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BY CAMILLE MURRAYSTAFF WRITER
If someone told Magdale-na Wierzchucki she’d be in the midst of preparing for a half marathon at this point last year, she would’ve laughed in their face.
Though Wierzchucki,
sophomore in FAA, never pictured herself training to be a participant in the upcoming Christie Clin-ic Illinois Marathon, that is what she’s found her-self doing for the last few months. This will be her first time running in a mar-
athon event.“I’ve always been into
running, and the most recent run that I complet-ed was a 10K,” Wierzchucki said. “And I thought what better way to go further and to push myself than to sign up for a half mar-athon, and eventually a marathon.”
The half marathon Wier-zchucki will be participat-ing in is part of the seventh
annual Christie Clinic Illi-nois Marathon, which will be held from April 23 to 25. The event consists of multi-ple running events, includ-ing a full marathon, half marathon, wheelchair half marathon, 10K, 5K, mara-thon relay and a youth run.
Christie Clinic, a subsec-tion of the Christie Foun-dation, will host the event.
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Europe2008-2009: 57%2009-2010: 52%2010-2011: 54%2011-2012: 51%2012-2013: 43%
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Wheelchair hoops teams head to Alabama for regular season finale
Police and students go door to door giving pamphlets on alcohol safety
We stand behind !e Black Sheep
Spartans beat women’s hoops
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BY MAGGIE SULLIVANCONTRIBUTING WRITER
During Leslie Martin’s two weeks in China, she experienced many ele-ments of the vastly differ-ent culture. But one thing that really stuck out to her was the food.
“My friend ate pig brain,” Martin, junior in Education, laughed as she recounted her study abroad trip dur-ing winter break last year. “I couldn’t do it. It was boiled, so it was chewy. Very weird.”
She made it clear that “you’re not eating General Tso’s chicken.”
On Marianne Bellorín’s last night studying abroad in the Dominican Republic during winter break this year, she and two of her friends slept on the beach.
“We took our pillows and blankets from the hotel,” said Bellorín, junior in Media. “It was super cheesy, and it ended up being super cold. But it was totally worth it.”
Katie Weber, senior in ACES, said she never imagined herself study-ing abroad in South Africa. However, that is exactly what she did in the summer after her sophomore year.
She said in her three
weeks there, one of her favorite things she got to do was visit a cheetah sanctuary.
“Cheetahs get killed a lot by farmers because they kill their livestock, so they have this sanctuary that will go and rescue them, so that was pretty cool to see,” Weber said.
In recent years, more stu-dents like Martin, Bellorín and Weber have decided to study abroad on one of the University’s 400 programs. According to a running tal-ly compiled by the Study Abroad Office, more than 27 percent of University stu-dents study abroad, which is about one in every four students.
According to national averages, the percent of college students who study abroad has increased 150 percent in the last 10 years.
“It’s just easier to travel,” said Bo White, director of Study Abroad Office. “We have a global economy now, so I think it’s not as scary as it used to be.”
In particular, the short-term study abroad programs at the University are grow-ing the fastest. Students choose these programs
“I think having such a different culture experience has taught me to appreciate other cultures and how things are done differently than they are in America.”
KATIE WEBERSENIOR IN ACES
“I loved being completely out of my comfort zone. Not knowing the language, not knowing the culture...I couldn’t even read a street sign. I think that was amazing to just pick up and go.”
LESLIE MARTINJUNIOR IN EDUCATION
“My family’s from Venezuela, and for me it was very fun just to be in that environment and to think critically of the Caribbean in general...This is stuff my family’s aware of and constantly experiencing.”
MARIANNE BELLORINJUNIOR IN MEDIA
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WEATHERPOLICE
Champaign Theft was reported at
Firehaus, 708 S. Sixth St., around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
According to the report, an unknown offender stole eyeglasses, wallets and a cellphone.
University A 22-year-old Univer-
sity student was arrested on the charges of posses-
sion of a controlled sub-stance and possession of drug paraphernalia in the 1100 block of West Oregon Street around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the report, the man was pulled over for speeding and was found to be in possession of cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms.
Urbana A 23-year-old male was
arrested on the charge of cannabis possession at the corner Nevada Street and Goodwin Avenue around 11 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the report, the offender was found to have cannabis during a sus-picious vehicle stop.
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Christie is a medical orga-nization that offers scholar-ships, provides grants and hosts educational seminars to help cultivate medical knowledge and leadership in central Illinois.
Jan Seeley, director of the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon, said between 20,000 and 21,000 runners are expected to partici-pate this year. She expects approximately 6,500 par-ticipants in the half mara-thon and 2,000 participants in the full marathon.
Seeley said the original goal in creating the mar-athon was to change lives and the event has seen
growth over the years.“It has gotten larger.
It’s more embraced by the Champaign-Urbana community,” Seeley said. “We’ve brought more eco-nomic impact, and we’ve donated more money to charities, so we’re impact-ing more and more people every year.”
The races start and end on campus. Participants in the full and half mara-thons will run a course that will start “near Assembly Hall, run through crowd-filled neighborhoods and tree-lined parks and fin-ish on the 50-yard line of historic Memorial Stadi-um,” according to the Illi-nois Marathon website. The event will also fea-ture music and entertain-
ment, complementary gifts for participants and cash prizes for some of the top finishers.
Like Wierzchucki, many marathon participants have begun training for the event well in advance.
Wierzchucki’s current training routine consists of a run or workout that lasts around two or three hours each day. She is cur-rently nearing the end of a 14-week training program she found online and per-sonalized to suit her per-sonal objectives.
“The hardest part is staying consistent,” she said. “Some days you go in excited and motivated, and some days you’re tired and exhausted and find every excuse to not go.”
The University’s Campus Recreation department is also offering 12-week train-ing programs to help pre-pare students who want to participate in any of the running events.
On Saturday, the Christie Clinic held its fourth annu-al runners’ symposium to help educate and prepare marathon participants. The event featured speakers and doctors who discussed training, nutrition, injuries and other athletic issues.
Gary Wackerlin, execu-tive director of the Chris-tie Foundation, described the symposium as a kick-off to the Illinois Marathon, where participants were able to hear from experts.
“The idea is to get people interested in the marathon
and in running in general,” he said.
Wierzchucki believes a passion for running, fitness and the desire to reach new fitness goals are what keep her and other marathon contestants determined to finish the race. Earlier this school year, she was faced with an injury that forced her to take a month off run-ning completely. She has been working hard to catch up, and plans on running in a full marathon by the end of the summer.
“What’s most rewarding is pushing yourself to limits you didn’t think you could reach,” she said. “And then surpassing and doing even more on top of that.”
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rather than going abroad for an entire academic year, which can create challenges when it comes to completing requirements in a particu-lar major.
With more and more seniors choosing to study abroad, White rejected the notion that studying abroad delays graduation. As long as the student is responsi-ble, he believes there should not be a problem with grad-uating on time.
In fact, according to White, “it probably could
accelerate it. It’s the respon-sibility of them and their advisor.”
Teresa Finis, director of International Programs in Engineering, agreed with White.
“Can it put someone behind? Sure,” Finis said. “But there’s enough histor-ical evidence of students who go abroad who gradu-ate on time.”
She added that study abroad programs can help Engineering students in particular majors meet their requirements and gain necessary experience in their fields with opportu-nities they would not have at
the University. With research partners
set up in Spain, Singapore, Hong Kong and Germa-ny, studying engineering abroad is now more acces-sible than ever.
“We want our engineers globally engaged,” Finis said. “That’s where they’re going, global engagement is very important.”
Studying abroad also allows students to utilize their majors in “real life” situations. As an education major, Martin was fascinat-ed to see how different edu-cation works in China. She was able to visit a variety of schools during her trip,
ranging from day cares= to colleges.
“There wasn’t a lot of Spe-cial Ed, which was really interesting to hear about,” Martin said. “They’re mov-ing in the right direction, but it was hard to find a Spe-cial Ed program.”
Bellorín also felt study-ing abroad allowed her to connect to her advertising major.
“In my years at U of I, I kind of felt a little discon-nected in terms of what my major is gonna do in the real world,” Bellorin said. “I went to the Dominican Republic because we were studying visual pollution
and how advertising affects the environment, visually speaking.”
White, who studied abroad in the United King-dom and Hong Kong as an undergraduate, said for stu-dents, studying abroad is “one of the most transfor-mative experiences they’ll have in this college in the four years they’re here.”
Martin, Bellorín and Weber all participated in programs shorter than a semester. They all said they wished they stayed longer and Weber even plans to return to Cape Town.
“We didn’t get enough,” Martin said. “I needed
more.”All three students
stressed the importance of open-mindedness while studying abroad. They said the experience taught them to embrace the challenges that come with being some-where completely foreign.
“Be flexible,” Bellorín said. “Things will always go wrong, people will always be late and buses might not show up. You’re not going to know where you are some-times. Just take everything in stride, and smile about it.”
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Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon scheduleEvents will take place from April 23-25.April 24• 5KApril 25• Marathon • Half marathon• Marathon relay• 10K• Youth run• Wheelchair half
marathonStarting Line: Near Assembly HallFinish Line: Memorial StadiumSOURCE: CHRISTIE CLINIC ILLINOIS MARATHON
BY ELIZABETH JASSINCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Jack Carlson and his fra-ternity brothers knocked on every door in an apartment complex just north of Green Street Wednesday after-noon. As residents opened their doors, they were hand-ed a bag full of information on how to stay safe during Unofficial.
Carlson, freshman in Media, went door-to-door with Alpha Sigma Phi and police officers as one of sev-eral groups to distribute information about Unoffi-cial St. Patrick’s Day, which will take place March 6.
“If they give the pam-phlet a little look, they will realize it is beneficial
to them, and they can still have fun if they follow the direct rules,” Carlson said.
Nearly a dozen student volunteer groups partici-pated in the third annu-al Champaign Community Coalition event “Walk as One.”
“We do the campus area because for years we have seen tragic events as a result of Unofficial,” said Patrick Connolly, Urbana Chief of Police. “We are trying to make the student population aware and safe which is the most important thing.”
Together the groups knocked on 4,000 doors, covering all of campus, and distributed alcohol safety
information.“The key is not to shut
down Unofficial; the key is to make sure everyone acts responsibly and uses their head,” Connolly said.
After a tragic shooting that took place near Park-land College three years ago, in which a young wom-an was killed, the coalition started distributing infor-mation on gun safety and encouraged individuals to join the Champaign Com-munity Coalition.
“The only way the Com-munity Coalition works is if everyone gets involved,” Connolly said. “Each walk focuses on a different mis-sion that we’re on, a dif-ferent message that we’re
trying to send to the com-munity. This one today involves the safety of the U of I students.”
Ian Donovan, freshman in LAS, believes knocking on doors and spreading the word is beneficial, even if people don’t take them seri-ously. Due to issues that have come up in the past, he was happy to help in the prevention of drinking tick-ets and hospital visits.
“It’s a good message we are spreading,” Donovan said.
When people answer their door to police offi-cers, Connolly said they are often concerned or suspi-cious because they assume they did something wrong.
However, Connolly said the important message for students to understand through the event is that, “If we work together we are
going to be able to solve the problems that we deal with day in and day out.”
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ELIZABETH JASSIN THE DAILY ILLINIJack Carlson, freshman in Media, knocks on multiple doors to promote alcohol awareness and safety for Unofficial.
Students promote safety for Unofficial
Celebrating Holi and wholly representing campus
While many of us are going to spend next week gripping our hats
and holding onto our scarves from the freezing tempera-tures that continue in Cham-paign-Urbana, some of our friends on the other side of the world will be celebrating next Friday by dancing, singing and throwing powdered paint and colored water at one another.
Every year, Indians from all over the country and world commemorate Holi, a reli-gious holiday in which people of all ages, gender, class and even caste go into the streets to celebrate “The Festival of Colors.”
With powdered paint cover-ing the streets and all the citi-zens of each town, the name “Festival of Colors” certainly fits the holiday of Holi.
As the holiday is usually supposed to take place in the streets of your own town, it was a little harder to commem-orate it growing up in America where people of every ethnic-ity filled my neighborhood.
Yet, my parents, relentless on keeping the tradition alive, drove me every year to the nearest Festival of Colors cel-ebration that took place, which was in downtown Naperville, a suburb of Chicago.
In addition to the bags of col-ored organic flour that could be bought for two dollars, the event included traditional music, food and entertainment.
Each year, I walked onto the open field in a white T-shirt. Yet as I was running around, throwing both caution and paint to the wind, I saw that the turnout each year included people of all races, cultures, faiths and backgrounds.
That image captured what the holiday meant to me: peo-ple from all different cul-tures coming together to not only recognize the existence of Indian cul-ture, but the celebration of it as well.
Naperville’s latest Holi event hosted over 900 peo-ple, and I was pleased to see these partici-pants physically embrace its own version of the holiday, cel-ebrating unity and acceptance.
Yet, while Naperville allowed me to laud a unique cultural experience in a com-pletely different culture than where Holi might have origi-nated, my experiences at the University haven’t been as lucky.
It seems that our campus only recognizes the idea of diversity, but does not cele-brate it enough.
This is especially problem-atic when taking into consid-eration that the city of Naper-ville consists of predominantly white, middle-class citizens while our campus is a mix of a variety of cultures and races.
At face value, it definitely seems that our campus does a great job at representing all cultures and backgrounds; the Asian American Cultur-al Center, the Native Ameri-can House, the Nesbitt African American Cultural Center and
the La Casa Cultural Lati-na all seem to acknowledge the presence of diversity.
However, these general offices — as important as they may be to supporting individuals who contrib-ute to diversi-
ty — cannot do much to bring engagement, curiosity and respect from the student popu-lation itself.
This interest and apprecia-tion for the celebration of oth-er cultures has to come from the students themselves.
Since a little over 51 per-cent of our campus pop-ulation self-reported as African-American, Asian, His-panic, Native American, Native Hawaiian,international or mul-tiracial, it would seem only log-ical that not only would diver-
sity and diverse practices and events be confronted, but com-memorated across campus.
However, while diversity may be appreciated in statis-tics, the student population does not seem to rally together in a way similar to how Naper-ville’s Holi celebration brought people of all cultures together.
Often, it is a registered stu-dent organization of the eth-nicity itself that provides support of important eth-nic festivities. However, the sense of unity could be even more prevalent and celebrat-ed if the campus as a whole joined in, both in planning and participation.
Whether it be attending the Nesbitt African American Cul-tural Center’s annual Sound Lounge Showcase or sitting in on a Chew ‘n Chat Lunch the Native American House holds; only when we go out of our comfort zone to appreciate the cultures and students’ iden-tities around us will we then bring a sense of acceptance and unity to campus.
That is why I ask you, stu-dents of this campus, to join our campus’s very own Holi, both literally and figuratively. While the University holds a Festival of Colors during April every year that students of all backgrounds should join, the time for acceptance and unity should start now.
Kaanan is a freshman in LAS. [email protected]
It seems that our campus only
recognizes the idea of diversity,
but does not celebrate it.
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Mindfulness can ease midterm stress
At the University, you’d think midterms would take place somewhere
closer to the middle of the semester, but in my somewhat extensive history of University exams, I’ve had midterms any-where from the fourth week of class all the way down to the week before finals.
So, if you’ve yet to take a whiff of the acrid, looming stench that is midterms season, you will — and soon.
I usually feel that a good night’s sleep is the best prepa-ration for a particularly rigor-ous exam, more so than hur-riedly scanning pages and pages of notes the night before.
But there are times when a good night’s sleep simply isn’t in the cards for University stu-dents. It’s for this reason that in recent years I’ve come to believe in the power and ben-eficial results of mindfulness and meditation to assist me in all assets of stress.
During times of great per-sonal and academic strife, I believe University students in particular can really benefit from implementing pieces of mindfulness into their daily schedules.
I stumbled upon the con-cept of mindfulness in a reli-gious studies class freshman year; we delved casually into the small yet not unremarkable book “The Miracle of Mindful-ness” by the Vietnamese monk
Thich Nhat Hanh. The book discussed differ-
ent ways to incorporate mind-fulness and meditation into one’s life to operate at a fuller and more peaceful level. It’s sometimes hard to slow oneself down and really consider the root of stress and worry, but when you do, the results are well worth it.
Mindfulness, according to Jon Kabat-Zinn, found-ing Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, “means pay-ing attention in a particu-lar way, on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmen-tally.”
To the unfa-miliar reader, mindfulness might seem like an obscure zen-yogi-mys-tic sort of practice and perhaps appear not-so-related to their course of study. But there are ways of incorporating mind-fulness into a student schedule that can greatly benefit all fac-ets of academia, socialization and general mental well-being.
Here’s a practical example: The first chapter of “The Mir-acle of Mindfulness” contains the heading “Washing the dish-es to wash the dishes.” This means that when one has a task at hand, that task should be all that matters — not what task comes next, what many other responsibilities one has to com-plete that day and the next and the next.
When washing the dish-es, concentrate only on the cleansing process, the cit-rus-scented dish soap, the old sponge you probably should’ve replaced weeks ago (except don’t think about replacing the sponge, only how it will aid you in your task — but I digress).
Wash the dishes with only washing the dishes in mind and you’ve created a calm state of mind and, subse-
quently, a far better mental composition with which to tackle and complete the many tasks that await you.
Mindfulness can be applied to the tasks and challeng-es of multi-tasking that
many students face. I’ll refer back to myself, approximate-ly five hours prior to writing this column, in my final Eng-lish class of the day. While I tried to listen to my professor lecture about morphology, I couldn’t help but be absorbed and almost twitchy at the thought of this column I had to finish later in the day, or the 200 pages of Jane Eyre I needed read by Friday or the incessant nag to go to CRCE because I hadn’t all week.
But worrying about these tasks when I should’ve been concentrating on the differ-ence between alphabetisms and acronyms did little to complete those many tasks I
had to complete that day; the only thing it produced was an increased heartbeat and an annoyed little twitch in my left foot.
According to Brown Uni-versity, studies imply that mindfulness can lead to “decreases in stress and anxi-ety, improvements in con-centration and attention, and increases in self-aware-ness and overall emotional well-being.”
Clearing one’s mind and focusing only on the moment while eating breakfast in the morning, walking across the Quad on the way to class, or as one waits at the MTD bus stop doesn’t take any extra time (you’d do these things normally) and can easily be implemented into even the busiest of schedules.
So often I see other stu-dents — and, admittedly, myself — ferociously flipping through flashcards as they try to simultaneously send an email and scarf down a bagel. Why? Perhaps the extra five to seven minutes of study time might prove useful in remem-bering a few extra vocabulary terms, but it does little to a create a productive and atten-tive test-taking mindset.
On those stressful — not to mention painfully freez-ing — midterm mornings, a little mindfulness after a less-than-full night of sleep can be the trick to maintaining good health and concentration amid an otherwise tiring and stressful schedule.
Carly is a junior in [email protected]
Mindfulness can be applied to the
tasks and challeng-es of multitasking that many students
face.
It is nothing new to University students that the bus com-pany Suburban Ex-
press has had its share of, shall we say, controversies. Since January 2013, there has been an abundance of issues between Suburban Express and our campus including claims of racism, lawsuits against students, e-harassment and out-right bans of service to en-tire zip codes. In short, the problems students and cus-tomers have had with Sub-urban Express have been innumerable, and thus, of course there has been, de-servingly, a spread of vary-ing opinions throughout campus.
Naturally, being affili-ates of a student newspa-per ourselves, freedom of speech and freedom of the press are concepts we support wholeheartedly. We need views to be ex-pressed, arguments had, experiences shared and opinions made to address dilemmas in the first place.
What we cannot get be-hind, however, is a blatant disregard for the right to freely express those views and attempts to silence voices.
In the latest tiff, Subur-ban Express reacted to an article published in the stu-dent-run satirical newspa-per The Black Sheep last week. As part of their first annual “Sheepie Awards,” the newspaper dubbed Sub-urban Express as the win-ner of “Worst Way to Get Home.” In addition, for the category of “Who has terrorized UIUC campus the most” the winner was “Dennis from Sub Ex” — directed at the owner of Suburban Express, Dennis Toeppen.
Of course, from a com-pany who has been asso-ciated with lawsuits and e-harassment, it is not sur-prising that they had a rebuttal. Through their Facebook page, Suburban Express stated in a lengthy post that they would give discounts to those who brought them the latest copies of The Black Sheep so they could use them “to sop up our scum and line our birdcage.”
Suburban Express es-sentially wanted to limit the readership of that par-ticular issue and wanted to prevent the opinions of those in The Black Sheep from being heard at all. To reiterate their intent, Sub-urban Express’s post went on to say, “Remember, you must bring in current cop-ies which have not been un-folded. The current issue is typically put out on Thurs-days. That means papers have to be cashed in Thurs-day afternoon or Friday morning.”
Controversy is something we can deal with — and many times we even wel-come it. But the outright si-lencing of voices is some-thing we cannot deal with. We stand behind The Black Sheep and their right to publish their views with-out blatant attempts to pre-vent them from being seen or heard.
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the visiting artist is one of the best known trashion designers in the country. ... It was a contest competition — there were awards given — and this year, the com-mittee decided to just make it for fun without the com-petitive angle. We’re hoping that helps to bring in more people of all age levels and abilities — and it has. There are more people involved this year, including a bunch of school children.
While we maybe didn’t grow the numbers so much from last year to this year for the art exhibition and art fair, we have around the same number, I think we’re bringing in even higher quality because people are starting to find out about this all over the place. This year we have artists from eight different states partic-ipating, and that has grown from last year; we might have had four (different states).
DI: Why does the festival choose to feature artwork and workshops centered around creative reuse and recycling? MM: It’s just great fun to be able to take some of these materials and, speaking as myself as an artist who works in this kind of area, it’s just amazing the types of things you can do out of stuff that would otherwise be thrown out or wind up in a landfill. There is the edu-cational side of that, which is really just to increase awareness about things every time you throw things out or even recycle. ... We’re realistic about it; we know you’re not going to save soci-ety from all of this waste and some of these things are going to eventually get thrown away, but at least we’re able to give it another lifetime or two.
DI: What are the new educa-tion-focused events at this year’s festival? MM: In the past, when we brought in our visiting art-ists, we’ve had a hands-on workshop, but it’s always been open to other commu-nity members too. ... But this year our visiting artists are doing a more advanced jewelry workshop for people with some jewelry mak-ing experience, including (University) students in the metals and jewelry pro-gram. Since it was a little more advanced, we thought it would be fun to do some-thing a little different that
was open only to area art teachers. We also wanted to make it more fun, so we asked a couple of the art teachers on our commit-tee, “What would it take to get art teachers on their Saturday morning to come in to do something like that with an education compo-nent?” And one of the teach-ers said mimosas! So that’s why we’re kind of spooling it as not your grandmother’s coffee class — we’re going to have coffee and pastries — but the teachers can have mimosas too and just have a chance to connect with each other.
DI: How was this year’s artists-in-residence, David and Roberta Williamson, chosen? MM: Normally, what we have done in the past is just I’ll sit down and just Google and just find interesting art-ists who make things out of other things. We also, through our Facebook page, ask, “Do you know of any artists that you think would be a good fit for Hatch?” ... The committee looked at probably a half dozen to 10 individuals and just nar-rowed it down and decided on them for our first candi-date and they accepted our offers. We’re thrilled to be able to bring them here.
DI: When did you first become involved with the Hatch Art Festival? MM: I first got involved
in this three years ago ... because I had been a core volunteer at The I.D.E.A. Store; I was their commu-nications coordinator vol-unteer. Gail Rost asked me to get involved, and we had been talking in our core vol-unteer group about having something like this here in Champaign. At that time, we were mostly just talking about having an art fair. We didn’t have anything this ambitious in mind when we started.
DI: What are you personally looking forward to the most this year?MM: I love the art fair because we bring in artists from all throughout Illinois and several states. I’m kind of a junk junkie myself, so I travel to a lot of these art fairs and exhibitions all around the country. ... It’s nice that we have price points that are all over the map so there’s things that students can afford for $5 to $10 and all the way up to higher end collectors. Some of the pieces can cost $200.
I don’t know if every-one in this community that hears about this has any idea how rare this is to bring in such a compre-hensive event that has lec-tures and music and an art exhibition and art fair and trashion show and all these things in one place in a com-munity of our size.
said she believes the real stars are far more spec-tacular than any mutant, H o l l y w o o d - c o nj u r e d arthropod.
“To see what nature has come up with is jaw-drop-ping,” she said. “(There are) these enormous ants from Argentina called Din-oponera that are huge — up to one-and-a-half inches long. Not as big as a Grey-hound bus, but still, they’re pretty impressive.”
To Mari Shigeta, junior in LAS and a frequent event attendee, that’s exactly what the insect petting zoo is.
“They’re kind of beau-tiful,” Shigeta said. “You get to hold these insects that you would not have an opportunity to outside, and I personally really like that. In a way, I think (it makes) people less afraid. Obvious-ly, I couldn’t be a little bit scared at the thought of it biting me, but it was very calm and friendly.”
Once people start to real-ize just how important and safe insects usually are, Berenbaum said the festival will fulfill its true purpose.
“They run the world. We couldn’t live without insects. They’re the major garbage processes and pol-linators. The vast majority
are good for humans,” she said. “There are dangerous insects, but they’re typical-ly not the insects people are afraid of. People aren’t ter-rified of mosquitoes, but there are good reasons to be afraid of them because they carry all kinds of dis-eases for which there are no treatments.”
Until then, she said she believes Hollywood will continue taking over the world, producing movies featuring giant tarantulas and mosquitoes.
“We will never run out of movies,” she said. “This is too entrenched.”
But as Hollywood grows, the festival is much more than the movies for
Berenbaum.It’s where she met her
husband, Richard. It’s where she examined
exotic insects from all around the world.
Simply put, the Insect Fear Film Festival has become an important part of her life.
“The first year we called it the first annual, and I had no idea we would even do a second one. We’ve been doing this so long, I’ve watched kids grow up and bring their kids to the fes-tival, too,” Berenbaum said. “It changed my life literally when my department head said ‘go ahead.’”
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DARRAH PERRYMAN THE DAILY ILLINIAron Katz, graduate in LAS, holds lubber grasshoppers and a darkling beetle.
Hatch expands this year’s eventsThursday“Garden of Dreams: The Work of Artists David and Roberta Williamson”7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Champaign Public LibraryFree and open to the public
FridayTrashion Show6 p.m. at Lincoln Square at UrbanaFree and open to the public Saturday“Telling Stories” workshop with David and Roberta Williamson9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at University of Illinois Metals Studio$100 per person, ages 18+, limited to 20 spots
Opening Reception: Hatch Art Exhibition7 to 9 p.m. at Indi Go Artist Co-op$5 suggested donation
Friday, March 6“Electric Waste Orchestra” Lecture-Demo by Colten Jackson7:30 p.m. at Indi Go Artist Co-opFree and open to the public Sunday, March 8Gallery Talk2 to 3 p.m. at Indi Go Artist Co-opFree and open to the public Saturday, March 14Hatch Art Fair and Pop-up Hatch: Community Art ShowSavoy Recreation Center$2 entry fee per person (Pop-up is free)
SARAH SOENKE THE DAILY ILLINIWeener Ware, displaying recycled bottle cap jewelry, was one of the 25 vendors from across the Midwest selling repurposed artwork at last year's Hatch Festival Art Fair.
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BY SARAH FOSTERSTAFF WRITER
ven May Berenbaum, National Medal of Science win-ner and entomology professor, once feared insects.
They creep, they crawl, they slither. And for every one human on Earth, there are 200 million insects.
But now, it’s time to face them.Insect phobias will be explored — and possibly broken
— Saturday at 6 p.m., as the Department of Entomology hosts the Insect Fear Film Festival at Foellinger Audito-rium for its 32nd year. The festival will show insect fear films and feature other activities, summoning interac-tions between attendees and insects. “The X-Files Fight For the Future,” “Wasp Woman” and “Men In Black” are just some of the notable films that have been featured at the festival in the past.
The three-decade-long festival was originally just an idea that hatched when Berenbaum was a graduate stu-dent at Cornell University.
“I was walking on campus when I saw a sign that the Asian-American Student Association was showing ‘Godzil-la,’” Berenbaum said. “If the Asian-Americans can have a sense of humor about their film identity, why can’t entomologists?”
Berenbaum established a serious reputation before pitching the comical idea to her department at the Uni-versity. But by 1984, it became a reality.
“They loved it,” Berenbaum said with a laugh.Now, the festival has sprouted and spread to institu-
tions and communities across the world.“As far as I can tell, we were the first to have a public
event associated with interaction with insects. Now it’s everywhere — even overseas,” Berenbaum said. “Iowa State (University) started an Insect Film Festival. Some of our alumni have gone out and started Insect Fear Film Festivals at their home institutions.”
The inspiration for this year’s theme is Female Ento-mologists, which Berenbaum said was inspired by a trend she has noticed over the past 30 years.
“In a lot of our outreach events, it’s the girls who are the ones to handle the insects first,” Berenbaum said.
“It’s the guys who look dubious over the whole thing.” The event isn’t just an opportunity for attendees to
view films. They can let a tarantula crawl up their sleeve at the insect petting zoo or observe every antennae and spike on an electron microscope.
“I think it’s really good to expose the general public to insects other than stepping on them or killing them at their house,” said Aron Katz, president of the Entomol-ogy Graduate Student Association and graduate student in LAS. “Somehow, when you turn from a kid to an adult, many people just develop this disgust for insects.”
According to Berenbaum, the festival is the Universi-ty’s version of “Fear Factor.”
“People are inclined to believe the worst about insects,” she said. “That’s why there are so many movies about dangerous, evil insects. Face your fears; knowledge is power. They’re after good, not after you.”
In fact, insect horror films have been dominating Hol-lywood screenplays since the 1950s, where bus-sized ants destroy cities and massive locusts eat people alive.
But when it comes to the insect petting zoo, Berenbaum
C RAWL I NGI N TO C I N E M AT I C F E A R SThe Insect Fear Film Festival is more than just movies and bugs
DARRAH PERRYMAN THE DAILY ILLINITyler Hedlund, graduate in LAS, holds the Rose Hair Tarantula in the Entomology lab in Morrill Hall.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MELISSA MITCHELL
Luanne Freed’s “The Year 3000” wall piece will be featured in the Hatch Festival Exhibition opening Saturday.
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Hatch Art Festival returns for 3rd yearFestival focuses on reusing and recycling materialsBY SARAH SOENKEFEATURES EDITOR
Champaign-Urbana’s micro-urban community draws noteworthy festivals year-round, but the Hatch Art Festival may be one of the most niche-oriented attractions.
Starting Thursday, the third-annual festival will bring two weeks of work-shops, entertainment, fairs and exhibitions geared toward the creative reuse and recycling of materi-als for artistic creations. In addition to its pillar art exhibition, trashion show and art fair, this year’s fes-tival will feature artists-in-residence, Roberta and David Williamson, jewelers from Ohio. Events vary in cost over the two weeks, but many are free or take sug-gested donations at admis-sion. Across all age levels and artistic talents, the fes-tival aims to offer an event for everyone within the community interested in new forms of art.
The Daily Illini was able to speak with Melissa Mitch-ell, one of the festival co-chairs, on a few changes to this year’s festival and why Hatch stands out among all other art festivals.
The Daily Illini: What chang-es can interested attendees look out for in this year’s festival? Melissa Mitchell: Last year was the first year we did a trashion show at Lincoln Square, and that was kind of driven by the fact that
BY PETER ROMANCHUKCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Illinois men’s and women’s wheelchair basket-ball teams will travel south to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for a series of games beginning Friday and ending Saturday night.
Both teams will play a total of three games within a 24-hour period. Both Illi-ni teams start the weekend Friday night against White-water-Wisconsin. The follow-ing evening, both squads will continue tournament play against Alabama and Texas-Arlington on Saturday.
It was business as usual Wednesday morning at the ARC, as the two teams fl ew up and down the court during scrimmages in what men’s coach Matt Buchi called an “in-between” practice. Buchi stressed the importance of the fi nal practices before the weekend games.
“We want to make it as game-like as possible, because the more we play game-like, the more com-fortable we are in that spot,” Buchi said. “I’d hate for them to get relaxed and then have to go high intensity in the game.”
Women’s head coach Steph-anie Wheeler underscored many similar sentiments.
“What’s going to be required of us is to play with a lot of effort, a lot of commu-nication, a lot of heart, and those things are skills just like shooting or a pick and roll,” Wheeler said. “We have to come into practice and be able to execute those things.”
Opposing defenses will be sure to take note of the Illini’s leading scorers, seniors Nik
BY JOEY FIGUEROASTAFF WRITER
In a game that came down to one shot, the Illinois women’s basketball team lost a nail-biter to Michigan State at State Farm Center on Wednesday night.
Following a Michigan State miss at the free-throw line, Illinois (14-15, 5-12 Big Ten) came down the court with a chance to tie or take the lead. Senior guard Brit-tany Carter put up a 3-point attempt that would have won it, but couldn’t knock it down as time ran out on the Illini’s comeback. The 67-65 loss marked Illinois’ second loss to Michigan State (14-14, 6-11) this season.
“We showed a lot of heart and energy,” head coach Matt Bollant said. “I was proud of our execution in the buzz (defense), but it was not quite enough to get it done tonight.”
After a 42-point fi rst half, Illinois held Michigan State to just 25 points in the sec-ond half during its come-back effort. On the strength of four 3-pointers from four different players, the Illini started the second half on a 15-7 run to pull within three of the Spartans with 10 min-utes to play.
The Spartans answered the Illini’s run, though.
After nailing four 3-point-ers in the fi rst half, Mich-igan State guard Tori Jankoska knocked down threes on back-to-back pos-sessions to put the Spartans back up by seven.
Things looked bleak for Illinois as an airball from junior guard Kyley Sim-mons took the life out of the crowd with less than two minutes remaining in the contest. However, back-to-back baskets off loose balls brought Illinois right back in it and triggered an
BY ETHAN SWANSONSTAFF WRITER
It’s tournament time for the Illinois wrestling team.
The Illini’s 23-13 loss in their NWCA National Duals quarterfi nal to then-No. 2 Missouri marked the end of the dual meet season, which Illinois fi nished 13-5, 6-3 Big Ten. Now, every Illini grap-pler’s dual record takes a back seat as they prepare for the Big Ten Championships in Columbus, Ohio, March 7-8 and ultimately the NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis, March 19-21.
The Big Ten Wrestling Championships hold much more implications than just conference supremacy.
“In the sport of wrestling, the Big Ten is like the SEC for football, except quite a bit
better,” assistant head coach, Iowa alumnus and two-time NCAA champion Mark Per-ry said. “The Big Ten tourna-ment is defi nitely the second-biggest event of the college wrestling season. It doesn’t get any tougher.”
In wrestling, the Big Ten practically owns the month of March. As of Feb. 24, 10 out of the 14 Big Ten schools are ranked in the top 25 nation-ally in the USA Today/NWCA Coaches poll — six are in the top 12.
No league championship in any other sport is a better for predicting success on a national level.
In 11 of the last 15 seasons, the Big Ten team champion has gone on to win the NCAA team title. The Big Ten has also posted nine national run-ners-up in the last 15 seasons. The only other conference that has a team champion-ship in the same time frame is the Big 12, with Oklahoma St. winning four titles from
2003-2006. The Big Ten is not dominated by one or two teams every year either. The league’s past 20 national team champions or runners-up have come from fi ve differ-ent schools.
The conference’s depth can, in part, be attributed to its coaching prestige. Nearly every head coach in the Big Ten has been part of a nation-al championship as a colle-giate wrestler and share the same achievement with those they coach. Just between Illi-ni head coach Jim Heffer-nan and Perry stand eight All-American honors, four national team titles, three individual national champi-onships, and two Iowa Male Athlete of the Year award winners.
“Having coaches that have been there and succeeded at the highest level is great,” sophomore Zac Brunson said. “They share their experienc-
BY PETER BAILEY-WELLSASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The season is already two weeks old, but this weekend will be the fi rst time that junior Kevin Duchene will pitch for the Illinois base-ball team.
He couldn’t have returned at a better time — the Illi-ni’s fi ve-game tournament is the most games the team will play on any road trip this season.
The Illini travel to Myr-tle Beach, South Carolina, Thursday for the Chanti-cleer Classic. Illinois will face Ball State on Friday and Saturday, Kent State and West Virginia in a dou-bleheader on Sunday and Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina, on Monday.
Senior center fi elder Will Krug said practice this week hasn’t changed just because of the longer weekend.
“It’ll be a little more diffi -cult test this weekend to see where our pitching is and where our bodies are,” Krug said. “But what we do this
week won’t make or break us over the weekend.”
Illinois’ pitching staff will get a boost this week-end with the return of Duch-ene, who was expected to be the team’s ace heading into the season. However, he didn’t travel to Texas or Florida. According to head coach Dan Hartleb, Duch-ene wasn’t “doing the right things” off the fi eld. Hart-leb has not yet announced which day Duchene, who led the Big Ten with a 1.80 ERA last season, will pitch.
In Duchene’s absence, four different starting pitchers threw for the Illini in seven games — the 1.97 team ERA leads the Big Ten.
Not only has its pitch-ing been strong, but Illi-nois’ offense has been pro-ductive over the fi rst seven games. The Illini have more hits (86) than any other team in the Big Ten — 21 more than second-best Michigan — but only three of them have been home runs.
Krug bats at the top of the lineup and talked about how the team approaches hitting the long ball.
“For guys who incorpo-rate that as a part of their game, then absolutely hav-ing a break-through week-
end would be big,” Krug said. “For me personally, it’s not part of my game.”
So far, though, the lack of a long ball hasn’t bothered Hartleb. After both week-ends, he said he was happy with how hard his team was hitting the ball, even though sometimes they hit them right at opposing fi elders.
Senior fi rst baseman David Kerian said that early in the season when the Illini weren’t putting up as many runs — 17 runs through the fi rst three games as opposed to 24 this past weekend — they were still confi dent in their swings.
He echoed Hartleb’s sen-timent about hard-hit outs and added that hitting the ball hard every time is more important to the team’s mind-set than getting a hit every time. Seven Illini starters are batting above .300 and Keri-an ranks second in the Big Ten in slugging percentage.
Already atop the Big Ten statistically and now at full strength, Illinois can make history. If the Illini sweep this weekend they’d be off to the program’s best start since 1915.
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TESSA HURSH THE DAILY IOWANIllinois’ Rayvonte Rice attempts to get past Iowa’s defense during the game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday. The Illini lost 68-60.
Illinois basketball falls at Iowa
SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Jackson Morse grapples Kent State’s Tyler Buckwalter on the mat during the match at Huff Hall on Feb. 15. The Illini are currently preparing for the Big Ten Tournament.
BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Ivory Crawford drives to the basket during the game against Michigan State at State Farm Center, on Wednesday.
KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINI Illinois’ Nik Goncin takes a shot during the wheelchair basketball game v. Missouri at the ARC on Feb. 13. Illinois won 53-46.
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Wheelchair basketball closes season with big weekend
Wrestling prepares for Big Tens
Illini looking to continue strong start to season
Illini endure last-second loss to MSU
Men’s and Women’s wheelchair basketball in Tuscaloosa, Ala.Men: 7 p.m. Friday vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater3 p.m. Saturday vs. Texas-Arlington7 p.m. Saturday vs. AlabamaWomen:5 p.m. Friday vs.
Wisconsin-Whitewater1 p.m. Saturday vs. Texas-Arlington5 p.m. Saturday vs. AlabamaQuick Notes: The men’s team enters the weekend with a 14-15 regular season record. Helen Freeman leads the Illini women with 16.1 points per game.
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Chanticleer Classic Myrtle Beach, South Carolinavs. Ball State, Friday, 1 p.m.vs. Ball State, Saturday, 10 a.m.vs. Kent State, Sunday, 9 a.m.vs. West Virginia, Sunday, 12:30 p.m.Conway, South CarolinaAt Coastal Carolina, Monday, 11 a.m.
Quick Notes: Illinois’ 6-0-1 start is the fi rst time the team has been undefeated since 1986.Hidden Stat: The Illini lead the Big Ten in both batting average (.335) and ERA (1.97). They’re the only team in the conference with a batting average higher than .300 and the only team with an ERA under 2.00.
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Michigan State 67, Illinois 65Summary: Illinois mounted a large comeback late, but fell just short against Michigan State on Wednesday at State Farm Center.Key Performer: Brittany Carter had 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting, including four rebounds, four assists and three steals.Quote of the game: Illini guard Ivory Crawford — “Even though I was tired, I didn’t let that stop me.”Hidden stat: Michigan State’s Aerial Powers had 13 turnovers, eight more than her season average.
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MEN’S BASKETBALLILL VS. NORTHWEST-ERNSAT: 6 P.M.STATE FARM CENTER
WOMEN’S BASKETBALLILL VS. MICHSAT: 11 A.M.STATE FARM CENTER
BASEBALLCHANTICLEAR CLASSIC ILL VS. BALL STATEFRI: 1 P.M.SAT: 10 A.M.ILL VS. KENT STATESUN: 9 A.M.ILL VS. WEST VIRGINIA SUN: 12:30 P.M.FORT MYERS, FLA.
HOCKEYILL VS. EASTERN MICHIGANFRI: 7:30 P.M.SAT: 7:30 P.M.ILLINOIS ICE ARENA
SOFTBALL UNDER ARMOUR INVITA-TIONALFRI-SUNTAMPA BAY AND CLEARWA-TER, FLA.
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELDBIG TEN INDOOR CHAMPION-SHIPSFRI-SAT: 10 A.M.GENEVA, OHIOWOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELDBIG TEN INDOOR CHAMPION-SHIPSFRI-SAT: 10 A.M.GENEVA, OHIO
Women’s basketball falls short following missed chance
8-2 run.On the strength of their
trapping defense, the Illini forced 34 turnovers, which allowed them to keep it within single-digits for most of the second half.
“That’s what the buzz does to other teams,” sopho-more forward Jacqui Grant said. “We were playing it
really aggressive. That gave us some energy and that’s what helped us get back in it.”
Despite missing the potential game-winning shot, Carter was the Illi-ni’s most effi cient scorer with 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting, including 3-of-7 from beyond the arc. Senior guard Ivory Crawford led all Illini with 18 points, but did it on 7-of-23 shooting.
“I was just more worried
about what’s next,” Craw-ford said. “Even though I was tired, I didn’t let that stop me.”
The Spartans started off the game on fi re from beyond the 3-point line, knocking down fi ve threes within the fi rst six min-utes of play. Jankoska led the 3-point barrage, nail-ing her fi rst three attempts from beyond the arc. She fi nished the game with 24 points to lead all scorers.
Despite the tough loss, Bollant said he is hap-py with the way his team fought back to nearly pull off another comeback win.
“I think that says a lot about their resiliency and heart,” Bollant said. “They haven’t hung their head. They stay with it and keep fi ghting and keep believing.”
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Goncin for the men and Hel-en Freeman for the women.
Goncin not only leads his team in points per game (21.2), but also assists (2.75) and rebounds (5.8). Along with his on-court skill, Goncin has become a team leader and knows how to approach a weekend of play.
“I think not telling peo-ple that they’re making mis-takes, more so reminding them before the mistakes happen (is what I provide to the team),” Goncin said.
The women’s team will rely on senior Helen Free-
man, whom Wheeler called an outstanding player and phenomenal scorer. With a scoring average of just over 16 points per game and free throw percentage above 70 percent, it’s easy to see why she has earned that praise. However, the English-born graduate student echoes the response of fellow men’s scoring leader Goncin.
“I’m just trying to be a good leader, and focus on the process that’s going to help us get the best result,” Free-man said.
The upcoming weekend pits the men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams against foes that they have played frequently in 2015.
The familiarity allows both Illinois coaches to set a game plan for their opponents. Buchi has created a defen-sive strategy he believes will minimize a physical disad-vantage of the men’s lineup.
“We’re not a big group,” Buchi said, “We’ve got to play really hard man-to-man to push them out to the 3-point line so that size doesn’t mat-ter to us.”
With respect to the wom-en’s matchups, Wheeler is more concerned with her squad’s communication and effort above anything else.
“A lot of the stuff we have to do well are intangibles,” Wheeler said. “When we do those intangible things like
having a lot of communi-cation, playing with heart, effort and focus, I think that the on-court skills take care of themselves.”
Each Illini squad has been off for a couple of weeks. With the National Intercol-legiate Wheelchair Basket-ball tournament just around the corner, this weekend will serve as the fi nal tune-up before Illinois competes in March for a national title.
“This is going to be the ulti-mate milestone of where we are,” Goncin said, “There’s no going back at this point because we only have two weeks (left in the season).”
es with us and help prepare us mentally and emotionally.”
However, the correlation between success in the con-ference and success on the national level is most preva-lent at the individual level.
Since the 1999-2000 sea-son, out of the 150 Big Ten title winners, 97 have gone on to place in the top three at the NCAA tournament. Of those 97, 50 claimed a Big Ten title and national champion-ship in the same season. Even when a Big Ten champion at his respective weight class didn’t go on to place fi rst at nationals, there has been 15 instances where another Big Ten wrestler claimed the No.1 spot at the same weight.
The Big Tens are basical-ly a mini-national tourna-ment,” senior Jackson Morse said. “You might see three or four guys that are ranked in the national top 10 at your weight. If you win Big Tens, you’re probably top three in the country, for any weight.”
The Big Ten’s dominance doesn’t seem to be coming to an end anytime soon, as the conference has seen its great-
est national achievements in just in the past fi ve years. In 2012, seven of the 10 confer-ence champions also placed fi rst at nationals. In the 2013 and 2014 tournament seasons, all 10 conference winners fi n-ished fourth or better at the NCAA tournament. The Big Ten even produced two indi-viduals that have won three-consecutive national cham-pionships, with Ohio State’s 141-pound Logan Stieber and Penn State’s 184-pound Ed Ruth claiming victory each of the past three seasons.
The Big Ten Champion-ships do much more than crown a conference champi-on, they establish the favor-ites to win it all. Although the events are two weeks apart, The Big Ten and NCAA tour-naments are likely to have practically identical results. Wrestling thrives in the Big Ten, and the conference tour-nament is where the majority of national champions will be produced this season and for many seasons to come.
“It’s just such a power con-ference,” Perry said. “For wrestling, the Big Ten is just where it’s at.”
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BY ALEX WALLNERSTAFF WRITER
With Friday’s Indoor Big Ten Championships loom-ing, the Illinois women’s track and fi eld team is aim-ing to rebound from last year’s ninth-place fi nish at the event.
The championships will be held in Geneva, Ohio. Sophomore Kandie Bloch-Jones is the team’s lone returning individual con-ference champion.
The Illini are only two years removed from their fi rst team Big Ten champi-onship since 1996. Return-ing eight individuals from the 2013 team include: Alyssa Schneider, Mari-
ah Smith, Kymbriona Tay-lor, Colette Falsey, Chloe Schmidt, Amanda Duven-dack, Breeana Coleman and Stephanie Richartz.
Illinois won last Satur-day’s Orange and Blue Open at the Armory.
Even though the fi eld was not as strong as other events the Illini have par-ticipated in, senior Mariah Smith said the meet was a leap in the right direction and made her excited for this weekend.
“This will be my fi nal opportunity to throw the weight as an Illini (dur-ing the indoor season), so it is both exciting and very meaningful.” Smith said.
Smith won the weight throw at the meet with a toss of 17.5 meters at the Orange and Blue Open.
Bloch-Jones won the high jump at the meet, reaching 1.75 meters, but said that the week of preparation for Big Tens has not been that
great.“Practice hasn’t gone
very well, but it’s good to get the bad jumps out of the way before Satur-day,” Bloch-Jones said. “I am mainly focusing on the mental approach as well as my steps leading up to the bar.”
The Illini go into Big Tens with a young team — 11 seniors and juniors to 24 sophomores and freshman — and the underclassmen have a range of emotions about the meet.
Last Saturday had seven underclassmen win events, but Big Tens is the biggest meet the underclassmen will perform in thus far in the indoor season.
One of those sophomores, Bloch-Jones, is far from content, despite having an indoor Big Ten champion-ship already under her belt.
“It is great to have start-ed my career really well, but what comes with that
is more goals,” Bloch-Jones said. “I feel as if I need to continue to improve or else I won’t be satisfi ed.”
Janile Rogers is one of the freshman who won last Saturday and said she’s looking forward to compe-tition this weekend, but is anxious about the meet.
“This weekend I am very excited, but very nervous at the same time,” Rogers said. “I can overcome the butterfl ies, by staying calm and focused right before my races.”
Since 1982, the Illini have won six Indoor Big Ten championships and as they look for their sev-enth, they will have to go through No. 11 Wisconsin, the only ranked team com-peting this weekend, and Penn State, the defending indoor Big Ten champions.
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This weekend, the Illinois men’s track and fi eld team will try to do something it hasn’t done in more than 25 years: Win the Big Ten Indoor Championship.
With a runner-up fi nish in 2013 and a fourth-place fi n-ish last season, the Illini have come close to capturing the elusive title in recent years but have not won the meet since 1989.
The Big Ten Indoor Cham-pionship will take place this Friday and Saturday at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
Along with frontrunners No. 9 Penn State, No. 15 Wis-consin and No. 22 Nebraska, Illinois is once again poised to fi nish at the top.
Illinois is familiar with many of the Big Ten teams after competing against them earlier this winter. The Illi-ni handily defeated Iowa in a dual meet and have also gone head-to-head against Ohio State and Nebraska this
season.After many of the Illi-
ni athletes took last week-end off, the team is healthy going into the Big Ten Indoor Championships, much to the delight of head coach Mike Turk.
“We’re healthy, and that is critical right now,” Turk said. “Fortunately, we’re in good shape, and I don’t have any concerns on injuries.”
The 200 meters has been one of Illinois’ strongest events this season. Seniors DJ Zahn and Brandon Stryganek hold the second- and third-fastest times in the Big Ten this season, behind only Ricco Hall from Nebras-ka. Hall defeated both Illini sprinters earlier this year, so this weekend’s meet will be another chance for the trio to face off.
Zahn also holds the fastest Big Ten time this season in the 400. But that is not the only factor that makes him a contender in the event. At last year’s Big Ten Indoor Championships, Zahn fi n-ished second overall, giving him experience at the top of a conference meet.
Zahn has been an integral piece for the Illini, and he will need to continue his pattern of strong performances this
weekend for Illinois to leave Ohio with the championship.
Junior Joe McAsey is among the favorites going into the 600 and 800 meters this weekend. McAsey has run the fastest time in con-ference this season in the 800 and the sixth-best time in the 600.
The pole vault is an event that has been building momentum lately. Senior Matthew Bane and juniors Mitch Mammoser and Blaze Galardy know they are start-ing to perform well at an important time.
“Between Matthew, Blaze and myself, us jumpers are starting to peak at the right time,” Mammoser said. “I don’t see why we can’t get a couple of us to medal at Big Tens.”
Another fi eld event that has been putting up big results is the high jump. Jonathan Wells is one of the top high
jumpers in not only the Big Ten, but across the nation. As a freshman, Wells currently has the second-highest jump of the season among Big Ten athletes and 15th out of the entire NCAA.
Illinois is one of the many contenders at this weekend’s Big Ten Indoor Champion-ships, but the Illini know they
have to compete at an almost fl awless level to bring home the win.
“From a team standpoint, we can’t have any mess-ups,” Mammoser said. “Everyone is going to need to bring their A-games.”
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Men’s track gears up for Big Tens in OhioIllini searching for 1st Big Ten title in 26 years
KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINI Illinois’ Blaze Galardy attempts to avoid the pole during the pole vault at the Orange & Blue meet at the Armory on Saturday. Galardy is one of three Illini pole vaulters poised to medal.
KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINI Illinois’ Janile Rogers attempts to go the distance on the long jump event during the Orange and Blue meet at the Armory on Feb. 21. Illinois’ women’s team won 1st place out of 5.
Women’s track ready to reboundIllini feature 8 athletes from 2013 Big Ten title team
Big Ten Indoor ChampionshipsWhen: Friday and Saturday at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, OhioTV: Tape delayed on BTN, March 8 at 9:30 amQuick notes: The Illini will go for their fi rst Big Ten Indoor Championship win in more than 25 years.Hidden stat: Illinois has fi nished runner-up in this event seven times since 1989.
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BY DANIEL DEXTERSTAFF WRITER
With the ACHA tournament a week away, the Illinois hockey team (22-16-1) will look to get its confi-dence back against Eastern Michi-gan (9-27-1) in its final home stand of the season.
The Illini are coming off a disap-pointing 5-3 semifinals defeat in the CSCHL tournament to Ohio in front of the home crowd at the Illinois Ice Arena. Both players and coaches believe Illinois gave the game away to the Bobcats after finishing the first period with a 2-0 lead.
Forward Jon Langan said the Illi-ni spent too much time talking to opposing players instead of hold-ing on to their lead, which ended up costing Illinois the game.
“I don’t have a problem with it when we are winning,” Langan said. “When we are tied in the heat of the game and guys aren’t focusing on the task at hand, that’s when I start having a problem with it.”
The team will attempt to move on from the loss before the nation-al tournament with a sweep of the Eagles. Head coach Nick Fabbri-ni said this weekend will be an opportunity for the team to get its confidence back and try new line combinations ahead of its first tour-nament game against John Carroll University.
“We are really going to work on minimizing our mistakes, both physical and mental, because in a week, one mistake could really end our season,” Fabbrini said. “It’s going to be key for us to play a sim-ple game and try to gear up for the games that really matter in a week.”
Eastern Michigan finished the regular season in last place in the GLCHL and will not be participat-ing in the national tournament. Langan said that despite the series having no playoff implications, the team will be taking this game seri-ously because of the importance of ending the season on a high note.
Fabbrini has cut down on the physicality in practices to keep players fresh heading into the national tournament, but still wants the Illini to treat the weekend like any other matchup.
Defenseman Josh Baker added that it is good for the team to avoid an off weekend because it forces players to maintain their intensity in practice.
“I think off weekends get us away from what we are supposed
to be doing at practice,” Baker said. “Sometimes the practices are a little bit easier or not as intense because you know you have a free weekend afterwards. It’s always nice to have these games, just so
you can stay in the swing of it and don’t lose focus.”
Aside from a tune up for the postseason, the series will also be a send-off to the Illini’s senior class. Langan, a senior, hopes to give the
home fans one final show this week-end, but the main goal will be to prepare for a long postseason run.
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Illini face off with Eastern Michigan
KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Josh Belmont and Ohio’s Joe Breslin battle for control of the puck during the CSCHL playoff semi-finals v. Ohio University at the Ice Arena on Saturday. Illinois will face off against Eastern Michigan in their final home match as they prepare for the ACHA tournment next week.
Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan
When: 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Illinois Ice Arena
Quick notes: Illinois will be looking to get its confidence back against the Eagles after its semifinals loss to Ohio in the CSCHL tournament.
Hidden stat: Illinois swept its only other GLCHL opponent, Michigan-Dearborn.
Hockey works to end regular season on high-note, looks to national tournament
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