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Unofficial prevails despite downtrend Event celebrates undervalued women

BY LASZLO RICHARD TOTH STAFF WRITER

Kicking off Women’s History Month, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives and the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities will be hosting “12 Women Who Changed the World: Untold Stories.”

The event will take place Monday from 3:30-5 p.m. on the third floor of the Levis Faculty Center.

In previous years, speakers were selected to give a five minute speech on a woman of their choice who changed the world in or related to their field yet whose efforts may have gone overlooked.

For the first time, Chancellor Robert Jones will also participate as a speaker.

Medra Roberts-Southerland, assistant director for Diversity Initiatives for the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and a speaker this year, said she has attended these events many times in the past.

“I’m always fascinated by the individuals that they have to actually speak and the individuals who they choose to speak about,” RobertsSoutherland said. “I learn so much about women, and I’m actually taking down notes.”

Cynthia Buckley, professor in LAS and research affiliate at the Center for Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, chose to present about Tatyana Zaslavskaya, a sociologist and economist who Buckley worked with and studied under. Zaslavskaya

was crucial to Mikhail Gorbachev in taking down the totalitarian state in place in Russia at the time.

“Not only is she an incredibly inspiring role model in terms of being a great scholar and a great researcher and a great teacher, it is a mistake to think about the collapse of the Soviet Union and not look at the incredible role she played,” Buckley said.

For Margareth Etienne, associate dean for Graduate and International Programs and professor in Law, the choice was Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman to serve in Congress and the first majorparty African American in history to run as a presidential candidate.

“She is someone who’s been a hero of mine for a long time,” Etienne said.

The event is taking place the day after International Women’s Day. Buckley noted the significance and timeliness of this event, citing the recent departure of Elizabeth Warren as a Democratic candidate for the upcoming BEN TSCHETTER THE DAILY ILLINI presidential election and the A sea of green fills the line at KAM’s during Unofficial on Friday. Some people believe Unofficial is “on its way out,” and the reaction she has seen from number of alcohol related citations from 2016-2019 has been steadily decreasing. many of her own female students following this.

“I sympathize with their reactions … history is written by the winners, and we all need to do a better job of understanding winners don’t always make a full list of the people who help them win,” Buckley said. “To really call

Fair Maps Amendment gains traction

BY DIANA ANGHEL

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T he I l l i noi s Fa i r Maps Amendment was announced in both Illinois chambers as an effort to change the way in which the state’s legislative districts are drawn. If both the House and the Senate pass this amendment with a three-fifths majority, the amendment will be put on the next general election ballot.

The FMA is supported by senators Melinda Bush, John Curran, Terra Costa Howard and Ryan Spain. It is also supported by dozens of state organizations, such as the Latino Policy Forum, League of Women Voters Illinois and the John Howard Association.

The biggest proponent of this amendment, however, is CHANGE Illinois, an organization that has pushed for district legislative reform for the past three elections.

“CHANGE is nonpartisan, and we are a nonprofit organization,” said Liliana Scales, advocacy director for CHANGE. “We believe that cheating the system is being done on both parties, and we want to create an independently districting commission that would be fair and transparent.”

Every 10 years, redistricting happens in the state of Illinois after the U.S. census. The dominating party of the state is responsible for drawing

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The lobby of the GQT Savoy 16 IMAX theater located off of route 45 on Saturday. Savoy 16’s parent company, Goodrich Quality, owes $33 million to other companies.

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Dr. Cynthia Buckley explains her field work in Russia concerning the collapse of the Soviet Union on Friday. Buckley will present on Tatyana Zaslavskaya, a sociologist and economist she worked and studied under.

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Savoy theater remains open

BY ALIZA MAJID STAFF WRITER

Goodrich Quality Theaters, the parent company of Savoy 16, has recently filed for bankruptcy. It owes $33 million to other companies, such as The Walt Disney Company, IMAX, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros.

“I was a little concerned when I found out about it, because it’s a movie theater; I like it better because it’s closer and less crowded.

I personally think it’s a bit nicer,” said Colin Bernoteit, sophomore in Business.

Some students prefer the Savoy 16 theater over the AMC theater in Champaign

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due to its proximity, but as of now all of the theaters will remain open according to Kelly Nash, director of GQT marketing.

The company filed for a chapter 11 bankruptcy, also known as a reorganization bankruptcy, that pays creditors over time to keep the company afloat.

“We ultimately determined that a court-supervised reorganization process and the stability it brings will put us in the best position to do what is in the best interests of our community that has supported us for so many years, as well as our various stakeholders,” Nash said.

The company also has restructured debt that will have to be processed. This can occur by reducing the

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interest rates on loans or extending the dates when a company’s liabilities are due. This may also include a debt-for-equity swap, where the creditors could potentially agree to cancel a certain amount of the debt in exchange for equity in the company.

GQT has 31 theaters across five states, and as of right now, is still continuing their businesses and showing movies in all their current locations as they try to sort out the issue.

“At this stage, we are confident that we will be able to keep our doors open and continue to show movies at all of our existing locations,” Nash said. alizam2@dailyillini.com

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With the outbreak of the coronavirus starting in December from the Wuhan province of China, taking cautious actions to protect the immune system has become a prominent priority. Medical face masks and hand sanitizer have seen a rise in demand, and ultimately price, with health officials and media outlets advising confusing health guidelines.

The coronavirus is a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases, also known as the COVID-19.

UI System president Timothy Killeen announced last Monday a new COVID-19 Planning and Response Team has been established to help coordinate the system’s response to and communication about the virus. Lead by Robert Barish, vice chancellor for health affairs

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Monitoring the outbrea k , d issem i nating information and suppor ting systems to effectively oversee virus activity, Killeen hopes the team is only a “short-term assignment, designed to fit the needs and demands presented by this emergent situation,” he said in a letter to senior leadership in the universities’ system offices.

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Food insecurity on campus: Breaking the cycle

BY ZAINAB QURESHI STAFF WRITER

Wedged between Stoughton Street and Fourth Street, the County Market’s location, 24-hour accessibility and lack of competition is why many students shop at County Market.

For those who do not have cars on campus or who are not on a meal plan, reasonably priced groceries can be hard to come by.

While some may catch a ride with friends, many students trek across the community to visit out-ofthe-way, more affordable grocery stores, like Walmart and Aldi. With public transport routes that don’t run as frequently to places outside campus, this can be arduous, regardless if you’re on foot or bus. It can be so taxing that some opt to eat out, which can also strain bank accounts.

On a campus covering upward of approximately 3.6 miles, it is a wonder why there are not more affordable options to purchase food.

News broke last month that Trader Joes is considering C-U to open up shop, but unless Trader Joe’s builds on campus, there are no other commercial businesses to pick up groceries at an affordable price.

Even those who are on meal plans are not exempt from food insecurity, Longfellow said. She had thought freshmen in particular didn’t struggle with food accessibility.

“I actually spoke to somebody this Quad Day who talked about (having to) spend time with their family over the summer (to) decide what was the least amount of food she could eat to get the lowest food plan cost as part of her tuition,” she said.

The rising cost of tuition in addition to the cost of living means some families are choosing to cut back on food budgets, regardless of how much money their students might actually need for food.

Food insecurity touches students across grade levels.

In the case a student comes from a food-insecure household, the issue doesn’t simply stop when they enter college; it follows them there.

The University has made some headway in solving the issue, like with the recent implementation of the tuition-free program, Illinois Commitment. Commitment gives students who might not have otherwise been able to afford tuition an opportunity to attend the University but falls short of giving them resources and other help they might need to navigate campus.

Ben Joselyn, a coordinator at the Community Learning Lab, believes the University and surrounding

town have an obligation to help relieve food insecurity.

“We have this commitment to free tuition,” he said. “Let’s start aspiring toward free meals. There’s ways to provide societal good, and if you can dream big this is the kind of place that can also do an experiment about it.”

Longfellow agrees the University could be more helpful, especially compared to other nearby institutions.

“We don’t get a lot of cooperation from the University, perhaps because it is a huge entity, but perhaps also that they may not want to admit how big of a problem (food insecurity) is,” she said.

This is in opposition to the administration of Parkland College, which Longfellow said has been extremely invested in working with Wesley Food Pantry to tackle food insecurity across the community and attempt to better address the needs of their students.

The University offers a couple of locations on its websites to highlight resources in the case of food insecurity or financial instability. However, the promotion of a baselevel understanding of food insecurity is seldom seen on these websites.

The effects of the linked resources and lists of food pantries are lost; without generating an awareness of the problem itself, students don’t know to look for appropriate solutions. Instead, students take other measures, such as eating less.

Taylor Chism and Kenji Pantin have been able to improve both their situations. After last semester, Chism reached out to her parents for additional financial support. Pantin was able to save enough money to get settled back home in Florida after graduating. Not only is Pantin eating better, but her mom is too.

“I want to see more information or creative ways to educate students about the different resources on campus.” said Pantin. “I feel like a problem with universitylife is that there’s so much out there and you don’t know what you don’t know.”

There is hope for other students seeking to break the cycle and find financial stability — Joselyn is no longer food insecure. He said the food insecurity he faced in college has given him a new perspective about financial security, mental health and quality of life.

“The more I look back on what a role money has played in my life, the more I blame my struggles with mental health (that came from) not having enough to get by,” Joselyn said.

Joselyn acknowledges being a white man made it

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easier for him than others to become financially secure, but he recognizes largescale societal change has to be made for people facing all

forms of poverty.

“I don’t believe it’s anything inherent of my work ethic or the other pieces; it has a lot more to do with

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out important women who haven’t been in the first chapter of the history book and maybe deserve to be … I think that that’s really important.”

Although this event is specifically a celebration of the impact of women, Etienne pointed out it will be beneficial for all attendees, regardless of their gender.

“All of us tend to be empowered by stories of other people, by examples of those who’ve tried things that we would long to try or hear about, challenges that other people have faced or overcome,” Etienne said.

“In that sense, I think that having an event that really is untold stories of 12 women who changed the world is really promising for anyone in the audience to hear RYAN ASH THE DAILY ILLINI about.”

Dr. Cynthia Buckley poses in her office on the third floor of ltoth2@dailyillini.com

Lincoln Hall on Friday. Buckley is a research affiliate at the Center for Women and Gender in Global Perspectives.

the district lines. Instead of this, the FMA proposes a 17-person independent commission that would provide a transparent redistricting process. On its fact sheet, the amendment states the commission would be made up of “citizens who demographically, politically and geographically represent our state.”

“One of the arguments we’ve heard is that we’re trying to disarm the Democratic party,” Scales said.

She added that this is not the goal of the organization. The current proposal requires seven Republicans, seven Democrats and three Independents on the commission. The members cannot be lobbyists or government contractors. Additionally, they cannot be holding a political party

where I was born and who that brought me into contact with that has led to my eventual success,” he said.

“That’s not the way we want position, be public employees reporting directly to an elected or appointed official or be required to Illinois State approval for their job.

The John Howard Association, an independent prison oversight monitor for conditions of confinement and treatment of incarcerated people, is in support of the Fair Maps Amendment.

“We work within the confines of the criminal justice system, but you know, we want democracy to work for everyone,” said Jennifer Vollen-Katz, executive director of the association. “We are aware of the fact that there are many people that are completely disenfranchised and excluded from meaningful participation.”

The bill is modeled after a 2016 proposal which received 105 “yes” votes in the House. The 2016

the world to be. You want to build systems that allow everybody to be successful.” zqures7@dailyillini.com

proposal stated that it required “that both types of districts, in addition to being compact, contiguous and substantially equal in population, must reflect minority voting strengths, promote competition and consider political boundaries,” and that it replaced “the current method of redistricting of the Senate and House of Representatives with the following: an eight-member Independent Redistricting Commission.”

Additionally, the FMA also requires at least 30 public hearings on the maps before a final vote is taken.

“Our general focus as an organization is to focus on policy issues to reform and restore the trust of Illinoisans that has been lost for quite some time,” Scales said. danghel2@dailyillini.com

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Illinois farmers combat climate change Midwest weather affects local crops

BY ERICH FISHER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Illinois farmer Delmar Graham retired 14 years before he felt the effects of climate change on the land he made a living out of.

During the farming seasons, he used to go to bed wondering if tomorrow there was going to be any rain at all.

The career farmer near Hoopeston, Illinois, had plenty of moments during a lifetime of farming wondering if he was going to wake up the next morning to a long-awaited rainfall for his withering crops. He couldn’t help himself from interrupting when asked if he recalled those long nights.

“Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes,” Graham said with a laugh.

“I really don’t know how to explain it besides that it’s really tough to go through.

That was before we even had the insurance programs.”

The rainfalls have come for farmers in central Illinois the last several years since Graham’s retirement, but they’ve come too soon and ill-timed. Climate change has brought the spring rains early in the farming season, causing fields to be flooded and keeping the farmers in the area from being able to get their equipment into the fields. Illinois farmers have felt the effects of climate change as temperatures and carbon dioxide levels have risen significantly, affecting the crop’s growing conditions and how much revenue they bring in.

Cary Dehm (the reporter’s grandfather), 72, is a lifetime farmer from Chatsworth, Illinois, roughly an hour north from ChampaignUrbana. He lives in his white, two-story house a mile outside of town with his wife, Jane.

When you walk down his sidewalk and turn to your left, you see his massive green barn where he stores his farming

equipment. Five springs ago, Dehm took out his equipment to begin planting season. When he arrived, his fields were submerged.

Fifteen days passed before he could begin the normal 30-day planting season.

The season’s timeline didn’t conform for the farmers, so they were forced to accept the two-week planting cycle and the shorter farming season.

W h at bec a me a requirement for farmers all-around central Illinois was working longer and sporadic hours. Farmers like Dehm started the season handicapped and 15-feet behind the starting line, so any opportunity they had to get out into the field, they climbed into their machines and went. Their already high 12-hour workdays only rose, he said, as farmers were forced to adapt to their circumstances.

“You can’t beat mother nature,” Dehm said.

An even worse outlier to the conditions revealed itself last season to Piper City, Illinois, farmer Mark Hendricks. Hendricks said his fields hadn’t flooded during planting season, which begins the last week of April, in the years prior.

But when he went to plant this last cycle, his fields were drenched, keeping him from beginning his season. A whole month passed before Hendricks could get into his fields and begin planting, two weeks longer than how Dehm had seen the season shortened.

“I’ve been farming for 40 years, and this was the only year like that in my farming career,” Hendricks said. “It was that bad.”

Hendricks said since he planted so late, by the time it came to harvest his corn, it hadn’t matured enough.

The moisture levels jumped from their target level of 21% to 30%, and as a result, he spent four times as much on propane during the drying operation for the crop, using 60 gallons this past year

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Cary Dehm and Glen (left to right) pose in front of their farm outside of Chatsworth, Illinois. The pair has adapted to the everchanging Illinois weather, altering their farming techniques in response to floods during planting season.

compared to the normal 15 gallons.

Nevertheless, the corn still had issues after this point. The corn’s moisture levels were still too high, which then resulted in no air being able to move through the corn once it was placed in the grain elevators.

“This whole corn crop has quality issues,” Hendricks said. “We had no choice but to (harvest) it wet because we were running out of time.”

In terms of how much revenue he brought in this last cycle, Hendricks said, “this was a year forget.”

“It was a non-profitable year,” he said. “Any farmer that said he made any money on the corn that was planted in June is full of s—.”

The early spring rains aren’t the only changes farmers are having to adjust in the recent farming seasons. Graham, Dehm and Hendricks all said they’ve noticed longer dry spells and heat waves during the seasons, and when it does rain, it pours an unhealthy amount for the crops.

Carl Bernacchi, professor in LAS , is a

researcher for the United States Department of Agriculture. His research studies how atmospheric and climatic change has impacted crop physiology.

Bernacchi said because these irregular conditions have been occurring in July and August the last four to five years, then its “probably driven to some extent by climate change, maybe entirely climate change.”

He said he doesn’t fully know because the research is still ongoing at the moment. If these conditions remain consistent or rise even more and nothing is done to the crops to adapt to said conditions, then that can lead to massive effects on the world’s supply of agricultural goods.

“When you have really productive agricultural systems like we do in the midwest, we have the most productive ecosystem on the planet when it’s at its peak, all it would take is a small drought to use the water that’s available in the soil to

make the ecosystem come to a screeching halt,” Bernacchi said. “On top of that, when the ecosystem comes to a halt, physiologically, (the crops) are not doing what they should be doing, then all that energy isn’t going to be evaporating water and keeping things cool, it’s going to keep warming up and warming up and that’s something that’s probably going to keep happening more frequently as droughts keep coming.”

Professors in Engineering Lisa Ainsworth and Stephen Long at the University of Illinois both base their research on discovering how to genetically modify the seeds to the hotter and denser carbon dioxide climates since there’s nothing that can be done about the weather itself.

A inswor th, like Bernacchi, is a USDA researcher. Her work focuses on understanding the molecular responses the plants have to the global changes in the climate and atmosphere and breeding the crops to then adapt to those conditions.

A key result of the early research Ainsworth and her team’s done has been noticing that the plants do have genetic variations to the climate and ozone changes, meaning the plants’ genes could be altered. She wants her research to bring more awareness to farmers so they know they do have

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alternative options.

“We can make different changes that can at least slow the rate of climate change, and I think that education is equally important to having more options for farmers,” Ainsworth said.

Long’s research, more sp e ci f ic a l ly, c ent er s around bioengineering the photosynthesis process with the crops to be more sustainable and adaptable to climate change. While his research is on-going, Long said they’ve had success in finding ways to bioengineer the soybean to the changing conditions. “ We have been able to identify germplasm that does better under elevated CO2,” Long said.

“We’ve also made some transgenic manipulations that allow the soybean to do better under the hig her temperat ures.

Temperatures here are pretty optimal, but if it goes higher, it’s not as good for soybeans as it has been. Adapting soybeans to those conditions is going to be important to keeping (Illinois) competitive.”

L on g a dde d t he University does supply germplasm to commercial breeders.

Farmers like Hendricks w i ll be rely ing on researchers such as the ones at the University to help their way of living. But at the moment, Hendricks is feeling hopeless.

“All I can do is fertilize, plant the best genetics that are available and hope mother nature is good to you,” he said. “Other than that, there’s nothing much more a farmer can do.” erichf2@dailyillini.com

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Claws come out at All Breed Cat Show

BY TIANBIN CHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ting on the show; the profit for the Illini Cat Club comes from gate tickets.

This year, the organization made between $6,000 and $7,000, according to Auth.

They will donate this money to several feline-oriented organizations in the community, such as Catsnap and Champaign County Humane Society.

Several non-profit rescue organizations join this show. Their information desks were located in the hallway outside of the exhibition for visitors to view.

Every organization brought a cat to adopt, though. Due to the space limit, there were not as many cats up for adoption at the event itself as they had last year. Auth said this show gives these organizations an opportunity to inform people that rescue cats are available.

A cat will not be able to win this competition just by being fluffy and having big eyes. Each of the candidates has to pass several exams in order to win the show. The breed council voted for a standard at various points for categories such as eyes, ears and coat. However, for the other aspect of the competition, judges test pets’ Above Left: An overview of the 28th All Breed Cat Show hosted by the Illini Cat Club. personalities.

Above Right: A table at the cat show offers information on adopting cats in the Champaign area.

Jeff Janze has been a Below: Judge Jeff Janzen considers a cat while conducting the all breed competition. judge for 20 years. He is accountable for several competitions in this show, including the household cats competition.

“For me, there are three criteria when I judge a household pet,” he said.

“They have to be clean.

Number two ... I like them a little bit heavier than I like them skinnier. And third, most importantly, they must not bite the judge.”

The cats showing their playful personality is a bonus to Janze. The better they play, the better for everyone involved, he said.

At the Saturday competition, Janze said, “It was a difficult decision today to pick the best one.”

The winner of the household pet competition was a silver tabby white cat.

He had a coat fault, which made him look like he fell somewhere between straight hair and wired hair, so he was ineligible for the pure breed contest.

The show accepted rescue cats to compete in the household pet competition as well.

As soon as Miles the cat was woken up by his owner Beth Grant-Field, he was ready for the contest.

The exotic shorthair cat, a little over two years old, began playing immediately. While on stage, he was captivated by the scratching board and the cat toys available, winning the judges’ affection within only a few seconds. The long trek from Texas to Champaign had little impact on Miles’s performance.

The Illini Cat Club held the 28th All Breed Cat Show at Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Champaign-Urbana on Saturday and Sunday. More than 1,000 visitors came to see the cats from all over the nation compete, and 198 cats traveled from all parts of the U.S. to compete in the eighth-ring show.

Grant-Field said she has been taking her cats to all kinds of contests in the U.S. since 1990. These contests provide a chance to show what she said she thinks are the best examples of the breed.

“This year I am fortunate enough to have a kitty that is a strong competitor, and he is now staying national in standing,” said Grant-Field.

This strong competitor is Miles, who is now ranked 12th in the nation in his breed. In the Illini Cat Show, Miles won the second-best all-breed championship and the best cat of his breed. At his age, Miles was not neutered, so he could compete in the grand championship.

Kittens have to be four months old to enroll in competitions. In the adult group competitions, if cats are spayed or neutered, they can only enroll in premiership class contests.

Unaltered cats are allowed to compete in the grand championship.

Mary Auth, the show’s secretary, said the Illini Cat show is one of the biggest cat competitions in the U.S. considering the high number of entries for the show.

From last year to this year, the number of entries has grown from 160 to 198. She also said the show has the best championship count.

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US history books blur, diminish cultural impact ABRIL SALINAS COLUMNIST

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rom Black History Month, which was just a couple of weeks ago, to National Hispanic Heritage Month in the fall, there seem to be many reminders for people of color that our history is contained, only acknowledged during a specific time of the year, as if we do not exist all year around.

When we talk about KAITLIN MIKRUT THE DAILY ILLINI America’s history, we often glorify, romanticize and whitewash it — erasing the existence of populations of color from history books.

Since the beginning of China using insurmountable debt as a means to “cap- the country, or at least the beginning of the national ture” ports it has built-in strategic locations in coastal public education system, the whitewashing of our history countries, some geopolitihas taken place from classcal analysts worry China room to classroom across is using the BRI to craft a the nation. Through the eranetwork of ports to host its navy and expand its military sure of people of color from lessons and textbooks, our presence from the African perception of our history coast to the South China has become very one-sided.

Sea. This is known as the Built on the backs of black String of Pearls Theory. and brown bodies, the hisGlobalists think these tory of America is filled with connections will benefit the continuous displacemillions of people and help grow many economies faster ment, enslavement and colonization of people of to suppress global povercolor. And while we know ty, while critics see China’s these things about our past, BRI as a form of predatory for many, it is still easy to lending in order to procure forget about it and glorify economic interdependence those who committed these on China and geopolitical influence, termed “debt-trap atrocities.

Too often, the unvardiplomacy.”

Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road nished truth about the history of our country is conInitiative, while patently sidered a footnote, a caveat, manipulative of countries rather than an irreplaceable it claims to help, is incredibly crafty and an ingenious part of the whole story.

When taught about the legacy. It is a clever way of quickly ascending to a world origin of our nation in history class, a picture is paintsuperpower through sheer ed of a band of brothers who economic strength rather beat the odds in the name than traditional military of democracy, justice and conquest. The BRI is reenequality. No one wants to be gineering global trade with proud of a country that has a China as its hub. While it dark history of the opposite was once said that all roads of those values, so instead lead to Rome, this 21st cenwe paint over the truth and tury Silk Road is swiftly create a glorified (but false) proving that soon, all roads image of it. will lead to China.

While I understand the inclination to forget about Andrew is a sophomore in our horrific past, this tenLAS. dency to romanticize and atp4@dailyillini.com whitewash history fuels a brand of exceptionalism that can (and does) easily shift into chauvinism.

The founders of our nation were racists and misogynists, yet we still romanticize and immorhaving to replace your car, are far more expensive than talize people like Geroge Washington and Thomas a yearly bus pass.

If cities with smaller pop- Jefferson. While there is nothing inherently wrong ulations, perhaps around 20,000, also offered public transit, it would be much more practical and sustainable. We would also have to stop incentivizing driving over other forms of transit.

If it were more challenging to get a license for people whose jobs don’t directly involve or require driving (i.e., truck driver, park ranger, farmer, firefighter, etc.), then more people would out of necessity use public transit. This would lead to increased funding that could provide better buses and trains, more routes and less traffic on the roads.

To go with this, more prominent employers such as large factories or offices could provide buses for their employees similar to carpooling. This would make up for areas that regular public transit may lack and take some of the burden off of taxpayers.

Driving is a cultural norm in America, but it hasn’t always been this way. Our lives would significantly improve if we would utilize public transportation more and make it available to more people. Through this, we can create a safer, cleaner, healthier and more connected world.

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hen it was forged, the Silk Road was made up of crucial trade routes that connected the two great civilizations of China and Rome. In its prime, the Silk Road stood as the first symbol the world would ever see indicating that increased connectivity mutually benefits all those involved, an idea that would crescendo into modern theories of globalization.

In China, President Xi Jinping has pioneered the most bold infrastructure plan in history: the Belt and Road Initiative. At its conception, back in 2013, President Xi advocated for the creation of a “21st Century Silk Road,” and shortly thereafter China would completely reinvent its foreign policy.

The BRI is President Xi’s legacy project that has cost somewhere between $1-8 trillion, spanned over three continents, touched over 60% of the world’s population and reaches 75% of the world’s known energy reserves.

The Belt and Road Initiative at its core is a series of loan agreements for infrastructure developments between China and nearly 70 countries and international organizations that

together account for up to 40% of the world’s GDP. China essentially agrees to loan money to countries to build a port, railway, energy plant or other infrastructure development with the expectation that the country pay back the loan. Unlike western loans, which set strict ethical and environmental standards, China’s loans have few strings attached. One of these strings is that China be involved in building these infrastructure projects, so that Chinese construction firms acquire these BRI contracts and China receives a slight boost to its economy.

Because many of these projects connect the targeted country to China, the BRI gives China a lot of new far-reaching networks like a railroad connecting it to London or a highspeed rail in Southeast Asia.

All of these developments strengthen trade, infrastructure and investment links between a multitude of countries and China.

The “Belt” refers to the land routes, a recreation of the Silk Road connecting coastal China to cities as far as London. The “Road” refers to the maritime routes created by new ports and waterways. While helping these smaller, developing countries advance, it also makes trading with China stupidly convenient. China gets new corridors and trade routes, while the connecting

country sees more economic activity and a boost to its economic growth.

China is currently building infrastructure in Eastern European states — seen as too corrupt and underdeveloped for Western investment. By building routes into these future EU member states, China is setting itself up to ship its goods into the EU common market of half a billion consumers. With Italy, the world’s eighth largest economy, embracing the BRI in March 2019, Beijing has sunk its claws deeper into the Western market.

But there is another side to the story. Many of these developing countries that have entered into loan agreements with China are at risk of defaulting on these payments. In a few instances, when a default became inevitable, China seized this opportunity to enter into a lease agreement, where China would lease the infrastructure for a set number of years from the government. China is leasing a port in Sri Lanka and a port in Pakistan. It had pushed for a similar deal over a Myanmar port, but the government chastened the deal over a fear of a debt-trap scheme.

Furthermore, President Xi publicizes the BRI as purely a peaceful economic development plan. However, there are likely shrouded military ambitions. With

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he United States is a country built upon the automobile. Of course, this is a relatively recent invention, just over a century old. But in that time, it has shaped our cityscapes and our national infrastructure in a way that nothing else has.

For this reason, we have, for lack of a better phrase, a “car culture” in America.

This primarily arose after the economic boom following World War II. For the first time in our history, most Americans had a disposable income and mass production was feasible in a way like never before. This meant that, as falsely promised by Herbert Hoover 20 years earlier, Americans could finally have “two cars in every garage.”

For many Americans of the silent and baby boomer generations that grew up in the 1950s–1960s, this meant that they could drive when they turned 16 relatively often. This, coupled with the growing suburbanization of American cities, necessitated driving as a daily ritual. Through this, the act of driving became more than a task, but ascended to a place of higher consideration and became a cultural touchstone for a generation.

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“Cruising” became a popular pastime in the ensuing years, as popularized by films such as “Greece” and “American Graffiti.” To the younger generation of Americans, the ability to drive represented freedom and openness that could only exist in fantasies up to that point.

But the blessing of the automobile was also a curse.

As we’ve come to find, in the last 60 years, individual cars have many adverse effects such as pollution, increased risk of vehicular death, traffic congestion and lack of exercise. This is why the question needs to be asked: Do we really need to drive as much as we do?

Most countries drive less than the U.S., and it is entirely possible to revert to our previous way of living. Of course, America has some unique issues that set it apart, but proper bus systems and expanded train

infrastructure could greatly benefit American citizens.

Mass transit is cheaper, safer and less wasteful than driving and provides users with an opportunity to get some exercise and meet new people within their communities. Right now, only cities with populations over 50,000 are required to provide some kind of public transit, and even then it is often abysmal at best. Here in C-U, we have it pretty good in comparison to most cities of our size. Unfortunately, many cities with populations around 100– 200 thousand have inferior public transit options available. Even some major cities could have much better bus and train coverage.

If people stopped driving, they would save money spent on insurance, car payments, gas and general vehicle maintenance. The cost of these things combined, plus the threat of an accident or

Dylan is a junior in Media. kdg2@dailyillini.com

with enjoying the study of a historical figure, by considering these people infallible we are ignoring their obvious flaws and atrocities they committed for which they should be held accountable.

For example, our textbooks do a great job of erasing the fact that many of our founding fathers, like Washington, were slave owners, and instead describe them in a way that praises their achievements without taking into account every aspect of who they were. Yes, Washington was our first president and a talented military general, but his accomplishments shouldn’t erase his shortcomings.

Through the glorification of these white historical figures, we are actively erasing the history of black and brown people.

The textbooks we’ve had through primary and secondary school are extremely Eurocentric. We ignore the stories of people like Dr. Percy Julian who “figured out how to synthesize important medicinal compounds from abundant plant sources, making them more affordable to massproduce,” and instead focus on portraying terrible people in a good light.

Today, it has never been easier to hold people accountable for their mistakes. We see it all the time online with “cancel” culture. And while I don’t necessarily condone the toxicity of this form of public shaming that aims to hold people accountable for their actions, there is something to be learned from it. If it’s so easy to call out celebrities for their flaws, it should be just as easy to do so with historical figures.

As a country, we have collectively decided to accept the erasure of both white historical figures’ true atrocities, and the entire history of populations of color. But admitting the history of our nation is one filled with atrocities is what we owe to the people of the past. So instead of romanticizing people from our history textbooks, we have to understand that our historical figures had flaws that we shouldn’t brush past, and that the legacy of populations of color in the U.S. contributed more to the history of the country than they are given credit for.

Abril is a freshman in LAS. abrils2@dailyillini.com

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Acton breaks all-time program save record

BY RICH EBERWEIN STAFF WRITER

The record was previously held by former closer Tyler Jay, who was drafted by the Twins in the first round of the 2015 MLB draft and currently pitches in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Acton, who hails from Lemont, Illinois, set the Big Ten single-season saves record last year after closing out 19 contests for the Illini.

With a fastball clocking in at the mid-to-high 90s and an impressive resume, Acton will be a coveted prospect in the MLB after already getting drafted by the White Sox out of high school in 2016.

History was made on Sunday in North Carolina as senior Garrett Acton locked down his 25th save in an Illini uniform to break the University of Illinois’ career saves record.

In the rubber game of a best of three series against the Elon Phoenix, Acton was brought in to hold an 8-7 lead after a grand slam put the Phoenix within a run. Acton walked a man but retired the next two to preserve the lead. A one-twothree ninth inning put Acton on top of the Illinois career saves list and gave the Illini their third straight winning @ebs_rich weekend. rse3@dailyillini.com

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Illinois head coach Brad Underwood points out adjustments during Illinois’ game against Nebraska on Feb. 24. The Illini reached their 20th win of the season on March 1, a large margin above last season’s record of 12-21 overall and 7-13 in the Big Ten.

Underwood, Illini build culture

BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITER

A little under a year ago, the Illinois basketball program finished its second season under head coach Brad Underwood but obtained the fewest number of wins since the 1974-1975 season. The Illini finished the 2018-2019 season with a 12-21 record overall and a 7-13 record in the Big Ten. Now, the Illini are in the midst of a Big Ten Championship race and hit the 20-win mark last Sunday with a home victory over Indiana. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Underwood and his staff have this squad on the verge of dancing for the first time since 2013.

With a 12-6 conference record, the Illini are tied for second in the Big Ten. It seems like the transition from 11th in the Big Ten to closing in on first place was done overnight. But, Underwood has been building this program, sometimes behind closed doors, for three years.

“We had it last year,” Underwood said. “We continued to work and grow last year. It speaks volumes to the character in our locker room. Guys came here to get better and want to have

an opportunity to play for something big. Part of that process is growing and maturing and we’ve done that.”

The team’s maturity has been revealed in every player who wears an Illinois uniform. Whether it be the growth in sophomore guard Ayo Dosunmu’s leadership, the development of freshman center Kofi Cockburn or the change in junior guard Trent Frazier’s defensive toughness, Underwood has fostered a team-first attitude and everyone has bought in.

Dosunmu is anything but surprised by what Underwood and his staff have built. He saw it coming, and that’s why he took a chance on an inconsistent, dwindling program two and a half years ago.

“He took a lot of criticism coming in when we’re losing a lot, you know how fans can be,” Dosunmu said. “But, in reality, he’s one of the best coaches in the world. Not only his ability to coach on the court but his ability to get the best out of players.

Getting them to play hard and get them to understand the sacrifices it takes to win.”

While the vision never faded, Underwood knows

his first two seasons at Illinois weren’t the smoothest. His offensive sets and defensive rotations presented challenges to his players, but now the Illini have the third-best scoring margin in the Big Ten. Under wo o d d id n’t achieve that metric by himself, which is why he has such high regard for his staff, including assistant coaches Orlando Antigua, Ron “Chin” Coleman and Stephen Gentry.

Athletic director Josh Whitman sees the vision as well which is why he announced on March 2 Underwood and his staff received contract extensions through 2026 and 2022, respectively.

“There’s been a lot of work,” Underwood said.

“There’s been speed bumps along the way, no question.

But, I feel great about the guys in the locker room. I feel unbelievable about the guys on our staff. I say it all the time, every head coach is only as good as the people he surrounds himself with. I’m very blessed in that area.”

Having a cohesive staff and players are things Underwood prides his program on. Strengthening the team’s culture was one of Underwood’s most impor-

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tant tasks and Dosunmu believes that has been achieved. The sophomore guard says this team is “one big family.”

The Illini know this still isn’t the peak of their program. Underwood said he came here to win multiple Big Ten championships and make his team an NCAA tournament contender each year.

With the regular season finishing up Sunday and the Big Ten tournament next Wednesday, now is the time to really hit the gas.

“This group has continued to work,” Underwood said. “They’ve really bought into that piece of it. Whether it’s the weight room, film, individual workouts on top of practice, continuing to buy into getting better individually and as a team.”

“The other part of that is having fun,” Underwood said. “When you get to March, it’s about cutting it loose and not holding anything back. You don’t have 26 more games. You get to a point where if you lose you go home. This is what you talk about, this is what you work for and this team has really bought into that.” @gabby_h11 ghajduk2@dailyillini.com

Wells looks back on career milestones

BY RENATO ARTEAGA

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Illinois closing senior pitcher Garrett Acton de the pitch during the game against Michigan at TD Ameritrade Park on May 23.

Acton broke Illinois’ record for career saves with 25 during the Illini’s game against the Elon Phoenix on Sunday.

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Illinois qualifies six at Big Ten Tournament

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Barone had a pair of top-10 wins on his way to punch his ticket to the NCAA championships, taking out Iowa’s nationally ranked No. 6 Kaleb Young and Michigan’s No. 8 Will Lewan.

The Braunagle twins are the only first time NCAA tournament goers from the wrestlers who earned bids at the Big Ten Championships over the weekend, capping of their redshirt freshman years with a chance to compete for a national title.

The top placers for the Illini in the Big Ten Championships were Barone and Piotrowski.

Six Illini qualified for the NCAA Tournament following victories during Session II and Session III of the Big Ten Tournament in Piscataway, New Jersey, this weekend.

The cast of redshirt seniors Erin Barone, Joey Gunther, senior Travis Piotrowski, redshirt junior Dylan Duncan, and redshirt freshmen Danny and Zac Braunagle coined bids to the NCAA tournament and will earn podium places in the conference finals Sunday.

Piotrowski, Barone, and Danny Braunagle led the Illini in wrestlebacks Saturday, each producing 2-0 runs in the 133-, 157- and @brendyn_jones 141-pound weight classes, brendynjones@dailyillini.com

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Senior Jonathan Wells clears the high jump bar during the Big Ten Championships in May 2015.

Following six All-American recognitions, Wells reflects on the challenges amid his success.

Redshirt senior Jonathan Wells isn’t a stranger to athletic success during his time at Illinois. As a sixtime All-American, he continues to reach milestones and break records even during his final season at Illinois. Since coming from Grant Community High school with nearly 2,000 students, Wells has found athletic and academic success in the Big Ten. Wells grew up in Fox Lake, Illinois, with his three older brothers who were brought close through their similar passion in athletics.

“My brother was on track and field, so we had that time to compete on track together at a younger age,” Wells said. “His hard work and his dedication to the sport and the event is an inspiration by itself, but I did a lot of sports and do MARK CAPAPAS THE DAILY ILLINI find inspiration from all Senior Travis Piotrowski wrestles Austin Assad during the my brothers including him, Illinois’ dual against Michigan on Jan. 26 at Huff Hall. Six Illini SEE WELLS | 3B

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Illini edge Wildcats

BY LUCA RIPANI STAFF WRITER

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Illinois basketball commit Adam Miller cheers while watching Illinois’ game against Indiana on March 1 at State Farm Center. Miller will join the Illini for the 2020-2021 season.

Illinois commit uses status to give back

BY ALEC BUSSE STAFF WRITER

Illinois men’s hoop recruit Adam Miller wants to be remembered for more than playing basketball.

But, when you are a top-35 recruit in the country, you’re known best for your abilities on the court rather than what you do off the court.

Miller committed to Illinois on Nov. 21, at the Jordan Brand store in downtown Chicago. After a video played on the projector screen, Miller walked out from behind the stage in a black short-sleeve shirt with matching black jeans and sat down at a table. Shortly after

Miller sat down he stood up and held an orange-and-blue wolf mask and said, “next year I will be attending the University of Illinois.”

Since November, Miller has lit up the Chicago Public League as the feature guard on a loaded Morgan Park team, carrying the Mustangs to a regional championship on Friday night.

However, basketball is only a small part of Adam Miller’s story.

On Jan. 2, Miller hosted his fourth annual basketball kid camp in his hometown of Peoria, Illinois, after his mother’s words inspired him to give back to kids.

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Illinois basketball commit Adam Miller advances down the court in a game against Bogan High School.

“She told me if I am going to give back, I might as well give back now because giving back doesn’t take money or all that big stuff,” Miller said. “I can still do it as a high school student because there are still a lot of kids who look up to me.”

Miller identifies with Peoria, saying it made him who he is but said Chicago made him stronger and recognize the importance of taking things seriously, which is one reason why he continues to host the camp.

“It just means that I am doing the right thing,” Miller said. “God gave me the ability to play basketball, but he also gave me the ability to give back, to be a speaker ... I want to be more than a basketball player. I want to give all I can to the next generation.”

Quam Dosunmu is an assistant coach at Morgan Park and has seen the growth of Miller in the last three years.

“He knows that God gave him a blessing, and it is for him to shine and show that blessing to all,” Dosunmu said.

The decision to come to Illinois wasn’t an easy one for Miller, but when his mom told him she thought Illinois was the best place for him he took it to heart.

Miller has connections to former Illinois players including Sergio McClain, DJ Richardson and Dee Brown. Miller said he wanted to do something unique to himself but also wants to follow in their footsteps and make his own history at Illinois.

Illinois is having its best season in Big Ten conference play since 2004-2005 when Brown and Deron Williams led the Illini to an overall record of 37-2 and 15-1 in the Big Ten. Miller is walking into a revitalized Illini program expected to play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013.

And Miller is looking forward to his career at Illinois, too.

“Illinois is turning around at the right time. (I) have been an Illinois fan since I was a baby,” Miller said.

Miller has accomplished a lot during his time at Morgan Park High School, but his final goal is to win a state championship in his home town of Peoria, where the Illinois High School Association State Finals are held.

“That would be the perfect ending. I am going to do everything I can to do that,” Miller said. @Alec_busse acbusse2@dailyillini.com

The Illinois men’s tennis team picked up its first ranked win of the spring season on Saturday with a 4-3 victory over the No. 23 Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston.

The Illini move to 4-6 on the season and 1-0 in Big Ten play following Saturday’s win.

The Illini raced out to a 1-0 lead by securing the doubles point in consecutive 6-3 victories, leaving the third set unfinished. In singles play, the Wildcats proved more of a challenge, evening the score at 3-3 after trading off victories with the Illini. The match came down to senior Zeke Clark, who faced Northwestern senior Chris Ephron. Clark secured an Illini win with a 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 6-3 victory.

After seeing multiple final points this season go the opponent’s way, Illinois head coach Brad Dancer was content after witnessing a match finally go his way, saying the match was “overall, just a complete team victory.”

Dancer also noted the universal nature of the win.

“Doubles. Singles. Bench.

Alumni and fans. We’ve been limping along and not able to capitalize on opportunities all season,” Dancer said, per Illini Athletics. “Today our guys came out with great intensity and focus, and then we hit that wall and Northwestern fought back, and it got super tough.”

Before the match, senior Aleks Kovacevic said the team could turn a new page at the start of conference play each lripani2@dailyillini.com

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“What’s cool about (Big Ten play) is that we’ll have a clean slate. The record that we have now, as much as we’re not seen as a top-tier team, it doesn’t matter when it comes to Big Ten play,” Kovacevic said. “(The team) is motivated to go out to Big Ten (play) and show what we got there when the opportunity presents itself.”

Clark also spoke about the importance of conference play for the program.

“Our one goal all year is to win the Big Ten championship. That’s where our minds have been,” Clark said. “So far the non conference schedule hasn’t gone quite as well as we would’ve liked, but (non-conference matches) prepare us for the Big Ten. We’re super excited to get things rolling.

Every match in the Big Ten is gonna be tough. Every team in the Big Ten is very good. So we gotta go in, take it match by match, and make sure we’re all prepared.”

Today’s win notched Dancer’s 300th career win as the Illini head coach, making him the first head coach in program history to reach that victory mark. The Illini face a quick turnaround, hosting the Purdue Boilermakers on Sunday. Illinois will then face its final non conference opponents of the season, hosting the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs on March 14 before traveling to Lexington, Kentucky to face the Kentucky Wildcats on March 22.

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Sickels, Jarvis monopolize on mound

BY CARSON GOURDIE STAFF WRITER

To win a championship, top of the line pitching is usually required, according to general consensus. Starters, mid-relievers and a shutdown closer are the usual ingredients used to create a dominant pitching staff that can make up for a team who is lackluster at the plate.

Illinois, however, is going to have to play a little unorthodox if it plans on making this season a memorable and productive one.

Currently, the Illini have given only two pitchers real action on the mound: sophomores Sidney Sickels and Addy Jarvis. With the others having logged a few innings — although no more than six — Sickels and Jarvis have dominated with usage, with 107 and ⅔ out of the 120 and ⅓ innings the team has played. While some may question the strategy, it’s currently hard to question the results: Both of the pitchers have ERAs south of 2.52.

At the beginning of the year, Sickels stole the show, often out-dueling her fellow teammate, who wasn’t too shabby either, with a couple of complete-game shutouts.

Even with the rough outing against Brigham Young where she allowed seven earned runs, her stats are still off the charts with a 2.43 ERA. The most impressive thing about Sickels’s season so far is the versatility she has shown, with her being able to come in at any time to help the team. But, while expected, Sickels is starting to feel a little wear and tear.

“Yeah, it does,” Sickels said about feeling pain. “I have trouble with my finger, but yes, I like the role of coming in whenever to finish the last inning or starting the last game.”

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Sophomore Sydney Sickels winds up to pitch during the game against Virginia Tech on May 17. Despite several pitchers on the team’s roster, Sickels and sophomore Addy Jarvis dominate the mound with ERAs below 2.52.

While Sickels is potentially beginning her “roughest” stretch of the season so far, Jarvis has stepped up in the past few games, helping take some of the load off of her teammate.

Unlike Sickels, who’s in her second year in the program, Jarvis is a sophomore transfer. After her senior year of high school, Jarvis decided to stay in-state and attend Youngstown State University, which is only 20 minutes south of her hometown of Vienna, Ohio. After excelling in her solo season with the Penguins, finishing 2.58 ERA, Jarvis decided to push herself athletically and academically by transferring to Illinois.

“Illinois is a place where the sky’s the limit,” Jarvis

said, per Illini Athletics.

“As soon as I walked across campus, I knew I was in a special place. I’ve always pushed myself academically and athletically to reach the highest obtainable levels of achievement.”

Going out of her comfort zone, Jarvis has been especially hot as of late, winning two out of the last three decisions, highlighted by her one-hit, completegame shutout against Colorado State. In the game, Jarvis was retiring batters at ease, completing many 1-2-3 innings. All of a sudden, it was the final inning, and she had a perfect game on the line.

“It was just smooth,” Jarvis said. “It was like how I threw last year. I kept them

off balance. It wasn’t a bunch of strikeouts; I got ground balls.”

Only three outs away from securing a perfect game, a moment that would last a lifetime, Colorado State’s leadoff hitter rocked a ground ball through the infield, ending Jarvis’ bid for perfection.

“I didn’t realize that it was a perfect game until the fifth inning,” Jarvis said.

“The seventh inning, I was just like, let’s get out of here without giving up a run.”

Jarvis was able to accomplish her secondary goal, finishing off the Rams for a decisive 5-0 victory.

Even though some might find this unorthodox, the players are, for the most part, rested enough to con-

tinue this two-person show.

While both players love the current style of play, what’s most important is what head coach Tyra Perry believes works best for the team.

“It works for however the team is set up,” Perry said.

“I’ve done it other ways in other years. Right now, those two are the sharpest, most solid, and if they continue to throw well, we will keep it up.”

With it looking like a busy season for the two sophomore phenoms, rest, ice and continued improvement from the batter’s box will be necessary to make this sustainable. Right now, though, the results just keep coming. @gourdiereport gourdie2@dailyillini.com

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Freshman Evan Manivong competes in the high bar event during the meet against Penn State and Michigan on Saturday. The Illini prevailed over the Wolverines and the Nittany Lions with a score of 406.900.

Illinois defeats Michigan, Penn State on Senior Day

BY BRADLEY ZIMMERMAN STAFF WRITER

The No. 5-ranked Illinois men’s gymnastics team faced two tough opponents on Saturday when it hosted No. 2 Michigan and No. 8 Penn State at Huff Hall for Senior Day. Michigan and Penn State are two of the best teams in the Big Ten; Michigan entered Huff Hall undefeated, and Penn State had lost only one competition in its season prior to Saturday.

Despite the tough challenge, Illinois prevailed over both Michigan and Penn State with a score of 406.900. Michigan finished second with a score of 405.100, and Penn State finished third with a score of 402.200. Illinois improves to 8-3-1 (3-1-1 in conference) with the double win.

Despite the win, head coach Justin Spring is troubled by a lack of consistency in his team. Illinois suffered a number of falls and mistakes during individual routines, but so did Michigan and Penn State, which allowed Illinois to stay close with them.

“It was a battle of who has the least falls,” Spring said.

“Their hit percentages were something like 60%. Ours was probably about the same if not worse. We had a ton of mistakes, but we were able to edge them out.”

Two events Spring is particularly concerned with are pommel horse and still rings. Illinois competed on those apparatuses early in the meet and had a number of falls on them.

“We have to be better on those two events,” he said.

“We could be the best team in the country on pommel horse, but we have not once this year hit five-for-five.”

That isn’t to say nothing good happened in those events. Senior Michael Paradise won the pommel horse event title with a season-high score of 14.950 while sophomore Ian Skirkey set yet another personal best on the event with 14.700. Senior Danny Graham also set a personal best on still rings while capturing the still rings title with a score of 14.550.

Another highlight on still rings came during senior Satchel Hudson’s performance. Hudson was almost finished with his routine when one of the leather rings snapped in half from

the pressure Hudson was exerting on it, effectively ending his routine. The judges nullified the performance, and Hudson was allowed to restart his routine without penalty.

“The problem with that is he’s exhausted,” Spring said. “It was a true, gamechanging moment when he, with the hard routine he has, got back up right after basically doing a full routine and hit it. That’s really hard to do.”

Hudson scored 13.600 on his second performance, which is slightly higher than the 13.55 he was projected to receive prior to performing.

Meanwhile, parallel bars and high bar, two events the Illini struggled on earlier this season, looked much better to Spring. Although Illinois had a fall on both events, the team finished strong here, holding onto a lead the team accumulated throughout the meet.

Senior Sebastian Quiana didn’t have the highest score on high bar, but his high bar performance was the last performance on any event of the meet.

According to Spring, this can be tough for gymnasts.

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Senior Sebastian Quiana stands triumphantly after finishing his high bar routine on Saturday.

“You build the whole event and you need to end with this really good routine,” Spring said. “He did it right at the end of the meet when we needed it. He handled that pressure like you’d expect a great senior to handle it.”

Quiana needed to score at least 11.750 to edge out Michigan for first place.

He stuck the landing and scored 13.550, sealing the victory for Illinois.

“I just went up there,

trusted my training, and did that routine to the best of my ability,” Quiana said.

As the crowd in Huff Hall erupted in cheers, Quiana looked into it. As a senior on Senior Day, the emotions were high for him.

“It was an unbelievable feeling,” he said. “I’ve never felt something like that before. I felt good about hitting that set.” @B_RadZimm bez2@dailyillini.com

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WELLS the oldest and my younger ones as well.”

In high school, Wells became a state and regional champion, broke school records and was all-conference in football.

Wells faced turmoil in the middle of his success when he needed surgery after he tore his labrum. The injury made him question his own future after he was sidelined from sports for nearly eight months.

“My mom, the coaching staff, my dad and brothers all had conversations about it; talking about the risk of playing in a sport like football and then seeing what I wanted to get out of my collegiate career,” Wells said.

“In terms of athletics and academics and seeing what I wanted to post-collegiate too: Do I see myself playing years in the NFL or continuing to pursue track and field?”

Wells ultimately chose to compete in track and field instead of football, where he immediately competed for NCAA Championships in his first track season for his high jump performances.

Wells has competed in the NCAA Championships on four occasions and has won multiple Big Ten Championships.

“High jump is at the heart because it is giving me the opportunity to go to the University of Illinois and giving me the opportunity to be on the stage,” Wells said. “These other events,

“High jump is at the heart because it is giving me the opportunity to go to the University of Illinois and giving me the opportunity to be on the stage.”

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are really coming in … I’m really gaining a passion for long jump and hurdles as much as I do for the high jump.”

Even while managing to find success on the track, Wells was also able to successfully transfer into Business and has been praised as a part of the Academic All-Big Ten. “I’m a big business guy.

(I) used to get money from small businesses in my driveway,” Wells said. “I’ve got my bachelor’s (degree) in business management concentration entrepreneurship. With that, I would love to find myself as an entrepreneur, business owner within the future.”

Well’s run of success in college also faced some challenges during his junior season when he had a lower back injury with aggressive back spasms.

Through the recovery phase of short practices and continuous workouts, it gave him a lot of time to work with a lot of athletes and coaches to help with the pain, according to Wells.

“Winning Big Ten titles and national titles are what I want to do, and I’m going to continue working to the brink for us to get there,” Wells said. “I believe we’re able to do that, and I think we’re at a great opportunity. Even with dealing with injuries, I’m excited to trust my coaching staff and my training staff and do something exciting for this program.”

As Wells finishes his last few races during his redshirted senior season, he sees the sport as a chance to share inspiration among others.

“Sports are inspirational to the world because we have a lot of people watching our sport,” Wells said.

“Being able to work with my younger teammates, impacting them and being able to just be an inspiration to my family, friends.

Being able to just grow is really important to me as well as my faith … I would consider all of that to drive me to keep going in track.

God, inspiration, impact and growth.” renatoa2@dailyillini.com

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Monday, March 9, 2020

Spring forward with dreamy playlist

BY KATIE POWERS BUZZ EDITOR

We might have lost an extra hour of sleep on Sunday night, but that means we finally get the extra hour of daylight we’ve been missing since November. Whether you are a daytime person who craves sunlight as much as possible or a nighttime person who prefers to live in the cover of darkness, get in the mood for an extra hour of daylight each day with this dreamy playlist. kmp2@illinimedia.com

buzz calendar MONDAY, MARCH 9

March Boom-Jam

 8 p.m.  Boomerangs Bar and Grill, 1309 E. Washington St., Urbana  No Cover Poisoned Rationality will be performing their first show at this month’s BoomJam. The show starts at 8 p.m., and bands perform on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Purim Party at the New KAM’s

 10 p.m.- midnight  KAM’s, 102 E. Green St., Champaign  No cover until 10 p.m.

Join Illini Chabad as they celebrate the festive holiday of Purim. There will be megillah reading, hamantashen, finger foods and more.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

Spring Playlist

Peg Shaw Artist Lecture

 10:30-11:30 a.m.  Giertz Gallery at Parkland College, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign  Free Peg Shaw teaches photography and video at Parkland College. Her presentation about her work takes place Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Lecture Hall C118. Shaw reflects about her interest in the making of images by saying, “… the beauty of images captured or created is that we can pass on what we witness and hope the intrigue continues for others. It is how we connect to people we may never meet. For me, looking back and looking forward is time coming full circle.”

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Gaslighter Dixie Chicks

In Town Palehound

See a Light Palehound

Lights Up

AsiaLENS: Day of the Western Sunrise

Harry Styles

 7-9 p.m.  Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana  Free “Day of the Western Sunrise” is an animated Japanese language documentary about the crew of the tuna trawler Daigo Fukuryu Maru, or The Lucky Dragon No. 5.

Cuffing Season Beach Bunny

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Love You For a Long Time

On March 1, 1954, the fishermen onboard the Lucky Dragon survived the biggest explosion ever caused by man, the Castle Bravo thermonuclear test in the Pacific Ocean. The film tells how their lives were forever changed while showing the longterm impact of this devastating event.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

Drum TAO 2020

 7:30 p.m.  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana  $10-$40 Over eight million spectators worldwide have experienced the “extraordinarily talented percussion artists” of the Aichi, Japan-based TAO according to the Chicago Tribune. The members of TAO, who are both expressive musicians and highly trained athletes, are preserving and expanding upon the ancient Japanese drumming tradition with their modern showcases that include dynamic choreography, engaging visuals and striking costumes.

DEHD with Ex Okays + zzo

 8-11 p.m.  Rose Bowl Tavern  $10 Join band DEHD as they perform songs from their new album, “Water,” this Wednesday night. This INTERPYGMALION event is open to all music lovers and also features performances from Ex Okays and zzo.

Performance by Ryan Groff

 7:30 p.m.  919 W. Illinois St., Suite 400, Urbana  Free Join musician Ryan Groff, and dive into the vibrant world of songwriting, musicianship and original music.

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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.

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

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EarthGang uses performance to plug new album

RYAN ASH THE DAILY ILLINI

EarthGang, a rap duo made up of WowGr8 and Olu, performs at Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S. Mathews Ave., on Wednesday. The group performed several hits off their new album, “Mirrorland.”

Celebrate ‘official’ St. Patrick’s Day in Champaign-Urbana with a nightclub vibe, will be hosting an “Official” St. Patrick’s Day event. There’s not too much info about this event, but it’ll host a fun party atmosphere with green drinks available all night long. We imagine that if you enjoyed celebrating unofficial and are looking to recreate the fun, this is an event that’s right up your alley. Plus it’s a good excuse to take a break from the campus bar scene and try out something new.

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Unofficial might have come and gone on campus, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to hang up your green shamrocks quite yet. St. Patrick’s Day (yes, the official holiday) is on March 17. Even though students will be on spring break that week, there are plenty of special events happening in the C-U community for those who might be local to the area or are planning on staying on campus or in town during the time off from school. Some involve drinking and others don’t, so regardless of your preferred way of commemorating the holiday, there’s certainly something for you.

Rewind 92.5’s World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Sipyard, 204 W. Main St., Urbana If you’ve got some free time on actual St. Patrick’s Day, head over to Sipyard in downtown Urbana for the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, hosted by Rewind 92.5, a local radio station. It’s a family-friendly event with activities and games for guests of all ages, so it’s a good opportunity for community members and students to come together

I Am Patrick at Savoy GQT

BRIAN BAUER THE DAILY ILLINI

The back patio of Sipyard, 204 W. Main St., sits empty on May 12, 2017. The Urbana bar is a popular destination for ChampaignUrbana residents to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

at one event. There will also be beer from local brewery Riggs and Irish food from Piato Cafe. We’re not totally sure what “World’s Shortest” means, but we know you’ll get good food and good aesthetics (seriously, this place is beautiful) at Sipyard. We suggest you head on over, especially if you are a student staying in town during

spring break.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day At Everyday Kitchen

Everyday Kitchen, 1807 S. Neil St., Champaign Another event to take advantage of on the actual St. Patrick’s Day holiday takes place at Everyday Kitchen, located on Neil Street in Champaign. The

kitchen will be serving up holiday-themed food and beverages on March 17. For those who are of age, there will be seven Irish whiskies and a whiskey cocktail available for purchase. Food-wise, patrons can grab Irish favorites, such as Reuben sliders, corn beef and pork bangers and mash. The restaurant suggests making reserva-

tions in advance if you’re interested in attending the event, and we can’t think of a better opportunity to enjoy some festive fare.

Official St. Patrick’s Bash

Savoy GQT IMAX, 232 W. Burwash Ave, Savoy If the typical St. Patrick’s Day celebrations aren’t your thing and you’re looking for a more low-key activity, catch the screening of “I Am Patrick” at the Savoy GQT on March 17 and 18. It’s a feature-length docu-drama that explores the myth and legend of St. Patrick through interviews with experts on the topic. If you’ve ever been curious about who St. Patrick actually was or why there is an entire day dedicated to him, this film presents an opportunity to take a breather from the holiday libations and get educated.

51 Main, 1906 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign Also on St. Patrick’s Day, 51 Main, a popular downtown Champaign venue buzz@readbuzz.com

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