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University plans for second solar farm BY LUIS VELAZQUEZ STAFF WRITER

A $20 million contract to create and build a second solar farm, Solar Farm 2.0, near the University was recently signed. Once completed, Solar Farm 2.0 will create the amount of electricity used in 2,000 average American homes. The 54-acre solar farm will be built near the north side of Curtis Road, between First Street and the Canadian National railroad tracks by Neil Street. Under the 20-year contract, Sol Systems, LLC will be designing, building and operating the 10-megawatt solar array and will sell the energy to the campus at a fixed rate of $45.99 per megawatt hour each year. Discussions of a new solar farm started in 2017, according to a Facilities & Services press release. The site selection was approved in 2018 and Sol Systems, LLC was chosen as the official vendor in February. The farm is designed to help the University meet clean energy targets outlined in the Illinois Climate Action Plan or ICAP,

which means by fiscal year 2025, solar installations on campus property generate 25,000 megawatt hours per year. Currently, the initial 21-acre solar farm on campus produces 7,000 megawatt hours per year. “Solar Farm 2.0 will save money for the campus, compared to purchased gridelectricity,” said Mohamed Attalla, executive director of Facilities & Services. “We expect to save $300,000 next year alone. It will benefit the entire Urbana campus budget.” Attalla said he believes the first solar farm has been successful, both as a notable step toward using clean energy and as a demonstration of what other organizations, businesses and homeowners can do. People from all around the world have visited the current solar farm, which has enough energy of about 700 typical American homes and was first approved in 2012. “With over 25 million kilowatt-hours of on-campus solar production each year, the University of Illinois will be in the top three American universities using

on-site renewable energy,” Attalla said. The other institutions ranked top two for using renewable energy are the University of California campuses and the University of Missouri. Sean Reeder, assistant vice president of the Office of Capital Programs and Utility Services, said the University is committed to increasing the use of renewable energy and moving toward a carbon-neutral campus. One major goal for iCAP is for the University campus to be carbon-neutral by 2050. Lesly Ortega, sophomore in LAS, was unaware of the current and future productions of the solar farm. However, Ortega is relieved the University is taking ecofriendly action. “We need as much action to protect our environment as possible,” Ortega said. “I think this decision from the University would not only help the environment but RYAN CHOW THE DAILY ILLINI how the institution functions too.” The Solar Power Panel Farm near First Street and Windsor Road has been in operation since December 2015. The University has recently agreed to a contract on creating a new solar farm.

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LSAT becomes digital-only exam BY GRACE MALONEY STAFF WRITER

On Saturday, the Law School Admission Test underwent one of its biggest changes in decades: It took a new digital form on a tablet. After a successful initial launch in July in which half of pre-law students took the paper version and half took the digital version of the LSAT, the Law School Admission Council decided the LSAT will no longer be administered as a paper exam. “For the past several years, the Law School Admission Council has been evaluating various pathways to digitally transform the LSAT with the goal of evolving the experience to increase accessibility,” said Troy Lowry, senior vice president of Technology Products and chief information officer at the Law School Admissions Council, in an email. “The recent scandal involving college admissions is a good reminder that our continued vigilance in this area is warranted.” Russel Schaffer, senior communications manager from Kaplan Test Prep, said the University has one of the largest number of pre-law students in the country. “The days of paper and

pencil, the testing format that college students are most familiar with, are over,” Schaffer said. Kaplan’s senior manager for instructional design, Glen Stohr, authors the Kaplan e-book. Stohr has been an LSAT teacher for over 20 years and has taught thousands of students preparing for the exam and law school. “This is without a doubt the biggest change to the LSAT in over 25 years,” Stohr said. The paper-and-pencil tests were administered four times per year. The new digital test will be administered nine or more times per year. “It will be faster and easier for them to process scores because they don’t have to ship score sheets back to a certain location and run them through a machine,” Stohr said. Stohr said he believes students will value the change. Before, if a test taker missed one test date, he or she had to wait three months before testing again. The test is now administered on a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet and is more secure, Stohr said. “The only thing on the tablet is a proprietary soft-

ware that LSAC designed just to deliver this test,” Stohr said. “If you were to try to swipe one of those, as soon as you get that tablet out of range of its ‘mothership’ computer, there’s nothing on it. A test booklet is less secure.” Stohr said the new digital

starts at the same time,” Stohr said. “You get a popup on the screen that you have to dismiss that says there are five minutes left in the section. I think that’s just a comforting thing for the test to be really super consistent with everybody.” Tablets will also make special testing accommodations easier to manage. “A classic example is one in which you get a large print text for an eyesight accommodation,” Stohr said. “Now, you can simply change the font size on the screen. You don’t have to reprint a different booklet and ship it differently.” The test-makers have also added tools to assist students with techniques they may have used on a paper test, such as a stylus for marking notes and a program that allows the use of the elimination method for test questions. However, Stohr said it is still beneficial to practice with the new digital interface so that it becomes second nature. The technological glitches were small and isolated enough to continue with the launch, Stohr added. “I know there was one place where the tab-

“This is without a doubt the biggest change to the LSAT in over 25 years.” GLEN STOHR KAPLAN TEST PREP’S SENIOR MANAGER FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

format will also help make the testing environment more consistent. For example, some proctors could have given time warnings during each section while others may have forgotten or given them late. “Now everybody’s section

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Student loan forgiveness program rejects majority of applicants post renovation said. “I think the execution is an issue for sure, and that was one of the things this program clearly had a problem with; 99% of the folks being rejected execution was a problem.” One of the core criticisms of the redesigned program was its confusing and unclear application process. Regardless of eligibility, borrowers are required to have applied to the original PSLF in addition to the expanded student loan forgiveness program in order to even be considered. According to a report from the Government Accountability Office, 71% of the denied borrowers were rejected because they did not submit a PSLF application. “That’s just maddening and also sounded like in this case, they did a very bad job of making people potentially eligible, making them aware,” Pitts said. “On the other hand, if they were going to get rejected anyway I’m not sure which is worse. But the other thing I would definitely say is that making folks aware of these programs, in general, is often a challenge and I think we (at the University) try to make students aware of opportunities like this, but it’s not easy, admittedly.” Discussion of this particular program has not been actively held at the University, Pitts said the more immediate issue of how much money the University provides for students based on merit and financial needs are the primary discussion on campus. “What we really hear about on campus is what

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The Department of Education rejected 99% of applicants for its Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness program within a year of its renovation. In May 2018, Congress expanded the program to assist those struggling to secure loan forgiveness from the original Public Service Loan Forgiveness created to forgive federal loans for graduates who have worked at least 10 years full-time in certain public service organizations. The expanded student loan forgiveness program was designed to help those ineligible for the original PSLF program; however, progress has been reported unsuccessful. Of the 53,523 applicants, who applied to the expanded program from May 2018 to May 2019, only 661 were accepted as eligible for a program designed to expand its loan forgiveness to more public service workers. As a part of the expansion, Congress appropriated $700 million for TEPSLF. However, only 4%, approximately $26.9 million, has been exhausted. Kevin Pitts, vice provost for Undergraduate Education, said while the program holds positive intentions, execution evokes issues contradicting the original plan. “In spirit, these are a good idea because the students are benefiting from the potential loan forgiveness and then the government or the educational system is benefiting from their contribution,” Pitts

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Willard Airport received its second grant this year from the Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. Representative Rodney Davis announced Friday the airport will receive a $1.3 million grant, which will be used for taxiway lighting, signage and wiring. This grant comes four months after an initial $9.9 million grant was issued to Willard Airport in May. That money was said to be used for runway construction. “Willard Airport is an essential part of the Champaign-Urbana community and helps connect it and surrounding rural areas to the rest of the world,” Davis said in a press release. “These necessary upgrades would not be possible without federal support and I’m glad to see Champaign-Urbana benefiting from this grant. As a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, my priority continues to be investing in our nation’s infrastructure, especially

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The committee has been supporting Willard Airport since as early as 2018, when $1.8 million was granted to the airport to reconstruct taxiways. According to the press release, Willard Airport Executive Director Tim Bannon said the newest

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LOANS are we doing for students right now,” Pitts Said. “And I think that’s exactly the right thing to think about because student bills are coming out in September and the first payments due later this month, that kind of thing. So how much money am I getting from whatever source, if it’s a scholarship or if it’s a grant or it’s a loan, that kind of thing is what’s on people’s mind.” Discussion of financial support on campus has been directed toward ensuring student success and how universities can maximize the chance every student has to succeed not only academically, but also in life after college. “It’s very interesting, and I think it’s very healthy that there are these conversations happening, and they’re not just here at the University of Illinois, they’re happening everywhere,” Pitts said. “It’s also putting pressure on colleges to keep costs under control.” While the University’s financial aid department does not provide specific programs like TEPSLF, Michelle Trame, director of Student Financial Aid, said she believes students are provided with all information on their loan repayment options to the point they are ready to go into repayment. Trame advises students to pay close attention to college finances. “Make sure (students) understand what their costs are,” Trame said. “Make sure (students) understand the aid that’s available to them, and they need to make sure they know what their families are planning to contribute (toward) their education. Just have a plan and know how they’re going to pay for school.” Aware of the issues regarding the cost of higher education, Pitts said the University is working to find sources of money to help increase the amount of financial support. “We’re doing a lot, but there’s definitely more to be done,” Pitts said. “We don’t want costs to be the limiting factor in that. That’s really the bottom line.” The Department of Education was unavailable for comment in time for the publication of this article. yjson2@dailyillini.com

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LSAT lets hadn’t been properly charged, I think just human error,” Stohr said. “But the technological problems were really small and limited.” Lowry said another benefit is the digital test eliminates the risk of accidentally filling in the wrong bubble. “This benefit will help to relieve some of the anxiety in taking the test— that is, anxiety about errors due to having to put all answers on the answer sheet,” Lowry said. Lowry said many test takers who had gone in for a paper test and had gotten the digital test instead ended up liking the digital exam better. They found it more efficient to select answers with a single click instead of finding and filling in a bubble on a separate answer sheet. Many found it much easier to flag questions and come back to them with the digital format. “The Digital LSAT is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of how data and digital approaches can transform our organization and help us accomplish our mission of serving candidates, schools, institutions and society as a whole,” Lowry said. gnm2@dailyillini.com

Latinx communities experience additional stressors BY YOOJIN SON ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

For many in Latinx communities, because of traumatic migration experiences and the almost constant threat of deportation, anxiety and fear can define their everyday lives. For these communities, many have lost a sense of belonging. This leads to a fear of possibly being separated from friends and family. Fatima Castillo, junior in LAS, said the U.S. president and his administration are causing substantial anxiety for not only the Latinx community, but also other minority groups. “This is like Trump’s America right now, which really sucks,” Castillo said. “Especially now it’s him making it so that racism and hatred are really becoming prevalent and coming out, being brought into the light. It really does make people in the Hispanic community and other communities very, very anxious.” Mik hail Ly ubansk y, teaching associate professor in LAS, said the current political climate brings a unique stressor to Latinx communities. “From a political climate in which part of the mainstream political rhetoric from one side is you build a wall and everything goes with it, which is targeted to very specific groups,” Lyubansky said. “So, that’s a unique stressor for those who are in this country from a very particular place.” Julie Dowing, assosicate professor in LAS, said Latinx immigrants, especially those who are undocumented, face considerable stress, especially in the current climate of anti-immigrant and anti-Latino sentiments. “Anti-immigrant rhetoric in the media, government raids on immigrant areas, and violence against Latinos such as the recent El Paso shooting all contribute to feelings of anxiety and fear for Latinos,” Downing said in an email. “This has important consequences for physical and mental well-being.” With these stressors on the table, mental health issues can still be neglected due to lack of resources and cultural stigmas. Castillo is a secondgeneration immigrant, and she grew up with her parents who are from Mexico. Castillo said she is anxious for her father, who has yet to renew his green card. Application for renewal alone will cost Castillo’s father over $500 without guarantee of a reinstation. While he is not targeted by the ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, being employed in construction and working alongside undocumented immigrants heightens his chances of collateral deportation, Castillo said. “It’s, like, incredibly anxious knowing that the people that I know and people (in my own household) can be threatened and deported for just trying to put themselves in a better situation than it is being back their home country,” Castillo said. “And I usually try not to think about it, but it’s important to talk about, because avoiding it isn’t going to do much. So talking about it and making sure that people are aware of it knowing their rights is, I feel, very important.” Lucia Maldonado, Latino Parent Liaison of Urbana School District 116, migrated to the U.S. with her two young children. Barriers of language and culture lead her to feel frustration, and today it serves as motivation to help those in the community who are struggling to adapt as she did 26 years ago. Without services for

Prevalence of mental illness in U.S. Latinx populations In the U.S. population, 17.8% is estimated to be Latinx or Hispanic. Of that percentage, 15% had diagnosable mental illness in the past year. Only 36% of Hispanic people with depression received care. After an initial visit to a psychologist, only 50% of Hispanic people return for a second appointment.

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Latinx parents, Maldonado said she felt the need to connect Latinx households and schools to lessen the stress a parent can feel about visiting their child’s school. “Some of the things that I started doing really changed that, and just the fact of letting people know that there was one person that they could call when they have questions, I always place myself in their shoes,because I was in their shoes years ago,” Maldonado said. “So just knowing that you have somebody

not talking about anything related to immigration law, don’t answer any questions related to immigration, don’t talk to anybody about any of that; the fact that students were breaking that rule. They were talking to people and, in many ways, asking for help really was a big sign.” Despite the need for mental health care to cope with these heightened feelings of stress, discussion on the topic is often avoided in Latinx communities. Lyubansky said inter-

“Anti-immigrant rhetoric in the media, government raids on immigrant areas, and violence against Latinos such as the recent El Paso shooting all contribute to feelings of anxiety and fear for Latinos,” JULIE DOWNING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN LAS

to call makes a huge, huge difference.” Working at the school district, Maldonado said she has seen heightened stress and anxiety within the last three years, not only in parents, but also in young children, afraid for their future in the U.S. “Right after the president got elected, I started getting requests from teachers to talk to students and to check in with students because teachers were concerned,” Maldonado said. “Students started sharing concerns here about not only themselves and their future, but about their parents.” A student in Maldonado’s district wrote an apology for his poor performance on an essay, adding that he could not focus while living in fear of being separated from his parents. “These are kids,” Maldonado said. “So, to me, knowing that most families train their kids really well about

nalizing stress can lead to depression, anxiety and other mental disorders. The critical question to be asked in these cases, he said, is the presence of support from family and community awareness that behavior rooting from experience is not simply laziness or being ‘crazy.’ “In many immigrant communities, there’s more stigma,” Lyubansky said. “There are lots of stigmas here in the U.S., but in many of the immigrant communities, there’s even more stigma. So there isn’t a place to really engage that.” This summer, Castillo worked as an intern at Esperanza Health Centers in Chicago at a clinic that provides bilingual counseling services for Latinx communities. To lessen the stigma and hesitation of seeking help, Castillo said psychologists would avoid utilizing their official title and instead describe themselves with the word

“counselor.” “It’s very much being too prideful and being looked down upon,” Castillo said. “It’s like ‘You’re being weak for not being able to work out the stuff in your head,’” Castillo said. Maldonado said much of the Latinx community avoids discussing mental health. “It’s one of the topics that is actually avoided,” she said. “There is also a huge stigma in the Latino community. We have had children who are depressed, who are probably clinically depressed, but their parents keep thinking or keep saying that they’re just tired, that they’re just bored that they’re choosing to be that way.” Despite discussions about immigration and ICE arrests increasing in frequency, Maldonado said she does not want the discussion of fear to become normalized and desensitized. “I don’t want to take any of the (harshness) from any of those topics, but I want to make sure that people know that they can talk about it, that we can talk about it,” she said. “I want to make sure people know that they have some place to go and that they have options.” Gloria Yen, director of the New American Welcome Center at the University YMCA, said even if there were sufficient resources available, conversation is a significant factor in approaching the issue in the long-run. “It’s a really important conversation to have in terms of just normalizing mental health as a part of your (overall) health,” Yen said. “Also that you’re not the only person in this scenario and that it’s something that is a benefit for everybody, immigrant and otherwise, to pursue (is important to remember).” Seeing Latinx community members living with increased stress without seeking mental health support is not only the fault of cultural stigmas, but also a lack of resources. With very few bilingual counselors that can provide the right advice on culturally sensitive topics, Maldonado said she can only hope those in need will try to survive or become mentally stronger. “What does that do to your body, to your mind,

to your soul living like that and not knowing how long you’re going to be able to stay with your family, not knowing if one of your own is going to be picked up?” Maldonado said. “Some people avoid thinking about that. Most people think about that every single day.” Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, professor in AHS, conducted research focused on prenatal Latino mothers and the effects of immigration and deportation on their mental health. Due to psychosocial factors such as poverty and discrimination along with other cultural stressors, Lara-Cinisomo said Latinas are a high-risk population for experiencing perinatal depression compared to women of the general population, yet the topic is highly understudied. “We need to create resources at the community medical health care and national level that is going to support these women who make the sacrifice of coming to this country to seek a better livelihood for themselves and their family,” Lara-Cinisomo said. With limited federal opportunities and funding to conduct research on Latinx populations, LaraCinisomo said an emphasis on creating safe spaces in the community to discuss mental health needs is crucial. “Your immigrant status should not be a factor of whether or not you can talk about your mental health and your mental health needs,” Lara-Cinisomo said. Lyubansky said people who migrate to the U.S. are, on average, healthier than U.S. born citizens. “We should be concerned with the mental health of immigrants for the same reason we’re concerned about the mental health of non-immigrants,” Lyubansky said. “It’s just the human compassion piece. People are suffering, so we ought to care about their suffering. Just the reminder that this is a country of immigrants, it’s all of us, unless you’re talking to somebody who was part of the indigenous communities of North America. The rest of us are are immigrants or descendants of immigrants. It’s us; we want to take care of ourselves and each other.” yjson2@dailyillini.com

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Leo Lee, president of the Illinois Trial Team, speaks about the team at the Law Building on Friday. The ITT is a competitive mock trial team that competes in eight tournaments around the country throughout the year.

Illinois Trial Team to take stand at tournament BY JAREDE EBANKS STAFF WRITER

Genevieve Severini, junior in LAS, first got involved with the mock trial team in high school. While attending the annual state mock trial tournament held at the University, she met the Illinois Trial Team (ITT) who were helping run the event. It was then Severini knew she wanted to be part of their team. The ITT is a competitive mock trial team that simulates court hearings, giving students the opportunity to be attorneys, witnesses or both. When Severini finally arrived on campus, she sought out the team after watching them for years. “It was the one booth on Quad Day that I knew I wanted to see, so I made sure to find them,” Severini said. The ITT has four different competitive teams with different skill and competitive levels: blue, orange, silver and gold. The blue team is considered the most advanced and also the most

“You’re learning the federal rules to evidence. You’re learning actual objections. You’re learning how to be in a courtroom with real-life judges and attorneys that score you and give you feedback.” LAZARO AGUIAR ILLINOIS TRIAL TEAM LAW COACH

competitive. Severini was on the blue team last school year. The orange and silver teams are still competitive, and the gold team is a developmental team for those who want to try out mock trial. At the beginning of each school year, the team hosts tryouts. On the first day, the ITT hopefuls must do a direct examination and perform a monologue. The second day is more team-oriented, having the potential members work in groups of 10-12 people. Following tryouts, the team moves into the invitational season, where they

test and experiment to see what works and what does not. Throughout the year, the team competes at eight tournaments around the country. A majority of the tournaments are hosted in the Midwest, but the team has competed at schools such as the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Last year, Severini and the team traveled to the University of California, Los Angeles, for a competition. Usually, the competition starts early Saturday morning and resumes

in the evening, but this time the competition did not start until 5 p.m. “That morning, we went to the Santa Monica Pier and got breakfast,” Severini said. “That little part was like a vacation before we started competing, which was nice.” Leo Lee, senior in LAS, is the current ITT president. Lee was also a part of his debate team in high school and came to the University as a pre-law major. “I found mock trial to be something competitive and nationally recognized, so it seemed perfect for the drive that I wanted to have

for college,” Lee said. As president, Lee manages everything the executive board does. He also looks after the finances of the team and room rentals in addition to making sure the team is prepared. Lee, who has since decided to study economics and communications finds the trial team still offers a large number of benefits and learning opportunities to students who are not majoring in law. Last year, the blue team took home first place at Iowa’s competition, and it has big goals for the 20192020 year. “This year, we want to make nationals, and although that might seem optimistic to some people for us, we think it’s totally capable, and having a mindset knowing that it is achievable helps motivate other team members,” Lee said. The ITT practice two to three times a week for three hours at David Kinley Hall. Members learn and get

feedback from law coaches. Lazaro Aguiar, graduate student in law, is one of the law coaches for the team. As an undergraduate student, Aguiar was on the trial team, so he is familiar with the format of the competitions. He tries to teach the team material and information not covered in classes at the undergraduate level. “You’re learning the federal rules to evidence,” he said. “You’re learning actual objections. You’re learning how to be in a courtroom with real-life judges and attorneys that score you and give you feedback.” Aguiar, who played football as an undergraduate, lets the sportsmanship he learned as an athlete be a guiding principle to how he helps the ITT. “If we can slow down the pace of a trial similar to that of a basketball game, you can see things more clearly,” Aguiar said. jaredde2@dailyillini.com

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University professor Donte Winslow will host PygHack this year at the Pygmalion festival. PygHack is Pygmalion’s annual community-wide hackathon, with PygHack 2019 being the third year of the event.

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Donte Winslow, a design strategist at the Siebel Center for Design, or SCD, works to create experiences that foster human-centered design. His latest project, PygHack, will bring people from all over ChampaignUrbana to design solutions to community problems. PygHack is Pygmalion’s annual community-wide hackathon. This is the third year of the hack event, and it will be hosted from Sept. 27-28 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. “A hackathon is sort of like a creative problemsolving boot camp,” Winslow said. Participants can register online up to when the event begins, and they can either come as a team or come by themselves. When people start arriving and checking in, they have time to mingle and get a feel for the space.

They can also speak with facilitators, moderators and community member professionals. Hacking will be from around 6:30 p.m.-11 p.m., and participants will return as early as 7 a.m. the next morning to start again. Judges will begin to evaluate projects around 5 p.m. When they have made their decision, the top three projects will be announced and receive cash prizes. However, even if participants do not formally win, sponsors will be attending and can offer their own prizes based on their separate criteria. By moving the event to KCPA from Research Park, Winslow said PygHack would be more centralized in the community. As a result, it also matched its theme to a performance happening at KCPA during the same weekend. Geoff Sobelle will be per-

“From students to professionals to community members, trying to get students of all ages to come and hack together some solutions to some different topics regarding HOME in Champaign-Urbana.” JORDAN PATTERSON DESIGN STRATEGIST AT THE SIEBEL CENTER FOR DESIGN

forming HOME, in which he demonstrates the relationship between people’s physical houses and their homes built on relationships. In part based on this, PygHack’s theme this year will be HOME @ PygHack. This means the hackers will work together to solve problems related to the home. “It’s a really exciting way to theme the hackathon in a way that’s not really disruptive from what they’ve had in the past,” Winslow said. “It’s always been about coming together to work on projects to make Champaign better.” Jordan Patterson, another design strategist for the SCD involved with PygHack, said this theme of HOME has many different specifications. He said it includes issues surrounding homelessness, architecture and aging in place, civic relations, city officials and new student populations. In order to address all of these issues, the hackathon hopes to attract a wide range of participants. “We’re asking a multidisciplinary group of people to come and participate in this year’s hack,” Patterson said. “From students to professionals to community members, trying to get students of all ages to come and hack together some solutions to some different topics regarding HOME in

Champaign-Urbana.” While Patterson said he expects the event mostly to attract those in coding and developing, he hopes they will get a group with a broader range of skills. He said this is the first year they have changed the theme and approach to make it more interdisciplinary. Patrick Singer serves as the co-director of Pygmalion and director of the tech-think portion of Pygmalion since its inception five years ago. He had similar hopes for those attending. “Whether you’re a coder or a developer or simply have great ideas, it’s an all-ages event, but it’s also [for] all skill levels,” he said. “We’re really looking to provide not only an opportunity for teams to build some things, but also for it to be an educational opportunity.” Singer said he hopes to engage the community more with the University and accomplish the “town– gown marriage.” “It just brings everyone to sit at the same table and be like, ‘look, we all live here, we all want to make this place better,’” Singer said. Laura Bleill, director of communication and external engagement for Research Park shares similar hopes for bringing the community together. She said this event has evolved over the years,

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PygHack will be hosted Sept. 27-28 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Donte Winslow, design strategist at the Siebel Center of Design, created PygHack to bring people together from the C-U community to design solutions to local problems.

taking some of the lessons learned at Research Park. “People who build teams that have a wide variety of perspectives and backgrounds come up with better outcomes,” she said. “It’s not just for a certain type of person or a certain type of skill set.” Another element of the event is the structure which allows people to focus on just one specific problem for

24 hours, Bleill said. A hackathon gets a set of people working together around a common problem with a strong time constraint. “I think this event is for people who are willing to put themselves out there and maybe experience something they haven’t done before, so it’s a great opportunity,” Bleill said. eis3@dailyillini.com

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OPINIONS

Midwest is best: Don’t badmouth heartland ELLEN BARCZAK COLUMNIST

e ople l i ke to b a d m ou t h the Midwest. I, for one, have had enough of this blasphemy toward the heartland, the breadbasket of our nation, especially f rom M idwester ner s themselves. I like to focus on the positives of this sprawling, fertile, friendly region. I’m just about as Midwestern as it gets. I was born in Illinois, often vacation in Michigan and Wisconsin and have a rather impressive tolerance for inclement weather, if I do say so myself. My family has roots in the Midwest going back at least four generations. Obviously, I have a bias toward the place I gladly call home. Most people I’ve grown up with, however, do not share my affection for the heartland. They call it boring and uneventful, uncultured and overweight

— not to mention our winters. But, you know what? The Midwest rocks. And I’ll tell you why. We feed the whole country. According to the USDA, “the Midwest represents one of the most intense areas of agricultural production in the world and consistently affects the global economy.” Here at the University, we’re in the thick of the “Corn Belt.” There are 127 million acres of agricultural land in the Midwest. That’s certainly nothing to sneeze at. The Midwest is also incredibly safe in terms of risk of natural disaster. We don’t have wildfires or ea r thqua kes li ke California, hurricanes like the coasts, you name it. None of our cities are close to going underwater, either. Mark my words: When California finally cracks off the West Coast and sinks into the Pacific, and Arizona has drained the Colorado River, people will flock to the Midwest. We

have water. We also have an enviable lack of tectonic plate activity. The Midwest also boasts down-to-earth values and just about the friendliest people in the country; its lack of pretension and snobbery is admirable. I recently v isited my uncle in Bonduel, Wisconsin, near Green Bay. Was everything I ate either fried, smothered in mayonnaise or both? Yes. Was everyone absurdly friendly? Again, yes. I could have chosen to go anywhere in the country for college. I picked the University of Illinois, where my dad, uncle and three cousins went. My blood runs orange and blue. My hair is made of corn silk. I didn’t just pick the Un i v er s i t y because others in my family attended, though. I came here because, as stellar as the academics are here, Midwestern values permeate every aspect of campus. Unlike some other colleges in the Midwest

— cough, Northwestern — the University of Illinois maintains propriety and high standards without one ounce of pretentiousness. Humility is a virtue few Midwesterners struggle w ith, including this institution.

So, stop making fun of the heartland, the hometown of America, the safest, friendliest, least pretentious place in the country. Help yourself to a bowl of chili as you watch the snow fall on the sycamore outside your

window and hear Tom Skilling on WGN. There’s no place like home. Ellen is a junior in LAS. ellenmb2@dailyillini.com

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A tractor drives down County Road 450 E. in Monticello on Sept. 6. Columnist Ellen urges students to recognize the beauty of the Midwest.

Technological advancement reduces waste SKYLAR BOUCHARD COLUMNIST

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Students swipe into Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Hall Dining Hall for a late-night meal on May 1, 2018. Columnist David weighs the costs against the benefits of paying for a Univeristy meal plan.

Student meal plans cost more than dining in CU DAVID LEE COLUMNIST

arguably superior in quality. Without considering alternative meal options, is University dining expensive in general? For a freshman living in a traditional, double room with no air conditioning, on the 12/15 meal plan, they can expect to spend $10,790 out of $25,000 of their expenses on room and board. A University student’s financial woes can be better traced to the big-ticket items that they are forced to purchase rather than the $5 latte at Espresso Royale. Unfortunately, students living in undergraduate halls are not given the option to opt-out of a University meal plan. Are University dining options excessive? The allyou-can-eat buffet-style dining halls are an attractive option without thinking too much about the costs. I can eat tacos, waffles and Cinnamon Toast Crunch all in the same hour and wash it down with Cherry Coke. Is this a necessary function? Does it encourage bad behavior? Does it further contribute to the “Freshman 15”? The buffet-style dining hall offers flexibility for each person, but it may be unnecessary. Perhaps the University should consider more a-la-carte options. This may be more costeffective than the predominant buffet option available. At the end of the day, there are probably more economics involved with the dining halls and more nuances that need to be considered (food waste, sustainable farming, student food security, food and academic performance, University cash flows, etc.). For the time being, I will stick with my meal plan and enjoy my food with some skepticism.

decided to sign up for a University meal plan this semester. Then I looked into the financial details of the plan, and what I found made me think the University should consider overhauling dining hall practices. From the perspective of personal financing, is it worth it for individuals to buy a meal plan? The cheapest plan for students who live in residence halls is the 12 meals/15 credits per week plan. This plan costs $4,630. There are 16 weeks where the meal plan is in effect per semester. This means that in total, a person receives 384 meals and $480 worth in credits. Is this worth it? What are the alternatives? Cooking food at home is not a good comparison because of the amount of time spent making the food itself. Eating out would be the closest equivalent. Let’s assume a person eats out and spends $9 per meal. Multiply that by the 384 meals that they could be receiving with the 12/15 plan and add $480. This number comes out to $3,936, $694 cheaper than the 12/15 meal plan. To be fair, there is no true equivalent to University dining. It provides six different on-campus locations; they have salad bars; it’s all you can eat; there are vegetarian, vegan and halal options. However, the cost is heavy enough where the University, (if they have not already) needs to evaluate whether University dining is an ideal institution for students. The alternative is to eat a $9 meal on Green David is a senior in LAS. Street every day, which is davidjl3@dailyillini.com

n Friday, students and locals alike gathered on the Main Quad to participate in the climate strike, carrying signs reading bleak messages such as “We’re all going to die.” These sentiments don’t seem out of place as nearly all of the recent news su r rou nd i ng cl i mate change has been extremely discouraging. As the U.N. warns we may only have 12 years to cut our fossil fuel emissions, the president continues to weaken environmental regulations and diminish the power of the EPA. This kind of news regarding environmental issues can make it feel that no matter what pollution

and climate change will continue to get worse and worse until nothing can be done about it. However, there is some good news presented in the concept of dematerialization, stating as society continues to advance, the world becomes more and more environmentally efficient. It may feel as though capitalism and the large emphasis put on economic growth makes it impossible to deal with environmental issues, but recent information has shown businesses may become more efficient due to economic inf luence. Even businesses that are completely indifferent about environmental issues will have an incentive to use fewer resources due to their need to cut costs. This is what could help society become more efficient in its use of natu-

ral resources. Recent technological advancements have made it possible for economies to grow while also lessening the amount of resources they consume. This can be seen in a consumer product such as the smartphone. This singular device has reduced the amount of things people must buy by replacing things like alarm clocks, CD’s, phone lines and newspapers. The production of all of these things contributed to some environmental damage and resource depletion that has been eliminated. This concept seems to already be presenting itself in the developed world. The United States’ total energy use relative to economic growth has been steadily declining. And due to technological advancements, underdeveloped countries can grow with less harm to

the planet than in the past. New technology has made it possible for future economic growth to be far less damaging. Sadly, dematerialization’s effect on the environment will be far too slow to have any major impact on climate change. A lot of conscious effort will have to be put into decreasing carbon emissions, and even then it is likely people will face some of the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions. No matter how bleak the news regarding climate change may be, the future of this planet is not set in stone. This is why it’s important to continue to fight to lessen the impact we have on the environment as it is not too late for anything to be done. Skylar is a sophomore in LAS. skylar3@dailyillini.com

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Rayfield earns 200th career win BY CLAIRE O’BRIEN AND MEGHAN REST STAFF WRITER AND SPORTS EDITOR

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Illinois defense breaks up a pass on Saturday. The Illini led 21-14 at halftime against the Cornhuskers before choking in the fourth quarter.

Illinois drops lead against Nebraska in final quarter BY MILES POWERS-HUANG STAFF WRITER

A head of Saturday night’s matchup, it was clear Illinois’ offense was going to have to generate points to keep pace with Nebraska. However, just as critically, the Illini defense was going to have to get stops on key situations as well for a victory to be in the cards. Ultimately, head coach Lovie Smith’s defense just could not stop Scott Frost’s offense, as Illinois fell 42-38. The prospect of an Illini victory looked strong early on. Senior running back Reggie Corbin took the second play of the game 66 yards for a touchdown to give Illinois an early 7-0 lead. A common theme of the night was turnovers, and Illinois forced its first of the game as Nebraska fell short attempting to convert on fourth down on their first possession Afterregainingpossession, the Cornhuskers turned the ball over again when quarterbackAdrianMartinez fumbled in his own territory, and Illini linebacker Jake Hansen fell on the loose ball. Illinois then capitalized, and Brandon Peters found receiver Josh Imatorbhebhe for a 26-yard touchdown to put the Illini up 14-0. Despite falling behind, Nebraska would not let the game slip away. Martinez led the Cornhuskers down the field and capped off the drive with a Patrick Mahomesesque side-arm throw to tight end Jack Stoll for a

“We had them in favorable third-down situations and missed tackles, and not being able to make some plays really hurt us.” LOVIE SMITH HEAD COACH

6-yard touchdown. In the second quarter, yet another Nebraska fumble set up a Ra’Von Bonner walk-in touchdown, but Nebraska again responded with a Martinez touchdown pass to freshman Wan’Dale Robinson, who took a majority of the reps at tailback despite being a receiver. A Dre Brown 36-yard touchdown run restored Illinois’ two-touchdown lead to open the third quarter, but the combination of Martinez and Robinson connected again for a 3-yard score to keep the Huskers close. Another fumble gifted possession back to the Illini as the Cornhuskers were threatening to tie, and the offense took advantage of the short field. Peters flashed fancy juke moves to reach paydirt from 10 yards away to give Illinois a 35-21 lead. Though the lead may have felt safe to some, missed tackles and assignments by the Illini defense allowed the Cornhuskers to hang around all night. “(We) have to tackle better,” Smith said. “We had them in favorable third-

down situations and missed tackles, and not being able to make some plays really hurt us.” Nebraska answered Peters’ run with a drive of its own culminating in a 14-yard touchdown scamper for Dedrick Mills, though the extra point was blocked by tackle Calvin Avery. The Illini could not pad the lead, and the Cornhuskers reached the endzone courtesy of Mills again to put them within two, and a Martinez run on the twopoint attempt tied the game at 35. A 47-yard field goal from James McCourt restored the Illinois lead for a brief period, but the Nebraska offense was simply too potent, taking the ball and moving down the field as Robinson’s 1-yard run made the score 42-38 Huskers. With Nebraska set up to score one final touchdown to put the game out of reach, the Illinois defense came together and miraculously forced a field goal attempt, which Nebraska kicker SEE NEBRASKA | 2B

The Illinois soccer team defeated Northwestern 3-1 Friday in the Big Ten season opener at Demirjian Park. The match marked the 24th time both programs have met and head coach Janet Rayfield’s 200th career win at the helm of the program. Since beginning her coaching career with the Illini in 2002, Rayfield has risen as the Illinois coach with the most overall victories, conference wins, single-season wins and NCAA Tournament appearances in lieu of her 200th career W. During Rayfield’s tenure, she has led the Illini to two Big Ten Championships in 2003 and 2001, one NCAA Elite Eight appearance and received accolades including 2011 Big Ten Coach of the Year and the 2015 NSCAA Award of Excellence. The decorated coach was also a two-time national champion during her playing career at North Carolina. But to celebrate her new coaching milestone, Rayfield was doused in a postgame Gatorade shower, courtesy of seniors Jaelyn Cunningham and Lexi Carrier. Rayfield said she was unaware of the 200-win milestone and directed her focus toward the match and Illinois’ performance. “We played our best soccer tonight,” Rayfield said. “That’s what we’ve been

talking about is just continuing to be better versions of (ourselves), and I’m really proud of the way that we played tonight and fortunate that that exclamation point of 200 happened alongside that.” In their last meeting, the Illini lost to the Wildcats 2-1 in Evanston, but the Illini holdsa 13-8-3 edge in the series after Friday’s contest. Illinois Athletics also had a World Cup promotion, although it wasn’t mentioned during the game. But despite the promotion, Illinois soccer has strong ties to the World Cup. Rayfield coached the U-20 and U-23 U.S. National teams and worked as a scout for the 2011 and 2015 World Cups. She applies those skills to her coaching career at Illinois. “Any time you go to an event like that, especially on the world stage, the team of people working on that is tremendous,” Rayfield said. “You play one small role, but you really start to understand that every role that everyone plays in something like that is important. And you really can bring that back and share that story.” Friday night’s match got off to a quick start but tapered off after Illinois’ first goal. In the first half, senior forward Kelly Maday scored at 12:13. However, the rest of the half featured no scoring, despite both teams taking four shots apiece, each with one shot on goal,

“I’m really proud of the way that we played tonight and fortunate that that exclamation point of 200 happened alongside that.” JANET RAYFIELD HEAD COACH

in the first period. Illinois also closed out the first half with one save. The wildcats showcased scrappy play with six fouls compared to the Illini’s two in the first half. The second half of the game saw three times the number of goals than the first, with the Illini scoring two within the first 15 minutes. At 47:53, Illini junior midfielder Hope Breslin scored to make it 2-0. Breslin is tied with sophomore forward Makena Silber for most goals scored this season with four and leads the Illini despite a position change to center midfield. “Last year, I played a different position,” Breslin said. “Playing center (midfielder) just means a different role for me. So being more involved, helping out the forwards defensively and attacking-wise going forward, just trying to be as active as I can.” Senior midfielder Arianna Veland scored for the Illini at 59:18 to give Illinois a 3-0 advantage on their home turf. “It definitely felt really good,” Veland said. “We’ve definitely been preparing for this for the last few weeks, and I’ve made it a point to try to get into the attack more, so just being able to do something positive and be able to get it into the back of the net just really felt good.” Northwestern finally answered back at 79:46, when Illinois had a handball penalty, and the Wildcats’ Regan Steigleder scored on a penalty kick. The Illini move to 7-10 on the season with a 1-0 record in the Big Ten. Illinois will play at Iowa Thursday. @claire_obrien43 claireo3@dailyillini.com

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Freshman Summer Garrison prepares for a pass to sophomore Amaya Ellis during Illinois’ game against Northwestern at home Friday. The win marked head coach Janet Rayfield’s 200th career victory.

VOLLEYBALL

Illini go 2-0 at Bulldog Brawl, veterans lead way out of slump BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITEΩ

Illinois volleyball is climbing out of its slump at the right time. With less than a week until the Big Ten season opens, the Illini focused on closing their nonconference season on a high note. No. 19 Illinois (5-4) did just that after going 2-0 at the Bulldog Brawl at Butler this weekend. Illinois beat the University of the Pacific (8-4) on Friday morning and Loyola Marymount (6-6) on Saturday morning, winning both matches 3-1. “On Friday, we just started with this thought that we had established our identity and what we wanted to

do with Marquette,” said senior Ashlyn Fleming. “With this tournament, we needed to really start developing that and continuing to do it. That’s what we focused on Friday and Saturday, just focusing on ourselves and staying connected as a team.” Both wins came in a similar fashion. The Illini dropped the first set of each match but dominated the rest of the way. Illinois kept Pacific and Loyola Marymount at an eight-point margin after the first sets. “The first sets of both matches the other teams played good volleyball,” said head coach Chris Tamas.

“When you play good teams like that, it’s going to back and forth or they might have a good run, so it’s just the sport. Obviously, I’d like to start faster and create the lead instead of coming from behind one, but some of it’s the use of our players and just catching up to the speed of the game or seeing a different type of opponent.” Illini veterans paved the way to the weekend’s victories. Seniors Jacqueline Quade, Fleming and junior Megan Cooney led the team in kills both matches. Quade led the trio with 12 kills against Pacific and 16 against Loyola Marymount. Fleming also recorded 12

kills against Pacific while Cooney had 11. Fleming said the team’s mechanics in serving and passing were strong in both matches, which gave setter Diana Brown the ability to set the Illini all over the court. Brown had 39 assists against Pacific and 42 against Loyola Marymount. While the coaching staff has been working to find the right group of starters, Tamas believes a lot of their success comes from the stability of the senior group. “You’re relying on the players that had that experience in the past, whether it’s the sweet sixteen a couple years ago or the final four

last year,” Tamas said. “They have experience in these pressure moments. I think as long as they’re steady, we are, too. Just showing the freshmen and newcomers on how to be on the court when things aren’t going so great.” The Illini are looking to continue playing consistently in anticipation for the start of their Big Ten season at Huff Hall Friday. Illinois will face No. 1 Nebraska (8-1), who beat the Illini in the NCAA Final Four, robbing them of a chance at the NCAA Championship last season. “The fact that it’s Nebraska and this is the only time

we play them this year (makes it more intense),” Tamas said. “It’s the rematch of the last match we lost last year. It’s a great environment to have the first Big Ten match. It’s great for volleyball, too, so we can show the country what it’s like to play in Huff in a big environment.” While Nebraska may pose the biggest challenge for Illinois, the team is also looking forward to playing Iowa (6-5) on Saturday night. The Hawkeyes will be coming off their first conference match against the Wildcats. @gabby_h11 ghajduk2@dailyillini.com

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Men’s and Women’s Tennis All Day Women’s Golf @ Schooner Fall Classic All Day Volleyball vs. Nebraska at 7:30 p.m.

Men’s and Women’s Tennis All Day Women’s Golf @ Schooner Fall Classic All Day Men’s and Women’s Cross Country @ Buckeye Preview at 8 a.m. , 8:45 Volleyball vs. Iowa at 7 p.m.

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Illini fall short of victory in Big Ten season opener

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Illinois defensive back Nate Hobbs tackles Nebraska running back Dedrick Mills on Saturday. The Illini got off to a strong start in the first game of their Big Ten season.

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Illinois wide receiver Josh Imatorbhebhe catches a touchdown pass on Saturday. The game looked like a possible win for the Illini until they melted under the pressure of the last quarter.

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Illinois running back Reggie Corbin breaks free for a first drive touchdown on Saturday. Corbin took the ball 66 yards to establish an early lead.

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NEBRASKA Lane McCallum clanked off the left post. The stage was set for Peters to lead the offense on a game-winning touchdown drive, but as was the case most of the night, the passing attack just could

not get going. The Illini threw four incompletions, although Peters missed one snap due to losing his helmet. “We did some good things running the ball, but passing game-wise, we have to have more production,” Smith said. “(There’s) no other way to put it.” On the night, the Illini rushed for 251 yards, but

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Peters could only muster up 78 yards passing. Defensively, the Illini could not keep Martinez and his teammates. from doing whatever they wanted as the Cornhusker quarterback threw for 327 yards and three scores will run for an additional 126 yards. “We gotta wrap up tackles. We gotta try to get that ball

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Illinois running back Dre Brown dives for a touchdown on Saturday. Brown returned the Illini to a two-touchdown lead going into the third quarter.

out every time we can,” said defensive-back Tony Adams. “When we get (the other team) down, we gotta put our foot on (their) throat. We gotta finish.” Receiver-turned back for the night Robinson finished with 95 yards and a score rushing to go along with 79 yards and two touchdowns receiving. JD Spielman added

159 yards receiving, despite taking multiple major hits in the air. In total, the Cornhuskers earned 32 first downs and 690 yards of total offense, a number that did not leave defensive captain Jake Hansen too pleased. “I take this (loss) on my shoulders,” Hansen said. “As a leader, I have to be bet-

ter than that. Our team has to better than that. I have to prepare us better than that. (It) wasn’t good enough.” The Illini (2-2) now head into their bye week on a two-game losing skid and will next be in action at Minnesota on Oct. 5. @MilesP_H milesp2@dailyillini.com

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Monday, September 23, 2019

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Illinois linebacker Jake Hansen reacts to a missed interception of a pass later ruled as a fumble. Illinois lost to Nebraska 38-42.

ILLINOIS VS. NEBRASKA Once again. So close, yet so far. Illinois Football fans had every reason to feel good about this game against Nebraska. The Illini comfortably sat with a two-touchdown lead for most of the game. But in the end, mistakes, miscues and mental errors proved to be too fatal. There are positive takeaways for both the offense and the defense amidst the second loss at Memorial Stadium Saturday night, but one bad quarter and a takeover performance by Nebraska’s quarterback Adrian Martinez sealed the deal.

OF F E N S E Barring the last second, almost game-tying drive against Eastern Michigan last week, the offense looked noticeably better against Nebraska. Illinois left last week’s heartbreaker with several highs and lows, the latter being nine penalties where the offense effectively shot itself in the foot. Early on, the Illini made last week’s performance seem like a fluke by comparison. Senior wide receiver Reggie Corbin got the offense off to a great start, escaping the clutches of Nebraska’s defense and capping off a 66-yard run

with the first touchdown of the evening. The offense was rewarded handsomely by some big fumble recoveries (more on that later) and c apit a l i zed on both in the first half. Aside from one ill-advised pass that turned into a pick from Peters and two unsuccessful snaps from redshirt freshman Isaiah Williams, the Illini had a productive first half offensively.

“We looked really good running the ball,” said head coach Lovie Smith. “Passing game-wise, we have to have more production. We only threw for 78 yards. On nights like this, we have to do some things better. I thought we had some favorable matchups, but it didn’t end up that way.” Illinois quickly picked up where they left off in the first

half. After an unproductive drive by Nebraska, transfer quarterback Brandon Peters looked extremely comfortable on the opening possession of the half. The offense advanced quickly downfield and capped off with a 36-yard touchdown. The offense continued to capitalize off of major stops by the defense. A forced fumble recovery by senior defensive end Oluwole Betiku gave Peters the opportunity to run the football into the end zone himself towards the second half of the third quarter.

DE F E N S E Containing Martinez is a tall task, but Illinois’ defense effectively dictated the outcome of the first half. The defense benefited tremendously from Nebraska’s lack of natural kickers on the field, twice forcing the turnover on downs when the Cornhuskers opted to go for the remaining yardage on the drive. Senior linebacker Dele Harding forced the first fumble of the evening with just under ten minutes to go in the first, which culminated in an Illini touchdown after transfer receiver Josh Imatorbhebhe caught a 26-yard pass from Peters into the end zone. Junior running back Ra’Von Bonner had an even easier time getting another

touchdown for the Illini after a breakdown on offense led to junior linebacker Jake Hansen recovering the second fumble of the game. Recovering the fumble at Nebraska’s 3-yard line, good defense turned into some veryquick offense. Ma r tinez began to wake up towards the end of the first half, and as he found holes, he began to start seriously punishing the Illinois defense. An impressive drive turned into a big Nebraska touchdown to bring them back within striking distance, and the possession itself seemed like a serious

momentum swinger. After looking poised to tie things back up going into the half, the Illini pushed the Cornhuskers from field goal range to the midfield, stopping a potentially rattling sequence going into the break. After opening the half with a quick stop, the Illini were at Martinez’s mercy on their second drive. One big defensive breakdown led to an easy carry into the end zone by Wan’Dale Robinson. Martinez looked poised to work his magic and push Nebraska out of their own

end zone. He managed to get as far as the 40, but after a 20-yard pass to JD Spielman, Tony Adams knocked the ball out of the receiver’s hands to force the third fumble of the game. Finally back in their groove by the middle of the third, junior defensive lineman Ayo Shogbonyo forced another fumble that was recovered by Betiku, giving the offense another first and goal that led to a Peters touchdown. “Defensively, whenever you take the ball that many times you normally have a chance to win,” Smith said. “That’s what gave us an opportunity to win. But we have to tackle better. We had them in favorable situations, but just not being able to complete plays really hurt us.”

T HE F I N A L F I F T E E N M I N U T E S It’s just a shame that an otherwise solid display from the defense was effectively undercut by Martinez. Finishing the game with 327 yards and three touchdowns, Martinez came alive in the fourth quarter. Nebraska opened up the quarter scoring after getting to the Illinois end zone to close the third. An Illini team that at one point looked like it was going to run away with a Big Ten opening win started the quarter tied all. They only managed a field goal in the fourth quarter, a

47-yarder by kicker James its final drive. McCourt. After suffering four forced By now, the Illifumbles, the Cornhuskers sealed the ni defense game by forcing was entirely a fumble of their worn down. It own. Although appeared as the ball was though the recovered by Illini would the Illini, the have an outs u b s e q uent side shot turnover-onat escaping downs meant Memorial Stadium victorious the second conafter a Parkey-esque secutive heartbreaker field goal attempt clanked off at home. the upright. But the offense The first three quarters was clearly out of rhythm on were far from flawless, but

any game a team comes into the third with 35 points, forced fumbles, several turnovers, the lead for as many as two touchdowns the entire game and a favorable penalty situation, is a game one would expect to win. But once again, it was an inability to close the night out that cost the Illini their first Big Ten win. “We had 14-point leads throughout,” Smith said. “Those are games that you need to win.” @jaredefarmer jaredef2@dailyillini.com

Illini make progress, still choke from pressure against Cornhuskers TATIANA PERRY COLUMNIST

Before ESPN could even send out their game-start alert, Reggie Corbin was in the endzone after a 66-yard run. In those 48 seconds, the student section was as full as I’ve seen it in my four years. In 48 seconds, all the doubt fans had on twitter vanished, and for once fans wondered if the Illini had

been telling the truth: This year, they are a different team. These first 48 seconds were more than just a flashy show. The start was the shiny new thing the team and the fans needed to reignite. In 48 seconds, the 44,512 fans in attendance were at the edge of their seat. No matter who you were rooting for, this would be a great game. Brandon Peters went on to throw 27 yards to Josh Imatorbhebhe to put Illinois over Nebraska 14-0.

Illinois remained in the lead for what looked like it could be the rest of the game. And then they choked. Illinois did what they did best, and they choked. Not in a major way all at once, but rather very slowly. For the most part, they capitalized on Nebraska’s weaknesses. Nebraska has one of the worst fumble rates in the NCAA, and the bulk of the points that Illinois was able to get up on the board were from that. The Illini defense forced four turnovers, to be exact.

And those turnovers were the shiny new Illinois that we love to see. However, the defense could not stop the passing game, or a running one for that matter. Time and time again, it would seem defense-heavy coach Lovie Smith is having trouble getting the team to produce the way he would like them to. In the post-game press conference, the coach kept repeating the same mantra: “We didn’t make plays when we had the opportunities to.” I assume he means the

missed tackles and the small mechanical errors that are fixable and frustrating to continue to see week after week. The defense may still have some work to do, but Nate Hobbs, Oluwale Betiku and Jake Hansen did what they had to do and more. Leaders on the team like Hansen and Dele Harding take losses like this heavier than it would seem the rest of the team would, and the rest of the team takes it pretty hard. Hansen had little to say

during the press conference, and it was clear he wanted to be left alone while Harding regurgitated what everyone had been saying all night. The defense needs work; the work is done off the field; the Illini are on the brink of a breakthrough, but this loss hurt. Losing sucks and will always hurt, but at least we can still say our corn is better than theirs, right? @tati_perry14 tp3@dailyillini.com

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‘Ad Astra’ is sad, stunning experience BY BILL TAYLOR STAFF WRITER

buzz factor: In 2002, Twentieth Century Fox released Steven Soderbergh’s “Solaris.” Marketed as an exciting sci-fi romance, it was instead a slow, mournful meditation on the faultiness of human memory, complete with George Clooney at his most pathetic and needy. It bombed and was hated by audiences, and you’d think Fox would’ve easily learned their lesson from it. But here we are seventeen years later, and Fox/Disney has once again given us “Solaris,” this time starring a different member of Ocean’s Eleven. James Gray’s “Ad Astra” is not quite the bait-andswitch “Solaris” was. At the very least, it has action sequences, that make good use of the inherent surrealism of transplanting humans into foreign landscapes. But Gray is far more interested in the silences around these action sequences, as shown in Brad Pitt’s youthful-yet-wizened face as he appears deep in thought. It may very well turn off those expecting non stop action, but there will be at least some in the theater who will be deeply moved. The plot can be summed up in four words: “Apocalypse Now” in space. The Willard figure is Roy McBride (Pitt), an astronaut whose father Clifford (Tommy Lee Jones) disappeared years before on an expedition to Neptune. Clifford is suspected to be the cause of power surges that have been rocking the Earth, so Roy is sent to the farthest reaches of space to get to the bottom of whether his dad is alive. Like “Apocalypse Now,” the film takes some amusingly absurd detours on the way to its final destination. There’s a very funny sequence set in an air-

port on the moon, with the same Dunkin’ Donuts kiosks and overpriced blankets as on Earth. There’s a tense sequence aboard a doomed spaceship that pits Roy against some unexpected foes. There’s a uniquely melancholic vision of life on Mars, a military base run by a depressed Ruth Negga. But no matter the stops along the way, it always comes back to Roy and his dad. Some may find it trite how Gray ignores the many possibilities of the world he’s created in favor of a simple “sins of the father” tale. But as the film goes on, that simplicity becomes an asset in how it sweeps the viewer up in Roy’s one-track mission. He’s a man who seeks out the most extreme environments to be alone in, but without spoiling, Gray lets the viewer realize alongside Roy what a grueling way of living that is. Gray has always made gorgeous-looking films, with his 2013 masterpiece “The Immigrant” being one of the most beautiful films of the decade, so it’s no surprise he does a great job with the visual possibilities of space. Working with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, no stranger to sci-fi epics having shot “Interstellar,” Gray depicts space as a vast, strange nothingness, bathed in red and green hues and seeming to extend on forever, dwarfing all the humans trying to live in it. Every shot is designed to remind you that humans shouldn’t exist in these spaces. In recent years, Brad Pitt has become maybe the most relaxed actor alive. He’s spent so much time in the business that he’s shed all of his tricks by now, and he now just seems to exist on-camera rather than act. This year, he used that skill to channel Steve McQueen cool in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” but here, he uses it to convey deep reservoirs of emotion without

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seeming to move his face at all. Roy has spent most of his existence bottled-up, the repression of his emotions being so extreme he’s never had his heart rate go above 80 BPM. But his eyes are a dead giveaway no matter how much he claims to have conquered his emotions, radiating with a sad soulfulness that only gets more extreme as the film goes on. No film since “The Assassination of Jesse James” has done so much with Pitt’s striking eyes, capturing them shimmering and shedding single tears in tight close-ups. Forget seeing this in IMAX for the effects; see it in IMAX to get the clearest view into Brad Pitt’s soul. In spite of its terrible reception, “Solaris” is a masterpiece. “Ad Astra” isn’t quite at that level, but it’s a worthy companion piece of depressed scifi, trying and struggling to view the future in anything besides despair. It’s a sad film from one of the saddest filmmakers working, but it’s a fantastic experience, one unlikely to be replicated in a studio blockbuster at this scale anytime soon. wt2@readbuzz.com

 7:30 p.m.  The Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign  $8.75 One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun receives a memo from the National Security Agenda with a shocking directive: The United States is enlisting Britain’s help in collecting compromising information on U.N. Security Council members to blackmail them into voting in favor of an invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into war, Gun makes the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press.

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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch  7:30 p.m.  The Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign  $8.50 students, $10 adults A years-in-the-making documentary comes from the award-winning team behind Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013). The film follows the research of scientists who, after nearly 10 years of research, argue the Holocene Epoch gave way to the Anthropocene Epoch in the mid-20th century as a result of profound and lasting human changes to the Earth.

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On Saturday, Chicago based singer, songwriter and producer Tatiana Hazel will appear at the Blackbird in Urbana. Hazel’s performance is a must-see. She started releasing music on Youtube when she was only 15 years old and has since released several singles and a full-length EP featuring songs in both English and Spanish. She’s also made a splash in the Chicago music scene by performing with artists such as Kweku Collins and Melo Makes Music. Her electro-pop beats and unique vocal vibrato are captivating on each of her recordings, and it’s easy to imagine her captivating a room during a live show. However, I believe the standout moment of the festival will take place on Thursday evening during Japanese Breakfast’s appearance at The Canopy Club. The solo project of musician Michelle Zauner, Japanese Break-

fast offers listeners magical bedroom pop that explores pain both from the depths of it and from a place of distant reflection. Despite the somber nature of her catalog, Zauner is known for her energetic stage presence. I believe her audience at Pygmalion will give plenty of that energy and emotion back to her as they take in her sound. Zauner will also be reading from a portion of her forthcoming book “Crying in H Mart” at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts before her appearance at The Canopy Club on Thursday. Based on the raw emotional depth of her music, her narrative writing is bound to be spectacular. Since the event is free, students and community members would be remiss not to take advantage of the opportunity to hear from her. kmp2@readbuzz.com

This weekend marks the 15th-anniversary iteration of Pygmalion Festival, an annual event celebrating music, comedy, literature and more. Each year, the threeday event unites local and national acts and events for appearances on and around campus. In anticipation of this year’s offering, the buzz editorial staff shares their top picks and most anticipated moments of the upcoming weekend. Be sure to check out buzz online and in print to hear about local and national artists playing the festival. So many great artists are coming to Champaign-Urbana for Pygmalion this year, I don’t know how I’m going to squeeze in everything I want to see. I’m most excited for the Japanese Breakfast and Beach Bunny show on Sept. 26 at The Canopy Club. I’ve been meaning to see Japanese Breakfast for so long and keep missing my opportunities, so now it is so close, I can finally go for the

first time. Beach Bunny is also opening, which will be super exciting to see since they’re from my hometown. It’s so cool to watch a band of people I went to school with start to take off and play cool festivals, first at Lollapalooza and now Pygmalion. I’m also excited for Eric Andre and Michelle Wolf, even though I probably won’t be able to make it to either of those shows. I’m really jealous of everyone who got tickets because Andre and Wolf are both hilarious people sure to put on an entertaining and unforgettable performance. They’ll be at The Canopy Club and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts respectively, which are the perfect venues for those experiences. Overall, Pygmalion is bringing in a solid set of acts this year in every category. There is so much variety, which is really exciting and refreshing. kaylarb2@readbuzz.com

Next Saturday, Eric Andre will be gracing The Canopy Club stage with his “Legalize Everything” tour at Pygmalion. He has gained an international fan base as well as notoriety when he first came on the scene in 2012 with “The Eric Andre Show” on Adult Swim. With the help of his sidekick, Hannibal Buress, he continues to take audiences on a trip filled with nihilistic humor and overall randomness. If anyone has ever wanted to see a guy wear a recovery cone and proceed to pour milk and fruitloops in it on a crowded New York subway train, Andre is the man for the job. Though the show has been put on hold until further development, this hasn’t stopped Andre in the slightest. He recently voiced Azizi in “The Lion King,” sharing the spotlight with stars like Donald Glover and Beyoncé. Andre also has a couple of projects lined up for this year, including

KENYON EDMOND THE DAILY ILLINI

JPEGMAFIA performs at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center during Pygmalion 2018. buzz’s editorial staff looks forward to more shows during Pygmalion 2019.

a feature film, “Bad Trip”, which releases on Oct. 25. Knowing Eric Andre, we don’t know what to expect at Pygmalion, but it’s going to be awesome. Zzo is another act to look forward to on Saturday. This current jazz student at the University is relatively new to the local music scene but has proven herself worthy for a chance to play at Pygmalion this year. In fact, buzz Magazine voted her debut album, “Telling Other People’s Stories,” the best local album of 2018. It was well deserved considering the quality of music and lyricism on the album, especially with songs like “1986,” almost compares to indie artists like Mac Demarco, Clairo or Yellow Days. Anyone who listens to her album will say Zzo is underrated, and Pygmalion will be the perfect place for her to shine and grow a bigger fanbase. jel3@readbuzz.com

KENYON EDMOND THE DAILY ILLINI

CJ Run performs at The Canopy Club during Pygmalion 2018. The local music community expects a wide variety of performances and artists at the upcoming festival.

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FRI SEPT 27 - CANOPY CLUB

ANTONI POROWSKI

FRI SEPT 27 - KRANNERT CENTER

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