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BY STEPHANIE DRUCKER STAFF WRITER Filipinos from all across the nation gathered at the University from Nov. 8 to 10 for the Filipi- no Americans Coming Together Conference. At the same time, relatives and friends in their homeland were being battered by Super Typhoon Haiyan, or as Fil- ipino authorities call it, Yolanda. Justine Rich, freshman in Engineering, has many pater- nal relatives in the Philippines who weathered the storm. “It was a big deal over there. A couple days before, when every- one was expecting it, my entire Facebook newsfeed was filled with ‘Yolanda’s coming,’ ‘Be safe,’ ‘Stock up on food,’ etc.,” she said. Now when going online, “I see pictures of the destruction, and everything is annihilated.” While typhoons are fairly com- mon in the region, Haiyan is the second most deadly typhoon ever to hit the Philippines. The storm killed 3,982 and injured 18,267 people as of Nov. 19, according to a report from the Philippines’ National Disaster Risk Reduc- tion and Management Coun- cil. About 1,600 people are still reported missing, according to the document. FACT is an annual conference that aims to build a community of leaders by uniting Filipino, Fili- pino-American and non-Filipino youth from across the country, according to its mission state- ment. This year’s conference just happened to coincide with the disaster in the Philippines. “One of our facilitators was the head of a nonprofit called ARK, the Advancement of Rural Kids, and it’s specifically Philippine youth,” said Lizah Doctor, pres- ident of the Philippine Student Association and a senior in LAS. “She actually ended up leaving early to tend to her centers in the Philippines.” Doctor said the attendees of FACT had been raising money for ARK, as it was the featured nonprofit for the conference, and found out on Sunday that the money they raised would be used to reconstruct the centers damaged by the storm. “Right after concluding the conference, we had a meeting the very next day to talk about immediate response, immediate reaction and to spread awareness on campus,” Doctor said. Doctor stressed the impor- tance of creating a safe space for the group’s members that had families that were affected or in regions close to those affected. Though communication has been unreliable because of power outages, Rich was able to check on her relatives in the Philippines. INSIDE Police 2A | Horoscopes 2A | Opinions 4A | Letters 4A | Crossword 5A | Comics 5A | Life & Culture 6A | Sports 1B | Classifieds 4B | Sudoku 4B THE DAILY ILLINI TUESDAY November 19, 2013 48˚ | 32˚ @THEDAILYILLINI, @DI_OPINION, @DI_SPORTS THEDAILYILLINI THEDAILYILLINI DAILYILLINI, DAILYILLINISPORTS @THEDAILYILLINI Typhoon hits home from miles away Majority votes ‘yes’ to divest endowment How to help Both government and non- governmental organizations are providing relief to the Philippines. Here are the organizations that Professor of Asian American Studies, Augusto Espiritu, said in an email were on the ground in the Philippines and accepting donations: Q United Nations World Food Programme Q Save the Children Q AmeriCares Q American Red Cross Q UNICEF USA SOURCE: AUGUSTO ESPIRITU, DEPARTMENT HEAD AND PROFESSOR OF ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES BY CLAIRE EVERETT STAFF WRITER A majority of students vot- ed “yes” to divest University endowment funds from coal in an online referendum question last week. UIUC Beyond Coal, an orga- nization that is sponsored by the environmental organization Sierra Club, posed the sole ref- erendum question on the ballot and released the results Friday. To get the referendum question on the ballot, UIUC Beyond Coal representatives collected more than 4,000 signatures. In the ref- erendum ballot, out of the 2,020 people who voted, 1,730 students said they wanted the University endowment to divest. “We basically use this as an opportunity to say that we have the support of the students,” said Drew O’Bryan, co-president of UIUC Beyond Coal and junior in LAS. “It’s tough to get into the University committees and give your thoughts and opinions, so now we can move forward.” University endowment funds are typically kept private, but Peter Newman, senior assistant vice president for treasury oper- ations, said in an email the Uni- versity has an active endow- ment pool of $1.81 billion. He said about $5.1 million, repre- senting .28 percent of total hold- ings, is invested in the “Filthy Fifteen,” which are the largest coal companies in the U.S. He noted that $4.2 million of that is invested through pas- sive index funds, meaning they are indirectly invested in coal companies. O’Bryan said the next step was getting support from the University Senates Conference, which represents all three cam- puses in the University of Illi- nois system. “We want to bring it to the senate with students from all three campuses, then they can advise other committees to pass it,” O’Bryan said. “Once that’s done, then we’d potentially have enough to get the Board of Trustees to vote on it.” Peter Whitney, co-president of UIUC Beyond Coal and junior in ACES, said the referendum con- tributed to their overall goal for the semester to have individual meetings with members of the Board of Trustees. “Everything this year has built toward getting those meet- ings so we can actually talk and open a serious conversation between the board about divest- ment, what their perspective is and what needs to happen,” Whitney said. O’Bryan said the 1,730 stu- dents who voted “yes” out of the CLAIRE EVERETT THE DAILY ILLINI Drew O’Bryan, left, junior in LAS and Peter Whitney, right, junior in ACES, co-presidents of Beyond Coal, talk at a press conference they held on the Quad on Monday to bring awareness to the results of Friday’s referendum vote for University divestment from coal. STEVE SHENG THE DAILY ILLINI Students formed groups to discuss typhoon relief in the Philippines after the main event at the Asian American Cultural Center on Monday. Multiple student organizations are working to raise funds to help in the destruction of Typhoon Haiyan. PORTRAIT BY VICTORIA PAI Sergeant Jay Loschen of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 70 shows his participation in No Shave November on Friday for the purpose of raising cancer awareness, International students grateful for Fulbright Lodge members partake in No Shave November BY STANTON POLANSKI STAFF WRITER The University is one of the top producers of Fulbright scholars for students and faculty, accord- ing to a report released by The Chronicle of Higher Education in late October. The Fulbright Scholarship has given international students and professionals the chance to study in the U.S., as well as affording American students and profes- sors the chance to study in dis- tant countries. Last year, the organization awarded the scholarship to 10 of the University’s faculty to research in another country, tying the University with Ohio State University for the most Fulbright faculty scholarships awarded in the nation. The University has been suc- cessful in bringing international scholars to the campus as well. “Every single college on cam- pus has an international focus,” said David Schug, director of the University’s National and Inter- national Scholarship Program. “We’re trying to promote an inter- national world. The world’s get- ting smaller.” It’s the kind of program that has the power to change lives, as international scholars are offered opportunities in the U.S. they would not be able to have in their home countries. From Cyprus to the U.S. Graduate student Soteris Demetriou calls his home coun- try of Cyprus a sunny and beau- tiful island in the Mediterranean Sea. But the history of conflicts between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots has cast a shad- ow on the country. Since he started studying at the University, he not only has had the chance to meet leaders in comput- er science, but he also has gained a newfound hope for his home. “I can see here in Illinois, and the U.S. in general, this is a cul- ture that is inherently diverse and a multicultural environment,” Demetriou said. “I can see how people get past ethnic struggle, how they see past those barriers.” Because he was awarded a Ful- bright Scholarship, Demetriou has two years of graduate school completely paid for. “Without the Fulbright Schol- arship, I wouldn’t even be able to consider coming to the U.S.,” Demetriou said. “The expenses are something I could not even think of doing.” When he found out that he had been awarded the scholarship in 2012, he was beaming. “I was exhilarated. I thought, ‘Okay this is a completely new chapter of my life, and I can actu- ally see and experience a differ- ent culture,’” he said. “Especially in my field, this is the ideal place to be. This is the country that gave birth to technology.” But getting his scholarship meant he had to rise above his fractured but beloved home country. Greeks wanted Cyprus to be a part of Greece. Turks wanted the country for Turkey. The con- flict sparked a Turkish invasion in 1974. Many of the Greek Cypri- ots living in the northern part of the island were forced to relocate to the south. Demetriou’s parents were two of those refugees forced to leave their home. Because of the rev- olutions, military conflicts and unruly rulers, nothing was cer- tain for Demetriou. “My parents couldn’t send me to a good school or pay for the education. But they really told me to work hard, though, and pursue my dreams, which is the state of mind that had facilitated my journey so far,” he said. “The most challenging part for me was growing up in an island-wide environment that was actually nurturing — either directly or indirectly — animosity between the two communities because the events in 1974.” Even the passing of decades did not soften the blow that left both groups of people covered BY BRITTNEY NADLER STAFF WRITER Members of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 70 are breaking their uniform code this month by participating in “No Shave November” to raise money for cancer awareness. The department required each participant to donate $25 to the American Cancer Society. The lodge is matching the amount raised, which comes to a total of $1,125, said Urbana Police Offi- cer Daniel Bailey, president of the lodge. “We do various charitable events through the FOP, and this was another opportunity to do something in the community,” said Urbana Police Sgt. Adam Chacon, who is growing a goatee for the month. The lodge is the Urbana Police Department’s union for active and retired officers, and 24 of the 53 sworn officers are grow- ing facial hair, Bailey said. The event unofficially began last year when a few officers grew mustaches just for fun, Top producers of US Fulbright awarded faculty by type of institution, 2013-14 The Fulbright Scholarship gives scholars the chance to research or study in another country and experience another culture. Research institutions Ohio State University 10 10 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Texas Tech University University of Minnesota-Twin Cities University of Florida University of Kentucky University of California at Berkeley University of Colorado at Boulder University of Michigan Boston University New York University Ohio University Pennsylvania State University University of Georgia University of North Carolina University of Tennessee at Knoxville University of Washington Number of awards SCOTT DURAND THE DAILY ILLINI SOURCE: THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Ten University students awarded Fulbright scholarships in ’13-14 Student groups work to raise money for victims SEE NO SHAVE | 3A SEE FULBRIGHT | 3A Last year’s facial hair fun became a charitable event SEE COAL | 3A SEE TYPHOON | 3A THE JOURNEY OF ‘CHEX MIX LADY’ Loretta Dessen serves up snacks for barndance goers for 20 years. Overcoming an obstacle Swimmer Erica Lynn broke her back in 2009, now a team leader. Who was the bigger loss? SPORTS, 1B LIFE AND CULTURE, 6A SPORTS, 1B

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BY STEPHANIE DRUCKERSTAFF WRITER

Filipinos from all across the nation gathered at the University from Nov. 8 to 10 for the Filipi-no Americans Coming Together Conference. At the same time, relatives and friends in their homeland were being battered by Super Typhoon Haiyan, or as Fil-ipino authorities call it, Yolanda.

Justine Rich, freshman in Engineering, has many pater-nal relatives in the Philippines who weathered the storm.

“It was a big deal over there. A couple days before, when every-one was expecting it, my entire Facebook newsfeed was fi lled with ‘Yolanda’s coming,’ ‘Be safe,’ ‘Stock up on food,’ etc.,” she said. Now when going online,

“I see pictures of the destruction, and everything is annihilated.”

While typhoons are fairly com-mon in the region, Haiyan is the second most deadly typhoon ever to hit the Philippines. The storm killed 3,982 and injured 18,267 people as of Nov. 19, according to a report from the Philippines’ National Disaster Risk Reduc-tion and Management Coun-cil. About 1,600 people are still reported missing, according to the document.

FACT is an annual conference that aims to build a community of leaders by uniting Filipino, Fili-pino-American and non-Filipino youth from across the country, according to its mission state-ment . This year’s conference just happened to coincide with the disaster in the Philippines.

“One of our facilitators was the head of a nonprofi t called ARK, the Advancement of Rural Kids, and it’s specifi cally Philippine youth,” said Lizah Doctor, pres-ident of the Philippine Student

Association and a senior in LAS. “She actually ended up leaving early to tend to her centers in the Philippines.”

Doctor said the attendees of FACT had been raising money for ARK, as it was the featured nonprofi t for the conference, and found out on Sunday that the money they raised would be used to reconstruct the centers damaged by the storm.

“Right after concluding the conference, we had a meeting the very next day to talk about immediate response, immediate reaction and to spread awareness on campus,” Doctor said.

Doctor stressed the impor-tance of creating a safe space for the group’s members that had families that were affected or in regions close to those affected.

Though communication has been unreliable because of power outages, Rich was able to check on her relatives in the Philippines.

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Typhoon hits home from miles away

Majority votes ‘yes’ to divest endowment

How to helpBoth government and non-governmental organizations are providing relief to the Philippines. Here are the organizations that Professor of Asian American Studies, Augusto Espiritu, said in an email were on the ground in the Philippines and accepting donations: United Nations World Food

Programme Save the Children AmeriCares American Red Cross UNICEF USA

SOURCE: AUGUSTO ESPIRITU, DEPARTMENT HEAD AND PROFESSOR OF

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES

BY CLAIRE EVERETTSTAFF WRITER

A majority of students vot-ed “yes” to divest University endowment funds from coal in an online referendum question last week.

UIUC Beyond Coal, an orga-nization that is sponsored by the environmental organization Sierra Club, posed the sole ref-erendum question on the ballot and released the results Friday. To get the referendum question on the ballot, UIUC Beyond Coal representatives collected more than 4,000 signatures. In the ref-erendum ballot, out of the 2,020 people who voted, 1,730 students said they wanted the University endowment to divest.

“We basically use this as an opportunity to say that we have the support of the students,” said Drew O’Bryan, co-president of UIUC Beyond Coal and junior in LAS. “It’s tough to get into the University committees and give your thoughts and opinions, so now we can move forward.”

University endowment funds are typically kept private, but Peter Newman, senior assistant vice president for treasury oper-ations, said in an email the Uni-versity has an active endow-ment pool of $1.81 billion. He said about $5.1 million, repre-senting .28 percent of total hold-ings, is invested in the “Filthy

Fifteen,” which are the largest coal companies in the U.S.

He noted that $4.2 million of that is invested through pas-sive index funds, meaning they are indirectly invested in coal companies.

O’Bryan said the next step was getting support from the University Senates Conference, which represents all three cam-puses in the University of Illi-nois system.

“We want to bring it to the senate with students from all three campuses, then they can advise other committees to pass it,” O’Bryan said. “Once that’s done, then we’d potentially have enough to get the Board of Trustees to vote on it.”

Peter Whitney, co-president of UIUC Beyond Coal and junior in ACES, said the referendum con-tributed to their overall goal for the semester to have individual meetings with members of the Board of Trustees.

“Everything this year has built toward getting those meet-ings so we can actually talk and open a serious conversation between the board about divest-ment, what their perspective is and what needs to happen,” Whitney said.

O’Bryan said the 1,730 stu-dents who voted “yes” out of the

CLAIRE EVERETT THE DAILY ILLINIDrew O’Bryan, left, junior in LAS and Peter Whitney, right, junior in ACES, co-presidents of Beyond Coal, talk at a press conference they held on the Quad on Monday to bring awareness to the results of Friday’s referendum vote for University divestment from coal.

STEVE SHENG THE DAILY ILLINIStudents formed groups to discuss typhoon relief in the Philippines after the main event at the Asian American Cultural Center on Monday. Multiple student organizations are working to raise funds to help in the destruction of Typhoon Haiyan.

PORTRAIT BY VICTORIA PAISergeant Jay Loschen of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 70 shows his participation in No Shave November on Friday for the

purpose of raising cancer awareness,

International students grateful for Fulbright

Lodge members partake in No Shave November

BY STANTON POLANSKISTAFF WRITER

The University is one of the top producers of Fulbright scholars for students and faculty, accord-ing to a report released by The Chronicle of Higher Education in late October.

The Fulbright Scholarship has given international students and professionals the chance to study in the U.S., as well as affording American students and profes-sors the chance to study in dis-tant countries.

Last year, the organization awarded the scholarship to 10 of the University’s faculty to research in another country, tying the University with Ohio State University for the most Fulbright faculty scholarships awarded in the nation.

The University has been suc-cessful in bringing international scholars to the campus as well.

“Every single college on cam-pus has an international focus,” said David Schug, director of the University’s National and Inter-national Scholarship Program. “We’re trying to promote an inter-national world. The world’s get-ting smaller.”

It’s the kind of program that has the power to change lives, as international scholars are offered opportunities in the U.S. they would not be able to have in their home countries.

From Cyprus to the U.S.Graduate student Soteris

Demetriou calls his home coun-try of Cyprus a sunny and beau-tiful island in the Mediterranean Sea. But the history of confl icts between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots has cast a shad-ow on the country.

Since he started studying at the University, he not only has had the chance to meet leaders in comput-er science, but he also has gained a newfound hope for his home.

“I can see here in Illinois, and the U.S. in general, this is a cul-ture that is inherently diverse and a multicultural environment,” Demetriou said. “I can see how people get past ethnic struggle, how they see past those barriers.”

Because he was awarded a Ful-bright Scholarship, Demetriou has two years of graduate school completely paid for.

“Without the Fulbright Schol-arship, I wouldn’t even be able to consider coming to the U.S.,” Demetriou said. “The expenses are something I could not even think of doing.”

When he found out that he had been awarded the scholarship in 2012, he was beaming.

“I was exhilarated. I thought, ‘Okay this is a completely new chapter of my life, and I can actu-ally see and experience a differ-ent culture,’” he said. “Especially in my fi eld, this is the ideal place to be. This is the country that gave birth to technology.”

But getting his scholarship meant he had to rise above his fractured but beloved home country.

Greeks wanted Cyprus to be

a part of Greece. Turks wanted the country for Turkey. The con-fl ict sparked a Turkish invasion in 1974. Many of the Greek Cypri-ots living in the northern part of the island were forced to relocate to the south .

Demetriou’s parents were two of those refugees forced to leave their home. Because of the rev-olutions, military confl icts and unruly rulers, nothing was cer-tain for Demetriou.

“My parents couldn’t send me to a good school or pay for the education. But they really told

me to work hard, though, and pursue my dreams, which is the state of mind that had facilitated my journey so far,” he said. “The most challenging part for me was growing up in an island-wide environment that was actually nurturing — either directly or indirectly — animosity between the two communities because the events in 1974.”

Even the passing of decades did not soften the blow that left both groups of people covered

BY BRITTNEY NADLERSTAFF WRITER

Members of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 70 are breaking their uniform code this month by participating in “No Shave November” to raise money for cancer awareness.

The department required each participant to donate $25 to the American Cancer Society. The lodge is matching the amount raised, which comes to a total of

$1,125, said Urbana Police Offi -cer Daniel Bailey, president of the lodge.

“We do various charitable events through the FOP, and this was another opportunity to do something in the community,” said Urbana Police Sgt. Adam Chacon, who is growing a goatee for the month.

The lodge is the Urbana Police Department’s union for active and retired offi cers, and 24 of the 53 sworn offi cers are grow-ing facial hair, Bailey said.

The event unoffi cially began last year when a few offi cers grew mustaches just for fun,

Top producers of US Fulbright awarded faculty by type of institution, 2013-14The Fulbright Scholarship gives scholars the chance to research or study in another country and experience another culture.

Research institutionsOhio State University 10

10

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6

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5

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University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTexas Tech University

University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Kentucky

University of California at Berkeley

University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Michigan

Boston University

New York University

Ohio University

Pennsylvania State University

University of Georgia

University of North Carolina

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

University of Washington

Number of awards

SCOTT DURAND THE DAILY ILLINISOURCE: THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Ten University students awarded Fulbright scholarships in ’13-14

Student groups work to raise money for victims

SEE NO SHAVE | 3A SEE FULBRIGHT | 3A

Last year’s facial hair fun became a charitable event

SEE COAL | 3A

SEE TYPHOON | 3A

THE JOURNEY OF ‘CHEX MIX LADY’

Loretta Dessen serves up snacks for barndance goers

for 20 years.

Overcoming an obstacleSwimmer Erica Lynn broke her

back in 2009, now a team leader.

Who was the bigger loss?

SPORTS, 1BLIFE AND CULTURE, 6A

SPORTS, 1B

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WEATHERPOLICE

Champaign Aggravated assault was

reported at Walmart, 2610 N. Prospect Ave., around 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

According to the report, an unknown suspect pointed a handgun at the victim as he was riding away on his bicycle.

Residential burglary was reported in the 1200 block of West Bradley Avenue around 1 a.m. Sunday.

According to the report, the victim reported an unknown suspect burglarized her home and stole items including a com-puter, liquor, electronic gaming systems, credit/debit/gas cards and CD/DVD disks.

According to the report, a female victim was battered.

Attempted robbery was reported in the 500 block of East John Street around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

According to the report, three unknown male suspects attempted to steal her cell phone.

University A 19-year-old female was

arrested at 5 p.m. Friday on the charge of aggravated battery in the 1000 block of West Illi-nois Street.

According to the report, the suspect attacked a cab driv-er when he refused to return

her debit card while it was still processing.

Theft was reported from a basketball court at Campus Recreation Center East, 1102 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, around 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

According to the report, a cellphone was left unattended on the courtside. The phone has an estimated value of $350.

Theft was reported near Florida Avenue Residence Hall, 1001 College Court.

According to the report, a bicycle, which was locked to a rack, was stolen. The bicycle has an estimated value of $230.

Compiled by Eli Murray and Hannah Prokop

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Today’s Birthday Plant seeds for creative projects in autumn that will ! ower in springtime. Indulge your passions this year, inspiring your work in new directions. Assess what you most love doing, and with whom. Partnerships reach new levels, too. You’re the star next summer; launch, promote and get public. Then rest up before your career really takes off.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)Today is a 7 — Stand on your toes for a while. A surprise is in the works. It requires patience and ! exibility, but you can handle it. Your communications go farther than expected; make them count.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)Today is a 9 — Tempers are running short, but there’s no need to dwell in any arguments. Focus on chores that increase your income, and postpone the unnecessary ones. There are more goodies coming in, if you keep your eyes open. Collect them.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)Today is an 8 — You’re a powerhouse right now, and that can be intimidating to others. There may be a disagreement about priorities. Compromise without

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AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)Today is a 7 — A new idea has bugs, but it works! Don’t throw money at the problem. Use imagination. Make a fool of yourself if necessary. It could get fun. Look on the bright side, and share that with cohorts.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)Today is a 6 — It’s good to let another drive now. A fantasy seems more real than facts. Go with the ! ow and stay ! exible but without excluding doing what you promised. Draw on your reserves. Get creative at home.

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Grad students refine security of power grid

BY SOPHIA SOPUCHSTAFF WRITER

Thomas Gehrels and Xichen Jiang, both graduate students, are studying how to improve the security of the power grid by mit-igating vulnerabilities in GPS receivers. Their adviser, Jona-than Makela, professor of elec-trical and computer engineering, said they started the project at the end of last semester.

GPS receivers are used by var-ious technologies to provide accu-rate position and timing informa-tion. Applications that make use of GPS include the power grid and stock markets. If the receiver can be made to report incorrect information, it can lead to errors within these systems.

One example of GPS vulnera-bilities leading to errors is when the GPS signal that controlled the London Stock Exchange was blocked by a jamming device. Recently, they had an issue in which every day for 10 minutes, the exchange would lose its GPS signal, “and so they would lose their ability to use the accurate timing based on GPS,” Gehrels said.

“This was not due to an intentional attack on the stock exchange, however, but rather a passing truck driver using a jamming device to keep his boss from tracking where he drove,” he added.

Stock markets handle thou-sands of transactions per sec-ond, and the value of what’s being traded is constantly changing. But the jamming device blocked some of these transactions, caus-ing errors to occur.

However, the students’ research is a bit different from the spoofing attacks that occurred in London. Instead of simply blocking the signal, which is what the attacker in London did, Gehrels and Jiang are using their research to prove that the time can actually be changed altogether. This practice is known as “spoofing.”

The GPS signal most receiv-ers use is an unencrypted signal

making it susceptible to spoof-ing. Gehrels defined this type of GPS spoofing as “generating a counterfeit GPS signal in order to cause a receiver to report false timing or position data.”

GPS receivers are also used as a component of phasor measure-ment units, which allow “power system engineers to observe the power grid in order to make sure it’s functioning properly,” Jiang said. The GPS receiver is what puts an accurate time stamp on all the PMU data.

PMUs provide a voltage and current measurement at “differ-ent points in the network and send these measurements into a util-ity command center,” Jiang said.

“Right now, how they currently have it in the system, is that one

measurement occurs every five seconds — that’s very slow — but PMUs can sample at 60 samples per second, which is obviously a lot faster,” Jiang said. “Things occur in the power system pret-ty fast. If a blackout is happen-ing, it’s going to happen very fast, so you need the measurement to come in at a faster rate than the dynamic changes in the power system are occurring, and PMUs allow you to do that.”

In other words, during the sequence of events that leads to a blackout, the system is going to change fast because of the action of protection relays tripping lines and generators; measurements provided by PMUs have the poten-tial to capture these events.

However, “a spoofing attack

could cause the PMUs to use incor-rect timing data, which will lead to errors in the measurements they provide. This could make the information unhelpful ... in pre-venting a blackout” Gehrels said.

Makela said his students’ research will allow them to exper-iment with different receiver designs in the future.

“(They will) study how they respond to jamming and spoof-ing. This environment will allow them to test out new designs and approaches to make GPS receiv-ers more secure and reliable, thus improving the trustworthiness of the grid itself,” he said.

Their research is sponsored by Trustworthy Cyber Infrastruc-ture for the Power Grid (TCIPG), which is funded by several indus-

try sponsors and governmental departments such as the Depart-ment of Energy and Homeland Security.

“One of the goals of TCIPG is to make the power system more secure from cyber attacks,” Jiang said.

Their research has the poten-tial to ensure that GPS receivers used in the power grid deliver cor-rect results, even under malicious attacks.

“Working on this project is inter-esting because it is an important real-world problem and one that can have a very positive impact on the reliability of the future power grid,” Makela said.

Sophia can be reached at [email protected].

BY EDWARD GATHERCOALSTAFF WRITER

A blue figure with a green orb in its mouth wearing western-influenced tattoos and an elabo-rate garment hangs on the wall of the “Child of the World” exhib-it at the Asian American Cultur-al Center.

The piece is titled “Edward Said,” after the father of Orien-talism and is the central artwork of the exhibit.

Jessica Lee Rojas, creator of the work and senior in FAA, explained that being an oil paint-ing, it is unusual or “wrong” that it was done on a green matte, thus demonstrating her idea of exploring “the other, the weird, the foreign and the outsider.”

“I think of green as a symbol of both life and death. Acidity is green, growing leaves are green ... there’s this duality in the col-or,” she said. “So I brought that in as a stop for someone with normal art practices and why I would go against my training.”

Rojas is part of the mixed-race American community of about 7.5 million people. Her father is from Puerto Rico and her mother is from Taiwan, so much of the artwork at the exhibit conveys the idea of “east meets west,” combining these two heritages.

Being biracial, Rojas said she used to be self-conscious and sometimes felt like she didn’t fit in.

“As I got older, it became my favorite thing about me,” Rojas said. “My mom would always call me a ‘mutt’ and sort of compare me to a mixed dog. She’d say that mixed dogs are the pretti-est dogs and make me feel like I was something special.”

While much of the work in the exhibit is focused on her Tai-wanese heritage and Oriental-ism, it is heavily influenced by her Latina-Asian identity. At a corner of the room hangs a por-trait called “El Viejo San Juan,” which Rojas describes as a very “nostalgic painting” for her. It

depicts Rojas as a child with her Puerto Rican father. It is also her oldest painting in the exhibit.

“I was really interested in bringing that piece because of the idea of mixed cultures,” she said. “And also because I think what makes us unique as Amer-icans is the huge number of us who don’t look like what we are.”

Rojas has been involved with art, specifically painting, for her entire life.

“A lot of my work has to do with a feeling of displacement, of not necessarily feeling con-nected to a specific cultural heri-tage. But at the same time a lot of my work has to do with cultural celebration ... you’ll see a lot of strange and beautiful things.”

Sarah Chaney, senior in FAA, described her perception of her friend Rojas’ work.

“Jessica’s work is always graphic and bright. It has a cer-tain level of twistedness, and so they always make me stop and think,” Chaney said. “Even ones that I’ve seen many times, I still always want to look at them longer.”

The “Child of the World” is Rojas’ first solo art exhibition.

“The Asian American Cul-tural Center has given me this wonderful opportunity. They’ve been wonderful to work with,” she said. “To have a space to fill and call your own is really

amazing.”Kenny Importante, assistant

director of the Asian American Cultural Center and coordinator of the exhibit, said the center hosts four art shows throughout the year and has been doing so for five years now. The “Child of the World” exhibit started on Nov. 5 and will last until Jan. 28. It is open every Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and every Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

He explained that the Asian American Cultural Center pro-vides opportunities for people to learn about Asian culture in general and provides a space for students to showcase their art-work to remind people of the tal-ent on campus.

“I think this one is very unique on its own because of the fact that Jessica puts togeth-er artwork related to her own upbringing and background,” Importante said. “It is great to showcase some of the multira-cial related art pieces to remind our society of a diverse group of students that we have here on campus.”

Rojas’ future goals include opening a gallery space of her own and teaching art at the col-lege level.

Edward can be reached at [email protected].

SADIE TEPER THE DAILY ILLINIParticipants dance in a flash mob to raise awareness for Illini Dance Marathon at Ikenberry Commons on Monday in the afternoon.

SOPHIA SOPUCH THE DAILY ILLINIGraduate student Thomas Gehrels gives a demo of “GPS spoofing.” The demo generates a counterfeit GPS signal, which causes a receiver to report false timing or position data.

Art exhibit explores identity Flash mob promotes Illini Dance Marathon

Bailey said. This year, Deputy Chief Sylvia Morgan, Sgt. Jay Loschen and Bailey began the event formally.

“Starting last year, a few of us grew mustaches that didn’t nor-mally have them,” Bailey said. “This year, command came to us and said, ‘Hey, we’re willing to let you go outside of the uniform policy as long as it’s ... a charita-ble event.’”

The idea was inspired by the Rantoul Police Department’s “No Shave November” campaign after an officer was diagnosed with testicular cancer last year. He is currently in remission, Bai-ley said.

Sgt. Joel Sanders donated $25 to the American Cancer Society but chose not to grow facial hair.

“Cancer affects several peo-ple in my life ... so I thought it was important to donate,” Sand-ers said.

As the end of November approaches, there are currently no plans for an ending celebra-tion. But if the event continues next year and grows, a celebra-tion could be possible, Bailey said.

The question of whether all participating officers will last the entire month is also still open.

“Some only have goatees, some are probably going to shave ear-lier because most of us do have wives or girlfriends and some of them aren’t entirely pleased with us growing facial hair, but most of them do understand,” Bailey said. “It’s evolved into almost like a kind of contest to see who can grow the fastest beard — the full-est beard — that kind of thing.”

Chacon is part of the group of officers who can relate to that — he isn’t sure if he’ll last the entire month.

“That’ll depend a lot on my girl-friend’s tolerance of my beard,” he said.

Brittney can be reached at banadle2@dailyillini,com.

in bad blood toward one another. Although Demetriou grew up, it was as if Cyprus was still frozen in 1974.

“We didn’t have any interaction whatsoever,” he said.

It was a long time before he got the chance to meet a Turk-ish Cypriot.

“I actually met a friend, a Turk-ish Cypriot, when I was 26 years old even though we lived on the same island — which is a very small piece of land,” Demetriou said. “It was kind of amazing.”

Demetriou has been involved with an organization called Future World Center, setting up peaceful events and interac-tions in Cyprus. He plans to get his doctorate and find a job using his computer science skills after-ward. But even if his work is in the U.S., Demetriou is committed to helping his country and will stay involved with the nonprofit and nongovernmental organiza-tion no matter what.

“I will try to help as much as I can, and especially with my expe-riences here, I can do great things back home,” he said.

In the past five to 10 years, Demetriou said gradual progress

is being made. The frozen-in-time Cyprus might be starting to thaw out and shake off its past.

“I think it’s going to take time, it’s not easy,” he said. “But as long as the generation who actually experienced the events of 1974 is still present, I don’t think it’s easy for them to acknowledge what had happened and move on. It’s really challenging for people to do that.”

After all this time, Demetriou said he doesn’t let the past con-sume him, and neither should anyone in his sunny and beauti-ful homeland.

“Now, I can see past that and I just hope that other people can do that as well,” Demetriou said.

“Because as soon as they are able to do that, the easier it will be to put an end to Cyprus’ problem.”

From Turkey to the U.S.Canan Dagdeviren, a gradu-

ate student at the University from Istanbul, said she was one of the first people from Turkey to be a Fulbright scholar work-ing toward a doctorate. Accord-ing to Dagdeviren, Turkey only began awarding scholarships for doctorate degrees in 2009, the year she came to the University.

Even though she was a first in Turkey, she still had not received the kind of attention she got once

she came to the U.S.“After I came to the U.S., I

understood that people paid more attention to Fulbright fel-lows here more than my home country. So I was feeling very happy,” Dagdeviren said. “It’s opened so many doors for me.”

She said her research has gone well, and she plans to work at Harvard Medical School after graduating in May. She also wants to go back to Turkey to teach there and have her own lab.

The Fulbright Scholarship helped her do what she couldn’t have done by herself, even if she did pay her own way to the University. The program set up

a training session for her that taught her how to send and reply to emails and how to order at a restaurant.

“Small things, but they really helped me to adjust myself to the U.S. lifestyle,” Dagdeviren said.

She had an American host fam-ily and an American mentor, who she sees as the reason for her success with her doctorate at Illinois.

“He didn’t ask any questions,” Dagdeviren said. “He just accept-ed me in the group, and that did a really amazing thing for me.”

Stanton can be reached at [email protected].

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MELISSA MCCABE THE DAILY ILLINIThe “Child of the World” series by Jessica Rojas is on display at the Asian-American Cultural Center until Jan. 28.

nearly 43,400 students enrolled at the University is an accurate representation of the student population.

“A 5 percent turnout is pretty good when it’s a one-vote ballot with no direct effect on students while they were voting for it,” O’Bryan said.

Whitney said UIUC Beyond Coal is fighting for people who are directly affected by coal daily.

“We’re acting in solidarity with people living in frontline communities who are facing the effects of the coal industry every day,” Whitney said. “We, as students, are trying to use the pedestal of our esteemed Uni-versity to create a social stigma against coal mining and utility industry.”

Claire can be reached at [email protected].

Remedy ‘spoo!ng attacks’ caused by GPS receivers

Although her relatives’ homes are intact, there is a lot of out-door property damage, such as downed trees, scattered bench-es and lampposts.

“Everything’s a mess, hon-estly,” she said. “Electricity has been out since the storm hit. It’s hard to find food.”

Many different organiza-tions have sprung into action to provide aid. Philippine Stu-dent Association held a raffle that raised more than $2,700 and continues to create addi-tional fund-raisers to help relief efforts. While still in the stages of talking and planning, they hope to go on a mission trip to the Philippines during winter break. Outside the asso-ciation’s efforts, the University YMCA held a fund-raiser Sat-urday to benefit the Philippine Red Cross, and other Asian organizations on campus are holding their own fund-rais-ers, as well.

“In a disaster like this, it’s really heartwarming when peo-ple ask me, ‘How is your family affected? Do you know people who were affected?’ and then they ask me, ‘How can I help?’” said Augusto Espiritu, depart-ment head and professor of Asian American studies.

Espiritu spoke at an event Tuesday at the Asian Ameri-can Cultural Center that aimed at informing attendants about the effects of the typhoon.

Espiritu explained that peo-ple’s first instinct is to send whatever sort of aid they can — food, clothing — but often those items aren’t culturally sensitive. The Republic of the Philippines is a tropical nation; therefore, they don’t need win-ter coats and boots. Material donations actually add to the cost of the aid, too, so the best bet is to make financial dona-tions to reputable charities.

“Every little bit that you can do helps. Different people in different walks of life are help-ing ... Individuals can make a difference,” he said. “Because of the long-term damage that the Philippines sustained, everybody’s help and support is going to be needed for a long time.”

Stephanie can be reached at [email protected].

‘Child of the World’ pushes the limits

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OPINIONS4ATUESDAY

Imagine what would happen if we dissolved the United States of Amer-ica and created 11 separate nations,

each with its own government that functions in the same way our federal government functions today.

Radical? Yes. Plausible? Most likely not.

A Washington Post article about a reporter named Colin Woodward has been circulating on the Internet for the past few weeks, and it dis-cusses how our nation can easily be broken up into 11 separate nation-states based on criteria such as voting behaviors, views on social issues and attitudes toward government.

I bring this up as our nation cur-rently faces challenges on a scale of great proportions — like disgust-ing wealth inequality, poor econom-ic recovery and a government more polarized than the North and South Poles. I discuss this topic because sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures, and this idea is an interesting consideration.

Nearly three years back, President Jimmy Carter chimed in on the issue of political polarization and said he thinks Washington D.C. may be more polarized today than when Abe Lin-coln was president — and we all know that when Lincoln was president, the nation was divided. Even during times of greater stability, it’s still fair to say that we are a fairly divided nation.

And that’s not to say that division makes it impossible to create a work-ing government — although the past three years have convinced me other-wise, considering that from the first

session of the 113th Congress in Janu-ary to August of this year, Congress only passed 22 bills. This is horrid in comparison to the 108th all the way to the 111th Congresses, who each passed at least 60 in the same time span.

But getting things through the American political process has always been a struggle. Geographical and cultural divides have been one of the greatest barriers to passing effec-tive legislation and those divisions are clearly addressed in the 11 nations Colin Woodward discovered with-in the United States. For those rea-sons, Woodward does not divide these regions in the conventional way we do today — such as the Midwest, the south, the Northeast, etc.

What initially got me interested in this radical idea was the concept of a homogenous culture and society. In Scandinavian countries in Europe, there is a strong consensus on values in their society. Much more collective in nature, they have come to believe that government can play a large role in the lives of their citizens.

For example, Finland has a nation-alized education system. Private schools are incredibly rare and the ones that do exist are not allowed to charge tuition because even they are publicly financed. Public schools are practically all that are available to cit-izens from pre-K to university level.

By using the example of a nation-alized education system, we can use Woodward’s map of the 11 nation-states to figure out where a policy like nationalized education might poten-tially work.

The Washington Post defined Wood-ward’s nation of “Yankeedom” as being “more comfortable with govern-ment regulation” and valuing “educa-tion and the common good more than other regions.”

To put it into more relatable terms, it is arguable that the people who live in the area defined as “Yankeedom” don’t value private institutions of edu-cation because they believe education should be accessible to everyone and therefore favor greater funding of public institutions.

The same can be said for the “Deep South” and the idea of univer-sal health care. I don’t truly believe that people in the “Deep South” wish for all people to live without health care, but due to their individualistic values that Woodward defines, they prefer a way of making sure people get coverage without the help of the government.

While pondering this idea, I couldn’t help but think of how badly this goes against the grain of tradi-tional American values. Our Constitu-tion is written on the basis of federal-ism, a distribution of power between federal and state governments.

Even after our greatest divide into the Union and Confederacy, we worked to once again become the United States of America.

But is the stress that’s put on the populace due to a divided nation worth our time and effort? Would the different societies that exist in the United States all be happier if they had the power to create national poli-cies that best reflect their own values?

I believe that the hurdles we are facing as a nation will be overcome, but I just can’t help but think what it might be like if we were to divide our-selves into 11 separate nations — each having policies and laws that reflect the values of their respective cultures and societies.

Matt is a sophomore in LAS. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewPasquini.

THE DAILY ILLINI

EDITORIALIllinois to

recognize same-sex marriage

A nation divided — literally

Just 10 years ago, same-sex marriage was an oxy-moron. No state permit-ted marriages between two people of the same sex, and most outright banned it.

Seven couples in Massachu-setts began a lawsuit in 2001 to change that. They fought for more than two years until the state Supreme Court ruled that a ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional.

And in May of 2004, the state of then-Gov. Mitt Romney be-came the first to legally wed men to their husbands and women to their wives.

Ten years have passed, and the arguments against gay and lesbian matrimony have not changed, but they are becom-ing quieter.

The religiously charged rhet-oric against it continues to be drowned out. Pope Francis be-gan shifting his focus from gay marriages this summer, eventually calling the Catho-lic Church “obsessed” with the matter in September. Although many have claimed the mar-riages to be immoral behav-ior, the American family unit has not been lessened with the introduction of a new marital bond — the high divorce rate in this country is helping that along quite nicely all by itself.

Ten years ago, 40 states had constitutional or statutory bans on same-sex marriages, but on Wednesday, 16 states and Wash-ington D.C., will both permit gay and straight marriages. On Wednesday, Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign to the marriage equality act passed by the Illi-nois state legislature on Nov. 5.

When Quinn signs the bill into law Wednesday, trailing Hawaii, the voices of the naysayers, the zealous critics in Illinois and elsewhere, may grow louder for a bit, but they will languish.

On Wednesday, nearly one-third of the states will legal-ly allow this important and increasingly accepted and con-doned practice.

While more than half of the country supports similar leg-islation, it’s been a longtime coming. Public opinion sup-port only eclipsed the half-way marker a couple of years ago, and before then, it remained stagnant for several decades.

One of the greatest nation-wide victories came this sum-mer when the Supreme Court killed the heart of the Defense of Marriage Act, which since 1996 defined marriage as a union between only one man and one woman.

With it gone, we hope that states quickly follow suit, as New Jersey (whose Republican governor has stood directly op-posed to marriage equality), Ha-waii and soon Illinois.

With Quinn’s signature, with push from state Reps. Greg Har-ris and Naomi Jakobsson and others, with the narrow passage in a cautious House and with the approval of the Senate, Illinois will join the side of a struggle that won’t quit.

Illinois, we hope, will demon-strate to other states on the cusp of approving same-sex marriage that a man can marry a man and a woman can marry a woman without eroding society.

To many, approving this leg-islation is complex and fraught with legal and moral peril. But it’s not, and Illinois — along with Iowa, Maine, Washington D.C. and the other 13 states — will continue to lead the country to-ward one of its governing princi-ples: equality.

Q U I C K COMMENTARY

Quick Commentary delivers bits of relevant and important issues on campus or elsewhere. We write it, rate it and stamp it. When something happens that we are not

pleased with: DI Denied. When something happens that we like: Alma Approved.

Here is a preview from the week’s most descriptive and creative headlines:

“Kanye On Barack Obama: ‘I’m Not Going To Mention Him No More’”

That’s fine, we don’t want to mention you either. Our copy writers are getting exhausted with what we

like to call “grammar,” anywayz.“Matilda Is Grown Up And Has Some

Wise Sex Advice For You”Yeah, it’s apparent that you can’t do

everything with your mind.“Carrot Top: ‘I’m Sorry That I Look Good’”

We’re sorry you’re still Carrot Top.

Earlier this week, severe weather barely hit Champaign, but unfortunately hit other places harder.

An EF-4 tornado, characterized by winds 166-200 mph, tore through Washington, Ill., a town more

than 80 miles northwest of Champaign outside of Peoria, and Gifford, Ill., a town more than 20 miles northeast of Champaign. To our neighbors affected by the devastation, our prayers are with you. And to

fellow students and faculty from the area, we offer our support and helping hands. And a very special thank you to J.J. Wilson, our assistant sports editor, who is

from one of the affected areas and returned home to help out.

Some days, I go around feel-ing like my head is going to explode.

It’s as if I have hundreds of sponges squeezed into my cortex, each one soaked with some bit of information that weighs heavi-ly on my mind until I get the task done.

Buy milk. Write column. Do laundry. Respond to emails. Prac-tice piccolo. Oh right, attempt homework.

These to-do lists, along with all the other things that happen to us day to day, can make time go by in a fog.

What’s best is to take a step back and figure out how you can de-stress and enjoy life a little more.

The following is a list of my go-to brain relievers:

1. Put down your phone.It doesn’t need to be checked

every 30 seconds. If your man or lady crush hasn’t texted you back yet, stop aggravating your anxiety by constantly pressing the home button during class. Don’t imme-diately take out your phone when you feel like you don’t know what to do with yourself. Sit back and look around. Your screen-weary eyes will thank you.

2. Exercise outside.Sure, it’s getting colder, but

sometimes there’s nothing bet-ter than the satisfying crunch of leaves as you lope through Cham-paign-Urbana. Also, away from the crowded ARC and CRCE, you can truly get lost in your thoughts, feeling refreshed and satisfyingly sweaty at the end of your workout.

3. Don’t encourage the dramatics.

Unfortunately, not all of us left drama in high school, as some people have an innate need to stir up trouble, gossip and complaints. Ignore it, tune it out, whatever you need to do to keep unnecessary prattle from taking up valuable space in your brain.

4. Keep your daily Facebook and Twitter visits to a minimum.

I can barely keep track of my life, so it’s sure as heck difficult to keep tabs on everyone else’s. In that way, these social media out-lets are helpful in keeping up-to-date with our friends’ lives, yet it can distract us from completing things we need to do.

5. Make time for good friends.While social media suffices

for some communication, noth-ing beats in-the-flesh chats. Many times, a good conversation with a good friend over coffee, dinner or wine is exactly what you need to refresh.

6. Relish those free moments.Many students at the Universi-

ty pride themselves on their busy schedules and treat them as a contest. If you tell someone about your busy schedule, they will let you know how much busier they are. It gets to the point where we feel guilty if we have free time. Don’t feel this way. Relax and be thankful for those moments.

7. Stay organized.Buy an I-Book, use Post-it notes

or iCal, write to-do lists, whatev-er you need to keep your thoughts from escaping you. I keep it old school and scribble notes on my hand. Staying organized can help you prioritize, and there’s also a sense of accomplishment and relief in crossing items off your list.

8. Find something productive to do that also helps you relax.

For me, it’s cleaning. I’ll clean my room, my kitchen, the dish-es — anything that can clear my mind while also being worth my time. Maybe for you, it’s walking your dog, baking or gardening. Most of these things you have to complete anyway, so it’s an added benefit if they help you relax.

9. Take a break from screens.Many of us spend most of our

days looking at screens, including cell phone, T.V., tablet, laptop and desktop screens. This strains our eyes and our minds, making it dif-ficult to focus. So when you take a homework break, don’t go online shopping. Instead, pick up a book or go for a walk.

And 10. Breathe.Remember that we tend to make

mountains out of molehills. When I’m 80 years old, I’m sure I’ll look back at this time and wonder why I worried so much. You will too. So, breathe, take a step back, keep calm and carry on.

Kirsten is a junior in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].

Simplicity improves

life qualityKIRSTEN KELLER

Opinions columnist

MATT PASQUINI

Opinions columnist

Alpha Phi Omega behind campus Post-its

Mystery solved! Take down the “Wanted” posters because the mystery Post-it poster has been

identified. The culprit is Alpha Phi Omega, a coed national service frater-nity that has its Alpha Alpha chapter on the University of Illinois campus.

Last week, I wrote about bright orange Post-it notes that I found stuck around Lincoln Hall.

At that time, it was a mystery as to who put them there, but with help from Facebook, I pulled a Nancy Drew and cracked the case.

Here is how the mystery played out: A member of Alpha Phi Omega posted my article on its Alpha Alpha Face-book page. The person asked if the Post-it notes were placed by APO, or if another group did the deed.

Cassie Griffith, fifth year under-graduate student in LAS, and Rachel Bessonny, junior in Business, both APO members, confirmed that it was APO. It came to my attention when my roommate’s sister, also a member of APO, identified me as the author.

I was thrilled when I found out who left the Post-it notes in Lincoln Hall. My theories in my last column about pop culture influences did not turn out to be true, but the real story behind the Post-it notes turned out to be bet-ter and more personable than my “Pay It Forward” theory.

Griffith began the Post-it note ser-vice project for APO.

She proposed the idea to her friend in APO a year ago when her grand-ma fell ill. In fact, the entire project

was inspired by her grandma, Susan Griffith.

Susan was a stay-at-home mom on a selfless, pay-it-forward mission. She believed in brightening other people’s days through simple acts of kindness with no recognition in return. Every December, it became a tradition that she would do a kind act a day, increas-ing the impact each day.

“The goal is to try to make some-one’s life better in a small way; just make them smile, make them laugh, take them out of their everyday rou-tine without expecting anything in return,” Cassie said.

Susan bought a family’s meal at a restaurant by paying for her meal first, then instructing the cashier that she would also pay for the family behind her anonymously.

Sometimes she would go to a store to buy a meal, give the meal to a homeless person, then leave before the homeless person could learn her name. She would even pay parking tickets that she found on people’s cars.

Cassie was inspired by her grand-ma and wanted to help with these good deeds. As Cassie grew up with her grandma, there were always children in Susan’s home. Susan helped watch over children whose families were dealing with difficult times.

Susan passed the tradition to Cassie’s mother, and Cassie’s mother passed the tradition to Cassie.

“My grandma helped raise me,” Cassie said. “She was a very selfless person. She did a lot of things for other people without getting any credit.”

At the time Cassie proposed the idea to APO, her grandma had passed away. Monday was the anniversary of Susan’s death.

But there is no sign of this tradition stopping as the project has become

very popular in the APO group. More people sign up for it than there are spots available in the sign-up page for service projects on the APO website.

APO members meet about once a week at the Student Organization Com-plex in the Illini Union. Volunteers have no guidelines for what to write.

Sometimes the Post-it notes are cov-ered in inspirational quotes, funny pick-up lines or song lyrics. Each vol-unteer writes about 20 messages.

Then, the group walks together to the Main Quad and picks a build-ing that has lots of foot traffic to leave their Post-it notes. Whichever build-ing is chosen, the group leaves notes on every floor.

Bessonny participated in the service project recently. Since Thanksgiving break is approaching, she left a note that said, “Thanksgiving break is 16 days away. The turkey is calling!”

“It’s just a very, like, general, sim-ple thing that’s easy to put a smile on someone’s face,” Bessonny said.

Bessonny realizes how the Post-it notes allow personalities to be expressed in a beneficial way. Each note is different depending on who writes the message. For instance, the group tries to come up with funny chemistry jokes for buildings on the northeast side of the Quad.

Last week, the Post-it notes were a pleasant surprise — random acts of kindness from strangers. Now there is a face linked to the Post-it note poster. Cassie continues her grandma’s tradi-tion with her fellow volunteers in APO. Through their efforts, Post-it notes will continue to appear across campus to make days seem a little brighter.

Rebecca is a junior in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].

REBECCA JACOBS

Opinions columnist

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BY ANNABETH CARLSON STAFF WRITER

With fall break quick-ly approaching, I have found myself daydreaming in class about all food of Thanksgiv-ing’s past.

I can hear the whir of the electric carving knife as my dad cuts his classic turkey and my grandpa’s smoked version. Each year, I elect myself judge of both, eager to get a preview of the succulent meat and my mom’s savory gravy. Simply imagining the bitter tangi-ness of my aunt’s cranberry sauce and the crunch of her green bean casserole, I have to stop myself from salivat-ing in class.

But perhaps the one dish that feels the most like home is my grandma’s candied sweet pota-

toes. It’s what makes the annu-al holiday meal so memorable. Just as a warning, these aren’t exactly healthy for you. Howev-er, that is what the holidays are about: enjoying food, family and comfort. If you follow the reci-pe below, you will know exactly what I mean.

Candied sweet potatoesServings: 6

Ingredients:

6 medium sweet potatoes1 cup white sugar1 cup packed brown sugar8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)2 tablespoons water1/2 teaspoon salt

1. Scrub sweet potatoes, but

do not peel. Place the potatoes in a 3-quart saucepan. Add just enough water to cover the pota-toes. Boil the water and then reduce heat to simmer for 20 minutes. Cool and peel off skins. Cut potatoes into 1-2 inch slices.

2. Combine the remaining ingredients in a large skillet. Heat over medium heat until the consistency is smooth. Add potatoes. Gently stir until they are glazed. Reduce heat to a sim-mer for 20-25 minutes. Continue to stir and/or flip slices without breaking into pieces. Potatoes are done when middles are soft — check with a fork.

3. Serve hot right out of the skillet and enjoy!

Annabeth is a freshman in Media. She can be reached at [email protected].

Candied sweet potatoes: A Thanksgiving necessity

BY AMINA KHANLOS ANGELES TIMES

Four billion years ago, riv-ers and lakes dotted the surface of Mars, their waters reflecting puffy clouds drifting in a blue sky, scientist believe.

Now, it’s a dry, rusty rock that’s subject to fierce sandstorms, with-ering blasts of radiation and freez-ing temperatures that have fro-zen carbon dioxide to the planet’s poles.

What happened?That’s the question NASA seeks

to answer with the scheduled launch Monday of the MAVEN spacecraft.

Planetary scientists believe the answer lies high in the Martian atmosphere. Today, it’s a thin layer of mostly carbon dioxide gas. But long ago, it may have been thick enough to host a life-friendly, even Earth-like, environment. If so, the Mars Atmosphere and Vola-tile Evolution mission may reveal clues about where it all went.

Previous missions, from rov-ers to orbiters, have tried to see into Mars’ past by examining the Red Planet’s surface. But that only tells part of the story, said Bruce Jakosky, a planetary scientist at the University of Colorado Boul-der and principal investigator for the MAVEN mission.

“If we want to understand Mars as a system, we need to include the role of the upper atmosphere,” he said. “We can no longer just look at the geology and understand it in isolation.”

Earth is flanked by two alterna-tive worlds. On the side closer to the Sun is Venus, a planet with too much atmosphere, boiling away under thick layers of carbon diox-ide. On the other side lies Mars, a planet with too little air shielding its cold, dead deserts.

“We think all three of those plan-ets, when they formed, were not all that different,” said Steven Lee, curator of planetary science at the Denver Museum of Nature and Sci-ence. Life arose on Earth because it’s a “Goldilocks” case, protected by just the right amount of air.

Robotic explorers sent to Mars

by NASA and other space agencies have already picked up many signs that water once flowed across the surface. Scientists have identi-fied craters that they think were once filled with lakes, along with clay minerals that must have been formed by exposure to water.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if, for many tens of millions of years, Mars was a pretty friendly place with natural water, wind, waves and rain,” said Paul Mahaffy, an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. who leads instru-

ments on both MAVEN and the Curiosity rover. “But I think we just don’t know.”

Liquid water can’t exist on the Martian surface today _ it would quickly freeze in the coldest spots and boil off elsewhere, because the low-pressure atmosphere is far too thin to keep it in.

Understanding why Mars’ atmo-sphere vanished and Earth’s did not is key to understanding Earth’s ancient history. Someday, it may even help scientists study the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars.

NASA launches Mars-bound spacecraft to uncover mysteries

ANNABETH CARLSON THE DAILY ILLINI Candied sweet potatoes simmer until their middles are soft. The dish can be served right out of the skillet.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BILL INGALLS NASAA spacecraft launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 on Monday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

time and feel safe on her prop-erty, he said.

But barn dances aren’t the only events on Dessen’s calendar. She maintains an active lifestyle, takes numerous classes and attends musical performances.

Two weeks ago, Dessen hiked at Portland Arch Nature Preserve in Indiana with her daughter-in-law and one of her grandchildren.

Dessen is also planning a win-ter cross-country road trip to

visit family.“I’m hoping to take a driving

trip this winter with a friend. I think we are going to try to go all the way to California from here,” Dessen said. “We’ve done road trips before, she and I. At one point, we’ve called ourselves Selma and Louise.”

She has taken the University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Insti-tute classes for five years and learned about various subjects, including philosophy, musical jazz and astronomy.

On Friday, Dessen prepared to see the San Francisco Symphony perform at Krannert Center for

the Performing Arts just before she attended the last barn dance of the season.

“Part of going to a great uni-versity is being exposed to a lot of different things that you haven’t done before. It’s to open horizons not just for a job,” Des-sen said. “The things that used to be valued in a university edu-cation are not even taught any-more. You’re taking courses to get a job, earn a living, make money — and there is more to life.”

Mikayla can be reached at [email protected].

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A Thanksgiving Day treatStaff reporter Annabeth Carlson shares her grandmother’s memorable candied sweet potatoes recipe. Find out more on page 5A.

THEDAILYILLINI

BY VICTORIA PAICONTRIBUTING WRITER

While Nov. 11 was a day to honor veterans in the local com-munity and across the nation, it was also an opportunity to thank soldiers currently serving over-seas. The Illini Union Board will carry on this spirit of gratitude Tuesday at 6 p.m. for its latest event in its Crafts Unleashed series. The event will feature thank-you card making for active military soldiers abroad.

For Abigail Elliott, freshman in FAA, the significance of Vet-erans Day reminded her of the

many military families from her hometown of Elizabethtown, Ky. Elliott said she understands the pain of separation for those fam-ilies around this memorable time of year, with both Veterans Day and the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Therefore, she decided to take action. It was not time-consuming, grand or glorious, but it was what she felt she could do as an individual: She wrote a letter.

On Sunday afternoon, Elliott and a group of Allen Hall resi-dents created thank-you letters for soldiers as part of an initia-

tive by vALLENteers.“It’s extremely important to

be able to encourage soldiers while they are away from their support systems,” Elliott said, referring to soldiers’ family and friends.

Jennifer Mendez, director of arts on the Illini Union Board and senior in LAS, said this is the first time Crafts Unleashed will be organized under a central theme. Mendez said that because the University can be a bubble, she believes this event will open students’ eyes to life beyond campus and cause them to take a

moment to appreciate those who sacrifice so much for their coun-try. Located in the Illini Union food court, the event will be free and open to the public.

Mendez expects that they will send a large amount of cards abroad, as students have already submitted more than 200 cards.

Even if students are unable to make it to Tuesday night’s event, the Student Veteran Lounge in the Illini Union’s basement will continue to accept cards and care packages to be sent later in the semester.

Depending on Tuesday night’s

turnout, Mendez said she hopes Crafts Unleashed events featur-ing card making will become a regular workshop.

“I feel like a lot of us could do more to give back to the troops,” Mendez said. “It’s only a card for us, but it could be something for them to hold onto in tough times.”

Crafts Unleashed will work with the Illini Veterans, a reg-istered student organization, in distributing the cards to soldiers abroad. Illini Union Board Pres-ident Stuti Mehta echoed both Elliott’s and Mendez’s attitude toward the event by saying it is

“our way of thanking oversea sol-diers for all that they give and sacrifice for our country.”

Mehta, senior in LAS and Media, said this is the most recent time the Illini Union Board will host an event in which students can make cards for sol-diers overseas.

Mehta emphasized that espe-cially during the holiday season, students can “let (soldiers over-seas) know they’re being thought of.”

Victoria can be reached at [email protected].

Crafts Unleashed creates cards for troops overseas

BY MIKAYLA OSTENDORFSTAFF WRITER

Loretta Dessen’s wooden house sits tucked away in a forest of trees, situated near two small ponds in Urbana. Every morning, she wakes up to her peacocks perched upon the porch. Although the prop-erty has hosted countless barn dance par-ties, summer camps and picnics, for Des-sen, 82, this is home.

Since Dessen and her late husband Ed bought Farm Lake in 1955, Dessen lives on the 17-acre property, which lies approximately four miles northeast of the University.

When sitting at her table for breakfast, she watches the birds, deer, foxes, raccoons and squirrels. She admires how these squir-rels can get into any bird feeder.

“No matter where I look, I am seeing wonderful things,” Dessen said. “And then night times, party times, I see wonderful humans.”

Known as the “Chex Mix Lady” by many University students, Dessen has held barn dances at Farm Lake for the past 20 years. Since the first barn dance, Dessen has served her own kind of Chex Mix to guests at the parties as a welcoming ges-ture. Her recipe consists of a mixture of veggie sticks and salty snacks, such as pret-zels and Melba Toast.

“I wanted something to fill kids up,” Dessen said. “I wanted to be able to get outside with the kids and not just stand around, and I wanted to put something in their tummies.”

Before she served up her famous mix, Dessen found her way to Champaign-Urba-na back when she was a college student in the 1950s. Dessen originally attended the University of New Mexico. After falling in love with her husband who was a graduate student at the University of Illinois, she transferred here before her junior year.

“We were counselors at a sleepover sum-mer camp. We had the same day off, and he had a car, so we could leave the camp,” she said. “It was love at first ride.”

The two got married while in college and started a life in Champaign-Urbana.

After graduating in the late 1940s, Ed opened Illini Studio, a Champaign-based photography company that takes photos of weddings, fraternity and sorority par-ties, and more. Entirely new to photogra-phy, Dessen picked up on the skill quickly.

“I knew it was a science, and I understood what was happening, but it was magic to stand in a dark room in the old days and watch a picture develop. It was fascinat-ing,” she said.

Ed purchased Farm Lake to fulfill his dream of owning a lake. Loretta Dessen

said she remembered thinking he had lost his mind.

“He bought a mud hole,” she said. “But he was a man of great vision and imagina-tion. (He was) clever and saw things here that I did not see.”

They promptly began planting trees and building a barn and a home. The Dessens started a family and had three children: David, Jonathan and Ami.

During the summer 1959, Dessen noticed that many mothers would bring their chil-dren to play with her children and would ask Dessen to watch their kids, too. It got to a point where she voluntarily watched six to eight kids at a time.

Her husband suggested that she charge 50 cents per hour. This informal babysit-ting service turned into Farm Lake Day Camp, which ran from 1966 to 1981. Des-sen, along with camp counselors and staff, taught swimming, arts and crafts, and archery on her property. Kids also rode horses and put on plays for parents and campers.

A new possibility for the property arose when the social sorority Sigma Delta Tau requested to have a picnic on the property, naming the picnic “Eat at Ed’s” after Ed.

Dessen said that other student organiza-tions started to ask to visit, and the barns started to fill up on weekends. This fall, one

week consisted of two barn dance parties every single night except Sunday.

Madison Ingold, sophomore in DGS, said she attended a barn dance this fall with her sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta. She said Dessen remained calm even when students rushed to her for her famous Chex Mix.

“She talks to everyone and is so friendly,” Ingold said. “I don’t know how she does it.”

Jesse Bohlen, Farm Lake maintenance and security worker, also appreciates Des-sen’s welcoming attitude. He said Dessen “would give you the shirt off of her back if she had to.”

“She’s a good person. She’s helped me out in keeping me upbeat about my position and my troubles in my life,” Bohlen said. “She kind of takes the worry off of it.”

Supervisor of security at Farm Lake Jim Goudie agreed that Dessen is good at cheer-ing people up.

“Being a supervisor of security, I some-times don’t smile, so she always makes sure that I am smiling more,” Goudie said. “She’ll come up to me and she’ll get a big grin on her face, and she’ll look at me and she’ll go, ‘Smile!’”

Goudie said that Dessen loves hosting barn parties and is always smiling. Des-sen tries to ensure that guests have a good

PERSON TO KNOW

‘Chex Mix Lady’ Loretta Dessen provides welcoming atmosphere, lives active lifestyle

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John Groce doesn’t take well to losing.A fi red-up Groce took to the microphone at a

press conference Saturday and told the world: Illi-nois basketball is in a great place. Not a good place.

It was in a greater place Thursday night, though, if we’re being honest.

The losses of Cliff Alexander and Quentin Snider are devastating to the future of Illinois hoops, but for quite different reasons. But those who think Illinois lost more in Alexander than Snider are mistaken.

Illinois has two guys in its 2014 recruiting class that embody what it means to be an “Illini guy,” Groce said. As opposed to Alexander, whose personality is something like a combination of Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose — goofy to the point of not taking things seriously, sheltered by basketball to the point of being socially awkward. How else do you explain a guy not understanding how uncool it is to pump fake a hat?

In his second year at the helm of a nationally respected program, Groce is coming to a crossroads. The college recruiting game can be done in two ways: the John Calipari way or the Tom Izzo way. Calipari brings in No. 1 class after No. 1 class, while Izzo recruits guys that stick around, become men and compete against upstart freshmen they’re three years older than in Final Fours.

Snider could have been a cornerstone for Groce’s Illinois teams. Alexander would have been a centerpiece for one season, then a potential lottery pick.

But Groce is a college basketball coach, not an NBA Development League coach. Four years of Quentin Snider would be more helpful to the Illinois basketball program than a season of Cliff Alexander.

“O ne - a nd - done” players like Alexan-der can put you “on the map.” They can open the doors for other top-level recruits to come to town.

Ohio State landed Greg

The aftermath is everywhere.Ever since Friday, Illini basketball fans have

felt the shockwaves of not one, but two prospec-tive basketball recruits picking other schools. Cliff Alexander, a fi ve-star power forward from Chicago, picked Kansas on national television, while four-star point guard Quentin Snider decommitted from Illinois back to his hometown school of Louisville.

On the holiday dubbed “Cliffmas,” the No. 4 player in the country (according to Rivals) teased his in-state school by picking up the orange hat and prefacing his decision with a “University of...” But just as other top prospects from Chicago have done in recent memo-ry, Alexander decided to spurn the Illini in favor of the Jayhawks.

Alexander would have been the Illini’s fi rst fi ve-star commitment in 11 years, since Dee Brown according to Rivals.com. Brown led the 2004-05 Illini team to the National Championship game, along with future

NBA players Deron Williams and Luther Head.Illinois has signed talented prospects in the

interim; Meyers Leonard, Jereme Rich-mond and D.J. Richardson were all top-

40 prospects, but none are of the same caliber as Alexander.

Both on the recruiting trail and on the court, Alexander’s absence is much more concerning than the loss of the point guard Snider — who recommitted to Louis-ville on Cliffmas morn-ing after being a verbal commit for more than two months.

On the court, Alexan-der is a beast. He fi lls the need at the power for-ward position for next season that would have rounded out an extreme-ly talented Illinois ros-ter. The core of seniors Tracy Abrams, Nnanna Egwu, Rayvonte Rice for next year paired with a top-5 player in this recruiting class would have made for one of the most talented Illinois teams in recent memory. Next season,

SPORTS1BTUESDAY

Loss of Alexander hurts program far

beyond next season

Snider a bigger loss for Illinois than

Alexander is

POINTCOUNTERPOINTWHICH LOSS HURTS MORE: ALEXANDER OR SNIDER?

“Snider may not be the player

Alexander is, but he

embodies more of what Illinois

basketball is about.”

Head coach John Groce has shown he’s able to get interest from elite talent, but actually landing a player like Alexander gives him and the program credibility for the future.

STEPHEN BOURBON

Staff writer

ELIOT SILL

Sports editor

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Lynn leads after injury

BY MICHAL DWOJAKCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Erica Lynn walks down the white hallway in the ARC toward the pool. On her way, she pass-es two guys drenched in sweat returning from the sauna room as well a campus recreation employee. As she enters the pool, she greets head coach Sue Novitsky with a smile and a hello and heads toward the locker room. She spends one hour in the weight room, then another in the water. Novitsky yells out swim orders and yardages, and the team begins practice.

This has been the routine for Lynn, a fi fth-year senior, during her time on the Illinois swimming and diving team. She continues to work hard after a fi rst-place fi nish in the 200-yard breaststroke in the Nov. 9 meet against Kansas. Hard work now will lead to success later, a motto she learned after breaking her back in her fresh-man year. The injury transformed her and taught her to be a leader.

Nov. 5, 2009, was just like any other day before a meet for the Illinois swimming and diving team. The Illini were in the weight room. Lynn was doing box step-ups with 100 pounds of weight on her back. As she went up, she lost her balance and fell. After that, her memory goes fuzzy. But the 100-pound weight had been driven into her back as she hit the ground.

Lying on the weight room fl oor, not realizing what happened, Lynn opened her eyes to fi nd all the coaches and swimmers hov-ering over her. She attempted to get up but was unable to; the small-est movement caused her pain. At fi rst the thought was that it was just a pulled muscle, but she then

realized this was pain she had nev-er felt before; she knew it was her bone.

“It was one of the scariest moments as a coach,” Novitsky said. “Throughout the whole time, she stayed calm. She looked up at me and said, ‘I don’t think I’ll be able to compete tomorrow, coach.’ I told her that it was fi ne and to forget about that; she had more important things to worry about.”

The rest of the swimmers were stretching as Lynn was taken away on a stretcher, and all sent well wishes and support as the stretch-er left. Lynn could hardly keep her eyes open on the ride to the hospital. The pain was too great. Novitsky accompanied Lynn to the hospital, where the diagnosis was a fractured vertebrae.

Lynn’s family in Swansea, Ill., received the call soon after the incident. Her sister Lori Lynn, now a sophomore on the swim-ming and diving team, remem-bers the moment quite well.

“I was in my room and my mom came in and told me that Erica broke her back,” said Lori, who was not able to visit her sister right away because she had a swim meet that weekend. “We were shocked and scared, but thankful that she wasn’t paralyzed.”

Erica remained on campus because she was in a brace and could hardly move. Although the team was in shock over the incident, Erica received the full support of the team and coach-es. Teammates helped carry her lunch tray, open doors and car-ry her backpack. Novitsky drove her to her classes for nearly two months.

Near the end of December the brace came off. Erica recovered at

home for a month, rather than the six days around Christmas that swimmers normally receive. This was a major benefi t in the recov-ery process.

Rehabilitation began in Janu-ary. The process was slow at fi rst. Along with the trainer, they would exercise for a couple hours a day. She started working on her core and back. As she progressed, they continued to add different parts of the body: legs, arms and shoulders.

“There were moments when I wondered if I would be able to come back to swimming again, especially at that fast speed (of collegiate competition).” Erica said. “Swimming has always been a staple for me and having it taken away from my life was diffi cult.”

Part of what guided her dur-

ing diffi cult times was her faith. Raised a Christian, Erica began to grow in her faith as she became more active in the spiritual com-munity. She led Bible studies as she read the Bible more and received inspiration, developing a closer relationship with God. She came to believe that everything happens for a reason and memo-rized her favorite verse, Romans 8:28: “We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.”

Erica began swimming again, competing in club meets during the summer. But once she was fi nally cleared to practice for Illi-nois, she was excited to get into the water; however, Novitsky wanted to work her in slowly. Gradually she began to do more, until it was

time for her to compete.Novistky and others fi nd it

humorous that she returned exact-ly a year after the injury, Nov. 5, 2010. The team competed against Michigan State, and Erica raced in the 200-yard breaststroke. In her fi rst collegiate race since injur-ing her back, Erica won. Her fi rst emotion was a sigh of relief — she would be able to still do it.

She continued to compete and fi nished the season with four indi-vidual fi rst-place fi nishes. Erica was awarded her fi rst of three Academic All-Big Ten honoree and Big Ten Distinguished Schol-ar Awards. The team also awarded her with the Fighting Illini Spirit Award at the team’s banquet for her courage to return and be suc-cessful in the pool.

Looking back now, Erica is hap-

py that she went through the expe-rience. She learned the value of being vulnerable and asking oth-ers for help. It taught her how to push herself mentally and emo-tionally, as well as how to relate to other swimmers on the team going through their own diffi cul-ties. Had she not gone through this experience, she would not have learned the values that make her one of the greatest leaders on the team, who has earned the respect of everyone.

“She was able to value swim-ming since she was taken away from it,” Lori said. “It helped her realize that you can’t take any-thing for granted.”

Michal can be reached at [email protected] and @bennythebull94.

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois' Erica Lynn swims the breaststroke leg of the 200-yard-meter relay event during the annual Orange and Blue exhibition meet at the ARC on Oct. 13. The Blue team won 120.5 to 100.5.

Swimmer a leader for Illinois a! er overcoming breaking of back

BY SEAN HAMMONDSENIOR WRITER

There weren’t a whole lot of red-clad fans in State Farm Center on Sunday when Brad-ley lost to Illinois in an 81-55 blowout, but the Braves fans who were present might have had other things on their minds than the basketball game play-ing out before them.

Tornados caused damage throughout much of Illinois on Sunday. The worst of the dam-age may have been in Washing-ton, Ill., just east of the Bradley campus in Peoria.

For both coaches at State Farm Center on Sunday, it was just a blessing to be able to go out and play basketball.

“I get to coach this game, and these guys get to play it,” Illi-ni head coach John Groce said. “We’re the luckiest guys in the world. But our thoughts and prayers are out to East Peoria and Gifford and Hoopeston and Washington and Pekin and all the places that were affected by the tornado and inclement weather.”

Bradley head coach Geno Ford expressed similar sentiments. He said it was gut wrenching to hear what happened to people in a community so close to home.

“It puts basketball in per-spective a little bit,” Ford said. “We’ve got a lot of things, bas-ketball-wise, that we need to address. But there are greater tragedies in the world than not blocking out, that’s for sure.”

While poor blocking out is by no means a tragedy, Ford’s team was certainly manhandled by the Illini in the paint Sunday. The Illini out-rebounded the Braves 49-25. A big part of that was the consistency of Illinois center Nnanna Egwu.

Egwu has made his pres-ence known in each of Illinois four games, blocking shots and snatching rebounds. The key for him will be staying out of foul trouble. When Illinois played Valparaiso’s sizeable frontcourt (featuring three players 6-foot-10 or taller) on Wednesday, Egwu, with fi ve fouls, watched the end of the game from the bench.

Illinois will see similar size in Big Ten play, and keeping Egwu — who’s scored 10 points in all four games this season — on the court will be essential.

Another guy who has been vital to Illinois’ rebounding effort is Jon Ekey, who seems to get a hand on every other ball that clanks off the rim. But where his presence was most noticed Sunday was from behind

the 3-point arc. Ekey and the Illini shot 10-of-

25 from deep against Bradley after hitting just 13 3-pointers in the previous three games.

“I think we’ve taken good ones,” Groce said. “We’ve moved the ball. We’ve been doing that really early (in the season). Sometimes one of the things (you struggle with) when you fi rst start to get together as a team is getting them to make that extra pass and move the ball. Our guys have really done it.”

Point guard Tracy Abrams and freshman guard Kendrick Nunn each hit two threes against Bradley. Senior Joseph Bertrand added another and Ekey came through with fi ve threes.

Last season the Illini lived and died on the 3-point arc through non-conference play and the ear-ly part of the Big Ten season. It hasn’t been that way this year, but when the Illini get hot from the outside, it makes things a lot easier.

For Groce, his team’s shot selection has been more impres-sive than whether the shots have been going down.

“I can count maybe on one-hand-and-half hands how many bad shots we’ve taken in a game since we started playing exhibi-tion games,” Groce said. “That’s pretty rare with a lot of new faces.”

Illinois doesn’t play again until Chicago State visits State Farm Center on Friday, the lon-gest idle stretch it has seen so far this season.

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

Matchup overshadowed by in-state tornados

FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois' Jon Ekey shoots a three-pointer during the game against Bradley at State Farm Center on Sunday. The Illini won 81-55.

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Mayers wins 2nd Big Ten Freshman of the Week

Editor’s note: Every week, The Daily Illini football staff ranks the football teams in the Big Ten 1-12 and compiles the lists into its own Big Ten power rankings.

1. Ohio State (last week: 1)

Sparty may have just clinched its ticket back to Indianapolis. With its 41-28 victory over Nebraska, Michigan State holds a two-game lead in the Legends division over Minnesota. The Spartans would have to lose its last two games against Northwestern and Minnesota as well as have the Gophers beat Wisconsin this weekend to miss out on the Big Ten Championship game. For a team that didn’t face Ohio State this year, a showdown with the Buckeyes in Indy could validate the Spartans’ BCS dreams.

5. Nebraska (4)

2. Michigan State (2)

Indiana’s explosive offense was held in check for the fi rst time this season when the Hoosiers were blown out 51-3 at Wisconsin. It was the fi rst time this season that Indiana had been held under 28 points. Things don’t get any easier for the Hoosiers as they travel to Columbus, Ohio to take on the undefeated Buckeyes. Indiana will need both sides of the ball to step up against an Ohio State team that hasn’t lost since New Year’s Day 2012.

11. Illinois (11)

7. Iowa (7)

Power rankings

6. Michigan (6)

9. Indiana (T9)8. Penn State (8)

DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

The Cardiac Cats are back again this week, but the result stays the same for Northwestern. After losing on a Hail Mary the week before, Northwestern dropped the decision to Michigan in triple overtime after the Wolverines chipped in a fi eld goal as time expired in regulation. After a 4-0 start, Northwestern has lost four consecutive games by eight points or less and six straight overall. Hosting Michigan State this weekend, the Wildcats may need to look ahead to a trip to Champaign against Illinois to break the losing skid.

2. Wisconsin (3)

9. Northwestern (T9)

4. Minnesota (5)

12. Purdue (12)

BY BLAKE PONSTAFF WRITER

November has been a month of winning for the Illinois volley-ball team.

In addition to the Illini’s fi ve-game winning streak, middle blocker Maddie Mayers has add-ed an individual accomplishment: her second Big Ten Freshman of the Week award.

Despite missing her fi rst game of the season Friday night against Indiana, Mayers was pivotal in the team’s 3-0 sweep of then-No. 18 Purdue on Saturday night, as she recorded seven kills on 10 attempts with no errors to hit .700. She also added fi ve block assists and a dig.

“She was as effective as you could be,” head coach Kevin Ham-bly said of Mayers. “The speed of the slide certainly helped.”

Mayers attributed the play of setter Alexis Viliunas to her suc-cess against Purdue.

“We worked on speeding up the slide with me and (Viliunas) this week,” Mayers said. “I thought we clicked really well. It was a little rocky in practice some-times this week, but I thought we were clicking. She was setting

me great (on Saturday).”Mayers’ fi rst award came on

the fi rst weekend of the season, when the Illini defeated Florida State and Kentucky but lost to Long Beach State. In the three matches, Mayers accumulated 29 kills, 20 blocks and hit .345.

Criswell shines in NovemberDuring the Illini’s fi ve-match

stretch in November, junior out-side hitter Morganne Criswell has been a bright spot on the team. Thought of as a spark off the bench at the onset of the sea-son, Criswell has transformed into the team’s most reliable and effi -cient hitter. In November, she has racked up 59 kills, hit .274 and has accounted for a fair share of the team’s set and match points.

“(Criswell) has been working her butt off in practice,” Hambly said. “She’s gotten a whole lot bet-ter at attacking. She’s another in a long line of really good outsides that we’ve had. We’ve always been outside dominant, and she hits the high ball well and she hits in sys-tem well. She’s a really diffi cult kid to stop.”

Criswell leads the team’s hitters

in hitting percentage at .249 this season. Through 79 sets, Criswell has 192 kills, averaging 2.43 per set. Junior Liz McMahon has played 100 sets and has 318 kills, but hits .207. Sophomore Jocelynn Birks has 391 kills, but hits .178.

Beltran, team move up in ranksOver the weekend, senior libero

Jennifer Beltran’s 23 digs moved her into the team’s top-10 digs list for the fourth consecutive season. Beltran currently has 415 digs on the season. She broke the all-time digs record in 2010 with 623 and holds the second-place and sixth-place spots with 571 and 500, respectively.

Additionally, Illinois moved up fi ve spots in the latest AVCA coach-es’ poll to No. 20 in the nation. Purdue, who came into the match Saturday ranked No. 18, dropped seven spots to No. 25. Two of the remaining four teams the Illini are scheduled to play appeared on the latest poll, with Penn State ranking No. 2 and Minnesota rank-ing No. 11.

Blake can be reached at [email protected].

From Buckeyes to Boilermakers, Illini fi ght for Big Ten winBY SEAN HAMMONDSENIOR WRITER

A familiar scene played out Saturday at Memorial Stadium: Illinois put a bunch of points on the scoreboard but surrendered many more. The 60-35 score indicated a blowout, but the game was closer than the box score would lead one to believe. A pair of 50-yard runs late in the game by Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde put the game out of reach.

At his weekly news conference Monday, head coach Tim Beckman said he thought his defense may have been focused to o much on getting a turnover near the end of the game, and not enough on stopping the Buckeyes short of the first down marker.

“The last two plays that they scored on us, we were trying to do too much,” Beckman said. “They see something and instead of staying in their gap, they try and overmatch the play.”

The big plays had been the difference between a close game and a blowout. The Illini saw the same thing play out against Indiana a week prior.

“You can’t gamble when you’re playing that type of caliber offense,” defensive coordinator Tim Banks said of Ohio State. “It’s always hard to find (positives) when you lose. But the reality is that we did some really good things. But when you’re playing a team

like that, you can’t give them cheap ones and unfortunately we gave them too many cheap ones.”

Illinois favored over PurdueThough it means nothing on

the field, the Illini are favored over Purdue by seven points this weekend. Illinois hasn’t been favored in a Big Ten game all season.

While Beckman doesn’t care much about point spreads, he did like to see that people

are noticing improvement in his program.

“ We a r e competitive,” Beckman said. “It comes down to winning and losing, but this football team has become c ompet i t ive , and they’re c o m p e t i t i v e in everything they do. It’s not just about first

downs and touchdowns — it’s about everything they do.”

Saturday’s match up with the Boilermakers puts Beckman against a former colleague of his. Purdue head coach Darrell Hazell coached with Beckman when both were at Ohio State for the 2005 and 2006 seasons under head coach Jim Tressel.

Hazel l coached wide receivers while Beckman coached defensive backs, so the two had plenty of time to interact with each other every day.

The battle of Big Ten bottom-feeders this weekend will also be the battle for the Purdue Cannon, which Illinois has

won only once out of the last eight meetings between the two schools.

Illini football offering tornado relief

With tornados ravaging much of Illinois on Sunday, Beckman extended his thoughts and prayers to everyone affected. He said some of his players want to make the short trip north to Gifford, Ill., to

assist in the tornado relief and clean up effort.

“If we are able to help in any way, shape or form, this football team is very willing to do that,” Beckman said. “Our best goes out to that area and

to anybody that was involved with that tornado.”

Some of the players plan to visit the area Tuesday morning.

Sean can be reached at [email protected]

BY SEAN NEUMANNSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois hockey team members are growing ‘staches for stacks.

For the second consecutive year, the Illini are raising mon-ey for charity by growing mus-taches this November as a part of the Movember Foundation’s annual fundraiser. The foun-dation specializes in raising awareness for men’s health.

“We just wanted to do some-thing for a good cause,” senior goaltender Nick Clarke said. “We’re just trying to do what-ever bit we can to help out.”

The Movember Foundation, which has expanded globally since its start in 2003, raises

funds and awareness for pros-tate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health issues.

The idea behind growing mus-taches in order to raise money is that the facial hair will spark conversation everywhere play-ers go. According to the foun-dation’s website, “Growing a Movember moustache means changing the face of men’s health.”

So far, the Movember Foun-dation has raised $459,551 through its “Big Mustache on Campus” campaign. The Illini have already helped raise $50 but are hoping to raise more by the end of the month.

Clarke said the donations will come more toward the end of

the month, when people begin to notice the players’ mustach-es more.

“A couple of guys just have a little bit of fuzz coming in,” laughed Clarke, who is sporting a black mustache resembling an upside down hair comb. “But now everyone’s starting to get a little thicker lip-sweater.”

Illini players have been pro-moting their charity drive through social media outlets such as their personal Twitter accounts and the team’s Face-book page, even posting a pic-ture of head coach Nick Fab-brini’s facial hair on the team’s offi cial Twitter account.

Defenseman Kyle Clark, who has one of the biggest mustach-

es on the team, said the Illini have been campaigning to get all the players and fans to par-ticipate in the month-long event.

“It’s kind of a team thing,” Clarke said. “The more people we get to do it, the better.”

According to Clark, junior forward Jacob Matysiak intro-duced the idea to the team last season after seeing players in the NHL growing mustaches for Movember over the past couple of seasons.

Fabbrini said he’s happy to see the players coming togeth-er for a cause because it brings about team unity.

A team altering its hair style and color is a common tradition in the world of hockey, which

gains the most attention during the NHL playoffs.

The most famous case of this in college hockey came in 2011 when the players on Minnesota Duluth dyed their hair blonde and went on to win the school’s fi rst NCAA National Title in overtime.

During Fabbrini’s freshman year with the Illini, he said the freshmen weren’t allowed to cut their hair during the sea-son. That team went on to win the ACHA National Champion-ship with a 28-6-3 record.

Fabbrini, who is still rock-ing a full beard along with his mustache, said he wasn’t going to shave his beard off like his players did.

“Bald guys with mustaches aren’t a good look,” Fabbrini laughed. “I’m just going to go with a beard here.”

While the team raises money for charity, Clark said the guys are having their fun with it, too.

“We kind of compare them, like who’s got the biggest mus-tache, and we classify every-one,” Clark said. “A couple of the guys look like cops or dads. It’s kind of fun.”

The Illini are accepting dona-tions for the Movember Founda-tion at us.Movember.com until the end of November.

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

Illini hockey raising funds for charity by growing mustaches

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ defensive coordinator Tim Banks instructs his team during Saturday’s game against No. 3 Ohio State at Memorial Stadium. The Illini lost 60-35 and next face the Boilermakers.

“It comes down to winning and losing,

but this football team has become

competitive.”

TIM BECKMANFOOTBALL HEAD COACH

BRENTON TSE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Maddie Mayers spikes the ball during the game against Purdue at Huff Hall on Saturday. The Illini won 3-0.

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When team leaders Karisma Penn and Adrienne GodBold graduated at the end of last season, nobody, not even head coach Matt Bollant, knew who would step in and replicate their production.

Now, the answer is becoming clearer.

Freshmen forwards Jacqui Grant and Sarah Livingston have stepped up and contributed in the team’s three consecutive wins. Grant is the team’s only post play-er in the starting lineup but has shown versatility and efficien-cy in her young career, hitting four of 11 3-pointers attempted and 11 of 12 free throws. She also is fourth on the team in points per game with 14.3 and second in rebounds per game with 7.3. Livingston, who backs up Grant, had a breakout performance Sun-day against Alcorn State, as she notched her first double-double

of her career, scoring 12 points and grabbing 12 rebounds to go along with five blocks and three steals in the team’s 112-28 win.

After the game, Bollant praised Livingston’s perfor-mance and said her and Grant’s development are vital to the team heading forward.

Moore wins Big Ten Player of the Week

Amber Moore’s 27-point, 19-rebound performance this past Thursday against Mississip-pi Valley State helped earn the senior guard her first conference player of the week award. The line was Moore’s second double-double of her career. Her play helped the Illini to a 3-0 record for the week as she averaged 25.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 2.7 steals per game over that stretch. She also broke the Illi-nois record for career 3-pointers made against Mississippi Valley

State and now has 229.

Hartwell aggressive offen-sively

Sophomore transfer Sarah Hartwell jumped in as the team’s starting point guard, replacing the injured Alexis Smith this season despite not playing a sin-gle game last season because of transfer rules. Through four games, she is third on the team in points per game with 14.8 and first in assists per game with 4.75. Her aggressiveness when driving to the hoop has gotten her to the foul line a team-high 19 times so far this year. She has converted 15 of those attempts for a .789 percentage.

“The biggest thing for me offensively is to attack the hoop,” Hartwell said. “The more you attack, the more fouls you’re going to get. I was just trying to attack and get my team points and score.”

Attacking the basket was the downfall of Illinois in its 98-92 loss against Bradley. The Illi-ni attempted only two free throws all game to the Braves’

25 attempts. Since then, Illinois has averaged 26.3 free throw attempts per game.

Blake can be reached at [email protected].

Freshmen contribute to recent Illini winsGrant, Livingston show versatility in leading women’s basketball to 3-1 record

Oden and Mike Conley and became a national power. But in that same season, didn’t Texas grab Kevin Durant? That didn’t change its basketball culture or make it any better a destination than it already was. It doesn’t always work that way. If you’re a Texas fan, aren’t you more fond of T.J. Ford as an alum than Durant?

The best team in Illinois his-tory was the 2005 national run-ner-up team of Deron Williams, Dee Brown, Luther Head, Rog-er Powell and James Augus-tine. Those guys were juniors and seniors. Their names meant something. Their body of work meant something.

How much could Kyrie Irving possibly have meant to Duke?

Illinois fans want guys whom they can watch develop. They want big-time Chicago recruits, too. But a culture of continuity and development is better than a culture of hiring mercenary one-and-dones year after year.

Top Chicago recruits have gone to Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Memphis and Ohio State. It’s all over the place. The only place a true pipeline can start up is in Champaign. And it’s only a mat-ter of time. Alexander is some-one Illinois can live without.

Snider, on the other hand, is exactly the kind of guy Illinois needs. He’s the type of player who can turn into a Williams. He can mean something to Illi-nois fans for who he is, instead of what he is.

For Illini nation, the stronger the connection is between the players and the school, the more meaningful Illinois basketball will be. Alexander’s season will be a distant memory by the time Rick Pitino and Snider reach their full potential together.

At that time, Bill Self will be pitching his program to the next player who seeks to use it as a catapult to the pros. And Kan-sas fans will be watching high school highlight videos while Louisville fans will get to focus on the basketball being played at Louisville.

Snider may not be the play-er Alexander is, but he embod-ies more of what Illinois basket-ball is about. And Illini fans will lament not having the chance to watch him develop under Groce more than they’ll miss Alexan-der’s collateral contributions in one season that’s clearly all about himself.

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

the Illini will have a full back-court with Abrams and Rice to go along with transfers Aaron Cosby and Ahmad Starks, as well as current freshmen Jaylon Tate and Kendrick Nunn, leav-ing only a void in the paint with post players.

With Alexander, the dreams turn from Big Ten contention to national championship conten-tion. That’s how good he is pro-jected to be.

Although people may disagree with the “one-and-done” philoso-phy, coaches have made it work to their advantage. Every sea-son, Kentucky loads up on top talent only to have them leave for the NBA the next season. But because of the popularity and status of those players, it becomes easier to lure top tal-ent because they see Kentucky as a staging area for the NBA.

That mentality is what Illinois missed out on.

Off the court and on the trail, a commitment from Alexander puts Illinois on the map as a des-tination for top prospects. Head coach John Groce has shown he’s able to get interest from elite tal-ent, but actually landing a play-er like Alexander gives him and the program credibility for the future. Not only does the five-star rating of Alexander make him a coveted player for Illinois, but his ties to the Chicago area as well.

Illinois has missed on top-level Chicago prospects such as Jabari Parker, Jahlil Okafor, Derrick Rose and Anthony Davis in the past few seasons and if the Illi-ni want to get back to being a top-tier Big Ten program, they need to be able to keep recruits in-state.

Illinois’ “Our State, Our Team” marketing agenda isn’t about lur-ing kids from Peoria. Or Spring-field. Or Bloomington.

It’s about Chicago and the untapped reservoir of talent that Illinois has not had access to for the past 10 years.

The height of Illinois basket-ball was in 1988-89 with the Flyin’ Illini, a team that made a run to the Final Four. That team had five players from the Chica-go area, including McDonald’s All-Americans Marcus Liberty and Lowell Hamilton, as well as Nick Anderson and Kendall Gill.

That is the place Illinois bas-ketball wants to be. And to get there, the place it must control is Chicago.

Stephen is a junior in Media. He can be reached at [email protected] and @steve_bourbon.

Cutler uninspiring in contract year

We may be watch-ing the last days of Jay Cutler in a

Chicago Bears uniform. I am not, for one second, suggest-ing that Josh McCown is the long-term answer in Chicago, even though that idea isn’t as farfetched now as it was six weeks ago.

The bottom line is Cutler has not performed like a play-er that will be a free agent at the end of this season.

All the talk surrounding this Bears season was about the new coach, new system and the possibility of securing Cutler a long-term deal. The fanbase seems pretty excited about Marc Trestman and his offense. Cutler’s future in Chi-cago? Not so much.

The biggest issue to arise lately has been Cutler’s dura-bility. He is sidelined for the second time this season. In Week 7 against the Washing-

ton Redskins, he suffered a groin injury. He was hurt last week in the loss to the Detroit Lions with a high ankle sprain.

Let us not forget that he was injured last season at a piv-otal point in the season. The Bears were 7-1 before Cutler was sidelined in a loss to the Houston Texans. The Bears finished the season 10-6 and missed the playoffs.

There was also the injury during the 2011 NFC Cham-pionship Game against the Green Bay Packers where he was heavily criticized for not re-entering the game. The Bears lost 21-14 to the eventu-al Super Bowl champions.

See a pattern?In past years the offensive

line has been horrid. Cut-ler was getting sacked at a record-setting pace. That is no longer a crutch as the line has been much improved this year. Seasons ago, there was disgust shown toward the front office for not surround-ing Cutler with talent. Well, Alshon Jeffrey, Matt Forte and his favorite target Bran-don Marshall seem mighty tal-

ented to me.The fact is Cutler is a victim

of his own skill. Based off pure talent alone

as a quarterback, he is eas-ily in the top tier. However, his decision making and ten-dency to hold onto the ball a second too long has hurt him — literally.

Cutler is 30 years of age and is arguably entering his prime. If he is entering his prime, how much of it will be spent on the field? Is that something the Bears organi-zation is willing to chance in a scenario where the bulk of the contract is likely guaranteed?

Another issue with accept-ing Cutler as the long-term answer in Chicago is perfor-mance. Stats aside, he hasn’t been producing the results the fans expected.

Take into account that this is a completely new offense, supposedly better than Lovie Smith’s, which has been imple-mented. Then again, how do you explain McCown’s performance?

Cutler has produced a less-than-stellar 4-4 record as the starter this season and has

played in typical Jay Cutler fashion.

All McCown has done is put up a majority of the 41 points against the Redskins, a game Cutler was injured in, that would have resulted in a win if the defense could have made a stop. He completed 67 percent of his passes in limited action against the Detroit Lions in Week 10 after Cutler went out yet again with injury. Not to mention he defeated the Pack-ers at Lambeau Field and the defending champion Baltimore Ravens in his two starts this season.

Granted, McCown throws a lot of checkdowns, gets rid of the ball a lot quicker than Cut-ler and doesn’t take many risky chances downfield (zero inter-ceptions thus far) but then again what does that say about No. 6?

Cutler could very well lead the Bears to a Super Bowl vic-tory next year.

But if he doesn’t play and play better, he might not be in Chicago.

Spencer is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at [email protected].

FOLAKE OSIBODU THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois' Amber Moore dribbles the ball during the game against Alcorn State at State Farm Center on Sunday.

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