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RSOs address pollution in Champaign community Ameren leaves behind factory, toxic chemicals

Fifth and Hill streets. Residents have been fighting to have Ameren clean up the site for the past 12 years because of the health risks it poses to people in the surrounding area. “The contamination was there for so long before Ameren started cleaning it up that it moved off-site, out into the neighborhood during the movement of groundwater,” said Claudia Lennhoff, director of the Champaign County Health Care Consumers. “The groundwater can pull some of those chemicals, like benzene and naphthalene, and move them through the soil and increase the health risks to the residents.” The manufacturing plant used coal as its primary energy source, which caused coal tar waste to accumulate over the years. It was open for nearly 80 years but closed in the mid-1950s without any clean up after it shut down. The Fifth and Hill Campaign was initiated in 2007, which was when the community became aware of the toxic pollution harming their community. Those who were informed of this tragedy were alarmed and outraged that the company failed to warn the public about the situation. Ameren was contacted for more information regarding this issue. Illinois EPA and Ameren held an open house to provide explanations; however, the information was technical, not user-friendly

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Jacob Benjamin, manager at the Campus Bike Center located on Pennsylvania Avenue, repairs a bike on Friday. The staff of the bike shop, Benjamin included, teaches people how to perform bike maintenance, like flat tires.

Students learn bike main BY MICHAEL CARUSO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Campus Bike Center hosts two “Bike Fix-A-Flat” events this semester. One session was already hosted on Nov. 6; however, another will be available Dec. 6. The events teach attendees how to repair flat tires. “Flat tires are regarded as the most common repair issue and the most common reason people come into the shop,” said Jacob Benjamin,

manager of the Campus Bike Center. The events are available to non-bike owners as well because this class is solely a demonstration. The classes are free for anyone, which reflects the philosophy of the Campus Bike Center. “Repairs are a more expensive endeavor at other bike centers, and they’re less education-based,” Benjamin said. The Campus Bike Cen-

ter operates on a unique system compared to most bicycle repair places, Benjamin said. The center offers two methods of payment: $30 or volunteering for eight hours. The volunteering option makes these resources much more within reach for students, and expertise in bikes is not needed. “Volunteering can be anything from checking flat tires, sweeping, cleaning up

to explaining rules and regulations,” Benjamin said. Jonathan Albrecht, freshman in Engineering, said he learned a lot while his bike was being repaired. The center has a future goal, supported by local cyclists, of expanding its classes and events. In addition to Fix-a-Flat, the center was also involved in organizing other cycling events, SEE BIKES | 3A

The Fifth and Hill community has been exposed to toxic chemicals for over a decade due to the toxic waste left behind from Ameren Corporation’s old manufacturing plant. Now, student organizations, such as Black Students for Revolution and Students forEnvironmentalConcerns, are trying to get the University more involved. DimitriLove,seniorinLAS and Education and co-leader of BSFR, said one event the organization is holding is an information session on Nov. 21 about what exactly is going on at Fifth and Hill and how people are being poisoned. BSFR and SECS also plan to hold fundraisers and start GoFundMe pages. The fundraising will help obtain radiation cards that test the indoor air in people’s homes and determine if there are any toxic chemicals in the area. “The reason we’re fundraising is because it costs $100 for each test, and we’re going to do six tests in the residents’ homes just to collect data to see whether or not these contaminants are inside the homes,” said Abigale Pstzroch, senior in LAS and vice president of SECS. “If we find them, then that tells Ameren that they have to clean up.” Ameren has a former manufactured gas plant at

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Protests in Lebanon influence campus BY SALEM ISAF STAFF WRITER

Beginning Oct. 17, protests erupted all across the country of Lebanon. While this issue may seem half a world away to most, it is affecting many students on campus who call the country home. According to Lebanese students at the University, these protests are a long time coming, with rampant government corruption dominating the country for the

last 30 years. Along with this, the Lebanese government has consistently raised taxes on working-class citizens. “It was basically like boiling a frog, with the government slowly taking more and more money over the years, with nobody reacting until now,” said Antoine Menassa, graduate student in Engineering. “Thank god (the protests) actually erupted.” Menassa, who lived in Lebanon his whole life and

completed his undergraduate degree at the American University of Beirut, said many people have to leave the country to find opportunities. “More than 50% of my graduating class for undergrad (isn’t) living in the country anymore,” Menassa said. “Our education system is so good. If we could get graduates to stay in Lebanon, we could really use them to improve the country.”

Marc Sleiman, senior in LAS, was born in the United States but goes back to Lebanon for a month every year to see family. Sleiman describes a few more of the problems citizens of the country have faced. “People are getting taxed higher and higher rates, and the money isn’t being used properly by the government,” Sleiman said. “There’s incompetence when dealing with basic public utilities like infrastructure, trash not being cleaned up and airports not being taken care of.” While a few key figures BRIGIDA DOCKUS THE DAILY ILLINI have resigned, including Dimitri Love, senior in LAS and co-leader of the Black Students former Prime Minister Saad for Revolution, speaks on Nov. 7. Love assists with fundraising Hariri, the results of the pro- and efforts to help the environment in the community. tests remain uncertain, but the majority of Lebanese students agree these protests are a great step toward a united Lebanon that cares for its people. “This movement that’s happening on the ground isn’t governed by anyone; it’s everyone from all religions being on the streets together for the same purpose, which is that we can’t live with this Features: Community Sports: Men’s, economy anymore,” Menassa women’s teams travel combats opioid crisis said. “We are fed up with the to NCAA Regionals with education corruption.”

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Student groups partner, encourage voter registration BY LUIS VELAZQUEZ STAFF WRITER

The United Greek Council created a partnership with the Illinois Student Government regarding civic engagement on campus to get students in Greek life registered to vote in the upcoming presidential election. The partnership resulted in a competition in which the 23 organizations involved in UGC had to compete to see who could get the most students to fill out a voter registration form from Oct. 15 - Nov. 5. However, only Kappa Delta Chi Sorority and Alpha Psi Lambda National submitted completed voter registration forms. Kappa Delta Chi had the most forms filled out — 43 forms — and won $200 to go toward its philanthropy. One member of Kappa Delta Chi, Emily Barreto, senior in LAS, first reached out to different organizations in the

Champaign-Urbana community to get some kind of partnership started. She was able to get in touch with Kirsten Peterson, senior in LAS and director of governmental affairs in ISG. Peterson helped write a resolution for the contest with UGC, which was later passed in an ISG meeting. “We both wanted to create an environment that is more civically engaged,” Barreto said. “We thought a voting register competition would be the best way to start off. This is the first time UGC has worked with the student government, at least at my time at the U of I.” Barreto said Peterson attended one of UGC’s biweekly parliament meetings to conduct a workshop that showed organization representatives the process of filling out a voter registration form. “We really want a relationship between UGC

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and ISG, and this is a good first step toward that,” Barreto said. Amanda Rivera, junior in LAS and a member of Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, said her membership took action with the voter registration form contest by being outside on campus. “We have been standing around the (Main) Quad — mainly around big traffic areas like the transit station — and in and out (of ) the Union with clipboards asking if people have already registered,” Rivera said. Rivera said this contest promoted student and community participation in the upcoming presidential election. Rivera also said she believes UGC is involved in the contest because the people who need to vote the most are diverse, minority students. “Making an impact and stepping out (of ) our boundaries and actually getting people to register to vote is going to work on our behalf because we are

the ones who need it the most,” Rivera said. Peterson said it was nice to hear from Barreto to reach out and try to begin a partnership with ISG. “Having that beginning working partnership shows all students on this campus are really dedicated to making sure civic engagement happens no matter who you are and what you are involved in this campus,” Peterson said. Although this event is a step forward for better student involvement with voting, Cynthia Uribe, junior in AHS and member of Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, said she wishes UGC would push similar events in the near future. “I don’t know a lot about the voting aspect of elections,” Uribe said. “So maybe if they hold more workshops, I feel like that would be beneficial for the student population.” lvelaz20@dailyillini.com

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Malfunctioning elevators pose problems to students BY LASZLO RICHARD TOTH STAFF WRITER

Malfunctioning elevators around campus, especially in residence halls, pose an inconvenience to students, many of whom use these elevators every day. Dre Abdullah, freshman in DGS, has experienced many issues with dorm elevators during his time living on the 12th floor of the Oglesby side of FAR. Abdullah said, among other things, he has noticed one elevator that stops at the ninth floor of his building and does not continue, one elevator that consistently sounds creaky, one elevator that has been outof-order on two occasions and the elevators in general often take a long time to arrive. However, Abdullah also said maintenance work had been done on the elevators during the school year, which may give a reasonable explanation for some of the times the elevators have been nonfunctional. “(Maintenance is appropriate) because they did replace all the tiles in the elevator, even though it took two days to do that,” Abdullah said, referencing an incident where nearly all of the floor tiles in one of the elevators had been pulled up. Maintenance comes with issues of its own; it could mean students may not

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POLLUTION and downplayed the risks of the toxins affecting the community. “So that was part of our first fight: (It) was to try to make them come and do an actual presentation and provide information in a user-friendly way so that people could understand what was happening right in their own neighborhood,” Lennhoff said. Some residents also tried to file lawsuits against Ameren, but it didn’t help the overall issue of having the company clean up the contamination in the community. Lennhoff said people can be contaminated by breath-

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Students wait for the elevator at Oglesby Hall in FAR on Monday. Elevators in many campus residence halls have been malfunctioning, inconveniencing students since they use elevators on a daily basis.

have access to the elevator being worked on until it is fixed. “I feel like they could work a bit faster, especially since (there are) so many people in the building, and the elevators constantly

need maintenance, but, other than that, I think they’re doing a pretty OK job with them,” Abdullah said. Outside of FAR, Abdullah also mentioned the Main Library’s room 66 elevator was broken for the entirety

ing in the fumes or touching the groundwater when, for example, their basements flood. Because of this, many illnesses are present in the neighborhood, including rare and aggressive forms of cancer. Lennhoff started working with a mother whose 19-year-old son had just died from pancreatic cancer when she first started on the campaign. “Pancreatic cancer is not common in young people at all, so that was really kind of a wake-up call,” she said. Lennhoff said she feels as if the City of Champaign has not done anything to help. “One of the problems that we have is that the City of Champaign actually has an ordinance that allows polluters to leave contamina-

tion Ordinance, which states polluted areas are not permitted to have wells built due to the toxic chemicals in the area. This ordinance doesn’t put any restrictions on the polluter; it only states the area is offlimits to the public. Lennhoff said she thinks one of the reasons why residents are struggling harder is because it is a low-income, black neighborhood neglected by the city. She said if this had happened in one of the wealthier neighborhoods, Champaign would be fightTHE DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTO ing harder for a cleanup. A plastic bag lies in Boneyard Creek on April 13, 2015. RSOs “I would say that black fundraise to reduce the effect of pollution from an old Ameren people across this country, if manufacturing plant near a residential area in Champaign. you look everywhere in this country, they are located in tion in the groundwater,” The ordinance is called areas where environmental she said. the Groundwater Restric- racism or classism happens,”

everyday life in Lebanon like their friends and family back home. Those from Lebanon don’t believe the government to be oppressive, and they don’t fear the army or police will be used to silence protesters. However, some Lebanese students worry about gang violence. They say gang members will harm civilians protesting against politicians the gang supports. Overall, the protests have inspired Lebanese citizens, as well as Lebanese expatriates around the world. A group of Lebanese students organized a demonstration on the Main Quad on Oct. 18, the day after protests in Lebanon began, to show their support for the movement back home and the type of country they’d like to return to. “We want to be part of this revolution because this is our only hope of coming back to Lebanon,” Menassa said, who took part in the campus demonstration. The longer citizens of Lebanon continue their protests, the more likely they are to reach the goals of their movement against corruption. Some students are hoping they’ll be able to join in if it lasts long enough. While the citizens of a country thousands of miles away struggle to shape their government, students on campus hope the best for their friends and family and are continually inspired by the people of Lebanon. “I’m proud that the movement’s going on,” Sleiman said. “I’m proud that the people are waking up and creating this change.”

These protests appear to be making such an impact due to the populism of the movement. It isn’t a political party against a political party in this struggle but those without power against the elites misusing it. “The citizens of Lebanon are willing to put aside deepseated religious and political differences in order to address something that’s been really attacking everyone, which is this corruption and how the government is run and how we can improve it for everybody,” Sleiman said. “What’s really remarkable at this protest specifically is that it’s sort of transcending political and religious lines.” Sleiman, who has family and friends involved in the protests, described one of the big slogans of the movement: “Everyone Means Everyone.” This means it’s not just a certain corrupt political party or leader but all of them. He describes this movement as the country of Lebanon against those in power. It has a unifying effect, even on those living abroad. “I’ve never felt homesick more than now, just seeing everyone on the streets and having the urge to participate with them,” Menassa said. “Since the protests began, we’ve been on our social media the whole time, watching the news channels, just following up. I really couldn’t get any work done because my heart is there.” Some are condemning themselves, as they don’t have to go through the struggles of the protests and isaf2@dailyillini.com

of his first week of school. In fact, not all residence halls have elevators; Taft Hall, located in Ikenberry Residence South, has three floors and no elevators. These issues also occur in Private Certified Hous-

tors had some minor issues since the beginning of the year. Then, about midway through the semester, one of the motors in one of the elevators started smoking, and it has been out of order since. According to Mohamed, this elevator’s door close button had been broken prior to its breakdown. The other elevator, which is still functional, has issues of its own. Mohamed said its display is consistently out of order and does not tell the correct floor. He is also concerned the elevator may be overdue for an inspection. “Maybe they came and inspected it, but, I mean, if they did, they would have replaced the paper that says inspected at this date, right? (Because) it still says inspected, like last year,” Mohamed said. According to the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, the Elevator Safety and Regulation Act requires conveyances, a broad term including elevators, must be inspected every year. For many, like Mohamed, these issues do not entail anything too major; a late elevator may only mean being slightly late to class. But for those who live on high floors, an out-of-order elevator may make it significantly harder to leave or enter the building.

ing. Awaleh Mohamed, freshman in Engineering, lives on the west side of the seventh floor of Hendrick House, where only one of the two elevators is functional. Mohamed said the eleva- ltoth2@dailyillini.com

Love said. “They are in areas where they are most vulnerable to these toxins and other things they attribute to their loss of health.” Lennhoff hopes awareness events will help the issue with Ameren and allow the neighborhood to be cleaned up. “A lot of other toxins are going out affecting the community members, and they are pretty much tired of that,” Love said. “But along with tiredness they’re still fighting, communities never gave up hope and still continue to fight against Ameren.” Ameren and the City of Champaign public works did not respond in time for publication. alizam2@dailyillini.com

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Jacob Benjamin takes a look at a chain ring at the Campus Bike Center. The center wishes to engage the campus community by introducing bike-related events and education.

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BIKES such as the annual “Light the Night” event, where bike lights can be installed for free. Henry Sun, junior in Engineering, said he has not used the center’s services through a membership but has been to some

of the other bike shops in Champaign-Urbana. “Having more bike-related events would be good, but only if they are advertised to enough people,” Sun said. “I know certain events that already exist, like Light the Night, already do that.” “A preventative maintenance class would be cool,” Albrecht said. Currently, a one-year

membership costs $30. However, if customers want to purchase a refurbished, donated bike, they can buy one from $60 to $200 with the membership included. The center hopes to introduce more activities next year. There are usually about 40 bikes for sale each year, but recent years have brought in as many as 70. These sales usually hap-

pen near the beginning of a new school year. “In the spring, we will offer community bike rides around town,” Benjamin said. “Traditionally, we did Friday rides in the past. We bring in a lot of people who had negative experiences with their bikes, but this will be more positive.” mcaruso4@dailyillini.com

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Small majors can reap major rewards BY CARMEN MARTINEZ STAFF WRITER

Over 33,000 undergraduate students are spread throughout a number of colleges and majors at the University. Among them are the University’s most popular and notorious majors, including computer engineering, psychology and accounting. However, within each college, there are smaller majors much of the student body is unaware of. The College of ACES offers 11 majors to undergraduate students. The College is home to the computer science and crop sciences major, the smallest within the college, consisting of only 10 students. In comparison, the largest major, agriculture and consumer economics, is home to 710 undergraduates. Recently established, the computer science and crop science program is in its second year and joins the other variations of computer science offered by the University outside of the College of Engineering. The curriculum is designed for students who want to pursue a career in agriculture with an emphasis on technology. Chris Harbourt currently serves as a faculty mentor for this major and has been with the University since 2006. He explains this major was established to meet the needs of the industry as well as student demand.

“This is a rapidly expanding field; there’s lots of jobs and employer interests,” Harbourt said. “I come from industry, and when I reach out to my industry contacts to talk about this particular major they go, ‘How many do you have and when can I hire them all?’ It’s a really kinda sought after area, and there’s a high bar ... the program is limited to 20 students per year.” The program is purposely kept small to ensure required courses are available to the students and the faculty-to-student ratio is kept low. Kevin Zhang, junior in ACES, studies computer science and crop sciences at the University. He said there are a lot of advantages to being in a small major, including relationship-building with professors and advisers and the plethora of opportunities. “Whenever there is a research oppor tunit y, or an internship comes out, we will be the first to know,” he said. “It would be a very different experience than I had with the computer science department, where the advisers really don’t know students because there are thousands of them.” This trend can be seen in the College of Media as well, where the smallest major is computer science and advertising with a total of 10 undergraduate

students. The program is designed for students who want to pursue advertising with a specialization in technology. Programs such as these allow students to understand the business and technical sides of the industry. Zhang explains his major allows him to cover a wider area of campus than most students. “Half of our classes are in the north Engineering Quad, and half of the classes are in the south end of the campus,” Zhang said. “So sometimes I have to explain to computer science people about what we

do in the South Quad and explain to (crop sciences majors) what we do in the North Engineering Quad.” Other small majors are spread throughout the colleges. This includes operations management in the College of Business, which has 23 students. This major consists of learning how to make, deliver and develop goods and services. Even the biggest college, LAS, which encompasses over 12,000 undergraduate students, has majors that range from as small as two students to as big as 911 students. One of the smallest being Latin American stud-

ies, which is the declared major of two undergrads. One of the smallest majors in the College of Engineering is agricultural and biological engineering, the declared major of 78 students. This program utilizes technology and engineering to deal with problems surrounding agriculture and the environment. The College of Education is home to learning and education studies, a program that contains 45 students. This major prepares students for positions within learning and educational settings that do not require

licensure. Within the College of FA A is the major studio art, with nine students pursuing it as their major. Students can choose from five concentrations as they study art, design or art history. Zhang urges people not to avoid small majors due to his positive experience with his own. “There is so much potential about it,” he said. “It’s not a bad thing that it is a small major; there are a lot of things you can actually do and get out of it.” carmen4@dailyillini.com

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Community combats opioid crisis BY SIDNEY MADDEN LONGFORM EDITOR | ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR

When 20-year-old Marisa MacDuff was declared dead in 2016, her mother, Connie Gyorr, didn’t know why she passed away for 10 weeks. When she learned her daughter overdosed from a cocainefentanyl mix, she also discovered her daughter could have been saved by the Good Samaritan law. “She was with another person in a vehicle,” Gyorr said. “When Marisa overdosed, he took her to the hospital, but he never took her in. I imagine it was because he was afraid that he would be blamed for her death, and, possibly, he was participating. But whatever the case is, he didn’t take her in, and he left her in a wooded area. He left her there, by herself, to die.” The opioid crisis has become prevalent across the country in recent years, with people overdosing on prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl. Illinois isn’t immune. Across the state, over 17 people per 100,000 are overdosing on opioids, according to LiveStories, a civic data company. Locally, the problem is much worse. Champaign County is seeing 28 people per 100,000 overdosing on opioids. White people, specifically white males, are overdosing the most in the county.

“Your average heroin addict today is a 22-year-old white middle-class female and a 23-year-old white middle-class male,” Gyorr said. “We lose close to 200 people every day. Every single day.” Sgt. Jennifer Difanis of the Urbana Police Department says she administers Narcan the most to white males. Narcan is a medication meant to reverse an opioid overdose. She says these statistics can be explained because white people have better access to healthcare. “They’re kids [who] are getting their wisdom teeth out,” Difanis said. “They’re kids whose parents access the medical system. How do people first get access to prescription medication? You have access to people who utilize their healthcare system. You start with the pill abuse, and then the heroin became so much cheaper and much more accessible. So people who now have a physical addiction are looking for an easier way to meet that need, and heroin became a lot faster of a transition locally than I think people realized.” Aneesha Dharwadker, professor in FAA, led a class on how design could be used to address the opioid crisis. In her research for the class, she drew parallels between the crack cocaine epidemic in the ’80s and today’s opi-

PHOTO COURTESY OF CONNIE GYORR

Pictured above is Marisa MacDuff, who passed away from a cocaine-fentanyl overdose in 2016.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CONNIE GYORR

Pictured above is Connie Gyorr, and her daughter, Marisa MacDuff, who passed away from a cocaine-fentanyl overdose in 2016. Gyorr, created the foundation Marisa’s Purpose in her daughter’s honor to educate and raise awareness about the opioid epidemic.

oid crisis. Notably, the crack cocaine epidemic largely affected minority populations in urban areas. “And so now, because the face of the problem is a little bit different, right? It’s rural, it’s white,” Dhardwadker said. “There is a different kind of attention being paid to it. It’s being treated much more like a public health problem as opposed to a criminal activity problem. Even though the people sort of wrapped into this epidemic are abusing prescription drugs, and they are tapping into the black, heroin black market. It’s not like the activities are kind of different, it’s that it’s affecting a different population.” Dharwadker is part of a new generation of architecture activists who want to use design to tackle different social issues. She says much of the literature regarding the opioid crisis right now focuses on individuals, both in the stories she sees on the news and how people are treated medically. She wonders, though, how much of the epidemic is perpetuated by the physical environment. Bethany Little is the founder and executive

director of Women in Need Recovery, a stable living environment for people who identify as women who have completed drug treatment or who were formerly incarcerated. Little says other similar housing accommodations emphasize finding employment, but she believes for these people to reenter society, they need a safe environment. They need a home. “Because people believe that, you know, getting back into life, getting back into the society, is just you being able to get a job and being able to function,” Little said. “And that’s just not true.” Difanis said Urbana police get anywhere from three to four calls a night to respond to overdoses just in Urbana. She said in Champaign County, there might be 12 overdose calls a night, and

those are just the people who call. She said she thinks people would be surprised to hear these estimates. There are efforts being made to address the epidemic in the community. Gyorr is working to educate and bring awareness about the opioid epidemic with her foundation, Marisa’s Purpose, made in her daughter’s honor. When making the foundation, Gyorr recalled a conversation they had together. Marisa told her mom she wanted to do something big and impactful, where she could help a lot of people. “And who would’ve ever thought she’d be helping so many people right now,” Gyorr said. “So that’s where I came up with Marisa’s Purpose, and she’s

worked through me to help so many people, and she’s helped so many people since we’ve started this charity.” smadden2@dailyillini.com

Champaign County is seeing 28 people per 100,000 overdosing on opioids.

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Texting is a language barrier You're invading my privacy!

TOMMY BLOCK

Stop contacting me!

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think we’d all be better off without emojis. I know, I can’t control You what you send from your suck! mobile devices, and you should be glad I can’t. If it were up to me, I’d throw the whole dictionary of texting abbreviations out the window. That’s right: I have a beef with texting. The disYou need to course is cramped, the apologize! ideas are bungled and the etiquette is hard to maneuver. What other form of communication can stir CASSIDY BRANDT THE DAILY ILLINI up a hurricane of confusion with just a couple of letters? Why does the time elapsed between messages matter more than the messages themselves? Why do I have to overthink everything I text, regardless of which resulted in stued newspaper. Everyone how mundane it is? When it started in 1992, dent activists demandat the paper is learning; ing an apology from The that’s the purpose of stu- texting probably seemed a swell way to quickCrimson. dent newspapers to be- like ly get a point across. Now, An apology is for a gin with. in the most ironic fashion, texting is something difwrongdoing, and the paYes, the editorial per did nothing wrong. board made a mistake by ferent altogether: a language barrier. The Daily Northwestcaving to the demands I don’t believe our defiern and other student of people without even nition of communication has gotten any narrower, publications should re- the slightest idea of the main transparent but proper journalistic pro- and deep down, we know we can get the most out of cedure. But certainly, also exercise freedom old-fashioned talking. This this mistake is not egre- is because we instinctiveof speech — the reagious enough to deserve ly know communication son we have independent publications in the the cruel backlash it re- is composed of a lot more just words: tone, verceived from major pro- than first place. Freedom of bal emphasis, hand gesfessional news outlets. speech doesn’t mean tures and other factors all Journalists like Glenn change the verbal delivery apologizing, it means Kessler and Casey Ton- of our thoughts. being transparent and It also, however, includes reporting facts, which is er called the mistake “a emotions we might be exactly what journalists travesty and an embarhesitant to reveal to othrassment” and “humili- ers, such as nervousness, promise to do. ating.” It’s great to know discomfort or apathy. Of Students have the course, these feelings these media icons nevright to protest in pubbecome problematic only lic, and journalists have er made poor choices or when we can’t act fast

Students protest Jeff Sessions’ speech, police presence

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Let The Daily Northwestern learn

ournalists must remain transparent, report facts and minimize harm. This is their mandate. This weekend, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions visited the Northwestern campus, which sparked protests in the Chicagoland area. Any student or professional publication would have sent out reporters to cover Sessions and the protests surrounding him. This is news.To report on this, as is its job, The Daily Northwestern sent photographers to the protest, and some of the reporters contacted their sources through the university’s student directory — a tool The Daily Illini and many other publications utilize for student sources. On Sunday, the Daily Northwestern released an editorial apologizing for their “mistakes.” “One area of our reporting that harmed many students was our photo coverage of the event,” the statement read. “Some protesters found photos posted to reporters’ Twitter accounts retraumatizing and invasive.” Attending a public protest does not only mean there’s a chance

your photo could be taken, but it also means members of the media can and will ask attendees for a comment. If that is something you are not willing to be a part of, perhaps attending a public protest just isn’t for you. There was no intrusion on anyone's privacy or “safety” for taking photos of protestors protesting. Today, everyone is a photographer. Why should journalists, and student journalists at that, be under fire for something everyone does all the time? Sure, student photographers were sent to the Sessions protest with big, fancy cameras, but this doesn’t mean someone cannot be a photographer with just their iPhone. The protests could have easily been documented on Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by other attendees who don’t consider themselves journalists. Americans should learn what journalists are — fact-reporting watchdogs. Last week, The Daily Illini published an editorial explaining the Harvard Crimson wasn’t in the wrong after covering an “Abolish ICE” protest,

the right to take photos and report. These actions are both fully protected under the First Amendment. The Daily Northwestern should not have apologized. Instead, it should have educated those who clearly cannot grasp the amendment put in place to grant freedom to the same protestors who demanded an apology. No, the paper should not have backed down. They had the high ground. However, it is important to remember it is a student-operat-

published anything they later regretted. Comments like these are not at all constructive and do not promote learning. The Daily Illini editorial board expected more from the leaders in our future field. So it seems not only would those angered by legitimate reporting do well to learn some American history, but the journalists who denounced the student newspaper would also do well to remember they were once students of journalism, too.

enough to hide them, as is usually true of face-to-face conversations. I don’t know if this is why texting is as popular as it is, but it often feels less like a form of communication and more of a performance. You only really show the stuff you want to show, at the pace you want to show it at. Which is what, exactly? We just went through a whole list of dimensions involved in communication, and texting costs us all of them, leaving us with a cryptic and pseudomeaningful bank of phrases to choose from. Texting was never designed to carry lengthy conversations, and yet, it often bears the load it was never equipped to handle. I am calling for us to rebuild texting culture from scratch. Instead of fretting over the subtle difference between “okay” and “K,” let’s just worry about five words: who, what, when, where and why. Pure, logistical information is the only thing that the limited scope of texting can capture. No subtext, no hidden meanings, just straight up facts. Imagine how much simpler texting would be if it had the same function as a planner and nothing else! “I’m in class right now, I’ll be there at 3 p.m.” “We just had some Chipotle. Now, we’re going to the store for paper towels.” As long as your question can be answered with “yes” or “no,” texting has you covered. If you want to chat about the meaning of life (or whether “The Office” is better than “Friends”), do so over some lunch. Tommy is a senior in Engineering. tblock2@dailyillini.com

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Destigmatize mental health by showing real struggles ALICE LEE COLUMNIST

uman beings tend to prefer the good over the bad — known to the unknown — and usually hold a positivity bias in which they remember pleasant items and reject unpleasant ones. When applied to the realm of understanding mental illnesses, this mindset is detrimental. Not only does it sugarcoat the hard experiences of individuals suffering from mental disorders, it disregards the sometimes very dark reality they have to endure. Psychopathology has often been depicted in the film and television industry as a source of entertainment, yet rarely is it used for education. Media portrayals include sympathetic portraits of sociopathic characters and the glorification of mental illness as the driving mechanism behind criminal acts.

More recently, the film “Joker” has drawn attention for its disturbingly graphic and dark portrayal of a man’s descent into madness. Though it has been applauded for its no-holdsbarred attitude in illustrating the real struggles people with personality disorders face, it does still turn mental illness into a caricature. Hiding behind mental illness as a justification for engaging in violent and criminal behavior isn’t raising the correct awareness. Others would argue the Joker’s thoughts and actions are precisely what allowed audiences to enter the twisted mind of someone who can come alive through hate. Finding the balance between when the subject matter crosses the line of being a reasonably accurate portrayal to a dramatization for more attention is tricky. Breaching this idea is a double-edged sword: If subject material is too dark and depressing, people will

be less likely to respond to it, but if it is overly sensationalized, people would be accepting an inaccurate representation of mental disorders. Instead of focusing solely on the negative or positive, people should look at psychopathology through a wide lens. To truly understand what it may be like for individuals with mental disorders, the whole picture needs to be shown. This includes the happy days, not-so-happy days, potential recovery, unfortunate relapse and everything in between. Multiple memoirs have been written and published online by individuals who recount their genuine and personal struggles with their disorder. The distinguished author, Andrew Solomon, wrote about his own experience with depression and the debilitating emotions and thoughts that came with it. There is no question that focusing on the positive would be more ben-

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eficial for creating hope for recovery in the future. But this shouldn’t be at the expense of the negative emotions. It’s essential to help individuals feel validated in their bad days and setbacks as they seek treatment. It doesn’t do anyone any favors to deny the truth

that living with a disorder is hard and it’s OK to struggle. People may find themselves weary of learning more about the darker aspects of psychopathology — primarily sociopathy — because it forces them to address the most cruel and nihilistic acts in soci-

ety. But it’s necessary to discuss both the good and the bad and to give people with mental illnesses their due by perhaps learning to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. Alice is a sophomore in LAS. alicewl2@dailyillini.com

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SPORTS

Illinois heads to NCAA Regionals Friday BY JJ KIM ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The Illinois men’s and women’s cross country team will look to build off the momentum generated from the Big Ten Championships at the NCA A Regionals this Friday in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The men’s cross country team is coming off a ninthplace finish as a team with a score of 219 at the Big Ten Championships. Redshirt sophomore Irwin Loud and redshirt senior Zach Dale both finished in the top 25. Loud and Dale finished 21st and 24th, respectively. Loud has also finished first for the Illini in each of the five races this season. “We know that if we do the best we can do, and have our best day, the rest will take care of itself,” Dale said. “We’ve got a much younger team this year, and last year, we were bummed out about our Big Ten finish coming into regionals. I think we’re in a really good spot mentally, especially the young guys have had a great attitude and been working hard.”

After an 11th place finish at regionals last year, the men’s team hopes to make the jump to nationals, despite the odds. “It’s more of a longshot for us this year to make the national meet, but we’re going to give it everything we have,” Dale said. The women share a similar sentiment as their male counterparts, as they look to use the Big Ten Championship as a stepping stone to greater things. The women’s team finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships, led by junior Rebecca Craddock, who came in 18th overall with a time of 20:50.6. After improving off of last year’s 43rd place finish and 12th overall team rank, Craddock is looking to help spearhead the final push to nationals. “We’ve been thinking about regionals all season, so it’s awesome that it’s finally here,” Craddock said. “We’re definitely mentally and physically ready for it. The momentum has SEE NCAA | 3B

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Junior Rebecca Craddock runs at the Illini Open at the Illinois Arboretum on Aug. 30. The Illini men’s and women’s cross country teams head to Stillwater, Oklahoma, Friday to compete in the NCAA Midwest Regionals.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

VOLLEYBALL

Cockburn, Feliz show leadership on court

Inconsistency challenges Illini ahead of home games

BY GABBY HAJDUK

Team to host Nittany Lions, ScarletKnights following loss to Wolverines

STAFF WRITER

Senior Andres Feliz and freshman Kofi Cockburn are relatively new additions to the Illinois men’s basketball starting lineup. While Feliz started in four games last season, his main role was the sixth man. Freshman Cockburn has assumed the starting center position in Illinois’ first three games. While the Illini (2-1) are still learning to mesh as a new group, Feliz and Cockburn have been clear leaders on both sides of the court just three games into the season.

BY BRENDYN JONES STAFF WRITER

The No. 25 Illinois volleyball team (12-11, 7-7) will return to Huff Hall after being on the road for the last two matches. Illinois will host Penn State (19-4, 12-2) on Friday and Rutgers (8-17, 2-12) on Saturday. The Illini lost their last match-up last weekend against the Wolverines 3-1 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Head coach Chris Tamas said the team was struggling with consistency against Michigan. “We played good volleyball in some spurts,” Tamas said. “We just haven’t been able to sustain that consistency over a whole match against the better half of our conference … We’re able to stop runs and make a few of our own, but then, we bleed a little bit too much when the play is in our favor.” The Illini have been dealing with inconsistent plays

Scoring surge

Sophomore Ayo Dosunmu has been expected to take the reins of the Illini offense this year, but with pressure on the point guard, Feliz is currently holding it down. Feliz has been Illinois’ early top scorer, averaging 19 points a game. Feliz led the Illini in their home opener against Nicholls State on Nov. 5 with 23 points, but more noteworthy was his 7 points in the overtime period to seal the win. While Feliz’s surge early this season is impressive, it is not surprising. The senior steadily improved throughout last season, averaging 12.1 points in the last seven games compared to his average of 8.3 points per game on the 2018-19 season. Dosunmu is still making plenty of noise offensively with 15 points per game, but Cockburn falls right behind him with 14 points per game. While sophomore Giorgi Bezhanishvili controlled the inside for Illinois last season, Cockburn has been dominant in the paint, creating more outside space for Bezhanishvili. Cockburn had his best outing at Grand Canyon last Friday with his own 23-point game. The freshman shot .667 against GCU, similar to his season average of .600.

On the glass

At about 290 pounds with a 7-foot wingspan, there is no surprise Cockburn is a rebounding machine. With his 10.7 rebounds per game, Cockburn is averaging a double-double. Cockburn is not only leading the Illini in total rebounds (32) but has grabbed 15 offensive rebounds, at least seven more than any other Illini. Sophomore Alan Grif-

all season but are still ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll, even after losing to an unranked Michigan team twice in back-to-back weekends. The Illini will attempt to stay in the top-25 as their next opponent is No. 8 Penn State. This will be the second Penn State and Illinois match-up of the season, with Penn State taking the first match 3-2. The final match came followed an exhausting threematch road trip with two other top-10 opponents in Wisconsin and Nebraska. During the match, the Illini jumped out to a two-set lead over the Nittany Lions but gave up the last three sets. Two of those sets were decided by only two points. Penn State has yet to lose to a team outside of the top10 this season. The Nittany Lions have a balanced offensive attack, with five players averaging over two kills per set. The team is led offensively by sophomore Jonni Parker, who averages 3.51 kills per set. S ophomore m idd le blocker Serena Gray is also a big part of both Penn SEE INCONSISTENT | 3B

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Freshman center Kofi Cockburn rises for a layup against Nicholls State at State Farm Center on Nov. 5. Cockburn is currently leading the Illini in total rebounds, averaging 10.7 rebounds-per-game.

fin is second in offensive rebounds with eight. Feliz has been just as important on the glass as Illinois’ top rebounder on defense with 27 total. While the 6-foot 2-inch guard is among the three shortest players, Feliz’s highintensity play on defense will often offset the height difference. Coming into his second season at Illinois, Feliz had just one double-double but has recorded two already this season. The guard grabbed 11 rebounds against Nicholls State, then

another 10 at No. 21 Arizona The Illini are averaging a last Sunday. .292 three-point shooting percentage through three Potential improvements games after shooting .345 Feliz and Cockburn have from behind the arc last been two of the biggest forc- season. es on both ends of the court Cockburn has the freefor Illinois, but each player throw attempts for the Illini still has greater potential. with 23 but has made just 12 While Feliz’s field goal of those. Drawing multiple percentage is at .500, the fouls a game will be a regthird highest on the team, ular routine for Cockburn he still lacks comfort behind with his physical presence, the three-point line. Fel- putting more pressure on iz has only attempted five the freshman to improve at three-pointers this season, the charity stripe. JONATHAN BONAGURO THE DAILY ILLINI making just one. Last seaHead coach Chris Tamas looks onto at the court at Huff Hall on son, the guard made just 10 @gabby_h11 on Sept. 28. Illinois will compete against No. 8 Penn State on three’s on 37 attempts. ghajduk2@dailyillini.com Friday and Rutgers on Saturday at Huff Hall.

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Dossey family donates $5 million to expansion BY JJ KIM ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

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Petra Holešínská shoots a three-pointer against Chicago State at the State Farm Center on Nov. 5. Following an anterior cruciate ligament tear, Holešínská has already stood out as a major contributor for the Illini.

ditioning complex. The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics set a goal early this year to raise $30 million to improve the Ubben Basketball Complex, and this recent contribution will make up roughly 27% of the target. The upgrade will add about 45,000 square feet to the building while remodeling more than 8,300 square feet of the current space. This update will make the Ubben Basketball Complex to more than double the size it is now. It’ll help accommodate two new half courts, world-class medical facilities, study spaces, larger staff offices, modernized locker rooms and team areas that will triple the current size as well as a two-story strength and conditioning area.

I l l i noi s A t h let ic s announced the family of John and Anne Dossey has pledged a $5 million donation to help finance the expansion of the Richard T. Ubben Basketball Complex. With this donation, there is now $8 million allocated to the renovations. The gift, pledged in the names of John and Anne Dossey’s parents, will create the John and Anne Dossey Student-Athlete Development Center inside the Ubben facility. The facility will honor the couple who were both educators. John Dossey earned his doctorate from the University of Illinois College of Education in 1971. The project is still being designed, but it is expected the center will have study areas, dining spaces and the Ubben facil- @JJKimSports ity’s new strength and con- jjk7@dailyillini.com

Holešínská bounces back from injury BY JARED FARMER STAFF WRITER

Petra Holešínská’s basketball world was flipped upside down after an anterior cruciate ligament tear in practice sidelined her before the start of the 2018-19 season. The injury came after the redshirt junior carved out a niche role as a shooting specialist within head coach Nancy Fahey’s offense. “It was tough. It takes that seven to eight months to fully recover post-surgery,” Holešínská said. “I think, the worst part was the time between injuring myself and getting the surgery.” She started 29 of 31 Illinois games in her freshman year, averaging 10.5 points per game, third in the team for scoring, was among the Big Ten freshmen scoring

leaders and knocked down a team-leading 54 threes, ranking third all-time for most threes hit by a freshman in school history. Meanwhile, her 35.5% three-point shooting was good for fifth all-time among Illinois freshman and led all Big Ten with a 45.6% clip from deep in conference play. Holešínská saw a slight decrease in her role in the offense in her sophomore year. Her minutes and individual points per game dropped, but she still finished second on the team with 36 threes on the year. During the sophomore slump, her three-point percentages dropped from 35% the year earlier to just 30% in her second campaign. Holešínská entered her junior year eager to bounce

back and re-establish herself as one of the best shooters in the Big Ten, but the aforementioned ACL injury sidelined her for the season before ever stepping foot out on the court. “It felt like I just wasn’t doing anything but waiting,” Holešínská said. “But afterward, my recovery felt pretty fast. I was able to walk again and start running soon, too. I’m really grateful for all of my teammates, coaching staff and trainers supporting me.” As soon as she could get back on the practice floor, Holešínská was working on her jump shot. It started with just getting clean reps up, but as her condition improved, she gradually incorporated shooting with movement and balance.

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Petra Holešínská calls a play during the game against Chicago State at the State Farm Center on Nov. 5. Holešínská lead the Illini in scoring and scored a career-high of 29 points.

While fellow senior guard Brandi Beasley sidelined Illinois’ season-opener against Chicago State, Holešínská proved to be the next leading woman for the Illini. She started her season debut and return from injury off to a hot start with 12 firstquarter points, and her outside touch cleared the way for the Illini to dominate. In the evening, she led the Illini in scoring and scored her own career-high 29 points on 56% shooting and connected on five three-pointers. “It felt great, but I don’t really think about the personal accomplishment. I wanted to win, and that’s what we did,” Holešínská said. “We really played well as a team. That was the most important thing.” Holešínská struggled in Illinois’ following game against Holy Cross, shooting 0-10 from the field, but she still grabbed five rebounds, dished out two assists and played a respectable enough threat to keep the Crusader defense honest while Ali Andrews and the trio of freshman Jada Peebles, Kennedi Myles and Jeanae Terry provided the scoring punch that guided Illinois to its second win. “It’s definitely important when you can have people that step up like that. It’s really great for the program, and I’m happy for them. They’ve all played really good games, so I’m just happy to have them here,” Holešínská said. “We talk about it in the locker room getting our first games, but this year, it just felt different. It’s been more fun, everyone’s excited for each other and our energy on the court is different. This is a really special group, and I think we can win a lot of ball games this year.” @jaredefarmer jaredef2@dailyillini.com

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NCAA

been building this whole season, and in the Big Ten (Championships), we finished a lot better this year than we did last year, and we were pretty excited about that, but we weren’t really satisfied … but this year, we’ve been really good with coming back from a meet and get right into training.” The women’s team finished in fourth place at the NCAA Regional Championships after compiling a score of 203. “Our main goal is making it to nationals,” Craddock said. “We came close last year, and I think it was a little bit of a surprise to us last year, not a surprise, but we were definitely the underdog. And we jumped 20 spots from my freshman year to my sophomore year in cross regionals.” The women’s 6k race will commence at 10:30 a.m., while the men’s 10k race will start at 11:30 a.m. @JJKimSports jjk7@dailyillini.com

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The Ubben Basketball Complex is located on S. Fourth St. in Champaign and houses men’s and women’s basketball practices. The Dossey family has pledged $5 million to expand the complex.

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Big Ten names Illini Players of the Week Imatorbhebhe, Brown pick up first conference accolades of 2019 season BY MEGHAN REST SPORTS EDITOR

Junior wide receiver Josh Imatorbhebhe and sophomore defensive back Sydney Brown earned Big Ten Player of the Week accolades Monday. The announcement follows Illinois’ historic comeback at Michigan State Saturday, which handed the Illini their fourth straight victory and bowl game eligibility for the first time under head coach Lovie Smith. Imatorbhebhe was named Co-Offensive Player of the Week alongside Minnesota quarterback Tanner Morgan, making him the first Illinois player to win the award in over a year. Imatorbhebhe @meghan_rest ran in 46-yard and 83-yard merest2@dailyillini.com

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Irwin Loud runs at the Illini Open at the Illinois Arboretum on Aug. 30. Loud finished in the top 25, taking 21st place at the Big Ten Championships.

touchdowns against the Spartans and recorded four receptions for a career-high 178 yards Saturday, posting the most receiving yards by an opponent on Michigan State’s home turf in approximately 20 years. The University of Southern California transfer also registered the most receiving yards by an Illinois player against Michigan State ever. Imatorbhebhe’s nine touchdown receptions are also tied for the third-most in program history, according to fightingillini.com. Brown shares Co-Defensive Player of the Week with Minnesota’s Antoine Winfield Jr. The announcement follows Browns’ 13 tackles, eight solo stops and two interceptions, including a 76-yard interception return at Michigan State. The Ontario, Canada, native’s 76-yard return makes history as the secondlongest by an opponent ever at Spartan Stadium.

hova. She averages 2.77 kills-per-set on a .176 hitting percentage on the season. Tamas talked about what the focus of the team is going to be coming up this weekend before Penn State and Rutgers. “We need to be intense and intent on what we’re doing in practice and making sure that we’re really good about squeezing the most out of every rep and treating it like it’s 23-all in whatever set that we’re playing.”

State’s offense and defense. In their first match, Gray scored 17 kills on the Illini on a .378 hitting percentage. After Illinois plays Penn State, they will face the Rutgers for the first time this season. Rutgers has racked up six of its eight wins against non-conference opponents, with two conference wins coming against Iowa and Northwestern. Rutgers is led on offense by outside hitter sopho- @brendyn_jones more Anastasiya Kudryas- brendyn2@dailyillini.com

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buzz factor: It is very hard to make a boring war movie, but “Midway” has very clearly proven it’s not impossible. Audiences can grow quickly attached to characters in war movies, through their struggles for survival and action, which lends itself to colorful and powerful imagery. Even aside from the fighting itself, great themes of morality and motivation can be explored between battles or bouts of action. The filmmakers behind “Midway” decided they weren’t really feeling any of that and instead opted for something far blander. The movie follows the lives of the men behind the Battle of Midway, a turning point in naval warfare of the Pacific during World War II. It starts, more or less, just hours before Pearl Harbor, one of the most infamous moments of World War II. How does it portray this epic moment? Pretty poorly. It starts with little to no music, cuts too often to get a real sense of the attack and ends with a death we don’t see of a character we didn’t know. Exciting, right? The film goes on to introduce what felt like 32 main characters, played by every single available male actor that wasn’t doing anything important at the moment. Minor characters that have little effect on the story are played by the likes of Dennis Quad and Aaron Ekhart. With the main characters mostly starring newer faces, it was incredibly distracting to suddenly see Woody Harrelson or Nick Jonas pop onscreen imitating real-life historical figures. Aside from the big battle at the end, the film almost embodies the idea of perfectly average in every aspect. The emotions are flat and lack almost any energy, the color scheme of the movie ranges from mustard yellow to pale blue, and most of the characters move about their lives

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The front cover of the new movie “Midway,” which was released in theatres on Friday. The movie follows soldiers who fought in the Battle of Midway.

doing absolutely nothing. It was near sleep-inducing. That is not to say nothing is interesting or welldone about the film. The ending battle, for instance, is exciting and dynamic in a way that had you at the edge of your seat for much of it. The filmmakers really built the tension of the climactic moments perfectly. The movie also treats a fair number of Japanese characters with dignity. They have actual personalities and faults and are not the caricatures older war movies have made them out to be. Another good part of the film is the attention to detail paid to the characters and the setting. The film feels like the 1940s, with its clothing and set-dressing and really sold the time period. Every main character was also based on a real person, and the details of their lives come alive in the film. Unfortunately, the rest of the film wasn’t executed with as much passion and attention to detail. As much as the film gets

right, the final question remains: Why was this movie made? What is it trying to tell us? This movie is a time capsule from a bygone era of film where war movies reign supreme, but those days are long gone. There is no discernible central theme to be found in the movie, no grand ideas triumphed through powerful imagery or stirring words. Instead, “Midway” is seemingly a movie made so audiences can turn off their brains and watch the U.S. military suck up and take names; it just happens to do a bad job at it. Despite one or two bright spots and heart-pounding moments, “Midway” is not worth the price of admission. It’s two hours long and features characters that audiences will struggle to remember and scenes they’ll long to get over with. All of this is packaged in a movie that’ll disappear from the audience’s minds as soon as they leave the theater.

 7-10 p.m  GQT Savoy 16 IMAX, 232 W. Burwash Ave., Savoy  $14 The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration will combine digitally restored versions of six quintessential episodes with an all-new documentary, short titled “Remembering Rod Serling,” about the life, imagination and creativity of creator Serling, whose thought-provoking anthology series continues to mesmerize fans.

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 7:30 p.m.  Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana  $12 Students, $18 Public Peach Pit will be performing live at Foellinger Auditorium in Urbana. Star Course is the student-run concert promotion and production organization at the University. Members participate in all levels of event planning to contract, promote and stage campus entertainment.

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 8:30 p.m.  404 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana  $5 Come to Amnesty’s Jamnesty benefit concert! We have a great lineup of bands and music. Proceeds of our benefit concert will be going to the East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center who are helping refugees in the Champaign area! This is an incredible organization that provides support to immigrants through translation, administrative services, education and advocacy. They have been receiving less government assistance and are experiencing some trouble providing these vital services to those who need it.

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Broken Glass by Arthur Miller

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Sail across ‘Life as an Ocean’ wrote like decades ago,” “I decided I was finally ready to get rid of it, and I remastered it, and sent it into the world.” Greska said he has always been an avid listener and fan of orchestral music. However, there was no going back to this after he was introduced to the mixture of orchestral and electronic by his friends. Fusion music refers to the mixture of two genres, and Greska’s fascination with fusion artists such as AJR, Frightened Rabbit and Fun led him to become himself. Greska said experimental music “caught (his) atten-

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the album along sonically. Taking a looking into this story, Greska incorporates instruments into every song depicting every moment in the journey he envisioned. He dove deeper into his process of intricately creating pieces of the orchestra. “I wanted to layer these pieces as if it was an actual orchestra,” he said. “I wanted a flute layer, a violin layer, a percussion layer (and) a clarinet layer. And then after that, I’d completely throw the rule book out the window and start adding the electronic instruments.” Greska rocks the boat

The songs filled with warm energy and peaceful celebrations are told delicately, and mostly through the use of the piano and clarinet. These two instruments just so happen to hold the most value to Greska, and this comes across in how the album’s story unfolds. “I started playing the piano when I was in, like, the second grade, and that has had the biggest influence on my musical life so far,” he said. “The piano is the instrument sort of stuck in my brain and my heart the most.” The use of the clarinet in the track, “A Neverending Journey” provides the audience with a pleasant and cheerful tone that sets the scene for the narrative of sailors getting off the sea. The piano is frequently featured on the album and it is most prominent in the track, “Sailing Back to the Pier.” Greska said this song in particular sums up the album in its entirety because its celebratory energy of a metaphorical personal journey is coming to a close. Despite it not being the track that closes out the album, the layering of the instruments in this song encompasses the triumph of the record as a whole.

John Greska’s 10-song setlist on his album “Life as an Ocean” takes the audience on a journey through neo-classicalism. This selfproclaimed indie artist and University student with a major in music technology threw out the rulebook of what he called “the formal idea of music” when he came to the University. “Life as an Ocean” is Greska’s second album and was released last month. According to its literature, it is meant to take the listener on a sail across the ocean. This is a theme that transcends into Greseka’s journey as a musician. Greska began making “I wanted to layer these pieces as if it was an music during his senior year of high school, but his actual orchestra. I wanted a flute layer, a violin work never saw the light of day until he was comfortlayer, a percussion layer (and) a clarinet layer.” able enough to mention the work to his parents. In colJOHN GRESKA lege, Greska said he found INDIE ARTIST AND UNIVERSITY STUDENT the confidence to express himself through artistic outlets, which led him to be more experimental with tion by being distinctive in the journey across the music. and different from other ocean in songs such as “I came to college and music.” “The Storm” and “Sailing came out of my shell a litAs the album goes on, Back to the Pier,” which are tle bit.” Greska said on Greska’s attempt at bring- more aggressive pieces on the creation and release ing his listeners on a jour- the album but also the most of the album. “(I) was in a ney through the ocean is triumphant. lot of filmSunday and stage Worship stuff led by a series of celebratory Greska uses brass instruand became comfortable songs layered beautifully ments and the violin to tell expressing myself more, with a number of classical the most enticing parts of and then randomly stum- instruments. These ele- the sailor’s journey to the bled across this thing I ments push the narrative of pier. buzz@readbuzz.com

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opposite of Kate. Everything in his life seems to go completely right. He is always busy working in some way, at a volunteer job at a homeless shelter or riding his bike. However, he is not constantly accessible to Kate. He always shows up when she really needs a boost of positivity. As he continues to push her to be more optimistic about life, they partake in the usual holiday meet-cute activities like ice skating or exploring a festive London she has not really experienced. While much of the film contains this sort of basic holiday film plot, there are a few interesting points. It focuses a lot on the current immigration situation in the U.K. As mentioned before, it is set pre-Brexit, and signs of xenophobia are certainly present. However, the cast is widely diverse, which really allows for a counter to the antiimmigration sentiments. It is a little strange seeing Thompson trying to use a Slavic accent, but that was her production choice. What is also interesting is the movie is somewhat based around the Wham song, “Last Christmas.” There are several instances woven within the soundtrack. It is also important to remember the fact that George Michael was the lead member of Wham, and he happened to die on Christmas the year before the film takes place. While it does feel a little forced, it ties the end together in an interesting way. The part of the film that has most people talking is the plot twist towards the end of the movie. Although it is a bit ridiculous, it fits in with the Christmas theme pretty well. Overall, “Last Christmas” probably isn’t going to become a new family tradition like “Elf,” but given the cast, a solid romcom script and an ending sure to cause a stir in the house, it’s definitely worth seeing at least once.

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