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ChampaignThree victims were robbed at gunpoint in

the 2600 block of W. Springfi eld Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Friday. According to the report, an offender, described as a black male around the age of 20, stole one of their wallets.

The Verizon Wireless store located at 910 W. Town Center Blvd. was robbed at gunpoint Friday afternoon. According to the report, two offenders, described as black males, stole 10 different electronic equipment items along with 17 cell phones.

UniversityA University student reported that his

locked bike was stolen outside of Huff Hall between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The bike was new and valued at $167.

A 22-year-old male was arrested on charg-es of driving without a valid license, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, driving under the infl uence of drugs, theft, resisting/obstructing a police offi cer, aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and trespassing on state property around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday near Old Church Road and Illinois Route 45 in Savoy. According to the report, police responded to a call from a man who said he was playing bas-ketball on the University courts when Jones stole the victim’s keys and drove away in his vehicle. He attempted to strike the victim with the vehicle and hit another car in the process. University police were then able to locate him in Savoy.

A 22-year-old male was arrested on an out-standing warrant for failure to appear in court on charges of criminal trespassing around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of E. Stough-ton Street.

UrbanaBurglary from a motor vehicle was report-

ed Friday morning and is believed to have happened in the middle of the night in the 700 block of Indiana Avenue. According to the report, the unknown offender stole money from the victim’s purse out of her car, which was unlocked.

Residential burglary was reported in the 1000 block of S. Orchard Street on Thurs-day evening. According to the report, the unknown offender entered the victim’s garage and the victim’s unlocked vehicle; the only item reportedly stolen was the vic-tim’s bicycle.

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — State Sen. Mike Frerichs says he plans to run for state treasurer.

The Champaign Democrat announced his plans Friday. He said he believes he can bring a track record of accountability and transparency to the offi ce.

“I have traveled the state in the past several months and people are looking for strong and experienced leadership in the treasurer’s offi ce,” Frerichs said. “I offer my proven record of transparency, accountability and a commitment to mak-ing taxpayer’s investments work for the citizens of Illinois.”

Current Treasurer Dan Rutherford is seeking the Republican nomination for governor.

Frerichs has been a state senator since 2007. The 39-year-old is from Gifford in rural Champaign county and previously was county auditor and a member of the county board.

Frerichs told potential supporters in a fund-raising letter earlier this year that he was considering a run for statewide offi ce.

Other declared candidates for treasur-er include former Republican guberna-torial candidate Bob Schillerstrom from DuPage County.

Local senator to explore run for state treasurer

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THE217.COMUnanimous vote declares new historic landmark in UrbanaTwin City Bible Church backs o! original proposal to turn Reed-Sutton House to o"ces BY DARSHAN PATELEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

After its designation as a historic land-mark, the Joliet Limestone house on the corner of Michigan and Busey avenues will continue to be a residential property, its owners say.

The Twin City Bible Church is backing off its original plans to turn the Reed-Sut-ton House, located at 1207 S. Busey Ave., into offices after the Urbana City Council unanimously voted to declare it a historic landmark last Monday. The house near cam-pus has been a point of discussion among community members after a University stu-dent filed an application in early April for the Historic Preservation Commission to review.

Now, any major changes to the exterior of the house require the commission’s bless-ings; the owner is free to make changes inside.

This decision was made after the com-mission unanimously voted in a public hear-ing earlier this month to dub it historic. The Twin City Bible Church opposed these efforts, and because of that, the issue was left to the city council to decide. The church can now take the city to court, but it will not do that, said Bryan Bloom, a trustee for the Christian organization.

As for the block, the plan now is to have the home directly west of the Reed-Sutton House renovated and turned into rented housing, Bloom said, adding that he needs to get the plan through his board. That home was scheduled to be demolished late last year to make way for a parking lot, but the church withdrew its permit after hearing testimony from concerned neighbors.

Bloom said the lot would’ve been used to expand parking for the handicap and elder-ly contingent, and the property would have provided room for a gazebo. Currently, much of the parking for Sunday service is behind McKinley Health Center.

Any plans for owning the entire block, Bloom said, are “impractical at this point because the 801 Indiana (house, which is directly north of the Reed-Sutton house) was designated a historic landmark in January.

“So any thought of that happening is over. If someone was trying to block us from getting the entire block, well, that did it. There’s no reason to designate the stone house a historic landmark to necessarily block us.”

This move comes as a relief to some res-idents in the west Urbana neighborhood, which is relatively quiet and comprises cot-

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The Reed-Sutton House sits on Busey Avenue, next to an abandoned home owned by the Twin City Bible Church. The church previously expressed interest in turning the house into office space.

tage-style single-family homes.Louise Kuhny lives at 801 W. Indiana Ave.

and says she and her family moved to the block last year because of the look and feel of the neighborhood. She says having the Twin City Bible Church go through with its original plan, turning the house into office space and the backyard into a small parking lot, would affect the quality of living.

Kuhny says she wants to invest in the house in the long term.

“But it would be very difficult for us to con-tinue to live here if there were basically com-mercial property right next to us,” she said.

However, the church opposed the notion that the house, which it acquired through a gift in 2009, was historic. This is partly because designating a property as a historic landmark, according to appraisers, can affect the value of a home, Bloom said.

“I felt like a defendant, defending the sta-tus of our property,” he said of the hearing. “If a non-owner can come in and change the identity of your property without your per-mission, that’s a problem, I think.”

According to the application and support-

ing material, University student Elisa Lau-rini argued that the limestone facades and the two original owners of whom the house is named after should qualify the 73-year-old property as historic. Both families have had ties to the University.

Urbana city planner Rebecca Bird said in the seven years she has been with the city, the commission hasn’t rejected an applica-tion for a property. But she said the group doesn’t receive too many applications; only 14 individual landmarks exist in Urbana.

“We didn’t have legislation to designate (a property historic) until 2000,” Bird said. “In the ’70s and ’80s, people thought it was

(a benefit). It was an honor and people want-ed it, and kind of in 2000, there was a swing back the other way, thinking it was more of a curtailing of an individual property own-er’s rights.”

The block is part of a plan called the Lin-coln-Busey Corridor, designed to provide a buffer zone between the University and residential Urbana. The idea is to have more multi-family or group living on the Lincoln side and single-family living on the Busey side.

Darshan can be reached at [email protected] and @drshnpatel.

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TWIN CITY

Zeta Tau Alpha house considered as historic landmarkBased on !nancial reasons, property owner protests petition to make the sorority house a local siteBY KAT BOEHLEASSISTANT ASSIGNMENT EDITOR

The Zeta Tau Alpha sorority house located at 1404 S. Lin-coln Ave. is being considered by Urbana City Council for being marked as a local historic landmark.

After being discussed at the June 14 Urbana City Coun-cil meeting, it was unanimously voted to send back to com-mittee to discuss creating amendments to the current ordi-nance. It was suggested by Charlie Smyth, Ward 1, to do this so that the property owner could easily replace the house’s windows while having the local landmark status.

This is because with the status, the owner would have to submit an application anytime they would want to make a change to the exterior, which would include windows. Council agreed that these windows need replacing if the house were to be occupied in the future as the house is currently vacant.

At Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, council members will decide whether to send it back to council to be approved or denied for landmark status.

Because of a written protest composed by the property owner, Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity Housing Corporation, approval of the sorority house being a local landmark would require two-thirds majority of the city council vote.

The housing corporation did not want the house listed as a historic landmark because of financial reasons and because the corporation believes the application is insuffi-cient, according to its objection letter.

During public comment, 10 Urbana residents spoke in favor of designating the Zeta Tau house, along with the Reed-Sutton House, another location that was applied for being a local historic landmark and was later approved. Three coun-

cil wards also cited being sent a total of nine emails from residents unable to attend the meeting but were also in sup-port of designating the two sites for historic preservation.

“They are the crown jewels of a historic neighborhood, and they should be preserved,” said Georgia Morgan, Urba-na resident.

Henry Novak, an Urbana high school student, also spoke later in the meeting when the council was discussing the actual ordinance. He said that it easily meets the standards, especially considering that it was designed by Joseph Roy-er, an architect who is an Urbana native and University graduate.

“It’s a visual landmark in the eyes of its neighbors and of the community,” Novak said.

The local historical landmark application along with the owner’s letter of protest were presented at the Historic Preservation Commission meeting on June 5 after being pushed back by request of the owner. Prior to the meeting, the commission received 15 letters of support for the pres-ervation of the house.

After discussion, the commission decided in a 6-0 unani-mous vote that the property was qualified for historic pres-ervation and recommended city council to approve the application.

Brianna Kraft, a recent graduate of the University had submitted an application for the building’s historic desig-nation on April 8 as part of class she took her last semester on historic preservation. She said that the professor who taught the class, Alice Novak, suggested to the class that they submit an application for the Zeta Tau house for being a local historic landmark.

“As someone interested in furthering my career in the historic preservation of architecture and an enthusiast of old buildings, I thought it might be a great learning expe-rience,” Kraft said in an email. “I am also very fond of the City of Urbana, so I thought that assisting with nominating a building as a local landmark would be a nice achievement to show my support for the area.”

Kraft said that Novak also showed a concern for the build-ing as it has been vacant since 2009, and she feared that it could be targeted for demolition.

According to the memorandum for the building written by city planner Rebecca Bird, the Zeta Tau house was built in 1928 in a French Eclectic architectural style. According to the University archives, the sorority chapter closed in 1993 due to a lack of membership and inability to fulfill housing and financial obligations. It was then rented out to a frater-nity up until its closing in 2009 and has since been vacant.

The memorandum says that the city has encouraged the sorority to re-open a chapter on campus as its vacancy has made it more vulnerable to vandalism and trespassers.

According to the Urbana Zoning Ordinance, a building that has had an application submitted for it being named a landmark has to meeting one or more of seven criteria. The Zeta Tau house meets four of these criteria including hav-ing significant value as a part of a certain heritage of the community or state; representative of an architectural type that’s inherently valuable; notable work of a master builder or architect; and is identifiable as an established and famil-iar feature in the community.

Kat can be reached at [email protected].



ESCALATION OF SHOOTING VIOLENCE CONCERNS RESIDENTS Champaign Police investigating 4 incidents of shots !red this weekend

Illinois concealed carry legislation still unresolvedSeveral counties setting up their own concealed carry rules until lawmakers ruleBY JOHN O’CONNORTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Some Illinois Dem-ocrats on Thursday urged the governor to act quickly on legislation allowing the car-rying of concealed weapons in the state, saying they need him to accept or reject the measure so lawmakers can avert a “public safety and constitutional crisis” as they try to meet a court-ordered deadline.

Illinois’ General Assembly sent Gov. Pat Quinn a bill to end the state’s holdout as last in the nation to prevent concealed car-ry after a federal appeals court ruled in December that the ban violates the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The Democratic governor has been tight-lipped about his intentions.

In a letter to Quinn on Thursday, 23 Dem-ocrats in the state Senate, including Sen-ate President John Cullerton, said the gov-ernor should “make his intentions known” so lawmakers have time to react before the court’s July 9 deadline for implement-ing a plan.

The letter, obtained by The Associated Press, notes that authorities in a dozen counties are already refusing to prosecute

those who carry concealed weapons. Some counties are setting up their own rules to allow public possession of concealed fire-arms because the existing law has been invalidated, even if it’s still on the books.

“If you intend to issue a veto or amen-datory veto, we ask that you do it quickly. The General Assembly will need time to respond. Every day we get closer to the federal court’s July 9 deadline. Time is of the essence,” the letter said. “We urge you to act on this legislation now. The last thing we need is a public safety and con-stitutional crisis.”

Gun-rights advocates have maintained that blowing the deadline would mean any gun could be carried anywhere. Others have argued it would simply allow local municipalities to adopt highly restrictive carry ordinances. Chicago, worn down by gun violence, has long tried to curb fire-arms possession and worked hard to retain its prohibition on assault-style weapons in the concealed-carry initiative.

The measure requires the same handgun-toting rules statewide. Quinn had advocat-ed allowing larger cities to adopt their own restrictions in the name of “local control.”

Spokeswoman Brooke Anderson said

Quinn has been carefully considering the proposal since it arrived in his office about two weeks ago.

“Gov. Quinn is reviewing every line of this legislation to ensure that public safe-ty comes first,” Anderson said. “This is a critical public-safety issue and it deserves careful review. This is not something that should be rushed into willy-nilly.”

The legislation allows anyone who has a Firearm Owners’ Identification card to get a concealed carry permit after passing a background check, undergoing 16 hours of training — the most in the nation — and

paying a $150 fee. Law enforcement agen-cies may object to an application by alerting a review board appointed by the governor.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart told the AP last week he’d warned Quinn the pro-cess is ripe for allowing guns to get into the wrong hands. Police and prosecutors have only names of applicants, and Dart said it would be impossible in his county of 358,000 FOID cardholders to research applicants based only on names.

The senators’ letter does not advocate approval or rejection, but it is signed by several strong concealed carry supporters.

Prosecutors in nine counties have said they’re setting up their own concealed car-ry rules while they wait for the state — or are at least not charging those who pack in public.

Others point out they rarely ever have. State’s attorneys in Effingham, Shelby and Jasper counties in central Illinois told the Effingham Daily News they’ve never enforced the law unless other wrongdoing was involved.

“We normally have not prosecuted con-cealed carry cases,” Effingham County State’s Attorney Bryan Kilber said, “as long as the person is not acting like a jerk.”

“We normally have not prosecuted concealed

carry cases, as long as the person is not

acting like a jerk.”BRYAN KILBER,

Effingham County state’s attorney

DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORTFive shooting incidents have occurred since last Monday, four of

which have occurred since early Saturday morning.The latest occurred around 3:14 a.m. Sunday at the corner of

Green and Fourth streets in Champaign where officers respond-ed to shots fired called. An Illini-Alert was issued shortly after. Officers spoke with witnesses who said they heard multiple gun-shots in the area.

Police were able to locate the vehicle that witnesses described along with the suspect, Harvey Blakely, and driver, Michael Gladney.

Blakely, 27, of Champaign, was arrested on charges of unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated discharge of a firearm. He is cur-rently in the Champaign County Jail on a bond of $1 million. Glad-ney, 32, of Champaign, was arrested on charges of disobeying a stop sign and fleeing and eluding.

Champaign Police detectives are also currently interviewing wit-nesses in an attempt to locate the suspect responsible for a crime that occurred Saturday evening.

At 6:44 p.m., officers responded to the 2400 block of North Neil Street after hearing shots fired. While the incident was being inves-tigated, a gunshot victim was checked in at the emergency room at Carle Foundation Hospital.

Preliminary information shows that a female ran to a car when a handgun was pointed at her. During the altercation, the driver was shot.

Two shootings also happened early Saturday morning, one occur-ring at Queensway and Campbell Drive around 2:47 a.m., and the other occurring at 3:42 a.m. in the 1700 block of West John Street, both in Champaign.

The incident that occurred at Queensway and Campbell involved a vehicle with four subjects driving around the area when a man came out of the bushes at the intersection and began to open fire at the cars with two guns. One passenger was shot and treated at Carle.

The shooter is described as a 6-foot black male, medium build with short hair. At the time of the incident, witnesses said he was wearing red or orange shorts and a white shirt, both bearing the same design.

Reports of the incident on John Street indicate that the victim was shot in the leg by an unknown offender and was treated at Carle. Officers responded to the victim’s apartment after he had request-ed an ambulance.

The shooter was initially described as a black male with a white shirt, but the victim later reported that three black males had approached and engaged in an argument with him.

Champaign Police are also searching for a man who they say fired shots at another man at Monday’s shooting incident.

Rodell Williams is wanted for aggravated discharge of a firearm after a shooting incident around 4 a.m. in the 1000 block of North-wood Drive. According to the report, both men had a physical alter-cation before the shooting. Neither man was injured.

Police say Williams was last seen northbound on McKinley Ave-nue. He was wearing a white T-shirt and a red hat. A warrant for his arrest was issued a day after the shooting and bond is set at $1 million.

Police say these crimes do not appear to be related to a series of shooting incidents earlier this month.

Anyone with information regarding these incidents is encouraged to contact Champaign Police by calling (217) 351-4545 or Crime Stoppers at 373-TIPS (8477).


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High costs contribute to insurance problems A!ordable Care Act presents new options, barriers in obtaining health insurance for IllinoisansBY ZARA SIKANDAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Despite a decreasing percentage of uninsured Illinois residents, one in eight Illinoisans still do not have health insurance. With the implementation of the Health Insurance Marketplace in 2014, Americans will have a new way to obtain health insurance.

While the number of Illinois residents without insurance has dropped from 16 percent in 2006 to 14.7 percent in 2011, problems with the current health care system still exist.

James Shawn, 29, is one of 25,000 uninsured residents of Champaign County. Shawn, who works at a local gas station, says it is difficult for him to afford health insurance.

“My employer does not provide health benefits. It is difficult to manage in case of emergency,” Shawn said. “In some cases, the only option is to go to the emergency rooms or community health clinics.”

The Illinois Department of Insurance has reported that cost is the most common reason people do not have health insurance. Although 52 percent of Illinois residents obtain health insurance through their employers, employers who don’t offer insurance are the second most common reason Illinois residents report not having insurance.

“The lower your income, the more likely you are to be uninsured. In the wake of the Great Recession many people lost their jobs, and with it their health insurance coverage,” explains Jennifer Clary, research associate at Heartland Alliance. She says even those who are employed are not necessarily covered as many low-wage jobs do not offer benefits.

Inappropriate use of ERProminent use of the emergency room

by the uninsured is another concern for the state insurance department. Since many uninsured residents know it is possible to receive treatment in the emergency wards without paying immediately — if at all — they use ERs regardless of how small the need.

Kimberly Parker, communications manager at the Illinois Department of Insurance, says the federal and the state governments are working on the problem together.

“With the establishment of the Marketplace,

consumers with household incomes between 100 percent and 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (currently up to $45,960 for an individual and $94,200 for a family of four) will be eligible for federal financial assistance to help make premiums and cost-sharing more affordable,” Parker said.

According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2011, uninsured adults were more likely to visit the emergency room than those with private health insurance.

Sasha Pryer-Gibbons, supervisor of outreach at Regional Presence Health, says that efforts are made to understand the complex reasons for multiple emergency room visits. She says the Community Resource Center has been established to improve health care outcomes in the community by mobilizing internal and community resources.

“We focus on serving individuals who come to the emergency department for multiple visits, yet persist with ongoing care needs that might be more appropriately addressed by other service providers,” Gibbons said.

Affordable health insurance a problem for retirees

One of the biggest obstacles of retiring before the age of 65 is finding affordable health insurance, as most employers don’t provide retiree health benefits to their former employees.

Over the past two decades, the percentage of big companies offering retiree health benefits has shrunk from 66 percent to about 35 percent.

Richard Van Hook, 55, has been working as an assistant program administrator for the computer science department at the University for the past 20 years. Van Hook is planning to retire within the next five years, but he doesn’t trust the state retiree health policy.

He says the state health policies are not transparent.

“It’s like Ponzi scheme where you don’t know where your money goes. After I retire, I plan to get myself private health insurance rather than relying on the state policies,” Van Hook said.

Van Hook is not the only one who has been hit hard by the health policies. Petsy Howell

is a social activist and has been working in the health field for 25 years. She is diabetic and was once uninsured herself.

“People who are retiring, and yet are not entitled to retiree health benefits, have to bear the brunt of expensive medical cover. Most of the companies do not offer them benefits. They think it is too expensive,” says Howell.

More uninsured in rural areasRural counties have the highest rate of

uninsured people in the state. The Illinois Health Insurance Survey estimates 19 percent of the population of rural counties to be uninsured.

Rachel Licata, senior policy analyst at Kaiser Family Foundation, says that the newly created Marketplaces can provide people with the ability to purchase health insurance.

“Many individuals and families will be able to get help with the cost of premiums through tax credits and low income families will get additional help with cost-sharing subsidies,” Licata said.

Undocumented immigrants not eligible for ACA

Illinois is home to a huge number of undocumented immigrants who are not eligible for the Affordable Care Act. Ineligibility makes things worse for the insurance system. According to a report published by the Illinois Department of Insurance, Hispanics have the highest uninsured rate at 27 percent.

Awais Vaid, data analyst at Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, says immigration reforms can benefit the uninsured.

“There are 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. who are not eligible for ACA. I think the reforms will play an important role in reducing the number of uninsured,” Vaid said.

Recent analysis done by Kaiser Family Foundation reveals around 57 percent of non-elderly uninsured Hispanics in Illinois have incomes below 139 percent of the FPL, which is the Medicaid expansion limit, and 39 percent of uninsured Hispanics have incomes between 139-399 percent FPL.

Licata says that the ACA can potentially

have an impact on increasing health insurance coverage for Hispanics in Illinois.

Number of uninsured youth dropsRecent statistics show a drop of 40 percent

in the number of uninsured people between 19 and 25. Heartland Alliance states the government is increasingly picking up the tab as individuals and families find themselves without coverage due to job loss and are unable to purchase the coverage they need.

Vaid suggests the decrease in number of uninsured young adults is due to the expansion of health coverage for them under their parents’ plans, made possible by the ACA.

The U.S. Census report shows that across the nation, 539,000 fewer Americans between 19 and 25 were uninsured in 2011 than in 2010. The state government is expecting a decline in the number of uninsured in the coming years.

According to the Illinois Department of Insurance, prevention and increasing access to affordable and quality health care will greatly improve people’s overall health in coming years.

Full implementation of the ACA, including passing SB26, the bill expanding the Illinois Medicaid Program, can help provide health care access to around 342,000 poor and near poor uninsured Illinoisans.

ACA was intended to improve affordability for lower income people. With the provisions like the exchange and premium subsidies, it will substantially impact affordability, if implemented in the future.

The Illinois Department of Insurance said with the establishment of the Health Insurance Marketplace, consumers will no longer be charged higher rates or denied coverage because of health status. It will ensure that consumers have the coverage they need when they are sick, which is often the case for uninsured older adults who do not (yet) qualify for Medicare.

The State Department suggests that nearly one million people in Illinois will be eligible for new health coverage when open enrollment begins on October 1, 2013 and coverage begins on January 1, 2014.

Zara can be reached at [email protected].


New Engineering dean set to begin position in fall

Chairman asked to step down after racist email

Andreas Cangellaris to bring ‘vision and drive’

BY KERRY LESTERTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois congressman is asking a campaign official to step down from his party position after writing what’s been called a racist email about Rep. Rodney Davis’ Republican challenger.

Montgomery County GOP Chairman Jim Allen wrote an email suggesting Erika Harold could fill a “minority quota” if she lost the Republican primary. The bi-racial Harvard law school graduate was crowned Miss America in 2003 and launched her campaign bid this month.

Allen’s note referred to Harold as a “street walker” and “love child” of Democrats and was posted on a Republican blogger’s website.

He’s apologized for the message that’s been called a “racist rant.” His name has been removed from a list of Davis supporters on the campaign website.

Davis is from Taylorville and is serving his first term in Congress.

DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

The College of Engineering will be under new leadership this fall.

The college announced Andreas Cangel-laris its new dean Thursday. Cangellaris will be an interim dean designate until the University Board of Trustees votes on the hiring at its meeting in late July. If approved, he will officially become dean on Aug. 16. Cangellaris will be replac-ing Michael Bragg, who had been serving as interim dean since July 2012 but will become dean of the University of Washing-ton College of Engineering in July.

“Andreas Cangellaris has shown exem-plary leadership as head of his depart-ment, in addition to exceptional achieve-ments in education and research,” Provost Ilesanmi Adesida said in a press release. Adesida served as engineering dean from 2005-12. “I am confident that the vision and drive that he will bring as dean will enhance the interdisciplinary scholarship and innovation that characterize the Col-lege of Engineering.”

Cangellaris has been the head of the elec-trical and computer engineering depart-ment since 2008 and a part of the Illinois faculty since 1997. Cangellaris earned his doctorate degree in electrical engineering from University of California at Berkeley in 1985 and has been an author or co-author of 250 papers.

BY CARLA K. JOHNSONTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — As hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans become newly eligible for health insurance next year, their search for ade-quate medical services will be most diffi-cult in pockets of the state where a shortage of primary care physicians could be made more acute by the federal health overhaul.

Illinois is slightly above average compared to other states in its overall supply of prima-ry care doctors. The problem — as in most states — is that doctors aren’t evenly distrib-uted, leaving some areas relying on nurses and physician assistants to provide care. Doctors don’t necessarily go where need is greatest. Instead, studies have shown, they cluster in affluent areas.

Gov. Pat Quinn has requested a statewide strategy to address the need for more health professionals — not just doctors, but nurses and other providers.

Illinois Department of Public Health Director LaMar Hasbrouck, a physician leading a workgroup studying the gaps, said solutions in Illinois may include delivering health care through real-time video hook-ups, a fast track to credentials for military veterans who gained medical experience at war, sharing nurses across state borders and “warming up to the idea” that nurses and physician assistants can do more to deliver primary care.

Licensed practitioners need to work “at the very top of their license and experi-ence and professional competency, so we can get every ounce of care from them,” Hasbrouck said at a meeting on implement-

ing the health law in Illinois.It could be an uphill battle.The Illinois State Medical Society,

which represents more than 11,000 doc-tors, successfully lobbied against legisla-tive measures this year to give nurses with advanced degrees more authority to prac-tice without a doctor’s supervision and to allow trained dentists to give flu shots and other immunizations. The doctors argued that it’s unsafe to push those boundaries.

Twenty-two counties in Illinois have pri-mary care doctor shortages, according to state and federal health officials. Another 200 pockets of Illinois have shortages, both in urban and rural areas. It would take nearly 1,000 new primary care doctors, according to a government estimate, to bring all those areas up to a healthy supply.

The most severe shortage is in Gallatin County on the Kentucky border in the far southeastern part of the state. The county of 5,500 residents has no hospital, dentist or full-time doctor. Some residents pay $50 a year for an air ambulance service that can fly them to a hospital in emergencies. Women deliver their babies at hospitals an hour away.

The lack of primary care is both a fact of life and a detriment to health, said retired teacher and community volunteer Kap-py Scates of Shawneetown, whose regu-lar doctor is in a neighboring county 20 miles away. “People without insurance or a medical card put off going to the doctor. They try to take care of their kids first,” she said, adding that increased coverage through the Affordable Care Act will help.

Other Illinois counties with severe short-falls of primary care doctors are scattered throughout the state. Many are sparsely populated and losing residents, according to Census data.

In the south, along with Gallatin County, widespread primary care doctor shortages exist in Washington, Clay, Fayette, Clinton, Johnson and Hamilton counties. In central Illinois, the countywide doctor shortages are in Menard, Macoupin, De Witt, Mar-shall, Shelby, Douglas, Mason, Moultrie, Piatt, Brown and Woodford. In northern Illinois, the counties with shortages are Henderson, Mercer, Carroll and Ogle.

Federal officials determine areas with doctor shortages based on a complex for-mula that involves not only the popula-tion-to-primary care physician ratio, but percentage of people living in poverty, measures of infant health and distance to the nearest available source of care.

With nearly 10,600 primary care doc-tors caring for patients, Illinois ranks 22nd among states in its rate of doctors per 100,000 residents, according to a report from the Association of American Medi-cal Colleges. That puts the state slightly above average for its supply of active pri-mary care doctors.

Nationally, there were 79.4 primary care physicians active in patient care per 100,000 Americans in 2010. Illinois had 81.8.

Utah had the fewest doctors to go around with 59.4 per 100,000 residents. Vermont had the most with 111.5 active primary care doctors per 100,000 people.

Illinois seeks more health professionalsPrimary care doctors unequally spread throughout the state’s counties

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Illinois Department of Public Health Director LaMar Hasbrouck, left, accompanied by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, speaks at a news conference in Chicago. As hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans become newly eligible for health insurance next year, their search for adequate medical services will be most difficult in pockets of the state where an existing shortage of primary care physicians could be made worse by the federal health overhaul.

BY AUSTIN BAIRDDESIGN EDITOR

The Champaign Park District held its 43rd annual Taste of Champaign-Urbana this past Friday through Sunday.

The festival, which brings together local foods, music and arts, was located at West Side Park in Champaign . Tickets were sold at the event and could be spent on various foods and alcohol from local businesses throughout the three-day festival. All proceeds from the event benefited the Champaign Park District’s Youth Program Scholarship Fund . This fund is used to provide local youth who otherwise could not afford to participate in recreational programs due to financial problems.

A wide variety of restaurants attended the fundraising festival. From Ko Fusion and Wingin’ Out to Smoothie King and Noodles and Company , festival goers had quite the selection of local foods. Despite the poor weather, the restaurants still saw a sufficient number of customers at each of their tents.

Adrienne Wingler , assistant general manager at Manolo’s Pizzas and Empanadas , said that even with the unpleasant weather conditions, she felt

the turnout was positive. “Despite the weather, there’s actually

been a really good turnout. We’ve done quite well,” Wingler said. “(Friday) was really busy. Friday night is usually the night that everybody comes out. The rest of the weekend (the attendance) is more spread out. (The turnout) is decent for the rain and storm we just had.”

Wingler went on to say that the festival does allow them to showcase their limited but diverse menu — consisting of both regular menu items and new additions — to new and returning customers every year.

“We do the Taste of Champaign-Urbana every year,” Wingler said. “I believe this is our fifth year here. It gives people a good opportunity to sample our foods and to try the new products we’ve come up with.”

Jen Boyle, a member of the Champaign community, said that she enjoyed her first year attending the Taste of Champaign-Urbana event on Saturday.

“I came to try the different foods. This is actually the first year I’ve been, and I’ve lived here for almost 10 years now,” Boyle said. “It’s good. I think there’s a pretty good crowd, even with the rain. There’s a good selection of different types of food;

it’s not just all one thing.” Boyle said that she’d tried a couple of the

foods offered and found them “delicious.” “I had a raspberry cheesecake empanada

from Manolo’s,” she said. “It was delicious. I also got a Thai Iced Coffee from Siam Terrace.”

Boyle went on to say that she will definitely be returning next year “even if its cold and rainy.”

“I really wish I’d come earlier than (this

year),” she added.Other than food, the festival hosted a

variety of local bands. Ryan Ideus and the Feudin’ Hillbillys , Outbound Drive and Mhondoro were all scheduled to perform at the event. There were also other arts and crafts available for purchase throughout the weekend.

Austin can be reached at [email protected].

BY KAT BOEHLEASSISTANT ASSIGNMENT EDITOR

Last Wednesday, the Urbana Free Library held a special board meeting for public com-ment so that Urbana residents could speak about the recent rapid weeding process that occurred under the library’s execu-tive director Debra Lissak .

At this meeting, many Urbana residents were in agreement that weeding is a neces-sary process, but were upset with the way in which it was done.

Long-time Urbana resident Shirley Still-inger was one of the individual’s that did not like how the weeding was done and believed that “using words like misunderstanding or misconception” were unacceptable.

“It’s the way in which it was done,” Still-inger said. “It was the drastic, draconian way in which it was done that I think people are objecting to.”

Other residents were concerned with Lis-sak’s leadership abilities.

“We have a real crisis of leadership with what’s been implemented,” said Kate McDowell , faculty member at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

Three children’s librarians did defend Lissak, saying that weeding is a necessary process that happens in the library and had

not been done in the while. Each of them added that after the children’s section of the library had been weeded, circulation increased.

The last main topic of public comment was about hurting the library’s reputation and losing the trust of the community.

“This is a jewel in the city of Urbana, and I don’t want it to be tarnished or turned into a lump of coal,” Urbana resident Tom Moon .

Although Lissak said she did not feel com-fortable talking to reporters, her online apology posted on the library’s website refutes the claim made by many residents that Lissak wanted to remove all nonfi ction books published before 2003.

“All nonfi ction items with publication dates over 10 years old are being consid-ered as candidates for weeding,” Lissak said in the apology. “There are other factors that affect the decision including the number of checkouts, the last checkout date, whether the information is outdated and what else we own in a particular area.”

At the regularly scheduled board meeting June 11 , Urbana residents questioned Lis-sak on what she told the staff for executing the weeding. Lissak said she made a spread-sheet and highlighted any nonfi ction book published before 2003 in red.

“The instructions were to look at every-thing that was 10 years old and to mark any-thing that they wanted to pull back,” Lissak said at the board meeting. “When they (the library staff) completed a list, they sent it back to me, and I took out the things that they wanted to pull back and the remainders I sent off to the shelvers to pull.”

However, Anne Phillips , director of adult services who was out of town at the time of the weeding, said at the same board meet-ing that her staff felt that Lissak gave a dif-ferent impression on how the weeding was supposed to be done.

She said that the group had not been told to look at the condition of the books when given the spreadsheet of books and was given the impression to do it as quickly as possible. One staff member said she had become more and more uncomfortable with how fast everything was preceding.

“I wasn’t here and that has been kind of distressing because the staff apparently felt that they were supposed to behave in a way that was apparently not what you had intended,” Phillips said. “Right now, I have to say, the staff do not feel comfortable with what has happened with nonfi ction.”

Lissak said in her online apology that Bet-ter World Books , a used book retail com-

pany where the weeded books were sent, has agreed to send back the library’s lat-est shipment .

“This shipment contained all of the books that we sent thus far from art, gardening, pets and cooking,” Lissak said in the apol-ogy. “When these arrive, staff will re-eval-uate the titles and select items to return to the collection.”

As for why the weeding is happening, Lis-sak said in an question-and-answer page on the library’s website about the weed-ing that this is in part to make browsing books easier for library users. It is also to free up fl oor space for more seating in the library and to allow for more space of newly released books. Lissak also said the library is installing technology so that it will have self-checkout stations, something that 40 percent of residents would use , according to a survey done by the University’s Grad-uate School for Library and Information Sciences.

Kat can be reached at [email protected].


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Urbana Free Library caught in community uproarWeeding processes for non! ction selection faces scrutiny as limited critieria are revealed

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Tabitha Burnett, Savoy resident, looks at jewelry made of quarters at the Gemini Coins and Medallions tent at the Taste of Champaign on Saturday.

Taste of Champaign-Urbana perseveres despite weatherFestival offers live music, local arts and crafts as well as a sampling from restaurants in the area


NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. — State police officers and dogs searched the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez again Saturday as they continue to investigate the killing of a semi-pro football player whose body was found about a mile away.

The search of Hernandez’s sprawling home and vehicle in North Attleboro began in the afternoon and lasted for more than three hours. Locksmiths and several offi-cers were involved, including one with a crowbar.

Detectives and uniformed officers who searched the home, its backyard and play-house did not comment to reporters on what they were looking for or what caused them to return to the house located not far from where the Patriots practice and about a mile from where a jogger found the body of Odin Lloyd on Monday.

Lloyd family members said Friday that he had been dating the sister of Hernandez’s fian-cee for about two years. They said the two men were friends who were together the night Lloyd died.

Authorities have ruled Lloyd’s death a homicide.

A spokeswoman for the Bristol District Attorney’s office declined to comment on the investigation Saturday. A state police spokes-man referred questions to the district attor-ney’s office.

An attorney for Hernandez has said he would not comment on the searches.

Three search warrants were issued in the investigation earlier last week but have not been returned, meaning they’re not public. No arrest warrants were filed in state courts by the time court closed Friday, Attleboro Dis-trict Court clerk magistrate Mark E. Sturdy said. Courts were closed Saturday.

Police previously searched in and around the home as they try to figure out who killed Lloyd.

The Patriots drafted Hernandez out of Flor-ida in 2010. Since then, he has combined with Rob Gronkowski to form one of the top tight end duos in the NFL. He missed 10 games last season with an ankle injury and had shoulder surgery in April but is expected to be ready for training camp.


Farmer’s market offers more than produceEvery Saturday, Market at the Square o!ers fresh food, music, art, all from local patrons and vendorsBY AUDREY MAJORSCOPY CHIEF

Every Saturday until Nov. 3 from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., the City of Urbana will host Market at the Square, a farmer’s market held at the corner of Illinois and Vine streets in Urbana outside Lincoln Square Mall.

Natalie Kenny Marquez, director of Urba-na’s Market at the Square and marketing coordinator for the City of Urbana, said, “Just like any farmers market, we’re here to provide fresh and local produce to the community.”

In 2012, the market showcased over 150 vendors. This season, the market has over 180 registered vendors and community groups so far, according to Marquez.

She stressed the uniqueness as a produc-er-only market where the vendors create or grow the products they are selling.

“It’s great when you walk up to buy some-thing and the person you’re buying from is the person who planted the seed or created that item,” Marquez said. “And we’re also a local market so that means that every-thing comes within the state of Illinois to this market.”

She elaborated saying the Market at the Square also provides free monthly programs such as Art at the Market, Sprouts at the Market and Performers at the Market, all of which work to make the market a family-friendly event.

Sprouts at the Market is run the first Sat-urday of the month and offers free nutrition and mealtime programming for kids ages 3 to 8. Art at the Market provides art work-shops and free performances. Performers at the Market welcomes musicians from an array of genres and other performers in fields such as dancing and juggling each Saturday.

This season marks the 34th year for the market. Marquez said the people, especially vendors who have been with the program for many years, are the anchors of the festival.

One performer, Emma DeJarnette, a 15-year-old violin and fiddler player from Georgia, spoke on her long history with the market and how she became involved in the market.

She said her grandfather visits the market every Saturday and whenever she visits him, he likes her to play.

“I play here about once a year for my grandpa,” Dejarnette said. “I’ve been play-ing (here) since I was about 7 or 8.”

The Market at the Square webpage advises coming earlier in the the morning for better selection and says the market will be open rain or shine.

For more information on the market and specific events throughout the summer, visit urbanaillinois.us/market.

Audrey can be reached at amajors2 @dailyillini.com.

Hernandez’s home searched again after man’s deathPatriots tight end a person of interest in semi-pros’ homicide

MICHAEL DWYER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Doug Lyons, center, of Cotuit, Mass., finishes the Boston Athletic Association 10k in Boston on Sunday. More than 6,400 runners took part in Boston’s first major race since the April marathon bombings that killed three people and injured hundreds of others.

Boston returns to racing


Police officers talk outside of the home of New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez on Saturday, in North Attleboro, Mass. State police officers and dogs searched Hernandez’s home as they investigate the killing of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player whose body was found nearby.

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E!"#$%"&'Urbana Free Library ignores merit, puts taxpayers’

money in jeopardy in book removal

Last week, the Urbana Free Library decided to weed out vast amounts of their nonfic-tion collections based solely on date; prints published pri-

or to 2003 were flagged for removal.Weeding is not an uncommon pro-

cedure for library systems. As new books arrive, others need to be removed to make space, a simple reflection of supply and demand. The UFL is not unfamiliar with these processes; it acquires about 200 new books in the Adult Services section and 50 in Children’s Services each week.

Aside from clearing space, the weeding process is also meant to prepare book collections for radio-frequency identification tagging, an electronic inventory tracking system. RFID systems are meant to simplify the checkout process, increase the efficiency of invento-ry procedures and searching, and improving materials handling sys-tems. The removed books would be donated to a book redistribution company and the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.

But weeding wasn’t the issue, nor was the UFL’s intentions in doing so. The UFL’s interpretation and execu-tion of weeding procedures were the problem.

Physical condition, frequency of use, duplicate prints, historical sig-nificance, collection strength, out-dated information and availability through interlibrary loans are the remaining selection criteria that the UFL disregarded. Instead, the library resorted to date — for time and “efficiency” — and date only.

And while the library may increase revenue by weeding and making room for new and updated prints, the library should also con-sider exactly what helps supply its collections — tax money. The people who are utilizing the library’s ser-vices and resources are the same people who are funding it: Urbana residents.

Taxpayer money should — as the UFL intended by implement-ing RDIF tagging systems — be maximized, but done so properly. Through cutting corners, the UFL implies that getting things done as quickly as possible is more impor-tant than doing things correctly and well.

Sacrificing all selection criteria for only one puts library collections in jeopardy. It puts Urbana resi-dents’ tax money in jeopardy. The UFL should and needs to weed their collections, but in the right way, with the right intentions.

Listen to your body when stress tells you to seriously slow down

For the past few weeks, I’ve been fol-lowing the Huffington Post’s lifestyle series about stress. Writers across

the country are submitting their sto-ries, each one about the author’s break-ing point. One woman named Brandy wrote about how her demanding job at an advertising agency triggered a genetic condition, Alopecia, that caused 90 per-cent of her hair to fall out. Three months after noticing the first signs of hair loss, she decided to shave the rest of it off.

It wasn’t until Brandy was completely bald that she realized she had to quit her job for the sake of her well-being.

Our bodies are smart. When we put ourselves under extreme stress, our bod-ies will react accordingly. Sometimes, they fight us — our hair falls out, our immune systems wear down or our limbs ache. The symptoms of stress are differ-ent for every person, and the list of pos-sibilities can go on and on.

What I’m wondering then is why aren’t we taking these physical signs serious-ly? Instead, we’re brushing them off, wanting to deal with them later. As col-lege students, we have our eyes locked on the prize: a degree. We don’t want to take detours or face roadblocks. No mat-ter how stressed out we are, we almost always keep on pushing.

But if my body is vehemently reject-ing something in my life, then shouldn’t I make the empowered decision to turn and run the other way?

Well, yes, of course I should. But that isn’t the way of the world. In this coun-try, in this education system, we’re

encouraged to stick it out and persevere. When Brandy’s hair loss became more evident, she didn’t immediately leave her advertising agency — she kept going, like a hamster on a wheel because that’s what she was supposed to do. Or so she thought.

I’m driven. Ridiculously driven to the point where my ambitions often seem more important than anyone or anything else. I know what it’s like to shove every-thing down to complete a task or accom-plish a goal. And I can ingenuously say that those issues will come back up and erupt.

I know what that eruption is like too. So does Brandy and the rest of the con-tributors to the stress series.

Stress, if not properly dealt with, will eventually manifest itself into something much bigger.

This is why self-care is so important. As much as we might want to succeed and fulfill what is asked of us, the truth is that our health matters most. Sacrific-ing our wellness will only cause prob-lems down the line.

If I’ve learned anything over the past two years at this University, it is this: I have to put myself first. I have the gift of free will and the luxury to make my own choices. If my body is saying no, then I need to take a step back and re-evaluate.

The older I get, the more valuable this lesson becomes. My adult life will surely be full of stressful decisions: Should I take this job? Should I move to this city? Should I marry this guy?

I don’t know what my future holds.I do, however, know one thing for cer-

tain: If my body is trying to tell me something, then I promise I’ll listen.

Melanie is a junior in Media. She can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @mellystone.

MELANIE STONE

Opinions columnist

Our bodies are smart. When we put ourselves under

extreme stress, our bodies will react accordingly.

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Illinois football lands top transfer from Okla. StateInjuries as a true freshman keep Wes Lunt o! the "eld after hot start, create possible QB controversy in 2014

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Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt throws against Savannah State during an NCAA college football game in Stillwater, Okla., on Sept. 1. Lunt will return to his home state and transfer to Illinois, he announced Monday. Lunt will be eligible to play in 2014.

BY STEPHEN BOURBONSTAFF WRITER

Although still in the offseason, the Illinois football team received some good news Monday when former Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt announced he would be transferring to Illinois.

He will have to sit out one season per NCAA transfer rules, but will have three years of eligibility remaining.

The Rochester, Ill., native considered the Illini right out of high school but ultimately chose Oklahoma State. He was the No. 7 pro-style quarterback in his class and the No. 9 player in Illinois, according to Rivals.

Lunt was named the starter as a true freshman for the Cowboys before injuries derailed his season. He set a Big 12 freshman record of 436 passing yards in a 59-36 loss to Arizona on Sept. 8 before missing time after injuring his knee in the first quarter the following week against Louisiana-Lafayette. He returned to the starting lineup in a win against TCU on Oct. 27, but sustained a

concussion during the next game against Kansas State.

The 6-foot-5 signal caller finished the season with 1,108 yards, six touchdowns and seven interceptions.

While Lunt’s arrival is welcome news in Champaign, it creates a potential quarterback controversy in 2014. The Illini have true freshman Aaron Bailey waiting behind Nathan Scheelhaase this season, and he was also extremely highly rated coming out of high school. Bailey was the No. 5 player in Illinois in the 2013 class and was named the No. 9 dual-threat quarterback by Rivals.

Lunt seems to fit in with new offensive coordinator Bill Cubit’s spread passing attack from Western Michigan, while Bailey is more of a runner and is able to create plays running the ball as well. Bailey has said that he will stay at Illinois, but he is not open to changing positions.

Stephen can be reached at sbourbo2 @dailyillini.com and @steve_bourbon.

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Natasha Hastings leads Ashley Spencer during their senior women's 400-meter dash heat at the U.S. Championships athletics meet on Friday.

Women’s track speeds to World ChampionshipsGreen, Spencer and Akinosun to represent Illini, United States in the fallBY LANRE ALABI STAFF WRITER

Seven Illinois track and field athletes competed at this weekend’s USA Track and Field Senior and Junior Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. The event held at Drake Stadium hosted the finest ath-letes that the United States has to offer. Illinois’ participation was headlined by three athletes who made it to the Junior and Senior World Champion-ships to represent Team USA.

Freshman sprinter Juan Paul Green booked his ticket to the Pan Am Junior Championships in Medellin, Colombia, in the 400-meter dash. Green qualified for the final with the best time in the semi-finals and came in second in the finals with a time of 46.64 seconds.

“I was really happy,” Green said. “I got excited before the race, and I just try to calm myself down. I focus on myself and what I can do. Just going into the finals and competing against some of the best young runners in the world and coming in the top three. It was great.”

Green, who ranked 14th in the same distance at this year’s NCAA Championships, will now be look-ing for further national glory.

“I was born here, but my family is from Jamaica,” Green said. “I would like to represent the USA on the national stage because this is where I’m from.”

For the female Illini contingent, both competitors were able to qualify for their respective events. Ash-ley Spencer will represent Team USA at the world

championships in early August and teammate Moro-lake Akinosun will be joining Green at the Pan Am in Medellin. Akinosun won the USA junior title in the 100 meters with a time of 11.64 seconds, and she capped her weekend as runner-up in the 200 with a time of 23.18 seconds. She will compete in both events at the Pan Am meet. Spencer qualified with the third best time of 50.58 seconds in the women’s 400 final. Illinois women’s head coach Tonja Buford-Bailey attributed part of their success to the dynam-ic relationship between the teammates.

“Ashley has really helped Morolake grow this year into the athlete that she wants to be,” Buford-Bailey said. “She’s a very good role model, pushes you and shows you an example of what the elite do. Morolake does so well that it pushes Ashley to do even better. Both of them together is really a dynamic duo. They can be teammates and have some camaraderie but, when the gun goes off, it doesn’t matter who they are competing against, they want to win. It helps to make them better, and it’s a great friendly rivalry.”

Also this weekend, former Illini Andrew Riley qualified for Moscow by winning the 110-meter hurdle title at the Jamaican World Championships.

The Pan Ams will be held this year in Columbia from the 23rd through the 25th of August. The world championship will be held from August 10th to the 18th in Moscow, Russia.

Lanre can be reached at [email protected].


Tim Duncan was seemingly never the center of attention.

Over 16 years he created the culture of the “boring” San Antonio Spurs, where the team chugs along year in, year out and nev-er caught fans’ interest with flashy plays or highlight reel dunks.

What should’ve caught people’s inter-est, however, is Duncan and the Spurs’ four championship rings in nine seasons and being one miraculous three from Jesus Shuttlesworth away from a fifth in 14 years. It’s his constant production and consistency over such a long career that makes him the best player of his generation.

Right from his rookie year in 1998, Dun-can emerged as one of the league’s best frontcourt players by earning Rookie of the Year, as well as first-team all-NBA hon-ors, the first since Larry Bird in 1980 to be named to the all-NBA first team as a rookie. Duncan would make all-NBA for the next seven years, and 10 times total in his career — including being a part of 2013 first team at age 37.

The Big Fundamental averaged a double-double in his first 13 seasons and was four rebounds short of a 10 rebounds-per-game average in 2013. His scoring dropped below 15 points per game just once, and Duncan averaged at least 1.5 blocks per game every season of his career. On the biggest stage, Duncan rose to the occasion, earning four rings in nine seasons, which is on the verge of dynasty status. He was a three-time Finals MVP, and led the Spurs in rebounds, assists, blocks and steals in the 2007 Finals when Tony Parker was named Finals MVP.

Some of his best work was done in the 2013 postseason, though, as vintage Dun-can took over in stretches when an injured Parker and Manu Ginobili were struggling. Duncan abused the Miami Heat down low in the Finals with five double-doubles in seven games including a monster 30-point, 17-rebound outing in Game 6 that could’ve brought a fifth championship in 14 years to San Antonio. Even after playing 44 gruel-ing minutes in Game 6, the old man Duncan turned around and played 43 minutes less than 48 hours later in the deciding Game Seven where the Spurs lost despite 24 points, 12 rebounds and four steals from Duncan.

But even outside of the production and the rings, Duncan has always been the consum-mate professional and created one of the best team environments in basketball. As a teammate, Duncan acted as the big brother to younger guards Parker and Ginobili and now 21-year-old Kawhi Leonard and togeth-er with head coach Gregg Popovich keeps the Spurs in contention every single year.

And even while Duncan is enduring rare off-the-court issues and a messy divorce this spring, he still churned out one of his best postseasons and had the Spurs six sec-onds away from a championship.

In all-time numbers in the NBA, Duncan is 22nd in points, 13th in rebounds, 17th in field goals made (while shooting an efficient 50.7 percent from the field) and eighth in blocks. While there isn’t one particular num-ber that leaps out as making Duncan the “best player of his generation” or “best pow-er forward of all-time,” it’s the total package of longevity and production over time that grants him those titles.

On the fringe of attention is where Dun-can has always operated, but he doesn’t need the spotlight to shine brightest.

Stephen is a junior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @steve_bourbon.

I have always had a hard time comprehending the argument that Tim Duncan is better than Kobe Bryant.

Throughout my childhood, Kobe was always the best basketball player in the world.

To be fair, I don’t remember Michael Jordan; I was 6 when he retired for the second time in 1999. So, for all my life, I have seen Kobe as the pinnacle of basketball talent.

Whenever I played pickup basketball games and attempted crazy shots, I would yell “Kobe!” So would my classmates. Kids at my school had Bryant, not Duncan, jerseys. Kids could tell that Kobe was a once-in-a-generation talent.

Growing up, I watched Kobe win five championships. I saw him score 81 points in a game. I saw him make crazy shots and completely ridiculous dunks. I witnessed as he averaged at least 22.5 points per game for each of the past 14 seasons, on his way to becoming the youngest player in league history to score 30,000 points. He is a 15-time All Star and 11-time first-team all-NBA player. He is the best scorer for the best franchise in NBA history.

But, in today’s NBA, everyone judges players based on the number of championships they win. By that standard, Kobe’s five rings surpass all others in his generations. Sure, Duncan almost won a fifth championship quite a few times, but that’s the thing: he didn’t and Kobe did.

Kobe never hid his desire for seven

championships. After winning his fifth, he made it known that his fifth championship was one better than Shaq. He has always wanted his seventh to beat out Jordan.

Kobe was able to climb to the top of the mountaintop with two entirely different teams; he didn’t have the luxury of having the same hall-of-famers next to him for all these years. He had to learn how to be teammates with many different players, and he was able to win with all of the personalities.

Some people try to minimize Kobe’s championships because he wasn’t able to win them without the help of Shaq and Pau. But could anyone else have won five championships with just Shaq and Pau? In today’s world of Big Threes, winning a championship with just two superstars is almost unheard of.

On a different level than the NBA, Kobe was able to do something that Duncan never could: win a gold medal. Duncan was a part of the failed 2004 Olympic team in Athens that took home a bronze medal. Kobe took the gold home in Beijing and London. He was able to blend in with a team of superstars, leading in 2008, taking more of a supplementary role in 2012 because he just wanted to win. Kobe was a star among stars, winning a record four All-Star Game MVPs, for what that is worth.

Duncan is inarguably a great basketball player, but he’s not the best player of his generation. He’s not Kobe.

To me, it makes more sense to have an argument about whether Kobe is the GOAT, not just the greatest basketball player of his generation.

Johnathan is a junior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @jhett93.

JOHNATHAN HETTINGERAssignment editor

STEPHEN BOURBONStaff writer

Production and dependability, not a !ashy spotlight, allow Duncan to outshine his competitors, maintain consistency

Bryant, with a slew of Olympic medals, All-Star Game MVPs, NBA championships, proves he dominates the sport

WHICH PLAYER DEFINES THIS GENERATION?

“Um in this fall, man this is very tough. In this fall, I’m (going to) take my talents to South

Beach and um, join the Miami Heat.”This was the domino that started it all.

LeBron James and ESPN hosted the, per-haps fairly, much-maligned 75-minute show, “The Decision.” The show culminat-ed in him announcing that he was leaving his home state of Ohio and the Cleveland Cavaliers for the sunny beaches and glori-ous sands of Miami.

The announcement was followed by an unveiling ceremony of the new Big Three that included James, 2003 Miami draftee Dwyane Wade and former Raptors ‘wal-low-ee,’ Chris Bosh.

“We didn’t come here to win one champi-onship, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven...,” James said during the unveiling.

Immediately after this spectacle and in the months after, James became the sub-ject of a lot of criticism, and he became the poster child of ungrateful professional ath-letes. LeBron could barely do anything on or off the court without getting criticized, and this situation certainly wasn’t helped by the slow start of the Miami Heat. As a member of the anti-LeBron party, I’d like to say that we were unreasonable in our judgment because not baseball, but hating LeBron became the national pastime.

Fast forward to the end of that first sea-son and the Heat have lost to an unbe-lievable Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. LeBron’s performance in that series almost justified every criticism that had laid at him, and the loss was almost like a vindication for the world in the ‘Miami Heat v. the World’ saga.

In that very moment and up until about a year later, people were criticizing the Miami Heat organization. Owner Micky Arison and President Pat Riley were ridi-culed because their Big Three experiment was called a failure. The comments about James shrinking on the greatest stage


Expectations of Big Three met despite rocky start Miami Heat dynasty silences criticisms for now with recent NBA championship victory

LANRE ALABIStaff writer

grew stronger and irrefutable.The year after that, the Miami Heat

used the “hate” from detractors to fuel a championship run and momentarily silenced those critics. James also used the NBA Finals series against the Oklahoma City Thunder to shred the perception of him as an anti-hero in waning moments of important games. The tide had finally turned, and Miami was on top of the world again.

We catch the team again at the end of Game 5 against San Antonio this year. The Heat are on the brink of elimination and whispers about the Miami Big Three experi-ment being a failure start to abound again. What is it that makes us prisoners of the moment?

This was the same Miami team that had been to the NBA Finals in each of the three seasons it had been together. The same squad that had gone on an 27-game win streak, second in history only to the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers that included Wilt Chamberlain. This is the same team with the best player in the world, a four-time reg-ular season MVP LeBron James. This was the team that we had started to write off as failures.

With 10 seconds left in regulation of Game 6, the Miami Heat were facing the possi-bility of that whisper becoming a summer nightmare. Speculation of Bosh being on his way out and James contemplating his future in South Beach had already started. The obituary of the Big Three was already being etched all over the inter-web. As we all saw, Ray Allen used his pincer to remove the nails from that coffin.

I started this column before Game 6, and I was ready to debunk the theory that the Miami Heat going 1-for-3 was a failure. I was going to point out that although Wade

was appearing to be on the decline, he still had some years in him. I was ready to go to bat for Chris Bosh and say that although he was struggling to score this series, he had played his heart out and the slump couldn’t last the rest of his career. I was ready to point out game after game of LeBron not shrinking in the Finals but actually being a driving force to Miami’s wins. I was ready to scream from the rooftops that his best is yet to come. I was stocked with ammunition, but I didn’t have to use it.

In back-to-back incredible end-of-game performances, the Heat go from a Kawhi Leonard free throw away from a horrible summer to a bright outlook at another NBA dynasty. It looks like the claims of “not two, not three…” could come to realization. Acknowledging just that, a relieved Miami team took its talents to South Beach with rapper Aubrey Graham as it spent the night in the clubs of Miami. The hate and doubt will have to wait for another 130 days.

As the dust settles from Miami’s explosive three-day party weekend, and people are forced to return to the tediousness of a sun-ny Miami summer, the rise of an era could be upon us. “Numbers Never Lie” showed that the LeBron James-Michael Jordan com-parisons could be true again with James having the edge in accomplishments at this point in his career. The whispers are start-ing again, but this time it’s back to the MJ-LBJ argument. These could be the first two of six championships for LeBron and Co. We could be witnessing greatness, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. After all, it would be hypocritical of me to be another prisoner of the moment.

Lanre is a junior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @WriterLanre.

Just like 2010: Blackhawks can clinch Final in Game 6 on roadChicago in position for 2nd title in 4 years after defeating Boston 3-1 behind Kane’s 2 goalsBY KEN POWTATHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — The Chicago Blackhawks haven’t just taken control of the Stanley Cup Final, they’ve done it while Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara was on the ice.

The Blackhawks have scored eight of their nine goals in winning the last two games against Boston while the 2009 Norris Tro-phy winner was defending.

“I don’t think there was one thing said where we really wanted to attack him or go at him or try to hit him or anything like that,” said Chicago forward Patrick Kane, who scored two goals in Game 5 with Chara on the ice. “I think we’re just playing the way we have.

“Sometimes you worry about one player who you’re matched up against on the ice, and I’ve said this before, it goes to your dis-advantage because you worry too much and don’t play the game you should be playing. I think we just got back to playing the way we have and the way we know how to.”

In Game 4, when the Blackhawks beat Bos-ton 6-5 in overtime, Chara was battling in front of the net with Jonathan Toews when Brent Seabrook’s shot from the right point beat Tuukka Rask for the game-winner.

Chicago coach Joel Quenneville felt his team needed to get more chances at the net after being shut out in Game 3, even when Chara was playing.

“We’ve felt not so much being physical with him, but in the offensive zone we need-ed to have better possession time and more time in their end,” he said. “Whether it was absorbing hits or finishing checks or going to hard areas and not necessarily worrying about him, I think it was getting to the net was our focus.”

Bruins coach Claude Julien knows the Blackhawks are challenging Chara, but expects his star defenseman to bounce back for Game 6 on Monday night.

“It’s pretty obvious that they’re throwing the pucks in his corner and they want to get him to turn and tire him out,” he said. “He’s a well-trained athlete that can handle that, and you’ll see that in the next game and hopefully the one after that.”

Rask also relies on Chara to make things tougher for Chicago’s top offensive players.

“He’s playing against the best players,” he said. “It’s not so easy to shut them down all the time. He usually does a great job with that and I have no doubts in him.”

Mr. Clutch revisitedThe last time the Blackhawks won the

Stanley Cup, Kane scored the overtime winner in Game 6 at Philadelphia. Is he thinking about something like that again?

“You know, we were just kind of talking about that,” he said. “I don’t know, I think the stars would have to be aligned right for it to happen like that again. I think the big-gest thing is trying to help contribute any-way I can, help this team get a win, espe-cially the situation we’re in. You want to take advantage of it in the next game. We have a great opportunity. I’ll do whatever I can to help the team win, and it would be a great feeling.”

Kane already has provided some post-season magic for Chicago, producing a hat trick — including the winner in the second overtime — when the Blackhawks elimi-nated the defending champion Los Ange-les Kings in Game 5 of the Western Con-ference Final.

“That’s the type of player he is,” Chica-go defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson said. “When it comes down to the wire and tight games, big games, that’s when he wants the puck. That’s when he wants to score the goals, the big goals.”

History has a few ways it can goFifteen of the 22 teams that won Game 5

of a tied series went on to win the Cup. But, four of the last six that lost in that situa-tion have gone on to win the title, including the 2011 Bruins, who won Game 6 at home and beat Vancouver on the road in Game 7.

“I mean it’s a different team, different situation, but we’ve been here before,” Bru-ins winger Brad Marchand said. “I think we have a bit of confidence but, at the same time, they’re a very resilient team.”

The Blackhawks have history on their side, too. They led the 2010 finals 3-2 and won the Cup on Kane’s overtime goal at Philadelphia.

“You know, it’s a similar feeling, espe-cially having the series tied 2-2, taking Game 5 at home and coming on the road for Game 6,” forward Patrick Sharp said. “You’ve got to be careful, you’ve seen a couple years ago Boston was down 3-2, they won at home and then won Game 7 in Van-couver. We know this team is capable of coming back.

“For us, I know it’s a big game, but you want to play it like it’s any other game, play the way we have all season, and try to pull one out here on the road.”


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CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)Today is a 9 — Start with the most difficult thing on your list. Gather information, and don’t make assumptions. Find what you need nearby. Prepare your plan. Things may change. Keep your energies focused on taking ground, one step at a time.

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!is 2012 Water Quality Report from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provides information about the source of campus drinking water, contaminant testing, general health precautions, and how calendar year 2012 sample results compare to regulatory requirements. !e University is pleased to report that all United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Illinois EPA (IEPA) drinking water quality standards have been

!e University of Illinois purchases drinking water from Illinois-American Water Company (IAWC), Champaign District. IAWC water is delivered through "ve separate metered feeds into the University water distribution system, which consists of approximately 46 miles of water main. !e University distributes this water to the majority of campus buildings. However some buildings are connected directly to the IAWC water distribution system. As such, the distribution system is considered a public water system. !e following information about IAWC, Champaign District water supply is from their 2012 Annual Water Quality Report, available by calling (800) 538-1125 or visiting their website at http://www.illinoisamerican.com.

!e source of supply for IAWC, Champaign County District is groundwater. Currently 28 wells deliver water for treatment to three lime-softening plants: the Lincoln Plant, located in Urbana, the Mattis Plant, located in Champaign, and the Bradley Plant, located West of Champaign. !e wells are primarily located in two areas. !e north well "eld taps the Glasford Aquifer and consists of seven wells that supply the East Plant. !e west well "eld consists of 21 wells that draw from the Mahomet Sands Aquifer and supply water to the Lincoln, Mattis and Bradley Plants. !e wells range from 150 to 366 feet in depth and are protected from surface contamination by geologic barriers in the aquifers. An aquifer is a porous underground formation (such as sand and gravel) that is saturated with water.

!e IEPA has completed a source water assessment for the Champaign County system. In this report, IEPA indicates that the wells supplying Champaign County are not geologically sensitive. To determine IAWC–Champaign’s susceptibility to groundwater contamination, a Well Site Survey Report from February 1991 and a source inventory, conducted in 1999 by the Illinois Rural Water Association in cooperation with the Illinois EPA, were reviewed. Based on the information contained in these documents, potential sources of groundwater contamination are present that could pose a hazard to groundwater pumped by the IAWC–Champaign’s community water supply wells.

!e Illinois EPA has determined that IAWC – Champaign Wells #35, #40, #41, #42, #43, #45, #46, and #47 are susceptible to inorganic chemical (IOC), volatile organic chemical (VOC) and synthetic organic chemical (SOC) contamination. !is determination is based on a number of criteria including: monitoring conducted at the wells; monitoring conducted at the entry point to the distribution system; and the available hydrogeologic data for the wells. !e Illinois EPA has made recommendations to further minimize the risk to the facility’s groundwater supply. If you would like additional information on the source water assessment, please contact Safety and Compliance at (217) 265-9828 or the Groundwater Section of the Illinois EPA at (217) 785-4787.

In order to ensure that tap water is of high quality, USEPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health as public water systems. Illinois American Water’s advanced water treatment processes are designed to reduce any such substances to levels well below any health concern.

!e University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is required to test water in its distribution system for coliform, lead, copper, trihalomethanes, and haloacetic acids. IEPA requires 15 samples per month to be analyzed for coliform. In 2012, normal operations of the university water distribution system resulted in approximately 23 samples per month. !e most recent testing results for coliform, lead, copper, haloacetic acids and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) are provided in the Data Summary table at the end of this Report.

!e sources of drinking water (both tap and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and groundwater wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it can dissolve naturally-occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or human activity.

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More information about contaminants and potential health e#ects can be obtained by calling the USEPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791.

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. !e presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health e#ects can be obtained by calling the USEPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800) 426-4791.In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. !ese people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. USEPA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the

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IAWC, Champaign District, tested for radon at points prior to entering the campus distribution system in 2004. !e maximum level in the treated water was 100 pCi/L, which is less than the limit currently proposed by the USEPA. !ere is presently no Federal limit on radon in drinking water. Radon is a radioactive gas that comes mainly from the soil; however, some groundwater may also contain radon. Inhalation of radon gas has been linked to lung cancer. !e contribution from drinking water is usually small compared to normal indoor levels. If you are concerned about radon in your home and would like information on how to have your home tested, contact the Champaign-Urbana Public Health Department at (217) 352-7961 or the National Radon Hotline at (800) SOS RADON.

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The Daily Illini: Vol. 142, Issue 160

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