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food insecurity as a “lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life.” Food insecurity has become increa sing ly prominent on college campuses nationwide, prompting the government to investigate, according to a recently released study from the Government Accountability Office. According to the report, the GAO was asked to research this issue due to the federal investment in higher education and the risk food insecurity might have on students completing their degrees. The GAO noted there is limited information about the national prevalence of food insecurity among college students. In the analysis, the office reviewed 31 studies that identified a wide range of food insecurity rates among student subjects. Ann Marie Morgan, assistant dean of students, said the Office of the Dean of Students has had students experienc-

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University offers bias report resource BY LUIS VELAZQUEZ STAFF WRITER

A social media post from the University police is encouraging students to report “acts of intolerance” to the school’s Bias Assessment and Response Team. The social media post was published on Dec. 27

on Facebook. The Bias Assessment and Response Team are accommodated within the Office for Student Conflict Resolution at the University. This team collects reports of bias-motivated incidents that impact students and publishes data regarding

the incidents that were reported. Private information, such as a student’s full name, is not publicly announced. According to BART’s annual report, there were 61 reports of bias from 2015 to 2016. There were 116 reports from 2016 to

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2017. From 2017 to 2018, 128 reports were recorded. Bias is defined as “inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair,” according to the Oxford Dictionary. SEE BIAS | 3A

For Cassandra Nikolaus, Sundays were all about food. She used this day to prepare all of her food for the upcoming week, walking to three different grocery stores and using coupons to find the best deals in a one-mile radius. Her purchase usually totaled around $50, which she paid for with food stamps and any money left over after paying her rent. This is what food insecurity looked like for Nikolaus when she was an undergraduate studying nutrition at a university in Washington. Now, Nikolaus is a Ph.D. candidate at the University, where she studies food insecurity on college campuses. “A lot of people who are going through these issues just see themselves as another broke college student. They think their issues might not be any different from someone down the hall,” Nikolaus said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines

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Students who missed the deadline to waive University health insurance last semester can submit a waiver form to review existing coverage until Feb. 15. The University requires all students to carry medical insurance. Students who do not have insurance at all or do not have insurance that meets the University’s minimum coverage standard are automatically enrolled in the student insurance plan the University provides. Kim Dalluge, department manager of the Student Health Insurance Office, said for the Fall 2018 term, there were 12,806 domestic and 5,062 international undergraduate students enrolled in the school’s insurance plan. A total of 3,800 domestic graduate students and 5,292 international graduate students are enrolled in the same period. Cindy Kang, sophomore in LAS, is paying for the school’s health insurance plan because she is an international student from South Korea and does not have a personal insurance plan in the U.S. However, Kang said she does not find the University’s insurance plan very beneficial. “It’s also another financial burden, especially as an international student who has to pay a high

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tuition fee,” Kang said. According to the Office of Student Health Insurance’s website, the 201819 academic year fees are $455 for undergraduate students and $582 for graduate students. Students must complete online waiver requests once every academic year to opt out of the automatic insurance plan.

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Every student’s health insurance is assessed each semester, so if a student misses the deadline for a waiver one semester, they always have a chance to do it in the next term. Austin Schmohe, sophomore in LAS, missed the first semester deadline to waive insurance because he thought the waiver carried over from the previ-

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as providing mental health care and prescription drug coverage.” Dalluge said a student can submit a waiver form in the fall, spring and summer terms. The registration period for this year’s spring term began Jan. 11. The Student Health Insurance Office has a SEE WAIVER | 3A

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Unlawful possession and use of a weapon by a felon were reported on the 1500 block of Hedge Road around 6:30 a.m. Friday. According to the report, during a search warrant of a residence, a loaded 9 mm handgun was found. The suspect, who was on parole, was arrested for unlawful possession and use of a weapon and transported to the Champaign County Jail. Theft was reported on the 300 block of East Beardsley Avenue around 9:30 a.m. Friday. According to the report, approximately $4,000 worth of power tools were stolen from the victim’s rental property. The victim suspects a person he hired to do home repairs on the property took the power tools. The

theft originally occurred Jan. 13. Theft was reported at Walgreens, 1509 S. Neil St., around noon Friday. According to the report, three females stole over $2,000 worth of perfume. One subject had a key that was used to unlock the glass cabinets where the perfume was displayed.

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Vandalism was reported at the Aeronomy Lab, 4810 N. High Cross Road, around 3:30 p.m. Friday. According to the report, the windows of two doors, one of them a sliding glass door, were broken out, resulting in an estimated $1,500 in damage. No evidence of theft was found. Theft was reported at Hopkins Hall, 1208 S. First St., around 3 a.m. Sunday. According to the report, a shirt and sunglasses valued at $1,750 were stolen from a room on the third floor of Hopkins Hall. The room was left unlocked.

Theft was reported at the Activities and Recreation Center, 201 E. Peabody Drive, around 4 p.m. Friday. According to the report, a winter coat was stolen from a bench on the second floor of the ARC. Items inside the coat, ID card, keys and a Urbana case for wireless headphones, were Nothing to report. also stolen. The winter coat and other items were valued to be over $400. news@dailyillini.com

High school CS initiative offers certification BY ASHLEY FU STAFF WRITER

As technology is constantly evolving, computer science education needs to keep up with the times. While there aren’t enough certified or endorsed high school teachers qualified to teach the advancements in the state of Illinois, the University is aiming to make changes by implementing a support initiative. The College of Education and the Department of Computer Science created the Illinois Secondary Teacher Education and Computer Science Initiative to endorse current high school computer science teachers and certify future teachers. The initiative consists of two programs. The endorsement program, which the team plans on having ready by 2020, focuses on the training of high school computer science teachers. The certification program, which is planned to be ready by 2021, focuses on certifying the trained teachers. Luc Paquette, professor in Education and coordinator of this five-year initiative, said there is currently no certification

program for computer science education at the state level and that the I-STECS team will need to work with Illinois State Board of Education to create one. Paquette is laying the groundwork and thinking of the sequence of courses necessary for the endorsement program. Paquette said the endorsement program in the initiative will have teachers in the Champa ig n-Urba na a rea enroll in night or weekend classes with in-person and online options. Undergraduate students often attend the program because they are aspiring teachers, he said. “What we did is put together this proposal and say there’s a big need in computer science education,” Paquette said. “We have one of the top computer sciences schools in the country here, and there’s not that many people doing computer science education in Illinois.” Craig Zilles, professor in engineering and consultant for the initiative, sequences necessary courses for the endorsement program of the ini-

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Chemical group creates new drug catalyst BY DANIEL RENTERIA STAFF WRITER

A chemical research group at the University has developed a catalyst that will change the way drugs are developed by going against what were thought to be the rules of chemistry. The White Research group works out of the Roger Adams Lab and focuses on developing synthesis-driven catalysts that are more efficient in the creation of medicine. Jinpeng Zhao, a member of the White Research group, and two former group members, Takeshi Nanjo and Emilio C. de Lucca Jr., worked with chemistry Professor Christina White to develop the new catalyst. “If (chemists) decide after constructing the molecule that they would like to change the hydrocarbon frame in the presence of the more reactive functionality, they often have to remake the molecule,” White said. The newly developed catalyst can bypass the need to completely rebuild the molecule and instead focus on the strong chemical bonds that were originally supposed to be focused on after weak chemical bonds. White compared the creation of medicine to building

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From left to right: Professor M. Christina White, Dr. Takeshi Nanjo, Jinpeng Zhao (lead author) and Dr. Emilio de Lucca Jr. The group has developed a catalyst that will change the future of medicine and pharmaceuticals.

a house. She said you would not build a door near where a window is, as it would possibly destroy the windows. The only option would be to rebuild the entire wall and add a door and a window. Both Zhao and White are adamant about developing catalysts that can be used to help people and make developing medicine easier for pharmaceutical chemists. “We always want to make our work as reachable as pos-

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University is encouraging students to reports biasmotivated incidents to BART and crimes to the According to BART, police,” Boten said in an bia s-motivated inci- email. dents that are reported to Boten also clarified the team are “actions or about the intention with expressions that are moti- the recent social media vated, at least in part, by post provided by the Uniprejudice against or hos- versity Police’s Facebook tility toward a person (or account. group).” These discrimi“The U of I Police’s post natory expressions can about BART was to let include age, disability, eth- students know that BART nicity and gender. Addi- existed,” Boten said. “It tionally, BART focuses on was not to say that stuthe protected categories dents should be reporting listed in the University’s bias incidents that are not non-discrimination policy. crimes to the police. The BART reports are han- campus police will refer dled by their team and are bias incidents that are not submitted by students. crimes to our team.” Students are then immeAmanda Rivera, sophdiately contacted by the omore in Education, team, and the co-chair believes it is a step forward to gather to make a informachange in tion. This our commuteam colnity, but it is lects statisnot enough. tics about “ I t bias incidoesn’t help dents that in changing are taking ideas and place and perspecgives everytives of peoone in the ple like race JANUARY BOTEN Universit y ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENTS and sexualcommunity ity. Espea resource cially since if they are it wouldn’t experiencing acts of bias. make it different to the Most of the cases do not person who faced the sitrise to the level of a policy uation in the first place,” violation. The members Rivera said. of the team work to be a Sa ma ntha Quiroga, resource both to the per- sophomore in DGS, supson making the report and ports the purpose of to anyone who is reported. BART, but believes there January Boten, assis- can be efforts added by our tant dean of students and students to create change. co-chair of BART, encour“I feel like this message ages students to report would be as effective as incidents that can help a student allows it to be. students’ safety. Some The police are making an might disagree with the initiative for students to team’s ultimate pur- speak about it, but they pose, but Boten believes can only do so much,” otherwise. Quiroga said. “People are entitled to Boten hopes BART’s their opinion; however, I active presence will give believe that students who students on campus who are in any type of distress experience biased incishould have a resource, dents a place to go to and the Bias Assessment report what happened to and Response Team is a them, getting students resource for people who help sooner rather than experience bias-relat- later. ed incidents within our campus community. The lvelaz20@dailyillini.com

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“Students who are in any type of distress should have a resource.”

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WAIVER limited amount of time after the deadline passes to pay their underwriter, UnitedHealthcare Student Resources. Once the office pays UHCSR, they do not reimburse the University for any refunds given after the deadline. “That comes out of our

budget,” Dalluge said. The Student Health Insurance Office is small a nd ma nages a lmost 27,000 students. Dalluge said they focus on customer service and aim to be the liaison for the student when they have questions regarding insurance. “We hope to be the one to reach out to UnitedHealthcare for students if there are issues,” Dalluge said.

sible to those medicinal chemists and we want to help them to show that they can really use our system in their daily work other than just being published in the paper,” Zhao said. “We want our system to be used by other people and really make a difference.” Nature makes the same kind of chemical reactions that this catalyst was created to perform, White said. This natural chemistry acted as an inspiration for the research on

this project. Late last year, White won an award from the American Chemical Society for Creative Work in Synthetic Chemistry for creating catalysts that drove chemical reactions that were originally only possible in nature, but can now happen synthetically. “It turns out that nature replaces carbon-hydrogen bonds with carbon-oxygen bonds all the time, it’s happening probably right now in

collected and create new ideas based on the research that they have performed. White specifically mentioned what Zhao and his fellow researchers had done for this specific research project. “So I guess the first thing I would say about Jinpeng, and a lot of my research group, first of all they’re attracted to solve really big problems to which there is no obvious answer in the literature and so I think it takes a very courageous person to take on that kind of endeavor,” White said. “When we started this project with Jinpeng I don’t think that either one of us has a clear idea of how to solve this problem.” Zhao hopes that the fact that this research project has gone against the common knowledge of chemistry will inspire other fields to go against what is supposed to be true. Even though Zhao sees the research as being targeted to chemists only, he believes performing research out of the box can be applied to other fields of science. “What you learn in your textbook could not be true,” Zhao said. “There’s more knowledge you can bring to old paradigms.”

your body. In your liver there are these enzymes that will replace CH with CO,” White said. “So our group tries to develop artificial enzymes that will do this on these types of biologically interesting molecules.” White described her group members as having courage for taking on problems that are both large in scope and have no obvious answer. They are the ones who perform the experiments, go over all data drente2@dailyillini.com

University partners with Tel Aviv Partnership with Israeli university will promote research, innovation BY TIARA COSBY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University is launching a new academic research collaboration with its first international organization to promote new research and innovative projects for students. The partnership is with Tel Aviv University, a public research institution located in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli university is ranked as one of the top business and cultural centers in the country. “Tel Aviv University is a partnership of the Dis-

covery Partners Institute, meaning they participate in academic research programs of interest, such as entrepreneurship, cybersecurity, data sciences and health sciences,” said Benjamin Taylor, assistant director of communications for the University system. The two institutions officially signed together in December and developed programs that will enhance research in affiliation with the Discovery Partners Institute, a collaborative research institute in Chi-

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cago that partners with different companies and universities to find real-life solutions for challenging situations. “We anticipate that this partnership will address real-world challenges with the goal of creating breakthroughs that leads to the creation of new products and companies,” Taylor said. The DPI promotes community and public engagement through the U of I system and all three campuses benefit from the partnerships with TAU, Taylor said. “There haven’t been any specific projects started as part of the partnership yet,” Taylor said. “But the

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INSECURITY ing food insecurity come in, but they do not record how many students come in for that reason. Morgan said all campuses across the country are seeing an uptake in students who have issues with food insecurity and homelessness. This has caused conversations on a national level about how to best serve these students. “We know if you are struggling with housing or struggling with food, it is going to affect your academics,” Morgan said. “You are not really going to be in a place where you can be your best academic self.” College students at risk of food insecurity may be eligible for benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a program through Food and Nutrition Services which offers nutrition assistance to low income individuals. The GAO found that almost two million at-risk students who were potentially eligible for SNAP did not report receiving benefits in 2016. Nikolaus said there are a There are certain circumstances the office tries to understand if students miss the deadline. Robert Parker, director of McKinley Health Center, said if

43% of potentially eligible students receive SNAP.

57% of potentially eligible students did not receive SNAP. SOURCE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

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TAU faculty and students will have a wide range of opportunities to lead and participate in DPI-affiliated research.” There is not a set date as to when the research programs will take place, but other institutions such as Northwestern University and the University of Chicago are also collaborating with TAU. “These new developments will benefit society, while producing economic growth, providing students with real-world experience while growing Illinois’ workforce,” Taylor said. tcosby2@dailyillini.com

“ W hen the universities started opening their doors to more diverse populations, they opened their doors without realizing that the costs and the burdens of pursuing a higher education degree come with support that needs to go along with it,” Nikolaus said. Nikolaus said food insecurity can look different depending on the college campus. She said there is evidence that suggests community college students are at a higher risk. “That doesn’t necessarily mean that food insecurity isn’t also present on an institution like this, or even private universities, because our landscape of students has changed so dramatically from what it used to be,” Nikolaus said. The Dean of Students Office offers a variety of resources to students who are experiencing food insecurity or financial concerns. A resource page on their website includes links to local food pantries and how to get involved with SNAP, but ultimately, students make the decision on what resources are right for them, Morgan said.

variety of factors that can influence whether or not they pursue SNAP benefits. She said some students might not want to receive SNAP benefits out of pride since they want to be able to be independent and pay for food without help. Nikolaus said some students might not even know they can use SNAP benefits. “Not everyone knows what is available to students, mostly because there are restrictions about how you can use SNAP benefits as a student. You have to be working 20 hours a week or

more,” Nikolaus said. The notion of a poor college student subsisting on cheap ramen noodles has been around for a long time, but this image is different than true food insecurity, Morgan said. “True food insecurity, where I don’t know where my next meal is coming from, is different and a much more recent phenomenon,” Morgan said. The landscape of higher education looks very different from when the stigma of being a broke college student came about, Nikolaus said. Higher education used to be much less accessible. okw2@dailyillini.com

students believe the insurance office made a mistake in the waiver process, they can make an appeal for further consideration. “We ask that the student

provide in writing whatever extenuating circumstances may have existed,” Parker said in an email. The appeals that students submit are discussed in weekly meetings with Parker, the associate director of McKinley Health Center and the Student Health Insurance office staff. Parker said the Student Health Insurance Office works

“We hope to be the one to reach out to UnitedHeathcare for students if there are issues.” KIM DALLUGE STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE OFFICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER

to allow a one-time, shortterm pass if students miss deadlines. “We make every effort to have the opt-out deadline occur after the bill arrives just because some students don’t read their notices and realize the requirements of the hard waiver until after getting the bill,” Parker said. sekang2@dailyillini.com

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Friendships can experience heartbreak, too for life. Not all relationships last forever, and it is unlikely you’ll go through COLUMNIST the breakup unscathed when it comes to parting from a friend. the end of freshAs much as it would be man year, the nice for friendships to be same set of faces immune to complex arguwere consistently plasments and rough endtered across my camera ings, it is important for roll, occupying about 12 friends to be honest with gigabytes of storage space one another, no matter on my iPhone. I thought I how brutal, when resolvhad found my people. ing conflict or confrontAfter all, you probably ing one another. To quote ended up attending a par- David Shrigley: “weak ticular university because messages create bad situyou were a good “fit” — not ations.” Sugarcoating how just in the academic sense, you feel doesn’t do anyone but also because through any favors. Out of respect your application you were for one another, it would perceived as someone who be ideal if you could both could blend well within walk away with a clear the other 30,000 thousand understanding as to why individuals who matched your friendship ended the your intellect and could way it did. challenge you to be a betBut sometimes it’s not ter version of yourself. that easy. Nevertheless, friendYou may be in a situship breakups happen, ation where explainand they can hurt just as ing yourself isn’t a clear much as romantic breakoption. For example, you ups do. Sometimes, the may evaluate your friendcause is unknown or ship and decide that nothundefined, leaving you ing can save it. to question if there was However, I have learned something about your the hard way that shying behavior you could have away from tough, awkchanged to sustain the ward subjects and leavfriendship. Other times, ing your friend to infer the cause is well-defined from ignored texts and and yet, the anger and bad moods is not a good hurt cannot fully outmove. Call it the silent weigh all the memories killer of friendship — it and time spent with that creates a chain reaction of person. All in all, it sucks all things bad: assuming, that friends can end up as overthinking and jumping strangers again. to conclusions. It may not The worst part is these seem pleasant to resort to breakups tend to occur at confrontation, but it may a later point in the friend- just save your friendship ship, one which requires or allow you to walk away time to reach. It is often with peace of mind, knowlong-term friendships that ing that you both tried to bear the brunt of these understand each other. breakups. Drifting apart As with all breakups, without a dramatic ending it can be difficult to find usually means you weren’t a suitable friend to fill that close to begin with. the now empty void. Of People will show their course, moving on is no true colors when people easy feat, but one that is get too comfortable with necessary and very much one another; this almost a part of growing pains. always results in incomAlthough an unpleasant patibility that was once truth, people come and go unimaginable between in our lives, for a myriad each other. of reasons impossible for Romance aside, breakone to fully comprehend. ing up still proves difficult That’s just the way life in that no matter how gen- goes. tle an approach, it doesn’t guarantee that bridges Kimberly is a junior in will remain intact, or that Engineering. you’re free of an enemy kngoh2@dailyillini.com KIMBERLY NGOH

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Voter ID laws are necessary 8 voters) are no longer valid or highly inaccurate, with 1.8 million deceased indiCOLUMNIST viduals still registered and 2.75 million voters registered in multiple states. 2005 bipartisan Voter ID laws seem like the study written by the natural solution to such a Commission of Fedproblem. A University of eral Election Reform, coChicago poll found 8 of 10 chaired by former PresiAmericans approve of votdent Jimmy Carter and er ID laws. However, these former Secretary of State laws have been opposed James Baker, found that heavily by the Democratic “The electoral system can- establishment. not inspire public confiOpponents of such laws dence if no safeguards exist typically have three main to deter or detect fraud or issues: These laws are to confirm the identity of unlawful under the Constivoters. Photo IDs currenttution; they suppress voter ly are needed to board a turnout; and they target plane, enter federal buildminorities unfairly. Let’s ings and cash a check. Votanalyze these claims. ing is equally important.” Voter ID laws have been As one of our most sacred challenged legally, and a rights, voting allows us to vast majority have been guide the political climate upheld. Most notably, in of our country, affecting “Crawford v. Marion Couneverything from taxation ty Election Board,” a 6-3 to government spending to decision by the Supreme zoning laws. Court upheld the constituAmerica’s voter registra- tionality of such laws. The tion system is fundamenplaintiffs failed to provide tally broken and is in seria single witness adversely ous need of an upgrade. In a affected by these laws and 2012 study done by the Pew found that Indiana had a Research Center, 24 millegitimate interest in prelion voter registrations in venting voter fraud. So, the the United States (1 in every validity of these laws are AJAY DUGAR

sound. Do they have a disproportionate effect in suppressing voter turnout? The research says no. In a 2007 study done by the University of Missouri, researchers found that after the implementation of voter ID laws in Indiana, voter turnout actually increased. In the 11 states that have enacted “strict” voter ID laws, nine of them saw either increases in voting percentage or an increase higher than the national voting average between 2012 and 2016. Finally, do these laws target racial minorities who are more likely to vote Democrat? In a 2018 study on Michigan voters, only 0.6 percent of all voters were affected, amounting to only 28,000 voters in a state with a population of nearly 10 million. To be fair, of these 28,000, they found minorities to be disproportionately impacted. However, in a 2017 Stanford study, compiling data from five national surveys over a span of eight years, they found no impact of voter ID laws on minority voting. Even if such an

effect exists, it affects an extremely small portion of individuals, which is not indicative of a coordinated campaign to disenfranchise minorities like many claim. More importantly, the idea that minorities can’t figure out something as simple as finding a way to obtain a valid form of ID is, quite frankly, racist. It infantilizes individuals like myself, that we are somehow too stupid to follow laws, reinforcing the idea of soft bigotry of low expectations. While some Republicans admit to using these laws to attempt to gain political leverage, there appears to be no advantage or disadvantage for either party. It is clear we can use voter ID laws to improve the sanctity and security of our elections. As Milton Friedman put it, “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” Don’t make the same mistake with voter ID laws. Ajay is a junior in Engineering. dugar3@dailyillini.com

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thy happy children (of the present), Winter is in full effect. While days might be getting longer – and that is certainly a good thing – even some of our brightest students on this blessed campus turn a blind eye to a very real problem: proper attire when exposed to the elements. This is a campus-wide issue that can no longer be ignored. There is absolutely no rational reason to wear basketball shorts in the winter; it doesn’t matter if you’re en route to the ARC or CRCE to work out, just put some sweatpants over them for Alma’s sake. Alma does not buy the bull crap about these students “not feeling the cold” in their legs — everyone gets cold! And to those who wear a jean jacket and a T-shirt and call it a day: Are you ok? A hoodie, windbreaker or worst of all, a lot of alcohol, doesn’t cut it during these months. It’s extremely easy to put on a winter jacket; plus, oversized parkas and coats are in. The jacket doesn’t have to be high-end, just one

that keeps you warm. If putting on a coat is straightforward, then zipping that coat should be even easier. Yet, another weird tendency some of us adopt is to not zip up our jackets and coats no matter the circumstance. A short walk down Green Street is more than enough time to see numerous students walking with their coat zippers unzipped. Students are essentially letting all the cold and windchill directly in by choosing to not zip up. I don’t know about you, but Alma definitely prefers being warm over a weird flex that wasn’t really even OK to begin with. Please remember that, while we don’t have loads of fur, we are capable of layering during the cold months. A winter jacket does keep you warm, but taking the extra step and wearing a T-shirt or two under a sweater can work wonders. Flannels? Warm and stylish. Long wool socks? Keeps the moisture out and your toes happy. The colder it is, the more options you have for layering clothing — this makes it easier to stay

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toasty even when one walks through no man’s land: the sidewalks between HERE and 309 (Curse that wind tunnel!). And of course, investing in nice winter boots does wonders. It might be ok to wear those checkered Vans or Sperry Topsiders when snow isn’t as abundant, but one good look outside a window begs for something much warmer. Winning wintertime isn’t a matter of

fashion, not caring enough or simply “looking cool.” It’s cold as heck, so students might as well just follow what their parents ingrained in their heads so long ago: “It’s cold sweetie, wear a jacket!” Love,

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Illini success: how theater majors measure up FAA majors find 65 percent employment BY PARI APOSTOLAKOS FEATURES EDITOR

For four years, Ellen Magee was trained how to best showcase her abilities in 90 seconds or less. Magee, a 2018 graduate, was an acting major. After hours of practicing her craft in class and during rehearsals, Magee now has little over a minute during a professional audition to persuade casting directors she is worthy of the role. “I make my reputation all over again,” she said. Like many acting majors, Magee holds a day job. She works at the American Girl Place in Chicago while she pursues her artistic goals. Since graduating, she has been employed as a professional actress in two productions in Chicago. The Illini Success Report is a collection of reports that has been published for a number of years, aiming to give a glimpse into the postgraduate life of alumni of all colleges within the University. According to these reports, 65 percent of graduates of the dance, music and theater programs reported being employed after graduation. Julie Rundell, assistant director for career services for FAA, believes this data cannot “tell the right story” about students in particular because of the freelance nature of acting jobs in the acting industry. For example, upon graduation, Rundell said many of these students find themselves employed in a summer stock theater (a theater which produces shows for a few months during the summertime). After working for this period, alumni will try to launch their

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careers in other ways. “I would say that a majority of our students are working professionals in their field,” Rundell said. “If you were to survey them right now, they may not all have jobs in the theatre at this exact moment … (But) they might have jobs lined up.” Professor Lisa Gaye Dixon, interim chair of the acting program and associate professor of theater at the University, says even shortrun summer employment is not a guarantee for theater graduates. “(Acting majors) may not always have a job upon leaving,” Dixon said. “We

like to work towards 100 percent employment, but we don’t always get it.” Consequently, Dixon said the acting department faculty has discussed how their students are being asked to fill out these success reports and how it reflects on their department as a whole, since the report is tailored toward students venturing into more traditional forms of employment. “The student has to be committed,” Dixon said. “Because this is the only profession where 90 percent of the time, 90 percent of the people will be out of work.”

Rundell defines success for FAA graduates as being able to sustain oneself by practicing his or her art professionally, whatever that art may be. “In the acting area here, we talk about success not as never getting anything wrong,” Dixon said. “But success can be defined in a number of ways.” Within the first year of their higher education, Dixon wants her students to learn and grow from rejection without taking it personally to build a successful career in the future. For Magee, one of the ways that she is trying to become more successful

is “learning to love auditioning,” since a casting call is currently one of the only places in which she can work on herself as an actress. She is also still exploring how to find time to devote

herself to her art among other commitments. “So far it’s sort of figuring out … what the best way to keep working on yourself is,” she said.

and are representing a billion-dollar brand. All the travel included was just a bonus.” In addition to the job freedom and travel perks, the Peanutters take pleasure in the joy they can bring to others with the

presence of the truck and Mr. Peanut across the country. “What made me decide to enter this field and what excited me most is the amount of happiness I saw you can provide to others,” Byrne said. “I, myself,

found out about this job after getting picked up from class on campus in one of the mobiles and had an opportunity to witness firsthand how much joy you are able to spread. I have never experienced such childlike excitement from

people, no matter what their age was.” Smith’s career path thus far, while untraditional, has been fulfilling. From the diverse groups of people he’s met to the new places he’s been able to see, Smith is happy with the adventure

and variety the Peanutter job provides. “I have always loved talking and interacting with people and being able to do that with the NUTmobile is a SHELL of a time,” he said.

“In the acting area here, we talk about success not as never getting anything wrong, but success can be defined in a number of ways.” LISA GAYE DIXON ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THEATER

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40 Six of one and half a dozen of the other, say? 41 Like the outer matryoshka doll 43 Time for a mint julep in Louisville 45 “Do you mind?” 46 Concorde, e.g., for short 47 Dormant 48 Sporty Spiders, informally 49 In a cheery manner 52 Drag racing org. 53 Top of a fund drive thermometer 54 Trumpet accessory 55 “Wonder Woman” antagonist 56 Carpentry tool 59 Revolutionary figure

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The Planters Peanutters, advertising specialists who work for the company, travel the nation visiting various cities in this peanut-shaped truck, often joined by the brand’s mascot, Mr. Peanut. University alumnus, Bradley Smith, travels with Mr. Peanut across the country to advertise the company.

University alum finds ‘nutty’ career BY CIERA JOHNSON STAFF WRITER

Millennials are somewhat notorious for pursuing non-traditional careers. Bradley Smith, a University alumnus, is no exception. Smith drives the Planters Peanut NUTmobile across the country with Mr. Peanut. Smith's off beat career path began as an advertising student at the University. “I actually saw the NUTmobile when I was on campus,” Smith said in an email. “In my ADV 150 class, the Peanutters came to give a presentation and I was able to connect with them after about the job. After that presentation, I loved the idea of traveling for a full year with the NUTmobile and Mr. Peanut.” Smith's collegiate experiences outside of the classroom helped prepare him for the job. “I actually was a tour guide on campus and used a lot of what I learned about answering questions and making engaging conversations on that job in my current job as a Peanutter,” Smith said. In addition to leveraging his interpersonal skills, his college experience prepared him for life on the road. “I used to have such a crazy schedule in college,” he said. “I would wake up, go to class, go to

ty of Wisconsin-Madison. She, like Smith, is drawn to the spontaneity and overall adventure of the job. “As a Peanutter,” O’Brien said in an email, “we are essentially a traveling public relations firm and get to dip our toes into plenty of realms within that. The adventure and travel aspect on top of this sold it as the total package.” Margaret Byrne, another Peanutter, specifically enjoys the day-to-day variety of the job. “One day we could be pitching all the local media for a city, or another we could be collecting social media content,” Byrne said in an email. “It really depends. Generally, though, we drive into a new city on a Monday, stay about a week, spend our first two days off exploring the city, then have events Thursday (through) Sunday.” Smith, O’Brien and Byrne are based out of California, but as Peanutters, they travel wherever they are needed. Many recent graduates begin their professional PHOTO COURTESY OF BRADLEY SMITH lives in entry-level posiMr. Peanut celebrates the Fourth of July at the Macy’s fireworks show in New York City in 2016. Mr. Peanut and his team of tions, possibly dealing with Peanutters get the opportunity to travel the country and bring joy to Mr. Peanut fans. micromanagement, limited mobility and less indepenwork or a student organi- ple or throwing axes with ing in the moment.” nutters, the job title for the dence than they had in their zation and come home to do Mr. Peanut, I never know For many college gradu- advertising specialists like college days. homework. With this job, I where the next adventure ates, their post-university Smith and his colleagues. “ I wa s incred ibly could be driving to Atlan- will take me and I’ve gotten lives aren’t exactly what Molly O’ Brien, another intrigued by how much ta, outside a grocery store used to not always knowing they imagined. Few peo- Planters Peanutter, studied SEE PEANUT | 5A taking pictures for peo- my scheduling and just liv- ple have heard of the Pea- advertising at the Universi-

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Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu drives to the basket during the game against Iowa at Carver Hawkeye Arena on Sunday. The Illini lost 95-71. Dosunmu has worked his way up to the No. 21 prospect on the draft board for ESPN.

Dosunmu reaches star status BY GAVIN GOOD STAFF WRITER

Ayo Dosunmu turned 19 last Friday, but he’s already the face of Illinois basketball. The 6-foot-5-inch Chicago native came to Illinois to be a star, and though the team has struggled, Dosunmu has swiftly made a name

for himself. Averaging 14.2 points per game (second on the team), shooting 45.7 percent from the field (third) and 4.6 rebounds per game, Dosunmu is producing at a higher and more dependable rate than Big Ten freshmen are expected to.

NBA scouts are salivating. ESPN has Dosunmu as the No. 21 prospect on the draft board, with Indiana small forward Romeo Langford (No. 5) as the only Big Ten player rated ahead of him. “I’d be hard-challenged to find any player in the country that in every aspect of the

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game is playing any better,” said head coach Brad Underwood. “You can look numberwise. Starting from ground zero as a freshman and looking at where he’s at now.” Dosunmu knows the spotlight is on him — it was for years while playing at Morgan Park and for Mac Irvin

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Illinois guard Brandi Beasley goes up for a layup during the game against Nebraska at the State Farm Center on Friday. The Illini lost 77-67.

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The Illinois women’s basketball team has played 80 games since junior Brandi Beasley began her freshman season in fall 2016. Appearing in all 80 games and only coming off the bench twice in that span, Beasley has been the Illini’s top guard since she stepped foot in the State Farm Center. Even though Illinois has lost players and switched coaches since Beasley’s freshman year, the junior’s success has been one of the program’s constants. Beasley was one of Illinois’ top scorers her freshman year, averaging 13.6

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Fire — but for now, he just wants to help out his struggling Illini team. “I’m just focusing on the college basketball season,” Dosunmu said. “Just focused on the season, focused on trying to get (conference wins)

points-per-game and was ranked second among Big Ten freshmen for her 15.3 points-per-game in conference play. Following her standout freshman season, the Memphis native was named to the 2017 Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Beasley went on to continue her offensive success into her sophomore season, averaging 12.3 points per game. Behind senior Alex Wittinger, Beasley is the team’s second-highest scorer this season totaling 193 points. Now, just past midway through her junior year, Beasley is only four points away from joining

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the 1,000-point club, an achievement only 29 Illini have accomplished, including Wittinger. Despite Beasley’s general consistency, the fight to 1,000 hasn’t been easy for the guard during recent contests. Beasley has recorded single-digit scoring in three out of the last four games, being held to just five points against Nebraska. But she remained unconcerned as she continues to focus on her process. “It’s very mental with me. So it’s not necessarily getting in the gym (more), but just watching film and just SEE BEASLEY | 3B

he Illinois men’s basketball team currently sits comfortably at the bottom of the Big Ten. While the expectations for this season shouldn’t have been anything substantially greater than this outcome, finally living the reality of yet another underwhelming Illinois basketball season can seem frustrating to the team’s longtime fans. However, even more so than previous years, this Illini basketball team seems different. For the first time in several seasons, a direction can be seen for the program. While some may doubt the implementation of head coach Brad Underwood’s up-tempo, guard-focused, shoot-inseven-seconds style of offense in the Big Ten, he is putting together a team

of players that can make it happen. I’ll be the first to admit, doubts about Underwood’s abilities have popped into the mind. I would consider it almost impossible for someone not to question the state of the program after a 73-71 overtime loss to Florida Atlantic University on your home court. Although in the weeks to come, Underwood would go on to lock down the very recruit who was in the building to see the stunning FAU loss, as the commitment of big man Kofi Cockburn appears to be exactly what the Illinois team is missing. Not to mention, the team would play well against Michigan and crush Minnesota, two games that I consider to be well coached and well fought. I will also quickly bring up something I have observed from the fortunate sideline seat I have to watch Illinois basketball SEE FUTURE | 3B

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The No. 20-ranked Illinois wrestling team (2-3) is set to host No. 4-ranked Iowa (8-0) this Friday at Huff Hall. The Illini are looking to even both their overall and conference records with a win against the Hawkeyes. The Illini are coming off of a loss to the No. 7 Minnesota Golden Gophers last week, when they gave up two major decisions and two pins to lose 15-26. “I feel like the team has definitely stepped it up,” said redshirt junior Joey Gunther. “We took our lumps against Minnesota, and we really didn’t like that. I think it gave us a new perspective on what we (have) to do to get where we want to be, and so far every practice that we’ve had since then has been on a new level.” The last time Illinois faced off against Iowa was last season when the Illini let the Hawkeyes come back from a 9-0 deficit to lose 18-17. The Illini went 5-5 in matchups and were leading 17-12 going into the final match but gave up a pin in the last round, giving the Hawkeyes six points. The Illini are returning eight wrestlers from that dual meet. The Hawkeyes have put together an undefeated season so far, coining notable wins against Minnesota, Princeton and Rutgers. Last week, before grabbing a win against Rutgers, nine of the 10 starting wrestlers for the program were ranked. Illinois had six ranked wrestlers in their starting 10 during the loss against Minnesota. Head coach Jim Heffernan is relying on more fight from the team against Iowa. He was vocal about the effort needed from the team and knows that to compete against a top program, the team needs to have fight. “Everyone needs to make a great effort,” Heffernan said. “Iowa, since I started school many years ago, they’ve been the standard. So, it’s no secret they’re good, it’s no secret they’re always tough and in shape. Our guys know that, and we know that it’s a matter of them responding.” The Illini won’t be short on experience against Iowa. Heffernan wrestled and graduated from the University of Iowa, and Gunther spent two years in the program before transferring to Illinois. “(Iowa’s) going to come in thinking that they are tough guys,” Gunther said. “They’ve got some good wrestlers, don’t get me wrong, but they’re going to try to come in here and bully us. We just (have) to step up and fight back. If they punch, we (have) to punch back. If they kick then we (have) to kick back. (We) can’t lay down to these guys.” brendyn2@dailyillini.com

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Dosunmu’s hot streak grabs attention this season BY MILES POWERS-HUANG ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

At the beginning of his freshman year, Ayo Dosunmu was getting the looks, but not scoring at an efficient rate. Heading into the Dec. 29 matchup against Florida Atlantic, Dosunmu was averaging 11.1 points per game coming off of a two-point performance in the bragging rights game against Missouri. The Illini freshman went out against the Owls and scored 21 points in a losing effort. He followed that with 20 and 18 points, respectively, in road losses at Indiana and Northwestern. Illinois welcomed then-undefeated Michigan to Champaign, where the freshman put up 23 points and added a few LeBronesque blocks in the competitive defeat. The freshman quickly became the catalyst for Illinois, finally ending its losing streak after scoring 23 points in the win over Minnesota at the State Farm Center on Jan. 16. Although the Illini were blitzed by the three ball at Iowa on Saturday, Dosunmu successfully added 15 points. Prior to the Florida Atlantic game, Dosunmu was still averaging double figures scoring-wise, but was missing far more shots than he made, which hurt Illinois given his importance on offense. In the six games following the Maui Invitational, he failed to shoot above .500 from the field in any of the contests, and he hit double figures, with only 10, just twice. In the Illini’s six games since, his shooting percentage has been .500 or above in four of the six games and put up a total of 120 points. Over that time frame, his scoring average has also increased from 11.1 to 14.2 points per game. Those who questioned whether or not the Illini and Dosunmu would fold after a rough start to Big Ten play received a resounding answer from the freshman following the win against the Gophers. “Earlier in the season we took a lot of punches. Now it’s time for us to throw punches,” Dosunmu said. @MilesP_H milesp2@dailyillini.com

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AYO and try to be the best I can for Coach Underwood and my team.” Sure, that sounds like a rehearsed answer, and maybe it is, but Dosunmu looks comfortable in his role on and off the court at Illinois. He and the team visited nearby Carle Cancer Center over the weekend, taking wide-smiling pictures with patients, and he has regularly been made available to media after practice and games, routinely offering thoughtful answers to questions directed at him. Since Illinois’ emotional Braggin’ Rights loss to Missouri on Dec. 22, Dosunmu has gone on a tear. He’s averaged 20 points per game over a six-game stint, leading Illinois in scoring for each contest. No Illini freshman has scored as much and as consistently as Dosunmu has since Cory Bradford put up 105 points over a five-game stretch as a redshirt freshman in 1999. In Illinois’ most impressive performance of the season, a 95-68 win over Minnesota at the State Farm Center on Jan. 16, Dosunmu managed 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting (3-of-4 3FG) and four rebounds. “He’s really, really good in transition,” said Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino. “And then he hit those threes. Nine for 13, he was very, very efficient.” Efficiency has been Dosunmu’s mode of operation throughout his breakout stretch. He went 7-for12 at Indiana (4-of-6 3FG, 20 points) and 6-for-12 at Northwestern (18 points, five rebounds), then went 10-of16 (2-of-4 3FG, 23 points and seven rebounds) in a 10-point loss to then-No. 2 Michigan. “The game is slowing down for him,” Underwood said. “Everything becomes rushed, everything becomes new when you first come here. You can look at the missed layups, now he’s finishing through contact and taking hits. Every time he shoots it, I think it’s going in. But more importantly, he’s making the right reads and he’s making the right reads defensively. He’s gained so much defensively, he’s playing way beyond his years, he’s playing in a very mature way and that’s a tribute to him.” But it didn’t all come easy for the state’s Mr. Basketball winner, even as he arrived amid fanfare and sky-high expectations. Dosunmu excelled in a narrow defeat to Georgetown on Nov. 13 (25 points) then struggled mightily against No. 4 Gonzaga, went 1-for-9 from the field against Ohio State in Chicago and only scored two points against Missouri, a game in which the Tigers started three former Illini commits. No one was stopping him from getting to the basket, but the guard who helped lead Team USA to a FIBA Americas U18 title last summer couldn’t seem to get his scintillating layups and short-range floaters to go down. The consensus No. 24

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“(I’m) just focused FROM 1B BEASLEY on the season, on decision-makfocused on trying focusing ing,” Beasley said. As expected, the junior bounced back durto get (conference quickly ing Illinois’ most recent loss putting up a seasonwins) and try to be tobestIowa, 21 points. last game, it was the the best I can for next“After practice that you startseeing (Beasley’s comeCoach Underwood ed back) and that’s where you build it, in practice,” said and my team.” head coach Nancy Fahey. AYO DOSUNMU

‘OK, I got a little more swagger back,’ and that’s credit to her. Then the product of it is when you see it on the court, I was really proud of how she bounced back.” After her standout performance against Iowa, Beasley’s ability to score from inside and outside the arc and keep defenders on their toes appeared to be alive and well. Her passing game and court vision have also made her even more unpredictable on the court. Earlier in the season, Bea“You could see she was like, sley dished out five assists

and recorded 14 points in Illinois’ win over Indiana State. Following the performance, Beasley said finding the balance between hitting her shots and setting her teammates up has been a work in progress. Following that trend, the guard has led the Illini in assists since her sophomore year when she dished out 111. This season, Beasley leads the team by a margin of 69 assists, currently sitting at 93, averaging 5.2 a game. With Beasley’s strong performance back on track,

the point guard is set to earn the 1,000-point honor in Illinois’ next contest on Thursday night at Michigan State. “(Beasley) has really developed her game,” Fahey said. “She’s always been a great handle, but her ability to see the floor right now and see who’s open and kick out has really added to her game. It makes it tough to guard her because you never know what she’s going to do.” ghajduk2@dailyillini.com

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TENNIS recruit in the class of 2018, Dosunmu hasn’t been immune to growing pains. It’s how he’s ridden them out, though, something that the Illinois staff is impressed with. “Ayo is unique,” Underwood said. “He’s got a great mental capacity to learn and absorb information.” Underwood has certainly given his young point guard time to work out the kinks, playing him a team-leading 30 minutes per game (compared to sophomore Trent Frazier’s 29.6 minutes per game and senior guard Aaron Jordan’s 27). Even on nights where Dosunmu’s shot hasn’t been falling consistently, like against Florida Atlantic (he had to launch 20 shots to score his 21 points) or against Ohio State, when he went 1-of-9 from the floor and 0-of-3 from beyond the arc, he remains on the court. The second-year Illinois coach has shown more patience — and trust — with Dosunmu than he did when he had the state’s 2017 Mr. Basketball winner, Mark Smith, at his disposal last season. Smith averaged 19.1 minutes, though that diminished as he struggled to score for long stretches, and wasn’t as quick to adjust defensively as Dosunmu has been. Big Ten opponents are keying into Dosunmu now, too, instead of just worrying about Frazier and surprisingly successful forward Giorgi Bezhanishvili. The rest of the conference slate will serve as a litmus test for how Dosunmu can deal with being the top guy, or one of the top guys, on the scouting report. If Dosunmu can maintain his form, the NBA will continue to beckon. The Illini faithful have already largely started their push to keep Dosunmu in Champaign, hoping he sees the benefit of another year developing in the Big Ten with the Illini program. For Dosunmu, however, his demeanor hasn’t changed as the buzz has grown into a fervor. “I knew the shots that I was missing, that I was going to make them eventually because I’ve been making them my whole life,” Dosunmu said. “It’s all about paying attention to details. At this level, every detail matters. The way you jump, how far you jump, keeping your eyes on the rim, every detail matters.” @itsallG_O_O_D gavinrg2@dailyillini.com

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The Illinois men’s tennis team finished its action before the dual season starts by competing in the MLK Invitational in Atlanta, Georgia. The tournament was one of the strongest of the season, but for head coach Brad Dancer, there’s still room for improvement. “We’re doing some good things and guys are making progress, but we’re not consistent enough across the boards,” Dancer said. “I think that showed all three days.” The weekend was headlined by junior Aleks Kovacevic’s play. The junior went 4-2 with his biggest win of the season coming Sunday when he defeated Jan Zielinski from the University of Georgia. Zielinski was the No. 2 player in the country and Kovacevic dominated Zielinski winning in straight sets. The win led to Kovacevic claiming his first ever Big Ten Men’s Tennis Athlete of the week. As the season approaches it’s apparent that playing quality competition is important to Kovacevic. “It’s really good for our confidence and belief to be playing with the guys that are 1, 2, 3, 4 in the nation,” said Kovacevic. “Competing with them and beating them gives me a

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FUTURE compete. One thing that stands out strongly with Underwood’s second-year team is that these guys have bought in. At least as of late, Underwood has created a team environment that is more inviting yet aggressive. Those efforts from Underwood have pulled me in. The team still sits at a 5-13 record that will stick out as one of the more unfortunate seasons in program history. Not much positive can be taken away from such a start, but plenty can be made over the course of the team’s next 13 Big Ten games. The play of freshman Ayo Dosunmu and Giorgi Bezhanishvili has become the story of the season. Dosunmu has been easily reaching his five-star potential throughout the latest gauntlet of Big Ten play, and Bezhanishvili has become

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gia and the No. 28 player in the country in Jackie Tang of Columbia University. The last piece of the puzzle was Chakravarthi, who went undefeated in singles play. Chakravarthi defeated Alex Phillips from the University of Georgia, William Matheson from Columbia University and Pablo Schelcher from Georgia Tech. “They are maturing a lot,” Dancer said. “They are starting to understand their game, and they are starting to feel more comfortable in their own skin. They aren’t pressing anymore.” The match puts a bookmark in the fall season. The spring season will be where the Illini compete for a Big Ten Title, and possibly an NCAA Title. The Illini will be aided by the addition of two new players, freshman Siphosothando Montsi and Alex Bancila. Montsi has now competed in a total of six matches in his Illini career and is 2-4. Bancila, on the other hand, has yet to compete but he comes in as a five-star recruit. Illinois will play its next matches Feb. 1 against Duke University. This will be the Illini’s first home matches of the year and the official start of the dual season.

belief and hope that keeps me going every day.” In addition to Kovacevic, juniors Vuk Budic, Zeke Clark and sophomore Caleb Chakravarthi played some of their best tennis of the season. Budic went 5-1 in the tournament and in singles play, defeated Jason Lui from Columbia University, Bran-

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one of the best evaluations in recent memory for the basketball program. If you look over to the bench, plenty of young talent sits. Arguably, young talent isn’t getting enough of a shot. Freshmen Tevian Jones, Alan Griffin and Samba Kane all fall in line when looking at the player’s average minutes of play, rounding out the least amount of minutes for scholarship players on the team. Both Jones and Griffin sit hovering around the eight-minutes-per-game mark, while Kane falls right behind with nearly seven minutes per game. Underwood may have pulled me back in, but it’s time for the coach to highly consider looking at his time management. Considering the team’s record and with the future goals in mind, all three players should quickly experience a bump in playing time. To give credit where credit is due, it appears the process has already started.

Jones received his careerhigh in minutes played in the team’s latest matchup against Iowa with 16 minutes. As for Griffin, he has received 13 and seven over the course of the last two games, respectively. While Underwood preaches positionless basketball, these two players will typically substitute in for upperclassman Kipper Nichols and Aaron Jordan, and rightfully so. Both Jordan (27 mins per game) and Nichols (22 mins per game) have failed to impress as the stretch of Big Ten basketball has continued, and with only five wins chalked up on the board, it’s time to start shaving off their minutes spent on the court. Second-year player Da’Monte Williams has been receiving a substantial amount of playing time over both Jones and Griffin, with practically 23 minutes per game while offering only 4.4 points per game. When on the court, both Jones and Griffin have shown signs of growth. The

big man Kane has possibly shown the best glimpses, having several blocks and impressive fadeaway jumpers already to his name. Growing pains have been a factor for each of the three players as well, with costly turnovers or foolish fouls, but with a team that has little to fight for in terms of a postseason bid, the focus should strictly be on the growth of the current team. The future of the program rests in the hands of these three players in a big way, especially with the increasing interest of Dosunmu by NBA franchises. With only eight or fewer minutes a game for these freshmen, the Illini fans have seen a little of what they can truly do. Time on the court will only help these players grow faster and the production change. With plenty of the season left to go, it’s time for the Illini to lean heavily on a young rotation. @Schuster_Elias eeschus2@dailyillini.com

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“If Beale Street Could Talk” movie poster. Set in the 1970s, this film centers around a couple whose plans for the future are put on hold when one is arrested for a crime he didn’t commit.

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BEALE Many of the text’s most beautiful quotes are recited in voice-overs in the movie — but not in a voice that captures the rhythm and complexity and every other way each of Baldwin’s sentences is pure poetry — but in a voice that doesn’t seem to understand what it ’s reading. Baldwin’s slow, rambling, yet surgical prose simply isn’t recited with a voice that can carry its weight. W hen Jeremy Irons recites Nabokov in “Lolita” (1997), he will leave you repeating his lines to yourself all the way back home. Layne’s narration of lines that are so much more beautiful and profound than Nabokov’s simply doesn’t have the same effect. The dialogue in the movie also often seems

out of place, most probably because it might have been taken directly from the book. The polite, intricate, and sometimes verbose dialogue may have fit a novel, but in film, it feels awkward. You feel that these aren’t things people would say in real life. When this is contrasted with the beautiful realism the movie continues to portray, it makes it seem that much more unnatural. Perhaps more experienced actors may have been able to do more with what they were given, but the two main leads don’t do their roles justice. The romance between them doesn’t have any character; their bond doesn’t feel very explained. You feel as if any two people could play the roles with equal aptitude, that there’s nothing significant about their love and their relationship. The strongest performances in the mov-

ie by far come exclusively from the older and more experienced supporting cast. The movie is also full of elements that are touched upon once — an endearing character here, a hostile and awkward relationship there — but are then mentioned no more. It’s a movie full of half-finished characters and plot elements. These are probably artifacts from the adapted text, but a more effective screenplay would have been able to tie these things back into the main plot. I suppose very few movies are capable of gracefully following up a movie as beautiful as “Moonlight,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” is a noble attempt, but it is surely not the film Jenkins will be remembered for. buzz factor: nskumar2@readbuzz.com

 8-9:30 p.m.  The Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign  $12, all ages The Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind event showcasing videos found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters throughout North America. Childhood friends Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher take audiences on a guided tour of their latest and greatest VHS finds, providing live commentary and where-are-they-now updates on the people in these videotaped obscurities. From the curiously produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie donated to Goodwill, the Found Footage Festival resurrects these forgotten treasures and serves them up in a lively celebration of all things found.

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Champaign-Urbana based band Elsinore will be participating in this year’s Great Cover Up event. The band also plans on releasing new music sometime this spring.

Local band Elsinore to release new music BY JILLIAN LITTLE STAFF WRITER

Ryan Groff, Mark Woolwine, James Treichler and Adam Wayne of Elsinore are veterans of the local music scene — the band has been signed to Parasol Records since the mid-2000s. The band’s age is reflected in the quality of their music, as you’d expect from seasoned musicians. With a new album coming out pretty soon and the band performing at the 28th Annual Cover-Up in February, Ryan Groff talked to buzz about the process of navigating life in the local music scene. Elsinore originally formed in 2004 toward the end of the quartet’s college years. As they were getting the band off the ground, they played mostly live shows. Like any band, Elsinore went through a so-called musical “evolution.” “We were mostly acoustic

and Americana folky, which lasted for the first two years,” Groff said. “A band sound can change very easily, and unless you don’t want it to, there’s no reason to fight it.” As the line-up changed and different instruments were incorporated to their sound, the band decided to abandon their humble beginnings for sonic exploration and more pop-ish sounding songs. During the recording process in 2005 for their album Nothing For Design, Groff switched to playing the electric guitar exclusively. New responsibilities soon crept up as the band members approached their 30s. Now, most of them are married and some have children. “Sometimes that comes out in the process of making music because it can be hard,” Groff said. Family life is important to the band, and Elsinore has even gone as far as incorpo-

rating family into the music process. Groff’s son stars in the official music video for their most recent single, “O.” The concept is he’s a child “sitting and waiting to become a finished product,” as explained by Groff. The video was also shot, edited and produced by the band’s drummer, James Treichler. “Ultimately the more time and energy you put into writing your songs, and the more time, energy, and money you put into recording, the more potential you have to reach people and build a fanbase,” Groff said. A lot of university students go to Elsinore’s concerts and are surprised to learn that most of the members are actually from ChampaignUrbana (with the exception of their bass player, who lives in Chicago). That’s where the magic comes from. The band has also received

some national exposure with some of their songs being played on television shows and featured in commercial campaigns. Their single “Yes, Yes, Yes” was featured on the popular show, “So You Think You Can Dance?” “Those experiences are some of the most rewarding and motivating parts of being a band who plays live,” Groff said. As for the coming year, the band is looking forward to performing alongside other musicians for the 28th Annual Great Cover-Up next month. Each year, local bands from the area come together and each performs as a different band, covering the works of another musical act for charity. Groff sang David Bowie’s classic “Life on Mars” last year. So far, Elsinore has narrowed down the five songs they want to play. “It’s just matter of every-

one getting comfortable enough so that when we get together, we’re not like ‘Alright! Let’s learn these songs. Everyone plays an important role in the performance,” Groff said. “Hopefully people like the artist we choose. We didn’t go super famous, but we also didn’t choose anybody too abstract.” Who they picked will remain a mystery until the performance. Elsinore is also looking forward to the release of their new album this spring. “There are a lot of elements that are really exciting to us and a lot of things that will be familiar to people who’ve liked our music in the past and our current supporters,” Groff said. “There will also be some really cool and surprising moments on the record too.” At the close of their careers, the band hopes fans

will remember them by their work ethic and artistry. “Everything that Elsinore has done has felt right at the time that we were doing it. Everyone is very serious about quality and the production of our albums. It’s quite easy to tell apart a band that is putting songs out for the fun of it and not having any interest in touring from a band that is serious about their music,” Groff said. “People can take us seriously because they hear the songs, they check us out online, and they feel like ‘This is a band that I can actually listen to.’” The band tries not to stray too far from that model, because that’s how they feel about their own favorite artists. “It works. Every time my favorite bands put an album out, it’s usually really good or a huge step forward.” jel3@readbuzz.com

REVIEW

'If Beale Street Could Talk’ disappoints compared with prior films BY NILLY KUMAR STAFF WRITER

“If Beale Street Could Talk” is Barry Jenkins’ third feature film. Following the universally acclaimed “Moonlight,” it would be an understatement to say there were high expectations for the director. And in his attempt to follow up a movie that was largely regarded as a cinematic masterpiece comes “Beale Street,” a movie

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based on a James Baldwin novel of the same name. “Beale Street” is a noble attempt at retelling a story from one of the greatest American writers of all time, but the final product is a giant mixed bag. The movie’s strongest element is its life as a thorough indictment of American racism. Few other movies ring as true to our current political reality as “Beale Street.” Set in a time

after the supposed end of systemic racism, “Beale Street” is an insightful autopsy of and a scream of rage at the modern mode of racial oppression. The movie shines the most when it portrays the pure agony and injustice of the American criminal justice system, dragging the audience through the desperation and the hopelessness in trying to find justice in a racist world.

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This emotional rigor is obtained through brilliant cinematography that isn’t afraid to get close. The camera is often perhaps only inches from an actor’s face, allowing every pore to be inspected, essentially trapping the audience in the character’s state of mind. The film’s palette is fresh and vibrant and brown like a warm morning in the city, and the soundtrack is

enchanting to the point of wanting it to consume the soundscape and engulf you. The camera lingers in long shots, slowly panning from character to character, staying on them and letting the emotion soak into the screen. There are no abrupt cuts. Everything in the film feels like it was made with overwhelming tenderness. But the technical skill of the director and cinematographer don’t make up

for some of the lackluster performances in the film. KiKi Layne and Stephan James, the two main leads, are young and inexperienced actors, and it shows. It shows, for example, in how the weakest scenes in the movie are the ones with the most dialogue. This should be very strange for any movie based off of a book. SEE BEALE | 5B