BY ANITA KUMAR, WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND LESLEY CLARKMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government started shutting down early Tuesday after a deeply divided Congress deadlocked over the budget and health care and let the federal fi scal year run out without any agreement over how to keep the money fl owing. It was the fi rst such collapse of the gov-ernment in nearly two decades.

The partial closure will delay Social Security payments, pass-port and visa applications, shutter national parks and museums and furlough hundreds of thousands of federal employees. Essential services will still be provided; the military remains on duty.

President Barack Obama declared the government had offi -cially run out of money when the fi scal year expired at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.

“Congress has not fulfi lled its responsibility,” Obama said in a video message sent to the U.S.

military around the globe. “It has failed to pass a budget and, as a result, much of our government must now shut down until Con-gress funds it again.”

The White House Offi ce of Man-agement and Budget sent an alert to all executive branch govern-ment offi ces, telling them to start implementing shutdown plans: “Agencies should now execute plans for an orderly shutdown due to the absence of appropriations.”

The shutdown came after the Senate and the House of Rep-resentatives engaged in a high-stakes political showdown well into the night — sending bills back and forth across the Capitol — but never coming close to a deal. It was driven by House efforts to try to force a weakening of the new Affordable Care Act, all of which the Democrats rejected.

The Republican-controlled House voted 228-201 late Monday to fund the government for two months while delaying the new federal health care law’s man-

date that Americans be required to have insurance and canceling health care subsidies for mem-bers of Congress. The Democrat-ic-led Senate voted 54-46 to reject the proposal, just as it did ear-lier in the day to a similar mea-sure that would have postponed the entire health care law, the president’s signature domestic achievement.

As the clock ticked toward deadline, the House readied a new tactic, looking to set up direct negotiations with the Senate by appointing a team of budget nego-tiators called “conferees” to work with Senate counterparts to hash out a compromise in the coming days. But the Senate fl atly reject-ed that proposal without a tempo-rary budget extension.

“We like to resolve issues,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “But we will not go to conference with a gun to our head.”

About 800,000 of the more than 2 million federal employees will

stay home after the plans are implemented sometime Tuesday. But more than a million active-duty military will remain on the job and be paid, according to leg-islation passed by both chambers and signed into law late Monday.

Joseph A. Beaudoin, president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, said he was deeply disappointed in Congress’ decision “to allow poli-tics to trump the best interests of the American people.”

“Today, in communities across our country, vital federal ser-vices are being interrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been told to stay home without pay because Con-gress has failed to carry out the most basic of its constitutionally mandated duties,” he said.

After the government reopens, lawmakers must decide wheth-er employees _ both those who worked and those who didn’t _

Resources Offered: For AllIllinois Tobacco Quitline: The six-week program combines telephone counseling with nicotine replacement therapy and is funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Students and faculty can enroll online using a code.Quit Kit Pickup: This is an ongoing program offered by the UI Wellness center. Students and faculty can pick up a kit which provides items to help people quit smoking. Stopsmoketxt: The text messaging-based program is designed to provide 24/7 encouragement, advice and tips to help quit smoking. After fi lling out a survey, participants will receive texts personalized to one’s smoking behavior.

For FacultyFreedom from Smoking: The eight-session program combines group cessation classes with nicotine replacement therapy. The program meets at the UI Wellness Center and starts on Oct. 8. The class costs $20, but after completing six sessions, attendees can receive a $10 refund.

For StudentsFreedom From Smoking: Starting on the week of Oct. 14, the smoking cessation class certifi ed by the American Lung Association will take place at McKinley. The class costs $25 and students will receive a rebate after successfully completing the class.

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BY MIRANDA HOLLOWAYCONTRIBUTING WRITER

When it comes to needing proper food and nutrition, Sister Maryann Schaefer said college students are sometimes a forgot-ten segment of the population.

Schaefer, of St. John’s Catholic Newman Center, said students living in residence halls and on meal plans usually have the food they need, but as students get older and live more indepen-dently in apartments off cam-pus, they can sometimes run into trouble paying for food.

The Center’s new program “Newman Shares!” food pan-try was developed to meet this demand. The pantry, which opened on Sept. 11 in the Cen-ter, 604 E. Armory Ave., serves registered students of all ages and religious denominations.

Open every second and fourth Wednesday of each month, the pantry offers food and other necessities to both University students and Parkland Commu-nity College students. A separate pantry is scheduled to open at Parkland later this fall, but the “Newman Shares!” pantry will continue to serve both schools.

The idea for the pantry was introduced last September, Schaefer said. After speaking with local food pantries and a similar pantry at Michigan State University, the group’s project was offi cially planned in April with the intention of open-ing at the beginning of the fall semester.

The pantry can be accessed through the center’s Armory Avenue entrance. Students who enter are only asked for their student IDs.

When at the pantry, Schae-fer said volunteers try to keep the process as confi dential as possible.

“That’s the type of atmo-sphere we are trying to cre-ate so that they are not embar-rassed,” Schaefer said. “(Make sure) there is nobody here to judge them or anything else. We’re just here to help you get through it.”

Julie Melton, the director of marketing and development at the Eastern Illinois Foodbank, said 45 percent of people ages 18 to 26 were living at or below the poverty level in 2012.

This includes college students who are living independently, working part time and paying for school. Schaefer said these students sometimes struggle to make ends meet, specifi cally when it comes to food.

“I think it’s just realizing that there is someone there that can help them,” Schaefer said. “And we don’t care what race, color, creed they are. You’re a stu-dent, you’re paying for tuition and you’ve got to have proper nutrition to study.”

When students enter the pan-try, they receive shopping lists of the food and supplies offered to them. Additionally, those who come in are encouraged to choose healthier options like the pantry’s frozen meat and vegetables.

“That conversation goes on just to try to encourage them to try to stock their shelves up with nutritional stuff instead of just crackers, popcorn, chips and things like that even though they’re available,” Schaefer said.

Melton said having nutritious options are important, and the food bank is concerned with both the quantity and quality of the food students are receiving.

“There is defi nitely a paral-lel between good nutrition and

Newman food pantry opens to help UI, Parkland students

BY MEGAN JONESCONTRIBUTING WRITER

As the upcoming smoking ban rests on smokers’ minds, the Uni-versity prepares to release its resource plans to help those who want to quit smoking. The ban will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014.

According to the Illinois Tobacco Survey conducted in late April 2012, 27 percent of stu-dents and 31 percent of faculty want to quit smoking. McKin-ley Health Center will offer pro-grams geared toward students, while the UI Wellness Center will focus on helping faculty.

“We are very aware that there are people who don’t want to quit smoking, but they want to com-ply with the rules,” said Michele Guerra, director of UI Wellness Center. “We want to help them be able to get through their day without feeling anxiety because they cannot nourish their crav-ing. We are trying to offer a menu of services to cater to

UI prepares for nearing campus-wide smoking ban

Congress deadlock shuts down government

PHOTO COURTESY OF DEIDRE WEATHERSBYThe University of Illinois Counseling Center had a suicide prevention awareness booth on the south side of the Main Quad on Monday. Each white fl ag represented one of more than 1,350 college students that commit suicide each year.

Flags pay tribute to suicide victims on last day of Suicide Prevention Month

MELISSA MCCABE THE DAILY ILLINIThe St. John’s Newman Catholic Center opened its “Newman Shares!” food pantry on Sept. 11, which serves University and Parkland Community College students.

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Students and employees consider personal effects of UI smoking banAs the University prepares to enforce a smoke-free campus, students and employees are

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WEATHERPOLICE

Champaign Criminal damage to prop-

erty was reported at Tau Kap-pa Epsilon fraternity, 1008 S. Fourth St., at around 4 p.m. Sunday.

According to the report, a rock was thrown through a window.

Burglary from a motor vehi-cle was reported in the 800 block of West Healey Street at around 8:30 a.m. Sunday.

According to the report, cur-rency was stolen from the vic-tim’s vehicle.

University Theft was reported at Kran-

nert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., at around 10 a.m. Sept. 30.

According to the report, some-one stole around $4,200 worth

of sound equipment. The equip-ment had been rented from a company in Elmhurst, Ill., for a music festival that took place the weekend of Sept. 8-10.

An 18-year-old male was arrested on charges of theft and obstructing or resisting a police offi cer in the 600 block of Wright Street and Universi-ty Avenue at around 10:15 p.m. Friday. Police were in the area investigating a bike theft. The male matched the description of the thief and dropped the bike he was riding and ran when police arrived.

Two males, ages 21 and 25, were arrested for posses-sion of a controlled substance on the 1200 block of West Ore-gon Street at around 12:00 a.m. Thursday.

According to the report, an offi cer approached the two men

while they were using a sub-stance suspected to be cocaine.

Urbana Retail theft was reported at

Circle K, 809 W. Green St., at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

According to the report, offenders concealed a bottle of alcohol and left without paying. Remnants of the bottle were located in the offender’s vehicle.

Domestic dispute was report-ed in the 600 block of Colora-do Avenue at around 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

According to the report, the subjects live together and were involved in a verbal argument in which multiple threats were made.

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Today’s Birthday Building a pro! table career, thriving partnerships and improvement at home all take priority this year. Satisfy the urge to explore and learn. Get involved with a passionate cause. Weed out time sucks and prioritize projects for balance. Cultivate friendships and magic moments with loved ones. Simple joys delight.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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should get paid following three years of frozen pay and increased workloads.

Some critical services would remain, but others would not.

Mail delivery would continue but loan programs to small busi-nesses, farmers and homeown-ers would cease. Inspectors still would regulate food and drugs but research programs would be halted. Taxes would be collected but judges would have to go home when the courts run out of funds. Prisoners still would be held in federal custody but money for recovery efforts following Super-storm Sandy would be reduced.

The health care law that is the focus of the dispute between Republicans and Democrats would continue to be implement-ed, because much of its funding comes from other sources, includ-ing new taxes and fees and cuts to other programs.

“Let me be clear about this. ... The Affordable Care Act is mov-ing forward,” Obama said. “That funding is already in place. You can’t shut it down.”

Earlier Monday, Obama placed separate calls to House Speak-er John Boehner, R-Ohio; House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCon-nell, R-Ky. He told them anew that he would not negotiate on health care as part of the budget bill.

Boehner told the president in a 10-minute call that the health care law is “costing jobs and that Amer-ican families are being denied basic fairness when big businesses

are getting exemptions that they are not,” said Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck.

But Reid criticized House mem-bers for their fi xation on the health care law.

“Albert Einstein defi ned insan-ity as, ‘doing the same thing over and over again and expecting dif-ferent results,’ “ Reid said on the Senate fl oor. “Tonight, we have more proof that House Republi-cans have lost their minds. Instead of allowing all 435 members of the House of Representatives to vote on the Senate’s bill to keep the gov-ernment open for business, Speak-er Boehner is once again pushing a government shutdown.”

As the day wore on, there were some signs that Republicans in both chambers were starting to differ over how to proceed. Some House members initially thought of killing the latest proposal because it didn’t go far enough, while some senators fl oated a pro-posal that would extend for one week the government’s current spending levels, which would prevent workers from being fur-loughed and keep government agencies and services open as law-makers continued to haggle over larger issues.

Congress has failed to meet the deadline for approving spending bills 17 times since the 1970s, resulting in partial shutdowns lasting from one day to three weeks. The last time was for a 21-day stretch in December 1995 and January 1996 when some — but not all — spending bills had been signed into law.

David Lightman and Maria Recio of the Washington Bureau contributed to this report.

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From joining the ranks of the United States Air Force to selling spinal implants to working along-side Siri, Angela Sims has led a successful career. She is now a senior business development associate at Wolfram Alpha. She spoke at the Research Park’s annual CU Women in Tech lun-cheon Monday.

Laura Bleill, assistant director of external relations at Research Park, said she invited Sims to show the importance of the peo-ple who work behind the scenes to promote and develop business for technology companies.

“We thought that it’s impor-tant to represent all aspects of women who represent technol-ogy fi elds,” Bleill said.

A “military brat” born to her army father in Landstuhl, Ger-many, Sims spent most of her early life moving around the world. She attended a total of 14 different schools before gradu-ating from high school.

After her parents divorced

when she was 13, Sims settled in Ohio. There, she said, she grad-uated from Ohio University in Athens — adding an energetic little “Go Bobcats” cheer — with her bachelor’s degree in politi-cal science.

At the same time, Sims gradu-ated from ROTC to avoid spend-ing another four to eight years to become a professional student. She was commissioned as sec-ond lieutenant when she grad-uated and spent the next four years as a communications offi -cer at the Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma.

Sims, as one of four female offi cers in a group of 40 offi cers, was deployed once to Guyana, South America, for three months on a humanitarian mission. Her task there was to enable voice and satellite communications back to the U.S.

She left the military after four years — she said her path was too prescribed.

“As long as you’re breath-ing and not arrested, you’ll be promoted after a set amount of

years but never any sooner,” she said.

Sims wanted more control over her personal development and career path.

After leaving the air force, Sims spent nine months in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., selling spinal implants for Johnson & John-son. When she met her husband, Chris, in central Illinois, she took a job at McGraw-Hill selling col-lege textbooks for four years. She’s been married to Chris for almost 13 years now, and they have fi ve kids together.

With a growing family, Sims said “being on the road wasn’t really fun,” so in June 2004, she decided to settle down and join ranks with Wolfram Research, based in Champaign.

Sims currently works as a senior business development associate for Wolfram Alpha, an online computational knowl-edge engine. Wolfram Alpha is the knowledge behind Apple’s Siri and Samsung Galaxy Note’s handwriting and voice applications.

Sims’ job is to work with indi-vidual developers and outside companies to fi nd a way to bring in Wolfram Alpha’s knowledge and integrate it with their appli-cations or existing services.

“I love what I do because Wol-fram Alpha and Mathematica and Wolfram Research are so diverse,” she said. “It’s not like I just talk to one kind of people. I kind of have to morph with every person I speak with.”

Maryka Baraka, publishing programs manager at Wolfram, described her co-worker Sims as a great voice of experience when helping to train new mem-bers, thanks to her seniority at the company.

“What I know of her back-ground and other personal expe-riences and commitments, I’m continuously amazed by how she does it all.”

Whether they are developers, chemists, statisticians or sci-entists, Sims must absorb what they say, fi gure out what they are interested in and build upon that.

“You become a mini expert in a

lot of different areas,” Sims said.Sims contributes her ability

to morph with customers to her frequent traveling with her mili-tary father.

“The pick-up-and-go routine served me very well in being able to morph into what I need to be for whoever I’m speaking with at my current job,” Sims said. “I’m not afraid of meeting new people or doing new things. Change doesn’t really bother me too much.”

Baraka said she also traveled an atypical career path similar to Sims’.

“It’s always great in these kinds of settings and environ-ments for people to see that there’s no right or wrong way to advance in your career or to reach whatever goal you have in mind,” she said.

The best part about working at Wolfram, what makes it excit-ing, Sims said, is seeing custom-ers take something, innovate it and do something completely unexpected.

“Anybody can copy something

that’s been done,” she said. “But for somebody to take it and see a way you never imagined it, that’s a step where you’re like, ‘How did you do this?’ That’s the step that’s a blast.”

Sims, who describes herself as being not technical at all, some-times wonders how a political science major became involved in a technical position in Wol-fram Research. She credits her strength in the ability to think on her feet, fi gure out what the prob-lem is, address it, learn it and become a “mini expert” while working with customers to get the best results.

She said her time in the Air Force contributed more to her personal development, her pre-sentation skills and confi dence. But since then, a lot of her advancement has been based on sales and her ability to push her-self to excellence, still following that Air Force tenet: “Excellence in all we do.”

Jacqui can be reached at ogrodni2@dailyillini.com.

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being able to learn and focus and concentrate on their studies,” Melton said. “So when they are feeding themselves unhealthy foods that may be cheaper, you may not be getting the nutrition you need to let your brain fully function.”

The Newman pantry purchases much of the perishable goods it dis-tributes from the Eastern Illinois

Foodbank but also accepts food from donations from food drives.

To get involved in helping the food pantry, students can organize food drives and collect money. The pantry also has a volunteer base of about 62 students.

“Not only is there a need (for vol-unteers), but you can also see the positive impact that (your) time and effort is making in the lives of others,” said Joel Sarmiento, stu-dent volunteer and sophomore in Engineering.

Schaefer said the pantry has all

the necessary equipment such as refrigerators and freezers, but it now faces other challenges like making students more aware of the pantry.

“I think one of the hurdles in getting the word out to students who need it is just fi nding the right communication channels,” Sarmiento said.

He said the group is hoping to help more people learn about the services the pantry offers is through word of mouth.

“(We’re) letting people know

that it’s okay to ask for help. And I think that is one of the strug-gles and hurdles, but a great way for that to be done is to have their peers and anyone that does come in recommend to anyone else they know that, ‘they just ask if you’re a student, if you have an ID, and that’s it, they’re not going to pry, they’re not going to ask you to pray ... they’re here to help,’” Sarmien-to said.

Miranda can be reached at mwhollo2@dailyillini.com.

everyone.”Both offi ces are waiting on

fi nal approval from the chancel-lor’s offi ce on offi cial cessation programs, Guerra said. Howev-er, both centers have begun to roll out programs to aid smokers before the ban is in place.

“It’s very personal, and dif-ferent people quit in different ways, so we want to steer people in the right way,” Guerra said. “For example, with behavior, some may smoke to help them relieve stress. So, we look into stress management.”

Gabriella Booker, freshman in LAS, never considered quitting smoking until she heard news of the ban.

“I’m excited for the ban because I need to quit. I feel that it would benefi t me and others in the long run,” Booker said. “It’ll be much easier than to have to constantly go off campus just to fi nd a place to smoke.”

But Booker said she does not plan to use the resources at

McKinley.“When I quit, I would just cut

off on my own,” Booker said. “I wouldn’t want resources, but it’s interesting to know that they are offering them.”

Several group cessation ses-sions are available, and McKin-ley offers one-on-one counseling with trained facilitator Beth Fra-sca. One of the most publicized options is the Illinois Tobacco Quitline, a telephone counseling program with nicotine replace-ment therapy. Sessions can be scheduled to a person’s conve-nience. The quitline is offered in over 200 languages, which Guer-ra said is great for the Universi-ty’s diverse demographic.

Almost 69 percent of students voted to eliminate smoking on campus in a November 2011 ref-erendum. For those who voted against the ban, about 30 percent of student smokers (9 percent of total number of students who voted) and about 33 percent of employee smokers (almost 7 per-cent of total number of employ-ees who voted), said they are less likely to stay at the University once the ban is set in place.

Keith Berman, junior in LAS, does not plan to quit smoking once the ban is passed and fi nds the ban to be a “slight abuse of power.”

“I don’t think it’ll make a big change in my smoking habits because I’m not sure how they are going to enforce it. I also live right near the edge of campus, so I could always just walk across the street,” he said. “While I understand smoking regulations in dorms and buildings for safe-ty purposes, I don’t necessarily agree with the ban.”

The University received a $50,000 “We Choose Health” grant, which is a part of a multi-year effort to encourage and support tobacco preven-tion in Illinois communities. The Champaign-Urbana Public Health Department organized the Champaign County coalition that applied for the grant.

Grant money was used toward implementing the policy. This included hiring Sarah Sommer, a graduate assistant at the Well-ness Center, as a smoke-free campus assistant to provide administrative and organization-

al support to create a smoke-free campus over the next year.

According to the recommenda-tion report from the Smoke-Free Ad Hoc Committee , international students will receive fair warn-ing of the smoke-free policy by recruiters in their home coun-tries. After arriving on campus, groups such as the Peer Health Advocates, Student Health Ser-vices as well as University Hous-ing and Dining Services will assist International Student and Scholar Services in bring-ing awareness to programs that may provide free nicotine patch-es, gum and counseling sessions.

As of July 2013, 1,178 cam-puses nationwide have smoke-free campuses, according to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation. These campus-es may have policies that have been enacted but are not yet in effect. Including the Universi-ty, the state of Illinois current-ly has 14 smoke-free campus-es, 8 of which are completely tobacco-free.

Megan can be reached at majones5@dailyillini.com.

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Campus currently looks like a work in progress — a construc-tion zone not to be interfered

with. Altgeld Hall cannot be entered

through the main entrance, the McFarland Memorial Bell Tower is chiming for the first time since the beginning of August, the Armory is even more difficult to navigate than before, cranes surround McKinley Health Center and Alma Mater has still not returned. On top of that, the Green Street stretch of Campus-town is starting to look foreign.

While Campustown construc-tion is not related to the Universi-ty, the former are projects of the University’s Facilities and Services Department.

Now, we all love improvements. I love when my toilet is fixed in my apartment so that it actually flush-es. You love when both elevators in Wardall are functioning and will

actually take you to your room on the 12th floor.

But do we love when there are more than two-dozen construction projects going on at the same time?

Looking at it from the vantage point of a campus tour guide, I do not like walking on the road along Wright Street with my tour group to avoid the construction fences around the English Building. I don’t like talking about the Altgeld Bell Tower when the whole building looks vacant.

Ideally, campus improvements would occur without having to see them in progress.

It would be like an alumnus, who hasn’t been to campus for years, visiting the “Six-Pack” and seeing the Ikenberry Dining Hall, Nugent and Bousfield Hall for the first time. They didn’t have to wake up to beep-ing trucks and tractors on Saturday mornings.

But this is obviously an unrealis-tic request. Work needs to be done, and it cannot all be done during the summer, when fewer students are on campus.

But the amount of construction on campus currently can be seen

as a good thing. It shows signs of an improving economic environment and moves to better conditions with-in the University.

Significant work is being done on campus that amounts to more than $250,000 per project and requires a long process just to get the project approved.

First, a campus department will propose the need for a project. Then, it will estimate the project cost. Project funding will then be sought and secured. And lastly, the project will be reviewed by Facili-ties and Services, the department head or the provost.

In other words, construction proj-ects on campus are not started by throwing caution to the wind.

Last fall, 35 construction projects were completed by Facilities and Services and contractors.

This includes the remodeling of a lecture room in Everitt Laboratory and the repairing of tennis courts in Illini Grove and basketball courts on Gregory Drive.

Construction projects in progress include repairing the exteriors of the Education Building and Daven-port Hall. There are 28 construction

projects currently in progress.It is also a relief that many build-

ings on campus are not being com-pletely torn down — only renovated. Lincoln Hall, for example, is eligible for the National Register of Historic Buildings, meaning that the build-ing’s historical qualities needed to be preserved during its renovation.

The infrastructure will essential-ly remain the same, but the interior will see vast updates and improve-ments. It’s reassuring to know I will not arrive on campus next year and find Foellinger Auditorium obliterated.

But I do ache for the students in their last year on campus. They will leave with the image of metal fences and caution tape as their last memory of the Illinois campus.

While it is great that old, histor-ic buildings on campus are being renovated, I hope that these con-struction projects will be completed sooner rather than later. Also, that Alma Mater actually returns to us before graduation this spring.

Kirsten is a junior in Media. She can be reached at kekellr2@dailyillini.com.

The gender binary that modern society has come to know and accept has forced us into believ-

ing that there are only two sets of distinct traits that each sex must portray.

Because of this, many young boys are indoctrinated with the idea that if you want to “be a man,” masculin-ity is the only route. This is a harm-ful and a poisonous way of thinking because it forces a sort of cogni-tive dissonance in which males are expected to act in a certain manner that their thoughts may not agree with.

This past Wednesday, I attended a lecture sponsored by the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Rela-tions, which featured filmmaker Byron Hurt.

Mr. Hurt is an advocate and activ-ist in a broad spectrum of issues regarding gender equality and focused his lecture on healthy mas-culinity as well as the challenges of constructing a nurturing and com-passionate manhood. The experi-ence left me thinking about what it means to be a good man and my thought process went as such:

First, it’s important to briefly put masculinity into a modern day con-text. We live in a predominantly patriarchal society where males are the primary authoritative figure in all, if not most, aspects of life.

In the political and business realm, 84 percent of the members in the 112th Congress were men, while 95.8 percent of current U.S. Fortune 500 CEOs are also men.

In the home, it is often believed that men are the heads of the house-hold. They are the breadwinners of the family and often hold authority over the women and children.

But the idea of feminism has brought about the idea that women should be treated equally. There is no question that the feminist move-ment has forced us to challenge our societal belief in patriarchy, but the main reason there has been so much backlash is because it threatens male dominance.

From a young age, boys learn from a wide array of male figures, from friends, family, movie stars, about the characteristics that com-prise masculinity: strength, power and dominance. Many young boys are also told that to be a man you can’t cry, you can’t act feminine, you must be competitive, you must be the best and, most importantly, you must have girlfriends.

If you fail to exemplify any of these characteristics mentioned

above, you may be called a girl, gay, weak, a wuss, feminine, a fag, a sis-sy, a baby or all of the above.

If you are considered any of these derogatory terms, you’re not a man. All of these terms are purposely used to demasculinize or strip some-one of the masculinity they have been taught to strive for since they were little.

Even more, these terms bring about harsh implications because they lead to the assumption that being a woman or member of the LGBT community is problematic — your social identity exemplifies traits that hinder dominance and success.

This poses a major problem because demasculinizing some-one by calling them gay or a wom-an implies that there is something wrong with being gay or a woman.

It makes women and members of the LGBT community inferior to men while, in fact, both should be considered completely equal. And by making someone inferior, it cre-ates moral superiority. It brings peo-ple to believe that oppression is OK and acceptable.

At the end of this thought process, I reflected upon the characteristics society has formed of what it means to be a man, and it brought me to the conclusion that there is no such thing. There are traits and charac-teristics of masculinity that are cer-

tainly desirable — being mentally and physically strong, ambitious and many more.

But traits that are desirable can be applied to every person regard-less of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.

Young boys shouldn’t be forced into believing that they need to fulfill any sort of gender roles. While growing up, my parents nurtured me with love and affec-tion. While my father influenced me by example, I never felt pres-sured to conform to the masculin-ity I earlier described.

I was taught that it’s OK to be sensitive, but that you also need to be tough. While it’s important to step up and take charge, it’s equal-ly as important to step back and let others provide their input.

It’s this kind of thinking that allows people to fulfill their potential.

I believe that the sooner society accepts that the gender binary is limiting humankind’s possibilities, the sooner we can liberate it by enforcing the idea that it is impos-sible to define great men and women. But we can define great people.

Matt is a sophomore in LAS. He can be reached at mpasqui2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewPasquini.

A recent letter to the editor expressed concerns regard-ing access to services at the

Counseling Center at the Universi-ty of Illinois.

The Center takes its role in serv-ing our students very seriously and has a strong desire to be as acces-sible as possible. This commitment is especially important given the growing nationwide need for coun-seling services on major univer-sity campuses as more students struggle with the stress of univer-sity life.

At Illinois, our Counseling Cen-

ter provides more than 70 same-day, first-time appointments each week to students (phone lines open at 7:50 a.m.). We use “same-day scheduling” for first-time appoint-ments believing that we reach stu-dents at the point of their greatest need.

Additionally, this results in a near zero percent “no show” rate for first-time appointments com-pared to the standard 17 percent when they are scheduled out in advance.

Center staff also provide ongo-ing individual and group counseling

with more than 14,700 scheduled counseling appointments last year. Our outreach, consultation, educa-tion, trauma response and preven-tion efforts reach more than 22,000 students annually.

Realizing that our same-day scheduling approach for first-time appointments might not work for everyone, students with urgent mental health concerns may call the Center, or come in, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday to talk with a counselor.

Student access to services is an

ongoing priority, and we no doubt have room to improve our system. Student feedback is important to us as we continue to improve the Cen-ter to best serve our students and campus.

For further information about the services provided at the University of Illinois Counseling Center and how to access them, please visit our website at www.counselingcenter.illinois.edu or call 217-333-3704.

CARLA J. MCCOWAN,Director of Counseling Center

Although the learning and vol-unteering experiences stu-dents have while studying abroad may be unique, the act of studying abroad itself is

fairly cliche.An accurate understanding of study-

ing abroad and its significance is dif-ficult to come by because of the numer-ous misconceptions that surround it. It’s not uncommon to hear these phras-es from students who studied abroad: “Studying abroad will help me get a job,” “studying abroad frequently costs less than a semester at the Uni-versity,” or “I studied abroad to be well-rounded.”

As much as we hear this, they are not wholly correct assumptions.

According to the University’s Divi-sion of Management Information, only 23.2 percent of students studied abroad in 2012, the lowest participation rate from 2006-11. Consequently, the Univer-sity saw record numbers of applicants to the University in 2012, but it also saw the lowest number of students who enrolled in the University since 2006, perhaps resulting in the decrease of those who studied abroad.

Regardless, college is undoubtedly the best time for students to seek opportu-nities abroad because the Study Abroad Office navigates students through the entire process. Seeking a program through the student’s respective college or the office itself, deciding between a semester-long program or a study tour with service learning, or deciding which region of the world to visit.

Many students will pursue programs that will transfer credits back to the University.

Scholarships are also available, like the I4I scholarship, which awards stu-dents anywhere from $500 for short-er summer and winter programs to $2,000 for academic-oriented, year-long programs.

But the dissonance between the vast number of resources and the declining participation rate seems puzzling. Per-haps prospective study abroad students now understand that studying abroad doesn’t fit everyone, and we don’t think they should feel pressured into applying.

Engineering programs, for example, often follow relatively strict coursework requirements at the University. Partici-pating in a semester-long study abroad program for these students may inhib-it them from graduating in four years if their coursework abroad doesn’t trans-fer. To graduate in four years, a shorter winter or summer break trip could be an option, but they often have less financial aid available. It’s a trade-off you have to decide yourself.

The point to recognize is that just because study abroad is an option, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good choice. Without considering how long you’ll be gone, your coursework here or abroad, your motivation for going or the financial aid available to you, you could be taking a few steps backward instead of leaping a mile ahead.

The Daily Illini Editorial Board remains divided on the issue: Some of us believe that studying abroad truly enhances students’ vision of the world and consequently themselves, while some of us believe that it’s a decent idea that has just been losing distinctiveness among other experience- and work-relat-ed opportunities.

The point is this: If study abroad works for you, do it. If it doesn’t, don’t force your way into it.

Studying abroad is not essential to obtain a full-time job or get into medi-cal school — it’s just one way to show how well-rounded you are. Financial aid is available, but it may not be as much as you need. And you probably won’t change the world in a semester or even a year, but you could learn something about yourself or others.

We all experience study abroad dif-ferently. It should be an individualized experience, resulting from a carefully researched, individualized choice.

THE DAILY ILLINI

EDITORIALStudy abroad may be a better choice for some students more than others

Campus construction welcome but inconvenient

Counseling Center refutes accessibility denunciation, offers widely accessible services

Traditional gender roles inhibit human potential

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CHICAGO — When Adler Planetarium astronomer Mark Hammergren fi rst heard the buzz about comet ISON last fall, he felt a familiar tinge of excitement.

The brightest comet in the last century. As vivid as a full moon in the night sky over Chi-cago. A once-in-a-lifetime, blaz-ing spectacle.

But as ISON zips closer to Earth’s orbit, the hunk of ice and dust has done something typically cometish: upended expectations.

Compared with original esti-mates, ISON is already dimmer than expected, reviving bitter memories of the “great” comet Kohoutek. Hyped in 1973 as the comet of that century, Kohoutek fi zzled into an unspectacular dud above the southern horizon.

Hammergren, who was a kid at the time, recalled being led outside after sunset to view the comet. But instead of a brilliant tail of gas and debris lashing the night sky, all Hammergren saw were contrails.

“There is a great saying about comets being like cats,” Ham-mergren said. “They both have tails and they do what they want.”

Indeed, the annals of astrono-my are streaked by unexpected comet burnouts and breakups, but also surprising outbursts like the 2007 brightening of comet Holmes. In October of that year, the normally faint comet brief-ly ballooned into the largest object in the solar system when gases erupting from its surface expanded to a diameter greater than that of the sun.

Given the uncertainty, Audrey Fischer, a director of the Chica-

go Astronomical Society, said “every one of us is holding our breath.”

Although the society has already begun to plan viewings, astronomers at the Adler and other observatories are taking a wait-and-see approach, ready to stage events if ISON should sud-denly brighten or public inter-est spikes.

Comet ISON was fi rst spotted in September 2012 by scientists working with the International Scientifi c Optical Network, or ISON for short. At that time, the comet was unexpectedly bright for being so far away, fueling speculation that it would grow to record-breaking radiance by the time it swung around the sun in late November.

For now, ISON can be seen in the Northern Hemisphere through a powerful telescope — a faint smudge in the constellation of Cancer about 183 million miles away from the sun, said astrono-mer and Northwestern Universi-ty lecturer Michael Smutko.

“If you are up in the early morning hours, and you know where to (point your telescope), you can see it from Chicago,” said Smutko, who has not yet been inspired to partake in a pre-dawn viewing.

By November, however, Smut-ko hopes that could change. ISON is expected to make the celestial equivalent of a fl yby when it pass-es 730,000 miles above the sun’s surface on Nov. 28.

Around that time and into December, astronomers antici-pate that ISON will become vis-ible to the naked eye, burning low in the eastern sky.

“It does not look like it is going to reach full-moon brightness,

but maybe Venus brightness — brightest star in the night sky,” Smutko said. “It should still put on a decent show.”

Exactly how bright ISON will become, how wide and long it will grow and whether it will put on a strictly suburban show remain unknowns.

ISON is currently speeding through the cosmos at roughly 67,000 mph and is expected to accelerate to about 844,000 mph as it swings around the sun. But because ISON and other com-ets are so far away from Earth, unlike meteors, they appear rela-tively static in the sky.

Comets are huge chunks of ice, frozen gases, dust and rock, a makeup that gave rise in the 1950s to the so-called dirty snow-ball model.

As comets fall closer to the sun, heat vaporizes the ice, releasing plumes of gas and dust. Sunlight refl ects off that debris, illuminat-ing the comet — a word derived from the Greek word meaning “hair of the head.”

Particularly bright comets are dubbed “great comets” and have typically appeared about once every 10 years.

The last truly great Northern Hemisphere comet, according to many astronomers, was Hale-Bopp, which was fi rst spotted in 1995 and eventually remained visible for a record 18 months.

“It became quite a common-place sight,” Hammergren recalled. “Even to myself, as a graduate student in astronomy at the time, I would be leaving work and look up and say, ‘Ah, there’s the comet again.’”

A comet’s brightness depends on how close it passes to Earth and the sun.

November comet may fall below shining expectations

There are few seasonal fl a-vors that are loved more than pumpkin during the

start of autumn. From Star-bucks’ pumpkin spice latte to the classic pumpkin pie , the sweetened veggie has become a staple of fall-time diets and a magnet for coffee shops and bakery windows.

Want to join the harvest craze? Bringing that warm, pumpkin smell to the kitchen doesn’t require buying from the professionals or lugging a Jack-o’-lantern-to-be from Curtis Orchard. From dessert bars to soups and pasta entrees, there

are seemingly infi nite ways to incorporate pumpkin into a favorite dish, and they all can be done with $2 canned pump-kin from the grocery store.

Here’s a quick and simple pumpkin spice muffi n recipe, easy to make to get your pump-kin fi x fast. Whether it’s in the early morning with a cup of cof-fee or late at night as a sweet treat, these can be enjoyed all day (and season) long to help you fall in love with fall (although I doubt you really needed help with that).

Ingredients:2 cups fl our2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon nutmeg1 teaspoon cinnamon1 teaspoon salt

1 cup sugar1 cup canned pumpkin1/2 cup milk2 eggs1/4 cup butter, softened 1 cup chopped nuts or choco-

late chips (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Beat together eggs and milk. Add in all dry ingredients, pumpkin and butter. Mix well until batter is smooth.

3. Bake in paper-lined muffi n cups, fi lling each cup about 3/4 full, for 20-25 minutes. Remove when tops are slightly browned.

4. Remove, cool and enjoy!

Sarah is a junior in Media. She can be reached at soenke2@dailyillini.com.

DISH OF THE WEEK

Carve out time to bake a fall-friendly, sweet snack

SARAH SOENKE

Assistant features editor

NANCY STONE CHICAGO TRIBUNEMark Hammergren, astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, said the comet ISON that will be closest to the sun on Nov. 28 and might be highly visible before dawn on the days just following that.

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SARAH PINA THE DAILY ILLINI University alumna Kimberly Kolb discusses her recently published book, “Lindsey: Love and Intrigue,” at the Delta Gamma house Monday.

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hen Kimberly Kolb graduated from the University in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in industrial organizational psy-

chology, she had never dreamed of becom-ing an author. She would go on to become head of human resources at XR Trading and mother of three with little to no cre-ative writing experience. But in 2009, she began to write while waiting for her daugh-ter to get out of dance lessons. The compul-sion soon snowballed and led to the June 2013 publication of her debut novel, “Lind-sey: Love and Intrigue,” winner of iUni-verse’s Editor’s Choice Award and Rising Star Award.

On Monday, Kolb, a Delta Gamma alum-na, gave a speech to her sorority chapter on campus in regards to her new book and recent accomplishments. Rachel Rooney, president of Delta Gamma and senior in LAS, said she was very grateful for her willingness to come back to the chapter. She said it’s wonderful to see successful alumni remember their ties to Delta Gam-ma and return to share their stories with their sisters.

During her speech, Kolb shared her cre-ative process in writing about the social struggles, romance and daily life of the novel’s self-doubting main character, Lind-sey. It began as a challenge to create a story about the real experiences of high school in a socially appropriate way for teenagers. Kolb was concerned that many of the books

written for teenagers today are often inap-propriate, and she wanted to create some-thing that was both intriguing and proper for teenagers to read.

“In my search for age-appropriate con-tent, I became increasingly frustrated by many of the novels being recommended,” Kolb said. “Just because a child is intellec-tually capable of understanding the words in a book does not mean they are emotional-ly prepared to truly understand the socially charged topics presented.”

Although she created fictional charac-ters, Kolb believed they came to life during her writing process. As the details of each character were fleshed out, they became more like people she knew rather than fig-ments of her imagination.

“Soon they were voices in my mind. I could tell you what kind of music they like, what movies they would enjoy — they are very real characters to me,” Kolb said.

Laurie Walsh, an integrative health spe-cialist, described Lindsey as an alternative to the typical teen character that is often shown in today’s mainstream books.

“What’s different than many stories in this genre is that the author has clear-ly defined Lindsey as a young girl with a strong moral compass and desire to rise above the typical insecurities that can run rampant during the years of teenage angst,” Walsh said.

Walsh continued in saying the story delivers the best message to teens regard-ing young love, teenage angst, drama and suspense that will leave the reader with a

hopeful and positive message about mak-ing good choices.

Despite the fact that Kolb did a great deal of research on teen books beforehand, she did not mention it to her friends when she began working on the novel. Telling her friends was the most difficult hurdle to overcome as an author, despite the pro-cess being very enjoyable as a whole, she said. Kolb admitted it was awkward to actu-ally tell her friends and family she had a published book that was now available in stores.

Kolb has considered her status as a grad-uate of the University to be very helpful with networking and has enjoyed work-ing with fellow alumni. Holly Francis, one of her fellow colleagues and University alumna of ‘84, was one of the first people she asked to read her story before it was published. Francis currently has her own communications company, and Kolb wanted her opinion both as a friend and as a pro-fessional. It was this network of support that helped lead to the novel’s publication and growing success.

Kolb hopes “Lindsey: Love and Intrigue” will relate to a wide range of viewers.

“High school lives in our minds as viv-idly at the age of 46 as it does at 16,” Kolb said. “Therefore, young readers will be able to dream of being 16, while everyone who has moved through these tender years will reminisce back to their own coming of age.”

Christen can be reached at cmcglyn2@dailyillini.com.

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BY SEAN HAMMONDSENIOR WRITER

Following a 56-yard, one touch-down rushing performance against Miami (Ohio) on Satur-day, Illinois quarterback Aaron Bailey was named Big Ten Fresh-man of the Week on Monday.

“That’s great, I did not know that,” Illinois head coach Tim Beckman said at his weekly news conference Monday. “He’ll be the fi rst person I call. He’s well deserving. He’s an extreme-

ly great young man. Not just a great football player, but a great young person.”

This was Bailey’s fi rst time winning the award. Illinois’ last freshman of the week was line-backer Mason Monheim, who won the award on Nov. 12 of last year after totaling 15 tackles in a loss to Minnesota.

Bailey has played in all four of Illinois’ games this season and has racked up a total of 76 rush-ing yards and three touchdowns.

In his 12 rushing attempts so far this season, Bailey has rushed for three touchdowns and seven fi rst downs.

Saturday was the fi rst time his Illinois teammates really had a chance to see what Bailey could do in the open fi eld. Wide receiver Steve Hull joked last week that they had never seen him run full speed because in practice he’s always wearing a red jersey and off limits for the defenders to hit.

“He’s so gifted already,” Hull said. “He’s a big kid; he runs like a horse. His ceiling is way up there. I have no idea his poten-tial. Once he gets a handle on the playbook and starts reading defenses, I think he’ll be a huge tool for us.”

Tight ends lead the wayIn the Illini’s 50-14 victo-

Quarterback Bailey named as Big Ten Freshman of the Week

BY SEAN NEUMANNSTAFF WRITER

The Big Pond is silent and 707 pairs of eyes are watch-ing Josh Belmont’s every move.

He picks up speed as he skates the puck towards Mich-igan State goaltender Brent Schwarz, quickly taps his stick on the ice as if to shoot and that’s when he gets Schwarz to bite. Belmont swiftly drags the puck to his left and slides it around Schwarz, into the net off his backhand. Game over.

While Belmont may have seemed calm and collected as he gave the Illini a 4-3 win over the ACHA D-II defend-ing champion Michigan State, the 19-year-old freshman said it was one of his most nervous moments on the ice.

Before Friday night’s game entered overtime, Belmont stole a glance at the shootout list that head coach Nick Fab-brini handed to the offi cials. Fabbrini listed him as the Illi-ni’s second shooter and that’s when Belmont became nervous and the stakes got higher.

“I was just praying: ‘Please go in, please go in,’” Belmont said after the fi ve-minute over-time period. “I was waiting for something to go in. It just made me try harder and I was just trying to get any shot.”

Belmont said the key to mas-tering the shootout is all about keeping the nerves down and staying focused, a mental state the freshman said is diffi cult to get into when surrounded by the pressure of a shootout.

“You go into your instinct and let it take over,” Belmont said. “You don’t really think through it and when you think too much, that’s when some-thing bad happens.”

In the ACHA regular sea-son, just as the NHL, a game tied after three periods enters a fi ve-minute, sudden-death

overtime with four skaters on the ice for each team. If neither team scores within the four-on-four overtime period, the game enters a shootout.

Before the fi ve-minute over-time period starts, both teams’ head coaches must give a shoot-out list which lists the team’s fi rst three shooters in case the game must be decided in a shootout.

In the shootout, each team gets three chances to score on a breakaway opportunity against the opposing team’s goalie. If the teams are still tied after three chances, then the shoot-out continues until one team fails to match the other.

While overtime hockey offers a sudden-death excite-ment that goes unmatched in the world of sports, a grueling 39-game schedule makes play-ing overtime games impracti-cal, thus the benefi t of a shoot-out. A shootout can end a game with a defi nite winner and with-out countless overtime periods.

Shootouts may highlight the skill of an individual skater or goaltender, but according to Belmont, settling a game in overtime offers true insight into which team deserves the win.

“In shootouts, it’s one of those things that doesn’t real-ly depend on the better team,” Belmont said. “Lots of things go into it, so I’d rather see a team win in 4-on-4 or 5-on-5.”

Sophomore John Olen, the other scorer in the Illinois shootout victory Friday night, said he still fi nds shootouts nerve-racking even after tak-ing a few last season. But now he knows which moves work on different goaltenders.

“I’ve got my move down now, so it’s almost just a force of hab-it,” Olen said. “I just read off of

Belmont recalls hockey shootout

1. Ohio State (last week: 1)The old saying is, “If you have two quarterbacks, you’ve got no

quarterbacks.” That saying does not hold true for Ohio State. After almost three whole games with backup Kenny Guiton at the helm, starter Braxton Miller returned with a strong showing against Wisconsin on Saturday. The junior tossed four touchdowns and rushed for 83 yards in the victory, and

while it wasn’t his best game as a Buckeye, it was a good sign moving forward against a solid Wisconsin defense. The Buckeyes have won 17

straight games under Urban Meyer and can feel at ease when either quarterback enters the game.

2. Northwestern (2)

Editor’s note: Every week, The Daily Illini football staff ranks the football teams in the Big Ten 1-12 and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings.

T-3. Michigan (4)

8. Penn State (8)

6. Michigan State (6)5. Nebraska (5) 7. Illinois (9)

10. Minnesota (7)

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T-3. Wisconsin (3)

9. Iowa (10)All may not be lost for the Hawkeyes this season. After losing to

Northern Illinois at home at the start of the year and way-too-close victories over Missouri State and Iowa State, Iowa has quietly put together back-to-back solid performances. A 59-3 thrashing of Western Michigan and this past Saturday’s 23-7 win on the road

at Minnesota showed that Iowa could be a dangerous team in the middle of the Big Ten. The 4-1 Hawkeyes are thinking of clinching a bowl berth, but the upcoming stretch of Michigan State, at Ohio

State, Northwestern and Wisconsin will teach us how much Iowa has improved since its shaky start.

11. Indiana (11)

12. Purdue (12)The Boilermakers are in trouble. A season with cautiously high expectations for a rebuilding year have completely bottomed out. A new low point was hit this past weekend when Mid-American Conference opponent Northern Illinois rolled into West Lafayette and stomped the Boilers 55-24. With the benching of incumbent starter Rob Henry in the fi rst half for true freshman Danny Etling, Purdue is in full rebuild mode for the rest of the season. The freshman played like, well, a freshman with 241 yards and two touchdowns, but two interceptions — one returned for a touchdown — showed that Etling has a long way to go.

Illinois women’s basketball holds 1st season practice

DARYL QUITALIG THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Aaron Bailey runs the ball during the game against Miami at Memorial Stadium on Saturday . The Illini won 50-14.

Bollant optimistic about strong start, looks to replace leadershipBY SEAN HAMMONDSENIOR WRITER

The Illinois women’s basketball team held its fi rst practice of the 2013-14 season Monday, and head coach Matt Bollant said his team is far and away better than it was at this time a year ago.

“We’re just so much better with the little things than we were last year at this time,” Bollant said in a news conference Monday. “Our ability to handle the ball and pass and shoot is just night-and-day better.”

The Illini will have to replace seniors Karisma Penn and Adri-enne GodBold — both of whom graduated last spring — and junior Kersten Magrum, who was forced to give up basket-ball midway through last sea-son after suffering too many concussions.

Bollant knows it won’t be easy to replace their leadership, but he is optimistic about the fresh-man talent coming into his pro-gram. He said freshman guard Taylor Gleason and freshmen forwards Sarah Livingston and Jacqui Grant will see playing time immediately.

“Last year was almost like coaching all freshmen,” said Bol-

lant, who is in his second year at the helm in Champaign. “With putting in a new system — and getting their feel for what to do when and how to play — it was a lot.”

But the leadership is harder to replace than the talent. Bol-lant said the vocal leader of this year’s squad appears to be trans-fer guard Kyley Simmons, who comes to Illinois after two years at Missouri and will have to sit out this season.

Bollant wants to see more lead-ership from Illinois’ lone senior, Amber Moore. He said he doesn’t doubt she has the basketball ability to lead the team, but she might not necessarily be as vocal a leader as he would like.

The Illini expect to play fast and aggressive this year. With so many players back from last season, the coaching staff feels like the team has a better under-standing of the game.

In terms of competing, Bol-lant doesn’t think his team has the skills to battle for a Big Ten championship quite yet.

“It’s a little early to say that,” he said. “Talent-wise, we’re not quite there yet. This system is the best there is. I’m not so sure

that our system can’t overcome us not being as talented.”

The women’s basketball team did not get to participate in the men’s team’s Street Jam on Sat-urday night at the corner of Wright and Green streets. Per NCAA rules, women’s teams could not start practice until Monday.

Though the team did attend the event, Bollant and his staff were out on the recruiting trail and were not able to attend.

“It’s a hard situation for our players,” Bollant said. “I saw the picture of the crowd. We’d have loved to be there as a staff.”

But after hearing about the 7,000 fans who attended Illinois volleyball’s match against Iowa at State Farm Center on Fri-day, Bollant hopes to see simi-lar excitement for the women’s basketball team.

“We’re really hoping this com-munity will get behind this pro-gram,” Bollant said, “and come and support this program and be a part of it early — be a part of where we’re going.”

Sean can be reached at sphammo2@dailyillini.com and @sean_hammond.

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois coach Matt Bollant instructs his team during the Illini’s loss to Northwestern at then-Assembly Hall on Jan. 10.

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A primary concern for the Illinois soccer team (6-3-2, 1-1-1 Big Ten) this week is how it can recoup from the injuries sustained this weekend against Iowa and Nebraska.

Senior midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo went down with a knee sprain and is still day-to-day. Hope D’Addario also went down with a fractured clavicle and is out eight to 10 weeks.

Senior defender Christina Farrell sustained a hip inju-ry and was a game-time deci-sion for the Nebraska match. Farrell played all 90 minutes and was in on multiple tackles and defensive stops. While the injury hampered her play, she seemed to not let it stop her.

“It’s painful, but it’s my last season,” Farrell said. “So I want to be there for my team and do what I can.”

With a team that makes a lot of substitutions during match-

es, such a depleted roster great-ly affected the game plan. Illi-nois was not able to switch out players as much as it usually does.

“If you take the best player off of any team in the Big Ten, it changes what we have to do,” head coach Janet Rayfield said. “It changes how we rotate play-ers. It changes how dangerous we can be in terms of that.”

But this team has proved time and again that it is deep and versatile. Sophomore Alli-na Weykamp was used on the defensive end at right fullback while senior defender Kassidy Brown moved to centerback to replace Farrell in the Iowa match. With this in mind, Ray-field and the team try not to make excuses.

“There’s a lot of players in the Big Ten that probably aren’t 100 percent,” Rayfield said. “And you got to go through games, and everybody’s missing a play-er here and there.”

Flaws tied for most goals in Big Ten

After scoring one goal against Iowa and two against Nebraska, junior forward Jannelle Flaws is tied for the most goals scored in the Big Ten this season. She and Penn State’s Maya Hayes have scored 12 goals in 11 games.

Flaws played 90 minutes in both games and was continually making runs and applying pressure when the opposing defense was both with and without the ball. Despite miss-ing key players, Flaws knew the game plan against Nebraska need-ed to stay consistent.

“(We wanted) just to play our game,” Flaws said. “To keep mov-ing off the ball. Obviously wish we had (DiBernardo) on the field, but it’s game time. You can’t change it.”

Big Ten standings

With its Big Ten record at 1-1-1, Illinois remains in the middle of the pack at sixth place in the con-

ference standings. The confer-ence remains tight, with eight of the teams within one point of each other. Northwestern is the only team to not have a conference win through three matches.

The immediate schedule won’t get any easier as the Illini go on the road Friday against Purdue (6-4-1, 1-2-0) and Sunday against Indiana (8-2-1, 1-2-0). Both teams rank in the top half of the Big Ten in goals

scored this season. Purdue is third with 29 and Indiana is sixth with 23.

Alex can be reached at ajortiz2@dailyillini.com and @AlexOrtiz2334.

Over the past month, Sports Illustrated has been releas-ing portions of its top 100

players in the NBA for the 2013-14 season. These are all projec-tions based on a number of sta-tistical categories, half of which the average fan has absolutely no use for.

Just recently, the top 10 was revealed and, needless to say, there were some huge discrepancies.

I want it to be known, as a dis-claimer, that I absolutely despise player lists and rankings. They are not an accurate assessment of the player’s ability, and despite what the “experts” say, they are very subjective.

The biggest discrepancy in this list centers on an innocent response turned social media feud between Kevin Durant and

Dwyane Wade. Wade is listed at No. 8, a place-

ment Durant disagreed with.Trust me, he’s not the only one.Durant, ranked No. 2, argued

that Wade’s slot should have been given to former teammate and current Houston Rocket James Harden. It is debatable whether Harden deserves that position.

It is not debatable that Harden should be ranked ahead of Wade.

This list, supposedly, takes an objective look at all of the players in the league and deter-mines who will be most effec-tive individually. Key word here: individually.

We can compare Wade and Harden in one of two ways.

For you number junkies, let’s crunch some basic stats.

Last season, Harden pro-duced averages of 26 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals.

Wade’s stats are a bit lower but comparable. He averaged 21 points, five rebounds, five assists and two steals.

Harden is 24 and healthy. Wade is 31 with knee problems.

The other measure is sim-ply the eye test. Wade is on the decline and is the beneficiary of many easy buckets due to the depth of his team. Harden was the defensive focal point night in and night out and still produced those numbers. He can only be expected to get better, and the addition of Dwight Howard should ease some of the pressure.

Regardless of the obvious, Wade decided to take to social media:

“9-24-13: Kevin Durant said James Harden should replace me in the Top 10 ... Note to self: Make him respect your place in history... again...”

That quote is courtesy of Dwyane Wade’s Instagram page.

While Wade is searching for respect, a former MVP is cur-rently being disrespected.

Noticeably absent from the top 10 is Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose.

The first argument that aris-es is that he hasn’t played in 16 months and no one knows and so on and so forth. While that

may be true, why even rank him at all?

Rose sits at No. 12 on this illus-trious compilation.

What’s the argument for Rose being top 10? There are two very different approaches here.

Let’s look at Rose’s positives. He has a completely rehabilitat-ed knee, and from all confirmed reports, he is as or more explo-sive than ever. There is no rea-son to suspect he will not return to top form. Top form, for those that may have forgotten, is MVP and the leader of a team with the best record in the NBA during his MVP season.

Now let’s look at the deficien-cies of the list. The aforemen-tioned Wade nomination is possi-bly a biased selection (as is Chris Bosh being ranked No. 17).

Dwight Howard being ranked as the seventh most effective player is also a red flag the size of Texas.

As far as I’m concerned, he might as well have joined Rose on the sideline last season. He was absolutely atrocious and his offensive game, or lack thereof,

was put on display for America to see.

Aside from Wade and Howard, I did not have a problem with the players listed. The order, however, was highly question-able. LeBron and Durant were one and two. I’m sure the most casual basketball fan could agree on that.

After that, it takes a turn for the worse.

I can totally understand the thinking behind slotting Chris Paul at No. 3. He has Doc Rivers and was shipped a truckload of new weapons.

Chris Paul may be the best point guard in the game for 44 minutes.

He is a great point guard, but he does not have the ability to put a team on his back when it counts most. Not like Tony Parker, who was selected No. 4.

Russell Westbrook was ranked No. 5. That’s fair enough, consid-ering his mind-blowing combi-nation of game-changing plays and boneheaded decision-mak-ing. Regardless, he’s a force to be reckoned with.

Tim Duncan comes in sixth. I sense desperation on the part of the staff to slip a traditional big man into the top 10.

It seems like a halfhearted attempt to savor what is left of how the NBA game used to be played. Timmy is top 10, just not top 6.

Our peace has been made with Nos. 7-8, Wade and Howard.

In maybe the most blatant show of disrespect, the list is rounded out by the Black Mam-ba Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony.

I’m not completely sure what these individuals have been watching for the past 10 years, but even at this stage of their careers, Bryant and Anthony are better than their designation.

Carmelo may be the most ver-satile scorer in the game.

Kobe is Kobe.The NBA season begins Oct.

29. Hopefully a new top 10 surfac-es after the stars take the court.

Spencer is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at sebrown2@dailyillini.com.

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Pink is the new orange and blue.

Over the weekend, the Illini Networkers held their annual pink jersey silent auction against breast cancer. Fifteen special edi-tion pink jerseys were auctioned off for a total of $3,616. The auc-tioned jerseys will be worn by Illi-nois against Ohio State on Oct. 20 as a part of the “Workout a Cure” event, and the winning bidders will be allowed to put any name on the back of the jersey as long as it’s not matching the name of the player wearing it. Supporters also donated an additional $517 to set this weekend’s total at $4,133.

The Illini are giving those who missed the auction a chance to make a donation through a series of eBay auctions, which are run-ning from now until 3 p.m. on Sunday . Supporters can bid on a standard pink No. 3 jersey as well as two navy blue with pink trim libero jerseys, Nos. 2 and 10. The net proceeds will be donated to Mills Breast Cancer Institute in Urbana.

Illinois falls out of top 25For the fi rst time since the

AVCA preseason coaches poll, the Illini won’t be included in the top 25. The team went into this past weekend ranked No. 24, but failed to get back to .500 after beating Iowa and losing to then-No. 12 Nebraska, which is now ranked No. 10. Illinois is now 5-7 overall after beginning confer-ence play 1-1.

The Illini’s schedule remains tough after a challenging noncon-ference set of matches that includ-ed seven top-25 ranked opponents. Five of the team’s next six match-es will be against ranked oppo-nents; four of them are ranked in the top 15. Head coach Kevin Hambly has said a tough schedule is what’s best for his team, as it increases the team’s chances of getting an NCAA tournament bid.

Fans showing supportAttendance has been strong

thus far for the Illini. Through four matches at Huff Hall, there have been 11,314 fans. A season-high 3,538 fans packed Huff

Hall for the annual “Stuff Huff” match against Washington, the 11th highest total all-time at the venue. An average of 2,828 fans have shown up to games at Huff Hall this year, which would rank second all time in school history, behind the 1992 in which an aver-age of 3,098 fans attended games.

If the home game at State Farm Center is included, then the Illi-ni have averaged 3,675 fans per game. The match against Iowa at State Farm Center drew the second-largest crowd in team his-tory, with 7,061 fans witnessing the Illini sweep Iowa. The atten-dance record was set in 2009, with 7,632 fans in attendance at a combined event with the bas-ketball program.

“It was a great event here, and I was surprised and excited about the crowd turnout: 7,000 people,” Hambly said after Friday’s win against Iowa. “It’s a fun place to play. The court didn’t feel like a home match, but the crowd made it feel like it was.”

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ry over Miami last weekend, Illinois tight ends caught four touchdown passes, one more than they had caught the previ-ous three games combined.

Matt LaCosse pulled in two scores, Evan Wilson made a ridiculous leaping grab in the end zone and Jon Davis added another.

“It’s a blast to play when all the tight ends can have a touch-down,” LaCosse said. “Our tight ends have shown that we can play and that we’re pretty good.”

As a whole, the Illinois offense rolled against the Red-hawks. Illinois did not have to punt the ball once, the first time that happened since a 59-7 win over Arkansas State in 2002.

Looking ahead The Illini open their 2013 Big

Ten season with a road trip to Nebraska this weekend, and

there will likely be no lack of points.

Nebraska and Illinois rank 15th and 26th in the nation in total points, respectively. And all eyes will be on the quarter-backs, Nathan Scheelhaase for the Illini and Taylor Martinez for the Cornhuskers.

Martinez missed Nebraska’s last game against South Dako-ta State, but Beckman fully expects him to be back on the fi eld this weekend.

“I think Taylor will play,” Beckman said. “I know there hasn’t been any announcement yet. Whoever’s going to be at quarterback has been around that offense and has been around (offensive coordinator) Tim Beck’s offense and has been successful doing it.”

Illinois hasn’t played Nebras-ka since 1986 and has played the Huskers only twice since 1953. Nebraska holds a 7-2-1 edge in the series and has won fi ve of six games played in Lincoln, Neb.

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what the goalie’s doing and kind of slap my stick to freeze him up.”

With both Olen’s pinpoint accuracy and Belmont’s smooth dekes getting pucks past Michigan State goalten-der Brent Schwarz, the Illini sealed their fifth straight win, but most players in the locker room said they wished the vic-tory would have come in reg-ulation or even the overtime period.

Fabbrini said shootouts are good for fans, since they offer conclusions to regular season games, but they can never live up to the exciting endings that continuous overtimes can bring to a game.

“Playoff overtime is the best,” Fabbrini said. “When you just play until somebody scores? Those are the best games, for sure.”

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Illini tennis excels at West Point InvitationalFreshman Casati makes debut, defeats 4 to win in singles bracket

BY ALEX ROUXSTAFF WRITER

Four members of the Illinois women’s tennis team opened their season Friday at the West Point Invitational on the Unit-ed States Military Academy campus.

Freshman Alexis Casati led the way, winning her singles bracket in dominating fashion.

Competing in her fi rst col-legiate tournament, Casati defeated four opponents and didn’t drop a set along the way in the No. 1 singles bracket. She defeated Hannah Liljkevist of Seton Hall in straight sets in the fi nal, winning 6-2, 6-2.

“I was very impressed with her,” Illini head coach Michelle Dasso said. “She played very smart on the court. I think it was a great way to start her col-lege career.”

Casati cited her freshman sta-tus as a reason for her success, allowing her to play free of lofty expectations.

“I really had no pressure coming into this tournament,” Casati said. “I was happy with my performance.”

Sophomore Audrey O’Connor, sophomore Julia Jamieson and junior Emily Barretta also com-peted at West Point. O’Connor and Jamieson advanced to the quarterfi nals of their respective brackets in singles, and Barret-ta made it to the semifi nals of her bracket.

“I think that was a great show-ing for her,” Dasso said of Bar-retta’s performance. “I know she put in a lot of hard work over the summer and played as many tournaments as anyone on our team. That was a huge reason she had success this weekend.”

On the doubles side, the top-seeded duo of Casati and O’Connor dropped their fi rst and only match of the tourna-ment, while Barretta and Jamie-son went 2-1 as a pair before los-ing in the semifi nals. Dasso said she was “disappointed” in her

team’s doubles play; however, the fall schedule provides lee-way for experimentation with doubles pairs and leaves room for improvement, Dasso said.

“That’s what the fall is all about: testing out some differ-ent teams,” Dasso said. “We’ll certainly go back to the draw-ing board and try some differ-ent combos, most likely next time out.”

As the team returns to Cham-paign, Casati brings back a fl awless singles record, as well as respect from at least one teammate.

“It was really impressive for her,” O’Connor said of Casa-ti’s debut. “Coming to her fi rst college tournament, just being able to be tough and not over-whelmed at all the competi-tion. She just stepped up and I’m really proud of her.”

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DARYL QUITALIG THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Julia Conard (2) speaks with Jennifer Beltran (3) before a point during the match against Iowa at State Farm Center on Friday . The Illini won 3-1.

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