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Proposal: Low income students who are eligible for subsidized lunches should additionally be eligible to receive free transportation to/from school
When distributing CTA Ventra cards to students, CPS schools pre program a bus stop nearest to their school location and the student’s home location
At these specific stops, during the designated daily time period, students’ cards will not be charged for riding the bus
Male High School Dropouts are 47 times more likely to be incarcerated than their peers of a similar age who graduate from college.
Cook County accounted for a disproportionately large number of juvenile arrests, 64 percent, despite the fact that Cook accounts for only 39 percent of the youth population in Illinois.
After decades of going separate ways, U.S. mail and passengers again travel on the same trains. The move may help Amtrak balance its budget  but at a price for passengers.
In 1930, more than 10,000 trains moved the mail. Postal employees sorted the mail on the trains, which ran between cities and towns across the country.
According to the U.S. Postal Service, these mail contracts helped finance the construction of new rail lines.
All that changed when Congress created Amtrak, and the railroads began abandoning passenger service. By 1965, according to the Postal Service, only 190 trains carried mail. By 1977, none of them did.
Now, to meet a congressional mandate to break even in two years, Amtrak is bidding for a piece of the $200-billion delivery business.
It has signed a number of contracts to carry U.S. mail  packages and other time-sensitive goods, even refrigerated products  by what Amtrak calls "express."
Drab gray boxcars and truck trailers, mounted on special axles, now tag along behind sleek locomotives and passenger cars on several Amtrak routes. Many are now loaded at a new $3-million handling facility just south of Union Station. Of the trains leaving Union Station, 85% carry some mail or express.
In February, Amtrak unveiled several new routes, including three that will carry packages and passengers to Chicago.
Two Wisconsin trains  from Janesville and Fond du Lac  will haul boxed and canned food and printed goods. (The Janesville run is already in service.) A third train will carry bulk mail to Des Moines, Iowa, and return with refrigerated meat products.
But Amtrak, in its bid to balance the budget, at times appears to have forgotten that it is, above all, a passenger service.
The new Des Moines train will travel through Iowa on track now restricted to 40 mph and, said an Amtrak executive, probably arrive in Des Moines at 4 a.m. Not a passenger-friendly schedule.
Passengers riding the Southwest Chief that runs between Chicago and Los Angeles also have reason to question Amtrak's priorities. (I sometimes ride that train between my home in Chicago and a teaching position in Northeastern Missouri.)
As soon as westbound trains pull out of Union Station, passengers wait more than 20 minutes until a switch engine attaches mail cars, which often outnumber passenger cars.
It takes the Chief 57 minutes to reach Naperville, its first stop. Metra express trains, using the same track, make the run in 32 minutes.
The delay is even longer, and more frustrating, for passengers arriving in Chicago. Many of them have spent two nights on board and are eager to get off a train that is late one day in four  sometimes hours late.
An Amtrak official said the yard switching is not a source of frequent complaints. But it certainly is the source of much grumbling on the trains I ride.
Passengers are left to wonder why the train doesn't pull straight into Union Station and let them off. Then, yard crews could take care of the mail and express.
As it is, passengers on the Chief  even those in the first-class sleeper cars  get second-class treatment.
Norb Tatro is a former local TV news producer and an assistant professor of communication at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo. He commutes regularly between Chicago and Kirksville.
The Redwings jumped ahead of Batavia during Wednesday’s Class 3A Bolingbrook sectional semifinal less than 12 minutes into the action when Daniel Heaton’s cross found Daniel Morefield who poked it in for a 1-0 lead.
It’s far from the first time that Morefield or any of his siblings have netted a big goal for Benet Academy.
Daniel’s sister, Michelle, was the leader and arguably one of the best players in the DuPage area last spring for the Redwings.
Coincidentally, his brother Brian, a 2010 Benet graduate, came up with the biggest play in the game when Batavia and Benet last played prior to Wednesday. The eldest Morefield scored in the 73rd minute in the 2010 Class 3A Naperville Central regional semifinals to help the Redwings edge the Bulldogs, 1-0.
Could this be another 1-0 victory for Benet Academy over Batavia with the lone goal coming from a Morefield?
Such a nice start just wasn’t going to have a happy ending, at least not for Benet Academy. This was a night for the Bulldogs, who responded with a late first half goal and then carried the momentum into the second half where they earned a 3-1 victory.
Batavia (19-2-3) has extended its season for at least a few more days. The Bulldogs advance to Saturday afternoon’s Class 3A Bolingbrook sectional championship where they will take on Naperville North.
“It was a huge win, and the boys pushed through,” Batavia coach Mark Gianfrancesco said. “We kind of switched some stuff up on them, probably 12 to 14 minutes in with our formation.”
The Bulldogs transitioned into a 3-4-3, something they haven’t really done this season, but there’s no denying that the move paid off and helped extend their season.
“We kind of mentioned that we would do something like this because of some of the things we saw with Benet Academy and how they were playing,” Gianfrancesco said. “We wanted to definitely put more pressure on them up top, which we were kind of short. We went three in the back, three up top, so 3-4-3 and I think that kind of helped us out a little bit.”
Batavia drew even at 1-1 with 9:10 left in the first half. Like they’ve done so many times this season, the Bulldogs punished an opponent during a set play, this time a corner kick from Ian Larson that was headed in by Kevin Collins.
“We knew they were dangerous on set plays, we knew they were dangerous on long throws and free kicks, and of course, they get one and tie the game,” Benet Academy coach Sean Wesley said. “We still felt good about it. We felt good going into the second half through Kyle (Kenagy) and Omar (Kashow) and the other guys we put up top were running at them and creating chances that we felt we’d eventually break the ice and find something else.”
As overtime looked to be a distinct possibility with just over 10 minutes remaining, Batavia senior midfielder Brandon Yunker made the play of his high school career.
Midfielder Erik Faessler got things started with a pass that was dummied by Kevin Collins. That opened things up for Yunker who secured possession near the left side of the penalty box, dribbled past a defender and booted it in near-post.
“Eric had a great ball, and he just sent it across like we work in practice all the time,” Yunker said. “Kevin played a great dummy and froze the defenders and goalie, and the next thing I knew, I had it down on my foot and just touched it and finished it like I do all the time in practice.”
It was just Yunker’s second goal of the season, but by far the best and more significant of the two. For scoring the game-winner, Yunker was named the Chicagoland Soccer Man of the Match.
For a moment, Collins thought of taking the shot himself, but made the selfless move, and one that proved to be successful.
“I could have taken a touch and shot, but I thought the better option since we work on it in practice and the time (left in the game) was to take the dummy and give my teammate a chance,” Collins said. “Going into halftime 1-1, we knew the goal after that was going to change the game, so we wanted to make sure we didn’t go down and made sure we got that goal.”
The Redwings played without their leading offensive threat, Kenagy, for more than 20 minutes of the second half as he left the game with an injury after being fouled. He did not return after suffering what was believed to be a mild concussion.
With their leading scorer out of the lineup, the Redwings weren’t nearly as dangerous as usual. The injury prompted the Redwings to switch goalkeeper Konrad Bayer to forward in an effort to boost their offense.
“That’s unfortunate, and obviously you never want to see that happen,” Gianfrancesco said. “When playing you want to play against the best, win, lose or draw. It would’ve been better for them. You never want to see anyone go out, especially their last game. That’s horrible.”
Kenagy was able to speak after game and was obviously disappointed to see his season, as well as that of his teammates, come at an end.
“It feels pretty bad losing this game,” he said. “It’s obviously disappointing, but I would say it’s been an honor to play with these group of kids. It’s just a shame to go out the way we did, playing so hard.”
“Like coach always says, out motto is, and we even have it on the back of our shoes 'Three goals in 80 minutes.' It’s just our motto, and we played like that,” Yunker said. “We play with a ton of heart and don’t stop until we get that three. We keep hustling until we get three and that’s how we win games. We play with a lot of heart, and it works for us in the end.”
Batavia will now prepare for Naperville North (15-4-2), owners of an eight-game winning streak and 13-game unbeaten streak. The sectional title game is set for 1 p.m. Saturday.
The teams met earlier this year, with the Huskies rallying for a 2-1 victory on Sept. 11. It was the first game that Batavia was scored on and its first loss of the season. Larson scored on a penalty kick to give the Bulldogs a lead early, but the Huskies scored on a pair of throw-ins from Chris Ensign to Connor McBride in the final 18 minutes to rally for victory.
“We know they like to play a lot of balls over the top and find Chris Ensign,” Yunker said. “He’s a big guy up top and a physical player and they liked to score on set pieces, throw-ins and corners. They like to get into the box and shoot from there, a lot like us.”
Unlike Benet Academy, which was a team that the Bulldogs hadn’t faced in four years, they have some familiarity with the Huskies.
“We know what to expect, we’re not going in blind,” Collins said. “We’re very excited. We’re looking to get our first sectional (title game) in a really long time.”
It will be interesting to see who will attend Saturday’s sectional championship game. Since Naperville North's football season is over, one would think the sectional final would be a must-see sporting event for the Huskies fan base.
Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, most of the Batavia population will likely stay at home to watch their football team host Mount Carmel in a first round playoff game at 1:30 p.m. It’s a match-up that pairs two defending state champions.
“We’ve had good turnouts and great support all season so I think it’ll be good again on Saturday,” Batavia senior defender Nick Konopacki said. “We’re pretty excited to get the chance to come out and play now for a sectional championship.”
Wheaton Warrenville South has had two weeks to prepare for Tuesday’s clash with crosstown rival Wheaton North at Red Grange Field.
Ordinarily, giving a coaching guru like Tigers boss Guy Callipari that much time to strategize would be akin to Bill Belichick and Tom Brady getting 14 days to figure out how to pick apart a defense.
Of course, Callipari isn’t known to deflate the game balls or videotape opponents’ practices, but neither could he take full advantage of the two-week window.
“That would be wonderful if you have your players with you,” Callipari said Friday night. “But we let them go on spring break and most of them are probably lying on the beach somewhere.
Wheaton Warrenville South (0-1-1 overall) will not lack for motivation in its 2016 DuPage Valley Conference debut against Wheaton North. The Falcons, who have won the last three meetings, beat Wheaton Warrenville South twice last year, including a 4-0 victory in the regional finals.
Not only will the Tigers be out for revenge, but this game will be important in the DVC race as well as the annual quest for the Wheaton Cup, which is vied for by the Tigers, Falcons and Wheaton Academy.
Neither side is off to a fast start in the early going but that won’t make Tuesday’s match any less intense.
“It always is (hard fought),” Callipari said. “It is always very intense because the emotions are so high and with the Wheaton Cup, there’s a lot on the line.
“It’s about who can play to the best of their ability and be focused between the lines. We’re hoping we can bring it together and formulate some ideas on how to break them down.”
The Tigers haven’t yet been able to break down any defenses, scoring just once in their first two games, that on a free kick.
“For us the finishing has been the problem,” Callipari said. “But we’ve got some young talent, and it will come around.”
Freshman Paige Miller, who made several dangerous runs in a 0-0 tie with Wheaton Academy, and fellow rookie Allie Anderson have impressed in the early going.
“Paige Miller has shown a great burst of energy and pace and understanding,” Callipari said. “And Allie Anderson brings confidences and technical ability.”
Burns and Waghorne are two seniors with a lot of experience, though at different levels. Burns is a high school veteran, while Waghorne, a defensive-minded midfielder who has signed with Temple, is playing her first season with the Tigers after three years of club ball.
But the player most teams focus on stopping is senior striker Anna Fank. A true target up front, the Augustana recruit is hard to knock off the ball and possesses a hard shot.
“Anna Fank has a load of experience,” Callipari said. “She’s got the size, and she can be a handful. Playing off of her is the key for us.”
Defending DuPage Valley Conference champion Wheaton North (2-3-0, 0-1-0) is usually hard to break down defensively, but early in the season all the Falcons did was break down -- conceding 10 goals in their first three games, all losses.
Part of that was due to Morghin Klein and Becca Kouwe being slowed by off-season injuries. Neither is 100 percent yet. And Wheaton North won't likely find a replacement for graduated All-State striker Lexi Pelafas, who ended her career second on the school’s all-time scoring list.
But the Falcons have a chance to prove they've turned things around as they try to build on a two-game win streak.
Wheaton North edged Glenbard West 2-1 on March 22 and traveled to South Carolina to knock off Hilton Head 4-0 last Friday.
“We struggled a great deal early as players had to assume new roles and help in the transition of younger players onto the varsity roster,” Wheaton North coach Tim McEvilly said. “However, since the first week of competition, we have looked like a different team.
“The girls have taken extraordinary efforts to come together both on and off the field, and I believe those bonds help any team in the long run. Our commitment to train with each other over spring break helped us get a better understanding of our strengths and weaknesses.”
Those efforts paid dividends in the impressive win over Hilton Head, which won the South Carolina state championship in 2014 and was runner-up last year.
“Although the test against Wheaton Warrenville South this Tuesday often comes down to emotions, we are hopeful that the girls can maintain their focus on the team and individual goals in front of them to find success,” McEvilly said. “We need to get a DVC win under our belts, and we are hopeful that a tough battle against South will give us our first this season.”
Hannah Atkinson is Wheaton North’s top scoring threat. She and fellow senior Margaret Hupp both scored against the Tigers in last year’s regional final.
“I think they’re much like us,” Callipari said. “We’ll start from the back and work forward and they do the same.
“They’ve always had the target player up top where if they get a lead they’re confident in their defense. They’ve got the keeper (sophomore Zoe Welsh) that is very active and dynamic and their back line is solid.”
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QI want to buy my 14-year-old niece a dildo, some lube, and an age-appropriate book about sex. (Can you recommend one?) I have her mother's permission, but I wanted to double-check on whether there are legal issues I should be concerned about. (I live in Oregon.) Do you think it would be inappropriate for me to cross that boundary with my niece? I figure it would be less awkward to get these items from me than from her mother, and I would include a thoughtful letter on love, sex, and life with the promise that I will never bring the "gift" up, but that I will always be happy to talk if she wants to. Any other advice on how to handle it appropriately would be appreciated. —Wanted Toys Too
A"Your niece is lucky to have a mom and an aunt who are invested in her sexual well-being," says Jennifer Pritchett, the owner of Smitten Kitten, a sex-toy shop in Minneapolis and a frequent Savage Love guest expert. "She's also lucky to live in a time when sexual health information geared toward young adults is readily available."
And why shouldn't penetration toys be readily available to your niece? All any 14-year-old boy who wants to experiment with penetration—for his own pleasure, to build up his confidence in advance of partnered sex—has to do is make a fist. Girls who are curious about penetration shouldn't have to resort to plastic bananas.
Pritchett also suggests that instead of selecting a sex toy for your niece, WTT, you take your niece to a sex-toy shop so she can make her own selection—because, hey, what could be awkward about that? "If you really want to empower her to make her own decisions about her body," says Pritchett, "take her to an education-based shop like She Bop (sheboptheshop.com) in Portland where their trained sex educators can help her figure out what she might like to try."
If your niece would like to go sex-toy shopping with you—and that's a big if—you'll need to call She Bop in advance and make an after-hours appointment. "We are an 18-plus shop," says Jeneen Doumitt, co-owner of She Bop, "but we have made special arrangements in the past for younger teens. We would need to get written consent from the legal parent or guardian and the parent or guardian would have to accompany them."
There is also the option of going on their website and shopping together with your niece, or you could send your niece to any number of female-sex-positive websites and she can pick the toys she wants you to buy—no letter from parent or guardian required, no embarrassing small talk.
QI have a fetish for sweaty, smelly, stinky female feet, but I don't know how to approach strange women and ask them to fulfill my wishes. It sucks that the only way to maybe get what I want is to hire an escort or go to one of those foot parties that are always held in huge cities hundreds of miles away from where I live. How can I realize my dreams in the small hick town where I live? Any suggestions? —Desperate for Feet
ASorry, DFF, but you're just gonna have to move to a big city (or travel to one) to realize your dreams of sweaty, smelly, stinky female feet. And if your dreams revolve around servicing the feet of more than one loving, indulgent woman, then you're gonna have to pay nice ladies to make your dreams come true. Approaching strange women in hick towns or big cities and asking them to indulge your fetish isn't going to get you anywhere other than a sex offender registry.
QI recently found out my husband once responded to an online ad from some guy seeking to give blow jobs to other men. He actually went to the guy's apartment but chickened out after meeting him. This was ten years ago, long before we were even dating, and it was during an extremely long (five-year) dry spell for him. I don't know whether I'm turned on or creeped out by this, but I am definitely having a reaction to the secret he shared with me. Can you help me make heads or tails of all this? Should I be worried he'll end up getting rest-stop blow jobs one day? —All Mixed Up
ADuring an extremely long (four-year) dry spell of my own, AMU, I responded more than once to offline offers of blow jobs from girls. I was horny, I was desperate, and my powers of concentration were such that I could close my eyes and pretend—and I'm really dating myself here—that Bo Duke was blowing me.
Desperate men do desperate things, AMU, and just as my teenage/closeted desperation drove me into the arms, beds, and mouths of some nice young women, similarly desperate straight guys have been known to accept blow jobs from gay or bi dudes. And just as the concentrate-on-Bo-Duke blow jobs I got from girls back in the '80s didn't make me straight, the concentrate-on-Sofia-Vergara blow jobs straight guys get from dudes today don't make them gay.
It's possible, of course, that your husband will wind up getting rest-stop blow jobs one day—anything is possible—but that one time he almost got a blow job from another dude doesn't make rest-stop blow jobs any more or less likely. (I'm assuming your husband is telling the truth about not going through with it.) And as your being turned on by the thought of the husband getting a blow job from another man doesn't make those rest-stop blow jobs any likelier either, AMU, I think you should go ahead and let yourself be turned on by the idea.
QAfter 20 years of boring vanillaness with my ex-husband, I'm tickled pink to be with a GGG guy who's into some fun stuff and encourages me to explore. The problem: one of his kinks is a smoking fetish, and I don't smoke cigarettes. Inhaling is a big part of the excitement for him, but I cough if I inhale, which ruins the mood. Any advice for ways to be GGG with this kink? —Cigarette Inhaling GGGirl
AThere are limits to being GGG—self-harm being one of them. Give him permission to explore this particular fetish with someone stupid enough to smoke. If he pouts, CIGGG, remind him who inhales his dick.
Three hours before Iowa Cubs starting pitcher Ryan Dempster continued his impressive, improbable comeback from reconstructive elbow surgery Monday night at Sec Taylor Stadium, a downpour turned the infield tarpaulin into a diamond-shaped water park.
At one point in Dempster's six-year major-league career, that might have tempted the right-hander to leave the bullpen for a pregame belly-slide down the third-base line. The guy who claims his top two goals in baseball include winning a World Series and hosting "Saturday Night Live," possesses a sense of humor as biting as his slider.
Dempster once torpedoed down the beer slide on the County Stadium scoreboard in Milwaukee, roasted hot dogs on the dugout heater in Colorado and showed up in the middle of the Marlins' clubhouse one day wearing a Speedo swim suit and scuba gear to rave about the team's new whirlpool.
"I like to have fun, but I've been pretty mellow this year because I haven't pitched an inning for the Cubbies yet," Dempster said after giving up three earned runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings against the Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox. "This is my elbow that's reconstructing, so I'm putting everything I have into doing this the right way."
In a game the Cubs won 9-6, Dempster gave up a long home run but muscled his fastball up to 93 m.p.h., struck out four, walked three and threw 45 of his 73 pitches for strikes. He left the game after complaining of soreness in his lower back and will head to St. Louis on Tuesday so the Cubs' team doctors can examine it further.
"Arm-wise, I felt fine, which is the most important thing," Dempster said. "It's responding well, the velocity's coming back, so I don't get too caught up in the results."
Last August, doctors reconstructed the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm--Tommy John surgery--and so began an arduous rehabilitation process that typically takes 12 to 15 months before a pitcher can return to the mound.
A career once so full of promise when Dempster represented the Florida Marlins in the 2000 All-Star Game in his first full season suddenly lacked certainty. The surgery comes with an 85 percent success rate, but the Cincinnati Reds, who acquired him during the 2002 season, wanted more of a guarantee. They considered Dempster, who earned $3.25 million last season, too much of a gamble last winter and didn't offer a contract when he became eligible for arbitration.
Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, developing a knack for converting other teams' trash into Cubs' treasure, signed Dempster to a one-year deal worth as much as $500,000 with incentives with a club option for another season.
With Cubs President Andy MacPhail watching from the eighth row behind home plate Monday, Dempster took another significant step toward joining a pennant race in Chicago. The Cubs expect Dempster to contribute as early as next month, and he could think of no better place to celebrate the anniversary of his surgery than Wrigley Field.
"He's come back faster than what is typical, but I think over time you'll see more and more of that," MacPhail said. "What Ryan's done is remarkable."
Not that his Triple-A debut resonated locally. A half-empty stadium crowd of 5,051 showed up on a night that featured a matchup of two major-league pitchers--Dempster vs. rehabbing right-hander Turk Wendell--and fans buzzed more about the Famous Chicken's upcoming appearance Wednesday.
Dempster's presence created a bigger stir at Class A Lansing, where in the Midwest League, Dempster said, "I racked up some frequent-driver miles."
In five starts for the Lugnuts, he struck out 21 and allowed only two walks in 18 1/3 innings. He had a 1.89 earned-run average and showed glimpses of the greatness the Texas Rangers projected when taking the Canadian out of tiny Gibsons, British Columbia, in the third round of the 1995 draft.
Dempster had been part of Notre Dame coach Paul Mainieri's recruiting class, but never played for the Irish because he opted to sign with the Rangers. Mainieri, a longtime friend of Hendry's, recalled Hendry being impressed with Dempster back in '95 as the Cubs' director of scouting and sounding giddy last January after signing the pitcher.
"Jim called me and said, `You're never going to believe it, but I signed Ryan Dempster,"' Mainieri said Monday. "He was so happy, and I think in time Cubs fans will see why."
Without fear or apology, Cedric Benson runs as if he gets a commission on the surgeries of guys who end up hospital patients trying to tackle him.
Patriots linebacker Junior Seau broke his right arm last November and ended his season after tackling Benson. Texans safety Glenn Earl got in the running back's way during a nine-yard run Saturday and went on injured reserve Monday.
But does his punishing style make Benson more likely to hurt himself? Can he last 16 games attacking tacklers more than absorbing them?
Lack of depth at running back behind Benson makes those the scariest questions of training camp for the Bears' offense.
Only once has Benson carried the ball more than 20 times in a pro game, in the NFC Championship game against the Saints. He has never carried more than 16 times in a regular-season game. He also has been injured in each of his first two seasons.
Only 12 of 32 NFL teams had the same running back start every game in 2006. For the Bears to stay serious about winning the Super Bowl, they need to be one of those teams this season.
"I don't know, I never played a full 16 games [but] I stayed pretty healthy in college," Benson said. "It's the running back position. Even guys who don't run like me don't last 16 games."
As strong as the 5-foot-11-inch, 220-pound Benson is, durability cannot be assumed because he doesn't try to make the first tackler miss the way many runners do. He tries to make him pay.
That worked well when Benson was splitting time with Thomas Jones and staying fresh enough last year to lead the Bears in fourth-quarter yardage -- he had 192 yards on a team-high 62 carries, according to STATS. But can the Bears count on Benson to wear down defenses in the fourth quarter if he is taking -- and delivering -- so many body blows through the first three?
"He's never been a guy to run out of bounds," said Nathan Vasher, a Bears cornerback who was Benson's teammate at Texas. "He was the same in high school (in Midland, Texas). That's just the way he naturally tries to get every last yard, even if he's giving the blow."
It all happens so fast, and it has happened so often, that Benson struggles to describe his thought process after he takes a handoff. But the word collision aptly sums up his thinking.
"My objective is not just take a guy on head-on, it's to take a side of him, get him a little off balance," Benson said. "That makes it easier to run through a guy and a tackle."
A suggestion that Benson learn how to run around guys instead of through them makes Earl Campbell chuckle. Campbell, the Hall of Fame running back with the Houston Oilers who preceded Benson as a Longhorns legend, sees no reason to worry about Benson's body.
Of course, Campbell gained 9,407 yards on 2,187 carries by swatting away defensive backs and linebackers as if they were mosquitoes. Even if that style limited Campbell to eight seasons and now makes it impossible for him to straighten his back and his knees, he doesn't see his tale as cautionary.
During an interview earlier this summer with the Dallas Morning News, Campbell disputed the link between his football career and the physical ailments that now require him to travel with a wheelchair.
To Campbell, asking running backs such as Benson to run more carefully would be like telling policemen to avoid bad neighborhoods. Risk comes with the job. It's what they do and who they are.
"The only thing I might tell Cedric to work on would be staying lower to the ground so he absorbs the hit more than taking it all," Campbell said during a phone interview. "But that's it. Oh, and start sleeping with the football. Fumbles don't work."
"That was a special experience," Benson said. "The legacy he left at Texas, having the opportunity to follow him and meet him -- it was awesome."
As contemplative as Benson can be, he doesn't ponder becoming the latest young back to succumb to the toll of being a power runner that Campbell symbolizes. He doesn't think it's possible to run too hard, and he'll leave preservation for environmentalists to debate.
"Nah, I don't think about that stuff," he said. "You react to what you see and how much time you have to make a reaction. It's a physical sport. I mean, it's football."
Bears coach Lovie Smith and running backs coach Tim Spencer have endorsed Benson's brand of football even if it comes with an unspoken warning label. They base their faith on Benson's 5,540 yards in college -- 3,018 of which came after contact -- and his showing last December, when Benson began to look like the player the Bears drafted.
"I don't think you have to have a new Cedric Benson," Campbell said. "The one thing Cedric has to understand is once he makes the commitment to the hole, get it and let it go. He knows the weight is on his shoulders and he wants that."