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David Dobrik shares wealth, not clickbait Union and the Illini Union Board. The event, which was free to students with a valid I-card, was a part of the University’s Ho m e c o m i n g We e k activities.

Prior to the event at the Union, David partnered up with the app Bumble to meet fans on the Main Quad and give away merch for the online connection builder. During the event, students began chanting “Save KAM’S” as Dobrik climbed atop a vintage trailer to speak to students.

The chants across the quad were likely a reference

BY SHAYLEE BENT STAFF WRITER

YouTube personality David Dobrik is known for his outrageous stunts, iconic friend group, his podcast and now for singlehandedly shutting down the University of Illinois for a day.

Dobrik got his start on the now non-existent app Vine.

Now reaching 14.1 million fans, Dobrik’s platform is used to highlight moments in his day to day life in the form of “vlogs.”

Dobrik’s appearance on campus was announced to students as “An Evening with David Dobrik,” and was hosted by the Illini

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Top: Dunia Ghanimah, senior in LAS, tears up while talking about the death of her cousin in Palestine at the annual faculty meeting on Monday. Ghanimah and other students voiced opposition to Chancellor Jones’ characterization of a student presentation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as anti-Semitic in a Massmail sent out on Oct. 9.

Above: Chancellor Robert Jones responds to Ghanimah’s concerns. Jones also addressed the recent incidents of hate found around campus, including the noose found in Allen Residence Hall and drawings of swastikas.

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David Dobrik speaks at the Illini Union on Tuesday. He is a famous YouTube personality known for his short vlogs featuring friends and celebrities.

UI reacts to racist, anti-Semitic incidents

BY SAMANTHA BOYLE NEWS EDITOR

On Sept. 1, a noose was found in the elevator of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory Drive. An arrest was made the following day, Sept. 2, and a Massmail briefing the incident was sent on Sept. 5.

“We will not tolerate racism here at Illinois,” said Chancellor Robert Jones in his Massmail. “We will not tolerate bigotry here at Illinois. We will not tolerate discrimination here at Illinois. We are committed to creating a university free of acts of intolerance, bias or prejudice.”

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a university free of acts of intolerance, bias or prejudice.”

CHANCELLOR ROBERT JONES CHANCELLOR OF URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

On Oct. 7, a swastika was found in the Foreign Language Building, 707 S. Mathews Ave. A Massmail was sent on Oct. 9 addressing

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this incident as well as a presentation given at a University Housing staff meeting that he said raised a concern with a nti-Semitic content.

A combined senate and annual faculty meeting also addressed these incidents.

At the meeting, a professor in LAS, Bruce Rosenstock, was concerned that Jones calling the presentation anti-Semitic was problematic and pushing the chancellor’s own definition of antiSemitism, even though there is no legal definition in the state of Illinois.

Jones responded in saying that the content of the presentation was then

taken out of context.

On Oct. 10, another swastika was found in Taft Hall, 1215 S. Fourth St., in a bathroom stall. On Oct. 11, two more swastikas were found separately in an elevator in Weston Hall, 204 E. Peabody Dr., and on a table at the ACES Library, 1101 S Goodwin Ave. No Massmail regarding these incidents was sent, however, Jones addressed all “swastika incidents” together at the annual faculty meeting.

In addition to these Massmails, the University of I l l i noi s Pol ic e Department released two statements throughout the semester. One regarding the noose and the other regarding the investigation into the four swastikas.

The second ema il from UIPD regarding the offensive graffiti stated that a lthough these incidents have been reported recently, it is unknown when the damage occurred; therefore, at this time there is no reason to believe these incidents are related. sjboyle2@dailyillini.com

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Last year, only 4% of the feminine hygiene product dispensers in women’s bathrooms around campus were used, according to Jimmy Song, treasurer of the Illinois Student Government and sophomore in Business.

To combat this, ISG started the Menstrual Hygiene Pilot Program to replace dispensers in the bathrooms of buildings around the Main Quad, making them free of

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With a 10-year agreement coming to an end within the next few months, the University and Kyushu University in Japan decided to expand initiatives to other colleges to advance and improve energy efficiency.

In April 2010, the University and Kyushu formed the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energ y Research. The funding has been coming from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan.

As the agreement is set to expire in March, the two schools have expanded these initiatives to advance lowcarbon emissions, costeffective energy systems and the improvement of energ y efficiency through a Memorandum of Understanding.

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Kyushu University and the University renewed their academic exchange agreement. The University hopes to advance low-carbon emissions, cost-effective energy systems and the improvement of energy efficiency.

past 50 years,” said Petros Sofronis, Director of I2CNR and professor in Engineering, according to a press release.

In the same statement, Sofronis said Kyushu has one of the world’s best hydrogen research facilities.

During the current partnership, the National Science Foundation has been funding a center in which undergraduate and graduate students from the University were able to participate in a 10-week exchange program with Kyusha.

to be able to link research and education in a wider range of academic and human resource development fields in addition to existing strong cooperation in the energy field,” said Masato Wakayama, Executive Vice President of Kyushu University.

Wakayama continued in his statement saying Kyushu University hopes to promote activities that contribute to academic and sustainable development.

“The expanding collaboration between the University of Illinois and Kyushu University provides an excellent opportunity to build on the ten-year relationship our universities established through IC2NER, to capitalize on our mutual strengths as we broaden our engagement and explore innovative solutions to pressing global problems,” said Vice Provost for International Affairs and Global Strategies Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela, in the same press release.

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Committee suggests new sexual misconduct policy

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Chancellor Robert Jones sent out a Massmail on Tuesday regarding the results of the Committee on Faculty Sexual Misconduct Report.

The Committee was organized Jan. 23 and conducted an analysis throughout the year to recommend adjustments to current policies and provisions.

The report provides evaluations of current University policies regarding sexual misconduct, as well as

recommendations for policy changes.

Since an extensive expose

by ProPublica Illinois raised questions and outrage over the University’s handling of cases regarding faculty members accused of sexual misconduct, there has been intense scrutiny over University misconduct policies and their effectiveness in keeping students and employees safe.

In an interview with ProPublica, the Chancellor and Provost Andreas Cangellaris

said the University would end the use of controversial confidentiality clauses in agreements between faculty and accusers that keeps findings under wraps after faculty members leave.

The report’s executive summary states that the most commonly reported form of misconduct was sexual harassment by faculty members.

The summary of recommendations includes eliminating the “severe or pervasive” requirement, another

controversial aspect of the University’s misconduct policies that defines an offensive action as misconduct, only when it is repeated and causes significant workplace disruption.

Other recommendations include targeting broader instances of sexual harassment and misconduct, as well as revising policy language to be more in line with national Title IX regulations.

In the Massmail, Jones thanked the members of

the committee for their work and stressed the group’s diversity in membership and perspectives, providing an extensive list of groups the committee consulted to gain a greater understanding of challenges facing the University and possible solutions.

In the report, the committee said even if all of the recommendations included go into effect, changes at the University must continue in other areas.

“Problems of sexual

harassment cannot be fully addressed...without profound changes in culture and climate that go well beyond the recommendations in this report,” the report stated.

Jones said in his statement that the release of the report indicates the University’s stated goal to “build a campus that is intolerant of sexual harassment and that empowers every member of our university community.” news@dailyillini.com

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DOBRIK to an Instagram page titled “David Dobrik Save KAM’S” that has gained popularity among the student population.

“I got a lot of texts from friends that said, ‘You need to save KAM’S.’ It’s nice that I know something that’s going on at this school,” Dobrik said. “So I feel like I’m filled in, I feel like I’m part of the student body.”

Though saving the bar’s longstanding location isn’t something in his wheelhouse, giving is a consistent theme in Dobrik’s vlogs. From giving cars large enough to live in to homeless people to giving out laptops to struggling college students, Dobrik’s generosity is a quality he’s become known for in his online presence.

“Giving to someone is the most selfish thing you can do because it’s so easy to give back when you’ve been given a lottery ticket of a job,” he said.

Whenever he’s able to give back, he said there’s a special feel with each opportunity.

“Some are goofy, some are funny [and] some are super serious and sentimental,” Dobrik said.

Dobrik brought his generosity to the University.

During his appearance at the Union, Dobrik read aloud a sticky note he found placed on his car. It was from a student who asked to be in the vlog and for Dobrik to pay her tuition. The student was identified, and then came up on stage. From there, she was promptly handed a check for $15,000 from Dobrik and Bumble.

Charity isn’t all David does, however. He’s flown cross country to shoot friends with paintball guns, had Postmates workers help him deliver a fake child, and even brought his personal flamethrower into his house to show everybody. The vlogs work as a time capsule for the craziest times in his life.

A few members of his ever-growing posse joined Dobrik at the Union. Natalie Mariduena, Jason Nash, and Nick Antonyan, otherwise known as “Jonah,” came along to talk on stage. Fellow YouTuber Casey Neistat also tagged along with Dobrik and spent his night filming and meeting fans.

Neistat is known for his “day in the life” style videos and extreme spending habits.

Throughout the hourlong event, Dobrik took questions that were being

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PRODUCTS Josellis said regardless of how small it is, the 50-cent cost to buy products from the dispensers is a barrier, especially when a student is in an emergency situation.

“I don’t know if anyone here is carrying two quarters on them. Probably not,” Josellis said. “This is something that should be provided to all the students, and that’s what we’re working to do.”

ISG is partnering with the University’s Facilities & Services to split the cost.

Because the program is student-run and studentinitiated, ISG has agreed to pay for most of the funds.

F&S will cover the rest of the

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David Dobrik stands on a trailer outside the UGL while he interacts with students on Tuesday afternoon. The YouTuber frequently goes to college campuses to meet students and interact with them, often giving them thousands of dollars or material gifts.

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David Dobrik leaves a promotional event as fans swarm his limo outside the Undergraduate Library on Tuesday. The internet personality spoke at the Illini Union on Tuesday night.

tweeted to him using the hashtag #IlliniAskDavid.

He covered topics such as his time in high school, his favorite vlogs, what he did with his time in college, and even his thoughts on the growing blurred lines in media as more and more “typical” celebrities cross over into his realm.

“If you gave me the movie Titanic, I could cut it down to three minutes, I could turn it into a comedy,” Dobrik said to the crowd at the Union.

Dobrik has a formulaic approach to his videos, with each being roughly four minutes and twenty seconds long and featuring an intro

expenses and do the actual labor of retrofitting and replacing the dispensers.

To measure the success of this pilot program, ISG will be obtaining usage reports from F&S to see how often the free dispensers were used within a certainperiodoftime.Josellis said he thinks the project will be completed by the end of the semester, if not earlier.

“I could imagine that … this program will be a success,” Josellis said. “There’s really not necessarily negative outcomes that can result (from) this.”

Mariama Mwilambwe, ISG press secretary and freshman in LAS, said this project is significant because topics and issues surrounding menstrual hygiene are often dealt

with on a personal or oneto-one basis rather than being addressed as a larger problem.

“It shows that the student body is taking initiative, just on behalf of accessibility in students,” Mwilambwe said.

Josellis agreed and said students are taking charge of the program and working with the University to get things done.

“At the end of the day, the administration are the people who are going to be implementing and really acting and can make those big protocol changes,” Josellis said. “But we need to have a big student voice ready to (start it), and that’s what we’ve done with this program.”

This pilot program was

and outro.

In terms of content, working in one groove is what he finds works best.

“I definitely always feel the need to make the videos better,” Dobrik said, “but I also like to keep in mind what every video is and I don’t want one video to be here and then [another]

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David Dobrik, Natalie Mariduena, Nick Antonyan and Casey Neistat address students at the Illini Union on Tuesday.

Dobrik features them in vlogs and travels with them to events throughout the country.

video here.”

In the future, Dobrik hopes to host more events.

“I got to host the teen choice awards a couple of months ago and I was so nervous, but it was so much fun,” he said.“I don’t really want to act I kind of just

“Universities across the association of Big Ten schools have been making the push to provide free menstrual hygiene products, and we didn’t want to see (the University) fall behind.”

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created by the previous ISG administration, which did not consist of Song and Josellis. Because of this transition, Josellis said he had to step in and catch up with programs that were established prior to his time as president.

Susan Zhou, senior in

want to be myself and be on camera.”

Dobrik ended his time at the University of Illinois the same way most students finish their night–hanging out at KAM’S. sbent3@dailyillini.com

menstrual hygiene products, and we didn’t want to see (the University) fall behind,” Zhou said.

In addition to hoping the pilot program will be successful and expand to more buildings across campus in the future, Zhou said she wants it to help not only women, but everyone.

“I hope (the program can) provide menstrual hygiene products in all restrooms regardless of gender, as not all who menstruate are women,” Zhou said. “I hope that no one ever has to feel that sinking sensation when you realize you don’t have a quarter or any pads or tampons on your person when you need them most.”

LAS, ISG senator and the speaker pro tempore, created the Menstrual Hygiene Pilot Program with former President Walter Lindwall.

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ISG takes on challenge of textbook affordability

BY SALEM ISAF CONTRIBUTING WRITER

This year’s Illinois Student Government has made it a goal to lower textbook prices for students. However, it’s not as easy as telling the bookstore to lower its prices.

“Textbook prices are really controlled by big publishing companies,” said Connor Josellis, president of ISG and junior in Media.

Mergers of these companies make prices far more expensive. This is where the new ISG administration has taken action. Josellis recently signed onto a letter sent out by U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a federation of organizations that advocate for the public interest, to prevent the merger of two textbook companies.

Along with lowering textbook prices, Josellis has also been pushing for more use of open-source textbooks.

“Open-source textbooks are free, oftentimes online and just as credible as normal textbooks,” Josellis said.

Two years ago, Sen. Dick Durbin introduced the Open Textbooks Pilot Program, a federal pilot program granting money to professors to write and publish their own open-source textbooks.

Josellis said Durbin plans on expanding the program in 2020.

Another move Josellis wants to focus on is helping students with their finances by making course costs transparent. He wants students to see the total cost of a course, including materials required for a class, when they find it on the course explorer.

Tod Petrie, director of the Illini Union Bookstore, has an optimistic outlook for the future of textbook prices. Petrie said the IUB is aiming to eventually lower prices to a $40-45 range, however, bringing down the prices of very specified upper-level engineer-

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Student Body President Connor Josellis sits in his office in the Illini Union on Saturday. The Illini Student Government is working to lower textbook prices along with pushing for more use of open-source textbooks.

ing and business textbooks will always be difficult.

While he said textbook prices have been decreasing for the last 10 years, Petrie said this new push from ISG should help move it along.

“An active student body, an active faculty and an active awareness of pricing is the best deterrent for high textbook prices,” Petrie said. “Collaboration is

the biggest piece.”

An active student body is exactly what ISG said it needs to keep pushing the issue further, and it shouldn’t be a difficult issue to get behind, because all students are facing the same pricing burden.

Olivia Lynch, freshman in LAS, is a student who realized after arriving on campus she wants more

reasonably priced course materials. Lynch said textbooks were more expensive than she had planned for.

“I would rather look for a free copy online than go to the bookstore to pay for one,” Lynch said.

This is why ISG’s next step is reaching out to professors and encouraging more of them to adopt opensource textbooks. It is also

gathering data and using U.S. PIRG’s nationwide survey information to lobby for lower textbook costs, more open-source textbooks and increase the buyback rate of the bookstore.

Josellis said he wants to emphasize students need to keep applying pressure and speaking out. One way for students to help is to take textbook surveys, letting

surveyors know just how big an issue this is.

“I urge any student to reach out to student government and see how we can move along with textbook affordability and any other issues they care about,” Josellis said. “The student voice is really powerful; it’s best heard when it’s loud.” isaf2@dailyillini.com

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Health care care administrators administrators are are professionally professionally trained trained in in management, management, and and they they help help to to Health ensure that that their their organizations organizations have have the the medical, medical, operational operational and and financial financial resources resources to to ensure serve a a wide wide variety variety of of health health care care needs. needs. This This program program covers covers all all facets facets including including finance, finance, serve operations, quality, quality, strategy strategy and and marketing, marketing, organizational organizational change change and and human human resources resources operations, management and and is is consistently consistently ranked ranked as as one one of of the the best best in in the the nation nation by by both both U.S. U.S. management News & & World World Report Report and and Modern Modern Healthcare.

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Imaging Sciences (BS)

Radiologic technologists, technologists, or or radiographers, radiographers, perform perform imaging imaging examinations examinations that that aid aid in in the the Radiologic diagnosis, intervention intervention and and treatment treatment of of diseases diseases and and medical medical conditions. conditions. Registered Registered diagnosis, radiologic technologists technologists can can advance advance their their education education and and skills skills with with this this program program by by radiologic gaining the the knowledge knowledge and and professional professional competencies competencies needed needed to to perform perform advanced-level advanced-level gaining imaging in in Computed Computed Tomography Tomography (CT), (CT), Magnetic Magnetic Resonance Resonance Imaging Imaging (MRI), (MRI), imaging Cardiac-Interventional (CI) (CI) or or Vascular-Interventional Vascular-Interventional Radiology Radiology (VI).

(VI). An An entry-level entry-level Cardiac-Interventional MRI track, track, for for students students who who are are unlicensed unlicensed in in radiography radiography or or nuclear nuclear medicine, medicine, is is also also MRI available. available. www.rushu.rush.edu/imagingsciences www.rushu.rush.edu/imagingsciences

Medical Laboratory Science (MS)

Medical laboratory laboratory scientists scientists are are a a vital vital part part of of the the health health care care team; team; they they collect collect and and Medical perform tests tests to to analyze analyze bodily bodily fluids, fluids, which which aids aids in in the the diagnosis diagnosis and and treatment treatment of of perform diseases. This This program program is is built built around around a a core core of of basic basic and and advanced advanced theoretical theoretical diseases. knowledge and and clinical clinical practice practice in in hematology, hematology, clinical clinical chemistry, chemistry, immunology, immunology, molecular molecular knowledge diagnostics, immunohemotology immunohemotology and and clinical clinical microbiology. microbiology. diagnostics, www.rushu.rush.edu/mls www.rushu.rush.edu/mls

Occupational Therapy (OTD)

Occupational therapists therapists assist assist people people of of all all ages ages to to develop develop or or regain regain daily daily living living and and work work Occupational skills through through therapeutic therapeutic activities. activities. This This doctoral doctoral program program integrates integrates hands-on hands-on experience experience skills with an an innovative innovative curriculum curriculum and and outstanding outstanding clinical clinical affiliates affiliates to to fully fully prepare prepare graduates graduates with to practice practice in in today’s today’s advanced advanced health health care care settings. settings. to www.rushu.rush.edu/occuth www.rushu.rush.edu/occuth

Physician Assistant Studies (MS)

A physician physician assistant assistant (PA) (PA) is is a a health health care care professional professional licensed licensed to to provide provide medical medical care care A with physician physician supervision. supervision. PAs PAs make make medical medical decisions decisions and and provide provide a a broad broad range range of of with diagnostic and and therapeutic therapeutic services. services. This This nationally nationally ranked ranked program program combines combines traditional traditional diagnostic coursework with with advanced-practice advanced-practice clinical clinical experiences experiences and and prepares prepares students students to to become become coursework highly-qualified physician physician assistants assistants in in leadership leadership roles roles in in clinical clinical practice, practice, research research and and highly-qualified service. service. www.rushu.rush.edu/pa-program www.rushu.rush.edu/pa-program

Respiratory Care (MS)

Respiratory therapists therapists are are critical critical members members of of the the health health care care team team who who apply apply scientific scientific Respiratory principles to to prevent, prevent, identify identify and and treat treat acute acute or or chronic chronic dysfunction dysfunction of of the the cardiopulmonary cardiopulmonary principles system in in a a diverse diverse patient patient population, population, from from newborns newborns and and children children to to adults adults and and the the system elderly. This This program program has has a a uniquely uniquely designed designed curriculum curriculum that that offers offers outstanding outstanding elderly. leadership and and advanced advanced practice practice preparation preparation in in multiple multiple areas, areas, including including critical critical and and leadership neonatal care care and and cardiopulmonary cardiopulmonary diagnostics. diagnostics. neonatal www.rushu.rush.edu/respiratorycare www.rushu.rush.edu/respiratorycare

Specialist in Blood Bank Certificate and Clinical Laboratory Management (MS)

Specialists in in blood blood bank bank technology technology perform perform standard standard and and specialized specialized tests tests in in blood blood Specialists donor centers, centers, transfusion transfusion services services and and other other laboratories. laboratories. Clinical Clinical laboratory laboratory managers managers donor serve supervisory supervisory roles roles in in labs labs in in hospitals, hospitals, public public health health and and government government agencies agencies and and in in serve a variety variety of of other other clinical clinical settings. settings. This This combined combined certificate certificate and and master’s master’s degree degree program program a provides students students with with comprehensive comprehensive instruction instruction in in blood blood group group serology, serology, transfusion transfusion provides medicine and and laboratory laboratory management. management. Students Students gain gain advanced advanced knowledge knowledge of of medicine immunohematology and and its its related related disciplines disciplines with with online online graduate graduate level level courses. courses. immunohematology www.rushu.rush.edu/sbb www.rushu.rush.edu/sbb www.rushu.rush.edu/clm www.rushu.rush.edu/clm

Speech-Language Pathology (MS)

Speech-language pathologists pathologists are are involved involved in in the the prevention, prevention, evaluation, evaluation, diagnosis diagnosis and and Speech-language management of of communication communication disorders disorders associated associated with with speech, speech, voice, voice, language language and and management cognitive and and swallowing swallowing impairments. impairments. Innovative Innovative coursework coursework and and outstanding outstanding clinical clinical cognitive experience combine combine in in this this nationally nationally ranked ranked program program to to provide provide the the practical practical and and scientific scientific experience knowledge and and skills skills required required by by today’s today’s speech-language speech-language pathologists. pathologists. Research Research knowledge opportunities are are available. available. opportunities www.rushu.rush.edu/slp www.rushu.rush.edu/slp

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Vascular Ultrasound (BS)

Vascular sonographers sonographers play play a a vital vital role role in in the the diagnosis diagnosis and and treatment treatment of of patients patients with with Vascular blood vessel vessel disorders disorders using using ultrasound. ultrasound. This This hands-on hands-on program program gives gives students students the the blood opportunity to to learn learn to to perform perform vascular vascular ultrasound ultrasound exams exams in in the the classroom, classroom, student student opportunity laboratory and and on on patients patients under under the the direction direction of of credentialed credentialed vascular vascular sonographers. sonographers. laboratory www.rushu.rush.edu/vastech www.rushu.rush.edu/vastech

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Members of the October Lovers executive board pose for a photo at Curtis Orchard & Pumpkin Patch. The October Lovers Club hosts a series of events throughout the month including a bonfire, a trip to Curtis Orchard, a corn maze, a barn dance and a haunted house.

Dedicated autumn-lovers celebrate season

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The changing of the leaves, sweater weather and crisp fall air marks the beginning of autumn, the season the October Lovers have dedicated their RSO to celebrating.

Hosting events exclusively in October, the October Lovers’ sole purpose is to spread fall cheer. This includes hosting a number of events throughout the month such as a bonfire, a trip to Curtis Orchard, a corn maze, a barn dance and a haunted house.

“We’re all about fun,” said Michael Hennelly, the vice president of the RSO and junior in LAS. “There’s no meetings. Nothing is mandatory; you just show up and have a good time.”

According to a study conducted by YouGov, a global public opinion data company, 29% of people responded and said fall is their favorite season, making it the most well-liked season in America according to that survey. This sentiment can be seen at the University, where the club’s mailing list consists of thousands of

students.

“It’s a bit of an implacable quality,” said Christel Thompson, the club’s social media chair and junior in LAS. “Most people will point at the changing colors of the leaves or the ushering in of sweater weather, but to me, it’s the energy of the season.”

Others, such as Bianca Espinosa-Speta, apparel chair and sophomore in Education, enjoy the season because “it’s very fun and playful ... a lot of other holidays can be more serious.”

The RSO kicked off the season at the Illini Grove with their annual bonfire on Oct. 2. Attendees got the chance to indulge in some free s’mores and mingle with other members.

This was followed by a trip to Curtis Orchard a few days after the bonfire, a place Hennelly said is “quintessentially fall.”

“If you love fall and you love fall weather and fall things, Curtis Orchard is the place to be,” Hennelly said. “Apple picking, pumpkin patch — the store has so many good, delicious fall

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stuff and great apple cider.”

Thompson shares the same enthusiasm to go to the apple orchard with the rest of the RSO, not only because of the fall energy, but also because of the community the October Lovers brings together.

maze for the longest time,” Espi nosa-Sept a sa id.

“It was so muddy, it was so gross, my shoes were ruined, but it was just fun because I met new people because we were all in the same situation, and we helped each other out.”

“We’re all about fun. There’s no meetings. Nothing is mandatory; you just show up and have a good time.”

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“Nothing compares to getting to (Curtis Orchard) bright and early on a Sunday, with a bus full of people who are just as excited as you to be there,” Thompson said.

However, one of the best bonding experiences is the corn maze at Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch in Rantoul.

“I got stuck in the corn

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While at the ranch, visitors have the opportunity to see baby reindeer as well. The club will go on Thursday.

The barn dance, taking place at the end of the month, is one of the RSO’s most well-known events because of how it integrates the University tradition and practices inclusivity.

Unlike other barn dances in which you have to be a part of the organization or be invited, the October Lovers barn dance is open to anybody who wants to come. In the past, they’ve had as many as 500 people attend.

“We usually play country music and have pretty lights, and it’s more of a mingling experience,” Espinosa-Septa said. “It’s super cool to meet everyone that is in the club … It’s a bunch of different groups of people.”

The RSO ends its season of events with a haunted house, lining up with Halloween. The events are planned to celebrate all traditions of October, and parts of fall.

“We only have five events and they all have a different aspect of October in there, so if you come to all of them, you really get everything,” Hennelly said.

The events allow attendees to explore at their own pace.

“It’s a great way to get a taste of the autumn culture that Champaign-Urbana has to offer in a non-

structured, organic way,” Thompson said.

The club runs on a firstcome, first-serve basis with one or two buses ready to transport an eager bunch of students to off-campus events, often reaching hundreds of students.

(With the exception of the barn dance, which requires payment and registration ahead of time).

This year, the fall spirit is especially high with as many as 500 people purchasing October Lovers apparel, the most amount of people the club has seen purchase apparel, according to Espinosa-Septa.

Hennelly said the club is special because of their widespread appeal on campus, but also because there is no other group quite like them.

“Everyone has their own part of fall that they love, and it all happens in October.” Hennelly said.

“There’s something for everyone. There’s not a lot of other clubs on campus that are this much fun with almost no work.” carmen4@dailyillini.com

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Author, professor receives history award Kristin Hoganson named Stanley S. Stroup Professor of United States History for contributions to research, publications

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made her a better teacher and scholar.

A side from book s, Hoganson’s smaller publications appear in Diplomatic History, American Quarterly, Journal of Women’s History and Middle West Review. Among several others, her research and scholarship have also been recognized by the Ray Allen Billington Prize from the Western History Association, the Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and the Harmsworth Visiting Professorship at Oxford University.

“Over the course of the last several months I’ve come to know professor Hoganson and her work,” Stroup said. “I’m delighted professor Hoganson is the Stanley S. Stroup Professor in United States History, and I look forward to getting to know her better.”

Stroup said endowing a history professor is only partial payment of the debt of gratitude he owes to the University, especially the history department. He hopes he’s playing a small part and building on the great tradition of history, scholarship and teaching.

“This position is an investment in public higher education and evidence THERESE POKORNEY THE DAILY ILLINI based reasoning and the Kristin Hoganson, professor of History, has been named the Stanley S. Strout Professor of United States History. The position is value of a long-term per- named after Stanley Stroup, an Illinois alumnus who obtained his bachelor’s degree in history in 1966. spective for the pressing issues of our own time.”

Hoganson said.

Although her next book is still taking form, the topic will spur on her concerns about water security in the face of environmental change and unsustainable human practices.

With the funds from the endowment, Hoganson said she will provide graduate students with funds to cover research and conference travel and to hire several undergraduate students to develop their own research skills.

A lthoug h her ow n research and colleagues have gotten her this far in her career, teaching her students is what matters the most.

“I live for those ‘Eureka’ moments,” Hoganson said, “and am so grateful for the students who make them happen.”

After earning a doctorate from Yale University and lecturing for five years at Harvard University, Kristin Hoganson has made Champaign-Urbana her home for the past 19 years.

Since then, she has published several books about foreign relations, local history in global context and U.S. nation building.

Because of her accomplishments, Hoganson, professor in LAS, has been named the Stanley S. Stroup Professor of United States History. The endowed award is named after Stanley Stroup, an Illinois alumnus who received a bachelor’s degree in history from the University in 1966. When a professor is chosen to be an endowed chair, a ceremony called an investiture, an event that is among the oldest in the history of higher education, takes place.

Ho g a n s o n ’s main research interests pertain to the history of the American empire during the 19th century and U.S. foreign relations history through World War I. The distinguished professor has also written numerous books, the most recent being “The Heartland: An American History”, which takes the American heartland as the beginning point of geographic consciousness, alliance politics and tracking histories of border brokering.

“Although I have a number of intellectual debts to my colleagues across the profession, it is the history department at Illinois that has made me the historian I am today,” Hoganson said.

“My colleagues at Illinois drew me into global history and post-colonial studies.”

Hoganson said her colleagues’ expertise in African American, Native tpokor3@dailyillini.com American, Asian American and Latinx history has

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Kristin Hoganson receives her award. Hoganson research interest’s lie in the history of the American empire during the 19th century and U.S. foreign relations history through World War I.

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ast week, California became the first state to pass legislation requiring public colleges to provide students with access to abortion medication at no cost. In a time when many states are rolling back access to abortion services, California’s decision is not only monumental, but should also be considered by states across the country.

According to research from the Guttmacher Institute, 34% of all abortions in the United States in 2014 were obtained by women between the ages of 20-24. This is the age group the majority of college students belong to.

Now, those who are California public university students who face unexpected pregnancies will no longer have to face the taxing financial and logistical struggles of obtaining an abortion. They will

no longer have to wait for a referral from a campus healthcare provider, nor will they have to evaluate their options for ending their pregnancy in isolation and secrecy.

Essentially, no student will have to put off receiving the medical care they need due to lack of access.

The State of Illinois should follow suit and allow students at its public universities to access abortion medication on campus.

Currently, the University provides services and resources to help students make decisions about whether or not to continue with the pregnancy. But just as they are given the tools to make a choice about what happens to their bodies, we believe the University should empower students seeking an abortion to enact that choice in a safe and efficient manner that

doesn’t involve leaving campus.

Such services might also save lives. In Alabama, a state that has seen increased regulation on abortion access in recent months, some lawmakers have argued restrictions on how and when a person is able to access an abortion won’t stop them from getting one; rather, it will simply keep them from obtaining one safely.

To be clear, we are not taking a stance in the debate over the morality of abortions; we merely hope to point out people will get them whether or not they’re illegal, and in the interest of safety for women seeking them, legal, legitimate access to abortions must be available.

For broke college students, access means free.

Few students can afford the $350–$950 proce-

dure. Even for students financed by their families, the price of an abortion may become a barrier. The decision to get an abortion is not an easy one and may not be something a student feels comfortable discussing with family members. Asking for hundreds of dollars would certainly draw questions from those giving it.

Abortions are a reality in today’s world. The morality of the procedure is still up for debate, but in order for them to be carried out safely, they require the government to step back from regulations.

It’s the job of the government to protect and provide for its citizens, not dictate what is and isn’t ethically okay. Right now, part of protecting and providing for the people is legalizing access to abortions.

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China’s market tests US economic freedom

backed by economists like Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman, who thought the COLUMNIST only role businesses should have in society is generating profit. ew foreign countries What then makes Amerihave made as much can companies’ complanews in the United cency with censorship parStates as China, much of ticularly challenging is its it coming from constant conflict with values that threats of escalating the Americans were fed for genongoing trade war or the erations and the idea that a retaliation against the profree-market international democracy protests occurorder does not need to coinring in Hong Kong. cide with democracy to be Most recently, China has efficient. been making news for its As companies continue economic market power, to abide by Chinese censornot because its economy is ship, it undermines the “trarapidly expanding or surditionally American” idea passing the United States as that free enterprise liberChina’s economy has been ates people and in the marslowing down, but because ketplace of ideas, freedom of the significant effect it has and democracy win out over over the U.S. and the Ameri- authoritarianism. can companies that seek to What has been occurring do business with it. in China thus far has resultAmerican companies ed in the opposite — that an have become complicit in international free market China’s censorship — used can exist, but that market to smash democratic values does not necessarily push and carry out atrocities — to upward toward a democratmaximize their profits by ic ideal. If the larger per-pergaining total access to Chison market size is requiring na’s market. the companies to take steps One of the more signifiin the opposite direction, cant incidents happened the business world won’t in the NBA. The Houston hesitate to assist in further Rockets general manager, downward pressure from Daryl Morey, tweeted an the state onto the populace. image reading, “Fight for Have American corpoFreedom, Stand with Hong rations stopped believing ALAYNA NULTY THE DAILY ILLINI Kong,” which was deleted democratic values will win shortly after. Rockets owner in the marketplace of ideas?

Tilman Fertitta essentially Or, was that entire philosodisowned Morey’s viewphy based on an extreme point on behalf of the Rock- bias of being the only ecoets organization and ponnomic superpower for an dered Morey’s future with extensive period and is now the organization. being exposed in the face of Although I, as well as the freedom, all the while chil- more live in prisons of child Chinese businesses new challenges? general public, have become dren sit in cages at the borlabor.

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Chinese people rejecting the table wealth and growth, an A more expansive list of all government’s oppressive idea that clashes with the the known censors on major ways of maintaining order. reality that most people live American companies can be In the future, the Chinese the rest of their lives in the found on mashable.com. could reach a point where same social classes they were It should be expectthey want the experience of brought up in. In all actuality, ed large corporations and a democratic society in their these marketing campaigns organizations prioritize streets, not just on their reek of nothing more than their bottom lines over any screens. false hope and hypocrisy. sense of morality or humanMARK CAPAPAS THE DAILY ILLINI ity. That’s not a criticism.

Austin is a senior in LAS. A student browses Snapchat on at the Undergraduate Library on Tuesday. Columnist Maii Maii is a freshman in LAS. Instead, it’s a contempoaas3@dailyillini.com argues advertisements are exposed to in the midst of our media consumption promote a mrashe5@dailyillini.com rary understanding of the consumerist culture. role of business in society AUSTIN STADELMAN

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The Illinois swim and dive team started off the season with a 192-107 win against Indiana State Friday. The following day, the team competed against Big Ten opponent Northwestern and the University of Illinois Chicago in a tri-dual meet. The team swept University of Illinois at Chicago 207-92 but fell to Northwestern 192-107.

Sophomore Taylor Shegos broke a school record this past weekend against Indiana State with a score of 299.47 on the one-meter dive.

“It feels really awesome,” Shegos said. “I’m now a collegiate record holder, so I think that’s really cool.”

In addition, Shegos also placed first in the threemeter against Indiana State University. But at the tridual meet, she placed first in one-meter and fourth in the three-meter.

With the rest of the season ahead of her, Shegos wants to keep improving every meet and hopefully break her own record.

While earning high marks is always a priority for her, being confident and staying consistent are Shegos’ goals for this season as well.

In the pool, her goal is to qualify for the NCAA Championships and have a good showing at the Big Ten Championships and Zones.

Following her performance Friday, Shegos qualified for Zones, a meet following Big Tens. Her scores in the one- and three-meter dives secured herself a spot.

“It’s a bigger meet than Big Ten,” Shegos said. “It’s basically the qualifying meet for NCAA.” According to Shegos, bigger dives on the one-meter

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Illinois quarterback Isaiah Williams attempts to outrun Michigan defensive lineman Michael Danna during the game on Saturday. The team came away from the Michigan matchup encouraged by the action in the third quarter.

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Taylor Shegos dives in a meet against Indiana State at the ARC on Friday. Shegos broke Illinois’ record on the one-meter dive with a score of 299.47.

and three-meter have been in the works and will come later in the season.

And Shegos and her diving coaches are planning to compete in platform diving as well.

Shegos did platform diving years ago and hopes to be like alumni and 2019 NCAA qualifier Ling Kuhn someday.

Before deciding to dive collegiately, Shegos was set on playing soccer instead.

She had been playing for 13 years; however, a pool with

a diving board in her backyard was calling her name.

Shegos begged her mom to let her start diving, but with the sport being uncommon and no actual diving coaches around, it was hard to begin.

It wasn’t until her older sisters were in high school that she got a chance. One of their teachers was the swim and dive coach and allowed Shegos to dive with the high school boy’s team while she was in middle school.

“I loved it,” Shegos said.

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“The coaches said I was a natural.”

After, she found a club team based out of Eastern Michigan University called Legacy Diving. While at Legacy Diving, she was also part of the Michigan National Team from her freshman to her senior year of high school.

Shegos practiced every day with Legacy for three and a half hours, driving an hour there and back for

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After a third-quarter comeback that left Jim Harbaugh and his team sweating it out in the second half Saturday, head coach Lovie Smith had a few positive takeaways from his team’s 42-25 loss to No. 16 Michigan, which is more than what can be said about the Minnesota game before that. The Illini are dealing with health issues at quarterback and will have to be confident in whoever they turn to this Saturday, as the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers and their vaunted defense come to town.

Though the Illinois defense has not nearly improved enough this season, Smith individually highlighted the play of linebacker Jake Hansen and safety Stanley Green, specifically in forcing turnovers, something he’s constantly preached as a necessity for success.

The Illini’s remaining schedule is rather unkind, and tangible improvements in terms of wins and losses may not show up this season. But Smith wants to be able to walk away from each game being able to take away something positive from here on out..

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Illinois to compete in Bradley Pink Classic Team seeks improvement going into Peoria meet

BY SAVAUGHN ANDERSON STAFF WRITER

The Illinois men’s cross country team will be traveling to Peoria, Illinois, for the Bradley Pink Classic hosted by Bradley on Friday at the Newman Golf Course.

With this year’s meet being an open invite to all Division I, II and III teams, Illinois looks to improve its fall season after placing sixth at last Saturday’s Buckeye Preview at Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.

With Pre-Nationals happening the day after the meet at Indiana State in Terre Haute, Indiana, Illinois is looking to establish a standout performance, especially from redshirt sophomore Irwin Loud, who individually earned a top-

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The Illini men’s cross country team leads the pack during the Illini Open at the University Arboretum on Aug. 30. Illinois will head to Peoria, Illinois, to compete in the Bradley Pink Classic on Friday.

10 spot at the Buckeye Preview, clocking a new personal best in the 8k at 24:55 seconds. Other Illini have been making strides on the

course, too, such as sophomore Colin Yandel, who finished 33rd overall and redshirt senior, Zach Dale, who finished 35th at the Buckeye

VOLLEYBALL

Allison brings versatile talent from Auburn to Champaign

BY BRENDAN JONES STAFF WRITER

Sophomore transfer Mica Allison is halfway through her first season with the Illini and just completed a fourmatch stretch where she consistently played hitter, a position she hasn’t played her whole college career so far.

At Auburn University, Allison made the All-Freshman Southeastern Conference team as a setter. She made it into the Auburn record books by putting up 10.05 assists a set, fourth all-time for a single season by an Auburn player and a total of 1,055 assists that season, fifth all-time for a single season by an Auburn player.

With Illinois’ All-American setter, Jordyn Poulter, graduating and Allison’s season at Auburn being so successful, the sophomore transfer expected to earn the starting setter position. Howev-

er, as the season began, redshirt freshman Diana Brown secured that spot. “(Brown) just had a little bit of a leg up in having been in our system for a year behind Jordyn (Poulter),” said head coach Chris Tamas.

“She was able to watch a lot of what we did and what we talked about.”

The competition between the two setters was close, but Brown’s redshirt year gave her the experience she needed to secure the position.

Brown has also kept the spot by becoming a leader in the setter position. She earned Big Ten Conference Co-Freshman of the Week in early October after scoring two back-to-back double-doubles against Indiana and Purdue, averaging 11.71 assists per set in those two matches.

The combination of Allison not being able to start at

her usual position and early injury struggles left her without a lot of playing time for the first stretch of the season.

That changed when she was inserted into the hitter position in the team’s first matchup against Indiana.

Allison put up seven kills on a .357 hitting percentage and two blocks to help the team secure a sweep in Bloomington.

“She’s got a really strong arm, so she can hit the ball hard,” Tamas said. “And being a lefty helps on that side of court, too. She’s got a really impressive array of shots as well, and you don’t always see that from players.”

In practice, Allison said she has started focusing only on hitting after switching to that position. Hitting is something she has never focused on, so her learn-

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Mica Allison (13) celebrates with the Illini volleyball team after scoring a point at Huff Hall against Indiana on Saturday. Allison, who transferred from Auburn University this season, brings a variety of position experience to the table.

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Green’s return shows progress

BY MILES POWERS-HUANG STAFF WRITER

After jarring the ball out of Michigan running back Zach Charbonnet’s hands and falling on the loose football — something he did twice on Saturday — senior safety Stanley Green moved into a tie for third place on the school’s all-time forced fumbles list with eight.

The achievement was made even more special by the fact that Green moved into a tie with former linebacker Dana Howard, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame who hails from East St. Louis, Illinois, and attended East St. Louis High School, just as Green did.

“I gotta call him (and) let him know,” Green said. “I’m in great company. I guess I forgot the other two. I think Simeon Rice is number one, so I’m coming for him next.”

Despite losing his starting position due to injury and other factors during his senior season, Green found a way to be productive when

on the field throughout his career.

Green was a contributor in the rotation as a true freshman, becoming a starter by season’s end, and then by earning an honorable mention on the All-Big Ten team by both the media and coaches as a sophomore.

Green missed the trio of games before the Michigan contest battling injury, and for a defensive back unit that has been undermanned and overworked since week one, Green’s return was a welcome sight.

“We missed Stanley Green, said head coach Lovie Smith. “He’s been out for a period of time; (Saturday) was his type of game.

Stanley Green is an impact player, tough, physical football player, and we saw that throughout. (We) caused a couple of fumbles, which is good, we’ll need that from him.”

Having a nose for the ball is a trait Smith has repeatedly stressed as a need for players in his defense, as he

hopes to guide the unit away from being one of the worst in the Football Bowl Subdivision, a mark it has earned both this season and last.

Green’s physicality and willingness to come in and make big hits have certainly aided his high forced fumble rate, but they have gotten him into trouble as well, as he was ejected in the first half at University of Connecticut for targeting on Sept. 7.

“I’ve been doing that my whole life,” Green said. “It’s never planned; it just happens on the play.”

Though Green’s role has diminished as a senior, he’s still out on the field often.

As a deep safety in the cover-2 defense, he’s had to stand back and sprint to help recover as his teammates in front of him have struggled to make tackles in the opening field.

While it looked as though Michigan was going to take advantage of Illinois’ poor tackling on its way to a blowout, Saturday, Green and his

teammates stepped up coming out of the break, holding the Wolverines scoreless in the third quarter and setting their up offense to bring the game within a field goal.

The Illini are marginally improving their defense from last season, but as they continue to lose games, taking away small victories from the defense’s performance is no longer good enough for Green.

“We’re real close, but close is not good enough,” Green said. “Just gotta go back to practice, go back to the drawing board and make corrections.”

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Defensive back Stan Green tackles a Michigan player at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Despite injury, Green has become an asset to the team in his final season.

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Illini earn twelve wins at ITA championships, prepare for regionals

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overall seed and played Rice’s Sumit Sarkar in his season debut, winning 7-6 (5), 6-4. The Illini senior needed three sets to defeat his second-round opponent Andres Martin of Georgia Tech, 6-2, 6-7(0), 7-6(3), before falling to underdog Hady Habib of Texas A&M, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Brown opened up the tournament with a showdown with Oklahoma State’s Emile Hudd. Brown needed three sets to defeat Hudd, winning 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4. Brown’s second-round matchup saw Brown face University of California, Los Angeles’s Keegan Smith, a rematch of the Oracle ITA Masters semifinals that Smith won in three sets.

Brown was unable to exact his revenge, falling to Smith in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.

Brown and Kovacevic also competed in doubles competition, defeating Florida duo Oliver Crawford and Sam Riffice, 7-5, 6-4, in the opening round before falling to Gabriel Decamps and Juan Pablo Mazzuchi of the University of Central Florida, 6-3, 6-2, to eliminate the Illini pair from the competition.

Clark and Montsi both competed in consolation play, with both players winning their first-round matches before losing in the second round and ending their respective tournament runs.

Montsi defeated South Carolina’s Daniel Rodrigues, 6-1, 6-3, and lost to Josh Charlton of Oregon, 6-2, 6-3, while Clark beat SMU’s Carles Sarrio, 0-6, 6-2, 7-5, before falling to Ohio State freshman Cannon Kingsley in three sets, 6-7(1), 7-6(4), 7-5.

Looking ahead, the team will prepare for another road trip to the ITA Regional Championships in Ohio this weekend.

The Illinois men’s tennis team racked up 12 wins last week at the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with senior Aleks Kovacevic, junior Alex Brown, sophomore Siphosothando Montsi and senior Zeke Clark representing the Illini in the tournament.

Montsi faced Southern Methodist University’s JanSimon Vrbsky in the opening round, cruising to victory in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. Montsi’s second round opponent, Georgia’s Tyler Zink, offered some tougher competition, winning the first set, 7-5, before Montsi won the next two rounds, and the game to advance to the final round of qualifying. Olivier Stuart of Mercer stood as the final obstacle to the main draw for Montsi, though the Illini sophomore prevailed, winning 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Playing in his hometown, Clark’s run to the main draw was almost flawless, never losing a set over the course of the three rounds.

Clark defeated Oklahoma’s Mason Beiler (7-6 (4), 6-1) and Kent Hunter of California, 6-2, 7-5, in the opening two rounds of qualifying, before beating Duke senior Nick Stachowiak, 6-4, 6-2, to join Montsi, Kovacevic and Brown in the main draw.

Montsi’s first-round opponent, Texas’ Christian Sigsgaard, entered the tournament as the first overall seed and eliminated Montsi in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.

Clark faced Charlie Broom of Dartmouth to open up main-draw action. After splitting the first two sets, Broom edged Clark 7-5 in the final frame, 7-5, to end the Illini senior’s run in Tulsa.

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Goalie is more than a position to Cablk

BY CLAIRE O’BRIEN STAFF WRITER

Illinois junior goalie Elizabeth Cablk has always been a goalkeeper. She started playing soccer at a young age, and by the age of 10, she stood out among her peers in the goal. But Cablk’s earliest memory of her sport involves her being far, far away from the net.

“My first soccer memory is actually as a field player,” Cablk said. “It was at a Memorial Day tournament. I was 7 years old. I vividly remember playing left wing and scoring a cross from my left foot, which is pretty absurd considering I’ve never been good with my left foot, but as a lifelong goalkeeper, my first soccer memory is actually as a field player.”

Cablk, like a lot of other kids, dabbled in many sports growing up but was always drawn to soccer. Unlike a lot of other kids, Cablk was drawn to the goal.

Playing goalie may draw in young players, who often get to wear oversized neon shirts and don’t have to run. Cablk, however, was drawn to the goal for other reasons.

“Originally, I was the only one on my team who wasn’t afraid of the ball,” Cablk said.

“You have to have a screw or two loose to play goalkeeper, and I was the only one that had that at age 10. With that came some natural ability, but mostly it was instinct, courage, I think, and then that position ended up sticking for me.”

Cablk said she specialized in being a goalie at 10 years old, which is relatively uncommon. Goalies are also in a place with a lot of potential for injury, so Cablk added they have to be willing to deal with the risks.

“It’s a position that involves so much risk, so much possibility for bodily injury,” Cablk said. “I had a goalkeeper coach who always joked with me that goalkeepers were just, like, the looniest ones out there because you have to be daring to get out there and do that position.

But over the years, it’s definitely become something I have been very proud of. I’m proud to have that quality; I’m proud to be able to step up in that role.”

She said while she had fast reflexes which made her a good goalie, she credits the people around her for her development as a player.

Cablk grew up in a soccer household. Her father played soccer in his youth, and Cablk is a big fan of former U.S. Women’s National Team goalkeeper Briana Scurry. Scurry was the goalkeeper on the 1999 World Cup-winning team and played every minute of the tournament.

“She’s such an inspiration to me just because of the strides she made for women of color, for women in sports,” Cablk said. “What she did was unimaginable. I know a lot of people like to put Hope Solo in the spotlight, but she was a big part of someone who brought soccer to the forefront of American society and really paved the way for people like me to pursue their dreams.”

Cablk attended Naperville North, which features a strong girl’s soccer program. Naperville North won the state championship in girl’s soccer this spring, and while Cablk was a studentathlete there, she posted career-best stats.

She gave up an average of 0.25 goals per game during her junior season and finished her high school career with 38 shutouts. Cablk isn’t the only Naperville North grad playing for the Illini; sophomore midfielder Katelynn Buescher has played with Cablk since the two were in middle school.

Even though Cablk posted solid statistics in high school, she suffered some adversity along the way.

“It’s hard when you play goalkeeper,” Cablk said.

“You get in situations where you have some injuries, and then that shakes your confidence a little bit.

So I remember early in my high school career, I tore my PCL in my right knee on a breakaway save, so it took me a few years to, like, work back and work on that technique because obviously, an injury that’s that serious can be a little bit traumatic, but I mean every day, every day I’m focusing on confidence.”

In college, Cablk hadn’t played one minute until Sunday. While she was in the goal for the second half, Cablk made two saves in her 45 minutes of playing time.

She also gave up two goals, leaving her current goalsallowed average at 4.00 per game.

Buescher said Cablk’s decision to go to Illinois

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The Illini women’s soccer team stand together after defeating Northwestern 3-1 on Sept. 20 at Demirjian Park. Cablk picked up her first minutes in goal during the game versus Michigan on Sunday.

didn’t influence her decision to play at Illinois but has found Cablk’s presence to be an added bonus. “(Cablk has) definitely grown a lot as a player,” Buescher said. “She’s so much more confident and loud.

She really knows what she’s doing, and she’s really good about directing and being confident in her own decisions and being confident in her teammates and motivating them.”

Pre-game, Cablk likes to arrive early, so she gets a few minutes of peace and quiet before people get there, and she starts AUX duty.

Cablk said goalies have to lead since they can see things their teammates can not. While Cablk is the current backup goalkeeper for the Illini, she takes a leadership role when it comes to pregame music.

For most young people, running the AUX cord is an important duty — if you play a bad song, you are not going to be handed the cord in the

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near future. Cablk has honed this skill during her time at Illinois and can usually find the proper song to put on.

“I really enjoy taking over the AUX cord in the locker room and taking the responsibility to get the team hyped up,” Cablk said. “I always put my equipment on in the same order. That’s like a little, I would say, like a little quirk.”

Cablk likes to put on 2000s music, featuring artists such as Usher and Flo Rida. She also adapts to her teammates’ requests; senior goalkeeper Jaelyn Cunningham enjoys Post Malone, which is played in players’ cars from time to time.

When Cablk is not in charge of the AUX cord, Cablk tries to catch up on sleep. On her Illinois Athletics biography, baking is listed as a hobby of hers, but she doesn’t have much time to make desserts on campus.

Cablk, a Naperville, Illinois, native bakes cookies with her mother when she

“She’s got a really strong arm, so she can hit the ball hard. And being a lefty helps on that side of court, too. She’s got a really impressive array of shots as well, and you don’t always see that from players.”

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“I wouldn’t get home until 10 p.m. every night, and it became a schedule for me,” Shegos said.

After long nights of diving and driving, the hard work paid off and prepared her to be a student-athlete at Illinois.

As a sophomore, Shegos is an interdisciplinary health major with aspirations to be a physician assistant in dermatology.

When she’s not in the pool, you’ll catch her either sleeping, studying for chemistry or getting Chipotle with her roommates on Sunday nights.

enrichment program for finance students.

Cablk has focused her post-college goals to the business world, starting in finance but switching gears to eventually go to law school. Although she isn’t certain of what field of law she would like to specialize in. She is leaning toward financial law.

“I’m currently a finance major here but in the pre-law program,” Cablk said. “The goal is to hopefully work for a few years, get some professional experience, make some money and then go back to law school.”

Although he could be swapping her cleats for a briefcase in the not-sodistant future, Cablk has always enjoyed soccer.

“I think I really did have that internal love of the game from the beginning,” Cablk said.

FROM 1B In the event Robinson is forced into duty for a third straight week, offensive coordinator Rod Smith is hoping the young signal-caller can build on the flashes he showed during Illinois’ 25-0 scoring run on Saturday, where he threw for 192 yards and scored two total touchdowns.

“Every game puts more confidence in (Robinson) as well,” Rod said. “I’ve seen and know what he can do, I think.

Sometimes, it’s a matter of if the kids believe more so than if I believe. The more he goes out and has success and can make plays and do some of the things he did, particularly against a highly rated defense, it’s gotta give him confidence.”

Either quarterback, or even freshman Isaiah Williams, if he’s available, will have their work cut out for them facing a Wisconsin defense that has posted four shutouts so far this year.

ing new shots is something she sees as being a fun experience.

In the team’s last match against Indiana, Allison started all three sets at the hitter position and was able to put up 7 kills on a .462 hitting percentage. Over the last four matches for the Illini, Allison has averaged 7.5 kills per match and 2.75 blocks per match, and the team has gone 3-1 in that stretch.

“I find hitting fun,” Allison said. “I feel free when I’m doing it. It’s fun to try to compete against the other person on the other side and (Brown) is doing a really good job of getting us open.”

All-American hitter, Jacqueline Quade, credited Allison with being able to “go after it” and not playing tentatively on the attack.

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is home from college. In her time away from soccer, she likes to watch the Cubs and Bears as well as spend time with her family, including her younger sister, Megan, who is still in high school.

Cablk said she baked more when she was her sister’s age but was never going to make a business out of it. Some people might make a YouTube channel or have an Instagram page to show off their work, but Cablk was a casual baker in her spare time.

“I really enjoy holiday traditions,” Cablk said. “My grandmother was always very big on baking and that’s, like, a way we spend time together as a family, so I do enjoy that when I go home with my mom and my sister.”

With her busy schedule, Cablk finds ways to stay involved in the campus community away from soccer. As a finance major, she is involved in the business fraternity, Phi Chi Theta, and the Finance Academy, which is an invitation-only

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thing that has been a focal point for Tamas’ Illinois team. Multiple players, like Megan Cooney, are able to play different spots and positions on the court. Allison has fit into this style of play that Tamas has focused on.

Tamas talked about how adding Allison to the rotation has put another player on the court that has a good understanding of multiple areas of the game.

“We just look for players that can play the whole game,” Tamas said. “We

want players that have strong skill sets and a good volleyball IQ on the court. I think both of them (Brown and Allison) do that really well for us. Anytime you get players that can do everything and kind of command the court in that way, I think it just adds to your overall team IQ, and we’re seeing that over the last handful of matches.” @brendyn_jones Brendyn2@dailyillini.com

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Taylor Shegos dives at Bloomington, Indiana, during the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 20. Shegos’ diving career began early on with a history of hard work.

Playing in the Big Ten West certainly causes skepticism among media and fans toward teams that win the division, but this year’s Badgers appear to be more than just a group that beats up on the Big Ten’s basement dwellers.

Wisconsin, 6-0, has rolled through its schedule thus far, winning each of its games by at least two possessions (and frequently far more than that).

Under Paul Chryst, the Badgers have usually played good defense, and their profile offensively usually propels an inflated stat line for whoever their running back is in a given season.

This season appears different, however, as Jonathan

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Defensive linebacker Jamal Milan (55) attempts to sack Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson (2) during the Illinois versus Michigan game on Saturday. The Illini prepare to face the undefeated Badgers this weekend.

Taylor is proving to possibly be the only non-quarterback with an actual shot at the Heisman Trophy.

“You start with Taylor, arguably the best player in college football,” Lovie said.

“He’s excellent running between the tackles; he has size; he can hit you with power, (and) he’s faster than most people.”

Taylor has run for 825 yards and 14 touchdowns so far this year in just six games and has demonstrated all the necessary skills to be successful at the running back position. The junior is making a case to be the rare running back that goes in the first round of the NFL draft, but he will need a strong, consistent finish to the season to do so.

Having Taylor alone would be enough to keep the Badgers competitive in the West

Division, but Wisconsin’s defense is also among the best in the country, allowing an astounding 5.8 points per game on average.

“I’ve watched what they do; they’re not reinventing football (or) anything like that,” Lovie said. “They’re just where they’re supposed to be. They play hard together.”

Linebacker Zack Baun boats six sacks thus far, while fellow linebacker Chris Orr trails close behind with 2.5 sacks.

Similar to last week’s game with Michigan, expecting an Illinois win against Wisconsin is unrealistic, but another competitive game that has drama into the fourth quarter could be seen as a step in the right direction. milesp2@dailyillini.com @MilesP_H

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Head coach Lovie Smith poses with the Illini Football team after the announcement of the 2021 Aer Lingus Classic in Ireland. Illinois will play against Nebraska on Aug. 28, 2021, in Dublin, Ireland.

Illini to play in Ireland in 2021

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Illinois will travel to Dublin, Ireland to kick off the 2021 season, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Monday.

Illinois, Nebraska and Irish American Events Limited will bring Big Ten football to Ireland as part of the Aer Lingus College Football Series at Aviva Stadium in Dublin for a Week Zero game on Aug. 28, 2021.

“The University of Illinois, our football program, our alumni and fans, and the entire Fighting Illini family are in for a oncein-a-lifetime experience on the Emerald Isle,” said Athletic Director Josh W hitman, per fightingillini.com. “When first

approached about this game almost two years ago, we had immediate interest.

This game will provide an incredible educational opportunity for our football student-athletes who, because of their schedule, generally do not receive the same international experiences as many of our other student-athletes. For our fans, I hope they will journey with us across the Atlantic for a wonderful trip and a major football game, all set against the beauty of Ireland.”

The game marks the Illinois football program’s first foreign trip and will face Nebraska in the second game of the annual Aer Lingus College Football Series. Both Big Ten teams will join programs such as

Notre Dame and Navy, who will be playing a game in Dublin a week prior to Illinois and Nebraska.

Irish American Events Limited, who partnered with Illinois’ Department of Intercollegiate Athletics to plan the event, said the announcement of the Illinois-Nebraska game

not only gives both programs an opportunity to play overseas but has also helped bring American football to Ireland.

“Irish American Events was formed in 2015 with a goal to establish Ireland as the European headquarters of college football,” said John Anthony,

“This game will provide an incredible educational opportunity for our football student-athletes who ... do not receive the same international experience.”

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of Irish American Events Limited, per fightingillini.com. “Today as we announce the Fighting Illini versus Nebraska Cornhuskers in 2021, we are thrilled to have these programs pursue this tremendous opportunity for their student-athletes, fans and universities.

The 2021 Aer Lingus Classic will be the second game in an annual fivegame series, as they will proceed Notre Dame and Navy visiting Ireland along with ESPN College GameDay in 2020.

This is the first time in history that there will be consecutive years of American college football games in Ireland. We are honored that these universities recognize that the Aer Lingus

College Football Classic is much more than a game and Irish American Events is thrilled to promote and operate this prestigious series.”

According to fightingillini.com, the original date for the Illinois-Nebraska game was Nov. 13, 2021, at Memorial Stadium. However, the schedule change will give Illinois two bye weeks during the 2021 season.

Both teams will travel to Dublin nearly a week prior to the team to “acclimate to the different time zone” and experience the culture. The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics said television assignments are to be determined for the game. sports@dailyillini.com

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BY LIAM DWYER BUZZ CALENDAR EDITOR

The buzz calendar is a compilation of events happening in the Champaign-Urbana area.

Follow our top picks in Monday’s and Thursday’s papers for ideas on what to do on any night of the week, from where to eat to what to watch.

Want to submit an event? Email calendar@readbuzz.com.

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Sam Worthington stars in ‘Fractured,’ a recently released psychological thriller. Worthington stands out while the rest of the film lacks the “thrill” quality viewers seek.

‘Fractured’ meets low expectations

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buzz factor: ‘Fractured’ is a psychological thriller directed by Brad Anderson (don’t bother looking him up, you won’t recognize anything he’s done) and starring Sam Worthington, of Avatar and Terminator: Salvation fame.

It was released quietly by Netflix on the same day as the follow up to the critically acclaimed TV show Breaking Bad titled “El Camino” and little to no critic reviews were available before the release, which is not a good indicator of its quality.

The film follows Ray Monroe (Sam Worthington) as he takes his wife (Lily Rabe) and young daughter (Lucy Capri) back home from a trip to visit family during Thanksgiving. At a rest stop, Ray and his daughter fall, and the daughter’s arm breaks. Ray quickly brings her to the hospital to be checked out. She is taken, with his wife, for a CT scan to check for head trauma. Ray falls asleep in the waiting area and once awoken, discovers the hospital has no record of his family ever being there.

Ray now begins his descent down the wild rabbit hole of an insane conspiracy to find out what is happening inside this institution.

One of the best parts of this

film is the cinematography.

The color palette and shots work well to create an uncomfortable and eerie atmosphere that compliments the narrative very well. Another highlight of the movie is a surprisingly nuanced performance from Sam Worthington in the lead role. Worthington has always been best in supporting roles, especially in Mel Gibson’s war film “Hacksaw Ridge.” This is the first time he has really shined in a starring role. He stands out as one of the very few bright spots in this sorry excuse for a mystery.

Pacing is an integral aspect of the thriller genre. It keeps the viewer engrossed in the plot and characters while not going too fast with every piece of information as to not numb the audience so they no longer care to see the movie through to the end. The pacing of this film yo-yos throughout the film, going extremely slow to set up the premise in the beginning to neck-breaking speed towards the end, never really hitting a perfect spot to keep someone watching.

Sloppy direction also bogs down the film. Clearly Anderson, mostly doing TV work now, had no real vision, resulting in a film that doesn’t really have a point.

The worst part of this film, however, is hands down the script. Coming from the

pen of the guy who brought you “Halloween 4” and video game movies, one really couldn’t expect this film to be much better than it is.

The characters feel disjointed and not human, feeling more like PlayStation 2 character models than actual human beings. The plot is too boring to be entertaining, and the whole mystery element of the film is easily predictable from the start, making the film feel even slower than it is, as the viewer knows how everything will play out.

No spoilers, but the plot twist of this movie is literally explained by a character having a conversation with our main character in the first 20 minutes of the film. Predictability isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but in a movie centered on conspiracy and mystery, it is an integral aspect of the plot structure, which when removed can take the audience right out of the immersion of a film.

There is a reason Netflix isn’t trying to convince you to see this movie. Despite some clever cinematography, and maybe Worthington’s best leading role yet, the slow and uneven pacing, the unfocused direction and tedious plot create a psychological thriller that fails to do that very act: thrill.

 9:30 p.m.  The Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign  $10 Illini Student Musicals are back to provide their stellar live performance at all shows. This low-budget freak show/ cult classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) and their indoctrination into the world of Dr. Frank N. Furter (Tim Curry) and his cavalcade of beautiful weirdoes: Riff Raff (Richard O’Brien), Magenta (Patricia Quinn), Columbia (Nell Campebll) and Eddie (Meatloaf). A cult classic and the pinnacle of audience participation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show at The Art Theater is an experience you’ll never forget.

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Halloween Showcase 2019

 6:30-9 p.m.  Defy Gravity - Pole Fitness and Aerial Arts Studio, Lincoln Square Mall, Urbana  $15 students, $20 general Come see the wonderful talent at Defy Gravity Pole Fitness and Aerial Arts Studio.

The show will feature two student shows.

Acatoberfest

 7::30-9:30 p.m.  Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana  $5 for students/$7 general on the quad, $7 for students/$10 general at the door No Strings Attached A Cappella is proud to present Acatoberfest. Come out to the largest a cappella event of the year, featuring the talents of seven campus groups, all in the same concert.

SATURDAY, OCT. 19

Haunted

 11 a.m.  44 E. Main St., Champaign  Free Prepare to be scared! Or at least intrigued, and maybe even delighted and amused by the creepy, ghostly, ghoulish, dark, mysterious, bone-chilling array of art featured in the “Haunted” exhibition. Work by 14 artists from Central Illinois — and far beyond — will be featured. Haunted art will include paintings, sculpture, photography, batik and mixed media.

S’mores & Wine

 5-7 p.m.  Alto Vineyards Champaign, 4210 N. Duncan Rd., Champaign  $10 Come have some good ole’ fashioned s’mores with three samples of wines. Alto Vineyards will also be featuring a variety of flavored Illinois-grown popcorn.

SUNDAY, OCT. 20

Taco Belles at the Urbana Library

 2 p.m.  210 W. Green St., Urbana  Free A free one hour show at the Urbana Library as part of their music series, featuring the Taco Belles! The show will feature Melinda Rodriguez on vocals, Emma Taylor on bass and vocals and Crystal Rebone on bass.

Kam’s Last Call on Daniel Street

 12 p.m.-12 a.m.  KAM’s Champaign, 618 E. Daniel St., Champaign  Cover requested at door.

Homecoming weekend (Sunday night) will be KAM’s last weekend on Daniel Street.

Come out for this opportunity to be a part of another historical moment in the longrunning tradition at KAM’s as they prepare to start their next chapter on Green Street.

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Doja Cat performs at Foellinger Auditorium on Tuesday. She is known for hits like “MOO!” and “Go to Town”.

Doja Cat captivates with high energy

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Mo n d a y evening , Champaign was taken on a euphoric and visually stimulating journey through Doja Cat’s unique identity and “Bubblegum Trap” sound at Foellinger Auditorium.

Doja’s entrance was preceded by Chicago-based hip-hop duo Mother Nature, which consists of rappers Tierney Reed and Shasta Matthews. While these two young female MC’s are slowly surfing the underground hip-hop scene, their energy and chemistry on stage are reminiscent of higher-profile artists.

Every performance by the duo highlighted their rapping technicalities as Chicago artists, like another Chicago rapper, Smino, whose strongest suit is his distinct and fun flows.

Mother Nature’s charisma was highlighted during songs like Pressure and Simple, where they could almost seamlessly trade bars with each other. Because of how their verses meshed, it was as if they were one voice. They closed their set with their most popular track “This Yo Year” which speaks about embracing the present and “claiming what is yours.” Through powerful messaging, stage presence and crowd interactions, Mother Nature was a fresh opener for Doja Cat. Following the silence of Mother Nature were echoes of “Doja Cat! Doja Cat!” from the crowd. People dressed in cat — ear headbands, cow patterned hats Champaign-Urbana’s premiere venue for independent, foreignlanguage, cult classic, experimental film, and special events

(in reference to Doja’s song “Moo”), rushed to the front of the ground floor.

Enter Doja Cat, wearing a cheetah bodysuit and sunglasses covering most of her face. Her red-carpet entrance was paired with trippy visuals that included Powerpuff Girls, smileyfaced lollipops and stimulating bright patterns. The most eye-catching ones were the different colored eyes of different Powerpuff Girls, their eyes radiated a rippling motion.

After her walk-in song, she greeted the crowd with, “What’s popping, Champaign!” which was soon followed by her saying comedicly, “I would have never thought I would say that.”

With the wave of SoundCloud rappers spawning in recent years, some of their performances may fall flat. Among these rappers are Playboi Carti, Trippie Redd and Lil Uzi Vert. The appeal of going to these concerts is just seeing the rapper in person, not so much the performance.

Doja Cat is an exception in this conglomerate.

Doja Cat oozes energy that is complementary in her music. A vast majority of her tracks are a fun and lighthearted approach to modern “trap hip-hop” music, and her personality onstage coexisted with her sound.

Her vocal performance showed that she’s talented live and not just in a recording studio. Her melodic mixture of rapping and singing was clearly seen with every song, along with visible enjoyment from the

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The Defy Gravity website hosts what the organization refers to as its “diversity pledge.” The studio has a special emphasis on empowering people of marginalized identities.

And this is not just through words, it’s seen through the people who take the classes, and the staff.

Liana said over 50% of the staff identify as queer, and many of the instructors include their pronouns in their class introductions.

This establishes the studio as a safe space for people who may not adhere to straight, cisgender or nonqueer labels.

Not only does the studio strive to be 100% inclusive, but they also aim to educate their instructors along with their students. Instructors participate in seminars and sensitivity training to become better equipped to give their students what they need without them having to ask for it.

Alcantara describes education as the “secret sauce” in making the studio inclusive and unique compared to other gyms. They also make a point to not erase the true origins of pole dancing: strippers. “Defy Gravity upholds the uncensored history of pole dancing in the west – that it originated in the strip club,” their website reads.

Pole dancing is sexy if that’s how someone chooses to express it, but it’s fun and gets people out of their comfort zones. At the end of a class at the Defy Gravity studio, students feel they will have accomplished something new no matter who they are or what fitness level they are at.

All they need is to be willing to try something new and $10 for the first class.

They also offer discounts for students and the RSO Illini Pole Fitness.

Born in 2015 from a University of Illinois RSO, Defy Gravity is a pole dancing and aerial gym that invites everyone of every gender, race, sexuality and athletic ability level to participate.

Located in the northern part of the Lincoln Mall, the Defy Gravity studio is just a short bus ride or drive from the heart of campus.

The manager of the studio, Liana Alcantara, is a woman who radiates confidence and sureness, something for which she credits pole dancing.

“We approach pole and aerial fitness as an extension of self-expression,” Alcantara said.

Pole dancing is often seen as sexy because it can be, but at Defy Gravity, it’s a lot more than that. People come into the studio to learn how to move their bodies in a fun way and face no pressure to get the moves right or to already have enough upper body strength to get up on the pole. Some people come in for pole and then try out aerial or vice versa.

At the studio, the staff does not agree with what Alcantara describes as the “status quo narrative of health and fitness.” Instead, they take an approach that allows anyone of any health status to participate in their classes. The studio is much more than just a place to work out, it’s a place to feel like you belong.

“It’s not overstating to say that Defy Gravity legitimately changed my life,” Alcantara said.

Alcantara first came to the studio fresh off a broken ankle that left her in a wheelchair. She was depressed and did not feel like herself, but the studio helped bring her back to where she wanted to be.

Her goal wasn’t to change her body, and for most people who come to the studio, that isn’t their end goal pleden2@readbuzz.com

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Hip-hop duo, Mother Nature, performs at Foellinger Auditorium on Monday evening.

stage that brought cheers and excitement from the audience.

“Go to Town,” one of her most popular tracks, was a high point in the set-list.

She seductively gazed at the crowd as the beat of the song snuck into the venue.

Doja electrified different parts of the crowd by getting closer to each side of the stage and interacting with them.

A little more than halfway through the set, she took off her jacket and her

glasses, revealing her alluring mannerisms, as she danced on stage. The passion she put on stage was clearly visible, as well as how much fun she has performing her music.

Her second to last song, “MOO!” started with her taking a cow patterned hat from the crowd. This gesture conveyed how she is not only a recording artist but a performing artist AKI AKHAURI THE DAILY ILLINI as well.

Nicole Epperson, instructor at Defy Gravity dances on a pole in capapas2@readbuzz.com

the studio. Defy Gravity, a pole fitness and aerial arts studio in Lincoln Square Mall, goes to great lengths to promote inclusivity.

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Thursday, October 17, 2019

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BY LIAM DWYER BUZZ CALENDAR EDITOR

The buzz calendar is a compilation of events happening in the Champaign-Urbana area.

Follow our top picks in Monday’s and Thursday’s papers for ideas on what to do on any night of the week, from where to eat to what to watch.

Want to submit an event? Email calendar@readbuzz.com.

THURSDAY, OCT. 17

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Sam Worthington stars in ‘Fractured,’ a recently released psychological thriller. Worthington stands out while the rest of the film lacks the “thrill” quality viewers seek.

‘Fractured’ meets low expectations

BY TJ TAYLOR STAFF WRITER

buzz factor: ‘Fractured’ is a psychological thriller directed by Brad Anderson (don’t bother looking him up, you won’t recognize anything he’s done) and starring Sam Worthington, of Avatar and Terminator: Salvation fame.

It was released quietly by Netflix on the same day as the follow up to the critically acclaimed TV show Breaking Bad titled “El Camino” and little to no critic reviews were available before the release, which is not a good indicator of its quality.

The film follows Ray Monroe (Sam Worthington) as he takes his wife (Lily Rabe) and young daughter (Lucy Capri) back home from a trip to visit family during Thanksgiving. At a rest stop, Ray and his daughter fall, and the daughter’s arm breaks. Ray quickly brings her to the hospital to be checked out. She is taken, with his wife, for a CT scan to check for head trauma. Ray falls asleep in the waiting area and once awoken, discovers the hospital has no record of his family ever being there.

Ray now begins his descent down the wild rabbit hole of an insane conspiracy to find out what is happening inside this institution.

One of the best parts of this

film is the cinematography.

The color palette and shots work well to create an uncomfortable and eerie atmosphere that compliments the narrative very well. Another highlight of the movie is a surprisingly nuanced performance from Sam Worthington in the lead role. Worthington has always been best in supporting roles, especially in Mel Gibson’s war film “Hacksaw Ridge.” This is the first time he has really shined in a starring role. He stands out as one of the very few bright spots in this sorry excuse for a mystery.

Pacing is an integral aspect of the thriller genre. It keeps the viewer engrossed in the plot and characters while not going too fast with every piece of information as to not numb the audience so they no longer care to see the movie through to the end. The pacing of this film yo-yos throughout the film, going extremely slow to set up the premise in the beginning to neck-breaking speed towards the end, never really hitting a perfect spot to keep someone watching.

Sloppy direction also bogs down the film. Clearly Anderson, mostly doing TV work now, had no real vision, resulting in a film that doesn’t really have a point.

The worst part of this film, however, is hands down the script. Coming from the

pen of the guy who brought you “Halloween 4” and video game movies, one really couldn’t expect this film to be much better than it is.

The characters feel disjointed and not human, feeling more like PlayStation 2 character models than actual human beings. The plot is too boring to be entertaining, and the whole mystery element of the film is easily predictable from the start, making the film feel even slower than it is, as the viewer knows how everything will play out.

No spoilers, but the plot twist of this movie is literally explained by a character having a conversation with our main character in the first 20 minutes of the film. Predictability isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but in a movie centered on conspiracy and mystery, it is an integral aspect of the plot structure, which when removed can take the audience right out of the immersion of a film.

There is a reason Netflix isn’t trying to convince you to see this movie. Despite some clever cinematography, and maybe Worthington’s best leading role yet, the slow and uneven pacing, the unfocused direction and tedious plot create a psychological thriller that fails to do that very act: thrill.

 9:30 p.m.  The Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign  $10 Illini Student Musicals are back to provide their stellar live performance at all shows. This low-budget freak show/ cult classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) and their indoctrination into the world of Dr. Frank N. Furter (Tim Curry) and his cavalcade of beautiful weirdoes: Riff Raff (Richard O’Brien), Magenta (Patricia Quinn), Columbia (Nell Campebll) and Eddie (Meatloaf). A cult classic and the pinnacle of audience participation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show at The Art Theater is an experience you’ll never forget.

FRIDAY, OCT. 18

Halloween Showcase 2019

 6:30-9 p.m.  Defy Gravity - Pole Fitness and Aerial Arts Studio, Lincoln Square Mall, Urbana  $15 students, $20 general Come see the wonderful talent at Defy Gravity Pole Fitness and Aerial Arts Studio.

The show will feature two student shows.

Acatoberfest

 7::30-9:30 p.m.  Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana  $5 for students/$7 general on the quad, $7 for students/$10 general at the door No Strings Attached A Cappella is proud to present Acatoberfest. Come out to the largest a cappella event of the year, featuring the talents of seven campus groups, all in the same concert.

SATURDAY, OCT. 19

Haunted

 11 a.m.  44 E. Main St., Champaign  Free Prepare to be scared! Or at least intrigued, and maybe even delighted and amused by the creepy, ghostly, ghoulish, dark, mysterious, bone-chilling array of art featured in the “Haunted” exhibition. Work by 14 artists from Central Illinois — and far beyond — will be featured. Haunted art will include paintings, sculpture, photography, batik and mixed media.

S’mores & Wine

 5-7 p.m.  Alto Vineyards Champaign, 4210 N. Duncan Rd., Champaign  $10 Come have some good ole’ fashioned s’mores with three samples of wines. Alto Vineyards will also be featuring a variety of flavored Illinois-grown popcorn.

SUNDAY, OCT. 20

Taco Belles at the Urbana Library

 2 p.m.  210 W. Green St., Urbana  Free A free one hour show at the Urbana Library as part of their music series, featuring the Taco Belles! The show will feature Melinda Rodriguez on vocals, Emma Taylor on bass and vocals and Crystal Rebone on bass.

Kam’s Last Call on Daniel Street

 12 p.m.-12 a.m.  KAM’s Champaign, 618 E. Daniel St., Champaign  Cover requested at door.

Homecoming weekend (Sunday night) will be KAM’s last weekend on Daniel Street.

Come out for this opportunity to be a part of another historical moment in the longrunning tradition at KAM’s as they prepare to start their next chapter on Green Street.

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August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean // Illinois Theatre

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Dance for People with Parkinson’s // Marquee Annual University of Illinois Bands Homecoming Concert // School of Music

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UI Philharmonia Orchestra // School of Music

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