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MONDAY February 24, 2020
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Students protest in front of KAM’s now or chooses to be right now,” Lopez said. The students who attended the protest brought a speaker and were playing Hispanic music. They stood with a poster that said “KAM’s, home of the racist Illini.” K A M’s released a statement regarding the screenshots on Wednesday, informing the public one of the employees making the comments was terminated from the bar. Correa commented on the bar’s response to the events. “It’s a start,” he said. “I don’t think it’s finished yet. There were other people who commented or liked the comments, and nothing has happened to any of them.” KAM’s workers did not interact with the protesters. Other attendees refused to give comments to The Daily Illini.
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Food Pantry Director Dawn Longfellow organizes items at the Wesley Food Pantry, 1203 W. Green St., on Friday. Kenji Pantin works to share food insecurity resources with students.
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On Feb. 20, student activists met outside of KAM’s at 9 p.m. to protest the recently leaked screenshots of the KAM’s workers’ and past workers’ group chat. Alexander Correa, sophomore in Media, started a Facebook group soon after the screenshots came out and organized a peaceful protest to take place right outside the bar. On the Facebook page, 127 people showed they were interested and 34 said they were going to attend the event. On the day of the event, temperatures dropped to 12 degrees, which kept some of the students from going. Gabriella Lopez, freshman in LAS, attended the protest. She said nobody wanted to be there because of the cold. “I feel like I should be here to represent my people and be the voice that danghel2@dailyillini.com not everyone can be right
Food insecurity on campus: Understanding the problem gling with debt. So she decided against taking out the loan and utilized food pantries, soup kitchens and other resources on campus to help save money and keep her from slipping into an unstable financial situation. Fast forward to today, Pantin is a recent doctoral graduate from LAS who experienced food insecurity throughout her time at the University. On top of rising tuition
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When Kenji Pantin was an undergrad at the University of Central Florida, she couldn’t afford a meal plan. Despite her scholarships, there just wasn’t enough money. Her mom encouraged her to take out a loan to purchase the recommended meal plan. But it was 2013, a couple years after the recession, and Pantin saw the people around her still strug-
and housing costs, miscellaneous fees and textbooks for class, food can be the first expense to be reduced for students. Food insecurity refers to the lack of or inconsistent access to healthy and balanced meals due to limited financial resources. On a campus where there are enough financial resources for constant innovation and construction, it may seem far-fetched that anyone could be left hungry,
but food insecurity affects more college students than one might think. While the issue operates at a large scale, it is also surrounded by a substantial lack of understanding about what food insecurity means and what it looks like in communities. (To clear up some misconceptions, food insecurity is not the inability to eat due to a lack of time. When an individual has SEE UNFED | 3A
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Students raise their fists in protest of KAM’s on Thursday night. KAM’s workers did not interact with the student protesters.
Professor goes live for Twitch discussions Choi aims to adapt to changes in learning with virtual office hours
Streaming statistics Professor Choi has reached a broad audience of students using Twitch to stream office hours and discussions.
BY MICHAEL CARUSO STAFF WRITER KENYON EDMOND THE DAILY ILLINI
Patrons of the Hub sit together and eat brunch on Sunday. The 21-or-older age restiction will be implemented after 9 p.m. seven days a week.
The Hub changes to 21-plus age limit
the Hub has typically been open to anyone 19 or older. At this time, it is unknown as to why the change was made; however, The Daily Illini will continue to investigate.
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The Hub announced on its Instagram Saturday it will be implementing a 21-or-older age restriction after 9 p.m. seven days a week. Located at 601 S. First St., news@dailyillini.com
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For many, Twitch is a streaming service that allows them to watch their favorite gamers play some of their favorite games. However, one professor is taking over the streaming service to conduct office hours and discussions about campus issues and to give advice to students. University professor and lecturer Dong San Choi began using the platform to present his office hours for ECE 120: Introduction to Computing last fall. He said his main goal was to enhance accessibility for students who were not able to attend office hours due to distance or time conflicts. Twitch allows students to watch the videos of streams at any time, which allows a broader audience of students compared to normal office hours. “In our information age and the internet, the way people learn and accept information has changed,” Choi said. “Our traditional way of teaching feels inadequate and impersonal. You are presented with information, and you take it or leave it. People are lacking connection.” Jacob Tentis, freshman in Engineering and a view-
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er of Professor Choi’s office hours, said using a platform he had used already before made the content more accessible. “I am very familiar with Twitch since I’ve been using it to watch video game streams for years, so it was very convenient,” he said. “The chat function is good for asking questions since the delay
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is only a couple of seconds. Other students in the chat can also help answer more minor questions or help to clarify what Professor Choi is saying.” According to its website, Twitch is a platform for live streaming and initially focused on video game content but has focused on broadening its scope in recent years. This
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includes Choi’s educational live streams. “As for Twitch, it is still mainly a gaming platform I feel, but the community has started to branch out more to be focused on other content as well,” Tentis said. “The ‘Just Chatting’ section has loads of different non-gaming-related SEE TWITCH | 3A
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