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BRENTON TSE THE DAILY IILLINIIllinois heads to Seattle to play Pac-12 opponent Washington on Saturday. Last year, the Illini lost to the Huskies 34-24 at Soldier Field in Chicago. For full coverage of this weekend’s game, turn to Pages 1B-3B.

Budget, student aid on agenda

Passengers with 60035 zip code banned by Suburban Express

University YMCA assists local immigrants

BY JOSH WINTERSSTAFF WRITER

The Board of Trustees will meet on Thursday to discuss a range of fiscal topics, including a proposed resolution to increase financial aid by $16 million.

University spokesman Tom Hardy said the University typical ly increases the level of financial aid on a yearly basis along with the rate of tuition, which largely funds financial aid.

In 2013, the University spent roughly $68 million on financial aid; the proposed increase would raise the level of aid to $84 million.

Additionally, the Board will vote on the proposed 2014 to 2015 fiscal year budget, which increased by 1.6 percent, totalling $4.52 billion.

In January, the Board approved a 1.7 percent increase, which Hardy said is similar to the rate of inflation. The tuition increase added $34 million to the proposed 2014 to 2015 budget.

“A certain amount of tuition is used to help fund our institutional financial aid program,” Hardy said. “So, when the tuition rose slightly, so does the amount of financial that we’re able to provide students who qualify.”

However, current students will not see an increase in their tuition, as state law mandates that their tuition rate remains fixed during their tenure.

The proposed increase in financial aid is relatively modest compared to how much the University spent on aid a decade ago, Hardy said.

“Back in fiscal 2002 or 2003, (financial aid) was approximately $16 million,” said Hardy. “The University is sensitive to the affordability and accessibility issues that families face and wants to provide financial assistance to those who qualify.”

Even though about half of students receive some form of financial aid, the rising cost of higher education has turned away accepted students, Hardy said.

In 2006, 49.7 percent of accepted students decided to attend the University; however, this number has been declining. In fall 2014, 34.8 percent of students enrolled.

“There’s no question that being able to provide financial aid might help address that,” Hardy said.

State funding has steadily decreased over the last decade, placing a larger financial burden on the University, which has the administration “very, very concerned,” Hardy said.

The state of Illinois provides the University with roughly $660 million in direct revenue annually and an additional $1 billion to fund employee healthcare and retirement, Hardy said.

“Every year, we go and make our case in the state legislature in Springfield for increased support from the state,” Hardy said. “But at the end of the day, if they’re not providing us with a figure of appropriation [that we need], then we have to do what we can to try to sustain the level of excellence that we have.”

Josh can be reached at jjwinte2@ dailyillini.com.

BY CORINNE RUFF NEWS EDITOR

Locally-based bus compa-ny, Suburban Express will no longer sell tickets to passen-gers with a Highland Park zip code, according to a message on its website.

On Sept. 5, Scott Greene, freshman in FAA, attempt-ed to purchase a bus ticket to and from O’Hare Inter-national Airport in Chica-go using Suburban Express. Greene said after typing in his information, he expected to see a review of his order, but instead saw this message:

“Suburban Express choos-

es not to transact business in zip code 60035 due to what we believe are unacceptable risks associated with con-ducting business in that juris-diction. Please find another transportation provider.”

Greene said he was frus-trated that he couldn’t use coupons for the service because of where he lived.

“It makes sense to protect your interests as a company and not want to risk negative effects on your business, but to discriminate based on loca-tion due to one customer’s issues with the company is downright absurd,” he said

via e-mail correspondence.Jeremy Leval, a Univer-

sity alumnus, is defending an ongoing lawsuit filed by Suburban Express. He is also from Highland Park. Leval’s case, which was first filed in Ford County, was re-filed in Cook County this summer. In total, the lawsuit has been in progress for over a year.

Alain Leval, Jeremy Lev-al’s lawyer and father, said he met in court on Sept. 8, where he motioned for a new judge and venue. Alain said he does not expect the case to move forward in the near future.

“We are sued improperly,”

Alain said. “I will defend my client. I will pursue counter claims for him for however long it takes for justice to incur.”

There are ten others cur-rently defending ongoing lawsuits filed by Suburban Express in Cook County, and two are defending lawsuits in Lake County, according to circuit clerk records.

George Bellas, attor-ney representing Subur-ban Express, could not be reached for comment.

Corinne can be reached [email protected].

BY MEGHAN WEBBERSTAFF WRITER

The University’s YMCA now offers free one-on-one assistance to green card holders and undocumented immigrants who are living in Champaign County and seek-ing citizenship.

The program, called the New Americans Initiative, is open Mondays and Wednes-days from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St.

“In terms of outreach efforts for those interested in U.S. citizenship, the Uni-versity YMCA helps peo-ple fill out questionnaires

and gather necessary doc-uments to begin the pro-cess,” said Megan Flowers, the University YMCA’s pro-gram coordinator for the New Americans Initiative. “We pass along these documents along with the questionnaire to the Immigration Project in Bloomington, Illinois, who then opens up the person’s case to determine eligibility and to complete the applica-tion process.”

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Champaign County is home to the largest num-ber of foreign-born residents in downstate Illinois and has more noncitizen residents than any other county in downstate Illinois other than Rock Island County.

Flowers said Champaign

BOARD OF TRUSTEESTough test ahead for Illini football

The University YMCA can assist with a person’s citizenship application in the following ways: Citizenship workshops

for application assistance and legal advice A checklist of documents

that must be submitted Referral to qualified

attorneys, if necessary Referral to citizenship

and English classes, if necessary Help with materials to

prepare people for the citizenship test Help with financing the

citizenship process

Requirements for apply-ing for naturalization: At least 18 years old Must have lived in the

state for three months before applying Must be a green card

holder for five years (or three years if married to a citizen) Men between the ages

of 18 and 26 must register with the Selective Service Administration

SOURCE: MEGAN FLOWERS, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AT

UNIVERSITY YMCA

Board of Trustees agenda

The Board of Trustees will vote on the following resolutions at its Thursday, Sept. 11 meeting at the Illini Union. Amend Undergraduate

financial aid policy and guidelines Amend the energy cost

management policy Approve the budget for

fiscal year 2015 Approve academic

and administrative appointments for 2014 to 2015 Award contracts for

renovating the Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green St. Award contracts for

exterior renovations for the Krannert Center for Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave.

SOURCE: BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA

Governing body to vote to approve faculty appointments

Program helps with green cards, US citizenship

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Illinois soccer coach wins

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WEATHERPOLICE

Champaign Criminal damage to

property was reported in the 300 block of East Green Street around 4 p.m. Tuesday. According to the report, an unknown of-fender damaged the vic-tim’s car by scratching the paint.

Residential burglary was reported on the 400 block of South Sixth Street around 10 a.m. Saturday.

Urbana Theft was reported in

the 2000 block of North Lincoln Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Monday.

According to the report, two unknown offenders pumped gas at a gas sta-tion and left without pay-ing.

A 44-year-old male was arrested on the charges of unlawful restraint and domestic battery in the 1000 block of Austin Drive

around 5 a.m. Tuesday.According to the report,

the man hit the victim on the head and prevent-ed her from leaving then threatened to kill her while holding a razor blade.

A 30-year-old male was arrested on the charge of ag-gravated battery on the 1000 block of West Main Street around 10:30 p.m. Monday.

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BY FRED MANNMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

WICHITA, Kan. — The first time Randy Green inter-viewed about becoming the company’s pilot, it was over the phone. He knew he had to tell his prospective boss that he was born without hands or feet. He didn’t want to waste the man’s time.

“How do you fly?” he was asked.

“The same as everybody else does, only better,” Green replied.

He got the job. Green was hired as a corporate pilot a month ago by Stuart B. Mill-ner and Associates of Union, Mo., which markets, apprais-es and sells assets from industrial facilities, power plants and mines.

Green was in Wichita last week training in the compa-ny’s Cessna 421, an eight-seat, complex airplane that puts a heavy workload on pilots. Pilots normally multi-task.

Green flies using a few thick rubber bands around his wrist and the yoke. He uses his prosthetic legs and feet on the rudder pedals and

brakes. Over the years he’s learned to acquire a feel for braking systems while wear-ing his prosthetic legs.

He must perform tasks in the Cessna 421 sequen-tially instead of multi-task-ing. His ability to do that has impressed his instructors in Wichita.

One of them, Dave Dewhirst, said Green “has an amazing ability to prior-itize what needs to be done first, then immediately turn around and do something else. He does sequentially perfectly what the rest of us do at the same time.”

Green, 42, has earned rat-ings for private, instrument, commercial single and com-mercial multi-engine, flight instructor, instrument flight instructor and multi-engine flight instructor.

He’s also passed the writ-ten test for the airline trans-port pilot rating, the pinna-cle of pilot ratings. He soon will take the check ride for the rating.

He has earned medical approvals after proving to FAA inspectors that he can

operate planes.Green said it was always

his dream to fly. His father was a pilot in Pueblo, Colo. He offered Green lessons to see where it led when Green was about 19, and Green was instantly hooked.

Green started out in a sim-ple Ercoupe. His first FAA inspector was impressed with the way he handled the plane, encouraged him, and gave him guidance.

He transitioned quickly to more complicated planes. He had only 58 hours in his log book when he got both his pri-vate single-engine and pri-vate multi-engine ratings.

FAA inspectors encour-aged him about flying all along the way. Convincing business owners he could fly has been more of a challenge, Green said.

Some turned him down, and although he has no proof he was rejected because of his disabilities, it was always in the back of his mind.

“It would be in the back of anybody’s mind,” Green said.

Green worked for several months for another company

before landing the job with Stuart B. Millner. He has about 2,600 hours in his log book today.

He’s come up with innova-tions to help him in the cock-pit. He came up with a device

to pick up items off the floor if they drop. He uses a special set of pliers to pull and reset circuit breakers.

Green is thinking of becoming a motivational speaker. Success through

determination is something he knows. Green hunts, fish-es, shoots trap and skeet, and used to be a top-rated com-petitive pool player.

“I don’t let anything stop me,” he said.

BY CHRISTINE MAI-DUCMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

A South Carolina father killed his five children “ear-ly on” after they went miss-ing and drove their bodies, wrapped in plastic bags, in the back of his car through several states before dump-ing them in Alabama, inves-tigators now believe.

The bodies of the five chil-dren, ages 1 to 8, were found Tuesday afternoon in a wood-ed area off a dirt road near Highway 10, east of Oak Hill, Ala., said Lewis McCarty, sheriff of Lexington Coun-ty, S.C.

The father, Timothy Jones Jr. of Lexington County, led investigators to the bodies, which McCarty said were wrapped in individual plas-tic bags and in an “advanced state of decomposition.”

Jones is expected to be charged with five counts of murder in the coming days, McCarty said.

Officials believe the chil-dren were killed all at once in South Carolina, and that Jones had driven through five states over “several days” before leaving the bodies, wrapped in individ-ual plastic bags, in a wooded clearing.

Authorities said they still don’t know why Jones may have killed his children, and no cause of death has been determined.

Speaking to reporters, authorities displayed photos of the five smiling children,

but declined to name them until autopsy results confirm the identities of the remains. Records released by the sher-iff’s department describe the children as an 8-year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy, a 6-year-old boy, a 2-year-old boy, and a 1-year-old girl.

The children were report-ed missing by their mother on Sept. 3 and were last seen with their father, who had pri-mary custody of them.

On Aug. 28, sheriff’s depu-ties said, Jones picked up his three kids from school and then retrieved the younger two from daycare.

Authorities say that same day, he forced all five of his children out of his car near a Wal-Mart store in Lexing-ton County, putting them “in unreasonable risk of harm,” according to a warrant issued for his arrest on unlawful neglect.

It was the last time anyone reported seeing the children alive.

Jones’s children failed to show for school the next day, and were absent again the Tuesday after the Labor Day weekend.

On the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3, the mother reported to sheriff’s deputies that she had not been able to contact her ex-husband for sever-al days, and the children’s school became concerned after they did not show up, McCarty said. Neighbors had told deputies that Jones said he was moving his children

to another state.Lexington County Sher-

iff’s officials on Wednesday defended the fact that they had not issued an AMBER alert for the children’s dis-appearance, citing the fact that Jones had legal custody of the children, and that the mother had stated she’d had

trouble reaching her ex-hus-band in the past.

Jones was arrested at a DUI checkpoint in Raleigh, Miss., on Saturday night. Officers there noticed an odd chemical smell coming from his car, said Charlie Crump-ton, sheriff of Smith County, Miss.

Inside, they found blood, bleach and other cleaning materials, McCarty told reporters. They also saw children’s clothes, but no sign of the children, McCar-ty said.

After arresting him Sat-urday night, officers ran his license plates and discovered

Jones and his five children were on the National Crime Information Center’s missing persons database.

McCarty, who was vis-ibly shaken while speaking to reporters, said he’d nev-er seen a case like this in his career. “I’m a father and I’m a grandfather,” he said.

BY VICTORIA KIM AND JOE MOZINGOMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

LOS ANGELES — Federal agents launched a series of raids in the downtown Los Angeles fashion district on Wednesday and seized an estimated $65 million in cash and other assets they allege were part of a wide-spread attempt by Mexican drug cartels to launder nar-cotics profits.

Nine people were arrested in raids targeting 70 loca-tions, many of them busi-nesses in the fashion district.

Federal officials said they believe the drug organiza-tions have used numerous businesses in the garment district to convert their vast earnings into pesos, turning Los Angeles into a hub for “trade-based money laundering.”

“Los Angeles has become the epicenter of narco-dol-lar money laundering with couriers regularly bring-ing duffel bags and suitcas-es full of cash to many busi-nesses,” Robert E. Dugdale, the assistant U.S. attorney in charge of federal criminal prosecutions here, said in a statement.

Wednesday’s seizures included piles of cash and money stashed in bank accounts around the world, federal authorities said.

Agents with the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement infiltrated sev-eral peso brokerages oper-ating in Los Angeles, offi-cials said. The undercover

officers delivered bundles of cash, sometimes shrink-wrapped in grocery bags, to storefronts in the fashion district, even telling busi-ness owners that the money came from drug trafficking.

Operations that launder drug money through legit-imate trade have soared since Mexico restricted the use of American dollars in 2010, forcing the cartels to convert their dollars to pesos without tipping off authorities.

Black market peso bro-kers suddenly found them-selves in high demand. The brokers contact legitimate Mexican importers who want to buy goods in Los

Angeles. If an importer wants to buy $30,000 worth of shirts, for example, the broker directs a drug con-tact in the United States to pay the bill to a shirt whole-saler in dollars. The import-er in Mexico then pays the broker in pesos, who takes a cut, and pays the rest to a cartel.

In the most harrow-ing scheme detailed in the three indictments released Wednesday the Sinaloa car-tel allegedly directed ran-som money to be delivered to Q.T. Fashion Inc., a mater-nity apparel wholesaler on East 12th Street.

The ransom involved a drug distributor who had

fallen into debt to the cartel when U.S. agents intercepted a shipment of 100 kilograms of cocaine he was respon-sible for. He was allegedly kidnapped and tortured at a ranch in Sinaloa until he could pay off the debt. His family and friends delivered at least $140,000 in bulk cash to the Los Angeles business, according to the indictment.

Q.T. then sent clothes to a retail business in Culiacan, Sinaloa, prosecutors allege.

The indictments also accuse three other busi-nesses — Yili Underwear, Gayima Underwear and Pacific Eurotex Corp. — of laundering drug trafficking proceeds.

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County holds large Asian, Latino and Congolese immi-grant populations, and these foreign-born residents create their own communities with-in the county.

“For example, the Con-golese community, which speaks French, are active in the Stone Creek Church in Urbana and First Presbyte-rian Church in Champaign,” Flowers said. “Immigrant communities from Mexico and Guatemala are active in the Catholic Church, but also in several Evangelical con-gregations, as is the Filipi-no community, while immi-grants from Korea and China are more closely connected to networks that can be best reached through the Univer-sity of Illinois faculty, staff and students.”

But only one in four, or 26.5 percent, of foreign-born res-idents are naturalized citi-zens in Champaign County, Flowers said. Meanwhile, in the Chicago area, about 45 percent of the foreign-born residents are naturalized citizens.

“Champaign County lags behind almost all other com-munities in Illinois when comparing the percent of for-eign-born residents who are naturalized citizens,” Flow-ers said.

With large numbers of noncitizen residents in the Champaign-Urbana area, the YMCA strives to create a more immigrant-friendly community, Flowers said. The YMCA works at this goal by reaching out to oth-er immigrant organizations in the area, such as the C-U Immigration Forum, a group that works toward improv-ing the lives of immigrants in Champaign County.

“I’m here because I’ve been involved in immigra-tion issues pretty much all my life as a secondary immi-grant here in the U.S.,” said Tom Garza, president of the C-U Immigration Forum. “It

was really delightful for me to discover that other people have to deal with these kinds of things, too, and that they were actually trying to invent this place where we could all get together and talk.”

The YMCA also offers pro-grams such as La Linea, a helpline that assists people by connecting them to resources for legal consultation, health care, deportation, housing, educational resources and translation.

“The most fulfilling part of this program is helping people start the process of becoming a U.S. citizen by giving them information about the pro-cess and clearing any doubts they may have,” said Muong Saeteurn, MSW intern at the University YMCA. “For many people, there is a lot of hesi-tance to apply because they either don’t know the require-ments or they are concerned about other things, like cost and the tests they must take. That’s where we come in and assist people by providing them information about natu-ralization and referring them to local resources that can aid them with the civics tests.”

Although some workers at the YMCA are paid for assist-ing people under the New Americans Initiative, the YMCA also relies on volun-teers to do outreach, connect people to resources, coordi-nate events and provide one-on-one consultation.

“Anyone can volunteer, and we are always looking for help with publicity, out-reach, translation of docu-ments into different languag-es, and assistance at monthly citizenship information and DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival) work-shops,” Flowers said.

The YMCA also hosts a monthly citizenship clinic for permanent residents; this month’s is today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Oscar Romero Parish Center, 207 N. Wright Street.

Meghan can be reached at mewebbe2@ dailyillini.com.

VISASFROM 1ALAPD seizes $65 million in

cash in laundering raids

Father expected to be charged with murder

Disabled pilot soars to top of his field

AL SEIB MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNESwarms of law enforcement officers descended on dozens of businesses in Los Angeles’ downtown fashion district on Wednesday as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering related to drug trafficking.

GERRY MELENDEZ MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNELexington County Sheriff Lewis McCarty, right, talks about Timothy Ray Jones, who is accused of killing his five children in Lexington County and dumping the bodies in Alabama. The news conference was conducted at the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department Training Center, Wednesday in Lexington, S.C.

FERNANDO SALAZAR MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNERandy Green sits in the cockpit of the Cessna 421 he had been training with on Sept. 4 at Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kan. He is training to become a corporate pilot despite being born without hands or feet.

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BIEBER BOOEDMOVIN’ ON DOWNOne of our favorite love-to-hate (or hate-to-

love) celebrities, Justin Bieber, stirred up a scene on Tuesday during his surprise appear-ance on CBS’s Fashion Rocks live concert and fundraiser. In an act that can only be described as unnecessary, Bieber stripped down to his boxers on stage while biting his lower lip for reasons we don’t know or even care about. Thankfully, the crowd reacted the same way we would and booed the swollen-headed singer. Of course, we imagine there were plenty of 13-year-olds out there screaming at their TV screens in a bout of pre-pubescent excitement at the whole situation.

The U.S. News & World Report’s Nation-al University ranking for 2015 came out this week, and in terms of national ranking, we went down one spot, from 41 to 42. While our university hasn’t ranked any higher than a 38 since 2006, we happen to believe our rank should be closer to number 1 — but that might possibly (definitely) be a biased opinion. How-ever, in a follow up from Wednesday’s Quick Commentary, we think we could move our ranking up if we make our Quad Day as cool as it was in 1971.

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H ere’s a riddle: What goes up, never comes down, drives Illinois high

school seniors away from this campus and current students into debt?

The answer: Tuition (we imagine that last part probably gave it away).

Some members of the Board of Trustees have apparently taken some notice. During last week’s Audit, Budget, Finance and Facilities Committee meeting, some trustees voiced their concern about rising costs and the need to ameliorate such expenses with increased and equitable financial aid distributions.

Considering we’ve been hemorrhaging potential Illinois students from coming to the University for the last few years, it’s about time we do something about it.

We have been losing these Illinois students to schools such as Mizzou and Iowa, which offer a similar college experience often at a fraction of the cost. Unless the University takes affirmative steps to stop the bleeding, there’s no reason to believe this trend won’t continue.

To be sure, college in general is becoming less and less affordable around the country, but few can rival the Illini in the cost department — and we don’t mean that as a good thing.

For 2013-2014, our very campus won the silver medal for the highest undergraduate resident tuition rate in the Big Ten, just edged out by the Nittany Lions. Overall, according to the U.S. Department of Education, the flagship of the University system also lays claim to the eighth most expensive tuition rate for in-staters among all public 4-year schools in the U.S.

So why are these high tuition rates problematic, particularly for residents?

We’re at a public school, funded in part by Illinois taxpayers, and should seek to advance the interests of the citizens of Illinois. There’s no question: It’s more profitable for the school to continue its gluttony of out-of-state and international students, but it shouldn’t be working under the mentality of a for-profit enterprise.

As a state institution, the primary goal should be to offer superior training and education for Illinois residents for the betterment of the state. An important component of making that happen is ensuring residents can afford to go here once they get in.

This issue should be a centerpiece of today’s discussions at the Board of Trustees’ meeting, and it needs to be carried beyond a mere conversation.

During last week’s committee meeting, Trustee James Montgomery posited (in regards to whether it would be possible to not increase tuition next year):

“Have we given any consideration to giving [students] a break for a year?”

We believe Montgomery and the rest of the board should consider it and match their concerns with actual action.

When glancing over our syllabi during the first few weeks

of classes, it is almost second nature for us to search for a few key points. How many absences are we allowed? Do we have a final exam? Is the book required? Answers to these questions seem to be the most commonly sought out, but, one line on some syllabi has begun to grab my attention: “There is a no technology policy in this class.”

Recently, I have encountered an increasing number of classes with zero tolerance policies for technology, meaning laptops, cell phones, iPads, etc., are prohibited. This semester, all of my courses enforce this policy.

Consequences such as getting kicked out of class and getting zeros for participation are enforced, and I could not agree more with my professors’ decisions. I think other professors on campus should consider following suit.

Back in grade school and high school, my peers and I were expected to take all of our notes with a pen and paper. At that time, there were limited distractions

to our learning and no real temptations to pull out our cell phones. We learned how to effectively take notes, selectively jotting down what was most important from what a teacher was saying.

But college has a completely different atmosphere. We live in a very digital age and computers and technology are more common than ever. According to a 2013 College Explorer study from re:fuel on college students and technology, laptop computers are students’ most widely used electronic device, owned by about 85 percent of students. In addition, the study states that the average college student owns approximately seven technological devices.

With statistics such as these, it makes sense that students would want to carry their technology with them to class. The use of technology has become so embedded in our lives that it can be hard to imagine stepping away from it. But, in my opinion, having these devices in the classroom can be harmful.

In a 2012 Pew Research Center Internet survey of more than 2,000 teachers from Advanced Placement and National Writing Project communities, 87 percent said they believe new technologies are creating an easily distracted generation. In addition, 64 percent said that technologies in the classroom

“do more to distract students than to help them academically.”

I realized the same thing junior year, when my laptop broke and it only worked when it was plugged in. This situation made it almost impossible for me to bring my computer to class, and I had to re-learn how to take notes without it, something I had not done since high school. I, too, had become dependent on technology.

But ever since I started taking notes by hand in class, my grades and my focus have improved. I am no longer checking Facebook every five seconds, and I actually pay attention to the material being presented.

I think taking notes by hand and being unplugged in class reminds us how to absorb information and learn the way we did when we were younger.

When I take notes in class, I am forced to listen closely and write effectively to get all of the information on paper. I

use the arts of paraphrasing and interpretation. I cannot rely on my fast typing or on filling in the blanks on a pre-made PowerPoint slide. I can honestly say that learning material organically has made a positive difference to my academic life.

While some argue that technology in the classroom makes learning more accessible, providing more opportunities for larger classes and more material, I don’t think that’s always the case. I believe there should be boundaries for using technology in the classroom. Lecture halls should be technology-free zones, for the most part, when lecture slides are being presented. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule.

But being on the computer while material is presented can be distracting for the person using the computer and for the people behind them who are looking at what shoes their classroom neighbor is buying or what they are doing on Facebook.

Computers are great, and I, too, enjoy being able to complete some of my assignments online, but learning organically and through hand-written notes can help information stick much more successfully.

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

Unplugged learning has its perks

As an undergraduate here at the University, I stand in support of Chancellor Phyllis Wise. The University and its administration have given me more support than I could have ever imagined, and I want to show my support to the University leadership.

Every day, Chancellor Wise, President Easter, members of the Board of Trustees, and countless members of the University administration make amazing things happen. Our campus

leaders and academics have changed the lives of people who are on course to change the world.

There are thousands of hard choices that must be made every academic year, and no matter what choice the Chancellor makes in regards to any situation, someone will always be unhappy.

Though Chancellor Wise has made decisions that some of us may disagree with, we must understand that every choice is made to benefit

this university. She is our Chancellor for a reason. She has been chosen to fulfill the duty of protecting this university and helping its students.

I hope this letter is able to reach all members of the University community, and we must remember not to let divided opinions over various campus issues tear this institution apart. We can use the issues of today as learning experiences that will prepare us for the problems

of tomorrow. The progress and precedent

established by the Chancellor is meant to protect the student body and to ensure that all students feel comfortable in their home here in Champaign-Urbana.

No matter what comes of any situation at the University, I am, and always will be, a proud member of the Fighting Illini family.

Alex J. Villanueva, sophomore in LAS

I can honestly say that learning material organically has made a positive difference to my academic life.

LETTER TO THE EDITORUniversity leadership deserves our support despite disagreements

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shows the band driving through a musical obsta-cle course. In the “This Too Shall Pass” music video, the band moves through an elaborate domino effect.

“We’ve gotten to do some many different kinds of projects,” he said. “We still get to write songs, play shows, but, hey, let’s spend two months in a room play-ing with balls.”

Creative and unique music videos are part of what OK Go is famous for. But Kulash said that as cool as the videos are, making them is very stressful.

“They’re not a walk

through the park, but I couldn’t be happier that we have this outreach to play with our creative ideas,” he said.

Kulash was in a video without his bandmates ear-lier this year. He was a par-ticipant in the “First Kiss” video of random strangers kissing that went viral, but turned out to be an adver-tisement. He said he was not widely recognized at fi rst.

“The bassist (in OK Go) said he didn’t recognize it was me until he heard my voice,” he said.

Kulash said he thinks it is because people were distract-ed by the beautiful woman he kissed in the video.

Despite all Kulash’s suc-cess with and without OK

Go, he said he still feels he is following in some pretty big footsteps of “incredi-ble people” in his family. For instance, his grandpa invented the fishstick.

“I’m just a little pip-squeak at the bottom of the chain,” he said.

That has not stopped OK Go from building a big fan base, he said. The band once received a board game from a fan, where players have to answer factoid questions about the bandmates’ personal lives.

“It sits in a place of hon-or of my collection of cra-ziest gifts,” Kulash said.

Rebecca can be reached at [email protected].

RSO empowers, helps build communities across globe

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BY REEMA ABI-AKARSTAFF WRITER

The students of Glob-al Architecture Brigades (GAB) have the opportu-nity to construct people’s communities fi rsthand.

Under the nonprofit umbrella organization, Global Brigades , the Uni-versity’s chapter of Glob-al Architecture Brigades provides real-world expe-rience to students through traveling to developing nations and creating last-ing connections.

“They (Global Brigades) empower a community to sustain and establish itself,” said Hana Yoon, one of the UIUC GAB co-presidents and senior in FAA.

Global Brigades is an international organization with smaller sectors such as Business Brigades , Environmental Brigades , Medical Brigades and Water Brigades . These branches all work togeth-er in tandem to build up underdeveloped areas around the world.

In the past few years, members of the Universi-ty chapter of GAB have traveled to Honduras for about 10 days and built homes, community cen-ters, schools and health centers. Their latest trip was to El Ojochal in May.

“(Global Brigades) is starting to focus on creat-ing holistic communities,” said Kasey Colombani, GAB co-president along with Yoon and senior in FAA. “When we went (to Honduras), we started and we fi nished the proj-ect while we were there.”

This way, Colombani said, they have achieved a sense of accomplishment, and real, lasting projects

get completed quickly instead of little-by-little.

“That’s one of the disad-vantages of doing a large-scale project — they take years,” Yoon said. “I think Global Brigades real-ized that, and they (said), ‘Let’s try to do something smaller-scale, more inter-active, get involved with the community.’”

The Global Brigades organization has a special order of when to send out certain Brigades to the disadvantaged countries. Medical and Business are among the fi rst, while GAB is among the last. This way, when the GAB builds the structures, local people know how to maintain them and sustain themselves economically.

“It’s like the saying, ‘You can give a man some fi sh and he’ll eat for a night; you can teach a man to fi sh and he can fi sh for his life,’” said Rebecca Andersen, social chair of UIUC GAB and senior in FAA. “With Global Bri-gades, they really just turn around their lives and create a community. And that, I think, sustains the architecture.”

When members of GAB volunteered in Honduras, they also met with other college students and oth-er branches of the Glob-al Brigades tree. This included a Water Brigades group from the Universi-ty of Arizona and medical groups with their travel-ing clinics.

“It was great to interact with local people and build alongside them, because they gave speeches at the end ... they were so grate-ful,” Colombani said. “I felt like it had such a deep impact on me, personally

and emotionally.”While abroad, the GAB

students create a bond with each other as well as to the people in the com-munities they help.

“There’s something big-ger than making a really fancy building. It’s fulfi ll-ing human needs and real-ly changing somebody’s life,” Andersen said. “You build a house out of cin-derblocks and the person starts crying because it’s more than they could have ever dreamt of.”

To raise money to travel abroad, UIUC GAB holds fundraisers on campus. These include bake sales or Pie-a-Professor, which fea-tures architecture profes-sors and creamy pastries.

Besides fundraising events, the chapter also holds group social events. It is up to the student if he or she wants to trav-el abroad; some members only participate on campus in raising funds and aware-ness. Plus, anyone can be a part of GAB; being an architecture major is not a necessity.

Above all, the group said GAB focuses on creating positive, lasting change in marginalized communities around the world through architecture.

“We don’t (typically) think about the small and the most raw idea of archi-tecture, and I think that’s shelter,” Andersen said. “Going to Honduras and building that for someone who otherwise wouldn’t have that ... it grounds you, and it reminds us what architecture is and why we do it.”

Reema can be reached at [email protected].

Weight-loss drug Contrave wins FDA approval on second attempt

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval Wednesday of the new weight-loss drug Contrave, a mix of antide-pressant and alcohol depen-dence medications.

The drug, which is intend-ed to be used along with a low-calorie diet and exer-cise regimen, is approved for use in obese adults (body mass index of 30 or greater) or overweight adults (BMI of 27 or greater) who also suffer a weight-related con-dition, such as high blood pressure or Type 2 diabe-tes, according to regulators.

The medication, which is manufactured by Orexi-gen Therapeutics Inc. of La Jolla, California, combines the drugs naltrexone, which is used to treat alcohol and opioid dependence, and the

drug bupropion, which is prescribed for depression, seasonal affective disorder and smoking cessation.

Orexigen initially sought approval from the FDA in 2011 but was asked to con-duct further testing on the drug’s cardiovascular risks.

About one-third of Ameri-cans are classifi ed as obese, and Dr. Jean-Marc Guettier, director of the FDA’s divi-sion of metabolism and endo-crinology products, said Contrave can help address this national problem.

Clinical trials designed to test Contrave’s effective-ness involved 4,500 obese and overweight patients who were treated for one year.

In one trial, 42 percent of patients who received the drug lost at least 5 percent of their body weight, and 17 percent of the patients who received a placebo experi-

enced similar results.In a trial that involved

patients suffering from Type 2 diabetes, 36 percent of Contrave-treated patients lost at least 5 percent of their weight, compared with 18 percent of patients who received a placebo, the FDA said.

The drug comes with a number of cautions.

A boxed warning will alert health care providers to an increased risk of sui-cidal thoughts and behaviors associated with antidepres-sant drugs.

“Contrave can cause sei-zures and must not be used in patients who have sei-zure disorders,” read an FDA news release. “Con-trave can also raise blood pressure and heart rate and must not be used in patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure.”

Reema Ghabra, freshman in LAS, was in kindergarten class on 9/11. She remembers being sent home from school and watching the reports of the attacks.

She said on each 9/11 anniversary, she remembers those who were lost but wor-ries about the potential for increased attention.

“I hope no one says anything to me about it,” she said.

Ghabra recalls a time soon after the attack when she, her mom and her sister were at the mall, and a woman yelled, “Go back to your country,” despite the fact that Ghabra was born in the United States.

When such incidents of discrimination occur, Ghabra said, “I like to not think about it, because it just intensifies my anger and my animosity.”

But she said 13 years later, people have become much more understanding towards herself and other Muslims.

“There are not as many hate crimes,” Ghabra said. “People want to understand Islam. They don’t antagonize me anymore.”

Fatihah Ahmad Fauzi, sophomore in LAS, is a native of Malaysia who came to the United States to attend the University.

“All I remember is hearing about planes crashing and people blaming Muslims,” Fauzi said.

She said she had her reservations when coming to the United States and was worried about how people would react to her Islamic attire.

“I didn’t want to wear the black abaya (traditional religious garb), because I kept on hearing people tell me that others would look at me,” she said.

Fauzi said she thinks things have gotten better in regards to stereotypes and racial profiling towards Muslims. But she also said she still occasionally gets questions and comments from those who are culturally and religiously unaware.

“Especially during the summer, people will ask me, ‘Aren’t you hot?’ or ‘What happens if you take that off?’” she said.

Abrar can be reached at aalheet2@ dailyillini.com.

Omar Dawood, junior in LAS, was seven years old when the Twin Towers came down.

“All I remember is when I came home, some time at night, my parents were watching the news, and I was doing my best to make sense of it,” Dawood said. “All I heard was ‘Muslim’ and ‘terrorist’ and ‘attack.’ It didn’t make much sense to me, but I asked my parents, and they didn’t really want me to freak out, so they told me they were just rumors.”

Dawood said he feels a deep sense of sadness on each 9/11 anniversary because of the misunderstanding that ensued.

“As a Muslim, even though you know that what happened that day isn’t at all a representation of Islam, it’s sad that that’s the kind of representation non-Muslim people usually see,” he said. “And I don’t blame them; they can’t help but associate it in that manner.”

At the time of the attacks, Dawood was living in southern Virginia. He said the environment of that town was much different from that of Central Illinois.

“When I was growing up, I experienced episodes of racism,” he said. “I remember being in fifth grade and having my fellow Muslim sisters be called ‘terrorist’ for wearing the hijab (headscarf), and they called me a terrorist for the color of my skin.”

Dawood moved to Decatur, Illinois, around the age of 11 or 12 and said he felt a difference in treatment.

“I don’t know if that can be explained by age difference or location; I think it might be more of the location side,” Dawood said.

“But I think overall, people have become more open-minded, and I think Muslims have done a good job of portraying Islam in a better way than initially what the news would show about us.”

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Constructing a community The University’s chapter of Global Architec-ture Brigade traveled to El Ojochal, Hondu-ras in May. Turn to Page 5A to learn more about the organization’s efforts to create sustainable communities across the globe.

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OK Go is not just the band of treadmill guys anymore.

This fall, the band is releasing their fourth album and will be performing at The Canopy Club on Satur-day night at 9:30 p.m. Tick-ets for the show are $15.

Damian Kulash, lead singer and guitarist of OK Go, said he thinks that the band’s treadmill music vid-eo for “Here It Goes Again” will probably be on his tombstone; it was the band’s first viral music video. But he said he also thinks the band has grown since then. He calls the band’s new album, “Hungry Ghosts,” their best yet.

“It feels more focused,” Kulash said.” I think our

last record was really out of the park. It was a lot more spacious and psychedelic. This takes a lot of the same ideas and is more concise, in-your-face rock songs.”

With a new album comes a new tour. OK Go is travel-ing the country until the end of October with an all-new live show. The band’s website says it “is unlike anything they’ve done live so far.”

“It’s very visual,” he said. “There’s a lot of confetti.”

Visual performances are not new for OK Go. The band’s latest music video for “The Writing’s On the Wall” is filled with optical illusions. The music vid-eo for “Needing/Getting,”

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Most Americans have strong memories, emotions and other asso-ciations that are forever connected

to Sept. 11, 2001. Many Muslims, as members of a minority that faced immense misrepresentation in the attack’s aftermath, additionally go through a complex, emotional

thought process on each anniver-sary of tragic event.

After having spent the last 13 years rebuilding a reputation that was all but shattered by media dis-

tortion, Muslim-Americans have struggled to find acceptance and understanding in the United States while holding on to their religious ideals.

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Sitting down on the ground after practice, Jihad Ward may not seem so big.

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A few years ago, it may have been hard to imagine him here, standing in the middle of Memorial Stadi-um. Just a few weeks ago, it would have been hard to imagine him making his third start for the Illini this Saturday when they visit Washington.

Ward puts it simply: “It’s a blessing.”

The Philadelphia native didn’t meet academic qual-ifi cations after high school

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BY ALEX ROUXSTAFF WRITER

Jalen Brunson, widely considered to be the best basketball player in the state of Illinois and one of the best point guards in the country, has com-mitted to Jay Wright and Villanova.

Brunson was consid-ering Illinois along with Villanova, but ultimate-ly decided in favor of the Wildcats. He is rated as the No. 22 overall play-er in the class of 2015 in ESPN’s Top 100. The Ste-venson High School point guard revealed his deci-sion Wednesday after-noon at 4:30 in a public announcement in Lincoln-shire, Illinois. Illini head coach, John Groce, visited Brunson on Tuesday for one fi nal sales pitch.

This latest recruiting blow for Illinois comes while the wounds are still fresh from last Novem-ber’s spurning of the Illi-

ni by top recruits, Quentin Snider and Cliff Alexan-der. Brunson joins a grow-ing list of in-state talent who decided against stay-ing home to play for the Illini. Alexander, Jabari Parker, Anthony Davis and Derrick Rose are the most recent high-profi le play-ers to bolt.

All is not lost for the Illini in the class of 2015, as they still are involved in several other major recruiting battles. They are still in the mix with point guard Jawun Evans, out of Dallas, and Groce is scheduled to travel to Texas to meet with Evans on Thursday.

Illinois will face Villa-nova on December 9 this season at Madison Square Garden.

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

It’s like a broken record.

Another in-state superstar slipped away from the Illinois basketball program when Jalen Brunson unzipped his jacket Wednesday afternoon, revealing a white Villanova shirt before donning a Villanova hat.

It’s hard to sugar-coat. This hurts. This hurts for John Groce, and this

hurts for the fans that have seen this storyline play out many times before. Brunson is an elite talent in the 2015 class, and he would have competed for a starting position at point guard next year. His departure only lengthens the running narrative that top in-state talent always seems to spurn Illinois.

But this time around, it doesn’t hurt as bad. It’s early in the recruiting season, and Groce still has several high-profi le recruits on his radar. He’s wasting no time in making sure his other point guard target in the

2015 class, Jawun Evans out of Texas, knows he’s no second option.

Groce will fl y to Texas on Thursday to have an in-home visit with Evans, less than a week after Evans departed the Illinois campus after his offi cial visit. It will be his third in-home visit with the point guard. Though some fans were worried Groce’s intense push for Brunson may have drawn the ire of Evans, his AAU coach and mentor, Lamont Simmons said that’s not the case.

“He (Evans) never got that sense,” Simmons said shortly after Brunson’s

announcement. “He never even worried about that or even mentioned that.”

Had Brunson chosen the Illini, they wouldn’t have gotten Evans as well. Simmons made it clear that Evans felt there was not room for two specialty point guards in the 2015 class for Illinois.

But Brunson chose the Wildcats, and it hasn’t affected Evans’ feelings toward the Illini.

“Jawun’s been thinking the same since day one, before Jalen, (and now) after Jalen,” Simmons said. “(The Brunson commitment) hasn’t changed anything for the

worse (or for the better). He’s an alpha male; he’s the man. I wouldn’t say it changes anything. He just stays the course.”

Staying the course for Evans also means he still plans on taking his offi cial visit to Oklahoma State in two weeks. This means that Illini fans hoping for news of an Evans commitment in reaction to the Brunson decision may have to wait awhile. If Simmons is to be believed, the wait will last until after Sept. 24, when Evans visits Oklahoma State.

ALEX ROUX

Basketball columnist

Evans not second choice for Groce’s IlliniMELISSA MCCABE THE DAILY ILLINI

Illinois defensive end Jihad Ward (17) took a long journey from Philadelphia to Champaign, stopping at the Globe Institute of Technology, a junior college in Times Square.

Brunson was considering Illinois along with Villanova,

but ultimately decided in favor of the Wildcats.

Top recruit in Illinois latest player to spurn state school

SEE WARD | 3B

BY ELISEO ELIZARRARAZSTAFF 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.

In 1982, Janet Rayfi eld hung up her cleats after four seasons of soccer at North Carolina, leaving behind Anson Dor-

rance, a young and eager coach with an

uncompromising agenda. UNC wasn’t the soccer powerhouse that it is today; one that has nurtured international soccer icons like Mia Hamm, Kris-tine Lily and Shannon Higgins, and set a benchmark for women’s soccer. Or the one that’s taken home 21 out of 31 NCAA women’s soccer champion-ships. Instead, it was a program in its infancy with Rayfi eld — an integral part of its early success.

She captained the Tar Heels to the inaugural NCAA women’s soccer championship in 1982 and scored 93 goals during her four-year career at UNC. Rayfi eld was part of the preamble of a now storied program and a soccer movement that has shaped modern soc-cer. Her professional career in soccer has hardly slowed down since then.

Rayfi eld has since achieved a mon-umental milestone, attaining her 200th career win against Charles-ton on Friday. Now she’s the most decorated coach in Illinois soccer

Former Tar Heel star continues to make history with Illini

This time around, it doesn’t hurt as bad. It’s early in the recruit-ing season, and Groce still has high-profi le recruits on his radar.

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SEE RAYFIELD | 4B

Honorable MentionsTaylor Barton (football) Barton returned an interception for a touchdown in the fourth quarter, giving the Illini a 35-27 lead.Paul Zeman (men’s cross-country) Finished fi rst for Illinois at the Illini Challenge with a time of 19:54.24.

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Illini to depend on improved offense against HuskiesTeam looks to avenge last year’s Soldier Field lossBY CHARLOTTE CARROLLSTAFF WRITER

This weekend, the Illinois football team will don suits as the players board the plane to Seattle to play Washing-ton in its first road game of the season.

Compared with their usu-al attire, this garb highlights what players and coaches are considering the simple nature of this game.

“It’s a business trip, we want to go out there and win our third game,” offensive lineman Ted Karras said.

It may be just another game to the team, but the Illi-ni are looking for vindication after losing 34-24 last year at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Though Washington leads the all-time series record by a 6-4 margin, the Soldier Field match was the first showdown since 1972.

This time around, the game

will be on Washington’s home turf. Broadcast nationally on FOX, it will be the first time this season the Illini are play-ing on such a big stage.

And the atmosphere of the recently renovated Husky Stadium could prove prob-lematic. Head coach Tim Beckman, offensive coor-dinator Bill Cubit and even players have acknowledged the noise level is on a com-pletely different level.

“That’s going to impact us — the offensive line, the run-ning backs and me,” quarter-back Wes Lunt said. “Com-munication is going to be key. It’s going to add some-thing, but once the game gets going, it’s just going to be an afterthought.”

The Illini will be focused on striking early against a Husky offense that put up 59 points against Eastern Wash-ington last week.

The biggest challenge will be containing Washington’s rush game, which gained 356 yards last week. Tailback Lavon Coleman rushed for 118 yards.

“They’ve got a lot of backs and great size up front,” defensive coordinator Tim Banks said. “Those guys come off the ball really good and open a lot of good run-ning lanes for those guys. They’re just so massive and have a plethora of running backs who are ready at any time to go the distance.”

But the Husky’s quarter-back also brings an added element to the running game. Cyler Miles went 14-for-24 for 180 yards and one touch-down against Eastern Wash-ington, his first start of the season following a one-game suspension. But it’s his rush-ing stats that have Illinois taking note. Miles ran for 58

yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries.

“It’s another dimension,” Beckman said. “As you look at Youngstown State and what they were doing with their quarterback, we’ve got to have awareness, pass rush lane awareness. That first game we gave up some big draws, some big quarterback draws and screens. You have to have awareness of where he is because he can break it at any time.”

The Illini are hoping to use Lunt and his passing game

against a Husky defense that allowed 475 yards against Eastern Washington. Though the Illini are treat-ing it as just another game, whether or not the offense and its young wide receiv-ers can remain composed on a national stage remains a question.

“I want our guys to go out there and play with confidence and not be awe-struck by the stage,” Cubit said. “Cause we’ve had one wide out that’s really played, that’s Tez (Martize) Barr,

you know all those other guys haven’t played. Three of them weren’t even here, the other guy playing special teams. So they need to play with composure. Play with a little confidence out there. Don’t try and do too much. Don’t be rushing. And that’s what I’m looking for.

“If we do that, we give our-selves a chance. If we don’t, we’ve got no shot.”

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

AUG. 30 VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE (W: 28 -17)SEPT. 6 VS. WESTERN KENTUCKY (W: 42-34) SEPT. 13 AT WASHINGTON — 3 p.m.SEPT. 20 VS. TEXAS STATE — 3 p.m.

SEPT. 27 AT NEBRASKA — 8 p.m.OCT. 4 VS. PURDUE — TBAOCT. 11 AT WISCONSIN — TBAOCT. 25 VS. MINNESOTA — 11 a.m.

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

ILLINI SCHEDULE

EAST DIVISIONMARYLAND 2-0PENN STATE 2-0RUTGERS 2-0INDIANA 1-0MICHIGAN 1-1MICHIGAN STATE 1-1OHIO STATE 1-1

WEST DIVISIONILLINOIS 2-0IOWA 2-0MINNESOTA 2-0NEBRASKA 2-0PURDUE 1-1WISCONSIN 1-1NORTHWESTERN 0-2

STANDINGS SCHEDULE

SATURDAYWEST VIRGINIA AT MARYLAND - 11 a.m.INDIANA AT BOWLING GREEN - 11 a.m.KENT STATE AT NO. 22 OHIO STATE - 11 a.m.MIAMI (OH) AT MICHIGAN - 2:30 p.m.

IOWA STATE AT IOWA - 2:30 p.m.MINNESOTA AT TCU - 3 p.m.ILLINOIS AT WASHINGTON - 3 p.m.PURDUE AT NO. 11 NOTRE DAME - 6:30 p.m.PENN STATE AT RUTGERS - 7 p.m.NEBRASKA AT FRESNO STATE - 9:30 p.m.

FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois' Wes Lunt has statistically been one of the best quarterbacks in the country so far this season. He will face a Husky defense that allowed 475 yards against Eastern Washington.

OFFENSEQB Wes Lunt 12RB Josh Ferguson 6WR Geronimo Allison 8WR Martize Barr 9WR Justin Hardee 19TE Matt LaCosse 11TE Jon Davis 3LT Simon Cvijanovic 68LG Alex Hill 52C Joe Spencer 71RG Ted Karras 69RT Michael Heitz 74

PASSINGCyler Miles 14-for-24, 180 yards 1 TD

RUSHINGLavon Coleman

34 carries 196 yards 1 TD

RECEIVINGJaydon Mickens

7 catches 69 yards 0 TDJohn Ross

4 catches 150 yards 2 TDKasen Williams

4 catches 30 yards 0 TDDarrell Daniels

3 catches 25 yards 0 TD

EYE ON THE ILLINI: LINEBACKERS

After two games this season, Illinois’ leading tackler is safety Taylor Barton, which does not reflect

well on the linebacking core. So far, the team has given up an average of 3.4 yards per rush, but with Washington’s strong running game, this group may be in trouble this week. Starters Mason Monheim,

Earnest Thomas III and T.J. Neal may miss Jonathan Brown (graduated) and Mike Svetina (injured), but they need to grow up quickly in order to compete

with Washington’s big-time run game.

EYE ON THE ENEMY: DEFENSIVE BACKS

Last week in a close game against Eastern

Washington, the Huskies gave up seven passing touchdowns to the Eagles’ quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. This unit has not collected a single interception all season. In addition, the unit’s

best player, cornerback Marcus Peters, has been suspended by coach Chris Petersen due to a sideline tantrum Peters threw against Eastern

Washington. With Wes Lunt and the high-powered Illinois passing attack coming to town, lots of

pressure is on the shoulders of this group.

LAST WEEK FOR WASHINGTON

The Huskies won a 59-52 shootout against Eastern Washington in Seattle. It marked the third year in the last four that the Huskies start the season at 2-0. In his first start after serving a one game suspension,

quarterback Cyler Miles threw for 180 yards and 1 TD but also rushed for 58 yards and three

touchdowns. Miles served a one-game suspension for his involvement in an altercation after the Super

Bowl in February.

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PASSINGWes Lunt 59-for-88, 741 yards 7 TD

RUSHINGJosh Ferguson

25 carries 85 yards 1 TDDonovonn Young

23 carries 91 yards 1 TD

RECEIVINGGeronimo Allison

10 catches 140 yards 0 TDMalik Turner

10 catches 98 yards 0 TDJustin Hardee

8 catches 126 yards 1 TDMike Dudek

7 catches 116 yards 2 TD

DEFENSEDE Jihad Ward 17

NT Austin Teitsma 44DT Teko Powell 93

LEO DeJazz Woods 90WLB Mason Monheim 43

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

CB V’Angelo Bentley 2CB Eaton Spence 27

SS Zane Petty 21FS Taylor Barton 3

K Taylor Zalewski 17P Justin DuVernois 18

DEFENSE DE Andrew Hudson 93

NT Danny Shelton 55DT Evan Hudson 80

BUCK Hau’oli Kikaha 8LB John Timu 10

LB Shaq Thompson 7LB Travis Feeney 41

S Kevin King 20S Budda Baker 32

CB Travell Dixon 17CB Jermaine Kelly 6

K Cameron van Winkle 48

OFFENSEQB Cyler Miles 10RB Dwayne Washington 12WR Jaydon Mickens 4WR DiAndre Campbell 19TE Darrell Daniels 15TE Michael Hartvigson 84LT Micah Hatchie 72LG Dexter Charles 76C Colin Tanigawa 64RG James Atoe 70RT Ben Riva 59P Korey Durkee 45

ILLINOIS

ILLINOISLEADERS

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTONLEADERS

THE GOODRUSHING GAME ON FIRE

-Quarterback Cyler Miles ran for 58 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries

-The Huskies recorded 356 rushing yards against Eastern Washington

Danny Shelton-Danny Shelton recorded four

sacks in the game against Eastern Washington. He leads the nation with six sacks total. He also leads the NCAA with 7.5 tackles for loss.

ILLINOIS WASHINGTONTHE GOODTAYLOR BARTON VS. WESTERN KENTUCKY

-Interception and 77-yard touchdown return

-Eight total tackles, four unassisted-Wide Receivers Stepping Up-Three touchdowns between three

receivers-364 yards between all the receivers-Mike Dudek was named Big Ten

Freshman of the Week

THE BADILLINOIS’ RUNNING BACKS

-Illinois has rushed only 142 yards in two games compared to their opponents 306 yards

Special Teams Mishaps-Taylor Zalewski had two missed

field goal attempts on attempts of 34 and 50 yards

-Zalewski and backup Ryan Frain have combined for three penalties in the first two games for kicking the ball out-of-bounds on the kickoff

THE BADPASS COVERAGE

-The Huskies have allowed 682 passing yards this season compared to allowing just 315 rushing yards from opponents

FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINI KAIA D’ALBORA THE DAILY ILLINI

quarter against Western Kentucky to help notch a 42-34 win.

Illinois coach Tim Beck-man said Ward already knows the fast tempo college football is played at and is an “all-in guy” — one of his most important traits that helps play into a new outlook from Illinois’ defensive line. For Ward, those lessons in character started at home.

“My mom was my dad,” Ward said. “She had to teach me what a man does.”

Ward’s mother, Kareema, had him when she was 17 years old (the same number he wears to honor her) and raised him in a single-par-

ent home with four siblings — all younger than Jihad.

“I’m the man of the house,” Ward said. “They don’t have anybody to look up to. Their father’s never around, so they look up to me. I give them a call and make sure everybody’s OK. I connect with everybody through FaceTime,” he said.

The junior’s positivi-ty and constructive atti-tude help contribute to an Illini defensive line which already finds itself more relaxed since ranking last in rushing defense among the Big Ten in 2013, allow-ing 238.6 yards per game.

“We have a better bond as a defensive line and it transfers well on the field,” senior lineman DeJazz Woods said. “Jihad is def-

initely a guy who loves to work. He’s one of those guys who’s not going to let the team down.”

Ward said his goal is clear: help the defense get better. A large part of that is helping his teammates stay positive about their improvements so far this season, which now have the Illini ranked in the middle of the Big Ten defensively and tied for fifth in sacks.

“If there’s struggles, you’ve just got to fix it,” Ward said. “We all have problems, you’ve just got to figure out the solution, you know? And I think that’s what’s wrong with society now, because people don’t want to fix their problems. You’ve got to fix it, you’ve got to want it,”

The junior transfer is new to the Illini, but he came with experience. He recorded 10 sacks in his two seasons with Globe and was responsible for helping his teammates get to and from class through an array of New York City transporta-tion — including trains, bus-es, boats and on foot. Ward also motivated his team-mates to join him at the gym in order to improve on the field.

“In order to win, you’ve got to stand together,” he said. “One person can’t affect the whole team, one person can’t make the team win. It has to be all of us. There ain’t no such thing as one, you’ve got to be all.”

Ward said that’s the key difference in playing for

Illinois: Players are less selfish and more willing to play together as a team.

As for his current adjust-ments off the field, Ward said he often finds himself homesick, living away from his mom who still reminds him to “keep going and don’t stop,” because as he’s learned: “There’s no such thing as making it, because you can’t stop learning.”

But Ward has made it pretty far, now standing in the middle of a 60,000 seat stadium. And he’s adapted well to his new home, his new team and his new life.

The Bally Total Fitness card he was given by his junior college team doesn’t stack up to Illinois’ weight room facilities.

Waking up at 4 a.m. and

taking a ferry and a train to school isn’t as appealing as being able to walk to class every morning.

And dealing with “selfish” attitudes from junior college players trying to impress Division I teams isn’t as wel-coming as playing with the Illini — a “family who helps each other out,” according to Ward. A family he’ll play alongside for the third time on Saturday in Washington.

“This team is the real deal and you don’t really get a lot of teammates like this,” Ward said. “These are my brothers and I will die for them at any cost.”

Sean can be reached at spneuma2@ dailyillini.com and @neumannthehuman.

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Well, this sort of feels familiar. Illinois is 2-0 and heading into its

highest profile nonconference game of the season against Washington.

I say it “sort of” feels familiar because that’s where the similarities with last year’s matchup with the Huskies pretty much end. Illinois lost to the Huskies 34-24 at Soldier Field in Chicago last September, the first loss of a eight game stretch during which the team went 1-7.

But really, too much has

changed since last year’s meeting between the two teams to even consider them similar.

Enter Chris Peterson, the coach who the Huskies snatched from Boise State. Peterson was rumored for as many job openings as any coach in the last seven or eight years since he jumped into the national spotlight, and I honestly didn’t know if he’d ever leave Idaho.

But he did, and now his team presents a baffling opponent for the Illini this weekend in Seattle. The Huskies narrowly avoided losing to Hawaii in their season opener in something of an ugly 17-16 game. Then last week Washington needed eight touchdowns to put away Eastern Washington 59-52 in a game that provided a few more fireworks than the Huskies’

opener.In that high-scoring affair

with Eastern Washington, the Huskies put up 356 rushing yards. Freshman running back Lavon Coleman rushed for 118 of them.

Illinois faced a run-heavy offense in Youngstown State in the season opener, but I’d expect Washington’s attack to be a little more of a threat. Despite Youngstown State’s 59 rushing attempts, the Penguins only ran for 203 yards.

A Pac-12 rushing attack will prove a little more tricky.

So that raises the question, how will the Illini react? Illinois had plenty of trouble against strong rushing attacks a year ago. Run-heavy teams such as Wisconsin and Nebraska each put up more than 300 yards on

the Illini in 2013.Keep an eye on the Illinois

defensive front as you watch this game. This will be the D-line’s biggest test this season, and I’m interested to see how it performs. With the additions of Jihad Ward and DeJazz Woods, the line looks better on paper. But we have yet to really see what it can do against a quality opponent.

Washington is that quality opponent, and I think many Illinois fans share the feeling I expressed earlier in the season. We won’t really know how good this Illini squad is until they make the trip to Seattle.

This weekend we will start to get some of the answers.

Husky Stadium is supposed to be loud. Tim Beckman said the Illini have been cranking

up the music a little louder than usual in practice this week. I’d anticipate at least a couple of miscommunications on the offensive end, especially from an inexperienced receiving corps.

All of that said, the Huskies haven’t looked great in their first two games. This is a winnable contest for the Illini. A win gets them to 3-0, something that doesn’t happen too often in Champaign, and puts them on the right track toward reaching a bowl game.

A loss would be an all too familiar feeling.

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

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OFFENSIVE LINE VS. D-LINEMAN DANNY SHELTON Shelton, a senior for the Huskies, enters the game

against the Illini as the nation’s leader in sacks (six) and tackles for loss (7.5). Shelton led Washington with 12 tack-les in its season opening win against Hawaii. His four sacks in Week Two against Eastern Washington were the most by a UW player since 1989. With the Illini offensive line under fire recently.

BY TRISH CHRISTAKESSTAFF WRITER

The Illini are 2-0 after defeating Western Kentucky in a Week Two shootout. It was the second week in a row the Illini put up 21 points in the fourth quarter on their way to a 42-34 win over WKU. This weekend, the Illini will face off with the Washington Huskies, who are currently 2-0 and finished 9-4 in 2013.

ILLINI VS. HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT

Although the Block I crowd isn’t as packed as the team would like it to be, Memorial Stadium is still home for the Illini. Illinois has managed two fourth-quarter comebacks on its way to a 2-0 start. Competing for the W in the fourth quarter can be a daunting task while having an opposing team’s stadium rooting against you. Can Wes Lunt and the rest of the Illini handle the pressure going into their first road game at a hostile Husky Stadium?

WES LUNT VS. EXPECTATIONS Lunt has led the Illini to two victories in their first two

games. He has been nearly perfect in the fourth quarter while leading the Illini to back-to-back comeback wins. In the fourth quarter, Lunt is 19-of-22 for 309 yards with four TDs and no interceptions. Fans are looking to Lunt as the saving grace for this school’s football pride, record-ing both the best debut and best first two games ever by an Illinois signal-caller. There is a lot riding on his per-formance Saturday, although Lunt seems to have kept it all under control so far.

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BY MICHAL DWOJAKASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Head coach Scott Jones looks to use the Illinois State Invite on Fri-day as a start to his plan of building a strong foundation for the Illinois women’s cross-country team.

Entering his second year as head coach, Jones said Friday’s meet will be essential for long-term success.

“There’s always new levels of aspi-rations. We are still in the empha-sis of establishing that base,” Jones said. “To be honest, this year’s going to be really important for that.”

Heading into the second meet of the season, the team is way ahead of where it was last season. Last year, Jones was hired a few days before his runners started prac-tice. This year, the team worked all summer in preparation for the season, becoming more familiar with Jones’ techniques and to each other. Jones noted that senior Brit-

ten Petrey and juniors Alyssa Sch-neider, Colette Falsey and Amanda Fox all made progress over the sum-mer and should compete for the top spot during the season.

One of the essentials for the Illini is to find its leadership. After senior Katie Porada graduated, many run-ners have risen to the occasion. However, Schneider, who took the individual title at the Illini Chal-lenge on Aug. 29, has made strides to lead the team both on and off the trails.

“She’s building upon what she achieved last year, and she’s expand-ing the scope of what she is contrib-uting to the team’s success,” Jones said. “She’s doing things behind the scene in a leadership capacity that will be very beneficial.”

After losing the Illini Challenge to Missouri, the team had a week away from competition. During that time, Jones and his runners have assessed

where the team is.During the week, the team prac-

tices at the Arboretum and trains by long runs. On Sundays, when the runners don’t have to worry about making it to class after practice, the team travels to off-campus sites to practice long runs. Mondays are focused on recovering from the long run and doing strength condition-ing. For the rest of the week, the team runs around campus and on the track in the Armory.

For the team to form a strong foundation, Jones said the first key is to win meets. Although the Illi-ni had individuals win meets, the team as a whole didn’t win a meet last season. For Jones, that is the goal for Friday’s meet to not only reach short-term success, but also long-term.

Michal can be reached at [email protected].

Women’s cross-country heads to Illinois State

BY JOEY FIGUEROASTAFF WRITER

Now riding a five-game winning streak, during which it has allowed just two goals, Illinois (5-1-0) will begin its Big Ten schedule this weekend with road games against Iowa (5-1-0) and Nebraska (4-2-0).

Conference play will begin Thursday night in Iowa City, as the Illini will try to continue to give the Hawkeyes the same trou-ble they have in recent years. Illinois is 9-1-1 in matches against Iowa since 2003, including two s t r a i g h t 2-1 vic-tories in each of the past two seasons.

Iowa has held an advantage at home in past sea-sons and own a 5-3-1 record a g a i n s t Illinois at the Iowa Soccer Complex.

“They’re a great team, the past few times have been a good games,” junior forward Nicole Breece said. “For a season opener for Big Ten, it’ll be exciting and it’s going to be tough as usual. We’ve just got to come out and play the way

we want to play and focus on us.”

The Illini defense has been smothering during the five-game winning streak, as it outshot oppo-nents 80-35. The Hawk-eyes will counter the Illi-ni’s defensive prowess with senior forward Cloe Lac-asse, who sits atop the Big Ten with seven goals and 17 points, and leads an offense that has outshot its oppo-nents 106-52 in six games this season.

“They may have a new coach, but they’ve got a culture there that went to the NCAA tournament and expects to get back,” head coach Janet Rayfield said of Iowa. “It’s a senior class that had a taste of (the NCAA tournament) that certainly wants it back. So it’s certainly going to be a

tough road opener for us in the first game of t he season.”

O n c e the match concludes, I l l i n o i s will travel to Lincoln, N e b r a s -ka , for a n o t h e r road con-

ference test against Nebraska.

Like the Illini, the Husk-ers have received votes in the NSCAA Coach’s Poll this season and have out-scored their opponents 14-6 thus far. They’re com-ing off a 4-0 victory over North Dakota after a nar-

row 2-1 overtime defeat at the hands of No. 20 Oklahoma.

Nebraska is led by sopho-more forward Jaycie John-son, who is third in the Big Ten with six goals in as many games, and already has two multiple-goal games.

Heading into conference play, there are eight dif-ferent Big Ten teams with just one loss so far this sea-son. Rayfield sees no clear favorite in the conference and thinks it could be a toss-up.

“I think any team in the Big Ten could win on any given day, and you’ve got to do that for 13 games now and see who’s got the most points at the end,” Rayfield said. “And that means every point’s going to matter, every game’s going matter, every sec-ond of every game matters, and that’s what makes Big

Ten soccer so exciting. I don’t think you can take any opponent for granted, and who’s going to end up in the top eight is anybody’s guess.”

Despite the heightened conference competition, the Illini have high hopes.

“I think that this is the defense that we thought we could have and I think we can have better,” soph-omore defender Hope D’Addario said. “We’re nev-er going to stop trying to better as a defensive line and as a defensive unit with all eleven players on the field. It’s definitely an improvement since the first 90 minutes (against Notre Dame), and I think we’re really happy about that, but we’re not going stop trying to get better.”

Joey can be reached at [email protected] and @joeyfigueroa3.

Illini face Iowa, Nebraska When: at Iowa: 7 p.m. Thursday at Iowa Soccer Complex, Iowa City, Iowa

at Nebraska: 1 p.m. Sunday at Nebraska Field, Lincoln, Neb.

TV/Radio: BTN Plus on BTN2Go

Quick Notes: Illinois is 13-5-1 all-time against Iowa and have not lost to the Hawkeyes since the 2008 season.

Illinois is 4-1-0 all-time in matches against Nebraska, with its first and only defeat coming last season in a 3-2 contest. Hidden Stat: With 30 career goals, senior forward Jannelle Flaws is currently tied for fourth with Jessica Bayne in all-time Illinois goal scoring. With a goal this weekend, she will take sole possession of fourth place and set her sights on the top three goal scorers in Illinois history.

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLININicole Breece and the Illinois soccer team will face Iowa and Nebraska this weekend.

history. Under her management,

Illinois has enjoyed 11 con-secutive years as a top-25 program in the country. Rayfield has essentially set every record attainable since arriving at Illinois in 2002, including most over-all victories, conference vic-tories, single-season victo-ries and NCAA Tournament appearances. She is also the only woman to receive a National Soccer Coach-es Association of America Honor Award, recognizing her contribution to the game of soccer. It’s a list that includes her former coach and mentor, Dorrance.

Rayfield grew up in Dal-las, which was the soccer hotbed of the country. Back then, the U.S. was still skep-tical about embracing the sport of soccer at a time when the term “soccer-mom” didn’t exist and inter-est in the game was being sculpted by a generation. Dallas is the place where Dorrance discovered Ray-field. While recruiting in Texas, he heard of a great tactician and prodigious goal scorer and recruit-ed Rayfield in 1979 as she helped build the program from the ground up.

“We brought her onto cam-pus, and honestly, she was a better player and human being than I ever could’ve imagined,” said Dorrance, who still coaches the Tar Heels. “She came in and set a standard for my players in training. Basically, it’s a standard the University of North Carolina women’s soccer program lives by, and I attributed a lot of our early success to the very high standard that Janet set for her teammates.”

Directly out of college, Rayfield returned to Dallas in 1983 and chose to pur-sue a career as a software engineer at a time where opportunities to play in professional leagues were few and far between. She kept soccer as a passion. She coached the local club team Texas Spirit Soccer Club before she decided to leave her job as a soft-ware engineer to become an assistant under Marcia McDermott at Arkansas.

“I think what really made me change is that the ulti-mate best job you could have is the one that you’re passionate about, and I decided that it was worth the risk to turn my passion into my profession, and I haven’t left since,” Ray-field said.

It wasn’t always an easy road. There were times ear-ly on in her career when 200 wins seemed improb-able for her. After serving as McDermott’s assistant at Arkansas from 1990-93, she took her first head coach-ing job with the Razorbacks

in 1993, and from then on, the real learning process began.

“There have been sea-sons at Arkansas, and even a couple of the seasons here at Illinois, that you’re not even sure that next win is ever coming, much less that you’ll get to 200,” she said. “When I was a young coach, it was hard (when you didn’t) get to a double digit (win) season. You just felt like you were a failure and now, you realize that that’s not really a failure. The les-sons learned through those seasons are as invaluable as the ones you learn during the 20 win seasons.”

Rayfield has hardly looked back since. She has been a key figure behind-the-scenes in making sure the U.S. Women’s National team is one of the best in the world, serving as a scout, technical advisor and youth team coach assistant, and was Steve Swanson’s assis-tant for the U-20 soccer team’s 2012 World Cup run that saw them reclaim the title from Germany.

“It’s a different experi-ence working with the best players in the world, and you’re in a situation where there’s one event, the time crunch is different. The pressures are different,” Rayfield said.

Being the competitor Ray-field is, she hardly looks back at the wins. Instead, it’s the defeats that nag at her and the small, scattered moments of in-game mag-ic that are engraved in her memory.

“I probably remem-ber moments more than I remember games or vic-tories,” she said. “I think as coaches, the longer my career has lasted, the less I’ve counted anything.”

Much of who Rayfield is as a coach is influenced by her father, who was the main reason she got involved in the sport in the first place.

“My father got involved and certainly he’s a big part of who I am and the way that I coach and the way that I see myself as a human being,” Rayfield said. “For me, it was athletics. For my sister, it was music. But all of us had an ingrained idea that if you were going to do anything, do it to the best of your abilities and my father was the example of that.”

In retrospect, Rayfield is grateful for all the sport has given her.

“(Soccer) has given me lifelong friendships,” Ray-field said. “It’s given me wonderful young people to mentor and that have taught me lessons ... the quantity of quality people is just end-less, and all of those peo-ple have made a difference in every single one of those wins and more importantly in my life.”

Eliseo can be reached [email protected].

If Evans truly harbors no hard feelings about the Illini recruiting Brunson, then they appear to be in good shape. Simmons insisted that Evans’ visit was impressive, going as far as calling it “phenomenal.” The Illinois coaching staff was extremely prepared during Evans’ visit, and you can be sure they’ll push hard for a commitment Thursday during the in-home visit.

Texas appears to be out of the Evans recruitment, with Oklahoma State posing the biggest challenge to Illinois. The Cowboys are also going hard after Evans’ AAU teammate, friend and Illini target, Elijah Thomas. Thomas is one of the top-ranked big men in the country, and he is scheduled to

take an official visit to Illinois the weekend of Sept. 20. Landing Evans could definitely help the Illini’s chances of adding Thomas, who is set to announce his decision in mid-November.

The legend of Groce goes that he’s very convincing on his in-home visits, so perhaps Evans pulls the trigger Thursday. But if Evans holds to his plan, Illini fans will have to stick it out for at least a couple more weeks.

“I think it’s still up in the air,” Simmons said when asked if there was a clear favorite to land Evans.

“I think things will start to shake out about a week after that Oklahoma State visit.”

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

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FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINIJawun Evans visited Illinois last weekend and made an appearance at the football game against Western Kentucky.

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“We’ve just got to come out and play the way we want to play and focus on

us.”NICOLE BREECEJUNIOR FORWARD

Five-game winning streak bodes well

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIThe Illini women’s cross-country team will compete at the Illinois State Invite this weekend. Second year head caoch Scott Jones said a strong finish at the meet would go a long way for the team.

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BY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER

Last weekend the No. 12 Illi-nois volleyball team strug-gled with closing out close sets against Stanford, and head coach Kevin Hambly thinks he knows why.

Hambly said he felt as if Illinois and Stanford seemed evenly matched on average points, but that the Illini looked flustered on points that were out of the ordinary.

The Illini (3-2) dropped the final three sets to the Cardinal by a total of 11 points, a stat that I l l i n o i s d o e s n ’ t want to repeat this weekend.

“ W e b r o u g h t g o o d energy, we just had a hard time closing,” Hambly said. “They were a little bit better than us when things were out of sorts. They cleaned things up faster.”

In order to better prepare Illinois for this weekend’s matches, Hambly ran a special defensive drill in practice this week.

“(Tuesday) in practice he threw balls all over the place and we just had to go pursue those,” senior outside hitter Liz McMahon said. “He’s running our defense drill and he’s like, ‘Be prepared for anything.’

There’s no out of bounds there’s no anything. You just have to go get the ball and get a point on it.”

The Illini will see if their extra preparation on abnormal plays helps, as the team will travel to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to play Middle Tennessee State (2-5), Virginia Tech (2-4) and Washington State (5-1) in the Blue Raider Bash.

In order for the Illini to have success at the Bash this weekend, sophomore Allison Palmer said the team will need to continue focusing on finishing both

mu nd a ne plays and abnormal ones.

“ We ’ r e m a i n l y focusing on execution with our attacks and m a k i n g sure we’re taking that

extra step or doing the little things to make each contact better and better the ball for the next person,” Palmer said. “Mainly it’s a mindset and we just have to get into that, that we’re going to come out and attack every team.”

The Illini will kick of the weekend with a matchup against Middle Tennessee State on Friday night.

Although the Blue Raiders have lost four of their last five matches, Hambly said that Middle Tennessee State is still

a dangerously quick team.“(They’re) super fast, really

athletic,” Hambly said. “They’re probably as fast as anyone as far as the tempo that they run. They got a bunch of southern kids who jump real high and hit real hard. Sometimes their ball control is lacking but they’re a really offensive team.”

Illinois will continue the weekend with two matches on Saturday. The Illini will first play a Hokies team that Hambly said resembles Michigan State, with an offensive attack that includes a slide hitter.

Saturday night, Illinois will face a Washington State team led by sophomore outside hitter Kyra Holt.

In order to have success against the Cougars, the Illini will need to contain Holt, who is currently seventh in the Pac-12 with 75 kills in 21 sets and is

10th in the conference in points with 84 points so far this season.

“They’ve got some kids that are real physical as you’d expect for the Pac-12,” Hambly said. “(Kyra Holt)’s going to be a handful. She jumps high, hits hard. They’re a typical Pac-12 team with a lot of Pac-12 talent.”

In order to have success on the weekend the Illini will need to be prepared to handle the abnormal and execute at a high level but for McMahon the team will also need to keep up its energy.”

“(We need to be) continuing to establish our arousal level, which is the energy we bring and emotional investment we have in it, because that’s what wins games when they’re tight,” McMahon said.

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

Illinois vs. Middle Tennessee StateWhen/where: 7 p.m. Friday, Murfreesboro, Tenn.TV/radio: WDWS 1400 AM

Illinois vs. Virginia TechWhen/where: 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Murfreesboro, Tenn. TV/radio: WDWS 1400 AM

Illinois vs. Washington State When/where: 7:30 p.m. Saturday,TV/radio: WDWS 1400 AM

Quick notes: Middle Tennessee State is the only opponent Illinois will face this weekend that it has previously faced in the last five years.

Hidden stat: Illinois was 3-2 after !ve matches last season.

KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIThe Illinois will travel to Tennessee to face Middle Tennessee State, Virginia Tech and Washington State this weekend. Illinois head coach Kevin Hambly said the team needs to concentrate on its energy levels and defense.

Illinois to face Middle Tenn. State, Virginia Tech, Washington State

“Mainly it’s a mindset and we just have to get into that, that we’re going to come out and

attack every team.”ALLISON PALMERSOPHOMORE SETTER

KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois lost to No. 2 Stanford in five sets during its most recent game. The Illini performance provides plenty of reasons to keep fans positive.

When I came to the Uni-versity of Illinois, I had high expectations for the

basketball and football teams to bring me plenty of enjoyment during my four years on campus. The football team is clearly less likely to deliver the results that I am hoping for, but I still have a glimmer of hope that they will be able to pull out a bowl win in the next three years.

What I had not expected was how deeply I would follow some of the smaller teams on campus. Last week, I wrote about the golf team, which is one of the best in the country, but the team that caught me by surprise was the volleyball team.

Before college, the only time

I ever watched volleyball was during the Olympics when Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings were playing in the sand. I had no idea that the Big Ten was the premiere confer-ence for volleyball and I was also unaware how talented the Illini are.

Last year, after attending multiple games, I was instant-ly hooked.

After a strong season last year ended with a home loss in the NCAA Tournament against Pur-due, the Illini were primed for a better season this year.

The Illini returned most of their key contributors from last year’s team including seniors Morganne Criswell and Liz McMahon, junior Jocelynn Birks and sophomore Maddie Mayers.

Arguably the biggest task for the Illini came and went on Sun-day with a loss to No. 2 Stanford. Despite not getting the win, the

game showed how good the team can be this year and should give everyone invested in the pro-gram plenty of optimism.

Stanford is No. 1 in the nation after their win over Illinois. Despite dropping the first set, the team rallied back, snagging a 2-1 lead after three sets. Obvi-ously, they were unable to pull out the victory, but the perfor-mance was one to remember.

As predicted heading into the season, the Illini were led by McMahon who had 19 kills. Birks and Criswell also con-tributed double-doubles on the evening.

With two early losses in the books, some might say the Illini are in for a down year, but simi-lar to March Madness, which-ever team can get hot when it matters most will be the one holding the trophy at the end of the year. I think this year’s Illini are poised to make a deep run

and improve off of their success from last season.

Birks is one of the most dynamic players the Illini have had in years and has shown that she can be the leader the team needs. Also, with the experience that the underclassmen gained last season and two new fresh-men, the depth is a lot stronger preparing them for possible injuries over the course of the season.

Two losses after five games isn’t a way that any team wants to start a season, but the Illini are primed for another great year. It may be a bumpy ride like it was last year, but this year’s team is poised for a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.

Kieran is a sophomore in Business. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @KHampl95.

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In the report, a 12-sec-ond voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 con-firms the receipt of the vid-eo. Per the report, a female voice says: “You’re right. It’s

terrible.”NFL commissioner Roger

Goodell has denied that the league saw the video of the physical altercation at Rev-el Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., until it surfaced Mon-day when Rice was indefinite-ly suspended and the Ravens terminated his $35 million contract.

“We have no knowledge of this,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email to The Baltimore Sun. “We are not aware of anyone in our office who possessed or saw the vid-eo before it was made pub-lic on Monday. We will look into it.”

Hall of Famer Domi-nique Wilkins is reported-ly interested in buying the Atlanta Hawks amid the racially charged contro-versy that has engulfed the franchise he once starred for throughout the 1980s and early ‘90s.

Gossip website TMZ.com cited multiple NBA sourc-es saying that Wilkins was “extremely interested” in partnering with a promi-nent businessman to buy

the Hawks. Wilkins, 54, has been a Hawks vice presi-dent since 2004 and serves as the team’s TV analyst. He made well over $20 mil-lion in salary during his 15-year NBA career.

Wilkins has not com-mented on the departure of controlling owner Bruce Levenson over a racially insensitive email Leven-son sent team executives in August 2012 or remarks made by General Manag-er Danny Ferry in June about free agent small for-ward Luol Deng’s African heritage.

Philadelphia restaurant owner got angry this week after Eagles running back LeSean McCoy supposed-ly berated his staff before leaving a 20-cent tip.

The owner of PYT, a res-taurant in the Northern Liberties section of Phil-adelphia that specializes in creative hamburgers and pub food, posted a pic-ture of McCoy’s receipt on Tuesday, which showed the star running back left a 0.3 percent tip on a $61.56 bill,

according to the eatery’s Facebook page. The image quickly went viral, caus-ing many on social sites to question how a multimil-lionaire like McCoy could be so stingy. In an inter-view with the Los Ange-les Times, Up said McCoy visited the restaurant on Monday with three friends, though he wasn’t sure any of them were athletes. Up said the restaurant was often visited by local sports stars, most often by play-ers from the Philadelphia 76ers, and generally they are “anywhere from great tippers to average.”

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There are currently three Football Bowl Subdivision programs in the state of Illi-

nois: Illinois, Northwestern and Northern Illinois. Two of these programs are Big Ten members and one is a Mid-American Con-ference member.

History and common thought says the two Big Ten schools are the best programs in the state, right?

Nope. The Huskies of Northern Illinois are currently the best FBS program in the state.

Let’s compare the three teams: Team A, Team B and Team C. See if you can guess which team is which.

Since 2007, Team A has an overall record of 39-50, one BCS appearance and one Big Ten win since October 8, 2011.

Team B has an overall record of 51-40, no BCS appearances and nine Big Ten wins since Novem-ber 19, 2011.

Team C has an overall record of 63-33, one BCS appearance, three Big Ten wins since September 28, 2013, and a top three Heisman fin-isher in 2013.

Team A? The Illini. Team B? The Wildcats. Team C? The Huskies.

Yes, NIU plays in a non-power conference, and this has hurt the Huskies in the past with regards to weekly rankings. But since 2010, NIU has dominated its conference by reaching four straight confer-ence championship games, win-ning two. The Huskies have pro-gressively scheduled different

nonconference opponents. They are no longer an unknown in col-lege football.

NIU has already defeated North-western this year and will travel to face Arkansas in two weeks. The Razorbacks may not be the Sugar Bowl team of a few years ago, but they’re still play in the SEC, gen-erally considered the strongest of the Power Five conferences.

Second-year athletic director Sean Frazier has realized that in order to have a higher profile, they need to play a tougher sched-ule. A few weeks ago the Huskies held a “schedule-palooza” where they announced future noncon-ference, home-and-home games. Their opponents are: San Diego State (Mountain West), BYU (inde-pendent), Utah (PAC-12) and Mary-land (Big Ten). Earlier this week they also announced a home-and-

home series with Boston College. These games would not have

been scheduled if not for the suc-cess NIU has had since 2007, due in large part to their Orange Bowl berth and the play of former Hus-kies star Jordan Lynch.

Illinois is showing some signs of life, but the numbers don’t lie. NIU has more Big Ten wins in the last year than the Illini. The Huskies wins were not fluke wins either. They outplayed their opponents.

There is panic in Evanston, as the Wildcats are off to an 0-2 start, especially following a disappoint-ing 2013 year. In fact, since ESPN College GameDay was in Evan-ston, and when the Wildcats near-ly upset fourth-ranked Ohio State, the Wildcats are 1-8.

At this point, Chicago doesn’t have a Big Ten team. Fans lack enthusi-asm in Champaign and Evanston.

Of course in this time span, NIU became the first MAC team to reach a BCS bowl, where they lost to Florida State. This was one year before the Seminoles won the BCS title game.

It may take years for NIU to tru-ly outgrow the MAC, yet as long as the Huskies win in the MAC, win nonconference games and win bowl games, they’ll eventually win over the state of Illinois.

Who knows, NIU may even be targeted for conference expan-sion in the next go-round. Because let’s be honest, in college football, there’s always more realignment.

Illinois and Northwestern, it’s time step your game up.

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

Northern Illinois clearly outplaying Illini, WildcatsERIK PRADO

Sports columnist

LLOYD FOX MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEThe NFL denied seeing a video of former Ravens running back Ray Rice striking his fiance prior to it being released by TMZ on Monday, despite an Associated Press saying the league had possession of the video in April.

CURTIS COMPTON MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEFormer Atlanta Hawks star Dominique Wilkins is reportedly interested in buying the team.

BRIAN CASSELLA MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEEagles running back LeSean McCoy reportedly left a 20-cent tip at a Philadelphia restaurant this week.

NFL denies former knowledge of Rice elevator video

Eagles RB McCoy’s low tip goes viral

Wilkins interested in owning Hawks

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