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Illinois Student Government takes interest in census BY SALEM ISAF STAFF WRITER
Along with the new decade comes, for many of us, a new civic duty. The 2020 census is right around the corner, being distributed in March and taken in early April. The main purpose of the United States census is to count the entire population of the country and where each person lives. The Illinois Student Government is taking particular interest in this decade’s census to help avoid a potential loss of seats in the House of Representatives. “There has been a lot of population distribution with people moving out of Illinois,” said Kirsten Peter-
son, senior in LAS and ISG Director of Governmental Affairs. Because the state has seen many people move away in the last 10 years, Peterson said it is more important than ever that all Illinois residents fill out the census to make sure the population count is not seen as dropping, thus keeping the same amount of members in the U.S. House of Representatives. For this reason, Nataly Esparza, junior in LAS and Assistant to the Director of Governmental Affairs, has MARK CAPAPAS THE DAILY ILLINI introduced a resolution Students prepare canvassing materials for Elizabeth Warren’s campaign at Caffe Paradiso on Sunday afternoon. Weekend SEE CENSUS | 3A
canvassing is one of the multiple increased outreach efforts made by RSOs to help bring awareness to the campaign.
Democratic RSOs bring Iowa experience BY ETHAN SIMMONS SENIOR REPORTER
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Boxes of buttons, mints and other census materials are prepared to be distributed at City Hall on Friday. Illinois Student Government hopes to shed light on the importance of accurate census data collection.
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The Planter’s experiential marketing vehicle, titled the NUTmobile, sits between Gregory and Lincoln halls Tuesday evening. The NUTmobile travels across the country as a marketing campaign to recruit college seniors.
“By travel, I mean we are traveling the whole country.” According to Cory, there are only three NUTmobiles in the country. He said most people they encounter or interact with have never seen it before. Although the NUTmobiles are small in number, all are racking up significant mileage and brand attention for the campaign. “We drive into a new spot normally on Monday,” Cory said. “We get off days, so our weekend is probably like a Tuesday or Wednesday, and then we work Thursday through Sunday, going to different fairs, festivals and grocery stores.”
Over the past week, students have been greeted by the whimsical and confusing sight of the Planters NUTmobile, a vehicle in the shape of a giant peanut, parked around campus. The NUTmobile marked its territory Feb. 11 on Wright Street due to an experimental marketing campaign by the company Planters to recruit graduating seniors at the University. Dan Cory, brand spokesperson for Planters, said he and his team travel 48 out of the 52 weeks to different cities to recruit students around the country. “We are actually driving to Florida next week,” he said. news@dailyillini.com
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Smith’s first campaign stop in the northeastern corner was a University YDSA of the state. Labor Day meeting last year. “The biggest thing was how civil everyone was, even Iowa experiences the people who were Trump During winter break, supporters and didn’t want Sepich canvassed for Warren to talk to me,” Sepich said. in Decorah, Iowa, a rural town of about 8,000 people SEE IOWA | 3A
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Cultural houses and resource centers are offering the Lunch on Us program on campus for students to learn more about improving their own well-being. The Lunch on Us program is offered in different cultural houses, such as La Casa Cultural Latina, the Asian American Culture Center and the Women’s Resources Center. At La Casa, the program occurs every Thursday and runs from noon-1 p.m. Presentations and lunch are provided to students who attend the event during that time. Siyao Zhang, sophomore in AHS and president of Fitness Peers, gave a workshop at La Casa for Lunch on Us on Feb. 6 about exercising at home. Zhang said she hopes students will follow the workshop to better accommodate themselves. However, Zhang said she thinks the student body might not be aware of the resources offered by the University, such as Lunch on Us. “One of the things that we are trying to focus on is how to promote our program and resources so students can utilize them, even if they are not affiliated with organizations,” Zhang said. The presentations vary from topic to topic, but they generally revolve
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Jake Sepich, an organizer for the Warren campaign, prepares canvassing materials at Caffe Paradiso on Sunday afternoon.
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Ahead of the Illinois primary in March, two RSOs are getting the word out for candidates in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Members of Illini for Warren and the UIUC Young Democratic Socialists of America canvassed in Iowa for presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, respectively. Both RSOs are ramping up outreach efforts on the Illinois campus, using divergent strategies to reach local voters. For Jake Sepich, senior in LAS and president of Illini for Warren, he and other Warren volunteers are going the traditional route by knocking on doors and handing out fliers every weekend, even if the college setting makes things difficult. “The biggest thing about canvassing students is it’s really hard,” Sepich said. “Students are really hard to find because they move every year.” Even if Champaign County provides updated addresses, Sepich is often stymied by apartment buildings that have limited-
access elevators or need keys to enter. Regardless, Sepich is pushing through. He’s camped out at Caffe Paradiso the last few weekends to talk with customers, and his RSO is planning an early voting event on March 2. Mea nwh i le, the University’s YDSA chapter is following instructions from their national organization: Register as many students as possible. “ It was their recommendation that since college students already over whelmingly lean Sanders, just get people registered and that’ll be enough,” said Neeraj Kumar, YDSA member and junior in Engineering. “(There’s) no need to convince people; just bring them out.” According to Kumar, YDSA registered over 100 students to vote last semester. Instead of door-todoor canvassing, members have found more success talking to voters between classes, often at bus stops and dining halls. Aside from Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, YDSA is pushing for Stefanie Smith, a democratic socialist candidate running in Illinois’ 13th Congressional District.
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La Casa Cultural Latina, Native American House, Asian American Cultural Center and Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center line Nevada Street in Urbana. La Casa is one of the cultural houses hosting the Lunch on Us program.
around some sort of self-improvement. Jorge Mena Robles, assistant director at La Casa, said the purpose of Lunch on Us is to be a useful resource for students on campus. Robles said it is a collaborative program with other resource and cultural centers. “We all have a date during the week that we host it, and the idea is so that students see the Office of Inclusive and Internal Resources centers does work together
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(with La Casa),” he said. Another important factor of Lunch on Us is giving students the opportunity to eat, Robles said. “One big piece is to be able to provide food, and we know that one way our community builds another community is through food, and so that is the purpose … being able to provide lunch for students,” Robles said. The Lunch on Us program is funded through the Student Cultural and Programming Fee.
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“That program is a fee that students pay and that fee is meant to pay for cultural programming,” Robles said. “So we use it, we apply for funding, we go to a hearing and if the funding is approved, we have Lunch on Us.” Yarit Alcantara, junior in LAS and worker at La Casa, said this resource is a good method to help students develop in a professional matter. However, Alcantara SEE LUNCH | 3A
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Engineering alumnus named new IBM CEO BY ALIZA MAJID STAFF WRITER
University alumnus Arvind Krishna will be replacing Virginia Rometty as the new CEO of IBM at the end of this year. Previously, Krishna was the vice president for database services at IBM and has been working for the company since 1990. “He has been rising quickly within IBM, and over half the company was under him before the promotion,” said Bruce Hajek, department head and professor in Engineering. IBM is an enterprise technology company that supplies critical computing equipment to service a variety of businesses. Previously, the managerial positions did not have a technical background. As a result, IBM remained stagnant for the past few years, but with Krishna’s experience with technology, there is opportunity for improvement. “I really hope that with his combination of his technology and business expertise, that he will be able to take IBM to the next level,” said Wen-Mei Hwu, professor in Engi-
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Krishna is a distinguished alumnus in the electrical and computer engineering department at the University.
neering and director of C3SR. C3SR is a collaboration between IBM research and the University to resolve issues concerning cognitive computing and artificial intelligence. “In 2016, we set up the IBM Illinois Center for Cognitive Computing Systems Research, and Arvind was the driving force behind it … so right now every year, I will meet with Arvind to discuss the achievements of the cen-
force for the movement. The C3SR center has allowed the company to expand its roots into the University, and Krishna frequently visits in order to check up on things as the executive sponsor for the center. Krishna said he believes connecting with students is vital to move forward in the world. As a result, he visits the University often to see if there are students who would like his guidance. “He really cares about students,” Hwu said. “Every time students invite him to do something, he would always accept, which is something I have always been impressed with.” According to Hwu, Krishna did not come from an affluent family and persevered through his life to get to where he is today. Krishna encourages students to pursue their future endeavors and work through their hardships. “He has a very high moral standard and (is) very supportive of the people around him,” Hajek said.
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University releases sexual misconduct survey results THE DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
The results of a survey, which asked University students about their experiences with sexual misconduct round campus, was released Monday morning via Massmail. During the spring 2019 semester, a total of 12,500 graduate and undergraduate students were invited to participate in the survey in which 2,076 students completed at least a portion of it. “I am committed to continuing this effort to understand the student experience around sexual misconduct and doing
whatever I can to improve the climate on campus,” wrote Danita Young, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, in the Massmail. “We will hold focus groups to explore more ways to improve our response to survivors.” This marks the third time this survey has been conducted, the first two being in 2015 and 2017. The 2019 Campus Climate Report is broken up into two sections. Part one dealt with the experiences of sexual misconduct, while part two focused on the “perceptions of institutional support outcomes.” The report uses the term
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titled “At Risk of Losing the House,” which is a campaign designed to educate those around campus and Champaign-Urbana community on the importance of filling out the census and avoiding underrepresentation. “If over 50,000 people don’t fill (the census) out, we’re at risk of losing two seats in the House of Representatives,” Esparza said. In addition to the possibility of losing representatives, there are also certain monetary losses the state can suffer. According to Esparza, for every person that is not counted by the census, $1,400 worth of federal funding is lost per year, meaning $14,000 is lost per person until the next census. So far, Esparza has seen mostly support for her resolution. “I feel like students actually want to learn,” Esparza said. “This is the first census that us students are actually aware about, along with the risks and consequences of not filling it out.” Esparza has seen some undocumented students avoid filling out the census due to the push by the
Trump administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. However, there is no such question because federal judges permanently blocked the administration from adding this question. Not only are undocumented students not at risk, but they stand to gain from the census just like citizens. “If you are not a citizen, you should still fill out the census because you are still paying taxes on the things you buy,” Peterson said. “Those things still impact you, and you want them to be reflected.” One of the main goals of this resolution is to help get the word out to those undocumented students and students from low-income backgrounds because many organizations created to help them are state-funded and based on data received from the census. Esparza and Peterson’s overall goal with this resolution is primarily education and making students aware of the census. They also want to encourage students to list their residence in Champaign-Urbana and not back home, as students spend more time at the University and want the census to accurately reflect
“sexual misconduct” to identify several forms of interpersonal violence, which may include sexual assault or harassment, cyberharassment, stalking and dating violence. According to the report, white students made up 45.3% of the survey takers. Women made up 60.7%. About 84.1% of students who took the survey identified as straight, and 2.1% of students identified as transgender. Around 15.1% of responses were from international students, and 20.8% of students said they were living with disabilities. The Campus Climate Report fact sheet broke down some of the statistics taken from the survey. One in five women and one in 24 men said they experienced completed oral, anal or vaginal sexual assault since starting at the University. In 2017, one in five women and one in 25 men reported experiencing nonconsensual penetration through physical force. In 2015, the same statistic was one in seven women and one in 42 men. The 2019 survey also showed that women, members of the LGBTQ community, Greek-affiliated students and students living with a disability are more likely to report an incident of sexual misconduct. However, compared to previous years, students generally showed more confidence that the University would take a report seriously. In 2015, 72% of students believed the University would take their reports seriously, while in 2017, 87.5% of students believed this. In 2019, 87.2% of students believed this. the population. While students will generally only be at school for four years, other students will take their place throughout the decade. “The student population reaches all throughout Champaign-Urbana,” Peterson said. “We’re not just students. We work as research assistants or at Starbucks. We work all across the community. We impact a lot of the restaurant culture and bars. We have a sizable impact on the community, and we deserve representation for that.” Their plan is to host panels or events in ways that give them the ability to present this information to students and community members. Esparza said she has plans to work with the University YMCA and cultural houses to organize a large campaign, especially for students from marginalized communities and lowincome backgrounds. “We want (students) to understand what the census is because many might not know,” Peterson said. “We want to make sure students have the tools to be as civically engaged as they can be.” isaf2@dailyillini.com
Results of 2019 sexual misconduct survey One in five women are sexually assaulted while in college
Who is more likely to experience sexual misconduct? Women: 3.2 times more likely LGBTQ: 2.7 times more likely Greek Life: 2.7 times more likely 70% of aggravated assualt in the
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said she also believes students may not be aware of programs such as these. “I hope that they save money and that they know they are basically paying for
all these lunches, but they just don’t know that this resource exists,” Alcantara said. Robles said he hopes Lunch on Us at La Casa will open a new perspective on the community. “I hope students who come to Lunch on Us are able
to connect with each other,” Robles said. “It’s open to everyone on campus, so it provides a good place for the campus community to learn more about Latin America and Latinos. I hope it builds community.” lvelaz20@dailyillini.com
1,252 undergraduates 802 graduate/professional
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“As the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, I am committed to garnering the resources of all departments to eliminate the problem of sexual mis-
conduct on campus,” Young wrote toward the end of her Massmail. “The Chancellor, Provost and all executives of the University share my dedication to this impor-
tant mission.” All reports from previous years can be found at wecare.illinois.edu/reports/. news@dailyillini.com
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Tori Hill, an organizer for the Warren Campaign, prepares canvassing materials at Caffe Paradiso on Sunday afternoon.
is a real accomplishment, and I’ve failed my machine problems before,” Kumar “They’d always be very, very said. polite.” Members of both RSOs met Early voting options their favorite presidential Early voting opens on candidates. Kumar got to campus March 2, a full week shake Sanders’ hand at an before the rest of Champaign event earlier this month. County. Champaign County Sepich met Warren at the clerk Aaron Ammons said end of a volunteer session. his team extended the early “She’s very impressive — voting window since the just as energetic in person official March 17 Illinois as you’d see on TV or on primary date falls during Facebook,” Sepich said. spring break for University YDSA members have students. lamented the confusing, “Anyone who’s a registered error-riddled dispersal of voter in Champaign County the Iowa caucus results, will be able to vote at that which by recent counts put location, but it’s primarily Sanders second in state going to be students who delegate equivalents to Pete are leaving (for break),” Buttigieg. Ammons said. “The impetus Iowa intended to use the was to make sure students IowaReporter app to track have access that they early voting results, but its deserve.” failure caused substantial Additionally, Ammons delays in the caucus process. said students can now vote at “I’ve done my share of the ARC on Peabody Drive. app development with my County officials have moved degree; to create something the Illini Union voting spot that messes up so badly from fourth floor to the
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2,076 students completed at least part of the survey
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One in 24 men are sexually assaulted while in college
first floor Pine Lounge to prevent long student lines that plagued Champaign’s 2018 midterms. “It’s extremely important for the University, for student organizations, for candidates and even the local parties to share information with the students about all the places that they can vote on campus to try and avoid the bottlenecks that occurred in 2018,” Ammons said. Ammons encourages students to vote in their hometown if they’re paying attention to a “heated race.” Otherwise, Ammons said students should make use of the early voting options on campus. “If they’re here, and this is where they’re going to spend nine months of the year, they’re going to be affected by the laws and policies that are determined here and they should exercise their right to vote here,” Ammons said. ecsimmon@dailyillini.com
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Emily McKown of the Emily Anne Band performs at the pop-up event at the Rose Bowl Tavern in Urbana on Monday, which featured live music artists. Near the stage, there were businesses owned or managed by women which align with The Red Herring’s value of environmental sustainability.
CU artisans shine at Valentine’s hootenanny BY ELIZABETH SAYASANE ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
The Rose Bowl Tavern in Urbana was warmly lit as locals sat together to share a beer. Some gathered around the bar while others faced the stage, preparing for the live music of the weekly Urbana Hootenanny to begin. This week, however, booths were set up to the right of the stage for a special “Lovey Dovey Hootenanny Pop-Up” event. This event was coordinated with help from The Red Herring, a local vegetarian restaurant near campus. Head chef Holly Curia helped bring together these local artisans to share their craft with the community. In addition to The Red Herring, other vendors represented included Oh, Honey Pie; Frocks & Frippery; Delight Flower Farm and Peaceful Squirrel Healing & Tarot. Not only are all of these businesses local, they are also either woman-owned or woman-managed, which Curia thought was important to highlight. They also align with The Red Herring’s value of environmental sustainability. “I think there’s a holistic unison between everyone, either eco-friendly fabrics or eco-friendly products or made-from-scratch food,” Curia said. “There’s definitely a common theme between everyone being somewhat environmentally friendly and a made-fromscratch sort of consistency.” Curia said part of the intention with shopping local is to circulate money within the local economy
and build the community up. Another benefit is that it reduces the fossil fuels used with traditional shopping by sourcing materials locally. One vendor who required few materials to operate her business was Gillian Gabriel from Peaceful Squirrel Healing & Tarot. Gabriel set up her booth at the hootenanny to provide tarot readings. Gabriel is currently transitioning to working as the full-time owner of Peaceful Squirrel, offering healing sessions and tarot readings. At the event, patrons will sit down for a conversation about what has been on their mind, including any problems they have been having, and then Gabriel will draw three cards. She will share her interpretations of the cards and what they may want to think about moving forward. For this particular Valentine’s Day themed pop-up, she said, “mostly, the readings are going to be focused on how to bring love into your life, and whether you have a romantic partner or you’re just working on self-love, Valentine’s Day is a good excuse to take a moment and assess that part of your life.” Gabriel also said despite the cultural and consumer pressures circulating Valentine’s Day, it still can be a happy celebration of love. “Anytime we have a day that’s devoted to thinking about love and how we can bring more love into the world, I think that’s positive,” she said.
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Peaceful Squirrel Healling & Tarot owner Gillian Gabriel provided tarot cards readings for the guests at the hootenanny.
Leslie Till from Oh, Honey Pie shared similar thoughts in an email about the holiday. She and her husband Matthew Doyle own the business, selling pies out of their blue food truck around the community. Leslie and Matthew do all the baking for their business, while also working as an elementary school teacher and a stagehand at Krannert Center for Performing Arts respectively. She said she feels the holiday often urges people to “buy material goods and overpriced mass-produced cards in hopes of keeping your significant other happy.” However, she saw
the hootenanny as a great alternative for a Valentine’s night out that supported the community instead of big corporations. This concern for supporting the local business was not only expressed by the vendors but also by those purchasing from them. Glorian Roberts and Alejandra Medina, both seniors in LAS, as well as Veronica Mullen, an alumna from Media, all came to support the event. Roberts and Mullen both attend several local vendor events throughout the year. Mullen knew several of the vendors from prior events, so she knew beforehand
they had products she was interested in. All three of the women encouraged shopping locally for big holidays like Valentine’s Day. “Valentine’s Day in and of itself is obviously a capitalistic holiday, so there’s always going to be products to be sold and money to be made,” Roberts said. Medina continued, “If you’re going to give in to capitalism, you might as well put money in actual people’s pockets and not huge corporations.” One vendor that had caught their eye was Delight Flower Farm which was
selling CBD joints. Roberts said the community already had several local businesses where people could buy CBD products instead of getting them from the new dispensaries in town. Beyond suppor ting their local businesses, the women also enjoyed the environment the hootenanny provided with its live music and growing crowd. “It’s good to recognize that there are good things happening in the community,” Roberts said, “And everything is cute as hell anyways.” eis3@dailyillini.com
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Campus, CU react to Illinois’ cannabis legalization BY TIANBIN CHEN STAFF WRITER
On June 25, Governor Pritzker signed into law the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which took effect Jan. 1. The act makes legal the cultivation, processing, transportation and sale of cannabis by individuals and businesses licensed by the state of Illinois. The act lega lizes the purchase, use and possession of cannabis by adults ages 21 and over, within limitations set by the act. The possession limit of cannabis for Illinois residents is 30 grams of cannabis flower, or five grams of cannabis concentrate. This act also allows licensed cannabis businesses to retail cannabis, or its more common name — marijuana. As Champaign has its highest age group lying between 18-24 for both native-born and foreignborn citizens, the way this act would influence young blood is important. Jay Wen, sophomore in Engineering, said that he himself smokes cigarettes. Wen also said if cannabis is going to be healthier than smoking cigarettes and has the same effects, he might switch to cannabis, but he is not sure at this point. “It gets people more excited (than smoking cigarettes),” Wen said. “I don’t know, maybe, it might be a bad thing, because overuse of marijuana will be very harmful. The worst part of it is that it makes people unconscious, and (cigarettes don’t) do that.” His concern toward cannabis use is the combination of alcohol and marijuana causing people to lose conconscious — which could happen more f requently fol low ing legalization. Yi Guan, junior in LAS, said he would not use marijuana even after it would be legalized; in his perspective, it should only be used for medical purposes. “Marijuana is a gateway (to) drugs,” Guan said. “It ultimately (leads) to something worse, and I am pretty well-off without it.” To address students’ concerns, Champaign City Council is working on passing the new ordinance of regulating use of cannabis. Ordinances are a civil, fine-only tool that
allows law enforcement to address unlawful behavior in a non-criminal way, without involving the criminal justice system or a criminal record. Without the ordinance, the violation of the act under the state law would still be considered criminal by the state, which would result in a criminal prosecution. The criminal record and jail time in place of fines would have significant influence on people who are under 21, especially college students. “The city Champaign ( h a s) i m plem ent e d regulation to bring our city ordinance into compliance with the state law, which now it is coming up on (Jan. 1),” said Jeff Hamilton, the communications manager of Champaign City Council. “Our only concern was to bring our laws and ordinances into compliance to allow what the state’s allowing.” Because the ordinances are predicting the future violations, Hamilton said, “The city of Champaign would modify ordinances to bring itself into compliance with the state law, and I don’t know about the particular of what is or is not allowed in the edibles. But if it is allowed by the state legislation, it would be allowed by the
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Top: People wait in line at Sunnyside Dispensary on Jan. 22, a cannabis dispensary located on 1704 S. Neil St. Following the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state of Illinois, the C-U community has taken a variety of stances on the topic. Above: The exterior of NuMed Urbana located on 105 E. University Ave..
city ordinance.” Springfield legislators are already discussing modifying the cannabis legislation in some ways. That is actually already happening at the state level; they are already tinkering with that cannabis law before it even goes into
effect. City of Champaign council also held study sessions to inform citizens what the new state law means, according to Hamilton. Different than cannabis, cannabidiol products such as CBD oil have been allowed in Illinois for a long
time. CBD products come in different ways, such as lotions and vapes. They attract customers’ attention with the advertisement that shows a cannabis leaf image. Michael Ballerini, owner of 217 Hemp Co. located at 2000 N. Neil St., tells the difference between
CBD and cannabis: “CBD is a cannabidiol from the hemp plant, which is the female plant of cannabis that produces more CBD concentrate — CBD is used to help with general wellness.” tianbin2@dailyillini.com
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Cancel Valentine’s Day I
t’s the time of pink and flying chubby babies once more. Paper hearts adorn windows, pink streamers hang from ceilings and all the nice restaurants are booked. Jewelry, floral and chocolate sales have shot straight through the roof like one of Cupid’s arrows. Love is in the air … or is it? Valentine’s Day has increasingly received pushback from millennials and Generation Z. According to a survey cited by Fox Business, “more than half of Gen Zers plan to do ‘anything else’ instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day” romantically. The general population seems to mirror this trend as reported by the NRF: Only 55% of Americans will be celebrating in 2020, down from 63% in 2009. Not only is our generation celebrating less, but it is also cutting back on Valentine’s Day spending. The National Retail Federation projects an average spending of less than $110 in 2020 by ages 18–24. This is less than a third of what millennials and a little more than half of what Gen Xers will spend on love this year.
Sure, this data, especially the financial bits, might suggest Generation Z is spending less on Valentine’s Day because, as the youngest group of adults out there, we have the smallest pool of monetary resources. Yes, it’s true. We don’t have any money (and you can thank the absurd price of education for that). But it isn’t just the money. There’s a growing antipathy for the holiday among young people, as there should be. Valentine’s Day promotes a materialistic view of love. Just from the movies, television shows, advertisements and other media content surrounding the holiday, one can easily get the idea that love can be bought with diamonds, cheap candy and maybe a flowery letter or two. This is a horrible message to promulgate, especially in arenas frequented by the malleable youth. Not only does the day breed miniature capitalist monsters who love with their wallets, but it also puts couples on a pedestal. Singles are thrown shamefully into the shadows while everyone
thrusts couples into the spotlight with the dreaded question: “What are your plans for Valentine’s Day?” Why should all of the single people in America be left out of a whole holiday for the singular reason that they aren’t currently seeing someone? It’s this sort of exclusivity that makes single people feel bad about themselves. But singles aren’t the only ones who should be wishing for Valentine’s Day to disappear. Couples should resent the idea that they need a holiday to remind them to be intimate with their significant others. In a healthy relationship, love and companionship should be expressed regularly. If you find yourself as half of one of those pairs that need a day set aside every year to recognize your feelings for one another, you should rethink your relationship because something went wrong. It might be time to pack up, call it quits and find someone else who is intimate the other 364 days of the year. Valentine’s Day should go the way of its Saint — execution.
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Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s Bell Tower Amphitheater on Sept. 19. Columnist Mark believes Democratic candidates should hover near the center to win votes.
Election lies with left centrists MARK TOLEDANO COLUMNIST
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Friday’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire, the leading candidates were asked if they had a problem with a socialist being the leader of their party. All eyes in the room fell on socialist senator Bernie Sanders, who sensed they were talking about him. Yet only one hand went up to the question. Senator Amy Klobuchar, standing by her centrist platform, denounced socialism and its prospects of bringing about positive change. Why did no other hands go up? Aren’t Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg running as moderates? Even Elizabeth Warren, whose policy views are nearly in line with Sanders, routinely calls herself a capitalist. What makes them all queasy about outwardly rejecting an economic system that’s horrendously unpopular with Americans? The answer lies within the Democratic party’s best hope to beat President Trump in November: voter
turnout. The party needs every Democrat on its rolls to show up on election day, or they don’t stand a chance against President Trump’s invigorated base. This leaves the centrist democratic candidates in an awkward position. On the one hand, they need to hover near the center to win over the country’s undecided voters. On the other, the fringe wing of the party, in their rebellious nature, might not show up for a moderate. Hillary Clinton found that out the hard way four years ago when enough Sanders supporters stayed home for the general election. Centrist democrats can learn a lot from her mistakes. For example, they should not dance around semantics as Clinton did four years ago by using the term “pragmatic progressive.” What’s a pragmatic progressive? That’s a contradiction if I’ve ever heard one. You might as well say jumbo shrimp or plastic silverware. Instead, the moderates should abandon wordplay and be honest with Americans by making the case that capitalism has great potential to lift people up if done properly and ethically.
There’s no harm in defending a moderate platform. Expanding private healthcare is a more marketable pitch than burning the system to the ground and spending twice the federal budget on Medicarefor-all in the process. Therefore, the centrists need to sound off. If they stand up to socialism and isolate Sanders in the corner, they will re-earn the trust of many once-Democrats who fled the party in response to its hard-left swing. The latest polls from New Hampshire, the next state to hold a Democratic primary, are a flip flop of where standings were a few months ago. Sanders has shot up to first place and Joe Biden is in free fall. Sanders has a booming on-the-ground movement, while Joe Biden’s lackluster campaign is one primary away from crashing and burning. There’s urgency in the air for moderates and time is running out. If they don’t band together now to speak up about the unaffordable cost of handing the country over to revolutionaries, they may never get the chance. Mark is a junior in ACES. markjt2@dailyillini.com
Housing requires greater supply, not higher price tags AUSTIN STADELMAN COLUMNIST
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the United States’ largest cities continue to be hubs for economic growth, more people find themselves having to move into the boundaries of cities to commute to work. This has drastically driven up housing prices over the last few decades to the point where millennials now spend an average 45% of their income on housing, compared to 36% spent by baby boomers when they were in the first decade of the workforce. This growing problem
has brought back calls for nationwide rent controls from the American political left, like Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders. This would be misguided. Rent control in practice disincentivizes developers from building affordable apartments in areas that need it most in favor of buildings that can be bought by more wealthy tenants, since the amount of money they can make is essentially capped on the type of building. A study published in 2018 by the National Bureau of Economic Research found as a result of San Francisco’s 1995 rent control policies, overall rental housing units
fell by 15% and actually led to a 5.1% increase in rent costs. It also disincentivizes developers and landlords to maintain the high quality of the buildings that do exist since the money that would be put into the renovations could not be made up through charging a higher price. This can lead to urban decay as buildings will go unoccupied and whither away, creating eye sores for the city. In his book “The Political Economy of the New Left: An Outsider's View,” Assar Lindbeck, a Swedish economist and former chair of the Nobel prize committee, stated, “next to bombing, rent control seems in many
cases to be the most efficient technique so far known for destroying cities.” The more effective way to make housing cheaper, and simultaneously provide more places for people to live and work is to, quite literally, construct more housing. The problem of affordable housing needs to be tackled by the supply of housing itself, not the price which housing costs. Increasing the supplied amount of housing would drive it closer to match the demand needed, thus decreasing the price without negative economic effects. This can only be done if cities like San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles
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Construction on Vista Tower continues in downtown Chicago on June 4. Columnist Austin advocates for more housing developments, such as Vista Tower in place of rent caps to lower housing prices.
make zoning protocols for building less restrictive. But despite its simplicity in theory, an increase in housing construction in the nation’s largest cities is caught up in city red tape and power structures in society. Strict zoning laws prevent developers from being able to build where they please. Sectioning off areas of the city’s boundary for specific functions, like neighborhoods or businesses, leads to an inability for cities to naturally develop the way the market, for lack of better term, sees fit. More specifically, as Lyman Stone, a research fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, states, “strict land-use rules — whether framed as rules about parking, green space, height limits, neighborhood aesthetics or historic preservation — make new construction difficult.” This in no small part is driven by the current generation of homeowners, primarily older Americans, being reluctant to want any development in their local sub-community. NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard) are a heavy force for city councils and mayors to deal with, as they want to protect the aesthetic of their neighborhoods and the value of their property in fear that development around it will drive its value down. Younger Americans who
are often subject to the high housing prices do not have the economic or political capital yet to be able to stand up to the older Americans with it. Furthermore, zoning laws that are created often lead to rent seeking behavior by politicians and businesses, even peddling corruption at times. Jason Furman, the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors during the Obama Administration has stated zoning laws have also been used as “tools of exclusion” that exacerbate inequality. This should come as no surprise given the racist origin of many of the nation’s zoning laws. This all suggests changing the restrictive zoning laws in America’s largest cities would be driven only by those who benefit from the zoning laws in the first place. This gives the bad argument of rent control ground in the national conversation and makes the process for zoning changes painfully slow, if not completely static. But for the sake of younger Americans’ ability to accumulate wealth and to help them move up the economic ladder the same way their parents did, this change must be made now. Austin is a senior in LAS. aas3@dailyillini.com
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MRI scan clears Dosunmu of structural injury
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and a feeling where the outcome of the game goes from primary to secondary in a split second,” said head coach Brad Underwood, per Illinois Athletics. “We received positive news today from the MRI scan. Our medical staff will work with him around the clock on treatment and recovery. (Dosumnu) and his family have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from Illini Nation and college basketball fans everywhere.”
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An MRI scan revealed no structural damage to sophomore guard Ayo Dosunmu’s left leg following the final play of No. 22 Illinois’ game against Michigan State Tuesday night, Illinois Athletics announced Wednesday afternoon. Dosunmu went down on the team’s last possession and carried off the court after the Illini lost 70-69. “What happened with (Dosunmu) last night is as difficult a situation as you’ll @di_sports see a young man go through, sports@dailyillini.com
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Illinois baseball team stretches during warm ups for indoor practice at the Irwin Indoor Practice Facility on Feb. 5. Illinois will open its 2020 campaign against Milwaukee in North Carolina Friday.
Illinois to open season in North Carolina Team goes south for three-game outing BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITER
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Sophomore guard Ayo Dosunmu is attended to by coaches as the Illini bench looks on late during the second half at State Farm Center on Tuesday. Dosunmu went down after his knee buckled while driving toward the basket on the final play as the Illini lost to the Spartans 70-69.
Illinois baseball is set to begin its three-game opening weekend on Friday in North Carolina. The Illini will play Milwaukee on Friday at 11 a.m, Seton Hall on Saturday at 9 a.m. and the host, Wake Forest, on Sunday at 1 p.m. Of the four, Wake Forest is the only ranked team. D1Baseball ranks them at No. 18 while the USA Today
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Coaches Polls sets them at No. 24. The Illini begin their season unranked and are projected by Perfect Game to finish fourth in the Big Ten. Illinois is starting its second season in a row at Wake Forest’s David F. Couch Ballpark. The Illini swept opening weekend last year, beating Georgetown, Wake Forest and Sacred Heart, followed by a sweep of Florida Atlantic the following weekend. On Tuesday, the Illini announced on their Twitter account that senior Ty Weber will earn the opening-day start against Milwaukee. Weber, a right-handed pitcher, started 14 games in 2019 and finished with a 4-3 record and a 3.28 ERA. Likely starters in the
infield include redshirt sophomore Kellen Sarver at first base, freshmen Brody Harding or Xavier Watson at second, sophomore Branden Comia at third and sophomore Cam McDonald at third. The outfield positions are up for grabs, but junior transfer Taylor Jackson will most likely start at center field. Milwaukee has yet to announce its starting pitcher. The Panthers graduated their top two pitchers last season — Jake Sommers and Jared Reklaitis. Junior Mike Edwards earned the second-most starts (11) as a sophomore last season and could be a likely starter. The Panthers finished their 2019 campaign 35-211 and 18-11 in the Horizon
League. Milwaukee came up short of a Horizon League title after losing 6-5 to University of Illinois at Chicago in the league’s championship game. Seton Hall will be looking for a bounce-back year after finishing its 2019 season 25-28 and 9-9 in the Big East. The Pirates ended last season on a five-game losing streak. This season, Seton Hall is projected to finish second in the Big East and has four players named to the preseason All-Big East team — senior first baseman Matt Toke, senior outfielder Tyler Shedler-McAvoy, senior pitcher Noah Thompson and sophomore pitcher David Festa. SEE OPENER | 3B
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Pitchers lead Illini to 4-0 start BY CARSON GOURDIE STAFF WRITER
teams, No. 21 Mississippi and No. 23 Auburn, respectively. The Fighting Irish and the Wolfpack, who also participated in the NFCA, didn’t have the same amount of success as the Illini in the Classic. Notre Dame, which is coming off of a 37-18 season and an NCAA Regional appearance, started the Classic 0-2 before winning their final three games to finish 3-2. The Irish played two of the Illini’s opponents but lost to the Auburn Tigers, 4-1, before knocking off Ole Miss, 7-5. Like Sickels, junior pitcher Alexis Holloway shined for Illinois, recording a 0.78 ERA in 18 innings of play, laying the groundwork for a potential pitching duel when the two play each other this weekend. The Wolfpack, on the other hand, had even a tougher showing in the NFCA. Despite knocking off a ranked Ole Miss squad –
which all three of previously mentioned teams also defeated — the Wolfpack’s momentum wore off fast, losing three out of four to end the Classic 2-3. North Carolina State’s pitching staff was blasted by the other programs, giving up 13 runs to Illinois’ Big Ten ally Minnesota and nine to Mississippi State. The only silver lining the Wolfpack did show off some promise at the plate, putting up seven runs on two different occasions. As for Illinois, aside from the outstanding pitching performance from Sickels, they also showed the ability to come up clutch and close out games. Besides their opening 8-2 victory over Liberty, Illinois never won by more than two runs and never scored more than five. While the Illini are focusing on improving offensive production, they still have steady forces in the lineup
The Illini are flying south to the Tobacco Road city of Raleigh, North Carolina to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish before facing host, the North Carolina State Wolfpack, in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. Similar to the Big Ten-ACC Challenge in basketball, the teams look to show off their conference pride and ability to secure a victory in the contests. Also, the Illini might be heading into this tournament at the right time. La st weekend in Clea r water, Flor ida , RYAN ASH THE DAILY ILLINI Illinois’ pitching staff shut Redshirt-junior guard Petra Holešínská maneuvers around Ohio State defenders during the down the opposition in the Illini’s game against the Buckeyes at State Farm Center on Feb. 6. Illinois hosts No. 20 Indiana National Fastpitch Coaches Thursday. Association Classic, only giving up seven runs of four games. Led by sophomore pitcher Sydney Sickels, who pitched 15 and two-thirds BY NITHIN REDDY 21 minutes before the bench strong performances from scoreless innings, Illinois STAFF WRITER was brought in and received freshman forward Kenne- went 4-0 in the tournament, SEE PITCHERS| 3B The Illinois women’s bas- contributions from fresh- di Myles and senior forward knocking off two ranked ketball team will face the man forward Mackenzie Ali Andrews. Against Penn Indiana Hoosiers Thurs- Holmes, who finished with State, Myles filled up the box day night at the State Farm 16 points and eight rebounds. score, racking up 14 points, Center. Shortly after the Hoo- nine rebounds, two steals The Illini are coming off siers defeated Illinois, Indi- and one block. She attacked of a 70-66 road win over the ana endured a three-game the basket with ease. Penn State Nittany Lions on losing streak with losses to Andrews didn’t have as Sunday. Illinois led most of Iowa, Northwestern and strong of a game as Myles, the game, but a fourth-quar- Maryland. However, in the shooting just 3-9 from the ter Penn State rally created Hoosiers last six games, Indi- field, but Andrews made an interesting finish. After ana is 5-1 and ranked No. 20 two crucial three-pointers Penn State took a 66-65 in the country according to in the fourth quarter that lead, redshirt-junior guard the Associated Press poll. were essential for the IlliPetra Holešínská hit a pair of Illinois will need to rely ni. Her presence inside is game-winning three-point- on another strong perfor- also important for Illinois ers to help Illinois snap its mance from Holešínská in since the team lacks depth six-game losing streak. order to play competitive- and struggled to score in the This will be Illinois’ sec- ly. In Illinois’ two wins in paint with Andrews playing ond matchup against Indi- conference play, Holešínská limited time due to injury. ana, and the Illini are hop- has averaged 28 points per Following Thursday’s ing for a different result this game on 58% shooting from game against Indiana, Illitime. During the first meet- the field and deep. She has nois will stay home and take ing between these teams on become essential for the on Purdue Sunday. Purdue Jan. 6, the Hoosiers blew out Illini’s perimeter attack is currently 15-10 and strugthe Illini 83-42 to claim their making 61 of the team’s 153 gling after losing its last three 13th win of the season. The three-pointers. games. Illinois and Purdue Hoosiers were led by red“If we’re shooting the ball already faced each other back shirt-junior guard Ali Pat- well, we usually play well, so on Jan. 16 but Purdue came berg who has 19 points on I feel like I have a responsi- away with an 81-67 victory 7-8 shooting from the field bility with that,” Holešínská in West Lafayette, Indiana. PHOTO COURTESY OF ILLINI ATHLETICS and 4-4 from the three-point said. Sophomore pitcher Sydney Sickels pitches at Eichelberger Field. The Illini pitching staff helped line. Patberg only played for The Illini will also look for nithinr2@dailyillini.com coin a 4-0 start to the season last weekend in Florida.
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Illini recruiting class ranks last in Big Ten
star prospect out of high school who’s transferring to Illinois from the University of Miami. Fourteen commits are, by far, the fewest of any team in the Big Ten. Illinois is one of two teams in the conference without any enrollees, alongside Northwestern. All 13 of Illinois’ high school prospects have already signed their national letter of intent, and every member of the 2020 class is a threestar prospect. Illinois continued the trend of primarily recruiting out of Florida and the St. Louis area, with nine of the 14 coming from those two hot spots, including six of the highest-rated recruits in the class. This recruiting class might not damage fans’ expectations going into the 2020-2021 season, as Illinois will also be adding the best two players from its 2019 recruiting class back to the lineup in 2020: cornerback Marquez Beason and tight end Luke Ford. Beason missed the entire 2019 season due to injury, and Ford was forced to sit out due to the NCAA transfer policy.
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Junior Alex Brown returns the ball during a match against No. 3 Florida at the Atkins Tennis Center on Feb. 6. The Illini have accumulated a series of team losses despite earning a pre-season No. 19-ranking.
Illinois battles Notre Dame Saturday BY JACKSON JANES STAFF WRITER
Follow ing Sunday ’s heartbreaking loss to No. 24 Central Florida, Illinois returns to the Atkins Tennis Center to take on Notre Dame on Saturday. The Illini have lost their last four dual meets but are looking to turn things around against the Fighting Irish in front of a home crowd this weekend. Despite receiving a preseason No. 19 ranking, the team has struggled early on, highlighted by blowout losses to then-ranked No. 4 North Carolina on Feb. 1 and No. 3 Florida on Friday. Illinois lost a close match to Central Florida this weekend, falling 4-3, despite winning its first three singles matches and first doubles match since Jan. 31, with junior Alex Brown, senior Zeke
Clark and sophomore Siphosothando Montsi picking up the victories in singles competition. Brown and senior Aleks Kovacevic picked up Illinois’ doubles win. Notre Dame is a familiar foe for Illinois, as both teams competed at the Bayliss Invitational in South Bend, Indiana, to open up the 2019 fall season. In the team’s sole match against a Notre Dame opponent, Illinois redshirt freshman Lucas Horve defeated freshman Matt Che in two sets, 6-2, 6-4. The teams also competed in a dual meet at the Atkins Tennis Center during the 2019 spring season. The meet saw the then-ranked No. 14 Illini defeat the thenranked No. 11 Fighting Irish, 4-3, with Kovacevic, Clark and Brown each picking up wins for the Illini.
Notre Dame has been off to a similar start as Illinois so far this spring, coming into Saturday’s meet with a 3-3 record, with wins against Purdue, Florida Atlantic and Boston College. The Fighting Irish also boast the No. 5 singles player in junior Richard Ciamarra, who’s gone 3-2 in singles matches and 5-1 in doubles matches so far this year. Ciamarra and junior Tristan McCormick also received the No. 32 ranking in doubles competition, as of Feb. 5. The Illini have four players of their own y ield i ng Or acle/ ITA singles rankings, with Brown (No. 18), Montsi (No. 43), Kovacevic (No. 78) and Clark (No. 91) all making the list. Illinois duo Kovacevic and Brown also come in at No. 43 in the
doubles rankings. Illinois is used to playing aga i n st h ig h-r a n ked opponents, as the team has already faced No. 4 Sam Riffice of Florida, No. 7 Gabriel Ducamps of Central Florida and No. 11 Duarte Vale of Florida this season, with the team 1-2 against these opponents. This meet is huge for the Illini, as they look to gain some momentum before a two-week break. Coming off a semifinal appearance in last year’s NCAA singles tournament, Kovacevic also looks to turn things around after falling in all four singles matches during the Illini’s four-game losing streak. The meet kicks off at 6 p.m. at Atkins Tennis Center on Saturday. @jacksonjanes22 janes6@dailyillini.com
Feb. 5 was a monumental day for college football programs around the country. National Signing Day is one of the last major dates for college football recruiting. It rounds out each class, putting on display who did well on the recruiting trail and who didn’t do so well. However, Illinois was among one of the teams that didn’t achieve its goals this offseason. According to 247sports, Illinois’ class of 2019 ranked 53rd nationally and 13th of 14 in the Big Ten. After taking the Illini to a bowl game for the first time since 2014, fans hoped head coach Lovie Smith and his coaching staff would continue to build the momentum around the program by improving the overall level of talent on its roster with a strong recruiting class. However, the Illinois 2020 class ranks 87th nationally and dead last in the Big Ten. The Illini have 13 incoming freshmen and one transfer, outside linebacker Derrick Smith, in their most recent class. @dehaan_nathan Derrick Smith is a three- ndehaan2@dailyillini.com
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Junior tight end Luke Ford poses with his parents on Zuppke Field of Memorial Stadium. Illinois’ 2020 recruiting class ranks No. 87 nationally, moving down from 2019’s No. 53 ranking.
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NCAA Regional. Wake Forest is returning the majority of their lineup, including two preseason All-American selections — junior first baseman Bobby Seymour and junior outfielder Chris Lanzilli. Seymour was the 2019 ACC Player of the Year as he batted .377, led the NCAA with 92 RBIs and led the ACC in hitting. Two of Wake Forest’s starting pitchers, sophomore Ryan Cusick and junior Jared Shuster, have returned for the 2020 season. Both players started 12 games in 2019. Cusick went 7-3 with a 6.44 ERA while Shuster finished 4-4 with a 6.49 ERA. Following the weekend in North Carolina, the Illini will travel to South Carolina Feb. 21-23 to play Western Carolina, Coastal Carolina and West Virginia. Illinois won’t open its home season until March 3 against Chicago State.
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Shedler-McAvoy and Toke were the Pirates’ top hitters last season with batting averages of .324 and .290, respectively. Both players were forces on defense — Shedler McAvoy did not commit an error in 2019 while Toke had just one. The Illini offense will most likely face Thompson or Festa as both pitchers were top starters for Seton Hall last season. Thompson started a team-high 13 games and finished the season with a 4.20 ERA while Festa started 10 games and earned a 4.42 ERA. Illinois will cap off the weekend with its toughest matchup against Wake Forest, who finished 31-26 and 14-16 in the ACC in 2019. The Demon Deacons are looking to make a run for the NCAA tournament after a two-year drought. The Deacons advanced to the NCAA Super Regional @gabby_h11 in 2017 after sweeping their ghajduk2@dailyillini.com
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Junior closer Garrett Acton pitches during Illinois’ game against Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament at TD Ameritrade Park on May 23. The Illini will begin the 2020 season in North Carolina this weekend.
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Illini statement victories, a strong showing this week could leverage more votes in Illinois’ favor. The Illini begin play against Notre Dame on Friday, followed by a doubleheader Saturday with Notre Dame and North Carolina State before finishing off the Big TenACC Challenge with the North Carolina State Sunday afternoon.
to pick up the slack when the bats go cold, especially sophomore infielder Avrey Steiner, who batted .571 over the four-game stretch. While the Illini are still unranked despite their hot 4-0 start, they received 17 votes in the U.S.A. Coaches Poll, giving them a de facto ranking of No. 30 in the NCAA. Even though the Irish and Wolfpack, both @gourdiereport unranked, wouldn’t give the gourdie2@dailyillini.com
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Illini come up short against Spartans BY MILES POWERS-HUANG STAFF WRITER
It was a tale of two drastically different halves Tuesday night, but in the end, No.22 Illinois came up short, 70-69, at home against Michigan State. The Illini were blitzed straight out the gate, falling behind 8-0 before sophomore Tevian Jones broke the scoring seal. “I have yet to figure out why we can’t play hard,” said Illinois head coach Brad Underwood. “Our team walked in before the game, and I literally asked the (assistant) coaches after they left, ‘Are we ready?’ because it was almost like a somber funeral. We played like it in the first half.” Michigan State kept its foot on the gas pedal after jumping out to the early lead, going up by as many as 19 points before taking a 37-20 advantage into the halftime break. Freshman guard Rocket Watts was sensational early on, putting up 14 points in the first half of a surprise starting assignment. “When he (Watts) sees one ball go in, that (basket) looks like a 55-gallon drum, but he’s got one assist in their last five games, and we told our guys that when he gets it and goes, he is never passing it,” Underwood said. “And yet, we were late to adjustments. You can’t help off of him. He got a couple buckets going that way, and he had a huge night; he hurt us.” The Spartan beatdown ratcheted up as the game headed into the second half as Michigan State extended the lead to as many as 20 points before the first television timeout of the first half. The Illini began to show signs of life, however, making a mini 7-0 run and cutting the lead down to 11 coming out of the break. But the Spartans quickly killed the momentum, responding with a 6-0 run to push the lead back up to 17 by the next timeout. Halfway into the period,
Illinois made a run to cut into the lead, as a 10-0 run crunched the Spartan lead to seven, prompting a timeout from Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo as the State Farm Center crowd rose to its feet. Coming out of the Michigan State timeout, Illinois continued to surge, as senior Andres Feliz snatched an offensive rebound away from the Spartans’ Foster Loyer to make the score 60-55 heading into the under-eight minute break. The Illini weren’t done either, going on a 6-0 run after the timeout to grab their first lead of the game, 61-60. “I have no idea (about) the slow start; we have a really bad habit of doing that,” said freshman center Kofi Cockburn. “The second half, we just went to the locker room; we got a few words from coach telling us that we got to stick together and elevate the guy beside us. We just came out there, and we did what we do best: We played together, passed the ball and communicated on defense.” The final four minutes of the game were frantic, as the teams traded the lead back and forth with the game coming down to its conclusion. Sophomore guard Ayo Dosunmu looked to have an open dagger layup to win the game, but his shot fell off the rim. The Illini corralled the rebound, however, and freshman center Kofi Cockburn got fouled and drilled both free throws to give Illinois a one-point lead as the game came down to a final possession. Michigan State star and senior guard Cassius Winston drove to the lane and missed a contested layup, but Illinois’ defense sagged over too far, allowing Spartan junior forward Xavier Tillman a wide-open tip dunk to give Michigan State the lead with six seconds remaining. “We never allow a reject,
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Senior guard Andrés Feliz attempts a layup amid pressure from Michigan State starting senior guard Cassius Winston and starting sophomore forward Aaron Henry during No. 22 Illinois’ game against Michigan State at State Farm Center on Tuesday. The Illini lost, 70-69, despite a large second-half comeback.
we always adjust our feet,” Underwood said. “(Cockburn) made the right call (when Winston went) in and out and got (Frazier) a little off balance and then got downhill. When that happens, it’s supposed to be an automatic switch, and (Cockburn) would’ve taken (Winston) and (Frazier) slides and takes Tillman and tries to sit on his leg, but instead, both went with the ball.” Dosunmu immediately pushed the ball up the floor but failed to get a shot off. He slipped and appeared to hurt himself, falling to the ground and allowing the Spartans to throw the ball up the floor as the clock ran out. Although the game was over, attention immediately turned to the Illinois sophomore, whose body sat curled up on the ground as
members from both teams gathered around while the Illinois training staff rushed to his aid. “I hope (Dosunmo)’s OK, I really do,” Izzo said. “He’s a great kid and a great player. Prayers are out to him.” Although the comeback effort was valiant, Illinois couldn’t contain Watts, as the freshman finished with 21 points. Aside from the game-winner, Tillman was reliable all night, scoring 17 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. The Illini are hoping for the return of Dosunmu without major injury, as the sophomore was the catalyst of the Illinois resurgence, scoring 17 points to lead the way. Illinois next takes the floor at Rutgers Feb. 15. @MilesP_H milesp2@dailyillini.com
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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, FEB. 13
Art @ the Y Opening: Our Stories, Our Places, Our Resilient Selves 5-7 p.m. University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St., Champaign Free Featuring works by Angela Waarala, Chris Evans, Joe Bolton, Ibrahim Ouedraogo and others, Our Stories, Our Places, Our Resilient Selves is an exhibition of story mapping, photographs, video and artifacts amplifying the lived experiences of our neighbors who have “been through it” — homelessness, trauma and involvement in the criminal justice system.
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SPEAKCAFE she has not been writing as much as she would like to since going back to school and working with other poetry venues in the area. S PE A KC a fe was originally founded as a forum to address issues in the black community, and while it still serves that purpose wonderfully, more social themes have blossomed from its original roots. February’s SPEAKCafe included odes to Chicago and the uterus. It was teenage anthems of being enough, it was a girl who cut her bed up with scissors, letters to crooked cops and the American education system. After each set, Robinson asks into the microphone for a round of
applause. And when the clapping dies down, she asks for a second one each time. “I remember what it was like performing for the first time,” she said. “I still have really bad stage fright, which is why I know all my poems by heart. But I still have stage fright. It’s like my safety net when I have my words up there in front of me. But I know what it’s like to be scared, so I’m trying to make sure I give them enough to feel comfortable up there.” It was also the first time onstage at SPEAKCafe for “Soulsavage.” He performed a song called “Crossfire,” in tribute to a friend that lost his life due to gun violence. “I would say that it was really exhilarating, especially since I came in for Black History Month,” Woods said about his first
experience with the event. “I go off of feelings; I go off of how I feel; I go off of personal experiences or a story I can make that I feel can impact people. My subject matter is more about conquering adversity and being able to become a better version of yourself. SPE A KC a fe is a welcoming environment where artists of all levels share, enjoy and network. Its mission is to help people find their voices and to encourage others to do so. “Poetry has saved my life,” Robinson said. “I have been writing for so long, and for anybody that ever wants to tell you that being a poet or a writer or a singer or a musician or anything that you desire is something that you can’t do, prove them wrong.” casey2@readbuzz.com
8-10 p.m. Rose Bowl Tavern, 106 N. Race St., Urbana Free The Merry Travelers are bringing you a cozy Thursday night of original music and lovable covers on Feb. 13. The Merry Travelers is an Urbana band with a bluesysoulful-psychedelic rock sound and a singer-songwriter frontwoman.
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The Pedestal Experience Brunch: Fearless Black Woman
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St., Champaign $30 The Pedestal Project, LLC is excited to introduce the next installment of “The Pedestal Experience,” our signature brunch series for Black women designed to cover topics central to our lived experiences with featured guest speakers. The first brunch, themed “(Im)Perfect Black Women,” garnered impactful dialogue to break the chains of perfectionism in Black women and coping strategies for overall mental health.
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1-3:30 p.m. Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana Misfit Valentine’s Night Market Free 5-9 p.m. Have you ever played with Matryoshka Broadway Food Hall, 401 N. Broadway dolls or heard about the prince who Ave., Urbana married a very clever frog? Or wondered Prices vary about cozy furs used in warm winter Come to Broadway Food Hall on Valentine’s clothing or beautiful pysanka Easter eggs? evening for an evening of food, wine All of these will be part of the Spurlock tasting, workshops, vendors and more. Museum’s February Third Sunday program. At this free family program highlighting The Wolves Russia and Eastern Europe, activities 7:30-9:30 p.m. include a storytelling session, a Faberge Krannert Center for the Performing egg presentation and craft and a table of Arts, 500 S. Goodwin. Ave., Urbana touchable artifacts to explore. The program $25 standard, $10 UI students is held in collaboration with the University Written by Sarah DeLappe, directed by of Illinois Russian, Eastern European and Nisi Sturgis. Almost every weekend, a Eurasian Center. girls’ competitive high school soccer team meets at the City Sports Dome. They come to play. They come to win. But life is not a level playing field. Over the course of
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buzz SPEAKCafe celebrates Black History Month BY CASEY DALY STAFF WRITER
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Oscars offer diverse winners, performances BY LIAM DWYER CALENDAR EDITOR
What a year for the Oscars. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, Hollywood seems to throw just enough of a curveball to keep things interesting. The performances from Eminem and Idina Menzel were spectacular, and while I can’t personally agree with all the winners, this year was stacked. Even w ith the unimaginable amount of talent up this year, one film rose like a rocket above the rest to make history. “Parasite” won best picture, internationa l feature film and best original screenplay, with its director, Bong JoonHo, winning best director. Now, if there’s one thing few people were expecting, it was the absolute treasure-trove of awards “Parasite” took home at the ceremony. Ask anyone who’s seen it, and they’ll likely sing its praises until you finally breakdown and see it yourself. Becoming the first non-English language film to win best picture, “Parasite” is the achievement of the brilliant director Bong Joon-ho used his time on stage to thank both Scorsese and Tarantino for the parts they
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played in his development as a filmma ker and mention his competition with nothing but kinship. A great director and a class act? Now, that’s something I wholly welcome more of and thank Hollywood for encouraging.
The Awards:
Joaquin Phoenix won best lead actor, a welldeserved accolade. While many filmgoers have mixed emotions on “Joker” as a whole, Phoenix’s performance is still one to remember. Everything from his mannerisms to his emotional depth was perfect in his portrayal of Arthur Fleck. His speech on animal rights should surprise no one familiar with the Oscars, with millions of people watching, actors from Leonard Dicaprio to Marlon Brando have used the stage to voice their political and personal views. If you want to avoid that, then avoid watching the Oscars. Brad Pitt won best supporting actor. This comes after he won an Osca r for producing “12 Years a Slave.” His performance in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” stood out, even alongside
legends like DiCaprio and Margot Robbie. Between his scene with “Bruce Lee,” his time on the movie ranch and especially the ending, his performance gripped me and never let up. The film “1917” won best cinematog raphy, sound mixing and visual effects, but did it deserve more? This film was what I considered to be the underdog at the Oscars, competing with the likes of “Irishman,” “Once Upon a Time on Hollywood” and “Parasite,” but in the end, it did well at the ceremony. The pure feat of its filming alone earned it the award for cinematography and visual effects, but the loss in best original soundtrack stings. “Joker” was a fine film with a decent soundtrack, but the poignancy of “1917”’s music, the way it amplified the emotions and the power of some scenes to an entirely new level, it’s my only “snub” of the night.
The Performances:
Eminem: Famous for not attending the Oscar year he was not only nominated in but also won best original song, Eminem showed up this year to perform the very song he won it with. With a new album out and now an Oscar performance
to put his name back in the mainstream, one can only hope this is the start of the return of the self-titled “Rap God.” Janelle Monae: A perfect way to start the show, energy and homages, all with a big band style to it. It may seem hard to go from mentioning “Mister Rogers Neighborhood” to “ Rocket ma n” to “Midsommar” in a song, but Monae pulled it off with a memorable performance. Idina Menzel: I’m a sucker for international ensembles. The group sang “Into The Unknown” each in their own languages, invoking a deep memory of the original cast of the Broadway masterpiece “Les M i s e r a b l e ’s ” 10th-anniversary show featuring 17 international Valjeans singing, “Do You Hear the People Sing?” It is always a sign of unity and a sign of the reach of and universal nature music can have. Simply put, it was amazing. Billie Eilish: Eilish performed a powerful, touching rendition of “Yesterday” for the In Memoriam section. While Eilish’s music might not be for everyone, no one can deny her talent and how it was showcased here.
Cynthia Erivo: The music and soundtrack of “Harriet” were the highlights of the film and so much so because of Erivo’s incredible voice. Nothing less can be expected from a Tony-award winning actress. She may not have won the Oscar, but the standing ovation after her performance of the movie’s original song “Stand Up” is no less a testament to her abilities. Overall, this year’s Oscars brought high energy and high hopes. “Parasite’s” win for best picture opens the award to all the amazing talented international directors from around the world just waiting for their due recognition. This happened alongside Zack Gottsagen, the first award presenter with Down Syndrome (star of the excellent “Peanut Butter Falcon”) and the first Maori person to win an Oscar, Taika Waititi for his “Jojo Rabbit” script. The more inclusive Hollywood gets the better because of the original stories it can tell. That, coupled with outstanding performances, made the 92nd Oscars a solid start to the decade for the ceremony.
“I wrote this back in 2016 when I was a senior in college,” said 24-yearold Jordan Patterson, who goes by the stage name Willaimgold. He stands in front of the room with a single microphone. It is his first time performing at SPEAKCafe in 12 years. In partnership with the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center and in honor of Black History Month, February’s SPEAKCafe event was held at the center, which was newly renovated last April. The ultra-contemporarylooking glass and woodwinged building stands in the place of what was once a neglected cultural house. “I was (a resident adviser), and I put a Black History Month bulletin board on three different walls on my floor. Three separate times it got ripped down, because I was at a predominantly white institution. And so, when I saw that happened and when I saw the kids that did it, they then tore Obama’s face in half,” Patterson said, who was born in Champaign and currently works at the University’s Siebel Center for Design. Patterson accredits his beginnings in rap to a poetry class taught by Aaron Ammons at the allboys Campus Academy, held in the basement of McKinley Church. Ammons was also a founding partner and longtime host of SPEAKCafe, which stands for “Song,” “Poetr y,” “Expression,” “Art” and “Knowledge.” Rows of red chairs and green seat cushions lining the back end of a windowed room are full of artists: a woman in a blue top clutching onto a hula hoop, a high school class from Rantoul, three girls who draw on their hands and scribble ferociously in three-ringed notebooks. Two of them share their writing, one of them tearfully. A local rapper called Soulsavage, real name Dominique Woods, who taps on a blue composition book and paces around the room occasionally. “BNA ACC and SPEAKCafe have always had kind of a partnership,” said Shaya Robinson, SPEAKCafe’s beloved host and director. “BNA ACC has always been wanting to incorporate the arts, black artists and black culture.” Robinson performed three original poems at the event, though she said
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