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Denial of information leads UI to potential lawsuit BY SAMANTHA BOYLE NEWS EDITOR
After filing and being denied several requests for reports of sexual misconduct happening on campus, a graduate student turned to the Champaign County Circuit Court for further action. On Sept. 23, John Bambenek, doctoral student in Informatics, filed a complaint with the circuit court claiming these documents, requested through the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, are public records and should be required to be disclosed. Additionally, Bambenek claims in the drafted lawsuit these denials were made in bad faith and represent a pattern which prevents the public’s knowledge of information, specifically regarding matters of facultystaff sexual misconduct related to the University. “The University of Illinois has a reputation in the State of Illinois of basically denying all FOIAs because they can,” Bambenek said. However, when a denial is received, the requester has the right to file an appeal
with the Public Access Counselor, a part of the Attorney General’s office. According to the PAC’s 2018 report, over 3,372 requests for review were submitted to the PAC.
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strong exceptions “to several inaccuracies” in Bambenek’s claim. “The University is absolutely committed (to) transparency and accountability in every phase of our operations,” she said. “Our
A report from the Better Government Association, a nonpartisan watchdog group in Illinois, found the University of Illinois improperly applied exemption rules to FOIAs 63% of the time. However, Bambenek did not decide to apply for a review with the PAC. “You can go to the attorney general to file an appeal, but that can take a couple of years,” he said. “Or you can go directly to court and resolve it in a couple of months. So, I opted for the latter.” In a written statement to The Daily Illini, University spokeswoman Robin Kaler said the University takes
compliance with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act is an integral part of that transparency.” Additionally, Kaler wrote the University has processed around 1,000 requests and provides more than 190,000 pages of responsive documents.
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to 2016.” However, he believes the request was not burdensome. In the filed lawsuit, Bambenek is named as an expert in digital forensics and computer crime investigation, and he has served as an expert witness regarding digital evidence. “I teach a class on digital forensics,” he said. “I literally teach people how to find this stuff. It’s really not hard.” Bambenek also claims in his lawsuit the “denial and unduly burdensome nature of searching for the documents is a thinly veiled manner in which their intent to deny the public visibility to the scope of the problem is in search of an exemption for which to justify the cover-up.” This claim partially came from a ProPublica article in which it was found that seven University professors were facing harassment accusations but few consequences were given. Kaler said in her written statement the University does not tolerate such
“We work diligently to respond to all requests in a timely and accurate manner that fully adheres to the rules and processes dictated by the law as administered by the Office of the Illinois
Attorney General,” she said. “As is often the case, the University made numerous efforts to work with this requester to adjust the filings to make them less burdensome and more manageable.” One FOIA request Bambenek filed was initially submitted on July 19 where he requested all final reports for any sexual harassment investigations, from Jan. 2014 to July 2019, in which a policy was found to be violated. The request was denied on July 25 for being “unduly burdensome.” Bambenek was invited to refile his request for “no longer than one-year durations for 2016 onward, and no longer than sixmonth durations for prior
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Glass recycling finds Tensions rise as a result of green card bill funding on campus BY ALIZA MAJID AND PHILLIP ZELDITCH CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
BY LUIS VELAZQUEZ STAFF WRITER
A glass recycling bin located in the Illini Union Courtyard surprised associate director of Facilities and Services for Sustainability Morgan White because she thought the University does not partake in recycling glass. Although many bins around campus only have places for plastic, paper, cardboard and scrap metal to be recycled, the University Housing Dining Services still funds glass recycling. More than 3,000 recycling bins are available throughout campus in dorms, as well as public facilities where plastic bottles, paper, cardboard and scrap metal can be recycled.
An immigration bill that was being discussed in the Senate resurfaced when Sen. Dick Durbin posted a comment on Twitter discussing his meeting with members from the University. Comments were made from various sides urging Durbin to block or pass the bill, which would have major changes to the immigration system if passed. The bill in question is called the S.386 Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, which is the result of a related bill, HR 1044 Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. The main function of the S.386 bill is to remove the 7% country cap, a maximum number of immigrants allotted from a particular country, which would allow green SEE GLASS | 3A card applicants to have their applications reviewed regardless of country of origin. This would also give priority to those who have been stuck in the backlog. Sen. Mike Lee, who proposed the bill, said the cap is oppressive against countries with larger populations, like India and China, because a literal 7% cap would mean that no country can obtain more than 7% of the available green cards. Sports: “The bill would increase Peters brings family-based immigration winning experience to 15%, and as a result, create faster immigration services for our center since the numPAGE 1B ber of immigrants would
“A few times in the past 30 years, we have reviewed the materials that go through the F&S Waste Transfer Station, and we found that there is a very small amount of glass,” White said in an email. “Recently, Waste Characterization Studies were done for (eight) buildings on campus, measuring the exact amount of waste materials produced by each of those buildings.” According to W hite, Dave Guth, interim senior associate director of operations at the Illini Union, said, “This is probably one of the last remaining fiberglass bins we have in the building. The old containers had a separate stream
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Zoë Foote, Immigrant Services Coordinator at the University YMCA, discusses the S386 Big Tech Green Card Bill on Oct. 2. The main function of the S.386 bill is to remove the 7% country cap, allowing green card applicants to have their applications reviewed regardless of their country of origin.
potentially increase,” said Zoë Foote, Immigrant Services Coordinator at the New American Welcome Center. The NAWC works primarily with immigrants coming from low-income backgrounds. Currently, there are 24,000 people in the Champaign-Urbana area, and 10,000 are international students, Foote said. With the number of immigrants being altered with this bill, the NAWC would have to
adjust its services to the changed number of immigrants coming into the C-U area. At the moment, there is a backlog of immigrants from China and India due to the increasing demand for green cards and visas from those countries. If this bill is enacted, green cards would be reallocated to these specific countries and delay others in the meantime, Foote said.
The main highlight of this bill is that the backlog will take priority in future green card approvals when in reality it’s only a temporary shift in the issue. There are only a certain number of green cards available in the employee-based category, and people in the backlog may still need to wait for at least a decade to receive approval. SEE IMMIGRATION | 3A
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University receives $3 million for cannabis molecule research BY LUIS VELAZQUEZ STAFF WRITER
A federal government agency has granted a $3 million fund to the University to conduct a study about cannabis molecules and their effect on pain. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, responsible for distributing funds among universities, granted the University $3 million for research. The NCCIH is the federal government’s lead agency for conducting scientific research on medical and health centers and practices and procedures not necessarily part of “conventional medicine.” The purpose of the new study is to figure out whether or not cannabis molecules help in relieving pain despite the fact some experts have said there is not enough evidence marijuana can actually be used as pain
medicine. David Sarlah, professor in LAS, is one of the main contributors to the study. Sarlah will be investigating rare can-
structurally similar to THC or CBD but are much less abundant in the plants, and we don’t know much about them.” In a written statement,
“These are compounds that are structurally similar to THC or CBD but are much less abundant in the plants, and we don’t know much about them.” DAVID SARLAH PROFESSOR IN LAS
nabinoids that will take care of pain receptors and their anti-inflammatory potential. Cannabinoids are defined as any group of chemicals related to the compounds of cannabis. “We will never directly deal with marijuana,” Sarlah said in an email. “We will synthetically prepare and test minor cannabinoids. These are compounds that are
Sarlah said the University has the expertise to conduct projects like this that involve natural product synthesis and related biological investigations. Aditi Das, associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is also participating in this research. Das is working with her own team beside Sarlah’s team on cannabi-
noids, as her group will be conducting biological investigations. “They will learn how to synthesize these molecules,” Das said. “Some of them are complex and some of them are not complex. The students in my lab will get an idea of how these different receptors are done.” Das is excited to be a part of this study. She said everyone uses these molecules, yet it is rare for people to use them in a study such as this. Das also believes there should be more advocacy with medical studies like the one she is currently working on. “The (NCCIH) has had multiple opportunities for pain-relieving research, but I definitely think there is a lack of other drugs and strategies that can be used to relieve pain,” Das said. lvelaz20@dailyillini.com
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LAWSUIT behavior. “Issues of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment threaten every aspect of our (University) missions, and they inflict personal and professional harm on members of our community,” she said. “We investigate and take appropriate action whenever conduct is reported that may jeopardize or impact the safety or security of our students or others.” The current administration is working to revise the disciplinary processes so that quicker and more forceful action can be taken when employee misconduct is proven, Kaler wrote. Going forward with the pending lawsuit, Bambenek said motions within the court will be filed. For example, the University’s lawyers may submit the obligatory motion for summary dismissal, which he does not think they will win. “Then we’ll begin the process of discovery,” he said. “Where I could say, ‘This is the information I want, this who I want to depose.’ (The University) can file objections back and forth about what they’re going to give and what they’re not going to give me.” He said the length of the entire process is unknown, but if Bambenek wins it could end in some settlement. “I don’t know what they could offer me that would make up for the fact that I could start deposing University administrators under oath,” Bambenek said. Thomas Hardy, chief records officer for the UI system, was unable to provide additional information given the pending litigation of the matter. sjboyle2@dailyillini.com
CUMTD aims to improve customer experience BY EUNICE ALPASAN STAFF WRITER
Gabriela Ramirez, sophomore in LAS, uses the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District every day to get to and from her classes. Before entering college, she had experience using public transportation back in her hometown of Chicago. “I feel like MTD (is) just — since it’s a smaller town — quicker and more efficient than back at Chicago,” Ramirez said. “The bus drivers are all nice, most of the time, like in the morning, they’ll say, ‘good morning.’” MTD was recently ranked No. 3 on CityLab’s overall rank for best places in the U.S. to live car-free. Marketing Manager Autumn Soliman describes MTD as a customer-driven mass transit service. Since MTD isn’t as crowded as a large mass transit system like the Chicago Transit Authority, drivers get to engage more with their riders. “We have so many operators who know their passengers, their regulars every day, and they know them by name,” Soliman said. “It’s more personal, it’s more intimate because we’re just the right size of a community to have that.” Ramirez said she uses the MTD app to navigate the buses, but it did get confusing when the buses were rerouted due to the ongoing Multimodal Corridor Enhancement Project, or MCORE, construction. The goal of the $46.9 million Project is to improve transit travel between the cities and University campus and also increase mobility of non-drivers, persons
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A group of students wait for the doors of a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus to open at Ikenberry Commons on Sept. 14. CUMTD was recently ranked No. 3 on CityLab’s overall rank for best places in the U.S. to live car-free due to exceptional customer service.
with disabilities and senior citizens, according to the MCORE project website. It is expected to be completed by 2021. In 1986, MTD was one of the first in the nation to have all lift-equipped bus-
ses to improve accessibility and safety during boarding. It wasn’t until four years later, the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, laying the groundwork for accessibility specifications for transportation vehicles.
“We have so many operators who know their passengers ... and they know them by name. It’s more personal, it’s more intimate because we’re just the right size of a community to have that.” AUTUMN SOLIMAN MARKETING MANAGER
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Recycling and trash bins lie near the west courtyard of the Union on Wednesday. The University offers more than 3,000 recycling bins around campus including glass deposits.
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for glass bottles and aluminum cans/plastic bottles.” W hite said although small amounts of glass come from campus buildings, the University Housing ’s Dining Ser vices have chosen to fund glass recycling. According to the Waste Management and Recycling website, “The University ‘diverts about 30% of its waste from landfills.’” With help from the F+S Waste Management Department, the University is aiming to reach its goal of reducing the total amount of waste sent to landfills. The University’s objective is to obtain a Zero Waste Campus environment, as indicated in the Illinois Climate Action
Plan. The Waste Transfer Station, a facility for recycling goods, operates daily compacting and shipping trash to a landfill. However, the recyclables that come from campus are manually sorted and deposited into storage bins. After being compressed in a different bin, they are sold to recycling companies. Nichole Millage, environmental sustainability specialist for the City of Champaign Public Works Department, said the city offers glass recycling, but does not actually collect or process trash. This job is done by other companies, such as private solid waste haulers. “The City manages a multifamily recycling program (Feed the Thing), but the pick-up services are con-
tracted to a private hauler (Midwest Fiber Recycling in Urbana),” Millage said in an email. “Per City Code, all licensed residential solid waste haulers in the City of Champaign are required to accept glass for recycling from residents.” Lesly Ortega, sophomore in LAS, said she believes since the University does not tell students to recycle, the majority do not properly recycle trash. However, Ortega is glad the University offers this option in general. “I feel like glass is used a lot more now,” Ortega said. “A lot of the refreshments sold in vending machines or in stores are accompanied with glass, so instead of it being thrown away, it should be recycled.” lvelaz20@dailyillini.com
This bill does not ameliorate the immigration process as a whole, since adjusting one section of the immigration system results in a lot of fallout, said Ricardo Diaz, chair of the University YMCA. As of right now, the bill has already been voted down by the Senate, but people are still concerned about similar ideas resurfacing in Congress as a result of this immigration reform, leading to rising tension about green card laws. On the other hand, there are people who think immigration should be halted altogether, because they believe American jobs are being taken away from them. “The problem with visas is that it depends on the perspective,” Diaz said. “This administration has had the goal of reducing all kinds of inward migration, just making it more difficult for people from other countries to come here.” For some, this bill would allow legal residency in the country after years of being
“We actually did that on all of our busses before we were required to do so, so we’ve really taken it seriously to have initiatives to make sure we’re serving the ADA community,” Soliman said. MTD, in partnership with the City of Champaign, the City of Urbana and the University, also hosted the 12th annual Light the Night event on Thursday. Bicyclists were able to have a set of front and rear lights installed by volunteers for free. MTD representatives were at the event offering
bike rack demonstrations in which they showed bicyclists how secure their bikes on the bike rack at the front of a parked bus. “MTD does a really good job of recognizing that they’re one part of a transportation environment,” said Lily Wilcock, planner I at the City of Urbana. “The bus company and the bus drivers want to make sure they’re operating in a community that knows the rules of the road for cars drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.”
stuck in the backlog for green card approval. This constant effort of trying to get a visa or green card is the cause of the tension between immigrants. “As I mentioned before there is a lot of discussion going on,” Diaz said. “Especially from Indians, and it’s confusing because nobody wants to make it easier on each other, but there’s no particular reason why anyone would want to be against Indians migrating or getting a visa, but it happened naturally.” This bill may affect international researchers and faculty at the University who have been working in the U.S. for years. To protect its staff, the University has been working on these legislations. “Our government liaisons are aware of the issue and are helping our leadership respond appropriately by advocating for comprehensive immigration reforms that would help ensure international students and scholars continue to study and work here,” said Robin Kaler, University spokeswoman, in an email. Sam Hamedi Rad, Uni-
versity alumnus and COO for LifeFoundry Inc. of University Research Park, is originally from Iran. He said there are international workers at LifeFoundry Inc., and knew many international students wanting to continue work in the U.S. “(Being against the bill) is not racist,” Rad said. It is just about being fair to people from all over the world who wish to work in the U.S., not just from one country. Rad said the issue is not actually the cap, it is the number of green cards. He said there needs to be more green cards authorized per year, not any modification to the cap set for each country. “We need the Enrico Fermis and the Alexander Graham Bells of the world to come to the United States and invent whole new industries,” Donnelly said. “If we treated Alexander Graham Bell in the 19th century like we treat H-1Bs in the 21st century, he would never have invented the telephone in the United States. He would have gone to Canada or even back to Scotland.”
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A poster supporting immigrants hangs in Zoë Foote’s office on Oct. 2. Foote is an immigrant services coordinator who works with immigrants from low income backgrounds.
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A student passes by the Counseling Center, 610 E. John St., on Oct. 2. The University’s Counseling Center is home to various student services, such as support for mental health, which becomes increasingly important as some student struggles boil over.
Student voices concern with mental health resources BY GRACE MALONEY STAFF WRITER
The college mid-semester season can challenge students’ mental health, especially if they have experienced mental illnesses beforehand. Macksimillian Topinka, freshman in LAS, said he has struggled with mental health issues, specifically depression, anxiety and panic attacks, for about six or seven years. “I’ve never really seen anybody regular for that,” Topinka said. “I’ve seen people on and off, but it’s never really helped, and school environments tend to make that a little bit worse, so coming to college at first was definitely a struggle.” Students are typically told to visit the Counseling Center to seek help, but Topinka said the same-day appointment policy can sometimes cause anxiety. “So you have to call the day that you’re going in, and I can’t do that,” Topinka said. “I had it dialed up, and I was so ready to call, and then I heard the dial tone click in, and I hung up immediately because it was too much anxiety.” Deidre Ann Weathers-
by, associate director and licensed clinical psychologist at the Counseling Center, said the same-day appointment policy has made the no-show rate almost negligible. “We do same-day services,” Weathersby said. “A lot of times students don’t understand why we do that. Why do I have to get up and call and make (it the) same day?”. “We know that when we catch students in their moment of need that same day, they’re going to show up.” She said the Counseling Center wants to meet students when their needs are greatest. If an appointment is scheduled for three weeks later, there is a high chance the student may not come. Topinka said a number of factors make college a difficult experience for people with mental illnesses. “Here, I can’t turn (homework) in late at all,” Topinka said. “It can’t be a second late. That’s really bad for me — more specifically because a lot of times, one of my symptoms of depression is executive dysfunction, so I physically cannot force myself to accomplish these tasks, and a lot of professors and other students are not very forgiv-
ing of that.” Topinka said this may come from a lack of understanding about the situations of those with mental illnesses. “A lot of people have this mindset where it’s like, ‘OK, it’s mental health, you just push yourself to do it. You can overcome this,’ when that is not always an option,” Topinka said.
think you can,” Topinka said. Topinka said some of the people who are allowed to be on campus have been serious triggers. “I know this is a public campus, so anybody can walk on, but I don’t think the school deals with people who will stand out here and spout hate speech very well because there’s this Christian, Brother Jed,” Topinka said. “He’ll
“The student population is outpacing our resources that we have at the Counseling Center” MACKSIMILLIAN TOPINKA FRESHMAN IN LAS
He said having mental health issues is like having a debilitating chronic illness, which is one reason why mental health issues are so often treated with prescription drugs. “They can stop you from doing these things, and you cannot overcome them just with the willpower of your mind like people seem to
stand out there.” Topinka and his friends have a group chat where they will warn each other whenever Brother Jed is on campus because all of them are triggered by his actions. “He’ll literally (be) standing out there and spouting this horrible hate,” Topinka said. “He’s just allowed to stay there and nobody’s doing
anything,” Topinka said. Weathersby said that anxiety is outpacing depression as one of the leading mental health issues among college students. “We’re not super far behind (the) accreditation that they recommend,” Weathersby said. “The student population is outpacing our resources that we have at the Counseling Center.” The center does not provide long-term care for students. “We can’t see everybody individually for the duration of the time, so we make assessments clinically and decide what would be the best option for (the student),” Weathersby said. Topinka said if a student has an actual therapy appointment, they can be excused from class. However, if the student misses class because their mental health issues have arisen, the University might not excuse it. “I have a friend who was recently hospitalized for mental health reasons, and she had to drop a class, and she is still jumping through hoops to get that drop to where she doesn’t have to pay for it because she was in the
hospital,” Topinka said. Topinka said this friend is two weeks behind on assignments, but her professors are allowing her to make up those assignments. She still feels overwhelmed because she has many makeup and new assignments to complete. “For a person who is already mentally ill, it’s way too much,” Topinka said. “You should not have to go through all of these steps when you’re not in a great place to be going through these steps in the first place.” Weathersby said a formal diagnosis is often needed to have work and classes excused. “Yes, you’re going to need a diagnosis that’s under federal guidelines and laws,” Weathersby said. “So they’re going to need a diagnosis to fill out particular paperwork that meets those guidelines.” Weathersby said getting the help needed from wherever on campus is a good strategy that will help students perform optimally and help them understand that they don't have to be perfect to be productive. gnm2@dailyillini.com
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Campus shoe-rental business launches BY JARED EBANKS STAFF WRITER
The market for lifestyle sneakers has evolved and grown. This movement has inspired two students entrepreneurs to create a shoe rental business on campus to fill a hole in the sneaker culture on campus. Cedric Vargas, senior in Engineering, and his partner Benoit Ortalo-Magne, junior in Engineering, have created a sneaker rental service called Teneez. The company, which officially launched its website on Sept. 18, currently offers seven Nike and Air Jordan sneakers. Customers can rent the shoes based on a nightly or weekly fee. A $10 deposit is also charged with each pair of shoes in case of damage. Each shoe varies in price, the lowest at $11 a night for the Air Jordan 1 Low “Gold Toe” and $22 a night for the Air Jordan 4 Retro “Pale Citro.” Vargas was inspired to start the business based on his own difficulties finding and financing shoes. “I’ve always liked sneakers, but I have a small foot, so getting them has always been really hard for me,” Vargas said. “Not only that, but I had to spend the money, and then I only wear them when I’m going out, and then they get dirty. It just doesn’t seem worth the money that I put into it, so I was coming up with a solution to try and combat that.” Vargas got the idea for Teneez in his technology entrepreneurship class. Vargas was in charge of interviewing a group of individuals on campus, who identify as sneakerheads, or athletic shoe enthusiasts, but he had an idea before even speaking with them. “Without even getting to them to find out what their problems were with shoes, I knew I wanted to try this out and see if it worked,” Vargas said. Over the summer, both Vargas and Ortalo-Magne worked at John Deere, an agricultural company in Moline, Illinois. It was here Vargas introduced the idea of Teneez to Ortalo-Magne. Ortalo-Magne does not identify as a sneakerhead, but he does have an appreciation for certain styles. “I don’t know about the whole sneakerhead idea, but I like shoes,” he said. “I buy nice shoes usually,
but not to the extent of a sneakerhead.” Magne points out he has a couple of pairshe holds in high regard, like his Adidas Ultraboosts and Parleys. Coming up for a name for a startup sneaker company proved harder than they initially thought. “It took time,” OrtaloMagne said. The duo came up with over 75 names before landing on Teneez. The word Teneez is a play on the pronunciation of “tennis” as in “tennis shoe.” Part of the process was weeding out what names were available. At the end of the search, Teneez was the only name not already used in the shoe market and had no trademarks. With a new company comes room for improvement and criticism. Days after the website was launched, the company received negative reviews from students on the usefulness of the company. “A lot of what I learned in technology entrepreneurship is you don’t know what your customers want; that’s why you reach out to them,” Vargas said. After seeing what ensued the night before on Reddit, Vargas and OrtaloMagne began crowdsourcing for what their customers want out of a shoe-renting company. Crowdsourcing became an integral part of the company as they enlisted the feedback from students on campus to employees at Foot Locker and Finishline. “Our thing would be more going (toward) the higher end shoes that would be really difficult to get,” Vargas said. “For shoes like those, it makes sense for you to rock them out a couple of nights and rent them out.” Josh Sanchez, senior in Engineering, also took some of the same technology entrepreneurship classes Vargas did in. Throughout their time on campus, Vargas occasionally bounced ideas off of Sanchez based on his background in software. “It’s interesting because I don’t think that I’ve seen anything quite like that concept,” Sanchez said about Teneez. Vargas sees the same issues other students brought up with the company, including the draw to high-end, limited sneakers.
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Cedric Vargas customizes a pair of sneakers that will be available for rental by his company, Teneez. The company officially launched on Sept. 18.
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Beniot Ortalo-Magne (left) and Cedric Vargas (right) pose for a photo. The students in Engineering have started a sneaker rental business and hope their company will help students save money on footwear.
“For a lot of these sneakers, they can be really hard to come by,” Sanchez said. “You have to stand in line all day to get them from the local retailer. You can try
to get them online, but you might not even be able to get them because there’s a lot of bots.” While there are certainly issues to correct, Vargas
finds hope looking at the success of other startups. “Nobody wanted to do Uber when it first started,” Vargas said. “Who would want to come into somebody
else’s car? I’m hoping this will be something like that, but we won’t know until the future.” jaredde2@dailyillini.com
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THE DAILY ILLINI EDITORIAL
Students deserve transparency from University In
a time rife with political turmoil, the American people need transparency from our leaders now more than ever. We need to know what’s going on — the full stories — in order to make informed opinions about our elected officials and how they’re handling the offices we gave them. The public relies on news outlets to provide these full stories and deliver them in an unbiased, factual way. Therefore, when
Freedom of Information Act requests are denied by our institutions, our comprehension of the issues suffers. FOIA requests are formal requests made to government institutions, including public universities, to release records to the populace. Under the FOIA, there are several exemptions agencies can employ to deny such requests, including the protection of personal privacy, law enforcement and national security.
According to a recent report detailing the illegal withholding of information by Illinois institutions, however, the University itself has incorrectly cited exemptions to deny FOIA requests more often than not — a shocking 63% of the time. If a public body of such low stakes (let’s be real, what kind of information could the University actually have that would impact anyone outside of the campus community?) denies FOIA requests in such a
flagrantly unlawful manner, we can only imagine the information we aren’t getting from Springfield, and more nationally, Washington. Let’s call a spade a spade here: This is censorship. There is no way around this word; that’s what this is. To make matters worse, denying FOIA requests is a perfectly legal form of censorship under the right conditions. There are nine different reasons an agency can deny a FOIA. Nine. Almost two hands full of
fingers, and all of them broad-sweeping and vaguely outlined. National security? Who determines what is a threat to national security? The people denying the FOIA in the first place. Personal privacy? Yep, also defined by the people in charge of denying these requests. We understand there might be some scenarios in which people are not entitled to all the information, or that they just don’t need it. Okay, understood. But to have nine huge catego-
ries for denying information to the public is just unreasonable. If the American people cannot access information about what its own government is doing, something has gone horribly wrong. The Founders did not intend for this country to be governed by secrets and half-truths. Rather, they desired a government for the people, by the people. How can the people govern themselves when they don’t even know what’s going on?
Trump, CNN need each other work gave Trump $5.8 billion in free media — almost twice as much as it gave COLUMNIST Hillary Clinton. While, of course, not all of this coverage was strictly posirom the outside, it is tive, it helped legitimize easy to get the impresthe Trump campaign as sion the Trump Admin- a serious contender when istration and CNN are at most commentators were war. Trump tweets they are considering Trump to be fake news, Jim Acosta gets a joke. kicked out of White House “I like Donald. I guess I press briefings and the net- shouldn’t call him that. I work’s panel shows often like President Trump. He’s result in shouting matches affable. He’s funny,” Zucker ALAYNA NULTY THE DAILY ILLINI between Trump surrogates said in the piece on CNN and the hosts. and Trump from The New However, the realiYork Times. He was not ty is much more complireferring to Trump by his cated and might even be first name to be insulting described as symbiotic. — he did it because they are Much of the nuance on a first-name basis. glimpse of how state policomes from the odd perIn the same article, the tics operates in both legsonal relationship between reporter recorded a converislative chambers. They CNN’s president, Jeff Zuck- sation between the two of also taught me so much them. While in the bathabout what politics is like er, and President Trump. The pair goes way back to room together, Trump in a real-world setting. when Zucker created “The asked, “You think any of Because of my time Apprentice” and hired this would have happened working with them, my then-real estate developwithout ‘The Apprentice?’” interest grew in both the er and tabloid star Trump to which Zucker replied, legislative process and to host it. From there, the “Nope.” political campaigns. As relationship only deepened. It is also unfounded to a journalism minor, I am CNN was one of the first dismiss the network as also interested in politnews networks to take entirely anti-Trump, conical writing, whether Trump’s campaign serisidering how much time that may lead to a job as ously and have him on as a they give to his supporters. a political columnist or guest. Astonishingly, this CNN hired Trump surroeven a speechwriter in was often done at Zucker’s gates Jeffrey Lord and Kaythe future. leigh McEnany. They even To those of you political request. Others noticed this odd hired Corey Lewandowski science students who plan phenomenon. Joe Scarbor- — Trump’s former camon attending law school, ough from MSNBC called paign manager who was let be proud of yourself. Zucker “Trump’s persongo for assaulting a reporter. There are so many of us These surrogates receive out there who do not want al booker.” The network also covered Trump rallies plenty of air-time to argue to follow that route. heavily. In total, the neton behalf of the president. If you’re a person who assumes political science majors will attend law school, don’t find yourself doing that again. We all know what assuming will do. Just let the conversation flow, and see what you will find out about someone’s plans. To all of my political science classmates, I wish you the best of luck in whatever you decide to do in your future. JOE DILLIER
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Political science is more than law school in the world of political science. You could concentrate, COLUMNIST for example, on public policies and democratic institutions, which covvery time I tell some- ers various areas of study one here at the Unilike policy issues, politiversity I am majoring cal parties in the United in political science, the States and how Congress same question hits me in operates on a day-to-day the face like a snowball: basis. This could lead to “So, are you planning on future jobs like a legislagoing to law school?” tive assistant, lobbyist or I understand people are even some level of elected curious about my plans official one day. after college. It’s a converYou could concentrate sation-continuer. After a on citizen politics, which while, I began to grow a covers topics like politilittle more annoyed telling cal campaigns, media and people, “No. I don’t plan elections. This could lead on attending law school.” to future jobs like a camFellow political science paign manager, political majors: If you are not journalist or even a pollplanning to pursue law ster. In these jobs, you school after earning your work behind the scenes bachelor’s degree, you’re and still have an impact not alone. Don’t let people on politics. assume you will attend During my time in high law school in the future. school, I shadowed and Here at the Universicampaigned for Illinois ty, the political science State Representative department offers seven Avery Bourne and Illidifferent concentrations, nois State Senator Andy including general political Manar, neither of whom science, citizen politics, went to law school. Even civic leadership, internathough they reside on diftional relations, law and ferent sides of the politipower, public policy and cal aisle, both politicians democratic institutions serve my hometown of and world politics. Taylorville, Illinois, as While the pre-law route part of their legislative remains an option, you districts. are by no means obligated While working handsto take that path. There on with them on multiple are so many other paths occasions, they gave me a NOAH NELSON
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Noah is a sophomore in LAS. noahen2@dailyillini.com
As pointed out by Carlos Maza of Vox, there was an incident where Lord called Trump “the Martin Luther King of healthcare,” which turned into a day-long media cycle of CNN covering its own employees’ comments. It serves as an example of how much time CNN gives to Trump’s supporters and how unfocused the network is at doing real reporting. The reason CNN has hired so many Trump surrogates is because of Zucker’s mentality toward politics. His background is entertainment, so his general interest is in making politics fun to watch. Maza aptly described it as “ESPN for politics” because the point is not to be informative — just entertaining. CNN needs Trump. He helps their ratings through controversy, and in return, Trump gets constant coverage. The story of Trump, Zucker and CNN is not a tale of rivalry. It’s a tale of how the lines between left and right and friend and enemy are blurred upon the introduction of money, power and ratings. In reality, liberals who believe CNN is speaking truth to power and conservatives who think CNN is a leftwing fake news machine are both delusional. Joe is a senior in LAS. dillier2@dailyillini.com
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Jim Acosta speaks at a campaign rally for Donald Trump at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Feb. 22, 2016. Columnist Joe argues CNN and Trump depend on one another to gain more attention from the public eye.
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VOLLEYBALL
Cooney switches sides, shifts tide for Illinois BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITER
The Illinois volleyball team swept its first Big Ten weekend on the road, beating Indiana 3-0 on Friday before taking down Purdue 3-1 on Sunday. Leading the way on Friday was junior Megan Cooney, with 11 kills on a .588 hitting percentage. Senior Jacqueline Quade paced the Illini against Purdue with 20 kills on Sunday, but Cooney was right behind the star hitter with 19 kills. “The sets were really great from Diana (Brown), so a lot of the moments were lined up perfectly,” Cooney said. “Then, the other moments that the set wasn’t perfect, I was able to get some shots off in lucky spots.” Cooney, who played in all 36 matches last season, has appeared in every match for the Illini this season, starting in three. In her freshman and sophomore seasons, Cooney excelled mainly as an opposite hitter, recording 236 kills in her first season and 343 last season. While the junior has been strong on the right side for head coach Chris Tamas, injuries and roster changes have moved Cooney to an outside hitter position. Quade might be Illinois’ goto hitter, but Cooney has proven her abilities making the tough adjustment. “It’s been great, and we know she has some experience with us the past two years being the opposite,” Tamas said. “She’s moved to the outside and played an important role for us
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Megan Cooney (15) celebrates with the Illini Volleyball team at Huff Hall at the Illini’s game vs. Iowa on Sep 28. Although her position change has posed challenges, Cooney is using her past experiences and team practices to improve.
and has embraced the role change. She’s learning good things out there, and she’s been having a really solid and steady performance, which you need from your outside hitter.” Switching sides has been new to Cooney at the collegiate level, but the veteran has experience with the left side which has aided in her success. Although connecting in different spots with setter Diana Brown has been a work-in-progress, Cooney
has embraced the change, just wanting to help her team out in any way. “It’s going well, for sure,” Cooney said. “Just working
on it every day in practice and getting my connections down with (Brown) has been really key. Just practicing every different sce-
“Just practicing every different scenario I can get in a match, replicating it over and over again in practice has really helped me.” MEGAN COONEY JUNIOR OUTSIDE HITTER
27. The junior totaled 88 blocks than 76 in her freshman and sophomore season, respectively. “It’s great playing right next to her all the time,” said middle blocker Ashlyn Fleming. “I love blocking with her. We’re always similar in the motions that we do. Just having her on the different side, it’s nice knowing she’s going to be right there in the block with the middles. She’s just taken on the challenge, and it’s great to see her getting better each week.” Settling into her new role on the outside throughout the start of the season has been the focal point for Cooney individually, but the team is still her main focus. The Illini suffered a slow start to their nonconference season with four straight losses, but with players like Cooney solidifying their roles in the rotation, the team has seen quick growth. “It’s been really special for us,” Cooney said. “We’ve grown a lot from the preseason when we weren’t meshing as well together. Just having all of those little growing moments, like Chris said, we never really lost we learned. That’s accurate, and whatever we didn’t think was meshing well, we worked on it the next day at practice. Now, we’re where we are today and still working on bettering ourselves and going after our opponents with all we’ve got as a team collectively.”
nario I can get in a match, replicating it over and over again in practice has really helped me.” While working on new shots and adjusting to different angles has been the focus for Cooney through this transition, the Topeka, Kansas native has also been a consistent force at the net for Tamas’ squad. Cooney has recorded at least two blocks within the past five matches, notching a season-high four kills @gabby_H11 against Nebraska on Sept. ghajduk2@dailyillini.com
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FOOTBALL
Illinois preps for Michigan amid defensive woes Buys reflects on journey being so far from home BY MILES POWERS-HUANG STAFF WRITER
After a brutal 40-17 loss at Minnesota last Saturday, Illinois receives no let-up as No. 16 Michigan comes to Champaign for the first time in eight years. The biggest issue plaguing the Illini at the moment is tackling, as opposing teams are making a living earning yards after contact against Illinois’ defense. For quarterback Brandon Peters, the Wolverines are a familiar opponent as the current Illini signal-caller spent three years with the Michigan program before transferring to Illinois. While Wisconsin may have a more in-sync unit, this game will put the Illini at the greatest talent deficit it will face all season.
BY MONZE HERNANDEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Tackling woes
Turn on the tape from any of the past three consecutive losses and a common theme reveals itself: missed tackles. The Illini defense has allowed at least 480 total yards in each of its last three games, and missed tackles are to blame. “Don’t know what else to tell you,” said head coach Lovie Smith. “How do big plays happen? Missed tackles,” “We’ve had too many missed tackles; we’ll continue to work on it.” The Illini’s tackling issues during the losing streak have stemmed from two key factors: trying to account for a mobile quarterback while defending the zone-read concept and facing multiple quality backs that can consistently get to the second level and wear down the unit. Unfortunately for Illinois, Michigan’s offense boasts both those characteristics, and the Illini could be in for a long day making tackles in space on Saturday as a result.
Peters’ reunion
Prior to arriving at Illinois, Brandon Peters was originally touted as the next in line quarterback to take the reins at Michigan. After redshirting in 2016, Peters was thrust into the starting position after injuries to those in front of him. The Avon, Indiana, native performed relatively admirably, going 2-2 as a starter
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Freshman quarterback Matt Robinson (12) eludes a Minnesota defender on Saturday.
and finishing with four total touchdown passes. After failing to hold down the job with the arrival of Shea Patterson from Mis-
moment. Should Peters be unable to go, redshirt freshman Matt Robinson will likely be the guy for Illinois.
“Nothing has changed; it’s Michigan week now, so I know he’s pumped up. (I am) hoping he will be ready to go this week.” LOVIE SMITH HEAD COACH
sissippi, Peters decided to search for more playing time elsewhere. Yet he still wanted the opportunity to compete against his former teammates. “He knew that Michigan was on the schedule when he decided to come here,” Smith said. “Nothing has changed; it’s Michigan week now, so I know he’s pumped up. (I am) hoping he will be ready to go this week.” However, Peters picked up an injury early on against Minnesota last Saturday, and his status for this week’s game is up in the air at the
Robi n son rel ieved Peters of his duties to the tune of 125 passing yards at Minnesota, failing to lead the offense to a single touchdown. “I thought (Robinson) did OK,” said offensive coordinator Rod Smith. “He battled. He didn’t play clean, but for his first true time, in terms of importance, I thought he went in and gave us a little bit of a spark and moved the ball.” Robinson’s above-average mobility may serve him well if he is forced in on Saturday, as the Michigan defense will
likely be coming after him in a hurry. Freshman Isaiah Williams is also a candidate to see the field if Peters is held out, but the four-star recruit is currently battling injuries and can only appear in three more games to maintain his redshirt status.
of her abilities. She also looks up to breaststroker Tatjana Schoenmaker, who, through her many accomplishments as a swimmer, pushes her to “work hard every day.” Although Buys wasn’t sure what to expect during her first weeks in Champaign, her team has been by her side through it all, making Illinois feel like home. Buys is still undeclared but is leaning toward studying psychology and said she’s enjoying the psychology classes she’s taken so far. Apart from the countless hours of studying, practice and meets, Buys also likes taking time to enjoy the outdoors. In fact, something she misses from back home is being able to go through the mountains and hike. In addition, she also simply enjoys laying in bed and watching Netflix. As for this upcoming season, Buys is optimistic. She’s excited to compete and ecstatic to see what the team is going to do to make it to the Big Ten Championship this spring.
A new country, a new school, a new team. This year has been full of plenty of new things for freshman swimmer Jeanri Buys. Buys’ journey to Illinois started back at a school swim meet where she almost drowned. She said her brother was embarrassed and begged her mom to make her take swimming lessons, and ever since the age of seven, she’s only gotten better. Buys, a freshman from Capetown, South Africa, has been swimming since grammar school. Back home, Buys is already known for several of her swimming accolades. She was in various club teams, such as Swimlab Aquatics. She’s a junior and senior National Qualifier and a two time South African National Aquatic Championship finalist. She said she took away a lot from the experience and said it was surreal to be in the same room as some of the world’s best swimmers. It inspired her to take her swimmingcareerfurtherand swim internationally. She believes every sin- @monzeeh03 gle one of her coaches back mhern70@dailyillini.com home pushed her to the best
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While its performances have not been the most convincing early on, especially on offense, Michigan still has a realistic path to be playing Ohio State in the final week of the season for a berth in the Big Ten Championship game and likely the College Football Playoff, a situation it has found itself in during two of the past three seasons, falling at the final hurdle both times. The Wolverines were often criticized for playing an archaic, conservative pro-style offense that left them with no chance of competing against teams with equal or greater talent than them in coach Jim Harbaugh’s first four seasons, and he subsequently decided to make a change this off-season. SEE MICHIGAN | 3B
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Peters to face former Michigan teammates BY JARED FARMER
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The weekend’s upcoming game against Michigan was one Brandon Peters had marked on his calendar. But after being sidelined at Minnesota with an injury, the transfer quarterback’s status to play against his old school remains uncertain. “He knew we were playing Michigan when we came here. Nothing has changed, it’s Michigan week now,” head coach Lovie Smith said. “I know he’s pumped up, and of course we’re hoping he’ll be ready to go this week.” In his first five games as an Illini, Peters has thrown for 797 yards and 10 touchdowns, while completing 74 of his 127 pass attempts. He’s the clear choice for starting quarterback for the Illini. Isaiah Williams was given some shine in their game against Nebraska, but after two unproductive possessions, combined with his own injury problems, he’ll likely be sidelined from the action too. “Isaiah missed last week, didn’t make the trip, all of that. But we’ve had guys heal up quickly,” Smith said. “Neither one has a season-ending injury, so we’re hopeful. We’ll need everyone to beat a team like Michigan.” Enter Matt Robinson, the redshirt freshman from San Juan Capistrano. Robinson got some playing time versus Akron, Eastern Michigan and Nebraska before being asked to take up the mantel of quarterback last weekend against Minnesota. In his first game with extended action, Robinson threw for 125 yards and completed 15 of his 29 passes. “I think he did OK for a backup quarterback coming into a tough situation. We could’ve helped him with some of the passes we dropped,” Smith said. “When you’re in a situation like that, you need to rally around your running game. But as we get opportunities to pass the ball, you need to make the catch.” He briefly jumpstarted Illi-
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Quarterback Brandon Peters (18) throws a pass during their game vs. Minnesota on Saturday. The Illini will play against Michigan, another Big 10 team, on Oct. 12..
nois’ offense coming in and going into the second half had two drives that pushed them into Minnesota territory, but the offense only managed to score by way of a 46-yard field goal by James McCourt. The defense was responsible for both Illini touchdowns last weekend. “Each week we practice, we ask our backup, ‘When our goto guy is down, that first snap, are you ready to go?’ So you have to prepare yourself with a lot of mental reps. There’s a different approach that Matt was thinking about,” Smith said. “But when you move your next option at quarterback, others have to be prepared to pick up their games. That’s what I was disappointed in as much as anything.” Offensive coordinator Rod Smith adjusted his offense to fit the younger, more agile redshirt freshman in Robin-
son juxtaposed to the 6-foot5, long-armed Peters. The Illini adjusted with two tight end formations and ran more zone-read options with Robinson running the show. “The philosophy is still the same,” Rod said. “You may utilize the skill set of what the quarterback does, what he can do, what he does a little bit better, what his strong suit is. We just tried to use his legs a little bit more.” “If you have a mobile quarterback, you want to run him more,” Lovie said. “When you run an option with a quarterback who can’t run the ball, it’s a different mindset for a defense versus when you have a guy that can turn into another running back that can beat you on any given play. I think an offense does change when you have somebody like that.” Should both Peters and
Williams remain sidelined, Robinson will have to take advantage of his practice reps if the Illini hope to have an answer for the Wolverines defense. Michigan currently sits at No. 3 in the Big Ten East with a record of 4-1, while the Illini are looking to end their three-game losing streak. “I thought he did okay; he battled,” Rod said. “He didn’t play clean, but I think for his first true playing time in terms of importance, I thought he went in with a little bit of spark and moved the ball and got some points before the half. I thought we should’ve had more, but I thought he did some good things. I was excited for Matt, and hopefully, it’s something he can build upon.” @jaredefarmer jaredef2@illinimedia.com
“Tyson has always set his goals at the very top,” Ribeiro said. “There (have) been so many times in his career where he has fallen just short. He would be left with that feeling of ‘What if I did this differently’ or, ‘If I only stuck my dismount’. He was very hard on himself. I would tell him that God throws him these obstacles and challenges because he knows that Tyson can handle them and learn and grow from them. I told him there would be a time that all the pain and heartache from failure would pay off, if he could just get back up on his feet from getting knocked down and fight some more,” Ribeiro said. As an Illini, Bull earned high bar All-American honors in 2016, won 15 career event titles and is tied for 10th all-time in school history with 15 career-high bar titles. “There is not a more deserving person,” Ribeiro said. “Once the final scores came in our entire team was screaming and I couldn’t help but cry. He has put in so much blood, sweat, and tears and his dreams came true. This is why we coach, to help our boys reach their dreams and have the privilege to share in a part of their journey.”
Former Illinois gymnast Tyson Bull cemented a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with a score of 14.366 in the high bar at the 2019 World Gymnastics Championships men’s finals qualifiers, which resulted in a seventh-place finish. Only the top eight finishers in the high bar are guaranteed a spot in the 2020 Olympic games. “In the most important moment of his career, he had 35 seconds to perform one of the hardest high bar routines in the world,” said associate head coach Daniel Ribeiro, per fightingillini. com. “This was one chance to make the Olympic Games. After all the ups and downs over the years, in the biggest moment on the biggest stage he rocked his routine, stuck his dismount and will be our most recent Illini Olympian.” Bull is the first Illini men’s gymnast to make the Olympics since head coach Justin Spring qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where Spring and Team U.S.A. went home with a bronze medal. Representing his home country of Australia, Bull will now compete at the World Championships Finals on the apparatus for the first time in his career, which kicks off on Friday in @JJKimSports jjk7@dailyillini.com Stuttgart, Germany.
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HOCKEY
Fabbrini leads program despite missing Division I status BY CARSON GOURDIE STAFF WRITER
Competing at the Division I level comes with perks. It comes with new facilities, a larger talent pool and the opportunity for the University to strengthen its brand. After years of discussion, Illinois’ club hockey team may be on the verge of enjoying these perks. Illinois’ Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has teased the dream of the school’s club hockey team turning into a Division I program, citing the impact it could have on the University and the Champaign-Urbana community. Illinois club hockey head coach Nick Fabbrini couldn’t agree more. “It would be a huge deal, historic obviously, as it would be the first Division I program in the state of Illinois in 25 years,” Fabbrini said. “It’s a great opportunity for the local community and even the state.” Fabbrini is entering his eighth season as the head coach of the club hockey program. Fabbrini, an Illinois alum, calls this a “dream job” and cherishes the opportunity to lead the program he played for during one of its most successful seasons in school history. During his playing career at Illinois, Fabbrini help lead the Illini to four National Semi-Finals appearances, including two national championships in his freshman and senior seasons, the latter of which they finished 38-0. “To get to represent a school that has such a big
FROM 1B
MICHIGAN Harbaugh brought in Josh Gattis from Alabama to run a more up-tempo, spread offense in hopes of competing on a national level, but the new system has not worked thus far.
“It’s a great opportunity for the local community and even the state.” NICK FABBRINI HEAD COACH
piece of my heart and try to give these guys the experiences I had as a player is great,” Fabbrini said. “It is a really special place to play and coach.” Fabbrini’s path to getting the head-coaching job didn’t start with coaching full time. After one season as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Fabbrini moved to Chicago to accept the job of store manager at Gunzo’s Sports Center, a hockey store, while also working as an assistant coach at Fenwick High School, where he previously attended. Then, after two years as an assistant coach, Fabbrini was able to land the Illini job, despite just being 27 years old. During his tenure as head coach, Fabbrini has led Illinois to consistent success, establishing it as one of the premier club hockey teams in the nation. Fabbrini knows being granted Division I status would be a complete game-changer for the University. “Obviously, we would get new facilities and scholarships,” Fabbrini said. “We are talking about a whole new caliber of players who Shea Patterson will lead the team at quarterback, while freshman Zach Charbonnet will lead a stable of talented backs for the Wolverines. The freshman is a big, bruising runner who will present problems to an Illinois team that struggles with wrapping up after the first contact.
“Nothing has changed; it’s Michigan week now, so I know (Peters is) pumped up.” LOVIE SMITH HEAD COACH
“Offensively, they’ve changed (from) what they’ve traditionally done,” Smith said. “(With) more spread attack, it’s a little different look.” The Wolverines have been unable to consistently move the ball or pass downfield against quality opponents this season, scoring a combined 24 points against Wisconsin and Iowa. Saturday may serve as a game to help get their offense on track, however, as the defense is currently a unit in need of much improvement for Illinois.
Although they’ve not been able to take advantage of it thus far, Michigan boasts arguably the best trio of receivers in the conference, all of whom are highly rated recruits that will likely play in the NFL in the near future. Three juniors, Nico Collins, Tarik Black and Donovan Peoples-Jones, all have the ability to use their athleticism and big frames to go up and snatch the ball away from defensive backs, an opportunity that will likely unveil itself against a depleted and underperforming Illini secondary.
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Illinois’ Nick Fabbrini walks back to the bench after the Ohio hockey game at the Ice Arena on Oct. 24, 2014. The Illini won 2-1. Fabbrini said adding hockey as a Division I team would be an historic event and would greatly improve the program.
would come here. With the talent here at Illinois, we lose like 80-90 players every year to Division I programs. The interest would be right off the bat.” But despite the noise and excitement for a potential Defensively, the Wolverines are as strong as ever, coming off of a 52-0 shutout against Rutgers and a 10-3 suffocation against Iowa. Renowned Defensive Coordinator Don Brown is known for sending numbers after the quarterback, leaving his defensive backs in man coverage most of the time. “Just about everything: they’re fast, they’re athletic (and) they bring pressure,” Rod Smith said. “Overall, they’re very good, very sound, very aggressive (and a) great football team.” Kwity Paye and Aidan Hutchinson will come after whoever Illinois trots out at quarterback, while senior All-American Lavert Hill and five-star freshman Daxton Hill will try to take away the Illini’s receivers. Though the noise surrounding Lovie Smith’s job security is getting louder and louder as the losses pile up, Saturday’s contest may not be a game to hold against the current Illini coach, as his team will be out-manned in both talent and depth at just about every spot on the field. @MilesP_H milesp2@dailyillini.com
Division I hockey program at Illinois, Fabbrini said he blocks it out and continues to coach the club team to the best of his ability every day. He realizes the change could be a long time away and is focused on his cur-
rent players. “It’s not something we worry about,” Fabbrini said. “ We just try to go out and get better every day.” Illinois is currently 3-1 after splitting the weekend series with Michigan State.
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Illinois adds former MLB pitching coordinator Allen to coaching staff Allen expresses optimism for Illinois’ future BY MEGHAN REST SPORTS EDITOR
The Illinois baseball team named former San Francisco Giants’ pitching coordinator Mark Allen as the program’s pitching coach, head coach Dan Hartleb announced Tuesday. Allen joins the Illini following nine seasons in professional baseball and nine seasons working with college programs. “I (am) humbled and honored to have this opportunity at the University of Illinois,” Allen said, per fightingillini.com. “I am extremely excited to begin working alongside our baseball coaches, our baseball players, our entire athletic department and the University. I would like to thank Dan Hartleb and the entire Illinois family for giving me this chance to positively contribute in any and every way I can to our Fighting Illini studentathletes and their futures.” According to fightingil-
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Mark Allen, former San Francisco Giants pitching coordinator, joined the Illini baseball team on Tuesday. Allen hopes to apply his past experiences to coaching the Illini. Allen spent the last nine years working in professional baseball, including the San Francisco Giants and, Cleveland Indians, minor league teams.
postseason appearances. coaching stint in the IndiBefore making the move ans organization in 2014 to San Francisco, Allen with the AZL Indians, according to fightingillini.com. Hartleb said the addition of Allen complements the program’s mission. “I am extremely excited about the opportunity we have with the hiring of Mark Allen,” Hartleb said, per fightingillini.com. “Mark’s knowledge, experience and people skills are off the charts. His past experiences as a colleMARK ALLEN giate coach, minor league PITCHING COACH instructor and his most recent position as a pitching coordinator show his great abilities with development and also evaluation in the recruiting process. Mark fits in our Illini famlini.com, Allen led the San worked for the Cleveland ily in so many ways, startFrancisco Giants’ minor Indians organization as a ing with the type of perleague pitching opera- scout since 2010 and pitch- son that he is. He will be a tions during the 2019 sea- ing coordinator since 2018, great asset to our program son. The Sacramento River among other roles. In addi- moving forward, and I’m Cats, the Giants’ Triple-A tion to working with Cleve- extremely excited to get to affiliate, won a national land’s pitching staff, Allen work with him.” championship while five coached on the field in the of San Francisco’s minor Arizona League for three @meghan_rest league teams also made seasons, beginning his merest2@dailyillini.com
“I (am) humbled and honored to have this opportunity at the University of Illinois.”
Linebacker Dele Harding (9) gets an interception touchdown at Minnesota on Saturday. The Illini will play the Wolverines on home turf for the first time in eight years.
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buzz calendar 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. 10
SATURDAY, OCT. 12
HalloQUEENS and KINGS Drag Extravaganza
Libra Season!
7:30 p.m. Parkland College Theatre, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign $5 Join Parkland PRIDE as they host some of the best in drag entertainment in the Harold and Jean Miner Theater at Parkland College for a spooky and fabulous night of fun for all ages. Hosted by the incomparable Peach of the Midwest Carrington, this event will help Parkland PRIDE raise money to support our LGBTQ students and fund their trip to the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference in February 2020.
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Flannel Fest 2019
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Tune in for chill Libra season BY CASEY DALY STAFF WRITER
It’s early October, which means the sun is in Libra. Breezy, peaceful and beautiful, this playlist is perfect for all those gorgeous and fun-loving Libras out there. Libra, your phone is probably blowing up from your many group chats and poor unfortunate souls who have fallen in love with you — so annoying, right?! — but take a minute to sit back from the fun and lis-
ten to the songs that define your season. • “Drew Barrymore” by SZA • “Afterglow” by The Driver Era • “Daft Pretty Boys” by Bad Suns • “1 Night” by Mura Masa • “Peaches” by The Valley Below • “Supermodel” by SZA • “Waiting For You” by Verzache • “Doses & Mimosas” by Cherub
• “yea, babe, no way” by LANY • “Sundress” by ASAP Rocky • “Getting it on” by SALES • “Give Me A Try” by The Wombats • “bodyache” by Purity Ring • “Overnight” by Maggie Rogers • “Stand Tall” by Childish Gambino
5-9 p.m. Hessel Park, 1400 Grandview Drive, Champaign Free Watch the Timberwork’s Lumberjack Show perform demonstrations throughout the evening including log rolling, axe throwing and speed carving. Enjoy music, art, games, crafts, food trucks and much more at this free fall event.
Red Herring Drag Show & Queer Dance Party
8:30-11:30 p.m. The Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant, 1209 W Oregon St., Urbana Donations optional You are cordially invited to an evening of drag, dancing and hors d’oeuvres. The Red Herring will be hosting this fabulous and free event in the gorgeous chapel above the Herring. The show will feature performances by local Queens and Kings: Lola, Spank, Ranger and Karma. A queer dance party will follow. Hors d’oeuvres and crafted refreshments available for sale from The Red Herring.
Latin Dance Night
9:30-11 p.m. Krannert Center for Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana Free Dance the night away at Krannert Center! Come enjoy a free Latin Dance Night in the Krannert Center Lobby, co-sponsored by La Casa Cultural Latina. Celebrate the fall semester with rhythms from Latin America and the Caribbean — reggaeton, bachata, cumbia, salsa, merengue and more! There is free garage parking and a cash bar is available.
The People Under the Stairs
9:30 p.m. The Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign $8 When young Fool (Brandon Adams) breaks into the home of his family’s greedy and uncaring landlords, he discovers a disturbing scenario where incestuous adult siblings have mutilated a number of boys and kept them imprisoned under stairs in their large, creepy house. As Fool attempts to flee before the psychopaths can catch him, he meets their daughter, Alice (A.J. Langer), who has been spared any extreme discipline by her deranged parents. The film received an R rating.
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Science on Tap
4-5 p.m. Riggs Taproom, 1901 S. High Cross Road, Urbana Free Science on Tap is a new discussion series hosted by the MCB Graduate Student Association and held at Riggs Beer Company and led by graduate students in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology. The public is welcome to attend to learn more about what some of the graduate students at the University of Illinois are working on.
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Dance for People with Parkinson’s // Marquee Annual University of Illinois Bands Homecoming Concert // School of Music August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean // Illinois Theatre
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buzz Rock ‘n’ roll band takes tales on tour to Urbana drummer. Lubar, the band’s newest member, plays lead guitar. “Changes” is another song featured on the EP. Originally sang by Black Sabbath in 1972, and later covered by the late Charles Bradley, EPPL put its spin on the classic. “‘Changes’ was just a song we would mess around with on the road and maybe play it if we needed to fill a spot in a set,” Pearson said. What truly pushed this version of the song over the edge was the decision to release a live version. “We kind of took the soul vibe of Bradley’s version but didn’t add all the horns,” Pearson said. The result is an amplified version of the track, which works as a solid closer for the EP. In 2018, EPPL released its debut EP “Devil’s Paradise.” Named after a song on the EP, Pearson makes it clear the two projects are not comparable. “A lot of the tracks we recorded at the same time, but we just decided to split up the releases,” Pearson said. He also said his band is “not necessarily trying to be better, but to grow.” Pearson wrote the song “Devil’s Paradise” over 10 years ago. “My old band had just broken up, and I had a bunch of songs burning a hole in my pocket,” Pearson said. That is not to say the song hasn’t had its chance to grow alongside Pearson. “We also reworked the arrangement quite a bit, and I changed a couple of cringeworthy lyrics,” Pearson said. Though Pearson is enjoying his time in the band, he also has some goals for the group to work toward. “If we can just keep playing, writing good tunes, making good records and be able to like eat and pay bills, I think that’s more than enough for me.”
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St. Louis artist Angel Olsen plays at Off Broadway on Feb. 7, 2013. Olsen released her fifth album all “All Mirrors” last week.
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Angel Olsen performs at Treefort Music Fest 2017. Buzz editor Katie Powers says “All Mirrors” is a stark departure from her previous work.
‘All Mirrors’ reflects journey of self-discovery
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buzz factor: Last week, St. Louis based singer-songwriter Angel Olsen released her fifth album all “All Mirrors,” a profoundly emotional and epically mastered project. Each track is deeply introspective and speaks to a painful personal journey which Olsen invites her listeners to embark upon with her. From top to bottom, “All Mirrors” is a masterpiece. It is a stark departure from her previous work; gone is the light bedroom pop of “Shut Up Kiss Me”, the song for which she is best known. Olsen developed this album primarily in solitude, amidst the fallout of a painful breakup that left her struggling to reclaim her identity and figure out herself as an individual again. Champaign-Urbana’s premiere venue for independent, foreignlanguage, cult classic, experimental film, and special events
The moody contrast of the album’s cosmic beats and the rumbling bass of the full orchestra featured on most tracks perfectly emphasize Olsen’s emotional state throughout the album. She is seeking solid ground in the aftermath of her breakup, but she must come to terms with her own emotions and past decisions in order to do so. The album opens with “Lark,” in which Olsen sings about her desire to recover lost pieces of herself following the end of her relationship. This is the listeners’ introduction into Olsen’s journey of self-discovery, which the album presents. The track also offers an introduction to the album’s epic orchestrations which promote the emotional tone of the album. It is an energetic opening track, but also represents Olsen’s solitude and anger. In inter-
views, Olsen has said this song took many years to finish as it has evolved to represent different aspects of her career and personal life. What comes across clearly in her lyrics is the turmoil that comes from breaking commitments with a loved one. “It’s hard to say forever love / Forever’s just so far / It’s hard to say forever love / Forever’s just so far,” she sings at the end of the track. The album turns on “Spring,” a song that is sonically simple in comparison to the preceding tracks. Olsen’s voice is more distinct, and her lyrics are clear as she reflects on her remorse surrounding her lost relationship in candid terms. “Don’t take it for granted/Love when you have it/You might be looking over/A lonelier shoulder,” she sings, in a hollow falsetto. As an album, “All Mir-
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rors” is not a light listen. It’s deeply emotional and meant to be taken in all at once, as each song is placed perfectly within its overarching narrative. Listeners will feel all of Olsen’s emotions alongside her. But the album’s final track, “Chance” might be its most compelling. Here, Olsen’s emotional journey hits a catharsis as she comes to terms with the pains of her past and the progress of her introspection. The piano that backs her is brighter than before, and her voice comes through clearly. She is not content yet, but she has made the decision to stand in her pain and accept where it has left her. The inconclusiveness of the closing track album leaves room for the anticipation of Olsen’s future projects and the continuation of her journey.
Elliott Pearson has been singing since he was 13 years old. Now, with plenty of life experiences to draw from, the members of Elliott Pearson and the Passing Lane (otherwise known as EPPL) have hit the road to spread their story through songs in their unique rock ‘n’ roll style. Their latest EP, “Petty Crimes” features four distinct songs. Not only the name of the release, “Petty Crimes” is also the first song on the EP. “That’s a cathartic one to play,” Elliott Pearson said. “And if I’m being honest, it’s catchy as hell.” The band, known for its Americana roots, features genres such as rock ‘n’ roll, soul, blues and country. “I think we play a bit of a mix of all of those,” Pearson said. The band consists of five members. Dylan Doughty, Ian Daugherty, Jeremy Reidy, Ian Lubar and Pearson came together with each of their distinct skill sets to create EPPL’s sound. “St. Louis is a small town dressed up as a big city,” Pearson said. “We all played, (or) play, in other bands and knew each other from gigs around town.” Now, Elliott Pearson and the Passing Lane is hitting the road, with multiple stops in Illinois coming up. “While tour can be a lot of work, it’s also a bit of an escape from reality. So, I think we’re all ready to escape for a little bit,” Pearson said. On Oct. 12, the band will be showing off its Americana roots at the Rose Bowl Tavern in Urbana. Being the face of the band, Pearson is the lead singer as well as a guitarist. “As soon as I got a microphone, no way I was going to give it to anyone else,” Pearson said. Doughty is on the keyboard as well as the horns, and, while Daugherty holds the position of bassist, Reidy acts as the backbone of the group as the sbent3@readbuzz.com
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Elliot Pearson and the Passing Lane poses for photo.The band, known for its Americana roots, features genres such as rock ‘n’ roll, soul, blues and country.
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