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Higher education needed to fi ll skilled job defi cit

Urbana City Council debates installation of new digital billboards

Adviser, advocate applicants advance

Big Ten and UI rank 1st in producing CFOs

FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINIDan Quock, resident director of Snyder Hall, speaks to potential applicants of the resident adviser position at Allen Hall on Sunday.

BY MEGAN JONESSTAFF WRITER

Postsecondary credentials are now required to enter the mid-dle class, according to the Illi-nois Board of Higher Education. As 140,000 high-skilled jobs go unfi lled in Illinois each year, Gov. Pat Quinn pushes 60 per-cent of the state population to hold postsecondary credentials or a degree by 2025. However, offi cials at the University ques-tion how to face these challeng-es as state funding continues to decline steadily.

Following World War II, the United States saw massive growth in postsecondary education. Now, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 2012 report, the U.S. ranks 14th in the world in the percentage of 25 to 34-year-olds with higher education. The odds

that someone will obtain higher education if their parents do not have a secondary education are 29 percent, which is the lowest among the countries ranked by the organization.

“We need to make sure high-er education does not become an opportunity only for the elite and wealthy families,” said Abbas Aminmansour, Illinois Board of Higher Education’s Faculty Advi-sory Council chair and member of the Urbana-Champaign Sen-ate’s Senate Executive Commit-tee. “We also need to make sure more high school graduates are college ready, pursue postsec-ondary education and fi nish their programs.”

Harry Berman, executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, said in con-trast to years past, it’s very dif-fi cult to have a middle class life-

style on the earnings that a high school graduate would receive.

“For people from low income families, it can be a challenge for them to move up because they need a postsecondary credential to do so,” Berman said. “This does not necessarily mean they need a four-year degree though. There are many certifi cates and programs available as well. Stu-dents need a credential in order to live a satisfactory and econom-ically stable life.”

Charles Tucker, vice provost for Undergraduate Education and Innovation at the University, said this is something the University has believed to be necessary for a long time.

“Our charge is to educate the children of working class peo-ple,” Tucker said. “If you were having this conversation at a high-end private school, they

might view their admission a lit-tle different, but it’s the mission of the University to educate peo-ple broadly across all kinds of backgrounds.”

According to the White House Offi ce of the Press Secretary, average tuition at a public four-

year college has increased by more than 250 percent over the last three decades, while typi-cal family income grew by 16 percent.

Some degrees may or may not allow students to pay off their student loans, said Nicholas Bur-

bules, a professor of education policy, organization and leader-ship. He explained that going into $100,000 worth of debt as an engi-neer is offset by a six-fi gure start-ing salary.

BY MIRANDA HOLLOWAYSTAFF WRITER

When Media senior Justin Averill was a freshman, he had a tough time adjusting to college. Averill eventually overcame this, and he credits his success to the infl uence of the resident adviser on his fl oor.

“She made me feel really com-fortable living at school, and she was always there for me,” Averill said. “Starting off here I really didn’t have that many friends. She was my fi rst friend.”

Because of this infl uence, Averill is in his third year of being an resident adviser, and he said he loves the positive infl u-ence he can have on his residents.

“I had one resident at the end

of (last) year that came up to me and was like, ‘You helped me so much, I was going to go home,’ and it just feels great that I can be a resource to help them,” Averill said.

The process of applying to be an resident adviser or multicul-tural advisor is underway. This past weekend, applicants com-pleted phase two of the three-phase selection process.

After fi lling out an online appli-cation as the fi rst phase of the process, students attended an information session and panel to learn more about the positions.

The third phase, the formal interviews, begins in November. Applicants are interviewed by professional staff such as resi-

dent directors, program direc-tors and area coordinators along-side current resident advisers.

Residence hall director Nathan Runnells said he looks for peo-ple who are involved in the resi-dence hall and who are leaders, along with people with good orga-nizational skills and a passion for social justice.

“A thing that students think a lot is that there is a cookie cut-ter RA,” resident director Sarah Coyer said. “This is not because all of our residents are differ-ent, so we need a variety of staff members to connect with all the residents that we have. It’s more about being yourself and showing us what you bring to the table.”

Because there can be many

types of resident advisers and multicultural advocates, Coyer and Runnells said they try to ask very specifi c questions in the interviews to help bring forth the qualities that make a good hall leader.

Coyer said they look for peo-ple who are “trainable” and have a passion for the job, which should be shown through in the interview.

“I think we can tell when some-one is really invested and they want the job for the right rea-sons,” Coyer said.

Good time management skills are also a big part of the job for both resident advisers and mul-

BY JULIANNE MICOLETASTAFF WRITER

The Big Ten is America’s premier conference in pro-ducing chief fi nancial offi -cers, according to a report from executive search fi rm Crist|Kolder Associates, and with 15 sitting CFOs, the Uni-versity is ranked No. 1 out of all other universities in the world.

The study was part of Crist|Kolder Associates’s annual Volatility Report, which looks at the back-grounds and measures the turnover of C-Suite executives in a portfolio of America’s leading companies. It exam-ined the educational back-grounds of 602 sitting CFOs as of Aug. 1, 2013. It found that 69 of the CFOs at companies listed in Fortune 500 and S&P 500 — annual lists of the most profi table corporations in the

U.S. — received undergradu-ate degrees from the Big Ten.

The Big East conference was runner-up in the study, with 53 CFOs.

“It’s not something that we are particularly surprised at because the College of Busi-ness has some of the strongest

Big Ten universities produce most sitting CFOsSixty-nine of the CFOs at Fortune 500 and S&P companies received degrees from Big Ten universities, according to a recent report from Crist/Kolder Associates.

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BY ELI MURRAYSTAFF WRITER

Adams Outdoor Advertising is hoping that the Urbana City Council will pass an ordinance allowing them to replace a few traditional billboards with more modern, digital ones.

Under the new ordinance, Adams Outdoor Advertising would be able to construct dig-ital displays that promote busi-nesses in 10-second increments. The board’s 300-square-foot dis-plays would be subject to safety guidelines imposed by state and

federal legislatures that prohib-it images that blink, fl ash, slide, scroll or show video.

“It has to be an instant tran-sition (between images),” said Cain Kiser, real estate manager at Adams Outdoor Advertising.

City Planning Manager Rob-ert Myers said that under city ordinances, Urbana only has room for seven new billboards to be constructed. He also warned the council that once the billboards go up, it would be diffi cult for the city to have them removed.

Kiser said the advertising fi rm was looking to convert three or four billboards in Urba-na to digital displays if the ordi-nance passed. Because they are so expensive to install and main-tain, he said, Adams Outdoor Advertising is only interested in placing them in high-traffi c areas where they already have billboards in place.

“We are looking to have one on each main artery into Urba-na: Cunningham, North Lincoln and University (avenues),” he said

Urbana resident Scotty Dos-sett voiced concerns about digi-tal billboards to the City Council on Oct. 14.

Dossett said he was skeptical about “what kind of foot in the door” Adams Outdoor Adver-tising was looking for. He also expressed concerns about cor-porate infl uence on the City Council and the impact these signs would have on motorists.

“We lost somebody on cam-pus last week, and I know that wasn’t related to anything like this, but I’m really concerned

about the environment that we create here,” he said.

Carol Ammons, Ward 3, whose district is bordered by Cunning-ham, N. Lincoln and University avenues, said she wasn’t neces-sarily opposed to the ordinance, but she’d like to see community members come together to fi nd an agreement.

“There needs to be more con-versation between the two sides. We want the best for the busi-nesses, and we also want the best for the motorists and the residents,” she said.

Kiser said he encouraged con-cerned citizens to speak with their council representatives or to call Adams Outdoor Advertis-ing with questions.

“We’re going to be 100 per-cent transparent,” he said.

Digital billboards were approved in Champaign in 2007. Adams Outdoor Adver-tising currently has six digital signs installed in Champaign. Traffi c data collected by the Champaign Police Department

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Earnings, employment increase with education level

ADVANCED DEGREE

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SOURCE: Trends in Higher Education Series Report by College Board, October 2013 EUNIE KIM THE DAILY ILLINI

While some may question the debt that comes with a college degree, Illinois Board of Higher Education executive director Harry Berman says the higher salaries of a degree provide students a chance to pay back that debt. A 2013 study by College Board, relying on 2011 U.S. Census Bureau data, shows that earnings and employment increase with education level.

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WEATHERPOLICE

Champaign A 23-year-old male was

arrested on the charge of pos-session of cannabis in the 1100 block of North Prospect Avenue at around 9 p.m. Sunday.

According to the report, a traffi c stop was conducted for an expired registration when the driver was found to be in possession of cannabis.

Aggravated assault was reported in the 2800 block of West John Street at around 12:30 p.m. Monday.

According to the report, both parties reported that they were verbally assaulted by the other. There were no indepen-

dent witnesses and no arrests made.

Criminal damage to prop-erty was reported at Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, 102 E. Chalm-ers Ave., at around 7:30 p.m. Monday.

According to the report, a window was broken.

University Theft was reported at the

Quad Shop in the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., at around 2 p.m.

According to the report, an employee reported two wom-en stole several items from the store. The employee said one

woman distracted the employee at the check out counter while the other stole the items from the store. The women took sev-en bike locks estimated at $175 and various food items valued at $45.

Criminal damage to prop-erty was reported in the 600 block of South Gregory Drive at around 1 p.m. Sunday.

According to the report, someone broke a concrete gar-bage can holder. The estimat-ed cost of replacing the holder is $300.

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BY NANCY BLACKTRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

Today’s BirthdayFun and creativity energize this year. Your muse for talents and romance blesses you this spring and summer and could carry you to distant shores. Expand boundaries, and explore new flavors. Share your expression. Embrace a golden opportunity. Partnerships grow, and a rise in romantic status follows the spring eclipse. Enjoy abundance.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)Today is a 7 — For the next month, save more than you spend. Focus on resources and planning. Some things are still out of reach. Don’t tell everyone what you’ve got. Get your affairs into order. Rejuvenate romance with poetry, art and magic.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)Today is an 8 — You can plan for the future while managing current changes. Learn to delegate. Expect the temporary opposition of a partner. Don’t make assumptions. Get extra efficient.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)Today is an 8 — There’s plenty of work this month with increased income, so stash it in a safe place. Postpone a family gathering temporarily. Opposites attract. An old flame reappears. There was a reason the spark

went out. Keep your focus.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)Today is a 7 — Save enough to get the highest quality. Organize creative efforts. You’re exceptionally lucky. A female shows you what really matters and is very pleased that you get it. Allow extra time in the schedule.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)Today is a 6 — Tempers are short, especially at work. Go for quiet productivity. Your family needs you around. Use this time to invest in home, family, land and real estate. Moderate a disagreement. Love inspires love.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)Today is a 6 — Express your true feelings gently at work. Focus on gathering information and disseminating it wisely this month. Education becomes a priority. Wait until the directions are clear, and papers are in order. Organization saves time.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)Today is a 7 — Things don’t go exactly as planned. Keep some of your treasure hidden. Research new structures and practices for more efficiency around daily routines. Keep enough supplies on hand. Delegate unwanted tasks.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)Today is a 7 — Navigate a conflict of interests. You’re in charge this month, with spotlight and megaphone. Ask for help.

Postpone gathering with friends (unless it’s to accomplish something in teamwork). You’re extra powerful. Use it to benefit your community and family.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)Today is a 7 — Avoid a delicate subject. Follow through on old promises and do the financial planning for the next month. Opposites discover a magnetic pull. Take care not to provoke jealousies. Watch out for hidden agendas.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)Today is an 8 — Listen carefully to another opinion. Get festive this month, as social life and status rise together. Think of somebody who needs you. It’s better to save than to spend, now. Gracefully mediate a controversy by listening to affected parties.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)Today is a 6 — Have fun advancing your career agenda. Notice the effect on your partner. Don’t overlook someone who cares. Career matters may take up your time and effort, but you can squeeze in some love.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)Today is a 7 — You meet people with strong will power. List all the possibilities you can imagine, especially what you’d like to learn. What collaborations can you invent? Travel gets easier this month. Schedule carefully.

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Records Division shows no correlation between the installation of digital bill-boards at an intersection and the num-ber of accidents.

The signs in Champaign are set up with ambient light sensors so that the intensity of the light emitted from the billboards adjusts according to the con-ditions outside.

“If it’s noon on a sunny day, (the dis-play) is going to be at its brightest ... (so that the billboard) is not washed out by the sun,” Kiser said. “And as the sun goes down, it will dim.”

Mike Madigan, Ward 6, said he was in support of allowing digital billboards in Urbana, as it would improve business operations. He also urged city council to consider the community benefit of mak-ing an agreement with Adams Outdoor Advertising to display public service announcements.

“Any type of public service announce-ments that we would like to make ... we can require,” he said.

John Hecker, president of the Cham-paign County Crime Stoppers, defended the signs in a Sept. 17 letter addressed to community members.

“Adams Outdoor Advertising has been instrumental in the promotion of our organization throughout Cham-paign-Urbana,” he wrote. “With the recent shootings in north Champaign, the names and photos of the suspects were shown on the digital displays to assist in the apprehension of the suspects.”

Urbana currently does allow for digi-tal signs to be used on an on-premise basis. Myers advised that if city coun-cil were to allow digital billboards, they would likely have to update ordinanc-es concerning on-premise digital signs as well.

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programs in the nation,” said Larry DeBrock, dean of the College of Business.

Jon Davis, department head of accounting at the Univer-sity, said the Big Ten’s No. 1 ranking can be attributed to the fact that the University and Indiana University, which has 14 sitting CFOs, have highly ranked accounting programs.

However, Davis notes that the College of Business’s cur-riculum is what sets the Uni-versity apart from other institutions.

“Our focus, to a large extent, is on more real business prob-lems as opposed to just learning things out of a textbook,” Davis said. “We focus on things like business judgment, teamwork, critical thinking and dealing with ambiguous situations.”

Davis adds that the college’s curriculum is also tailored in a way that develops students to be leaders in the business field.

“We develop skills and abil-ities that will lend itself well to real situations as opposed to more technical aspects of accounting,” Davis said. “We give students the skill-set that people in the C-Suite need to

have and that, to some signifi-cant extent, is reflected in our ranking.”

DeBrock said the high rank-ing is also largely because of the students that the college attracts.

“I think that other pro-grams are good,” DeBrock said. “They’re just not as good as us. It is very competitive to get into the school, and we have many departments that are in the top 10 of national rankings.”

Adrianne Gimenez, fresh-man in Business, said the col-lege’s reputation is what drew her to come to the University.

“I did a lot of research on the business program here,” Gimenez said. “I took a look at the successes of it here com-pared to other schools, and ulti-mately I felt that Illinois’s busi-ness school was a perfect mix of a strong education and avail-able opportunities.”

Davis said it is no surprise that the University is one of the highest CFO-producing school because of its students.

“When we have amazing stu-dents here that means we are going to have amazing gradu-ates,” he said.

Julianne can be reached at [email protected].

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140,000 high-skilled unfilled jobs

More than 140,000 high-skilled jobs are unfilled with-in the state of Illinois, accord-ing to Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon, because workers lack the nec-essary skills for these jobs.

“This reflects national trends that, in many areas, there are not enough students going into a certain field,” Burbules said.

Brian Neighbors, the Career Center’s senior assistant direc-tor, said most of the increasing job openings are in the fields of science, technology, engineer-ing and mathematics, or STEM.

“For me, I would like to see the breakdown of 140,000,” Neighbors said. “We know from similar reports that there are companies who cannot find employees for high-skilled positions. We see it a lot with engineering, where there is not enough computer science students on this campus to fill every job posting.”

In fall 2008, more than 5,000 undergraduates were enrolled in the College of Engineering, compared with the 7,112 under-graduates currently enrolled, according to the Universi-ty’s Division of Management Information.

“We are a big producer of graduates with STEM degrees in comparison to our peers,” Tucker said.

At the University, he said, the computer science depart-ment is filled with international students. Last year, President Barack Obama loosened visa requirements for internation-al students so they have more of an opportunity to come and study.

“This is the history of this country. Some believe domestic jobs should be filled by domes-tic students, but they are not being filled, and this is part of the American tradition,” Bur-bules said. “It’s good for the country and this University in particular because we have a large number of international students.”

Quinn recently announced a “Get Skills to Work” coalition, making Illinois the first in the nation to join GE’s training partnership. The collaborative program teams together com-munity colleges and manufac-turers to train veterans for in-demand careers.

They will locate employers who want to hire returning vet-erans and provide the training needed for high-skilled jobs.

“Advanced manufacturing plays an undeniably important role in the U.S. economy, and we need to ensure that today’s workforce can meet tomorrow’s demands in order to maintain America’s competitive edge in the industry,” said Russell Stokes, GE Transportation’s CEO, in a press release.

“60 by 25” goalQuinn issued a call to state

education leaders to develop strategies to ensure that 60 per-cent of the state’s residents will hold college-level credentials or certificates by 2025.

“It’s a big challenge for higher education, and it’s important to remember that a goal like that involves a full spectrum of edu-cation institutions from flagship campuses like ours to communi-ty colleges,” Tucker said.

Neighbors warns that while the goal makes sense, it may increase the number of unem-ployed college graduates.

“If the 140,000 high-skilled jobs involved getting a college degree, then that goal would make sense,” Neighbors said. “But if those high-skilled jobs are specific to a degree and an industry, then just having more people get a college degree might not do anything.”

Higher education struggles to prove merit

Students and their families now hold an increased respon-sibility when it comes to college funding, Berman said.

“We are relying more and more on tuition and many stu-dents are finishing their degrees in a heavy amount of debt,” Bur-bules said. “At a certain point, that price point will be undesir-able for students to incur.”

Berman said the average stu-dent graduates with $26,000 of debt. However, he compares this price to a loan someone would take out to buy a new car.

“We are concerned with stu-dent debt, but we also have to rec-ognize that the problem is even worse for those who go to col-lege and do not gain degrees,” Berman said. “Then you not only have student debts, you also have no degree. Most with degrees can repay the debt in a reasonable time.”

Tucker said though the Uni-versity does not hold firm data on graduate employment rates, he believes graduates from this campus are doing much better in comparison to others nationwide.

“While unemployment is not something you’d expect after receiving a degree, over time those with degrees will do bet-ter than those without,” Berman said.

Aminmansour said higher edu-cation improves people’s career opportunities and their quality of life. In addition, higher educa-tion has numerous positive soci-etal impacts.

“It’s a win-win situation. But in order to accomplish this goal, we need to make sure higher educa-tion is affordable and accessible to qualified students,” Aminman-sour said. “With the continued reduction for state support for universities and colleges and reduced financial support such as MAP, we will face difficulties accomplishing this goal.”

Megan can be reached at [email protected].

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ticultural advocates, she add-ed. Many resident advisers are balancing their responsibilities with another job, clubs, academ-ics and personal relationships.

“It’s like you’re juggling,” Averill said. “You just don’t know what’s coming and what’s going, and you’ve got to plan appropriately.”

Along with the responsibili-ties of planning programs and upholding community stan-dards, one of the biggest roles for resident advisers and multi-cultural advocates in the halls is building a community, Run-nells said.

“It’s definitely the aspect of community building and trying to bring people together to cre-ate a community based around shared interests, as well as a community of diverse perspec-tives and backgrounds, which

sometimes can be a challenge which I think is a fascinating challenge,” said Gregory Fab-ray, a freshman in Engineering who is applying to be an resi-dent adviser.

With all of these prized quali-ties, Coyer hopes that the resi-dent advisers and multicultur-al advocates can be role models for positive behavior and build a community where residents feel safe. By doing this and creating a safe, strong community, Coy-er hopes the residents can learn from their resident advisers and multicultural advocates and keep their communities strong even outside the residence halls.

“We talk about teaching peo-ple ... (things) that they will take with them for the rest of their lives and being a good communi-ty member is something we hope they take away with them for the rest of their lives,” Coyer said.

Miranda can be reached at [email protected].

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Champaign Accident Reports at the intersection of Neil Street and St. Marys RoadWhen Champaign installed digital billboards at this intersection in 2009, the number of accidents were not affected.

2005 — 82006 — 92007 — 42008 — 42009 — 5 (signs installed)2010 — 42011 — 42012 — 32013 — 0Source: Champaign Police Department

BY SOPHIA SOPUCHSTAFF WRITER

After two years of carry-ing the burden of elevated feed costs, Illinois cattlemen now see a decrease in corn prices.

Elevated corn costs can be attributed to a massive drought that has swept across the state for over two years, as well as a constantly high demand for eth-anol. For Illinois cattlemen, the rise in corn costs has especially affected the price of cattle feed.

“In the last five years, corn prices have shifted upwards,” said Travis Meteer, a Universi-ty beef extension educator. “Pre-vious to the ethanol era, we lived in a world of cheap corn prices.”

The creation of ethanol devel-oped a new market for corn; when the demand for corn went up, so did its cost. In the last two years, a massive drought has caused record-high feed costs, Meteer said. The drought was the worst to hit western Illinois since the 1930s. No matter the size of the cattle farm, the elevated feed costs have affected everyone, he added.

“Let’s say you go to the grocery store, and five years ago bread was a dollar a loaf, but this time when you go, it’s three dollars a loaf,” Meteer said as an example. “For a family of six, it’s going to affect them a bit more, but every-one is still going to have to buy groceries at an elevated price.”

Last year, a bushel of corn, which is about 56 pounds, cost between $7 and $8 because of the poor crop yield, Meteer said. This year, farmers have had a much better yield, causing corn pric-es to drop between $4 and $5, Meteer said.

But this lowered corn price isn’t necessarily ideal. Farm-ers have con-sequently been looking for and using oth-er alternatives, Meteer said.

“In an effort to save their feed, cattlemen have been using their harvested corn fields as an opportunity to feed their cat-tle,” he added.

Aaron Mitch-ell, a senior in ACES, grew up on a dairy farm. Currently, the Mitchell’s are milking about 120 cows, but own around 250. His family feeds all of their cows a total mixed ration, or TMR.

The TMR consists of corn silage, haylage, dry hay and corn gluten, among other things. Usu-ally, when a farm has both crops and animals, part of the crop is designated to feed the animals and the other part is often meant to be sold for ethanol production,

Mitchell said. However, even when the corn yield is low, the animals still have to be fed. The drought became a problem for Mitchell’s family when they had to start feeding their cows corn they could have sold, he said.

“Even though you’re not buy-ing as much feed, you’re still los-ing out on crops you could have sold,” Mitchell said.

Unlike other local farmers, Mitchell’s family cannot allow their cattle to graze on harvested fields because of their restrictive

milking sched-ule. The cows are milked two to three times a day, which doesn’t allow for the extra transportation that would come with bringing them out to the fields.

“You can do that with beef, but it’s not real-ly a feasible option for dairy

cows. Beef cows, all they do is eat and lay down,” Mitchell said.

Still, there are other alterna-tives for feeding cows besides having them graze on harvest-ed fields.

“There are farms that feed their cows bakery waste or bi-products of ethanol. In Califor-nia, I’ve seen them feed citrus pulp to their cows,” Mitchell said.

William Haas, a junior in ACES, has been showing cattle since he was 8 years old.

“The higher quality the feed, the better the animal will look,” he said.

Haas, like Mitchell, experi-enced a more difficult year in 2012. Typically, Haas would pay $400 per ton of feed, which feeds two calves for a month. But last year the Purina feed he pre-ferred to buy cost up to $700 per ton. When cattlemen can’t afford the feed for their cattle, they are likely to sell them before they are market ready.

These “cull cows” cost around 55 cents less per pound than their market ready counterparts.

“Last year a lot of farmers only got by due to the fact they had insurance,” he said.

Despite the poor conditions incurred by the drought, cattle-men continue to seek out alter-natives to paying the price for elevated feed. The good news, Meteer said, is with the effects of the drought subsiding, the prices of feed should continue to drop.

Haas cited President Barack Obama’s speech, which he gave when he reopened the govern-ment on Thursday, where he urged legislators to reconsider farm policy and provide farmers with a better security blanket.

“One of the reasons I’m so passionate about educating peo-ple on agriculture is because it’s our livelihood. If we put a black top over corn and soy-beans fields, where will we get the resources we need to sur-vive?” Haas said.

Sophia can be reached at [email protected].

A!er years of sky-high corn prices, lower prices good news for cattlemen

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Yongfei Ci waved his right to a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty Tuesday on the charges of home invasion, aggravated kidnapping and first-degree murder in connec-

tion with the Sept. 30 death of University student Mengchen Huang.

Ci sat in silence during the hearing, only speaking to signi-fy that he understood his right to a preliminary hearing and that he wished to waive it.

A preliminary hearing would have meant that either a judge or magistrate would review the case to determine whether there was enough evidence for the case to proceed to trial. Ci’s case will proceed directly to pretrial.

The pretrial hearing will set

the procedures for the rest of the trial. The pretrial for Ci’s case is scheduled for Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. in courtroom C at the Champaign County Courthouse.

Eli can be reached at [email protected].

“Last year a lot of farmers only got by due to

the fact they had insurance.”

WILLIAM HAASJUNIOR IN ACES

BY REBECCA BAKERMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Wheth-er the first day of same-sex mar-riage in New Jersey was a joyous celebration or a heartbreaking disappointment depended on loca-tion and the presence of a sympa-thetic ear.

In Hawthorne, Jeff Gardner was able to say “I do” to Ari Lash, his partner of 13 years, on Monday after he showed the proper paper-work to a Passaic County judge, who waived the state’s 72-hour waiting period for nuptials.

A judge in Bergen County dashed the hopes of high school sweethearts Sophie Papanikolaou and Teri Noel of Fair Lawn, how-ever, telling them they didn’t meet the legal requirements and had to wait until Thursday to make

their long relationship a legal marriage.

“I’m frustrated, I’m furious, I’m hurt,” Papanikolaou said. “We expected a rubber stamp. We’ve been together 34 years. Why would he (the judge) give a flying leap?”

Confusion over how New Jer-sey’s marriage laws apply to gay couples seemed to be the key problem as municipal offi-cials and eager couples tried to make sense of it all. As of Thurs-day there was no gay marriage in New Jersey. On Friday there was, after the state Supreme Court rejected Gov. Chris Chris-tie’s request to hold off on allow-ing same-sex marriages while his administration appealed a lower-court ruling.

The registrars and clerks, who

faced the first applicants Monday morning, seemed to be waiting for instructions from the state that never came. They were left to improvise when couples showed up asking to get married.

“We’re operating under a lot of assumptions here,” said Dawn Cetrulo, Ridgewood’s health supervisor. “The state has not contacted us with any specifics on forms or protocols. We’re just figuring the process is going to be the same.”

The Ridgewood Health Depart-ment fielded several calls Mon-day morning from couples asking specific questions about the pro-cess and rumors that the 72-hour waiting period between getting a license and getting married had been waived. Officials there said they had yet to receive a single

email from the state registrar’s office since Friday, when the gov-ernor’s office announced it would not challenge the Supreme Court decision.

In Clifton, four same-sex cou-ples applied for marriage licenses in the city clerk’s office Monday. One couple, Aida and Deborah Cubano, were all smiles while answering application questions from Clerk Nancy Ferrigno.

The Cubanos entered into a civ-il union 10 years ago in Vermont, an arrangement they say is a fre-quent source of confusion among family members and on forms where the only options for marital status are “single” or “married.”

“It will be nice to say, ‘Yes, we’re married, yes, she’s my wife,’ and leave it at that,” Aida Cuba-no said.

OPINIONS4AWEDNESDAY

EDITORIAL CARTOON BOB ENGLEHART THE HARTFORD COURANT

As you settle into your room for a quiet night of study-ing, your roommate starts

cranking music for an impromp-tu dance party. You try to drown it out, but somehow get roped into the dancing distraction and burn so many calories that you convince yourself it’s time for a snack. That was your exercise for the day and you deserve it.

You start to wander back to the overwhelming pile of books that is silently beckoning your name, but then there’s your bed — fluffy and inviting. You decide there’s no harm in laying down to study, so you transport your materi-als to the delightful comfort of your pillows and before you know it you’re passed out, dead asleep only to wake up to an angry alarm clock the next morning without any studying accomplished.

This is a scene every college student is all too familiar with. Fortunately for college students,

there is a cure. And that cure is a library, or any quiet space meant for studying.

I happen to be a library con-noisseur, and by that I mean I enjoy going to libraries even when I don’t have anything to study for.

So here is a breakdown of my favorite study spots to help those inflicted with the procrastination disease.

The go-to spot to study on cam-pus is obviously the Undergradu-ate Library.

With its central campus loca-tion and various seating options, it’s many students’ top place to study. Though the seats may not be the most comfortable in the world, the private cubicles on the lower level deter distractions by creating the optimal studying environment.

The conveniently placed Espresso Royale on the main level doesn’t hurt either. The downside of the UGL is that you’re likely to run into friends and begin long-winded conversations about how stressed out you are. It takes a lot of self-control to avoid the busy main level and venture to the qui-et floor below. This is a temptation

many cannot resist, which is why you may need a more secluded place like the next location.

Many people do not utilize this next cozy corner, which happens to be one of my personal favor-ites. The Main Library is locat-ed directly across from the UGL and, in fact, they are connected by an underground tunnel.

In addition to holding the main stacks, where you can find any book imaginable, it is also most-ly silent and full of comfortable chairs that provide the optimal studying experience. The main hall is complete with rows of wooden tables and chairs creating a Hogwarts-like vibe that is sure to inspire even the most talented of procrastinators.

This next location may seem like an unlikely candidate for upperclassmen, but that doesn’t prevent my friends from fre-quenting this freshmen-filled study area: the Ikenberry Commons.

If you enjoy a little people-watching as you study, there is no place better than the Ike. Though it is part of the freshman dorms, many students return to the Ike long after they have lived in the

Six Pack because of the relaxed setting and numerous study rooms. The modern architec-ture, comfortable armchairs and decent amount of people-watch-ing all add to the allure of the Ike as a prime study spot.

If silence is your main prior-ity and you don’t care about being somewhere aesthetically pleasing, then the Armory is the place for you. This is not a popular place to study, which only enhances its appeal because no one is there.

You can have entire rooms to yourself because most people get lost upon entering. If you are will-ing to weave through the maze of classrooms, you are sure to find a quiet spot where you won’t be dis-tracted and are sure to get all of your work done.

With midterms in full swing, everyone on campus is sure to have assignments due and tests to study for. Hopefully studying in one of these places will save you from the comfy claws of your bed and help you to beat the procrasti-nation bug.

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

THE DAILY ILLINI

EDITORIALEight-week courses

can be a blessing or a curse depending on

individual intent

In an academic rut? Try these campus study spots

If you’re trying to cram a month’s worth of course material into one night of studying before an exam, you’re just the typical

University student. And if you’re cramming a semester’s worth of course material into just a few weeks, you’re probably enrolled in a University favorite: half-term or eight-week classes.

If you intended to take one of these classes, you’re likely already enrolled; second-half courses began on Monday.

Eight-week courses range from the 100-level, such as LER 100, Introduction to Labor Studies, to advanced-level courses such as ACE 398, Food Marketing and Behavior. This diversity is not confined to course options, but extends to the rigor of courses as well.

Initially, taking an eight-week course may seem like the most brilliant idea ever to the cohort of procrastinating University students: nobody telling you what to do with your time, minimal face-to-face interaction, not much monitoring of students’ progress and all the time in the world — or so you think.

But, of course, there are two sides to every story. Students may also enroll in eight-week courses because they need more flexibility in their packed schedules, or perhaps they are taking on a part-time job or research internship.

Essentially, it’s the student’s intent in taking an eight-week course that determines whether these courses fulfill their purpose: to allow and compensate for additional time needs in students’ schedules.

The Editorial Board has come to the consensus (or lack thereof) that eight-week courses are neither beneficial nor useless in and of themselves, but rather it is students’ intent in taking the course that determines whether it becomes beneficial or useless.

That being said, we’d like to offer a few insights into the deep, dark world of eight-week courses and how to succeed in them.

Recognize that eight-week courses are not all online classes, and not all online classes are eight-week courses. Think about it this way: If your schedule is packed all day, take an eight-week course online to avoid taking time to physically be in the classroom. And if you’re horrible at managing your own time, then take a standard eight-week course that has a predetermined time to be in the classroom.

Manage your time appropriately. Regardless of whether the course is entirely online or face-to-face, the course is compacted, meaning that it covers the same amount of material in a semester-long course in a shorter time period. Because most eight-week courses meet only one or two times per week, it’s important to evenly distribute your workload throughout the week. Otherwise, you’ll be faced with learning the course material and taking an exam on it all within just a few days of one another.

Identify your eight-week course’s structure, since this often differs from a semester-long course. Many eight-week courses are centered on meeting deadlines. Because the classes often meet less frequently, instructors often use multiple interfaces: Compass 2g for lectures, Moodle for assignments, software that comes with the course textbook, etc. Therefore, you should keep tabs on where each of your assignments are due, and if there is more than one platform for the course. Take a look at the grading structure too; sometimes overall point values are less but compensated for by placing a large weight on major assignments.

Eight-week courses can be the key to getting ahead and expanding your schedule, but they can also be one of the easiest ways to slack off and get lost in the fast-paced nature of these courses. Whether these classes are effective is entirely determined by the individual. Do you need the extra time in your schedule? Do you learn better face-to-face? Can you manage and organize your time? They really are what you make of them.

KATE CULLEN

Opinions columnist

Q U I C K COMMENTARY

Quick Commentary delivers bits of relevant and important issues on campus or elsewhere. We write it, rate it and stamp it. When something happens that we are not

pleased with: DI Denied. When something happens that we like: Alma Approved.

Homecoming approaches once again — actually for the 103rd time, to be exact. As we work our way through the week, it continues to be full of non-stop events. From the visiting University alumni and the “Harlem Shake” guy at Foellinger Auditorium to free food, parades, pep rallies and more, what’s not to love? To put it into perspective, the University’s

homecoming is essentially like your high school homecoming on steroids. Plus

much fewer grind trains.

While Johnny Depp has been off the Hollywood radar lately, it doesn’t mean he is off of our babe-dar. (Sigh, it was worth

an effort.) Although we can’t say the blond hair he sported at the London Film Festival

last Saturday did him any justice. It was always that dark, rugged and edgy look

of his that kept guys and girls everywhere swooning — so maybe blonds don’t have more fun. But hey, it’s Johnny Depp. He could have dyed his hair green and he would still be one of the hottest 50 year

olds out there.

Forget the pumpkin spice lattes — it is never truly the fall season until our

televisions are bombarded with Halloween movies. Saturday marked the first night of the much-anticipated “13 Nights of Halloween” on ABC Family. You would

have to be lying or crazy if you said you didn’t love watching the slew of Tim Burton movies and some of the other classics like “The Goonies,” “Teen Wolf,” and “Hocus

Pocus.” Granted, we will still have to switch back over to Disney Channel to catch our

other favorite, “Halloweentown.” (If you like the second or third ones better, you’re

being judged.)

Highlights from this week’s most useless headlines:

1. “Kim Kardashian’s Short Shorts Have Returned”

Good. Because let us tell you, we were really, REALLY worried. Forget the baby she just had, these are Kim’s legs we’re

talking about. #priorities2. “Britney Spears and David Lucado

Watch Her Sons’ Soccer Game”Shame on you, Britney. Being a parent?

Supporting your children? What blasphemy! If real people make these

headlines, then we can give it a shot, too: “Britney’s back attending her son’s soccer game, bitch” and “Oops, she went to her

son’s soccer game again.”3. “Beyonce Poses Nude In A Hammock”We wonder how creative copy writers can

get if she posed nude in other places. BREAKING: “Beyonce Strips Down In

Shower.” Where we would respond: “OMG TWINS.”

If we had $100,000 to spend frivolously, it would be spent on the following in no particular order: McDonald’s breakfast,

chocolate, more chocolate, beer, repeat. But apparently not all individuals are as intelligent

as us, because one 33-year-old dude paid $100,000 in plastic surgery to look like Justin Bieber. We know what you’re thinking: Bieber

is so hot. Please, for our sake, don’t let this guy win the lottery. We don’t need any more middle-aged men trying to pull a “Back to

the Future” on their faces. There’s only room for one Bruce Jenner in this country.

Yesterday morning it was 32 degrees. Yeah. Welcome to Champaign-Urbana,

folks. Where the weather fluctuates almost as much as the expected date of Alma

Mater’s return. Here are some things to do while you pout:

1. Wrap yourself up in a blanket and tell yourself you won’t get up until you REALLY

need something — like pizza.2. Put on a movie and pretend that you wouldn’t rather be at the bars

reacquainting yourself with your good friend, Jack D.

3. Complain about how cold it is and how you aren’t going to class — and then go to

class.4. Put on a sweater and pretend you’re one of those strange, hipster sweater-weather

people.5. Buy a heater.

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EDUMACATION JOHNIVAN DARBY

BEARDO DAN DOUGHERTY

DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU

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As the weather becomes colder, students pack away their swimming gear and take out their

favorite boots and soft sweat-ers. With back-to-back mid-terms and a packed schedule, students may be inclined to enter hibernation mode. But more than 80 classes offered a week target different parts of the body, Campus Recre-ation’s Group Fitness program can help students maintain a healthy lifestyle throughout the winter months.

While the gym may be a daunting place, Campus Recre-ation assistant director Janet Kroencke said Campus Recre-ation’s Group Fitness class-es provide safe, comfortable environments to work out in. Kroencke said Campus Recre-ation offers seven class options — which include cardiovascu-lar, dance fi tness, strength and water training and others. Par-ticipating in the program costs $7 for a single class, $50 for a semester and $90 for the aca-demic year, Kroencke said.

To provide an opportuni-ty for students to learn about Campus Recreation programs, Kroencke said classes are free for students during the fi rst

week of each semester. Campus Recreation also offers “Bring Your Buddy for Free Week” during the middle of the semes-ter, where students can bring their friends along to their fi t-ness classes for free.

Between having to fulfi ll academic responsibilities and maintaining and active social life, remembering to take care of your health is important, but may be put on the back-burner. Here’s a piece of advice to con-sider: If you can go out to the bars in cold weather, you can go to the gym. At some point, students need to tell them-selves, “Enough is enough — I need to focus on myself.”

That was point for me came during the spring semester of my junior year at the Univer-sity. I realized I had one year before I’d be thrown into the real world to fi nd a job and start the next chapter of my life. I only had a year left to take advantage of the University’s state-of-the-art workout facili-ties. Soon after this realization, I signed up to run the Chris-tie Clinic Illinois Half Mara-thon and the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. I knew that if I had a goal in mind, I would do whatever it took to reach the fi nish line. After running 13.1 miles last spring and 26.2 miles this fall, I have become moti-vated to try out Campus Rec-reation’s classes in an effort to stay active throughout my last year on campus.

Cycling is one of the most challenging but rewarding classes I’ve taken at the ARC. While I don’t like to sweat on a day-to-day basis, I love sweat-ing at the gym because it is proof that I am challenging myself. Never go to the gym with the thought of, “If I start to sweat, people will judge me.”

No matter what results you’re hoping for, always remember that working out should be a fun and enjoyable experience.

Champaign-Urbana has a great MTD system that takes you directly to the ARC and CRCE. Even if it’s snowing out-side, jump on the bus and make your way to a fi tness class. Never be hesitant to try new things.

As you pack away your fl ip-fl ops, remember that you don’t have to “pack” on any extra weight just because the sea-sons are changing. Staying active and creating a healthier lifestyle is important; the soon-er you start, the better. Though time may be limited because of school, taking the initiative to utilize the Campus Recre-ation Group Fitness classes and facilities is a great way to learn how to manage your time. Stop making excuses and set achiev-able goals throughout your time at the University.

David is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at [email protected].

Information about Campus Recreation’s seven Group Fitness program classes:Class Option | Class | Fact:

1. Cardio | Body Combat | Martial arts-based exercises that works cardiovascular endurance and conditions the upper and lower body2. Cycling | Cycle | Interval training and cardiovascular endurance training3. Dance Fitness | Zumba | Simple dance moves that build cardiovascular endurance4. High Intensity | R.I.P.P.E.D.|A combination of intervals,

plyometrics, power and endurance training to increase strength and cardiovascular conditioning5. Mind/Body | Lyengar Yoga | Exercises that creates elasticity and strength that also work on postural alignment and breath control6. Strength | Body Pump | Muscular endurance class that builds lean muscle mass7. Water | Cardio H2O | Underwater cardiovascular strength exercises with little to no impact Source: Group Fitness Program Assistant Dan Maroun

Don’t let winter keep you from being active

POOR EXCUSES 1. It’s too cold outside. 2. I feel out of place at the

gym. 3. It’s daunting. 4. I don’t have the time. 5. I’m too busy.6. I’m young and have

plenty of time to be healthy later on.

7. I can’t afford it.8. It’s boring.9. It’s always crowded.10. I don’t like going alone.11. I’ll be judged.12. I’ll start next week.

DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORTLife in Color, a paint party

and electronic dance music con-cert previously known as Day-glow, has canceled their upcom-ing event that was scheduled for Nov. 9.

According to a post on the LIC Champaign Facebook page on Friday, the event has been can-

celed “due to unforeseen logis-tical and production related issues.”

Jeff Grant, the owner of Fluid Event Center, where the event was to be held, said he received a phone call on Oct. 15 from LIC, saying the event was canceled. He said that LIC considered post-poning the event, but decided to cancel the event when they had trouble fi nding a replacement artist.

According to the group’s Face-book page, all ticket holders will receive a refund. Hard copy tick-

et holders will be refunded on Wednesday at Firehaus between t 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. To receive a refund, ticket holders will need the hard copy of their ticket, the name of the individual they pur-chased it from and the amount it was purchased it for.

LIC was originally scheduled for Sept. 20 but was postponed because of unfi nished construc-tion at the Fluid Event Center. Grant said that the Fluid Event Center received certifi cation last week for all of the previously needed inspections.

Life in Color event canceledTicket holders for canceled event to receive refunds

BY JEREMY C. OWENS, PATRICK MAY AND TROY WOLVERTONMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. debuted its newest iPad models on Tuesday in time for the holiday shopping season, announcing a new name and thin-ner body for its full-sized tablet, dubbing it the iPad Air, and giv-ing the iPad Mini its high-defi ni-tion “Retina” display.

Apple CEO Tim Cook bragged at Tuesday’s launch event that the iPad has surpassed 170 mil-lion sales since its 2010 introduc-tion and accounts for more than 80 percent of tablet usage. But, he added, “This is just the begin-ning for iPad.”

Cook then brought out mar-keting executive Phil Schiller to introduce the iPad Air, which weighs just 1 pound, the light-est full-sized tablet in the world, according to Schiller. The previ-ous full-sized iPad weighed 1.4 pounds.

The iPad Air, which has a starting price of $499, receives the same powerful 64-bit A7X processor that debuted in the new iPhone 5S. Schiller said the change will double processing and graphics performance from the previous iteration of the tab-let computer. Apple will continue to sell the iPad 2 with a starting price of $399.

The iPad Mini receives the Retina display that is already offered on full-sized iPads and some Mac products, and also receives Apple’s new 64-bit processor. The new screen arrives with a price bump for the iPad Mini, which will now start at $399; the previous iPad Mini started at $329, and it will

receive a $30 discount to a start-ing price of $299.

Both new iPads will debut Nov. 1 and will be offered in two col-or options: silver and white, and space gray and black.

Cook kicked off the event Tuesday morning by praising the company’s recent iPhone launch and iOS update, and discussing the company’s vision for its Mac line of personal computers.

“We have a very clear direc-tion and very ambitious goal” with Macs, Cook said before ced-ing the stage to software execu-tive Craig Federighi, who pro-vided more details on Apple’s new PC operating system, called Mavericks in honor of the San Francisco Bay Area surfi ng spot.

Federighi showed off the new operating system, focusing on its ability to extend battery life and use memory more effi ciently to run the system faster. Federighi also announced that Mavericks

will be provided for free and is available for download on Macs dating back to 2007.

Schiller followed Federighi on stage to continue discuss-ing Apple’s PC line, beginning with updates for the MacBook Pro line of laptops. The 13 and 15 inch MacBook Pro models will be juiced up with new Intel chips, and both received a $200 price cut, starting at $1,299 and $1,999, respectively. The two laptops will be available immediately.

Schiller also announced new details about Apple’s high-pow-ered desktop PC, the Mac Pro, which was previewed at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Confer-ence last June along with Mav-ericks, which has been in beta testing since then. Mac Pro will have a new-generation Intel Xeon processor with 4, 6, 8 or 12 cores and the fastest memory ever in a Mac, with capability of up to 64GB.

Apple introduces iPad Air, Mavericks operating system

DAVID ROTHMUND

Contributing writer

KARL MONDON MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEApple marketing executive Phil Schiller announces new iPad models Tuesday in San Francisco. The new iPads will debut Nov. 1.

BY MARA SHAPIRO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

W hile University students still enjoy wearing costumes and eating candy on Halloween, they usually find themselves drinking something a little stronger than witches’ brew fruit

punch. The Registered Student Organization Special Populations will partner up with McKinley Health Center’s Alcohol and Other Drug Office to host an Alcohol Awareness seminar to teach students how to be safe during the holiday.

The Alcohol Awareness seminar, “Think Before You Drink,” will take place on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Temple Hoyne Buell Hall. While the seminar occurs close to Halloween, it also takes place during the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Campaign. Alcohol Awareness has been put on annually since 2006, according to Maureen Schoen, treasurer of Special Populations and senior in Media.

University Police Officer Ryan Snow will be participating in the panel during the seminar to educate students on safe alcohol consumption as well as discuss what he and his department witnesses when they see intoxicated students.

“I wanted to participate in the panel to help educate people on the topic of alcohol abuse,” Snow wrote in an email. “A lot of issues that police handle have alcohol as the root problem. The students are at a higher risk because of the environment that surrounds them and the peer pressure that exists in the university setting.”

Mary Russell, a clinical psychologist at McKinley’s Alcohol and Other Drug Office, also believes student education is key. Russell explained t h at s t udents typically come to the Alcohol and Other Drug Office based upon a doctor’s referral after a concerning hospital visit involving alcohol- or drug-related incidents.

“ S t u d e n t s can think about how to have the good effects of alcohol without risking negative consequences,” Russell said.

Schoen explained that “Think Before You Drink” seminar has an interactive obstacle course that includes having students put on “drunk goggles” while using their cellphones or walking straight lines. Students also

g e t to see how much alcohol a shot contains by estimating how much a shot is while pouring liquid into a red Solo cup. Students will see if their estimate is under or above what a shot glass actually holds. There will also be myth and fact posters as well as a panel with police officers, such as Snow, and coroners.

“I think students get a better understanding of drinking ... it’s telling them to be responsible when you drink,” Schoen said.

Russell thinks it is beneficial for students to get local and community information.

“The police on the panel are important because students get to see the people who are in charge of their safety,” Russell said.

Snow wrote that the department’s biggest concern around holidays is student safety.

“The number of students that we transport to the hospital because of intoxication on holiday or event weekends can be shocking,” Snow wrote. “However, we would like to get those calls from other students rather than have them never get the help that they need. ... After they get transported, we try to follow up with them and make sure they talk to someone about the concerns we have about alcohol abuse.”

Snow also gave some advice for University students. “Students need to stay in groups; leave and come home

with the same number of people,” he wrote. “A lot of bad decisions are made when people are drinking, but sometimes if friends are together they can influence good decisions instead of the bad ones. Also, drink slowly. ... If people drink slowly, they are more likely to feel the alcohol influencing their bodies and will be able to switch to water before they become overly

intoxicated.”Schoen said that the turnout for “Think Before You Drink” is usually around 200 to 300

participants. Attending students are usually in the community health or pre-health

fields. On the panel, Snow will have information for students about

city fines and education within the community, and he will

inform students about ways to find help for themselves

when they feel they are having problems.

Snow explained that if students are responsible with their alcohol and are informed, then students will have a safer time out at night.

“The biggest issues we face are alcohol-related issues such as fights, medical transports due to intoxication and damage to property,” Snow wrote. “Once again, most of the issues we respond to will often have alcohol as the root problem. If people drink responsibly, everyone can have a good night.”

Mara can be reached at [email protected].

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Formerly called Dayglow, the paint party and electronic dance music con-cert Life in Color, formerly rescheduled for Nov. 9, has been officially can-celed. Turn to Page 5A for more de-tails about the cancellation and ticket refund information.

“The number of students we transport to the hospital because of intoxication

on a holiday ... can be shocking.”RYAN SNOW

UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER

Alcohol Awareness seminar promotes safety in numbers

BEFOREBOO[ZE]

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BY STEPHEN BOURBONSTAFF WRITER

The difference of one year has been monumental for the Illinois offense.

Considered to be one of the worst statistical offenses in the country last season, the Illinois football team has fl ourished with an increased workload in the passing game.

As opposed to 2012, Illinois has taken more shots down the fi eld — and been successful. The improvements have been all across the board with a new offense under coordinator Bill Cubit, but the big plays down the fi eld have been an added element to this year’s offense.

Illinois already has more plays

of 20 or more yards from scrim-mage this season than all of last year. The Illini racked up 36 such plays in six games this season, while the 2012 Illinois offense mustered only 34 in twice as many games, which was last in the country.

With four senior wide receiv-ers paired with a senior quar-terback, wide receivers coach Mike Bellamy said there shouldn’t be any surprise with the improvement.

“When I fi rst took over the group, I felt like I was cheating,” he said. “You got guys who’ve been in three different offens-es so you know they’re smart enough to pick it up, they pick it up fast. The learning curve was easy for them because it’s just different terminology.”

The change has been apparent for quarterback Nathan Scheel-haase, especially as he has put up some of the best statistics of his career in his fi nal campaign.

In only six games this season, Scheelhaase has already sur-passed his 2012 numbers. The senior has eight passing plays of 20 or more yards, seven plays of 30 or more and four plays of 50 yards or more as compared with his numbers last season. Not only is the offense hitting on more big plays, it is stretch-ing defenses by forcing them to cover the entire fi eld.

Last season, Scheelhaase aver-aged just 5.5 yards per pass attempt but that number has jumped to 8.8 per attempt this season in this year’s offense, which is to be “seen through the quarterback’s eyes.”

“We’ve got some speed,” Bel-lamy said. “We’re going to uti-lize their skill set and if you can catch them, catch them if you can. That’s our mind set.”

But as the calendar pushes into the fi nal phase of the season, cold weather and wind looms on the horizon, which normally hinders

air-raid offenses.The Illini already experienced

a taste of this in their Big Ten games against Nebraska and Wisconsin. In Lincoln, Nebraska, the weather was cold (tempera-ture was in mid-40s throughout the game on Oct. 5) and windy (the average wind speed was 17 miles per hour). That day, quar-terback Nathan Scheelhaase had his worst statistical game of the season: 135 passing yards with no touchdowns and one interception.

This past Saturday against Wisconsin, the Illinois offense was only able to move the ball in the second and fourth quarters, when a stiff wind was at its back. The Illini put up 33 points on the scoreboard but were shutout with the wind in their face.

“We’re a Big Ten team, we’ve got Big Ten expectations. These kids know that it’s going to be like this,” Bellamy said.

Despite a few early warning signs, Bellamy was unconcerned

about losing this year’s potent passing game when the temper-ature drops.

“I don’t worry about it,” he said. “Sometimes our passing game might be shorter, some-times guys just got to wear

gloves and prepared to catch the ball with their body instead of their hands.”

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

SPORTS1BWEDNESDAY

Illini volleyball aims for double win this weekend

Recent injuries no excuse for not winning your league

Stronger offense key to improvement

What a rough week in the NFL.

Injuries came in like a storm, raining on the parades of many impact play-ers across the 32 teams. The Bears lost Jay Cutler for about four weeks to a groin injury. The Bucs lost Doug Martin to a torn labrum, likely for the season. Even the triumphant Colts weren’t safe, losing Reg-gie Wayne to a torn ACL for the season.

Arguably, the most stom-ach churning was Gipson’s hit on Packer tight end Jermi-chael Finely, which put him in intensive care. Although Fin-ley reported via Twitter that he regained mobility, he was diagnosed with a bruised spi-nal cord in his neck and will have to seek medical advice on whether he should continue his career.

When the storm passed, several teams were left look-ing like Gotham City after

Bane broke Batman. But like The Dark Knight Rises, these teams will rise again, wheth-er it’s with the return of their own Batman or the discovery of a new hero.

In the meantime, though, your fantasy team can’t wait around for Batman to recov-er. Most of you have already had to drop more players than you’d like to admit, whether it’s for injury or sheer bust-ability. That’s why your fanta-sy doctor has decided to dedi-cate this week’s Wednesday column entirely to pickups. You can’t have the heroes you need, but here’s a list of a few you deserve. (Spoiler alert: None of them are Bears or Philip Rivers.)

Bye Weeks: Baltimore, Chi-cago, Houston, Indianapolis, San Diego, Tennessee

PICKUPSJake Locker (quarterback,

Titans, 2.4 percent owned in ESPN leagues) — After suf-fering a hip injury in Week 4, Locker returned healthy and looked as good as ever. He averaged 13 yards per throw, two of which went for touch-

downs. His only blemish was an interception, but it was shadowed by a 326-yard fi eld day with the ninth-best pass defense in the league. The attention will be off Locker with his bye in Week 8, but he follows it with matchups against low-tier pass defens-es in the Rams and Jaguars. Grab him while you can.

Zac Stacy (running back, Rams, 10.2 percent) — Stacy has been a consistent weap-on for the Rams the last three week, averaging about 16 car-ries for 70 yards per week. He caught four for 34 yards and a touchdown in Week 7 to fl uff his stats. But Sam Bradford is out for the season with a torn ACL, which likely means a shift to bring more of a rush-ing presence to the offense. Seattle may boast the 10th-best run defense in the league, but a good portion of that has been against rushing busts like Maurice Jones-Drew. Regardless of the outcome, you can bet on seeing activity both on the ground and in the air from Stacy.

Jarrett Boykin (wide receiv-

BY BLAKE PONSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois volleyball team walked off the court at Huff Hall on Sunday afternoon in jubilation after coming away with a 3-1 win against No. 17 Ohio State. With a short week, the Illini will attempt to pro-long those feelings on the road against Northwestern on Wednesday. The Illini have won back-to-back games only once this season.

The Illini (8-10, 4-4 Big Ten) are in desperate need of their fi rst sweep in their upcoming pairs of matches. With only 12 matches remaining, Illinois will ideally need to continue its streak of splits while picking up a sweep or two across the next six weeks to ensure a path into the NCAA tournament.

“I like the way we’re playing, I like the direction we’re going, I like the things that are going on,” head coach Kevin Hambly said. “If we don’t get a sweep weekend, then we’re in trouble. We’ve got to fi nd a way to get that done.”

The Wildcats (12-8, 4-4 Big Ten) present a prime opportu-nity for the Illini to get their fi rst winning streak since the team beat Iowa State and Ari-zona State in early September. Illinois has been dominant against Northwestern, hold-ing a 50-27 edge in the all-time series. Last season, the Illini swept the Wildcats in a pair of fi ve-set matches, the second of which included a hitting clin-

ic by junior Liz McMahon and sophomore Jocelynn Birks. The two combined for 58 kills, with McMahon contributing to 30 of them, becoming the sec-ond player in Illinois’ history to reach that mark since rally scoring was introduced in 2001.

Although Northwestern has been successful at home this year, going 8-2, Illinois has won 21 of 32 in Evanston, Illi-nois, with its last loss at Welsh-Ryan Arena coming in 2005. Hambly said the Wildcats are different than they have been in the past, when they have been more “middle-dominat-ed team.” Northwestern has become more of a “pin-dom-inanted team”, Hambly said, after the Wildcats moved mid-dle blocker Katie Dutchman to the right side to increase her attacking.

“I knew (Northwestern) would be good this year,” McMahon said. “They’ve got a lot of returning players, so

they’re going to be strong and are hun-gry for the tournament.”

The Illini will have four short weeks, with a game on a Wednes-day and one either Satur-day or Sun-day, in their last six weeks of the regular

season. Will the new schedule have positive consequences on the team?

“I think it could potentially be (positive),” Hambly said. “It’s also really hard to play during the middle of the week. In the past we’ve taken Monday off and just practiced Tuesday. Now we’re taking Thursday off, which I think will be good for us to get ready on Friday and Saturday for Wisconsin. We’re going to try and make it an advantage.”

Blake can be reached at [email protected].

J.J. WILSON

Fantasy doctor

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLININathan Scheelhaase (2) throws a pass during the game against No. 25 Wisconsin at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Scheelhaase’s success has been a major factor in the resurgence of Illinois’ offense.

SAM RICHE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEIndianapolis Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne injures his knee on Sunday in Indianapolis. The NFL slew of injuries left many fantasy teams lacking this week.

BY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER

Editor’s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down Sunday nights and decides which Illinois athlete or coach is our Illini of the Week. Athletes and coaches are evaluated by individual performance and contribution to team success.

Morganne Criswell stands in the middle of Huff Hall with a look of pure happi-ness on her face. She begins to jump up

and down before bringing one knee up to her stomach and punching the air before her in celebration.

Criswell has just put away set point in the third set against No. 2 Penn State and, in doing so, has fi nally found her place.

After two years of scarce playing time for the Illinois volleyball team, the junior outside hitter has broken into the Illini’s rotation this season. Friday, Criswell topped her career high for kills with 21 against the Nittany Lions. Criswell led Illinois in kills on the weekend, fi nishing with 36 to go along with two blocks and three digs against Penn State and No. 24 Ohio State.

“I thought what she did against Penn State was great,” head coach Kevin Hambly said. “She hit .400, she was low error. You don’t real-ly hit .400 on the outside versus Penn State. They’re one of the better teams at stopping

the outside attack. We talked about adding her so we could get a little more offense, and she’s brought that and she’s getting better and bet-ter every match.”

Criswell’s energized play helped the Illini split the weekend’s matches, losing to the Nit-tany Lions in a closely contested fi ve-set match Friday before bouncing back Sunday to beat the Buckeyes in four sets.

“She’s awesome,” sophomore setter Alexis Viliunas said. “It just has a whole different feel when she’s out there. She gets excited when any-one gets a point. She doesn’t just cheer for her-self. She’ll get down on her knees, jump up in the air, she does everything. It makes everyone feel so good about themselves and gives people some confi dence.”

Even though it’s hard to tell with the way Criswell celebrates now, she says she wasn’t always the extremely energetic on the court that she is today. She said she was known for not cel-ebrating for herself or her team in high school.

Criswell, a Decatur, Ill. native, was an accom-plished volleyball player at the Lutheran School Association in her high school career. Among other awards, Criswell was a four-time Under Armour AAU All-American, was named to the all-state second team as a junior, was a member

MORGANNE CRISWELLThe junior outside hitter tallied 21 kills against No. 2 Penn State and

notched 15 more in a win against No. 20 Ohio State this past weekend.

Honorable mentionsJannelle Flaws (soccer) — The junior forward recorded her second-career hat trick last Thursday against Northwestern. Her 18 goals this season are tied with Emily Brown’s total from 1999 for the program record.Mike LaTulip (men’s basketball) — The sophomore guard scored 15 points, including a 10-for-10 effort from the free-throw line in the Orange and Blue Scrimmage last Thursday.

For the full, exclusive interview with outside hitter Morganne

Criswell regarding her triumphs last weekend, please visit our website: DailyIllini.com

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Team looks for 1st sweep of the season against Northwestern

Illini work to keep passing success in windy fall weather

“(Northwestern has) got a lot of returning players,

so they’re going to be strong and are hungry for

the tournament.”

LIZ MCMAHONJUNIOR VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

BY ERIK BOLANDMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

BOSTON — Team of the Decade isn’t on the line this World Series.

An argument can be made Team of the Last Ten Years is.

The World Series, which starts Wednesday night at Fen-way Park, not only matches the two best teams of this season — the Red Sox and Cardinals each won 97 games — but which-ever team wins will claim its third championship of the last 10 seasons.

“It’s fun to be part of this his-tory, to be here in Fenway Park, to be part of this series,” said Cardinals catcher Yadier Moli-na. “We know that both organi-zations do a good job. It’s fun to be a part of.”

The Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 — sweeping the Cardinals in four games to win their first title since 1918 — and 2007; the Cardinals took home the trophy in 2006 and 2011.

This is the first time since 1999, when the Yankees swept the Braves for the second of their three straight champion-ships, the World Series match-es the best teams from each league.

The clubs have combined to win 18 titles; 11 by St. Louis, sev-en by Boston.

“We definitely are aware of their past success, aware of ours,” said Red Sox centerfield-er Jacoby Ellsbury. “But at the end of the day, it’s about winning four games. I know both teams are just dying to play. It’s just

going to be a hard-fought series. Both teams know how to win, both teams compete.”

Lefthander Jon Lester, 2-1 with a 2.33 ERA this postsea-son, starts Game 1 for the Red Sox and will be opposed by Car-dinals righthander Adam Wain-wright, 2-1 with a 1.57 ERA.

“I’ve been blessed because this is my third (World Series),” said Red Sox DH David Ortiz, who had just two hits in the ALCS against the Tigers but by far the biggest one of the six games, an eighth-inning, game-tying grand slam in Game 2. “It never gets old. You always want to be here, you always want to be a part of it. It’s an honor for me to be back.”

Ortiz is the only Red Sox remaining from the 2004 Series, the Cardinals have two — right-hander Chris Carpenter, though he’s out with a shoulder injury, and Molina, who was the back-up to Mike Matheny, now the St. Louis manager.

“The ‘04 series is what, nine years ago?” Carpenter said. “Not many people left around from that so we’re not even con-cerning ourselves with what the ‘04 series was all about.”

Matheny said what this series will be about is two teams with similar offensive philosophies, first and foremost, making each and every at-bat a trip to the den-tist chair for opposing pitchers.

“I think it’s a team that’s very similar to ours, they take a lot of pride in grinding at bats,” said Matheny, whose club beat the Dodgers in six games in the NLCS.

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Cardinals, Red Sox ignite World Series rivalry

CHRIS LEE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEThe St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Adams (53) looks for the umpire’s safe call as he scores on a fielder’s choice by Michael Wacha in the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series in St. Louis, Mo., on Friday.

Packers tight end Finley recovering after spinal bruise injuryBY TYLER DUNNEMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The future of Jermichael Finley on the football field remains unknown.

There were no timetables set Monday. Timetables took a backseat.

But a source did confirm that the Green Bay Packers tight end suffered a bruised spinal cord in his neck against the Cleveland Browns. He is expected to seek more medical opinions on the injury and take his time through the evaluation process.

Late Monday, Finley tweet-ed that he’s out of the intensive care unit and had full feeling in his arms and legs. Calling this a “significant” injury, coach Mike McCarthy added that the 26-year-old Finley is “very upbeat, very positive.” McCarthy said Finley would do his “due diligence.”

“At the end of the day,” McCar-thy said, “we’re going to do what’s in the best interest of Jermichael Finley.”

Several players in Green Bay have seen their careers end due to neck injuries. After suf-fering neck trauma, linebacker Jeremy Thompson, wide receiv-er Terrence Murphy and safety Gary Berry all discovered they had spinal stenosis — a narrow-ing of the spinal column — and never played again. Safety Nick Collins, guard Tony Palmer, tight end Mark Chmura and linebacker Johnny Holland all suffered her-niated discs that forced them to leave the game.

From here, Finley is expect-ed to seek more medical atten-tion. The key is to find out why the spinal cord is compressed. ESPN was first to report the news of the bruise.

Football is likely the last thing on Finley’s mind. But McCarthy and the Packers will have no choice but to forge ahead. For an unknown time, they’ll be with-out their play-making, 6-foot-5, 247-pound tight end. The staff must again figure out how to move the ball without a player who rarely ever came off the field.

Last week, Green Bay lost Ran-

dall Cobb. This week, Finley.For now, both injuries feed a

building trend in Green Bay — winning ugly.

Overall, the entertainment val-ue will take a hit. Those prices on StubHub may drop a tick as 400-yard passing days give way to 100-yard rushing days. In Fin-ley, the Packers lose one of the most versatile tight ends in the game. They’ll need their three healthy tight ends — Andrew Quarless, Brandon Bostick and Jake Stoneburner — to excel in specific roles and the offensive line to dominate.

Before Sunday’s 31-13 win over Cleveland, McCarthy said he told the team it all starts up front, that “we’re going to lean on our big dogs.”

Added the coach, “That will definitely be part of our focus as we go forward.”

Fine by left guard Josh Sitton and the linemen. After express-ing his relief that Finley is mov-ing again, the conversation turned to football Monday.

The team is ready to run.“I think the culture of this team

a little bit has changed with the offensive line and defensive line play,” Sitton said. “We’ve been playing pretty well, so we know that the onus is more on us more than ever right now, and we take pride in that. The defensive line has a done a great job of taking over the defense.

“We talk about it as a line, and we take pride in going out there and being able to win games in a different fashion than we have before.”

Not many receivers in the game make the play Finley did in the first quarter Sunday. He spun off one defender and bulled through two more for a 10-yard touchdown. This season, Finley said he “built a wall.” He vows he had — once and for all — elim-inated hesitancy, ignored criti-cism. On the field, it showed.

Through six injury-short-ened games, Finley caught 34 passes for 300 yards with three touchdowns.

Expect more Eddie Lacy, more of using the run first. Again, Lacy was a bruising, if not blistering

presence Sunday. Meanwhile, the five players up front have been hellbent on inherently changing how the public interprets the team.

A sidelined Finley only encour-ages McCarthy to lean on the run more. At this point last year, Green Bay was running the ball 39 percent of the time. That fig-ure now is an increasing 43 per-cent. Green Bay is averaging 134.7 rushing yards per game, sixth-best in the NFL. To be sure, the offensive linemen love plow-ing forward, instead of backped-aling in pass protection.

With each injury, they’re play-ing with more attitude. Adversity now reaches a new level.

One reason the Packers may run more, too, is the unpre-dictability they lose with Fin-ley sidelined. He stayed on the

field and lined up everywhere.Looking ahead, McCarthy said

it’s “important to define roles” for Green Bay’s tight ends. Quarless is the most experienced of the three, but has been mostly non-existent in the passing game. Bos-tick’s Finley-like frame — 6-foot-3, 250 pounds — is why he has hung around to this point. But coaches have been hesitant to use him on game day with the high volume of checks, audibles and pre-snap adjustments involved.

Stoneburner has experience lining up at various spots from Urban Meyer’s spread offense at Ohio State but was working on the scout team up to last week. And McCarthy said that Ryan Taylor (knee) is “pushing, coming back strong, so we’ll see what he gives us potentially this week.”

Combined, the four tight ends

have six catches for 39 yards this season. Getting James Jones back would help. McCarthy indicated the initial time line for Jones was “two, possibly three weeks,” though added “James is not your normal guy.”

Yet add it all up and it’s a lot of moving parts.

Offensive coordinator Tom Clements, who also said that “the reports are good” on Fin-ley, doesn’t sound too concerned with always-changing personnel.

“We have a pretty good han-dle on what they can do,” Cle-ments said. “They’ve been here since the spring, most of them have been here since the spring and throughout training camp so it’s just a matter of taking what we know about them and putting them in a position to be success-ful. We know what their strengths

are, what their weaknesses are and we’re not going to try to get them to do things they’re not comfortable or capable of doing.”

Relief was the prevailing emo-tion on Monday. On Twitter, Fin-ley also wrote “I was able 2 walk to & from the shower today, which was badly needed after yester-day’s victory!” Walking, talking, functioning like this on a day-to-day basis seemed in doubt those eerie five, six minutes at Lam-beau Field Sunday night. Time froze.

In that sense, coaches and play-ers alike were relieved Finley was OK. Sitton again described just how scary the scene was.

Now, Finley will continue to seek more information on his bruised spinal cord.

And the Packers will need to play on.

MARK HOFFMAN MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEGreen Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley (88) scores a touchdown during the first quarter against the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday. The Packers won 31-13, but only after Finley sustained a serious spinal injury.

BY KIERAN HAMPLCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Illinois’ men’s golf team trav-eled to Windermere, Fla., last weekend to participate in the Isleworth Collegiate Invitation-al, one of the toughest and most nationally recognized college fall tournaments.

The Illini finished in fifth place out of 15 teams. After starting the tournament with two solid rounds in which they shot a com-bined 573, the Illini had one of their worst outings of the season on the final day.

The Illini had high expecta-

tions coming off two tourna-ment wins and hoped to compete with some of the best teams in the country, including two top-five teams in last year’s nation-al championship, No. 1 Ala-bama and perennial power No. 4 California. In total, eight top-25 teams participated in the tournament.

The team faced adversity on the first day when sophomore Charlie Danielson had to with-draw before the round because of a back issue that sprang up the day before.

Without Danielson, the rest of

the team stepped up and shot a 284, which left the Illini tied for third place while competing only with four golfers.

“It was the best round of the year,” head coach Mike Small said.

Small was also particularly happy that his team was able to regroup,

“(We) turned a potential nega-tive situation into a very positive statement,” he said.

Junior Brian Campbell and senior Jonathan Hauter led the team during the first round, shooting a 5 -under-

par 67 and a 69 respectively. During the second round, Dan-

ielson returned and shot a 72, which was the second-best score for the Illini behind sophomore David Kim who shot 71.

“I really just tried to pick up where they left off,” Danielson said.

This put the team in fourth place after two rounds behind only Alabama, Central Florida and California.

The final round did not go how the Illini had hoped, with only one player shooting under par. Danielson continued to play well

after missing the first day and posted a 66, which was the best score of the day for the tourna-ment. The next best score for the Illini was 75 by Campbell, a score that would not have counted for the Illini in any other round.

The biggest issue for the Illini during the last round was the dif-ficult greens and pin locations, which Small expected his team might struggle with sometime during the tournament.

“The course wears on you ... and it beats you after a while,” Small said.

Campbell was the Illini’s top

individual throughout the tourna-ment and finished tied for eighth.

The Illini hoped for a better finish in the last fall tournament, but after two first-place finishes during the fall season, the team considered the season a success.

“I know the guys are disap-pointed in their finish because we don’t usually finish tourna-ments like that ... but it was a successful fall, and we’re ready to get into the offseason now,” Small said.

Kieran can be reached at [email protected].

Men’s golf ends fall season with 5th place tournament finish

Michigan State’s starters for Saturday game against Illinois still unclearBY JOE REXRODEMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Inju-ries mount as the year goes on, so here’s the Michigan State sum-mary entering Saturday’s game at Illinois: One starter may return, one reserve may play for the first time, one key backup still hopes to be back at some point and three others are question marks.

The starter is receiver Bennie Fowler, who missed Saturday’s 14-0 win over Purdue with a ham-string injury.

“Hoping to have him,” head coach Mark Dantonio said of Fowler. “We’ll see this week how it plays out. I guess you’d say he’s questionable, but we expect him to practice, so we’ll see how it goes.”

The three uncertainties

are starting left guard Blake Treadwell, starting defensive tackle Tyler Hoover and receiver Aaron Burbridge — all of whom left the Purdue game with undis-closed injuries. The only word on any of the three was Dantonio saying Burbridge is not a long-term concern.

Sophomore defensive lineman Lawrence Thomas, meanwhile,

has been practicing but still hasn’t played.

“I keep trying to push the issue, but at the end of the day, that’s his deal,” Dantonio said of Thomas, who must regain some physical-ity to play.

But Dantonio isn’t consider-ing shutting Thomas down — he already redshirted as a fresh-man in 2011. So he would have

to apply for a sixth year of eligi-bility at the end of five to make that pay off.

“If L.T. is what I think L.T. is, I don’t think he’d make six years,” Dantonio said of Thomas. “I think he’ll have graduated, and I think he’ll be ready to go play at the next level. That’s my opinion. My plan is to use L.T.”

Finally, there’s reserve line-

backer Jairus Jones, who has been out since suffering a knee injury Sept. 21 at Notre Dame. Jones has told Dantonio he hopes to practice during Michigan State’s next off week, after the Michigan game.

“I just don’t know,” Dantonio said. “Right now he’s — I would think that he’s a late-season guy if we get him back.”

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Haith accepts 5-game NCAA suspensionBY TOD PALMERMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

COLUMBIA, MO. — Missouri men’s basketball coach Frank Haith wanted closure.

That, in a nutshell, explains Haith’s decision not to fight a five-game suspension, which the NCAA handed down Tuesday in announc-ing rules violations stemming from a two-plus-year investigation into the University of Miami athletic program.

Haith said that the decision to abide by the NCAA’s ruling was “not an admission of guilt, because I do not agree with the findings of the NCAA.”

The NCAA ruled Haith, who coached the Hurricanes from 2004-11, did not “promote an atmosphere of compliance” and “failed to meet his responsibilities as a head coach when he did not monitor the activ-ities of his assistant coaches, and attempted to cover up” former booster and convicted felon Nev-in Sharpiro’s “threats to disclose incriminating information.”

Miami’s football program also committed violations and the school was found to lack institu-tional control, resulting in a decade of violations, but the NCAA accept-ed Miami’s self-imposed penalties.

Haith will be suspended Nov. 8-25, and will miss Missouri’s first five regular-season basket-ball games.

He will return to the bench Nov. 28 when the Tigers play Northwest-ern at the Las Vegas Invitational.

Britton Banowsky, the Con-

ference USA commissioner who chairs the NCAA Committee on Infractions, said the NCAA’s mis-management of the investigation, including unethical evidence-gathering practices in conjunc-tion with Shapiro’s attorney, had no impact “with respect to decid-ing the penalties.”

Missouri athletic director Mike Alden and chancellor Brady Dea-ton both affirmed their support for Haith in statements released by MU.

According to the NCAA report, Shapiro was in financial trouble and asked Haith to loan him mon-ey or return a $50,000 donation. Haith refused, but former Miami assistant coach Jake Morton loaned Shapiro $7,000.

After Shapiro was sent to prison in 2010, he began to threaten Haith and Morton, demanding money or else he would tell the athletic department that he entertained the coaches at a strip club and once provided them with $10,000 to facilitate the recruitment of a player.

Shapiro said in a 2011 Yahoo Sports report, which triggered the investigation, that Haith was complicit in a $10,000 payment to a family member of player DeQuan Jones with Morton serving as the primary liaison in the deal. Haith and Morton deny Shapiro’s claim, which was not proven in the NCAA report.

However, the infractions com-mittee ruled Haith and Morton worked together to make sure

Shapiro received $10,000, by way of a payment to his mother, to end the threats, instead of investigat-ing Shapiro’s claims of potential NCAA violations or reporting the matter to Miami’s compliance department.

The NCAA’s evidence — a series of phone calls and three checks Haith wrote for $3,200 written to his three assistant coaches as a camp advance, which were cashed on the same day at the same bank — was largely circumstantial.

The NCAA report also states Haith told more than one account of the threats and what he did to stop them, deeming his story of the events not credible.

But in the end, “He was only charged with failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance, which is a responsibility every coach has. ... We were able to determine that he did not meet that responsibil-ity,” Banowsky said.

Haith, who asked for a third interview during the investigation, initially told the NCAA he did not become aware of Shapiro’s involve-ment with the basketball program until September 2008, but later recalled earlier interactions.

In one prior instance, Haith asked Shapiro to recommend an attorney for a player. Haith and coaches also previously met with Shaprio for lunch and dinner and discussed how difficult it was to recruit high-profile players.

One of Haith’s former assis-tants at Miami, Jorge Fernandez, received a two-year show-cause

penalty for unethical conduct, essentially banning him from college coaching for two years. According to the NCAA, Fernan-dez provided false information dur-ing his interviews about making personal airline points available for a flight to a prospect and his high school coach.

Morton did not receive any penalty. The Miami basketball team will lose one scholarship during the next three seasons. Haith also must attend a NCAA regional rules seminar after this

academic year.Haith said he hasn’t made a

decision on which of his assistants will serve as acting head coach.

Missouri was seeking final clarification of what role, if any, Haith could have with the program during his suspension. The expectation is that he won’t be allowed to attend practice or work with players in any capac-ity, but Haith said he will still be allowed to recruit.

He did, however, indicate that he’ll donate a portion of his sal-

ary to the Boys & Girls Club of Columbia during his suspension.

Shapiro also claimed he spent millions between 2002 and 2010 on football and men’s basketball recruits, athletes and coaches.

But Miami’s football program will not receive an additional bowl ban. Instead, it will lose three scholarships over the next three years. Miami skipped the last two postseasons as a self-imposed penalty. This year the Hurricanes are 6-0 and ranked No. 7 in the BCS standings.

Penn State returning as threat despite NCAA penaltiesBY RYAN LEWISMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

When Bill O’Brien took over as head coach of a reeling Penn State football program, he was given limited resources on the recruit-ing trail after the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

The Nittany Lions were facing a four-year bowl ban, a reduction in scholarships and the loss of the lure of playing for Joe Paterno. It has led to some expected strug-gles recruiting-wise and a couple of classes ranked outside of the top 40 in the nation, but O’Brien has secured a few big victories to show Penn State is still capable of competing for top talent in the East and Midwest.

The first victory came last year, when Penn State didn’t

bring in a top-ranked recruit-ing class but did surprise many around the country by landing Christian Hackenberg, the No. 2 quarterback in the nation. Hack-enberg, an elite prospect out of Virginia, chose to play in Hap-py Valley despite not being able to play for a Big Ten champion-ship or in a bowl game for most of his college career. Hackenberg has been a hit, throwing for 1,672 yards and 11 touchdowns this sea-son as a freshman.

The next big win arrived in September when Penn State’s scholarship reductions were reduced. Starting next season, the NCAA announced Penn State will receive 10 more scholarships, bringing their allotment from 65 to 75. Starting in 2016, PSU will

again have 85 scholarships, the NCAA’s limit.

Those two events are enough to show that though disadvantaged, Penn State is still a threat to other schools in the Big Ten for Penn-sylvania’s top talent and key pros-pects throughout the region.

Last Thursday the Nittany Lions proved it by beating out Ohio State for tight end Mike Gesicki, their 13th recruit in the class of 2014.

Gesicki, a 6-foot-6, 215-pound three-star recruit out of Southern Regional High School in New Jer-sey, had scholarship offers from Boston College, Wisconsin, Flori-da State and others but narrowed his decision down to two schools, Ohio State and Penn State, and two official visits.

Gesicki was in Columbus when Ohio State beat Wisconsin earli-er this season and then watched Penn State knock off Michigan in four overtimes. On Thursday, he confirmed his decision with a tweet: “I’m so blessed, thank-ful, and joyful to announce that I am committed to The Pennsyl-vania State University! #WEARE #PENNSTATE.”

The Nittany Lions use tight ends as well as any team but already have talent and depth at that position. Jesse James, a sophomore, and Kyle Carter, a junior, are third and fourth on the team in catches, respectively. PSU also nabbed one of the top-ranked tight ends in the country, five-star Adam Breneman, in last year’s recruiting class.

SHANE KEYSER MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEMissouri head coach Frank Haith covers his head on the bench in a game against Colorado State in the NCAA Tournament second-round game on March 21, in Lexington, Kentucky.

ABBY DREY MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEPenn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg throws a pass against Michigan at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 12.

BY JOEY FIGUEROACONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Illinois hockey team has been known for its physicality. But sometimes, that physicality can cause an extended number of injuries.

Two key players, freshman for-ward Josh Belmont and sopho-more forward Kevin Chowaniec, have been added to the list of Illi-ni injuries after a tough two-game series against Robert Morris.

Belmont suffered a big hit in Friday night’s game, leading him to miss action Saturday. He’s been no contact in practice this week, but head coach Nick Fab-brini doesn’t think his injury is too serious to keep him out for a long period of time.

“Belmont got his bell rung a little bit on Friday, so that was more of a precautionary thing,” Fabbrini said. “Hopefully we’ll get him back out there this week.”

Chowaniec’s injury — a con-cussion during Saturday’s game — was much more serious. He is expected to miss three to four weeks. Fabbrini stressed the importance of being cautious with a head injury of this caliber.

“Until he’s 100 percent cleared and all that, he won’t be back on the ice,” Fabbrini said. “We won’t be messing around with anything like that.”

Belmont and Chowaniec join junior forward Kyle Varzino and sophomore forward Matt Johnson on the injury list. Varzino sepa-rated his shoulder against Ari-zona State and was expected to miss four to six weeks following the game. Johnson has been out of the lineup since the beginning of the season with a shoulder injury

of his own and hopes to get back into full-contact practice next Monday.

The Illini just got their senior captains Austin Bostock and Mike Evans back from shoulder inju-ries a few weeks ago. They have yet to play a game at full health; however, Fabbrini is by no means using this as an excuse for Illi-nois’ recent struggles.

“I told them (Tuesday) we just have to come back and win a game,” Fabbrini said. “Where we’re at right now, and with the schedule we still have in front of us, we still have a lot of really tough teams, so there’s no time to worry about any of that. We

got to step up and win a game.”The Illini have 14 freshmen on

their roster and will need to rely on some of them to step in and fi ll the roles of their injured team-mates. Fabbrini said some of the issues have come down to matu-rity, but he still expects a lot out of his team.

“We don’t have the experience of some of the other teams,” Fab-brini said. “So yeah, I think a lot of our problems to this point can be traced back to maturity, but I think that we’re learning and we’re growing and I expect us to be a better team. Everybody’s going to go through adversity at one point.”

Illinois has already faced three top-10 ranked ACHA Division I opponents this season, and its schedule won’t be getting easier with three straight conference matchups. But senior goaltender Nick Clarke thinks it’s better for the Illini to deal with their recent issues now rather than later.

“We’d rather have this happen to us early in the year rather than come playoff time,” Clarke said. “What’s done has been done, so we’ve just got to work hard and keep moving forward.”

Joey can be reached at jfi [email protected] and @joeyfi gueroa3.

During football games, offi cials are usually only noticed for their bad calls

and are usually singled out for abuse rather than praise. But we ought to celebrate referees because not too long ago, they were absent from our lives.

It’s been just over a year since the NFL reached an agreement with its regular offi -cials, ending the reign of ter-ror of the replacement refs. Last season the difference in the quality of offi ciating was drastic and the importance of competent referees came onto everyone’s radar.

Fast forward to this week-end, when New England Patri-ots fans were ready to explode. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called on the Pats defense as the New York Jets missed a potential game-win-ning fi eld goal in overtime. The result was fi fteen yards, a fi rst down and, three plays later, a game-winning fi eld goal for the Jets.

As it turns out, this was the fi rst time ever that particular unsportsmanlike conduct rule had been invoked. The rule is

new for 2013, and this week it was thrown into the spotlight when it gave the Jets the game. The rule states that a defensive player may not push a team-mate into the line of scrim-mage, and it follows the trend of rules implemented to prevent head-to-head collisions during play.

Patriots fans moaned, cried and broke things, but at the end of the day, the call was correct, and even Bill Belichick, New England’s hooded guru, admit-ted the referees were correct in their call.

The same could not be said for last year, when a Justin Tucker fi eld goal ended a Patri-ots-Ravens game and Belichick was fi ned $50,000 for grabbing an offi cial while demanding a review of the call. The kick had gone over the goal posts and was very close to being no good. Those referees were the replacements that were hired in place of the locked out offi cials.

That same week, an infamous call was made in the Seattle-Green Bay game that still has mild-mannered Wisconsinites out for blood (or cheese). Two days after that debacle, the NFL settled with the locked-out offi cials and brought back Ed Hochuli, Mike Carey and all of the referees that NFL fans love to overlook.

See, a referee is at their best

when they become unnotice-able. There will always be occa-sional tough rulings, but as long as offi cials get every mundane call correct, they ought to fi t seamlessly into the fl ow of play. If not for the zebra stripes on their uniforms, the refs would ideally be invisible.

Now, I would be remiss in my New England fandom if I did not point out the fact that on practically every fi eld goal ever kicked there are defensive play-ers pushing each other forward at the line of scrimmage. Mak-ing such a call for the fi rst time in a division game in overtime is foolish. In addition, the defen-sive push had little-to-no effect on Nick Folk’s inability to hit a 56-yard fi eld goal, which would have been a career long for the Jets kicker.

Nevertheless, Pats fans must swallow their pride, like the offi cials should have swallowed their whistles, and accept the fact that things could be worse. Much worse. The NFL could have kept around the replace-ment refs. So give a big hug and a kiss to the NFL referees in your life, they deserve it and many more.

Peter is a freshman in Media. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @pbaileywells22.

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of the Illini Elite Club team and was ranked No. 33 nationally as a senior by Prep Volleyball. She also helped her high school win four consecutive confer-ence titles.

Despite all the accolades, Criswell played in just nine matches her freshman year at Illinois. Criswell saw time in 16 matches the following year and tallied 73 kills during the season.

With her time limited on the court, Criswell began to become a more vocal player on the sidelines to help encour-age her teammates. She said although her energy started as a way to liven up her team-mates, it has become something that gets her going as well.

“I got used to bringing ener-gy from the bench and, if I played at all, relaying that to the court,” Criswell said. “Last year, I kinda had the same type of role and even the beginning of this year.”

Having only played in 56 sets in two years, Criswell decid-ed to make a change. Over this past summer, she started focus-ing more on the parts of her game Hambly told her to work on: passing and blocking.

Criswell worked hard at becoming better in those areas, taking more away from drills Hambly runs in practice in the process.

“I used to kind of take it lightly, but now I’m really ask-ing for information,” she said.

Her offseason work has paid dividends. Criswell has gained regular playing time this season, totaling 104 kills this year in 49 sets played, and Hambly said he has seen

a big impact in her game.“She’s become a very good

passer,” Hambly said. “Her passing wasn’t great, and her block defense wasn’t great when she came and all of those are getting better and better. She still needs some work on the block. She still needs to improve, but she’s become an all-around volleyball player, so it’s hard to keep her off the fl oor right now.”

Criswell has been entrusted a number of times with con-verting kills in big situations, including set and match points against the likes of Michigan and Penn State. Sophomore setter Alexis Viliunas said her trust in Criswell comes from her growth as a player and from her confi dence.

“She’s gotten a lot more con-fi dent than she was last season or even at the beginning of this season,” Viliunas said. “I’m really confi dent in her, and I know that she’s going to take a big swing and she’ll score.”

On her profi le on the Fight-ing Illini website, Criswell lists her favorite quote as: “If you don’t like where you are, change it. You’re not a tree,” which is a saying from motiva-tional speaker Jim Rohn. The quote Criswell said describes what her mother used to tell her when she was younger.

“It does really fit me,” Criswell said. “My mom’s always taught me that if you don’t like the position you’re in, you’re the leader of your own life. If you don’t like what you’re doing or where you’re at, you’re totally in power to make a change.”

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

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The Atkins Tennis Center was relatively quiet Tuesday, save for the daily routine of practice. Nine days from now, that will not be the case.

The Illinois women’s tennis team hosts the Midwest Blast Tournament for the second con-secutive year, beginning next Friday. Until then, the Illini are in the midst of a 17-day break between tournaments, the lon-gest lapse of the fall season. The long time off creates more oppor-tunities for things like condition-

ing, individual skill work and recruiting, head coach Michelle Dasso said.

“We have two solid weeks of practice,” Dasso said. “We try to have practice matches, competi-tive play, just to keep them fresh. We bust it a little bit harder in conditioning.”

The hiatus comes following a mixed bag of fall performances. The Illini have sent players to three separate tournaments with moderate success. Freshman Alexis Casati is 6-1 overall in sin-gles matches. Three Illini made the Round of 16 at the Midwest

Regionals, and two doubles teams reached the quarterfi nals. Still, Dasso has said her team is not satisfi ed, and players have been working on reaching individual goals to improve their respective games. To accomplish this, Dasso and assistant coach Ric Morte-ra hold “goal-setting meetings,” where the team addresses cer-tain objectives it tries to attain during practice.

“We go back, regroup and focus on more of the changes in our game, rather than just tune-ups,” senior Allison Falkin said. “I’ve been focusing on trying to

be more aggressive because I’m a defensive player usually.”

Multiple off weeks provide time for heavier fundamental work, as well as conditioning that can take place at Memorial Stadium and the Armory track. However, they also leave space for rest. Empty days on the cal-endar are something a veter-an like junior Melissa Kopinski appreciates.

“Michelle gave us two days off this past weekend, which is real-ly nice,” Kopinski said. “We’re really thankful for that. We’re paying attention to injuries and

taking time off for those who need it.”

Off days are welcomed by the players, but when tournaments wind down, recruiting heats up. Recruiting is a nonstop ven-ture, but weekends provide spe-cial opportunities for potential recruits to visit campus. This past weekend was rare, when no recruits visited. But this upcom-ing weekend, Dasso is bringing a recruit to campus for an offi cial visit. With no tennis tournaments on the calendar, Dasso has time to show recruits other aspects of campus life.

“We’ll go to the football game, we’ll go to soccer, we’ll do team meals,” Dasso said. “Sometimes if we can fi t it in, getting them to go to a class with a player, that’s what we’ll do.”

Although the calendar may be empty, these bye weeks are not void of tennis activity. Play-ers get much-needed days off among practice and conditioning. Coaches use the time to recruit.

Illini tennis keeps rolling.

Alex can be reached at [email protected] and @aroux94.

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