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Orchestra cancels UI show amid fight for pay BY MEGHANA KAZA STAFF WRITER
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra canceled its show on April 16 at the University because of its musicians’ seven-week strike. The strike ended on Saturday, though all patrons will get a full refund. The CSO musicians have said they were fighting for better pension and pay. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association approved a new fiveyear contract, which will give the musicians a 3.5% salary increase by the fifth year of the contract. Eileen Chambers, public relations and communications officer for the CSO, said the parties have been at the negotiating table and that the two remaining issues were over salary and the proposed pension plan and retirement benefits. “This particular set of negotiations actually began over a year ago, last April, and part of the reason they have continued for an extended period of time is that the parties agreed they would explore an alternative to the current defined benefit pension plan,” Chambers said. “Pensions and retirement benefits are relatively complex, and the parties needed additional time to review the alternatives.” Chambers said the strikes were disappointing to more than just the loyal audiences and supporters of the orchestra. “Certainly, it is a difficult time for all the parties involved — the musicians, the organization that supports the musicians and the concerts that we do here, and mostly it is incredibly disappointing for our loyal patrons and our community here to not be able to share the music of our great orchestra,” Chambers said. Because of the strike, all concerts throughout the month of April have been canceled including the concerts scheduled by the University’s Krannert Center for Performing Arts. “It’s not what we want,” Chambers said. “We want to be able to resume conSEE STRIKE | 3A
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Panuel Mkungo finishes the Illinois Half Marathon at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Mkungo won the half marathon in 1 hour, 3 minutes and 50 seconds with an average pace of 4:53 minutes.
University terminates partnership with Huawei BY ZIHAN WANG STAFF WRITER
The University has decided to cancel further partnership with Huawei, one of the largest Chinese high-tech telecommunications equipment companies, which granted fundings and research awards for University faculties. The decision was not publicly posted on University websites but only announced in an email sent to the College of Engineering faculty and staff. Rashid Bashir, dean of Engineering, said in the email, “I write to let you know that, effective immediately, the University will not be accepting any new grants, contracts or gifts from Huawei or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.” Bill Bell, executive director of marketing and communications of Engineering, said the U.S. SEE HUAWEI | 3A
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Executive board members of the Illinois Student Government sent a letter to Texas State University’s student government applauding them for their attempt to ban Turning Point USA, a national conservative organization, from their campus. Student body president Walter Lindwall, senior in LAS, student body vice president Vikram Sardana, senior in Engineering, and chief of staff Susan Zhou, sophomore in LAS, sent the letter to support Texas State student government’s resolution on April 10. TSU’s Faculty and Student Safety Resolution of 2019 called for the “immediate removal” of TPU-
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SA from their campus, referring to the organization as “a negative campus influence.” “TPUSA as a whole, as a national organization, has had some type of influence within our elections on campus and things of that nature, and so those are some things that are causes for concern,” said Corey Benbow, student body president of the Texas State Student Government and senior in Applied Arts. Benbow said other causes for concern included the “professor watchlist,” a TPUSA project which, according to its website, is meant to “expose and document college professors who discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda
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in the classroom.” These, as well as other allegations, were named within the resolution. Sardana said he initially learned of the resolution through a news article from the TSU student newspaper. Sardana said these are issues student leaders deal with a lot, so ISG wanted to write a letter in a show of support to Texas State’s student government to thank them for bringing those concerns to light. “We wanted to just write a letter to show our support to their government to thank them for bringing up those concerns and shining a light on issues that have impacted us as well,” Sardana said. ISG said in the letter that
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TPUSA has “a long history of harassment on campuses around the country,” referring to the events that took place on the University campus regarded as forms of harassment, including sharing private information of undocumented students and professors with the public, holding a “Hate speech is Free speech” event within close proximity of the massacre at Christchurch Mosque in New Zealand as well as constructing a symbolic wall on the Main Quad. “I’m disappointed but not surprised that the student government would decide to do something like this,” said Andrew Minik, former member of TPUSA at the University and former diversity chair for ISG. “It
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proves that they have no respect for the fundamental first amendment right of students on campus and that they don’t trust students to be smart enough to engage in a political debate without getting their feelings hurt.” Madeleine Hubbard, junior in Media and president of TPUSA at the University, disagreed with the harassment claims made against the conservative organization and said ISG is “so used to living in their own little bubble.” As a former member of ISG, Hubbard thinks there should be more dialogue between ISG and TPUSA. “(TPUSA) provides a unique outlet for students,” SEE ISG | 3A
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Rumors spread of multiple reports of batteries on campus One incident of battery reported to police BY JOSE ZEPEDA ASSISTANT DAYTIME NEWS EDITOR
Pasquinelli said she awoke to find O’Keefe trying to fight off two men. The two men continued to hit O’Keefe with the brick. Once O’Keefe was able to fight back, the two men ran away. O’Keefe said he does not have memory of this, and only knows because Pasquinelli told him. Afterward, O’Keefe took Pasquinelli to his home and phoned her friends. He then spoke with his resident director, who took O’keefe to the hospital where he filed the police report with Champaign police. Pasquinelli was left traumatized, and O’Keefe was left with a concussion and facial bruising. Neither Pasquinelli nor O’Keefe know why the two men acted as they did, as nothing significant occurred at KAM’s. Pasquinelli has been in touch with detectives at the Champaign Police Department and has confirmed no other incidents have been reported, though they are aware some cases may go unreported. Of the rumor that the alleged incidents were gang affiliated, Pasquinelli said the Champaign detective said he had never heard of anything like that. “I know that a lot of the campus is very panicked and worried about the situation, but I personally wouldn’t be worried about the rumors,” O’Keefe said. The rumors have also affected Pasquinelli. “It’s very frustrating for me,” she said. “It was a very traumatizing thing for him and (me) to go through. It’s not been an easy past few days.” Pasquinelli said she wants everyone to stay safe and to never be alone when they go out. “You just never know when things are going to happen to you,” she said. “But when it does, it becomes very real.”
University students were in a frenzy late Wednesday night after social media posts and messages began to spread a rumor that local gangs were beating University students with bricks. The rumors presented different scenarios for each incident. Some reports indicated beatings were reported at the Main Quad, Illini Grove and Washington Park. In actuality, one battery occurred around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday and was reported around 3 a.m. to Champaign Police. According to the Champaign Police Department’s report, two unknown offenders jumped the victims while they were walking home from a bar. As of Thursday, neither Champaign, the University nor Urbana police departments have released any other reports of similar batteries in the University area. Of the battery that did occur, Holly Pasquinelli, freshman in Engineering, was a victim and a witness. According to Pasquinelli, she and Aidan O’Keefe, freshman in Business, were walking home from KAM’s and were passing by Washington Park when Pasquinelli was grabbed by the back of her head and shoved to the ground. Pasquinelli was unconscious for a few minutes. “The whole time I was laying on the ground in shock,” Pasquinelli said. “I couldn’t hear anything. I couldn’t move.” Just as Pasquinelli was shoved to the ground, O’Keefe was hit with a brick on the left side of his head. jzeped4@dailyillini.com
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This basketball court, located near Washington Park in Champaign, is where UI students were battered last week. The battery occurred around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday and two unknown offenders jumped the victims while they were walking home from KAM’s.
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certs right away, and the organization is working very hard to make sure the musicians have a contract that they deserve and that it’s a generous compensation package and that is what we are focused on right now.”The CSO Association, the administrative body of the CSO, published a press release on April 24 that claimed the organization is still willing to negotiate.“The Association has been, and remains open to return to the negotiating table,” the release stated. “This is where both parties can consider genuine proposals to respectfully reach consensus on a new contract.”The Krannert Center of Performing Arts has had to refund all tickets after the cancelation of the show at the University. “We had certainly hoped for resolution of the strike prior to their scheduled Krannert Center performance but we appreciate that this situation needs time to come to resolution,” said Bridget Lee-Cal-
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HUAWEI government has filed a criminal charge against Huawei and its leadership, so the University thinks it is time to reconsider the relationship with Huawei. Bell said he is not sure if this is the first time the University canceled partnerships with a company because of criminal charge issues. He said long before the recent news of Huawei, the University had been careful when negotiating with companies and corporate partners to protect the institution, regard-
fas, advertising and publicity director for Krannert Center, in an email. “We respect the challenges for both the CSOA and the musicians.”Chambers said
the goal of both parties was to resume the scheduled concert shows until the last week of June as soon as a resolution is reached. “Both parties are working
really hard to try to bring this to a resolution so that concerts can continue,” Chambers said. “We are grateful to the audiences who love this great orches-
tra, and we hope to be back to concerts and music of our great orchestra very soon.”
less of their headquarters location. Huawei ha s been involved in lawsuits and disputes against the U.S. government for years. The U.S. government believes Huawei is a threat to national security. Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, was arrested by the Canadian police department upon request from U.S. government on Dec. 1 last year. In January of this year, the U.S. government charged Huawei for bank fraud and stealing sensitive information from T-Mobile. On March 7, Huawei announced they
sued the U.S. government for unfair restriction. Bell said there are about 3,000 faculty members on campus, with only 11 faculty members having active research awards from Huawei. He said researchers in Engineering have many resources to get funding, so the decision of halting cooperation with Huawei would not have much influence on those researchers. “(It’s) fair to say this is a relatively small number of researchers and a relatively small amount of funding of those individual researchers, so they have fundings from other sources as well. So I think the impact would
be minimal for those faculty members and their research efforts,” Bell said. The University is not the first to cancel further partnership with Huawei. Major universities, including University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have announced for reviewing and refusing further grants and partnerships with Huawei after the criminal lawsuits against Huawei by the Justice Department. Bell said the decision to cancel partnership with Huawei is a particular case because of the criminal
charges against Huawei, so the University needs to make a decision on “how to handle that particular small amount of funding and small amount of researchers.” Bell said the college is still welcoming international students. “We are weighing the risk of those research agreements against potential benefits of our students and University and our state and our country,” Bell said. Huawei representatives were unavailable for comment at time of publication.
Hubbard said. “I’ve had dozens and dozens of students come up to me saying, ‘Oh my goodness, I didn’t know that there were other kids on campus who felt like this. Thank you so much for letting me know that I am not alone.” Benbow said the student body appeared with various reactions on the TSU student government’s Facebook page. “We had those who spoke very pointedly in favor of (the TSU resolution) and those who spoke very pointedly against it, but it’s a divided issue on our campus that has turned into more of a politicized issue, to where it was more of the right against the left per se,” Benbow said. Benbow said the resolution was passed on April 8 but was vetoed by the former student body president of the TSU student government. “What I’d say is the facts are the facts, and nothing that we said in the letter is factually incorrect,” Sardana said. Sardana said it’s obvious not everyone will agree with what was written, but ISG stands by the letter because everything it said was factually accurate, and the concerns raised were very real. He also said ISG is nonpolitical, as are their efforts to advocate for students for various matters. “There’s nothing political about standing up (against) harassment. There’s nothing inappropriate about that,” Sardana said.
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The ticket office stands empty at the Krannert Center of Performing Arts on Sunday. KCPA refunded all tickets after the cancellation of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra show at the University due to the musician strike.
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Study discusses representation in medical profession BY EUNICE ALPASAN STAFF WRITER
Berkelee Asare, junior in LAS, knew she wanted to become a doctor during her sophomore year of high school when she sought a black dermatologist for her skin problems but had difficulty finding one. Now, she is on the pre-medical track studying chemistry with a minor in African American studies. Her hope is to become a dermatologist. A recent nationwide study conducted by Kaplan Test Prep found 80% of the 245 pre-med students surveyed say it is important for the American medical profession to be more demographically representative of the general patient population. The University was recently ranked among one of the top colleges for undergraduate students who want to apply to medical school and pursue medical degrees at the graduate level. At the University, 381 students applied to medical schools last year, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Out of those applicants, 31 identified as Hispanic, Latino or of Spanish origin and 28 identified as black or African American. Of the 31 students in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine this semester, two students are African American and two are Hispanic, according to the Division of Management Information. Carle Illinois was unable to comment on the Kaplan diversity survey, but Nora Few, director of admissions, shared Carle Illinois’ admissions goals. “Carle Illinois is committed to attracting and training future physicians who align with our mission and values,” Few said in an email. “Our admissions process is designed to ensure that the students who come here for our engineering-based medical program are ones we believe will make great physicians.” Petros Minasi, Kaplan Test
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Members of UI’s Student National Medical Association’s initiative, Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students, pose with guest doctors and medical students in front of Foellinger Auditorium. A new study finds pre-medical students place importance on demographic representation in the American medical profession.
Prep's senior director of prehealth programs, said the culture of some pre-health programs not being inclusive enough is a challenge underrepresented students may face entering the medical field. “It’s so important to keep encouraging medical schools and colleges to reach out to student populations and continue to develop talent recruitment and pipeline programs,” Minasi said. “Medical schools have to get underrepresented students excited about a career in medicine and pledge to support their goals.” Kaplan Test Prep works with pipeline programs at about 100 different institutions across the country by helping applicants prepare for the MCAT, a medical school admissions exam, which measures students’ qualifications and preparedness for medical school. Asare is treasurer of the University Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students, which is an initiative
started under the Student National Medical Association. The MAPS University chapter was founded in 2017. MAPS holds events and programs geared toward minorities in pre-med such as scheduling classes, building resumes, hosting guest doctors and providing research information. Asare said if she hadn’t joined the organization, she doesn’t know if she would still be in pre-med. MAPS helps to create a family for minorities in pre-med so they don’t feel alone in the process, she said. “It’s easy to think being pre-med is a competition, but it really isn’t,” Asare said. “It’s really important to build relationships with doctors and medical students to be able to reach where you want to get to because you can’t do it alone, especially being an underrepresented minority in the field.” According to the AAMC, those who identify as black or African American and Hispanic or Latino both accounted for about 5% of 2015 medi-
cal school graduates. These groups account for about 13% and 18% of the general U.S. population, respectively. Another driving force in Asare’s goal to become a doctor is that she believes there is a disparity in the prognosis and medical treatment provided to African Americans. Particularly, she referenced findings of how black women and white women get breast cancer at about the same rate, but black women die from breast cancer at a higher rate than white women. In Asare’s experience taking chemistry classes, she has found fewer black students as she went on to take higher level classes. Minasi mentions that in addition to the recruitment of underrepresented populations in pre-med programs, there also needs to be a focus on retention. “It’s so important that pre-health programs recruit diverse applicants and have systems in place to retain them throughout the process,” Minasi said.
Many diverse applicants are the first in their family to apply to medical school, Minasi added. There’s an overwhelming number of applicants with one or more parents who is a practicing physician, which gives these applicants an advantage. Asare’s family doesn’t have a medical background unlike other pre-med students she has met. She has leaned on the support of other black students in pre-med and some faculty members to help her get through the process. “Having that support and knowing what you’re supposed to do to go into the medical field is very important because if you don’t know how this works, you’re not going to do well,” Asare said. “There’s a lot more you have to do than just doing well in your classes. You have to do shadowing, you have to do volunteering, you have to research.” The cost of medical school can also be a barrier for students looking to enter the medical field.
Last summer, New York University’s medical school announced it will provide its current and newly admitted students with full tuition scholarships. More recently, Washington University in St. Louis’s medical school announced it will spend $100 million to provide free or reduced tuition to the majority of its incoming students. Minasi said existing research shows people of color are more likely to seek medical treatment from physicians that share similar backgrounds because it promotes a culture of trust and open and honest communication. Asare hopes that as a doctor, she can provide this comfort for her patients. “Being in (MAPS) helps me feel more comfortable and more encouraged to pursue what I want to pursue because it’s really important that I can provide that comfort in people as a doctor,” Asare said. alpasan2@dailyillini.com
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RSO allows students to apply what they learn in classroom BY JARED EBANKS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
about IFE was that it was smaller than a lot of the other engineering clubs that I was involved in,” Metzler said. “That helped me get closer with the leaders early on and get to learn more about the car and the overall system.” The team participates in national competitions once or twice a year. As mechanical captain, Metzler saw a change in the team’s work ethic. “It would get to the point in the competition where we really had to get something done or fixed and I saw this shift in the team where everyone had a sense of urgency to make it happen,” Metzler said. “That was the best moment of being on a team.” Daniel Rhyoo, junior in Engineering, is the IFE integration captain. Rhyoo wasn’t a big fan of cars or racing coming into college, but he decided to join IFE because he thinks the future of technology shifting toward electrical integration. “I’ve always been a tinkerer,” Rhyoo said, “I love building stuff. Through that, a lot of my hobbies have become IFE related because of the time commitment.” Rhyoo joined IFE as a freshman and has seen the positive implications
of being part of the team throughout his undergraduate career. “ Professiona lly it ’s helped a lot. I got an internship after freshman year because of the experience that IFE taught me,” Rhyoo said. “Being a part of any of these teams gives you a lot of handling experience for what you should expect in life.” Shreyas Dmello, a gradu-
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bioelectronics and the battery pack that powers the car. Dmello worked his way to become the lead for the subsystem of the battery pack. His specialization gave him an important perspective while testing the car. “I was able to get a little more testing time because I could comment on what the battery pack should be doing given a certain input,” Dmello said. The IFE team utilizes parking lots around campus to test drive its car and make improvements from there. Everyone on the team has the opportunity to drive the car and give input on the specific section they work on. “It’s a place to go that gives us an opportunity to forget about school work and do fun things for a while,” Dmello said. As Dmello graduates and leaves the team, he is grateful for the opportunity he had to bring what he was learning in the classroom and apply to his passion for formula racing. “You learn better when you’re doing to learn rather than learning to do,” Dmello said. “The opportunity you can get that is provided by the University if you are willing to go out PHOTO COURTESY OF SHREYAS DMELLO and look for it is amazing.” Shreyas Dmello stands in front of one of the formula electric
On the northeastern edge of these teams gives of campus in a small shack behind the Loomis Laboyou a lot of handling ratory of Physics, you can hear tires screeching, franexperience for what you tic conversing and the hum of a formula electric car. should expect in life.” The shack is one of the DANIEL RHYOO testing areas for the IlliIFE INTEGRATION CAPTAIN ni Formula Electric team. IFE is one of many race car and formula electric teams here on campus. The team ate student in Engineering builds, tests and races their was part of the IFE team car throughout the school during his undergraduate year. and masters education, but Matt Metzler, senior has recently taken a backin Engineering, is the ground role in preparation mechanical captain for for graduation. IFE. Metzler joined the Dmello has been a big fan team as a freshman to apply of Formula 1 racing since he what he had learned in the was a kid. Seeing the interclassroom and get handsmixing of technology and on engineering experience. sport was interesting to “I learned about the difDmello and got him hooked ferent formula teams on on the sport. campus going into my freshAs a member of the team, cars he helped build. The Illini Formula Electric team has man year. Then I thought Dmello found a passion for jaredde2@dailyillini.com allowed Dmello to apply what he learned in the classroom. electric cars are more of the future, so I wanted to get into that,” Metzler said. As a sophomore, Metzler stepped into the role of suspension leader, and as a junior, he became the mechanical captain. The IFE team works in sections. The team has three main captains that oversee a specific section: electrical, integration and mechanical. Below the captains are subsystem leaders. These leaders look over various stress zones under the divisions. Leaders on the mechanical side work with the chassis, suspension, drive train, aerodynamics and integration. On the electrical side, leaders deal with the tractor system and the DAQA system: data acquisition and analysis. Many clubs and organizations on campus allow students to apply what they’re learning in the classroom. Metzler was involved with a few different organizations as a freshman, but stuck with IFE. PHOTO COURTESY OF ILLINI FORMULA ELECTRIC “One of the things I liked The Gemini 2018 racecar was built by the Illini Formula Electric team. The IFE team works in three main sections: electrical, integration and mechanical.
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Young people stray from capitalism toward socialism ple are rejecting neoliberal capitalism. The first is millennials COLUMNIST are just inherently spoiled. We are a generation raised with participation trophies ight before the colby helicopter parents, so lapse of the Soviet we are always looking for Union, political scihandouts — the irony here entist Francis Fukuyama is that baby boomers were wrote an article entitled seen as narcissistic and “The End of History.” He called the “me generation” claimed the Allies’ victory by their parents. in World War II had defeatThe second philosophy is ed fascism and the collapse people are usually a prodof the USSR after the Cold uct of their material conWar had defeated Commu- ditions, so young people nism. The western-style are distrustful of capitalcapitalist democracy no ism because the system has longer had competition. priced them out. EssentialFor millennia, humans ly, if baby boomers had to have been changing the pay, on average, 213% more way we organize and govto go to college in an econoern ourselves, but accordmy where tuition rates were ing to Fukuyama, the final growing eight times faster form of government had than wages, there would been achieved. Thirty years have been a Queen-loving later, however, history’s end Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seems less clear. back then, too. A 2018 poll conducted by Regardless of which side Harvard University showed you are on, it is important support for socialism has to keep in mind that the been growing among people changes young people seek ages 18-29. Capitalism still really are not all that radihas 12% more support than cal. They are not interested socialism. in establishing a command Since socialism is a very economy or collectivizing ambiguous and politically farms. Going back to the charged term, it is worth Harvard poll, the root of addressing what young peo- millennial discontent lies ple want specifically. The only in a few sectors. same poll revealed a majorI believe, despite what ity of young people supmany think, young people ported policies championed actually like the majority by democratic socialists, of capitalism. They simlike the creation of a single- ply distrust the notion that payer healthcare system or deregulated markets protuition reduction at public duce the best outcome in universities. every industry. Healthcare There are two competand education, they believe, ing schools of thought used would be better managed as to explain why young peopublic goods. JOSEPH DILLIER
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Millennials are often quick to point out America is one of the only developed nation without universal healthcare. What this translates to is millions of Americans left without insurance. This hits young people the hardest since they are less likely to receive health insurance from their employer and are often unable to afford insurance otherwise. The lack of access shows. Out of the 50 states, 42 have an insurance market deemed highly concentrated by the Department of Justice guidelines. This means Americans in these states have fewer insurance options and pay higher prices. Despite spending the most on healthcare out of any country in the world, we have seen mixed results. The quality of our medical services is top-notch — if you can afford them. But the fact that many Americans cannot, especially young people, is reflected in our health demographics: 43rd highest in life expectancy, 55th lowest infant mortality rate and some of the highest drug prices in the developed world. This lack of access to the healthcare market is indicative of large-scale financial burdens that affect the youngest adult Americans — and the problem is intersectional. For example, the massive amount of debt incurred from student loans is the main reason young people are not buying homes,
according to the Federal Reserve. From a young person’s perspective, it seems as though the existing social programs tend to favor older and rural citizens. Social Security, for example, is something young people are paying disproportionately more for. Social Security is structured so today’s workforce pays for current retirees. If current retirees were to receive only what they paid in, their benefits would be far less generous. This is because when today’s retirees were in the workforce, America’s population-byage distribution looked like a pyramid — lots of young Lorem ipsum CAPITALISM people on the bottom supporting a small number of
older people on top. Now, America’s aging population has created a lopsided distribution, forcing young people to pay disproportionately more. Considering Social Security benefits are running out, this will only be truer in the future. It’s not surprising the youngest generation in the country has become disaffected with an economic system that seems to prioritize others. Despite this, young people are not selfishly campaigning to cut Social Security or Medicare. No one wants to go back to a time when elderly people lived in almshouses. Ultimately, most people in my generation like the
majority of capitalism. The fact many on the left want to emulate the Scandinavian countries is telling. The Nordic model is really just a competitive free market system with strong social spending and democratic participation in the economy through institutions like labor unions. Our desire for the Nordic model corroborates our affinity for democratic socialist policies, but not a completely radical redistribution of wealth or change in society. So when young people say they want socialism, the goal is reform — not revolution. Joseph is a junior in LAS. dillier2@dailyillini.com
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Swap emotions for gun research SANDHYA SIVAKUMAR COLUMNIST
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merica’s gun problem is a unique one. Although it’s often proposed we should model our gun laws on those of other countries that have successfully curbed gun violence, it’s unrealistic in practice. Even an outright ban would not cure our country’s gun addiction; in fact, it would most likely worsen the problem. America loves its guns so much that after mass shootings, gun sales spike in anticipation of a (fictionalized) gun ban. Gun violence in the United States is irrevocably tethered to a myriad of issues apart from the simple prevalence and availability of guns. Alcohol and drug addiction, child abuse, depression, poor mental health services, unaffordable healthcare and a culture that promotes violence and isolation all play their part and are worsened by economic and racial divides. The causes and effects of these issues are tangled together, and any legislation attempting to tackle these problems needs to take into consideration the potential repercussions or compounding factors.
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What we need, in short, is research — and a lot of it. But thanks to the likes of gun lobbyists like the National Rifle Association, federal agencies and public research firms face a gag rule: They haven’t been able to talk about guns for years. After a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded study in 1993 concluded having a gun in the home severely increases the risk of homicide, the NRA argued the CDC was funding studies that advocated for gun control. Soon after, the government passed a spending bill which explicitly stated, “None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.” This effectively banned the federal government from funding any studies on gun violence in general, leading to a severe lack of research on the subject today. Most research being done now is small scale and privately funded. The NRA is culpable for the blatant lack of information we have about the causes of gun violence. They frequently publish articles meticulously “deconstructing” studies that show a correlation between the abysmal state of gun laws in America and gun deaths. Using technical
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jargon and a condescending tone, they demolish the credibility of these studies, often overplaying a minor flaw to undercut the entire study. Although in March 2018 the Trump administration passed a new version of the spending bill, which stated the “CDC has the authority to conduct research on the causes of gun violence,” the bill did not include funding for that research. There are also large holes in the data available to the CDC because of underreporting at every level and federal laws that keep some gun data private. On both sides of the gun control debate, arguments are driven by emotion and rhetoric instead of numbers and facts. Statistical manipulation causes confusion all around. Although we have a large amount of data on subjects such as the occurrence and perpetration of mass shootings and gun deaths in general, without research on the root causes of gun violence and the efficacy of various preventive measures, it will be impossible to pass gun control legislation that works. In all honesty, it’s unlikely our legislators today would listen to cold hard numbers on gun violence anyway. Sandhya is a sophomore in LAS. ssivak3@dailyillini.com
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Beware of education devaluation We live in a world where a bachelor’s degree in business from the University COLUMNIST of Phoenix online is technically equivalent to the same degree from the Gies eed-out” classCollege of Business at the es are nearUniversity of Illinois. Any ly universally student who has taken an despised. It’s a huge accom- online class will tell you plishment to be admitted these degrees are not equivinto college as it is. Staying alent in any way, shape or in college, however, is a dif- form. ferent story. A quality education conContrary to popular sists of challenging courses opinion, weed-out classes that demand excellence are beneficial. I don’t think while simultaneously prothey’re mean or unfair; they viding students with the lead to higher quality eduresources necessary for cation and contribute to the success. The success of a credibility of a university. student should not depend Freshman year, I took on the course being “easy” MATH 220: Calculus I dur- or “hard”; rather, success in ing my first semester, as a course should depend on required by my major. The one’s work ethic and abilaverage on the first exam ity to take advantage of the was a 49%. There was no resources provided. curve either. About oneCalculus was a bear of a third of the class dropped course. Surviving in that and were forced to rethink class meant spending 15-20 their majors. hours of your own time College shouldn’t be grinding out the homework. easy. I don’t really believe However, help was availin the legitimacy of classes able on a daily basis, and the that are “easy A’s” either. instructor made clear what I don’t even believe in the was necessary to succeed. educational value of online Not everyone is meant for classes. college; universities, conI genuinely feel that as sequently, should not try to enrollment in universities become something differall over the world increases, ent or try to compromise the standard of education is their standards to accomdecreasing. modate those who would College is being dumbed likely be more successful in down. a nonacademic setting. ELLEN BARCZAK
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Online classes are the harbingers of the educational apocalypse. They do not demand excellence; they demand half-hearted, pathetic little module posts to which one must compose even more half-hearted responses. They’re a joke, and everyone knows it. As I’ve written before, general education courses matter. The University has clearly jumped onto the “who cares about Geneds” bandwagon with the takeover of online classes in this portion of a college education. I don’t care if online courses are cheaper; they discredit and delegitimize the University and reduce an institution that prides itself on learning to a $30,000-a-year hoopjumping activity. Students: Work hard, go to class, do what you’re supposed to do and stop pointing fingers at professors for your own shortcomings. University officials: Hire proper professors, take ICES forms and student feedback seriously and never stop demanding excellence, no matter the cost. Students and the University must work together to maintain the legitimacy of a college education. Ellen is a sophomore in LAS. ellenmb2@dailyillini.com
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Illinois offensive lineman Nick Allegretti gets ready to make a block during the game against Minnesota at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 3. The Illini won 55-31.
Chiefs draft offensive lineman Allegretti BY GAVIN GOOD STAFF WRITER
Former Illinois offensive guard Nick Allegretti became just the second Illini player drafted in the last three years on Saturday when the Kansas City Chiefs selected him with the 216th pick in seventh round of the NFL Draft. Allegretti captained Illinois in each of the past two seasons and anchored the offensive line, starting
36-straight games while hardly missing a snap during head coach Lovie Smith’s first three seasons at Illinois. Although the Illini didn’t have much success during Allegretti’s time with the team, the Frankfort, Illinois, native was rated as the third-best offensive guard in the country in 2018 by Pro Football Focus. He gave up just one quarterback hit and didn’t allow any sacks on Illinois quar-
terbacks AJ Bush and M.J. Rivers, while the Illini offensive line helped Reggie Corbin power the No. 12 rushing offense in the country. Pro Football Focus also rates Allegretti as the No. 6 guard in run-blocking and the No. 11 guard in pass protection. The Chiefs, who made the AFC Championship game in 2019, are no strangers to Illinois offensive line products.
Kansas City selected Allen in the second round of the NFL Draft in 2012, and since then, he has made 66 NFL starts in 80 appearances for the Chiefs and Houston Texans. Allegretti is the second player to have played under Lovie Smith at Illinois to be taken in the NFL Draft. Defensive end Dawuane Smoot was taken in the third round by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2017.
MEN’S TENNIS
Illini advance to tournament finals BY NITHIN REDDY STAFF WRITER
The No. 15 Illinois men’s tennis team won its first two matches of the Big Ten tournament to advance to the finals. The Illini started the tournament off against the Boilermakers, the tournament’s No. 10 seed. After an easy 4-0 win in the regular season, Illinois struggled against Purdue on Friday. “We played with a lack of discipline and focus,” said head coach Brad Dancer. “We really put ourselves in a tough spot.” In doubles play, the Boilermakers had their way with the Illini. Redshirt sophomore Gui Gomes and junior Vuk Budic lost to Maksymilian Raupuk and Mateo Julio, and the duo of freshman Keenan Mayo and sophomore Fletcher Scott lost to Santiago Galan and Franz Luna, granting Purdue an early point. The Illini turned it around in singles play, winning four of their five matches to claim the victory over the Boilermakers. Junior Zeke Clark and sophomore Alex Brown helped guide the Illini in their victory. Both Clark and Brown started off strong, as Clark won his first set 6-0 and finished off Maksymilian Raupuk in the second set 7-5, and Brown won his first set 6-1 and his second set 6-3.
News of his selection was met with pride from Smith and Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman, who each shared their congratulations through Twitter on Saturday. Smith tweeted, “Congrats @Chiefs on gaining an incredible player and an even better man. You’re very lucky to have him. Proud of you @Gretti_53! #ILL.” Whitman shared his thoughts about 40 minutes
later, tweeting a picture of him and Allegretti hugging each other. “Congrats to our guy @ Gretti_53! @Illinois_Alma graduate, Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient, and now NFL draft pick. Keep climbing, my friend. You’ve got a big, loyal (Illinois) family behind you every step of the way! #ILLINI.” During his time at Illinois, SEE ALLEGRETTI | 3B
WOMEN’S GOLF
Slone receives Big Ten Coach of the Year award BY CLAIRE O’BRIEN STAFF WRITER
Women’s golf head coach Renee Slone was awarded the Big Ten Coach of the Year on Tuesday after the Illini tied for second at the Big Ten tournament. Slone has been head coach of the Illini for 13 seasons, beginning her career in 2006. As a former Illini golfer who won National Player of the Year in 1993 from both the National Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek, Slone finished first individually in the Big Ten tour-
nament in 1991 and 1993. Slone also claimed All-Big Ten honors from 1991 to 1993 and is the first to win Big Ten Coach of the Year in Illinois history. Twenty-six years after her second Big Ten Player of the Year accolade, Slone became Coach of the Year. She won Big Ten Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993, even though the Illini have yet to win a Big Ten tournament. She said she began to coach after Paula Smith, SEE SLONE | 3B
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Illinois’ Vuk Budic celebrates after winning his singles match against Penn State at Atkins Tennis Center on April 12. The Illini won 4-3.
Surprisingly, the only Illini who lost in singles was go-to player, junior Aleks Kovacevic. On Saturday, Illinois faced Penn State for a chance in the Big Ten final. Earlier in the year, the Nittany Lions gave the Illini a scare when Illinois barely came out with a 4-3 win. In the Big Ten tournament, the Illini won in a more comfortable fashion.
The struggles in doubles play continued for the Illini as they lost two of their three matches. The only pair that won was two of the Illini’s best players, Kovacevic and Brown. In singles, the Illini won four of their five matches all in straight sets. Kovacevic, Clark and freshman Siphosothando Montsi all won in straight sets, while Brown dealt with more back-and-
forth competition. Brown’s first set ended in an easy victory, 6-2, but his second set was close as he went into a tiebreaker. Brown ended up pulling it off, and the Illini won the match without too much stress. “The guys came out focused a nd rea l ly clear on what they were doing,” Dancer said. SEE TOURNAMENT | 3B
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Women’s golf head coach Renee Slone laughs alongside an Illini golfer. Slone was awarded Big Ten Coach of the Year.
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The Illini cheer on their batter in the dugout at Eichelberger Field April 3. Illinois will be looking to secure a final series win against Purdue next weekend.
Illini sit at seventh in Big Ten conference ratings BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITER
Illini in the field
With a little under two weeks left until the Big Ten Tournament, the Illinois softball team (27-20) sits at the back half of the conference rankings. As of Thursday, a conference record of 6-11 leaves Illinois tied for seventh in the Big Ten alongside Indiana, Purdue,and Penn State. The Illini started strong in conference play after winning their first Big Ten series against the Wisconsin Badgers on March 24. Illinois recently took on its second conference series on April 13 in Iowa. Illinois also picked up wins against Nebraska and Minnesota during that span but dropped both series. After picking up a handful of conference wins, Illinois recently entered the toughest part of its schedule, facing No. 22 Michigan, No. 21 Northwestern and Ohio State, who received votes for the latest USA Today/NCFA Coaches Poll. Just over a week ago, the Illini were swept on their home turf by the Wolver-
ines, but faced two onerun losses that could have turned the series the other way. Illinois was swept again in a doubleheader on Tuesday at Northwestern 8-0 then 4-2. After another tough series, the Illini headed to the home of the Buckeyes this weekend for their last road trip in hopes of breaking a five-game losing streak. Instead, the Illini started to tumble down the rankings, with losses to the Buckeyes on Friday and Saturday. Before the Ohio State series, Illinois sat at No. 45 in the NCAA Women’s Softball RPI. With postseason approaching, the Illini will be looking to secure a final series win against the Boilermakers next weekend to make a case for the NCAA tournament.
Four Illini highlight strength at the plate
While the Illini haven’t seen recent success in the win-loss column, their abilities are better reflected through success at the plate. The Illini have six players with hitting above .300, ranking 18th in the
NCAA as a whole for batting average (.318). Sophomore Bella Loya paces the Illini with a .408, leading the team with 60 hits, 48 RBI’s and 12 home runs. Senior Kiana Sherlund sits right behind Loya with a .375 average, also recording 60 hits. Sherlund leads the Illini with 44 runs and three triples. Loya and Sherlund’s 60 hits rank 32nd nationally. Redshirt seniors Carly Thomas and Annie Fleming have also been successful during their final seasons as Illini. Thomas ranks 45th in the country with 58 hits while Fleming sits at 49th with 57 hits. Thomas also leads the NCAA with 22 doubles. Led by their top-four hitters, the Illini lead the Big Ten in several categories including batting average, slugging percentage (.511), hits (407), doubles (83) and total bases (655).
Freshman leads on the mound
On a pitching staff with three seniors and one junior, freshman Sydney Sickels has earned the top spot for the Illini in her
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Senior Taylor Edwards speaks to a coach on the pitcher’s mound at Eichelberger Field on April 3. Edwards sits behind freshman Sydney Sickels with 12 starts and 24 appearances.
first season with a 3.48 ERA in 144.2 innings. The freshman has started 24 games, but she has appeared in a total of 37, ranking fourth in the Big Ten. Senior Taylor Edwards sits behind Sickels with 12 starts and 24 appearances. Sickels earned her first
collegiate win in the first game of the season back on Feb. 8 against Oklahoma State. Since then, Sickels has continued with a winning record, currently at 17-12. Her 17 wins ranks fifth in the conference and 36th in the country. With four saves on the
season, Sickels ranks second in the Big Ten and 16th in the NCA A. The freshman’s four saves also ties three former Illini for the program’s most saves in a season. ghajduk2@dailyillini.com @gabby_h11
Patterson uses Trinity Catholic background for Illinois recruitment BY ALEC BUSSE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Football Head coach Lovie Smith was adding more than just another name to his coaching staff when he brought Cory Patterson to Champaign as a tight end’s coach in January 2018. Patterson possesses a plethora of knowledge
when it comes to the St. Louis area from his days as the head coach at Trinity Catholic High School. Since Patterson has been hired at Illinois, he‘s become one of the better-liked members of the coaching staff by recruits. Recruits in the St. Louis and metro-east communities enjoy hearing from
Patterson on a daily basis because he talks to them about more than just football. He’s known for being in touch with recruits’ personal lives, and it’s shown in Illinois’ recent recruiting uptick in the St. Louis area. In the 2019 recruiting class, Patterson played a key role in convincing two
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lllinois football recruit Isaiah Williams plays catch near his home in the St. Louis-area. Williams is a quarterback with significant arm talent, and tight end coach Cory Patterson played a role in his decision to play for Illinois.
of his former Trinity Catholic players to sign with the Illini: Isaiah Williams and Shammond Cooper. Williams is a quarterback with significant arm talent; he and Patterson have a relationship that dates back to when the new tight end coach began working with Williams when he was 6 years old. Patterson often had Williams and several teammates spend nights at his house throughout the season. Patterson said he could tell Isaiah Williams was different at a young age due to his maturity and how trustworthy he was. After fostering a strong bond with Patterson, the decision to attend Trinity Catholic was easy and their relationship grew even more. “He took me in under his own arms,” Williams said, “Whenever I need something, he had me, and he is just like a father figure to me,” Williams’ teammate Cooper committed to Illinois on live television at the Under Armour All-American Game. Cooper, an athletic linebacker has racked up 137 tackles, 16 tackles for loss and five sacks as a senior at Trinity. Patterson began coaching Cooper at Trinity, but also coached against him for several years prior. Patterson has a close relationship with Cooper’s dad,
which aided in his decision to attend Trinity Catholic as well. After three successful seasons together at Trinity Catholic, Patter-
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with the Illini in the 2020 class, and their efforts are off to a good start with a commitment from Reggie Love. Love said he likes the family environment Illinois brought to his recruitment, and said Patterson, Williams and Cooper had an impact on his decision. Love will continue to develop a family-like connection with some of his fellow Class of 2019 Trinity teammates, including Mookie Cooper, James Frenchie and Jalen St. John. “We don’t talk about it enough,” Love said in reference to playing with his current Trinity teammates in college. The Illini staff are in pursuit of a few more Trinity players for the class of 2020, and heavily sighting prospects Mookie, Frenchie and St. John. This fall Williams and Shammond Cooper are expected to make immediate impacts on the field for Illinois and are able to reflect on the relationships with their former teammates at Trinity. Illinois football is gearing to use its newfound recruiting resource in Patterson, but to continue to make strides in overall recruiting Illinois moving toward the summer and fall.
son was offered the tight end’s coaching position on Smith’s staff. Patterson called the decision to leave Trinity “the hardest decision of (his) life” because of the relationships he was leaving behind. But Patterson knew joining Smith’s staff would provide more opportunities for the group to stay together in the future. “I knew I had to go to somewhere with a teammate, and (Patterson) being at Illinois, and Illinois being a top school for me, that was just a dream come true,” Cooper said. Patterson, Williams and Cooper said they’re trying to get more athletes from acbusse@dailyillini.com Trinity Catholic to sign @alec_busse
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Esports take off on college campuses BY JJ KIM ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
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Sophomore Jason Shannon, freshman Declan Rustay and seniors Joe Haight and Devin Quinn smile after winning their race. The men’s 4x100-meter relay won the final on Saturday.
Illinois collects relay titles at Drake On Thursday, head coach athletes compete at Simpson Mike Turk was inducted College in Indianola, Iowa, The Illinois track and field into the Drake Relays Hall about half an hour from team traveled to Des Moines, of Fame. Joining Turk was Drake’s campus. There, the Iowa, for the Drake Relays Celina Mondie-Milner, who Illini won four events: freshthis weekend. The men’s team finished third out of 17 teams, and the women’s team finished second out of 18 teams, as scoring was based on relays alone. The meet was no misnomer for Illinois, whose relay teams have fared well MIKE TURK over the course of the seaHEAD COACH son, continuing their success at Drake. The men’s 4x100-meter was also inducted into the man sprinter Olivia Oliver relay team featuring soph- Illini Athletics Hall of Fame won the 100-meter dash, omore Jason Shannon, in 2018. freshman hurdler Kionnah freshman Declan Rustay “I’m proud of the way Weaver won the 100-meter and seniors Joe Haight and we ended on the relays,” hurdles, and senior long Devin Quinn won both the Turksaid per fightingillini. jumper Ben Barnes and preliminary Friday and the com. “I was pleased when I sophomore long jumper final Saturday. looked up at the final stand- Wynda Wormack won the The women’s 4x400- ings. The men winning the long jump. meter relay team won the 4x100 and the women winNext for Illinois is a return event late Saturday. The ning the 4x400 were great trip to Iowa for the Big Ten team consisted of junior performances. I thought meet. It will be held in Iowa Chisom Nwoko, senior Bri- the 4x400 had a good show- City from May 10-12. ana Driver, sophomore Ami- ing all-around. It was a good ra Aduma and junior Felicia meet.” @claire_obrien43 Phillips. The Illini also had several claireo3@dailyillini.com BY CLAIRE O’BRIEN STAFF WRITER
“I’m proud of the way we ended on the relays. I was pleased when I looked up at the final standings.”
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ALLEGRETTI Allegretti was a prominent figure in community service. He was the Illinois’ Uplifting Athletes president each of the past two years and was named a finalist for the 2018 Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Award,
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TOURNAMENT The Illini’s next match will come in the finals against the No. 1-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes. Earlier this year, the Illini lost to the Buckeyes in what turned out to be their lone loss in Big Ten play. The Buckeyes won doubles play to garner a point, and in singles play they took
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the program’s yearly Lift for Life event. After graduating from Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in Business in December 2017, he is set to obtain his master’s degree in AHS at graduation the weekend of May 11-12.
three of the five matches and claimed the win. The Illini’s top singles player, Kovacevic lost one of his two regular season singles matches against Ohio State when he faced J.J. Wolf, the number one singles player in the country at the time. Even though he lost in straight set, Kovacevic made it to a tiebreaker in both sets and was close throughout the match. For the Illini to win,
Dancer believes they must stay engaged. “We have to focus and concentrate,” Dancer said. “I know our effort will be there and our toughness will be there. We just have to concentrate.” Illinois will face Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament finals and look to claim its first Big Ten conference title since 2015.
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companies. As viewership in esports continues to grow, so does the money involved. Epic Games, the makers of the smash hit video game Fortnite, announced in May of last year they provided $100 million to fund prize pools for their competitions. League of Legends, renowned as the most popular PC game in the world, has seen its top tournament’s purse grow in size every year, offering $6.45 million in 2018. League of Legend’s rival game, DOTA 2, had about $26 million in overall prize pools, according to easportsearnings.com. While we wait for football head coach Lovie Smith to put the finishing touches on the football team’s rebuild and before the basketball team goes to the Big Dance, why not root for our starstudded esports teams? Illini esports SMITE just won The National Association of College Esports’ SMITE Championship, and the Illini Esports League of Legends team will compete in the 2019 College Championship on June 7. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Most, if not all, esports teams at the University are top-tier. Esports on college campuses have definitely been developing rapidly. With the formation of NACE, better known as the esports equivalent of the NCAA, there are already 130-plus member schools and $15 million in scholarships and aid, according to their official website. We are witnessing history being made in real time. We’ve entered a new era where more people are beginning to interpret the phrase “warmup” for booting up their computer instead of stretching. For those who like to be at the forefront of trends, you better hop on the esports bandwagon quick.
Most people find identifying new trends difficult until they’re already blowing up. Think Apple Airpods or even the iPhone itself. Although they were revolutionary, not many people had an inkling it would be the next must-have gadget until everybody had it. That same revolution is taking form in the world of sports: esports. Taking off like no other entertainment industry, and people are beginning to take notice. The stigma of nerds wasting their time in a fantasy world has now turned into a mainstream activity. Esports include online competitive gaming such as League of Legends and Fortnite. A lot of this newfound acceptance has come from celebrities and athletes streaming themselves playing video games, creating a new space for them to interact with fans. It shows a more human side to the otherwise superstar lifestyle they seem to live. Whereas in the past when traditional sports generated all the views and money for companies through sponsorships, the rise of esports has come to a point where it has begun to rival traditional sports in viewership and money-making ability. Even in 2016, according to Statista, there were 162 million frequent watchers of esports, with more than 131 million who watch occasionally, which is more than the 2015 Super Bowl’s 111.3 million viewers. While traditional sports are seeing viewership taper off, esports has been growing exponentially every year. With most of the viewers in their teenage or young adult years, this age group is a coveted group for advertisers. This has prompted companies like Adidas, VISA and Pepsi to get a head start in that market by sponsoring @JJKimSports different esports events and jjk7@dailyillini.com
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The Illini esports League of Legends team competes at Huefest at Harrisburg University on Sept. 21.
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SLONE Slone’s coach at Illinois, told Slone she was retiring and consequently inspired Slone to begin her coaching career at Bradley. “Once I got involved, it’s pretty exciting to play a role in these young people’s lives,” Slone said. “I feel very lucky to have the opportunity that I do to work with the student-athletes.” On Wednesday, as the Illini watched the unveiling of the NCAA regional brackets, Slone deflected the attention of her award to the people around her. “It’s nice to be recognized by your peers,” Slone said. “The credit really all goes to our team members and support staff.” First-year assistant
“I feel very lucky to have the opportunity that I do to work with the student-athletes.” RENEE SLONE HEAD COACH
coach Pina Gentile has known Slone for a while and really enjoys coaching with her and working with the golfers. “I’ve known Renee for a really long time,” Gentile said. “The time she puts into everything she does and just the investment that she puts in to each one of us every day, it’s amazing.” Illinois is the No. 7 seed in this year’s regional in East Lansing, Michigan, and will face Big Ten teams like No. 5-seed, and host, Michigan State, as well as Indiana. The Illini tied with the Hoosiers last weekend at the conference tournament. The Illini had four players who made all-Big Ten teams: freshmen Crystal Wang and Kornkamol Sukaree on the first team and senior Bing Singhsumalee and junior Tristyn Nowlin on the second team. Singhsumalee thought Slone was a deserving winner of Coach of the Year, and she was happy to hear the news. “This award was definitely well deserved,” Singhsumalee said. “She’s done everything for us that she possibly can, and I’m really glad she was my coach these past four years.” Although the Illini’s hard work has paid off with Big Ten awards, the team is now focusing back to the NCAA regional tournament. @claire_obrien43 claireo3@dailyillini.com
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Yalowitz loses equipment, plays on BY MILES POWERS-HUANG STAFF WRITER
There may not be a more critical factor to a baseball player’s success than his equipment. Having the optimal weight and length bat, a glove that breaks in perfectly to fit the hand and a comfortable uniform are paramount for feeling good and playing well. Unfortunately for Illini senior outfielder Jack Yalowitz, none of those things were afforded to him for the first two games of Illinois’ series at Nebraska. Upon touching down in Lincoln, Nebraska, each Illini player retrieved his equipment bag from the airport, but Yalowitz’s never appeared. “We were all sitting there at baggage claim waiting,” Yalowitz said. “We were the last flight to land in that airport, and someone from baggage claim came out and said, ‘That’s all the bags that are coming out,’ and it was really frustrating. We all have the same bag and mine didn’t make it.” It was later revealed United Airlines misplaced and lost Yalowitz’s bag despite it being the exact same style and color as each of his teammates’ bags. Yalowitz said he was frustrated by the incident. In a game where the smallest margins separate failure from success, having equipment that gives a player the most comfort possible is critical. “Honestly at first, I thought it was just a joke. Sometimes we play pranks on each other like take each other’s bags,” Yalowitz said. “It got to the point where we’re all just standing there, and no one knows where my bag is. (Only) one of 35 bags that (was) missing, so it turned out to be pretty frustrating.” Although missing his bat, glove and uniform, Yalowitz’s presence in the lineup
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Senior outfielder Jack Yalowitz swings at a pitch during Illinois’ game against Milwaukee at Illinois Field on March 14, 2018. Yalowitz played well on Saturday despite having lost his equipment on a United Airlines flight to Nebraska.
was still essential. In the midst of a resurgent season, the senior has carried the Illini offense through multiple stretches this year. When Illinois released its lineup for Friday’s game, Yalowitz’s name remained in the sixth spot where it normally is, but there was a number 22 listed for his jersey rather than the usual number three. Yalowitz was forced to borrow junior teammate Cyrillo Watson’s uniform, but the new num-
ber didn't seem to affect him at the plate. Using junior Michael Massey’s bat and holding up his pants with assistant coach Adam Christ’s belt, Yalowitz went 2-4 with a double and a single in Illinois’ 8-1 Friday victory. “Everybody had stuff that I fit into fine. That wasn’t an issue,” Yalowitz said. “Once the game started, I didn’t even think about it.” Still without his equipment at the start of Sat-
urday’s game, Yalowitz continued to rake in the number 22 shirt, going 1-3 in Illinois’ close 4-3 loss. When the bag was finally returned to the Illini clubhouse, it was greeted with applause from players and coaches. Yalowitz even let out a rejoicing fist pump upon finally seeing his bag again. A lthough Yalow itz’s things were finally returned to him, he may have opted not to use them right away
and for good reason. Baseball is traditionally regarded as an extremely superstitious sport, and many great players have admitted they keep doing the same small things in their daily routines or use the same equipment if they’ve continued success over a series of games. After collecting three hits with other players’ gear, Yalowitz could have tried to continue using their things until his bat cooled
down, but the senior is simply happy to have his equipment back. “I’m not really superstitious, and most of the guys on the team swing the same model bat and mine’s the same as the one I was swinging for the last two days, so I’m not really worried about it,” Yalowitz said. “I don’t think about that stuff very much.” @MilesP_H milesp2@dailyillini.com
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If you’ve ever been to a house show at a venue in Champaign-Urbana, you’ve surely noticed the ever-present cats and dogs. While you’re standing in the kitchen talking with your friends, someone’s dog will sit at your feet and look up at you expectantly, asking to be pet. A cat will sit and watch the flow of people in and out of the small, but packed, room. You might go to another show the next weekend and the weekend after that, and you’ll eventually realize your first experience wasn’t a fluke. At nearly every house show, there are all sorts of pets looking to join in on the fun. The popular Champaign DIY venue Blips and Chitz, which hosted its final show earlier this month, was one house-show spot where visitors could interact with pets. Show booker Veronica Mullen lived at the house with her three animals, a cat and two dogs. With their unique personalities, they brought some extra love and excitement into the venue at each gig. Bear, Mullen’s tabby cat, is 4 years old. “He’s definitely the most well behaved,” Mullen said. “When I had shows at my house, Bear would always greet the guests who came upstairs to hang out in the kitchen or use the bathroom. He would sit on top of the fridge or countertop in order to be within reach of all to get some scratches.” Squiggy, Mullen’s Chihuahua and rat terrier mix, is 3 years old. “He’s the most cuddly and loyal of all my pets,” Mullen said.“Everyone who came to shows at Blips knew Squiggy, and he loved all the attention he would get. He really enjoys licking people and being picked up.” Finally, she has Jazzy, a pit
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Jazzy, a pit bull and Boston terrier mix, and Squiggy, a Chihuahua and rat terrier mix, lived at a DIY venue with show booker, Veronica Mullen. House pets have become a part of and enhanced the house-show experience in C-U.
bull and Boston terrier mix who is almost 5 years old. “She’s friendly for the most part but can also get territorial and bark at certain people who enter her space,” Mullen said. “You’ll know when she’s misbehaved because she gets this guilty smile on her face.” Mullen said she believes there might be a special connection between animals and the Champaign-Urbana music scene. “Most people who would come to shows at Blips would comment on how much they love my pets and how the show was made even better because of them,” she said. “Loving music and animals almost go hand in hand.” Ashe Smith of Overworry, a band that frequently plays shows in Champaign-Urbana, believes the band’s animals are an important part of both its work and the local music scene as a whole. The band’s recently released EP titled “Kenny Cares” is named after the band’s cat, Kenny Loggins. “Kenny knows exactly when you need cuddles,”
Smith said. “When you want to play with him, he plays, and when he gets too rambunctious, all you have to say is, ‘Knock it off,’ and he does.” They also have a band dog named Carrie Fisher, a corgi who “has a more anxious nature because we rescued her from a puppy mill,” Smith said. The pets of ChampaignUrbana house venues play an important role in the identity of the music community, and Smith believes it’s easy for people who frequent shows to take note of this. “They definitely are important to the scene here,” Smith said. “When I think of most of the musicians and promoters and venue owners in town, I also think of all their pets.” So if you’re a fan of live music or cute animals, think about venturing off campus to a house show this week. Grab a few close friends and forget the stress of classes and upcoming finals for the night. You can pet a cat and listen to some good music. nik@readbuzz.com
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in tow and armed with just his guitar, harmonica and distilled words and stories of heartache, social injustice, hometown pride, love and loss, Diekhoff played two sold-out nights at the Apollo Theater in Peoria, and captured it all as it went down during those two nights in December 2017. Fellow renowned and critically acclaimed folk singer and songwriter Todd Snider refers to Chicago Farmer as “the genuine heir to Arlo Guthrie and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott.”
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
Startup Social at Sipyard: iVenture Accelerator+EDC/SBDC
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
Pop-Up Farmers Market
5-7 p.m. Watson’s Shack & Rail, 211 N. Neil St., Champaign Free, all ages The Champaign Farmers Market opens for its fifth season on May 14, but you can still get local produce, baked goods and plant starts at the pop-up farmers market at Watson’s. Vendors will include Champaign vendors Berries & Flour, Central Illinois Bakehouse and Sola Gratia Farm.
Chicago Farmer’s Folkin Tuesday Summer Camp Warm Up
8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blackbird Urbana, 119 W. Main St., Urbana $5, all ages Chicago Farmer’s Folkin Tuesday Summer Camp Warm Up at Blackbird Urbana will take place on Tuesday. At this event, Chicago Farmer aka Cody Diekhoff fans have asked him to release a live album over the years, and he finally gave them what they have been asking for. Deikhoff independently releases his first live Chicago Farmer album, Quarter Past Tonight, a two-disc set, on Aug. 3. With longtime studio engineer Chris Harden
5-7 p.m. Sipyard, 204 W. Main St., Urbana Free, all ages UI’s iVenture Accelerator, the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation and Illinois Small Business Development Center at Champaign County EDC, are co-hosting Startup Social at Sipyard. Meet UI’s top student startups in the iVenture Accelerator fourth cohort and the incoming fifth cohort. Food will be provided.
Broadway Series: “Finding Neverland”
7:30-10:30 p.m. State Farm Center, 1800 S. First St., Champaign $49-76.50, all ages The winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical, “Finding Neverland” “captures the kid-at-heart,” TIME Magazine said. Directed by visionary Tony winner Diane Paulus and based on the critically acclaimed Academy Awardwinning film, “Finding Neverland” tells the incredible story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters.
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Top Left, Top Right and Center: Twiddle performs at The Canopy Club on Thursday. Twiddle is a rock band but has been known to integrate an array of genres into its music. Bottom Left and Bottom Right: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong plays at The Canopy Club on Thursday. Originally from Baltimore, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong classifies itself as a psychedelic funk band.
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