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Multiple agencies contribute fundingIn addition to the TIGER federal grant, Champaign, Urbana, CUMTD and the University of Illinois allocated $19,178,138 to the Multimodal Corrider Enhancement project.

SOURCE: Multimodal Corridor Enhancement TIGER 2014 ApplicationEUNIE KIM THE DAILY ILLINI

Federal funds — $15,705,327

Champaign —$9,593,938

Urbana —$2,100,00

CUMTD —$3,884,200

University of Illinois —$3,600,000

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CUMTD receives $15.7 million in grant money for route amenities

Krannert Center to begin exterior damage reversalDAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

The fi rst phase of a reno-vation project at the Kran-nert Center for the Per-forming Arts will begin in October, after approval from the Board of Trustees at its Sept. 11 meeting.

The Board approved a contract of about $3 mil-lion to the Otto Baum Com-pany Inc., Decatur, Ill. Con-struction will focus on the exterior of the building, spe-cifi cally the Playhouse and Studio theaters. According to the resolution, the proj-ect is funded by the Aca-demic Facilities Mainte-nance Fund Assessment and institutional fund operating budget.

The work will include: the development of con-crete masonry unit back-up walls, face brick recon-struction and cavity wall insulation. There will also be some minor interior fi n-ish work to address areas of water damage.

Randy Greever, the Cen-ter’s chief building opera-tions engineer, said that the project has been in the works for a few years.

“If we did nothing, the building would start, exteri-or-wise, would actually start crumbling. We’re stopping and reversing damage is what we’re doing,” he said. “We don’t want to change the outside of the building; it’s kind of a unique facility. We’re just trying to keep it and preserve it.”

He added that this is only the fi rst phase of the project, and it was chosen based on the amount of money avail-able and the small size of the project. He estimated that the entire project will cost roughly $8 to 9 million.

Unlike the renovations being done at Assembly Hall, Greever said, the Krannert renovations are about maintenance more than “beautifying.”

“Construction methods

have changed so much since it was built, so now if we use modern materials and mod-ern techniques, instead of getting 50 years out of it we’re hoping to get 100 years out of it,” he added. “We’re just trying to make sure this building’s here for a long time.”

Greever said construc-tion will hopefully begin on Oct. 1 and end in August 2015, before students return for the fall semester. Dur-ing that time, Krannert patrons may experience some disruptions.

“I just hope all the patrons for the next year will bear with us, because we’re going to have large fences, a lot of construction, a lot of noise and we’re not slowing down anything,” he said. “We’re not stopping anything going on performance-wise.”

Eleanor can be reached at eablack2@dailyillini.com.

Council approves 5-year pay-by-cell parking meter serviceBY ANGELICA LAVITO STAFF WRITER

Finding spare change to pay for parking meters can be stressful, but that’s soon going to change.

Beginning in November, people parking in Cham-paign will have the option to feed the meter from the convenience of their cellphones.

The Champaign City Council voted 9-0 to enter a fi ve-year, $75,000 contract with PassportParking, Inc. to provide pay-by-cell park-ing services. It’s the largest provider of pay-by-cell ser-vices regionally, according to a study session report.

Mayor Don Gerard said the main benefi t of the sys-tem is the convenience it will give to people.

“The nice thing is that if you are at a restaurant or if you haven’t bought enough time, it’ll send you a text saying, ‘Hey, you need to buy more time,’” he said. “It’s a very 21st century convenience that I think people will really appreciate.”

Kris Koester, public information officer for Champaign, said the city has been exploring alter-native payment options for several years. He said that in the past they have tried to install credit card meters; however, it was unsuccessful.

“This is an alternative that already exists on the University of Illinois cam-

pus,” Koester said. “It requires no equipment costs, and the people are familiar with it in differ-ent ways. It was the next choice for us to go to.”

The University already has a mobile parking pay-ment service in place through PayByPhone Tech-nologies, Inc.

However, a panel of staff from the Public Works and Planning and Development departments ranked Pay-ByPhone last in mobile parking payment servic-es because it does not pro-vide a sys-tem for merchant validation of park-ing trans-a c t i o n s , a c c o r d -ing to the report.

“( Pass -port pro-v i d e s ) a lower t r a n s a c -tion fee for customers,” Koester said. “The University of Illinois’ is 35 cents, and we will charge 25 cents.”

The 25-cent transaction fee is added onto the meter fee that users pay to park. First-time users of Pass-port create an account that stores their payment and vehicle information.

To help users, Passport sends them a notifi cation 15 minutes before their

time expires. Users then have the option to extend their time without any fee, as long as they extend the time before their original time expires.

“(Passport) offers them convenient ways of their time expiring, or being a way to track how much they’re spending through an online account,” Koes-ter said.

Passport users also have the option to add money to their account in addition to paying for each park-ing meter individually.

This helps the city b e c a u s e it is more expensive to process n u m e r -ous small t r a n s ac -tions, as opposed to one larger t r a n s ac -tion. For each $20 a d d e d ,

Champaign will add $1 to the user’s account.

“If they spend so much money, then they actually get free money from the city,” Koester said. “If they spend $20 or more, they get additional dollars put into their account if they so choose.”

Angelica can be reached at lavito2@dailyillini.com.

BY EDWARD GATHERCOALSTAFF WRITER

The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District was recently awarded a highly competitive $15.7 million federal grant on September 9 to revamp streets for transportation use.

The Multimodal Corridor Enhancement project aims to improve fi ve key corridors and redesign bus routes with bus-exclusive lanes.

Karl Gnadt, managing direc-tor of CUMTD, said that the proj-ect will rebuild and enhance

existing routes to provide “stur-dy, long-lasting and complete streets.” Gnadt said the project may also reduce travel times.

“We’ll have dedicated bus lanes, we’ll have dedicated bike lanes, improved pedestrian walkways, improved bus stops with new amenities, shelters and stopwatch kiosks ... It really is an all-around complete package for improvement,” said Gnadt.

The project will cost roughly $34.88 million.

Projected costs will be cov-ered by the Transportation

Investment Generating Eco-nomic Recovery grant, which will provide $15.7 million and local agencies, which will con-tribute the remaining $19.1 mil-lion. Local contributors include: the University ($3.60 million), CUMTD ($3.88 million), the city of Urbana ($2.10 million) and the city of Champaign ($9.59 million).

The project will repair a por-tion of Green Street between Fourth and Neil streets; Armory

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SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIThe Krannert Center will undergo exterior maintenance renovations starting in October.

“It’s a very 21st century convenience

that I think people will really

appreciate.”DON GERARD

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Champaign Criminal damage to

property was reported in the 200 block of East Green Street around 11 a.m. Mon-day.

According to the report, an unknown offender threw a brick and broke the vic-tim’s apartment window.

University A 22-year-old male was

arrested for possession of cannabis with intent to de-liver, possession of drug paraphernalia and an out-

standing warrant near Sec-ond and Healey streets at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, an offi cer spoke to the of-fender after he noticed him acting suspiciously. After discovering the man had an outstanding warrant in Iro-quois County for failing to appear in court for posses-sion of a fi rearm, the man was searched, which re-vealed several small bags of cannabis.

A 22-year-old male was arrested for domestic bat-tery in the 1100 block of West Gregory Drive around

3 p.m. Monday.According to the report,

he was accused of having an altercation with a female student at Bevier Hall, 905 S. Goodwin Ave.

Urbana Theft was reported at

Busey Avenue and Nevada Street around 3 p.m. Monday.

According to the report, the offenders stole two Ur-bana project funding signs from a worksite.

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Avenue between Fourth and Wright streets; Wright Street between Armory and White streets; White Street between Wright and Sec-ond streets; and a longer section of Green Street between Wright and Race streets.

This is the third time CUMTD has applied for one of the TIGER grants, but the first time it received the money.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 797 applications were submitted to the TIGER pro-gram, requesting a total of $9 billion — 15 times more than the amount available.

One of the areas to be repaired that is of particular concern to the University is Armory Avenue in front of the Main Library, said Sta-cey DeLorenzo, plan review coordi-nator for the University’s Facilities and Services.

“It is just that the continuation of the mode of transportation there is not as safely configured as could be, and the infrastructure of the streets and the pavement needs to be improved,” she said.

Another component of the project is for Champaign County to be more environmental conscious, said Jane Sullivan, transportation and sustain-ability planner for CUMTD.

“Our community members are able to choose different modes of transportation whether it be rid-ing their bike, or walking, or tak-ing the bus or driving their car,” she said. “And creating roads that make those options available and safe and accessible gives them (people) more options of transportation.”

In August, Sen. Dick Durbin sent a letter in support of CUMTD’s appli-cation for the TIGER Grant to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Antho-ny Foxx.

“The Champaign-Urbana Multi-modal Corridor Enhancement proj-ect is part of an ambitious effort that will have a transformative effect on the region – creating jobs, enhanc-ing access to employment and health

care, stimulating the economy, and supporting the growth of the com-munity and the University of Illi-nois,” said Durbin in a press release.

The TIGER grant program, creat-ed by congress in 2009, aims to gen-erate economic activity by creating construction jobs and improving the country’s transportation infrastruc-ture in both rural and urban areas. As of now, development projects in Illinois have received $264 million in TIGER funding.

“It’s not easy to get these things; it was a really good combined effort,” said Champaign Mayor Don Gerard. “Everybody worked together to craft a really good proposal to win the grant.”

In fiscal year 2014 CUMTD had 13.2 million passenger trips, over a 10 percent increase from the 12 million trips in 2013. Gnadt said that this number has been increas-ing over the last several years.

“We have the number seven ranked public transportation sys-tem in the country ... so to have something that is going to further enhance that with all of the pri-vate development that’s going on, you’re going to have a much more urban environment,” said Gerard. “It creates an even more insular economy where you’re going to have people more making their home in Champaign.”

Historically, Gerard said Cham-paign hasn’t had a lot of connec-tion with Illinois’ elected officials, making it difficult to bring tax dol-lars back to state. As of recently, there hadn’t been much funding for Illinois from the U.S. Depart-ment of Transportation since the Clinton administration. However, he thinks the cities of Urbana and Champaign have developed a better working relationship with the Uni-versity and CUMTD over the last three years, as seen by receiving these funds.

“We have a much stronger con-nection, a lot more dialogue, we’re on the same page and have a similar vision,” Gerard said.

Edward can be reached at gatherc2@dailyillini.com.

SAISHA SINGH THE DAILY ILLINIPerformers from The Second City comedy theatre in Chicago act out a sketch at the Improv All-Stars Comedy Show organized by the Illini Union Board on Tuesday night.

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Obama sends troops to slow spread of EbolaPoverty rate slips, but median income remains !at

The nation’s poverty rate dropped last year for the first time since 2006, but the typical household income barely budged in a sign of the continuing sluggish eco-nomic recovery from the Great Recession, the Cen-sus Bureau said Tuesday.

The decline in the pov-erty rate to 14.5 percent of the population from 15 per-cent in 2012 was driven by an increase in people with full-time jobs last year, Cen-

sus officials said.The number of people

working full time rose by about 6.4 million to 105.8 million last year. The increase included nearly a million households with chil-dren under 18 years old.

That rise helped lead to the first drop in more than a decade in the child pov-erty rate, which fell to 19.9 percent last year from 21.8 percent, the Census Bureau said.

Philippines volcano threatening eruption, thousands evacuated

MANILA, Philippines — Tens of thousands of peo-ple living near the Philip-pines’ most active volcano began to evacuate on Tues-day after increased activity prompted government scien-tists to warn of an imminent eruption.

Dozens of military trucks were dispatched to pick up the residents in the danger zones around Mayon Volca-

no in Albay province, 330 kilometres south-east of Manila, said Major General Ricardo Visaya, a regional military commander.

An estimated 12,000 fam-ilies or nearly 60,000 resi-dents are in the danger zones that affect three cit-ies and five towns in Albay province, according to provincial Governor Joey Salceda.

Obama sending in troops in ramped-up plan to battle Ebola

ATLANTA — The United States will significantly boost its efforts to block the spread of Ebola across West Africa, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, casting the disease as a national security concern as he embarked on a brief tour intended to burnish his image as commander in chief.

The U.S. military will be heavily involved in a cam-paign in which the Pentagon will be working with local governments in the affected region to build 17 new Ebo-la treatment units, admin-istration officials said. Mili-tary medical staff will also be training 500 health care providers a week to care for patients and prevent trans-mission of the virus, they said.

Amid concerns that the U.S. has not done enough to help stem the flow of the dead-ly virus, Obama traveled to Atlanta to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention to outline a stepped-up U.S. response.

Federal safety board ignored ignition switch warning

WASHINGTON — A House committee Tuesday morning released a report highly critical of federal regulators for their role in not catching an ignition switch defect in General Motors’ cars that killed at least 19 people, saying they had all the information and authority they needed to react more swiftly.

Noting that GM deserved

much of the blame for not addressing the defect ear-lier, the staff report by the House Energy and Com-merce Committee took the National Highway Traf-fic Safety Administration to task for ignoring infor-mation — in some cases in reports it commissioned itself — that potential-ly identified the deadly defect.

Millennials’ ‘American Dream’ not so di"erent from anyone else’s

Maybe the kids today aren’t so different after all.

A survey out Tuesday from The Demand Institute, which studies consumer trends, finds that millenni-als have an outlook on hous-ing that’s not unlike previ-ous generations, with most saying they hope to own a house in the suburbs and they’re OK with driving around out there.

The report is a bit of a pushback from convention-

al wisdom in real estate cir-cles that today’s 20-some-things are more likely to choose walkable urban neighborhoods, or the idea that they’re so scarred from coming of age in the housing crash that they’ll never themselves buy. But it also shows that there’s a kernel of truth to those ideas, and bigger barriers to homeownership than pre-vious generations may have faced.

Obesity rates have stabilized, but Americans’ waistlines are still growing

Americans may have stopped putting on pounds, but their waistlines are still expanding, according to a new analysis from the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention.

The average waist cir-cumference of U.S. adults has increased by about 3 per-cent since the end of the last century. In 1999 and 2000, the waists of Americans who were at least 20 years old mea-sured 37.6 inches around. By 2011 and 2012, that figure had grown to about 38.8 inches.

Those figures are age-adjusted averages, but the trend applies to pretty much all demographic groups, the report says. Men and women both saw “significant increas-es” in waist circumference, as did “non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks and Mex-ican Americans.” Waistlines of Asian Americans may have grown too, but the CDC didn’t start collecting data on them as a group until 2011.

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Vet school student speaks about the burden of loansBY MAURA LERNERMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

MINNEAPOLIS — Ash-ley Hall remembers clicking “yes” on the loan application and laughing.

Maybe it’s because the number seemed so surre-al. Or because no one else in her family had done this before. But there she was, borrowing nearly $75,000 for her first year of veteri-nary school at the Univer-sity of Minnesota.

Even now, two years later, it’s hard for her to believe. By the time she graduates in 2016, she’ll owe more than $300,000.

Like many ambitious stu-dents, she’s been swept up in a tsunami of debt that only seems to grow more ominous.

Today, the typical col-lege student graduates with $29,400 in student loans.

But that pales in compar-ison to what Hall and oth-er graduate and profession-al students are borrowing to get an education. At the University of Minnesota vet-erinary school, one of the most expensive in the coun-try, the average student debt in 2013 soared to $188,000.

Those kinds of numbers are stoking national anxiety that student debt has gotten so out of hand that it threat-ens to drag down an entire generation.

Hall, who has a husband and 6-year-old son, is under-

standably obsessed with the subject. She wavers between outright despair and youth-ful optimism.

But she can’t help wonder-ing: Is a mountain of debt a reasonable price to pay to follow one’s dream?

———Shazam, a 20-year-old

quarter horse, is in his “recovery room” at the Leatherdale Equine Cen-ter on the university’s St. Paul campus. Hall, the vet-erinarian in training, dips her shoes into a sterilizing bath as she trails Dr. Jenny Brown into the treatment stall to check on her patient.

Nearly a month after brain surgery, Shazam looks a little battered and listless. One eye is temporarily sewn shut, and IV bags hang from an overhead girder. But today, he’s going home.

Hall is transfixed, soaking up the details of his medical treatment.

This, after all, is what she’s come for, why she’s been willing to borrow the equivalent of “a mortgage on a mansion,” as she puts it, to get her degree. “I love working with animals,” she says simply.

Once Shazam gets the all-clear to leave, Hall watches sympathetically as his own-er tries to coax the skittish horse into the trailer for the ride home.

Growing up in Georgia, Hall recalls becoming a

veterinarian wasn’t on her radar; she barely expected to finish high school.

She was raised by her grandparents in a small house on the outskirts of Atlanta. Both her mother and grandmother dropped out of school and cleaned houses for a living.

With little encouragement at home, Hall says, she was a rather aimless C-student by age 15.

“She was failing a lot of her classes, and didn’t care, when I met her,” said Alistair Hall, the teenage boy who eventually became her husband.

It was he, his wife says, who planted the idea that she could go to college.

Once she started apply-ing herself, she found that schoolwork came easily.

She raised her GPA from 1.9 to 3.4, enough to qualify for Georgia’s HOPE Schol-arship, funded by the state lottery, to pay for her college education.

She became an honors student at Georgia South-ern University.

One day, while in college, she arranged to shadow a veterinarian at a small-ani-mal clinic.

She made up her mind to apply to vet school.

But there were obstacles. And money, at first, was the least of her worries.

Newly engaged at the start of her senior year, she

discovered she was preg-nant with their son, Devin. So she put off the application process for a year.

Then, despite graduating from college cum laude, she was rejected by vet schools two years in a row.

Undeterred, she redou-bled her efforts, working as a veterinary assistant to build up her resume and waiting tables for extra money. The third year, she got in almost everywhere she applied.

The University of Min-nesota was by far her most expensive option. For out-of-state students, tuition and fees are $58,000, more than triple what she’d pay in Georgia.

But Minnesota was the only vet school in an urban area, with plenty of job opportunities for her hus-band, an engineer. Back in Georgia, during the reces-

sion, he had found himself cleaning houses to earn money.

In Minnesota, he got a job offer from an engineer-ing firm right away; and as young parents, they loved the Minneapolis school system.

They learned that, under federal rules, she could bor-row nearly $75,000 in gov-ernment-subsidized loans to cover tuition and living expenses that first year. They decided to take out the maximum.

Looking back, she said, they didn’t fully appreciate what that meant.

Now, depending on her repayment options, it could cost her up to $2,400 a month for 20 years to pay for her four years of training.

As a rule of thumb, experts say, students should not borrow more than they reasonably expect to earn,

in annual salary, after graduation.

By that measure, veteri-nary students are taking a big leap of faith.

The average starting sal-ary was $65,000 in 2012, while the average student debt was $152,000, accord-ing to a survey by the Amer-ican Veterinary Medical Association. To make mat-ters worse, salaries were on the decline, while debt was steadily climbing.

Last year, Ashley Hall decided that she and her classmates had been silent too long. She started tell-ing her story to anyone who would listen: state legisla-tors, U administrators, the Board of Regents.

She readily admits that she took on the loans will-ingly Her message, though, is that it can’t go on this way.

She says she loves vet school and has no regrets.

JIM GEHRZ MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE Veterinarian student Ashley Hall, center, shadows veterinary medical residents, including Jenny Brown, left, at the University of Minnesota Equine Center in June 2014.

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Recently released female-led hit songs “All About That Bass” and “Anacon-

da,” respectively by Meghan Trainor and Nicki Minaj, have won replays and acclaim all around the world for two very different reasons: One is a bubblegum pop song that fea-tures catchy lyrics and numer-ous puns, while the other is an almost raunchy, but very addicting hip-hop song with an obvious inclusion of swear words and twerking alike.

However, both songs have one thing in common: They include a body-positive mes-sage for young women.

Let me clarify; they both tried to include a body posi-tive message for young wom-en. While it may seem like both songs want to bring body positive ideas toward girls that are curvier, they also both bash on another body type, perpetuating the idea that one body type is better than another.

Yes, even “All About That Bass,” with its lyrics about how deceiving Photoshop is and its

reminder that every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top.” The song is still prob-lematic because it doesn’t stick to what the true idea of positive self-image is.

Body positivity involves boosting body image no matter what weight, size or dimension a person may be. Neither song does that.

Both songs seem to be very exclusive in what they deem worthy of loving about your body, and even worse, they get this message across by putting down other body sizes.

In “All About That Bass”, Trainor states, “I’m bring-ing booty back, go ahead and tell them skinny bitches that.” Similarly, in “Anaconda”, Minaj repeatedly states, “f*ck the skinny bitches.”

At what point did body-posi-tive become another way for us to police each other on how we look? If these songs truly want-ed to encourage a more positive body image for women, they wouldn’t have to put down oth-er sizes in the process.

While it is extremely true that women who are skinnier tend to be represented more in media, excluding a sector of women in order to achieve “body positivity” doesn’t stop the vicious cycle of young girls and boys hating their

appearances.Let’s look at this from a col-

lege student perspective.The National Association of

Anorexia Nervosa and Asso-ciated Disorders says that 58 percent of female students felt pressure to be a certain weight and 83 percent dieted for weight loss purposes, based on a survey of 185 female students on a college campus.

However, this problem is not exclusive to college females. According to Eating for Life Alliance, “research also sug-gests that just as many men are dissatisfied with their body as women,” and cited that at least 45 percent of college men exer-cise to lose weight.

We’re creating a society in which the laundry list for the ideal standard of “beautiful” is running too long to keep up with. The number of healthy girls and guys who diet in order to lose weight is an ever-growing number. Songs such as “Anaconda” and “All About That Bass” are not helping peo-ple see their bodies for what they truly are: normal — nor-mal meaning that everyone has different body types — big, lit-tle and all else in between.

Even further, “All About That Bass” seems to set new standards of beauty by imply-ing that the only reason to

love your body is because it’s pleasurable to a man. Trainor states in her song, “Boys like a little more booty to hold at night.” This is where sing-er Meghan Trainor cross-es into extremely dangerous territory.

By allowing girls to think that a certain body type is “more attractive” to men, we’re teaching them to live up to the expectations of males in order to be considered beautiful rath-er than accepting their own figure no matter the standards others hold.

Let me repeat that: We’re teaching girls that their worth is dependent on what another group of individuals think of them.

Therefore, while these songs may not seem like a bad start to a supposed body-positive move-ment in media, we need to cre-ate music that encourages peo-ple of all shapes and sizes to feel comfortable in their own bodies — songs that empow-er without bashing on another group of people.

We should find a way to lay down our pitchforks and start appreciating all thin, thick and everything-in-between bodies.

Kaanan is a freshman in LAS. She can be reached at opinions@dailyillini.com.

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New Apple products should think different

I t’s easy to forget how monu-mental the technological advances Apple has made

in the past ten years are. I still remember my first iPod Nano and how it completely changed my world when it was released in 2005. With this device, I was suddenly able to listen to Bowling For Soup’s “1985” anywhere I wanted to, all at the spin of the click wheel.

Now, I use Apple products in almost all areas of college life, for things like note tak-ing, communicating and home-work. Apple’s innovative prod-ucts were among the first that allowed college students to explore new worlds and cre-ate. With iPads and Macbooks, we were given interactive textbooks.

But Apple’s press confer-ence last week made me real-ize that it is not the innovative and exciting company that it was back in 2005. To me, none of the products were game-changing devices like the iPhone and iPad were. When the iPad was released, it was the mullet haircut of the tech world; it was a product built for both the business and par-ty scene. Students could take notes and play games with

their very own study partner/DJ. It let users learn and cre-ate on the same platform.

The only products Apple unveiled last week were new versions of its iPhone and operating system, along with Apple Watch and Apple Pay. Of these, Apple Watch sound-ed most intriguing to me, but it didn’t seem new. Companies like Pebble and Samsung have already ventured into smart-watches, neither finding the same success they did in the tablet industry.

Where is the Apple I once knew? Where is the Apple that made exciting products for educators and students? Apple’s new watch doesn’t offer students anything dif-ferent from its other products, and I doubt the majority of col-lege students even wear watch-es. I haven’t seen many.

I fear Apple Watch could become a nuisance or dis-traction in the classroom. It allows users to make phone calls, send messages and give loved ones gentle “taps” they will feel as small vibrations. It’s annoying enough to hear iPhones going off in class, but imagine sitting next to some-one whose wrist won’t stop vibrating.

When Apple announces a new product, consumers expect something long-lasting. We expect products versatile enough for both business peo-ple and babysitters. To me, the Apple Watch seems

almost like a gimmick.Apple Pay seemed new at

first, as it allows the user’s phone to double as a credit card. While the idea is intrigu-ing and would save students the hassle of carrying around an extra 0.2 ounces of plastic in their wallets, Apple’s securi-ty has come under fire recent-ly. Due to the recent iCloud hack in which private photos of many celebrities were stolen from Apple’s cloud service, it is hard for me to trust Apple with my credit card infor-mation. This product could be more of a risk than an assistant.

While Apple products can be seen virtually anywhere on campus, many college students believe that Apple has lost its touch. In a recent survey con-ducted by Chegg, only 64 per-cent of students rated Apple as “cool,” while Google and Amazon received scores of 71 percent and 72 percent respec-tively. The study was conduct-ed by asking students about how likely they were to buy the company’s products, how the company related to students and what students wanted out of the company.

It’s easy to see why stu-dents have this belief. Google is creating self-driving cars and glasses with computers in them.

I think Apple used to show consumers how much better the world could be through technology. They gave us pro-

grams like Garage Band and iMovie to help us create qual-ity content and express our-selves. Apple’s upcoming products seem to give us tech-nology we already have, but in different forms. Technology has always been about improv-ing on techniques used in the past. Taking risks on new tech-nologies is how companies like Apple become such highly regarded brands.

The company seems to have exchanged creativity for con-venience. While convenience is nice, I miss the encouraging and innovative spirit that used to come along with the com-pany. One of the best aspects of technology is that people all over the world are able to use powerful systems and devic-es to express themselves. As a student, it’s difficult for me to see how the Apple Watch will change the way I learn or create.

While Apple is a business looking to fulfill the demands of consumers, I hope that they and other tech compa-nies will not only look at the convenience of consumers, but also the creative needs of students. Apple’s slogan used to be “Think Different,” and most of its products encour-age us to do so. Still, it’s hard to think different when many of its new ideas seem so familiar.

Camron is a junior in LAS. He can be reached at opinions@dailyillini.com.

Last April, Chancellor Phyllis Wise announced the University was con-

sidering developing an engi-neering-based medical col-lege on its Urbana campus.

The proposed College of Medicine would combine en-gineering, computing, health sciences and medicine, un-like its sister school at the University’s Chicago campus or any other medical school across the country. It would be the first of its kind and an asset to the University, as well as to medical education as a whole.

But at a Sept. 3 Board of Trustees meeting, UIC sug-gested that the Universi-ty take an alternate route. It proposed the current College of Medicine work with Urba-na’s College of Engineering to instead create a “Translation-al BioEngineering Institute,” which The Daily Illini report-ed would promote biomedical research and economic devel-opment.

Although such an establish-ment would have benefits of its own and might be a more viable option under different circumstances, we agree with the University’s decision not to accept UIC’s proposal.

Financially, developing an Urbana College of Medicine would be the best choice for the University. Its creation would not require any addi-tional state funding or com-pete with other University programs for funds. Donors and partners would help with the college’s cost.

Adesida said that Carle Health System has already expressed willingness to in-vest $100 million into the de-velopment of the program, and Presence Covenant Med-ical Center has communicat-ed an interest in a partner-ship.

Not only would these part-nerships be favorable for the financial health of the Uni-versity, but they would also benefit students looking to conduct medical research — especially since our campus has twice the revenue for re-search than most other col-leges, according to Provost Ilesanmi Adesida.

Students from all across campus would be afforded countless new opportunities, as they would be at the fore-front of ground-breaking re-search we’re confident the college would facilitate.

Additionally, an Urbana College of Medicine would make our campus more at-tractive to prospective pro-fessors. The University’s Chi-cago campus is filled with great medical minds, and we want the same for our down-state campus, as well as its students. They’re vital to a well-rounded multi-campus University, but unfortunate-ly, as Adesida stated, four professors from the College of Engineering have left our campus because of its lack of a full medical college.

We already have all the facets to create the col-lege — it just needs to be integrated together to im-prove our already high-qual-ity University as a whole. It would supplement UIC’s Col-lege of Medicine in a way the UIC-proposed institute wouldn’t.

We think the first-of-its-kind college with a focus on engineering, computing and health sciences could inspire others to create similar insti-tutions, and we look forward to this potential addition.

College of Medicine proposal

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We all have a wide array of celebrity crushes, and with so many eye-pleasers roaming through Hollywood for us to choose from, how could we not? However, most of us can agree that Ryan Gosling makes our list, and we all have a guilty fascination with reading the “Hey girl” memes that are dedicated to his hotness. Gosling is now saying “Hey baby” as he and actress Eva Mendes address their new daughter born on September 12. While we are happy for the new dad, the news also comes with a slight heartache knowing that he is officially off the market and moves to “DILF” status.

CELEBRATING SURGE’90s kids everywhere are rejoicing with the limited-time-only comeback of the used-to-be-popular soda Surge — who most of us think of as Mountain Dew’s trashier younger brother. The soda was discontinued about 12 years ago and was brought back with the efforts of a group called “Surge Movement.” As kids, there was nothing we loved more than chugging out of the bright green and red can filled with a disgustingly high amount of sugar and just the right amount of carbonation. Immediately following our cavity-induced soda binge, most of us ran around the house on our sugar-highs, effectively annoying our par-ents, and that all would be followed by a nasty stomach ache. Ahh, that was the life. Welcome back, Surge.

BACKLASH CONTINUESThe recent situation regarding the domestic abuse actions of Ravens running back Ray Rice and the follow-up actions by the NFL has not come without heaps of controversy and negative responses. In one of the situation’s most recent developments, a hashtag, #GoodellMustGo, circulated on social media to attack NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for how he handled the whole ordeal. In addition, activ-ists altered a CoverGirl photo of a model in NFL-inspired makeup to look like she had a black eye. To put it simply, the whole debacle is not going well and we hope to see a satisfactory resolution in the near future.

CELLPHONE SIDEWALKSAside from the perpetual hate that exists between bike riders and pedestrians, the second biggest pain in the derriere for pedestrians are the face-in-phone walkers — you know, the people who walk at a glacial pace down the sidewalk as they mindlessly check their Snapchat stories. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just trying to get to class. One Chinese city, however, seems to be encouraging the obnoxious cellphone behavior by creating a sidewalk lane for cellphone users. We imagine walking patterns will be less efficient as they will turn into unnecessary zig-zags as pedestrians switch lanes in between checking text mes-sages. We think the cellphone lane will do nothing but feed the unhealthy cellphone addiction.

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PHILADELPHIA — It’s getting harder to find the line between science and science fiction.

One of the hot research techniques these days, “opto-genetics,” uses gene therapy to deliver light-sensitive pro-teins to specific cells. Then researchers use light to con-trol the cells. The field got its start in the brain, where scientists have demonstrat-ed the technique by making contented mice fly into a rage — a remarkable, if slightly creepy, achievement.

Brian Chow, a Universi-ty of Pennsylvania bioengi-neer, has bigger ambitions than that.

He wants to develop opto-genetic tools that help scien-tists unlock the secrets of all kinds of cells by triggering discrete cellular activities on demand, such as the expres-sion of a gene or the activa-tion of a protein.

Scientists have never had that kind of control over spe-cific cell functions before. Drugs affect large numbers of different kinds of cells. Electricity can be used in a small region, but not just one cell type. Brain imaging studies have let scientists see which parts of the brain were active during certain activ-ities, but they couldn’t tell what role they played.

Optogenetics — the combi-nation of optics and genetics — lets researchers see exact-ly what specific cells do, and

control when they do it.“It just fundamentally

allows us to answer ques-tions we have not been able to answer in the past,” Chow said.

“The promise of it is demonstrating causality as opposed to correlation.”

Within each cell, there are “at least” hundreds of sepa-rate actions taking place, he said. Being able to switch them on and off individu-ally would help scientists figure out how cells “make decisions.” Scientists would understand how the body works in a far more detailed way, possibly unveiling myr-iad drug targets in the pro-cess. Of course, there is also the hope that optogenetics can be used directly as a ther-apy, but there are challenges with that.

Chow, who trained at MIT with Edward Boyden, one of the researchers credited with creating optogenetics — it got its name in 2006 — is one of a handful of scientists using the method in the Philadel-phia area. “Hundreds if not thousands” of labs are using it elsewhere, he said.

“Part of the reason why optogenetics has grown in the way that it has is because the tools work fairly well across labs, across the world,” said Chow, 35.

“It’s completely changed neuroscience,” said David Meaney, bioengineering chair at the University of Pennsylvania. But, he added, “most of the impact will go

well beyond neuroscience.”The brain alone may have

a thousand different cell types assembled in a mind-bogglingly complex com-munication network. Among many other things, scientists have been using optogenetics to learn more about appetite, anxiety, depression, memo-ry, attention span, movement, stress, epilepsy and schizo-phrenia. Chow said it also is being used to study heart, kidney, and muscle cells.

Locally, Javier Medina, a Penn neuroscientist, is using optogenetics to study how animals learn and con-trol movements. The tech-nique helped him make mice blink on command. Ultimate-ly, the goal is to repair inju-ries. “You can’t fix things until you understand how they work when they nor-mally work,” he said.

Andrew Spence, a Temple University neuroengineer, is also interested in movement. He will soon resume his work using optogenetics in mouse legs to study the relationship between sensory input and motion. The research could lead to better robots or pros-thetic limbs.

Optogenetics involves inserting light-sensitive proteins called opsins from algae, bacteria, fungi, and other living things into dif-ferent kinds of cells in a wide range of organisms. The cells must then be exposed to an internal light source, such as a light tube inserted in the brain.

Revolutionary gene therapy controls cells

“The venue is unique, and given a nice weather eve-ning, it is a lovely setting for jazz and music in gen-eral,” McNeill said. “The audiences for the Allerton jazz concerts are always very attentive and seem to enjoy hearing the variety of music that the UI jazz fac-ulty or students perform.”

On Saturday, a musical takes the stage in a concert version of “On the Twen-tieth Century.” The Aller-ton Festival website boasts that “this musical has it all: a temperamental actress, an egomaniacal impresa-rio, a compromised Con-gressman, former lovers, protégées and a religious lunatic.”

“On the Twentieth Centu-ry” has been performed as a Broadway production. In this local rendition based on the play, the music follows the rhythms and motions of being on a train, as this is the setting of the show.

“ ‘On the Twentieth Cen-tury’ is not a well-known musical, but it has a great score, lyrics and a very entertaining book,” said Andrei Strizek, associate music director, rehears-al accompanist and piano player in the pit orchestra for the production.

The creative team of Cy Coleman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote a show that looks back to both the 1930’s musical and ear-lier operetta fashions but with a more modern twist.

While the Thursday, Fri-day and Saturday perfor-mances all begin at 7:30 p.m., the closing perfor-mance on Sunday begins at 10 a.m. The final perfor-mance celebrates a wide-ly recognized name: Bach. The recently new director of choral activities at the University, Andrew Megill, will lead the Allerton Bach Choir, orchestra and soloists in performing Bach’s can-tatas, including “O Ewig-es Feuer,” “O Ursprung der Liebe” and “Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht.”

Before coming to the Uni-versity, Megill was a guest conductor for the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, TENET vocal ensemble, the Juilliard Opera Center and Emmanuel Music in Boston. When he was hired at the University, Megill said he was “thrilled to contribute to the University’s extraor-dinary legacy as one of the nation’s most important centers for the study of the choral art,” in an interview with the University News Bureau.

All of the performanc-es cost $30 for adults and $25 for students and senior citizens.

With the performances held in a renovated Dutch hay barn on a nine-acre his-toric farmstead, the Aller-ton Music Barn Festival planners hope that “music and nature will become one with the creation of a world-class music venue” for audi-ence members.

Rebecca can be reached at rrjacob2@ dailyillini.com.

ment at the University, the idea began when Mark Rose, president of the Board of Directors at The Art The-ater, came to the depart-ment and pitched the idea of a dance film festival.

The excitement stemmed from when the desire for a dance film festival origi-nated within the communi-ty. Champaign-Urbana cine-philes have wanted an event such as this in recent years, according to Rose.

Ferrell, who has only been assistant to the head of the Dance department for approximately a month now, shares the same level of enthusiasm as all others involved with the project.

“It was really community based from the start, which then was made possible by the partnership between Dance at Illinois and The Art Theater,” Ferrell said.

From a musical come-dy, like “Royal Wedding”, which featured the classic dancing of Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, to the critical-ly-acclaimed documentary about “Ball-culture” and the LGBTQ community in New York City, “Paris is Burn-ing,” the festival featured multiple pieces, which all highlighted dance in dif-ferent ways.

“‘Paris is Burning’ is one of my favorite films,” Fer-rell said. “The showing on that Tuesday was all about celebrating dance and the power of community. And when you talk about drag and (‘Paris is Burning’), it is a performance.”

It was Wadleigh who curat-ed the festival and picked what Ferrell described as an amazing selection of films.

The festival also included a large selection of shorts that were submitted by people from the communi-ty, University students, film enthusiasts, and profession-

al dancers. Rhea Speights, a gradu-

ate student in Dance, was one of the people who sub-mitted her own film and was announced as the competi-tion winner Tuesday night.

“Choreography can man-ifest itself in many ways. I use cinema to explore com-positional ideas that I also explore in choreography,” she said. “When I noticed the email from Dance at Illi-nois announcing the oppor-tunity to make work for this festival, I took it.”

Speights says that she restructured and shaped the movement in her material to utilize compositional ele-ments of cinema, like jumps and space. The material she used for her submitted film will actually be used and furthered in her thesis con-cert coming up in March, she said.

Alexander can be reached at vassili2@dailyillini.com.

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No, there won’t be a chorus of moos and oinks echo-ing from live-stock at the

2014 Allerton Music Barn Festival. Instead, live per-formances of string, brass and other instruments will fi ll the barn, engaging audi-ence members in a rustic setting.

Now in its eighth year, the annual Allerton Music Barn Festival kicks off tomorrow and runs until Sunday at the Allerton Music Barn in Mon-ticello. The annual festival has become popular in the area, selling out each sea-son. As packed as it gets, the

Allerton Music Barn is well-ventilated but not air-condi-tioned or heated, so festival planners recommend “com-fortable, casual-chic attire.”

The Jupiter Quartet is the opening act for the fes-tival on Thursday night. The string performers are in their thirteenth year of playing together, and they are a very close-knit group. The two women in the group, Megan and Liz Freivogel, are sisters, and Megan is married to the group’s cel-list, Daniel McDonough.

According to the group’s website, the Jupiter Quar-tet “places a strong empha-sis on developing relation-ships with future classical music audiences through outreach work in school sys-

tems and other educational performances.”

The Jupiter Quartet will be performing Brahms’ Sex-tet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36. The foursome will be joined by winners of the Quartet’s second annual Guest Artist Award, Kim Uwate on vio-la, Seungwon Chung on cel-lo, and faculty artist Ollie Watts Davis. Their perfor-mance begins at 7:30 p.m.

On Friday, the University jazz faculty takes over, cel-ebrating the 60th anniver-sary of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Accord-ing to the Allerton Festival website, The Jazz Messen-gers performed in a “hard bop style” in the 1950s “with aggressive swing and powerful drumming.”

The Messengers were always about bringing jazz to a broader audience and featuring young, upcom-ing jazz artists and their music,” said Charles “Chip” McNeill, division chair of the jazz program at the University.

The jazz faculty at the University comprises Gram-my award-winning artists and will be led by Charles “Chip” McNeill. McNeill is the jazz tenor saxophon-ist for Grammy award-win-ning recording artist, Artu-ro Sandoval. In the past, he has performed with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joe Williams and Dizzy Gillespie.

BACH at the BARNAllerton Music Barn Festival offers everything from Bach and broadway to jazz and Jupiter

BY ALEXANDER VASSILIADISSTAFF WRITER

A theater has a wide variety of purposes. From movies to gatherings, cer-tain theaters specialize in showing different types of art, and for The Art The-ater Co-op, a combination of dance and fi lm took place at the downtown Champaign venue.

For the fi rst time in its

history, The Art Theater Co-op, located in downtown Champaign, collaborated with the University’s dance department to plan and host the fi rst-ever Dance Film Festival.

The festival, which began Sept. 2, held weekly Tues-day events and showings through September and end-ed Tuesday night.

Over the festival’s three

days, the theater presented a selection of fi lms and short pieces dedicated to “dance performance, dance for camera, infl uential artists in the fi eld and social impact of dance across the world,” according to the event’s website .

“(Dance) is around us in pop culture and makes its way to the concert stage by artists working with deep

interest and expertise in multiple areas,” said Renee Wadleigh, dance professor at the University. “I think the public found the Dance Film Festival exciting, surprising and defi nitely relatable.”

According to Rebec-ca Ferrell, assistant to the head of the Dance depart-

First-ever Dance Film Festival a success

2014 Allerton Barn Music FestivalIndividual show tickets: $30 adult, $25 student/senior

ThursdayJupiter Plus7:30 p.m.

Friday Celebrating 60 Years of the Jazz Messengers: From at the Cafe Bohemia to the Present7:30 p.m.

Saturday“On the Twentieth Century”2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Sunday Bach10 a.m.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS BROWN, BILL DEMKOV, GRAHAM DUNCAN, FRANK HORGER AND NATHAN MANDELThe eighth year of the Allerton Music Barn Festival in Monticello kicks off tomorrow with Jupiter Plus at 7:30 p.m. The annual festival has become popular in the area and typically sells out each season. Tickets can be purchased online at allertonmusicbarn.com

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PHOTO COURTESY OF REBECCA FERRELL"Nora," a 2008 dance documentary by Alla Kovgan, was one of the fi rst fi lms screened on Sept. 2 as part of the Dance Film Festival's fi rst night. SEE DANCE | 7A

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BY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER

Editor’s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down Sunday nights and decides which Illinois athlete or coach is our Illini of the Week. Athletes and coaches are evaluated by individual performance and contribution to team success.

F or Dylan Meyer, there’s always room for improvement in his golf game.

Even after Meyer, a fresh-man on the Illinois men’s golf team, medaled in his first collegiate tourna-ment over the weekend, he was back at practice on Monday, ready to focus on his putting. Meyer shot a 3-over-par 213 in the Olympia Fields Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational to tie for first place.

That it came against the likes of No. 1-ranked Alabama, No. 3 Stanford and No. 4 Oklahoma State makes it all the more impressive.

“I played pretty well all week,” Mey-er said. “My ball striking was definite-ly there. I didn’t putt as well as I want-ed to, but I made putts when I needed to. I mean overall, I was pretty happy with the way I played. There’s definite-ly some things I need to work on and as

coach says, ‘You can never be satisfied with what you’re doing and tomorrow nobody really cares what you do.’ It’s time to get back and working.”

Meyer, who shot scores of 72, 70 and 71 in his three rounds, was dis-couraged by the fact that he couldn’t make as many putts as he wanted to after consistently hitting greens in each round.

So, Meyer returned to practice on Monday wanting to work on his put-ting. With the depth and talent that the Illini have, though, Meyer will need to continue to improve all aspects of his game if he hopes to continue to qualify for tournaments in the future.

Despite playing well enough to win the invitational over the weekend, Meyer was only a few shots better than teammate David Kim in qualifying for one of the Illini’s spots in the tour-nament. Meyer edged Kim and took the Illini’s fifth qualifying spot in the invitational, an opportunity he made the most of.

“It was a surreal moment more than anything,” Meyer said. “I didn’t really think my place was there considering I barely qualified to get into the tour-nament for the team.

“Starting off as the five-man and

working my way up to first by the end it was kind of a weight off my shoulders.”

After his weekend performance, in which he recorded six birdies and 40 pars over his three rounds of golf, head coach Mike Small said Meyer should feel more confident in his ability.

“Golf is you taking advantage of your opportunities, and if you don’t, who knows what the future could hold,”

Honorable mentions:Geronimo Allison (football) — The junior receiver was one of the few bright spots in Illinois’ loss to Washington this weekend. Allison hauled in for 160 yards and two touchdowns, including a diving catch in the endzone. Jannelle Flaws (soccer) — The Illini’s senior leader scored two goals this weekend to move into fourth place on Illinois’ all-time list. Flaws now has 32 career goals, 23 of them scored last season alone.

BY ELISEO ELIZARRARAZSTAFF WRITER

Eight games into the Illinois soccer season, the goalkeeper battle is effectively over. Claire Wheatley, the sophomore goalkeeper from Plano, Texas, is the undisputed starter for the Illini after two consecutive weekends playing full matches in front of goal. Wheatley reclaimed her starting position after starting 22 games last season.

It was a battle that saw her pitted against sopho-more Michelle Denley, and was expected to come down to the wire as head coach Janet Rayfield liked the way the healthy competition was helping both improve.

It was a split weekend for Illinois, as they lost to Iowa 2-0 on Thursday before rebounding and beating last year’s Big Ten cham-pion, Nebraska, 3-0 on Sun-day. Wheatley started both games and had three saves against each opponent. Now, after splitting time as goal-keeper with Denley earlier in the season, Wheatley has earned the starting spot for the rest of Big Ten play.

“I think what you see from Claire now is a goal-keeper who’s getting bet-ter,” Rayfield said, “I think Michelle Denley and Darci Dietrich have sort of raised the level of our goalkeeping because they’re challeng-ing us every day in prac-tice. Michelle does some things that Claire hasn’t done well most of the time in her career and I think it’s challenging Claire to get better. She’s much better off her line, her kicking game has improved and certain-ly her shot stopping abili-ty has always been there. I think in Iowa she actual-

ly kept us in the game with a couple great saves as we were sort of struggling a lit-tle bit defensively and cer-tainly came up big again against Nebraska. I think she’s continuing to mature as a goalkeeper and that’s certainly going to help us going forward.”

Wheatley made three saves against Nebraska to cap off Illinois’ fourth shut-out of the season, already bettering last year’s mark of three and tying the 2012-2013’s season mark of four. Illinois improved 6-2-0 overall after Sunday’s win now with a conference mark of 1-1.

“Claire’s been consistent for us. She’s healthy again, and as it is right now, it’s certainly her spot,” said assistant coach Jeff Free-man after the Nebraska game. “We really limit-ed Nebraska’s dangerous chances in front of our goal. When they did have chances, Claire was there to cover for us.”

Denley will have to watch from the sidelines for now, as Wheatley con-tinues her impressive shut-out run, already claiming two solo shutouts to her name and participating in both of Illinois’ other two clean sheets.

“I knew I was going to have to work really hard,” Denley said after Illi-nois game against Lou-isville earlier in the sea-son, “Claire’s a fantastic goalkeeper, and I knew if I wanted a shot to play I was going to have to come in fit and ready and (have) the confidence that I can do this and come play at this amazing school.”

Eliseo can be reached elizarr2@dailyillini.com.

Wheatley claims starting spot

BY CHARLOTTE CARROLLSTAFF WRITER

At a tailgate in October of 2013, a meal of chicken and waffles cemented a mis-sion for two friends from Iowa. Before that fateful dinner, the pair had decid-ed to see three college foot-ball games in three days.

It was that southern del-icacy served at a Cincin-nati Bearcats home game that would prove to be the tipping point for Seth Vander Tuig and Mike Ful-ton. It was here, at a stadi-um, small in comparison to other schools, that the duo claim is the birthplace of “Mission: College Football.”

So with a title and a sto-ry, Vander Tuig and Fulton got rolling. The objective is to see all 128 Division I teams play in person. With 52 teams down and 76 remaining, the pair’s journey has carried them around the Midwest and will bring them to Memo-rial Stadium this Saturday as Illinois takes on Texas State.

“I think it’s completely

exceeded both our expec-tations,” Fulton said. “Orig-inally, we were just a couple of guys who loved football when it was born. But peo-ple thought it was cool. And it was interesting to hear their stories and lis-ten to their passion for their teams.”

Memorial Stadium will be the fourth stadium this season and will fea-ture their last new team of the year. Vander Tuig has seen a game in Champaign before, but neither has seen Texas State play before.

Every game brings a chance for Vander Tuig, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Fulton, of Urbandale, Iowa, to see a unique element about each school they visit.

Whether it has led them to leading chants on the Jumbotron, sideline views or finding the 1960s limou-sine painted like a Tiger at Missouri, the pair has had its fair share of unique sto-ries while finding lifelong fans on their travels.

The Iowa natives share a similar backstory: both

attended Indianola High School in Indianola, Iowa, both went on to attend the same community college and both worked at Dairy Queen together during their teen years.

Growing up without a pro-sports team to support, they developed a shared passion for college athlet-ics, but for different colors: Vander Tuig is a lifelong Iowa State fan and Fulton an Iowa fan. Both hold sea-son tickets for their respec-tive squads.

And that interstate rival-ry is even more intensified when the two schools com-pete against each other like they did this past weekend.

“It’s an interesting dynamic because we’re fans of rival schools, and it causes an interesting conversation in the car,” Vander Tuig said. “Spe-cifically this last weekend after the Missouri game. The entire drive home we were listing to the Iowa State-Iowa game. Fortu-nately for me, my Cyclones got the victory. So one of

us was talking and the oth-er was quiet, I’ll put it that way.”

But usually, those car

rides are more than just col-lege banter. Both are mar-ried with children. Vander Tuig has a daughter and

Fulton has two daughters.It was Vander Tuig’s

He didn’t receive a surf-board or a custom-ized guitar on his

farewell tour. There was no national media frenzy when he announced this would be his last season in the major leagues. ESPN hasn’t created a baseball diamond that lists all of his former lovers.

Chicago White Sox’s first baseman, Paul Konerko, just needs Metallica’s “Harvester of Sorrow,” a blue seat in the out-field of U.S. Cellular Field, and the last grand slam in a World Series game. Those three things alone make him a legend on the south side of Chicago.

Konerko is retiring after 16 seasons, almost all with the White Sox. During his time

with the team, Konerko has been to six All-Star games, is second to Frank Thomas in the all-time White Sox home runs (439) and hits (2,338) list, and has a World Series Champion-ship ring.

It is fitting that there is little national attention on Konerko’s last season. He has been the captain of a team that has always been “the other team” in a city that bleeds Cubby blue. Always serious, the only time he drew attention was when he hit a ball deep into the stands with that swing of his that is so familiar to White Sox fans.

Konerko was drafted by the Dodgers and made his debut in 1997. He was traded to the Reds and played 26 games there. He found his true home in 1999 when he was traded to the White Sox. From there, the rest was history.

He started to become a fan favorite. During a time where so many players played the

game the wrong way, he did it the right way. The home runs continued to collect and so did the number of MVP votes.

Konerko was always faced with opportunities to leave the South Side. In 2006, the Orioles tried to scoop him up after the White Sox champi-onship season. After the 2010 season, where Konerko had a career-year, hitting .312 with 39 homers and placed fifth — his highest finish — in the AL MVP race, the Diamondbacks tried to steal him away. Again, Konerko stayed home.

Heading into the 2014 cam-paign, White Sox management faced questions from the fans when it was announced that Konerko would return in a lim-ited role to play in a final sea-son. Many believed it was a waste of a roster spot. Others realized the importance of a farewell season and the effect he could have on rookie José Abreu.

He has only played in 74 games during the 2014 sea-son, hitting .220, 22 RBIs and five home runs. Konerko has recently dealt with a hand inju-ry but is going to try to play through it in his final week.

It’s been the way Konerko conducts himself that leads him to be a hero to many peo-ple, including myself. I have never been the most vocal per-son. But growing up, I always looked at Konerko and saw the way he could let his actions do the talking for him. This has always been something that has inspired me and, I’m sure, countless others to work hard and inspire other people through the hard work that they do.

With Konerko’s numbers, it is doubtful he will make the Hall of Fame. Many believe he does have the numbers for the “Hall of very good,” but you

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Konerko not a Hall of Famer, but still won hearts

Two friends stop at Illinois on FBS tour

SCOTT STRAZZANTE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEFirst baseman Paul Konerko is retiring after 16 seasons, almost all played with the White Sox.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MISSION COLLEGE FOOTBALL DUOSeth Vander Tuig and Mike Fulton at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN, home of the University of Minnesota football team. The two strive to see all FBS football teams play in person.

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DYLAN MEYERFreshman ties for first in the first collegiate golf tournament of his career, shooting 3-over-par over three rounds at Olympia Fields

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wife, Emily, who bought Notre Dame football tickets for her husband four years ago, and it was the school’s rich traditions that helped foster Vander Tuig’s love for watching other schools.

“A lot of the talks we have are about football,” Vander Tuig said. “But at the same time, a lot of the talks we have are about how to be a good dad and be a good husband and how lucky we are to have the wives that support us. A lot of football, some reminiscing about our days back in high school. A lot of laughs and a lot of talks along the way.”

Though it may be tough with her husband gone, LeeAnn Fulton said both

her and Vander Tuig’s wife have family nearby who they visit on football week-ends. But she has found it neat to watch the travels play out.

“Between him and Seth, there are always crazy sto-ries and I never hear them right away,” LeeAnn said. “They usually come out later when we’re sitting around the campfire or something and then they start flowing. But I know Mike and Seth always have a good time no mat-ter what.”

Those opportunities to see uncommon traditions and stadiums is why Vander Tuig and Fulton continue “Mission: College Football.” It’s a chance for more ran-dom dinners in even more irregular locations.

“The thing that happened

along the way is when you start going to some of these stadiums,” Seth said. “It’s not so much about the game itself, that’s definitely the reason you go, but it’s more about meeting all the fans before the games and see-ing how the tailgating is set up. Seeing what the stadium is like and what unique fans there are. Every team and every fan base is so differ-ent from each other. You go for the game but you come away where the highlights weren’t necessarily the plays of the game and who-ever won the game. Instead it’s all the little things along the way that add up to the game day itself.”

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Small said. “He barely got in the event for this first event but then he obviously shows he can win, so that’s a big deal. He took advantage of his opportunity and he capi-talized and now he’s estab-lished himself.

“Don’t take practices off. Don’t take qualifiers off. Don’t take things for grant-ed is what we’ve learned.”

To Meyer, his success on the weekend can be attribut-ed to keeping his game plan simple and focusing on hit-ting fairways and greens. He also didn’t get ahead of him-self on the course.

“I stayed in the moment,” Meyer said. “I didn’t let any-thing take control of what I was doing. That’s why I had coach (Small) walk with me on 17 and 18 to just keep me grounded and not thinking too far ahead.”

Despite rain, Meyer start-ed the weekend with a sol-id round on Friday. His play began to pick up in the sec-ond round of the invitational.

He had back-to-back bird-ies on Nos. 5 and 6 on Satur-day and added another birdie on 13. After bogeying 14 and 18, Meyer finished his sec-ond round with an even-par 70 but felt he had a chance to win the event after two days.

This feeling continued into the final round, as Meyer said

he felt he had a chance to win even after double bogeying the No. 9 on Sunday.

“I knew that I was still in contention,” Meyer said. “Watching the scores as the teams were starting to get away from us and we were starting to pull away, I knew that I was still kinda right there and I needed to fire something on the back nine.”

Meyer did just that, as he birdied the 15th hole before parring the final three holes to tie Stanford sophomore Maverick McNealy with the tournament’s low score.

Meyer was supported all weekend by his father, grandfather and his long-time coach Mike Wolf, who were all in attendance. He also found support in Small, who walked the final two holes with Meyer and helped to quell his anxiety.

Small tried to lighten the mood with jokes, but above all else made sure that Mey-er stayed focused.

“I tried to keep him in the frame of mind that he had that got him there,” Small said. “You don’t want to do anything differently coming down the stretch than he did the whole round.”

Despite the early individ-ual success, Meyer said he wasn’t as focused on how well he played as much as he was caught up in how the team finished. No. 6 Illi-nois won the invitational by 11 strokes.

“It’s probably one of the biggest wins that I’ve had in my career in golf,” Mey-er said. “I’ve won many tour-naments but I’ve never had a team win. It’s really special to me that I actually have a team win and I am a part of something that’s going to be great in the coming year.”

While Meyer will need to continue to improve if he hopes to contribute to the team in the future, junior Charlie Danielson said that Meyer’s game is solid.

“When he’s on, he’s on,” Danielson. “He’s a good ball striker. He hits it really straight. He’s always in the fairway. Hits a lot of greens. Kinda just a solid player.”

For now, Meyer is hap-py with his season-opening medalist performance but isn’t content with where his golf game is, which is why he was back at practice on Monday ready to improve his game and prepare for the next tournament.

“We’re all poor, hungry and determined,” Meyer said. “So I mean everyone’s going to bring their game, day-in and day-out, and if you’re not going to play well, you’re going to be in the back. You’ve got to bring it every day.”

Nicholas can be reached at fortin2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @IlliniSportsGuy.

can guarantee the White Sox will retire his num-ber 14 and place his pic-ture on the outfield wall between Luis Aparicio and Ted Lyons. There will be a statue erected at U.S. Cellular Field with him holding that stance that brought pleasure to

so many fans — the pose he held after hitting his World Series grand slam.

I know it might be hard to take a trip up to Chica-go to watch him play his last games. Unfortunate-ly, I wasn’t able to make it to the ballpark this sum-mer to watch my favor-ite baseball player for the last time. But turn on your TV when the White Sox are playing. Not to

watch the Sox lose, but to hear that Metallica song again, to hear Gene Hon-da announce Konerko’s name, and to hear the crowd chant it one last time: “Paulie! Paulie! Paulie!”

Michal is a sophomore in Media. He can be reached at dwojak2@dailyillini.com. Follow him at bennythebull94.

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BY SUSAN MILLER DEGNANMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

Kevin Olsen is no longer a student at the University of Miami.

A day after the Miami Hurricanes backup quar-terback was arrested and charged with possessing a stolen/ficti-tious driver’s license and driving under the influence, the universi-ty announced he was no lon-ger there.

“Kevin Olsen is no lon-ger a student at the Univer-

sity of Miami,” UM released in a written statement. “We wish him the very best in the future.”

Olsen, 19, was a red-shirt fresh-man who nev-er got into a football game at Miami. He was suspend-ed the first two games of this season, and dressed in uniform for the first time this sea-son Satur-day against

Arkansas State.He is from Wayne, N.J.,

and was a four-star recruit

when he arrived at UM in the summer of 2013.

UM coach Al Golden was asked during his weekly news conference how much Olsen’s situation saddened and sick-ened him.

“It’s not the end,” said Golden, who noted Monday night that he spoke with Olsen’s dad, Chris Olsen, and Kevin for a long time earlier Monday.

Chris Olsen coached Kev-in at Wayne Hills High, and Golden said he first got to know Kevin when he was recruiting his older broth-ers Christian and Greg “in the late ’90s, when Kevin was 9 years old and 10 years old — so I watched him grow up. From that standpoint, that was tough for all of us.

“But right now this is about Kevin and his family, and we need to respect that and I have no doubt that he’ll be back. He needs this time to look at himself and move forward. I have no doubt that with the support of his fam-ily, his brothers, his mom and dad and obviously those of us that know him really well, there’s no question that he’s going to have the right end-ing at the end of this.”

Golden said Olsen won’t be back at Miami, but wouldn’t talk about what the next step is for Olsen. “That’s person-al,” he said. “The next step is to look forward and get on the right track and be successful — and he will.”

BY GARY KLEINMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

LOS ANGELES — USC quarterback Cody Kessler could be in for a role change by the time USC plays its next game.

From the day he was hired as USC’s coach, Steve Sarkisian spoke about implementing a run-first offense to set up the pass.

Sarkisian is not expected to completely abandon the philosophy as the Trojans regroup after their upset loss at Boston College. But he acknowledged over the weekend that it would go through exhaustive vetting in the wake of the Trojans’ 20-yard rushing effort last Saturday.

The self-examination began Sunday and Monday and will continue Tuesday, when the Trojans practice for the first time since the 37-31 defeat.

USC has an open date this week and resumes its

schedule Sept. 27 against Oregon State.

“We have to make sure we’re not stubborn,” Sarkisian said of an insistence to run the ball.

In the first three quarters against Boston College, USC ran on the first play of a possession nine times and passed four times. The Trojans passed on the first play of each of their three fourth-quarter possessions.

The Trojans ran 31 first-down plays in the game. Twelve were running plays, 19 passes. But 11 of the pass plays came in the fourth quarter.

Kessler ranks 18th nationally in passing efficiency.

The junior has completed 71 of 100 passes for 846 yards and eight touchdowns, without an interception.

Only three other major college quarterbacks have thrown 100 or more passes without an interception: Texas A&M’s Kenny Hill, who has 117 attempts, Duke’s Anthony Boone (107) and Arkansas State’s Fredi Knighten (103).

Kessler completed 31 of 41 passes for 317 yards and four touchdowns against Boston College.

He was 11 for 18 for 136 yards and two touchdowns in the first half, 20 for 23 for 181 yards and two touchdowns in the second.

The Trojans’ poor defensive effort against Boston College sent them plummeting in national statistical rankings.

USC, which has surrendered 412 yards a game, fell from 64th to 84th among 125 major college teams in total defense.

The Trojans dropped from 68th to 116th in rushing defense (245.7 yards per game) and from 14th to 38th in scoring defense (20 points per game). USC improved from 68th to 21st in pass defense (166.3 ypg.).

USC is 55th in total offense (443 yards per game), 78th in rushing (151 ypg.), and 35th in passing (292 ypg.)

USC’s game against Oregon State on Sept. 27 at the Coliseum will kick off at 7:30 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN. Oregon State is 2-0 after victories over Portland State and Hawaii. The Beavers had an open date last week and play San Diego State on Saturday.

BY RANDY KINDREDMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

BLOOMINGTON — Larry Brown is a teacher at heart. The eyeglasses suggest it. He confirms it. It’s why the Hall of Fame bas-ketball coach says without hesita-tion, “I like practice. I don’t like the games.”

There was no game Monday at Shirk Center. Brown loved that.

A day after his 74th birthday, he was on the court ... making points, talking strategy, dipping into a vast reservoir of basketball knowledge.

For high school coaches attend-ing the Illinois Basketball Coach-es Association Fall Clinic, it was like having Dean Smith, Frank McGuire, Henry Iba, Pete Newell, John McLendon and Alex Hannum all in a room.

Brown played for each of those Hall of Fame coaches either in college, on the U.S. Olympic team or in the American Basketball Association (ABA). For him, days like Monday are about spreading the hoops gospel.

“I try to share as much as I can because I don’t know if anybody has a better background than me

in terms of the people I played for,” said Brown, now in his third season as head coach at Southern Methodist University.

“I just want to share all of the things I was taught. Then again, I still want to learn. Most of the time when I do these things, I make a point to listen to others.”

Brown is the only coach to win NCAA and NBA championships -- 1988 at Kansas, 2004 with the Detroit Pistons. He also took UCLA to the NCAA title game in 1980. As a player, Brown starred at North Carolina, won a gold medal on the 1964 Olympic team and played in the ABA.

He ranks seventh in NBA coaching wins (1,098) and has a 219-88 record as a college coach, including 42-27 in two years at SMU.

So why was a guy with a resume like that in Bloomington on a Mon-day morning? He was there in part because of his relationship with Steve Simons, a longtime IBCA supporter and former head coach at Charleston High School. In the 1980s, Simons had a player, Jeff Gueldner, who went to play for Brown at Kansas.

“Steve asked me to come here and I think the world of him,” Brown said. “And if you’re in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas ... the coaches who come (to clinics), they love it, care about it. It’s nice to have this chance.”

Brown is relishing his oppor-tunity at SMU as well. When he took the job in 2012, it was his first on the college level since Kansas in 1988.

Among his first moves was hir-ing then-Illinois State head coach Tim Jankovich as his associate head coach. The Mustangs went 15-17 in 2012-13, but improved to 27-10 last year and reached the National Invitation Tournament title game.

One of the catalysts was guard Nic Moore, who transferred from ISU to SMU when Jankov-ich joined the staff there. Moore, now a junior, earned first-team all-American Athletic Conference honors in a league that includes the likes of Connecticut, Cincin-nati and Memphis.

“I’m the devil with him,” Brown said, smiling. “He played for Tim (at ISU) and Tim expected him to do certain things for his program.

All of a sudden I come in and a lot of things I’m asking him to do are a little different.

“When he thinks that I may be a little harsh or not as consider-ate as I need to be, he looks over

at Tim. He kind of makes some adjustments. But he’s done real-ly, really well. Making all-confer-ence with the guard play in that conference is an incredible feat. I think he’ll only get better.”

Brown’s knowledge reflects impressive resume

Miami backup QB leaves school after arrest

USC looks to regroup after recent upset

YONG KIM MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNESouthern Methodist Mustangs head coach Larry Brown watches the end of the game against the Temple Owls on Feb. 16 in Philadelphia.

AL DIAZ MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEMiami backup quarterback Kevin Olsen is no longer a student at the university, following an arrest and charges for a DUI and possessing a stolen/fictitious driver’s license.

I have no doubt that he’ll be back ... He needs this time to look at

himself and move forward.”

AL GOLDENUM FOOTBALL COACH

Loss to Boston College forces a USC self-examination

ROBERT GAUTHIER MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEUSC quarterback Cody Kessler (6) looks downfield to pass as he is pressured by Fresno State rusher Ejiro Ederaine during first half action at the Coliseum in Los Angeles on Aug. 30.

USC, which has surrendered 412 yards a game, fell from 64th to 84th among 125 major college teams in total defense.

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BY DAVE MATTER MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

COLUMBIA, Mo. — For the final four minutes of Mis-souri’s 38-10 win over Cen-tral Florida on Saturday, the Tigers’ tailback tandem sat on the bench, their days cut short by injuries. By then, Russell Hansbrough and Marcus Murphy had com-bined for 142 yards on 24 car-ries, but Hansbrough left for good after taking on a safety head-first in the open field. The junior needed help from trainers walking off the field.

Murphy later needed help hobbling to the bench after rolling his left ankle while tumbling out of bounds.

Their absence from the offense isn’t expected to last long. Tigers coach Gary Pin-kel said both will be available Saturday when No. 18 Mis-souri (3-0) hosts Indiana (1-1). Hansbrough was cleared by the team’s medical staff to return against UCF, Pinkel said. After the game, Pinkel said Hansbrough was “ding-ed,” which would indicate a head injury. Asked Monday what kind of injury Hans-brough suffered on the play, Pinkel said, “You saw it. His

helmet hit (the defender), so he was just dizzy a little bit.”

“The medical staff han-dles that very well and they make a determination,” Pin-kel said. “Their determina-tion was he could have gone back in for the fourth quar-ter. We just didn’t think it was necessary.”

Hansbrough did not attend Monday’s interview session.

“We’ve got to get him to not take guys on like that,” Pin-kel said. Hansbrough leads MU with 258 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

Murphy said he knew his injury wasn’t serious Satur-day and doesn’t expect it to affect him this week.

“I just tripped up and rolled my ankle,” he said. “It was a minor injury. I’ll be ready. ... I wasn’t worried about it.”

Should either back be lim-ited against the Hoosiers, Mizzou’s only other schol-arship tailbacks are junior Tyler Hunt and freshmen Ish Witter and Trevon Walters. The staff has planned to red-shirt Walters this year. Wit-ter has 18 yards on 11 carries through three games, while

Hunt has carried twice for 9 yards.

Defensive tackle Matt Hoch (strained pectoral) and slot receiver Lawrence Lee (sprained ankle) both missed Saturday’s game after getting hurt in practice last Wednesday, but Pinkel said he expects both to play against Indiana.

Levi Copelin is done get-ting in trouble at Mizzou. The wide receiver was dismissed from the program for undis-closed reasons, Pinkel said.

Earlier this summer, the NCAA ruled Copelin ineligi-ble for the season after he failed an NCAA drug test. In a prepared statement Cope-lin said he took an over-the-counter supplement that he was not aware contained an ingredient that’s banned by the NCAA. Copelin was twice arrested earlier in his MU career.

During the 2012 season he was arrested for marijuana possession outside Memori-al Stadium — he was one of three players arrested that night in the car of former MU receiver Dorial Green-Beckham — and later plead-

ed guilty to a reduced city violation of trespassing. He faces a court date Wednes-day for a January arrest for misdemeanor peace distur-bance. He allegedly made threatening comments to stu-dent union employees while he was trying to obtain a new student ID.

Copelin caught three pass-es for 61 yards last season and blocked a punt at Ken-tucky. Since his NCAA sus-pension began in August, Copelin has been allowed to practice with the team and attend meetings but not play in games or make road trips with the team.

Defensive end Shane Ray was named the SEC defen-sive player of the week after his two-sack outing against Central Florida. Ray leads the country in tackles for loss with seven and ranks third with five sacks.

“It’s nice to be recog-nized,” Ray said. “I think it means that I’m doing good things and that my team is doing good things. I feel like there’s a lot of guys on this team that deserve recogni-tion, but in the end, we play

for each other and we just have to keep working hard to accomplish our goals.”

Ray is the fifth Mizzou defensive player to win the SEC’s weekly award since the Tigers joined the league.

Missouri’s first SEC foot-ball game of the season at South Carolina will kick off at 6 p.m. (St. Louis time) Sept. 27 and air nationally on ESPN. With first choice of

SEC games for that day, CBS chose Texas A&M’s matchup with Arkansas at AT&T Sta-dium in Arlington, Texas, for the 2:30 p.m. slot.

Missouri is 0-2 against the Gamecocks since joining the SEC, losing its first and only game in Columbia, S.C., 31-10 in 2012. Steve Spurrier’s team edged the Tigers 27-24 in double overtime last year on Faurot Field.

Mizzou doing well in SEC despite RB injuriesBoth tailbacks out during last week’s game but should be back for Indiana game

BY LORI FALCEMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

Roll up the cuffs on your khaki pants. Put on your dark glasses. Tie on your black shoes. There’s going to be a “Joe-out.”

Wait, what’s a Joe-out?Laurie Anne Stannell, a

fourth-generation Penn State grad, wanted to see some-thing happen to show sup-port for late, former head coach Joe Paterno. It had to be something peaceful and happy and something that, first and foremost, said “Joe.”

Beaver Stadium has a long history of white-outs to ral-ly the troops for big games. This year, it will be the Oct. 25 game against intense rival Ohio State. In 2011, in the heat of the Jerry Sandusky

scandal, blue outs started with fans showing support and raising money for vic-tims of child sexual abuse. The 2014 blue-out will be Nov. 29 against Michigan State.

But on Saturday, as Penn State meets the University of Massachusetts for the sec-ond home game of the season, alumni and fans like Stannell and others want to see Pater-no everywhere they turn.

“We want to make an impact, as Joe would say,” Stannell said.

“How fans do it is up to them”, she said. A cardboard figure of the longtime coach, a Joe mask, a JVP hat. For many on social media, there are plans for things with the number 409, the total wins for Paterno’s coaching career

before 111 victories were tak-en away by the NCAA as part of Penn State’s post-Sandusky penalties.

For some, it’s the kind of opportunity they have been awaiting.

“He will forever stand as a great founder of our uni-versity, shoulder to shoulder with Atherton, Beaver, Pat-tee, Sparks and more. There will be other coaches, oth-er presidents, other trust-ees and great men in Penn State’s future, but that does not mean we should forget this one man who made Penn State great. My family and I eagerly await the future — but we will never forget to honor Joe,” said Susan Beck Wilson.

As a vocal segment of the

alumni community now calls for restoration of the wins after the NCAA’s repeal of bowl and scholarship sanc-tions last week, there is a response from some that peo-ple are clinging to the past and not letting go. That isn’t what the Joe-out is about, enthusiasts say.

“Of course we are mov-ing on,” said Stannell. “We love Coach Franklin, but we have a legacy here with Joe. He brought our school to a world class institution.”

The event isn’t sponsored or sanctioned by the univer-sity. Stannell said it is also not meant to be spiteful or nega-tive in any way to anyone.

“It’s honoring our past,” she said. “We are Penn State. If that’s not JoePa then who?”

Fans plan ‘Joe-out’ to honor former Penn State head coach

KYLE ROBERTSON MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEIndiana Hoosiers wide receiver Shane Wynn (1) catches a pass against Ohio State Buckeyes cornerback Bradley Roby (1) during the first quarter at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 23, 2013.

DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOFormer Penn State head coach Joe Paterno is pictured at a game at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 3, 2009. A group of Penn State fans are planning a “Joe-out” for Oct. 25, where fans can show support for Paterno however they want.

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BY NICHOLAS FORTINSTAFF WRITER

If senior outside hitter Morganne Criswell is the Illinois volleyball team’s spark plug, junior outside hitter Jocelynn Birks is its engine.

Although Birks doesn’t average the highest hitting percentage among the Illi-ni’s outside hitters, she has been consistent in racking up kills.

“(I’ve played) pretty well,” Birks said. “I think obvi-ously there’s always room to improve so I’m going to keep working, but I think I’ve done an OK job.”

Birks has led the team in kills each of the past two seasons, totaling 500 and 510 kills in 2013 and 2012, respectively. She has already amassed 103 kills in eight matches this season, which is yet again the most on the team.

Her kills per match has also been impressive this season, as she’s achieved double digit kills in six of

the eight matches the Illini have played and has already recorded a 20 kill match this year.

“I just try to do as much as I can,” Birks said. “When I get set, I try to put the ball in a good spot. And they’re doing a good job of getting me the ball in a good spot.”

Birks’ hitting efficiency has dropped this season, as both she and the team have had to adjust to the 6-2, a new rotation system. Her kills and play overall has remained mainly consistent.

Head coach Kevin Ham-bly said that Birks hasn’t played as well so far this season partially because of the system change and also because of the amount of the offense that runs through her.

Birks has had the most total attacks in each of the past two years for the Illini, with 1,584 attacks in 2013 and 1,458 attacks in 2012. So far this season, Birks continues to lead the team in attacks with 254, 49 more

than senior opposite side hit-ter Liz McMahon.

“I think she’s carrying a big load for us in a lot of things,” Hambly said. “She’s the only one that’s out there all the time.

“Jocelynn gets a big vol-ume of attacks and that’s partly why I think her hit-ting efficiency is a little bit lower, but I think she would say she can be better. She’s made some mistakes. And part of that is the 6-2. She was used to hitting off one setter and she has made a lot of errors off of the other setter that she hasn’t played with.”

Hambly said that because the 6-2 calls for outside hit-ters to work with two setters, it has been harder for Birks to adjust. Hambly then add-ed that Birks and the oth-er main setter for Illinois, Allison Palmer, have been working to find a rhythm and that Birks’ play in the match against Washington State, in which she hit .323 and had 16 kills, may lead to

more efficient performances in the future.

Although the change in system has caused more attacking errors for Birks early on, she said she still likes the system and feels that it will work for the Illi-ni moving forward.

“It gives us a lot more options, and we can have Ali (Stark) hitting in the front row, which is good for us so I really like it,” Birks said. “Both Palms (Alison Palm-er) and Lex (Alexis Viliunas) are doing a good job setting.”

On top of being the Illini’s primary offensive threat, Birks is also one of the only frontcourt players who is nimble enough to rotate and play the back line. Birks has been a leader to the younger Illini and a mentor to front-court players like sopho-more outside hitter Katie Roustio.

“Her work ethic is great,” Roustio said. “She’s always pushing us to work hard-er in the gym, in practices and she just knows how to be a great all-around player. Whether it’s passing or hit-ting and blocking, we kind of look to her on the court to do all those parts. Off the court she’s there for everyone.”

Birks has also developed a deep connection with junior setter Alexis Viliunas. Vili-unas and Birks met through club volleyball and have been playing together since Viliunas was 12.

“It’s pretty easy to set her just because I can set a not perfect ball and she can still score on it,” Viliunas said.

Moving forward, the Illi-ni will need to sure up the rhythm between Palmer and Birks to have success as the season progresses. But with Birks and Viliunas already being in rhythm from years of playing together, and with Birks gaining confidence with each positive perfor-mance, it seems as if the Illi-ni’s most consistent scorer and one of the team’s best players will continue to be just that.

“Nothing really gets to her,” Viliunas said. “She’s always been like that. Some-times shows emotion, some-times doesn’t — but when she’s pumped up, she gets going and that really helps the team a lot, and people ride off her energy and her consistent attacking.”

Nicholas can be reached at fortin2@dailyillini.com.

Birks hitting hard for the IlliniJunior outside hitter likely to reach third-consecutive year with most kills

Champions League Overview

W ith off-the-field con-troversy overshad-owing events on the

field in the NFL, it might seem hard to stay opti-mistic about professional sports. There is good news, though. This week marks the start of the eight-month odyssey that is the Cham-pions League. If the talent level seen at the World Cup made you excited about soc-cer, the Champions League recasts those same charac-ters in club colors instead of national colors. There are tons of different storylines to follow in the CL, but here are some questions to guide you on your CL journey. So sit back, and forget about NFL controversies for a moment.

Can Real repeat?

After winning La Dec-ima, their 10th European championship, last May, Real Madrid seemed to be in the process of building an even stronger and more fearsome squad in prepara-tion for the title defense of the season. The additions of James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos backed up that point. After an active transfer deadline, though, it appears they may have become a weaker squad compared to what they were only a month ago.

The midfield suffered the worst. Madrid lost Xabi Alonso, and all the veter-an experience he brings, to

Bayern Munich. To make matters worse, Real lost playmaker and Argentina star Angel di Maria to Man-chester United. Madrid still has the talent to replace these players, but it lost something even more valu-able than talent — depth, and to other European pow-ers no less.

Judging from its recent poor start in its domestic season, Madrid’s chances of repeating become more questionable. Madrid has already lost twice to rival Atletico Madrid and even lost to a subpar La Liga opponent in Real Sociedad. Plus, throw in Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent dissatis-faction with club manage-ment, and you have all the makings for a subpar CL campaign for the defending champs.

Can Barca bounce back?

After immense CL suc-cess over the last decade, Barcelona is coming off a less-than-ideal perfor-mance last season. Barcelo-na’s plan this offseason was to enhance its attack after a listless exit to eventual run-ner-up Atletico. This was done in no more loud a fash-ion in signing former Liver-pool star, and possibly the most controversial figure currently in the sport, Luis Suarez.

While Suarez will be sus-pended until late October for the infamous biting inci-dent at the World Cup, he will be back for Barcelona as it gears up for the knock-out stage. As controver-sial a player Suarez is, it’s important not to forget how much of an impact he will

make for Barca. May peo-ple be reminded he led the EPL in scoring last season. In pairing him up with Leo Messi and Neymar, Barce-lona has assembled one of the most fearsome striker trios in Europe.

That said, the major key for Barcelona in the CL this year is likely the fur-ther adjustment made by Neymar in second year of his transition to European football. Although his World Cup ended early, his poten-tial is limitless. Expect him to play a much greater role for Barcelona this season, which can lead Barca back to CL glory.

What does Germany’s World Cup victory mean for Bayern?

Winning the World Cup may have redeemed Ger-man football, but that doesn’t take away the fact that Bayern was disman-tled in the CL semifinal at the hands of Madrid. Given the majority of Germany’s World Cup heroes ply their craft in Munich, it’s not dif-ficult to imagine that the confidence that these play-ers gained in bringing the World Cup back to Germa-ny will benefit Bayern in the CL.

Germany’s success in Brazil allowed for the great-er development of young Bayern stars in Thomas Müller and Mario Götze. The experience they gained during the World Cup will only benefit them, and by extension, the rest of the Bayern squad. Further-more, the similarity among the German contingent cannot be overstated for its potential effect on the team’s success.

Perhaps the biggest rea-son Bayern might capture its second title in three sea-sons is the addition of a non-German in Polish interna-tional Robert Lewandowski. Bayern wrangled away this elite talent from fellow Ger-man rival Borussia Dort-mund. In another case of the rich getting richer, the German power brought in last season’s top scorer in the Bundesliga. Lewan-dowski adds more depth to manager Pep Guardiola’s squad, which is under pres-sure to rebound from an ugly semifinal defeat last season.

Which English team will go the furthest?

The EPL quartet includes CL regulars in Chelsea, Arsenal and Man-

chester City, along with Liverpool making its first CL appearance since 2009-10. While Arsenal, City and Liverpool will likely make it out of the group stage based on their soar-ing starts in the Premier League, Chelsea is like-ly the best bet to go the furthest.

Chelsea has exploded out of the gate with four wins in four games to kick off the domestic season. In those games, it has scored a whopping 15 goals, with new acquisition Diego Cos-ta notching seven of them to lead the EPL. Comple-menting Costa, the Chel-sea attack had been rev-ving on all cylinders with wingers Cesc Fabregas and Eden Hazard leading the charge. Under manag-er Jose Mourinho, Chelsea has been known to “park the bus” in sitting back to defend, but with the recent play of its offense, Chel-sea enters the CL with championship aspirations and an attack that looks to tear apart European competitors.

Dan is a junior is Media. He can be reached at descalo2@dailyillini.com. Follow him @danescalona77.

BY PETER BAILEY-WELLSASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The Illinois softball team made a high-profile addition to their coaching staff on Tuesday, hiring World Champion Jeremy Manley.

Manley spent 2013 and 2014 as the assistant varsity softball coach at Tri-Valley High School in Downs, IL, about 45 miles northwest of Champaign-Urbana. He won the 2013 ISF World Series with the Black Sox, the New Zealand men’s national team. He was named the tournament’s most valuable pitcher and was previously named the MVP of the New Zealand men’s Open Club Championship.

Downs has directed pitching for the 18U Black Sox, New Zealand’s junior national team and has also previously coached an the 18U BNGSA Angels in Bloomington, IL. Manley is familiar with the Big Ten, as his wife, Ali (nee Arnold) was an All-Big Ten pitcher and is sixth in school history with 469 career strikeouts. Manley will join the current Illinois coaching staff of head coach Terri Sullivan and assistant coaches Donna DiBiase and Katie O’Connell.

Peter is a sophomore in Media. He can be reached at baileyw2@dailyillini.com. Follow him on Twitter @pbaileywells22.

JeremyManley hired as newest softball coach

ANDREW BOYERS MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEUruguay's Luis Suarez holds his teeth after appearing to bite Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during FIFA World Cup in Natal, Brazil, on June 24, 2014.

FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Jocelynn Birks spikes the ball during an NCAA Tournament match. Birks has led the team in kills each of the past two seasons.

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BY MICHAL DWOJAKASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The Illinois women’s golf team finished 10th at the two-day Minnesota Invitational with a 920 total score.

The Illini bounced back after an opening round score of 319 in the first round, which put the team in 14th place. Illinois had a 26-stroke difference between rounds, carding a 293 in the second round and a 308 in the final round.

Stephanie Miller led the Illini with a total score of 228 (78-72-78) and finished tied for 21st individually. The sophomore carded a team-best eight birdies and shot for par on an additional 30 holes. Chayanid Prapassarangkul was the only other Illini to card an even-par round at the tournament. The freshman tied for 30th individually after carding rounds of 80-72-78 (230).

In a press release, head coach Renee Slone said, “I am proud of how we were able to put the first round behind us and put together a stellar second round on the 36-hole day.”

East Carolina ran away with the title and posted a final score of 879. Colorado took home second place (900), while Kansas grabbed third (905). GRU Augusta and Texas tied for fourth at 907. Michal can be reached at dwojak2@dailyillini.com and @bennythebull94.

Manley will join the current Illinois coach-ing staff of head coach Terri Sullivan and assistant coaches Donna DiBiase and Katie O’Connell.

Women’s golf makes a comeback

“I am proud of how we were able to put the first round behind us.”RENEE SLONEHEAD COACH