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BY CHARLOTTE COLLINSSTAFF WRITER

W hile students live in Champaign or Urbana through-out the school

year, some registered vot-ers prefer to vote for can-didates in their hometowns for the upcoming Nov. 4 mid-term elections.

The number of absen-tee voters in Champaign-Urbana has been trending upward in recent years, according to Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten.

“This year, so far, we’ve had 3,846 absentee ballots sent out,” Hulten said. “The numbers are progressively getting heavier.”

As of press time on Wednesday, 4,428 people voted early within Cham-paign County. Hulten said the county’s busiest loca-tions are Brookens Admin-istration Center in Urba-na, which had 1,939 voters, Meadowbrook Community Church, 897 voters and the Illini Union, 430 voters.

Halie Rando, gradu-ate student in ACES, sent absentee ballots home to Massachusetts during her undergraduate years at the University, but has since decided to register to vote in Champaign County.

Rando explained that absentee voting makes the most sense for students who still feel more attached to their home communities and want to remain involved in politics in their respective towns. She noted that becom-ing a longer-term resident is what made her decide to reg-ister locally.

“I’m from Massachusetts, and I love Massachusetts’ politics, but I figured, since I’m going to live here for six years, I should switch over to here,” Rando said. “I’m reg-istered, and I’m planning to vote on the 4th.”

Rando said she even sent absentee votes to her home-town when she lived in Eng-land for a year.

“If you’re a college stu-

dent and you haven’t really assimilated to the commu-nity here, it’s a really good idea to stay involved in your community back home until you have somewhere else to get engaged in.”

Rori Westerlund, fresh-man in Education, said she wanted to start off on the right foot with her first year being eligible to vote. She sent her ballot home to Gen-eseo, in western Illinois.

“It was the first election that I was able to (vote), so I felt it was important to start with my first election day and make it a habit,” West-erlund said. “I also just felt that it didn’t matter whether I was living two and a half hours away or not. My par-ents influenced me, but I felt like I did it independently; I did it on my own and mailed it myself.”

Westerlund said she doesn’t think many students are aware of the opportuni-ty of absentee voting, and believes others would be more likely to participate in the election if they knew of the option.

“I think it should be stressed. I hadn’t even heard of the process, and didn’t really think I would be able to vote being outside my town,” Westerlund said. “It’s a great way to still be involved in your community while being at college.”

All absentee voter bal-lots must be postmarked by today.

However, many students won’t send votes home or cast ballots locally.

Alison Ganko, a senior in ACES, feels she doesn’t know enough about the upcoming elections to cast a vote, but she may vote in the future.

“I usually don’t vote, but I’m planning on voting once I’m more informed,” Ganko said. “I just don’t read up on issues, and I don’t want to make an uninformed vote.”

Charlotte can be reached at news @dailyillini.com.

Q: What do you think is the most important issue for students that politicians should be considering right now?

“(In terms of student loans) I think that money is an issue especially with in-state colleges because students leave college with a large amount of debt.”

“I think that they should focus on the tuition aspect. I am lucky to have a scholarship, but I know people with loans. It’s an issue that needs more focus.”

“I think that they should lower tuition and increase work study.”

“They should focus on financial aid to lessen the cost of tuition.”

“They should focus on loans and lowering tuition. Debt is a big issue, and it follows students after graduation so it would be beneficial if they limited it.”

Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage

Supports raising the Illinois minimum wage from $8.25 to at least $10 over the next two years.

Supports increasing the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

Supports action to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour.

Favors an increase in the national minimum wage or the Illinois minimum wage in conjunction with helping small businesses.

Supports minimum wage increase, provided there are offsets for employers.

Does not support increasing the minimum wage.

Education

Education

Education

Prioritizes an increase in education funding using tax revenue, but does not support raising taxes to do so.

Sponsored bill for businesses to help employees repay student loans, but voted on a budget to cap Pell Grants for 10 years.

Supports increasing state funding for higher education, specifically for the University of Illinois.

Environment

Environment

Environment

Marriage Equality

Marriage Equality

Marriage Equality

Energy efficiency programs have expanded under Quinn, but so did coal exports. He also signed a bill to allow fracking in Illinois.

Critical of federal regulations intended to curb carbon emissions, supports investing in renewable energy sources.

Supports stricter local environmental regulation, specifically regarding the protection of Illinois’ water supply.

Signed the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, legalizing gay marriage in Illinois.

She supports the right to marry, regardless of sexual orientation.

Supports marriage equality.

Supports development of wind and solar energy in combination with the use of nonrenewable resources, including coal, oil and natural gas.

Supports construction of Keystone Pipeline, increased production of coal, natural gas.

Supports protecting Illinois’ water supply, creating green jobs and shifting to wind and solar energy sources.

Does not support gay marriage, although he does not have any intent to change Illinois law.

Supports definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.

Supports marriage equality.

Pat QuinnDemocrat candidate for Governor

Bruce RaunerRepublican candidate for Governor

Ann CallisDemocrat candidate for 13th Congressional District

Carol AmmonsDemocrat candidate for 103rd District Representative

Rodney DavisRepublican candidate for 13th Congressional District

Kristin WilliamsonRepublican candidate for 103rd District Representative

ELECTION GUIDEFrom knowing the candidates to finding the polling locations, here’s

your go-to guide to the Illinois Midterm elections. Now, go out and vote.

Supports 3 percent tax increase on tax income greater than $1 million to pay for increased education funding.

Supports increasing federal Pell Grants and has endorsed Sen. Dick Durbin’s “Student Bill of Rights.”

Supports maintaining the state’s funding obligations to higher education to avoid higher tuition rates.

Find out the candidates’ stances A guide to the Illinois gubernatorial, congressional and state legislative candidates’ positions on minimum wage, education, environment and marriage equality.

YOUR VOICEAbsentee voters trend upward in ChampaignMore students opt to send ballots home during November elections

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WEATHERPOLICEChampaign

Battery and criminal damage to property were reported at the Illinois Terminal, 45 E. Universi-ty Ave., around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, the victim was battered by juvenile subjects. Dur-ing the fi ght, a bus win-dow was broken.

University A 26-year-old male

and a 25-year-old male were arrested on the charge of theft in the 800 block of West Iowa Street around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, residence hall security called police after see-ing the men steal bicycles from the bike racks out-side Allen Hall.

Urbana Theft of services was

reported in the 1700 block of East Florida Avenue around 12 a.m. Tuesday.

According to the re-port, the offender used a cab service without pay-ing. The offender was not located.

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Today’s Birthday Shine like a star this year. Practice and share your talents. Money comes easier this year (especially after 12/23), so put some aside for later. Play a game to impact a cause that moves your heart. You can move mountains. Invite others to play. A breakthrough in collaborative fun over springtime leads to re! ection. Act together for the world you want.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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OXNARD, Calif. — For-mer President Bill Clinton stumped for Democrats on Wednesday in some of Cali-fornia’s most hotly contest-ed House races.

At a morning rally at Oxnard College, Clinton told a gymnasium full of party faithful and students that they must vote in the Nov. 4 midterm elections or risk their very futures with a Republican-run Congress.

“I’m pleading with you,” Clinton said during a nearly half-hour speech in which he argued that economic, women’s-rights and oth-er recent gains could be wiped out by an apathetic electorate.

“It’s your life and your future and you have to go vote,” an animated Clinton exhorted the crowd, which whooped and hollered in response.

Clinton praised first-term Reps. Julia Brownley and

Raul Ruiz, as well as Red-lands Mayor Pete Aguilar, who is in a heated race to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Gary Miller.

All three joined Clinton on the stage with 10 Amer-ican flags as a backdrop in front of a deep-blue curtain.

College student Kevin Espiritu, 21, said the rally provided his first opportu-nity to see a U.S. president in the flesh.

“I’m pretty stoked,” he said during an intermission in the rally before Clinton spoke. “This is big for me,” he said, adding he is plan-ning to vote Tuesday.

After the Oxnard rally, Clinton headed to the Uni-versity of California, Davis to attend another get-out-the-vote program. That one featured first-term Rep. Ami Bera, believed to be in one of the closest House contests in the country, and Rep. John Garamendi.

Garamendi headed Clin-ton’s 1992 presidential elec-

tion campaign in Califor-nia and served as his deputy Interior secretary.

Clinton, increasingly pop-ular in the years since he left the White House, has been crisscrossing the country in recent days, try-ing to inspire Democrats to cast ballots in the midterm

elections.He headlined get-out-the-

vote rallies Wisconsin, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania and Colorado before coming to California. Democrats are expected to win most, if not all, statewide races here and party leaders are worried their voters won’t

find much reason to partici-pate in the election.

Democrats have tried to counteract the typical drop-off of their voters in years without a presidential election by setting up early, methodical field operations aimed at boosting turnout.

The party’s tracking

of returned vote-by-mail ballots indicate the strat-egy may be paying off. In Brownley’s district, bal-lots sent in by Democrats as of Wednesday outnum-bered those by Republicans by more than 1,000 votes, a reversal of the pattern exhibited in 2012 and 2010.

Clinton leads voting rallies in California

BY MAEVE RESTONTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

AURORA, Colo. — For much of her 17 years as a financial planner, Molly Vogt never imagined she’d become a political activist. But she was outraged by the financial crisis, launching an economy-focused women’s group called “My Purse Pol-itics” and ultimately taking a full-time job with Amer-icans for Prosperity. She calls it a role she will fill “until I can get government out of my way.”

As a field director in Col-orado, Vogt is one of more than 500 paid foot sol-diers across the country for the conservative non-profit group, funded in part by the Koch brothers, that advocates for limited gov-ernment. For much of this year, she and nearly three dozen other staffers in the state have helped build Americans for Prosperity’s data-driven effort: amass-ing teams of volunteers who go door to door collecting information on voters and the national and local issues that matter to them — such as the president’s health

care law and school choice.Now, Vogt’s days are cen-

tered on turning that data into votes for Republican Rep. Cory Gardner, who is trying to unseat Democrat-ic Sen. Mark Udall in one of November’s tightest and most important races.

In a year when Democrats have focused on issues such as abortion and birth con-trol, Vogt feels a personal responsibility to get women fired up about the govern-ment’s role in health care, and the financial and hous-ing markets. “This year was the first time I knocked on a door, because I just got so fed up with what was going on,” she said.

The art of political persua-sion can be complex. Televi-sion ads — whether uplifting or testily negative — have long been the key vehicle for defining candidates to vot-ers. But the second neces-sity — getting them to cast their votes — has increas-ingly rested on meticulously organized, technologically powered, repetitive contact by people like Vogt who iden-tify prospective voters and help close the deal. Amer-

icans for Prosperity alone has knocked on 140,000 doors since June.

Such conservative groups are both ascendant and play-ing catchup to Democratic field operations in key states. Their efforts this year are meant to deliver results in November and create the template for the presiden-tial race in 2016. Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips says emphat-ically that the group is in the field to stay in compet-itive states including Colo-rado, Iowa, New Hampshire and Florida — the mightiest of swing states, where the group has 50 full- and part-time staffers.

He notes that for years, the left had the advantage of “a powerful force on the ground that was outside the Democratic Party”: govern-ment employee unions, envi-ronmental groups and com-munity groups.

“They had an army,” Phil-lips said. But on the right, “there really was not a per-manent infrastructure with professional staff, the abil-ity to mobilize activists on a large scale, with a consis-

tent stream of funding. So at Americans for Prosperi-ty, we’ve spent a decade now working to build just that.”

But they are facing fierce competition, not only from outside Democratic groups. In Colorado, Democrats say their field team is about three times the size it was in 2010 when it helped notch a victory for the state’s oth-er Democratic senator, Michael Bennet, with an average margin of one vote per precinct.

Bennet’s effort that elec-tion was so successful in boosting turnout among sporadic Democratic voters that the Democratic Senato-rial Campaign Committee invested $60 million to rep-licate it across the country this year as the so-called Bannock Street Project, which takes its name from the Denver street where Bennet’s campaign office was located.

With Republicans out-matched in 2012 by the Dem-ocrats’ wealth of data and precise turnout operation, the national party this cycle has invested $105 million in improving its ability to track

voters’ interests and willing-ness to go to the polls — or in Colorado’s case, the mail-box, since this year every voter will be able to cast a ballot by mail for the first time.

Because it was set up as a “social welfare” nonprofit organization, Americans for Prosperity does not have to disclose its donors, and did not have to detail its spend-ing to the Federal Election Commission until 60 days before the election. But the group financed by the Koch brothers, the billion-aire backers of conserva-tive political causes, dem-onstrated its deep pockets in 2012, when it spent $122 million attempting to defeat

President Obama and other Democrats, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity.

In that race, Americans for Prosperity plowed most of its money into advertis-ing. It is still one of the big-gest spenders on advertis-ing this year — approaching more than $50 million.

But it has made a far greater investment this year in canvassing and relat-ed endeavors than in 2012. Its most recent mailing in Colorado was a report card detailing each voter’s his-tory compared with four neighbors with a perfect voting history — a gentle, data-driven nudge to return their ballots.

Americans for Prosperity rallies conservatives to vote in Colorado

BY ALI BRABOYSTAFF WRITER

Out of the five referendum questions in the general elec-tion for Illinois, voters have the power to change the Illi-nois constitution with two of the referenda. The general election on Nov. 4 will be the first time since 1970 that Illi-nois voters have seen more than three referendum ques-tions on the ballot.

Gordy Hulten, Champaign County Clerk, said this is the first year he has seen so many advisory questions on the ballot.

While advisory questions have no formal effect at all on policy changes, state leg-islature may use the respons-es to gauge public opinion on the issues.

However, according to Bri-an Gaines, professor of polit-ical science, there is some speculation over the motiva-tion to place these questions on the ballot.

Gaines said some people watching the ballot say the advisory questions were placed to attract likely dem-ocratic voters, by giving voters the illusion that they have power over change that comes with the votes. He said another view is that these advisory questions are on the ballot in an attempt to drive turnout in favor of democrat-ic voters.

A third view is that the advisory questions are no more than “ballot clutter,” he said. He stated that peo-ple in Illinois are not used to so many ballot initiatives, and the voters might be more like-ly to skip sections.

Ali can be reached at [email protected].

Constitutional AmendmentsIllinois voters to consider 5 referendum questions in Midterm elections

“The proposed amendment would prohibit any law that disproportionately affects the rights of eligible Illinois citizens to register to vote or cast a ballot based on the voter’s race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or income.”

This referendum reaffirms the freedom to vote without discrimination for all citizens. While the referendum does not consider whether voters should be required to present identi!cation at polling booths, Brian Gaines, professor of political science, believes the result of the referendum will effect the possibility of passing ID laws.

“In general, democrats are less happy with voter ID laws there; they worry that (a voter ID law) causes people who are more disproportionately inclined to vote democratic to be turned away. Republicans worry more about fraud, and claim that voter ID laws are common sense,” said Gaines.

Statewide Advisory Questions

“Should the Illinois Constitution be amended to require that each school district receive additional revenue, based on their number of students, from an additional 3% tax on income greater than one million dollars?”

“The proposed amendment would expand certain rights already granted to crime victims in Illinois, and give crime victims the ability to enforce heir rights in a court of law.”

The Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights !rst passed in 1992 in Illinois, but Polly Poskin, executive director of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said there are no real enforcement tactics to make sure victims of crimes are guaranteed rights.

Usually the rights of victims, such as being noti!ed of their violator’s hearing or being able to make a victim impact statement, are upheld, but Poskin said there are still instances where the victim might be denied that opportunity or will not be noti!ed of important information relating to the violator.

If passed, the constitutional amendment would give crime victims recourse if their rights are denied.

“Shall the minimum wage in Illinois for adults over the age of 18 be raised to $10 per hour by January 1, 2015?”

“Shall any health insurance plan in Illinois that provides prescription drug coverage be required to include prescription birth control as part of that coverage?”

Crime Victims’ Rights

Suffrage Rights

MAEVE RESTON TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEMolly Vogt, center, works full time as a field director for Americans for Prosperity in Colorado. She heads a team of field associates, who are going door-to-door.

ANNE CUSACK TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEFormer President Bill Clinton campaigns in the gymnasium at Oxnard College in Oxnard, California, in support of three Congressional candidates in tight races on Wednesday.

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There are a hand-

ful of times each year when

the University gets blood-thirsty

over some campus-wide event, holiday or

celebration. With Oct. 31 nearly upon us, this week-end is one of those times.

We all love Halloween and all of the fun it has to of-fer. We get the opportunity to either splurge on an un-necessarily expensive cos-tume from Spirit Halloween Store or pull together an odd assortment of clothes in our closet in a desperate at-tempt for cheap Halloween apparel.

Halloween is celebrat-ed in a variety of ways on this campus — some drink, dress up and party, many simply underdress, and the rest, of course, march as zombies. Or there is the al-ternative, but equally fun, route of basking in the sug-ar-bliss of Reese’s peanut butter cup and Snickers bar overindulgence while watching “Hocus Pocus.”

Regardless of how stu-dents choose to celebrate, and as we’ve done in past editorials during this time of year, we want to encour-age everyone to proceed with caution when partak-ing in Halloween festivities this weekend. Of course, we

know students

are not dumb. We have all been warned of the impor-tance of making safe and smart choices, and we know what dictates good and bad decisions. However, that doesn’t stop people, whether students or otherwise, from making some spooky choic-es.

And because of all of the campus alerts that we have been all too aware of over the past several weeks — from a high amount of rob-beries and mob action to the two costumed men with fake knives scaring peo-ple on the Quad — we know that crime is, unfortunate-ly, alive and well here at the University.

With the number of stu-dents that will be wandering the streets this weekend, some with maybe a little too much “apple cider” in their systems, it is essential to have heightened awareness and caution while celebrat-ing. We cannot stop others from committing crimes, but we can make personal choices to promote our own safety.

As such, the biggest piece of advice we advise to stu-dents is that they stay in groups when walking to and from their party venues. There is something signifi-cant to be said about safe-ty in numbers, and it is vi-tal to avoid isolated areas during late hours of the

night.But, of course, sometimes

these circumstances happen unintentionally, so students ought to be aware of their available resources should they be stuck in situations alone.

SafeRides and SafeWalks are invaluable services to have, and their phone num-bers can be found on the back of students’ i-cards. Don’t be afraid to call these services or hit up a friend to accompany you on your ventures from location to lo-cation.

In addition, remember to have a heightened aware-ness of where you are and whom you are with and try to go out with a plan of ac-tion. Make smart decisions about drinking and watch out for yourself and your friends.

Don’t just take our word for it — local police are ad-vising the same. The Uni-versity of Illinois Police Department as well as the Champaign Police Depart-ment have issued a list of other safety tips that stu-dents should be aware of.

In addition, there will be officers dressed in plain clothes and uniforms on campus this weekend, ac-

cording to Capt. Roy Acree

of the Uni-versity of Illinois

Police Department, so stu-dents can be on the look-out for them as well, should they need any help. On that note, we assume people will be able to tell the difference between a real uniform and a bright blue, spandex cop costume accompanied with plastic handcuffs. Use your best judgment, folks.

At the risk of sounding too preachy, let us reiterate the importance of looking out for each other. Halloween is a notorious holiday that comes with risks and warnings that are present across all cam-puses, but for the University, it comes after a recent spike in campus crime.

This weekend is something that can be full of fun and celebration, and it is one of the only nights of the year where you will not be com-pletely judged if you eat a full bowl of fun-sized candy bars and call it dinner — but we say forget the haters, ev-eryone needs a chocolate-in-duced food coma once in a while, Halloween or not.

Let the fear evoked on Halloween be be-cause of a scary costume, or a horribly bad one, and not because of campus dan-ger.

THE DAILY ILLINI

EDITORIAL

Safety and scares for this Halloweekend

The Illinois Chapter of Delta Chi would like to formally apolo-

gize for the Homecom-ing decorations that were displayed Friday, Oct. 24 through Sunday, Oct. 26 outside of our Chapter House. The representa-tions on the paddle were

meant to show school pride in our football team. We now realize how this could be deemed offen-sive, but please under-stand this was never our intent. Our organiza-tion values tolerance and maintains a progressive mindset regarding minor-

ity populations within our Chapter and the Univer-sity. We recognize that as an organization we rep-resent the University and the International Head-quarters of Delta Chi, and as a result, we are disap-pointed by the depiction of Native Americans in our

Homecoming decorations. This action is not consis-tent with our values and our Chapter can assure the campus community that this type of insensi-tivity will not be repeated in any form in the future. Our members will partici-pate in a tolerance educa-

tion program to assure we all continue to not only understand the issue at hand, but to be a leading voice for this important issue within the Greek community at the Univer-sity of Illinois.

DELTA CHI ILLINOIS CHAPTER

Apology for Homecoming decorations

Think back to the Illi-nois campus tour you probably took as a high

school senior.Does the mention of the

ghost that haunts the Eng-lish Building ring a bell? Or maybe the story that kissing your love under the eternal flame on the Quad will allow you two to stay together forever? I would be willing to bet that your tour guide threw those urban legends into the discussion. I know mine did.

They are interesting tid-bits for tour guides to use and also great time fillers, because let’s face it, you can only talk about the Union and the Morrow Plots for so long.

While most students don’t realize it, there are many different urban legends that have been circulating the University community for decades. Urban legends, or true or untrue tales and sto-ries that have been passed down over generations, help

promote a sense of camara-derie on a college campus.

In light of Halloween com-ing up on Friday, I believe that students should take the time to indulge them-selves in some of these leg-ends. Some of them may be spooky, others strange and some are just plain fright-ening, but they all have one thing in common: They tell us the history of the Univer-sity, whoever’s account it may be, fiction or fact.

Every university has a history and many different quirks that go along with it. Urban legends are a perfect way for students to learn more about the history of their school, all while hav-ing a little bit of fun trying to explore them.

Moving back to the ghost in the English Building, it has been said that the building used to be either a female dormitory or a soror-ity house. Regardless of which one, if either, it actu-ally was, there was suppos-edly a pool in the atrium of the building.

Legend has it that a stu-dent tragically drowned in the pool one night and passed away. This is clear-ly devastating if it is true,

and some say the ghost still haunts the building to this day.

I think this could be why the English Building is one of the only buildings to remain locked overnight,

many other buildings on the Quad allow key card access after hours, but the English Building does not.

Call me crazy, but I find this extremely cool and creepy. Not only are we learning a little bit of his-tory about the University,

whether factual or not, but we also might gain a little bit of excitement every time we enter the building.

Urban legends add tradi-tion and morale to a campus. It is something nearly every-body knows about and that can create unity, almost like a rival football team.

I know every time I go in the English Building, I am on guard looking for signs of a ghost. Whether there is one in the building, the belief itself is entertaining.

Another unique urban leg-end Illinois carries deals with the Main Stacks in the Main Library. Legend has it that many years ago, gradu-ate students got lost and per-ished in the Main Stacks. It is also said that there is a ghost that haunts the stacks in a certain location at a cer-tain time.

Being a senior, entering the Main Stacks is on my bucket list, and I think it makes it much more exciting knowing that there is a leg-end that goes with where I plan to venture.

In addition to these, we have the legend of the eter-nal flame, the history of the Morrow Plots, predictions for when Alma Mater will

take her seat, stories about the underground tunnels and myths about rubbing the nose of the bust of Abraham Lincoln in the foyer of Lin-coln Hall.

There are so many stories that have been passed down from different generations of Illini that are just wait-ing to be discovered by our current students. Every stu-dent should make an effort to learn about these stories to create that sense of unity among the campus.

Instead of focusing pure-ly on partying or watching scary movies this Hallow-een weekend, I encourage all students to find time to explore some of the Univer-sity urban legends and get to know their campus a little bit better.

Take a walk in the main stacks, kiss your sweetheart under the eternal flame or go ghost-busting in the Eng-lish Building — while it is open.

The campus is ours to explore. Learn about the leg-ends and create that sense of unity among all students.

Rebecca is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at [email protected].

School legends bring us togetherREBECCA KAPOLNEK

Opinions columnist

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Urban legends are a perfect

way for students to learn more about the

history of their school.

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BY LILLIAN BARKLEYSTAFF WRITER

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch wrote the book on masochism.

The novel, “Venus in Furs,” was adapted into a stage pro-duction by David Ives in 2010. The Power Play follows a suc-cessful playwright and strug-gling actress during a tumul-tuous audition filled with sexual tension, sadism and plenty of comedy.

“Venus in Fur” is the sec-ond show in the Station The-atre’s season. The theater is located in downtown Urbana.

The play, though focused on sexual themes, has a taste of everything.

“It’s a fun, sexy kind of role and then kind of dark also. You get to flirt and you get to get angry; all the fun stuff actors want to do,” said Thom Miller, who plays Thom-as Novachek in the show. Novachek is a writer-director struggling to cast the female lead for his show.

Laura Anne Welle is per-forming in her fourth show at the Station. She plays Vanda, a crass actress struggling to be cast.

“Vanda struck me right away as someone I loved,” she said. “I definitely came in to here going, ‘I really want this part.’ ”

Despite never working together before, the actors have developed a repertoire on stage, according to Gary Ambler, director of the play.

“The hard thing is, it’s only two of us,” Miller said. “I never leave the stage and she never leaves the stage once she gets on.”

This is also the first two-person show for both actors.

“The tension and the way this comes to a crescendo happens more because it is just two people and him and I, the energy that we build, can build to a kind of ridicu-lous level,” she said.

For Ambler, working with two actors is fun and simpler because he focuses on fewer cast members.

“It’s about kind of keeping the tensions even or making them strangely dissonant,

when things agree, when things don’t agree,” he said.

The actors brought in an additional element that Welle called an “accidental happi-ness”: Miller is twice as old as Welle. The significant age gap works well for the show, according to Welle.

“That’s a lot of where this kind of power dynamic comes from. In the play, he’s a white, older, straight guy,” she said. “He starts with all the power. He’s the one with the reputation, and all of the prestige and she kind of flips that on its head.”

According to Ambler, the plot was familiar to some. During auditions, it was often compared to “50 Shades of Grey.”

“This is a little bit more intellectual, and it is a lit-tle bit more about the pow-er between men and women because it keeps shifting in this play,” Miller said.

For Ambler, the power dynamics in the play are real-istic: “There’s nothing more power-rich than that relation-ship between a director and an actor and how that gets flipped is so interesting.”

The idea of “flipping” is

constant throughout the show. Not only are tradition-al gender roles reversed, the actors alternate between characters. In the play-within-a-play, Thomas goes from being a director to an accented actor. Vanda los-es her uncouth mannerisms and becomes a whole differ-ent person, Welle said.

Intimacy is key to the show, with a simple set and small cast.

“It’s interesting because this space is kind of great for that kind of intimacy, always, and you can work more subtly,” Ambler said.

Welle also stressed that the show is comedic at heart.

“It’s going to be just the right amount of sexy and scary and funny, and I think a lot of sexy shows are kind of dark or almost trigger-ing or unpleasant for peo-ple to go through,” she said. Despite going through the show in very little clothing, “It’s too fun for me to find any part of it upsetting,” she said.

Lillian can be reached at lbarkle2 @dailyillini.com.

‘Venus in Fur’ brings dark comedy to Urbana

THOM SCHNARRE THE DAILY ILLINILaura Anne Welle and Thom Miller star in “Venus in Fur,” a play running from today to Nov. 15 at the Station Theatre.

BY JASMINE DINHCONTRIBUTING WRITER

This Halloween, families are opting out of the tradi-tional orange pumpkins for teal-painted ones to help raise awareness about food allergies.

The new tradition is called the Teal Pumpkin Project, with the color teal representing food aller-gy awareness. By placing a teal painted pumpkin on doorsteps, trick-or-treat-ers with food allergies are aware which houses offer non-food treats and can enjoy a safe Halloween.

Becky Basalone, creator of the project, started her involvement in 2012 when her then two-year-old son was diagnosed with mul-tiple life-threatening food allergies. She created the Food Allergy Community of East Tennessee (FACET) to connect with local families. What started as a local sup-port group grew to approxi-mately 50 families by 2013.

“As a parent, I pray that my actions have a positive impact on my children, but I had never imagined that this act of love would reach so far and impact so many,” Basalone said via email.

The Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) organization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works on behalf of 15 mil-lion Americans affected by food allergies, recognized Basalone’s efforts. In 2013, FACET became a FARE-

recognized support group when it decided to launch the Teal Pumpkin Proj-ect. And for the first time this year, the Project has reached a national level.

“That moment when you see a child get to have a treat that they don’t have to trade out or give away is really something special,” said Veronica LaFemina, FARE’s vice president of communications, via email.

The U.S. Centers for Dis-ease Control reported that food allergies result in more than 300,000 ambu-latory-care visits a year among children under the age of 18. Food allergy is the leading cause of ana-phylaxis outside the hospi-tal setting.

“Food allergies are not a lifestyle choice — they are life-altering and potentially life-threatening. Halloween is about having fun with your friends, neighbors and com-munity,” LaFemina said.

Food allergies among children have increased approximately 50 per-cent between 1997 and 2011, according to FARE’s statistics.

Born with peanut aller-gies, Kelsey Christensen, junior in LAS, understands the risks involved with food allergies.

“I’m deathly allergic to peanuts,” she said. “On a scale of one to six, I’m a 5.5.”

Christensen said she thinks the project is an awe-some idea and that more

people should do it.“Trick-or-treating was

awful at times, because sometimes you got a lot of candy you couldn’t really eat,” Christensen said.

According to Katie May, Carle Foundation Hospital’s registered nurse for aller-gy, food allergies are on the rise.

May said one in 13 chil-dren have food allergies now, so statistically she’s been seeing one to two kids per classroom. May also has a 10-month-old son who has recently been diag-nosed with peanut aller-gies and a four-year-old son who understands the circumstances.

“Obviously my 10 month old isn’t old enough to trick-or-treat, but my 4 year old is going to go trick-or-treat-ing like any other kid, but we’ve decided he’s going to turn his candy in for toys,” she said.

May is also a community food allergy educator and looking forward to partic-ipating in this year’s Teal Pumpkin Project.

“We knew that the Teal Pumpkin Project would strike a chord within the food allergy community, and have been thrilled to see so many people who are not managing food allergies embrace the idea as well,” LaFemina said.

Jasmine can be reached at features @dailyillini.com.

For this version, since it is salad-themed, I went with a green toga — though you always have the option of going with classic white as the Romans did.

Like the loan shark cos-tume, this one has some inter-esting history. While Julius Caesar was a notable general from ancient Rome, Caesar Salad came from early 20th century Italian roots.

As the story goes, Caesar Salad was actually invented by a man named Caesar Car-dini, who emigrated from Ita-ly to the U.S. with his brother Alex after the World War I, according to KitchenProject.com. Cardini then worked at a restaurant in Tijuana and created a new dish which fea-tured lettuce, croutons and

parmesan cheese as the main ingredients.

There are many benefits to this costume. First, it is breezy and does not require pants, which is especially convenient. Second, if you get hungry during your Hallow-een festivities, simply pluck a tomato or some lettuce from your headpiece and have a healthy treat.

Other Punny CostumesThere are endless possi-

bilities in the department of costume puns, taking inspira-tion from everything around you. For example, repur-pose those cat ears and tail from past Halloweens and be “Cleocatra,” with a bit of colorful makeup. Or, go the lazy route and be “the cat’s pajamas,” and wear some cozy flannel.

If you have an oversized

white sweater, you can be “cloud nine,” with a paper “9” attached to your front. Alternatively, cover a base-ball cap in cotton balls, wear regular clothes and have your “head in the clouds” all weekend.

Throughout our childhood, parents and teachers tell us that we can be anything we want if we work hard for it. Each Halloween, with a creative mind and a crafty heart, we can all follow these dreams to great heights.

This Halloween, create an entirely new and clever outfit from everyday phras-es or names. These are just a handful of options, but if you look hard enough, you can find your pun-in-a-mil-lion costume.

Reema is a senior in FAA. She can be reached at [email protected].

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LIFE CULTURE

A new kind of pumpkin Families will place teal pump-kins on their doorsteps to let trick-or-treaters know they’re keeping food allergies in mind when they hand out treats. To learn more turn to Page 5A.

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

BY ALICE SMELYANSKYASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR

the pouring rain, Mau-reen Parks hurried from the parking lot to her offi ce at the Henry

Administration Building . As soon as she walked through the door, she put the umbrella down and swung her hood off. But along with her hood, Parks’ wig fell off, revealing her bald head.

President Emeritus Joe White walked by , greeted her and passed along, as Parks stood in utter shock and dismay. She quickly grabbed the wig, plopped it back onto her head and ran upstairs to the bathroom to fi x it.

While examining her crooked wig in the mirror, Maureen Parks, asso-ciate vice president for University Human Resources, could have either laughed or cried.

She chose to laugh that day. “It was almost like if I just pre-

tended it was OK, it would be better,” Parks said. “So ... I got through it.”

It was after January 2006, just after Parks turned 40, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

It happened in a matter of days. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day,

Jan. 16 , Parks felt a lump. The next day, she had a mammo-

gram, and as she walked into her offi ce, the phone rang; it was the doc-tor, letting her know that something looked suspicious, and she needed to come in for a sonogram. She had the sonogram the following day and then later a biopsy, and by the end of the week, she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer — and the tumor was growing fast.

So Parks moved quickly, too. “I had this determination that it

wasn’t going to get me down,” she said. “I don’t know if I could have that determination on anything else, but you just have this internal ‘I’m going to beat this.’ I’m too young. My son is too young. I’m going to beat this.”

Parks’ son, Sean, was 7 years old at the time, and she couldn’t imagine a world in which she didn’t get to see him grow up.

She called Robin Kaler, associate chancellor, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer before Parks, and together they went to her biopsy at Christie Clinic at Carle Foundation Hospital as well as the consultation afterward. Kaler also put Parks in contact with her oncologist at North-western Memorial Hospital in Chica-go , who then referred her to a doc-tor at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis .

At 10 a.m., Parks arrived at Barnes with her sister, husband, best friend and questions Kaler prepared for her. It wasn’t until 1 p.m. that Dr. Timothy J. Eberlein walked into the room.

But for Parks, the wait was worth it. He spoke with her for about two and a half hours, and at the end, she asked him what course of action he would tell his wife or mother to take. Parks chose that path. She had her lumpectomy and radiation in St. Lou-is because her parents lived there .

After her radiation treatment, Parks received chemotherapy every other Friday at Carle for six months. She took those Fridays off work, but otherwise, her colleagues would fi nd her in the offi ce — some of them com-

pletely unaware she spent many Fri-days in a recliner chair at Carle.

“I was determined that my life was not going to be interrupted by can-cer,” she said.

On Saturday mornings, Parks went on a three-mile, power-walking route with her friend. Oftentimes, Parks would come back after the walk and rest on her couch for the remainder of the day, as the chemotherapy com-pletely exhausted her body.

“It’s not that you’re tired and you want to sleep,” said Lori Jones, who works with Parks and is also a breast cancer survivor. “You don’t want to move. It’s almost like a crushing fatigue.”

Though Jones, human resourc-es associate, has only known Parks for about six months, the discovery that they were both diagnosed in the same year connected them.

“We’re both about eight years out, but at least for myself, you don’t dwell on it but you do know that you’re fortunate,” Jones said. “You look at life a little differently.”

Though she’s eight years removed from her battle, Parks doesn’t forget the sisterhood she developed with other women at the University who were diagnosed, and the support she received from her family, friends and co-workers.

“We were able to say things that not everybody understands all the time, especially in those initial stag-es,” said Susan Flanagin, associate director for Administrative Infor-mation Technology Services and a breast cancer survivor .

A few months after Parks began her treatments, her colleague Flana-gin started the same process.

“Because when you fi nd out some-body has breast cancer and you’ve been through it ... you want to share all that information with other peo-ple to try to help them through their journey,” Parks said.

Parks’ own journey is well over the 5-year mark and today she sports her own hair rather than a wig. However, she still routinely visits the doctor to get bloodwork done and continues taking Tamoxifen, a hormone ther-apy treatment.

The American Cancer Society esti-mates there will be about 232,670 new cases of invasive breast can-cer in women in the U.S. this year. Breast cancer is also the second lead-ing cause of cancer death in women, only exceeded by lung cancer.

And yet, there are more than 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. today .

“It’s really scary, but there are many, many women who have gone through it before you,” Parks said. “You need to just stay strong and fi ght and give it all you’ve got.”

Alice can be reached at [email protected].

BY REEMA ABI-AKARSTAFF WRITER

Stretch your linguis-tic muscles and don’t be afraid to look like an idi-

om this Halloween — all you need is some craft-

iness, and you’ll be sew ready to show

off your threads (and leave your friends in stitches).For those of you

who have yet to fi nd your alter ego this Hal-

loween, I have offered up a handful of unique and out-of-the-box costume ideas for the pun lover in all of us.

On the continuum of clev-er to cringe-worthy puns,

these costumes range from funny and lighthearted to par-

ticularly groan-worthy, but the key is to wear them with confi -dence, regardless.

Loan SharkThis costume, while it may look

innocent and amusing, is actu-ally the scariest of the bunch. Instead of going for blood and

gore, you’re going for real life

fi nancial horror stories — loans — something that many college stu-dents can relate to.

For those unfamiliar with the phrase, a loan shark refers to some-one who lends money at exorbitant (and sometimes life-threatening) interest rates, usually targeting the most economically vulnerable individuals. This practice is illegal, not only in the U.S., but around the world — though that doesn’t prevent it from occurring under the rug.

According to LoanSharks.com , loan sharks are often mobsters, organized criminals or gangsters who lend money and stop at nothing to get their money back — whether it involves infl icting personal harm or racking up interest rates of near-ly 3000 percent annually (as was the case for one New York loan shark ).

Thus, the phrase’s violent back-ground illustrates a dark juxtaposi-tion with the adorable cartoon shark. Like I said, this costume is pretty frightening if you look past the cud-dly outer layer.

Social Butterfl yOn a lighter note, this outfi t allows

you to show your love of all things social, paying homage to your beloved smartphone. Fluttery wings

and some simple, homemade apps will enable you to break out of your cocoon and be a social butterfl y.

This costume gives you bonus points in that it allows for some wiggle room. If you change your mind, you have the choice to ditch the wings and just be a smartphone or leave out the apps and simply let your butterfl y spirit soar.

Plus, you can easily put it togeth-er as a last-minute idea. The only thing you would need to buy, if you do not already have it, is a pair of costume wings. Find a black dress or outfi t from a local boo-tique, and voila, you’re set.

If you have a buddy and are will-ing to go the extra mile, there is true potential for a combo pun: a social butterfl y and a bookworm. The lat-ter would require some antennae, a book, a bow tie and a long dress or pair of leggings in purple or green.

Julius Caesar SaladDo you have lettuce, parmesan

cheese or tomatoes lying around? Do you own a bed sheet? Then you already have all the materials you need to make this simple costume (croutons are optional).

Finding that ‘pun-in-a-million’ Halloween costume

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“I had this determination that it wasn’t going to get me down ... you just have this internal ‘I’m going to

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Trick up his sleeve: Cubit aims to surprise

Schneider leads Illini into postseason

Illini veterans aim for Big Ten championship

Preview BoxIllinois cross-country at Big Ten ChampionshipWhen: Sunday at Iowa’s Ashton Cross-Country Course: Women — 10:45

a.m., 6K, Men — 11:45 a.m., 8KTV/Radio: N/AQuick notes: Both the men’s and women’s teams can send nine runners to race

at the conference championships. Hidden Stat: Illinois men fi nished fi fth at last year’s Big Ten’s. The women’s team fi nished 11th.

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIAlyssa Schneider leads the pack on her way to a fi rst place fi nish on Aug. 29. Schneider has consistently led the Illini in fi nishes this season.

The perfect Halloween costumes for Illini men’s basketball

BY MATT GERTSMEIERSTAFF WRITER

Jake Stewart doesn’t feel experience is going to be a deciding factor for the Illinois men’s cross-country team at the Big Ten Champion-ships in Iowa City, Iowa, on Sunday.

Even so, his team has plenty of it. Illinois’ nine-man roster features three seniors and three juniors on the nine-man roster who will compete.

Instead, the head coach feels the Illini’s preparation through practice and previous meets will have a greater

impact on how his team runs.

“I know we are incred-ibly prepared, we have to have the confi dence in our preparation to go out and race to the best of our ability.” Stewart said. “It’s a tough con-ference, our guys under-stand that and respect that, but they also know that they are more than capable of running at a high level at this meet.”

The expected roster to race for Illinois on Sun-day consists of seniors Jannis Toepfer, Bryce Basting and Brendan McDonnell, juniors Paul

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BY ALEX WALLNERSTAFF WRITER

Alyssa Schneider is the Illinois women’s cross-country team’s best run-ner and as the team pre-pares for the Big Ten championships on Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa, she is aiming for a strong fi nish, something she is familiar with.

The junior from Bartlett, Illinois, has won three meets individually to go with four top-10 fi n-ishes since second-year coach Scott Jones came to Illinois last year.

When they met, Jones said he immediately felt trust and respect from Schneider.

“Of personal signifi-cance, being a last-minute hire, was her willingness

to accept me as her coach,” Jones said. “Even though we didn’t have an estab-lished relationship prior to my arrival on campus, she showed immediate faith in me and the program.”

Having someone like Schneider on the team is what Jones says gives the program credibility. He said her attitude benefi ts the whole team.

“She is a quiet leader, so she doesn’t broadcast what she is doing,” Jones said. “I’m probably not fully aware of the depth of her impact, but what I do know is that it is substantial.”

Junior Colette Falsey agreed.

“She is an incredibly hard worker and a lot of

One more week, Illini fans.Basketball is on the

horizon. This Friday marks one week until Illinois’ exhibition game against Quin-cy. Luckily, this Friday is also Halloween, so you’ll have some-thing to distract yourself with while waiting for the season.

So while I’m sure the Illini are rigorously gameplanning

for the Hawks, the players deserve to have some fun on Halloween like the rest of us.

Here are the perfect cos-tumes for members of the Illi-nois basketball team:

Aaron Cosby: Bill Cosby

At this point, some variation of a “Cosby Show” nickname seems inevitable for Cosby, so why not embrace it on Hal-loween? All Aaron has to do is throw on an ugly sweater and I’m sure people will get the reference.

Kendrick Nunn: SupermanI borrowed this idea from a

picture on Nunn’s Instagram account (@kingnunn25), where he rocks a (presumably photo-shopped) Superman costume under his clothes with the cap-tion “#SuperNunn.” It’s a good look, and we know he won’t back down from a fi ght after last year’s scrap with Penn State’s D.J. Newbill. Hopeful-ly his injured knee won’t be his Kryptonite this season.

Leron Black: Optimus Prime

I’m sticking with the Insta-

gram/superhero theme for this one. Soon after his commitment to the Illini in 2013, Black post-ed a photoshopped picture to his Instagram account of his head on an Optimus Prime transformer body. The caption: “Leronicus Prime.”

Nnanna Egwu: Ping pong ball

Hear me out on this one. Egwu currently has the most upside on the current roster in the eyes of NBA scouts, with his plus defense and 6-foot-11

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BY SEAN NEUMANNSTAFF WRITER

When Illinois’ leading receiver ran through the backfi eld and took a hand-off on a reverse, it was something new, but nothing outrageous.

Then when he launched the ball down the fi eld for a 22-yard completion, it took Illini fans by surprise.

Freshman Mike Dudek hadn’t thrown a pass in a game since middle school. His pass to wideout Geroni-mo Allison in the fi rst quarter of Saturday’s 28-24 win over Minnesota was just another example of the creativity the Illini offense has began uti-lizing since starting quar-terback Wes Lunt went down with a fractured fi bula in ear-ly October.

Offensive coordinator Bill Cubit is known for his cre-ativity, whether it’s calling a big trick play like Dudek’s 22-yard pass or as simple as a series of quick screen passes to catch the defense off guard.

“You hope to be a creative mind when you’re in this busi-ness,” Cubit said. “You can never get stale.”

The Illini offense was forced into uncomfortable ter-ritory after Lunt’s injury, hav-ing to shift the offensive guid-ance to quarterbacks Reilly O’Toole and Aaron Bailey.

O’Toole and Bailey offer an

opportunity for the Illini to rush more often, whereas the gameplan under Lunt was to beat defenses through the air.

Cubit’s gameplan worked Saturday, leading Illinois to its fi rst victory without Lunt.

Illinois head coach Tim Beckman joked after the game that the offensive coor-dinator’s “probably got 10 or 11 CDs” of trick plays.

When the coordinator decided to call Dudek’s num-ber, the freshman said he became nervous.

“When I saw the signal I was like, ‘Uh oh,’” Dudek said.

Dudek said Cubit will come up to players on the sideline to let them know he’s going to call a play they don’t typ-ically run every game. In this instance, the coordina-tor also had to calm the fresh-man down. Dudek said he had made a handful of bad passes when practicing the play ear-lier in the week.

“I’d just throw a duck, and it’d hit the ground,” Dudek saod with a laugh.

The first quarter play aligned with Cubit’s prefer-ence in making creative calls earlier in games to throw off the defense out of the gate. Later in the game, the coor-dinator said it’s best to follow with traditional play calling.

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BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ offensive coordinator Bill Cubit yells at his team during the loss to Purdue at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 4. This season, Cubit has been expanding his offensive playbook.

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FOOTBALLILL AT OSUSAT: 7 p.m. COLUMBUS. OHIO

VOLLEYBALLILL AT MSUFRI: 6 p.m.East Lansing, Mich.ILL AT MICHSAT: 6:30 p.m.Ann Arbor, Mich.

SOCCERILL VS. WISCFRI: 7 p.m.ILLINOIS SOCCER STADIUM

HOCKEY ILL AT LINDENWOOD FRI: 7 P.M.SAT: 4 P.M.ST. CHARLES, MO.

WOMEN’S TENNIS USTA CLAY COURT NATIONALTHURS-SUN: ALL DAYORLANDO, FLA.PURDUE INVITEFRI-SUN: ALL DAYWEST LAFAYETTE, IND.

WEEKEND ROUNDUP:WOMEN’S GOLFJIM WEST CHALLENGESUN: 8 A.M.BOERNE, TEXAS

CROSS-COUNTRYBIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPSSUN: 10:45 A.M.IOWA CITY, IOWA

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BY CHARLOTTE CARROLLSTAFF WRITER

The last time Illinois beat Ohio State, Juice Williams was at the helm of the Illini. The quarterback, a sopho-more at the time, would become the Big Ten Offen-sive Player of the Week for leading the Illini to a 28-21 victory over the No. 1 Buck-eyes at home.

Now seven years after that 2007 game, Williams, in his fi rst year as director of alumni and former play-er relations, has offered his perspective to current play-ers. Many players will take this advice into the Illini’s Saturday matchup against the No. 13 Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio.

“Anytime you beat Ohio State at Ohio State, it’s a big deal,” quarterback Reilly O’Toole said. “It’s proven that he’s been successful. Anything that he says about

anything, not even just the Ohio State game, you take with heart because he’s such a legend around here.”

While time has passed and Illinois (4-4, 1-3 Big Ten) has lost to the Buck-eyes fi ve times since that fateful win, Illinois is look-ing to add another win to its schedule and break Ohio State’s 19-game regular sea-son Big Ten winning streak.

The Buckeyes (6-1, 3-0) are coming off a double-overtime win against Penn State.

Ohio State has played with redshirt freshman quar-terback J.T. Barrett, who replaced injured three-year starter Braxton Mill-er at the beginning of the season. Barrett has helped the Buckeyes put up the No. 2 scoring offense and No. 3 total offense in the Big Ten, going 119-for-183 with 1,689 yards and 21 touchdowns

through the air.“They look like the same

guys to me — very, very good,” defensive coordina-tor Tim Banks said. “Very athletic. (Barrett) throws it a little bit better than you think he would as a fresh-man, but they utilize him the right way. He’s a great play-er, we’ll have our work cut out for us.”

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer announced on Monday that Barrett has a sprained MCL and would be limited in practices leading up to Saturday’s game. He is still expected to play against the Illini; he fi nished the game against Penn State.

No one has been named the starting quarterback for the Illini yet, but the temporary competition for the starting job seems to be over. After his perfor-mance on Saturday, it is like-ly O’Toole will start for the

Illini. O’Toole went 14-for-21 passing with one touch-down and 118 yards in the win against Minnesota. He rushed for 59 yards on 17 carries and one touchdown.

The Illinois offense will face the fourth-ranked defense in the Big Ten.

“It’s a typical Urban (Meyer) football team,” head coach Tim Beckman said. “A lot of the same things he’s

done throughout a lot of his years as a head football coach: very talented, a lot of speed ... They’re very, very athletic on defense, more than I’ve seen them.”

One hundred forty pass-ing yards and four touch-downs and 70 rushing yards on 16 carries made Juice a legend at Illinois. The coach-es are hoping his story will inspire another upset.

“There’s no question our players want to hear (about Juice),” Beckman said. “They want to hear about success, they want to hear how they can do better, what they can do for this program.”

Charlotte can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @charlottecrrll.

O’Toole taking advice from Juice

ILLINI SCHEDULE

STANDINGS SCHEDULE

SATURDAYNORTHWESTERN AT IOWA - 11 a.m.MARYLAND AT PENN STATE - 11 a.m.WISCONSIN AT RUTGERS - 11 a.m.

PURDUE AT NO. 15 NEBRASKA - 2:30 p.m.INDIANA AT MICHIGAN - 2:30 p.m.ILLINOIS AT NO. 16 OHIO STATE - 7 p.m.

AUG. 30 VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE (W: 28 -17)SEPT. 6 VS. WESTERN KENTUCKY (W: 42-34) SEPT. 13 AT WASHINGTON (L: 44-19)SEPT. 20 VS. TEXAS STATE (W: 42-35)

SEPT. 27 AT NEBRASKA (L: 45-14)OCT. 4 VS. PURDUE (L: 38-27)OCT. 11 AT WISCONSIN (L: 38-28)OCT. 25 VS. MINNESOTA (W: 28-24)

NOV. 1 AT OHIO STATE — 7 p.m.NOV. 15 VS. IOWA — TBANOV. 22 VS. PENN STATE — TBANOV. 29 AT NORTHWESTERN — TBA

WEST DIVISIONEAST DIVISION

MICHIGAN STATE OHIO STATEMARYLANDPENN STATE RUTGERSMICHIGANINDIANA

4-0 7-13-0 6-12-2 5-31-3 4-31-3 5-31-3 3-50-3 3-4

CONF. OVERALL

3-1 7-13-1 6-22-1 5-22-1 5-22-2 3-41-3 3-51-3 4-4

NEBRASKA MINNESOTAIOWAWISCONSINNORTHWESTERNPURDUEILLINOIS

CONF. OVERALL

VS.

J.T. BARRETTThe Illinois defense will have a tough challenge in Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett. The redshirt freshman leads the No. 2 scoring offense and No. 3 total

offense in the Big Ten. Barrett has 119-for-183 with 1,689 yards and 21 touchdowns. Barrett leads the Big Ten in passing effi ciency and is second in passing average per

game.Of note: Ohio State coach Urban Meyer announced Monday that Barrett has a

sprained MCL, and would be limited in practices leading up to Saturday’s game. He is still expected to play.

ILLINOIS OHIO STATEILLINOIS SECONDARY

Illini head coach Tim Beckman voiced concerns with the secondary’s performance against Minnesota. Illinois has allowed opposing quarterbacks 216.8 yards per

game through the air, ranking in the bottom half of the Big Ten.Of note: Led by senior safety Zane Petty, Illinois’ secondary has been given extra responsibility this season, as it has been relied upon to stop big runs by opposing

offenses. Petty has led the Illini in tackles most of the season, and currently sits with 70. The Illini secondary has allowed an average of 7.7 yards per pass play — one of the highest in the Big Ten. In order to contain Buckeyes’ quarterback J.T. Barrett, the

Illini secondary will have to defend the pass as well as the run.

KEVIN VOGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Reilly O’Toole makes a call to the line during the homecoming game against Minnesota on Saturday. The Illini will play the Buckeyes this Saturday in Columbus.

The Illini defense had its best game of the season against Minnesota. The unit limited Minnesota running

back David Cobb to 118 yards and held the Gophers to 411 yards of total offense. T.J. Neal forced a fumble that V’Angelo Bentley returned for the go-ahead touchdown.

The linebacking corps has been much-maligned this season, but if Neal, Mason Monheim and Earnest

Thomas III can make some plays against the Buckeyes, the Illini could make things interesting Saturday.

ROSTERS

PASSINGReilly O’Toole

56-for-97 642 yards, 4 TD

RUSHINGJosh Ferguson

102 carries, 518 yards, 6 TD

Donovonn Young 52 carries, 201 yards, 4 TD

RECEIVINGMike Dudek

42 catches, 639 yards, 3 TDGeronimo Allison

32 catches, 499 yards, 5 TD

Josh Ferguson31 catches, 302 yards,

2 TD

DEFENSEDE Joey Bosa 97

DT Adolphus Washington 92DT Michael Bennett 63

DE Steve Miller 88WLB Joshua Perry 37MLB Curtis Grant 14

SLB Darron Lee 43CB Eli Apple 13

CB Doran Grant 12S Vonn Bell 11

S Tyvis Powell 23K Sean Nuernberger 96

OHIO STATE

OHIO STATE LEADERS

OFFENSEQB Reilly O’Toole 4 RB Josh Ferguson 6WR Geronimo Allison 8WR Mike Dudek 18WR Justin Hardee 19TE Matt LaCosse 11TE Jon Davis 3LT Simon Cvijanovic 68LG Michael Heitz 74C Joe Spencer 71RG Ted Karras 69RT Patrick Flavin 75P Justin DuVernois 18

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DEFENSEDE Jihad Ward 17

NT Austin Teitsma 44DT Jarrod Clements 99 OR

Rob Bain 96LEO DeJazz Woods 90 OR

Dawuane Smoot 91WLB Mason Monheim 43

MLB T.J. Neal, Jr. 52STAR Earnest Thomas III 9

CB V’Angelo Bentley 2CB Eaton Spence 27

SS Zane Petty 21FS Taylor Barton 3

K David Reisner 38 OR Taylor Zalewski 17

OFFENSEQB J.T. Barrett 16 RB Ezekiel Elliot 15RB Dontre Wilson 2WR Michael Thomas 3WR Evan Spencer 6TE Jeff HeuermannLT Taylor Decker 68LG Billy Price 54C Jacoby Boren 50RG Pat Elfl ein 65RT Darryl Baldwin 76P Cameron Johnston 95

ILLINOIS

ILLINOIS LEADERS

Ohio State escaped Happy Valley with a 31-24 double-overtime win over Penn State. The Buckeyes blew a 17-0 halftime lead but managed to stop the Nittany

Lions from scoring in the second overtime to secure the win. J.T. Barrett threw for 74 yards and one touchdown

but tossed two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown. Barrett also rushed for 75 yards and

two touchdowns. The Buckeyes improved to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big Ten.

EYE ON THE ENEMY: QUARTERBACK

When it was announced that Braxton Miller would be out for the season, many thought that the Buckeyes

were done for the season. Redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett has helped lead Ohio State to a 6-1 record.

Barrett has thrown for 1,689 yards and 21 touchdowns and ran for 458 yards and six touchdowns but suffered

a sprained MCL against Penn State, which could hinder his mobility.

LAST WEEK FOR OHIO STATE

EYE ON THE ILLINI: LINEBACKERS

31 24

PASSINGJ.T. Barrett

119-for-183 1,689 yards, 21 TD

RUSHINGEzekiel Elliott

117 carries, 640 yards, 5 TD

J.T. Barrett98 carries, 458 yards, 6 TD

RECEIVINGMichael Thomas

22 catches, 380 yards, 5 TDDontre Wilson

15 catches, 235 yards, 1 TD

Ezekiel Elliott15 catches, 144 yards

HISTORYILLINOIS RECORD VS. OHIO STATE: 23!62!2

THE LAST TIME THE TEAMS MET...The Illini lost to the Buckeyes 60-35 last season in

Champaign. The Buckeyes jumped out to 28-0 lead on their way to posting their second-highest point total of the season.

DID YOU KNOW?Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer was the head coach at Bowling Green from 2001-2002 and his defense coordinator

was none other than Illinois head coach Tim Beckman.

AUG. 30 AT NAVY W: 34-17

SEPT. 6 VS. VIRGINIA TECH L: 35-21

SEPT. 13 VS. KENT STATEW: 66-0

SEPT. 27 VS. CINCINNATIW: 50-28

OCT. 4 AT MARYLANDW: 52-24

OCT. 18 VS. RUTGERSW: 56-17

OCT. 25 AT PENN STATE W: 31-24 (2OT)

NOV. 1 VS. ILLINOIS 7 p.m.

NOV. 8 AT MICHIGAN STATE7 p.m.

NOV. 15 AT MINNESOTATBA

NOV. 22 VS. INDIANATBA

NOV. 29 VS. MICHIGANTBA

BUCKEYES SCHEDULE

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Upset of 2007 last time Illinois defeated Ohio St.

“It gets to a point where you’ve got to play some football,” Cubit said. “Now it’s, ‘What’s up next? What are they doing here?’ and then boom, we just run at them.”

On Sundays, Cubit sits alone in his offi ce for six or seven hours fi guring out plays for the next week’s game. On weekdays, he said he’s there from seven in the morning until the team’s afternoon practices.

“I just think,” Cubit said. “Nobody’s allowed in.”

The coordinator gives the Illini players a new gameplan every week, which often fea-tures an itinerary of mostly new plays.

“He loves catching the defenses off guard,” O’Toole said. “That’s what you’re going to see from him. He’s an offensive mastermind.”

The offensive coordinator doesn’t have every play he’s ever called logged in books in his offi ce, but he said it’s tough to forget the ones that work. It’s hard to imagine he’ll forget Dudek’s pass to Allison — another play logged in Cubit’s memory.

“It’s all up here,” the coach said, point-ing to his head and smiling after defeating Minnesota.

Heading into a night game at No. 16 Ohio State — one of the toughest settings in col-lege football — the Illini are hoping Cubit’s offensive mind can create another success-ful gameplan.

Sean can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @neumannthehuman.

I llinois has four games remain-ing and needs two wins to qualify for a bowl game.

Three of those four games are winnable.

This game isn’t one of those.Illinois is likely to get thumped

by Ohio State this weekend. A win over Purdue would have eased the pressure a little bit, but there’s nothing the Illini can do about that now.

Iowa, Penn State and North-western are all beatable. They are also all losable games. One could realistically see Illinois fi nishing anywhere from 7-5 to 4-8.

I guess that’s the fun in watch-ing the Big Ten. It’s been a while since the conference competed

for a championship, but at least it’s competitive within, right!?

That being said, the Buck-eyes are too strong for the Illini. Stop calling J.T. Barrett a back-up. The guy has started seven games this year and won six of them. By this point, he knows what he’s doing, and he’s doing a good job.

He’s completed 65 percent of his passes and is averaging 4.7 yards per rush. He’s leading the eighth-best offense in the nation right now.

It must make Illinois back-up Aaron Bailey wonder if that could be him. The sophomore was recruited by the Buckeyes, but chose Illinois.

Whether Urban Meyer would have left him at the quarterback position could be debated. But in some alternate universe some-where, Bailey is the one lead-ing the Buckeyes after Braxton Miller went out for the season with a shoulder injury.

Besides Barrett, Ohio State features a rushing attack that averages 254 yards per game. Defensive coordinator Tim Banks needs to fi nd some more of that secret stuff that helped Illinois hold off Minnesota last week.

Head coach Tim Beckman thought Illinois improved its tackling and that the Illini were tackling in groups. But the defensive performance of last week feels more like a fl uke than a turning point. Plus, the Buck-eyes present a tougher challenge than the Gophers did.

Illinois must be on some kind of high right now. Coaches and players celebrated last week’s win like they had won the Big Ten. That confi dence might carry over this week, but it doesn’t fi g-ure to be enough to top the Buck-eyes in Columbus.

This will be another big test for quarterback Reilly O’Toole. In his three starts this year,

we’ve seen his worst in Nebras-ka, a mediocre performance at Wisconsin and his best last week.

Ohio State is a tougher foe defensively. A mediocre perfor-mance isn’t likely to be enough. The Illini will need him to be better than his best, better than last week’s performance. That might be too much to ask in such a tough environment.

But maybe having Juice Wil-liams on staff will motivate Illi-nois. People questioned Wil-liams’ passing ability until the Illini toppled No. 1 Ohio State in Columbus in 2007. People are still questioning O’Toole.

Maybe this week that will change.

Probably not.But isn’t it fun to imagine?

Sean is a senior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @sean_hammond.

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BATTLE FOR THE ILLIBUCKIllinois and Ohio State play for the Illibuck trophy, a wood-en replica of a turtle that is one of the Illini’s three trophy games. The Buckeyes lead the all-time series 62-23-2. Illi-nois last took the trophy with a 28-21 win in Columbus in 2007. Although the Buckeyes are the favorite to keep the Illibuck in Columbus, leading Illini tacklers junior Mason Monheim and senior Zane Petty might be able to keep Illi-nois in the game if they play the way they did last week against Minnesota.

URBAN MEYER VS. TIM BECKMAN

Urban Meyer and Tim Beckman coached two seasons together at Bowling Green. Meyer was the head coach who retained Beckman as the Falcons’ defensive coordinator for the 2001 and 2002 seasons. Beckman was hired as the Buckeyes’ cornerbacks coach for two seasons beginning in 2005. Beckman is 0-4 as a head coach against Ohio State and 0-2 against Meyer.

J.T. BARRETT VS. ILLINOIS

Ohio State enters the game having won 19 consecutive Big Ten regular season games. The Buckeyes have scored a touchdown on their opening drive each of their last fi ve games. Buckeyes quarterback J.T. Barrett has thrown 18 touchdown passes with only three interceptions in the last fi ve games. Barrett leads the Big Ten in total offense with 306.7 yards per game, and is also ranked fi rst in the Big Ten and second in the NCAA in pass effi ciency. It’s no secret that Barrett can get the job done, and it’ll be interesting to see if the Illini can hold up against them.

BY TRISH CHRISTAKESSTAFF WRITER

Tim Beckman picked up his second Big Ten win as Illinois head coach when the team played Minnesota last weekend. He thinks it might have been the bye week or the Gray Ghost homecoming uniforms. Regardless, the Illini fought for their fi rst Big Ten win this season and hope their momentum will follow through once they face the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday. MATCHUPST

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Buckeyes too challenging for Illini

Illinois must be on some type of high right now ... that confi dence might carry over this week, but it doesn’t fi gure to be enough to top the Buckeyes in Columbus.


Zeman, Liam Markham and Ian Barnett, sophomore Will Brews-ter and freshmen Alex Gold and Garrett Lee.

At last year’s Big Ten’s, Toep-fer finished sixth overall with a time of 24 minutes, 32 seconds. Toepfer wants to build off of that in this year’s race, however, none of the five runners who finished ahead of Toepfer last year gradu-ated and will most likely be rac-ing this Sunday.

“I think that I am capable of finishing better,” Toepfer said. “We (the top five finishers from last year) are all pretty even, so it will depend on the day and depend on the little things that can go either way.”

As well as finishing with an improved time from last year, Toepfer also wants to see his team perform well and contend for the championship.

“Big Ten is a good conference, so there are probably five or six teams that will be in contention and I count us as one of them,” Toepfer said. “It can go either way.”

Four teams come into Big Tens

in the national rankings, No. 6 Wisconsin, No. 14 Michigan, No. 20 Indiana and No. 22 Michigan State. Indiana won Big Ten’s last year.

Unlike Toepfer and the rest of the team, Gold and Lee will get their first taste of running at con-ference for the Orange and Blue.

“It means a lot. I’m really thankful for the opportunity because I’ve been an Illini fan

my whole life,” Gold said. “It’s awesome to compete in a Big Ten competition. I’m just going to approach it like any other meet and hopefully my training comes together and I do what I have worked so hard to do.”

Matt can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @MattGertsmeier.

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frame. Don’t be surprised to see Egwu’s name pop up on NBA mock draft boards if he turns in a strong senior season.

For his costume, Egwu could go for some subtle foreshadowing by dress-ing up as a giant ping pong ball to represent the NBA draft lottery. It might not be the most modest cos-tume you’ve ever seen, but if he ends up getting drafted he’ll (I’ll) look like a genius.

Malcolm Hill: Uncle Drew II

Kyrie Irving made the “Uncle Drew” character from the Pepsi commer-cials popular by dress-ing up as an old man and schooling unsuspecting streetballers, ringer-style. Just imagine Hill posing as a washed-up 6-foot-7 old man, limp-ing around the Six Pack outdoor courts. All he’d need to do is get in a pick-up game, and before you know it, he’s hustling U of I students out of their trick-or-treat candy.

John Groce: Jim Furyk

All Groce needs to do is hit up Illini men’s golf coach Mike Small for some spare clubs, and

he’s set. Groce has been mistaken for the PGA Tour golfer on the street before, and this is just a case of having a doppel-ganger who’s a profes-sional athlete. If he’s sick of being mistaken for Furyk, he could always solidify his reputation as a coffee-lover and dress up as a giant Starbucks cup. (Think Justin Tim-berlake when he played a giant Cup of Soup on Sat-urday Night Live). I envi-sion coffee endorsements in Groce’s future.

Alex is a junior in AHS. He can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @aroux94.

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BY LUCAS WRIGHTSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois women’s golf team is going into its final tournament of the fall season at the Jim West Challenge in Boerne, Texas, having won its last two events.

Most recently, the Illini took the title at the Hoo-sier Fall Invitational by powering through Boston College and Indiana in the first two rounds of match play, and by topping Fres-no State in the champion-ship round, 3-2.

Individually, Stepha-nie Miller is coming off being named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week. She carded an opening round 72, which tied her for sec-ond overall, and finished with two wins and one loss in match play for the Illini.

Miller’s honor marks the second time an Illi-ni has been named Big Ten Player of the Week. Dana Gattone was the first, garnering the award as a result of her victory in the Diane Thomason Invitational.

Gattone believes that this honor fuels the entire team.

“It’s something that can help everyone improve, and it’s some-

thing that we are all striv-ing for,” Gattone said. “We’re using all of that momentum to get all of us going and to keep us going into this weekend.”

The team will take the same five players to Tex-as as it did to Indiana: Miller, Gattone, Grace Park, Samantha Postil-lion and Chayanid Pra-passarangkul. Separate from the team, senior Pimploy Thirati will com-pete as an individual at the tournament.

The Illini have been led by Miller and Gattone throughout the season, but recently, the addition of senior Postillion into the traveling lineup has helped the team.

“She brings a lot of experience, and it brings a lot to the table for the entire team, especially when we have a young-er team out there,” assis-tant coach Jenny Coluccio said. “She already has the mentality going into this event that she enjoys it.”

The tournament will take place at the Tapa-tio Springs Golf Course, a course that the Illini aren’t familiar with. Even though the team is new to the course, Coluccio and head coach Renee Slone have prepared the Illini

for what they will see in the competition.

Gattone mentioned that the week leading up to the tournament has given the team a chance to focus on long putting, which will be important on the large greens at Tapatio. Coach Slone has also worked with the team on strate-gies for breaking down approach shots for attack-ing the spacious greens.

The biggest factor this weekend, according to Gattone, will be if the team can bring the same amount of energy as it did at Indiana.

“It was all about high energy and positive thinking,” Gattone said about the tournament at Indiana. “We were mak-ing putts that we would normally not make, we were executing shots great, and it was a really great team effort.”

The Illini will face a tough field, including Wis-consin, Ole Miss and host Texas State. Illinois tees off Sunday at 8 a.m. and the final round will con-clude on Tuesday.

Lucas can be reached at lswrigh2 @dailyillini.com or on Twitter @LucasWright95.

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SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIThe Illinois men’s cross-country team starts off strong at the Illini Open 2014 at the Arborteum on Saturday. The team will compete for the Big Ten Championship on Sunday.

the girls, including myself, look up to her,” Falsey said. “She is very motivated and diligent in her training and I know that she is going to con-tinue to have a positive impact on the team.”

Stress fractures in both shins forced Schneider to redshirt her freshman year. She came into her second sea-son with a lot to prove.

“Getting hurt is usually a learning expe-rience mentally and physically,” Schneider said. “I think that I started to learn a lot more about my body and my training after getting hurt and I learned to be patient with my progress.”

Schneider’s sophomore year was the best of her career. She won once and placed in the top 10 three times. But noth-ing compares to her postsea-son success.

She ended the season with a trip to the NCAA champion-ships after placing fifth at the Midwest Regional. Schneider she can only get better.

“I was happy with my accomplishments from last season but there was still a lot more that I wanted to improve on,” Schneider said. “It was great momentum, though, to see that I was improving and getting closer to reach-

ing some of my big-ger goals.”

S c h -neider fin-ished 28th at Big Tens last sea-son and is looking for a bet-ter finish on Sunday.

It will not be easy. The Big Ten has three

teams ranked in the top 10 nationally: Michigan State, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Schneider is not the only runner that expects a good performance come Sunday.

“I expect Alyssa and the rest of our team to give it our very

best at Big Tens and leave it all out on the course this week-end,” redshirt junior Britten Petrey said. “That is all I or the team could ask for.”

Junior Amanda Fox hasn’t won any races, but has had the second-fastest times of the fall after Schneider. Between Fox, Schneider and Petrey, the Illini return three of their top five finshers from last year’s ninth-place finish at Big Tens. In addition to those three is redshirt junior Colette Falsey, who was named Big Ten co-Athlete of the Week after pick-ing up a win in last weekend’s Illini Open.

Illinois has won three meets this fall after facing low pre-season expectations.

But for Schneider and the Illini, expectations for the season aren’t as important as patience.

“You have to be patient throughout the season so that when postseason comes around, you’re ready to go,” Schneider said. “We put in a lot of hard work throughout the season and postseason is when we really need to use it.”

Alex can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @awallner93.

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Tuesday was an awesome day. The afternoon was filled with giddiness after Mar-

vel’s event, in which it announced nine new movies. After hearing about a two-part Avengers: Infi n-ity Gauntlet, I decided that, until 2020, I’m basically giving Mar-vel and Disney permission to take my money.

But the point of this Thursday column is college football. And college football, like Marvel, also delivered Tuesday night by releas-ing the fi rst-ever College Football Playoff rankings. As predicted, criticism was aplenty.

Yet, the criticism was confus-ing because just about everyone expected SEC teams to be ranked high, and they were. There are four SEC teams in the top 10, with a potential for more or less, depending on how much the con-ference cannibalizes itself in these coming weeks.

Is there an SEC bias? Oh, no doubt. But it’s a deserved bias after the conference’s perfor-mance the past decade, which has triggered an arms race within the conference.

The SEC has also dominat-ed its out-of-conference oppo-nents, though, truth be told, not all have equal out-of-conference opponents.

It’s because of this bias that, even though the conference beats itself up, one-loss Alabama is still in the playoff hunt after being

ranked No. 6, and one-loss Notre Dame sits at No. 10, essentially left behind after coming within a controversial call of upsetting Florida State.

But where much of the criticism I see is in relation to other team’s rankings. TCU is ahead of Baylor, yet Baylor defeated TCU. Accord-ing to Jeff Long, a CFP committee member, this was due to Baylor’s weak strength of schedule.

The committee seems to be plac-ing a higher emphasis on schedule rather than head-to-head match-ups. In another, maybe confusing, instance, Long specifi cally said though Oregon lost to Arizona at home, Oregon had quality wins against Michigan State and on the road against UCLA.

Ultimately, you should not be upset the SEC has teams ranked as high as they are. Instead, be upset at the schools that schedule weak nonconference opponents. Baylor’s opponents next year are Southern Methodist, Northwest-ern State and Buffalo.

Baylor, a Power Five team, does not deserve to make the playoffs by scheduling three schools that currently have a combined record of 7-16. And Northwestern State is an FCS school.

This is not to say SEC teams don’t schedule cupcakes, because they do. But they are afforded that opportunity because so many con-ference games have high stakes and the teams, above all, are bet-ter. Move a two-loss LSU team to the Big Ten, and they are imme-diately better than most of the conference.

Until the rest of the Power Five schools start winning convincing-ly, they will always play second

fi ddle to the SEC. However, not all is lost for non-

SEC schools. Due to scheduling, there is a probability one SEC team makes it to the playoff. Mis-sissippi State, Auburn, Ole Miss

and Alabama still have games against each other in the coming weeks.

So, in conclusion, Marvel is tak-ing my money, and rankings are dumb.

And I’m okay with both.

Erik is a senior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @e_prada.

SEC bias deserved in playoff rankings

RON T. ENNIS TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEChris Cotter, left, of ESPN, talks with Mack Brown at the 75 Day Out Luncheon to commemorate the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Wednesday.

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BY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER

Kevin Hambly isn’t one to get ahead of himself.

The No. 9 Illinois volleyball team (16-5, 8-2 Big Ten) is in the midst of preparing to play Michigan State and Michigan on the road this week-end. The Illini head coach said the team isn’t looking any further than its matchup with the Spartans on Friday night.

“We’re focused on Michigan State, trying to get one, and then we’ll try to get the next one,” Ham-bly said.

The Illini, who are on a five-match win streak, look to string two more wins together this weekend.

Illinois will start its weekend Friday night against Michigan State (12-9, 5-5). The Spartans are a young team, but are also one of the Big Ten’s best defensive teams.

That will be easier said than done if history repeats itself. Illi-nois split the season series with Michigan State last season, with the home team coming up with the win in both instances.

The Spartans rank first in the conference in opponents hitting percentage at .156 and fourth in blocks with 2.59 per set. Hambly

referred to the Spartans, as he has most other Big Ten teams, as “real-ly, really physical.”

“They’ve got good volleyball players in the back and they’ve got big kids that jump high,” Hambly said.

Illinois will turn its attention to Michigan (10-10, 5-5) on Saturday, another team Hambly praised for its level of talent.

The Wolverines are led by soph-omore middle blocker Abby Cole, who ranks third in the Big Ten in hitting percentage at .401 and sixth in kills per set with 3.47.

In order for the Illini to have suc-cess against Michigan, Illinois will need defensive help from its mid-dle blockers. Senior Anna Dorn and sophomore Katie Stadick will have to help shut down Cole.

Stadick, who said she enjoys the opportunity to play against great middle blockers, is coming off back-to-back co-Big Ten Defensive Play-er of the Week awards.

While Stadick has recorded 33 blocks in her last four matches, it might be her offense that is even more important. She had 11 kills in two matches last weekend and has become the one player on the Illini who hits from the slide.

In Illinois’ new offensive system, junior setter Alexis Viliunas has been opening up a new offensive option that opponents have had a hard time stopping.

“(Alexis Viliunas) and I and all

the other middles have been work-ing just trying to improve and find our rhythm with it and get better at it,” Stadick said.

What might make the most impact for the Illini is the team’s ability to live in the present.

“They’re both really talented teams,” Hambly said. “Every team in the Big Ten is talented, so for us, you forget about what happened in the last 10 matches, and you move on to the next one.”

Nicholas can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @IlliniSportsGuy.

One game at a time

BY ETHAN SWANSONCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Illinois wrestling team will roll out the mats at Huff Hall for the first time this sea-son in preparation for its annu-al Wrestle-Offs, where team members will compete against one another to earn a starting position in each of the 10 weight classes.

The 2014-15 roster includes 10 members new to the Orange and Blue. The newcomers join eight returning starters and 17 total returning lettermen. Six of the eight returning starters tallied at least 20 overall match victo-ries during the 2013-14.

The Illini boast a three-time All-American in the Gilroy, Cal-ifornia, native Jesse Delgado. Last season, Delgado earned his second-consecutive national championship in the 125-weight class by defeating Nahshon Gar-rett of Cornell 3-2 in the finals. Delgado’s junior campaign led the Illini squad to a 13th nation-al finish at the conclusion of the 2013-14 season. For his out-standing performance, Delga-do was a recipient of the 2013-14 Dike Eddleman Award honor-ing Illinois’ top male athlete — Illinois soccer’s Jannelle Flaws earned the female honor. Delga-do is the Illini’s only returning All-American.

Expectations on the national level are high for head coach Jim Heffernan’s squad in his 6th season at the helm. Illi-nois enters the season ranked No. 13 nationally in InterMat College Wrestling’s preseason rankings with two members of the team expected to earn All-American honors (Delgado at 125 pounds and Zane Richards at 133 pounds). Illini wrestlers Nikko Reyes (184 pounds), Jack-son Morse (165 pounds) and Ste-ven Rodrigues (141 pounds) are also expected to have solid sea-sons. However, only time will tell if the Illini can top last sea-son’s mark of eight total ath-letes qualifying for the National Championships, the most under Heffernan since 2009.

Illinois will also look to improve upon its performance in the Big Ten. The Illini posted an 11-8 overall team record in 2013-14, including a 3-5 record against conference opponents, resulting in a sixth-place Big Ten regular season finish. With nine other teams ranked in the top 25, according to Inter-Mat, the Big Ten is arguably the deepest conference in the nation.

This season, the Illini lose for-mer starters Tony Dallago, Illi-nois’ all-time leader in career pins, and Mario Gonzalez, a 2013-14 top-12 finisher, who both grad-uated in the spring. With another 2013-14 starter, Zac Brunson, now listed at 174 (Dallago’s 2013-14 weight class), the 157, 174 and 197 weight classes seem to be up for grabs. The 197 slot will likely be filled by one of the two freshmen listed at 197: Andre Lee and Colton Emmerich. The 174 weight class seems to be Brunson’s to lose, but he will still have to claim victory over three challengers, including freshman Emery Parker, redshirt freshman Danny Hicks and red-shirt senior Adam Acheson. Red-shirt freshman Isaiah Martinez is currently the only athlete listed at 157, but he could face opposition from fellow redshirt freshman Kyle Langenderfer, who was list-ed at 157 last season.

Ethan can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @EthanSwanson88.

BY ELISEO ELIZARRARAZSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois soccer team will wrap up the regular season on Friday, hosting a No. 11 ranked Wiscon-sin team who sits at 15-2-1 (9-2-1 Big Ten) and is all but assured a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

Illinois, on the other hand, will look to win the game against a high scoring Wis-consin team that has scored 36 goals so far this sea-son, averaging two goals per game. Illinois itself has managed to score a total of 32 goals through 18 games so far this season, just four few-er than the Badgers. Still, the Illini are seventh in the Big Ten despite leading the con-ference in total shots with 274, and ranking among the

top five in six other catego-ries, which include: goals (32, T-4th), assists (26, 5th) and shutouts (7, T-5th).

The Illini squeaked through to postseason play over the weekend, claiming a spot in the eight-team Big Ten tournament with a lit-tle help from last year’s Big Ten Tournament champs, Nebraska. The Illini were dropping points like flies as the season progressed after a promising start that saw them peak at No. 19 in the NCAA rankings. Going for-ward, head coach Janet Ray-field and the team will be tak-ing it game-by-game, with a healthy squad at hand. They will look to do some damage control to keep their NCAA Tournament dreams alive.

“We have to focus on

Wisconsin,” Rayfield said. “That’s a big game. Certainly they’ve proven themselves as a top team in the coun-try, so competing against them will certainly give us a barometer of just how good soccer are we really playing, because this is going to be a really good team that comes in on Friday.”

Friday marks the last time seniors Megan Green and Noelle Leary will play under the Illinois Soccer Sta-dium lights as they will be honored on this Senior Night.

Illinois, with a win or a tie against Wisconsin or a tie or loss by Maryland, will become the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. A Maryland victory and an Illinois loss would make the Illini the No. 8 seed.

Despite making the tour-nament by the skin on their nails, junior midfielder Rea-gan Robishaw and her team-mates will look to prove once and for all that their early season form was not a fluke as they look for a season defining victory on Friday.

“It’s really important for us to realize that we are blessed with the opportu-nity that, through other cir-cumstances, we made it to the Big Ten Tournament,” Robishaw said. “It’s just even more fuel to our fire that we have to go out there and get that win on Friday.”

Eliseo is a sophomore in FAA. He can be reached at elizarr2 @dailyillini.com.

Wrestling opens up new season

Illini tennis finishes fall season

BY DANIEL DEXTERSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois hockey team will take to the road this weekend and play for its first away series against a division opponent.

Lindenwood will host the Illini for a pair of games, one Friday and one Saturday.

Illinois is coming off a highly competitive weekend against rival Ohio. The Illini were able to split the weekend matchup, but head coach Nick Fabbrini said the team didn’t play its best against the Bobcats.

Assistant coach Tom O’Brien said the Illini’s penalties in a 4-2 loss to Ohio cost them the contest and emo-tions are something the team will need to get under control.

“The guys that took some pen-alties that they shouldn’t have are definitely paying for it right now during practice,” O’Brien said. “The penalties started off as bad, and now it is directly responsible for a loss. It has to be taken care of. There isn’t really anything to do besides punishing the guys that were committing penalties. They have to take it upon themselves to do what they are supposed to do and put their teammates first.”

While O’Brien doesn’t expect the Lions to have the same defensive success as Ohio, he does anticipate a stronger offense that will create more shot opportunities than the Bobcats.

Ohio shot the puck a total of 80 times over the weekend against Illinois. Goalie Joe Olen saved 43 of the 44 shots fired at him in the first game of the Ohio series, but he will be suspended for Friday’s game after leaving the bench late in the loss to the Bobcats.

Sophomore Zev Grumet-Morris will play in goal this Friday with Olen expected to return for the series finale on Saturday. While the team will be missing Olen’s expe-rience in net on Friday, O’Brien believes that Grumet-Morris is capable of filling that void.

The Lions are coming off a week-end sweep of Robert Morris Uni-versity — a team that was ranked No. 6 in the ACHA heading into the series. Despite being 5-4-1 on the season, Lindenwood is currently on a five-game winning streak and is undefeated in conference play.

Freshman left wing Eric Cruick-shank said the team hasn’t been doing anything differently in prac-

tice this week gameplan-wise. The Illini have been preparing to take on an opponent that plays on a smaller rink than the Illinois Ice Arena, but Cruickshank believes that this shouldn’t be too much of an issue.

“Usually what we’ll do is bring mats out, and we will just make the ice a little bit thinner,” Cruick-shank said. “We have been playing on smaller rinks our whole lives. It’s not that big of an adjustment. It looks like a big adjustment because the rink is so big. Once, you get out there, you get used to playing on the smaller ice again.”

Cruickshank leads the team in assists with 10 and said the team

will need to create more offense this weekend after getting outshot against Ohio. He believes that the team now has a better sense moving forward of where it stands relative to the other CSCHL teams.

“I definitely think that after split-ting with Ohio, it shows us where we stand knowing that Ohio is one of the better teams in our division,” Cruickshank said. “It means we can play with those top teams, and we can do well in the conference play. I think we are going to be good for the rest of the year.”

Daniel can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @ddexter23.

Hockey looks for fewer penalties

Illinois vs. Michigan StateWhen: 6 p.m. Friday in East Lansing, Mich.TV/Radio: Big Ten Network/WDWS 1400 AMQuick notes: The Spartans lead the Big Ten in opponent hitting percentage on the season. Hidden stat: The Illini and the Spartans split their matches last season, each winning at home.

Illinois vs. MichiganWhen: 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich.TV/Radio: WDWS 1400 AM

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Katie Stadick (12) rises for a spike during the winning game against Purdue on Saturday.

Volleyball looking to extend winning streak in Michigan

Illinois Wrestle-Offs (Exhibition)

When: 1 p.m. Sunday at Huff Hall

Quick Notes: Illini return eight starters, ranked 13th in preseason poll, Jesse Delgado seeks third consecutive nation-al title.

Hidden Stat: Illinois has 18 Big Ten conference wrestling championships, with its most recent occurring in 2005.

KEVIN VOGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Joe Olen stops the puck during a game against Ohio last Friday. Olen is suspended from the game against Lindenwood on Friday.

BY COLE HENKESTAFF WRITER

Senior Melissa Kopinski and the Illinois women’s tennis team are looking for redemption this weekend.

After a disappointing perfor-mance at the Midwest Region-al two weeks ago, the Illini have turned their sights to their last fall competition.

The team will be splitting up and going to two different tour-naments, with Kopinski, fellow senior Julia Jamieson, and soph-omores Alexis Casati and Lou-ise Kwong, heading to Orlando, Florida, for the USTA Clay Court Invitational.

Kopinski, after losing in the Round of 16 at the Midwest Regional, looks to end her final fall season on the right note. According to Kopinski and head coach Michelle Dasso, it all starts in practice.

“Kopinski, along with the rest of the girls have had a great week of practice, and I am real-ly expecting the best from them all this weekend,” Dasso said.

The Illini have been practicing off-campus all week at the Cham-paign Country Club, where there are clay courts. Dasso stressed how nice it is to have a facility like that so close to campus.

It can be tough for players to change surfaces, especially mid-way through the season, so being able to practice on clay courts for two weeks could really help the Illini.

Kopinski has had trouble stay-ing consistent and waiting on her shots this fall, so that is a huge point of emphasis for her. She said she is also making sure she has the right mentality for every point.

“I want to go into every point knowing how I want to play it,” Kopinski said. “The way I go into every point is going to be huge this weekend.”

While half the team heads to Orlando, freshmen Jade Hilton and Grace Tapak and sophomores Madie Baillon and Jerricka Boone are heading to Purdue.

The four players going to Pur-due are the least experienced on the team, and playing at a rival Big Ten school will be a test.

“It is always good to send the underclassmen to a tournament and see how well they can handle themselves and the team,” Kopin-ski said.

This is the last team event before the team begins individu-al winter work. The spring season begins with the team returning to Orlando for the Central Florida Invite on Jan. 17.

Cole is a freshman in LAS. He can be reached at [email protected].

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Reagan Robishaw challenges for possession during the game against Michigan on Sunday. Robishaw and her teammates look to prove themselves tomorrow against UW.

Soccer closes season at home against Badgers

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