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UIPD STUDENT INFORMANTS Police utilize student information to infiltrate campus drug scene BY KAREN LIU STAFF WRITER
Students are working with the University of Illinois Police Department in solving drug-related crimes as confidential informants. Joseph McCullough, commander of narcotics and street crime units at UIPD, said 20 to 30 confidential student informants work with the UIPD per year, and the number has been steady for the past decade. “Two or three years ago, we had a massive amount of MDMA issues, and we were able to utilize an informant for that, which led to the seizure of several hundred doses of MDMA amongst six or several other drugs,” McCullough said. McCullough said his philosophy is if there’s involvement of a confidential source, he wants the case done very quickly, and to insert other methods or an undercover officer in the role. “With myself working undercover in these cases, I’ve seen the other side of this, so I understand that there is a safety element to that. There’s an anonymity that you want to have,” he said. “I don’t want people to know what I’m doing or who I’m working with.
We translate that philosophy to any confidential source.” However, McCullough said the UIPD rarely offers students with minor drug charges an alternative to become a confidential informant. McCullough sa id the UIPD is also not actively tr y ing to recruit people, but any person caught up in similar cases is usually strong-armed in becoming a source. The UIPD is also very transparent about the process and encourages people to talk to their attorneys before making the decision. McCullough said the UIPD values confidential sources as people and wants to see the best for them, instead of just getting the information and then saying goodbye. “We want to see them kick the problem that got them into the issue in the first place, so we provide themmultifaceted commu-
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Illinois State Police, with the assistance of the Champaign Police Department, sent out a press release detailing over 20 citations issued at bars across campus for underage drinking violations on one night last month. While it seems that “bar raids” — or procedural bar checks — are on the rise, that is not the case, said Champaign Police Sergeant Joe Ketchem. They are actually declining due to budgeting issues in recent years. Champaign police expenditures on Covert Liquor Enforcement has declined approximately 35 percent from 2016 to 2017. The budget in 2016 for Covert Liquor Enforcement was $79,515 and decreased to $51,815 in 2017, according to the Adopted Annual Budget released by the City of Champaign. “We used to conduct about 12 bar checks a year. This year, we are down to five or seven,” Ketchum said. “That does not mean we have not done three (bar checks) in a row or three weekends in a row.” A typical bar check consists of four on-duty officers from Champaign police, and four or five troopers from Illinois State Police, lasting for five hours and costing a total of about $1,000 to $1,100 per bar check, according to Ketchum. An underage drinking citation costs $350 and increases every two years. For bars, the fine for serving alcohol to someone under the age of 21 is $500 and increases each time a bar is ticketed. When bar managers are informed that a bar check is going to occur, they cooperate, said Luke Henry, general manager of Joe’s Brewery. “We work with the police because they are doing their job, trying to ensure safety and a safe environment,” Henry said. He added both the police and Joe’s Brewery have this goal in mind. Henry has been the general manager of Joe’s Brewery for 10 years. As of January this year, Joe’s Brewery began using tac-
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ISG rebrands with new block I logo BY CORI LIPPERT STAFF WRITER
Illinois Student Government adapted a new, student-designed logo in an effort to consolidate with the University’s implementation of the block I design. Joseph Domanski, vice president of ISG and senior in LAS, said the University “felt like our logo was totally out of date.” The University recently switched from using the column I to only the block I. The University’s public affairs committee asked ISG to change the logo to fit with the rebranding of the University, Domanski said. “We have created a brand standard and some guidelines that allows our brand to function across the entire institution,” said David Black, director of creative services in the public affairs department. Black said the guidelines were created to reflect a single voice of Illinois. “We want the student government to brand with Illinois to show that they have a vital relationship to the University,” Black said. Black said one of those guidelines is that the block I and the Illinois wordmark can not be skewed or adjusted and they can not be morphed with anything else. “I felt like the University of Illinois student government is supposed to be the voice of the student body, so I felt like it made sense for the student body to have a say in what we look like,” Domanski said. “At
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Although corn and soybean fields dominate the majority of Illinois’ farmland, the nearly $500 million specialty crop industry is on the rise. Defined as fruits, nuts and vegetables, specialty crops occupy more than 100,000 acres of farmland and growing status in Springfield as the Illinois Department of Agriculture seeks to expand the state’s agricultural footprint. As demand for locally grown fruits and vegetables increases, the United States Department of Agriculture finds answers in the Specialty Crop Block Grant program, funneling money to individual states to increase production of and access to specialty crops. Three projects in Champaign-Urbana were chosen to receive funding through
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the grant program. The IDOA chose two University professors and a notfor-profit Urbana farm to receive grants as part of the program. “It’s been such a blessing, really,” said Traci Barkley, director of Sola Gratia Farm, of the $24,133 IDOA grant. St. Matthew Lutheran Church and Faith in Place, an Illinois religious organization, created the farm to respond to the high food insecurity rate in Champaign County. Sola Gratia has donated approximately 30 percent of the produce it has grown since its inception six years ago. “For people who don’t have enough money to spend on food or to meet other critical needs, vegetables, which are a key part of the diet for health and nutrition, are also one of the most expensive types of food and usu-
ally that’s not what limited food dollars are spent on,” Barkley said. Champaign County grapples with one of the highest rates of food insecurity in Illinois, approximately 1 in 7 people and 1 in 5 children facing uncertainty over where their next meal will come from. Barkley plans to use the grant money to expand on several successful pilot projects the farm has put in place to increase demand for and access to fresh produce. Among these pilot programs are partnerships with various public and private institutions to provide produce for cooking classes that teach basic nutrition and life skills, pay-as-you-can produce stands, and reduced price farmers markets. Rabin Bhattarai, professor in ACES, received a $79,802 grant to develop nontraditional water
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sources for Illinois’ farms. His interest in treating water started as a teenager growing up in Kathmandu, Nepal, where he would wake up at 5 a.m. twice a week to wait his turn at the taps to fill his family’s tanks with water to use for the week. “Even in a big city like Kathmandu, even in my house we cannot drink the water that comes out of the tap directly,” Bhattarai said. “That’s what led me to get my degree in civil engineering and then my master’s in water resources and I slowly became interested in water quality.” Many farmers in Illinois are essentially dependent on rainfall to water their crops, something farmers in drier states like Arizona can only dream of. However, too little or too much rain can put a rain-
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Since May, trucks have lined the English Building on the Main Quad as construction crews work to make exterior renovations. The project will replace the existing slate roof with a new slate roof, matching the original slate in material, shingle size and color of approximately 21,800 square feet on the east and north wings of the building. “Built in 1905 (the English Building) is one of the most prominent buildings on the Main Quad. The roof received limited repair work in 2009, but the need for a more comprehensive roof replacement project was identified,” said Steven Breitwieser, manager of communications and external relations for the University of Illinois Facilities and Services. “Substantial completion” of the project is expected in summer of 2018. Iryce Baron, senior instructor of English, said she feels that it should have been done at a less disruptive time. “The renovation is noisy and primarily disruptive for classes taking place on the outer side of the building facing Wright Street,”
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Wesley Food Pantry strives to increase food services BY YASMEEN RAGAB STAFF WRITER
The Wesley Food Pantry, located at Goodwin Avenue and Green Street in Urbana, hopes to rebrand and de-stigmatize the term “food pantry” by making sure students feel comfortable reaching out for help. The Wesley Food Pantry offers a week’s worth of groceries to students every first Monday of the month, in addition to a variety of other services such as health screenings and community outreach. “In addition to offering groceries, we also offer our clients a way to connect with community resources,” said Katie Thomas, director of Wesley Food Pantry. “Last week, we had the Illini Medical Screening Society. We also distribute free children’s books to the children that visit the pantry.” The food pantry has two locations: one on the University’s campus at the Wesley United Methodist Church Student Center and one at Parkland College, and sees about 15 to 20 University students each month and 20 to 30 Parkland students, according to Dawn Longfellow, operations manager. “This is a resource that is available to (students) so they don’t need to feel embarrassed to come for food,” Thomas said.
As of last week, the Wesley Food Pantry board and the Wesley Food Pantry RSO on campus began discussing changing the name to something else, Thomas said. But the idea is still a work in progress. “I think the stigma involves more than the name,” Longfellow said in an email. “The perception is that people who need to visit a food pantry are homeless or in extreme poverty. This is far from the truth. Many of our clients are working or recently had an unexpected crisis.” Thomas said Wesley is working on getting the word out about their services in order to attract more undergraduate students, since a majority of the students who go to the pantry are graduate students. “Promoting the pantry is really about word of mouth. So, we educate our volunteers about what food insecurity means and how it might affect people they know, so that they can suggest coming to a pantry to friends,” Longfellow said. According to a recent study in the American Journal of Health Promotion, “15 percent (of the 237 undergraduate students who were surveyed) were food insecure. An additional 16 percent were at risk of food insecurity.”
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The Wesley Food Pantry, located in Wesley United Methodist Church, offers a week’s worth of meals the first Monday of every month to students in need. The pantry is currently working on promoting its services and de-stigmatizing the term “food pantry.”
Taylor Thurston, sophomore in Business, is the new fundraising director this year for the Wesley RSO, and said she plans to raise money for the food pantry by holding a fundraiser at a local business, with half of the proceeds
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The logo winner is Brittany Heyen, senior in FAA. Heyen said she entered the competition after a friend had mentioned it to her. “I thought it would be a great way to leave my mark before I graduate in the spring and use my graphic design skills to help out an organization looking to rebrand itself,” Heyen said in an email. Heyen said she talked to people who had been in ISG to find out what the group meant to them. She said that every person she talked to had the same idea of incorporating a building or landmark. Heyen ended up choosing Foellinger Auditorium as the landmark she wanted to use in the design. Heyen said that not only is it the largest lecture hall on campus where students quite literally come together to learn, but it’s also the backdrop of the Main Quad. This serves as a place for students to come together for both recreation and relaxation. “After changing our name to student government, we felt like a new organization and we wanted a fresh start, and the logo represents that fresh start,” Alston said.
the end of the day, we are here because of them, not because of us” Domanski said that the logos were narrowed down to six in the ISG’s public relations committee. The logos were then presented to the senate and they voted on the logo they want to represent the organization. “(The logo is used on) anything that we hand out to the student body that we want to make sure they understand where they came from, we want to make sure we put our logo on it,” said David Alston, sophomore in Business. Alston said ISG wanted to give students creative control of the logo. “We weren’t looking for anything specific. What we were looking for is something that would generally represent the government in a good way,” Alston said. Domanski said ISG placed guidelines on their website. The guidelines included things such as: you cannot have the column I, cannot reference any previous mascot, cannot depict a wellknown person and cannot include text other than Illinois Student Government. coridl2@dailyillini.com
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FARM water dependent farm in flux, decreasing crop yields and raising the prices of fruits and vegetables for consumers. Bhattarai plans to develop nontraditional water sources to provide irrigation for specialty crops during drought years when
rainwater alone cannot provide enough water to sustain agriculture. Bhattarai sees treated wastewater and agricultural runoff from tile drainage as potential solutions, and plans to use his grant to work on this. Most fields, Bhattarai said, in Illinois operate using tile systems, underground networks of pipes that quickly drain excess
going toward the pantry. According to Thomas, the pantry receives about 30 to 40 percent of its funds from the Wesley United Methodist Church, and the rest from grants and fundraisers within the community.
gest problems of the year are Moms Weekend and Dads Weekend. We see a lot of moms and dads who are not compliant with the law and will buy drinks for their kids,” he said. Parents seem to be trying to relive their glory days, Ketchum said, and they are not aware that the laws that apply elsewhere still apply here. Champaign police also try to conduct more bar checks towards the beginning of the year rather than later, since that is typically when freshmen first arrive on campus and are out exploring the college scene, Ketchum said. Since August of this year, five bar checks have been conducted with two more to go, Ketchum said.
tics to deter underage drinking, such as using wristbands for customers rather than stamps, which are less easy to fabricate. Since Joe’s Brewery has a high turnover rate — those who work there do not stay for long — Henry said it is important to make sure new employees are aware of the rules regarding drink service, which is why they require specific classes and training for all employees, in addition to those required by the City of Champaign. When Champaign police conducts bar checks, they are not random, Ketchum said. “We are usually looking to see if there’s a football game in town. Our two big- yragab2@dailyillini.com
Thurston said the food pantry should not be a onetime visit, rather she hopes the students can build a relationship with the volunteers and understand they are helping students help themselves. “It is more than just put-
ting a bandaid on the issue, it’s about trying to solve what is really going on because when you are lacking in food you are often lacking in other resources as well,” Thurston said. yragab2@dailyillini.com
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nity approach, from counseling to mentor officers to other resources where we do generally see a success story out of these,” McCullough said. McCullough said if the potential informant has addictive tendencies, the UIPD will not put them out in harm’s way while trying to actively pursue a case because that will expose them to the very thing the UIPD is trying to get them away from. “That’s a shift in traditional policing,” he said. “Is it worth the case to us to expose somebody to that, to have them go back to their addictions? Absolutely not.” There is a whole range of ways in which people can cooperate with the police, said Andrew Leipold, professor in the College of Law.
“Some people cooperate with the police because they’re good citizens, and they don’t want drug dealers in their dorm. Other people cooperate because they called crimestoppers and want to get a reward,” Leipold said. “Other people cooperate because they are in trouble themselves, and want some consideration on that. It’s hard to generalize and say it’s this or it’s that.” Leipold said it is common practice for the police to offer a plea bargain to people who have criminal charges in exchange for information and there are very little legal limits on the process. “We don’t really regulate the content, we regulate the process,” Leipold said. Mc Cu l loug h sa id although students sometimes have negative impressions about working with the police as informants, the UIPD’s
intention is to protect the campus. “We look at drugs that affect the safety of our students, our campus, our community members, and we’re talking about overdoses on heroin, and the ecstasy craze four years ago,” he said. “We’re focusing on the drug trend of the day, and that’s causing the most health risks to the community, and the safety risks.” According to the Campus Safety Authorities, students can request confidentiality when reporting a crime, so the individual’s name will not appear on the report form. Although the police can’t force someone into becoming a confidential informant, they can give very strong incentives to do so, Leipold said. There are also always risks of being found out, and it is often very hard to trace how the confidential-
ity is compromised in the first place. “The police have very strong incentives to keep their sources confidential because if they don’t, no one will cooperate with them,” Leipold said, “They have the right incentives, from the defendant’s standpoint, to keep my identity secret.” McCullough said the UIPD has several backdrops that will maintain the anonymity of the confidential informants, and the only ways that will be compromised are if the person talked about it or if it was court-ordered. “Our policies, procedures and the way that we do things, everything is the attempt to minimize any risk,” he said. Student Legal Services, who is in charge of the program, declined to comment.
water from the soil to prevent roots from becoming submerged underwater. “Because the tile water is clean and has nutrients that can be used by the plant, if you can use tile water to irrigate the crop, what you will see is that you maybe don’t even have to use fertilizer,” Bhattarai said. Hao Feng, professor in ACES, received a $57,610 grant to develop new strate-
gies to reduce the risk of contamination of microgreens which have become increasingly popular in high end restaurants and fine dining. Because microgreens are prepared raw to preserve their flavor, risk of contamination is heightened. “Right now I don’t think there are good sanitation practices,” Feng said. “Each farmer does their own thing, some may use chlorine, oth-
ers might just use water to wash it. If there’s a big outbreak, then the whole industry will be in trouble and it’ll be a big consumer concern.” Feng and his team are developing a surfactant, a compound that will lower the surface tension between the seed and the hot water sanitation treatment, which will make it easier for the seeds to be reached by the sanitizers.
Feng will then work with the University’s extension specialists to circulate his research to the community of microgreen farmers by publishing papers and presenting findings at conferences. “We are a land grant university,” Feng said. “We serve the farmers in Illinois.”
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Protesters clashed with University police officers after forming a blockade to disrupt the Homecoming Parade on Oct. 27. The protest was organized by the Illinois Student Government and included other student organizations. Karen Olowa, University student, wrote a letter commenting on how Chief supporters are unable to be reasoned with.
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The Homecoming Parade was stopped by a line of protesters at the corner of Wright and Green streets. In opposition to Karen Olowa’s letter, Matthaios Aravosis, University student, wrote that the Illinois Student Government should not have been involved in violent protests to begin with.
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Those without a conscience are past the outer limits of reason rity. If it were possible to educate white people out of their fondness of the Chief, SENIOR IN LAS the decades of consistent indictment from the Native American community fter we forced the would have been sufficient. Chief out of the If not that, the 1997 docuHomecoming Parade mentary “In Whose Honand sent him and his supor?” that judiciously outporters scurrying back to lines the white supremacist whatever godforsaken corn- origins of the Chief, would field or segregated suburb have been sufficient. If not they had sprung from, I that, the NCAA’s 2005 cenjoined my fellow protestors sure of the University for its as we cheered “don’t come continued use of the Chief back!” (the censure that forced it to Afterward, I quoted the be expelled as the Univerbrilliant Dr. Henrik Clarke sity’s official mascot) would and declared that there have been enough. was no need to argue with At its root, the continued Chief supporters because “I presence of the Chief at the only debate my equals. All University is not so much others, I teach.” With the an issue of white ignorance #NotOurMascot protests, as it is proof of white power. I reasoned, we had given By continuing to embrace Chief-loving white alumthe Chief, white people and ni and students and, more those who identify with importantly, Chancellor them demonstrate that they Robert Jones an education. do not need Native AmeriNow that I’ve had a couple cans’ permission to misapof days to reflect, however, propriate native culture. I want to discourage those These people demonwho recognize the Chief strate that they can do what for what it is from overly they like with what they investing ourselves in edulike, and that no amount of cating those who cling to it. logical reasoning or emoIt is clear that no amount tional appeals can convince of education can make the them to admit to wrongdowhite masses forsake the ing and change their absurd, racist symbols that give voyeuristic behavior. them pleasure and secuSo, my friends, let us not
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or a group that wishes to “raise the voices of indigenous students,” our student government would rather see the students who disagree with them (including indigenous ones) silenced by any means necessary. Last Friday’s violence at the Homecoming Parade revealed that the Illinois Student Senate’s anti-Chief dogma was prioritized over the safety of students, alumni, administration and community members. The improper handling of the Homecoming riot last week by the administration has revealed their true intentions. If the student body was truly
their priority, they would not have fueled a protest that harmed many. By doing this, President Raneem Shamseldin proudly showed her anger and malice toward the University when she used her voice to inspire violence. But the administration’s silence speaks equally as loud as their actions do. There has been no condemnation of the violence that occurred last Friday, including the assault of multiple police officers and the beatings of several Native Americans who weren’t a part of the violent protests. Our president has no actual regard for the well-being of all the students; she regards only those who she agrees with. A student government dedicated to the safety of
its student body would be fostering dialogue about Friday in order to work toward a resolution, so why is ours silent? Maybe it’s time to finally ask the question: Is our student body president fit for the student presidency? If there was ever a time to question the president’s ability to lead, the time is now, especially before her actions lead to anymore violence. Only 17 percent of students voted in the last student government election, so while the student president may have once held the plurality, she does not have the majority. We can create change, we just have to work together because we are stronger as a team. As fellow Illini. mia4@illinois.edu
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waste time trying to reason with these white people; their love of the Chief is beyond reason. We will not secure the moral victory of a total Chief ban at the University because moral victories can only be achieved when our opponent has a conscience. As observed in 1967 by Stokely Carmichael, white America and its institutions have none. Case in point: There are no laws within the United States that prohibit minstrelsy or racist symbology. In short, the University administration has no impetus to enact a ban of the Chief. Although educating whites will not secure us any moral victories concerning the Chief, we can secure the political victory of a new school mascot by spring. That is what we ought to push for. Such a political victory would give the native community and their allies a mascot they can celebrate. More importantly, we do not need to waste time educating Chief-lovers to secure such a victory – it is fully within our rights as students of the University and fully within the University’s capacity. olowu2@illinois.edu
Spending your free time in solitude can do wonders for your health increase self-awareness, prompted by the internal exploration one must go COLUMNIST through when alone with their thoughts. While solitude is hard hen was the last time enough to achieve due to you were completethe integration of technolly alone? Away from ogy into our lives and presall social interaction, both sures to socialize, a 2014 physically and digitally? It’s “Science” journal study probably difficult to imagshowed that many of its parine a situation when you’ve ticipants would rather give been completely detached themselves small electrifrom the world, especially if cal shocks than be left alone you’re in school. with their thoughts. This Current college students highlights the intense hate were not only raised in a for solitude that society society that has associatcreates. ed solitude with serial killWhether you’re an introers and antisocial weirdos, vert attempting to adapt to but are in a university setan extroverted world or a ting that makes this type of social butterfly who can’t get solitude virtually imposenough human interaction, sible to achieve regulara break from stimulation ly. And while some people can be beneficial no matter need more alone time than where you fall on the perothers, intentional solitude sonality spectrum. can have valuable health Overstimulation has been benefits. For example, it linked to increased anxiety, can boost creativity and emotional instability, mood JAMIE LINTON
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swings and even high blood pressure, among other side effects. In fact, the World Health Organization has even classified noise pollution, a huge factor in overstimulation, as “a modern plague.” Furthermore, studies show that silence — and certain types of music — can lower blood pressure, heart rate and breathing rate. Reed Larson, professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, has conducted research concluding that while solitude can be uncomfortable in the moment, it can lead to “more positive emotions and less self-reported depression down the line.” These effects are also reportedly shown immediately. According to Larson’s research, teens felt “more cheerful, involved, and alert if they had been alone in the prior 2-hour period.” However, there is an optimal
amount of time that one should spend alone to reap the most benefits. Larson’s research concludes that “adolescents who reported spending an intermediate amount of their waking time alone showed better global adjustment than those who were never alone and those who were frequently alone.” The next time you feel burnt-out and overstimulated, and are matched with the choice of whether or not to go out with your friends, consider your social battery, as it may need to recharge. So unplug and recharge by treating yourself to a nice evening alone. Don’t feel bad about spending your free time alone because, in the long run, it can improve your next social experiences and your health. Jamie is a sophomore in Media. jlinton2@dailyillini.com
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State Farm Center brings Broadway home each year so people across the board can enjoy the performances. Swanson said he is most excited for “Wizard of Oz” because it will draw in more of a family crowd. “You can’t really compare them to one another because you’re gonna have some people who really are excited about a title like ‘Rent,’ but then they might not be as excited about a title like ‘The Wizard of Oz,’” Laz said. “I think that’s what we try to stay consistent with.” Laz and Swanson said that so far, the shows have had a great response from the community, and many students from the University have attended. They said it offers a cultural experience that most small college towns don’t get to experience. Jake Sons, sophomore in AHS, helps with set-up at the State Farm Center. He said the shows bring a lot of diversity and entertainment to the campus. For Sons, the shows are “topnotch performances.” What Sons likes best about these musicals is the chance to work with real professionals. “They are so proficient at what they do, and they know everything back and front, that you could be asking a question, and they immediately know the answer before you even finish asking,” Sons said. “The amount of knowledge they have on the topic and about their specific shows is incredible.” Sons said University students should attend the shows because they are very entertaining and much cheaper than Broadway shows normally are, and definitely should be taken advantage of. “Broadway shows are incredible,” Sons said. “There’s nothing like it in the world. The intricacy of everything is just incredible. Chicago is the nearest place you can see these Broadway shows, and the fact that they’re right here in your backyard is incredible.”
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Megan Laz has gone to the Broadway Series at the State Farm Center since she was a little girl. Her grandma subscribed to the series and always brought her along. Laz’s favorite parts of the shows were the singing and the dancing, and she even had dreams of being Sandy from “Grease.” The show she remembers most, however, is “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” “It’s just so bright and flashy, and the stage was really cool,” said Laz, marketing coordinator of the State Farm Center. “I was just kind of in awe.” Each year, the State Farm Center hosts a Broadway series of four shows at this arena. This year, it is “Rent,” “Dirty Dancing,” “Wizard of Oz” and “Cabaret.” “Rent” and “Dirty Dancing” were already performed, but “Wizard of Oz” is on April 19 and “Cabaret” is April 28. There is only one performance of each show. This is the first year that State Farm has been able to host a Broadway series since its recent renovations. The tickets are $39 to $58 for each show, but students get an $8 discount. Tickets can be purchased for the series as a whole at the end of each summer. Brad Swanson, assistant director of marketing and public relations for the State Farm Center, said he wants to put the State Farm Center back on the map as a Broadway destination. “Not only for the shows to come back and perform here, but for the audience to kind of remember that we are providing options to them to see Broadwayquality shows,” Swanson said. Laz and Swanson said what they want to bring for the community with these shows is diversity. For Broadway shows, most people have to go to major cities like Chicago and New York City, but these are shown right in Champaign. They also like to have a variety of shows performed plescia3@dailyillini.com
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Guest speaker Stacey Robinson, assistant professor at the University, gives feedback to young writers during the “Speculative Futures — Imagining Futures” event Saturday. The event discussed intersections between science, technology and literature.
Science-humanities event inspires innovation BY LAURA TANASE STAFF WRITER
The Speculative Futures event aimed to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration between the sciences and the humanities this weekend, touching on topics ranging from cutting-edge research to science and speculative fiction. Students and educators were then able to think about how a science-humanities approach to technology could influence its outcome. The event took place at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications on Friday from 5:30-7 p.m., and at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building on Saturday from 2-4:30 p.m. Normand Paquin, associate director of research at the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and Antoinette Burton, director of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities and professor in the Department of History, tackled this issue with help from fellow scientists and humanists through the Speculative Futures event. After over two years of planning, Paquin and Burton both hosted the anticipated Speculative Futures two-day event. Speculative Futures featured interactive demonstrations at the NCSA, English undergraduates discussing the possibilities of future technological research and a speaker panel from the humanities dis-
cussing technological implications today. Melissa Littlefield, associate professor of English and kinesiology, participated in establishing the sciencehumanities bond. Littlefield teaches a pilot science fiction class of mixed majors called Speculative Futures and is proud to see her students overcome the challenges of talking across the disciplinary divide. “I love to open up opportunities for people to see the kind of energy that can happen when you get scientists and social scientists and humanists in a room,” Littlefield said. “I hope that when my students go out into the real world, they’ll be able to have conversations across disciplinary boundaries and find out that they’re all equal players in these debates and conversations about technology moving forward.” With help from researchers at the Beckman Institute and the CSL, Littlefield recruited graduate student engineers who allowed her Speculative Futures students to shadow them in their labs and research. After the event students gained enough background knowledge on the science behind the research, they were free to imagine big-picture applications for them — utopian and dystopian. Inspired by their engineering counterparts, Littlefield’s students delivered Pecha Kucha-style talks detailing their takes on the future of engineering
research and explored its deeper meaning to humanity at large. Exercises like these, which consider the reasons behind our technology, can even help determine its directions in the future. Paquin said as technology moves forward, we need to have conversations about the larger implications of each new step in our scientific progress. This conversation allowed attendees to think about what it really means to be human while technology is omnipresent and machines grow smarter by the minute. “As machines become able to make decisions more independently, there are all sorts of issues surrounding how human beings can accept that and how we can build trust with those machines, in terms of relying on them,” Paquin said. Professor Lynne M. Thomas, five-time Hugo Award winner and head of the Rare Books and Manuscript Library, moderated the audience’s question-driven discussion with Saturday’s speaker panel. She emphasized the importance of bonding science and the humanities, especially through creative mediums like science fiction and story-writing. “Humans tell each other stories. It’s how we define and experience our world with one another. We tell each other stories through the words that we use and through the things we produce,” Thomas said. “They’re
all ways of telling each other stories about who we think we are and who we want to be. The best innovations come out of efforts to make those stories relatable to as many people as possible. Those are the things that change lives.” Thomas also said the University specifically fosters the right sort of interdisciplinary connections in surprising ways. “People start talking about their research and suddenly new inventions happen or we cure something, because those two people who were in radically disparate fields had a conversation with one another,” Thomas said. “That’s totally a University of Illinois experience.” Thomas said discussions about science fiction and technology may not only influence our scientific progress but our relationships with one another as human beings in a community. “There are all sorts of economic arguments for why merging the sciences and the humanities make good economic sense. For me, I’m here because it gives people joy, and there is not enough of that in life,” Thomas said. “My hope is that people came away from this event with a bit of a sense of joy about what they experienced, and then that they turn around and find their personal way of putting their joy back into their communities. That’s the ripple effect I live for.” ltanase2@dailyillini.com
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Culture BY SARAH O’BEIRNE STAFF WRITER
Students can now enroll in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry through an elective Illlini volleyball utilizing their resources offered next semester. Illlini volleyball utilizing their resources The Department of Illlini volleyball utilizing their resources Germanic Languages and Literatures’ Harry Potter and Western Culture class gives students a chance to read and discuss all seven books and compare them to today’s culture. The elective class will be taught by professor Laurie Joh n son , who created it in spring 2016. The course is listed as GER199 and CWL199 for the spring semester. “We have an open seminar in our department each semester and that’s a chance to offer something that isn’t part of our regular curriculum,” Johnson Illlini volleyball utilizing their resources said. “I love Harry Potter, but I also thought there were a lot of connections between Harry Potter and western culture whether it’s myth, current events or literary and cultural references.” Harry Potter Alliance club President Holly Miller, junior in LAS, is happy this class will give students a chance to understand the pop culture issues that exist in the series. She said people don’t realize how relatable the book series is to the real world. “It addresses issues like domestic violence. Voldemort and his Death Eaters are really iconic of white supremacy,” Miller said. “I think that it’s awesome that this class is going to show people how J.K. Rowling wrote real-world issues into the Harry Potter series and how they relate to each other.” However, this class teaches skills that go beyond the world of Harry Potter. The curriculum focuses on interpretive, diagnostic and analytical skills that can be applied to other classes. “There is a western culture aspect the students will have familiarity with from major courses in western thought,” Johnson said. “Whether that’s classical antiquity, the European Enlightenment and its impact, the relationship between Harry Potter and literature of the 19th century,
non-fiction and proto-fantasy.” She said students will become conversant with western culture and thought through the course. The curriculum consists of reading all seven books, each ranging from 320-770 pages, but most fans of the series will have read them before. What Johnson found when she previously taught the course was that nearly all her students were rereading the books. “Yes, some of the books are long, but it is doable because it’s rereading and the students enjoy it,” Johnson said. “I’ve had some Potterheads who could quote the books.” Johnson said much of the classwork is reading. Over the seven books, students write one-page responses that form a journal, but the class is mostly discussion. For some students, reading 4,224 pages of Harry Potter might seem like a daunting task, but not for Miller. “I’m biased because I love the Harry Potter books so in my head I’m thinking that’s totally plausible, but the seventh book is a monster,” Miller said. “It will probably be a little challenging for some people, but for true Harry Potter fans they’ll knock them out.” Students like Cari Nodus, freshman in DGS, have difficulty finding time to read books for pleasure. She signed up for the class due to her love of Harry Potter, having read the series 14 times. “(I) haven’t had time to reread it in years. But having read the series as a course requirement will build reading Harry Potter into my schedule,” Nodus said. “It’ll be a reading assignment I actually look forward to.” This class was designed for students who grew up reading the books and want to dive deeper into the text and discuss current culture. Johnson said everyone has a story as to why they first read Harry Potter. “I’ve had students who read it to rebel against their parents, students who read it with their parents, students for whom Harry Potter was their first reading experience,” Johnson said. sarahjo2@dailyillini.com
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VOLLEYBALL
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Dress rehearsal loss not a concern
BY MEGHAN REST STAFF WRITER
Big Ten volleyball, like many Big Ten sports, is a battle of the best. With three of the top-five teams in the country battling for the conference title, teams have to use all of their resources to win. A big secret behind Illinois’ 9-5 conference record isn’t a special food or workout plan – it’s the scout team. Men’s club volleyball players at the University help out their female counterparts in the gym. Currently, the Illini use five men’s club members as practice players throughout the week. This year marks a significant change in Illinois volleyball with the new coaching staff. But senior Jimmy McCabe has been practicing with the team for four years, and he said that despite the transition, he still enjoys working with the women’s team. “I was here with the previous coach, Kevin Hambly, and there were about five assistant coaches that were here,” McCabe said. “Seeing all of the change that’s gone on has made the program better, but I really enjoy it, that’s why I keep doing it.” McCabe began his career as a practice player for the women’s squad during his sophomore year. His mother currently plays and coaches volleyball, which has helped foster a lifelong love for the sport in him. McCabe said he played throughout high school, but wasn’t recruited due to his shorter, thinner build at the time. In addition to the IlliSEE CLUB | 3B
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much individual play from the Illini on the offensive end. “We couldn’t run any thing, not by choice, we just took it upon ourselves to go do it by ourselves, a n d that’s an immature ba sketba l l team right now,” Underwood said. “That doesn’t get wins in college.” Dama ignited the Panthers offense with an explosive two-handed slam just before the half, following an airball on the previous possession from Illini freshman Smith. The Panthers eventually cut the lead to four, trailing 42-38 at halftime. Eastern Illinois outscored Illinois 42-25 in the second half. Nichols led all scorers with 16 points and a gamehigh nine rebounds. Smith finished with 15 points in 27 minutes on the floor, which was the most time on the floor for any of the freshmen. Da’Monte Williams spent 26 minutes in the game, followed by 13 minutes from Trent Fraizer. Greg Eboigbodin started the second half, but was soon replaced by junior Michael Finke. Leron Black scored 12 points and recorded four rebounds in 27 minutes. Illinois shot 5-20 from the three-point line, and finished at 40 percent overall from the field. “I think people make way too much (of a big deal) about an exhibition game,” Underwood said. “I don’t think there’s a lot of people at the high-major level that get real concerned about what happened during an exhibition game.”
The contest at Eastern Illinois’ Lantz Arena may have just been an exhibition game, but to Eastern Illinois, it meant a little more. “I said, ‘Fellas, you better come out and play them because they ain’t coming back next week,’” said Eastern Illinois head coach Jay Spoonhour. “We’ll play a lot of times when not all the bleachers are pulled out.” Eastern Illinois won 80-67 in front of a home sellout crowd in both teams’ final dress rehearsal before the regular season. “It was different; it felt like a high school game a little bit,” said sophomore Kipper Nichols. At one point, there was a brief scuffle between a group of players after a loose ball foul late in the first half, and Eastern Illinois senior Muusa Dama was given a technical foul for choice words after a hard foul by freshman Mark Smith at the rim. Illinois jumped out to an early 11-point lead with 7:44 left in the first half, after a 6-0 run in front of a sellout crowd of predominately Illinois fans at Lantz Arena. However, Eastern Illinois came to play in the second half and eventually built a 15-point lead with just over four minutes remaining in the game. “The biggest thing I’m probably most upset with – I take a lot of pride in our team playing hard – we got totally, totally outplayed and outhustled,” said Illinois head coach Brad Underwood. “We never got on the floor for a loose ball; we played pretty.” Both teams were sloppy with the ball in a fast-paced game throughout. The Panthers had 20 total turnovers, and the Illini were not far behind with 19 of their own. Underwood said his team had trouble running sets because there was too wgerard2@dailyillini.com
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Illinois’ Leron Black (shoots a three during the game against Northwestern at State Farm Center on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017.
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The Illini celebrate after scoring a point during a match against Michigan at Huff Hall on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2017. The Illini won 3-2.
Prince’s performance helps curb Michigan comeback BY MILES POWERS-HUANG STAFF WRITER
As the Michigan Wolverines failed to return Tyanna Omazic’s serve, the Illini volleyball team capped a thrilling five-set victory. Illinois dominated the beginning of the game, jumping out to a 2-0 set lead. It seemed as though it would be a short night for Michigan as the teams broke the huddle for the third set. However, the Wolverines came back, led by junior
Carly Skjodt’s 22 kills. A f ter sei zing t he momentum from taking the opening two sets, the Illini were suddenly staring at a tie game, with a fifth set looming. Michigan’s comeback was short-lived, however. Illinois responded and took the decisive set 17-15. “We gutted one out there. We went up 2-0 early on and Michigan made some changes, and we knew they would keep coming at us,” Tamas said.
“I told (the team) from the outset it’s about how much we’re willing to battle, and to pull that one out in the end was a really gutsy performance.” For Illinois, sophomore Beth Prince’s performance stood out as the difference between the two teams. Prince led the game in kills with 26, although she felt the win came down to the effort of the team as a whole. SEE VOLLEYBALL | 3B
had a feeling that Illinois was going to beat Purdue. I didn’t know why, but it just felt like a game the Illini could win. I thought the 14-point line in Purdue’s favor was way too high, and I honestly thought people were too down on the Illini. I saw this as the game that the Illini finally show a glimpse of what they could do in the future and play a full four quarters. I was wrong. The first half was great. The Illini kept it close, and if it weren’t for a fluke missed tackle and a lastminute field goal, the Illini were outplaying the Boilermakers. I felt even more confident about the prospects of a win. But then that fourth quarter happened, and it was the same old story. Every team going through a rebuild has this phase where they just can’t put it all together, and the Illini have been in it for years. It is mind-numbing to sit there and watch a team play well for three quarters, only to blow it late. The Illini have to break through that wall this season. They don’t have to do it every game
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Illinois running back Kendrick Foster weaves around the defense during a game against Wisconsin on Oct. 28. The Illini lost 29-10.
– just one time. That will be more than enough. The fanbase is getting restless, and if the Illini can throw them a bone just once this season, it will be OK. You can’t keep talking about the future without giving a glimpse of it. If Illinois pulls out one more win this season, then it is a success, and honestly, fans have no room to complain.
If the same issues keep popping up, then the Illini better hope they start off next season pretty hot. Every problem facing this team has started with a lack of productivity on offense, and that problem isn’t going to go away. Cam Thomas is just too raw right now. Every snap SEE M FOOTBALL | 3B
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Grading Illinois football’s 29-10 loss at Purdue BY THE DAILY ILLINI FOOTBALL STAFF
Editor’s note: The Daily Illini football writers graded each facet of the Illinois football team’s 29-10 loss to Purdue on Saturday.
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The Illini offense could not sustain any sort of rhythm against the Boilermaker defense. The offensive line was terrible. The freshman linemen really struggled to give running back Kendrick Foster room to work. Nick Allegretti was moved to center and had a few snaps go awry in exchanges with quarterback Cam Thomas. The freshman quarterback showed glimpses of his talent again, but he made some youthful mis-
takes. Thomas took a few delay-of-game penalties that pushed the Illini out of manageable yardage to convert first downs. He also missed some throws to Louis Dorsey and Malik Turner that could have extended drives. Jeff George Jr. also received some playing time, and managed to add to his seven-interception total on the season. Overall, the line needs to improve, and the freshmen have to continue to grow.
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Garrick McGee called clearly worked, but Thomas was simply unable to execute the throw. Defensively, the Illini continued to get scorched on crossing routes over the middle of the field, and they had no answer to the Boilermaker run game either. Like the offense, some of that falls on the players, but the coaching staff has to take some of the blame as well.
on Blough. The lone Illinois sack came in garbage time when James Crawford went to the quarterback without being touched. Head coach Lovie Smith has told his players that if his team does not force turnovers, he expects the loss. The defense did not force any turnovers and didn’t have much energy or enough impact plays to give the team momentum. The unit will have to improve its pass defense for a win against Indiana next week.
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Coaching The coaching staff essentially handed Cam Thomas the reigns this week after two weeks of splitting time with Jeff George Jr., but it was met with mostly poor results. Thomas avoided turning the ball over, but he missed many throws that you would expect a Big Ten-level passer to make without much trouble. There were times where the play that Offensive Coordinator
There was a good chance that whenever Purdue quarterback David Blough dropped back to pass, he would find a receiver. The Illini linebackers and secondary were not as impressive as they had been in recent weeks. Jamal Milan and Del’Shawn Phillips performed well, but that was about it. Blough could have thrown for more pass yards, but Purdue was rightfully content keeping it on the ground. The defensive line did not get much pressure
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Punter Blake Hayes was Illinois’ most effective player. That says a lot about how the team fared, but Hayes himself was excellent. He punted six times and averaged 40.7 yards per punt. He pinned Purdue inside the 20 twice, and one of his punts was muffed by the Purdue returner and recovered by
Illinois. The Illini could’ve pinned the Boilermakers inside the five once more, but the gunners couldn’t get in position to keep the ball out of the end zone after it bounced. Kicker Chase McLaughlin also chipped in his one short field goal attempt.
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The defense had that game against Western Kentucky. The offense hasn’t had it yet. I’m talking a he gets is a learning expegame where Kendrick Fosrience and that isn’t a bad ter rushes for 150 yards, or thing. He is the Illini’s best Cam Thomas turns into option either way. Cam Newton. But when the offense The back end of this isn’t scoring and is comschedule offers two winnamitting its weekly terrible ble games for Illinois. Both turnover, it puts too much Indiana and Northwestern pressure on a defense that are coming to Champaign, has been exceeding expec- and both teams are beattations. The defense can’t able – if Illinois can play for hold up for a game when it four quarters. I do believe knows that one score might that will happen. But I be too much of a deficit also believe it has to hapto overcome. It is unfair pen. The fans need a taste to expect so much from a of what is to come, but unit that is also on a steep the Illinois football team learning curve. hasn’t been able to provide Illinois will break that. Time is running out. through the wall when the offense has that game cehenke2@dailyillini.com where they just go nuts.
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harder,” Tamas said. “They had a nice run in the fourth (set), but nice to see that we went to fifth to pull it out.” As Illinois prepares to take on Michigan State next Friday in East Lansing, Tamas doesn’t want his team to lose sight of the game fundamentals. “It’s always the simple things: serve, pass, play good defense, make sure we’re zoned in our scouting reports,” Tamas said. “I thought we had a good week of preparation, and it’s just about doing the basics really well.” With their recent string of consecutive victories, the Illini look to be firmly in the picture for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. After missing out a season ago, qualification for this year’s dance will certainly be seen as progress for the program in Tamas’ first season at the helm.
“Jordan (Poulter) was putting the ball in a really good place. We had a really great dialogue going, so if something fell off, we were talking about it right away,” Prince said. “Our passers were passing great balls, and when the middle is holding a block and I can be one-on-one, I wish could give half of that kill to the middle for holding that block for me.” Early on, it seemed as though Illinois would make quick work of Michigan, but the Wolverines battled back to make things close. Reflecting on the Wolverines’ comeback, Tamas felt that it was a combination of his team’s mistakes as well as Michigan’s adjustments. “I thought we eased up a little bit, thinking they would just go away. I know Michigan’s team well enough to know they @MilesP_H were gonna come at it even milesp2@dailyillini.com
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Illinois outside hitter Beth Prince (8) spikes the ball during a match against Purdue at Huff Hall on Friday, Oct. 6.
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Kyle Biedron, junior, spikes the ball during an Illini men’s club volleyball practice at the ARC on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Men’s club volleyball players practice with the Illini volleyball team on a weekly basis to help prepare for games.
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CLUB nois men’s club team, he said he hopes to continue to play in the coming years. “Right now, I’m thinking about doing a master’s program,” McCabe said, “where you can go play internationally and get a master’s degree. It’s for grad students who go abroad.” Practice players are utilized to mimic opponents that the women’s team will see on a weekly basis. With the Illini’s tallest player standing at 6-foot-4-inches, the team might have trouble preparing to take blocks from players like Wisconsin’s 6-foot-8-inch freshman Dana Rettke. Coach Chris Tamas said the men’s players provide an all-too-essential snapshot into opponents that film doesn’t always provide. “Sometimes there are just other players that are bigger, faster, stronger than what we have across our roster,” Tamas said. “So they just give us the ability to get a better look at the opponent during the week, and are able to prepare us better than film alone. Also, (they) just get us used to digging a faster ball and seeing something that’s higher.”
Tamas said the men also contribute to the practice atmosphere – making everyone’s time in the gym more fun. “We see a lot of the same types of players in our conference, so they just add a huge benefit, not only through preparation, but they’re good guys, too,” Tamas said. “They help us out with keeping the atmosphere light and fun, but they also compete really hard. Our girls have to earn every point they get.” Taller men’s players like McCabe find themselves filling in along the net at positions like outside hitter and middle blocker. He said the height difference among players could be the difference of winning or losing a match. “I’m tall, so I take the role of all the (taller) girls they go against,” McCabe said. “The Big Ten is the best volleyball conference in the country for women’s volleyball, so they see girls that are my height, 6-foot even, or even taller than me. Being blocked so many times in a row can really hurt, especially when you don’t have the height to practice with.” However, this practice trades off benefits for both sides. McCabe said the extra time in the gym has allowed him to sharpen his
skills and become a better player as well. “I get a lot more reps, and I get the chance to work with good coaches,” McCabe said. “Even though they’re not always focused on me, because they’re focused on their players, it gives me an opportunity to learn from them, or vice versa.” Practice players are expected to attend every Illini volleyball practice, which can extend to three or more hours at a time, in addition to the club’s regular practice twice a week. According to Tamas, he contacted the club team about practice players at the beginning of the season. The men’s club team has no coach, so all coordinating is done between students and Illini volleyball coaching staff. “They have a guy who runs the whole thing, and I contacted him when I first got here,” Tamas said. “But I said, ‘Hey, I want to get three or four guys in the gym, and can you help out (the scout team)?’ I talked about being competitive every day, doing everything you need to do to be good in this game, and they do. They come in on their own time and volunteer their time, and they do a really nice job.” Junior transfer stu-
dent and former Division III men’s volleyball player Alec Horne said he didn’t know what to expect when he agreed to become a practice player for the first time this year. “It’s kind of a different game, because it’s so much quicker and more fastpaced than ours, so it was a little bit of a transition, but it for sure helped me with quickness and everything,” Horne said. “I assumed they were going to be good because they’re a D-1 program, but then I stepped in and these people are comparable to a lot of really good guys that I know, so their defense is so good.” Whether you’re a Division I player or a club member, a love for the game is what keeps you coming back for more. Tamas said that as a former men’s player, he hopes the club players will gain something from his practices. “They hear a lot of mantras in the gym and hopefully it helps with their game,” Tamas said. “Hopefully they’re picking up a few drills and hearing what I think is valuable, and I told them if they ever needed help, I might stop by a practice and give them help.” @meghan_rest sports@dailyillini.com
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Scene maker profile: Jason Finkelman on the power of music
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BY SIDDHI SURI BUZZ WRITER
History has always recognized music as a means of celebrating culture. Although words can inform you, music can move you. Jason Finkelman, director of Global Arts Performance Initiative at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, focuses on this intersection of music and history. Finkelman recognizes the power of music as an effective communication method due to the “universal quality of music” that encourages “folks to open up to hear music of different places, that really resonates directly to your soul.” Born in Philadelphia, Finkelman became intrigued from a young age by the perplexing concept of creating music that uses a traditional foundation while incorporating an individualistic element. His artistic interests include improvised music, cross-cultural collaborative projects and composition for dance, theater and film thanks to the tutelage of Adimbo Kumba, a selftaught musician who specialized in African and Brazilian music. Finkelman also grew to understand the scope of his inner creative musician and the importance of expression through sound from Pauline Oliveros, a deep-listening meditation teacher. These principal figures fostered Finkelman’s appreciation for world music and his respect for the way music brings diverse cultures together. His ability to incorporate a personal element in the music he performs with historically significant instruments, like the berimbau, confirms his musical improvisation skills and affirms the power of music to convey a universal message. In the spirit of advocating the power of musical discourse, Finkelman emphasizes the implications of this powerful communication in Champaign-Urbana, and the University in particular. He acknowledged various student organizations that present different opportunities to experience international music, namely Gah Rahk Mah Dahng, a performance group for the style of traditional Korean percussion called Samulnori
BY SAN KIM AND KAYLA BROWN BUZZ CALENDAR EDITORS
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.
MONDAY, NOV. 6
Alumnus Talk: Microbiology and Faith: A Mixed Culture?
7-9:30 p.m. St. Andrews Lutheran Campus Center, 909 S. Wright St., Champaign Free, all ages Professor Steven Blanke, working at the Department of Microbiology at the University since 2005, will give a presentation on how faith and scientific research go together.
ACM Clothing Drive
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Jason Finkelman, director of Global Arts Performance Initiative at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, plays caxixi, Brazilian shakers, at an outdoor performance. Finkelman hopes his new music program on campus will open up new avenues.
and Jasmine Field Orchestra, a musical ensemble that includes Chinese and Western instruments. Finkelman hopes to see these groups work together so that others can experience diverse musical styles. To help facilitate this interaction, Finkelman has spearheaded his own initiative called Improvisers Exchange. Supported by the Center for Advanced Study, the program aims to provide opportunities on campus to experience improvised music. Since Finkelman maintains that “one can take many different things from many different types of players,” he intends to invite numerous artists, representing more experimental forms of music, to either interact with those participating in the program or perform at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. These musicians include improvisational pianists who use distinct forms of music and participants of acoustic orchestras. By welcoming these musicians into the program, Finkelman
hopes to spark new conversations among his students to explore how an ensemble can navigate through a piece to ensure that all voices are heard. While identifying the universal characteristic of music in terms of a communication medium, Finkelman clarified that the musicality of an element lies in the sound alone, not in the instrument. “Something I am focused on is creating ensembles with students of different backgrounds and telling them that you may have never heard the berimbau before, but creating music together and incorporating the sound of that instrument is what creates a universal conversation that you could have through music,” he said. While Finkelman is currently working in New York City with choreographer Cynthia Oliver to put on a powerful performance based on the layers of identity, there is no doubt that the influence Finkelman has had on the C-U community is immense. buzz@readbuzz.com
8 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, 201 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana Free, all ages Do you have too many clothes that you don’t wear anymore? ACM will be collecting all clothing in acceptable condition, especially winter clothing. All clothes will be donated to Salt and Light Ministry. Donation bins will be located right outside the ACM office in Siebel.
Parkland Jazz Combo
5-7 p.m. The Iron Post, 120 S. Race St., Urbana $2, all ages Come hear tunes performed by Parkland students Justin Dyar, Dillon Honn, Natallie Ervin, Brian Ford, Devin McLean, Cole Daniel and Kevin Hart.
TUESDAY, NOV. 7
Prints as underdrawings in 16th-century French Horae
3 p.m. The Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Main Library, Room 346, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana Free, all ages Books of Hours (Horae) were medieval ‘bestsellers’ that had a profound effect on European devotional, educational and aesthetic practices. Maureen Warren will discuss why these prints imitate the effects of illuminations as well as the broader implications of this practice, which question the history of printmaking as a linear trajectory of ever-increasing media specificity.
Movie Screening: “The Mask You Live In”
7-8:45 p.m. Materials Science and Engineering, Room 19, 1304 W. Green St., Urbana Free, all ages HeForShe will be showing the film “The Mask You Live In,” directed by Jennifer Siebel
Newsom, as part of its documentary viewing series. The film covers America’s struggle with its narrow definition of masculinity and the pressure on boys and young men.
Ricker Library Centennial Lecture
5 p.m. Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, 611 Lorado Taft Drive, Champaign Free, all ages Join a lecture by Paul Kruty, professor emeritus of architectural history, about Nathan C. Ricker. Ricker was the first person in the U.S. to receive a degree in architecture in 1873 and had a profound impact on the education of architecture in the U.S. The reception will be held in Blicharski Atrium in Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, and the lecture will be in the Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium.
Challah Braiding/Baking!
5-7 p.m. Illini Hillel at Cohen Center For Jewish Life, 503 E. John St., Champaign Traditional: $4, Cinnamon sugar: $5, Chocolate chip banana: $5, all ages Benefit local and national hunger relief charities by baking and ordering challah at Illini Hillel.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8
Acing Your Interview
4-5 p.m. Career Center Conference Room 143, 715 S. Wright St., Champaign Free, all ages Get tips from the Career Center to enhance your interview skills. Learn about the most common types of interviews and about some of the ways you can structure your answers concisely.
Presby Hall Blood Drive
4:30 -7:30 p.m. Presby Hall, 405 E. John St., Champaign Free, all ages Join Presby Hall for its blood drive. Snacks and a t-shirt will be provided for all presenting donors.
A Native American Experience
7-8:30 p.m. The Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St., Urbana Free, all ages Dean Dempsey hails from the Navajo tribe and will be sharing his life story and experience as a Native American, followed by a Q&A. There will be refreshments.
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“Stranger Things 2” has been on my mind since I finished the first season last October, after finally binging it when the hype for the show was starting to really peak. I had many thoughts while anticipating the show, and I didn’t even watch the promo videos for the new season because I wanted to be really surprised. I always wondered how they could up the ante. How can they make it scarier, or would they even try? This season certainly did not disappoint, but it left me a with a different sort of awe. Season 2 did not blow me away in terms of the scream factor or really bring the whole show to a new level of excellent horror. Nor did it need to. There were plenty of jump scares and tense moments for me, however, what was truly impressive
and almost scarier was the look at human nature and how we react in life-changing situations. This season The Duffer Brothers took the chance to develop the characters while introducing new ones. We meet the returning characters in a place where they are trying to find a new normal after the traumatic events of a year ago. Mike Wheeler is on the down and out, always thinking of Eleven and feeling her everywhere. He feels a separation from his friends, while Will Byers is dealing with PTSD, bullying and being called “Zombie Boy.” He just wants to move on from last year and feel normal again. Juxtapose the two of them with Dustin and Lucas, who are caught up in their first teenage-crush love triangle with newcomer Maxine “Max” Har-
grove, who brings along her own emotional baggage of dealing with her abusive older step brother to the boys’ party. Then there is Eleven, who must come to terms with her past to understand her future. She, as a foster child of sorts to Officer Hopper, shows some really relatable characteristics of growing up, as she and Hopper fight over what she can and cannot do for her safety. This, along with her trek on the ’80s punk wild side with lab sister Kali, further expounds her struggle to understand what is home and whether or not she is a monster. Then we see the teens: Jonathan Byers, Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington. They comprise the older, more serious love triangle. Nancy and Jonathan struggle with the trauma of last year and with the real-
ity that what they share is more than a situational connection, it’s also an emotional connection. Most surprising of the teens’ developments is Steve’s metamorphosis into a more lovable character. As we get to know him, he becomes a Mr. Mom, or babysitter and mentor, to the younger kids who are tied to the strange events plaguing Hawkins. Steve was developed to be the bad guy, but over time has morphed into one of the core members of the Hawkins gang to defeat evil. Instead, this season reveals Max’s stepbrother, Billy, as a human antagonist. Billy is verbally and physically abusive to Max. He takes out his anger on Max, Steve and Lucas, who hangs around Max a lot. What we find is it comes from a place as inherently evil as the Upside Down –
his own father’s domestic abuse. What Billy brings isn’t quite necessary to the show, but certainly drives home the idea that it doesn’t take being from Hawkins Lab or from the Upside Down to be living a nightmare. It can be your parents, your siblings and the sometimes cruel world we live in that brings us a true hell. Of the adults, we still see much of the same. Completely oblivious parents, a frantic Joyce Byers and a fatherly, yet prickly, Hopper. What brings some excitement and interest to this category is Sean Astin’s Bob Newby, grown-up version of the young boys. An AV nerd, Bob “The Brain” comes across as possibly mean and somewhat inconsequential at first. Yet, he seems to be a real catalyst as time goes on and truly a good guy. He brought Joyce some hap-
piness, only to be sucked into the dark mess himself, maybe by his own doing. His advice to Will to stand up for himself like he did as a kid really paid off, didn’t it? Ultimately, this season delivers in every capacity what we desire. From the Easter eggs of ’80s sci-fi culture and classic film, to young love, endless monsters and the temporary triumph to bring us some relief; we get it all. What sets this season apart from the previous season is the emotional intelligence. The show wants viewers to understand what makes people tick. We see the struggles for an identity after trauma and the talk of mental health. “Stranger Things 2” brings a new definition to what sci-fi thrillers can and should be today. nmstein2@readbuzz.com
Across the pond: A compatibility playlist of UK artists to give a try BY ABE FARQUAHARSON BUZZ WRITER
Many international students come to campus bringing their distinct music backgrounds. While their favorite international artists don’t necessarily have the wide-spread appeal here on campus as some of the major stateside counterparts, that doesn’t make them any less talented and worthy of listening. Here are a few UK artists to add to your next play list.
Tom Misch:
Tom Misch has led the resurgence of jazz to the mainstream in a burgeoning scene majorly focused on artists around South London. Misch is a versatile musician with tracks that are heavily influenced by hip-hop, with jazz instrumentation across his work. This has allowed Misch to naturally collaborate with a range of rappers and other jazz artists. Regardless, Misch’s tracks are catchy and appealing to all music tastes without compromising his musical vision. You have probably heard his music in your favorite cof-
fee shop. Best Tracks: “Beautiful Escape,” “Sunshine,” “Wake Up This Day” For Fans of: BadBadNotGood, Anderson.Paak
Rex Orange County:
Rex was virtually unheard of over a year ago, but his lo-fi, stripped back tracks with overly honest lyrics has lent itself to a growing fan base across the Internet. Tyler, The Creator fans will already be familiar with Rex Orange County, who was featured strongly on Tyler’s latest album, “Flower Boy.” Rex’s songs explore recurring themes of young love and his perspective on life, engaging the listener with melancholy and witty lyrics. Rex’s voice has an intriguing monotone style that makes his lyrics of heartbreak only more appealing. Best Tracks: “UNO,” “Rex (Intro),” “A Song About Being Sad,” “Edition” For Fans of: Mac Demarco, Steve Lacy
Oshi:
Oshi is a young produc-
er who has risen through Soundcloud to become one the most exciting prospects coming out of the U.K. His remix of Kali Uchis’ “Ridin Around” became one of the biggest hits on the internet in 2016. Similar to the likes of Kaytranada, Oshi has made a name by sampling and remixing some of the biggest songs in pop music, adding his touch that takes them to the next level. It will be interesting to see if Oshi can replicate Kaytranada and deliver a fulllength album that has true popular appeal. Oshi makes loud, bombastic electronic music, which is guaranteed to get your attention. Best Track: Kali Uchis — “Ridin Around ft. Tory Lanez (Oshi Redo),” “Ice Tea,” “Cavalier — Be Your Girl (Oshi Remix)” For Fans of: Louis the Child, Flume
Loyle Carner:
Over the last couple years, grime has made its mark on U.S. soil. However, U.K. rap has never had any real mainstream attention aside from Dizzee Rascal’s “Boy
in the Corner.” Cue Loyle Carner, who has paved his own way to become the face of U.K. rap with his jazzinfluenced hip-hop. Where the rest of U.K. rap remains more trap orientated, Loyle’s endearing vulnerability with his effortless flow has allowed him to transition from the underground to the mainstream with radio play across the U.K. Releasing his debut LP “Yesterday’s Gone” this year, it was nominated for the highest honor in British music, The Mercury Music Prize. Best Tracks: “Damesfly,” “Florence,” “October (ft Kiko Bun)” For Fans of: Noname
bing soundscape of Europe, who have been at the forefront of techno and house music shortly after its creation and beginnings in Detroit and Chicago. Denis Sulta’s tracks have addictive melodies that overlay the warm and thumping bass-lines backing his tracks, often drawing from gospel and soul samples to add a vocal dynamic to his tracks. Best Tracks: “It’s Only Real, A.A.S — Nite & Day Mix,” “L.A Ruffgarden” For Fans of: Kerri Chandler, Floorplan
Hopefully, these suggestions inspire you to reach For the American lookout and expand your music ing to get an insight into the taste outside of just Amerrave scene of the U.K. and ica’s borders. Who knows? understand the sounds that You may discover internashape the techno behind tional artists you would it, Denis Sulta is the artnever have heard of othist. Probably the most inerwise. Grab your demand DJ in the U.K., the headphones, sit young Glaswegian is making back and get ready some of the biggest techno to experiment with tracks circulating the clubs. new sound. The EDM culture of America is waking up to the club- abramdf2@readbuzz.com
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