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Virtual reality initiatives seek support BY EUNICE ALPASAN

“To really ramp things up, to meet the need that we’ve uncovered through this grant process, we do need more funding.”

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Members of the Consumer Economics and Finance club visited the Innovation Studio and Virtual Reality Lab in the Armory on Wednesday. Members spoke about how VR can be used in their field. “We talked about how it’s going to play a huge role in real estate, especially because you can tour the house without actually being there,” said Nancy Torres, junior in Business. Torres said even though she hasn’t used VR in her classes, she wouldn’t be surprised if she encountered it in her future career. VR@Illinois is a campus network initiative of VR facilities. It includes the Innovation, Discovery, Design & Data Lab in the Grainger Engineering Library, Media Commons in the Undergraduate Library and the Center of Innovation in Teaching & Learning Innovation Studio and VR Lab. At the end of the spring semester, the University’s Technology Services provided over $200,000 worth of funding for VR@Illinois to support VR infrastructure across campus and the development of VR projects. Alex Cabada, assistant professor for the University Library, has been organizing VR beginner workshops at the IDEA Lab since last fall. “I noticed that there’s a large population of students and faculty and staff who don’t have access to emerging

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technologies because they’re not in departments, they’re not in research groups or courses that have access to the equipment,” Cabada said. The workshops provide an opportunity for students, faculty and community members to learn about VR and use the technology. Over 200 people have since attended the workshops. Jeffrey Lin, lab supervisor at the CITL’s Innovation Studio and VR Lab and senior in LAS, said he wouldn’t seek out VR to study chemistry due to the lack of programs available. He said as of now, it’s more efficient to use pen and paper and the internet. “VR is really weird because someone actually has to program what’s going on inside there, and since the people that program it have to be specialized, there might not be as many programs as you’d like, and you can’t tailor them towards what you want as fast as you’d like,” Lin said. Jim Wentworth, e-learning professional at the

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Nancy Torres, a junior in Business, explores to capabilities of the VR headset as she plays one of the interactive games on the computer in the Virtual Reality Lab at the Armory on Thursday. The workshops provide an opportunity for students, faculty and community members to learn about VR and use the technology.

CITL’s Innovation Studio and VR Lab, said the funds will be used for the IDEA lab to hire programmers, the Media Commons to build a 360-degree video studio and the CITL to build a VR production classroom in the Armory. The CITL’s Innovation Studio and VR Lab is primarily used for courses, course tours and faculty research projects. However, the studio’s sister facility TechHub, which is also located in the Armory, is open to anyone interested in exploring

immersive technologies, such as VR. Classes offered at the University involving VR technology include a new course JOUR 460: Immersive Technologies, which examines the application of virtual reality in storytelling. ANTH 399: Virtual Archaeology also uses VR technology by creating a virtual archaeological site for students to learn the skills practiced during an excavation. Wentworth said there isn’t sufficient support for VR technology on campus.

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Northbound buses return to Wright Street BY ETHAN SIMMONS STAFF WRITER

For the first time since May, northbound buses are running on the Armory Avenue and Wright Street corridor. Since Sept. 24, the northbound versions of the 1 Yellow, 13 Silver, 22 Illini, 9 Brown, 4 Blue and 5 Green buses can access two new stops along the east side of Wright Street. Due to Phase 4 of the Multimodal Corridor Enhancement Project, Wright Street did not have a section of continuous pavement to support traffic during the summer. After doing concrete break tests two weeks ago, Illinois Facilities & Services gave the go-ahead to ChampaignUrbana Mass Transit District, said Stacey DeLorenzo, head of transportation demand management for F&S. “All we did was we told MTD that they could put their buses back on the normal route, and that was it,” DeLorenzo said. The buses add a new dimension to the busy Wright Street area, filled with student pedestrians, bikers and

such as motion sickness. “We’re still in the midst of trying to understand or measure the learning outcomes of these kinds of experiences and say, ‘Is this at least as good as the actual field trip or the actual experience?’” Wentworth said. “Until we have that kind of assessment done and know that this is instructionally valid, then I think we can move forward much quicker, and we’ll get much more support from campus.”

“To really ramp things up, to meet the need that we’ve uncovered through this grant process, we do need more funding, whether that’s coming from outside sources or inside sources,” Wentworth said. To receive more support for the program, Wentworth said VR initiatives must prove the value of this new technology in the learning experience. The CITL is in its second year collecting data on the VR courses to get a better idea of what issues students may have with VR,

plex, 1714 E. Colorado Ave., for an armed subject call, according to a press release. Once on the scene, officers were directed to a victim who was shot multiple times in a car in the parking lot. The victim was transported to the Carle

BY SAMANTHA BOYLE NEWS EDITOR

Two shootings occurred over the weekend on Saturday night in both Champaign and Urbana, of which one shooting resulted in death. Around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Urbana police were dispatched to the Colorado Ridge apartment com-

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University students disembark from the 9B Brown bus at the new Wright Street bus island on Friday. The northbound 1 Yellow, 13 Silver, 22 Illini, 9 Brown, 4 Blue and 5 Green buses have been running on Wright Street since Sept. 24.

heavy construction on the west side. “Be slow, pay attention,” DeLorenzo said. “It’s really useful if those crossing the street cross at the designated crosswalks, not just randomly in the middle of the street.” Jacob Rajlich, senior in Engineering, is the transportation representative for

Illinois Student Government. Rajlich said the new Wright Street stop near Gregory Hall will make things safer for students. “(The intersection of) Armory (Avenue) and Wright (street) was a really problematic intersection prior to this construction being done,” Rajlich said. “I got more com-

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Students line up to present their first pitches on the first night of the 54 Startup Weekend on Sept. 27. From Sept. 27-29, teams had 54 hours to create a proof of concept for a startup company product, complete with a target market, growth plan and solution to a real-world problem.

Students build startup companies BY ETHAN SIMMONS STAFF WRITER

Moments before her team won the 54 Startup Weekend grand prize, sophomore in Engineering Megha Natarajan was thinking about her light-wash blue jeans. “I was really scared that we wouldn’t win because my pants aren’t formal,” Natarajan said. “I looked at everyone else’s pants and they were dark, and I was really worried.” Natarajan, along with sophomores Jessica Yoon in Engineering, Angela Yoon in LAS, and University graduate Tredayne Cabanlit created Sullivan, one of the 22 teams that competed in the 54 Startup Weekend. Clearly, the pants were no matter; Sullivan won $1,000 to bring their startup to life. From Sept. 27 -29, they had 54 hours to create a proof of concept for a startup company product, complete with a target market, growth plan and solution to a real-world problem. Teams used the help of professional mentors and the advice of guest speakers. This year’s guests were Ryan Shea, CEO of Entrepreneur magazine, Tom Lehman, founder of music digital media company Genius, and Christina Qi, director of the Domeyard LP hedge fund and member of Forbes 30 Under 30. Shea gave the keynote address and spoke on the current playing field for startup companies. “Right now is the easiest time to compete against big businesses,” Shea said. “Technology levels the playing field.” L eh ma n a nd Qi appeared to students via video call. Lehman

emphasized enthusiasm for budding entrepreneurs. “Most people can’t even pretend they care about the thing they’re doing,” Lehman said. Sullivan’s winning idea is an application that helps deaf and hearing-impaired people learn how to speak, providing visual feedback when users create certain sounds. It is named after Helen Keller’s instructor Anne Sullivan. “We wanted to serve an underrepresented community by making a device that helps hearing-impaired children vocalize easier and more understandably,” Natarajan said. Hearing their pitch during Friday night’s symposium, Cabanlit said he saw an opportunity to use his acoustics background for tangible work. “Before that I didn’t know how to use some of the knowledge I had to help people, I was just doing data analysis stuff,” Cabanlit said. Cabanlit also brought experience from the iVenture Accelerator. After graduating in May 2019, Cabanlit has stuck around to complete his Rising Sprouts startup, a company focused on combating food

vate business in the 1900 block of West Bradley Avenue was reported around 11:43 p.m. Saturday. According to the City of Cha mpa ig n press release, police discovered a 25-year-old male victim upon arrival on the scene. The victim was found suffering from a nonlife-threatening gunshot wound and was transported to the hospital. Later, police were notified a second victim of the shooting arrived at the hospital with a life-threatening gunshot wound. The second victim is a 32-yearold male. This investigation is also ongoing, and so far, the preliminary investigation indicates the incident in Champaign began as a physical altercation, which ended with both victims being shot. No suspect information is currently available and no arrests have been made.

Foundation Hospital ER; however, the victim later succumbed to his injuries. Later, a second victim of the shooting arrived at the hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries. According to the press release, the investigation proved both victims were sitting in the same car at the time of the shooting. The investigation of this shooting is still ongoing; however, officers and detectives at the Urbana Police Department initially determined the shooting occurred in the same parking lot the victim was found in. In a separate press release sent by Champaign County coroner Duane Northrup, the name of the deceased victim was confirmed as Tramale Hooser of Danville. The autopsy is scheduled for Monday. A nother shooting in the parking lot of a pri- sjboyle2@dailyillini.com

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Team Sullivan presents their app design to judges during their final pitch on Sept. 29. The team won $1,000 to bring their startup to life.

insecurity. “I view entrepreneurship as the best way to make an impact on the world,” Cabanlit said. “It’s fast; you can affect a lot of people. There’s so many problems in the world that need solutions right now.” Angela said she heard of

“I view entrepreneurship as the best way to make an impact on the world. It’s fast; you can affect a lot of people. There’s so many problems in the world that need solutions right now.” TREDAYNE CABANLIT UNIVERSITY GRADUATE

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Students chat at the 54 Startup Weekend symposium to build their teams on Sept. 27. This year’s guests were Ryan Shea, CEO of Entrepreneur magazine, Tom Lehman, founder of music digital media company Genius, and Christina Qi, director of the Domeyard LP hedge fund and member of Forbes 30 Under 30.

54 through Founders, the student entrepreneur club that organizes it, and convinced Jessica and Natarajan to apply during a picnic. “I’m really glad we did it, actually I joined so I could spend more time with (Angela) and (Jessica),” Natarajan said. Their connection paid off during the pitch-making process. “They have some of the best teamwork I’ve ever seen,” Cabanlit said. “They were delegating without speaking, like completely trusting each other to do their parts.” The team is contacting multiple professors to help with their project, hopefully providing expertise in noise technology and app programming. Taking mentors’ advice, they won’t touch their winnings for a while, Natarajan said. Sullivan placed in the top three of all three judges’ evaluations. Tod Courtney, director of Jump Labs LLC and a judge at the event, said their “mockup of the app was perfect.” “They found a way to deploy technology and current research in a way that would really help people and make a difference, but at the same time, it seemed achievable by a student startup group,” Courtney said. Sushmetha Subramanian, junior in Business, directed 54 this year. Subramanian said she hopes students will continue their projects beyond the weekend even if their teams did not place in the event. “The stigma in engineering schools, and I guess all schools, is that entrepreneurship is siloed to coders, but that’s not true at all,” Subramanian said. “After this weekend I want everybody to understand that all ideas are accepted no matter what background you’re in.” ecsimmon@dailyillini.com

A car is parked in the parking lot of Colorado Ridge apartments on Sunday. Around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Urbana police were dispatched to the Colorado Ridge apartment complex, 1714 E. Colorado Ave., for an armed subject call, according to a press release.

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“Due to the poor alignment of the bike path with the sidewalk, kids were getting mowed over by bikes when they stepped out onto the sidewalk, and it wasn’t anyone’s fault except for the construction,” Rajlich said. Rajlich said the previous reroutes added 10 minutes to the average MTD bus lap. Construction on the Wright and Daniel Streets intersection has surrounded many entry points to the Illini Union Bookstore. The IUB even held a 20% off sale for all items from Sept. 23-Oct. 6. If all goes according to plan, MCORE will finish work below Green Street by January 2020, moving up to Wright Street from Green Street to Springfield Avenue, DeLorenzo said. Besides some crosswalk reconfigurations due to the upcoming Illini Hall demolition, there won’t be any major changes for the rest of the semester, DeLorenzo said. Once utility work is done,

“(The intersection of) Armory (Avenue) and Wright (Street) was a really problematic intersection prior to this construction being done.” JACOB RAJLICH SENIOR IN ENGINEERING

students will be able to walk along the academic buildings on Wright Street with no problems. “We’re still finishing up one other utility project at the corner of Chalmers and Wright Street, and as soon as we’re done with that we’ll be able to finish all the pavement on the east side of Wright Street,” DeLorenzo said. ecsimmon@dailyillini.com

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UI students wait for the bus at Transit Plaza on Oct. 25. Rajlich said the previous reroutes added 10 minutes to the average MTD bus lap.

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The new Just BEE Acaí food truck is parked on Goodwin Avenue and Oregon Street. The food truck has been soaring in popularity ever since its launch this summer.

New food truck offers healthier option BY BANU GULECYUZ

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On the corner of Goodwin Avenue and Oregon Street, an old camper painted with a yellow bottom and white top sits surrounded by a crowd of people waiting their turn to try the acai bowl many students have enjoyed. Parked several places around campus as well as having an increasing presence on social media, Just BEE Açaí has served as a safe haven for healthy-food seekers in the C-U community. Founded this summer by former special education teacher Emma Reinbold, Just BEE Açaí said its goal is more than just serving delicious acai bowls and various healthy toasts; Reinbold views her mission as in a world where “there is too much darkness and brokenness, Just BEE Açaí hopes to be even a very dim light

against that.” She said she believes if everyone stopped living up to certain expectations, they would be naturally happier and all-around healthier. Changing her career path from teaching an entrepreneurship to follow her dream of creating something, she encourages people to “Just BEE” and “Bee You.” An acai bowl is a dish filled with a thick smoothie base garnished with berries, granola and various other toppings. Acai, a berry, is made up of inflammation-fighting antioxidants and natural materials. Stemming from the acai berry which originates from Central and South America, the inch-long purplish fruit is known for improving cholesterol levels and reducing colon and bladder cancer. For Katie Swanson, junior in Music who suffers from

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Pictured is Bee Merry, consisting of fruits, granola, nuts and flaxseed. The vendor’s menu features acai bowls like this one.

Type 1 diabetes, Just BEE Açaí has been a “healthier, sweeter option that serves as a great dessert” for her on campus. For Reinbold, ensuring nutrition and quality is everything when choosing the ingredients for Just BEE Açaí. For example, when first starting the truck, her team looked for granola and nut butters to use on the menu, but they “could not find any they were satisfied with because they were always loaded down with unnecessary sweeteners and added ingredients,” Reinbold said. To counter this, the Just BEE team makes its own granola weekly, loaded with ingredients such as rolled oats, quinoa, millet, chia seeds, coconut oil and local honey to ensure everything in the bowl is fresh. With every single ingredient listed as organic, Reinbold said “nothing handed out of the window is even the slightest bit processed.” Reinbold grew up in the Champaign community and is also a University graduate. Starting her journey with no expectations, she admits she did “anticipate close family and friends to carry them through the first seasons.” However, she uses the words “grateful and blessed” to describe the emotions she feels about how supportive and how much attention the community has given the truck since the day it launched. In attending Urbana’s Market at the Square, a farmers market, as a vendor instead of a consumer earli-

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Just BEE Açaí’s wooden sign hangs outside the camper. Students visit the vendor for its nutritious options revolving around fruits and superfoods.

er this season, she describes how surreal the feeling of helping create a joyful experience for her community is to her. Attending the market every Saturday as a child, Reinbold never imagined this event would be one where they would “sell the highest number of bowls” and is a day “her team will remember forever.” Before March 2018 when she purchased the truck and was still working as a teach-

er, Reinbold and her parents would “casually browse for old campers in the evenings simply because it was a positive light and something that brought joy to us during this tougher season of life.” However, once she found the 1963 Shasta camper, now named Mrs. Linda after its previous owner, on a Facebook Marketplace, she spent a year and a half restoring it and meeting health codes to get it up and running. One of the key sourc-

es of success for Just BEE Açaí is the popularity it has achieved via social media. Ciara Miller, junior in AHS, has had acai bowls in the past and said how excited she was to hear about the truck from “all of her friends who have come here.” Similarly, Swanson found Just BEE Açaí through her friend’s Snapchat story and decided to stop by the truck as well. features@dailiyillini.com

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Derick Dahlstrom tattoos Brenna Kelly, sophomore in Engineering, at New Life Tattoos on Sunday. Dahlstrom believes tattoos are a way of self expression and have different meanings for everyone.

Tattoo parlor cultivates confidence, creativity BY ANNA PEVEY STAFF WRITER

Jeremiah Mukanda has wanted tattoos since before he can remember. “My mom and my grandpa both had tattoos, so I think it normalized it in my brain, and I was always going to have tattoos,” he said. Mukanda, sophomore in Engineering, got his first tattoo at the age of 17. It was a simple stick-and-poke tattoo. Now, six tattoos later, he can’t imagine not having them on his skin. “I think tattoos are a really sick art form and can make you more confident when

you have things you like on your body,” Mukanda said. “I used to be insecure about my legs, and once I got a tattoo on them, it (made) me feel more confident to show them, so I think tattoos can really boost your confidence. Also, they just look cool.” In collegiate culture, tattoos are becoming a more popular form of art expression. Derick Dahlstrom, who goes by the nickname Lunchbox, a tattoo artist and piercer at New Life Tattoos, has seen his fair share of tattoos. Its location on Green Street especially ensures he has witnessed a wide array of tattoo

requests. “I’ve been working at New Life for over 15 years now, so I feel like I’ve seen it all,” he said. Lunchbox started out at New Life just hanging around the shop and being part of the social aspect of it. He was there so often, the staff offered him an opportunity to do basic piercing. After a few years went by, they asked if he was interested in tattooing, and he has worked there as a tattoo artist ever since. Anywhere from three to 10 people can come in a day to get a tattoo, not including walkins and piercings.

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Brenna Kelly holds up a mirror to check out her finished tattoo.

Lunchbox’s philosophy and approach toward work is a positive one. He said he doesn’t feel like he has to come in the shop every day to pierce and tattoo just because it’s his job. “I feel like I get to do this every day because it’s what I love to do,” he said. From his experience, he said different trends have come and gone, but at any point in time, some things are more popular than others. Right now, semicolon tattoos and tattoos that focus on lettering seem to be the most popular, he said, but trends change all the time. “It’s hard to pinpoint a certain trend because there are so many people getting tattoos and then assigning meaning to them,” Lunchbox said. “You can assign meaning to anything really. It’s crazy how you can get something that you think just looks cool on your body, and it turns out to be your favorite tattoo you have because you are able to assign whatever meaning you want to it.” Like Lunchbox, Fox Angus, sophomore in LAS, agrees tattoos can mean so many things to different people. Angus has three tattoos, all music and faith-oriented.

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“They represent my love of playing music and the bass and my faith, but I think they show people parts of your personality that you may not usually talk about, and it’s a good way to show people things you like or just the fact that you like art and expression,” Angus said. Angus said his favorite tattoo is one that his grandpa wrote out. It says “Sh-boom Sh-boom” because it’s the song by The Crew Cuts his grandpa used to sing to him. If customers are indecisive, New Life Tattoos has the “get what you get box.” Customers pull out a tattoo option from a box, and the choices are often general and immediately liked by the customer. “We’ve had a least 20 people get their first tattoo out of the

box, if not more,” Lunchbox said. “It’s so general it’s perfect for people who choose to do that.” As a tattoo artist, Lunchbox said he just likes tattooing, whether it is something sentimental or a silly drawing. He likes to be able to help people’s ideas come to life on a canvas they will always have with them. With all the tattooing he has had done, Mukanda realizes art and expression have different meaning to everyone. “Some of my tattoos have meanings and some are just things that I think look cool on my body. I think that’s the way it should be; art and your body is the canvas,” Mukanda said. pevey2@dailyillini.com

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Veganism sparks controversial arguments for those looking for a way to help combat climate change. About 20% of COLUMNIST emissions are due to animal agriculture, mostly via the massive amounts of ublicly admitting methane emitted by cattle you’re a vegan is a farms. risky move. You’ll In addition, documeneither be greeted with open taries on the mass abuses arms by your vegan kin or of the meat industry like be disparaged by people Food, Inc. or Cowspiracy who hate the movement. It have exposed the horrible inspires controversy with- conditions mass industriin it and without. al farms impose to maxiVeganism’s issues aren’t mize profit. These films all that straightforward. have shocked even ardent It stands at the crossroads meat-eaters into a relucof elitism, racism and sextant change in diet, and ism, yet at the same time they have helped normalit brings together sustainize the vegan diet, pushing ability, compassion and a fringe movement into the activism. mainstream. As it’s evolved over Despite fairly widethe years, veganism has spread support for animal diverged from strictly its rights, sustainability and original goal of “(seekan end to factory farming) an end to the use of ing, veganism puzzlinganimals by man for food, ly remains a particularly commodities, work, huntpolarizing issue. ing, vivisection, and by Part of the hatred likely all other uses involving stems from the perception exploitation of animal life that vegans’ refusal to eat by man,” as it was defined meat is a condemnation of by the Vegan Society back those who choose to. This in 1944. is not necessarily a false Nowadays, veganism perception, as veganism has emerged as a choice is not a passive lifestyle SANDHYA SIVAKUMAR

choice for many. It’s a form of activism, and it’s about speaking up for animal rights and doing your personal best to not support animal abuses. For many people, this involves educating others’ on the reality of the meat industry, often in the hopes of converting a new vegan. Furthermore, the concept of veganism often forces people who simultaneously love McDonald’s quarter-pounders and cows to confront the reality of what they’re eating. The consumption of meat has become so removed from the production of it that most people don’t really think about the series of events that led to their chicken dinner. No one wants to be reminded that the nuggets they just ate used to be a cute little baby chick. However, criticism of the movement doesn’t stem just from those on the outside. As veganism goes mainstream, the face of the movement has increasingly become upper-class white women with carefully curated Instagram

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accounts gracing the covers of cookbooks on starting your new paleo diet or going raw. The activist spirit of veganism has morphed into finger-pointing and profiteering. One staple of modern (white) veganism is taking products people of color have been making and eating for centuries, making them less flavorful, rebranding them, jacking up the price and selling them as a revolutionary new snack. Another is declaring the sustain-

able and thoughtful hunting practices of indigenous tribes across America are equivalent in blame and responsibility to commercial hunting and slaughter. At its core, veganism seeks to end the rampant exploitation of animals by humans. Yet on its surface, veganism has diverged entirely from dismantling the systems that promote such excessive consumption. It’s become a lifestyle marketed toward the rich and bored who want to feel like they’re doing

something. Groups like Veganism of Color are combating the rise of this kind of commercial veganism by bringing together vegan people of color and focusing on activism, compassion and genuinely accessible veganism. The concept of cruelty-free eating is not new, and it definitely wasn’t white people who invented it. White vegans need to start remembering that. Sandhya is a junior in LAS. ssivak3@dailyillini.com

Social media catalyzes political polarization such’s nomination to the Court, citing the impending presidential election. COLUMNIST The Democratic Party, in retaliation, fought tooth and nail against now Jusknow countless people tice Brett Kavanaugh’s who consider themconfirmation. selves staunch atheSo why, today, are conists. I also know countless servatives more conserpeople who are, frankly, vative and liberals more religious fanatics (across liberal? There appears multiple religions). Our to be a tragic shortsociety seems not to tilt age of reasonable people in one direction ideologaround. ically; rather, we seem I know individuals who to become increasingly believe a woman’s place is polarized over time. exclusively in the home, Take a look at the govwho believe a woman ernment. Historically, should not “take a corthere have been more porate job from a man.” moderates than closeThat’s a direct quote from minded liberals or cona real live person in 2019. servatives. (Yes, both par- Scary, right? ties can be equally and I also know individuoppositely close-minded.) als who believe we should There used to be a great implement universal number of issues upon basic income countrywhich all agreed; for wide and who believe example, Supreme Court we should throw out the nominations used to be baby with the bathwater voted through U.S. Conin regard to capitalism. gress with ease. In 2015, Scary, right? the Republican Party We all seem to agree on blocked Judge Neil Gorless and less as time passELLEN BARCZAK

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Joaquin Phoenix stars in the new movie “ Joker”. Columnist Skylar urges viewers to separate art from real-life violence.

Joker is not your scapegoat mentally ill disgruntled man is becoming more and more real in the eyes of many. COLUMNIST I’m not going to pretend the Joker doesn’t at least seem to pull inspiration from riday, the new “Joker” the recent mass shooting movie was released in epidemic. theaters, telling the oriBut the character of gin story of the iconic Batthe Joker has always been man villain. The movie is reflective of society’s current faced with criticism, as fear fears, being portrayed as a of violence has caused a mobster in the ‘80s Batman massive reaction among cer- films as well as reflecting the tain individuals. fear of terrorism prevalent The U.S. military has been at the 2008 release of “The on high alert for potential Dark Knight” movie. The violence committed by fans; only difference between this victims of the 2012 movie film and the others is the theater shooting in Aurora, character of the Joker seems Colorado, express concern to so effortlessly slip into our about the film being released fears of the lone gunman. and reports of movie theIt’s almost ironic that in aters banning single people the film, the Joker’s actions from seeing the film have are not political but are perbeen spreading across the ceived as such by the masses, internet. which is the same fate the Although it is not the first movie endured. time a piece of art has spread Any dark interpretasuch large fear, including tion of the Joker following the satanic panic of the ‘90s, the shooting in Aurora was it’s hard for me to recall this bound to face some crititype of panic surrounding a cism. However, the inifilm. It seems as though this tial reporting that gunman movie, as well as the reacJames Holmes was inspired tion it has been facing from by the Joker is completely critics, is more reflective of false. The man was simply the world we currently live looking for a confined space in than the message of the filled with people, as awful film. as that is. The movie is definitely Even if the Joker was difficult to watch. The film an inspiration for violent shows the gruesome life attacks, to blame the charof main character Arthur acter for the attack would Fleck and the events that be as ridiculous as blaming lead to him becoming the The Beatles’ music for the Joker. It touches on themes Manson murders. Deranged such as mental illness, child people will always seek an abuse and poverty, all proexcuse for their actions. pelling a man down a spiIt’s completely unfair to ral of madness that culmiput the weight of an epidemnates in sheer misanthropic ic on the shoulders of a film. violence. It is unclear what started If the movie had been this surge of spree killings, released at any other period and it’s even less clear how to in time, there wouldn’t have end it. But using a movie as a been nearly as much outrage scapegoat is not the solution. as it is facing now. But due to the nearly constant string of Skylar is a sophomore in LAS. skylar3@dailyillini.com violent attacks, the fear of a SKYLAR BOUCHARD

es. Our common ground as the American people is shrinking as fast as the glaciers (which, by the way, is an objective fact). Where do you stand amid this extremism? Do you find yourself condemning and disavowing the “other half” more than you try to reasonably consider their point of view? Do you find yourself digging only deeper into your personal ideological trench? A huge instigator of this polarization, I believe, is social media. Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, you name it, have all become veritable echo-chambers of one’s beliefs. One can tailor exactly what media they consume to their political taste. It’s selfimposed censorship. In the past, people encountered the news of the world through either a newspaper, a radio or a television, period. There was no possible way to cherry pick the type of news one wished to

hear about. Everybody watched Walter Cronkite and decided what to think for themselves. Today, people decide what to think of the world before they even know the news; there exists a network for every political taste, for every bias and preconceived idea. We decide what we think before we even know what’s going on. Check out the 2019 Media Bias Chart, and see where the news sources you favor fall. Remember, just because a media outlet shares your bias doesn’t mean it’s inherently benevolent. Maybe we should all focus on areas of agreement in politics instead of looking for reasons to condemn the other side. Though sparse, the few bits of common ground remaining have the power to heal our divided nation. Ellen is junior in LAS.

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FOOTBALL

Illini fall to Gophers, remain winless in Big Ten BY JARED FARMER STAFF WRITER

The Illini defense frustrated Gopher quarterback Tanner Morgan early in the first quarter. After only having one incomplete pass against Purdue last week, the redshirt sophomore had five incompletions midway through the first quarter alone. The pressure culminated into a pass being intercepted by senior linebacker Dele Harding, who put the Illini on the board with 6:58 left in the first with a 40-yard pick-six. After having no career interceptions through 26 games, Harding has interåcepted two passes in his last five. Although the defense was disruptive in the passing game, Minnesota’s running game picked up the slack. The Gophers advanced down the field just in time for a 28-yard field goal from freshman kicker Michael Lantz before the end of the first quarter. The Gophers immediately picked up the pace during the second quarter, getting in the scoring column. Morgan finally broke through the Illini defense down the drive. Advancing to Illinois’ 12-yard line, he found senior wide receiver Tyler Johnson for their first touchdown of the evening. A field goal conversion from Lantz put the

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Running back Reggie Corbin runs around a Minnesota defender on Saturday. Illinois lost 17-40.

Gophers up 10-7 with 11:23 in the second. Both teams got stuck in a stalemate for the remainder of the second quarter until the Gopher’s Shannon Brooks broke the deadlock with a touchdown, putting Minnesota up 16-7. This is the

first touchdown Brooks has scored since he returned from his second ACL injury and the 21st for his career. The Gophers looked poised to close out the half with a double-digit lead, but after having the extra point attempt blocked and a late

penalty for icing the kicker, junior Illini kicker James McCourt cut the Gopher lead to just six. Converting on a 46-yard field goal, McCourt is four-for-four on field-goal attempts greater than 45 yards, but zero-for-two on field-goal attempts below 45.

Bell, putting the Gophers up 23-10. The Gophers found themselves forcing their way into the Illini endzone again for another touchdown a few minutes later, this time by way of a 12-yard pass from Morgan to freshman tight end Brevyn Spann-Ford to extend the lead to 20 with 7:52 remaining. The Illini cut the lead back to two touchdowns when junior Jake Hansen forced a fumble after tackling Morgan. Junior Milo Eifler recovered the fumble and ran in the 7-yards to give the Illini 17 points late in the third period. Any momentum that play might have given the Illini was quickly erased by the Gophers in the fourth quarter. Rodney Smith rushed eight yards into the endzone after a failed drive by the Illini to go back up 20. The Gophers cruised for the remaining 12:48 to secure their fifth win of the season. With the win, the Gophers remain undefeated, while the Illini drop to 2-3 overall for the season. The Illini lost their third straight game and remain winless (0-2) in the Big Ten.

The Gophers opened up with a huge rush-fake to fool the Illini defense. After creating confusion, Morgan found Rashod Bateman wide-open to return the ball 59 yards. The run culminated in anoth- @jaredefarmer er touchdown by sophomore jaredef2@dailyillini.com wide receiver Chris Autumn-

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Illinois gets another road win BY GABBY HAJUDK STAFF WRITER

performance coming in the second set with .462. The Illini struggled with injuries early on in the nonconference season, but have started to find a consistency in their lineup. With redshirt freshman Diana Brown locked into the setter spot, Auburn transfer Mica Allison has found a different way to contribute. While Allison’s main position is at setter, the sophomore is well-versed as a hitter. Allison made her Illini debut against Colorado on Sept. 7 with two kills but notched seven against Indiana. “We knew (Allison) could play multiple positions when she came here,” head coach Chris Tamas said. “We’ve been training her at a lot of positions, and she’s been doing a good job at taking swings for us. We were able to put her out there last match and against Indiana last night.” With Allison settling in as a hitter, Brown has thrived as the starting setter, notching her seventh double-double of the season with 32 assists and 11 digs. Focusing on defensive improvement over the past couple weeks, the Illini totalled 45 digs and 11 blocks on Saturday night. Illinois also held Indiana to a .075 hitting percentage. “It’s an improvement from the whole season,” Tamas said. “We look at from where we are now. Each week we identify an item we’re better at and necessary items we need to get better at. Our focus last week was on our blocking defense, especially because now we’re more consistent with our lineup and able to get to know the ins and outs of our defenders playing together.”

Illinois volleyball (7-5, 2-1) swept its second-straight Big Ten opponent after traveling to Indiana (11-5, 0-3) on Saturday. The Illini beat the Hoosiers 25-20, 25-13 and 25-19. “It was a really great team win for us because we really fought for every point,” said junior Megan Cooney. “In past matches, we’ve obviously given our all, but this time we were a level above that. We really went after every single point the entire rally. It’s really hard to do that in Big Ten matches, to stay in every single touch and have every person on the court fully invested. I felt that in every single point of this match, and it was an incredible feeling.” With their win over the Hoosiers, the Illini have won five of their last six matches and sit in the No. 18 spot, nationally. Illinois dropped its only match to No. 3 Nebraska during that time but pushed the Cornhuskers to five sets. Cooney led the Illini to their second Big Ten win with 13 kills. Cooney recorded a .706 hitting percentage, the seventh-best in program history. The junior had only one error and contributed three blocks. “It’s really special for me to know my teammates have my back and they trust me to go up and take big swings,” Cooney said. “I know they’re behind me if I were to get blocked or they’re ready to cover me and respond. It’s really nice to know that I’m stepping into one of the leadership roles on the team and just hope that as we go forward that continues.” Senior Ashlyn Fleming was right behind Cooney with 10 kills, hitting .421. The Illini recorded their best hitting percentage of the season last @gabby_H11 night with .344, their best ghajduk2@dailyillini.com

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The Illini celebrate on the court at Indiana on Oct. 5. Illinois’ road win was their second-straight Big Ten win.

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Illinois forwards Stephen Quinn (7), Neil Novosel (14) and Drew Richter (10) watch their teammates during the Illinois vs. Lindenwood game at the Ice Arena on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Illinois lost 2-1.

HOCKEY

Team splits two-game series against Spartans BY CARSON GOURDIE STAFF WRITER

Despite outscoring the Spartans 11-2 in regulation, Illinois (3-1) split its two-game series with Michigan State (3-1), winning the first game 10-1 before losing the second game in a shootout 2-1. The first game on Friday started off on a high note for the Illini. After back-to-back thrilling onepoint victories over in-state foe Illinois State, Illinois controlled the Spartans from the beginning. Illinois successfully neutralized the Spartans’ powerplay chance and scored two shorthanded goals by senior Evan Sabo and freshman Braden Stewart, respectively, in less than a minute. The Illini were far from done, however, as they scored another four goals before the period ended; Jon Moskaluk, Braden Stewart, Drew Ritcher and Thomas Kolaz all added to Michigan State’s misery and the Illini intermission with a comfortable 6-0 lead. “We were ready and

excited to play,” Illinois head coach Nick Fabbrini said. “Our guys made great reads and great plays, and we like to be aggressive.” Michigan State started out the second period better offensively, with Nicholas Zervos scoring on a power play to trim down Illinois’ lead to 6-1. But, Illinois would score four more times before the second intermission. After giving up his eighth goal, Michigan State head coach James Martin took out goalie Maxwell Quertermus, replacing him with Lucas Chapel. Although Chapel shut out the Illini in the third period, Illinois established a monumental lead and rode its hot start to a dominating 10-1 victory, with goalie Royce Allerd converting 26 out of 27 save opportunities. But Michigan State opened Saturday’s faceoff differently than they tipped off Friday’s. Martin decided to give Patrick Hoedeman the start at goalie. After the first 20 minutes of play, the game

was deadlocked at 0-0, a far cry from the six-goal opening the Illini experienced on Friday. The Spartans outshot the Illini 13-7 after the first period. After failing to capitalize on a powerplay early in the second period, Michigan State was able to recover and score on a breakaway goal from Nicholas Zervos, his second goal of the weekend, making it 1-0. For the first time this weekend, the Spartans had the lead. Midway through the second period, senior Jake Barnhart was put in at goalie, despite Illinois’ performance on the ice. “The plan was to give both guys action, as both are playing next weekend in Oklahoma,” Fabbrini said. After Michigan State held the Illini in check for a bit longer, Illinois defender Joe Nolan was able to convert on an open shot to tie it up at 1-1. After scoring, both teams turned it up a notch defensively, with each goalie making incredible plays to keep the game deadlocked at one in the third period

and forcing overtime. After five scoreless minutes of overtime, the Illini and Spartans headed for a shootout, the first of the year for the former. After 15 consecutive saves by the goalies to start the shootout, Michigan State finally got the puck past Barnhart via a goal by Tyler Lee. Having to score to keep the game alive, Illini senior Mark Candotti’s shot was caught by Hoedeman, giving the Spartans the victory. “I told them we needed to be a lot better,” Fabbrini said. “This was not a good loss, and it’s hard to find positives. We will watch some film and focus on getting better over the next month.” Illinois will travel to Oklahoma next week, taking on Central Oklahoma in a two-game series before coming back home to take on Lindenwood in a twogame series on Oct. 18 and 19. @gourdiereport gourdie2@dailyillini.com

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FOOTBALL

Illinois vs. Minnesota

There was plenty of time to prepare for Minnesota following Illinois’ bye week. Illini fans may have expected the program to dish out a few tricks against the Golden Gophers, but it looked as if the Illini thought it was still on a bye week since nothing seemed to go right in a 40-17 loss on Saturday.

Offense:

Smith turned to redshirt freshman Matt Robinson. The California native is an Despite 17 points finding its way onto the scoreboard, undersized signal-caller with good mobility yet issue Illinois offense was only throwing downfield, and actually responsible for that is exactly what he three, and those points came controversially as well. displayed Saturday. Robinson went With around 10 minutes 15-29 for 125 remaining in the second yards and no quarter, Illini quarterback touchdowns, Brandon Peters, who often rolling out had already thrown one interception deep in Illinois and throwing the ball out of territory, took a shot and was forced to exit the game. bounds before With highly rated freshman receivers could break open. Isaiah Williams sidelined The lone points put up in practices leading up by the offense came in the to Saturday’s contest final minute of the first half, due to injury as well as when James McCourt nethaving a looming redshirt ted a 46-yard field goal, only decision, head coach Lovie after Minnesota head coach

P.J. Fleck had mysteriously called timeout a second before the ball was snapped on a missed first attempt. With the passing game failing to scare the Gophers, tailback Reggie Corbin faced stacked boxes all game long, gaining just 68 yards on 14 carries, a far cry from the 217 yards he went for on one less carry against the Gophers last season. Receiver Trevon Sidney did have a respectable bounce-back game after remaining quiet in the Illini’s previous two games, catching five passes for 50

yards and frequently bailing out wayward throws from Robinson. Sophomore walk-on Donny Navarro also caught three passes for 33 yards, a player who has clearly earned snaps at receiver after Smith’s constant praise of his decision making on punt returns. It was a terrible day, there’s no other way to put it; 248 yards and 3 points are not good enough to get it done against an FBS team, muchless an undefeated, and likely to be ranked, Minnesota squad. The offense was supposed to be the safety net for this team to rely on, but the unit completely sputtered in Peters’ absence and was not effective when he was out there either.

Defense:

Fortunately for Morgan, the Illini defense could not contain his running backs, as Rodney Smith rushed for 211 yards and a touchdown while Shannon Brooks added a nother 111 yards and a score. The issues the Illini defense has failed to address for the better part of the last two seasons have been open-field tackling and coverage down

the field, both of which remained a problem on Saturday. Although the Gophers were not great offensively, they still found ways to get their speedy backs in open space and their tall receivers isolated against Illini defensive backs, two areas that have constantly given Illinois problems. The toughest aspect that this defense will have to live with when it watches the tape back is that Minnesota was inefficient and sloppy offensively, yet still hung 40 on the board.

Normally, two takeaways and two touchdowns would be a point of celebration for a defense, but in the case of Saturday’s performance, they served merely as a means to take something positive from an otherwise lackluster outing. Minnesota quarterback Tanner Morgan was coming off of arguably the most impressive statistical game from a quarterback in the FBS this season last week at Purdue, and it was believed that he would need to repli-

Linebackers:

Anytime a group of three defensive players are responsible for 14 points, some recognition is in order. Harding got Illinois on the board in the first quarter with a 40-yard pick six, his second interception of the season. Furthermore, at the end

cate something similar for Minnesota to win. However, t he Gopher quarterback had quite a pedestrian game, throwing for just 155 yards, missing open receivers and t ur ning the ball over twice for points, as Dele Harding took a first-quarter interception to the endzone and Milo Eifler recovered a fumble and walked in for six in the third quarter.

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Illini look ahead to upcoming season with confidence BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITER

Just a month away from the beginning of men’s basketball season, head coach Brad Underwood and the Illini addressed the media at Big Ten Media Day on Wednesday. Coming off a 12-21 season and a second-round Big Tent tournament loss, Underwood expressed his excitement to have a strong turnover of players this season. The Illini’s biggest loss from last season comes from Aaron Jordan, who averaged eight points per game. “Well, I think we have a different swagger,” Underwood said. “I use that term — I think there’s a different feel about us — just from the experience standpoint ... We have the ability to have guys that can lead the young guys, and that can lead the guys that maybe didn’t play as much last year. I think all those things are positive. And I think that there’s a confidence that comes with that.” The Illini have their top three scorers returning, including All-Big Ten freshman selection sophomore Ayo Dosunmu. The Chicago native led the Illini in his freshman season with 13.8 points per game. Junior Trent Frazier and sophomore Giorgi Bezhanishvili followed with 13.7 and 12.5, respectively.

Dosunmu has already gained national attention, being voted to the preseason All-Big Ten team and a Third Team preseason All-American. While Dosunmu has acknowledged the recognition, he has remained focused on his team and continued to improve. “You’ve just got to get in that gym,” Dosunmu said. “That’s the only way to knock off all that noise … Of course, I see it because I’m a human, but I try my best not to let that get to affect where I’ve come from. I just stay locked in. Whenever I see stuff like that, I get in the gym and want to go harder, so when the bright lights come on, I’m ready for it.” The Illini not only have Dosunmu back for another season, but 11 players are returning from last year’s roster. With the addition of freshmen like Kofi Cockburn and Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk, there are higher expectations for Illinois than last season. Illinois finished 10th in the Big Ten last season and 12th in Underwood’s first season; however, the Illini are projected to finish in the top half of the conference this season. “I feel like there’s a little weight on our back from a lot of expectations,” Frazier said. “But, we can’t buy into that. We can’t settle for what people are saying; we have to be

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Giorgi Bezhanishvili, Trent Frazier and Ayo Dosunmu pose in front of the Big Ten media trophies on Wednesday. The team anticipates a successful upcoming season.

better. We’re going to continue to come to practice every day, work hard and do what coach Underwood wants us to do. I think that’s going to help us in the long run.” With a year’s worth of experience playing together, Frazier and Dosunumu have high hopes for what they can accomplish as a duo. With both guards working in the offseason to improve strength-wise, they are on the same page. While Frazier and Dosunmu both had strong offensive outings last year, they rarely

had them on the same nights. Underwood said the pair has been very in-tune on both sides of the court, and they have found that balance. Although Frazier and Dosunmu will continue to be key offensive targets, Bezhanishvili and Cockburn on the court together could be the next big duo. Cockburn, a 7-foot, 290-pound center, is expected to be an impact freshman in the post. Bezhanishvili and Cockburn coexisting will be a work-in-progress throughout the season, but Underwood

said both of their unique talents can cause problems for opponents. “I’m so much more confident on the court with him because he is such a great player,” Bezhanishvili said. “He is huge. I played with really big guys before at home, really great big guys and I was able to play well with them. So, I feel like there should be no problem playing well with Kofi.” With all the pieces coming together, Underwood and the Illini are itching to get the season going. The Illini

had their first official practice on Thursday as they work toward the goal of an NCAA tournament berth. “I’m excited,” Dosunmu said. “I feel like this is our year to win.” Illinois will play an exhibition game against Lewis on Nov. 1 but will start the regular season on Nov. 5 against Nicholls State at the State Farm Center. @gabby_H11 ghajduk2@dailyillini.com

Illinois continues to preach greatness, still isn’t doing enough BY TATIANIA PERRY STAFF WRITER

Each week it’s the same old story: Illinois starts off the game strong, something spectacular happens, then they eventually start to choke, and in the end, they lose. I am sick and tired of watching it happen, and I am sure everyone is sick and tired of reading the same thing. The only thing that ever changes is which defensive player made the really flashy play to trick us into thinking things have finally changed

for the better and that this game will be different. This time it was Dele Harding’s return for a touchdown. Things, like always, looked promising. Of course, until tragedy struck. In the second quarter, Brandon Peters suffered a nasty hit, and then he eventually limped off the field to the injury tent shaking his head. I’m not saying Peters is the glue that holds the offensive side of the ball together, but he is something. After he left

the field and Matt Robinson was the one left playing, there wasn’t much offense of any sort happening on the field. The defense was forced to put most of the points up on the board. Passes weren’t connecting and runs were looking weak. Robinson is young. Robinson is inexperienced. Robinson got thrown in at a terrible time and did the best he could. However, his best wasn’t good enough. Was this lack of preparation? Was this loss just inevi-

table given the caliber of team Minnesota is? I have never been one to jump on the Lovie Smith firing bandwagon and I’m not going to start now, but whatever method that he is using for this team doesn’t seem to be showing much growth. The defense is getting better in the sense that it capitalizes on mistakes much better, putting on heavy defense on days the offense often fall short and vice versa. There is almost no showing of the Illini playing all three

phases of the game, and it’s becoming apparent that they will always be lacking. Illinois just won’t play how they need to. When playing teams that Illinois should clearly dominate, such as University of Connecticut, there are still instances in which they fall short. But when they are evenly matched or even playing an obviously better team, it seems as though the team gets discouraged quickly. For the team to be able to

do more on the field, there needs to be a different mindset off the field. Preaching that you’re going to win this next game and ignoring the loss isn’t necessarily working and probably isn’t even that good of a tactic. The Gophers had some cool statistics at least. For the first time since 2004, Minnesota started its season 5-0, so congratulations on that, Coach Fleck. @tati_perry14 tp3@idailyillini.com

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‘Joker’ spurs broad societal discussions BY RUKAYAH HUSSEIN STAFF WRITER

buzz factor: For fans of DC comics, a film centering around the origin story of the universe’s most infamous villain has garnered mixed reactions. “Joker” was released earlier this October, and the controversies surrounding the film have attracted the attention of not just comic book fans, but also those who want to discuss the movie’s social implications. “Joker” focuses on the character Arthur Fleck, portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix. Fleck is a young man struggling with mental illness and poverty, whose life ,from anyone’s perspective, could be deemed a tragedy. The film chronicles Fleck’s dark descent into the wildcard villain, the Joker, the infamous archenemy of Batman. Fleck is an aspiring stand-up comedian who works as a part-time party clown, hired for anything from store advertising to visits to children’s hospitals. When Fleck is assaulted at the beginning of the film, he feels unwanted and unloved more than ever and wants his message about the oppressive system heard. The tension brews from the very beginning of the film due to Gotham’s extreme amounts of crime and poverty. Throughout the film, audiences will feel apprehensive, never knowing what Fleck will do next. Music is used excellently to capture Arthur’s feelings at any given moment, and the film’s soundtrack is one to remember. The movie’s cinematography also plays a role in

audience perception, and the color schemes and camerawork give the film an eerie aura. One major aspect of the film that has left audiences conflicted is its view of violence and social movements. There is no doubt the film gets gritty, violent and even controversial at times. Some fans and critics have suggested the film will incite violence in viewers, and critics are questioning if this film and others like it should tell the stories they do. Regardless of these notions, a film about the Joker would not have been well-executed without violence, as it is integral to his character and the plot. The movie, albeit fictional, deals with heavy topics and themes throughout in

Phoenix’s performance was both intriguing and uncomfortable, and the film invited audiences to desperately anticipate the character’s next move.

treats people who are mentally ill,and whether or not the actions and attitudes of Fleck and others like him are justified in the end. From the beginning of the movie’s production and the announcement of the casting of Phoenix, many fans were quick to want to compare Phoenix to Heath Ledger in his portrayal of the Joker, perhaps one of the most famous depictions of any character to date. Phoenix and the film did an excellent job of giving audiences a new view of this notorious villain. The beauty of a film like this is that Joker has never had a definitive origin story, and his crazed antics were never easily explained in any comic book or movie of the past. Phoenix’s performance was both intriguing and uncomfortable, and the film invited audiences to desperately anticipate the character’s next move. No matter how critics and fans feel, “Joker” definitely sparked conversation with its release, particularly related to how audiences might empathize with the character. Directed by Todd Phillips, the film was wellcrafted, and the audience will leave the theater wondering if what they observed was real or merely a fantasy in tune with a complex character like the Joker. The movie ended up providing what it said it would and gave viewers the narrative it intended. Filled with comic book Easter eggs, the movie is really for fans who have always wanted an origin story for the legendary character, but the story is told in a way where those unfamiliar with the DC universe will still be able to enjoy the movie.

order to help justify and humanize Fleck. Fleck suffers from multiple mental illnesses throughout the movie. He even develops an uncontrollable laugh that becomes symbolic of the Joker in previous iterations of the character. Due to Gotham’s underfunding, he is left untreated and ignored by the system and strives to make his voice heard, no matter how violent it gets. The movie brings up questions about how society rukayah2@readbuzz.com

buzz calendar BY LIAM DWYER BUZZ CALENDAR EDITOR

The buzz calendar is a compilation of events happening in the Champaign-Urbana area. Follow our top picks in Monday’s and Thursday’s papers for ideas on what to do on any night of the week, from where to eat to what to watch. Want to submit an event? Email calendar@readbuzz.com.

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Station Underground presents Musician Meetup//Improv Session

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 5:30-7:30 p.m.  Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign  Free This opening night party will introduce Saving Our Lives Hear our Truths’ exhibition and showcase the video, “Cherish: A Love Letter To Gwendolyn Brooks (from Ruth Nicole Brown in the spirit of SOLHOT)” by Yvette Mayorga. These works will be on view through Oct. 31. Following the screening, SOLHOT’s girl band, “We Levitate,” featuring Ruth Nicole Brown, Jessica Robinson, Porshe R. Garner and Blair Ebony Smith will give lively artist talks.

The Illinois Flamenco-Jazz Project

 7-9 p.m.  Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana  Prices vary David Chiriboga’s guitar will be joined by singer Patricia Ortega and dancer Malu amidst the instrumental colors of an expanded ensemble of Illinois Jazz Studies students. They will perform arrangements of traditional Flamenco pieces, popular Spanish folk songs and Chiriboga’s own Flamenco compositions. Chiriboga is a full-time professional Flamenco guitarist based in Chicago. Chiriboga’s style was nurtured in Andalusia in spains studies with prominent guitarists Paco Serrano, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Emilio Maya and Antonio Heredia. He received his degree in Music Performance at Northeastern Illinois University under the instruction of Professor Brian Torosian.

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds drop emotional album BY BILL TAYLOR STAFF WRITER

buzz factor: Nick Cave has made a career out of shock and irreverence, spinning tales of murder and blasphemy for the better part of 40 years. But that all changed with the death of his teenage son in 2015. The album that followed that tragedy, 2016’s “Skeleton Tree,” saw Cave’s normal bravado stripped away and his usually authoritative voice cracking under the weight of his grief. It sounds as if it shouldn’t be listened to, like the listener has intruded on a harrowing therapy session. Cave and his band, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, have finally returned with the follow-up of “Skeleton Tree”: a double-album named “Ghosteen.” It’s a tough album in many of the same ways as “Tree,” maybe even tougher because unlike “Tree,” all of its songs were written in the aftermath of the death. But while “Tree” presented a dead end, “Ghosteen” sees the light at the end of the tunnel: the possibility Cave may soon be able to live his life again. The album begins with “The Spinning Song,” which starts as a continuation of Cave’s career-long obsession with Elvis Presley. One of Cave’s early classics, “Tupelo,” told the story of Elvis’ birth, and this focus-

es on his death, the “king of rock ‘n roll’ laid low by a stay in Las Vegas. But in the last third, the song shifts gears into Cave warbling, “And I love you,” over and over, with such hurt in his voice, that it’s clear it’s not Elvis he’s addressing. It’s as if he tried to be Nick Cave one more time, and the grief overwhelmed him mid-attempt. Much of the first part of “Ghosteen” is a tough listen for how broken Cave still sounds. Many songs close with Cave repeating simple mantras to himself like he’s trying to remind himself there are other things to think about than his own grief until he resets to tragedy for the next song. Even his distinctive baritone is warped into a lonely, crying falsetto at times, revealing a man changed in every way by trauma. Stylistically, “Ghosteen” is in line with the more electronic sound the Seeds tried out in “Skeleton Tree” and 2013’s “Push the Sky Away.” “Sky” was still fundamentally a rock album, just with some new wrinkles, and “Tree” went so far into electronic abstraction it abandoned conventional melody altogether, but “Ghosteen” splits the difference between the two. It’s certainly not a rock album, with the Seeds’ rhythm section mostly sitting it out, but it’s the most beautiful album Cave has

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ever made. The buzzing, harsh electronic textures that made certain parts of “Tree” so punishing are gone, replaced by gorgeous walls of synth that sound more like the score to “Blade Runner” than any past Nick Cave album. “Tree” sounded unbearably intimate, but “Ghosteen” sounds epic, complete with a large choir of voices backing Cave and showing him he’s not alone in his struggle. With a little bit of distance, Cave has mustered the

strength to make his pain as big, beautiful and terrifying as the world itself. Cave has said the first half of “Ghosteen” is “the children” and the second half is “their parents.” As such, the first half is haunted by the memory of innocence lost, and the second half is attempting to get past it and back into maturity. There are just two songs and one spoken word piece in the second half, but they provide a powerful catharsis for the pain of the rest of the album.

As the second half opens and the album’s title track plays, the listener is greeted with a sweeping string section, bringing up memories of Cave’s beautiful orchestral score for “The Assassination of Jesse James” and better times for Cave. When Cave’s vocals come in, he sounds newly resilient, still wounded but closer to the hardened Cave of a decade before. Even as the song and its partner go beyond 10 minutes long, he hangs in there, not being any less sad but at least finding

some inner calm. “Ghosteen” is an overwhelming album in every sense, but it’s rewarding even in its darkest moments. Cave has invited the listener on a journey with him, and if the experience will be rough for both of them, the final destination is worth it. Cave closes the album by saying he’s “just waiting now, for peace to come,” and unlike in “Tree,” that peace doesn’t seem quite so out of reach. wt2@readbuzz.com

Beginner’s guide: Get in fall spirit by redecorating your space BY CAROLINA GARIBAY STAFF WRITER

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tion for decorating your own A great way to channel fall space. Happy fall! is by bringing these outdoor items into your own home. I Bring the scents of fall into your like to buy mini to medium sized artificial pumpkins and home One of the easiest and place them on shelves, tables most effective ways to make and ledges. your space feel more like Many stores sell differfall is by immersing it in the ent colored pumpkins that scents of fall. Fall smells dif- help add variety to spaces,as ferent to everyone, so there well as a twist on the clasis no right or wrong scent sic orange pumpkin. Target for your home. A few scents and Michaels sell different that many people associate colored artificial pumpkins, with fall include cinnamon, but you might be able to find pumpkin and apple, but some at Goodwill or other those are just a few ideas, thrift stores, too. You can and this is by no means a always buy real pumpkins comprehensive list. and carve them out, too, to I find that candles most make your space even more successfully capture and unique. If you’re not feeling the distribute the scents of fall. They also make spaces pumpkin look, though, feel more cozy, comfortable consider purchasing fake and welcoming, which are leaves. They often come in all themes consistent with bulk, which is great if you the fall season. If you live in want to decorate with them a dorm or somewhere where individually. One way to do candles aren’t allowed, air this is by filling up mason fresheners are another jars with the leaves and great option. placing them around your home. If you want to go Channel the outdoors above and beyond, you can Some of fall’s most defin- put decorative string lights ing features come from the in the mason jars to spice up outdoor scenes we expe- the space even more. rience during the fall seaAnother great way to decson. Throughout fall we see orate with leaves is with leaves change color and fall garlands. You can buy these from trees, carved pumpkins at craft stores, and they’re on front porches and other perfect for mantles, light autumnal flora. fixtures, tables or really

anything with a ledge. Spice up your space with throw pillows and blankets Fall would not be fall without its warm, vibrant colors, so bringing these colors into your space is another great way to channel fall. One of the easiest ways to bring color into your home is with throw pillows and blankets. I find that adding a few accent pillows and a matching colored blanket to your normal bed or couch setup is a great way to spice up the area. Typically, fall colors include different shades of red, yellow, orange and brown, but the colors you choose to decorate with are completely up to you. Light it up Lights might be the one decor piece that transforms a space the most. How lit-up you want your space to be and what type of lights you want to use are completely up to you. You can keep it simple and just use candles to add some light, or you can buy strings of lights and go all out. If you really want to make your space feel like fall, try decorating multicolored lights or buying colored lightbulbs. Lights come in a variety of colors, styles and

shapes, so be creative and don’t be afraid to go all out. Don’t be afraid to get spooky The arrival of fall means Halloween is not far behind. This means spooky decorations are officially acceptable. Since there are so many ways to decorate for Halloween, choosing a theme is the best place to start. For example, maybe you want your space to look and feel scary. Halloween stores usually have the biggest variety and range of scary decorations, so this allows you to decide how scary you want your space to be. Other Halloween themes include a pumpkin harvest, which might be more fall-oriented, and spooky season, which I would consider to be a more light-hearted version of the hardcore-scary theme. You can, of course, create your own themes or combine some aspects of different themes, but I find that the best way to start is by following a theme and buying decorations that fit within that theme. This helps to narrow down the many decor options stores have and ensure that your space will be cohesive and look put-together.

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