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Pedestrian vs. biker Miles apart Illini of the weekFaculty checks neededFinding a way to balance safety and open-mindedness at the University is crucial.
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Students voice opinions on budget cuts
Local AAUP chapter discussescensure
Undecided state budget could affect 911 calls
UI aims to be carbon-neutral by 2050
BY CHRISTIN WATKINS STAFF WRITER
Over 250 Illinois college students chanted “cuts mean us” when they arrived in Springfield on Tuesday to advocate for students and budget solutions fund higher education.
The students visited the state capital in hopes of making legislators aware of the negative impact the state’s proposed 31.5 percent cut on higher education would have.
The lobby day, formally known as “Crisis Advocacy Day,” focused on advocating to student’s home district legislators about the importance of higher education and the effect losing MAP Grants has on students.
More than 60 University students made the trip, according to a press release from the Illinois Student Senate, ISS.
Approximately 130,000 Illinois students are at risk of losing MAP grants and more than 916,000 students are potentially affected by higher education cuts, according to ISS.
The state’s budget was supposed to be finalized by July 1, causing universities to scramble without a finalized budget.
State Sen. Chapin Rose, R-51, said he’s aware of the
repercussions students are facing. Higher education budget cuts are an important issue, but it isn’t something that can be solved right away, he said.
“These court orders have prioritized everyone ahead of (higher education),” he said. “To some extent, for good reason.”
State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-103, said she fully supports higher education funding and believes students are key to making changes happen. She said students have a responsibility to call on legislators to place focus on creating a budget. The governor’s lack of support places representatives in a difficult position, Ammons said.
“We’re in a political climate where you have this tyrannical governor who’s putting his thumb on all of these (representatives),” she said. “They have to stand for the people and not for the governor.”
ISS Vice President-External Matt Hill said the students’ goal is to stress that higher education is an investment in the state.
“College education provides people for the capacity and the ability to get a job that is going to contribute to Illinois’s
BY VIVIENNE HENNINGSTAFF WRITER
The Champaign-Urbana chapter of the American Association of University Professors, AAUP, held a panel headed by chapter President Harry Hilton on Tuesday addressing the University’s AAUP cen-sure and the implementa-
tion of background checks on prospective faculty applicants.
One of the panelists, David O’Brien, associate professor of art history, detailed the steps the Uni-versity would have to take to be removed from the AAUP’s censure list.
“The AAUP only goes
through three steps in order to remove an insti-tution from its censure list. They check the poli-cies that had led to cen-sure had been revised, they check if the agreed facul-ty members have received regress, and they send someone to the Universi-ty to verify that conditions
there merit the lifting of censure,” O’Brien said.
But to be removed from the censure list, he said the University must admit wrongdoing in its handling of Steven Salaita’s hiring.
“First, the chancellor, president and trustees
BY DIXITA LIMBACHIASTAFF WRITER
The lack of a state budget has put current 911 call pro-cedures in jeopardy.
Emergency calls are funded through state tax-es. The funds are available but cannot be spent with-out an approved state bud-get. As a result, 911 call centers are dipping into their own reserves because they haven’t been paid by the state. This has caused layoffs, leaving fewer peo-ple available to answer 911 calls which means longer wait times.
Ralph Caldwell, director of METCAD in Champaign County, said once they pass the budget, the money will be available to be spent on state services.
“They don’t have the appropriations and the abil-ities to pay the budget,” Caldwell said.
Caldwell said there are time constraints related to decisions made surround-ing 911 calls. He said some state senators could push the state to take out loans while others might live out of their reserves; other senators have a capital plan to replace equipment. It depends on the dispatch center the financial stability to determine the duration of the budget as it continues on.
The undecided budget affects every dispatch cen-ter in Illinois. Champaign County has one dispatch cen-ter, and a vast majority of emergency calls are made by students.
Kevin Murphy, freshman
in Business, seemed con-cerned how 911 calls could be affected.
“I understand budget cuts and why we need them, but something like 911 calls — that’s the safety of people,” Murphy said. “Knowing that this is such a big area there so many students and there’s going to crimes like theft and sexual assaults so we’re concerned about our safety if contacting 911 is an issue.”
Lauren Taylor, freshman in LAS, and Allison Wheel-er, freshman in LAS, both agreed on the lack of the state legislation to create a budget.
“It’s very irresponsible to let our budget get to a bad place where we even have to concern ourselves with this (911 calls),” Taylor said.
However, Caldwell wanted to emphasis that despite this setback, the state is sitting on a backup plan while wait-ing for the budget to pass.
“Most likely people won’t see a change in service for next six months to a year while we use our capital budget.”
DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORTInterim Chancellor Bar-
bara Wilson informed the campus community of the University’s commitment to the 2015 Illinois Climate Action Plan, iCAP, in a Uni-versity Massmail Tuesday.
iCAP reaffirms the Uni-versity’s goal to become car-bon-neutral by 2050, with the possibility of reaching the goal early, in 2035.
The University origi-nally signed the Ameri-can College and Univer-
sity Presidents’ Climate Commitment, ACUPCC, in 2008. The plan is a nation-al effort to to unite higher education establishments to pledge to take action on climate change. iCAP is the University’s specific plan in accordance with ACUPCC.
“This plan requires the dedicated and sustained efforts of our faculty, stu-dents and staff to identify and implement the best sus-tainability solutions for our campus,” Wilson said in the
Massmail.She also explained how
iCAP will require strate-gic up-front investments that will save money in the long run.
“Given the current bud-get uncertainty, we have a responsibility to carefully weigh the costs and bene-fits of any solutions,” Wilson said. “But we must consider all of our options.”
Wilson said the goal of iCAP is to help alleviate cli-mate change and make cam-
pus members better atten-dants of the environment. She also invited students and faculty to come to an iCAP forum. The forum will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Illini Union Room A.
“We intend to serve as a model for campuses and communities around the world, while educating the next generation of sustain-ability leaders,” Wilson said.
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SEE AAUP | 3A
Finding a way to balance safety and open-mindedness at the University is crucial.
Finding a way to balance safety and open-mindedness at the University is crucial.
Finding a way to balance safety and open-mindedness at the University is crucial.
CHRISTIN WATKINS THE DAILY ILLINIUniversity students joined over 200 other students from colleges across Illinois to advocate for higher education funding in Springfield on Tuesday. The students were joined by legislators and University officials, including President Timothy Killeen.
RYAN FANG THE DAILY ILLINIDavid O’Brien, Art History chair, speaks at the UI chapter meeting of the American Association of University Professors Tuesday.
“They don’t have the appropriations and the abilities to pay the budget.”RAPLH CALDWELLDIRECTOR OF METCAD
Chapter talks Salaita’s dismissal, background checks
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DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Shooting directed at car kills 1, wounds another
“There’s a lot of information out there, we’re still try-ing to sort through everything to fi nd out what’s fact and what’s fi ction at this point. We are talk-ing to a number of people who report to have information.”LT. DAVE SCHAFFERCHAMPAIGN POLICE DEPARTMENT
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BY CHRISTINA COMOCONTRIBUTING WRITER
This Wednesday, acrobat-ic performers will dive into Krannert Center for the Per-forming Arts.
The National Circus and Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China will per-form the show “Peking Dreams” at 7 p.m. The pro-duction was featured in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and since 1958, the troupe has performed acro-batic shows and traveled to more than 50 different countries.
Peking Dreams showcas-es circus and acrobatic feats like hat juggling, ring div-ing, feet juggling and mar-tial arts, as well as tradi-tional circus acts like hula hooping, balancing and solo traipsing.
“My favorite aspect of the show is every element, from the acrobatic skills to the music, costumes, light-ing, setting and so on. I think that every detail is impor-tant to the successful show,” the troupe’s artistic direc-tor, Baojin Deng, wrote in an email.
Like most Chinese acro-bats, Deng was 12 when she began acrobatic training. Six years later, she gradu-ated from the arts school and became a professional performer.
“It was hard in the begin-ning, but I got used to the training,” Deng explained. “With time, I liked the feel-ing of being on-stage. That’s why I love the acrobatic work, no matter whether as a performer or a director.”
The performers practice six hours daily in China, regardless if they have a show that evening. On tour, they practice one to two hours before the show.
“The routine is one part of my career and life, so I don’t feel tired when I work with the troupe,” Deng said.
Chinese circus companies differ from American ones because they forgo animal performances and concen-trate on human-performing acts.
Kirsten Malec, who is a sophomore in Engineering and a member of Illini Jug-gling and Unicycling Club, is looking forward to the
troupe’s performance.“(Juggling is) something
you can do just about any-where with anything, and it always provides entertain-ment,” Malec said.
Alexander Page, junior in Engineering and another member of the club, learned how to juggle during his junior year of high school.
“It never gets old,” Page said. “The act of juggling has much more depth than people think. There are
different props, different tricks, and thousands of ways to pass with other jug-glers. There’s even a ton of mathematical theory behind juggling patterns. Juggling has the same elements of enjoyment, complexity and personal achievement that other sports and activities have.”
Page pointed out that the troupe doesn’t just focus on prop work.
“Most of the stuff they do
is acrobatics, which our club doesn’t focus on that much,” Page said. “I saw a few diab-olos (Chinese Yo-Yo’s) being tossed around, which are cool, but no club passing or ball juggling.”
Deng wrote that acrobat-ics reflects a specific part of Chinese culture.
“The best way is seeing our show. Good or not good, seeing is believing.”
DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORTThe westbound lanes of
University Avenue between Wright Street and Fifth Street will be closed until Friday.
According to a press release from the City of Champaign, the lanes will be closed for A&R
Services to install of water services at 508 and 608 East University Avenue.
The flow of traffic will be shifted to a the singular center lane of University Avenue while construction is underway. Cars will also be detoured to turn on Sixth Street.
China’s Peking Dreams acrobats plunge into Krannert Center
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DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT David “Gene” Cossey was
named the executive direc-tor of the University’s Wil-lard Airport, 11 Airport Road, Monday.
Cossey was selected by a University-appointed com-mittee will take over on Dec. 7 when he leaves his position as the director of operations at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids.
He has a bachelor’s degree in business man-
agement and information systems and experience in a variety of areas, including airport economics andinter-governmental affairs.
“Gene stood out very ear-ly in the process as someone who was not only capable of managing Willard Airport, but one who could improve its operations and take it suc-cessfully into the future,” said Associate Chancellor Michael DeLorenzo.
University Avenue lane closed until Friday due to maintenance
New Willard Airport executive director named Tuesday
Jesse Jackson Jr.’s wife reports to prison for public corruption
must withdraw statement justifying the decision not to appoint Salaita as the relevant standard of con-duct,” O’Brien said. “Sec-ond, Professor Salaita must either be reinstated to the position he was offered or he must be offered a legal settlement that the AAUP accepts as ade-quate compensation for the wrongs done to him. So either reinstatement, or a settlement.”
Salaita filed a federal lawsuit against the Uni-versity on Jan. 29, seek-ing reinstatement and monetary compensation.
Jessica Greenberg, panelist and associate professor of anthropolo-gy, discussed background checks and said there are too many questions about how the policy would be implemented.
“As it’s currently formu-lated there is absolutely no way to ensure a fair imple-
mentation of this policy, let alone in a timely manner,” Greenberg said. “It cre-ates a highly discretionary approach to life-changing employment decisions with impact not only on poten-tial employees but academ-ic units involved in hiring.”
She also raised concerns about the possibility of dis-
crimination involved in the background check policy.
“Discrimination and racial bias would be writ-ten into our hiring proce-dures if we implement this policy. Applicants of color
are statistically more like-ly to have faced arrest, con-viction and imprisonment for criminal offenses,” Greenberg said. “Many of our colleagues already feel the weight of the day-to-day criminalization of the people of color in this country.”
She said faculty from
abroad may be discour-aged by the background check policy.
“I have no idea how a search committee or aca-demic HR would begin to access, let alone assess, the
criminal background of people coming from a very different political and legal context,” Greenberg said. “International applicants will be wary of criminal background checks that represent surveillance and a lack of trust in faculty.”
Additionally, she said the fact that the background check policy was imple-mented without much faculty input is also concerning.
“Rushing implementa-tion at this point is not only the administrative-ly irresponsible thing to do for our institution, it also violates the voices of the majority of our facul-ty senate. Many people with a lot of expertise have objected to this pol-icy and have called for a thorough review,” Green-berg said. “I think this,
in and of itself, is a com-munity that privileges and respects that that kind of knowledge and expertise is enough to be wary.”
AAUPFROM 1A
economy,” he said. “That’s something we really want to push, that this isn’t just sending kids to school, this is something that is really impacting the lives of people and impacting the quality of our state, improving the quality of our state.”
Student Body President Mitch Dickey said the “Cuts Mean Us” campaign started near the time Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed the cuts.
“I wouldn’t say that Tuesday’s going to be the end, because for the most part it’s just going to start the push of pressure,” Dickey said. “But we’ve got enough people from different districts that we’re going to be meeting — all but 15 state reps and three state senators — and we’re just going to be putting on a mass pressure on every single one of them.”
Adam Kaz contributed to this [email protected]
LOBBYFROM 1A
MAP grant funding in Fall 2015
in State of Illinois Monetary Award Program grants awarded to 5,667 University students for the fall 2015 semester
Senate approved a bill authorizing the state to pay to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for grants in the Monetary Award Program to eligible students.
students are projected to receive a grant for the
In August in MAP grant funds were
students.
SOURCE: DAN MANN, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
“Professor Salaita must either be reinstated to the position he was
offered or he must be offered a legal settlement that the AAUP accepts as
adequate compensation.”DAVID O’BRIEN
ART HISTORY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
PHOTOS COURTESY OF The National Circus and Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China performs in countries across the world. The circus
World-renowned group hopes to dazzle Urbana
BY AVI SELKTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
DALLAS — After finally meeting President Barack Obama on Monday night, Ahmed Mohamed and his family plan to leave the United States for the fore-seeable future. Schools from across the country have made offers to Ahmed since he was arrested at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, last month _ his homemade clock con-fused with a hoax bomb, transforming him into a symbol of perceived anti-Muslim bias. But apparently it was an offer from the Mid-dle East that most intrigued the family.
T h e M oh a me d s announced Tuesday that they have accepted a foun-dation’s offer to pay for the 14-year-old’s high school and college in Doha, Qatar, which Ahmed visit-ed a few weeks ago as he
began a world tour. His sis-ter, Eyman Mohamed, said Ahmed will study at Doha Academy, while she and his other siblings find schools in the rich capital city, which hosts a huge university com-plex called Education City.
She spoke as the family boarded an airplane from Washington, where Ahmed concluded his world tour at the White House this week, back to their smallish house in Irving. But they’ll only be in Texas for a few days, Eyman said, before they jet off to a new life on the other side of the world.
Not that their story in the United States is done.
Before leaving Washing-ton, Ahmed appeared with a U.S. congressman who, along with nearly 30 other members of congress, have asked the federal govern-ment to investigate whether anti-Muslim discrimination prompted Ahmed’s arrest.
VERNON BRYANT TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEIrving MacArthur High School student Ahmed Mohamed,
Clock-maker moving with his family to Qatar
WASHINGTON — For-mer Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson surrendered Tuesday to a prison camp in West Virginia to start a one-year term arising out of a public corruption case that brought down her husband, former Democratic Con-gressman Jesse Jackson Jr.
Jackson, 52, entered the minimum-security camp in Alderson, W.Va., shortly
before noon, said Edmond Ross, spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons.
Sandi Jackson was sen-tenced in Washington, D.C., in August 2013 on the same day as her husband. Jackson Jr. was given a 30-month sen-tence for conspiracy to com-mit wire fraud, mail fraud and make false statements.
He completed a shortened term last month.
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As a proud biker on this campus, it is my duty to
speak out when I feel we as a community are being slighted.
While the weather is still nice out it’s com-monplace to bike to class. However, as a result, there has been a growing divide amongst the stu-dent population, Bikers vs. Pedestrians.
Now, pedestrians will attempt to chastise bikers at every turn for blatant-ly ignoring the rules of the road or even attempt-ing to hit pedestrians on their way to class — as if we were playing Grand Theft Auto. I am here to disprove these myths and share the point of view of a biker on campus.
It is important to under-stand why we bikers do what we do. It is the most efficient way to get from point A to point B at this university. Biking is at least three times faster
than walking, assuming you’re not a speed walking olympiast (which is a real thing).
If your class is a 15-min-ute walk from your dorm or apartment, it’ll take you five minutes flat on a bike. Every student would probably kill for ten more minutes in the morning to sleep, shower or actually eat breakfast for a change.
It’s no secret that there are a number of run-ins between pedestrians and bikers on campus. People like to blame the bikers, but I would largely put the blame on the pedestrians and the University’s lack of bike lanes.
I can not tell you how many near collisions I have been in with students who are seemingly new on campus (looking at you, freshmen), unaware of what a bike lane is.
The dotted yellow lines on concrete are for bikes. Those marks aren’t the University reminding pedestrians to walk in a straight line on the right side of the sidewalk or street, it is to make every-one aware of a bike lane and on-coming bikers.
Similar to the way we
approach cars, the respon-sibility is on the pedestri-ans to be safe while cross-ing a bike lane, not the biker barreling down at you at 20 mph. It is much easier for you to stop than it is for a biker.
It is a common gripe that bikers ride on the sidewalk, but this is at the fault of the University. There are currently count-less one-way streets that don’t contain bike paths, and as a result bikers are forced to ride on the side-walk (we can get a ticket for riding the wrong way on a one-way, just like any car would).
Consequently, the next time you encounter a biker weaving through the noto-riously slow walkers here, know that we don’t want to be slowed down by navi-gating through people, but we have no choice in the matter.
So the next time you see a near pedestrian/bik-er collision, think twice before blaming the biker and remember that we are not trying to run you all over.
Jason is a senior in LAS. [email protected]
THE DAILY ILLINI
EDITORIALCovering bases through background checks
The other day I near-ly grazed death as a biker was riding on
the sidewalk and almost crashed into me. So, this is a public service announce-ment to bikers who are seemingly try to end my life and the lives of other students: Stop acting like you own the roads.
Theatrical Leah aside, it’s true I have been near-ly hit on more than a few occasions.
Therefore, it is imper-ative that when riding bicycles on campus, stu-dents obey the same traf-fic laws, signs and signals that apply to drivers of cars. It says on the Uni-versity’s Bicycle Enforce-ment page, “that bicyclists ‘shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties appli-cable to the driver of a vehicle.’”
The same way you don’t see cars and buses driving on the sidewalk, you shouldn’t see bikers either.
The infrastructure at the University admitted-ly isn’t entirely set up for
biking. One-way roads plague Urbana-Cham-pagnes streets. There aren’t as many bike racks as many of us would like. Even the Quad isn’t well-designed enough for fit-ting both bikers and pedestrians on their way to and from classes.
We are working as an institution to better this setting for bicyclists. Yet despite all these changes being made to make sure bikers are given enough amenities to stay safe and ride in their lanes, I often still find myself fearing for my life while walking down Wright or Armory.
There are definite changes being made to the campus for a more biker-friendly environ-ment. While I’m more than thrilled that these improvements will put a smile on your bike-riding faces, until then, I am beg-ging you to stay out of the way of the common com-muter. For the safety of others and your spandex-wearing-selves, the best place to ride, and the legal place to ride, is on the street or in a bike lane.
It isn’t uncommon to hear students sharing almost-accident stories when it comes to bikers on campus. Jack Grif-fon, sophomore in ACES,
recounted his own experi-ence with bikers, stating, “I was thrown down by my friend jumping out of the way of an aggressive biker who wasn’t stopping for pedestrians.”
These aren’t sporad-ic occurrences, and even though the University is making a lot of changes for bikers’ safety, they are still choosing not to obey the rules.
As we are starting to employ more bicycle-friendly methods, the responsibility lies with bikers to ensure that both their safety and the safety of pedestrians crossing the street are both met.
While I don’t doubt that bikers are just as sick of jaywalkers and students walking across the streets at green lights, for both their safety and ours, bik-ers should stick to the nor-mal paths that the Univer-sity provides.
This means it’s on both pedestrians to not walk in the bike lanes that are designed for bikers and for bikers to equally respect our sidewalks; on such a crowded campus, it is simply best to be mind-ful of those around you.
Leah is a freshman in Media. [email protected]
The University of Illinois is recognized by The League of American Bicyclists as a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly University and the University recently completed and approved a new master 2014 Campus Bike Plan to “improve mobility and accessibility for cyclists on campus,” and, “fund the ongoing and future improvement of campus bicycle facilities, services and programming.”
But even with these accolades, there is a campus feud between bikers and pedestrians fueled by collisions, slow, texting walkers and bikers riding off the bike lane. Two Daily Illini columnists, one biker and one pedestrian, took it upon themselves today to address this tension, that basically runs deeper than the hate between the Capulets and Montagues and fight out this age old debate.
EDITORIAL CARTOON JOHN DARKOW CAGLE CARTOONS
Pro-PedestrianPro-Biker
Bikers versus pedestrians: The two way street
LEAH PEARLMAN
Opinions columnist
JASON SCHWARTZ
Opinions columnist
W hen applying for a new job, it’s com-mon practice to have to go through a background
check if someone receives a posi-tion.
However, members of the Ac-ademic Senate at the University are debating the new background check policy that the Board of Trustees approved in September.
The policy essentially permits the University to conduct back-ground checks for all University employees.
All new hires will be asked to un-dergo a background check upon re-ceiving a job offer. Candidates can decline a background check but it is unknown what that might indi-cate to the University or how it will impact the committee’s viewpoint.
Each background check is esti-mated to cost $45, and according to Maureen Parks, associate vice president for the University’s Hu-man Resources policy, the total cost for this year is estimated to reach $183,285.
The policy has yet to be imple-mented after senate members vot-ed to push implementation back until Nov. 1.
The hiring of adjunct lecturer James Kilgore is a reassuring re-minder that the campus is will-ing to hire members with crimi-
nal backgrounds; we can see that the University is still open to the idea of hiring people with criminal backgrounds, as long as they can show they’ve been reformed.
Kilgore was up front in his inter-view and let the University know his past beforehand, however, not all potential employees will be that honest, and a background check may be the only way to ensure we are hiring honest candidates who will be safe additions to the Uni-versity.
Hiring can’t be slowed down on a campus of our size, so the poli-cy needs to implemented before the spring semester. And we aren’t even close to being one of the first universities within the Big Ten to institute a policy like this — in fact, we are one of the last to do so.
However, this policy leaves some questions unanswered specifically regarding its timing, and these are all questions we need answered in order to ensure the policy is effec-tive. We don’t want to intimidate people who may want to apply for jobs at the University, but we want to put student safety at the fore-front of everyone’s mind.
The first thing that needs clari-fication is the general timeline of the background checks. General Information Services will conduct the checks and is expected to re-port back their findings in three to
five business days. But the overall time to review the completed back-ground checks seems too short, and doesn’t seem to allow time for a person with a criminal record to defend themselves to the Univer-sity.
If a person needs to speak about something that was found in the report or send in separate docu-ments, we wonder how the com-mittee will be able to properly re-view in such a short period of time to make a timely decision on poten-tial employees.
Also, associate professor Tere-sa Barnes raised the question of whether the committee will make a final decision on a candidate with a criminal conviction, or whether the committee will simply make rec-ommendations to Interim Provost Edward Feser.
During Monday’s meeting, Fes-er took the right approach by stat-ing the policy will be open for revi-sions throughout the course of its implementation.
Ultimately, time will tell wheth-er these revisions will be heard and taken into account, but overall this policy is something we should be open to — especially when oth-er universities are doing the same. Our campus should be open and fostering, but safety and honesty still need to play large parts in cre-ating that environment.
Big Ten with policies in place: Northwestern University: tests all applicants Indiana University: tests all staff and
temporary employeesUniversity of Iowa: tests all regular merit,
professional and scientific, and faculty positions
University of Maryland: tests employees and the background check is valid for three years
University of Michigan: tests faculty, postdoctoral research fellows and staff
Michigan State University: tests paid faculty, academic staff and executive management appointments
University of Minnesota: tests people in non-student positions, individuals dealing with money and individuals working with minors.
University of Nebraska: tests finalists for “security sensitive non-academic positions, and for departments that have elected to require background checks”
Ohio State University: tests for faculty, staff and temporary employees
Pennsylvania State University: tests all employees and volunteers who work with minors
Purdue University: Tests part time and full time faculty and staff
Rutgers University: Tests regular salaried faculty and staff
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Tests all new employees since 2007
University of Illinois: A background check policy for all employees is under implementation starting Nov. 1. Previously, people who were in high-risk jobs, such as high-security areas or working with minors, had to have background checks.
“She would hit me and scream so loud you could hear her outside,” said Lori Kellermeier, Christina’s and Margaret’s mom. “The pediatrician could not fi nd anything but I knew it was something. Then she started getting clumsy and falling.”
Eventually, Christina lost all feeling on the left side of her body. On the day she lost the ability to walk, Keller-meier took her to the doctor and Christina was imme-diately rushed to an ambu-lance. She was diagnosed with brain cancer, and the next morning she was admit-ted for surgery.
“I asked the doctor while crying uncontrollable, I asked over and over, ‘Is my baby girl going to die?’” Kell-ermeir said.
Due to the size and prox-imity to the spinal cord and brain, the tumor was inoperable.
According to doctors, Christina had a 10 percent survival rate.
In the fi rst surgery, sur-geons placed a shunt, or a small plastic tube that goes into one of the ventricles in the brain, through a small hole in the skull. The shunt drained away excess cere-brospinal fl uid and relieved pressure from the tumor. The following day, against Christina’s refusal, a port was inserted into her chest so she could receive chemo-therapy and make drawing blood easier.
After her surgeries, Chris-tina resided at the hospital for a little over a week, and
began radiation treatments on Dec. 5. By the fi fth radia-tion, Christina’s family saw a huge improvement, and she regained mobility in her body. Within a month, she was running again.
“She was always so deter-mined and she would just tell people, ‘I have a brain tumor, but it’s gonna go away. I’m gonna make it go away, and I’m not gonna be sick any-more,’” Johnson said.
True to her words, Christi-na’s tumor shrunk to a man-ageable size, and it doesn’t affect her life. However, Johnson’s family spent the fi rst year after her diagnosis holding their breath, watch-ing for every little symptom.
Last March, she began chemotherapy. Halfway through the treatment, Christina’s hair began to fall out in large clumps.
Every time Johnson returns to campus and leaves Christina’s side, she pushes the negative thoughts away and focuses on her schoolwork.
“Even though my sister was sick, I had to continue with my life because I know that she would want me to continue with my life,” John-son said. “That’s one of the things that she’s so proud of me for and I don’t want her to stop being proud of me. That’s what kind of keeps me going and keeps me here.”
It is the moment before sleep that is the hardest for Johnson.
Yet, classes and clubs keep her busy, and her friends and family provide constant support.
“When Maggie gets news back from her mom about what is going on with Chris-
tina, all I can do is listen,” said Nicole Wonderlin, junior in LAS. “I think it just helps to have someone to talk it through with. I try to be honest with Maggie and nev-er give her cliche responses to her worries like ‘every-thing happens for a reason’ or ‘it will all work out.’”
Johnson also fi nds solace in sharing her sister’s story.
After traveling to Disney World last May with Chris-tina on a Make-A-Wish trip, Johnson joined Wishmakers at UIUC, a registered stu-dent organization that raises money through fundraisers on campus for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ameri-ca. Johnson is the event coor-dinator for Wishmakers and she shares her experiences with others every year.
This past June, Christi-na fi nished chemotherapy. Today, she looks and acts like a typical second-grad-er. She hates homework, she likes getting her nails done with her sister and her favorite food is a McDonald’s cheeseburger Happy Meal.
However, within a mat-ter of seconds, her condi-tion could change. Due to the location of Christina’s tumor, it can never be fully removed.
“It’s defi nitely put things into perspective for me and my entire family,” Johnson said. “Even though she’s healthy right now, at any moment, it could come back, and at any moment, we could lose her.”
Johnson was told not to expect another year with Christina. But she’s thank-ful she was given one.
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Going the distance BY ARIELLE KRAMERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Forty-four million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s disease. According to Alzhe-miers.net, the disease costs just over $600 billion to care for these patients each year.
Scientists believe the dis-ease is caused by certain environmental or genetic factors. The exact causes, however, have not been pinpointed.
But at 101 years old, one scientist is trying to change that.
Dr. Fred Kummerow, a professor emeritus at the Uni-versity, became acquainted with science as a 12 year old, when he received a chemis-try set from a friend. But his interest didn’t start until a lit-tle later.
“When I got to high school, I took a three year chemistry course,” he explained.
After receiving his Bach-elor and Master’s degrees from the University of Wis-consin-Madison, he began his fi rst research project, which drastically changed the food industry.
“I had a next door neigh-bor who was a doctor at Carle Hospital,” Kummerow said. “He got me samples of autop-sies of people who had died of heart disease. I gave these samples to my two students, and they analyzed them for fatty acid content, and he found trans fats. I published that paper in science mag-azine, and that got things started.”
He found that people who ate trans fats had an increased risk of developing blood clots.
After making this discov-ery, he wrote to the FDA about removing trans fats out of foods. After three long years of not hearing a reply, his docket was fi nally accept-ed in 2013.
Kummerow is primar-ily known for his research on trans fats , but now, he is trying to tackle Alzheimer’s disease.
When his sister-in-law passed away from Alzheim-er’s, he decided to use his knowledge in the chemistry fi eld to start research on the disease. But he’s encounter-ing one major block.
Kummerow cannot begin his research until he receives money to fund it, explained his assistant and caretaker
Lou Ann Carper, a CNA that helps him with small tasks like typing and researching on the internet.
“We actually just sent the papers in for it, and we won’t know until next spring at the earliest whether we have it or not, so he’s still trying to fi nd funding other places because we don’t know for sure if this grant will come through,” Carper said.
Kummerow believes pre-scription drugs are not the solution and thinks the causes are related to an individu-al’s diet.
As Carper explained, he would use the grant money to prove that belief.
“He’s going to show that the diet is a cause of Alzheimer’s disease. It’s mostly based on the fats being consumed,” Carper said.
Jean Kummerow, one of Kummerow’s daughters who also helps her father with small research tasks, also believes this link may be true.
“We do know the brain is made up of fat. His hypoth-esis very may well be right, and he needs to check it out,” Jean Kummerow said. “So I’m all for him doing it. He’s got good ideas about things, and it would be nice to get them checked out.”
Fred Kummerow is very hopeful that his research will be successful. Although he doesn’t expect to fi nd a definitive cure, he does expect to pinpoint links that cause the disease.
“I’m going to fi nd a link to fi nd what causes it and how to prevent it,” Fred Kum-merow said.
Carper believes he has a good chance.
“I really think that he is
onto something here and can make it happen if we can get this grant to do the research,” Carper said.
Aside from being his assistant and caretaker, Carper also volunteers at Amber Glenn, an Alzheim-er’s facility in Urbana, where she takes care of a 93-year-old resident with Alzheimer’s. Therefore, her personal connection to the disease makes her involve-ment in Fred Kummerow’s research much more unique.
On her visits to the facil-ity, Carper said, “You just see how it affects everyone, and you just see the decline each time you go in. I think this is important research.”
Despite surpassing the 100-year-old mark, Fred Kummerow does not see his age as an obstacle. He follows what he believes is healthy based on his research, which of course includes taking all trans fats out of his diet.
“My age has no impact. I’m still working like I did before,” he said. “I always went swimming at noon, and I still exercise today. The diet is very important. How you live is very important. All of those are very impor-tant to what causes disease.”
Jean Kummerow sees his success, as a healthy indi-vidual and as a renown pro-fessor, as a result from the perseverance he possesses.
“He just keeps going and going. He also really is an optimist. He may have a set-back, but it doesn’t stop him for very long,” she said. “He fi gures out another way to get things done. He’s just remarkable in how he gets stuff done.”
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maintain over any distance. I think being far away from each other has helped us reach a point where there is never a lag in conversation.”
Even though Patterson is in Champaign and Hill is in New Zealand, they have made sure to see each oth-er in person. Over the sum-mer, Patterson visited her for eight days.
Perla Torres, senior in LAS, is also in a long-distance relationship. Her boyfriend of three years goes to school in
Chicago. Torres calls or texts him at least once every day, making sure she visits him every two to three weeks. At the beginning of the rela-tionship, they would Skype, but as they both got busier with school, they decided to text, call and voice chat more often than video chat.
Torres said it can be hard to watch other couples on campus.
“It’s hard seeing other cou-ples on campus and not being able to have that or being able to see each other every day,” she said. “You don’t want to have to be missing them.”
However, Torres said there
are also pros of being in a long-distance relationship.
“The benefi t is you don’t have to worry about not spending enough time with them. You’re able to do your own thing. Since I don’t have to worry about seeing him every day or not allocat-ing time to hang with him, I can go to club meetings and do my own thing,” she said. “People say having a relation-ship can be really distract-ing, and I feel like it could be true, but since I don’t have this physical distraction, I can do better.”
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BY MARA SHAPIROSTAFF WRITER
W hen one hears the words “ lo n g - d i s -tance rela-tionships,” one may
imagine a pining partner sit-ting around looking at pictures of their signifi cant other, who is miles away from them. While long-distance relationships can be hard to maintain, experts say with communication and dedi-cation, it is possible to keep up.
Laura Hill, junior in Media, and her boyfriend, Mark Patter-son, are currently oceans away from one another, with Hill studying abroad at the Univer-sity of Otago in New Zealand for the semester. She said it can be diffi cult not being in the same time zone as Patterson, espe-cially since there is a 17-hour difference.
“Sometimes I want to call and tell him something, but it’s 3 a.m. in the States,” she explained. “But on the fl ip side, it’s also fun-ny to open the occasional drunk Snapchat while I’m in class in the middle of the day.”
She also said it is bittersweet seeing him hang out with her friends abroad.
“You don’t know FOMO until you get a dozen pictures from your sorority sisters of them hanging out at Kam’s with your boyfriend,” Hill said.
Hill said that her and Pat-terson talk over FaceTime and email fairly frequently. She said she feels lucky to have today’s technology, which makes more than 8,000 miles feel like noth-ing at all.
“Exploring the infi nite New Zealand abyss means that some-times I’m off the grid for several days and don’t have communica-tion with anyone, but when I’m
in a place with a phone signal, we can be in almost constant com-munication though text, email or Snapchat,” she said.
Historically, long-distance relationships are nothing new.
According to professor of anthropology Stanley Ambrose, humans used to travel in troops but eventually made the tran-sition to tribes over the years.
Ambrose said he accredits the Internet as a helper when it comes to social networking because distance no longer matters.
However, Ambrose said he believes that it can be diffi cult to keep a long-distance relation-ship intimate.
“It takes more than words,” he explained.
Ambrose explained a rela-tionship’s need for intimacy is based off of biology, spe-cifi cally the hormone oxyto-cin, which causes attachments between people. He said reach-ing out to a friend or partner in person increases oxytocin lev-els as well as eye contact; thus, without that in-person contact, or even just eye-contact, a per-son gets less oxytocin.
“You must have Skype or FaceTime, so you can look at one another over just texting,” he said. “Just texting doesn’t do
it. What you want is someone you can talk to, someone who gives you unreserved compliments and support.”
This is not the fi rst time Hill and Patterson have been miles apart. Patterson attended the University of Minnesota his freshman year before transfer-ring to the University.
“I think that taking a huge step in our lives (starting col-lege) without each other near-by trained us to be great com-municators. When I was leaving for New Zealand, I was taking another big step in my life, but this time, I had no worries about how our relationship would hold up,” Hill said. “Although being together in person is obviously preferable, lengthy intellectual conversation has always been one of my favorite parts of our relationship, which is easy to
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Editor’s Note: The Daily Illini previously ran this story on Nov. 21, 2013. On Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, Christina Marie Kellermeier passed away at the age of 9. She was a third grader at J.B. Stephens Elementary School, had a bigger than life personality and was loved by many. Memorial contributions to honor Christina can be made to the Christina Kellermeier Fund or Riley Children’s Foundation in Indiana. The Daily Illini kept the original text of the story to freeze a moment in time for Christina and her family.
Seven-year-old Christina loves any-thing and everything pink. She wears her tutu to play in the mud. When she went to Disney World with her family, she enjoyed “It’s A Small World” and a lunch with princesses. When her sister, Margaret Johnson, junior in Media, vis-its home in Greenfi eld, Ind., she shows her all of her new things and they play with their three dogs and cat. But this Thanksgiving, Johnson is especially thankful for the chance to spend time with Christina.
About two years ago, Christina was diagnosed with brain cancer, and doc-tors predicted last Thanksgiving would be her last.
“They called me in the middle of the night saying, ‘Your sister is in the hospi-tal. We don’t know what’s going on, but I wanted you to know,’” Johnson said. “And I stayed on the phone with my mom for an hour. I knew I had so much stuff I had to do at school, but I had to get home. So I left that morning and I drove two and a half hours to my sister’s hospital, and that’s when they told me that she had cancer. They hadn’t even found out when my mom was on the phone with me.”
When Johnson walked through the doors of Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Ind., she was in shock. She entered a small room with her mom and step dad and felt as if all of the air left from her lungs.
“I know I was breathing, but I felt like I wasn’t breathing,” Johnson said. “I didn’t believe it. I just thought there’s no way that those symptoms could mean she has cancer. She’s a fi ve year old; she can’t have cancer. I was really just angry and in denial and shock, and it
was a lot of stuff going through my mind.”
Prior to Christina’s diagnosis, her family noticed a sharp transition from her normal self. Her attitude gradually
changed once she entered kindergar-ten, her tantrums were more severe and intense, and dizzy spells were persistent.
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talk to, someone who gives you unreserved
compliments and support.”
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Editor’s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down each week and decides which Illinois athlete or coach is our Illini of the week. Athletes and coaches are evaluated by individual performance and contribution to team success.
IfEric Cruickshank hadn’t been involved in Illinois hockey’s week-
ended series versus Robert Morris, the Illini would have gone 0-2 instead of 1-1 against the Eagles.
The sophomore scored a hat trick and assisted on the other in Saturday’s home 5-3 win after scoring the lone Illinois goal in Friday’s 4-1 CSCHL opener.
“It was just one of those nights where the puck was bouncing the right way for me,” Cruickshank said. “I have to give credit to my line mates; without them, it wouldn’t have been a hat trick game.”
Cruickshank leads the Illi-ni in goals (7) and total points (11), but what is even more impressive is how Cruick-shank ranks on a conference and league level, and what type of season the sophomore seems primed to have consid-ering the Illini’s early injury situations.
Cruickshank came to Illi-nois last year a well-sea-soned player. Two years out of high school, he had stints with both the Janesville Jets and Minnesota Wilderness of the North American Hockey League. In 2012-13, Cruick-shank played in 45 games for the Jets, tallying two goals and six assists. But a dis-mal 2013-14 season with the Wilderness — he played in two games all season — pro-
pelled Cruickshank to the col-lege ranks.
As a freshman, Cruick-shank made an immediate impact; the then 20-year-old rookie was second on the team in points with 32 points on 13 goals and 19 assists. Illinois head coach Nick Fabbrini knew he would be the centerpiece of the Illi-ni’s offense.
“(Cruickshank) spent a lot of time on the ice this sum-mer,” Fabbrini said. “When a couple a great work ethic with a high skill level, you’re bound to do some things.”
With John Olen out for about a month with a broken ankle, Cruickshank’s num-bers could be infl ated even more now that he is now one of the team’s only scoring threats. Coupled with expe-rienced line-mates James McGing and Grant Stueve, combining for 11 assists thus far, Cruickshank eas-ily gets the puck in scoring opportunities.
“Stueve has the intelli-gence, hockey IQ, moves his feet and we just know where each other are on the ice,” Cruickshank said. “McGing is easily our best guy in the corners, he can always turn nothing into something and give you the puck when you think he can’t. Our line has been clicking all year.”
Cruickshank’s 11 points rank fourth in the CSCHL. He ranks just outside the
top 50 in ACHA scoring nationally.
With the sophomore’s sev-en goals and four assists over seven games played, Crui-kshank is on pace to score at roughly 38 goals and 22 assists in the regu-lar season. A 60-point reg-ular mark would have eclipsed Joe Olen’s team-high 41 last season and ranked Cruick-shank fi fth in the entire ACHA.
Cruickshank isn’t like-ly break any Illini single-season records, thanks to the gaudy numbers posted by Mike Goldberg 1988-89 —scoring 58 goals and 43 assists in just 27 games — but in his second season, the Illini left wing seems very likely to have a career year.
“Personally, I don’t set numbers in the preseason that I want to reach,” Crui-kshank said. “When you try to lead the league and care too much about your scor-ing, that’s when selfi sh players arise. Wheth-er its scoring goals, making plays, block-ing shots — what-ever it means to make us success-ful: that’s the plan.”
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If a University student who didn’t know who Dawuane Smoot was saw the Illinois football defensive lineman today, they probably wouldn’t believe that he used to weigh 220 pounds and run track.
Many Illinois football fans probably don’t know that Smoot competed in high school track nationals in the shot put, 400 hurdles and discus.
Much of his competition didn’t expect him to be a threat when they saw him at the start line. But when the race started, Smoot would always surprise them.
“I feel like everyone underestimated me because I was bigger than anyone else,” Smoot said. “They would look at me and be like, ‘look at this guy, he’s not going to do anything.’ But when I went out there I loved being there and being the underdog.”
While it was fun to shock other runners, his competitive track days ended when he came to Illinois. He had played defensive line in high school and he had no trouble getting to the quarterback, but in Division I football, he
had to put on weight. Smoot weighed 220 pounds when he arrived on campus and compared himself to safety Caleb Day — a speedster who weighs just over 200 pounds — in physical appearance.
Smoot now weighs 270 pounds.
The defensive lineman was forced to play in his freshman season — head coach Bill Cubit said he wished the coaching staff would’ve redshirted both Smoot and defensive tackle Chunky Clements during their freshman year.
Smoot played in seven games, notching eight tackles and one sack, and played in all 13 games last year. He fi nished with 33 tackles, 7.5 tackles for losses, 2.5 sacks, three quarterback hurries and two pass break ups in his second season.
Although Smoot could’ve used the extra year to better prepare for his fi rst season, he has no regrets of burning his redshirt to help his team.
“There’s nothing wrong with redshirting,” Smoot said. “It gives you the motivation at the moment to step up.”
His better performance this season came when the entire defensive line has made big improvements. He is fi fth in the FBS and third in the Big Ten with 11.5 tackles for loss, and he leads the team with fi ve sacks. Smoot also has 19 total sacks and two quarterback hits in the six games that
he’s played.The junior, like many
of his teammates, credits the improvements in his game and the unit’s entire performance to the addition of co-defensive coordinator Mike Phair. Smoot is more focused on his fi rst step and how he’s going to use it to reach the whoever has the ball
The coaching staff’s method to keep him and the rest of the defensive line fresh has also helped Smoot and the line attain success halfway through the season. The week’s practice schedule doesn’t involve much heavy contact, which helps keep the players’ bodies fresh for Saturdays. Smoot has found ways to keep himself in good shape for games, despite the line’s lack of depth and the inability to switch out more players during games.
“He’s playing pretty hard,” Cubit said. “By Saturday, he’s playing at a peak performance. He’s not banged up, nicked up. We’re not worried about taking him off the fi eld during the game.”
Smoot is focused on the next games rather than focus on his early success. The junior knows there are plenty of Big Ten offensive linemen waiting to get in his way.
All he wants to do is surprise them and beat them to the fi nish line — just like he did on the track.
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BY ELI SCHWADRONSTAFF WRITER
Naya Crittenden hadn’t played a single set of vol-leyball until her sopho-more year at Peter Johan-sen High School in Modesto, California.
Crittenden was a track star whose athleticism car-ried over naturally when she made the switch to volleyball. Four years later, the junior opposite hitter is now a key player on the No. 18 Illinois volleyball team.
Crittenden played sparing-ly over the fi rst half of the season, but head coach Kev-in Hambly has increased her minutes over the past four matches due to her strength and physicality.
In a 3-0 sweep of Iowa on Friday night, Crittenden fi nished with 10 kills on 14 total attacks, and two errors — good for a team-high .571 hitting percentage. She fol-lowed that performance with nine more kills and a .368 hit-ting percentage against No. 3 Nebraska on Saturday night.
The Oregon transfer is settling into her increased role with 12 regular season matches remaining on the schedule. Crittenden hadn’t hit better than .273 in any of the 11 matches that preceded Iowa and Nebraska.
At 6-foot-2, Crittenden can read her opponents’ next move before it happens. She possesses the handy com-bination of vision and pow-er, allowing her to hammer kills and come up with blocks from her position on the right side of the court.
“I like (Crittenden’s) physi-cal presence,” Hambly said. “When she puts up a block, it’s different than everyone else.”
But Crittenden said she feels her biggest contribu-tion to the team is her ener-gy — an asset that proves to be contagious at times.
“I would want to be a lead-er — I would defi nitely say I’m more of an emotional leader right now, just wanting the team to always have that fi ght in them and that energy and that drive,” she said.
Emotional investment has become a theme for the Illini this year. The Big Ten is the nation’s best volleyball con-ference with eight schools in the top 25, and every match is a battle.
“Something that’s a key component to a winning team is its emotion,” Crittenden said. “I’m always that person that brings attitude up when we talk about things we can get better at. And of course, there are things that I still need to improve on attitude-wise, as well.”
That determination, that never-give-up attitude, is something Hambly has harped on at every turn. Hambly wanted to see more scrap out of his team against Nebraska.
“I think the challenge was that we weren’t fi ghting the way we wanted to fi ght,” Hambly said. “It’s a process of getting better — we got a couple things out of the way, I hope. And then we see if we can clean some things up and be better at the end of games.”
Crittenden said that even during pre-conference games while she was still at Oregon, she noticed the dif-ference in energy that Big Ten teams played with.
“They always have that in the Big Ten, and so that’s one thing we have to match with our opponents,” she said.
After back-to-back losses to No. 5 Penn State and No. 6 Ohio State, Illinois watched game fi lm of its botched opportunities — missed free balls, over-passes and missed digs.
“Any little thing that could’ve helped us score a point in certain plays where it was like — we should’ve got that point and we didn’t because of this, or this,” Crit-tenden said.
The Illini cleaned up many of those plays against Iowa and Nebraska. So this week, Hambly showed the team tape of those improvements.
Still, according to Crit-tenden, the fi ght needs to be there this weekend against Purdue and Indiana.
“Putting our energies together can really give us that extra push that we need to fi nish out these games.”
SPORTS
pelled Cruickshank to the col-
As a freshman, Cruick-shank made an immediate impact; the then 20-year-old rookie was second on the team in points with 32 points on 13 goals and 19 assists. Illinois head coach Nick Fabbrini knew he would be the centerpiece of the Illi-
“(Cruickshank) spent a lot of time on the ice this sum-mer,” Fabbrini said. “When a couple a great work ethic with a high skill level, you’re
With John Olen out for about a month with a broken ankle, Cruickshank’s num-bers could be infl ated even more now that he is now one of the team’s only scoring threats. Coupled with expe-rienced line-mates James McGing and Grant Stueve, combining for 11 assists thus far, Cruickshank eas-ily gets the puck in scoring
“Stueve has the intelli-gence, hockey IQ, moves his feet and we just know where each other are on the ice,” Cruickshank said. “McGing is easily our best guy in the corners, he can always turn nothing into something and give you the puck when you think he can’t. Our line has
Cruickshank’s 11 points rank fourth in the CSCHL. He ranks just outside the
top 50 in ACHA scoring nationally.
With the sophomore’s sev-en goals and four assists over seven games played, Crui-kshank is on pace to score at roughly 38 goals and 22 assists in the regu-lar season. A 60-point reg-ular mark would have eclipsed Joe Olen’s team-high 41 last season and ranked Cruick-shank fi fth in the entire ACHA.
Cruickshank isn’t like-ly break any Illini single-season records, thanks to the gaudy numbers posted by Mike Goldberg 1988-89 —scoring 58 goals and 43 assists in just 27 games — but in his second season, the Illini left wing seems very likely to have a career year.
“Personally, I don’t set numbers in the preseason that I want to reach,” Crui-kshank said. “When you try to lead the league and care too much about your scor-ing, that’s when selfi sh players arise. Wheth-er its scoring goals, making plays, block-ing shots — what-ever it means to make us success-ful: that’s the plan.”
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OF THEHonorable MentionsCharlie Danielson (men’s golf) — The senior won the Crooked Stick Invitational and fi nished seventh overall at the Tavistock Invitational.
The Illini won both those invites. Kara Marbury (soccer) — The forward scored two goals for the Illini in their 3-1 victory over Nebraska on Sunday.
TYLER COURTNEY THE DAILY ILLINIDawuane Smoot makes a tackle on Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. on Oct. 3 at Memorial Stadium. Illinois won 14-13.
TYLERE COURTNEY THE DAILY ILLININaya Crittenden, right, stuffs an Iowa attack during Illinois’ 3-0 win at Huff Hall on Friday.
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BY LUCAS WRIGHTSTAFF WRITER
Some members of the Illinois men’s tennis team will begin the road to nationals this weekend at the Midwest Regionals at Notre Dame.
Leading the Illini into South Bend, Indiana, are redshirt junior Julian Childers and sophomore Aron Hiltzik, who are each coming off of strong performances.
He won the Crusader Invitational Group A Sin-gles title hosted by the University of Valparaiso on Oct. 18. It was one of Childers’ better perfor-mances of the year. He was hardly tested throughout the tournament, not drop-ping a set through his four rounds and losing only 11 of his 59 total service games.
The junior faced players from Northwestern Ohio, Toledo and Youngstown State on his way to the title.
Although he overpow-ered most of the compe-tition, Childers believes that this title will boost him even more going into regionals.
“It was nice to play under pressure and feel what it is like when you are supposed to win matches,” Childers said. “Everyone needs to be able to play when they are nervous and a little tight, but it was good to go out there and take care of business.”
Along with Childers, Hiltzik has also caught the eye of the tennis world late-ly, pulling off an upset over No. 2 seed Nicolas Alvarez of Duke at the Intercolle-giate Tennis Association All-American Champion-ship in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Oct. 9.
Hiltzik enters the Mid-west Regional as one of the favorites in the field based on his top-50 ranking nationally, along with his play in last year’s region-als. Hiltzik entered last season’s Midwest Region-al as the No. 13 seed, and played his way into the semi-final match. He fell in the semis to eventu-al champion Mikael Tor-
pegaard of Ohio State.Hiltzik expects a title
going into this year’s event.“I always expect big
things from myself, and if I don’t win the tourna-ment it wouldn’t be a suc-cessful one,” Hiltzik said. “I’m just going to have to take it one match at a time, and hopefully I’ll get the best of everyone.”
Joining Hiltzik and Childers in the Midwest Regional will be redshirt junior Alex Jesse and sophomore Toshiki Mat-suy. However, head coach Brad Dancer said freshmen Asher Hirsch and Pengxu-an Jiang will be on standby to compete.
“We’re not going to take anyone with us that we don’t think is capable of winning the tournament,” Dancer said.
Some of the Illini’s com-petition include host school Notre Dame and Big Ten foes Northwestern, Min-nesota and Ohio State, all of which are projected to be among the top teams in this year’s regional.
Dancer said that he is looking forward to seeing his team grow individually and competing against the regional’s top competition.
“We always talk about identifying yourselves out on the court, and I want to see our guys take that to another level this week-end,” Dancer said. “I want to see who they are and what they stand for. That it is easily recognizable.”
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BY CHRIS KENNEDY STAFF WRITER
The Illini men’s golf team has played in two premiere events this fall.
At the Fighting Illini Invite on Sept. 18-20 against six of the nation’s top teams and without senior Charlie Danielson, Illinois finished fiftwh, 12 strokes out of first place.
This week at the Tavis-tock Collegiate Invita-tional, the Illini rallied to clinch the tournament on the final day against four ranked teams. Back at full strength, sophomore Dylan Meyer put together another strong performance while Danielson and sophomore Nick Hardy climbed up the leaderboard in the final round.
No. 1 Illinois improved its standing each of the invite’s three days to take the com-petition by four strokes over No. 19 Arizona State.
It was a battle at the top for the entire tournament. After the first day, Illinois sat in fourth place by seven strokes behind leader Cali-fornia, No. 22 South Caroli-na and No. 19 Arizona State.
The Golden Bears came out firing with the best over-all round of the tournament at a 9-under 279. North Car-olina started off in fifth place, one stroke behind Illinois. These five teams separated themselves from the field with strong first rounds, but the contenders couldn’t match Illinois’ con-sistent improvement.
South Carolina was the first team to come undone in the second round. The Gamecocks’ score bal-looned with a 20-over, drop-ping them all the way to ninth place. North Carolina also faltered with a 11-over. Illinois jumped to second place behind Cal with an improved performance by Thomas Detry and Hardy moving up the leaderboard.
On the final day of play, California imploded with a 19-over final round, falling out of team title contention. The final round determined the team championship between Illinois and Ari-zona State. Behind Hardy and Danielson’s best rounds of the tournament, the Illi-ni opened up a four-stroke lead and took the title.
Hardy ended as the Illi-ni’s top finisher at third overall. He moved up from starting at 20th place, improving his score by two strokes each day to finish at 3-under. The sophomore also tied for the tournament lead in birdies with 13.
Meyer was Illinois’ lead-er for most of the tourna-ment after a first round 68, tied for the second-best individual round of any player at the tournament.
Danielson put up anoth-er strong performance for the team after missing the Fighting Illini Invite. On the final day of play, he moved up from 15th to sev-enth place overall.
He collected Big Ten Golfer of the Week hon-ors last week after taking the individual title at Indi-ana’s Crooked Stick Invita-tional. The only tournament the Illini didn’t win this fall was without Danielson at the Fighting Illini Invite.
Detry struggled for the second straight tourna-ment, finishing tied for 37th overall with a 9-over. His best round came Monday with a par. Also tied for 37th was redshirt senior Alex Burge. The senior had a rough go at the tournament, hitting 2-over, 4-over and 5-over.
The Illini play their final tournament of the fall on Nov. 2-3 at the East Lake Cup, featuring the top four teams from last year’s NCAA Championship.
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The playoff changing punt
Men’s golf wins team title
JULIAN H. GONZALEZ TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEMichigan State quarterback Connor Cook leaving the field after a 27-23 win against Michigan on Oct. 17 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich.
DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOIllinois’ Julian Childers hits the ball during the match against No. 8 Texas at Atkins Tennis Center on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014.
T he full spectrum of human emotion could be seen in the final
10 seconds of Michigan State’s surreal victory over rival Michigan this weekend.
On one side was the pure ecstasy of Michigan State as Spartans’ players jumped into the stands to celebrate an improb-able win. On the opposite end, you saw the shock-ing agony of Michigan fans sitting slack-jawed in disbelief.
With one botched punt, the entire course of the Big Ten has been dra-matically altered, and the Spartans and Wolver-ines have been pushed on divergent paths.
In a mere 10 seconds, the Spartans went from seeing their playoff hopes permanently dashed to seeing them revived in a perfectly-timed flurry of divine intervention.
In those same 10 sec-onds, the Wolverines went
from the hottest team in the country to see-ing their playoff hopes diminish to a slight flicker.
The unfortunate series of events that played out on the final play is further indication of the universe’s cruel indifference — an existentialist horror show straight out of the pages of a Franz Kafka novel.
There’s got to be some strange, long German word to describe the precise feeling Michigan fans must’ve felt in the aftermath of this debacle.
Michigan State, though still undefeated, should be extremely thankful to Michigan punter Blake O’Neill for having this win in the first place.
Considering the Spartans outgained their rival by nearly 150 yards, Michigan State should have played more efficiently in the red zone and on third down conversions.
At some point, the Spartans’ string of luck is poised to run out.
Of course, it would be unfair to penalize the Spartans for such a lucky victory, but the circum-
stances of it should be taken into consideration by the selection commit-tee if the Spartans are still in playoff contention in December.
Turning toward Michi-gan, this loss cannot pos-sibly hurt more. Not only was Paul Bunyan’s Axe painfully stolen from its grasp, but its slim playoff chances were, too.
Unless the Wolverines run the table — and get massive amounts of help from others — a spot in the CFP will have to wait until 2016.
As an outside observer, it is rather strange writing about a Michigan loss since all they needed to do to win was execute a routine punt — and Michigan would be tied with Ohio State atop the Big Ten East. After all, they did have a 99.8 percent chance of winning before the ill-fated play.
The Wolverines still have an opportunity to win the rest of their games up until the season finale against the Buckeyes, yet the memory of this soul-crushing loss will undoubtably linger for
the remainder of the season and beyond.
In the grand scheme of things, though, Michigan’s playoff chances are now effectively zero, Jim Harbaugh’s squad is still in the running for the division title.
Michigan certainly was not at its best Saturday, but despite the loss the team demonstrated a strong level of grit.
The real test for the team now will be how well it can recover from a potentially demoralizing loss with the ability to derail an entire season.
In spite of the loss, the progress Harbaugh has made in just seven games is beyond what most expected back in January.
In just one play, Michigan and Michigan State reminded everyone of the harsh reality that in college football one’s entire season can diametrically shift in a matter of seconds.
All you need is a botched punt and a few lucky bounces.
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Illinois at Midwest RegionalWhen/Where: Oct. 22-26, South Bend, Indiana.Quick Note: Julian Childers and Aron Hiltzik are the Illini’s top-2 competitors. Hidden Stat: Childers’ didn’t drop a set in the Crusader Invitational, on his way to the group A Singles title.
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Tavistock Collegiate Invitational Summary: The Illini improved each day of the tournament to take team title against several top teams. Key player: Nick Hardy - The sophomore improved his score every day of the tournament to finish third overall, spearheading the Illini to victory.Up next: East Lake Cup, Atlanta, Nov. 2-3
Last week, I used this entire column to moan and groan about injuries and how much
they suck. The good part about most injuries, though, is the eventual return to health. And the best part about returning to good health? Racking up tons of fantasy points, of course.
Week 6 in the NFL saw a handful of key returns around the league. Offseason additions returned to expected form, veteran pass catchers looked as healthy as ever and top-tier fantasy options picked up right where they left off following bye weeks.
It isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, though. As always, some performances should be taken with a grain of salt, so your beloved Fantasy Doctor is here to sort all this crazy stuff out, position by position.
QuarterbackAndrew Luck: The Stanford
alumnus suffered yet another loss at the hands of the Patriots. But he finally performed like top-tier fantasy quarterback he was projected to be, going for 30-for-50 with three scores. He’ll be a no-brainer start for the rest of the season.
Matthew Stafford: The Lions QB didn’t suffer any injuries, but he basically took weeks 3-5 off with his abysmal 2:5 TD-INT ratio. Thank goodness for that Bears defense, though — Stafford lit them up for 405 yards and four touchdowns for the Lions’ first win of the season. If he keeps finding Megatron at more regular rate, Stafford is worth a look each week.
Running BackMarshawn Lynch: Following
a few weeks on the sidelines, Beast Mode made his return with a respectable showing against a tough Carolina defense. Lynch is easily worthy of RB1 honors every week
Ronnie Hillman: The best back in Denver this season has
clearly been Hillman, and he finally had his first 20-carry game of the year. While C.J. Anderson continues to plod along, Hillman’s consistency is limited, but he should at least be owned in all leagues.
DeMarco Murray, Jonathan Stewart: Let’s all welcome
Murray and Stewart to the fantasy season. After accumulating a whopping 47 total rushing yards through his first four weeks, Murray has put together back-to-back 18-point performances. He’s finally worth starting. Stewart needs to prove
himself a bit more, but two touchdowns against the always stingy Seattle D is a good start.
Wide ReceiverMartavis Bryant: Coming
off a four-week suspension, Bryant immediately made his presence felt with 137 yards and two touchdowns while catching passes from two different backup QBs. He’s a high-end WR3, especially when Roethlisberger returns.
Calvin Johnson: Where’ve you been all my life, Megatron? Johnson went from the annual No. 1 overall receiver to a forgotten man in Detroit, but showed a glimpse of the past Sunday. He enjoyed his first 100-yard game of the season against his favorite team to play against, the Bears. I’m hoping he gets back to his usual monstrous ways, but Stafford is hard to trust.Alshon Jeffrey, Steve Smith:
Both players returned from extended injuries and each put up WR1 numbers. Chicago and Baltimore are both thin at receiver beyond their respective No. 1 options, so Jeffrey and Smith will be weekly plays
moving forward.
Tight EndJimmy Graham: Graham
continued the theme of offseason adds finally living up to the hype with a 140-yard day against Carolina. It was just the second time Graham had eclipsed 80 yards in a Seahawks uniform, so his owners should be cautiously excited. It’s clear Graham isn’t going to have the same numbers he did in New Orleans.
Julius Thomas: Another top tight end who switched uniforms over the summer had his first big game of the season. Thomas had seven receptions and a TD in Jacksonville’s loss to Houston on Sunday and should be a pretty easy start. He bruised his ribs, though, so check on his status for Wednesday’s game in London.
Defense of the week: Philadelphia. The Eagles had eight sacks and three interceptions in their last two matchups.
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SAM RICHE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEIndianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck throws in the first half against the New England Patriots at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday night in Indianapolis.
And the best part about returning to good health?
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Which sport are you more excited about
starting up: hockey or basketball? Why?
What helps you get through studying?
What is your favorite movie?
Which do you prefer: coffee or tea? Why?
NAYA CRITTENDEN VOLLEYBALL
GRACE PARKWOMEN’S GOLF
Basketball. I’m really excited to see what State
Farm Center is going to look like once (the
renovations) are done. But I haven’t been to a hockey game yet, so I want to check that out,
too.
I usually do it in increments. Thirty
minutes studying, then fi fteen minutes reading
or playing a game. Then study for another thirty
minutes, and so on. Last week, me and my friends played ping-pong during
study breaks.
Interstellar.Water. I don’t drink
coffee, and I only drink tea when I’m sick.
I’m more excited about hockey because it is
pretty fun to watch even if you do not know the rules. I do not really
follow either of the sports but if I have to choose
one it is hockey!
Good snacks help me get through studying...especially cereals like Cheerios and Cocoa
Puffs!
My favorite movie is the Harry Potter series!
Coffee because it keeps me awake and I just enjoy drinking a cup to keep me going
throughout my day!
COMPILED BY ASHLEY WIJANGCO Editor’s note: Every Wednesday, The Daily Illini’s sports department asks Illinois student-athletes questions pertaining to life off the fi eld.
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