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Union to strike until finals week BY MEGAN JONES STAFF WRITER

Some University students might not have class during the last week of the spring semester. The Non Tenure Faculty Coalition Local 6546 voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to hold a five-day strike beginning Thursday morning. The strike will continue until Reading Day on Thursday, May 5. The NTFC and administration will meet with a federal mediator again on Friday and all day Tuesday. The strike can be suspended at any time if the proposals makes any progress, Dorothee Schneider, communications chair of the union, said. Negotiations for the union’s first contract started at 8:30 a.m. Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson and Interim Provost Edward Feser sent a Massmail on Wednesday night alerting students of the further work action. “We made progress on several issues, ending with the delivery to the NTFC of a comprehensive proposal that was revised substantially from our initial proposals at the start of the day,” they wrote. Wilson and Feser wrote they expect classes to be held during the strike and they will try to minimize any disruptions. Classes may receive a substitute teacher, have course sections combined or be moved to a different location. Lead negotiator Kay Emmert sent an email to members, stating they are willing to accept current statutes for academic freedom. But the University’s offer for multi-year contracts doesn’t contain enforceable language. “We remain committed to working to find a pathway to creating the same protec-

tions for our members here at UIUC as our colleagues at UIC have, a fair and just contract,” Emmert said. Members became hopeful after Interim Provost Ed Feser announced he would attend the session with a federal mediator. It is unusual and unprecedented, Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson said, but they wanted to make sure they are present and listening. But, Emmert said, “The administration has made little movement on the issues that are most important to us: multi-year contracts and reappointment rights. … They merely want to codify the status quo.” After not being able to come to a negotiation, the union encouraged supporters to call Feser and Wilson’s office. “This resulted in some tensions as Interim Provost Feser and Associate Provost Katherine Galvin took issue with the phone calls coming into Feser’s office and demanded that the union’s bargaining team instruct supports to refrain from contacting his office,” the release stated. The administration presented a series of proposals with general recommendations, though they contained little contractually binding language, according to a press release from NTFC. NTFC has been in negotiations since October 2014 to create its first contract. During Monday’s Senate Executive Committee, Wilson said agreeing to a first contract always takes a long time, and they, too, feel that it’s been a long time. Wilson said they are in agreement about many things and that Feser’s presence would help ensure the Union knows “we’re listening and we’re committed to making progress.”

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Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili speaks at the Deloitte Auditorium of the Business Instructional Facility on Wednesday. Kvirikashvili is a University almunus and earned his Masters of Finance in 1998.

Prime Minister, alum visits Members became hopeful after Interim Provost Ed Feser announced he would attend the session with a federal mediator. It is unusual and unprecedented, Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson said, but they wanted to make sure they are present and listening. But, Emmert said, “The administration has made little movement on the issues that are most important to us: multi-year contracts and reappointment rights. … They merely want to codify the status quo.” After not being able to come to a negotiation, the union encouraged supporters to call Feser and Wilson’s office. “This resulted in some tensions as Interim Provost Feser and Associate Provost Katherine Galvin took issue with the phone calls coming into Feser’s office and demanded that the union’s bargaining team instruct supports to refrain from contacting his office,” the release stated. The administration presented a series of proposals with general recommendations, though they contained little contractually

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Students take notes during ISS weekly meeting in the Pine lounge in Illini Union on April 19. may not be fully aware of the support accessible to them through sources like McKinley and the Counseling Center, Scanlan said. “I created this ad hoc committee because I felt like there were not enough resources available at the University for mental health,” Chalisa said. “Students did not know enough about the resources currently available.” The subcommittee has already taken initial steps to asses what the core problems are on campus surrounding mental health and what needs to be done to address them in the future. They started by trying to understand what resources are currently available by contacting the Counseling Center and DRES. The subcommittee also looked into the limitations of these resources. “In terms of actions, we worked on mandating Kognito, which is an online suicide prevention module,” Chalisa said. The subcommittee is also interested in looking at the how well these resources are able to serve the students and meet their needs. Currently, students have

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out promotion plans and multi-year contracts based off merit. Our biggest concern is making sure our departments and colleges are fully able to make sense of their financials and needs going forward without being completely prescriptive by the contract,” she said. The union proposed twoyear contracts after five years and three-year contracts after 10 years, Union President Shawn Gilmore said. In the last two weeks, the union held a two-day strike followed by a twoday “work-in” in the Henry Administration Building and Swanlund Administration Building. “We are not cancelling classes this week, but we are just coming in and out as a group and working together,” Architecture Lecturer Jennifer Burns said. “Everybody went back to teaching today, I’ve been seeing a lot of people grading, there’s been some student meetings. We’re just doing the normal work we always do.”

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The Illinois Student Senate is increasing focus on mental health issues on campus through the creation of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Mental Health. This resolution was authored by Farah Chalisa, senior in LAS, whose interest in mental health on campus stemmed from a personal connection. “As a sophomore, one of my friends told me that she was severely depressed, and the first question I asked her was whether she had gone to the counseling center,” said Chalisa. “She told me she had tried making an appointment, but was told she could not get one unless it was an emergency.” According to the resolution, one in four college students in the United States has a diagnosable mental disorder. Depression is the number one reason students drop out of college. Madi Scanlan, senior in ACES, noted the unique impact ISS can have on campus issues. “The ISS is a bridge between administration and students,” Scanlan said. “We are representatives so it’s our job to represent students in a way that any student off the street can’t do.” A common problem on campus surrounding mental health is that students

binding language, according to a press release from NTFC. NTFC has been in negotiations since October 2014 to create its first contract. “We remain committed to working together through mediation to reach a fair agreement,” Campus Spokesperson Robin Kaler said. During Monday’s Senate Executive Committee, Wilson said the administration is continuing to work hard on reaching an agreement and believes it is a good thing they are using a federal mediator. She said agreeing to a first contract always takes a long time, and they, too, feel that it’s been a long time. Wilson said they are in agreement about many things and that Feser’s presence would help ensure the Union knows “we’re listening and we’re committed to making progress.” She said one of the stickier points is multi-year contracts, as most non tenure faculty receive annual nine-month contracts. Wilson helped develop Provost Communications No. 25 and 26, which lay

reported discontent with the way the system works. “I hear complaints like ‘I can’t have counseling after a certain amount of sessions,’ ‘I still need counseling’ and ‘It’s really hard to schedule an appointment,’” Scanlan said. Beyond the logistical issues surrounding mental health at the University, the subcommittee is working to raise awareness and attempting to destigmatize the matter. Chalisa believes it is important to be aware of how words and actions impact people. Most people don’t explicitly stigmatize mental illness, but microaggressions like saying someone’s ‘crazy’ or telling them to get over it can be detrimental, Chalisa said. The subcommittee has already produced tangible efforts to raise awareness about mental health and move in a positive direction. Notably, this May is Mental Health Awareness Month. “We will be using Faces of CU to post the stories of students suffering from mental illness on campus in the attempt to humanize the illnesses and reduce the

stigma behind them,” Chalisa said. Raising student awareness is only one part of the equation; the subcommittee also wants to make their goals known to the administration. “I absolutely think there’s a disconnect between the students and administration,” Scanlan said. “I think that communication and understanding can solve these problems, as well as expanding resources.” Currently, the subcommittee is working with administration to get the Crisis Hotline phone number on the back of i-Cards, so students may be more likely to use it during emergencies, Chalisa said. The hope for this subcommittee is to not only take action on campus and help students, but also to increase understanding about mental health. “Students need to understand that mental illness is a serious and salient issue on campus,” Chalisa said. “It is important to be sensitive so that students feel comfortable using resources and asking for help.”

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With Sexual Assault Awareness Month coming to a close, it is evident that there was an added emphasis on sexual assault issues. These happened through programs held by the University, activists and the three notices students received reporting sexual assaults. The three sexual assaults cases are still under investigation and occurred within a short time frame in April. The first two happened on April 9, during Mom’s weekend, both at fraternity houses that were not identified. The most recent case occurred Sunday, April 17, near Burrill Hall. Pat Wade, spokesman for the University of Illinois Police Department, said that not everyone reports sexual assaults to the police. Wade said there have only been 12 to 13 reported sexual assaults on campus this year. Sexual assault is a vastly underreported crime, Wade said, and statistics show that one in five women and one in 16 men experience an actual or attempted sexual

assault during their college career. “We know that it (Sexual Assault) is happening more than it is being reported and we really don't have a good grasp as to how prevalent it is on campus,” he said. “We do hope that the people that have experienced sexual assault seek out resources.” There are different ways for people to report to the police. The first way is by reporting the incident to the Champaign Police Department. Another way is through campus security employees, similar to mandated reporters who have to tell the police when an incident occurs. “When we get a report from the campus security authority, a third party person who somehow heard something, we use that for notification and data tracking purposes,” Wade said. The three sexual assault instances are not an indication of an increase in sexual assault, but rather an indication of an increase in people reporting the assaults, he said. This past month, the

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Student creates renewable energy source BY LILLY MASHAYEK STAFF WRITER

Swarnav Pujari designed a fully green car in fifth grade after being inspired by representatives from the Ford Motor Company to go out and create a car for the future. His “green craze” has continued ever since. Now a freshman in Engineering, Pujari, along with help from his mentor Wenzhuo Wu, assistant professor at Purdue University, created a new source for renewable energy. “It’s called the Power Pad; it’s a square-foot sized device to cover any moderate to heavy-traffic location and generates electricity,” Pujari said. The Power Pad has been tested at a New York Knicks’ game and was installed in his high school for a month and each step someone takes on it creates 10 watts of electricity. “I set up a small little extension pad to a staircase and when people walked up the stairs or down, they generated electricity,” Pujari said. Pujari’s interest was sparked after reading a Ford magazine article about an elevator running on piezoelectricity. “Piezoelectrics, which is a type of crystal structure that is utilized today as a generator device, is found in light-

ers,” he said. “Basically, how it works is you apply force to it and it generates electricity” After that, Pujari founded the startup company, Touch Light Innovations, which is now a tenant at Research Park. “The whole goal is you create something, do something great for the world, do what you love and hopefully be remembered for it someday when you pass away,” Pujari said. After high school, Pujari had initially planned on playing college baseball. However, when a case of pancreatitis prohibited him from being able to do that, he decided to focus on science and engineering. “Then I came to UIUC because it is the only college that actually supported me right away when I got here, on getting anything from facilities, to mentors, to people to help me on the project,” he said. The Power Pad currently averages 10 watts of power per step, with the potential to reach 100 watts per step. “We are right now doing a little R and D work, next year we are hiring engineers, expanding our team with more technical advisors,” he said. Pujari noted they have a potential design in mind that could potentially yield

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The nod and smile that follows students saying “I’m majoring in engineering” is often more enthusiastic than the reaction to a student’s announcement of “I’m majoring in history.” This reaction is common and impacts students who are deciding their college major, said Clare Crowston, professor of history, and may even contribute to the recent decline in humanities majors. According to a national study, the number of students majoring in the humanities as a whole has reached a record low. Crowston said history majors are on the decline as well and that she’s met multiple students who say they’re passionate about history but can’t major in the field because “their parents won’t let them.” “When (students) come to us they say, ‘I love history but my parents don’t want me to or my friends make fun of me,” Crowston said. Crowston met with other Big Ten history department chairs at the Committee on Institutional Cooperation to further discuss why history majors are on the decline. The Big Ten history departments rank No. 20 in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report. However, this has not prevented the program from suffering. Enrollment in the history department across the Big Ten has nearly been cut in half. Crowston contributes this to the financial downturn leaving families nervous about students majoring in the field. “We have a thriving department and yet, students aren’t getting the message that they should take advantage of the opportunity to work with (this) faculty,” she said. The recent budget concerns at the University have not helped the problem. Crowston noted that as the

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STRIKE She said one of the stickier points is multi-year contracts, as most non tenure faculty receive annual ninemonth contracts. Wilson helped develop Provost Communications No. 25 and 26, which lay out promotion plans and multi-year contracts based off merit. “Our biggest concern is making sure our depart-

100 watts a step. While Power Pad has a competitor in the field, Pujari is not worried. The other company is not currently doing well because their product only produces 5 watts a step and is more expensive, costing roughly $714 per square foot. The Power Pad costs $20 per square foot. Their primary customers are buildings and businesses who can install the Power Pad in their high-traffic areas, such as lobbies and hallways. “If an average company purchases about 2,000 square-feet of Power Pad, a 19,000 square-foot building, which is an average commercial building, could save up to $80,000 a year,” he said, noting these are early projections. As for using something like the Power Pad at the University, Pujari said it could be possible. Specifically, he sees great opportunity within athletic facilities. “On the track we’re going on, we think we’ll be on the market by the end of this year, and start doing demos next year,” Pujari said. He hopes to implement the Power Pad underneath both the basketball court at the State Farm Center and the football field at Memorial Stadium. Dick Drew, project manag-

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Students test the Power Pad which generates 10 watts of power for every step. er of Capital Programs within Facilities & Services, said there are many types of power on campus. But, electrical is the main source. “The main source of energy is the Abbott power plant located on Oak Street,” Drew said. “That provides electrical power, and it also powers the chilled water plant.” Steve Breitwieser, from Customer Relations & Communications with Facilities & Services, said in an email that in fiscal year 2015, the State Farm Center used 4,608,198 kilowatt hours of power. So far in fiscal year 2016, it has used 3,117,923 kilowatt hours. “In 2014, the average annu-

al electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,932 kilowatt hours, an average of 911 (kilowatt hours) per month,” according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration website. Another idea they have considered is powering a big, high-traffic location such as Grand Central Terminal in New York City, Pujari said. “If you put 20,000 squarefeet of Power Pad there, (with) the traffic there, you could potentially run all the CSL lightbulbs that they have newly installed into Grand Central Terminal,” he said. Pujar has always believed in his product. After testing

the Power Pad at his high school, he said he saw that it was durable and a viable product in the market. “It’s a cheaper, low-cost alternative for our primary customers and for people who are doing social work,” he said. With the Power Pad, Pujari looks to the future hoping that his device can help lead the way in renewable energy. “The goal is to eventually remove fossil fuels and maybe in a decade, we might be able to achieve that, not just with the Power Pad alone,” he said. (Although), hopefully with the Power Pad alone.”

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Statistics 100 students listen to newly hired instructor Karle Laska, speak about the final few pages in the course manual Dec. 8. state lessens its support for the University, tuition rises, ultimately leaving students and families increasingly wary of student loans. “Students are really cautious about what they want to major in because there’s a lot of pressure on them to make money when they graduate,” she said. “Even with all the financial challenges, we have to maintain college as a place where students can discover what they love and immerse themselves in what they love.” Another contributing factor, Crowston said, is the national conversation, implemented by President Obama and political leaders nationally, that highly encourages students to enter science, technology, enginering and mathematics fields. “There’s also cultural conversations that are sending students the message that they should choose to go into business, accounting and engineering, and that it’s too dangerous to come to us,” Crowston said. According to a study by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the number of students majoring in the core humanities has declined 8.7 percent from 2012 to 2014, falling to the smallest number of degrees since 2003. Typically, the core humanities include the fields of history, english language and literature, languages and literatures other than english, linguistics, classical studies and philosophy.As of 2014, 6.1 percent of college students are majoring in the core humanities, according to the study. This is the record lowest percentage, with the record high being 17.2 percent in 1967. Since World War II, the trend in humanities bachelor’s degree completions has experienced a number of fluctuations. The number of humanities degrees rose after the war, decreased through

the 1970s and early 1980s and then recovered. More recent years have seen a plateau and then a decline, the study found. However, Crowston states humanities degrees are crucial to an increasingly technical society. “Technology and science evolve so quickly and society gets behind in thinking about ‘what are the implications?’ ‘what impact does that have?'” she said. “A humanities degree is necessary for the world to have people trained in these issues.” Ted Underwood, professor of english, said the skills accumulated from a humanities degree can be applied to other fields. “Students have opportunities here, not only to learn about history, and practice careful textual interpretation, but to connect humanistic insight to other disciplines, from atmospheric sciences to informatics,” he said. The department does watch enrollment numbers, Underwood said, but mainly focuses on aiding existing students in their education in order to go on to a fulfilling career. “There’s a misperception about the job market – in fact, it’s not just society but also businesses who need people with skills of reading, writing, critical thinking, multicultural perspectives,” Crowston said. “Those people will do well in the job market over time.” In the fall, the History department will launch a Career Development Activities class to explore career options for history majors. “The future of the University can’t just be a vocational school, it has to be more well-rounded,” Crowston said. “Students have a lot to learn, but they just have to be given permission by society and parents to come back and see.”

ments and colleges are fully able to make sense of their financials and needs going forward without being completely prescriptive by the contract,” she said. The union proposed twoyear contracts after five years and three-year contracts after 10 years, Union President Shawn Gilmore said. In the last two weeks, the union held a two-day strike followed by a two-day “workin” in the Henry Administra-

tion Building and Swanlund Administration Building. “We are not cancelling classes this week, but we are just coming in and out as a group and working together,” Architecture Lecturer Jennifer Burns said. “Everybody went back to teaching today, I’ve been seeing a lot of people grading, there’s been some student meetings. We’re just doing the normal work we always do.”

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The vast majority of outer space is still unknown to mankind. But a team of professors and graduate students at the University are getting a glimpse into the makeup and intricacies of the universe. The team includes astronomy professors Joaquin Vieira, Neal Dalal, Athol Kemball and one of Kemball’s graduate students Di Wen. The universe is full of atoms and molecules, but this type of matter only accounts for a fairly small fraction of the total gravitating mass present in the universe. Ordinary matter – made out of atoms, protons and electrons – comprises approximately four to five percent of the universe. The remaining 90 percent of mass is known as ‘dark matter'. “All galaxies that we see – like the Milky Way - are all surrounded by these very dense clouds of dark matter called ‘dark matter halos,’” Dalal said. “The gravity of those dark matter halos (is what) binds the galaxies together.” The team has a theory that inside these bigger dark matter halos there could be additional smaller dark matter halos. However, seeing these has proved challenging. The big halos are visible because they contain galaxies filled with stars that are easier for astronomers to see. Similarly, the theory claims that smaller halos will have smaller galaxies within them, but the number found has been magnitudes below the predicted amount. This has resulted in a controversy within the field of astronomy regarding dark matter called the ‘missing satellites problem.’ “One possible interpretation is that our current understanding of dark matter physics is entirely wrong,

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ASSAULT Women’s Resource Center along with the UIPD and other participators held events throughout April. Some of the events included the Red Flag Campaign, the Stop Telling Women to Smile lecture by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Denim Day and the Take Back the Night march. Molly McLay, assistant director of the Women’s Resource Center and coordinator of FYCARE, said she sees an increase in dialogue surrounding these sensitive subjects due to outside forces such as technology and federal influence. “Because there has been a lot more attention, people have been more concerned about it. I think social media and technology that allows people to share their story more and activists to connect to each other allows for information and ideas to be shared,” McLay said. “Also, when people in power are in a position to do more about

and dark matter doesn’t make these little small clumps. The other possibility is that these small dark matter clumps do form, but are just less able to form galaxies,” Dalal said. If proven true, then the ‘missing satellites problem’ means small dark matter halos do exist, thus dark matter physics is correct. Dalal said this would mean their understanding of star formation must improve. The team says that what is needed now is a way to detect these small dark matter halos regardless of whether or not they have stars in them. Because dark matter does not emit starlight, they are undetectable with traditional methods. So, they use a method called gravitational lensing. “We detected the influence on how light is bent around (dark matter) through general relativity and gravity’s effect on space time,” said Vieira, who noted distorting space time ultimately makes a lens. “So, in the right configuration you can make a lens that actually magnifies something behind it, and that’s exactly what gravitational lensing does.” Glass can magnify things due to the refraction of light passing through it, and refraction can cause light rays to bend and focus. Similarly, gravitational fields can also focus light rays. The strength of gravity just depends on the object’s mass. So, if there are small clumps of dark matter, even without stars in them, they will still have this lensing effect. “We observed a bunch of galaxies using the biggest telescope in the world, which is called the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory,” Dalal said. “Our team pointed ALMA at certain galaxies in the sky, and analyzed the ALMA

data to look for evidence of this lensing coming from the small dark matter lumps.” The team then analyzed ALMA’s data about one of these galaxies. For around a month, they ran their analysis on Blue Waters, the largest supercomputer in the United States located in Champaign. The analysis matched the team’s predictions: The data indicated the presence of small lumps of dark matter around the discovered ‘dwarf dark galaxy.’ Vieia noted two main reasons for the importance of this discovery. Notably, dwarf galaxies are just smaller galaxies resembling the first-ever galaxies’ makeup. “The other reason is that cosmology — the science of the origin and development of the universe — predicts that there should be a thousand times more than we actually observe,” Vieira said. The team recently submitted a proposal to ALMA to do very similar observations over the next couple of years to try and infer the abundance of these ‘dwarf dark matter galaxies.’ Vieira said that any time a scientist sees a crack in their theory, a true scientist looks at that as an opportunity to learn something more about the universe. Laura Smearman, sophomore in Engineering, made her own remarks on why she felt that finding innovative techniques to learn about the universe is important. “I think it is important we continually search for new information about space,” she said. “At the rate we’re using up resources and the impact we’re having on Earth and ecosystems now, I don’t think planet Earth is going to be sustainable (for) human life forever.”

it, that brings more attention to (sexual assault) as well.” An example of a person in power doing this would be Vice President Biden. For many years, he worked to bring awareness to sexual assault. He is one of the primary authors for the Violence Against Women's Act in 1994. But it wasn’t until he was the Vice President that he was able to use his prominence to bring attention to the issue with the “It’s on Us” campaign. Vice President Biden promoting funding for sexual assault awareness has brought the issue to the federal government, McLay said. She also said that the University has taken steps to create more programs and increase the conversation about sexual assault, such as launching the iCARE class. McLay said the resource center has reached 1,000 students this year and has reached 9,500 students through FYCARE. Furthermore, the follow up study

done by FYCARE during the 2014-2015 school year indicated that a lot of people have used the FYCARE information to support survivors and provide bystander intervention. Janessa Vela, freshman in DGS, said she hadn’t thought much about sexual assault because she’s careful to be aware of her surroundings. “I take many precautions when going out with friends, and I always go out and come back with a group of people. We also have tons of resources on campus like Safe Rides and Safe Walks,” Vela said. She also said that sexual assault has a lot to do with who you trust. “You can’t trust everyone. If some people say do this or drink this, you have to think for yourself,” Vela said. “I just feel like if you are alone and you’re with a bunch of guys, the instinct is to go and get out of the situation.”

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Scene-maker profile to do is support them and they’ll keep happening.” The Summer Camp Music Festival and Ill Rock Block Party are just a couple of the large-scale endeavors that Armintrout has helped put together. Beyond those projects, Armintrout said that he’s grateful for the more personalized opportunities that The Canopy Club has offered him, including the chance to develop relationships with some of his favorite acts and watch their careers extend beyond the club world. Armintrout has also educated students about the music business and has helped bring up more than a dozen people that are still working in the industry today. “What I’m most proud of is being able to do what I love within a community that I love to live in,” Armintrout said. Armintrout is involved with The Canopy Club’s functioning on many different levels. As Director of Marketing for both the club and Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment, he oversees marketing operations and the execution of any live event either organization puts on. He’s also a talent buyer. “As a talent buyer for The Canopy Club, I negotiate and confirm almost every event that takes place inside the club,” he said. “I’m also a talent buyer for Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment and confirm or contract shows in as many markets as I can.” The club is one of the most successful venues in town in terms of bringing in big name talents. Through his time working for the club, Armintrout has booked, produced and promoted hundreds of shows and events. By the fi rst week of March

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Although Mike Armintrout works exclusively behind the scenes, he’s done plenty to make a name for himself in the local scene. He’s booked countless events at The Canopy Club that have garnered the attention of students and community members alike for over a decade. Armintrout grew up outside of Springfield, later attending Bradley University in Peoria before moving to Urbana-Champaign in 2001 to work for The Canopy Club. “That was my fi rst connection to the music scene in Urbana-Champaign, though I played in bands in Peoria during the handful of years I lived there,” said Armintrout. Describing himself as a “jam-band kid” when he first arrived, Armintrout quickly got involved with putting on large shows at The Canopy Club. “When I came to town in 2001, I hosted an open mic at The Canopy Club on Tuesdays that was drawing in 500 to 800 people every week,” he said. “I performed, and entertained thousands of people in those first two or three years in town.” Fast-forward to today, and Armintrout still speaks highly of the Champaign-Urbana music scene and all that it encompasses. “For the size of the market, we get a massive amount of shows. From what we bring in at the Canopy Club, to what Krannert does, to what Seth (Fein), Ward (Gollings) and (the rest of) Nicodemus does with Pygmalion and The Accord and so much more, this market is stacked with live music and events,” Armintrout said. “All people have

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Mike Armintrout (second from left) with The Avett Brothers in 2009 at The Canopy Club. 2016, Armintrout had already sold out six shows at the club. He’s worked with national touring acts of a variety of musical styles, worked with agents from almost every major talent agency in the world and assisted in developing events with various RSOs on campus — all while still working on the 16th installment of the Summer Camp Music Festival, which takes place this May. Among the acts that Armintrout has helped bring to the area include Porter Robinson, The Avett Brothers, Umphrey’s McGee, GWAR, Fall Out Boy and more. Having worked in C-U for a long time, Armintrout has witnessed changes in the music scene since he arrived in 2001. “Over the years, bands and musicians have come and gone,” he said. “Styles of what’s popular has changed. As a college town, the people in town are constantly changing - which means that the scene has to change with them or be left behind.”

Currently, Armintrout said he thinks that the strongest facet of the scene is local, upcoming hip-hop. He cites acts such as Mother Nature, Chase Baby, Jarrel Young and a fresh crop of university underclassmen as just some of the acts that are turning the town on its head. “It has always been my mission to support the local scene as much as I can by offering the club as a palette for them to paint for their own shows, or offering them great support slots on larger touring act dates,” Armintrout said. “The acts I mentioned are all making great music and developing audiences on their own, helping put hip hop in central Illinois on the map. This is certainly not to take anything away from the (other) great locally-based bands in the area, either.”

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Welcome back, ‘Silicon Valley’ BY CAMRON OWENS BUZZ STAFF WRITER

For all of the hype surrounding Sunday’s premiere of “Game of Thrones,” it’s easy to forget that Sunday, HBO also aired the season three premiere of “Silicon Valley” — one of the funniest comedies on television. The first two seasons proved that the show was a smart skewering of “Silicon Valley” culture. The show manages to poke fun at companies like Google, as well as prominent figures in the tech industry like Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs. Television has its fair share of “nerd comedies,” however, what makes “Silicon Valley” stand out is that it’s more than a send-up of tech culture: It also tells a captivating story. Season three picks up right where the previous season ended. Richard had been fired from the company he started, despite winning the legal battle against the tech giant, Hooli. Everything is up in the air in the premiere, much like it has been for the past two seasons, as the Piped Piper team considers life without the company. Richard begins a job search, having received several offers from tech companies and start-ups in the area. He’s once again been so close to the top and lost everything. Part of what makes his character so intriguing is that he must rely on himself to solve all of these problems he’s never dealt with before in the business world. Overall, he seems frustrated, tired and most of all, confused. Meanwhile, the rest of the Pied Piper

crew is deciding what exactly they should do, now that Richard is no longer CEO. Dinesh and Gilfoyle continue to provide some of the funniest banter in the show. They discuss their allegiance to Richard. Jared is still as delightfully awkward as he has been the past two seasons. The premiere also promised more of Erlich’s usual antics, as he attempted to take down the new CEO of Pied Piper by approaching him and repeatedly taunting his age. The story of Pied Piper appears to be far from over and the characters have a long way to go before they reach Steve Jobs status. However, it does make one wonder how much further the writers can push the Pied Piper storyline. Unlike most sitcoms, which keep a stable setting and focus on the individual stories of characters, nothing is set in stone on “Silicon Valley.” While the show will continue to fall into the dragon-shaped shadow cast by its “Game of Thrones” lead in, “Silicon Valley” will be able to hold its special place on television. As it continues to introduce its own alternate version of Silicon Valley and the tech industry, it will be interesting to see how the show will grow throughout the season. “Silicon Valley” could go in any direction this season and only one thing is certain: it remains a high concept show, poses ambitious problems and solves them with intelligent comedy.

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Speaker reminds students to breathe SHANKARI SURESHBABU Opinions columnist

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Dr. Cecilia Suarez speaks in TedxUIUC 2016: Uncharted at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday.

from a town called Normal, where every young person starkly defends that they’re anything but unique. Middle school was three years of a group of prepubescent teens all trying desperately to fit in and be like everyone else. But, as people grow older, being like everyone else is increasingly looked down upon. Being average or “normal” is not good enough when you know someone smarter, funnier, prettier, better. In a world like this, selfconfidence can be hard. Maybe it’s just me, but I constantly feel like I have to compete with all these seemingly perfect people around me, especially at the University of Illinois. In a TedxUIUC talk on Saturday at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, actress Dr. Cecilia Suarez talked about how

she struggled with this for the better part of her life, even into adulthood. She said she felt the need to prove that she was a loyal friend, even to the ones she was closest to. Self-validation is not needing that external confi rmation of worth, but this can be difficult to achieve in a crowd. Suarez explained how she used to think all of her words and actions indicated her personal worth, and that she later learned how wrong this attitude was. Instead, she recommended a “lean back” approach, where your actions are not tied to your concept of identity, and a negative response won’t leave you shattered. Suarez’s approach is helpful to learn, but I wish I’d known it earlier — my feelings of inadequacy only increased when I arrived at college. On a campus of 40,000 students, it’s nearly impossible to stand out, and around every corner seems to lurk a hidden genius or teenage

prodigy. I felt like I was surrounded by unbelievably talented people and I suddenly didn’t know if I deserved to be by their sides. It was like I had tricked them into liking me, and I was scared someone would figure out my ruse. In my fi rst semester, however, my Chemistry 203 lecturer Joshua VuraWeis sat us down and explained to us the term “Imposter Syndrome.” Imposter Syndrome is when intelligent people fail to acknowledge their accomplishments and worry about being exposed as a fraud. During the lecture, he asked us how many of us felt like they were struggling with the class more than everyone else. In a lecture hall fi lled with roughly 150 students, something like 147 said they did. This infectious, self-destructive disorder can eat up the selfconfidence of even the best and brightest young minds. If ever there comes a time when you feel that

you don’t deserve to be where you are, it’s helpful to remember that many, many people around you feel the same way. There is no quick fi x for this problem, but no one can determine the value of your worth other than yourself. Dr. Suarez wore a shirt while speaking that said, “When you learn how much you’re worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts.” This represented her message quite succinctly: gaining self-validation not only makes you treat yourself right, but makes others do so as well. Hearing that an accomplished adult like Dr. Suarez struggled with something similar was both relieving and inspirational. Her experience of fi nding self-validation by leaning back and realizing that she doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone is one that students need to hear.

Shankari is a freshman in LAS. surshbb2@dailyillini.com

Keep your news out of my Snapchat stories HAYLEY NAGELBERG Opinions columnist

id you know it was Earth Day last Friday? If yes, did you know because you actually knew Earth Day was an event every year on April 22, or did you know because you saw the Earth Day geofilters when you were flipping through filters trying to capture the perfect Snapchat selfie? As the election cycle has progressed, people across the country have posted snap stories with the filters that show live polling results on election days. Would they have tracked the results otherwise? Is this how we get our world news now — through filters and live stories on Snapchat? Not everyone needs to be like me and read world news stories every day, but we can do better than getting news from Snapchat. Snapchat is great; it enables us to see the dayto-day happenings of our friends, send messages we don’t want to last for more than a second, and follow international festivals and sporting events.

As great as Snapchat is for these reasons, it should not be used to convey serious world news. Snapchat started to develop its news and information distribution with the addition of the “Discover” section, but I personally don’t think that this feature has the most users. Besides filters for national days of celebration and election results, companies have shared international campaigns, and presidential candidates have not only spoken to their own constituents at primaries and caucuses through Snapchat stories, but even paid for filters against their opponents. Maybe this is good for people who would otherwise not be following news at all. Maybe it’s just a sign of the contemporary times that people don’t want to read lengthy articles, and they don’t want to watch four-minute videos — they want all the news they need overlaid on top of their perfectly angled selfies. If Snapchat is going to be used as a world news source, other steps should be taken to ensure people get more of a complete look at the top stories of the day. Filters could be

linked to the Discover section or to an article online, so people can actually learn more about a subject that interests them. Snapchat, for me, is a great way to keep up with events in my local community, with features such as campus story and temporary snap filters used for events like the “It’s On Us” Week of Action and the Illini Building Bridges campaigns which both had filters you could use if you were on the Main Quad. With this in mind, this app’s primary purpose should remain personal connectivity. We should use Snapchat to talk to our friends one-on-one, see daily recaps of our friends’ lives, see what the rest of this campus is up to and see simple personal videos of people around the world enjoying their cities and celebrating holidays. Let’s keep national and international news stories to the outlets that report on them. For now, we should keep using Snapchat to send unfortunate pictures and keep up with friends in a fun and easy way.

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EDITORIAL Humanities must not fall by wayside

diploma from an esteemed university used to mean something. It was something that many graduates proudly hung on their walls or put on their desks at their new businesses. But now, that doesn’t seem to be the case, at least for some degrees. A study published by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences recently showed that fewer students than ever are earning degrees in humanities fields — just 6.1 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in 2014. In a difficult job market, many recent graduates have trouble finding jobs despite the fresh diplomas they were just handed. It used to be that a graduate showed potential employers his or her degree

and it almost guaranteed them a job. But now, it seems an undergraduate degree outside of STEM fields carries hardly any more weight than a high school diploma. The college financial system needs to be restructured. Tuition shouldn’t be so expensive that smart people can’t go to school, especially to their state schools, and study humanities or the arts. Students cannot justify studying those fields when entry-level jobs post-college don’t garner enough money to efficiently pay back their loans. Parents usually aren’t happy with that plan either. After spending four years on campus, many of today’s graduates return home and leave parents wondering what they just spent over

$100,000 on. Many students could earn more than the cost of tuition by working a day job for those four years instead of attending college. Outside of financial concerns, cultural stigmas about majoring in humanities continue to grow. Popular public figures speak every day about the importance of STEM fields, encouraging more students to develop technical skills for the technological future. Many think that a degree in humanities isn’t worth anything — students who major in engineering or chemistry have been encouraged to believe they study more important concepts and ideas. But society still needs those with a passion for humanities. We need social scientists specializing in race and gen-

der issues to help navigate the murky waters of tomorrow’s societal conflicts. We need those majoring in religion or language to help us better understand and sympathize with foreign cultures. A college education should be accessible to everyone, including those who want to specialize in those fields. But the current system makes financial justification of a humanities degree difficult for anyone who has to take out loans to pay for his or her education. However it can be done, lowering the cost of tuition or the interest rates on loans, would help allow students to choose their majors unburdened by financial or societal pressures and would not diminish a field of study that still has value in the future.

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University study shows students have gender bias BY ABBY PAETH ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR

"Inspiring," "hilarious" and "mundane" are just a few words University students used to describe faculty members on ratemyprofessors.com. A study published in PLoS ONE on March 3 found that students are about two times more likely to use words such as "brilliant" and "genius" when describing their male professors rather than their female professors. Professors and graduate students at both the University of Illinois and Princeton University performed the research. Researchers used data from more than 14 million reviews submitted to ratemyprofessors.com and broke down the data to sort professors into categories by field of study. With the results, researchers came to two conclusions: That a suggested bias exists between the intellectual status of male and female professors, and that the use of intellectual reviews was prevalent in male-dominated fields such as mathematics and physics. “In our society, we still have a gender bias such that

men more than women are thought to possess these special intellectual traits,” said Andrei Cimpian, associate professor of psychology at the University. Cimpian was the lead professor who contributed to the research with the help of Daniel Storage, graduate student in LAS. According to Storage, the results of the study were predicted and they did not surprise him. Despite the expected results, he was shocked the bias was present in every single field tested. “I think that struck me because it just shows how prevalent the cultural stereotype against women’s intelligence is,” he said. The results of the study showed that students reviewed both male and female professors equally with non-intellectually descriptive words such as "excellent" and "amazing." These findings imply that the popularity of the professor remains unaffected by gender bias and intellectual ability is where the bias presents itself. Storage predicted this bias is most likely rooted in how today’s students were raised. At a young age, boys are more

often associated with science-related topics, such as spaceships, than girls, who are more likely to play with dolls and tiaras. This explicit way of thinking could encourage the stereotype that men are more intelligent than women. Cimpian and Storage’s research was originally inspired by a study that was published in January of 2014, in The New York Times. This study found that parents are more than twice as likely to google whether their sons are geniuses rather than their daughters. Likewise, they are also three times more likely to ask Google if their daughters are ugly. “Early on, kids are growing up in an environment where their parents and teachers see one group, boys, as smart, and they don’t associate that trait with the other group, which is girls,” Storage said. Researchers couldn't organize the data by the University to study which institutions have a stronger or weaker bias. Storage estimated that if the study were taken from a pool of students enrolled at the University, the results would most likely remain true to the original date.

Although Cimpian believes eliminating the bias will continue to be difficult, he thinks our society is moving in the right direction toward eradicating the cultural stereo-

type that says women aren’t equivalent to men. “The more years we spend in a relatively gender-equal society, the more women will have an opportunity to show

their skills; their intellectual abilities," Cimpian said. "I think these stereotypes will become a thing of the past.”

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GENDER BIAS PRESENT IN PROFESSOR REVIEWS

A study published in PLoS ONE shows obvious signs of gender biases for intellectual reviews of professors. No biases were presented in non-intellectual reveiws. INTELLECTUAL REVIEWS

1.81

“BRILLIANT”

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NON-INTELLECTUAL REVIEWS

“EXCELLENT”

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1.00

(insignificant data)

0.91

“AMAZING”

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(insignificant data) MICHELLE TAM THE DAILY ILLINI

Source: PLoS ONE

Ghosting in relationships: Unmasking important persional issues BY MARA SHAPIRO STAFF WRITER

Imagine being unfriended on Facebook or blocked on Snapchat by your crush. Suddenly ceasing all communication with a romantic interest, commonly known as ghosting, is becoming more prevalent in modern society. This is done in hopes that the ghostees will just "get the hint" and leave the subjects alone, as opposed to the subjects having to tell the ghostees that they are no longer

interested. While ghosting somebody can seem like an ordinary action when you wish to no longer be romantically involved with another, experts explain the larger issues behind the disappearing act. Dr. Kami Kosenko, University alumna and sexual communications professor at North Carolina State University, explains how ghosting's popularity in today's day and age is actually not surprising.

"Ghosting is akin to conflict avoidance, which is one of the most common ways in which Americans deal with conflict," she wrote via email. "So, the fact that people are ending relationships by ghosting romantic partners shouldn't be all that surprising. It's just another way in which we avoid dealing with conflict head-on." The cease to communication on the ghoster's part occurs when they no longer respond to the ghostees, usu-

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ally through virtual messaging, such as texting. Dr. Brian Ogolsky, assistant professor in ACES, wrote via email that the younger generation has a level of dependence on cellphones, making it not so strange that they would use technology as a way to end relationships. "There have been a number of studies linking cellphone use to anxiety, particularly when young people are separated from their

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phones," Ogolsky wrote. "Thus, there seems to be a need for hyper-connectivity, or a constant feeling of being connected and up-to-date." Avoiding confrontation becomes much easier with a medium such as technology. People find it easier to end relationships with others because of the lack of faceto-face contact, and they can cut ties without seeing how the other person reacts emotionally. Acknowledging how technology affects personal relationships and communication with other people is a step toward ending ghosting. Ghosting is becoming more and more widely discussed in today's pop culture. Kosenko believes this is due to the media's influence as well as celebrities vocalizing their own experiences with ghosting. Marie Pritchard, therapist and owner of New Dawn Counseling Center checked this, and wrote via email that talking to the person you want to end a romance with is best instead of ignoring them. "As difficult as it may be, it shows a respect for yourself and for the other person," Pritchard wrote. "There are kind and gentle ways to let someone know that you are not interested." Both Pritchard and Kosenko wrote that ghosting people leaves them without closure; however, they both saw some benefits, especially when it comes to abusive

relationships. "I believe that there can be a caveat when it comes to issues of physical and emotional abuse," Pritchard wrote. "It may be best for someone in that situation to cut off all contact when it is a matter of safety." Kosenko thinks a way to reduce the prevalence of ghosting is gaining a better handle on how to resolve conflict. "Changing how we manage conflict in our interpersonal relationships would be the first step towards reducing instances of ghosting," Kosenko wrote. "If we can learn and practice more active conflict management strategies in all realms of our lives, then this should carry over into our romantic relationships." For ghostees, Pritchard advises that they do not read too much into why they are being ghosted in the first place. If a person is being ghosted for no reason, then wasting time trying to piece together why it may have happened is pointless. "It is time to start a new chapter. My advice for someone who is doing the ghosting is to take a look at his or her motivation. What are you trying to avoid?" Pritchard wrote. "Is there a better, more authentic way to handle the situation? Look at the potential damage the ghosting is doing to you as well as the other person."

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Books and babies Students balance motherhood and college BY MARA SHAPIRO STAFF WRITER

Lakrista Cummings was only a sophomore when she found out she was pregnant with her daughter, Audrey. While at home in Chicago during winter break in 2014, the senior in LAS wasn’t feeling well. The inclement weather made it difficult for her mother to shop for fresh groceries, and Cummings thought the food they had at home was making her ill. W hen C u m m i ngs returned to school, she still experienced nausea and discomfort, so she decided to go to McKinley Health Center. She was told she was pregnant three days before her 20th birthday. “I started crying because I didn’t know what to do,” Cummings said. “The doctors started talking about different choices I could make. I just cried a lot. I didn’t tell anyone until after Valentine’s Day, but I did tell my boyfriend.” Jocelyn Williams, junior in LAS, was also only 19 years old when she found out she was pregnant with her daughter, Jayla. Williams thought she was just sick when she went to McKinley for a possible mononucleosis test. She knew she had missed her period but thought it was just due to stress and other factors. After giving a urine sample for her mono test, she was told she was having a baby. She said she was determined to keep the baby and her education. Both Cummings and Williams had similar mindsets in approaching their new pregnancies, neither believing in abortion. Above all else, they wanted to remain in school and earn their degrees. Cummings had to drop her

course load from 15 hours to 12 hours that spring because of how severe her morning sickness was for the first five months of her pregnancy. It was so bad that she could barely eat. “I almost failed one of my classes, but I ended up getting two A’s, one B-plus and a C-plus that semester,” Cummings said. Williams’ pregnancy wasn’t easy either. She also experienced horrible nausea and couldn’t tolerate the scent of pizza sauce. Williams was able to fi nish the rest of the semester while pregnant but had to take the following fall semester off once her baby was born in August 2012. She came back to school during her spring semester but then realized she needed the entire following year off so she could focus on her child. Both Williams and Cummings had positive support systems while pregnant. Williams’ professors brought in a table for her to sit near to support her belly. Cummings also said her professors were very empathetic, telling her how proud they were of her for completing her schoolwork in her situation. “I’m a very organized person. The first thing I did was plan out the rest of my semesters,” Cummings said. “ I planned out two years of coursework.” The two mothers are now focused on their toddlers and their futures. Williams said one of the biggest life lessons she learned from having a child is to learn how to plan. She no longer has the luxury of procrastinating essays and assignments because she never knows what the next day could bring, whether that be her child getting sick or

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another commitment coming up. Williams will be studying abroad in Spain next year, meaning her mother will have temporary guardianship of Jayla until she returns. She is currently writing a book and is also planning on graduating next year. She wants to return to the University to begin working on her bachelor’s degree in nursing. Cummings will be graduating in May and will start her master’s at the University over the summer. She plans on eventually getting a doctorate and hopes to become a professor. While Williams and Cummings both do most of the work in raising their children, they also

have day cares where they drop off their kids when they have classes or need breaks. For that, they use resources in the community. Williams uses the Crisis Nursery, a 24/7 care facility in Urbana, when she has exams at night. Stephanie Record, executive director of Crisis Nursery, explained why students should consider using the facility’s services for help in raising their children. “We are here if (students) haven’t been able to get day care, and they have exams and are being stressed and overwhelmed,” Record said. “As a college student, when you’re trying to balance getting to class and graduating, and then being

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a parent on top of that, it’s a great resource to alleviate that stress of caring for their child during a short time period.” Record said students can call beginning at 7 a.m. and can drop their children off for up to 72 hours; however, eight is usually the average duration for a stay. She said the Crisis Nursery is not a day care, but is rather a backup. Among day care services, the Nursery also has specialists, support groups and child education classes. “Asking for help is a sign of strength. A lot of times, people think they have to do it all on their own,” Record said. “We really promote to families that it’s

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really OK to ask for help. Everybody needs support at one point or another.” Williams and Cummings both said they want other women to know they’re not alone. Williams stressed doing well in school, and Cummings said, “Don’t drop out. Love your children, and don’t neglect them.” Both Jayla and Audrey keep their moms busy but are bundles of joy, Cummings and Williams said. The kids like to play with technology and their moms’ homework assignments, but both are fast learners who are curious about the world around them.

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On April 21, Chicago Cubs starter Jake Arrieta threw a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds. One day later, Illinois starter Cody Sedlock shutout Ohio State for 10 2/3 innings; a performance that earned him National Pitcher of the Week honors. Besides displaying world-class pitching performances, there don’t

seem to be too many similarities between the two. But Sedlock and Arrieta have a lot more in common than it seems. It’s enough to draw comparisons between the two from teammates and coaches during discussions about Sedlock’s professional potential “I have always compared him to Jake Arrieta, with how he pitches and the stuff he has,” catcher Jason Goldstein said. “It

was always a matter of, just like Arrieta, putting it all together and being consistent. Hopefully he can build off this performance and keep producing for us that way the rest of the season.” The physical similarities are definitely there. Both are listed at 6-foot4. Sedlock weighs just 15 pounds fewer than Arrieta’s listed 225 pounds. Both are righties. “They are both physi-

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Illinois starting pitcher Cody Sedlock delivers the pitch during game one of the series against St. Louis University at Illinois Field on Friday, April 15. The Illini won 6-4.

cal specimens,” Goldstein said. “They are both big, strong guys. They both touch the middle to upper 90s, and they both have devastating sliders and curveballs. Jake Arrieta makes guys in the majors look stupid, and Cody does the same with college players.” Sedlock loves going to his two breaking balls when he needs a strikeout, a tendency that he shares with the Cubs’ ace. In 2015, Arrieta hurled his way to one of the best pitchers in the MLB. His 22-6 record and 1.77 ERA earned him the National League Cy Young award. In four starts this season, he is 4-0 with a 0.87 ERA, with one no-hitter to boot. While comparing the 20-year-old Sedlock to a proven professional likeArrieta might seem like a stretch at this point, Arietta wasn’t always this dominant. In his first four years in the majors, Arrieta pitched for the Baltimore Orioles and had a 20-25 record with a 5.46 ERA. Arrieta pitched for three seasons at Texas Christian University. He was a firstround draft pick by the Orioles.

During his junior season at TCU, Arrieta posted a 9-3 record with a 3.01 ERA. But Arrieta has never pitched 10 2/3 shutout innings in one game. “(It was) the best baseball game I have ever caught in my entire life,” Goldstein said. “Cody was lights out. I have never seen anybody in full control of a baseball game like that. He had full control of all of his pitches, and he was making kids look stupid.” Sedlock is one of the top-pitching prospects in the Big Ten, with his stock likely skyrocketing after Friday’s performance. But, Sedlock hasn’t decided if he will leave for the majors after this season. For now he is just living in the moment. “I didn’t even know that (the National Pitcher of the Week) was an award, but it is pretty cool,” Sedlock said. “It was crazy. Every inning flew by, and they started stacking up. Everything was working. It was just one of those days.”

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ILLINI OF THE WEEK

Detry wins first individual Big Ten title in final year

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Thomas Detry became the second Illini golfer from Belgium to win the Big Ten individual title BY RYAN WILSON STAFF WRITER

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

homas Detry hit a long shot off the tee on the par-5, thirdhole in the last round of the Big Ten tournament. His next shot came 10 feet short of the hole, and he was able to one-putt it from there. “It was pretty cool,” Detry said after the tournament.

But his pursuit of low scores in the round was just getting started. He birdied holes two, four and nine before the turn, and then he birdied three of his first four afterward. “Once you start making birdies, the machine doesn’t stop,” he said. Detry finished the round

with an 8-under-par to earn him his first individual title at the Big Ten tournament –- his first win of the season. His final round score tied the lowest shot by an Illini in a round at the Big Ten tournament since Trevor Beard in 1991. “I had a great vibe on the course all day long,” Detry said. “You could kind of feel it. Everybody was having fun. Everybody was just ready to go.” Detry, along with Charlie Danielson, has served as a leader for Illinois. He has always been a quiet leader. But his results — best singleseason stroke average and best career stroke average in program history — have their own voice. “Thomas has been a workhorse,” head coach Mike Small said. “He’s gone about his business as just a good old hardworking blue collar guy and didn’t say a lot.” Detry joined Illinois four years ago. He came from Brussels and is roommates with fellow Illini Charlie Danielson. “It was fun to see him become ‘Americanized,’” Danielson said. In Detry’s freshman year, he had another Belgium teammate. Thomas Pieters was in his last year on the team, before he started

playing professionally after his junior year. “He (Pieters) basically shows me that I can do it,” Detry said. “If he can do it, I can do it, too.” Both the lives of Detry and Pieters changed after the attacks in Brussels on March 22. Thirty four were killed and 200 wounded in the bombings that occurred in the Mealbeek Metro Station and the Zavertern Airport. Detry lives 20 minutes south of the Zavertern and goes through the airport 10 times each summer. He heard about the bombings when he was in his hotel room on the morning before his team played the final round of the Valspar Collegiate. He saw messages on Facebook about the tragedy, and he started texting with a friend. He then turned on Fox News and contacted his family. “I’m a little scared,” Detry told Golfweek at the time. “I wish I could stay here.” Head coach Mike Small found Detry in the hotel to make sure he was OK. Small also contacted Pieters and signee Goivanni Tadiotto, who lives in Belgium. “We’re just lucky that he (Detry) didn’t really know anyone and the situation kind of settled over,”

Danielson said. Now, a little more than a month after that tournament, Detry has a couple weeks left of his college career. With his Big Ten win, he became the second Illini from Belgium in the last four years to win the title. The only other player was Pieters. But after Detry graduates, he wants to again play with his former teammate. “I’m very proud of what Thomas (Pieters) has done on the Euro Tour,” Detry said. “I look forward to joining him.”

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Honorable Mentions Cody Sedlock (baseball): The junior pitched 10 2/3 innings in the teams win 15-inning win over Ohio State on Friday. He had 14 strike outs and zero earned runs. Breanna Wonderly (softball): The junior pitched in all three games over the weekend, with three earned runs and 10 strikeouts in 20 innings against Wisconsin.

Talking Illini: Brandon Ngai the pommel horse guy KEVIN MCCARTHY Illini columnist

17 years old, Brandon Ngai is the youngest NCAA national champion in any sport ever. So he’s got that going for him, which is nice. He got off of his high (pommel) horse to speak with me: a lowly columnist. Just kidding. This young man is actually as humble and kind as they come. He is truly a class-act. Enjoy my conversation with the youngest national champion of all time. Kevin McCarthy: You started college when you were 16. How did that happen? Brandon Ngai: I started high school two years early because I skipped second grade, and I did seventh and eighth in one year. KM: What was wrong with second grade? Too much singing and hand-holding? BN: My first grade teacher said I needed to skip a grade because I was getting everything done way too quickly and spent most of my time sitting around in class. KM: You’re lucky. Second grade was the longest four years of my life. Let’s get serious now — talk about the moment

when you became a national champion. What went through your mind? BN: I don’t think I let it all sink in. It’s been a goal for such a long time that when it finally happened, I was just like, “That was it. That just happened.” KM: When did it become a goal for you? BN: I would definitely say about last year at this time. I remember seeing the scores coming in at the NCAA’s last year — I thought, “Wow, it’s definitely a possibility to be an All-American and even win the championship.” KM: What was your mindset before heading into that last pommel horse routine? BN: Ultimately, I just wanted to be able to finish out the season knowing that I did my last routine the best that I could. You practice it for eight months in a row every day. You’ve done the work already, you just want it to come out the best that it can the one time that it counts. KM: You’re originally from California. What made you want to come to Champaign? BN: Primarily it was for the engineering; my major is aerospace engineering. When I came out here on my recruiting trip, I really liked the coaching staff and the team. It was a great all-around package, and I’ve been loving it ever since.

KM: Since you’re an aerospace engineer, does the phrase, “It’s not rocket science” mean anything different to you? Considering the fact that it’s literally rocket science. BN: Yeah, it is rocket science. But rocket science probably isn’t as hard as a lot of other things like quantum physics. KM: As a journalism major, it sounds impossible to me. Now that you have the individual national championship under your belt, what other goals do you have left to accomplish? BN: Now I really want to push to help the team get an NCAA title. To do so, I think I can take a lot of the things I’ve learned to help other pommel guys specifically. KM: What’s the worst fall you’ve ever taken in gymnastics? BN: Luckily, pommel horse falls don’t usually result in serious injuries. But last year at Stanford, I was going to put my hand down on a traveling skill, and my hand slipped off the leather, and I fell directly on my neck. At first I was a little scared, but I was completely fine. KM: What’s one thing that people don’t know about Brandon Ngai? BN: I tend to get into like a “thing of the month.” I’ll pick

up something, get really into it and drop it a month later. In the past, I got into solving rubix cubes really fast, collecting different things, flying quad copters around and many other things. KM: Is there a current “thing of the month” — other than being a national champion? BN: I’ve been pretty busy this month. I’m sure there will be a new one soon, though. KM: If you could play any other sport, what would it

be? BN: Probably curling. It’s a unique sport. It’d be pretty cool. KM: What are you most looking forward to about turning 18? BN: I think that I’ll be getting my driver’s license. Since I came here the week before I turned 16, I never took Driver’s Ed or anything and haven’t had time since then. KM: Do you like Bill Nye the science guy? BN: There’s been several

times during the year where I’ve been called, “Brandon Ngai the pommel horse guy” or “Brandon Ngai the aerospace guy.” KM: A closing word… This kid — and yes, I can still call him a kid — just won a national championship. What were you doing when you were 17?

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Illinois’ Brandon Ngai performs his routine on the pommel horse at the meet against Michigan on March 12, 2016.

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FOOTBALL

Illini players, coaches set for NFL Draft BY COLE HENKE STAFF WRITER

The NFL Draft will begin Thursday, and the Illinois football players will all be waiting to hear some of their former teammates’ names called. While the number of Illini to be drafted is unknown, one thing is certain: Former Illinois defensive end Jihad Ward will be drafted early. Ward’s draft stock has skyrocketed since the end of the season. The rise wasn’t a surprise to Illinois defensive line coach Mike Phair. “He is going to be a really good player in the NFL,” Phair said. “I am pumped to see where he goes. The one thing I saw the first practice I had here was that for a big guy, he is very agile and coordinated. He is special.” If Ward is chosen the first round, he will be the first Illinois player to be drafted that early since Whitney Mercilus and A.J. Jenkins were selected in the 2012 Draft. A lot of the Illinois football players will gather Thursday for a draft par-

ty, where they will wait for Ward’s name to be called. Ward was invited to the Draft, but he has two finals. He will stay back and attend the viewing party with his teammates. When Ward is drafted, he will realize his NFL dream. While his younger teammates won’t share that feeling with him, they will be motivated to work and get to that point. Wide receiver Justin Hardee said that the whole pre-draft process has inspired him already. “I am picturing myself being there next year,” Hardee said. “All of them going in the draft this year is motivation. I know that I am going to have to do all I can do to get to that position. It is a blessing.” Phair has spent time in the NFL and when he was there, he had a better feel of how the draft plays out. Now that he has been in the college game for a few years, he is a little out of touch with the draft. He is unsure where Ward will be drafted. He, like all the rest, will have to wait until Thurs-

day night to see Ward’s new home. “Usually when I do pick I am totally wrong,” Phair said. “It is hard because I don’t know what the rest of the draft is. I don’t get to see all of the other defensive linemen around the country.” When Lovie Smith was announced as the Illinois head football coach, everybody already knew him. But Smith didn’t know his players. Now that spring ball is over, he knows what to expect from his team. “We know the personnel a lot better now,” Smith said. “Players know exactly what is expected. They know the tempo at practice, and they know how we do things -the Illini way – as much as anything.” Defense was the strong point of the team last season. Under Smith, the team will shift to a 4-3 defensive scheme. Phair said the new scheme will create new positions, while also taking some others away. Since the team has

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Defensive lineman Jihad Ward causes Northwestern running back Solomon Vault to fumble during the game at Soldier Field on Nov. 28. finished spring ball, Phair and Smith have a better idea of which positions certain players can play. Now it is time for the team to improve under Smith’s

new scheme. “We just have a lot of room to get better as a unit up front,” Phair said. “And we will get better, it is just going to take reps and time.

I am excited for when they get back. It will be here before we know it.”

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Four Big Ten players to watch in the NFL Draft DAN ESCALONA College football columnist

he NFL Draft is here, and what better time to assess the strength of each Big Ten football program and the conference as a whole than by

looking at the amount of players taken in the draft. The Big Ten, Ohio State in particular, is slated to produce a large and immensely talented group of future NFL players. Here are just five Big Ten players to watch for in the upcoming NFL draft: Joey Bosa: There is no denying that Bosa is the

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most supremely-gifted pass rusher in this year’s class. While at Ohio State, his dominance over most offensive lines was undeniable, so all signs point to him doing so on Sundays. He’s got the motor and the drive to outwork and out-hustle most other players at his position. Bosa has all the makings

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to be the next great NFL pass rusher — a JJ Watt clone so to speak. Yet, his biggest weakness may have nothing to do with his on-the-field exploits but rather some of his off-field issues. In his last season in college, he was suspended one game for an unspecified violation of team rules. His “issues,” heading into the draft, may at the end of the day just be more media hype than anything else. This doesn’t mean that teams should completely ignore these concerns, but that his production as a defensive end should overshadow these relatively minor detractions. Jack Conklin: Of any player in the draft, Conklin has the most intriguing story. He began his career as a walk-on at Michigan State after receiving zero Division I scholarship offers out of high school. With lots of determination, Conklin was a fixture on the offensive line in his three seasons with the Spartans. In the process, he has become an elite tackle and now a top pick in the NFL Draft. Any talk about the “intangibles” in relation to potential draft picks has become an empty cliché at this point, but when talking about Conklin, the "intangibles" are part of what will make him a successful lineman in the

NFL. Offensive linemen are the least trendy of any draft pick, though they are arguably the most important. In any draft, few players become franchise cornerstones, but some team might be getting a steady offensive tackle for the next decade. Ezekiel Elliott: The running back position is definitely thinner than in previous drafts, yet that doesn’t mean there aren’t potential marquee playmakers in the backfield. The best of these being Elliott. Elliott has all the attributes you want in a tailback to build around for a team’s future success. He has some of the best vision and elusiveness in tight space of any recent running back prospect. Combine that with an unparalleled ability to make defenders miss in the open field and change directions in a split second. He’s also an adept blocker and receiver out of the backfield. In short, he is the do-it-all back every team wants. As long as Elliott’s name is still on the draft board, he will demand that every team in the top 10 take a long look at possibly selecting him. He could be the guy to construct an offense around for the foreseeable future.

Christian Hackenberg: Hackenberg is the figurative enigma machine as far as quarterbacks go in this draft — impossible to figure out, yet once he does figures it out himself, could take off in the NFL. He entered Penn State as one of the most hyped recruits in program history, which he certainly proved worthy of during his strong freshman season. His sophomore and junior seasons were not nearly as smooth, proving inconsistent in his accuracy.In three years as a starter, Hackenberg still ended as the program leader in passing yards and touchdowns. With Hackenberg, the talent and potential are there — that’s not a question — it's just which team with the right coaching staff can maximize his physical tools. This is why a team like the Broncos with a brilliant offensive mind in Gary Kubiak would be an ideal situation for Hackenberg in the post-Manning era. Wherever he lands, the key for Hackenberg to succeed at the next level is to improve his accuracy and prove himself a better leader.

Dan is a senior in Media. descalo2@ dailyillini.com @danscalona77

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Illinois’ diverse hurdle gang applies ‘eat, pray, run’ motto BY JACOB DIAZ STAFF WRITER

Before their meet at Illinois’ outdoor track Saturday afternoon, Pedrya Seymour, Kortni Smyers-Jones and Jayla Stewart got together and prayed. The trio of Illini hurdlers, who call themselves the “hurdle gang,” come from different backgrounds. Seymour, a sophomore, grew up in the Bahamas before coming to the University. Smyers-Jones is a junior transfer student from Laney Community College in Oakland, California. Stewart was a top-tier high school athlete and five-time All-American at Homewood-Flossmoor. But, since coming to Champaign-Urbana, they have found that they have a lot in common with each other. “We’re close because we are just alike, basically.” Seymour said very candidly. “As friends, we speak our minds, and we’re honest, and that makes us better training partners.” *** All three members of the hurdle gang not only ran in the fourth heat in Saturday’s race, but they ran in three consecutive lanes. Stewart lined up in lane four, alongside Seymour in lane five and Smyers-Jones in lane six. This is the first year the group has been together, and each hurdler has benefited from the presence of the other two. “We motivate each other,” Smyers-Jones said. “All the time.” Last year, Stewart was the captain of her high school track team. She said that

while she was always happy to help the younger runners, she never had a training partner herself. Coming to Illinois and training every day with two other, equally talented hurdlers has been a formative experience for her. Smyers-Jones has had a similar experience since transferring in. She said that she had the same coach from eighth grade through junior college and her teammates helped her adjust to assistant coach Randy Gillon’s style. Just like she and Seymour helped mentor Stewart off the field, Stewart and Seymour have helped SmyersJones in practice. “They’re like my second and third coaches.” Smyers-Jones said. “Seriously. (Pedrya’s) in my ear, Jayla’s in my ear. You’d think Jayla would be the baby of the group, because she’s the youngest, but she doesn’t act like it. She’s always on me.” Seymour, who has been at the University the longest, was happy to get some new competition to push her to do better. “It’s good having a hurdle group to practice with,” she said. “Because you can’t do hurdles and not go all out, you have to always go all out.” Seymour added that in the fall, Jayla was beating her for months which pushed her for indoor season. *** Back at the Saturday race, the starter pistol fired, and the sound of the shot rang out clearly around the track. The hurdlers exploded out of their starting position, legs a blur of motion as they approached the first hurdle. The Illini reached and

cleared the first few hurdles. At the end of the day, it will be their individual performances that are judged, but they seemed determined to stick together at that moment. It’s not what they do on the track, but outside the sport that grows their friendship. One example of this is how they keep each other eating healthy, by sending each other pictures of their food. “We know that if we want to go as far as we can we have to be very disciplined and healthy,” Smyers-Jones said. “It helps knowing that there’s someone who wants it just as bad as you.” They keep each other from eating favorites like bread and french fries. *** Eight seconds have passed in Saturday’s race. The hurdlers found their rhythm, and cleared hurdle after hurdle, with the finish line fast approaching. The pack started to separate, and Seymour and Stewart pulled ahead of the rest, but only by a few feet. As Seymour and Stewart pushed themselves over the final hurdle, they knew they won. But a problem developed behind them that they cannot see. Smyers-Jones didn’t keep up with them, and someone eclipsed her for third place before they reached the final hurdle. Barring some unforeseeable circumstance, it seemed the hurdle gang would be split up. But Smyers-Jones and teammates believed in her. The hurdle gang’s bond runs deeper than most as they share a bond at a more spiritual level: Before every meet, they pray together to

keep away the nerves. “We pray about keeping us wise and keeping us strong,” Stewart said. “We pray that we get through the race with no fear and no injuries.” If a teammate has a bad week, the trio will send inspiration their way. Seymour even has a scripture app that she’ll pass along to her teammates. *** Back in the race, Smyers-Jones and her competitor cleared the penultimate hurdle, but it was her adversary who was in front. S out her n I l l i noi s Edwardsville’s LaDonna Caston crossed the hurdle gang. Smyers-Jones had one hurdle, a few strides after it, and a matter of seconds before the race was over and Caston separated the hurdle gang on the scoreboard. But in between the penultimate and final hurdle, she pushed herself to go father and faster than her opponent. She said she wasn’t going to let her teammates down. As they leapt over the final hurdle and hit the straightaway, it was a photo finish. Caston and Smyers-Jones were as close as can be down the stretch, but as the scores appeared, they confirmed what Smyers-Jones already knew: Seymour: 13.40 seconds Stewart: 13.59 seconds Smyers-Jones: 14.19 seconds Caston: 14.20 seconds The race was over, and the hurdle gang was right where they wanted to be: sweaty, out of breath, at the top of the scoreboard and together.

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Illinois’ Kortni Smyers-Jones running in the Orange and Blue meet at the Armory on Feb. 20.

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