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BY PAULINE GAFFNEYCONTRIBUTING WRITER
A University research-er found that playing video games for long periods of time can actually be benefi -cial to your health.
Chennan Liu conducted research on the effects of video and computer gaming for her doctoral degree in social work from the Univer-sity. She recently published her secondary data analysis, which found that excessive
gaming does not directly cor-relate to certain health issues such as obesity. Liu said she was surprised to learn that in some instances, playing video games can actually be benefi cial to your physical health and everyday life.
“The study took a longi-tudinal design that tracked video and computer gam-ing from adolescence into young adulthood,” Liu said in an email.
She analyzed data from the
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health from 1994-1996 and 2001-2002. The study defi ned heavy video and computer gam-ing as at least 21 hours per week spent gaming. There were additional usage points to gauge time spent gaming at 35, 42 and 56 hours.
While Liu found mixed results from the study, her analysis showed that those who gamed 21 hours or more a week were less likely to
complete high school, but more likely to better self-report health and less likely to suffer from obesity.
Playing video and comput-er games for more than 35 hours per week was associ-ated with better health and more total years of education.
Video game players in all three categories (21-plus hours, 35-plus hours and 42-plus hours) were found less likely to use marijuana in the future.
Liu found mental health problems arose in video game players who played 42 hours or more a week because this group was more likely to suf-fer from depression. Howev-er, this group also better self-reported health.
Despite common stereo-types for gamers, Mylene Haus, sophomore in LAS and president of the Social Gam-ing Club, said he believes gaming has certain health benefi ts.
The Social Gaming Club is a Registered Student Orga-nization that gathers stu-dents weekly to play console games, PC games, board games and card games.
“Gaming is a mentally stimulating activity that can test all sorts of your abilities, such as reaction time, logic, planning and more,” Haus said in an email. “With the increasing availability of
BY ELYSSA KAUFMANSTAFF WRITER
Two sexual assaults at 309 E. Green St., along with four to fi ve aggravat-ed batteries, that occurred on Oct. 11 sparked concern and questions on campus.
Champaign Chief of Police Anthony Cobb said the crime that weekend was very uncommon, but added that there is a typ-ical spike in crime every fall. However, Cobb said that the two sexual assaults on Green Street were par-ticularly rare because most assaults on campus are date rape sexual assaults, rather than strangers approaching an individual.
The Champaign Police Department and the Uni-
versity Police Department work closely together to ensure safety on campus and since the incidents, have started an increased police presence in the loca-
tions where the assaults took place.
“Students need to be aware of the crime and
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Since declaring her major, Eliana Park has been pressured by her parents to chose a major with more fi nancial security.
However, Park, senior in the College of Fine and Applied Arts, couldn’t see herself sitting behind a desk commuting numbers, as her original major in accounting would have likely required. Despite the concerns raised by her parents, Park is pur-suing her career aspirations
in violin performance.“In the beginning, when
I fi rst changed my major (from accounting), they were kind of upset about it,” Park, said. “They want-ed me to be in a fi eld of study where I would have a for-sure job and have a stable future.”
While Park decided to pursue a major in the arts, she is an outlier to a larg-er trend showing falling enrollment numbers in the college.
According to enrollment
data from the Division of Management Information in 2008 there were a total of 1,982 undergraduate stu-dents enrolled in the college. Since then, enrollment in FAA has been on a steady decline, with 1,499 under-graduate students enrolled in 2014.
Dean of FAA Edward Fes-er said that the economic
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BY ANDREW NOWAK STAFF WRITER
The Urbana-Champaign Academic Senate will dis-cuss two proposed reso-lutions at a regular meet-ing Monday, regarding the University’s hiring process and uniform pay for spe-cialized faculty.
The Senate Executive Committee originally pro-posed to create an ad-hoc committee to oversee and prevent issues within the hiring process. This comes after the rejection of Ste-ven Salaita’s appointment to the American Indian Studies program. The res-olution aims to enforce current University stat-utes regarding the hiring process.
The resolution also cites the Provost Communica-tion No. 9, which states “the provost makes fi nal deci-sion, with advice from the Campus Committee on Pro-motion and Tenure and the Dean of Graduate College.”
ZIANG XIAO THE DAILY ILLINIAlex Lutz, senior in FAA, paints during class at Flagg Hall on Thursday. Applications to the College of Fine and Applied Arts have been dropping since 2008.
KIRSTEN KELLER THE DAILY ILLINIA John Hersey High School Marching Huskies percussionist performs on the marimba during the Illinois Marching Band Championships at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The championships showcase high school marching bands from around the state. The Marching Huskies won 2nd place in Class 5A.
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Five key points of College Bound Safe and Sound
1. Always keep your head up when walking on campus. This means staying off of phones or technological devices.2. Be aware of what is going on around you.3. Designate a friend when going out to a party
to ensure everyone in the group leaves together.4. Give your family and friends a heads up when there is a change of plans in your schedule. 5. Give the school a heads up if anything on campus appears strange and could be a potential issue.
SOURCE: JACK SHILNEY, COLLEGE BOUND SAFE AND SOUND
College of Fine and Applied Arts enrollment decreases The College of Fine and Applied Arts undergraduate enrollment numbers since 2008.
2014: 1,4992013: 1,5742012: 1,6272011: 1,7692010: 1,7992009: 1,8932008: 1,982
SOURCE: DIVISION OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
College of Fine and Applied Arts tuition increases Total fall semester costs, including tuition and expenses, in the College of Fine and Applied Arts.
2014: $31,754 2013: $31,1982012: $31,0002011: $30,3942010: $29,6462009: $29,6462008: $28,492
SOURCE: THE OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
In the Oct. 16 2014 edition of The Daily Illini, the article “C-U Public Health District restaurant inspection results now onl ine,” incorrect ly stated that Papa Del’s Pizza received one of the lowest scores on its health inspection, when in fact this was the score of Papa D’s. The Daily Illini regrets this error.
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Champaign Theft was reported at The Red Lion, 211 E. Green St., around 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
According to the report, the victim’s wristlet and its con-tents were stolen.
Damage to property was reported in the 100 block of East Springfi eld Avenue around 6 a.m. Saturday. According to the report, a
male suspect forced his way into his old apartment and damaged the door.
Urbana Theft was reported in the 300 block of East Univer-sity Avenue around 8 p.m. Friday.
According to the report, three unknown offenders entered Walgreen’s and one of them hid two bottles
of liquor in his shirt. The offenders left the store with-out paying for the alcohol.
Theft was reported in the 800 block of West Iowa Street around 2:30 p.m. Friday.
According to the report, an unknown offender stole the victim’s bicycle.
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reduce their chances of being a victim,” Cobb said. “For example, both assaults took place in apartments where the door was unlocked. When you are in your apartment lock the doors.”
University crime alerts Crime alerts, which
began around fi ve years ago, serve as a connection between the police depart-ments and members of the University and community.
There are two catego-ries for email alerts: a public safety advisory, which serves as a warn-ing to the community, and a crime alert, which is used to report recent crime activity.
The category of crime alerts is mandated by the Clery Act, which mandates information regarding crime that must be shared by the police. This act also states the need to send an alert based on the location of the crime.
The police have a list of offenses that they refer to when deciding whether or not a crime should be alert-ed through email.
For example, the robbery that occurred on Oct. 12 took place inside the Illini Union. Because the Union is owned by the Universi-ty and located on campus, the police department was required to report this crime. The batteries that
occurred at 309 E. Green St. that same weekend were not located on a part of campus recognized by the Clery Act, but an alert was still sent out.
“We feel it is in the inter-est of the community that if there is a crime that is an ongoing pattern and could be a safety threat, students, staff and visitors should be alerted,” Matt Myrick, Uni-versity Police lieutenant, said. “The alert will help them to take appropriate precautionary measures such as locking doors to avoid a break-in.”
Myrick said the police department has developed protocols of when to send out crime alerts through email. He said that while the police would like to send the alerts out as soon as possible, there are times when an email is delayed in order to ensure all the information is included. Some events begin with a 9-11 call and by the time the report is sent out, the initial description given to 9-11 has been altered and new information has been received.
The batteries that occurred on Oct. 11 serve as an example of an alert needing to be held off until all the information was known. When all four incidents were reported, it was not until all suspect descriptions were reviewed that they could reported that the incidents were related.
“... With the evolving technology and the abili-ty to send out mass emails,
we feel strongly that we want the community to be aware of any potentially dangerous ongoing events,” Myrick said. “Part of that is we need the community’s help to solve some of these crimes. We want people to be aware and have the information and even video to help us fi nd the suspect.”
Myrick also said that it is important that the police not only send out crime alerts, but alert when a sus-pect has been arrested. The intent is that alerts encour-age students and commu-nity members to help the police locate suspects and ultimately, send a message to criminals that they can-not get away with crime.
College Bound Safe and Sound
College Bound Safe and Sound is a program start-ed by Chicago Police Offi -cers Jack Shilney and Josh Weitzman that aims to teach high school and col-lege students to be aware of their personal safety and surroundings while on campus. The program pro-vides information focused on sexual assault statistics, preventative measures and dorm safety.
“We started College Bound Safe and Sound because there are so many sexual assaults in the news and media that we wanted to give high school and col-lege students a chance to be proactive about their safe-ty,” Shilney said.
One focus of the program is the “red zone,” which
refers to the time period between the start of school and Thanksgiving break.
This period is when girls are more likely to be the victim of a sexual assault on campus due to the new-ness of college and lack of parental supervision.
“Our motto is to stay out of the red zone and be aware of it,” Shilney said.
Shilney said that this is the time for students to be most aware of crime and take precautions to reduce their risk of being a victim while on campus.
“The red zones pertain mostly to sexual assault, but if there is high crime in certain areas, hopefully the school and local police can fi gure out a way to cure the crime,” Shilney said.
Another focus of the pro-gram involves fraternities and sororities, as on-cam-pus sexual assaults occur more often at fraternity parties, according to Col-lege Bound Safe and Sound.
The program said alco-hol, which is commonly found at fraternity parties, is the number one date rape drug. Shilney added that girls that are in a sorority are 74 percent more likely to become a victim of sex-ual assault.
The program therefore aims to teach sororities and fraternities to help both male and female students remain safe while going out and how to avoid becoming a victim of assault.
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body-intensive peripherals such as Dance Dance Revolu-tion mats, Kinect, Wiimotes and more, video games can improve your physical health as well.”
Haus added that playing video games is a form of entertainment that relieves stress for players while also strengthening their brains, as long as it is done in moderation.
Joshua Emge, senior in Engineering and webmaster of the Social Gaming Club, said he believes video games can encourages players to be social while they play.
“Games empower the play-er to immerse themselves in the worlds that they explore,” he said in an email. “Interac-tivity also extends between real-world players through sharing stories or through competition, friends or strangers enhance the enjoy-ment of games.”
While Liu found sever-
al health benefi ts to come from gaming in her study, she believes adolescents should still limit the amount of time they spend gaming in order to lower the likeliness
of high school dropouts and depression. She said to pre-vent these negative effects, youths should not game for more than three to fi ve hours.
Liu is currently in China, where she plans to contin-ue her gaming research by conducting a mixed meth-od study to analyze the high rate of Internet and gaming addiction in China.
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long-term fi nancial worries of potential students and their families might be play-ing a role in the declining enrollment numbers.
“The pressures are even a bit higher for the arts because students are nat-urally concerned that the degree they earn will pro-duce a good standard of liv-ing,” Feser said.
While the pressure Park received from her par-ents has since subsided, she knows that a high-pay-ing starting salary may be unlikely. But to Park, a career in the arts is worth more than just dollars and cents.
“(Careers in the arts) may end up paying less than accounting or a fi eld of study like that,” Park said. “But I’d rather do something that I love and be paid less for it than be stuck in something that I don’t like.”
The college is also striv-ing to adapt to rising tuition costs and reduced levels of state funding.
Feser said that as pub-lic universities become increasingly reliant on tuition-based funds, pro-grams in the arts are dis-proportionately put in fi nan-cial risk.
“Like a variety of other disciplines on the campus, most arts disciplines do not generate enough tuition rev-enue to cover their costs,” Feser said.
Feser said that many art programs have signifi cant-ly lower student-to-facul-ty ratios than many other fi elds of study. For exam-ple, music and dance class-es require a studio learn-ing model, meaning that many classes will consist of small groups or one-on-one instruction. This lower ratio means a higher cost for the department.
As FAA has become increasingly dependent on
the funds it receives from tuition, the price of tuition has been slowly rising.
“As we become more dependent on tuition for our revenues, we natural-ly have to be increasingly concerned about how the specifi c mix and relative number of majors and pro-grams we support affects our fi nancial situation,” Fes-er said. “Under these condi-tions, relatively higher net cost disciplines are feeling some pressure.”
In 2008, the total cost of the fall semester for a stu-dent in FAA was $28,492; today that number has ris-en to $31,198, an increase of almost 10 percent, accord-ing to the Department of Financial Aid.
“Earnings for arts gradu-ates, especially within the fi rst few years of gradu-ation, are lower than for graduates from STEM fi elds, for example,” Feser said.
He said FAA is trying to alleviate some of these fi nancial concerns by imple-menting new programs and majors for prospective stu-dents. These changes would hopefully help the depart-ment recruit and retain more students as it contin-ues to evolve to adapt to a changing college landscape.
“Many emerging pro-grams create opportunities for students to earn multi-ple degrees, such as in engi-neering and music, which students are fi nding increas-ingly attractive,” Feser said. “Many create more oppor-tunities for non-arts majors to have an artistic learning experience, which can help develop creative thinking and design skills.”
Feser said he hopes the new programs will catch the interest of students who wish to pursue a degree in the arts but, like Park, are concerned about fi nancial security.
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Rather than create a new process to be followed when a provost or a chan-cellor fi nds a reason not to proceed with a tenure-track hire that was already approved by a department head, the academic senate’s resolution states that Pro-vost Communication No. 9, along with University statutes in place, should be followed and any changes should be debated by the full body of senators.
“(The resolution’s) stance is that a big committee is not needed and should not happen because those pro-cedures have already been created,” Kay Emmert, English lecturer and spon-sor of the proposed resolu-tion, said. “They are under the purview of this commit-tee for promotion and ten-ure, and so to create an ad hoc committee would essen-tially suggest that there could be other procedures that do not work with the departments and that do not work off of a collabo-ration between administra-tive needs and the depart-ment’s judgment of what is an academic scholar for that department.”
Additionally, a separate resolution regarding uni-form pay for specialized faculty will also be dis-cussed by the academic
senate. In the spring, pro-motions were promised by Barbara Wilson, current Harry E. Preble Dean of LAS, during her capacity as Executive Vice Provost.
A massmail was also sent by Provost Ilesanmi Adesi-da announcing the new pay fl oor.
However, the prom-ised pay raises have gone unfi lled, said Kristina Rie-del, director and language coordinator of Sub-Saha-ran African languages and senior lecturer. The pro-posed resolution calls on University administration to honor the promises made last spring.
“When this academic year started, I was actual-ly promoted,” Riedel said. “And I got a letter from my department saying that nobody can be promoted because of the union.”
Riedel brought the issue before the academic sen-ate because that is where the unfulfi lled promotion-al raises were originally promised. She is a member of the non-tenure track fac-ulty union, CFA.
Sara Benson, lecturer in law and sponsor of the reso-lution, expressed her frus-tration that it took a resolu-tion to get the University’s attention. She received an email on Sept. 19 stating the issue was resolved.
“What happened is that the Vice Provost for Fac-ulty Affairs and Academ-
ic Policies wrote back to everyone that was party to the Resolution 15.01 and said that they did a review of all campus promotion-al raises,” Benson said. “The review revealed that there were three promo-
tions of specialized facul-ty members for whom rais-es were not processed, and that they had taken steps to correct the administra-tive error.”
Emmert said that the issue was about more than a few administrative errors.
“What this (resolution) is dealing with, it is a little complicated because it is connected to the non-ten-ure track union that had just recently got certifi ed,” Emmert said.
The University’s human resources website, under
Faculty Unionization Resources, states how “being part of a collective bargaining unit (would) impact the status quo poli-cies and procedures set out in Provost Communication No. 25,” which describes non-tenured positions at the University.
“The University is required to maintain the status quo regarding wages, hours and terms and condi-tions of employment, sub-ject to collective bargain-ing,” the website states. “Colleges and departments will continue operations in progress during the period of negotiations.”
Emmert said confusion involving raises stems from the ambiguity requiring that the University main-tain the status quo during bargaining.
“So there is a difference in opinion of what the status quo means,” Emmert said. “According to the union, it means if there was a struc-ture that was announced or in place before certifi ca-tion, then that should go for-ward like normal. Accord-ing to the University, the status quo is everyone’s pay stays the same during bargaining.”
The meeting will take place Monday at 3:10 p.m. in the Illini Union Room A.
Andrew can be reached at [email protected].
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“Gaming is a mentally
stimulating activity.”
MYLENE HAUSSOCIAL GAMING CLUB PRESIDENT
“(The resolution’s) stance is that a big committee is not
needed and should not happen because
those procedures have already been
created.”
KAY EMMERTENGLISH LECTURER
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Loss of the arts detrimental to future careers
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EDITORIAL
W hen we think of art, many of us think of the elementa-ry basics like
painting, drawing, sculpt-ing, dance, theater and es-sentially anything else where one craftily creates something new and displays it through some sort of me-dium.
However, art can encom-pass so much more than what we typically think of.
Art goes beyond the con-cept of expression of an idea through a particular medium or skillset. Art in-volves originality, resource-fulness and developing new ways of thinking that are applicable and relevant out-side of just the realm of art.
And for this reason, we believe that the success of art disciplines is so vitally important.
We need people who can strategize and execute com-pany visuals, such as web-sites and logos, and who can come up with diagrams and designs to help explain complicated concepts. We need people who have basic skills of drawing and spa-tial awareness to help cre-ate layouts or organize of-fices. We need people with aesthetic abilities and inno-vative ideas to help bring new concepts to the table.
Because of all of these ne-cessities and others that ap-ply to most jobs, it worries us when the maintenance of these art-related fields is threatened. Edward Fe-ser, dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, said that visual and design disci-plines in public universities may falter if change doesn’t occur.
The cost for students in FAA has been steadi-ly growing over the years, from $28,492 in 2008 to $31,198 in 2013. These rises in cost have to do with nec-essary costs for the depart-ment superseding tuition revenue.
While the issue of funding is an overarching, pressing issue in the case of art pro-grams, we do not believe that these particular disci-plines should falter because of that.
There is most definite-ly a reputation for art-re-lated degrees being tied to low-paying jobs that deters some students, but as men-tioned previously, there are skills pertinent to this disci-pline that are applicable to all sorts of fields.
Students should not be turned off or withdraw from pursuing majors or minors in FAA because they can be taken alongside oth-er majors and minors as well, and they may also be able to teach sets of skills that are applicable beyond a studio.
We believe the services, skills and learning opportu-nities that may be provided in FAA, and art disciplines nationally, are just as im-portant and qualified as oth-ers, and students should not be discouraged from enter-ing this field.
We hope that changes in funding and minor alter-ations and broader appli-cations of these programs will be enough to stimu-late more student interest and maintain the survival of these necessary art dis-ciplines.
Have a minute? Crack open a book
I love Netflix, you love Netf-
lix, everyone loves Netflix! Or
Hulu, or Amazon Prime, or
even just DVDs or cable. When
you don’t have homework (and,
honestly, when you do) vegging
out for an episode or two of your
favorite show seems to be a pret-
ty inescapable fate.
Before television shows and
movies conveniently existed in
our homes and on our comput-
ers, people could still fill their
time with fabricated stories and
realities.Only then, they usually came
in the form of books.
Now, as college students, we
read all the time, or at least,
we’re supposed to, in the form of
textbooks and novels for class.
But rarely do I see anyone curl-
ing up with a book because they
want to.While college students are
crunched for time and reading
always seems like a task, versus
an escape, finding a book that
you can connect to can bring
infinitely more rewards than
mindlessly watching a 22-minute
sitcom.And if you have time for Netf-
lix, you have time for a book.
Hopefully everyone at this uni-
versity has read a novel that they
can claim as a favorite or has at
least experienced some sort of
book that they’ve enjoyed.
By skimping on reading, we do
ourselves a disservice instead of
working toward becoming more
well-rounded learners.
This pastime seems to be a
dwindling activity with a slew of
benefits that we’re missing out
on. And if you’re someone who
doesn’t enjoy reading, I firm-
ly believe that you haven’t tried
hard enough to find a book that
satisfies your literary needs.
Leisurely reading is crucial
for college students, especially
because many of us come into
college unprepared according
to some ACT scores. About 66
percent of students who took the
ACT were not college-ready in
reading, and the benchmark for
reading readiness has dropped 8
percent since 2010.
While we’re already in college
and past the times of the ACT,
we still can, and should, take the
time to brush up on our reading
skills.This factors in vocabulary and
reading comprehension. Both are
bettered by active leisurely read-
ing. The more you read, the more
complex words that you will
come into contact with, assum-
ing you’re reading around or
above your comprehension level.
Depending on the texts, this
will assist with your comprehen-
sion of other pieces of work as
well. It doesn’t matter if you’re
attempting new textbooks or just
sitting in a room full of smarties:
Reading prepares you for both
situations through increased lan-
guage understanding.
This preparedness also applies
to different situations as well.
When we read works of fic-
tion and non-fiction, we come
into contact with circumstanc-
es and stories that we would not
otherwise be in tune with. Simi-
lar to movies, but books offer a
unique, complex understanding
of a character, which is some-
times hard to depict in a televi-
sion show.
Only in books can you get a
sense of every aspect of a char-
acter’s life.You’re connected to charac-
ters, so you feel as if you under-
stand the life that is depicted in
the pages. While you can’t walk a
mile in someone’s shoes, you can
read a couple hundred pages of
their mind.Plus, recent studies have
found that reading can transport
the reader into the body of the
protagonist — not literally, but
through biological sensations.
Reading allows for actual chang-
es to brain structure and activity.
There are other benefits to
reading as well. For instance, the
stress that is put on us students
while reading a textbook or a
novel for an English class is pret-
ty much absent while reading a
book where your only motivation
to get through it is enjoyment.
Instead, reading is a well-known
stress-reliever.If those reasons aren’t enough,
know that reading provides
people with a better memory,
stronger critical thinking skills,
improved focus, concentration
and better writing skills.
All of these benefits of read-
ing are applicable to students of
every major. We go to college to
learn. Reading helps us learn.
It’s that simple.So let’s work on understanding
the worlds that are right under
our noses by having our noses
in books. Next time Netflix asks
you if you’re still watching, say
no and open a new book instead.
It’s a source of entertainment
that will never lose its value, and
it’s ready for us to join in.
Emma is a sophomore in
LAS. She can be reached at
Kanye West for University president
Editor’s note: The following column is written with a satirical intention.
Last week, The Daily Illini’s Editorial Board penned a column ask-
ing the University community a relatively simple question: Should Chancellor Wise be considered for the next Uni-versity president? I’m sure thoughts are divided on this issue, as Wise’s administration has been tumultuous to say the least.
I couldn’t help but think, while reading this, that the search for a new president would be more interesting if the hype surrounding it could rival the excitement gener-ated by searching for a new football coach, something else that the University will prob-ably be doing pretty soon, as Tim Beckman is 1-18 in the Big Ten.
In terms of potential candi-dacy, though Wise “is sure-ly qualified,” “has exempla-ry experience,” and “has a Ph.D.,” I yearned for some-thing more exciting.
Just as I hope our football team tries to hire Vince Lom-bardi’s ghost next year, I hope that the administration would also seek some star power aca-
demically. I propose we shoot for the moon on the hire of the next president and look no further than one of Chicago’s own: Kanye West.
I know what you’re think-ing: “You mean that guy who’s married to a Kardashian?” I know it sounds bizarre, but after a little analysis, it becomes clear that, in abso-lutely no seriousness whatso-ever, Mr. West is the best pos-sible candidate on the planet for the job.
One of the biggest problems facing the current adminis-tration has been maintain-ing transparency — lack of it has caused sit-ins at Board of Trustees meetings and votes of no-confidence in Wise from 14 different departments on campus.
With West, we’d never need to wonder what he’s think-ing because, as countless live rants and a VMA interruption have shown, he’s going to say what’s on his noggin, regard-less of ramifications.
The presidential resume of Yeezus, West’s alter-ego, is further boosted by his appreciation of school spir-it, something we could use a little more of here in Cham-paign-Urbana. West even has a track named “School Spirit.” Though this song may have been written in jest of the higher education system, it could serve as a rallying cry for the student body. We could even make it the school song.
Maybe, then, Deadspin
wouldn’t have to lambaste our student section for poor per-formance at football games.
It’s now been proven that West would be the most trans-parent and inspiring presi-dent in history, but part of what makes his candidacy so good is that he’s not an aca-demic insider weighed down by internal politics. He does, however, have more experi-ence than one might think.
West himself went to col-lege before deciding to drop out to pursue a music career, naming his first album The College Dropout to chronicle his experience.
Mr. West understands aca-demia, but not enough to get mired in its unfortunate aspects. It’s like that hair dye they advertise during foot-ball games called “Touch of Gray,” which allows men to dye a little bit of their hair gray, but not all of it, so they can maintain the illusion of having more experience and sophistication.
West has a touch of academ-ic knowledge, and that may be the perfect amount to succeed.
Former University president Michael Hogan had a Ph.D. and a master’s degree from the University of Iowa, and he was forced to resign after multiple scandals; maybe it’s time to try someone who isn’t already ingrained in academia.
Even given all of Kanye’s intense fame and the pressure that comes with it, all of his work is original.
In fact, West is a contem-porary Shakespeare, forming his own words and inserting them into the popular lexi-con effortlessly. A key exam-ple comes from the song “All Falls Down,” in which Kanye invents the best adjective in human existence: “ballerific.” Other choice words created by West include “Apologing” (“Can’t Tell Me Nothing”) and “Swaghili” (“I’m In It”).
It’d be a shame not to hire the next Shakespeare — how would history forgive us?
The ball’s in your court, presidential search committee. Sure, you could do the same, predictable hire of some-one who has been in univer-sity administration for some time, or you can do the right thing and dive head-first into a super awesome Kanye West presidency.
Maybe we don’t have enough money to do it, but we can just raise tuition to $100,000 or something, it’ll get there even-tually anyway.
Kanye West is the president the University deserves. He’s the president the University needs right now. If the Univer-sity has a problem with West’s lack of a doctoral degree, per-haps they could look to another qualified candidate, Dr. Dre.
Either would certainly rival the competency of the current administration.
Boswell is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at [email protected].
EMMA GOODWIN
Opinions columnist
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Q U I C K COMMENTARY
ENJOYING UNMENTIONABLES HYPED UP FOR HOMECOMING
Does anyone like the people who get whatever they want just because of who they are? We don’t. They can do no wrong, even when they actually do wrong — in this case, breaking the law. We’re looking at you, Joseph Randle. Although the Dallas Cowboy makes hundreds of thousands of dollars, he stole underwear and cologne from a store and got caught. But lucky for him, his fame worked in his favor, and the company MeUndies is partner-ing with him. Randle will make enough off of the endorsement to offset the $29,500 fine the NFL hit him with because of the incident. Seems fair, right? Wrong.
Homecoming only comes once a year, and that time of year is here once again! This week gives students something to be proud of: The fact that they attend the same world-class institution that great grads like Nick Offerman (a.k.a. Ron Swanson on “Parks and Recreation”), Steven Chen (the co-founder of YouTube), Will Leitch (writer and founding editor of Deadspin) and countless incredible others did. Regardless of how our sports teams perform, we should revel in the fact these alumni, along with the ones that we know personally, are headed back to their Alma Mater and that those who are unable to do so are here in hearts and spirits.
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BY SHALAYNE PULIACONTRIBUTING WRITER
Steven Hager sat on a small, wooden bench in the Chemical and Life Scienc-es Laboratory . His tall, thin frame leaned against the wall, legs crossed, hands escaping a fi nger-laced posi-tion only to gesture when his words became excited.
A memorial for his father, Lowell P. Hager, former head of the Department of Bio-chemistry , brought him back to the University. But Steven Hager is no chemist — he’s a journalist, a counterculture and cannabis activist and the author of an e-book titled “Killing Lincoln: The Real Story,” which was released last week.
Hager earned his Bach-elor of Fine Arts in theater studies at the University followed by a Master of Sci-ence in journalism in 1979. He worked as a reporter for The Daily Illini during his last two years as a graduate student.
After graduation, Hager worked for 20 years as the editor of High Times — a New York magazine dedi-cated to advocating cannabis legalization . It was here that Hager discovered the bene-fi ts of the drug and decided to get behind it, he said.
Now, a brown corduroy sport coat and olive green fedora stand out subtly from his attire, which includes a silver chain hanging from his belt loops and a pin secured to his left lapel represent-ing a religious organization he co-founded — The Pot Illuminati.
His secret religious group meets in Aspen where mar-ijuana is legalized because it’s an integral part of the group’s improvisational ceremonies. Hager uses six candles, each infused with a different essential oil and portraying a different reli-gious symbol from the Star of David to Buddha. It symbol-izes dedication to all-inclu-siveness. They have just one rule: “Don’t hurt anybody.”
Hager spoke quickly and with conviction about his lat-est e-book. He said he wants this one to take him main-stream. In two years, Hag-er has published 30 works online.
The Daily Illini: How did your interest in Lincoln’s assassination start?
Steven Hager: Well, I saw a movie. It’s free on Netf-lix called “The Conspira-tor .” And if you just watch the movie it just becomes real obvious that this wom-an (Mary Surratt) is being railroaded. She’s a patsy and they set her up as the master-mind of President Lincoln’s
assassination. So, I just start-ed researching it, and after ... (six) weeks, I just realized that I had evidence of Lin-coln’s own, Republican Party heads masterminding a plot to have him assassinated. And ... the same people that killed him kind of participat-ed in creating this image of him as the greatest president of all-time. And that really wasn’t people’s impression at the time.
DI: And you found all this information from online research?
SH: Yes ... This is the most investigated murder in histo-ry. For 100 years, they hid all the evidence. (Robert) Red-ford did a movie about it, but still, it’s like I don’t think peo-ple realize when they watch that movie, about what the implications are of what happened.
I solved the Lincoln assas-sination. It’s true. I can’t deny it. And anyway, the evi-dence is all there in my book. Anybody can try to dispute it, but it’s all from primary documents from the period.
DI: Tell me about your pre-vious work.
SH: I wrote the fi rst book on hip-hop ... People only want to read about the big-gest stars, which I don’t care about. To me it was about the original generation ... I spent a lot of time on marijuana, trying to legalize it. So, that got me pigeonholed for a while. I wrote about how it cures cancer, which is true. If you eat enough (oil), you’ll clear most tumors. It’s funny too; because all the original research on marijuana was done here by Roger Adams .
DI: And did your father work with marijuana?
SH: No. He hated hippies and marijuana. It was a big problem with us. I got dis-owned for a while. But my dad changed his mind after I convinced him that marijua-na could cure cancer ... It’s going to be legal in fi ve years
everywhere. It’s like the Ber-lin Wall coming down.
DI: You seem to focus a lot on counterculture in your work.
SH: Yeah, I was raised a Lutheran. And I guess I felt betrayed around the age of 14 when I went to my pastor, and I said, ‘What’s going to happen to all the Buddhists and the Jews and the people in Africa that aren’t Chris-tians?’ and he told me they were all going to hell. At 14 it was just ludicrous ... That’s when I became a hippie.
DI: Are you still work-ing toward marijuana legalization?
SH: Well, yeah. I’ve got my own magazine now. It’s called “Abakus.” That’s based in Aspen. I started it in August. So the fi rst issue just came out a couple months ago ... We’ll see how it goes. I’m keeping my marijuana activities to Colorado at the moment where it’s like a dif-ferent universe. It’s so won-derful to go somewhere and not be persecuted for your deepest beliefs. I’ve been arrested so many times for marijuana; it got tedious.
DI: What’s your next major project?
SH: I was thinking may-be Huey Long was the gov-ernor of Louisiana who got assassinated, and that’s a story that’s always interest-ed me. Maybe I’ll do Huey Long. I don’t know. I’ve got so many projects, so many ideas. I just let them kind of fester and, when the time is right, the one I want to work on exclusively just sort of makes itself known. I don’t know what that’s going to be for my next project, but I’m just really glad I got this Lin-coln book done because it’s a chance to reach out to a big audience again like ‘Hip Hop’ did.
Shalayne can be reached at [email protected].
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Through his experimental orchestra band, he incorporates contemporary classical approach with a heavy-rock sound, he said.
Meland said he is the main creative force behind the band; however, every one of the six other band members, all classical and jazz musicians, brings his own element to the table.
“I’ll score out the entire song, but once I take it into rehearsal, they’ll go, ‘Well, what if I did it this way?” and I’ll think, ‘Heck yeah, you guys know your instru-ments way better than I do,’” Meland said.
Meland said he feels this has given him a skill that he can take back to his orches-tral compositions.
“Writing different parts for each instru-ment is a very hard thing to do and one of the things you study in composition,” he said. “It’s very important to learn about each instrument, its strengths, weakness-es and how you can utilize both to create a specifi c sound.”
Along the way, the melodies Meland hears turned a colleague and bandmate in Feral States into a close friend.
Justin Peters, senior in FAA, said he sees Meland’s passion for composition and music everyday.
“He’s one of the most driven people that I know, especially at this age,” Peters said. “He is super gifted, and he knows how to think about things. He is always having some kind of idea, and whether it’s things he’s come up with or changing or produc-ing, he always has some kind of idea that he is working on.”
As graduation rapidly approaches for the two bandmates, they’ll be embarking on a new journey for both of their music careers.
“After this year, we’ll be graduating, and a couple of us are planning on moving up to Chicago and getting a place together and starting to focus more on the band and make more of it. We’ll be writing, record-ing and touring a lot more,” Peters said.
Although Meland said he knows this will be challenging, it’s something he’s prepared to face. The melodies make it worth it.
“I’ve been in school my entire life, and it’s really exciting to be able to focus on music,” he said. “The feeling I get when I’m listening to music I love, hearing my compositions performed or performing others’ work — that’s it. Some may say composition isn’t a useful degree. Even though it’s a riskier profession to go into, and I won’t be experiencing comfort and security any time soon, this is the time to be young and stupid, (to) beat myself up and do what I love.”
Sarah can be reached at [email protected].
“100% Corner Pieces Birthday Cake” (what cute names, right?). This is because they are some of my favorite desserts. Sometimes I fi nd frozen yogurt to be more icy and thin-ner in comparison to regular ice cream, but I was interested to fi nd that these fl avors taste rich and are creamy in texture.
The reason behind this is that Orange Leaf makes its yogurt daily in the store using real ingredients.
For example, shift leader Alyssa Machi-nis, senior in Media, said that the “Spoon-In-The-Jar Good Peanut Butter” has real pea-nut butter in it and the “You’ll Go Monkeys Banana” has actual banana in it.
In addition, Jeremy Kelley, manager of the store, explained that all of the yogurt options are gluten-free and some are low-fat, fat-free and sugar-free.
I was also highly impressed by the top-pings bar. It includes granola, cereal and fruit for the more health-conscious and a multitude of candies, cookies and choco-late-y options for sugar addicts like yours truly. I especially enjoy the miniature cook-ie dough and birthday cake bites, as well as strawberries and sour gummy worms. Often I avoid fruit at frozen yogurt places because it looks like it has been sitting out a while, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that the toppings bar appears very clean and the fruit looks like it had just been set out.
Ramachandran said as of right now, he recommends “Melt In Your Mouth Cinna-mon Roll” with the topping “popping bobas,” which are tiny pearl-shaped candies fi lled with fruit juice.
However, one problem that Orange Leaf and many frozen yogurt places in general have had is the lack of customer’s portion control. With large cup sizes and dividers, it can be hard to measure how much frozen yogurt you are getting. Also, the cups are weighed to determine the price, which can really add up. During my trip, I observed a man purchasing $8 worth of frozen yogurt. For dessert lovers like myself, this could become an expensive habit.
The Bottom LineWith its cheery environment, free Wi-Fi,
fresh-made yogurt and a variety of both healthy and unhealthy toppings, Orange Leaf is the sweetest new destination on campus.
Oh, and remember when I said I had a “dessert problem”? Is that really a problem?
After all, life is too short to not enjoy the things you love, especially with a place like Orange Leaf right around the corner. So fi ll up your cup.
Annabeth is sophomore in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].
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Q&A with published alumnusThe Daily Illini sat down with Steven Hager, Class of 1979 alumnus, who has done everything from working at the New York Daily News to working on cannabis legislation. Turn to Page 5A to learn more about Hager’s path from the University to authorship.
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BY SARAH FOSTERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Joe Meland lives his life in song. He hears it during bike rides across
campus or in his shower after a long day. They keep him up when he’s try-ing to sleep. They distract him when he’s awake.
He carries these melodies every-where he goes — they are transcribed in his personal journal or are con-suming his phone’s memory in voice recordings.
He is constantly being reminded of his biggest passion.
“If I wasn’t in music, I don’t know what I would be doing,” said Meland, senior in FAA. “There’s nothing I love more.”
Meland has never been in the absence of these melodies. They were with him when he first started playing the piano at 4 years old and when he created his first composition at the age of 6. They inspired him to join bands, learn how to play instruments like the accordion or the guitar, and attend the University to major in composition.
Though his repertoire consists of numerous works for everything from rock and metal bands to orchestras and chamber music groups, what starts as a simple tune in his head requires a complex process to create a polished final product.
“I hear a little snippet of something that gets caught in my head, and then I write that down and expand upon it,” Meland said. “Then I’ll go back again and make a lot of revision until I have something that constantly flows.”
He writes main lines and accompa-niment melodies for all types of instru-ments, which he explains takes careful consideration.
“I think about how I could use the instruments around it to create inter-esting colors, and then I add new sec-tions and write new lines. Maybe I’ll add or subtract a couple bars here or there, change the instrumentation of something, and if I’m really inspired by the end of a week or day, I’ll have something that’s close to completion,” he said.
Just as an author may struggle to
find the words to write, Meland goes through his own version of writer’s block. He said it’s frustrating to go through times of inspiration and then a lack of creative output. But Meland has developed his own process for over-coming these instances and ways to let the melodies still win.
“I force myself to write even what I think is crap because even if what I initially put on the page is awful, I can go back and revise and turn it into something I like,” Meland said. “It nev-er gets easier looking at a blank page and knowing where to start.”
But what helps the most is focusing on the final product, whether it’s for class or published on Soundcloud or Bandcamp.
“(What’s so rewarding is) the act of having done it, hearing something that you put so much time and effort, and then all of a sudden it’s there, it’s some-thing that exists outside of you, and you can show somebody else,” Meland said.
To Zack Browning, associate pro-fessor emeritus of music composition theory, one of the biggest challenges
of composing a piece is the creativity behind it; however, he believes that is what makes composition all the more important.
“Unfortunately, a lot has gotten away from the creative side of things: think-ing things through, making decisions in a creative way,” Browning said. “Composition is important because it gives (composers) a chance to think creatively.”
This is the very essence of Meland’s passion and why he loves to compose even though it’s challenging.
“The first couple years here, I was forcing myself to write in a style that would be accepted, but then I realized that I was the only person putting those restrictions on me,” Meland said. “So now, I just write whatever I want to write. It all comes from the same place.”
The opportunity for creativity has brought Meland to a new era in his music composition phase — compos-ing for his main project, Feral States.
I’d like to make a con-fession: I have a small dessert
problem.Actually, it’s not that
small. It’s an “I-can’t-sur-vive-a-single-day-without-it” kind of problem. To me, a meal is just not com-plete without a sweet treat at the end. Whether it is cake, ice cream, cupcakes, brownies or pie — I don’t discriminate.
But my absolute biggest weakness is frozen yogurt. The fact that you can fill up your cup with as much and as many flavors and top-pings as you want is a des-sert lover’s dream come
true. So naturally, when I learned that a new fro-zen yogurt establishment called Orange Leaf opened on Green Street on Oct. 4, I had to check it out right away.
The Experience
When I step through the doors to Orange Leaf, I find myself surrounded by shimmery orange tiles, glowing green walls and modern white and orange furniture. A group of four students crowd together on one of the couches, eating their frozen yogurt with the establishment’s orange shovel-shaped spoons. The bright décor seems like something out of Willy Won-ka’s factory, and it instant-ly puts me in a hungry and happy mood.
Creating an appeal-
ing and happy place for students was the goal of franchise co-owners and Bloomington, Ill., residents, Balaji Ramachandran and Narendhar Ramalingam, according to Ramachan-dran. He also said that they offer Wi-Fi so students can work and relax.
The back of the store is where it all begins. There is a counter with two differ-ent frozen yogurt cup sizes, small and large, cups for smoothies and dividers that can be inserted in the cups so flavors do not mix. A worker wearing an orange apron stands close by with sample cups for customers.
Right away, I was drawn to the flavors “Spice Up Your Life Pumpkin Pie,” “The Dynamic Duo Choco-late Salted Caramel” and
ANNABETH CARLSON
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SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIKristy Theisen, sophomore in Education, works part-time at Orange Leaf, a vibrant new frozen yogurt franchise.
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOE MARSHALLLeft: Daniel Hinze, senior in Engineering, plays the tenor saxophone with his band Feral States. Right: Joe Meland performs with his band, Feral States, one of the outlets for his creative music composing.
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BY STEPHEN BOURBONSENIOR WRITER
The Illinois volley-ball team finished off its longest road trip in Big Ten play Saturday with a hard-fought victory over Nebraska.
In the Illini’s fourth consecutive match on the road, three of them com-ing against ranked foes, Illinois (14-5, 6-2 Big Ten) finished out close sets in a four-set victory over Nebraska (11-6, 5-3). The victory marked the Illini’s first victory over the Husk-ers since 1992.
Senior outside hitter Mor-ganne Criswell put togeth-er her second consecutive strong performance after playing only one set last Saturday against Penn State. Criswell led the Illi-ni with 21 kills — tying a career-high — while hitting
.294 after posting 17 kills against Iowa on Wednesday.
“She was hitting without worry of being blocked or going out of bounds, she was going for it,” head coach Kevin Hambly said. “I liked the way she was going after it. She was real-ly good out of system, with balls all over the net, she took some big cuts.”
Jocelynn Birks chipped in 19 kills and 13 digs for her fifth consecutive double-double.
Alicia Ostrander led Nebraska with 19 kills — five above her season-high. The Illini shut down the Huskers’ top outside hitter, Kadie Rolfzen, for much of the match. The sophomore, who ranks sixth in the con-ference for kills, was held to 12 kills with 10 errors on the match.
The two teams were even
for much of the match, with the deciding plays coming at the end of sets. With the first set tied at 22 apiece, the Illini took three of the final four points of the set with two kills and a block. Illinois led 1-0 in the first set but wouldn’t grab the lead again until a kill from Birks gave the Illini a 21-20 lead.
The third set followed a similar narrative as nei-ther team led by more than three points either way. Nebraska fought off two set points to tie the game at 24, then stifled another set point to bring the score to 25-25. The Illini stepped up in crunch time, again, as Liz McMahon put down a kill and an Ostrander hit-ting error ended the set.
“We’re used to being in close sets,” Criswell said. “I think we were more calm
in big situations than they were.”
The stat sheet reflected
Illinois 3, Nebraska 1Summary: The Illini beat the Huskers in four sets to complete their longest road trip of the season. Key performer: Morganne Criswell tied a career-high with 21 kills while hitting .294. Quote of the game: “She was hitting without worry of being blocked or going out of bounds, she was going for it,” head coach Kevin Hambly said about Criswell. Hidden stat: This was the first victory for Illinois over Nebraska since 1992. Up next: vs. Indiana, 7 p.m., Friday, Huff Hall
Illini top Huskers 3-1Volleyball !nishes Big Ten road trip with hard-fought win over Nebraska
BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois' Morganne Criswell rises for a spike during the game against Rutgers at George Huff Hall, on Sept. 27. The Illini won 3-0. Criswell was crucial in the win over the Huskers. SEE VOLLEYBALL | 2B
BY DANIEL DEXTERSTAFF WRITER
Down two goals in the third period, the Illinois hockey team found a way to overcome adversity.
The Illini scored two goals in the final four minutes of the game against Michigan-Dearborn on Friday to send the game to overtime and eventually into a shootout. Forward John Olen scored the Illini’s only goal of the shootout, but it was all the Illini needed as goalie Joe Olen made all three saves for a 5-4 Illinois win.
“It was nice to get the three penalty shots because it felt like I let my team down a little bit during the game, and they brought it back for me,” Joe Olen said. “I felt like I almost owed them a little bit.”
Illinois (8-1-0-0) got its first win since its six game winning streak was snapped against Colorado State two weeks ago. The team would go on to sweep the series with a blowout 5-1 on Saturday.
Head coach Nick Fabbri-ni said the team played bet-ter on Friday than the score showed. Despite being out-shot 39-21, the Wolverines capitalized on more scoring opportunities.
“It showed a lot of char-acter scoring two goals in the last four minutes, but I think that was just a reward for all the hard work we put in through the first 55 (min-utes),” Fabbrini said. “Even though we were down two goals, I thought we car-ried the play for most of the game. We just weren’t able to
score, and they were pretty opportunistic by making the most of their chances.”
In the second game of the series on Saturday, the Illini maintained their lead throughout. John Olen con-tributed two goals in the win and said the team came out with a higher energy level on Saturday.
Against Colorado State, focus was an issue in the sec-ond game of the series after winning the first one. Dur-ing its off week, the team discussed maintaining the same energy level in the sec-ond game of the series after winning the first one.
“We talked about remem-bering the way we felt after the game on Friday and how we felt after the loss against Colorado State,” Fabbri-ni said. “We definitely pre-
fer the feeling of winning. I think that we learned our lesson in that regard and I think it’s good that we learned it early.”
After letting up costly goals in the game on Friday, Joe Olen let up only one goal in the second period on Sat-urday. He gave credit to the protection provided by the defense, which limited the Wolverines to 27 shots in the game compared to Illi-nois’ 37.
Fabbrini said play in goal and the defense was a key factor in the games over the weekend, particularly the team’s ability to hold off the Wolverines on power plays. Michigan-Dearborn had 25 power play goals heading into the series against the Illini but didn’t score any over the weekend.
“I think we really wore them down,” Fabbrini said. “They are definitely not used to playing on an ice this big, and I don’t think they’ve ever played anybody that skates as well as we do.”
The Illini will get their first chance against a CSCHL opponent when they takes on Ohio at the Big Pond next weekend. Joe Olen believes that if the team keeps play-ing the way it has been then it shouldn’t have any issues moving forward.
“We’ve progressed to harder and harder games as the season has gone on,” Joe Olen said. “I think we are ready for the test.”
Daniel can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @ddexter23.
Illinois hockey sweeps home series
When Elijah Thomas announces his col-lege decision Tues-
day afternoon, it will mark the end of a wild recruit-ing process for the star for-ward out of Texas.
Recruiting never ends for college coaches and programs, but for many aspiring Division I basket-ball players like Thom-as, it’s an experience they will only have once in their lives. And while Thomas has enjoyed the constant interaction and adoration from fans throughout his recruitment, it will come as a huge relief to the 6-foot-9 big man once his decision is
made and announced.For all of the fun recruit-
ing can be, there is an immense amount of scru-tiny that is heaped upon the life decisions of teenag-ers. Whispers and rumors can be twisted and con-strued to fit the agendas of fans and the media, and that has been Thomas’ big-gest annoyance during his big-time college basketball recruiting experience.
“(My least favorite thing) is when people put words in your mouth or say some-thing you didn’t say,” Thom-as said in a text message.
So while Thomas’ deci-sion will put an end to the speculation and the pro-cess, it’s a decision that he says he isn’t sure of just yet. With a 1:30 p.m. announcement looming Tuesday, Thomas claimed Sunday that he hadn’t yet
made up his mind between Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, SMU, LSU and Illi-nois. Whatever the final decision might be, Thomas says he’s sure that his mind will be made up for good by Tuesday morning.
Thomas may well have a good idea of where he’s headed and is just trying to heighten the suspense for Tuesday. Or, he could honestly be torn between the five schools, several of which have made compel-ling cases to lure him to their campuses.
Oklahoma State already has a high-powered group in the 2015 recruiting class, including Jawun Evans of Dallas, star point guard and Thomas’ friend. The Cow-boys also have had mod-erate success on the court as of late to go along with state-of-the-art athletic
facilities on campus.Texas A&M recently
scored a commitment from another of Thomas’ friends, 6-foot-2 shooting guard Admon Gilder. Though the Aggies have struggled recently and play second fiddle to the A&M foot-ball team, they also have a strong 2015 recruiting class that may be enticing to Thomas.
And of course, Thomas has raved about Illinois and twice named the Illini the leader during his recruit-ment. He’s praised the fans, the campus and Illini head coach John Groce for their efforts. He seemed to be having an awesome time during his official visit last month. He’s got an obses-sive following of Illinois fans on social media that would only grow stronger with a commitment to the
Illini. Thomas also consid-ers himself to be friends with the current Illini play-ers, which would allow for a soft landing at a school that is far away from his Dallas-area home.
The school that Thomas ultimately chooses will land one of the top 30 players in the 2015 class, according to 247sports.com. He has a tremendous personality that matches his large skill set and frame, and he has the potential to be the cen-terpiece of any of the pro-grams on his list.
On Tuesday, the Eli-jah Thomas experience will end for four schools, but begin in earnest for another.
Alex is a junior in AHS. He can be reached at [email protected] and @aroux94.
Thomas announces his choice TuesdayALEX ROUX
Basketball columnist
Illinois 28th place of 36 in Wisconsin Adidas InvitationalSummary: Illini’s top runner Jannis Toepher tripped in first 800 meters of race.Key performer: Ian Barnett, first overall for Illinois, 72nd place in Invite, time of 24:28Quote of the game: “Someone tripped me from behind and all I remember was lying on the ground and seeing basically the entire field jumping over me.” – Jannis ToepherHidden stat: Of the 36 teams in the race, 19 of them are ranked in the top 30.Up next: Illini Open, 4:40 p.m, Friday, Urbana, Illinois.
BY MATT GERTSMEIERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Illinois’ senior Jannis Toepher took a tumble Friday and Illinois did too. The Illini men’s cross-country team’s troubles at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational in Madi-son, Wis., began in the open-ing 800 meters when Toepher was tripped.
Toepher, an All-Big Ten runner last year, was aim-ing to stay in the front of the pack with the top runners, but his fall dropped him to nearly dead last.
Illinois finished 28th place out of 36 teams in the high-ly-competitive field contain-ing 19 ranked schools. No. 6-ranked Syracuse took first place.
Toepher’s fall put him, and Illlinois, in a deep hole.
“All I remember was lying on the ground and see-ing basically the entire field jumping over me,” Toepher said. “I tried to get up, but there were so many people coming that they ran into me and pushed me back down. All I could do was curl up on the ground and let everyone pass.”
Despite Toepher’s tum-ble, he still finished second overall among Illini and took 107th place overall in the meet with a time of 24 min-utes, 40 seconds.
Seeing Toepher tripped and immediately get passed up set the tone for the rest of the Illini runners.
“That’s going to have a pretty big impact on how our day went,” head coach Jake Stewart said. “I don’t know if we responded as well as we would have liked to once we had a sense of what was going on with Jannis.”
Junior Ian Barnett finished with the best time for Illinois, running the race in 24:28. Barnett placed 72nd over-
Illini runnerstrip up at meet
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how close the teams were. The teams had an identical number of digs and blocks, while the Illini barely out-hit the Huskers, .228 to .224.
The Illini ended their current road trip at 3-1, with victories at Penn State, Iowa and Nebraska. Howev-er, it was the one loss to Ohio State on Oct. 8 — where the
Illini couldn’t convert four match points — that Ham-bly and the team will think about the most.
“I don’t know that we’re all elated, we expect to win matches,” Hambly said. “If I sit back and refl ect on it, no we’re not happy. We want to win all of our matches.”
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all, while junior Paul Zeman and seniors Bryce Basting and Brendan McDonnell all fi nished beyond 150th place.
“I know how our prepara-tion has gone and we were prepared to go out and run at a much higher level, but sometimes it just doesn’t hap-pen and that’s the frustrating part about the sport,” Stew-art said. “I know the guys are disappointed. I’m disap-pointed, but it’s not as though we’re not prepared to go out and run to our expectations.”
After the meet, Stewart thought his team needed to have a stronger sense of urgency during races.
“From the mental stand-point of it, we as a team need to have a sense of urgency to go out and run the way we are capable of running,” Stewart said. “We can’t just hope it happens, we have to make it happen.”
Illinois’ other group took
seventh place in the 26-team fi eld at the Bradley ‘Pink’ Classic on Friday. Sophomore Will Brewster fi nished 13th and had the best time for the Illini, completing the race in 25 minutes. Freshmen Gar-rett Lee and Alex Gold took 15th and 28th place respec-tively. Coming in 81st place for Illinois was sophomore Ryan Burgoon, who fi nished with a time of 26:04. Fresh-man Alex Notton fi nished the race in 112nd place in 26:28.
After not running to their expectations in Madison, the Illini are looking forward to improving and running its next race at a much higher level. Illinois’s next opportu-nity to race is Friday at the Illini Open.
“What we showed today is not what we are capable of doing,” Toepher said. “We need to be confi dent going into our next race.”
Matt can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @MattGertsmeier.
BY JOEY FIGUEROASTAFF WRITER
For the second straight Sunday, Illinois needed two overtime periods to decide a match, and for the sec-ond straight Sunday, Illinois came away without a win.
After suffering a close 2-1 loss to No. 14 Rutgers on Fri-day, the Illini (9-6-1, 4-5-1 Big Ten) traveled to College Park, Md., for another down-to-the-wire match against the Ter-rapins (5-4-6, 3-2-5).
Midway through the fi rst half, Illinois was able to score fi rst after a Maryland pen-alty set up an indirect free kick. Senior forward Jan-nelle Flaws’ eighth goal in her last nine games was assisted by junior midfi elder Nicole Breece, who has a career-high six assists this season.
The Illini held their 1-0 lead deep into the second half behind stellar play from sophomore goalkeeper Claire Wheatley, who notched a sea-son-high nine saves, includ-ing two on penalty kicks.
Each team had seven shots heading into halftime, but the Terrapins turned on an extra gear in the second half and outshot the Illini 21-9 for the remainder of the match. Behind its fl urry of shots, Maryland netted what would be the fi nal goal of regulation in the 71st minute, and the match headed to overtime.
Wheatley stayed on top of her game in both overtime periods, stopping fi ve shots, including a Maryland penal-
ty kick with 31 seconds left in the second extra period.
Neither team could score an overtime goal, and the match ended in a 1-1 tie.
“Today was another gutsy performance by our team and some great goalkeep-ing,” head coach Janet Ray-fi eld said. “Claire was big today, but the heart of this team was even bigger. It’s a point on the road and now we need to focus on one home game at a time and fi nish the season strong.”
Illinois has played in plenty of close games this seasons, but its match against Mary-land ended in its fi rst draw of the year.
Friday night’s match at Rutgers was just as tightly contested.
In the Illini’s fi rst ever meeting with the Red Knights (11-2-1, 7-2-1), the match remained tied until the 86th minute, when Rut-gers forward Amy Pietrange-lo netted the golden goal off a corner kick.
“It is tough to lose on that type of a goal, but that is our sport,” Rayfi eld said after the loss. “We will continue to get better and we need to stay focused on that.”
Rutgers struck fi rst with a goal midway through the fi rst half, but Flaws answered 48 seconds later with a 50-foot goal from midfield that caught Rutgers goalkeep-er Casey Murphy off her line. The goal was assisted by freshman forward Kara
Marbury, who returned from a foot injury Friday for her fi rst Big Ten action.
With two more scores over the weekend, Flaws extended her Big Ten-leading goal total to 17 on the season. She also tied student assistant coach Vanessa DiBernardo’s career goal total of 43, which is third all-time in Illinois history.
When asked about tying her former teammate’s career goal mark, Flaws shrugged it off.
“It’s not really something we bring up in conversation,” Flaws said.
There are no hard feel-
ings though, and DiBernardo is proud of what her former teammate has been able to do.
“It’s nice to see her suc-ceed,” DiBernardo said. “She had a few rough years here. It’s defi nitely good to see her be able to achieve those goals and really get better.”
With just three regular season matches left, Illinois remains in eighth place in the Big Ten with 13 points on the season.
Joey can be reached at jfi [email protected] and on Twitter @joeyfi gueroa3.
Illini salvage draw Friday, lose Sunday
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What are the facts?Israel, backed by the U.S., has made bold, ground-
breaking land-for-peace offers to the Palestinians: In2000 and in 2007 Israel offered about 95% of the landcaptured by Israel in 1967 and a Palestinian capital inJerusalem. In 2005, Israel also unilaterally withdrewfrom Gaza, leaving it under Palestinian control.Despite these Israeliovertures, so-called“moderate” Palestinianshave rejected all offers andwalked out of subsequentpeace negotiations.
Of course, thePalestinian terror group, Hamas flatly rejects eventhe idea of peace with Israel. Though Hamas won amajority in Palestinian parliamentary elections in2005, it violently conquered Gaza in 2007 and hassince ruled the territory with an Islamist iron fist.Hamas jihadis have fired more than 14,000 rockets atIsraeli civilians and started outright wars in 2008,2012 and 2014. Hamas’s charter implacably commitsthe group to “obliterate” the state of Israel, “fightJews and kill them” and “raise the banner of Allah”over every inch of Muslim lands. Hamas’s charter alsospecifically rejects “so-called peaceful solutions.”
Today, the situation in the Middle East hasdeteriorated dramatically, with the burgeoningstrength and brutality of Islamist terrorists fromHamas, ISIS, al Qaeda and Hizbollah. But the greatestobstacle to peace between Israel and the Palestiniansis the continued belligerence of Hamas. Israel soundlydefeated Hamas in the latest Gaza war, eliminatingdozens of the group’s terror tunnels, hundreds of itsfighters and thousands of its rockets. Ironically,Hamas is viewed by the Palestinian people as heroic,and its support has soared to 87%, according torecent polls. Polls also indicate that Ismail Haniya,the Islamist group’s former prime minister, wouldhandily defeat all opponents, including 79-year-oldPalestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, were electionsto be held. What’s more, Hamas brags that even afterits devastating loss during the most recent war withIsrael, it is already producing more rockets for futureattacks on Israel.
There is also no question that Abbas—now servingthe tenth year of a four-year term as president—islosing power over the corrupt Palestinian Authority.Under an agreement Abbas struck with Hamas inApril 2014 to form a unity government, generalelections are to be held in October 2014. While it’sdoubtful these elections will be held, it’s highly likely
that Hamas, if unchecked,will again resort toviolence to take control ofthe West Bank. Indeedmost analysts agree thatthe only thing preventingHamas’s takeover of the
West Bank is the security assistance Israel provides tothe Palestinian Authority.
No nation on earth is more threatened by theIslamist jihad than Israel, which is now almostcompletely encircled by terrorists—ISIS and al Qaedaon Israel’s Syria border, Hizbollah on its Lebanonborder, and Hamas on its border with Gaza. NowHamas threatens to seize the Palestinian West Bank,which would complete Israel’s encirclement, as wellas create a nightmare for Jordan and Egypt.
While recent U.S. and Israeli efforts to fashion apeace agreement with “moderate” Palestinian factionshave been well intentioned, it’s clear that MahmoudAbbas has neither the authority nor a sincere wish tomake a deal. Above all, Abbas refuses to acknowledgethe right of Jews to have a state in Israel. Clearly, withHamas on the threshold of taking control of the WestBank, any attempts to forge a peace with Abbas seemfutile and frightening—for Israel, the U.S. and mostMiddle East nations. We know that Hamas can wreakhavoc on Israel from Gaza even with relativelyprimitive missiles, but we can only imagine withhorror the damage Hamas could cause if it were incontrol of territory on the edge of Israel’s entireeastern flank, just yards from the holy city ofJerusalem, Israel’s capital, and a few miles from BenGurion International Airport.
What’s more, a peace deal with the Palestinianswould be worthless were Hamas to take over. Ratherthis would represent a major new victory for globaljihad.
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Can We Afford an Israeli-Palestinian Peace? Reaching a peace accord in the midst of today’s Middle East turmoil could
hand a victory to global jihad and a horror to the rest of the world.
Hamas, as well as terror groups ISIS, al Qaeda and Hizbollah, are waging a global jihad—seeking to conquerArab lands, attack the West and establish an Islamist caliphate. Their numbers and conquests are growing.Though Israel recently repulsed Hamas militarily, the jihadi group’s popularity among Palestinians hasskyrocketed. Indeed, Hamas threatens to soon seize the Palestinian West Bank, as it did Gaza in 2007. Is thisthe time for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement?
New U.S. military actions against ISIS will be helpful in degrading that terror group’s murderous capability.But the U.S. and Israel, as well as European and moderate Arab nations, must also support efforts of WestBank Palestinians to gain political integrity, develop economically and defeat Hamas. In any case, with theregion’s unprecedented instability and Hamas’s ascendancy, this is not the time to press for a potentiallydisastrous Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.
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Hamas threatens to soon seizethe Palestinian West Bank,
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BY DANIEL COLLINSCONTRIBUTING WRITER
While winning the major-ity of its events, Illinois swimming and diving came up short in its 160-140 loss at North-western on Friday.
The depth of the Wild-cats was the main factor in their vic-tory over the Illini. In four of the Illini’s nine wins of the meet, North-western fin-ished sec-ond, third and fourth. The Wild-cats also won the first two spots in an event four times, and swept back-to-back times in the 200 but-terfly and the 50 freestyle.
“The real difference mak-er was their depth,” head coach Sue Novitsky said of Northwestern. “I thought we could’ve been a little bit faster with our turns, and getting more speed into the wall. We had opportunities to pull off the win.”
Illinois won four of the first five events, but the Wildcats put together a string of six consecutive event victories afterwards, which was enough to hold
off a late push by the Illini.“Overall, we did well
staying focused through the meet and working through the pain we’ve had this week from practice,” said
senior Ali-son Meng. “It was just the close races that could’ve got us the win, but we came close.”
S h i n i n g m o m e n t s came from the duo from Meng and sopho-more Gab-bie Stecker, who should be two of the Illini’s leaders this
year.Meng had four first-place
finishes on the night. She won two individual events, the 100 backstroke and 100 fly with a time of 54.81 and 55.56 seconds, respective-ly, and two in the 200 med-ley relay and 400 freestyle relay.
Stecker provided two individual wins in the 200 free (1:51.41) and the 500 free (4:58.10). She also received a winning time in the 400 free relay (3:26.76) with Meng, Bethke and senior Megan Marchuk.
Starting their collegiate
careers, Stratford had two individual victories in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.90) and the 200 individual med-ley (2:04.27), while Bethke earned points for the Illini finishing second in the 100
free (52.58) and fourth in the 50 free (24.26).
“They were nervous, but stayed focus during the whole meet,” Meng said of Stratford and Bethke. “Overall, all the freshman
are adjusting really well.”The Illini have a weekend
off from competition with its next meet set for Nov. 1 against Illinois State and Southern Illinois in Bloom-ington, Illinois.
“We’ve got a lot of work still to do and we’ll be back at it practicing tomorrow morning,” said Novitsky.
Daniel can be reached at [email protected]
Swimming falls short to Wildcats
BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Gabbie Stecker swims the 500-yard freestyle event during the Orange and Blue Exhibition meet. The Illini competed against Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois, this weekend, losing 140-160 despite a strong early performance.
BY ALEX WALLNERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Following a two-week layoff, the Illinois women’s cross country team won the 30-team Bradley Invite on Friday.
Alyssa Schneider had the Illini’s top finish with a time of 20 minutes, 49 seconds, which put her third over-all. Junior Colette Falsey finished 15th with a time of 21:39 and sophomore Hanna Winter finished 19th with a time of 21:48. The win was the Illini’s second of the season and highlighted the
things that the team has worked on at practice.
“Winning the meet at Bradley was definitely a reconfirmation that all of our hard work is sinking in,” Falsey said. “It gives us a lot of momentum and con-fidence going into our next couple meets. The Big Ten conference meet is the focus of our season and this was perfect for us two weeks out from it.”
With a two-week gap in competition, the Illini had plenty of time get in good workouts after a poor per-formance at the Roy Griak Invite.
“I felt that the race went well,” Schneider said. “I
wasn’t completely content with it because I always know there is something I want to improve on in the next race.”
The win definitely not only helped build momentum for the upcoming weeks but also heading into the last portion of the season. Head coach Scott Jones believes that there is no better practice for the Big Ten Championships than competing against oth-er teams.
“Almost across the board, we raced better than we did in Minnesota. That really helps our confidence,” Jones said. “The race wasn’t pretty, so we know we will not have a problem keeping our feet
on the ground and we will be working hard to get ready for the Big Ten meet.”
J o n e s b e l i e v e s his team focused on the things that it could control. As a team, the Illini didn’t focus on their com-petition.
“We did not discuss the other teams or runners, or formulate a race plan around them,” Jones said. “We felt that if we per-
formed as we were capable of performing, we would be successful as a team. It didn’t
seem we ever really found our rhythm in the race but we battled the whole way.”
E v e n though the win was not in the way that the team would have p l a n n e d ,
Jones was still happy regard-less. He also enjoyed how other players helped in
deciding the outcome.“We got a really nice race
from Hanna Winter, which was probably the difference in us winning the meet,” Jones said. “We also had Denise Branch and Court-ney Ackerman running their first collegiate cross country races. It was nice to see them in a uniform and competing the entire 6K.”
With one meet left before conference, receiving help from names that fans are not accustomed to seeing is defi-nitely a positive.
Alex can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @awallner93.
Women’s cross-country places 1stTeam dominates at Bradley Invite
“We’ve got a lot of work still to do and we’ll be
back at it practicing tomorrow morning.”SUE NOVITSKY
HEAD COACH
“We raced better than we did in
Minnesota. That really helps our
confidence.”SCOTT JONES
HEAD COACH
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