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Union strikes after failed negotiations BY AUSTIN KEATING STAFF WRITER
The Service Employee’s International Union Local 73 went on a three-day strike Monday at midnight after rejecting the University’s final offer. Members voted against the offer and in favor of a strike during a vote this weekend. The union, which represents about 800 University building and food service workers, has been negotiating
with the University since June 2012, one month before the union’s contract expired. “It’s wonderful to see our bargaining unit and our members are standing together ... fighting for a fair contract and fighting to make sure our wages continue to be living wages,” said Aaron Ammons, local chapter vice president. While the union couldn’t release vote tallies or voter turnout numbers, area chapter president Gloria Von Behren
said most members of the union came to vote. University spokeswoman Robin Kaler said that the University will resume negotiations but has also instituted contingency plans for the strike. “We have prioritized the most important services, and we will move people from other services to cover those,” she said. Jack Collins, director of University Housing, sent an email to residents late
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Sunday, after the vote, telling residents that all regular services will continue. “You may observe different staff performing these duties on your hall floors or in your dining room,” the email read. “All University Housing staff will wear IDs at all times. Please feel free to ask for identification if you observe someone new on your floor.” SEIU lead negotiator Ricky Baldwin said he is predicting that services will be affected as a result of the strike.
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“This University is not going to run without us,” he said. “Let them see if they can run this University without people to clean the toilets, without people to shovel the snow, without people to
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AS A GIRL
Necessary to differentiate body, eating disorders
THINKS By Melanie Stone
BY EMMA WEISSMANN STAFF WRITER
There were times when Amanda Hwu could feel her thighs itching. They were flawed, and she wanted them gone. They were not her own; they were “dead weight.” Sometimes, she imagined tearing into them, those things, and freeing herself at long last from their fleshiness. The obsession began during her senior year of high school. She would target an area — her thighs, her cheeks — and fixate on them, letting her insecurity fester. What Hwu didn’t know at the time was that there was a name for what she was going through: body dysmorphic disorder. With the May 2013 release of the updated Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, mental health professionals are considering making a greater distinction between clinical eating disorders and this similar, lesser-known entry. “I don’t think I had an eating disorder; I had disordered eating,” Hwu, sophomore in LAS, said. “There’s that differentiation that’s important. My problems surrounded physical sensations of how I felt about my body. Never full-out starvation.” When Hwu discovered that her symptoms aligned closely with those of the disorder, she said it was “liberating.” According to the current manual, the DSM-IV, which was published in 1994, patients suffering from body dysmorphic disorder have “a preoccupation with a defect in appearance,” which is either only in their head or they have unnecessary concerns about it.
he world we live in is obsessed with the thin ideal, indoctrinating it into the minds of girls of all ages. Over the past few months, I interviewed college women and professionals across the country, hoping to find answers for what you’re about to read. It is a topic that is deeply personal to me, and now, I’m ready to share my own story, share my heart and share what I’ve learned. Some of it is messy, and I haven’t quite tied up every loose end yet, but I do know that as women, we are called to love ourselves. The question is: How do we do it?
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a five-part series running each day this week through Friday. In this personal essay, Daily Illini columnist Melanie Stone combines her story with that of experts and multiple women across the country. More online: For a special
presentation of this story, and for more insight on body image, visit InDepth.DailyIllini.com
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DSM-V clarifies the differences between body and eating disorders Body Dysmorphic Disorder and clinical eating disorders, while sharing several similarities, have many distinct differences. The proposed addition to the DSM-V may add language to further differentiate the two.
I’m not acceptable. That was the lie I chose to believe. My story certainly unfolded slowly. I was 17 years old, a senior in high school and a size 6 when I began to look at my body differently. Before, I had always been fairly comfortable with my appearance. I liked how my hair was curly sometimes, straight sometimes. I liked the shape of my mouth, the way it curved up and down and formed a loopy M-shape. I liked my porcelain skin. There were, of course, parts of me that I didn’t like. I had never been classified as “skinny”; my weight always seemed to hover in the average range. As much as I wished I looked like my tiny, small-boned friends, I loved food too much to give up eating what I wanted: burritos at Chipotle, ice cream after dinner, seconds when I felt like having more.
To me, food was sustenance, but it was also a gift from God. I ate — happily, at that. My body had small divots and curves, but that was OK. A few months into my senior year, I suddenly had my first real boyfriend. He was older — a sophomore here at the University at the time — and I was smitten with the new relationship. He was complimentary and never, ever made negative comments about my appearance, but in my mind, he was thinking otherwise. The fear of his judgment was enough. The first step was adjusting my eating habits. I replaced burgers with salads, ice cream with sugar-free Jell-O and chips with carrots. I even swore off Chipotle, my all-time favorite restaurant. Then came the exercise: I befriended the elliptical, got comfortable in the lap lanes and rode the stationary bike into oblivion.
See AS A GIRL THINKS, Page 6A
EATING DISORDERS Q Obsession in body shape or weight Q Revolves around eating patterns Q Begins during adolescence Q Categorized into Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified BDD
Q Excessive obsession over a perceived “flaw”
or “flaws” in appearance
Q Comparing “ugly” body part with other
people’s
Q Begins during adolescence Q Somatoform Disorder, similar behavior to
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
SOURCE: DSM-IV
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Engineering Open House draws 20,000 Annual event featured interactive ‘human cosmos,’ other exhibits BY AUSTIN KEATING STAFF WRITER
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Terry Blake, also known as Dr. Zeus, sets a plank of wood on fire using an electric discharge from one of the Tesla coils during the Tesla coil concert, held on the Engineering Quad as part of Engineering Open House on Friday.
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About 20,000 visitors came to the University on Friday and Saturday for the 93rd annual Engineering Open House, where more than 250 exhibits from the College of Engineering showcased the work of the college’s students. The annual event held every March on the North Quad partnered Engineering with 14 companies to bring demos from each department’s to the public. The open house gave University students an opportunity to show off their ongoing projects, said Cole Gleason, sophomore
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in Engineering and a volunteer who oversaw the Siebel Center for the event. “It’s a way for students and professors ... to showcase the projects they’ve been working on,” he said. “Not only that, but also other projects that are of interest to the public, to kids who visit, etc.” In a dark room on Siebel Center’s ground floor, families and students filtered in and out to see one of the Engineering Open House’s most popular exhibits: an interactive simulation that tracks body movements and
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“(The open house) is a way for students and professors ... to showcase the projects they’ve been working on.” COLE GLEASON, sophomore in Engineering and volunteer
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Men’s relay crew earns high honors The distance medley relay squad of the Illinois men’s track and field team recorded a seventh-place finish at NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., to achieve All-America status. The relay team, led by seniors Kyle Engnell and Graham Morris, and juniors Stephon Pamilton and Ryan Lynn, crossed the finish line with a time of 9 minutes, 35.56 seconds to earn All-American honors for the first time in each runner’s career.
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Today’s Birthday
With the New Moon in Pisces today, consider where you’d like to be in a year. Home life has your focus until June, when adventure calls. Roll with financial changes; travel and education now lead to career results later. Grow your skills, and follow a dream. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)
Today is an 8 — Not everything is perfect, but you can ride out the bumps with grace. There’s room for romance, when you think about it. Follow a person who cares about you. Consider new options.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)
Today is a 6 — New opportunities to complete upsets emerge this coming week, especially in terms of romance. Use your emotional powers. And put a sweet spin on your sales pitch.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)
Today is a 9 — Your treasure is at home. Share feelings with your partner and be rewarded. You bring out the best in each other. There’s a completion and a new beginning of a spiritual nature.
Today is a 9 — Your fears are not necessarily real. Have someone listen to them, then step beyond your comfort zone to discover something surprising. It’s a good time to fix things. Everything gets worked out.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)
Today is a 9 — A change of procedures may be in order, but that’s no problem. You’re brilliant. The money’s there, but don’t get pushy. Do the math, and stick to the rules. There’s a lucky development.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)
Today is a 7 — You can do it, with their help. Even work seems like fun now. Study with passion, renewed excitement and enthusiasm. Working at home increases your benefits. Repeat strategies that worked before. Accept encouragement.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)
Today is a 9 — New data support your intentions, and there’s more work coming in. Love is the bottom line; communicate this. Assign a designated driver before, and take it to the top. Don’t overextend. Reevaluate what you have.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)
Today is a 9 — Choose your battles well. Accept a challenge, or an excellent opportunity. Keep track
of what you’re learning. Fix things up the way you’ve always wanted. Gather as much as you can. Count your blessings.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) Today is an 8 — Push past old barriers and gain career stature with a surge of energy. Don’t give up. You’ve got the right stuff. Discover another way to save. Revise your routine with new options. A social event sparks romance.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)
Today is a 9 — You have the power to succeed. Review your budget. Send out feelers. The New Moon in Pisces could inspire new income. Play an ace you’ve kept hidden. Go for the gold! Don’t touch savings, though.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)
Today is a 9 — The more, the merrier. Intimidate the competition with your great attitude. Compromise to make sure. Go the extra mile for your friends. Run reality checks. Buy love. Take time to be certain and make the commitment.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)
Today is a 7 — Arguing doesn’t work so well in the heat of the game. Debate could actually be fun, if you keep it light. Let a common vision inspire. Pursue personal goals. Keep the faith. You’re gaining wisdom.
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EOH FROM PAGE 1A projects them onto a wall, creating a “human cosmos.” In front of an Xbox Kinect and a large projection screen with stars forming the outline of human bodies, a group of children whirled their hands and watched as their twinkling copy tries to capture asteroids. “(On the wall) your body is made out of these flickering stars, and your hands have gravity, so as the asteroids come in, they become attracted to your hands and start orbiting around them,” said Jessica Metro, senior in FAA and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the organization that ran the exhibit. She was joined by RJ Marsan, another member of the RSO and a graduate student in computer science, who relayed what the project means in terms of interactivity with computers. “We’re just trying to build this big, immersive thing for you to walk into — for you to interact with the computer in a very different way,” Marsan said. Another exhibit by the Association for Computing Machinery showed a project by Computer Science students titled “Mineral Z,” a Starcraft-inspired tower-defense game. “We’ve had a lot of people interested in this, especially children and video game fans,” said Rafael Rego Drumond, senior in Engineering. Loomis Laboratory, another building that housed exhibits, was packed with children over the weekend as volunteers demonstrated experiments ranging from liquid nitrogen ice cream to spinning sugar to create cotton candy.
Austin can be reached at akkeati2@dailyillini.com.
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Shuo Li, junior, Steve Smith, senior, Alicia Cintora, junior and Rudi Bredemeier, senior, all in Material Science Engineering, play with some non-newtonian fluid at the Material Science Building on Friday. “I demonstrate these fun and interactive experiments for the kids because as a kid I used to come to Engineering Open House, and it’s what inspired me to become an Engineer,” said Bredemeier.
Naturally Illinois Expo features 3-D insect fossils BY JACQUI OGRODNIK STAFF WRITER
The Prairie Research Institute held its fifth annual Naturally Illinois Expo this weekend at the Natural Resources Building. This year’s main exhibit focused on the reconstruction of fossilized insects into threedimensional images. William Shilts, executive director of the Prairie Research Institute, said he wanted to show the public, particularly children, the range of research the Institute is working on. “The public can learn about us and what we do,” said Gary Miller, associate executive director of the Institute. “They can learn about the biology, geology and archaeology of Illinois. The third thing is people can meet actual scientists.” The exhibits were constructed by scientists, geologists and climatologists from each of the State Scientific Surveys, such as the Illinois Natural History Survey. This survey produced the main exhibit for the expo, “Bugging the Dinosaurs: 3D Reconstruction of Fossil Insects.” Miller said the three-dimensional imaging of preserved insects in amber was new technology. The exhibit illustrated the different preservation styles of fossilized insects such as limestone, volcanic ash and amber from more than 190 million years ago. The mate-
SEIU FROM PAGE 1A clean up in the dorms...” Kaler said the strike wouldn’t mean that all 800 or so SEIU members would walk out. “Just because the union has authorized a strike doesn’t mean that all union members will strike,” Kaler said. “Any union workers are welcome to work over this period.” The union had sent the University a four-year contract proposal on Monday to which the University responded with its counterproposal on Thursday. But as of the union vote, most members were not satisfied. The biggest concern for union members throughout the negotiation period has been wages. Though Ammons said the University’s final offer included a flat rate percent raise for SEIU employees, he said he thought it was too low. “This is the right move because (of) the state of the times right now,” Ammons said. “(Because) our pensions are going up, health care may be
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about the insects featured at the Naturally Illinois Expo held at the Natural Resources Building, go to DailyIllini.com. rial the insects were encased within was polished to make it clear and transparent. Attendees of the expo looked at the fossils under a microscope, which also projected the images on to a monitor. Some of the fossilized insects had been removed from the amber and displayed for the public to observe. Sam Heads, head researcher, entomologist and paleontologist, said the children were interested to see the fossilized insects under the microscope and in the display case. Adults that visited showed interest in the three-dimensional imaging technology that the researchers used. Some of the other exhibits featured demonstrations and hands-on activities for visitors. The “Kids’ Fossil and Mineral Dig” exhibit allowed children to use archaeological tools to dig up different fossils, minerals and artifacts in the sand. The new exhibit called “The Importance of Pottery in the Archaeological Record” offered visitors the chance to attempt to piece together broken ancient pottery. The Institute received a $3,000 grant from the Univer-
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Jessica Haglund, field technician at the Illinois State Archeological Survey, holds an animal skull during her presentation at the Naturally Illinois Expo presented by The Prairie Research Institute on Friday at the Natural Resources Building. sity’s Office of Public Engagement, which funded bus transportation to the event for underprivileged schools and resource bags for the teachers registered to attend. However, this year’s turnout was lower compared to previous years due to a conflict with statewide testing in some of the local schools.
The Institute also sponsored the sixth annual “Earth, Wind and Fire 5K Run and 2.5K Walk” as part of the expo, which took place at the Education Building. All proceeds from the race supported the expo. The expo was financed by about 40 sponsors.
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FBI searches NIU police station for information BY MICHAEL TARM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — The FBI searched the Northern Illinois University police station this week with a warrant seeking, among other information, communications between the school’s recently fired police chief and a vice president who took a leave of absence Friday in response to the investigation. The six-page warrant — released Friday by NIU to The Associated Press and other media in response to a Freedom of Information Act request — includes a 21-point list of information being sought, the vast majority of it relating to police records dating back to 2005. One section specifically seeks emails and other forms of communication between NIU’s longtime police chief, Donald Grady, who was fired last month, and NIU Vice President Eddie Williams. The warrant offers no details about what is the target of the investigation, and it makes no allegations of wrongdoing by anyone. The 25,000-student school has been dogged by several scandals over recent months. Last month,
a former NIU police officer was indicted on sexual assault charges. Days earlier, Grady had been fired. And in October, several NIU employees were indicted in an alleged scheme to use proceeds from off-the-books sales of university-owned scrap metal. The FBI spent more than eight hours at the DeKalb campus’s police headquarters Wednesday. It shed little light on its raid, saying Wednesday only that search warrants were executed in “an ongoing criminal investigation” involving state police, the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The warrant specifically seeks records related to NIU criminal background checks on residents of an area housing development called Eden’s Gardens, in which Williams has an interest. It also asks for communications between Grady and Williams, the chief of operations and executive vice president of finance and facilities, regarding the development. “Separate from his university duties, Dr. Williams has developed affordable housing resources in the DeKalb community,”
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Northern Illinois University Police Chief Donald Grady gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in DeKalb, Ill., on March 6, 2008. Grady was fired by the university Feb. 19 for mishandling evidence in an investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a student in 2011. Williams’ attorney, William Sullivan, said in a statement Friday. A statement from NIU on Friday said Williams was taking a leave of absence “until resolution of the investigation to avoid any appearance of conflict or any question concerning the university’s response.” NIU President John Peters issued a statement earlier Friday to students and staff regarding the raid, saying, “That these issues are causing the campus community distress is understandable.”
“It is now clear that once the university comes through this trial, our university and, more specifically, our police department, will be stronger, more transparent and more effective,” he wrote. The university fired Grady from his $200,000-a-year job on Feb. 19, accusing him of mishandling evidence in an investigation into allegations that the campus police officer had sexually assaulted a student in October 2011. Grady has denied that accusation.
going up and inflation is going up, yet our raises are not meeting that.” He said on Sunday night that many SEIU members would start picketing at midnight. “We’ll be out, ready to man our posts, and we’ll see how soon the University comes to the table,” Ammons said. “They’re going have to come back to the table with much more.” Adam Rosen, communications director for the SEIU, and Baldwin said several unions would offer their support during the strike, citing building trades workers as an example. “We’ve got such a strong coalition down here between the groups and unions, and the student senate actually passed a resolution in support of us,” he said. “The student senate is behind us, the students are behind us, everyone is behind us.” Though the last scheduled bargaining session has passed, both Kaler and Baldwin said the parties will continue to negotiate until a final agreement is reached.
Austin can be reached at akkeati2@ dailyillini.com.
Ill. Republicans retain Brady as party chairman in appeal to moderates BY SARA BURNETT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — The Illinois Republican Party’s central committee backed off an attempt to fire party chairman Pat Brady on Saturday, amid concern that ousting him because of his support for same-sex marriage could damage GOP efforts to appeal to more moderate voters. Brady became a target of some socially conservative members of the party when he spoke out in favor of a bill before the Legislature earlier this year that would end Illinois’ ban on samesex marriage. Committeemen had scheduled a Saturday meeting in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park to consider firing him, but it was canceled late Friday, partly because it became clear there weren’t enough votes to remove Brady. State Sen. Dave Syverson, a committeeman and party treasurer, said the vote would have been close, but members who had concerns about Brady separate from his gay marriage stance “didn’t want to be thrown in with those” concerned about it. “Instead of making a rash decision, we wanted to sit down and say, ‘What are our goals and are we reaching them?’ Sometimes holding off and giving time to make a rational decision actually works,” Syverson, R-Rockford, said. The conflict recently has spread past the state’s boundaries, and prominent Republicans, including U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk and state House Republican Leader Tom Cross, warned that firing Brady would be a mistake. They said if the party is going to grow, it needs to be more inclusive and accepting of differences of opinion — particularly in the Democratic-leaning state of Illinois. A spokesman for Kirk, the state’s ranking Republican lawmaker, said Saturday that the senator was pleased the com-
mittee “made the right decision.” Kirk voted to end the policy barring gays from openly serving in the military, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” and he opposes a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. “(Kirk) believes it’s time to move on and focus on getting Republicans elected in 2014,” spokesman Lance Trover said. Brady, who also had the support of former Illinois GOP Govs. Jim Edgar and Jim Thompson, declined to comment. The Republican Party is trying to regroup after a poor showing at the polls in November, with national leaders vowing to work harder to attract more young, moderate and minority voters who may agree with the party’s stance on fiscal matters but who disagree with its views on social issues, such as immigration and gay rights. State Sen. Jim Oberweis, one of the committeemen leading the effort to remove Brady, said it was “certainly a possibility” that same-sex marriage could come up again at the party’s meeting in April in Chicago. Oberweis, of Sugar Grove, said members delayed the meeting because they wanted more time and wanted to be sure Brady, who is out of town, could attend. “Some of the members thought it would be better to take a little more time and make sure Pat could be back,” Oberweis said. “I think we’re all interested in figuring out how to help revive the Republican Party in Illinois.” Oberweis said same-sex marriage isn’t the only reason he wants Brady gone; he also blames Brady for the party’s poor November election results and for working against some Republicans in primary elections. “I believe that the Republican Party identity has to be on financial sanity, solving some of our fiscal mess,” said Oberweis, a dairy magnate. “This other stuff is a diversion from that.”
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SEIU strike shows the University’s persistent negotiation problems
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he University has landed in the same position it lands in year after year. Except this time, there isn’t anyone crying wolf. Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 73 have begun striking and will continue until midnight Wednesday or until the University makes an offer that the members are willing to accept. The union, which represents over 800 University food and building service workers, has been in negotiations with the University since its contract expired in July. The group has been asking for better wages and better working conditions, expressing along the way how dissatisfied they are with how the University perceives and treats them. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it is. Earlier in the academic year, the Graduate Employees’ Organization had also authorized a strike before an agreement was made. In 2011, the SEIU had threatened to strike before a contract agreement was reached. Even then, the group was picketing for the same thing: better wages. And even then, for months, the University continued to stall any progress until the very last minute. It was the same thing with the GEO. How many times does this need to happen for the University to finally come to its senses and act on the problems it has been avoiding? By this point, it seems as if the University hasn’t been taking strike threats seriously. Considering the history of the University with contract negotiations, SEIU is certainly justified to strike. When basic functions of the University cease to exist this week, the University should learn that procrastinating with such a vital group of workers on this campus is irresponsible. The SEIU has already claimed that during the strike, food service will not be available, classrooms and dorms will not be cleaned, and campus mail will not be delivered. However, in an email sent out to University Housing residents, Jack Collins, director of University Housing, said all dining halls will function normally and trash removal and cleaning activities will continue. So it’s likely that, because of the University’s negligence, student workers will be picking up the slack during a traditionally work-heavy week of midterms, exams and papers. This strike affects these workers just as much as it will impact students’ lives, and neither of those is acceptable from this University. The next time the administration and a union have contract negotiation problems, concessions and settlements must be made before workers walk out. There’s no reason the University should wait this long to give workers the benefits to which they are entitled.
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of impending doom, hyperventilation and chest pains. These are a few of the symptoms of a panic attack, another common mental health problem that affects 8.2 percent of college students. With over 40,000 students on this campus, there should be more than the three therapists and three psychiatrists at McKinley and 21 clinicians at the Counseling Center to help students with mental health issues. Perhaps if the University’s therapistto-student ratio was a little closer to the recommended (1 clinician for every 1,000 students), maybe 449 students wouldn’t drop out their freshman year (6 percent) and 60 students wouldn’t attempt suicide. The shortage of therapists is not something that is only affecting the University, but universities all over the country. It would simply be intolerable if there weren’t enough medical doctors on this campus to care for more traditional problems. We need to move past the stigma that mental illnesses are not as important or legitimate as physical illnesses. The University needs to find the funding to add more mental health clinicians, even in this difficult financial environment. One possible solution is having students pay an extra mental health fee. We currently pay around $500 for student health insurance and health service fees annually. This money covers mental health services, but clearly does not provide enough coverage. If each student paid an extra $20 a year, that would increase the budget by $840,000. With average therapists earning around $50,000 a year, we could afford an extra 16 clinicians on this campus with this additional fee. If we stand as a united community of concerned students, we can prevent hearing further anecdotal stories of those who weren’t lucky enough to receive services.
Jim Croce’s lyrics taught us: You don’t spit into the wind. You don’t pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger. And — whatever you do — you don’t mess around with Superman. OK, maybe that’s not quite what Croce wrote, but the point still stands. Comic fans have put up with an awful lot regarding the Man of Steel over the years: Superman, and the rest of DC Comics’ superhero line-up, has had so many revisions, rewrites and reboots that making sense of the overall plot requires intense dedication and devotion. Despite all that Superman fans are willing to endure, letting noted science fiction writer Orson Scott Card write for Superman appears to be one step too far. After DC announced that Card would be writing a story for its new “Adventures of Superman” anthology, they were flooded with complaints and petitions to drop Card from its roster of writers. The controversy grew so much that artist Chris Sprouse, who was set to illustrate Card’s story, recently dropped from the project, leaving Card’s story in development limbo. Why? Because Card has a history of antigay rhetoric. He advocated for revolution if same-sex marriage becomes law, and he now sits on the board of directors for the National Organization for Marriage, which was one of the leading backers of Proposition 8 in California. The Southern Poverty Law Center listed NOM as an anti-gay group for its “demonizing propaganda aimed at homosexuals,” although it has stopped short of labeling NOM a hate group. And people are not pleased that someone with that background will be writing about “truth, justice and the American way.” It’s highly dubious that Card would write a Superman story steeped in anti-gay rhetoric. Not only is that not DC Comics’ thing (they have a lesbian Batwoman and a gay Green Lantern right now), it’s not really Card’s either. When I have brought up Card’s antigay views to friends who have read his famous “Ender’s Game” saga novels, they are surprised. I’m only aware of one story, called “Hamlet’s Father,” which is cited as an example of where Card’s beliefs come out in his fiction. Card is not the sort of Ayn Rand-style writer who bashes readers with a message until they are left a bloody mess. Nevertheless, some critics say that Card cannot, by the nature of his prejudices, fully understand the character of Superman. Others say that Card’s name attached to the story would make the icon of Superman tacitly endorse Card’s positions. But I feel a more important point is how Card’s name itself will color the way people read his story. What we know about a writer (or director or actor or otherwise) alters our expectations of what we will receive, for better or worse. Someone who knew nothing about Card might pick up “Ender’s Game,” enjoy it and go searching for other books he’s written. For that person, all they need to know about Card is that he writes good books. But that is not an experience that I can have any more. I haven’t read “Ender’s Game” yet (in fact, the only book of Card that I have read is his “How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy”). Now however, if I open up “Ender’s Game,” I will bring to it my knowledge of Card’s political views: As I read, I would, in the back of my mind, have to square my agreement to parts of the book with my disagreement to parts of its author’s philosophy. It’s a bit like going back and watching early “Two and a Half Men” episodes now having seen Charlie Sheen’s meltdown. It’s hard not to let our reactions — and even the amount of comedy we experience — be colored by what we now know. But perhaps a better analogy in this case would be reading Machiavelli: a deep introspective experience that forces us to question what we believe and leaves us a better person at the end for having done so. I still want to read “Ender’s Game” at some point, but I know now that it’s not going to be a quick, light read. Given how much attention this issue has received in the comic community, it’s likely many readers of “Adventures of Superman” face the same dilemma. And I’m not sure that’s the right sort of dilemma to be facing Superman.
LEANNA GARCIA, social work graduate student
Joseph is a graduate student in mathematics. He can be reached at vandehe2@dailyillini.com.
Use freedom of speech positively TOLU TAIWO Opinions columnist
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want to start this by saying that, yes, I am a well-taught journalism major. I understand what an Oxford comma is and when not to use it. Spelling out the number eight is just what we do, and if you think we use the percent sign in articles, you’ve got another thing coming. But the biggest mark of a good journalist is her dedication to free speech. We fiercely hold on to the right to report anything for the good of the reader. We fit right into a society that encourages the right to speak your mind. Collectively, we are all very lucky. And I commit to that. Until we start to use our power of “free speech” for evil. Yes, I’m talking about times we use “those” words, the ones people say all the time, the ones that society throws around without any regard to who’s listening: “gay,” the “r-word,” “rape,” etc. But I’m also talking about speech in art or on social media or any other medium. Sometimes, we think these things are funny, but they are just offensive. Just a couple of months ago, when a Miami University student started a @OxfordAsians account. Instead of posting about the actual Asian culture on the campus, the tweeter went down the more “microaggressional” route, posting tweets that made Vietnamese sweatshop jokes and swapped L’s for R’s. Props to the students who responded back with The Real @OxfordAsians viral campaign, which consist of signs
that express students’ own disdain for the “typical” Asian stereotypes, but negative points to anyone who thought this was OK to do in the first place. Or the example of the French magazine, Numero, that did an “African Queen” spread with a white model painted up in deep bronzer to look black. Some people called it creativity and in line with the artistic spirit. Sorry, but why does blackface need to be a staple in expressionism? I am not the censor police. I’m not trying to say that we should never say anything, never be edgy, that we should burn books and teach our children not to swear and unreasonably blur out everything on TV. But I am saying that we can use our “freedom” while being a decent human being. Saying that something “raped” you, calling someone the r-word or gay in a derogatory way, inappropriately tweeting about race in an ironic way — these are abuses of freedom of speech. These words just makes us insensitive. I understand that watching our words isn’t a simple task. As one of my I-Connect students pointed out to me during the topic of microaggressions, the world is a big place, and we always run the risk of possibly offending somebody. It’s tough to watch our mouths 24/7. I agree. It is tough. But it’s not impossible, and we certainly shouldn’t give up without trying. The key is to look outward. We can take pride by watching what we
say in any medium because we are creating a safer space for all. We are using the English language for good. We have the beautiful right to protest against an unfair law or to write about human trafficking problems in dangerous countries. But we shouldn’t take something that was so beautiful and use it as a thinly veiledexcuse to throw around words or post things online that “aren’t a big deal.” We need to remember that though it’s easy to let certain words slip, words hurt. Seemingly innocent expressions of speech freedom can cut like a knife. And even if you can’t refrain from using certain words, even if you think it’s your right, you should never condemn the people who stand up for themselves and admit they are offended. They shouldn’t have to grow “thicker skin”; they deserve their right to express how uncomfortable they are. There are journalists who use their freedom of speech to expose wrongdoings every day, writers who use this freedom to build a more informed and understanding nation. And I stand behind their fight. But when we start to use words that do nothing but offend and defend ourselves by saying it is “free speech,” well, that’s where I draw the line.
The key is to look outward. We can take pride by watching what we say in any medium because we are creating a safer space for all. We are using the English language for good.
Tolu is a senior in Media. She can be reached at taiwo2@dailyillini.com.
Campus needs more mental health help This past summer when I visited McKinley Health Center, I overheard a man (sporting his Greek letters) asking the front desk attendant where he could get help for his depression. By looking at this man, you would not be able to guess that anything was bothering him. Depression is not like having the flu. In our current society, admitting to friends and family that you are depressed can be seen as a personal flaw, and is certainly not an easy illness to comprehend. This young man had to leave his comfort zone to ask for help, only to be notified that there was a two-month wait for services. He was then directed to contact the Counseling Center, which was most likely already booked for the day. This visibly strong man was tortured by depression and had nowhere to go for the immediate help that he so desperately needed. I cannot help but wonder if this man ever received the services that he needed. Did he attempt to contact the Counseling Center? Or did he head back to his fraternity house, unable to take care of the issue? Perhaps, like many who have a mental illness, he decided to pretend nothing was wrong because it was too difficult to continue on the endless cycle of seeking (but not receiving) help. One of the most frightening aspects of this situation is that this man has some semblance of a support system on campus from the network of brothers in his fraternity, yet he is still plagued by depression. Now picture how difficult this situation would be for a freshman who is completely unfamiliar with the cam-
pus and doesn’t know what services are available. During dorm orientation, RAs inform students about calling the local Crisis Line for help in stressful situations, but often the Crisis Line volunteers will simply direct the caller to McKinley, the Counseling Center or the Psychology Services Center. The Counseling Center has approximately 12 time slots available every day. If a student wanted to schedule one of those time slots, he would need to call at 7:50 a.m., because all 12 appointments are typically booked by around 8 a.m. The Counseling Center only has 21 clinicians available for therapy. These clinicians have other commitments (such as paper work and long-term therapy clients), meaning they are not fully available all day to see firsttime clients. There are three “crisis situation” appointments available each day, but these are also on a first come, first serve basis, and very few people know about this resource. The Psychology Service Center, on the other hand, mostly serves the community and only a few students. Each of these services attempts to be as accommodating based on their given resources. Currently, the wait time for therapy at McKinley Health Center is four weeks. We’re not even at midterm season, and students already have to wait 30 days for services. Imagine having to fight feelings of sadness, insomnia and lack of energy. These are a few of the symptoms of depression that affect 10 percent of college students. Imagine having to battle continuous thoughts
With over 40,000 students on this campus, there should be more than the three therapists and three psychiatrists at McKinley and 21 clinicians at the Counseling center to help students with mental health issues.
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A man reads a newspaper with the headline “We’ve killed 7 foreign hostages� on a street in Kano, Nigeria, on Sunday. Construction company workers were kidnapped on Feb. 16 from the northern Bauchi state. The workers, four from Lebanon and one each from Britain, Greece and Italy, were killed by radical Islamic fighters.
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KANO, Nigeria — Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday. It was the worst kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks. Nigeria’s police, military, domestic spy service and presidency remained silent over the killings of the construction company workers, kidnapped Feb. 16 from northern Bauchi state. The government’s silence only led to more questions about the nation’s continued inability to halt attacks that have seen hundreds killed in shootings, church bombings and an attack on the United Nations. The latest victims were four Lebanese and one citizen apiece from Britain, Greece and Italy.
Britain and Italy said all seven of those taken from the Setraco construction company compound had died at the hands of Ansaru, a little-known splinter group of the Islamic sect Boko Haram. Greece also confirmed one of its citizens was killed, while Lebanese authorities didn’t immediately comment. “It’s an atrocious act of terrorism, against which the Italian government expresses its firmest condemnation, and which has no explanation,� a statement from Italy’s foreign ministry read. Italy also denied a claim by Ansaru that the hostages were killed before or during a military operation by Nigerian and British forces., saying there was “no military intervention aimed at freeing the hostages.� Italian Premier Mario Monti
identified the slain Italian hostage as Silvano Trevisan and promised Rome would use “every effort� to stop the killers. British Foreign Secretary William Hague called the killings “an act of cold-blooded murder� and identified the U.K. victim as Brendan Vaughan. A statement from Greece’s foreign ministry said authorities had already informed the hostage’s family. “We note that the terrorists never communicated or formulated demands to release the hostages,� the statement read, which also denied any military raid took place. Ansaru issued a short statement Saturday saying its fighters kidnapped the foreigners from the company’s camp at Jama’are, a town 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Bauchi, the capital of Bauchi state.
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BEIRUT — Rebels in southern Syria freed 21 U.N. peacekeepers on Saturday after holding them hostage for four days, driving them to the border with Jordan after accusations from Western officials that the little-known group had tarnished the image of those fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The abduction and the tortured negotiations that ended it highlight the disorganization of the rebel movement, which has hindered its ability to fight Assad and complicates vows by the U.S. and others to provide assistance. It also has raised concerns about the future of U.N. operations in the area. The Filipino peacekeepers were abducted on Wednesday by one of the rebel groups operating in southern Syria near the Jordanian border and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, where a U.N. force has patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria for nearly four decades. Activists associated with the group, the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, gave different reasons for seizing the 21 men. First they
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Some of the 21 Filipino United Nations peacekeepers sit at the news conference upon their arrival at Jordanian Army Headquarters in Amman on Saturday. They were abducted and tortured by a Syrian rebel group. demanded that all government forces leave the area. Then they suggested the peacekeepers were human shields against government attacks. Then they declared them “honored guests� held for their own safety. They also released videos online, including one on Saturday of a bearded rebel commander with his arms around two peacekeepers’ shoulders, flashing a V for victory sign. On Saturday, after negotiations that the top U.N. official in
Damascus described as “long and difficult,� the rebels changed the plan to deliver the peacekeepers to a U.N. team, instead taking them to the Jordanian border. Video broadcast by Arab satellite channels late Saturday showed them sitting at a round conference table in Amman, their bright blue helmets in front of them. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed their release and called on all parties in Syria to respect the peacekeepers’ freedom of movement.
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Communities consider ordinances to make gun ownership mandatory BY GLENN ADAMS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUGUSTA, Maine — A town of 140 people in western Maine is considering an ordinance making gun ownership mandatory, the latest of a handful of communities nationwide to pass or consider such a rule even though the measures are widely considered unenforceable. All three members of the Board of Selectmen in Byron favor it, and Head Selectman Anne Simmons-Edmunds said she expects residents to approve it at Monday’s town meeting, a New England institution where townspeople vote up or down on municipal proposals. “We’re hoping that the town will get on board with us but we’ll accept whatever the town wants,� Simmons-Edmunds said Friday. Communities from Idaho to Georgia have been inspired to “require� or recommend their
residents arm themselves ever since a gunman killed 26 youngsters and educators Dec. 14 in a school in Newtown, Conn., and raised fears among gun owners about an impending restriction on Second Amendment rights. The article up for a vote in Maine asks, “Shall the town of Byron vote to require all households to have firearms and ammunition to protect the citizens?� Backed by gun rights supporters, the ordinance is intended to pre-emptively block gun-control laws, Maine Attorney General Janet Mills said, adding that it will be “null and void� even if it passes. It is pre-empted by a 2011 state law that bars municipalities from adopting firearm regulations. “I think the town is going to have to shoot it down,� Mills said Friday. The idea has also caught on in Nelson, a city of just over 1,300
about 50 miles north of downtown Atlanta, where supporters of the gun-ownership proposal say light police patrols leave city residents virtually unprotected for most of the day. The proposal contains several exemptions for people who object to owning firearms because of personal beliefs, religious reasons or mental disability. In a statement, Mayor Pro Tem Jonathan Bishop said convicted felons would also be exempted. In Maine, Byron’s SimmonsEdmunds said that probably 90 percent of the households in town already have a gun and that passage would not mean the town would enforce it by checking every household. “We not going to invade anybody’s privacy,� Byron’s Simmons-Edmunds said. “We just want to send a statement that we’re not going to give up our guns.�
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AS A GIRL THINKS By Melanie Stone (continued from 1A) I lost a few pounds, but my newfound healthy lifestyle was not enough. Enter the extremes. I remember the day I set fire to my sack of leftover Halloween candy. The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups had been taunting me, begging me to unwrap them. The Kit Kat bars were just as evil. No. I would not give in. And so I did the only thing there was to do: I took the pillowcase of candy outside, struck a match and watched it burn. Shortly thereafter, I began carrying around a Ziploc bag of cucumber slices in my purse. At just one measly calorie per slice, the snack was completely guilt-free and comparable to chewing water. If I was out with my friends and everyone else was mindlessly snacking on junk food, I’d whip out my baggie and mindfully snack on the slices of nothingness.
The chewing and spitting was an accidental discovery. It was late and I found myself in the kitchen, sorting through the pantry for something to eat. The box of Hostess CupCakes stared at me. I stared back. As I reached for a cupcake, my mind went blank for a moment. I unwrapped the dessert. Lifted it to my mouth. Took one glorious, cream-filled bite. And then I snapped back to reality. CRAP. Promptly, I spat the sinful bite of cupcake into the sink, and relief flooded over me. And then, an idea: I could eat more of the cupcake, as long as I didn’t swallow anything. Before I knew it, the sink was filled with chewed-up food: Cheetos, yogurt pretzels, my mom’s homemade chocolate-chip cookies, Goldfish and the rest of the Hostess CupCakes. I was a genius, a genius who had just unlocked the secret to weight loss, a genius who could finally have her cake. This pattern of chewing and spitting the foods that I so desperately wished I could eat continued, first
Angie Neufeld, freshman at the University, wasn’t happy with the way she looked. She had never been overweight, but the number on her scale wavered a few pounds above average. As a junior in high school in spring 2011, she began dieting on her own and ramping up her exercise. Her workouts were, at first, miserable. But soon, Angie fell in love with running, building up to five-mile loops around her neighborhood. “It began as a numbers game,” she said. “I thought a lot about how many calories I was burning in comparison to how much I was eating.” The benefits — flowing endorphins and weight loss — motivated her to continue the quest for a new body image. “I knew I could look so much better if I lost weight,” she said. “And, of course, there was pressure from society and media to look skinny, perfect.” Turn to any article on body image, and it will likely mention the media. And rightfully so; the world we live in is virtually obsessed with appearances. Emily Fox-Kales is a clinical psychologist at Harvard University and Northeastern University, and she’s also the author of “Body Shots,” a book about Hollywood’s role in the way women see themselves. According to Kales, our culture has a preoccupation with being slender, craving fitness and fearing obesity. These days, this obsession is even more rampant, and Kales attributes it to the media. “It’s global now,” she told me. “Social media is global now. It presents a body ideal that anybody, all over the world, can internalize.” In this age, the definition of the media is ever-changing. Maybe it’s not a glossy magazine cover — maybe, instead, it’s a tweet. I follow SELF Magazine on Twitter, and every day my feed is bombarded with seemingly innocent subtleties like “Rise & tone!” and “the trick for sexy shoulders + tight abs.” Where are the tweets that read,
BDD FROM PAGE 1A This differs from clinical eating disorders, which also focuses on body image dissatisfaction and begins in adolescence, but is solely characterized by disturbances in eating behavior. While DSM-V reviewers say that current data shows that both require different treatment approaches, certain features of body dysmorphic disorder and eating disorders not otherwise specified can sometimes overlap and result in a misdiagnosis. They are currently considering preliminary recommendations to “specifically mention concerns with body fat and weight in the criterion to further aid clinicians in differentiating eating disorders from BDD,” according to a DSM-V review. Andi Phillips, health educator at University Laboratory High School, said she thinks it is
important for this distinction to be made, and the public should become more familiar with the differences between body dysmorphic disorder and eating disorders, as it may influence how patients are treated clinically. “For all people, Body Dysmorphia traits or not, body image issues can lead to an individual walking a very thin line between disordered behavior and the pathological symptoms of an eating disorder,” Phillips said. Phillips said that she also believes the disorder is often under-diagnosed because it can be confused with other disorders that it shares commonalities with. At Kevin Elliott Counseling in Champaign, CEO Kevin Elliott said in an email that he has worked with individuals who suffer from body dysmorphic disorder “on a few occasions,” but it is rare that his practice provides treatment for the disorder. “I do believe that it is probably under-report-
as a private, late-night, in-my-ownhome sort of thing. But then it became a way to enjoy any forbidden foods: at my friends’ houses, at school, anywhere.
My weight was dropping, but it was a slow process. Still, I needed more. The diet pills caught my eye during a trip to Target in January 2011. The box screamed: “LOSE UP TO 20 LBS! HELPS STIMULATE METABOLISM! HELPS BURN FAT!” For the next few weeks I took two a day. The Mega-T Green Tea Fat Burning Supplement was essentially caffeine, poured and diluted into a tiny pill capsule. I didn’t drop the promised 20 pounds, but I did notice a slight energy boost if I took the pill before a workout. I soon switched to Celsius, a calorie-burning drink that made my heart beat a little too fast. I bought fourpacks of cans and hid them under my bed, chugging one precisely 30 minutes before I left for the gym. Celsius was supposed to burn close to 100 calories per can; although it upset my stomach and made me jittery, I decided that anything was worth getting rid of 100 extra calories. April arrived and I was almost 10 pounds lighter. I proudly shopped for size-4 tops and dresses because my clothes no longer fit me. Finally, I was in shape, able to run six, seven, eight miles without stopping. By the time I graduated from high school, my relationship with my boyfriend was long over, my relationship with running was greedily based on calories, and my relationship with my body wasn’t getting any better. I was headed to Champaign come August — the only thing left to do was drop a few more pounds. I was not quite good enough yet.
“You’re beautiful as you are”? I still can’t find them.
Joel Kevin Thompson, clinical psychology professor at the University of South Florida, is renowned when it comes to investigating body dissatisfaction. In a 2001 article, he explored something called thin-ideal internalization, which happens when someone “cognitively ‘buys into’ socially defined ideals of attractiveness and engages in behaviors designed to produce an approximation of these ideals.” Millions of women see these tweets and posts and articles and commercials, but not everyone is buying into the thin ideal. Herein lies the difference between awareness and internalization: Thompson, in a 2005 journal article, concluded that the “association between internalization and body image is significantly larger than the association between awareness and body image.” What’s more, the thin ideal doesn’t just translate to the media. Too many of us fall prey to comparison, looking at others and then looking back to ourselves. Comparisons can be upward or downward: “I’m so much prettier than her” would be the former; “She’s way skinnier than me” would be the latter. Neither direction is healthy, but downward comparisons are exceptionally damaging when it comes to body dissatisfaction. For those of us that internalize the thin ideal, through comparisons or through the media, we’re getting dangerously close to body dissatisfaction. This happened for me, this happened for Angie, this happened to almost every girl I talked to for this story: The world tells us to look a certain way, and we believe it. And once the seed is planted into our minds, the story begins.
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ed and under-diagnosed, both because of clients’ unwillingness to bring it up out of embarrassment and a lack of willingness to draw attention to the perceived flaw,” Elliott said. “Also because it may not be prominent in the minds of therapists, as they assess presenting issues.” The DSM-V will enable therapists and clinicians to better help those with body dysmorphic disorder. But a diagnosis only goes so far for Hwu and others like her; while Hwu has come a long way since she considered her body parts enemies, she knows that her struggle is far from over. “I know for the rest of my life, at least for the forseeable future, it will come in waves for me,” she said. “The difference is that a few years ago, that idea would have terrified me, but today I truly believe that I have the resources and strength I need to carry me through the more difficult times.”
Emma can be reached at wessmnn2@dailyillini.com.
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MARCH MOVIE MADNESS
BY DAN BERNSTEIN STAFF WRITER
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opeful supporters waited in the third-floor conference room, knowing the night was about more than dancing gophers, knuckle puck time or sacrificing chickens in the locker room. Nay, this was a chance to cement a legacy in sports movie history ... or at least within the hearts and minds of the sports section at central Illinois’ finest student newspaper. Hearts were broken when the selection committee released its results for The Daily Illini’s March Movie Madness. Of all the tear-churning
speeches, corny montages and game-winning improbabilities that usually seal games in big screen sports classics, the field was cut to 32. The resumes of notable snubs like “Happy Gilmore,” “Any Given Sunday,” “Rookie of the Year” and “Varsity Blues” were called into question. But after much banter, the panel moved on. As a wrinkly, old Al Pacino once taught us, we clawed for that inch. We looked each other in the eye with full hearts and realized great moments are born from great opportunity, and that’s what we had there that night. So we tipped off the first round, searching for a Cinderella that might shock the field, storm the court and make Northern Iowa tournament darling Ali Farokhmanesh proud.
The shoe finally fit in the West Region, specifically the San Fernando Valley, Calif., regional, where Danny “Danielson” LaRusso swept the leg of middleweight champion Jake La Motta, dispatching of the No. 2 seed in the bracket. Despite eight Academy Award nominations and two golden statues, the star power of “Raging Bull” was out-finessed by the meticulous coaching of Keisuke Miyagi, a Japanese immigrant known for his unorthodox training style in “The Karate Kid.” Somehow, quite shockingly, Martin Scorsese’s 1980 masterpiece starring Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci (shot artistically in black and white) fell to a movie about an old dude with no friends his age who convinces the neighbor kid to paint his fence for free.
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Word of Miyagi’s wax-onwax-off-infused upset spread to the Midwestern regional, where the Tazmanian Devil and the Toon Squad used a spit shine wax to handily topple “North Dallas Forty” (certainly an atlarge head scratcher by the committee). Quality childhood underdogs toppled acclaimed film favorites throughout the bracket. Against “The Sandlot,” “Pat and Mike” played ball like a girl. The childhood coming-of-age flick punched a near unanimous ticket to the second round, and sandlot team heartthrob “Squints” was seen making out with resident hotty Wendy Peffercorn after the game. But the day’s toughest firstround matchup came in the
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After Illinois wrestler Jesse Delgado defeated No. 2 Nico Megaludis of Penn State and No. 3 Matt McDonough of Iowa to capture the Big Ten title at 125-pounds, the hopes of a potential individual national champion increased among the Illini faithful at Assembly Hall. Delgado began this weekend’s Big Ten Tournament as the No. 3 seed and defeated Nebraska’s Eric Coufal by fall in 4 minutes, 10 seconds in his first match. He then defeated Purdue’s Camden Eppert by a 10-2 decision before capturing the semifinal match against Megaludis 4-2. Iowa’s McDonough awaited Delgado in the final and was looking for revenge after Delgado broke McDonough’s 42-match winning streak earlier in the season. Delgado was able to get on the board right away with an early takedown, giving him the 2-0 lead in the final match. He then recorded an escape and a takedown before McDonough escaped. After establishing the 5-1 lead after the first period, Delgado never looked back as he recorded two more takedowns and an escape to capture the 10-4 victory and the Big Ten 125-pound title. “It feels good but I just have to keep my eye on the prize and focus in on the one that matters,” Delgado said. “I have a great style for the way (McDonough) wrestles. I’m just a lot faster than he is and I get to his legs fairly easy.” The Illini finished fifth in the overall standings in the tournament with a total of 85.5 points, behind Ohio State (109.5), Iowa (133.5), Minnesota (139) and tournament champion Penn State (151).
After winning his first three matches, senior Conrad Polz found himself in the championship match against top-seeded David Taylor of Penn State. Taylor was able to record a late takedown in the first period, giving him the 2-0 lead heading into the second. After Taylor controlled the pace in the second period and collected over two minutes of riding time, he recorded three more takedowns in the third period and defeated Polz 9-1 to win the 165-pound title. Mario Gonzalez finished third for the Illini at 197 pounds, while Daryl Thomas and Jordan Blanton both finished fourth at 133 pounds and 174 pounds, respectively. Tony Dallago and Caleb Ervin also contributed to the Illini’s fifth-place finish with Dallago placing sixth at 184 pounds and Ervin finishing eighth at 149 pounds. “We competed pretty hard,” head coach Jim Heffernan said. “We let a few matches get away, which we can’t do in a couple weeks, but I was pretty pleased with our effort.” Heffernan was particularly pleased with Delgado’s effort. “He’s a special kid,” Heffernan said. “He will keep getting better, too. He’s been wrestling full matches and that’s why he’s the champ.” With the automatic bids earned this weekend, the Illini will send seven wrestlers to Des Moines, Iowa, to compete in the NCAA Championships. Delgado will compete at 125 pounds, Thomas at 133 pounds, Ervin at 149 pounds, Polz at 165 pounds, Blanton at 174 pounds, Dallago at 184 pounds and Mario Gonzalez at 197 pounds.
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Illinois' Jesse Delgado wrestles against Iowa's Matt McDonough during the Big Ten Wrestling Championships. Delgado won the 125-pound weight class at Assembly Hall on Sunday.
Illinois falls at Ohio State despite 21 points from Paul BY RUSTY MILLER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas shoots over Illinois' D.J. Richardson during Illinois’ 68-55 loss Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. With the loss, Illinois earned the No. 8 seed for the Big Ten Tournament and will play No. 9 seed Minnesota on Thursday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — First, No. 14 Ohio State won a game. Then, the Buckeyes watched a share of the Big Ten championship slip away. Hours after Ohio State beat Illinois 68-55 on Sunday behind Deshaun Thomas’ 19 points, the Buckeyes missed out on a piece of the conference title when No. 2 Indiana overcame a four-point deficit in the final minute to eke past No. 7 Michigan 72-71. The victory gave the Hoosiers their first outright Big Ten crown in two decades. Ohio State (23-7, 13-5) had to be content with a strong stretch run and a close second-place finish. Its string of conference titles ended at three in a row. “I like where we are now,” Buckeyes coach Thad Matta said after his team’s win. “With everything that’s transpired in college basketball, we won five straight games (to close the regular season). You hope this team finishes in the final poll in the top 10. We’ve done that a lot of times now, which is hard to do in college basketball.” Beyond that, the Buckeyes will get ready for the conference tournament this week in Chicago where they’ll be the No. 2 seed and play Friday night in the quarterfinals against the winner of seventh-seeded Purdue and 11thseeded Nebraska. Point guard Aaron Craft said the Buckeyes took care of their business and were resigned that their fate was in another team’s hands. “There’s no point worrying about something that we have no control over,” said Craft, who had 14 points
and six assists and, as usual, created havoc on defense for the Buckeyes in their win over Illinois. “Obviously, we would love for (a Michigan win) to happen. But if it doesn’t, it’s out of our hands. We did what we needed to do.” Three weeks ago Sunday, the thought of Ohio State even being included in the title talk was almost inconceivable. The Buckeyes were routed 71-49 at Wisconsin, a loss that knocked them two games behind the Big Ten leaders with just five left. More than that, it seemed like a psychological blow to a team that came home humiliated. “As I told them, a lot of people had this team dead to rights a month ago,” Matta said. “And they haven’t lost since then.” Just in the past five days, the Buckeyes played No. 2 Indiana, which only needed a win on its home court to clinch its first outright Big Ten title in two decades. Instead, the Buckeyes hung a 67-58 upset on the Hoosiers. Then on Sunday the Buckeyes took on an Illinois team that had manhandled them in early January, 74-55. “You look at what we had to do just in terms of this week, going to Bloomington and you ride the emotional high coming off (the win there),” Matta said. “Then you’re playing (an Illinois) team that was at one point in the top 10 in the country. From the standpoint of what these guys have been able to do, I couldn’t be prouder of them.” Thomas, the Big Ten’s leading scorer at 19.8 points a game, had another strong game while possibly playing his final home game for Ohio State. “We’ll think about that decision at
the end of the (NCAA) tournament,” said Thomas, a junior who almost left for the NBA draft a year ago. “Right now, there’s a lot more basketball left. I’m just going to enjoy my time and try to get to the Final Four.” The Buckeyes beat the Illini (21-11, 8-10) by overcoming a stalemate after the first 13 minutes, closing the half on a 12-2 run and then holding off any threats at the end. “The end of the first half, they made a run on us and got a nice little lead going into halftime,” said Brandon Paul, who led the Illini with 21 points. “That definitely boosted their confidence. Then we didn’t find ways to stop them down the stretch.” Illinois pulled as close as 51-44 on consecutive 3-pointers by Paul and Myke Henry. But then Craft, who has broken out of a subpar offensive season with several big scoring efforts, drove the lane and banked in a layup in traffic. After an Illini miss, Thomas fed Ravenel for a three-point play. Craft then rebounded at the other end and tossed in a 3 late in the shot clock and the lead was 15 with less than six minutes left. “It looks like from watching film they’re playing the best that they’ve played,” said first-year Illinois coach John Groce, a longtime assistant to Matta at Ohio State and former Ohio University head coach. “They’re getting contributions from a lot of guys. They’re starting to connect a little bit and play together.” The Illini will play ninth-seeded Minnesota on Thursday in the opening round of the conference tournament.
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Ricker replaces Bridge as offensive line coach BY SEAN HAMMOND STAFF WRITER
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Illinois’ Alina Weinstein, center, wipes her eye after being recognized as one of the seniors performing her last meet at Huff Hall on Sunday. Weinstein tied the school record when she scored 9.900 on her floor routine on senior night.
Gymnastics sweeps its 2-meet weekend Weinstein shines on senior day BY NICHOLAS FORTIN STAFF WRITER
Senior Alina Weinstein raised her hand to the judges for the last time at Huff Hall. The music started and off she went darting diagonally across the mat. Three tumbling passes and several leaps later, she finished her final floor routine, and the crowd went crazy. Her score of 9.975 was shown to the crowd, which instantly rose to its feet to give Weinstein a standing ovation. On a day when Illinois women’s gymnastics seniors were honored for their accomplishments, it seemed only fitting that Weinstein would add a few more to her list. She added three more individual event titles, including a school-record-tying floor routine. After competing in Missouri on Friday, the No. 19 Illini came home to a packed Huff Hall crowd for senior day Sunday, when it scored 196.300 points against Ball State and IllinoisChicago to give the team its second win on the weekend. “I think we did great,” Weinstein said. “It’s hard to compete two days in a row. I know we had a day off in between, but we don’t usually have two meets in a weekend. It’s great to be able to overcome our sore bodies and go out there and still put up a really good score, so I’m happy.” The Illini opened their weekend in Columbia, Mo., where a trio of all-around performers led Illinois to a 196.300-194.125 victory. The win was Illinois’ first dual road win of the season and the third time the team scored at
least 196 points. “I thought we did really well Weinstein led the Illini with as a team,” said Kantecki, who a 39.425 in the all-around and alongside Weinstein is the only was followed closely by junior senior to compete regularly. “We Amber See and freshman Gia- didn’t exactly start off as strong na O’Connor, who both scored as we would have liked to, but I 39.275. O’Connor, See and Wein- think that we really picked it up stein marked the first time since from there. The little mistakes 2011 that three Illinois gymnasts didn’t faze us, and we finished scored over 39.250 in the all- really strong.” around in the same meet. After a 49.050 on beam, “We talk a lot about team uni- the team ended its night and ty, togetherness, aggressive the seniors’ careers on floor. attack, and I See broke the thought our percareer-high she formance realtied against Missouri when she ly exemplified all those words,” posted a 9.950. head coach Kim Weinstein scored Landrus said. a 9.975, which Illinois had tied her school record. Saturday off After the meet before coming ended, the public home to Huff Hall for the final announcer introduced the four time this season, when the team seniors and their accomplishments honored Weinstein, Jaclyn Kanas they walked tecki, Elise Gill onto the floor one and Macy Hyatt final time with for their contritheir parents. JACLYN KANTECKI, “Oh gosh, it butions to the senior gymnast team. was amazing,” The Illini endWeinstein said. ed the senior “You never realnight meet the same way they did ly realize when it’s going to be against Missouri, with a 196.300 over until it gets there and then and another first-place finish, it’s over. It’s always so much fun this time against Ball State and to compete at Huff Hall, so I’ll UIC, which scored 193.500 and miss it, but I put my heart out 192.625, respectively. there, and it was awesome.” “It was nice to go out on a high See shared her feelings as an note,” Kantecki said. “I cherished upcoming senior. every moment with my team, and “It definitely makes me think it was just special to be here.” of my future as a senior,” See Illinois started the meet on said. “It’s gonna be us next year, vault, the only event of the day and the time has just gone by so where it didn’t score higher quickly. I’m really proud of each than 49. Weinstein and See, who individual senior, they’ve done a scored 9.875 and 9.850, respec- great job in their careers as role tively, led the Illini. models and as gymnasts, and it From there the team moved to means a lot to honor and support bars, where a 9.900 from sopho- them.” more Sunny Kato won her an individual event title and helped the Nick can be reached at goldwyn2@ team score a 49.100. dailyillini.com @IlliniSportsGuy.
“We didn’t exactly start off as strong as we would have liked to, but I think that we really picked it up from there.”
Following the unexpected departure of Jim Bridge, the Illinois football team’s offensive line coach, on Tuesday, head coach Tim Beckman wasted no time filling the vacant position, hiring former Western Michigan offensive line coach A.J. Ricker. Bridge spent just over one month on the Illinois coaching staff and left for Purdue the same day the Illini opened spring practice. Ricker spent two years at Western Michigan under former Broncos head coach and current Illinois offensive coordinator Bill Cubit. Ricker was an all-Big 12 center at Missouri, where he started 47 straight games from 2000-03. Ricker is a no-nonsense guy on the field. He and the rest of the Illini took to Zuppke Field at Memorial Stadium on Saturday for the first time since the season ended in November, having been forced indoors for the first two spring practices because of last week’s snowfall. Ricker was vocal with his players from the get-go. “I get after them pretty good,” Ricker said. “I’ll be the first one to let them know how I feel, but I’ll also put my arm around them and let them know that I’m here for them. But I coach them hard and I want to make it as hard as possible so on Saturdays it’s easier.” Saturday’s practice was open to the public, and the Illini
hosted around 100 high school juniors, Beckman said.
New perspective Senior Steve Hull’s switch from safety to wide receiver comes with an added bonus: fewer collisions. After missing much of the season with recurring shoulder injuries, Hull said his shoulder feels fine. “Steve Hull is an exceptional leader,” Beckman said. “Not having him on the football field defensively definitely affected us. We’ve got to keep him healthy.” Hull played wide receiver in high school but brings three years of experience on the defensive side of the ball. He said being able to read the defense as well as he can gives him an advantage when making route adjustments. Cubit has been throwing a lot of information at the Illini as he implements his offensive system, and Hull said he has not had any trouble adjusting to the schemes. He and quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase have spent a lot of time after practice working on routes and on-field chemistry.
Finding leadership With every coaching change comes a change in culture. But it’s safe to say Beckman’s first season at the helm was a step backward. Scheelhaase said the
issues in 2012 weren’t just onfield problems. “I don’t think we led well, and I hold myself responsible for that,” Scheelhaase said. “Obviously as a senior, you don’t want that to be the mark you leave — that you lacked leadership. It’s been a huge focus, bigger than any X’s or O’s, bench press or squat.” Scheelhaase said if you start leading in the fall, it’s too late. He said the Illini have been trying to establish a winning mind-set in the winter, spring and summer as well. Scheelhaase said he meets with the team’s “leadership group,” a collection of about 20 players, once a week to discuss ways to keep the team’s mentality positive. The large number of coaching changes throws a changeup at the team, but Scheelhaase said the team is unfazed. “It’s college football. It’s not unique to Illinois. It’s not unique to the Big Ten,” Scheelhaase said. “My mom was telling me that out of the 20 schools that offered me, I don’t think any schools have the same offensive coordinator and quarterback coach as it was when I was being recruited.” Barring any unforeseen surprises, the addition of Ricker should be the end of the Illinois coaching carousel.
Sean can be reached at sphammo2@ dailyillini.com and @sean_hammond.
Men’s gymnastics wins meet using new format for 1st time Illinois defeats Minnesota 21-9 in head-to-head format BY GINA MUELLER STAFF WRITER
History was made. The Illinois men’s gymnastics competed with a head-to-head format for the first time on Friday night. Illinois head coach Justin Spring proposed the new format last April to the NCAA, which would drastically change the face of men’s college gymnastics after 100 years. “This is (assistant coach) Daniel Ribeiro’s and my idea of how to revolutionize men’s gymnastics for the better, making it a more fan friendly, understandable format,” Spring said. “We made it into more of a team competition by eliminating the individual scores on each individual apparatus and making it more about beating your opponent.” As the fans entered Huff Hall, they were given an orange miniflag to signal when they thought Illinois should win the matchup. The atmosphere of the crowd was more united than it has ever been, cheering for each individual Illini’s routine. “Toward the beginning of the meet, there was excitement,” senior Vince Smurro said. “When he announced, ‘Point Illinois,’ the crowd erupted. I could see if it was a real competition in that format and that is how the rest of the meets for the season are. I could see everyone being excited and winning a
point would become a huge deal. I think the crowd realized that and they did a great job.” After three rotations, the Illini had a large lead but were heading into their hardest event — the vault. Struggling on the vault all season, Illinois swept the event, winning all five matchups. The Illini took the top-three event titles, with freshman Fred Hartville earning the crown. “That was the ‘wow’ moment for my guys and me,” Spring said. “The way they stepped up on vault, landing dismounts. Penn State, I was just happy we had five vaults on our feet. (Friday), we put all five vaults on our feet and the landings were much tighter and much cleaner. We really put the pressure on Minnesota.” One of the biggest differences with the new match-play format is there are no set lineups. Five gymnasts are chosen to compete on the event, but no specific order is required. The coaches use strategy to put up their bestmatched gymnasts. “For me personally, I liked to get mentally prepared,” Smurro said. “If I know I’m going fourth in lineup, for the first two people I have my pants on and my jacket on, staying warm. The third person, I’ll take my pants off and start warming up my legs and then I’m ready to go. Here,
you have to really stay mentally focused throughout the entire rotation, which is difficult because you aren’t use to it.” Illinois sealed the win on the last parallel bars routine, finishing with a 16-9 score. After victory was announced, the men still competed on high bar for the team score and national rankings. The crowd died down during the high bar performances and the energy fizzled out, but Illinois needed to show a strong performance. “We knew our score was going to be important for the rankings, and because high bar is our weakest event, it was absolutely crucial that we did everything we could to get a high score,” senior Yoshi Mori said. “It was good because we were able to use it more like a practice meet.” Though the trial meet ran successfully, there are a lot of apparent kinks that need to be worked out. Spring said he plans to take necessary steps to push the head-to-head format forward, with the goal of creating a larger fan base for men’s gymnastics. “Changing a sports system is not something that can be done overnight,” Spring said. “There is a lot of reworking and analyzing that needs to be done still. We will spend months doing it, but I look forward to it. “This is a step in the right direction.”
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Illinois is 1 of 4 Big Ten teams on the bubble for NCAA tournament BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER
With Selection Monday a week away, the Illinois women’s basketball team must wait. The Illini, once considered as high as a No. 9 seed in the NCAA tournament, added another bad loss to its resume Thursday, clouding Illinois’ once-bright tournament hopes. Thursday’s upset in the Big Ten Tournament at the hands of Wisconsin added to Illinois’ recent woes. Since a 60-53 home win over the Badgers on Feb. 18, the Illini have lost four of their last five games, including three straight. The late slide could come back to haunt the Illini, who are competing with three other conference teams for a bid to the Big Dance. The Big Ten received seven bids to the tournament last season, and the conference improved from No. 6 in the RPI to No. 2. The Big Ten will likely receive seven bids again. Assuming the selection com-
mittee chooses seven Big Ten teams, the Illini will battle Iowa, Ohio State and Minnesota for the final two spots after Penn State, Nebraska, Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan have locked up tournament bids. Illinois touts wins over the other three Big Ten bubble teams, though the Buckeyes beat the Illini on Feb. 28. Illinois also finished ahead of all three in the conference’s final standings. “For us to finish tied for fifth in the RPI, tied for fifth in the conference, to me, we should be in because of quality wins,� head coach Matt Bollant said. The quality wins Bollant speaks of — against then-No. 6 Georgia, then-No. 24 Iowa and Nebraska — were all in late December or January. The selection committee, however, is likely to look at the team’s full body of work, which would include Illinois’ late-season slide. The full body of work would also include Illinois’ 7-6 nonconference record, wh ich includes
bad losses to Illinois State and Bradley, though those losses came without senior guard Adrienne GodBold in the lineup because of academic ineligibility. Bollant, whose squad has gone 10-8 since the senior’s return, said he has made sure the committee knows the Illini are a different team with GodBold. Looking at the full body of work, espnW bracketologist Charlie Creme currently has Illinois on the outside looking in of the tournament. If Illinois were to make the tournament, it would be the first time since 2003. Illinois last made the WNIT in 2010. Though the team must wait for a final postseason decision, it knows it will play another game, whether it be in the NCAA tournament or the WNIT. “I don’t make those decisions,� Bollant said. “(I need to) have our team ready for the postseason.�
Johnathan can be reached at hetting2@ dailyillini.com and @jhett93.
Comparing resumes The Illinois women’s basketball team is among four Big Ten women’s basketball teams on the bubble. Here’s how Illinois’ resume stacks up with its conference foes:
Illinois (16-13, 9-7 Big Ten) (t-5th Big Ten)
Ohio State (18-13, 7-9) (t-8th)
RPI: 82 SOS: 41 Last five games: 1-4
RPI: 58 SOS: 36 Last five games: 4-1
Key Wins: then-No. 6 Georgia, then-No. 24 Iowa and Nebraska
Key Wins: Michigan State, at Illinois, Minnesota (neutral court), Wisconsin
Key Losses: Wisconsin (neutral court), Northwestern and Bradley
Key Losses: At Wisconsin
Iowa (20-12, 8-8) (7th) RPI: 39
Minnesota (18-13, 7-9) (t-8th) RPI: 83
SOS: 22 Last five games: 3-2
SOS: 46 Last five games: 3-2
Key Wins: Penn State, at Ohio State, Villanova
Key Wins: At Purdue, Purdue, Iowa State Key Losses: FIU, Northwestern
Key Losses: Richmond (neutral court), Virginia, Northwestern
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Wisconsin forward Jacki Gulczynski, blocks a shot by Illinois guard Adrienne GodBold during the Big Ten tournament in Hoffman Estates, Ill., on Thursday. Wisconsin won 58-57, casting doubt on Illinois’ NCAA tournament chances.
Late-game heroics key to baseball’s road sweep BY JAMAL COLLIER STAFF WRITER
Anthony Milazzo and Rob McDonnell lost their voices after spending the weekend yelling and cheering while banging on the dugout fence. The two Ilini pitchers had good reason to be excited, as Illinois (10-4) earned a three-game sweep of Baylor (7-8) in dramatic fashion — a ninth-inning comeback and an 11-inning game. The Illini have now won nine of their last 10 games, the first time Illinois has swept a nonconference opponent on the road since it won three straight at South Florida in 2006. “I think it’s a sign of a team that has the ability to be a good team,� head coach Dan Hartleb said, “when you’re playing those tough games against good competition, doing things that it takes to win.� Illinois comeback in the ninth
inning of Friday’s game was engineered by sophomores Will Krug and Michael Hurwitz, who hit his first career home run earlier in the game. Both walked to start the inning and advanced on a wild pitch. Then Krug scoredo off Justin Parr’s grounder, and Hurwitz scored on a single by David Kerian. Illinois won 4-3. As Game One of Saturday’s doubleheader reached the ninth inning tied, Hartleb told freshman Ryan Nagle to be ready to pinch hit but didn’t use him. Hartleb told Nagle to get ready to pinch hit again in the 10th inning but again he didn’t use him. And then in the 11th he told him once again to be ready to pinch hit. “I think he thought I was crazy, kept telling him to ‘get loose, get loose,’� Hartleb said. “By the third time, he probably thought I was jerking his chain.� He wasn’t, and with runners on first and second, the freshman
got the biggest hit of his Illini career, a single to drive home the game-winning run, as the Illini won 5-4 in 11. Game Two of the doubleheader seemed almost anticlimactic because the Illini scored two runs in the first before sophomore John Kravetz took over. He had a shutout going into the ninth inning before hitting the first two batters, which he admitted was because of fatigue. The Illini went on to win 6-1. “It’s really fun because all of them were great team wins,� Krug said. “Everyone contributed at some point, and one of the best parts is we don’t think we were even at our full capability.� Illinois is 9-1 since Krug was inserted into the leadoff spot. He led Illinois this weekend at the plate, going 7-for-13, scoring five runs and hitting two doubles. Illinois’ pitching staff dominated Baylor’s hitters, combin-
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ing for a 1.86 ERA and holding Baylor to a .176 average. During Saturday’s doubleheader, Baylor was held scoreless for a span of 15 2/3 innings from Game One to Game Two. The Illini relievers didn’t give up an earned run all series, with only three hits in 9 2/3 innings of relief. The way Illinois swept Baylor was important for the Illini. Three of Illinois’ four losses this season have been in one-run games, so winning back-to-back tight games is just what Hartleb wanted to see from his team. “I think it shows a little bit of a maturing process, and it shows that we can play composed under pressure,� Harlteb said. “We did that several years ago. We had that drive, desire and never quit attitude, and it’s good to see that out of this team.�
Jamal can be reached at collie10@ dailyillini.com and @JamalCollier.
South Region, where “D2: The Mighty Ducks� defeated “Caddyshack� on a buzzer-beatingtriple-deke layup (probably a travel, but the refs held their whistles). Things got heated. On the one hand, you have one of the greatest and most quotable sports comedies of all time. You’ve got Bill Murray at his finest (“So we finish the 18th and he’s going to stiff me. And I say, ‘Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know?’�), Chevy Chase as a zen master golfer, Rodney Dangerfield essentially working his standup routine the entire movie and the perfect sports villain in the judge. Even as a No. 5 seed, “Caddyshack� appeared primed for at least an Elite Eight run. “Rocky� held the No. 1 seed in the same region, a defeatable opponent given its superior
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