BY BRYNN TWAIT STAFF WRITER Cancer survivors and supporters of the American Cancer Society gathered together at the Armory on Saturday night to raise money for the fight against cancer. Because of rainy weather, the Univer- sity’s 11th annual Relay for Life was held inside the Armory instead of on the Out- door Track. More than 120 teams and nearly 1,300 people participated in the relay, which went from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. “It’s an overnight event, signifying the fact that cancer doesn’t sleep, so neither do we,” said Amanda German, area coor- dinator for the American Cancer Society office in Champaign. All money raised from the event goes toward the American Cancer Society. Ger- man said the goal for this year was to raise $150,000. By the end of the night, $112,205 had been raised, but all dona- tions made before August 31 will also count toward this year’s goal. Donations can be made at relayforlife.org/uofi. Relay for Life helps spread awareness about cancer, said Melanie Woerner , soph- omore in ACES and team captain for the Sigma Delta Tau team. “It educates people about cancer, and it kind of unites them and helps them just fight the cause and realize how bad it is and how many people it affects and that something needs to be done to stop this disease from spreading,” Woerner said. She said one reason her chapter partici- pates is that many of the members have been affected in some way by cancer. “My grandpa died of lung cancer before I was born, and recently, one of my teachers passed away from lung can- cer,” Woerner said. “I’ve participated for them to find a cure, so that other people don’t have to go through what my family went through.” The night started off with a survivor dinner, followed by the opening ceremony that honored survivors and their caretak- ers. Throughout the night, team members walked around the track as music was played from the speakers and a capella groups performed live. Around 10 p.m., a luminaria ceremo- BY MATT RICE STAFF WRITER The Champaign Tea Party held its third annual Tax Day rally at Westside Park in Champaign on Sunday . A small crowd of roughly 40 sup- porters sat in fold-out chairs and listened as speakers addressed the topics of taxation, deficit spend- ing and the role of citizens in gov- ernment. The small turnout is in stark contrast to the turnouts of the two previous Tax Day rallies. Norman Davis, founder of the Champaign Tea Party, said near- ly 500 people have shown up to pre- vious rallies they have held. Davis believes that the drop in turnout is perhaps because of citizens’ “inability to maintain anger.” But for Davis, the anger remains. “Liberals want to take your money and spend it on others,” he said. “If we conservatives don’t stand together against that kind of thinking, we will soon be swal- lowed up in silence.” Other notable names were present at the rally, with speak- ers Habeeb Habeeb, treasurer of the Champaign County Republi- can Party , and Adam Andrzejew- ski, founder of the website Open- thebooks.com. Habeeb said he admired the job creation policies of politicians like Gov. Mitch Dan- iels of Indiana, who the Cham- paign County Republican Par- ty will host at its Lincoln Day Dinner. Habeeb said Illinois has the “dubious distinc- tion” of being the worst state of the nation due to fiscal irresponsibility. With his website Openthebooks. com, Andrzejewski has the chance to review some of those areas, such as pay and pension problems in Illinois. “We posted on Openthebooks. com the pay and the pensions for virtually every single public INSIDE Police 2A | Calendar 2A | Opinions 4A | Letters 4A | Crossword 5A | Comics 5A | Sports 1B | Classifieds 3B-4B | Sudoku 4B The Daily Illini Monday April 16, 2012 High: 61˚ Low: 40˚ The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871 www.DailyIllini.com Vol. 141 Issue 133 | FREE Expensive education: Value of degree may not justify the debt OPINIONS, 4A Vaulting to victory Gymnast prepares for 4 events at NCAAs SPORTS, 1B MELANIE CHALLBERG THE DAILY ILLINI The Champaign Tea Party gathered in West Side Park for the party’s third annual Tax Day Rally. Party members showed further support on Sunday by wearing Tea Party merchandise, such as t-shirts and buttons. SARI LESK THE DAILY ILLINI Participants in Relay for Life walk a silent lap around the luminaria-encircled track at the Armory. The luminaria bags honored people who have been affected by cancer. Relay for Life was held from 7 p.m. Saturday until 7 a.m. Sunday. BY EMMA WEISSMANN STAFF WRITER Michael may not be able to speak directly to you, but he may want to shake your hand or reach out for a tickle. Michael Kelly , who was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism at the age of two, and his mother, Pam, of Brocton, Ill., were just two of about 800 people to attend the Champaign-Urba- na Autism Network’s fourth annual Autism Walk at Hessel Park on Sunday. Participants made one lap around the park after registering and attend- ing a resource, safety and fun fair. The fair featured a police SUV and ambu- lance, face painting, miniature horses and booths set up by local businesses informing participants of community resources that provide support to fami- lies affected by autism. There were also raffle baskets and special guest speak- ers including State Sen. Michael Fre- richs, D-52, and Diane Ducey , broad- caster for 93.5 Connect-FM. Kelly said she decided to come to the walk to learn about community resources and to feel the accompanying sense of “camaraderie.” She said she normally participates in autism walks in Indiana through another organiza- tion and wanted to try something new. “I wanted to learn of more (resourc- es), and that’s another reason to be going on this walk today,” Kelly said. “(And) meeting new people and seeing what all is out there and just to show how proud we are of our son and his accomplishments.” Many University students were also in attendance, either as participants or volunteers through school or com- BY LAUREN ROHR STAFF WRITER At the beginning of this semester, undergraduate students received an email from vice president and chan- cellor Phyllis Wise encouraging them to give their feedback in the Nation- al Survey of Student Engagement, or NSSE. This national survey, which also includes results from Canadian schools, was created to improve stu- dents’ undergraduate experiences based on the information they provide about their previous or current work environments and learning methods. Carol Livingstone, associate pro- vost for management information and director of the division of management information, said the survey’s ques- tions range from students’ workloads and relationships with their professors to extracurricular activities and stu- dent interaction. “(NSSE) is a study of how students are engaged in learning and, perhaps, being transformed by being here,” Liv- ingstone said. “It’s a national survey — one executed on many other campus- es — so we can compare our students’ responses to those at other schools.” Unlike the recent climate survey sent out by Wise, which is a University- wide survey targeted at students, fac- ulty and staff aimed at understanding the campus environment, NSSE is sent out to undergraduate students at over 590 universities in the U.S. and Canada. The results are available for univer- sities to recognize “modes of student learning,” Livingstone said. They mea- sure how students perform in certain learning environments and what stu- dents do to further engage themselves in their education on campus. Livingstone said that NSSE also compares results from freshmen to results from seniors to see how stu- dents change over time and evaluate their growth. The data collected from students at the University will be analyzed and presented in an institutional report. The report includes a summary of the data from all students in the U.S. and Canada who participated in the sur- vey to “generate an overall profile of the undergraduate student” for future research to improve undergradu- ate education, according to the NSSE website. Nationwide survey gathers info on undergrad life MELANIE CHALLBERG THE DAILY ILLINI Friends and families gathered in Hessel Park on Sunday to participate in Champaign- Urbana Autism Network’s 4th annual Autism Walk. The event helps to raise autism awareness within the C-U community. Champaign Tea Party hosts 3rd Tax Day Rally Tea Party members still angry; Group to discuss taxation, roles for citizens in government, spending Relay for Life unites community for a cause See TEA PARTY, Page 3A Autism Walk raises awareness Annual fundraiser brings families dealing with disease together See AUTISM WALK, Page 3A “Liberals want to take your money and spend it on others.” NORMAN DAVIS, founder of the Champaign Tea Party See RELAY, Page 3A Overnight event signies how ‘cancer doesn’t sleep’
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BY BRYNN TWAITSTAFF WRITER
Cancer survivors and supporters of the American Cancer Society gathered together at the Armory on Saturday night to raise money for the fi ght against cancer.
Because of rainy weather, the Univer-sity’s 11th annual Relay for Life was held inside the Armory instead of on the Out-door Track. More than 120 teams and nearly 1,300 people participated in the relay, which went from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
“It’s an overnight event, signifying the fact that cancer doesn’t sleep, so neither do we,” said Amanda German, area coor-dinator for the American Cancer Society offi ce in Champaign.
All money raised from the event goes toward the American Cancer Society. Ger-man said the goal for this year was to raise $150,000. By the end of the night, $112,205 had been raised, but all dona-tions made before August 31 will also count toward this year’s goal. Donations can be made at relayforlife.org/uofi .
Relay for Life helps spread awareness about cancer, said Melanie Woerner , soph-omore in ACES and team captain for the Sigma Delta Tau team.
“It educates people about cancer, and it kind of unites them and helps them just fi ght the cause and realize how bad it is and how many people it affects and that something needs to be done to stop this disease from spreading,” Woerner said.
She said one reason her chapter partici-pates is that many of the members have been affected in some way by cancer.
“My grandpa died of lung cancer before I was born, and recently, one of my teachers passed away from lung can-cer,” Woerner said. “I’ve participated for them to fi nd a cure, so that other people don’t have to go through what my family went through.”
The night started off with a survivor dinner, followed by the opening ceremony that honored survivors and their caretak-ers. Throughout the night, team members walked around the track as music was played from the speakers and a capella groups performed live.
Around 10 p.m., a luminaria ceremo-
BY MATT RICESTAFF WRITER
The Champaign Tea Party held its third annual Tax Day rally at Westside Park in Champaign on Sunday .
A small crowd of roughly 40 sup-porters sat in fold-out chairs and listened as speakers addressed the topics of taxation, defi cit spend-ing and the role of citizens in gov-ernment. The small turnout is in stark contrast to the turnouts of the two previous Tax Day rallies.
Norman Davis , founder of the Champaign Tea Party, said near-ly 500 people have shown up to pre-vious rallies they have held. Davis believes that the drop in turnout is perhaps because of citizens’ “inability to maintain anger.” But for Davis, the anger remains.
“Liberals want to take your money and spend it on others,” he said. “If we conservatives don’t stand together against that kind of thinking, we will soon be swal-
lowed up in silence.” Other notable names were
present at the rally, with speak-ers Habeeb Habeeb , treasurer of the Champaign County Republi-can Party , and Adam Andrzejew-ski , founder of the website Open-thebooks.com . Habeeb said he admired the job creation policies of politicians like Gov. Mitch Dan-
iels of Indiana, who the Cham-paign County Republican Par-ty will host at its Lincoln Day Dinner.
Habeeb said Illinois has the “dubious distinc-tion” of being the worst state of the
nation due to fi scal irresponsibility. With his website Openthebooks.
com, Andrzejewski has the chance to review some of those areas, such as pay and pension problems in Illinois.
“We posted on Openthebooks.com the pay and the pensions for virtually every single public
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MELANIE CHALLBERG THE DAILY ILLINI
The Champaign Tea Party gathered in West Side Park for the party’s third annual Tax Day Rally. Party members showed further support on Sunday by wearing Tea Party merchandise, such as t-shirts and buttons.
SARI LESK THE DAILY ILLINI
Participants in Relay for Life walk a silent lap around the luminaria-encircled track at the Armory. The luminaria bags honored people who have been affected by cancer. Relay for Life was held from 7 p.m. Saturday until 7 a.m. Sunday.
BY EMMA WEISSMANNSTAFF WRITER
Michael may not be able to speak directly to you, but he may want to shake your hand or reach out for a tickle.
Michael Kelly , who was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism at the age of two, and his mother, Pam , of Brocton, Ill ., were just two of about 800 people to attend the Champaign-Urba-na Autism Network’s fourth annual Autism Walk at Hessel Park on Sunday.
Participants made one lap around the park after registering and attend-ing a resource, safety and fun fair. The fair featured a police SUV and ambu-lance, face painting, miniature horses and booths set up by local businesses informing participants of community resources that provide support to fami-lies affected by autism. There were also raffl e baskets and special guest speak-ers including State Sen. Michael Fre-richs, D-52 , and Diane Ducey , broad-caster for 93.5 Connect-FM .
Kelly said she decided to come to the walk to learn about community resources and to feel the accompanying
sense of “camaraderie.” She said she normally participates in autism walks in Indiana through another organiza-tion and wanted to try something new.
“I wanted to learn of more (resourc-es), and that’s another reason to be going on this walk today,” Kelly said. “(And) meeting new people and seeing
what all is out there and just to show how proud we are of our son and his accomplishments.”
Many University students were also in attendance, either as participants or volunteers through school or com-
BY LAUREN ROHRSTAFF WRITER
At the beginning of this semester, undergraduate students received an email from vice president and chan-cellor Phyllis Wise encouraging them to give their feedback in the Nation-al Survey of Student Engagement , or NSSE. This national survey, which also includes results from Canadian schools, was created to improve stu-dents’ undergraduate experiences based on the information they provide about their previous or current work environments and learning methods.
Carol Livingstone , associate pro-vost for management information and director of the division of management information, said the survey’s ques-tions range from students’ workloads
and relationships with their professors to extracurricular activities and stu-dent interaction.
“(NSSE) is a study of how students are engaged in learning and, perhaps, being transformed by being here,” Liv-ingstone said. “It’s a national survey —one executed on many other campus-es — so we can compare our students’ responses to those at other schools.”
Unlike the recent climate survey sent out by Wise, which is a University-wide survey targeted at students, fac-ulty and staff aimed at understanding the campus environment, NSSE is sent out to undergraduate students at over 590 universities in the U.S. and Canada.
The results are available for univer-sities to recognize “modes of student learning,” Livingstone said. They mea-
sure how students perform in certain learning environments and what stu-dents do to further engage themselves in their education on campus.
Livingstone said that NSSE also compares results from freshmen to results from seniors to see how stu-dents change over time and evaluate their growth.
The data collected from students at the University will be analyzed and presented in an institutional report. The report includes a summary of the data from all students in the U.S. and Canada who participated in the sur-vey to “generate an overall profi le of the undergraduate student” for future research to improve undergradu-ate education, according to the NSSE website.
Nationwide survey gathers info on undergrad life
MELANIE CHALLBERG THE DAILY ILLINI
Friends and families gathered in Hessel Park on Sunday to participate in Champaign-Urbana Autism Network’s 4th annual Autism Walk. The event helps to raise autism awareness within the C-U community.
Champaign Tea Party hosts 3rd Tax Day Rally Tea Party members still angry; Group to discuss taxation, roles for citizens in government, spending
Relay for Life unites community for a cause
See TEA PARTY, Page 3A
Autism Walk raises awarenessAnnual fundraiser brings families dealing with disease together
See AUTISM WALK, Page 3A
“Liberals want to take your money and spend it on others.”
NORMAN DAVIS, founder of the Champaign Tea Party
See RELAY, Page 3A
Overnight event signi! es how ‘cancer doesn’t sleep’
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Champaign! An 18-year-old male was
arrested on multiple charg-es at County Market in the 300 block of East Stoughton Street around 6 p.m. Thursday.
According to the report, the suspect attempted to take mer-chandise without paying. The suspect was arrested and was found to have two outstand-ing warrants. In addition to the two warrants, the suspect was arrested on charges of ob-structing justice and burglary.
! A 22-year-old male was arrested in the 500 block of South Third Street on the charge of having illegal fire-works around 4:30 a.m. Sun-day.
According to the report, the subject was issued a notice to appear in court for the posses-sion of prohibited fireworks.
! A 21-year-old male was ar-rested on the charge of retail theft at Macy’s, 2000 N. Neil Street, around 5:30 p.m. Thurs-day.
According to the report, the subject was arrested and is-sued a notice to appear in court for stealing six pieces of clothing from the department store.
! Residential burglary was
reported in the 2000 block of Cynthia Drive around 9 p.m. Thursday.
According to the report, an unknown suspect burglarized the victim’s residence. Three checks and bonds, three jewel-ry rings, three electronic gam-ing systems, one computer and one television were taken.
Urbana! A 21-year-old female was
arrested on charges of domes-tic battery and domestic inter-ference in the 1900 block of North Lincoln Avenue around 8 p.m. Friday.
According to the report, the victim and the suspect used to be in a relationship. The suspect came to the victim’s apartment in an attempt to re-cuperate money the victim owed her. While at the apart-ment the suspect battered the victim and took his cell phone in an attempt to stop him from calling the police.
! Arson was reported in the 1400 block of Wiley Drive around 5:30 p.m. Friday.
According to the report, Ur-bana police officers assisted the Urbana Fire Department with a suspicious fire investi-gation. The exterior of a build-
ing in that block was damaged.! A 22-year-old female was
arrested on the charge of run-ning at large-stray dog in the 1600 block of East Florida Ave-nue around 12 p.m. Saturday.
According to the report, the offender’s dog ran away from her and bit a 21-year-old Ur-bana female. The offender was issued a notice to appear in court. The dog was quaran-tined at the Champaign County Animal Control facility.
University! Three University students,
ranging from 21 to 22 years of age, were arrested on the charges of burglary after po-lice were called to the Colonel Wolfe School, 403 E. Healey St., at 2 a.m. Friday.
According to the report, po-lice said the students broke a window on the southwest side of the building to get in.
! Theft was reported at the Campus Recreation Center East, 1102 W. Gregory Drive at 10 p.m. Friday.
According to the report, the wallet which was stolen was in an unsecured locker and re-portedly contained about $500.
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ny was held. People purchased bags in honor of survivors and in remembrance of those who lost their lives to cancer. These bags were placed around the track with glow sticks in them. During the ceremony, the lights were turned off.
The “fight back” cer-emo ny i s more upbeat, sa id Rya n Leverentz , co-vice president of Colleges Against Can-cer and senior in LAS. Group members wear T-shirts that spell out can-cer and get pied in the face by people wearing T-shirts that spell out hope.
Steve Odon , f o u r - y e a r surivor of tes-ticular cancer and senior in Nursing, spoke during the event about fi ghting back against cancer. He said later in an interview that Relay participants’ investment in the cause should not stop when the event ends.
“At the end (of my speech) I wanted to say, ‘Why are you here?’ Are you here to have fun, or to join this sort of movement we have going? And when you leave here, are you going to continue doing that, or are you just going to forget about it?” Odon said.
Leverentz said Relay for Life is more than a fundraiser.
“It’s really a symbol of what we can do and where our money goes,” he said. “It means more than just raising money. It means support for loved ones.”
For cancer survivor Becky Albers , of La Prairie, Ill., the event is also an opportunity to honor the people who support
those affected by cancer.
“The care-givers deserve a s much praise as the survivors do because they help so much, and they go through so much with us,” Albers said.
Albers was d i a g n o s e d with breast cancer in 2005. Her sis-ter died from breast cancer, and her moth-er died from ovarian can-cer. She came to Champaign
for the event because her son Brydon, who is a University stu-dent, participated in the relay on Team America.
“It’s been a scary road. But I’m here, and I’m proud of my son for doing this,” she said.
She said attending events like this one makes her feel that she is not alone in the fi ght.
Relay for Life allows people to honor those who have faced cancer, German said.
“It gives a chance to fi ght back against this disease that’s taken too much,” she said.
“It’s really a symbol of what we can
do and where our money goes. It
means more than just raising money. It means support for loved ones.”
STEVE ODON, senior in Nursing
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WOODWARD, Okla. — The television was tuned to forecast-ers’ dire warnings of an impend-ing storm when Greg Tomlyano-bich heard a short burst from a tornado siren blare after mid-night Sunday. Then silence. Then rumbling.
The 52-year-old quickly grabbed his wife and grandson, hurrying them into the emer-gency cellar as debris whirled
around their heads at their mobile home park in northwest Oklahoma. They huddled inside with about 20 other people before the tornado — among dozens that swept across the nation’s midsection during the week-end — roared across the ground above, ripping homes from their foundations.
“It scared the hell out of me,” Tomlyanobich said.
The storm killed fi ve people, including three children, and injured more than two dozen in Woodward, a town about 140 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. But it was the only torna-do that caused fatalities. Many of the touchdowns raked harm-lessly across isolated stretches of
rural Kansas, and though com-munities there and in Iowa were hit, residents and offi cials credit-ed days of urgent warnings from forecasters for saving lives.
When Tomlyanobich emerged from the underground shelter after the storm subsided, he saw a scattered trail of destruction: home insulation, siding and splin-tered wood where homes once stood; trees stripped of leaves, clothing and metal precariously hanging from limbs.
“It just makes you sick to your stomach. Just look at that man-gled steel,” he said Sunday, point-ing to what appeared to be a giant twisted steel frame that had land-ed in the middle of the mobile home park, which is surrounded
by rural land dotted with oil fi eld equipment.
The storms were part of an exceptionally strong system tracked by the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., which specializ-es in tornado forecasting. The cen-ter took the unusual step of warn-ing people more than 24 hours in advance of a possible “high-end, life-threatening event.”
Center spokesman Chris Vac-caro said the weather service received at least 120 reports of tornadoes by dawn Sunday and was working to confi rm how many actually touched down. The storm system was weaken-ing as it crawled east and addi-tional tornadoes were unlikely.
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employee at every level of Illinois govern-ment,” he said. “We found 3,062 highly com-pensated employees. We use the defi nition that you are highly compensated if you out-earn the governor of Illinois, the top elect-ed offi cial.”
For those that wish to change things in Illinois, Andrzejewski feels that time is run-ning out.
“Now is not the time for compromise; it’s the time for courage,” he said. “We must all go forward together or quite simply it could all end here.”
Also present in the audience was John Bambenek , who won the Republican pri-mary for the 52nd district aided by Andrze-jewski’s Political Action Committee “For the Good of Illinois.” Bambanek will run against incumbent Michael Frerichs in the November election and said he “doesn’t like the way the state is headed, and the only way to change it is to bring a new vision.”
However, Frerichs said he will defend his vision in the upcoming election.
“The proposals these groups put for-ward are just shifting costs down to local government and raising proper-ty taxes,” Frerichs said. “Last year, I helped pass a bipartisan budget. That’s how it’s supposed to work.”
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munity groups. Bridget Golden , sophomore in Education, said
she came out to support autism awareness with a few of her classmates and to volunteer at some of the booths.
“I just like to see all of the little kids happy and playing with the games,” Golden said. “We’re in a special education class where we learn about dif-ferent ways to volunteer in the community, so we’re involved through our classes.”
Dominique Simmons , coordinator of research programs in Psychology, said she came to the walk because certain undergraduate classes taught her about autism. She also said she wanted to become more involved in the community.
“It’s really cool to know that so many people are supportive of parents who have children with autism,” Simmons said. “It really refl ects a big sense of community and involvement.”
Teresa O’Connor , walk committee chair for Sunday’s event, said the idea of walking around the park was not necessarily to encourage people to donate money, but rather, it was meant to be “symbolic.”
The program is funded entirely by grants and is the only fundraising event that the C-U Autism Network holds per year. O’Connor said that many of the participants had a direct connection with the disorder, but there were other community mem-bers who just wanted to come out to learn about autism and support the cause.
“Quite often, with families who have kids with autism, it’s almost like they isolate themselves because they’re afraid to go out in public because they never know what might happen,” O’Connor said. “And that’s the greatest thing about the walk. Just getting everybody together and seeing the families see other families who are dealing with [autism] and realizing that they’re not alone.”
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Gordon Beckett stands outside his home after a tornado moved through Woodward, Okla. The tornado killed fi ve people Sunday.
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Jesse Goddard , freshman in the College of Media and runway director for College Fashion Week, fi xes the models’ hair before College Fashion Week’s premiere runway show. The runway show, featuring designs from Paulie Antiques , GOCA Designs , Vintage by Bike , Le Shoppe , and Wanda Grace, was held in the Atkins Building on Saturday.
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“I just like to see all of the little kids happy and playing with the games.”
BRIDGET GOLDEN,sophomore in Education
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The 90-person capacity room of the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen fi lled up quickly Friday morning as 200 hungry men, women and children were treated to a rare meal of pizza and calzones. Eat-CU, a local food guide website, worked with area businesses to supply 40 pizzas and 10 calzones for its fi rst-ever lunch event, “EatCUOP Kitchen.”
The uncommon main course offering — courtesy of Papa John’s Pizza, Domino’s Pizza, Fire Station Pizza and Pub, D.P. Dough and Rosati’s Pizza — could be part of the reason why the kitchen served more people than usual, said Zarina Hock, Friday crew chief and board member for the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen. The soup kitch-en also relies on food donations from community members in addition to local businesses. She said the kitchen often serves a ham or beef-based main course, but also offers other well-liked foods such as spaghetti and oth-er “standard, basic all-Ameri-can food.”
Hock said the kitchen’s chefs are “extremely good” at using the limited available ingredients to create new ideas for every-day meals. The soup kitchen also hosts “Taco Tuesdays,” sup-plied by El Toro, and gives out hot dogs from Sonic and bread from Panera Bread on a regular basis. The lunchtime soup kitch-en is only open during the week, but a group of students helps to prepare about 400 sack lunches
with coffee every weekend.Danielle Reading, marketing
intern for EatCU, said the res-taurants that donated food were receptive to the idea of helping the soup kitchen.
Dan O’Donnell, volunteer at the kitchen, said attendance was likely higher than usual because the month is about half-way completed, meaning some people have already spent their monthly paycheck and must rely on the soup kitchen for food. He said he expects a “big amount of people for the rest of the month” as more people will deplete the rest of their monthly food funds.
Urbana resident Tim Tuck-er said he tries to supply his own food when he can and only comes to the kitchen for meals when it is a necessity. He said he has had to come to the kitch-en every day this week, howev-er, because he is struggling to pay off the remaining portion of a loan.
The idea for “EatCUOP Kitch-en” originated with Reading after she was hired last fall as an intern. She said she and the rest of the association’s EatCU committee members made plans to move forward with the idea over spring break.
She said her committee and EatCU hopes to continue Fri-day’s “big success” next fall when they plan to host “EatC-UOP Kitchen” one Friday per month. Hock said the kitchen would also like to see Friday’s lunch become a regular event.
“Our guests would love it and we would love it,” she said.
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The sticker price of an education is outpacing its real world value.
For a while now, economists have been on their soap boxes warning that we may be entering another economic crisis that echoes the Great Depression and the 2007 Housing Crisis, which led to the Great Recession. The newest prob-lem is that students continue to take out more loans each year, believing that the education they are buying with that mon-ey will help them find a job.
There are those for-profit educational institutions, like the University of Phoe-nix and Westwood College, which boast an education that can be earned online from the comfort of a living room. In January, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued Westwood College for is-suing unaccredited degrees in criminal justice, which were misleading students
by allowing them to spend thousands of dollars on a virtually useless degree.
There is a parallel between the 2007 Housing Crisis and the exorbitant amount of useless degrees that are being churned out in for-profit institutions, col-loquially known as degree mills.
One of the several reasons the United States saw the housing bubble burst was because too many people were buying houses with loans they couldn’t afford in the hopes of flipping the houses and sell-ing them for a profit. Although students take out hundreds of thousands of dol-lars in loans hoping to make themselves more attractive to employers, there is a labor market flooded with workers and devoid of enough job openings to absorb them all, especially when those degrees are worthless.
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the already absurd $870 billion in student loans is only ex-pected to rise. The debt already exceeds credit card debt and auto loans in this country.
The real payoff of an education should be the ability to compete in the job mar-
ket after graduation. The fact that West-wood college was still churning out de-grees with proof that their graduates were not being accepted into the job market is unacceptable. Madigan was right in her disapproval and pursuit of legal action against Westwood College.
It is unsustainable that the $870 billion in loans continues rising, creating a bub-ble that will burst. We’ve seen this hap-pen a number of times in our history, and each crisis began similarly and took an almost identical path of action. This has proven to be a predictable cycle, and it can start to be dismantled by holding institutions like Westwood College ac-countable for their irresponsibility.
H appy summer, everyone!Yes, I know, it’s not
technically summer yet, although try to convince the weather of that, would you? This March broke over 7,000 high temperature records nationally. For once, clima-tologists did not have to play defensively to the media: Reporters banged on their doors as the heat wave made headlines, demanding to know if this is all the result of global warming. Well, is it? Huh, huh, huh?
Which means we’re at t-minus-five and counting for someone to denounce glob-al warming as a hoax and sham.
Conspiracy theories allege that scientists, and climate scientists in particular, are governed by a secret cabal who quash dissenting opin-ions and relegate the sci-entists who believe them to obscurity.
But, like most conspiracy theories, they don’t conform well to reality. Scientific communities actually reward new ideas and dissent from the norm, often more than they would reward results which reinforce the consen-sus view.
Provided the results are accurate, of course.
Let me give an example much further away from the blisteringly hot topic of glob-al warming and much closer to my own area of expertise: the Riemann hypothesis. The Riemann hypothesis is gen-erally considered to be one of the biggest — if not the biggest — unsolved problems in mathematics, and there is a $1 million bounty on its proof or disproof.
Most every mathemati-cian I’ve met who works in a related field would, if pressed, tell you they think the hypothesis is true. I’m sure I have met someone somewhere who believes it’s false, but mathematicians don’t generally run around introducing ourselves to each other with a hand shake and pronouncement of “Hello my name is so-and-so, and I
believe the Riemann hypoth-esis is true.”
Since the hypothesis is such a big problem of inter-est to so many mathemati-cians, if a prominent aca-demic tomorrow claimed to have solved it, there would be a sudden rash of profes-sors across the country tak-ing a sick day so they could read the result.
But I suspect if a serious paper came out tomorrow purporting to disprove the Riemann hypothesis instead, even more mathematicians would be sitting down to read it.
When we spend so much time studying something, we don’t say things like “We believe such-and-such to be true” lightly. So when some-thing comes out that circum-vents our expectations, that tells us that there was some-thing big — I mean huge — out there that we didn’t understand. Nothing makes an academic more excited than the prospect of a whole new ocean of knowledge just waiting to be explored. The research proposals practi-cally write themselves.
Likewise, if tomorrow someone showed a seri-ous flaw in all the current climate models, this per-son would not be shunned and kicked out of their job. They would be on the cover of Nature and Science mag-azines for the next three months straight.
However, part of the nature of being a conspir-acy theory is that any time an aspect of it is torn down, there’s a more convoluted explanation waiting to shore it up. It’s not the logic of the arguments that matter but the end belief.
So I don’t expect that this has changed anyone’s mind about climate change. But I hope, at least, it has made scientists seem less threatening.
Besides, if science was truly governed by a secret cabal, do you think I’d really be allowed to tell you about — WARNING: The remain-der of this column has been redacted for your protection. Nothing to see here. These are not the droids you are looking for. Move along.
Joseph is a graduate student.
So much for approaching the cute girl standing by the soda fountain and asking her for a dance.
Instead, the tale of modern courtship reads something like this: She was being attacked by a mob of beasts when a valiant stranger approached, rescuing her. After she let out a whispered ‘thank you,’ he asked if she would be interested in quest-ing together. From there, it didn’t take long until they began having extended con-versations against the backdrop of a tropi-cal forest.
For those that haven’t guessed yet, the fairy tale being described here didn’t start in the real world. These days, we are liv-ing in the virtual world, and in this case, World of Warcraft (WoW). Apparently, you really can find love in war.
Some are calling WoW the future of online dating. The game’s 10 million sub-scribers stack up quite favorably against Match.com’s 2 million members or eHar-mony’s 1 million. Also, the average dat-ing site subscriber spends significantly less time on the site than Warcraft players spend in battle.
It’s not just the statistics that should allure singles, Ramona Pringle, a profes-sor of new media at the Ryerson School of
Image Arts in Toronto, told The New York Times.
The game’s multiplayer structure encourages forming partnerships to battle monsters. “By going it alone, you won’t be able to master some of the game’s tough-er challenges, you will likely take longer to reach the endgame and you don’t have access to the game’s most powerful magic treasures,” Pringle said.
In the case of Ghrelsognn and Aleiriel-la, the two avatars from the tale of modern courtship described above, that’s exactly how it started. But their quest for mon-sters slowly evolved into chatting about their real lives. After months of online flirtation, the two worked up the courage to finally called each other on the phone. Several more months later, they decided to meet, this time in the real world. Accord-ing to Aleiriella, their first meeting was truly magical. She was met by Ghrelsognn in the airport, and they were immediately smitten. Although there were unexpected differences, such as Ghrelsognn’s height, the two could instantaneously recognize characteristics about their partner that they had only known through the virtual world up to this point. Today, they’re mar-ried. In fact, Aleiriella even moved to Can-ada to be with Ghrelsognn.
So is WoW a paradigm for modern love? Essentially, WoW becomes not so much a game (although this is its initial purpose) but a social networking experience, akin to Facebook or other dating sites. Howev-er, one of the benefits of WoW as a para-
digm for modern love is that it is a niche site, connecting individuals based on a serious gaming interest that both parties possess. The two people are able to “date” inside the game in what could be argued as a safe environment because of the vir-tual nature of these interactions. It also mirrors reality because, unlike a phone conversation, avatars within the game can hold hands and interact just as people do, eliciting a sense of closeness.
While the example may be a bit extreme, there are certain characteristics of this WoW phenomenon that explain dat-ing in the 21st century.
For today’s generation, we don’t say our feelings aloud. Instead, technology has given us the ability to flirt via text, email, or in virtual chat worlds — choose your weapon.
It makes sense.The awkward silences, nerves and inhi-
bitions that come with face-to-face conver-sation can be pretty damaging. When we don’t face these burdens, we are left desir-ing something more, beyond the emotion-less text message or email.
The subtle benefits of face-to-face interaction are many, even beyond facial cues. The ability to be able to have a real conversation is a test for a genuine connection.
In the meantime, however, the virtual world is calling. Well ... after a few texts, anyway.
Rebecca is a senior in LAS.
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EDITORIAL
POLITICAL CARTOON MICHAEL ZHANG THE DAILY ILLINI
Thanks go out to student volunteer tutors at Urbana High School
This year, more than 200 University students volunteered as tutors at Urbana High School. Their knowledge and enthusiasm helped stu-dents, supported teachers and strengthened the connection between the campus and the community.
The tutors came from many disciplines and for many reasons. Some came to gain experi-ence in anticipation of careers in secondary education. Student organizations Phi Eta Sig-ma, Phi Delta Epsilon and The Society of His-panic Professional Engineers also supplied many willing and able tutors. In addition, a number of other students volunteered to tutor on their own — to give back, make a difference or just to help out.
I have been extremely impressed by the com-mitment and dedication shown by the Univer-sity’s tutors. In spite of busy schedules and heavy class loads, these students found time to reach out to the students of Urbana High School. And University tutors not only provid-ed academic support, they have also been role models, mentors and friends to our students.
On behalf of Urbana High School, I want to thank all of the University students who have tutored at our school. Your gifts of time, talent and energy have helped our students, our school and our community grow stron-ger. We greatly appreciate your hard work and dedication.
Happy National Volunteer Week! Go Illini!
LORI ELLINGER,Urbana High School volunteer coordinator
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Institutions should be accountable for making student debt worthwhile
Cost of education not always justifiedThe Daily Illini Editorial BoardEditorials reflect the majority opinion of the board, which comprises:Samantha Kiesel, editor-in-chief; Nathaniel Lash, managing editor reporting; Marty Malone, managing editor for online; Ryan Weber, opinions editor; Taylor Goldenstein, news editor; Nora Ibrahim, opinions columnist; Kevin Dollear, copy chief; Hannah Meisel, assistant online editor; Maggie Huynh, daytime editor; Maggie O’Connor, staff writer
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International activists detained at Israeli airportBY JOSEF FEDERMANTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JERUSALEM — Israel detained dozens of international activists as they landed at its main airport on Sunday, preventing them from entering the country to partici-pate in a planned solidarity mis-sion with Palestinians in the West Bank.
Israel said the activists, part of an umbrella group called “Wel-come to Palestine,” were pro-vocateurs who posed a securi-ty threat. But organizers said the event, meant to draw atten-tion to Israeli travel restrictions on Palestinians, was nonviolent, and they accused Israel of using heavy-handed tactics to stamp out legitimate protest.
Israel is jittery about the pros-pect of a large influx of foreign protesters arriving because of deadly confrontations with pro-Palestinian activists in the past. In the worst instance, Israeli naval commandos clashed with activists on board a flotilla trying to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip in May 2010, killing nine activists.
By early evening, the Interior Ministry said a total of 49 people had been stopped at the airport, most on flights from France, but also from Spain, Switzerland, Can-ada, Italy and Portugal. At least 12 were placed on flights back home, while arrangements were being made to expel the others.
Police spokesman Micky Rosen-feld said nine Israeli sympathiz-ers were questioned at the airport after causing “public disturbanc-es,” such as unfurling pro-Pales-tinian banners. No other unrest was reported.
Asked why Israeli authorities consider this particular group of activists a threat, Rosenfeld replied that they have “security backgrounds” or were “involved previously in different activi-ties,” including “security issues concerning Israel.”
He would not elaborate.
Hundreds of additional activists were expected to arrive on flights later Sunday.
Amira Musallam, one of the coordinators for “Welcome to Pal-estine,” said she was aware of only two activists making it through the airport. She said participants had been told not to lie if ques-tioned at the airport, and that the weeklong program was now in doubt. The program included a project to renovate a school, give participants tours, plant trees and “get to know the Palestinian territories.”
Pope asks followers for strength, prayers for birthday, anniversaryBY NICOLE WINFIELDTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VATICAN CITY — Pope Bene-dict XVI prayed Sunday for the strength to carry on as he marks two major milestones this week: his 85th birthday and the seventh anniversary of his election to the papacy.
The comments, while innocu-ous, were the clearest sign yet that Benedict has no intention of resigning anytime soon despite his age and increasing frailty.
“Next Thursday, on the occa-sion of the seventh anniversary of my election to the See of Peter, I ask for your prayers, so that the Lord gives me the strength to fulfill the mission he entrust-ed to me,” he said in French to thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square.
Benedict has slowed down recently — he was seen in pub-lic for the first time using a cane when he boarded his plane for Mexico last month. During the long, six-day trip to Mexico and Cuba, he at times looked exhaust-ed. He looked similarly tired dur-ing the busy Holy Week services that greeted him upon his return to Rome.
But Benedict’s health is remark-
ably strong for someone his age. He has never canceled a planned event due to illness and suffers from no known chronic illnesses. Few men his age go to work every day, run a 1-billion strong church, write books, deliver speeches and meet with visiting heads of state.
And Benedict has some very pressing issues on his agen-da. The Vatican is expected to receive word soon from a break-away group of traditionalist Catholics on whether they will accept the Holy See’s terms for reconciliation.
The group, the Society of St. Pius X, opposes some of the core teachings of the Second Vati-can Council, particularly its out-reach to Jews. Benedict, who is not unsympathetic to some of their concerns, has worked since the start of his pontificate to try to bring them back under Rome’s wing out of fear that they are essentially creating a parallel church.
On the other side of the spec-trum are hundreds of dissident priests who are making their voic-es heard in Europe: Priest move-ments in Austria and Ireland are calling for a relaxation of the celi-bacy requirement for priests and
for the church to ordain women — two things the Vatican has ruled out.
Benedict appeared so con-cerned by the Austrian initiative in particular that he dedicated much of his Holy Thursday hom-ily to reminding its members that he had no authority whatsoever to allow women priests since an all-male priesthood was an “irrevo-cable” church teaching.
Former VP Cheney makes 1st publicengagement after heart transplant BY MEAD GRUVERTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For-mer Vice President Dick Cheney walked onstage without any assis-tance and spoke for an hour and 15 minutes without seeming to tire in his first public engagement since he underwent a heart trans-plant three weeks ago.
He sat in a plush chair through-out the long chat with daughter Liz Cheney but looked better, even, than during recent appear-ances where he has been gaunt and used a cane.
Cheney even threw in a couple of political plugs amid much rem-iniscing at the Wyoming Repub-lican Party state convention in Cheyenne on Saturday.
He said presumptive Repub-lican presidential nominee Mitt
Romney is going to do a “whale of a job.” He said it’s never been more important than now to defeat a sitting president and the Republican Party should unite behind Romney.
“He has been an unmitigated disaster to the country,” Cheney said of President Barack Obama.
Cheney’s heart transplant in Virginia on March 24 initial-ly canceled his trip to the state party convention but he got last-minute medical clearance to go.
“I’m not running any foot races yet but it won’t be long,” he said.
He owed a “huge debt” to the unknown donor of his new heart, he said, and to medical technology.
He did not take the opportunity to weigh in on health care politics.
He didn’t stumble in his words
and his voice was clear“I was amazed he was able to
say so much over the whole course of an hour,” said one delegate to the convention, Helen Bishop, of Moran in Jackson Hole. “I thought it would be a really brief, ‘hi.’”
Cheney neither arrived early nor stuck around to shake hands: It was fly-in, fly-out.
Bishop speculated he might soon return to Jackson Hole, where he has a home in the exclu-sive Teton Pines neighborhood.
He is an avid fly fisherman. Nearly all of the talk traced the more than 40 years of Cheney’s political career, including the controversial waterboarding and other interrogation practices the Bush administration employed to extract information from terror-ist suspects.
DAN BALILTY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israeli left-wing activists are detained by police at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel deployed hundreds of police Sunday at its main airport to detain activists flying in to protest the occupation of Palestinian areas.
GREGORIO BORGIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during the Regina Coeli prayer from his studio’s window overlooking St. Peter’s square at the Vatican.
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US-led exclusion of Cuba threatens future of international summitBY FRANK BAJAK AND VIVIAN SEQUERATHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CARTAGENA, Colombia — Could this weekend’s gathering of about 30 Western Hemisphere leaders be the last Summit of the Americas?
The question hung in the air as the leaders convened Sunday for a private morning retreat.
Washington, backed by Canada, was standing fast against wide-spread demands to include in the meeting’s fi nal declaration lan-guage specifying that Cuba be included in future hemispheric summits.
“All the countries here in Lat-in American and the Caribbean want Cuba to be present. But the United States won’t accept,” Pres-ident Evo Morales of Bolivia told reporters late Saturday. “It’s like a dictatorship.”
Morales and other leftist lead-ers have been insistent that this weekend’s meeting in this Carib-bean colonial port, which wraps up at midday, will be the last regional summit under Organi-zation of American States aus-pices unless Cuba is invited in the future.
The top international advis-er to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Marco Aurelio Garcia, said the differences could mean the summit will end with no fi nal declaration.
U.S. President Barack Obama’s
peers lectured him Saturday over his unfl agging opposition to Cuban participation due to U.S. objections to the communist-gov-erned Caribbean island’s lack of democracy.
But a senior U.S. administra-tion offi cial said in a briefi ng for White House reporters Saturday evening that the subject did not come up in any of Obama’s brief meetings on the summit’s side-lines with the leaders of Guate-mala, El Salvador, Argentina and Peru.
The foreign ministers of Ven-ezuela, Argentina and Uruguay have said their presidents won’t sign any declaration unless the U.S. and Canada remove their veto of future Cuban participation.
Asked if Obama and the lead-ers discussed the question of countries not signing off on the fi nal declaration, the offi cial said, “No.”
The Cuba issue led Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa to boy-cott the summit, and Nicaragua’s leftist President Daniel Ortega also sat out the meeting, though he offered no explanation. Vene-zuela’s cancer-stricken president Hugo Chavez also was absent. He fl ew Saturday to Cuba, where he has been undergoing radiation therapy.
Even moderates such as Santos and Rousseff said there should be no more America’s summits without the communist island.
Boldest assault in years: Taliban attacks multiple Afghan cities BY HEIDI VOGT AND RAHIM FAIEZTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan — Tal-iban insurgents struck the heart of the Afghan capital and three eastern cities Sunday, fi ring auto-matic weapons and grenades at embassies, government buildings and NATO bases as they launched the spring fi ghting season with the boldest and most complex assault in years.
The multi-pronged attacks show the Taliban and their allies are far from beaten and under-scored the security challenge facing government forces as U.S. and NATO forces draw down.
The majority of international combat troops are scheduled to leave by the end of 2014.
The fi rst blasts rocked the dip-
lomatic quarter of Kabul on Sun-day afternoon, and soon gunshots and rocket-propelled grenade fi re were ringing out across the city. Smoke rose over the skyline as sirens wailed. A loudspeaker at the U.S. Embassy could be heard barking: “Duck and cover. Move away from the windows.”
One police offi cer and 17 mili-tants were killed in the attacks, the most widespread in the Afghan capital since an assault on the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters last September blamed on the Haqqani network, a Pakistan-based insurgent group allied with the Taliban.
Fighting continued more than 12 hours after the fi rst blasts, with explosions echoing into the night.
The sophistication and fi repow-er of the latest strikes, as well as the high-profi le government and foreign targets, bore the hall-marks of the attack last fall and others carried out by Haqqani insurgents.
As in the earlier attack, armed insurgents took over half-built buildings Sunday and used them to fi re down on nearby embassies and bases.
In the streets of Kabul’s Wazir Akbar Khan neighbor-hood, where a NATO base and a number of embassies, including the U.S. Embassy, are located, residents scrambled for cover as gunfi re rained down from all directions.
“I saw two Land Cruisers pull up and two militants jumped
from the car,” said Mohammad Zakar, a 27-year-old mechanic who has a shop near the building commandeered by the militants. “They opened fi re on an intelli-gence service guard ... They also fi red and killed an Afghan police-man and then they jumped into the building. All the shops closed. I ran away.”
Across town at the parliament building, insurgents climbed to the upper fl oors of another empty building and fi red on lawmakers below. A few legislators climbed on the roof of the parliament and fi red back.
“I shot up to 400 or 500 bul-lets from my Kalashnikov at the attackers,” said Mohammad Nahim Lalai Hamidzai, a law-maker from Kandahar.
FERNANDO VERGARA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Barack Obama attends the opening ceremony of the sixth Summit of the Americas at the Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia. The summit brings together presidents and prime ministers from the Americas.
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An Afghan man examines the remains of a car after three suicide bombers were killed before they reached Jalalabad airport, which security forces say was their target, in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. On Sunday , the Taliban launched a series of coordinated attacks on at least seven sites across the Afghan capital, targeting NATO headquarters, the parliament and diplomatic residences.
Chipotle can expect some additional business Monday night, particularly from the players on the losing side of Illinois football’s spring game.
“They’ll be having steaks and we’ll be having beans and weenies,” quarterback Nathan Scheel-
haase said. “Which means Chipotle can probably expect a lot of the Orange squad members because I don’t think that will fi ll up any of us.”
Scheelhaase was a mem-ber of the Orange team that lost 13-12 to the Blue team in the annual Orange and
Blue Spring Game on Saturday at Memorial Sta-dium . He was the fi rst selection when the seniors drafted the teams Tuesday night.
“I’ll be making the trip to get a barbacoa bur-rito,” he added.
The Blue took a one-point lead on a 47-yard fi eld goal by sophomore kicker Nick Immekus with 1:22 remaining in the controlled scrimmage . The
loss was a spring-game fi rst for Scheelhaase, who was on the winning side the previous two seasons.
“It was disappointing, but this was fun,” he said. “Whether it’s a spring game, whether it’s the fi rst game of the season, whether it’s the Big Ten Cham-pionship game, it comes down to the same things: holding on to the ball, executing. ... It’s all things we learn from. That’s why you practice them. That’s why you have game-like situations, just so you know.”
Neither Scheelhaase nor sophomore quarterback Reilly O’Toole distinguished himself in the scrim-mage, and head coach Tim Beckman described the quarterback play as “off and on.” He didn’t offer any insight into his plans to use the two quarter-backs during the season.
“We got to get better, but not just at quarter-back,” Beckman said. “That’s the one that’s always looked at. That’s the one that’s always critiqued. Every position. If we want to be a champion, and we have the capabilities of doing that, we need to step our game up this summer and in two-a-days.”
Scheelhaase completed 11-of-26 passes for
THE SPRING IN THEIR STEP
Illini softball suffers from defensive mistakes, drops series to BadgersBY SEAN HAMMONDSTAFF WRITER
The Illinois softball team snapped Wisconsin’s nine-game winning streak but dropped two of three games to the Badgers over the weekend.
The Illini lost game one Saturday and split a double-header Sunday.
The Orange and Blue (18-20, 3-9 Big Ten) dropped Sat-urday’s opener 8-0 after wet conditions pushed the start time back an hour.
The Illinois defense com-mitted four errors, which led to four unearned runs. Pitcher Pepper Gay account-ed for two of those errors, twice failing to hit the fi rst baseman on balls batted back to the circle.
Gay’s second error was an underhanded toss that was bounced to fi rst baseman Danielle Vaji .
“We didn’t make great defensive plays at some critical times,” head coach Terri Sullivan said. “We had some early momentum. I liked our approach at the plate, I thought that we were keeping them off balance.”
Wisconsin second base-man Whitney Massey drove in two runs for the Badgers, scoring twice. Both Gay and Jackie Guy surrendered four runs from the circle Saturday.
Illinois got ahead early in the fi rst game of Sunday’s doubleheader when short-stop Jessica Davis blasted a home run to left fi eld. The Badgers (24-13, 8-4) would answer with a run of their own in the third, coming on another throwing error from Gay. Gay missed catch-er Stephanie Cuevas on a throw home with the bases loaded.
“She’s never had this problem before,” Sullivan said. “You see it in the major leagues as well, sometimes you get in a funk, but she’ll get out of it. She’s fi ne.”
The Illini put up four more runs in the fourth inning, scoring the fi rst when Jess Perkins scored on a Danielle Vaji bunt that was thrown into right fi eld by the Badgers. The follow-ing pitch, Vaji scored on a suicide squeeze from desig-nated player Jenna Mychko .
“I had the bunt sign and she threw me a change-up,” Vaji said. “So that was kind of a gift. It was a big momentum changer. A cou-ple of hits came after that, so it really did spark the offense.”
Entering the seventh inning down 8-3 , Wisconsin mounted a furious rally to score four runs and put the tying run on second base. Gay managed to get Wiscon-sin right fi elder Mary Mas-sei to fl y out to center for the fi nal out of the game.
The rubber match was highlighted by a barrage of home runs from Wisconsin. The Badgers hit six four-baggers, three coming from
Illinois head football coach Tim Beckman is saying and doing all the right things to appease a fan base still disgruntled
after last year’s 0-6 fi nish to end the regular season.
His infl ux of ideas was apparent through-out the 15 spring practices , using bowl-ing as a way to build team camaraderie and rewarding players who followed his rules.
The victors of the Orange and Blue Spring Game will even be rewarded with steaks .
Given the small crowd that attended Sat-urday’s spring game, which can be attrib-uted to the dismal weather, Beckman’s approach to his fi rst go-around of the annual
KELLY HICKEY THE DAILY ILLINI
Nathan Scheelhasse (2) runs past his defenders during the Orange and Blue Spring Game held at Memorial Stadium. Scheelhaase and the Orange team lost 13-12 in Saturday’s game .
O’Toole’s Blue team holds o! Scheelhaase’s Orange in football’s annual Orange and Blue Spring Game
DARYL QUITALIG THE DAILY ILLINI
Illinois’ Alina Weinstein completes her vault pass during the 2012 NCAA Champaign Regional at the Assembly Hall. With a score of 9.850, Weinstein earned third place overall at the April 7 meet.
Editor’s note: This is the fi rst of a four-part series previewing women’s gym-nastics all-around competitor Alina Weinstein’s preparation for the NCAA Championships in Duluth, Ga., on April 20-22.
You won’t fi nd models in slinky dresses and stilettos on this run-way. Instead, you’ll fi nd gymnasts dressed in leotards with chalked feet. The vault is one of four events junior Alina Weinstein will com-pete in at the NCAA Champion-ships in the all-around competition for Illinois women’s gymnastics.
The vault has proved to be some-what of a struggle for the Illini this
year, but Weinstein saw the weak point as an opportunity to step up as a leader and improve her per-sonal score for the team.
“I’ve been trying to make my vault as good as possible because I knew that this was an event that was generally a lot weaker for us,” Weinstein said. “We had Amber (See) , our Big Ten Vault Champion, struggle a little bit on vault. She has a beautiful vault when she can hit it but she struggled with consis-tency this year. I knew that I need-ed to be dependable and I knew that the vaults that I was doing last year weren’t going to cut it.”
Weinstein set a new career-high of 9.875 with her upgrade. Posting this score during a meet
later in the season against Ken-tucky allowed Weinstein to earn her fi rst-ever vault crown. Wein-stein averages a vault score of 9.808 this season, surpassing her all-around team competitor Kelsey Joannides , who averages a 9.794 .
Weinstein had the pressures of taking on a leadership role as well as upgrading her vault in the beginning of the season, and now has a more relaxed mindset com-peting in the event.
“This event is actually kind of fun for me now, because I think that I’ve been doing really well in practice and in the competi-tions to really take my vault up
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DAN WELINAssistant sports editor
Beckman generates buzz around Illinois football program vying for 3rd-straight bowl game
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Editor’s note: This is the fi rst of a four-part series previewing the men’s gym-nastics NCAA Championships in Nor-man, Okla., on April 19-21.
BY EMILY BAYCISENIOR WRITER
In the slight chance of a crazed fan running into the Lloyd Noble Center and throwing foam blocks at gymnasts or a tornado roll-ing through Norman Okla., and all the gymnastics apparatuses turning sideways, the Illinois men’s gymnastics team will be prepared.
Illinois head coach Justin
Spring has spent the last few weeks anticipating every freak occurrence that could possi-bly happen, so the Illini will be ready come the biggest meet of their careers: the NCAA Championships.
One of his favorite ideas is hav-ing mock meets similar to that of a championship meet, with everybody performing one at a time like they will this weekend. Even crowd noise blares over the loudspeaker to stimulate the environment.
Spring walked in one day and his athletes grumbled, thinking
he was going to blare the crowd noise again.
“Not today,” he said. “Today we’re having no noise at all. Abso-lutely nothing.”
The women weren’t in the gym that day with their fl oor routine music, there weren’t any high school athletes running laps around the upstairs track and all side conversations stopped. Dead silence fi lled the gym.
“The guys would make mis-takes at fi rst and someone would start cheering at the beginning of the routine,” Spring said. “Then they would catch themselves and
be quiet.”The gymnasts were allowed to
cheer once an athlete completed his routine, but not a sound was heard before that.
“That was probably the worst thing we ever did to the guys,” Spring said. “It was very eerie and quiet in here. Talk about being prepared, because it prob-ably won’t ever be like that in a meet.”
Aside from noise, many of Spring’s ideas include tamper-ing with gymnasts specifi c rou-tines. He threw foam blocks in front of gymnasts mid-fl oor rou-
tine, so they would have to alter their plan of action.
Sophomore Jordan Valdez per-formed his high bar routine with-out warming up and facing the opposite direction he normally faces.
“It takes you out of your com-fort zone,” Valdez said. “I still hit it, though, my high bar routine is pretty consistent.”
Paul Ruggeri was working on his pommel horse routine another day when he had to face sopho-more Mike Wilner, who was sit-ting under the apparatus. He tried to maintain his concentra-
tion and avoid falling on Wilner, who was staring at him the entire time.
“It defi nitely throws you off your normal cycle,” Ruggeri said. “It helps you to react to differ-ent situations, so you don’t get to comfortable.”
The odds are slim that any of these situations will ever happen in a real competition, especially the championships.
“The situation was there and they went through it and hit, and that’s the whole idea,” Spring said. “To be prepared for anything.”
Men’s gymnastics undergoes unusual preperation
BY STEPHEN BOURBONSTAFF WRITER
The Illinois women’s tennis team has proved the ability to adapt all season.
Despite inclement weather that moved both weekend matches indoors, the Illini adjusted and were able to beat Penn State 5-2 Sunday at Atkins Tennis Center.
“Our team has adapted incredibly well all year,” head coach Michelle Dasso said. “We’ve played in all kinds of conditions. We played in windy conditions, rain breaks, inside, outside. They’ve handled each challenge, and that’s really a testament to our girls’ toughness.”
No. 23 Illinois (15-6, 7-2 Big Ten) set the tone early, sweeping all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead overall . In singles, the Illini went 4-2, with senior Marisa Lambropoulos earning the clinching victory . Amy Allin and Rachael White earned singles wins for Illinois , as well as sophomore Allison Falkin, who upset No. 74 Petra Januskova 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5).
Freshman Melissa Kopinski dropped her match 6-3, 6-2 and senior Chelcie Abajian was ahead 6-4, 1-3 before withdrawing with an ankle injury . Dasso pulled her after Lambropoulos had clinched the overall match for Illinois.
“She’s playing a little beat up,” Dasso said. “She has a slight tear in her ankle, so we’re just being smart. We want to keep her healthy and keep her as an option for the end of our season.”
Illinois has won eight of its last nine matches, while Penn State (11-9, 3-6) has lost fi ve of its last six. There are only two regular season opponents left for Illinois, and the team is determined to be playing its best tennis when it matters the most.
“Confi dence is key,” White said. “I think we’re playing consistently well which is always important and really clicking as a team.”
Both Falkin and Allin fi nished the weekend with two singles wins, picking up victories in their Friday match against Ohio State, where the team won 4-3. Falkin completed a perfect weekend, as the combination of her and Abajian were 2-0 in doubles matches .
“I can’t complain,” Allin said. “We played very well, very aggressive like we needed to and got it done.”
Illinois stayed just one game back in the Big Ten standings and currently would be the three seed going into the Big Ten Tournament. No. 11 Northwestern (15-7, 8-1) swept Penn State and Ohio State this weekend , while No. 14 Michigan (14-6, 8-1) also grabbed a pair of wins. No. 17 Nebraska (21-3, 7-2) lost to Michigan on Friday, falling under Illinois in the standings as a result of the head-to-head tiebreaker. Illinois beat the Cornhuskers 4-3 on March 24 .
“My team continues to impress me,” Dasso said of Sunday’s victory. “This was the best match across the board for us.”
Illinois fi nishes weekend strong, defeats Penn State 5-2
Baseball continues season-long trend against Big Ten competition BY ELIOT SILLSTAFF WRITER
Despite three chances in three games to buck a season-long trend, the streak continued for Illinois baseball.
The Illini (18-16, 3-6 Big Ten) lost all three contests to confer-ence-leading Purdue (28-5, 10-2) over the weekend, pushing their record to 0-16 when trailing after fi ve innings.
“It’s defi nitely frustrating to know that we can’t come back right now,” sophomore Thomas Lindauer said. “Somebody has to step up sooner or later and make a big play or get a big hit, or it’s gonna be a tough Big Ten season.”
Comparatively, Illinois was
10-18 last season when trailing after the fi fth inning. Illinois had the tying run at the plate in the eighth inning or later in all three games.
Friday’s contest was a pitch-er’s duel, and though Illini start-er Kevin Johnson pitched a com-plete game, it was Purdue’s Joe Haase who earned the win in 7 and 2/3 innings of shutout work. Haase was pulled in the eighth inning, and the Boilermakers bullpen kept Illinois scoreless. Purdue won by a fi nal of 3-0.
Johnson allowed three earned runs off eight hits in the eight-inning effort. He did not surren-der a walk or hit a batter.
“It was a tough loss, obvious-ly we didn’t hit as well as we’d
planned pretty much all week-end, but Friday especially, just being shut out — it was kind of a tough game,” Johnson said.
Saturday’s contest was post-poned due to rain, setting up a doubleheader for Sunday. The Illini used Saturday to practice at Purdue’s indoor facilities, but the extra reps were not enough to reverse Illinois’ fortunes for Sunday.
In the fi rst game of the dou-bleheader, starter John Kravetz allowed one run through fi ve innings, but was unable to record an out in the sixth before allow-ing two more runs. The Illinois lineup again struggled, leaving eight runners on base to match the team’s eight hits. First base-
man Jordan Parr scored in the ninth inning to break a 19-inning scoreless streak.
The Illini had runners on fi rst and second with no outs in the ninth before two pinch hitters led to the game’s fi nal three outs. Thomas Shelton struck out, and David Kerian followed by grounding into a game-ending double play.
“When I put those pinch hit-ters in, I put ‘em in for some guys that hadn’t swung the bat well,” head coach Dan Hartleb said. “And I wanted to give somebody a chance off the bench to come in and help us out. ... They didn’t produce, but at the same time the guys that were in there (Kelly Norris-Jones and Bill Charvat)
had had multiple chances and hadn’t produced all weekend.”
The second game of Sunday’s doubleheader was the closest Illi-nois came to notching that elu-sive comeback win, as a single from Lindauer tied the game in the top of the eighth inning. Pur-due responded with two runs in the bottom half to pull away from Illinois.
Brian de la Torriente started the weekend’s fi nal game on the mound, as opposed to typical Sun-day starter Josh Ferry.
“Brian earned the start, he did a very good job against (Eastern Illinois on Tuesday) and I thought he did some good things (Sun-day), worked his way out of some jams,” Hartleb said. “We didn’t
help him out in the fi rst inning, we had a routine double-play ball that we boot. If you make that play, ... it’s a 1-2-3 inning basical-ly. Instead, it ends up being two runs, and we lose by two runs.”
Though the weekend looked to be a battle of two powerful lineups, it was the pitching and defense that paced the games, as Purdue’s fi ve runs Sunday were the highest output from either team all weekend.
“I thought the defensive and pitching sides of the game were as good as I’ve seen in two years,” Lindauer said. “We’re both sup-posed to be good hitting teams, but the pitching and defense real-ly shut it down this weekend on both sides.”
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Allison Falkin (left) and Chelcie Abajian were 2-0 in doubles matches against Penn State at the Atkins Tennis Center . On Sunday, the Illini prevailed 5-2.
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affair was something to see.Besides awarding the victor
with steaks, which the Blue Team earned with a 13-12 victory for those keeping score at home, Beckman allowed his players to draft the two teams and fans to call two offensive plays.
He even dusted off a spring game trophy that hadn’t been used since 2002 — or in other words, since Ron Zook was hired.
What Beckman’s predecessor didn’t do and ultimately resulted in his dismissal was maintain consistency, particularly in the win department.
Even in a season that started off 6-0 , the Illini failed to win a game for nearly three months , something
that sucked the wind out of an Illinois sail that had the potential for, dare I say it, three BCS bowl games in one 10-year span.
While Zook’s coaching defi ciencies, memories Illini fans need not recall, shot a Memorial Stadium-sized hole through that Illini sail, it did not completely sink the ship.
Beckman’s visor-clad, gray-haired head may resemble that of Zook’s, but his passion and football background tell another story.
Having not had consistent winning seasons since the late ‘80s, Illini fans may be skeptical buying into another football coach.
What cannot be forgotten amidst the transition from Zook to Beckman is that the Illinois football team is vying for its third-consecutive winning season and its third-consecutive bowl appearance,
while also returning key contributors from the 2011 team.
Of those key contributors, senior Michael Buchanan was a menace in collecting 4.5 sacks, and fellow senior Terry Hawthorne caught a touchdown pass, played cornerback and returned punts.
On offense, sophomore running back Josh Ferguson used bursts of speed and some quick cuts to rack up 150 yards , including a 68-yard scamper.
Given fellow sophomore Donovonn Young’s foot injury and ongoing fumble woes, expect Ferguson to make big contributions.
Beckman chose not to showcase special teams, but the 14 punts it did show kept conversation about last season’s offensive struggles alive.
If there’s one thing worth noting, it was the creativity Beckman’s Illini showed.
Junior Miles Osei’s developing role in 2012 will be an interesting one.
Seeing him return punts and play quarterback, running back and wide receiver in one outing was all anyone needed to know that the coaching staff will exercise his versatility.
As a new coach in the conference, it’s likely Beckman kept his playbook a surprise for the regular season.
But witnessing Osei at multiple positions and double-
reverse fl ea-fl icker play calls can give you an idea of what to expect.
Seeing Hawthorne on the offensive side of the ball was what was most intriguing Saturday.
With the likes of Oklahoma and Missouri among others that joined Illinois in the recruiting of Hawthorne, it’s anybody’s guess as to why he chose the Illini over programs that have been better in recent memory.
One could assume Illinois presented an opportunity to play wide receiver and cornerback, but all that matters is instead of wasting all four years of his speed and athleticism on one side of the ball, Beckman has intentions to utilize it on offense as well.
Ambiguity is a mainstay with a new coach, but a depth chart and a regular season schedule always allows for
assessments to be made.The Illini’s 12-game slate
features seven home games , all winnable. Games at Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan will more than likely be losses, but road contests against Arizona State and Northwestern are toss-ups.
A third-consecutive 6-6 regular season with the potential for a third-straight bowl appearance was on display Saturday. Anything exceeding that will be welcomed with open arms.
The coach, whose personality has been metaphorically said to make caffeine nervous, has used that same trait to reinvent the buzz around a team that deserves it.
Dan is a junior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @welinand-dealin.
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Massei, who previously hit one home run on the season. This time the Illini rallied, scoring four runs in the seventh but ultimately losing 10-7 .
“It was nice to see everyone contributing offensively,” right fi elder Nikki Simpson said. “We’ve kind of been in a rut, but it’s good to see that we’re out of it now.”
Simpson led the Illinois offense with fi ve hits Sunday, including a 3-for-3 perfor-mance in the weekend’s fi nal game. She also knocked in four runs.
Illinois was without senior slugger Meredith Hackett for
the series, who has not been with the team because of per-sonal reasons. The Illini have also been missing fellow senior Kelley Wedel , who has also been out for two weeks with a hand injury.
“They’re big contributors most of the time,” said Vaji, who is fi lling in at fi rst base for Hackett. “With those two out, Nikki and I both know that we need to be leaders and be that spark for the team.”
Although the Illini dropped the series, Sullivan was encour-aged by the performance of the offense.
“There’s a lot of hitters on this team that we’ve believed in all season,” she said. “They just needed to get that fi rst big hit to get the offense going.”
67 yards and ran for a score . O’Toole had 159 yards and a touchdown on 19-for-31 passing . Junior quarterback Miles Osei passed for 115 yards, complet-ing 8-of-12 of his throws while also playing running back and wide receiver.
“We’ve got to be a little bit more consistent,” Scheelhaase said. “You’ve got different guys play-ing different positions and it is a little different, but for sure we’ve got to be better execution-wise.”
All of the quarterbacks had to contend with a relentless pass rush on both sides that recorded nine total sacks, including 4.5 by senior Michael Buchanan, who
is playing the hybrid defensive end, outside linebacker position dubbed “Leo” by Beckman and his staff.
“Right now, our defensive ends are a step ahead,” Beckman said. “They do showcase some of the things that they can do, but even their games can get a little bit better and they know that. But I think that they’re playing with outstanding desire.”
Junior defensive tackle Akeem Spence said in the absence of last season’s NCAA sack leader Whitney Mercilus, who declared for the NFL draft as a junior, the defensive line has made it a competition to come up with big plays.
“Every third down we see who can get a big sack, who can, you know, make the big play, get us
off the fi eld,” Spence said. “Last year it was Whitney, so now we each got to pick it up.”
While Beckman said the game was sloppy at times, freshman running back Josh Ferguson stood out, while sophomore Dono-vonn Young continues to make his way back from a foot frac-ture. Ferguson ran 20 times for 150 yards as the featured back on the Blue team and fi gures to be an important weapon for the offense going forward.
“I think the sky is the limit for him with what we do, with how we use the running back,” Scheelhaase said. “I think great can describe his potential in this offense, and we need him to be. We need him and Donovonn to have big years for us. If they don’t, we’ll be struggling.”
The Illini also showcased some of what senior cornerback Terry Hawthorne can do on the other side of the ball. Hawthorne caught a 29-yard touchdown from O’Toole in the fourth quarter, the only score for the Blue team and Haw-thorne’s only catch of the day.
“I’m real comfortable catch-ing the ball,” Hawthorne said. “It’s just like backyard catching the ball for me, just go out and I just get it.”
The Illini hope to improve on what they showed in the spring game throughout the summer and be ready when Western Michigan comes to Champaign on Sept. 1.
“You get 15 cut-ups, 15 prac-tices to look at in the offseason,” Scheelhaase said. “That’s the big-gest thing that all of us have to take away from it.”
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Illinois’ Pepper Gay (8) delivers a pitch against Wisconsin at Eichelberger Field on Sunday. The Illini dropped two out of three games over the weekend.
and to work on my power to have a really high vault,” Weinstein said. “When I’m going for my vault at the beginning of the runway, it really is a fun thing for me. It’s like, ‘OK, well am I going to stick it this time,’ and how high is it going to be? ... This is one event where you run down the runway and it’s over in a matter of 10 sec-onds, but it’s exhilarating when you stick that vault.”
Aside from competing against other teams this season, Wein-stein has been in steady compe-tition with one of her own team-mates. Her friendly rivalry with
Joannides is a factor that Wein-stein attributes to her success.
“Kelsey is an amazing competi-tor and an amazing friend to me,” Weinstein said. “We had the per-fect balance of friendly competi-tion and just being friends. I think that is a very special relationship to have with one of your team-mates. ... We competed with each other all year because we knew that we were each other’s big-gest competition. I knew that if I didn’t stick my vault, that Kelsey would, and that drove me to do my best in every competition.”
Weinstein scored a 9.8 on the vault at her fi rst-ever appear-ance at the NCAA Championships with the Illini in 2011. Weinstein’s average on the vault is almost a
whole point higher this season at 9.808 than 2010-11’s 9.704 .
“Her vault has developed immensely,” said Illinois head coach Kim Landrus , who has watched Weinstein’s develop-ment on the vault more than any-one. “She did not compete vault until regionals her freshman year. She had been working on it, but it wasn’t quite ready. Soph-omore year, she did compete vault, but it was just a yurchen-ko full, a common vault for about 90 percent of the country. Ali-na’s is just another yurchenko full, but she has really worked on her technique. She’s worked on getting a lot of power, dis-tance, height, and it has really progressed into one of the pre-
miere yurchencko fulls within the country.”
Weinstein’s lack of experience in the vault has helped her devel-op her strengths and focus less on her weaknesses.
“It’s funny because this didn’t use to be a strong event for me, but I really learned how to gain height on this event,” Weinstein said. “I guess my strength is that I can set up a good vault and go really high on it and obvious-ly have a good landing. I have been working a lot on sticking my vault, and so everything just came together at regionals. ... If I can pull all of that together again at nationals, then I think that could potentially get me a really good score.”
