BY JOSH WINTERSSTAFF WRITER

The University is continu-ing a trend of investing in sustainability projects with the approval the construc-tion of a solar farm.

This month, the Univer-sity signed a power pur-chase agreement with Phoe-nix Solar Inc., which will manage the facility for the fi rst 10 years of its energy production.

The farm will be locat-ed along the south side of Windsor Road, between First Street and the railroad tracks, the 20.8 acre solar farm will be one of the larg-est on-site university solar farms in the country.

“We are very pleased to see this long awaited agreement completed and signed, so the installation can begin,” said director of Facilities and Services Al Stratman in a statement. “This unique and challeng-ing project was only made possible through the dedi-

BY EDWIN HSIEHSTAFF WRITER

Champaign is planning a complete reconstruction to the section of Green Street between Fourth and Neil streets in 2016.

To present a brief over-view of the third phase of the Green Street Streetscape Project, the city held an open house at Venue 51, 51 E. Green St. Thursday night.

The project will be designed by a team led by Clark Dietz Inc., a multi-disciplined consulting

engineering fi rm. The reconstruction will

feature wider sidewalks, improved traffi c design, safer pedestrian crossings, new street trees, improved lighting, improvements to the railroad viaduct and an overall improved aesthetic.

“The fi rst thing is real-ly to create a dynamic and exciting streetscape and environment,” said Ernest Wong, principal in charge at Site Design Group. “We thought that is very impor-tant, beside our fi rst prior-ity, which is to make it a safe environment.”

The project is expect-ed to cost $8 million and is being funded by a com-bination of City Food and Beverage funds and a

federal TIGER grant. The city’s goals are to

enhance and beautify the Green Street corridor, promote economic devel-opment and increase con-nectivity within campus town and to city districts.

“We need to accom-modate, we need to have multi mobile transporta-tion, (Green Street) needs to be attractive, it needs to be the gateway from the Champaign side to cam-pus,” said Champaign May-or Don Gerard.

During the Dietz pre-sentation at Thursday’s Open House, it was point-ed out that out of 101 total reported accidents during the span of 2009 to 2013, 69 percent of accidents

resulted in property dam-age only. The project hopes to decrease that number.

“Of those accidents, approximately half of them have occurred in First and Green Street intersection,” said Sean Widener, Clark Dietz Project Manager.

Rashod Johnson, presi-dent of the Roderick Group and University alumnus, described Green Street as “the Michigan Avenue of Champaign.” He said

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Champaign plans Green St. revamp

Study: Fields that call for ‘brilliance’ lead to gender gap

University refl ects, gathers feedback on outcome of fi rst winter semesterBY ESTEFANIA FLOREZSTAFF WRITER

Over winter break, the University ran its fi rst win-ter semester, offering eight courses online in a variety of subjects. Feedback from the trial session will determine whether more will be held in the future.

A survey will be sent to stu-dents who registered for the session, and a cross-campus group will examine the feed-back closely to determine how to improve the program for students and faculty.

Students were able to earn up to four credit hours in four weeks, and 767 students enrolled. Adam Fein, associ-ate director of The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, said it looked like the winter session was a success.

“First of all, and most importantly, early returns are that there was a lot of high quality teaching and learning,” Fein said. “For example, in (Joseph) Petry’s ECON 203 course, the medi-an fi nal grade was over 89 percent, which was the high-est median score achieved in his 203 course, ever.”

Emi Rosanwo, sophomore in Business, took the ECON 203 class to satisfy one of her requirements and said she found it to be a challenging, yet rewarding course.

“I like that it was kind of on your own time, like one day I could work in the morning, the next day I could work at night, depending on when I wanted to,” Rosanwo said. “It was defi nitely benefi cial, and I would do it again, because

if I can lighten my workload, I will.”

However, Rosanwo did not like how hard it was to get in contact with the teacher or TA or how fast-paced the class was. She said students take one midterm and fi nal, just like a regular class.

“I didn’t like how it was

crammed. We learned all the material that everyone else learned in 6 weeks,” Rosan-wo said.

Fein said instruction-al designers spent months researching the best prac-tices peer institutions use to design “high quality short-format” online courses.

Bill Sieczkowski, sopho-more in Engineering, took BADM 310 in order to stay on track to graduate in four years, as he added a minor to his curriculum. For him, it was a great way to earn three credit hours.

“I liked how well the class was organized and how smoothly the entire

PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY OF CHAMPAIGNA rendering of the 2016 reconstruction of Green Street, which will feature wider sidewalks, improved traffi c design, safer pedestrian crossings and new street trees.

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BY JANE LEESTAFF WRITER

A recent study found an emphasis of “brilliance” in certain fi elds led to an underrepresentation of women.

Andrei Cimpian, asso-ciate professor of psy-chology, and Sarah-Jane Leslie, philosophy profes-sor at Princeton, recently conducted research on the gender gap in the fi elds of science technology engi-neering and math, human-ities and social sciences.

“There are all sorts of stereotypes that have to do with gender, but in particular, we are focus-ing on the stereotypes about intellectual capac-ity because these stereo-types, combined with fi elds whose cultures emphasize that brilliance is needed for success, could lead to female underrepresenta-tion,” Cimpian said.

Researchers surveyed around 1,800 academic respondents in 30 fields about what they thought was required for success in their fi eld. They then studied the relationship between the beliefs of those respondents and the percentage of women who

earned their Ph.Ds in those fi elds.

That relationship showed that fi elds that emphasized the need to have something special intellectually — “a spark of brilliance” — had fewer women.

“That’s kind of the main fi nding of the study, which suggests that an atmo-sphere that emphasizes these innate intellectual traits combined with the stereotypes in our soci-ety that portray women as being less likely to possess these traits, is likely to dis-courage women’s participa-tion,” Cimpian said.

This idea, he said, was then compared to oth-er research, which looks at underrepresentaiton of women in STEM and humanities fi elds.

“The hypothesis that was most able to explain the pattern of where wom-en were underrepresented across this large stretch of academia was that in certain fi elds, their cul-ture values brilliance and genius, and therefore wom-en feel unwelcome in those fi elds,” said Cimpian.

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Champaign Criminal damage to

property was reported near Third and Daniel streets around noon Saturday.

According to the report, the victim’s windshield was damaged.

Criminal damage to property was reported in the 800 block of South

Fourth Street around 4 p.m. Saturday.

According to the report, unknown offender broke the rear window of the vic-tim’s vehicle.

University Two 23-year-olds were

arrested on the charge of cannabis possession near

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The vehicle was initial-ly pulled over for driving the wrong way on a one-way street when the officer smelled cannabis from the vehicle.

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Today’s BirthdayFortune smiles on teamwork and partnership this year. Get involved in community projects. Take leadership and strengthen support networks. Save the gravy from a pro!t surge after 3/20. A new phase in romance arises after April, and you could be tempted to bold adventure. Grow family prosperity this autumn. Ignore petty distractions. Focus on what’s important. Prioritize love.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)Today is a 9 — Focus on making money today and tomorrow. Cash "ow improves nicely. Enjoy this lucrative phase. Take advantage and keep accounting current. Record where the money’s coming from and where it’s going. You can beautify without breaking the bank.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)Today is a 9 — No more procrastination. Tackle a personal challenge. You’re stronger for the next two days, with the Moon in your sign. Things go easier, and you’re especially suave and debonair. Someone’s paying attention. Prepare to launch a passion project.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)Today is an 8 — You’re especially sensitive and intuitive today and tomorrow. Get quiet and listen to the

unspoken clues. Contemplate your next move. Something’s coming due. Worry wastes time. Review priorities, and plan the steps to take. Slow down and rest.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)Today is an 8 — A friend comes up with a new money-making scheme. Shipping or mechanical delays could disrupt the plan. Support their game and they’ll be there for you. Encourage and propose solutions. Provide food at an opportune moment.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)Today is a 9 — Crazy dreams seem possible. Take on more responsibility over the next few days. Forge ahead with a career upgrade. Assume leadership. Talk over the possibilities with your partner and friends. They can see your blind spots. Listen.

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CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)Today is an 8 — Play the game you’ve been practicing. Apply your creativity to artistic pursuits. Make decisions about color and design. Spend time with family, and relax with hobbies, sports and amusements. Focus on doing what you love with dear ones.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)Today is an 8 — Stay close to home for a couple of days. Get into interior decoration and style. Plan a project, and put together a budget before you shop. Household matters need attention. A little color goes a long way.

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process went,” Sieczkows-ki said. “I loved the fact that I was able to watch lec-tures when I had time to do so, rather than a scheduled class time like we have with on campus classes.”

Sieczkowski said he would recommend online winter classes for those who want to get quick credit for a class and are willing to put in some hard work over winter break.

Fein said students regis-tered for the courses almost immediately.

“At the start of winter ses-sion, the courses were around 92 percent full, which is very high — especially for a pilot session,” Fein said.

Fein also said a winter ses-sion can be helpful for stu-dents who weren’t able to register in time for a popu-lar fall course or for students who want to isolate a particu-lar course so they can really focus on the content during a session that doesn’t require the student to carry addition-al courses.

“A winter session course may not be right for every-one, but it’s important that we have options for our diverse student body,” Fein said. “Some of our students are very motivated to graduate on time, and winter session might be a good fi t for these students.”

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the development of Green Street is vital for the city, as well as the community.

Johnson explained the hierarchy of importance in terms of safety on the streets of Champaign with pedestrians being on top, then cyclists, followed by public transportation and lastly, automobiles.

“When I was here, every-body drove down Green Street, but now I don’t drive down Green Street,” John-son said. “I think that’s the plan, the plan is for Green Street to become more foot traffi c, more toward cycle traffi c and a little away

from the vehicle traffi c,” Final design of the proj-

ect is expected to be com-plete by the end of the year and construction is expect-ed to begin in 2016.

The construction process may cause inconvenienc-es, but Gerard believes the end result will be worth it for those who use Green Street.

“The city and campus will work to accommo-date,” he said “It’s going to be some sacrifice and some inconvenient but on the other hand, it will be tremendous when the proj-ect is finished,” Gerard said.

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cation of many people work-ing together and focused on achieving our renewable energy goals.”

The cost of the construc-tion of the solar farm and its operation over the next 20 years is estimated to be $15.5 million. Morgan John-ston, associate director of sustainability at Facilities and Services, said the new solar array will signifi cant-ly reduce the amount of energy the University buys

from third-party energy providers.

“We’ve been working on on-site renewable ener-gy and investigating other methods of getting renew-ables; we make some of our energy and we buy some,” Johnston said. “We wanted to have actual, on-site gener-ation for renewables, and we wanted a large fi eld to reach that goal.”

In 2008, the Universi-ty signed on to the Ameri-can College and University Presidents’ Climate Commit-ment, pledging to reach car-bon neutrality by 2050. The

renewable energy require-ments for the commitment were outlined in 2010, and the new solar farm is just one of Facilities and Ser-vices’ projects pushing the University toward meeting this goal.

“There’s actually hun-dreds of projects in the works,” Johnston said. “They range anywhere from a dis-cussion about battery recy-cling to a 100,000 fi xture lighting retrofi t all across campus.”

The 5.87 megawatt solar array, which is set to be com-pleted in fall 2015, is esti-

mated to provide 7.86 mil-lion kilowatt hours (kWh) in its fi rst year of opera-tion, meeting 2 percent of the University’s total energy demand.

For the fi rst 10 years of its operation, the Universi-ty will purchase the ener-gy produced by the array from Phoenix Solar Inc. at a rate of 19.6 cents per kWh, Johnston said. When the power purchase agree-ment between the University and Phoenix Solar expires in 2025, the University will take over operation of the farm.

The solar farm is intended to be used purely as an ener-gy utility for the Universi-ty, Johnston said, and there are no plans to incorporate its operation into University curriculum.

Major funding for the proj-ect was provided by the Stu-dent Sustainability Commit-tee, which contributes $1.1 million annually toward sus-tainability projects on cam-pus. The committee receives funding through the Sustain-able Campus Environment Fee and the Cleaner Energy Technologies Fee.

SSC Chair Amy Liu said

the solar farm is just one of the hundreds of sustain-ability projects the student organization has helped to fi nance, including recycling and transportation projects.

“As the funding entity for the Cleaner Energy Tech-nologies Fee, SSC is a strong proponent for the Universi-ty’s pursuit of carbon neu-trality,” Liu said. “Moving forward, SSC will have con-tributed $1.05 million and an innumerable amount of time spent on project planning.”

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more in LAS, said it’s nev-er explicit, but she notices there are fewer women in many fi elds.

“Biology isn’t bad, but I have a research position in a biological physics lab, and everyone in the lab is male,” Schnitkey said. “I’ve never felt actively discriminated against, but I do notice that there is less women.”

The research began when Cimpian and Leslie shared anecdotes about their experiences as a psychologist and a philos-opher, respectively.

In their research, they found that philosophy plac-

es a lot of emphasis on bril-liance, yet according to Cimpian, women hold sig-nifi cantly less Ph.Ds than men.

“‘You need to be brilliant in order to succeed.’ That’s a message that’s conveyed to students and other peo-ple who are looking to enter the fi eld,” he said.

In contrast to the fi eld of philosophy, Cimpian said the field of psychology seems to emphasize a pro-fessor’s record. For exam-ple, what work they have published.

“We’re going to judge you primarily on that basis

and convey to our students that those are the expec-tations that you’re going to be judged by, rather than these kinds of hard-to-judge qualities about who’s brilliant and who’s not,” Cimpian said.

Angela Wolters, associ-ate director of Women in Engineering, said she feels a shift happening.

“There has been such a national and or interna-tional focus on women in STEM, that when it comes to the engineering fi eld, when it comes to the con-centration in other STEM oriented fi elds, that we will continue to see that shift,” she said.

She mentioned studies that have shown that men and women come out of high school equally pre-pared to study engineer-ing. In the past, she said, women weren’t taking cal-culus or physics and thus were less prepared to move into the engineering fi eld when they entered college.

With more opportunities that now exist, she said, more women are deciding to study in different fi elds, regardless of stereotypes.

Stephanie Lona, senior in engineering and president of Women in Engineering, said the gender gap may continue to exist, but she thinks progress is being made.

“It will never be closed within my lifetime,” Lona said. “I think that it will always exist. There will be that stereotype that men are supposed to be engi-neers and that women are supposed to do housework, even though that’s com-pletely changing, and the gap is closing, but it’s still an upward battle.”

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SEATTLE — Every week, they slide books through the metal detectors — novels by Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen, copies of the U.S. Constitution, texts on soci-ology, psychology and com-parative religion.

Then dozens of professors and instructors from Wash-ington state’s public and private colleges surrender their driver’s licenses and car keys to an armed guard, walk through the detec-tor themselves and pass through a perimeter fence topped by coils of gleaming razor wire.

They have come to teach some of the state’s most unlikely college students: men and women serving time for felonies such as rape, robbery and murder.

Many think inmates don’t deserve the kind of higher education that law-abiding citizens must pay tens of thousands of dollars to get, a view that led lawmakers, as part of a get-tough-on-crime push in the 1990s, to bar federal and state mon-ey from supporting college classes in prison.

Supporters point to a 2013 study by the nonprof-it RAND Corp., which con-cluded that prisoners who participated in education programs were 43 per-cent less likely to return to prison within three years of release, and also found that every dollar spent on inmate education trans-lated to $4 to $5 saved on re-incarceration.

In the meantime, partic-ipating academics believe they’re making a difference — for the inmates and soci-ety as a whole.

Teaching in prison “is the most fulfi lling thing I’ve ever done,” said Reid Helford, a sociologist with a Ph.D. from Loyola Univer-sity in Chicago, who teaches sociology to inmates at the Washington State Peniten-tiary in Walla Walla.

———One morning this fall,

Robin Jacobson, an assis-tant professor of politics and government at the Univer-sity of Puget Sound (UPS), stood before 16 inmates at the Washington Corrections Center for Women near Gig Harbor, lecturing about how a bill works its way through Congress.

Her course is offered through the privately fund-ed Freedom Education Proj-ect of Puget Sound (FEPPS). Twelve professors from UPS, the University of Washington, Seattle Pacif-ic University, Tacoma Com-munity College and Harvard Extension School receive a stipend of $1,200 per semes-ter to pay for transportation to and from the prison. UPS students serve as study hall tutors.

The women inmates them-selves asked for the classes. They’d heard from former prisoners that vocational certifi cates didn’t always translate into jobs, and they wanted something more meaningful.

Tanya Erzen, executive director of FEPPS and an associate professor of reli-gion at UPS, echoed a theme voiced by others who teach behind bars: Many inmates seem to value an education more fervently than the typical college student, for whom going to college was always a given.

In the past two years, 250 women have taken courses through FEPPS. Current-

ly, 37 women are working toward a college degree.

———In 1995, Washington law-

makers followed suit with a ban on using tax money for postsecondary education in prison.

The same law expressly requires inmates to earn the equivalent of a high school diploma. Inmates are also encouraged to learn voca-tional skills through classes taught by the state’s com-munity colleges. That car-ries an annual price tag of about $15.5 million, or about $939 for each of the state’s 16,500 inmates.

But academic college courses are off-limits, except for the privately funded programs that are offered in just four of the state’s prisons, and for the correspondence courses for inmates who can afford them.

Last year, 980 inmates completed a high school equivalency degree, and inmates also earned a total of 1,812 vocational certifi -cates. But just 47 fi nished a two-year college degree.

College-level courses started creeping back into Washington prisons in 2005, when a private group, Uni-

versity Behind Bars, began offering them at the Monroe Correctional Complex. Then in 2008, an inmate at the Walla Walla prison wrote to business magnate War-ren Buffett and implored him to fund classes in the state’s oldest prison.

The letter found its way to Warren Buffett’s sister Doris, who supported pris-on education in New York through her charity, the Sunshine Lady Foundation. Doris Buffett agreed to pay for a small program at Walla Walla and later extended it to Coyote Ridge Corrections Center near the Tri-Cities.

University Behind Bars has also expanded and now reaches nearly 200 inmates in two units of the Monroe Correctional Complex.

Tonya Wilson is working on her degree while serv-ing two consecutive 10-year terms for two counts of second-degree murder in Washington. “Who would you rather live beside,” she asked, “a person that’s just getting out of pris-on who just sat in her cell and stewed, or do you want somebody who has trans-formed, who is educated, who will not be a drain on society?”

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Behind bars, college is back in session for some U.S. prisons

Students experience future work environments

ERIKA SCHULTZ TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEAn inmate raises her hand to ask a question during a government class at the Washington Corrections Center for Women near Gig Harbor.

“(The gender gap) will never be closed within my lifetime. I think that it will

always exist.”STEPHANIE LONA

WOMEN IN ENGINEERING PRESIDENT

“Teaching in prison is the

most fulfi lling thing I’ve ever

done.”REID HELFORD

PH.D IN SOCIOLOGY

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BY RUGE LISTAFF WRITER

Over winter break, Uni-versity students partici-pated in winter job shad-ow programs offered by different colleges to give young students a chance to spend a day experienc-ing an industry and work environment they are inter-ested in.

Lynnell Lacy, assistant director of the Engineering Career Services, attended Engineering 100 classes to speak with freshmen in order to draw attention to the job shadow program. She explained the program

is targeted to freshmen and sophomores, or juniors who recently transferred. She said 81 companies post-ed over 400 job shadow opportunities.

It is a common phenom-enon that employers do not wish to hire freshmen for internships, Lacy said, adding that the job shadow program can be considered one-day work experience for freshmen.

Nicholas Bourne, fresh-man in Business, went to Northwestern Mutual, a life insurance company. He said he hopes to join the program again next year to

see more workplaces. “I definitely learned

more about what fi nancial career is and kind of what they do on a day-to-day basis,” Bourne said.

Thomas Watson, fresh-man in Business, went to Joy of Marketing, a con-sulting company for small businesses. After attend-ing the program, he said he realized he preferred to work at a small fi rm because small companies have less employees.

For pa r t icipat i ng employers, the program serves as a fi rst chance to connect with students.

Through the one-day visit, students can use the shad-ow as a way to pre-identify their strengths. Talented students are offered an ear-ly invitation to interview for an internship after the student has fi nished their fi rst year of school, allow-ing students to build a web of contacts.

Jean Drasgow, direc-tor for Career Services in ACES, said each college has its own schedule for the program. For ACES stu-dents, applications are due early in the fall, and they will know their matched company and location

before winter break.Lacy said before sub-

mitting their resumes, students are required to attend an information ses-sion to understand pro-fessionalism, in terms of how they act and how they appear while representing the University.

After signing an agree-ment, students are commit-ted to visit their matched company. Those who do not are punished, as the company must spend time and money preparing for the shadow. For example, the company needs to take employees away from their

projects to spend time with students.

In the Engineering pro-gram, Lacy said, students who behave unprofessional-ly may be punished by los-ing accessibility to I-Link until they meet with the director of the Engineer-ing Career Services.

“The job shadow real-ly paves the way for stu-dents to begin to connect with the employers and to begin to showcase their skills, knowledge and abil-ities,” Lacy said.

Ruge can be reached at rugeli2@dailyillini.com.

NEWS BRIEFSTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON — Pres-ident Barack Obama pro-posed Sunday to designate 1.4 million acres of the Arc-tic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, setting off a battle with the Republican-controlled Congress over oil and gas drilling in pristine areas of northern Alaska.

The designation would prohibit drilling in the ref-uge’s coastal plain, a narrow strip between the Brooks Range mountains and the Arctic Ocean. It is estimat-ed to hold 10.3 billion bar-rels of oil and is also home to polar bears and migrato-ry caribou.

BEIJING — Chen Lei runs a Shanghai business that helps pregnant Chi-nese women fl y to Southern California and give birth in hospitals in Whittier, Fountain Valley, Pomona and other nearby cities. But come Feb. 19 — when the Chinese New Year begins, closing out the year of the horse and ushering in the year of the sheep — he’s anticipating a sharp drop in clientele for his com-pany, Xiduo Baby. Though

some studies say statistics don’t bear out the premise of zodiac-challenged birth years, Chen is hardly the only one discussing shifts in childbearing plans. State-run news outlets in recent weeks have been reporting that some hos-pitals have seen increases in cesarean deliveries, as couples try to ensure their offspring are born in the current year of the horse, which is regarded as more fortunate.

The U.S. Army specialist who shot and killed three sol-diers last year at Ft. Hood, Texas, before taking his own life showed “no clear warning signs” that he might commit a violent act before the April attack, according to a report made public on Friday.

Investigators determined

that no single event led to the shooting, according to the report.

They said that nothing in Spc. Ivan Lopez’s medical or military background could have allowed commanding offi cers to prevent the deadly shooting, according to a U.S. Army statement.

PARIS — The death of King Abdullah, a close U.S. ally who used Saudi oil wealth to ward off politi-cal change after the Arab Spring, led neighboring nations to declare weeks of mourning and world leaders to line up condolence visits.

In accordance with reli-gious tradition, Abdullah was quickly and quietly bur-ied on Friday following his death early the same day.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, French President

Francois Hollande, King Felipe VI of Spain and the U.K.’s Prince Charles have announced plans to travel to Riyadh in the coming days to pay their respects to the House of Saud.

Since Saudi Arabia is the home of Islam’s birth-place, and its ruler the cus-todian of Mecca, even crit-ics are sending high-level delegations. Iran, the king-dom’s main regional rival, dispatched its foreign minister.

OPINIONS

College is a relatively secluded atmosphere. Although there are of

course exceptions, college students are substantially better economically situat-ed than many others, simply because we have the privilege of earning a form of higher education.

For many Americans, receiving a higher education was never even an option, but for everyone, it should be.

Some of us are pursuing careers, while some are gain-ing valuable knowledge and others are burning through season six of “Parks and Rec-reation” on Netflix.

Still, once we come out of this institution, nearly all of us will be in a position to pro-vide ourselves with a bet-ter life than before we came in, and we’re surrounded by peers who are all in the same situation. Because of that, I think we (or I) often forget about just how widespread of a problem poverty is.

Unfortunately, the ubiquity of poverty was highlighted for me yet again this week.

Since 2010, Credit Suisse Research Institute has been calculating the global wealth report, a publication that, this year, consists of 156 pages

of charts, graphs, lists and analyses of wealth by coun-try. Though it’s very, very far away from the most riveting thing I’ve ever read, the big-picture takeaway from the report is bleak — especially for anyone claiming blind-ly that the United States of America is the greatest nation on Earth, or for those ignor-ing the massive wealth that has been accrued by a small amount of people.

Perhaps the most startling statistic from this study, how-ever, is that 80 people in the world have more combined wealth than the world’s 3.6 bil-lion poorest people.

According to Oxfam, by 2016 one percent of the world will control more of the world’s wealth than the remaining 99 percent com-bined (debts factored in, as well). When I first read this, I was astounded — and I still am. That’s an incomprehen-sible amount of wealth to me, and probably most people in the world. While billionaires are thinking of which foot-ball team to buy next, most of us students are just looking for eight quarters to pay the damn parking meter (thanks for the tickets, Urbana Park-ing Department).

I don’t purport to be an economist — in fact, I’ve never even taken an econom-ics class here at the Univer-sity, but I do feverishly keep up with history and current events, which would lead

me to believe that this trend (which is happening world-wide) is probably more bad than it is good.

This is not my commu-nist manifesto. Capitalism is a good economic system, and when it’s not exploited by the ultra-powerful, it can work wonders. Wealth dis-parity, to an extent, is neces-sary. Those who do astound-ing things should be wealthier than those who don’t, but the level of inequality that we’re steadily approaching can’t be healthy — or stable — for any-one, even the world’s strongest economy.

Our country was, at least arguably, considered the strongest because we have a strong middle class, and this growing disparity continues to shrink what is left.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating for forceful wealth redistribution — but I am arguing for those who have more wealth to support allo-cating more to the communi-ties that allowed them to pros-per, whether it be via taxation or otherwise.

This could easily be applied to students who have depend-ed on state-funded workers so much for our education while here at the University. Some of us will go on to do great things with our education — but none of it would have been possible without the groundwork laid by others, and thus, we should aim to give back once we have the ability to (after I find a job,

for the love of God).Much like The New Deal

after World War II, we can and must invest in our aging infrastructure, invest in renewable energies, and invest in education and opportunities for all young people — regard-less of economic status. This would hopefully be enough economic activity to lift many out of the grip of poverty, but until then, with right-wing pol-iticians still advocating for the policies akin to the failed idea of “trickle-down economics,” I am fearful.

Quite simply, this wealth disparity helps few at the expense of many, and it shows no sign of moderating any time soon.

I would hope that it would be a bipartisan opinion that futuristically, it would be hard to envision the rapid-ly expanding wealth gap as a good thing for American soci-ety — or, on a more localized level, the University system as a whole. Tuition is ascend-ing to plateaus that will soon make it prohibitive for grow-ing numbers of the popula-tion to attend the University — and if the wealth is increas-ingly concentrated at the top, the chances that it will trickle down are historically slim to none (Sorry, Ronald Reagan).

But hey, what do I know? I’m no economist.

Boswell is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at hutson2@dailyillini.com.

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SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS | opinions@dailyillini.com with the subject “Letter to the Editor.” The Daily Illini reserves the right to edit for length, libel, grammar and spelling errors, and Daily Illini style or to reject any contributions. Letters must be limited to 300 words. Contributions must be typed and include the author’s name, address and phone number. University students must include their year in school and college.

Let’s start with a cliched saying: Time flies.

For me, last semester — my first semester of college — was a hectic frenzy. Starting over in a new world wasn’t as easy as I’d expected; my mind was on overdrive the moment I entered Chicago O’Hare International Airport, and as an incoming freshman trav-eling from my life in South Korea, I knew I wouldn’t feel completely at home at the University.

But then again, coming here wasn’t meant to be all nice and comfy. I came here to the United States to have more opportunities in life; expect-ing to be at complete ease in a new country would be wishful thinking.

The first few days here were as crazy as they could be. Get-ting everything settled within a few days — bank accounts, cell phones, courses and text-books — was an exhausting job.

I walked around town with

my Android device in my hand because I didn’t know the bus lines and wasn’t sure I could figure out the campus well enough on my own. And walk-ing around with a map was the typical look of a tourist, a newbie. I didn’t eat in restau-rants outside of the dining hall simply because I didn’t know which places were good or if the food was decently priced.

One day I walked what felt like 15 miles — a distance that would easily have been cov-ered by riding the bus.

I felt like a foreign tourist rather than a student. Maybe it’s just me, but I really did not expect to get acclimated to the campus so quickly.

Looking back, I guess I fared well enough. Now I’m so used to riding the bus that I never use my bike anymore — so much so that it’s now rusted — and I know the loca-tions of most of the buildings on campus.

I still vividly remember last semester: The days when I would spend the whole night awake because I couldn’t fin-ish my homework, the days when I would prefer to sleep for a few hours over eating a meal, the days when I was so tired I sometimes fell asleep

on the bus and almost missed my stop.

I remember the end of last August, one night when it was pouring rain and thunderclaps rang through my dorm room window. I felt strangely senti-mental and created a long post on my blog, telling the story about my first day alone in my new world.

I had still been feel-ing numb after all I’d been through for the past few days, still unable to believe that I was actually in an American university, when I was faced with a new culture that I had to understand in a foreign language.

I didn’t know what to feel, didn’t know whether I should be happy that I was given an opportunity to pursue my goals of studying abroad or whether I should just be petty and give in to the lonely feel-ing that I didn’t know anybody around me.

Looking back at these days, I feel once again that time flies. I’m already a week into my second semester. I’m used to the tiny desk that greets me when I come back to my room, I’m used to the pizza and pasta that I eat every day and I’m used to how the courses are

divided into lectures and dis-cussions, and in some cases, labs.

I’ve learned to look beyond the tiring life of school and to enjoy the new experiences I am having here.

Face it — I’m here, and I’m a foreigner. I’m taking lectures and obtaining new knowledge in a language that is so differ-ent from my native language. I can choose to enjoy it or regret my choice to come here, and I choose the former. I look for-ward to learning both statics and electromagnetics in the same semester, taking Theo-retical and Applied Mechan-ics 211 and Physics 212 at the same time. I look forward to learning how to create com-puter-aided design models in Mechanical Engineering 170, and I look forward to strug-gling to recall past chemistry knowledge as I tackle Chemis-try 104.

Life is going to be fun my next three years here. It’s going to be hard, but it’s going to be fun. And that’s what counts.

Yunjo is a freshman in Engineering. He can be reached at yjeong12 @dailyillini.com

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EDITORIALGreen Street

growth makes campus cohesive

First-semester reflections prompt visions of future

Wealth disparity big problem for economy

G reen Street is the heart of Campus-town and is an im-portant part of daily life for many

at the University. We gorman-dize at restaurants such as Maize Mexican Grill, frater-nize at bars such as Murphy’s Pub and reside in apartments such as 309. As such, we are glad to know efforts are be-ing made to renovate Green Street to increase its acces-sibility for pedestrians, cy-clists and motorists alike and to strengthen Champaign-Ur-bana’s urban core.

As reported in The Dai-ly Illini, back in September, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District was awarded a $15.7 million Transportation Investment Generating Eco-nomic Recovery grant that will be used, in part, to repair Green Street between Fourth and Neil as well as Wright and Race.

Under CUMTD’s Multimod-al Corridor Enhancement Project various streets in Champaign-Urbana, including portions of Green Street, will be enhanced with infrastruc-ture improvements. These in-clude bike lanes, better light-ing and bus-only lanes that will improve transportation for a variety of commuter groups including socioeco-nomically disadvantaged pop-ulations and individuals with disabilities.

But the road itself is not the only thing getting improved with TIGER money. Last Thursday, the City of Cham-paign held an open house for its Green Street Steetscape Project. Components of the project include wider side-walks, safer crosswalks, bet-ter lighting, improved traffic design and overall aesthetics.

Given all the changes to Green Street in terms of com-mercial activity over the past few years, with various na-tional chains coming (or re-turning in some cases) to Campustown and numerous ongoing construction proj-ects, it’s refreshing to see local government units in-vesting in improved infra-structure. The University, long a champion of accessibil-ity, has crafted a campus suit-ed for individuals of various ability types, which has, in turn, attracted a wide variety of people to the Champaign-Urbana area.

In striving for a more ac-cessible urban core, im-provements to places such as Green Street acknowledge and encourage the continued growth of a diverse commu-nity in the Champaign-Urba-na area.

Many stand to benefit from improved transit and more at-tractive infrastructure. Walk-ways and bike paths encour-age carbon-neutral transit meaning cleaner air for ev-eryone. Accessible well-lit sidewalks create a welcom-ing atmosphere that will yield increased foot traffic that businesses can benefit from. A healthy business climate can attract new businesses to campus (Portillos, anyone?), which increases local spend-ing and brings about greater tax yields to benefit the local community.

In a broader sense, the buildup of a strong urban core with a multitude of cen-tralized amenities can dis-courage sprawl and bring forth a more cohesive Cham-paign-Urbana and campus community.

SPORTS MEETS SCIENCE

Leave it to America to be the country that gets its panties in a twist over deflated footballs — so much so that the situation has its own news coverage and hashtag dedication, #DeflateGate. Recently, the head coach of the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick, held a press conference to explain the deflation of 11 out of 12 game balls. He is now (deservedly) being poked fun at for his scientific explanations of ball deflation and was even challenged by our favorite scientist Bill Nye the Science Guy (sorry, Einstein). While sports fanatics might take this story seriously, over here in the opinions section, we are laughing our booties off over the whole ordeal.

“I’LL HAVE ONE ORDER OF CASH, PLEASE.”

In New Hampshire, one woman’s casual trip to Burger King turned out to be worth it — literally. When she received her bag in the drive-thru, instead of her junior spicy chicken sandwich, the bag con-tained over $2,000, which apparently was a Burger King bank deposit. Fortunately, morality overcame and the money was returned to the restaurant. But let’s be honest, how cool would it be to leave Burg-er King with a chicken sandwich and a fat stack of cash? Talk about a sweet deal. That could buy us, like, 1,000 more junior spicy chicken sandwiches.

“FOURFIVESECONDS” IS FOUR OR FIVE SECONDS TOO LONG

“FourFiveSeconds,” a new collaboration between Rihanna, Paul McCartney and Kanye West unfortu-nately debuted this week. We don’t need more people claiming that Kanye West just drove Paul McCartney to stardom and we are relatively neutral on our views of Rihanna as an artist and celebrity. Is it weird that we feel as if Paul McCartney needs to be sheltered from West’s ridiculous superiority complex? Definite-ly (and also sort of ironic, seeing as McCartney was a member of one of the most iconic musical groups in history). Our preference would be a collaboration between McCartney and T-Swift instead.

#BROWNSVILLEBRILLIANCEA fundraising campaign started this week by the

social media site Humans of New York’s creator, Brandon Stanton, has raised over $685,000 as of Sun-day night to send the students of Motts Hall Bridges Academy in Brownsville, New York on annual trips to Harvard. Some of the funds will also go to a summer school program to keep the students off the streets during summer months. The campaign was inspired by one of the students who had his picture taken by Stanton for the site. Sometimes Humans of New York, and humans in general, can do amazing things.

Q U I C K COMMENTARY

BOSWELL HUTSON

Opinions columnist

YUNJO JEONG

Opinions columnist

“We had a girl one semes-ter who had a diagnosed fear of insects. She took the class to overcome her fear,” Duennes said. “It was a real-ly big deal for her to put a mealworm in her mouth. She couldn’t really take it much further, but I think that really helped her a lot in overcoming those fears. And then, you have the stu-dents who are willing to try anything.”

This same open-mind-ed attitude toward eating insects is one many ento-mologists wish more people would adopt. Both Duennes and Berenbaum, who was recently awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest honor in science achievement, recog-nize the many nutritional and environmental benefi ts of raising insects as an alterna-tive to traditional livestock.

In the U.S., for example, people are beginning to rec-ognize that entomophagy is much more sustainable than eating other forms of animal fl esh. According to Beren-baum, raising insects produc-es fewer green house gases and results in less competi-tion over resources in terms of the amount of animal feed consumed. This is because insects are much more effi -cient in how they convert plant food into animal meat. In terms of nutritional val-ue, Duennes points out that insects are a balanced source of sustenance for humans that help to meet unique nutr it ion-al needs around the world.

“If you think about all of the energy that goes into getting a beef prod-uct from a cow, and then com-pare that to the energy that goes into feeding an insect, it is just orders of magnitude larger than the energy and the time you would have to put into rearing an insect for eating,” Duennes said.

In recent years, there has been a lot more buzz sur-rounding entomophagy. This, according to Berenbaum, has

largely to do with the ongo-ing concern over global food security. There is a strong push from countries, such as the Netherlands, that have invested millions of dollars

in ento-mophagy research to find ways of mass pro-d u c i n g i n s e c t s f o r h u m a n c o n -sumption. A d d i -tionally, B e r e n -b a u m attributes

the spread of entomopha-gy to globalization and the public’s newfound apprecia-tion for novelty, variety and experimentation.

“In general, ‘foodies’ are more common than they used to be and global commerce has allowed us to sample the world’s diversity,” Beren-baum said. “Most people’s

lives, up until this point, have involved not eating insects. So, it’s an adventure.”

The same holds true for Berenbaum’s students when it comes time for the bug buffet lab. After teach-ing the course for almost 25 years, Berenbaum said she has experienced a wide range of reactions from bug buffet participants, includ-ing last semester, when stu-dents even “took selfi es” while tasting the bugs for the fi rst time.

“I think we’ve made more progress than anytime in the last 35 years,” Beren-baum said. “There’s period-ic interest, and it might just be because of the general cultural shift — the global-ization of the eating experi-ence. But, maybe ... maybe this time, we have reached the perfect storm where atti-tudes have changed, the need is greater than ever, and maybe this is the moment for entomophagy to triumph.”

Anna can be reached at hecht2@dailyillini.com.

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landscape 8 Hamm in the Na-

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10 Dame Dench11 Simple aquatic plant12 Narrow valley

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fortress25 “Can’t be done!”27 Buys on Amazon,

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filled out32 Late34 Beach lotion letters36 Links org.40 Thrilling

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BY REEMA ABI-AKARSTAFF WRITER

The Urbana Free Library wasn’t always free . Two years before its conception in July of 1874, it began as the Young Men’s Library Association, a fee-based organization.

“When (the library) became part of the city, the city took over responsibility of funding it, and they have property taxes that pay for it,” said Celeste Choate, exec-utive director of the Urbana Free Library .

In fact, this shift from paid subs c r ip -tion librar-ies to public entities was occurring throughout the country in that time period. This is shown in other insti-tutions with “free” in their name.

“You’ll still see that in oth-er libraries in the U.S.: the Philadelphia Free Library, the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore,” said Kathy Wicks , the library’s associ-ate director. “(Its name) goes with the whole history of the library ... it’s been here a long time, so it seems right to have that name.”

The Urbana Free Library has been around since July 2, 1874, and the library has been celebrating its 140th anniver-sary over the past year. Each month since last August, there has been a theme that highlights one aspect of the library’s services. January focuses on Adult Services .

The kickoff theme last August spotlighted the Champaign County Histor-ical Archives, which were created around 1956. These archives catalog local his-torical events, people and news — including that of the library itself .

Having had three previ-ous locations, the Urbana Free Library was forced to move several times to accom-modate a growing book col-lection. Finally, the library dropped its anchor at the cor-ner of Race and Elm streets

in Urbana in 1918 . This was thanks to a $35,000 dona-tion from Mary E. Busey in memory of her late husband General Samuel T. Busey (of Busey Bank) .

“Public library collections just generally have changed,” Choate said in terms of the materials the library has offered over the years. “So for example, a long time ago, reading novels was kind of scandalous. (People thought that fi ction) was just like brain candy, and it wasn’t

good for you.”

Society has come a long way since t h e n , and the l i b r a r y c om mu -nity has constant-ly shifted in terms of what local peo-ple want

to read and check out.“Now, we have pre-loaded

Nooks that people can take home for adults and for kids, as well as having e-books that people can download to their own devices,” Choate said.

Other materials include online and CD music, audio-books, board games and even energy meters so people can check their home’s energy usage.

“As the community and its needs have changed over 140 years, what public libraries and what we specifi cally col-lect have changed,” Choate continued. “And we expect to be expanding that over the next year as well and having some more types of special-ty things.”

In addition to the materials to check out, the Urbana Free Library also provides a series of classes, events and servic-es, such as baby and toddler reading times, meeting plac-es for community groups and an extensive teen open lab. The open lab provides access to 3D printers, video games and even a recording studio within the library.

One of the library’s big-gest events for the past seven years has been the Fairy Tale

Ball, an enchanted evening where families come to the library dressed up as their favorite characters to par-ticipate in activities, games, dancing and storytelling . This year’s event will be on April 27.

“It started out as part of a grant with the Champaign Public Library called Heroes at Your Library,” Wicks said. “And the children’s librarians came up with the idea of a Fairy Tale Ball because we have a very fi ne fairy tale and folklore collection here at the library. They wanted to high-light the collection, but they also wanted to bring people together.”

In fact, bringing people together and serving the community are the main rea-sons that Wicks and Choate enjoy working for the library. Choate has been the direc-tor for less than a year, while Wicks is a 25-year veteran.

“Seeing the changes over the years and seeing the peo-ple appreciate the services that we have here,” Wicks said, is the most rewarding part of her job. “I took this job thinking that it would be a temporary measure, but here I am 25 years later, still in the same place ... I’ve always felt that this is family.”

Garth Seiple and Diane Klock, two local residents and library goers , enjoyed a lunch break in the library’s café section.

“The staff is great, par-ticularly the folks who get you coffee,” Seiple chuck-led, referring to the coffee shop on the fi rst fl oor. “It has a large selection of maga-zines and newspapers you can read, and I like going through their new arriv-als section of the library. It makes it easy to fi nd a lot of good reading.”

The couple also likes to check out music CDs to lis-ten to during long road trips.

“Well, I just love librar-ies. So it’s always just a nice atmosphere,” Klock said. “I just think there’s always a lot of people here that make us really feel comfortable. It’s a nice place to just spend some time.”

Reema can be reached at abiakar2@dailyillini.com.

Urbana Free Librarycelebrates 140 years

“(The library) has been here a long time,

so it seems right to have that name.”

KATHY WICKSASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, URBANA FREE LIBRARY

“Most people’s lives up until this point have involved not eating insects. So, it’s an adventure.”

MAY BERENBAUMINTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 109

PROFESSOR

31%Coleoptera

18%Lepidoptera

3% Isoptera3% Odonata

14%Hymenoptera

13% Orthoptera

10% Hemiptera

2% Diptera

5% Other insect orders

Hymenoptera

10% Hemiptera Hemiptera

3% Isoptera

Major groups of edible insects Globally, the most common insects consumed are beetles (Coleoptera), caterpillars (Lepidoptera), bees, wasps and ants (Hymenoptera), grasshoppers, locusts and crickets (Orthoptera), cicadas (Hemiptera), termites (Isoptera), dragon!ies (Odonata), and !ies (Diptera).

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Bugs. Insects. Arthropods. Regardless of the ter-minology, these creepy,

crawly critters wriggle their way into homes, end up splat-tered on windshields and can be found in the everyday foods people eat (within FDA stan-dards). While many cringe at the idea of eating bugs, which is called “entomophagy,” this

practice is widely accepted in many countries around the world. For students enrolled in Professor May Berenbaum’s Integrative Biology 109 course, “Insects and People,” eating insects during the course’s bug buffet lab is anything but accidental.

“Each semester, we hold a lab that is a bug-eating buffet where students can try differ-ent kinds of insects,” Beren-

baum said. “It is endlessly fas-cinating to people, particularly if you take the geekiness out of it. We are not eating live stuff because nobody does that for real, but all around the world, people do not bat an eye at eat-ing insects.”

Surprisingly, the idea of eat-ing insects doesn’t seem to be an insurmountable problem for IB 109 students, either. Michelle Duennes, a Ph.D. can-

didate in Entomology and the IB 109 teaching assistant, said students often enter the class being “very afraid of insects and leave feeling much less afraid.” For students who have a fear of insects, Duennes said she tries to start them off with “something easy” in order to build and overcome their bug-eating confi dence.

FDA approved insects in food items Listed below are the levels of “natural or unavoidable defects in foods” that according to the U.S. FDA Defect

Levels Handbook, “present no health hazards for humans.”

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Pasta: average of 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams

Canned apricots: average of 2% or more by count are damaged by

insects

Peanut Butter: average of 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams. 100

grams = 6.67 tablespoonsGolden raisins: 10 or more whole or equivalent

insects per 8 ox. (or 1 cup)

Juice, specifi cally citrus fruit and tomato juices, are allowed 5 or more fl y eggs OR 1 maggot per 250 mL

Canned asapargaus contains an average of 40 or more thrips

per 100 grams

EATING BUGS?Truth is, you may already be

Inside the bug bu! et

I had chocolate-covered meal worm. I though the chocolate would disguise the taste of the bug. I took a bite and I was feeling all right, but then I tasted bug and I had to down a whole Powerade after that because — just the taste — I couldn’t handle it.”

I tried some kind of worm. It’s not something I do often, but I am willing to try it. I hear they can be good for you, but when I tried the worm, it was hard not to think about the fact that I was eating a bug.

Carolyn Aiello Major: Creative writing

Mari Shitega Major: East Asian

languages and cultures

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SPORTS1BMONDAY

BY JOEY FIGUEROASTAFF WRITER

Now stuck in a four-game losing streak, the Illinois women’s basketball team will look to right the ship Monday night against Michi-gan in a Big Ten challenge on the road.

Illinois (11-8, 2-5 Big Ten) is fresh off a one-point loss at home to Northwestern, in which the Illini turned the ball over 24 times and had just nine second-chance points despite grabbing 14 offensive rebounds, their second-highest total in con-ference play this season.

It has been rare for the Illini to outrebound their opponents. Michigan (12-6, 4-3) will prove to be anoth-er tough test on the glass as the Wolverines are third in the Big Ten in rebounding margin. The Wolverines are led by forward Cyesha Goree, who is fifth in the conference in rebounding with more than 10 boards per game. Goree will likely match up with Illinois’ top rebounder, freshman cen-ter Chatrice White, who had limited touches and fouled out against North-western with 14 points.

Sophomore forward Jac-qui Grant said Illinois’ for-mula to success on offense starts with White in the post.

“She’s such a big pres-

ence inside,” Grant said. “That draws the defenders in and (she) has the skills to pass it out, she sees the floor pretty well. Once we get inside, we’ve got to play inside-out.”

Illinois leads the Big Ten and ranks 19th nationally in 3-point defense, holding its opponents to just over 26 percent from downtown on the year. The Wolver-ines will do their best to challenge the Illini’s stout perimeter defense, as Michigan comes into Mon-day night’s game shooting the long ball at a 38 per-cent clip, which is good for 12th in the nation. Guards Siera Thompson and Kate-lynn Flaherty have both attempted more than 100 3-pointers and have kept their respective shoot-ing percentages above 40 percent.

Michigan and Illinois rank fourth and fifth in the Big Ten in made 3-pointers per game, respectively, so this game could turn into a shootout. Junior guard Kyley Simmons has led the Illini’s shooting attack with 2.2 made 3-pointers per game, good for sixth in the Big Ten, and has shot just under 43 percent from deep over her past 15 games.

After a slow shooting

Injured Illinifall against the Gophers

Illinois played hard at Minnesota but sput-tered in the second half

and ran out of gas Satur-day afternoon.

The Gophers (13-8, 2-6 Big Ten) won their sec-ond conference game of the season, 79-71, over an Illinois squad (13-8, 3-5 Big Ten) that had a tough time keeping up due to its depleted roster and lim-ited bodies.

Since Rayvonte Rice and Aaron Cosby were sidelined again with inju-ries, Illini head coach John Groce essentially used a seven-man rota-tion against Minnesota. The Gophers were only up 33-30 at halftime, but turned up the intensity in the second half, and the short-handed Illini couldn’t respond.

Led by Andre Hol-lins, the Gophers broke off an 18-3 run midway through the second half, out-rebounding the Illini in the process. Second-chance points haunted the Illini, as Maurice Walk-er anchored the Gophers’ inside effort with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Five of Walker’s rebounds came on the offensive end, and Hollins finished with 28 points on 10-of-15 shooting.

I wrote before the game that Minnesota was a des-perate team coming off

several gut-wrenching losses, and it played like it. The Gophers turned up the full-court pressure the whole game, making the Illini work for each possession. Groce’s squad handled the press pret-ty well for the first thirty minutes, but you could tell they became tired and a step slow as Minnesota pulled away.

The Gophers started to grab more than their share of loose balls, get easy buckets in transi-tion and stifle the Illini on defense. While Hollins, Walker and Carlos Mor-ris (16 points) extended the Minnesota lead, the Illinois offense began to stagnate in the final 10 minutes. And even though the Illini shot well from three (11-for-24), they

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Groce places team’s student manager on rosterBY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER

No one expected it, least of all Ryan Schmidt.

Illinois men’s basketball coach John Groce announced Friday that because of the Illini’s injuries, the team would add student manager Ryan Schmidt to the roster, a move no one would have expected at the beginning of the year.

Before the season, Groce highlighted the depth of

Illinois’ backcourt. After dealing with injuries to three starting guards, the Illini are in an unexpected spot.

Illinois lost Tracy Abrams to a torn ACL before the season, Rayvonte Rice to a broken bone in his left hand in early January and Aaron Cosby to a torn retina following the Indiana game.

The Cosby injury left Illinois’ backcourt thin, especially in practice.

Enter Schmidt, a 6-foot

senior guard who played high school basketball at Bloomington (Ill.) Central Catholic and has been a student manager in each of his first three years at Illinois.

Groce has referenced his “next man up” philosophy multiple times this season and over the weekend it was extended to Schmidt, who suited up for the Illini against Minnesota.

Although his No. 14 was never called, Schmidt seemed

eager to help the team in any way he could against the Golden Gophers — he still

brought out and set up chairs

Ryan SchmidtYear: SeniorPosition: GuardHeight: 6’0”Weight: 185High School: Bloomington (Ill.) Central Catholic

Notes: Received offers to play Division II and Division III basketball out of high school. He is an accounting major. He was added to Illinois’ active roster on Friday.

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Illinois to face Michigan amid losing streak

Illini golf starts off season with win over ISU

JOSEPH LEE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois' Malcolm Hill shoots the ball during the game against Purdue at State Farm Center on Wednesday. The Illini won 66-57.

But the Illini still fell short, and it was a frustrating game in the sense that the outcome might have been different with a healthy roster.

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BY DRAKE PENASTAFF WRITER

Freshly cut grass and 70 degree weather was a sight for sore eyes for the Illinois men’s golf team. The team began its season this week-end with the Tinervin Cup, an event put on by Jeff and Madalyn Tinervin against Illinois State in Placida, Florida. The Illini won 8-1 and remain a perfect 12-0 in this event since its cre-ation in 2003.

The tournament took place at Coral Creek Golf Club. The 7,038 yard, par 71 course is noted as one of the nicest in Florida, backed up by its No. 17 ranking in the State of Florida by Gold Digest. Play begins with a four-ball com-petition in which two play-ers from each team compete against one another. In the afternoon, the single matches were held and players com-peted against another play-er from the opposing team. Illinois won all but one sin-gles match.

Illinois swept the morning four-ball tournament with the pairs of Brian Campbell and Charlie Danielson; Nick Har-dy and Thomas Detry; and Dylan Meyer and Spencer Reed all winning their day-

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time events, each pair earn-ing a point for the Illini. In the afternoon, the singles matches took place with Illi-nois completing a near sweep. Campbell, Danielson, Hardy, Meyer and Reed all brought back a point with Detry being the only golfer to take a loss.

“It was a positive day iden-tifying things we need to get better at,” Illini head coach Mike Small said in a press release. “Conditions were really tough today. The wind was really strong. Charlie (Danielson) and Dylan (Mey-er) played well, and the event served its purpose. Guys played hard and had a good mindset, but there are things we need to work on.

“It’s January and there’s a long way to go, but it was a good day to get down south and play some golf.”

Illinois has a small two-week break before hitting the road again for the Big Ten Match Play Champion-ship Feb. 15-16 in Palm Coast, Florida.

Drake can be reached at dapena2@dailyillini.com.

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BY MATT GERTSMEIER STAFF WRITER

Nick Fabbrini’s message may not have been clear enough after Friday night’s 5-2 victory over the Robert Morris Eagles. The head coach of the Illinois hockey team said in order to secure the sweep, the Illini (17-13-1) were going to have to come out Saturday with more inten-sity than the team had on Friday.

Things didn’t go as planned for the Illini.

Fabbrini watched his team snap a five-game losing streak, only to end up back in the losing column the next night, falling 4-3.

“We need to understand that after you win on Friday, it’s not going to be easier on Saturday night,” Fabbrini said. “When you play good teams like we do every week-end, they’re not going to want to leave here empty-handed. That’s something that we’ve got to figure out.”

After enjoying a two-goal

first period Friday, Illinois faltered Saturday with goal-tender Joe Olen allowing three goals in the first peri-od. Olen has been recover-ing from a groin injury suf-fered earlier this season and sat out half of Friday’s game as a precaution.

Illinois regrouped during the first intermission Satur-day and mounted a come-back tying the game in the third period. However, Rob-ert Morris killed the Illini’s momentum with a goal with three minutes remaining in the game.

Saturday’s loss was Illi-nois’ third home loss this season. All three home loss-es have been the second game of each series. Fab-brini believed Illinois’ first 20 minutes cost them a sweep and acknowledged the team’s inconsistency to finish off opponents.

“We’ve got to be able to match or exceed that inten-sity coming off the win,” Fabbrini said. “We can’t be satisfied, we can’t get com-placent because when we do, that’s what happens.”

Securing a sweep can be tough, especially when the opponent is a two-hour drive away.Most of the Illini are famil-

iar with the players on Robert Morris. Two years ago, Illi-nois winger James McGing roomed with Robert Morris’ Nathan Chasteen while play-ing juniors for the Springfield Blues.

The intensified rivalry caused for a physical series. Forward Chris Lozinak took

a hit into the boards and was then pinned to the ground for a few seconds by a Robert Morris skater. Lozinak said that’s just part of the game.

“From start to finish, it’s been a battle,” Lozinak said. “We just have to play, let the refs do their job and take care of what we can take care of on the ice.”

Fabbrini thought the offi-ciating could have been improved.

“I didn’t think (the referee) called a great game neces-sarily, but he was consistent, for the most part, which is all you can really ask for,” he said. “He’s definitely not the reason we lost the game, he

didn’t give up three goals in the first period.”

Even though this weekend was a tale of two games, Illi-nois believes ending its five-game losing streak made it a positive weekend.

“That was huge for us, we really needed to turn around,” Lozinak said. “The fact that we battled this hard is definitely a positive. We def-initely needed it, and against the number six or seven team in the nation, it’s definitely nothing to look down on.”

Matt can be reached at gertsme2@illinimedia.com and on Twitter @MattGertsmeier.

Friday: Illinois 5, Robert Morris 2

Saturday: Robert Morris 4, Illinois 3

Summary: Illinois scored twice in the first period in Friday’s win to end a losing streak, but lost Saturday.

Key performer: Defenseman Joey Caprio and winger James McGing each had a goal

and an assist.Quote of the weekend: Coach Nick Fabbrini — “We weren’t ready to match their intensity at all, really put ourselves behind the eight-ball.”

Hidden stat: Illinois is 11-3 at home this season — 7-0 on Friday nights, 4-3 on Saturday nights.

Up next: vs. Oklahoma 7:30 p.m. Friday at Illinois Ice Arena.

BY WILL SMALLSTAFF WRITER

Head coach Mike Turk was a pretty big fan of the Illinois men’s track team after its weekend success at the Rod McCravy Memori-al Meet.

“It was a great meet with a bunch of highly ranked teams and I feel like we com-peted really well,” Turk said. “We showed we truly are a well-rounded team.”

Junior Ian Barnett had one of the team’s best perfor-mances at the meet, running the 3,000 meters in 8:02.40 to break the school record set in 1985 by Ty Wolf. Bar-nett placed sixth overall in

the event — beat out by run-ners from perennial powers Oregon and Arkansas.

“He looked awesome,” Turk said of Barnett’s perfor-mance. “Ian has a beautiful running form. We’re finally seeing Ian with the self confi-dence to go to a higher level.”

One of the strong points for the Illini so far this sea-son has been freshman Jon-athan Wells, who continued his impressive set of perfor-mances in the high jump. Wells tied for first place with USC’s Randall Cunning-ham, jumping a height of 2.14 meters.

“This was by far the best field of jumpers Jonathan has

faced this year,” Turk said. “Although he was a little off of his top form, he competed and pulled out the win.”

Sophomore David Kend-ziera and Junior Cam Viney qualified for the final heat in the 60-meter hurdles, where they both finished with a time of 7.96, good enough for sev-enth overall.

“Viney and Kendziera were both solid today. I’m pleased that they are both showing some quality con-sistency,” said Turk.

In the weight throw, senior Davis Fraker finished third overall, throwing a distance of 20.53 meters. Turk looks forward to the postseason

where he believes Fraker will be highly competitive.

“Fraker looks poised to make his run into the NCAAs and get on the podium this year,” Turk said. “I think he has also discovered a flaw in his technique he can change.”

Turk said he specifical-ly sees improvement in the 800 meters. The Illini had two of the top-12 finishers in the event, with Bryce Bast-ing finishing 12th and Joe McAsey finishing second.

“All of our 800 guys are progressing well,” Turk said. “Basting showed great clos-ing speed and Joe McAsey slugged it out with a couple of the best in the country. Joe

has quite an array of tactics he can use in a race and as his confidence grows, he keeps getting better.”

Turk added that he believes there’s room for improvement, which could help the team down the road, “We had a few rough spots, a few guys that defi-nitely were not at their best, but we had other guys that seized the opportunity to step up and shoulder the load. I’m really proud of the way we competed.”

Will can be reached at wsmall2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @will_small_.

BY ALEX WALLNERSTAFF WRITER

At an event filled with high-quality opponents, six different Illini finish in the top-10 in six different events at the Rod McCravy Memo-rial Meet in Lexington, Ken-tucky, over the weekend.

Senior Breeana Coleman finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles, sophomore Nicole Choquette finished seventh in the 800 meters, senior Alyssa Schneider finished eighth in the 3,000 meters, sophomore Kandie Bloch-Jones finished eighth in the high jump and the senior-junior tandem of Stephanie Richartz and Jen-nifer DeBellis finished fifth and eighth, respectively, in the pole vault.

The Illini beat athletes from eight teams ranked in

the top 25: No. 1 Florida, No. 3 Oregon, No. 4 Georgia, No. 5 Texas, host No. 6 Kentucky, No. 7 Arkansas, No. 9 Flori-da State and No. 24 Missouri. Team scores were not tallied for the meet.

Senior Richartz broke the indoor school record in the pole vault, finishing with a final height of 4.33 meters. Her fifth-place finish was the best across all events for Illinois.

“I’m excited to have broken the school record, especially so early in the season,” Rich-artz said. “That mark will also most likely make it to indoor nationals, which will give me another opportuni-ty to jump high among great competition and put myself in the mix of becoming an All-American once again.”

Richartz was sidelined due to an injury for all of last sea-son, only to come back and break the indoor school record in just her second meet this season.

Richartz said her injury gave her time to think about not taking anything for granted, especially health.

“As an athlete, it’s easy to take something as simple as good health for granted,” Richartz said. “However, fac-ing adversity has made me truly appreciate not only the success that I have already had in my career but the won-derful support system of peo-ple I have in my life. These people have been pushing me to come back this season stronger than I have ever been before.”

Richartz competed against

27 other athletes and fell only behind two unattached vault-ers and two vaulters from seventh-ranked Arkansas.

With the amount of quali-ty teams involved, Schneider pointed out the Illini were forced to perform well.

“Racing against better competition forces us to race at a higher level,” Schneider said. “Any chance we get to challenge ourselves against some of the better athletes in the country is a great opportunity.”

Distance coach Scott Jones added that competing in such a tough meet early on can carry over toward the rest of the season, especially going into the Big Ten Indoor Championships.

“Being in that environ-ment and competing well

really gives people confi-dence and outsiders saw the things from Illinois’ track program here this weekend,” Jones said.

The Illini were one of only two Big Ten teams at the

meet this weekend, the oth-er being Ohio State.

Alex can be reached at awallne2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @AWallner93.

Rod McCravy Memorial MeetSummary: Illinois’ women placed six different athletes in the top 10 of their respective events. Illinois’ Key performers: Stephanie Richartz finished fifth in the pole vault and set a school indoor record.

Quote of the game: Stephanie Richartz — “That mark will also most likely make it to indoor nationals, which will give me another opportunity to jump high among great competition.” Hidden stat: Eight top-25 teams competed in the meet on both the women’s and men’s side.

had a tough time convert-ing two-point field goals, making just 12-of-37 shots from inside the arc. Three-point shooting will usually be a big part of the Illini’s successes, but they simply have to con-vert more easy looks if they want to win.

Malcolm Hill and Ken-drick Nunn carried the Illini again with 18 points each, and point guard Jaylon Tate had a nice game with 11 points, nine assists and no turnovers. Center Nnanna Egwu’s stats weren’t amazing, but you could tell he was working hard on both sides of the ball.

Illinois didn’t get much offensive production out of Leron Black (two points), but he grabbed nine rebounds, once again displaying a nose for the ball that Illini fans will love for the next three years. Backup center Maverick Morgan also was active with seven

points and four rebounds off the bench.

But the Illini still fell short, and it was a frus-trating game in the sense that the outcome might have been different with a healthy roster. It’s just so hard to replace Rice’s 17.2 points per game, and you have to think he could have prevented some of Minnesota’s second-half offensive rebounds too. And though Cosby has had his share of shooting struggles this season, he would have contributed with defense and rebound-ing for sure. Perhaps most importantly, a full roster might have kept Illinois from wearing down as the game went on.

But college basketball isn’t a game of what-ifs; it’s a game of absolutes. Minnesota improved in the second half; Illinois regressed, and the Illini’s road to the NCAA tour-nament got that much tougher. It’s a shame that we’ll never know what the 2014-15 Illini could have accomplished with a healthy team the entire

year.But Groce isn’t giving

up on this season, and no one else should either. A much-needed week off awaits Illinois before both Penn State and Rut-gers visit Champaign. Those two games are very winnable, and the hope is Rice and Cosby will return soon after.

Illinois didn’t give up on Saturday, even when the game was all but decided. Groce got every ounce of effort from his players as they extended the game with full-court defense and fouls in the final min-utes, making the Gophers work to put them away. A comeback was unlikely, but that didn’t matter to Groce.

They’ll have to treat the rest of the season the same way. An NCAA tour-nament bid may seem like a long-shot right now, but I don’t doubt the Illini will fight to the end.

Alex is a junior in AHS. He can be reached at roux2@dailyillini.com and @aroux94.

KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois' John Olen maintains control of the puck as Robert Morris' Jake Floro comes up from behind during the hockey game vs. Robert Morris at the Ice Arena on Saturday. The Illini lost 4-3.

Illini snap losing streak, split series

“We need to understand that after you win on Friday, it’s not

going to be easier on Saturday night.”

NICK FABBRINIILLINI HOCKEY HEAD COACH

“We had a few rough spots, a few guys that definitely were not at their best, but we had other guys that seized the opportunity to step up and shoulder the load.”

MIKE TURKMEN’S TRACK HEAD COACH

start to the season, the Illini seem to have gained confidence in their shoot-ing abilities.

“The shots were falling,” Grant said after the North-western game. “We know we can do that, so that’s not really an issue.”

An issue for Illinois has been its depth after losing senior guard Ivory Craw-ford to a knee injury, and head coach Matt Bollant said he is still searching for more options off the bench before fatigue becomes sig-nificant for the starters.

“It’s the Big Ten, its physi-

cally demanding,” Bollant said. “We’ve got to find some other kids to step up and give those kids a break when they need it.”

Three of Illinois’ next five opponents are ranked or have received votes in the most recent polls, so a win or a loss at Michigan might prove pivotal as the Illini find their place in the Big Ten.

“We’ve got to get bet-ter,” Bollant said. “We need to grow and we’ll have an opportunity to that Monday at Michigan.”

Joey can be reached at jfiguer2@illinois.edu and on Twitter @joeyfigueroa3.

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Men’s track proves worth at Rod McCravy Memorial meet

Women’s team place 6 different athletes in top 10 at meet

for the Illini during timeouts.While Illinois has had

to endure a multitude of problematic injuries this year, the team has also fulfilled one of Schmidt’s life-long dreams in the process — he was interviewed on ESPN over the weekend.

“I never really expected to suit up for the orange and blue,” Schmidt said to ESPN. “My room’s decked out in Illini gear.”

Nicholas can be reached at fortin2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @IlliniSportsGuy.

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Men’s gymnastics shows depth

Baillon thrives as newIlliniathlete

Illinois swimming tops NebraskaBY DANIEL COLLINSSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois swimming and diving team sent the fans in attendance of the seventh annual Splash Bash home happy, defeating Nebraska 171-129 at the ARC.

Illinois started the meet with a victory in the 200 medley relay event. The event was won by the quar-tet of senior Alison Meng, freshman Samantha Strat-ford, junior Lori Lynn and senior Megan Marchuk.

That combination in the relay has provided the Illi-ni with many points through-out the season and came 0.14 seconds away of setting the ARC pool record against Nebraska.

The remainder of the meet was led by Meng and Stratford.

In both individual events she competed in, the 100 backstroke and 100 but-terfly, Meng set the pool record with times of 55.42 and 55.81, respectively.

During her time com-peting for Illinois, Meng has seen her name atop the leaderboard many times. Against Michigan State this weekend, she’ll have one more dual meet to add to her accomplishments.

“I get excited every time,” Meng said of her record-breaking accomplishments. “I just want to give my all to this team and I’m for the last meet next weekend. (The seniors) are going to give it their all.”

Stratford won the 200 fly, breaststroke and individual medley. Finding her name consistently among the top finishers is something that Stratford has now become more accustomed to. Know-ing that her finishes help pro-vide the team with needed points is part of what helps calm her nerves.

“In my first race I was very nervous, so winning it was really exciting because I wasn’t expecting to win,” Stratford said. “Now win-

ning races is still really exciting, but it’s also a team sport, so I’m doing it for the team — not so much myself.”

The Splash Bash brought in the highest attendance of the Illini’s three home meets. Those in attendance were given free snacks and the opportunity to make posters and donate art sup-plies to the Illinois Chil-dren’s Hospital.

Head coach Sue Novitsky applauded her team’s ability to remain composed in front

of its home crowd.“We talked a lot this week

about maintaining our ener-gy and keeping our focus all the way through the meet, especially coming off a very emotional weekend with the two meets against Iowa State and Iowa,” Novitsky said. “They raced tough from start to finish.”

Daniel can be reached at dcollns2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @collins_d2.

BY DANIEL COLLINSSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois men’s gym-nastics team proved to have depth in its 434.400-431.300 win over Ohio State.

Due to extensive training with the national team the week prior to the meet, head coach Justin Spring decided to limit the events of junior C.J. Maestas and freshman Bobby Baker. Neither com-peted for the all-around title, and Maestas was out for the still ring competition. Mae-stas was the 2012 still rings national champion.

Despite not having Mae-stas competing in one of his strongest events, Illi-nois scored a 75.650. The score ranks fourth in team history.

Even with the win, the Illini have been struggling in their pommel horse and parallel bar routines.

“We ended on a little bit of a rough note with a sub-par parallel bars,” Spring said. “We’re two for six . . . you can’t have four misses in the same event. We almost gave up our sizeable lead right there in the last event.”

While struggling in the event, the Illini did have slight improvement on pom-mel horse. Sophomore Matt Foster was the best for Illi-nois in the event, finishing third with a score of 14.600 — the third highest of the sea-son for the Illini in that event.

“I’m looking to clean some stuff up and add more diffi-culty,” Foster said. “As an early-event guy on floor and (parallel) bars, I want to stay consistent, and then keep hitting late in the lineup on horse and getting a big score in one of the lower-scoring events.”

Spring said he was sur-

prised at Foster’s perfor-mance due to the short amount of preparation Fos-ter put into his routines.

Odds are Foster will par-ticipate in the same events for the Illini next meet at home against Minnesota. After that, Illinois is looking to have a more complete line-up with the possible return of junior Fred Hartville from a knee injury and a rested Mae-stas and Baker.

“Soon, guys are going to

have less opportunities to prove themselves,” Spring said. “We’re going with the guys that we’re going to see in postseason. When that hap-pens, we’ll be excited to put up a full lineup for the first time.”

With the win over the Buckeyes, who were picked first in the Big Ten preseason poll, Illinois now has a com-bined record of 7-0 (2-0 in dual meets), which is the team’s best start to the sea-son since 2011.

Daniel can be reached at dcollns2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @collins_d2.

BY COLE HENKESTAFF WRITER

The second half of a dou-bleheader for Illini wom-en’s tennis Sunday featured Illinois’ sophomore trans-fer Madie Baillon taking on her old team, the Illinois State Redbirds.

Baillon, who only played doubles in the second match, left no time for any nostalgia, as she and her partner Alexis Casati won at the No. 2 doubles slot 6-2 in a little less than 30 minutes.

“Lex and I have great chemistry, and it honest-ly doesn’t matter who our opponents are,” Baillon said. “We know we have each other’s support, and we just went out there and got a win.”

Baillon and Casati, much like the rest of the team, simply overpowered the Redbirds and didn’t ever let them in the match. Illi-nois won with a 7-0 sweep.

Head coach Michelle Das-so thought the team looked sharper in doubles after a few close scores against UIC in the first matchup of Illinois’ doubleheader. The head coach had high praise for Baillon and Casati.

“(Baillon) has just made

so many improvements if you look at her game a year ago,” Dasso said. “It’s really a credit to her work ethic.”

Illinois State only has two players returning from last year’s roster, and the team went through a coaching change. The program is much different from the one Baillon played on last season. Baillon didn’t play either of the girls she knew from last season’s team.

Baillon was quick to point out multiple parts of her game have improved in the time since she left Illi-nois State. Conditioning and consistency were the ones she hit the hardest on. She attributed her better con-ditioning to spending three days a week in the weight room with the rest of the team, something she didn’t

do as frequently at Illinois State.

Baillon also talked about how the players in the Big Ten are just on another lev-el, which can be seen in the scores of the match — Illi-nois didn’t drop a single set.

Dasso talked to Bail-lon about coming to Illi-nois before she graduated high school, but told her she should go somewhere and try to get as many matches as possible before she did come back to Illinois. That is exactly what she did as she played in every one of Illinois State’s dual match-es last year.

Now that Baillon is in Champaign, Dasso thinks of her as a great addition to the team and thinks she brings a lot to the table in both singles and doubles.

Leading up to the match

there were some doubts if, due to NCAA regula-tions regarding trans-ferring schools, Baillon was even allowed to play against her former team. Worrying about that gave the last week a weird feel, but Baillon still practiced every day like she was play-ing a match.

Even though she did play her old team, Baillon still looked at it as normal match, but she did say that it was a good experience to have.

“It was good for all of us to play,” Baillon said. “We were ready to start the sea-son, and everybody was itching for some wins.”

Cole can be reached at henke@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @cole_Henke.

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Samantha Stratford swims the 100-yard butterfly event during the meet against Nebraska at the ARC on Saturday. The Illini won 171-129.

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Melissa Kopinski prepares to return the ball during the meet against Illinois State at Atkins Tennis Center on Sunday. The Illini won 7-0.

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Women’s gymnastics can’t end drought vs. MichiganBY ASHLEY WIJANGCOSTAFF WRITER

The streak lives on.In Illinois’ case, however,

that isn’t a good thing.The No. 11 Illinois wom-

en’s gymnastics team trav-eled to Ann Arbor, Michi-gan, on Sunday to take on conference rival No. 4 Mich-igan. The Illini entered the meet with hopes of ending their losing streak to the Wolverines, but the Illini’s 196.850-195.475 dual-meet loss kept that losing streak at 29 years and counting.

At the start, though, it appeared Illinois had a good chance of topping

Michigan.With Giana O’Connor’s

9.850 leading the way, Illi-nois earned a 49.000 on the uneven bars. O’Connor’s score was one of three that were a 9.800 or higher for the Illini. In fact, the low-est score they counted on the apparatus was a 9.775.

“We started extremely strong,” head coach Kim Landrus said. “We had a lot of stuck dismounts. The girls — the entire bar lineup — definitely did a nice job building off of each other and just really doing what they do in practice.”

By the time both teams

completed their first rota-tion, Illinois trailed by just 0.125, but that was the closest the meet would get, The deficit only grew from there, and bars ended up being the lone event Illinois would score a 49 on.

The Illini moved on to vault, where they earned only two scores at a 9.800 or higher: O’Connor’s 9.875 and sophomore Erin Buchanan’s 9.825. Anoth-er sophomore, Suren Kan-chanavaleerat, made her Illini debut on vault, but she scored a 9.225 that did not count toward the 48.775 event total.

To make things worse, Illinois had just one score above a 9.800 on floor. O’Connor continued to suc-ceed by posting a 9.850. Juniors Heather Foley and Jordan Naleway scored 9.725 and 9.775, respec-tively, while sophomores Buchanan and Mary Jane Horth both earned a 9.700, the lowest floor scores for the competition.

“We are a much better floor team than we dis-played today,” Landrus said. “So the little things are really going to add up, and if you give the judges an opportunity, if you give

the judges reason to deduct, they’re going to deduct. We can’t give away little tenths on silly things that we know that we know how to per-form well.”

There was at least one positive for the Illini, though. They didn’t have any spectacular scores, but the 9.825s from Buchanan and senior Sunny Kato were enough for the team to earn a season-high 48.950 on the balance beam to end the competition.

“I’m really proud of them, that they came into beam . . . just doing our beam rou-tine how they practice and

to try to minimize the little things,” Landrus said. “And they went out, and they real-ly fought, and I’m just proud that they were able to finish the meet on a strong note.”

The Illini aren’t panick-ing, though.

“It’s early in the season,” Landrus said. “We got to use it as a valuable lesson, and we have to learn from mis-takes we made today, move forward and make sure we correct those.”

Ashley can be reached at wijangc2@dailyillini.com and on Twitter @wijangco12.

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Two meets, two cities and two very different Illi-ni wrestling teams were the story over the weekend. Going 1-1 against two for-midable conference oppo-nents, Illinois (9-4) suf-fered from a sluggish start at home against Nebraska (7-1) on Friday, then came back Sunday with a domi-nant performance against Northwestern (9-6) in Evan-ston, Illinois.

Prior to Friday, Illinois was coming off a grueling Big Ten road trip where the team recorded two consec-utive losses against Iowa and Minnesota, the top-two teams in the nation.

The Illini appeared emo-tionally drained and physi-cally fatigued against a tal-ented Cornhusker squad despite having four days of rest prior to the bout with Nebraska, even with the wrestlers having stressed the importance of avoiding a three-meet losing streak.

“It looked like they were emotionally hungover from last weekend,” head coach Jim Heffernan said. “It’s a lack of hustle. They weren’t ready to go, they weren’t ready to fight. We didn’t compete very hard.”

Friday’s meet began with a 197-pound matchup with Illini grappler Jeff Koepke and Nebraska’s Aaron Stude-baker. After bringing a 3-1 lead into the third period, Koepke surrendered three

unanswered points to Stude-baker. He ultimately lost the match 4-3, foreshadow-ing the central theme of the rest of the meet. In seven of the 10 matches, the Illini failed to score a point in the final period. Three of those seven wrestlers either led or were tied with their oppo-nent entering the third peri-od. Only able to claim vic-tory in three matches, the Illini fell to the No. 12 Corn-huskers 22-9.

Of Friday’s three wins by Zane Richards, Jack-son Morse and Isaiah Mar-tinez, Martinez’s was per-haps the most significant of the night. The freshman, ranked third nationally at 157 pounds, squared off against the fourth-ranked 157-pound James Green. Although seeming to con-trol the match from start to finish, Martinez only accom-plished a 1-0 victory over Green, bringing his record to 21-0 overall.

“I’ve waited all my fresh-man year to get that job done,” Martinez said. “Wres-tling guys that are three-time All-Americans, guys who will be competing for national titles, and then I see myself there wrestling those guys. It’s surreal.”

Sunday’s results were bet-ter for the Illini. Facing the No. 10 Wildcats on the road in the midst of a three-meet conference losing streak, the in-state rivalry was being edged into the “must win” category. With nation-

al and conference standings on the line, the Illini came out firing.

Flipping the script from Friday, Dominic Olivieri gave the Illini the first points of the meet with a 5-2 win over Garrison White.

“Dominic did a great job setting the tone for us,” Heffernan said. “He was aggressive and wrestling offensively. He really did a

fantastic job.”After jumping out to a 10-0

lead after Steven Rodrigues’ 8-6 win over Northwest-ern’s Jameston Oster at 141 pounds, Illinois never seemed to look back. In a 31-9 team win, the Illini cap-tured seven of the 10 match-es. Martinez once again won in impressive fashion, pinning Wildcat Ben Sulli-van in the 2nd period after

leading the match 14-3.“The guys wrestled with

better energy and emotion today,” Heffernan said. “I was much more pleased with our effort and fire.”

Next week the Illini host Maryland and the Terrapins are one of the only Big Ten teams not ranked nationally. At this point in the season, conference wins are hard to come by. Heffernan said that

he and his team will have to look at themselves to right the ship for the remainder of the season.

“It’s the decisions we make,” Heffernan said. “It’s not about anyone else, it’s about us.”

Ethan can be reached at erswans2@dailyillini.com or on Twitter @EthanSwanson88.

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SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Isaiah Martinez slams his opponent to the ground during the match versus Nebraska at Huff Hall on Friday. The Illini lost 22-9 and were 1-1 on the weekend.