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Champaign to see road closures for marathon BY SAM BOYLE NEWS EDITOR
This Saturday, the Illinois Marathon will affect several roads along the race route, closing streets around campus as early as 6 a.m. Pulsing traffic will be let across the roads when possible. The roads will reopen again at different times depending on the peak running times. However, the last roads are expected to be cleared by 2:15 p.m. Listed below are the roads that will be closed: Start of Race on St. Mary’s Road • First Street from St. Mary’s Road to Green Street • Green Street from First Street to Race Street Green Street from Lincoln Avenue to Race Street • Race Street from Green Street to Main Street • Main Street from Race Street to Cottage Grove Avenue • Cottage Grove Avenue and Philo Road from Main Street to Washington Street • Washington Street from Philo Road to Kinch Street • Kinch Street from Washington Street to Florida Avenue • Florida Avenue from Kinch Street to Smith Road and Stone Creek Boulevard • Stone Creek Boulevard from Smith Road to Amber Lane • Amber Lane from Stone Creek Boulevard to Philo Road • McHenry Street from Philo Road to Vine Street • Vine Street from McHenry Street to Windsor Road • Windsor Road from Philo Road to Race Street • Race Street from Windsor Road to Pennsylvania Avenue • Pennsylvania Avenue from Race Street to Sixth Street • Sixth Street from Pennsylvania Avenue to Gregory Drive • Gregory Drive from Sixth Street to Euclid Street • Euclid Street from Gregory Drive to Peabody Drive • Peabody Drive to end of race at Memorial Stadium
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The University admissions firewall policy was created in response to the Category I scandal in which donors or legislators contacted the University and asked to aid in an applicant’s admission. The firewall aims to block outside interference with admittance decisions.
Admissions firewall pursues transparency BY JULIE KANG ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
The University’s admissions firewall policy aims to provide transparency, which has been brought an issue to light due to recent college admissions scandals. A decade ago, an investigation at the University revealed “high-level administrators were providing special treatment for relatives of legislators, trustees and other influential individuals,” according to an op-ed published this month by Andy Borst, director of Undergraduate Admissions, and Kevin Pitts, vice provost for Undergraduate Education. In other words, if a donor or legislator contacted the University and asked the school to help an applicant in the admissions process, the applicant’s name was put on a special list called Category I, Pitts said. The main response to this Category I scandal was the creation of the firewall. “We thought, ‘OK, how
can we make sure nothing like this happens again?’” Pitts said. “The best thing we can do is to just keep all that information away from the review process.” The firewall blocks outside interference with admittance decisions, meaning nobody is allowed inside the firewall except admissions officers and application reviewers; presidents, donors, lawmakers and provosts must stay behind the wall. “Any attempts to cross that line are logged and reviewed by the University’s ethics office,” the op-ed writes. “The log itself is a public record.” Borst said in a followup email the University makes admissions decisions through independent reviews and not committee reviews. In an independent review process, an admissions staff member assesses an application based on the criteria of each academic program. A newer staff member typically does the first independent review, then a more
senior-level staff member does the second review, independent of the first. Staff are required to justify their decision to either admit, refer to another major, defer, waitlist or deny the applicant with qualitative notes. If the two decisions differ, a third independent review is done. The process continues until two decisions match. The process also includes cross-checking. This helps the admissions staff look for anomalies and any other information that can explain differences in decisions. Borst said this year, the office added greater detail to the program explorer so students could see the academic profiles of students in the middle 50%, the range between the 25th and 75th percentiles. In addition, Pitts said the recent scandal has led the school to think more about potential holes in the admissions process. “(Although) we feel like our system is pretty good,
we’ve been really trying to think things through,” Pitts said. The March 29 firewall report, issued by Borst, was presented to the Senate Admissions Committee on April 7. The report describes nine attempts by nonadmissions personnel to intervene with admissions denials since last year. One account in the report, dated Dec. 18, states an applicant called the office wanting to know why he was denied admittance. An anonymous source identified the applicant as Korean. Upon explanation, he was told an appeal would not be successful and was suggested to apply as a transfer student. The applicant later said he hoped to be accepted based on his academic credentials. The report writes he said he did not want to make this offer but asked, “Can I donate to the University instead?” The offer was rejected, and he dropped the subject. He and the staff member con-
tinued to discuss his transfer process. The applicant was denied admission. “We don’t get to know who makes donations and who doesn’t,” Borst said. “So if someone asks if they can make a donation to the University, we can put you in touch with our foundation staff; that information is kept separate.” The University of Illinois Foundation functions to secure and administer private gifts to the three schools in Urbana, Chicago and Springfield. Sue Johnson, director of marketing and communications at UIF, said in an email in fiscal year 2018, the foundation received $498.5 million in grants, pledges, gifts and deferred gift commitments. Donors can be alumni, corporations, foundations, friends and other designations. They designate where the gifts go, whether it is to SEE ADMISSIONS | 3A
UI System plans to add more tenure positions BY EUNICE ALPASAN STAFF WRITER
University of Illinois System President Timothy Killeen introduced a five-year plan to hire more tenure faculty positions in response to increasing student enrollment across the system. The five-year plan would accommodate 168 more tenure faculty positions at the UI campus with consideration to the amount of positions needed to replace faculty retirements and turnovers. Killeen announced the plan on March 14 during a Board of Trustees meeting. Tenure-line faculty positions include assistant professors, associate professors and professors. The additional tenure faculty positions would be a 9% increase in overall faculty at the University. Since fall 2014, student enrollment across the University System grew about 9.5%, increasing by about 7,500 students. Total tenure faculty growth lagged behind, increasing by 2.1%, or 68 professors, Killeen said during the meeting. Killeen attributed this delayed faculty growth to a two-year state budget impasse that took away hundreds of millions of dollars from the University’s day-to-day operations. “In the end, our universities rise on the quality of
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our students and faculty,” Killeen said. “As we grow one group, we must nurture and grow the other.” The additional funds to support new salaries and cover start-up costs would be millions of dollars across the three campuses every year. These funding needs would be met by expanding on all revenue sources, including fundraising and state appropriations.
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Robbery and aggravated battery were reported on the 1200 block of North Market Street around 12:30 p.m. Sunday. According to the report, the victim was knocked unconscious in a parking lot. A cell phone and currency were reported stolen. Credit card fraud was reported on the 700 block of Newton Drive around 9:30 p.m. Monday. According to the report, an unknown offender used the victim’s information to buy food. T respa ssi ng was reported on the 1200 block of Hedge Road
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Hoping to combat future disasters such as the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster in Japan, a University professor has designed a new system against correlated disruptions. A correlated disruption is when more than one natural disaster occurs simultaneously, linked by mutual outcomes. Yanfeng Ouyang, professor in Engineering, decided to build a system against correlated disruptions after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster on March 11, 2011. “We are trying to represent a certain correlation through mathematical terms and build a model of systems called supporting stations,” Ouyang said. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster disrupted reactors used to help meltdowns after a natural disaster occurs. There were two natural disasters that dis-
abled the emergency generators: an earthquake followed by a tsunami. At that time, systems engineers had no idea two natural disasters were capable of happening simultaneously, Ouyang said. The generators were built to prevent one natural disaster but not two. Ouyang said the generators were designed differently, and the Japanese did not think that this correlation could happen. “We are now able to design how we would address the risk associated with correlation,” Ouyang said. “Essentially, the whole point is trying to avoid a way for this situation to happen again.” Denzel McCauley, senior in Engineering, said in an email the faculty and staff in civil and environmental engineering are extremely knowledgeable and driven in their respective field. “You see the passion in how they teach, and they
truly make sure that you are adequately prepared with applying the material to real-life situations,” McCauley said. Ouyang and fellow CEE researchers decided to design virtual stations that represent the positive and negative correlations of infrastructure in the real world. Ouyang developed a concept called negative probability, which means the effects of disasters on one component imply a different effect on its competitor. This concept explains how two sources share a “power supply station,” which then creates new independent disruptions that share power supplies. “Essentially, we can describe this situation by using the example of two people meeting through another person. The two people are considered as the independent disruptions, while the connecting person is the power supply station,” Ouyang said. Sonia Zala, junior in Engineering, rec-
ognizes, like Ouyang, many civil engineers design infrastructures that combat real-life problems. “The civil engineering program was number one when I applied as a freshman,” Zala said. “There are so many people from CEE that have built major structures throughout the world, and I wanted to be a part of this great program.” Ultimately, Ouyang said he hopes his design helps other engineers to create new ways to prevent the effects of natural disasters on various system designs. “Overall the work of a civil engineer allows you to have an impact on an extremely wide, continuous scale through the plethora of projects you’d be handling (and) executing without necessarily having to receive the credit from the community from it,” McCauley said. “It lets you be the silent hand that’s helping everyone out.” tcosby2@dailyillini.com
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Illinois House expands federal financial aid BY MEGHANA KAZA STAFF WRITER
The Illinois House passed a bill that will offer state-funded student financial aid to undocumented immigrants and transgender individuals who have not registered for the draft. The Senate finished its first reading of the bill on April 12. Federal student financial aid is only available to U.S. citizens. Male students who are above age 18 and have registered for military selective service are also qualified. Agatha Bernat is a social work intern at the New American Welcome Center at University YMCA. She said any person who has the will and determination to pursue a higher education degree should be allowed to do so without any hindrance. “If you have the knowledge and you have the drive which will benefit not only you but also the larger world, why shouldn’t you have access to that just because of whoever’s decision it was to bring you here,” Bernat said. “That should not prohibit you from getting an education which, in my opinion, is a basic human right.” Tom Hardy, executive director of University Relations, said accessibility and affordability of a university degree can transform a person’s life. Bernat said graduate students who come to the YMCA for help are primarily concerned with how their legal status changes when they are no longer students and how
it influences their label and visa status. Bernat said the YMCA has had outreach from high school teachers asking what kind of financial aid was available to undocumented students. “(A teacher) was working closely with someone who wanted to apply for college but obviously could not fill out the (Free Application for Federal Student Aid),” Bernat said. Bernat said the YMCA also works with Central High School in Champaign to provide legal aid for undocumented immigrants to find a way to stay in the country before applying to colleges. The passage of House Bill 2691, the Retention of Illinois Students Act, would provide access to the state’s Monetary Award Program to students who currently do not qualify for financial aid. MAP provides grants to Illinois residents attending schools within the state and demonstrate the need for financial aid. While currently, students CHANTAL VACA THE DAILY ILLINI
can only use MAP grants to fund 135 credit hours, the bill aims to remove that cap to allow students of color from underfunded schools more time to complete a degree program. Bernat said the bill impacts the University in three ways: transgender students who have not registered for selected service, undocumented students who cannot apply to
FAFSA and also the students who have come from underresourced communities and schools. Opposition for this bill stands that if all students who became eligible for benefits were to use them, it could add about $9 million to the cost of the MAP grants. This would require lawmakers to allot more money for the program from somewhere else.
Bernat said the Retaining Illinois Students and Equity Act was written because there are a lot of Illinois residents who leave the state for their education and end up living and working out of state. The RISE Act would provide a clear directive to all Illinois colleges and universities that students who cannot apply for FAFSA and are
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decided to focus on community outreach and will be attending the Americans with Disabilities Act National Symposium in Texas over the summer to meet with ADA directors, disabilities rights groups and city engineers to better understand their market and get feedback on the functionality of the app. Although the goal for DeepWalk as a company is to generate revenue by the summer of 2020, Yates said the main function of DeepWalk is to find creative solutions to an everyday issue. Yates said he wouldn’t call himself a CEO until he can pay his employees. He prefers people to think of DeepWalk as a group trying to solve a problem. “There are lots of sidewalks and curb ramps that don’t fit the ADA requirements and because of that, there are millions of people with disabilities who can’t get where they need to go,” Awasthi said. “This is an important issue and if I can do something about it then I should.” sarap3@dailyillini.com
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Berg said one of the biggest issues the company faced was understanding the need in the marketplace for their product. Yates’s advice for startups facing this issue is to not just make something, but to fix a problem by understanding the needs of the people who will be using the product. “When we first looked into the assessment of sidewalks and saw it took Champaign two years to complete, we thought we will just make the process faster,” Yates said. “What we discovered by these interviews with the people who would buy the product is that we can really do something useful and go beyond what is being done already to address needs.” Recently, DeepWalk won third place in the startup competition Cozad and received $7,500 to put into the company’s growth. Awasthi said the money will go toward traveling to and working with cities in a trial run of the product and developing a more intuitive mobile application. Currently, DeepWalk has
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programs, the college has still been expanding its faculty in high numbers. Next school year, the College of Business will see an overall increase of about 15 faculty members. “All this growth is a really good thing,” Brown said. “The growth in the faculty (and) the growth in revenue-generating graduate programs all comes back to help us do an even better job of also serving our undergraduate population.” According to Killeen’s plan, the additional hires would also reduce high undergraduate student to faculty ratios in engineering, computer science, business, biological and health sciences, economics, statistics and information sciences. Last week, a $100 million flexible donation from the Grainger Foundation — totaling to over $300 million in support — would rename the College of Engineering to The Grainger College of Engineering. Part of the donation will be used to recruit, reward and retain faculty as well as add more faculty chairs and professorships, according to a press release. In 2016, the Board of Trustees introduced a system-wide strategic enrollment plan to increase total enrollment across three universities to 93,646 in 2021, a 15% enrollment growth. At UI, this would mean the additional enrollment of over 6,000 students by 2021. Student applications were at another record high this year, Killeen said. “Investing in the (University of Illinois) System and in expanding its world class faculty is the key to ensuring that our three universities remain a magnet for the students and an incubator for the talent and discovery that drives progress,” Killeen said.
Brandon Yates discusses the purpose of his app. DeepWalk plans to improve sidewalks by reducing gaps in the walkway.
to minutes. Furthermore, Yates said the data collected currently is only used in deciding whether or not a sidewalk is compliant with regulations. “What we are trying to do is collect enough data to be used beyond decision making. (With the app) they can find which ramps need to be fixed, the cost estimate to fix it and actually use the data they collect to draw the new ramp,” Yates said. The actual process of using the app through the perspective of the user is relatively simple. Awasthi said the user would need to take around 12 pictures of a sidewalk at different angles and upload those into the app. Then the app will output the measurements and a 3D model of the curb ramp. From this, DeepWalk will create a compiled report of the data found that can be used by all the parties involved in fixing the ramps. Despite the advances DeepWalk has made in simplifying the auditing process, there were some hurdles the startup faced in the early days of the company.
state more money to give financial aid to these students, at the same time, we are retaining these students within Illinois, so we get to reap the benefits of them attaining their education in Illinois, finding jobs here and then giving back to the communities they came from,” Bernat said.
student support, facilities, academic programs, public service, research or unrestricted use. Johnson said UIF and advancement teams at the campuses follow the Association of Fundraising Professionals Donors’ Bill of Rights. “It is the ethical platform for campus development efforts, and it ensures that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the nonprofit organizations and causes they are asked to support,” Johnson said. The admissions office also received a Freedom of Information Act request in March from the Illinois attorney general, who was contacted by an applicant’s legislator with a Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act waiver to see the applicant’s admission decision. Although this is a lawful FOIA request, Borst said the school’s firewall policy does not allow a third party to request for information. The request is still pending. “Even with a FOIA request, that is not something we are going to provide,” Borst said. “They can ask, but we can say, ‘I am not going to provide you with this information, and because you have asked us, we are going to log this information.’” Borst said compared to previous years, he noticed the types of calls or requests coming in and the people calling are becoming braver when making admissions requests. “What our process shows is that admissions decisions for these individuals are not changing,” Borst said. Pitts said people sometimes describe the scandal as something only happening at highly selective schools. “We have some programs on campus that are pretty selective,” Pitts said. “That doesn’t make us completely immune to (issues regarding admissions).”
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Walking across campus, the average student does not need to give the dimensions and the cracks in the sidewalks a second thought, but for those who use a wheelchair, the reality of easily moving from class to class or from Green to Gregory isn’t as easy. Although there are national regulations in place to ensure easy access for those with disabilities, the time consuming and expensive process of auditing and fixing problematic sidewalks has left many curb ramps not up to code. The issue of inaccessible curb ramps is a prevalent issue in the U.S.. Brandon Berg, graduate student in Business said 80-96% of ramps in cities are inefficient. Realizing the inefficiencies of the current auditing process, in December 2017, Brandon Yates, sophomore in Engineering and his team decided to create a software that would allow city planners and the public to easily measure and map out the dimensions of a sidewalk with a mobile application. This became known as DeepWalk. Utkarsh Awasthi, sophomore in Engineering and employee at DeepWalk, explained the biggest issue with the current auditing process is data collection. Awasthi said the city will hire around 10 interns who manually measure the sidewalk. From these measurements, the city will decide whether they need to fix the sidewalk in question. “In total, (the city) measures the sidewalks four times, three times before they reconstruct the sidewalk and one time after,” Awasthi said. The outcome of such a process means updating the sidewalks to meet regulations is a time-consuming process. Yates, DeepWalk’s founder, explained it took Champaign-Urbana two years to audit 15,000 sidewalks. Berg, an employee of DeepWalk, said DeepWalk aims to reduce the time needed to produce accurate measurements from hours
in good academic standing are eligible for financial aid. It allows institutions of higher education to create an alternative instrument to FAFSA to determine the financial need of residents. The act aims to encourage students who are ineligible for FAFSA to stay in Illinois and attend Illinois institutions of higher learning. “Though it may cost the
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Students pose with a cutout of Lil Yachty in the Courtyard Cafe on March 28 after he was announced as this year’s performing artist for Spring Jam. The University has had rap artists perform at Spring Jam for the past three years, including Post Malone in 2017 and T-Pain in 2018.
Lil Yachty is ‘Up Next’ at Spring Jam 2019 sity students with their i-card. For the past three years, Spring Jam has brought rap artists to the University including Post Malone in 2017 and T-Pain in 2018. Lamont Holden, an instructor in the College of Music, has been making beats himself for the past 10 years after he moved to Atlanta to pursue music producing. Since then, he has returned to teaching and created the new course MUS 499: Popular Music
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For the first time in history, rap music surpassed rock to become the most consumed music genre in the U.S., according to the 2018 Nielsen Music report. With rap music central to college student culture, the University consistently brings rap artists to its Spring Jam. Spring Jam will take place Sunday on the Main Quad at 2 p.m. featuring rapper Lil Yachty. The event is free to all Univer-
Production after noticing a gap in the music school curriculum for commercial music. In his course, students learn the art of beat making and produce their own original music. Holden said the increase in popularity of rap music connects to how America is dealing with race. “There is a dichotomy in our culture where white people love black culture, but they don’t love black people,” Holden said. “You’ve seen it because it’s profitable to exploit the
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negatives of black culture.” Holden said rap music has evolved to what it is today due to the advances of technology and access. He said one reason rap got more popular is because of changes in the platforms available for rappers to share their music. People had more of a chance to become successful with rap. “In 2007 people were saying rap was dead,” Holden said. “By the time dust settled with the internet what you had were fewer gatekeepers with Soundcloud (and) Instagram (and) equalized playing field for artists to have a chance. The fact that you can now monetize streaming, a more profitable model (helps, too). That’s why we have this new resurgence.” While Holden said it’s great the University is bringing Lil Yachty to campus, he wishes they would involve the local music community. “What I’ve realized is the local talent is the lifeblood of music. Let’s get the community more involved. To me, anytime you do a performance you should do a workshop. Let’s convince Yachty to appear and talk to the kids,” Holden said. Inga Augustaitis, junior in Music, took MUS 499 because she wanted to expand her knowledge on ways to make music, including music production. Augustaitis said for the University to bring out what’s relevant, they
bring hip-hop artists to Spring Jam. She agreed with-Holden that community is important to the music creation process. “Hip hop is all about community,” Augustaitis said. “The culture and the community is the most important thing about hip hop and that’s where everything branches from.” Brendon Culloton, sophomore in Music, said he took MUS 499 because he wanted to expand his knowledge of hip-hop academically. Having grown up listening to Kanye West and Jay Z, Culloton said that this generation has grown up with hip hop being mainstream. “I live in an apartment on Lincoln, and if you’re listening during rush hour, (in) every other car that passes, you hear the trap drums,” Culloton said. “It’s everywhere.” Culloton said hip-hop is about artists speaking their truth. As a student in the music school, Culloton said while the University is bring-
ing rappers to campus for entertainment purposes, it’s not making its way into the curriculum. “It ’s weird because from my experience in the school of music, they still don’t want to bring this type of music to campus, besides bringing it and putting it on stage as a spring sing,” Culloton said. “We go to music history classes, and it’s completely dead European men. When we talk about music theory, it’s all how did Bach do music theory. We don’t talk about things that happened in the last 30 years. In the school of music, it definitely feels like there is a resistance to including this type of hip- hop music.” Culloton said he is looking forward to attending Lil Yachty. “Lil Yachty was big a few years ago, but I feel like that’s everyone (who) comes to Spring Jam,” Culloton said. “But it’s cool to get big names coming to campus.” sarahjo2@dailyillini.com
“Hip-hop is all about community. The culture and the community is the most important thing about hip hop, and that’s where everything branches from.” INGA AUGUSTAITIS JUNIOR IN MUSIC
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Fizaa celebrates dance culture of South Asia BY EMILY DAO STAFF WRITER
In Hindi, the word “fizaa” translates to atmosphere or, as Nishu Paul puts it, “the vibe in the air.” Paul is a sophomore in LAS and dance captain of Fizaa, the competitive intercollegiate dance team that began in 2008. Many members said it provides them with a sense of unity and belonging to their culture and community. “I grew up basically listening just to Bollywood music,” said Saachi Ramesh, sophomore in LAS. “Bollywood music and dance have been such big parts of my life, and I feel like it’s really nice that I get to keep that part of home with me when I’m here. Just having a community of people who also have the same kind of sentimentality towards Bollywood music is really nice.” Fizaa is a South Asian fusion dance group that mixes traditional Bollywood style with contemporary hip hop dancing. The group travels around the nation to participate in competitions. This year, the team won first place at Nasha Purdue and second at Nachte Raho at the University of Iowa. The team is student-run and led by Karan Desai, Paul and Ramesh. They have 21 members. “(Fizaa) helped me come out of my shell more because I’m relatively on the shy side,” Ramesh said. “It taught me a lot of confidence and to have patience. There’s a lot of responsibility because I’m in charge of like 19 other dancers.” These three students are not only responsible for choreographing the dance and starring as the story’s leading roles but also creating the theme, storyline and plot of the production. For this year’s theme, Fizaa told a modern adaptation of the old Indian folktale “Anarkali and Salim.” The story is comparable to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” where two young lovers are pulled apart by family conflicts. “The story is very strongly linked to our culture,” said Desai, sophomore in Business. “I feel like it definitely brought me a lot closer to a lot of older stories and things of the past.”
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Fizaa, a South Asian fusion dance group, celebrates its first place win at 2019 Nasha Purdue competition. The competitive intercollegiate dance team has 21 members and is student-run.
Prior to the performance, the team displayed a brief video introducing audience members to the characters and set the stage. In roughly eight minutes, Fizaa encapsulated the love, pain and betrayal of their modern adaptation of the classic story. “Our dances incorporate a storyline, so all of our dances are based on that. It’s more like watching a musical rather than someone just dancing,” Ramesh said. Through costumes, facial expressions and intricately choreography, members transitioned between classical Bollywood dance styles to hip- hop, fusing together popular songs like “Circus” by Britney Spears with traditional Indian songs.
“Bollywood music and dance have been such a big part of my life, and I feel like it’s really nice that I get to keep that part of home with me when I’m here.” SAACHI RAMESH FIZAA LEADER
At Purdue, when it was announced Fizaa won first place, Ramesh said she felt overwhelmed with pride. “After we performed, I got off (the) stage, and I just cried. We hadn’t even placed yet,” Ramesh said. “When we won, I just sobbed because I hadn’t thought we could get to that point. Seeing it all come together at the end and finally paying off toward something just
felt amazing.” Of all the stories Fizaa has told through dance, many team members say their most important one is South Asian heritage awareness. “We do have references to our culture and our country, so that aspect of storytelling is always there,” Paul said. “Incorporating a very Westernized concept but in a South Asian way ...
it’s nice to see that juxtaposition of cultures. It’s a great message of diversity and inclusion.” The process of telling their story required extreme attentiveness, care and time. During competition season, rehearsal could last to up to seven hours. They had been working on their performance of “Anarkali and Salim” since last May. However, Paul said he still was able to find enjoyment in the rigorous schedule and workload because of the members he was able to spend his time with. “It never feels like it’s a lot of work when you to have to work with our team,” Paul said. “We know we have to get stuff done, but we’re doing it in a way where everyone’s having fun, and
everyone just feels like they’re mixing together.” Fizaa is not exclusive to students of Indian descent. Anyone interested in learning to dance Bollywood style is welcome to be part of the Fizaa community. Richard Nguyen, a new member of Fizaa and freshman in LAS, said joining the team this year has helped him grow not only as a dancer but as a person. He said he looks forward to continuing with the team for the remainder of his time at the University. “Being on a team, being together all the time and learning how to get along with different types of people has been good,” Nguyen said. “We’re all family. That’s the best aspect of it.” eidao2@dailyillini.com
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Flames should not swallow hunger T he fire at the NotreDame Cathedral last week is certainly a tragedy. A world-renowned tourist attraction and one of France’s most prized architectural jewels, the cathedral drew over 12 million sightseers every year. Visitors would gaze at the iconic spire and beautiful stained-glass windows, marveling at the masterpiece of human construction. The charred ruins now standing in the place of the once-magnificent NotreDame serve as a sad reminder of the Catholic symbol’s former glory. But when the sun sets at the end of the day, the cathedral is, and was, just a building. Replaceable, material, inanimate, unfeel-
ing. Yet, within a week of the building’s destruction, the world’s super-rich have pledged over $1 billion to rebuild it. While many might consider this a noble philanthropic endeavor and even a global cooperative effort, it isn’t. These donation efforts highlight peoples’ lack of attention to other crises across the globe. It is not a crime to donate to the restoration of world wonders, nor should it be. But to immediately jump at the opportunity to fork over millions for a building while physical, living humans suffer in hunger is intolerable. It is also not a crime to have money. But to sit on such a mountain of green while actual, breathing humans wallow in poverty is
equally inexcusable. Nearly 800 million people live in famine globally, and a billion dollars is more than enough to send each one of these human beings a McChicken. (Not that McChickens are the answer to world hunger, but just to put the sheer amount of money in perspective.) More realistically, however, that money could buy 4 billion meals for the nonprofit organization Feed My Starving Children to package and distribute. This would equate to just over five meals per person in need. Such aid could really make a difference in the fight against hunger. The Borgen Project estimates $30 billion a year would be enough to end world hunger. If the reconstruction of a building can
raise over $1 billion in financial support in less than a week, starvation should have died a quick death decades ago. Yes, the Notre-Dame cathedral wasn’t just any building; it was an exceptional cultural pillar with historical significance. But it was still a material structure, unliving and definitely not “priceless” as the current donations have proven. Only life is priceless, yet people with the means to help save lives remain more reluctant to preserve it than they are to repair a building. When buildings become more important than people, the very beings they were built to shelter, the world is truly lost, even more decrepit than the burned-out shell of the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Take advantage of Ebertfest next year TOMMY BLOCK COLUMNIST
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pril 13 marked my second trip to Ebertfest, the annual film festival held at the Virginia Theatre in honor of the late movie critic Roger Ebert. Until an announcement during the festival, I thought it would be my last. Before the final screening of the 2019 schedule, festival co-founder Chaz Ebert, Roger’s and the widow, co-founder festival’s and host, announced to an anxious crowd that she’d heard some gossip claiming Ebertfest, which has been around since 1999, would not be returning in 2020. “I just want to tell you that I want you to join me back here next year,” she said. Her voice was as comforting as if she were assuring an old friend. In a way, she was. It was an admittedly older audience that went to see Alexander Payne’s “Sideways” that night, but it was no less lively; it was obvious they grew up reading Roger’s reviews. Later, a panel of critics recalled some of their favorite Roger Ebert lines, and the crowd responded with such warm laughter that their memories could almost be seen drifting through the air, from person to person.
I believe that love of film and appreciation for life in general, sprouts from shared moments like these. As very lucky students of the University (Roger’s own alma mater), we have the opportunity to experience one at Ebertfest next year, right next door. In a digital era when print news is rendered obsolete, younger generations (even college kids) may not be familiar with Roger’s contributions to journalism. He was a film critic at the Chicago SunTimes from 1967 until his death in 2013. Critics are sometimes thought of as people who are determined to hate whatever they see. Roger sure did hate some films, a couple of which inspired his funniest reviews (see “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo,”). Even stronger, though, was his adoration of cinema. Not only did he voice his thoughts on films, but he set out to convince readers why they mattered. Students of all disciplines can learn something from his writing. He had the focus of an engineer, the cogency of a teacher and the passion of an artist. He dwelled on movies that he felt others were too afraid to take a chance on (Ebertfest began as “Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival”), but he wasn’t too uptight to endorse a mindless action flick if it was fun enough.
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Roger Ebert interviews at a Chicago public radio station on Sound Opinions program in 2006.
To him, a conversation could relay just as much information as an essay. He’d tell you about how a movie melted his heart, and in doing so, he just about melted yours. I swear his review of “The Third Man” is as moving as the movie itself. Do yourself a favor and read Roger’s reviews of some of the films that were shown at this year’s festival (like “Almost Famous,” or “Sideways”). If you’re a writer like me, you’ll be amazed by his lingual dexterity. If you’re a psychology major, maybe you’ll be
struck by the emotions he illustrates so vividly. Or if you’re a film major, maybe you’ll look at the movie itself in another light. Whatever kind of person you are, you’ll discover once more the spirit of cinema and the plain, simple magic it can touch audiences with. What should you do after you mull that over? Mark your calendars for the next Ebertfest: April 15 through 18, 2020. Tommy is a sophomore in Engineering. tblock2@illinimedia.com
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MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
WOMEN’S GOLF
Illinois ties for second at Big Ten Tourney BY CLAIRE O’BRIEN STAFF WRITER
“We placed second in our pool then won our crossover match Friday morning against Iowa State,” said defensive specialist Alex Bryk. The next day, the Illini competed in a three-team bracket featuring the Cal Poly Mustangs and Delaware Blue Hens. Their first match in the bracket was against the Mustangs, and they lost. “We were extra sporadic because we had it in our heads that we had go undefeated just to make it in the gold bracket,” Egiebor said. “So when we played them, we were flat. We had 15 service errors and a bunch of hitting errors. Even so, we were still able to keep the game close, so we were confident we could take them the next time.” The Mustangs advanced to the next round — the gold bracket — automatically, leaving the Illini and Blue Hens to duke it out for the next bracket spot. Illinois made quick work of Delaware in the matchup
The Illinois women’s golf team finished tied for second at the Big Ten Tournament Friday and Sunday in Maineville, Ohio. The Illini had a bumpy start in the tournament, at one point being tied for fifth. However, at the end of Friday, freshman Kornkamol Sukaree was tied for first and junior Tristyn Nowlin was on par and tied for fourth. The Illini held onto first for a portion of the tournament, collectively three-over-par, despite less-than-stellar conditions. Saturday’s round was originally delayed to a noon start time due to inclement weather, but ultimately the round was cancelled, according to a tweet from the Illini women’s golf account. The Illini had half the 36-hole tournament behind them on Sunday. Even though the weather Sunday in ChampaignUrbana was 72 degrees and sunny, the weather in Maineville, Ohio, was overcast and a high of 66 degrees, marking the best conditions the Illini faced all weekend. The weather improved Sunday, but the Illini were unable to capitalize on it. They finished the tournament tied for second along with Purdue and Indiana, losing to Ohio State by three strokes. Prior to the tournament, head coach Renee Slone said the greens would be difficult due to size, but she said the team managed to mentally divide the greens to make it easier after the tournament. Slone thought the team had a strong start Friday but didn’t finish as well on Sunday. “They had great attitudes about the conditions (Friday),” Slone said. “(Sunday, they) got off to a great start, played the front nine well, made some birdies, had some momentum going. Unfortunately, (they) just didn’t
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The men’s club volleyball team celebrates its victory at National Championships over the weekend. The Illini were pleased with their second-place finish in the tournament.
Illini finish second in championships BY JARED FARMER STAFF WRITER
A roller coaster is meant to flush out the full range of human emotion. One instance of terrifying anticipation is followed by a euphoric release of adrenaline as the ride drops — or the opposite, for those who don’t like roller coasters. In sports, everything is a roller coaster; careers, individual matches and entire seasons are filled with those ups and downs that give each sport and its players, coaches and consumers the unparalleled experience of riding along. The Illinois men’s club volleyball team concluded its season last weekend with a National Tournament run that can be considered nothing short of a wild rollar coaster ride. After registering as a club team in 1984, the Illini recruit members every year on Quad Day. The club is divided into three teams based on skill every season. Every Tuesday and Thursday evening, they can be seen practicing at the ARC. “Usually we warm up
by playing threes and doing serve-serve-receive drills,” said outside hitter Nosa Egiebor. “Afterwards we do a bunch of drills and practice plays, followed by a full-hour scrimmage to end the practice.” Ten years after its founding, the team began to establish itself as one of the premiere club teams in the country. It won its first Big Ten title in 1994 and closed out the ’90s with two more Big Ten trophies in ’98 and ’99. The team came back in 2001 to win their fourth. This overlaps four straight Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Championships from 1998-2001. After five seasons, the Illini returned to maintaining hegemonic dominance over the club volleyball scene in the Big Ten. Akin to the Boston Celtics back in the 1960s, the Illini defended the Big Ten Championship for eight consecutive years spanning 2006-2013, with one more MIVA championship in 2007 along with another Big Ten Championship in 2016.
They don white jerseys for uniforms, with the sides decorated the traditional orange and blue, and a blue sash across the chest that tightly packs the words “Fighting Illini” within its parallel walls. On the back, each player wears a nickname. Names such as “Matty Ice”, “Crowd Pleaser” and “Touch-Six Chimp” can be seen sprawled across the players’ backsides. “We just wanted to have a nickname we could customize,” Egiebor, who chose his nickname to be “Wakanda Forever,” said. “We wanted to be unique and have something that could make the first team stand out. We wanted something we could enjoy now and joke about later so we stuck them on our alternates.” This team doesn’t usually compete outside tournament pools. The Illini face off against a vast majority of matchups within the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation in tournament play, with each team entering up to four tournaments each semester.
“We have a little bit of say in what tournaments we can go to every year. Since we’re one of the better teams in the Big Ten, and this year the nation, we try to pick up the biggest tournaments every year,” said team president Alec Horne. “All the teams in the Big Ten are usually really good, and our conference usually represents at the national tournament.” Coming into the 2018-19 season, the Illini had a new trophy set in their sights — the National Championship trophy, which has eluded the team since its inception. The 2019 NCVF National Tournament was hosted at the Convention Center in Denver. On day one of the tournament, every team is placed into a pool with four other teams. Whichever team wins the pool goes on to automatically advance through to the next day, while the secondand third-place teams play a crossover match to continue competing. The last team is eliminated from play.
MEN’S GOLF
Team selects starters for Big Ten Championships BY BRENDYN JONES STAFF WRITER
Over the last decade, the Illinois men’s golf team has been one of the most successful programs for Illinois athletics. It has won nine Big Ten Championships in the last 10 years, solidifying its hold over the conference. This weekend, in Philadelphia, the team will have the chance to continue its legacy of winning at this year’s Big Ten Championship tournament. The Illini are coming off a second-place tournament finish behind the hosting team, Iowa, at the Hawkeye Invitational. “This year we have a mindset of we need to go there and win,” said junior Michael Feagles. “There are some good Big Ten teams this year, teams that are playing well. We just saw a good Iowa team on their home course. We’re not taking it for granted that we’ve dominated this conference for a long time now.”
The Illini will look to build off their performance in Iowa, where they shot 37-under-par, and all five of the starters were ranked in the top-11 on the weekend. The team has nine golfers in total but can only send five to the Big Ten tournament. The team has been competing for starting spots all season, but the five who are going to the tournament will be the five who started last weekend in Iowa. The team will send juniors Feagles, Giovanni Tadiotto and Bryan Baumgarten, sophomore Varun Chopra and freshman Adriene Dumont de Chassart. Feagles has been a consistent starter all year and has provided low scores to help the Illini. In nine tournaments, he’s led the Illini in two of the tournaments and has finished second for the Illini three times. For his performance this year, SEE BIG TEN | 3B
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Varun Chopra golfs at the Olympia Field Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational at Olympia Fields on Sept. 16. Chopra is one of five golfers competing at the Big Ten Championships in Philadelphia this weekend.
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SOFTBALL
Wolverines sweep Illini in three-game series BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITER
After picking up a runrule victory against Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville on Wednesday, the Illinois softball team prepared to host No. 22 Michigan in a threegame series. While the weekend was packed with promotions and alumni as the team celebrated the 20th anniversary of Illinois softball, the Illini were ultimately swept by the Wolverines. The weekend results move the Illini’s overall record to 27-19 and 6-11 in the Big Ten. Illinois also falls to a 6-25 all-time record against the Wolverines. “Michigan has been at it for a long time. They have a pretty strong winning tradition. We’re trying to build one,” said head coach Tyra Perry. “Obviously they have two great pitchers in the circle, and we had a struggle.” Both Friday’s and Saturday’s game were close races decided by one run, with scores of 2-1 and 9-8, respectively. While Sunday’s game was just as close through the first couple of innings, the Wolverines eventually ran away with a 16-5 finish. Illinois’ eight-run stint on Saturday ties the most runs scored on the Wolverines since North Carolina registered eight runs back on Feb 15. Michigan pitcher Meghan Beaubien (21-4) registered all three wins for the Wolverines and sits with a 1.85 ERA. “We had (quality at-bats) this weekend,” Perry said. “We probably scored more runs on Michigan than most teams have. We just gave up as many as we were scoring. Our quality at-bats were intact. We did strike out quite a bit, but they have two great pitchers who strike people out.” Friday’s contest was more of a pitching battle than an offensive competition.
With a total of just nine hits between the teams, Beaubien and freshman Sydney Sickels both pitched the full seven innings. Michigan opened the game with an RBI double and held Illinois scoreless through five innings. Sophomore Katie Wingerter put the Illini on the board in the sixth inning, scoring off an RBI single from senior Kiana Sherlund. However, the Wolverines scored the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice fly. Sat u rday ’s contest showed more action at the plate. Michigan struck first again with two RBI singles in the first inning to hold a 2-0 lead up until the third inning. The Illini totaled five runs in the third inning, led by four RBI doubles. Illinois sent its entire lineup to the plate in the inning, beginning with a single from freshman Avrey Steiner and ending with a ground out from the second baseman. Sherlund, redshirt senior Carly Thomas, senior Veronica Ruelius and Wingerter accounted for the inning’s hits. Illinois picked up another run in the fourth inning with an RBI single from sophomore Bella Loya to score redshirt senior Annie Fleming. The Illini grabbed another pair of runs in the sixth inning off an RBI single from freshman Kailee Powell and a passed ball. However, the Wolverines worked their way back into the game with an RBI single in the fifth inning followed by a solo home run and an RBI single in the sixth inning. Down by three heading into the seventh inning, the Wolverines rallied on two outs to score four runs, all unearned. While the Illini demonstrated more offensive power in the opening innings of Sunday’s matchup, the
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Sophomore Katie Wingerter awaits a pitch from Illinois State University’s Morgan Day on April 3. The Illini won 2-1.
pitching staff struggled to hold the Wolverines. Both teams opened up the game with high-powered first innings. The Wolverines scored five early runs off an RBI double and two home runs. Loya struck first for the Illini with an RBI single, scoring Fleming in the first inning. Ruelius added more damage with a three-run home run to bring the score to TYRA PERRY 5-4. HEAD COACH However, the Illini didn’t have much offensive success following the first inning, adding just one more run in the third inning with Thomas scoring on a Illinois a bigger hole, tally- Big Ten Tournament or the passed ball. ing a run in the third inning postseason, where we can Michigan kept digging and three in the fourth to look back to this series and set up a seven-run seventh remember what we could’ve inning to secure the sweep. done (different ly)and come Sickels took the loss from out on top.” a pitching standpoint, givIllinois quickly returns ing up five runs on 1 2/3 to action on Tuesday with innings of play. Senior Taylor Edwards pitched three innings allowing four runs on five hits. Senior Emily Oestreich saw 2 1/3 innings of action while junior Akilah Mouzon saw limited action in the seventh inning. Despite the results of the weekend, the Illini are ready to learn from this series. Edwards said she believes the Illini are better prepared for situations against top teams and are ready to have a chance to act on those lessons. “This weekend was a big challenge for us,” Edwards said. “Michigan is a good team, but a lot of situations that were set up in this game were good practice for what’s to come. A lot of those situations we wished we would’ve come out on top. (Saturday) we were one strike away, one pitch away, MARK CAPAPAS THE DAILY ILLINI but again I think there will Senior Taylor Edwards pitches against Illinois Sate University at Eichelberger Field on April 3. The be another opportunity in Illini won 2-1. the future, whether it be the
“We just need to show toughness and not worry about what happened this weekend,” Perry said. “We have one of the toughest schedules in the Big Ten, so it’s going to be a dog fight every single game we play.”
a doubleheader at No. 21 Northwestern. Illinois will continue its road trip at Ohio State for a three-game series over the weekend. With just four more games following the series with the Buckeyes, the Illini are looking to keep fighting and playing their own game. “We just need to show toughness and not worry about what happened this weekend,” Perry said. “We have one of the toughest schedules in the Big Ten, so it’s going to be a dog fight every single game we play. Even after Northwestern, we play Ohio State, who is also very high in the rankings, so we just have to play softball.” @gabby_h11 ghajduk2@dailyillini.com
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No. 2 Illini prepare for Big Ten Tournament
BIG TEN
BY NITHIN REDDY STAFF WRITER
On Friday, the Illini men’s tennis team will travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they’ll compete in the Big Ten Tournament. After an impressive 10-1 record in conference play, the Illini will attempt to claim the 2019 Big Ten Tournament title. Illinois enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed, falling just behind the Ohio State, which went undefeated in conference play and are the current No. 1-ranked team in the country. While the Illini’s lone loss in conference play was to the Buckeyes, head coach Brad Dancer isn’t focused on Ohio State. “Ohio State won the regular season, but our focus is going to be entirely on Friday afternoon,” Dancer said. The Illini were given a first-round bye and will play the winner of the Northwestern vs. Purdue match. When Illinois faced Northwestern earlier this year, the Illini stomped on the Wildcats. In singles play, freshman Siphosothando Montsi, sophomore Alex Brown and junior Noe Khlif won their matches in straight sets. In doubles play, sophomore Caleb Chakravarthi and Brown won their match and junior Vuk Budic and redshirt sophomore Gui Gomes won theirs, giving the Illini
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VOLLEYBALL and joined the gold bracket the following morning. The gold bracket saw the Illini face off first against the two-time defending national champion, the San Diego State Aztecs. The Illini went down big in the first set of the best-ofthree matchup. After giving up a 14-1 lead at the start, the Aztecs came out of the first set looking poised to embark on a third consecutive title run. In a tightly contested
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Aleks Kovacevic returns the ball during the match against Penn State at the Atkins Tennis Center on April 12. The Illini head into the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2-seeded team behind Ohio State.
an easy 4-0 win. Against Purdue, Illinois had similar success. In singles play, freshman Keenan Mayo, junior Zeke Clark and Gomes won in straight sets. In doubles play, the duos of Khlif and Clark and junior Aleks Kovacevic and
Brown lost only one game in each match, giving the Illini another 4-0 victory. Illinois’ top singles player, Kovacevic, will be one of the Illini’s key components in the Big Ten Tournament. After an impressive 16-2 individual record in the regular sea-
son, the No. 8-ranked player in the country is playing some of his best tennis, and Dancer has noticed. “He’s been incredible,” Dancer said, “He’s had one of the best seasons I’ve ever been a part of and that’s a huge testament to his prog-
ress and maturation.” The Illini’s first match will be Friday at 1 p.m. CDT and if they win, they will advance to the semifinal on Saturday.
bout, the Illini completely turned around the outcome of the series with a comefrom-behind win, finishing the second set 25-22. Controlling the momentum, Illinois won its third set to advance to the next round against Marquette. The first matchup between the two teams was an overtime battle in which the Golden Eagles scraped by with a 31-29 victory. But the Illini rallied in the second and third sets to pull away with 25-20 and 15-12 victories, respectively. In the gold bracket semifinal, the Illini faced the No.
2-seeded Liberty University. By this time, the Illini had truly caught their stride and put out the Flames with back to back 25-20 victories. Cal Poly was waiting in the championship round — a rematch of day two in the tournament. The final match on Saturday the Convention Center was packed with fans and athletes for the final showdown. “For the championship, it’s important to comment on the environment,” Bryk said. “There were probably about 6,000 people in attendance. It was nice to expect
what Cal Poly was going to bring since we’d played them before and try to figure out how we could use that environment to our benefit.” The Illini continued their hot streak and stole the first matchup against Cal Poly, 25-22. With the win, the Illini were just one set away from the championship, but after taking a lead in the second set, things went south. “They started a comeback,” Egiebor said. “We got into the mindset that they’d given up since we were up so big, but they ended up coming back and
winning the next set in overtime 29-27. The final set was another tight one that we lost, 19-17 and that was the championship.” After their loss, the roller coaster tournament run came to an epic finish. The Illini still look to capture their first national championship, but the team is hardly upset about the runnerup finish. “It was easily the biggest stage I’ve ever been on in my life,” Egiebor said. “I’ll never forget that experience.”
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SECOND quite finish it off there on the back nine.” Sukaree and freshman Crystal Wang finished the tournament tied for eighth individually, with tournament scores of 144. Senior Bing Singhsumalee and Nowlin finished tied for 11th with tournament scores of 145. For Sukaree, it was her first trip to the Big Ten tournament. She said it was a good experience to be able to compete, and despite a second-place finish, the team played strong. “We just had the mindset of trying to play our best, just to keep energy up,” Sukaree said. “We did pretty well, but we fell short at the end.” PHOTO COURTESY OF ILLINI ATHLETICS
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Feagles has been named a finalist for the Oskee Award for the Male Athlete of the year. Tadiotto and Baumgarten have also been important players for the team. Tadiotto has started in eight tournaments and has led the Illini twice while Baumgarten has done it three times in his eight tournament appearances. The juniors look to give valuable experience to the last two starters who have never been on this stage. “Getting over the nerves of it and understanding the pride you feel representing the University (is) one of the coolest things ever” Feagles said. “It’s obviously difficult playing in your first (Big Ten Tournament), and I’ve been through the same thing. Just kind of reiterating the fact that you work all year for this (and) you practice hard all year so that you’re prepared for these moments and these events.” Champaign-native Chopra will be making his first Big Ten tournament appearance this weekend. Chopra hasn’t started in many tournaments for the team, but his play in the last two tournaments has earned him a spot to represent Illinois. In three appearances this year for the Illini, Chopra has led the team twice. “Varun brings a lot of energy and some momentum the last couple weeks,” said head coach Mike Small. “You know a month ago, Varun wasn’t in the top six or seven, but he’s worked hard. That’s what this game does; (it) can turn around in a minute. It can turn around good or the other way.” The final starter is Dumont de Chassart. He’s had a strong freshman campaign, finishing first in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate at the end of March and earning Big Ten golfer of the week honors for it. Chassart has played in six tournaments for the Illini and has been the top finisher for the team twice. While this program has been on top of the conference for the last decade, Small knows the team needs to stay confident without underestimating their opponents. “This is the championship part of our season; this is an event they give rings for. Nobody is going to remember last week who won at Iowa or ,two weeks ago, who won at Augusta State … But we’ve won nine of the last 10 championships, and people remember that stuff,” Small said. “But at the same point in time, when you go compete, you have to play like it’s every other event and trust yourself and trust the process and hit our standard that we expect to hit. If we can go hit our standard and play golf the way we think the game of golf should be played, then we’ll have a chance to win.” @brendyn_jones brendyn2@dailyillini.com
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buzz calendar BY EMILY PEASE AND LIAM DWYER BUZZ CALENDAR EDITORS
The buzz calendar is a compilation of events happening in the Champaign-Urbana area. Follow our top picks in Monday’s and Thursday’s papers for ideas on what to do on any night of the week, from where to eat to what to watch. Want to submit an event? Email calendar@readbuzz.com.
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Drag Show at PAR After Dark
8 p.m. 906 W. College Court, Urbana $11.72 Join Urbana South for a special After Dark menu and performances by drag queens from Champaign-Urbana and surrounding areas.
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DEBUT song uses interesting harmonies and music changes to make something fun and surprising. While jamming out in the recording studio, Carly Beth also gives back to the community. All three members are a part of the organization “Girls Rock!” Founded in 2016, “Girls Rock!” works to “empower girls and women using the tools of music education to foster self-esteem and confidence,” according to their mission statement. “Girls Rock!” also teaches its students to write their own music, record it and then perform it live at a local venue. This resonates with
Carly Beth’s own mission to encourage other women seeking to join the rock scene. As a young musician, Skidmore was negatively affected by the lack of women in the rock industry, to the point she put down her guitar for several years because she didn’t see how she could be what rock seemed to be. That all changed when she came to Champaign and saw local C-U groups perform. Pallon also spoke on the topic of representation in rock music. “A big reason behind why I wanted to start making music was because I saw women like Kamila playing in bands in town when I was a freshman,” she said. “I know how important it is to see that, which is why
it’s so important to me for this band to be visible and active and doing things.” As far as what the future holds for C-U’s most powerful girl group, they’ll be heading out on tour soon. While they’re reluctant to reveal any specific details at this point, fans can keep an eye out for them as they travel the Midwest this summer. For those who have the opportunity to stay in C-U after the semester ends, the band will be playing a show on May 29 at the Champaign house venue Casa de Sasha along with some other local acts, but those who don’t only need to wait until May 31 to blast their album on repeat. jadaef2@readbuzz.com
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10 a.m. - 5 p.m. University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St., Champaign Free, all ages An old favorite is back: the annual SECS Clothing Swap! Each year, SECS collects clothes from the C- U community, and on the day of the swap you can come to pick up as many items as you donated from the pool. Extra items will be donated to Courage Connection. Clothes can be dropped off at a collection bin, located at the University YMCA, Snyder, Nugent, LAR, Allen, PAR and FAR. You can also bring them to any Earth Week event. Clothes, accessories, books and shoes are accepted. Please refrain from donating dirty or destroyed items.
No Strings Attached Spring Concert
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. The Art Theater, 1126 W. Chruch St., Champaign $8 student $8.75 adult, all ages A documentary will be featured, presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin’s album “Amazing Grace” at The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972.
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Christine Pallon, Kamila Glowacki and Isabel Skidmore make up the pop punk band Carly Beth. Each of them are involved in various musical projects in the C- U area.
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7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana $7 student, $10 adult, all ages No Strings Attached A Cappella presents their spring concert: A Night at the Museum. Music selections will range from Disney to Ariana Grande, Ella Fitzgerald and everything else in between. Tickets will be sold for a discount on the Main Quad April 22-26 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. If you are unable to by them, tickets will be sold at the door the night of the concert.
Rewind Movie Series: The Avengers
Noon - 5 p.m. Rewind 92.5, 2603 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign $5, PG-13 After it all ends, go back and see how it began. Look back on happier times as we show Marvel’s The Avengers on the big screen at The Virginia Theatre. They will be holding a pre-movie party, starting at noon for the Rewind mini comic-con. There will be characters from Secret Identity, food from TK’s CheeseSteaks, Fired and a snow-cone truck.
C-U Solo Artist Showcase
5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Sipyard, 204 W. Main St., Urbana $5 suggested donation, All Ages Enjoy a mellow Sunday evening with some of the areas finest solo artists presented by the Goldstein Sound and Sipyard. This will be an all-ages, sit-down event held at Sipyard. Bring some delicious food if you want, and enjoy some good adult beverages. Performers include From Circumstances, Clockwork Owl, Karena Tse, Anika Nims, Shouting Match, Skot Wiedmann, Wes Harmony and In the Dead of Winter. Sipyard is an accessible venue. Service animals are welcome.
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Local band teases their debut record
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buzz factor: Elle Fanning had a banner 2016, delivering the best work of her career in “20th Century Women,” serving as the anchor of the wonderful “The Neon Demon” and being a bright spot in the otherwise misbegotten “Live by Night.” This seemed to herald a new, exciting phase of her career but, instead, almost every project she’s taken since then has been a strikeout, cluttering up her resume with instantly-forgotten indie mediocrities. And alas, her latest film, “Teen Spirit,” is another addition to the clutter pile. “Teen Spirit” marks the directorial debut of Max Minghella, actor and son of the late director Anthony Minghella. Perhaps he’ll get better as a director in time, but based on this first impression of his skills compared to his father’s, the apple has fallen far from the tree. “Teen Spirit” is, simply put, a slog, dressing up a nothing script in ostentatious bells and whistles, all while neglecting the real talent at its center. Fanning stars as Violet Valenski, a Polish-British teenager living an ordinary life in the Isle of Wight when she decides to try out for a teen singing competition. With the help of a washedup former opera singer (Zlatko Buric), she becomes a star, but will success go to her head? That may sound like the mustiest, most generic synopsis in the world, but the film makes up for it by making its plot more boring than it’s ever been. “Teen Spirit” exists in the shadow of last year’s dour pop-star movie, “Vox Lux.” That movie risked being called pretentious with its invocations of terrorism and school shootings, but at least it remembered to also be entertaining, with its nutso Natalie Portman performance and images of Jude Law vaping. Even in its overreaches, “Vox Lux” was always trying, whereas this is just a glum recitation of cliches everybody and their mother knows by now. The film briefly threatens to be interesting when the great Rebecca Hall shows up, rocking Annie Clark’s “Masseduction” hairdo, as the show’s producer, but even she doesn’t seem to be having much fun with a character whose sole purpose ends up being to convince Violet to sign a record contract. She’s not even evil enough to be a fun antagonist; she’s just a brief roadblock to Violet’s path to success. The film doesn’t say much for Minghella’s screenwriting abilities, but he tries to
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In Max Minghella’s directional debut, “Teen Spirit,” Elle Fanning stars as Polish-British teen Violet Valenski who decides to try out for a teen singing competition. With the help of a washed-up former opera singer, played by Zlatko Buric, she becomes a star.
compensate by overloading the visuals. Every frame of this film is fussed over to the extreme, with artfully underlit locations and a Vaseline gauze over the whole thing. The look is maybe impressive as its own Minghella demo reel, but it undercuts any attempts at pathos in the film itself. It combines the frosty, distant look of “The Neon Demon” with a Disney Channel Original Movie plot, and neither part of it comes out looking good. If the film has a saving grace, it’s that it provides an
opportunity for the viewer to listen to some great pop songs by the likes of Robyn and Ellie Goulding, but even that thrill is tainted by the fact that Minghella does not seem to have listened to any pop music made less than five years ago, which is a problem for a movie that purports to be about teens today. And then there’s Fanning. She is rarely bad in films, but here she’s hamstrung by a character who refuses to show any life whatsoever. Violet is a blank from beginning to end, and Ming-
hella seems to actively resist showing her display any feeling, shooting emotional scenes from a clinical distance or barely focusing on Fanning’s face during them. So Fanning is left adrift by her director, doing what she can to invest any humanity into a cipher and failing. If Fanning’s performance is ultimately expending more energy than the movie deserves, she can do and has done much better. In “20th Century Women,” she plays a similarly reserved teenager with incredible energy, playing self-seriousness with a
goofy edge and vice versa. This film might be a little more tolerable with that kind of choice being made, but all Fanning can muster here is a flatline. “Teen Spirit” doesn’t suggest much for Minghella as an auteur, but it seems most of all like a cry for help from Fanning. She’s still young enough that she has plenty of time to bounce back, but this extensive run of mediocre projects suggests a dire need to slow down for a bit, and maybe fire her agent, too.
Local band Carly Beth defines their sound somewhere between “pop rockers” and “riot girl.” As of right now, the trio doesn’t position themselves with a single genre. Fans will have the opportunity to listen and decide for themselves on May 31 when they release their first recording. Carly Beth is an allfemale pop punk band based out of ChampaignUrbana. It’s led by Christine Pallon on bass and vocals, Isabel Skidmore on guitar and vocals and Kamila Glowacki on vocals and drums. All three are vital members of the local music scene. Carly Beth grew from the trio’s former band, La Louve, which also featured Glowacki’s sister on bass. La Louve disbanded in 2018, and Carly Beth was born not long afterward. The creation of the group’s self-titled album was a challenging but rewarding process for each band member. Pallon didn’t initially expect much to come out of Carly Beth, acknowledging it was created on a whim. “For us to be putting out a tape full of songs we’ve worked really hard on, and that were challenging for us to write and perform since we’re all a little out of our comfort zone, is a huge accomplishment for me,” Pallon said. Much of the development of Carly Beth was about the trio changing things up from what they typically do in their music. W hile mostly known in the music scene as a drummer, Pallon took on the task of playing bass in Carly Beth. Pallon was still uncertain of her ability with the bass guitar when creating the album, but she said after hearing the recording, she couldn’t believe the person playing was her. While producing their album, the ladies of Carly Beth emphasized the importance of focusing on collaboration when it came to songwriting. Glowacki said despite doing so many new things with each other, being in such a familiar and comforting environment made it a safe space for creativity. It’s that kind of creativity that created one particular song on their album called “High School.” With only two chords and one line of dialogue, the
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