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Despite uncertainty about the state budget, the University has awarded MAP grant funding to over 5,000 students. The above graph displays how state MAP grant fund-ing has been distributed to the University in the past ten years.
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TYLER COURTNEY THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois men’s basketball coach John Groce and Wish Kid Sam Mitchner pose for a photo at the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Walk & Run for Wishes Team Building Kick-Off Event at Hyatt Place in downtown Champaign on Tuesday.
Ross to help Wilson in LAS positionBY MAGGIE SULLIVANSTAFF WRITER
Acting Chancellor and Dean of LAS Barbara Wil-son said she knows she can not do both jobs on her own, which is why she enlisted the help of Brian Ross, pro-fessor in psychology.
Ross will serve as the executive associate dean of LAS until a permanent chancellor is named.
“I don’t think you can do both of these jobs even half time,” Wilson said at a Senate Executive Meet-ing Monday.
Ross served as interim dean of LAS in 2013, before Wilson was named as the permanent dean of the col-lege. Ross, who joined the University faculty in 1982, has spent his entire career in LAS .
He was one of the first faculty members to con-duct research at the Beck-man Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, the University institute that deals with interdis-ciplinary research. Ross also served as associate dean under previous dean of LAS, Ruth Watkins.
“He has a proven track record, and he knows LAS through and through,” Wilson said. “He’s well
respected, and I couldn’t be happier that he’s avail-able and willing to do this.”
Wilson, however, said she will not be removed from LAS completely.
“If you want to quanti-fy it, this will reduce my time to 10 percent or less in LAS, mostly on fundrais-ing initiatives,” she said.
The initiatives include restoring many of the LAS buildings located on the Main Quad, she said.
“I feel the dean still needs to be connected to those high level initia-tives,” Wilson said. “But for practical, everyday matters, Brian will be tak-ing charge of the college for a year.”
Wilson, who said she never imagined herself in this position, said she was heartened by all of the emails she has received from University adminis-trators offering their help and support.
“I agreed to do this job because I want to help, and I feel I’ll need all of you in a big way,” Wilson said. “I will be calling on lots of people, because it’s the way that I do things.”
New SEC chair looks ahead
BY MAGGIE SULLIVANSTAFF WRITER
New Senate Executive Committee Chair Gay Miller said her big-gest focus this year is ensur-ing the committee is as col-legial and productive as possible.
“I’ll con-tinue to work to make sure, as best I can, our meetings result in produc-tive work that helps move us forward,” Miller said.
Former SEC Chair Roy
Campbell served as chair of the SEC during the dismiss-als of Steven Salaita and the threat of censure from the
A m e r i -can Asso-ciation of Universi-ty Profes-sors.
“There were lots of prob-l e m s b et we e n the fac-ulty and a d m i n -i s t r a -tion and b et we e n
faculty and faculty,” he said. “One of the key things that I had to do was keep the pro-cess of shared governance
going, irrespective of the discussions.”
Kim Graber, SEC vice-chair, believes Salaita’s employment, a major focus of Campbell’s time as chair, will remain a discussion in the SEC during the academ-ic year.
“We need to be able to address multiple issues, including existing con-cerns about the Salaita case, simultaneously,” she said.
Though Campbell said he might have been “too focused” on moving forward last year without address-ing the problems at hand, he said it is vital the SEC chair keeps the committee on task, despite any current crisis. However, he said he should have insisted on more dialogue throughout the year.
KAROLINA MARCZEWSKI THE DAILY ILLINIGay Miller, Senate Executive Committee chair, discusses the future of the University at an SEC meeting Monday.
Lack of absences for interviews could harm development
Student farm promotes awareness, campus sustainability
Xavier Simpson, Xavier Sneed to visit the University
New policy may cause problems
Main Quad hosts farmer’s market
Groce to host recruits Friday
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LIFE & CULTUREOPINIONSSPORTS
MAP grants move forward despite budget
BY ALI BRABOYASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Over $12 million in the State of Illinois Monetary Award Program grants has been distributed to 5,667 Uni-versity students for the fall semester, despite the lack of a planned state budget, said Director of Student Financial Aid Dan Mann.
As Illinois continues to go without an approved state budget, concerns have been raised about students receiving MAP grants. The grants give aid to Illinois residents who attend Illinois colleges and show fi nancial need, among meeting other requirements. The money does not need to be repaid, according to the Illinois Stu-dent Assistance Commis-sion’s website.
On Aug. 19, the Illinois Sen-
ate approved a bill authoriz-ing the state to pay $373 mil-lion to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for grants in the Monetary Award Program to eligible students.
Lynne Baker, managing director of communications for the ISAC, said there are colleges that will be credit-ing students for MAP grants, but some will not be able to aid students.
Many students who do receive the grant usually eventually resort to fi nancial aid to attend college. Addi-tionally, those who receive aid have to overcome other obstacles, such as being fi rst generation college students, before they can receive fi nan-cial aid, Baker said.
KAROLINA MARCZEWSKI THE DAILY ILLINIBarbara Wilson, acting chancellor, discusses the future of the University at an SEC meeting Monday. SEE MILLER | 3A
SEE MAP GRANTS | 3A
“I’ll work to make sure ... our meetings result in productive
work that helps move us forward.”
GAY MILLERSENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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Former,vice chairs weigh in on the future
Budget not approved, money still allocated
Make-A-Wish Foundation’s event kicks off
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Champaign Fighting and theft
were reported in the 500 block of W. Beardsley Av-enue around midnight on Sunday.
According to the report, subjects were involved in an altercation. Stolen items include keys, identi-fication items and credit, debit and gas cards.
Burglary from a mo-tor vehicle was reported in the 900 block of Cres-cent Drive around 2 p.m. on Sunday.
According to the re-port, two pieces of medi-
cal equipment were stolen.
University A police officer dis-
covered damaged Univer-sity parking meters in the 1200 block of S. Dorner Drive around 10 p.m. Sat-urday.
According to the report, the damage is estimated to be approximately $900 and appeared to be caused by a vehicle.
A University employ-ee reported around 4:30 p.m. Monday his Univer-sity parking permit had been stolen from his vehi-
cle in the 1000 block of S. Lincoln Avenue. Accord-ing to the report, the per-mit must have been stolen sometime between 7:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. that day.
A University student reported Monday that her bicycle had been sto-len Saturday from the 900 block of W. Illinois Street.
According to the report, the bicycle was locked to a rack and also has an esti-mated value of $100.
Urbana Burglary from a mo-
tor vehicle was report-
ed in the 1800 block of E. Ridge Park Drive around 7:30 p.m. on Monday.
According to the report, two unknown offenders entered the unlocked ve-hicle and stole a computer and a debit card.
Criminal damage to property was reported in the 1100 block of N. Cun-ningham Avenue around 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
According to the report, an unknown offender dam-aged an electronic gaming machine at a restaurant.
Compiled by Jason Chun and Charlotte Collins
CHARLOTTE COLLINSASSISTANT DAYTIME EDITOR
Wireless connectivity to IllinoisNet has been degraded in the University’s residence halls according to Technolo-gy Services at Illinois, formerly known as CITES.
Technology Services has been trying to diagnose the connectivity issues and the root of the problem since Friday; however, connectivity varies greatly from place to place so it has been dif-ficult to pinpoint.
“It varies from location to location so someone could be in a common area of a residence hall and everything’s working fine and then they could go
into their room and have issues,” said Brian Mertz, the Chief Communica-tions Officer for Technology Services at Illinois. “We’re still trying to get the full grasp of what’s causing this prob-lem and what’s the root of it; there’s also a lot of people in the residence halls that are not having this problem, it’s not like it’s a complete outage and in some ways, that makes it even more difficult for us to diagnose.”
Mertz noted that the IllinoisNet Start network can provide temporary access before users are required to log in to another network for internet access. It was just rolled out over the summer and was initially supposed to be used
solely to configure the laptops, smart-phones and tablets before connecting to IllinoisNet, according to Mertz.
Mertz says the connectivity issues, so far as they have seen, are only restricted to the residence halls but Technology Services does not have timetable for fixing when the problem will be fixed.
“We’re still working with staff at the University Housing, the IT staff, to see if issues individuals are hav-ing are related to the bigger problem that we’re still trying to get our arms around,” said Mertz.
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In the Aug. 25, 2015, edition of The Daily Illini the article, “UI adds provost to admin search list,” incorrectly attributed a quote to SEC Chair Gay Miller. The quote should have been attributed to Acting Chancel-lor Barbara Wilson. The Daily Illini regrets the error.
In the Aug. 25, 2015, edition of The Daily Illini the photo caption for “UI adds provost to admin search list,” incor-rectly identified former UI president Bob Easter. The caption should have identi-fied him as former UI presi-dent Michael Hogan. The Daily Illini regrets the error. In the Aug. 25, 2015, edition of The Daily Illini, the illustra-tion in the article, “Football loses budget key players be-fore start of season,” stated Dre Brown had a foot injury and Justin Hardee had a knee injury. The illustration should have said Brown had a knee injury and Hardee had a foot injury. The illustration said Ji-had Ward’s injury status was “out indefinitely.” It should have said he is out for at least the first two games. The Daily Illini regrets these errors.
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President Killeen announces transition team
BY CHARLOTTE COLLINS AND JASON CHUNASSISTANT DAY TIME EDITORS
President Timothy Killeen announced a tran-sition team Monday, which will work on facilitating the development of the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine.
The team and its goals
were announced by Killeen through a massmail sent to University faculty.
The team is chaired by Greg Freund, head of the Department of Pathol-ogy, as well as a profes-sor within the school. The team will plan a govern-ment structure to facili-tate collaboration between
the Urbana and Chicago campuses.
This work was started by a task force led by Uni-versity President Emeritus Joseph White.
The task force also sug-gested a number of can-didates in May to join the transition team.
“We handed off our rec-ommendations to the presi-dent and he picked up the baton from there,” White said. “The first act that he has taken was appointing the transition team.”
White said the task force doesn’t expect to have con-tinued involvement now that the team has been selected.
White served as the chair of the task force leading ten other mem-bers, two of which went on to be selected for the transition team.
Former Chancellor Phyl-lis Wise and Provost Ile-sanmi Adesida, whose res-ignation is effective Aug. 31, have spearheaded the foundation of creating a
biomedical engineering college in Urbana.
Other members of the team are :
Feng Sheng Hu, Pro-fessor and Associate Dean of Science at LAS for the Urbana campus
Jim Slauch, Director of the Medical Scholars pro-gram and medical micro-biology professor for the Urbana campus
Larry Tobacman, Senior Associate Dean for Research and College of Medicine Professor for the
Chicago campus Matthew Wheeler,
Department of Animal Sci-ence Professor and Sen-ate Executive Committee member for the Urbana campus
Nutrition and Health Professor Sharon Dono-van was also named in the massmail as an ombuds-man to assist the team.
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“Sometimes that’s awful-ly daunting when there’s so many different views, so at odds with each other,” Campbell said.
Miller said she will do her best to involve all SEC members in important dis-cussions and listen to every opinion.
“Shared governance also means that after open debate, people accept the collective wisdom of the body,” Miller said.
Miller began her service as SEC chair during turbu-lent times for the University administration. The recent release of over 1,100 emails between University admin-istrators that were previous-ly excluded from Freedom of Information Act requests has raised questions about transparency and honesty at the University.
“The chair of the SEC and I will try our best to be as transparent as possible,” Graber said. “The senate is
a forum in which individu-als can freely express their opinions and vigorously dis-agree, but I hope that we can do so respectfully and with the knowledge that we are all in this together.”
The released emails, showed Former Chancel-lor Phyllis Wise received advice from SEC members Nick Burbules, Joyce Tolliv-er and Graber, but their dis-cussions were not disclosed to the SEC. There is no pol-icy against keeping discus-sions with administrators private; however, some SEC members said at a commit-tee meeting Monday they felt it created a breach of trust within the governing body.
Miller said there are spe-cific policies on how to han-dle such issues, and she will plan reports to the SEC or Academic Senate to inform the groups as a whole.
Campbell said he has his own thoughts about how Miller should tackle these issues, but he said it is not his place to make those sug-gestions.
“Generally, I think there needs to be a period of rec-onciliation of trying to build trust between everyone, but I’ve also been saying that for a year,” Campbell said.
Graber said she thinks Miller should seek as much advice from others as pos-sible.
“Pay attention to your gut instinct about what you believe is right and in the best interests of our cam-pus,” Graber said.
Campbell said Miller has a good head on her shoul-ders and probably does not need his advice, however he said he believes it’s impor-tant to avoid getting caught up in politics.
“Outside interference can be quite a problem in how the faculty and admin-istration operate,” he said. “But on the whole, every-one has the good will of the students, the University, and keeping the Universi-ty going.”
MILLERFROM 1A
According to Baker, stu-dents in need who do not receive aid may have to drop classes or withdraw from an entire semester.
M a n n said the University’s decision to credit MAP Grants was made on the assump-tion that the budget will be decided and the pro-gram will be funded at $373.25 million. He said the University is monitoring the budget pro-cess and is hopeful about the matter being resolved soon.
“At some point, the Uni-versity may need to re-visit the decision to credit MAP Grants to students’ accounts, but (the University) plans to
continue doing business as usual for now,” Mann said.
State Rep. Kelly Burke, D-36, said most students who receive MAP grants may not have many resources or come from families where there is no money to pay for college. She said the recipients are
generally people who c o u l d n ’ t a t t e n d s c h o o l w i t h o u t the grants, or college would take them much longer to finish with-out the aid.
B u r k e said Illi-nois’ MAP prog ra m is helpful
because students in Illinois may use funds for public and private colleges, which is not common in other states with similar programs.
The bill to authorize MAP grant funding for the 2015-2016 school year is current-
ly in the Illinois House of Representatives.
Richard Goldberg, depu-ty chief of staff for legisla-tive affairs, said in a written testimony that although Gov. Bruce Rauner showed his commitment to maintaining funding for MAP in his intro-duced budget, the bill “would simply pave the way for more debt or higher taxes — and Gov. Rauner would veto it.”
Mann said the Office of Student Financial Aid is pro-jecting that 6,465 University students will receive a grant for the 2015-2016 school year. As of Sunday, $12,253,850.93 in MAP grant funds has been distributed to 5,667 students; the next disbursement run will be Wednesday.
“We are still hopeful the MAP program will be fund-ed,” Mann said. “In the event that the program is not funded, the Office of Stu-dent Financial Aid will com-municate with impacted stu-dents and let them know what financial aid options might be available.”
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BY JESSIE WEBSTERSTAFF WRITER
Melonee Wise, University Engineering alumna, was named one of MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 in August. Wise, is currently the CEO of Fetch Robotics and cofounded a software oper-ating company called Unbound-ed Robotics. Uni-versity alumni like Wise have contributed to database compa-ny CrunchBase’s recognition of the Universi-ty as a top pro-ducer of female entrepreneurs.
The study, which reviewed only undergrad-uate programs, ranked the Uni-versity 18 out of 25 in colleg-es that graduate female entrepre-neurs. Also rep-resenting the state of Illinois were Northwest-ern Universi-ty and the Uni-versity of Chicago, ranked 12th and 21st respectively. According to CrunchBase, analysts stud-ied 3,616 female founders whose
companies raised money since 2009 to rank the schools.
“Illinois has always been very active in entrepreneurship, and women have played a great role in that,” said Charles Tucker, Vice Provost for Undergradu-ate Education and Innovation.
“I think (this study) is great recognition for the University.”
Tucker also note d t h at female entrepre-neurs at the Uni-versity are not only succeeding in the business world. Students and alumni are also making an impact in tech-nology and fine arts. By expand-ing their contri-butions to other academic disci-plines, he said women at the University can help resolve pressing social issues as well.
Shelby Ifft, vice president of professional
development for the Society of Women in Business and junior in Business, said she believes the University’s ranking shows
how committed the school is to producing generations of women that will promote a more encom-passing work force.
“Illinois has always put an emphasis on diversity and inclu-sion,” Ifft said. “I think this ranking shows that the Univer-sity is successful in giving wom-en the skills they need to succeed in the real world.”
Ifft said she helps plan events for SWB that will give students valuable opportunities to net-work with companies and hone in on networking skills; she also organizes events that allow stu-dents to practice for future inter-views and career fairs through presentations by company recruiters.
“Not only do our members get to network with these compa-nies for potential internship or full-time opportunities, they also learn important skills for suc-cess in business in the process,” she said.
Sami Forsythe, senior in Business, said it is important for women to make a name for themselves in the business world because there was a time when they were not treated equally.
“I think it’s important for women to have a strong pres-ence in the business industry because women in the past did not have the same rights that we have today,” Forsythe said. “We need to take advantage of these endless opportunities.”
Jennifer Neef, associate direc-tor of Career Connections at The Career Center, said encouraging students to be curious about the world around them will only lead
to positive results in the future.“I think that the students at the
University of Illinois are really talented and highly creative and innovative,” Neef said. “What we do to foster that creativity
and support that innovative spir-it probably leads to young wom-en being able to go out and be entrepreneurs.”
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Illinois major producer of female business founders
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shows that the University is successful in giving women
the skills they need to
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SHELBY IFFTVICE PRESIDENT OF SOCIETY OF
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
“The University may need to revisit the decision, but (it) plans to continue doing business as
usual. ”DAN MANN
STUDENT FINANCIAL AID DIRECTOR
Team to form governance plan for College of Medicine
OPINIONS4AWEDNESDAY
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS | [email protected] with the subject “Letter to the Editor.” The Daily Illini reserves the right to edit for length, libel, grammar and spelling errors, and Daily Illini style or to reject any contributions. Letters must be limited to 300 words. Contributions must be typed and include the author’s name, address and phone number. University students must include their year in school and college.
Among other factors, the use of personal email ac-counts that skirted pub-lic records was followed by the resignations of
two University offi cials — Provost Ilesanmi Adesida and former Chan-cellor Phyllis Wise.
At Monday’s Senate Executive Committee meeting, SEC member Abbas Aminmansour presented a draft of an email code of conduct for SEC members to adopt.
The proposed code would require all SEC members to disclose the University administrators they dis-cuss University business with and what that business is.
While some SEC members, such as Vice Chair Kim Graber and mem-ber Matt Wheeler, raised concerns that the code would put restrictions
on whom individual members can talk to about University matters, Aminmansour stated this was not the intention. Even if restrictions were a side-effect of the new poli-cies, it would be a benefi cial change to current rules and would provide more transparency and honesty to University communication.
When the University released 1,100 pages of emails on Aug. 6, SEC members Nick Burbules, Joyce Tolliver and Graber were included in the emails and found giving ad-vice to Wise and other administra-tors. Some of the advice centered around topics the SEC and Academ-ic Senate also discussed and debat-ed throughout the 2014-2015 school year including Steven Salaita and the Carle-Illinois College of Medi-cine.
Requiring SEC members to dis-close such conversations would add a needed layer of transparen-cy to current University conduct. It would provide SEC members with the sense of security that they can trust fellow members; members may also be better able to under-stand a person’s viewpoints if more information is shared.
Most importantly, it would re-assure the University community that our University and its leaders are committed to transparency and shared governance rather than poli-tics. Although it seems Wise and Ad-esida truly believed they were do-ing what was best for the University by communicating privately, keep-ing all decision makers on the same page will benefi t our University im-mensely.
The University is currently at a major crossroads, where it can ei-ther recommit to its mission to “transform lives and serve society by educating, creating knowledge and putting knowledge to work on a large scale and with excellence” or continue on with the skepticism and distrust of the past ten years.
As Acting Chancellor Barbara Wilson said Monday, the SEC must begin to have more frank conversa-tions to move past the “anger, anx-iety and lack of trust,” University faculty and staff are experiencing. Simply disclosing more informa-tion about conversations concerning University business will help dif-fuse tension and reestablish a sense of trust and dedication in every Uni-versity community and administra-tive branch.
Breathe easy, Directioners. Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson took to Twitter Monday night to shut down any rumors that One Direction is breaking up. Consider-ing they’ve crazily put out an album and toured for the last fi ve years, they deserve a break, but we’ll still miss them.
Sorry ladies, Dave Franco — the man who was once at the University, who sat in the WPGU DJ booth — is offi cially off the market. Congratulations to him and “Mad Men” actress Alison Brie. Can’t wait to see what stunts James pulls at the wedding.
Taylor Swift’s 1989 tour has been full of tons of her besties and musical talents, and Monday night, she added Alanis Morissette, Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines and Ellen DeGe-neres to the list. How are all of these people so accommo-dating? This seems excessive(ly cool).
Beginning my senior year at the University, I know the end to my undergraduate career is quickly
approaching. I and many other soon to be graduates aspire to walk down the aisle of our commencement cer-emony in May all starry-eyed with a degree in our hands and our plans for after graduation secured.
The dream of a successful under-graduate career leading to a job or post graduate program admission is a dream many strive for while attending a nationally and interna-tionally ranked University. Campus resources are even improved each year to help make that dream a real-ity for students. However, a recent policy change with excused absenc-es hinders the progress the Universi-ty has made to help students gradu-ate successfully.
Effective beginning summer 2015, the Student Assistance Center adjusted some of the procedures out-lined for attaining excused absences. Most notably, job or graduate school interviews are no longer considered eligible excuses for missing classes or exams.
Upon fi rst hearing this, I couldn’t imagine why this policy was changed. It makes no sense for an institution that provides so many resources meant to further a stu-dent’s career plans to decide to establish a policy that impedes stu-dent access to key parts of achieving future objectives.
Gabriel Manning, a senior in ACES expressed, “Personally, I think the University’s new poli-cy towards absences is completely unfair.”
As students, our goals of graduat-ing with admissions into graduate and professional programs should be the priority over making it to a certain class discussion. Though our wallets are well aware of the fact that we, as students, have made an academic commitment to this uni-versity, the main purpose in enroll-ing for many of us was to graduate with a degree and a job secured.
It is understandable that some stu-dents have a reputation of abusing university excused absence policies to miss class, but nobody is asking administrators to bend over back-wards with accommodations. Anuj Chokshi, a junior in LAS believes that “there are far more students who fake illnesses than purposely have interviews to get out of exams.” It is unreasonable to decline an excuse to a student who provides legitimate documentation for a scheduled interview.
I can’t seem to wrap my head around the twisted logic that some-how job interviews “do not satisfy the standard of signifi cant and com-pelling” according to the Student Assistance Center. This is a frustra-tion echoed by many other under-graduate students.
Rafael Sierra, a senior in LAS, stated, “It is counterproductive for the University to actively pre-vent students from applying to jobs, internships, or grad school.” Imag-ine having to choose between going to an important job interview or
getting a zero on an exam for not attending.
The mission statement for the offi ce of the Dean of Students claims its purpose is “to address stu-dents’ needs and remove barriers to their success.” This new policy for absences explicitly goes against this exact mission. Despite the Univer-sity guidelines, professors reserve the right more leniently outline their attendance policy as long as it meets the minimum criteria for “excused” set by the Student Assistance Center.
Some professors allow drops with exams and leave room for missing discussions to reasonably accommo-date student needs.
Vivian Chu, a senior in the College of Engineering says, “Most of my professors have expressed their fl ex-ibility with attendance, assignment deadlines and even exams when it comes to graduate or medical school or job interviews. Their policies require notifi cation of our confl icts before they occur, which is only fair. These professors have all personal-ly gone through the same processes that the current class of seniors are experiencing and their understand-ing helps relieve part of this stress.”
A potential solution to the issue with this new attendance policy comes with other professors follow-ing suit and showing a greater dedi-cation to the success of their stu-dents’ professional development.
Another solution lies in the Stu-dent Assistance Center under-standing the meaning of student assistance.
Stephanie is a senior in [email protected]
New attendance policy leaves students in limbo
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“The new provost or chancellor must be able to juggle the existing
issues at the University and its potentially turbulent future given
incoming budget cuts.”
“We need someone who can bring diversity, a skilled background and is willing to give University of Illinois the
image it deserves.”
“Both integrity and being open minded.”
“I always tip a minimum of 10 percent, but I don’t think
it’s morally wrong to tip nothing for poor service.”
“Absolutely not. As someone who has worked
for customer service, I always tip at least 15
percent. “
“No, I wouldn’t do that. I always tip at least 15 percent.”
“You can never count out a good comeback story, and I think smallpox could have
a big 2015 if it gets the opportunity.”
“As long as I get my vaccinations, I’m not
too worried about any illnesses!”
“Generally, yes! I hope we all stay as healthy as possible.”
“I’d tell him to stop the charade and get out of the race, because he’s obstructing the public
from learning about the candidates who actually
have a chance of becoming president.”
“If you plan on being the President, at least treat the people of this country with respect and kindness, not ignorance and prejudice. You’re just embarrassing
yourself.”
“I’m disappointed and astounded that you have done
so well in the polls.”
What is the number one thing we should look
for in a new Provost or Chancellor?
College students are notorious for bad tips.
Would you ever write “LOL” in lieu of a tip for bad
service, or do you have a minimum percent?
After the mumps breakouts this year and last year, are there any other scary illnesses you’re worried about popping up at UIUC?
If you could say one thing to Donald Trump, what
would it be?
“Someone who is going to be consistent and transparent. We deserve to know what’s going on — so someone who will just
be open with us.”
“I’m a waitress myself, so I try to tip at least 20 percent, but if I had a bad experience caused by rudeness, I would probably
tip less.”
“I had double pink eye last year, so if I ever got that again or if it ever broke out, I would
probably drop out.”
“I fi nd it ironic that you — someone notorious for fi ring people — is trying to take on a job you have absolutely no
preparation for.”
MATT SILICH
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16 Painter Matisse
17 Carpet choice
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26 Postage stamp letters
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31 High-end tailoring area in London
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36 Do-over serve
37 Prince Harry’s aunt
38 Belly dancer’s decoration
41 Neck ridge
44 Prefix with skeleton
45 100%
49 Tropicana Field team renamed in 2008
52 Refute
53 Send packing
54 Hyman Rickover’s rank: Abbr.
55 Hurry, old-style
57 ___ Air (Taiwanese carrier)
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The gig: Julie Rice, 45, and Elizabeth Cutler, 48, are co-founders of Soul-Cycle, a chain of indoor cycling gyms that has pio-neered a new generation of pay-per-class luxury stu-dios where the exercise is only part of an experience (think candles and styl-ish gym wear). The com-pany has 46 locations and employs 1,500 people. Soul-Cycle’s combination of fit-ness and fun — crammed into 45-minute classes — has gained a devoted fol-lowing around the country. SoulCycle filed to go public in July. In securities filings, the company reported net income of $26.5 million last year, up 42 percent from $18.6 million in 2013. Rev-enue shot up nearly 50 per-cent to $112 million in 2014.
First careers: Rice and Cutler had lengthy careers in other fields before ven-turing into physical fitness. Rice, who dreamed of the stage as a child, became a talent agent in Los Angeles and New York after study-ing English and theater at State University of New York in Binghamton. Cut-ler worked as a New York real estate broker, follow-ing in the footsteps of her mother, who also sold real estate. She majored in reli-gious studies at the Univer-sity of Colorado.
Fitness fans: Rice’s father was a physical edu-cation teacher, so fitness was part of her upbringing. One of her favorite aspects about LA, Rice said, was how people equated exer-cise with fun. So it was a jarring change when she moved back to the East Coast. “The one thing I really missed about LA is the way people embraced
exercise. So much of your social life is based on exer-cise,” she said. “When I came back to New York, exercise was more on people’s to-do list.” After having two children and gaining some weight, Cut-ler said, she got “anxious and scared” going to the gym and had trouble find-ing great exercise classes. That’s when she got the idea to open a gym that catered to cycling fanat-ics like her who wanted a workout in an upscale environment.
Blind date: A cycling instructor introduced Cut-ler to Rice in 2006, and the two hit it off immediately. Both had the same vision of creating a luxurious cycling studio where the exercise was “challenging but joyful,” Cutler said. “The environment could be chic and feel more like a luxury.” The pair opened their first SoulCycle loca-tion just a few months later on the Upper West Side in an old dance studio. They were self-funded; a large chunk came from money Cutler got as part of an investment in Izze Bever-age Co., a friend’s juice company that was snapped up by PepsiCo. Cutler said the money from Izze allowed them “to make the good decisions and not be beholden to anybody.”
Standing out: The two knew they needed to fig-ure out a way to convince customers that they were offering something unique among gyms. So they focused on creating an efficient 45-minute cycling class with weights. They also decided on a pay-per-class model instead of the traditional monthly gym subscription, which would challenge SoulCycle to cre-
ate a “consistent but new experience” every visit, Rice said. “It was efficient and fun,” Cutler said
Expansion: Within six months, the first studio was turning a profit. Soul-Cycle expanded slowly at first, landing in Califor-nia in 2012. SoulCycle has also branched out into mer-chandise such as workout clothes, with 14 new collec-tions every year. In 2011, the fitness company Equi-nox Gym bought a control-ling stake in SoulCycle, which helped the company grow faster, Rice said.
Splitting duties: Cutler and Rice say they balance each other out. With her background in real estate, Cutler handles property and business development. Rice said she still consid-ers herself a talent scout, only for the gym instead of the screen. SoulCycle audi-tions 150 aspiring instruc-tors for every 20 hired, and those who make the cut undergo two months of training. Everyone is required to take hospitali-ty classes. Even high-rank-ing executives do stints at a studio’s front desk so they know how they oper-ate. “We train our staff to make sure they treat our riders like family,” Rice said. “If you sprain your ankle and are out for two weeks, somebody calls.”
Family: Rice’s husband, Spencer, recently came aboard as SoulCycle’s chief marketing officer. Cutler’s husband, Allen, doesn’t work for SoulCy-cle, but he came up with the name. Each couple has two daughters. Cutler likes to ride bikes outside, cook and indulge in frozen yogurt. Rice likes going to the the-ater and taking trips to the beach.
BY TIM GRANTTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Parents who are still pay-ing off their student loans are determined to save for their own children’s col-lege education to help them avoid repeating the vicious cycle of debt, according to a survey by the Washing-ton-based College Savings Foundation.
“We are finding that par-ents — particularly in the millennial generation — are much better at delayed gratification and setting goals and saving to reach them,” said Mary Morris, chair of the College Sav-ings Foundation and CEO of Virginia College Sav-ings Plan in Richmond, Va. “Many have made saving for their children’s educa-tion a priority.
“We find almost a third of the survey respondents are saving with a 529 plan and that a significant majori-ty say saving is their No. 1 strategy for paying for their children’s cost of college.”
Nearly half of par-ents who haven’t paid off their own student loans have saved at least $5,000 toward college costs for
each of their children.The foundation’s ninth
annual College Savings survey of more than 800 parents across the coun-try at all income levels found 82 percent of those with college debt said their own experience made them consider other strategies for their children, rather than relying heavily on stu-dent loans or government financial aid.
Reducing the burden of student debt on the children is important, said Pittsburgh financial adviser Robert Fragasso, although parents’ No. 1 pri-ority during their prime working years should be to put themselves in a better position to retire securely.
“Ideally, you do both. Practically, we know that doesn’t work for most peo-ple,” said Fragasso, chair-man and CEO of Fragasso Financial Advisors.
“High-earning parents could do both. Most parents can’t. For the majority who can’t, I would counsel pre-funding for their children for their freshman year in a 529 plan.
“After that and once the children have established their grade record, they have a heightened chance of getting scholarships and grants,” he said.
“Meanwhile, the parents can furiously pay down their own student debt. And if there’s any time left over once that’s done, start pre-funding sophomore and
other years for the kids.”The idea behind this
strategy, Fragasso said, is that colleges want to keep the most promising students in school and not have them drop out for financial reasons. There-fore, crossing the fresh-man year hurdle with good grades enhances the oppor-tunity to get financial aid.
Morris said there are multiple reasons that stu-dent debt has become a multi-generational burden for many families.
“You have more people going back to college in lat-er years to better prepare for the job market,” she said. “You would expect them to have some debt if they retrained themselves later in life. ...
“Some of them went to college at a more tradition-al age, in their late teens or early 20s,” she said.
“If they are still paying off student loans 30 years later, they probably had some significant challenges in their adult life” such as job losses and illness that made it hard to pay down the debt.
“What’s encouraging is that many parents do not want the cycle of debt to continue,” Morris said.
“As we get more aware-ness of 529 plans and the high cost of debt versus saving for college we hope more families will be able to meet their higher edu-cation goals without undue student loan debt.”
SoulCycle founders peddling fun into gym
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEElizabeth Cutler, left, and Julie Rice, right, co-founders of SoulCycle, pose for a portrait on July 20 at their headquarters in New York City
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The crunch of cucumbers, the sweet aroma of straw-berries and the refresh-ing scent of basil leaves: This isn’t the farmstand near home. Students can
now purchase homegrown produce without leaving campus.
Every Thursday from May to November, the Student Sustainability Farm sells the produce grown on the farm at a stand on Anniversary Plaza from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The produce that is available changes depend-ing on the time of year, but there is always a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Matthew Turino, a visiting research specialist in agriculture, currently manages the SSF, which both grows the produce and staffs the stand.
He said this week, there will be tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, straw-berries, cilantro, green beans, pota-toes and much more at the stand.
Turino said the SSF began in 2009 and has been selling produce on the Quad since 2010. The organization works to provide healthy, local food for campus, through both the farm stand on the Quad and University Dining Services.
The farm is staffed by student vol-unteers who are able to gain hands-on experience with organic vegetable production. The farm also serves as a space for research in organic pro-duction methods and a resource for regional farmers.
According to the SSF website, although the farm, located near the intersection of Lincoln and Windsor Roads, is not a USDA certified organ-ic farm, organic farming methods such as compost utilization and cover crop rotations are used every year.
Students of all academic focus-es and backgrounds work together at the farm to provide produce for campus.
Nicholas Lien, senior in Engineer-ing, said that when he first heard about the farm, he was worried that
he would not be much help as a vol-unteer because he had little prior knowledge of horticulture or organ-ic farming.
But on his first day last September, he was put to work harvesting veg-etables, pulling weeds and washing carrots that were to be sold at the market the next week.
“The folks who work at the farm are grateful for all of the volunteer help that comes their way; they are very friendly and are always willing to explain any task that is not clear,” Lien wrote in an email.
After his first shift, Lien said he has tried to volunteer at least twice each week. He said volunteering at the SSF has not only taught him about agriculture, but also helped break up his daily schedule of classes and meet new people.
Turino said that the farm is open to volunteers from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and larger groups can sign up to volunteer on the weekend. Students can sign up online at Thefarm.illinois.edu.
Dementro Powell, assistant direc-tor of student programs and activi-ties, explained that the Illini Union staff supports the SSF because they believe it positively benefits the cam-pus community.
“The Student Sustainability Farm ... is an excellent way to raise aware-ness in the University community as well as provide homegrown nutri-tional produce to not only promote sustainability, but healthy lifestyle options,” Powell wrote in an email.
Lien also explained that the farm and the produce stand bring people closer to the community and the area of the country that they live in.
“When students enjoy a meal at a dining hall on campus, consume a salad, a tomato sauce or any dish prepared with SSF produce, I imag-ine that they might feel satisfied and comforted to know that that food was grown responsibly by local folks and fellow students, not mystery farmers from thousands of miles away.”
TYLER COURTNEY THE DAILY ILLINIThe Main Quad’s farmers market sells various goods like eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, cilantro, green beans, potatoes and more.
Student Sustainability Farm grows and sells organic fruits and vegetables on the Quad.
TYLER COURTNEY THE DAILY ILLINI Chris Adair weighs vegetables at the farmers market. Individuals or groups can volunteer to work at the farm, to learn more about agriculture, make friends and for a change of pace. The farm provides homegrown, local produce to promote sustainability and a healthy lifestyle.
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SPORTS1BWEDNESDAY
Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Col-ter was on the verge
of leading a college sports revolution and becoming an icon of the labor move-ment in one swoop.
Instead, he has become a modern Sisyphus-like figure in a campaign to create a more equi-table system in college athletics.
Colter was driving the effort of Northwestern football players down-field toward the end zone before the opposing defense — in this case the National Labor Relations Board — sacked him on fourth down.
In light of the NLRB’s unanimous decision to deny the right of North-western football play-ers to unionize, the fight to classify college ath-letes as employees — and therefore entitle them to compensation and other privileges — has stalled.
With that, the recent momentum going in favor of establishing a more level playing field for col-lege athletes has withered away.
Last week, the NLRB ruled against Colter and the rest of the North-western players. The decision overturned the March 2014 ruling by the NLRB’s District 13
regional director that the Northwestern play-ers should be classified as university employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and there-fore protect the players’ right to form a union.
The board, in overrul-ing the 2014 decision, argued that the NLRB does not have jurisdic-tion over private univer-sities and that “asserting jurisdiction over a single team would not promote stability in labor relations across the league.”
This decision comes on the heels of a recent surge in momentum in the direction for a renewed legal status of college athletes.
The 2014 NLRB deci-sion and the recent Ed O’Bannon case were the main sources of the pre-vailing winds at the back of groundbreaking chang-es to the college athletics.
To review, Ed O’Bannon, a former bas-ketball player at UCLA, sued the NCAA for using his likeness in a video
game without consent and compensation.
The U.S. District Court of Northern California would eventually rule in favor of O’Bannon, claim-ing that the NCAA could not use an athlete’s image and likeness for commer-cial purposes without compensation. The ruling was a ringing criticism of the NCAA’s long-stand-ing ban on college ath-letes receiving any sort of monetary compensation.
The case may not have been a direct endorse-ment of paying college athletes but it was an affirmation of the concept of college athletes get-ting compensated through endorsements and other means.
The shocking achieve-ments of the 2014 NLRB and O’Bannon decisions have been countered somewhat by last week’s Northwestern decision.
Though the future of the legal status of college athletes has become much murkier, it is likely the issue may be revisited in the future.
In the NLRB’s most recent decision, the Board had somewhat of a caveat. It stated that the decision “does not preclude recon-sideration of the issue in the future.”
This may offer hope to Colter and other athletes involved in the matter, but mere hope is not enough if college athletes wish to improve their position.
DAN ESCALONA
College football
columnist
Most popular ath-letes have cool nicknames.
“Air Jordan.” “King James.” Anthony “Sizzle Chest” Rizzo is my person-al favorite.
So when it was announced that 2016 bas-ketball recruits Xavier Sneed and Xavier Simp-son would take official vis-its this upcoming weekend to the Illinois campus, the local sports-nickname-gen-erator started churning.
Since Simpson and Sneed share first names, a combined nickname is nec-essary. And since they’re both named Xavier and are taking their Illini vis-its at the same time, the obvious next step is to dub them the “X-Men”. I saw
Scout’s Derek Piper make this reference first when he reported Simpson’s intention to visit, so I’m not taking credit for the nick-name, which is as conve-nient as it is cool.
The X-Men are officially slated to begin their visits Friday, Aug. 28. But before you spend your weekend scouring the campus for a guy with metal claws on his hands and furry blue superheroes, remember that I’m talking about bas-ketball players, not comic book characters.
And with Illinois’ 2016 recruiting class still sitting empty, basketball play-ers are exactly what head coach John Groce needs.
Simpson and Sneed may share the same name as well as their 2016 designa-tion, but they play differ-ent positions. Simpson is a point guard, fills a more immediate need at Illinois and is also rated slight-ly higher than Sneed in the national Rivals.com rankings.
Groce’s recruiting struggles at the point guard position have been discussed at length, but landing a guy like Simp-son would go a long way toward silencing that dis-
cussion after this season. Simpson is a consensus top-100 player in his class, and is a 5-foot-11, well-built distributor who can score the ball when he doesn’t dish.
Simpson plays for Lima High School in Lima, Ohio, and seemed set on attend-ing Xavier University (Ha!) a few months ago before cancelling a previ-ously scheduled decision date in May. Simpson went on to have a nice summer with his King James AAU team, playing in marquee Nike events like the Peach Jam (where he averaged
19 points and seven assists per game) and the Nike Global Challenge.
Xavier University is out of the picture for Simp-son, and he currently has offers from Wisconsin, Purdue, Miami, Iowa State and Indiana along with the Illini. His Illinois visit is sandwiched between an August visit to Iowa State and a September 11 visit to Miami.
Sneed is a 6-foot-5, 180-pound wing player from the St. Louis area, and he plays on the same St. Louis Eagles AAU team as some of the Illini’s high-
est-priority targets in the 2017 class. Illinois’ ros-ter certainly isn’t short on wings, but Sneed’s ath-leticism is desired on any team. Along with the Illini, he’s currently considering Creighton, Kansas State, Wichita State and Xavier.
Assuming Groce follows the blueprint of past offi-cial visits, we have an idea of how this weekend’s fes-tivities will play out. Look for the staff taking the X-Men around campus on golf carts on Friday. And although there won’t be a football game, I would be surprised if Groce doesn’t
take Simpson and Sneed to the Stuff Huff volleyball game Friday night, which will be intense as always. A team dinner at Groce’s house is standard proce-dure as well.
Last time Groce host-ed a fall double-visit, he went 1-for-2 between Jalen Coleman-Lands and Eli-jah Thomas. Any commit-ments this weekend would break the seal on the Illi-ni’s 2016 class.
Let the fun begin.
Alex is a senior in AHS. [email protected] @aroux94
Groce ready to host a double dose of XavierBasketball recruits set to visit Universitythis weekend
ALEX ROUX
Basketball columnist
DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOIllinois’ head coach John Groce applauds his team during the game against Michigan State at State Farm Center on Feb. 22, 2014. Groce will host prospective students Xavier Sneed and Xavier Simpson on Friday.
BY CHARLOTTE CARROLLSTAFF WRITER
On a team with 22 seniors, Illinois football wanted to rely mainly on its experi-ence this season. But with injuries threatening the return of key players, the Illini may have to use its younger options sooner than anticipated.
There are 36 newcom-ers in all, with 18 fresh-men signees, seven junior-college transfers and 12 walk-ons.
Excluding the walk-ons, Illinois has the 47th-best recruiting class in the coun-try according to 247Sports with two four-star recruits: Ke’Shawn Vaughn and Gabe Megginson. The Illini’s class ranks seventh in the Big Ten.
This jump is a vast improvement from last sea-son when the Illini ranked 72nd overall and had no four-star recruits. Illinois had the worst recruiting class in the Big Ten last season.
One of the most impor-tant positions that these newcomers could play a role is the quarterback
spot. Freshmen Jimmy Fitzgerald and Jeff George Jr. enrolled early to partic-ipate in spring practices but redshirt freshman Chayce Crouch is the only backup to see the sideline during an Illini game.
The offense is in very young hands in the event that starting quarterback Wes Lunt goes down to injury.
“I don’t think they’re prepared right now,” said offensive coordinator Bill Cubit. “This is the first time they’re getting used to game plans. They’ve nev-er experienced this before.”
But, he added, they have shown great improvements and it will just take time and reps to get to that level.
While Illinois will have plenty of new players to fill roles in case of injury in coming years, the team will also rely on redshirt fresh-men this season. Offensive lineman and three-star recruit Nick Allegreti will add to the upperclassman-heavy offensive line.
Four-star recruit Meg-ginson is another option if he does not redshirt. Cubit said he is being prepared as if he will play, but hopes he won’t have to.
“Everyone talked about Gabe Megginson coming in,” said offensive lineman Ted Karras. “I guess I was a little worried about what his demeanor was going to be,
with him getting so much attention in high school, but he couldn’t have been more humble and ready to work.”
The running back spot is one where a freshman may also see playing time. With injuries leaving fresh-men Dre Brown and Reggie Corbin out for the season, Vaughn will be competing with junior transfer Hen-ry Enyenihi for the top spot behind Josh Ferguson.
At the wide receiver spot, sophomore standout Mike Dudek will be out until at least October with a torn ACL and senior Jus-tin Hardee will miss two to three games due to a bro-ken foot. Lunt will have to rely on Ferguson, Geron-imo Allison and its fresh-men: Sam Mays and Des-mond Cain.
But for now the focus is on preparing the young guys with game plans and game situations, a task sometimes difficult for players adjust-ing to the college program.
“You take the older guys, like Mikey and have him go tell Des how this is going to go,” Cubit said on one strategy used to help fresh-man adjust. “They think it’s going to naturally work just because I’m a Big Ten foot-ball coach. It doesn’t work that way.”
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DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOIllinois’ freshman quarterback Jeff George Jr. warms up for the annual football Spring Game at Memorial Stadium on April 18. The Orange team won 44-41.
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DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOIllinois’ Eaton Spence tackles Northwestern’s Austin Carr during the game on Nov. 29. Northwestern is currently stalled in its efforts to form the first union in college sports.
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The Illinois volleyball team kicks off its 2015 campaign Friday night with the 10th annual Stuff Huff matchup against Louisville. The 7 p.m. match is the opening match of the weekend long Illini Clas-sic, which will also feature Miami (OH) and Creighton.
Illinois head coach Kev-in Hambly has yet to set a starting lineup for his veter-an-laden Illini squad, but a few players are guaranteed to see lots of time. Senior out-side hitter Jocelynn Birks is a lock and sophomore libero Brandi Donnelly will anchor the team’s stalwart defense.
Birks was a unanimous preseason All-Big 10 selec-tion, and over the summer spent two weeks overseas with the Big Ten Foreign Tour Team. Hambly says her experience in Slovenia, Italy and Croatia helped her learn to communicate with a new group of players, a skill that has helped her form relationships with the three freshmen on this year’s Illi-nois team.
“I think the thing she was challenged with was learn-ing to communicate with the group, and so I think that’s
helped her with the younger players,” Hambly said. “But our culture is the culture that it is. And I think she’s used to operating in that. It’s a very different challenge playing with a group of all-stars than it is playing with your own team.”
Hambly added that Birks’ time overseas allowed her to become more aware of what the game is like across the globe – a glimpse into the pro-fessional volleyball world, as Europe is widely considered the strongest continent for the sport.A common goal
Last season, Illinois fin-ished third in the Big 10 with a record of 28-6 and fell to Florida in the Sweet 16. Ham-bly says the team had some good moments, but overall, he was not pleased with the season.
“This group isn’t gon-na think it’s a great season unless we do win it,” he said. “The talent’s there, the pieces are there. We need some peo-ple to figure out what college volleyball is about and figure out their roles early. Mostly, we just need to come together at the right time.”
Junior transfer Naya Crit-
tenden — who played at Ore-gon last season — is adamant that the team must remain on the same page to hoist the national championship trophy come mid-December.
“We’ve had a lot of team meetings about our common goal,” she said. “I can just tell that everyone’s in it. We wan-na win. I wanna win.”
Junior outside hitter Katie Roustio said Hambly’s high-energy system is integral to the team’s success. She explains that the squad must stay focused throughout the entire season, making sure that every game counts, even low-profile games and matches against less talented opponents.
“We need to make sure we’re playing just as hard in those games, and really com-ing out with as much energy, treating every game equally.”Fab freshmen
There are three freshmen on the Illini roster. Accord-ing to Hambly and fellow teammates, middle blocker Ali Bastianelli, outside hit-ter Beth Prince, and setter Jordyn Poulter are adjusting to the college game just fine. Junior outside hitter Michelle Strizak said the squad wel-
comed the freshmen with open arms.
“I think we all do a very good job of just setting expec-tations of how hard we work,” Strizak said. “That’s one of the most important things – but also just how we com-municate with each other, how we accept each other. Our culture is so strong that we can just absorb any sort
of personality and it just fits right in.”
Hambly said Bastianelli, Prince and Pouler played well in Aug. 22’s Orange & Blue Scrimmage. But competing in a real collegiate match is an entirely different animal.
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DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOIllinois’ Michelle Strizak goes for an attack during the NCAA Sweet 16 match v. Florida at Hilton Coliseum on Dec. 12, 2014. Illinois lost 3-2.
With college football season about to kick off, the last thing most fans want to do is consider issues such as the classifi-cation of college athletes as employees or unioniza-tion in college sports.
And if fans are not will-ing to step up and con-front the issues, stu-dent-athletes beyond the confines of Northwestern must get involved.
Athletes at the most prestigious programs around the country must become involved if the issues spearheaded by Northwestern foot-ball players are to gain traction.
It is crucial the move-ment spread to Ohio State, to Alabama and Oregon and beyond. That is the only way pressure can be applied on institu-tions such as the NCAA and the NLRB and force them to act.
Otherwise, the NCAA’s algorithm that programs and reprograms the sta-tus quo in college sports will remain, and a system that exploits too many athletes will continue unchallenged.
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Two new faces have sprung onto the scene for the Illi-nois men’s tennis team this season.
Freshmen Asher Hirsch of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Pengx-uan Jiang of Tian Jin, Chi-na, are two new candidates to play key roles for the Illini.
The freshmen will have large shoes to fi ll consider-ing the team lost four seniors from last year’s squad, including Farris Gosea, one of two Illini to qualify for the NCAA Singles Tournament. Returner Jared Hiltzik also made the tournament.
The freshmen were top-100 recruits and were fi ve-star recruits, according to tennis-recruiting.com. Hirsch was a two-time Ohio state cham-pion in high school and was a round of 16 qualifi er at the Clay Court Nationals.
On the fl ip side, Jiang also bolstered an impressive resu-mé during his time in China and his high school career in California. Jiang won the Chinese nationals in singles and doubles for 14U and 16U. Jiang also spent some time ranked in the top two in China during his 14U and 16U days.
Along with being from opposite sides of the world and coming from different cultures, head coach Brad Dancer says the duo brings unique skill sets to the table. He was particularly interest-ed with Hirsch’s abilities.
“I think Asher is a prime-time player; he loves being in the spotlight and playing in big moments,” Dancer said. “We feel like there is a tre-mendous amount of growth
immediately that he can have and I think a lot of that is going to be strength and confi dence in himself.”
Hirsch is looking forward to this season and says that he is ready to thrive in whatever position Dancer puts in him.
“I just want to have as great of an impact on the team as I can,” Hirsch said. “Whether that means being a lineup player or not, I just want to do everything I can to help this team.”
Dancer has high hopes for Jiang also, but he acknowl-edged that there would be some diffi culties for Jiang with his transition into college.
“He is a natural tennis player, and we think he is going to blossom with the competition he is going to face here,” Dancer said. “We recognize the challenges and diffi culties we will face with him from an academic stand-point but it is a transition we are going to moderate from here on out.”
Despite the fact that the two have just arrived at Illi-nois, Dancer has high expec-tations right out of the gate.
“If we feel like they aren’t ready when the fi rst competi-tion comes around in Septem-ber we’ll reevaluate them,” Dancer said. “Right now our intent is to have these guys step in and face competition right away.”
The duo won’t step into the limelight until after team practices start in Septem-ber, but this has not stopped Hirsch from looking ahead into his college career. He has not made any secret of what he expects during his college career.
He wants to be an All-American by his senior year.
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BY MATT GERTSMEIERSTAFF WRITER
Scoring goals was not a problem for the Illinois soccer team in its fi rst game of the season against Oakland.
The Illini won, 4-1, in their home open-er Friday against the Golden Grizzlies.
Despite the abundant offensive pro-duction, forward Jannelle Flaws believes defense was the key to victory.
“Defensively, we did really well as a team,” Flaws said. “I think that was the biggest difference. Our team defending on the fl ank and getting people to the backline.”
Illinois held the Golden Grizzlies to fi ve shots. Only three of the fi ve were on goal.
“To score four goals, that’s always a great way to start a season,” head coach Janet Rayfi eld said. “There were some moments of great soccer. I would prefer a shutout, but us coaches are never happy this early in the season, right?”
Her team produced a shutout in Sun-day’s 1-0 win over Illinois State. Goalten-der Claire Wheatley recorded four saves and sophomore Sarah Warren cleared one shot off the line to preserve the shutout.
Flaws and Reagan Robishaw led the offense in Illinois’ fi rst two games, with two goals total each. Flaws assisted on both of Robishaw’s goals and Robishaw assisted on one of Flaws’ goals.
The two seniors have demonstrated strong chemistry on the fi eld and Ray-fi eld will utilize that this season.
Flaws believed Robishaw made a major impact for Illinois, establishing a lead in the fi rst half of Friday’s match.
“Her dynamic movement off the ball and her ability to take people one-on-one and get to that endline was what we
really needed and she had a lot of ener-gy,” Flaws said about Robishaw. “That defi nitely sparked us in the fi rst half.”
Flaws approaching career goal record
Flaws continues to climb the ladder on the Illinois soccer career goals list.
Her two goals in Friday’s 4-1 win against Oakland were career goals 44 and 45.
Goal No. 44 was a header off a cor-ner kick from defender Hope D’Addario. Flaws believes headers have been a big part of her prolifi c goal scoring.
“I’m not as tall as some people, so I really have to rely on fi nding the right
places to make as big of an impact in the air as I can, but I think that’s one of my bread and butter skills,” Flaws said.
Flaws is third on the list, but is just two goals shy of tying former Illini Tara Hur-less’s 47-career goal record.
Hurless set the record in 2004. She played for the Illini from 2001-2004.
Flaws has averaged more than 14 goals a season for Illinois. She scored 23 goals in 2013 — tied for most in Division I — and 17 goals in 2014.
Her next opportunity to break the record is Friday, when Illinois hosts TCU.
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DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOIllinois’ Janelle Flaws looks to bring the ball under control during the game against Michigan at Illinois Track and Soccer stadium on Oct. 26. The Illini lost 2-1.
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