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Police respond to campus Confederate flag incident the truck driving through the intersection of First and Green streets around 8:30 p.m. while he was driving through Campustown. LeRoy said the truck had three flags set up in the bed, but the most prominent was an American flag that had been cut in half and attached to a Confederate flag. As he got closer to the truck to take a photo, LeRoy said the driver yelled and repeated a profanity and a racial slur “at the top of his lungs.” LeRoy said he reported the incident to the police in case anything escalated and posted the photo he obtained on

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Chief of Police Craig Stone sent out a Massmail to students and faculty Friday regarding an incident and reports on Green Street Wednesday evening. According to witnesses who reported the incident Wednesday night, a young white male driving a late-model white Ford pickup truck decorated with the Confederate flag was shouting racial slurs at passersby KEVIN GAO THE DAILY ILLINI while driving through a stuMembers of Illinois Student Government speak on their ideas relating to the sexual prevention program that is currently being set dent-heavy area. in place Thursday evening. The ISG Assault Prevention Program is examining a recent sexual assault report. In a statement to the NewsGazette, Michael LeRoy, professor in Labor and Employment Relations, said he saw

Students tackle sexual misconduct BY ETHAN SIMMONS STAFF WRITER

One of the campus groups wrestling with faculty sexual misconduct is a department in student government. Illinois Student Government’s Sexual Assault Prevention Department is examining the 127-page final report released by the committee on faculty sexual misconduct. They want to find the most important of the report’s 64 recommendations and make its contents transparent for students. Founded three years ago on an executive order by thenISG president Raneem Shamseldin, the SAPD was made to go deeper than other sexual assault awareness campaigns such as “It’s On Us.” “‘It’s On Us’ is basically you take a pledge to be good. You’re going to be an active bystander, you’re going to be an upstanding citizen, and then get your sticker and off

you go,” said Suda Rao, senior in Social Work and head of SAPD. Since then, the department has held advocacy events, researching best practices and releasing statements through ISG, Rao said. Last semester, SAPD took a stance on Title IX changes suggested by the Department of Education. “While it is commendable that ‘the total monetary cost savings of these regulations over 10 years would be in the range of $286.4 million to $367.7 million,’ it seems that with these new guidelines the Department of Education is looking more towards ways to save money rather than to help students,” the statement said. In 2019, reports of faculty sexual misconduct have been their main concern. The ISG senate condemned the alleged assault and harassment by professors Joseph Petry and Jay Kesan in separate statements.

“These incidents that happened on campus — we had to find out about it through newspapers and through articles and not through the administration,” said Alec Navickis, senior in ACES and assistant director of SAPD. After an August ProPublica article revealed the lack of consequences faculty faced after sexual misconduct, ISG wanted students to be heard by the administration. “What we really worked on after the ProPublica article came out was advocating for students to have a voice at the table,” said Ali Mirza, junior in LAS and ISG Chief of Staff. As for the report, Rao said SAPD “supports a lot of it,” and is working to make it more accessible for students. “We hope that as much of it they can implement should be implemented,” Mirza said. “We really have a chance to make the gold standard here for sexual assault prevention

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and the U of I should aim for nothing less.” Last week, Rao assigned members of SAPD different sections of the report to analyze. Over the next few weeks, the team would like to have some “criticisms and questions” for the committee that authored the report. “In an ideal world, the University would like to adopt all of these recommendations, and everything would be perfect and great,” Rao said. “What I think we’re going to focus on is what is the most important out of this report in order to change, and going forward, advocacy for that.” ISG is “discussing logistics” of holding a joint event with ProPublica reporter Rachel Otwell, who wrote the stories on how the University responds to sexual misconPHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL LEROY duct, Mirza said. Michael LeRoy, professor in Law, photographed a pickup truck Since SAPD is a relatively with a Confederate flag attached. Several reports to police were made Wednesday night regarding the driver shouting racial

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Illinois promotes UI to a silver bike-friendly university The University was recently promoted to silver-level Bicycle-Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists for its MCORE project and bike share program. The BFU program evaluates universities in five areas: engineering, encouragement, education, enforcement and evaluation or planning. Amelia Neptune is the director of the Bicycle Friendly America Program and previously served as the University’s campus bicycle

coordinator. “The stronger you are in each of the E’s, the more likely you are to move up in the award levels,” Neptune said. “We very intentionally make the program very flexible, so there’s no one-sizefits-all criteria.” The two major factors of the University’s promotion were the MCORE project, which improves roadway infrastructure for bicyclists, and the VeoRide bike share program, Neptune said. Other contributing factors included the Campus Bike Center for continuing to provide bicy-

Features: Local artists create Halloweeninspired art

Sports: Illinois beats Purdue 24-6 on the road

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cle education for the campus community and bicycle maintenance events such as the annual “Light the Night.” Grace Tebbens is a senior in the UIC College of Nursing at the Urbana campus and is the outreach coordinator for the RSO Illini Cycling. Tebbens said while having bike lanes is better than having none, some on campus are not well-labeled, such as the one near the intersection of Gregory and Dorner drives. This can be dangerous and confusing. “Pedestrians will walk in those bike lanes, and sometimes I try not to take them because they’re bumpy, and they’re kind of confusing, and I’m scared of hitting a pedestrian,” she said. Tebbens also said she thinks the University should focus on adding more secure bike storage for students living in residence halls. Additionally, Tebbens said she wants the University to offer more education on bike laws, properly using bike lanes and resources available like the Campus Bike Center. Neptune said the BFU

program’s suggestions for bike-safety classes and bicy- Management Coordinator improvement for the Uni- cle-friendly driver training. Stacey DeLorenzo said the versity include providing Facilities and Services more secure bike parking, Transportation Demand SEE BIKES | 3A

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The Art Film Foundation announced it will stop showing films and cease operations at the Art Theater on Halloween. The Champaignbased company publicly announced its closing Friday with a sign that read “Thanks for the memories” on the theater’s marquee. In a press release regarding the closure, the Art

Film Foundation wrote it appreciates all the memories it has made with members, volunteers and attendees. It also thanked the audience for stepping up and contributing to the theater to keep it open in the past. “When we hit rough patches in the past, you stepped up and helped us with emergency fundraising,” AFF wrote. “Emergency funds help with

discrete, one-time needs, and the Art Theater has remained in operation because of your passionate support and the tireless work of our wonderful staff.” The theater was opened in 1913. It was previously called the Park Theater and eventually became the Art Theater in 1958. From 1971 to 1988, it was an X-rated theater. According to the press

release, the film industry is changing, and the theater has faced systemic challenges that show no signs of abating. “While the Art Film Foundation and the Art Theater have come to an end, we truly believe that this incredible community of cinema-lovers in the local area will carry on,” AFF wrote. tpokor3@dailyillini.com

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The Art Theater located in downtown Champaign is pictured on Sunday. The Art Theater as well as the Art Film Foundation are closing after 106 years of service to the community.

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Marc Thompson poses in front of his ProctorU dashboard at the CITL in the Armory building on Wednesday. Students at the University are required to pay the ProctorU fee for exams in certain courses.

Students required to pay for online exam proctoring service ProctorU allows for fee-based test taking BY GRACE MALONEY STAFF WRITER

In the midst of midterms and exams, some students are facing an additional requirement: They have to pay a fee to take their exams. ProctorU is an online proctoring service that requires students to pay a fee to take an exam online. The fee is based on the length of the exam, according to the University Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning website. Jarrod Morgan, chief strategy officer and founder of ProctorU, said ProctorU was an internal project developed at Andrew Jackson University, which is an all-online university. Because students were taking classes online, they were not happy about having to travel to campus to take exams in person. “Students hated having to drive somewhere,” Morgan said. “They’re going to school online because they don’t have time to do that.” Once it was created, ProctorU allowed students to take exams without commute and also helped combat cheating that would occasionally happen during in-person tests.

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“After developing ProctorU internally, it became its own entity outside of (the) University to a broader market,” Morgan said. Morgan said the company began as a small startup and developed to having nine different facilities in five countries. Marc Thompson, assistant director of Teaching and Learning Experiences at the CITL and the program director of the Information Accessibility and Policy Program in AHS, said at the current time, the University has decided on a student pay-model. However, he said this may change with the growth of the program. “If this would be adopted as a campus-wide solution, we would want to shift away from a student-pay model to more of an institution-pay the BFU program. The program reviews applications every year and awards schools with a bronze-, silver-, gold- or platinum-level designation. Schools that receive a designation are required to renew their award every four years to maintain its ranking, but can also renew sooner to try to move up more quickly. There are 208 colleges and universities currently certified as a BFU. The University joins 61 other schools that hold a silver-rank in the program, including the University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Wesleyan University and Northwestern University. The fall 2019 program cohort also included three promotions to platinum: University of WisconsinMadison, University of California at Irvine and University of California at Santa Barbara.

University had increased the number of bike parking racks on campus, removed abandoned bike paths and created more “complete streets” which account for bike, car and bus traffic. The University also purchased an enclosed bike shelter, but its location for installment is still being determined, DeLorenzo said. “We’re always continuously looking to improve our bike paths and our bike lanes and any type of education programs so more people see biking, not as just a fun thing to do on a Saturday afternoon, but as a way of life that you can use to get around,” DeLorenzo said. The University maintained a bronze-level BFU certification since 2011. This is the first promotion the University received from alpasan2@dailyillini.com

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Marc Thompson sets up a teleconference with the founder of ProctorU, Jarrod Morgan, in his office in the Armory building on Wednesday. Exams proctored through the service cost $8.75 for a 30-minute exam, $14.75 for one hour, $21.50 for 90 minutes or two hours and $30.25 for a three-hour exam.

model,” Thompson said. Bradley Tune, first-year graduate student in Law and University of Mississippi alumna, said her undergraduate institution required an addition $100 fee for an online management class called Entrepreneurial Leadership. ProctorU was used for exams, but students did not have to pay the fee. “There’s no fee unless you wait (until) 72 hours before to register,” Tune said. On the other hand, stu-

dents at the University are required to pay the ProctorU fee for exams of certain classes, such as ACCY 200: Fundamentals of Accounting. Peter Silhan, professor of ACCY 200, was unable to comment at the time of publication. According to ProctorU at Illinois, exams proctored through the service cost $8.75 for a 30-minute exam, $14.75 for one hour, $21.50 for 90 minutes or two hours and $30.25 for a three-hour

exam. Students are charged when they schedule the exam. This does not include any late fees for last-minute changes that may happen. Other facilities and departments, such as the Computer-Based Testing Facility, that consist of online exams and proctors do not require this same fee. There is also no late fee or additional charge for moving the time of a test last-minute. Students who need special conditions for their test

are not charged extra. “The students that need extra time … are not charged anything additionally. They are just charged the 90-minute rate,” Thompson said. Despite the fee, Morgan said University students were very satisfied with exams taken using ProctorU. “I think it’s that convenience factor that makes people come back and keep using it,” Morgan said.

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Stone stated the University of Illinois Police Department will be providing increased police presence on Green Street as well as other parts on campus. “We will always treat reports like this with the utmost seriousness and investigate them as quickly as we can,” the Massmail read. These reports haven’t been the only instance of raciallycharged displays and rhetoric on campus. Last week, Erik McDuffie, professor in LAS, alerted University police and campus officials to a photo he had received from a student showing offensive graffiti in a men’s bathroom stall in the Armory. Anti-semitism has also being a growing source of concern and controversy, with four swastikas being found on campus in recent weeks, although some appear to be old and unrelated to each other.

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around the Main Quad to raise awareness of dating violence. Everything they do has one goal in the end. “I know it’s kind of daunting to say ‘end sexual assault,’ and it won’t happen tomorrow, but I think it’s important to note that if you don’t have that goal in mind, we’re never going to truly reach it,” Mirza said.

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Facebook. LeRoy called the incident “a campus climate issue,” even if the man’s actions weren’t illegal. Champaign Police Lt. Bruce Ramseyer said police received LeRoy’s call at 9:19 p.m., but no officers reported seeing the truck after information was spread to the department. Ramseyer said a second caller reported seeing a truck with a Confederate flag but didn’t hear the driver say anything. News of the incident quickly spread throughout the student population and the University’s Black United Front issued a warning around noon Thursday of white supremacists “verbally assaulting students” in two other incidents that have not yet been officially confirmed. In Friday’s Massmail, claredb2@dailyillini.com

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new department in student government, members are still trying to show output and “inward and outward legitimacy” to the administration and the student body, Mirza said. Right now, that means hosting more events and getting the word out. In April, SAPD will host the Red Flag Cam- esimmon@dailyillini.com paign, with red flags placed

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Members of the Illinois Student Government post their commitment to stopping domestic violence on a bulletin board on Thursday. ISG aims to address the lack of consequences faculty face after sexual misconduct.

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Students experience country culture in local barns BY JARED EBANKS STAFF WRITER

Since 1991, herds of college students have gathered in barns just outside of the University for a night full of country music. From Greek organizations and RSOs to local weddings and birthday parties, Farm Lake gives members of this community an opportunity to spend their night listening to music with a southern twang and dancing. For the past 28 years, Farm Lake hasn’t operated as a farm —its only business comes from the barn dances it hosts in its two locations. The remaining land is leased out by David Dessen, who has been the owner of the land and barns since September when his mother, Loretta Dessen, passed away. The barns host a little more than 50 dances during the fall semester and 25-30 during the spring semester. Since the introduction of barn dances, the barns have hosted close to a quarter of a million attendees. Given the large number of students who participate in the dances and the events’ popularity, keeping everyone safe becomes a top priority due to the presence of alcohol. To keep everyone from students, drivers and work-

ers safe, David and his employees list off the barn’s guidelines and rules to each group on the bus before it enters the barn. “If you get 200 to 300 college-aged kids here, some are drinking a lot, you’re gonna have a few that are a little hard to deal with,” David said. “For the most part, better than 95% of the kids are just fine.” During the dances, David has five workers running security while he floats back and forth between barns, monitoring the roads so buses can pick up and drop atendees off safely. Since 2008, Starr Limousines has been employed by Greek organizations and RSOs for transportation to and from these barn dances. H.D. Brown, president of Starr Limousines, averages around four barn dance trips per week. Driving a bus full of 65 college-aged kids can be more than a handful for these drivers. Similar to Farm Lake, Starr Limousines implements strict rules for students on the ride. “We like to keep control on the bus,” Brown said. “That’s both for the student’s safety and the driver’s safety and general public perception as well.” Brow n notes there

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have been incidents in which students have been removed from the bus for endangering others. This might happen if a fight occurs on the bus. In this instance, Brown says the driver will find a safe, welllit area, like a gas station, and remove the passenger from the bus. There have been instances where the police have been involved or passengers have been removed, but these are a very rare occurrence. A majority of the company’s business comes from Greek organizations looking to schedule an event at a barn. Very rarely does Brown receive calls from organizations that haven’t used its services before.

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As a driver, Brown picks up the students at their respective organizations or chapter houses and brings them back at the end of the night. “There are a few groups that are typically more troublesome than others, but historically always the one particular house is the trouble house,” Brown said. However, Brown finds a majority of the time, students are able to handle themselves responsibly and accordingly. “More times than none, at least two-thirds of the kids on each trip will thank the driver,” Brown said. Emma Potempa, sophomore in ACES, has been to multiple barn dances as a part of her sorority, Delta

Delta Delta. Delta Delta Delta attends one barn dance a year as a house during the fall semester. “I see it as a tradition,” Potempa said. “For Greek life, so many houses have been doing it for a good amount of time that it’s something that everyone continues to want to do.” Potempa remembers how older members of the house would rave about one specific part of the night: the late Loretta’s kind words and tasty ChexMix. Through this, Potempa believes the barn dances give her house an opportunity unmatched at any other University. “It’s a positive event that brings us all together,”

Potempa said. “It makes us appreciate where we go to school and the community around us.” David is aware of the positive impact the barns and services of the workers have on the students and believes that while participating in this special piece of University culture, it is important to appreciate and give thanks to the people on campus that give students such great opportunities throughout their college experience. “I would say a lot of the students after they graduate, (the barn dance) is one of their fondest memories of University life,” Potempa said. jaredde2@dailyillini.com

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Local artists host Halloween exhibition BY ANNA PEVEY STAFF WRITER

Five flights up the Lincoln Building in Champaign, nestled in a corner studio, is ACME Elfworks Art Space. Melissa Mitchell, a Champaign-based artist and the founder of ACME Elfworks, has been hosting exhibitions in her studio since 2017 as well as using the studio space in general for about nine years. Her current exhibition, “Haunted,” focuses on the odd and the creepy things surrounding Halloween, which is being displayed until Saturday. The studio itself is covered in art, such as paintings on wood, sculptures and different art pieces assembled by local artists. “I’ve been creating art and have had an art-based mind my whole life, since I was young,” Mitchell said. “I think now that I have the ability and the space to host things like this, it has just made it so much more fun as an artist and as a member of the community.” With this particular show, Mitchell attributes the Halloween attitude as her theme inspiration. “I have always just liked Halloween,” she said. “This theme gives me an opportunity to have a fun gallery with equal public interest for the art. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to bring friends, old and new, along for the ride and invite new artists to showcase their work for this show and other shows I have hosted.” Patience Anders is an Urbana-based artist whose work is incorporated into the exhibition. “I just really appreciate, personally, the opportunity to participate in this show and be able to have people be able to enjoy the art,” Anders said. While Champaign-Urbana is overf lowing with artistic talent, some things can hold artists back. Mitchell said the community does not have a lot of spaces for people to sell their art right now. She said she is glad to be an outlet to help people show off their work. The Halloween exhibit is something Anders is really excited for people to come see and experience. “I think these galleries

are really cool to bring artists and people who appreciate art together within the community, but also, who doesn’t love a good Halloween theme?” Anders said. “It is a fun time of year for people. (It’s) fall and you get that nip in the air, people start thinking of Halloween and it getting spookier.” A nders’ art, placed along the walls in the studio, focuses on tributes to authors and themes that revolve around Halloween or creepy writing. Anders graduated from the University with a degree in interior design; however, her career path has since changed. She said now if she could go back, she would probably be an English major due to her love of literature. That is why so much of her art is literature-based. Shows that Mitchell hosts in her studio often attract people of all ages. Jennifer Buchanan, a resident of Urbana, is a big fan of ACME Elfworks and Mitchell’s work. “I am not an artist; I would say I’m a big fan,” she said. “I don’t do art myself, but I love seeing art and I appreciate people that make art.” Buchanan went to the “Haunted” gallery recently with her mother, who is 83. “My mother and I went to the studio and really enjoyed it and enjoyed the art that we saw,” Buchanan said. “I have loved going to the things Melissa hosts for a while now and just love the studio and the art. Especially the doll head art that she makes.” The architectural features of the Lincoln Building where the studio and art space is located come up frequently in conversation, in addition to the actual work done by ACME Elfworks and “Haunted.” “Every surface, every corner has something interesting that catches the eye,” Anders said. “The building itself is creepy, but in a cool way. I think it looks pretty similar to when it was first built. Melissa’s studio space is so interesting, so homey.” Whether it be the building or the art itself, the “Haunted” exhibition is a sight to see for anyone who comes to it. For artists like Anders, it’s been an awesome experience.

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Pieces by Patience Anders (above) and Melissa Mitchell (right) are on display in Micthell’s art exhibition, “Haunted.” The display, which shows local art, is at the Lincoln Building in Champaign and will be open until Saturday.

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OPINIONS It’s time for a Democratic primary dwindling CLINT DOZIER COLUMNIST

fter the 12-candidate Democratic debate, (which seven other candidates didn’t even qualify for), many voters — myself included — are concerned that the 2020 Democratic field has not narrowed nearly as much as it should have by now. The October debate — which was hosted by CNN and the New York Times — featured twelve candidates: Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Bernie SandJACOB WARGO THE DAILY ILLINI ers, Senator Kamala Harris, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Rob Smith gives a speech about his journey from Democrat to Andrew Yang, Senator Cory Republican in Gregory Hall on Oct. 16. Columnist Joe advises Booker, former Represenpeople to approach trolls and clickbaiters with apathy instead tative Beto O’Rourke, Senaof engaging them. tor Amy Klobuchar, former housing secretary Julián Castro, Representative Tulsi Gabbard and billionaire Tom Steyer. This was the first debate for Steyer, who raised more money than any of the other candidates durWhen I saw his poster on ing the third quarter and JOE DILLIER campus that read: “Amerhas raised the fourth largCOLUMNIST ica’s Favorite Black, Gay est sum of any Democratic Republican,” I wondered contender so far. This was who gave him that title. It also the returning debate turns out it’s a self-appoint- for Gabbard, who failed to e live in an era of ed one. The title is not only qualify for the September political trolling. tacky, but it shows he relies debate. Now more than ever, on the same identity poliit is vital we remain civical- tics he criticizes as an ethos ly vigilant and hold politito justify points. His Twitcians accountable. ter is filled with the kind But trolls are one group of short, clickbait-like vidthat needs no attention. eos used by everyone from Their purpose is not to Al Jazeera to TPUSA that make actual political points generate strong emotional but to make statements appeal and say very little. that elicit an extreme, and Smith also tweeted a phooften irrational, reaction to of one of his posters from from people. The best way behind a glass case in the to fight them is through the Illini Union. power of apathy. He claims it was there to We can see how apathy be “protected” from leftas a tool plays out in real ists — even though that is life. Take the recent visit to where posters for all sorts campus by Turning Point of campus events are hung. USA representative Rob He says these things to Smith. Smith was speaking maintain the facade of a on behalf of the conservadangerous censored radical tive political organization and hide the fact that he’s a that regularly hosts events D-list political celebrity on on college campuses. At the college campus speakother universities, TPUSA ing circuit. Maybe it was speakers, and conservajust a joke, but people in the tives in general, have faced comment section — as per strong opposition. usual — seemed to believe However, at the Univerhim. The point of provocasity of Illinois, Smith faced tive hacks, on both sides of very little pushback. Our the aisle, is to do just that: campus affiliate of TPUSA provoke. found a single anti-fascist Apathy as a strategy style poster rallying people would be effective against to protest the event on a TPUSA. Facebook data bulletin board on the quad. shows the organization TOMMY BLOCK SENIOR COLUMNIST But, there is no evidence uses its social media adverthat anyone heeded its call tising budget not to attract — if there was even a single college-age students to the protestor, it is unlikely that movement, as they claim, TPUSA or Smith would not but to fire up middle-aged omecoming has been a have jumped at the opporand senior individuals. This revered tradition at Illitunity to tweet about it. is because those are the nois for over 100 years, Additionally, the campeople who actually fund and it’s on track to last at pus socialist organization, the organization. least until we’re the ones UIUC Young Democratic TPUSA, for the most coming home. Socialists of America, went part, is an astroturf moveThe question is: What on Twitter to claim that the ment: It is not funded by home will we, as alumni, poster was a false flag to try its grassroots members come back to? and drum up controversy. but receives money from My parents went to the This saga leads to an wealthy, elite conservatives University when it didn’t interesting question: What to create flashy content and have a building above three do you do when you disattract donors retroactively. stories. They make sure I’m agree with on-campus One of the ways it motivates well aware of that every time speakers? its donors to keep doling out they visit, and last weekend Setting aside the fact that checks is by showing them was no exception. This past it is our First Amendment protests as proof that they Homecoming felt less like an right to protest whatever or need more money to fight opportunity to relive memwhomever we please, on the the social justice warriors. ories, and more like a chalquestion of rhetorical effecIn the case of provocalenge to see where they all fit tiveness, protesting may teurs and trolls, whose pay- into a new landscape. not always be the way to checks stem from being Some transitions have go. Of course, protesting is edgy and creating self-serv- been more obvious than othan ethical and legal way to ing controversy, the best ers. A handful of highrises express your strong beliefs. advice for handling them now dominate the “skyline” But in the case of provois simply to ignore them. (if it can be called one), and cateurs and trolls — peoHacks very rarely have any- upscale chain restaurants ple who use inflammatory thing substantive to say. and retail stores lure pedesremarks to generate contro- Their real power comes trians off Green Street. versy and publicity — ignor- from getting reactions out Champaign has undoubting them is the best option. of people, so let them speak. edly leapt into the modern I will concede that I know This is best summarized by era; there’s a lot less brick, little of Smith’s work other right-wing troll Milo Yianand a lot more steel and glass. than watching his Fox News nopoulos: Leftists should Other changes have been, interview and checking out “stop taking the bait.” more poignant. My dad had his Twitter, but he has the me drive the family down effect of a political hack. Joe is a senior in LAS. Daniel Street to take a look His politics rely on unorigi- dillier2@dailyillini.com at his old house, only to see nal talking points and quick that it had been torn down, sound bites. supposedly to make way for

Fighting with apathy is an effective political tool

For reference, the Republican primary debate of October 2015 featured 10 candidates, and the race itself featured only 15 total candidates at the time of that debate. This is what I would consider a kind of pivotal point in a presidential primary race. Summer has come to an end, the American people have begun to tune back into the news and politics, and the Iowa caucuses are only a little over three months away. Based on the 2015-2016 primary season, this is where I would contend that things have begun to get fairly serious. We also seem to have entered a point in the race where the candidates have found their various ideological “lanes” as well as their individual bases of support. This is well reflected in early state and national public opinion polling, and the candidates can now be organized — quite easily — into several tiers. Although early states differ somewhat in terms of which specific candidate is in first or second place, the overall trends in the data seem to support this idea. In the top tier, there areBiden, Warren and Sanders. Biden and Warren are further ahead than Sanders, but Sanders is still ahead of the remaining candidates. In tier two, there are But-

tigieg and Harris, who have consistently out-paced many tier three candidates but have failed to catch up to their tier one colleagues. Finally, in tier three, there is basically everyone else. Most of the remaining candidates have consistently been polling only around 2-4% in national and early state polls, and this race has essentially been underway since January. If a candidate has failed to achieve even high single-digit polling in a consistent fashion by now, I would say the odds of that person becoming the nominee are slim to none. Most would probably agree that any of the current three tier-one candidates has the best shot at becoming the nominee. With Biden and Warren in a dead heat in most early state polls, the best chance of all probably lies with one of those two. Tier-two candidates Buttigieg and Harris could still potentially make significant gains before primary voting begins, but this becomes less and less likely as time passes. Tier three candidates, on the other hand, are likely in significant peril. As time goes on, and the Democratic National Committee debate qualification rules continue to get stricter, it will be enormously more difficult for these candi-

dates to stay in the race. This brings me to my main point. There will be only one nominee, and it will almost certainly be someone from either the first or second tier. If you are a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president who has thus far failed to gain a significant amount of momentum, it is time for you to drop out of the race. It isn’t like these candidates were excluded by the Democratic establishment. Many lower-profile candidates have been included in several debates, appeared on town hall programs and have been featured on countless hours of cable news. This is the point in the primary season where one candidate needs to begin to gain the momentum to win not only the Democratic presidential nomination, but also the momentum to beat Donald Trump as well. This will become ever more difficult if low-polling candidates continue to crowd the debate stages and take up valuable television airtime. Beating Trump is essential, and an overcrowded Democratic convention won’t be helpful in the slightest. Clint is a junior in LAS. cdozie2@dailyillini.com

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University will always be home to dramatic change

another apartment complex. He said he could’ve sworn it was standing a year ago when he last checked. Change can be a weird and alienating event, which is odd considering how many things we now consider as integral to the University were once brought about by change. Last Saturday, the Illini beat the Wisconsin Badgers in a stadium that did not exist 100 years ago. For a brief time in 1923, it was just a couple slabs of concrete (plus one bulldozer, which happens to remain buried underneath the stadium to this day, but that’s a different story). Yes, change can even work against our sentimentality.

This homecoming weekend marked the last for the current location of the locally renowned bar KAM’s, a staple of University culture since 1975. The goodbye was tough for everyone, particularly for the bacteria thriving off of the floor. This farewell, however, was more of a formality. KAM’s isn’t really going away — it’s moving, right next door to the Papa John’s on Green Street, to be exact. Different building, different generation, same attitude. In a strange way, could this rowdy bar be … a metaphor? For something as abstract and poetic as the perseverance of our school spirit? Change isn’t just a recent trend for Champaign. The

history of the University can be defined by constant, dramatic transformation. Sometimes we welcome it, and other times it invites itself onto campus. In all cases, it’s probably inevitable — there will be a new KAM’s, a new Mechanical Engineering Building, a new Target, a new design center, a new Wright Street. That doesn’t mean, however, change will carry our memories out to sea. This is the last time the University will look like this. When it’s time for us to come back as alumni, let’s share what we remember about it. Tommy is a junior in Engineering. tblock2@dailyillini.com

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Construction on the corner of Wright and Chalmers Streets on Sept. 20. Columnist Tommy encourages readers and students to think of the University nostalgically amidst the constant changes.

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SPORTS VOLLEYBALL

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Illini defeat Buckeyes, end road losing streak BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITER

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Defensive lineman Tymir Oliver (96) celebrates with the cannon after beating Purdue 24-6. The Illinois defense kept Purdue at 6 points Saturday.

Illinois derails Purdue 24-6

BY MILES POWERS-HUANG STAFF WRITER

After dealing with several injuries to key players and having never won consecutive conference games under head coach Lovie Smith, hopes weren’t high heading into Saturday’s game at Purdue for Illinois. The Illini appeared to hit a turning point in this season, however. Tenacious defense and successful running led them to a 24-6 victory over the Boilermakers. The Illini put 3 points on the board to open scoring, but it looked as though points would be hard to come by early on. But, after recording arguably the most important turnover in Illinois football this decade with a late interception to set up the gamewinning field goal against Wisconsin last week, safety Tony Adams struck again, jumping in front of an illadvised, floating pass from Purdue’s Jack Plummer and returning it 13 yards for a touchdown. From there on out, the Illini ran the ball like their lives depended on it. Dre Brown led the way with 131 yards while Reggie Corbin was his usual self with 47 yards and a touchdown. The wet and windy conditions prevented the Illini from doing much of anything in the passing game, although it didn’t help that starter Ricky Smalling was out due to injury. Quarterback Brandon Peters only threw for 26 yards on 3-6 passing the entire day.

“We get in the gym every day, and our staff is hard on us, but loving,” Prince said. “They push us to be better every day. That was a tough road swing with really, really good teams, so I thought we could come out of all those matches and learn something about ourselves and go back in the gym the next day and make those changes.” One of those improvements was starting strong right out of the gates. Illinois won the first three points of the match and never let Ohio State take the lead in the first set. While the Buckeyes tied it up three times in the first set, consecutive kills from Megan Cooney and Kennedy Collins ended the first set. Illinois got out to another big jump in the second set, leading Ohio State 16-10, but gave up 7 unanswered points and the lead. The teams traded points up until the last 2 with a kill from sophomore Mica Allison and an attack error from the Buckeyes. Illinois locked in on the third set, hitting a matchhigh .351 with 17 kills. While Ohio State held the early lead, Illinois went on two 4-0 runs near the middle of the set to pull away. The Illini ended the match with a kill from Quade followed by an Ohio State receiving error. Illinois will continue its three-match home stretch with Michigan (13-6, 6-3) on FridayandMichiganState(136, 4-5) on Saturday. Following the weekend matchups, Illinois has just eight regular-season matches left. “We’re looking forward to getting back in the gym Monday,” Tamas said. “We’re halfway through the Big Ten season. We’ll be looking at a lot of numbers and get to see where we need to go from there.”

After three consecutive losses on the road, the No. 17 Illinois volleyball team returnedtoHuffHallonSaturday to host Ohio State. The Illini (10-9, 5-5) swept the Buckeyes (11-11, 4-6), winning their first match in two weeks. “It’s good to be back home,” said head coach Chris Tamas. “That’s about as grueling of a road trip you’ll get both opponent-wise and how the travel ended up working out, late nights and early mornings. Proud of the way we fought through and able to come out today, not using that as an excuse, but I thought we played really well.” Ohio State kept the first two sets close (25-21, 26-24), but Illinois sealed the win with a 25-17 third set. Senior Jacqueline Quade led the Illini with 13 kills and recorded a .324 hitting percentage while adding two aces. Redshirt senior Beth Prince followed Quade with 11 kills, playing her third straight match after being injured early in the season. “Sometimes being off reminds you how much you love something,” Prince said. “Not that I wanted to be hurt, but it definitely gives you more perspective. Being a fifth-year and knowing this is my last go-around makes me appreciate it a little more, putting on the jersey again, pulling up the knee pads.” In their last three matches, the Illini averaged just over 30 attacking errors but only had 15 against the Buckeyes. Illinois hit .236 on Saturday, making it the team’s best kill percentage since Oct. 12 against Indiana. While Illinois struggled to put together a win on the road, Prince said the team has been learning from each match and translated those @gabby_h11 lessons into a win on Saturday. ghajduk2@dailyillini.com

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Illinois running back Reggie Corbin runs the ball at Purdue on Saturday. Corbin ran 47 yards and scored a touchdown, helping drive the Illini to their 24-6 win.

The win Saturday ensured this season will at least tie for the most successful during Smith’s tenure from a win-loss perspective, regardless of how the season finishes.. The aerial attack wasn’t necessary on Saturday though, since two bigchunk runs from Brown put the Illini on the doorstep before Peters found the end zone on the ground

from 1 yard out to give Illinois a 17-0 lead. The Illini carried that lead into the half and added to it late in the third with a 20-yard touchdown run from Corbin after a fum-

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Running back Dre Brown (25) braves the weather during Illinois’ game against Purdue. Brown led the Illini Saturday with 131 yards.

ble recovery from Dele Harding. Smith has constantly preached taking the ball away during his tenure at Illinois, and the Illini continued to show improvements in that area with two on Saturday, both setting up scores. T he B oi ler m a ker s would tack on a late touchdown, but the score did nothing more than ruin the Illini shutout, as the team held on for a 24-6 victory. While last Saturday’s win over Wisconsin was undeniably more important and impressive, the victory in West Lafayette, Indiana may have been Illinois’ most dominant win in the Lovie Smith era respective to the opponent. Missing quarterback Elijah Sindelar and play-maker Rondale Moore, Purdue just could not move the ball on Illinois’ defense, which, itself, was missing standout defensive end Oluwole Betiku. The Boilermakers thrashed the Illini 46-7 in the 2018 homecoming game, so Saturday provided a sweet taste of revenge for Smith’s team. Illinois, 4-4, hosts Rutgers next weekend, a matchup that undoubtedly favors Illinois, who now has the program’s first bowl bid since 2014 an arm’s length away. The win Saturday ensured this season will at least tie for the most successful during Smith’s tenure from a winloss perspective, regardless of how the season finishes. The three-game stretch between Eastern Michigan and Minnesota looked as though it would decimate Illinois’ season, but the Illini have rebounded quite nicely and are set to finish strong down the stretch. @MilesP_H milesp2@dailyillini.com

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Senior Jacqueline Quade jumps to the net in Huff Hall on Saturday. Quade led the Illini with 13 kills, helping the team defeat the Buckeyes 3-0.

MEN’S TENNIS

Team aims to continue strong performances in upcoming tournaments BY JACKSON JANES STAFF WRITER

The Illini are looking to build off of senior Aleks Kovacevic’s success in Fayetteville, Arkansas, over the past week, with three tournaments set to take place over the next nine days. The team looks forward to competing in the Charlottesville Challenger, hosted by the University of Virginia, as well as the $25,000 Sanchez-Casal Florida Sponsored by Germain BMW of Naples, Florida. The team also hopes to compete in the Lakewood Ranch Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Last year’s Dick Vitale

Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic saw the Illini make a deep tournament run, with then-junior Noe Khlif making it to the semifinals. That was the only season in which they participated in the competition, according to schedules found on fightingillini.com. According to the official tournament site, the meet will consist of a 32-player field for singles competition and a 16-team doubles draw. The meet will take place from Friday to Sunday and will raise money for Dick Vitale’s V Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Research, per the tournament’s official Facebook SEE TOURNAMENTS | 3B

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MEN’S TENNIS

Khlif, Montsi give perspectives on international tennis BY JACKSON JANES AND LUCA RIPANI STAFF WRITERS

The top 10-ranked NCAA Division I tennis programs currently average four international players on their rosters, with the average team size at 11, according to the NCAA. Although international players find greater difficulty with recruitment, as they have less exposure to NCAA coaches at tournaments and showcases, universities welcome foreign athletes to increase the diversity and versatility of programs. The University has two players from outside of the United States: senior Noe Khlif, from Marseille, France, and sophomore Siphosothando Montsi, who’s from East London, South Africa. THE DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTO

Noe Khlif

Illinois’ Noe Khlif returns the ball during the match against Duke at Atkins Tennis Center on Feb. 1. The University has two Khlif is a senior from a international players: senior Noe Khlif, from France, and sophomore Siphosothando Montsi, from South Africa.

small town in France, roughly 15 miles outside of Marseille. After starting tennis at the age of four, Khlif knew it was the sport for him. This passion flourished into a more serious time commitment as Khlif began traveling to practices and tournaments by the time he was 11 years old. Khlif spent one year studying at a French university, as there’s difficulty in finding good programs after high school where you can still play tennis against high-level competition. Additionally, talented teammates and world-class coaches and facilities are only available at certain colleges, something which influenced Khlif’s decision to come to the United States. Khlif spent a lot of time researching colleges across the globe for a program that would best suit his academic and athletic talents. After receiving a phone call from the Illinois head coach Brad Dancer, Khlif made an official visit and fell in love with the campus. “I was looking at differ-

ent universities, and one day Brad (Dancer) called me, and I visited here, and I really liked it,” Khlif said. “I liked the culture and the team, literally everything here, so I committed right away. This is the only school I visited.” The differences between tennis in the United States and France are drastic, Khlif said. France takes a more individualized approach to practice, while the U.S. focuses on working together and practicing as a team to develop communication skills, forcing everyone to push each other to become better players. Khlif also acknowledged the abundance of facilities in the United States compared to in his home country. “The facilities in the United States are better, too. There are maybe two or three facilities like this in France,” Khlif said. “Here, every university has nice facilities indoors and outdoors, so it’s really nice.” Although Khlif said adapting to tennis in the United States took some time, adjusting to being away from

his family was quite easy, as he spent a lot of time separated from his parents and siblings while playing with the French Tennis Federation. Despite living thousands of miles from his family, he’s able to go back for two to three weeks over the holidays and during summer vacation. Khlif admits the most difficult part is only being able to go home for a few weeks between the months of September and May. While his family has never been able to see him play as an Illini, they came before his freshman year to help him get settled in. He hopes they will be able to come next year and see him play in a few matches. This is Khlif’s fourth year on the team, but he aims to take a redshirt-year to focus on healing his wrist. While he’s unable to contribute to his team’s goal of winning the Big Ten Tournament and making a run in the NCAA Championships this season, he has faith in his teammates. “I think we have a very solid team this year, and I think

back in South Africa. Tennis is a lot bigger here,” Montsi said. “The main sports back home are soccer, cricket, rugby; but here, (tennis) is a lot more popular.” Though tennis was not always a definite athletic path for Montsi, as he considered playing other sports when he was younger, but tennis was different for Montsi and drew him in. “Just because it was different. I played all those sports, I’ve always been a sporty guy … I wanted to play tennis because it was just different, I was doing something different than all my friends and I started doing well, so I went with it.” Montsi said the program at Illinois has helped him find a balance between improving in tennis and enjoying his time as a college student. As an international student, Montsi sometimes feels the pressure to not only represent Illinois as a school, but his entire country. However, Monsti has gotten used to the pressure. “But (the pressure is) something I’ve gotten used to, Montsi said. “But there’s always that pressure. But it’s something I don’t really think about. Pressure’s never really been a problem for me.” Even though he’s only a sophomore, Montsi has lofty goals for this season. “My goal for this season is just to contribute as much as I can to the team,” Montsi said. “Win as many matches as possible, get good wins against good schools. What’s always been a goal for me is to win the Big Ten Conference and get into the (NCAA tournament).” Montsi’s status as an international player is becoming more and more popular. His best friend from home plays at Florida State, and another friend plays at Texas Christian University, who the Illini will face on March 14, 2020.

if some of the guys can step “A big difference is that up, we can have a really great you get a lot more people year here,” Khlif said. watching you here,” Montsi said. “People are a lot more Siphosothando Montsi engaged because they know Montsi is a sophomore the sport, whereas back home from East London, South it was only, maybe, the last Africa. Montsi began playing few years when I started tennis at 9 years old because doing really well when I’d of a program in his commu- have people watching me … nity that encouraged him to and it’s a little bit better here play competitively. honestly.” Montsi came to the UnitLike his teammate Khlif, ed States to play tennis after Montsi is happy at Illinois; being recruited by head however, he sometimes gets coach Dancer, who saw him melancholy about his family play in several international and friends across the Atlanmatches. He chose to come to tic Ocean. Although he missIllinois, because he saw the es them, Montsi uses his fampotential for balancing aca- ily as motivation to continue demic and athletic success. to succeed. “It was a no-brainer for “(My parents and my little me, coming to the (United) brother) were really happy,” States. I’m getting the best Montsi said. “They obviously of academics and the best of missed me a lot, but they’re tennis,” Montsi said. happy for me.” Montsi says Monsti also said South he hasn’t gone home in over African tennis facilities pale a year, but plans to over winin comparison to the ones ter break. available at Illinois, but Even though Montsi has Montsi said the biggest dif- seen much success in the U.S. ference between tennis in as a tennis player, the sport South Africa and the U.S. is isn’t as popular in South janes6@illinois.edu the increased focus that is Africa. sports@illinimedia.com given to the sport in America. “Tennis is not a big sport

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ILLINOIS VS. PURDUE

It was a perfect storm of chaos brewing at Ross-Ade Stadium. The Illini proved their homecoming win to be no fluke in the rainy conditions against the Boilermakers at Purdue Saturday afternoon. The offense remained unfazed by the weather as it stayed faithful to its run game, while the defense did everything and more to disrupt Purdue’s Jack Plummer every step of the way.

OFFENSE Graduate transfer Brandon Peters had a quiet game, only throwing for Senior running back Dre Brown led the Illini with 131 rush 26 yards and completing three of his six attempts. Nonetheless, yards, while junior Ra’Von Bonner and Corbin the Illini remained productive with the football in their hands. added 48 and 47 rush yards respectively. Despite The Illini got off to a slow first quarter, but junior not having much going in the passing game, the kicker James McCourt put the Illini up 3-0 with a difference ended up being the Illini rushing 38-yard field goal with 2:47 seconds left in the first. just over 100 more yards than the Boilermakers. Peters scored the first offensive touchdow n for “Offensively we had a great game plan,” said head coach the Illini with 1:41 left in the half after being guidLovie Smith. “When you have rainy conditions, you’ve ed into the end zone, putting them up 17-0, and got got to be able to run the football. Coach Rod Smith and their final touchdown by way of a 20-yard run by senior our offensive staff did a great job executing that.” receiver Reggie Corbin at the end of the third quarter.

DEFENSE Illinois f looded freshman quarterback Jack Plummer worse than the rain flooded Ross-Ade Stadium. The Boilermakers were nearly shutout for the entire game, had it not been for a 99-yard, 13 play drive that ended with an 11-yard pass from backup quarterback Aidan O’Connell to Durham Payne at the 5:49 mark. Junior punter Blake Hayes consistently put the Boilermakers in unfavorable f ield positions, of ten placing Purdue behind its own 10-yard line. Turnovers were turned into points twice Saturday afternoon. Around the 10-minute mark in the second period, Plummer threw a 13-yard pick-six to junior cornerback Tony Adams. The interception is Adams’

second of the season, his last one being the interception that set the Illini up for their final scoring drive in the win against the Badgers. The next turnover, a forced fumble by fellow junior cornerback Nate Hobbs, put the Illini well within scoring position at the Boilermakers’ 22-yard line, setting up the later drive and touchdown by Corbin. Senior cornerback Stanley Green led the Illini in tackles with nine, while senior linebacker Dele Harding and sophomore free safety Sydney Brown each had eight. Senior lineman Jamal Milan tackled for a loss four times and added one of two sacks for the Illini. “It started with the defensive side of the ball,” Smith said. “Our line gave them great pressure, and we were disruptive throughout the game. We did a great job with taking the football away, especially with Tony Adams, doing it in his second game at cornerback.”

DRE BROWN With a career-best 131 yards rushed and 18 carries, Brown was the lifeblood the Illini offense needed. In his second carry, he pushed through the defense and into the midfield to cap off a 44-yard rush into Purdue territory. Brown got the offense fired back up in the second with back-to-back carries of 21 and 25 yards to push all the way to Purdue’s 3-yard line, giving way for the touchdown by Peters to go up 17-0. For the rest of the afternoon, Brown rushed for 21 yards on nine attempts.

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Since beating Wisconsin, Illinois is a new team. No, scratch that. Since beating Wisconsin, Illinois is confident enough to be the team it had all the pieces to be. All season long, I have been saying Illinois is on the brink of something amazing, and it has finally crossed that threshold. For the first time in Lovie Smith’s head coach reign, Illinois beat Purdue and took back The Cannon. Illinois hasn’t won back-toback Big Ten wins in the Lovie era until now. The numbers have been here the whole time, and it was getting to the point where even in press conferences Smith couldn’t tell us what was going wrong and what needed to be fixed. The defense was forcing turnovers and the offense was making touchdowns, but we just weren’t finishing out the game. Something changed in those young men after the

win against Wisconsin. Whether it be confidence, the idea that they can do it, or a lucky day, the victory did spark something amazing, and the team changed for the better. Even more amazingly, big hitters were out of the game and Illinois still managed to hold off Purdue into the fourth quarter when the Boilermakers made their single touchdown of the game. One of the many things Smith has been able to do best is capitalizing on the turnover battle. Throughout this season, Illinois has won each turnover battle and recently began to figure out how to convert those to wins. All the naysayers who wanted to fire Smith failed to realize all the things he was putting in place. The orange and blue blood transfers (transfers from top schools) were truly the missing link and what separates last season to this season. We’ve now reached the point that hasn’t been reached in the Lovie era: legitimate bowl eligibility. Although no one wants

to jinx it and say records are an obvious win against Rutgers, at this point, it should be a very obvious win, but maybe not an easy one. I don’t think any competition for Illinois is ever going to be easy, but the Illini are kind of on a roll. On the same note, Rutgers isn’t doing very well and at this point, it’s safe to say it isn’t a football school and therefore, isn’t the scariest thing to face. With Rutgers out of the way, somehow Illinois has to beat Michigan State, Iowa or Northwestern. Michigan State is very hit or miss, Iowa should probably be just marked down as a hard maybe, but Northwestern has had defensive issues all year. Picking up at least two more wins on the road to a bowl game is just what these guys deserve after struggling to pull out a winning season. This streak should help fan turnout as well. Who doesn’t like to see some underdogs on top? @tati_perry14 tp3@dailyillini.com

“Dre Brown just seems to step up in different roles,” Smith said. “Whatever you ask him to do, he does it well.” @jaredfarmer jaredef2@dailyillini.com

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TOURNAMENTS page. The competition is also the “only clay court event on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association calendar,” according to the page. Illinois has never competed at either of the other two meets, according to fightingillini.com, which dates back to 1998. There hasn’t been an official announcement regarding players competing at any of the competitions, according to head coach Brad Dancer. Dancer described his goals for the upcoming meets. “I want them to just compete as hard as they can and get better,” Dancer said. “When you are competing really hard and engage in it mentally, that’s when you really find out what shots you own and what you don’t own. Plus, it gives us a chance to go back and look at those shots and make those shots better.” The Illini look to bring back some hardware as they continue to prepare for the winter and spring seasons. janes6@dailyillini.com @jacksonjones22

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the girls did not even have a name. The three women look back on the process of finding one as a funny story. They tossed around several ideas— many including puns. “Mine were all too inappropriate,” Rebone said. They decided on something with “honeys” or “ladies,” to emphasize they were an all-women band. But later, Rodriguez suggested Taco Belles in their group text, to which Rebone responded enthusiastically. Taylor joked that she wasn’t replying to the messages at this time and when she “came back it was already done.” A name isn't the only thing the group agrees on. All three women are passionate about jazz and the community it has specifically in Champaign. “People don’t realize how much live jazz there is— especially played by students,” Rebone said. Bringing more awareness and support to jazz music is a priority for the group. “This [University’s music department] is a really amazing program. If people are curious about live music, there are so many opportunities,” Taylor said. As far as future endeavors go, Taylor said she wants to move to a city and play for as long as she can, eventually teaching full time. Rodriguez has an accomplished solo career apart from the Taco Belles. In pursuit of her dream of being a singer, she is making her debut on this season of NBC’s The Voice, competing for Team Kelly. The ladies of the Taco Belles are not sure when their next group performance will be, but as individuals, they perform in the area quite often. Information about their appearances are available on their websites and on social media. buzz@readbuzz.com

Even leaving aside the thick accents, the dialogue in this film is often completely inscrutable. “The Witch” committed fully to being performed in obscure, 16th-century dialect, and that kind of attention to detail is carried over to “Lighthouse”'s late 19th-century setting, with every line containing unfamiliar lingo and parables about sea gods. There are scenes where you might understand every other word being said, but Dafoe and Pattinson have such intense physical presences that their dynamic could be understood on mute. A24, the studio releasing “The Lighthouse,” has made its name off making very serious horror films filled with meaning, including this year’s “Midsommar.” But while the slow-burn approach of “Midsommar” or “Hereditary” leads to films that can be as turgid as they are tense, “The Lighthouse” just wants to show us a grand old time. It’s easily the most entertaining Freudian nightmare you’ll see all year.

its most violent and crass. It doesn’t take a genius to notice the strains of homoeroticism between Dafoe and Pattinson, with conversations that seem to be leading towards a kiss that instead end with them beating the snot out of each other. There’s also farting galore, Pattinson threatening to do unsavory things to a steak and Dafoe being wounded by insults against his cooking. It’s Ingmar Bergman’s “I Love You, Man.” A movie this ridiculous requires actors willing to follow that ridiculousness all the way, and there could hardly be better choices for that than Dafoe and Pattinson. They’re both dialed to 11 from their first moments onscreen, with Dafoe bellowing every line, and Pattinson always seeming on the verge of a nervous fit. They also seem to be locked in a competition for who can do the more absurd accent, with Dafoe imitating “The Simpsons” sea captain and Pattinson trying out a bizarre John F. Kennedy impression. wt2@readbuzz.com

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After hitting it off, the trio decided they had created something worth pursuing. While watching them perform audiences can clearly see their chemistry and strong bond. Their first time talking, Rodrigez notes, “wasn’t even little [shallow] stuff. It was ‘I don’t think I’m in love with my boyfriend anymore and I think I want to move out of my house,’ It was deep.” Their passion for not only music but each other is evident and radiates in their live performances. For their first few gigs,

Willem Dafoe is one of our most off-kilter actors, bringing oddball energy even to the audience-friendly likes of “Spider-Man.” Robert Pattinson has used his “Twilight” money to appear in only the most aggressively uncommercial movies. Director Robert Eggers’ debut, “The Witch,” was a coming-of-age horror film whose breakout star was a goat. A meeting of these three minds would seem to produce something very strange, indeed, and “The Lighthouse” is just that. The subtext of “The Witch” was pretty easy for anyone to find; puritanism and repression are such destructive forces that satanism seems like a good alternative. “The Lighthouse,” by contrast, might be a stew of different ideas, or it might not have anything to say at all. But either way, how can you argue with something this bizarrely entertaining? Even people left scratching their heads won’t be able to deny the wonder of hearing Willem Dafoe mumbling about spilled beans. A man named Winslow (Pattinson) has gone on the run for some unknown reason and has taken a job as the assistant to lighthouse-keeper Wake (Dafoe). Their relationship is testy, even before a storm strands them in the lighthouse, at which point the situation becomes a free-forall of booze, paranoia and sea shanties. Having already shown impressive technical chops with “The Witch,” Eggers takes a big stylistic leap forward in this film. This is one of the most gorgeous films of the year, with inky blackand-white cinematography that’s unafraid to let the stars sink into the shadows and compositions as narrow as the lighthouse itself. Eggers shoots this in the ultraboxy aspect-ratio of silent films, creating a claustrophobic air that threatens to engulf the viewer as it does the characters. “The Lighthouse” often skirts with the supernatural, with tales of seagulls being the souls of dead sailors, regular appearances by a mermaid and a mystery of what inhabits the light at the top of the lighthouse. But rather than make another folklore horror movie, Eggers has made a dark comedy about two extraordinarily petty men screwing with each other. There may be ancient evil at play, but what’s definitely at play is a toxic mixture of captivity and the male ego. After all, what is a lighthouse shaped like? More than “The Witch,” “The Lighthouse” recalls Judd Apatow comedies in how it depicts male bonding at

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Crystal Rebone, Melinda Rodriguez and Emma Taylor of the Taco Belles. The trio has performed around the C-U area. All three musicians are graduate students in the Music department.

Local jazz trio Taco Belles center stage BY ZOE NEILSEN STAFF WRITER

About a year ago, University graduate student Crystal Rebone contacted Emma Taylor and Melinda Rodriguez, two of the wom-

en in her post-graduate jazz program at the University looking to start a musical group. From there, Taco Belles, a local ChampaignUrbana local jazz trio was born.

Founder and bass player Crystal Rebone from Beloit, Wisconsin is currently working on her doctorate at the University. Having completed her undergraduate at Western Illinois

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University, she has aspirations of teaching and playing music professionally. “The first jazz record I ever heard was the three bass players, and just hearing them play, I was like, ‘I want to sound like that.’ It was Ray Brown, Jack Clayton and Christian McBride,” she said. “They would do ‘Bye, bye blackbird’ and all these little arrangements, and I was like ‘this is so cool,’ but I’ve never had people I could do it with and then when we got good singers I was like, let’s just make a little group.” Emma Taylor from Decatur, Illinois, is pursuing her masters degree right now after just graduating from Milikin University. For Taco Belles, she plays bass and does some vocals. Then, Melinda Rodriguez. Born in Miami, Florida and graduated from Florida International University, she is also pursuing her masters at the University. For Taco Belles, she serves as the group's lead vocalist. Besides playing the bass, Rebone also coordinates all of the group's events and performances. “If someone is going on tour and stops in Chicago, I want to be one of the bass players they think of first to hire,” she said. Taco Belles has only had five or six shows so far, but all three women said they consider each other close friends.

“We started just because we are all females and there’s two bass players and a singer so it was a cool idea,” Taylor said. “We literally sat down after our first gig and didn’t know each other at all but by the end of it, we’d shared all these stories.”

“The first jazz record I ever heard was the three bass players, and just hearing them play, I was like, ‘I want to sound like that’.” CRYSTAL REBONE TACO BELLES FOUNDER AND BASS PLAYER

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