INSIDE Police 2A | Corrections 2A | Calendar 2A | Opinions 4A | Crossword 5A | Comics 5A | Business & Technology 6A | Sports 1B | Classifieds 3B-5B | Sudoku 5B The Daily Illini Tuesday March 27, 2012 High: 73˚ Low: 51˚ The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871 www.DailyIllini.com Vol. 141 Issue 119 | FREE With 1 month to go, Illinois marathon short on volunteers BY THOMAS THOREN STAFF WRITER The Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon is once again at a loss in volunteers. For each of the marathon’s four years of exis- tence, it has struggled to find enough volunteers to sign up well in advance of the race. This year’s marathon is about 720 people short of the necessary 3,400 volunteers. For the race to go on, 237 volunteers must sign up for the course team, which monitors the entire 26.2-mile marathon and 5K courses, said Kim Nystrom, volunteer coordi- nator for the marathon’s course team. “(Course teams) are so impor- tant because they truly are the hosts,” said Mary Anderson, vol- unteer coordinator. The team also protects the runners from traffic at about 280 intersections and other busy areas. She said the about 450-member course team pro- vides protection for the runners by placing one to four volunteers along every block of the route. Anderson said there is a sense of urgency to fill the course team vacancies as soon as possible because the positions require training, which takes place in mid-April. Jan Seeley, co-direc- tor, said without course teams, the marathon cannot happen. “The police would basically not allow us to have it,” she said. Even still, this year’s level of volunteering is “on pace with previous years,” Anderson said. She said every year they have seen a volunteer shortage that required a final push in order to fill the remaining positions. Many volunteers do not commit to a position until the marathon By the Numbers 3,400 Volunteers needed total 2,680 Volunteers signed up 237 Volunteers needed for the race to go on BY RAFAEL GUERRERO STAFF WRITER Fizaa, a student-run dance team and registered student organization, qualified for the Bollywood America National Competition on March 17 by placing first at a dance competi- tion in Evanston. Fizaa’s victory adds to a streak of well-received performances at competitions over the past year. Aside from their win in Evan- ston, Fizaa won a competition in Los Angeles a week earlier and placed second at another in New York City in November . Their next stop will be in Philadelphia on April 21 at the national cham- pionship, where they will com- pete against nine other teams. Jyoti Mishra, Fizaa president and senior in AHS, said the 20 members of the group — includ- ing seven freshmen — have tak- en advantage of their nine hours of weekly training and ultimate- ly, exceeded their expectations. “We had never done as well before,” Mishra said. “We put a lot of hard work into our prac- tices and performances. To see us win so much, including back- to-back (weekend performanc- es), is very rewarding.” According to the Bollywood America website, each com- peting team must have won a qualifying competition cho- sen by the Bollywood America organization in order to qualify to receive an invitational bid. There are also two other “wild card” teams selected by the organization based on their per- formances at past competitions. Collegiate, independent, profes- sional and dance school teams were eligible to participate in these qualifying competitions. Vishal Vazirani, freshman in LAS, said with the raised stakes of a national title, those nine- hour practice weeks will be a See MARATHON, Page 3A ‘Unoffical’ resolution returns to U-C Senate BY CARINA LEE STAFF WRITER The Urbana-Champaign Senate discussed a resolution eliminat- ing Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day in order to prevent disruption to classes at its meeting Monday. Senator Mark Roszkowski, professor of Business, proposed this resolution in 2006 but has brought the subject to light again to emphasize the importance of minimizing the negative con- sequences of the celebration. Despite efforts from the cities of Champaign and Urbana and the University to enforce safety reg- ulations during Unofficial, Rosz- kowski stated that “it remains an event that seriously undermines the educational mission of the University.” Roszkowski said the University needs to take a stronger stance against Unofficial. “This requires that the lead- ership of the University, which means the chancellor and even the president of the University, (has) got to publicly come out and say that ‘This is not going to happen in the future,’” he said. “That has never happened ... the only thing that has happened is increasingly expensive attempts at policing.” He added that he is hoping for a different outcome than that of six years ago. “We have a new chancellor who I think might be more favorable towards speaking out publicly against this event,” he said. During the discussion, sever- al people raised questions about the resolution. The Illinois Stu- dent Senate has shown concern about the effectiveness of the resolution. Student senator David Huang, junior in ACES, proposed a different method to deal with Unofficial. He said rather than banning the event, a committee should be formed to find ways of avoiding class disruptions on Unofficial. Some people have stated that the University is actually mak- ing progress on regulating Unof- ficial. Renee Romano, vice chan- cellor of student affairs, said the University is exploring the best possible ways for students to be safe during the day. “A couple of things have been successful. We have really worked hard to shut down the dis- ruptive activities in classrooms and the damage that occurred in the classroom buildings,” Roma- no said. “Another thing is that we prohibit overnight guests at the residence halls, and that has real- ly gotten a lot of problems out of the residence halls.” Capt. Skip Frost of Universi- ty police also participated in the discussion about the resolution. Frost said it is hard to regulate Unofficial with off-campus stu- dents being involved. “Seventy percent of the enforcements we take are citing people who are not affiliated with the University of Illinois,” Frost said. “That’s a big problem.” The resolution passed in a voice vote. PHOTO COURTESY OF JYOTI MISHRA Fizaa, a a co-ed Bollywood Nationally Competitive Dance team, performs at Bollywood America Filmi-Fusion Championships on April 23, 2011. Fizaa qualifies for Bollywood America dance competition See FIZAA, Page 3A If passed, stricter regulations would be enforced against drinking holiday Student-run style Fashion label turns apparel into art FEATURES, 6A National League predictions Columnist Ed Edens makes his picks for this season SPORTS, 2B JOSEPH LEE THE DAILY ILLINI Amaziah Zuri is called up to the bullhorn in front of a crowd of about 50 people to tell the story of what happened to Trayvon Martin the day he was shot. Zuri’s comments on Monday mentioned that racism in America is still very prevalent and can be seen through Martin’s story. Zuri also read aloud a poem she had written expressing her feelings on this topic. Campus mourns Trayvon Martin BY PULU WANG STAFF WRITER One month after Trayvon Mar- tin’s death, about 60 students and alumni gathered at a vigil held at the Alma Mater on Monday night. Martin, an African American 17-year-old who was unarmed at the time, was shot by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman claimed he acted in self-defense and was not arrested. Controversy has arisen over Trayvon’s death, which many are labeling as a case of racial profiling. The event page on Facebook created by coordinator Rebecca Marcotte, senior in Engineering, states that “already, millions of people are see- ing Trayvon’s murder as the reflec- tion of a deeply racist system that neglects, brutalizes and criminal- izes Black youth on a daily basis.” “The Trayvon case just made me really sad and really angry,” Mar- cotte said. “It’s not just this case, but there are so many cases that don’t get as much attention as this. I really hope this is going to be a new beginning of organizing the new anti-racism movement in the Some attendees hope incident raises awareness of racism See VIGIL, Page 3A “I really hope this is going to be a new beginning of organizing the new anti-racism movement in the United States.” REBECCA MARCOTTE, senior in Engineering
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871 www.DailyIllini.com Vol. 141 Issue 119 | FREE
With 1 month to go, Illinois marathon short on volunteersBY THOMAS THORENSTAFF WRITER
The Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon is once again at a loss in volunteers. For each of the marathon’s four years of exis-tence, it has struggled to fi nd enough volunteers to sign up well in advance of the race.
This year’s marathon is about 720 people short of the necessary 3,400 volunteers. For the race to go on, 237 volunteers must sign up for the course team, which monitors the entire 26.2-mile marathon and 5K courses, said Kim Nystrom, volunteer coordi-nator for the marathon’s course team.
“(Course teams) are so impor-tant because they truly are the hosts,” said Mary Anderson, vol-unteer coordinator.
The team also protects the runners from traffi c at about 280 intersections and other busy areas. She said the about 450-member course team pro-vides protection for the runners by placing one to four volunteers along every block of the route.
Anderson said there is a sense of urgency to fi ll the course team vacancies as soon as possible
because the positions require training, which takes place in mid-April. Jan Seeley, co-direc-tor, said without course teams, the marathon cannot happen.
“The police would basically not allow us to have it,” she said.
Even still, this year’s level of volunteering is “on pace with previous years,” Anderson said. She said every year they have seen a volunteer shortage that required a fi nal push in order to fi ll the remaining positions. Many volunteers do not commit to a position until the marathon
By the Numbers
3,400Volunteers needed total
2,680Volunteers signed up
237Volunteers needed for the race to go on
BY RAFAEL GUERREROSTAFF WRITER
Fizaa, a student-run dance team and registered student organization, qualifi ed for the Bollywood America National Competition on March 17 by placing fi rst at a dance competi-tion in Evanston. Fizaa’s victory adds to a streak of well-received performances at competitions over the past year.
Aside from their win in Evan-ston, Fizaa won a competition in Los Angeles a week earlier and placed second at another in New York City in November . Their next stop will be in Philadelphia on April 21 at the national cham-pionship , where they will com-pete against nine other teams.
Jyoti Mishra, Fizaa president and senior in AHS , said the 20 members of the group — includ-ing seven freshmen — have tak-en advantage of their nine hours of weekly training and ultimate-ly, exceeded their expectations.
“We had never done as well before,” Mishra said. “We put a lot of hard work into our prac-tices and performances. To see us win so much, including back-to-back (weekend performanc-es), is very rewarding.”
According to the Bollywood America website, each com-peting team must have won a qualifying competition cho-sen by the Bollywood America organization in order to qualify to receive an invitational bid. There are also two other “wild card” teams selected by the organization based on their per-formances at past competitions. Collegiate, independent, profes-sional and dance school teams were eligible to participate in these qualifying competitions.
Vishal Vazirani , freshman in LAS, said with the raised stakes of a national title, those nine-hour practice weeks will be a
See MARATHON, Page 3A
‘Unoffi cal’ resolution returns to U-C Senate
BY CARINA LEESTAFF WRITER
The Urbana-Champaign Senate discussed a resolution eliminat-ing Unoffi cial St. Patrick’s Day in order to prevent disruption to classes at its meeting Monday.
Senator Mark Roszkowski, professor of Business, proposed this resolution in 2006 but has brought the subject to light again to emphasize the importance of minimizing the negative con-sequences of the celebration. Despite efforts from the cities of Champaign and Urbana and the University to enforce safety reg-ulations during Unoffi cial, Rosz-kowski stated that “it remains an
event that seriously undermines the educational mission of the University.”
Roszkowski said the University needs to take a stronger stance against Unoffi cial.
“This requires that the lead-ership of the University, which means the chancellor and even the president of the University, (has) got to publicly come out and say that ‘This is not going to happen in the future,’” he said. “That has never happened ... the only thing that has happened is increasingly expensive attempts at policing.”
He added that he is hoping for a different outcome than that of
six years ago. “We have a new chancellor who
I think might be more favorable towards speaking out publicly against this event,” he said.
During the discussion, sever-al people raised questions about the resolution. The Illinois Stu-dent Senate has shown concern about the effectiveness of the resolution. Student senator David Huang, junior in ACES, proposed a different method to deal with Unoffi cial. He said rather than banning the event, a committee should be formed to fi nd ways of avoiding class disruptions on Unoffi cial.
Some people have stated that the University is actually mak-ing progress on regulating Unof-fi cial. Renee Romano, vice chan-cellor of student affairs, said the University is exploring the best possible ways for students to be
safe during the day. “A couple of things have been
successful. We have really worked hard to shut down the dis-ruptive activities in classrooms and the damage that occurred in the classroom buildings,” Roma-no said. “Another thing is that we prohibit overnight guests at the residence halls, and that has real-ly gotten a lot of problems out of the residence halls.”
Capt. Skip Frost of Universi-ty police also participated in the discussion about the resolution. Frost said it is hard to regulate Unoffi cial with off-campus stu-dents being involved.
“Seventy percent of the enforcements we take are citing people who are not affi liated with the University of Illinois,” Frost said. “That’s a big problem.”
The resolution passed in a voice vote.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JYOTI MISHRAFizaa, a a co-ed Bollywood Nationally Competitive Dance team, performs at Bollywood America Filmi-Fusion Championships on April 23, 2011.
Fizaa qualifi es for Bollywood America dance competition
See FIZAA, Page 3A
If passed, stricter regulations would be enforced against drinking holiday
Student-run styleFashion label turns apparel into art
FEATURES, 6A
National League predictions
Columnist Ed Edens makes his picks for this season
SPORTS, 2B
JOSEPH LEE THE DAILY ILLINI
Amaziah Zuri is called up to the bullhorn in front of a crowd of about 50 people to tell the story of what happened to Trayvon Martin the day he was shot. Zuri’s comments on Monday mentioned that racism in America is still very prevalent and can be seen through Martin’s story. Zuri also read aloud a poem she had written expressing her feelings on this topic.
One month after Trayvon Mar-tin’s death, about 60 students and alumni gathered at a vigil held at the Alma Mater on Monday night.
Martin, an African American 17-year-old who was unarmed at the time, was shot by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman claimed he acted in self-defense and was not arrested.
Controversy has arisen over Trayvon’s death, which many are labeling as a case of racial profi ling. The event page on Facebook created
by coordinator Rebecca Marcotte , senior in Engineering, states that “already, millions of people are see-ing Trayvon’s murder as the refl ec-tion of a deeply racist system that neglects, brutalizes and criminal-izes Black youth on a daily basis.”
“The Trayvon case just made me really sad and really angry,” Mar-cotte said. “It’s not just this case, but there are so many cases that don’t get as much attention as this. I really hope this is going to be a new beginning of organizing the new anti-racism movement in the
Some attendees hope incident raises awareness of racism
See VIGIL, Page 3A
“I really hope this is going to be a new beginning of organizing the new anti-racism movement in the United States.”REBECCA MARCOTTE,senior in Engineering
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University! A 22 year-old male was ar-
rested on the charge of bat-tery 2:15 a.m. Sunday, near John and Fifth streets in Champaign.
According to the report, a patrol offi cer stated the sub-ject was in a fi ght that the offi -cer had witnessed.
! A UI employee reported at 9:30 a.m. on March 14 that a chemical storage contain-er was missing from the Rog-er Adams Laboratory, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana.
According to the report, the container, which is believed to have been stolen, has an esti-mated value of $200.
! Two Urbana residents, ages 21 and 19, were arrest-ed on Friday at 11:30 p.m. near the intersection of Green and Fourth.
According to the report, the suspects were initially pulled over because their vehicle did not have its headlights on. They were later arrested for outstanding Champaign Coun-ty warrants for failure to ap-pear for burglary charges.
Champaign! On Saturday around 12:30
p.m. on the 400 block of Green Street, a 43 year-old male was arrested on the charge of pos-session of a controlled sub-stance.
According to the report, the suspect was in possession of a pipe containing cocaine residue.
! A theft occurred on Sat-urday around 8 p.m. at the 600 block of Springfi eld Avenue.
According to the report, the victim reported that a female suspect stole money from him. No arrests were made.
! A residential burglary was reported Saturday around 3 p.m. on the 600 block of Springfi eld Avenue.
According to the report, a computer was stolen from the residence.
! On Saturday around mid-night, a brawl occurred at the intersection of University and Neil.
According to the report, a large group of suspects were fi ghting in the street. No arrests were made.
! The theft of a motor ve-hicle occurred Saturday at ap-
proximately 5:45 p.m. at the 2500 block of Springfi eld Avenue.
According the report, the vic-tim started her car to let it warm up and then went back inside her apartment. When she came back out, her vehicle was gone.
Urbana! A 33-year-old male was ar-
rested on the charge of theft around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
According the report, the of-fender stole stainless steel kitchen appliances and other kitchen equipment, then sold the pieces for scrap metal.
! A residential burglary was reported Saturday around 2 p.m. at the 1600 block of Mel-rose Valley Court.
According to the report, an unknown offender entered the victim’s apartment through an unlocked door and stole a vari-ety of electronics.
! Retail theft was reported Saturday at Collins Oil, 808 E. Main St.
According to the report, the offender pumped gas into a car and left without paying.
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of The Daily Illini, the article “Out of Offi ce” quoted Board of Trustees Chairman Christopher Kennedy as having said “he (Hogan) concluded that much of the work he came here to do hadn’t been done.” The quote should have read “had been done.”
In the March 26, 2012, edition of The Daily Illini, the graphic of the Final Four bracket stated that the National Championship game will take place on March 2nd. The article should have stated that the game will occur on April 2nd.
In the March 26, 2012, edition of The Daily Illini, the article titled “The search continues,” a caption stated that Virginia Commonwealth played Drexel during the NCAA tournament fi nal. The article should have stated that Virginia Commwealth faced Drexel in the CAA Tournament fi nal.
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TOM CRUZE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Illinois state Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, leaves the federal building in Chicago after his arraignment on federal bribery charges. On Monday, the Illinois House of Representatives formed a committee investigating the charges.
WILLIAM SHI THE DAILY ILLINI
Volunteers hand out water to runners as they pass by the water station during the eleventh mile of the Marathon and Half Marathon on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Illinois Marathon, held last year on April 30, has consistently struggled to get volunteers to sign up in advance.
Ill. House to begin Smith bribery investigation
BY JOHN O’CONNORTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A spe-cial Illinois House committee meets Tuesday to begin investi-gating a federal bribery charge against one of its members.
The committee will decide whether discipline is warranted for Rep. Derrick Smith . The Chi-cago Democrat faces a federal bribery charge but won his par-ty’s nomination to his House seat in last week’s primary election.
House rules spell out proceed-ings for reviewing a member’s conduct that could lead to repri-mand, censure or expulsion. But it’s a rare proceeding that has the six-member panel treading carefully.
“We’re venturing into unchart-ed territory,” said Rep. Will Davis , D-Homewood. “We’ll fi g-ure it out as we go along.”
Davis is among three Demo-crats and three Republicans in the group chaired by Rep. Elaine Nekritz , a Northbrook Democrat.
Federal prosecutors charged Smith, who was appointed to his seat last spring, after he alleg-edly accepted a $7,000 cash bribe in exchange for what he thought was his endorsement of a day-care center’s state grant appli-cation. The U.S. attorney’s offi ce says the operation was an under-cover sting.
After Smith won 77 percent of the vote in last week’s Democrat-ic primary over an opponent who used to be a Republican activ-ist, top Democrats asked Smith to resign. They include Smith’s former employer and political sponsor, Secretary of State Jes-se White .
Smith has resisted, and he did not return messages seeking comment Monday.
Before the election, Gov. Pat Quinn warned against judging Smith before a jury rendered a verdict. But the day after Smith kept his seat safe for the party, the Democratic governor said Smith should resign because of the “cloud hanging over his head.”
During an appearance Mon-day in Springfi eld, Quinn said
Smith would “do himself a favor by resigning” before the House expels him. He would not explain why he’s now willing to call for his ouster after much more restrained remarks last week.
He did note that Smith’s oppo-nent in the primary was a former Republican. If Smith steps aside, Democrats could hand-pick his replacement.
Illinois Democratic Party Chairman Michael Madigan , whose political fund poured more than $60,000 into Smith’s prima-ry race, would not comment on Smith after his arrest and now says it would be improper to say anything because, as House speaker, he set up the investigat-ing committee.
Davis said it’s not awkward to sit in judgment of a colleague, but “unfortunate.”
“It’s unfortunate that we have to have this conversation,” Davis said. “It isn’t awkward. We’ll do what we have to do.”
The investigation was trig-gered when fi ve House members — two more than necessary — sought the review in a petition to Madigan. One of those Repub-licans, Rep. Jim Sacia of Peca-tonica, will present a written list of suggested charges, which is intended to guide the committee in deciding how far its review should go, according to House rules.
The committee will determine whether there was misconduct by Smith. If it decides there was, another House committee will take conduct a hearing on pos-sible disciplinary measures. The Senate will not be involved.
That differs from an impeach-ment proceeding run by the House in December 2008 after former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on political corrup-tion charges, which later earned him a 14-year sentence in feder-al prison.
In Blagojevich’s case, a com-mittee’s investigation led to a House vote to impeach. The Senate tried Blagojevich on the impeachment charge and voted to remove him from offi ce in Janu-ary 2009.
GOP attacks Obama for open-mic comment BY ANNE GEARANAND CHARLES BABINGTONTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEOUL, South Korea — Presi-dent Barack Obama told Russia’s leader Monday that he would have more fl exibility after the Novem-ber election to deal with the con-tentious issue of missile defense, a candid assessment of political reality that was picked up by a microphone without either leader apparently knowing.
Obama’s Republican opponents pounced on the comment, saying the president has a hidden agenda that could include concessions to the Russians if he is re-elected this fall.
“This is my last election,” Obama is heard telling outgoing Russian President Dmitry Med-vedev. “After my election, I have more fl exibility.”
Medvedev replied in English, according to a tape by ABC News: “I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir,” an apparent reference to incoming President Vladmir Putin.
Obama and Medvedev did not intend for their comments, made during a meeting in Seoul, South
Korea, to be made public.Once they were, the White
House said Obama’s words refl ected the reality that domes-tic political concerns in both the U.S. and Russia this year would make it diffi cult to fully address their long-standing differences over the contentious issue of mis-sile defense. Obama, should he win re-election, would not have to face voters again.
“Since 2012 is an election year in both countries, with an elec-tion and leadership transition in Russia and an election in the United States, it is clearly not a year in which we are going to achieve a breakthrough,” White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said.
Obama’s candid remarks Mon-day illustrated the political con-straints that hem in any president who is running for re-election and dealing with a congressio-nal chamber — in this case, the House — controlled by the rival party. Republicans have fought Obama fi ercely on health care, taxes and other issues. They are eager to deny him any political victories in a season in which
they feel the White House is within reach, although Obama’s remarks suggested he feels good about his re-election prospects.
Even if Obama was confi ding a political reality in a supposedly private moment, the comments gave the GOP new openings to question his sincerity and long-range plans.
Mitt Romney, the leading
Republican contender to face Obama this fall, told a San Diego audience the unguarded com-ments were “an alarming and troubling development.”
“This is no time for our presi-dent to be pulling his punches with the American people, and not telling us what he’s intend-ing to do with regards to our mis-sile defense system, with regards
to our military might and with regards to our commitment to Israel,” Romney said.
Romney, a former Massachu-setts governor who often fac-es charges of having been fl ex-ible on his own policies over the years, also issued a statement saying Obama “needs to level with the American public about his real agenda.”
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev chat during a meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea. Obama’s comments caught by an open mic were criticized Monday by the GOP.
is near because they are not sure of their availability more than a few weeks in advance.
Nystrom noted there are also many course team openings for Friday night positions along the 5K route. Because this race has a quicker pace and the route is con-fi ned to campus, which is more populated than many of the mar-athon’s segments, she said the course team members must be “anywhere anybody could step out onto the course.”
There are also several hundred vacancies for the hydration sta-tions, but Seeley said she is con-fi dent local organizations and businesses will be able to fi ll the positions. There are 15 stations for the marathon and one for the 5K race. The fi rst half of the mar-athon requires about 60 volun-teers per station, while the sec-ond half only requires 30 because of the decreased number of run-ners. There is an 8,000 runner capacity for the half-marathon race and a 3,000 runner capac-ity for the full marathon.
Despite the relative uncer-tainty, Anderson remains hope-ful that marathon leaders will be able to recruit enough volunteers for the marathon to go on.
“Our community has stepped up every year,” Anderson said. “Now is the time to commit.”
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thing of the past. He said 30 hours is a very likely possibil-ity — maybe even longer.
“I am nervous but defi nite-ly excited,” Vazirani said. “As a freshman, to see us going through Bollywood America is really exciting.”
Another excited Fizaa mem-ber is Mishra’s younger broth-er Samir , freshman in engineer-ing. Samir, who has always been interested in Bollywood danc-ing, said his sister was the one who got him involved with the group. As for any sibling rivalry, he said there is some bickering, but that is to be expected from brothers and sisters.
“We’ll have our arguments sometimes, but we do have a lot of fun,” Samir said. “We help each other out a lot.”
The older Mishra, who won best female dancer at the 2011 national championship, said she is looking forward to challeng-ing other worthy teams on a big-ger stage. She said they will have to learn more dance moves, but everyone seems excited about the challenge.
“I remember my freshman year we couldn’t have gotten into any of these big shows,” Mishra said. “Some of the best teams will be there, so for us to win this year and have a better chance of winning is pretty amazing.”
Fizaa was founded in 2008 to promote Indian culture through various forms of dance. Along with that, the nonprofi t organi-zation also aims at being nation-ally competitive, Mishra said.
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United States.”Marcotte decided to host the
event after talking with some friends and realizing that Mon-day was the one-month anniver-sary of the incident. She said she was impressed with the turnout, and it showed that people were really affected by Martin’s case.
She added that she thought it was great that students were able to get together to talk about the issue and address the fact there is a lot left to do in terms of orga-nizing and fi ghting for racial jus-tice in the United States.
However, not everyone at the event was convinced that this is defi nitely an instance of racism or racial profi ling.
“I don’t know what happened that night, and nobody here knows what happened at this point,” said Ian McNamara , junior in Engineering. “I have heard evidence for and against both sides. I just think people should wait until the investiga-tions are complete before they are ready to declare someone guilty.”
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Next time around, experience not necessaryM any at the University of
Connecticut would have told us not to hire Mi-
chael Hogan two years ago. While Hogan was president of UConn, he clashed with faculty and endeavored on costly proj-ects like renovating an admin-istration building to the tune of $475,000 and placing life-sized cardboard cutouts of himself around the university.
The issues faculty had at UCo-nn were some of the same prob-lems faculty had with him at Illi-nois: Hogan was out of touch and
liked to make decisions by him-self. And sure enough, after only two years on the job here at Illi-nois, 130 of 200 chaired profes-sors signed a petition for his res-ignation.
Based on his performance at UConn, why did the Board of Trustees hire Hogan?
According to an Inside High-er Ed article, Board of Trust-ees Chairman Christopher Ken-nedy said he did not understand the problems Hogan had faced at UConn, and interviews with Ho-gan’s references showed that he
had “great success in a similar job somewhere else.”
Apparently, that’s the most im-portant part of fi nding a universi-ty president. Subpar incumbents are favored over promising but untested administrators. Because the president has such a high-pro-fi le job, university boards prefer people who have prior experience as president of another univer-sity, even if they didn’t do a very good job.
This should not be the case. The two runners-up for the presiden-cy job — Kumble Subbaswamy,
provost at the University of Ken-tucky, and David Daniel, presi-dent of the University of Texas at Dallas — had experience in uni-versity administration, but nei-ther had been president of a state fl agship or a university with the same level of research Illinois has. It’s worth noting that both of these administrators are still in those same positions they were when they applied to be Universi-ty of Illinois president.
The next time the Board of Trustees needs to hire a new president or high-level admin-
istrator, they can’t just look for someone who has already done the job but done it poorly. We’ve tried that, and it doesn’t work.
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Southern spring break trip inspires cultural introspection about what unites the nation
The week of spring break is the perfect time for students to travel the country and experience the many textures of
American life. The organization Alternative Spring Break helped me to satisfy this urge as a sophomore, but this year two of my clos-est companions and I decided to embark on a journey of our own.
Our destination? The vacation town of Gatlinburg nestled on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains in southern Tennessee.
We chose to go south because Urbana-Champaign is the defi nition of a “bubble-community” if there ever was one. Our objective was to step outside of this liberal, isolated campustown to get a taste of some home grown American culture that isn’t comfortably insulated by a world-class uni-versity. And what better place to start than the Bible Belt? Essentially the entire south-eastern portion of the United States is aptly named for its religious fervor.
Given that it apparently takes nearly two years to decide on a Republican presidential nominee, southern conservative voters have been consistently receiving a huge slice of the media pie. Being astute political observ-ers ourselves, we wanted to demystify if this critical voting bloc is as conservative as Fox News depicts and if the stereotypes ring true.
After all, you can’t judge an entire region of people from the uncompassionate hootin’ and hollerin’ that is now expected from the crowds at the Republican debates.
After a moderate eight-hour drive, we saw a full-sized Confederate fl ag proudly waving in traffi c on the back of an old rusted pickup. We knew we had to be close.
Blowing into town by early evening, good ol’ Gatlinburg was bustling with the dinner rush. The streets were very crowded with wandering families, and I observed that the signifi cant majority of them were white and often obese.
The town was fl ooded with the large chain restaurants (Bubba Gump’s, Hard Rock Cafe , etc), souvenir and novelty shops, haunted houses, comical mini-amusement parks dis-guised as buildings, such as “Earthquake: The Ride,” and candy stores.
After spending a night here, I came to the conclusion that the planners had designed the town to adhere to the decision making pro-cess of a 4-year-old child high on Pixy Stix .
To be honest, it didn’t seem like all these vacationers were really thinking about hik-ing the beautiful trails in the Smokies like we were, let alone actually being physically equipped to do so. This ended up working out in our favor because the trails turned out to be nowhere near as crowded as the line to get into the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Museum .
This money-hungry, capitalist dream town was all spectacle and fun on the surface, but the crass and shameless excuses for enter-tainment revealed a hollowed-out, superfi -cial and brand-centric modern Americana that disregards the fact that it is sitting next to a beautiful national park. The only thing, it seemed, that Gatlinburg wanted us to know was that money could be effi ciently spent here.
At times it almost felt like a consumerist hyper-reality: A Twilight Zone-esqe diver-gence where the pursuit of pleasure and prof-it became more authentic than reality as it exists outside the city limits.
My critical brooding shouldn’t detract from the fact that the American South can, at times, be a wonderful place of vibrant natu-ral beauty and social harmony. The people were generally courteous, kind and reason-able (I’ve been told that the home cookin’ is to die for).
But the Southern culture that we expe-rienced was certainly a gut-check for us Yanks. The one Confederate fl ag I’ve seen in Urbana is a shocking pariah in its context, but you can see this symbol of “southern her-itage” everywhere south of Kentucky. And if you’re sick of the all-too American big chain and fast food restaurants, seek out the many beautiful forests and rivers that the South has to offer.
Expeditions with friends often inspire more questions than they provide answers. The South left us all wondering, “How are these states united given our hostile politi-cal climate? Where can we share a common ground as American citizens? Or are we all merely dominated by a monoculture of con-sumerism dependent on fl ashing lights and base impulses?”
It’s best to plan a journey of your own and fi nd out for yourself, but don’t forget to pack a few grains of salt.
Michael is a senior in LAS.
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MICHAEL HOFFMANOpinions columnist
Personality-altering parasite found in cats: Cue the paranoia
Editor’s Note: Rebecca’s column is running to-day because Nora Ibrahim’s ran yesterday. Re-becca’s column will regularly run on Monday.
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As if we hypochondriacs didn’t have enough to worry about, a recent feature in The Atlan-
tic highlights a Czech scientist who is claiming that house cats may be car-rying a parasite altering their owners’ personality. Toxoplasma gondii , found in cat feces, may be making people either more or less outgoing, attracting them to dangerous situations and even making them more susceptible to men-tal disorders like schizophrenia. Cue the suspicious stare at Mr. Whiskers.
In fact, if you’re currently in the vicinity of a feline friend, you may want to go into a separate room before you continue reading. I’ll wait fi ve seconds.
Okay, so, Jaroslav Flegr , a 63-year-old scientist at Charles University in Prague , began studying the connec-tion between T. gondii and its effects on human behavior in the early 1990s .
At that time, Flegr was reading a book by famed evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins . The book described how fl atworms take control of an ant’s nervous system, to the point where a drop in temperature, normally caus-ing them to hide underground, alters their behavior to instead climb on top of a blade of grass and lie there, wait-ing to be preyed on by a grazing sheep. Once the sheep consumes the ant, the fl atworm’s life cycle can continue inside the sheep’s gut.
While reading this, Flegr began to notice he was behaving in the same erratic way as the ant.
“If cars honked at me, I didn’t jump out of the way,” said Dawkins.
Once he joined the biology faculty at Charles University in 1990 , Flegr was commissioned to be part of a study test-ing to see if participants were infect-ed with T. gondii. He was. A light bulb
went off in his head.After reading this, an alarm clock
went off in mine. But before doing anything erratic,
like throwing my cat, Yoshi, out the window, I continued reading. After making the possible connection, Flegr conducted a cross study comparing the personality traits of infected individu-als versus those non-infected.
He found infected women to be more outgoing than non-infected. I thought of my heightened urge to strike up conver-sations with strangers on public trans-portation in recent years.
The study also found infected indi-viduals to be two and a half times more likely to end up in a traffi c accident.
... I may have collided with anoth-er vehicle three years ago. And it may have been my fault.
Infected women also tended to dress better, and those that showed up for the study were often wearing expensive designer clothing.
Now, just two years ago, my over-sized t-shirts and trademark sweat-pants were a surefi re sign that this
wouldn’t apply to me. But in recent years, I must say, I have become more fashion forward. While I still opt to shop at thrift stores, I’ve upgraded from the $1 rack at Salvation Army to the more luxuriously labeled “vintage boutiques” on Chicago’s North Side where I discovered, I do, in fact, love the skirt and cardigan look. Should I really be thanking Yoshi for my new-found style spending?
We also can’t forgo the men here. Flegr found infected men to be more introverted, sloppier dressers and less trusting — a stark contrast to infected women.
Those that don’t own a cat aren’t free from the great T. gondii, either. The parasite can also be picked up by drinking contaminated water, eat-ing unwashed vegetables or consum-ing raw or undercooked meat. But the good news here is only 10 to 20 percent of Americans are infected , versus rates as high as 55 percent in France . May-be that explains their superior fashion sense.
Thinking about T. gondii, I’m remind-
ed of the time I was certain I had mis-took my own pixie dust for anthrax after reading about the great anthrax scare as a kid. Or when I started pick-ing out the potential psychopathic traits in my friends after reading “The Psy-chopath Test” by Jon Ronson last year. Maybe the greatest thing I have to wor-ry about is, well — worrying too much.
It’s an age-old moral for society, and a strong lesson in psychology. We’re given new things to worry about each day — “pink slime” in our children’s lunches, cancer-causing soda and the Mayan apocalypse. Clearly, our risk perceptions are somewhat skewed in an offbeat direction.
As for Flegr, his study is quickly gaining both media attention and aca-demic appraisal from researchers at universities like Colorado State , Stan-ford and Johns Hopkins .
But when pondering throwing Yoshi out the window, I will keep my out of tune risk meter in mind. Although my next pet may be a dog.
Rebecca is a senior in LAS.
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9 and ends with the big fashion show April 14.
The entire week will have info seminars, style competitions, a night out and a huge fashion show.
“College Fashion Week is more about bringing out fashion to a college campus,” Rasic said.
For Rasic and the rest of those involved with GOCA, the line is more than just a business.
“Much of the fashion industry has turned into gaining a prof-it, just plainly a business,” Rasic said. “But fashion and art is a dia-logue. ‘Fashion Designer’ isn’t
just an occupation — it’s an art-istry. Designers should have mes-sages behind their work.”
The current theme for their collection is the Elegance for Maturity, which questions wheth-er maturity is something pre-scribed by age or through per-sonal experience.
Rasic and the others at GOCA feel that the fashion industry has lost its sense of artistic integri-ty, and are hoping to breathe life into what it means be a fashion designer.
“That’s ultimately why we are doing this, to kind of restore what the fashion industry is about,” Villalobos said. “It’s not glam-our, it’s not a job, it’s a lifestyle.
It’s more than just a 9 to 5 work schedule.”
Building a business is diffi cult, and Rasic, Villalobos and Aja-naku can vouch for that. They stay motivated by having pas-sion in the fashion business and seeing it as more than just a job, but rather a tool they can use to inspire and innovate.
“Once you’ve rid the term ‘fail-ure’ from your vocabulary, any-thing is possible,” Rasic said. “If you have the word ‘failure’ in your daily dialogue, it means you are doubting yourself, and if you want the world to stop doubt-ing you, you have to stop doubting yourself. You just have to go out there and take a risk.”
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You know you’re addicted when your phone dies in two hours, when you start having dreams about it or when you and your friends neglect Juli-anne Hough shaking it on “Foot-loose” while you diligently work on your drawing.
For students who are looking for the next smart phone game, Draw Something seems to have taken over.
This free application is the electronic version of the board game Pictionary. Players are giv-en three words and must draw one word using limited on-screen drawing tools. Words can range from a simple ruler to a more dif-fi cult Lady Gaga . Your opponent, either a Facebook friend or ran-dom player, may then guess what your original word was. Released in early February, Draw Some-thing has already gained more than 35 million downloads and 12.2 million daily users.
“I think addiction is an under-statement,” said Alla Kra-shevsky , freshman in DGS. “You know it’s bad when you get more excited over Draw Some-thing notifi cations than new text messages.”
Like Krashevsky, millions of other players share an obses-
sion with Draw Something. Sal-ly Jackson , professor of commu-nications, shared her opinion on why apps can be so addicting.
“(iPhones and other smart-phones) are always available to keep us from having any unused time. We use them to avoid ‘doing nothing,’ to give us a way to be busy while waiting,” Jackson said. “We are all getting accus-tomed to never being bored, even for a moment. Unlike a book or a newspaper, you can’t use up (phones’) entertainment value. They are always right there to fi ll any idle time.”
With 50 to 75 drawings being made per second, Draw Some-thing is one of the top Free Apps, Paid Apps and Word Games in over 80 countries, just under Angry Birds, according to the Apple App Store.
Dan Porter, OMGPOP CEO and designer of Draw Something, promoted the game with little paid marketing and mostly word of mouth. Users attracted friends by posting their drawings to Ins-tagram and Twitter.
On Feb. 23, Porter tweeted, “We’re a top-10 free app. And we are invisible on the Web. No reviews from app sites, no gen-eral press. Just insane word of mouth. #deathofPR.”
Since players can play at no
charge, one may raise the ques-tion of how Draw Something brings in the big bucks.
“Free apps don’t make money directly,” Jackson said. “Some free apps (including Draw Some-thing) have better versions avail-able for purchase, so they are marketing tools. Others are rep-utation-builders for the produc-er, a different kind of market-ing tool.”
Porter has also sparked the attention of some celebrities such as Lil Wayne , Madonna and Lady Gaga. They are often given as words to draw, which promote their names.
OMGPOP, maker of Draw Something, says the game’s best-guessed words are rain-bow, sun, fi sh, house and tornado. The least-guessed include oar, pounce, Polaroid and meathead.
Porter also plans to add some changes to Draw Something, including chat.
“I like Draw Something the way it is right now,” said Jessi-ca Bilski , senior in Education. “It can be a little slow but it’ll be interesting to see how they incorporate chat.”
On March 21, OMGPOP was bought by Zynga, a gaming com-pany. Zynga has yet to disclose the purchasing price, but sourc-es estimate over $200,000,000.
New site Capsule unifi es, packages event experiencesBY MOHAMED ELRAKHAWYSTAFF WRITER
Spring break may have come and gone, but as graduation parties and summer travel creep up, so will the headache of event planning and organizing.
Gathering photos and videos into one location for later viewing and planning every detail of events has been made easier with Capsule, a new site with a companion mobile app dedicated to unifying and packaging events into one place.
“When planning events, you end up using like 10 different services,” said Cyrus Farudi, co-founder and CEO of Capsule. “There is a ton of email exchanging beforehand. Then, when you’re at the event, people are text messaging and taking photos with digital cameras and other programs on their phones. When you get back, there are a ton of emails asking for photos, people posting pictures to Facebook (and) others using Instagram or Picasa.”
In short, the founders realized this is enough to make event-goers crazy, and set out to fi nd a solution.
“It just didn’t make sense to us, and there was nothing to unify the experience,” Farudi said.
Capsule is a space where people planning an event can communicate, share content and store memories all in one place. With an intuitive interface and easy navigation, one can set up a capsule with the title, time and location of the event. Inviting
people using email or Facebook ensures that only those who are uniquely picked can view the content and share posts. All of this communication is captured in a “stream,” where members can pin, like or dislike comments, post photos and send group messages.
“It keeps chronological history of all of your events, with all its associated numbers, media, photo and conversation all packaged together,” Farudi said.
But what makes this different from other social network sites? Omri Cohen, co-founder and CTO of Capsule, said that Capsule is not an exploratory network where you discover new people and see news as it pertains to one person; rather, it is more around a shared experience. It is designed so that only your actual friends are included in the communication, and not merely acquaintances.
“The point is to connect with people you’re sharing an experience with. It could be a development group, an online photography club, a local biking team or a campus organization. The idea is it revolves around an experience.” Cohen said.
Capsule lets members send out RSVPs, post photos to Facebook or Twitter and offers a group text number or email to which everyone can send their messages. Ultimately, the user or members of the group get to decide who can and cannot see the content — a big advantage compared to other social networks where it is hard to
control the content, the founders explain.
“Capsule is private. There’s no auto sharing, no pulling information in from other sites,” Farudi said. “It’s all based on what you decide to share with whom you like.”
CapsuleCam is the site’s companion mobile app that is available for iOS as well as Android users. CapsuleCam solves the problem of post-event photo sharing that inevitably arises when many people are using different devices to take pictures at different times. Pictures taken with the CapsuleCam app are automatically synced to the trip capsule photo album. The application then pushes it in real time for everyone in the capsule to see.
After the event has passed, users can go back and relive the experience moment by moment as it happened. Using Capsule, there is a way to collect all the fun, hysteria and emotion of an experience — all without having to scroll through a news feed that gives information about every person you ever met, according to the founders.
“Once you realize how fragmented your life is, you can see where other social networking sites don’t really work. Here you can organize how you know people, where you’ve met and other experiences,” Cohen said. “It really allows you to walk down memory lane, so to speak.”
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principles of building a business
L ights, glitz and glamour are what people usually associate with the fashion industry, but there is much more to the world of fashion than spark-ly sequence dresses and lavish runway shows.
“People think it’s such a glamorous life and think we are making so much money, but it’s hard,” said Om ar Villalobos, junior in Fashion Business at Columbia College Chicago.
Villalobos is the vice president of the growing fash-ion label GO CA, started by our University’s very own, Gorda na Rasic, senior in LAS.
Creating and expanding GOCA is a task that demands an incredible amount of dedication and pas-sion, and Rasic and Villalobos are very familiar with the sacrifi ces that need to be made to start a business and keep it going.
“We are so broke. We had to eat at McDonald’s because we couldn’t afford Panera,” Villalobos joked.
GOCA is essentially a small group of people headed by Rasic and Villalobos that exert all their time and effort to keeping it alive. They must advertise the label, get sponsors and rally in buyers, and these are just the general aspects — the details of actual designing and putting on shows are even more duteous, Rasic said.
Rasic and Villalobos are responsible for everything from hiring the models to hair and makeup. This is all on top of designing, picking the venues, creating a media kit and choosing the right shoes and music for each show.
“Fashion is like telling a story,” said G race Ajanaku, senior in LAS and project manager of the label. “You are trying to tell a story through the clothing you are presenting, and you have to make sure all the ele-ments are right so people can see what you are try-ing to portray.”
Ajanaku is working on getting buyers for GOCA, which is the key business aspect of GOCA because it’s what keeps people interested in purchasing their
designs to market to customers, she said. But getting buyers is diffi cult if no one knows who
you are. Luckily for GOCA, they have established themselves quickly with the help of social media.
“(For) anybody starting a business in any sense or any kind of entrepreneurship, social media is the big-gest platform to help launch your career,” Rasic said.
GOCA has been around for just a year, yet they already have a dedicated following, thanks to their exposure at the University and also at Columbia Col-lege in Chicago.
“Gordana and Omar have worked their butts off to establish themselves in the Chicago fashion scene,” Ajanaku said. “They raised money to be featured designers at New York Fashion Week.”
A goal of GOCA’s is for individuals to see their work as art, as well as fashion.
“When other people look at GOCA as an artistic venue and not just fashion design, but rather a house of art, that’s when I know we’ve reached our goal,” Rasic said.
Rasic and Villalobos are also looking forward to launching their charity, which is a scholarship program that allows young and aspiring designers to intern with them for three weeks and earn a scholarship to fash-ion schools like the Fashion Institute of Technology.
“What motivates us is hearing from people who get inspired by the work we do at GOCA at such a young age so they go out and pursue their dreams as well,” Villalobos said. “We want to give back to the students.”
Future events for GOCA include the launch of their Fall & Winter 2012 collection in Chicago on April 13, which tickets are on sale for online.
But on top of the Fall & Winter collection, GOCA will appear in another show on campus for College Fashion Week on April 14. College Fashion Week starts April
Illinois baseball head coach Dan Hartleb is hoping an off day will help his team bounce back Tuesday night when it faces Illinois State in Normal, Ill.
Per NCAA rule, the Illini must have an off day during the week, and with five games in seven days, Hartleb decided to give his team a rest from practice on Monday.
A short turnaround has the Illini getting ready for their first weekday game of the year after losing two out of three last weekend against Nebraska. The Illini feel like they beat themselves during the weekend, and think they know what they have to adjust to get back on the winning side.
“We have to communicate on the field. We have to make that adjustment for sure,” left fielder Justin Parr said. “We just have to throw strikes from our pitching staff. We have to attack the zone and then our hitters need to be aggressive. We had a lot of good counts (Sunday); we just need to take advantage of them.”
The team said that it can beat anyone if it can execute its game plan, echoing Hartleb when he says the Illini need to worry about their own play on the field.
“We just worry about ourselves,” Hartleb said. “We do the same things that we always do. We try to take care of our strengths.”
“We worry a lot about what we do,” first baseman Jordan Parr said. “Strengthening things we need to work on, or continuing to work on things that have been successful for us these first five weekends.”
Tuesday’s game will also be a chance for freshman John Kravetz to rebound after
a poor outing on Saturday. Kravetz lasted just one inning and suffered his first loss of the season (3-1).
“I just want to throw more strikes and throw more off speeds for strikes, use all my pitches.,” Kravetz said. “I kind of fell a little in love with my fastball a little bit and I just want to get back to what I was doing before.”
Before his performance against Nebraska, he was leading the team with a 1.99 ERA. After giving up 8 runs to the Cornhuskers, it jumped to 4.13.
Illinois State comes into the game with a two-game winning streak and is hitting .310 on the year with 18 home runs — nine more than the Illini.
The schedule only intensifies
now for Illinois. They have at least one midweek game from now until May. All but two of those games are against Illinois schools, which the Illini have gone 3-1 against this year.
Pitching depth will be essential, as Illinois begins a stretch of 20 games in the next 28 days.
Junior Kevin Johnson and Kravetz have been the most
consistent starters on the team this year, but the other starters have struggled.
Rob McDonnell was the team’s No. 2 starter coming into the year, but has been sidelined with elbow problems. Freshman Josh Ferry, meanwhile, has an ERA above six. Matt Milroy has started two games for the team this year, but is winless, also with an ERA above six.
Baseball looks to turn corner at Illinois State game
EMILY BAYCI SENIOR WRITER
All season, the No. 4 Illinois men’s gymnastics team had its sights set on April. The regular season didn’t necessarily matter; it was Big Ten and NCAA Championships the Illini were looking forward to.
On Saturday, March 17, the Illini finished their regular season competition with a win against Iowa. Illinois now has a two-week break before the Big Ten Championships begin April 6 at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
“This is what it comes down to,” senior Anthony Sacramento said. “This is what we’ve been waiting for.”
The Illini are taking this time to refine the little details in individual routines and to finalize the lineups. Most lineup decisions are already made, with the exception of the lead-off routine on a few events.
“Ninety percent of the work has been done, it’s getting your routine down,” Illinois head coach Justin Spring said. “This final 10 percent of fine tuning and perfecting, it’s just like proofreading a paper, that’s the tedious, annoying drudgery. Getting the bulk of the work done is what you do, but really what makes it spectacular is that last 10 percent.”
To keep things from becoming overly tedious and mundane, Spring has been implementing different types of practices, as he’s concerned the gymnasts may become worn out.
Last Friday and Saturday, the Illini had a simulation of the NCAA Championships where the gymnasts practiced the events they are projected to compete come the real deal. The Illini went through everything as if it was a normal competition, with team preliminaries and then finals, complete with judges on all routines and crowd noise over the loudspeakers.
“We did really well,” Sacramento said. “Our top all-arounders, C.J. Maestas and Paul Ruggeri, weren’t even there, and we still had a really high team score, so I’m excited about that.”
After months of minor injuries and multiple meets where the top performers were sitting out due to national and international competitions, the Illini’s ranking is lower than expected, but they are okay with that, Spring said.
“I think we’re in a good place,” Spring said. “Fourth is fine. This team knows it’s a strong team and can do what needs to be done to win a national title.”
The true test of the Illini’s abilities is how they will perform when competing under the same judges as everybody else, Spring said.
“As a whole, we’re ready to get out there and show everybody what we’ve been working on the whole year,” junior Austin Phillips said. “It’s been a long season, and we’ve had our ups and downs, but everyone now is looking really great.”
Illini use bye week to perfect, fine-tune routines
Three Illini receive league honors
BY BLAKE PONSTAFF WRITER
Lacing up the skates five days a week and shooting hundreds of pucks, as well as giving and taking body checks during the lengthy, grueling, seven-month season, has paid off for three Illinois hockey players.
Senior forward Sam Fatigato, freshman defenseman JT Turner and sophomore goaltender Nick Clarke were selected to receive 2011-12 Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL) awards. Illini captain Fatigato was named to the all-defensive team. He
finished his four-year career with the Illini with 177 games played, collecting 27 goals and 35 assists for 62 points.
Fatigato attributed a lot of his success to head coach Chad Cassel, who retired after 15 seasons with the team.
“It feels good to receive some recognition for the little things you put into your game away from the offensive side,” Fatigato said. “In my four years here, (Cassel) has put me in a lot of defensive situations, and I have really built my career around being solid defensively.”
Turner was named to the CSCHL’s all-rookie team. He logged big minutes for the Illini as a freshman, playing in 27 of 34 games this season, scoring two goals and adding four assists.
“Turner was one of our best rookies and Fatigato was one of the most consistent guys in the lineup,” Clarke said. “Both of them made my job a lot easier.”
“It felt good to get the award,” Turner said. “I was honestly a bit surprised because there are so many good, young players in the league, including Derek Schultz, who was a key player for us this year. I thought he had a great chance of getting it as well.”
Clarke finished the season with 23 starts, a 2.91 goals against average and a .895 save percentage on his way to the CSCHL 2nd team all-league honor.
“I was surprised when I first found out,” he said. “But it is an honor, and I’m excited to see what I’m able to accomplish in my next two years here.”
JOSHUA BECKMAN THE DAILY ILLINI
Illinois' Sam Fatigato (13) raises his finger during the game against Wisconsi . The Illini won 9-1 over the Badgers on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011.
Tournament season does not faze men’s gymnastics
Nick Clarke
CSCHL 2nd Team All-League
The sophomore goaltender started 23 games with a
2.91 goals against average and a .895 save percentage.
JT Turner
CSCHL All-Rookie Team
The freshman defenseman played in 27 of 34 games, scoring two goals and adding four
assists.
Sam Fatigato
CSCHL All-Defensive Team
The senior forward finished his four-
year career with 27 goals, 35 assists
and 62 points in 177 games.
WILLIAM SHI THE DAILY ILLINI
Illinois’ John Kravetz, seen above pitching a game against Coastal Carolina, suffered his first loss of the season Saturday.
“This final 10 percent of fine
tuning and perfecting, it’s just like proofreading a paper, that’s the tedious, annoying
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — For the second straight start, Ian Kennedy looked ready to start on opening day.
The Arizona ace pitched seven strong innings against a Chicago Cubs split squad for a 3-2 win on Monday.
“I was disappointed in the walks I gave up, but I felt pretty happy how my stuff is coming along, “Kennedy said. “I got the pitch count up. That is why I went out in the seventh inning, to try and get it up because I was making contact early and getting quick outs.”
He walked two, allowing a run and five hits with four strikeouts.
In Kennedy’s last two outings, he has given up one run and 10 hits in 11 innings.
“I am happy with the way things have come along,” Kennedy said. “Spring training is trying to get ready for the season. It is nice to go seven today.”
Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo home run for the Diamondbacks, and Justin Upton hit two doubles. Closer J.J. Putz pitched a perfect ninth for the save.
“This was good. We worked on a lot of things,” Diamondbacks manager
Kirk Gibson said. “We worked on steal-ing third pregame, and Aaron Hill did it right away. We worked on techniques and reads. In general, every day at home we work on something, and the guys have been pretty open and receptive and try to engage that into the game.”
Cubs starter Jay Jackson went four innings and allowed three runs and sev-en hits. He is considered a long shot to crack the rotation.
Blake DeWitt and Ian Stewart hit back-to-back doubles in the seventh inning for the Cubs’ run off Kennedy.
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T wo weeks ago, I broke down each American League teams’ playoff chances and
predicted which teams would in fact break into the postseason field. In the end, it seemed clear that six teams had a significant advantage over the others in the AL.
Taking a look at the National League, however, will reveal a much different picture. After analyzing injuries, offseason trades, top prospects and cur-rent talent, all three NL divi-sions seem more up for grabs than ever.
Starting in the West, the Dia-mondbacks surprised everyone last year by winning 94 games, up from 65 the year before, and running away with the division title. This year, they figure to be right back in the mix. After acquiring Trevor Cahill from the A’s, Arizona will have one of the best rotations in the game with Ian Kennedy, Daniel Hud-son and top prospect Trevor Bauer waiting to dominate the opposition.
The Giants should make things interesting as long as flamethrowers Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain are around. If the San Francisco management can find a way to integrate both Buster Posey and Brandon Belt into the offense, the Giants will give the D’backs a run for their money.
The Dodgers, Padres and Rockies will round out the West and should not be counted out of the race. Matt Kemp and Clay-ton Kershaw give the Dodg-ers superstars both at the plate and on the mound, respectively, while Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki will once again be one of the best at his position. The Padres traded ace Mat Latos to the Reds this winter but acquired a king’s ransom, including Yasmani Grandal and Yonder Alonso, who will have a major league impact very soon.
Any one of these teams could truly win the division, but the Diamondbacks should ultimate-ly prevail with their incredible pitching depth. The Dodgers and Giants will also have suc-cessful years and will be in the wild-card race.
Things are more complicat-ed in the Central. The Reds
were the early favorite as the offseason began, and while they remain the favorite, other teams are poised to make a run. The Cardinals get ace Adam Wainwright back, who spent all of last year sidelined after Tommy John surgery. Howev-er, Chris Carpenter is current-ly listed as “out indefinitely” with shoulder weakness due to nerve irritation. The addi-tion of Carlos Beltran will help relieve some of the pain of los-ing Albert Pujols to the Angels in free agency.
The Brewers will also be gun-ning for a second-consecutive division crown, despite losing Prince Fielder to the Tigers during free agency. The signing of former Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez will replace some of the lost offensive pro-duction, and the reversal of the Ryan Braun suspension ruling gives the Brewers another 50 games with the reigning MVP in their lineup. Zack Greinke, Shaun Marcum and Yovani Gal-lardo can match up with almost any other rotation in the game, so Milwaukee will have plen-ty of weapons to throw at the Reds.
The Cubs, Pirates and Astros will most likely finish at the bot-tom of the Central this year, but could make some noise. Last year, the Pirates were 53-47 and one game out of the division lead on July 26 before a loss to the Braves in 19 innings that ended on a controversial call at the plate. After that game, the Pirates won just 19 times the rest of the year and finished 24 games out of first. Chicago and Houston have some rebuilding to do and will be more signifi-cant factors three or four years down the road.
As the season winds down, the Reds will triumph with a winning combination of pitch-ing, led by Johnny Cueto and Mat Latos; hitting, led by Joey Votto, Jay Bruce and Brandon Phillips; and talented prospects, including Zack Cozart and Devin Mesoraco. The Reds will take the Central, as the Brewers and Cardinals vie for one of the two Wild Card spots.
The NL East might be the most competitive division in the majors with the exception of the Mets. The Phillies, Braves, Mar-lins and Nationals are prepared to battle it out over the full 162-game schedule. The Phillies have the most firepower, but Chase Utley and Ryan Howard will not start the season with the team due to injuries. Aging pitchers Cliff Lee and Roy Hal-laday are the best in the busi-ness, but an injury to either could be detrimental, especially
because Roy Oswalt is no longer around to anchor the rotation.
The Braves are full of young talent but consistency is diffi-cult at a young age, and older veterans are showing signs of slowing down. Chipper Jones will miss a few weeks after sur-gery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, and Tim Hud-son will likely miss a month as he continues to recover from offseason back surgery.
The Nationals and Marlins are locked and loaded, plan-ning to contend for the pen-nant. Miami has a new stadium and a few new faces, including Jose Reyes and Carlos Zam-brano. Josh Johnson and Han-ley Ramirez will return at full strength while Logan Morri-son and Giancarlo (formerly Mike) Stanton will continue to develop into powerful corner outfielders.
The Nats are one of the most exciting teams coming out of spring training this year. An offseason trade for lefty Gio Gonzalez will solidify the rota-tion for years to come as he will pitch alongside Stephen Stras-burg, Jordan Zimmermann and Edwin Jackson. Michael Morse and Ryan Zimmerman will jumpstart an offense that will feature Bryce Harper, one of the most hyped prospects in baseball history, by mid-season.
Over the course of the entire season, the team that remains healthiest will win the East. I see the Phillies barely edging out the Nats, who will be in a fierce Wild Card race down to
the end of the year.After the 162nd game, the
playoff picture will be as fol-lows: The Diamondbacks, Reds, and Phillies will win their respective divisions as the Brewers and Nationals secure Wild Card births. In the Wild Card Round, the Nats will take
down the Brew Crew, setting up a matchup with the Phillies in the Division Series.
The other divisional round will feature the D’backs and Reds, ultimately to be taken by Ari-zona in five games. They move on to face the Phillies in the NLCS, who defeated Washing-
ton in a series of pitcher’s duels. In an exciting six-game series, the Diamondbacks will beat the Phillies and advance to face the Tigers in the World Series.
Ed is a senior in Engineering. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @cubsfan2310.
ED EDENSSports columnist
Offense comes up big for softball against MinnesotaBY DAN LONGOSTAFF WRITER
Entering the weekend, the Illinois softball team knew its offense would be tested facing one of the best pitchers in the Big Ten, Minnesota’s Sara Moulton.
Moulton, a sophomore, is first or sec-ond in nearly every pitching statistic and entered the weekend leading the conference with the lowest ERA and most victories (14).
The sophomore did not add to her vic-tory total, as the Illini tagged her with her sixth and seventh losses of the sea-son Saturday.
In the opening game of the series, the Illini notched two runs in the first inning off Moulton, which would be all the Illini needed as starting pitcher Pepper Gay pitched a complete-game shutout, allow-ing just two hits.
“We were coming into one of the best pitchers in the Big Ten, so it was a good test for us,” senior Meredith Hackett said.
In Saturday’s second game, the Illini would come from behind to win in the seventh inning with a walk-off double by third baseman Kelley Wedel as shortstop Jessica Davis crossed home to seal the doubleheader sweep. The Illini totaled four runs and four hits off Moulton in the second game, including a two-run home run by Hackett.
“Our team has been in all game sit-uations this season and coming from behind is something that we’ve really shown is a characteristic of this team,” Illinois head coach Terri Sullivan said of the second victory.
Hackett hit three home runs and had six RBIs to lead the Illini offense in the past four games.
“I don’t really swing to hit balls out of the park, but when you hit the ball hard and make good contact at this level, it’s going to go,” Hackett said.
Hackett leads the Illini in about every offensive statistic and ranks fourth in the Big Ten in slugging per-centage (.675) and eighth in on-base
percentage (.484).“It’s what we expect of her, to be hon-
est with you. She always has the power, and she is a senior leader for us,” Sulli-van said. “But she’s not a secret to any-one we play, and I think that again really speaks to how good of a hitter she is and how she can be really mentally tough at the plate.”
Illini open up the Big Ten season at home
After a long start to the season that included five road tournaments in six weeks, Illinois competed Saturday and Sunday in front of its home crowd at Eichelberger Field for the first time this season. The Illini opened up Big Ten season play against Minnesota, winning two out of three games.
“It was really big getting the double-header sweep yesterday and in front of our fans, they were really great,” Gay said, after recording two wins Saturday. “We had a lot come out and support us, and that’s always exciting to open Big Tens at home.”
A strong home record will be impor-tant for the Illini this season in hopes of finishing near the top of the Big Ten and clinching a postseason berth. Illinois has had success at home, going 8-7 last sea-son and 12-1 during the 2009-10 season.
Illinois will host Wisconsin, Purdue and Penn State at home, as well as a few nonconference games, including a matchup Wednesday against Indiana State.
This Wednesday is important for the Illini as they look to bounce back from Sunday’s loss before entering another challenging Big Ten weekend at Iowa.
“On Wednesday, we’re just going to have a short memory about (Sunday’s) game and take it to Indiana State,” Gay said. “Then we go to Iowa. We’re just really confident . It’s the Big Tens; any-one can win on any given day, so we’re just going to have to come out and play our best.”
Kennedy’s strong start paces Diamondbacks in 3-2 win over Cubs
MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Justin Upton drives in a run with a double against the Chicago Cubs during the third inning of a spring training baseball game. The Diamondbacks won 3-2 in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Monday.
This season’s National League performance not easy to predict
PAUL SANCYA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman singles against the Houston Astros in the third inning of a spring training game in Viera, Fla.
MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Trevor Cahill throws to the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a spring training game in Scottsdale, Ariz.
High hopes for Nats, Phillies and D’backs
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Baylor has just two wins to go for 40-0 . Tennes-see’s future is far less certain.
Brittney Griner had 23 points, 15 rebounds and nine blocks before being ejected with less than a min-ute left, and top-seeded Baylor rolled over Tennessee 77-58 Monday night to advance to the Final Four.
Shekinna Stricklen had 22 points for Tennessee (27-9) , whose seniors became its fi rst four-year class not to reach a Final Four.
The second-seeded Lady Vols now face an uncertain future, as Pat Sum-mitt has yet to say if she’ll return for a 39th season as Tennessee coach. She announced in August she’d been diagnosed with early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type .
The Lady Bears (38-0) , who are back in the national semifi nals for the second time in three years, will face either Stanford or Duke on Sun-day night in Denver .
Baylor’s Odyssey Sims , who led the Bears with 27 points , tumbled to the fl oor with 46.8 seconds left, and she and Stricklen had to be separated. No punches were thrown, but Gri-ner and teammates Terran Condrey and Jordan Madden were ejected for
leaving the bench.The NCAA says none of the players
will be suspended for the Final Four.Should Baylor win it all next week,
it’ll become the fi rst men’s or wom-en’s team in NCAA history to fi nish a year with 40 wins .
As for Summitt, she was given a standing ovation from Tennessee and Baylor fans alike when she came out roughly 15 minutes before tipoff. But as defeat became apparent, she sat silently on the bench with her legs crossed.
Summitt has 1,098 wins, more than any basketball coach in NCAA his-tory. But Baylor was too much for her Lady Vols.
Like most of Baylor’s games this season, the Bears regional semifi -nal was more about dominance than drama — until a scrum in the fi nal minute.
Baylor led 35-20 at halftime despite a poor start shooting from Griner. Tennessee made a spirited charge to start the second half, highlighted when Glory Johnson scored a second-chance bucket on Griner and sim-ply smiled when Griner tossed her to the fl oor.
But the Bears are unbeaten because they’re much more than Griner.
Sims followed a layup through traf-fi c with a 3, to help Bears go back ahead 49-38 with 11:12 to go. Ten-nessee made one fi nal run, cutting a 19-point defi cit to 64-53 with 4:48 left, but Griner fi nished off the Lady Vols with six points in the next minute.
Johnson had 19 points and 14 rebounds for Tennessee, which had a habit of starting poorly.
But the Lady Vols were ready for this one — at least for the fi rst few minutes.
Tennessee double-teamed Gri-ner with center Vicki Baugh and help defenders, and Griner hit just three of 10 shots in the fi rst half. But the Lady Vols missed nine shots in a row after an early lead, and Bay-lor slowly built its edge to 26-16 on three straight buckets by Sims and a 3 from Kimetria Hayden .
Baylor’s lead grew to 35-20 in John-son’s absence, as Tennessee shot an abysmal 22.9 percent in the fi rst half.
The Lady Vols hung close with Bay-lor in late November before losing 76-67 .
The rematch wasn’t nearly as close, sending the Bears onto Denver and Tennessee grappling with the possi-bility that Summitt’s career is over after 38 seasons and eight national titles .
BY TOM CANAVANTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWARK, N.J. — Paul Millsap had 24 points and 13 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz shook off the weariness from their four-overtime loss 24 hours earlier to beat the New Jersey Nets 105-84 on Monday night.
Al Jefferson added 19 points and eight rebounds as the Jazz won for the seventh time in eight games and kept a hold on one of the last playoff spots in the West-ern Conference.
Alec Burks added 15 points for the Jazz, who used an 18-4 fourth-quarter run to lock up the game after New Jer-sey cut a 21-point defi cit to three.
Gerald Green led the Nets with 20 points. Deron Williams added 17 points and 11 assists against his former team-mates on 7 of 21 shooting.
Rookie Jordan Williams added a
career-high 13 points.Trailing by 21 early in the third quar-
ter, the Nets got back in the game with a 26-12 spurt that closed the gap 72-65 after three quarters.
Deron Williams helped close the gap to three points with an assist on an alley-oop and a jumper to make it 72-69 with 11 minutes to go.
After that it was all Utah.Jefferson hit a 10-footer, Millsap
followed with a three-point play after Green missed two free throws, and for-mer Net Devin Harris hit a jumper for a 79-69 lead.
After Kris Humphries scored his fi rst two points of the game on free throws, C.J. Mills scored a basket, Burks hit two free throws and Jefferson and Millsap scored inside to push the lead to dou-ble digits.
The Nets made things easy for the
Jazz in the fi rst half, making 12 bas-kets, shooting roughly 31 percent from the fi eld and scoring 32 points, two more than their season low for the fi rst half.
After seeing all of his starters play almost 50 minutes against Atlanta, Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin spread the minutes around in the half with reserves Der-rick Favors and DeMarre Carroll and Burks playing as much as his starters.
Spreading the time helped, as the Jazz got 26 points from their starters and 23 from the bench, taking a 49-32 half-time lead.
Utah led by eight early in the fi rst quarter but didn’t score in the fi nal 3:47 and fell behind 17-15.
The Nets’ Jordan Farmar and Antho-ny Marrow injured their groin and shoulder respectively. Also, Utah’s Raja Bell went to Florida to have his knee examined.
Baylor pounds Tennessee for historic Final Four bid
Learning from Sunday’s lost, Nets overtake Jazz 105-84
CHARLIE NEIBERGALL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baylor center Brittney Griner drives around Tennessee’s Glory Johnson , left, during the second half of an NCAA women’s college basketball tournament regional fi nal. Baylor won 77-58 at Monday’s game in Des Moines, Iowa .
JULIO CORTEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The New Jersey Nets’ Deron Williams (8) shoots against the Utah Jazz’s Devin Harris in Newark, N.J. The Nets won 105-84 in Monday’s game.
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MESA, Ariz. — Bryan LaHair is less than two weeks away from breaking camp on a big league opening day roster for the fi rst time. The timing should be just about right for the Chica-go Cubs fi rst baseman, consider-ing he has nearly 1,000 career at-bats in the minors and just 65 in the majors.
“I was struggling early, but I have been working on some things,” LaHair said. “I’m going to hit no matter what, so it is a matter of timing. I am starting to feel comfortable at the plate and I am hitting balls hard.”
LaHair, a 6-foot-5, 240-pound lefty power hitter, showed some of the comfort level he is feel-ing in Monday’s 2-0 win by the Cubs’ split squad over the San Diego Padres.
In the fi rst inning against Tim Stauffer, LaHair hit a double to the right-center fi eld gap that scored Starlin Castro.
Batting only .188 through March 18, LaHair has gone eight for his last 15 to raise his average to .280 with fi ve doubles and four RBIs.
Part of the slow start was the result of the Cubs facing a string of left-handers in the ear-ly portion of the Spring Train-
ing schedule.LaHair entered Monday’s
game hitting .125 against left-handers and .367 against right-handers.
Cubs manager Dale Sveum has seen enough out of LaHair to know that he will be fi ne at fi rst base after the Carlos Pena experiment lasted only one year at Wrigley Field.
“He is hitting almost .400 against right-handed pitch-ing,” Sveum said. “Confi dence is everything, but the fact of the matter is he is hitting the ball well against right-handers.”
LaHair was the Pacifi c Coast League MVP last season after hitting .331 with 38 home runs and 109 RBIs at Triple-A Iowa.
He can’t wait for his fi rst opening day in the big leagues after never getting that chance with the Seattle Mariners, the team that drafted him in the 39th round in 2002, or the Cubs, who signed him before the 2010 season.
“I’m counting on it,” LaHair said. “I will be in Chicago this year and I think I am going to have a good year.”
The way the spring is shap-ing up, left-hander Paul Maholm could be headed for a good year with the Cubs.
Maholm has given up one earned run in 10 spring innings. He has solidifi ed his spot in the starting rotation with fi ve shut-out innings, allowing four hits while striking out six and walk-ing two.
“I expect to make all of my starts and throw for more than 200 innings,” said Maholm, who is 1-1 with a 0.90 ERA. “That’s
my mindset and that is what is going to push me.”
Cubs reliever Carlos Mar-mol made his fi rst appearance since leaving a game on March 20 because of cramping in his right hand. He allowed a hit, walked one and had a strikeout in a scoreless sixth inning.
“I feel normal and good,” he said. “I controlled my slider
with no problems.”The Padres haven’t announced
their starter for opening day. The pitcher who made that start last year — Stauffer — looked good for the second straight out-ing and might be inching closer to getting the nod.
After throwing six scoreless innings on March 21, the right-hander went fi ve innings and
gave up two runs.“I think I am ready,” said
Stauffer, 1-2 with 5.60 ERA in the spring. “I am working on things I need to work on. It will be fun getting that little extra adrenaline going (once the sea-son starts).”
“I am just getting ready for the season and wherever it falls is just fi ne by me,” he said.
Cubs players show signs of strength in Spring Training
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dee Gordon gave the Chicago White Sox a taste of what the Los Angeles Dodgers hope will become familiar to National League opponents this season.
The Los Angeles leadoff man tied up a close game with his legs, then the Dodgers pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 4-3 win Monday .
The Dodgers trailed 3-2 when Gordon opened the sixth inning with a bunt single, stole second, continued to third on a throwing error by the catcher and scored on a sacrifi ce fl y by Jerry Hairston Jr . Gordon has 10 steals this spring.
“He’s done it two or three times this spring,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. “He gets on, they throw it away, he scores on anything.”
Jerry Sands hit an RBI single in the ninth to win it.
Sands, expected to make the club going into spring training, has had “a rough camp ... to be kind of honest,” Mattingly said.
The Dodgers are looking for a right-handed hitter who can fi ll in on Andre Ethier’s days off.
“You never know,” Mattingly said. “A hit that fi nds a hole wins a game. From that point, he can relax a little bit, and all of a sudden we see who we’re looking for.”
White Sox starter John Danks allowed two earned runs and fi ve hits in seven innings. Afterward, manager Robin Ventura said Danks would start on opening day.
“I think that’s cool,” Danks said.“It’s an honor. It’s something
everyone dreams about, throwing on opening day,” he said. “I’ve had the opportunity to watch fi ve of
them. You can’t help but think, ‘Man, what if that were me out there?”
Danks pitched four scoreless innings before giving up an RBI double to Ethier and a run-scoring
single by Matt Treanor in the fi fth.Dodgers starter Chad
Billingsley gave up 11 hits and three runs in 5 and 2/3 innings. He allowed nine hits in the fi rst three innings, retired all six batters in
the fourth and fi fth and gave up two more hits before leaving in the sixth.
“Everything felt pretty good today,” he said.
Early on, “I threw some decent
pitches but they were just fi nding the holes,” he said.
Said Mattingly: “He kept us in it, gave us a chance to win it. That’s what you ask in the regular season: Get off to a bad start, hang in there
and give us a chance. That’s really what he did today.”
Paul Konerko had three hits for the White Sox, raising his average to .362. Dayan Viciedo had two hits and is batting .140.
Base-running contributes to Dodgers 4-3 victory over White Sox
CHRIS CARLSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Paul Maholm throws to the Cincinnati Reds during the fi rst inning of a spring training baseball game in Mesa, Ariz. Maholm, who has given up only one earned run in 10 spring innings, has earned a spot in Cubs starting rotation.
MARK DUNCAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles Dodgers' Dee Gordon dives past Chicago White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers to score on a sacrifi ce fl y by Jerry Hairston Jr. in the sixth inning of a spring training baseball game in Glendale, Ariz. The Dodgers won Monday’s game 4-3.
Gordon, Billingsley help Los Angeles pull out close victory over Chicago
