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Editor’s note: The Daily Illini held a Q&A over the phone with Edward McMillan, who was recently selected as chairman of the Board of Trustees. The following interview has been edited for length.

The Daily Illini: What will your focus be for the University as newly-elected chairman? Edward McMillan: First of all, is trying to make a very smooth transition from President (Robert) Easter to President (Timo-thy) Killeen, which will take place over the next three or four months and probably end in May. Sec-ond, is obviously dealing with the challenges from the state relative to fund-ing from the state to the University, and all the campuses. Thirdly, I think Dr. Killeen is trying to get up-to-speed on learning about the University and the three campuses and the magnet schools and all that’s involved, and then begin a process of envi-sioning strategic direction for the University.

DI: How do you plan to work with Gov. Bruce Rauner? How is working on his transition team? EM: The fi rst initiative that Gov. Rauner and the team put in place was

to create 12 policy com-mittees that were then charged with advising the Governor on issues that needed to be addressed in all 12 policy areas. The three that I provided some insight to were the educa-tion committee, the agri-cultural committee and the economic development committee ... The Gover-nor’s challenge to them, and obviously to all of us, was to think about the things that needed to be done in the fi rst 100 days of his administration, sec-ondly to look at things that would be addressed and dealt with in the fi rst year, and then lastly, those things that were longer term that could be accomplished during the four years of his term as

Board chairman looks forward to crafting new vision for University

Getting interactive at Activity Day

SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIAthrey Nadhan, junior in Engineering, explains the functionality of a robot to a student during Activity Day at the Illini Union on Wednesday. Activity Day featured booths and performances from RSOs, such as iRobotics, to expose students to opportunities to get involved on campus.

BY CHARLOTTE COLLINSSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois Student Sen-ate is looking to gauge the success of efforts to open dialogue on sexual assault: something that cannot be chalked up to numbers.

It’s On Us, a national cam-paign, endorsed and adver-tised by public fi gures rang-ing from President Barack Obama to Snapchat, aims to raise awareness for sex-ual assault and promotes the notion of a community

responsibility to prevent sex-ual assault.

ISS began its own cam-paign at the beginning of the school year, and its efforts have been recognized by the White House. Several PSAs have been released featur-ing campus leaders, such as Chancellor Phyllis Wise, bas-ketball coach John Groce and Fighting Illini athletes.

Vice President-Internal Sarah Hochman said she

ISS defi nes “It’s On Us” success

BY FARAZ MIRZASTAFF WRITER

The Spice Box, a stu-dent-run restaurant inside Bevier Hall, is launching a series of themed dinners on Friday, starting with “The One with the Spice Box Din-ner” inspired by the hit TV show “Friends.”

Jennifer Gulas, senior in ACES and organizer of the “Friends” event, said the dinners serve as “senior capstone projects” and are required of all seniors majoring in hospitality

management as part of their fi nal grade.

“You run the restaurant for a night, so you come up with the menu, the meal, the theme, all the costing and purchasing, the deco-rations and you act as the restaurant manager for the night,” Gulas said. “Each senior has to do one, and we do them on Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the spring semester.”

Although the Spice Box is student-run, students will not be able to pay using

meal plans or credits from University Housing’s Din-ing Hall services.

“It’s just like a normal restaurant, so you pay cash or credit,” Gulas said.

The dinner’s menu con-sists of a four-course fi ne dining meal with two pri-mary options: the “Prix Fixe” option and the “Spe-cial” option. Each individu-al item on the menu alludes to different characters, events and jokes from the TV show.

The Prix Fixe is four

courses, including an appetizer, salad, entree and dessert, while the spe-cial includes two to three courses with a different entree, and the dessert “A La Carte”. The dinner will also include a full bar menu and the “How YOU doin’” featured beverage.

Gulas admitted that she initially felt clueless about what to do for her capstone project’s theme; however, she knew she wanted it to be something fresh and unexpected.

“I didn’t want to do a par-ticular food genre like Ital-ian or Mexican,” Gulas said. “I wanted to do something that was kind of unique and that I really enjoyed and could do fun decorations with.”

As she brainstormed several possible ideas for a theme, Gulas recalled that she and a friend, who grad-uated from the Universi-ty last year, spent most of college watching the show

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“It would probably be Ross. He’s awkward, I’m awkward. He’s a paleontologist and I want to get a PhD in a humanity as well.”

Q: Who is your favorite “Friends” character and why?

The Spice Box hosts ‘Friends’ themed dinner

“I’d have to say Chandler. He’s really funny, I love his jokes.”

“Joey is just full of life and very funny. I was rewatching some old episodes on Netfl ix the other day, and he jokes all the time.”

“My gut says Rachel. I think she’s a witty girl; I love her and Ross, their ups and downs, and I like how she makes a fool of herself.”

What's on the menu? He’s Her Lobster Stuffed

Mushrooms Phoebe’s Winter

Wedding SaladJoey’s Chick & Duck

(minus the duck!) Rachel’s Trifl e (beef

sautéed with peas and onions not included) It’s Not Pink! It’s Salmon

(with lemon risotto)SOURCE: THE SPICE BOX

Upcoming “It’s On Us” campaign events: February

YouTube ads will premiere in February

The Illinois Student Senate will host a Q&A session on Twitter about preventing sexual assault. Students who tweet at the student senate will have a

chance to win a free t-shirt. April

The student senate will observe sexual assault awareness month in partnership with the Women’s Resource Center.

“The Hunting Ground” will be screened.SOURCE: VICE PRESIDENT-EXTERNAL

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WEATHERPOLICE

Champaign Theft was reported in

the 500 block of South First Street around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, an unknown offender stole a package.

Burglary from a motor vehicle was reported in the 400 block of East Spring-fi eld Avenue around 8:30

p.m. Tuesday. According to the report,

an unknown offender broke the back window of the vic-tim’s vehicle and stole a lap-top computer.

University Theft was reported at

the Activities and Recre-ation Center, 201 E. Peabody Dr., around 12 p.m. Monday.

According to the report, a student reported that a jacket and headphones were stolen from a padlocked locker. The items have an estimated value of $150.

Urbana Nothing to report.

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DI: Have you worked with Gov. Rauner previously? EM: I’ve known Gov-ernor Rauner for many years. When I was presi-dent and CEO of Purina Mills in St. Louis there were times when we were seeking investment par-ticipation with the com-pany and his fi rm, Golder Thoma Cressey Rauner (GTCR), was involved. And then, for the last 18 or 19 years, as I’ve worked in the merger and acquisition and the food and agribusi-ness industry, there have

been times when we’ve contacted their fi rm ... I served on his exploratory committee when he fi rst was thinking about run-ning, but then stepped off of the involvement once he declared his candidacy, because as a member of the Board of Trustees, it’s just not appropriate for us to be involved in a cam-paign for governor.

DI: How do you plan to work with newly-appointed President Timothy Killeen? EM: I would expect ear-ly on Dr. Killeen - soon to be President Killeen - and I will spend a lot of time talking about how we can further enhance both attracting and retain-

ing the world’s best and brightest faculty and researchers, and then how we can continue to accel-erate technology commer-cialization and obviously how that can be a major support for Gov. Rauner’s initiative to strengthen the business community in the state to be able to attract businesses to come here and to be able to expand businesses. Obviously at the University, we spend a lot of time in our incuba-tors starting up new com-panies. Obviously, we want to continue to do that in conjunction with our pro-fessors and researchers as well as with commer-cial companies externally as we do in the Research

Park in Champaign. But also to retain those people and to retain their busi-nesses for the state means that we’ve got to attract venture capital to those initiatives here and not continue to lose businesses to the coasts.

DI: There have been talks about possible censure from the American Association of University Professors because of Steven Salaita’s case. How would this impact the campus if we were censured? EM: I can’t really give you enough of an opinion about that to give you an answer. I think that’s probably a better question for Presi-dent Easter or one of the Chancellor’s; I just don’t

have an opinion for you right now.

DI: What are your thoughts on the proposed College of Medicine for Urbana’s campus? EM: I’m very interested in hearing more about it. As you probably know, we had a very detailed pre-sentation from the joint (Audit, Budget, Finance and Facilities) committees that talked both about the proposed plan for it as well as a kind of top line of the fi nancial require-ments for it, including the money that (Carle Founda-tion Hospital) would put up as well as the amount that would be required to be raised independently.

I know there’s been a lot of discussion about if it’s complimentary to the Col-lege of Medicine in Chi-cago or is competitive to that, or some even think it may be detrimental to that. We obviously want to make sure we fully under-stand that. My under-standing is that there will be a more competitive recommendation being brought to the Board in the March meeting com-ing from President Easter, and I think Dr. Killeen will be working with Pres-ident Easter on bringing that forward.

Abigale can be reached at [email protected].

believes a large social media presence and national recog-nition will bring the topic to the forefront and challenge students to be more than bystanders and to refrain from victim-blaming.

“My main focus in how we’re going to know that we met our goal is the nation-ally highlighted success,” Hochman said. “We’ve made the White House newsletter multiple times for being a leader in this campaign, not just among Illinois students knowing what’s going on, but really around the country.”

While ISS does have some quantifi able evidence of hav-ing spread the It’s On Us message, such as YouTube views and approximately

500 pledges, they plan to get more face-to-face contact with students in the months to come.

Vice President-Exter-nal Matt Hill said ISS will be branching out to get in touch with students and has partnered with the Women’s Resources Center to plan a screening of the fi lm “The Hunting Ground.” The mov-ie focuses on rape culture in a university environment in honor of April standing as national Sexual Assault Awareness month.

In February, ISS is also planning to host a question-and-answer session through Twitter, regarding the mis-sion of the campaign and tips on how to prevent sexu-al assault. If students tweet to the student senate, they can receive a free It’s On Us t-shirt.

Assistant Director of the Women’s Resources Center Molly McLay looks forward to seeing results around cam-pus in the form of dialogue and sexual assault aware-ness being a part of every-day conversations.

“This is a community effort, and we want to hear more people talking about the issue,” said McLay. “When we see people outside of the Women’s Resource Center, and the usual groups that work on these issues — like this, FYCARE, the Counsel-ing Center, the police depart-ment — when we see groups from outside of those circles start to talk about it more, that is showing that cam-paigns like this are working. It can’t just be the work of a prevention advocate, it needs to be the work of everyone.”

Hochman said that while

the few quantifi able indica-tors of success such as pledg-es and PSA views are the most obvious markers of the campaign having reached its goal, she hopes to generate any amount of change in the way students think about sexual assault and bring attention to a serious topic that isn’t always a part of common conversation.

“I think we live in this culture and on this campus where things like this hap-pen every day and are not being reported, addressed, not being talked about,” said Hochman. “I think even by creating this small amount of change, we’re choosing to be part of the solution and not part of the problem.”

Charlotte can be reached at [email protected].

together.Gulas said the project

encompasses everything she learned throughout her time as a student in hospitality management, including food science and management.

“It’s kind of like our big ‘end of the year’ project,” Gulas said.

Gulas explained that the decorations in the restau-rant would refl ect different aspects of the popular sit-com, including a couple of windows decorated like the apartments of Joey Tribbi-ani and Monica Geller, as

well as giant coffee mugs serving as centerpiec-es, hinting at the popular “Central Perk” cafe from the show.

Though the sitcom’s 10 seasons were added to Netfl ix on Jan. 1, Gulas said the timing was purely coincidental.

“I was going to do it no matter what, but it kind of worked out in my favor now that Friends just came on Netfl ix,” she said.

The event will take place Friday, with reservations available between 5 and 7:30 p.m.

Faraz can be reached at [email protected].

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BY FATIMA FARHASTAFF WRITER

Icy conditions earlier this week reminded Urbana citizens to keep their side-walks clear for students walking to class and com-munity members getting around town.

The Urbana Public Works issued an ordinance Tues-day, requiring property owners to clear the snow and ice on their sidewalks within 24 hours.

The ice accumulated dangerously on the side-walks Monday, causing pedestrians to have a dif-fi cult time walking on the sidewalks, said Scott Tess, environmental sustainabil-ity manager at Urbana Pub-lic Works.

Tess said the sidewalk snow removal ordinance requires homeowners, apartment owners and business owners in Urba-na to clear the ice and snow within the 48-inch width of their sidewalks.

“If there is cumulation of ice that can’t be removed with a shovel, property owners can put down salt to melt the ice or put down salt or sand to make the surface gritty so it can be walked on safely,” Tess said.

Residents are given 24 hours to comply after the ordinance is issued, and there are usually no prob-lems when it comes to com-pliance, Tess said.

Though if a proper-

ty owner does not com-ply within the allotted time, they will be given a warning and an addition-al 24 hours to clear the ice or snow. If it still is not cleared by that time, the city may choose to clear the sidewalk and bill the prop-erty owner.

“We encourage all the residents and businesses to be good neighbors and clear snow and ice as soon as they can so everyone has a safe pedestrian environ-ment,” Tess said.

Urbana resident and Alderman for Ward 1, Char-lie Smyth, said the ordi-nance is necessary to make sure that property owners do their part in keeping the neighborhood a safe place

for pedestrians. Smyth said he had a very

diffi cult time walking and riding his bike on Monday when the ice had settled in, and he had to resort to using the roads, which were less slippery. He said drivers on the road should stay mindful of the fact that pedestrians may have to use the road due to the icy conditions.

“Be careful, and respect each other’s right to be out in the road,” Smyth said. “Homeowners, apartment owners, business owners can all do their own parts to make sure the ice is clear on the road.”

Fatima can be reached at [email protected].

Maker of crashed White House drone to regulate future location

The manufacturer of the drone that crashed on the White House grounds earli-er this week plans to install software in its devices that would prevent them from fl ying in Washington.

DJI, the China-based company that manufac-tures the quad-copter found at the White House, will install software in the coming weeks that will dis-able several models of its

drones from fl ying over a 15.5-mile radius that spans downtown Washington, it said in a statement.

It said the restriction is part of a planned exten-sion of the company’s no-fl y zone system that pro-hibits fl ight near airports and other locations where such fl ights are restricted by local authorities, the company said in a state-ment released Wednesday.

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Convictions erased for ‘Friendship 9’s’ whites-only lunch counter sit-in

The convictions of 9 South Carolina black men who sat at a whites-only lunch counter to challenge Southern Jim Crow rules in 1961 and then chose to serve a month on a chain gang rather than post bail were thrown out on Wednesday.

This formally ended one of the key episodes of the

civil rights era.Judge Mark Hayes issued

his ruling exonerating the group, which has become known to history as the Friendship 9.

“We cannot rewrite his-tory, but we can right his-tory,” the judge said in tele-vised proceedings. He then signed the order throwing out the charges.

Senate Democrats press majority Republicans toward immigration funds

WASHINGTON — Sen-ate Democrats are increas-ing pressure on majority Republicans to abandon plans to block President Barack Obama’s immigra-tion orders as a condition of funding the Homeland Security Department.

Second-ranking Senate

Democrat Richard Durbin said that it would be “the height of irresponsibili-ty,” given recent terrorist attacks in France and else-where, for Republicans to use the spending measure to try to thwart Obama’s easing of the deportation of undocumented immigrants

Jordan may accept Islamic State hostage deal if pilot freed

BEIRUT — Jordan will release a militant that Islamic State wants freed in a prisoner swap only if a captured Jordanian air force pilot being held by the group is part of any deal.

Islamic State has demanded that Jor-dan hand over Sajida al-Rishawi, a convicted Iraqi jihadist on death row, as its price for freeing Japa-nese war journalist Kenji Goto being held in Syria. The militant group didn’t

mention releasing the pilot, Muath al-Kaseasbeh, in a video posted on the Inter-net on Tuesday offering the swap for Goto.

Jordan has said it is tak-ing unprecedented steps to ensure the freedom of the two hostages, and Bassam Al-Manaseer, chairman of the foreign affairs com-mittee in the lower house of parliament in Amman, said on Wednesday that he expected to hear good news “in the next few hours.”

Millions may face tax penalties under health law provisions

An estimated 3 million to 6 million households that fi le 2014 income tax returns might incur pen-alties this tax season for failing to secure health insurance last year under the Affordable Care Act.

Senior offi cials at the Treasury and Health and Human Services depart-ments wouldn’t confi rm the estimates during a tele-phone briefi ng Wednesday. They did, however, say that

2 percent to 4 percent of an estimated 150 million taxpayers are likely to be penalized.

The health law’s “indi-vidual mandate” required last year for the fi rst time that most Americans obtain health insurance or face a penalty equal to 1 percent of their annual household income, or $95 per adult and $47.50 per child — whichever is higher.

Urbana issues snow clearing ordinance

BY MICHAEL DOYLETRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON — Attor-ney general nominee Loret-ta Lynch deftly maneuvered through her confi rmation hearing Wednesday, pledging to retain her independence and restore some frayed rela-tions on Capitol Hill.

Pressed about Obama administration policies on such issues as immigration and marijuana, Lynch avoid-ed major sand traps and unexpected commitments as she presented herself as the voice of reason before the 19-member Senate Judiciary Committee.

“I look forward to foster-ing a new and improved rela-tionship with this committee, the United States Senate and the entire United States Con-gress, a relationship based on mutual respect and constitu-tional balance,” Lynch said.

A 55-year-old native of Greensboro, N.C., Lynch currently serves as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern Dis-trict of New York, based in Brooklyn.

With her father, the Rev. Lorenzo Lynch, and other relatives sitting behind her, and her mother, Lorine, back home in Durham, N.C., Lynch attributed her law enforce-ment strengths to “tenac-ity and resolve,” as well as to “insight and compassion” she learned from her family.

Lynch cited cybercrime, national security and the tar-geting of “fi nancial fraud-sters” as among her top pri-orities. She stressed that while she was “not involved” in President Barack Obama’s controversial executive action deferring deporta-tion of immigrants, she said she found the Justice Department’s legal analysis reasonable.

Buffi ng her law enforce-ment credentials, Lynch called the National Security Agency’s surveillance pro-grams “constitutional and effective” and said “the fed-eral narcotics laws will still be enforced” even as states legalize marijuana.

At times, she emphasized the importance of maintain-

ing a degree of separation from the president that nominated her.

“The attorney general has a unique responsibili-ty to provide independent and objective advice when it is sought, and sometimes even when it is not sought,” Lynch said.

At other times, she spoke succinctly, as when she was asked about harsh interro-gation techniques autho-rized during the George W. Bush administration.

“Waterboarding is tor-ture,” Lynch said, “and thus illegal.”

If confi rmed, as seems certain, Lynch would replace Attorney General Eric Holder, who has served since 2009.

Loathed by conservative Republicans, and voted in contempt of Congress by the GOP-controlled House in June 2012, Holder was an invisible presence in the spacious second-fl oor Hart Senate Offi ce Build-ing hearing room. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told Lynch

that “Attorney General Holder’s record is heavy on our minds,” and Hold-er’s alleged shortcomings were repeatedly thrown at Lynch.

“Over the last few years, public confi dence in the department’s ability to do its job without regard to politics has been shaken, with good reason,” said Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the committee’s 81-year-old chairman.

Eighty-two U.S. attor-neys general will have pre-ceded Lynch since 1789, if she is confi rmed. Lynch, though, would be the fi rst African-American female to hold the offi ce.

Born in May 1959 in Greensboro, N.C., where her father was a Baptist minister, Lynch graduated from Harvard College and, like the president, Harvard Law School. But they were not classmates.

She served as federal prosecutor in Brooklyn for 11 years.

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OLIVIER DOULIERY TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEU.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch testifi es during a confi rmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, in Washington, D.C. Lynch will succeed Eric Holder to be the next U.S. Attorney General if confi rmed by the Senate.

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While February is usual-ly known as the month of love in the air,

the color red and especial-ly hearts, I’ve always seen some of the month’s symbols in a more literal sense.

February is actually also known as National Heart Awareness Month, a month that serves as a reminder to keep an active heart, both physically and emotionally.

Every 33 seconds, some-one in the United States dies from the leading cause of death in both men and wom-en: cardiovascular disease. That’s over 2,600 people every day.

As someone who is already at high risk for this disease due to a family history of diabetes and various heart conditions, I urge all my peers to plan for prevention and learn about their own risk factors for this debilitat-ing disease from a trusted physician.

However, even though CVD is on the rise, college students are dealing with another heart related prob-lem — just not a physical one.

Psychologists Jean M. Twnege and W. Keith Camp-bell, when conducting a com-

prehensive study within a group of 37,000 college stu-dents, saw selfish and narcis-sistic personality traits rise almost as quickly as obe-sity from the 1980s to the present.

These findings emphasize our need for maintaining a well-rounded heart, both in health and in compassion.

Over the past four years, I’ve volunteered at Edward Heart Hospital and wit-nessed both patients and families suffering from this “silent” disease. So, first hand, I’ve seen many cases of patients — ranging from the ages of 16 all the way to 94 — who have had to cope with CVD in some way.

However, the biggest fas-cination that volunteering left me with wasn’t only the patients’ endurance through a disease such as CVD, it was the immense mutual care that both physicians and patients consistently dis-played. They demonstrated kindness, resilience, care and optimism, even in such a bleak environment.

Despite their hearts’ poor physicality, the patients tru-ly showed me qualities that I should apply to my own life. These are qualities that I think should be transferable to the students of this Uni-versity, as well.

As I watched patients interact with doctors and nurses, I noticed that they had established give-and-

take relationships: Only when a physician would show tenderness and care from the heart would the patient then be comfortable enough to trust their physicians and share information regarding their heart condition.

Both physicians and patients constantly dem-onstrated how a physical-ly healthy heart isn’t the only quality that matters in health care.

I saw this mutual relation-ship work even between a patient and a volunteer such as myself.

For example, after weeks of smiling, arranging bed sheets and delivering flow-ers to one particular elderly man who had suffered from severe strokes, he start-ed smiling back and even shared stories of his past as a war veteran.

The patient let me in on a life that was filled with so much grief and loss, and I was astonished that a stranger trusted me enough to confide in me so much.

The elderly man’s con-stant warmth and caring remarks were a kind of light that I was surprised to see in that environment, as many CVD patients in that hospital were in so much physical pain.

I try my hardest now to mimic this same relation-ship outside of the health care setting with people I interact with on a day-to-

day basis. Whether it’s ask-ing someone how their day went or paying a compliment to a stranger or even chas-ing a kid’s runaway ball and throwing it back to him, I’ve since noticed that people will always appreciate even the smallest of gestures to show that you care.

Not only is a beating heart crucial, but many of us are in need of keeping an affec-tionate one too.

This is especially impor-tant as college students of this day-and-age may tend to focus on their own miniscule problems and lives rather than caring for another, as the study suggested.

While many of us are try-ing to prepare for a job that involves caring for others or even just working with oth-ers, it seems ironic that our generation is on the rise for selfishness.

However, if the same type of concern and care was placed not just in health care, but in our daily lives, our campus could foster even more respect for one another.

Therefore, this Valen-tine’s Day, I challenge each one of you to try to be larger than you are: Set a mission to keep not only a healthy heart, but a beautiful one too.

Kaanan is a freshman in LAS. She can be reached at [email protected].

As of late, I’ve got-ten into the habit of whimsically throw-

ing some spinach leaves and hunks of goat cheese on to a Jack’s Frozen Pizza I get from the store as part of a three-for-ten-dollars sort of deal.

I call it artisanal pizza. In categorizing my other-

wise ordinary frozen dinner as “artisanal” merely for the fact that it is topped ever-so-artistically with toppings one does not find typically atop a Jack’s Frozen Pizza, my per-sonal goal is, one might have guessed, to mock and criti-cize the increasing trend of over-branding various food products to take on a preten-tious aura.

To be frank, the increased popularity of over-branding foods is a topic I find equal parts puzzling and hilarious. But it creates other implica-tions that go beyond mere hilarity.

Several online publications, such as Bitch Magazine and EcoSalon have published arti-cles demonizing the branding of certain food items, such as kale and quinoa, claiming these labels alienate the low-er classes and prevent them from purchasing nutritious, healthy foods. They call it “food gentrification.”

The term gentrification is generally used to describe real estate, but in general sig-nifies an increase in value, alienating a lower class.

In my eyes, the notion of food gentrification is extreme and out of place; the only out-comes created through cer-tain foods labeled as “super” is an absence of information in place of trendy, fashionable advertising.

The European Union has taken measures to address this problem of fad-foods. Like myself, a BBC article empha-sized the impor-tance and simultane-ous lack of nutritional food infor-mation. As the article explains, in 2007, the EU “will ban the use of the term superfood unless it is accompanied by a specific authorised health claim that explains to custom-ers why the product is good for their health.”

I think this is a good, useful tactic. If the same provisions were applied to food prod-ucts at say, Whole Foods, the description cards for super chic kale and boring brocco-li would reveal that the latter is just as much, if not more, nutritional than the faddy for-

mer produce, where kale con-sists of .6 grams of fiber per cup and broccoli has 2.3. Sim-ilarly, there are 278 mg potas-sium per cup of broccoli and 79 mg per cup of kale.

It seems as though almost anybody — but most preva-lently places such as Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s — can attach a trendy vibe onto the names of food products and, in doing so, can potentially increase consumer demand.

Let me illustrate this phe-nomenon for you with a Whole Foods blog post from January,

2014: “Collards are the New Kale.”

Not once does the Whole Foods blog post mention any nutritional benefits asso-ciated with the frequent diges-tion of col-lards; instead, it replaces substantial information

with cute, pleasing-to-the-eye photographs of artfully pre-pared collard greens featured alongside phrases contain-ing sexy words like “versa-tile,” “interchangeable” and “beautiful.” If you want to be healthier, that’s great — but broccoli or the now-out-of-vogue celery sticks will cer-tainly suffice.

Before the age of trendy food, it would have never occurred to me that anybody

could act so passionately on behalf of a vegetable. These days, you can find a wide range of fancy products grac-ing the shelves of your local Whole Foods, ranging from organic heirloom tomatoes to chia seeds.

But beyond my incessant, snarky and ultimately inef-fectual laughter, and besides the lack of substantial infor-mation offered on the behalf of these superfood products, there are few larger-scale impacts of the branded food craze.

Although I do think the term food gentrification — and the hashtag that ultimate-ly accompanied its advent into American English usage — is a bit on the extreme, overly dramatized side, its underlying point gets across an important message: Foods should be nutritious before they are fashionable, and they should be readily acces-sible to families across all incomes.

Beyond the mask of frivol-ity branding foods attaches to once-mundane vegetable products, for example, it does little to harm the less for-tunate’s ability to consume healthy, nutritious foods.

So, let the bourgeois eat their hard-earned superfluous food products, and the rest of us can stick, unharmed, to broccoli and cauliflower.

Carly is a junior in FAA. She can be reached at [email protected].

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The Board of Trustees appointed Edward Mc-Millan as its new chair-man on Jan. 15, and he’s much different than his

predecessor, Chris Kennedy. And with these differences, we hope McMillan will bring about new improvements — namely, to the University’s relationship with the state.

McMillan is a downstater and a University alumnus, graduating with a B.S. in agriculture in 1969. Kennedy, the son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is a Boston-native, who attended Boston College and Northwestern University.

Unlike Kennedy, McMillan is a Republican, and he will likely lead a Republican-leaning board. Gov. Bruce Rauner, the first Re-publican governor since 2003, will have the power to appoint five Republicans to four Demo-crats.

Both McMillan and Kenne-dy have many years of experi-ence on the board, serving as members since 2009. With their terms expiring this year, howev-er, Rauner reappointed McMillan for another six-year term. Ken-nedy, who served as chair since he was appointed by former-Gov. Pat Quinn, did not seek reap-pointment after Rauner’s elec-tion.

What we’re most looking for-ward to is McMillan’s person-al and professional history with Rauner. In his Q-and-A with The Daily Illini, McMillan went into detail about this relation-ship, claiming that he has known Rauner on a professional level for many years.

“When I was president and CEO of Purina Mills in St. Louis there were times when we were seek-ing investment participation with the company and his firm Gold-er, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner was involved,” McMillan said. “And then, for the last 18 or 19 years, as I’ve worked in the merger and acquisition and the food and agri-business industry there have been times when we’ve contacted their firm.”

Their relationship has extended beyond that. McMillan served on Rauner’s exploratory committee when he first considered running for governor. After Rauner won November’s election, McMillan and Chancellor Phyllis Wise were placed on his transition team.

This has the potential to be a very positive step in mending the relationship between the Univer-sity and the state of Illinois.

For years, that relationship has been terrible. University admin-istrators came to view the state as an “unreliable partner.” De-creasing state funding, late and inconsistent payments and a pen-sion crisis made dealing with the state a consistent headache for the University.

It hurts both the University and the state of Illinois to have a strained relationship between the state government and the state’s flagship academic institution. A positive relationship could do wonders for both.

Although McMillan admitted he won’t work with Rauner di-rectly — he will rely on Univer-sity administrators for that — we hope that McMillan’s history with Rauner will help repair the University’s relationship with the state government.

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Krannert Art Museum’s spring 2015 public open-ing reception will feature collections of art ranging from contemporary pieces to traditional Japanese art. The opening reception kicks off Thursday at 6 p.m. and will display five different exhibits.

For “MetaModern,” one of the five exhibits, the opening will be the first stop on a two-and-a-half year, six-location tour across the nation. The exhibit highlights some of the best metamodernist works, according to cura-tors Judith Hoos Fox and Ginger Gregg Duggan of CuratorSquared.

“MetaModern” will be displayed alongside oth-er exhibits such as “Art-ists Including Me: Wil-liam Wegman,” “Versions and Revisions,” “Specula-tive Visions of Pragmatic Architectures” and “With the Grain: Japanese Wood-block Prints from the Postwar Years.”

Fox, who has over thirty years of curatorial expe-rience in the field, has worked at various muse-ums and exhibits studying a range of art types includ-ing the many facets of mod-ernism, according to Cura-torSquared’s website.

“In the case of Modern-ism, it was originally con-sidered to be beyond style, as style changes according to social and historic con-text,” Fox said. “But Mod-ernism was considered to be truth, rather than a mutable style. What we have seen, with now 50 to 80 years dis-tance, is that no, Modernism was indeed a style, and not a truth. It was not the end of style.”

Artists featured in “MetaModern,” like Con-rad Bakker, seem to be com-menting on modernism by modifying its own style to achieve their metamod-

ernist purpose. Bakker’s work like “Untitled Project: eBay (Ding)” is a part of the exhibit. Bakker intends “to reveal and critically com-ment upon the political economies and relational networks between persons and things,” according to his website.

Luke Turner of Notes on Modernism, an online web-zine that compiles work on Metamodernism from var-ious media, stated, “The metamodern generation understands that we can be both ironic and sincere in the same moment; that one does not necessarily dimin-ish the other.”

The exhibit will be on

display from Thursday to March 30, and more than 10 artists’ works will be featured.

Accompanying metamod-ernism at this opening will be a more minimalist and rather playful “Artists Including Me: William Wegman” exhibit.

Wegman, a University alumnus, is known for his famous paintings and pho-tographs of Weimaraners. A look at Wegman’s website provides a sense of his pas-sion toward using Weima-raners as subjects: books, art and videos of the ani-mal. However, his artwork is far more experimental than simple portraits of dogs. This is evident in “Artists Including Me,” in which Wegman comments

on a list of lauded artists including Leonardo Da Vin-ci and Wassily Kandinsky in a humorous manner.

“In this exhibition, Weg-man parades through the history of art with refer-ences to iconic artists and

art movements, all the while using visual puns and subversive humor,” wrote Kathryn Polite, co-curator of Wegman’s exhibit, in an email.

“Artists Including Me” is a collection of works done from the mid-1970s to present day includ-ing Polaroids, drawings and paintings with found postcards. William Weg-man will also be present at Krannert Art Museum on March 5 for an “Art-ists Talk” lecture. “Speculative Visions

of Pragmatic Architec-ture” will feature works of Erik Hemingway, asso-ciate professor of Archi-tecture, in an attempt to “raise awareness in sav-ing lesser-known modern-ist homes as well as high-lighting the history of their regional design impor-tance,” according to Kran-nert Art Museum’s website. “With the Grain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Postwar Years” takes a tra-ditional turn in the mod-ernist opening with its Jap-anese prints produced by both Japanese and foreign print artists.

Manisha can be reached at features @dailyillini.com.

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in Social Work, also feels fortunate to be a part of the Go: Organic Orchestra and to be able to experience Rudolph’s teaching style.

“It’s cool to get his point of view on teaching,” Rast said. “When he took us all aside and taught us all these rhythms, it was really inter-esting to see how he teach-es someone to play impro-vised music because it is something that is so hard to teach.”

Feeling fortunate to have had influential artists, such as the trumpeter Don Cher-ry, impacts him greatly. Rudolph said he felt like it was his time to share his experiences with others. Therefore, in 2001 he began practicing conducted impro-vised music leading him to create the project.

He said he believes music coming from the body, mind and spirit is an oral tradi-tion, where older musi-cians should share their knowledge with younger musicians.

“What I love about con-

ducting the Go: Organic Orchestra is encouraging the musicians to cultivate their imagination,” Rudolph said. “I love seeing every-one blossom in the process of developing their music individually, but also in the context of the collective.”

Since the project’s incep-tion, Rudolph has intro-duced it to various groups of musicians around the globe. From Sicily to Denmark, the Go: Organic Orchestra has been able to gather differ-ent performers to create a unique, improvised sound.

“This is like a new vision of a 21st century orchestra,” Rudolph said. “The music is prototypical and is going to sound like itself. People should come prepared to hear something that they have never heard before.”

Rudolph said he believes that what makes the Go: Organic Orchestra unique is the fact that no one knows how the music is going to unfold. Unlike the tradition-al ways an orchestra oper-ates, musicians get to par-ticipate in what is happening in the music in Rudolph’s orchestra.

“There is a philosophical

basis for this because that’s the nature of how we live anyway. The future really doesn’t exist, and the past doesn’t really exist. They are concepts of the mind. All that really exists is what is in the moment,” he said.

He said he hopes the audience will be actively engaged as they join him on an adventure to see how the performance develops.

“It’s a really exciting opportunity because the audience gets to get on board with us as we create the music in the moment and not really know what’s going to happen next,” Rudolph said.

With praises from various critics such as LA Weekly and allaboutjazz.com, the Go: Organic Orchestra is noted to be an interesting presentation of “a blend of gentle sustained disso-nance, heaven-crashing rhythm jams, and individ-ual improvisations.”

“Hopefully, we inspire other people to become more creative themselves in what-ever they do,” Rudolph said.

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more knowledge of musical theory and the science and math behind music. I learned a lot more by ear, listening to jazz and playing along with it. I (soon) developed my knowledge of music the-ory, and they do a great job of teaching me how to play.”

Pugh said Allen’s once-inexperienced background is what helped him stand out among the other applicants.

“Byron is young and enthusiastic. His heart is on his sleeve when he’s playing. He has an innocence and a purity in his approach to music and the way he plays. I remember seeing that in myself,” Pugh said. “It’s something for all of us to remember. You like to keep in touch with that as much as you can. It’s been really fun to see this talented freshman where things start to fall into place.”

In contrast, Seybert had a different approach to the contest.

As an older and more expe-rienced musician, Seybert was looking for an excuse to create new recordings.

“I thought I might as well send it out to some competi-tions,” Seybert said. “When it comes to judging music, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I am grateful that the judges who listened to me felt moved to make me a finalist. ... Honestly, I was

happy I made the recordings and could share them with others.”

Seybert grew up in a musi-cal home; his father was a trombone player and influ-enced an 11-year-old Seybert to follow his father’s path and play the trombone.

“We had a trombone in the house already, so it was a convenient choice. I have been playing trombone for 15 years,” Seybert said with a pause. “Man, I’m getting old ...”

Pugh explained that Sey-bert’s experience and exper-tise show when he plays, and that it’s what helped him stand out on the recordings he submitted.

“Austin is very thoughtful and smart and a very good composer,” Pugh said. “He has a lot of understanding of music under his belt. It’s interesting teaching him and being much more detailed. Austin showed me a couple fancy scales I hadn’t thought of before.”

But with a little over a month until the competi-tion, Seybert, Allen and Pugh have realized that this experience isn’t about the award or the achievement: It’s about the opportunity to share their biggest passion with others.

“Music means a lot to me. It took over my life,” Allen said. “I really want to be a performer. I think about how I felt when I saw older musicians play — it blowing my mind and me feeling so

inspired. It made me feel so great. I want to do the same thing to others.”

For Seybert, while the award is a great honor, it’s the craft of performing that continues to empower him.

“It’s the artistry, the shar-ing with others, the sto-ry telling,” Seybert said. “All of these qualities are the reason why I do what I do. I am the same person before and after (this award). This competition is nothing more than a small ripple in the pond. I’ve told my wife several times that music is something I will never stop or retire from. I intend to improve myself and share with others for the rest my life.”

To Pugh, that’s the pur-pose of music. That’s why he composed works for var-ious artists, played solos in multiple orchestral scores and even withstood a pain-ful injury from a truck door. That’s why he continues to share his experiences with his students every day.

“If your plan is just about trying to get that award, that’s a small plan. I don’t think composers write piec-es to win a Pulitzer Prize. It’s always in the back of your mind that you’d like to get it because it’s a validation of the path you’re on, but it can’t really be a goal,” Pugh said. “At the end of the day, it’s just a piece of paper.”

Sarah can be reached at [email protected].

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The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will host a night full of music that reveals an assortment of colors, textures, images and storytelling. The con-cert will be led by compos-er and percussionist Adam Rudolph who is the cur-rent George A. Miller Visit-ing Artist. The Go: Organ-ic Orchestra will embody a form of music that is for the mind, body and spirit.

“We are looking to have an exchange of feelings from one heart to another heart,” Rudolph said.

The University’s Robert E. Brown Center for World Music is thrilled to wel-come back Rudolph , after a previous performance at the Krannert Art Museum, according to Jason Finkel-

man, director of global arts performance initiatives for the Center for World Music. During Rudolph’s last visit, he hosted an evening work-shop for students, which allowed participants to explore his style of music. However, this time around, the Go: Organic Orchestra will consist of students who undergo a week-long work-shop — which started on Monday — that leads up to a fi nal performance. It wel-comes a wide variety of musicians on campus that are willing to explore and practice conducted, impro-vised music.

“One of the beautiful things about this process of Adam’s is that he is open to establishing an ensemble that incorporates musicians from many different back-grounds,” Finkelman said.

The workshops begin with Rudolph teaching students his own conducting signals in preparation for the fi nal performance.

“Adam has been suc-cessful in putting his own imprint on his process of conducted improvisation and is one of the principle people practicing it now,” Finkelman said.

Carmen Rast, sophomore

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BY SARAH FOSTERSTAFF WRITER

J im Pugh has a variety of extraordinary experiences to share with his students.

Throughout his half-century-long musicianship, the trombonist and professor of jazz studies has writ-ten and directed pieces for sympho-nies. He’s soloed on soundtracks for feature fi lms and he’s had his head smashed in a truck door by esteemed jazz musician Woody Herman .

But along the way, Pugh has also discovered that sometimes his students are the ones sharing the exceptional experiences with him.

For the fi rst time, two University students were selected as fi nalists for the American Trombone Work-shop’s National Solo Jazz Competi-tion . Austin Seybert, a doctorate student in FAA, was selected as a fi nalist for the 22-to-29 age division and Byron Allen, junior in FAA, was

selected for the 21-and-under divi-sion in early January. Along with Pugh, the two fi nalists will travel to Washington D.C. on March 18 for the fi nals.

A multitude of applicants span-ning the nation submitted CDs of recordings and various pieces to the popular and competitive con-test, according to the competition’s website.

Out of the two divisions, there are only three fi nalists allowed to continue. This is the fi rst time that a fi nalist in each category comes from the University.

“I’ll be their cheerleader,” Pugh said. “You send the stuff out there, and you have no idea for sure. The honor of being chosen as a fi nalist is a nice acknowledgement from the trombone world of their abili-ties and passion, and it’s a great pat on the back. I am very pleased and very happy. We’re all very proud of them.”

For Allen, the award is a recogni-tion that will continue to drive him to work harder in the future.

“It keeps you moving, when you do stuff like this,” Allen said. “It’s nice to have something to feel real-ly accomplished for. It gets you to practice more.”

Coming from a small, rural town in Missouri, Allen said it seemed like there was little to no chance in making it in the music world.

“There wasn’t a lot of festivals where I lived. (Other than band), we didn’t have music classes. No one really taught me about it,” Allen said. “My interest in music kind of came from nowhere. My dad’s side of the family is generations of farm-ers, and my mom’s side of the fam-ily has random town jobs.”

But music couldn’t stay away from Allen for too long. After he joined his school’s jazz band in eighth grade, he soon fell in love with it.

“I was really bad (at fi rst). I wasn’t a natural musician,” he said. “It took me a while, but after I joined jazz band, I started feel-ing really passionate about music. I thought jazz was a fun kind of music. It swung. It was really enjoy-able to me. No one around me lis-tened to jazz.”

From then on, Allen explored the genre. He studied professional musi-cians in the fi eld, observing the way they played and performed, and he listened to every recording he could get his hands on.

But when Allen came to the Univer-sity, he found his rural background to be very different from the rest of his peers.

“When I got out here, the music was a lot more complex. I played easier type of solos, like blues — all pretty similar (to jazz), but nothing too complex,” he said. “The players here are a lot different. They had a lot

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BY ASHLEY WIJANGCOSTAFF WRITER

One white blood cell held the fate of Erin Buchanan’s heart and soul.

The night before one of Erin’s biggest gymnastics meets of her junior year of high school, her mother, Jane, was rushed to the hos-pital. Jane just had her first chemotherapy treatment after being diagnosed with breast cancer, and that white blood cell was the only thing keeping her alive. A white blood count below 4500 is below normal for a healthy person, according to the National Institutes of Health.

“Everybody’s bodies react differently, and her’s just shut down,” Erin said.

It was at that moment Erin realized her mother was the reason for her success.

Erin labels Jane as many things: her mom, her best friend, her hero, her big-gest fan, an incredible wom-an, a breast cancer survivor. But even though they have always been best friends, their relationship wasn’t always what it is now.

Growing up, Erin felt like more of a daddy’s girl. Hav-ing two brothers made her want to be one of the boys. With time, though, Erin

and Jane grew closer. She learned to enjoy shopping with her mother, and they reached the point where they were the same size and could wear the same things. But those aren’t the only things they shared.

Erin’s competitive nature comes from her mother. Jane was a 5-foot-3 basket-ball player at Division III Christopher Newport Uni-versity in Virginia, and she was one of the best players on the team. It taught Erin that “certain things don’t matter. You can be whoever you want to be, and nothing can hold you back from that.”

Erin’s start in gymnastics had nothing to do with her mother, though.

At first, Erin was a soc-cer player and swimmer. It wasn’t until later that she dropped the two sports to focus on artistic gymnastics.

Gymnastics has taken Erin far, as she is one of three all-around competi-tors on the Illinois women’s gymnastics team, but the sport didn’t come naturally to her. There was, however, no doubt Jane had her back.

“She was the most support-ive parent about it, where if I had a bad day, she would say, ‘You know, I’m proud of you,

but you don’t need to do it,’” Erin said.

At Illinois’ home open-er against Rutgers on Jan. 17, Jane continued to prove her positive impact on her daughter. She was in the crowd watching, and it was her presence that helped Erin thrive.

When Erin spotted her mother in the crowd, she went out and earned her previous season-high on the balance beam. But that’s not the only instance in which Jane helped her daughter succeed.

It was the night before the 2012 Virginia Level 10 State Championship that Jane was rushed to the hos-pital, with that one white blood cell keeping her alive. That’s why Erin’s father was the only family member in attendance at the meet. Even so, it was Jane who got Erin through the competition.

When her father came back from the hospital the morning of the meet, he explained to Erin, “She wants you to do this so bad. She wants this for you.”

Erin wanted to compete for her mother, the person who always told her she could do anything. She want-ed to prove her mother right.

“I think that’s the most valuable lesson a mom can teach their daughters: The sky’s the limit,” Erin said. “She did that for me.”

With a 38.075, Erin won the state all-around title, bringing tears to both of her parents’ eyes: her dad at the competition and her mom at the hospital surrounded by friends. Regardless of the outcome, though, Erin knew her mother would be proud of her.

Even though it’s Jane who has fought cancer, she has constantly thought of Erin

BY CHRIS KENNEDYSTAFF WRITER

Last year, the Illinois men’s tennis team’s first defeats of the year came in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, when the Illini faced Duke and North Carolina in back-to-back early-season dual meets. This year, the No. 8 Illini will face the No. 11 Blue Devils and the No. 6 Tar Heels at home in Champaign.

“We’re looking forward to some great matches,” head coach Brad Dancer said. “We know with the level of teams that we have coming here, there’s going to continue to be a great challenge this weekend.”

Last weekend, the Illi-

ni shut out two mid-major conference champions in Wisconsin-Green Bay and Ball State. This weekend’s opponents are a much dif-ferent challenge. Duke and North Carolina are two of the top teams in the coun-try and are coming off wins against quality competi-tion. Both Duke and UNC spent last weekend play-ing in different ITA Kick-Off matches for a berth in the National Indoor Team Championships in Chicago. Illinois is hosting the event and receives an automatic entry.

Duke dominated one of the Kick-Off weekend’s toughest group draws to earn its spot in the tour-nament. The Blue Devils

took down No. 19 Wake For-est 4-1 and No. 25 Memphis 4-0. They’ve also already beaten No. 27 Kentucky on the road this year.

Duke’s line-up sports one of the nation’s top fresh-men in No. 18 Nicolas Alva-rez. Alvarez is the current ACC Player of the Week after clinching Duke’s last two wins. He has eight wins against ranked oppo-nents this year, including the Illini’s own No. 31 Jar-ed Hiltzik at the ITA All-American Championships. Alvarez is the Blue Devil’s highest ranked player, but he’s been playing at No. 2 singles. That’s the spot Hiltzik played in last week, so a rematch could be in the works.

Duke isn’t the only team with an impact freshman. The Illini have a fresh-men squad that looks to be immediate contribu-tors for the team. No. 44 Aleks Vukic is undefeat-ed in singles this spring and clinched the Illini’s comeback win over No. 6 Baylor last Wednesday in Waco, Texas. No. 62 Aron Hiltzik picked up two sin-gles wins on Friday against Wisconsin-Green Bay and Ball State.

“All of our freshmen have been pushing the envelope,” Dancer said. “(They) force our upper-classmen guys to play well to keep their line-up spots.”

BY BRETT LERNERSTAFF WRITER

Riding a five-game losing streak and still without its leading scorer, Ivory Craw-ford, the last thing Illinois women’s basketball needs is a road game against a top-15 team in the nation. Unfortunately, that’s exact-ly what the Illini will bat-tle through at Nebraska on Thursday night. This is the second matchup of the season between the two teams: the first was won by the Cornhuskers 58-53 and was the first loss in the cur-rent losing streak for head coach Matt Bollant’s Illini.

“The preparation’s a lit-tle different when we play a team a second time,” Bollant said. “We’re still watching film to see what they’re doing different-ly and hopefully be able to watch the first (game) and adjust to the things (Nebraska) did last time.”

One of the main issues Illinois has dealt with throughout the losing streak is the ability to put together a full game, which was the case in the first matchup with Nebraska. The Illini had a two-point halftime lead, but lost the second half by seven. Sim-ilar situations have hap-pened in other games in the losing streak as well, although in most games Illinois has started slow and tried to make a run in the second half.

“We’ve got to be more of a 40-minute team, in the Big Ten playing against great teams you can’t be a 15, 20, 25-minute team,” Bollant said.

The other big issue Illi-nois has been battling all season is bench produc-tion. Senior Taylor Tuck is the only nonstarter that is averaging over two points per game over the course of the season. She’s also the only bench player averag-ing double-digit minutes per game on the season with 11. The issue has been a constant fight for Bollant all year, but without Craw-ford, the issue has become magnified throughout the losing streak.

One bright spot on the issue was sophomore guard Ashley McConnell’s play in the loss at Michigan. McConnell shot 2-of-2 from 3-point range, and Bollant

said he is trying to get her to look for her shot more.

“I’m really confident coming off the bench and playing with (the start-ers),” McConnell said. “I know they believe in me so it’s an easy transition to come from the bench to the court.”

One thing Illinois can expect to be the same in Nebraska’s gameplan is the attacking mentality of junior guard Rachel The-riot. Theriot is averaging 17 points per game and dropped 27 on the Illini earlier this month. Bollant says he expects Coleman to guard Theriot in most sit-uations, so Coleman’s foul situation will be something worth keeping an eye on.

Another thing working against Illinois could be the environment at Nebraska. The Cornhuskers were No. 11 in the country last sea-son in attendance, aver-aging over 6,100 fans per home game according to the NCAA. Although it could be a factor against them, it seems that Illinois could embrace the under-dog mentality in order to pull off the road upset and stop the losing streak at five.

“I think (going to Nebras-ka) is going to make us want to play better,” Cole-man said. “We’ve been on a little losing streak, but it’s not stopping us from wanting to get better and play better and beat bigger teams that people portray to be better than us.”

Brett can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @Blerner10.

No. 14 Illinois vs. No. 9 Penn StateWhen: 4 p.m. Saturday at Huff HallQuick notes: The Illini will be hosting their annual Pink Meet for the eighth year in a row.Hidden stat: Illinois heads into the meet ranked No. 7 on the uneven bars and No. 8 on the balance beam, both of which are higher than Penn State.

Illinois at Nebraska When: 7 p.m. Thursday at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska TV/Radio: Fighting Illini Sports NetworkQuick Notes: The Illini lost the first meeting of the season to start their five game losing streak, 58-53.Hidden Stat: Only one Illinois bench player averages more than two points per game.

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Illinois aims to end losing streak

Super Bowl-bound Patriots boast four former Illini players

BY STEPHEN BOURBONSENIOR WRITER

It’s safe to say the Illinois football team will be cheer-ing on the Patriots when Super Bowl XLIX kicks off Sunday.

Four former Illini will be in the big game, and all four are members of New England’s roster. Here’s a breakdown of how all four fared this season.

Michael Hoomanawanui, TE

The blocking tight end is in his third season with New England after being

drafted by the Rams in the fifth round of the 2010 draft. This season was the first of Hoomanawanui’s career that he appeared in all 16 games of the regular season.

Hoomanawanui record-ed just three catches for 44 yards in the regular season but has been effec-tive in the postseason. In the Patriots’ victory over the Ravens in the Division-al Round, Hoomanawanui doubled his regular season output with four catches for 43 yards.

He was rarely used in the passing game during New England’s blowout of Indi-anapolis, with one catch for six yards. However, at 6-foot-4, 260 pounds, he is used as an extra offen-sive lineman in the Patri-

ots’ blocking scheme. New England already has one of the top receiving tight ends, Rob Gronkowski, which limits the need for Hoomanawanui as a receiv-ing threat.

Tavon Wilson, SS

After receving a sixth or seventh-round projec-tion for the NFL Draft, according to CBSsports.com, many were shocked to see the Patriots spend a second round pick on the strong safety in 2012.

Wilson’s most success-ful season was his rook-ie year — he made four starts and accumulated 41 tackles in addition to four interceptions and six passes

DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOIllinois' Tavon Wilson attempts to tackle Michigan's Jeremy Gallon. Wilson is one of four former Illini football players headed to the Super Bowl with the New England Patriots.

DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOIllinois' Erin Buchanan competes her floor exercise routine during the Gym Jam at Huff Hall on March 8.

KEVIN VOGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Aleks Vukic returns the ball during the tennis game vs. Green Bay at Atkins Tennis Center on Friday. The Illini won 4-0.

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Illini face Blue Devils, Tar Heels

From Memorial Stadium to NFL success

North Carolina advanced out of its Kick-Off Weekend group draw as well, down-ing Oregon 4-0 and No. 34 Viriginia Tech 4-1 to earn a spot in Chicago. Last week, Illinois faced one of the nation’s top players — No. 5 Julian Lenz of Bay-lor. North Carolina brings another this week with No. 2 Brayden Schnur. While Ross Guignon and Tim Kopinski took home second place at ITA Indoor Nation-als in the fall, Schnur won the singles bracket. In last year’s match in Chapel Hill, Schnur handed then-No. 4 Jared Hiltzik his first singles loss of the season.

Facing the Blue Devils and the Tar Heels back-to-back will be a challenge for the Illini, who will have faced three top-15 oppo-nents in two weeks. Danc-er says that quality com-petition is essential to the Illini.

“We play elite competi-tion all year long. That’s kind of our M. O. if you will,” Dancer said. “We want great teams coming here and just can’t wait to play these teams.

Christopher can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @ChrisKennedy_4.

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BY DANIEL COLLINSSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois men’s gym-nastics team will compete in a different event for-mat this weekend against Minnesota.

In a typical dual meet, the two squads don’t compete in the same event at the same time and don’t compete in the events in the same order. Illinois head coach Justin Spring said this for-mat makes the sport hard to follow, mainly because it makes it difficult for the average fan to keep up with the score. With events vary-ing in score, sometimes it is hard to determine a winner until the meet is finished.

When the Illini host Min-nesota, both teams will compete in the same events at the same time and alter-nate turns.

“Our mission is to revamp college gymnas-tics as we know it to make it more of an understandable team versus team (compe-

tition)” Spring said. “That’s what university athletics is about. We’re an individual sport struggling with that.”

Trying to revamp the meet format is something that Spring has been look-ing to accomplish the past few seasons. When Illinois faces Stanford later this season on March 6, a new scoring system will be used that he and assistant coach Daniel Ribeiro created. The system will be similar to a faceoff. One member from each team will com-pete against each other for a single point. Judges will also keep score, but that accumulated total won’t be announced until the end of the meet.

For the third week in a row, Illinois will be facing top-10 competition. The Gophers jumped to No. 10 in the rankings after defeat-ing the Air Force Academy on Saturday. The Illini cur-rently rank fourth.

Spring will look to place

junior C.J. Maestas and freshman Bobby Bak-er back into more events against Minnesota.

Unlike last week against Ohio State, Illinois will make more use of Baker and Maestas.

Baker, who has impressed both his coaches and team-mates early on this season, is still looking to advance his routines.

“I’m definitely not at my full potential,” Baker said. “Training with (the coach-es) is slow progress, but they’ll get me to where I need to be. At this point, I’m only about halfway there.”

Receiving more rest at this stage of his career seems ideal for Maestas, who has reached the point where he is trying to mas-ter the mental aspects of gymnastics.

“I’ve noticed a lot of changes in my body,” Mae-stas said. “I’m more of the meditation type now before events. I have full difficulty

and my routines are kind of dangerous, so I have to be focused.”

Daniel can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @collins_d2.

Minnesota at IllinoisWhen: 4 p.m., Saturday, Huff Hall.Quick notes: The Illini defeated Minnesota earlier in the season at the Windy City Invitational, 428.100-410.350.Hidden stat: Freshman Bobby Baker has earned Big Ten honors in his first three weeks of the season. He has won the Big Ten Freshman of the Week award twice and was named co-gymnast last week with teammate junior C.J. Maestas.

Men’s Tennis weekendIllinois vs DukeWhen: 6 p.m. Friday at Atkins Tennis CenterTV/Radio: Live scoring at FightingIllini.comQuick notes: The No. 11 Blue Devils defeated the Illini in Durham last spring and bring one of the nation’s top freshmen in No. 18 Nicolas Alvarez.Hidden stat: Alvarez has 8 wins against ranked opponents, including a victory over Jared Hiltzik in the fall. Illinois vs North CarolinaWhen: 6 p.m. Saturday at Atkins Tennis CenterTV/Radio: Live scoring at FightingIllini.comQuick notes: Illinois faces the No. 6 Tar Heels and No. 2-ranked Brayden Schnur at home after losing in Chapel Hill last season.Hidden stat: After this match, the Illini will have played three top-15 teams in the season’s first two weeks.

The Illinois men’s gym-nastics team came into the season with

the lofty goal of winning a national championship. Almost two months later, those goals are still very much alive and the team is performing as strong as ever.

The first two meets didn’t do much to show how good Illinois could be this year, but after the Windy City Invita-tional, the Illini cement-ed their position as one of the top three teams in the country.

This was the team’s first big test against the cream of the crop in the Big Ten, including defending national cham-pion Michigan, as well as Ohio State, Iowa and Minnesota.

The meet was a monu-mental victory for the Illini, considering Michi-gan dominated them in both the Big Ten and NCAA Championship last season. Ohio State has also proven to be a big challenge for the Illini in the past.

It was the first time that Illinois placed first in the Windy City Invitation-al since 2011.

Not only did the Illini blow out the field, beat-ing Michigan by 5.15 points and Ohio State by 13.3, but senior C.J. Mae-stas put together one of the most dominant per-formances of his career, placing first on the floor, rings and the all-around titles.

The Illini followed up their dominant perfor-mance a week later with another victory against Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio. The Buckeyes made it a close match, only los-ing by 2.7 points, but were overpowered by the Illini, who turned in their sixth-

best score to date in Illi-nois program history.

The deciding fac-tor in the match was the large margin of victo-ry on rings for Illinois. Mike Wilner, Joey Peters, Bobby Baker, Max Mayr, Thomas Gibbs and Den-nis Minton all contributed strong scores, helping the team pull away.

The team has been impressive all season and is looking like a legit con-tender to win a champion-ship, but what has been most impressive so far have been the team’s indi-vidual performances.

Freshman Bobby Baker has made huge contribu-tions to this early season run and is achieving close to the level of former Big Ten Freshman of the Year Chandler Eggleston. In his collegiate debut, Baker finished with both pommel horse and par-allel bars titles. In the match against Ohio State, he picked up his fourth event title of the season on his fourth different apparatus.

The Illini finished last season in fourth place during the NCAA finals, but the contributions from Baker and oth-er freshman, including Tyson Bull and Minton, could provide the extra spark needed to vault the Illini back to a title run.

The contributions from the new gymnasts, as well as returning leadership, will provide a recipe for success for the Illini, who have always been talented but have struggled with consistency through the years.

The victories over Michigan and Ohio State show the Illini have become much more con-sistent and balanced, which will be crucial for a late-season champion-ship run.

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

Dual wins bring Illini closer to season goal

Illini face Minnesota in new format

BY DANIEL DEXTERSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois hockey team will be tested again this weekend against No. 6 Okla-homa, but this time, it will be missing two of its best play-ers: the Olen brothers.

Forward John Olen and goaltender Joe Olen were selected by USA Hockey to represent the United States at the 2015 Winter World Uni-versity Games in Grenada, Spain. As a result, Illinois (17-13-1) will be missing its points leader and starting goaltender.

Despite the holes in both their offense and defense, head coach Nick Fabbrini is approaching the series against the Sooners (18-5-2-0) with a next-man-up mentality.

In place of Joe Olen, the team will start sophomore Zev Grumet-Morris in goal. Grumet-Morris received sig-nificant playing time prior to the semester break due to Joe Olen’s groin injury. Most recently, he replaced Olen in net in the second period of the team’s 5-2 victory over Rob-ert Morris on Friday.

Fabbrini is also expecting

his offensive players to step up in place of John Olen. Fab-brini hasn’t been happy with the team’s offensive output in its recent five-game los-ing streak, in which Illinois failed to score more than two goals in any game.

“There are a lot of guys who are going to get an oppor-tunity to play this weekend, so now would be a good time for them to prove themselves offensively,” Fabbrini said.

The Sooners’ offense will take a serious hit this week-end with the absence of for-wards Bryce Johnson and right wing Jordan Green-berg, who lead the team with 42 and 41 points, respectively. Johnson and Greenberg are also going to the World Uni-versity Games. Oklahoma’s closest points scorer to those two is center Ty Jones with 25 on the season.

However, Illinois defense-man Josh Baker knows the team can’t take the Soon-ers lightly, especially after its last game against Robert Morris in which the Illini let up three goals in the first peri-od. There was a team consen-sus that the early deficit was a result of a lack of effort after

the previous night’s win. Illi-nois’ energy returned in the second and third periods but wasn’t enough for a win. For the series against the Soon-ers, the Illini hope to avoid any lackadaisical periods.

“We just have to keep the guys believing in what we are doing and make sure that we are all on the same page,” Baker said. “We can get back on pace, and, with last week-end, we started to do that a little bit.”

In preparation for this weekend, the team has been focusing on one-on-one defen-sive matchups because of the Oklahoma’s pro-style offense. Fabbrini said the Sooners play physically and often involve their defensive play-ers on offensive rushes.

Fabbrini also believes the Illini play much better at home than on the road, and their record supports that. The Illini are 11-3-0 at home and 3-8-1 on the road. They’re in the midst of a six-game home stand, and Fab-brini expects them to return to the form they played with prior to their five-game los-ing streak — all five of which came on the road.

“It’s easier to go through your own routine when you get to sleep in your own bed as opposed to a bus,” Fabbri-ni said. “We are excited to be back, and these next four games are a great chance to get back to where we want to be.”

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

Hockey tested without Olens

defended.Wilson has not replicat-

ed that sort of production in the past two seasons. A hamstring injury slowed his sophomore campaign, forcing him to miss three games. The highlight of his 2013 season was a 74-yard interception returned for a touchdown in a blowout of Baltimore in Week 15.

Wilson spent this season as the Patriots’ third safety behind Patrick Chung and Devin McCourty. Wilson has recorded two postsea-son tackles.

Michael Buchanan, DE

Buchanan saw limited action in three games this season and recorded two tackles. However, an ankle injury ended the second-year defensive end’s season and landed him on injured reserve on Oct. 6.

In his rookie year last sea-son, Buchanan appeared in 15 games and recorded nine tackles. The Patriots select-ed Buchanan in the seventh round of the 2013 draft.

Justin Green, DB

In his first two seasons in the league, Green has had a journeyman’s road trying to find a place in the league.

An undrafted free agent in 2013, the Patriots signed him in July, and he appeared in all four preseason games before being cut before the season. The cornerback spent much of the season on the practice squad and was active for two games during the 2013 campaign, record-ing no statistics.

After one preseason game on the Patriots in 2014, Green was traded to the Dallas Cow-boys in exchange for defen-sive end Ben Bass. Green stayed with the Cowboys for two additional preseason games before being placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. He was cut four days later.

After not being on a team for much of the season, Green rejoined the Patri-ots’ 10-man practice squad on Dec. 3.

Stephen can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @steve_bourbon.

KIERAN HAMPL

Sports columnist

FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINIC.J. Maestas performs the rings routine against Ohio State at Huff Hall on Jan. 26, 2014.

Illinois vs. OklahomaWhen/Where: 7:30 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Illinois Ice ArenaQuick notes: Illinois will be without the Olen brothers against Oklahoma.Hidden Stat: Behind John Olen, the Illini’s next two highest scoring leaders are freshmen James Mcging and Eric Cruickshank, with 25 and 23 points, respectively.

KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois' Joe Olen attempts to block a shot during the hockey game vs. Robert Morris at the Ice Arena on Saturday. The Olen brothers are competing at the 2015 Winter World University Games in Grenada, Spain.

throughout this suffering. Jane thought of her daugh-ter and her meet while in the hospital, and she thought of Erin when she first received the news of her diagno-sis, deciding not to tell her immediately.

“She knew that it would impact me more than my brothers only because I’m a girl, and at that point, I was — she was my best friend, my biggest fan,” Erin explained. “And the minute she told me, it didn’t hit me. It was more of, ‘What can we do to make her better?’”

There were no hard feel-ings about deciding to wait to tell her. Erin trusted her mother’s judgment.

“I wasn’t mad at her,” Erin added. “I was mad that this could happen to anyone.”

Soon after that, Jane had her head shaved. Erin want-ed to show her support too. She asked her mother if she, too, could shave her head. Jane insisted her daughter leave her blonde hair as is, for it was “too pretty.”

That wasn’t the first instance Erin showed an instinct for breast cancer advocacy. She has been donating her hair since she was little, around 10 years old, when her parents stressed the importance of giving back and how it’s

always the best thing to do.That lesson combined with

the experience of her mother fighting cancer has greatly influenced Erin’s life plans.

“I almost want to say that going through all of this has really helped me make the definite decision that I want to help kids with cancer of any kind,” she said.

Erin knows most about breast cancer, but she does her best to learn about oth-er types of cancers because of her interest in the subject and desire to make a change. She even went as far as to say it’s her passion.

During the 2014 fall semester, Erin received a text from her mother: “Doc-tors said I’m two years can-cer free.”

In that time, Erin has learned a lot, whether it be just growing into a more mature person with a posi-tive outlook on life. She can’t even put the experience into words, but one thing is for sure: Erin would feel incom-plete without her mother in her life.

“I’ve said it a million times, and I’ll say it again: I don’t think I’d be where I am today without my mom,” Erin said. “She’s my bet-ter half, to put it in simpler words.”

Ashley can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @wijangco12.

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No. 2 track heads to IndianaBY WILL SMALLSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois men’s track and fi eld team is gaining national attention this season: The Illini are ranked No. 2 in Track and Field News’ dual meet rankings.

“They’re refl ective of the fact that we’re improving as a team and a program,” head coach Mike Turk said when asked about the rankings. “It’s nice for the guys to get some recognition for the hard work they’ve put in.”

But Turk doesn’t really pay much attention to the rankings.

“At the end of the day, (the rank-ings) don’t really mean much,” Turk said. “It’s a nice little pat on the back, and it motivates you to work hard for that day, and then you just keep going.”

The team can attribute its hot start this year to a strong offsea-son in the fall and winter.

“They did a very good job in the fall and then carrying that over the holidays,” Turk said. “They came back to campus in January in really good shape.”

Another important factor for the Illini has been the level of competition they have been see-ing week after week. It has helped the team fi nd out where it stacks up against the top teams in the country.

“When you see the really high level of competition from the Flo-ridas and the Arkansas’, it desen-sitizes you as an athlete when you see the best in the country,” Turk said. “It helps keep things on a level playing fi eld.”

The Illini will look to make even more progress this week-end as they send a small group of distance runners to the Indiana Relay meet in Bloomington, Indi-ana. The event will take place on Friday and Saturday. The rest of the team will stay home and work on their training.

“We’ve been going at it pret-ty hard,” said Turk when asked about the upcoming meet. “The hot start we’ve had has come with a price, so we’re not going to be taking a full team over to Indi-ana. We’ll use this week to train.”

Will can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @will_small_.

KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Jesse Delgado pins Rider’s Zach Valcarce during the wrestling match vs. Rider University at Huff Hall on Sunday, Nov. 9.

Illinois wrestling to face Maryland

BY ETHAN SWANSONSTAFF WRITER

This weekend is one of a cou-ple firsts: the first time the Illini will face Maryland as a confer-ence opponent and the first time defending national champion Jes-se Delgado returns to the Illinois lineup since suffering an injury in the Illini’s Nov. 9 home opener. On a night where Illinois will be honoring local servicemen as a part of its “Hometown Heroes” promotion, Illini wrestling will be glad to have its own hero back on the mat.

Head coach Jim Heffernan emphasized the impact Delgado’s return will have on the team for Friday and the rest of the season.

“He has looked really good in practice,” Heffernan said in a press release. “Working hard on improving his strength and tech-nique, while maintaining his con-ditioning. He looks sharp and we are excited to have him back.”

“I’ve been wrestling since I

was a young kid and it’s some-thing I like to do,” Delgado add-ed. “I’m ready to go.”

It seems Delgado could not have picked a better weekend to return to action. Maryland brings a 0-5 conference record to Huff Hall on Friday and will be the first team outside the WIN Magazine national top-25 rank-ings the Illini have faced in two weeks. Illinois is also 2-0 against the Terrapins all-time, their most recent meeting was in 2012 and ended in a 31-6 Illini victory.

Sunday, the Illini will travel to Purdue, a team Illinois has much more experience with. The Illini lead the all-time series with the Boilermakers 65-27-2 — the most recent matchup concluded with a 18-16 win that also featured a Delgado victory. This weekend doubles as a chance for Delgado to ease his way back into a rig-orous Big Ten schedule, and fac-ing the Terrapins could revital-ize an Illinois squad that is 3-3 in its last six meets.

“It’s good to see someone dif-ferent,” Heffernan said. “We’ve seen the Big Ten teams pretty frequently and have been wres-tling them for so long that there’s a lot of rematches. To be honest, it’s refreshing to see a different team, it adds to the excitement.”

“You just have to treat it like

the NCAA tournament,” add-ed 174-pound sophomore Zac Brunson. “We all have our own individual jobs, watch our own films and study our own oppo-nents. At the tournament, you won’t know who you have until he’s right in front of you, you just have to be ready to compete.”

Although the team views this weekend as an opportunity to escape the emotional and physi-cal grind of traditional Big Ten wrestling, both coach Heffernan and his team said that any team that wears the “B1G” emblem is no team to be taken lightly.

Heffernan expressed that no one can be overlooked at this point in the season, already three matches behind Minneso-ta for the conference lead, Illi-nois needs all the help it can get to make a run going into the postseason.

“These meets are crucial,” added Brunson. “We need these wins to help keep our seeding at the Big Ten Championships and so we can keep our momen-tum and confidence. Although these might not be the opponents we want to face at the end of the season, these matches are great for building confidence and to help us enter the postseason at full stride.”

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

Women’s golf returns from 3-month breakBY LUCAS WRIGHTSTAFF WRITER

Following a three-month hiatus, the Illini women’s golf team is back in action this weekend at the Illinois Challenge in Venice, Florida.

Illinois will return from a much-needed break, dur-ing which players had time to fi ne-tune their games. In sophomore Stephanie Mill-er’s case, this was time well spent.

“I had a funk in my back swing, which caused me to hit everything left,” Miller said. “My swing coach and I worked on that for about two and a half weeks, but now I’ve

fi nally got it right, and things are going straighter.”

Miller closed out her fall season on a tear, claiming two Big Ten Player of the Week awards in late October and early November. With her swing fi xed, she seemed confi dent that she will con-tinue her dominance going into the spring season.

Miller was not the only Illini putting in work over the winter break. Freshman standout Dana Gattone spent her time in Florida gearing up for her fi rst spring season as an Illini. Gattone played throughout the break on the unique Florida courses that

Illinois will play in upcom-ing tournaments. She said it was an opportunity to scout out the courses for her teammates.

“It was my job to look over the Bermuda grasses and get a feel for it around the greens,” Gattone said. “I was just trying to bring back some tips to our coach, and give her an idea of what types of shots we need to practice.”

The players’ consensus was that the break was a positive one, and head coach Renee Slone agreed that the extra rest for the players will be crucial going into such a busy spring season.

The effect of the offseason will show itself this week-end. Illinois will face off against Illinois State in the Illinois Challenge, a one-day match-play event. The Illini have won six straight Illinois Challenges.

Illinois has not lost to Illi-nois State since the event began in 2009, which has coach Renee Slone very confi -dent in her team and its abili-ty to use this event as a build-ing block heading forward.

“I feel that everyone is well-prepared and that we can go down there and focus on ourselves and stick to the process,” Slone said. “We

can use this as a gauge to see where we are at and what we need to focus on in our next few weeks.”

The Illini enter the event as the 62nd-ranked team in the nation according to Golf-week, 85 spots higher than Illinois State.

With a win, Illinois will notch its fi rst of the spring and third of the 2014-2015 season, which would be the Illini’s most in a season since 2002-03.

Lucas can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @LucasWright95.

Illinois vs. Illinois State7 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 1, Venice, Florida.Quick note: Illinois opens its fall season with a favorable matchup against the Illinois State Redbirds.Hidden stat: Illinois has never lost in the Illinois Challenge, going 6-0 against the Redbirds.

Weekend wrestling preview

When: Friday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. vs Maryland, Huff Hall

Sunday, Feb. 1, 1 p.m. at Purdue, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Quick Notes: Illinois will face unseen competition this weekend in Maryland as the Terrapins continue their fi rst year in Big Ten play. With two teams near the bottom of the Big Ten, Illinois has a chance to make a major leap in the conference standings.

Hidden Stat: Maryland and Purdue have combined for only one Big Ten win this season

JOSE M. OSORIO TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEMayor Rahm Emanuel and Liz Banks, right, widow of Cubs Hall of Famer, carry a wreath to the statue of Ernie Banks.

A 7-foot monument to Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks began its four-day stay at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Wednesday, attracting a hodgepodge of Chicago-ans seeking to honor the beloved baseball icon.

Banks’ wife, Liz, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts, Mayor

Rahm Emanuel, hundreds of people heading to work or draped in Cubs attire and even Cubs superfan Ronnie “Woo-Woo” Wickers stood for photos near the bronze statue.

A public visitation is scheduled Friday for Banks, who died last week at 83, but the statue that depicts a smiling Banks at bat in his Cubs uniform gives the public a chance to pay trib-ute all week.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao’s unscheduled meeting at a Miami Heat game has triggered rapid movement toward the long-anticipat-ed Super Bowl of boxing.

Pacquiao advisor Michael Koncz told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday that the unbeaten Mayweather vis-ited Pacquiao at his Miami hotel suite Tuesday night after the game, express-

ing his feelings on what can help fi nalize talks that are currently centered around how to broadcast the May 2 pay-per-view fi ght jointly on Showtime and HBO.

“Floyd was sincere,” Koncz said.

Koncz said as a result of that talk, he has received confi rmation of an agree-ment between CBS/Show-time chairman Leslie Moonves and HBO chief executive Richard Plepler that the fi ght will feature two broadcasters from each premium network.

Infi elder Gordon Beck-ham is returning to the Chi-cago White Sox after just fi ve months away from the club that drafted him.

The Sox announced Wednesday that they had signed Beckham to a one-year, $2 million contract and designated outfi elder Day-an Viciedo for assignment to make room for Beckham on the 40-man roster. The Sox have 10 days to trade, release

or put Viciedo through waivers.

Beckham, a Sox first-round draft pick in 2008, played the majority of his six seasons with the Sox at second base, but Sox gener-al manager Rick Hahn said the hope remains that either prospect Micah Johnson or Carlos Sanchez will win the job at second this season. That would leave Beckham, 28, as a substitute at second, third or shortstop, along with utility man Emilio Bonifa-cio, who can also play in the outfi eld.

CHRIS SWEDA TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEInfi elder Gordon Beckham will return to the Chicago White, the team announced Wednesday.

SPORTS BRIEFSTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Delgado’s return perfectly timed for crucial matches

“At the end of the day, (the rankings) don’t really mean much.”MIKE TURKMEN’S TRACK COACH

JACOB LANGSTON TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEFloyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are scheduled to fi ght on May 2.

Beckham signs with White Sox

Banks statue at Daley Plaza

Boxers meet at Heat game

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Numbers behind Illini basketball’s struggles on the Big Ten courtBY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER

For the Illinois men’s bas-ketball team, the keys to win-ning in the Big Ten are sim-ple: defense and rebounding.

Although the Illini may know the right formula, neither of head coach John Groce’s first two seasons were a cakewalk in confer-ence play.

“We just have to do what we’ve been doing the last two games,” center Nnanna Egwu said. “(We have to keep) play-ing hard on defense, making it hard on teams to get points.”

Illinois has already dealt with a two-game losing streak to start the Big Ten season.

Although wins against then-No. 11 Maryland and Northwestern have given Illinois hope, a longer losing streak may be on the horizon for the depleted Illini, who have suffered major injuries to three starters.

For Groce, no matter the circumstances, there is never an excuse for losing, especial-ly in conference play.

“You can put five guys on the floor at a time and the oth-er team does the same thing, so we don’t have any excus-es,” Groce said. “We’ve got to figure it out.”

The Illini broke the centu-ry mark twice in their first five games, but in Big Ten play, the team’s shooting per-centage and points per game has dipped. Illinois has shot a lower percentage in its three conference wins than its five losses this season.

While history says the Illini may encounter another Big Ten losing streak this sea-son, the team will continue to improve its play on the boards and on defense while trying to have a short memory in regards to its shortcomings.

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

Veteran leaders a boon for IlliniBY MICHAL DWOJAKASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

As reporters inside the Irwin Indoor Facility sur-rounded Kevin Duchene dur-ing Illinois baseball’s media day Monday, he was asked what it was like to be head-ing into his junior season with an experienced team. A cer-tain confidence came from the 6-foot-2 pitcher in what he said next.

“You can tell that there’s a different sense of demean-or around us,” Duchene said. “This is a team that has high aspirations of winning. This team is going to have the potential of achieving a lot this year, and we showed it on Day One.”

This year’s team is filled with mostly upperclassmen, as Illinois lost only three of its 19 pitchers and has all of its starting position players returning. With such a vet-eran team, head coach Dan Hartleb is aware of the high expectations, especially for a pitching staff that he called the best he’s had at Illinois.

Despite high expectations, Hartleb knows there is a dif-ference between a veteran team and a young team. The first priority for the program is always to win. With a vet-eran group, there isn’t just an expectation to win but also the knowledge of how to do it. Young players don’t always know what to do in certain sit-uations, the veterans do.

After a short postseason run last year — just three games in the Big Ten tour-nament — the Illini head into the season ranked No. 38 in the nation by Perfect-Game.org and No. 40, accord-ing to NCAA Division I Col-

legiate Baseball’s Fabulous 40. The team knows that the rankings don’t mean much if the team doesn’t prepare for every game physically and mentally.

“We need to know that every game is important,” senior right fielder Casey Fletcher said. “You don’t not show up one game. That can be the difference between going to the tournament and not going to the tournament, so we have to be ready to play every day.”

A veteran team means that players are familiar with each other and fewer adjustments need to be made. During the first practice of the season, Hartleb expected his team to be a little rusty and make mistakes. Instead, he was surprised to see few errors and was impressed with how sharp the team looked.

Much of that has to do with all eight starting posi-tion players returning from last year. Drills are smooth-er because the players are familiar with each other and know what to expect under certain circumstances.

That familiarity could be key to the Illini not only get-ting off to a quick start but

also making a run in the Big Ten tournament and the NCAA tournament.

“(It’s) real important,” senior center fielder Will Krug said of having so many returning position players. “Everyone just knows how everyone else operates and that’ll just help us not only in the beginning of the season ... but also in the long run.”

Despite the good feeling surrounding the team, Har-tleb knows that relying on being a veteran team doesn’t guarantee wins. He’s had three or four teams with the same type of leadership and returning starters. It’s a long season filled with injuries and ups and downs. If the team wants to succeed and live up to all the preseason hype, it’s up to the players to do their jobs.

“The veteran portion is good if we take care of busi-ness and go about things the right way, and to this point, we have,” Hartleb said. “You have to be optimistic, but cautious.”

Michal can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @bennythebull94.

THE DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOIllinois’ Tyler Jay pitches the ball during the game against Indiana State at Illinois Field on Mar. 18. The Illini’s veteran team has led to high expectations for the upcoming season.

“Orange Out” Planned for game against Michigan Illinois’ DIA announced that the men’s basketball home game on Feb. 12 against Michigan will be an “Orange Out.” Fans are encouraged to wear orange to support the team. The game is already sold out, as the team hopes to tie State Farm Center’s record attendance of 17,085 that was set against Indiana on Jan. 18. It will also be Dee Brown Bobblehead Night: the first 6,000 fans that enter the arena will receive a scratch-off card and 1,000 of those fans will win a Dee Brown bobblehead. Blakeway Gigapixel will take a panoramic image of the crowd during the game to commemorate the record crowd. The night will also include fireworks prior to tip-off when the Illini take the court.

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