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SEMESTERINREVIEWGOP holds onto 13th District
DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Republicans held on to their seat in Congress at the end of a contentious and expensive race in Illinois’ 13th District after GOP candidate Rodney Davis won this November.
“I am humbled to have the hon-or to serve as Congressman for the 13th District and am ready to get to work,” Davis said in a press release days after his victory.
Four-time congressional can-didate David Gill did not concede the race until three days later, saying at the time that uncount-ed votes could turn the tide of the election.
“The closeness of this race (less than 1/2 percentage point) demanded that we diligently check the numbers,” Gill said in a press release. “The incredibly close outcome of this congressio-
nal election, along with the re-election of President Obama and a Democratic Senate, have proven that knee-jerk conservative poli-cies will not succeed in this coun-try nor be accepted by most of the people in this district.”
At 46 percent of the vote, this was the closest Gill has come to clinching the Congressional seat,
University, GEO agree on contract
BY TYLER DAVISSTAFF WRITER
The Graduate Employees’ Orga-nization worked with the University this semester to secure a new con-tract for graduate employees over an eight-month period, meeting with the University more than 20 times since last April.
The University and GEO agreed on a fi nalized contract on Dec. 7, securing tuition waivers for the next fi ve years.
Before coming to this agreement, the GEO came close to a strike, vot-ing for the formation of a strike com-mittee to make work action plans in late November.
The principal issue for graduate students on campus during the con-tract negotiation process was tuition waivers. For many GEO members, tuition waivers are essential for the continuance of their work and educa-tion at the University.
“We feel that tuition waivers are necessary for access to higher edu-cation for people of all incomes and diversity. We think it’s really impor-tant that tuition waivers are main-tained,” GEO member Erin Heath said. “I couldn’t afford to go here if I didn’t have a tuition waiver.”
In addition to the contract, the University came out with a side agreement in which the University administration agreed to abide by the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board’s ruling regarding violations of the previous contract. Those vio-lations came in 2010 when the Uni-versity reduced waivers for gradu-ate students in the College of Fine and Applied Arts.
The University has agreed to repay affected assistants with 7 percent interest. The GEO is now working to get a list of those mem-bers together, Seawell said. She said
she cannot speculate how long that will take.
During negotiations, the GEO host-ed various work-ins, rallies and other meetings in order to raise the atten-tion of and increase communication with the undergraduate students they instruct. On Nov. 9, the GEO hosted its “We Want to Work” rally outside of the Undergraduate Library.
At “Unity at the Union,” a work-in hosted on Nov. 26, some GEO mem-
bers stayed at the union overnight as an “act of symbolic civil dis-obedience” at the “center of cam-pus community at this University,” according to a GEO news release.
GEO spokeswoman Stephanie Seawell said more than 30 people stayed at the Union past midnight and more than a dozen stayed all night.
BY LAUREN ROHRSTAFF WRITER
After more than a yearlong discussion about a smoking ban, University offi cials announced in October their plans to prohibit smoking tobacco on campus beginning November 2013.
According to the Campus Administrative Manual, current rules state that smoking is not allowed inside any University-owned build-ings and facilities or within 25 feet of entranc-es, windows and ventilation intakes. The new policy will build upon these rules.
“We want to ensure a healthy environment for our entire campus community,” Chancel-lor Phyllis Wise said in a mass email. “There is incontrovertible evidence that smoking is a dangerous addiction and that secondhand smoke affects everyone.”
In spring 2011, Keenan Kassar , student sena-tor and senior in Business, proposed the idea of a “smoke-free Quad,” but the resolution never carried in the senate.
From there, former student trustee Hannah Ehrenberg and Kassar worked together to cre-ate a student referendum recommending the issue be put on the fall 2011 student ballot.
After 7,123 of 10,354 students voted in favor of University administration exploring the idea of a smoke-free campus in November 2011, Wise created an ad-hoc committee to discuss and consider the issue.
Michele Guerra, Wellness Center direc-tor, said in October that the committee sub-mitted a proposal to Wise in August, recom-mending that Wise continue to enforce the current smoking policy while also implement-ing a smoke-free campus. The proposal also suggested that Wise consider the options of a completely tobacco-free institution.
Although Wise said there has been a lot of consultation already regarding the ban, she said there are still many steps to take in fi guring out how to enforce it when the time comes. She said she is in the process of gath-ering members of the campus community into groups to groups or committees to cover all possible issues that may result from the smok-ing ban.
Despite some negative feedback from stu-dents, Kassar said in October that this new policy will benefi t the campus, as he thinks it refl ects the opinion of most students on campus.
With this policy, the University will join fi ve other Big Ten universities that have smoking prohibited from their campuses. Kassar said this policy will result in a more positive image for campus.
Renee Romano , vice chancellor for academic affairs, said in October that she believes that the smoking ban is the result of great student involvement and positive student activism.
“Our goal is to make the campus as healthy as possible — to make the people on campus as healthy as possible — and we know that smoking and secondhand smoking is danger-ous to people’s health,” Romano said. “So, (the smoking ban) helps us move toward a healthier environment on campus.”
Lauren can be reached at [email protected].
No-smoking policy set for fall of 2013
DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTO
Top: ToJo Tallie, a graduate student in LAS, hugs a fellow GEO member at the Wesley Foundation Student Center after the announcement that a tentative agreement had been reached on a new contract. Bottom: 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 . De Angelo is not a member of the GEO but went to support the members.
“I am humbled to have the honor to serve as Congressman for the 13th District and am ready to get to work.”RODNEY DAVIS,representative-elect
CHONG JIANG THE DAILY ILLINI
Rodney Davis, then Republican candidate for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District, left, speaks during a press conference held on the factory fl oor of HL Precision Machining Inc. in Champaign on Sept. 26..
Republican candidate Rodney Davis wins the seat after Rep. Tim Johnson retires from public service
Agreement guarantees tuition waivers, raises for teaching, graduate assistants
See ELECTIONS, Page 3A
See GEO, Page 3A
Rutgers, Maryland accept invites to join Big Ten academic consortium BY EMMA WEISSMANNSTAFF WRITER
Rutgers University and the Uni-versity of Maryland accepted invi-tations to enter the Big Ten’s aca-demic consortium, The Committee on Institutional Cooperation, as its 14th and 15th members. They will formally join July 1, 2013.
Consortium provosts vot-ed unanimously to invite the schools to become members on Dec. 2, about a month after the universities joined the Big Ten Conference.
The universities will join other the Big Ten Conference Univer-sities and the University of Chi-
cago as members, according to a news release.
The consortium is composed of universities with a strong research base and large student and faculty bodies. It works to pool resources from all member-ship campuses and offer them to CIC students and staff across the
country, said Barbara Allen, exec-utive director of CIC.
With the addition of Rutgers and Maryland, CIC universities will collectively engage in $9.3 billion in funded research each year, an increase from its current $8.4 bil-lion, according to the release.
“(When you) connect research-
ers and labs from more than one university, you draw upon more expertise,” Allen said.
The consortium does not receive or distribute these research funds centrally; instead, the two new members individually derive
See BIG TEN, Page 3A
More inside: To read about how the
addition of Maryland and Rutgers will affect the sports side of the Big Ten, check out Page 1B.
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Champaign! Theft of a motor vehicle
was reported in the 700 block of South Locust Street around 8 a.m. Thursday.
According to the report, the victim’s car was stolen from a metered parking spot.
! Theft was reported at Mo-bil Super Pantry, 3604 N. Mattis Ave., around noon Tuesday.
According to the report, four lottery tickets were stolen from the store.
! Theft was reported at the Illinois Terminal, 45 E. Uni-versity Ave., around 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
According to the report, the victim reported her wallet was stolen from the terminal. The wallet contained three identifi -cation items and one credit/deb-it/gas card.
! Criminal damage to proper-
ty was reported at the intersec-tion of South Third Street and Healey Street around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
According to the report, an unknown suspect damaged the victim’s car.
Urbana! Criminal damage to prop-
erty was reported in the 1300 block of Beslin Street around 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
According to the report, an unknown offender threw a rock through the victim’s window. No suspect information was provided.
University! Indecent exposure was re-
ported at Grainger Library, 1301 W. Springfi eld Ave., around midnight Friday.
According to the report, a University student reported that an unknown male offend-er exposed himself to her while she was studying at the library. University police offi cers are searching for the man. Re-sponding offi cers chased a sus-pect but were unable to catch him.
! A 52-year-old male was ar-rested on charges of theft of lost property and possession of drug paraphernalia at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
According to the report, a patrol offi cer stopped the sus-pect because he matched the description of a man sought by the Champaign Police Depart-ment for theft. The suspect claimed the bike he was using was one he had found. The sus-pect was also in possession of a drug pipe.
Compiled by Klaudia Dukala
HOROSCOPES
POLICE
BY NANCY BLACKTRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
Today’s BirthdayListen to your higher calling, and shift in that direction. The fi rst half of 2013 is great for love and romance, and the second brings career excitement. Maintain balance with good food, exercise and regular peace. Get bold.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 — Grasp an opportunity. The task seems impossible. Invest in effi ciency. Ask questions, and make requests for what’s needed. Your work’s drawing attention and respect. Spirituality enriches the moment.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)Today is a 7 — Finish the big job and score reward and accolades. Don’t brag, it doesn’t refl ect well. The more you get done, the better you feel. Travel light if possible.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)Today is a 7 — Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Check work orders for changes. Go for the extra bonus. Outsmart the opposition. Friends help
out. Get a good recommendation.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)Today is a 5 — Consult a wise teacher. Listen to diverse views, even if they contradict how you thought it was. Watch for hidden agendas. Your input matters. Align logic with emotion.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)Today is a 7 — Speak your mind cheerfully. Work out philosophical differences, with compassion. Don’t make assumptions. A truth gets revealed. Assess what’s still needed. Listen to considerations. Success is assured.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)Today is a 6 — Relax and prepare for a test. Rest and avoid distractions and big purchases. Do the homework, even if it seems unreasonable. Find ways to make it creative. Friends help.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)Today is an 8 — Improve your living conditions by forgetting to worry. Streamline your routine. Declutter your space. You’re making a good impression. Don’t be stopped by a critic. Review and revise.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)Today is an 8 — Take a short trip.
Grasp a sales opportunity. Celebrate with your team. Your network has everything you need. Controversy could be a positive sign. Don’t tell all.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)Today is a 7 — A partner helps you advance. Look at the big picture. You’re very persuasive now. Pay attention to all offers. Don’t let friends spend your money. Maintain personal integrity.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)Today is a 6 — Take care in negotiations. Stick to the rules, and gain more than expected. Creative ideas emerge at home; plan details before jumping into action. Talk to folks involved.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)Today is an 8 — Travel is enticing. New friends open new doors. Take care not to lose things. A written list helps. Keep some cash in pocket. Work from home if possible.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)Today is a 5 — Maintain objectivity, and let your partner take the lead. Don’t talk about money now. Find what you need nearby. Friends help you advance. A quiet night’s delightful.
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In the Illinois wrestling team’s most recent action, B.J. Futrell continued his early-season domi-nance, as the No. 2-ranked wres-tler went 5-0 at the Northern Iowa Open last weekend. With success against mainly sub-par talent early in the season, Illi-nois knows there’s still much to accomplish before reaching its ultimate goal of a national championship.
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BY AUSTIN KEATINGSTAFF WRITER
The petascale computing proj-ect Blue Waters, which has been under construction since Novem-ber 2008, is nearly ready for operation.
The supercomputer has been completely installed since earlier this year. However, the organiza-tion that operates the system, the University’s National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and Cray, the contractor that built the system, are still in the acceptance testing process.
“(We are) working with Cray to test the performance of the super-computer ... (and) collecting data to show how it will perform,” center spokeswoman Trish Barker said.
The National Science Founda-tion, which funded the project, requires these acceptance tests in order to give fi nal approval of the supercomputer before it enters operational phase, Barker said.
Greg Bauer, Blue Waters advanced user support program
manager, said the acceptance tests are broken up into different phases and that the current one is the friendly-user period, which allows Blue Waters staff to test the system’s operation by having researchers use it.
“The friendly-user period pro-vides a way for the researchers to run their applications on the machine and lets us test different aspects of the machine,” Bauer said. “We put the machine through its paces and make sure we’re not missing something before fi nishing.”
Blue Waters is among the top supercomputers in the world, Barker said. With the ability to make 11.5 quadrillion calculations per second, compared with tril-lions per second in the past, Blue Waters will give scientists more detailed data for their research than previous supercomputers.
University physics professor Klaus Schulten already used an earlier version of the system dur-ing an early testing period to simu-
late part of the HIV capsid and to give input in early performance tests.
“We have a lot of work ahead of us,” Schulten said. “We took the fi rst step right away when Blue Waters came out ... but we still need to complete it, and for that, we need Blue Waters.”
The date by which Schulten and other researchers will be able to use Blue Waters depends on when acceptance testing is fi n-ished. But Barker said the super-computer will likely go into oper-ation before the opening party on March 28.
“We are very pleased with Blue Waters with meeting, and even exceeding, a lot of expectations,” NCSA spokeswoman Liz Murray said. “We expect to report addi-tional achievements and improve-ments as the SPT (sustained per-formance testing) benchmark test team continues.”
Austin can be reached at [email protected].
Blue Waters computing project nearly ready for operation, use
Lawmakers try to correct pension systemBY CHRISSY PAWLOWSKI
STAFF WRITER
Illinois lawmakers proposed a new plan Dec. 5 to correct the Illinois’ pension system, which is currently the most underfunded in the nation.
The bill was introduced by Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook, representative and chairwom-an of the House Personnel and Pensions Committee, State Rep. Daniel Biss, D-Evanston, and oth-er colleagues. House Bill 6258 called for an eventual raise in employee contributions by 2 per-cent, later retirement ages for younger employees and limit-ed cost-of-living adjustments. It would affect all fi ve of Illinois’ pension agreements, including the State Universities Retirement System that manages pensions for University employees.
“We need to do something, and we need to do something soon-er rather than later,” said State Rep. Dave Harris, R-Arlington Heights, and sponsor of House Bill 6258. “Our state is being ruined fi nancially by our increas-ing pension obligations.”
In April, Gov. Pat Quinn drew attention to the pension problem, which has about $96 billion in lia-bility, and continued his efforts to raise awareness by launching the “Thanks in Advance” online campaign Nov. 18.
When Quinn came to speak on campus Dec. 6, he said he was confi dent there would be a bipartisan majority for pension reform by the time new legisla-tors, which create a Democratic supermajority, are sworn in in January.
“I think it’s very helpful for the public to have a bipartisan showing of support for pension reform,” he said. “We have 34 days until Jan. 9, and we real-ly have to use this opportunity after the election — so politics is kind of behind us of the Elec-tion of 2012 — (to) get everybody to work for the future of Illinois, for the common good.”
The General Assembly dis-cussed pension reform at the veto session held Nov. 27-29, but further discussion will have to take place when the assembly reconvenes for a lame duck ses-
sion Jan. 3-8.Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon said she
feels this step closer toward pen-sion reform is both important and necessary.
“Without action, the strain pen-sion payments place on our bud-get will crowd out funding for other priorities like education, public safety and health care,” Simon said in a press release Dec. 5.
Michael Zalewski, D-Sum-mit, explained the impact the bill would have on University employees.
“SURS employees, depending on their age and salary, might see a slight increase in their pen-sion contribution and increase in their retirement age,” Zalewski said. “The University of Illinois stands to benefi t if this legisla-tion passes. If we gain control of our mounting pension debt, we can begin to address serious funding shortages that have left our universities without adequate resources.”
The Senate Executive Commit-tee discussed this at their meet-ing Dec. 10. John Kindt, chair of
faculty and academic staff ben-efi ts, stressed the importance of voicing concerns as a decision regarding the bill has not been made.
“If people want to indicate their general concerns about any particular issue, now is the time,” Kindt said. “The ripple effect of anything that you say to a deci-sion maker really does have an impact.”
Several University professors made their opinions known by submitting a reform proposal to the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, which has been an active participant in the pension discussion, on Dec. 10. Authors Avijit Ghosh, professor of busi-ness, and Jeffrey Brown and Scott Weisbenner, professors of fi nance, along with Northern Illi-nois University professor Steven Cunningham discussed changes to the bill that would specifi cally affect SURS.
The IGPA had proposed a new retirement system on Feb. 9 to reduce state government’s contri-butions into the University pen-sion system. These payments are
supplemented by worker and Uni-versity contributions. Currently, the University estimates its pen-sion payments for the upcoming fi scal year to be about a billion, an increase of $227 million from the previous year.
The new proposal now calls for lower employee benefi ts in exchange for lump-sum pay-ments that would be deposited into a self-managed account. The plan also suggests ending state tax exemption and increas-ing University tuition to ensure current plans are funded and old pension promises are fulfi lled.
Nekritz, though, said she plans to listen to and support other reform ideas because she feels that reform is necessary.
“We have supported other reform legislation and would defi -nitely consider other good ideas moving forward,” Nekritz said in a press release Dec. 5. “But we must continue to push this issue forward and not let excuses get in the way of progress.”
Chrissy can be reached at [email protected].
BY LAUREN ROHRSTAFF WRITER
Robert Easter has been a member of the University com-munity for 40 years . Aside from attending the University as a graduate student, he has held a number of leadership positions, including the dean of the College of ACES and interim chancellor .
So when former Universi-ty President Michael Hogan announced his resignation amid growing concerns about his lead-ership in March , Hogan imme-diately recommended Easter to take over his position, board of trustees’ chairman Christopher Kennedy said .
“Basically, I said, ‘You (Hogan) can’t quit until you fi nd your replacement’ because we didn’t want to leave the Universi-ty without somebody in charge,” he said.
The board held an emergen-cy meeting the day after Hogan announced his resignation, dur-ing which Easter’s appointment was approved. University offi -cials responded warmly to this change in leadership.
“(Easter) is a leader with a vision and a passion, while also a good lis-tener who will cultivate the best ideas across campuses to move our great University forward,” said Don Chambers , University Sen-ates Conference member.
After working with Hogan, as well as the University’s vice presi-dents and chancellors, through-out the spring 2012 semester, Easter cited a “smooth transi-tion” from president-designate to the full position. Easter’s offi cial two-year term began July 1 . To continue acclimating to his new role, he said he was continuing to familiarize himself with all three campuses.
With multiple administrative turnovers in recent years, Easter said at the start of the Fall 2012 semester that one of his main goals was to develop and keep a sense of stability at the University.
But stability is not the only thing he hoped to smooth out during his tenure. In an extensive interview with The Daily Illini, Easter said one of his biggest concerns was the University’s budget and increas-ing tuition.
At the board of trustees meeting in November, Easter said he thinks it is the University’s responsibil-ity to keep education affordable and accessible. Tuition costs have more than doubled since 2002 to compensate for a lack of revenue from the state, Easter said.
“Access is truly one of the attri-butes that defi nes the land-grant university,” he said at the meet-ing. “Sustaining accessibility for all young people, all who desire to enroll and are qualifi ed to, is something that’s truly important.”
The board will make a recom-mendation for tuition for the 2013-14 academic year in January.
Student trustee David Pileski said that as he has gotten to know Easter better, he has become even more confi dent in his ability as president, stating that his dedica-tion to the institution makes him an exceptional leader.
“(Easter) has a strong devotion to his students,” Pileski said. “He wants them to have the best expe-rience possible.”
Lauren can be reached at [email protected].
New president Robert Easter steadies University after Hogan’s troubled tenure
after the 2010 redistricting that observers said made the new 13th district signifi cantly more competitive for Democrats. In 2010, Gill lost to incumbent Tim Johnson, R-15, with only 44 per-cent of the vote.
Independent candidate John Hartman from Edwardsville, Ill. walked away with 7 percent of the vote this year.
The competitiveness of this district was largely driven by the amount of outside spend-ing that fl owed into the district — more than $7 million of it. Leading those numbers was the Democratic Congressional Cam-paign Committee, which gave $2.76 million for advertisements opposing Davis. The conserva-tive group American Action Net-work Inc. had spent about $1.48 million on advertisements oppos-ing Gill.
The race was even closer leading up to the election when expected incumbent Johnson dropped out of the race soon after the Republican primaries in April, saying he no longer wished to make the personal sacrifi ces that came along with the offi ce. The former U.S. Representative will teach a class in political sci-ence at Illinois State Universi-ty and formally retire on Jan. 3 when Davis is sworn into offi ce.
“The single proudest thing I can look back on is the legacy of the fact that there is a real face associated with real pub-lic service,” he said, in refer-ence to his relationship with his constituency.
The GEO and the University are now working alongside each other to proofread and complete the contract that the GEO voted to ratify Dec. 7. Seawell said the process takes “a bit of back and forth, but it’s moving.”
After the contract is signed and in place, she said Universi-ty administration will start to go back and pay members who have not yet been given their raises since the contract negotiations began last August.
Some departments had already begun to give graduate employ-ees the 2.5 percent raise in antic-ipation of the contract being passed. Seawell said the compen-sation would appear in either the January or February paychecks for graduate employees.
Seawell said she feels the GEO ended up in a good place, but negotiations could have been more productive. She said she is pleased that the GEO had secured tuition waivers, however.
“Hopefully this issue of tuition waivers is settled, and the admin-istration will realize that this is important, and we won’t have to revisit this in fi ve years,” she said.
Tyler can be reached at [email protected].
research dollars through peer-reviewed government grants, private foundations and other contributions, Allen said.
Richard Edwards, executive vice president for Academ-ic Affairs at Rutgers, said in a press release that he thinks Rutgers is comparable to oth-er Big Ten universities in the consortium, as the schools have many shared characteristics. He also said he also thinks Rut-gers’ membership will benefi t the university academically.
“Because we are heavily involved in research, being a member of the CIC gives us greater opportunities for our faculty and students to engage in collaborative research,” Edwards said.
Besides research benefi ts, the addition of Rutgers and Mary-
land will add 8 million library volumes and over 5,600 full-time faculty to the consortium’s resources.
“We have a delivery system that operates among the cam-puses so you get 24-hour deliv-ery of books between campus-es,” Allen said. “Lots of faculties take advantage of that, but it’s also open to students.”
The consortium is also work-ing with Google to digitize all library materials, so that they will be available to the students and faculty of all its universi-ties through an online database, Allen said.
“Looking at local catalog, these will just appear in there as a part of the Illinois connec-tion,” Allen said. “It’s seamless to you, but you get access to it because of the work behind the scenes.”
Other benefi ts include an expansion of study abroad pro-grams across the campuses,
specialized language cours-es and new research opportu-nities for graduate students, Allen said.
“(We are) behind the scenes making these connections so that to the student or fac-ulty member, it looks like a resource from their local cam-pus,” Allen said. “It’s really because we have in place these partnerships.”
Chancellor Phyllis Wise said the addition of the universities to the consortium is “an excit-ing new step for the Big Ten,” and the University is “pleased to welcome” them as members.
“Together they bring new perspectives, academically and geographically, which will help to advance the reputations of all our universities, in classrooms and laboratories and on our ath-letic fi elds,” Wise said.
Emma can be reached at [email protected].
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Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during a press conference announcing the successful funding of the Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education, held at the Khan Annex of Huff Hall on Dec. 6 . The center, which will provide housing and support to disabled veterans on campus, was funded jointly by University alumnus and veteran Ron Chez, the "Illinois Jobs Now!" plan signed by Gov. Quinn and University donors.
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University of Illinois president Robert Easter stands outside the President's House in Urbana. Easter offi cially began his two-year term as president of the university on July 1.
Opinions4AMondayDecember 17, 2012The Daily Illiniwww.DailyIllini.com
So. We’ve finally joined the ranks of some other Big Ten schools.
I’m not talking about winning eight consecutive football games. We do, however, now share a ban that Wisconsin, Michigan and oth-ers have adopted — a smoking “ban.” Chancellor Phyllis Wise emailed the student body in Octo-ber to declare a smoke-free cam-pus, with a plan to end smoking activities on campus by November of next year.
I’m friends with different sets of diverse crowds, so I’ve seen a vari-ety of reactions about the news. My smoke-enthusiast friends are claiming that the ban is a viola-tion of their rights and that smok-ing is a personal, private choice that one can’t dictate. My health-guru friends are excited at the pos-sibility of clean air, better lungs and fewer encounters with sec-ond-hand smoke. Now, the idea of a smoke-free campus is going to make a huge impact come Novem-ber, regardless if you light up regu-larly or have never touched a ciga-rette. Maybe a smoke-free campus will change smoking attitudes, and, in the future, we may see a sharp decrease in smoke activities. How-ever, the changes go much deep-er than that and will even start to impact us as soon as next semester.
First of all, when the boundar-ies for campus are clearly defined, people are going to get into the hab-it of smoking off-campus. Declar-ing a smoke-free campus gets a bit ambiguous, because the Univer-sity sprawls so far, and there isn’t a clear defining ending point or boundary line. Is it to the end of Lincoln and Green, or does cam-pus touch where Orchard Downs ends? No one knows — but when we do, you can bet that there will be a smoke migration to where the end of the line is, and beyond.
One thing is for sure: it is near-ly impossible to predict that in November, everyone will automati-cally put their cigarettes down and vow never to smoke around campus property. This isn’t a jab toward the effectiveness of implementa-tion but more so about how tough it is for anyone to quit cold turkey. Because of this, we will need to see more programs devoted to quitting smoking, as Wise suggested there will be. The main purpose of a smoke-free campus is to care about the health of students, faculty and staff, so the smoke-free committee needs to develop these health pro-grams as soon as spring starts. In 11 months, we’ll join the ranks of some other schools. But the change — whether you think it’s for bet-ter or for worse — is shaking us up now.
Tolu is a senior in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].
It’s the end of an era for Newsweek. The maga-zine will run its last print
edition Dec. 31. After Newsweek’s merger with online publication The Daily Beast, they both now make up the creatively named The News-week Daily Beast Company, having merged in November 2010.
Changes to Newsweek’s busi-ness plan, not to mention its cover-age, may foreshadow this new age of professional journalism of which professionals and professors are equally speculative. This puts a dis-tinctive point on the media timeline this era of on-line reporting and digital technology. And we may see the results of Newsweek’s absence as soon as next semester.
Magazine readers are turning to online subscriptions, and half of America now own either a tablet or a smartphone. Many own both. “Get Newsweek on your iPad,” the bot-tom of each online article boasts.
This saddens me. As much as I love the ease of an online search, there is something so tangible — literally — about magazine writing that’s printed in a physical maga-zine. But beyond mere portability, the style in which articles and col-umns are crafted in magazines is unique; taking important national and global news stories, breaking them down in a way that would be interesting and approachable, espe-cially to those who wouldn’t pick up a newspaper or tune into an evening broadcast. The magazine industry has, for those well-established pub-lications, defied the apocalyptic pre-diction of all that is print will fail. The 21st century has all but spared the newspaper.
Does Newsweek’s final publica-tion signal a change in the literary consumer? Maybe. There are hope-ful reporters like myself who truly believe that print will never die. It is a mantra held by many journal-ism schools and news editors alike that, no matter the medium, the content would remain. But what if in the next few months, steps are taken online that will change maga-zine writing itself, online or on the printed page?
Editor-in-chief of Newsweek and The Daily Beast Tina Brown described the development as a “marriage between Newsweek’s journalistic depth and the vibrant versatility The Daily Beast has realized on the Web.” But News-week and The Daily Beast are still in the honeymoon stage, which may explain why Newsweek is willing to drop everything print, swept off its nonexistent feet to start a new life exclusively online. Let’s hope those two can keep the romance alive.
Renée is a senior in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].
Typically when we look back on a semester, we focus on things that happened. When it comes
to this past semester, the wild-ly unsuccessful football season, the narrowly avoided strike and the general absence of the Alma Mater statue stand out as some of the most noteworthy occurrences.
However, more notable is something that didn’t happen: a scandal.
Aside from weathering a fiscal dilemma for the last several years, the University has suffered a num-ber of humiliating, brand-damag-ing scandals.
The drama began after a 2009 revelation that several students had been admitted to the Uni-versity after receiving preferen-tial treatment because of special connections with politicians and school officials. This discrepancy in admissions standards was point-ed out by the Chicago Tribune and received relentless coverage that ultimately led to the resigna-tion of both University President B. Joseph White and the chancel-lor of the Urbana campus, Richard Herman.
The 2010 school year began in hopes of a fresh start as new leaders took the helm. President Michael Hogan took charge of the University and the many messes that both the scandal and a down economy had left behind.
Hogan was viewed as a success after his first year, but the Univer-sity would see another bump in the road in the fall 2011 at the hands of a law school admissions dean. It was uncovered that Paul Pless had falsified admissions data of law students for multiple years to bet-ter the highly important rankings of the program. This scandal fur-ther damaged the Illinois brand and brought the University’s integ-rity back into question.
Later that fall, President Hogan’s chief of staff, Lisa Troy-er, came under fire after being accused of anonymously sending emails to faculty senators, pushing them to support an unfavorable admissions plan Hogan had pro-posed. Troyer resigned from the position in January and resigned from the University altogether in July. Because Hogan’s leadership was in question, he too finished his rocky tenure at the University by resigning in March.
Clearly, the last three years have brought clouds of doubt, shame and embarrassment to a University that was seen as a glob-al leader in public education.
This past August, though, the clouds cleared up.
With Robert Easter as presi-dent and Phyllis Wise as chancel-lor of this campus, the Universi-ty has found itself under stable, respected leadership for the first time in years. This new era is coming at a time that the Univer-sity system and this campus need it most and things will only con-tinue to improve with each coming semester.
John is a junior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected].
The 2012 football season sure did mark the “dawn of a new era” — an era of utter disap-
pointment, that is.As a member of the Marching
Illini, I stood in Memorial Stadium for the entirety of every home foot-ball game this season. And it’s not a bragging point when I say that not many others can say the same. As the season progressed and the Illi-ni’s record continued to be bottom-heavy, I watched the stands thin, and the mass exodus of fans leav-ing the stadium during the second half increase. I listened to friends gripe about the losing streak and their loss of hope and confidence in the team.
As a tour guide for Illinois, it has been difficult to answer ques-tions about school spirit on campus, because frankly, there isn’t any.
Until now.While Memorial Stadium closes
down for the year, Assembly Hall is heating up, and fast. The Illini men’s basketball team is current-ly undefeated and ranked No. 10 in the country, the first time the Illini have broken the top ten since 2006.
The team is still very early into its regular season, as they have not played any conference games yet.
But Illinois’s win against then-No. 10 Gonzaga (we were ranked No. 13 at the time) on Dec. 8 is a promising sign that this season will be an exciting one, and one that can hopefully overshadow the stain of the football season. Because as much as the University is about academics, the quality of athletics plays a big part in the atmosphere of campus and how others look at the University.
When a school can boast a top-50 ranking by the U.S. News & World Report and either a successful bas-ketball or football team, its attrac-tiveness increases exponentially for prospective students. And most importantly, current students can be excited about going to games and can take part in the spirit that is so closely associated with a Big Ten university. After all, college really isn’t all about academics. We’ve got to have fun too. It would do the University a huge favor if the team can continue to be a pow-erhouse. There’s a long way yet to go in the season, hopefully bring-ing excitement that flows out of Assembly Hall and into the spir-its of the students on campus. The team can bring meaning to the new motto coined by the Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athlet-ics: “Illinois. Our state. Our team.” Let’s put our faith and support behind this team.
Go Illini!
Kirsten is a sophomore in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].
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On Nov. 2, a public safety advisory was sent about a sexual assault investigation regarding an incident in the 200 block of East Green Street. According to the report, the offender approached the victim around 3 a.m. After the victim ignored him, the offender grabbed her from behind and dragged her to the grass near the creek and assaulted her. The offender, who was described as a black male of medium complexion with short black hair in hie early 20s, fl ed after the assault.
An Illini Alert was sent Nov. 4 about a barricaded subject in an apartment at 109 E. John St. The first alert was sent around 3:30 a.m., and an all-clear was sent at 6 a.m. According to the report, two roommates at the apartment were involved in an incident when Daniel Chang, 22, shot at his roommate. No injuries were reported. Chang was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated discharge of a firearm. David Lu, 22, was charged with criminal damage to property after damaging the squad car’s backseat.
Two armed robberies were reported Nov. 17. The fi rst occurred around 2 a.m., when two victims were westbound in the 400 block of East Healey Street. According to the report, the offender approached the victims from behind with a handgun and demanded money and a cellphone. The offender took the money and fl ed. A second armed robbery occurred about 20 minutes later, when two other victims were walking east in the 600 block of East Clark Street. According to the report, the offender displayed a handgun. The offender demanded the victims to get on the ground and empty their pockets. When the victims got down on the ground, the offender took the property and ran toward the University Avenue.
An Illini Alert was sent on Nov. 28 around 3:30 a.m. about a fi re at 105 E. John St. An all-clear was sent around 5 a.m. According to the report, Austin Povilaitis, 22, was attempting to make a smoke bomb in the kitchen while a visitor, Evan Hayes, 21, was at his apartment room. The attempt sparked the fi re and caused black smoke to surround the apartment. Povilaitis is charged with reckless conduct, a Class A misdemeanor. Povilaitis paid $100 bond to be released from jail, and he is expected to appear in court Jan. 29.
An armed robbery occurred Nov. 29 at 401 South Busey Avenue in Urbana. The incident occurred around 8:45 p.m. According to the report, the victim was entering his apartment building when he was struck in the head from behind. The offender took his personal belongings at gunpoint and fled southwest on foot.
An armed robbery occurred the night of Dec. 3 in the 200 block of South Wright Street. According to the report, the victim was entering his apartment building in and the offender approached him asking for money. The offender punched the victim in the month and indicated that he had a gun or a knife and took the victim’s wallet. The offender fl ed the northbound.
An Illini Alert and public advisory were sent on Dec. 14 around 8:45 p.m. regarding an armed robbery at the intersection of Springfield and Mathews avenues. An all-clear notice sent around 10:30 p.m. stated that police were unable to locate the suspect at the time. The suspect is described at a black 20-year-old male with a crew cut and was last seen wearing a brown, waist-length coat. Police are still investigating the incident.
Students and faculty receive many Illini Alerts each semester but often don’t hear much about what happened besides what is included in an email or text. The following is a checkup on many of the alerts and advisories from this semester. Police confi rmed that the cases listed below as “unresolved” are still being looked into; the rest were resolved and usually resulted in an arrest.
DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Clinton Landfi ll’s request for a permit from the EPA to dump poly-chlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, at its site in Clinton, Ill., located directly above a major region-al water source, has been a hot-ly debated topic this year. The aquifer is a water source to about 750,000 residents. The request is still undergoing review.
“(The company) hustled the process along so quickly, people didn’t realize there was a public comment opportunity until it had closed,” Champaign Mayor Don Gerard said in October.
Although the chemical waste landfi ll would be lined with a tri-ple layer of plas-tic liner to sepa-rate it from the ground, oppo-nents are con-cerned that acci-dental leakage of PCBs — which the U.S. EPA des-ignates a “prob-able carcinogen” — could endanger the aquifer.
A coalition — made up of the cities of Cham-paign, Urbana and Decatur, the village of Savoy, the town of Nor-mal and the University — recent-ly submitted an application to the EPA to request that the nearby
Mahomet Aquifer receive sole-source designation. Such desig-nation which would mean that it supplies 50 percent or more of the drinking water for this ser-vice area with no available alter-natives in the case of contamina-tion, according the EPA’s website.
The designation would add to the overview necessary for any project planned over the aquifer, which received federal funds.
All members of the coalition shared in paying for the about $55,000 cost of applying.
Many of these local govern-ments and more have already voiced support for carrying out legal action if the land-fi ll is to receive its permit.
With a bill footed by Cham-paign, Urbana, Normal, Bloom-ington, Savoy, Piatt County and Champaign Coun-ty, the group has already brought in two attorneys in preparation for such a lawsuit.
“We’re hopeful of course that they don’t approve it, and that’ll end that, but if they do, we’re preparing for possi-ble litigation,” said Joe Hooker, Champaign assistant city attor-ney, at a townhall meeting in May.
Alan Kurtz, chair of the envi-ronment and land use commit-tee for the Champaign County Board, said the board thinks the risk of drinking-water contami-nation is high.
“Guaranteeing that this can never leak is being less than ingenuous,” Kurtz said in Janu-ary. “(There are) 750,000 people who take their drinking water from the Mahomet Aquifer and only the Mahomet Aquifer — we can’t take the risk that something that could pollute that water.”
The Illinois EPA has said PCB waste in the Clinton landfi ll would not jeopardize the drink-ing-water supply. Stan Black, community relation coordina-tor for the Illinois EPA, said the landfi ll holding the waste would have a special system to prevent unknown leakage.
“The landfi lls are required to have a large number of moni-toring wells all surrounding the landfi ll,” Black said in January. “Those are monitored periodical-ly, and we get reports on those. We would know if there was any kind of release that could possi-bly be threatening the surround-ing private wells as well as the public wells, and there is no such threat.”
It is not clear how much more time the EPA will need before coming to a decision. If sole-source designation is received, the aquifer would be the fi rst in the state.
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A public advisory was sent out Oct. 3 about six similar incidents that may have been connected involving batteries and thefts. Victims were punched in the head by someone in a group of offenders, consisitng of three males and three females. The incidents occurred between 1:30 a.m. and 3:22 a.m. Two females and a male were located by the Champaign police department and were arrested.
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BY DANNY WICENTOWSKIWEBSITE EDITOR
During the past semester, some Champaign, Urbana and Savoy residents have been cruising along the web at speeds unrivaled by most communities in the nation. The problem? “Some” isn’t the goal of the Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband project, and it’s unclear when some becomes “all”, or at least “most”.
The souped-up speed is the result of the Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband project, or UC2B, comprised of $30 million of fiber optic rings laid beneath the streets of Champaign County. The con-struction to lay the infrastructure of the project, seven massive fiber optic rings, was completed during the summer, and residents began sign up starting in May.
UC2B has been a long time com-
ing, and local efforts to bring fiber-based internet access to the area go back all the way to 1997, when then local internet business owner Mike Smeltzer proposed a similar project. Now CITES director of networking and acting director of physical infrastructure, Smeltzer has been able to see his 15-year-old pipe dream finally bear fruit.
“We’re finally doing it,” he said in an interview in late August. “Right now, we can say to a fam-ily that they’ll have a better con-nection from their child’s bedroom to the school district’s resources than they would even have from the classroom.”
Smeltzer said Sunday that about 600 locations are currently run-ning on UC2B fiber, with another 15 to 18 new installations daily, so long as snowfall remains minimal.
Federal stimulus money as well as state funding brought UC2B to reality, and the project repre-sents the result of broad collabo-ration between the cities of Cham-
paign and Urbana, the University and the US Ignite project, which builds applications that leverage the incredible speed of fiber-optic connections.
But UC2B has a somewhat lim-ited scope and has been offered to only the areas most chronically underserved by existing Internet infrastructure. These areas were determined through a 2009 survey conducted by a group of students, faculty and staff in the Graduate School of Library Science. After dividing Champaign-Urbana (as well as parts of Savoy) into cen-sus blocks, the group found that 11 blocks with less than 41 percent of residents with high-speed inter-net, qualifying as “underserved” according to federal guidelines.
As the school year began, can-vassers were already moving through the 11 blocks, knocking on doors and signing up residents, businesses, as well as powerful connections to community organi-zations like schools and hospitals.
However, there are a number of unanswered questions. First, while the canvassers have man-aged to sign up 1,300 customers since they began in May, the fed-eral grant could accommodate as many as 2,500 residents and 200 community organizations. That money will be out of reach come January, when the grant expires.
The real issue is how to expand UC2B’s coverage after the mon-ey runs out as well as leveraging the current infrastructure into attracting businesses and further development in web applications in the area.
Tens of millions of dollars will be needed to expand UC2B to cover all of Champaign-Urba-na, including the University, but progress has been a mixed bag. Initial negotiations with a private firm, Gigabit Squared, seemed promising, but there has be no word on whether this public-pri-vate cooperation will produce results.
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BY ILYA GUREVICSTAFF WRITER
A vigil Saturday night near the Alma Mater platform hon-ored the victims of a Friday morning shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., in which 26 were killed. The shooting rampage last week paralleled similar tragedies earlier in 2012.
Rashaad Young, one of the event organizers and junior in ACES, led the attendees in prayer for a better future, free of violence for children in America. Young encouraged students to think of the even
younger people who were killed in the shooting.
“It’s time to for us to come together as a community,” Young said, urging attendees to pray for the victims and their families. “It’s not about us anymore. It’s about a young-er generation.”
Students at the event said they wished to stand in solidar-ity with the grieving families of victims.
“I feel like as a nation ... we just have to recognize (the vic-tims),” said Charlie Dao, soph-omore in LAS. “No one at a very early age and no one at all
deserves to die because of some-one’s problems.”
Other students valued the sense of community at the vig-il. Cristina Morales, senior in AHS, said the event brought students together at a difficult time.
“(This is) a way for us to feel a connection with each other after the tragedy,” Morales said. “It’s a way for us to mourn together.”
Young and Devyn Spear, co-organizer of the event and freshman in ACES, also touched on the wider issue of gun con-trol brought to mind by the mas-sacre. Young vowed to take to social media to publicize a cam-paign of letter-writing to public officials on the issue.
“It’s time for a change,” he said. “At the University of Illi-nois, we know we have pow-er. We might as well use it. We need to get politicians to a point where they can change gun laws.”
Champaign City Council mem-ber Will Kyles, District 1, also attended the event. As the par-ent of a kindergartener, Kyles said he laments the loss of life.
“It’s definitely sad,” he said. “These things keep happening around our country. It went from adults to high schoolers. Now kids? There’s definitely something in our society that we need to work on.”
For many, the incident in Con-necticut likely brought back
memories of other gun vio-lence earlier in the year. Back on July 20, a gunman opened fire on a midnight showing of “The Dark Night Rises,” killing 12 people and wounding at least
58. The shooter, James Holm-es, was a 24-year-old dropout Ph.D. candidate from the Uni-versity of Colorado Denver. Another shooting followed a few weeks later when, on Aug.
5, Wade Page killed six people and wounded three others at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis.
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BY CORINNE RUFFSTAFF WRITER
In order to increase its campus visibility, the Illinois Student Sen-ate upgraded its publicity cam-paign from paper fliers in the Union to the jumbo screen in the United Center this December. For the first time, the senate is spon-soring the men’s and women’s bas-ketball teams with $7,500 to get their faces up on the big screen.
The senate taped four 15-sec-ond public service announcements that will be shown at the remain-ing home basketball games. The resolution also included an adver-tisement on the Fighting Illini website for a cost of $1,500.
The announcements were aired for the first time at the Dec. 11 men’s basketball game against Norfolk State and again on Dec. 12 at a women’s game against Oregon.
Damani Bold-en, campus affairs chair and junior in ACES, wrote the resolution that passed in the senate on Sept. 26 and said at least 15 senators par-ticipated in the creation of the announcements.
“There are four versions all inviting students to come to the meetings and encouraging them to come see us,” Bolden said. “We represent them and we are their official voice, and if they have any concerns or issues, they should come to us.”
After the purchasing order was approved by the University last week, Bolden worked with Jon-athan Ihrig from Fighting Illini Sports Properties, the Universi-ty’s official multimedia company, to write the script and film the announcements.
“We decided one of the best ways to help (ISS) is to raise awareness directly toward the stu-dents at U of I,” Ihrig said. “You want to raise awareness here with the students that you represent.”
Ihrig said their focus is to reach out to the highest quantity of stu-dents possible, and the timing of the promotional videos will reflect that.
“We are your voice, and we are here to help,” Ihrig said.
Kevin Seymour, ISS treasurer, said the idea is a new and creative way for the senate to reach out to students.
“Most people don’t know about us, and if they ever had an issue, they’d need to know who to go to
to talk about these issues,” he said.
While debating the issue in the senate, other sen-ators, however, were concerned with spending such a big por-tion of the sen-ate’s budget on self-advertising. Matt Gold, senior
in LAS, said the announcements make up part of what he consid-ers wasteful spending.
“Advertisements to promote ourselves are a waste,” he said. “I think the senate should pub-licize itself through helping the community, volunteering and being out and about. That’s how they should know about us, not because we make commercials at basketball games.”
Bolden said he plans to propose a similar resolution at the next assembly, sometime in April, to sponsor men’s football for fall 2013 in hopes to reach out to a bigger demographic of students.
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Paige Jendrycki, sophomore in DGS, covers her candle during a vigil held for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting Saturday evening.
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Reverend Larry Lewis of the Bethel A.M.E. Church addresses members of the Champaign-Urbana community as part of a panel gathered in Douglas Annex Senior Center on Dec. 1 to discuss the movement to introduce broadband internet to the underserved parts of the Champaign-Urbana area.
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Beata Bednarczyk, sophomore in AHS, covers her candle during a vigil held for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting Saturday evening.
“If (students) have any concerns or
issues, they should come to us.”DAMANI BOLDEN,
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John Groce restores fans’ faithBY ETHAN ASOFSKYSENIOR WRITER
John Groce wasn’t Illinois’ first or second choice to fill Bruce Weber’s job.
Shaka Smart and Brad Stevens both turned down offers to become head coach of the Illini men’s basketball team last April, in part because of the fan base’s lofty recruiting expectations in Chicago.
The Illini lost their last 12-of-14 games after starting the season 10-0. Not only were they forsaken from the NCAA tournament, but they were denied a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. They then lost 7-foot center Mey-
ers Leonard to the NBA Draft. And Weber, who had once been regarded as a legend in Cham-paign for taking the 2005 Illini to the national championship, was considered a dead man walk-ing for the last few weeks of the season.
What a difference nine months, and just 11 games, can make.
With an undefeated season still intact, a Maui Invitational title under his belt and a top-10 national ranking for the first time since 2006, Groce has restored relevancy to a program that’s had its heart trampled over and over again since that national championship appearance seven years ago.
He’s also made true on the promise to recruit the big fish, signing a top-25 recruiting class with elite Chicago talent, even with a late start. While he’s seemingly missed out on Chicago’s darling recruit from next year, Jabari Parker, Class of 2014’s No. 2-prospect Jahlil Okafor from Chicago’s Whitney Young Magnet High School said he’s still strongly considering Groce and the Illini. Simeon commits Kendrick Nunn and Jaylon Tate both said they signed on with Groce because he was honest in his recruiting pitch and seemed like he could offer mentorship to
Optimism faded fast during the new era of Illini footballBY SEAN HAMMONDSTAFF WRITER
Third-year Illinois starting quarter-back Nathan Scheelhaase’s first com-pletion of the 2012 season was a 64-yard touchdown pass to receiver Ryan Lank-ford. Things went downhill from there. It’s safe to say nobody expected this Illini squad to have double-digit wins and play in a January bowl game. But nobody expected this.
“A New Era BECKons.” That’s what the 2012 Illinois “Loyal-Tee” shirts designed before the season said in block letters across the front in refer-ence to the arrival of first-year head coach Tim Beckman. With a new coach-ing staff and momentum following two straight bowl victories, there was opti-mism in Champaign.
But after a 2-10 season, one would be hard pressed to find an Illini fan
wearing the 2012 “Loyal-Tee” shirt proudly.
Nothing went right for the Illini on the field. Their lone victories came against a bottom-feeder MAC team and a sub-.500 FCS team. They lost all eight Big Ten games (14 straight dating back to 2011) and finished the season on a nine-game losing streak. The Illi-ni ranked second-to-last in the FBS in both points per game and total offense.
As with any team sport, fingers can’t be pointed at just one person. There was an abundance of dysfunction.
While he was injured for a couple of games, Scheelhaase threw for only 1,361 yards and four touchdowns on the season. His opening touchdown was Illinois’ longest play from scrimmage the entire year (a season that fittingly
Big Ten adds Maryland, RutgersBY DARSHAN PATELASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
With the additions of Mary-land and Rutgers, Big Ten athletic directors will use the spring to take up the issue of intraconference realignment.
No format has been dis-cussed, Big Ten commission-er Jim Delany said Nov. 20 after dismissing a report that said Illinois’ spot in the Lead-ers Division was in jeopardy.
“But I can tell you that I think that since we arrived at a set of compromises that the quality is high up, preser-vation of rivalries second and geography third,” he said. “We are a national confer-ence in many ways, but even geographically we’re spread, and as a result I think that geography will have to play probably a more important role in the evolution of the next divisional structure.”
The Big Ten could contest the 2014-15 season — the year when Maryland joins the con-ference — with only 13 mem-bers, as the Scarlet Knights are at odds with their cur-rent conference, the Big East, over a $10 million exit fee and a 27-month notice for depart-ing members.
Rutgers in early Decem-ber filed a lawsuit against the Big East, contending that the conference should waive the requirement so it could join the Big Ten with Maryland. Syracuse, Pittsburgh and West Virginia who have all been able to negotiate earli-
er exits, but Rutgers athlet-ic director Tim Pernetti has said that no start date is set in stone.
The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors unanimously accepted Mary-land Nov. 19 and Rutgers the next day after the school’s wait-and-see approach. The Terrapins and the Scarlet Knights became the third and fourth teams to join the con-ference since 1954. Nebraska was added to the Big Ten for the 2011 season, leaving what is now called the Big 12 after over 100 years of competition.
Discussions with Maryland heated up in the few weeks before the announcement, Delany said after the move, but talk between Rutgers and the Big Ten has been ongoing for a few years
These two schools — locat-ed in College Park, Md., and Piscataway, N.J., respective-ly — will be the farthest from the Big Ten headquarters in Illinois.
The moves create a bigger East Coast presence with the Washington, D.C., and New York City television markets, opening the door for lucra-tive deals with cable opera-tors. So, according to a Sports Business Journal report, the Big Ten is considering keep-ing select Maryland and Rut-gers football and men’s bas-ketball games off its network until cable operators include the channel in the basic tier — a money move.
But Delany told report-ers Nov. 20 that there was an overemphasis by the media regarding the possibility of richer TV contracts.
“I just thought the amount of words devoted and the emphasis were a little over-played,” he said. “I never sug-gested that Big Ten Network or ESPN aren’t factors. What I tried to say was it didn’t drive the decision.”
For Maryland and Rutgers, this means long-term finan-cial stability, as both schools have cut select Olympic sports in the last decade. Maryland will begin reinstating some of the seven teams it eliminat-ed, while Rutgers “will focus first and foremost on making the 24 sports we have here as healthy as we possibly can,” Pernetti said.
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Illinois volleyball doesn’t live up to high hopes, goalsBY ELIOT SILLSTAFF WRITER
Illinois volleyball begun the year as the No. 7 team in the country, brimming with opti-mism as the team added young talent to a roster that had sev-eral key pieces from a 2011 national championship run.
But this season proved to be much different than the last, a fact that made itself evident in the team’s first weekend of play, when it went 1-2.
The 2011 team started its season by winning its first 20 games.
Head coach Kevin Hambly assembled one of the most chal-lenging preconference sched-ules in the country, playing five-of-10 nonconference games against ranked opponents. Illi-nois, enduring early growing pains that were exacerbated by a nagging injury to redshirt freshman Ali Stark, lost three of those five ranked games on the way to a 5-5 nonconference record.
Illinois was able to topple No. 15 Iowa State in its home opener in three sets and take out Tex-as two weeks later. The Long-horns, who won the national championship Saturday, were ranked No. 6 at the time and
would be the highest-ranked opponent Illinois would beat.
The Illini headed into the conference season riding a three-game win streak fresh off their best victory of the young season, with redshirt freshman Jocelynn Birks aver-aging 16.6 kills per game.
Illinois would have its momentum cut off by Minne-sota, in the teams’ first confer-ence game. The Illini split their first two conference weekends heading into a critical weekend with homes matches against No. 19 Ohio State and No. 1 Penn State.
Both games resulted in gut-wrenching defeats. The Illini held a 2-0 set lead over Ohio State before losing three straight sets and held a 14-10 fifth-set lead over Penn State (one point away from victory) before losing the set and the match.
“It felt like we were in con-trol of our own destiny, we just didn’t execute,” Hambly said after the Penn State loss.
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Illinois’ Annie Luhrsen (11) watches the ball over the net during the match against Michigan, held at Huff Hall on Senior Night on Nov. 17. After going to the championship game last year, the Illini failed to achieve an NCAA tournament berth.
“I never suggested that Big Ten Network
or ESPN aren’t factors. What I tried to say was it didn’t drive the decision,”
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Brandon Paul (3) dribbles the ball during the game against Norfolk State at Assembly Hall on Tuesday night,
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Illinois’ Nathan Scheelhaase, right, is shoved by Minnesota’s Troy Stoudermire on Nov. 10.
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BY TORRENCE SORRELLSTAFF WRITER
After its up-and-down regular season, the Illinois soccer team made its second consecutive appearance in the Big Ten cham-pionship game and later secur-ing a spot in the NCAA tourna-ment. But Illinois were outplayed against North Carolina in the sec-ond round, ending their season.
Illinois came into the 2012 sea-son ranked No. 19 in the NSCAA preseason poll after winning the 2011 Big Ten Tournament. With fi ve seniors graduating last spring, six starters returned to head coach Janet Rayfi eld’s team along with seven newcomers.
Top returners were senior goal-keeper Steph Panozzo, who came off one of her best seasons in pick-ing up 75 saves, and NSCAA All-American second-team junior midfi elder Vanessa DiBernardo, who led the team last year with 17 goals and 39 total points.
DiBernardo missed nonconfer-ence play because she was compet-ing with the U.S. in the under-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan. She, including Rayfi eld, brought home gold as the U.S. defeated Germa-ny 1-0.
Interim coach Jeff Freeman was put in charge during Ray-fi eld’s absence, as the team went 3-3 during nonconference play.
“It was a great way for some of our younger players to get expe-rience,” Rayfi eld said of multiple freshmen gaining playing time while DiBernardo was away.
DiBernardo wasted no time in her fi rst game back, scoring her fi rst goal within the fi rst four min-utes of the game against a then-undefeated Iowa team. Later in the fi rst half, freshman standout Nicole Breece tallied the game-winning goal.
Illinois faced its biggest chal-lenge against then-No. 11 Penn State on Sept. 23. The Nittany Lions scored three unanswered goals — including two by stand-out Maya Hayes — in the fi rst 18 minutes, leading to a 4-0 victory.
In mid-October, the Illini lost three straight conference games to sub-.500 opponents in Minneso-ta, Wisconsin and Northwestern, in part because of injuries battled by Breece, Taylore Peterson and senior Shayla Mutz.
But then things turned around.Battling for position in the con-
ference, the Illini fi nished as the
No. 5 seed in the Big Ten Tour-nament, with help from a come-from-behind overtime victory against Michigan, a team that fi nished third in conference standings.
After defeating Minnesota in the fi rst round of the Big Ten Tournament, Illinois went toe-to-toe with a Penn State team that was then ranked No. 3
nationally. Breece tallied the lone goal for the Illini to give them their fi rst win over a top-three opponent in program his-tory. But Illinois couldn’t win its second straight title as the team lost to Ohio State 2-1 in the fi nal.
Panozzo was a force in the fi rst round of the NCAA tourna-ment, as she made two consecu-tive saves to help Illinois defeat
Missouri 1-1 (3-0) on penalty kicks. The second round fea-tured a match against Rayfi eld’s alma mater in North Carolina. But the Tar Heels, who would go on to win the national cham-pionship, defeated the Illini 9-2.“I think this team achieved some great things,” Rayfi eld said. “There were moments where I think the team reached their
potential and that is always a successful season, but I think you also look and see that we had a lot of young players who have a lot of experiences now that they can draw on to make this team better moving forward.”
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Illinois’ midfi elder Vanessa DiBernardo (20) sprints through the midfi eld during Illinois’ 2-1 loss to Northwestern at the Illinois Track and Soccer Stadium on Oct. 18. Illinois had an up-and-down season but managed to make it to the second round of the NCAA tournament, losing to North Carolina.
BY CLAIRE LAVEZZORIOSTAFF WRITER
Competing for the fi rst time in four years with four-time Big Ten champion Luke Guthrie, the Illini began the 2012-13 season unranked.
But this wasn’t going to stop the Illini from having a success-ful season. The team closed out the fall ranked No. 19 in the Golf World/Nike Coaches poll.
Illinois began the season with two straight wins at the Wolf
Run Invitational and the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate.
Coming off of a great start, the Illini then headed to the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational. The team attended without two key players, defend-ing national champion Thomas Pieters and freshman Thomas Detry, who were representing Belgium at the World Amateur Team Championships. With-out these two players, the Illini dropped to a 10th-place fi nish.
Next up was the Isleworth Col-legiate Invite. Illinois put fresh-men Charlie Danielson, Thom-as Detry and David Kim, along with sophomore Brian Camp-bell and fi fth-year senior Mason Jacobs, in its lineup.
The tournament featured eight ranked teams, includ-ing the top three teams in the country. Illinois played with No. 1 California and No. 2 Texas throughout the three-day tour-nament. Campbell’s rounds of 71
and 72 on the tough 7,544-yard Isleworth course helped the Illi-ni end with a ninth-place fi nish at the event.
After the conclusion of four tournaments this fall, Pieters holds a team-best 72.00 stroke average after just playing in two events. He posted a pair of top-10 fi nishes, along with fi nishing sixth and a ninth.
Danielson ended the fall sea-son with the second-best aver-age on the team, a 72.67. He fi n-
ished in the top 12 in three of four tournaments: seventh at D.A. Weibring, 10th at Wolf Run and was the top Illinois fi nisher at 12th place in Olympia Fields.
Illinois men’s golf coach Mike Small has always said, “Win tournaments in the fall, win championships in the spring.” Based on this saying, Illinois has done just that.
With two wins under their belt, the Illini will be preparing for the Big Ten Match Play, their
fi rst major tournament of the spring season. Once again, Illi-nois will be the top seed, ready to attest to their national talent.
Claire can be reached at [email protected].
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Illinois sees success in postseason
Illinois women’s basketball ‘headed in the right direction’BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGERSTAFF WRITER
First-year head coach Matt Bollant brought the Illinois women’s basketball program a new coach-ing staff and a new system this offseason.
After fi nishing 11-19 last season, the Illini are off to a 6-4 start. Illinois went 6-8 in nonconference play last season.
While Illinois struggled under former head coach Jolette Law, Bollant led Green Bay to a 31-2 record and No. 9 national ranking last season. He brought his schemes that helped him achieve such success with him, and he has started to install them in Champaign.
A new up-tempo, dribble-motion offense has been one of Bollant’s installations. The Illini have new freedom in the system, and sophomore point guard Alexis Smith has gone from six minutes per game to 35 and ranks second in the Big Ten in assists per game.
Senior forward Karisma Penn leads the team in scoring for the third straight season, but she has improved her points per game from 13.4 last sea-son to 18.9. Sophomore guard Ivory Crawford has also seen a signifi cant bump in her scoring average, improving from 5.6 points per game to 15.7.
Junior guard Amber Moore also has benefi ted from the new system. Bollant said he thinks Moore can be an All-Big Ten player, and he wants her shoot-ing at least 10 3-pointers per game.
Illinois has continued to play a man-to-man defense, but associate head coach Mike Dvibillis has also brought his Buzz defense to Illinois. The 2-1-2 trapping zone played a key role in the success at Green Bay, and, after initially struggling, Illinois has been able to have some success in the new defense.
“The full-court Buzz, that was the best it ever looked,” Bollant said of Wednesday’s 80-62 win against Oregon.
This far into the season, Bollant’s biggest concern has been Illinois’ defense. Out of 343 teams in the NCAA, the Illini rank No. 297 in scoring defense. Because of this, Bollant has restructured practices, focusing on defense fi rst and offense second.
Illinois has been playing without two players so far this season. Senior guard Adrienne GodBold was academically ineligible for this semester. God-Bold hopes to be eligible for a Dec. 28 matchup with Georgia.
Sophomore center Kierra Morris was forced to have surgery after she broke her fi fth metatarsal during practice before the season. Morris, who only played three minutes during her freshman year because of injuries, hopes to return for Big Ten play on Jan. 2.
After opening the season 3-1 against mid-major opponents, Illinois faced four staright BCS foes. The Illini went 1-3 against the power conference teams but were able to rebound with a road win over Mem-phis on Sunday. The Illini followed up with an vic-
tory over the Ducks.“A two-game winning streak feels good,” Bol-
lant said. “We’re headed in the right direction.”
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BY STEPHEN BOURBONSTAFF WRITER
Nick Fabbrini’s goals were clear from the moment was hired as the Illinois hockey team’s head coach.
“Obviously it’s our goal to win the CSCHL (Cen-tral States Collegiate Hockey League) regular sea-son, the CSCHL playoffs and the national champi-onship,” Fabbrini said before the season in August. “We’ve got as good of a shot as anyone.”
In his fi rst year as coach replacing Chad Cassel, Fabbrini’s squad has seen mixed results, though the team is in a much better position to achieve its goals than last season.
Illinois hockey was a disappointment in Cassel’s farewell tour of 2011-12, as it missed the ACHA tournament altogether.
While inconsistency has kept the Illini (14-7-2) from becoming a truly elite team this season, they have shown the ability to compete with any-one on the ice.
Fabbrini’s debut in the regular season on the bench was a bit rough, as the Illini lost to Michi-gan State in penalty shots, a team that Illinois had beaten in nine of its previous 10 games.
Illinois got hot after the initial speed bump, peeling off six consecutive wins, including a 3-0-0 showing at the ACHA Showcase. In an atmo-sphere that will be similar to the national tour-nament in March, the Illini played some of their best hockey of the year and swept three games in three days, including a 5-1 thrashing of now-ranked No. 7 Davenport.
“Davenport is one of the best teams we’ll face all year,” Fabbrini said after the win. “Winning 5-1 over a team of that caliber shows that we have what it takes to be one of the top teams in the nation.”
From that point, though, the team struggled to fi nd any consistency, particularly on Satur-day games. Illinois dropped six of its next seven matches on Saturdays following its performance in the Showcase.
The highlight of the season thus far was the 5-0 beating that the Illini handed to then-ranked No. 2 Ohio on Nov. 2. Illinois had come into the week extremely confi dent and came out and backed it up on the ice by handing the Bobcats their fi rst loss in regulation.
“This is right up there in my top-three wins of my career,” goaltender Nick Clarke said after pitching the shutout. “This one was huge, especial-ly at home. That was the biggest crowd we’ve had all year. The fans were into it, it was awesome.”
Coming into the semester break after a sweep of No. 24 Indiana, No. 8 Illinois is looking to take its game to the next level after the layoff. With series still to come against No. 2 Robert Morris and a rematch with No. 9 Lindenwood — which saw the two teams devolve into an all-out brawl in their last meeting — the Illini will have plenty of chances to move up in the rankings before the ACHA tournament.
Fabbrini won a national championship in his fi rst year as a player at Illinois. He would like to do the same in his fi rst year of coaching.
Stephen can be reached at [email protected] and @steve_bourbon.
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Illinois head coach Matt Bollant looks towards his team during the Fighting Illini’s loss to Colorado at Assembly Hall on Dec. 1.
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Illinois’ Karisma Penn (00) looks at the ball after its knocked loose during the Fighting Illini’s win over Oregon at Assembly Hall on Wednesday.
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Beckman, coaches and players look for 2013 team identity
When a coach is bought out with two years left on his contract, change for the better is the logi-
cal interpretation of such a move.But when former head coach Ron
Zook was fired, the reported where-abouts of athletic director Mike Thomas and lack of interest in the program left few candidates on the table.
Was it really that surprising for a pro-gram that has a losing identity?
The reported candidate — Tex-as A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin — appeared interested, but essentially leveraged the Illini to pressure his cur-rent employer to up the ante, which the Aggies did.
Sumlin would’ve been a great fit for no reason other than he would’ve brought his aerial attack offense to Champaign, or what I like to call an identity.
Though with a more-talented SEC-caliber roster, Sumlin has the Aggies averaging 44.8 points a game (third in the nation), and his team will play Okla-homa in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 4.
Thomas eventually hired Tim Beck-man, who started changing the way things were done from the first day.
But the change that he failed to make was on the field.
The 2012 season was an absolute
mess, and instead of improving on things like a six-game losing streak and forgetting the score, Beckman and his team lost nine straight and had some epic sideline incidents of their own — i.e. tobacco gate at Wisconsin and Beck-man getting knocked down at North-western. Cue the Chumbawamba.
I mean come on, one of the worst seasons in Illinois history ended with a safety — an ending almost too story-book of how bad the season was.
Departing talent and an improved nonconference slate won’t make the second season of the “New Era” much easier, but developing an identity on the field and a system that players can be plugged into is one way to start turning things around.
There are identities among the nation’s best, as well as average teams: Oregon loves speed, while Navy lives and dies with the triple option.
Alabama head coach Nick Saban is so good at reloading his smash-mouth, stout defensive mentality that he’s had two Heisman winners and the same number of national championships in the last three years.
Even though the team is no better than Illinois, Indiana even has the repu-tation of a high-powered offense. Indi-ana football has an identity. The Hoo-isers don’t win, but with that identity, their games are watchable.
Point is, more than likely, changes will be made within the Illinois foot-ball staff and one of the changes that needs to be made is to develop an iden-tity around the program so that when
they take the field on Saturdays, fans know what they’re going to see.
Before head coach Mike Leach was fired, Texas Tech fans knew they were going to see an offensive explo-sion each time their team took the field.
Under Zook, future NFL run-ning backs Rashard Mendenhall and Mikel Leshoure had the Illini first in the Big Ten in rushing twice and in the top five the other three years.
Beckman adopted a defensive unit that was ranked seventh in the
nation in 2011, and he has a defen-sive background.
It seemed like it would be a good transition, but the 2012 season said differently.
Signing day now is the focus point for the Illinois coaching staff, and there’s one particular commit that can help Beckman change the identity starting next season.
Assuming four-star quarterback Aar-on Bailey signs on the dotted line in the spring, a new blueprint could be drawn up or he might even be the blueprint.
Who knows?If 2012 proved anything, it was that
the transition from one head coach to another can be seamless like it was in College Station, Texas, or rocky like it was in Champaign. Each one is different.
Forgetting 2012 will be hard, but establishing an identity is the quick-est way for Beckman to overcome a bad start and win back the fan base.
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Men’s, women’s cross-country sporadic outdoor seasons end on high note
BY DAN ESCALONASTAFF WRITER
The 2012 season was one of change and newfound success for the Illinois men’s cross-country team. The Illini began the season with a new head coach in Jake Stew-art, bringing expectations of success in the Big Ten, especially with two senior runners, Hunter Mickow and Jordan Hebert, to lead a very inexperienced squad. The team was primarily filled by freshmen and redshirt freshmen in what Stewart called the nation’s toughest long-distance running conference.
The first major test for Illinois came in the Notre Dame Invitational in South Bend, Ind., on Sept. 28. That meet was a point in the season in which the Illini’s top-two run-ners emerged as the team’s success stories. Mickow finished 24th in the meet, while Jannis Toepfer — a graduate student from Germany — finished behind his teammate in 27th. Their performances contributed to a 14th-place overall finish for the Illi-ni. Though two runners boosted the team’s placement, Stewart said he hopes his squad improves on the sizeable time gap between his top-five runners.
The Illini’s toughest challenge came in the following meet at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational two weeks later in Madison, Wis. The Illini contended with 20 nation-
ally ranked teams and nine Big Ten rivals. Once again, Mickow and Toepfer led the team, finishing first and second for the Illi-ni, respectively. Both athletes set personal records in the 8K race. Redshirt freshman Ian Barnett also had a successful showing, placing third and setting a personal best. Illinois came away with a 24th-place finish as a team. Stewart said the meet provided a great deal of experience going into the conference championships.
Illinois’ preparation was put to the test in the Big Ten Championships in East Lan-sing, Mich. In a meet that they historical-ly underperform in, the Illini fought their way to a fourth-place finish and a berth in the NCAA Midwest Regional. For the third straight meet, Mickow and Toepfer — who both garnered All-Big Ten honors — led the Illini. Toepfer ran the 10th-fastest time in school history, finishing a second ahead of Mickow. The team’s success at the Big Ten Championships put Illinois on the cusp of its first appearance in the NCAA Champi-onships in 26 years.
With a berth in the national meet on the line at the Midwest Regionals in Spring-field, Mo., the duo once again gave the Illini strong performances. Mickow led the team, placing sixth overall — the highest finish for an Illinois runner since Trent Hoerr in
2007. Toepfer finished 13th overall. Both earned all-region selections, which qualified them for their first national meet in their collegiate careers. For the second season in a row, the Illini sent two runners to the national championship.
While Illinois did succeed on the individ-ual front, it finished fourth in the regionals. But much to their disappointment, the Illini barely missed out on a chance to clinch a spot in the national championships due to the results of other regional meets.
Heading into the NCAA Championships, Mickow and Toepfer were confident that they would be able to achieve All-American status at the meet. By the end of the meet in Louisville, Ky., Mickow missed the cut to reach All-American status. In his final meet of his collegiate career, Mickow fin-ished 46th, six spots away from becoming an All-American. Toepfer placed 64th.
“We made plenty of great strides dur-ing the season,” Stewart said. “The perfor-mance throughout the season from both Jannis and Hunter were big steps forward for the program. Going forward, I’m excited to see how our group of redshirt freshmen develop during the track season and dur-ing the summer.”
Dan can be reached at [email protected].
BY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER
The Illinois women’s cross-country team’s season can best be described as sporadic.
There were ups, including a first-place team finish at the Illinois Intercollegiate meet, and downs, such as a 17th-place fin-ish at Pre-Nationals.
“I would say that we took a big step forward in our confidence and culture,” senior Courtney Yaeger said. “The next step is to make it show on the track.”
Illinois started the season by placing fifth out of eight teams on its home course in the first race of the season, the Illini Challenge.
The Illini followed that up with a better
performance in Normal, Ill., as they fin-ished first out of six at the Illinois Inter-collegiate Championships. Yaeger finished first for the Illinois and second overall, leading to Big Ten women’s cross-country co-Athlete of the Week honors.
Illinois then had arguably its best per-formance of the season at the Notre Dame Invitational. The Illini placed fifth, behind four teams who were then ranked in the top 20 nationally. Illinois head coach Jer-emy Rasmussen said the team’s success was based largely because the group ran well together, with Yaeger leading the way and its second- and third-place runners finishing within a second of one anoth-er, as well as the fourth- and fifth-place finishers.
Illinois then split the squad to compete at both the Bradley Invitational and the Pre-National meet.
At both meets, the Illini showed youth, Rasmussem said, but it was a learning experience. Illinois finished 17th out of 38 teams at Pre-Nationals and placed only one runner in the top 100 at Bradley.
From there, Illinois moved onto the Illi-ni Open, the second and final home meet this season. The Illini ran a strong race on their home course with sophomore Colette Falsey taking first overall, and three of the other four Illinois runners placed in the top 10. The team took second out of four teams to Bradley, one of the top Mid-western teams this year.
At the Big Ten Championships, Illinois
improved three spots from its last-place finish last year. But the mood was som-ber after the race though, as the Illini had been hoping for a top-five placing.
The season ended for most Illini with the Hoosier Open — the only non-team-scored meet this season — in which the team placed all of its runners in the top 25.
Illinois’ final competition was the NCAA Midwest Regional, a meet in which the Illini came away with bittersweet vic-tories. The team, with its ninth-place fin-ish, did not place high enough to advance to the national meet but did have two stel-lar individual performances.
Yaeger, after a fall that more than like-ly cost her a top-10 finish, ran one of her best races of the season, placing 25th over-
all. Redshirt freshman Alyssa Schneider finished 12th, pacing the Illini through-out the race. Both runners finished with all-region honors for their performances.
Rasmussen described the season as progressive.
“Obviously we fell short of some of the goals we set at the beginning of the year,” Rasmussen said. “But we definitely made progress forward. Our group has become a lot more confident, and it’s still a young group, so I think with the things they learned this year, they can step up and make this team the successful team that they want it to be.”
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Alexis Viliunas, a freshman who had been redshirting, into the starting line-up for senior Annie Luhrsen at the set-ter position. Hambly’s intent seemed to be to start Viliunas at setter for the remainder of the season, and he called the decision to bench Luhrsen “proba-bly the hardest one I’ve faced as a head coach.”
Viliunas’ play produced immediate, but not lasting, results. After two wins, Illinois lost seven of eight, as Luhrsen found her way back into the rotation.
Illinois finished the season winning its final three games after the team’s 16th loss secured a sub-.500 record that put NCAA tournament hopes to rest.
The Illini lost eight matches in five sets — the team’s most since 2007. They
will lose Luhrsen, middle blocker Erin Johnson and defensive specialist Jackie Wolfe to graduation, but return all other regular rotation players, including All-Big Ten hitter Liz McMahon and All-Big Ten Freshman and team kills leader Birks in her second season.
If the pair can lead Illinois back to the postseason next season, the duo can look at the 2012 campaign as a learn-ing experience that prepared them for success.
“If I had to give it a word, I’d say we were ‘close.’ We were close often,” Ham-bly said. “We gave ourselves opportuni-ties 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 figure out a way to win those.”
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ended with a safety on the last offensive play). As a team, the Illini rushing attack barely eclipsed the 1,500-yard mark. The defense wasn’t much better, surrendering more than 32 points per game.
“You want your kids, just like you want your sons, to experience winning, and we didn’t experience winning this year,” Beckman said. “It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever been through.”
“We’ve just been kind of in a bind that we’re not able to crawl out of,” Scheel-haase added. “It’s been tough. (I’ve) got one more year left, don’t want to have that feeling again.”
It was not the start any new head coach hopes for. While the Illini suffered their ninth losing season since 2000, North-ern Illinois finds itself preparing for the
Orange Bowl and Northwestern — or “the team upstate,” as Beckman calls it — won nine games and will be playing Jan. 1.
The outlook for 2013 is bleak. But fans shouldn’t forget that Ron Zook began with back-to-back two-win seasons before lead-ing Illinois to a Rose Bowl appearance.
“Huge evaluation time right now,” Beck-man said. “You utilize December, and to be honest with you, I haven’t utilized Decem-ber much. I’m usually practicing for a bowl game. So we have to now utilize this month of December under NCAA rules and the number of hours you’re allowed to use. Every one of our coaches will be evaluated. Every one of our coordinators will evalu-ate our offensive coaches and vice versa.”
The Illini will return all the key offen-sive weapons from 2012. The defense is another story. Gone will be defensive line-men Michael Buchanan and Glenn Foster, along with the entire starting secondary: Terry Hawthorne, Justin Green, Supo San-
ni and Ashante Williams. Juniors Jonathan Brown and Akeem Spence have decisions to make. There will likely be some inter-est from the NFL. Spence said in October that he wasn’t worried about how such a catastrophic season might reflect in his draft stock. He said his primary concerns were graduating and playing football. He said losing would not influence his deci-sion either way.
While other teams prepare for bowl games, Illinois looks ahead to 2013. With Cincinnati and Washington on tap, the nonconference schedule is no cakewalk. It’s difficult to know what type of perfor-mance the Illini will follow 2012 with. But one thing is for certain: With four years remaining on his contract, the Beckman era is here to stay. It just may not be beck-oning as strongly as some had hoped.
Sean can be reached at [email protected] and @sean_hammond.
the two prospects.From the moment Groce
stepped on campus, he’s done things his way. A new NCAA rule allowed him to work with his new players over the summer, giving the first-year coach a head start on conditioning his team to play within his system, a fast-paced, ball-screen offense mixed with a ball-hawking defense that likes to create turnovers and run. His sys-tem offered freedom, and the Illini
already had an experienced group of returning personnel to handle the transition.
Perhaps no player has benefited more from the new system than Brandon Paul, who has emerged as a player of the year candidate and potential NBA Draft pick behind a team-leading 19 points per game, 4.7 rebounds per game and 3.5 assists per game. He’s already earned the MVP at the Maui Invitational, won Big Ten Player of the Week and national player of the week for his 35-point dom-ination of then-No. 10 Gonzaga. After struggling with consistency
through his first three seasons at Illinois, Paul has matured into one of the finest complete players in a loaded Big Ten.
The road will surely get bumpi-er once the Illini reach conference play. Illinois has already had its fair share of struggles handling lesser-conference teams, needing last-second shots to defeat Gard-ner-Webb and Hawaii and almost coming unraveled against Norfolk State and Western Carolina. But the Illini also turned out terrific performances against big names like Gonzaga, USC and Butler, appearing like the team its cur-
rent ranking dictates. The stark contrast is an occupational hazard to the team’s skillset — Illinois will live and die by the 3-point shot. So far, the Illini are shooting 40 per-cent from three this season and have only shot under 37 percent from downtown in four games — Norfolk State, Western Carolina, Hawaii and Gardner Webb. Illinois has six legitimate threats from downtown in Paul, D.J. Richard-son, Tyler Griffey, Myke Henry, Joe Bertrand and Tracy Abrams. All have caught fire at times this season and disappeared during others.
Despite the early struggles, the Illini have had the veteran expe-rience to pull out games down the stretch.
Groce has probably grown accustomed to the phrase “a win is a win” more than he’d like, but he’s always acknowledged the Illi-ni are a jump-shooting team, and as such they will go through their ebbs and flows. Searching for con-sistency and starting games with energy will be the focus going for-ward, as Illinois looks to continue what it couldn’t last season.
But if there’s any specific way Groce has differentiated himself
from Weber, it’s his energy. Don’t expect that to let up. Groce isn’t afraid to show emotion on the side-lines, and he often appears more winded than the players in post-game news conferences. He’s punched the scorer’s table on sev-eral occasions and even ripped a hole in his suit crouching into a defensive stance to motivate his players.
So far, he’s everything the Illini were looking for in a coach, even if they didn’t see it right away.
Ethan can be reached at asofsky1 @dailyillini.com and @AsOfTheSky,
Mickow, Hebert lead Illinois men’s cross-country this season
Women’s cross-country shows improvement, promise during season; senior Courtney Yaeger shines
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Illinois head coach Tim Beckman wipes his head at Memorial Stadium on Homecoming during a tough season for the Illini.
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