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People board the 6 p.m. Bestway Shuttle outside of Illinois Street Residence Hall on Friday. Bestway Charter opened new routes to and from the University campus, Oak Brook Mall, Old Orchard Mall and Woodfield Mall.

Bus company strives to be “Bestway” BY DIANA ANGHEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Bestway Charter, a transportation business founded in 2002, published a new website last week under the URL of www.bus2champaign.com. Students quickly found this website, along with advertisements and fliers about the transportation system that piqued their interest and curiosity. Bestway Charter opened new routes for the University campus, transporting passengers from Urbana (the front of the ISR) to Oak Brook Mall, Old Orchard Mall and Woodfield Mall; Bestway also offers routes to get back to campus from these locations. All departing trips are

offered on Thursdays and Fridays while returning trips happen on Sundays and Mondays. A price difference can be seen between Bestway Charter, which currently sells oneway tickets for $19.95, and its competitor Peoria Charter, which sells one-way tickets for $31. Mike Becker, general manager of Bestway Charter, commented on the condition of the buses the company uses. “(The passengers) have wifi on the vehicles; they have monitors for DVDs,” Becker said. “They’re nice vehicles. They’re all 2010 or newer.” Because of its sudden AKI AKHAURI THE DAILY ILLINI installment on campus, stu- People wait for the 6 p.m. Bestway Shuttle outside of Illinois Street Residence Hall on Friday. Mike Becker, general manager of SEE BUS | 3A

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Virtual reality remains inaccessible BY LASZLO RICHARD TOTH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Virtual reality technology is rapidly being integrated into classroom learning, but it may still be inaccessible for people with disabilities. Laura Shackelford, associate professor in LAS and Medicine, is one of the professors at the forefront of experimenting with and implementing virtual reality technology in an educational setting. “Education was the one place that was truly resisting implementing (VR) technology,” Shackelford said. “That’s actually why we started this project, to try to figure out how it can help and if it does improve learning.” The research appears to point to potential benefits for the implementation of VR technology in an educational setting. According to a literature review conducted

at the Institute for Educational Technology, it appears that from around middle school, the use of VR tech combined with the presence of a teacher may help students grasp less concrete subjects. Shackelford, who uses VR technology in her ANTH 399: Virtual Archaeology class to help give students the experience of archaeological fieldwork, has noted how the technology has helped break down potential barriers in the field. All archaeologists must attend a field school to learn necessary skills, but since field schools are expensive, so many potential students may be discouraged from exploring archaeology as a career. However, through the use of VR technology, students can get a feel of what it is like to actually be an archaeologist without first having to commit to field school. This

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Nancy Torres, junior in Business, explores the capabilities of the virtual reality headset as she plays one of the interactive games on the computer in the Virtual Reality Lab at the Armory on Oct. 2. It is being debated whether VR technology assists in learning and should be implemented in classrooms.

technology does not, how- on Merrill, graduate student ever, remove the necessity to in Engineering, collaboratattend a field school, Shack- ed to create the VR program elford said. SEE VR CLASSES | 3A Shackelford and Camer-

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they always kind of talk about or complain about how dangerous it is to cross the street, especially in the intersection of Green and Lincoln,” Scott said. Alondra Colunga, senior in ACES, lives in an apartment on Lincoln Avenue. Although she has not been in an accident while crossing, she said she believes the street is dangerous for students. “It’s a very busy street,” Colunga said. “It is difficult to cross the street because there (aren’t) a lot of crosswalks. If there are any, they are really far from where I live.”

dents started to question where Bestway originally came from. Becker states he saw some posts on social media affiliating his company with Suburban Express. The Suburban Express scandals that took place last school year, in which the bus company shut down after the attorney general filed a lawsuit against it on the count of discrimination, gained the attention of the public eye. Becker clarified Bestway used to be hired as a subcontractor for Dennis Toeppen, the owner of Suburban Express, for the last couple of years until Suburban Express shut down. Now, he said, Bestway has nothing to do with Toeppen at all. The Suburban Express website is still available for public use, and for a short period of time, one of the buttons on its page led to the Bestway Charter website. This led some students to believe Bestway is affiliated with Suburban Express. However, the same button was recently changed and now leads to the Amtrak website. “Yesterday we checked his website, just for the heck of it, and we pushed on his ‘Illini Shuttle’ (button). It went right to our website, which means people are trying to affiliate us with him,” Becker said. “Obviously that wasn’t done by us, it was probably done by him. He also did the same thing to another bus company that we know of.” Jason Carlson, freshman in ACES, took a Bestway bus to get home this weekend. Carlson said he would use this charter again. “The tickets were cheaper, and the ride was actually more comfortable than the other charters, in my opinion,” Carlson said. Kristi Lichtenberger, office manager of Bestway, said in an email she sees the company growing in the future. Bestway will be adding new pick-up spots on campus and hopes to become the number one transportation company for University students. “We see us expanding by continuing to grow organically, by diversifying our service offerings, by continuing to keep customers engaged, by gaining and retaining customers,” Lichtenberger said.

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Students cross Lincoln and Indiana avenues on Tuesday. The City of Urbana is working to create more regulations for pedestrians to reduce accidents and improve safety for residents crossing Lincoln Avenue.

Lincoln Avenue remains a safety concern BY LUIS VELAZQUEZ STAFF WRITER

The City of Urbana is in the works of creating better pedestrian regulations to reduce accidents on Lincoln Avenue. Lincoln Avenue Residence Hall, several establishments, apartments and a couple of sorority and fraternity houses lie on Lincoln Avenue. Many students cross this street while commuting to and from their classes. Although there are pedestrian signs and street lights along the street, they do not always ensure pedestrian safety. The city has been taking incremental steps to

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improve safety for all types of travel along the Lincoln Avenue corridor, said Carol Mitten, city administrator of Urbana, in an email. That includes roads such as Nevada Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. “In May 2018, public works sought and received approval from the city council to lower the speed limit in this section of Lincoln Avenue from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour and install f lashing enhanced pedestrian warning signs at each end of the corridor,” Mitten said. For the current Capital Improvement Plan, $198,000 has been budgetbeen amended, such as wheelchairs being made with new materials that don’t interfere with VR sensors. But there is still an urge to identify more potential issues before they become problems down the road. “What Dr. Shackelford is doing is being really preemptive in realizing this is a need that we need to meet, and how do we go about figuring out what it means to meet that need,” said Jim Wentworth, e-learning professional at the Innovation Studio and Virtual Reality Lab. “So I don’t see it as much of an issue of meeting problems that have arisen as realizing that this needs to be more generalized to as many people as possible.” This is not the first time the University has striven to be accommodating for all people. “This is a university that has been on the forefront of things, like wheelchair sports,” Shackelford said, referencing the fact that the University of Illinois was home to the first college wheelchair basketball team, “And it’s important for us to just continue that.”

used in ANTH 399. The program immerses students in an archaeological site, while also implementing gamebased learning in the form of a more narrative-based experience. While this technology may help break down barriers to learning, it still may present its own issues, which there has been a push to identify. As Shackelford said, there is very little existing research into the subject of VR accessibility for the differently-abled, yet there are some clear issues with the technology that may prevent it from being accessible in its current form. For example, some of the controls used in her archaeology class may be difficult to operate for people with disabilities. “If this technology is actually going to be used to learn, we don’t want to immediately have there be a barrier for some students,” Shackelford said. The issues haven’t necessarily posed a challenge yet, and in fact, some things that would have potentially created an issue have already ltoth2@dailyillini.com

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ed to determine options for safe pedestrian crossings of Lincoln Avenue, specifically between Nevada Street and Delaware Avenue. Mitten said there is a budget limitation on programs to improve Lincoln Avenue. However, the city still prioritizes the safety of its pedestrians. “We have limited funding available to study individual intersections and specific corridors to determine what is the best approach for a particular set of conditions,” Mitten said. “That requires us to prioritize.” Mitten said there haven’t been any recent complaints about the street made to the department.

“I asked (the) public works staff whether we have received any specific complaints regarding enforcement of the traffic control measures along this corridor, but they weren’t aware of any,” Mitten said. Bella Scott, sophomore in LAS, works at Caffe Paradiso, a coffee shop located on Lincoln Avenue. She said she believes there should be more regulations reinforced when it comes to stoplights. She said the stoplights on the corridor are inaccurate and said she has nearly gotten hit by a car because of its inaccuracy. “Basically anyone who lives in the Urbana area,

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A student takes an egg roll from the Busey-Evans buffet on Friday. The Busey-Evans dining hall will be closed next school year.

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struction is beginning to come to a close. “University Housing is still deciding what will be in the Busey-Evans dining hall after the dining facility closes in May,” Hamilton said in a follow-up email. “Last semester, we surveyed residents and requested their input and ideas on ways University Housing could better utilize common space in the Urbana residence halls. This data is being used to help us make an informed and purposeful decision.” Currently, students living at ISR do not have a dining hall. The University opened two dining facilities, Blue 41 and Orange on Green, at the

Illini Union for ISR residents this year. As the University prepares for the ISR residence hall to be completed in August, they have had to make accommodations for this project to be successful. The new amenities include a dining area with over 1,300 seating areas, nine micro-restaurants, a convenience store and a tea bar, Hamilton said. The staff at Busey-Evans will be reallocated to ISR to accommodate for these new amenities being installed at a much larger scale. Noa Greenfeld, freshman in FAA and resident at Busey-Evans said she thinks not many people know about the Busey-Evans dining hall, which is why she thinks it’s closing, in addition to the

new ISR dining hall. Even though the BuseyEvans dining hall isn’t the most well-known area to eat, there are many students who had varying views about the situation, as they weren’t aware of the change until recently. “If it does close, making the trek over to Allen, I guess, or the Union or something would be a bit of a damper during the winter,” said John Lay, freshman in Engineering and BuseyEvans resident. In order to inform students of the change, the University recently sent out emails to those who have chosen to live in the hall next year, notifying them that there will not be dining hall. A housing guide will be

sent out to incoming students and will include information about Busey-Evans no longer having a dining hall in fall 2020, Hamilton said. The location of BuseyEvans is another variable the University takes into account in its decision to close down the dining hall. “When you really look at where Busey-Evans is located on campus, it’s about a sixminute walk to ISR, but it’s also just a four-minute walk over to the LAR dining hall,” Hamilton said. Hamilton said the projected number of students who would end up living at Busey-Evans is not subjected to change, even with the removal of the dining hall. alizam2@dailyillini.com

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International students experience first US Halloween BY CARMEN MARTINEZ STAFF WRITER

Almost a quarter of the University’s student population consists of international students who come from over 100 different countries. Many experience their first American Halloween while on campus and witness the holiday that has become an iconic aspect of American culture. Olivia Yang, senior in LAS, experienced her first Americanized Halloween at the University when she was a freshman. “We don’t have Halloween,” Yang said, whose hometown is Shanghai, China. Traditionally, it tends to be a Western holiday not as largely celebrated in other parts of the world. In East Asian countries, they celebrate the Ghost Festival on a larger scale compared to Halloween. Buddhists and Taoists believe on July 15, the

bridge between the lower realm and our own opens to ghosts and spirits, allowing them to visit the living. During this time, celebrators display tables of traditional food, burn incense and pray to their ancestors and other spirits to not do any harm to them. Ruei Kao, president of the Taiwanese Student Association, believes there are cultural differences that lead Halloween to be less significant in Eastern countries. “In Eastern cultures, spirits and ghosts are usually seen as more taboo, and people don’t usually celebrate it,” Kao said. “During our Ghost Festival, you’re not supposed to go to the swimming pool, you’re not supposed to move and you’re not supposed to do too many changes to your life because people think that might attract bad spirits and bring you bad luck.” Originating in Ireland, Halloween is character-

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ized in America by trickor-treaters, jack-o-lanterns and costumes. Serena Ying, an international student from China and senior in LAS, got to experience these aspects for the first time at an international high school. It was “costumes and scary things,” Ying said. Both Ying and Yang celebrated this past Halloween at the University by going to a party and diving into the festivities with makeup and costumes. In Europe, Halloween is celebrated differently, said Tarkan Bolat, senior in Business. Bolat has been to Romania, Austria, and is currently residing in the United States, enabling him to witness the Hal-

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loween season in different countries. “How we perceive it in Europe is it’s one day where everyone gets costumes, and you try to be spooky, and it’s basically just a party,” Bolat said. “Everyone goes to clubs and goes out and gets dressed for that. However, in America, every house is decorated, kids are involved in Halloween. The shops are decorated differently, and the products are arranged differently.” For Bolat, it gives more reason to celebrate. “I see it as a motivation to party more, especially in that week,” he said. Different RSOs across campus offer various opportunities to explore the Halloween season in

different cultures. The Luso-Bra zilia n Association at the University had its “Festa de dia das Bruxas,” which translates to a Halloween party Wednesday, and included Brazilian candy, games and a chance to learn Portuguese vocabulary. The Global Engagement Lounge hosted International Candy tasting on Wednesday in the Asian American Cultural Center, to give international and domestic students the chance to indulge in popular American Halloween candies as well as candies from around the world. Students also have the opportunity to experience the “Day of the Dead” or “Dia de los Muertos” on

the day of Halloween. The Day of the Dead is celebrated throughout Latin America and aims to pay love and respect to the deceased with a festive celebration. The event, hosted by La Casa Cultural Latina, features traditional activities such as papel picado (pecked paper), face painting, sugar skull decorating, performances and music. “It’s a great holiday for people to try something new, to be something they’re not usually,” Bolat said. “It’s a great opportunity for students to learn about culture in the United States and participate in the activities and get involved in pop culture.” carmen4@dailyillini.com

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Professor examines ‘Why We Love Horror’ BY THERESE POKORNEY FEATURES EDITOR

As the moon rises earlier, many people find themselves huddled under a blanket while watching thrillers during the month of October — after all, Halloween and horror films go together like a dismembered hand in a glove. But, the reason scary movies are so popular is unclear — why would people love to be scared watching something when fear is such an unpleasant emotion? This question is one of many examined by English professor Jim Hansen and the 25 students in his class, ENGL 350: “Writing about Literature, Text and Culture.” This semester, the class focuses on the topic of “Why We Love Horror.” The course is intended to introduce horror-lovers to hot topics throughout the genre — analyzing both classic and modern horror movies and reading various pieces of literature — to discover why they crave a to-the-bone chill. Hansen said the reason is deep in our human psyche. “We don’t ask the question, ‘Why do I like it?’ enough,” Hansen said. “We go to houses of horror on Halloween (and) we watch films that really disturb us, and there has to be a reason behind it. I want the students to ask themselves, ‘Why am I uncomfortable with this?’ and if you investigate that, to some extent, you get beyond it so it becomes therapeutic. It makes you think about where you grew up, the limits of who you are and how you can surpass those limits.” The writing-intensive course is divided into five units: Terror, Trust, and Betrayal; Uncanny Encounters, Abject Fears; Threat or Paranoia?; Hauntings; and Demons, Abjection and Female Subjectivity. The first unit begins with examining Freud’s “The Uncanny,” a text examining the horror people feel in response to distortions of the familiar, followed by Matthew Lewis’ gothic novel “The Monk.” Hansen said after students build vocabulary and learn to define how horror has worked within certain frameworks, he introduces films such as “Get Out,” “The Shining,” “Psycho” and “Rosemary’s Baby” to

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Above, Jim Hansen, professor in LAS, sits in his office full of horror movie memorabilia. Students in his class, “Why We Love Horror,”pictured below, a special topics course in English, examine horror films, like “Psycho” and “Get Out,” and various pieces of literature throughout the semester.

discuss how different psychological and cultural concepts of horror translate to aesthetic contexts. This isn’t just a surfacelevel class where students learn about scary stories. For Laura Tanase, senior in LAS, this class is an introduction to horror for her honors thesis, where she plans to explore instances of horror in Shakespeare’s works. “I didn’t know too much about horror before I took this class – at most, I was into Stephen King novels and knew that different categories of horror existed like survival horror, body horror, psychological horror, etc.,” Tanase said.

“However, this class dug at the roots of horror and the rise of the gothic genre, leading me to understand how each modern category of horror split off from those roots and settled into its own niche.” The course has shown Tanase horror can reveal the things people truly care about and raise questions like, “What are we most afraid of losing?” or “What’s the worst thing that could happen to you, and why?” “We can use questions like these ones to plumb the depths of the human mind, and we still wouldn’t reach the bottom of its complexity,” she said. “Horror creators need surpris-

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chological implications of horror that I never knew or realized before taking the class.” Through reinventing the traditional English curriculum, Hansen has made learning more lively with small classroom discussions and interesting assignments. Not only are students learning about writing, film and storytelling but also the psychology of suspense and nail-biting plots. “People want there to be more to the world than there is,” Hansen said. “Horror both gives and takes it away at the same time. It’s just fascinating.” tpokor3@dailyillini.com

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ing amounts of empathy to imagine what the audience sees, feels and truly cares about so they can perform their role of wrenching those beloved things away from viewers and shattering their expectations.” Hansen said he wants to teach the kinds of classes he wishes he had when he was deciding to become a teacher. He now also teaches classes on Alfred Hitchcock films, the art of revenge or “Why we love things that we shouldn’t have.” He’s also currently working on a book about the films of Hitchcock. “There’s something obviously attractive about the dark side,” he said. “I grew

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OPINIONS Vaping revives big tobacco companies

regulate the e-cig industry, and specifically curb the rise in youth use of COLUMNIST e-cigs, lobbyists representing Altria and several other industries feel like Juuls randompetitioned incessantly to ly popped into exisstrike the most egregious tence the year I gradupart of their rule: the flaated high school. It’s not vor ban. all in my head — Juul sales When the rule was went from 2 million to 16 passed in May 2016, there million between 2016 and was no mention of any 2017, and the number of regulation of flavors, and high school seniors who 15 pages of evidence demadmitted to vaping nicoonstrating how flavored tine almost doubled from liquids attract children to 2017 to 2018. purchase e-cigs were mysAlthough Juul marteriously absent. kets itself nowadays as The reason? 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SomeA common argument is go places without worrya demographic other than times, though, that swing going home doesn’t allow ing about whether the bus those in the 18-22 age brackgets ... boring. for a smooth transition to comes to the stop right in et and have to interact with It’s fun to be surrounded college life. Missing your front of Allen Hall or the one adults much older and kids by friends, events and school parents seems childish, slightly farther down the much younger than you. The spirit all the time. But it’s but The Center for Treatstreet. lack of profanity and explicit also fun to shower without ment of Anxiety and Mood I need a break from colcontent is beyond cleansing shoes on. Disorders actually recomlege more than I need to for the mind and soul. This is probably fueled by mends parents visit their experience home. 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SPORTS

FOOTBALL

Illinois returns home to face 2-6 Rutgers BY MILES POWERS-HUANG STAFF WRITER

Illinois is currently riding the first Big Ten winning streak of the Lovie Smith era and has an opportunity to extend its streak run hosting Rutgers on Saturday. The coaching staff views the entire season from the perspective of a single football game, and the Illini are riding winning momentum as the second half of the fall season kicks off. A big part of Illinois’ resurgence can be credited to the newly opened Henry Dale and Betty Smith Football Center, a world-class facility.

Illini resurgence

Throughout the first six games of the season, the Illini sat at 2-4 and appeared to be trending downward. But an upset victory over No. 6 Wisconsin turned the tide. Illinois then downed Purdue 24-6 in West Lafayette, Indiana, last Saturday to pull to an even 4-4 record on the season so far. Illinois couldn’t put together a consistent performance on both sides of the football during the first half of the season, often stalling on offense while the defense kept the game alive, only to let opponents take advantage of an overworked defense once the offense got going. As head coach Lovie Smith framed it, the season is represented by one football game, and through halftime, or six games, Illinois fell behind. But the team is starting to build momentum as it enters the second half. “I’ll just to try make the comparison (with) a football game. If you’re behind at the half, what has been decided? Nothing really,” Smith said. “It’s how you perform that second half of the game, and it’s how you perform the second half of the season. Our players

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The Illini football team celebrates after a fourth down at High Point Solutions Stadium in New Jersey on Oct. 6, 2018. Illinois won 38-17, coming out of a two-game losing streak and are playing Rutgers this Saturday.

buy into that. It also helps when you come out in the third quarter and you play well right away. It gets the momentum going, and that’s where we are.” The most notable change for Illinois has been the play of the defense, which held a bigger, more talented Wisconsin team to only 23 points. The defense also snuffed Purdue, albeit in less-than-ideal weather with the Boilermakers down two key players. For a unit featuring several upperclassmen who have been through tough times over the past three seasons, the turnaround is

one Smith is happy to see come to fruition. “We did invest an awful lot in young players because we were in a position where our program said we needed to do that,” Smith said. “We knew then that we were gonna take some lumps, but those guys were gonna get better each year, that’s what’s happened. They’re not seniors, but they’re older and we should get better play from them, and we are. As we started the season, one thing I talked about that I was excited about (was) those young players (who) now control the locker room.”

Smith Center advantage

Any person who spent time around the program before the 2019 season knew the facilities were far from ideal. The team’s locker room was reminiscent of a high school’s, and a facility for the team to spend time preparing away from the stadium, something many top programs in the nation enjoy, didn’t exist. But all of that changed with the opening of the Henry Dale and Betty Smith Football Center, a short distance away from Memorial Stadium on Fourth Street. Equipped with an updated locker room, positional

BASKETBALL

Dosunmu leads team into preseason BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITER

Illinois men’s basketball will showcase its new talents at the State Farm Center on Friday in an exhibition game versus Lewis University. The game, which falls on Dad’s Weekend, will give the Illini a practice run before hosting Nicholls State on Tuesday to start the season. Coming off a 12-21 (7-3 Big Ten) season, the Illini are receiving the most attention they’ve had in years. In the AP Top 25 Preseason Poll, Illinois received 14 votes, the fifth most among Big Ten teams. Illinois has not been ranked in the preseason poll since the 2010-2011 season when they started at No. 13. More national attention has come from Andy Katz of NCAA.com and Big Ten Network, who projects Illinois as a top-20 team.

With Illinois’ top-scorer Ayo Dosunmu returning for his sophomore year, new growth in guards like Trent Frazier and Alan Griffin, and the addition of top-50 freshman center Kofi Cockburn to work alongside Giorgi Bezhanishvili, expectations are at an all-time high. “I think we have a different swagger,” said head coach Brad Underwood at Big Ten Media Day on Oct. 2. “There’s a different feel about us just from the experience standpoint. I don’t think there is that giddiness of the unexpected.” “I think we know now we have the ability to have guys that can lead the young guys, that can lead the guys that maybe didn’t play as much last year. I think all those things are positive. I think there’s a confidence that comes with that.”

Illinois has 11 returners from last year’s team but will be without sophomore Tevian Jones for the time being. Illinois basketball announced on Saturday Jones has been “suspended indefinitely from game competition due to violation of team academic policies.” Jones served an eight-game suspension last season for a violation of team rules. The guard was expected to make a larger impact this season after averaging 3.5 points and 1.4 rebounds per game in his freshman campaign. Now in his third season with the Illini, Underwood has expectations of bringing the team to the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2012-2013 season. While the Illini are expected to win their first two non-conference games

against Nicholls State and Grand Canyon, the true test will come against No. 21 Arizona on Nov. 10. The Illini will not face another preseason ranked opponent until they travel to No. 7 Maryland on Dec. 7. Last season, Illinois ended a 15-game losing streak against ranked teams when they beat (then) No. 13 Maryland at Madison Square Garden. Still a month away from a Maryland rematch, the Illini cannot overlook their early schedule. Illinois lost seven non-conference games last season, with only one opponent being ranked. Illinois’ exhibition game will tip-off at 8 p.m. on Friday, while Tuesday’s matchup against Nicholls State will start at 7 p.m.

meeting rooms and a new lounge area, the facility has contributed to the Illini’s spike in performance this season, according to the coaching staff. “Absolutely it helps,” said offensive coordinator Rod Smith. “It’s remarkable. Kids actually want to be there, they want to hang out there, fellowship together. It’s a great building, a great structure for us, and to me, it’s gonna be great for the future as well, and that’s one of the pieces that’s help mold this thing together so far.” The amenities of the facility causes the players

Illini lost 95-71. Illinois will play Lewis Friday before the season begins next week.

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VOLLEYBALL

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The Illini volleyball team celebrates after scoring a point against the Buckeyes on Saturday. The team will matchup against Michigan and Michigan State Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Illini host Wolverines, Spartans at Huff Hall BY RACHEL SPENCER ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Illinois volleyball continues the action at Huff Hall this weekend as the team takes on Michigan and Michigan State. The two matchups mark the midpoint of what has been a rocky Big Ten season for the 10-9 Illini, who come into the weekend with an even-split 5-5 conference record. Illinois’ returned to Huff for a matchup against Ohio State on Saturday and broke a three-game losing streak in the Big Ten. The Illini suffered back-to-back-toback road losses against the No. 6 Badgers, No. 7 Golden Gophers and No. 8 Nittany Lions leading up to their meeting with the unranked Buckeyes. In spite of the conference losses, which some might view as setbacks for a program which advanced to the NCAA Division I semifinals last season, senior outside hitter Jacqueline Quade is optimistic she and her teammates can compete with ranked proTHE DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTO grams like Wisconsin, MinIllinois guard Ayo Dosunmu drives to the basket during the game against Iowa at the Carver Hawkeye Arena on Jan. 20 where the nesota and Penn State. @gabbyh_11 ghajduk2@dailyillini.com

to spend more time together, which has only strengthened their chemistry. But Lovie feels the players are doing more to prepare after being blessed with new and improved equipment across the board. “Everything that’s happening is playing a part in us getting better, seeing signs moving in the right direction,” Lovie said. “The Smith Center, of course, is a big part of that. It’s a new day. Expectations, of course, were raised once we moved into it, and I think

“You know, it is a good learning moment, because we kind of proved to ourselves we are putting ourselves in a position to compete with those teams,” Quade said. “And then it’s getting back in the gym on Monday and working on the things we can do to get those few extra points in a match to close it out instead of taking the loss against those kinds of teams.” Illinois’ first opportunity to test the work they’ve put in at the gym is a program coming to Champaign with a similar Big Ten record — Michigan and Illinois both have five wins in the conference thus far, but neither team has walked away victorious against powerhouse programs, such as Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin. At their Oct. 13 matchup in Cornhusker territory, however, the Wolverines got swept by their host, while the Illini gave a 5-set battle back in September against the perennial conference standouts. Comparatively, Saturday’s visitors, the 13-7 Spartans, SEE HUFF HALL | 3B

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FOOTBALL

Brown emerges as asset to Illini after ACL injuries BY JARED FARMER STAFF WRITER

Back in 2014, Dre Brown committed to the Illini. He was hoping to make his mark and establish himself in Big Ten football, but the former four-star recruit’s journey to becoming one of Illinois’ major contributors was far from painless. During the training camp of 2015, an ACL injury sidelined him for all of what would’ve been his freshman season. Just as he finally recovered, in the spring of 2016, Brown announced on Twitter he tore his other ACL and would once again be sidelined for another season with the Illini. Brown was starting to doubt his future with the Illini and with football itself, but the now-senior running back has emerged as one of offensive coordinator Rod Smith’s most valuable weapons on the field. “You really never stop fighting. Even if things aren’t going your way, that’s just life,” Brown said. “You just gotta keep your head down and keep working and eventually the good things will come.” After missing the first 26 games of his Illini career, he finally made his debut against the Hawkeyes on Oct. 7. 2017. He’d play in six games and even make his debut start at running back, but injuries continued to plague Brown as he missed an additional six games that season. He showed promise dur-

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Illinois’ Dre Brown attempts to run past Wisconsin’s Faion Hicks during the Homecoming game at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 19 where the Illini won 24-23. After two ACL injuries, Brown is back on the field and has proven to be a valuable asset to the Illini.

ing his first season with a team season-long 50-yard kickoff return against Northwestern and had a career-high 76 rushing yards on 15 carries against Ohio State. In 2018, Brown continued to build on his first season. He led the Illini in kick return yards with 330,

averaging 22.0 yards per return, including a performance in which he had the most return yards in the Big Ten that season with 163 at Maryland. Against Minnesota, he pushed his career-high in rush yards even further, this time to a career-high 92 net rushing yards and his first career

touchdown off of a 72-yard run. With those two seasons under his belt, Brown was poised to play a bigger role coming into his senior year. He made his first start since 2017 against UConn, and over the last few weekends, Brown has proven why he’s a valuable piece

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Running back Dre Brown dives for a touchdown. Brown hopes the Illini will continue their winning streak to be eligible for a bowl game.

of the Illini offense. “I feel great. My mindset for every practice is just getting better. You truly get better as you go on through the season and really that’s been my focus,” Brown said. “We’re refreshing pretty fast. Every week I just get back to doing my old routine, and now that my body feels good, you can start to see it translate on Saturdays.” Brown had rushed 11 times for 70 yards against then No. 6-ranked Wisconsin in Illinois’ Homecoming upset victory. He built on that afternoon the next week against Purdue. In cold and rainy conditions, Brown shined with a career-high 131 net rushing yards and 18 carries to lead the Illini to a 24-6 win. “In those type of conditions, you have to be able to run the ball. That’s just prime Big Ten football. So that was our mindset,” Brown said. “Coach Rod told us before the game that it was on the line and running backs today, and it was good to deliver for the team.” Fellow senior Reggie Corbin and Brown both talked about making history at Illinois, especially in their final seasons here. After the win against Purdue, the Illini now have a .500 record for the first time going into November in the Lovie Smith era. This weekend against Rutgers,

the Illini have the opportunity to win three straight Big Ten games for the first time under Smith. For Brown, such an accomplishment would leave the mark that he was looking to make, but the Illini have no intention of stopping here. Like many on the team, Brown has his eyes locked on getting eligible for a bowl game, and with two more wins, the Illini would qualify. “I knew we were a good team; it was just a matter of time before it showed. It took a little bit longer than we thought for us to mesh together, but now that we’re starting to roll, there’s a confidence and swagger we carry about ourselves and we just want to continue that each week.” With four more regular-season games left to cap off his career, the time for Brown and the Illini to close off the season strong is now. “I wish I could show these two to three years prior. This is my game. Yeah, I’ve had some injuries, but I really feel like I overcame those and honestly have gotten stronger in the process. It’s cool to be able to show the fans who I am and what I can do on the field, especially in a larger role than I’ve had in the past.” @jaredfarmer jaredef2@dailyillini.com

SOCCER

Illinois ends season with home victory over Minnesota BY CLAIRE O’BRIEN STAFF WRITER

The Illinois soccer team (9-8-1) defeated Minnesota (3-12-4), 4-1, in its season finale Sunday in Champaign. The Illini struggled in Big Ten play this season but dominated against the Golden Gophers from the start of the match. At 15:39, senior forward Kelly Maday put one in the back of the net to give the Illini a 1-0 lead. Maday was tied for first in goals heading into the game alongside junior midfielder Hope Breslin and sophomore forward Makena Silber, each having six goals this season. But the scoring was just getting started, and the Illini held their lead for the majority of the first half. Minnesota forward Sadie Harper evened the score before the half at 37:31; the goal was her second of the season. Illinois found itself in a familiar spot as the team has entered halftime in a tie several times recently, including at Ohio State and Penn State. Statistically, the teams were fairly evenly matched. Both teams had two shots on goal and one save, but Minnesota took more shots overall, outshooting Illinois 7-5 in the first half. In the second period, the Illini got off to a quick start.

At 50:47, redshirt freshman defender Kendra Pasquale scored on a penalty kick to give the Illini a 2-1 edge. Normally, Breslin takes penalty kicks for the team but instead encouraged Pasquale to take the kick Sunday. “This is the first, like, opportunity I’ve gotten to take one in the game,” Pasquale said. “I just kind of picked a spot, trusted myself, hit it and it was a great feeling.” But the Illini weren’t done scoring, as Maday scored her second goal of the afternoon at 58:18, giving Illinois a 3-1 advantage. Soon after, Maday headed the ball back toward the goal. The ball spiraled to the side and Illinois picked up an offsides call. Maday was subbed out at 63:12, but came back in the closing minutes. Normally, Maday is subbed out during the second period, but Sunday, she said she saw a glimpse into what is to come for next season. “Just being my last game ever, I think it was a good opportunity to see, like, the future of what Illini soccer is gonna be like,” Maday said. “I’m really proud of every single person on this team. Whether on the bench or on the field today, I think we just brought the energy and really, I just felt the

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The Illinois soccer team celebrates after defeating Minnesota at Demirjian Park on Sunday. The Illini won 4-1, which ended their season.

love from everybody for this senior class, and I’m just super happy to be a part of this program.” Even after a 3-1 lead, Illinois wasn’t done scoring for the afternoon. Senior midfielder Arianna Veland

scored at 83:56 to clinch the 4-1 win for the Illini. Although Sunday was the team’s season finale, head coach Janet Rayfield thought the team improved this season under the senior class’ leadership, particularly in

the second half of games. “I think (the senior class) wanted to show the type of team that they’ve helped to build, and today was a great example of that,” Rayfield said. “Sometimes, fighting for each other is more

important than fighting for any trophy, and I think that’s what they did in the second half, and the results speak to that.” @claire_obrien43 claireo3@dailyillini.com

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

SWIM & DIVE

Illinois begins road swing in Miami Friday

RUTGERS just for the players to come to work every day, and come get into the building every day in a place like that makes (them) put (their) best foot forward.”

Rutgers reeling

Since joining the Big Ten, Rutgers hasn’t seen too much success. The Scar-

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national University have already competed against each other earlier this season. FIU won 169-131. “Florida International always has some great swimmers,” Novitsky said. “So it’ll be a tough competition along with the University of Miami.” Standout swimmer and senior Kristin Anderson put in a lot of hard work last season and over the summer, and it’s starting to pay off. “We rely on (Anderson) a lot for our relays and individ-

ual events,” Novitsky said. Sophomores Abigail Cabush and Sarah Cano have stepped up and are performing well. Among the freshman class, Athena Salafatinos has also stood out. At the Michigan State meet on Oct. 19, she earned a lifetime best time in the 200-yard freestyle. “She’s ranked on the team, in the top three in multiple events,” Novitsky said. On Oct. 23, the Big Ten announced Taylor Shegos as Diver of the Week, while

Cabush claimed Swimmer of the Week. “It was exciting, I wasn’t necessarily expecting it,” Novitsky said. “It’s always great when they get the recognition they’ve put in.” While it may not be a record-setting start to the season, Novitsky is still impressed by the team’s efforts, especially since this year’s team is younger. “The freshmen have really stepped up and stepped in to a lot of positive roles for us,” Novitsky said.

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let Knights haven’t won a conference game since 2017, the season in which they made their last visit to Champaign and emerged victoriously. The Scarlet Knights fired head coach Chris Ash earlier this season and scored just 14 points in five conference games thus far. Nonetheless, Lovie isn’t overlooking Saturday ’s opponent, knowing they’ll be riding positive momen-

tum after a 44-34 victory over Liberty University last Saturday. “When you have a head coach (Nunzio Campanile) that had the quarterback (Johnny Langan) in high school, they have a history together,” Lovie said. “He ran the ball over 20 times this past week. The quarterback ran the ball a lot more this past week, and they put up the most points they have all year, so I assume

we’re gonna see more of that.” Viewed by critics as an avenue to reach the New York television market and establish a conference football recruiting base in a talent-rich state, Rutgers’ addition to the conference in 2014 has delivered those results so far in five years. The Big Ten held its championship basketball tournament in New York City in 2018, and Illinois

played Maryland in a regular-season conference game at Madison Square Garden. Upper-echelon football programs, especially Penn State and Michigan, have also made a habit of routinely stealing talented recruits from the New York area, including future first-round draft picks Jabrill Peppers and Rashan Gary and current Big Ten standouts such as Michigan’s Cesar Ruiz and Michael Dwumfour,

Penn State’s Justin Shorter (a five-star recruit) and Wisconsin’s standout running back Jonathan Taylor. The Illini will be rare favorites in a conference matchup Saturday, and Lovie is hoping the positive momentum the program is building will carry it into a status where being favored is the norm.

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won only one set when they played the Cornhuskers on Oct. 11, but also were swept by the Nittany Lions at home — while the Illini dropped a 5-set thriller against the Nittany Lions Oct. 23. In the midst of Big Ten competition, varying weekly schedules and road games can become an added difficulty for recovery time or getting into the gym to brush up on skills an individual or team has struggled with in recent games. It can be especially challenging when a team has a Wednesday-Saturday schedule, as the Illini experienced last week, but this week they enjoyed a full week for recovery and practice. Head coach Chris Tamas anticipates the weekend’s matchups to provide another window of opportunity for development and reflection — as well as a test for the program. “Heading into the week, we know they’re good teams. Michigan had a great first half, Michigan State was close on a lot of matches, as we were, against some topranked opponents,” Tamas said. “So we know we’re up for a battle this weekend as well.” The numbers are on Illinois’ side as far as a homecourt battle goes. So far, the Illini have recorded only two losses at Huff Hall and four wins. Illinois will welcome Michigan on Friday and Michigan State on Saturday.

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After two weeks without competition, the Illinois swim and dive team is ready to compete in an away meet this weekend against Miami and Florida International University in Miami. With an overall record of 4-1-1, Illinois is starting its season off strongly, exemplified by the team’s flawless record at home. Now all that is left on the schedule, which includes the team’s spring calendar, are away meets. However, a winning record doesn’t dictate where the team finishes in Big Ten, but having a positive record can help motivate the athletes. Miami heads into the meet with an overall record of 0-2, while Florida International enters with a record of 2-3. After a rare tie in the dual meet against Michigan State on Oct. 19, the team is ready to bounce back and get a win. Head coach Sue Novitsky was impressed with the team despite the last meet ending in a tie. She said the team never gave up. “We never stopped fighting to get back,” Novitsky said. “The team showed a lot of great character, and they just kept coming race after race.” This will be the first time this season Illinois will travel outside the Midwest. It will be a new experience for the freshmen, as it’s also a two-day meet. Miami and Florida Inter-

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Rudd’s career takes dramatic turn BY SHAYLEE BENT STAFF WRITER

buzz factor: If one Paul Rudd isn’t enough for you, “Living With Yourself” is the solution to your problem. In this dramedy, Rudd plays Miles Elliot, a disheartened middle-aged man who hates his job and struggles to connect with his wife. When Miles goes to a mysterious and expensive spa to fix himself, a mistake results in both Miles and Miles’ clone, “New Miles,” having to navigate living together in the same world. Rudd, known for his comedy roles, has been in movies such as “Clueless,” “Anchorman” and “Ant-Man,” and rarely takes on a dramatic role. While the overall plot of “Living With Yourself” is enough to laugh about, the show directly tackles the ethical implications of cloning and philosophically examines the issue. Consisting of eight episodes, with the longest episode being roughly 36 minutes, “Living With Yourself” is easy to consume within a matter of days. To help differentiate between which Miles is on screen, the show utilizes both men’s point-of-view of the same situation over multiple episodes. Rudd masters the art of playing the same person with two different outlooks on life. While old Miles finds his life in a rut and puts in no corrective action, new Miles enters

the screen with a smile on his face, instantly lighting up the room and adding a muchneeded light to Miles’ life as his performance at work has noticeably improved, and his marriage has some form of intimacy again. The use of dual roles in television and film is a concept used time and time again (“Parent Trap,” for instance), but Rudd breathes new life into it. The fight scenes between the two come off naturally and strike a balance between funny and emotional. Aisling Bea holds her ground as Miles’ wife, Kate. Her storyline was the most interesting throughout the series. The suggestion that she came to America with nothing is something I’d like to see be more developed to help viewers understand the character, as well as to hear more of Bea’s electric accent. One of the major conflicts of the series (besides the whole cloning thing) is the fact that new and old Miles share the same memories and, consequently, both are in love with Kate. While she eventually chooses her original beau, new Miles feels as though his wife has been taken from him, as he came into existence without understanding his origins. The middle section of the show became a bit bland and had me coasting through the series the same way Miles was coasting through life. While the main conflicts

were his marriage and his career, I would have loved to see what new Miles would have done in other aspects of his newfound life. The show briefly delves into this area when we learn new Miles and his half-sister, Maia, get along better than she and original Miles ever did. The end of the show which ended in Kate’s pregnancy and both Miles’ being the father because they share identical DNA was a moment spotted from the instant infertility issues were mentioned in the first episode. That doesn’t discredit the moment; however, it was still highly enjoyable. The look on Kate’s face as she hugs both of them and realizes the absurdity of her life makes up for any dissatisfaction with the predictability of it all. If we ever found ourselves waking up one day and having a clone, the first thing we would find ourselves doing is learning and recreating the dance Kate and old Miles did to “Give it to Me Baby” by Rick James. Their visible love heavily contrasts new Miles trying the same move with Kate so well that like the couple, you forget all problems previously shown in the relationship. “Living With Yourself” acts as a great piece of anticloning propaganda and an even better TV show about the effects of treating life as a burden. sbent3@readbuzz.com

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 7:30 p.m  The Celebration Company at The Station Theatre, 223 N. Broadway Ave., Urbana  $10-$15 In “The Realistic Joneses,” we meet Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbors, John and Pony, two suburban couples who have even more in common than their identical homes and their shared last names. As their relationships begin to irrevocably intertwine, the Joneses must decide between their idyllic fantasies and their imperfect realities. Deb Richardson directs a cast of local talent, featuring Gary Ambler, Barbara Evans, Jeremiah Lowry and Lindsey Gates-Markel.

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 10 p.m.  Scotty’s Brewhouse Champaign, 2001 S. Neil St., Champaign  No cover Show off your costume creativity and jam out all night with Mank & Sass on the Shack Stage. On Friday, Watson’s will have a costume contest from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m., the winners will receive a $50 gift card. Must be present to win. They will also have a ghost pepper burger available for late-night snacking.

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WYW Shakespeare Presents: King Lear  7 p.m.  Gregory Hall Room 112  $7 In this famous tragedy, after King Lear is “betrayed” by his youngest daughter, he banishes her and divides his kingdom among his elder two daughters and their husbands. They immediately begin to plot his destruction, and chaos ensues. Don’t miss out on this heart-wrenching production that includes betrayal, sword fights, death and a big storm coming. Directed by Olivia Bievenue.

Kilborn Alley Blues Band

 9 p.m.  Rose Bowl Tavern, 106 N. Race St., Urbana  No cover Kilborn Alley Blues Band bring their blues and soulful, groovin’, hard hitting, dance floor busting sound to The Rose Bowl Tavern in downtown Urbana.

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 1:30-3:30 p.m  Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana  Free Make a wearable art project inspired by one of the garments in this year’s exhibit In Her Closet — How to Make a Drag Queen. All ages welcome. Drop in any time.

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The exterior of The Art Theater is shown on Oct. 22, 2017. After 106 years,The Art Theater has a vast history of showing classic, independent and foreign films and will close its doors today.

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n the prologue to his book, “Awake In the Dark,” renowned film critic and University of Illinois alumni Roger Ebert writes about the closing of the Dream Palace, a memorable movie theater from his childhood. To read his words about the memories he had there is to understand the power a theater can have in a small town, especially before the internet or TV. He ends his farewell essay by describing the theater’s closing as “the end of an era” and writing how even in its last showing, “It was the best deal in town.” It would seem the same would be a very suitable ending to this article as well. In the same book, he writes of The Art Theater and the films it exposed him to many years ago, such as classics by Ingmar Bergman and Jean-Luc Godard and seeing “Citizen Kane” rereleased in the singlescreen theater.

Fifty years later, my experience, along with many other ChampaignUrbana residents, with The Art Theater has been very much the same. It was where I first saw “Casablanca” on the big screen and “Rocky Horror Picture Show” shadow-casted by my classmates. Attending shows at the theater was a privilege I didn’t realize was coming to an end, and now I wish I had taken more advantage of it. It’s true that all good things must end in time, but somehow all the best quotes and sound advice do not damper what we all feel at the end of something we’ve grown so accustomed to. The news of the theater’s closing came as a shock to many. The Art Theater was not the place to see the latest Marvel movie or Disney film. Rather, it ran a different breed of film: the classic, the independent and the foreign. In the end, that might have been its undoing. Not everyone is a film

buff, and in a small area, like Champaign-Urbana, with two other major cineplexes, the competition must have been tight. After recently becoming a nonprofit charity and earning its status as a local staple of the community,

showcase their films. It was a place where residents could see the films made outside the studio system and those that were more controversial. Big theaters can be a great place to see the local blockbusters, but that mass produc-

While the showtimes will cease and the ticket booth will go unmanned, the memories of its many patrons, performers and visitors will go on.

it seemed like the theater would survive on necessity alone. After all, where else can one catch up on the latest documentaries or check out the annual Shocktober offerings? Establishments like The Art Theater support local arts and give smaller scale filmmakers a chance to

tion removes the personality, the charm and ability to showcase local and smaller filmmakers, which is why it’s so important to support local art and why it’s often overlooked. For this publication, it was certainly an important establishment. As calendar editor, I know the sheer

amount of diversity of films and the ever-changing lineup offered was unmatched by any other venue of any kind. For our critics, it was how we took a break from reviewing the latest action flick and rom-coms (though both are important in their own right) and gave us a chance to bite our teeth into the art and independent films we’d otherwise have to travel to bigger areas to see. Here at buzz, we will feel its loss greatly. While the showtimes will cease and the ticket booth will go unmanned, the memories of its many patrons, performers and visitors will go on. We’ll remember laughing out loud as the screen is filled with ancient comedies by greats or reels at the Found Footage Fest fill the screen. We’ll remember being taken away to a world far away from life in ChampaignUrbana and watching stories unfold from across the world. We’ll remember

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watching friends act out alongside the characters in the “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” screaming at the screen and taking pictures under the marquee outside of the theater. After being in operation for 106 years, it would be hard to say The Art Theater didn’t have a good run. It certainly had some fun during a period in 1969-86 when it showed adult films, but it still seems a bit too soon for its time in C-U to come to an end. As a co-op owned theater, the future of the building remains uncertain. It can’t be torn-down, so what will become of the historic building remains to be seen. While its prices were low, around $8 on average, there were certainly theaters that were cheaper at times. But in terms of quality and influence on those who attended its shows, “It was still the best deal in town,” as Ebert said, until the end. liamd2@readbuzz.com