BY LAUREN ROHR NEWS EDITOR After being removed last summer for restoration, the University’s icon- ic Alma Mater has been scheduled to return to campus in fall 2013, accord- ing to University officials. “The conservation of the Alma Mater is underway and moving forward,” said Andy Blacker, manager of external relations of the University’s Facilities and Services, although he said no spe- cific return date has been determined. An inspection by the University’s Preservation Working Group in early 2012 determined that the Alma Mater needed to be repaired. Since its last restoration in 1981, water damage and corrosion had caused internal damage to its structure. “If we don’t do something to take care of it soon, we might see some seri- ous damage to the sculpture in the next few years,” said Jennifer Hain Teper, conservation librarian and PWG chair, when it was first decided that the stat- ue needed to be repaired in February 2012. Although the Alma Mater’s original return date was set for May 4, 2013, just in time for Commencement cere- monies, University officials announced in March that the statue would not return until the 2013-14 academic year. The Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio, the Forest Park- based studio repairing the Alma Mater, found extensive internal damage that exceeded original expectations after the structure was removed on Aug. 7, 2012, campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said in March. “I know it is disheartening, but we’re preserving her for the ages and not rushing to get her back just for this year,” Kaler said. According to a University press release, the statue’s 30 parts will be laser-cleaned, which will remove oxida- tion. Conservators will also repair and possibly even replace corroded metal. Additionally, when the statue returns to its place at the corner of Green and Wright streets, it will be restored to its original bronze instead of the familiar blue-green color that came as a result of air pollution. 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Stephanie Seawell, GEO spokeswoman, said GEO members walked the picket lines with service workers, bringing out coffee and cookies as well as working with groups of undergraduate students to get the word out. “For a lot of GEO members, the fact that we didn’t feel like (the service workers) were being treated fairly by the University was doubly appalling because of how little these workers make,” Seawell said, mentioning that many workers are laid off in the summer and need to then pay for their own benefits. Seawell said the SEIU has always stood with the GEO, adding that when graduate employees went on strike four years ago, service workers “were with us every time we (had) rallies. ... They’re always really supportive.” “(Service workers) keep the University running, they clean the bathrooms, they pick up the trash,” Seawell said. “If we’re going to be a world-class university, we need a strong workforce and food team. It’s really impor- tant to us as graduate students.” In December last year, the GEO secured tuition waivers — a principle issue for gradu- ate employees — until 2017, when their con- tract ends. Before coming to the agreement, GEO came close to a strike, voting to form a strike committee to make work action plans in late November. To many GEO members, tuition waivers are essential for the continuance of their work and education at the University. “We feel that tuition waivers are necessary for access to higher education for people of all incomes and diversity. We think it’s real- ly important that tuition waivers are main- tained,” said Erin Heath, a member of the GEO, in an interview on Nov. 9. “For example, I couldn’t afford to go here if I didn’t have a tuition waiver.” Seawell said over the past semester, the GEO’s Grievance Committee worked until ear- ly April to “track down” graduate employees who had been affected by a violation of tuition waivers in the College of Fine and Applied Arts in their 2009 contract. More than 250 individuals received reim- bursements for tuition they had to pay as a result of contract violation. Individual reim- bursements varied based on how much was BY AUSTIN KEATING ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR The Service Employees International Union Local 73 voted April 5 to accept a new contract with the University after almost nine months of negotiations. Food service workers voted 89 percent in favor of the new contract, while 93 percent of building service workers voted in favor, said Ricky Baldwin, SEIU lead negotiator. The last time the University’s almost 800 union food and building service workers voted on a con- tract with the University was March 10. They reject- ed the contract, citing wage increases being too low, and went on strike for three days. “We’ll be out, ready to man our posts, and we’ll see how soon the University comes to the table,” said Aaron Ammons, local chapter vice president, the day before the strike. “They’re going (to) have to come back to the table with much more.” For the three days the union was on strike, the University temporarily replaced many of the empty positions to stay operational. On March 13, SEIU members who had previously walked out returned to work and negotiations resumed, eventually lead- ing to the University’s April 5 contract proposal. Wages were the biggest concern for Union mem- bers throughout the negotiation period was wag- es. Though Ammons said the University’s final offer that members voted to strike over included a flat rate percent raise for SEIU employees, he said he and union members who voted, thought it was too low. “This is the right move because (of) the state of the times right now,” Ammons said. “(Because) our pensions are going up, health care may be going University, service workers agree to new contract after strike Two-year upgrades will cost $160 million BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGER STAFF WRITER The 50-year-old arena, Assembly Hall, was renamed the State Farm Center on April 29, ahead of a long-planned renovation. The $160 million renovation, which was announced in March by athletic director Mike Thomas, will update the facility to include premium seating, extra amenities and state- of-the-art technology. Students passed a referendum in March with 54 percent of the vote in favor of a 30-year, $25-per-semester fee charged to students. The fee is expected to finance 17 percent of the renovations. Three-quarters of the renovation is expected to be funded by donors, Thomas said. “It has been the place where students, faculty and staff have gathered for so many different occasions from Commencement to convocation, from the circus to Big Bird,” Chancellor Phyllis Wise said in April. “It is our academic center. It is our athletic center. It’s our cultural center. It’s our community center. And now, it’s the State Farm Center.” The University and the State Farm Insur- ance Company agreed to a $60 million, 30-year deal for the naming rights to the hall. “In the world of college athletics, State Farm is a five-star recruit,” Thomas said. State Farm, the 43rd largest company in the United States, is located in Blooming- ton, Ill., just 50 miles northwest of campus on Interstate 74. The University and State Farm have had a long-standing relationship that includes both advertising and academ- ics, like State Farm’s presence in the Univer- sity’s Research Park. Many students, alumni and fans reacted negatively to the name change on Twitter, saying they will refuse to refer to the arena by its new name. But Thomas said he thought fans would think the new name is “terrific” and “wonderful.” The renovation will begin in March 2014 and last until Nov. 2016. Basketball seasons will not be affected. Men’s basketball head coach John Groce said in April he expects the renovations to have a positive impact on the program. “It’s a program-changing event,” Groce said. “In college athletics, you’re either mov- ing on an upward trend, or you’re staying the same. I tell my players that if you’re staying the same, you’re really getting worse because those people on an upward trend are passing you by, and I think in this case, for us to get to where we want to go, to restore and renovate this iconic building for the multi-purposes that it’s used for, it’s a huge, huge step in the right direction.” Women’s basketball head coach Matt Bol- lant said in April that he has been showing recruits the mock-ups first-thing when they arrive on campus. “It’s that big of a deal to recruits that we show it to them right away and let them believe that this is going to happen, and today is a big step toward that,” he said. The architectural design was submitted to the University by Los Angeles-based firm AECOM on Nov. 1. The new design includes 12 premium 14-person suites, 80 four-person mini-suites, and about 1,000 club seats. The renovations also include an increase in stu- dent-seating from 700-1,200. Overall, capac- ity is expected to fall from 16,618 to about 15,200. The renovation will also add air con- ditioning to the arena. Assembly Hall opened its doors on March 2, 1963. In the years since, it has become nationally known for its unique design. The renovations keep the facility’s design while updating its interior. “This is exactly what the campus was hop- ing to achieve when this project was under- taken over 50 years ago,” Wise said. “The intent was to build a place like no other, where as a community we could assemble together. We stay true to those intentions in preserv- ing this facility.” Thomas said that, overall, the project will cost between $260 million and $300 million after the 30-year bonds taken out on the reno- vations are paid in full. The Board of Trustees will vote on the pro- posal May 29. Johnathan can be reached at [email protected] and @jhett93. State Farm Center to be renovated STATE FARM CENTER ALMA MATER Alma Mater absent at Commencement Extensive internal damage exceeds original expectations See GEO, Page 3A See ALMA, Page 3A See SEIU, Page 3A KELLY HICKEY THE DAILY ILLINI University service workers and Service Employees International Union Local 73 members hold a protest on the Quad on March 6, chanting, “The University works because we do!” SEIU members received the University’s counter proposal and voted on it, when it was approved April 5. DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTO “If we don’t do something to take care of it soon, we might see some serious damage to the sculpture in the next few years.” JENNIFER HAIN TEPER, conservation librarian and PWG chair DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTO Graduate students speak to undergraduates about contract negotiations and how they can work together to improve access to education. SEIU GEO
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BY LAUREN ROHRNEWS EDITOR
After being removed last summer for restoration, the University’s icon-ic Alma Mater has been scheduled to return to campus in fall 2013, accord-ing to University officials.
“The conservation of the Alma Mater is underway and moving forward,” said Andy Blacker, manager of external relations of the University’s Facilities and Services, although he said no spe-cific return date has been determined.
An inspection by the University’s Preservation Working Group in early
2012 determined that the Alma Mater needed to be repaired. Since its last restoration in 1981, water damage and corrosion had caused internal damage to its structure.
“If we don’t do something to take care of it soon, we might see some seri-ous damage to the sculpture in the next few years,” said Jennifer Hain Teper, conservation librarian and PWG chair, when it was first decided that the stat-ue needed to be repaired in February 2012.
Although the Alma Mater’s original return date was set for May 4, 2013, just in time for Commencement cere-monies, University officials announced in March that the statue would not return until the 2013-14 academic year.
The Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio, the Forest Park-based studio repairing the Alma Mater,
found extensive internal damage that exceeded original expectations after the structure was removed on Aug. 7, 2012, campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said in March.
“I know it is disheartening, but we’re preserving her for the ages and not rushing to get her back just for this year,” Kaler said.
According to a University press release, the statue’s 30 parts will be laser-cleaned, which will remove oxida-tion. Conservators will also repair and possibly even replace corroded metal.
Additionally, when the statue returns to its place at the corner of Green and Wright streets, it will be restored to its original bronze instead of the familiar blue-green color that came as a result of air pollution.
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University vs. UnionsAfter months of negotiations, GEO gets tuition waivers, reimbursementsBY TYLER DAVISASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Following last semester’s eight-month con-tract negotiation period with the Universi-ty, more than 100 members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization stood in solidarity with the Service Employees International Union during its three-day strike in March.
Stephanie Seawell, GEO spokeswoman, said GEO members walked the picket lines with service workers, bringing out coffee and cookies as well as working with groups of undergraduate students to get the word out.
“For a lot of GEO members, the fact that we didn’t feel like (the service workers) were being treated fairly by the University was doubly appalling because of how little these workers make,” Seawell said, mentioning that many workers are laid off in the summer and need to then pay for their own benefits.
Seawell said the SEIU has always stood with the GEO, adding that when graduate employees went on strike four years ago, service workers “were with us every time we (had) rallies. ... They’re always really supportive.”
“(Service workers) keep the University running, they clean the bathrooms, they pick up the trash,” Seawell said. “If we’re going to be a world-class university, we need a strong workforce and food team. It’s really impor-tant to us as graduate students.”
In December last year, the GEO secured tuition waivers — a principle issue for gradu-ate employees — until 2017, when their con-tract ends. Before coming to the agreement, GEO came close to a strike, voting to form a strike committee to make work action plans in late November.
To many GEO members, tuition waivers are essential for the continuance of their work and education at the University.
“We feel that tuition waivers are necessary for access to higher education for people of all incomes and diversity. We think it’s real-ly important that tuition waivers are main-tained,” said Erin Heath, a member of the GEO, in an interview on Nov. 9. “For example, I couldn’t afford to go here if I didn’t have a tuition waiver.”
Seawell said over the past semester, the GEO’s Grievance Committee worked until ear-ly April to “track down” graduate employees who had been affected by a violation of tuition waivers in the College of Fine and Applied Arts in their 2009 contract.
More than 250 individuals received reim-bursements for tuition they had to pay as a result of contract violation. Individual reim-bursements varied based on how much was
BY AUSTIN KEATINGASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
The Service Employees International Union Local 73 voted April 5 to accept a new contract with the University after almost nine months of negotiations.
Food service workers voted 89 percent in favor of the new contract, while 93 percent of building service workers voted in favor, said Ricky Baldwin, SEIU lead negotiator.
The last time the University’s almost 800 union food and building service workers voted on a con-tract with the University was March 10. They reject-ed the contract, citing wage increases being too low, and went on strike for three days.
“We’ll be out, ready to man our posts, and we’ll see how soon the University comes to the table,” said Aaron Ammons, local chapter vice president, the day before the strike. “They’re going (to) have to come back to the table with much more.”
For the three days the union was on strike, the University temporarily replaced many of the empty positions to stay operational. On March 13, SEIU members who had previously walked out returned to work and negotiations resumed, eventually lead-ing to the University’s April 5 contract proposal.
Wages were the biggest concern for Union mem-bers throughout the negotiation period was wag-es. Though Ammons said the University’s final offer that members voted to strike over included a flat rate percent raise for SEIU employees, he said he and union members who voted, thought it was too low.
“This is the right move because (of) the state of the times right now,” Ammons said. “(Because) our pensions are going up, health care may be going
University, service workers agree to new contract after strike
Two-year upgrades will cost $160 millionBY JOHNATHAN HETTINGERSTAFF WRITER
The 50-year-old arena, Assembly Hall, was renamed the State Farm Center on April 29, ahead of a long-planned renovation.
The $160 million renovation, which was announced in March by athletic director Mike Thomas, will update the facility to include premium seating, extra amenities and state-of-the-art technology.
Students passed a referendum in March with 54 percent of the vote in favor of a 30-year, $25-per-semester fee charged to students. The fee is expected to finance 17 percent of the renovations. Three-quarters of the renovation is expected to be funded by donors, Thomas said.
“It has been the place where students, faculty and staff have gathered for so many different occasions from Commencement to convocation, from the circus to Big Bird,” Chancellor Phyllis Wise said in April. “It is our academic center. It is our athletic center. It’s our cultural center. It’s our community center. And now, it’s the State Farm Center.”
The University and the State Farm Insur-ance Company agreed to a $60 million, 30-year deal for the naming rights to the hall.
“In the world of college athletics, State Farm is a five-star recruit,” Thomas said.
State Farm, the 43rd largest company in the United States, is located in Blooming-ton, Ill., just 50 miles northwest of campus on Interstate 74. The University and State Farm have had a long-standing relationship that includes both advertising and academ-ics, like State Farm’s presence in the Univer-sity’s Research Park.
Many students, alumni and fans reacted negatively to the name change on Twitter, saying they will refuse to refer to the arena by its new name.
But Thomas said he thought fans would think the new name is “terrific” and “wonderful.”
The renovation will begin in March 2014 and last until Nov. 2016. Basketball seasons will not be affected.
Men’s basketball head coach John Groce said in April he expects the renovations to have a positive impact on the program.
“It’s a program-changing event,” Groce said. “In college athletics, you’re either mov-ing on an upward trend, or you’re staying the same. I tell my players that if you’re staying the same, you’re really getting worse because those people on an upward trend are passing you by, and I think in this case, for us to get to where we want to go, to restore and renovate this iconic building for the multi-purposes that it’s used for, it’s a huge, huge step in the right direction.”
Women’s basketball head coach Matt Bol-lant said in April that he has been showing recruits the mock-ups first-thing when they arrive on campus.
“It’s that big of a deal to recruits that we show it to them right away and let them believe that this is going to happen, and today is a big step toward that,” he said.
The architectural design was submitted to the University by Los Angeles-based firm AECOM on Nov. 1. The new design includes 12 premium 14-person suites, 80 four-person mini-suites, and about 1,000 club seats. The renovations also include an increase in stu-dent-seating from 700-1,200. Overall, capac-ity is expected to fall from 16,618 to about 15,200. The renovation will also add air con-ditioning to the arena.
Assembly Hall opened its doors on March 2, 1963. In the years since, it has become nationally known for its unique design. The renovations keep the facility’s design while updating its interior.
“This is exactly what the campus was hop-ing to achieve when this project was under-taken over 50 years ago,” Wise said. “The intent was to build a place like no other, where as a community we could assemble together. We stay true to those intentions in preserv-ing this facility.”
Thomas said that, overall, the project will cost between $260 million and $300 million after the 30-year bonds taken out on the reno-vations are paid in full.
The Board of Trustees will vote on the pro-posal May 29.
Alma Mater absent at CommencementExtensive internal damage exceeds original expectations
See GEO, Page 3A
See ALMA, Page 3A
See SEIU, Page 3A
KELLY HICKEY THE DAILY ILLINI
University service workers and Service Employees International Union Local 73 members hold a protest on the Quad on March 6, chanting, “The University works because we do!” SEIU members received the University’s counter proposal and voted on it, when it was approved April 5.
DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTO
“If we don’t do something to take care of it soon, we might see some serious damage to the sculpture in the next few years.”JENNIFER HAIN TEPER,conservation librarian and PWG chair
DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTO
Graduate students speak to undergraduates about contract negotiations and how they can work together to improve access to education.
SEIU GEO
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Champaign A 21-year-old male was arrest-
ed on the charge of battery in the 00 block of Chester Street around 11 p.m. Thursday.
A 27-year-old male was arrest-ed on the charges of domestic bat-tery and theft in the 2400 block of North Neil Street around 12:30 a.m. Friday.
Criminal damage to proper-ty was reported in the 200 block of East Healey Street around 5 p.m. Friday.
According to the report, an unknown offender broke the vic-tim’s windshield.
Criminal damage to proper-ty was reported in the 900 block of South Locust Street around 2 p.m. Saturday.
According to the report, one window on a vehicle was damaged.
Residential burglary was reported in the 900 block of North
Fourth Street around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
According to the report, entry was not forced, and two comput-ers and a cellphone were stolen.
Urbana A 21-year-old male was issued
a notice to appear on the charge of public urination at the Music Ed Annex, 909 W. Oregon St., around 3:30 a.m. Friday.
A 32-year-old female was arrested on the charge of crimi-nal damage to property in the 700 block of West Clark Street around 11:30 p.m. Friday.
According to the report, the suspect broke the victim’s front apartment window with an unknown object.
University A 21-year-old male was
arrested on the charge of pos-session of cannabis under 30 grams and possession of drug equipment in the 300 block of South Fifth Street around 3:30 a.m. Friday.
According to the report, the items were found during a traf-fic stop.
Theft was reported at the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., around 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
According to the report, the victim left his backpack out-side Ballroom C and returned an hour later to find it missing. When he reported the theft, the police officer informed him that the backpack had been found in a University parking garage at 510 E. Daniel St. The victim’s wallet, along with credit and debit cards and $20 cash, were missing.
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wrongfully charged. The Universi-ty paid affected graduate employ-ees a grand total of $440,433, including interest.
“Tracking down all the people on our campus who were adverse-ly affected ... and people who have graduated or dropped out ... was a massive effort that our grievance council undertook,” Seawell said.
Seawell also said the GEO’s Stewards’ Council has been work-ing toward resolving paycheck tax issues. Because graduate assis-tants mainly do clerical work, the value of their tuition waiver is taxed in their earnings, some-times resulting in $0 paychecks.
According to the University’s tuition waiver policy in this year’s graduate college handbook, cur-rent tax law exempts research and teaching assistants from having their tuition waivers taxed due to their teaching and research status.
The University has since reclas-sified many graduate assistants as teaching or research assistants in order to combat this, resulting in fewer affected graduate assis-tants than in past years, said Nata-lie Uhl, member of the GEO’s bar-gaining unit and graduate student.
“That’s one of the focuses that the GEO’s been working on and will continue to work on going for-ward,” Seawell said.
up, and inflation is going up, yet our raises are not meeting that.”
Most University employees receive a yearly raise through the campus wage program, and SEIU was enrolled in the pro-gram for a time. However, SEIU members received a 0 percent raise from the program during the 2009-10 contract year.
“Our people didn’t like that,” said Baldwin in an interview earlier this year. “(They) start-ed losing ground. It made it harder to pay the bills because the bills went up a certain amount due to inflation, while their wages didn’t.”
Because of this, the union demanded that they couldn’t be put on the program again and should instead have a raise increase they could negotiate. A four-year contract with a flat-rate wage increase guaranteed for every year is now in place.
“The most important thing is these folks stuck together and stayed tough and some of the other unions on campus stayed with them,” Baldwin said in an interview earlier this year. “It’s really a victory for the whole campus.”
The repair for the extra dam-age, however, comes at an addi-tional cost — another $260,000 has been added to the original $99,962 cost of the restoration. The restoration will be paid for by the Chancellor’s Fund, a pool of money donated to the chancel-lor’s office from outside sources.
Andrzej Dajnowski, the stu-dio’s lead conservator, said in a video interview in March that the statue’s size caused unique prob-lems for the conservators work-ing on it.
“The sculpture is big enough to have serious structural problems but small enough so that we can-not get in very easily,” he said.
But University officials are confident that the Alma Mater’s restoration will only end with positive results. When the struc-ture was removed last August, Teper said restoring and repair-ing the statue now would ensure that it would be around for a long time and would prevent further damage in the future.
“Our next step is going to be ensuring that we continue to take care of her and don’t let her get to this level of deterioration,” she said.
Samantha Kiesel and Nathaniel Lash contributed to this report.
Lauren can be reached at rohr2@ dailyillini.com.
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The Alma Mater gets prepped Aug. 6 for its journey to Forest Park, Ill.. The damage is more extensive than originally thought.
Supercomputer Blue Waters launched, aids several researchersBY AUSTIN KEATINGASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
The University officially launched its petascale computing project Blue Waters on March 28. The supercomputer boasts a sus-tained performance of one pet-aflop, making it one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world.
Blue Waters was designed and built by more than 80 workers from the contractor Cray Inc. and National Center for Supercom-puting Applications. It has taken five years and a National Science Foundation grant of $400 million to complete it.
Peter Ungaro, president and chief executive officer of Cray Inc., said at the launch party that the supercomputer “has the abil-ity to change the world.”
“It can do quadrillions of calcu-lations every second,” said Trish Barker, public affairs coordinator at NCSA, in an interview last year. “With a calculator, that would take you about 32 million years.”
The calculation speed of the machine is being used by research teams from all across the country to conduct calculations for various projects. Klaus Schulten, professor of physics, said in an interview last
year that the use of the supercom-puter is essential for his research into the HIV capsid, the protein shell of a virus.
“If you take the capsid and put water around it, then you’re ending up with a system of over 60 mil-lion atoms,” Schulten said. “Those are systems that were too large to be simulated in the old days ... but with Blue Waters, we can do such simulations.”
Barker said the supercomputer is now fully operational, and the next step is receiving results from the various research teams.
“We do have people who are studying earthquakes, and we have people who are studying viruses and how they infect cells. We have quite a few astronomy and astrophysics projects too,” Barker said. “There are some nano proj-ects, climate research — it really covers lots of different topics over a lot of different areas.”
The NSF grant for Blue Waters is set to run for five years, and at the end of that time, the supercom-puter will become the property of the University unless the grant is extended, Barker said.
Robert Easter, president of the University, makes some remarks at the Blue Waters launch at the National Center of Supercomputing Applications on March 28. Blue Waters is a new supercomputer developed with joint funding from the National Science Foundation and the University.
Social media, advertising play large role throughout national, local elections
Despite referendum, campus no closer to decision on Chief, new mascot
BY BRITTANY GIBSONSTAFF WRITER
Presidential electionPresident Barack Obama won
the presidential election in 2012 after Mitt Romney conceded to Obama over a phone call around midnight on Nov. 7.
Romney had 53.6 million votes in the popular vote, or 49 per-cent. Obama had 54.5 million, 50 percent.
One main facet of this election was the inclusion of social media. Websites like Twitter were over-whelmed with millions of people all wanting and willing to share their beliefs on the presidential debates and election overall.
“A key theme to newer media, such as YouTube or comment pag-es on websites, is that it gives a voice to people whose opinions were originally limited in their reach,” said David Tewksbury, associate professor in political science and head of the depart-ment of Communication. “Now, it is uniform for those voices to flow more with the information than to just receive it.”
Ohio, Iowa, New Hampshire and Colorado were four of the nine most divided states in the elec-tion, where nearly $1 billion was spent on television commercials.
In spite of the closeness in popu-
lar vote, Obama’s distinct focus on battleground states gave him the majority in the electoral vote. He had 303, 33 more than needed for victory. Romney had 206.
On campus, the Illini Democrats celebrated their victory.
“We celebrated Obama being re-elected,” said organization Presi-dent Shana Harrison. “There were some cheers and hugs and excite-ment. It was a great win to bring home for our team right now.”
Democrats won two more years of control in the Senate, and, as of press time, Republicans were on track to do likewise in the House, a fact that gave the College Repub-licans comfort.
“Well, Obama has been re-elect-ed, and basically Gov. Romney and Ryan ran an excellent campaign. They had a ton of support, and unfortunately, America chose oth-erwise,” said organization Presi-dent Despina Batson.
U.S. Representative electionRepublican Rodney Davis was
named U.S. Representative for Illi-nois’s 13th congressional district on Nov. 9 after his opponent, dem-ocrat David Gill, conceded in the congressional race.
In a news release, Gill said the race in Macon County was one of the closest in the country.
“The closeness of this race,
less than one half percentage point, demanded that we diligent-ly check the numbers,” Gill said in the release.
Funding, similar to the presi-dential race, also played a large part in this particular election. About $8 million was spent on advertisements supporting the candidates in the race, according to Federal Election Commission reports, which made it one of the most highly funded House races.
At a debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters on Nov. 1, the candidates expressed their dis-approval of the amount of money spent during the campaign, espe-cially on negative and slanderous advertisements created by outside groups.
“I’ve been lied about,” Gill said. “Negative (or) positive is one thing, (but) false (or) true is another.”
Davis said he was also affect-ed by the advertisements that ran throughout the campaign.
“The first ad that was done in this race was a web ad that was completely negative done by Mr. Gill against me,” Davis said. “This started a path, unfortunately, of us having to respond to those accu-sations, and you’ve seen the out-side money come in from both sides to where sometimes we feel like pawns on the chessboard of the Washington Democrats and Republicans.”
Despite the close outcome and monetary controversy, Gill said he thought the competitiveness of the race showed true promise for the democratic party.
“The incredibly close out-come of this congressional elec-tion, along with the re-election of President Obama and a democratic senate, have proven that knee-jerk conservative policies will not suc-ceed in this country nor be accept-ed by most of the people in this district,” Gill said. “It will require compromise and common-sense solutions to govern this nation and to serve this region.”
Gill also said he was hoping to see Davis embrace some of the values he advocated throughout his campaign, including providing a better future for the communi-ties of the district and improving the state of the region for future generations.
“I hope Mr. Davis will seek ways to compromise and support the president so we can see real progress for middle class fami-lies,” Gill said.
Urbana electionDemocratic incumbent Laurel
Prussing won the Urbana mayoral election on April 10, a victory she secured by obtaining 62.5 percent of the vote over her opponent Rex Bradfield’s who had 37.5 percent
of the vote.“I feel just fine,” Prussing said
after her win. “I was hoping for sixty percent and did a little bet-ter than that, so that was nice.”
Prussing is now currently serv-ing her third term as mayor and working with many main issues around Urbana that influenced the vote, such as taxes.
“The hospitals have gotten a bill through the legislature last year saying that they’re char-ities, which means that they don’t have to pay local prop-erty taxes,” she said. “That means their charity care is being paid for by the taxpayers of one city — Urbana — because they’re located in Urbana, yet they serve counties for miles around. I think that’s an ineq-uity that we’re going to have to deal with.”
Prussing said her biggest challenge will now be forming the budget for the city of Urba-na. She will be responsible for distributing collected taxes, which make up the budget.
“The main problem (that I will deal with) is the budget ... that’s taken center stage because of (our) budget and because of the way that Illinois is in a big finan-cial bind,” she said. “We don’t want them to solve their prob-lems by shifting them onto local governments.”
Champaign electionChampaign also saw an elec-
tion on April 10. Citizens voted Will Kyles into office as District 1 Champaign City Council mem-ber over Gina Jackson with about 60 percent of the votes. Both can-didates have held this position in the past.
After his victory, Kyles said he wanted to focus on infrastructure issues and economic development.
“Moving forward, we definitely have to have some sustainability in the program that we already have,” he said.
During this election, Kyles said he and Jackson saw eye-to-eye on a few issues, including econom-ic and employment issues, and he will do his best to improve them.
It has been more than six years since the last dance of Chief Illini-wek at an Illinois sporting event, yet the Chief remains a popular symbol on campus.
In a March referendum, stu-dents voted in support of Chief Illiniwek as the official mascot of the University by nearly a four-to-one margin.
The Board of Trustees chose to retire Chief Illiniwek on Feb. 16, 2007. The Chief had long been a controversial figure on campus, but increasing opposition and an NCAA sanction forbidding the University from hosting NCAA
championship events led to the decision. With the retirement, the NCAA sanctions were lifted.
The University has been without an official mascot since the chief was retired, and the search for a new mascot has gained populari-ty in recent years. Campus Spirit Revival, a student group dedicat-ed to finding a new mascot for the University, thinks Chief Illiniwek is degrading to Native Americans. The group has proposed new mas-cots, asking the Illinois Student Senate to hold a survey in early February. The survey results have not been released due to a pending moot court decision about wheth-er the survey was constitutional.
Josh Good, graduate student, challenged the constitutionality of the resolution based on article IX of the Illinois Student Senate constitution, which says the senate is bound by all referendum ques-tions passed by the student body.
Good alleged at the hearing that ISS was not within its consti-tution in supporting student group Campus Spirit Revival’s mascot search, citing previous referen-dum questions from 2004 and 2008 in which students reaffirmed their support of Chief Illiniwek. The senate is bound by all refer-endum questions passed by the student body.
David Pileski, former student
trustee, contended that these questions are not binding to the senate because they are vague and not self-executing — they were simply a measure of student opinion. The Campus Spirit Reviv-al, formerly Students4aNEWmas-cot, search for a new mascot was originally supported and spon-sored by the Illinois Student Sen-ate in 2011.
Campus Spirit Revival and the Native American Indige-nous Student Organization held a joint discussion in April regard-ing the future of the University’s mascot. Most at the meeting did not support the reinstatement of the Chief, but current unoffi-
cial Chief Ivan Dozier said the Chief is important to the campus community.
“This has been embedded in the community,” Dozier said. “If it’s here, we should use it to our advan-tage. The intentions of the mascot do have merit. The intentions were never evil.”
Dozier said he supports increased education about Illi-nois’ history to help make stu-dents more aware of the role that Native Americans have played in the shaping of the state.
The referendum was the sec-ond to address Chief Illini since the symbol’s retirement in 2007, and the third referendum to
gauge students’ opinions on the mascot since 2003.
In 2008, 79 percent of students who participated in the survey supported Chief Illiniwek as an official symbol of the University.
In 2003, 70 percent favored the Chief.
The results of the Chief Illini-wek portion of the student refer-endum were not initially released because of an injunction pend-ing the moot court decision. The court decided to remove the injunction before the student sen-ate’s hearing in March.
2012-13 election winners Democrat President Barack
Obama over Republican Gov. Mitt Romney
Republican Rep. Rodney Davis over Democrat David Gill
Democratic state Sen. Mike Frerichs over Republican John Bambenek
Democratic Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing over Republican Rex Bradfield
Republican Will Kyles as District 1 Champaign City Council member over Democrat Gina Jackson
BLUE WATERS
CHIEF ILLINIWEK
ELECTIONS
ver the past four years, I’ve learned nothing is set in stone. I entered college
thinking I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, then about halfway through, I realized my dreams had changed. I had no idea what I wanted to do. I wasn’t
scared though. I saw it as an exciting opportunity. It wasn’t too long before I found my passion in writing, making political jargon
understandable for everyone. Even if you don’t find something you love
during your time here, you will eventually. It may surprise you, but
in the meantime, don’t be afraid to explore — that’s what being an
undergraduate is all about.
Joanna is a senior in LAS.
hen Marina Keegan wrote about her impending gradua-tion in a column for The Yale
Daily News, she didn’t know she would pass away a little later that week. I
read that column last year as a junior, about how we would all be moving on from the nights we stayed up until 4
a.m., just because, the nights we can’t remember, the nights we popped on over to our friend’s place just next
door — and it saddened me. Because Marina could not have been prepared for what would happen after gradu-ation, no more than we could be. If I have any suggestion for those of you
more junior than this graduating class, it’s to read her column. Take it in. But
don’t despair. Nights like these are fleeting, but to quote Albert Einstein: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep
your balance, you must keep moving.”
Nora is a senior in LAS.
y last bit of advice: go exploring. In the last years of our time in college, it is easy to get locked
into routine, traveling along the same roads, visiting the same buildings, going to the same restaurants. But there are
plenty of secret places, odd architecture, strange rooms and neat little shops hid-den all around campus and Champaign-Urbana itself. A few weeks ago, for the first time, I stumbled into the basement of the English building and went explor-ing through its oddly placed classrooms
and foyers. Have you been to every library on campus? Have you found
every hidden eatery in every nook and cranny? There isn’t a lot of time left if you’re leaving town. So get exploring!
Joseph is a graduate student.
y biggest piece of advice to students at this
University is to follow your passions. It took me a long time (almost too long) to realize that I am here for myself. I regret not taking more classes that are unrelated to my major. If you don’t like your major, think about switching to something you like more. It doesn’t matter what your parents, friends
or teachers expect of you; you are the only person that has to live with your choices. Take classes that sound interesting. Most of my favorite classes were not even in my major or minor. You’re much more likely to succeed at something you are passionate about than something you are doing because you feel obligated to.
Safia is a senior in LAS.
our years ago, I never would have imagined where I
am now. This is a sur-prise as I was the con-stant planner. I thought I had everything figured out like a puzzle — all the way down to the middle pieces. Looking back over my experience at this University, I realize that no matter how much you plan, in life or for some-
thing like the week-end, it’s destined to change. Unexpected
events emerge, relation-ships end, people evolve. There are so many vari-ables that you cannot anticipate. But you can prepare yourself to adapt and overcome obstacles, to do a 180 if new oppor-tunities arise. So, don’t drive yourself crazy fill-ing in the puzzle; instead, finish an outline with goals for direction. Live in the moment, always ready to change.
Tommy is a senior in Business.
SAFIA KAZI
TOLU TAIWO
JOANNA ROTHENBERG
NORA IBRAHIM
JOSEPH VANDEHEY
SARAH FISCHER
TOMMY HEISER
lease don’t ask me what my favorite college memory is. Just don’t. I’ve done a lot
here. A. LOT. I’ve ridden on a float, and I’ve ridden a bike semi-nude. I’ve gone to LeaderShape, and I’ve set up more inflatable courses than I care to admit. I have hugged Nick Offerman and thrown many birthday parties. This list isn’t to brag (well, maybe the part about Offerman was), but to set a point: Four years of memory, and you want me to pick one? What stands out, though, aren’t the details, but my friends, from my Illinites Union Board buddies to my Urbana crew. We road trip, dance up a storm, cause change and cause mischief — all while looking good. I can’t pick one favorite memory, yes because I have many, but also because any memory with friends in it is wonderful. Develop core groups. Find your family. Some memories are fleeting, but strong friends are here to stay.
Tolu is a senior in Media.
the end of nov-els, there often
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while my time at the Uni-versity of Illinois has
been little like a novel, I have a few people I’d like to thank. The Eng-lish advising office, for
not only helping me study abroad and graduate in three
years, but for helping me decide on my second major. The com-
munication department, for put-ting me in the necessary cours-
es and making me feel welcome, even when I had no idea what I was getting into. The Daily Illi-
ni, for showing me a different side of the news, and for taking
a chance on me when I had no experience as a journalist. Drs.
Hansen and Murphy, for sharing their unabated passion in the
classroom. Amanda Tole-do, for overcoming her fear
and introducing herself. And you, reader, who have stayed
with me until the end, for giving me an audience no
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BY EARN SAENMUKSTAFF WRITER
It has been a big year for Champaign County construction. There is currently about $900 million invested into construction projects going on in the county and all around campus.
Aside from Chicago, Champaign County probably has more construction projects than anywhere else in Illinois, said Busey Bank Vice Chairman Ed Scharlau at the Bank’s 61st economic seminar on April 16.
Many construction projects have been planned in Champaign, and some are already in progress, said Scharlau. By the end of 2015, there may be at least three new high-rise buildings on Green Street.
In addition to the construction of two residence halls at Ikenberry Commons, in which one is expected to be completed in 2013 and the other is scheduled to start in 2014, three residential facilities are scheduled to be completed by 2015 on Green Street.
Bankier Apartments is scheduled to demolish the current buildings at the southwest corner of Sixth and Green Streets on June 1, and begin construction on a 14-story apartment building afterwards.
Miriam Booth, managing broker of Bankier Apartments, said this building will be Bankier’s tallest and nicest apartment building. It will also be located at the heart of campus, which she said will likely encourage more businesses to come to the area. She said it will give students more options to live closer to class.
“I think the location is also perfect,” Booth said. “It’s right in the middle of campus, very convenient.”
On the other side of the street, JSM Development will begin construction of a 12-story hotel over Parking Lot J on October 1, next to Legends Bar and Grill, 522 E. Green St. The developer will pay approximately $4 million to purchase the lot and will also contribute $160,000 toward the reconstruction of Healey Street between Sixth and Fourth streets, estimated by the city to cost approximately $1.7 million in total.
A report from the city of Champaign said the redevelopment may generate up to $50,000 a year in property taxes for the city. The sales tax and property tax expected from the project may go up to $179,000 by the hotel’s fifth year from a base cost of about $140,000. The project’s completion date is set for August 2015.
If the Champaign City Council approves the developer’s application, HERE Champaign, LLC will begin construction in October of an apartment building at 308-312 E. Green St., where IHOP and Campus Liquor currently stand. The building will be considered 27 stories due to factors such as high ceilings. The building is scheduled to be completed in May 2015.
It will include 143 residential
units, retail stores and will be equipped with an elevator-operated automatic parking vault. The Champaign City Council’s Plan Commission conducted a public hearing for the project on May 1, and the application will formally go to the council on June 4. This construction plans will be finalized in the summer following city council adoption approving the development.
Council member Will Kyles, District 1, said he thinks these new buildings will help with campus economy and employment. Kyles said he is hopeful that the new development will attract more students to the University, and it will be easier for parents to find a place to stay during special events such as Moms Weekend, sporting events or the graduation ceremony.
“(Students) will come not only for great education, but also because the campus is more attractive too,” Kyles said. “I think the living environment is also important to students.”
Green Street’s direction of development is consistent with the vision the planning department has had for the city, said Lorrie Pearson, land development
manager for Champaign’s Current Planning Division. She said the construction projects are expected to help drive economic and employment growth, as well as attract more investment to the area.
“Obviously, construction means construction jobs,” Pearson said. “People will be coming in the community, and there will likely be more shops and restaurants.”
She said student apartment units along Green Street will give students more opportunities to walk to classes and lessen the number of cars on campus.
“Hopefully within one or two years, the city of Champaign will be able to provide more convenience of living to people in the community,” Pearson said.
Apart from the residential units, the new Electrical and Computer Engineering building, currently under construction, is scheduled for completion and open for classes in 2014. Renovations on Smith Memorial Hall and State Farm Center, formerly Assembly Hall, will also begin in 2014 with no specific end date set as of yet.
University Facilities and Ser-vices will finalize its $4 million 2013 Campus Bike Plan this summer.
In October, the department acknowledged that conditions of the bicycle paths and lanes are poor and in need of repair. Since then, they compiled a plan for several projects to improve bicy-cle infrastructure, education and enforcement on campus. Once the plan is finalized and adequate funding is acquired, construction can begin.
The goals of the plan include increasing safety and sustain-ability, improving mobility and accessibility for cyclists on cam-pus, funding future infrastruc-ture improvements and renew-ing the University’s standing as a national leader in bicycle friendliness.
“The University has not had a bike plan for several decades,” said Rebecca Bird, Urbana plan-ning official, in March. “The Uni-
versity owns some streets, and Champaign-Urbana owns oth-ers. The University is right in the middle, and that connection is missing.”
The first paths were created in the 1950s, but because bicycle riding on campus has increased, improvements on infrastructure, education and enforcement are called for in this plan, said Mor-gan Johnston, coordinator of Transportation Demand Manage-ment at Facilities and Services in March.
“We have a lot that needs to be done,” she said. “People are glad to see this report that explains how it all fits together and how we’re going to move forward.”
Johnston said a $1.5 million grant was given to the depart-ment to repave the paths, but fur-ther funding needs to be request-ed from campus administration, the University endowment and the Student Sustainability Com-mittee on a project-by-project basis. Facilities and Services is asking for $1 million a year for
four years, beginning with con-struction this summer.
Amelia Neptune, academic hourly at Facilities and Servic-es, who compiled the report, said in March that the next step in the plan is to compile comments from the iCAP feedback forms to edit and clarify the content of the plan.
“It’s exciting to have the plan done, but this is certainly just the beginning,” Neptune said.
She said feedback reports that they’ve received so far suggest-ed a general sense of urgency to implement the plan faster. However, that is dependent on funding.
“I share people’s feelings that this is really important, and we should do everything we can to get it done as quickly as possi-ble,” Neptune said.
Gameday Spirit, on the corner of Sixth and Green, will be replaced by a 14- story apartment building by fall 2014.
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On-campus smoking ban to begin January 2014BY KAT BOEHLE AND CORINNE RUFFSTAFF WRITERS
Students approved a University smoking ban referendum on campus in October that will go into effect Jan. 1.
“We want to ensure a healthy environment for our entire campus community. There is incontrovertible evidence that smoking is a dangerous addiction and that secondhand smoke affects everyone,” Chancellor Phyllis Wise said in a mass email.
While the four subcommittees working on the ban originally set the start date in November, it was recently postponed to January 2014 due to the timing of final exams.
“We thought it would be a tough time with students getting ready for finals,” said Heather Horn, faculty co-chair of the Faculty and Staff Well-Being Committee. “We don’t want to make more stress,”
The Communications and Cultures subcommittee, which voted on the policy, will notify students next year about quitting resources to ease the transition. Some options include McKinley Health Center, which Horn said could send inspirational text messages to students trying to quit smoking.
However, Christopher Dayton, senior in LAS, said he doesn’t agree with the ban and doesn’t plan to quit smoking.
“There is the constituency of student smokers ... such that they become targeted and they become demonized in the view of the public as being outsiders, unwelcome, dirty and as a health hazard,” he said in an interview last October. “They are not seen as an individual person but rather seen automatically as a
smoker under the umbrella of this resolution.”
For smokers who prefer not to quit, the Facilities, Grounds and Property subcommittee is working on a map of smoke-friendly areas. Because the University owns about one-third of the streets on campus, smoking would be permitted anywhere outside of those areas.
The policy builds on a current rule that prohibits smoking indoors in all University-owned and leased facilities and within 25 feet of building entrances, exits, windows that open and ventilation intakes, according to the Campus Administrative Manual.
While University administrators have not yet said how they will enforce the ban, they may look into how the policies are enforced at five other Big Ten schools who have smoke-free or tobacco-free policies.
“Some Big Ten (schools) have smoke-free campuses as well, but they don’t enforce it,” said Matt Gold, senator and senior in LAS. “The students tend to understand it’s a smoke-free campus and act on the honor system.”
While on campus property, students, visitors and professors alike will be expected to abide by the smoking ban.
“We know this will be an adjustment for campus,” said Kirsten Ruby, co-chair for the communications committee and assistant director of housing for marketing. “But we’re excited to create a healthy community for everybody.”
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ROGER EBERT ADMISSIONS
BY DARSHAN PATELEDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Pulitzer Prize-winning pundit Roger Ebert left an indelible legacy on the film industry in which he was a well-respected movie critic for more than four decades.
While days after his death in early April were met with sadness, there was also a celebration of his 70-year life during which he used print, television and the Internet to share his views on hundreds of movies each year. Through these media he also gave his audience a glimpse into his personal life, most notably the thyroid and salivary gland cancer that left him without a voice.
Yet Ebert was never speechless.
He loved movies. And his reviews carried a meaning, one that could make or break a movie, illustrating the trust he had built with his readers while working for the Chicago Sun-Times. He wrote over 200 movie reviews per year, and last year, he wrote 306, the most of his career, he said in his final blog post.
For the past 15 years, a handful of those movies have been screened at Ebertfest: Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, held annually in Champaign. Traditionally scheduled in mid-to-late April, the festival brings together a number of movies that have been overlooked, for one reason or another, said Ebert, who made it a point to attend the festivities every year.
Despite his schedule, he always found time to return to his roots, giving back to the community where he grew up and called home. Born in Urbana on June 18, 1942, Ebert attended the University, he earned a Bachelor of Science in journalism. He started working for The News-Gazette while in high school, where he won an Associated Press sportswriting award and went on to become the editor-in-chief of The Daily Illini from 1963-64.
While serving as the editor-in-chief, he was also the president of the U.S. Student Press Association, an organization of then at least 200 college newspapers that govern the Collegiate Press Service. Being an editor-in-chief meant a lot to Ebert — he later called the position the best job he’d ever had.
He went on to co-host his TV review show, first with Chicago Tribune’s Gene Siskel and then with Sun-Times colleague Richard Roeper. In his show, he turned a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down into an icon that will live on, just like his black, thick horn-rimmed glasses and his smile.
He went on to garner a long list of accolades, including being the first to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism and the only film critic to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He went on to endure through a lengthy — and public — battle with cancer; he was diagnosed in 2002, first with his thyroid gland and then a few years
later with his salivary gland. His cancer resurfaced in 2006, and his surgeries in 2006 and 2008 left him without a part of his jaw and the ability to speak or eat normally. But it was recently revealed that cancer had returned, this time forcing the beloved critic to rely more than ever on the help of others in continuing the work of evaluating movies.
On April 2, he wrote: “So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I’ll see you at the movies,” announcing he was taking a “leave of presence.”
Two days later, he died at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago with his family by his side. He leaves behind his wife of more than 20 years, Chaz Ebert, four grandchildren and two stepchildren.
with his wife Chaz Ebert, donated $1 million to help establish the Roger Ebert Program for Film Studies, which will now be open to students, starting next fall.
In early 2012, Ebert authored a letter to thousands of Illini Media Company alumni asking them to consider a financial contribution to The Daily Illini’s parent company, which then owed $250,000 in back payments to The News-Gazette and other vendors.
Acclaimed film critic Roger Ebert dies UI admits record number of students to Class of 2017Former DI editor-in-chief and Urbana native gave back to the University, C-U community
BY NATHANIEL LASHSTAFF WRITER
A record 33,213 applica-tions from prospective mem-bers of the Class of 2017 went through the University’s admis-sions office this season. And although the University admit-ted a record number of students to start in fall 2013, the most recent round of admissions indicates that the University is counting on a decreasing yield, or percent of admitted students enrolling, this year to reach the “ideal” class size of 7,000 freshmen.
The 20,883 students admitted this year hint at an expected yield of 33.5 percent of appli-cants enrolling, down from 34.8 percent last year.
Stacey Kostell, director of undergraduate admissions for the University, said figuring out whether a 17- or 18-year-old applicant will attend the University is the “uncontrol-lable piece” of college applica-tions, where admissions officers don’t know what offers have been extended to its applicants from other schools.
“It’s an art as much of a sci-ence to figure out who’s com-ing,” she said.
This trend isn’t unique to Illinois. According to a report out of the Higher Education Research Program, more than 80 percent of freshman apply-ing to public four-year colleg-es last year applied to at least three schools. That’s up from 66 percent of students apply-ing to at least three schools in fall 2007. That jump is also seen with students who apply to many schools, with nearly a quarter of students applying to at least eight schools, as opposed to only 6 percent five years ago.
As students apply to more schools, yields at public institu-tions have continued to fall. Last year, the University admitted 19,924 of its 31,454 applicants. But only 6,932, or 34.8 percent, enrolled — its lowest yield ever. Just five years ago, the Univer-sity was netting more than 45 percent of its admitted students.
That trend has tracked at oth-er colleges nationwide, where the average yield has declined from 49 percent in 2002 to 38 percent in 2011, according to a report from the National Asso-ciation for College Admission Counseling. A press release from the association said these declining rates “signaled great-er uncertainty for colleges.”
Applications from non-Illi-nois students continue roll in at a faster rate than those from Illinois students, with the num-ber of applications from out-of-state students increasing by 18 percent this year and by 8 per-cent for international students,
versus the 0.3 percent increase for Illinois residents.
Kostell said the rise in appli-cations from non-Illinois stu-dents reflects a better job of promoting the University to those students.
This results in having “great residents that compete with the best students in the country,” Kostell said.
The higher tuition costs for out-of-state and internation-al students drives down the yields for those admitted stu-dents, Kostell said. Last year, the split between the accep-tance letters to Illinois and non-Illinois applicants was 58 percent to 42 percent, but by the first day of class, Illinois residents made up more than 75 percent of the freshman class. Kostell said she expects a sim-ilar breakdown for the class entering this fall.
Increase in applications driven by non-Illinois studentsOver the past six years, the number of applications the University’s admissions office has received has increased from 23,236 to 33,213 in this most recent year. But while during this time applications from Illinois residents has increased by almost 700, the number of applications from out-of-state students has nearly doubled, and tripled for international students.
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The Illinois men’s basketball team frustrated and excited in equal measure during the 2012-13 season, toeing a fine line between ugly and productive basketball.
That was a tenuous expecta-tion entering the season with an unproven roster bereft of NBA Lottery selection Meyers Leonard and experience with the current coaching staff. But head coach John Groce transformed the team into an NCAA tournament selec-tion that gave a top-ranked Miami squad fits in the third round of the
tournament.The journey along the way
provided roller coaster thrills and disappointing lows as Illi-nois sought to jell into a cohesive unit. The sum total of the sea-son resembles a three-act play in retrospect — the beginning excitement, the middle fall and a redemptive final act.
The Illini raced out to a 12-0 record and No. 10 ranking in the nation to the surprise of the col-lege basketball world. In that span, the Illini romped three
Quick lookRecord: 23-13 (8-10 Big Ten)MVP: Brandon PaulNCAA finish: Round of 32 loss to No. 2-seed Miami (Fla.)Stat of the season: Brandon Paul’s 16.6 points per game was the most by an Illini player since Brian Cook scored 20 points per game in 2002-03 season.Quote of the season: “When you get hit in the mouth in life — because it will happen — remember to be resilient. You can do anything that you want to do,” John Groce said.Next year watch out for: Joseph Bertrand (guard), Tracy Abrams (guard) and Rayvonte Rice (guard)
Illini have ups and downs, but end season on high note
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Illinois' Tracy Abrams celebrates after hitting a 3-point shot during the Illini's win against Nebraska at the State Farm Center on March 3. Illinois managed to reach the third round of the NCAA tournament, falling to Miami.
She has set a number of school records and returned old glory to a school that has already seen storied success in track and field. Apart from her longs legs and a
perpetual smile, she looks like any other student on campus, but she’s not quite an average student.
Ashley Spencer is the reigning 400-meter dashNCAA champion and IAAF world junior champion, a four-time individual Big Ten champion with just a season and a half of collegiate track beneath her belt.
Even with the whirlwind of success she has encountered, Spencer has tried to manage her expectations on the track
without settling for mediocrity.“It has all been a complete surprise
for me,” Spencer said. “I was recruited as a hurdler, so I was still new to the sprints but coach (Tonja Buford-Bai-ley) saw something better as a sprint-er. She saw a certain quickness that I possessed. The only thing I focused on when I got down here was just to score at Big Tens. I was hoping that maybe I’d qualify for nationals, but I had no idea. I think I just ran scared and that was why I won.”
After clinching the Big Ten Fresh-man and Athlete of the Year awards last
When one thinks of Illinois athletics, head coaches such as men’s basketball’s John Groce and wom-
en’s basketball’s Matt Bollant usually come to mind. But there’s only one coach on Illi-nois’ campus whose team boasts five-straight Big Ten Champi-onships, has appeared in sev-en NCAA Championships over the past 10 years and has had six All-Americans in that span.
These accolades have only been possible under the leader-ship of Mike Small, who consis-tently leads his men’s golf pro-gram to national prominence despite being several states away from golf havens like Flor-ida and California.
The Danville, Ill., native and 1988 Illi-nois graduate has brought national recog-nition to the Illi-nois men’s golf team through-out his 13 years of coaching the program. His recruiting has brought in elites that have added a pletho-ra of wins to the record books.
Small has guided the Illini to five straight Big Ten titles from 2009 on. He has coached two of the last three NCAA individu-al champions, now-PGA golfer Scott Langley in 2010, and soon-to-be PGA Tour player Thomas Pieters in 2012.
He also coached the 2012 Big Ten Player of the Year, Luke Guthrie, who now is one of the PGA Tour’s youngest stars. Pieters just recently became Small’s fourth player in pro-gram history to win Big Ten Player of the Year in addition to Langley, Guthrie and James Lepp.
But one of Small’s most impressive accomplishments has been guiding his team to the national tournament for five straight seasons, making Illi-nois one of only six schools to
compete in nationals each of the last five years. In 2011, the team had its best NCAA finish since 1941, tying for fifth in the cham-pionship tournament. Over the past 12 years of Small’s tenure, he has lead the team to seven top-25 finishes, something that had never been done by the golf team previously.
The year 2013 marks the sixth time Small has been named Big Ten Coach of the Year in his career (2002, 2009-13). He also has been named Midwest Regional Coach of the Year four times in his career (2011, 2010, 2009, 2003).
Small’s players also have had individual successes as well. Guthrie and Langley have earned their PGA Tour cards in the last six months. These for-
mer Illini join Joe Affrunti, who lettered at Illinois in 2004, and fellow Illi-nois alumni Steve Stricker and D.A. Points as the five Illi-ni on the PGA Tour in 2013.
But even after these for-mer Illini have left the program
for the big leagues, Small has built a stacked team bound to bring continued success to the program. The Illini began their season in September with two wins at the Wolf Run Invita-tional and the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate where they placed first of 14 and 15 teams, respectively.
Beginning the spring sea-son, the team swept ISU in the Tinervin Cup, 8-1, a tournament which was match-play style. The team continued its match-play success at the Big Ten Match Play Championship where they defeated Michigan 4-0-1 and Ohio and Michigan State 5-0. They then won the Louisiana Classics on March 5, 2013. The Illini closed the 2013 season with a Big Ten Championship
The three-time All-American holds six
Illinois records (four indoor and two out-door) and nine Big
Ten titles. She won a national title in the 400-meter dash last June and was named 2013 Big Ten Indoor Athlete of the Year.
MIKE SMALL(MEN’S GOLF)
John Groce (men’s basketball) — The first-year hire from Ohio University led the Illini (23-13, 8-10 Big Ten) to a 12-0 start and a No. 10 national ranking and, after losing six of seven, rallied the team and helped them secure an NCAA tournament berth. The Illini beat 10-seeded Colorado before falling to No. 2-seed Miami (Fla.) in the third round.
Matt Bollant (women’s basketball) —The first-year hire from Wisconsin-Green Bay took a women’s basketball team that went 11-19 (5-11 Big Ten) last season and notched a 19-14 (9-7) record on its way to a WNIT berth. From there, the Illini made it to the tournament quarterfinals before losing to Kansas State.
BY CLAIRE LAVEZZORIOASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Thomas Pieters (men’s golf) — After taking the individual NCAA title in the 2012 season, Pieters with an individual title led the men’s golf team to a fifth straight Big Ten Tournament championship. Pieters will forego his final year of eligibility next season to vie for a spot on the PGA Tour.
Jesse Delgado (wrestling) — In his sophomore season, Delgado took on a leadership role for the Illini when senior B.J. Futrell went down with a neck injury. Delgado went on to claim the Big Ten title for the 125-pound weight class before topping Penn State’s Nico Megaludis for the national crown.
BY LANRE ALABISTAFF WRITER
Honorable mentions
Honorable mentions
There’s only one coach on Illinois’ campus whose
team boasts five straight Big Ten Championships.
BY SEAN HAMMONDSTAFF WRITER
It started out positive: a new era coming off back-to-back bowl victories for the first time in school history. First-year head coach Tim Beckman brought a new attitude to Illinois football. Quarterback Nathan Scheel-haase’s first completed pass went for a 64-yard touchdown to wide receiver Ryan Lankford. Illinois won that first game 24-7 against Western Michigan.
And then things took a turn for the worse. The win against Western Michigan was the good. And then there were the bad, the ugly and the really ugly.
The Illini would not defeat another FBS opponent all sea-son, its second victory coming against Charleston Southern of the FCS, a team that was nearing two years without a victory. The Illini could not manage to best a single Big Ten opponent.
There were simply too many missed tackles, dropped passes, shanked punts, stuffed runs and tobacco violations.
“We’ve just been kind of in a bind that we’re not able to crawl out of,” Scheelhaase said toward the end of the season. “It’s been tough. (I’ve) got one more year left, don’t want to have that feel-ing again.”
The stat sheet provided enough ugly examples to make an Illini fan want to crumple it up and toss it in a wastebasket.
Illinois lost by 30 points on five occasions, and all but one
loss was by double-digits. Illi-nois quarterbacks were sacked 39 times, worst in the Big Ten. Scheelhaase threw just four touchdown passes all season. Opponents scored 50 touchdowns to the Illini’s 25. The Illini had 25 punt return yards the entire sea-son — surprisingly only fourth-worst in the nation (North Texas, Idaho and New Mexico State). The list goes on.
“You want your kids, just like you want your sons, to experi-ence winning, and we didn’t experience winning this year,” Beckman said following the sea-son finale 50-14 loss to North-western. “It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever been through.”
But to turn a program around, one can’t dwell on the past. Five new coaches joined the Illini staff following the two-win debacle. First-year offensive coordinator Bill Cubit brings hope of a high-powered offense with him from Western Michi-gan, where he was head coach for eight seasons. The offense returns most of its key pieces from 2012, including Scheel-haase, running backs Donovonn Young and Josh Ferguson, and top receiver Lankford.
The defense — which sur-rendered 32.1 points per game in 2012 — lost a lot of firepow-er. Akeem Spence, Michael Buchanan and Terry Haw-thorne were selected in last month’s NFL Draft. Glenn Foster, Ashante Williams, Jus-tin Staples, Justin Green and
Supo Sanni have also moved on. New faces will have to step up. Returning linebackers Jon-athan Brown and Mason Mon-heim will carry much of the load.
Beckman’s staff realizes it’s an uphill battle. It’s unlikely the Illini will see a drastic improve-ment in the win column. Tough nonconference battles with Cin-cinnati and Washington won’t help.
It’s safe to say the first year of the Beckman era was not a success. But next year will give a better idea of whether the program is heading in the right direction.
Football finds little success in Beckman’s 1st season
Quick lookRecord: 2-10 (0-8 Big Ten)MVP: Mason Monheim (linebacker)Stat of season: 385 points allowed (32.1 per game) compared to 255 (19.6) in 2011 (when the Illinois defense ranked seventh in the nation).Quote of season: “How do I look? ... Honestly? ... Shit, I’ve lost 22 pounds. You think I like losing? I haven’t been around it. No, I hate it,” Tim Beckman said.Next year look out for: Donovonn Young (running back), Jonathan Brown (linebacker)
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BY DANIEL MILLER-MCLEMORESTAFF WRITER
What once appeared a prom-ising season for the Illinois vol-leyball team swiftly spiraled into disappointment.
The youthful Illini fell into the pitfalls of inexperience early and often during the 2012 season, which saw them go from a lofty No. 7 ranking in the preseason to miss-ing out on postseason play entirely.
Following the graduation of standouts Colleen Ward and Michelle Bartsch from the 2011 NCAA runner-up squad, the Illini experienced early growing pains, stumbling out of the gate during a rigorous nonconference sched-ule that included five teams that would be ranked in the top 25 at some point in the season.
Illinois dropped four of its first seven games before three victories at the Texas Invitational — includ-ing a five-set win over eventual
national champion Texas — put them over .500 for the first time all season heading into Big Ten play.
But the Big Ten provided no respite for the Illini, and they suffered through two four-game losing streaks, the longest such streaks of head coach Kevin Ham-bly’s tenure. Despite playing well for stretches, Illinois simply could not put together consistent stretch-es to grind out wins.
The Illini hung tough with some of the country’s best teams, push-ing then-No. 1 Penn State to three match points before losing in a December contest that proved to be a crucial defeat. Illinois also lost five-set matches in conference play to Purdue (twice), Ohio State (twice) and Michigan State, all of which were ranked for the major-ity of the season.
Hambly struggled to find suc-cessful combinations, at times dur-ing the year starting as many as
five underclassmen. Following a particularly ugly three-set loss at Michigan, the head coach made a drastic move, benching senior set-ter Annie Luhrsen in favor of lift-ing freshman Alexis Viliunas’ red-shirt status to allow her to start.
The move paid off initially, as the Illini snapped their four-game losing streak with a five-set win at Michigan State. But after a sec-ond-straight win against North-western, Illinois went into another four-game tailspin, during which Hambly shuffled between setters multiple times, often even in the same game.
Illinois’ final losing streak, a three gamer, cost it any chance to make the NCAA tournament. A loss to Michigan State dropped the Illini to 11-16, with no chance of finishing the season at the required .500 mark.
With its season effectively over, Illinois finished strong, winning its final three games, including one against eventual Final Four
team Michigan, to finish the sea-son 14-16.
Jocelynn Birks led Illinois offensively the entire season from the outside hitter position, recording 510 kills on the year, while Liz McMahon contributed
consistently from the right side with 400 kills and a .270 hitting percentage.
The Illini return next season with most of the roster intact, los-ing only Luhrsen, middle blocker Erin Johnson and defensive spe-
cialist Jackie Wolfe as full-time rotation players. The preseason prospects will, once again, be promising.
Daniel can be reached at millerm1@ dailyillini.com and @danielmillermc.
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The Illinois women’s basketball team had a modest start to head coach Matt Bollant’s first year at the helm. Illinois was 6-5 in its first 11 games, including head-scratch-ing losses to in-state rivals Bradley and Illinois State.
In a match-up against No. 6 Georgia at Assembly Hall on Dec. 28, Illinois brought reinforce-ments. Illinois upended Georgia 70-59 with senior guard Adrienne GodBold back in the lineup after she was suspend-ed for the fall semester for aca-demic reasons.
“The way we played when I got back, it was a whole different team, black and white,” GodBold said after the season.
Illinois won four of its first five games with GodBold in the start-ing rotation. GodBold, who went
on to win Big Ten Defensive Play-er of the Year, gave Illinois a dif-ferent identity during the confer-ence slate.
A year after going 5-11 in Big Ten play, the Illini finished the conference season with a record of 9-7, its best in a decade. Illinois
won five consecu-tive road games in the Big Ten for the first time in pro-gram history.
Illinois entered the Big Ten tour-nament as the No. 6 seed and faced No. 11-seeded Wisconsin in the first round. Wis-consin upset Illi-nois in a breath-taking finish and squeezed out a 58-57 victory.
The first round exit thwarted Illinois’ chances of receiving its first NCAA tournament bid since 2002-03. Instead, Illinois played in the WNIT and didn’t show any signs of discouragement after the NCAA tournament snub.
Illinois won its first three games of the WNIT against Miami (Ohio), Eastern Illinois and Toledo by an average mar-gin of 9.7 points per game. Illi-nois’ season ended in a 66-48 loss to Kansas State in the WNIT quarterfinals.
Given the circumstances, Illi-nois surpassed expectations under Bollant’s first season.
“It’s a hard first year,” Bollant said. “For us to win 19 games in a transition year, especially where the program was at before, that’s a good start.”
Illinois broke the Big Ten records for steals in Big Ten play with 234, steals per game in Big Ten play with 14.6 and steals in a season with 417. Illinois also made a school-record 184 3-pointers while finishing 43rd in the NCAA in points per game with 68.9.
“It takes a year to learn the defensive system, so for us to have those numbers in our first year says something about these kids,” Bollant said.
Honorable mention All-Ameri-can Karisma Penn and GodBold will depart from an Illinois team that had its best win percentage since 2006-07. In their place, sophomore transfer Sarah Hart-well and incumbent senior Amber
Moore will enter the season with high expectations.
“She’s gonna be a great player here,” Bollant said of the ex-Geor-gia Tech guard.
“Amber, she’s gonna have to step up too,” Godbold said. “Being the only senior. ... She’s gonna have to fill in those shoes.”
Quick lookRecord: 14-16MVP: Liz McMahonNCAA finish: Did not qualify for NCAAs.Stat of the season: Thirteen of Illinois’ 30 matches went to five sets, with the Illini posting a 5-8 record in those matches.Quote of the season: “We had moments where, like we’ve been saying all season, where we can see we’re good. But what really matters is the very last point and we definitely didn’t step up to the plate how we should have,” Jennifer Beltran said.Next year watch out for: Joce-lynn Birks (outside hitter), Anna Dorn (middle blocker) and Jen-nifer Beltran (libero)
Quick lookRecord: 19-14, (9-7 Big Ten)MVP: Karisma PennNCAA finish: Lost in WNIT quarterfinalsStat of the season: Illinois broke the Big Ten records for steals in Big Ten play with 234, steals per game in Big Ten play with 14.6 and steals in a season with 417.Quote of the season: “If you would have told me before the season that we would break the record for most threes, I would say, ‘You’re crazy,’” Matt Bollant said. “I’m still in shock we made that many threes.”Next year look out for: Sarah Hartwell (guard), Amber Moore (guard) and Jacqui Grant (forward)
Illinois improves in Bollant’s 1st season as head coach
One year after finishing runner-up, Illini miss NCAAs
Penn, GodBold lead Illini to best record in 10 years, help break Big Ten steals record
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Illinois’ Jocelynn Birks spikes the ball during the game against Michigan, held at Huff Hall on Nov. 17. Illinois finished 14-16 this season.
“It takes a year to learn the defensive system, so for us to have those
numbers in our first year says something
about these kids.”MATT BOLLANT,Illinois head coach
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball doesn’t meet high preseason expectations
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Illinois’ Karisma Penn looks for a shot during the Illini’s loss to Ohio State at State Farm Center on Feb. 28.
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The Illinois men’s gymnastics team entered the 2012-13 sea-son as defending NCAA cham-pions. The Illini were No. 1 in the national preseason poll and second in the Big Ten preseason coaches poll.
The preseason also brought bad news. Sophomore standout C.J. Maestas tore his right tricep at 85 percent in November, tak-ing him out for the entire season. There were more than five Illi-ni gymnasts who suffered pre-season injuries, making it hard for head coach Justin Spring to create lineups.
“It was a perfect storm,” Spring said. “Coming off of a very successful season last year, we lost some great lead-ers by example as far as train-ing goes in the gym from inju-ries or from graduations. With those two things combined, we struggled to really hash out the fine-tuning stuff that showed up big in routines.”
Collegiate men’s gymnastics itself underwent multiple chang-es this season. The competition
format changed two different times. Last season, the Illini com-peted a six-up, four-count format, where six gymnasts would com-pete, but only the top four scores would count. This was changed at the beginning of the season to a six-up, five-count in order to pre-pare for the permanent change to a five-up, five-count, which was enacted in March.
Spring also left his mark on the collegiate world this season, organizing a trial run for his new proposed format — com-pletely different from any cur-rent or previous format in the sport. Illinois won the competi-tion against Minnesota, where
the new head-to-head format was used. Spring’s motivation for try-ing to change the face of men’s gymnastics is the fans. Engaging the fans and building a bigger fan base for the sport is Springs goal.
“When audience members feel the need to bring a calculator to follow the progression of our competitions, we have a serious problem,” he said earlier this sea-son. “That is what we are trying to get rid of.”
After an up and down season, Illinois ended its streak of four consecutive Big Ten Champion-ship titles. However, this year Illinois placed fifth out of seven teams in the competition. Stand-
out freshman Fred Hartville brought back the only hardware for the Illini, earning the Big Ten Vault title during event finals. In their last meet of the season — the NCAA Championships, the Illini were lucky to clinch a spot in the team finals, placing third in the afternoon session qualifier. Unfortunately, Illinois’ perfor-mance during team finals reflect-ed its shaky season, placing them
last in the competition. Hartville again shined for the Illini, win-ning the NCAA vault title. Fel-low freshman Joey Peters, soph-omore Mike Wilner and senior Austin Phillips garnered All-American awards.
Moving forward, Spring said the team will view this season as a lesson learned and use it as motivation for the upcoming season.
“We’ve hashed out what we feel like is necessary,” Spring said. “This group is 100 percent ready and willing to take it on. I think they have a sour taste in their mouth from this past season and are willing to do anything and everything to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
When former Illinois hockey forward Nick Fabbrini returned to Champaign to coach his alma mater, he met with each team member individually and set three goals for the season: take home the conference regular season title, the conference tournament championship and the national championship.
With a cohesive game plan, the Illini began their title quest with a record of 10-2-2 — then their roller coaster ride began. After falling to Iowa State on Oct. 27, the Orange and Blue failed to string together con-secutive wins for five straight weeks. During that tumultuous month, the Illini mixed triumph with disappointment. When the
No. 2 Ohio Bobcats came to town, junior captain Austin Bos-tock predicted a big weekend.
“I don’t think there’s a team that can beat us, especially on home ice when we play our game,” Bostock said. “I think we can absolutely crush them (Ohio).”
And the Illini did, taking the first game of the series 5-0; how-ever, the success was short-lived when the Illini fell to the Bobcats the following day 1-3. After exchanging wins — and blows — with Lindendwood, splitting a series against Ohio on the road and being swept by Oklahoma at home, the Illi-ni finally got back to their win-ning ways when they traveled to Bloomington, Ind., and swept the Hoosiers in their last con-
ference game of the semester.After winter break, the Illini
immediately re-entered confer-ence play with an away series against Lindenwood. Though the Illini fell to the Lions in their first game back, they rattled off seven straight wins thereafter. They had to in order to achieve their first goal of the year.
When No. 4 Robert Morris came to town for the last con-ference match of the year, the Illini controlled their own des-tiny, needing a sweep to capture the regular season conference title. After junior goalkeeper Nick Clarke allowed just two goals on the weekend, eight shy of Robert Morris’ season aver-age, the team gave Fabbrini his first conference title as a coach and his first Gatorade bath. But
Fabbrini’s suits would stay dry for the rest of the season.
By winning the conference outright, the Illini earned a bye in the conference tournament but were ousted by Iowa State in the second round.
After failing to capture their second goal, the Illini focused strictly on nationals. The Illini drew the seven seed and were scheduled to face defending national champion Delaware. After dispatching the Blue Hens 3-1 in the first round, it was off to face second-seeded Arizona State.
ASU jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first period, taking advan-tage of an Illini turnover, and the Sun Devils never looked back. As the game went on, the Illini lost forward Derek Schul-
tz due to a re-injured knee and consistently occupied the pen-alty box. Arizona State took advantage of its frequent pow-er plays and never gave away the lead. When the Illini pulled Clarke from the goal in a last-ditch effort to score, ASU found the empty net to end Illinois’ season, sending the team home with a record of 26-12-2.
Even though Illinois only checked one goal from their list of three, Fabbrini has no inten-tions of lowering expectations. Throughout the season, Fabbri-ni repeated that the team’s three goals will never change as long as he is coaching.
Quick lookRecord: 26-12-2MVP: John OlenPostseason finish: Second-round loss to Arizona StateStat of the season: Illinois notched a 10-3-0 record after winter break to propel the Illini to their first CSCHL title since 2008.Quote of the season: “I would bet at the beginning of the year, no one would have thought we would be regular-season champions. We’ve really stepped it up a notch second semester,” Nick Fabbrini said.Next year watch out for: John Olen (forward), Austin Bostock (forward) and Nick Clarke (goaltender)
Quick lookRecord: 3-5 (2-4 Big Ten)MVP: Fred HartvilleNCAA finish: SixthStat of the season: Hartville was Illinois’ first-ever freshman national vault champion, earning the honors at the NCAA Championships.Quote of the season: “It was like I knew (Hartville) was going
to (stick his vault) again, but when he did it, I was in complete and utter disbelief. It is truly amazing. He has been on fire, and it seemed as if it was going to be too good to be true if it happened again, and then he did it,” Justin Spring said.Next year watch out for: Hartville, Mike Wilner and C.J. Maestas
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Despite injuries to two-time All-Amer-ican B.J. Futrell and heavyweight Pat Walker, the Illini wrestling team still managed to finish ninth at the 2013 NCAA Championships and crowned an NCAA champion in the 125-pound weight class, Jesse Delgado.
Head coach Jim Heffernan had high hopes for his team this season as the Illi-ni were returning four All-Americans in Delgado, Futrell, Jordan Blanton and Mario Gonzalez.
After a good start to the season at the Loras Open, where 11 Illini wrestlers placed in the top four of their respec-tive classes, they competed in the Har-old Nichols Cyclone Open and the Lin-denwood open. The Illini were led by the 141-pound Futrell early in the season, as he captured the title at the Harold Nich-ols Cyclone Open.
After Illinois won all three matches against Princeton, Maryland and Bing-hamton at the Journeymen Duals in Troy, N.Y., it continued its dominance early in the season by winning the Midlands Championships in Evanston for the first time since 2005.
Carrying the momentum from their win at the Midlands, the Illini were ready for the Big Ten dual season, where they would face some of the toughest compe-tition in the country.
The Illini defeated Purdue 29-10 to open the Big Ten dual season, but Futrell suffered a neck injury that would keep him from wrestling for the remainder of the season.
The injury to Futrell seemed to hold the Illini back throughout the season. After defeating Purdue in its first Big Ten match, the Orange and Blue finished their season by losing five of its last seven Big Ten dual matches.
Delgado led the Illini in Futrell’s absence, as he finished the year with a 27-3 record. 165-pound Conrad Polz, 174-pound Jordan Blanton and 197-pound Mario Gonzalez also contributed to the Illini’s success. Polz finished the year
with a 25-8 record and a fifth place fin-ish at the NCAA championships, while Blanton finished the regular season 27-12, with a seventh place finish at the NCAAs. Gonzalez also had a solid sea-son, finishing with an overall 18-9 record and a third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships.
After winning the 125-pound weight class at the Big Ten Championships in Champaign, the Gilroy, Calif.,-native Delgado was considered to be one of the favorites to win the national title at 125 pounds.
Delgado defeated Utah Valley’s Jade Rauser and Brown’s William Watter-son in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, to reach the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinal, he defeated North Caro-lina’s Nathan Kraisser 10-7 to and then defeated Cornell’s Nahshon Garrett 10-5 to reach the final against Penn State’s Nico Megaludis, who had beaten Delgado earlier in the season.
In the final match, Megaludis con-trolled the pace early, but with the score tied at one with 1 minute, 54 seconds remaining in the final period, Delgado used his speed and aggressiveness he had relied on all season to finally take control.
“I took a shot, got the scramble and ended up turning him on his back for the takedown and three back points,” Del-gado said.
Delgado controlled the match from that point on and was crowned the 2013 champion; he was the first Illini wrestler to ever win at the 125-pound weight class. Delgado’s performance led the Orange and Blue to a ninth-place finish at the national meet.
“This year has been really hard with losing guys from injury,” head coach Jim Heffernan said. “Leaving here with a national champion and three All-Amer-icans makes it feel a little better. Our goal was to finish in the top 10, and we did that this year.”
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Win, extending their winning streak to five years in a row.
Small’s ability to recruit players that bring success to the program is some-thing that speaks for itself. This year, competitive tournament roster was one of the youngest in the collegiate golf — two Belgian natives, Pieters and fresh-man Thomas Detry, freshman duo Char-lie Danielson and David Kim, sophomores Brian Campbell and Alex Burge and lone senior Mason Jacobs.
Small’s ability to put together a team that consistently wins is something that separates men’s golf from the more popu-lar Illini athletic programs. But even with Small’s great coaching ability, he admitted after the Big Ten Championship that the win “isn’t for anyone else but (the team).”
“Beyond the win, it also shows the sta-bility of this program — what these young guys can do in such a great program,” Small said.
Small has built that program from the ground up, and in a state where golf cours-es close for about half the year, that’s a very large feat.
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spring, Spencer joined the USA junior team at the IAAF junior world champion-ship and earned a gold medal in the 400 and 1600-meter relay. As an athlete that hopes to compete for the country on the world and Olympic stages, Spencer has benefited from having a three-time Olym-pian and medalist as her coach.
“It’s easier for you to learn when your coach has been exactly where you want to be and has done what you want to do,” Spencer said. “Before I came to Illinois, I researched (Buford-Bailey). We ran simi-lar events and just considering her four-year stint at Illinois and not considering her professional career was impressive enough. She’s very easy to talk to and she’s like my mom away from my mom, and that helps a lot.”
The success early in her collegiate career has thrust her into an unfamiliar role. Spencer has had to take on the mantle
as team leader for a burgeoning Illinois track and field team.
Her teammates have found Spencer to be a very good resource to their personal development. Freshman sprinter Morolake Akinosun said Spencer helped her with adjusting through her first semester. She talked her through the balancing act of education, social interaction and athletics in college, and how to excel on all frontiers.
“She does what she can in and out of practice, and when you need a little moti-vation or just a smile, she tries to provide that.” Akinosun said.
Spencer has enjoyed a lot of victories but has also seen the pressure mount on her to perform better each time out. She has found different mechanisms to cope with that. She tries to remain lighthearted throughout her day and in practice, even on days where it’s difficult to.
“I work hard and practice hard so that the pressure doesn’t affect me,” Spencer said. “I believe that how you practice is how you perform so I try to go through the motions. I wore a headband for my indoor
Big Ten finals last year, and I wear it for every final since. Apart from that, I just say a little prayer to myself while I’m in the blocks and try to clear my mind.”
Spencer has set out on a promising jour-ney in the track, and it will be interesting to see where it leads. Buford-Bailey said the potential of a professional career had a lot of influence on Spencer’s decision to join Illinois. Buford-Bailey has maintained it will be a daunting task but she is sure Spencer is up to the challenge of compet-ing against the best in the world.
“As far as the collegiate level, (Spen-cer) is better than I was as a sophomore,” Buford-Bailey said. “I think the post-colle-giate part is going to depend on her disci-pline and how she takes care of her body. While that remains to be seen, she has shown herself to be a great teammate and selfless leader, and those are the little char-acteristics that roll over into having long-term success and longevity.”
opponents en route to claiming the Maui Invitational championship, announcing the team’s plan to compete at the nation-al stage.
Perhaps the highlight of the 12-game win streak to start the season came in Spo-kane, Wash., where the Illini traveled in early December to square off against Gon-zaga. Rallying from an early deficit in the game, Brandon Paul propelled the team to victory with a 35-point performance on 10-of-16 shooting, 5-of-9 from 3-point range and 10-of-11 from the free throw line. “A lot of people doubted us,” Bran-don Paul said after the game to echo his team’s frame of mind in the early portion of the season. “We came into this game as underdogs. We love that stuff.”
Following the quick start to the season, Illinois couldn’t sustain its momentum and stumbled. The Illini lost to Missouri in the Busch Braggin’ Rights game for the fourth year in a row and then began the Big Ten slate with a 2-7 start. The promising start that had fans dreaming of an NCAA tour-nament berth had unraveled as the team’s margin for error shrunk.
It looked like a foregone conclusion that the poor conference record would move to 2-8 with No. 1 Indiana arriving in Cham-
paign on Feb. 7. With their backs to the wall, the Illini battled back from a double-digit deficit in the second half and had a chance to win the game with 0.9 seconds left. Inbounding from underneath the bas-ket, Paul looked left and then sent a pass to his right, where a wide-open Tyler Griffey converted a buzzer-beating layup to defeat the then-No. 1-ranked Hoosiers 74-72.
Riding that momentum, Illinois finished the season winning six of its last 10 to garner a No. 7 seed in the NCAA tour-nament. Groce and his players outlasted Colorado in the second round to advance to a third-round game against ACC cham-pion Miami (Fla.).
Illinois controlled most of the game, claiming leads at halftime and with three minutes to play. A 3-pointer by Miami’s Shane Larkin and a dubious out-of-bounds call that went against Illinois sunk the Illini and ended their season.
Though the disappointment was pal-pable, so too was the sense of triumph and pride for the departing senior class of Paul, Griffey and D.J. Richardson, as well as for the program moving forward.
The season proved tumultuous, but Groce built momentum along the way and now has the program heading in the right direction.
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