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Muslims reveal why they conceal

BY MADDIE REHAYEMSTAFF WRITER

Hijabs are more to Muslim wom-en than an observation of faith. This was the message Muslim stu-dents shared Thursday with Uni-versity students who tried on the hijabs, or head scarves.

As part of Islam Awareness Week, the Muslim Student Asso-

ciation hosted “Wear a Hijab Day” at which members distributed pink hijabs in front of the Illini Union, so students could experience a day wearing the head scarves.

Zahra Siddiqui , member of the MSA and sophomore in LAS, said many of the students trying on hijabs did so because they didn’t know that they could.

“It’s for everyone,” she said. “In a lot of faiths and cultures (not just Islam), women do wear a scarf to cover themselves for modesty purposes.”

Siddiqui and other MSA mem-bers spent the afternoon pinning hijabs on students and educating them on what it means to wear one.

“In this day and age where wom-en are constantly being sexual-ly objectifi ed, it’s like my way of standing up to that and saying I’m more than just a physical body,” she said. “That’s what hijab means to me, and, of course, it’s a command-ment of my lord, and I feel proud

representing my faith in that way.” Students took part in the event

regardless of faith. Debbie New-comb , junior in LAS, said she heard about the event through an Arabic class. Newcomb is a Christian and said she tried a hijab at the event because she wanted to experience the culture.

“I didn’t know that it would fi t so tight,” she said. Newcomb said she knew people might stare at her while she wore the hijab.

“It’s such a different concept compared with the Western con-

Local currency initiative smiles on communityBY JANELLE O’DEACONTRIBUTING WRITER

Paying for something with a Smile instead of a dollar may sound too good to be true.

UC Smiles, a new local currency program, will launch as a six-month pilot program Nov. 1 and aims to boost the community economy, strengthen area culture and encourage local shopping, according to a news release. Smiles are equal to $1 and are offered in increments of one, fi ve and 20 . Smiles can be exchanged for dollars at local businesses International Galleries, 118 Lincoln Square Mall , or Strawberry Fields, 306 W. Springfi eld Ave.

Seonmi Kim , one of the executive directors of UC Smiles and graduate

student, had been researching alternative economic approaches, including local currency movements, and wanted to bring the idea to Champaign-Urbana.

“Based on my research and experiences, I learned that this town had perfect conditions for a local currency movement,” Kim said. “Because of the size of the community, it is not too big or too small; it is just the appropriate size to get a sense of community.”

The project is being funded by grants from the University’s Offi ce of Public Engagement and Focal Point . The money will be used for printing costs and reimbursing businesses who accept UC Smiles.

“The purpose of this whole thing is education (and) trying to make people

aware of what happens when you spend your dollars,” said Tracy Satterthwaite , executive director of public relations. “At big box stores, the money goes into corporate hands ... (which) are already rich.”

Jack Wallace is the general manager at Strawberry Fields, one of more than 30 businesses accepting UC Smiles.

“Tracy (Satterthwaite) just brought us a great proposal,” Wallace said. “We thought, ‘Let’s get on board with it and just see how it works.’ It’s important to keep the money in the community.”

The benefits of UC Smiles have persuaded businesses such as Cool Cab , Siam Terrace and Sweet Dreams Mattress

Last produce of summer sold on Quad at farmstandBY CLAIRE EVERETTSTAFF WRITER

It’s out with the warm-season vegetables and in with the cold for the Student Sustainable Farm.

On Thursday, the farm held its final farmstand of the year on the Quad. The produce was displayed on a folding farmstand, a device designed by University architecture students. It made its debut at the beginning of this harvest season.

University graduate and current farmhand Claire Johnson said taking down the stand for the last time made her sad.

“This was my favorite day of the week — to come out on the Quad, interact with people and tell them about the sustainable farm and the organic food they’re getting,” Johnson said. She joked, “I might cry later.”

Farm workers did one last harvest this week and then mowed over where the warm-season crops were.

They harvested the last of the tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, summer squash, melons and pumpkins.

“These are the dregs of the tomatoes,” said Jenny Goodwine, farmhand and University graduate, as she surveyed the farmstand. “Now we’re harvesting the hardier greens like kale, collards, chard and fall vegetables.”

Despite the drought, the farm has had a successful season because of its drip irrigation system that replenished the soil with water.

Johnson said everything “seemed pretty plentiful” until the frost last week.

“In August and earlier September we were

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Zahra Siddiqui, left, sophomore in LAS, explains the history and meaning behind the hijab to Jett Levin, freshman in LAS, on the Quad as part of a series of events sponsored by the UIUC Muslim Students Association to celebrate Islamic Awareness Week 2012.

Turn to Page 3A for coverage of last night’s vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

Guest Column: GEO leaders explain why they are considering striking OPINIONS, 4A

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Betty Johnson, left, Champaign resident, and Claire Johnson, center, farmhand and University graduate, help Samra Matin, sophomore in LAS, decide what produce to select at the Student Sustainable Farm's last farmstand on the Quad on Thursday.

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Seonmi Kim, right, founder of UC Smiles, shows off the designs for the local currency at a press conference at Cafe Piato on Monday.

‘Wear a Hijab Day’ sheds light on meaning of the head scarf

See FARMSTAND, Page 3A

See ISLAM WEEK, Page 3A

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GEO keeps open possibility of going on strikeBY LAUREN ROHRSTAFF WRITER

Frustrated with the progress of negotiations, the Graduate Employees’ Organization is open-ing the door to the possibility of a strike.

Organization members met Thursday night to discuss the possibility of fi ling a notice of intent to strike to the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board. With 173 of 175 mem-bers in favor, the GEO decided

to fi le the paperwork.Monte Beaty, member of the

GEO bargaining team, said the act of fi ling the notice is a basic step in the bargaining process. It does not mean graduate employ-ees will actually go on strike, but it gives them the option to do so in the future.

“All this means is that we’re putting the administration on notice that at some point in the future, we may have a second vote, which would move forward

a work action (strike),” Beaty said.

Before legally instituting a strike, the IELRB requires labor unions to fi le this paperwork, according to the board’s adminis-trative code. The code also states that the graduate employees can-not engage in a strike until 10 days after they give the paper-work to the University, a regional superintendent and the IELRB.

The GEO has been in negotia-tion with the University regard-

ing a new contract for months, as the organization’s 2009 contract expired Aug. 16. GEO bargain-ing members recently requested a state mediator to act as a com-municator between the parties after University administrators denied the GEO’s wish to fi le a joint request for mediation.

Though Beaty said the IELRB told the GEO on Thursday they were moving forward with the organization’s unilateral request for mediation, the University had

since changed its mind. The Uni-versity agreed to fi le the joint request for mediation to the Fed-eral Mediation and Conciliation Service.

“It makes things a lot easier going forward if we both agree to bringing this third-party commu-nicator to help us move forward in the process of negotiation to get some of these really hard issues off the table,” Beaty said.

Stephanie Seawell, GEO com-munications offi cer, said she

hopes a mediator will help to improve the organization’s com-munication with the University. She said the GEO has met with administrators 19 times, but the two parties have yet to agree on any important issues, such as wages, healthcare and tuition waivers.

“We need (the University) to understand that we’re serious. We have to talk about tuition

See GEO, Page 3A

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Champaign! Burglary was reported

at Wendy’s, 2033 N. Prospect Ave., around 12:30 a.m. Satur-day.

According to the report, an unknown offender stole three items from the business.

! Battery was reported at the intersection of North Pros-pect and University Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, two unknown offenders battered the victim and damaged the victim’s vehicle.

Urbana! A 27-year-old male was ar-

rested on multiple charges in the 100 block of North Cottage Grove Avenue around 11 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, the suspect was charged with driving under the infl uence of alcohol, unsafe movement on roadway, operating an unin-sured motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident, as-sisted tow truck, accident in-

volving injury and accident with non-vehicular property damage. The suspect was op-erating a motor vehicle when he made an unsafe movement to the left, striking a tele-phone pole. The offender fl ed from the accident but was lo-cated a short time later. The suspect denied driving but ad-mitted being at a bar previous-ly. The suspect had keys to the damaged vehicle in his pock-et. The suspect was taken into custody and taken to the hos-pital and then taken to jail.

! Criminal damage to prop-erty was reported in the 2000 block of South Philo Road around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, the unknown offender damaged a glass door at the business by shooting it with a BB or pellet gun. This happened after busi-ness hours. No suspect infor-mation or evidence was avail-able.

! Aggravated assault was reported in the 600 block of Abbey Road around 4 a.m. Thursday.

According to the report, the

offender attempted to hit the victim with her vehicle as the victim was walking on a side-walk. The suspect was unsuc-cessful in hitting the victim but the victim sustained mi-nor injuries from diving out of the way.

University! Criminal damage to prop-

erty was reported at Busey Hall, 1115 W. Nevada St., around 12:30 a.m. Thursday.

According to the report, a University employee report-ed that an unknown offend-er scrawled graffi ti on a wall of the location. The damages were valued at $200.

! Theft was reported at the English Building, 608 S. Wright St., on Wednesday.

According to the report, a University student report-ed that an unknown offend-er stole a bike that was locked near the location since Mon-day. The bike was valued at $100.

Compiled by Klaudia Dukala

ISS members speak out on student spending

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The Daily Illini, the article “College Illinois returns after being closed” stated that College Illinois’ benefi ts only applies to public universities in Illinois and that the program was underfunded by 3 percent. In fact, the benefi ts can be applied to many colleges and universities around the country, and the program is underfunded by 30 percent.

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In the Oct. 11, 2012, edition, the caption with the article “Pole dancing to the beat of fi tness: A spin on the traditional workout” misspelled the RSO Illini Pole Fitness Illini Poll Fitness. A reader found this error through the DI Fact-Check Contest.

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Learning through study, research and actual exploration grows your skills, talents and specialties this year. Spirituality flourishes. Follow passions where they lead, with the foundation of a solid financial plan. Practice adaptability with an open mind.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (MAR. 21-APRIL 19)Today is an 8 -- Stay put for a while longer. Both financial and social planning take on new importance. Don’t worry about the money, just get into action and solve a puzzle.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) Today is a 9 -- Celebrate later: Now’s time for action. Redesign your priorities, set a juicy goal and get the funding. You can get your bills paid. Trust a hunch.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)Today is a 9 -- Now’s a good time for nesting and penny-pinching. Learn a new trick to give a second life to what you thought was trash. You’re making a good impression.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)Today is a 9 -- You can handle the work obstacles coming at you. Access your best communication skills. Send information to those who need it. All ends well and love prevails.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)Today is an 8 -- A friend helps you find a bug in your system. Turn up the charm, and up the ante at work. Exceptional patience is required. Focusing on someone you love makes the task at hand easier.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) Today is a 9 -- Speak up and listen. Your opinion is important, but don’t get tangled up in an argument, especially at work. Create teamwork. Achieve the goal, despite the circumstances. Get outdoors.

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)Today is a 9 -- You get a lot done quickly, especially without distraction. Count your blessings.

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As the elections draw closer and closer, the press is talking about the missteps

of presidential hopefuls former Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama. But in only discussing the Republican and Democrat hopefuls, the media are unfairly limiting the general population’s knowledge about the presidential candidates.

Third parties tend to have different objectives than the two main parties.

While the Republican and Democratic parties’ main goal is obtaining as many seats as possible, third parties stick to ideology. Republicans and Democrats often disagree on issues regardless of party similarities, while third parties agree on similar views and approaches to issues.

To win an election, a candidate generally needs to appeal to the most moderate voter, even though Romney and Obama may at times pull far right or left. Third party candidates, largely because they know they are unlikely to win, appeal to beliefs that many moderate Americans may not have.

Third party candidates are rarely discussed in mainstream media. The logic behind it being that these candidates will not win, so they do not deserve coverage. However, these candidates are still capable of shaping American policy and do from time to time — Libertarian former Gov. Gary Johnson is vying for the presidency, and there are two independents in the Senate, but they generally side with Democrats, though.

The notion that voting for a third party candidate is a waste of a vote is outdated and inaccurate.

In the upcoming presidential election, no third party presidential candidate will win an entire state, let alone the election, but voting for a third party candidate sends a message to Republicans and Democrats: Certain beliefs and stances are important enough that voters will put their voice behind a candidate who will not win instead of a candidate they disagree with who has better odds of winning.

In Illinois, Johnson is on the ballot for the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein is on the ballot for the Green Party. Johnson is on the ballot in 47 states and the District of Columbia, while Stein is on the ballot in 37 states and the District of Columbia.

Despite the fact that voters in many states can vote for these candidates, they are still ignored in debates and pundit discussions. Johnson and Stein have responded to the first presidential debate and refuted the two candidates, but they are not invited to the debates.

The real importance of third party candidates comes in when people are dissatisfied with the Republican and Democratic parties.

Many Americans base their vote on the principle of “the lesser of two evils”; that is, they settle for the candidate they think will do the least harm. But third party candidates allow Americans to support someone who better aligns with their views.

Americans should vote for the candidate they like rather than the one they think will do the least harm. Whether that candidate is a Republican, Democrat or something else, people should vote for someone whose policies they wholeheartedly support.

This past weekend I finally fin-ished “Mockingjay,” the last novel in The Hunger Games trilogy.

Although my interest in the series is a bit belated, the saying “better late than never” rings true and the void that the conclusion of Harry Potter brought has somewhat been filled.

Last year, when sitting down to watch “The Deathly Hallows Part II,” I was not only witnessing the ending of a fantastic story, but also the con-clusion to an era and worldwide phe-nomenon and most importantly, my childhood. For 10 years, when a mov-ie or novel was released, the world seemed to come to a halt as people gathered around their nearest movie screen or turned the page to follow the latest developments in Harry’s saga. However, the Deathly Hallows finally put an ending to this sensation leaving many fans wanting to relive the magic of it all.

For years we watched a shy and insecure wizard struggle to come to terms with his own prominence and destiny. At the age of 12, the parent-less young boy is sent off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and inevitably forced into a constant battle with one of the darkest wiz-ards of all time. There were times when the audience may have felt that Harry wouldn’t make it, but he quick-ly transformed into a fearless young man.

This was the story of an under-

dog fighting to overcome all adversi-ty when the odds weren’t in his favor. And because defying the odds is a theme so relatable, the world closely followed his every move.

With that being said, there will nev-er be another novel series to overtake or surpass the magnitude of Harry Potter. Fans looking for that same excitement should look toward “The Hunger Games” for something simi-lar. The story of Katniss Everdeen is one that has the potential for a similar greatness.

Like Potter, Katniss Everdeen is forced to find her inner strength and rise above all obstacles when her odds are purposely constructed to be unfa-vorable. Everdeen lives in Panem, a country in a dystopian society where the population is divided into 12 dis-tricts run by the tyrannical and self-indulgent government known as the Capitol. The Capitol holds an annu-al, nationally televised death match known as The Hunger Games, where two tributes, randomly selected from each district are forced to fight to the death until there is a one sole victor.

After volunteering for her sister, Everdeen goes on to win the 74th Hunger Games by defying the gov-ernment and sparking the begin-nings of a national uprising. However it is the aftermath and the tyranni-cal reigns of the president that Kat-niss must survive. While her trou-bles are enough to break her down, Katniss remains strong and emerges as a great heroine, similar to that of Potter.

Like “The Boy Who Lived,” the beloved Mockingjay goes to great lengths to protect the people that she loves, frequently risking her own

life. Although the people view her as a great symbol, “The Girl on Fire” often underestimates her own inner power but succeeds at rising to all challenges presented to her.

The Hunger Games is less magi-cal than Harry Potter, but provides more realness with its themes of oppression and corruption. With our society’s struggling economy and constant obsessions with money and reality television “The decadence of the Capitol” isn’t as apocalyptic as it may seem. Lisa Schwartzbaum from Entertainment Weekly wrote of the film, “It conveys both the miseries of the oppressed, represented by the poorly fed and clothed citizens of Pan-em’s 12 suffering districts, and the rotted values of the oppressors, evi-dent in the gaudy decadence of those who live in the Capitol.”

Katniss’s transformation into a symbol of freedom, justice and equal-ity allows readers to root for another underdog. While the story still pro-vides the entertainment of a love tri-angle, its audience is captivated by the determination and compassion of this young girl, like that of Harry.

It is evident that the audience of The Hunger Games has recognized the story’s brilliance. The trilogy has triumphed over Harry Potter and become “Amazon’s best-selling book series.”

While nothing will replace a ride on the Hogwarts Express, those who partake in The Hunger Games will find themselves falling in love with the story and cheering on Katniss as they did Harry.

Ta’les is a junior in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].

The fall weather brings not only crisp leaves and apple cider, but it also brings the month of Octo-

ber: breast cancer awareness month. Pink ribbons are being sported on everything from clothing to car bum-pers to increase awareness about the cancer and to raise money for ongo-ing research.

Recently, movie star Liam Nee-son went on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to promote his new movie, “Taken 2,” and to aid the talk show host in raising money for breast can-cer research. Neeson was placed in a seat above a water tank wearing nothing but a hot-pink Speedo, and one lucky audience member got the opportunity to dunk him as people watching called in to make dona-tions. The audience member was suc-cessful: Neeson got soaked, and the show raised $20,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

For many, this month is person-al, a time to participate in the cause to raise awareness because so many people’s lives have been touched by cancer. But for others, this month will be brushed off, forgotten, seen only as a prelude to winter. It’s important to be mindful of just how far-reaching cancer can be, and in some ways it affects us all.

Bad things happen to good people. My mother is living proof of that —

she is a two-time survivor of breast cancer. She underwent extensive treatment and surgeries during her struggle but is now in remission and has been for eight years. For me, her story serves as a constant reminder to approach each day as an opportu-nity to be a better person, to live a fuller life. This is something that can only be achieved if you take charge of your well-being and become more aware of health risks.

As college students, we feel invin-cible, unbreakable and untouchable. Because we are young and about to embark on lives filled with endless possibilities, the thought of getting cancer is an abstract notion so far removed from our own lives that it’s almost incomprehensible. But the reality is that we are human, and even we are susceptible to the cruel-est of diseases. I say this not to sound morbid in any way, but to encourage everyone to become knowledgeable.

Many have the mentality that can-cer cannot happen to them, but it has proved time and time again that it can happen to anyone. The Ameri-can Cancer Society recently released the latest breast cancer statistics for 2012, which displayed that approxi-mately 226,870 new cases of breast cancer have been documented.

But here is the good news: Breast cancer, and many other forms of cancer for that matter, is not what it was 25 years ago. It is no longer a death sentence. In fact, the number of women who die of breast cancer is steadily decreasing, which could be a result of the extensive work being done to combat the disease.

New research such as testing pre-ventative drugs, studying genes, trying new surgery techniques and experimenting with different treat-ment options are being developed every day to better understand the dis-ease with the ultimate goal of finding a cure.

The most critical thing any person can do is to become empowered with knowledge. Learn about your fam-ily history, the signs and symptoms, and how to stay proactive with your health. You cannot ignore even the slightest of symptoms because the risk of not acting is just too high — you may as well be gambling with your life.

Many doctors who treat breast cancer say early detection is key, which further emphasizes the fact that women need to be examined on a regular basis and become edu-cated on all aspects of the disease. Cancer is not just for people over 30; it is unbiased against age, which is why it is imperative that college students understand the risks and warning signs of cancer because it can affect anyone.

Be inspired to learn more so you increase your chances of preventing this disease from touching your life. Whether you’re motivated by the orga-nizations that raise awareness dur-ing October, by a mother who has had breast cancer or by Liam Neeson in a Speedo, decide to be informed so you can live not just in this moment, but for many more moments to come.

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

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KATE CULLENOpinions columnist

To Chancellor Phyllis Wise:

In recent blog posts and a video, you proclaim this the “Year of Opportunity for Illinois.”

You declare that one major goal is to “Recruit, support, retain, and graduate larger numbers of stu-dents, with a focus on racial, eth-nic, religious, cultural, geographic, and age diversity.” You also note that the Morrill Act of 1862 “was a pure stroke of brilliance, open-ing the doors to higher education to all bright young women and men, no matter their race or economic status.” And you ask, “How will we continue to offer access to excel-lence that our Land Grant heri-tage expects? How will we build the research resources that lead to great discovery? How will we attract and retain the best faculty, the best students, and best staff?”

Tuition waivers are an essential part of the “best positioning” you claim for our campus. Without the security of tuition waivers for all nonprofessional graduate students, economic status will become the primary factor determining which “bright young women and men” continue their education at the Uni-versity in the hopes of becoming state, national, and world leaders in academia, business, engineering, the arts, politics, science, nongov-ernmental organizations, and their communities.

Tuition waivers are crucial as the compensation for the work gradu-ate employees do off the clock: tak-ing classes, participating in read-ing groups, attending conferences, writing articles, mentoring each other, sitting on committees and otherwise participating in the “life of the mind.” As it is, one-third of the teaching assistants and Gradu-ate Assistants on this campus do not earn a living wage, based on the University’s own calculations. The Office of Student Financial Aid esti-mates it costs a nonresident gradu-ate student a minimum of $16,926 to live in C-U for nine months (not including tuition and fees), whereas the minimum salary for a gradu-ate employee working a standard 50 percent appointment of 20 hours per week is $14,820, according to Year 3 of the most recent contract. That means many get a second job, cutting into their productivity to earn enough money to live in this community during the academic year, never mind feed and house themselves (and their families) over the summer, when most of us do not receive financial aid.

In this “Year of Opportunity,” we request that you end the years of hostility from the administration toward labor unions on this cam-pus. Instruct the University’s bar-gaining teams to compromise with union representatives on issues of importance to both sides. For instance, this includes not requiring the Graduate Employees Organiza-tion to give up monetary proposals in exchange for signing mutually agreeable, zero-cost contract lan-guage protecting the right of nurs-ing graduate employees to a space for breastfeeding or pumping that is not a bathroom stall. This lan-guage is already Illinois law and University policy and, if included in our contract, would allow students facing discrimination on this issue to follow the official grievance pro-cess. The administration’s bargain-ing team has rejected this proposal six times, despite agreeing with its substance.

Furthermore, the administra-tion’s bargaining team has categori-cally refused to even talk about the matter of tuition waivers, never mind compromise on it. In the past, the University administration has argued that tuition waivers are a benefit of one’s status as a student, rather than a benefit of employ-ment. If this were so, then “stu-dents who resign their assistant-ship appointments before working at least three-fourths of the term” would retain their waivers and not be assessed tuition. Yet this is not so. Tuition waivers are evidently a benefit of employment and by law must be bargained in good faith.

GEO and UIUC administration representatives have been bargain-ing since April 13. TAs and GAs have been working without a con-tract since Aug. 15. We deserve to be treated with respect at the bar-gaining table so that together we can craft a new contract. Not only is it fair, but it is the law. This “Year of Opportunity” is your chance to change the administration’s approach to its labor unions and to ensure the University is acces-sible to all potential graduate stu-dents, nursing, working-class or otherwise.

KRISTEN ANN EHRENBERGER,graduate student in Medicine and historyMARTHA ALTHEA WEBBER,graduate student in EnglishT.J. TALLIE,grauduate student in history

BY KARL RITTER AND MARILYNN MARCHIONETHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Take this with a grain of salt, or perhaps some almonds or hazelnuts: A study ties choco-late consumption to the number of Nobel Prize winners a coun-try has and suggests it’s a sign that the sweet treat can boost brain power.

No, this does not appear in the satirical Onion newspaper. It’s in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, which pub-lished it online Wednesday as a “note” rather than a rigorous, peer-reviewed study.

The author — Dr. Franz Mes-serli, of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hos-pital and Columbia University in New York — writes that there is evidence that fl avanols in green tea, red wine and chocolate can help “in slowing down or even reversing” age-related mental decline — a contention some medical experts may dispute.

Nevertheless, he examined whether a country’s per-capi-

ta chocolate consumption was related to the number of Nobels it had won — a possible sign of a nation’s “cognitive function.” Using data from some major chocolate producers on sales in 23 countries, he found “a sur-prisingly powerful correlation.”

Switzerland led in chocolate consumption and Nobels, when looked at according to popu-lation. The United States is in the middle of the pack with the Netherlands, Ireland, France, Belgium and Germany. At the bottom were China, Japan and Brazil. The study only includes Nobels through last year — not the ones being announced this week.

Curiously, Sweden should have produced only 14 winners according to its appetite for chocolate, yet it had 32. Messerli speculates that the Nobel pan-el, based in Sweden, may have “patriotic bias” toward fellow countrymen — or that Swedes are very sensitive to the effects of chocolate so that “even minus-

cule amounts greatly enhance their cognition.”

It is possible, he admits, that chocolate isn’t making people smart, but that smart people who are more likely to win Nobels are aware of chocolate’s bene-fi ts and therefore more likely to consume it.

Sven Lidin, the chairman of the Nobel chemistry prize com-mittee, had not seen the study but was giggling so much when told of it that he could barely comment.

“I don’t think there is any direct cause and effect,” Lidin said. “The fi rst thing I’d want to know is how chocolate consump-tion correlates to gross domestic product.”

Messerli also calculated the “dose” of chocolate needed to produce an additional Nobel win-ner — about 14 ounces per per-son per year, or about nine Her-shey bars.

He discloses that he is doing his part — he eats chocolate dai-ly, mostly Lindt dark.

BY PAUL J. WEBERTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN, Texas — Music fes-tivals are booming, and so is one alternative to paying soar-ing ticket prices to spend a long weekend packed among 50,000 or more typically sweaty concert-goers: watching the performanc-es online for free.

At the Austin City Limits Music Festival, about a third of the nearly 130 bands on a lineup that includes the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Keys and Jack White will have their sets broadcast on YouTube. That’s a record for the three-day festival that starts Friday. Just six years ago organizers began webcast-ing with a single feed and strug-gled to persuade artists to even participate.

The same was once true at trendsetters like Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. But as Austin City Limits marks the unoffi cial end of the big-festival calendar in the U.S. for 2012, this year might also go down as the year when live-streams started crossing into mainstream.

Take the year’s most talk-ed-about performance: Tupac

Shakur rising from the dead as a hologram at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in a res-urrection that was live-streamed from the California desert and talked about around the world.

The rock band Delta Spirit will be among the fi rst acts up on Austin City Limit’s YouTube channel.

“It’s never going to equal see-ing it live. But it’s cool that it engages more people,” Delta Spirit lead singer Matt Vasquez said. “We’re a generation of con-tent, aren’t we? We love to fi ll up our days with as little space as possible.”

Promoters aren’t trying to sell live-streaming as a substi-tute for the you-had-to-be-there experience of concerts. Especial-ly since, in many cases, you still very much have to be there to catch some of the biggest head-liners: Neil Young & Crazy Horse and Weezer are among the per-formers in Austin this weekend whose sets won’t be broadcast on the Web.

Nor do live-steams pose any threat to attendance or profi ts. Three-day passes for Austin City Limits this year ran for $200 and

sold out within an hour of the day the full lineup was announced.

But festival live-streaming has come a long way in a short time, even by technology standards. Organizers of the country’s big-gest music festivals declined to reveal the size of their online audiences. But at C3 Presents, which puts on Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits, the num-ber of live-stream viewers has climbed into the “high millions,” said Courtney Trucksess, direc-tor of sponsorship.

At Bonnaroo, which began live-streaming around the same time as Austin City Limits, there’s been a “big increase” in views and the amount of time each user spends watching, said Jonathan Mayers, co-founder of Superfl y Presents, which produces the four-day Tennessee festival.

“We’ve seen the average view time is over an hour in one sit-ting,” said Chris Roach, head of business development for AEG Digital Media, which has produced live-streaming for Coachella and other open-air con-certs. “That’s a pretty engaged eyeball for an advertiser to put their dollar against.”

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Kristine Nannini points out information on a student data sheet that she created to her fi fth-grade class at McGrath Elementary in Grand Blanc, Mich., on Sept. 14. Nannini spent her summer creating her own charts to sell online.

BY DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIPTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE — Kristine Nannini spent her summer creating wall charts and student data sheets for her fi fth-grade class — and making $24,000 online by sell-ing those same materials to oth-er teachers.

Teachers like Nannini are making extra money providing materials to their cash-strapped and time-limited colleagues on curriculum sharing sites like teacherspayteachers.com, pro-viding an alternative to more tra-ditional — and generally more expensive — school supply stores. Many districts, teachers and par-ents say these sites are saving teachers time and money, and giving educators a quick way to make extra income.

There is a lot of money to potentially be made. Deanna Jump, a fi rst-grade teacher at Central Fellowship Christian Academy in Macon, Ga., is the website’s top seller, earning

about $1 million in sales over the past two years. She believes the site has been successful because educators are looking for new ways to engage their students, and the materials are relatively inexpensive and move beyond textbooks

“I want kids to be so excited about what they’re learning that they can’t wait to tell mom and dad,” she says.

Dozens of Internet forums have been created to help teach-ers distribute their material and pick up ideas from other educa-tors. Teacherspayteachers.com is one of the biggest. It was started by a former teacher in New York in 2006 and quickly grew. Others followed, like the sharemylesson.com run by the American Fed-eration of Teachers, the nation’s second largest teachers union, where free curriculum ideas and materials are offered.

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materials, some teachers may get pushback from administrators for their entrepreneurial efforts.

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Teacherspayteachers.com cur-rently has about 300,000 items for sale plus more than 50,000 free items.

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In spite of skidding to its longest losing streak since 2007, the No. 22 Illinois volleyball team is maintaining a level approach heading into Saturday’s match against Michigan State.

Head coach Kevin Hambly and his players have long preached patience with the process of developing a young team and constantly improving each practice, point, set and match. That mindset appeared effective throughout the fi rst 16 games of the season, in which the Illini’s play was steadi-ly progress-ing, though toting an 8-8 record and carrying a three-game losing streak into Wednes-day’s game at Michigan.

Any for-ward prog-ress ground to an abrupt halt Wednesday night, though, as Illinois (8-9, 2-5 Big Ten) suffered a disap-pointing 3-0 sweep at the hands of unranked Michigan, leaving the Illini under .500 and 10th in the Big Ten standings. The loss was a shock to the system for the Illini, whose pre-vious three losses had been fi ve-set battles against highly ranked teams, leaving them searching for answers.

“I mean, we didn’t talk at all after the game,” senior Erin Johnson said, describing the play-ers’ post-match mood as very subdued. “I think it was at that point where none of us really even knew what to say after that. We were just dis-appointed in ourselves.”

Johnson stressed the importance of using the feeling of defeat to her team’s advantage mov-ing forward but letting the rest of the match go and looking ahead to Michigan State. The middle blocker noted that the Illini still have time left to turn it around and recognized their

BY STEPHEN BOURBONSTAFF WRITER

There’s no place like home. For the Illinois hockey team, the cliché is quite literal.

Known as the “Big Pond,” the home ice for the Illini is actually bigger than regulation-sized rinks. The NHL as well as ACHA opponents use rinks that are 200 feet by 85 feet, but the Big Pond is much wider at 195 by 115. The size dif-ference creates an intriguing adjust-ment for visiting teams, as well as for Illinois when it takes to the road.

“It plays to a lot of guys’ strengths,” forward Austin Bostock said. “It’s defi -nitely a home-ice advantage.”

The arena was initially built in 1931 as an ice skating rink and the hockey team has inhabited it ever since its inaugural season in 1959.

Illinois features a strong set of for-wards with Bostock, John Olen and Scott Barrera, who are able to fully take advantage of the extended room to the outside. Because of the unique size, many opposing teams are caught off guard by the extra width on the ice.

“Sometimes teams come in here and are a little dumbfounded,” senior defenseman Mike Evans said. “A lot of teams, if it’s their fi rst time here, pack in their defense to the center of the ice and it gives us a lot of room to move the puck around. It really works to our advantage.”

The extra space cuts both ways, how-ever, as the Illinois defenders must cover a lot more ice in the defensive zone than on a regular rink. Especially

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Illinois hockey’s home ice arena, the “Big Pond,” is unusually wide at 195’ x 115’ instead of the NHL regulation of 200’ x 85’.

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‘Big Pond’ offers big advantage to Illinois

Groce, players set lofty goals for upcoming basketball campaign

Can Tracy Abrams handle the burden of being Groce’s lone

primary ballhandler on the roster?

“There’s more to being a lead guard than being 6-foot-1. I’ve always said that in recruiting.

Sometimes in recruiting, some guys will say to me ‘Oh, he’s a point guard’ and I’ll say ‘why,

because he’s 6-foot tall? That doesn’t make you a point guard.’ There’s more to it than that.

Do you understand time and score? Can you make guys better? Do you know who has the hot hand? Can you be the front porch of our defense? Are you vocal in your leadership as

well as displaying great body language? Are you an extension of the coach on the floor? There’s a lot. Can you change speeds and gears? Can you

defeat pressure? There’s a lot to being a lead guard, and the one thing I really like about Tracy

is he wants to be one.”

Illinois men’s basketball hosted its media day Wednesday, as players and new head coach John Groce answered questions about the upcoming season before they officially open up practice Friday. Amidst an offseason with a lot of turnover, here are Groce’s answers

to five pressing questions:

BY THOMAS BRUCHSTAFF WRITER

As John Groce stood at the podi-um Wednesday to answer ques-tions for Illinois men’s basketball media day, a new era took shape. The hoarse strains of ex-head coach Bruce Weber’s voice were replaced by Groce explaining his coaching philosophies and how they pertain to this year’s team.

More tangible evidence of the Groce era could be found at the Ubben Basketball Complex , where this year’s roster squeezed together for a team photograph. The front-court players looked leaner, an observation confi rmed by the weight fi gures on the offi cial roster sheet.

And the whole team sported thick

orange wristbands. Inscribed upon the wristbands were the letters “T NT” with a date — March 19, 2013 — on the other side.

“Stands for toughness ’n togeth-erness,” junior guard Joseph Ber-trand said.

And the March date accompany-ing the slogan?

“That’s when the (NCAA) tourna-ment starts,” Bertrand added. “So we’ll be ready.”

Achieving a tournament berth appears to be the overarching goal for this team, though the fi rst-year coach is admittedly aware that a path to the NCAA tournament would not come easy. Groce candidly spoke about the team’s most glaring weak-ness, ballhandling, a trait that seems to start and stop with sophomore point guard Tracy Abrams.

Groce also lamented the lack of time he’s had with the team, a prod-uct of adhering to strict NCAA rules limiting the amount of practice with the coaching staff in the offseason. The 16 sessions the team conduct-ed, in Groce’s estimation, were not enough to institute the proper hab-

its and techniques on both ends of the fl oor.

In lieu of that familiarity, Groce said he would exercise some patience with the team — a sentiment shared by the coaching staff and applicable to the fan base as well.

“You know us coaches, we’re impa-tient,” Groce said. “My wife reminds me of that all the time. We’ve got a ways to go.”

Beyond the defi ciencies, the roster contains elements conducive to suc-cess. The departure of NBA lottery pick Meyers Leonard leaves a void in the frontcourt, but one that Groce feels can be fi lled by seniors Tyler Griffey and Sam McLaurin , a trans-fer from Coastal Carolina , and soph-omores Nnanna Egwu , Mike Shaw and Ibby Djimbe .

Reports from the coaching staff indicate that conditioning is off the charts, a must in Groce’s system, and the team’s senior class expects to graduate after putting a mean-ingful stamp on the season. Senior guard D.J. Richardson said that phi-

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Austin Bostock wrestles his opponent off the puck during the Illini’s 3-2 win over John Carroll University on Sept. 29.

Can this year’s senior class (Brandon Paul, D.J. Richardson,

and Tyler Griffey) finally find some consistency?

“I’m not going to get into the whole deal with what’s happened in the past. I can’t control that.

That’s in the rear-view mirror. But I do know where they’re telling me they want to go and how good

they want to be. I think their buy-in has been good. Their effort has been good. Their attitude has been

good. Those are things we take great pride in.”

Does Nnanna Egwu possess the skills to fi ll Meyers Leonord’s shoes?

“Nnanna Egwu is the guy that really has gone above and beyond. He’s the type of guy right now where you ask him to do 10 pushups and he does 13. You

tell him you want him to become a better student of the game, and he’s up in the offi ce begging for DVDs.

... If you’re an old-school guy and you think that because he’s 6-10, 6-11 he should be on the block

for 40 straight minutes, you may not appreciate or like his game as much. That’s not him. Last week, he made 73-of-100 3s. Some people don’t like that. I’m not saying he’s going to play exclusively out there, but we’re going to move him around. That’s what

he’s good at, he’s mobile. He’s athletic. He’s 6-foot-11, 237 pounds and running a 5:20 mile.”

How will Groce handle his first season as a Big Ten coach?

“I think the most important thing by far, and I’ve said this before, and I’m certainly not

perfect, and I’ve had to learn from mistakes like everybody else, but the one thing I think I did do right from the very beginning when I became a

head coach is I’m going to be myself.”

Can a sophomore class that saw few meaningful minutes last

season step up?

“The biggest challenge we have right now with Myke Henry is getting him to play consistently. He’s shown

times during workouts or when we play that he’s wired to score. I think it’s the best thing that he does. He can really score the basketball. Trying to get that same type of commitment on the defensive end is

what we’re trying to do, and I think he’ll do it.”

ETHAN ASOFSKY THE DAILY ILLINI

Illinois men’s basketball coach John Groce speaks to reporters during Illinois men’s basketball media day at Ubben Basketball Complex on Wednesday, where players and new head coach John Groce answered questions about the upcoming season before they offi cially open up practice Friday.

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BY BLAKE PONSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois hockey team extended its winning streak to six games after beat-ing three different teams at the ACHA Showcase last weekend. The Illini return to the pond for a weekend series against an unfamiliar foe, the Arizona Wildcats. The recent wins by Illi-nois have improved the team’s ACHA ranking three spots from No. 14 to No. 11. Arizona moved up one spot, from No. 20 to No. 19.

Arizona’s last vis-it to Champaign was in 1996. The last time the two teams met was one decade ago, in 2002, at the ACHA National Tour-nament, where the Illini took the game 5-0. The Wildcats, however, have taken the last five games in seven tries.

“It’s tough to game plan for teams like this,” head coach Nick Fabbrini said. “I’m familiar with their new coach, who coached Oakland, so I know they’ll be a well-coached and talented team.”

Arizona (2-2-0) has not seen game action in two weeks. The Illini are com-ing off three straight weekends of play, compiling a 6-0-1 record during that stretch.

Fabbrini said his team has enough

depth to out-hustle an opponent who has had two weeks of rest.

“We’ve been able to play all four lines early on this season,” he said. “I don’t think fatigue will be a factor for us at all. If anything, it’ll help us a little bit more because we have more experience playing together than they do.”

Despite Illinois’ recently improved play, Fabbrini said the team is still tun-ing up its special teams play and traffic in front of the net. The penalty kill has been shaky thus far, as Illinois has allowed eight of the 15 goals scored against the team with a man down.

Through four games, the Wildcats have scored an average of 3.75 goals while letting up four goals per game. Leading the offense is junior forward Andrew Murmes, who put together a 52-point season last year and is already off to a hot start with 10 points through Arizona’s first four games this season.

The Illini will look toward junior goalten-der Nick Clarke to con-tinue his stellar play in the crease. Through six starts, Clarke is 5-0-

1 with a 2.07 goals against average and a .919 save percentage. Senior forwards Scott Barrera, junior Austin Bostock and freshman John Olen look to repeat appearances on the scoresheet. The trio has combined for 28 points thus far.

The opening faceoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Big Pond.

Blake can be reached at [email protected] and @BlakeP.

for a team whose defense has been suspect at times, the Big Pond’s size only amplifies those weaknesses.

“I prefer a smaller rink, as a defenseman,” Evans said. “You can really cut down your angles a lot easier.”

Illinois (6-0-1) has to adjust as well when travelling on the road against teams that use the regulation size rink. The forwards can’t use their speed and get to the outside while cramped on a rink that is 30 feet thinner. The game speed is a lot faster on a smaller rink, and creates another set of problems for defenders.

In addition, most national tournaments use the regulation ice, so there is an adjustment to make for the ACHA National Tournament at the end of the year.

“Things tend to happen a lot quicker out there on a smaller rink,” head coach Nick Fab-brini said. “You have to make quicker deci-sions and you’re going to be playing in small-er spaces, which we’re not accustomed to.”

Both Evans and Fabbrini said that they would prefer to have the smaller rink size at home to eliminate any sort of adjustment peri-od between the norm and playing on the road. There are a few adjustments that are made in the week’s preparation, depending on the host of the weekend’s games.

“When we’re playing on the road, we’ll play certain small-area games that empha-size quick decision-making,” Fabbrini said.

“We go in with a different mindset,” Evans added. “You can use the boards a lot easier and glass to make more passes.”

Another aspect to the Big Pond that many teams don’t feature is the crowds that come out to support the Illini. Near sellout crowds come to watch and make things difficult for the away teams and that home-ice advantage is a privilege that other schools might not have. Combined with the familiarity to its surroundings, it’s rare to see Illinois lose on its home ice.

Their success is why the Illini love playing on literally the biggest stage in the ACHA.

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

Three keys for basketball success

It’s that time of year when Illini fans detach themselves

from the woes of the football program and say, “Oh well, Illinois is a basketball school anyways.”

With the best winning per-centage in Big Ten basketball history, Illinois should defi-nitely be considered as such, but its play in recent seasons has left much to be desired. The Illini have not had a 20-win regular season since 2008-09 and have not made a trip to the Sweet 16 since 2005.

The lack of progress made since Deron Williams and Dee Brown walked the campus has led to a list of changes for the program this season, includ-ing the termination of Bruce Weber after a nine-year stint.

New head coach John Groce will be faced with a multitude of challenges in his attempt to rebuild a prominent program. Filling the void left by Mey-ers Leonard’s departure to the NBA will be a major obstacle, as well as teaching his new system, exciting the fan base and developing the roster’s talent.

The charismatic head coach has had fans buzzing due to his advancements on the recruiting trail (signing Ken-drick Nunn and Jaylon Tate), but “his guys” won’t be here until next fall. Expectations were lowered from recent years, but there is reason to believe Groce can get the ball rolling in the right direction.

Here are three keys for the Illini to have success this season.

Paul’s consistent playUnless you are Kentucky,

the performance of your vet-eran players is key to how much success you will have in a given season.

This year, the Illini sport four seniors: Brandon Paul, D.J. Richardson, Tyler Griffey and Sam McLaurin. However, there is no question that, when he’s on his game, Paul is by far the best of the bunch.

He averaged more than 14 points and four rebounds per game last season, but a lack of consistency and low basket-ball IQ (more than three turn-overs per game) plagued the talented guard.

The college career of Illi-nois’ 2009 Mr. Basketball has been one hell of a roller-coaster, with enough ups and downs to make Illini fans nau-seous. Paul has shown how good he can be, exemplified by his 43-point performance

against Ohio State last sea-son. But he’s been equally as bad, shown by his head-shak-ing outing against Iowa in the final contest of the year; he finished with two points (2-of-11 from the field) with seven turnovers.

For the Illini to have any hope at an NCAA tournament berth this season, Paul will need to fix his bipolar tenden-cies and play like a senior.

Will the real Brandon Paul please stand up?

Egwu’s developmentNo one on the roster can fill

the shoes of Meyers Leonard — literally and figuratively — but sophomore center Nnanna Egwu is talented enough to get the job done.

He saw limited action last season because of Leonard’s talent, as Egwu averaged 1.9 points and 1.5 rebounds in less than 10 minutes per game last season. However, the former four-star center has the ability to improve on those numbers given the opportunity.

Groce has been extremely impressed with Egwu’s prog-ress and determination this

offseason.“He’s the type of guy if you

tell him to do 10 pushups, he’ll do 13,” Groce said of Egwu.

With a year’s experience under his belt and his 6-foot-11, 235-pound frame, expect Egwu to make great strides this season.

Playing in the Big Ten, one of the toughest and most phys-ical conferences in the coun-try, Egwu’s down-low presence will be key to Illinois’ success.

Achieving above the normOne reason Bruce Weber

resides in Kansas now is his teams’ tendency to underachieve based off expectations.

This year, expectations are low, which can be expected from a change in coaching and the loss of the team’s best player.

However, with new leader-ship in place, there is hope that the tide will change for a program that is hungry to return to glory.

Groce has shown an ability to get the most from his ros-ter, taking Ohio to the Sweet 16 last March, and he will

attempt to do the same with Illinois this year.

How can this team all of a sudden outperform expectations?

Quickly learning the new system, developing team chemistry and outhustling its opponents are some ways this can happen.

Too many times last season, the fans could look up at the scoreboard and see the Illi-ni getting killed in the Matto — the statistic representing effort and hustle plays. Some-times it comes down to who wants it more.

There is enough ability on this roster to have a decent season. Weber is gone because he could no longer turn indi-vidual talent into a winning team.

Many will say that Groce does not have enough to work with this season. But leave it up to him to turn doubters into believers, as he lays the foun-dation for a program on the rise.

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

DEREK PIPERSports columnist

Friday 7:30 p.m.The Big Pond

Friday will be the Wildcats’ first visit to Champaign since 1996 and the first

time these two teams have played since 2002.

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No. 19 Arizona(2-2-0)

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Younger runners will have a chance to build experience as the Illinois women’s cross-coun-try team will split its squad this weekend.

Coming off a fifth-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational two weeks ago, the Illini will look to gain even more momen-tum at the Bradley Classic in Peoria, Ill., and Louisville’s Pre-National Invitational this weekend.

“I think the group will do well,” Illinois head coach Jere-my Rasmussen said of the run-ners competing at Bradley. “The group that we have going there wants to prove something, and they want to prove that they can go out and run 6K well. It is a young group. ... We want to be one of the top seven teams at Bradley, we want this group to go in and compete with a lot of very good A-groups and succeed.”

Illinois will send no seniors to Bradley, as juniors Stephanie Brown, Rachel Irion, Amanda Zamora and Samantha Murphy; sophomore Colette Falsey; and freshmen Michelle Frigo and Natalie Wynn will all compete.

In Louisville, senior Court-ney Yaeger will lead the more experienced Illini against a deep field.

Illinois will run with 12 teams that are in the top 40 overall, including No. 1-ranked Florida State.

“We’re up against a very competitive field,” Yaeger said. “We’ll be one of the non-ranked teams there, so the hope is to

beat a few teams out there and get ourselves a few points. If we do as well as we did at Notre Dame, we have a good chance of doing that”

Along with Yaeger, the team will send senior Madeline Aufmann, and juniors Katie Porada, Meghan Frigo and Stephanie Morgan. Freshmen Amanda Fox and Alyssa Sch-neider will also compete.

“We have to just work well with each other,” Fox said. “We have to keep pushing each other and continue to focus on passing the next person. We can never get too comfortable in the race, and as long as we do that and leave it all out there, we should succeed.”

Yaeger said the Illini have to control their pace.

“We have to get ourselves out in a good position at the begin-ning of the race,” she said. “And we have to be patient because it will be more aggressive, a fast-er race. If we can move through the field like we did last time at Notre Dame, I think we will have the same kind of success. The key is to move in the field when everyone else just stays in the same place.”

Rasmussen said the team will need to run well in the final leg of the race.

“We have to finish the race well,” he said. “If we can run the best that we can the last (kilo-meter) of the course, the last 2K of the course, it will allow us to have success.”

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

Cross-country splits squads for Bradley, Pre-Nationals

losophy begins with the “TNT” wristbands.

“This wristband, since day one, when (Groce) gave it to me, I wear this every single day,” Richardson said. “This is our goal: 3-19-13. We want to make it to the NCAA tournament this year, and it’s the seniors’ job to get us there.”

That type of preseason expec-tations were unprecedented at

McLaurin’s former school, where the program hadn’t made it to the postseason since 1993 before two NIT appearances the past two years.

“We never had anything like this (wristband),” McLaurin said. “Here, you’re expected to make the postseason, and you’re expected to go far.”

Such an outcome would make for a tidy start to Groce’s new era at Illinois.

Thomas can be reached at [email protected] and @ThomasBruch.

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Madeline Aufmann (251) runs during the 2011 Big Ten Championship at the Arboretum on Oct. 30. Aufmann finished 98th with a time of 23:00.

need for change.“To be honest, I think really

it’s our attitudes, it’s our men-tality going into each match,” Johnson said when asked to specify what needed to change. “I mean in practice, I really like the things that we’re doing, and we’re looking like a really good team. And then in games, we’re not really showing up with a good attacking mentality.”

Given time to reflect on his team’s performance at Michi-gan, Hambly said Illinois played tight and scared, adding that the team would address it in practice prior to the weekend. He said the Illini would alter a few things but declined to say exactly what they were.

“I’d rather not talk about it,” he said before Thursday’s practice.

Illinois won’t have much time to institute drastic change before taking on No. 25 Michi-gan State (15-3, 3-3) on Satur-day. The Spartans will provide another challenge with their fast-paced offense, a system

Hambly compared to that of the Ohio State team that defeated the Illini earlier this year. Ham-bly reiterated a belief he has voiced in the past that smaller, quicker teams often give Illi-nois more problems than big-ger, physical ones, calling Mich-igan State “not a great matchup for us.”

The Illini will be battling to get back to .500, but Ham-bly just wants to see his team return to the high level of play of which he knows it’s capable.

“The losses and the wins, I don’t get caught up in that,” he said. “For me, I’m more worried about how we’re playing.”

But as the losses continue to pile up, ultimately Illinois’ record will matter. It’s a fact that’s not lost on Johnson, who said a sense of urgency was starting to set in.

“I guess that’s reality ... I think to be in the tournament, you have to be above .500,” the senior said. “So we all know it, everyone else knows it. We have to get some wins here.”

Daniel can be reached at millerm1 @dailyillini.com and on Twitter @danielmillermc.

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Illinois’ Brandon Paul rebounds against Iowa on March 8 at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Columnist Derek Piper thinks getting Paul to play consistently will be crucial for head coach John Groce and the Illini’s success.

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BY J.J. WILSONCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Sisterhood and Secret Fish help build unity for Illinois’ swimming and diving team as the new season approaches.

With this year’s freshmen additions, the Illini now have three pairs of sisters — Erica (junior) and Lori Lynn (freshman), Sarah (senior) and Jennifer (freshman) Coady, and Darragh McDermott (senior) with sisters Callan (sophomore) and Sloane (freshman).

According to head coach Sue Novitsky, recruiting family can typically tell you what type of character and quality will be added to the team. It can also add a “sense of familiarity” to the team with such a multitude of sister duos or trios.

Each of the freshmen sisters were encouraged to decide on Illinois by their older sisters; however, they also agree that hearing their sisters’ good experiences on the team played a crucial role in their decisions.

“We always have to take sister pictures and it’s kind of crazy,” Sarah said. “I think it speaks well for our program that everyone’s families keep coming here.”

While family on the team helps, there are other manners of team building that bring the swimmers closer.

A ritual known as “Secret Fish” is something performed by the swimmers in a manner similar to that of “Secret Santa”.

According to Darragh, before every meet, each swimmer receives some type of “pump-up” gift from their “Secret Fish,” not knowing who it is. Usually, these gifts consist of snacks for the meet or Illini trinkets. For Big Ten meets, bigger gifts are presented, such as a sweatshirt. After this, everyone shares the identity of their “Secret Fish.”

“It’s just a nice and encouraging thing that let’s you know your team is behind you,” Darragh said.

Novitsky’s philosophy is “you can slap the same suit on someone, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that they will lay themselves down for somebody. It’s easier to have someone’s back when you know who they are and what their story is.”

Tomorrow, the team will host its annual Orange and Blue meet at the ARC pool to prepare for its matchup the following weekend.

According to Novitsky, this meet is designed to help get the swimmers back in the competitive mindset and get used to the traditional flow of the meets. She has also begun to work on the lineup for the Northwestern meet and hopes to have some questions answered in this meet about who fits in where on her roster.

Last year, Northwestern outswam the Illini by a score of 199-101; however, Novitsky wants the team to enter this year’s meet with the mindset to compete.

“It’s just about taking the extra step to compete a little better,” Novitsky said. “And I think we have a great team to be able to do that.”

J.J. can be reached at [email protected]

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Soccer uses its weekend off to get reinvigorated

BY CHARLIE MANIATESSTAFF WRITER

A little rest is just what the doctor ordered for the Illinois soccer team.

The Illini will hit the road this weekend after having last week-end off following a 3-2 win over Michigan State in which junior midfielder Vanessa DiBernar-do recorded her second career hat trick.

The break allowed Illinois to regroup and, for some play-ers, recover from minor inju-ries that are often an issue at mid-season.

“It was good,” freshman for-ward Nicole Breece said of the week off. “We’ve had a lot of injured players, so to have this break and a little bit of time off will help us rest our bodies

and make us more fresh for this weekend.”

With only five games remain-ing on their Big Ten slate, the Orange and Blue know the importance of a good finish as they head into the postseason. The mid-season break should allow them to be firing on all cylinders once they hit the field again.

That will hap-pen when the Illini travel to Minnesota on Friday, followed by Wisconsin on Sunday, a game that will be tele-vised on the Big Ten Network.

While it is 5-0 under the lights this season, Illinois has had its struggles on Sunday afternoon games, something it has worked on correcting in its approach after Friday night games.

“We just need to come out with as much energy as we do on Fridays,” Breece said. “We

need to find a way when we’re in the locker room to keep that energy going from Friday and to get more pumped up for the start of the game, instead of

starting out a little bit flat like we have done in the past.”

Even when the Illini are not playing at their best, they know that their fight, combined with having DiBernardo on the field, gives them a chance to win any game. Breece

said that DiBer-nardo’s dynamic and all-around skills put the Illini over the top, as demonstrated in her perfor-mance against the Spartans when they had to come from behind twice.

Despite the fact that it has been altering its mental strat-egy, Illinois is taking an offen-sive approach that is very simi-lar to what it has been doing the

past couple of weeks.“We’ve just been trying to

improve on what we’ve been doing, trying to connect more of our passes and trying to get more quality shots on frame instead of just taking shots from anywhere,” Breece said. “We want to take quality shots that will give us a good opportunity

to score.”Head coach Janet Rayfield

has preached the importance of higher quality shots since the 4-0 loss to then-No. 11 Penn State on Sept. 23, when the Illi-ni recorded 19 shots with only four of them on frame.

Following the win against Michigan State, Rayfield reit-

erated this point and said that, while two of the Illini’s goals were off of set plays, they have been doing a better job of shot selection, which has made them more dangerous in recent matches.

Charlie can be reached at [email protected].

Swimming and diving’s sister act boosts morale

Team prepares to open season at annual Orange and Blue meet

JONATHAN DAVIS THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Nicole Breece (11) chases after Michigan State’s Kelsey Mullen (15) for the ball on Thursday.

Mayer improves over summer, says it’s just the beginning for her

BY ALEX ORTIZCONTRIBUTING WRITER

With 300-yard drives and now a top-10 finish at the Wolver-ine Tournament under her belt, Michelle Mayer is a young gun with what seems like a world of potential. The sophomore is com-ing off of her best collegiate per-formance and is working hard to get even better. This compet-itive spirit was fostered early on her home street, which pro-duced a handful of Division I golf-ers, so Mayer is not fazed by top competition.

“I love the feeling. I love com-peting and having expectations and meeting them. I still don’t consider myself a sophomore. ... I still expected myself to perform at a level that everyone else was,” Mayer said.

Such expectations might seem daunting to us mere mortals but not to Mayer. In high school, she was a four-time IHSA state quali-fier and named the 2010 Chicago Sun-Times Female Athlete of the Year. The Homewood-Flossmoor High School team won the 2010 2A state championship, and Mayer placed fourth in the tournament, which she says was her proudest moment in golf.

As a freshman last year, Mayer averaged an 82 in 14 rounds. And at the Big Ten championships, she also recorded her then career-low round of 4-over-par 76.

Over the summer, Mayer saw a short-game instructor to improve her putting stroke. She recognizes it as her weakness, and the team devotes the majority of practice time to it. With that work, May-er says she has “dramatically” improved her putting strokes.

“I think now that I have a lot of experience under my belt, espe-cially going into this year, and being in that position where I can lead the team along with Sam (Pos-tillion) and Ember (Schuldt) and a bunch of the other stronger play-ers on the team, I think that we can do a lot this year,” Mayer said.

The first two tournaments were not kind to Mayer as she strug-gled with her drives and failed to record a top-50 finish. But those were all just afterthoughts at the Wolverine Invitational. She shot 3-over-par 74 in the final round, the best of her career, tying her for sixth place with a 232.

“It’s fantastic to see because Michelle is a tremendously tal-ented young lady, and she has phenomenal strength and hits the ball a long way,” head coach Renee Slone said. “The first tournament for her was a little rough, and to see her change in such a short win-dow of time has been tremendous to watch. She’s been able to apply these lessons that she’s learned and the results show it.”

Assistant coach Jackie Szymo-niak also praised Mayer.

“She was able to stay mental-ly tough on the first day to finish strong with her afternoon round. She hit a ton of quality shots dur-ing the final round and was able to stay patient,” Szymoniak said. “I believe this is just the start of many more terrific things to come for Michelle.”

While Mayer continues to work on her game, she also finds time to excel at school. She is majoring in accounting and wants to pursue a certification after graduation, but she still wants to stick with her first passion.

“I would love to continue golf after college. I think that’d be awesome (to) just give it a shot,” Mayer said.

All indications suggest that whatever it is that Mayer takes a shot at, she’ll excel. Her deter-mination and competitiveness can be summed up in a few words spo-ken by Muhammad Ali that she lives by.

“I’ma show you how great I am.”

Alex can be reached at [email protected].

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PORTRAIT OF MICHELLE MAYER BY SARI LESK THE DAILY ILLINI

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Illinois recovers, seems con!dent ahead of games at Minn., Wis.

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