The Daily Illini: Volume 144 Issue 55

BY REBECCA JACOBSSTAFF WRITER

In just under an hour, Roey Gilad was supposed to talk about three challenges and one opportunity Israel faces. During Wednesday night’s talk at the Architec-ture Building, he managed to do that while using a few Midwest examples to sim-plify the complex topics.

Gilad is the consul gener-al of Israel to the Midwest, based in Chicago. Gilad said this was his third trip to the University, the previ-ous time being for an Illini basketball game.

A good number of stu-dents who attended the talk are in Illini Students Dis-cussing Israel, a student-led class part of the regis-tered student organization Illini Students Supporting Israel (ISSI), who hosted the event.

“I wanted to go see him because I’m very interest-

ed in Israeli politics, and I thought this would be a great opportunity to get a more in-depth explanation of the challenges that are affecting the region today,” said Cristina Valdez, stu-dent in the RSO class and senior in LAS.

The title of the talk, “Israel Facing the Cur-rent Situation in the Mid-dle East: Challenges and Opportunities,” suggested Gilad was going to discuss multiple opportunities with the challenges for Israel, but he shrank it down to one.

The first challenge was Iran’s nuclear strategies. According to the World Nuclear Association, Iran is developing uranium enrich-ment under concealed plans and Iran “has not suspend-ed its enrichment-related activities” as required by the UN Security Council.

“If a state has both these

evil intentions and abil-ity to bring this dream come true, this is when we become concerned,” Gilad said.

Using a football-based metaphor, he said that if a team is five to 10 yards of the end zone, they’re going to score a touchdown,

“unless it’s the Bears,” he said, with a chuckle.

The second challenge was the Israeli-Palestinian situ-ation, as there “isn’t a day when there isn’t an attack” in this “time of crisis.”

Gilad approached two

BY ABIGALE SVOBODA STAFF WRITER

The University’s presi-dent-elect Timothy Killeen received an open letter Tuesday from 34 Universi-ty faculty members, which began with congratulations but moved quickly to seri-ous matters.

The letter, from Univer-sity chairs, heads or direc-tors of departments, warned Killeen he is walking into the University at a difficult and crucial point in its histo-ry, after the Board of Trust-ees rejected Steven Salaita’s appointment, sparking con-versation of academic free-dom and shared governance across colleges.

Kirk Sanders, chair of the philosophy department, said the goal of the letter was to help University officials, faculty and staff find com-mon ground on Salaita’s case.

“The aim is to find a way forward for the University by focusing on shared val-ues and principles, regard-less of how particulars of the Salaita case play out,” Sanders said. “Certain sig-natories of the letter would like to see it play out one way, and certain members would like to see it play out another way and the impor-tant thing is we’re trying to

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The Daily Illini held a Q&A over the phone with Ste-ven Salaita, whose rejected appointment to the Univer-sity has stirred months of conversation about academ-ic freedom and shared gov-ernance. He has since trav-eled to various colleges and universities to speak, sever-al professors have boycotted the University and cancelled lectures and many depart-ments have issued votes of no confidence against Chan-cellor Phyllis Wise. Salai-ta recently filed a lawsuit against the University for violating the Illinois Free-dom of Information Act. We’ve heard from adminis-trators who back the Board of Trustees’ vote and profes-sors who support reinstat-ing Salaita, but now we hear from the former Virginia Tech professor himself.

The Daily Illini: Why did you decide to file a lawsuit

against the University? What do you hope to gain from it?Steven Salaita: “Mostly it’s a question of public interest. I think both I and — more importantly — the citizens of Illinois have a right to know what went into this decision given the tremen-dous damage it’s caused to the University’s reputation. It’s pretty clear that the public, the taxpayers, have a right to know what con-siderations went into the decision, what the thought process was like, whether anything illegal happened, whether, you know, it was in fact, donor pressure that led to this decision, who was involved.”

DI: Do you plan to take more legal action against the University? SS: “You know, I’m not real-ly sure at this point what’s going to happen. But I’m

Q&A: Salaita opens up on future plans

BY JOSH WINTERSSTAFF WRITER

As freshman Jason Sell-ing walked into the Illini Union Wednesday after-noon, he was hardly think-ing about writing a letter to his federal representative, but seconds after walking through the doors, that’s exactly what he found him-self doing.

Whether it was the temp-tation of free cookies or the enthusiasm of the Student Alumni Ambassadors, SAA, who were volunteering for

a letter-writing campaign, Selling couldn’t help but participate.

The SAA and Illinois Connection, the Universi-ty’s grassroots advocacy organization, hold a letter-writing campaign each semester. Their goal: to motivate University stu-dents to write a letter to their federal representa-tive in support of higher education

“I think legislators want to hear from the kids that they’re supporting with

their! money,” said Mav-erick Woodside, SAA vice president of student engagement. “If they hear from faculty, it’s going to be less impactful than hearing from students, the people that the money is directly affecting.”

SAA and Illinois Con-nection’s fall letter-writ-ing campaign coordinates between all three of the University’s campuses and works to encourage students to write to their respective federal repre-sentative on higher educa-tion issues.

“We are writing to (feder-al) legislators, state repre-sentatives and senators in

Washington DC to support higher education things like Pell Grants, research funding,” Woodside said.

The groups hold a sim-ilar campaign during the spring semester, but their letters are sent to state representatives. SAA and Illinois Connection also hold their annual “Lobby Day” in the spring, orga-nizing a multi-campus trip to Springfield so students can speak directly to leg-islators about higher edu-cation policy.

Roughly 200 students traveled to Springfield for last year’s Lobby Day, said

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SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIRebecca Wilson, junior in LAS, shows Jakia Hussian, freshman in LAS, a list of potential topics to write to the Illinois State Legislature during the Student Alumni Ambassadors's letter writing campaign at the Illini Union on Wednesday.

DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOSteven Salaita spoke over the phone with The Daily Illini on Wednesday about academic freedom and his lawsuit against the University.

SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIRoey Gilad, consul general of Israel to the Midwest, speaks to students at the Architecture Building on Wednesday in regard to Israel’s unique situation in the Middle East.

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topics concerning the ten-sion, one being Temple Mount. He said that cur-rently Jews and Christians can visit the mountain, but only Muslims can pray on the mountain. While Gilad does not think that’s fair, he also said he thought “it’d be stupid to challenge the sta-tus quo now.”

The third challenge Gilad identifi ed was the Islamic State, but he said it was not an immediate threat for Israel.

“I think they can be con-tained and stopped,” he said.

After his short list of three heavy topics, Gilad ended with his hopeful opportunity for Israel: the relationship between Israel

and a moderate Sunni coali-tion, including Egypt, Jor-dan, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and North Africa.

“I don’t know how it is in the Midwest, but in the Mid-dle East the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” Gilad said.

Gilad isn’t sure how strong of a partnership can be built on that idea, but he believes Israel and moderate Sunnis have some similar geopolitical understandings.

“I do not think Israel is a perfect place — that has to be said,” Gilad said. “But during the last 67 years, we have managed to build a strong state on a strong social glue.”

Rebecca can be reached at [email protected].

Marissa McCord, assistant vice president of alum-ni advocacy for Illinois Connection.

“Students have a huge voice, one that sometimes they forget to use,” McCord said.

By noon on Wednesday, just two hours into the fi rst day of the campaign, volun-teers had already collected 70 letters out of their 300 letter goal.

Every semester, SAA and Illinois Connection reach out to thousands of students to raise aware-ness for their campaign by sending emails, posting on social media and setting up their letter-writing sta-tions in high-traffi c areas

on campus. For the volunteers of

the letter-writing cam-paign, giving students the chance to voice their con-cerns to their elected rep-resentatives is essential to the political infl uence of college students.

By the time Selling had fi nished writing his letter, he felt the same.

“In order to have your voice be heard, you have to actually speak your mind every now and again,” Sell-ing said. “This is the way to do that.”

SSA and Illinois Connec-tion will continue the let-ter-writing campaign at the Ikenberry Commons on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Josh can be reached at [email protected].

fi nd the common ground.” The letter states that the

words and actions of Uni-versity officials regard-ing Salaita’s case have done “genuine damage” to the University, specifi cal-ly on the Urbana campus. The authors of the letter note while the program in American Indian Studies, in which Salaita was offered a tenured position, has evi-dently suffered the most, other University units have been and will continue to be affected.

In an interview with The Dailiy Illini, Salaita said he read the letter and called it a “really impressive feat.” Although he and Sanders have yet to meet, he shared his thoughts with Sand-ers via email Wednesday afternoon.

“My initial reaction was that I’m very glad to see that the unit heads and the oth-er administrators are con-cerned with the way that faculty governance and aca-demic freedom are going to function on campus both in the near and long-term future,” Salaita said.

Sanders said he has not yet heard a response from Killeen.

In the letter, the authors reminded Killeen that at least seven external aca-demic associations have issued statements and let-ters critical of the Univer-sity and more than 5,000 academics nation and world-wide have boycotted the University to demonstrate their disapproval of how Salaita’s case was handled. Additionally, upward of 36 scheduled talks and con-ferences in a multitude of fi elds have been cancelled as a consequence of the Uni-versity’s actions.

The letter continues, stat-ing tenure and promotion cases may be affected as well as successful faculty searches. The authors attri-bute this to scholars lack of confi dence in the University.

“We cannot hope to recruit excellent senior fac-ulty to this campus, or to retain many of those already

here, when they can no lon-ger trust that this universi-ty will honor the principles of faculty decision-making, free speech, and freedom to conduct research,” the let-ter states.

In the letter, the authors expressed their fear that the University could be placed on the American Associa-tion of University Profes-sor’s censure list, as Chan-cellor Phyllis Wise received a letter written on Aug. 29 from Dr. Anita Levy, associ-ate secretary of the AAUP, warning the University’s standing is at risk.

The letter stated it seems probable the AAUP’s com-mittee on academic free-dom will recommend the University is placed on the “Censure List.” This list is composed of education-al establishments where “unsatisfactory conditions of academic freedom and tenure have been found to prevail.”

In the letter to Killeen, the authors said the state-ments issued by Wise, Presi-dent Easter and the Board of Trustees regarding Salaita’s employment were broad and concerning, asserting the statements are “directly at odds with the AAUP’s own declarations on academic freedom, to which the Uni-versity of Illinois professes to subscribe.”

The letter also claimed that the decision to repeal Salaita’s offer of employ-ment disregarded core principles of shared gover-nance and University poli-cies regarding hiring, pro-motion and tenure.

The authors concluded the letter by stating they believe in the University of Illinois’ mission, the integ-rity of its faculty and the principles of free academic speech as well as in shared governance.

“As the next president of the University of Illinois,” the letter tells Killeen, “it is imperative that you do everything possible to ensure UIUC’s repu-tation and good standing among major research universities.”

Abigale can be reached at [email protected].

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happy, just by the way, to put you in touch with any-one from my legal team if you want to sort of press them on impending action, I feel a little in the dark there too.”

DI: What would be the ideal outcome when your case is finally resolved?SS: “That I’d be reinstat-ed to the job for which the University already signed a contract, join the American Indian Studies program and get to work. Then, I and the University of Illinois can put this behind us. I real-ly do believe that that’s the best possible outcome for everyone involved. Not just for me personally, but that would be a tremendous step for the University in terms of salvaging what’s left of its reputation.”

DI: Do you believe your situation raised questions of academic freedom?SS: “I do. I think that’s one reason the case has attracted so much interest, because it clearly raises questions of academic free-dom and I think a lot of peo-ple recognize the dangers inherent to the University’s decision. You know, if it’s not challenged and if other universities begin to follow suit, very few of us want to work on campuses where the administration can ter-minate tenured employment based on the speech acts of its faculty.”

DI: What are your plans for the near future? Long-term?SS: “Near term, I would say just fi nding whatever ways I can to keep food on the table. Trying my best to carve out some time to work on my scholarship which I haven’t totally abandoned, that’s still very much on my mind. Long-term, I’d love to pick up my academic career again. I really hate the thought that it might be ruined before I even hit the age of 40 ... My heart is very much in the classroom and on campus and I’d love

the chance to return there again.”

DI: How are you and your family dealing with the effects of your rejected appointment?SS: “It’s been tough. I have to spend a lot of time apart from my family, which I fi nd diffi cult to do and then there’s also just the uncer-tainty of the future. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to get another academic job, so we’re a little bit wor-ried about my prospects in American academia at the moment.”

DI: What would you like to say to the students and faculty at the University?SS: “Oh, wow. First and foremost, those who have been working so diligently to help me get reinstated, thank you. They’re really my heroes. And to the stu-dents and faculty in general, you know, you don’t have to agree with me, or disagree with me, to recognize the simple fact that the admin-istration’s decision to ter-minate my contract broke University by-laws, it broke the protocols of faculty governance, it was illegal under the conditions of the fi rst amendment. And I’d ask folks to put aside ideol-ogy or political viewpoints and ask the University to do what’s right.”

DI: Are you still an active Twitter user? Has this situation altered the way you use social media?SS: “It’s defi nitely affect-ed my use of social media. I still use Twitter, but I use it much less frequently. I still use Facebook, but much less frequently, just given the amount of headache that’s existed in my life the past four months. I’m in lots of ways trying to keep as low key as possible, as funny as that sounds for somebody whose living now consists of going around to campus-es and giving talks. But you know I think I’ve had my fi ll of controversy for the next forever.”

Abigale can be reached at [email protected].

NEW YORK — A Staten Island grand jury voted not to indict an NYPD offi cer in the death of Eric Garner, the asthmatic, overweight man who died after cops wrestled him down with an apparent chokehold dur-ing an arrest last summer, according to a source famil-iar with the case.

The grand jury deliber-ated earlier Wednesday and decided no homicide charg-es were warranted against Offi cer Daniel Pantaleo, 29, in the July 17 incident in which killed Garner during a confrontation with cops investigating allegations he sold untaxed cigarettes on the street.

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potential mudslides.“Yesterday we had six

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HONG KONG — Before turning themselves in to authorities, they were pre-pared for the worst: imme-diate arrest, perhaps even prolonged detention. As they entered the police station, they were jeered by a band of opponents who called for them to be sent straight to jail.

But the three co-found-ers of Hong Kong’s Occu-py movement walked free Wednesday after what seemed like an innocuous administrative procedure,

with police saying they would investigate.

The organizers of Occu-py Central With Love and Peace — pastor Chu Yiu-ming and professors Ben-ny Tai and Chan Kin-man — along with 62 other pro-democracy protesters ages 20 to 82, reported to offi cers by Wednesday evening and admitted to having violat-ed the territory’s statute against unauthorized assem-bly. The trio have appealed to others to end the street protests.

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If you were to step foot into my apartment, you would probably ques-

tion the holiday explosion that it has come to be.

The holiday season is my favorite time of year, and I arguably get too excited about being able to decorate my apartment when I come back from Thanksgiving break.

Not only is the time after Thanksgiving break a prep-aration for the December holiday season, it is also the time when mostly all stu-dents are the busiest with school work, projects, tests and presentations.

Through my everyday interactions on this cam-pus the last few days, I have noticed a substantial decrease in campus morale since we have been back from break. Many of my friends have been complain-ing about their workloads, the projects and papers they have due, and even the weather and how cold it is outside.

Speaking from experi-ence, I can tell you that it is hard to get into the festivi-ties when all you can think about is the math exam you have the next week, or that group project where none of

your partners seem to want to do the work.

However, I have found that getting into the holiday spirit and embracing this very exciting time on cam-pus can help with anxiety, stress and all of the other negative emotions we are feeling because of end of the semester to-dos.

Decorating your apart-ment, house or dorm room for the holidays is just one of the many ways students can put the stress aside and get excit-ed about the upcom-ing holi-day season. Putting up a mini Christ-mas tree, stringing lights along your ceil-ing, buying and lighting a Menorah to celebrate Hanukkah, or even getting peppermint scent-ed candles are fun and easy ways to lighten your mood and spread a little holiday cheer.

Our campus offers a wide variety of fun and inexpen-sive holiday activities for students to engage in during their leisure time.

For example, between studying, you can go skating

at the ice arena, go see the Other Guys a capella group for their Christmas concert this Saturday, take a stroll around campus to look at the lights on the fraternity houses, decorate your dorm or apartment, make Christ-mas cookies and deliver them to all of your friends or even have an “Elf” view-ing party. The possibilities are endless.

In addition, participat-ing in things like this not only pre-pares us for the hol-idays, but it also gives us an oppor-tunity to get out of

the library and explore cam-pus. We can visit places we have not been before and learn more about the differ-ent groups on campus, espe-cially those in the perfor-mance arts.

One thing many of us are seemingly failing to real-ize is that this is a time of year with many events and celebrations that we don’t always take advantage of.

The holidays come with

the opportunity to be thank-ful for all of the blessings we have been given, and giv-ing back to those who have been there for you the most. We are all extremely blessed to go to a university like Illi-nois, and we need to remem-ber the true meaning when we are stressing over our exams.

School is tough, but we need to remember to enjoy this season like we might have when we were younger children. I know just deco-rating my apartment and turning on the lights every time I come home is enough to put me in a better mood each and every day.

The holidays do not need to be as stressful as we make them, and by enjoying the small things the cam-pus offers, we can make our lives just a little bit easier over the next few weeks.

Powering through final exam cram sessions with a cup of hot chocolate is argu-ably a whole lot better than a study session without it.

Christmas cheer is something more than just exchanging gifts and expe-riencing the actual holiday itself. To alleviate end-of-semester stress, we need to focus on doing little things and remember to embrace holiday festivities.

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

The University provides many resources to stu-dents interested in

inventing their own prod-ucts or starting their own companies, but one of the main obstacles in developing a product is securing fund-ing. This means that count-less good ideas never become available to the masses.

This is particularly impor-tant to students because throughout our time here, we have the opportunity to devel-op innovative ideas that are worth pursuing further.

Social media provides an easily accessible way to advertise an idea for a prod-uct, but ideas are nothing without execution, and execu-tion is only possible with nec-essary funds.

That’s what Kickstarter is for. Kickstarter is a website that facilitates the fundrais-ing of various creative proj-ects, and anyone can use it. An artist or inventor pitches his or her idea on the site and sets a goal for an amount of money to raise.

Backers donate money to a project with the incentive of receiving certain goods or services based on how much money they donate. If

the goal is not reached, then the project does not receive funding, but if it does, the project is on its way to being developed.

Kickstarter helps thou-sands of projects come to life, and many students at the University have seen success with it. This is a great oppor-tunity for students to get hands-on experience beyond class by pursuing projects or ideas they want to develop.

Recently, graduate stu-dents Michael Friedman, Dave Cohen and David Jun in electrical and computer engi-neering developed Mousr, an artificially intelligent cat toy. The team wanted to create a unique toy that would react to the cat and not the other way around.

They posted their product on Kickstarter with a goal of raising $100,000. The group surpassed their goal and the project will be funded on Friday.

Another University proj-ect that recently saw success on Kickstarter was Circuit Scribe, a conductive ink pen that can be used to draw cir-cuits on regular paper. The pen can be bought in a kit that contains an education-al booklet on electricity and several electrical compo-nents including LEDs, switch-es, resistors and transistors.

Circuit Scribe was devel-oped by Analisa Russo for her PhD work in the Lewis

Research Group here at the University. The Kickstarter fundraising goal of $85,000 was easily passed and even-tually reached a total of $674,425.

Both of these Universi-ty projects demonstrate the effectiveness of the website, and students should recog-nize this as an opportunity bring their own projects to fruition.

Kickstarter provides a way to advertise as well as fund-raise, making it an effec-tive tool to get a project off the ground. It also lets the students go straight to back-ers (or those who fund the projects) with their ideas. They don’t need to sell it to a big company for a cut of the profits.

Students can use Kickstart-er to gauge whether their project will be a hit as well. They can pre-sell their prod-uct using the site before actu-ally investing in production. This helps prevent potential losses.

Kickstarter can be used to fund artistic projects as well. The categories on the site include music, art, design, fashion, film, comics and more. In other words, Kick-starter is relevant to students of all majors and not just those in science, technology, engineering and mathemat-ics fields.

If you search for projects on Kickstarter that are cur-

rently posted in the Cham-paign-Urbana area, you will see students record-ing albums, writing poetry, creating journalistic publi-cations and pursuing other artistic endeavors.

The site is successful for people trying to produce their inventions, as well as people exploring other ventures.

Posting a good project on Kickstarter alone does not ensure success. Outside mar-keting must be done, whether it is through word of mouth, fliers on the quad or social media. Another essential part of using the site is creating a visually appealing proposal for the project, which often includes several videos and information on the project’s usefulness and design.

Students interested in get-ting their projects out into the commercial world should keep this in mind when beginning their campaigns.

While it is not a guarantee for success, Kickstarter is an extremely effective tool for students who lack the neces-sary funds to get their proj-ects going. As Henry David Thoreau said, and as adver-tised on the Kickstarter web-site, “The world is but a can-vas to our imagination.”

Luke is a freshman in Engineering. He can be reached at lvest2 @dailyillini.com.

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EDITORIALRebranding of Willard

Airport merits support

EDITORIAL CARTOON DAVID FITZSIMMONS THE ARIZONA STAR

LUKE VEST

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REBECCA KAPOLNEK

Opinions columnist

As reported in The Dai-ly Illini last week, a task

force assembled by Chan-cellor Wise will release a strategic report for the re-branding of Willard Airport by the end of the year. The rebranding efforts, accord-ing to Steve Wanzek, Wil-lard Airport manager, may include such things as add-ing a slogan, logos and color schemes to help standardize the Willard image.

We support the effort to rebrand and improve Wil-lard, especially considering Champaign is the third-fast-est growing city in the state and given the University’s presence. As home to the flagship campus of the Uni-versity of Illinois system, Champaign has a variety of world-renowned institutions and programs that would benefit from a stronger re-gional airport.

Having a strong airport yields our campus many benefits.

A reliable campus airport can be a great aid for stu-dents. For example, those that live out-of-state or have out-of-state interviews will have an easier time trav-eling across the country to meet various obligations. And for those of us who are frantic seniors traveling to and from campus for vari-ous job interviews in Chica-go and elsewhere, this is an immense benefit.

Improving and rebrand-ing Willard would benefit the University by expand-ing our campus network and building our alumni base and reputation in states out-side of just Illinois and the Midwest.

An expansion of air ser-vice to major eastern hubs such as Atlanta and New York could be a boon for in-ternational visitors and stu-dents that makes our cam-pus more accessible and inviting. With expanded flights, the University can hopefully even draw in more guest speakers and lecturers for the education and enjoy-ment of students — and we all love when a celebrity or two comes to visit.

Expansions to major cities are not out of the question. Recently, Willard expanded service beyond just Chica-go to include a daily flight to Dallas as well.

Let’s not forget — Willard can also serve an instruc-tional role. While the Uni-versity’s Institute of Avia-tion shut down at the close of last school year after con-tinual operations for over 65 years, there are still ave-nues for students to earn an Associates Degree in Avi-ation in the process of be-coming a University student through Parkland College.

Willard also serves as a useful recruiting tool for the University. It makes it easier for the University to court and attract potential athletes, academics and ad-ministrators — something that we most assuredly ap-prove of.

With all of the benefits and potential Willard Airport holds to make our university better, we’re on board with Willard rebranding efforts.

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BY ABRAR AL-HEETISTAFF WRITER

When Thomas Garza attended Edison Middle School, he would often look out the classroom window and wonder about an old house on the east side of the building. It was moments like these that influenced him to work toward preserving that house and other build-ings like it.

Garza is now the executive director of the Preservation and Conservation Associa-tion (PACA), a local nonprof-it organization that serves to educate people on the impor-tance of preserving historic buildings in the community. It also promotes preservation and reuse of items through its architectural salvage warehouse, which receives and sells items from homes and buildings that are either being remodeled or torn down.

The PACA Architectural Salvage Warehouse houses items ranging from windows and doors to more unique pieces, including fixtures from old University build-ings. The selection is diverse, as are the uses of the items purchased by the store’s customers.

“A lot of the stuff in here isn’t used for its original pur-pose,” Garza said. “Doors become tables or headboards. People take things and use them for other things. But at least they’re not in the land-fill just rotting away. They’ll be of some use to somebody somewhere.”

Garza said though the architectural salvage ware-house is what PACA is most noted for in the community, it is just one component of the

organization. “It’s really kind of a fortu-

nate side effect of our work,” Garza said. “When we can’t convince somebody to keep a building or can’t get them to reuse it and they’re going to tear it down or alter it in some significant way, then we at least try to save the pieces.”

The warehouse building was purchased in the ear-ly 1990s, and Garza said it has needed some remodel-ing ever since. But because the nonprofit didn’t have a lot of money to put aside for the project, the work was post-poned until Garza and other volunteers decided they final-ly had to do something.

“We actually had a pretty good year this year (finan-cially), so we were able to put on a new roof and redo the front of the building,” he said.

The work began in late October and was completed within a few weeks.

PACA is currently working to preserve an historic, Itali-anate villa-style house just west of the Champaign Pub-lic Library, the same house Garza would wonder about as a child. PACA is fixing the house with the help of capi-tal improvement grants from the state.

“That building is histori-cally relevant to me, so it has history. It should be pre-served,” he said. “Buildings and places are part of the backdrop against which we perform our lives. It’s part of your community, part of your personal history, and it can connect you to the history of other people. There’s more to it than just a building.”

When Lincoln Hall was undergoing renovations, some of the old doors, book-shelves, desks and chairs were donated to the salvage warehouse. The Universi-ty also gave the warehouse limestone that had once been in a gothic cathedral in France before the Spurlock Museum got a hold of it. After the museum decided it no

longer wanted the limestone, the staff gave it to PACA.

Brian Duffield, president of PACA, said they’ve had their fair share of strange items come in to the warehouse.

“We had a cadaver table from one of the old city hospi-tals,” Duffield said. “We also got a guitar body-shaped hot tub out of the old Burnham City Hospital. It was sold to a local business owner, who will use it in his garden.”

But mostly, Duffield said, PACA gets “a lot of meat and potatoes: flooring, trim, doors. That’s the meat and potatoes.”

Darrel Foste, PACA board member, used to be salvage coordinator for the organiza-tion. He has driven to towns across Illinois to salvage homes and has discovered countless treasures.

He once found the key to the city of Champaign from when Emmerson Dexter was mayor in a house that was located by Fifth Street and Springfield Avenue. Vol-unteers weren’t certain why the owner of the house had the key, but did know he had done something for the city and was a veteran.

“We just don’t know what we’re going to find,” Foste said.

While PACA volunteers have a passion for learning about and preserving the past, Garza said it’s often harder for younger genera-tions to appreciate the his-tory around them.

“It seems like as people get older, they get more interest-ed in the past, and it’s hard-er for young people (to get into it),” he said. “I think that a lot of younger people and students would be interest-ed in this stuff if they knew about it in the right way — if they were introduced to what’s interesting about his-tory rather than just memo-rizing dates.”

Abrar can be reached at [email protected].

Nonprofit educates locals on city’s historic buildingsAssociation refurbishes, repurposes items from old homes

“Now, I get to do it.”The crown will complete

one of two costumes for her role as Clara. One outfit fea-tures cap sleeves and a bow while the other is a tradition-al nightgown.

“This is a tradition for a lot of families in the Champaign county area and even outside of our county area, because we’ve got audience members that come from Effingham, Bloomington and Chicago,” said Kay Greene, company manager for the Academy. “And we’re very honored to be part of that.”

Greene’s position focuses on the administrative side of the company encompassing everything from insurance to T-shirts for the dancers. She is not a dancer, but she still enjoys furthering “The Nutcracker” tradition.

While classic performanc-es make an appearance each year, the company also tries to vary the dances to intrigue a returning audience. Some of the costumes are also revamped for the new per-formances as well.

“This year’s very exciting because we have new Party Mom dresses, which are just

gorgeous,” Tobey said. The dresses will fea-

ture a traditional silhouette adorned with intricate flower patterns. Deanna Doty, artis-tic director, has heavily influ-ence on the redesign.

Each costume is hand-made by volunteers, usually parents of current or alumni dancers. Masumai O’Brien, volunteer costume mistress, oversees them.

Taylor Feddersen will sport her same costume from last year as she returns to her role as the Sugarplum Fairy, while Valerie Linsner will share the Sugarplum Fairy part this year as well.

The rest of the lead roles include: Nick Hittle as the Sugarplum Fairy’s Cavalier, Michelle Lu and Erisa Naka-mura as the Rose Queen, and Kevin Burnside and Kajetan Haas as the Nutcracker. Bel-la Chapman will share the role of Clara with Ginny Martinez.

Along with their lead roles, many of these danc-ers will fill alternate rolls in the 117-member Nutcracker production. It is not uncom-mon for company dancers to perform multiple parts, balancing their roles with rehearsals, regular dance classes and schoolwork for most who are typically high

school aged. It is a balancing act that they handle with the same grace and poise they present on stage, according to Greene.

“And what I know of these dancers ... they’re very sup-portive of the fact that their good friend, who worked very hard, got their part and they’re very happy for them,” Greene said.

The Champaign-Urba-na Ballet Academy’s next performance will be “Swan Lake” in the spring at the Virginia Theatre. Prepara-tions are already underway, according to Ginny. Ginny has been practicing her swan arms with the group after class; preparing for multiple roles is part of life as one of these dancers.

“We often have to go from being delicate swans to Sug-arplum fairies and Clara-type characters,” Ginny said.

Their hard work pays off each time they hit the stage to perform a new role, Gin-ny said, or perhaps even a dream role.

Ginny’s chin turned up once again. Her eyes looked off into the distance. She smiled.

“It’s magical.”

Shalayne can be reached at [email protected].

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she was privileged to come from a family who could afford a good lawyer, unlike the majority of people who go to prison.

As she explained gender and power, she described her reasoning behind the title of her book.

“Ultimately the title — Orange is the New Black — was intended to remind folks that the person wearing an orange jumpsuit is more like-ly then ever to be a woman,” Kerman said.

She then ended with what she believed was the most

important aspect of surviv-ing prison — friendship and empathy.

Kerman said she was very grateful for the friendships with the women she did time with.

“My lawyer said to me, as I was going off to prison, ‘Don’t make any friends,’” Kerman said. “I don’t know how you would survive incarcera-tion without friendship — it is essential. It is the only essential thing that will help you fundamentally survive.”

As Kerman continued tell-ing her story, she touched readers with the details and emotional aspects about her time in prison.

“My favorite part was

probably when she was show-ing the women that work at the women’s prison with her, like Carmen, and how real people who have been in pris-on for such low-level offens-es and the reality of it,” said Cashmere Cozart, sophomore in LAS.

While writing the book, Kerman hoped that those who wouldn’t normally read about prison would want to learn about prison life.

“I wanted the reader to be able to imagine themselves in my shoes or in one of the shoes of the other women.”

Jasmine can be reached at [email protected].

BY JASMINE DINHSTAFF WRITER

Some may argue going to prison “destroyed their lives,” but for Piper Ker-man, it made her famous.

Author of “Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison,” Kerman visited the University to speak about her book, which was selected as the Universi-ty of Illinois’ One Book, One Campus featured book.

At 6:22 p.m., people were already lined up all the way from Illini rooms A, B and C to the quiet lounge of the Illini Union. By 6:45 p.m., the line had grown and wrapped back around down the east hall.

“We’ve been here since 5:45 p.m. I’m looking for-ward to hearing her real experience in comparison to the show,” said Melanie Israel, senior in ACES.

As people fi led in, they continued to fi ll up almost

every seat from wall to wall of Illini rooms A, B and C.

Ryan Kuramitsu, director of Enriching Programs for the Illini Union Board and senior in Social Work, said they were expecting around 800 attendees.

“‘Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Pris-on’ — Let’s go,” Kerman said as she began her lecture.

Kerman’s book was adapt-ed into what is known as “Orange is the New Black,” a Netflix o r i g i n a l hit series. Nominated for several awards and selected as winner for 16, “Orange is the New Black” has become one of the most w a t c h e d TV shows in 2014.

The book that started the hit series has become a num-ber one New York Times Bestseller and is translated into 20 different languages for millions around the world

to read. Gretchen Webb, residence

hall librarian for University housing, is on the committee that helps select the books for the One Book, One Cam-pus program.

“People in the Universi-ty housing book club were really excited and not just because it’s a show on Net-fl ix,” Webb said. “Netfl ix drew a lot of people in and then to be able to read the book that addresses a lot of

issues that faces our s o c i e t y i n v o l v -ing incar-c e r a t e d women.”

O n e Book, One Campus is a program at the Uni-v e r s i t y that turns the cam-pus into a

giant book club. The program starts fresh

every year by compiling a list of books selected by key representatives of the Uni-versity for the Chancellor to

choose from. “We discuss a lot of books

at the beginning of the year and make sure they address some kind of issue that affects the campus of soci-ety,” Webb said.

“Orange is the New Black” was chosen for One Book,

One Campus’ feature book, because it exemplifi ed the learning aspect the program was looking for.

Throughout the lecture, Kerman covered key aspects of her book and then followed by directing the audience’s attention to the issues within

the criminal justice system. Kerman started with

three main points: race and class, gender and power and friendship and empathy.

When addressing race and class, Kerman described how

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Ginny Martinez’s hand shot up before she knew what she was doing. The slender dancer, perpetually composed, had volunteered to dance for the last audi-tion spot for Clara in the annual Champaign-Urbana Ballet’s “The Nutcracker.”

Mature beyond her 15 years, Martinez said it was a dream role, an opportu-nity she couldn’t let go. So she gave it all she had and earned her fi rst major part as the lead role.

“I just knew I had to go for it,” Martinez said with a smile widening across her face. “Oh, gosh I’m so excited!”

Tobey Martinez, Ginny’s ballet instructor , shared in Ginny’s excitement.

“That was a very wonder-ful thing that happened to Ginny,” Tobey said. “They all have things that they would like to be; they have goals. But the overall goal is ... just to make yourself better as a dancer.”

“The Nutcracker” will be performed at the Krannert Center for the Perform-

ing Arts from Thursday through Sunday. Tickets are on sale for $42 each, $28 for students and $20 for children, ages 12 and under. For the fi rst time, the Champaign-Urbana Sym-phony Orchestra will pro-vide the enchanting music for this year’s ballet.

Ginny has grown up on stage, working to better her dancing for almost 12 years; every other activity she tried could not stand up against her love for ballet.

“When I was a girl, I was very involved in Girl Scouts and ice skating and gym-nastics, all types of activi-ties,” Ginny said. “No mat-ter really what came up, what activity that I had to choose between, it was always ballet that I want-ed to do.”

After a full day of soph-omore classes at Centenni-al High School, she returns to the Champaign-Urbana Ballet Academy studio for practice. Her class runs from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. during the week, and she also has rehearsals on Sat-urdays with the rest of the cast.

“Every day I come straight from school, and I do homework here. I eat here. Then I do my ballet and rehearse,” Ginny said.

She returns home around 9 p.m. to fi nish up home-work and heads to bed to get enough rest for the next day’s full schedule. But Martinez does not mind.

“It’s what I love to do, so I wouldn’t really want it any other way,” she said.

She is a perfectionist.

Not a hair fell out of place from her tight bun, and her makeup was painted on with precision. Glitter-ing earrings highlighted a wide smile that peaked each time she spoke about performing.

Dancing as Clara is her moment. She has wanted to shine on stage, fi nally danc-ing a role that holds a spe-cial place in her memory.

During Martinez’s fi rst year as a company

dancer in 2011, she recalls watching the Sugarplum Fairy place a sparkling crown on Clara’s head.

“It just gave me chills, automatically my favorite part of the ballet,” she said.

She raised her hands above her head where the crown would be placed. Her wide, brown eyes lit up as she lifted her chin with pride.

‘Orange is the New Black’ author speaks to campusLecture touches on race, gender and friendship

What: The annual Champaign-Urbana Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”

When: Thursday through Sunday, various times

Where: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

How: Tickets are $42 each, $28 for students and $20 for children, ages 12 and under

PHOTO COURTESY OF DARRELL HOEMANNLEFT: Taylor Feddersen, Ginny Martinez and Erisa Nakamura pose as their characters Sugar Plum Fairy, Clara and Rose Queen, respectively, for this year’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. RIGHT: Taylor Feddersen gets fi tted in the Party Mom dress with Masumi O’Brien, costume mistress for the Champaign-Urbana Ballet’s 2014 “The Nutcracker.”

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JASMINE DINH THE DAILY ILLINIPiper Kerman takes a selfi e with the audience of the lecture on her book, “Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison” at the Illini Union on Wednesday. Kerman’s boook was adapted into the hit Netfl ix original series.

“I don’t know how you would survive

incarceration without friendship — it is

essential.”PIPER KERMAN

AUTHOR, “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK”

BY JOEY FIGUEROASTAFF WRITER

The Illinois women’s bas-ketball team showed no signs of fatigue following its week-long stay in the Virgin Islands and easily dispatched Virginia 86-63 at State Farm Center on Wednesday night.

Junior guard Brittany Carter opened the scoring with a three-point play, which began a 13-0 Illini run, and the Illini (6-2) wouldn’t look back from there. It took the Cavaliers (5-2) eight minutes to score their first field goal, and the Illini led by as much as 17 in the first half.

“At the start of the game we showed we were on edge and showed we wanted it and shut them down,” head coach Matt Bollant said. “We really came out in the second half ... We just looked like a really good basketball team, which is really fun to see.”

Illinois’ foul trouble and lack of rebounding allowed Virginia to pull within 10

points with three minutes remaining in the half, but senior guard Taylor Tuck made sure the Cavaliers didn’t get closer. Tuck near-ly matched her season points total with 11 and finished with 13, including a 3-pointer at the buzzer, which provided a spark for the Illini — they headed into the locker room with a 38-22 lead.

Bollant said he decid-ed Tuck needed more play-ing time after the Illinois bench struggled in the Vir-gin Islands.

“We just felt like she could do it,” Bollant said. “We need-ed someone to give us a spark and she stepped up and took really good shots.”

Illinois maintained its momentum in the second half and pulled away with a 19-5 run to open the half. The Illini amassed as much as a 34-point lead within the first 10 minutes of the half and

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BY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER

Despite Murray State’s lack of height, the Racers won’t be overlooked.

The Illinois volleyball team (24-7, 16-4 Big Ten) has five players on its roster at 6-foot-3 or taller, and will start its NCAA Tournament against Murray State, a team that only has one player over 6-foot. While some teams may dis-miss the Racers because of their small stature, head coach Kevin Hambly is taking Murray State seriously because of its athleticism.

“They’re not big, but they play phys-ical and they’re very athletic,” Ham-bly said. “They serve aggressively and they’ve got some kids that can score. They seem to play fearless and just kind of attack teams.”

Murray State combats its height dis-advantage by running a quick-tempo offense that allowed the Racers to dom-inate the Ohio Valley Conference this season. The Racers have been balanced offensively throughout the year. Three players, two of whom were under 6-foot, record over 300 kills this season.

For Illini senior Liz McMahon, who’s 6-foot-6, being significantly taller than an opponent isn’t always an advantage.

“I actually struggle with that,” McMa-hon said. “I’m used to playing at a higher level above the net. They’re pretty fast and aggressive too, that’s always a chal-lenge for us.”

Junior setter Alexis Viliunas said she doesn’t change the way she sets the Illini attackers because of the height differ-ence on the other side of the net.

“Our hitters still need to be able to hit over their hands,” Viliunas said. “Some-times with shorter players on the oth-er side our hitters get really excited and they hit down into their hands and they’re still able to get blocks. I just keep the ball high and let them hit over and do their thing with the ball.”

The Racers (26-5, 14-2 Ohio Valley) were especially hot to end the year, win-ning 15 of their last 16 matches and the conference championship.

“Teams that are used to winning are always a challenge,” Hambly said.

Illinois has been on a similar hot streak. The Illini have won 13 of their last 15 matches and finished the year with a three-match winning streak that included a win over then-No. 10 Nebraska.

“I like the direction we’ve been

going,” Hambly said. “We’ve learned a lot about ourselves and we know how we want to play. We have players that are executing at a high level.”

“We’ve been tested. In every way we’re going to be tested. I don’t think anyone’s going to bring something out that we haven’t seen so that gives you confidence.”

Since the turnaround between the end of the regular season and the begin-ning of tournament play is compacted Hambly said that this week’s perpetra-tion will center more on the Illini than

Illinois vs. Murray State

When/Where: 7 p.m. Friday at Huff HallTV/Radio: WDWS 1400Quick notes: Illinois has five players on its roster 6-foot-3 or taller; Murray State only has one player over six feet tall.Tickets: Student tickets for the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament at Huff Hall will be $8.

The No. 9 Illinois volley-ball team will begin its postseason quest Fri-

day with the start of the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament.

The Illini had one of the program’s best regular sea-sons in recent memory, fin-ishing with a 24-7 record.

Because of the great start to the season, fans, as well as the team, have high expectations heading into the tournament.

The team has had the bulk of its success at home, post-ing a 12-1 record.

This is great news for the Illini because they will be hosting their first two oppo-nents of the tournament at Huff Hall on Friday and on Saturday, if they can advance.

Throughout the season, the team has knocked off five top-25 teams, with its best win coming against No. 5 Penn State in University Park, Pa. The Illini went 16-4 in arguably the best conference in the nation.

They will face Murray State on Friday, who finished 26-5, and is coming into the game after being crowned champion of the Ohio Val-ley Conference with three straight wins in the confer-ence tournament.

With this said, the com-petition Murray State has faced throughout the sea-son is weak compared to that of the Illini and they have no wins against ranked teams.

If the Illini are to win their first round game, they will face the winner of Iowa State and Western Kentucky.

The Illini should outmatch all three of these teams, and the added advantage of playing at Huff Hall should

make it an easy start to the tournament.

After the first two tour-nament games, things will really start to get fun for the Illini. If Illinois wants to reach its first Final Four since 2011, it will have to get through No. 8 Florida and No. 1 Stanford. Stanford

defeated the Illini earlier this season, but it took five hard-fought sets.

The Gators have also faced weaker competition then Illinois, but are cur-rently riding a 20-game win

streak and only have three losses.

If the team is fortunate enough to get past Florida, it could have an opportunity to get revenge against Stan-ford in the Elite Eight.

It definitely won’t be an easy path, but the Illini have shown this season that they have what it takes to win it all.

Whether it be knocking off top teams, winning on the road, or stringing wins together, the team has been able to do it.

Like I said following the Stanford loss on Sept. 7, this Illini team is as deep and as experienced as any Illinois squad has ever been. This will go a long way in allowing the Illini to advance far in the

tournament.

Kieran is a sophomore in Business. He can be reached at hampl2 @dailyillini.com and on Twitter @KHampl95.

KIERAN HAMPL

Sports columnist

BY CHARLOTTE CARROLLSTAFF WRITER

In the past 68 years, Illi-nois has been to 17 bowl games with an 8-9 record. And it’s hoping to even out that tally with its 18th bowl game opportunity.

After an up-and-down season, the Illini are bowl eligible after a victory at Northwestern this past week sealed a six-win season.

Those six wins were nec-essary for the Illini to qual-ify for a bowl and were one of the big reasons that head coach Tim Beckman will be back next year.

“I get an opportunity, self-ishly, I guess you’d say, to be with those seniors again for another opportunity to play,” Beckman said after Saturday’s win. “To beat Northwestern was one of their goals; to be bowl eligi-

ble was one of their goals. When you see your players do that, because you’re with them all the time, they’re your sons - you get to see the way they are so grati-fied about the victory.”

Illinois has not been to a bowl game under Beckman, and the last time it appeared in the postseason was in 2011 at the Kraft Fight Hun-ger Bowl in San Francisco against UCLA. The Illini defeated the Bruins 20-14 under the guidance of inter-im coach Vic Koenning after Ron Zook was fired. Beck-man was on the sidelines for that win.

While Illinois started 2014 with three wins and a loss to Washington, the team would go on to lose three straight Big Ten games. This includ-ed a loss to Purdue at home that had many fans con-

vinced the season was over.But the Illini stuck it out

and stayed true to their six-win goal to snag a possible bowl game berth.

The Illini are likely to go to the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit or the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl in Dallas. Both games are on Dec. 26.

“It means the world,” quarterback Reilly O’Toole said on the team’s bowl game berth. “We set this goal early on. For a couple of weeks there, who would have thought we’d be in a position to go to a bowl ... We rose to the occasion; the coaches want it just as bad as we do. So we all just want-ed it real bad.”

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

ILLINOIS FOOTBALL’S BOWL HISTORYSeason Bowl Opponent Score W/L 1946 Rose UCLA 45-14 W 1951 Rose Stanford 40-7 W 1963 Rose Washington 17-7 W 1982 Liberty Alabama 15-21 L 1983 Rose UCLA 9-45 L 1985 Peach Army 29-31 L1988 All-American Florida 10-14 L 1989 Citrus Virginia 31-21 W 1990 Hall Of Fame Clemson 0-30 L 1991 Sun UCLA 3-6 L 1992 Holiday Hawaii 17-27 L 1994 Liberty East Carolina 30-0 W 1999 MicronPC Virginia 63-21 W 2001 Sugar LSU 34-47 L 2007 Rose USC 17-49 L 2010 Texas Baylor 38-14 W 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger UCLA 20-14 W

2011 KRAFT FIGHT HUNGER BOWL FACTSFinal Score: Illinois 20, UCLA 14Location: AT&T Park, San Francisco Illinois Stat Leaders: Quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase was 18-for-30 passing for 139 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He added 110 rushing yards on 22 carries. Shift of the game: An interception and 39-yard touchdown return from Illini defensive back Terry Hawthorne late in the third quarter gave Illinois its first lead, one it didn’t relent.Of Note: The Illini outrushed the Bruins 178-18 yards. Fun Fact: The game started with an unusual twist to a regular part of the game. The coin toss was conducted using an Oreo in honor of the game’s sponsor, Kraft Foods.

DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORTThe Illinois Division

of Intercollegiate Athlet-ics is inviting season-tick-et holders to apply for the first ever Illini Fan Coun-cil. The council is designed to create a productive dia-logue between season-ticket holders and the DIA.

Members of the coun-cil must be a season-ticket holder in either football, vol-leyball, men’s basketball or women’s basketball. Mem-bers serve one-year terms beginning in February and must be able to participate in four meetings annually.

The council will have opportunities to contribute ideas, opinions and feedback to the DIA.

“One of our main goals heading into 2015 is to enhance the experience around Fighting Illini ath-letics,” said Director of Ath-letics Mike Thomas in a DIA press release. “By forming this new group, the DIA will have a direct line to our stakeholders that will help us make the most of every interaction with Illi-ni Nation.

“This is the first in a series of new initiatives that we will be rolling out over the next few months and we look forward to engag-ing our most passionate Illi-ni season-ticket holders and hearing their feedback.”

Fans can apply at fightin-gillini.com.

Football heads to Beckman’s first bowl game

KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Liz McMahon (14) and Anna Dorn (5) set up a block against a hit from Michigan’s Adeja Lambert during the game against the University of Michigan at Huff Hall on Nov. 30.

Short team, tall challengeVolleyball plays Murray State in NCAA tournament

Illini rebound with victory against UVA

Illini fans can voice opinions

It definitely won’t be an easy path, but the Illini have

shown this season that they have what it takes to win it all.

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SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Brittany Carter attempts a contested layup during the game against Virginia at the State Farm Center on Wednesday. The Illini won 86-63.

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their opponents.“This time of year is

always about you more,” Hambly said. “We’re looking at the opponent and we want to have a gameplan together, but because you have such short windows to scout ... It becomes a lot more about you.”

While the Illini won’t be looking past Murray State until the final point is scored, they have a bigger goal in mind than making it to the second round.

“We’ve made it a goal the past couple years to win the national championship and it’s just something we have in mind,” Viliunas said. “This year, it’s definitely tangible and I can’t wait to start.”

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

BY MATT GERTSMEIERSTAFF WRITER

Whenever a player faces the team he transferred from, one would expect there to be a bit of bad blood between the two.

However, that is not the case for Illinois hockey’s William Nunez.

Nunez spent his first two colle-giate seasons playing hockey for Robert Morris in Bensenville, Illi-nois, before transferring to play for the Illini for academic reasons. This weekend, for the third time in his career, Nunez will suit up in the visitor’s locker room at a rink he used to call home when the Illini (12-7-0) take on Robert Morris (16-2-1).

“I had a great two years there,” Nunez said. “My coach gave me a great opportunity to play and helped me grow as a player. I have nothing bad to say about them or the school; I had a great time there. If it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be where I am at today.”

Not only is this weekend a chance for Nunez to play against some familiar faces, but it’s also a chance for Illinois to sweep a con-ference rival.

Head coach Nick Fabbrini knows this will be no easy task. Robert Morris will be one of the tougher teams Illinois plays this season. Last year, Robert Morris was the runner-up for the ACHA National Championship, falling to Arizona State in the championship.

“They’re a solid team,” Fabbrini said. “This is the biggest weekend of (the) first semester for us. It’s huge CSCHL games, so we’re going to be ready to go.”

The Illini used a week off over Thanksgiving break to rest and get healthy after being swept by the defending champion Sun Dev-ils two weeks ago.

This weekend, Fabbrini thinks Illinois will need to minimize mistakes and capitalize on oppor-tunities, which the team failed

to do against Arizona State.“They’re not going to make a lot

of mistakes, and we need to play the same way,” Fabbrini said. “We had a ton of opportunities against ASU early in games and late in games and just weren’t able to capitalize. That’s something we’re spending some time on this week.”

For Nunez, he doesn’t believe he has an edge because he played two seasons for Robert Morris. The only advantage he thinks he has for this weekend is his familiar-ity with the rink.

Despite playing his last game for Robert Morris two years ago, Nunez has stayed in contact with his old coaches and teammates. This past week a few former team-mates have joked with Nunez that they know what Illinois will be doing on the power play, but this weekend Nunez wants to put all jokes aside and get two victories after Illinois lost four times to Robert Morris last season.

“We need two games,” Nunez said. “We’re 3-3 in conference play right now. We want to go into the new year on top and definite-ly put ourselves in the position to finish as high as we can, so we can be successful in the league tournament.”

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

Illinois at Robert MorrisWhen: 7:30 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at The Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Ill.Quick notes: William Nunez and the Illini have gotten healthy and look to get two victories against a tough Robert Morris opponent.Hidden Stat: Robert Morris beat Illinois four times last season and was the national runner-up.

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cruised from there.After a poor shooting start

to the season, the Illini have picked up their 3-point per-centage behind junior guard Kyley Simmons, who had 15 points and knocked down four 3-pointers against the Cavaliers. Simmons credits the team’s newfound range from beyond the arc to Illi-nois’ dominance in the paint, which draws a large amount of attention from opposing defenses.

“It’s unbelievable,” Sim-mons said. “It’s like a wide-open ocean; you’re just look-ing right at the basket and nothing else is in the way.”

Rebounding and refrain-ing from unnecessary fouls have been points of emphasis in recent practices, but the Illini were still out-rebound-ed 42-29 and committed 21 personal fouls against Vir-ginia. Despite those continu-ing issues, Illinois managed to come away with a 23-point victory, which might speak to the team’s potential.

“It was 40 minutes of com-plete basketball, and as well on both ends as we’ve played all year,” Bollant said.

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BY ETHAN SWANSONSTAFF WRITER

As the Big Ten took a com-manding 5-0 lead in this year’s Big Ten/ACC Chal-lenge on Tuesday, it seems as if the Big Ten has solidi-fied itself as the nation’s pre-mier basketball conference. Schools put an emphasis on sports that bring in the most revenue: football and men’s basketball. In the midst of all the chatter regarding March Madness and the col-lege football postseason year after year, many are oblivi-ous to the fact that basket-ball or football will most likely never be the Big Ten’s

most successful sports. The Big Ten is first and foremost a wrestling conference.

Since 1975, the Big Ten has claimed 30 NCAA team wrestling championships, nearly four times the num-ber of the next most success-ful conference, the Big 12, which has eight. Just last year at the 2013 NCAA Wres-tling Championships, the Big Ten crowned five individual champions of the 10 overall weight classes.

According to this year’s InterMat NCAA wrestling rankings, 11 of the 14 schools in the Big Ten are in the nation’s top-25, six of which

are in the top 12. Three-time Big Ten champion and All-American Jesse Delga-do described the Big Ten as the epicenter for wres-tling’s elite and its competi-tive nature played a factor in his decision to attend Illi-nois. Delgado also attributed a large part of his national success to a rigorous Big Ten schedule.

“The Big Ten is the hot bed for wrestling,” Delgado said. “I started at Cal Poly, and when I got the chance to come here, it’d be the same as if a running back from Southern Illinois got the chance to play at USC.

Big Ten wrestling is a grind, there are points in the sea-son when you’ll have five weeks going against guys in the top five, All-Americans. I’ve had a road trip where I wrestled two top-three wrestlers back-to-back. It prepares a lot of guys for nationals.”

Geographically, the Mid-west is tailor-made for pro-ducing wrestling elite. Lit-tered with hard-nosed cities such as Lincoln, Detroit and Chicago, the Midwest just breeds blue-collar tough-ness. When a harsh Mid-west winter drops two feet of lake-effect snow on the Min-

nesota landscape, kids really have no choice but to resort to an indoor sport. During the winter, Midwest youth can either trade their snow boots for basketball shoes or a singlet, and it seems pret-ty clear that many choose to strap on a singlet. Michigan-native and Illinois senior Jackson Morse described wrestling as a staple in the Midwest.

“Wrestling is important to the culture out here,” Morse said. “Every state is pretty competitive from a young age and that translates to success at the college level too. The Big Ten is the best

atmosphere for wrestling. Growing up in the Midwest, I never thought about going anywhere else.”

As a result, TheOpenMat.com has determined that out of the top-25 states for high school wrestling, 10 host a Big Ten university.

So as the Big Ten/ACC Challenge wraps up, it’s important to remember that the Big Ten has always stood alone in one regard: colle-giate wrestling.

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BY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER

Tuesday’s game against Miami was the Illinois men’s basketball team’s first real test of the year. Illinois didn’t pass.

The previously undefeated No. 24 Illini (6-1) dropped a 70-61 contest to No. 15 Miami (8-0). The loss was due in a large part to the Illini’s poor shooting.

Coming into the game against Miami, head coach John Groce had said on multiple occasions that if the Illini had an open shot, he wanted his players to take it.

This year Illinois has lived and died at the 3-point line, and it worked to start the season.

Through six games, Illi-nois was averaging 90 points per game, good for fifth in the country. The Illini were shooting 48.2 percent from the field, 43.4 percent from 3-point range and 76.5 percent from

the free throw line.Groce attributed the team’s

early-season success to focus.The Illini took a step back-

ward against the Hurricanes: Illinois shot 33.3 percent from the field, 23.3 percent from three and 66.7 percent from the free throw line.

The Illini routinely forced up quick 3-pointers and took shots from a foot or two behind the 3-point line multiple times in the game. Illinois also didn’t share the ball as well as it had in prior games, finishing with only seven assists, the Illini’s lowest total of the season.

At times the team looked like it did last year, relying on senior guard Rayvonte Rice to carry it offensively. Rice led the team with 22 points and 12 rebounds, but Malcolm Hill was the only other Illini to crack double figures (13 points). Transfer guards Aaron Cosby and Ahmad Starks shot a com-

bined 10 percent from the field, contributing 18 of the team’s 46 missed shots.

On the defensive side of the ball Illinois also stumbled. In its first six contests, Illinois had given up 70 or more points just once and held their opponents to 36.2 percent shooting from the field.

On Tuesday, Miami shot 37.9 percent from the field, 30 per-cent from three and 81 percent from the free throw line. The Hurricanes also shared the ball better than the Illini, finishing with 12 assists.

Coming into the game, Groce knew that Illinois’ defense would be tested by Miami’s quick, aggressive guards. The Illini allowed the Hurricanes’ three starting guards to score 38 of the team’s total points, while redshirt freshman guard Deandre Burnett added 19 off the bench.

Illinois will need to improve

dramatically on both the offen-sive and defensive sides of the ball if the team wants to have success moving forward. After playing American on Saturday, the Illini will play their tough-est two-game stretch so far this season, including neutral-site games against Villanova and Oregon, teams that are both led by explosive guards.

While the Illini and fans alike may hang their heads after this loss, head coach John Groce pointed out before the game that Illinois isn’t a finished product yet.

“I still don’t think we’ve played a complete 40-minute game yet,” Groce said Monday. “Which is encouraging, because I think we’ve played some real-ly good basketball, but I think our ceiling is still high.”

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

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