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Sarah Halpern, a member of the Common Ground Co-op, sits in the cooking classroom. The co-op is hosting a series of cooking classes, which aim to reach all community members of the Champaign-Urbana area.

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Past the conveyer belt counters and checkout lines at Common Ground Food Cooperative is a cooking classroom decorated with a vegetable print rug, a rainbow of mismatched chairs and an empty glass case covered with blue plastic hanging on the wall. By May 23, the plastic will come down and the glass case will be transformed into a gallery to showcase local artwork. The project is funded in part by a $5,000 Urbana Arts Grant, given by the city in collabora-

Common Grounds offers variety of classes The Common Grounds Flatlander Classroom offers a variety of classes each month on topics from healthy eating and cooking to brewing your own beer. Introduction to Homebrewing: Jared Lofrano leads a class on how to brew beer in your own kitchen. Attendees also sample beers brewed through different techniques. Cooking Healthy on a Budget: This class is a part of the Food for All program and is free to the public once a month. Participants

all these classes, (the deciding jury) saw it as a way for the arts to have a wide impact on people who may not go out looking for an art exhibit,” she said. “It’s an opportunity for people to see artwork in a unique context.” Many customers use the classroom to attend classes on healthy and affordable eating, or to eat food from the cafe inside the store. Angie Wolske, a Champaign resident, frequents the classroom to check emails during the day between appointments. “The art makes me feel good,” she said. “Before, there were prairie scenes covering the whole wall sketched receive tips on how to make meals in pencil, and they were realfor $1.25-2.00 a serving. ly cool to look at.” Wolske is one of more than Common Ground Story Time: This 4,700 community members to is a free class for children and offers share equity in the food coopa story, activity and organic snack. erative and receive discounted prices on classes and food What Does it Mean to be Glutenitems. Free?: Isabel Ivanova Neacato “I feel like I’ve made a shows participants how to adapt relationship with the people their diet towards gluten-free here,” she said. “They care substitutes in baking and cooking. about the products, and I want to support them with the Natural Remedies for Pets: Penny classes they provide.” Watkins-Zdrojewski, Animal Although the grant only Wellness Counselor, teaches covers a little less than half of how to use dietary supplements the total cost to implement the and household items to treat project, Maya Bauer, educaminor wounds, sore muscles and tion coordinator of Common diabetes for pets. Ground, said the organization couldn’t have afforded

tion with the Urbana Business Association, which provided $1,000 of the grant. Out of 57 applications, the city of Urbana distributed a total of $49,500 to Common Ground and 22 other artistic individuals and organizations.. Christina McClelland, Urbana public arts coordinator, said the money for the grant comes from the Tax Increment Funds in Urbana districts one and two and contributes to the economic development of the city by adding to the quality of life in Urbana. “Because they will be having

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Former Assistant City Manager Dorothy David assumed her position as the new Champaign city manager Saturday, the first to be appointed in 28 years, as well as Champaign’s first female city manager. David became Champaign’s Neighborhood Services Director in 1994 and was promoted to assistant city manager in 2007, under former City Manager Steve Carter, before taking over as the new city manager. She said the transition was not difficult because she is still working with the same group of people. “I love this community,” she said. “Working with the people that I work with who are great professionals, who are committed to public service, makes the job easy.” As city manager, David will be in charge of Champaign’s

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to promote and advance women in government. Since 1980, the percentage of women in government positions has been low, and the group is working to increase this total, she said. “I bring all of my strengths and trades and perspectives to the office, and I always have,” David said. “I think diversity from all angles is really important.” David said she will be cooperating with other governmental organizations, including the city of Urbana, Champaign county and the Village of Savoy, on economic development and transportation systems. “There is no way to do local government, particularly in the community like ChampaignUrbana, without having strong intergovernmental relationships,” David said. While managing administration is one of the city man-

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Half of all undergraduates receive gift assistance as part of their financial aid The Office of Financial Aid aids 72 percent of undergraduate University students in paying for college by giving them some form of financial aid. The grand total of financial aid offered to undergraduates in the 2011-12 academic year was equal to $383,525,962.

Given to individual artists: Here & Now: $5,675 Envision 365: $8,575 Given to groups and businesses: Creative Mix: $18,550 Urbana Festivals: $16,700

the project without help from the city. “Our owners have indicated that art and the community is really important to them,” she said. “Some of our goals include being the center of a vibrant new community. For us, public art viewership is really important to that.”

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ager’s responsibilities, Mayor Don Gerard and the city council decide on the city’s priorities and visions. The city manager is then responsible for implementing these goals. David said she is looking forward to working on several developmental construction projects in downtown Champaign and on campus. “Every day there’s a new challenge,” David said. “I may think I know exactly what I’m (going to) do today, but what we’re (going to) do today is work on whatever issues present themselves in the community.”

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Many high-achieving high school students are not applying to the nation’s most competitive universities, according to a recent Brookings Institute study. The study shows that many high-achieving, low-income students apply to local schools with lower sticker prices, rather than more expensive, prestigious universities. However, students who do attend the competitive schools end up paying less for their education because of financial aid benefits, accord-

ing to the study. The study names two types of high-achieving, low-income students: achievement-typical and income-typical. The achievement-typical students apply to colleges similar to those a highincome, high-achieving student would apply to, while incometypical students apply to colleges similar to those their lowerachieving peers apply to. Many of the income-typical students who do not apply to the more competitive institutions are unaware of the financial aid

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Two University students were each charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with an intent to deliver on school grounds. The charge was issued at a 1:30 p.m. bond hearing at the Champaign County Courthouse after the students were arrested on multiple drug charges. Nineteen-year-old Dalton Lukasik and 20-year-old Robert White were arrested on the charges of delivery of cannabis 30-500 grams and possession of a controlled substance. They were arrested at 7:45 p.m. Monday at the Phi Kappa Psi

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fraternity house, 911 S. Fourth St., where they are roommates. University Police detective Thomas Geis said the narcotics and street crimes units, along with assistance from the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office, served a search warrant, during which they located about 250 grams of cannabis, about 4.5 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, a digital scale, packaging materials and a little more than $2,500. Bond was set at $5,000 for each of the students. Their next appearance in court will be May 7, where both students will submit their pleas.

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ISS committee passes Illini Media Company student fee BY LIZ AMANIEH STAFF WRITER

The Student Affairs’ Student Fee Advisory Committee has amended and passed the Illini Media Company fee, which Illinois Student Senate will vote on at its Wednesday meeting. The $1.85-per-semester student fee serves to support The Daily Illini parent company’s general operations. The referendum was originally passed in Spring 2012 and has been in review since. The resolution, sponsored by senator Jim Maskeri, senior in LAS, amends Maskeri’s initial work with the Illini Media Company fee. “We want to make sure that the student body has the ability to vote on whether or not to review that (fee) at least every two years,” Maskeri said. “We want the Student Fee Advisory Committee to scrutinize and look at the fee and what it has been used to support in depth at least once every two years, as well.” The Student Fee Advisory Committee met last semester and issued a recommendation that the IMC receive a $1.85 fee per student per semester. The student senate supported a stipulation requiring the IMC to release its budget for public review on a

regular basis. Another studentsenate-supported stipulation, imposed by the advisory committee, said for the IMC to receive its fee, two voting students need to be appointed to the Illini Media’s Board of Directors. Illini Media would also be required to display information noting student fees support the company on its website. Because a student-initiated fee for a non-University-affiliated unit has never been asked through a referendum or implemented, no procedures on how the specific renewal process of such fee components are set. Committee members say it is important for the student body to have the ability to regularly and directly re-evaluate its fiscal relationship with bodies that are not directly affiliated with the University, referring to Illini Media. “The other components of the student-initiated fee are different than the Illini Media Company fee,” Maskeri said. “The Illini Media Company fee is essentially a subsidy for an entity which is not part of the University, whereas the Krannert (Center for Performing Arts) fee goes specifically towards Krannert ... We don’t have as much direct control (over the IMC fee)

because it is a subsidy for an outside entity.” ISS will vote on whether to petition the Urbana-Champaign Senate’s Conference on Conduct Governance and the Office of the Chancellor to amend the language of the Student Code under the Illini Media fee. The description will read: “A fee to support the operations of Illini Media, a non-profit company. This fee shall be reviewed by the Student Body via student referendum every two years.” This resolution would change the initial review via student referendum from four years to two years. “We want to make sure that the student body has the ability to evaluate how their student fee money is going to be spent, at least in that particular component, more often than the other components because in the other components, there are other avenues for students to influence how their fee money is going to be spent,” Maskeri said. “You don’t have that avenue to influence policy or influence how your student fee money is going to be spent specifically.”

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ISS names Bolden new student body president BY LIZ AMANIEH STAFF WRITER

The Illinois Student Senate elected Damani Bolden, junior in ACES, to the position of student body president at its executive board elections Tuesday night. Bolden plans to change the culture of the senate with a vision of a more inclusive, transparent senate. “I think one of our main goals should be changing the culture of senate,” Bolden said. “We need to create a culture of learning, and that is why I think it is imperative that we partner with the Illinois Leadership Center to give senators the tools necessary to be leaders.” Along with creating a bettertrained senate, Bolden believes in streamlining the committee process. This includes a faster organization of committee selection, as well as a better integration of women in committees. One of Bolden’s initiatives to make the senate more inclusive is to reserve two spots on each committee for freshman senators, which will be filled in the fall. The senate also elected Jenny Baldwin, junior in LAS, to the

position of vice president-internal. Baldwin previously served as vice president-external. Baldwin expressed the need for a more structured senate environment. “I would really like to make senate more efficient in any way we can,” Baldwin said. “It always takes up minutes, hours sometimes, because of procedural problems. Anything that’s going to make our senate more efficient at the meetings is my big goal.” Another goal of Baldwin’s includes committee work. “I want to make the committees way more approachable,” Baldwin said. “I am going to closely watch the committees and improve where we can and make senate more functional at the meetings.” The senate elected Timmy Knudsen, graduate student, as vice president-external. Knudsen said he would like to focus on integrating better communication between the media and the senate. “I just want them to know, from a student senate perspective, what went down in the meeting so that they get the com-

pletely full story,” Knudsen said. Registered student organization outreach is another focus for Knudsen. “I am really excited to reach out to leaders of the RSOs on campus and get them more involved in the Student Senate in the basis of committees and lobbying for resolutions and hopefully one day running for senator,” Knudsen said. “I think outreach is very important, especially for the Illinois Student Senate because it has had its trouble with not including everyone in the past. We are going to change that, I’m excited.” Current Student Body President Brock Gebhardt shared his reaction to the election results. “I am pleased with the outcome of these elections and I have the utmost faith that Damani will serve the student body with integrity and a strong vision for student development,” Gebhardt said. These newly elected executive members will serve in their newly appointed positions in the fall.

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UN approves treaty regulating global arms trade BY EDITH M. LEDERER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U N I T ED NAT IONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Tuesday, after a more than decade-long campaign to keep weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists, warlords, organized crime figures and human rights violators. Loud cheers erupted in the assembly chamber as the electronic board flashed the final vote: 154 in favor, 3 against and 23 abstentions. “This is a victory for the world’s people,” U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon said. “The Arms Trade Treaty will make it more difficult for deadly weapons to be diverted into the illicit market. ... It will be a powerful new tool in our efforts to prevent grave human rights abuses or violations of

international humanitarian law.” The United States, the world’s biggest arms exporter, voted yes. Iran, North Korea and Syria — all facing arms embargoes — cast the only no votes. They argued, among other things, that the agreement favors major arms suppliers like the U.S. over importers that need weapons for self-defense. Russia and China, which are also major arms exporters, abstained along with India and Indonesia, while nuclear-armed Pakistan voted in favor. Many Arab countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Qatar, abstained, while Lebanon voted yes. Never before has there been a treaty regulating the global arms trade, which is estimated to be worth $60 billion today and which Amnesty International predicts will exceed $100 billion in the next four years. What impact the treaty will actually have remains to be seen.

It will take effect 90 days after 50 countries ratify it, and a lot will depend on which ones ratify and which ones don’t, and how stringently it is implemented. As for its chances of being ratified by the U.S., the powerful National Rifle Association has vehemently opposed it, and it is likely to face stiff resistance from conservatives in the Senate, where it needs two-thirds to win ratification. Secretary of State John Kerry called it a “strong, effective and implementable” treaty and stressed that it applies only to international deals and “reaffirms the sovereign right of any state to regulate arms within its territory.” The treaty prohibits countries that ratify it from exporting conventional weapons if they violate arms embargoes, or if they promote acts of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes, or if they could be used in attacks against civilians or schools and hospitals.

JACQUELYN MARTIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, gestures during a news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se, at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday.

Kerry warns North Korea to end reckless rhetoric, actions BY JOSH LEDERMAN AND MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday warned North Korea to halt a recent spate of rhetoric and actions, calling them provocative, dangerous and reckless. He also vowed that the United States would defend itself and its allies South Korea and Japan from North Korean threats. Kerry’s comments came after North Korea ratcheted up an almost daily string of threats toward the three nations with an announcement that it would revive a long-dormant nuclear reactor and ramp up production of atomic weapons material. Speaking to reporters at a joint news conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, Kerry said the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK, knows the U.S. is prepared and capable of defending itself and its allies. “The bottom line, very simply, is that what Kim Jong-Un has been choosing to do is provocative, it is dangerous, reckless, and the United States will not accept the DPRK as a nuclear state,” Kerry said, referring to North Korea’s young new leader. A North Korean official said the country would quickly begin

ECONOMIC FROM PAGE 1A benefits offered by the highertier universities, according to the study. The Office of Financial Aid and University Admissions have been working to make prospective students aware of the University’s financial aid. “There is a really broad effort to connect with high schoolers, high school guidance counselors and, more importantly, with students to help make them aware of the financial aid process,“ said Daniel Mann, director of financial aid. The University has started working with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, which also tries to help inform low-income students of the benefits offered by financial aid. The organization holds FAFSA workshops to help students learn about financial aid and distributes need-based Monetary Award Program grants, which gave 6,689 University students more than $27 million during the 2011-12 academic year. One of the benefits the University offers is the Illinois Promise program, which guarantees that high-achieving instate students, whose family

“readjusting and restarting” the facilities at its main Nyongbyon nuclear complex, including the plutonium reactor and a uranium enrichment plant. It had been shuttered as part of international nuclear disarmament talks in 2007 that have since stalled. Kerry said such an act would be “a direct violation” of North Korea’s international commitments and a “very serious step.” “It would be a provocative act and completely contrary to the road we have traveled for all these years,” he said. Still, both Kerry and his South Korean counterpart said the door remained open for North Korea to return to multi-national nuclear disarmament talks. Yun said those talks remain a “useful tool” for getting North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, although he conceded it would be a very difficult task. “We should continue these efforts,” he said. “If North Korea decides to give up its nuclear ambitions and to become a member of the international community, we are prepared to resume talks” for peace on the Korean Peninsula, he said. Yun said South Korean President Park Geun-hye is open

to building a trusting relationship with North Korea but that Seoul would respond to provocations from Pyongyang. It was critical that the U.S. and South Korea continue to enhance their defense capabilities, he said. The White House said President Barack Obama’s entire national security team was focused on North Korea, although some U.S. officials did cast doubt on whether North Korea would follow through on its threat to restart the reactor, portraying the latest threat as part of a pattern of antagonistic taunts that, so far, have not been backed up by action. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said that development would be “extremely alarming” but added: “There’s a long way to go between a stated intention and actually being able to pull it off.” Still, the Pentagon suggested the administration is concerned about the prospect for further escalation of tensions and it has made a conspicuous display of firepower in recent weeks, sending B-52 and B-2 bombers on practice runs over South Korea, as well as deploying F-22 stealth fighters and repositioning a missile-defense ship off the Korean coast.

income is at or below the poverty line and whose assets total less than $50,000, do not have to pay out-of-pocket tuition expenses. During the 2011-12 academic year, 640 University students received the program’s benefits. About 77 percent of the program’s students are from Cook County, the state’s largest urban area. However, many incometypical students live in rural areas, where high schools are less likely to have the resources to inform students about the benefits of more competitive institutions, according to the study. These students are also less likely to receive financial aid information from University officials, who opt to visit larger high schools, according to Stacey Kostell, director of Undergraduate Admissions. The University has taken action to financially support all students, including those above the poverty line. University financial aid allows 47 percent of students to pay less than the full price of tuition, and 14 percent of students pay no out-of-pocket expenses, according to the Office of Planning and Budgeting. Overall, University undergraduates received $174,094,687 in aid that does not have to be repaid for the 2011-12 academic year.

Mann said tuition price has been increasing, but the Office of Financial Aid has been largely able to combat the higher costs. “We have been keeping up with the (tuition) increases, but we have not been able to (cut into) the bigger unmet-need pot of the University,” he said. Mann said the University has been able to keep financial aid increasing without monetary increases from the state and with decreases from the federal government. But Kostell said the high price of the University is still unrealistic for some students. “There is a financial aid gap here, and I think we do our best in the financial aid office to try to find a way for students to be able to afford an education,” she said. “But for some families, we might not be an affordable option.” She said the University has tried to show prospective students that the high cost is manageable for most. “Certainly for a public school we are expensive,” Kostell said. “We’ve done the best we can to still reach out to students and let them know that they should consider us.”

Johnathan can be reached at hetting2 @dailyillini.com.

Phi Kappa Phi Announces Spring 2013 Initiates Initiation Held April 3, 2013 at the ACES Library and Alumni Center Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline honor society. Standards for election are extremely high. Membership is by invitation only to the top 7.5 percent of second-semester juniors and the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students. Because Phi Kappa Phi is highly selective, membership is a stamp of excellence that is recognized by graduate and professional school admissions committees and employers alike. Congratulations, Initiates!

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UI should show off occupied Nugent rooms for tours

rospective students who visit the University of Illinois for campus tours are shown two possible University Housing residence halls: Illinois Street Residence Hall and Forbes Hall, the latter of the two being in the Stanley O. Ikenberry Commons. Luckily, Forbes, one of the worst rated dorms in the country, is scheduled to be torn down this summer, as part of the 14-year plan to replace the “Six Pack” and the Taft-Van Doren halls. Currently, University Housing is deciding what showing room will replace Forbes in the Ikenberry Commons for tours. University Housing is particularly appealing to prospective students because it’s cheaper than private certified housing and offers more of a dorm-like atmosphere where students can make friends and participate in various hall activities. Prospective students may largely base their college choices off the kind of housing available to them more or less because incoming freshmen are required to live in either University or private certified housing for their first year. We believe a room in Nugent Hall, one of the newest residence halls on campus, should be the replacement. It only makes sense to have the most updated, furnished and accommodating buildings and rooms shown on tours. If the University wants to attract the best students, it needs to present those students with the best available accommodations. Additionally, Nugent is part of the Beckwith Residential Support Services, which provides living support to residents with physical disabilities. Because the University’s Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services is one of the best in the nation, it’s only logical to show this facility off, especially to students with disabilities who can benefit from these room accommodations. Further, University Housing could allow rooms to be shown that have current students living in them. The rooms in use now are empty sample rooms and do not offer the homey feeling that a lived-in room would. Currently, all but one private certified housing residence hall, Illini Tower, offers tours with rooms that have students living in them. The University should follow the suit of private certified housing, as the majority of incoming freshmen choose to live in University Housing. While it may be easier to reserve an empty room that is always ready to show prospective students, it would be worth the effort to arrange times with current students that their rooms be shown. Even if the room is slightly messy, or has the lingering scent of latenight popcorn escapades, it would have a better, more realistic effect than a drab sample room would. The move away from home is very intimidating to many prospective students, and University Housing can help ease that fear by displaying a quality, lived-in room. The University needs to reconsider if showing rooms at ISR and Forbes will attract not only prospective students, but their parents who typically are the ones paying for housing. The University has exemplified that they are not entirely willing to accommodate to show rooms that are newer, more improved and more attractive. If the University wants to be more representative of the direction they are taking the state of residence halls toward, then they will surely consider Nugent as its new showing room.

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‘Budget expert’ Ryan a cause for worry ADAM SMITH Opinions columnist

rees and flowers are beginning to bloom anew. Hunters and Timberlands are being shelved in favor of Top-Siders and sneakers. And, this past weekend, students were ecstatic to experience the year’s first weekend of 50-plus degree weather. These occurrences can only point to one thing: It’s budget season — the annual political free-for-all that is the drafting of, debate about and voting on the budget resolutions composed by the White House and each major congressional caucus. Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Not really. But it provides yet another opportunity to delve into — with the utmost scrutiny — the nonsensical, ignorant and cruel Republican worldview and economic ideology. For the past three years, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin — former running mate of Mitt “Mittens” Romney — has been charged with formulating the GOP’s annual budget. He’s been lauded by the press as a “budget expert” and “policy wonk,” which would be appropriate descriptors if he actually knew how to do math. Remember how Mitt and Paul, if elected, were going to cut taxes but magically raise tax revenue, without specifying the mechanisms by which they’d do so? Well, besides a vague promise to “close loopholes,” but that means absolutely nothing because rich people and corporations love loopholes too much for Republicans to touch them. That’s pretty much the gist of the newest edition of the so-called Path to Prosperity, the 2014 GOP budget resolution, which passed the House by a party-line vote on March 21. It’s built on nothing.

Let’s take a look at its nothingness. The budget slashes, cuts and decapitates the social safety net with the ruthlessness of Jason Voorhees. The Path to Prosperity would eliminate the Affordable Care Act, the landmark health care reform bill that expanded Americans’ access to health insurance to a nearuniversal level. Ryan and the right wing of the Republican Party (which pretty much means every member of the Republican Party nowadays) also intend to turn Medicare into a voucher system for everyone born after 1959, despite strong opposition from the public. That system would send seniors lump-sum payments that they could use towards either Medicare or a private insurance provider, rather than allowing them to enroll in the efficient and effective traditional fee-for-service program. But these payments wouldn’t automatically adjust for inflation and increases in health care costs and would eventually leave seniors priced out of the market. He would cut Medicaid, the government-run health care system for the poor and disabled, by $757 billion over the next 10 years, and other welfare programs would be slashed by nearly a trillion dollars. Worst of all — for students, at least — the GOP budget would raise the interest rate on federal student loans from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent and makes substantial cuts to already reduced expenditures in education. During the 2010-2011 school year, 68 percent of the undergraduate population at the University of Illinois received some sort of financial aid, and 44 percent paid for their education with the assistance of federal Stafford loans. And need I remind Rep. Ryan that we’re already in a hiring crisis? More than half of recent college graduates are unemployed or underemployed (meaning that they’re bussing tables or working at Kinko’s rather than utilizing their college

degrees), and to further add to their financial burden in the name of deficit reduction is, to put it as nicely as I can, unbelievably heartless. Incredibly, Ryan hopes to pair all of these cutbacks in discretionary spending — and remember, this is all in the name of reducing the oh-so-problematic annual deficit — with tax cuts. He would simplify the tax system into two brackets, 25 percent and 10 percent, which would create a markedly flatter means of income taxation. Let’s sum this up: The GOP sees a problem with the disparity between federal income and spending, and rather than find a reasonably balanced approach to solving that problem, they eschew all notions of equity in favor of letting rich people (the job creators, you know) keep more of their money. All of these proposals are fiscal expressions of Ryan’s desire to wean Americans off of their supposedly unnecessary reliance on the government. He sees Medicare, Medicaid, welfare programs and Social Security (a program that partially funded his college education after his father died) as enabling “takers” and impeding the ability of “makers” to drive economic growth. His budget is not concerned with minimizing our deficit so much as effectively taking away our government’s ability to play a beneficial role in society. Hubert Humphrey, the great liberal senator from Minnesota, said that the “moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life ... those who are in the twilight of life ... and those who are in shadows of life.” If their budget is any indication, the Republicans — for all of their holier-than-thou religious posturing — are fully intent on constructing a thoroughly immoral government.

Adam is a freshman in LAS. He can be reached at ajsmit11@dailyillini.com.

Big names overshadow big successes KIRSTEN KELLER Opinions columnist

you were asked off the top of your head to state the topranked graduate school at the University, you might say the College of Engineering. You would be close, as the graduate engineering program holds the No. 5 spot in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report. However, there is a program at the University that has maintained a top-dog seat at the peak of schools across the nation for years: the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Ranked No. 1 in the country ever since the U.S. News & World Report started ranking library and information science programs in 1999, the University’s program receives little attention. Though the College of Engineering is 14 times its size, GSLIS is small yet mighty, for the study of library and information science is arguably more important today than ever before. The integration of library science — the organization and accessibility of information — and of information science — the use of information — is used to improve research, learning and teaching methods. With the exponential rise in the amount of information out there and the amount of technology available to access

it, library and information science helps us to make sense of and manage it all. The fact that Illinois has the largest public university library system in the country lends to GSLIS’s success: Over 13 million volumes certainly afford many research opportunities and resources. Graduates of GSLIS work in libraries, consulting firms, technology companies and more. Perhaps why GSLIS does not receive much attention is because it is doesn’t attract much negative attention. For example, when the University’s law school dropped 12 spots in the rankings, it received a huge amount of unwanted attention.

Programs that are working and successful should be acknowledged more than they are. And when schools receive large donations, such as the recent $100 million pledge to the College of Engineering, other programs that don’t receive much funding are pushed further to the background. It is also not exciting to talk about things that have not changed. Since GSLIS has maintained its No. 1 spot, there’s no need to make a big deal about it. But this is where our thinking is wrong.

Programs that are working and successful should be acknowledged more than they are. Many times we like to highlight the programs that are broken or that are breaking, or only pay attention to big names with big money. It is amazing that GSLIS is No. 1 in the nation. It is even more amazing that they have managed to maintain this position for over a decade. 2013’s ranking was based on a fall 2012 survey given to the dean, the director and a senior faculty member in each program. Questions on the survey asked about the quality of programs at their respective schools. The scores were totaled and then divided by the number of people who took the survey. The University’s GSLIS program is ranked 4.6 out of a 5-point scale, followed closely by No. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a ranking of 4.5. In a time when information is increasingly abundant and technology is constantly changing, it takes a considerable amount of prowess to keep up with it all. Those who run the GSLIS program and the students enrolled in it should be recognized and commended for their hard work. They should also be thanked for the reputation it gives the University as a whole, because a No. 1 ranking really is an honor, no matter the amount of attention it receives.

Kirsten is a sophomore in Media. She can be reached at kekellr@dailyillini.com.

oing outside of your comfort zone is a lot like leaving a luxurious warm bed in the morning to begin a day of stress-filled activities and commitments. With both, getting out of bed is rarely one’s own choice because, well, who wouldn’t choose warmth and comfort over the harsh realities of the outside world? In the case of a warm bed in the morning, there is typically some urgency: a series of alarms, some glaring sunlight or the innate need to get things done to force you out of bed. For some, the realities of the day ahead can be prolonged even more with a warm shower and, if you’re lucky, some breakfast (and maybe a cup of coffee) to give you the boost to get things going. The boundaries of a comfort zone are much less defined than a bed. A comfort zone can mean many things: being surrounded by family, the same best friends or even staying with the same job for years and years to avoid the stress of making a major life change. However, unlike a bed, comfort zones don’t usually have incessant alarms or an equivalent force that pushes the need to leave. In fact, some people successfully avoid leaving their comfort zones forever. Until recently, I was starting to become one of those people. Coming to college and leaving my family, friends and hometown was challenging, I was able to experience a new feeling of comfort fairly quickly with the help of some familiar faces and new ones, too. Since that time, though, I have continued to push myself further and further into this new comfort zone with little challenge to the status quo in sight. I have grown increasingly close with my college friends. I have gained more experience within each of my student organizations and risen to leadership roles within those clubs. Overall, I have created a life here for myself that I wouldn’t trade for anything. I’m happy. Recently, something changed. Something was missing, and I needed to change that. I am spending the next 7 months literally and metaphorically outside of my comfort zone. First, I will be spending the summer in Austin, Texas. A few weeks ago, I was presented with the opportunity to spend the summer working at a dream internship with an iconic ad agency in Austin. While this sounds ideal (and pretty much is), it is somewhat nerve-racking. I have never been to Austin, I don’t know a soul there and I have no idea where I will be living yet. I have never been someone who has such uncertainty ahead. However, I have decided to follow up my summer in Texas with a semester abroad in Leuven, Belgium. This may not sound extraordinary, but I have spent the last three years living with the internal assumption that studying abroad was not an option. I had become too involved, too committed and too attached to the advertising club I dedicated much of my time and passion to. This club typically requires year-long commitments in order to take on major leadership roles such as the ones I had been involved with over the last two years. Within those years, it was not a question as to whether or not I would take the opportunities offered to me. However, I recently realized that the chance to study or spend an extended period of time abroad really only happens in college. So, with those changes I am shifting my life completely and leaving the comfort that currently surrounds me. I am not doing it for anyone else. I am not doing it because I have to. I am doing it because, sometimes, in order to grow and become better, we must leave the things we know make us happy. In both of my upcoming adventures, the fact that I do not know a soul is just an opportunity to meet many new friends. The unfamiliar cultures are sure to change my perspective on the world, as well. Though the results of such changes are totally unknown, the rewards can be astounding and the act of trying in itself is an accomplishment. So, if you’re a freshman too nervous to join an intimidating club — do it. If you’re a sophomore deciding to study abroad, but are holding back — go for it. If you’re a junior wanting to change majors because you realize something else makes you happy — change it. Lastly, if you’re a senior who is apprehensive about accepting a job in a different state — take it. Like a bed, if things don’t work out once you leave your comfort zone, you can always go back and start again.

John is a junior in Media. He can be reached at jbuyss2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @JohnBuysse.

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Books to Prisoners aims to offer literacy, education to Ill. inmates

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A book can be the difference between knowledge and ignorance, between boredom and intrigue. A book can widen people’s awareness, spark curiosity and carry people out of their own reality and into another. Most importantly, books don’t discriminate. They open their pages to anyone willing to give them a chance. Urbana-Champaign’s Books to Prisoners program helps spread this insight and charm from its library in Urbana to jails and prisons around the state of Illinois. Since 2004, the nonprofit has provided inmates with books donated from local community members, organizations, student groups and libraries. The Books to Prisoners office is in a colorful, cozy room located next to The Bike Project in the basement of downtown Urbana’s Independent Media Center. Volunteers are the cornerstone of the operation; they oversee the letters once the post office receives them, sort and weigh the books and oversee the packing and shipping at the end of the process. Three times a week, the public can volunteer to read letters from the prisoners, choose books according to the inmates’ requests, write back individual responses and bundle the books together before shipping. “From there, (the bundle of books) goes into a bin, and then we have somebody data enter it,” said Lolita Dumas, volunteer supervisor for Books to Prisoners who started in August 2011. “We data enter every single book that we send an inmate, and on our website, you’ll notice that (the number) changes ... so that’s an accurate reflection of how many books we are actually sending.” As of Monday, Books to Prisoners has sent 81,622 books to 12,822 inmates across the state. While several prisoners are new to the program, many of them have been repeatedly writing to the organization during their time in prison. It’s difficult to say how long it takes for the prisoners to receive the books because it depends on the number of volunteers and the time of year. Within the past couple of weeks, volunteers have been answering letters from January, because Books to Prisoners was closed during Thanksgiving and the winter holidays. The overall process is not straightforward. Oftentimes, prisoners are moved from one facility to another — this means that the volunteers and employees must constantly check the inmates’ location statuses before their books are shipped. Currently, Dumas said, one of the three Illinois women’s prisons is being

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What is Books to Prisoners? It’s a nonprofit organization that provides inmates with books to read. Volunteers answer inmates’ letters to choose their requested books and ship them to the jails and prisons across the state.

Who can volunteer? Anyone who wants to make a difference in the lives of prisoners around the state. Individual walk-ins are always welcome during the public volunteer times. Large groups can sign up in advance via the organization’s website, www.books2prisoners.org.

Where is it located? In the basement of the Independent Media Center, next to The Bike Project, at 202 S. Broadway Why is Books to Prisoners Ave. in Urbana. important? Currently, there is a limited How to get involved with Books to supply of books available to people Prisoners: in jails and prisons. Books to There are three public volunteer Prisoners makes books more widely days each week: available to inmates, aiming to spread interest in literacy, education Q Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and knowledge. Q Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. Q Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE Books to Prisoners is also looking CONTACT LOLITA DUMAS AT LOLITA@ for volunteers for their Spring Book BOOKS2PRISONERS.ORG. Sale on April 12 to 14. converted to a men’s prison, so several inmates are being moved around. There are similar programs throughout the state and around the country that administer books to inmates, such as the Chicago Books to Women in Prison in Illinois. Books to Prisoners is always accepting book donations, although there are some restrictions, such as encyclopedias, magazines and books in poor condition. There are donation bins throughout the Urbana-Champaign area — in the Independent Media Center, at Strawberry Fields, the English Building here on campus and most recently, at Parkland College. In addition to donations, prospective volunteers are welcome to walk in during public volunteer hours. Several organizations around the area volunteer regularly, either once or twice a month, Dumas said. Monse Martinez, Daisy Urbina, Marissa Zayas and Adrianna Gonzalez from Gamma Phi Omega, an international sorority on campus, volunteered their time on March 26. Martinez, junior in LAS, has volunteered for Books for Prisoners once before. She said that it wasn’t what she expected — she enjoyed reading and responding to the letters. “The whole program itself is really nice and rewarding,” said Urbina, senior in AHS. “You know, we take things for granted, like we can pick up a book and go to a library ... whereas here, (prisoners) are waiting months on requests.” Both Urbina and Zayas were first-time volunteers for Books to Prisoners. “I like to read; it soothes my soul that people are interested in reading,” said Zayas, senior in LAS. “So it’s good to know that

(the prisoners) are investing in something.” In fact, that’s part of the mission of Books to Prisoners: not only to let the inmates busy themselves with reading, but to spread literacy, encourage education and inform the public about prisons and prisoners’ lives. Books to Prisoners not only caters to inmates in the form of books, but it publishes some of the prisoners’ original content in small paperback publications called zines. A couple of these zines include “Nothing at all will be left unsaid,” from fall 2008, and “If you heard my cries,” from spring 2011. The former was a collaborative project with the University Graduate School of Library and Information Science. These zines are available for free at the Independent Media Center. The organization also has other lending libraries in addition to its main office in Urbana. These libraries are located in local jails themselves, and they enable the inmates to use them to find books in their facility. Volunteers who are 21 years and older can help out in these jail libraries. Books to Prisoners will be having a book sale from April 12-14 to raise money for packaging and shipping expenses. Volunteers can sign up for time slots, and anyone is welcome to stop by to browse. Ultimately, Books to Prisoners provides the community with books, knowledge about prisoners and volunteering experience. The inmates often express their thanks and appreciation in their handwritten letters. “(The inmates) are really interested in getting these books,” Martinez said. “The books you pick — these pages are going to free their minds for the little while that they’re reading them.”

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Gluten-free kills bad habits, not weight HANNAH BOLLMAN Staff writer

cinnamon bagel for breakfast, an Espresso Royale sandwich for lunch and cheap Aldi pasta for dinner. You could say I have the stereotypical bad eating habits of your average college student. I’m essentially up for anything cheap and easy to prepare, but carbohydrates of all kinds (I don’t discriminate) have always held a special place in my heart, as well as my stomach. So, hearing about the latest fad diet, going “gluten-free,” seemed extremely unappealing to a bread-loving girl like me. Gluten is a protein found in most wheat and grain products, as well as many processed foods, unless otherwise specified on the label. While I did not fully understand this health trend, I decided to try it out for a week. Spoiler-alert: I did not last one week. As it would turn out, literally everything I hold dear contains gluten. After raiding the fridge and cabinets on day one, I realized nothing I had in my apartment was going to cut it. After a trip to Walmart, I scanned the foods I had just bought: eggs, spinach, oranges, sliced cheese and almonds. I held back from purchasing any bread products that were labeled as gluten-free. Not only were they more expensive than regular bread, but I had wrongly assumed that going “glutenfree” meant cutting out carbohydrates totally. On day two, I met with Rebecca Roach, food science and human nutrition professor in the College of ACES, who revealed that you should not abstain from gluten unless you have a metabolic disorder that prevents you from processing it. “The whole ‘carbs are bad’ thing has just gotten way out of control,” Roach said. “The gluten-free trend is an offshoot of ‘carbs are bad’ and ‘white food is bad.’ But when you start to

cut out whole groups of food, it becomes dangerous.” Oops. I wasn’t off to the best start with my diet. According to Roach, most grain products in this country are fortified with nutrients such as folic acid, irons and B vitamins. By cutting out grains without medical reason, you are risking a deficiency in these nutrients. So my method of simply replacing grain products with all fruits and vegetables was not as healthy as I presumed it to be. A lot of the time, this diet is used as a weight-loss method and, though not a truly healthy method, it works. Yet, like any fad diet, the weight loss that is achieved is only temporary, Roach said. “When people go on this diet, they lose weight because they are eating consciously,” Roach said. “The research will show you, if you pay attention to what you put in your body, you will lose weight.” So, the two pounds I had lost from the four days I had been on the diet was not due to the lack of gluten, but due to the healthy alternatives I was eating. Eating gluten-free is not a key to weight loss, but merely another way for people to control their diet. If you plan on abstaining from all grain products as I did, you are bound to crack. On the fifth day of my diet, I sat alone in my apartment while the Asiago cheese bagels beckoned to me from the freezer, where I had stashed them at the beginning of the week. Withdrawing from my beloved carbohydrates cold turkey resulted in returning directly back to my old habits almost immediately. But, as Roach said, I became significantly more conscious of the nutritional value of the foods I was eating, as searching for gluten-free products forced me to read all nutritional labels. Billy Donohue, sophomore in LAS, was diagnosed with Celiac disease five years ago. With Celiac disease, Donohue’s body cannot process foods that contain gluten. Since then, he has maintained a gluten-free diet

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that he says helps to keep him healthy. He said he keeps his caloric and carbohydrate intake down by abstaining from breads and desserts, including cakes, cookies and other sugary foods. “When I don’t eat gluten, I definitely think I am healthier than the average human being,” Donohue said. “I can say that I eat better than 99 percent of my friends.” He said that being forced to read labels has made it easier for him to compare the nutritional value of different foods, which is a skill many of his peers are lacking. The results of my own experiment have helped me learn from both Roach’s nutritional opinions and Donohue’s experience. While I did not sustain any significant weight loss, I have become substantially more conscious of my dietary habits, while discovering a newfound affinity for several healthy foods I hadn’t ever tried before. Although Roach does not recommended a gluten-free diet for anyone who does not suffer from Celiac disease, she said she believes that looking at the ingredients and nutritional value of the products we are eating is advisable for everyone. “Eating consciously is something we all should learn to do. Look at your portion sizes, look at your meal patterns, and be aware,” she said.

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Donâ€™t let the name fool you. Urban Safari Club isnâ€™t meant for people who are crazily trying to observe the small amount of wildlife that populates cities. Instead, the word â€œsafariâ€? is used in a looser sense because instead of hunting down animals, the members of this club are hunting down culture. The club, which was named by Michael Ochoa, junior in LAS, is meant to give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the culture of urban areas. Ochoa, master of ceremonies for Urban Safari Club, came up with the idea after returning to school and realizing how much he missed the city. According to Drew Smith, freshman in FAA and web designer and photojournalist for Urban Safari Club, the dynamic of city living is important to understand. Urban Safari Club is a way for students to be exposed to this dynamic. â€œCities are different than anywhere else in the world,â€? Smith said. â€œEspecially since more people are living in cities (now) than ever before, I think itâ€™s very important to understand and appreciate how cool they are.â€? Over spring break, members of Urban Safari Club had the opportunity to do just that. By exploring different neighborhoods of Chicago, members were able to acknowledge stages of gentrification â€” the process of renewal and rebuilding that occurs after affluent people move into deteriorating areas. Urban Safari Club members were able to experience the community changes in Pilsen and also predict the changes that will eventually come to East Garfield Park. They also stumbled upon a concert unexpectedly while exploring Wicker Park. â€œIt was good day and we just drifted â€” that was the whole point of the group,â€? Ochoa said. â€œWe had an endpoint, and we knew weâ€™d get there somehow.â€? In terms of upcoming events, Urban Safari Club plans on venturing to other cities to get a taste of

different areas. According to Monica Oâ€™Connor, sophomore in LAS and grand master of planning for Urban Safari Club, St. Louis and Indianapolis are prospective locations to explore for the group. Of course, more trips to Chicago will also be planned, and specifically, the club is discussing the idea of kayaking down the Chicago River. However, the club isnâ€™t solely reliant on cities for its cultural experience. According to Oâ€™Connor, Champaign-Urbana is full of cultural opportunities such as the Springer Cultural Center and Krannert Art Museum. The members also plan to create some culture of their own â€” food. â€œStarting next semester, twice a month weâ€™ll be having a dinner on Sunday nights where we try different cultural foods and attempt to make them ourselves,â€? Smith said. â€œStudents will pay a one time fee for the semester, and then they can come to every dinner.â€? By making the food and cleaning up together, Urban Safari Club members create a sense of community among themselves. During these dinners, students will also discuss artwork and other cultural elements in an attempt to enrich their culture experience. Thus far, the club has approximately 18 members. To become a member, an upbringing in the city is not required â€” simply an interest in culture is all that is needed. The members of Urban Safari Club are ultimately trying to offer students the opportunity to explore their surroundings in Champaign-Urbana, while also allowing students to explore the pulse of other cities. â€œWhen youâ€™re in college, youâ€™re doing a lot of classroom stuff. You could be learning a lot about cities, but youâ€™re never really experiencing them,â€? Smith said. â€œWeâ€™re giving students an opportunity to actually experience them, and I think thatâ€™s something special.â€?

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Postgame interviews devoid of meaning

OF THE WEEK

JACK CASSIDY Sports columnist

in two years and one who just pitched two days ago. Illini first baseman David Kerian said it was difficult for hitters to see the ball out of pitchers’ hands at first because of the patch of grass just beyond the center-field fence. But eventually the Illini offense settled in and exploded for a three-run sixth inning. Illinois collected 12 hits and six runs, and the 3-4-5 hitters went

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Parr’s changes yield big results Baseball player’s new batting stance allows for improved swing, leading team in hits, RBIs and slugging percentage

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BY JAMAL COLLIER

Honorable mentions Karisma Penn (women’s basketball) — The senior was named as an honorable mention for the All-American team. In her last game in orange and blue, the forward scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds. The Illini fell to Kansas State in the WNIT quarterfinals, 66-48. Morolake Akinosun (women’s track and field) — The freshman sprinter posted the second-fastest 100-meter dash time in school history, clocking in at 11.29 seconds at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas. Her time is in the top five nationally for the outdoor season. More online: For a video

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itting in the clubhouse at Illinois Field this past week, Justin Parr has his arms extended across the couch, a huge rip in his pants along his right knee. He’s watching the Cubs game before practice. He seems, for this moment at least, to not have a care in the world. That is, until he has to go outside to have his photo taken, and he’s worried about having to wear a helmet. He thinks helmets make him look stupid. But Parr is most dangerous when he’s wearing a helmet and standing in the batter’s box. He’s the last person that ends up looking stupid. Parr is hitting .407, leading his team in hits, RBIs, slugging percentages and extra base hits. He’s currently riding a career-high 13-game hitting streak and

has a hit in 23 of Illinois’ 25 games this season. This past weekend against Oakland, Parr hit his first home run of the season, two doubles and had two stolen bases while driving in six runs. He hit .500 over the four-game series. In a 6-2 win against Missouri in the Battle at Busch on Tuesday, Parr added two stolen bases and a two-for-four performance for his 13th multi-hit game of the season. “Everyone goes through that time where (they feel like) every pitcher’s average, and you’re going to smoke it every time you go up there,” said Jordan Parr, his twin brother and Illinois’ left fielder. Head coach Dan Hartleb gives Justin Parr credit for being more mature. That may be true, as he’s now a senior in his third season with Illinois after transferring from Parkland Community College, but he says he doesn’t feel much different than last year. He’s having more fun, laughing more in the dugout and being able to roam freely in center field, where he likes the fact that no one can call him off a fly ball.

Parr didn’t describe himself as lockedin but, instead, more relaxed than he’s ever been. “There’s no pressure on you,” he said. “You’re not going: ‘I need to get a hit. I need to do this or do that.’ ... When you’re just feeling it, you don’t really think about it. Your mind is blank.” “His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” -Matthew 25:23 (King James Version) Parr spent this past summer playing for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League, where he worked on his batting stance. He wanted to take better advantage of his speed and athleticism. Parr felt as if 2012 was a bit of a down year, as his average dropped from .317 in his first season to .290. The rest of his numbers didn’t change much from the

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Multiple pitchers help Illini win Busch game “This game, being a rivalry now, I have a lot of emotion in this game.”

BY JAMAL COLLIER STAFF WRITER

ST. LOUIS — It took a while for both teams to settle down. This was Busch Stadium, the home of the St. Louis Cardinals, and as Illini shortstop Thomas Lindauer said, a place where DAVID KERIAN, most players can only dream to one day Illini first baseman play in front of 50,000 people. There weren’t that many people in attendance on Saturday to watch Illinois defeat Missouri 6-2 for its first win in the Battle at Busch, as fans only filled

the first few rows. But even after the game ended, the Illini were out in front of the dugout snapping photos on their phones, some still wide-eyed in awe of the stadium. The Illini (18-7, 1-2 Big Ten) ended a six-game losing streak to Missouri (9-16, 2-7 SEC), and had not won in Busch since the series began in 2010. Missouri had never lost at Busch Stadium before Tuesday. Illinois needed six different pitchers, including one who had barely pitched

he postgame interview is just as insightful as a Magic 8-Ball, and just as repetitive too. “Outlook good.” “Outlook not so good.” Thank you SO much. This is the postgame interview, mind you. Not the press conference. Pressers involve coaches and often reveal something about the play caller. The postgame interviews do not. With these journalistic beauties, the formula is always the same. The reporter finds the game’s most outstanding player and then asks why he or she is outstanding. If the player is extraordinarily young, then the question reflects that oddity — because not being between 24 and 34 in sports is odd — and the player says, “Hey, you know, umm, it’s just nice to be here and contribute. Just doing what I can to help the team.” If the player is old, he says the exact same thing. Pretty much every player, in every sport, of every age, and in ownership of any achievement says the same thing: “I’m awesome. I played awesome. I make my team better. Can I go home now?” Fortunately, hockey, as usual, is different. And for that, it is a breath of fresh air. Hockey defies logic and simplifies the postgame answer. It’s always about the team. They credit the lucky breaks. They speak softly, as if they were in a living room or a coffee shop. And they always glorify the goalie. A skater could have scored 12 goals in a game, and he would only credit his teammates. A goalie could tally 10 straight shutouts, and he’d credit his defensemen. On top of that, they don’t take their job too serious. After winning the NBA Championship, Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett in a postgame interview looked to the sky and shouted: “Anything is possible!” He instead should have shouted, “This team has three future Hall of Famers, so we we’re expected to win!” But that just wouldn’t carry the same emotion, would it? Yet, people watched and weren’t surprised. That’s just how some interviews work. But if it happened on ice instead of a court, the change of scenery may just alert us to how outrageous it is. Anything is possible? Did he levitate or walk on the moon or end world hunger? Or did he win a basketball game? After the Blackhawks began the season with 921 consecutive wins — that’s how many it was, right? — captain Jonathan Toews was interviewed after one particularly difficult victory. When asked about the pressure of the streak, he responded: “If we keep winning, we keep winning. If we don’t, we don’t.” Beautiful. That’s how almost every hockey interview is. Always truthful, never rude and never too proud. I’d say the “Can I go home now?”

Illinois softball hopes to bounce back against Indiana State after rough patch BY SEAN NEUMANN STAFF WRITER

Illinois softball will host Indiana State on Wednesday night in a reprieve from Big Ten competition. The Illini (11-17, 1-5 Big Ten) have struggled thus far in conference play. Illinois is hoping to use its game against Indiana State (11-21, 2-7 MVC) squad s a chance to recover momentum heading into another tough weekend series against Northwestern (16-14, 2-3). The inexperienced Sycamores pitching staff provides an opportunity for the Illini offense to score runs — something the team has been struggling with. Indiana State’s pitchers have a combined 4.88 ERA and have allowed 258 hits in just 31 games. Opposing teams are batting .302 against a Sycamores rotation featuring two sophomores and one freshman.

Despite primarily playing the outDespite the struggles, senior field last season, Indiana State sopho- pitcher Pepper Gay said her team more Ashli Scott has been the team’s has to avoid becoming frustrated. go-to pitcher throughout the season. “If you can control your emoScott (5-6, 3.55 ERA) has made 28 tions, then it shouldn’t be a factor,” appearances and Gay said. But Illinois’ has thrown five complete games — self-inflicted miseven throwing as takes have cost it many as 12 innings games all season against Bradley long — including last weekend. this past weekIndiana State Illinois Indiana State (11-21, 2-7 MVC) (11-17, 1-5 Big Ten) end’s 7-1 loss has lost 13 of its to Nebraska, in Eichelberger Field., Urbana, Ill. last 15 games, which senior PepWednesday, 6 p.m. which is the type per Gay walked of rut Illinois is in the game-winThe Illini look to bounce back after ning run durhoping to steer losing five of their previous six games. ing the seventh away from after inning before its first two conference series. allowing three more runs in the The Illini defense has commit- frame. In the third game, the Illited 35 errors on the year, while the ni also saw Shelese Arnold throw pitching staff has given up more a fifth-inning wild pitch and Jeswalks (162) than any other Big Ten team this season. See SOFTBALL, Page 3B

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Shelese Arnold pitches during a game against Nebraska on Saturday at Eichelberger Field.

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Chicago hosting Civil Rights Game in August White Sox, Rangers to play in 7th annual commemorative game

24 against the Texas Rangers, capping a host of other activities CHICAGO — When Major saluting efforts to secure equal League Baseball sought a host rights for Americans. for its 2013 Civil Rights Game, The game debuted with the Chicago White Sox were spring training exhibitions in quick to volunteer. Memphis, Tenn., in 2007 and And as MLB executives such 2008 followed by regular-season as Frank Robinson, a Hall games in Cincinnati (2009-10) of Famer and and Atlanta (201112). Moving the baseball’s first game to Chicago, black manger, the largest city c onsidered a so far to host, commitment is expected to the more sense Chicago made. have a beneficial “ E ach ti me impact. we thought “I think it’s going to a about a city, it a lways c a me tremendous back to Chicago,” boost to the Civil said Robinson, Rights Game and MLB’s executive tell people what director of we are looking b a s e b a l l for and what we are trying to do,” development. FRANK ROBINSON, “The enthusiasm Robinson said. and the rich MLB executive director of baseball “And what we’re development history of civil trying to do is rights movement keep the civil here and the people involved in rights movement alive and in the civil rights movement and people’s minds.” the diversity in this city ... in The decision grew out of the end we said we can’t do any discussions last June while better than presenting it to the executives were in town for an MLB diversity meeting. While White Sox.” On Tuesday, Robinson said the at a White Sox game, Robinson White Sox will host the seventh and MLB officials talked with edition of the game on Aug. Ken Williams, the White Sox BY JACK MCCARTHY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“I think it’s going to a tremendous boost to the Civil Rights Game and tell people what we are looking for and what we are trying to do.”

executive vice president, and owner Jerry Reinsdorf. No hard sell was necessary. “We’ll take it,” Williams simply told Robinson. Robinson then approached Reinsdorf. “I walked over to Jerry’s suite and asked him if he’d be interested,” Robinson said. “Jerry said: ‘You’re kidding? Yes, yes we’ll take it.’” Williams and Reinsdorf also took part in Tuesday’s announcement. “We were scheduled to play one of the games in Memphis and it got rained out,” Reinsdorf said. “So we took the entire team to the Martin Luther King Museum. What suddenly hit me was that our oldest player at the time — Jim Thome — actually was born after King had been killed (in 1968 in Memphis). “This tragic event is something that preceded the lifetime of (many) people in this country,” he added. “We cannot allow all of the struggles to be forgotten.” Charles Ogletree, a Harvard Law School professor and expert on race and justice, will moderate a discussion on baseball and the civil rights movement. Previous participants have included King’s son, Martin Luther King III, and Sharon Robinson, daughter of Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson. The site of next year’s game has not been announced but it will be held in a different city.

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Chicago White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham (15) fires over Chicago Cubs’ Nate Schierholtz (19) to complete a double play on the Cubs’ Scott Hairston in the second inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game March 15 in Glendale, Ariz.

Orioles’ victory over Rays shows last season was more than luck BY FRED GOODALL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Baltimore played like a confident bunch that has left 2012 behind and is intent on proving a surprising breakthrough season wasn’t a fluke. Adam Jones keyed a seventhinning rally with a go-ahead double and Chris Davis followed with a three-run homer Tuesday to help the Orioles launch their quest to return to the playoffs with a 7-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. “Today starts a long journey together, and I’m curious as everybody else to see where it takes us,” manager Buck Showalter said. “The season wouldn’t have ended if we lost today, and it wouldn’t end if we lose tomorrow, or if we win. That’s what I keep challenging our guys about,” he added. “This is a great group for staying in the moment, staying in reality.” Matt Wieters homered early off AL Cy Young Award winner David Price and later drew an intentional walk from reliever

Jake McGee (0-1) before Davis’ towering shot over the rightfield wall broke open the game and silenced a sellout crowd of 34,078 at Tropicana Field. Jason Hammel (1-0) allowed three runs and three hits in six innings. Jim Johnson pitched a scoreless ninth for the save. “Last season is over, and everybody in the clubhouse has moved on to this year,” Wieters said. “It’s a good team win. Ham went out there and battled for us. He was able to get us through six innings and turn it over to the bullpen, which is the recipe we want to use.” Despite giving up a two-run homer to Wieters in the first inning and not being particularly sharp in his second career opening day start, Price departed with a 3-2 lead after the Rays scored twice in the sixth. Ben Zobrist hit a solo homer for Tampa Bay in the fourth, then put his team ahead with a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Desmond Jennings drove in the Rays’ other run with a sixthinning double. Showalter put the game into

the hands of his trusted relievers after the five-run seventh. Darren O’Day allowed an unearned run in the eighth before Johnson, last year’s major league saves leader, finished the combined six-hitter. “I think we did a lot of really good things today,” Rays manager Joe Maddon said. “Our defense was fantastic. ... David getting through six innings without having his best stuff and coming out of the game at 100 pitches with a 3-2 lead. ... Those were nice things. They just got us in one inning.” Both teams enter the season with expectations of contending for the AL East title. The Rays have won at least 90 games four of the past five years, while the Orioles stopped a stretch of 14 consecutive losing seasons by winning 93 games and making the playoffs a year ago, when they finished second in the division behind the New York Yankees. Price is the leader of a deep rotation that kept Tampa Bay in the race despite offensive deficiencies in 2012. The 27-year-

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Baltimore Orioles’ Chris Davis (19) high fives teammates Matt Wieters (32) and Adam Jones (10) after hitting a three-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Jake McGee during the seventh inning of an opening day baseball game on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Orioles beat the Rays 7-4. old left-hander became the first Tampa Bay pitcher to win 20 games, going 12-1 with a 2.26 ERA over his last 18 starts to edge Detroit’s Justin Verlander by four points in the Cy Young balloting. The Orioles hopped on the Rays’ ace early. Jones doubled

with two outs in the first, then scored on the second opening day homer of Wieters’ career. Baltimore’s two-time All-Star catcher also homered in an opening day loss to Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field three years ago. Hammel limited the Rays to Zobrist’s first-inning single until

the Tampa Bay second baseman homered on a 3-2 pitch to trim the Orioles’ lead to 2-1 in the fourth. Kelly Johnson drew a leadoff walk in the sixth, when the Rays pulled even on Jennings’ RBI double and took a 3-2 lead on Zobrist’s sacrifice fly.

Notre Dame advances for 3rd consecutive women’s Final Four pairing against Conneticut BY HANK KURZ JR. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NORFOLK, Va. — Skylar Diggins and Notre Dame are headed back to the Final Four for another rematch with Connecticut. Diggins shook off early foul trouble to score 24 points and Notre Dame rallied to beat Duke 87-76 on Tuesday night to earn its third consecutive trip to the Final Four. The Irish have lost in the past two national championship games. “I want to win a championship for coach (Muffet) McGraw bad,” Diggins said. “When you have a

coach who believes in you so much I’d do anything for her.” Kayla McBride added 17 points while Jewell Loyd and Natalie Achonwa had 17 each as the Fighting Irish (35-1) won their schoolrecord 30th consecutive game, earning a fourth meeting with UConn. It’s the third straight meeting between the two Big East rivals in the Final Four. The Irish won both those and have dominated the series lately winning seven of the past eight meetings. Notre Dame swept UConn all three meetings with UConn this

season in thrilling fashion winning in overtime and by 1 and 2 points. The Irish had to rally past Duke to get there. Trailing by six at the half, Notre Dame took control with a 15-2 run early in the second half to take a 50-42 lead. The Blue Devils lost in the regional finals for the fourth straight year, failing once again to return to the Final Four for the first time since 2006. Diggins, hampered by foul trouble in the first half, started the run with her fourth 3-pointer of the game and followed quickly with a no-look feed to Natalie Achon-

wa, who also grabbed 13 rebounds, for a layup that had drew an impressed roar from the crowd at Old Dominion’s Constant Center. Diggins added a steal and a layup, and McBride finished the burst with another 3-pointer. The Fighting Irish extended their lead to 60-49 with 9:57 to play, and Duke trailed by as many as 16 before closing the gap only slightly in the desperate final minutes. The Blue Devils hurt their cause with 21 turnovers. “I think they were outworking us,” said Diggins, who earned AP All-America honors for the second

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straight season earlier on Tuesday. “I’ve never seen that from my team. They were getting hustle scrap points. I couldn’t wait to get in that locker room. We had to light a fire. We set the tone on defense and got some stops and played our game.” Diggins was whistled for two fouls in the first 4:10 and went to the bench, and after McBride hit a pair of jumpers, the Fighting Irish looked out of sorts. They extended their lead to 17-13 on a 3-pointer by Kaila Turner and two free throws by Ariel Braker, then went more than seven minutes without a point.

A free throw by Elizabeth Williams for Duke ignited a 13-0 run that took more than six of those minutes. Tricia Liston scored eight in the burst and Chloe Wells finished it with a 12-foot jumper. Diggins returned with about 8 minutes to go in the half and while playing passively on defense to avoid a third foul, hit three 3-pointers in a span of 2:16, cutting a nine-point deficit to 32-31 with 1:07 left. A basket by Williams and Wells’ 3 just before the half gave Duke a 37-31 advantage.

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IOTW FROM PAGE 1B first season, but Parr felt like it was time for a change, albeit a minor one. He’s standing up taller in the batter’s box, a full 6-foot-2 with almost no bend in his knees. It allows him to swing down and get on top of the ball more easily. That stance almost eliminates the potential for home run power, but he’s OK with that. Parr’s not a home run hitter, but he’ll run into one every once in a while, like this past Friday when he pulled a no-doubter over the right field wall in the first inning. He prefers the double he smashed into the gap during his next at-bat, or a single right back up the middle. Parr thought he swung at too many balls in the dirt and hit too many lazy fly balls last year, and he wants to turn those into ground balls that he has a chance to beat out with his speed. It’s unusual that he would make the change himself without really consulting anyone. He rarely even remembers any of his at-bats. If he can’t remember the good at-bats, then he won’t remember the bad ones, either. And a short memory in a game in which the batter fails more often than not is important. In college, he’ll rarely have to face the same pitcher in more than one game, so he’s able to get away with it. Assistant coach Eric Snider has helped Parr become a much more patient hitter this season, working deep into the count and waiting for the exact pitch he wants to hit. It also results in more than a couple glares back at the umpire when he sees a called strike he doesn’t like. Parr is naturally an aggressive

SOFTBALL FROM PAGE 1B sica Davis make a fielding error that each allowed runs to cross the plate. Sophomore outfielder Brittany Sanchez said the team needed to regroup in practice this week. “It all kind of collapsed,” Sanchez said of the team’s defense after Sunday’s loss. Offensively, the Illini are 0-16 when scoring fewer than three runs this season. Junior outfielder Alex Booker is the only Illinois player batting over .300, while seven players on the roster are batting under .200. “We’ve had opportunities,” head coach Terri Sullivan said. “We’ve seen the top pitchers in the country, and I think our hitters just have to be really tough,

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hitter, just like his twin brother Jordan and their older brother Josh, who is now in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. “We always feel you can hit a pitch,” Justin Parr said. But nearly everything else in his routine is the same. He’s a devout Christian who still makes time for a small prayer before games. He’ll show up the park 30 minutes before everyone else arrives to hit balls off the tee with Jordan. With every swing he takes in batting practice, he’s thinking “middle,” not trying to hit the ball the other way or pull anything. He wears a black bracelet on his left wrist with white lettering that says “I am second” because God is first. He never removes the bracelet or the chain with a cross he wears around his neck. Underneath the bill of his cap, he writes “Romans 8:28 and Matthew 25:23”. Parr touches the same five points on the plate every time he walks into the batters box, making an imaginary Cross across the plate — outside, inside, top, bottom, middle. Same way, every time. “I’ve done that since I was in sixth grade,” he says through a laugh. “I don’t why, I cover the whole plate?” He pauses and laughs again. “I probably can’t, but I probably think I can.” “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” -Romans 8:28 (King James Version) The start of this season is not about redemption, at least Parr doesn’t appear to want it to be. But in a way, it is. get the barrel on the ball and simplify things a little.” When the Illini’s offense is clicking, the team is nearly unbeatable. They have an 11-1 record when scoring three or more runs. Sullivan said the team cannot get too down after losing games, and that the Illini roster has the enthusiasm to pull out of slumps in order to get much-needed victories. “You just have to come out and be the best team each day for seven innings,” Sullivan said. “It’s kind of like a boxer in a ring. You’ve got to take a lot of punches at this time of the year, and you have to be ready to give them back and be the last one standing.”

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Parr remembers what happened last summer. Scouts told him he could get drafted as high as the fifth round in the MLB’s First-Year Player Draft, but he knew that high was likely a pipe dream. He’d heard 10th round, more realistic, but still a bit of a stretch. Round 15 or 20, almost certainly. But those rounds passed and he never got a phone call, never saw his name flash across the computer screen. He wasn’t selected in the 40-round draft. This was his dream, ever since he was a little kid, to grow up and play Major League Baseball. Outwardly, he only expressed excitement because Jordan was selected in the 26th round by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The twins’ father, Cam, said Justin was happier for Jordan than Jordan was for himself. So he’s dealt with the situation well. He didn’t pout, and he chalked it up as a part of God’s plan for him. But even after he’d hit his first home run of the season this past Friday, he’s greeted with questions from a reporter about not being drafted. His demeanor changes just slightly before he answers. He pauses and chooses his words much more carefully then he already does. “You don’t get sick of (answering those questions),” Parr said Monday, “But there’s just times where you’re just like, ‘I’m ready for that to be done with and kind of over,’ and you want to play and have a good season.” If he continues putting up numbers like he has this season, he’ll almost certainly hear his name called for the draft this summer. Then, in a way, he’ll finally be able to relax.

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BASEBALL FROM PAGE 1B 6-12 with two RBIs and scored five runs. Kerian doubled home the eventual game-winning runs with a two-run triple in the sixth. He went two-for-four, and was likely robbed of another hit after grounding out to shortstop. After he was called out he turned around and took off his helmet in shock, before defiantly slapping hands with his first base coach. “This game, being a rivalry now, I have a lot of emotion in this game,” said Kerian who extended his career-high hitting streak to 11 games. K er i a n’s p er for m a nc e combined with five Tigers errors that led to two unearned Illinois runs allowed the Illini to dominate the game and insert some bench players late. Missouri has committed 37 errors on the season, so this was nothing new for them. Sophomore Rob McDonnell

JACK FROM PAGE 1B part is implied as well, but I’m not positive hockey players ever want to stop playing hockey. Puck players have a reason to be humble. Hockey leaves little room for vanity. A dominant basketball player can turn a game of 5-on-5 into a game focused on him. And the team will benefit. Any team with LeBron James will be a great team. The same cannot be said for hockey. So what reason do

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made his first start of the season, but lasted just an inning before being pulled. McDonnell was experiencing some arm pain after the first, and head coach Dan Hartleb wanted to err on the side of caution. He walked a batter and hit a batter but didn’t allow a run in his inning of work. It was his first start since the beginning of 2012, when he came into the year as the No. 2 starter but was shut down due to arm soreness. He had Tommy John surgery in 2010 that forced him to redshirt in 2011. After pulling McDonnell, Illinois called on freshman Ryan Castellanos, who didn’t even get a chance to warm up in the bullpen. He threw about five warm-up tosses in the bullpen, without a chance to even get on the mound before being thrown into the game in the second. He ended up with the longest outing on the day for any Illinois pitcher, lasting three innings while allowing one run on three hits. Kevin Duchene was the

winning pitcher for Illinois. Duchene threw six innings this past Saturday. He struggled during that game, and Hartleb wanted to give him a chance to be more effective. He responded, pitching a scoreless inning. Some players in the Illinois dugout held their fingers to the sky as the ball was caught for the final out and jumped the fence to celebrate the victory. They knew exactly how long it had been since they’d beat Missouri. “We’re absolutely aware of something like that,” Lindauer said. “We talked about it yesterday after practice and today before the game. It’s one of those things where you kind of feel like that team has got your number, and you don’t want to keep giving them games. I think we came out ready to go today, and I think it was nice to get a nice win against those guys.”

they have to boast? I don’t mean to lump the quiet, introverted players in with their louder peers. And I don’t mean to trash other players of other sports when they scream into a microphone following a big win or crushing loss. Many times, I enjoy it. When New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott spread his arms and airplaned over to a postgame interview, got down on one knee, then proceeded to shout at the “nonbelievers,” I loved it. There’s a lot of pent-up energy out there. Sometimes you need to let it out.

But not every moment calls for an outburst. I don’t need to see a pitcher get a pie in the face after a 5-hit shutout in May. I don’t need to see a wide receiver boast about his talents after a mediocre performance over a mediocre team. Sometimes I just need a sport to reveal postgame interviews for what they really are — meaningless. Hockey tends to do just that. And boy, is it nice.

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New coach promises success for Northwestern BY ANDREW SELIGMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EVANSTON, Ill. — Chris Collins recalled playing in a packed arena at Northwestern when he was in high school and all the electricity in the building. The longtime Duke assistant and son of an NBA coach was formally introduced as the new coach of the Wildcats on Tuesday and he promised to do what no Northwestern coach has done: lead the team to the NCAA tournament. “I’m not afraid of the work that needs to be done,” Collins said as his dad, Doug, watched from the front row. “I know it’s going to take time. I’m ultra-competitive. I’m passionate about what I do. To me, in life if you love doing something, you want people to know about it.” Northwestern hired Collins last week to replace the fired Bill Carmody, hoping he

can lead the Wildcats into the top echelon of the Big Ten and back to the NCAA tournament. The school wants him to create the sort of excitement Collins saw in the arena as a player for Glenbrook North High School in the state tournament. He’s taking over a program at Northwestern that came close to making the tourney in recent years but couldn’t quite clear that hurdle. “We have to get this basketball program going,” athletic director Jim Phillips said. “There are too many of our other programs that have had incredible success for us not to be good in basketball.” If Collins turns out to be the basketball version of football’s Pat Fitzgerald — a young, energetic coach overseeing a competitive program despite the inherent hurdles — that would suit Northwestern just fine.

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Chris Collins, Northwestern University’s new head basketball coach, responds to a question during a news conference Tuesday in Evanston, Ill. Collins has promised to lead the team to the NCAA tournament.

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Wall, Wizards defeat Bulls for 8th straight home win BY JOSEPH WHITE

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Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler shoots in front of Washington Wizards guard John Wall on Tuesday in Washington. The Wizards defeated the Bulls 90-86 for their eighth consecutive home win.

NEW YORK — Pierre Jackson has saved some of the best basketball of his career for the end of it. Jackson earned himself and Baylor another game, putting up his third straight double-double with 24 points and 10 assists to lift the Bears back into the National Invitation Tournament championship with a 76-70 win over BYU on Tuesday night. “We got one more,” Jackson said. “If we win on Thursday, I’ll probably be here shaking because I’m too excited.” The Bears will play Iowa or Maryland on Thursday night. Baylor’s Cory Jefferson scored 21 points and Isaiah Austin had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Bears, who are in the championship for the second time in five years, after losing to Penn State in 2009. Tyler Haws scored 25 points for the Cougars, who couldn’t buy a shot from 3-point range for much of the game. Baylor (22-14) pulled away in the final eight minutes or so, and then withstood a late furious rally by BYU, led by Matt Carlino on 5-for-15 3-point shooting. The rest of the Cougars (24-12) went 0 for 6. Carlino, who finished with 19 points, made three late 3-pointers to give BYU one last chance. His third one, with about 38 seconds to go, bounced three times

on the rim and fell through to make it 71-68. Jackson missed one of two free throws on the other end to make it a four point game. Carlino put up another 3, but this one finally bounced wide, and Baylor was able to finally finish off the Cougars. “I’m really proud of our guys,” BYU coach Dave Rose said. “We out rebounded them, and I think that speaks volumes to the effort that we got from our players.” Jackson has been closing out his career in style, entering Tuesday’s semifinal averaging 19 points and 11.7 assists in the Bears’ three NIT games. For the season, he has led the Big 12 in scoring and assists, and is on track to be the first player to lead a major conference in both since Jason Terry at Arizona in 1998-99. He helped personally close out the Cougars with about four minutes to play. He made a midrange rainbow to give Baylor a seven-point lead. Then he sank a 3-pointer with three-and-a-half minutes to go for a 10-point lead that seemed to settle matters. “That was huge,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said. “Saved me a little hair — until Carlino started making 3s from half court.” It was Jackson’s third straight double-double and fifth of the season. He’s reached double figures in 41 of 42 games this season. Austin got his 11th double-double.

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