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BY ISABELLA JACKSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) has a chapter on cam- pus for the first time since 1986. When Gabriel Gonzalez, sophomore in Media, came to campus last year, he quick- ly became close friends with some of the students on his floor in Scott Hall. They went through the rush pro- cess together, but did not find a place to pledge. “There are a lot of great houses, and a lot of cool guys at those houses, but we didn’t feel like anything was the perfect fit,” he said. While hanging out in one of the dorm rooms, their RA told them that the group seemed like their own fraternity. On a whim, Gonzalez started researching national organi- zations without active chap- ters on campus. “We wanted a challenge, you know. We wanted to leave our own legacy here,” Gon- zalez said. He was fascinated by the number of leaders who have come from the nation- al DKE organization, includ- ing five presidents and count- less senators and business executives. “I’m honestly just proud to be a member of such an elite organization,” he said. Gonzalez started the appli- cation process last spring, and the chapter became active in the fall semester. Being a new fraternity on a campus with a very estab- lished Greek system has its challenges. According to Gonzalez, recruiting new members and getting the word out there can be diffi- cult when they haven’t had a house on campus in 28 years. “People’s dads know us, but the (students) don’t know us.” Gonzalez said. However, three pledges were recruited this year to join the 15-member Delta Pi chapter of DKE. Beau Pieper, freshman in LAS, heard about DKE through some of the exist- ing members that were liv- ing in Scott Hall with him. Although he did look into pledging with other frater- nities on campus, he liked DKE best. “When I came to the Uni- versity, I wasn’t sure if Greek life was for me. I was going to just shop around a little bit and see where I fit in and turns out that was with Delta Kappa Epsilon,” he said. For him, the fact that DKE is back after such a long break was one of the major appeals of the house. He said that he likes that DKE does not have an existing reputa- tion on campus. “All we really have right now is our brotherhood, and we’re going to build off of that,” he said. One of the biggest steps that the group will be taking is moving into a house next fall, which will be a 14-room senior house on Nevada Street in Urbana. Gonzalez said having a main location for the group will be helpful, BY FARAZ MIRZA STAFF WRITER The Presidential Search Committee met in a closed session Monday to continue narrowing down the number of candidates being consid- ered for the next president of the University of Illinois. Members of the Urbana campus committee met at the Henry Administration Build- ing and spoke with other com- mittee members from the University’s Springfield and Chicago campuses through video conference. Pam Strobel, co-chair of the committee, opened the meeting by thanking the committee for its continu- ous service to the Universi- ty of Illinois. Following roll call, the committee went into exec- utive session, which lasted from 9:05 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. University spokesperson Thomas Hardy was unable to disclose the current num- ber of candidates under consideration. While the committee has not yet set a date for when it will forward its recommenda- tions to the Board of Trustees for final approval, Douglas Beck, co-chair of the com- mittee, estimated the com- mittee will compile a list of its top picks by the end of November. Current president, Robert Easter will retire at the end of next year, and the new presi- dent will take effect on July 1, 2015. Faraz can be reached at famirza2@dailyillini. INSIDE Police 2A | Horoscopes 2A | Opinions 4A | Letters 4A | Crossword 5A | Comics 5A | Life & Culture 6A | Sports 1B | Classifieds 4B | Sudoku 4B THE DAILY ILLINI TUESDAY October 28, 2014 64˚ | 41˚ WWW.DAILYILLINI.COM 5he independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871 Vol. 144 Issue 038 | FREE @THEDAILYILLINI, @DI_OPINION, @DI_SPORTS THEDAILYILLINI THEDAILYILLINI DAILYILLINI, DAILYILLINISPORTS @THEDAILYILLINI ZIANG XIAO THE DAILY ILLINI Sarah Hochman, junior in ACES, promoting the “It’s on Us” campaign to Paulina Bautista, visiting scholar from Spain, at Quad on Wednesday. MATT HEBRON THE DAILY ILLINI With 18 total members, Delta Kappa Epsilon has reopened their UI Chapter after not being active for years. ‘It’s On Us’ speaks to all DKE re-establishes chapter on campus Committee narrows list of UI presidential candidates UI now offering winter classes BY ELYSSA KAUFMAN STAFF WRITER In an effort to raise aware- ness about sexual assault, the Illinois Student Senate recently launched an “It’s On Us” campaign to encourage students to sign a pledge to take action against sexual assaults on campus. “It’s On Us” is a national campaign launched on Sept. 19 by the Obama Admin- istration and The Center for American Progress to change conversation regard- ing sexual assaults on col- lege campuses. The cam- paign focuses on bystander intervention rather than vic- tim blaming, which shifts the responsibility onto the com- munity to be aware of sexu- al assaults and take action. The national campaign promotes student govern- ments and leaders to spread awareness on its local campuses. The student senate approved a resolution at its last meeting Wednes- day, allocating $2,960 for promotional items that will raise awareness, such as t-shirts, video campaigns, flyers, wristbands and post- ers that they plan to pass out to students over the next few weeks. To kickoff the campaign, ISS held a booth on the Quad where students could sign a pledge aiming to encourage students to refrain from acting as a bystander and intervene in the event of an assault. Matt Hill, vice president-external of ISS, said at least 275 University students signed the pledge. “This campaign is making it aware that eight in 10 vic- tims of sexual assault know their attacker. When you look at that statistic it’s important to realize it’s literally on all of us to say something and do something if we see an assault,” Hill said. Starting Nov. 17, ISS will partner with The Center for American Progress to support a national week of action. The senate will lead up to the week by engag- ing students and parents in discussion of the issue on Dads Weekend, which is the weekend before. A PSA video will premiere on the video board in Memorial Stadium at the Dads Weekend foot- ball game. “‘It’s On Us’ announce- ments at Dads Weekend gives parents and students an opportunity to talk about sexual assault together,” Hill said. “This is breaking down the barriers between parents and their students through having the conver- sation about sexual assault.” ISS hopes to partner with other University groups in order to spread the message throughout campus. Hill said video PSAs will feature ath- letes, clubs, sororities, fra- ternities and registered stu- dent organizations. “As a Big Ten student gov- ernment, we feel we have the responsibility to work with the University to bring sex- ual assault prevention and awareness to our campus,” Hill said. “I really think this is an issue that every student, no matter what organiza- tion you are involved in, no matter if you are a fresh- BY ABIGALE SVOBODA STAFF WRITER After longing for win- ter break, many students find themselves bored with their month-long vacation. Starting this winter, stu- dents can earn a few cred- its by taking newly-offered winter break classes. The University will launch its online winter session pilot program dur- ing the 2014-2015 winter break. Students can enroll in one of eight different courses and earn up to four credit hours in four weeks. The University has never offered winter break cours- es, despite offering a sum- mer session both online and on campus. However, Adam Fein, associate director of The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, said the University noticed other institutions were offering a similar program and there was an interest from students. “We have a lot of stu- dents on our campus who do want to continue study- ing,” Fein said. “This pro- vides an opportunity for some high-demand cours- es that are sometimes hard to get in the fall or the spring.” Fein added that students’ desire to stay on track to graduate also played a part in implementing a winter session. The winter session allows students to contin- ue working toward their degree while traditional classes are not in session. However, these classes are paced much faster than normal courses since the winter session only allows a quarter of the time a normal semester does to learn the same amount of material. Professor Eric Snod- grass, whose Severe and Hazardous Weather course will be offered during the session, said the short- er time frame will not impact the courses or the students’ education. His course, which has been a popular online, summer course, has been adjusted to fit the four-week period. He said there will be one exam during the winter session, as opposed to three during the regular fall and spring semester courses. Snodgrass said the course material will remain the same. “Students in the winter session have no advantage over students in a 16-week version of the class, other than getting it done faster,” Snodgrass said. He said students will have to be conscious of their time, but he said he believes taking a class over break is manageable since students would have more time to devote to the class. Dan Steward, visiting professor in Sociology, will teach a course titled “Intro- duction to Sociology” dur- ing the winter session. He said he believes the winter session is a good way for students to really focus on one class at a time. “We all today, but cer- tainly today’s students, are juggling so much — multi-tasking constant- ly,” Steward said. “When do we have time to think the big thoughts, read the provocative texts, have a serious heart-to-heart with the stranger who helps us to see the world anew?” The eight classes were selected based on their popularity, success in an online platform or ability to satisfy general education requirements. Fein said if this session goes well, more classes may be added in the future. “Everyone involved seems very positive about this as an option,” Fein said. “It’s On Us” Campaign Statistics Q One in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college Q 40 percent of survivors fear reprisal by their attacker Q Only 2 percent of incapacitated rape survivors report assault Q Only 13 percent of rape survivors report assault Q It is estimated that between 2 percent and 8 percent of sexual assault reports are false. SOURCE: IT’S ON US A Brief History of DKE 1904: The Delta Pi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon officially begins after a long activation effort since 1898. 1964: After 60 years, the chapter closes due to its inability to financially support its house. 1969: The chapter is reactivated with eight new pledges. 1986: The DKE chapter closes once again due to lack of funds. 2014: The Delta Pi Chapter is reactivated once more. Classes Offered Severe and Hazardous Weather (ATMS 120) Enrollment capacity: 500 The Legal Environment of Business (BADM 300) Enrollment capacity: 30 Management and Organizational Behavior (BADM 310) Enrollment capacity: 30 IT for Networked Organizations (BADM 350) Enrollment capacity: 30 International Business (BADM 380) Enrollment capacity: 30 Microeconomic Principles (ECON 102) Enrollment capacity: 150 Economic Statistics II (ECON 203) Enrollment capacity: 100 Introduction to Sociology (SOC 100) Enrollment capacity: 25 SEE WINTER | 3A SEE IT’S ON US | 3A SEE DKE | 3A

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BY ISABELLA JACKSONCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) has a chapter on cam-pus for the first time since 1986.

When Gabriel Gonzalez, sophomore in Media, came to campus last year, he quick-ly became close friends with some of the students on his floor in Scott Hall. They went through the rush pro-cess together, but did not find a place to pledge.

“There are a lot of great houses, and a lot of cool guys at those houses, but we didn’t feel like anything was the perfect fit,” he said.

While hanging out in one of the dorm rooms, their RA told them that the group seemed like their own fraternity. On a whim, Gonzalez started researching national organi-zations without active chap-ters on campus.

“We wanted a challenge, you know. We wanted to leave our own legacy here,” Gon-zalez said.

He was fascinated by the number of leaders who have come from the nation-al DKE organization, includ-ing five presidents and count-

less senators and business executives.

“I’m honestly just proud to be a member of such an elite organization,” he said.

Gonzalez started the appli-cation process last spring, and the chapter became active in the fall semester.

Being a new fraternity on a campus with a very estab-lished Greek system has its challenges. According to Gonzalez, recruiting new members and getting the word out there can be diffi-cult when they haven’t had a house on campus in 28 years.

“People’s dads know us, but the (students) don’t know us.” Gonzalez said.

However, three pledges were recruited this year to join the 15-member Delta Pi chapter of DKE.

Beau Pieper, freshman in LAS, heard about DKE through some of the exist-ing members that were liv-ing in Scott Hall with him. Although he did look into pledging with other frater-nities on campus, he liked DKE best.

“When I came to the Uni-versity, I wasn’t sure if Greek life was for me. I was going

to just shop around a little bit and see where I fit in and turns out that was with Delta Kappa Epsilon,” he said.

For him, the fact that DKE is back after such a long break was one of the major appeals of the house. He said that he likes that DKE does not have an existing reputa-tion on campus.

“All we really have right now is our brotherhood, and we’re going to build off of that,” he said.

One of the biggest steps that the group will be taking is moving into a house next fall, which will be a 14-room senior house on Nevada Street in Urbana. Gonzalez said having a main location for the group will be helpful,

BY FARAZ MIRZASTAFF WRITER

The Presidential Search Committee met in a closed session Monday to continue narrowing down the number of candidates being consid-ered for the next president of the University of Illinois.

Members of the Urbana campus committee met at the Henry Administration Build-ing and spoke with other com-mittee members from the University’s Springfield and Chicago campuses through video conference.

Pam Strobel, co-chair of the committee, opened the meeting by thanking the committee for its continu-ous service to the Universi-ty of Illinois.

Following roll call, the committee went into exec-

utive session, which lasted from 9:05 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

University spokesperson Thomas Hardy was unable to disclose the current num-ber of candidates under consideration.

While the committee has not yet set a date for when it will forward its recommenda-tions to the Board of Trustees for final approval, Douglas Beck, co-chair of the com-mittee, estimated the com-mittee will compile a list of its top picks by the end of November.

Current president, Robert Easter will retire at the end of next year, and the new presi-dent will take effect on July 1, 2015.

Faraz can be reached at famirza2@dailyillini.

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ZIANG XIAO THE DAILY ILLINISarah Hochman, junior in ACES, promoting the “It’s on Us” campaign to Paulina Bautista, visiting scholar from Spain, at Quad on Wednesday.

MATT HEBRON THE DAILY ILLINIWith 18 total members, Delta Kappa Epsilon has reopened their UI Chapter after not being active for years.

‘It’s On Us’ speaks to all

DKE re-establishes chapter on campus

Committee narrows list of UI presidential candidates

UI now offering winter classes

BY ELYSSA KAUFMAN STAFF WRITER

In an effort to raise aware-ness about sexual assault, the Illinois Student Senate recently launched an “It’s On Us” campaign to encourage students to sign a pledge to take action against sexual assaults on campus.

“It’s On Us” is a national campaign launched on Sept. 19 by the Obama Admin-istration and The Center for American Progress to change conversation regard-ing sexual assaults on col-lege campuses. The cam-paign focuses on bystander intervention rather than vic-tim blaming, which shifts the responsibility onto the com-munity to be aware of sexu-al assaults and take action.

The national campaign promotes student govern-ments and leaders to spread awareness on its local campuses.

The student senate approved a resolution at its last meeting Wednes-day, allocating $2,960 for

promotional items that will raise awareness, such as t-shirts, video campaigns, flyers, wristbands and post-ers that they plan to pass out to students over the next few weeks.

To kickoff the campaign, ISS held a booth on the Quad where students could sign a pledge aiming to encourage students to refrain from acting as a bystander and intervene in the event of an assault. Matt Hill, vice president-external of ISS, said at least 275 University students signed the pledge. “This campaign is making it aware that eight in 10 vic-tims of sexual assault know their attacker. When you look at that statistic it’s important to realize it’s literally on all of us to say something and do something if we see an assault,” Hill said.

Starting Nov. 17, ISS will partner with The Center for American Progress to support a national week of action. The senate will lead up to the week by engag-

ing students and parents in discussion of the issue on Dads Weekend, which is the weekend before. A PSA video will premiere on the video board in Memorial Stadium at the Dads Weekend foot-ball game.

“‘It’s On Us’ announce-ments at Dads Weekend gives parents and students an opportunity to talk about sexual assault together,” Hill said. “This is breaking down the barriers between parents and their students through having the conver-sation about sexual assault.”

ISS hopes to partner with other University groups in order to spread the message throughout campus. Hill said video PSAs will feature ath-letes, clubs, sororities, fra-ternities and registered stu-dent organizations.

“As a Big Ten student gov-ernment, we feel we have the responsibility to work with the University to bring sex-ual assault prevention and awareness to our campus,” Hill said.

“I really think this is an issue that every student, no matter what organiza-tion you are involved in, no matter if you are a fresh-

BY ABIGALE SVOBODASTAFF WRITER

After longing for win-ter break, many students find themselves bored with their month-long vacation. Starting this winter, stu-dents can earn a few cred-its by taking newly-offered winter break classes.

The University will launch its online winter session pilot program dur-ing the 2014-2015 winter break. Students can enroll in one of eight different courses and earn up to four credit hours in four weeks. The University has never offered winter break cours-es, despite offering a sum-mer session both online and on campus.

However, Adam Fein, associate director of The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, said the University noticed other institutions were offering a similar program and there was an interest from students.

“We have a lot of stu-dents on our campus who do want to continue study-ing,” Fein said. “This pro-vides an opportunity for some high-demand cours-es that are sometimes hard to get in the fall or the spring.”

Fein added that students’ desire to stay on track to graduate also played a part in implementing a winter session.

The winter session allows students to contin-ue working toward their degree while traditional classes are not in session. However, these classes are paced much faster than normal courses since the winter session only allows a quarter of the time a normal semester does to learn the same amount of material.

Professor Eric Snod-grass, whose Severe and Hazardous Weather course will be offered during the session, said the short-er time frame will not impact the courses or the students’ education. His course, which has been a popular online, summer course, has been adjusted to fit the four-week period. He said there will be one exam during the winter session, as opposed to three during the regular fall and spring semester courses. Snodgrass said the course material will remain the same.

“Students in the winter session have no advantage over students in a 16-week version of the class, other than getting it done faster,” Snodgrass said.

He said students will

have to be conscious of their time, but he said he believes taking a class over break is manageable since students would have more time to devote to the class.

Dan Steward, visiting professor in Sociology, will teach a course titled “Intro-duction to Sociology” dur-ing the winter session. He said he believes the winter session is a good way for students to really focus on one class at a time.

“We all today, but cer-tainly today’s students, are juggling so much — multi-tasking constant-ly,” Steward said. “When do we have time to think the big thoughts, read the provocative texts, have a serious heart-to-heart with the stranger who helps us to see the world anew?”

The eight classes were selected based on their popularity, success in an online platform or ability to satisfy general education requirements. Fein said if this session goes well, more classes may be added in the future.

“Everyone involved seems very positive about this as an option,” Fein said.

“It’s On Us” Campaign Statistics One in five women

and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college 40 percent of survivors

fear reprisal by their attacker Only 2 percent of

incapacitated rape survivors report assault Only 13 percent of rape

survivors report assault It is estimated that

between 2 percent and 8 percent of sexual assault reports are false.

SOURCE: IT’S ON US

A Brief History of DKE

1904: The Delta Pi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon officially begins after a long activation effort since 1898.1964: After 60 years, the chapter closes due to its inability to financially support its house. 1969: The chapter is reactivated with eight new pledges. 1986: The DKE chapter closes once again due to lack of funds. 2014: The Delta Pi Chapter is reactivated once more.

Classes Offered

Severe and Hazardous Weather (ATMS 120)Enrollment capacity: 500 The Legal Environment of Business (BADM 300)Enrollment capacity: 30

Management and Organizational Behavior (BADM 310)Enrollment capacity: 30

IT for Networked Organizations (BADM 350)Enrollment capacity: 30

International Business (BADM 380)Enrollment capacity: 30

Microeconomic Principles (ECON 102)Enrollment capacity: 150

Economic Statistics II (ECON 203)Enrollment capacity: 100

Introduction to Sociology (SOC 100)Enrollment capacity: 25

SEE WINTER | 3A

SEE IT’S ON US | 3A

SEE DKE | 3A

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Champaign Theft was reported in

the 600 block of West John Street around 8:30 p.m. Sun-day.

According to the report, an unknown suspect took a bike from outside the resi-dence.

Aggravated assault was reported near Second Street

and Armory Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

According to the report, a suspect approached the victim holding a knife. The victim fled and no one was harmed.

University A 26-year-old male was

arrested on the charge of

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Today’s Birthday This is the year to tackle long-held personal goals and dreams. Doors that seemed stuck now open. Don’t get complacent about money that !ows with greater ease (especially after 12/23)... keep strengthening foundations and accounts. Creative work pays well. Fun over springtime leads to a thoughtful phase. Balance work with play, for vitality and harmony. Sing out for love.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) Today is a 9 — Share a dreamy escape with your partner today and tomorrow. Compassion arises naturally. Brainstorm and generate new possibilities. You can sell an idea now. Use charm and persuasion. Paint a picture in glowing color. Relax and enjoy it.

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CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)Today is a 9 — Watch out, world! Together with friends, you can take on something big. Negotiate for favorable terms. Apply for a grant. It’s a good time to ask for money. Your work has been noticed. Love "nds a way.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) Today is a 9 — Everything seems possible. Let yourself ponder today and tomorrow. Consider your dream career. What if you could do anything? What skills would that require? Look to see how to shift current practices. Ask your partner the same questions. Go inspiration mining.

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WASHINGTON — Tonieh Ross says her heart cries for the orphaned children back home in Liberia who aren’t getting the hugs they so need, for fear of the deadly Ebola virus.

Ross, the owner of the Vir-tuous D Boutique in Char-lotte, North Carolina, also frets about her younger sister in Monrovia, Eugenia, whose paycheck disappeared when her employer closed his busi-ness and left the disease-rav-aged country. Now Eugenia is among about 20 desperate Liberians, mostly children, phoning Ross “over and over and over until something hap-pens” — that is, until she or her friends send money or food, she said.

“I have given everything just to be available and help my country,” Ross said.

While Ross and other West Africans living in cities across America are trauma-tized by images of children suddenly orphaned or lying ill in the streets in their native lands, they also live in fear themselves.

They may be among U.S. residents with the biggest risk of exposure to the deadly dis-ease. Visitors and immigrants from Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea are likely to first vis-it or live among their friends and relatives, just as Thom-as Eric Duncan planned to do when he flew to Dallas before taking ill with Ebola, infect-ing two nurses. He died Oct. 8.

It’s still possible to pass through airport screening while incubating the deadly virus.

“Naturally, you’ll be com-ing to your family member,” Ross said. “That will be of great concern.”

West African immigrants in a number of U.S. cities began weeks ago to take precautions similar to those that the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention prescribed last week, staying clear of new arrivals from the Ebola zone for the full 21-day incubation period.

Usually openhearted Libe-rians in Charlotte have said, “I don’t even want some-one that has just traveled to come directly from Liberia to my house. I prefer them to be quarantined,” said Meat-ta Street, the president of the city’s Liberian Community Association.

Precise breakdowns of eth-nic populations in metropoli-tan areas aren’t available, but the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2013 American Community Survey presents conservative data about residents’ birthplaces.

According to those figures, which don’t include children born in America, Philadel-phia has the most native Libe-rians, with 13,146, followed by Minneapolis-St. Paul, Min-nesota, with 11,200, New York with 5,206, Washington with 4,870 and Providence, Rhode Island, with 4,412. Local Liberian leaders in Philadel-phia and Minneapolis each say their numbers actually exceed 30,000.

The nation’s capital is home to the most people born in Sierra Leone, with 10,282, followed by New York, with 6,433, according to the cen-sus data.

Surveyors found 500 to 3,100 Liberians and Sier-ra Leoneans living in each of more than a dozen other cities.

Figures on migration from Guinea weren’t broken out separately.

In Sacramento, Califor-nia, where about 450 Liberi-ans live, the county’s public health officer said last week that her office was monitor-ing two patients who had a “very low risk” of carrying the virus.

“They did visit those (West African) countries,” Dr. Oliv-ia Kasirye said, “but were not in contact with any Ebo-la patients.”

As stipulated by the CDC’s latest guidelines, those patients have been directed to take their temperatures twice daily and phone the results to the public health office, but they aren’t being asked to stay out of public places unless symptoms of the dis-ease appear. Sierra Leone native Donald Taylor, an interim assistant vice pres-ident at Sacramento State University, said a friend came from Freetown three months ago for her father’s funeral. When she showed up at a community gather-ing, Taylor said, “Every-body said, ‘Don’t shake my hand, because you might have Ebola.’

man or senior, this is some-thing you can get behind,” Sarah Hochman, vice pres-ident-internal of ISS said. “Sexual assault is an issue on our campus and we have seen that in the past couple weeks. I really think we are going to have good conversa-tions from geeks to athletes to any student.”

Hochman said she believes sexual assault prevention in the past was focused on spreading aware-ness to females due to their higher risk of assault; how-ever, she believes the new campaign reaches out not only to females, but men as well.

“As a woman representing

the campaign, I think that ‘It’s On Us’ is going to reach males and females equal-ly alike,” Hochman said. “I would love if the campaign hit guys even more than females because when the campaign first came out it was a lot of male athletes or politicians saying, ‘It’s On Us.’”

The Women’s Resource Center is also taking part in future campaign events.

“While violence affects people of all genders, it is often a gendered crime where statistically men are typically the perpetrator of gender-based violence,” said Rachel Storm, assis-tant director of the cen-ter. “Men’s involvement is critical.”

“College Bound Safe and Sound,” a program started

in 2013, also raises aware-ness on the dangers of sexual assault. Jack Shilney, Chica-go police officer and founder of the program, said the pro-gram teaches students the importance of traveling in a group with one designated person to ensure all mem-bers return home safely.

“The ‘It’s On Us’ campaign and College Bound Safe and Sound both encourage stu-dents to make an attempt to intervene or call the police when potentially viewing a sexual assault,” Shilney said. “I hope people realize that sexual assault doesn’t just pertain to college cam-pus situations and can hap-pen to any person anytime, anywhere.”

Elyssa can be reached at [email protected].

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Football fans engaged in running battle against German police

Tunisia’s main secular party expected to win large share of seats

Quarantined nurse to be released a!er civil rights disputes

Second victim claimed a!er Washington high school shooting

Child isolated in New York City, testing to determine if Ebola

Prosecutors look to appeal Pistorius’ murder conviction to lesser crime

MARK HAMES NEWS TRIBUNE SERVICETonieh Ross of Charlotte, North Carolina, and her friends are sending money, food and supplies to some 20 people — mostly children — desperate for help in their native Liberia.

Liberians in America fear Ebola outbreak

“It’s not right for every stu-dent, but for a student who wants to continue in their studies and is motivated to do so, it’s a nice opportuni-ty to pick up a class.”

Students who wish to reg-ister for a winter session course can do so through Student Self-Service begin-ning Nov. 24. Classes must be added by Dec. 22 and can be dropped until Jan. 2, 2015. The Winter Session begins on Dec. 22 and ends on Jan. 16, 2015.

Tuition varies by year in school. For resident under-graduates, it costs between $1,041 and $1,608 and for nonresidents, between $2,454 and $3,664. Tuition

for the Winter Session can-not be paid for by any type of financial aid.

A total of 895 students will be able to enroll in the pilot session. Fein said based on the popularity of online summer session courses, the University is expecting every class to be filled to capacity.

“We’re certainly taking this very seriously because we want to set the students up for success. There are many people involved in making this work,” Fein said. “It’s definitely been a team effort and we’re excit-ed to give the students the best experience that we can.”

Abigale can be reached at asvobod2 @dailyillini.com.

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because logistically arrang-ing events can be difficult when members are spread across the Champaign-Urba-na area.

The fraternity is also plan-ning events, including a semi-formal and formal for the upcoming year.

Both Gonzalez and Pieper said they are looking forward to the Undertakers Ball, a Halloween event that con-sists of putting one member in a casket while the others read comical eulogies about the “deceased.”

When they do not have for-mal events planned, the mem-bers still enjoy each other’s company.

“This is just such a tight-knit community. We all lived together last year, so it’s not just some random group of guys that you are rushing with and getting to meet,” Gonzalez said.

He said that the members are ambitious and driven, which has been beneficial in getting the fraternity recog-nized by the Interfraternity Council on campus, a process that requires meeting speci-fications, completing paper-work and attending meetings.

Even with the challeng-es, Gonzalez knows that the experience is definitely pre-paring him for the future and teaching him lessons in lead-ership and taking initiative.

“This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. It’s like running a business,” he said.

They have received tre-mendous support from alum-ni who are happy that the chapter is back on campus.

Michael Gonzalez, sopho-more in Engineering and the vice-president of DKE, said that six alumni from classes in the 1950s and 1980s came for the Homecoming football game and a dinner with the fraternity members at Alex-ander’s Steakhouse.

He said that the experi-ence made the current mem-bers realize how important restarting the fraternity was to alumni.

“It was fun to see how much DKE meant to them back in the day, because it was a huge part of their lives,” Michael Gonzalez said. “It’s definitely more motivation to continue doing what we’re doing.”

Sean Clark, sophomore in Business, said that even though some of the alumni had not been back to campus since their graduation, they came back to see the new members and were quickly talking like they had never been apart.

Even with almost three decades since the last gradu-ating class, alumni have con-tacted them about items that were in the old house.

“We found our 100-year-old charter. An alumni just had it in his garage,” Gonza-lez said.

The fraternity is hoping to keep the chapter on campus and has implemented mea-sures to keep order and ben-efit its members. Similar to many fraternities, there are mandated study hours and philanthropy events to make members into more well-rounded individuals. Pieper said that the friendships he forms within the fraternity will benefit him in the future, and he is confident that mem-bers will go on to do great things in life.

“At the base, it’s just peo-ple that want to make a dif-ference. People that want to excel,” Gonzalez said.

Isabella can be reached at [email protected].

JOHANNESBURG — South African prosecutors plan to appeal the murder acquittal of Olympic run-ner Oscar Pistorius and his five-year sentence for the

lesser crime of culpable homicide.

In South Africa, the pros-ecution can appeal a judg-ment only if an error of law has been made.

A police union voiced shock Monday, a day after thousands of football sup-porters waged running bat-tles against German police in the western city of Cologne during what was ostensibly a demonstration against Islam-ic radicalism.

It was the first outbreak of violence by the self-styled “Hooligans Against Salaf-ists,” a new alliance in which

far-right groups have recruit-ed brawling football fans to their anti-foreigner cause.

Police detained 17 of the 4,000-strong crowd, but were unable to catch others who hurled stones, bottles and fireworks at officers.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government reject-ed suggestions that the new alliance on the right was a game-changer.

Tunisia’s main secular party said it expected to win the largest share of seats in parliamentary polling held on Sunday, based on prelim-

inary tallies and exit polls.If borne out by official

tallies, the result would be a substantial defeat for the Islamist Ennahda party.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said a nurse who was quarantined in Newark after returning from treat-ing Ebola-afflicted people in West Africa would be released and allowed to go home to Maine after she test-ed negative for the deadly

virus.Civil rights groups, aid

agencies and federal offi-cials said earlier that quar-antine measures announced Friday would discourage much-needed medical per-sonnel from going to fight the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

A Washington state high school is still coming to grips with how to return to normal after a second stu-dent victim of a campus shooting Friday died over the weekend.

Gia Soriano, 14, who was shot in the head when class-mate Jaylen Fryberg took a gun into the Marysville-Pilchuck High School caf-eteria and opened fire, died at a hospital Sunday night.

BY DAVID LIGHTMANTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Virginia Ortega could decide who wins Colorado’s Senate election.

A volunteer in a Catho-lic gift shop, she’s worked all her life, picked cherries as a child, worked as a deli clerk and in food services at a jail. She cares deeply about the poor. And she’s not impressed by what she’s heard from politicians this year.

“All my life I’ve seen people ignoring the poor,” said Ortega, a classic swing voter who’s registered as a Democrat but also has voted for Republicans. This fall, she’s disappointed in Presi-dent Barack Obama, but not convinced the local Republi-can running for the Senate is the answer.

What will she do on Elec-tion Day? Not sure. “It’s iffy,” she said.

In Hispanic neighbor-hoods all over Colorado, Latino voters feel strongly that Washington has ignored them, and many warn they

won’t vote — a choice like-ly to make a big differ-ence in this state’s pivotal U.S. Senate race between Sen. Mark Udall, the Dem-ocrat, and Cory Gardner, the Republican.

Democrats disappoint Latino voters, who see lit-tle progress in revamping immigration or education policy, issues that resonate deeply in Hispanic com-munities. And they’re just plain angry at Republicans, whom they see as intent on keeping Mexicans and Cen-tral Americans out of this country.

They had high hopes for President Barack Obama, who got 71 percent of the Latino vote nationally in 2012. Today it’s easy to find many of those same voters thinking the same way as hair salon owner Connie Martinez in this swing area of Colorado.

“People feel let down,” she said. “There were so many promises and no action.”

Fourteen percent of Col-orado voters are Latino. They went 3-to-1 for Obama

in Colorado in 2012 and are expected to back Udall in November. But Udall needs a big turnout.

Colorado is the only state with a close Senate race this year that has a large Hispan-ic voting bloc. While nation-ally Latino influence is grow-ing, 2014 is an anomaly. In eight states with tight Sen-ate races, Hispanics are 4.7 percent of eligible voters, compared with 10.7 percent nationwide.

That’s meant less empha-sis on issues of special concern to the Latino community.

“People are angry. They’re definitely angry,” said Mat-thew McClellan, executive director of National Coun-cil of La Raza Action Fund, a Hispanic advocacy group. “We’re being ignored over and over and over again.”

The biggest complaint involves immigration, par-ticularly Obama’s on-and-off attention to the issue. Latino leaders have criticized him for not moving more quick-ly on changing the immigra-tion system but applauded his 2012 announcement that his administration would not deport thousands of younger undocumented workers.

Last year, he and oth-

er Democrats, with some Republican help, pushed a landmark immigration overhaul through the Sen-ate. Republican opposition in the House of Representa-tives has doomed the effort. Many Latinos wish Obama had pushed harder.

The latest bout of anger erupted in September, when Obama said he’d delay exec-utive action on major immi-gration policy until after the election. In June, he said in a Rose Garden appearance that he asked top advisers to recommend what action

he could take without delay.“The president’s time to

mend any relationship with our community is quickly running out,” said Cristina Jimenez, managing direc-tor of United We Dream, an immigration activist group.

Udall tried to put some distance between himself and Obama, saying he was “disappointed” with the lat-est delay, but voters still tie the two men together. “I feel we were lied to” about immi-gration, said Julie Salas, a fast food restaurant manag-er. “He’s supposed to make

people legal.”Plenty of Latinos still plan

to vote for Udall, if only because they see Gardner as “extreme,” as construc-tion worker Mark Trujillo put it.

Gardner rejects the label. At a Fort Collins campaign stop Wednesday, Perry Lorenz, an electrical engi-neer, asked if “the next new 100,000 jobs, should they go to Americans or should we bring in immigrants to take those jobs?”

“Immigrants are Ameri-cans,” Gardner said.

THEO STROOMER TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEVirginia Ortega answers the phone at Heavenly Delights, a Catholic gift shop, in Fort Collins, Colorado, on Wednesday. Ortega is one of many undecided Hispanic voters.

Latino voters undecidedWith elections looming, Latino population remains disappointed

An unidentified child who had recently been in the Ebola-stricken African nation of Guinea was iso-lated in New York City hos-pital for tests to determine whether he has Ebola.

The child did not have a

fever when first examined but developed one Monday morning.

The city health depart-ment is tracing the child’s contacts to identify anyone who might be at risk of the disease.

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SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS | [email protected] with the subject “Letter to the Editor.” The Daily Illini reserves the right to edit for length, libel, grammar and spelling errors, and Daily Illini style or to reject any contributions. Letters must be limited to 300 words. Contributions must be typed and include the author’s name, address and phone number. University students must include their year in school and college.

As a college senior, I’ve started to real-ize that there are

essentially three struggles in my everyday life — food, sleep and school.

And while food appears to be arguably the most impor-tant of these three struggles, little thought goes into how our food is produced and what it constitutes.

Recently, when I was walk-ing past the Morrow Plots, the United States’ first experi-mental cornfield, I became curious about what goes into the production of corn. I learned that, in the United States, genetically modified organisms have played a cru-cial role in the production of corn since the 1990s, helping to grow resistant crops and improve yields.

GMOs are plants or animals with altered genetic codes created to possess traits that they do not naturally have. A particular trait can be copied from one organism and trans-ferred to the genetic code of another organism. For exam-ple, if a corn crop was suscep-tible to disease, a GMO could be used to implant traits to make the crop resistant. The advantages of GMOs are quite apparent when you consid-

er this, in addition to the fact that they have contributed to a significant boom in the agri-cultural industry since their introduction.

GMOs are a widely contest-ed and debated topic in the agricultural industry. Despite their benefits, GMOs are believed to be unhealthy and have adverse effects on the soil and environment.

As a result, GMOs are used only in crops for agricul-tural prod-ucts like eth-anol, corn oil and animal feed, while food crops such as wheat and rice don’t use GMOs.

However, some spec-ulate that GMOs might eventual-ly become vital in feeding the world’s population.

For this reason, I believe opposition to GMOs is futile and the question of wheth-er or not we must pervasive-ly employ GMO technology across all our crops might soon become irrelevant. In the future, as the demand for food increases, GMO use will become absolutely necessary and might be the only solution to meet our needs.

The world population is expected to reach the 9 bil-

lion point by 2050. In that period, with an ever larg-er number of people and an increased consumption by the wealthier classes, food demand is expected to go up by 70 to 100 percent. Despite rapid agricultural develop-ment over the past 50 years, our production, as it stands now, will be insufficient to meet these demands.

The use of GMOs would be absolute-ly vital in meeting food demands because GMO technology allows for the creation of crop spe-cies that are resistance to diseases, thus, helping to maximize yield.

Anoth-er reason

GMOs will be invaluable to our future food supply is because they have the poten-tial to make crops resistant to extreme changes in weather, thus, protecting production.

In light of the presented facts, there should be little doubt that GMOs are set to be a necessary reality of the coming future.

In that case, while the cur-rent widespread opposition to GMOs is warranted and justi-fied in its concerns, we should consider a revision of nega-

tive attitudes. While GMOs are often

regarded as unhealthy, they also seem to be our only option to meet the exponen-tial food demands of the future. Instead of opposing them, we should try to focus on making them better. If these GMOs are going to be in the cereal we eat everyday 50 years from now, I hope we can make them safer.

The resources spent on anti-GMO campaigns could and should be diverted toward research that could make them safer for both our consumption and the environment.

It is important, then, for us to stop thinking about GMOs in our food as something undesirable, but rather some-thing that is vital and in need of improvement.

Being on a campus that is internationally renowned for its agricultural and genom-ic institutes, we have the resources to battle the issues associated with GMOs at their very core.

But first, something even more basic must occur. Before we can make impor-tant scientific breakthroughs in GMO technology, we must work to change the larger attitude with which they are viewed.

Shivam is a senior in Engineering. He can be reached at ssharm16 @dailyillini.com.

If losses continue,

buying out football

coaches would be well worth

the price

CARLY CHARLES

Opinions columnist

THE DAILY ILLINI

EDITORIALEDITORIAL CARTOON RJ MATSON

The highest paid University (and State) employ-ee is head football coach Tim Beck-

man. Of the $3.4 billion spent by the University on employee compensation, his salary makes up $1.8 million.

Beckman’s struggles since taking over at the University are well-docu-mented. The crowd of peo-ple calling for Beckman’s job are growing louder and louder. If Beckman were fired, it would mean most, if not all, of his staff would also lose their jobs.

In The Daily Illini Sala-ry Guide, we show that it would cost the Universi-ty $1.77 million to buy out the contracts of the foot-ball staff.

On Saturday, Beckman won just the second Big Ten game of his three-sea-son tenure at Illinois, his first at Memorial Stadi-um. If the football season continues the way it start-ed and Beckman is unable to win the two more games necessary to make a bowl game, it may be time to look for a replacement.

Illinois fans deserve bet-ter, and we think the $1.77 million would be well spent. It’s a small price to pay to rid the University of a losing culture, and it will pay itself off in the end.

The atmosphere at Me-morial Stadium on Satur-day was more enthusias-tic than it has been before during Beckman’s tour. The fans were having fun, stay-ing until the end to see the Illini come out on top — something we, unfortunate-ly, don’t see as often these days. Crowds of people stayed after the game, tail-gating, going to bars and restaurants and spending money.

The hotel, food, drink, tailgate and apparel sales are worth more than $1.77 million to the communi-ty when the Illini are good. Ticket sales, apparel, mem-orabilia and concession sales will help make up the $1.77 million if the Illini are able to consistently at-tract fans.

Additionally, the buyouts are significantly less than at many other schools. Dur-ing the 2011-12 academ-ic year, the Illini fired both basketball coaches and the football coach and were forced to pay hefty buyouts for years. The contracts are structured for buy-outs that are significantly reduced this time, a clear example of athletic direc-tor Mike Thomas learning from the past.

We applaud him for mak-ing the buyouts lower, so the financials won’t cause too much of a strain on the athletic department if Beckman is fired.

We are not rooting against Beckman. We would like for him to have success. But if he isn’t able to turn this season around, letting him go would be $1.77 million well spent.

If these GMOs are going to be in the cereal we eat

everyday 50 years from now, I hope

we can make them safer.

SHIVAM SHARMA

Opinions columnist

GMOs vital for future food supply

I t’s been nearly a decade since Chief Illiniwek’s final halftime dance. So, I was

surprised and alarmed to see a version of the infamous Chief Illiniwek atop a crepe paper-decorated float making its way down Wright Street during this year’s Homecom-ing parade.

Decades of controversy surrounding the debate of Chief’s appropriateness, or lack thereof, culminated in the mascot’s retirement in February of 2007.

For those unfamiliar with the debate, those who oppose of Chief believe his image is one which promotes hostility and disrespect to indigenous peoples; advocates of the mas-cot argue that he stands as an honorable and traditional Uni-versity figure.

Back to the more recent past, though. To say I mere-ly saw Chief Illiniwek on this float and leave it at that would be a flimsy, insufficient ren-dering of the truth. This par-ticular Chief, perched enthu-siastically upon the float, wore what appeared to be a cheap, mass-produced poly-ester costume — one anybody could find and purchase in the Western costume section of a Party City. Feathers atop the Chief’s head were strung flimsily together to form a botched, neon rendition of a headdress.

I have exactly one Ameri-

can Indian Studies course under my belt, but I’m fairly sure Native Americans had very limited access to lime-green, artificial feathers made in China.

To me, the man atop the float was an embarrassment; he was not the Chief I’d seen printed on my parents’ 1980s crewneck sweaters. I looked at the moderately-sized crowd surrounding me for detect-able looks of shock or disap-proval and found none. Chan-cellor Phyllis Wise then rolled by in a red, shiny car, and the young man dressed in a faux-buckskin tunic was seem-ingly forgotten.

And yet, this unoffi-cial, mocking Chief fits snug-ly underneath the all-encom-passing “Chief Illiniwek” title, along with the rest of the Chiefs, past and present, official or otherwise.

When we discuss the Chief — the pride he instills for some and the appropriation he stands for to others — we talk as though he is a singular being, not a different sort of figure, embodied by different people, to represent a differ-ent idea.

In my opinion, Chief Illini-wek has undergone numerous alterations and revisions over the years — both in terms of appearance and in terms of principle. Is it correct, then, to associate the antics of an

undergraduate in a costume with a University tradition? I’m not so sure.

I’ve never had a great inter-est in college athletics, and my involvement in the Uni-versity goes no further than participating in its music ensembles and writing for this paper. So I’ve never quite been able to fathom or relate to the near-fanatical devo-tion some alumni possess for Chief Illiniwek, his song and his dance.

But this Chief adoration exists, nonetheless, and con-

tinues to burn brightly.

The Chief’s lifetime spanned a notable 81 years — from 1926 to 2007. Chief Illin-wek was the creation of two Eagle Scouts, Lester Leutwiler and Ralph Hub-bard. Accord-ing to the

Honor the Chief website, the Chief originally existed as “a symbol to represent both hon-or and tradition at the Univer-sity of Illinois.” Throughout Chief Illiniwek’s history, he has been embodied by 38 dif-ferent people.

The Chief my parents recall from football halftimes in the 1980s is one Chief. The Chief that undergraduates become at tailgating events, with the help of a few Keystone Lights and a cheap, “Native Ameri-can Warrior” costume from Party City, is another.

I sympathize with Chief supporters; in his modern presentation, he, like any symbol, instills a sense of pride and reverence in what his good, well-meaning ren-dering represents.

But I also recognize that the satirical, appropriating figure he can become is an insensitive, gross rendering of Native American people. Even though Chief Illiniwek has grown to become a figure I perceive as being more rev-erent in nature, the ease with which certain individuals tarnish and mock his image destroys this reverence and objectifies Native American representations.

I’ll express a perhaps unpopular opinion and say that I believe a Chief Illini-wek free of blatant ignorance could work. A Chief whose intentions went no further than perpetuating University spirit and tradition could be welcomed. But is this Chief a feasible possibility?

Chief Illiniwek and the changing social philoso-phies he represents remains a prominent figure in the University culture. This will remain true for some time, regardless of how anyone chooses to feel about it. In his lifetime, he has represented respect, disgrace and pride.

Regardless, the vary-ing shades of Chief we may observe are important in forming a dialogue about cul-tural sensitivity that is both complicated and necessary.

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

Chief costumes show disrespect

In (Chief Illiniwek’s)

lifetime, he has represented

respect, disgrace and pride.

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what measures and mate-rials they can provide to ensure the quality of the water system will main-tain after they are no longer involved, said Emily Mati-jevich, a group member since her freshman year and junior in Engineering.

“I love how interdisciplin-ary our group is,” Matijev-ich said. “We all come from different backgrounds of engineering and have dif-ferent skills and expertise to provide.”

It is also a project that has won awards, including the best student presentation at the National Groundwater Association’s Ground Water Summit in 2007. The water distribution system now serves the community of over 3000 in the town of Adu Achi,

and the town deemed the ritu-alistic three kilometers trek to the nearest water source unnecessary for its villagers.

For the University’s EWB branch, getting to Nigeria year after year to continue working on the project hasn’t always been easy. In 2007, for example, travel safety ques-tions and fundraising chal-lenges kept the team from going back to finish work that summer, and were instead forced to go in the winter of that year.

However, for Migalla, the interaction with the people he’s met along the way has made every effort worth it.

“There are so many great anecdotes since everyone there was so friendly and welcoming,” Migalla said, speaking of the villagers of Adu Achi. “I really liked doing the health presenta-tions ... the kids at the ele-mentary school were real-

ly into it and for the rest of the trip they would run up to us and demonstrate how to wash their hands and other things that we taught them. Every day we got to talk to different people and experi-ence different things.”

Dina Betts, junior in Engineering, has also seen herself grow through the implementation of the EWB project.

“Being in EWB has allowed me to see the value of real work — work where the efforts I put in lead to a change in the quality of life for other people,” Bet-ts said. “I can no longer be happy with a simple desk job where all I see are numbers eventually leading to some final product. I need to see my work come to fruition through positive change.”

Eliseo can be reached at [email protected].

ANTONIO PEREZ TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEMcDonald’s staff bring food to the tables of people portraying customers at the McDonald’s Innovation Center in Romeoville, Ill. The crews were simulating a restaurant environment in Australia, where food is bought over to the customers tables if they wish.

third grade. As the coordinator for one

of the biggest programs that REACT offers, Nawa is in charge of emailing local schools to see if teachers are interested in having the students visit, letting them know what visits will be happening that semes-ter, sending them lesson plans and scheduling class-room visits around teachers’ schedules.

“We’re pretty flexible with getting involved, mak-ing it so that it works with everyone’s schedules, mak-ing sure that it makes every-one happy,” Nawa said. “Because we don’t like dis-appointing — especially the third graders, cause they love having us, and it’s like an expectation now.”

Nawa began as a volun-teer during spring semester last year for James Scholar Honors credit, and then dis-covered she enjoyed work-ing with the children.

During a family night

event last semester, Nawa did a demonstration that involved running electric-ity though a pickle to make it glow. This intrigued one of the children so much that they kept coming back to Nawa’s table each time the experiment ran, asking her to explain it. A little girl’s curiosity about science was what made Nawa want to continue with the pro-gram in the fall as a board member.

“She was very enthusias-tic, and that was one of the reasons I liked REACT a lot, because of kids like her. We get to teach them some-thing and they get really intrigued by it,” Nawa said. “It’s probably something she went home and was like, ‘Mom, Dad, this is so cool. Look what I did today. I learned something today, do you want to know what I did?’ I think it’s awesome.”

All in all, participating in REACT has taught Nawa a lot about herself, even about potential career paths. While before she only saw herself becoming a physi-cian’s assistant, she is now

also considering teaching.“I really didn’t think

about teaching before this semester. I like being with children and that whole ‘light bulb thing’ is kind of really cool. I like teaching them science, because it’s something that’s abstract and they don’t usually learn something weird like that,” Nawa said.

To Miller, though, it doesn’t matter whether or not the students experience that light bulb moment.

“This is my personal phi-losophy: It’s not that impor-tant to me that the kids learn anything when we go out there. I know that seems kind of goofy. It’s not that I don’t want them to learn anything, but that’s noth-ing, that’s not the raison d’être,” Miller said. “It’s that they have fun and see that science can be fun and interesting and it’s not just a bunch of pointy-headed guys in lab coats working at Monsanto trying to take over the world.”

Susan can be reached at [email protected].

BY JESSICA WOHLTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Inside this nondescript warehouse some 30 minutes from McDonald’s suburban Chicago headquarters, uni-formed crew members cook burgers, sling fries and hand food to customers.

But here, cashiers accept fake money. Workers and cus-tomers wear tracking chips to record their movements. And customers mimic going through the drive-thru in plastic chairs, not cars.

Welcome to the Innova-tion Center, where the world’s largest fast-food operator studies, dissects and tweaks current routines as well as proposed ideas that could quicken the operations at some 34,000 McDonald’s res-taurants worldwide.

The center is far enough from McDonald’s headquar-ters that it can run on its own, yet close enough for interac-tion when needed, said Laurie Gilbert, a 22-year McDonald’s veteran who is vice president of restaurant innovation.

“There was a very inten-tional decision made not to have it be right there, so we could create a bit of a differ-ent culture, have a safe place to experiment and learn,” Gil-bert said. “Make no mistake, it’s McDonald’s through and through, you can feel it. And yet, with our own flavor.”

Opened in 2001, the Inno-vation Center brings togeth-er a variety of players, from engineers, researchers and designers to visiting vendors and franchisees, as they work to improve the burger giant’s service.

The mission is particular-ly important now because McDonald’s is grappling with its longest stretch of declin-

ing sales at long-standing restaurants in more than a decade. Shortening service times, ensuring that kitch-ens and crew members are ready to prepare new foods and drinks, and updating the ordering process are all key to that goal.

Most days, at least one of the mock restaurants housed in the warehouse buzzes like an actual McDonald’s during the breakfast, lunch or din-ner rush.

Every move the crew takes can be studied, by people watching from inside the kitchen, across the counter, from an observation deck above, or later, by reviewing video. Those tracking tags worn by workers and cus-tomers log how long it takes an order to make its way through the kitchen, through the mock drive-thru or across the counter.

Customers, played by retir-ees or students, don’t always choose their meals. Many times, orders are re-creat-ed from a previous day at an actual restaurant.

“The focus is really on what customers are looking for,” said Melody Roberts, McDonald’s senior director of experience design inno-vation, noting that, consum-er preference for custom drinks, for example, would shape the way kitchen space is allocated.

Rival Wendy’s has a culi-nary innovation center attached to its Ohio headquar-ters, said Chief Communica-tions Officer Liliana Esposito. The center, opened in 2003, has a setup replicating the cooking area of a Wendy’s restaurant and has allowed the company to double its amount of consumer testing.

Wendy’s also tests new prod-ucts, equipment and technol-ogy at an updated restaurant across the street from its sub-urban Columbus headquar-ters, Esposito said.

Burger King officials declined to comment.

At McDonald’s, Gilbert said she typically spends about four days a week at the center and one day at the corporate headquarters, where team members working on areas such as architecture and design are based. She looks for ideas while doing almost anything — visiting restau-rants and retailers, signing up for retailers’ apps on her phone, going to trade shows and even vacationing with her husband and two daughters.

Before she took on her role a few years ago, Gilbert spent a little more than six months as a crew member in restau-rants in Chicago.

“You can watch our oper-ations all day long, but you get a whole different insight when you have a chance to actually work all of those sta-tions,” she said. One of the hardest things, she added, was wrapping sandwiches the proper way during the breakfast rush.

Gilbert said that though there are a wide range of positions at the center, such as engineering, operations, technology and research, she looks for similar character-istics in applicants for any job: those who are “natural-ly curious” and like to solve problems.

“My favorite interview question is: If I gave you a few months and some mon-ey to work on anything you saw in a McDonald’s restau-rant, what would you want to work on?”

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In many plac-es around the world, poor sanitation is

not an easy problem to fix. But the issue kills far more people each year than war-fare, according to the World Health Organization.

In places like Nigeria, for example, approximate-ly half of its population of 170,000 million people suf-fer from deficient water sup-ply. Illnesses like Cholera, Typhoid Fever and Malaria have been a serious health concern for many Nigeri-ans, with Malaria alone accounting for 20 percent of deaths of young children in the country.

Engineers Without Bor-ders (EWB), a Registered Student Organization at the University, is doing every-thing it can to combat this issue.

The Nigeria Water Proj-ect is an undertaking that the Illinois branch of EWB has been working on since the summer of 2005. Its aim is to provide the peo-ple of the Nigerian village of Adu Achi with a clean, reliable source of water.

During the region’s dry season, members of the vil-lage of 3,000 people would previously have to travel three kilometers up to six times a day just to reach a source of water. According to the EWB project page, “the water borne-illnesses caused by consumption of this water were a signifi-cant contributor to physical and psychological stresses.” The children of the village often missed school to make the trips to get water, and it would take up a lot of time for the women of the village as well, according to Ryan Migalla, project member and senior in Engineering.

Now, after years of mak-ing trips down to Nigeria to implement the water system design, water runs freely in Adu Achi several times a week.

This project was incept-ed by Nigerian immigrant Stan Chu Ilo, who grew up in the town of Adu Achi and witnessed firsthand how big the struggle was to get a source of water in his village, let alone a clean one. With the help of a non-government organization called the Canadian Samar-itans for Africa, Ilo submit-

ted a proposal to Engineers Without Boarders USA in the summer of 2004 and the project was later tak-en over by the Universi-ty’s EWB branch in 2005. Since then, a group, which typically consists of one to three professional mentors and three to six students, has gone on to make peri-odic trips to survey, imple-ment and regulate the new water system.

Migalla began work on this EWB project in his sophomore year, and it allowed him a hands-on way to apply what he learned in the classroom to the real world.

“I was very interested in EWB because I was eager to apply my problem-solving skills to something outside of the classroom and I want-ed to help provide services that we take for granted to less fortunate people in the world,” Migalla said.

Today, the project stands on its own and the group members involved want to keep it that way.

Their current initiative now focuses on the sustain-ability of the system and

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Engineers Without Borders successfully provides clean water in remote Adu Achi

BY SUSAN SZUCHCONTRIBUTING WRITER

While the start of a new school year can mean sharp-ened pencils and fresh cray-ons for many students, it means visits from the Uni-versity’s Reaching and Edu-cating America’s Chemists of Tomorrow (REACT) Out-reach program for local third graders.

What started as an event during National Chemistry week in 1993 to get the Uni-versity’s American Chemi-cal Society chapter out to schools has became some-thing much bigger, said Jes-se Miller, REACT direc-tor. That event continued for several years before the idea was suggested to allow students to participate

in the activities for James Scholar Honors Credit.

Eventually, the popularity of the event led to it becom-ing its own program for 100-level chemistry cours-es, bringing with it an influx of volunteers; it went from 40 students to 400 volun-teers, according to Miller.

To organize the program, the class 199K was creat-ed, which allows the staff to create and improve cur-ricula, schedule classroom visits, train volunteers and work with the students.

Now, REACT is a pro-gram that allows students in certain chemistry class-es to fulfill James Scholar Honor credit or volunteer by visiting the schools with-in a 30-mile radius of cam-

pus. University students do everyday chemistry activi-ties with the students there, as well as participate in demonstration shows at Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club, Montessori schools in Cham-paign and third-, fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms.

The program focuses mainly on volunteering in third-grade classrooms, though in recent years it has branched out to oth-er grades, events at the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum and CHEM Fam-ily Nights. For president Sophie Friedman, junior in Engineering, she finds that the third and fourth grad-ers aren’t the only ones who gain an advantage from the program.

“It’s beneficial to (the kids) and to (the students), too, because you get to see a bunch of little kids, you get them excited about chemis-try and share your knowl-edge, too,” Friedman said. “So you kind of get a dual relationship for that short hour of time that you can make these kids have fun with science for a day.”

One constant throughout REACT’s history has been its third-grade program. Dubbing it the “bread and butter,” Miller notes that third grade is not only the best time to reach out to kids because they’re not yet busy with band or sports, but also because they’re just beginning to understand the science involved in the

demonstrations. In some areas, elemen-

tary students anticipate REACT’s arrival when they enter third grade.

“The kids do look for-ward to it. Especially in places like Mahomet, plac-es we’ve been going to for a while, they expect it,” Mill-

er said. “When they get to third grade, they know it’s the Physics Van and REACT that are coming.”

Emilee Nawa, sophomore in LAS, is one of the people who helps in coordinating the long-awaited visits to the

REACT inspires scientific learning for grade schoolers

“Being in EWB has allowed me to see the value of real work—work where the efforts I put in lead to a change in the quality of life for other people.”DINA BETTSENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS MEMBER

PHOTOS COURTESTY OF RYAN MIGALLALeft: An open tap at a local house in Adu Achi, where the water system implemented by the University’s EWB branch is running.Right: Some children from the village of Adu Achi, Nigeria, showing project member Ryan Migalla what he had taught them about washing their hands.

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PORTRAIT BY KAROLINA MARCZEWSKI THE DAILY ILLINIREACT Program staff member, Emilee Nawa, stands in front of the Noyes Laboratory on Tuesday.

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New golf practice facilities rival the best in the nationBY LAUREN MROZSTAFF WRITER

When Mike Small took over as the Illinois men’s golf coach in 2000, his pri-mary goal was to construct a successful program in all facets of the game. Bits and pieces of his mission would not be enough to satisfy the five-time Big Ten champi-on. In addition to forming a talented roster, Small want-ed to provide his players with the ability and access to improve their individual games 365 days a year.

In a sport historical-ly dominated by southern schools that take advan-tage of warm weather year-round, Small had to find a way to keep up with the competition.

His solution: the J.G. Demirjian Indoor Golf Practice Facility.

Seven years ago, Illinois opened the indoor facil-ity located on the south-ern edge of campus on St. Mary’s Road. Demirjian provides Illinois golfers access to a 6,300-square foot indoor putting and chipping area, six heated hitting bays — two of which are equipped with state-of-the-art video analysis equipment — and a golf club repair room.

Members of the current Illini roster, who make

up the first No. 1 ranked northern school from the Golf Coaches Association of America since the coach-es’ poll started in 2001, said that knowing they would be able to work on their games year-round played a big role in deciding to commit to Illinois.

“Coming to a north-ern school, you know that you’re going to have a break (from competition),” junior Charlie Danielson said. “Illinois having this awe-some indoor facility was big because I knew that I could work on my game all year and continue to get better and keep up with the southern schools that aren’t held back by the weather.”

Although Small possess-es one of the best indoor facilities in the country, there was still a hole in his overall plan to be a premier college golf program. To achieve his goal of making Illinois a consistent nation-al contender and adding a recruiting tool to attract the top high school golfers in the country, Small, along with golf course architect Jeff Brauer and former Illi-ni Steve Stricker, designed the Lauristen/Wohlers Out-door Practice Facility.

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BY SEAN NEUMANNSTAFF WRITER

Consistency is the question.

The Illinois football defense played its most com-plete game of the season Sat-urday against Minnesota, holding the Golden Gophers to just three points on 86 total yards in the first half.

Now that Illinois has win-ning proof that defensive coordinator Tim Banks’ defensive gameplan can work, the hope is that the team can continue its prog-ress against No. 13 Ohio State this Saturday.

“There was no question about any schemes,” line-backer Mason Monheim said. “It was just a matter of prov-ing it.”

Illinois has allowed an average of 475.4 yards per game, with 258.6 coming on the ground.

“We didn’t do anything different,” Banks said. “But when you win, you have a lit-

tle bit more of a bounce in your step and you’re excit-ed about keeping this thing going.”

Same gameplan against Buckeyes

Illinois head coach Tim Beckman said the Illi-ni will use the same offen-sive approach against Ohio State as they did against the Gophers: an offense led by senior quarterback Reilly O’Toole with the reserved possibility to use sophomore Aaron Bailey.

O’Toole agreed Satur-day’s game was the best of his career. He threw for 118 yards and rushed for 59 more while scoring two touchdowns (one rushing, one passing).

The senior said Saturday’s game was the high point in his college career.

“It was nice to contrib-ute to a win,” O’Toole said. “Hopefully there’s some

more moments like this lat-er on in the year.”

But this week’s upcom-ing game might be one of O’Toole’s final opportunities on the field with Illinois.

Beckman said injured

starting quarterback Wes Lunt is making “great” progress and there’s a good chance he’ll be back on the field against Iowa on Nov. 15 — meaning O’Toole is likely to return to the backup role for the rest of his senior year.

DuVernois’ subtle impactSenior punter Justin

DuVernois was named the Big Ten Special Teams Play-er of the Week after averag-

ing 48.7 yards on nine punts Saturday.

The senior had two 61-yard punts, a performance Beck-man called “unbelievable.”

DuVernois also had four punts downed inside the 20-yard line, including two inside Minnesota’s 10 — aiding the Illini defense by dramatically changing field position.

“The biggest thing that people overlook is the way that Justin’s been punting the ball,” Monheim said. “That’s huge in a game.”

DuVernois is statistically the best punter in the con-ference and ranks seventh in the country, averaging 45.8 yards per punt.

“You sure as heck would like to know that every time you go out there, you’re roughly guaranteed a 40-yard punt,” special teams coach Tim Salem said. “It’s not 55 one play and 22 the next, it’s that consistency that gets you through there.”

Sean can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @neumannthehuman.

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Illinois’ Mason Monheim and T.J. Neal tackle Minnesota’s KJ Maye during the homecoming game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The Illini won 28-24.

SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIThe Lauristen/Wohlers Outdoor Practice Facility, which opens in November, was modeled after the practice area at Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters is held each year.

POINT COUNTER-POINTWHAT DOES SATURDAY’S WIN MEAN FOR BECKMAN’S FUTURE?

If you had asked me a few days ago, I would have told you that

I wanted Tim Beckman fired ASAP. A few days ago, he only had one Big Ten win under his belt, and it was against Pur-due, a measly victory at best.

A few days ago, it appeared that the positivity he preached week-in and week-out wasn’t justified, as his teams seemed to show little improvement each season.

A few days ago, I agreed with just about everyone else in the state of Illinois who believed that Beckman’s time in Champaign should have already been over.

That was a few days ago, before Beckman led his Illini to the biggest win he has had since arriving at the U of I. The Illini defeated Minnesota 28-24 in a thrilling Homecoming game.

With much-maligned senior quarterback Reilly O’Toole under center and overall stellar defense, the Illini won a game that most people thought they would lose. In most

sports, one win usually isn’t much. But in college football, one win can change a program.

Almost more than any sport, momentum comes into play in college football. Going into the homecoming game, Illinois football was at its lowest point in recent memory.

Nobody had confidence in the future, and it seemed like the obvious decision to start a new head coaching search. After every single loss in Beckman’s Illinois career, he has always had something positive to say about his team. That finally paid off against Minnesota.

He always talks about how hard the Illini work and how they just weren’t executing the stuff they had seemingly accomplished on the practice fields. It all sounded like coach speak to me. After the win on Saturday, something changed.

Post-game euphoria may have had something to do with it, but the idea that Beckman might have something going with this team didn’t sound so crazy anymore.

When I woke up the next morning, everything I had thought the night

Tim Beckman awoke Sunday morning hav-ing notched his sec-

ond-ever Big Ten win halfway through his third season as the Illinois head coach.

For Mike Thomas, the victory must be good and bad.

The fanbase needed the victory on Homecoming and it was the program’s first Big Ten win at home since Oct. 1, 2011. It also brought Beckman’s team to 4-4, with a bowl game still within reach. The Illi-ni’s record will stand at 4-5 after they lose to Ohio State (I’m 99.9 percent pos-itive they will). That leaves two home games against Iowa and Penn State, and a third that is an away game only in name, as the Illini will head to Evanston, Illi-nois, to face “that team up north.”

So yes, if Beckman leads his team to a bowl game, he most likely stays.

Earlier this year, I thought Beckman should be fired midseason. That obviously won’t happen. I was wrong.

But, Beckman should not return if his team fails to reach a bowl. And even

if it does, Thomas should think long and hard about what to do, because if you remember, Ron Zook was canned after his 2011 team reached a bowl.

I am not confident Beck-man can lead Illinois to a new chapter in the pro-gram’s history. His teams have yet to notch a pro-gram-defining win, partly because there are only 10 wins to choose from. I sup-pose the dismantling of Cincinnati could count, but that win was forgot-ten once last year’s losses piled up.

Illinois needs a coach who can turn things around. In Zook’s third season, he coached the Illi-ni to a Rose Bowl.

I can’t picture Beck-man coaching the Illini in a College Football Playoff game. I can barely picture him on the sideline of the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl. He’s always destined to be the MAC coach he was before Illinois hired him.

Zook wasn’t Illinois’ greatest coach ever, but he could certainly recruit.

Strong recruiting class-es and pipeline states are the lifeblood of power-house programs. Though Zook compiled four wins in his first two seasons, he and his staff managed to pull in top talent, includ-

Coach Beckman proves himself a!er victory at the homecoming football game

Illini defense plays most complete game of the year against Gophers

Unless the team makes a bowl game, the Beckman era could still be over at Illinois

Win proves Beckman should stay

Win doesn’t give Beckman job security

SAM SHERMAN

Sports columnist

ERIK PRADO

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BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ head coach Tim Beckman reacts to a referee’s call during the homecoming game against Minnesota at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

In most sports, one win usually isn’t much. But in college football, one win can change a program.

I can’t picture Beckman coaching the Illini in a

College Football Playoff game.

“When you win, you have a little bit more of a bounce in

your step.”TIM BANKS

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BY STEPHEN BOURBONSENIOR WRITER

Since 2009, the Illinois vol-leyball team has hosted its Breast Cancer Awareness match, wearing pink jerseys to raise awareness.

The Illini auctioned off the pink jerseys, with the winner being able to place a name of their choosing on the back to recognize someone who has dealt with the disease.

Sophomore outside hitter Michelle Strizak was one of the Illini in pink Friday. The match carried a little extra bit of signifi cance as the back of her jersey simply read: “Mom.”

“With Michelle’s mom hav-ing breast cancer, it means even more,” junior Alexis Viliunas said. “It’s a little bit closer to home this year.”

Strizak fi rst learned of her mother’s condition after a victory over Purdue on Nov. 16 last season. Phyllis Strizak had stage two breast cancer.

To combat the disease, Strizak underwent six rounds of chemotherapy, along with surgery and radiation treat-ments. Despite living in Cin-cinnati, Strizak’s parents are regulars at Illini volleyball games, but Phyllis missed the end of the season last year. She wasn’t allowed to trav-el so far.

“Mish’s mom comes to a lot (of games), and those match-es where she wasn’t there because she had cancer were really tough for Mish,” Vili-unas said.

As time went on, bit by bit, her condition improved. Her

cancer is now in remission, and she has been back in the stands this season.

The Illini took care of business against the Hoo-siers, sweeping the match in three sets. With match point on the line, head coach Kev-in Hambly motioned to the bench and brought Strizak onto the court. While check-ing in at the 10-foot line, the Huff Hall faithfully gave her the loudest cheer of the night.

She didn’t get an attempt, and the Illini closed out Indi-ana one point later, but Stri-zak still thought it was an important moment for her family.

“It’s always great to have your family up there,” Stri-zak said. “This has real-ly shown how much appre-ciation I have for this experience.”

McMahon named fi nalist for Senior CLASS Award

Senior opposite side hit-ter Liz McMahon was named one of 10 fi nalists for the Senior CLASS Award. The award is given for achieve-ments on and off the court in four areas: community, classroom, competition and character.

She is one of two players in the Big Ten still eligible for the award along with Michi-gan State’s Kori Moster.

The award will be announced during the NCAA Division I Women’s Volley-ball Championship. A fan vote will count toward one-third of the decision, while Divi-

sion I coaches and national media members will consti-tute the fi nal two-thirds.

McMahon is second on the team with 251 kills and 3.26 kills per set. She also ranks fi rst among outside hitters on the team with 0.95 blocks per set.

Off the court, McMahon

holds a 3.85 GPA in recre-ation, sport and tourism and has been named Academic All-Big Ten twice in her fi rst three seasons.

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

before had stuck with me. I still believed all of it.

Maybe, just maybe, all of that positivity that Beckman had held onto throughout his time here had its purpose. Illinois travels to Columbus, Ohio, next weekend to take on Ohio State.

They will lose that game. They will lose that game badly. Getting blown out next week doesn’t change my opinion at all, however. After Ohio State, the Illini don’t leave the

state of Illinois for the rest of the season. They have a bye week, followed by home games against Iowa and Penn State, and a trip to Evanston to take on Northwestern. They need two more wins to get to a bowl game, and the win against Minnesota has given this team the confi dence it needs to get those wins.

I know I sound crazy, and maybe I am, but I think Beckman is the guy Illinois football needs.

Sam is a senior in media and can be reached at sshermn2@dailyillini.

ing Skokie native Rashard Mendenhall. He also grabbed Juice Williams, Arrelious Benn and Mar-tez Wilson, among others . From 2006 to 2009, Zook’s recruiting classes were no worse than 35th in the country . Beckman hasn’t had a recruiting class break the top 40.

Zook kept losing because he couldn’t develop those prospects. His classes suffered. In fact, many blame the lack of talent currently on the team on Zook because he was often a lame-duck head coach. When he was fi red, the cupboard was bare.

Beckman and his staff have done an admira-ble job trying to get tal-ent back in Champaign. Wes Lunt — once a four-star prospect — decid-ed to transfer here. Jihad Ward fi lls a big need for defensive talent, and Mike Dudek is molding himself into a special player.

But will their talents be fully utilized and can

Beckman start to bring in stronger, game-chang-ing prospects? So far, the answer is no.

Illinois needs to take the next step and hire a coach who not only has a proven background, but who can also bring in the top out-of-state talent.

Again, by no means do I hate Beckman. He has done an admirable job try-ing to rebuild this pro-gram. His off-the-fi eld pol-icies have made the Illini a model in the classroom and in the community, a model that Florida State and Jameis “Crab Legs” Winston should look at.

If Beckman is let go, though, Thomas bet-ter make a bold move, a la Oregon going to New Hampshire for Chip Kelly .

History will most likely frown at Beckman’s ten-ure in Champaign, but his-tory might also show that his time here ultimate-ly proved to be a turning point.

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

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Now that the Illinois soccer team has offi cial-ly clinched a berth in the Big Ten Tournament, it can breathe a collective sigh of relief. There is still plenty of work to be done, though, and the Illini look to be in their best form of the season.

Head coach Janet Ray-fi eld said she thinks Illi-nois (10-7-1, 5-6-1 Big Ten) is playing its best soccer of the season, which she attri-butes to the depth and ver-satility the team has found.

“We’ve been able to sort of spread our expe-rience out now,” Ray-field said. “We’ve got Hope (D’Addario), who’s now more experienced in the back line, and Alii-na (Weykamp) with some experience in the midfi eld, and we’ve always had Jan-nelle (Flaws) with the expe-rience up front. I think that balance now is allow-ing us to play the way that we want to play with some experience and composure that we needed in order to do that.”

Usually a defender, Weykamp replaced the injured Casey Conine in the midfi eld the past two

matches. Freshman defend-er Sarah Warren held down Weykamp’s spot in the back line, and the Illini allowed just two goals and 13 total shots all weekend.

Players have been switching positions all season without much of an issue, which is a testament to Illinois’ versatility.

To go along with its adaptability and deep bench, Illinois has recent-ly spread out the scoring. Flaws is the obvious fi rst option on offense and leads the team in goals by a wide margin, but three differ-ent Illini found the back of the net this past weekend — none of whom were Flaws.

“We were just coming at them with different stuff and trying different things, and the whole team was getting forward,” Flaws said. “We had a lot of num-bers in the box and up, and that was part of the reason we were getting so many shots.”

Freshmen Kara Marbury and Emily Osoba were two of the three Illini goal scor-ers last weekend. Illinois has had to rely on fresh-man contributions all year, and with the regular sea-son coming to a close, those freshmen are starting to

play like veterans.Marbury has been a

huge addition since return-ing from her foot injury and provides stability on the front line with Flaws. Freshman defender Abby Elinsky has meshed well in the back line and showed off her versatility by start-ing a few games at forward while Marbury was out. Osoba has provided qual-ity minutes off the bench all season, and the afore-mentioned Warren has now

started 10 games on the back line, which has been one of the most solid areas of the fi eld for Illinois.

“I think it’s part of our development in that we’re starting to have confi dence in each other,” Rayfi eld

said. “Freshmen scoring goals and all of that is some of the experience that we have. This is a team play-ing together collectively, and I think if we can con-tinue to do that, we can win some games.”

With players return-ing from nagging inju-ries, better shot distribu-tion and a strong sense of trust throughout the line-up, there isn’t much to com-plain about for the Illini as they head into their fi nal match of the season on Fri-day against Wisconsin.

Now they just need to keep it all together for the postseason.

“I think these last three games have shown that we’ve proved to ourselves that we deserve to run against any other team in the country, even the top teams in the country,” junior midfielder Rea-gan Robishaw said. “Now we have to prove to other teams that we’re coming. We’re coming for the Big Ten tournament and we’re not a team to just knock around.”

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Soccer fi nishing strong as Big Ten tournament approaches

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Hope D’Addario rises up for a header against Michigan at Illinois Track and Soccer stadium on Sunday. The Illini lost 2-1.

tice area at the Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters is held each April, the 24-acre training center will provide golfers an area complete with var-ious lies and grass types, access to target fairways, target greens of varying

distances and sizes, fair-way bunkers and green-side bunkers. The Wad-sworth Golf Construction Company began work on the $2 million facility in early June and the facili-ty is scheduled to open in November.

“I think it’s going to help all of our short games, real-ly,” freshman Nick Har-dy said. “It will defi nitely

allow us to get better on the greens. It’s just another tool to get us better, which is really exciting.”

Overall, both the men’s and women’s golf teams will have access to prac-tice any shot in golf at any time. Lauristen/Wohlers sits adjacent to Demirji-an. Hand-in-hand, the two practice areas form argu-ably the best facilities

in the nation. With their close vicinity in relation to campus, golfers can fi n-ish classes for the day and have easy access to prac-tice time and simulating realistic situations.

“That was definite-ly what sold me,” Hardy said regarding Lauristen/Wohlers. “Aside from being coached by Coach Small, seeing the design for that

and knowing that is was going to be ready this fall (made a difference). That defi nitely sent me over the edge to come to Illinois.”

Small has constructed one of the strongest college golf programs in the coun-try, if not the strongest. There will always be small-er details that the program continues to improve on as time goes on. But for now,

a bright spotlight shines on Champaign for not only col-lege competitors, but also the top high school golfers in the country. Anything a golfer could ask for facili-ty-wise, the Illinois now has to offer.

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Power rankingsDAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORTEditor’s note: Every week, The Daily Illini football staff ranks the football teams in the Big Ten 1-14 and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings.

4.WISCONSIN (4) Running back Melvin Gordon’s three touchdowns helped the Badgers make quick work of Maryland on Saturday, taking a 52-0 lead into the fi nal minute of the game before allowing a Terrapins score.

1.MICHIGAN STATE (LAST WEEK: 1)The Spartans put up 446 total yards on Michigan Saturday, demolishing the Wolverines 35-11.

2.OHIO STATE (2)Defensive end Joey Bosa had 2.5 sacks against Penn State, including one on the fi nal play in double overtime to seal a 31-24 Buckeyes win.

3.NEBRASKA (3) Ameer Abdullah’s 225 rushing yards helped Nebraska cruise to an easy 42-24 win over Rutgers on Saturday.

5.IOWA (7)The Hawkeyes’ 10 interceptions in their fi rst seven games are helping change momentum back to their sideline.

7.PENN STATE (9)The Nittany Lions’ 224 passing yards helped them nearly upset No. 13 Ohio State in double overtime.

10.MICHIGAN (10)The Wolverines could only manage 61 yards rushing in Saturday’s 35-11 loss to Michigan State.

8.MINNESOTA (5)A 21-point third quarter couldn’t save Minnesota from dropping its fi rst conference game at Illinois Saturday.

9.MARYLAND (6) The Terrapins couldn’t score until the fi nal minute Saturday, managing just 46 rushing yards in a 52-7 loss to Wisconsin.

12.ILLINOIS (14)The Illini defense allowed Minnesota’s David Cobb just 24 yards in the fi rst half, allowing themselves enough room to hold on for a 28-24 victory Saturday.

13.INDIANA (12)Running back Tevin Coleman helps lead the Hoosiers with 1,192 rushing yards, ranking third in the country.

6.NORTHWESTERN (8)The Wildcats are averaging just 20.9 points per game, the worst in the Big Ten.

14.RUTGERS (13)The Scarlet Knights couldn’t stop Nebraska’s prolifi c rushing game Saturday, allowing nearly 300 yards on the ground.

11.PURDUE (11)The Boilermakers are coming off two impressive Big Ten games, defeating Illinois and falling to Minnesota on a late fi eld goal.

“I think that balance now is allowing us to

play the way that we want to play.”

JANET RAYFIELDHEAD COACH

Breast cancer match hits home

FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Michelle Strizak watches on after spiking the ball during the game against Minnesota at Huff Hall, on Wednesday. The Illini won 3-0.

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Cutler isn’t as elite as his contract suggests

I have always been a strong advocate of the idiom “you get what you

pay for;” meaning, if you don’t pay much for some-thing, it is probably of bad quality. I tend to spend the extra dollar on items in hope that they will be of higher quality than the less expensive alternative.

So what does $126 mil-lion get you?

I’m sure this is a ques-tion the Chicago Bears and their fans are asking them-selves right about now.

The answer should be an elite quarterback that a team can build a franchise around. However, up to this point, Chicago has received anything but that.

This past offseason, the Bears signed quarterback Jay Cutler to a seven-year contract, worth $126 mil-lion. The move was heav-

ily criticized by fans and NFL experts who believed Cutler should not be paid equivalent to the likes of Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Tom Brady.

Perhaps the fans and experts were right.

Speaking of Brady, the three-time Super Bowl champion may have put the final nail in the coffin of the Bears’ season this past weekend. Brady and the New England Patri-ots dominated Chicago in every facet of the game en route to a 51-23 blowout vic-tory. Brady was his usual dazzling self with over 350 yards passing, five touch-downs and a nearly perfect passer rating of 148.4.

That’s what an elite quar-terback looks like.

On the other hand, Cutler was his usual disappoint-ing self with another unim-pressive performance that included two turnovers. He leads the NFL with 11 give-aways this year.

After Sunday’s outcome, as a Bears fan, I am forced to ask myself: Is the sea-son over? I don’t know the answer to that question but based on what the experts think, I’m not sure I want to hear the answer.

On the bright side, things for Cutler and the Bears can’t get much worse.

Don’t get me wrong, Cut-ler is not entirely to blame for the Bears’ woes this season. He certainly isn’t getting any help on the defensive side of the ball. That couldn’t have been any more evident Sunday afternoon.

The Bears gave up 38 points in the first half, the most in team history. New England scored on its first five possessions of the game. For an organization that historically has boast-ed a tough, hard-nosed defense, the Bears looked pretty helpless Sunday.

How pathetic.As a Bears fan and as a

Chicagoan, frustration is at an all-time high. Frustra-tion not because of how bad the Bears are, but because of how good they can be.

The talent is there. With a loaded roster, a 3-5 record is unaccept-able. Being 0-3 at home is unacceptable. Losing four of the last five games is unacceptable. Mediocrity is unacceptable.

This inability to win games with so much tal-ent on offense is truly an indictment of Cutler. The quarterback is the most important position in all of sports. Everything starts with him.

I have always been an avid supporter of Cutler,

but something has to give. Sooner or later, there need to be results. I can no lon-ger defend his reckless decision-making, his seem-ingly careless attitude or his innate ability to make

the wrong throw at the wrong time.

This isn’t what the Bears paid for. If things contin-ue this way, then I think I speak for Bears fans every-where when I say I want my

money back.

Mubarak is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at msalami @dailyillini.com and on Twitter @justmubar.

BRIAN CASSELLA TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is sacked by New England Patriots outside linebacker Dont’a Hightower in the second quarter Sunday.

MUBARAK SALAMI

Sports columnist

Bears continue to disappoint during 51-23 blowout defeat

BY DERRICK GOOLDTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras, a rising meteor of talent who was considered one of the top hitting prospects in the game since his first at-bat in the minor leagues, was killed in a car accident Sun-day afternoon in his native Dominican Republic. He was 22.

Taveras and his girlfriend were both in the accident, which reportedly happened on a stretch of highway near his hometown of Sosua on the northern coast of the Dominican in Puerto Plata. His agent, Brian Mejia, con-firmed that the accident had killed both Taveras and his girlfriend.

The Cardinals released a statement Sunday night expressing condolences and shock at the loss of the team’s youngest position player.

“I simply can’t believe it,” general manager John Mozeliak said in a club state-ment. “I first met Oscar when he was (16 years old) and will forever remember him as a wonderful young man who was a gifted ath-lete with an infectious love for life who lived every day to the fullest.”

Mozeliak and manager Mike Matheny discussed a week ago how they expected Taveras to arrive at spring training in February and compete for the starting job in right field. Matheny said he expected Taveras to “be a star.”

The young outfielder had annually been the Cardi-nals’ top prospect since he was a teen, and both Base-ball America and MLB.com ranked Taveras as one of the

top two hitting prospects in the minors each of the past two seasons. He made his major-league debut May 31 and in his second at-bat hit a solo home run that led the Cardinals to a 2-0 victory at Busch Stadium. Beaming, he accepted a curtain call from the crowd with a wave of his batting helmet.

“We are all stunned and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of one of the youngest members of the Cardinals family,” Chair-man Bill DeWitt Jr. said in a statement. “Oscar was an amazing talent with a bright future who was taken from us well before his time. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends tonight.”

The Puerto Plata police confirmed to Dominican reporters that the cause of death was the car accident. Officials with the Domin-ican winter league also announced the deaths of the outfielder and his girlfriend. A Dominican newspaper identified his girlfriend as Edilia Arvelo. She was 18.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known.

The Dominican winter league posted pictures on its Twitter feed of players from both teams at games Sunday night gathering in prayer or huddling together after hearing the news.

A few Cardinals play-ers who could be reached expressed shock and sad-ness after hearing first reports or from other teammates about the acci-dent. Second baseman Kol-ten Wong, who advanced through the minors as a teammate of Taveras, wrote on Twitter: “My heart truly hurts to hear the passing of Oscar! I’ve played with him every year and we truly lost a great person!”

The Cardinals signed Tav-eras in 2008 to a $145,000 bonus. Within a few years, Cardinals officials, includ-ing Mozeliak, openly and repeatedly called him the

finest hitting prospect the organization had since Albert Pujols, the three-time National League Most Valuable Player.

In his first three profes-sional seasons with a domes-tic affiliate, Taveras won league championships. He was a league MVP, a Class A batting champ, and a threat to win the Triple Crown at Class AA — leading the league in average, homers and RBIs — all before his 21st birthday.

Twice this past season, the Cardinals cleared room in the starting lineup for the lefthanded-hitting out-fielder. He was promoted in late May to take part in the team’s stretch of games against American League teams. On July 1, he was pro-moted again with a promise of a starter’s at-bats. Later that month, the Cardinals traded Allen Craig to Boston to free up additional playing time for Taveras — so high-ly regarded was his talent.

He hit .239 with a .312 slugging percentage and three home runs in 80 games with the team. With others producing more often, Tav-eras was used mostly as a pinch-hitter and part-time player in the final month of the season and the play-offs. He went three for sev-en (.429) with an RBI and a home run as a pinch-hitter in the postseason. In Game 2 of the National League cham-pionship series, Taveras hit a home run that helped the Cardinals to their only vic-tory in the series against the San Francisco Giants.

That solo home run came with the quick, pow-er-packed swing that the Cardinals had been eager to unleash and had long advertised as part of their future. It also came with Taveras’ signature flourish — a long follow-through, bat still pointed skyward, like a magician’s wand after his finale.

That was Taveras’ next-to-last at-bat.

Cardinals mourn TaverasOut!elder Oscar Taveras killed in car accident

BY DAN WIEDERERTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

A day after absorbing a humiliating 51-23 road loss to the New England Patri-ots, the Chicago Bears’ troubles only compounded Monday with news surfac-ing that two starters had been lost for the season.

An MRI showed that defensive end Lamarr Houston ruptured the ante-rior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss. Meanwhile, left guard Matt

Slauson tore his right pec-toral muscle in the second half.

General manager Phil Emery confirmed those injuries at his midseason news conference Mon-day at Halas Hall, anoth-er wave of bad news for a team that’s been ravaged by injuries this season.

Emery said Houston will undergo surgery on his knee once the swelling subsides with the veteran defensive lineman facing a recovery timetable of 6-8 months before he can get back on the field.

Slauson, meanwhile, won’t require surgery on his pectoral but will be out for 3-4 months.

Houston’s i nju r y

occurred with a little more than three minutes left Sunday at Gillette Stadium when he was celebrating a sack. That sack came with the Bears trailing 48-23 and rookie backup Jimmy Garoppolo in at quarter-back for mop-up time for the Patriots.

Unfortunately, Houston came across looking quite foolish with his season end-ing in such odd and untime-ly fashion.

Added Emery: “He knows he made an error. He’s come into all of our offices and apologized for his error. But ultimate-ly the team paid a price. And at the end of the day Lamarr paid a bigger price. He lost the season.”

Houston and Slauson sustain injuries Sunday

Injuries plague Bears

BY JIM NAVEAUTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

COLUMBUS — Letting a 17-point lead slip away was a lot easier to talk about for Urban Meyer at his weekly press conference on Monday than it would have been if Ohio State hadn’t recovered to beat Penn State 31-24 in double overtime on Satur-day night.

In fact, Meyer immedi-ately mentioned the possi-ble benefits of that situation when asked if it was good that his team had played under pressure after four straight blowout wins.

Ohio State led Penn State 17-0 at halftime. But the Nittany Lions tied the game with less than a minute to play, then scored first in overtime to put OSU into a score-or-else position.

“It’s not a good thing, it’s a great thing,” Meyer said about pulling out a win in front of a sellout crowd on the road under pressure.

“I was talking to a cou-ple of my colleagues who I talk to on a weekly basis and they made those comments. But it’s not just the atmo-sphere. It’s the toughness element that you just were in a street fight, and you’re winning. Then you started

getting your tail kicked and you came back and won. That builds toughness.

“You’re down seven points in that environment and you can’t look to anyone else for help. It’s the 11 guys out there who have to score a touchdown. And they did.”

But Meyer’s enjoyment of the situation had its lim-its. Asked if he had wanted to see his team tested that way, he said, “No. No, no, no. Monday afterward I’m good, but we didn’t play very well. There’s some positions and some players that didn’t play very well that we have to get fixed.”

Running back Ezekiel Elliott said the players were aware of the magnitude of the situation in the present and for the rest of the season.

“We knew that one more loss and that may be it for our championship hopes, Big Ten or even making it to the playoffs. We knew in that moment we had to score or everything we’re playing for is gone,” Elliott said.

Quarterback J.T. Barrett scored both of Ohio State’s touchdowns in overtime after suffering a knee sprain near the end of the first half.

Meyer said Monday the injury is a sprained medi-al collateral ligament but that it isn’t serious enough to keep Barrett out of Sat-urday night’s game against Illinois at Ohio Stadium.

Barrett will be limited in practice this week, though.

BOSA GETS BIG TEN HONOR: Sophomore defen-

sive lineman Joey Bosa was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after recording 2.5 sacks against Penn State. That gives him eight for the season and he has had a tackle for loss in 13 consecutive games.

“What’s got him to this point is he’s a practice play-er. He goes out and practic-es and does a good job with his effort and that’s why you continue to see a guy like that improve,” Meyer said. “He’s getting better. He’s better than he was at the beginning of the season.”

CAREER BEST: Line-backer Joshua Perry, who leads Ohio State with 63 tackles, had a career-high 18 tackles against Penn State.

INJURY UPDATE: Defen-sive back Cameron Bur-rows and defensive lineman Rashad Frazier are expected to return after missing last week’s game with injuries. Special teams player Devan Bogard is out and will have knee surgery for a third con-secutive season.

NO REVERSAL: Tele-vision replays appeared to show the football hitting the ground when Vonn Bell was credited with an interception in the first quarter against Penn State, but the replay officials did not overturn the call on the field.

REGULAR SEASON STREAK: Ohio State has won 19 consecutive Big Ten regular-season games in a row, which is one off the Big Ten record, set by Ohio State from 2005-2007.

Buckeyes survive scareOhio State wins against Penn State in overtime

CHRIS LEE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Oscar Taveras hits a solo home run during Game 2 of the National League Championship

Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants on Oct. 12.

ABBY DREY TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett looks for an open teammate against Penn State on Saturday.

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Victor Cruz: Salsa Dance, 2010sCruz’s hip-swinging Latin dance is the modern Ickey

Shuffl e, a fun dance that is a lot less self-centered than anything Johnson or T.O. ever did. Despite the fact that he plays for the Giants, one of my least favorite teams, Cruz’s dance is my second-favorite modern celebration.

A history of the touchdown celebration

Ifyou’re a Bears fan, you know what happened this weekend against the Patriots was a calam-ity of epic proportions.

Adding injury to insult was defensive end Lamarr Houston’s fourth quarter sack celebration. Hous-ton sacked Patriots’ backup Jimmy Garoppolo and proceeded to do an outlandish celebration that cost him his ACL and the rest of the season.

The Bears were losing by 25 points when Hous-ton committed this gaffe.

It was just fi ve weeks ago that Detroit linebacker Stephen Tulloch blew out his knee while celebrat-ing a sack of Aaron Rodgers. NFL celebrations have come a long way since Joe Horn and Terrell Owens, but in the Houston/Tulloch tradition, it’s time to look at some of the most notable celebra-tions in football history.

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Billy “White Shoes” Johnson, 1970sJohnson was the fi rst player to come up with

his own individual touchdown dance. His knee-knocking creativity paved the way for anyone else to celebrate beyond spiking the ball. He’s the original celebrator.

Ickey Woods: Ickey Shuffl e, 1980sThe Ickey shuffl e was the celebration that orig-

inally prompted the NFL to implement an exces-sive celebration rule. It has also been revived in a recent series of Geico insurance commercials. It was just a simple back-and-forth shuffl e, but however you look at it, the Ickey Shuffl e was a big deal.

Deion Sanders: Primetime, 1990sDeion became the original NFL diva with his

toe-tapping Primtime touchdown dance. Sand-ers high-stepping into the endzone is often imi-tated today, mostly in homage to the greatest cornerback of all time. Devin Hester recreated the dance while celebrating breaking Sanders’ record for most career touchdown returns.

Terrell Owens: Dallas Star, 2000Owens stomping on the Cowboys’ midfi eld logo was one

of the more memorable celebrations in NFL history, even if it was an early indication of the fact that T.O. was an insuf-ferable jerk. This celebration started a long line of creative

celebrations by wide receivers. You’ll see T.O.’s name on this list again.

Rob Gronkowski: The Gronk Spike, 2010sThis is my favorite, mostly because Gronk plays for my

beloved Patriots. Every player who has scored many touch-downs has spiked the ball at least once afterward, but

Gronk does it every time, and has made it his signature move. No one in the game spikes it with the ferocity or

energy that Gronk does. He also did it three times against the Bears this weekend, so as we started this column with

the Bears’ lousy play, we’ll end it with the Bears’ lousy play. Sorry Chicago fans.

Tony Gonzalez/Jimmy Graham: Goalpost Dunk, 2000sThis was a cool one. The NFL banned it before this

season, especially because Graham had a tendency to bend the goalpost with his thunderous slams. Gonzalez

invented it, and the ex-Miami basketball player Graham made it popular. It’s a shame the NFL has banned this

celebration.

Chad Johnson/Ochocinco: Any celebration he did, 2000sOchocinco was the most colorful receiver in the NFL

in the 2000s and always needed a camera on him to cap-ture his antics. Wearing a Hall of Fame jacket, holding

up a hand-lettered sign and proposing to a cheerleader all fell within Johnson’s purview. He has performed the most

diverse set of celebrations in NFL history.

Bill Gramatica: ACL Tear, 2001Gramatica is best known for shredding his ACL while

celebrating a fi eld goal during his rookie season with the Arizona Cardinals. It’s never nice to laugh at someone

when he gets hurt, but it’s tough not to giggle when watch-ing Gramatica wipe out á la Tulloch or Houston.

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