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UI police join DEA program

BY SARI LESKSTAFF WRITER

Champaign and Urbana residents had the opportu-nity to anonymously turn in prescription medications to local police offi cers for safe disposal on Saturday as part of National Drug Take-Back Day .

The University Police Department took part in this initiative this year for the fi rst time, along with the Champaign and Urbana police departments. The local police departments set up col-lection stations at two Wal-greens locations and at UIPD to participate in the initiative that was started by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2010.

Saturday was the Drug Enforcement Agency’s sixth Take Back event . Its current policy requires controlled substances, like prescription drugs, to be disposed of by the owner or a police offi cer. The DEA will continue to hold these single-day collections with police departments until a new policy is in place.

Roy Acree, UIPD Captain, said the department chose to participate in the event this year because it has seen an increase in the misuse of pre-scription drugs.

“One of the bigger drug issues that we’re seeing nowa-days are teenagers and junior high kids taking prescription medication,” he said.

In addition to safety con-cerns, National Drug Take-Back Day addresses environ-mental concerns. Skip Frost , UIPD Deputy Chief, said the event not only keeps prescrip-tion drugs from being mis-used, but it also keeps them out of the water supply, as

BY JACQUI OGRODNIKSTAFF WRITER

Filmmakers and moviego-ers gathered Saturday in the Armory to watch more than 20 fi lms screened by the Illi-ni Independent Film Festival, organized and judged by the students of MACS 464, Film Festivals.

A total of 21 fi lms from all over the country were shown at the festival sponsored by the College of Media, The Art The-ater and Indi Go Artist Co-Op, a company that provides space for artists.

Screened fi lms ranged from two-minute animated shorts to a feature-length romantic comedy. The class originally received 40 submissions, but

only half made the cut for the fi nal schedule.

“We were able to have enough submissions to actually have standards,” said Esther Hwang, member of the press relations group and sophomore in LAS.

“Dancing Shoes,” a two-min-ute comedy directed by Dillon Hanley, Jim Joyce, Aaron Weiss and Dan Winslow, won the IIFF Best Film Award and received a $75 prize.

“It made people laugh the most, and it was pretty well put

together for a short fi lm,” said James Easterling, member of the steering group and junior in Media. “It was simple enough to get, and the class voted on it as a whole.”

The fi lm also won the Illini Award for Best UIUC Student Film, and the directors received seven tickets to The Art The-ater in downtown Champaign.

“We wanted to highlight the fact that we are a student-run fi lm festival, and we do appreci-ate student fi lmmakers,” East-

erling said.The 75-minute feature length

fi lm, “Xu’s Little Lover,” was directed by and starred Kun-yang He. The Chinese foreign language fi lm won the IIFF Award for Cinematic Excel-lence, and He received a $50 prize.

“I try to convey my strange type of obsessive humor in this type of fi lm,” He said. “The fi lm was made locally. The whole

BY JANELLE O’DEASTAFF WRITER

Christie Clinic hosted the fi fth annual Illinois Mara-thon from Thursday to Saturday. Nick Hird of Naperville, Ill., fi nished the marathon fi rst out of 1,820 participants with a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 56 seconds, accord-ing to results compiled by Gault Race Management.

More than 16,000 athletes participated in this year’s

events. The 5K and 10K races were held Friday night after pre-race events on Thursday and Friday. The wheelchair marathon started at 6:58 a.m. on Saturday, and the marathon, marathon relay and half-marathon races began at 7 a.m. on Saturday.

“The positive energy and seeing all the other runners allowed me to power through and run the entire thing,” Julia Povilaitis, freshman in Business. “The weather

was also really nice.”Christie Clinic hosted a health and fi tness expo, pas-

ta party and speaker series in the two days leading up to the marathon.

Eight of the fi rst 10 who fi nished the marathon are Illi-nois residents, and two of them, Jim Turchyn and Micael

Streets clear for Illinois Marathon

ZACH DALZELL THE DAILY ILLINI

Nick Hird, the fi rst place winner in the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon, is embraced by his fi ancé Marisa Mele after his win. Over 16,000 athletes participated in this year’s events.


Runners take off from the starting line early Saturday morning part of the marathon. More than 1,800 people participated in the marathon this year.


Runners cross under the American Flag during part of the marathon on Saturday.

TYLER DAVIS THE DAILY ILLINI

Evan Metz, guitar, and Phil Sudderberg, drums, of Spaghetti Recess played an accompanying score for the 1909 silent fi lm "Une Excursion Incohérente," directed by Camille de Morlhon. Metz and Sudderberg also play in the band Grandkids, which played at Pygmalion.

UI course judges fi lms at festival Illini Independent Film Festival screens 20 ! lms at Armory

BY NYAJAI ELLISONCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Champaign-Urbana Autism Network hosted its fifth annual Autism Walk on Sunday at Hessel Park in Champaign. The walk was hosted to increase communi-ty awareness of autism spec-trum disorders.

Teresa O’Connor, event coordinator and a Champaign developmental therapist, said the Autism Walk means a lot to her and to many other families.

“Autism is a very isolating disability,” O’Connor said. “By doing this, all the families are able to get together and real-ize that they’re not alone.”

More than 1,000 people in the community registered to participate in the event.

Sally Mustered, associate director of the Autism Soci-ety of Illinois, said she has

a 21-year-old who was diag-nosed with autism 18 years ago. She said the walk is about more than raising awareness.

“It impacts families,” Mus-tered said. “It’s about aware-ness but it’s also about trying to develop acceptance from other kids.”

Mustered said it’s important for families to know that they are supported.

“It’s hard to push yourself out into the community when you have a kid that’s going to have a hard time somewhere — it gets embarrassing, and your world gets smaller and smaller,” Mustered said.

The walk also serves as a fundraiser to help affected families.

Mustered said the walk has helped her own son over the years.

Autism Walk held at Hessel Park to raise awareness

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Event helps dispose of drugs safely

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Fifth-annual walk raises money for Champaign-Urbana Autism Network

More than 1,800 runners participated in Saturday’s Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon

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Champaign Domestic battery was

reported near West Windsor and Duncan roads around 8 a.m. Thursday.

According to the report, the victim said she has been in a dating relationship with the offender for two and a half years. She said the offender slapped her multiple times on the leg, leaving a mark.

Criminal damage to prop-erty was reported in the 1100 block of South Fourth Street around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

According to the report, the victim’s vehicle was damaged by an offender while parked behind a fraternity house.

Criminal damage to proper-ty was reported in the 300 block of North Neil Street around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

According to the report, an unknown offender damaged the

passenger side mirror of the victim’s vehicle.

Criminal damage to proper-ty was reported in the 300 block of East John Street around 5 p.m. Thursday.

According to the report, an unknown offender damaged the victim’s vehicle.

Urbana Theft was reported at the

Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St., around 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

According to the report, an offender used the victim’s lost or stolen library card to check out library materials. The mate-rials were not returned, and the victim is now responsible for the late fees.

Theft was reported at Coun-ty Market, 1819 Philo Road, around 8:30 p.m. Friday.

According to the report, an unknown offender concealed an item in his clothes. When he was approached by store loss pre-vention, he fl ed. Another sub-ject on the scene was stopped for loss prevention but refused to give information about the offender.

University Damage to property was

reported near Peabody Drive and Euclid Avenue at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

According to the report, a University student reported that someone knocked over and caused damage to his motor-cycle. The damage included a broken mirror and scratches at several locations. Repairs are estimated to cost $800.

Compiled by Sari Lesk

HOROSCOPES

POLICE

Today’s BirthdayDiscover treasures and new resources over the next six months. Recycle and share the wealth. You’ll want to spend, but it’s wiser to sock it away. Your network is buzzing with possibilities. Conversations with connections motivate action for your passion causes. Take quiet time for yourself, and fi nd riches within.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)Today is an 8 — Share information openly with your friends. Make time to look at your current fi nancial situation, and then discuss with family. Creative thinking can take you farther. Let friends inspire you to new heights.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)Today is an 8 — Start the week with a new perspective. There are so many new adventures to begin. Don’t forget to do something you promised. Discover new spiritual or philosophical concepts, and get lost in study.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)Today is a 9 — You’ve earned a good rest, but the work isn’t done yet. Take a power nap and go at it again. But don’t

push yourself too hard. Let your partner take over sometimes.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)Today is a 9 — Open communication with partners brings new rewards and increased profi ts. Let them discover your true value. Be on your best behavior. One good friend connects to another.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)Today is an 8 — You’re surprisingly productive today. Tie up loose ends, and start planning a new project. Keep track of what works so you can repeat the process. You’re exceptionally lucky now. Run with it.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)Today is a 7 — Romance, art and beauty capture your heart. Get out of your normal routine and into unexplored realms. Your imagination provides a work answer. It’s a good time to ask for money.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)Today is an 8 — Study your roots, and stimulate intellect at home. Friends help you solve great philosophical conundrums. An old dream get validated and reaffi rmed. Use what you’re learning. Take a moment to commit to love.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)Today is a 9 — Set long-range goals,

and prepare for action. Check out an offer’s details. Get into studies for an amazing discovery. Invest in your home and family.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)Today is an 8 — New profi ts become available. Keep a practical focus on continuing the cash fl ow. Travel in moderate style. Associates deliver good news. Others ask your advice. Keep the faith.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)Today is a 7 — You’re empowered and self-confi dent, with the Moon in your sign. Accept a new assignment. Use something you’ve been saving. Update communications. Do you need everything top of the line? Confer with family.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)Today is an 8 — An uncomfortable situation at home leads to more study. Wrap up details. Imagine the fi nished result. Revise your budget. Clarify your direction with friends. Keep your wits about you.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)Today is an 8 — Associates need support now. Ask probing questions, so you can get to the bottom of it. Accept expert tutoring. Committees are especially effective. Share your vision of the problem solved.

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Women’s golf ! nishes season

The Illinois women’s golf team capped off its disappointing sea-son with a last place showing at the Big Ten Championships. With fi ve sophomores, the young team will be looking to improve over the summer. This is the tenth time the Illini fi nished outside of the top ten.

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decorating starting at 11AM ° First 100 fans into the stadium will recieve an Illinois

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° Nacho Average Illini Softball Game ° $5 Nacho Bar

April 29 - May 6

MARK YOUR CALENDARSBaseball/Penn State: May 10-12

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BY EMILY LECHIARACONTRIBUTING WRITER

Spurlock Museum’s James Bond exhibit “Unconventional Bond: The Strange Life of Casi-no Royale on Film” held a free screening of several Bond fi lms over the weekend. The back-to-back movie showings brought in Bond fans from the area to watch three adaptations of “Casi-no Royale,” along with Bond fi lm parodies throughout the weekend.

Brian Cudiamat, the muse-um’s special events coordinator, said the museum was hoping this event would “bring people to the museum who have never been (there) before.”

Ian Fleming is the author behind “Casino Royale” and pub-lished the series throughout the 1950s. The “Casino Royale” fi lms that were screened Saturday had been produced in 1954, 1967 and 2006.

The exhibit is one of the three

exhibits at the University to hon-or Ian Fleming’s work and will be held until June 16. The Rare Book and Manuscript Library houses various editions and literary arti-facts from “Casino Royale.” The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music also held an exhibit featuring music from the James Bond movies that ended April 17.

Francis Walsh, senior in LAS, heard about the screenings from the museum website. He said he was excited to see Bond’s Aston Martin from the 2006 fi lm on display.

Spurlock Museum’s exhibit was made possible by donations from Michael VanBlaricum, a James Bond enthusiast and Uni-versity alum who began his col-lection of Ian Fleming’s work in the 1980s. Since then, VanBlari-cum has collected Bond novels, some of which are fi rst editions, and has begun to donate his col-

lection of Bond memorabilia to the Museum.

VanBlaricum said he fi nds “learning the history and meet-ing the people who were witness-es of the history” to be the most rewarding part of collecting.

“(I’m) fascinated by how one person, through their creativ-ity, can write something that becomes a world phenomenon,” VanBlaricum said. “Everybody in the world knows Bond. And this all came out of the mind of one person.”

Spurlock Museum Director Wayne Pitard thought showing the three Bond fi lms gave the audience a chance to compare American culture at the time of each production. He said the three “Casino Royale” adapta-tions “tell us a lot about culture of every decade of the last 50 years. You’re able to get a sense of aspects of that culture through ways James Bond is portrayed.”

Emily can be reached at [email protected].

University James Bond exhibits

Unconventional Bond: The Strange Life of Casino Royale on FilmSpurlock Museum, 600 S Gregory St.April 16 through June 16

Casino Royale and Beyond: 60 Years of Ian Fleming’s Literary BondThe Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1408 W. Gregory Dr.April 12 through July 12

Spurlock honors Ian Fleming’s ‘Casino Royale’

BY JOHNATHAN HETTINGERSTAFF WRITER

The Urbana-Champaign Sen-ate will convene for the fi nal time this academic year on Monday.

At its meeting, the 2012-13 academic governing body will consider eight proposals after March’s meeting was canceled due to a snow day.

The senate will discuss and vote on a new electronic commu-nications policy recommended by the IT Secu-rity and Privacy Committee. This policy will guide faculty and staff in ethical use of University elec-tronic communi-cation devices.

A resolution for the establish-ment of the Insti-tute of Universal Biology will also be considered Monday. The $8 million institute would be funded by NASA, and it would be a part of the Institute for Genomic Biology. The goal of the institute, according to the proposal, is to help answer ques-tions like, “Is there life beyond Earth?” Because the institute will be located inside IGB, all types of biologists would be able to collaborate on the institute’s work.

The senate will also vote on a resolution from the College of Education to create a new pro-gram of study. Learning and Education Studies would expand the college beyond only focus-ing on schools and more about learning as a whole, according to the proposal. The new degree would be a bachelor of science and have four concentrations: applied learning science, edu-cation globalization and social justice, workplace training and

development, and international and cultural perspectives on ear-ly schooling.

Clarifi cations for the academ-ic integrity portion of the stu-dent code will also be voted on by the senate.

The University Statutes and Senate Procedures Committee are providing two of the propos-als. Committee Chairman Wil-liam Maher said both of the pro-posals are “housework” to help improve the senate’s functional-

ity. The fi rst pro-posal changes the way that sen-ate documents are reviewed because of con-fusion on the way documents are changed during discussion. The second proposal would change the senate bylaws to allow the direc-tor of the Center for a Sustainable E n v i r o n m e n t and the chair of the Student

Sustainability Committee to join the Committee on Campus Operations to help the commit-tee — which makes decisions about construction on campus — make sustainability a part of its decisions.

Because the March senate meeting was canceled, the sen-ate will take up the business from last month’s meeting as well, including considering the nominations of four students and four faculty members for two student and two faculty spots on the Athletic Board. If the sen-ate does not have any additional nominations, the eight nomina-tions will be forwarded to Chan-cellor Phyllis Wise, who will make the fi nal decision.

Johnathan can be reached at [email protected].

“We could never talk about autism,” Mustered said. “My son didn’t want to hear about it ... And with the fi rst walk we did, we were able to start talking about autism, and it just opened up that dialogue. I don’t know if we would’ve gotten there with-out something like this. Now he’s all about it.”

The Center for Disease Control estimates that one in every 88 children and that one in every 54 boys has been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder.

Aleta Gamble, whose daughter is now 15 years old but was diagnosed with autism at age 9, is a teacher at Wash-ington Early Child-hood School in Urba-na. She said because she works with autis-tic children, she knew her daughter had autism before she was diagnosed.

“I think that any awareness that you can get out for the community is awe-some,” Gamble said. “Autism is becom-ing way more prevalent now

so I think it’s good to have things like this so they can get the money (and) donate it so that they can research it more.”

C l o t e -ria Easter-ling, whose 2 1 - y e a r -old son was d i a g n o s e d with autism when he was 15, said this event helps,

but more awareness overall

would be appreciated.“There’s more need of sup-

port in this area,” Easter-ling said. “There is a need for awareness in the community for funding education opportu-nities and employment oppor-tunities for ... people with dis-abilities in general.”

Above all, O’Connor said the walk reminded those who are affected by autism that they are not alone.

“If anybody knows someone who has a family that is affect-ed, help them out because they need help,” O’Connor said.

Nyajai can be reached at [email protected].

EMILY OGDEN THE DAILY ILLINI

Community members walk the path around Hessel Park in Champaign for the Autism Walk on Sunday. The event, which was put on by the C-U Autism Network, took place in order to raise funds and promote awareness of autism spectrum disorder.

BY MEGAN JURKOWSKICONTRIBUTING WRITER

During the Earth Week host-ed by Students for Environmen-tal Concerns, William Nelson, University adjunct professor of chemistry, spoke about the importance of green chemis-try in creating a more healthy and sustainable environment Wednesday.

“Green is the way chemistry should be done,” Nelson said. “It infl uences every aspect of chem-istry — inorganic and organic.”

The purpose of green chemis-try is to prevent or reduce pollu-tion at the source wherever pos-sible. Nelson said it is better to prevent waste than to treat and clean up waste after it is formed.

“17 percent of green chemis-try research and development is being conducted in America cur-rently,” he said. “Here in Illinois there have been efforts to devel-op green cleaning supplies.”

He cited carbon dioxide being used as a cleaning solvent to remove contaminants from clothing rather than using tra-ditional dry cleaning methods as an example.

“We have the ability to pro-

duce non-toxic products,” Nel-son said. “The goal is for the environment to be able to absorb it.”

According to an Environmen-tal Protection Agency report, cleaning products present both environmenta l and health risks.

A l k y l p h e -nol ethoxylates, which are found in cleaners, were found to have adverse repro-ductive effects in wildlife exposed to polluted water. Phosphorous-con-taining dishwash-ing detergents also contribute to poor water quality and can increase the growth rate of certain types of plant life.

The imbalance of plant life caused by this can have nega-tive ramifi cations for the sur-rounding ecosystem by displac-ing native plant and animal life, according to the report. Some other cleaning products also

contain volatile organic com-pounds, and have been shown to cause smog formation.

Considerable steps have been taken to reduce pollution caused by cleaning products by chang-ing both the chemical make-up

and the packag-ing of the sup-plies, according to the EPA. The EPA created a guide for fed-eral purchas-ers of cleaning products that addresses the environmental and health con-cerns towards certain clean-ing products and how to dis-cern and inter-pret product claims like “eco friendly” and

“environmentally friendly.” Vanessa Florian, junior in

LAS, attended Nelson’s green chemistry talk.

“I feel like green chemistry is being improved,” she said. “It really makes you realize what

happens to all the waste in the environment. People tend to only look at the result and not the effects of waste generated in making the end product.”

According to the EPA, natural cleaners are an easy and effec-tive way to eliminate contami-nants and prevent pollutions of the surrounding ecosystems. These natural cleaners provide a way for citizens to reduce the harmful effects of cleaning chemicals on the environment.

Dr. Brenda Wilson, associate professor of molecular and cel-lular biology, said citrus juice, or citric acid, and dilute vine-gar can both be used as antisep-tics and will still be effective in killing a variety of different microbes.

The EPA encourages the use of bio-based renewable solvents like pine and vegetable oil. Nel-son also said green chemists were working on replacing vol-atile organic compounds and chlorinated solvents with renew-able liquid forms of carbon diox-ide and even water.

Megan can be reached at [email protected].

Senate convenes for fi nal time to review 8 proposals

URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SENATE

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AUTISM

crew, actors and actresses were UI students.”

The fi lms were separated into four blocks with specifi c themes: provoke, disorient, amuse and captivate. Each block contained fi ve fi lms, and “Xu’s Little Lov-er” was presented between the disorient and amuse blocks.

Of all the fi lms presented at the festival, “Small Victories and Disappointments,” a pilot for a puppet sitcom, was the only fi lm labeled “for mature audiences only” for its use of

“drinking, drug use and lewd content involving puppets,” said Zach Harris, co-director and puppeteer of the fi lm.

Harris, a graduate from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Fla., also directed four other fi lms that were presented at the festival.

“I fi gured it was a good oppor-tunity to get stuff shown,” Har-ris said. “I’ve been trying to get a lot of these fi lms shown at a festival for a while, so it’s nice to fi nally get them up there. It’s nice to fi nally get a reaction.”

Jacqui can be reached at [email protected].

many people fl ush pills down the toilet to dispose of them.

“It’s a safe spot for people to come to deposit those materi-als and know that they can do so without any worries,” he said.

The program works along-side an international, perma-nent drug take-back program that was started in 2008 by a high school class in Pontiac, Ill . Paul Ritter , a teacher at Pontiac Township High School, worked with his students to fi nd a safe solution to disposing of prescrip-tion drugs. Their research led to a permanent drug collection program at police departments known as P2D2, or Prescription

Pill Drug Disposal Program . P2D2 has been implemented in 25 states, Brazil and Paraguay.

“I challenge every communi-ty in the United States and in this world to have a program up, just so people can make certain that they’re properly disposing of the material because it does have such a great impact,” Rit-ter said.

Acree said participating in National Drug Take Back Day is the fi rst step in implement-ing a permanent drug collection program at UIPD.

The local police departments are working on the drug dispos-al in partnership with Purdue University, the University of Illinois and the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, a program funded by the National Oceanic and Atmo-

spheric Administration. IISG received funding from the Uni-versity’s Student Sustainabili-ty Committee for the costs of transportation and police labor to dispose of the drugs.

Laura Kammin , pollution pre-vention program specialist for the IISG, said UIPD’s perma-nent take-back program will be established May 24.

Kammin said the program is important because water in which drugs are fl ushed is sent to waste water treatment plants, which are not designed to remove these types of chemicals.

“The pharmaceuticals are still in the water, and they get kicked out to our rivers and streams, which are sources of drinking water for us,” she said. “Also, the aquatic wildlife are

constantly exposed to these.”Marika Nell , chair of the Stu-

dent Sustainability Committee and junior in Engineering, said the committee funded the proj-ect because of effects of fl ushing drugs into water sources. The SSC gave $5,000 for two years’ worth of transporting returned medications for proper disposal.

“It’s more sustainable to take a preventative approach to this, keeping the medicine out of the water in general, than it is to have to pay all the money to treat all the waste water,” she said. “It’s much harder to get something out of water than it is to just keep it out in the fi rst place.”

Sari can be reached at [email protected] and @Sari_Lesk.

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“It impacts families. It’s about awareness

but it’s also about trying to develop acceptance from

other kids.”SALLY MUSTERED,

Associate director of the autism society of Illinois

A resolution for the establishment of the Institute of Universal Biology will also be considered Monday.

The $8 million institute would be funded by NASA.

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Professor talks green chemistry and its importance

“I feel like green chemistry is being improved. It really makes you realize what happens to

all the waste in the environment.”

VANESSA FLORIAN,junior in LAS

Lodesky, are Urbana residents.Ryan Giuliano of Oakwood

Hills, Ill., fi nished the half-mar-athon race fi rst, with a time of 1:09:22.

The biggest change in securi-ty for this year’s marathon was in the bag drop procedure, said Rick Atterberry, public informa-tion offi cer for the Champaign County Emergency Management Agency, earlier this month. Run-ners were required to use offi cial Illinois Marathon bags supplied to them at registration, which had been issued to participants as an option in the past. Atter-berry said participants who put cell phones in their bags would be asked to turn them off.

“I did notice a lot of security

throughout the entire run, almost at every mile marker,” Povilaitis said. “Toward the end, I wasn’t paying as much attention to my surroundings. I just wanted to fi nish the race.”

Anna Delheimer, senior in Engineering who ran the half-marathon, said she enjoyed the pasta served before the mara-thon, and stretching before the marathon helped her.

“Overall, it was a great run,” she said in an email. “The weath-er was beautiful and there was a breeze ... just strong enough to be cooling but not a nuisance when running. I felt great about my run, and running past all the cheering people always makes it fun.”

Sari Lesk contributed to this report. Janelle can be reached at [email protected].

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WASHINGTON — The chair-man of the House Homeland Secu-rity Committee said Sunday that the FBI is investigating in the United States and overseas to determine whether the suspects in the Boston Marathon bomb-ing received training that helped them carry out the attack.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is charged with joining with his brother, Tamerlan, who’s now dead, in setting off the shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs. The bombs were triggered by a detonator of the kind used in remote-control toys, U.S. offi cials have said.

U.S. offi cials investigating the bombings have told The Associ-ated Press that so far there is no evidence to date of a wider plot, including training, direction or funding for the attacks.

A criminal complaint outlining federal charges against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev described him as hold-ing a cellphone in his hand min-utes before the fi rst explosion.

The brothers are ethnic Chech-ens from Russia who came to the United States about a decade ago

with their parents.“Given the level of sophistica-

tion of this device, the fact that the pressure cooker is a signature device that goes back to Pakistan, Afghanistan, leads me to believe — and the way they handled these devices and the tradecraft — ... that there was a trainer and the question is where is that trainer or trainers,” said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, on “Fox News Sunday.”

“Are they overseas in the Chechen region or are they in the United States?” McCaul said. “In my conversations with the FBI, that’s the big question. They’ve casted a wide net both overseas and in the United States to fi nd out where this person is. But I think the experts all agree that there is someone who did train these two individuals.”

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said he thought it’s “probably true” that the attack was not linked to a major group. But, he told CNN’s “State of the Union,” that there “may have been radicalizing infl uences” in the U.S. or abroad.

Boston bombing suspects likely acted without accomplice

One of my last afternoons at the University of Illinois and I’m spending it by sitting on a

tandem bike in my underwear.These are the thoughts that go

through my head as my friend and I ride down Green Street in her bicycle for two, trying hard to ignore the stares of everyone around us. This isn’t the first time that we would take her odd but wonderful vehicle around campus. This is, however, the first time I’ve ridden with her in my purple lace panties and cheetah-print bra.

The good thing is that we’re not alone: Over twenty bikers are peddling with us for this year’s annual Naked Bike Ride. Some are donning sports bras; some are sporting boxers. My other friend is there, being a champ, running with the bikers in her underwear. One of the riders is nude — com-pletely au natural.

We all came from different backgrounds, covered ourselves in different ways, and had differ-ent levels of comfort with show-ing skin. Two things bind us together: We all covered our bod-ies in bright paint, so we were as noticeable as ever. And we were all riding for the same cause: to promote affordable health care and the services of Champaign County Health Care Consumers, an organization that tries to give health care services to those who need it.

Many, many people question the idea of the Naked Bike Ride concept. They may think it’s just an excuse for us to vainly prance around in our underwear and get attention from all the gawkers on the block. They question the effec-tiveness of the movement, ques-tion how it exactly helps promote affordable health care for those who are in need.

First, all of the participants need to pay five dollars to reg-ister. That money goes straight to the organization so they can continue to help the 40 percent of Urbana-Champaign citizens that do not have health care. About 20 students — if not more — came out and participated in the event. $100 does something. It goes toward health education, dental work, women’s health — anything. It is much better than nothing.

It’s true that we could all pool our money together and quiet-ly help the organization fully clothed. But 20 participants, all stripped down, biking down Green Street? Don’t tell me it wouldn’t catch your attention. And to those staring intently, we were able to quickly yell out what the cause was for, and the name of the organization.

The cool thing about events like this, however, is that there is plen-ty to be done after everyone hops off their bikes and hurriedly puts on their clothes. The Champaign County Health Care Consumers are always looking for donations, funds and supporters of Access to Care movements. Biking nude for awareness and support was a great start, but it’s not the end.

And to those of us graduating, we’re not exactly removed from this issue of affordable health care. In fact, all of us someday will be ready to start a career. And though we may intend to get a job that has fantastic health care coverage, who knows what will happen? The services of plac-es like the Champaign County Health Care Consumers may be the only way some of us are able to see a doctor. And even if we end up just fine — we get a job that pays for hospital visits, den-tal care, and the whole nine yards — we should never forget that many people in our future com-munities may not be as lucky. And we should figure out some way to help out, whether it’s donat-ing some money to a health care organization, writing letters to our local leaders for a better sys-tem, or, yes, biking in purple lace panties to gather attention to the problem.

Last week was one of my last on campus. I was supposed to keep my clothes on and quietly write my last column on my maturi-ty growth, or how to give back to the University. Instead, I shed my layers for the important cause of affordable health care awareness. And though it was ridiculous, a little embarrassing and cold — it was effective.

Tolu is a senior in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].

Opinions4AMondayApril 29, 2013The Daily Illiniwww.DailyIllini.com

D ear reader,Pull up a chair. There’s a

pot of tea brewing, and I set out an extra mug for you. The weather isn’t quite what I was hop-ing for today. What can I say — the Oregonian inside me still prefers overcast and drizzling.

I’m sorry. I’m rambling. This is goodbye. The end. The finale. The denoue-

ment. The coda (and I seem to take after Beethoven). After five years of writing columns for The Daily Emerald and The Daily Illini, this is the last one.

In my first column, years ago, I railed against active reading, the practice of constantly jotting notes or circling passages while reading. Since then, topics have included wolf reintroduction, the politics of education, Christine O’Donnell’s Wiccan controversy, illustrated stories and my undying love of tomato soup. I never fit into any particular role: Not the sports columnist, the funny columnist, the culture columnist, or the poli-tics columnist — I was that guy in the corner, the dreamer, occasion-ally blurting out the kind of crazy, silly nonsense that doesn’t belong on an opinions page (much to the consternation of my editors over the years).

I never wanted to be a columnist; I wanted to write tales of imagina-tion. But as so often happens, life intervened. Life wanted me to do homework and take on responsi-bilities and not have any time for writing frivolous tales.

But the itch was still there, right at the tip of my fingers, begging me to sit down, grab a cup of tea,

pound at those keys and WRITE. Writers write, after all, and I wasn’t writing.

So I got myself a columnist posi-tion with the paper. It didn’t pay much (at all), but it kept me writ-ing something week after week. It kept the itch down. And in defi-ance of my new-found position as a non-fiction writer, I saved each and every column in the “Stories” fold-er of my computer.

One week, by pure serendip-ity, my favorite writer, Ursula K. Le Guin, visited campus just after I wrote a column defending the genre of speculative fiction — like the sci-fi and fantasy stories for which Le Guin herself was famous. It was quite the esoteric column, with an extended metaphor of “hatching dragons” to represent the creation of stories.

I seized the moment. At the end of Le Guin’s talk, I handed her a copy of my column together with a project about her from my high school years.

The response came almost a month later in a short, hand-writ-ten, two-page note. She thanked me for what I had said, shared some of her own thoughts and end-ed by saying that she hoped I went on hatching dragons.

Ursula Le Guin, world-famous author, had taken the time to tell some punk mathematician with dreams of writing to go for it.

I’ve kept that letter next to my computer ever since and look to it every time I feel like a no-good hack of a writer. How can I even think of giving up, when she want-ed me to go on?

There are few things more pre-cious to me than inspiring imagi-nation. It’s why I teach. It’s why I write. And Le Guin’s letter repre-sents that inspiration to me.

But now the time has come for me to get off my overused soap-box and hand off this spot on the

page to a new writer. Maybe it will be you, dear reader, or maybe your dreams lead you to a differ-ent place.

Whatever your dreams happen to be: Go for it.

Just let me end my tenure with one final caution. In pursuing my own dreams of writing, I have met many other writers and heard many, many dreams of fame and success. They have an epic saga planned, book after book of hero-ism and adventure. They tell me they are going to be the next J.R.R. Tolkien, and their books will be the next “Lord of the Rings.”

But I don’t want to read “the next Tolkien,” when there’s plenty of Tolkien himself I haven’t read yet. And plenty more of Asimov, King, Chabon and others after that.

Yes, I love what Le Guin writes, and I take her advice seriously. She keeps me from taking the easy way out. Half the silly phrases I write are written because I think they would make Le Guin smile, should she ever read them. Half the stories I write are written to answer her own stories within the language of fiction.

She inspires me to be a better version of myself.

But I am not her. And I am not going to be her. The stories I want to tell are different stories, not the same ones with a new name on the cover. And that’s how it should be.

Dear reader, my companion, my friend — I want to see you. Not the next Tolkien or the next Lady Gaga or the next Steven Spielberg. I want to see the unvarnished, unpretentious you.

It’s a big, wide world out there, and I can’t wait to see the dragons that you hatch.

Joseph is a graduate student in mathe-matics. He can be reached at [email protected].

I haven’t relinquished faith in all public figures.

In the wake of the horrific events that occurred in Boston, a former Illinois congressmen called for racial profiling of “young Mus-lim men.” He’s a joke, but there is nothing funny about his assertion. A sweeping generalization is the stan-dard bearer of fictitious debate, and the effects of a one-size-fits-all dis-course are damaging. It weaves seg-regation into the American fabric. It perverts the truth, has far-reaching consequences and is intellectually dishonest. It needs to be called out as such because the magnitude of discrimination American Muslims face is severe. They live under a social framework that blurs the line between the rational need to under-stand and explain the world around us with systematic discrimination. But American Muslims are not the only people feeling the pain.

This crisis is affecting many other people of different religious affiliations and ethnic backgrounds. Look no further than the Sikh tem-ple shooting in Oak Creek, Wiscon-sin. Media reports proclaimed it was a case of “mistaken for Mus-lim.” Sikhs are followers of Sikh-ism — a religion stark in contrast to Islam. Being Muslim is now equat-ed with appearance. Individuals of different ethnic backgrounds and religious followings are grouped together for the purposes of dis-crimination. Take the Indian man who owns a convenience store and works hard to make a living

to provide for his family’s future. Whether he is of Hindu, Sikh or Christian faith — or none at all — for all intents and purposes, he is viewed through the same prism as an American Muslim. The igno-rant among us fail to recognize that this underpinning in our society is dangerous.

There are many people in the public eye that realize the danger discrimination encompasses. They realize, in principle, that discrimi-nation runs contrary to the great-ness of America’s evolving story. In 2010, when controversy surrounded a mosque being built near Ground Zero, then-U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias took a stance that most in his party wouldn’t take — he was in favor of its construction. Giannoulias asked, “Are we going to talk about tolerance, talk about freedom of religion, or are we actu-ally going to practice it?” He did not negotiate principles for politics. Rather, he challenged his party. He challenged the public discourse.

General Colin Powell, too, has time and time again stood firm in his beliefs against discrimination. In the national spotlight, Powell has

said, “Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer’s no, that’s not Ameri-ca. Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president? Yet, I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion, ‘He’s a Muslim and he might be associated (with) terror-ists.’ This is not the way we should be doing it in America.” It is extraor-dinary demonstrations of leader-ship that have, and will continue to, help bridge the divide in our cultural makeup. American Muslims continue to face adversity. Where are leaders like these men today?

Discrimination against any indi-vidual because of differences such as race, religion, gender or sexual orientation is not and should not be an American trait. We’re desperate-ly in need of a reminder of what the American Dream is. The American Dream is for people of all races and backgrounds, man or woman. The American Dream is about improv-ing the plight of humanity. The American Dream is not about dis-criminating against any individual because of our differences. Take a moment to look around you. You’ll realize we, at this University, come from places far and wide. While we share our collective differences, we are bounded by something larger than ourselves — compassion. It is in compassion that we align our-selves against hate’s steadfast com-mitment to exist. Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Catholics — the list goes on. Together, we see our differences are marginal. Together, we see that we really aren’t so different after all.

Imran is a sophomore in LAS. He can be reached at [email protected].

The Daily Illini

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venues in campustown

EDITORIAL CARTOON BY PAT BAGLEY SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Naked Bike Ride more

than a chance to prance

The American Dream belongs to all races

A final goodbye from a writer and a dreamer

IMRAN KHANOpinions columnist

JOSEPH VANDEHEYOpinions columnist

TOLU TAIWOOpinions columnist M idnight shows,

mainstream films, weekend excursions — these are all part of the

media and entertainment experience. They are part of college nightlife and one that campustown and the University currently lack.

It’s nearly impossible for University students to see a film without having a friend with a car, a ride of their own or the ability to walk to see a film. Taking the 100S Yellow from Savoy after seeing a midnight showing probably isn’t the best idea. Traveling home late in the night is potentially dangerous and inconvenient.

University students need entertainment venues close to campus, whether it’s by expanding the Summer Quad Cinema Series sponsored by the Illini Union Board into a year-long event or by bringing a theater company to campustown.

Affordable and attainable entertainment is often miles away, and students rarely have the means or mobility to see recent films as often as they would like.

Sure, we have films sponsored by the Illini Union Board on the Quad during warmer months, but where are we to go when the winter doldrums have us down?

The Illini Union Board could take these films indoors and hold these screenings more frequently. By increasing the frequency and availability of these film showings, Union activities would be more accessible.

Weekends would be the optimal time for films to be shown to students on campus.

Students need options. Organizing movies indoors when the Quad is unavailable would be a great way to cultivate a sense of community and even provide options for students who want alternatives to drinking and the bar scene. Even for students who want to mix up their weekend activities, these films would be an excellent option.

In the same vein, we would love to see a theater company expand to campustown. Mainstream films aren’t always available at The Art Theater or The Virginia Theatre. Accordingly, The Art Theater and The Virginia Theatre are nearby, but not in campustown. Students don’t want to wait until the hype is over to see new films, and we need accessibility venues close to campus.

As Green Street and the surrounding campus community continue to expand, we encourage developers to consider what the students really want and need. Students want to see popular movies that are coming into theaters — the independent films that we have inconvenient access to don’t cut it.

Students need access to a variety of University-sponsored activities, and quality, engaging activities at that. Expansion could easily happen, considering the proposed commercial developments along Green Street and around campustown. Films close to or on campus are in demand. The Illini Union Board could expand its summer series into a yearlong activity. Film media and entertainment have an unfulfilled potential to grow.

Discrimination against any individual because of differences such as race, religion, gender or sexual orientation is not and should not be an American trait.

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Mother of bombing suspects draws attentionBY DAVID CARUSO, MAX SEDDON AND MICHAEL KUNZELMANASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — In photos of her as a younger woman, Zubei-dat Tsarnaeva wears a low-cut blouse and has her hair teased like a 1980s rock star. After she arrived in the U.S. from Rus-sia in 2002, she went to beauty school and did facials at a sub-urban day spa.

But in recent years, people noticed a change. She began wearing a hijab and cited con-spiracy theories about 9/11 being a plot against Muslims.

Now known as the angry and grieving mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tsarnaeva is drawing increased attention after federal offi cials say Russian authorities inter-cepted her phone calls, includ-ing one in which she vaguely discussed jihad with her elder son. In another, she was record-ed talking to someone in south-ern Russia who is under FBI

investigation in an unrelated case, U.S. offi cials said.

Tsarnaeva insists there is no mystery. She’s no terrorist, just someone who found a deeper spirituality.

She insists her sons — Tamer-lan, who was killed in a gunfi ght with police, and Dzhokhar, who was wounded and captured — are innocent.

“It’s all lies and hypocrisy,” she told The Associated Press in Dagestan. “I’m sick and tired of all this nonsense that they make up about me and my chil-dren. People know me as a regu-lar person, and I’ve never been mixed up in any criminal inten-tions, especially any linked to terrorism.”

Amid the scrutiny, Tsarnae-va and her ex-husband, Anzor Tsarnaev, say they have put off the idea of any trip to the U.S. to reclaim their elder son’s body or try to visit Dzhokhar in jail. Tsarnaev told the AP on Sunday he was too ill to travel to the U.S.

Tsarnaeva faces a 2012 shoplift-ing charge in a Boston suburb, though it was unclear whether that was a deterrent.

At a news conference in Dagestan with Anzor last week, Tsarnaeva appeared overwhelmed with grief one moment, defi ant the next. “They already are talking about that we are terrorists, I am terror-ist,” she said. “They already want me, him and all of us to look (like) terrorists.”

Tsarnaeva arrived in the U.S. in 2002, settling in a working-class section of Cambridge, Mass. With four children, Anzor and Zubeidat qualifi ed for food stamps and were on and off pub-lic assistance benefi ts for years. The large family squeezed itself into a third-fl oor apartment.

Zubeidat took classes at the Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics, before becoming a state-licensed aesthetician. Anzor, who had studied law, fi xed cars.

PATIMAT SULEIMANOVA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this image taken from a video, an undated family photo provided by Patimat Suleimanova, the aunt of USA Boston bomb suspects, shows Anzor Tsarnaev left, Zubeidat Tsarnaev holding Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Anzor’s brother Mukhammad Tsarnaev.

community, they deliver a death sentence to the culture: They cat-alyze a “genocide.”

Tina Childress came upon her implants at a much different point in her life than did Christopher. As an audiologist for the Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville, Ill., Childress was very familiar with cochlear implant technology: how they sounded, how kids accli-mated, how to put them on and off.

But her understanding of the deaf community altered very dras-tically when she underwent sudden hearing loss herself in her late 20s. Today, she immerses herself in the community, but describes herself as an immigrant townie, someone who adopted the culture without being a native.

“If you have to pick one thing that is the unifying factor for deaf culture, it’s the use of ASL. And because of that, they cherish things that are visual,” Childress said.

For instance, users of ASL tend to exaggerate body language and hold eye contact.

But the deaf community repre-sents a much smaller portion of medically deaf individuals than one would expect. Out of the entire group that suffers from hearing loss, there are 10 percent that suf-fer severe hearing loss. Due to lim-itations in technology, Childress says hearing aids and implants may not help. That’s where deaf culture comes in.

“Historically, this group of kids gravitate (with severe hearing loss) toward deaf culture,” Chil-dress said. “But now, with cochlear implants, parents have this option to perhaps have their kids be more like them. So this group that used to gravitate toward deaf culture is going to cochlear implants, and so deaf culture shrinks. I don’t think it’ll ever go away, but that’s what people are scared of. They think about cochlear implants being a cultural genocide.”

According to a study published in Sign Language Studies in 2002, roughly 96 percent of deaf students are born to hearing parents, who are more likely to opt for implants as the technology improves. For the 4 percent who are born deaf via genetic inheritance, it is less likely because when it comes to concep-tualizing deafness, there are two trains of thought: the medical and the cultural.

“People that are in deaf culture, they don’t see themselves as bro-ken. It is like me being Filipino; am I going to lighten my skin because I’m Filipino? No,” Childress said.

Hearing parents face a schism between themselves and their child, though, if their child falls far from the apple tree, said Dye.

“Those hearing parents have a child with a vertical identity; it’d be like if a white family gave birth to an African-American baby. Do I raise this child as a white child, or do I acknowledge their identi-ty?” he said.

Twelve-year-old Nate Elliott suffered severe jaundice when he was born, recalls his mother, Jamie Elliot. It caused kernicterus, a con-dition that led to his subsequent deafness and cerebral palsy due to underdeveloped cortical audi-tory responses.

But if you were to talk to him today, you would never know. Jamie raised her son to embrace speaking society, with the aid of cued speech. Today, Jamie endear-ingly describes Nate as a “geeky and very astute” kid with bilat-eral implants, a straight-A stu-dent in Mahomet, Ill., and fond of playing the drums. Just like she does with her other two children, Jamie chides Nate for not doing his chores, scolds him for chewing on candy while talking with a guest and pushes him to “grow up to be an upstanding, tax-paying man.”

There was a time, though, when Jamie could not connect with her son. She once enrolled Nate in the Illinois School for the Deaf for summer camp. There, kids who used implants, ASL, signed exact language and cued speech could come together for arts and crafts, playtime and all kinds of camp hooligans. Except Nate was not encouraged to wear his implants.

“By the time he came back, he had this attitude of ‘I’m special; I’m deaf,’” Jamie said. “He nev-er had that attitude before. You’re special because you’re you, but you’re not special because you’re deaf. You don’t get special treat-ment because you’re deaf. You’re an Elliott, and you get treated like an Elliott. Some days poorly, and some days better.”

Nate tried to explain a joke he learned at camp, based off a sign for the word “bee” and the letter “B,” but the joke was lost on Jamie and her husband, Matt. It was this experience that reaffi rmed their reasons for implanting Nate.

“We would play emotional catch-up for the rest of our lives. We would never have an emotional relationship with our son,” Jamie said. “To sign is ... it has nothing to do with written language, noth-ing to do with oral language. It is its own language. If you’re not a native ASL-speaking individu-al, you’re going to try the rest of your life to play catch up to your kid who’s attending (the Illinois School for the Deaf summer camp). And you’re not going to talk to your kid. That’s not the kind of relation-ship I want with my child.”

At the time when doctors diag-nosed Christopher as profoundly

deaf, cochlear implants in children were still highly controversial. Little was known about how the implants would affect language development and whether patients risked serious damage through the operation.

But Tom Caulfi eld and his wife, Jennifer, set on mainstreaming Christopher from the get-go, just like Jamie Elliott. As educators, they wanted to give their son ample opportunity to fully inte-grate outside of deaf society. As soon as he received an implant for his left ear at 13 months of age, he began intensive speech therapy at the Carle Auditory Oral School in Urbana — also known as the St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf at Carle.

At 9 years old, Christopher was on the highway to academic excel-lence. That’s when he was invited to be a keynote speaker at the Illi-nois School for the Deaf, to speak on the success of the implants and speech therapy.

Tom describes the Caulfi eld family’s friendship with their ASL-using neighbor as long-lasting.

“We get along with him very well. But I have to say, if there isn’t a signer around, he’s out of luck communicating with the outside world,” Tom said.

Christopher fi rst started off with plain speaking before he was drawn into sign language in high school. Once he met people who only knew how to sign, he knew he had to learn the language if he wanted to be able to communicate with them.

He took his fi rst class at Park-land College his sophomore year of high school and is now profi cient in the third level. With his acquired use of ASL, Christopher rides the brink between both the speaking world and the signing world.

“It’s weird to describe, but I feel like I’m part of the hearing side only. I don’t necessarily like that. I like being able to communicate with both sides,” Christopher said.

Being able to draw from his experience from both hearing and deaf cultures inspired his career aspirations, such as build-ing software for mobile devic-es that are ASL-friendly. At the Rochester Institute of Technolo-gy, where about 10 percent of the students enrolled have implants, use ASL or are hard of hearing, he believes he can channel his aca-demic determination and put it to good use.

“If I were to go back to when I was born, I wouldn’t want to be hearing. If I didn’t experience being deaf, I wouldn’t have ever been interested in RIT or in soft-ware engineering,” Christopher said. “My Deafness was a source of empowerment, and allowed me to achieve large goals even with my disability.”

Nora can be reached at [email protected].

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COCHLEAR

Transmitter

Microphone

SpeechProcessor

Receiver/Stimulator

Externalear canal

Tympanicmembrane(eardrum)

Malleus(hammer)

Incus(anvil)

Stapes(stirrup)

Electrodes

Cochlea

Auditorynerve

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CultureDeaf &Cochlearimplants

BY NORA IBRAHIMTECHNOGRAPH WRITER

A round these parts, Christo-pher Caulfi eld is a bit of a celebrity. After 1,500 hours of speech therapy and inten-

sive surgery, Christopher’s cochlear implants fi nally paid off — not only in the realm of academics, but also in athleticism, earning himself a fea-ture in ESPN for his skilled basket-ball sportsmanship. He will gradu-ate from Centennial High School as a National Honors Society member and matriculate at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the fall as a Presi-dential Scholar.

To say he has outdone himself would be an understatement.

But since he acquired normal speech, he has little been immersed in deaf culture – which his dad, Tom Caulfi eld, refers to as “the Big D.” In fact, Christopher goes months with-out interacting with other users of American Sign Language.

Except when he sees his neighbor. Once in a while, Christopher pours himself a bowl of cereal in the morn-ing before he heads off for school. He chats with his parents about plans for the day and what’s been happen-ing in the news. Then his neighbor, a profoundly deaf man a couple genera-tions his senior, pulls back the blinds to his kitchen windows. From a dozen yards and two kitchen walls away, the two sign a quick exchange of hel-los and “How are you this morning?”

American Sign Language bonds Christopher and his neighbor, just as it unites the deaf community.

“The value of a sign language lies in the value of language. There’s noth-ing particular about sign language; it’s just that language is valuable to human beings,” said Matt Dye, pro-fessor in speech and hearing sci-ences. “We seem to be pre-disposed

and attracted to language as infants, whether it’s signed or spoken, deaf or hearing.”

From language, societies form. It is how people convey values, mor-als and stories; it is the most essen-tial tool to establishing laws, rights and wrongs. Since its advent through the course of evolution, language has become so grokked with the identity of humanity. And through generations of fl ourishing, so has ASL to Illinois’ deaf community.

But as cochlear implants have improved over the past decade, the need for individuals with profound hearing loss to know ASL has dimin-ished, and, consequently, the need to be established in the deaf community. In 2000, the Food and Drug Adminis-tration approved implanting children as young as 12 months of age. Today, implants on an individual are virtual-ly undetectable with the accelerating advancement of the device’s design.

Heralded as one of the best med-ical advancements of the century, cochlear implants offer people with profound hearing loss a chance at mainstreaming with hearing society.

But to some members of the deaf

Percentage of students with cochlear implantsSince the Food and Drug Administration approved cochlear implants for children, the Illinois School for the Deaf has seen a rise in the number of implanted students, which follows observed national trends.

3.23%

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010-

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

4.55%

10.04% 10.11%

13.54%14.63

15.94%

17.51%

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Cochlear implants have changed deaf culture in the last 8 years as the importance of American Sign Language has diminished

National Institutes of Health-supported scientists support that the benefi ts of implants in kids exceed the costs

A cochlear implant costs about $60,000 (including the surgery, adjustments and training). In comparison, the services, special education and adaptation related to a child that is deaf before age 3 costs more than $1 million.

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BY J.J. WILSONASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The Big Ten Conference announced Sunday that new football division alignments would take effect in 2014, as well the advent of a nine-game conference schedule, which will not be implemented until 2016. The division alignments will be

geographically oriented, and the “Legends” and “Leaders” names will be ditched in favor of “East” and “West.” Athletic directors across the conference showed support for the changes, backed by the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors.

“Big Ten directors of athletics concluded four months of study

and deliberation with unanimous approval of a future football structure that preserved rivalries and created divisions based on their primary principle of East/West geography,” Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said in a press release. “The directors of athletics also relied on the results of a fan survey commissioned by (the Big Ten Network) last December to arrive at their recommendation, which is consistent with the public sentiment expressed in the poll.”

For the new alignments, Illinois will be placed into the West Division, which includes Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin. Meanwhile, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Penn State will join newcomers Maryland and Rutgers in the East Division. Schools in each division were placed with respect to time zones — East schools all in the eastern time zone and West schools in central time zone — with the exception of Purdue.

Each school will play the other six schools in its division, along with two teams from the other division in 2014 and 2015 as a transitional period from an eight-team to a nine-team conference schedule. The 2016 season will mark the beginning of the nine-game conference schedules, which will feature divisional matchups of all six teams as well as three cross-divisional matchups.

J.J. can be reached at [email protected] and @wilsonable07.

Big Ten realigns football divisions as ‘East’ and ‘West’

M ike Small has the best program on campus.

The Illinois men’s golf team proved that fact once again Sunday afternoon when it won its fi fth-straight Big Ten Championship, and Thomas Pieters picked up the school’s third-straight Big Ten individual title. The team has also qualifi ed for fi ve straight NCAA Championships, something it will try to improve on this May.

Sure, Justin Spring won a national title last year and four straight Big Ten titles leading up to that, but two of the last three individual NCAA golf champions have been Illini.

Spring also doesn’t have to face the same problems that Small encounters.

The men’s golf program has the distinct disadvantage of being located in the north, where it is not possible to play golf year-round. In the winter, Small’s squad must play at the Demirjian Golf Practice Facility, an indoor complex, while its opponents get to play outside on actual golf courses.

This disadvantage is obvious when looking at past NCAA Champions. The last northern school to win an NCAA title was Minnesota in 2002. And the last before that? Ohio State in 1979. Before that? Purdue in 1961. For the record, that’s three northern champions in 52 years.

While Illinois’ other programs host many meets, the men’s golf team must travel thousands of miles over the course of the season to places like Sarasota, Fla., and Goodyear, Ariz., for a regular season meet.

It’s much too cold for golf during much of the spring semester, so Illinois only “hosts” one meet a year — the Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational in Olympia Fields, Ill., two hours north of campus — in September.

The rest of the Big Ten also has this disadvantage, but Illinois is clearly on top of the conference. The fi ve-title run demonstrates that. So does the nine-stroke margin with which the Illini easily won this weekend’s tournament.

Small’s beginning to have a presence around the world, an increasingly necessary thing in a college golf world that relies more and more on international talent. Small has recruited his fair share of foreign standouts; defending National Champion Pieters and freshman phenom Thomas Detry are both native Belgians. Small has also brought in two west coast talents in David Kim and Brian Campbell, both California natives.

Illini can be seen everywhere in the golf world. Small’s top two players in the last two seasons, 2010 NCAA champion Scott Langley and two-time Big Ten Champion Luke Guthrie, are currently on the PGA Tour. Pieters, a junior who announced he will forego his fi nal season of eligibility, will likely make it three next season. Guthrie and D.A. Points both fi nished in the top 10 at Sunday’s Zurich Classic.

The program isn’t going anywhere. While Small keeps losing talented players, he keeps replacing them with young talent. This year’s squad had no seniors, and Pieters was the lone junior. The other four contributors, two sophomores and two freshmen, will be back next season.

You can expect the trophy case at Demirjian to continue to fi ll.

Johnathan is a sophomore in Media. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @IlliniColumnist.

Illinois golfers outshine rest of programs on campus

BY CLAIRE LAVEZZORIOASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The trophy case in the Demirjian Golf Practice Facility just got a little more crowded.

For the fi fth year in a row and 12th time in program history, the Illinois men’s golf team won the Big Ten Championships in French Lick, Ind. Illinois shot a total of 1,163, winning by nine strokes over Minne-sota in the four-day tournament.

Taking fi rst and sec-ond place were Illini junior Thomas Piet-ers (-4) and sophomore Brian Campbell (+1), respectively. Rounding out Illinois’ fi ve-man lineup was Thomas Detry (+7), sophomore Alex Burge (+12) and freshman Charlie Dan-ielson (+14), all of whom fi nished in the top 25.

Head coach Mike Small said he couldn’t be happier with the play he saw this week-end, not just from Big Ten individual cham-pion Pieters, but from the team as a whole.

“Their play this weekend was very strong,” Small said. “The guys handled adversity. They held a really positive vibe about themselves. So much can go wrong on this course ... so many bad breaks, so

many bounces, but they let nothing get in the way of their play.”

Even without last year’s individual con-ference champion, PGA professional Luke Guthrie, the Illini were able to handle the diffi culties of the par-72, 7,152 yard Pete Dye Course. Small said he was never wor-ried the team wouldn’t be able to fi ll the void Guthrie left behind.

“We played great all year without Luke,” Small said. “Even though Luke has been a part of four of the Big Ten wins, the cur-rent guys stepped up. Everyone played so well, and their efforts showed out there.”

This weekend, con-stant competition between the top two Illini, Pieters and Campbell, fueled their stellar fi nishes.

“It was kind of like I really want to play well, but at the same time,

I also really want Thomas to play well,” Campbell said. “Usually the player in fi rst, you’re hoping, will trip up on a couple shots and fall back, but with Thomas in that spot, I just wanted him to play well.”

Even though he fell short of the individ-ual championship, Campbell is satisfi ed with his play.

“My driver was a big key throughout the entire tournament,” Campbell said. “I was really confi dent with everything. I was able to put the ball exactly where it needed to be. Doing that hole after hole, I got a very good rhythm going.”

Shooting 2-under par for the fi rst three rounds of the tournament, Pieters led the fi eld with a seven-shot lead over teammate Campbell. In the fourth and fi nal round, Pieters shot a 2-over, 74, he was still able to fi nish with an impressive win. And despite the tough compeition, Pieters was confi -dent of his win throughout the tournament.

“After two rounds, I thought I was in good position for the win,” he said. “Two under, with a seven-shot lead, that seemed like a

good position to be in. But today, I didn’t play too well. I kind of struggled today, I wasn’t too happy, but I fi nished strong and still pulled off a win.”

With another individual win for the Illini following Guthrie’s Big Ten title last year, Small is very enthusiastic about the future of his program.

“I’m extremely happy for these guys”, Small said. “This win isn’t for anyone else but them. But beyond the win, it also shows the stability of this program — what these young guys can do in such a great program.”

Claire can be reached at [email protected] and @clairelav228.

BY SEAN HAMMONDSTAFF WRITER

After four months of training — but really a lifetime of prepara-tion — four Illini football players heard their names called at the NFL Draft this weekend. Offen-sive lineman Hugh Thornton, cor-nerback Terry Hawthorne, defen-sive linemen Akeem Spence and Michael Buchanan have fulfi lled a lifelong dream of making it to the NFL.

Illinois’ four players drafted led all Big Ten teams. Since 2010, the Illini have had 10 players drafted in the fi rst three rounds, best in the Big Ten. Illinois has had 19 players drafted in the last fi ve years and at least four in each of the past four drafts.

Thornton was the fi rst Illini chosen, going to the Colts in the third round at 86th overall. And when he got the call Friday night, it was a familiar voice he was hearing at the other end of the line. Colts offensive line coach

Joe Gilbert held the same position at Illinois from 2009-11, Thorn-ton’s fi rst three years as an Illini.

“I think it was the best possible place for me,” Thornton said in a teleconference from Boise, Ida-ho, where he was watching the draft with his family. “I’m excit-ed about going there to continue my career. Coach Gilbert gave me the call, and the emotions started coming out. He helped me prepare for this day at Illi-nois and I’m happy to be reunit-ing with him at the next level.”

The other three Illini were cho-sen Saturday between rounds four and seven. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Spence in the fourth round at 100th over-all. Hawthorne was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the next

round at 150th overall, followed by Buchanan, whom the New England Patriots drafted in the seventh round at 226th overall.

The Buccaneers traded up 12 spots to draft Spence, who left Illinois with one year of eligibil-ity remaining and is from Fort Walton Beach, Fla., a few hours’ drive from Tampa.

“I’m happy to be a Buc,” he said. “When I got the phone call

from Coach (Greg) Schiano, and he said they were trading up to take me, I screamed and jumped around like a kid. It’ll be a thrill playing at the next level in my home state just a couple of hours away from my friends and family.”

Spence and Buchanan became the third and fourth Illinois defensive linemen drafted in the last three years, following fi rst

round picks Corey Liuget and Whitney Mercilus in 2011 and 2012, respectively.

Buchanan will be joining for-mer Illini Tavon Wilson in New England, who was drafted by the Patriots in 2012 and played in all of their regular season games and both playoff games. Buchan-an recorded 7 1/2.

Four Illini fulfi ll lifelong dream

New divisions in 2014, 9-game conference season starting 2016

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Sunday’s Big Ten championship makes it 5 in a row for Illini

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! ornton, Spence, Buchanan and Hawthorne hear names at Draft

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The Fighting Illini Men’s Golf Team poses together after their victory at the Big Ten championship on Sunday.

Men’s golf wins Big Ten Tourney, Pieters takes home individual title

“I was really confi dent with everything. I was able to

put the ball exactly where it needed to be. Doing

that hole after hole, I got a very good rhythm going.”

BRIAN CAMPBELL,sophomore

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4 x 100 relay comes through at Drake Relays

Spencer leads charge for women’s relay squads

BY DAN ESCALONASTAFF WRITER

With former Illini and 2012 Olympian Andrew Riley rooting on his ex-teammates, junior Vani-er Joseph and five relay teams sent the Illinois men’s track and field outdoor out with a bang to end the regular season at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, this weekend.

Joseph took home the title in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.59 seconds. His time was his career best and good for sec-ond fastest in school history. The junior hurdler has nursed a ham-string injury since the end of the indoor season and returned just a week ago after a three-week absence.

“Vanier ran an amazing race and might have been of his best I’ve ever seen him run, given his circumstances,” head coach Mike Turk said. “The biggest obstacle for him in getting back into form was the mental hurdle, and he got though that in a pretty big way.”

Joseph’s victory in the hurdles marked the second consecutive year in which an Illinois hurdler finished first in the 110 hurdles at the Drake Relays. Last sea-son, Riley won the same event in his national championship sea-son. The former Illini sprinter and hurdler also competed at the meet as part of the London Games Rematch Series; he won the 110 as well.

“It was cool to have Andrew

in the crowd cheering us and me on the whole weekend,” Joseph said. “It’s always great to have that extra motivation behind me when I’m trying get into midsea-son form before the Big Tens.”

Along with Joseph’s title-win-ning performance in the 110 hur-dles, the Illini won the inaugural Hy-Vee Cup, which scored five relays — the 400 meter, 1600 meter and 3200 meter relays, and the sprint and the distance med-leys — as a team score. Illinois emerged victorious in the debut event by 36 points over teams such as Alabama and Iowa.

Leading the way for the Illini in the Hy-Vee Cup was the 4x100, consisting of junior Julian Smith, sophomore Brandon Stryganek,

junior Stephon Pamilton and sophomore DJ Zahn. The relay recorded its best performance of the outdoor season with a second-place finish good for a season-best time of 38.97 — the fifth-fast-est in school history. Turk said the more conservative approach on exchanges, something that has plagued the relay squad all sea-son, paid major dividends for the 4x100.

“We were expecting a differ-ent result in the 4x1 coming into the weekend, and it was a relief to have run a really solid relay,” Zahn said. “We’ve got a bunch of talented, hard-working guys on the 4x1, so it was just a mat-ter of time before we put things together.”

Illinois clinched the Hy-Vee Cup title with a second-place fin-ish by the 4x400 relay. The 4x400 of Zahn, Pamilton and freshmen Cam Viney and Juan Paul Green finished with a season-best time of 3 minutes, 9.47 seconds. The squad lost the title by 0.7 seconds to Big Ten rival Nebraska.

“We were a bit disappointed not being able to get the title in 4x4, but it was a great effort from the guys nonetheless,” Turk said. “This 4x4 has been one most exciting things for me to watch on a weekly basis, and they have the chance to get something spe-cial done at Big Tens.”

Rounding out the action for Illinois was the 4x800 relay, the sprint medley relay (SMR)

and the distance medley relay (DMR). The 4x800, consisting of junior Zebo Zebe, freshman Luke Carroll, sophomore Josh Jones and senior Ryan Lynn, finished second with a time of 7:28. The SMR and DMR both finished in third place.

Illini field events were led by a standout performance from junior Matt Bane, who finished second in the pole vault with vault height of 5.29 meters.

“Matt and the rest of the pole vaulters were once again models of consistency that we are thank-ful to have on our side in the post-season,” Turk said.

Dan can be reached at [email protected].

BY LANRE ALABISTAFF WRITER

The Illinois women’s track and field team put forth impres-sive performances at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, to claim the inaugural Hy-Vee Cup trophy.

The Illini won three of the five relays that count toward the Hy-Vee trophy, amassing 42 points total, 23 ahead of runner-up Ohio State. Illinois won the 400-meter, 1600-meter and 1600-meter sprint medley relays while coming in second in the 3200-meter relay and fifth in the distance medley.

The team had set out not focused on individual events, and more so on emphasizing team camaraderie.

“We’re really excited about (winning the trophy),” head

coach Tonja Buford-Bailey said. “We wanted to win all five events, and that was our goal. The girls (on the relay teams) didn’t compete in individual events and that made it even more of a team atmosphere. It was really exciting for our team to come together like this.”

The Illini saw success in Thursday’s events with junior Meghan Frigo, senior Court-ney Yaeger and sophomore Alyssa Schneider all breaking into the top 10 in school histo-ry in their respective distance events. Frigo ran a time of 36 minutes, 15.85 seconds in the 10,000-meter race, earning her the eighth-best time in school history. Yaeger and Schneider completed the 5,000-meter race in 16:26.24 and 16:27.43, respec-tively, earning themselves the

fourth- and fifth-place finishes in the race and in the Illinois history books.

Apart from coming in sec-ond in the 4x800, the team was also able to break a long-stand-ing school record with a time of 8:37.02. The team of junior Amanda Duvendack, sophomore Chloe Schmidt, junior Ahliv-ia Spencer and junior Saman-tha Murphy were able to shat-ter the record that had stood for 20 years by almost 6 seconds.

“It was really important for us to (break the record) now because we have been talking about it all season,” Buford-Bailey said. “We knew we had a really good middle-distance group, and we thought we’d be able to do it at the Texas Relays. We got a little too anxious and it didn’t happen there, but we’re

really glad we finally got it at Drake.”

Sophomore Ashley Spencer participated in three relays, all of which Illinois won. Buford-Bailey said Spencer’s influence on the team’s performances could not be understated.

“Ashley was not a piece to the puzzle, but the key piece to the puzzle for us in those relays,” she said.

In the field, the only shining light was senior Marissa Golli-day’s personal-best mark of 1.72 meters in the high jump, which earned her a joint eighth-place ranking and the 10th best time in school history. Aside from Golliday, however, others fell short from their usual marks.

“I think (not being able to practice outdoors) is more det-rimental to them (than to track

athletes),” Spencer said. “With sprinters and runners, we have more ways we can adjust, but with field events, you can’t change much because they are based on power and technique. When you have elements fight-ing against that, there isn’t

much you can do. We’re going to be getting some decent weather coming up, so it will be good for them to get outdoors leading up to Big Tens.”

Lanre can be reached at alabi2@ dailyillini.com and @WriterLanre.

Softball wins 8th straight after 9-game losing streak

Women’s tennis awaits fate after falling to Purdue 5-2

BY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER

Freshman Remeny Perez steps to the plate. Michigan State has just hit sophomore Jess Perkins with a pitch to load the bases. The Spartans call timeout and Illinois head coach Terri Sullivan gives Per-ez a quick pep talk.

“Coach Sullivan came up to me and said: ‘Don’t worry about anything. I want you to hit it as hard as you can over center field or right field. I know you can do it. I know you will do it.’” Perez said.

Perez takes the first pitch of the at-bat for a ball and then, as instructed by Sullivan, swings and belts the second pitch to center field. It flew over the fence for Illinois’ first grand slam of the season, a hit that causes the team to erupt into screams.

The Illini (19-25, 9-11 Big Ten) scored in bunches all weekend, sweeping the Spartans (21-23, 7-9), advancing their winning streak to eight and scoring 26 runs in three games.

“It was very solid,” Sullivan said of the team’s performance on the weekend. “You can’t real-ly highlight what one player did at the plate because we had so many different players contrib-ute at key times to score multi-ple runs in innings and drive the ball out of the park. Again, what I’ve been most impressed with the team is that they’re playing in the moment, pitch-by-pitch, and our pitchers have done that as well.”

Illinois pitched well through-out the series with senior Pep-per Gay on Friday throwing her first of two complete games to lead the Illini to a 6-2 victory.

“I really accomplished the goals we had as a pitching staff this weekend by eliminating the walks and going at the batters,” Gay said. “I made them put the ball in play and they got their hits, but we got out of some jams, so I was still pretty hap-

py with how I threw.”The Illini offense exploded

in the next two games, tallying 10 runs in each and winning both by the mercy rule in the sixth inning. On Saturday the offense was led by freshman Allie Bauch, who went 3-for-3 with three RBIs in the 10-2 win.

“Hitting is such a contagious

thing, so we have to look back however many games ago to winning on a home run, and then confidence built,” Sullivan said. “So much of playing this game is your confidence at the plate, and with that our pitchers start-ed pitching aggressive because they saw us scoring a few runs. Now we’re just focusing on play-ing good, consistent softball and taking care of business.”

Illinois closed out the week-end strong with Gay throwing her 16th career shutout, and the Illini offense paced them to a 10-0 victory.

Illinois tallied 30 hits and beat Michigan State by a combined 22 runs in the three games, some-thing the Illini wouldn’t have dreamed of doing during their nine-game losing streak earlier in the year.

“There was just finally some-thing that clicked,” Perez said. “In the middle of our season we were seeing a lot of strug-gling, but everything has finally seemed to click and everything from top to bottom in our lineup has given our entire team a big push, and we’re really pulling through offensively.”

Perez said the Illini were never down on themselves during the losing streak and now can’t get over-confident with their recent success.

“We all know how much of a high we’ve been on with the last couple games we’ve won but that we can’t take anything for grant-ed,” Perez said. “So we came out strong, and even if we got behind, we came right back out and bat-tled and scored a lot of runs.”

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

BY STEPHEN BOURBONSTAFF WRITER

All the Illinois women’s tennis team can do now is wait.

After dropping its match to Purdue 4-1 in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, the Illi-ni must now wait and see if they are selected to be in the NCAA tournament field.

It was Illinois’ (14-11, 6-5 Big Ten) second loss to Purdue (17-5, 9-4) in six days after falling to the Boilermakers 5-2 last Sun-day at home.

“It wasn’t our best perfor-mance,” head coach Michelle Dasso said. “We were ready to play, but the main difference was Purdue just played better than us.”

The Illini were sharp in their first round matchup with Michi-gan State, but were overmatched from the start against a much tougher Purdue team that has lost only to ranked opponents this season. The Illini quickly lost the doubles point as the Boiler-makers clinched the No. 2 and 3

doubles matches. It was the first time in the past six matches that the Illini surrendered the dou-bles point.

While losing the point in itself is not good, losing the doubles point has been an ominous omen for the Illini all season. The team is just 1-9 in matches where it loses the doubles point, as com-pared to a 13-2 mark in compe-titions where the Illini earn the first point.

“It’s been so important to us all year,” Dasso said. “We won the doubles point against them on Sunday. ... That was a little deflating.”

Things did not get much better in singles play. Sophomore Julia Jamieson and senior Rachael White each lost their singles match before senior Breanne Smutko put the Illini on the board with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Tess Bernard-Feigenbaum.

“I’m proud of myself and was able to get revenge,” Smutko said. “I was focusing on it all week, and I also knew that if we didn’t make

the NCAA tournament, it could be the last match of my career. I think I had a lot more motiva-tion than anyone else out there that day.”

Purdue’s Lynda Xepoleas shut out Melissa Kopinski in the sec-ond set to earn a 7-5, 6-0 victory to clinch the match.

One positive from the confer-ence tournament for Illinois was seeing fellow bubble team Penn State lose in the opening round against Minnesota. The Nitta-ny Lions were ranked No. 44 in the latest ITA rankings, one spot behind No. 43 Illinois, and were upset by the unranked Gophers 4-1.

The NCAA tournament brack-et will be unveiled on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. via NCAA.com.

“We’re truly a bubble team,” Dasso said. “I’m eager and anx-ious for Tuesday afternoon. I real-ly don’t know where we’ll end up.”

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

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Remeny Perez bats during the second game of a double header against Indiana on April 20, at Eichelberger Field. The Illini won 1-0.

“It was very solid. You can’t really highlight what

one player did at the plate because we had so many different players contribute at key

times to score multiple runs in

innings and drive the ball out of the park.”

TERRI SULLIVAN,head coach

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Illini Breanne Smutko returns the ball during a game against Purdue on April 21. The Illini lost the match with a score of 5-2.

Riley assists Illini in practiceIn addition to watching her

current athletes succeed at the meet, Buford-Bailey got to watch a former pupil of hers, Jamaican-born Olympian Andrew Riley, compete in the men’s sprinting events. He practiced with the team this week, and claimed the 110-meter hurdles title over all three event medalists from the London games.

“We have been working really hard with him, and I’m just really proud,” Buford-Bailey said. “He’s been working really hard at the post-collegiate level, and he brought a lot of that this week. He brings a lot training with the girls, and them being able to see him be successful on that stage helps boost their hunger. He has been a very nice addition for us.”

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BY JAMAL COLLIERSTAFF WRITER

Several players pumped their fists a little bit harder after this one. Another Illini had his airplane-arms extended as he lined up to shake his teammates’ hands on the mound.

Northwestern (18-17, 7-11 Big Ten) left the bases loaded in the ninth in a 5-3 Illinois victory as the Illini took two of three from the Wildcats at Illinois Field.

It made each hug from family members after the game more pleasant and each photo a little bit easier to smile for as the Illi-ni wore special stars and stripes jerseys that were auctioned off to raise money for charity. A series loss could have been dev-astating for Illinois’ (26-13, 8-7 Big Ten) postseason hopes. The Illini are seventh in the Big Ten standings, and the top six teams in the conference make the con-ference tournament.

“We’ve put ourselves in a posi-tion where we kind of need to win every game,” third baseman Brandon Hohl said. “That’s just the way it is. It’s not pressure on us. We’re just going to have to play the way we know how to play, and we can’t afford any losses anymore, to be honest.”

Some college baseball ana-lysts, including Kendall Rog-

ers from Perfect Game, have as many as three Big Ten teams making the national tournament this season. Most years, only the Big Ten tournament champion makes the tournament.

“I think this is the best the conference has ever been since I’ve been here,” said head coach Dan Hartleb, who has been in the program for 23 years, including his time as an assistant coach.

The weekend started with Illinois ace Kevin Johnson get-ting scratched from Friday’s start after feeling soreness in his throwing arm. It’s the first time Johnson has missed a start in his career.

“He’s been sore for a couple weeks,” said Hartleb. “There’s nothing structurally wrong. I just felt like if we continued to throw him, it could get worse and thought that we need to give him one start off. I expect him to be back Friday.”

Left hander Kevin Duchene got the start in his place and pitched 6 2/3 innings surrender-ing five hits and two runs, with only one earned.

Illinois battled back to tie the game in the ninth and then again in the tenth as the game lasted 13 innings, the longest Illini game since 2005, before a solo home run by Northwestern’s Jack

Harvey provided the margin of victory.

It was all about Justin Parr on Saturday, as so often it has been this season. His single in the third extended his hit streak to 26 games, the most in school history. Parr added a three-run home run in the eighth — his career-high fifth on the season — as the Illini cruised to a 12-3 victory in the rain. John Kra-vetz’s pitching performance Sat-

urday shouldn’t be overlooked. He bounced back from a rough last couple of starts, striking out seven in seven innings and allow-ing two earned runs.

On Sunday, Northwestern tacked on two runs in the first inning and Illinois trailed for much of the game. The Illini were down 3-1 at the start of the seventh, when a four-run inning gave the Illini the lead for the first time all game.

Pitcher Ronnie Muck earned the win after making his return from injury this weekend. Last season, Muck was Illinois’ pri-mary setup man, and he was in position to be the same this year before injuring his forearm. Before Friday, he hadn’t pitched since March 9 against Baylor.

“It’s good it gives us options,” Hartleb said. “And he’s got a strikeout pitch.”

Muck entered the game in the

fifth with runners on second and third and one out and used his cutter to get a crucial strikeout. He pitched 3 2/3 innings and allowed one unearned run and struck out two.

“Sitting on the bench, it was nerve racking,” Muck said. “It’s nice being back knowing that everything’s OK.”

Jamal can be reached at [email protected] and @jamalcollier.

Johnson scratched, Kravetz bounces back as Illini win 2 of 3

BY JAMAL COLLIERSTAFF WRITER

He didn’t get all of it, but right out of the batter’s box, Justin Parr knew it was a hit. The ball took a hop before it began to lose momentum on the infield turf and turned into a slow roller. Northwestern shortstop Trevor Stevens did everything correctly — charged the ball hard, fielded it cleanly and released a perfect throw to first base — but it didn’t matter.

The fans out at a wet and cloudy Illinois Field on Saturday gave Parr a standing ovation as he etched his place in school history with the longest hitting streak in the 133-year history of Illinois baseball.

“No, that’s not the ideal way,” Parr said after the game, drenched in rain with a smile on his face with every answer he gave. “That’s just part of my game, playing with speed, beating

some balls out. Throughout this whole streak, there’s been a few games where a bunt has been my hit or something like that.”

Parr’s current streak stands at 27 consecutive games with a hit, which surpasses the previous 25-game hit streak set by Ryan Snowden in 2007.

“It really hasn’t hit me yet, the importance of it,” Parr said.

Parr’s had 13 games end with a single hit during the streak, eight games with two hits, two games with three hits and three games with four hits. After going 2-for-4 on Sunday, Parr has a hitin 37 of Illinois’ 39 games this season.

“Justin, in my five years here, is the best hitter I’ve ever seen,” pitcher Bryan Roberts said. “The kid’s hands and eyes are just unreal.”

It seemed as though Parr’s streak would end Friday, as he was hitless

headed into his last at-bat in the ninth inning. Northwestern’s closer Kyle Ruchim came into the game with a 0.72 ERA and had only allowed 17 hits in 25 innings this season.

Parr said after the game that he

hadn’t been happy with his at-bats all night, but took a first-pitch fastball right back up the middle to extend his streak to 25 games.

The pressure of the streak never seemed to weigh on Parr, and if it did, he didn’t show it. As much as he tried to ignore it, he was met with increased interview requests — even a radio interview in the bathroom on the bus to a road game. His teammates talked about it in the dugout, and Parr is usually aware on his own stats as well.

“I think he’s handled the pressure very well,” head coach Dan Hartleb said. “There’s a certain amount of pressure that goes with it, little bit of added anxiety, I’m sure. And, I do, I think he’s handled that very, very well. Some guys would just go swinging at pitches just to put the ball in play. He’s been patient at the plate, which is why he was able to break it.”

While playing for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League this past summer, Parr set a Honkers team record for most consecutive games with a hit with 26 as well.

“That one was hit a little bit harder. That was a line drive up the middle to break that one,” he said.

The only reason he didn’t keep that streak going was because his 26th game with a hit came on the last day of the season.

After he reached base Saturday, the ball was thrown back the dugout and will likely be made into a plaque that will be presented to him at some point this season.

The only question now is just how many games the number on that plaque will say.

Jamal can be reached at [email protected] and @jamalcollier.

Justin Parr’s hit streak breaks program record

BY J.J. WILSONASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

There was no stopping Ohio State on its way to the top.

After receiving a first-round bye as the No. 4 seed and putting down 5-seeded Northwestern (21-9, 6-5 Big Ten), the Illini men’s ten-nis team (16-10, 8-3) was no match for the top-seeded Buckeyes (31-2, 11-0), who went on to win the Big Ten Championships without surrendering a point in the entire tournament.

Illinois came into the quarter-finals against Northwestern with doubles dominance, something Dancer said the team had been looking for going into the tourna-ment. The No. 13 sophomore tan-dem of Tim Kopinski and Ross

Guignon kept up their reputation by cruising to a quick win at 8-4. It was then freshmen Jared Hiltzik and Alex Jesse as a No. 85 pair who clinched the doubles point on court two at 8-4, leaving the third match with senior Bruno Abdel-nour and sophomore Farris Gosea unfinished at 5-4.

“We’ve been playing really good doubles lately,” freshman Julian Childers said. “After we killed them in doubles, we were kind of in more of a celebratory mood than ready for singles, cause we were kind of thinking we’d won the match already.”

Northwestern came back strong in singles, making Abdelnour sur-render a quick point, 2-6, 2-6. Gui-gnon and Kopinski also dropped

their first sets, but each took their matches to three sets and turned different results. While Guignon fell 3-6, 7-6, 1-6, Kopinski fought back to a third set victory over No. 87 Raleigh Smith, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. But with No. 31 Hiltzik winning at the top, 6-2, 6-3 and Farris Gosea seal-ing the deal, 7-5, 7-6, Illinois won 4-2 to advance to the semifinals.

“I feel like we kind of underper-formed because we hadn’t real-ly gotten much of a hit on those courts and Northwestern had already played a match,” Childers said. “But everyone fought pretty hard, so it was good to see us pull it out.”

After winning the Big Ten crown over Ohio State last year, it was likely expected that this

matchup would house the same intense atmosphere, especially after the Illini took the Buckeyes to 4-3 earlier this season. Howev-er, it seemed no one but the Buck-eyes were ready for the power they would bring.

The Illini topped the Buckeyes to grab the Big Ten crown last sea-son, and played them to a 4-3 finish earlier in the year, but weren’t able to bring the same competitive fire in a 4-0 loss.

“We saw it as a big opportuni-ty for our rankings to jump (with a win),” Childers said. “But we underachieved against them, and that was probably the worst Ohio State team the program has played in nine years.”

The No. 14 pair of Peter Kobelt

and Connor Smith would avenge their loss to Kopinski and Gui-gnon, shutting down the duo 8-2 and handing them their first loss to a top-25 opponent. Hiltzik and Jesse weren’t able to hold their court, either, as No. 75 Devin McCarthy and Ille Van Engelen claimed revenge for their loss as well with an 8-5 win to clinch the doubles point.

“We came out scared,” Childers said. “Nobody played really well, and it was not a good match for us.”

Despite their efforts, nothing budged for the Illini in singles. Hiltzik, who was just named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, took No. 9 Peter Kobelt into a third set, but had to leave it unfinished as Kopinski, Gosea and Jesse all fell

on their respective courts, ending the match in a shutout.

Dancer said the team’s perfor-mance was below expectations and that they didn’t play “good, consis-tent” tennis throughout the week-end, but he knows there is still life in the season with the NCAA Championships approaching, host-ed on Illinois’ home courts. Dancer will be doing everything to get the Illini’s conditioning to its top level for the national tournament.

“Brad said if we lose a match in NCAAs, it won’t be because we’re not fit,” Childers said. “So, we’re just going to get our bodies ready to go and fight as hard as we can.”

J.J. can be reached at jjwilso2@ dailyillini.com and @Wilsonable07.

Men’s tennis didn’t bring competitive fire at Big Ten Tourney, fall to top-seeded Ohio State

BY CHAD THORNBURGSTAFF WRITER

The NFL Draft ended and Jus-tin Staples was headed to T.G.I. Fridays. He had just watched all 254 picks go by without mention of his name.

“You put so much effort into this, and then to watch the whole draft, all three days, is kind of disheartening,” Staples said.

So he decided to get out of his home and get something to eat. But not even 15 minutes after the conclusion of the seventh and final round, his phone rang and his hometown team, the Cleve-land Browns were on the other line.

Staples grew up fewer than five minutes away from the Browns practice facility where he and his friends used to watch the players practice, and Sunday afternoon, he signed a contract to become one of those players.

For most, the NFL Draft ends with pick No. 254. The camer-as stop rolling on the three-day television event, and the conver-sation turns to draft grades and roster battles. But for dozens of college football players, their journey is only beginning.

Thirteen Illini were vying for limited opportunities in the NFL,

and though only four were select-ed — guard Hugh Thornton to the Indianapolis Colts, defensive tackle Akeem Spence to the Tam-pa Bay Buccaneers, cornerback Terry Hawthorne to the Pitts-burgh Steelers and defensive end Michael Buchanan to the New England Patriots — several more found their NFL dreams coming true in the hours after the draft.

Staples signed with the Browns, center Graham Pocic signed with the Houston Texans and defensive end Glenn Foster signed with the New Orleans Saints.

As the final picks were sub-mitted and announced, the Illini players had a decision to make. The incoming calls were flood-ing their phones, coaches and scouts offering the pitch for their respective teams.

“It’s like recruiting,” said Foster, who received calls from about 10 teams. “Except every-thing happened within an hour.”

Pocic said his agent was plotting teams’ depth charts throughout the draft, identify-ing the destinations where Pocic would have the best opportuni-ty to stick, helping his client to make an informed decision amid the whirlwind of phone calls and

contract offers.“You don’t really have much

time to look into the options,” Pocic said. “It’s really quick because the teams are looking to fill up their spots, and if they’re not gonna get a guy, they want to move on to the next guy quick.”

While they all were hoping to hear their names called at the Radio City Music Hall, becom-ing an undrafted free agent isn’t without perks. Their futures shifted from the hands of 32 NFL teams into their own. Players are able to look at each team’s ros-ter and schemes to identify the one that best fits their skills. Sift-ing through a handful of offers, they can seek out the destination that presents the best chance at a future in the league.

“Being drafted, you have the assurance that the entire staff agreed on you being a member of the team,” Staples said. “But being in the position I was in, I was able to look at what was the best option for me.”

Even the Illini who didn’t get drafted and weren’t offered a contract in the hasty post-draft free agency period haven’t yet had their NFL dreams quashed.

Safety Ashante Williams and long snapper Zak Pedersen will

both head to rookie minicamps next month for tryouts with the Kansas City Chiefs and Chica-go Bears, respectively. Justin Green, Patrick Nixon-Youman, Tommy Davis and Suppo Sanni have not yet been confirmed for tryouts or signings as of press time.

Williams drew interest from several teams, including the Bears and the Cincinnati Ben-gals. He said three scouts from the Chiefs rated him draft-able, but he fell off their board because of his listed 5-foot-9 height.

“I’ve just got the biggest chip on my shoulder,” Williams said. “I feel like that’s 254 more rea-sons to go out and show what I can do.”

It wasn’t until Sunday morn-ing that Pedersen got his phone call. The Bears invited him to their rookie minicamp, and he jumped at the opportunity to play for his hometown team. With Pat-rick Mannelly firmly entrenched as the Bears long snapper of 16 years, Pedersen just hopes to make an impression as Mannel-ly, 38, enters the final year of his contract.

“With the nature of the posi-tion, you’ve just kind of got to wait and see,” Pedersen said. “For right now, I’m just focus-ing on this opportunity and tak-ing it one day at a time. Hope-fully I can impress some people.”

Chad can be reached at [email protected] and @cthornburg10.

Undrafted Illini football players working to find permanent spots with NFL teamsFoster, Pocic, Staples, Williams and Pedersen get their chances at next level, Green, Nixon-Youman, Davis and Sanni yet to receive free agent opportunities

Hawthorne was one of the more heralded recruits from the Ron Zook era in Champaign. He came to the program as a wide receiver and was the 58th-ranked recruit in the nation according to Scout.com and was a Parade and USA Today All-American.

He will likely remain on the defensive side of the ball with the Steelers.

Hawthorne, Buchanan and Spence, along with Wilson and Mercilus, were key pieces in the 2011 Illinois defense, which fin-ished the season ranked seventh in the nation in total defense.

Despite the individual talent, the Illini dropped to 2-10 in 2012. But Thornton was grateful for his experience in Champaign.

“I want to say thank you to Illi-ni Nation for all their support,” he said. “All the hard work I’ve put in, it’s a blessing and an honor to get picked.”

Sean can be reached at [email protected] and @sean_hammond.

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Justin Parr bats during the rubber match of a three-game series against Northwestern at Illinois Field on Sunday. The Illini won 5-3 and took the series.

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Illinois’ Justin Staples tackles Indiana’s Stephen Houston during the game at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 27. Staples was one of nine Illini not selected in the NFL Draft working to find a roster spot. He signed with Cleveland.

“Justin, in my five years here, is the best hitter I’ve ever seen. The kid’s hands and eyes are just unreal.”

BRYAN ROBERTS,Illinois pitcher

“I want to say thank you to Illini Nation for

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