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SALAITA TIMELINE
Feb. 13: A motion hearing between the University and Salaita will be held for his suit regarding the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
Aug. 24 – Oct: 14 campus departments submit votes of no confidence in University administration.
Aug. 22: Chancellor Phyllis Wise sends mass emails explaining her decision rests on protecting diverse dialogue.
Aug. 16: The University begins receiving emails from donors threatening to stop giving money if Salaita’s position is approved.
Aug. 1: Salaita receives an email from Wise, explaining his position would not go on to the board for approval.
Mid-July: Salaita publishes vulgar tweets regarding conflict in Gaza.
Oct. 3, 2013: Salaita receives an offer for a position in the American Indian Studies program as a tenured associate professor.
Jan. 29: Salaita files a federal suit against the Board of Trustees, University administration and donors for his rejected appointment.
Jan. 15: The Board of Trustees states it will not reconsider Salaita’s appointment.
Dec. 23: The University’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure report is released and recommends the Board of Trustees to consider reappointment.
Nov. 17: Salaita sues the University for what he claims as FOIA violations. The suit was filed at the Champaign County Circuit Court.
Sept. 17: 330 University faculty members call on the administration to restore principles of academic freedom.
Sept. 11: The Board of Trustees votes not to approve Salaita’s appointment.
DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOSalaita supporters gathered in protest, many sporting duct tape as a symbol of censorship.
Steven Salaita filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Illinois Thursday, claiming his constitutional rights were violated after his employment offer was denied.
Salaita sues UI administration, donorsBY MEGAN JONES AND ABIGALE SVOBODAASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR AND STAFF WRITER
• Following Salaita’s press conference Thursday the University issued a statement saying the, “University to vigorously defend against meritless claims.”
• “As a private citizen, Dr. Salaita has the constitutional right to make any public statement he chooses,” the University said in a statement. “Dr. Salaita, however, does not have a constitutional right to a faculty position ...”
• Trustee James Montgomery, the only trustee to vote in favor of hiring Salaita, was not named in the suit.
• Unnamed donors are also being sued, despite the University’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure’s report which said they did not influence the decision.
• University statutes uphold that all employment is contingent on the approval by the Board of Trustees.
• According to the University’s statement, they have “attempted to negotiate a settlement for his reasonable losses and expenses, but he has refused those offers.”
• Steven Salaita filed suit in the federal court of the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago.
• Salaita is suing the Board of Trustees, Chancellor Phyllis Wise, President Robert Easter, Vice President for Academic Affairs Christophe Pierre and unnamed donors.
• The complaint seeks monetary relief “for violations of his constitutional rights, including free speech and due process, and for breach of contract ...”
• Salaita is represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Anand Swaminathan of Loevy & Loevy, a law firm in Chicago.
• Swaminathan said the University’s attempts to resolve the issue outside of court were done in an effort to “buy him off.”
• He wants the University to acknowledge the impact the decision has had on Salaita’s life.
• Salaita’s legal team upholds the recommendation by the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure to reconsider Salaita’s appointment.
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Champaign Sheriff’s Office investigating found bodyDAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
The Champaign County Sher-iff’s Office is investigating the death of an unknown male found near Tolono, roughly 10 miles
south of Champaign. The body was found in the area
of County Road 900 N near the intersection of 1000 E in Tolono Township. The Champaign Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene shorty before 9 a.m. Saturday after a body was found laying along the roadside.
The Sheriff’s Office and the
Champaign County Coroner’s Office processed the scene, and the investigation is currently ongoing. The identity of the vic-tim is pending.
The Coroner’s office has sched-uled an autopsy for Monday, Feb. 2.
Check DailyIllini.com for updates throughout the day.
FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINIIsaac Bahn, sophomore in LAS and Vicente Mundo’s fraternity brother, is comforted during the vigil held for Mundo at the Illini Union on Sunday.
Member of AAUP reflects on suit John Wilson, co-editor of the American Association of University Professors Academe blog, said he doesn’t think the University has a good chance at winning the lawsuit. “It’s very hard to sort of defend (the University’s) position from a
constitutional standpoint as well as from other sorts of standpoints,” Wilson said. “They’ve essentially admitted that they fired him for his political speech.” Wilson said the University is facing a long road of challenges, including the lawsuit and the “likelihood of censure” from the AAUP.
“This is likely to hang over the University of Illinois for quite a long time, and frankly it will probably require a change in the administration and the Board of Trustees before there’s an end to this — and that’s not likely to happen anytime soon,” Wilson said.
Unnamed ‘John Doe’ donors The suit claims the Board of Trustees was influenced by donor’s threats to cease donation if Steven Salaita was employed at the University. The investigation by the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure
reaffirmed the University’s stance there was no evidence donors had any influence in the decision, Salaita’s lawyer, Anand Swaminathan, said this is an incorrect interpretation of the report.“What the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure saw was
that they had not received any evidence of (donor pressure), and that of course was true because they didn’t receive any evidence from the University. All they had was the same, highly selective, highly redacted, set of records the University chose to release,”
Vigil held for missing studentBY LILLIAN BARKLEY STAFF WRITER
A vigil was held for missing student Vicente Mundo, junior in LAS, at 3 p.m. Sunday, one week after his disappearance. The vigil was moved to the Illini Union room C due to inclement weather.
Friends, family and community members filled the room as Stephen LaMalfa, Mundo’s brother-in-law, reminisced about Mundo’s kindness the first time he met him.
“The kid wouldn’t hurt a fly,” he said. The same sentiment was echoed by many throughout the service.
Father Daniel Gifford, assistant chaplain at St. John’s Catholic Newman Center, led a prayer for Mundo.
Julieta LaMalfa, Mundo’s older sister by 12 years, spoke about how humbling the experience had been and thanked the crowd.
“The support and help from the community has been truly, truly overwhelming,” she said.
Mundo was in the first generation of his family to go to college, she said. He fell in love with the University and made many friends through his love of soccer and the brotherhood of Theta Chi, his fraternity.
“He was so happy with this school, and I’m so proud of him,” LaMalfa said.
She requested that anyone with memories of her brother share them on Facebook. She also asked
Families of missing UI student, recent graduate bond over similar tragediesBY CHARLOTTE COLLINSSTAFF WRITER
Julieta LaMalfa does not believe her brother, Vicen-te Mundo, would disappear without any warning.
Mundo, a junior majoring in statistics and a member of Theta Chi fraternity, was
last seen around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25 in the 900 block of S. Third Street. He was leaving a friend’s apartment to meet anoth-er friend.
LaMalfa said she believes the body of a male found alongside a road in
Tolono Township on Satur-day morning is her brother.
The Champaign County Sheriff’s Office said the autopsy for the body is scheduled for Monday. A missing persons report for Mundo was filed Tuesday, Jan. 27.
“I hate to give up hope,” said LaMalfa. “I know that my brother wouldn’t have left voluntarily, which is why, with everything I know, that I can feel it in my heart that they did find him.”
LaMalfa said her broth-
er was happy to attend the University and is a deter-mined individual.
“He loved being here, he loved Champaign,” LaMal-fa said. “He was the first
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WEATHERPOLICE
Champaign Burglary from a mo-
tor vehicle was reported in the 400 block of East Heal-ey Street around 5 p.m. Sat-urday.
According to the report, the window on a vehicle was damaged and money and a cellphone were taken.
University A 42-year-old male
was arrested on the charges of driving un-der the infl uence of drugs and operating an unin-sured motor vehicle near the intersection of Penn-sylvania Avenue and Sixth Street around 8 p.m. Thursday.
According to the re-port, the car was initial-ly pulled over for making an improper right turn. When questioned, the man admitted to smoking can-
nabis earlier in the day.
Urbana Criminal damage to
property was reported in the 300 block of West Lo-cust Street around 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
According to the report, an unknown offender keyed the victim’s car.
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BY JOSH WINTERSSTAFF WRITER
Ahead of his Feb. 4 State of the State address, Gov. Bruce Rauner outlined his goals to members of the Champaign Community at the I-Hotel Thursday.
Rauner discussed prob-lems facing Illinois that he hopes to fi x during his time in offi ce to “make Illi-nois the most competitive and compassionate state in America.”
Following his brief open-ing remarks, Chamber of Commerce Chair Rod Rob-erts welcomed the governor, along with local community and political fi gures, includ-ing Chancellor Phyllis Wise, State Sen. Scott Bennett and Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten.
“The short summary of the state? It’s not good,” Rauner said soon after taking the fl oor, receiving laughter and applause from the crowd gathered in the Illinois Ballroom. “I ain’t going to take that anymore.”
Rauner spoke alongside a PowerPoint presentation, which he used to detail the issues he hopes to address in the coming legislative ses-sion. These included educa-tion, tax reform, job growth, stagnant wages and public labor unions.
Rauner spoke at length on Illinois’ education system, particularly on the need to improve the quality of edu-cation for K-12, communi-ty and vocational college students. He said the state needs to do more to increase access to high quality voca-tional job training, which could bring more jobs into Illinois.
“We’ve got jobs here, (but) we can’t fi nd the people with
technical skills to fi ll those jobs,” Rauner said. “That’s a fundamental failure of our education system.”
Rauner said Illinois teach-ers should be treated like professionals and well-paid with good benefi ts. He hopes to bid “good riddance” to the state’s Illinois Standard Achievement Test, which he said was lowering the qual-ity of education.
Later, Rauner discussed his plan to make the Univer-sity “an even more powerful engine of economic growth and job creation.”
He presented four rec-ommendations to make this goal a reality: adjusting fac-ulty and research compen-sation to ensure the best faculty possible; reducing administration bureaucracy to cut overhead costs; con-tinuing to freeze tuition to maintain competitiveness; and expanding the Univer-sity’s footprint in engineer-ing and applied sciences throughout the state.
“If the University will
work with me on these issues, I want to make this happen,” Rauner said.
The governor expressed the need for a “low, simple and broad” tax system, say-ing that raising taxes alone would not be enough to fi x Illinois’ budgetary prob-lems. He also emphasized encouraging job growth and competition in the state, and said he would travel the nation at his person-al expense to bring in new business.
“We’ve got to be pro-busi-ness, pro-investment and pro-growth — we’re not that today,” Rauner said.
Local union members, including representatives from the Graduate Employ-ees’ Organization, assem-bled outside of the I-Hotel to protest the governor’s position on unions, specifi -cally his support of “right to work” measures during his campaign.
Rauner described Illinois as “the most unionized state in America” and discussed
his frustration with high teachers’ union dues and mandatory membership for other careers. He said peo-ple should not be “forced” or “threatened” into joining a union, but should be able to choose for themselves.
In closing, Rauner said his administration will work to maintain an open chain of communication with the public, encouraging mem-bers of the audience to reach out to him if they had a prob-lem, disagreed with a policy or had any suggestions.
“If you’re not thriving, we’re failing,” Rauner told the crowd. “It’s hard to move everything on a dime, but we can begin the process.”
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BY FATIMA FARHA STAFF WRITER
After several months of discussion regarding the purchase of Tasers by the Urbana Police Department, the Urbana City Council will take the matter to a vote on Monday.
If a majority of coun-cil members vote in favor of the ordinance, six Tas-ers will be purchased and their use will be overseen by
the Civilian Police Review Board.
The purchase of Tasers has been highly debated during previous city coun-cil meetings — a majority of the community, especially the African-American com-munity, has voiced concerns regarding the use of Tas-ers by the Urbana Police Department.
Despite concern from the community, Alderman
Charlie Smyth, Ward 1, said there is a good chance the ordinance will pass through the committee of the whole.
Smyth said the African-American community is worried the Tasers will be used against them primar-ily, and while it is a diffi cult decision to make, he said there is good reason to vote for the purchase of Tasers.
“My own view is that one of their primary uses
is for people who are men-tally unstable and a threat to themselves and others,” Smyth said. “And Tasers are being used in our communi-ty by the University and the Sheriff’s department, and the history there is that they haven’t been abused.”
City council members will also vote on ordinances approving a redevelopment agreement with Stephens Building LLC, revising the
annual budget ordinance and amending the city code to give liquor licenses to cer-tain restaurants, as well as those with video gambling terminals.
The council will also appoint Captain Derrick Odle of the Urbana Fire Department to the position of Fire Division Chief and Jason Patterson to the Pub-lic Arts Commission.
Following the mayor-
al appointments the coun-cil will vote on a resolution approving and authorizing a budget increase for the annual Urbana Sweetcorn Festival. The festival had a net loss last year due to poor weather conditions and low ticket sales, because of which it needs more funding from the government.
Fatima can be reached at [email protected].
Rauner speaks at I-Hotel
Rauner’s suggestions seem like no-brainers. We
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KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois governor Bruce Rauner talks with supporters after a preview of the State of the State at the I-Hotel Ballroom on Thursday.
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that they visit the website for LostNMissing.
Victoria Mundo, another of Mundo’s sisters, also shared memories of her younger brother. She described him as someone with no shame that would do anything to make people happy.
No matter the outcome, she said she wants her brother to be found.
“The not knowing is what’s killing us,” she said.
The vigil was extended to the family of Cristian Zamora, who has been missing since Dec. 31.
His family was unable to attend due to road conditions, but sent a statement which was read by Gioconda Guerra Perez, director of La Casa Cultural Latina.
Perez also said La Casa would be open during the week as a space for students to share experiences, as requested by Mundo’s family, who is
Hispanic.Renée Romano, vice
chancellor for student affairs, expressed her regret at not knowing Mundo, but said that “the faculty and staff are all heartbroken.”
She said the Counseling Center would be open and that many staff members were in attendance at the vigil.
Professionals will also be available at La Casa throughout the week to provide support, Perez said.
Mundo’s family thanked attendees for their support and invited them to light a candle for Mundo and Zamora.
A n y o n e w i t h information regarding the d isappeara nces should contact the University of Illinois Police Department at 217-333-1216 or the Champaign Police Department at 217-351-4545.
Lillian can be reached at [email protected].
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in our family to go away for school, and he was just loving the experience.”
Though LaMalfa described Mundo as an ambitious person with high academic goals, LaMal-fa said her brother always had a childlike gentleness about him.
“He was always so protected by his friends because he had this little innocence about him. He was always so behind the curve in terms of his friends and grow-ing up,” LaMalfa said.
The last time LaMalfa heard from her brother was the morn-ing of his disappearance. The night before, he had rented a movie, and his sister texted him around 10 a.m. asking, “Was it good?” He responded saying the movie was disappointing.
“Please remember him as someone who is very kind, very loving, very innocent, full of life,
full of hope, and that he had a great experience here,” LaMal-fa said.
UI graduate still missing
Mundo is the second person reported missing in Champaign in January. Cristian Zamora, a recent 2014 University graduate, was last seen on New Year’s Eve.
Zamora was planning on end-ing his employment at Jimmy John’s to focus on other work.
Jeannie Douglas, Zamora’s aunt, said she believes he was determined to fi nish writing his book and that leaving unan-nounced would not have made sense given how vocal she said he was about his future plans.
“He had already given notice that he was going to quit because that was just a temporary thing just to get by,” Douglas said. “He was going to dedicate full-time until April to his book and by then it’d be edited and published.”
Douglas has been working with
Zamora’s mother, Sandra Car-rion, in her efforts to fi nd her son over the past month. Carri-on recalls her son talking about his book plans the last time she spoke with him on Dec. 29.
“He was so happy,” Carrion said. “He was telling me like ‘Oh, one more week at Jimmy John’s, I’m going to write this book, you’re going to be in my book. You’ll see, it’s going to be a surprise.’”
Carrion said leads have gone cold, and there is little evidence to help track down her son.
“We’re still in Dec. 31 at 8 at night. That’s it. We don’t know nothing else. We need to know something, good or bad. Just tell me something. Show me something.”
Families join together for support
The two families have formed a support system for each oth-er in the similar situations they
were both forced into around the same time. Zamora’s fami-ly reached out to Mundo’s after hearing of the other disappear-ance in Champaign.
“I don’t ever want anyone to have to go through what I have of course, but if this is going to help anyone else fi nd their loved ones, I want some of the attention on (Zamora’s family) right now,” LaMalfa said.
LaMalfa believes that the search is likely over for her brother, but maintains hope for Zamora’s family.
“I asked (Zamora’s family) to still stay because I think it’s important to keep looking for him,” LaMalfa said. “Nobody should have to go through this. I take it as giving back for the way everyone has been so won-derful for us.”
LaMalfa said she would be able to fi nd some peace if the body found were her brother’s.
“My biggest worry was always that he was suffering,” LaMalfa
said. “And if this is him, at least I know he’s not suffering.”
Zamora’s mother agreed. “That’s what we think day after
day.”
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Rauner gives his goals for Illinois’ future
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Schedules can be a pain, especially when they don’t get along with your
metabolic rates or eating schedule.
Sometimes there are class-es scheduled during the time when students would usually eat lunch, in which case the day’s lunch menu would be a lecture instead of the usual sandwich and chips.
I, for one, have classes starting at 8 a.m. and after-noon classes starting at 2 p.m. almost everyday. During the morning, I am half-asleep, so breakfast is usually skipped, and during afternoons, the end of morning classes injects some drowsiness into me so a nap feels much better than food, which leaves me only one meal per day: dinner.
Ultimately, I went about a whole semester eating only a meal or two every day, with most meals taking place late at night, and I knew I was sacrificing my health in the process. I am sure this phe-nomenon is not unique to me. Between classes and jobs,
many other students have busy, time-consuming sched-ules that do not leave enough time for full, well-balanced meals. As such, I feel that regardless of how busy stu-dents may be, they should remember to eat meals peri-odically throughout the day to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
This semester, I’ve been trying to eat at least two meals a day. Even if not a full meal, a light lunch of one turkey sandwich is enough for me. Schedules trail right behind me, and time always chas-es me like a bloodhound, but regular eating patterns are very important, especially with a heavy course load.
The Berk-shire Healthcare of the NHS Foundation Trust emphasiz-es the value of regular eat-ing patterns in that it helps prevent binge eating, keeps “blood sugar levels steady and minimizes feelings of tired-ness, dizziness and irritabil-
ity,” and helps keep the body’s metabolism steady. This study also states that leaving more than four to five hours between meals causes the body to start preparing for a further lack of food and tries to slow down its metabolic rates to preserve energy.
Another study carried out by the Center for Sleep and Cir-cadian Biology of Northwest-
ern Universi-ty claims that irregular eat-ing habits are also likely to cause weight gain due to factors such as skipping b r e a k f a s t , eating late at night or eat-ing a large p e r c e nt a g e of the recom-mended daily calorie intake after dinner.
Because of these poten-
tial health risks, I feel it is imperative to work regular eating patterns into college life. With our busy schedules, the risks emphasized by these studies may become higher, so having a regular eating pattern proves necessary.
Last semester, when I ate one meal a day, or two, if I was lucky, the one meal I ate was big. I ate as if I were eating my last meal on earth.
On the outside I did not change much in terms of weight or appearance, but on the inside, I could feel that my body was having a hard time digesting that one heap of food every day.
This semester, I’ve made an effort to eat more regularly, and I sleep for just as long as I used to last semester, but I can focus more during lectures, and I don’t feel the overwhelming urge to lay on my bed and sleep for hours after dinner. In short, I don’t feel as tired for a change.
Schedules are busy, and I am quite sure a lot of other students on campus have busy schedules, as well.
Skipping meals is not a good idea, even if for the sake of a few minutes of sleep like I used to do. With most of us having so many daily obligations, it’s vital that we are keeping our-selves healthy to perform our daily routines, and that involves regular meals and better eating patterns.
Yunjo is a freshman in Engineering. He can be reached at yjeong12 @dailyillini.com.
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I t’s rare that I ever write something outwardly patri-otic, but my love for the
Super Bowl is too deep, so here it goes, I guess.
As I’m writing this, the victor of the Super Bowl is unknown. However, by the time this is published, the champion will be known by millions and will surely have locked up some sort of luxu-ry car brand’s sponsorship, bringing them unimaginable wealth for the foreseeable future.
Then, the grand spectacle of the game will fade from most of our minds until next year. The fleeting nature of the Super Bowl is probably the most healthy way extreme American culture can be experienced: in very short, stimulating bursts.
Last year for the Super Bowl, I was in London, Eng-land, watching my beloved Broncos crumble under the pressure of the massive event. The outcome of the game left me humbled, and was a lesson in humility as much as it was in anything else.
Despite this traumatic experience, which has surely scarred me for times to come, watching the Super Bowl in a different country was certain-
ly a remarkable memory.Given the choice, I’d take
the American pomp and cir-cumstance surrounding the event over the late-night aura of a packed student pub. There are some things about Ameri-can culture that can’t be repli-cated, and one just so happens to be the Super Bowl.
Probably most notably, due to Great Britain’s time dif-ference and my team’s poor performance, I’d never drank that much beer at 3 a.m. before — which made going to my 9 a.m. lecture the next day fairly difficult (I still did it, though). But more strik-ing than the increased con-sumption was the culture surrounding the game in England.
The Super Bowl wasn’t com-pletely ignored — most people knew what it was or that it was happening that day — but it also wasn’t treated with the same respect it is in the good ol’ U.S. of A, where it might as well be a national holiday.
Though this is not surpris-ing, in England that day, there were probably no increased sales of chips and dip at the grocery store, no constant speculation of the game in the country’s press and, most importantly, no American
commercials to accompany the game itself. As a Dori-tos and Clydesdale enthusi-ast, the lack of widely antic-ipated commercials was heartbreaking.
Overall, the game was played too inconveniently late for the average English per-son to care, and the Ameri-can football culture in London as a whole leaves something to be desired (but I guess the culture change is what you
get when you study abroad).
As stu-dents, espe-cially those involved in the humani-ties, we often look at the idea of “cul-ture.” Often, it is brought up that the United States, due
to its nature as a melting pot, possesses no real, uniquely American culture, but rather just bits and pieces of others.
But this idea is simply no longer true. This past week-end was the perfect represen-tation of a part of American culture, available nowhere else around the globe. This event is one of many that makes us unique and sets us apart.
I’ll admit that moving to London made me become dis-enchanted with many aspects
of American culture, and watching a game of football certainly didn’t change all of my new views (why can’t we have trains, man?), but it did allow me to see an aspect of my home that I’m not quite ready to part ways with.
This year, I vow to bask in my American nature. I’m just happy to be at my friend’s house, watching seventeen hours of pregame coverage, eating nachos and kicking back. I’ll enjoy that it won’t be 2 a.m. when the game finishes, or that class on Monday won’t be as hard for me to wake up and get to.
I’ll also enjoy that it’s a lit-eral impossibility that the Broncos could lose (since they won’t be playing). I can’t for-get that part.
Maybe America does have a culture that has been repeat-edly corrupted by corporate gluttony, but for five hours one Sunday a year, it’s ok to bask in it. It’s okay to park in front of the TV, it’s okay to enjoy the commercials whose sole purpose is to manipulate us, and most importantly, it’s okay to avidly root against Tom Brady — someone who probably doesn’t deserve the hate.
There sure are a lot of times I wish I could be back in Lon-don, but on Super Bowl Sun-day, I’m just glad to be home.
Boswell is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at [email protected].
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EDITORIALGov. Rauner’s
4-step plan has potential to
improve state, University
Super Bowl puts US culture on display
Eating regularly worthwhile during a busy day
On Wednes-day, Gov-ernor Bruce
Rauner will give the annu-al State of the State address, and he previewed what he will say when he visited Champaign last Thursday.
Rauner takes over a state in very bad shape, and a state that has a bad recent history of helping the Uni-versity. Last week, we talk-ed about how new Board of Trustees chairman Ed McMillan and Governor Rauner’s history can help improve the state’s relation-ship with the University.
Thursday’s speech showed a positive trend developing. In his speech, Rauner high-lighted a four-step plan to help improve the Universi-ty and its relationship with the state.
For today’s editorial, we decided to go step-by-step through his recommenda-tions and offer brief com-mentary of our take. Over-all, the suggestions seem like no-brainers, and we hope the state and Univer-sity are able to work these recommendations out.
1. Adjusting faculty and research compensation — Rauner said the University needs to raise pay to help attract the best faculty possible. We couldn’t agree more. Facul-ty are the backbone of this University, and, in order to have the best students, we need the best teachers and researchers to lead the way.
2. Reducing administration bureau-cracy to cut overhead costs — If the University thinks that this is possible without sac-rificing quality, we think this would be very help-ful. As students, it’s difficult navigating the administra-tion and finding which spe-cific unit to go to. If enough administrative costs were cut, it could potentially pay for the other suggestions of-fered by Rauner.
3. Continuing to freeze tuition to maintain competitiveness — The extremely high cost of at-tending the University pric-es out many students, and as a result, we lose out on many valuable, driven and worthwhile students to oth-er schools. If we truly want the best for the entire state, low- and middle-income stu-dents should be able to af-ford to go here, and our tu-ition rates should be more comparable to some of our competitors.
4. Expanding the University’s foot-print in engineering and applied sci-ences throughout the state — The University has so much knowledge, so much re-search and so much poten-tial to help the state, and it would be nice to see the cut-ting-edge technology help the people of Illinois. The more of a footprint the Uni-versity has, the more people will be able to see the posi-tive impact it can have.
As we stated, Rauner’s suggestions seem like no-brainers — if all goes well and according to plan, these missions could help the well-being of faculty and students as well as the Uni-versity and state as a whole. However, every good inten-tion has room for error, but we hope to see this four-step plan go off without a hitch.
SOMEONE’S EXPECTINGWell, Jessica Biel proves to us yet again that she is the
luckiest lady on earth. Not only does she get to call Justin Timberlake her hubby, but it’s been officially confirmed that there is a baby on the way, as noted through JT’s disgustingly adorable Instagram post kissing the very preggo tummy of Jessica. This baby will be the third one to join the American pop culture royal family, joining Blue Ivy Carter and North West. We just hope Jessica and Justin don’t have any ridiculous names in mind — like, can they just go with Matthew or Mary or something?
THE RETURN OF THE THRONEAttention “Game of Thrones” nerds! The trailer
for season five has been unveiled and we can look forward to a new season of the most intense, most riveting and most confusing show on television on HBO, April 12. For those who have read the books, keep the spoilers to yourselves, but the rest of us can predict, however, that Jon Snow still knows nothing and Hodor’s vocabulary probably hasn’t advanced much. And all we can say is that after the first four seasons of the show, we now know not to get emo-tionally attached to any of the characters.
THE ONE WITHOUT JENNIFER ANISTONHottest woman in the history of hot women, Jenni-
fer Aniston, was almost recast as the role of Rachel Green in the TV series “Friends.” The star, whose celebrity is widely thanks to the hit show’s 10 year run, had a conflicting schedule that would’ve made her role as Rachel near-impossible. Luckily for us, her other project was canceled shortly after and the rest is history. But seriously, can you even begin to imagine what life would be like today if Jen wasn’t there for the rest of the cast when their love lives were D.O.A? Or when they realized life was gonna be this way? We can’t.
SERIOUS ADS IN THE SUPER BOWLThis Super Bowl, amazing commercials were
featured, including a Nationwide spot with Mindy Kaling pretending to be invisible and a Brady Bunch-inspired Snickers ad. Two of the most memorable ads were from Always and the NFL itself. Always used their time to air the viral “Like A Girl” video, which is trying to positively redefine what it means to do things “like a girl.” The NFL has finally start-ed addressing domestic violence, with a commercial based on a real-life 911 phone call. While some com-mercials are used for humor, we definitely appreci-ated these more serious spots as well.
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YUNJO JEONG
Opinions columnist
Often, it is brought up that the U.S., due to its nature as a melting pot,
possesses no real American culture.
Because of these potential health risks, I feel it is
imperative to work regular eating schedules into
college life.
ist, Cloakroom, landing their album on several of Billboard’s charts, includ-ing #10 Best New Artist Album and #19 for Best Vinyl Album.
“It seems that in the past two and a half years, with the help that Brian Perry gave me with the renova-tion of the control room and a few significant freelance engineers from the Mid-west that have adopted my place, we are gaining more attention,” Talbott said.
The studio, which dou-bles as an apartment for recording artists that are from out of town, is also seen as a place of tranquil-ity and distanced from dis-tractions, specifically for those traveling from large cities.
Vattnet Viskar, a band from New Hampshire who just wrapped up their 10-day recording session at Earth Analog, said record-ing at the studio has been one of the best experiences of their lives.
Sanford Parker, a Chi-cago audio engineer that was working with the East coast band, is one promi-nent Midwest engineer that returns to the studio sever-al times a year.
“There are no real dis-tractions for the bands,” Parker said. “Tolono is a place that we can feel like we’re at home really quickly.”
That is especially true as bands can walk a block to get to the Loose Cobra, located at 113 E. Main St. in Tolono.
Talbott, who had always wanted to open up a bar, felt that the location was perfect for his clients, but also a nice change of pace from Champaign-Urbana.
“I’m serving two mar-kets at the same time,” Talbott said, referring to locals of Tolono and friends from Champaign-Urbana who make regular trips to the shows put on at Loose Cobra. “I’m doing things that other local bars aren’t, like supplying a variety of really nice bourbon, a
diverse collection of beers, but then keeping the drinks that locals expect me to have.”
One of the most distinct qualities of Loose Cobra is its appreciation for vinyl. Anyone can bring in their own personal collection, or go through the supply that the bar offers, and spin the music they want to hear while playing pin-
ball or darts in the Christ-mas light-lit space.
Talbott has high hopes for the Loose Cobra; he hopes to eventually add food to the mix and plan outside parties once the weather cooperates. He’s even looking into a Loose Cobra edition limo to bus individuals to and from
Champaign. For now, the Cobra is
continually booking shows, with their next one being on Feb. 22 with the local band Bookmobile!
For travelers from Champaign-Urbana, the Loose Cobra will split the cost of visitors’ cabs.
Fran can be reached at [email protected].
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FRANCES WELCH THE DAILY ILLINIMatt Talbott, owner of Loose Cobra, Earth Analog Studios, and Earth Analog Records in Tolono, Illinois, has been working with C-U-based bands since starting the label in 2001.
FRANCES WELCH THE DAILY ILLINIEarth Analog Studios’ live-in apartment for guest recording artists features a rooftop garden at the 7 N. Bourne St. location.
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history, regardless of race. He said he feels there are several African-Americans that have made great contributions to the country, yet many students do not learn about them during their formal education. February is a time to reflect on the contributions that African-American leaders have made, James said.
However, despite the widespread events on campus for the month, it can be difficult for some students to feel at home at the University.
“People don’t understand what black culture is; it’s really stereotyped,” Jones said. “I mean, just to even go out to the bars and hear certain racial comments like, ‘Oh, can you twerk?’ There’s just so much miscommunication between races that I see.”
Despite the perception that the campus community is working toward promoting diversity, Jones said there are still prevalent issues that remain on campus.
Events on campus throughout the month will aim to work toward the resolution of some of these issues. CBSU is specifically planning a Black Student Union address about recent events with Being Black at Illinois, an RSO that works closely with BNAACC.
In addition, several student leaders, advisors and James have started the discussion with Champaign, Urbana and the University police chiefs to find ways to move forward post-Ferguson in the community. James said these discussions will continue for the rest of the semester.
According to Jones, the lack of official University-sponsored events implies a sense of segregation for people from different races or ethnic groups because the events to honor the month are not visible in common campus locations.
“I think (the University) puts it into the hands of the black organizations,” Jones said. “I don’t see IUB or the big University units putting on things for everyone. It’s more like the black units of the University putting on things for Black people. So I think that’s an issue that we face during Black History Month. It’s more of a celebration for us, rather than for everyone — which is what it’s supposed to be.”
***Still, many organizations
and student groups will also host events this month ranging from greek events and talent shows to parties and discussion sessions.
“This is not a way to separate us,” James said. “It’s a way for us to reflect on a certain demographic and a certain group of people ... So many times the narratives have come from a white, male perspective, so black
history is important because you’re getting the black perspective.”
CBSU will host events this month, including one of its largest events, Cotton Club Variety Show.
The 1920s marked the climax of the Harlem Renaissance, where sultry jazz music electrified the skin and even the most composed spirits came to life. It was an era, so distinctively soulful that many people today attempt to recreate that art, even if just for a few minutes.
Cotton Club Variety Show pays tribute to this era and the original Cotton Club, a white club that African-American entertainers
performed at, in Harlem, New York.
“I think it is the biggest African-American event of the year. A lot of people look forward to it and come down for the weekend,” Jones said.
CBSU will begin with a fashion Show at 7 p.m. at Ikenberry Commons on Feb. 20. On Feb. 21, Cotton Club Variety Show will commence at 2 p.m. at Foellinger Auditorium. The show will feature actors, singers and dancers, as all performers attempt to recreate the original Cotton Club for the audience. The Official After Party will be held at CRCE starting at 10 p.m. following the variety show’s completion.
The dining halls will also have themed dinners to educate students about the history of African-American food.
“Soul food is bigger than just greens, fried chicken, macaroni and cheese ... but we forget there’s West Indian food, Caribbean food, Creole food that’s apart of the African-American cuisine,” James said.
The first theme dinner will be a Southern Food Celebration on Thursday.
C a r r ie A nderson , the executive chef for Resident ia l Di n i ng Services collaborated with BNAACC throughout the semester to perfect the menus to offer students traditional-theme meals. The second theme dinner will be Neo-Soul Food on February 26. The theme dinners seek to bring the campus community together highlighting different RSOs, music and discussions about the food and its ingredients, Anderson said.
“It’s really just about comfort, familiarity, it is about evoking memories,” she said. “That’s what we are trying to do with a lot of the dishes that we serve-making students feel at home, regardless of race.”
Darrah can be reached at perryma2 @dailyillini.com.
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“People don’t understand what
black culture is, it’s really
stereotyped.”LOREN JONES
PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR, CBSU
“I got intrigued by it, and thought that this was going to be cool since it wasn’t in Champaign, but close
enough that I can get away.”MATT TALBOTT
OWNER OF LOOSE COBRA
BY FRANCES WELCH STAFF WRITER
Throughout the 1990s, the alternative, grunge rock movement rose to prominence, a genre aimed at attaining a gritty and raucous guitar sound with lazy and imperfect vocals. One group that contributed to the takeoff was Hum, a Champaign-Urbana-based, four-piece band consisting of Matt Talbott, Tim Lash, Jeff Dimpsey and Bryan St. Pere.
Although the band has since called it quits, apart from a couple reunion
shows here and there, their two albums and touring legacy continues to gain a devoted fanbase, and has been credited as the muse behind albums of modern-day bands.
Today, while half the band has relocated else-where, some of it members remain in the area — and Matt Talbott has managed to become one of the busi-est music socialites around.
In 2001, he opened his own studio and label, Earth Analog Studios and Earth Analog Records in Tolono, Ill. , about 10 miles
from Champaign. Since last August, Talbott has expanded to opening a bar, Loose Cobra, just a block down the street.
“The property values in Champaign for what I need-ed were prohibitive,” Tal-bott said. “Once I thought of the idea of it being some-where other than Cham-paign, I got intrigued by it, and thought that this was going to be cool since it wasn’t in Champaign, but close enough that I can get away.”
Earth Analog Studios are dedicated to recording a
majority of their music in analog, which means that bands record their songs to tape, and there is bare-ly any digitalized interven-tion. From there, they use analog processing during the mastering of the album.
The studio, a corner building on Bourne Street, is constantly renovat-ed to compete as the best recording space in central Illinois.
Recently, the studio gained a bit of momen-tum with a recorded art-
BY DARRAH PERRYMANASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
There was something rich and hallowing about the untold stories of African-Americans that consumed Dr. Carter G. Woodson , leading him to dedicate his life to
preserving African-American history. Today, February has historic meaning
in African-American history and is celebrated as Black History Month for a variety of reasons, some being to honor Frederick Douglas , Abraham Lincoln and W.E.B. Du Bois, who all have birthdays in February . However, Dr. Woodson and his commitment to the untold stories holds truer to the heart of the annual celebration.
“What are the two things that we learn about ourselves, as black Americans, when we go through the K-through-12 system?” asked Rory James, director of the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (BNAACC) . “We learn about American slavery, we were slaves, and then we hear about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Not to diminish how great he was, but those two things are very narrow minded in the grand scheme of our history. Black people
have strong histories, even before our ancestors were brought on the shores of the United States of America.”
Dr. Woodson particularly felt that the lack of black history within the educational system was detrimental to society — especially to African-Americans.
He advocated for schools to begin teaching black history more extensively, and in February of 1926, Dr. Woodson and the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, an organization he founded, launched Negro History Week, which promoted
the study of African-American history . The program continued after Dr.
Woodson’s death in 1950, gaining momentum with the Civil Rights Movement , and in 1976, the program was expanded to become a month-long celebration.
***Today, Dr. Woodson’s and other
prominent leaders’ legacies live on as February’s crisp commencement calls for the continued celebration of black history. However, for some, each February brings up issues still found in the African-American community.
“To me, every month is Black History Month,” said Loren Jones, public relations chair of Central Black Student Union and senior in LAS . “But I think Black History Month is an extra effort to learn more about ourselves and to educate people about our history that is deeply rooted in Champaign as well as the rest of the United States. It’s a great opportunity for us to come together actively for a month.”
James also encourages everyone on campus to learn about black
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NO THEME LEFT BEHIND
C-U alt-rocker brings unique music, bar to Tolono
Black History Month educates others on history, current issues
FRANCES WELCH THE DAILY ILLINIMembers of Vattnet Viskar stand with Matt Talbott and audio engineer Sanford Parker in Talbott’s bar, Loose Cobra.
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All events listed below will be hosted at the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, unless otherwise noted. In August, BNAACC moved from 708 S. Mathews St. to 51 E. Gregory Drive, which was previously the home of Campus Outdoor Recreational Center.
Feb. 2 at 6 p.mBlack History Month Opening CeremonyFeb. 3 at 6 p.mAfrican American Empowerment with Kappa Alpha PsiFeb. 7 at 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.100 STRONG Retreat
Feb. 10 at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.Academy Movie Series “Car Wash”“Eddie Murphy Raw”Feb. 11 at 12 p.m.Food For The SoulFeb. 12 at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.Academy Movie Series “Krush Groove”“Ghosts of Mississippi”Feb. 15 at 5 p.m.Soul Premiere at the MA-AT Gospel Explosion at SDRPFeb. 16 at 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.Civil Rights Presentation by January Boten at SDRP 2009Feb. 18 at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m.Food For The Soul: History of Cotton Club
Step Afrika! at the Krannert Center for the Performing ArtsFeb. 19 at 6 p.m.Black Sacred Music Symposium at KrannertCBSU BATS Ewezo Showing “Dear White People” at SDRPFeb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.Black Sacred Music Symposium XII Concert at KrannertFeb. 25 at 12:00 p.m. and 6 p.m.Food For The SoulBrotherhood DinnerFeb. 28 at 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Black & Latino Male Summit 2015
SHARING UNHEARD STORIESPHOTOS COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY HOUSING
LEFT: Carrie Anderson, executive chef for University Housing, perfects tempura batter for sweet potatoes, a portion for the chef’s special for a Black History Month-themed dinner. RIGHT: Catfi sh po boy with arugula and cajun aioli was served as part of the Black History Month-themed meal for the University dining halls in 2013.
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For most of the afternoon, the game between Penn State
and Illinois on Saturday was sluggish and the crowd was quiet.
But when Malcolm Hill drove past two Nittany Lions defenders and finished off a left-handed layup to give the Illini a 60-58 lead with four seconds remaining, the fans at State Farm Center erupted.
And after D.J. Newbill’s last-second floater bounced off the rim to cement the Illinois (14-8, 4-5 Big Ten) victory over Penn State (14-8, 2-7), those same fans were able to go home happy.
It was Hill who carried the Illini, scoring 27 points on 10-of-15 shooting on a day where nearly all of his teammates had a quiet offensive night. Kendrick Nunn struggled from the field, missing 12 of 14 total shots. Newbill was Penn State’s version of Hill, as the Big Ten’s leading scorer
dropped 20 on the Illini. Hill and Newbill
went back and forth all afternoon, trading blows until the end. But when the final buzzer sounded, Hill had the last laugh, and his last bucket was the difference.
“On a very rugged, physical play at the rim, (Hill) stuck it in at the end,” Illini head coach John Groce said after the game.
Since Rayvonte Rice went down in early January with a hand injury, every Illinois win has been the result of Hill or Nunn carrying the team offensively. Saturday was no different, and Rice and junior guard Aaron Cosby (recovering from an eye injury) were sidelined once again.
This time, their absence wasn’t due to injury. Groce announced before the game that Cosby and Rice were both suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules, and Groce’s statement indicated it was due to poor choices off the court. The exact violation is unclear, but I’d be surprised if Cosby and Rice aren’t re-instated before the Michigan State game Feb. 7,
as long as they’re healthy. It’s been tough for
Illinois with Cosby and Rice out and a depleted roster, and Saturday was another grind-it-out affair. Illini center Nnanna Egwu struggled with fouls and had a limited offensive presence, so Groce had to look to his bench for help.
Sophomore forwards Maverick Morgan and Austin Colbert stepped up, especially in the second
half. Four of Morgan’s six total points came during an important stretch in the second half, and when Egwu picked up his fourth foul, Colbert picked up the slack. His put-back bucket with eight minutes remaining ignited the home crowd, and both he and Morgan provided valuable minutes until Egwu returned.
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Illinois basketball’s Rice, Cosby suspended indefinitely
Illinois’ Rayvonte Rice and Aaron Cosby have been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules.The suspension was announced Saturday morning less than an hour before the Illini tipped off against Penn State at State Farm Center.“Hopefully they will make better choices and make the necessary progress to rejoin our lineup,” Illinois
head coach John Groce said in a press release.Rice and Cosby were both close to returning from injuries prior to the announcement. Groce had said there was a chance they could play Saturday.Rice was the team’s leading scorer and rebounder before suffering a broken hand in early January. Cosby, who has started 13 games for Illinois this year, was out with a retinal tear in his left eye.
BY CHRISTOPHER KENNEDYSTAFF WRITER The Illinois men’s tennis team has played three top-15 opponents this year. In every one of those matches, it has trailed 3-1.
Against the Baylor Bears last week, the Illini fought back to win. Friday night against Duke, an evening full of missed opportuni-ties for the Illini resulted in a heartbreaking loss. By Saturday, there weren’t any more missed opportunities against No. 6 North Caroli-na at Atkins Tennis Center. Instead, the legend of Far-ris Gosea was born.
That’s what head coach Brad Dancer called it. Gosea clinched the match for the Illini over the Tar Heels in a thrilling three-set comeback win. He was down 2-5 in the third set, and things looked bleak. But Gosea kept battling and forced North Caroli-na’s No. 2-ranked Brayden Schnur into a tiebreaker. When Gosea realized that No. 31 Jared Hiltzik had won his match on Court 1 to close in on the Tar Heels, he knew he couldn’t give up the match.
“I really didn’t want to throw it away right there,”
Gosea said. “It was so loud in here, I couldn’t really hear myself think. I just told myself, ‘Play every point with purpose.’”
After coming all the way back from a 5-2 deficit to a 5-5 tie, Gosea dropped the next set. He held off elim-ination once more to tie things up to 6-6, initiating a tiebreaker with Schnur. Gosea found himself in a 3-1 hold to open the tie-breaker. But Gosea kept fighting. Up 6-5 for match point, he broke Schnur’s serve and was swarmed by orange-clad teammates and fans as “Oskee-Wow-Wow”
blared over the Atkins Cen-ter speakers.
The “Net Nuts” didn’t want to leave the court Sat-urday. Fans congratulated Gosea and stuck around to sing the “Alma Mater.” Dancer told the crowd that it made the difference in the game.
“You’re feeling the stu-dents back here, you’re feeling the energy of the crowd. A lot of our guys were down, just looking for any kind of spark,” Danc-er said. “Upstairs, down-stairs, everywhere across the court, tremendous ener-gy tonight. (It) really pulled our guys through.”
There was a lot to cheer about in the resilient come-back effort for Illinois. Every match was a battle. After losing the doubles point, Illinois lost the first
BY BRETT LERNERSTAFF WRITER
When Ivory Crawford’s name was announced in the starting five for Illinois on Sunday, the Illini faithful got loud. The excitement lasted well into the first half, but not much longer. Wisconsin busted out of its four-game losing skid with a 73-62 win over Illinois at State Farm Center. With the deficit only at four points at halftime, Illinois fell behind quickly to begin the second half.
“Thursday (against Nebraska), I was so proud of our players and the fight and resiliency that they showed,” head coach Matt Bollant said of Illinois’ pre-vious game. “I really expect-ed to see that today. But, for
whatever reason, we didn’t have that.”
Illinois’ depth was tested in six games without Craw-ford, who was out with a knee injury. Although Crawford returned Sunday, depth was still a problem. Bollant had to use a plethora of unusual lineups because of foul trou-ble. Chatrice White fouled out early in the second half and Crawford followed suit a few minutes later. Jacqui Grant was off the court for much of the back end of the second half because of fouls, and Brittany Carter faced a similar situation.
“We have to play smart-er,” Bollant said. “We just foul a lot, and we just have to be more disciplined.”
The foul trouble for many
of the starters forced Bol-lant to look further down his bench in search of pro-duction. Late in the game, Illinois shifted to a five-guard lineup and received a lot of production from sophomore Ashley McCo-nnell and senior Nia Oden. McConnell was perfect from 3-point range on three attempts, and Oden scored six points and snagged four rebounds, of which Bollant was proud.
Although her return to the lineup was spoiled by the loss, Crawford played a significant role for the Illi-ni. With 12 points and six rebounds, the most impres-sive part of Crawford’s first game in about a month was her attacking mentality. Her
response to the lack of hesi-tation in her game was sim-ply “just play ball.”
Kiley Simmons, who scored a team-high 16 points, ran the point in almost all of the lineups that Bollant put on the floor. Simmons felt it made a difference having Crawford back on the court, from more than just a scor-ing perspective.
“She brings that aggres-sion all the time and it’s just fun to play with someone who plays like that,” Sim-mons said.
The defensive mismatch-es Illinois faced came pri-marily with Wisconsin’s two 6-foot-4 posts. Wiscon-sin grabbed a season-high 50 rebounds as a team, 11 of which came from sopho-
more Malayna Johnson, her career high.
“I was proud of Malayna,” Wisconsin head coach Bob-bie Kelsey said. “She’s nev-er gotten 11 rebounds. But she’s capable, so now that’s my expectation.”
The loss knocks the Illini to 11-11 overall and 2-8 in conference play with their losing streak now up to sev-en games.
“Those on the floor at the end fought and tried, but we didn’t start the game that way,” Bollant said. “We didn’t start the sec-ond half that way, which is disappointing.”
Brett can be reached at [email protected] and @BLerner10.
ALEX ROUX
Basketball columnist
Gosea leads Illinois to victory over UNC, 4-3
Hill steps up in Illini win
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Crawford returns, but Illini come out with a loss
Friday: Illinois 3, Duke 4Summary: The Illini looked ready for a comeback in front of their home crowd, but were doomed by missed opportunities.Key performer: Aleks Vukic — The freshman was the only Illini to win his singles match in straight sets, a dominating 6-1, 6-1 victory.Saturday: Illinois 4, UNC 3Summary: The Illini scpred a thrilling comeback win over the Tar Heels. It came down to Court 1, where Farris Gosea came back from a 5-2 final set deficit to win in a tiebreaker.Key Performer: Farris Gosea — After losing his first set, Gosea won the next two in tiebreakers over No. 2-ranked Brayden Schnur to win the match for Illinois.Quote of the game: Head coach Brad Dancer — “If you hang in there long enough, you finally get a chance to have a winning moment ... the legend of Farris Gosea is born.”Up next: Kentucky, 6 p.m., Friday at Atkins Tennis Center
Wisconsin 73, Illinois 62
Summary: The loss to the Badgers was Illinois’ seventh straight.Key Performer: Nicole Bauman had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists for the Badgers.Hidden Stat: Illinois had 23 personal fouls and had two players (Chatrice White, Ivory Crawford) foul out.Up Next: vs. Minnesota, 8 p.m. Thursday at State Farm Center
BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Farris Gosea celebrates a comeback win during the match against No. 6 North Carolina at Atkins Tennis Center on Saturday. The Illini won 4-3.
BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Aaron Cosby sits on the bench at State Farm Center on Saturday after he and Rayvonte Rice were suspended for violating team rules. Head coach John Groce has not named the specific violations of the pair.
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“Upstairs, downstairs,
everywhere ... tremendous energy tonight. (It) really pulled our guys
through.”BRAD DANCER
MEN’S TENNIS HEAD COACH
HOCKEYILL VS. OKLAHOMA FRI: ILL 4, OKLA 2SAT: ILL 5, OKLA 4ILLINOIS ICE ARENA
WOMEN’S BASKETBALLILL AT NEBTHURS: NEB 59, ILL 57LINCOLN, NEBRASKA ILL VS. WISCSUN: WISC 73, ILL 62STATE FARM CENTER
WEEKEND ROUNDUP: MEN’S GYMNASTICSILL VS. MINNSAT: ILL 435.200, MINN 419.800HUFF HALL
WRESTLINGMARYLAND VS. ILLFRI: ILL 32, MARYLAND 3HUFF HALLILL AT PURSUN: ILL 21, PUR 9WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
MEN’S BASKETBALLILL VS. PSUSAT: ILL 60, PSU 58STATE FARM CENTER
WOMEN’S GYMNASTICSILL VS. PSUSAT: ILL 196.400, PSU 195.600HUFF HALL SWIMMING
ILL VS. MSUSAT: ILL 190, MSU 110ARC POOL
And even though Egwu had a game where he made several freshman-like mistakes, he played like a senior when it mattered. Down 58-56 in the final minute, Egwu received a pass out of a double team from Hill and calmly buried a hook shot to tie the game. Jaylon Tate drew an offensive foul on Newbill on the next Penn State possession, which allowed Hill to finish it off.
Illinois needed this one to keep any hopes of an at-large NCAA tournament bid alive, and the Illini have a great shot to pick
up their first back-to-back wins since Dec. 20 and 27 when a bad Rutgers team visits State Farm Center on Tuesday. At this point, it’s all about continuing to stay on the bubble until Rice and Cosby return.
The win wasn’t pretty — both teams combined for 32 turnovers. But this Illini squad who has played poorly in crunch time in multiple games this season got it done.
“Guys made plays at the end,” Tate said after the game. “And that’s all that mattered.”
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set in four of the six singles matches. The only Illini to win in straight sets, No. 40 Tim Kopinski, still had to go through a 7-5 tiebreaker in his first set before scor-ing the Illini’s first victory, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.
“We get down in dou-bles, get down in singles,” Dancer said. “It seems like it never stops us.”
In his first big-time dual match, Toshiki Mat-suya dominated his first set 6-2, but faltered in the second and let UNC’s Stu-art DePaolo stay alive. But Matsuya finished him off in the final set 6-2 to give the Illini their second point of the day.
Like Friday against
Duke, Hiltzik fought back from an early first-set def-icit to turn the tide of the match. Down 5-2, he pushed things past six sets, eventu-ally falling 5-7. After that, Hiltzik put Brett Clark of UNC away 6-4, 6-4, with match point coming in the middle of Gosea’s duel with Schnur.
“A great job of staying tough, hanging in there,” Dancer said. “The thing in tennis is if you hang in there long enough, you finally get a chance to have a winning moment. Farris obviously capitalized on that winning moment. And the legend of Farris Gosea is born.”
Chris can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @ChrisKennedy_4.
BY DANIEL DEXTERSTAFF WRITER
Despite missing its top goal scorer, the Illinois hockey team had no trouble finding the back of the net against Oklahoma over the weekend.
Illinois (19-13-1-0) got back to its winning ways with a weekend sweep of the Sooners (18-7-1-0) at the Illinois Ice Arena by scores of 4-2 and 5-4 on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
F r e s h m e n E r i c Cruickshank and James Mcging bore the majority of the scoring load in the absence of leading scorer John Olen, who is on leave to play for Team USA at the World University Games.
The Sooners came into the matchup as the No. 6 team in the ACHA, but they were also missing their top two points leaders Jordan Greenberg and Bryce Johnson — who are also competing at the University Games.
Head coach Nick Fabbrini said the Sooners’ lack of fire power doesn’t take away from how well his team
played. He said it was the first time all semester the Illini put in a full effort for an entire weekend. This has been an issue in the past for the team, most notably in the previous weekend, when Illinois allowed Robert Morris to jump to a 3-0 lead in the first period after defeating them the night before.
“Any time you can win two games in a weekend, it’s a great weekend,” Fabbrini said. “It feels good to get this monkey off our back
of playing great on Friday and then not necessarily following it up on Saturday.”
Illinois got out to a quick start Friday after right wing Kyle Varzino scored the opening goal about a minute into the game. After a scoreless second period, the Illini sealed their victory following a pair of goals from Cruickshank in the third period.
On Saturday, Oklahoma seemed to have an answer for every Illinois goal, tying the game with about
12 minutes left. Mcging, however, put the game away with his second score of the night on a tap-in power-play goal to give the Illini a comfortable two-goal lead. The Sooners cut into the lead 30 seconds later, but Illinois held them at bay the rest of the way to complete the sweep.
“We haven’t always responded the best when we have given up a couple of goals,” Fabbrini said. “Tonight, we didn’t get down. We had a firm belief
in what we were doing and what we were hoping to accomplish. I think that helped keep our composure a little bit. We didn’t panic, even when they tied it late.”
The series sweep marks the Illini’s first sweep since sweeping Indiana Dec. 12-13. After the game, Mcging drew comparisons between the way the No. 6 Sooners and unranked Hoosiers played against them, which left him questioning Oklahoma’s high ranking.
“They played similar to the way Indiana did where they kind of just stood in the middle and tried to keep us on the outside,” Mcging said. “I think that was the wrong idea, and I was really unimpressed with their defense. Our team has a lot of play makers, and we love it when you give us time.”
Daniel can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @ddexter23.
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BY WILL SMALLSTAFF WRITER
The Illinois men’s track and field team showed strong results in a com-petitive field at the Indi-ana Relays on Friday. Illi-nois sent just a small group of distance and middle-dis-tance runners to the meet, which featured Indiana and Louisville.
After three straight meets to start the semester,
the rest of the team spent the weekend idle.
“We had some fine per-formances this weekend, and we accomplished what we wanted to,” head coach Mike Turk said.
Jannis Toepfer was one of the Illini standouts. He placed first in the 3,000 meter with a time of 8 min-utes, 11.90 seconds, and was pleased with his per-formance after not getting
the result he wanted last weekend in the Rod McCra-vy Memorial Meet in Lou-isville, Kentucky.
“Jannis really had a nice comeback from his race last week, and put out a nice performance that we know he’s capable of,” Turk said.
Another solid showing for Illinois was in the mile, where Liam Markham fin-ished sixth. Sophomore
Malik Lee beat his previ-ous career indoor best in the 600 meters.
“For the younger guys, especially in the distance crew, we feel like we have so much quality depth that we need to seek out oppor-tunities for them, and it’s a big important part of their development,” Turk said.
For the athletes who didn’t compete, the week-end was a chance to rest.
“The guys were ready for a physical and mental check down and being able to regenerate,” Turk said. “We had some really good training sessions this past week.”
Up next for the Illi-ni are two pivotal meets, the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite in Lincoln, Nebras-ka, and the Iowa State Clas-sic in Ames, Iowa. Turk believes the combination
of competing and training will bode well for his team.
“We have two very big weekends coming up now and this was just a really good weekend for those guys to get a break,” Turk said. “We’re going to be very pleased with this weekend down the road.” .
Will can be reached at wsmall2 @dailyillini.com.
BY DANIEL COLLINSSTAFF WRITER
Eight seniors on the swimming and diving team ended their dual meet careers on a high note Sat-urday when Illinois defeat-ed the Michigan State 190-110 at the ARC.
Prior to the meet, the seniors stood amongst themselves before the crowd and received a stand-ing ovation. They were also given time with family and friends who came out to support them.
The Illini broke an ARC pool record in their first event — the 400 medley relay — with a time of 3 min-utes, 48.39 seconds. They kept the momentum for the next four events, until Michigan State pulled out a win in the 200 butterfly.
But the Spartans’ success was short-lived. Besides sweeping both diving
events, they only notched one swimming event win — the 200 breaststroke.
The win was a collective effort for the Illini, as no swimmer won more than two events. Senior Alison Meng, sophomore Amelia Schilling and freshman Gabrielle Bethke all won two events each.
“Just like last week, everyone contributed,” Meng said. “It didn’t matter who you were or for what place you were competing.”
With the win, Illinois fin-ished off the season with a 6-4 meet record. The next time the team will compete is at the Big Ten Champi-onships in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 18-21. Last season, the Illini finished 12th in the Big Ten Championships with a total of 79 points and set 38 personal records.
Head coach Sue Novitsky said the team has been
showing signs of reaching its peak.
“I saw a lot of great things today in terms of their race strategy,” Novitsky said. “The long distance swimmers chose a good time to drop off and switch gears. The sprinters did a good job at where they chose to take their breaths and attack their turns.”
Even with more compe-tition remaining, seniors such as Meng are starting to realize that the end of their swimming careers is near.
“Having this be my last dual meet and home meet together, it definitely feels like a huge chunk of my swimming career is over,” Meng said.
Daniel can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @collins_d2.
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Toepfer takes first in 3,000 meter at IU
Illini end regular season strongBRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINI
Illinois’ Amelia Shilling swims the 200-yard freestyle event during the meet against Nebraska at the ARC on Jan. 24. The Illini finished the regular season on a high note and are looking forward to competing in the Big Ten Championships in February.
ZOE GRANT THE DAILY ILLINIEric Cruickshank handles the puck during the game against Oklahoma on Saturday. It was the first of two wins against Oklahoma this weekend.
BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIRayvonte Rice (third from right) and Aaron Cosby (far right), already out of play for injuries, were suspended from the team preceding Saturday’s game.
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“Having this be my last dual meet and home meet together, it definitely feels like a huge chunk of my swimming career is over.”ALISON MENGSENIOR SWIMMER
THE DAILY ILLINI | WWW.DAILYILLINI.COM Monday, February 2, 2015 3B
In long meet, men’s gymnastics wins 6 of 7 titles
Women’s gymnastics pulls ahead for close win
BY DANIEL COLLINSSTAFF WRITER
The Illinois men’s gymnas-tics team showed complete con-trol in its 435.2-419.7 win over Minnesota.
The meet consisted of a head-to-head format with teams alter-nating turns while competing in the same event. While head coach Justin Spring encourages the use of this format in order to make the sport more understandable to the average fan, he still wants the format to be perfected.
“Until we hit our fi ve-count for-mat in March, it’s just going to be too long with six athletes on each event with each team,” Spring said. “It creates a little bit better following and understanding, but you can’t have a product go this long. We have to fi x the timing.”
The meet lasted just under three hours, which is approxi-mately one hour longer than the average meet. While the meet did take longer than what the team is accustomed to, the Illini remained focused enough to dom-inate throughout the entire meet.
In the fi rst event, the fl oor exercise, Illinois set a season-high score with 72.55. Sophomore Matt Foster recorded a career high in the event with a total of 14.7.
“I fi nally had my max diffi culty that I’ve been trying to go after for a couple years,” Foster said. “I knew I had to step up against a pretty good opponent today and the routine hit exactly how I wanted it to.”
In the second event, the pom-mel horse, the Illini recorded the
fourth-best score in team history with a 72.3. Illinois fi nished the event with six of the top seven scores.
It was during the pommel horse event that Foster said the team sensed that they can take control of the meet and put the pressure on the Gophers.
“With the (head-to-head) for-mat, you can defi nitely tell that there was pressure in the air,” Foster said. “Once we got to pommel horse, one of our better events, I can tell from the start of our order that it was time to pull ahead and close out the meet early.”
The biggest battle of the night was not between Illinois and Min-nesota, but between Illini team-mates junior C.J. Maestas and freshman Bobby Baker, who were both competing for the all-around title.
Maestas’ better performances came during his title clinching routines on the fl oor (15.25) and still rings (15.9). Baker’s came on vault (15.05), where he won the title, and on his third-place fi nish in parallel bars (14.9).
Although Maestas had the higher two scores, Baker had the more consistent meet and edged his teammate for the all-around title by two-tenths of a point.
When asked if his victory in the all-around over Maestas will spark a competitive rivalry between the two, Baker replied, “I hope so.”
Daniel can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @collins_d2.
KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Matt Foster performs on the pommel horse during the gymnastics match vs. Minnesota at Huff Hall on Saturday. The pommel horse event was a turning point for the Illini as they went on to win.
Illinois 435.200, Minnesota 419.700
Summary: The Illini moved to 8-0 on the season, winning six out of seven event titles. C.J. Maestas, Bobby Baker, Matt Foster and Jordan Valdez were the event winners for Illinois.
Key performer: Bobby Baker: He won the vault
and all-around title. He scored an 88.100 in the all-around, marking his best score of the season.
Quote of the game: “With the (head-to-head) format, you can defi nitely tell that there was pressure in the air,” Foster said. “Once we got to pommel horse, one of our better events, I can tell from the start of our order that it was time to pull ahead and close out the meet early.”
Quick note: Junior Fred Hartville was a late lineup. He was scheduled to compete in both the vault and fl oor exercise. Spring is estimating that Hartville will return on Saturday against Iowa. Hartville suffered a knee injury earlier in the season.
Up next:Iowa, 4 p.m. Saturday at Huff Hall
BY ASHLEY WIJANGCOSTAFF WRITER Illini women’s gymnastics head coach Kim Landrus was more concerned with Illinois’ individual performances than its scores Saturday. But it was those strong showings that earned them a 196.400-195.600 win over Penn State at Huff Hall after losing to Michigan last weekend.
“We had a really challenging week,” Landrus said. “There were some obstacles that we had to overcome. (The gymnasts) came in here and really were deter-mined to do what they know how to do.”
Illinois’ new season-high total began with a strong start on vault. The Illini earned a 49.025 on the event, improving from last week-end when they failed to score a 49. Landrus said it was exciting to see improvement, but she felt the team still has more to show from its vault lineup.
The score, however, was still enough to give Illinois a slim 49.025-49.000 lead over Penn State heading into the second rotation.
From there, the Illini scored a 49.150 on the uneven bars. Of the scores the Illini counted on bars, only one was below a 9.8, junior Giana O’Connor’s 9.775.
The 49.150 on bars also extend-ed Illinois’ streak of scoring at least a 49 on the apparatus, but it’s something O’Connor has come to expect of her team.
Sophomore Mary Jane Horth solidifi ed the high bars score for Illinois with a 9.925, the highest
bars score of the competition. This, however, wasn’t enough for Illinois to maintain its lead though, as Penn State’s 49.550 on vault was too much.
Down 98.550-98.175 going to the balance beam, Illinois bounced back despite a few wobbles and near-falls.
“If I would’ve fallen, obviously, going fi rst, that puts a lot of pres-sure on the team,” O’Connor said. “There’s fi ve other people that go after me, so I was proud of every-one for fi ghting and sticking with the wobbles and fi ghting for those extra tenths.”
Illinois counted just one score below a 9.8 on beam just as it had on bars. Sophomore Erin Buchan-an and senior Jordan Naleway each earned a 9.800, while Horth tabbed a 9.875. Senior and beam-
anchor Sunny Kato then put up a 9.900 to fi nish off the rotation.
Illinois’ beam success combined with the meet-low 48.425 Penn State posted on fl oor gave Illinois the 147.300-146.975 lead heading into its fi nal rotation on fl oor.
Last weekend, the Illini scored just a 48.750 on fl oor. But with O’Connor’s 9.900 and four 9.800s, they achieved a new season-high on fl oor, a 49.100, an improvement O’Connor emphasized.
The Illini are aware that there’s still improvements to be made despite the success seen Saturday.
“Everyone’s happy about (the win), but we still want more,” O’Connor said.
Ashley can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @wijangco12.
No. 14 Illinois 196.400 No. 9 Penn State 195.600
Summary: The Illini bounced back from last weekend’s loss at Michigan with a win over conference foe Penn State.
Key performer: Mary Jane Horth won the uneven bars title after scoring a 9.925 on the event, and she also posted a career-high all-around score of 39.425.
Quote of the game: Head coach Kim Landrus — “We had a really challenging week. They came in here and really were determined to do what they know how to do.”
Hidden stat: The Illini scored a 49 on all four events for the fi rst time this season.
Up next:Minnesota, 4 p.m. Saturday at Huff Hall
KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Giana O’Connor spins on the high bar during the uneven bars event at the match vs. Penn State at Huff Hall on Saturday. O’Connor scored a 9.775 on the event. Illinois won the match 196.400-195.600.
BY ETHAN SWANSONSTAFF WRITER
The Illinois wrestling team showed how strong its full, healthy starting lineup could be when the Illini trumped Mary-land and Purdue over the week-end. The Illini won both their weekend meets for the fi rst time in three weeks. With defending national champion Jesse Delgado in the starting lineup, Illinois is 4-0 and fi nally beginning to wres-tle at its full potential .
Maryland (5-11, 0-5 Big Ten) came to Huff Hall on Friday look-ing to pull off the upset, just as Nebraska had done a week earlier. But the Illini ensured the Terra-pins wouldn’t fi nd their fi rst Big Ten win in Champaign by taking nine of 10 matches en route to a 32-3 win . The fi rst two matchups of the night only lasted a total of four periods as freshman Isa-iah Martinez and senior Jackson Morse both registered wins by technical fall in the second peri-od of their respective matches to give Illinois a 10-0 lead . The only points Maryland scored were in the fi nal match, when Terra-pin Ben Dorsay recorded a take-down on freshman Kyle Langen-derfer late in the third period to win the 149-pound bout 3-2 after trailing Langenderfer for the fi rst two periods.
In his fi rst match since Nov. 9, Delgado came away with a nar-row 3-2 victory over Maryland’s Josh Polacek . After the meet, Del-gado expressed discontent with his performance, but understood the two-month lay-off would take time to recover from.
“I just wanted to get a feel for what I need to do different,” Del-gado said. “We just need to go back and fi gure things out. The goals don’t change, If I wasn’t going to try to win, then I wouldn’t wrestle.”
Head coach Jim Heffernan knew Delgado was not pleased with his showing Friday, but was optimistic about his performance and health moving forward.
“He was just tentative, that’s all. He was just fi guring some things out,” Heffernan said. “The kid’s in great shape, I’m not con-cerned about his conditioning. He just has to get a little bit sharper, I know he’s not really happy with the way he competed, but he’ll get it fi xed.”
The most impressive win of the night came from an Illini mem-ber who is relatively unknown: freshman Brooks Black. Black got the start Friday at heavyweight, a weight that Black has shared with junior Chris Lopez all season. In his match, Black wrestled Mary-land’s only nationally ranked indi-vidual, Spencer Myers, who also started at defensive end for Mary-land’s football team. Although considered a serious underdog, Black defeated Myers 2-1 in dou-ble overtime by escaping a poten-tial takedown as time ran out.
“He was still in football shape,” Black said. “I kept the pressure on him, I got him tired and worn out, I could feel it. Going into overtime, I knew I was going to win.”
Black and the Illini took their momentum to West Lafayette on Sunday to take on a tougher Pur-due squad, where they went on to win their third conference meet in a row, 21-9. Despite facing a conference rival on the road, the Illini captured seven of 10 match-es. Delgado rebounded from his performance Friday by regis-tering takedown on his way to a 3-1 victory over Purdue’s Luke Welch, while Black followed up Friday’s upset by tallying another victory over Boilermaker Gelen Robinson 2-0 .
With Martinez also winning
Sunday to bring his season record to 24-0, top to bottom, Illinois is poised to do damage in the post-season. With only one conference dual left on the schedule against Wisconsin on Feb. 8, Heffernan is satisfi ed with his team’s progres-sion through the regular season so far, but stressed that as the team enters February, they still aren’t fully ready for March.
“We still have over a month to go until the Big Tens,” Hef-fernan said. “I hope we haven’t peaked yet. I think we’re getting better, wrestling better and hus-tling. There’s still things we can improve on, and we have time to learn.”
Ethan can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @EthanSwanson88.
Wrestling goes 4-0, gains 2 solid weekend wins
Illinois vs. Maryland and Purdue Summary:A healthy Illini squad shows its potential against Maryland and Purdue.Key performer: Brooks Black — went 2-0 over the weekend and upset the 13th-ranked wrestler in his weight class.Quote of the meet: “I had him tired and worn out, I could feel it. I knew I was going to win.” – Brooks BlackHidden stat: The last time Illinois won three dual meets in a row was Nov. 11, when the team traveled to California. Next:Sunday, Feb. 8, 2 p.m. vs. Wisconsin at Huff Hall
SPORTS BRIEFSTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Dan Quinn still set on joining the Falcons
JOE BARRENTINE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICESeattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn takes questions during a media availability session on Wednesday.
PHOENIX — No worries. Dan Quinn hasn’t changed his mind yet.
The Falcons, set to hire the Seat-tle defensive coordinator follow-ing Sunday’s Super Bowl against New England, are being investi-gated for possibly piping artifi -cial crowd noise into the Georgia Dome over the last two seasons.
There’s a switch. Here we thought they were just trying to force artifi cial football on us.
This actually is a serious mat-ter. As our Darryl Ledbetter reports, if the NFL fi nds this to be true, it can fi ne the Falcons or, worse, take away a draft pick. The investigation was fi rst reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Loud crowd noise by home fans can disrupt visiting offenses and force them to go to silent snap counts, but the Falcons obvious-ly haven’t been giving home fans much reason to scream.
MELBOURNE, Australia – Novak Djokovic made history on Sunday as he won the Austra-lian Open for a fi fth time with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-0 defeat of Andy Murray.
“Five wins is fantastic,” Djokovic said. “I’m really pleased. I must also congrat-ulate Andy for a great match. He’s a tough competitor and a true fi ghter.”
The thriller lasting nearly three and three-quarter hours was riddled with plot twists, including a court invasion by two immigration rights protest-ers, intermittent mobility prob-
lems for Djokovic and a series of x-rated Murray verbal outburst at himself as the match slipped from his grasp.
Murray, who will move back to fourth in the world on Monday, fought to square the match, with the fi rst two sets lasting for two and a half hours.
But after leading 2-0 in the third set, the four-time Mel-bourne fi nalist managed just one more winning game as world No. 1 Djokovic came back to life.
Djokovic has now beaten Mur-ray in four Melbourne fi nals and becomes the fi rst man to win fi ve titles.
Djokovic takes Australian Open for 5th time
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Brady wins 4th Super Bowl as Patriots top Seahawks late
ANTHONY BEHAR TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEQuarterback Tom Brady completed a Super Bowl-record 37 passes for 328 yards and four touchdowns in the 28-24 Patriots win. Brady was voted Super Bowl MVP for the third time, tying him with Joe Montana.
BY TOM ROCKTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tom Brady had an answer for this kind of pressure.
The New England Patri-ots quarterback might not be able to say why the foot-balls used in the AFC Cham-pionship Game were under-infl ated, but he was cool enough to overcome the Seattle Seahawks’ suffo-cating defense and orches-trate a comeback from a 10-point defi cit while lead-ing the Patriots to a 28-24 win in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday night at University of Phoenix Stadium.
Brady hit Julian Edelman for a 3-yard touchdown to cap a 64-yard drive with 2:02 to play to give the Pats a 28-24 lead. Backup corner-back Tharold Simon, play-ing for injured Jeremy Lane, was beaten on the play.
But then it seemed as if New England was going to suffer more heartbreak in the desert when Jermaine Kearse made a juggling catch at the 5 with 1:06
remaining in the same sta-dium where the New York Giants’ David Tyree once tortured the Patriots.
But on second-and-goal from the 1, with bruising running back Marshawn Lynch in the backfi eld, the Seahawks inexplicably attempted a pass. Russell Wilson’s slant intended for Ricardo Lockette was inter-cepted by rookie defensive back Malcolm Butler with 20 seconds remaining. It was the fi rst NFL intercep-tion for the undrafted free agent from Division II West Alabama.
“I had a vision that I was going to make a big play,” Butler said, “and it came true.”
Oddly, it was Butler who was covering Kearse when he caught the ball while on the ground. Each had tipped the pass, and Butler tackled Kearse to save the touchdown.
Speaking of the play call that led to the interception, coach Pete Carroll said, “I told those guys that was my
fault, totally.”The win gives Brady four
titles in six trips to the big game and his fi rst in 10 years. He and the Patriots lost their most recent two visits, to the Giants after the 2007 and 2011 seasons.
With an open NFL inves-tigation into those defl ated footballs from two weeks ago, there is still a cloud over the integrity of the Patriots’ latest success.
But that did not stop Brady, head coach Bill Belichick and Patriots own-er Robert Kraft from rais-ing the Lombardi Trophy in a sea of confetti in front of 70,288 fans.
“I’m so proud of all these players,” Belichick said. “I love these guys.”
Brady completed a Super Bowl-record 37 passes in 50 attempts for 328 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions. He was vot-ed Super Bowl MVP for the third time, tying his boy-hood idol, Joe Montana.
After being the center of so much speculation and
intense scrutiny the last two weeks, Brady was asked if the victory provided any vindication. “No,” he said. “I don’t feel any.”
Still, he was moved enough to thank his friends and family who supported him when he accepted his MVP award.
“It’s just a lot of mental toughness,” Brady said. “I think the whole team had it. Coach always says, ‘Ignore the noise and control what you can control.’ We had two great weeks of prac-tice. That’s what it took. That’s what we needed to be focused on and that’s how we got the victory.”
The scandal took a toll on everyone. Belichick thanked his coordinators for their work on the game plan last week while he was busy mounting his own inves-tigation into the defl ated footballs.
“I was doing some oth-er things,” Belichick said. “I was able to catch up. I couldn’t have done it with-out those guys, for sure.”