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BY CORINNE RUFFSTAFF WRITER

Urbana residents and small business owners have saved about $500,000 collectively on power bills within the fi rst three months of the Municipal Elec-tric Aggregation program . Vot-ers passed a referendum for the program during the March 2012

primary and put it into action May 8 .

Mike Monson , Urbana chief of staff, said this two-year pro-gram gives residents and small businesses that produce 15,000 kilowatts or less a year the option of paying a lower power bill by bundling their electric with others in the community.

“The average savings is $45 over three months,” he said. “It’s close to what we thought but actually a little bit better. If we can put $150 in each residence’s pocket (per year), that’s good.”

Residents and small busi-ness owners who are a part of the program are grouped with 50 other Illinois commu-nities that receive their ener-gy through Homefi eld Electric . Urbana Mayor Laurel Pruss ing said she chose the company’s bid of 4.05 cents per kilowatt hour over three other bidders because she felt Homefi eld was the best deal as it was a larger group and could offer a lower price.

“The whole purpose is to

BY JACQUI OGRODNIKSTAFF WRITER

After multiple budget cuts, the Champaign Public Library may lose its ranking as one of the top libraries in America.

The library was ranked as one of the top libraries in the country with a score of four out of fi ve stars by the Library Journal in its 2012 Index of Pub-lic Library Service.

“We are one of only 111 librar-

ies in the country to receive a star rating all fi ve years since the program started,” said Kris-tina Hoerner, the Champaign Public Library’s adult services manager.

Scores were based on 2010 per-person number of checked-out items as well as library vis-

its, program attendance and public Internet use of more than 7,000 public libraries across the U.S., according to the library’s news release. With a population of about 80,000, Champaign’s circulation of more than 2.6 mil-

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University, GEO yet to settle on wages, waivers in meetingsBY TYLER DAVISSTAFF WRITER

At Monday afternoon’s bargaining ses-sion, the Graduate Employees’ Organiza-tion and the University agreed on all of the union’s nonmonetary concerns as negotia-tions on a new contract drag on.

The two groups, which have been butting heads since the GEO’s contract expired in August, came to agreements on sections of the contract concerning nursing mothers, bereavement leave, and visa and immigra-tion leave, according to Ingbert Schmidt, a graduate student and member of the GEO’s bargaining team.

Tuition waivers, wages and health care are still on the table.

GEO spokeswoman Stephanie Seawell said that although GEO members were frus-trated after Monday’s session, they antici-pate a comprehensive proposal from the University at Tuesday morning’s session.

“That frustration will mount if there isn’t a signifi cant proposal (Tuesday),” Seawell said.

The University remains hopeful that an agreement can be reached through mediation.

“The University remains confi dent that working together in good faith; we are confi dent an agreement can be reached,” campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said in an email.

Schmidt said the GEO laid out a propos-al that explicitly explained how tuition waivers could be changed through bar-gaining, providing both sides with equal control over the waivers.

“If they have sole discretion over how much of the tuition is waived, they can just pay us $100,000 but make tuition $200,000,” Schmidt said.

Health care is an issue that concerns GEO members, especially those with dependents.

Schmidt, who has a son he provides for, said a 35 percent increase in per-semester premium coverage would be a huge help for him.

The two groups have reached a ten-tative agreement on that rate, Schmidt said.

In the event of an unsuccessful medi-ation Tuesday, Seawell said a strike is

Champaign Public Library was one of 20 libraries in Illinois to receive a star designation from the Library Journal index of Public Library Service. 262 libraries of 7,000 in the nation received designations this year.

Champaign Public Library named one of top 20 libraries in Illinois

Des Plaines Public Library

Saint Charles Public Library District

Coal City Public Library District

Champaign Public Library

Dry Point Township LibraryCowden

Algonquin Area Public Library District

Barrington Public Library District

Fremont Public Library DistrictMundelein

Skokie Public Library

Niles Public Library District

Oak Park Public Library

Elmhurst Public Library

Fountaindale PL DistrictBolingbrook

Naperville Public Library

Monticello Township Library

Arlington Heights Memorial Library

Northbrook Public Library

Lake Forest Library

Schaumburg Township District Library

Cordova District Library

Source: Library Journal Index of Public Library Service BRYAN LORENZ Design Editor

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Christina De Angelo, a Spanish instructor in the department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, attends the Graduate Employees’ Organization work-in at the Illini Union on Monday. De Angelo is not a member of the GEO but went to support the members.

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The Champaign Public Library was named one of America’s Top Libraries for the fi fth consecutive year, but budget cuts could threaten next year’s ranking, according to library offi cials.

Day of thanks brings giving

New program reduces electricity costs

Food pantries make ! anksgiving possible

Volunteer groups begin annual toy drives

BY ILYA GUREVICSTAFF WRITER

Food pantries across Cham-paign and Urbana distributed food to provide Thanksgiving meals for more than a thousand families this season.

The majority of the pantries’ food items are bought at a dis-count from the Eastern Illinois Foodbank, which receives both monetary and food donations from local businesses through-out the year.

Foodbank community relations manager Kristen Costello said monetary donations are especial-ly helpful because the foodbank’s food dollar extends further than food donations. A $1 donation to the foodbank buys ten times as much as a consumer could.

On Nov. 17, St. Luke’s Chris-tian Methodist Episcopal Church served dozens of families and pro-vided canned goods, fresh pro-duce and even perishables. Since June 2010, the church has been attending to local families on the third Saturday of every month. Patricia McKinney Lewis, direc-tor of St. Luke’s food pantry and

University alumna, highlighted the immense need in the commu-nity this time of year.

“This is my fi rst time here,” said Champaign resident Andrew Barber as he stuffed food items into a duffel bag in preparation for the bus ride home. “It’s pret-ty nice. They give me food for the holidays.”

Urbana’s Stone Creek Church also hosted a Thanksgiving event

for area residents in need. The church’s annual Big Give event was held Nov. 18 and 19. Angela Bradley, director of Stone Creek’s food pantry, said the church had more than 1,000 families prereg-ister for the event.

“Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites us as Americans,” Bradley said. “We want to elimi-

BY YELE AJAYISTAFF WRITER

With the holiday season in full swing, families scurry through malls, searching for the perfect gifts. However, some families in poor economic standing may have limited options when it comes to creating the perfect Christmas morning for their children.

“We want to benefi t the chil-dren,” said Kelli Anderson, pub-lic relations specialist for Carle Foundation Hospital, which holds a toy drive annually with the Sal-vation Army. “There are so many people that have to go without giv-ing their kids a gift during the hol-idays. We want families to still be able to have a great Christmas.”

Along with the Salvation Army’s 28th annual toy drive, the Offi ce of Volunteer Programs will also continue the 10-year tradition of its annual gift drive.

The Salvation Army began their drive in November, and it will end Dec. 15. The organization is looking to collect toys for all age groups. Anderson said the organi-zation collected almost $2,500 dol-lars in monetary gifts and about 2,000 donations and gift cards last year. The organization does not have a goal for this year’s drive, but Anderson said they hope to

meet the growing need for fami-lies in the area.

“We collected nearly $2,500 dollars in monetary gifts last year and over 2,500 donations,” Ander-son said. “We don’t have a set goal this year, but there are over 1,000 families in need and that num-ber is likely to go up. So our goal is to give these families several more options this year with our donations.”

The Salvation Army will also continue to host a toy shop where families can shop for gifts from the donations when the drive is completed.

The Offi ce of Volunteer Pro-grams began collecting toys in mid-November and will accept donations until Dec. 14. Staff, stu-dents and community members

Budget cuts may threaten Champaign library’s star rating streak

Urbana residents may save $150 annually with new referendum

See GEO, Page 3A

See PUBLIC LIBRARY, Page 3A

See FOOD DRIVES, Page 3A

See GIFT DRIVES, Page 3ASee ELECTRIC, Page 3A

How to donate for your local toy drivesLocal organizations are banding together to collect gifts for the less fortunate. Here’s how you can help their cause:

Offi ce of Volunteer Programs gift driveDrop-off location: Illini Union Room 288Accepted donations: Toys must be new, unwrapped, non-violent, cost $15 or less and be suitable for children ages infant through 17 years oldWebsite: http://union.illinois.edu/ovp/

Salvation Army and Carle Foundation Hospital toy drive

Drop-off location: Carle Foundation Hospital, 611 W. Park St.; Carle South Clinic Lobby, 602 W. University Ave.; Carle on Curtis, 1701 W. Curtis Road; Carle on Mattis, 1802 S. Mattis Ave.; Carle on Kirby, 1813 W. Kirby Ave.; Carle on Windsor, 1818 E. Windsor Road; Carle in Mahomet, 1001 Heather Dr.; Carle in Rantoul, 1540 E. Grove; Curves at Round Barn, 1808-A Round Barn Road, Champaign; WDWS/WHMS/WUIL, 2301 S. Neil St., Champaign; Health Alliance Medical Plans, 301 S. Vine St.Accepted donations: Toys must be new and unwrapped toys or gift cards for infants, children and teens. See website below.http://www.carle.org/NewsRoom/Toy-Drive.aspx

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Still time to give to those that need itMany local organizations are working to collect non-perishable food items, toiletries and cash/check donations for the Eastern Illinois Foodbank. Donations are also being accepted online at the foodbank’s website at eifoodbank.org.

What? WCIA’s Giving TuesdayWhen? Tuesday, Nov. 27 from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.Where? WCIA, 509 S. Neil St., ChampaignQuestions? 217-373-3650

What? Kick Hunger Illinois Futbol Club Food DriveWhen? Now until Dec. 16, 11 a.m. to midnightWhere? Soccer Planet, 2310 N. Willow Rd., UrbanaQuestions? 217-367-9999

What? Patterson and Parsons Family Dentistry Food DriveWhen? Now until Dec. 20, Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Where? Patterson and Parsons Family Dentistry, 2500 Galen Dr., ChampaignQuestions? 217-351-4355

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Champaign! Theft of a motor vehicle

was reported in the 200 block of South Mattis Avenue around 2 a.m. Sunday.

According to the report, an unknown offender stole the victim’s car while it was parked in a parking lot.

! Robbery was reported at the intersection of North Neil Street and Columbia Avenue around 4 p.m. Wednesday.

According to the report, the victim was robbed by two male offenders while walking home. The offenders stole one cellular phone and one credit, debit or gas card.

! An 18-year-old female was arrested on charges of theft and credit card fraud in the 600 block of West John Street around 1 p.m. Sunday.

According to the report, the suspect took the victim’s cred-it card without permission and used it to make purchases. The suspect also stole items from the victim.

! Residential burglary was reported in the 200 block of East Healey Street around 8 p.m. Sunday.

According to the report, an unknown offender forced en-try into the victim’s apartment and stole nine items.

! Home invasion was report-

ed in the 300 block of South State Street around 9:30 p.m. Sunday.

According to the report, three unknown male offenders invaded the victims’ home and stole 14 items.

Urbana! Residential burglary was

reported in the 800 block of Oakland Avenue around 6 p.m. Sunday.

According to the report, an unknown offender forced en-try into the victims’ apart-ment. The offender stole sev-en items from the property.

Compiled by Klaudia Dukala

HOROSCOPES

POLICE

BY NANCY BLACKTRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

Today’s BirthdayRevise your routine. Consider

what’s most important, and set up practices for that. Health is a treasure. Add daily fun. Social life buzzes this year; relationships are your jewels. Romantic sparks heat the winter. Keep finances organized, as work intensifies next summer. Balance with play.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)Today is a 7 — Don’t stop yet ...

you’re so close! Keep playing the game, and beat the odds. Watch your language, but say exactly what you think. Gather strength from love.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)Today is a 9 — Love grows

stronger in spite of restrictions. Be thoughtful of others. An unstable financial situation could lead to a financial revelation. Make sure you get your two-cents’ worth.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)Today is a 6 — Consider

another location. Stand back to let your mate express her/

himself. Finances are tight. And two plus two is still four. Don’t despair, there’s always tomorrow.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)Today is a 7 — Your friends

are there to help you dig for the treasure. Don’t fight, or sweat, over the small stuff. Listen to an older person. Follow your schedule.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)Today is a 8 — The road to

great communication is paved with good intentions. Play by the rules and prosper, but don’t spend what you haven’t got. Rely on your community for what you need.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)Today is a 8 — You’re tougher

than you look. Be willing to play with others. The more you learn, the better you’ll understand the strategy. Meditate on it. Make another improvement at home.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)Today is a 7 — Your discipline

and sense of balance come in handy now and are admired. Don’t sell yourself short. Keep checking the quality. A female joins you.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)Today is a 9 — You’re breaking

the glass ceiling, or at least

pushing it open. Concentrate on the moment at hand, even if the progress seems slow. The depth of love given to you is revealed. Team members come to agreement.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)

Today is a 8 — Listen first, carefully, before jumping to conclusions, and avoid unnecessary upsets. Follow the schedule, prioritizing the projects that you love. Don’t forget to chop wood and carry water.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)Today is a 8 — Love is still in

the air. Take a deep breath, and let it all soak in. Acknowledge another person’s wisdom. Don’t let the circumstances distract you from your plan or your promises.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)Today is a 9 — For nearly four

weeks, your ideas move forward rapidly. Another provides the right contacts. Be patient and understanding toward their ideas, it’s not worth the fight.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)Today is a 8 — Ignore rumors.

Love empowers you and opens up new opportunities among the reigning confusion reigns. Keep yourself to high standards. Voice your feelings.

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lion represented a ratio of 35.1 items checked out per person, the third highest in Illinois.

“We circulate over 2.6 million items per year and have over 2,400 people per day visit the library,” Hoerner said. “These are huge numbers for a commu-nity this size.”

For the fi rst three years the program existed, the library

earned three stars but climbed to four stars in the past couple of years.

However, budget cuts may end the consecutive streak, said Marsha Grove, director of the Champaign Public Library.

“Property values throughout the community declined with the downturn in the economy, and they continue to remain low,” Hoerner said. “Ninety percent of our budget comes from property taxes, which means our budget has been drastically reduced.”

Grove said there has been a reduction in costs of operations and maintaining the building and grounds.

Cuts of more than $24,000 are being proposed for the upcom-ing fi scal year to their $6.5 million revised budget in fi scal year 2011-2012, while 14 staff positions remain unfi lled.

“We’re anticipating more reductions in personnel because of budget reductions from less revenue,” she said. “Tough choic-es are likely ahead while (we are)

still trying to maintain services the community expects.”

Grove said increasing demands for e-books are putting a strain on the library’s budget.

“Technology continues to be a challenge to keep up with, but it is critical to do so,” Grove said. “The library must now stretch the budget further to buy e-books and physical books, and the over-all materials budget is smaller.”

Jacqui can be reached at [email protected].

have a big group, so that it can be sold to more customers and that lowers the rate,” she said. “I think it is something good Urbana did, and we are pleased to see our efforts got the best price for our citizens.”

Prussing said the group’s electricity rate is currently the lowest offered in Champaign County.

This program has also cut costs for University students. Chelsea Randall, junior in ACES, lives in an Urbana apart-

ment and said she chose the aggregation program because it was less expensive.

“I haven’t really noticed a differ-ence in my bill since it’s only been two months,” she said. “But it just made sense to get because it’s cheaper.”

The program also uses Renewable Energy Certifi cates from Iowa and Illi-nois wind farms, which offsets carbon emissions.

The Champaign County Board passed a similar referendum in elections this November.

Corinne can be reached at [email protected].

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NEW YORK — Americans clicked away on their computers and smartphones for deals on Cyber Monday, which is expect-ed to be the biggest online shop-ping day in history.

Shoppers are expected to spend $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday, up 20 percent from last year, according to research fi rm comScore. That would not only make it the biggest online shopping day of the year, but the biggest since comScore started tracking shoppers’ online buy-ing habits in 2001.

Online shopping was up 26.6 percent on Cyber Monday com-pared with the same time period a year ago, according to fi gures released Monday evening by IBM Benchmark, which tracks online sales. Sales from mobile devices, which include tablets, rose 10.2 percent. The group does not track dollar amount sales.

The strong start to Cyber Monday, a term coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed people were doing a lot of shopping on their work com-puters on the Monday following Thanksgiving, comes after over-all online sales rose signifi cant-ly during the four-day holiday shopping weekend that began on Thanksgiving.

“Online’s piece of the holiday pie is growing every day, and all the key dates are growing with it,” said Forrester Research ana-lyst Sucharita Mulpuru . “The Web is becoming a more sig-nifi cant part of the traditional brick-and-mortar holiday shop-ping season.”

It’s the latest sign that Amer-icans are becoming addicted to the convenience of the Web. With the growth in smartphones and tablet computers, shoppers can buy what they want, when-

ever they want, wherever they want. As a result, retailers have ramped up the deals they’re offering on their websites dur-ing the holiday shopping season, a time when stores can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue.

Amazon.com, which started its Cyber Monday deals at 12:01 a.m. Monday, is offering as much as 60 percent off a Panasonic VIERA 55-inch TV that’s usu-ally priced higher than $1,000. Sears is offering $430 off a May-tag washer and dryer, each on sale for $399. And Kmart is offering 75 percent off all of its diamond earrings and $60 off a 12-in-1 multigame table on sale for $89.99.

Delisa O’Brien, 24, took advan-tage of some of the deals on Monday. O’Brien, who said she would rather shop online than deal with the crowds in stores, bought an H-P Notebook for $399 on Hewlett Packard’s web-site for her mother. The compa-ny threw in a free Nook e-book reader with her purchase.

“When it comes to Black Fri-day, I’m a tiny, 5’1” woman and the thought of having to push and shove my way through hoards of people just to get cheap merchandise is kind of a nightmare to me,” said O’Brien, a Brooklyn, N.Y. resident. “My mom gets a new laptop, I get an e-reader, and all without spend-ing too much money ... Every-body wins.”

Chas Rowland, 34, a pastor in Vicksburg, Miss., agrees. He said that he prefers shopping online on his iPad. On Cyber Monday, he bought clothes at several online retailers, toys at Toys R Us and electronics and phone accessories from Best Buy. He got at least 40 percent off everything and free shipping on some items.

“The best part was that I got to sleep while everyone else was standing in lines all night long on Black Friday,” he said.

How well retailers fare on Cyber Monday will offer insight into Americans’ evolv-

ing shopping habits during the holiday shopping season. With the growth in high speed Inter-net access and the wide use of smartphones and tablets, people are relying less on their work computers to shop than they did when Shop.org, the digital divi-sion of trade group The Nation-al Retail Federation, introduced the term “Cyber Monday.”

As a result, the period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Mon-

day has become busy for online shopping as well. Indeed, online sales on Thanksgiving Day, tra-ditionally not a popular day for online shopping, rose 32 per-cent over last year to $633 mil-lion, according to comScore. And online sales on Black Fri-day were up 26 percent from the same day last year, to $1.04 bil-lion. It was the fi rst time online sales on Black Friday surpassed $1 billion.

are encouraged to donate new, unwrapped gifts, costing less than $15. Donors also have the option to give a gift to a specifi c child or family.

The toys will then be donated to local human service agencies that will distribute them to fami-lies in need. The toys are given to children of all ages, from infants to older teens. Depending on the agency receiving the donations from the Offi ce of Volunteer Pro-grams, the toys may be distributed to an entire family or individual children.

Meridith Mara , volunteer for the offi ce and senior in AHS, said

the goal is to collect at least 1,000 toys this year, topping their 884 donated toys last year.

“It’s exciting thinking about the joy they probably feel when they’re opening these gifts for the fi rst time,” she said.

Kati Hinshaw , volunteer for the offi ce and graduate student, said she enjoys volunteering for the toy drive because it reminds her of her own experiences, which she wishes to share.

“The best part is getting to share the same level of memories you had as a child with someone who might not have those memo-ries,” Hinshaw said. “You’re real-ly making someone feel special.”

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nate any economic barriers.”The Urbana Meijer helped pro-

vide turkeys, green beans and oth-er items for a full meal and left-overs for the event.

“Every little bit always helps. It’s just a wonderful thing peo-ple are doing for the community,” said Regina Owens of Rantoul, Ill, who picked up food at the event. “Everyone was friendly.”

On Nov. 20, Glory Center Inter-national in Champaign served hundreds of families by provid-ing the ingredients for a Thanks-giving meal. Families received fresh produce, such as spinach, salad greens and coleslaw as well as a turkey and all its trimmings.

Many attendees praised the

church’s efforts. “This is a good church ... they

make sure you have a complete Thanksgiving meal,” said Latoya Dillon of Champaign. “I’m plan-ning on coming Sunday to show appreciation.”

On-air personalities SuavA and TAT of Hot 105.5, staff at Prime Sole shoes and Champaign Mayor Don Gerard appeared at the event.

“(Glory Center International members) meet the need; they rise to the occasion. This is won-derful,” Gerard said. “They have a partnership with the community (and) with the private sector, and they step up and they do it with a smile, and they do it with a heart full of love, so it’s really a wonder-ful thing.”

Ilya can be reached at [email protected].

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Sarah Cassinelli, co-chair of the Graduate Employees’ Organization Stewards Council, conducts a meeting Monday night at the Illini Union after the day’s work-in and bargaining session.

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On “Cyber Monday” Nicholas Lerma gets packages ready for shipping at the Amazon.com 1.2 million square foot fulfi llment center in Phoenix.

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still an option for the GEO, but members have been thinking of other ways to reach an agree-ment with the University with-out a strike.

The “Unity at the Union” work-in on Monday at the Illini Union was one of those efforts.

“We’ve had well over 100 peo-ple come in and out throughout the day,” she said. “People have

held classes here, people have held meetings and reading groups and have (held) offi ce hours here.”

Seawell also said a small group of GEO members plan to stay in the Union overnight, as it is “the center of campus community life at this University,” according to a news release.

“The Union closes at midnight,” Seawell said. “We aren’t going to leave.”

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Rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy will cost $32 billion for New York CityBY MICHAEL GORMLEYTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALBANY, N.Y. — Top political lead-ers in New York put their heads togeth-er Monday on big requests for feder-al disaster aid as Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Superstorm Sandy ran up a bill of $32 billion in the state and the nation’s largest city.

The cost does not include more than $32 billion for repairs and restoration and an additional accounting of over $9 billion to head off damage in the next disastrous storm, including steps to protect the power grid and cellphone network.

“It’s common sense; it’s intelligent,” Cuomo said. “Why don’t you spend some money now to save money in the future? And that’s what prevention and mitiga-tion is.”

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg had announced earlier in the day that Sandy caused $19 billion in losses in New York City — part of the $30 billion esti-mate Cuomo used.

The most basic recovery costs for roads, water systems, schools, parks,

individual assistance and more total $15 billion in New York City; $7 billion for state agencies; $6.6 billion in Nas-sau County and $1.7 billion in Suffolk County, both on suburban Long Island; and $527 million in Westchester Coun-ty and $143 million in Rockland County, both north of New York City, according to a state document used in the private briefi ng of the delegation and obtained by The Associated Press.

“Make no mistake, this will not be an easy task, particularly given the impend-ing fi scal cliff, and a Congress that has been much less friendly to disaster relief than in the past,” Sen. Charles Schumer said. “We will work with the (Obama) administration on supplemental legisla-tion, to be introduced in the upcoming December session of Congress, that will set us on the road to meeting New York’s needs. This will be an effort that lasts not weeks, but many months, and we will not rest until the federal response meets New York’s deep and extensive needs.”

The Cuomo administration has gained the public support of President Barack Obama and FEMA in New York’s pro-

posal for full reimbursement for storm damage, but state offi cials have privately worried about how much the state can get now.

In the city, Bloomberg is asking fed-eral lawmakers to put up nearly $10 bil-lion to reimburse government agencies and private businesses. That would be additional funding on an expedited basis over the $5.4 billion in standard disaster aid that the city projects it will receive from the Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency.

That FEMA money and private insur-ance won’t cover all the public and pri-vate expenses from the storm, which included damaged streets and restau-rants closed because of fl ooding, Bloom-berg said.

“While the impact of the storm will be felt for some time and the challeng-es are great, I am confi dent that the city will rebound and emerge stronger than ever,” Bloomberg wrote to the congres-sional delegation.

Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz and Meghan Barr in New York City contributed to this report.

BY MICHAEL TARMTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered another blow to a 50-year-old anti-eavesdropping law in Illi-nois, choosing to let stand a lower court fi nding that key parts of the hotly debated law run counter to constitutional protec-tions of free speech.

In that critical lower-court ruling in May, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the law — one of the toughest of its kind in the country — violates the First Amendment when used against those who record police offi cers doing their jobs in public.

Civil libertarians say the ability to record helps guard against police abuse. The law’s proponents, however, say it pro-tects the privacy rights of offi cers and civilians, as well as ensures that those wielding recording devices don’t interfere with urgent police work.

The Illinois Eavesdropping Act, enacted in 1961, makes it a felony for someone to produce an audio recording of a conversa-tion unless all the parties involved agree. It sets a maximum punishment of 15 years in prison if a law enforcement offi cer is recorded. As it drew the ire of civil lib-erties groups, state legislators endeav-ored to soften the law earlier this year, but those efforts stalled. The high-court’s decision could prompt a renewed push to overhaul it.

But state Rep. Elaine Nekritz, a vocal opponent of the law, said court decisions hitting at its constitutionality could effec-tively nullify the most contentious aspects of the law and make further legislative action unnecessary.

“If it’s unenforceable, it’s unenforce-

able,” the Northbrook Democrat said. “I think (the law’s opponents) would be pret-ty happy with that” and wouldn’t feel the need to formally strike it from the books.

The Washington, D.C.-based high court didn’t hear arguments or issue an opinion, but its decision to do nothing amounts to a rejection of a plea from Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to overturn the decision by the 7th Circuit in Chicago.

In their petition to the Supreme Court, prosecutors argued the 7th Circuit had ignored privacy rights and created “a novel and unprecedented First Amend-ment protection to ubiquitous recording devices.”

“The decision (of the 7th Circuit) dimin-ished the conversational privacy of speak-ers in favor of a heretofore unrecognized First Amendment right to audio record the discussions of such speakers,” the peti-tion said.

Especially in an era where recording devices can pick up conversations from far away, a lack of restraints could make civilians uneasy and make them reluctant to speak frankly to offi cers about crimi-nal activity — endangering the public, the petition argued.

The ACLU of Illinois on Monday wel-comed the high court’s decision not to touch the lower court’s ruling.

“We are hopeful that we are moving closer to a day when no one in Illinois will risk prosecution when they audio record public offi cials performing their duties,” Harvey Grossman, legal director of the ACLU of Illinois, said in a statement. “Empowering individuals and organiza-tions in this fashion will ensure additional transparency and oversight of public offi -cials across the state.”

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Y ou probably don’t need another Facebook lecture — I certainly didn’t but got one anyway from

my tech-savvy, privacy-conscious mother who never fails to remind me that “anything you put up online stays online.” Love you, mom.

Posting promiscuous photos or lewd statuses is a bad idea, and this is not new information. But after this week, Facebook may have a slightly different way of handling secure information searches on the social network-ing site. My mother had sent me an update that I had either pre-viously ignored or never seen: Facebook security formatting was being revamped, and the changes that those working for this power-ful little website may change your future, now.

System updates are set to include:

Managing MessagesThis means more control,

replacing the current “Who can see your Facebook Messages” application with a more fine-tuned system of precisely identifying who can see what and for how long, at least with incoming mes-sages. Details aren’t clear on this upgrade, which may mean Face-book is waiting for user feedback or just isn’t finished making the system.

New Product NamesFacebook claims they will soon

install features like “instant per-sonalization,” which uses infor-mation from your profile to cus-tomize your web browsing on partner websites.

Time(line) ManagementThe current layout allows users

to rearrange the order and appear-ance of the timeline feature on a Facebook profile. But just because you delete a post off of your profile’s timeline does not mean that it is off of Facebook entirely. There are still three major digital locations where the information may still be post-ed: namely the news feed and other people’s or friends’ timelines. The information, once published, is pret-ty much always available through a Facebook search. To remove posts entirely from the site, you need to remember not only to delete the information from both you and your friend’s timeline, but also from both activity logs (look under privacy set-tings, under “Limit Audience for Past Posts”).

This should be the consistent poli-cy from here out.

Reminders on what others can see on your Facebook account/profile

This seems pretty self-explanato-ry, but many years and accompany-ing lawsuits later, those who work in the privacy department of Facebook feel that users deserve a little update on not only changes as the site is rou-tinely restructured, but also the con-stant standbys of what is and is not viewed. By liking the Facebook Site Governance Page, users can receive updates on changes to policies.

As a new (and younger) genera-tion of social networkers create their Facebook accounts, they may not be privy to the basic understanding of how to limit exposure of a status, how to block people or how a mes-sage is a lot more private than a wall post.

How Facebook collects and ulti-mately uses data are part of the current proposed changes to the company’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SSR). The SSR is basically a code of conduct that gov-erns the Facebook Data Use Policy.

If you’ve heard any sort of contro-versy over ad companies, schools or even the police using Facebook, there is probably a clause about how Facebook has handled it through their SSR.

Facebook’s security team is urg-ing users to visit the governance page to make any comments before 9 a.m. PST on Nov. 28. Facebook is doing away with open voting and favoring direct feedback from users through messages to the Chief Priva-cy Officer of Policy, Erin Egan, who is also set up in the following months to host webcasts that will speak to the submitted questions and com-ments on how Facebook secures user information. So speak now or for-ever hold back on posting something your future employer (or mother) wouldn’t want to see.

But if you’re still tagging yourself in bar pics and including insensitive comments on your timeline, chances are this plea for awareness will fall on deaf ears.

I am convinced that when I’m not traveling or working on a story, I have the world’s most boring Face-book profile. I don’t include my polit-ical or religious affiliations, nor do you see a home or school address. You can’t see my birth year or if I’m in a relationship. No phone number, no sexual preferences, not even any favorite quotations. If you want to know these things, ask me — I’ll tell you. I’m not paranoid — I want to get a job.

And while it is illegal in the state of Illinois for an employer to ask you for your Facebook pass-word, public online records, com-puter memory and those thou-sand-some “friends” all make a pretty solid, if not literal, paper trail. I have nothing dark and scary in my past, but how others perceive private information is something that may jeopardize a job interview.

Renée is a senior in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].

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A lthough a tentative cease-fire persists in the Gaza Strip as classes resume here at the University, it was difficult to

peruse a news source over the break with-out reading something about the continuing conflict between the Israelis and the Hamas in the Middle East.

This is a conflict I do not understand. I do not understand why the fighting per-sists. I do not understand why it seems so one-sided. I do not understand why the United States backs Israel when they appear to be the aggressors. I do not understand why Israel won’t let Pales-tine become its own sovereign state. I do not understand why Jerusalem is so phe-nomenally important that it dictates the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians and places two nations entirely in a per-petual state of fear.

The conflict in Gaza stretches back decades, with the current conflict appearing to originate in 2006. At the moment, there seems to be three major issues that propel the conflict: Jerusa-lem, trade and terrorism.

Fighting over a holy place I get. I understand a spiritual connection to a place that holds so much power in what-ever scripture is followed. But the issue of Jerusalem seems absurd. I don’t understand sacrificing all for that place. Sacrificing the tenets of a scripture, of a religion, for the holy place. Surely God/Muhammad/Christ/whoever would not want such atrocities perpetrated in his name? The area under question doesn’t even seem to be concrete. It’s a “he said, she said” of locations, people and how the city would fare under control of the other party. (Poorly, in the eyes of both.)

With regard to trade, the arguments are a bit more sensible. Because Gaza is located on the coast of the Mediterra-nean Sea, it houses a collection of ports used for imports and exports. Control would allow Gaza to export at will, with-out the sanctions currently imposed upon it by Israel — which, in turn, could affect Israel.

Finally, like with all conflicts, one side is seen as the aggressor and the other the victim, and the roles depend solely on which side one is on. In this conflict, Israel views Hamas as terrorists and detests the Palestinians, whereas Hamas sees the conflict as a religious jihad. The exaggerating factor here is the view of Hamas and Palestine in the eyes of other international bodies. Because continued violence persists not only against the Israelis, but also against Americans, the international community can comfort-ably support Israel — the U.S. especially.

The current cease-fire brings thoughts of a resolution, thoughts that remain little more than far-fetched dreams. Because the U.N. requires an unified state with a central leader in order for a new nation to be formed out of an exist-ing one (i.e. Palestine from Israel), and because Palestine still consists of a myr-iad of warring factions within its own “borders,” it cannot become a state in its current condition. However, it could be recognized as a state and work toward membership in the U.N. This recognition would provide the various parts of Pales-tine a goal to rally around and toward.

Prone to flare-ups and notorious for obscene and obsessive violence, the con-flict does nothing except confuse me. The United States and Israel have been allies for decades, and I still fail to see what good such a partnership brings for the U.S. weapons? The United States remains the world’s leader in arms man-ufacturing. We supply countries with rockets and help them design their own missiles. The surface-to-air missiles currently being used in Israel were pro-duced by the U.S. intelligence? Israel has connections throughout the Middle East, perhaps supplying the U.S. with impor-tant intelligence information. With the changing world of intelligence gather-ing, however, externally collected infor-mation may not be as necessary as it was during the early years. Strategic posi-tion in the region? Ignoring the ques-tion of whether the U.S. should occu-py countries outside its own borders, Israel acts as a base for U.S. military in the region. Not only does this strain the United States financially, but it strains U.S. relations as the conflict grows, Isra-el becomes more of a strategic liability than an asset. By withdrawing or limit-ing support for Israel, the United States could gain support — and therefore improve relations — with other countries in the region.

I do not pretend to have the answers, or to know how such a massive inter-national conflict should be resolved. But the United States needs to be able to approach the conflict without an unfounded bias and instead work toward a humane and rapid response to the atrocities afflicted on both parties. Only when the United States, the Unit-ed Nations and the world as a whole can look through an untainted lens will Gaza become a place of peace.

Sarah is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at [email protected].

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issuesT he Big Ten Confer-ence welcomed two new members last week: the University of Maryland at Col-

lege Park and Rutgers Univer-sity. The 13th and 14th mem-bers, respectively, extend the reach of the Big Ten about 230 more miles east from the for-mer easternmost university, Penn State.

But while the literal dis-tance from current Big Ten boundaries to New Jersey can be covered in about 4 ! hours, the distance between programs, both athletic and academic, leaves much to be desired.

Following the national trend of expanding collegiate con-ferences, the Big Ten has now officially expanded to be an entity larger than its Midwest-ern origins. Despite any gains from such an expansion, there are more costs to the Big Ten’s name and reputation.

Athletics is the name of the game in college conferences, football making the most prof-it, followed by men’s basket-ball. Though the Big Ten as a whole has fallen in football prestige in recent years, it’s still a top conference. Because conferences must split cham-pionship money between their teams, Rutgers and UMD, which don’t have the most stel-lar athletic record, are essen-tially piggybacking on the Big Ten’s more successful football programs.

The men’s basketball pro-grams are similarly lacklus-ter. UMD is a shadow of its 2002 NCAA champion glory, making the tournament only three seasons out of the last eight. Rutgers hasn’t made a tournament since 1991.

The Big Ten has potential in basketball, and six Big Ten teams are currently ranked, including Indiana in the No. 1 spot. However, UMD and Rut-gers drag down the average.

The Big Ten can offer TV broadcast time for basketball games on the Big Ten Net-work. Rutgers and UMD have little opportunity for national screen time in their current conferences.

But, of course, the Big Ten has more than just athletic connotations — its members are among the best public uni-versities in the country. These universities, sometimes known as public Ivies, carry the Big Ten and also distinguish the conference as a leader in the academic world.

While Maryland and Rutgers are like the most of the Big Ten in basic stats — public, state-funded, flagship campus-es, around 40,000 enrolled — neither university is particu-larly notable where academic prestige is concerned. UMD is ranked 58 and Rutgers 68 in current U.S. News & World Report national rankings, sur-passing some of the Big Ten but just barely enough to make a discernible difference in the conference’s academic record as a whole.

Purdue, though ranked 65 as a university, stands out as con-sistently one of the best engi-neering programs in the entire country. Indiana University stands out as a global leader in business, music and jour-nalism programs, not reflect-ed by its overall 83 ranking. UMD and Rutgers, however, have fewer redeeming quali-ties to bring to the table.

The move for the two univer-sities takes them from being below average in one confer-ence and making them aver-age in the Big Ten. Outshin-ing Rutgers in the Big East is Notre Dame and Georgetown. In the Atlantic Coast Confer-ence, Maryland pales in com-parison to the University of Virginia and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The move is expensive for UMD and Rutgers; Maryland will pay a $50 million exit fee to the ACC, and Rutgers will have to negotiate an early exit, which will likely also be in the tens of millions.

In the short term, the addi-tion may look good to leaders of the schools and to Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney, but gaining these universi-ties is ultimately a loss for the entire conference.

Big Ten goes eastbound and down in quality

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SARAH FISCHEROpinions columnist

R emember, remember the ninth of November. It was a day not unlike any other, but a day that

is yet another constantly overlooked reminder of the terrible state of this great nation. It is the day David Petraeus’ resignation was accepted.

So, wonderful American citizens, I’d like to take this time to have a lit-tle chat about what most of you prob-ably missed in the news this month. Surely you saw CIA Chief Director David Petraeus get busted for his extramarital affair, but you may be missing a vital underlying issue. The United States is slowly but surely becoming a surveillance state — if it isn’t blatantly one already. We no longer have the privacy we once held so dear, and it seems like most of us are just flat out OK with that.

Let’s backtrack to how this Petrae-us scandal all began. Jill Kelley gets harassing emails criticizing her rela-tionship with Petraeus and other government members. Kelley con-tacts an FBI agent who helps push through an investigation. The inves-tigation leads them through cyber-space to find that an account used by both Paula Broadwell and her hus-band had been sending the emails. The FBI subpoenas the digital records of Broadwell, which leads them to discover the relationship between Petraeus and Broadwell.

If this were a national securi-ty or counterintelligence issue, the FBI wouldn’t even need a subpoe-

na. Cases like this one can show the overreaching scope of the federal government. Because of this pow-er, United States citizens are being stripped of their constitutional right of due process. The government can rummage through your most inti-mate conversations on the flimsy proof of probable cause.

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

That is not a quote from “V for Vendetta” or well-structured rheto-ric from the latest Batman mov-ie, but Benjamin Franklin himself warning about the dangers of sacri-ficing civil liberties for safety.

Franklin was not talking freedom in the sense that you should be able to do whatever you want in anarchy, but rather “essential liberty”: those guaranteed in the Constitution — of speech, the right to property, priva-cy and the pursuit of happiness. Con-trary to popular belief, the role of the government is not to try and bar-gain civil liberties for safety.

If you have nothing to hide, then you shouldn’t be afraid to give up your privacy to the government, right? Wrong. That has been the mind-set of every police state that has ever existed. Even if you believe the government will let you live in anonymity because you have noth-ing to hide, it is setting a terrible precedent.

Do we have faith in the mor-al integrity of the government to act appropriately with our private information? As if the government has had a flawless record of moral fiber. We can’t even trust the head of the brightest intelligence agen-

cy in the world to keep his affairs quiet.

This type of invasiveness is a drastic overreach of government power. We should never be sub-jected to an intrusive style of gov-ernment that is constantly watch-ing our every move. America was founded on the right to privacy and due process, neither of which is respected. Is that our idea of freedom? That is not the Ameri-ca that was founded 2 ! centuries ago and not the America I want to live in.

But, we can curtail it and even revise the current surveil-lance structure. Julian Sanchez, a research fellow at the CATO Institute, suggests that Congress should extend the “1986 Electron-ic Communications Privacy Act into the 21st century — requiring a warrant for all law-enforcement access to communications con-tents and tightening the rules for access to sensitive information, such as cell phone location data.”

That would certainly be a step in the right direction and a major solution to a portion of the sur-veillance issues. If we let the sta-tus quo of surveillance continue in its current trend, then we will soon not know the ways in which our private information is used and stored, if we even do now.

Sadly, even as you read this column your digital footprint is available to the government. Wel-come to the Big Brother era, my friends. I hope none of your skel-etons come out of the closet.

Brian is a junior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected].

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BY ROHAINA HASSANSTAFF WRITER

The night began with C-U based DJ duo, The Interns, opening up and warming the crowd with their bass-filled trap beats. Hav-ing just released their sophomore EP, “Preach,” they had new beats to drop for the eager crowd at The Canopy Club Sunday.

Soon after, Ana Sia transitioned in with her deep, sexy, bass-driv-en music. At some points of the night you felt as if you were in the middle of a trance, then sec-onds later you’d be moving faster to keep up with her. Based out of the San Francisco Bay area, Ana Sia is not new to the festival cir-cuit. She’s played at huge festivals such as Coachella, Lollapaloo-za and Electric Daisy Carnival, while also touring around Canada

and abroad at various venues, col-lege towns and smaller festivals.

After Ana Sia, Big Gigantic’s production team began setting up. Fifteen minutes later, the doors backstage burst open and Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken rushed in, dressed in all white. Lalli strapped with his saxophone and Salken with drumsticks in his back pocket, started jumping and getting pumped up for the show. A solid high five to each other and they lined up to run on stage ready to put on an unforgettable show.

Lalli and Salken are Boulder, Colo. natives and make up the hybrid live band/DJ Big Gigantic. They are known for their diverse style of music, which is in gener-al electronic dance, but has hints of funk, dubstep, glitch, hip-hop and drum/bass. As festival circuit natives (Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Electric Forest and more) they have played as headliners, opened for various other headliners, and are going to be playing at “Holy Ship!” and “Jam Cruise” next year.

A little reminiscent of Daft Punk, the stage was set up with two platforms – one for Lalli and his saxophone and DJ equipment and one with Salken and his drum set. There were LED screens behind them flashing Pac-Man and various other graphics. With a flash of the stage lights and their hands raised to the sky, Big Gigantic began their set with a melodic saxophone note.

They built the crowd up with “It’s Goin’ Down” and provided musical release with fan favorites such as “I Need A Dollar,” “Noto-rious Thugs” and “Get Em’ High.” As fast as they built everybody up, they broke them down with beat drops and made the mass of music lovers jump in uniformity.

With steam rising up from the sold-out crowd of closely moving bodies, they were all entranced by the duo known as Big Gigantic.

Rohaina is a sophomore in LAS and can be reached at rhassa7@ dailyillini.com.

BY HALEY JONESSTAFF WRITER

No one likes to party alone, and now students can have a new friend to throw a couple back with. My Drinking Buddy, a new app created by University stu-dents, aims to help users find the best deals for drinks on campus. It may not be able to sit on a bar-stool next to you, but its goal is to provide a good time.

The free app alerts users about deals at the liquor stores Hometown Pantry, Den Liquors, Hollywood Liquors and Campus Liquor. It also advertises deals at campus bars, such as The Red Lion, Kam’s, Legends, Murphy’s Pub, Joe’s Brewery, The Cly-bourne, White Horse, Firehaus, Brothers and The Canopy Club.

“We have a good EatCU sys-tem here ... but there isn’t really a thing for drinking. Everybody goes out here, everybody parties so we said, ‘Hey, lets put that on an application,’” said Neeraj Varyani, junior in FAA and co-founder of the app.

My Drinking Buddy has been a long time in the making. Vary-ani and Nicholas Garcia, junior in FAA and app co-founder, thought of the idea in December

of 2011. It was originally creat-ed as a trial run; however, they have been working on it since. The co-founders released the app to the public at the begin-ning of the 2012 school year.

Garcia said the app was only supposed to be a project, but as they started programming, planning details and making contracts with bars on campus, it became something bigger.

“We really see a lot of poten-tial growth in the company and expansion across college cam-puses,” he said.

The application has grown in popularity since its release. Varyani said 450 people have downloaded it so far, and 200 of those were in the last week. Kyle Wehrli, junior in Business, said the app is very user-friendly.

“My favorite part about it is it’s much more simple than most of the apps that are even out there. It is as easy as even playing a game,” Wehrli said.

Along with showing the deals that are on campus, My Drink-ing Buddy also partners with the liquor stores to give users reduced rates on alcohol.

Krishna Patel, general man-ager of Den Liquors, said, “We

give people 10 percent off their purchase if they show us the app while buying alcohol.”

Varyani and Garcia are cur-rently gathering more data on the usage of My Drinking Bud-dy on the University’s campus. Eventually, they would like to expand the app to big campus-es across the country, start-ing with Midwest schools and branching out into the East and West coasts as well. Garcia has no doubts that My Drinking Buddy will catch on quickly.

“I mean, you know it’s a Fri-day night and you want to buy a nice bottle of Belvedere, and you want to find the cheapest place to get it on campus. You can look at the application and find it,” Garcia said. “If you want to find the cheapest 30 rack to play beer pong, go on the app and find it. It is extremely use-ful for anyone who wants to buy alcohol.”

With Illinois ranked as the No. 4 party school by the Princeton Review, the University might be the perfect market for My Drinking Buddy to take off.

Haley can be reached at [email protected]

Big Gigantic entertains sold-out crowd

Students’ app finds cheapest place to buy booze

BY LYANNE ALFAROSTAFF WRITER

A menu board sits outside an open, wooden door on the corner of Green and Goodwin Avenue, inviting students and community members to stop in on weekdays for a cup of coffee at The Etc. Cof-feehouse. Customers might follow up their drink with a hard shell taco, granola bar or another option on the menu for the night. They can pay as much or as little as they want for food and self-serve cof-fee, as the café is donation-based.

The stone building across the street from the Mechanical Engineering building is the Wes-ley Foundation, which hosts The Etc. Coffeehouse. Because the business is based on donations, it runs from the help of its staff of volunteers.

The café, which operates from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, hosts a variety of coffee nights through-out the school week. These include Rainbow Coffeehouse (when the LGBT Office hosts events from

6 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays) and International Coffeehouse (which is designed to help international students practice speaking Eng-lish and meet other American students from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Fridays).

Jarod Spohrer, a volunteer coordinator at The Etc. Coffee-house, remembers the first time he walked into the café — it was a Friday during International Coffeehouse. That night, he met a lot of people who became his friends, which encouraged him to return the following week.

“This place has a ‘home away from home’ feeling,” Spohrer said. “It is very different from Starbucks.”

Victoria Han, junior in Engi-neering, started visiting The Etc. Coffeehouse a month ago and agrees with Spohrer’s eval-uation of the café’s atmosphere.

“It was the people that made me want to come back — they are really open and welcoming,” Han said. “I don’t really eat or

drink anything here.”Molly Yue, master’s student in

Education, met Spohrer two years ago while practicing her English at International Coffeehouse. Since then, she attends regularly and has considered volunteering.

The members of Alpha Phi Omega are among the volunteers who help run the coffeehouse on a regular basis. Spohrer said that he is constantly on the lookout for people interested in working behind the counter. Any student who enters The Etc. can sign up on the spot for morning or after-noon shifts.

While Spohrer does not know why the coffeehouse was named Etc, he said he has an idea.

“There are so many groups that meet here and there are so many things you can do ... et cetera,” Spohrer said. “You get inexpen-sive, good quality coffee at a unique quaint café.”

Lyanne can be reached at alfaro2@ dailyillini.com.

The Etc. Coffeehouse inclusive to students, run on donations

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Big Gigantic perform a sold out show at The Canopy Club on Sunday. Dominic Lalli, saxophone, and Jeremy Salken, drums, lay down some heavy beats as Big Gigantic on their Uprising Tour.

ple puree, lime juice and agave nectar.

The staff infuses fresh ingre-dients into tequila and lets it sit for a week to give it a unique fla-vor. Wedge plans to change out these flavor-infusions and the drink menu to follow the sea-sons and is currently planning the winter menu.

While the downtown Cham-paign location might bring in an older customer base, University students can still find a meal and a drink at Wedge Tequila Bar. Laura Buecker, senior in LAS, ventured in to try out Wedge Tequila Bar with her sorority sisters a few weeks ago.

“I thought it would be fun to go to a tequila bar because I had never been to one before,” said Buecker, who has a newfound enjoyment of tequila.

Buecker enjoyed the intimate setting and the tequila bottle display, as well as the $8 taco plate deal.

“(The tacos) were really well-prepared and the ingredients were very fresh,” she said. “It’s a great place for college kids because the drinks are cool and new and the decor is really interesting.”

Kelly can be reached at [email protected].

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BY KELLY CHUIPEKSTAFF WRITER

“What can I get you?” Alli Ofi sher, senior in FAA, asked the three patrons sitting at the bar.

“Tequila,” they confi dently responded.

And they have come to the right place. Wedge Tequila Bar in downtown Champaign just celebrated its one-month anni-versary since opening on Oct. 24. The combination of restau-rant and bar occupies the spot on Neil Street where Carmon’s Bistro once stood.

After making a few recom-mendations to the customers, Ofi sher climbed onto the stool placed in front of the three glass shelves behind the bar, looking for the particular bottle to pour.

With over 120 tequilas dis-played on the shelves of Wedge, it took Ofi sher a moment before she located the correct brand and popped open the top.

“See how smoky it smells?” she asked the customers, bring-ing it close enough for them to get a whiff.

For Ofi sher, working at Wedge

is more than just waitressing or bartending. She has become somewhat of a tequila expert in just over a month.

“I know my favorites, and you start to learn good recommenda-tions for starters,” she said. “I had to learn all about the differ-ent types of tequila.”

There are three types of tequila — blanco, reposado and anejo — and each have a unique preparation process. Blanco is clear tequila that is not aged in a barrel. Reposado is aged in a barrel for a couple of months, giving it a smoky fl avor. Anejo is aged in a barrel for a year and produces some of the premium tequilas found at Wedge.

“A lot people have bad mem-ories of tequila from a rough night, and tequila can have cer-tain misconceptions,” Ofi sher said. “Even I had one before I started working here.”

Many good quality tequilas can be within $5 to $8 per shot, making it price-friendly to a wide range of customers.

However, in the middle of the tequila display sits the Gran

Patron with a more hefty price tag. One shot rings up a $45 tab. Ofi sher has only sold one shot of the Gran Patron to a curious customer.

“It’s defi nitely one you sip on,” she said. “They do sip on tequila in Mexico — they don’t shoot it like a shot.”

With updated Mexican-inspired decor, a whole new menu and a fun atmosphere, Wedge aims to bring Mexico to the downtown Champaign area. Opened by the Fuentes broth-ers, owners of the El Toro res-taurants in the Champaign area, Wedge Tequila Bar has found its niche through emphasizing freshness on their menu.

“We try to have a fresh, unique spin on everything,” said Katie Marquardt, manager of Wedge. “It’s authentic Mexican. We make all the sauces and corn tortillas in-house.”

In addition to a fresh menu and a variety of tequila, Wedge boasts a unique drink menu. Four of their tequilas are infused in-house with bold flavors including jalapeno, red bell pepper, espresso and orange-cinnamon.

One of their most popular drinks, the spicy pineapple margarita, uses the jalapeno-infused tequila, fresh pineap-

Taste of TequilaChampaign bar Wedge wants to change your mind about tequila

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Dish of the Week

BY CHARLIE MANIATESSTAFF WRITER

In postseason games, blowouts are rarely the expected outcome.

It certainly was not what the Illinois soccer team anticipated going into its second-round match against second-seeded North Carolina in the NCAA tourna-ment on Nov. 16. And after a goal in just the second minute, it was a promising start for the Illini.

The Tar Heels, though, fol-lowed with a goal only a few min-utes later. A key moment then occurred in the 29th minute, as junior midfi elder Vanessa DiBer-nardo, the Illini’s leading scorer, left the game with an injury and did not return. Another goal after that put North Carolina on top 2-1 heading into a halftime.

Despite the turn of events, Illi-nois had hopes that it could pull

off a come-from-behind win as it did many times before this season.

“The goal we scored very ear-ly in the game was sort of as we scripted it — that was going to be the way to open things up, to get into that space in front of them and play outside their three backs,” head coach Janet Rayfi eld said. “When Vanessa left, it was much harder for us to possess the

ball in the spaces that we wanted to, but we certainly did a pretty good job of that in the fi rst half.”

But the second half was a much different story. Illinois was out-scored 7-1 en route to a season-ending 9-2 loss in Chapel Hill, N.C.

The lopsided score did not bother Rayfi eld as much as the

BY ELIOT SILLSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois volleyball team fi nished the year one win away from being eligible for the NCAA tournament. Eight times it was one set away from turn-ing losses into wins. It was one

point away from beating Penn State. Despite being consistent-ly on the verge of success, the Illini came up just short when it absolutely mattered.

Head coach Kevin Hambly evaluated his team’s season in kind.

“If I had to give it a word, I’d say we were ‘close.’ We were close often,” Hambly said. “We gave ourselves opportunities to win lots of matches and we were very competitive in a lot of matches and we were close. But

close isn’t good enough. We have to fi gure out a way to win those.”

Hambly thought that after some early struggles in main-taining focus and competitive-ness, the team fi nished the year competing hard.

“It wasn’t for lack of effort or lack of trying,” he said. “Some of it was bad breaks, and some of it was we didn’t execute, and some of it was some bad luck, to be honest, in a couple of them.”

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Filling up Assembly HallBollant works to increase ticket sales

BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGERSTAFF WRITER

On Feb. 20, 2000, 13,212 fans packed Assembly Hall to see the 18-9 Illinois women’s basketball team take

on Ohio State. The second-largest crowd in the pro-gram’s history cheered Theresa Grentz’s Illini on

to a 70-61 victory over the Buckeyes to clinch their fourth straight winning record in Big

Ten play. Twelve years after the victory over

Ohio State, only 1,006 Illini fans dotted the A-section on Feb. 9, as the Illini

upset the No. 10 Buckeyes in former head coach Jolette Law’s lone vic-

tory over a top-10 team during her time at Illinois. Only six mem-

bers of the student cheering section were present despite

free admission for all students.Much has changed in the past 12 years for the Illinois

women’s basketball team.The Illini haven’t attracted a crowd of over 9,000 fans

since the victory over Ohio State in 2000. The program hasn’t posted a Big Ten record over .500 since 2003. The 13,000-plus fans in attendance for the win in 2000 topped the overall attendance in each of the last two seasons.

Hall-of-famer Grentz no longer strolls the sideline for the Illini. Neither does Law. In their place is fi rst-year head coach Matt Bollant, who was an assistant at Evans-ville in 2000.

Under Law, long gone were the days of 1998-99 and 1999-00, when Grentz’s Illini averaged crowds of 7,407 and 5,813, respectively, according to the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. The once-strong women’s basketball attendance fi gures dipped to a 16-year low during the 2011-12 season.

“We have certain fans that are really loyal, but it

would be so much nicer to have full community support,” junior Kersten Magrum said. “It is like a sixth man, and it’s tough sometimes, especially when you go see the boy’s arena is full. It’s like, ‘Oh man, I wish we just had that for us.’ It would just be so much nicer to feel like a part of it.”

While the men’s basketball team usually plays in front of 15,000 fi lled seats, 15,000 seats are regularly left empty during women’s basketball games.

“It’s just normal,” senior Karisma Penn said. “I’ve never really played in an Assembly Hall that is packed to capac-ity. It’s something that we just have to deal with.”

The Illini have not averaged over 2,000 fans since the 2005-06 season. The program has around 400 season tick-et holders, and, last season, it averaged only 1,070 fans at its home games.

The team appreciates its regulars.

University of IllinoisAssembly HallCapacity: 16,61890.18% (men’s)6.44% (women’s)

PurdueMackey ArenaCapacity: 14,24093.57%55.88%

TennesseeThompson-Boling ArenaCapacity: 21,67876.31%66.49%

Green Bay*Kress CenterCapacity: 4,01876.26%67.50%

*The Green Bay men’s basketball team plays in a different arena, the Resch Center, than the women’s team.

Notre DameJoyce CenterCapacity: 9,149

87.43%93.68%

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Soccer ends season with blowout loss to Tar Heels

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Vanessa DiBernardo (20) scores the 2-2 equalizing goal during Illinois’ dramatic 3-2 win over Michigan State. She suffered an injury during the Nov. 16 game against North Carolina and did not return to the game.

Illinois’ Adrienne GodBold goes up for a layup against Ohio State on

Feb. 9. The Illini upset the then-No. 10-ranked Buckeyes in front of a crowd of 1,006 fans. On Feb. 20, 2000, Illinois beat Ohio State in

front of 13,212 fans, which is more fans than came to all of Illinois’ 11

home games last season.

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Big Ten honors 7 Illinois football playersDAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

In its annual awards show Monday night, the Big Ten announced its selections for the 2012 All-Big Ten football teams, one which was voted on by the media and the other by the coaches.

The coaches voted senior offensive lineman Hugh Thorn-ton and senior defensive lineman Michael Buchanan to the second

team, also naming junior defen-sive tackle Akeem Spence as an honorable mention.

No Illini were voted onto the media’ s fi rst or second all-con-ference teams, but junior line-backer Jonathan Brown, senior defensive back Terry Haw-thorne and senior offensive line-man Graham Pocic, as well as Thornton, Buchanan and Spence were all named honorable men-

tions. Buchanan fi nished the sea-son with 4.5 sacks and 57 tack-les, while Spence recorded one sack and 72 tackles this year.

Despite only playing in nine games, Brown collected 2.5 sacks and 59 tackles, and Haw-thorne had one interception, one sack and 43 tackles.

Quarterback Nathan Scheel-haase was one of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honorees.

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point in the game where things turned ugly did.

“We didn’t compete in the way that I thought we needed to, and I think after we gave up a couple of goals then we just were overwhelmed and weren’t sure exact-ly how to handle ourselves,” Rayfield said. “It’s certainly a lesson we’ll learn from.”

She added that she told the team that it needed to accept the loss without making excuses, and that it needed to look at what caused the proverbial wheels to fall off and how that could have been avoided.

While it was a disappointing end to a season highlighted by ups and downs, the Illini found many positives over the past few months, including the development of the players, both younger and older.

“You just look at the improvement of players over their career, the experience our young players got and the moments of success we had, and I think you have to call this a successful season,” Rayfield said.

Possibly the biggest achievement for the Illini this season was their return to the Big Ten Tournament championship game after facing adversity and tough competi-tion in the first two rounds.

“The way I define success is, ‘Did this team achieve and compete to their poten-tial?’” Rayfield said. “I think if you look at the Big Ten Tournament, to come back from two goals and a player down and to beat the No. 3 team in the country (Penn State), who will compete for a national championship, you have to say that that’s another step forward for this program.”

Charlie can be reached at maniate2@ dailyillini.com.

“Honestly, I’m just thankful for everyone that comes and sup-ports,” point guard Alexis Smith said. “It feels great to have people there. Our fans are still always so up and alive.”

Calling all supportersSome of those in attendance

for 2000’s “Stuff the Hall Day” against Ohio State have been receiving phone calls from the Illinois women’s basketball team. Bollant decided that to increase season ticket holders, his squad would call season ticket holders from the 2000 season and ask them to renew their tickets at a new low price of $25.

“I told (the players) part of building a program is humbling yourself and doing whatever it takes,” Bollant said. “Right now, we only have 400 season ticket holders, and we’re trying to grow that to 800 or 1,000 in our first year. I don’t know if that’s pos-sible, but we’re trying.”

Smith successfully sold three season ticket subscriptions.

“It’s actually a lot of fun!” she said. “It’s fun to know how many people come out to support, and how much it means that we’re calling and asking.”

In addition to calling former season ticket holders, Bollant has tried many new methods to increase attendance. The athlet-ic department gives out free pro-grams and offers autographs of the player featured on the pro-gram for 10 minutes following each home game. Season ticket prices have been lowered to $25 for 19 games. Fans who attended the football game against Minne-sota were able to get into the sea-son opener for free, and student-athletes are given an abundance of tickets to each game.

“I’m not even sure if I know this many people,” Magrum said after

the athletic department gave her free tickets to give away.

Bollant has also spoken at 15-20 local rotaries, Lions Clubs and Kiwanis Clubs. At the orga-nizations, Bollant explains why local residents should come out and support his program and why his squad will be different from last year’s team, which fin-ished 11-19.

“(It is going to be different) because our coaching staff is here. Because we have the right plan for this team. Because we know what we’re doing. Because we are going to work extremely hard and because we have some talented players that want it to be differ-ent,” he tells them.

In addition to building a relation-ship with the community, Bollant hopes winning and his brand of up-tempo basketball will attract more fans.

“We love to do the community stuff,” he said, “but we have to put a good product on the floor.”

What attendance meansThe women’s basketball team

loses more money than any oth-er program in Illinois’ athletic department. The program lost $1.67 million during the 2010-11 season, the last season for which a budget is available. Home games account for a significant portion of those losses.

The recent downfall in atten-dance has also led to a decline in ticket revenue for the women’s basketball team. During the 2010-11 season, Illinois averaged 1,416 tickets sold over 16 home games, totaling sales of $25,270. The team also made $29,661 with conces-sions and novelty sales.

The team’s game expenses for the season totaled $290,064. According to the Illinois’ 2011 financial report to the NCAA, game expenses “include game-day expenses other than trav-el that are necessary for inter-collegiate athletics competition, including officials, security, event

staff, ambulance and such.”During that season, the wom-

en’s basketball team lost $235,133 because of home games.

The amount of money lost has increased with decreasing tick-et sales.

In 2005-06, for example, the pro-gram averaged 2,734 tickets sold for each game, netting a total of $81,852. In addition, novelty sales, concessions and parking brought in $1,632. And gameday expens-es totaled $247,416. The program lost $163,932 that year from home games, which was $71,201 less of loss than in 2010-11.

Student attendanceWhile the Orange Krush con-

sistently draws hundreds of stu-dents to men’s basketball games, the Blue Crew, the women’s stu-dent section, struggles to garner attention among its peers.

The Blue Crew averaged 23.5 students at home games last year, and the student section failed to reach double digits in attendance in three of eight home games last season.

“It didn’t seem like as low of attendance last year because it’s always been really low,” said Jamie Gross, who was Blue Crew chair last season.

Bollant has worked with the Blue Crew to increase student attendance, as well as the Court-siders organization to put togeth-er a charity golf outing this past summer that raised $15,000, which will be spent on providing students with free food as an incentive.

“It’s going to make our job a lot easier,” Blue Crew co-chair Bridget Haley said. “And it’s just really cool that he has that much enthusiasm.”

Blue Crew student leaders said that, in the past, they have tried many things to increase atten-dance, including handing out gift cards, free food and Orange Krush line cards to guarantee students earlier entry to men’s games. Last season, the line cards were

the most effective, drawing by far the most students at 63 and 52 in the two games in which they were handed out. Student leaders also have recommendations for increasing attendance.

“I told (Bollant): free food and getting the (players) involved,” Gross said.

Illinois isn’t the only school struggling with student turnout at women’s games. Even schools with above-average attendance numbers, such as Purdue, don’t draw many students.

“I don’t think anywhere in the country there is a major, major student section,” Purdue head coach Sharon Versyp said at Big Ten Media Day in October. “But you have to find the niche of who loves the women’s style and who loves the game.

“Our clientele is different: senior citizens, families, and we’re trying to get some students.”

Versyp said around 50 of the 7,958 average fans are members of the Gold Mine, Purdue’s student section. She has tried many things to excite the campus.

“I’ve gone to every dorm. I’ve flipped pancakes in the morning. I’ve done everything,” she said. “But it’s hard because we’re com-peting with men’s basketball.”

National trendsWhile Illinois’ attendance has

dipped to a 16-year low, the NCAA figure for women’s basketball is at an all-time high. Over 11 mil-lion tickets were sold last season for just the second time in history.

In 2011-12, 14,414 fans bustled through the gates at Tennessee to watch Pat Summit’s final slate of home games. The KFC Yum! Cen-ter welcomed an average crowd of 10,670 to watch Louisville. And Notre Dame’s women’s basketball team outsold the men’s basketball team by an average margin of 572 fans, with the women at 8,571 and men at 7,999.

Notre Dame, though, is the exception. Although women’s bas-

ketball attendance is higher than it has ever been, it hasn’t approached the level of its counterpart. NCAA men’s basketball programs sold over 32.7 million tickets last sea-son, 21.5 million more than wom-en’s basketball programs. The NCAA men’s tournament attract-ed 717,185 fans, while the women’s tournament only netted 112,532 fans.

Six members of the Big Ten are in the top 20 in attendance nationally in women’s basketball. Purdue, the conference’s lead-er, averaged 7,958 fans in its 17 home games last season, attract-ing 135,285 over the course of the season.

“It’s great (playing at Purdue),” Magrum said. “I mean, honestly, even being the visiting team. You can just feel the atmosphere. It’s electrifying, and it does affect the game. It is much more intense. I would love to have that here.”

Illinois ranked last in atten-dance in the Big Ten and 135th nationally last season, behind schools such as Canisius Col-lege and Stephen F. Austin Uni-versity. Bollant’s former school, Green Bay, which has 6,000 stu-dents enrolled, had more than twice the attendance of Illinois at 2,712 per game.

Exploring all optionsWith over 15,000 empty seats at

each home game, fans have sug-gested moving the team back to Huff Hall, where it played from 1993-94 to 1997-98. Huff Hall is home to the volleyball team, which drew almost 3,000 fans per con-test this season. For basketball, the hall’s capacity is around 4,000.

Bollant said he has considered the move, but there are many obstacles standing in the way.

“Huff is not made for basketball right now, so they’d have to reno-vate Huff,” Bollant said. “We’re hoping to grow our program. In 2000 and 2001, they averaged over 4,000 fans a game. That’s bigger than Huff already. Hopefully,

we’re going to grow this to where we’re averaging four, five or 6,000 fans a game. And certainly hav-ing games where there are more than that.

“With the renovation to Assem-bly Hall, that’s going to have a wow factor for recruiting where Huff Hall will not have that wow fac-tor. That’s a big deal in recruit-ing. You walk a kid into Huff com-pared to walking them into the new $160 million renovation for Assem-bly Hall, that’s going to be a big difference.”

Attendance updateThrough three games this sea-

son, Illinois has averaged more fans than last year, but not by much. The Illini have attracted crowds of 1,625, 1,422 and 1,612, respectively. After the season opener, Bollant sent his team into the stands to thank the fans for coming.

“I think it would be great if we could help fill up Assembly Hall, but we’re not going to go to 15,000, 16,000 this year,” Bollant said. “But maybe we can get a couple thousand fans. Maybe we can fill up ‘A’ first, and then start working on ‘B’ and go from there.”

The 2,260 tickets in A-section have been the only seats available for women’s basketball games so far. The 14,558 seats in B- and C-sections have been roped off.

The Illini usually average more fans in Big Ten play, but there is one crucial component that per-suades fans to come.

“Performance has a lot to do with energy and excitement around the team and getting peo-ple to come,” assistant athletic director Jennifer Larson said. “And the team hasn’t been very successful lately, as it has been in the past.

“We’re hoping that the wins will come, and then the people will come.”

Johnathan can be reached at [email protected] and @jhett93.

Going forward, the Illini will lose senior middle blocker Erin Johnson and senior setter Annie Luhrsen, as well as defensive specialist Jackie Wolfe, Jessica Jendryk and Tayler Onion. Freshman Alexis Viliunas will replace Luhrsen, while fresh-man Maddie Mayers will compete with incoming freshman Katie Sta-dick for Johnson’s position.

Characterized as a young team this season, Illinois looks to come back next year with more experience on its side. Though a losing season may damage the team’s outside reputa-tion. Hambly said that, within the program, the standard remains the same.

“The expectations that we’ll have in our team, like what we can accom-plish, won’t drop much. It’ll just be outside expectations, which is fine. I think, you know, it doesn’t matter. What matters is us.”

Luhrsen, Birks win Big Ten honors in season finale

Luhrsen was benched during the season but rebounded to recapture the starting role, ending her sea-son on a high note by earning Big Ten Setter of the Week honors in her final week of collegiate play. Redshirt freshman Jocelynn Birks reaped another Big Ten Freshman of the Week award, this time earning co-honors with Penn State’s Megan Courtney.

It was Luhrsen’s first career Set-

ter of the Week award, as the acco-lade was created this season. Birks, however, has raked in four Fresh-man of the Week awards, tying her with junior libero Jennifer Beltran for the most such honors garnered by an Illinois player. The award was created in 2009.

Birks had her highest kill output yet against Northwestern, notch-ing 28 kills on .250 hitting. She fol-lowed that game with an 18-kill per-formance against Iowa in the season finale. Luhrsen also put up a season-high 64 assists against Iowa, feed-ing Birks and sophomore Liz McMa-hon, who had a career-high 30 kills. Luhrsen had 48 assists in Saturday’s three-set finale against Iowa.

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Griffey, Abrams key to Illini’s success

An undefeated record. A top-25 ranking. Narrow escapes against inferior

opponents.Sound familiar?It should. The Illinois men’s

basketball team has started the season in a fashion eerily simi-lar to that of a season ago, racing out to a 7-0 record and a No. 22 ranking, comparable to the 10-0 record and No. 19 ranking of the 2011-12 Illini.

Last season, Illinois crashed and burned in embarrassing fashion (insert Fast Five ref-erence), losing 12 of its last 14 games and missing postseason play entirely. The flames from the inferno licked at the very foundations of Illini Nation, cul-minating in the firing of long-ten-ured head coach Bruce Weber.

It remains to be seen if this season’s Illini will fall into the same pattern, but the team’s early season play gives cause for more optimism than at the same point a year ago.

For one, Illinois’ performance in the Maui Invitational was as dominant as it gets. Cynics will point out the substandard lev-el of the competition — USC is a bottom-feeder in the Pac-12, Chaminade is Division II and Butler was essentially a one-man offense led by point guard Rotnei Clarke’s scoring 27 of the Bull-dog’s 61 points. But regardless of opponent, for the Illini to win their three games by an average of more than 23 points while nev-er trailing the entire tournament is a significant achievement. For the first time since the Chester Frazier days, Illinois’ seniors and leaders showed true matu-rity in maintaining the intense focus over the three-day tour-nament — not an insignificant accomplishment while playing at a holiday resort town.

In sharp contrast to Maui, the Illini’s other two games during Thanksgiving break were nail biters from which Illinois barely escaped with victories. Again, cynics will say the Illini should never have been in close games against the likes of Hawaii and Gardner-Webb, but given the rig-orous travel schedule preceding both games, the lackluster starts experienced are understandable.

More important is the resiliency Illinois displayed in coming back from a 16-point deficit at Hawaii and draining game-winning threes in both games, proving it can win in multiple ways.

With virtually the same roster as last season’s underachieving team — minus first-round draft pick Meyers Leonard — how are the Illini experiencing such success?

The answer can be found in the play of Tyler Griffey and Tracy Abrams.

Griffey has been one of Illi-nois’ best pure shooters since his arrival on campus four years ago, but he was unable to stay on the court during his first three seasons due to his lackluster defense and rebounding produc-tion out of the power forward position. This year, Griffey’s defense has markedly improved, and his offensive production has made him invaluable to the Illini’s offense. Griffey is shoot-ing .538 percent from 3-point range, a truly absurd number. His long-range prowess is criti-cal in John Groce’s ball screen-heavy offense, as it stretches the defense and provides open looks and driving lanes when the ball is rotated around the court.

Abrams, meanwhile, has shown maybe the greatest improvement of any player in the early portion of the season. The sophomore is the Illini’s best penetrator, a crucial skill among a roster made up of mostly jump shooters, and his own jump shot has improved drastically. Abrams is shooting .486 from the field and .391 from 3-point land and has already made as many threes (nine) as he made all of last season. There are still growing pains, as evidenced by his eight turnovers against USC and his scoreless performance against Gardner-Webb, but that is to be expected for a young point guard learning a new system.

The competition gets tougher from here, starting with Georgia Tech traveling to Champaign for Wednesday night’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge game. Illinois still has size issues and will struggle against good rebounding teams. But if Abrams and Griffey con-tinue to contribute at their cur-rent rate, the Illini will be a force to be reckoned with in the Big Ten.

Daniel is senior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected].

Groce, Holtmann share history, friendshipBY THOMAS BRUCHSTAFF WRITER

The tense victory Illinois notched over Gardner-Webb on Sunday was bookended by two moments between the head coach-es of each program.

Seconds before tipoff, Illinois head coach John Groce walked over to the opposing bench and spoke at length directly into Gard-ner-Webb head coach Chris Holt-mann’s ear. Just mere seconds after the horn sounded to end the game, Groce and Holtmann embraced in the handshake line.

Groce routinely delivers an ear-nest handshake and congratula-tory words to the opposing coach after games, but this was differ-ent. Holtmann was Groce’s team-mate in their playing days at Tay-lor University and was the first assistant coach Groce hired when he took the job at Ohio University. Holtmann is also a close friend of Groce and his family.

“We had a private moment

there,” Holtmann said. “I’ve played with him, worked for him and our families are close.”

Groce complimented Gardner Webb’s approach, according to Holtmann, which had eerie simi-larities to Illinois as both coaches run similar systems. Holtmann said both coaches were barking out the same defensive, and in some cases, offensive plays from their respective sideline.

The matchup was scheduled before either coach was at the helm of his respective programs, and Holtmann said a rematch would not be scheduled because two coaches have such a close per-sonal relationship.

But Holtmann also provided a candid perspective about the open-ing stages of Groce’s tenure at Illi-nois, based off his experience as Groce’s lead assistant at Ohio from 2008-10.

“I think Illini nation has seen what those of us who are close to John and his staff know,” Holt-

mann said. “His kids are going to play with great confidence. They’re going to play really loose and aggressive. They’re going to be in attack mode. And they will get better. I really believe that.”

Gardner-Webb has faced a gauntlet of quality teams during its nonconference schedule. In one game, the Runnin’ Bulldogs built a 20-point lead on Iowa in the second half before eventually losing to the Hawkeyes in the closing minutes.

Holtmann couldn’t say how Illinois stacked up against Iowa, except that they were both quality opponents that would contribute to “one whale of a Big Ten season.”

For now, Groce won the game against his former teammate, and now Holtmann will root for his friend the rest of the season, imparting one last anecdote about Groce as a coach and a person.

“It’s hard to have a bad day being around John,” Holtmann said. “He’s a really, really posi-tive guy, and his team feeds off it.”

Illinois cracks national rankingsAn Illinois team that finished

at the bottom of the Big Ten last season, lost a lottery center to the NBA and started the season anew with a first-year coach received little national recognition in the preseason rankings.

But just seven games in, Illinois made its first appearance in the national rankings, landing at No. 22 in both the AP top-25 and USA Today coaches’ poll.

The last time Illinois saw its name in the rankings was in early January, after the team’s impressive victory over then-No. 5-ranked Ohio State at home.

Two teams left on the Illini’s nonconference schedule appear in the rankings, with Gonzaga at No. 12 in both polls, and Missouri at No. 16 in the AP and No. 15 in the coaches’ poll.

Thomas can be reached at [email protected] and @ThomasBruch.

DANIEL MILLER-MCLEMOREBasketball columnist

PHOTOS BY MICHAEL BOJDA AND DARYL QUITALIG THE DAILY ILLINI

TOP: Tracy Abrams looks for an open teammate after driving down the baseline against St. Francis (Brooklyn) on Nov. 12 at Assembly Hall.BOTTOM: Illinois’ head coach John Groce gives a signal during the game against Gardner-Webb at Assembly Hall on Sunday. Groce is close personal friends with Gardner-Webb’s head coach Chris Holtmann, as well as a former teammmate. Holtmann served as an assistant coach on Groce’s staff at Ohio. Groce and Holtmann even have very similar coaching styles, which was apparent during the game on Sunday.

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Section 14(a)(8) of the Act prohibits educational employers and their agents or representatives from refusing to comply with the provisions of a binding arbitration award. We determine that the University violated Section 14(a)(8) by refusing to comply with the arbitrator's award,

V. OrderIT IS HEREBY ORDERED that

the University of Illinois at Urbana:1. Cease and desist from: (a) !Unilaterally reducing the tuition waivers of bargaining unit employees;

(b) !Refusing to comply with the arbitration award issued in IN THE MATTER OF ARBITRATION between THE GRADUATE EMPLOYEES' ORGANI7ATION. IFTMFT A300 qnd THE UNIVERSITY of ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN. ILLINOIS. F.M.C.S. Case 10/092960;

2. Immediately take the following affirmative action to effectuate the policies of the Act:

(a) Upon demand, bargain with the Graduate Employees' Organization, Local 6300, IFr/AFT in good faith concerning reductions in the tuition waivers of bargaining unit employees;

(b) Make whole bargaining unit employees whose tuition waivers were unlawfully reduced, together with interest at the rate of 7% per annum;

(c) Comply with the arbitration award issued in IN THE MATTER OF ARBITRATION between THE GRADUATE EMPLOYEES' ORGANIZATION. IFT/AFT 6300 and THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN. ILLINOIS. F.M.C.S. Case 10/092960;

Section 14(a)(5) of the Act prohibits educational employers and their agents or representatives from "(rjefusing to bargain collectively In good faith with an employee representative which is the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate unit." We determine that the University violated Section 14(d)(5) by unilaterally reducing tuition waivers for certain employees.

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