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BY ANGELICA LAVITOSTAFF WRITER

With Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day coming up this Friday, The Daily Illini sat down with Champaign Mayor Don Gerard to discuss the event.

The Daily Illini: What are your thoughts on Unofficial St. Pat-rick’s Day?Don Gerard: Whenever you have great numbers of people you’re going to have a few bad apples, but to be honest, the weather’s helped us out and the efforts of students and a lot of people in the communi-ty working together has really substantially curbed the threat of the event adversely affect-ing the rest of the community. The elephant in the room that I’m not afraid to address is that it’s a huge economic boom for a lot of businesses. I mean, down on campus, if you’re sell-ing pizzas or sandwiches or whatever, the people working that day may hate it, but the owners sure like the receipts at the end of the day.

DI: What effect do you think Unofficial has on the community?DG: It’s funny. Initially, it seemed like it was a real drain because it seemed like we had to spend so much money on life safety and public safe-ty officials working that day,

but as it’s gotten older, it’s become kind of an unofficial homecoming. They treat it as such; they’re not here to light a couch on fire and throw it off a balcony, they’re here to see their friends and visit Joe’s or KAM’S or whatever, which is nice. It’s more manageable. ... In that regard, there’s certain-ly positive aspects growing out of it.

DI: Do you have any concerns about Unofficial?DG: I have concerns any time we have tens of thousands of people coming to town. That’s the price of doing business a lot of times. We want people to visit. There are places — col-lege towns — that don’t want it. We do. ... This brings tens of thousands of people, and no matter what you say, if it’s a different type of person com-ing to town to run in a mara-thon or drink with their bud-dies from college, it’s still a lot of people coming to town.

DI: What precautions, if any, is Champaign taking for Unofficial?DG: We set a bunch of rules about trying to limit individu-al’s ability to buy great quanti-ties of alcohol, but we under-stand they can go to another community and do that if they so choose. So it’s one of those things where it’s more of a

routine we’ve gotten into. ... We’ve partnered with all the entities to try to do a lot of patrolling, just keeping an eye out. We’ve worked with prop-erty owners. They don’t want houses trashed either, so a lot of them have sent out letters to their residents that say, “Hey, if you have a party, here are the ramifications.” ... But also, if your friend gets too drunk and does something stupid and you’re underage ... you’re not going to get a ticket if some-body is in dire straits... It’s a fine line, but we’re erring to the side of we’d rather keep people safe than making it a numbers game of trying to catch as many people as possi-ble. The goal isn’t to catch peo-ple. The goal is to keep people out of trouble.

DI: Would you like to see Unof-ficial continue or end?DG: It’s one of those things where if it’s Unofficial, or Hal-loween or the Naked Olympics or whatever it is, these things float around ... It’s kind of the spirit of the things. We have not had a lot of true civil dis-obedience. We’ve had uncivil individuals, but we have not had any mass ugliness. You see schools win the national cham-pionship and people are turn-ing over cars. You never really see that here, and Unofficial has, for the most part in recent years, been fairly benign, with the exception that there are a lot of intoxicated people ... I would love to see Unofficial turned into the event where University of Illinois students raised $100,000 for pediatric cancer research or something,

but that’s not right now.DI: Is there anything you want to say to the campus community?DG: Basically if you’re of age, you have the right. It’s your legal right. With every right comes responsibilities, and if you don’t have the right to drink, you still have respon-sibilities. I would encourage you before you take your first drink to really think about how you’re going to conduct your-self that day because the price you pay for something could be far greater than you imag-ined. There’s nothing wrong with blowing off some steam and partying, but stay out of trouble and respect everybody else.

Angelica can be reached at [email protected].

BY MARYCATE MOSTSTAFF WRITER

After a student was shot and killed on the Purdue University campus in January, University administration and the Univer-sity’s Office of Campus Emer-gency Planning were reminded of the likelihood of unforeseen violent outbreaks on campus.

“We were rudely reminded about (campus safety),” said Chancellor Phyllis Wise. “Many Purdue professors basically paid no attention, continued to lecture and in some cases actu-ally were disparaging of stu-dents and other staff that were trying to alert them that this might actually be dangerous.”

Administrators and the Divi-sion of Public Safety’s Office of Campus Emergency Planning have emphasized the impor-tance of creating both a con-junct emergency response plan across campus as well as indi-vidual plans for each Univer-sity building.

On Monday, Provost Ilesan-mi Adesida and Wise approved recommendations from Univer-sity Police Lt. Todd Short that asked each faculty and staff member to include emergency response plans in their syllabi

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Mayor Gerard talks Unofficial pros and cons

Referenda on student fees are now open

Urbana mayor releases safety order for Unofficial

DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORTThe 2014 spring referen-

dum opened Tuesday, and students can continue to vote until midnight Wednes-day. Three referendum ques-tions reaffirming student fees appeared on this semester’s ballot.

Sustainable Campus Environment fee

The fee, established in 2007, serves to support sustainabil-ity projects by financing ini-tiatives such as green build-ings, promoting recycling and sustainable farming practic-es. The fee costs $12.06 per student per semester.

Cleaner Energy Technologies fee

The $2 per semester per student fee, established in 2003, is used to purchase cleaner energy technologies. It has supported 13 projects and initiatives, including the addition of solar panels in the Electrical and Comput-er Engineering Building and the Business Instructional facility.

Legacy of Service and Learning Scholarship fee

The $12.94 per student per semester fee creates a schol-arship fund that is distributed to University students with financial needs. The scholar-ship can be renewed yearly if the recipient has completed 50 hours of community ser-vice. According to a proposed Illinois Student Senate resolu-tion, the amount of recipients who complete the communi-ty service renewal require-ment has been decreasing. During 2010-11 school year, 32.4 percent renewed, where-as during the 2011-12 school year, 20.1 percent renewed and in 2012-13, 14.4 percent renewed.

BY ELI MURRAYSTAFF WRITER

Urbana Mayor Laurel Pruss-ing released an emergency order outlining preventative measures that the city is taking.

“I have reasonable belief that there may be a threat to the pub-lic health, safety, and welfare from celebratory activities by

members of the public participat-ing in the ‘Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day’ event,” she said in the order.

The emergency order prohib-its the sale and consumption of alcohol on licensed premises from 6 to 11 a.m. March 7 as well as prohibiting the serv-ing of pitchers and alcohol in glass or metal containers from

6 a.m. Friday to 2:30 a.m. Satur-day. Finally, the order prohib-its persons under the age of 21 from entering licensed premises before 9 p.m. Friday and ensures those premises will have a per-son aged at least 21 checking IDs at the door.

Prussing said the emergen-cy order is to combat unsafe

behavior that is promoted by the “large-scale unsanctioned drink-ing event” that attracts thou-sands of attendees from across the country.

She said that while there are some economic benefits to the event, there are high costs that the public must pay as well.

“Ideally the cost of all the pre-

ventive efforts and the public costs of injuries and emergen-cy health care should be paid by those who profit from the event,” she said. “I hope students will take care not only for themselves but for others.”

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BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllini Joseph Bertrand sits on the court after suffering a knee injury. Bertrand was limited to just 9 minutes of play in Tuesday’s 84-53 loss to Michigan. Tuesday was senior night, Bertrand’s last game at State Farm Center. He tallied just two points on 1-for-3 shooting and one turnover. Michigan clinched the Big Ten regular season title, thanks in part to 16 made 3-pointers.

THE DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOChampaign Mayor Don Gerard, pictured here in April 2011, recently spoke with The Daily Illini about Unofficial. Gerard acknowledged the financial benefits and safety problems of the campus holiday.

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Champaign Forgery was reported at

Chase Bank, 201 W. University Ave., at around 10:30 a.m. Monday.

According to the report, the suspect forged a check and pre-sented it at the bank before fl ee-ing the scene.

Identity theft was reported at Walmart, 2610 N. Prospect Ave., at around 11:30 a.m. Monday.

According to the report, an unknown suspect opened a Walmart credit card in the vic-tim’s name without her consent.

A 21-year-old male was arrested on the charges of resist-ing arrest in the 00 block of East Washington Street at around 3 p.m. Monday.

According to the report, two subjects were fi ghting on the side-walk when police ordered them to stop. One of the subject’s com-plied while the second resisted the offi cer.

University A 31-year-old male was

arrested on the charges of tele-phone harassment on the 100 block of South Goodwin Avenue at 4 a.m. Monday.

According to the report, the man set off two emergency

phones. Police were called when the man was reportedly acting disorderly on a MTD bus and when we was asked to leave the bus he set off the phones and struck a police car with his foot.

A 19-year-old male was arrested on the charges of pos-session of cannabis with intent to delivers and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver at the Chi Psi fraternity house, 110 E. Armory Ave., at 11 p.m. Monday.

According to the report, police serving a search warrant found cannabis, hallucinogens, illegal prescription drugs and $400 dol-lars in cash in the suspect’s room.

Theft was reported at the Activities and Recreation Cen-ter, 201 E. Peabody Dr., at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

According to the report, a stu-dent reported that someone stole his cell phone the previous day which had been left unattended next to a playing court. The phone has an estimated value of $500.

Urbana Theft was reported in the

100 block of Crystal Lake Drive at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. According to the report, the victim lost her wallet and an unknown offender

found it and has made several charges to her credit and debit cards.

A 23-year-old male was arrested on charges of criminal damage to property and domestic battery in the 1200 block of South Lierman Avenue, at around 1:30 p.m. Monday.

According to the report, the suspect battered the victim, who he had been dating. He then broke the window and left the house.

Theft was reported in the 1000 block of Boyden Street at 1:30 p.m. Monday.

According to the report, the suspect used to work for the victim’s business and the busi-ness’ credit card for unauthor-ized transactions and purchased tools for the store that are now missing.

An 18-year-old male was arrested on charges of trespass-ing in the 1400 block of West Park Street at around 11:00 a.m. Monday.

According to the report, the suspect was previously banned from the property and had bro-ken into the premise. The suspect had then authorized a computer and security recognized him.

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BY SAMANTHA SCHAEFERMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

Ten paces north of the angular rock on a hill, a rusty can hangs from a tree that marks the spot. More than 100 years ago, some-one chose the space below to stash away their fortune _ $28,000 in U.S. gold coins. They stayed con-cealed there, buried in eight tin cans, until John and Mary came upon them last year on their dai-ly walk.

They had struck gold. And when they realized it, the North-ern California couple dug a hole in their wood pile, placed the 1,400 coins in bags and boxes in an old ice chest and buried them again.

The pair had walked the path on their gold country property for years before they spotted the edge of a rusty can peeking out of the moss last February. When the lid cracked off, they found dirt-encrusted coins, some in better condition than those on display in museums.

“I looked around over my shoul-der to see if someone was looking at me — I had the idea of some-one on horseback in my head. It’s impossible to describe really, the strange reality of that moment,” John said in an interview tran-script. The couple, identifi ed by numismatic company Kagin’s Inc., has chosen to remain anon-ymous — perhaps until they turn

80, in four decades, Mary joked.The “Saddle Ridge Hoard,”

named for the space on their property, may be the most valu-able cache ever found in North America, with an estimated value of more than $10 million. If you melted the coins, the gold alone would be worth $2 million, said David Hall, co-founder of Pro-fessional Coin Grading Services in Newport Beach, who recently authenticated them.

All dated between 1847 and 1894, 13 of the coins are the fi n-est of their kind. One “miraculous coin,” an 1866 $20 piece made in San Francisco and missing “In God We Trust,” could bring $1 million on its own, Hall said. When the motto was added to the coin in 1866, some were still mint-ed without the phrase, he said.

Had the couple attempted to clean the delicate surface of the piece, they could have reduced the value to $7,000 or $8,000 in under a minute, said David McCarthy, senior numismatist for Kagin’s, who evaluated the hoard.

Buried treasure is something everyone can relate to, and the discovery has generated buzz among regular folks as well as coin collectors. The last big fi nd was uncovered in 1985 in Jack-son, Tenn. It had a face value of $4,500 and was eventually sold for around $1 million.

“It’s sort of a dream I didn’t even know I had coming true. It’s the sort of thing, I wouldn’t have the audacity to think I would ever be able to handle a deal like this,” said McCarthy, who spent 3 months conserving one coin at a time.

Most of the hoard will be sold on Amazon.com to allow a broad-er swath of the public to access them, McCarthy said. The couple, who will donate some of the profi t to charity, said the fi nd will allow them to keep their property.

“A lot of people see stuff like this and all they see are dollar signs,” McCarthy said. “If I got to bestow these treasures on peo-ple, I would do that on this fam-ily without even blinking an eye.”

Although they attempted to track down who could have buried the treasure, the family was sty-mied. The area is secluded; any-one could have stashed it there, McCarthy said.

The coins are a time capsule. People in San Francisco were concerned with staying alive and feeding themselves back then, not preserving these coins for poster-ity, Hall said. Someone who some-how had a lot of money needed to keep it safe at a time when banks weren’t always a sure thing, he said.

“It was the Wild West, so the coins weren’t saved,” he said. “Who knows why he did it? May-

be he did it and died before tell-ing someone or maybe he moved or maybe he was just trying to hide money from his wife.”

John and Mary said they hope to honor the history of the coins by selling them together, rather than bit-by-bit, even though it’s

more risky for them personally. They’ll keep a small cross sec-tion of the treasure to leave for relatives when they pass on.

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GARY FRIEDMAN THE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEDavid Hall of Collectors Universe displays gold coins at his offi ce on Feb. 26 , in Newport Beach, Calif. The coins are part of the 1,427 pieces, dated from 1847 to1894, that were recently found on the property of a Northern California couple. The coins are worth nearly $30,000.

and disseminate these response plans at the start of the semes-ter, said campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler.

“We want people to know (emergency procedures) before something happens, heaven for-bid,” Short said. “I just want to get the information to get across campus. It is something that can be done, and I think that it is something that should be done.”

Short spoke at the Urbana-Champaign Senate meeting in February, encouraging the sen-ate to support a plan to release more emergency information to faculty, staff and students at the start of every semester.

The Illinois Emergency Man-agement Agency recently desig-nated the University as a “Ready to Respond” campus, which means the campus has an over-all action plan addressing con-cerns such as violence preven-tion, Short said.

This program centralizes the emergency action responses throughout campus, but in order

to ensure security, Short said he hopes to individualize emergen-cy responses in each building.

“We want to make sure that every building has their own plan that works under the aus-pices of the overall campus plan,” Short said. “It is a lot of work because a lot of buildings have multiple colleges and peo-ple in them. It is an individual plan, not a unit plan.”

Emergency Planning, which employs two people total, con-ducts between fi ve and 10 build-ing checks every month in which faculty and staff in that building meet to coordinate the emergen-cy action plan that would take place in the event of an attack.

Out of roughly 400 buildings, the offi ce has already approved 120 University buildings and 78 private certifi ed buildings, Short said.

Aside from building checks, though, Short, Wise and Urba-na-Champaign Senate Chair Roy Campbell urged faculty and staff to participate in making the campus safe and prepared for any attack that could occur.

“I have great sympathies for our neighbor university, Pur-

due, under these very trying cir-cumstances,” Campbell said. “I would highly recommend for all the faculty at the University of Illinois to make themselves ful-ly aware of the appropriate pro-cedures used in emergencies.”

The Emergency Planning offi ce does not have the author-ity to mandate instructors to take the time to run through the one-page script that he pro-posed, but Short said he hopes the University continues to make this a requirement in the future. With a campus of roughly 43,000 people and an Emergency Plan-ning staff of two people, Short said it is necessary that all fac-ulty members are aware of their building’s evacuation and emer-gency response plans and take steps to help students become aware as well.

“What we are asking people to do is to come to the trainings that we set up (regarding the emergency action plan),” Short said. “Quite frankly, it is quite diffi cult with only two or three people.”

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to block Windows XP

California couple strikes gold in hidden cache

DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORTStarting April 8, the Univer-

sity will block computers with Windows XP support from con-necting to their networks .

Computers still running XP will not be able to connect to campus resources, according to a mass email sent by the Offi ce of Privacy and Information Assurance on Tuesday.

The offi ce will stop access to the Internet, internal access sites and other campus resourc-es for these users.

The block follows Microsoft’s decision to discontinue securi-ty updates to the operating sys-tem 12 years after its release , according to the email. The computers will no longer be protected from malware after that date.

People with University-owned

computers running on XP are encouraged to contact their department’s IT professional, while private owners will have to either upgrade to new sys-tems or replace their computers, according to the CITES website.

“University policy says that all computers on our network have to be using an up-to-date operating system,” said Brian Mertz, CITES chief communi-cations offi cer .

According to the CITES web-site, studies show that installing Windows updates is one of the most effective ways to protect computers from malicious soft-ware, and since the XP system will no longer be updated, those computers will no longer be pro-tected from new viruses .

Windows tends to issue updates about every month and

the longer a computer goes with-out an update, the more suscep-tible it is to viruses.

“We don’t want to take the risk,” Mertz said.

While computers can have anti-virus software, Mertz said they fi nd that Windows updates can protect computers from anywhere between 90 to 93 per-cent of viruses.

CITES security recommends removing all University data and replacing or upgrading the computer’s operating system . It will still be possible to access campus email while off cam-pus with a computer running Windows XP; however, it is not recommended.

Questions regarding the upcoming change can be direct-ed to the CITES Help Desk at (217) 244-7000 .

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Dumping a bag of rice in the fire usually does not get a player far in the CBS television show

“Survivor.” That is what J’Tia Tay-lor did in last week’s episode, but she is not gone yet. She managed to survive the tribal council, where the contestants decide who among them will be sent home.

The other catch about Taylor? She earned her doctorate in nuclear engi-neering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She made sure everyone on her tribe knew it, too.

When I heard that Taylor attended Illinois, I cringed. Her performance on “Survivor” does not reflect well on the University. It made me won-der, does Taylor represent the type of people who come out of the University?

The problem is that she is repre-senting the University on nation-al television in a negative way. It is important she represent what I con-sider the values of an Illinois gradu-ate: teamwork and logic.

While Taylor did represent those values while a student at the Univer-sity, she has yet to show she embrac-es those values on the show.

On the Illinois Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological

Engineering website, NPRE Illinois head James F. Stubbins said, “We are proud of the accomplishments of our faculty and alumni in the past 50 years, and we look forward to continuing this leadership with new students and new ideas in the next 50 years.” Illinois graduates learn and work with each other long after their time on campus.

Illinois emphasizes network-ing and working together through research. It is impossible to earn a degree without the help of someone else at the University; students need the help of professors, counselors and peers. A University as large as Illinois revolves around the idea of teamwork and collaboration.

Taylor’s time at Illinois reflects those ideas. According to the Amer-ican Nuclear Society blog “ANS Nuclear Café,” Taylor “was the first black female to successfully defend and receive a Ph.D. from the depart-ment.” She is a trailblazer for wom-en in nuclear engineering. That does not show selfishness.

Even Taylor’s dissertation empha-sizes teamwork across international borders. Her thesis “aims to devel-op methodologies and employ and expand on existing sources to devel-op a multipurpose tool to analyze international nuclear fuel supply options.” She is not focusing on her-self or America alone. She is wor-ried about nuclear options across the globe. That is a lofty goal, and it is certainly not a selfish goal.

But from the first episode of “Sur-vivor,” we can see that Taylor clear-ly hasn’t carried over those values from the University to the show.

This season divided cast mates into three tribes: Brawns, brains and beauty. Taylor was put in the brains tribe.

For a tribe based on intelligence, the brains are not doing very well, and neither is Taylor. She racked up a lot of reasons to be unsure of the success of an Illinois graduate.

She disappointed her team in challenges, keeping them from win-ning immunity. She talked up her engineer expertise and took con-trol of building her tribe’s shel-ter, which quickly collapsed. She did not know how to work with

her resources and with her peers. These are values Illinois takes pride in, as it is one of the top engi-neering schools in the nation. Engi-neers do not work alone; they work in teams.

Building a shelter requires logic and physics. While her tribe worked, she stood around, giving orders. She was not getting her hands dirty and cutting the materials. She was not being a team player, again going against what Illinois taught her. She was not working as a team, solving problems like an engineer should do.

I thought Taylor would definitely be voted out of her tribe after the rice incident, but she wasn’t. What saved her was that another tribe mate revealed secret alliances, causing him to be voted out. She was lucky she was given another chance to prove she demonstrates the val-ues of the University while on the show.

Do not be fooled by Taylor’s less than favorable actions in the first two episodes of “Survivor.” So far, she has not acted in line with the values of a University graduate, but she’s still an active contestant on the show. Hopefully she will take this oppor-tunity to show America what Illinois graduates can offer, just as she por-trayed in her time as a student.

Rebecca is a junior in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].

W hen I walk into the T.I.S. Col-lege Bookstore, the Illini Union Bookstore and any other

clothing shop on campus, green dom-inates all other colors. It’s almost that time of year — Unofficial.

Before coming to campus, I had heard about this prime campuswide party that the University is well known for. Unofficial would be a day — or more — of nonstop drinking and partying from the morning until the evening, except classes still go on during this day because this is not a University-sponsored event.

This year, it is set to take place Friday.

While Unofficial started out as a way to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day because this holiday sometimes occurs during our spring break, it turned into an annual student tradi-tion — a tradition that most fresh-men have probably heard about, but

most likely have not experienced — including me.

I’ve received constant emails from my dormitory hall clearly stat-ing, “(Unofficial) glorifies underage drinking, the abuse of alcohol, and negative alcohol-related behaviors.”

Also, there have been signs in my dormitory hall that tell horror stories of people passing out drunk outside in the snow, almost getting hit by cars and being chased by the police.

My first impression of this holiday while being on campus is that the school does not approve. So is there something immensely wrong with it?

It feels as though the University is trying to reach out to us, freshmen in particular, before any of the Unoffi-cial party invitations are released in order to deglamorize and stress the consequences of this holiday.

As a freshman, it feels as though the University is competing against rumors and word-of-mouth informa-tion freshmen receive from others about Unofficial.

Starting from the month of Feb-ruary, the University sends several emails detailing the liabilities that come with celebrating this holiday.

The University’s reach extended to the point where I received a call from my worried parents warning me to stay safe — my parents had received a letter home outlining the details of Unofficial.

While the University’s concerns and tell-tale warnings reach out immensely to students, they under-estimate the preconceived notions and older peers’ experiences that have already reached many fresh-men students. We freshmen who have friends or siblings who attend-ed the University already are prob-ably more apt to take part in Unof-ficial because of the excitement that surrounds it.

After all, we have been told by upperclassmen that Unofficial is one of the best weekends on campus — and we have been told that repeated-ly. As a result, many of my peers are making Unofficial party plans.

This leaves me a confused fresh-man. And for most of my peers, the influence of the school enforc-ing Unofficial rules has little to no effect on preventing participation of students in Unofficial. After all, the University keeps sending these

emails and warnings out each year, yet the horror stories about inju-ries and delinquencies keep happen-ing, indicating that students still participate.

As for me, while I love the idea of the tradition and spirit being cap-tured by this holiday, the school’s warnings are making me rethink my peers’ participation in this holi-day, mostly because we are inexperi-enced and underage.

As freshmen, some may get car-ried away with Unofficial, as it’s probably their first year experienc-ing something like this. This also may lead to over-participation in the event because many aren’t experi-enced in taking part in such activi-ties as older students and thus could cause negative effects.

Underage drinking happens at this University, it’s no secret. But in the end, it’s neither the school’s rules or the horror stories that will stop some freshmen from participating in their first celebration of Unofficial.

Simran is a freshman in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].

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EDITORIALCities’ art

experience shouldn’t be

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Alumna fails to show school values on ‘Survivor’REBECCA JACOBS

Opinions columnist

T here’s much more growing in the Champaign-Urba-na area than just corn — walk around

downtown Champaign or take a trip across the Quad to the Spurlock Museum to see that the arts are thriving too. This is a community with numer-ous outlets for the arts, and you can quite literally see them everywhere you go.

Consider The Art Theater Co-op, the nation’s first co-operatively owned art movie theater in the nation, which has served the Champaign area since 1913 despite rapid modernizations in the film in-dustry. Today, it’s one of the few places where, no mat-ter what’s playing, you’ll see a good film. There’s also the historic Virginia Theatre, op-erating since the 1920s and host of Ebertfest, Roger Eb-ert’s annual film festival. Community art culled by 40 North, the Champaign Coun-ty Art Council, lines the in-side of Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District buses.

The arts don’t just have a presence: They have a his-tory both here and in many facets of the community. And in an age where STEM-related programs are be-ing pushed to the forefront often at the detriment of the arts, it can be a nice re-minder of how the arts tru-ly shape the unique culture of C-U.

Think about the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, a hub for attracting prestigious shows and musi-cians, both local and nation-al. Head to downtown Cham-paign or the Canopy Club to listen to the communi-ty’s rich, local music scene. Take a trip to Edison Mid-dle School where students, through making designs on donated skateboard decks in cooperation with 40 North, are learning how to ex-press themselves creatively and explore their identities through art.

The artistic life in Cham-paign-Urbana is important. It can be easy to take these artistic establishments and programs for granted, not re-alizing how many opportu-nities they provide. Chances are you wouldn’t seek out an independent or foreign film if it weren’t for the presence of the Art Theater. Or you may never have been exposed to world cultures and heritage had it not been for a class tour to the Spurlock Muse-um. Maybe some students at Edison Middle School were apathetic about art until they had the opportunity to create art themselves.

These community art proj-ects and initiatives do more than open the door for op-portunities — they unite the community. Art is made for people, by people. And that’s what unites a community and forces them to support each other’s works: the fact that everyone has the ability to create art.

Sustaining a vivacious com-munity of art is expensive, and it’s often associated with a culture of privilege. And while most of the public art places are in more prominent districts — such as down-town and on campus — they don’t have to be. Art is for everyone, especially in this community.

University warnings won’t stop freshman participation in UnofficialSIMRAN DEVIDASANI

Opinions columnist

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But from the first episode of “Survivor,” we can see that Taylor clearly hasn’t carried

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BY ABBY GLICKMANSTAFF WRITER

Each year, students of the Uni-versity’s American Red Cross Club come together in the name of fund-raising, blood donation and giving aid to disaster victims on-site. With many tasks on hand, the registered student organization shares one common goal: helping people in need. With March being National American Red Cross Month, this hardworking group of students is putting in extra effort.

Franklin D. Roosevelt named March American Red Cross Month in 1943 in response to disastrous fl oods in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys . In his fi rst Presiden-tial Proclamation of March as Red Cross Month in 1943, he stated, “I request that during that month (March) our people rededicate themselves to the splendid aims and activities of the Red Cross.”

University students are carry-ing on this tradition by holding a fundraiser in honor of American Red Cross Month. From Monday to Thursday, they are selling espres-so shot glasses in the Illini Union. They are also holding a Canteen Run, a on-site event to assist those in need, on March 16. All proceeds will go to the Measles & Rubel-la Initiative, a global partnership fi ghting measles and rubella.

Kelly Formoso, youth adviser for the American Red Cross Club and branch manager of the Mid-Illinois chapter of the American Red Cross, said she recognizes the hard work everyone has been doing.

In addition, the club is also busy this month working on social media training to promote the

America Red Cross using mem-bers’ personal networks, social events within the club to strength-en membership, and plans for their April blood drive.

On a national level, American Red Cross Month stands for rec-ognizing the organization itself.

“Red Cross Month is encom-passing and celebrating what the American Red Cross does,” For-moso said. “We try to promote what they do.”

She also said that there is an emphasis within the club about how to get more involved in the Red Cross community.

In the fall, the club fundraised through working at football games and holding a football toss on Dad’s Weekend, said Megan Ladd, fund-raising chair and sophomore in LAS . Later this spring, they plan to set up tables on the Quad and sell food from different ethnic groups, a tradition called Taste of Diversity.

The money that is raised throughout the year typically goes to the Mid-Illinois chapter of the American Red Cross, where For-moso runs the youth program. The program educates local children about life-saving preparedness education, Formoso said.

However, the club has already completed that goal of $1,000, so they are now raising money for the Measles Initiative, Ladd said.

Another big event that the American Red Cross Club hosts are blood drives. Although there is no blood drive planned for this month, the club is planning their next one in April. Each year they hold two blood drives per semes-ter. Marielle Nagele, blood ser-

vices representative and junior in LAS , said she enjoys the opportu-nity to give back because of a per-sonal connection.

“I knew people in high school who had cancer,” she said. “There’s always a blood shortage, and (donating blood) is a great way to help people.”

Last year, the club held an extra blood drive in honor of Davis McK-ay, a 5-year-old boy from Cham-paign who has Leukemia and Down Syndrome . Next year, they are planning on holding a blood drive on Sept. 11, in memory of the people who were lost in the 2001 tragedy, Nagele said.

According to the American Red Cross Club, every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood, and the American Red Cross sup-plies 45 percent of the nation’s blood supply.

Aside from fundraising and organizing blood drives, certifi ed club members also can help out in areas affected by weather-relat-ed disasters. Club President Liz Madrzyk, senior in LAS, is one of the members who helped build a shelter in Gifford, Ill., for the tor-nado victims in November.

“You get to be right there, up close and personal,” she said. “People were so thankful. It was mind-blowing.”

Although there are many dif-ferent tasks involved in the Amer-ican Red Cross Club, they share a common interest in helping people.

“They stay volunteers their whole lives,” Formoso said.

Abby can be reached at [email protected].

BY EMMA WEISSMANNASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR

“If you don’t know who I am, I have no idea why you’re here,” joked RJ Mitte to the crowd that had gathered in the Illini Union I-Rooms on Tuesday night. Although you may not immediately know the name “RJ Mitte,” it’s doubt-ful you are unfamiliar with his character, Walt “Flynn” Jr., the son of chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-manufacturer Walter White on AMC’s Emmy-winning “Breaking Bad .” Mitte, who has a mild condi-tion of cerebral palsy , gave a lecture, “Overcoming Adver-sity: Turning a Disadvantage into an Advantage,” as part of the Illini Union Board’s month-ly lecture series.

The Daily Illini sat down with Mitte prior to his lecture.

The Daily Illini: We know you are here tonight to talk about your experiences living with a milder form of cerebral palsy and how that has molded you as an actor. What message do you specifi cally hope to relate to University students tonight?RJ Mitte: Having a disability gives you knowledge. Having a disability gives you some-thing that most people nev-er understand unless they live it. Disabilities try to trap you in your own body, pre-vent you from doing what you want. And the thing about it is, this is your body, and this is your life. You need to take it for yourself. You need to overcome these challenges because they are put in front of you for a reason, and, if you can persevere, you can do extraordinary things. People forget that.

DI: Why did you decide to come to the University of Illinois?Mitte: I come to college cam-puses because people here are already taking their own steps, they’re already grow-ing, they’re already taking the knowledge that people are

giving them and using it for the better. They’re using it to learn. People go to classes, but they forget the little things. I know that sounds ridiculous, but it’s something that’s so easily forgotten. I try to give a little bit of a reminder. What’s really nice is we don’t only get students, we get teachers, professors, educators . It reso-nates with a lot of people .

DI: How has CP affected your career as an actor overall? Specifi cally, do you feel limit-ed to CP-related roles?Mitte: I don’t feel limited to anything. I take what I can get, as any working actors should. I want to continue to work and move forward. Walt Jr. was the one CP role that I had. But now I’m working on a show called “Switched at Birth” on ABC Family, and I play a character named Camp-bell, and he happens to suffer from a spinal cord injury from a snowboarding accident. It’s nice to have these characters that are unique in their own way, and that each has their own defi ning moments. I don’t let people defi ne me by a dis-ability. People (without dis-abilities) do though. They will always defi ne somebody by the way they sound, the way they look, the way they walk. It’s an inevitable outcome and a defense mechanism in the human body.

DI: What do you want students to know specifi cally about RJ (for those who know you only as Walt Jr. on “Breaking Bad”)? Mitte: I love to travel; I love

to work. I’m a bit of a worka-holic. I’ve been acting for nine years now, and I spent seven of them on “Breaking Bad.” I started “Breaking Bad” when I was 14 and fi nished when I was 20. I put pieces of me in my characters. Everything I do with my characters is based on how I would act in that situation. Trying to bring a realism to my characters I fi nd works the best. As long as they keep hiring me, as long as I’m able to keep living my life and able to come to these campuses and meet some amazing people, I’m happy. We’re good.

DI: What is the biggest mis-conception about CP? Does it ever empower you? Mitte: A lot of people think it’s genetic . The biggest miscon-ception about not just CP, but about all disabilities is that people think having a disabil-ity makes you disabled, that having a disability defi nes your life forever. And that’s not true. Having a disability does not defi ne who you are, only you are defi ned by what you can do. By the end of the day, you have to be willing to step out of your comfort zone, out of the normal and go into the abnormal. You can face your fears and step up. You can take your life for your own and not be a prisoner in your own body .

DI: In what ways do you con-nect with “Flynn” from Break-ing Bad, and do any of his challenges apply to your life?Mitte: I went through the exact same thing that Walt Jr. went through. I dealt with the crutches ... with all the ther-apy treatments: occupational therapy, speech therapy, the whole nine yards. I’ve been there. And Junior has too. I always fi nd there are pieces of yourself that you put into your job: Even though you don’t realize it, they’re there.

Emma can be reached at [email protected].

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“I don’t have plans for Unoffi cial. I will probably hang out with friends. ... I am just not a drinker and do not like to get drunk.”

“My friends are hosting parties, so I have different options to choose from. I look forward to being with friends, all wearing green and having a good time. Senior year is busy, and it’s hard to get everyone together, so (it’s) exciting to rely on this time to get everyone together.”

“This is my fi rst time celebrating Unoffi cial, so I’m excited. I’m just going to hang out with friends and go to some frat houses.”

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For many students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham-paign, a school ranked No. 3 on Princeton Review’s list of top 20 party schools, the first Friday of March means two things: Wearing green and drinking excessive amounts of alcohol. Bars open early and some students skip class to celebrate Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day, a nation-ally known event among college students. But how does it compare to the campus-wide parties of fellow Big Ten schools? Let’s take a look at a few of them:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday whose creation is largely

credited to bar-owner Scott Cochrane, who now owns several bars on campus. He and other bar owners advertised the first “Unofficial St. Pat-rick’s Day” in 1996 so students could celebrate a holiday that normally occurred during their Spring Break, which caused bar owners to lose money. The holiday, which now falls on the first Friday in March, has essentially become an excuse for students to wear all green, start drink-ing early and get drunker than usual. But recently the University and city officials have tightened up security on the event — including mak-ing all of the campus bars 21-plus entry for the weekend of Unofficial.

Cara Drennan, senior in LAS, said she has been to both Little 500 at the University of Indiana and Unofficial. She said she enjoys Unofficial but thinks events like Little 500 take place on a bigger scale.

“I don’t think Unofficial has as much of a platform to it; it’s just a day that everyone gets really hammered,” Drennan said.

Nonetheless, Drennan said she likes the easygoing atmosphere of Unofficial and seeing everyone drinking on porches and roofs.

Drenan, who has friends visit her every year for the event, said she thinks the reputation of Unofficial is what attracts visitors from other universities.

“Not only do friends want to visit me, but they want to experience what all the hype is for themselves,” she said.

Indiana University Bloomington:

Indiana University Bloomington’s “Little 500” week consists of a week of partying leading up to the nation’s largest collegiate bike race and occurs during the last weekend in April. Dubbed “Little 500,” the bike race began in 1951 as a way to raise money for student scholar-ships and is modeled after the Indianapolis 500 auto race. Sponsored by the Indiana University Student Foundation, the women’s race is held on Friday and the men’s on Saturday. Day parties and concerts take place throughout the week, with last year’s biggest performers being Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.

Despite the abundant partying, Nicole Drennan, sophomore at Indi-ana University, said racers take the event seriously and often do not drink for the entire year leading up to the race. Drennan, who was a rookie racer for her sorority Zeta Tau Alpha last year, is now captain of a new four-person team this year. She said that although she misses out on the partying, racing is an “unbelievable experience” she would not trade for anything.

According to Drennan, anyone can put together a team, and often fraternities, sororities, clubs and even dorms will be represented. Stu-dent celebrations are largely organized by Greek chapters. Indiana sophomore Walter Edwards said fraternities often put up makeshift fences surrounding their houses, which enables them to drink on their front lawn without fear of consequence as long as they do not get noise complaints. According to the Indiana University Student Foundation, more than 25,000 fans come to campus each year to watch the Little 500 bike race.

University of Wisconsin-Madison:

Originally starting in 1969 as a Vietnam War street protest, Mifflin Street Block Party at the University of Wisconsin-Madison soon devel-oped into the University’s largest school-wide drinking event planned by students. The official block party takes place the last Saturday before finals week on Mifflin Street.

In 2012, Madison police handed out 545 tickets related to the event. Rob Shepard and his roommate Geoff Gilles, both juniors at the uni-versity, said they watched as police filled up two Metro buses full of arrestees. In 2013, there were only seven citations because the party

Known for his role as Walter “Flynn” White Jr. on AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” RJ Mitte visited campus for his lecture titled “Overcoming Adversity: Turning a Disadvantage to an Advantage.” Turn to Page 5A to read about his visit.

RJ Mitte visits the Illini Union

had spread to other places on campus due to heightened security on Mifflin Street, Shepard said.

“When they tried to stomp out the little fire on Mifflin Street in 2012, it simply spread like wildfire all over campus,” he said. Now, because of increased police presence on Mifflin Street, the party is not only confined to just that block. House parties and frat parties are abun-dant the day of the Mifflin Street Block Party, and drinking starts early in the day.

Penn State University:

Much like Unofficial at the University of Illinois, State Patty’s Day at Penn State was created in 2007 to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, which usually occurred during students’ spring break. The celebration, which occurs on the last Saturday before spring break, was held on March 1 this year, and the University collectively paid more than $200,000 to downtown businesses and liquor distributors to either stay closed or not sell alcohol that day.

“I know that students are still pushing to have parties and things, but I don’t think it is as big as it used to be,” said Drake Dodson, junior at Penn State. He said he thinks many students are scared away because of the large police presence. Two of the parties Dodson attended dur-ing State Patty’s Day were shut down by the police. However, Dodson said he did not have a problem finding parties to go to, and there were still “plenty of drunk people wearing green.”

University of Minnesota: The University of Minnesota’s Spring Jam is a three-day music

festival held the last weekend in April. Sponsored by Student Unions and Activities at the University, the event began in 1997 and usually falls two weeks before students’ final exams. This year, it will be held April 24-26. Jeff Hochstein, sophomore at Minnesota, said the festival gives students the opportunity to finally enjoy warm weather after a long winter.

In the past, artists like Mat Kearney, Lupe Fiasco and the Head and the Heart have performed at Spring Jam. According to Hochstein, Spring Jam pre-festivities include a “Battle of the Bands” for students who wish to put together a band. The winner of the contest opens for the headliner of Spring Jam. During the actual weekend of Spring Jam, fraternities and sororities participate in “Greek Battle of the Bands” in which certain fraternities and sororities are paired up to play a few songs together on stage during Spring Jam. They get rated based on things such as look, stage presence and talent, Hochstein said.

“It’s really funny because none of them are really good, but you can tell they’re having a great time,” he said.

Students also play sand volleyball, basketball and Frisbee, as well as go to parties during Spring Jam, Hochstein said. In 2013, the city spent $12,400 on extra police presence.

Northwestern University:

Armadillo Day, known to students as “Dillo Day,” is a one-day,

outdoor music festival hosted annually by the student group May-fest on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Since 1972, the festival has featured artists such as Walk the Moon, Smash Mouth and Wiz Khalifa. Umangi Patel, junior at Northwestern, said some students begin drinking by Lake Michigan at sunrise, but at the event itself, drinking is not allowed. However, beer is sold at a tent for those legally of age.

Patel said the university offers free food, such as a pancake break-fast in the morning and free pizza at the Lakefill.

“Given that Northwestern is a medium-sized, private institution, it is our outlet for pretending that we are a public school,” Patel said. Day drinking at off-campus tail-gate-like events and barbecues is common for students before they go to the actual concerts, Patel said.

Gabrielle Petrelli, sophomore at Northwestern, said that although the university is strict about visitors on Dillo Day, police are mainly concerned with students’ safety, not busting parties.

Purdue University:

Purdue University’s Grand Prix, a week-long celebration leading up to a Saturday go-kart race, is normally held on the last Saturday in April. According to the University’s student newspaper “The Expo-nent,” the tradition started in May 1958 when a group of engineering students wanted to use skills they learned in their classes, and raced go-karts with lawnmower engines. Today, students are invited to build a go-kart and race.

Generally, sororities, fraternities, residence halls and student orga-nizations will create go-karts, according to sophomore Jeff Trybula.

During the week leading up to the go-kart races, upperclassmen partake in a Purdue tradition called “breakfast club,” which consists of going to the bars in costume at 6 a.m., Trybula said. This tradition is usually reserved for football season, but also happens all through-out the week of Grand Prix and on Saturday.

Many students skip class, he said, and fraternities set up sand vol-leyball courts, bounce houses, giant blow-up water-slides and blow up pools outside their houses. In the past, Trybula said, the University has held a Life and Color concert for the weekend of Grand Prix.

Bridget can be reached at [email protected].

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BY SEAN HAMMONDSENIOR WRITER

Joseph Bertrand walked through the handshake line muttering “good game” to Michigan basketball players.

Hours earlier he had walked across the same court with his mom and his brother at his side. Tuesday night was senior night at State Farm Center for the fi fth-year veteran. The cheer

from the orange-clad fans when his name was announced was one of the loudest all night.

Bertrand embraced head coach John Groce — sporting his orange blazer — at center court. He was handed a plaque bearing a white No. 2 jersey and took a photo with Athletic Director Mike Thomas.

Fellow senior Jon Ekey followed shortly after with members of his family. It was the same routine, a plaque with his No. 33 jersey, a photo with Thomas.

It was not the seniors’ last game for Illinois. But it was their last in Champaign.

The ceremony ended. The game started.

The seniors were forgotten as freshman Kendrick Nunn drained seven points in the game’s opening minutes.

Groce called Bertrand and Ekey’s numbers at the 16:13 mark in the half. They stood from their spots on the bench and went to the scorer’s table. They crouched down together, waiting for a whistle. They waited two minutes for a stoppage of play to occur, allowing them to enter the game. The seniors walked onto the court with 13:50 remaining in the half, Illinois trailing

Michigan 17-11.Bertrand’s night would not

last long.He got up and down the court

a few times. With 11:46 on the clock, he went down hard under the Wolverine basket, clutching at his right knee and grimacing noticeably.

Bertrand stood and made his way to the Illini bench. He walked gingerly, but not so much so that one would think he wouldn’t return.

But his No. 2 jersey never came out from underneath his warm ups in the second half.

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In a little over a year, Kev-in Duchene has become the man.

With some help from coaches and players alike, Duch-ene has gone from the wild fresh-man to a team leader, the Friday starter and the most consistent pitcher on the Illinois baseball team.

Duchene threw a three-hit complete game shutout Friday in the Illini’s 6-0 win over the then No. 23 Gators in Florida. On 100 pitches, Duchene record-ed six strikeouts, and was able to put away a Florida team that had averaged six runs per game until that point.

“Kevin did what Kevin does,” pitching coach Drew Dickinson said. “I fully expect him to do that all the time. He’s that good. He has that kind of make up, that kind of stuff.”

Duchene’s pitching was good enough to garner Big Ten Pitcher of the Week as well as admiration from his teammates.

“He was lights out, and he’s been that way the past year and a half that I’ve played with him,” junior pitcher John Kravetz said. “It wasn’t too surprising, but it was pretty awesome to watch from the dugout.”

Despite his weekend success, Duchene was humble when talk-ing about his performance. After crediting his teammates for their contributions to the victory, Duchene said he thought he had pretty good control of his fast-ball early on, which resulted in a lot of quick outs early on and eventually allowed him to pick up strikeouts later in the game.

“It’s real easy because I’m a pitcher that goes out there and throws to contact, and that’s exactly what I did,” Duchene said. “I kept the pitch count low. The defense was unbelievable. When you’re able to go out there and have your team score runs in front of you, it just makes pitch-ing that much easier.”

Not long ago, Duchene wasn’t the No. 1 guy. But with the help of former Illini ace Kevin John-son, Duchene was able to grow as both a pitcher and a leader into his current role.

For as long as he can remem-ber, Duchene has played base-ball. He picked up tee-ball around 5 or 6-years-old and quickly real-ized he belonged on the mound.

“I was a god-awful hitter,” Duchene said. “I could play fi rst base a little bit, but I was just pretty decent at pitching.”

Tee-ball turned into baseball, and before he knew it, colleges, including Illinois, were recruit-ing him.

When Duchene came down for his offi cial visit with the Illini, he met Johnson, who would eventu-ally become his mentor on the team.

Duchene decided on Illinois, and almost immediately his friendship with Johnson began.

“He really carried himself to the expectations of what your Friday guy is supposed to be,” Duchene said. “He was a great leader last year. It didn’t matter if he was talking to the pitchers, and we had a lot of young pitchers last year or any of the freshmen for that matter. He was somebody that everybody rallied behind.”

Johnson said that on top of being a great pitcher, Duchene was an eager learner who valued what Johnson said.

“I knew he was going to be somebody who would make immediate impact as a weekend starter just because of what I had heard about him,” Johnson said. “We had a good friendship

as far as that goes and he was really willing to learn, which I can appreciate. Everything that I would teach him I could see that he was really taking it to heart and really doing his best to basi-cally do what I told him.”

Johnson tried to teach Duchene all of the things that had tripped him up early on in his career. The biggest thing he told the fresh-man was that the speed of the game would increase tremen-dously. Instead of one player on a team being good enough to play in college, they all would be.

“That was the biggest thing from my freshman year when you get in a bind to just kind of take a deep breath and slow everything down because that’s when things can kind of get out of control,” Johnson said. “And I thought he did that real well.”

Duchene began last year as the Saturday starter behind John-son, but he struggled early. In

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No. 12 Michigan only needed two points in the second half to beat Illinois and win an outright Big Ten Championship. It scored 32.

After holding four straight opponents below 50 points, the Illinois defense got burned for 52 points in the fi rst half. The Wolverines came out hitting on all cylinders, shooting 67.9 percent overall and 78.6 percent on 3-pointers in the fi rst half.

The Wolverines cooled off a bit in the second half, shooting 43.5 percent from the fi eld and 55.6 percent from long range, but still beat the Illini 84-53 in the worst loss in State Farm Center history.

Michigan clinched its fi rst outright Big Ten Championship since 1986 in what head coach John Beilein said was the team’s best performance of the year.

“We’ve had some very good games this year, but none like that,” Beilein said. “I haven’t seen that in practice even.”

Derrick Walton, Jr. started the shooting clinic a little bit less than two minutes in, hitting the fi rst of Michigan’s 16 3-pointers — tied for the best performance by an Illinois opponent in program history. Nik Stauskas hit seven of nine 3-point attempts and scored 24 points to lead the Wolverines.

But Stauskas wasn’t alone. Zak Irvin went 3-for-5 from beyond the arc, while Caris

LeVert was 2-for-3 and Spike Albrecht went 2-for-2 from deep. Glenn Robinson and Walton each added one more longball.

“It’s kind of contagious when one guy gets going, we just kind of fed off it,” Stauskas said.

“At the end of the day, the difference was the 3-point line,” head coach John Groce said. Illinois was outscored 48-6 on 3-pointers.

“In order to get a result like this, we have to play really poor and they have to play really great,” Groce said. “It’s a lot more fun when you’re on the positive side of the perfect storm.”

Junior Rayvonte Rice, who led the Illini with 16 points, nine rebounds and three assists, said Illinois’ defense wasn’t bad, Michigan’s offense was just that good.

“Lately we’ve been playing great defense,” Rice said. “They would just knock down every open shot they got.”

Freshman Kendrick Nunn was the only other Illini in double figures, scoring 14 points.

Freshman Malcolm Hill shot 1-for-5, but Beilein said he wouldn’t worry about it.

“He is a really talented player that Illinois should embrace. Just watching him in the Michigan State game, he’s a heck of a player,” Beilein said.

In their last game at State

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When the Illini women’s bas-ketball team steps on the court to take on Iowa on Thursday for the fi rst round of the Big Ten Tour-nament, guard Amber Moore will be playing like it’s her last game.

Because it very well could be.Moore is the team’s lone senior,

and from here on out every game Illinois plays will be do-or-die. At 9-20, the Illini won’t be playing in any postseason tournaments beyond Big Tens, unless they win the conference tournament, so Moore plans to make her expe-rience special.

“It’s going to be fun,” she said. “The tournament is a fun time, and I’m glad it’s back at India-napolis. I think (Banker’s Life Fieldhouse) is really fun, it’s a great atmosphere. This is my last go-around, so I want to leave my mark on the Big Ten and the tournament.”

Moore has already left a siz-able mark at Illinois. The pro-gram has never seen such a pro-lifi c shooter in its history. Moore crushed the team’s previous career records for 3-pointers

made (291), attempted (894) and holds the record for highest free throw percentage (.846).

Moore has always had success wherever she’s been. In grade school, she frequently won the MVP award despite being part of an all-boys team. At Detroit Country Day high school, Moore led her team to 94 wins in 98 games and two Michigan Class B state titles her junior and senior seasons. Her success garnered her the No. 2 ranking in the state from MichLadyBallers.com and an offer from then-head coach Jolette Law to play for Illinois.

Once Moore came to Cham-paign, the tides turned. As a freshman, Moore was poised to make an immediate impact for the Illini, but tore her ACL in her fi rst collegiate game, an over-time loss to Temple. The injury cost her the entire season.

“For me to get hurt, it was just sad,” Moore said. “I came in with the No. 2 recruiting class, and I thought we were going to do damage. Just not being able to play with Jenna Smith, one of the best players that ever played

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Wolverines clobber Illini 84-53 in fi nal home game

Senior night ruined by blowout loss

Honorable mentionsTracy Abrams (men’s basketball) — The junior point guard fi nished with 12 points, four assists and fi ve steals against the then-No. 18 Michigan State on Saturday. Abrams helped Illinois win the game 53-46 for the Illini’s third-straight win.John Scully (hockey) — The senior forward earned a hat trick in the fi nal home game of his career en route to a 7-1 win over Eastern Michigan on Saturday.

KEVIN DUCHENEWith the help of fellow players and the coaching staff, the humble

sophomore has taken only a year to rise as a leader and theNo. 1 pitcher on the baseball team

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DARYL QUITALIG THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois' Amber Moore drives the ball during the game against Iowa at State Farm Center on Sunday .

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Tracy Abrams (13) ducks under Michigan’s Glen Robinson III (1) during their game at State Farm Center on Tuesday. The Illini lost 84-53. Illinois will play No. 24 Iowa on Saturday.

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Spring football practice begins; QB spot open for competition

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Kent Brown will turn the keys to State Farm Center over to con-struction crews Thursday.

The crews will be continu-ing construction that began in December as part of the Illinois Renaissance project.

Construction began outside State Farm Center, but further construction was planned around men’s and women’s basketball seasons to allow the teams to con-tinue playing in the arena, Brown said in a past interview.

The Illinois Renaissance proj-

ect was announced in March of 2013 and will add state-of-the-art technology, premium seat-ing and other amenities, includ-ing air conditioning, to the arena.

The seating capacity is expect-ed to fall from 16,618 to 15,200 with the new design. Student-seating will increase from 700 to 1,200, along with the addition of 12 premium 14-person suites, 80 four-person suites and about 1,000 club seats.

The renovation on the 50-year-old building will cost $160 mil-lion and is scheduled to be com-pleted in the fall of 2016.

Bertrand, Ekey say goodbye to fans at State Farm Center

After the game, Groce was uncertain about Bertrand’s status moving forward. Illinois’ athletic trainer Paul Schmidt took a look at Bertrand’s knee at the time of the injury and didn’t think it was too serious. But X-rays will be needed and further opinions gathered.

Fans might remember Bertrand hurting his knee. Or they might remember Ekey missing a dunk. But they will definitely remember the blur that was Michigan’s Nik Stauskas as he drained eight 3-point shots and scored 24 points in Michigan’s 84-53 win.

Ekey did score four points in his 21 minutes, and Bertrand managed to put in a bucket before the injury. For both of them, the last farewell was disappointing.

The outright Big Ten champions scorched the nets from inside, outside and everywhere in between. The Wolverines played like the team that shot Louisville out of the gym in the first half of last year’s national championship game. Only this time they didn’t let up.

It was their night. They played like the champions they are.

Groce called Michigan’s 69.6 percent shooting performance “the perfect storm.” Illinois was outscored from beyond the 3-point arc 48-6.

“We’ve had some really good games this year,” Michigan head coach John Beilein said. “But none like that. I haven’t seen that in practice even.”

Outside the Michigan locker room, Beilein was handed the Big Ten championship trophy.

He looked at it and a smile broke out across his face. He posed for the cameras, just for a moment, then said, “I’ve got to give this to them.”

He passed through the locker room door and handed the trophy off to the players. The door closed behind him. But the whoops and hollers could be heard from the other side.

Moments earlier it had been a different feeling for Illinois’ seniors.

When Bertrand reached the last Michigan player in the handshake line, he doubled back across the court toward the tunnel. He strode across the block I and the outline of the state of Illinois at center court. The Illini fans were collecting their things and heading for the exits.

But most were still there.Bertrand was almost at the

baseline when he raised his hand in the air to salute the crowd. A friend sitting courtside in the Orange Krush signaled toward him. Bertrand walked to the sideline, and the friend gave him a hug. A few other Krush members slapped his hand and patted his back in congratulations.

His teammates passed him on their way to the tunnel. They walked out of the arena’s bowl unceremoniously and headed for the locker room.

Bertrand raised his hand in farewell one last time. He turned and hustled after his team through the tunnel. His knee seemed okay. He didn’t look back.

The fifth-year senior was gone.

Sean can be reached at [email protected] and @sean_hammond.

The Illinois men’s basketball team entered Tuesday night’s matchup

against No. 12 Michigan riding a three-game winning streak while allowing 50 points or less in its last four contests. It allowed 52 points in the first half alone.

Lack of defense and talent doomed Illinois in an 84-53 loss at the hands of Michigan on Senior Night. Illinois, in the process, learned what it takes to be a Big Ten champion.

It didn’t take Michigan long to blow the game wide open. The Wolverines already led 36-17 with 7:24 remaining in the first half. For one of the first times this season, Illinois’ defense, not its offense, failed it.

“I think it’s more execution of their behalf, thumbs up, execution on our behalf, thumbs down,” Illinois head coach John Groce said. “Those two in equation together is not a good recipe.”

Michigan scored 52 points while shooting 67.9 percent from the floor in the first half. Michigan couldn’t miss. Michigan head coach John Beilein said he hadn’t even seen that type of shooting from his team even in practice. The Wolverines had almost as many 3-pointers in the first half (11) as had field goals (13).

Illinois head coach John Groce compared Michigan’s offensive efficiency to a quote LeBron James said after his 61st-game, that it was like “shooting a golf ball into an ocean.” Michigan just overwhelmed Illinois with its talent, even with the loss of preseason All-American Mitch McGary.

The Wolverines’ roster is deep with impact players. Michigan is led by the sharpshooting of sophomore Nik Stauskas, who torched the Illini for 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting, but he has plenty of help around him.

Glenn Robinson III was too much to handle for Illinois on Tuesday. Robinson is an NBA athlete, something Illinois seriously lacks. The sophomore had 13 points, five rebounds and two steals as Illinois just couldn’t control him in the paint. Caris LeVert, who has been a pleasant surprise for Michigan, chipped in 15 points on 5-for-9 shooting from the field.

In support of its top guns, the Wolverines have top-notch role players. The bench backcourt of Spike Albrecht and Zak Irvin combined to shoot 5-for-7 from behind the arc. Freshman Derrick Walton Jr. has been an ideal floor

general for the Wolverines despite being only a freshman. Walton rounded out a nice game with nine points, seven rebounds and five assists to zero turnovers. Illinois is a shell of a team compared to Michigan.

It’s not a coincidence that the only Illinois players to perform well Tuesday were Kendrick Nunn and Rayvonte Rice. They are, after all, the most talented Illini on the roster.

Nunn, who finished with 14 points on 6-for-10 shooting

from the field, is starting to diversify his repertoire. He said Michigan was running him off the 3-point line, so he changed up his game. The only knock on Nunn is his tendency to disappear in games, but there’s no denying the talent is there.

Illinois’ loss against Michigan was the last game at State Farm Center as we know it. Renovations begin Thursday that will completely revamp the arena. What will remain are the banners that hang from the ceiling of State

Farm Center listing Illinois’ Big Ten Championships. Illinois last pulled off the feat in 2005 when it reached the national championship game. Michigan, who clinched the regular season Big Ten title with the win, showed Illinois it has a long way to go before a new date will be etched on that banner.

Michael is a senior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @The_MDubb.

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Tracy Abrams looks on while the last few seconds go by during the game against No. 12 Michigan at State Farm Center on Tuesday. The Illini lost 84-53.

Duchene’s words: “I did pretty mediocre.”

Dickinson moved him to the bullpen, which Duchene didn’t like. He used its motivation along with Johnson’s advice to push through the struggles and find his rhythm again.

“I knew that I had to get it done or I wasn’t going to be able to enjoy starting again,” Duchene

said. “It all just kind of clicked and I started throwing well.”

During his stint in the bull-pen, Duchene said Johnson would tell him things like “you’re just as good as everybody else” and “you can’t beat yourself.” John-son also taught him to not over-think things in the games.

Johnson sat out toward the end of the season with an injury that would lead to Tommy John’s surgery after the year. Duchene was able to replace Johnson as the Friday starter late last sea-

son and has yet to relinquish that title. He was also able to com-pile nine wins in his freshman year, one more than Kravetz had in his freshman year the year before, giving Duchene the school record of most wins by an Illinois freshman.

This year has been different for Duchene. Following Johnson’s graduation, he has taken on the full-time role of No. 1 starter in addition to serving as a team leader.

Not only does Duchene have

16 strikeouts in three starts, but also his 22 1/3 innings pitched lead the Big Ten.

“He’s proven himself as a com-petitor on the mound,” Johnson said. “As the leader of the staff, how you play is almost going to show your leadership more than what you can say. I always say lead by example. Pitching well, doing what he’s been doing is going to be something that peo-ple will take into account. Even if he doesn’t say anything, people will be like ‘Duchene’s doing this’

or ‘What’s Duchene doing? I want to do what he’s doing. He’s got it figured out.’”

After the Illini started the sea-son 2-4, Duchene took it upon himself to step up both on and off the field and motivate his team. Now the Illini are on a four-game winning streak and Duchene is coming off an impressive indi-vidual performance.

“I give my team everything I have every single time I go out there,” Duchene said. “Lead-ing by example on the mound

is something I take pride in, so hopefully it’s rubbed off on some of these guys, too.”

“Kid just knows how to pitch,” Dickinson said.

“He knows what it takes to be a No. 1 starter,” he added. “A No. 1 starter isn’t a guy that goes out and gives you a chance to win. He wins, and he starts that weekend off right.”

Nicholas can be reached at [email protected] and @IlliniSportsGuy.

here, really put a damper on me. That year I learned how to help my teammates off the court and just being on the sideline, you get a dif-ferent perspective of the game.”

The injury gave Moore an extra year of eligibility, thus remov-ing her from the senior class of 2013 which included former Illi-nois standouts Adrienne God-Bold, Karisma Penn and Kersten Magrum. Moore said she was more emotional during their Senior Day ceremony than at her own, which took place after Sunday’s loss to Iowa.

“It was tough,” she said. “I cried my eyes out. They were the people I came in with, and I was close to them. Just to see them leave and know they weren’t going to be here for my last year was really tough for me.”

Through the years of playing with GodBold, Penn and Magrum, Moore experienced her ups and downs. In the season she missed because of the ACL tear, the Illini finished with a 19-15 record and won three games in the Women’s NIT, losing to Illinois State in the quarterfinals.

Illinois struggled in its next two seasons, winning just nine and 11 games, respectively. The end result: Law lost her job, a move that surprised Moore.

“When you’re coming to a col-

lege based on the coaching staff, and then they leave, it’s kind of like: ‘This is why I came here, what do I do?’” Moore said. “The coach-ing staff that came in, I trusted them as soon as they stepped foot in the door. It was difficult at first, but you know, change is always difficult.”

When head coach Matt Bol-lant was signed after a success-ful stint at Green Bay, the Illini felt his impact immediately. In his first season at Illinois, Bollant led the team to a 19-14 season, their best finish since 2007, and another trip to the Women’s NIT quarter-finals, where the Illini would fall to Kansas State. The season would be Moore’s only winning season as an Illinois player, but she said it helped her transition into her role as a leader on the Illini.

“I’ve always been a leader by example, but it’s turned me into more of a vocal leader,” she said. “I get to help my teammates out with the knowledge I know, and I think that’s helped me a lot as well.”

Guard Taylor Tuck, Moore’s teammate for three seasons, described her as the “team mom.”

“She’s the mature one, she’s older, and she looks out for every-body,” Tuck said. “I think she’s always been a leader on the team, especially this year, part of the reason because she’s the only senior.

“We all look to her on and off the floor.”

Akin to how Moore’s college

career was reset after her dev-astating injury, the Illini’s season will be reset starting Thursday. Moore said, despite the team’s record, they still have the pieces and talent to make a run and sur-prise everyone this weekend.

“We’ve battled in a lot of games this year,” Moore said, noting the team’s win against Seton Hall after having a 20-point deficit. “The Big Ten Tournament is coming up and everyone is starting back at 0-0, so anything can happen. We just need to have that spirit and make sure we know we have a chance. Even though our record isn’t that great, it doesn’t matter anymore.”

When Moore’s career eventu-ally does come to an end, she said she doesn’t plan to quit playing the game. Moore will work out in the postseason in hopes of secur-ing a contract with a professional women’s team overseas. She said she did not care where she plays, as long as she plays, but specified that she prefers to play in France or Australia, as they are destina-tions she’s always wanted to see.

While it’s uncertain whether the Illini will make an impact in the conference tournament, Bollant has no doubts as to the impact and contributions Moore has made for Illinois throughout her five-year career.

“She’s meant a lot to this program.”

Blake can be reached at [email protected].

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BY DAN BERNSTEIN STAFF WRITER

After recording the second-best round in school history with an 8-under-par 64 Sunday, junior Brian Campbell put him-self in solid position to win the individual title at the 17-team USF Invitational in Dade City, Fla.

Campbell posted a 6-under-par 30 on the front nine, as he birdied four out of the first sev-en holes and eagled the ninth. Campbell then turned to the back nine and posted a two-under-par 34 to put himself in a tie for second place after the first round of the 54-hole tournament.

Illinois finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in the team standings, behind North Carolina-Greensboro, South Florida and Florida State.

The Illini also got a solid con-tribution from Charlie Daniel-

son, who posted a 4-under-par 68 to help put the No. 7 Illini into a tie for sixth place in the team competition after the first round. Jonathan Hauter post-ed a 1-over 73, while Thomas Detry and David Kim both post-ed 3-over 75s.

The conditions were a bit tougher Monday at the 7,153-yard Lake Jovita Golf and Coun-try Club. Despite the windy con-ditions, the Illini were able to move into third place after the second round by posting an 8-under team score of 280.

Campbell posted a 5-under-par 67, which put him into sole possession of first place.

Detry also posted a career-best 5-under 67, which helped lift the Illini into third place after 36 holes behind No. 33 South Florida and No. 20 Flori-da State. David Kim and Char-lie Danielson also contributed to the Illini’s efforts with respec-

tive scores of 72 and 74. Daniel-son was tied for 20th place after two rounds.

The Illini were looking to take advantage of the favorable scor-ing conditions Tuesday by being more aggressive. Danielson had a 2-under 70 and finished tied for 20th in the individual stand-ings, while Detry and Kim post-ed respective rounds of 71 and 69; Detry tied for 22nd while Kim finished 43rd.

After posting a one-under par 35 on the front nine, Campbell birdied holes 13 and 14 to take a one-shot overall lead over Flor-ida State’s Jack Maguire. The lead did not last long as Camp-bell bogeyed the 451-yard par-4 16th, before making pars on 17 and 18 to finish with a 2-under 70 for the day and 15-under for the tournament. The Seminoles’ Maguire was able to birdie the 420-yard par-4 18th hole to fin-ish a 10-under round of 62 and take the individual title by one stroke.

Dan can be reached at [email protected] and @yaboybernie11.

Illinois men’s golf scores well at Invitational in Dade City, Fla.

Farm Center, the presence of seniors Jon Ekey and Joseph Bertrand was hardly felt. Bertrand hurt his knee early and scored just two points, while Ekey added four.

Illinois came into this game with positive momentum following its win at No. 18 Michigan State on Saturday,

but that momentum faltered against the Wolverines. Groce said it will take a great amount of mental toughness to bounce back at No. 24 Iowa on Saturday.

Still, Groce said Illinois has been playing its best basketball of the year lately, and it ran into the Wolverines on a historically bad night.

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

Disparity of talent apparent in Illinois’ loss to Michigan

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BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Rayvonte Rice loses his grasp on the ball after drawing contact during the game against No. 12 Michigan at State Farm Center on Tuesday. The Illini lost 84-53.

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BY STEPHEN BOURBONSTAFF WRITER

Wes Lunt is no stranger to a quarterback competition. He’s no stranger to winning them, either.

Lunt, a third-year sophomore quarterback who transferred to Illi-nois after one season at Oklahoma State, finds himself in a familiar sit-uation as he once again must prove himself worthy of leading a team.

At Oklahoma State, Lunt enrolled early as a freshman and snared the starting position from junior Clint Chelf and redshirt freshman J.W. Walsh as the Cowboys’ first true freshman starting quarterback since 1993.

Lunt finds himself in a three-way battle with senior Reilly O’Toole and sophomore Aaron Bailey at Illinois, with spring practices starting Wednesday. Lunt said one key to a successful quarterback competition is keeping it friendly among the participants.

“Everyone is just friends and at the end of the day, we’re all teammates,” he said. “It’s got to be, (or) it just makes the locker room uncomfortable. We’re all for the team and we want the best for the team.”

Lunt showcased his passing abilities early on at Oklahoma State in 2012. In just his second career start on the road at Arizona, Lunt threw for 436 yards and four touchdowns on 37-of-60 passing. That would be the highlight of his Cowboys career, though, as he was injured the very next week against Louisiana-Lafayette.

A knee injury sidelined Lunt for six weeks before he returned to action but he would be knocked out of a game against Kansas State in his second week back and was out for the season until he returned in mop-up duty in a blowout of Purdue in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.

After deciding to transfer, Lunt, a Rochester, Ill., native, is now much closer to home, although he said the time away forced him to mature much faster.

“It was good for me to get away, to grow up in a hurry,” Lunt said. “You learn to do things on your own but now it’s nice to be close to home and be able to go home if I want to.”

Though only a sophomore, the 6-foot-5 Lunt has experience and production that Bailey and O’Toole can’t match. Lunt has passed for more yards than O’Toole in only six

career appearances, compared to 23 for O’Toole, and Bailey had five passing attempts last season.

Learning offensive coordinator Bill Cubit’s diverse offense has been a challenge — Lunt credits O’Toole for helping he and Bailey in that regard — but isn’t alien from the spread attack at Oklahoma State. Last season, the Cowboys were 30th nationally in passing offense, while the Illini were just three spots below.

However, Lunt is excited for the freedom that Cubit gives to his sig-nal callers to make decisions on the field, making this competition cru-cial to the Illini offense in 2014.

“We can really call whatever we want, it’s all on the quarterback,” Lunt said. “All the concepts are usu-ally the same (to Oklahoma State) but it’s how you run them out of dif-ferent formations and such, that’s kind of been the new thing about it.”

Lunt watched from the sidelines for all of 2013 due to transfer rules. This spring, he’ll try to prove that he’s done just watching.

Stephen can be reached at [email protected] and @steve_bourbon.


Reilly O’Toole didn’t come to Illi-nois to be a backup quarterback his entire career. He came in the sum-mer of 2011, after winning back-to-back state championships for Whea-ton Warrenville South High School, expecting to play.

And in that first year, O’Toole did play. He made appearances in 10 of 13 Illinois football games as Nathan Scheelhaase’s backup. But it wasn’t always pretty. He has completed 59 percent of his passes, thrown one touchdown and four interceptions.

O’Toole saw the field much less his sophomore and junior seasons.

To this point in his career, O’Toole is more likely known for his gaffes than his successes. Illini fans will remember the 45-14 blowout at the hands of Arizona State, O’Toole’s numerous failed attempts to run the read option in 2012 and his fumble against Ohio State last year that went for a safety and ended Illinois’ come-back attempt.

Through it all, he has maintained a smile. As spring practice kicks off Wednesday, O’Toole believes he has a

shot at winning the starting quarter-back spot left vacant by Scheelhaase.

“I fully expect to start next year and that’s the mindset I have,” O’Toole said. “I’m just going to go out there, do my best and have no regrets.”

O’Toole is not the favorite for the starting spot. Wes Lunt and Aaron Bailey are the perceived front-run-ners. O’Toole knows what he’s up against.

“They don’t have too many weak-nesses,” O’Toole said of his competi-tors. “Aaron’s one of the fastest guys on the team, really strong. Wes is just the prototypical quarterback: big, strong arm. “

But that doesn’t mean O’Toole can’t win the job.

For the first time in his Illinois career, O’Toole is heading into spring practice not having to learn a new offense. Coordinator Bill Cubit heads into his second season in charge of the Tim Beckman’s offense, after having improved them from 12th in the conference in total offense to fifth.

Cubit has more confidence in O’Toole than Illini fans, and that’s

all that matters. Neither Cubit nor Beckman has said any one of the three quarterback options is the favorite. And even through the miscues last season, Cubit has said repeatedly that he has confidence in O’Toole.

Beckman feels his staff will be “pretty close” to naming a starter by the end of the spring. He did not say a starter would necessarily be named. And, he added, every posi-tion on the depth chart was written in pencil.

Others might feel differently, but O’Toole doesn’t think he’s at any disadvantage in the quest to be Illi-nois’ starting quarterback in 2014. Is he overlooked with the likes of Lunt and Bailey battling him for the job?

“I don’t know,” he said. “I’m just going to try and do my best and hope-fully play to the capabilities that I have. I haven’t really done that to this point.”

Now is his chance.



Aaron Bailey stands with his back against the wall. A collage of past greats lines the orange and blue wall at the Illinois football facilities. Rob-ert Zuppke here, Red Grange there, Dick Butkus looming behind Bailey.

Before him stands a crowd of tele-vision cameras and reporters. Feet away are his competitors, Wes Lunt and Reilly O’Toole. They are his team-mates, yes, but they are his competi-tors, too.

Nathan Scheelhaase — a quarter-back whose face might be on the wall behind Bailey someday — is gone. One of these three young men will be the starting quarterback for Illinois in 2014.

A reporter asks: “Is there any trash-talking between the three of you?”

“No, that’s not our personalities,” Bailey says. “We just go out there and do what we’ve got to do. We get along well. It’s not like we all hate each other.”

Bailey says he is humble. He wears a silver cross around his neck, and despite his hulking size — 220 pounds on his 6-foot-2 frame — his voice is soft.

“So you’re not at each other’s throats?”

“Don’t get me wrong, out on the field we’re going to compete. I don’t care if it’s my mom out there: I’m going to compete.”

“Not mom?”He smiles. “My mom knows that.”Bailey is not tall for a quarterback.

At 6-foot-5, Lunt is tall. O’Toole is tall as well, but stockier. Bailey is the shortest of the three, but he is big in a different sense. O’Toole says Bai-ley has one of the strongest arms he’s ever seen.

On this day, he wears an orange Illinois hooded sweatshirt, and even through the fabric is loose-fitting, one can tell that he is powerfully built. He is not built like a prototypical quar-terback, but he’s not built like a run-ning back or a linebacker, either. It’s not easy to place what type of player Bailey resembles.

Another reporter asks: “Have you ever been asked to play a different position at Illinois?”

“No, I haven’t.”“Would you ever want to?”“No. Just quarterback.”Aaron Bailey is a quarterback. He

doesn’t care what anyone else thinks.

He played in nine games his fresh-man season as the third string quar-terback (behind Scheelhaase and O’Toole) and also as the lead ball handler in offensive coordinator Bill Cubit’s occasional wildcat looks. He rushed the ball 20 times for 83 yards and three touchdowns, primarily from wildcat. He played less and less as the season progressed.

Critics say he is a running quarter-back. He can’t throw nearly as well as Lunt, they say. They’re probably right; he can’t throw as well as Lunt. Few can.

“He can throw it,” Bailey says.If former Illini Jonathan Brown is

to be believed, Lunt has one of the best arms he’s ever seen. That’s a bold statement.

Bailey is not interested in bold statements.

“I understand what people say, but I’m not going to try and prove any-thing,” he tells the cameras. “I know that I have an arm. I’m just going to go out there and do what I have to do to get the starting position.”


THREE VIE FOR STARTING QUARTERBACKTransfer Lunt will have to overtake current players for starting quarterback

Despite past struggles, senior O’Toole not to be overlooked in Illinois QB battle

Sophomore Bailey determined to earn starting spot against sti! competition

PHOTO COURTESY OF JACKIE DOBSON THE DAILY O’COLLEGIANAfter redshirting in 2013 due to transfer rules, Wes Lunt (11) hopes to win his second quarterback competition. Lunt earned the starting job in Stillwater, Okla., in 2011.

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIReilly O’Toole may be more known for his mistakes in orange and blue than his successes, but he is determined to finally earn a starting spot in his senior season after backing up Nathan Scheelhaase for three years.

DARYL QUITALIG THE DAILY ILLINIAaron Bailey looks for a pass against Wisconsin last season. Bailey threw just five passes in 2012, and he insists on playing quarterback and not another position.


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During a weekend when celebrat-ing the seniors mattered more than the games themselves, the Illinois hockey fans at the Big Pond brought more support than they have all sea-son, which is saying something.

Throughout the season, the Illini praised their home crowd, and now that they played their fi nal games at the Big Pond, Illinois seniors have nothing but gratitude for their fans.

“I’m going to miss it a lot,” senior goaltender Nick Clarke said. “They make it so great. Even when we were having our rough patch earlier in the year, they still came out and still sup-ported us no matter what. I’ve got a lot of respect for them.”

After four years as Illinois hockey players, the home crowd has become a staple in the seniors’ lives. The fans yell out the same chants — like shout-ing “You suck!” at each of the vis-iting team’s players when they are being introduced or chanting “It’s all your fault” at the opposing goalie after the Illini score — every night. The arena even plays the same songs during every game, such as Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” whenever the visitors net a goal and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” during intermissions.

Playing at the Big Pond comes with a sense of tradition the fans have instilled, and the Illini have noticed. Senior forward Eddie Quagliata said he knows all the crowd’s chants and

notices some of the things they yell at the visiting team’s players.

“You could hear what they say,” Quagliata said. “You’re obviously not going to look up and react to it, but you could hear mostly what people say because they’re so close to you and they’re yelling down at you, so it projects pretty well. Sometimes I’ll look up and I’ll be like ‘Oh my gosh, that’s pretty bad.’ But they’re defi -nitely awesome.”

Besides the loyal fans, the Big Pond sports some other perks. The ice size is the largest in the ACHA, which allows the Illini to play to their strengths: their speed and skating ability. Also, according to Quagliata, the Big Pond is one of the only rinks where the fan seating is close enough to the ice to allow for the fans to be even more of a factor.

“This ice is really unique,” Qua-gliata said. “I’ve never played on anything like it in my life. It seats a decent amount of people and they’re all on top of you. Other teams come in here and they’re a little shocked sometimes.”

Illinois is 14-7-1 in games played at the Big Pond this season, compared to 6-12 on the road, so the advantage of playing at its home rink is clear.

“It affects (us) a lot,” Clarke said about the Big Pond’s atmosphere. “Here, whenever I basically touch the puck I hear cheers, whether it’s a big save or not, and that just gets you going and you ride off that momen-tum from the fans. When you’re on

the road and you make a save and you don’t hear those cheers, obvi-ously, you keep playing, but it helps when the crowd’s behind you and pumps you up a little bit and keeps you going.”

Head coach Nick Fabbrini said he feels the same sort of adrenaline rush from the crowd as a coach that he felt when he played for the Illini, and notes the fans’ energy goes hand-in-hand with the team’s success.

“The word that keeps coming to mind is ‘special,’” Fabbrini said when asked about the fans. “There’s not really another word that I can think of that really describes it adequate-ly, and I don’t even know if ‘special’ does a good enough job.”

Once the ACHA tournament comes to a close, the six Illinois seniors will offi cially be alumni and will be able to become a part of the crowd that has given them so much support. But before that happens, the seniors continue to express their gratitude to their fans.

“It’s amazing the support we get from the community,” senior cap-tain Austin Bostock said. “Person-ally, especially from the team and from the guys that are graduating this year, just thank you to the fans for coming out and supporting us and giving us so much love every Friday and Saturday night.”

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The 2014 World Cup is fewer than 100 days away, and that’s something Americans should

care about.Soccer is the world’s most

popular sport, meaning the World Cup is the biggest forum for international competition, probably larger than even the Summer Olympics.

So why doesn’t the U.S. care? I’ve heard countless people scoff when soccer is men-tioned, preferring to talk about baseball or football. You know, “America’s games.”

Is that it? Because we’re not the best, soccer doesn’t matter? I don’t think so.

South Africa, 2010. Against the odds, U.S. midfi elder Land-on Donovan scores the winning goal in the 90th minute against Algeria to secure a spot in the round of 16.

Though the United States would go on to lose to Ghana 2-1 in its next match, that goal became a defi ning moment of that World Cup, not because the U.S. went on to win or because it affected the tournament in a profound way, but because it united a country.

Maybe that sounds cheesy, but how many times was that video shown on “SportsCen-ter”? It won “Best Moment in

Sports” at the 2010 ESPY’s, and suddenly soccer was relevant.

But four years is a long time. People forget.

And at the start of every World Cup, the same arguments are repeated. “Soccer is weak.” “It’s too boring.” “They just fl op all over the place.”

Well, guess what? Flopping happens in American basket-ball too — see LeBron James in Game 4 of the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals.

If soccer, fútbol, football — however you want to say it — is so “boring,” then why is it the world’s No. 1 sport?

In a 2006 survey, FIFA found that 265 million people around the world are playing

soccer, with Asia and Europe combining to contribute more than half the world’s soccer players.

North and Central America boast about 43 million players, roughly two-thirds of Europe’s 62 million players.

And that’s fi ne. Differ-ent countries prefer differ-ent sports. England and India love cricket and New Zealand is big on rugby, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate those sports.

The 2014 World Cup is an opportunity for change. May-be if Americans embraced the game of soccer, the U.S. team would be more apt to succeed.

And besides watching pure-ly for national pride, it’s fun to

see different countries — with up-and-coming teams — try to battle with the international powerhouses.

Imagine a Brazil-Spain final. As the victor of the 2010 World Cup, Spain wants to prove why it’s still No. 1, espe-cially after losing to Brazil 3-0 in the Confederation Cup this summer.

But with home-fi eld advan-tage, maybe the stars will align for Brazil in Rio.

And you can bet Italy wants to redeem itself after failing to make it though group play in 2010, just four years after winning the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

It’s a year of rivalry and revenge, of new faces and

experts. We’ll see Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Donovan and Garreth Bale all fi ghting for their respective countries in what is always an exciting tour-nament fi eld.

However, the U.S. has its work cut out for it, as Germany, Ghana and Portugal round out Group G. Of these four teams, just two will advance to the round of 16.

The World Cup begins June 12 and promises a month of exciting international competi-tion, even by American stan-dards. So tune in.

Aryn is a senior in LAS. Contact her at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @arynbraun.

As World Cup approaches, Americans need to get head in the game

On way out, Illini hockey seniors praise fans’ loyalty

JONATHAN DAVIS THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois hockey fans stand outside the Big Pond before Senior Night against Eastern Michigan on Feb. 23, 2013.Seniors this year praised the fans for supporting the team even through rough patches.

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901, 905, 909 S. First St.,1 F FREE laundry room, onsite maintenance, great utility package

112 E. Green 2 F Brand NEW TVs in every room, premium appliances

512 E. Green 2,4 F Brand new; 6th and Green; TVs in every room; 14' ceiling

Royse & Brinkmeyer www.roysebrinkmeyer.com 217-352-1129Royse & Brinkmeyer 1,2,3 U Fireplaces, garages, lofts

Shlens Apartment www.shlensapts.com 217-344-29011102 W. Stoughton 3 F Most units have 42’’ flat screen TV, 1 Block from Beckman

The Tower at Third www.tower3rd.com 217-367-0720302 E. John 2 F No Security Deposit

Tri County Management Group www.tricountymg.com 217-367-2009906 S. Locust, C. 4 F Quiet, large

908 S. Locust, C. 1 F $40/mo parking

705 S. First, C. 3 F $40/mo parking

705 S. First, C. 4 F Remodeled

Weiner Companies, Ltd www.weinercompanies.com 217-384-8001404 1/2 E. White, Ch. Ef. F $440/mo. Laundry on-site

705 W. Main, Urb. Ef.,1 F All utilities included, laundry on-site

906 W. Springfield, Urb. 1 F Laundry on-site, near engineering

704 W. Nevada, Urb. 1 U Laundry on-site, 2 units left

604 W. Nevada, Urb. 1 U Large unit, laundry on-site

403 E. Elm, Urb. 1 U Modern 1 BR, near downtown Urbana

705 W. Main, Urb. 2 F ONLY 1 LEFT!

603 W. Green, Urb. 2 U Hardwood floors, dishwashers!

705 W. Main, Urb. 3 F All utilities included!

404 E. White, Ch. 3,6 F All utilities included!

206 S. 4th, Ch. 3 F House Near Engineering

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