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BY ANGELICA LAVITOSOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR

Now in its fourth year, the annual student-run confer-ence ECE Pulse, the “Seven Wonders of ECE,” a week-long conference running until Feb. 21., kicked off on Saturday.

This is the fi rst year the conference will be held over a week-long period, rather than a weekend, and guest speak-ers will make presentations on a variety of topics related to engineering.

“The main goal of Pulse is basically a celebration of ECE as a major or a fi eld of study,”

said Aswin Sivaraman, exec-utive director of Pulse and senior in Engineering. “We’re basically trying to show stu-dents what the industry is doing with an ECE major.”

Attendees are discouraged from bringing resumes, as Sivaraman said the purpose of the conference is to focus on the technical aspects of engineering. Although the event is called ECE Pulse, Sivaraman said it is open to all majors.

Speakers will cover an array of topics, from using an engineering degree to revolu-tionize medicine and health care to processing data in today’s fast-paced, digital world. Google, Yahoo, Texas Instruments and Qualcomm are among the companies represented at Pulse.

Sivaraman said his team

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Some college campuses ban Yik Yak appAnonymous app sparks debate over censorship, public safety

BY FARAZ MIRZASTAFF WRITER

One of the fastest grow-ing startups is being shut down on college campuses across the nation.

Yik Yak, an anonymous social media app that allows users to post public comments, or “yaks,” has become popular among college campuses since its launch in 2013.

Generally meant to be a fun outlet to share thoughts, jokes and obser-vations, the application has also been known to promote gossip and break-ing news.

The Trouble with Yik Yak

Because the app is com-pletely anonymous, there is no fi lter to what is post-ed; this has allowed a plat-form for cheating, serious pranks or false reports of crime and cyber-bullying through racism and hate speech.

One such incident occurred at Michigan State University, where freshman Matthew Mul-len who on Nov. 24, 2014 wrote on Yik Yak, “I’m gonna (gun symbol) the school at 12:15 p.m. today.”

With the help of Yik Yak, MSU police tracked Matthew Mullen to his dorm room in less than two hours, after which he was arrested.

Patrick Wade, commu-nications specialist for the University of Illinois Police Department, said there haven’t been any similar incidents at the University.

“As far as the specifi c threats like bomb threats or anything like that, to my knowledge, we haven’t

had any of those issues, but obviously we monitor social media all the time, and we’re always looking for those kinds of things” Wade said.

Wade said if these issues become relevant on campus, banning the app wouldn’t be an effi -cient solution.

“We’re not into the prac-tice of censoring people,” Wade said. “The thing with social media is, if you take away one, it goes right to another.”

Basic rules of the app advise against targeting other individuals; failure to follow the rules results in repeated warnings until the account is eventually suspended.

Despite the possibility for these bad incidents to occur, each “yakker” has the ability to upvote or downvote on a yak, show-

ing whether they agree. While upvotes have no lim-it, fi ve downvotes result in a yak’s deletion.

Many college campuses across the country have been working to resolve the negative effects of Yik Yak in different ways.

A Quick Solution

Many universities have decided banning the app may be the quickest way to solve its issues.

Campuses, including Utica College in New York and Norwich University in Vermont, have already banned the app by block-ing it from their respec-

tive wireless networks. The University of Mich-

igan-Dearborn student government downvoted the app in a recent reso-lution . Other campuses, such as Chapel Hill in North Carolina and Clem-son University in South

Carolina have considered banning the app.

John Gouch , assistant director of media rela-tions at Clemson, said there is no real plan to try to ban the app, though it

Week-long event explores career options of ECE majors

In cases involving kidnapping, bomb threats, school shootings, or suicide threats, Yik Yak may disclose user account information to law enforcement to prevent death or serious physical harm to someone.

Yik Yak evaluates emergency requests on a case-by-base basis.

Any information Yik Yak provides in response to emergency requests is limited to what they believe would prevent the harm.

Yik Yak is unable to notify the user when it receives a request from law enforcement seeking account information.

Yik Yak Legal Guidlines

For our response to issues with Yik Yak content on our campus,

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ZOE GRANT THE DAILY ILLINIGabriel Gonzalez. campus representative for Yik Yak and a sophomore in the College of Media, distributes free merchandise to students on the Quad on Wednesday.

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Champaign mayoral candidates voice stances

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BY JOSH WINTERSSTAFF WRITER

Below is a breakdown of the candidates for Champaign’s mayoral race. Election Day is April 7.

Don GerardMayor of Champaign and Facilities Manager for the School of Integrative Biology

In his own words:• “What (people) want

is somebody who they can identify with and not somebody who says ‘I have all the answers, and I know how things should be.’ ”

Top two priorities:• Continue economic

growth through business development and job creation

• Avoid cuts to public services

On the University:• “(Some) think you shouldn’t

waste your time doing interviews because students don’t vote. Well, I think that they’re my constituents as well, so I do interviews all the time, I always do things for class projects. I’ve really bent over backwards to dignify the students because they deserve it.”

Joe PetryProfessor of Economics and Champaign Park District Board President

In his own words:• “The things that I’ve heard

from people that they want more of is leadership, sustainable economic development and fi scal responsibility.”

Top two priorities:• Develop a more diverse

business climate in downtown Champaign

• Keep businesses and jobs created at Research Park in Champaign

On the University:• “It begins with

understanding the importance of the University as the economic engine of our community. That means supporting Research Park ... it means supporting the chancellor’s idea to create a medical college.”

Karen FosterCity council member-at-large and Chair of Program Committee

In her own words:• “We need to bring

maturity back to the mayor’s offi ce, and I believe that I am the person that will be able to do it. I plan on being a 24/7 mayor.”

Top two priorities:• Promote minority-owned

business development, unbundle city contracts to create more jobs

• Limit the increase of city taxes and fees

On the University:• “I would be able to work

well with Chancellor Wise, with the new president, and I think that Research Park is a key component of the University.”

Deb FeinenCity council member-at-large and Vice Chair of Regional Planning Commission

In her own words:• “As an attorney, I have

skills relating to mediation and negotiation, which makes collaboration with people in our community more likely.”

Top two priorities:• Use Champaign’s new

fi ber-optic Internet infrastructure to create new jobs

• Work with city government and the Champaign Police Department to fi nd solutions to Champaign’s crime problem

On the University:• “I understand the hard

work that (students) are undertaking at the University, so I think it’s important that we continue to connect with the students on city issues.”

EDITORIAL Despite drawbacks of the anonymous app, Yik Yak shouldn’t be banned from campuses. Page 4A

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WEATHERPOLICE

Champaign Two 20-year-old males

were arrested on the charge of possession of alcohol on public property at Ev-ergreen Tobacco, 306 E. Green St., around 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

According to the report, the two offenders were seen carrying an untapped keg in

the Evergreen parking lot.

University A 26-year-old male was

arrested on the charges of driving under the infl uence of alcohol and disobeying a traffi c control device in the 700 block of South Wright Street around 1:30 a.m. Sat-urday.

According to the report, the man’s vehicle was ini-tially stopped because he was driving in a lane desig-

nated for buses only. Damage to a motor ve-

hicle was reported at park-ing Lot E-14, 1625 S. First St., around 1:00 p.m. Fri-day.

According to the report, the estimated cost to re-pair the damage, a large scratch along the side of the car, is $2,500

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targeted companies that are well-known leaders in innova-tion, but also wanted to bring in a wider range of companies to highlight how electrical and computer engineering knowledge is being applied in different industries.

“We tried to really reach into the different research fields that an ECE major could get into,” Sivaraman said.

In addition to hosting guest speakers, ECE Pulse also gives students the opportu-nity to apply their knowledge outside of the classroom and participate in student design competitions.

Teams of up to three members could participate in 12-hour competitions, held on Saturday. The teams were given the opportunity to register one of four competi-tions: Freshman Embedded, Freshman TTL, Software and Signal Processing. A fifth competition, Digital Design, was rescheduled for Feb. 21.

Sivarama said the prompts

employed students’ knowl-edge from the electrical and computer engineering cur-riculum and potential real-world problems.

Participants of the Signal Processing competition were challenged to create some-thing that would help a per-son lose weight to find a date for Valentine’s Day.

“All of the other challeng-es, and in years past, they’ve all been challenges,” said Dario Aranguiz, senior in Engineering. “This was the first time where they’ve said, ‘Here’s a thing; make some-thing cool.’ ”

Aranguiz, Brady Salz and Ahmed Suhyl, all seniors in electrical engineering, cre-ated Reps 480085, a machine that uses a rep tracker when lifting weights. An image on the screen is initially blurry, but gets clearer with each rep the person performs.

“This one was a lot more open-ended because they gave you tools and said here, ‘make something cool with it,’ ” Salz said.

Because the competition allowed for more creativity this year, Aranguiz said it is harder to gauge where his

team stands. The winners of each competition will be announced Thursday.

Angelica can be reached at lavito2 @dailyillini.com.

ABIGALE SVOBODA STAFF WRITER

The academic senate passed three recommen-dations regarding shared governance and academic freedom procedures, call-ing for clearer guidelines, at its Monday meeting.

The recommendations were submitted by Kirk Sanders, associate profes-sor in classics; Ben McCall, professor in chemistry; Joyce Tolliver, professor and University Senates Conference representative; and Nick Burbules, chair of the committee on general education policy.

The recommendations proposed to clarify Univer-sity rules regarding posi-tion offerings, appoint-ments of faculty and promotion or tenure to be

more aligned with the Uni-versity’s statutes.

The second recommen-dation suggests if the chan-cellor continues to indepen-dently review a candidate for hiring, a clear pro-cedure should be devel-oped for consulting with unit administrations and r e l e v a n t faculty.

The third r e c o m -mendation states the S t a t u t e s and Gen-eral Rules should be r e v i e w e d by a Uni-v e r s i t y -wide com-mittee to ensure the Un iver s i -ty’s policies on academ-ic freedom, extramural speech and the expression of each are in agreement with the American Associ-ation of University Profes-sor’s policies.

Some senators believed the creation of a new com-

mittee would be in conflict with the Committee on Aca-demic Freedom and Tenure.

Burbules clarified that while each three campus-es of the University has its own Committee on Academ-ic Freedom and Tenure, the ad hoc committee proposed in the third recommen-

d a t i o n would be one com-m i t t e e composed of mem-bers from Urba na , S p r i n g -field and Chicago.

T o l l -iver sup-p o r t e d Burbules’ s t a t e -m e n t , s t a t i n g the Uni-v e r s i t y Statutes

are not campus documents and cannot be amended by campus bodies alone.

McCall added the rec-ommendations were not intended to take the place of CAFT but instead cre-

ate a way for the campus to move forward, away from the issues stirred by the Steven Salaita controver-sy. The senate eventually voted in approval of the recommendations.

Following the vote, Kris-tina Riedel, professor in lin-guistics, called for a quo-rum, stating there were not enough senators present to vote on the recommenda-tions. A head count proved that only 97 members were present, falling short of the required 100 members to make quorum.

Senators expressed dis-approval of Riedel’s call, as she had previously expressed opposition for the recommendations. Bur-bules reminded the senate it is bad precedent to call a quorum to avoid certain issues.

According to parliamen-tary procedures, the vote stood, resulting in the end of the meeting. The remain-ing agenda items will be postponed until its March 9 meeting.

Abigale can be reached at asvobod2 @dailyillini.com.

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Despite falling short on quorum, senate a!rms propositions

was briefly considered in January.

Ross Wantland, direc-tor of Diversity Education and Social Justice at UIUC, said in an email there are currently no plans for Yik Yak to be banned at the University.

“We know that many of the individuals who post racist, sexist and other big-oted statements on social media are out to make a ‘joke,’ but we also know that these comments also impact other students abil-ity to feel like this is a com-munity where they are wel-come and belong.”

Yik Yak Talks BackIn response to incidents,

lead community developer of Yik Yak Cam Mullen said the company recognizes that with any form of social media, there is always the possibility of misuse. Mul-len declined to comment on whether Yik Yak has faced lawsuits.

“Yik Yak is a tool, and just like a hammer can build houses, it can also hurt people,” Cam Mullen said.

In regard to threats, Mullen said it is something taken very seriously, and

the company works close-ly with local authorities to track down individuals in such situations.

Although Yik Yak users are anonymous, the Yik Yak team has access to all locations of users’ posts, as well as a history of yaks made with accounts. This allows them to track and identify a person.

“Sometimes Yik Yak might get a call saying ‘we have a threat posted.’ In other cases, we’ve actually noticed it first and reached out to the local authorities, telling them about it,” Mul-len said.

Mullen believes despite campuses trying to block the app from their WiFi networks, it isn’t particu-larly effective, as a lot of students are connected to their data plans on 3G or 4G networks.

Mullen explained ano-nymity is one of the key features that has made Yik Yak so popular and would probably never be taken away.

Ongoing efforts to improve user experience includes the restriction of the app in middle and high school areas. It has succeeded in restricting 85 percent of those loca-tions. When in a restricted area, users are sent a mes-sage saying that they are blocked from “yakking.”

Yik Yak has also devel-

oped a new feature that allows certain key words such as “bomb” to trig-ger a warning, which asks whether users are sure they want to post.

Mullen said this tool is very valuable, as users who describe their lunch as “the bomb” can do so without being afraid of interven-tion from the local author-ities, while users trying to post a serious threat as a joke are given a second chance to reconsider the consequences.

An Optimistic Approach

Despite negative effects of the app, some campuses have found powerful ways to spread positivity.

Events, such as the grand jury decisions of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, prompted racist comments on Yik Yak at Colgate Uni-versity, located in Hamil-ton Village, New York. In result, students organized a three-day silent sit-in on Sept. 22, 2014 to protest the university’s lack of diversity.

Geoff Holm, assistant professor of biology at Col-gate, said in an email he decided to arrange a pro-fessor-led positive move-ment on Yik Yak after see-ing the racist yaks.

The movement consisted of approximately 50 profes-sors posting inspiring and

positive yaks to spread love among Colgate’s Yik Yak community.

Holm said the movement served to send a message to students that comments are not solely viewed by stu-dents, and others are like-ly to form opinions of Col-gate’s community based on what is posted.

“I think Yik Yak is like a truck stop bathroom wall: you can’t really control exactly what goes on there, and for the most part you can ignore it, but if things that are truly offensive end up there, it can color peoples’ perception of that community,” Holm said.

Faraz can be reached at famirza2 @dailyillini.com.

Irwin Jacobs to give keynote

Odds are if you use a smartphone, Irwin Jacobs is to thank. Jacobs, the co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm, helped found the global wireless telecommunications company in 1985 in San Diego. It is most known for developing

CDMA technology, which developed 3G networks.

Its parent company, Qualcomm Inc., has grown into a Fortune 500 company that works on innovation and research. Aswin Sivaraman, executive director of ECE Pulse, said Jacobs has been a big supporter of the ECE department. Sivaraman said Qualcomm often recruits University graduates.

“It’s an example of what Pulse is all about — innovation, supporting innovation and changing the mobile industry,” Sivaraman said.

Jacobs will give the keynote address at 5 p.m. Thursday in room 1002 of the Electrical and Computer Engineering building.

Academic senate calls for revision of hiring guidelines

ACADEMIC SENATE

Senate discusses Salaita resolutionBY ABIGALE SVOBODASTAFF WRITER

A resolution asking administrators and the Board of Trustees to reconsider Steven Salaita’s appointment was approved by the academic senate last week; however, the Board of Trustees will not budge on its firm decision to reject Salaita’s appointment.

The Illinois Faculty for Academic Freedom and Tenure proposed a resolu-tion at the Feb. 9 Academic

Senate meeting, asking the senate to urge the Board, Chancellor Phyllis Wise and President Robert Easter to implement the recommen-dations made in the Com-mittee on Academic Free-dom and Tenure report made in December.

The resolution was even-tually approved in a 51-41 vote, however it did not come easily.

The report recommend-ed Salaita’s appointment be reviewed and reconsid-

ered by a committee with-in the College of LAS; LAS is home to the department of American Indian Stud-ies, where Salaita was orig-inally offered a tenured position.

Kim Graber, professor in kinesiology and community health, said she is opposed to asking the administra-tion to reconsider Salaita’s case because a federal law-suit between both parties is now underway. Addition-ally, Graber reminded the

Senate the Board has made it clear that the case will not be revisited.

“Why put a dean in the position of putting a com-mittee together when we already know what the answer is going to be?” she asked.

The Board released a statement in January stat-ing that the Sept. 11 deci-sion not to reconsider Salaita’s appointment was final, a statement Univer-sity spokesman Tom Hardy

reiterated. Bruce Levine, history

professor and resolution author, argued the vote to support CAFT is “a crucial test” of the senate’s abil-ity to defend the campus’ rights and interests.

Cary Nelson, professor in English, said he believes censure from the Associa-tion of American Univer-sity Professors is “pret-ty definite” but there are actions, such as encourag-ing the reconsideration of

the CAFT report, that could help the University’s case before the June decision.

Nick Burbules, profes-sor in educational poli-cy disagreed, argued the College of LAS is “deeply divided” over the issue and would not be able to conduct a fair and objective review of the case, as intended in the report.

Abigale can be reached at asvobod2 @dailyillini.com.

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CHRISTIAN GOODEN TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEConnor Williams, 11, operates a snowblower for the first time on Monday as he helps his grandmother clear her driveway.

Storm warnings grip 17 states, record lows expected

Not content just to tor-ture New England with blizzard after blizzard, Mother Nature is expect-ed to unleash heavy snow and uncharacteristically bitter cold on the Midwest, the South and the East this week.

The governors of Virginia and North Carolina declared states of emergency Monday

as a winter storm, lumber-ing their direction, dumped almost a foot of snow on parts of the Midwest and ice and sleet from Tennes-see to Georgia.

As of midday Monday, winter storm warnings touching 17 states and affecting millions of resi-dents stretched from Mis-souri to New Jersey.

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Training camps and weapons caches were among the targets, and all the aircraft returned safe-ly to base, state television reported. President Abdel Fattah Sisi, the former mil-itary chief, had declared earlier that Egypt had the “right to respond” to the murder of its citizens.

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One of the best aspects of attending a universi-ty with such a large and

diverse student body is the variety of events on campus. Through different registered student organizations, clubs and groups at this school, there are events for people with all interests. Support-ing these events is necessary to our individual growth, and it shows appreciation for our fellow classmates.

Exploring our curiosities and expanding our interests has always been one of the key aspects of the college experience. Before com-ing to the University, I was eager to let out my inner James Franco (you know, try as many things as pos-sible and not care about what anyone thinks) and explore a large range of fascinations and activities. We may also find that we are not alone when it comes to certain passions.

Growing up in a small town, my options were limit-ed when it came to entertain-ment. But here, I have been able to see performances by OK Go, Bo Burnham and The Second City. I did not have to drive hours to Chicago or Indianapolis to see these performers; instead, all I had to do was take a short MTD bus ride.

In this way, I think attend-

ing campus events is an incredibly beneficial way to explore certain areas that we couldn’t in high school or may have ignored previ-ously. My school certain-ly did not have a cappella or improv groups. But now, thanks to the University, these are all events that I can easily experience.

By being able to attend events that we may not have had access to previously, campus events can help us expand our interests and even change our views on certain subjects.

I’m sure most of our high schools had a basket-ball team or some sort of sports team. I’ve never been a huge basketball fan, and playing basketball has never really been my strong suit. Despite the stag-gering persona I may emit in my columns, I am actual-ly on the shorter side of the height spectrum. Regard-less, I enjoy watching bas-ketball and going to games.

I did not realize how being a fan could actually be a team activity until I attend-ed games as a member of the Orange Krush. As someone whose basketball past con-sisted of mainly sitting on the sidelines and an overall career average of two points, I now have a completely dif-

ferent view of how everyone can be involved in the game.

Other events such as Jock Jams, for example, can show us different sides of people we may know. Jock Jams is essentially a variety show starring University athletes. Seeing someone who may be known only by his or her ath-letic talents sing or exhibit some passion for one of their hobbies can be fascinating and fun. Besides, combin-ing two different worlds like

basketball and music can have a really inter-esting out-come — need I remind you of Lil Bow Wow’s hit 2002 song, “Basketball”?

Attend-ing differ-ent events on campus can help

unify us as a student body. These don’t only include con-certs and games, but also plays, religious functions, art exhibits and film screen-ings. We may be divided by majors, classes or different groups on campus, but going to events can unify us. We find that we are not alone in our interests on such a big campus.

In this way, we are better able to connect with other people and meet those with interests similar to ours. This helps us network and make friends on campus as well.

Going to All Campus Wor-ship showed me that reli-gion plays a large part in a college environment that is generally thought of as being very secular. Going to different movie show-ings helped show me that as serious as we can be about school and our work, at the end of the day, most of us just enjoy sitting back and watching Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum do under-cover drug busts. After all, we are all college students just trying to make the most of the Illinois experience.

Alas, not all of the events I’ve mentioned may be everyone’s cup of tea. For every event we may like, there are definitely ones that we may be hesitant about going to. However, learn-ing that you dislike some-thing can be just as power-ful as discovering you love something.

By attending different campus gatherings, we’re supporting talents and activ-ities that cannot always be found in the classroom. Sup-porting these events brings culture to campus.

There are so many ben-eficial aspects to attending different events on campus, from sports games, to reli-gious clubs, to performanc-es at Krannert. It is impor-tant that we support campus happenings that can in turn entertain us, inspire us and even enrich our lives.

Camron is a junior in LAS. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Campus events a chance to grow

I t’s 2:00 a.m., Joe’s just closed, and you have a case of the munchies. Sec-

ond Story is too far away, Papa D’s has a long line, and there is only so much Anto-nio’s one can handle.

Then you see it, a beacon of hope, parked right out-side the Joe’s entrance: The Cracked food truck.

Fear not Illini, a different food option is on the rise on campus, satisfying hungry students day and night: Food trucks.

Trucks such as Cracked, which serves low-cost break-fast food throughout the day and after hours, and Panda-monium Doughnuts, which serves creative and tasty doughnuts during the day, are parked in random spots on campus.

Food trucks are smaller businesses that run on stu-dent support since they oper-ate out of a truck and are not based in a sit-in restaurant. Whether it is convenient to grab a doughnut near Kran-nert Center for the Perform-ing Arts on your way to class or grab a breakfast sandwich after a night at the bars, stu-dents should support this unique way to eat on campus

and also expand their pal-ates. With 13 food trucks on campus, there are options for everybody’s different preferences when it comes to going out to eat.

Food trucks are an easy and unique way to grab food, and students should make it their goal to try out these hidden gems on cam-pus. They give students an opportunity to take a break from the hustle and bustle of Green Street and explore new foods that they might not have tried before. Most of these food trucks are not chain restaurants, and they are not common-ly known around the coun-try, unlike places such as McDon-ald’s, Panera and Jimmy John’s. One food truck, the Empanada House, which also houses a dine-in restau-rant in Urbana on campus, offers a variety of empana-das on their menu, rang-ing from BBQ pork to spicy chicken — which is much more creative than the average burrito bowl from Chipotle.

Trucks like Cracked and

Burrito King also have unique features that draw in customers. Typically, late night food places on campus consist of deep fried foods and pizza. However, food trucks offer a variety of dif-ferent options. Cracked pro-vides eggs, bacon and hash browns to customers; Bur-rito King offers grab-and-go burritos and nachos.

Unique features like this are why I believe students should make an effort to support the food trucks

on campus when they are deciding where to eat.

In addition to the vari-ety of choic-es these food trucks offer, their prox-imity to hot spots on cam-pus adds to the value of their servic-es. Derald’s Café, a food truck typi-

cally parked outside of Krannert, serves as a conve-nient outlet for hungry stu-dents to grab lunch or break-fast before heading to class. This is especially convenient because it is located just off the quad, and it is easily accessible for all students at the University that are always on the go. It is cru-

cial to have options like this on campus because most stu-dents do not have the time to run to Green Street or wait in lines at the Union in between classes.

The small businesses run-ning some of the local food trucks deserve student sup-port just as much as the cor-porate restaurants lining Green Street. Food trucks could promote their business more and add more hours late at night around the bars as they empty out, but we should still take advan-tage of them while they’re open. Cracked, for example, operates 11:00 p.m. — 3:00 a.m. on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays and is usu-ally parked outside of Joe’s, which attracts students who might not want to make the walk down Green Street.

Like any business, expo-sure to the product is key, and if more students had the opportunity to experience the food these trucks have to offer, I believe they would be even more popular than they already are on campus.

So when you exit Joe’s at night and are on a mission to find a late night snack, con-sider venturing out and try-ing one of the food trucks. After all, breakfast food at 2:00 a.m. is never a bad idea.

Rebecca is a senior in LAS. She can be reached at [email protected].

REBECCA KAPOLNEK

Opinions columnist

Curb your appetite at a food truck

Silencing an issue doesn’t

solve the problem

Everything sets on fire all the time — frats, academic buildings, restaurants. Knife-wielding maniacs

roam the Quad. Tim Beckman gets fired a few times a week. Everyone is either drunk or hungover all of the time, and fraternity brothers shower to-gether every day.

This doesn’t actually happen, of course, but Yik Yak starts and perpetuates these rumors.

Police officers are forced to spend time monitoring the app; Daily Illini break-ing news reporters spend time monitoring the app. We of-ten are forced to call the po-lice and fire departments, lis-ten to police scanners and drive to different locations to see if there are emergency ve-hicles outside. Normally, this isn’t because of what actually happens, instead, its because of the untrue rumors that the app starts.

Often, these rumors are dan-gerous, causing students to panic or worry about some-thing that isn’t true and forc-ing emergency services to spend precious resources chasing and disproving ru-mors. Many times, the yaks are racist and sexist. Despite the dangers of the app, a uni-versity cannot ban its use — despite what some institutions of higher education — includ-ing Utica College and Norwich University — are trying to do.

These postings on Yik Yak are often based on misinfor-mation, ignorant and irrespon-sible, so much so that we felt it was important enough to write an editorial about intel-ligent use of social media on Oct. 27.

We realize that part of the fun of Yik Yak is anonymous postings, but when these post-ings make other students feel unsafe or uncomfortable, they harm the campus community.

Still, we are glad the Univer-sity has not considered ban-ning the app.

A ban would not be enforce-able, and it only serves to an-ger students. There are many more positive ways to spur change than unnecessarily up-setting students. Education about why these types of post-ings are harmful are much more effective than a ban would be.

We cannot, and should not, silence voices, even if they are anonymous. A better way to address university con-cerns about the Yik Yak app could be to get to the root of the issue and tackle the impor-tance of effective and consid-erate social media use. This stems back to last January, when a plethora of inappropri-ate, tasteless tweets and social media posts came out about Chancellor Phyllis Wise af-ter she announced we would not have a snow day despite weather conditions.

After this event, the Uni-versity responded with sever-al discussions about diversi-ty and inclusivity that helped shed light on the reality of digital hate.

This is the same type of re-sponse we would hope colleg-es have for Yik Yak. Instead of silencing the issue, cam-pus administrators from con-cerned colleges and univer-sities should work to address the issue of Yik Yak head-on to help promote more effective, appropriate use of the app.

We may be divided by majors, classes or different groups

on campus, but going to events can

unify us.

Food trucks are an easy and unique way to grab food,

and students should make it their goal

to try these hidden gems on campus.

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BY MANISHA VENKATSTAFF WRITER

When Kevin Nam, soph-omore in LAS, temporarily left the University after his freshman year, he began lay-ing down the groundwork for a website — Taskfriend. It’s meant to simplify complet-ing tasks and earning a few quick dollars through user friendly navigation, account creation and user-to-user communication.

Taskfriend is different from Craigslist in that it shows users the time frame of the task and allows direct communication between the customer and the ser-vice provider on the website itself. It also is designed for more immediate tasks than long term requests. Task-friend verifi es the custom-er’s and service provid-er’s payment and contact details, and after the task is completed, the transaction is fi nalized with the payer’s confi rmation.

Taskfriend is still in its beta form, which means it is in the process of detect-ing bugs and making neces-sary amendments to the web-site. Nam currently runs the website on his own while bal-ancing schoolwork. He hopes to continue developing the website and create its own smartphone app. The Daily Illini spoke to Nam about Taskfriend and its develop-ment over the past year.

The Daily Illini: How would you describe Taskfriend?Kevin Nam: Taskfriend is an open marketplace where there are no limitations on what jobs/services can be offered. And due to the open nature of the website, it can be used anywhere even in small cities such as Champaign.

DI: When and why did you start Taskfriend?KN: After freshman year, I quit school because my parents were unemployed. I went on Craigslist and looked for some jobs around the neighborhood, but it was a bad experience. I made the website, and, over the winter, I shoveled snow off of some driveways (using Taskfriend).

DI: What kind of services can be posted on Taskfriend?KN: The website is really straightforward. You can create an account and post jobs on it like “Give me a ride to Walmart” or “Deliver Chipotle to me.”

DI: How did you get involved in creating and designing websites?KN: I am an economics major, but I did web designing as a hobby and worked on projects occasionally in school.

It was partly a hobby, but it took some online collaboration as well. I did some coding for the website myself but got some help from my friends who do it too. The hardest part was working on the website while attending school. I’m constantly working on it and trying to improve it.

DI: TaskRabbit is a service very strikingly similar to Taskfriend. How is your website any different from TaskRabbit?KN: Despite the similarity in name, the two services are very different. TaskRabbit is an on-demand service that hires their workers and are paid hourly through the website, and, when a customer requests a tasks, the website sends a hired person to do the job. The consumers on TaskRabbit can only request four types of tasks: cleaning, handyman, assistance, and moving. Because of this closed nature, it is also only offered in major cities and not smaller cities such as Champaign. Essentially, TaskRabbit is like a company. They hire and fi re their workers and are paid hourly to do a job. Taskfriend is a marketplace where users interact with each other to do a job based on a fi xed price.

Manisha can be reached at [email protected].

The two events are not directly associated, but the Taste of the Union will be decorated for Mardi Gras.

“This event (the Taste of the Union) can be considered as an ‘appetizer’ to the main event,” wrote Lori Holmes, coordinator of retail servic-es for the Illini Union, in an email.

While this is the fi rst year for the event, Holmes wrote that they hope it will become an annual event in follow-ing years, she wrote. After

students said they were unaware of the food options in the Union and were hesi-tant to purchase food they hadn’t tried before, the event was created, according to Holmes.

The vendors will also offer prizes and games, such as discounted cosmic bowl-ing and glow-in-the-dark prizes from the Rec Room, according to Holmes.

“There will be cotton candy, snow cones and, of course, beads — a true carni-val atmosphere,” she wrote.

She added that customer feedback is always appreci-ated, as it fosters new menu

ideas, service improvements as well as event inspiration.

All vendors from the Union will be participating, including the food court res-taurants, the Quad Shop, Rec Room, Espresso Royale and Jamba Juice.

“We hope this event will raise awareness of all the Illini Union vendors as well as providing the opportuni-ty to try samples of popular items,” Holmes wrote.

As the Cajuns would say, “laissez-les bon temps roul-er,” all day at the Union.

Lillian can be reached at [email protected].

performance.”According to a 2012 study

sponsored by Kellog’s and Weight Watchers through the nonprofi t organization Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign , students who eat breakfast scored an average of 17.5 percent high-er on math tests . According to Donovan, there are innu-merable breakfast foods to choose from, but the ideal meal to start the day should contain carbohydrates, pro-tein, fat and fi ber. The mix in nutrients is important due to the benefi ts that each food group will provide through-out the day.

“The carbohydrates will give you quick energy, but the protein, fat and fi ber will sustain you for a longer peri-od of time,” Donovan said.

While it can be tempting to just pick up a muffi n or bagel to eat on the run, this isn’t considered to be an ade-quate fuel source and may cause more harm than good in the long run.

“If you only eat carbs, they will trigger a rapid rise in blood glucose and insulin. You will get a rush of ener-gy, but later in the morning your blood glucose can drop and you will feel hungry and have less energy,” Donovan said.

Even when in a rush, there are healthy options that can provide suffi cient energy for longer periods of time than just carbohy-drates. Donovan suggested yogurt, hard-boiled eggs,

fruit, bagels or an English muffi n, or a smoothie with yogurt.

“Try to get a little of each food group. For example, an English muffi n with pea-nut butter would be a good source of carbs, protein and fat,” she said.

When choosing a break-fast, Donovan said it is also important to not get stuck in the mindset of only think-ing of breakfast foods, espe-cially for those foods peo-ple aren’t interested in. She said cheese or hummus with pita or crackers or even left-overs from the night before can serve as a just as good breakfast.

According to Donovan, skipping breakfast can also lead to binging later in the day and packing in unhealthy calories.

“Some studies show that people who skip breakfast eat more at lunch, because they are hungrier,” she said. “Spreading your calories throughout the day keeps your blood sugar more sta-ble, which gives you more energy and helps you main-tain your muscle mass.”

Fortunately for Universi-ty students, the Champaign-Urbana area is abundant in breakfast restaurants and restaurants that can provide a quality start to the day.

Le Peep, located at 2209 S. Neil St., deems itself as a “casual breakfast and lunch chain with a long menu of straightforward American fare and coffee drinks.” Le Peep offers everything from a pancake sandwich or a waffl e sandwich to cheese-burgers and fresh salads.

Merry Ann’s diner is a family-owned and operat-ed restaurant with three Merry Ann’s locations sur-rounding the University. From Neil Street, downtown Champaign, Gregory Place in Urbana and Normal, Ill. , Merry Ann’s serves tradi-tional breakfast foods such as hash browns, pancakes, bacon, eggs and French toast.

Although some of its options are less-nutri-tious than other campus-based breakfast providers, McDonalds serves break-fast until 10:30 a.m. and can be an option for a quick inex-pensive meal.

“I like to get a coffee and two hash browns from McDonald’s on Green Street if I’m in a rush to class,” said Brendan Valyo, freshman in DGS.

For those with a Univer-sity meal plan, Ikenberry dining hall serves break-fast from 7 to 10 a.m., along with other University din-ing halls. Offering different dishes each day, the dining halls have batter for waffl es, an assortment of fresh fruit daily along with many other options.

Sarah Seidner, freshman in Engineering, is a self-described Ikenberry break-fast enthusiast and can be seen devouring an early meal daily.

“I usually get eggs, a hash brown and a pancake and get a bite of each on the fork,” she said. “It’s delicious.”

Maddie can be reached at [email protected].

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eads, parades and day drinking are mainstays at Mardi Gras cele-brations. From New Orleans to St. Louis,

the celebrations of Mardi Gras all have a signature take on the historic French tradition.

“It was a great, great week-end, probably one of my favor-ite weekends I’ve had here so far my senior year,” said Cole Egg-enberger, senior in LAS, after traveling to St. Louis on Friday with 10 of her roommates for the weekend to celebrate. “I think my favorite memory from the week-end was kind of just everybody being there. There were so many (University) people there, which I really loved.”

Even though St. Louis’ celebra-tion is the second-largest Mardi Gras in the U.S. and took place last weekend, it served as a pre-cursor to the campus celebra-tions. While the University may be far from the Mississippi River, the Mardi Gras spirit will thrive at the Illini Union on Tuesday.

The Illini Union Board is host-ing a Mardi Gras celebration event and the Taste of the Union. The Mardi Gras celebration will start at 7 p.m. Tuesday and end at 9 p.m. in the I-Rooms, and the Taste of the Union will be from noon to 2 p.m. in the lower level of the building.

“While it is focusing on the education and origin of Mardi Gras, it also is a great entertain-ment opportunity for students,” said Alexxis Franklin, director of cultural programs for the Illi-ni Union Board and sophomore in AHS.

A palm reader and fortune tell-er will be at the event, as well as the Pacific Islanders dance group. Free Mardi Gras-themed food will also be available, and recipes will be handed out to stu-dents who want to make the dish-

es at home.The event will also incorpo-

rate the history of Mardi Gras, which Franklin will be teach-ing. She has diversity training and personal experience with the celebration.

“I grew up from a very diverse background, so Mardi Gras was always celebrated each year in my family,” she said.

Franklin said even when she was growing up, she went to Mar-di Gras in New Orleans; however, she did not appreciate the history of the event and admitted that she isn’t completely aware of the his-tory behind it.

“We kind of just know it kind of for the partying and the fun and the craziness and all that,” Franklin said.

The festival has a rich history, dating back to medieval France and the festival of “Boeuf Gras,” meaning “fatted calf,” according to the Mardi Gras New Orleans website. It originated as a feast-ing holiday before the fast of Lent.

Mardi Gras is more known as a drinking holiday, as Eggenberger said, but bourbon and hurricanes will not be available at the Union. The event is an alternative to the Campustown bars, according to Franklin.

“I know a lot of universities don’t really take time to make a fun event and educational oppor-tunity as well,” she said.

This is her first event as direc-tor, and Franklin said she would be at the Taste of the Union to promote it.

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Illini Union throws its own party !lled with food, dance and beads to celebrate historical French festival

BY MADDIE GALASSISTAFF WRITER

When the melted butter runs down a stack of hot pancakes or french toast, breakfast is ready. And there’s no time more appro-priate to enjoy the morn-ing time meal than during February — National Hot Breakfast month.

With breakfast still con-sidered the most important meal of the day, according to Sharon Donovan, University nutrition professor, break-

fast comes from the idea of “breaking the fast.”

“Overnight, your body will break down the glyco-gen in your liver to main-tain your body glucose,” Donovan said. “By eating breakfast, you will stop that catabolic state and give your body the fuel it needs to be ready for class-es. Studies have shown that eating breakfast can improve aspects of mental

What: Taste of the Union & Mardi Gras celebrationWhen: Tuesday, noon to 2 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.Where: Illini UnionHow: Free admission

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BY BRETT LERNERSTAFF WRITER

Before the season, Illinois wom-en’s basketball head coach Matt Bol-lant’s talking point was the intensity of the practices his team had been going through. It seems that this coaching point has come full circle for the Illini as they prepare for the fi nal four-game stretch of the sea-son, which starts with a trip to Rut-gers on Tuesday.

“We’re trying to prepare for a really good opponent and bring a level of intensity for 40 minutes in the game,” Bollant said. “You’ve got to practice right to play right, so we’re trying to practice the right way.”

Tuesday night’s game at Rutgers will be one of fi rsts for both sides. With Rutgers in its fi rst season as a member of the Big Ten, the two programs have never faced each other. But Illinois will also look to make it a fi rst of another sort: its fi rst set of back-to-back wins since beating Penn State and Iowa in ear-ly January.

To make this happen, the coach-ing staff has decided to put a lot on the players’ shoulders in terms of their leadership positions. Junior point guard Kyley Simmons and freshman center Chatrice White are viewed as the two who need to take charge on the court.

“Holding them accountable makes me want to hold myself accountable,” White said. “I know Kyley is going to get after me if I mess up and I’m going to get after

her, so I think when we’re holding each other accountable, it makes us fi ght harder.”

Taking the intense practices and on-fl oor leadership into account, winning at Rutgers will still be a tall task for Illinois. The Scarlet Knights come into the game at No. 19 in the nation and currently sit at third in the Big Ten standings. Rutgers has won seven of its last eight games and has three start-ers averaging more than 15 points per game. The spread-out scoring attack could create havoc for the Illini, who have been struggling with depth all season.

“They’re about as good of an offensive rebounding team as there is in the country, so we’ve got to keep them off the offensive glass,” Bollant said. “Dribble penetration leads to offensive rebounding so it starts with guarding the dribble.”

Although the matchup is a tough one for Illinois, looking back at its

most recent action on the hardwood could serve as a sort of blueprint for Bollant’s squad. In the win at home over Ohio State on Saturday, Illinois forced more turnovers than it com-mitted, out-rebounded the Buckeyes and had four of their players reach double-digit points. While obviously a hard group of tasks to accomplish in two straight games, it might be exactly what the Illini need to pull off an upset on the road.

But for Simmons, things are sim-pler than the stats. Pushing through the high intensity practices and tak-ing on even more of a leadership role seem to have a greater purpose for the point guard.

“I just want to win, so whatever’s going to make us win then that’s what I want to do,” Simmons said with a smile.

Brett can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @Blerner10.

BY PETER BAILEY-WELLSASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

After fi nishing his sophomore season with 10 saves, pitcher Tyler Jay seemed to think he’d be locked in as the closer for the Illinois base-ball team. On Sunday, Jay made his fi rst career start for the Illini, throwing fi ve innings of shutout ball. Jay replaced suspended junior pitcher Kevin Duchene, who didn’t travel with the team to Beaumont, Texas, and who, according to head coach Dan Hartleb, won’t play for the Illini next weekend.

Jay struck out four, allowed only a pair of hits and collected the win in Illinois’ 9-3 victory over Lamar.

“It’s a luxury to have a guy who bounces back like that,” head coach Dan Hartleb said. “He has the men-tality that he can be a closer or a starter, and some guys can’t do that, so to have a guy with that versatility in our program is awesome.”

Jay added that when he fi nishes games as a closer, he often thinks his arm is fresh enough to keep pitching. Hartleb noted that Jay was limited to a pitch count in his start. On Saturday, Jay picked up a one-inning save against New Mexico State in his only other appearance over the weekend.

Kravetz moves up the chartsSenior starter John Kravetz

tossed seven hitless innings Satur-day afternoon against Lamar, pick-ing up a win in his season debut and moving to a tie for eighth on Illi-nois’ all-time win list. Kravetz’s career record stands at 20-7, 10 wins shy of Andy Dickinson and Mark Dressen’s school-record 30 career wins.

Kravetz went 6-1 last season and was named to the All-Big Ten sec-ond team. His single-season high for wins is eight, the number he won his freshman year.

He retired the fi rst 11 Cardinals, not allowing a base runner until the fourth inning.

“I had a few quick innings to start off,” Kravetz said. “The 3-0 lead felt like 10-0. It’s not always going to be like that, but Saturday it was.”

Kravetz was the fi rst Illini start-ing pitcher to pick up a win this sea-

son after Illinois needed late-game comebacks to beat New Mexico State in its opening pair of games. Despite not getting credit for the win, game two starter Rob McDon-nell was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week after throwing 10 strike-outs in seven shutout inning.

Ropers both produceIllinois infi elders and brothers

Reid and Ryne Roper are enter-

ing their second season starting together and began the year with a bang this weekend.

Sophomore Ryne Roper went 0-for-5 in Friday’s season opener but rattled off three hits Satur-day morning against New Mexi-co State. His day included a two-out, two-run single that put the Illini ahead for good in the eighth inning. Ryne fi nished the week-end with six hits, starting all four games for the Illini at third base.

Older brother Reid proved to be Illinois’ most versatile play-er this weekend, collecting seven hits and seven RBIs, while also throwing an inning of scoreless relief in the Illini’s Friday win.

“The fact that we came from behind to win that game was exciting,” Reid said. “To go in there and close it out was pret-ty cool.”

Reid appeared in six games as a reliever for the Illini last sea-son, notching one save and strik-ing out eight, while not giving up a single run. Hartleb said down the road he expects Ryne, who was a pitcher in high school, to fi ll the reliever role that Reid occupies.

Peter can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @PBaileyWells.

BY DRAKE PENASTAFF WRITER

The No. 1-seeded Illinois men’s golf team went wire-to-wire as the conference’s top team, winning the Big Ten Match Play Champion-ship for the second time in three years.

This season, its seventh in a row as the tournament’s No. 1 seed, Illinois began with a 3-2 victory Sunday over No. 8-seeded Purdue. Freshman Dylan Meyer started off the scoring, and after one Pur-due point, junior Thom-as Detry and senior Brian Campbell followed with vic-tories of their own.

“The fi rst match is always important and to get a point sends a positive message to the rest of the team,” head coach Mike Small said.

With one victory already in hand, the Illini moved on to face Maryland on Monday

morning. Neither the Hammock

Beach Resort’s par-72 Con-servatory Course, nor the No. 4-seeded Terps were a match for Illinois. Detry, Campbell and freshman Nick Hardy won three straight matches for the Illini, who fi nished with a 3-2 victory over Maryland.

The win against Maryland set the Illini up to face No. 7-seeded Michigan in the championship round. Led by Detry, who picked up a point in every game he played, Illi-nois pulled away with a 3-2 victory.

It all came down to the 18th hole, where Meyer sealed the deal, keeping his one hole lead over Andrew Yeager to give Illinois the match play championship.

Small said he was proud of his team for its resilian-cy against what he called an

underrated fi eld.“It was really a total team

effort,” Small said. “Great to see some of the guys who struggled early in the week to really help us in the end. The Big Ten is a good golf conference. Just because (the teams) might not have played so well in the fall, doesn’t mean that they can’t now.”

The Illini are the only team in the Big Ten ranked in the top 25.

Charlie Danielson, the 2014 Les Bolstad Award win-ner for the Big Ten golfer with the lowest season stroke average, was the only Illini

to fail to get a point in any of the matches. Danielson lost each of his three matches by scores of 4 & 3, 2 & 1, and 1 up, respectively.

The Illini now turn to the Louisiana Classics, hosted by Louisiana-Lafayette, which begins March 2. This sea-son will be the 30th edition of the event.

“We still have a lot of work to do.” Small said. “We had some good spots this week, but there are lots of things we need to work on if we want to win championships.”

Drake can be reached at [email protected].

SPORTS1BTUESDAY

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

3. MICHIGAN STATE (7)The Spartans are winners of four of their last fi ve and are leading the Big Ten in opponent fi eld goal percentage.

4. OHIO STATE (2)Ohio State split its games last week, convincingly beating Penn State and losing a close game to Michigan State.

6. INDIANA (5)While Indiana leads the conference in scoring, the Hoosiers have been inconsistent of late, splitting games with Minnesota and Maryland last week.

1. WISCONSIN (LAST WEEK: 1)No. 5-ranked Wisconsin is in the midst of an eight-game winning streak and handily beat Illinois, 68-49, in its last game.

8. IOWA (4) The Hawkeyes are on a two-game losing streak and only scored 59 points against Minnesota before becoming only the second Big Ten team to lose to Northwestern this season.

9. MINNESOTA (8)Minnesota posts one of the best scoring offenses in the country putting up 74.7 points per game.

10. MICHIGAN (10)Despite having a seven-point lead with three minutes left against Illinois on Thursday, Michigan allowed the Illini to go on a 21-2 run and fi nished with its fourth-straight loss.

2. MARYLAND (3)The No. 16 Terrapins only beat Penn State by three points in their second meeting of the season and have struggled to grab a defi ning Big Ten win.

13. NORTHWESTERN (14)The Wildcats beat Iowa over the weekend for Northwestern’s second conference win, but the team is still 12th in the Big Ten in scoring.

11. PENN STATE (12)Penn State lost handily to Ohio State early in the week but rebounded to almost knock off Maryland on Saturday.

14. RUTGERS (13)The Scarlet Knights are in the midst of a nine-game losing streak and have lost their last two games by 19 and 10 points, respectively.

7. ILLINOIS (6)The Illini found momentum late against Michigan on the way to a 64-52 overtime win at home before being dismantled 68-49 by Wisconsin on the road Sunday.

12. NEBRASKA (11)The Cornhuskers are losers of three straight and have been outscored by 10 or more points in each of their last three games.

6. PURDUE (9)The Boilermakers are on a two-game winning streak after knocking off Rutgers and Nebraska in the past week.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICSIllinois men’s golf team poses on Sunday after winning the Big Ten Match Play Championship as the No. 1 seed.

SONNY AN THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Kyley Simmons is one of two players that head coach Matt Bollant expects to take charge on the court in order to win against Rutgers on Tuesday. Neither program has played each other before.

Illini win championshipMen’s golf wins Big Ten Match Play Championship in Florida

In ! nal stretch, Illinois aims for win at Rutgers

Simmons, White urged to lead team on court

Lamar Cardinal Classic puts baseball’s power, versatility on display

“You’ve got to practice right to play right.”

MATT BOLLANTWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

HEAD COACH

“The fact that we came from behind to win that

game was exciting.”REID ROPERILLINI PITCHER

Illini golf at the Big Ten Match Play ChampionshipSummary: The Illini pulled away and won the Match Play Championship for the second time in school history despite poor play from Charlie Danielson, one of the team’s top golfers.Key Performer: Junior Thomas Detry won all his matches in the tournament, going 3-0.Up Next: The Louisiana Classics, March 2-3, Lafayette, Louisiana

BY SHANDEL RICHARDSONTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

The NBA All-Star Week-end might as well have been a showcase for the organi-zation. The previous four seasons featured at least three Heat All-Stars. In 2013, Erik Spoelstra was the coach of the Eastern Conference team. Norris Cole, Mario Chalmers and James Jones participated in the All-Star Saturday Night portion of the event.

How things have

changed.The Heat were repre-

sented by just forward Chris Bosh in Sunday’s game at Madison Square Garden. The West defeat-ed the East 163-158 behind MVP Russell Westbrook’s 41 points. The game was a reunion for Bosh, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James — often referred to as The Big Three — but it was hardly the same.

Wade, who was chosen as a reserve, pulled out of the game so he could rest his ailing hamstrings. The remainder of the season is the priority, not a mean-ingless exhibition. Wade made just one appearance at media day before turn-ing the weekend into oppor-tunity for charity work, including opening a learn-ing lounge at a Brooklyn high school. His only pres-ence during the game came in the first quarter when

he addressed the crowd to introduce some NBA Legends.

The list included George Mikan, Magic John-son, Bob Cousy and Wilt Chamberlain.

“We continue to honor the past, by passing the torch,” Wade said.

In a sense, the Heat have passed the torch to the rest of the conference. After four straight NBA Finals appearances, they are hanging onto the eighth and final playoff spot in the East. James, meanwhile, is in position to play in the Finals for a fifth consec-utive time. His new team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, took over as the league’s most scrutinized team.

The breakup left Bosh, who finished with 10 points on 4 of 6 shooting, alone during the mid-season event. In this past, this was about the Heat flexing their star power. The trio was the main attraction of an event full of stars. Part of the reason Wade, who could have used the time to rehab in Miami, made the trip was so he could sup-port Bosh as the Heat’s lone

representative.“I never feel like the cen-

ter of attention,” Bosh said. “I’m just trying to repre-sent the Heat and make sure I don’t say anything stupid.”

Bosh was referring to

comments in the media. This was the first time he and James were team-mates since Game 5 of last year’s NBA Finals. The two seemed past their supposed feud that spawned last sum-mer when James decided to leave Miami for Cleveland.

Bosh created a stir last October when he said he no longer talked with James. It was viewed as Bosh being upset by James’ departure,

especially because poor timing left the Heat scram-bling during free agency. Two months later, Bosh said his comments “were taken out proportion.” The two indeed remain friends and displayed it during Sunday’s game.

Before tip-off, they interacted and Bosh went out of his way to shake hands with James after a timeout. It even looked

like old times when James found Bosh for a 3-pointer off a pick-and-roll in the third quarter.

“I don’t think we’re that far removed,” Bosh said. “It’s only been a few months.”

Celebrating his 10th All-Star selection took prece-dence over any alleged bad blood.

“The game? I’m just hap-py to be here,” Bosh said.

“I’m just happy to be here.”If anything, the expe-

rience provided a flash-back to the early portion of his career. Playing in New York had him think-ing back to his days with the Toronto Raptors.

“It’s cold,” Bosh said. “It’s bringing back some memories of me living in the winter. It’s refreshing my memory quite a bit. Everything is going great.”

BY DANIEL DEXTERSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois hockey team came into Athens, Ohio, with hopes of a sweep over the weekend. That notion ended shortly into the first period of Friday’s game.

Head coach Nick Fabbri-ni has stressed the impor-tance of getting off to a strong start, which Illinois has struggled with during the season.

After their first goal, the Bobcats of Ohio Universi-ty scored two shorthanded goals, one off a breakaway and another off a slap shot from the blue line, which put the Illini behind 3-0.

Fabbrini said the team was embarrassed with the play early in the period. However, he was happy to see the Illini contain Ohio for the rest of the game and only surrender one more goal the rest of the way.

“We didn’t really give ourselves much of a chance to win, but after that, it was a 1-0 game,” Fabbrini said. “It was pretty much the worst start we could have had to the weekend.”

Rink size affected the team’s play

One aspect that the Illini had trouble adjusting to was the size of Ohio’s rink.

Forwards Eric Saulters

and Jacob Matysiak admit-ted that there is an adjust-ment period whenever they play at Ohio because of how much smaller the rink is.

While the Illinois Ice Are-na has a rink that is larg-er than normal, Bird Are-na is actually smaller than typical regulation size. As a result, Saulters said the game was more physical and mistakes were harder to overcome.

Matysiak added that after the first period Friday, the team got used to playing on the rink and came away with a victory Saturday.

“It did affect us because it was a much quicker game,” Matysiak said. “Even for guys who have played there for three years, it is hard to prepare yourself for that rink. That is what makes Ohio so tough to play at, and that’s why it was such a huge win on Saturday.”

Illinois overcomes road woes in Saturday win

Despite Friday’s loss, Fabbrini and the players considered this weekend to be a success because of how difficult it is to win on the road against Ohio.

Matysiak said Satur-day’s 3-2 shootout win was a momentum swing in the Illini’s favor heading into

the Central States Colle-giate Hockey League tour-nament this weekend at the Illinois Ice Arena. It proved to him that Illinois can com-pete with all the teams in the league and defeat every team in the division.

Fabbrini believes Fri-day’s loss will be a good wake-up call for its prepa-ration in road games. Even

though the division games will be at home, the national tournament will be on the road and Illinois can’t take so long to adjust to a new environment.

“On the road, you have to prepare differently than you do at home,” Fabbrini said. “You aren’t sleeping in your own bed and your routine is not the same as

what you would do on a home gameday. We are kind of a young team, so I think we are still learning that lesson of how important it is to prepare mentally for a game.”

Daniel can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @ddexter23.

2B Tuesday, February 17, 2015 THE DAILY ILLINI | WWW.DAILYILLINI.COM

KEVIN VONGNAPHONE THE DAILY ILLINIIllinois’ Jacob Matysiak attempts to control the puck during the hockey game vs. Robert Morris on Jan. 24. The Illini got off to an icy start on Friday due to the Bobcats’ smaller rink. “It did affect us because it was a much quicker game,” Matysiak said.

JOSE LUIS VILLEGAS TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEOklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook winds up to dunk over Sacramento Kings guard Ben McLemore during the first quarter on Jan. 7 at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, Calif.

Illini lose opener, split series versus Bobcats

Illinois softball faces inconsistency in the circle

All-Star Weekend no longer Heat showcase

BY LAUREN MROZSTAFF WRITER

During its second week-end of play, the Illinois soft-ball pitching staff continued its struggles in the circle but showed signs of improve-ment in its final two games.

In the Illini’s first of five games over the week-end, senior pitcher Shelese Arnold hurled a strong first three innings before giv-ing up five late-inning runs to UT-Martin. Jade Vecva-nags entered the game in the final frame and earned her first loss of the season after a UTM walk-off single. Although she only allowed three hits in her three innings pitched, Vecvana-

gs gave up three runs dur-ing Illinois’ second game on Friday against Mississippi State, which she started.

Sophomore Breanna Won-derly finished the game and was given the loss after giv-ing up six runs in the Illi-ni’s comeback attempt. In the Illini’s first game Satur-day, Wonderly only gave up one run in her five innings pitched against Louisiana Tech. But Arnold took over for the final two innings and gave up a game-winning two-run homer. Arnold did bounce back to pitch two complete games in the week-end’s remaining matchups.

Although Arnold allowed four earned runs, the Illi-

ni picked up six of their own against Lamar, giv-ing Arnold her first win of the year. In the Illini’s final game of the February Freez-er, Arnold allowed Missis-sippi State just two earned runs despite nine hits and four walks, turning in seven strikeouts.

Combined, the three Illi-ni pitchers gave up 24 runs mostly in the late innings of their five games, in addi-tion to 16 walks and 17 strikeouts.

Clutch hitting woes

Though remaining consis-tent with the hitting success of its opponents, Illinois

struggled to take advantage of runners in scoring posi-tion over the weekend.

Despite a four-run sev-enth inning in Friday’s 9-8 loss to Mississippi State, Illi-nois couldn’t convert the late comeback. This was one of three straight one-run losses for the Illini. Illinois continued its clutch hitting slump against Lou-isiana Tech on Saturday. Although the Illini out-hit the Lady Techsters, 8-6, Illi-nois left five runners in scor-ing position, contributing to another one-run loss.

In its final two games of the weekend, Illinois led early and was consistent in the circle, which led to

the team’s second and third wins of the season.

One-run games

All five of the Illini’s games over the weekend came down to one run. Only the final two ended in the Illini’s favor. Head coach Terri Sullivan said that win or lose, these close games early in the season may prove beneficial to her team.

“As you get deeper into your season, you want to know that you can win those one-run games,” Sullivan said. “It says a lot about a team to be able to pull out games like that. We just need to keep moving for-

ward and bring out our best games for every game.”

Sophomore shortstop Ruby Rivera stressed the importance of each play in each game and the impact that the slightest loss of focus can have on the out-come of a game.

“We have to stay on top of our games,” Rivera said. “We were so close in all five of these games. One hit can lose a game. Everyone has a role on this team, and we all believe that we can always fulfill our roles.”

Lauren can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @MrozLauren.

“We continue to honor the past, by passing the

torch.”DWAYNE WADE

MIAMI HEAT

“It’s bringing back some memories

of me living in the winter.”

CHRIS BOSHMIAMI HEAT

“On the road, you have to prepare differently than you do at home.”NICK FABBRINIILLINI HOCKEY HEAD COACH

BY RUSTIN DODDTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

They lived in a Japanese town called Fukui, the days passing in a cozy little home that one might describe as a traditional Uchi — the native word for house.

There were paper-thin walls and no central heating. There was an American son who would remove his shoes before enter-ing. There was a single mother, shepherding her preteen child before the real world — basket-ball, high school and college deci-sions — beckoned back home in Portland, Ore. On cold winter nights, as darkness fell in Fukui, Shelley and Landen Lucas would bundle up in sweats, layering on the clothes before they crawled under the covers to go to bed.

Nearly a decade later, Shel-ley Lucas concedes that this was probably not the most normal thing for an American family to do. What kind of mother uproots her 11-year-old son, sells nearly everything, finds a job in a coastal Japanese town, and spends a year immersed in a foreign culture?

Oftentimes, Shelley said, the townspeople in Fukui were the most curious of all. Why were these Americans suddenly liv-ing in this relatively remote part of the country?

This question came all the time. In the weeks after they arrived in Japan, for instance, Shelley took her son to enroll in the local pub-lic school. Landen was entering the sixth grade, and Shelley want-ed her son to experience a typical Japanese education.

“The headmaster of the school really thought I was crazy,” Shel-ley said. “She just looked at me, like: ‘What are you doing?’ “

In moments like these, Shel-ley would simply smile and try to remain as polite and respect-ful as possible. Then she would instruct her 11-year-old son to explain the particulars.

Landen would explain that he spent the first four years of his life in Japan, while his father, Richard, played professional basketball in Tokyo. He would explain that, after moving back to Portland, Shelley and Richard had enrolled him in a Japanese language elementary school. And he would explain why they had come back, choosing this small town located just off the Sea of Japan.

“He was the one that was flu-ent in Japanese,” Shelley said. “And, yes, he got admitted to the school.”

***On a late evening in early Feb-

ruary, Shelley Lucas is on the telephone. She is talking about her family’s time in Japan, and how it shaped her son — how those nights in Fukui left a last-ing imprint. But before we go for-ward, Shelley admits that there was one other reason for choos-ing to take Landen to Japan dur-ing his sixth-grade year.

Part of it was basketball.“I knew that there was a chance

he’d get pretty serious about bas-ketball as he got older,” Shelley said. “So I figured: If we were

going to go back to Japan, we should do it before he got to high school.”

In this case, her maternal instincts were correct. A decade after spending a year in Fukui, Landen Lucas is now a red-shirt sophomore at Kansas, a blue-collar forward on a top-10 team. Lucas is averaging just 2.4 points and 11.4 minutes per game, earning sporadic playing time as the Jayhawks steamroll toward an 11th straight Big 12 championship.

For now, Lucas’ on-court impact has been limited. But it’s safe to say that few college big men come as worldly as Lucas.

How many big men played their sixth-grade season in a place like Fukui, leading his school team to a regional championship while growing six inches in one year?

How many future college players worked on their game in unheated Japanese gyms, taking piano lessons on the side because the team manager in Fukui insist-ed that each player learn a musi-cal instrument?

How American kids, period, spent their childhood trying to master three different Japanese alphabets — kanji, hiragana, katakana — in a classroom full of Japanese faces?

“He was a full-fledged Japa-nese public school student,” Shel-ley said.

In some ways, Landen says, it felt natural. Japanese was his first language, the one he was exposed to most as an infant. He dreamed in Japanese. He watched cartoons in Japanese. He learned about the world in Japanese. While the fam-ily was still living in Tokyo in the mid 1990s — during Richard’s

four-year stay in the Japanese pro ranks — Richard and Shel-ley took a young Landen to a local park. Before long, he began play-ing with a group of other children.

“You could hear him saying words in Japanese,” Richard said. “He was already learning the language.”

***Richard Lucas never wanted

his son to feel pressured into play-ing basketball. This is something many parents say, of course. It’s something that Richard and Shel-ley truly felt.

Richard had been a standout at Oregon from 1987-91 — a hyper-athletic big man who always played larger than his 6-foot-7 frame. After college, he had played professionally in Europe and Japan before taking on a brief coaching career. Perhaps Landen would someday choose basket-ball, Richard thought, but it would always be his decision.

So Richard and Shelley — who would split up after the family moved back to Portland — agreed to sign up Landen for everything: Baseball, roller hockey, track, soccer, basically anything with a ball or stick. They also found a rare school in Portland that offered a Japanese-only edu-cation. In certain ways, Shel-ley says, the school was an easy decision. Landen had a solid base of Japanese while living his first four years in Tokyo, and Shelley wanted to make sure he didn’t lose it.

“For me, that’s almost all I knew,” Landen said. “It was first my language, so coming back (to Portland), it kind of felt natural to me.”

***

Landen Lucas still removes his shoes when he enters his on-cam-pus apartment at the Jayhawk-er Towers. Of all the customs he learned in Japan, this is one he rarely forgets.

There are others, though. In the Japanese language, there is a saying — “Ganbatte” — that roughly translates in English to “Do your best.” Landen wants to make it clear that the Ameri-can work ethic is not so different than the one he learned in Japan. But there is something different about observing it in another culture — the way his Japanese teammates spent so many hours in the basketball gym; the way his classmates would lug around backpacks with so many large books that it looked as if the bags could have belonged to a gradu-ate student.

“They always kind of live by the motto of always trying hard,” Landen said. “That’s something that we do in America, too, but they really emphasize it. Growing up in school and stuff, you always see everybody give it their all and maximize their full potential in whatever they do.”In a few min-utes, KU strength coach Andrea Hudy will bark out some instruc-tions and Lucas will be sweating with the rest of his teammates.

The instructions will be in Eng-lish, and he might as well be a million miles away from Fukui. But on certain days, in certain moments, the lessons and memo-ries — Ganbatte! — don’t feel so far away.

“Whenever you get a chance to experience a different culture,” Landen said, “you get a chance to appreciate the things that we have here.”

THE DAILY ILLINI | WWW.DAILYILLINI.COM Tuesday, February 17, 2015 3B

Mailbag: sports movies and Sayers

E liot asks: Can there be another great sports movie, or have

we done it in every way possible?

We’ve seen just about every kind of sports movie imaginable. We’ve seen sto-ries of triumph (“Miracle”), stories about defying the odds, but still losing (most of the “Rocky” movies) and just about every variation of a high school/college/pro football movie: “Friday Night Lights,” “Remem-ber the Titans,” “Any Giv-en Sunday,” “Rudy,” “The Blind Side,” “We Are Mar-shall,” “The Longest Yard”. I could go on, but you get the idea. Name a sport, and there are numerous movies about it.

We’ve seen a movie about aliens challenging Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes to a basketball game (“Space Jam”). So yeah, we’ve just about seen it all.

I don’t think we’ll see anything original in the world of sports movies, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see anything great.

Look at “Foxcatcher,” for example. A friend of mine didn’t think I should talk about it, because he didn’t

think it was a “tradition-al” sports movie. I would beg to differ. Just because there aren’t clichés and inspirational messages at the end, doesn’t mean it’s not a sports movie.

Foxcatcher was a fantas-tic film that told a true sto-ry against the backdrop of wrestling. We will continue to get the cheesy, cliché-ridden films such as last year’s “When the Game Stands Tall,” which I didn’t see, simply because of the lame title.

I saw 2014’s boxing mov-ie Grudge Match, just so you guys didn’t have to.

Tip: never go into a mov-ie thinking, “Hey, I have liked Robert De Niro and Sly Stallone in things, so that must mean I’ll like them in this thing.”

It was terrible.I couldn’t even laugh at

how bad it was. The whole time I was just angry with the two actors and their career decisions over the past, oh I don’t know, two decades.

There are a lot more bad sports movies than there are great ones, but that goes for all movies. I just checked the movies playing at my local theater; there might be just one that qual-ifies as “great.” (American Sniper)

I mean, I don’t know, maybe you really loved “The SpongeBob Movie:

Sponge Out of Water.”So yes, I do believe that

there’ll be another great sports movie. It won’t nec-essarily be an original idea or premise, but as “Fox-catcher” showed us last year, sports movies can still be great.

John asks: Do Bears fans still care about Gale Sayers?

I sure as heck hope Bears fans still care about Gale Sayers. Needless to say, I didn’t watch Gale Sayers when he played. I was negative 22 years old the last time Gale Sayers suited up. Growing up, my dad always told me that Gale Sayers was the most exciting football player he ever watched. That sur-prised me, considering a guy by the name of Walter Payton also played for the Bears at the same position.

It honestly wasn’t until I sat down with my dad and watched the NFL-produced “A Football Life” about Say-ers and Dick Butkus that I realized how amazing Say-ers was. First of all, if you haven’t seen that episode of “A Football Life,” I highly recommend you watch it immediately. I only know Sayers from what my dad has said and from watch-ing old highlights on You-Tube, but he was unreal. In my opinion, he changed the running back position forever.

Football fans my age watch players like LeSean McCoy and Jamaal Charles, but nobody, past or present, runs like Sayers did. It’s actually pretty fun-ny to watch defenders try and catch him. He saw the field in ways that no other running back had before. Sayers was one of those players who transcended the sport he played.

His career was cut

short after tearing multi-ple ligaments in his right knee. Sports medicine wasn’t as advanced then as it is today, and doctors couldn’t fully repair the injury. After a long rehab, and lacking his once elite speed, Sayers returned to the field the following sea-son and rushed for over 1,000 yards using just his vision and instincts. Fur-ther injuries finally forced

him to leave football in 1971. He only played for seven seasons and is in the NFL Hall of Fame.

If you call yourself a Bears fan, and don’t think you care about Sayers, go to YouTube right now and watch his highlights. You won’t be disappointed.

Sam is a senior in Media and can be reached at [email protected]

SAM SHERMAN

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Kansas forward shaped by childhood in Japan BY EDDIE SEFKO

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEAmar’e Stoudemire is an ex-

Knick now.Stoudemire was bought out and

waived by the Knicks on Monday, as expected.

“Amar’e’s period as a Knicker-bocker has come to pass, at his request. His time here should be marked by recognizing his effort — it was 100-percent,” team president Phil Jackson said. “As we move for-ward in structuring this team, we will look for players that exhibit his desire to win.”

Stoudemire asked for a buyout so he could join a team contending for the playoffs. He’s expected to be pursued by the Mavericks and Clippers, among other teams once he clears waivers. The Knicks are an NBA-worst 10-43 and rebuilding.

He ended what his Knicks’ career averaging 17.3 points and 6.7 rebounds in 255 games.

“I feel truly blessed to have been able to play for the incredible New York fans, Mr. Dolan, my coaches, teammates and the entire Knicks organization for the past five years,” Stoudemire said. “I will be forever grateful for the opportunity to con-tribute positively on the court and in the community.

“Although I leave the Knicks with a heavy heart, I wish the organiza-tion the best of luck. Once a Knick always a Knick.”

Stoudemire’s time with the Knicks began with such promise after he signed a five-year, $100-mil-lion contract. He was an MVP can-didate the first half of the 2010-11 season, and was a part of three play-off teams with the Knicks.

But he and the Knicks nev-er reached their full potential or expectations in part because of Stoudemire’s health. He missed 110 games over the past 4 seasons.

“Everyone here at the Knicks organization appreciates the con-tribution Amar’e has made to the team and the entire City of New York over the past five seasons,” Knicks general manager Steve Mills said. “We have developed a relationship that has translated into a long-term friendship, and it will continue through the remainder of his NBA career, and beyond.”

Stoudemire cut loose, seeks out playoff title

RICH SUGG TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEKU’s Landen Lucas gets behind the Oklahoma State defense for a dunk during the second half Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. Kansas won 67-57.

ANTHONY SOUFFLE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEChicago Bears fans still care about former running back Gale Sayers, according to sports columnist Sam Sherman. Sayers is profiled in the NFL-produced documentary series “A Football Life.”

CHARLES TRAINOR JR. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

The New York Knicks’ Amar’e Stoudemire was bought out and waived by the Knicks on Monday, a follow-up to his desire to join a team contending for the playoffs. Stoudemire was with the team for five seasons.

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Yankees to honor PettitteBY ERIK BOLANDTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

News broke Sunday night on Twitter that New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pet-titte’s number will be retired this summer and he will receive a plaque in Monu-ment Park.

The news was broken by one of Pettitte’s sons Josh, and may have upset Yankees offi cials who had their own announcement, which came Monday; it stated that Pet-titte would be honored this summer, as well as Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada and Willie Randolph.

The club announced late Monday afternoon Pettitte’s No. 46, Williams’ No. 51

and Posada’s No. 20 would be retired and that the trio also would be honored with plaques, as will Randolph.

Williams played his entire 16-year Major League career with the Yankees from 1991 to 2006 and is the team’s all-time postseason leader in home runs (22) and RBI (80). According to the Yankees, he will be celebrat-ed on May 24 before the Yan-kees’ 8:05 p.m. game against the Rangers. Randolph, who spent 13 seasons with the Yankees from 1976-88, will see his plaque unveiled as part of the Old-Timers’ Day festivities on June 20 pri-or to the game against the Tigers. Posada, a fi ve-time

World Series winner in his 17 seasons with the Yankees from 1995 to 2011, will be recognized Aug. 22 before the game against the Indi-ans. Pettitte, also a fi ve-time World Series winner with the Yankees and 219-127 in 15 total seasons with the club before retiring after the 2013 season, will be recog-nized on the Aug. 23 against Cleveland.

This year’s ceremo-nies will give the Yankees 19 retired uniform num-bers (honoring 20 play-ers and managers) and 29 total plaques in Monument Park (there also are seven monuments).

Joe Torre, Goose Gossage,

Tino Martinez and Paul O’Neill all received plaques in 2014.

While the Pettitte news was received with nearly universal praise, certain-ly among Yankee fans with whom he remains wildly popular, one former team-mate did not seem to share in the joy.

“Congrats to 46,” Chuck Knoblauch tweeted late Sun-day night. “Yankees retiring his number. Hopefully they don’t retire it like his HGH testimony.”

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in baseball and both even-tually admitted their use of HGH to congressional investigators.

Josh Pettitte seemed to respond to Knoblauch on Monday afternoon, though

it wasn’t clear that was his intent, tweeting: “If you know my father he’s the most classy man and so deserving of this! Thanks to all the people who are sup-porting him and my family.”

SCOTT STRAZZANTE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICEPettitte waits to be removed after giving up seven runs to the Chicago White Sox on August 5, 2013. It was announced Sunday that the Yankees will be retiring Pettitte’s number.

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