would take a larger than usual allocation careful consideration into what they of $7,715 for Quad Day, of which invest money into. $7,482.76 was spent, and $5,000 for “Senators have just been a lot “It’s On Us,” of which $4,431.39 was more careful about what they spend spent. on. So I talked to the body a few Though there were large alloca- weeks ago and said that we need to tions for some campaigns, some- distinguish between good causes times not all of the money is spent. and great causes,” Braganca said. For example, $1,240 was allocated “We get so many good causes in for National Coming Out Dawy but front of us that we can’t fund them all. So we have to be a little discern$251.30 was spent. “Generally, when there is a dis- ing and only fund the things that we crepancy between what is allocated can make great.” and what is spent, it is because not all the money ends up being need- vhenni2@dailyillini.com
“We’ve tried to ease up a little bit so that we don’t run out.”
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Students and community members wait in line to cast early votes in this year’s election at the Illini Union. bly surprised when their system’s seemingly insane predictions came true — twice. Pawlowski said they were shocked when Brexit ended up happening, and were again blown away by Trump’s victory. Widjaja felt similarly, but managed to find a silver lining. “I gotta say, I was happy,” Widjaja said. “A lot of other people seemed to be devastated, and then the two of us were sort of just smiling.” Because of its success, Tweetsense now has a unique opportunity to monetize its services. Widjaja and Pawlowski hope to secure a lucrative contract with politicians across the country. “By the end of 2017, we pretty much want to get every politician in Illinois signed up, and in 2018 we want to get all of Congress signed up,” Widjaja said. “And the reason we’re going for this seemingly narrow space of just a handful of politicians is because we’re pretty much the only company that can.” Despite Tweetsense’s success, Professor Jacobson remained
skeptical of using social media analysis instead of traditional polling methods. He said it remains to be seen whether it will stand the test of time. “If you hit a homerun at your first at-bat, it looks like you’re now going to hit a home run forever,” Jacobson said. “And there may be some truth to what they’re doing, I don’t know. One has to validate the methodologies over time to determine exactly what’s going to happen.” Jacobson said that websites like Election Analytics or FiveThirtyEight have sound algorithms and shouldn’t be discounted just yet due to their failures in 2016. Both websites did present scenarios that, although unlikely, allowed Trump to win the White House. “In this particular case, the rarest forecast turned out to be correct,” Jacobson said. “But how do you predict that in the future? The fact is, I can’t predict the future. I don’t think anybody can.”
agreement will be about $7.5 million, which will be renewable. This amount covers the students’ tuition, health insurance and living costs. Besides the agreement, officials also signed a letter of intent with the Department of Health in Mexico City. The letter established a joint research into the causes of two major health problems, diabetes and obesity, which are prevalent among the population that the department serves. “It’s important for international universities to work together because they’ve got a lot in common and by working together they can be more impactful,” Hardy said. This project is scheduled to be launched during the first quarter of 2017. The partnership will bring together researchers from the department and the University of Illinois at Chicago, which is home to the nation’s largest medical school and notable faculty experts in diabetes and obesity research. The project aims to explore social and cultural factors that might contribute to the two health problems by examining two sample populations of 200 each, one in Mexico City and one in Chicago. During the visit, the University
signed other agreements that initiated new partnerships with the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the National Institute of Public Health. According to Killeen, the formal agreement signals new initiatives like student and faculty exchanges, and research collaborations based on previous informal works with both the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Institute. National Autonomous University of Mexico is the largest university in Latin America, with approximately 325,000 students. Past collaborations between the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Illinois system include faculty training programs and international forums focusing on agriculture, food, nutrition and health care. National Institute of Public Health is one of the largest public health institutes in the developing world. The delegation worked on opportunities for faculty visits and summer study programs for students. They also promoted possible research collaborations in engineering, medicine and business.
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HEALTH why a family’s health insurance plan might not be considered equivalent to the University one. Palinkas noted that national increases in health insurance premium costs prompted parents to purchase less expensive policies, that are unequal to the University’s. “When a policy fails to cover adequate mental health care, or if the parental policy requires that the student pays the first five thousand dollars of cost, or if it fails to meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, or fails to have a decent local network of specialists, then the request to waive the fee for University insurance is denied,” Palinkas said. The process for selecting a health care provider for the University plan as well as approving all fees that students encounter is led by both the Student Advisory Committee and McKinley Health Center. “Two years ago, we went on a request of proposals and we asked for insurance companies to submit a bid to provide services for the campus community,” Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Lowa Mwilambwe said. In a request for proposals, the University asked for different health care companies to submit their insurance rates as well as what their coverage entails. The one with the lowest rates and best coverage — United Healthcare — was chosen.
Unfortunately, if the insurance company is not making the amount of money from its clients that it anticipated, the rates can increase. This is happening with United Healthcare. “The insurance company estimates the number of claims and how much it’s going to cost them,” Mwilambwe said. “If the claims exceed what they estimated, then the following year, they probably will increase their rates.” The game changes slightly with new President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration this January. Throughout his campaign, Trump promised to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, thus decreasing health insurance premiums. As Trump is not in office yet, however, Mwilambwe can only speculate on how his presidency will affect student health insurance rates. “I cannot tell (what is going to happen), I think we’ll have to wait until the new president elect takes over and decides on how he wants that area handled,” he said. Although no concrete fee increase has been set by United Healthcare, no concrete solution to the possibility has been set or explored. “Health insurance is going up on a very broad national basis; we are not immune to these influences,” Palinkas said. “It will take the wisdom of all of us to come up with solutions that work.” However, Padilla is still uneasy. “It’s really stressful,” she said. “It’s a big burden on me.”
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Student health insurance rates may rise due to claims exceeding initial estimations, leading to concern amongst University students.
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Thanking our senior Illinois athletes
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any young boys and girls grow up with a love of playing sports. They have many different dreams: hitting a grand slam in the World Series, draining a gamewinning shot in a final series or scoring the deciding goal in a soccer shootout. Those are the dreams that many athletes try to make a reality when they play at the college level, including here at Illinois. The University has a rich history of athletes who have made the leap to the pros and excelled. But the reality is that not all of those dreams come true, which is why so many athletes cherish their time playing college sports. College athletes learn more than how to throw a ball perfectly or set up a spike; these athletes form bonds and learn lessons that will lead to success in fields other than those which sports are played on. That’s the reason why so many big, tough-looking seniors with bruises and blood flowing down their hands may be found crying when it all comes to an end. We’ve all been there, whether it be the
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Illinois offensive lineman Joe Spencer (71) sings “Hail to the Orange” after defeating Michigan State at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 5.
end of playing high school football, captaining the debate team or even working for the student newspaper. This class of graduating football seniors has gone through more than any collegiate football players should. Many arrived on campus with dreams of turning Illinois football around, or maybe fulfill-
ing a lifelong dream. Instead, most of the seniors on the football team were forced to deal with issues that no football player should face. They were lead by an abusive coach who “didn’t believe in hamstring injuries” and clearly showed no knowledge of how to lead a football program. They were forced to answer questions
about abuse instead of discussing what went right or wrong in a game. There were sudden coaching changes which forced players to go to the Memorial Stadium press box to answer questions that they hardly knew the answers to. These student-athletes came to Illinois to compete for the flagship university of our state, not to become experts at receiving text messages about an urgent team meeting. The Daily Illini Editorial Board would like to thank all of the senior athletes on campus. You provided Illini fans with championships and memories that they’ll remember with you down the road. But to those football seniors, we say thank you for representing the University in the way you did. You went through turmoil, but you kept your head high when answering those questions. In doing so, you created a calm in the middle of a storm. Like Lovie Smith said, you helped lay down the foundation for what will hopefully become a great program, and for that, we thank you.
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Students must remember bus safety practices
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Television personality and comedian Rosie O’Donnell created controversy on Twitter last week. Columnist Issabella says O’Donnell’s recent tweet unfairly defamed Barron Trump by claiming he’s autistic.
Trump’s son targeted ISABELLA WINKLER Opinions columnist
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osie O’Donnell created a firestorm Monday on Twitter, and to no surprise, it was geared toward Donald Trump. But her tweet was specifically concerned with Trump’s youngest son, 10-year-old Barron Trump. The tweet reads: “Barron Trump Autistic? if so - what an amazing opportunity to bring attention to the AUTISM epidemic.” O’Donnell followed her words with a link to a video containing evidence of Barron’s probable condition. People, especially Trump’s fans, were reasonably upset by her statement. “Autistic or not, the kid is not deserving of any of the bullshit that’s being said about him. America has become a fiasco,” one fan wrote. Whether he is autistic or not, just the fact that a 10-year-old boy is receiving so much media attention is distressing. O’Donnell responded to the backlash by noting that “something felt familiar” about Barron’s behavior and claims that she wasn’t shaming autism. But she was unsuccessful in concealing her agenda. The truth is, there has been talk about Barron’s supposed condition since the first time he appeared on stage with his father. People noted that he is awkward, walks funny and seems to lack social understanding. But it was never a topic of discussion in the
media; most people would agree that children are off limits when it comes to defamation. O’Donnell’s tweet may be disguised as genuine concern for Barron or excitement over the potential for increased awareness of Autism, but it shouldn’t fool anyone given her strong hatred toward Trump. Instead, it feels accusatory, as if Barron’s potential condition is the ultimate comeback for Trump’s hateful comments about O’Donnell. She gave her prominent voice to what some people were thinking, but O’Donnell failed to recognize the weight of her platform. Her celebrity status not only brought unwanted attention to the issue, but her long, ongoing feud with Trump angled Barron’s condition as his weak spot. Aside from whether or not exposing a child on Twitter was appropriate, the main debate is if it even matters whether Barron is autistic. Given that his father will now have influence over legislation regarding education, mental health and healthcare, perhaps it does mean something if his own child has special needs. But O’Donnell has contributed to the stigma surrounding autism by publicly outing the child as a way to get back at his father. It certainly should not seem detrimental if Trump’s son is autistic, but the attention he has gotten speaks to people’s discomfort with mental health disorders. O’Donnell used Barron as ammunition against his father, which
furthers the notion that autism is a burden or an inconvenience. According to Autism Speaks, about one in 45 children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Although children with autism spectrum disorder can be deficient when it comes to social interactions, communication and behavior, they tend to excel in areas such as technology or math. Some schools lack the resources to provide for autistic children or don’t properly understand their conditions, which can be traced back to a lack of educational funding. Many schools also don’t provide sufficiently safe environments for autistic kids. According to a study by the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University, 63 percent of students with autism are bullied. With Trump in office, he could certainly make changes to this system, especially if he has his child’s interests in mind. But if O’Donnell was truly concerned with change, she would be more careful, given her status relative to Trump. O’Donnell perfectly demonstrated the stigma that surrounds autism by pitying Barron and his parents because of his possible condition. It is true that mental health needs more awareness and reform, but exposing a child on social media is not the way to go about it.
Isabella is a sophomore in ACES. iwinkle2@dailyillini.com
With most of our attention focused on the presidential election, we forget about the small things that impact our lives greatly. As students of the University, many modes of transportation are at our fingerprints. With winter around the corner, busing will be a very popular way of travel. Our safety should be a huge concern when riding on an overcrowded bus. If you have yet to experience a bus to the Main Quad, it gets very tight. It feels like a ticking time bomb ready to go off. If the bus stops too abruptly or gets into a collision, there can be a domino effect of human bodies. This is a huge problem that students are turning away from.
This problem has been brought to my attention by my recent experiences. Trying to get off the bus when it is packed is quite difficult. It is hard to maneuver. You find yourself avoiding personal space just to get to your destination. A feeling of awkwardness and uncomfortableness crosses your mind. I anticipate the one moment where I witness a horrific event. It could be a harmful crash or an awkward confrontation. Either way, there needs to be a solution to this madness. According to the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit, “From the first day of hire, employees have indoctrinated with the message that Safety Always Comes First.”
Safety appears to be an important core value the company possesses. The American Public Transport Association and the Federal Transit Administration perform safety and security audits regularly. My question is, what would they say if they were on one of the overcrowded buses? The American Public Transport Association and Federal Transit Administration can enforce a maximum capacity for bus drivers to carry out. Time and efficiency could be argued. But what’s more important: time or our safety?
This letter was written by Alexandra Carrier, freshman in Business. ajc2@illinois.edu
People getting on the bus in front of Illini Union Bookstore on Oct. 6.
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University should accommodate e-textbooks Dear Robert J. Jones, I am a freshman at the University. This is a supereminent school; I know it's worth the price. But still, I was overwhelmed by the expensive cost of college education imposed on my parents and me. The prices of college textbooks are incredibly high in the U.S. The College Board announced that the average annual cost of textbook and other materials for this year is as high as $1,168. In contrast, electronic formats are much cheaper. For example, one recommended reading textbook in our TAM department may cost around 70 percent higher in hardcov-
er than in electronic format. Not only do the college textbooks cost students a lot, but printed textbooks are heavy, which can seriously inconvenience students. Recalling the process of buying traditional textbooks in Illini Union Bookstore when term begins, we would hover back and forth frequently to try to find the exact location of our needs, wait in a long queue for a tedious amount of time and sometimes repeat the same process again due to the wrong purchase. Yet, this is not the end. We also bear the weight of carrying heavy packs full of textbooks every day, with each one weighing a
few pounds. Besides convenience, e-books would also be efficient enough to promote extracurricular reading of college students. E-books’ convenience enables college students to log into the e-bookshops and make purchases in a second. Reading is a significant portion of the learning experience. The more we practice, the better we master the way of learning. The predictable benefit of e-books to University students means we should give it a try.
This letter was written by Zongnan Chen, freshman in Engineering. zongnan2@illinois.edu
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Red Herring open mic a ‘safe space for art’ BY JUSTIN KAMP BUZZ WRITER
The Te ch n ic olor room in the basement of the Channing Murray Foundation, a Unitarian church in Urbana, is a dreamscape collage of newspaper clippings, folk art, Christmas lights and people lounging at tables and in booths. There are the regulars: an old yogi in a bright orange habit singing songs of protest and love, a man who can whistle like a steam engine and a barista who sounds like Norah Jones herself. There are also newcomers: students with their guitars, ukuleles or rolled-up sheets of poems, some nervous, some itching to get onstage. And of course, there is the guy onstage, inviting all people up. His name is Kevin Cline, and this place is the Red Herring, home to one of the freakiest open mics in C-U. “This is a place for freaks,” Cline said into the microphone on stage, “For any freaks out there, we want all of you here.” Cline is an employee at the Red Herring, where every Sunday at 7:30 p.m., he hosts open mic night HANNAH AUTEN THE DAILY ILLINI for anyone in the C-U community itching for a Students perform onstage at the Red Herring’s open mic night. Veteran performer Paul Kotheimer states “it’s a free market of ideas” that occurs every Sunday at creative release. 7:30 p.m. “This is a safe space for “I d id a d a nc e dodgers to hide out and It was the Red Herring said the Herring’s openness art,” Cline said. “It can be exposure as it is about hard to find an accepting building a scene and finding performance once,” Cline plan their next move. In Freaks versus the Urbana was more important than environment to just get like-minded individuals,” said. “I went on a rant fact, one of the rooms in P o l i c e D e p a r t m e n t ever. Sitting in the Tolstoy up and do whatever weird Kotheimer said. beforehand about how the Herring was dubbed Pigs,” Cline said. “There Room — “War and Peace, thing you want to do, and Kotheimer would know I always wanted to be “The War Room” because was somewhere around ya know?” — he talked of that’s what I want this to plenty about the local a dancer and had been of its purpose as the a thousand people in his plans for the future. be.” “We’re not planning music scene — he’s been chore og r aph i ng t h i s headquarters to organize attendance, and it did a lot to bring people together on turning this back into True to Cline’s promise, performing in C-U for number for a while. So I a revolution, Cline said. this open mic truly is open. 25 years. In terms of played a minute-long punk At the same time as that were pretty divided the War Room just yet,” First-time performers performances, he’s just song and basically just had this political activism, the at the time.” Cline said. “But, it’s really a one-man mosh onstage.” Herring was also home to Soon, the Vietnam War important that a space like and veterans perform about seen it all. “I was at an open It’s all about feeling a hotbed of musical talent. was over, and the War Room this exists for people in the in equal turn, playing Dan Fogelberg started became the Peace Room. coming years for anyone songs, reciting poems, mic once, and the stage comfortable at the Red even performing the odd was completely open,” Herring. Cline said he is performing in the basement As the Herring continued who wants to talk, perform dramatic monologues. Kotheimer said. “And prone to making a fool of of the Herring, and in fact, to evolve, this double-helix or just meet like-minded One of those veteran this random drunk got himself so that others feel the first recording he ever of music and activism people. We’re a forum more per for mers is P au l up on stage and played a safe putting their work up released was on a Red remained constant. At an than anything, so I hope Kot hei mer, a lo c a l few songs, if you could onstage. For him, it’s all Herring compilation vinyl. open-mic a few weeks ago, people see that and use it musician and integral part call them that. If anyone about keeping the freak Cline said even back the stage was opened up to put out whatever weird of the Sunday-night jams. is nervous about getting flag flying. then, the Herring owned for discussion on hurricane stuff they need to get off Kotheimer calls the open onstage, I promise you that relief, and the outcome their chest.” Activism and music are the word “freak.” mic a “musician’s agora.” you cannot be worse than heavily entwined in the “In 1970, there was a of that was a musicianBecause, in Cline’s “It’s a free market of that performance.” Red Herring’s DNA. lot of tension between the organized charity show for words, “What can be better Cline has similar stories During its first few activists and the police. So hurricane relief at the Iron than living like freaks?” ideas,” he said. “It’s not so much about getting up about performances at the years, the Herring served the Red Herring organized Post in Urbana. on a soapbox and getting Red Herring. as a safe place for draft- a charity basketball game. Moving forward, Cline buzz@dailyillini.com
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COFFEE as they might not have the time otherwise to pick up groceries. The Wesley Food Pantry is open every Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It offers student-only hours the first Monday of every month from 3 to 5 p.m. A student ID is required to receive food. Illini Fighting Hunger
is an RSO and one of the student groups at Wesley. It is also a chapter of Universities Fighting World Hunger. As of November 2016, the RSO has packaged, in total, 1,861,429 meals, which includes 113,547 pounds of rice, 2,930 pounds of pasta and 30,950 pounds of beans. The coffeehouse also relies on volunteers from the national service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, to keep it up and
running. The fraternity helps make coffee, clean tables, wash dishes and organize staff events. Ch ristie L earned, sophomore in FAA, is a member of the service fraternity but said she comes to the coffeehouse for more tha n just volunteering. “I do come here just on my own time. I like the quietness and the free coffee, and it’s pretty close to the Quad and classes,”
Learned said. The coffeehouse is also used for social events. On Fridays from 4 to 6 p.m. Etc. hosts an “International C offe eh o u s e ” wh er e students can come to practice English, meet people from different places around the world or just hang out. Sometimes there are themes like Christmas cookie decorating, a Halloween costume party, “Friendsgiving” or Easter egg dying. They also have
mid-week worship services, book studies and meals. During finals week, Wesley has free snacks all day long in Etc. Coffeehouse. It aims to cater to students and encourage them to study in the space. Br e nd a G ut ier r e z , sophomore in LAS, said she likes coming to the coffeehouse because it’s usually quiet and not too crowded. Even though Wesley is
a Methodist organization, Dowler said she wants students to know that everyone is welcome to come to Etc. regardless of their religious background. "You don’t have to be Christian to study here. You don’t have to be from any particular place, you don’t have to be any particular sexual orientation, we are open to everybody here,” said Dowler.
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Brothers, Firehaus and Joe’s Brewery are not fully wheelchair accessible. Only a few bars on campus are built to allow entrance and easy movement for their patrons who use wheelchairs.
Campus bars lack wheelchair access BY ELYSSA KAUFMAN STAFF WRITER
For Amelia O’Hare, junior in FAA, a night out at the bar with friends is not always easy or accessible. As a student in a wheelchair, bar life can be segregating for O’Hare. Currently, the University is ranked among the top six public universities in the U.S. for the most wheelchair-accessible campus. Bars on campus do not meet this same standard. Brothers, the popular bar on Green Street, only has one main entrance — a large staircase leading up to the venue. “Brothers is not accessible. I have never been in there, which honestly really does separate the way we can socialize with everyone else on campus,” O’Hare said. “That is a big part of the culture on campus and college in general.”
O’Hare said she usually prefers to go out to places like Murphy’s or Legends because both of those bars are one floor, making them among the most accessible handicapped bars on campus. Additionally, the bars have more room than the others. “If I go out with a big group of friends that live around me, there is a matter of being able to move around comfortably because we are all clumped together awkwardly,” she said. O’Hare explained how some single-level bars lack space for her to move around. She said that during her time at the University, she has never been to KAM'S because the bar is usually crowded and difficult to move around in. For many students, bar crawls are a regular social event. Traditionally, many
campus clubs and Greek organizations plan at least one bar crawl a year. However, O’Hare has experienced bar crawls that were impossible for her to attend because some of the bars listed were not wheelchair accessible. O'Hare said it can be very frustrating to miss out on these types of social events and bonding experiences due to the lack of wheelchair accessibility in campus bars. Bathrooms at Bars Bathrooms are another issue O’Hare faces when out at a bar. She said Firehaus has an accessible first level, but the women’s bathroom is on the second level with no way of getting up to it other than the staircase. “If I am out and need to go to the bathroom, I have to go
somewhere else because I cannot go to the one there,” she said. Hannah Boncosky, manager at Firehaus, said the bar and restaurant could take steps to become more wheelchair accessible. It is something she said the "upper management would have to figure out.” “As far as restaurant seating, yes, we do have a downstairs level that has eight tables that are wheelchair accessible,” Boncosky said. The restrooms are only wheelchair-accessible for men. “We do have a men’s bathroom downstairs, but our women’s (bathroom) is maybe three or four stairs up,” Boncosky said. “So, that is a little bit of an issue. But, other than that, as far as people coming to eat and drink, it is accessible.” Luke Henry, general man-
ager at Joe’s Brewery, said Joe's is a wheelchair-accessible bar. “The first floor is the largest part — the second floor only accounts for a third of the space,” he said. Henry also said the bathrooms in the back are newer, so they have handrails. He also said he has seen many people in wheelchairs at bars over the years. O’Hare is using her independent study in Urban Planning to focus on accessibility, “for average people who want to go get jobs or an education and live like everyone else.” “I also want to work on campus to make it a little more accessible and inclusive,” O’Hare said. "It’s isolating sometimes.”
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Students fight hunger with coffee shop donations are fair trade and specialty drinks are also Etc. C offeehouse available. opened in 1964 as a place There is no set price where students could for the coffee because gather to study, drink the payment is donation coffee and chat with one based, and students are another. encouraged to donate a Since then, it has few dollars when they transformed into a space take a cup. where students can also Julie Dowler, campus fight hunger. minister at the Wesley The c offe e s h o p, Student Center, said located at the corner after they cover basic of Green expenses, Street and the profits G oodwi n a re spl it Avenue, is between d i ffer e nt the Wesley Food Pantry from a a nd Illi ni typical Fighting s h o p Hunger. because of its selfT h e service, so W e s l e y there are Food Pantry no baristas s e r v e s work i ng. a r o u n d CHRISTIE LEARNED T h e 1 2 , 0 0 0 SOPHOMORE IN FAA coffeeshop p e o ple a is part of ye a r in the Wesley Champaign Student Center and is County. open weekdays from 9 According to the a.m. to 10 p.m. during Wesley Food Pantry the school year. website, its mission All coffees and teas is to “alleviate food BY EMMA PALATNIK STAFF WRITER
“I like the quietness and the free coffee, and it’s pretty close to the Quad.”
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The Etc. Coffeehouse donations go to the Wesley Food Pantry which provides food for people who are in need in Champaign County. i nsecu r it y in ou r community one family at a time by providing them with one week’s worth of nutritious
groceries.” It is also a “choice model pantry” where clients are allowed to choose the food items
they need, instead of being handed prepacked bags. Wesley Food Pantry was the first pantry in
the area to offer evening hours. This helps people who work during the day,
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Comparing first-year Illini coaches’ records
The 2016 Illinois football season has officially come to an end, and Lovie Smith is no longer a rookie in the college head coaching ranks.
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different past head coaches — Zook, Tim Beckman and Bill Cubit. With the 2016 season in the books following Saturday’s loss to Northwestern, the final “Zook Boys” — as senior offensive linemen Joe Spencer called them — played their final game in
Orange and Blue. “We’re the last Zook Boys,” Spencer said. “It closes this chapter.” The seven seniors who were recruited by Zook never actually played for him due to his firing at the end of the 2011 season. They are
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all fifth-year seniors who notched extra seasons due to redshirting or medical hardship waivers. The majority of next season’s Illini roster will still be made up of Beckman recruits, but 14 of those 55 Beckman players are set to graduate this year.
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Illinois quarterback Wes Lunt passes the ball during the first half of the game against Northwestern at Ryan Field on Sat. Lunt was a key part of the Illini.
t’s over. After another fall of typical Illinois football, Illini fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief and think about next season or at least Illinois basketball — oh wait. Better yet, thinking about next year for both doesn’t sound too bad. As the football coaches have said since what seems like the start of Big Ten play, this season was all about preparing the foundations for the future. But it was also a theme from the day Smith was hired — a huge change that represented closing the book on Illinois’ chaotic year and looking forward to scandal-free years ahead.
Younger players often had more playing time; from Chayce Crouch and then Jeff George Jr. to Stanley Green III. In October, athletic director Josh Whitman announced South Endzone renovation projects. The investment shows a clear trust in head coach Lovie Smith and Co. It comes hand-in-hand with recruiting from a new talent base and attracting them with state of the art facilities. The reality is that to get good players, universities need to have good facilities — it’s a reciprocal relationship. This season is a reminder that changes take time, and complete overhaul doesn’t occur with one magic hire. Illinois’ future should be bright, but fans shouldn’t expect change overnight.
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Power rankings DAILY ILLINI FOOTBALL STAFF
Editor’s note: Every week, The Daily Illini football staff ranks the football teams in the Big Ten 1-14 and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings.
1. Ohio State (2) — While it might not have held the official matchup, Ohio State won the Big Ten title this week against Michigan. The showdown lived up to the hype, going into double overtime with Ohio State leaving as the established alpha in the Big Ten. 2. Michigan (1) — While Ohio State celebrated, Michigan mourned. A fantastic season might have come up short with the Wolverines missing out on the Big Ten Championship and, more than likely, the College Football Playoff. 3. Wisconsin (3) — Wisconsin solidified itself as the top team in the Big Ten West with a win over Minnesota. The Badgers’ College Football Playoff hopes are still alive, but they have to win the Big Ten Championship against Penn State to even have a shot. 4. Penn State (4) — Not many people would have picked Penn State to come out of a division that featured both Michigan and Ohio State, but the Nittany Lions did. They were the surprise team of the season and have a chance to keep expectations high with a win against Wisconsin. 5. Iowa (5) — Not many people could guess how Iowa’s season would play out. One week the Hawkeyes are losing to North Dakota State; another week, they blow out Nebraska by 30. After a shaky start, Iowa is now one of the hottest teams in the country heading into a bowl game. 6. Nebraska (9) — The Cornhuskers ended their season on a sour note, getting blown out by Iowa, but that doesn’t change that they had a solid season. After last season’s anomaly, Nebraska fans have to be relieved to be back at a respectable bowl game. 7. Minnesota (8) — The Golden Gophers had a solid season. They had a little bump at the end of the road, running into Wisconsin, but they gave the Badgers a fight. Minnesota can prove its worth in its bowl game. 8. Indiana (6) — Indiana finished just where everybody expected — right in the middle of the pack. The Hoosiers won games they were supposed to win and put up decent fights in the games where they were underdogs. They stayed true to that trend with a win against Purdue. 9. Northwestern (7) — A victory over Illinois clinched a bowl berth for Northwestern, something that seemed extremely unlikely back when it lost back-to-back non-conference games against Western Michigan and Illinois State. Despite the slow start, this ended up being a good season for the Wildcats. 10. Maryland (11) — It was a tale of two halves for Maryland this season. The Terps lost four of their last six, but they are heading to a bowl game after a win against Rutgers. 11. Purdue (10) — After a win back in week five, it looked like Purdue could make some strides this season, but it lost seven-straight to close the season. It was another bad season for the Boilermakers, who are now looking for a new head coach. 12. Illinois (12) — The first season of Lovie Smith’s career at Illinois is over. The Illini finished at a disappointing 3-9. The future is bright, though, and more importantly stable with Smith at the head of the program. Still, fans would’ve liked for them to finish the season with a win over Northwestern. 13. Michigan State (13) — It is finally over. Michigan State started the season ranked No. 12. The Spartans finished with a 3-9 record with only one Big Ten win to their name. They put up a good fight against Penn State but fell short. Now it’s over, and nobody is happier than the Spartans. 14. Rutgers (14) — Rutgers is by far the worst team in the Big Ten, and the Scarlet Knights are a long way from being relevant. After a loss to Maryland, they officially went winless in conference play and 2-10 on the season. They were the basement team in the Big Ten.
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Grading Illinois football’s 42-21 loss at Northwestern
THE SCORE Illinois
Northwestern Points by quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
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BY THE DAILY ILLINI FOOTBALL STAFF
Editor’s note: The Daily Illini football writers graded each facet of the Illinois football team’s 42-21 loss to Northwestern on Saturday. The Illini offense, defense, special teams and coaching were graded.
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21 NUMBERS TO KNOW
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The Illini ground game could not get started after Kendrick Foster got hurt. They rushed for only 57 yards in the game.
The Illini converted on 4 of 15 third downs against Northwestern but converted on 2-of-3 fourth down attempts.
The number of receiving yards for Malik Turner. It was a new career high for the junior wide receiver.
Dawuane Smoot finished his career tied for eighth in school history with 16.5 sacks in his career.
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Wes Lunt set a season high in passing yards against the Wildcats. The next highest was 312 against Western Michigan.
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GAME TO FORGET Kendrick Foster He only played one down, but it was one Foster wish he had back. Foster hurt his leg on the first handoff and never returned to the field.
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GAME TO REMEMBER
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Malik Turner
Turner tied his career high in receptions and set his new career high in receiving yards against Northwestern. He had only had two total receptions over the last two weeks.
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Illinois opened the game with four straight punts and a fumble, but looked nearly unstoppable from there on out. Wes Lunt made the most of his fi nal game, completing 28 of his 54 pass attempts for 377 yards, which was the second highest single-game total in his Illini career. The senior quarterback had his eyes downfield all game and threw for big gains with ease — four different Illini receivers had catches for over 20 yards. Malik Turner capped off his impressive season with 11 receptions and 164 yards, while senior Justin Hardee saved his best performance — nine receptions and 125 yards — for his fi nal game. Kendrick Foster left the game in the opening minutes with an apparent hip pointer and did not return. If not for three offensive turnovers, Illinois moved the ball well enough to win this game.
Overall Conf.
Ohio State Penn State Michigan Indiana Maryland Michigan State Rutgers
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QUOTE OF THE GAME
Down 21-0 in the second quarter, the Illini looked doomed early on. But offensive coordinator Garrick McGee recognized Northwestern’s weaknesses in the secondary and gave Lunt the freedom to air it out. His 54 pass attempts were the most of any Illinois quarterback on the season, and the Illini offense looked as good as it has in a long time. Lovie Smith and defensive coordinator Hardy Nickerson couldn’t figure out how to contain the Wildcats’ ground game, though, which continuously beat the Illini front seven off the edge. It wasn’t the result Smith wanted to emphasize in a season full of disappointment, but he was optimistic during his postgame presser and seemed eager to put this season in his rearview.
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BIG TEN STANDINGS East Division
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Illinois defensive lineman Dawuane Smoot and linebacker Tré Watson tackle Northwestern wide receiver Austin Carr during the game at Ryan Field on Nov. 26. Illinois’ defense was unusually weak and allowed many scoring opportunities for Northwestern.
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For as much as the Illini kick the ball, it still isn’t a strength. Northwestern enjoyed favorable field position for much of the game and took advantage. Kicker Chase McLaughlin missed a 52-yard field goal attempt to fi nish the year at 12-for-17. Darius Mosely coughed up a crucial fumble in the midst of an impressive return that would’ve put the Illini at midfield down just one score in the third quarter.
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Lovie Smith “There were so many seniors that wanted their last game in a Fighting Illini uniform to end a certain way, but it doesn’t always work that way.”
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Defense D-
Defense has been the strong suit for the Illini for most of the season, but the roles switched against Northwestern. Illinois was torched on the ground for 278 total rushing yards, the third highest opposing total of the season. The Wildcats scored all but one of their touchdowns on the ground, and their five rushing scores was the most the Illini have allowed since 2014. Gimel President stood out with two sacks and a forced fumble. Carroll Phillips racked up three tackles for loss, and his 20 total TFLs is tied for fifth-most in a single season in school history. Dawuane Smoot also bolstered his draft stock with two more sacks to put him at five on the year.
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VOLLEYBALL
BASKETBALL
Losses cost Illini tournament qualification BY JACOB DIAZ STAFF WRITER
ELISABETH NEELY THE DAILY ILLINI
Malcolm Hill dribbles against McKendree. The Illini went 0-3 over Thanksgiving break.
Illinois falters during Thanksgiving week BY MIKE GASICK ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The llinois men's basketball team was 4-0 heading into its game against Winthrop last Monday when Keon Johnson stepped onto the floor of State Farm Center. Johnson, a point guard for the Eagles, had cramping in his legs the whole game. The Illini had trouble slowing him down amid the injury, and Johnson helped keep Winthrop in the game throughout the contest. The Illini were up 70-60 with just under three minutes to play in the game and didn't score another point in regulation. Johnson accounted for seven of the last Winthrop
points in regulation, helping his team force overtime. He continued Winthrop's momentum into overtime, and the team defeated Illinois, 84-80. The game started a three-game losing streak for the Illini. The Illini then traveled to Brooklyn, New York, to take part in the NIT Season Tip-Off. The team took on West Virginia on Thanksgiving Day and were overmatched by the Mountaineer defense. The Illini committed 24 turnovers and lost, 89-57. Michael Finke led the Illini with 13 points and Mike Thorne Jr. added 12 of his own. The Illini then took on Florida State the next day
in the third place game. The game was more competitive than the previous day's contest, and Illinois trailed by three at halftime. Malcolm Hill got back to his ways, using aggressiveness to get to the rim and taking more shots. The senior put up 18 points, going 6-for-13 from the field, but it was not enough. Florida State used a strong last 10 minutes of the game to win, 72-61. The Illini will look to get a victory on Tuesday when they host North Carolina State in State Farm Center's offi cial dedication after three years of renovations.
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The Illinois volleyball team won three of its fi nal four matches, but it wasn't enough to offset the seven-game losing streak that preceded as the Illini failed to make the NCAA tournament. Nine other Big Ten teams qualified with Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin receiving No. 1 seeds. This is the fi rst time since 2012 that the Illini have failed to make the postseason, and only the second time they have failed to do so in Kevin Hambly's eight-year tenure as head coach. The Illini fi nished the season with a 17-14 record overall, and a 10-10 record in the Big Ten conference. The team fi nished tied for seventh in the conference, their second-worst mark under Hambly. As recently as Oct. 21, the Illini looked well on their way to making the tournament. Sporting a 7-2 record in conference play and ranked in the AVCA Top 25, the Illini almost seemed to be a shoo-in for a postseason berth. But the very next day, the Illini fell in five sets to Purdue at Huff Hall, sparking a seven-game losing streak, with losses to the top three teams in the country. The Illini had a very difficult run of matches, and while none of the losses
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Michelle Strizak jumps to block a spike from Wisconsin at Huff Hall on Nov. 11. The Illini failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament after a series of losses. were particularly bad, the Illini evidently needed to get something more out of that stretch to secure a postseason berth. The Illini won three in a row heading into Saturday, but wins over Rutgers, Maryland and Ohio State proved not convincing enough to sway the selection committee. Illinois had one fi nal chance to impress the committee at No. 10 Penn State on Saturday,
but the Nittany Lions took care of business, handing the Illini a 3-1 loss. The selection committee's decision brings to an end the careers of seven Illini seniors: Katie Stadick, Michelle Strizak, McKenna Kelsay, Katie Roustio, Danielle Davis, Allison Palmer and Naya Crittenden.
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Illini need to rebound season in coming weeks MIKE GASICK Assistant sports editor
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llinois men’s basketball’s next game could decide the fate of head coach John Groce. The Illini are coming off one of the worst November weeks imaginable, dropping games to Winthrop, West Virginia and Florida State, respectively. The team looked like it would be 5-0 heading into a challenging West Virginia on Thanksgiving after a win over Winthrop on Monday night at home. The Illini were up 10 points with less than three minutes to go against the Eagles and failed to score another basket in regulation. Winthrop’s Keon Johnson helped the Eagles force overtime and eventually win with 38 points of his own. Johnson’s inspiring performance should be no excuse for an experienced Illinois squad that had its two starting big men combined for eight rebounds. The team had a chance to redeem themselves on Thanksgiving against a talented West Virginia squad, but the Illinois’ players came out flat and unprepared. Bob Huggins’ full-court press is notoriously difficult to attack, but the Illini looked like a seventh-grade team try-
ing to break it. Huggins seemed disinterested on the bench, knowing there was a good chance his team would force a turnover on any given Illinois possession. The Illini turned the ball over 24 times and were never in the game. Point guard Tracy Abrams was visibly frustrated with the team’s performance, and he should be. The West Virginia game showed that this Illinois team is nowhere close to competing with powerhouses in the Big Ten. But the team will still need to grab some of those victories to make up for the horrid Winthrop loss. Even when Illinois played its best game of the week against Florida State, the team ended up losing by 11 points. Groce should maybe listen to D.J. Williams’ mother and give him and Aaron Jordan more minutes. Williams’ mother took to Twitter to say that Williams should be in somebody’s rotation, but she later removed the tweet. Fixing an entire team ELISABETH NEELY THE DAILY ILLINI is no easy task, but giving more playing time to Tracy Abrams is a key elder figure for the Illini. Team members like him need to step up in leadership but also help encourage Te’Jon Lucas or Leron younger players, such as Te’Jon Lucas. Black can help. For the Illini’s trip to stay competitive against After a shaky start with Illinois’ chances of a tourIt is difficult for these Brooklyn for the NIT Tiptop competition. a close season opener, nament bid in March. players to get into any Off Challenge, it only got Unfortunately, the teams the Illini rebounded and If Groce is to keep his sort of rhythm if they are had a poor showing in the looked stronger in the foljob, the Illini need a serireceiving less than 15 min- worse. The teams were by no means supposed to Big Apple and served as a utes a game. The old saylowing games. ous 180 from the previous ing goes, “the only way to be guaranteed wins. They power conference warmThe Illini look out of week. get out of a shooting slump were the chance for Groce up before the real college synch and the recent losses may come back to hurt gasick2@dailyillini.com is to keep shooting.” to showcase his teams can basketball season starts.
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After coming back, Illinois loses final game of season at Northwestern
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Illinois wide receiver Malik Turner jumps over a tackle on his way to the end zone during the first half of the game against Northwestern at Ryan Field on Saturday. The Illini lost 42-21.
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Illinois running back Reggie Corbin runs down the sideline during the first half of the game against Northwestern.
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Illinois wide receiver Malik Turner gets ready to catch a pass from quarterback Wes Lunt during the game against Northwestern.
Illinois defensive lineman Carroll Phillips tackles Northwestern running back Corey Acker.
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ranked seventh in passing yards (5,900), seventh in completions (550) and eighth in TD passes (36). Senior Dawuane Smoot tied his career-high mark 2 sacks and finished his time eighth in Illinois history with 16.5 career sacks. Coaches have said the first year was important
FUTURE It will take time, and the effects might not be seen until a few years down the road. Looking forward was a way of getting through what was happening on the
field, because the field product was confusing. At times the defense seemed in sync. Then it was the offense that looked better. Or it was neither. By the final few games this season, everyone seemed ready to let go and look ahead. Smith had more wins in
his first season than Tim Beckman, Ron Zook and Ron Turner all had in their first seasons. In Saturday’s loss against Northwestern, the seniors stepped up. Quarterback Wes Lunt had the second most yards of his career (377), finishing his time as an Illini
to have these seniors, they were a crucial part of the rebuilding effort. They will come back knowing they were a part of the change in culture, looking to the future. And maybe that’s enough for this year. When these seniors look back, hopefully they can
say they were at Illinois for some crazy years: from the lowest point to the turning point. At the least, hopefully it is once again relevant, this time for the right reasons.
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409 W. Elm, U.
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1004 S. Locust, C.
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1009 W. Clark, U.
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408 W. Illinois, U.
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508 W. Washington, U
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503 S. State, C
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Marlin Apartments 710 W. Western, U.
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The Electrum Group
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