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doing work study, they’ve got extra jobs,” said Julie Dowler, associate director and campus minister of the Wesley Foundation. Dowler said hopefully, by this semester or the next, monthly student-only pantry service can become a weekly occurrence. “There are students that really are not sure where their next meal is coming

Knowing only a username and password pairing might soon be insufficient for logging into University accounts and services due to the school’s decision to phase in two-factor authentication, otherwise known as 2FA, in Fall 2018. While undergraduate students can continue to opt in for 2FA, graduate students are required to use 2FA starting in October, while staff and faculty members will be required to do so in November. Dana Mancuso, manager of Media, Information and Communications for Technology Services, said 2FA is already being used to protect the payroll system, but will now be used to log into applications such as Compass 2G and Moodle. Universities across the country are implementing 2FA. Universities, in general, can be targets for attackers because they hold large amounts of personal information about people and other sensitive data, such as those used in academic studies, Mancuso said. “If someone found out your password, they’d be able to access all of your data. Now, with 2FA, they also need to break into your house and get your phone. So that makes the probability of a successful attack happening much

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The 14th-annual Pygmalion Festival took place in the C-U area from Wednesday to Sunday. The festival incorporated music, technology, comedy, food, craft and literature. This year, the festival returned to its campus roots by locating the majority of the events on the Urbana side of campus. The photo features JPEGMAFIA, an up-and-coming rapper, at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center on Friday. See page 6B for more coverage of the event.

Local efforts aid relief of student food insecurity BY SAMANTHA BOYLE ASSISTANT DAYTIME NEWS EDITOR

While college can be stressful for a variety of reasons, most students are unaware that some people sitting in the same lecture hall might have no idea if they will be able to afford their next meal. Prasanta Kalita, organizer of Presidents United to Solve Hunger and professor in ACES, said 25 percent of college students are affected

by food insecurity. “After attending one of the first PUSH conferences, I became aware of the campus hunger issues,” Kalita said in an email. “I knew that 1 out of every 8 people globally go to bed every night hungry, but wasn’t aware that in the U.S., hunger on 2-year and 4-year college campuses is a huge issue.” Kalita said he learned if students do not get enough to eat, their health, aca-

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demic performance, mental strength and family relationships tend to suffer. “Students should be aware of hunger issues for many reasons,” he said. “First, students would realize that they are not alone.” September was Hunger Action Month and Wesley Methodist Church hosted a block party to raise awareness for hunger in the community. Over $500 was raised from the Smash

Out Hunger event, which allowed community members to pay $3-$5 to smash a car. Additionally, Wesley opens a food pantry for community members every week and a student-only food pantry once a month. “It’s really disturbing, I find, the number of students struggling with hunger. These are students that are getting financial aid, that are getting scholarships,

UI alumni share experience BY ZIHAN WANG

Professor wins award for 14-year-old research

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Twenty-five students from different colleges across campus are given the opportunity to visit alumni and to learn about their companies through the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Workshop, sponsored by the College of Engineering. The students will travel to California for five days during winter break. Prerana Kiran, freshman in Engineering, said she thinks the workshop will be a good opportunity for her to meet with leaders in Silicon Valley. “Currently, I’m in the JEANNETTE YAN THE DAILY ILLINI entrepreneurship class and Jalen West-Beard, junior in LAS, shares his Silicon Valley trying to start my own start- Entrepreneur Workshop experience with the Innovation ups, so I thought it would LLC in ISR on Tuesday. This year’s workshop will feature

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munication phenomena, according to its website. Knobloch and her coauthor Denise Solomon, head of Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State University, were given the award for the article “A Model of Relational Turbulence: The Role of Intimacy, Relational Uncertainty, and Interference from Partners in Appraisals of Irritations.” Knobloch’s research and teaching are related to the field of interpersonal communication. With this study, she and Solomon were developing a line of research to investigate how

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When Leanne Knobloch was working on a study about interpersonal communications as a graduate student in 2004, she did not anticipate winning an award for it 14 years later. Knobloch, professor and director of graduate studies in communication, has been selected as the recipient of the annual Charles H. Woodbert Research Award, one of the highest honors in her field of work. The National Communication Association gives the award to journal articles or chapters that were published 10 to 15 years ago that are stimulating for new conceptualizations of com-

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Aldi, Meijer and Target grocery stores in Illinois are included in a series of recalls of more than 130,000 pounds of ground beef due to the potential presence of E. coli. According to a statement by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on Sept. 19, meat from a Cargill meatpacking plant in Colorado was recalled in different states, including Illinois. Jiayi Huang, sophomore in LAS, buys beef regularly from Aldi, but didn’t find out about the recall until her roommate told her. “I already ate the g****** meat,” she said. “So what was I going to do?” One person died and 17 fell ill after eating the contaminated beef between July 5 and 25, but no illness has been reported in Illinois. Students eating in the dining halls are not in danger of E. coli poisoning in connection with the meat recall, said Christopher Henning, senior assistant director of University Housing for Dining Services, in an email. University Dining Services’ primary food distributor is US Foods, which orders meat from a number of sources. “While we do use some

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of meat, so it’s also possible that not all of the recalled meat was contaminated. Peterson said it might have just been one batch, but the whole point of this recall is to cover everything. “There’s a lot of points in the food chain where a relatively small number of producers ship product to many different customers,” Stasiewicz said. Symptoms of E. coli poisoning include bloody diarrhea, vomiting and fever, usually within three to four days after consumption. It is not usually serious, but may cause kidney failure in extreme cases, according to the Centers

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School shootings affect property values away from an affected school district and on the border of another school district tend to be hit the hardest with a property value decrease after a school shooting. According to the study, this is because people are more likely to chose to live in properties that fall into the school district not associated with a school shooting incident. Munoz decided to study the correlation between school shootings and property values when he noticed how frequently school shootings were occurring. Munoz said one of his goals is to spread awareness that not only do school shootings have lasting effects on individuals directly involved in the incidents, but also on entire families and neighborhoods. He said he was surprised families would choose to move out of areas that were affected by school shootings, given the probability of a school shooting happening again in the same district again is low. Roger Cannaday, former associate professor in Business, said he was not shocked by the results of Munoz’s findings. Cannaday said it is important to know other factors that may lead to a decrease in property values, such as the deterioration of neighborhoods and decreasing curb appeal, but he does not think school shootings have a long-lasting impact on area property values. “It seems like their findings were essentially that it lasted about five years. And I think they didn’t really report it, but my guess would be that if they have done six years or longer maybe they would no longer see the decline,” Cannaday said.

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While most people tend to focus on the effect school shootings have on the individuals involved, Juan Sebastian Munoz was interested in examining the relationship between school shootings and property values. Munoz, doctoral candidate in LAS, found that for at least five years after the occurrence of a school shooting, properties in the area see a decrease in price and in the number of transactions. His research focuses on the areas surrounding the schools in which the 15 largest school shootings have taken place since the late 1990s. For his project, Munoz looked at school shootings that resulted in three or more victims and were not gang- or drug-related. The property values of family homes tend to decrease more than single-person homes, such as condominiums, according to the study. Areas with high crime rates tend to have lower property values to begin with, due to their increased probability of being victimized. However, while school shootings are crimes, they tend to happen only once in a school, and they are not normally a result of high crime rates in the area. In other words, a school shooting does not necessarily indicate that the surrounding area has a high crime rate or that it is likely to be victimized again. Property values decrease nonetheless, Munoz said. “So basically, people don’t want to come inside the school district, and it is because they don’t want to go to a district that has been affected. A shooting is a signal that the schools are of bad quality,” Munoz said. Homes located farthest madalyn4@dailyillini.com

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The Smash Out Hunger event raised over $500 in donations to go to hunger relief in the Champaign-Urbana community as part of Wesley Methodist Church’s block party. Hunger Action Month brought about multiple efforts on the behalf of community groups, including the Wesley Food Pantry, Etc. Coffeehouse and Illini Fighting Hunger.

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HUNGER from and that is just stress you all don’t need,” Dowler said. Katie Thomas, food pantry director, said the pantry served over 470 students in 2017 and has served around 400 this year already. Students are also able to attend the weekly distributions open to all community members.

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WORKSHOP How school shootings affect property value It is estimated that house prices in school districts affected by a school shooting fall 7.8 percent ($15,051 on average), according to the study.

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be a really helpful experience,” Kiran said. She said she hopes to have a chance to hear directly from the alumni and learn how Silicon Valley functions, instead of just learning in a classroom. Stephanie Larson, associate director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Student Programs, said the program has been around since 2009. “What happened was the dean at that time of the College of Engineering was like ‘we need to bring students out there, meet with these alumni, and hopefully, they will be inspired from talks of these alumni,’” Larson said. Camille Garcia, senior in Media, said she attended the

“We’re seeing a bigger increase in students visiting our regular distribution,” Thomas said. Connected to Wesley is Etc. Coffeehouse, which sports the slogan “Drink coffee. Fight hunger.” Etc. is a self-served, donationbased coffeehouse that opened in 1964, making it the oldest coffeehouse in Champaign-Urbana, Dowler said. All donations from the coffeehouse are split

between the Wesley Food Pantry and Illini Fighting Hunger, an RSO that hosts food-packaging events to combat hunger issues. “We split the proceeds because both of those groups are doing incredible things to fight hunger,” Dowler said. Dowler said she attended two conferences on food security in March that allowed her to learn about cool ways people are addressing food insecuri-

ty. Awareness would help students find resources for fighting hunger and would allow them to become aware of the negative health effects that are associated with hunger, Kalita said. “Students become advocates in campuses and communities to drive the agenda for developing hunger mitigation policies, resources and support systems,” Kalita said.

workshop in January this year and the highlight from her experience was networking with University alumni in Levi Stadium while their headshots were broadcast onto the jumbotron in front of “the biggest names in Silicon Valley.”

did to achieve success,” Garcia said in an email. “There are many paths to becoming successful, but success is subjective. Failure is more objective, so it was great to walk away with a concrete list of things not to do.” Jalen West-Beard, junior

be $650. West-Beard said he learned that before someone puts an idea into action, they should know whether or not their idea could be useful to customers. West-Beard said he talked with Max Levchin, cofounder of PayPal, who said he regretted founding a big company like PayPal, with PayPal becoming the only thing Levchin would be known for. For this year, the companies and alumni include Marcin Kleczynski, CEO and co-founder of Malwarebytes, an internet security company and Martin Neumann, vice president of customer success at View, Inc., a glass manufacturing company.

“We need to bring students out there, meet with these alumni, and hopefully, they will be inspired from talks of these alumni.” STEPHANIE LARSON ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP STUDENT PROGRAMS

“Many of the entrepreneurs, if not all, told us what not to do when starting a business which I thought was more important than them telling us what they

SECURITY more difficult,” said Adam Bates, assistant professor in Engineering. Nikita Borisov, associate professor in Engineering, said although the 2FA technology isn’t completely foolproof, it drastically reduces the chance of a successful attack on an account. “We really can’t overstate the importance of protecting information,” Bates said. “The University has all sorts of information about your finances, about your health, insurance, social security and so on. This sort of information can form your identity. This can be used by someone to forge your identity.” With 2FA, the user will first log in with their password. The system will then ask them to re-verify their identity using an app, phone or text. This way, even if an

in LAS, also attended the workshop this past January, saying staying in Silicon Valley for five days for only around $600 is a good deal. This year, the cost will zihanw4@dailyillini.com

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Password management among internet users 65 percent report memorization is the method they rely on the most. 49 percent say they keep at least some of their passwords written down on a piece of paper. 63 percent of people who have experienced personal data theft or breach say they primarily keep track of their passwords in their heads. 52 percent of online adults have used two-factor authentication on their online accounts. SOURCE PEW RESEARCH CENTER

attacker manages to guess the user’s password, they wouldn’t be able to break into the user’s account. In addition, the user would get a notification of an unauthorized attempt to access their account, which would allow them to immediately change their password. The University will be using Duo Security, a tech security company, as its vendor for 2FA implementation. Borisov said Duo Security is a well-established company that has been pro-

tecting campus services for around three years now. He said Duo Security does not have access to users’ passwords, so there is no risk of Duo Security divulging them inadvertently. Borisov said 2FA would also prevent people from breaking into a student’s account and copying their assignments. Other Big Ten universities are also rolling out 2FA, according to Technology Services. Services such as Gmail,

Facebook and Steam, an online gaming platform, have used 2FA for a long time, Bates said. “Financial and investment firms, government agencies, also are adding 2FA,” Mancuso said. “2FA is a well-tested practice and the current industry-standard way to gain a higher level of confidence than passwords alone that someone is who they say they are when they log in.” avirupk2@dailyillini.com

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been a colleague of Knobloch’s since 2002 and said that she has been very successful in her work with both graduate and undergraduate students. “In addition to being a great professor, she also has done a lot of work mentoring students one-on-one which is one of the reasons she won a college-wide teaching award as well,” Caughlin said. Although this is not the first award Knobloch has received for her work, she said of all the awards she has won, this one is especially momentous. “This award is special because it honors a journal article that has ‘stood the test of time.’ It’s also very meaningful to me, personally, because I get to share it with Denise,” she said. Knobloch and Solomon will receive the award at the NCA 104th Annual Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, this November.

individuals communicate during times of transition within close relationships. The article was published in 2004 in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. “At the time, we had a sense that we were working on a potentially groundbreaking topic, but I don’t think either one of us anticipated that our ideas would have such a lasting impact,” Knobloch said in an email. Since that article was published in 2004, researchers have applied the theory to other transitions in relationships, including the transition to parenthood, to illness and to empty-nesting, she said. “Right now, I’m applying those same ideas to transitions that military families experience during the process of deployment and reunion,” Knobloch said. John Caughlin, professor in Communication, has arnavg3@dailyillini.com

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‘Battlefield 1’ trivializes tragedy as “Call of Duty: World War I” and the “WolfenCOLUMNIST stein” series both involve your typical American hero plowing his way through armies of Nazis. fter four years and We simply don’t get to over 35 million dead, see the war through the the Western world eyes of Nazis because it swallowed a bitter peace is ingrained in our culin 1918 so that World War ture that they are evil I may indeed be the “war incarnate. to end all wars.” Besides, nothing satisA hundred years later, fies our desire for heroin 2018, as former eneism more than virtually mies in Europe affirm squeezing the trigger on their friendship with these ruthless people, all parades and exhibitions, the while fighting a righSwedish game developteous crusade to save er EA DICE is slapping a humanity from oppreslimited-time discount on sion and genocide. the premier World War “Battlefield 1” followed I experience, available suit. All six single-player for only $6. Yet, despite campaigns unfold around its lush graphics, immermen from the Allied Powsive first-person gameers, and Germans or Ausplay and a stunning score tro-Hungarians almost of nine out of 10 on IGN, always show up as face“Battlefield 1” cannot hide less enemies in helmets itself as a lousy, over-the- and gas masks (such attritop apocalyptic shootout butes can even be modithrowing history into the fied as cosmetics in the dustbin. multiplayer arena). While complaints exist By booting the Cenabout the game’s ridicutral Powers from the lous exaggerations — solstory, “Battlefield 1” had diers clad in heavy armor no idea of the history it sweeping the battlefield toyed with. Unlike World with terminator-style War II, World War I automatic weapons and didn’t have the narrative vintage vehicles rolling of good versus evil, only around like hot-rods — one of senseless carnage “Battlefield 1” has its main between people who were fault in its failure to grasp no different from each the inherent tragedy of other. World War I. “We could be brothers,” Anyone who has played mournfirst-person shooters ed set in “World War II” should know that we almost never play as Nazis. Such games GUZI HE

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Can Apple save Hollywood? MATT HUTCHISON COLUMNIST

his may make me sound like a traitor to our generation, or maybe like your Grandpa, but I have a confession to make: I think there is too much pointless sex, violence and profanity in much of today’s media content. So you can imagine my surprise when Apple, via CEO Tim Cook, said it doesn’t want any of the programming on Apple’s forthcoming premium services platform to have too much sex and/or violence. (If you didn’t know, last year Apple announced it was going Hollywood and set aside $1 billion to create new content.) After screening a show set to air on Apple’s new platform, Cook thought the music-mogul biography was too violent and didn’t want a program with cocaine and gun use, along with a lengthy orgy scene, to be associated with Apple. By following this strategy, Apple is bucking the trend of premium content providers by looking to present a more family-oriented experience. It is difficult to predict

whether or not Apple’s gamble will pay off. We all seek different things from our media experiences, and saying you want that family-friendly, let’s say PG-13, content done well can easily backfire and result in a highly sterilized, forced script nobody wants to see (along with millions of dollars wasted). Sadly, Hollywood disagrees. It appears to me its priority is to focus its audience’s attention on what it thinks we really want: more scenes focused on the acts which begin or end life along with the profanity that accompanies such foci. And maybe that is all many of us really expect these days; the audience always comes back for more. I don’t mind these types of scenes when they are done tastefully, such as when they add to a character’s development or that of the plot. But sex in the name of sex? Violence in the name of violence? Profanity for the sake of profanity? If we’re constantly bombarded with content appealing to our basest emotions, doesn’t it make it that much more difficult to discern our finer ones? Another confession: I have long since accepted the fact our moment in time is one where we aren’t quite sure where the line

between liberty and licentiousness lies. The media uses this ambiguity to its advantage. Fortunately, the internet provides access to all of the past’s content along with content from other countries. Maybe if the desire for quality content pushes you out of the mainstream, as long as it’s out there somewhere, that isn’t such a bad thing. Who can really complain? But maybe I’m too naïve — in our age of memes, clips, YouTube compilations, unlimited amateur content and our phone’s constant whisperings for our attention, I doubt many people are paying attention to nuance. But doesn’t a lack of appreciation for nuance make us more biased, more anxious and more pessimistic? I am an optimist and still believe that films and, to a different extent, TV can create a magical experience. After a combination of hard work, great vision and even more luck, if everything comes together perfectly, the result is a product which few artistic mediums can match. Apple’s magic formula for premium content might just become the new mainstream. I know I will be tuning in to find out. Matt is a junior in Media. mrh5@dailyillini.com

Paul, a German soldier in the 1979 film “All’s Quiet on the Western Front,” as he removed the coat from his French counterpart who slowly succumbed to his wounds. Night and day, men blinded by such illusions as empire and manhood slaughtered each other in the trenches, only to find out they were exactly the same without the uniform and the helmet. Germans in World War I were not Nazis — only people obeying orders and trying to make it through the day. Yet “Battlefield 1” successfully made these men into hordes of cold-blooded killers who would stop at nothing to get to the player. What happened to “But behind every gunsight is a human being,” proclaimed with such gravity by the narrator in the game’s opening cinematic, as though it’s not hypocritical enough? Should we really play a game forcing us to have fun killing people who are just like us? Of course. That is the fundamental mechanics behind a multiplayer arena. If we abandon “Battlefield 1” for the aforementioned reason, then we might as well give up all multiplayer shooters. But rest assured, infantrymen in 1918 didn’t fight in their couch, munching chips and mashing buttons. Guzi is a freshman in LAS. guzihe2@dailyillini.com

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Chick-fil-A diminishes unique, historical University dining options Let’s look at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for example. It has COLUMNIST Fat Sandwich, Potbelly, Espresso Royale, Starbucks, Einstein Bros., cross campus, stuJimmy John’s, Qdoba, dents rejoice as the Chick-fil-A — sound familnew Chick-fil-A iar? All these fast-food moves into town. But what and coffee places latch on is it taking away from to the sides of our univerChampaign? We’re all still sities, poaching on our reeling from our losses in populations of students the bar scene, with KAM’s who survive on fast-food under renovation, the and coffee. All our little Illini Inn renovated, and businesses — Cravings, Cly’s and Firehaus gone. Legends and yes, KAM’s With so many Campus— add their own flavors to town staples out of comChampaign. They’re what mission, is another fastmake our Champaign diffood joint what we really ferent from their Madison. need? What does Chick-fil-A Now don’t get me wrong, have to do with this? To I love cheap, delicious me, it is just another fastfood just as much as the food restaurant. The probnext guy, but how much lem is no one goes to colcheap, delicious food can lege here and remembers Champaign take before it the glory days at Chick-filbecomes identical to every A: They remember KAM’s. other college town in the Little, strange and country? unique places are what AIDAN BERG

make going to school here something memorable, something a little bit more than just the University of Illinois. The memories small businesses leave will always be stronger in the minds of our alumni than the statistics about how great our academic standing is. The more fast-food places that get a foothold in Champaign, the less space we leave for small businesses with strange smells and stranger stories. And it couldn’t come at a more dangerous time. The bar scene is still a mess, and over the summer, we lost too many restaurants along Green Street. I’m positive it will sort itself out in the end, but how much fast-food is too much? Before the bars get to the new normal, how many storefronts will have become another place for mediocre and

cheap food for students who, like me, have no standard to what they’ll eat? How long until the market becomes oversaturated and Champaign becomes a mess of shuttered buildings because, shocker, I don’t eat at fastfood places twenty times a day? Maybe I’m just an old man yelling at a cloud. Maybe nothing can be done for Champaign. Maybe we’ll just lose our unique dining to every fast-food restaurant. Maybe we’ll lose Green Street to luxury apartments with these fastfood restaurants and coffee shops on the first floor like the ones sitting on the graves of Cly’s and Firehaus. If that’s the case, I’ll be sad to see it go. Aidan is a freshman in AHS. aidanjb2@dailyillini.com

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Student-run food truck to dish out Chinese cuisine BY MARISSA PLESCIA ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR

Sylvia Chen, sophomore in DGS, first discovered her love for cooking when she came to the University her freshman year. Growing up in Guangzhou, China, Chen told her mom she wanted to attend the University for higher education. But she doesn’t just want to be a student at the University; she also wants to be an entrepreneur. Chen, along with Ted Guan and Allen Ma, sophomores in LAS, is starting her very own food truck on campus, called What’s That Food? The food truck will serve authentic Chinese food and will be located on Wright Street by Illini Hall. “We have a lot of Chinese restaurants on campus, but we don’t have things that you can grab and go, like between classes,” Chen said. All three students are originally from China but are here for school. While Chen didn’t come to the United States until her freshman year of college, both Allen and Ma went to high school here. If the business takes off, they plan on continuing to live here to run it. Guan said he believes there is a demand for more food truck options like What’s That Food? Most of the quick-food options on the campus serve American food, while most Chinese cuisine destinations are sitdown restaurants. Because of that, they want to give stu-

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dents an option for grab-andgo Chinese food. “We see a lot (of) Chinese restaurants here; some are OK, some are Chinese, but many are Americanized,” Guan said. “Especially with the food trucks, we cannot see Chinese street food in campus, and we want to bring that here.” They are shipping the truck from China, but they have not received it yet. They ments it processes. She said the feedback on the exhibit has been very positive. The Rare Books and Manuscripts Library is open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Cavagna Sangiuliani exhibit is on display from Sept. 14-Dec. 14, with pop-up exhibits rotating between two and three weeks at a time. Clinton’s pop-up exhibit near the entrance of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library will be starting in October. “We’ve had a lot of people saying, ‘Wow, this is so cool!’” Clinton said. “Many people say, ‘I didn’t realize this library was even here, and I didn’t realize I could look at all this cool stuff.’ And then this kind of sparks their interest in the rest of the collection.”

“I guess (the exhibit) showcases that there’s more to the University than people ever expect,” Loosevelt said. “I feel like people look at the University of Illinois and it’s a huge engineering school and all this stuff with agriculture. But they have a really good language program here, but I feel like that’s not the first thing that people think of.” Loosevelt said the fact that we have some very rare manuscripts in our library collection is really cool. Apparently, Loosevelt isn’t the only student who feels this way. Kellie Clinton is a University of Illinois alumna and a graduate assistant studying history. She is working with the Cavagna Collection to catalog the extensive docu- tjj3@dailyillini.com

hope to have it by Oct. 10. Chen said the food will be mostly geared toward the Chinese students on campus, as they plan to make the food truck similar to the street food trucks seen in China. However, they will have a specialized menu for nonChinese students as well. Some of their menu items include tokoyaki and eggette ice cream. Chen said they will also

be expanding the menu based on the demand from customers. While most of their food is based on traditional Chinese recipes, they also have some of their own creations. “Creating this food truck business is also a great opportunity to help all of the Chinese students here having a chance to, you know, not only taste what’s from China, but what’s created by the three

having a food truck versus a restaurant is it is low-cost and high-profit, as they don’t have to pay for all the extra space, staff or cleaning. For customers, it is also a quick and easy food option when rushing to class, especially with its close proximity to the Main Quad. “Parking right by Lincoln Hall, right opposite to Illini Hall, that position is perfect for people who are going to classes and coming out of classes. Serving food that is grab-and-go and quick is the perfect and ideal thing for us to have,” Guan said. Chen also mentioned what’s nice about food trucks is customers can actually smell the food and see it being made, unlike in most restaurants. She believes this is something that will draw in customers. Ultimately, the trio hopes to expand their business by starting more food trucks at other universities in addition to the one coming to Champaign. But for now, they just want to bring something new to the C-U community that all students can enjoy. “Cooking, for me, is a way of creating,” Chen said. “There is a saying (in) China, ‘Bread is everything.’ Eating is a very important thing toward Chinese people. It is great satisfaction to me because our customers can turn their important daily issue to enjoyment.”

of us,” Ma said. Chen was the one who came up with the idea for a food truck. Because of her love for cooking and desire to start a business, she brought the idea up to Guan and Ma. Chen will work mostly as the chef, while Ma will handle the legal side of the business and Guan will do everything in between (or be the “facilitator,” as he calls it). Guan said the benefits of plescia3@dailyillini.com

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Recycled food offers new ways for sustainability BY MEGAN BRADLEY STAFF WRITER

A group of seniors in food science spent spring semester last year perfecting their latest creation. Gnokara, the invention that won second place at the Institute of Food Technologists competition over the summer, was developed by Sharon Li, Ly Luu, Tom Lynch and Nicole Mosier, with assistance from their professor Dawn Bohn. It’s a gnocchi dish created with a soybean byproduct called okara. The product was created during FSHN 466; the food science students’ senior capstone class. The class was structured as a competition. When the Gnokara group won, they began their work to prepare for the IFT competition. Lynch said he began working as the team’s formulator before he became the team leader. He was the one who suggested using a natural byproduct to create Gnokara. “Okara is the byproduct of soymilk and tofu, so it’s basically like soybean mash — everything that’s left over after you filter soymilk,” Lynch said. “So it’s kind of a pulpy mash that I saw a lot of potential in so I proposed that as the byproduct.” Using a byproduct as the foundation for Gnokara means the product as a whole is able to reduce food waste by using unconventional ingredients which would otherwise be thrown away. There are multiple aspects of the product that had to be taken into consideration before it could be presented at the competition. Things such as nutrition, ingredients and taste of the product are some of the obvious factors. “For the food scientist, he or she must ensure scientific feasibility, food safety, quality assurance regulatory approval, sound process engineering, proper process execution, ingredient sourcing, sustainability, sensory evaluation and shelf life through distribution and sales,” Bohn said. Since there are so many aspects to food

prodCINDY OM THE DAILY ILLINI uct developt ion s,” opment, it Lynch said. took Lynch and the “We wanted that rest of his team’s hard work challenge. We weren’t all throughout their senior year to bring afraid of making a brand new product. We the product to life and make competing at wanted ours to be original, brand new and IFT a possibility. in an emerging field.” Aside from each component requiring At the IFT competition, there are three hard work to create the product as a whole, components that teams must be prepared using a byproduct to create Gnokara also for; an oral presentation, a poster presenmade the process more of a challenge. tation and a product showcase. “(Using okara) kind of limited our options, The team must be familiar with the we also decided that (Gnokara) was going product inside and out in order to presto be gluten-free, so that again limits our ent and answer judge’s questions regard-

ing the product development, marketing, demographics or any other aspect of Gnokara. Lynch recalled the product showing felt like the team was on a reality cooking show with judges sampling their products. Gnokara was presented as an all-around sustainable product, with even the chosen packaging presented as plantbased and compostable. Every decision made about each project had to be well thoughtout and applicable to the product itself. Lynch said one of his favorite memories of working on Gnokara was after the team finished its oral presentation at IFT. “That was kind of the culmination of all that hard work and we were stressing out at the last minute and you’re presenting in front of hundreds of people and industry representatives and all the other great food science departments across the country,” Lynch said. “So when we finished that and the buildup was all over, that relief was a good memory.” To be so successful and to work closely together, the team dynamic had to be strong. Lynch said the team put in intense work once they realized they would be IFT contestants in the summer. Bohn said the team dynamic was successful because of how diverse each student was and how willing the team was to develop alongside each other. Along with the diversity of the team, Bohn said they each wanted to present a product that would be competitive at IFT, which helped set Gnokara up for success. “I loved watching the team develop from strangers to a committed, well-working team,” Bohn said. “Their focus, drive and desire to learn was so admirable and I felt blessed to be part of their journey.” meganmb2@dailyillini.com

‘Rare Book’ library showcases Italian exhibit BY TRISTAN JACOBS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For anyone who happens to be a fan of the USA Network TV show “White Collar,” watching Neal Caffrey sometimes “borrow” priceless paintings and artifacts may serve as an entertaining outlet for some. If so, it might be a good idea to check out the new exhibit at the Rare Books and Manuscript Library at the University. The exhibit is called The Cavagna Sangiuliani Collection. It features works acquired by Count Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani Di Gualdana (1843-1913) and includes art pieces dating all the way back to the 15th century. Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani was born August 1843 in Alessandria, Italy. When he was only 19, Antonio began collecting books and continued to do so throughout the rest of his life. This collection shows details of

his family and works sent to him by authors of the time. Chloe Ottenhoff is the cataloging coordinator at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library and the curator to the Cavagna Sangiuliani Collection. Her work has been ongoing for seven years at the library with five years dedicated specifically to cataloging this collection. She said the grant was for $500,000 and particularly focused on this collection. While it is an Italian collection, Ottenhoff said the exhibit should also interest people from other fields of history. “Even though it’s an Italian collection that has a lot to do with the history of Italy, there are aspects that other fields would be interested in," Ottenhoff said. "For instance, there are many documents depicting geology or architecture."

Ottenhoff explained any historian or scholar could find the pieces in this collection useful to their own research. Also working on the Cavagna exhibit are four graduate student assistants. One of whom is Mariagabriella Stuardi. Stuardi has been working with the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library for three years and specialized in the manuscript portion of the Cavagna collection. She curated the current pop-up exhibit near the entrance of the library. “We were already working on the other exhibit, on the bigger one, and I also wanted to somehow show all the other material that we have that wasn’t included … it gives a very clear idea of what the collection contains,” Stuardi said. “There’s so much variety.” That variety can be seen in most of the written works. Many of them vary in size,

style and of course content. Another way the collection shows variety is through a combination of languages such as Italian, German, Spanish, Latin and French. It’s important to note there are no translations available for all the presented pieces. “That’s why we put (up) extensive labels … to prioritize mostly the aesthetical aspect, because it’s very hard to find somebody that can actually read what’s in there,” Stuardi said. Sheila Loosevelt, linguistics and Italian student at the University, has seen the exhibit. Loosevelt’s knowledge of Italian would make her one of the select people on campus able to read directly from some of the documents in the exhibit. SEE ARCHIVES | 5A

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Krannert Center for the Performing Arts lobby Urbana, Illinois Marilyn was born August 24, 1953 and died May 2, 2018. Her life included two much loved sons, Jason and Alex, her husband Geoff, and an endless list of accomplishments. Marilyn’s extensive professional life placed her in many different networks of people whom she loved and learned from – her very extended family. In keeping with Marilyn’s lifelong obsession, everyone will leave with a present. Memorial Contributions can be made to: Marilyn Upah Bant Fund to Support Young Writers University Laboratory High School 1212 West Springfield Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

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Ali Bastianelli (5), Jacqueline Quade (7) and Megan O’Brien (16) celebrate after Beth Prince (8) got a kill during the match against Nebraska at Huff Hall on Saturday. The Illini lost 3-1.

Illini bring top 10 battle to Stuff Huff Up and down weekend for Illini volleyball

Loss to Nebraska prepares Illinois for Big Ten

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Like in years past, the Illini received an outpouring of support for this year’s team during the annual Stuff Huff event. On Saturday 3,569 fans came to watch the game, most of them rooting for the Illinios volleyball team to continue its undefeated streak. Among those several thousand were a number of important Illini sports figures, such as softball head coach Tyra Perry, Athletic Director Josh Whitman, men’s basketball head coach Brad Underwood and both of the men’s and women’s basketball teams. Moreover, the student section, also known as the “Spike Squad,” filled the stands from the floor to the last row in the upper section. The line for tickets before the game extended over a block across the outside of Huff Hall, consisting of many wanting to see the top 10-ranked Big Ten clash.

It was a weekend of highs and lows for the Illinois volleyball team. Back home after successful road games at both Indiana and Purdue, Illinois managed to snag another conference win against Iowa on Friday. However the team fell for the first time this season against former NCAA champion Nebraska on Saturday. On Friday night, the Illini made quick work of the Hawkeyes, shutting them down in straight-sets with a balanced attack led by junior Jacqueline Quade and senior Ali Bastianelli. Both Quade and Bastianelli were in double digits, with 12 and 11 kills, respectively. Quade also grabbed her seventh career double-double with 12 digs. “It’s a really hard combination to stop when all three hitters in the front are doing some damage,” Bastianelli said. “It’s all in our pass and even our serve, getting them on a system and getting a good ball in return.” Making sure the front row AUSTIN YATTONI THE DAILY ILLINI

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Hockey dominates MSU Illini score 20 goals over two games against the Spartans BY JARED FARMER STAFF WRITER

Throughout its recent playing history, Michigan State hockey has been outclassed by Illinois, and this past weekend was no exception. In what was a strong opening to the season, the Illinois men’s club hockey team improved to 2-0 after defeating Michigan State in back-to-back matches, winning 10-3 Friday and 10-0 Saturday. “I thought that Friday night left a little bit to be desired from a defensive standpoint,” said head coach Nick Fabbrini. “Some of our veteran defenders that we look to count on didn’t have particularly strong games, but it was our first game of the year, so it can be expected to play out like that. But tonight was

way better; we cleaned up a lot of issues we had from Friday night and got into a zone defensively.” Scoring in double figures both games, the Illini were able to spread the wealth around and keep the Spartans on their toes throughout both matches. Illinois opened Friday with three goals in the first period, scored by sophomore Thomas Kolaz, junior Luke Forfar and freshman Kacper Ryba. Michigan State responded to the hot start with a quick run of its own in the second period, and Illinois spent the time play ing short-handed following a penalty by sophomore Jack Healy; however, the Illini would rally with two more goals to head into the third. From there, the Illini took over. With about nine minutes remaining in the final period, sophomore Justin Ries scored his third goal of the game to push their lead up 7-2, becoming the first player to score a hat trick for the Illini this year.

Four goals later, Illinois walked out 1-0 with a 10-3 victory. On Saturday, the Illini got right back to their game plan and made life miserable for the Spartans. After finishing off the first period up 3-0, two goals from junior Evan Sabo and senior Stephen Quinn in the first two minutes of the second period pushed their lead up 5-0. Quinn would become the second Illini of the weekend to score a hat trick after netting another shorthanded goal to go up 6-0. Illinois never looked back and continued applying the pressure to shut out Michigan State on Saturday 10-0. “Getting scoring from up and down the lineup was a big part of why we were successful last year,” Fabbrini said. “I think this team is very much built the same way. We’ve got four lines that on any given night could be the one that not only scores SEE HOCKEY | 3B

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Illinois outfielder Zac Taylor gets ready to swing at the pitch during the exhibition game against Indiana State at Illinois Field on Saturday. The Illini tied 5-5.

Exhibitions mark fall training start BY MEGHAN REST ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

W hile the Illinois baseball season doesn’t of f icia lly begin until February, the team is taking care of business as usual. This fall, Illinois hosted two exhibition games

against Eastern Illinois and Indiana State, with both lasting 14 innings. Illinois also continued playing fall ball last week at the Orange and Blue World Series, a three-game series of intersquad scrimmages. After this week, the Illini will have a two-week break

from practices and games. The contests helped remove offseason rust, according to head coach Dan Hartleb, allowing the entire pitching roster to throw at least one inning. “A vast majority of SEE BASEBALL | 3B

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Bye week comes at ‘perfect’ time for Illini BY GAVIN GOOD STAFF WRITER

It’s year three of the Lovie Smith era, but the Illinois football team is in a similar position to where it was a year ago. At 2-2, the Illini are coming off their second consecutive defeat, though logistically, their results have gone differently than they went in 2017. A year ago, Illinois won its first two games against Ball State and Western Kentucky, but it dropped games to South Florida and Nebraska handily. This time around, the Illinois is coming off two defeats where the team had a chance to win, falling 26-19 to South Florida and 63-24 to No. 9 Penn State, despite Illinois’ lead in the third quarter. “We’ve had a chance to evaluate a lot of stuff,” said head coach Lovie Smith. “When you don’t have a game week, you get a chance to look at some of the things you’ve done, and that’s kind of where we are.” Lovie said the team took advantage of the off week before Saturday’s trip to Rutgers, mostly by resting up and nursing various injuries. For him, the bye week is an opportunity to get as many guys back, or close to back, ahead of the next two Big Ten games against Rutgers and Purdue. “Four games, you have an opportunity to play one of the best teams in the Big Ten. We know where we are,” Lovie said. “I’ve never seen a bye week come at a bad time. To me, it’s perfect for us where it is right now.”

Injury updates on Bush and Co.

The last few weeks, the Illinois staff has been monitoring grad transfer quarterback AJ Bush and deciding how close he is to being able to make a full return to the field.

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Illinois quarterback AJ Bush celebrates while running onto the field at the start of the game against Western Illinois at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 8. After two wins and two losses, this past bye week allowed the Illini to reevaluate and rest up.

Bush went down with a hamstring injury against Western Illinois, and though the staff has noted he’s near a return, it remains unclear whether Bush will be ready in time for Rutgers. Smith said it’s not a question of playing Bush at nearfull strength or rushing him back; rather, it’s a matter of simply waiting for the medical staff to deem him healthy enough to return without aggravating the injury. Hamstring injuries, Smith said, are difficult to read sometimes in terms of

recovery time. “Especially with AJ, especially with a hamstring,” Lovie said. “Most people don’t know enough about hamstrings to know when a guy is supposed to come back. Most of the time, guys come back too soon and reinjure their hamstrings; we’re going to try to avoid that.” Though Illinois had its suspended players return against Penn State, safety Bennett Williams didn’t finish the game, and starting defensive lineman Jamal Woods went down with what appeared to be a

serious injury. For a team that has already had linemen Jamal Milan and Lere Oladipo suffer significant injuries, the loss of Woods hurts. Smith already said Woods won’t play against Rutgers, though he may return this year. “He has a significant injury, that’s about all we can say right now,” Smith said. “There is no surgery scheduled, anything like that, but he won’t play the Rutgers game, I can at least tell you that much. We’ll see how long it takes.”

Rod Smith’s offense coming along

add, the more confusion you get with a young group. We’ve got a young group; we’ve got to make sure we’re sound in our schemes, in our assignments.” In his first game back from suspension against Penn State, sophomore receiver Carmoni Green posted four catches for 49 yards, a welcomed sight to the staff after the Miami-native stood out throughout training camp. “(Green brings) some speed, some athleticism — which we needed, in my opinion, particularly on the outside,” Rod said. “I’m excited for Carmoni; (he) had a tremendous fall camp. Much better, much better than he did in the spring. He’s nightand-day better.” Keeping it fairly simple has been a consistent strategy for Rod Smith, especially as the Illini have had receivers Mike Dudek and Edwin Carter Jr. go down with season-ending knee injuries. With Dudek and Carter Jr. out, junior receiver Trenard Davis has seen more targets. With eight receptions for 64 yards through four games, Davis hasn’t overwhelmed opponents or stood out on the stat sheet, but he’s been more of a stable option for M.J. Rivers at quarterback. Against Penn State, Davis took a reverse handoff from Rivers before hitting sophomore Ricky Smalling in the end zone for a go-ahead touchdown. “He might’ve thrown the best pass of the year,” Rod said. “I told him, ‘Don’t get too excited, you ain’t coming to quarterback. But you can be the best-throwing wide receiver in the country, man.’ He brings stability to us. He’s not the fastest, twitchiest guy, but he’s been one of the more consistent guys from an assignment standpoint and catching the football when we throw it to him.”

First-year offensive coordinator Rod Smith is generally pleased with how his team has learned and implemented his spread, hightempo offense through the first four games of 2018. The week off, like with the rest of the staff, allows him some time to reevaluate what’s been going on at each area on the field. “I try to evaluate every aspect of what we’re doing and how we can get better,” Rod said. “A lot of times, you take stuff out more than add @itsallG_O_O_D stuff. To me, the more you gavinrg2@dailyillini.com

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Illinois outside hitter Jacqueline Quade spikes the ball from the back row during the match against Nebraska at Huff Hall on Saturday. The Illini lost 3-1.

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STUFF HUFF “ T he cr owd was amazing tonight,” said senior middle blocker Ali Bastianelli. “We couldn’t ask for a better Stuff Huff night, having the band there and the full spike squad.”

Familiar territory

The loss marked the second time women’s volleyball head coach Chris Tamas has faced and been defeated by Nebraska since he moved to Illinois in the summer of 2017. Tamas is familiar with the Cornhuskers’ players a nd system, hav ing coached at Nebraska in the past, but he said his old allegiances were wiped away the moment the Cornhuskers and the Illini were on opposite sides of the net. “We are all competitors t hen,” Ta ma s sa id. “There’s no emotion. I’m happy to see them, and I give everyone hugs at the end, but when we are on the court, it doesn’t factor into me at all.” Tamas spent three years

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“We are doing a lot of really good things, but now the issue is keeping it going throughout the match” JACQUELINE QUADE ILLINOIS OUTSIDE HITTER

with the Cornhuskers, and four of Nebraska’s current players were active when he was an assistant coach there. Tamas has yet to take one over his previous employer, with the Illini now losing in four sets to the Cornhuskers in both meetings during his tenure, as of Saturday.

Ace in the hole

For most of the Illini it was a night to forget, but backup setter Kylie Bruder had a moment to remember on Saturday. The sophomore came in during the third game and promptly collected an ace against one of the best serve-receive teams in the Big Ten and the nation. “It was kinda spur of the moment,” Tamas said. “Over the past couple weeks, we’ve been putting Baseball is a game these new Illini are familiar with; however, the team chemistry is something they’re going to have to develop, and so far it’s going well, according to Taylor. “I think we have a really unique team this year,” Taylor said. “We have a lot of returners and 12 to 15 seniors on the team. We have a lot of new guys coming in and a lot of older guys who can guide the team in the right direction. We all get along extremely well off the field.” The recent exhibition games encapsulate more than just team success. They showcase the strides some older players made over the summer. Seniors Jack Yalowitz, Michalak and Taylor played in the Northwoods League this summer, while the rest of the team had other various assignments across the nation. Taylor, who played for the Madison Mallards, said despite playing summer ball the last four years, this year was special. “ We won the championship up there out of the 20 teams in the league — we finally won it,” Taylor said. “I had that little taste of winning a championship up there. It raises the bar for me because I know now that I’m a person capable of leading a championship team.” The Mallards boasted a few other Big Ten players, but no one else from Illinois. “Five or six or guys from the team were all from the Big Ten, which was really cool,” Taylor said. “We got a really cool pic at (the) end of all the Big Ten guys.”

returning players made strides over summer, but the thing I really want to figure out (is) kind of where we are with our young and new players, and how they are and what they do in game-types situations,” Hartleb said. “Sometimes, it’s like a deer in headlights when they first walk out, so we try to get some of those things away in the fall with these (exhibition) games.” According to Hartleb, the entire 36-man roster got playing time against Eastern and Indiana State. Although the games both lasted about fourand-a-half hours, senior outfielder Zac Taylor felt they were worth every minute. “They were two very long days,” Taylor said. “But it was still great to get out there and play with a bunch of new guys; by no means was it too long.” I l l i noi s w elc ome s in 10 new players this season and boasts the top recruiting class in the Big Ten, according to Baseball America. Two players, catcher Jacob Campbell a nd pitcher A id a n Maldonado, were selected in the 2018 MLB draft, but they declined their offers to play at Illinois. Senior utilit y man Michael Michalak felt the fall games were a cornerstone in introducing the new players to Illini baseball culture. “Every level you go up to, no matter what, they’ll have to adjust and keep up to speed, and that’s all you can ask for,” Michalak said. “I think (the new players) will be able to play a big role @meghan_rest for us this year.” merest2@dailyillini.com

in Kylie because she has a great serve and she plays great defense, so it’s one of those situations where she’s ready to go, and she had a nice couple runs.”

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really good things, but now the issue is keeping it going throughout the match,” said outside hitter Jacqueline Quade. “We are learning from this, but we are always looking forward.” A fter Saturday, the Illini’s record against ranked teams this year falls to 5-1. However, Nebraska is the highest ranked team Illinois faced, which has showed the team a new level that they need to reach. “I think tonight was really good pointing out what weaknesses other teams are gonna exploit, and we weren’t necessarily the best,” said setter Jordyn Poulter. “I think that there are small tweaks we will make going into this week’s matches.” Under Tamas, the Illini are 7-5 against ranked teams and 0-4 against top -five teams. Illinois will have a chance to get its first topfive win of Tamas’ Illini career Wednesday when the Wisconsin Badgers come to Champaign.

The Illini scheduled a hard nonconference schedule on purpose. Tamas wanted to prepare his team for the Big Ten, which features seven ranked teams, as best he could. Illinois faced a number of ranked opponents and defeated them all, the highest being then No. 10-ranked Creighton. However, on Saturday night, the Illini learned that no a mount of preparation can prepare for the top level of the Big Ten. @binzy_20 “We are doing a lot of brianb2@dailyillini.com

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to Illinois in 2017. Despite the familiarity, Tamas' team could only take one set from the Cornhuskers and plans on using the loss as a useful learning opportunity. “We were in the right spots, we were making the right moves, but we just weren’t quite as clean as (we) have been, but again, Nebraska’s going to put pressure on you like that, so it’s just about how do we go back to training and get better for the next match on Wednesday,” Tamas said. “It’s always a good learning lesson when you get beat. We’ve never lost; we’ve only ever won or we learned.” Saturday ’s matchup wasn’t without its standout moments; Quade continued to dominate the court for the Illini with 21 kills. However, Quade realizes that the biggest battle she and her teammates face as they head deeper into Big Ten competition is the one with consistency. “We’re doing a lot of really good things, which is super exciting, but I think now the issue is how do we maintain that throughout an entire match,” Quade said.

could also do damage was senior Jordyn Poulter, who continued her consistent season performance with a team-high 46 assists. A seasoned veteran, Poulter accredits her many options on the court for her success. “I always think the passing, if we’re passing well, it’s really easy for me to distribute the ball around and keep their block guessing,” Poulter said. “I think they started scheming a little bit because they were putting two up on Ashlyn (Fleming), and then we were able to set over them and get one-on-none.” With the momentum of their Friday victory and the overwhelming crowd support at Stuff Huff on Saturday, the Illini seemed set to face off against the conference-championshipcontending Cornhuskers. It was an intense conference match-up, not only because of Nebraska’s national rank but also because of head coach Chris Tamas’ familiarity with the Nebraskan program, having served as assistant coach @rachelspenc there from 2014 until coming rachels4@dailyillini.com

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HOCKEY one but scores a couple. We have guys that can score at home, on the road and in tournament situations. We’ve got a lot of offensive

fire powers, and tonight, we were playing the right way.” The Illini hope this is the start of another strong season, as they are looking to make a second-consecutive ACHA Championship appearance. “In terms of moving

forward, we should take the good out of these matches,” Fabbrini said. “But we also have to be aware that towards the end of the regular season and in tournament play, we’re going to see teams that are faster and a little bit more

talented. We’re happy with the adjustments we made tonight, but I think we all understand that we’ve got a ways to go to get back to where we want to be.” @jaredEfarmer jaredef2@dailyillini.com

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Playboi Carti performs on the Theater stage at Canopy Club this past Saturday. Carti headlined a sold-out show that drew the largest crowd of the festival weekend.

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Though I enjoyed the show, I will admit that it may have been more enjoyable if not for issues with swooned, immediately space and safety. For one, moshing as Playboi capCanopy Club was not an tured the stage. It was hard ideal location for such a to stand straight as Playboi large scale, moving audicommanded the pit to open ence. While it’s incredibly and killer mosh pits rippled cozy and intimate, I found out into the audience. Play- it hard to still see or enjoy boi, with a more limited dis- the set because of the sheer cography, heated the night amount of bodies colliding with some older favorites in the small space. like “Location” and “MagSecond, more than a nolia,” which had the crowd few people fell, and if they bouncing the entire night. didn’t fall, they probably In these songs, Playhad been hit in the face or boi’s stage presence was a elbowed more than twice. force to be reckoned with. There was much tension He controlled a stage with with so much pushing and authority; the audience moshing, and many of the hung onto every movement patrons began to be hosand lyric. After a few songs, tile towardseach other. As Playboi would quiet the a performer, I understand scene and shots would ring that Playboi has a duty to out as the crowd hung on a hype up the crowd and have string for the slightest hint his audience move, but the of the next song, going off lack of address to safety and once they heard the openenjoyment of patrons being ing beats to “Poke It Out” or stepped on was a sign of a the gurgling bass to “R.I.P.” young performer. In this While the crowd wasn’t able respect, Playboi has a long to fully experience “Shoota” way to go. and “wokeuplikethis*” On the whole, the night without their respective was a total success. PlayLil Uzi features, the crowd boi and CJ are both signifirecited nearly every lyric cant players for Pygmalion, correctly. drawing the largest and

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“The pit was packed along the full length of the stage. Between the body heat, the anticipation and the pushing, there was a thick tension in the air.” some of the most diverse crowds around the University and surrounding C-U area. I have a good feeling Playboi will continue on his rocket to success, and I hope to see him in a space more conducive to real listening for a deeper experience of music. For CJ, I wish them nothing but the best in their gradual breakage through the music scene. They have already made such fantastic progress, and I cannot wait to see them continue to grow not just as a rapper and as a musician, but as a leading voice in inclusivity and safety for all people alike. epease2@readbuzz.com

 6:30-9 p.m.  Cowboy Monkey, 6 E. Taylor St., Champaign  Free, 21+ Free Beginner-Friendly Dance Lesson 6:30-7 p.m. Dancing 7-9 p.m. Beginners welcome. No partner necessary. Dance solo or dance with others in the lead, follow or switch roll of your choice. Blues dance is characterized by a relaxed yet grounded and athletic posture. Pulse, lag, rhythm play, and improvisation are some important aesthetic elements. Dancers often alternate between dancing close together, in a more open embrace, holding one or both hands or without touching.

has established himself as a one of the hottest up-and-coming producers. The Chicago-born, Los Angeles-based producer has toured arena stages supporting The Chainsmokers and stood out as a solo performer during festival appearances at Lollapalooza and Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival, as well as at Coachella’s DoLab & Heineken House.

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 Native American House, 1206 W. Nevada St., Urbana  Free, all ages We are excited to announce that Native American House will have miniature therapy horses on Tuesday. The mini herd will be located in the breezeway of the Native American House, and will take place from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Come stop by and let some of the new semester stress out. We are looking forward to seeing everyone.

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Top: Alex Luciano of Diet Cig plays on the small stage at Canopy Club this past Thursday. The band’s short, punchy pop-punk songs were interspersed with positive affirmations, energizing the dense crowd. Bottom left: Cuco raps on the Theater stage at Canopy Club this past Friday. Cuco’s personable demeanor set a feel-good mood that radiated throughout the venue. Bottom right: Ausar performs on the Pygmalion Street Stage this past Saturday. The UI senior brought a soulful performance that filled the outdoor stage. More coverage of Pygmalion on buzz’s website readbuzz.com.

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Playboi Carti closes out this year’s Pygmalion Festival BY EMILY PEASE CALENDAR EDITOR

Before the sets on Saturday night even started, the growing crowd at the Canopy Club sprung up and down in anticipation. What felt like thousands of people packed into the front pit, all prattling off the names CJ Run and Playboi Carti. The final Pygmalion show enticed a full house into

the venue’s Theater stage. I thought this show would attract all walks of life, but I only knew the half of it. It seemed as if anyone and everyone could have been at the show, and the diversity among the crowd was refreshing. Rapper CJ Run busted out onto the stage with all of the finesse of a wellseasoned headliner. The

crowd swayed to crowdfavorites such as “Aquafina” and “Spaghetti,” with a live drummer Shravan Raghuram and onstage DJ and rapper Aaron Navarro, (a former Illini Media Employee) who goes by the stage name Adobo. CJ also flaunted their most recent releases, “Tangerine” and “The Ascent.” A personal favorite track

was “League of My Own,” which vocalizes CJ’s opinions on being a queer rapper. The song cements CJ’s growth and importance in the surging community of music that is inclusive and progressive. Being agender, West African and LGBTQ, CJ represents many minority communities and has been at the forefront of the voices speaking about vali-

dation, representation and integration. CJ made several pit-stops in their set to make brief acknowledgments to these groups and, at the end of their set, gave the audience a call to action to validate and protect queer- and trans-spectrum lives. After CJ, there was an excruciatingly long wait for Playboi Carti to make

an experience. The pit was packed along the full length of the stage with people on top of people. Between the body heat, the anticipation and the pushing, there was a thick tension in the air. Just as I thought the sweat and elbows would get to me, shots rang out over the monitors and the crowd SEE PLAYBOI | 5B