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GPA does not play major role in hiring BY REBECCA WOOD STAFF WRITER

With finals approaching, students might be relieved to hear that the Career Center and various companies hiring Illinois students have said GPA does not always play a major role in hiring decisions post-graduation. Jennifer Neef, associate director of career and professional connections at the Career Center, said the number of employers screening for GPA is typically inversely related SEE GPA | 3A

UI attempts to combat faculty poaching

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Student journalists and employees of The Daily Illini gather at their daily news conference to plan out the following day’s content. Student newsrooms across the country are currently banding together to bring awareness to the importance of student media on college campuses.

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The Daily Illini is an independent student newspaper, which means we don’t take orders from the University. Being independent means our publication can publish what it wants, when it wants, without constraints or censorship from the administration. The majority of student newspapers across the country are not independent — they publish what their schools tell them to. Often, they are prohibited from publishing important information regarding their university.

We understand it’s a privilege to learn and grow at an independent publication free from these constraints, but we still experience struggles. Many of our readers already heard that our company is moving locations from Green Street to the University YMCA for financial reasons. Journalism is always evolving, and we, as journalists, understand the need to evolve with it. There are a lot of people on campus who might not agree with everything The Daily Illini does. We have our fair share of crit-

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The state of Illinois is to decide whether the University System will receive additional funding to combat faculty poaching by other peer universities. University faculty members have been targeted by other colleges due to the recent budget impasse, said Barbara Wilson, vice president for academic affairs. She said although the budget crisis has ended, the University has remained a target of faculty poaching. “We track how many people have had offers from other institutions, and it has gone up 40 percent during those three years of the budget impasse,” Wilson

On Wednesday, student newsrooms across the country joined together in a movement to bring awareness to the problems university publications are currently dealing with. The Daily Illini acknowledges the present issues and will work to help solve them in the future; we ask that you help in our fight to save student newsrooms. ics, but it’s important to remember we are still students learning our trade. We are not perfect, nor do we try to be. There are serious problems in our industry at the moment. Professional publications all over the world are criticized for their subjectivity, their re-

porting techniques and their presentation of facts. In order to help fix these aspects of the industry, we need to learn and experience what it’s like to work in a real newsroom. Almost everything we learn as journalists doesn’t

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Illinois tends to lean liberal in ex-con voting rights Felons can vote after release BY HAIPEI WU STAFF WRITER

Although former felons are allowed to vote in Illinois, Mike Ingram, a Democrat running for the District 6 seat on the Champaign County Board, said he has encountered many former felons on the campaign trail who are unaware they can vote.

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“During my campaign for the county board, I always have a couple of people telling me that they can’t vote because they are ex-con,” Ingram said. “People seem to be very excited when I told them that they can vote.” Although some states have banned people with felony convictions from voting, Illinois does not take away voting rights from former felons. A study by ProCon.org, a site that specializes in SEE VOTING | 3A

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Goldwater scholarship recipient Michael Toriyama poses with his research in Loomis Laboratory of Physics on April 23. In his research, Toriyama conducts simulations of ion radiation in semiconductors.

ients from the University hope to continue their research and pursue graduate work in their fields. “I want to go to graduate school and obtain a Ph.D,” Wipfler said. Wipfler is researching microorganisms that live in hot springs in Yellowstone National Park and other places. The award will also help relieve the recipients’ tuition burdens. “The scholarship will help offset some of the cost of tuition,” Johnson said in an email. Johnson is researching an environmentally friendly method to produce epoxides used to manufacture pharmaceu-

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Competition tackles data analysis BY JIEJIE WANG STAFF WRITER

The University hosted a data competition that received 225 submissions from students on campus. Among this group, 45 came out as winners for 45 different sub-groups. “ The competitions entailed to solve a relatively simple problem of interpolation. Students have access to points of a function and they were asked to predict the value of that function at different points,” said Jorge Lemus, assistant professor in economics. “The winner was the student with the most accurate predictions.” Lemus said he hopes to see an increase in the number of participants in the future. This year, 350 students registered. The results of the competition were also used in an investigation on how information disclosure affects participant numbers in

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GPA to the performance of the college labor market. Neef said when the job opportunities for recent graduates were limited in 2011, 2012 and 2013, a higher percentage of employers screened applicants by GPA. However, when the college labor market is doing well, fewer employers screen for GPA. “They’re probably just looking for, ‘Did you earn the degree level that they’re looking for?’” Neef said. Ellen Kapoor, director of talent acquisition and leadership development at Illinois Tool Works, said GPA plays a greater role when the company hires interns than when it hires full-time employees. “A year out, if you’ve got full-time experience under your belt, the scale changes from grades to ‘what did you actually do for the employers that you worked for?’” Kapoor said. Kapoor said Illinois Tool Works particularly looks for relevant work experience and leadership positions in campus organizations. “If you have a job and you can show progression in a job or consistent performance, you have to be able to articulate that on your resume,” Kapoor said. She said students’ jobs during their college years do not necessarily need to relate to their majors, but they should showcase qualities such as their abilities to stick to a schedule or attend to a customer. “They care about character, they care about leadership, they care about atti-

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POACHING said. “More people are raiding us, and more people are going after our faculty. Partly, it’s because they see that the state is vulnerable.” However, due to the vulnerability of the state, Wilson said the University System has asked for additional funds from the state to minimize the number of faculty members leaving the University. “We’ve asked for an increase in our budget,” Wilson said. “As part of the increase, we said we would be spending on more competitive kinds of efforts to keep faculty here.” Wilson said the University System is asking for a $10 million increase in addition to existing funding, and this will be decided in late spring. “As part of the increase, we said we would be spending on more competitive kinds of efforts to keep faculty here,” Wilson said. “So, that was one of the things we presented in our appropriation hearing presentations (to the Illinois House and Senate).” William Bernhard,

online competitions. “We find that displaying a real-time leaderboard increases participation. This is an important finding because online competitions are becoming very prominent in many fields,” Lemus said. He said economists care about how competition design may shape participation incentives and affect participant performance. The data competition also served as an opportunity for participants to test their data science skills and learn about data analysis, he said. Participation in the event was limited to University students, and the winners of each of the 45 competitions were awarded a $50 Amazon gift card. Students could submit their work up to 10 times per day. “We think that now that we run these competitions, students realized they are not difficult, so if we were

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350 participants 225 submissions 45 winners to run them again we would possibly have a higher participation rate,” Lemus said. Guillermo Marshall, assistant professor of economics and co-organizer of the data science competition, said in an email he was positively surprised in the number of students who were interested in participating. “It reflects the large number of students who are interested in testing and applying their data science skills in real-world settings,” Marshall said. He said it is a good opportunity for students to apply the skills they have learned

in their courses to solve realworld problems. Chen Song, graduate student in LAS, said she decided to participate in the hopes of putting the competition on her resume. “This experience is highly correlated with my economics major,” Song said. “I assumed it could be beneficial for my resume if I won.” Although Song said the competition itself was not difficult, she did not win. “The competition wasn’t that hard, but it was hard to get an accurate result,” she said. jiejiew2@dailyillini.com

Candidates screened by GPA and industry Industry

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researching controversial issues, shows Illinois as one of the most liberal states in terms of felon voting laws. “As long as you are not in prison, you can vote,” Ingram said. Ingram said harsh voting rules are more often found in southern states and often indicate an effort to target people of color. “When you look at the states that have the most regressive rules regarding felon voting and when you look at who is disfranchised the most, it’s hard to not draw any conclusion of why the policies are there,” Ingram said. Ingram said harsh felon voting laws will not bring the U.S. the change he believes the country needs, because many disenfranchised voters would have voted for Democrats had they been given the chance. “We are in a tough spot right now; climbing out of it will need as many people as we can get,” Ingram said. Brian Gaines, professor in political science, said in an email felon voting rules can differ a great deal from state to state because each state sets its own voting laws. “Illinois allows voting hwu61@dailyillini.com

*% of respondents = the percentage of employers that will screen candidates by GPA SOURCE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND EMPLOYERS

tude,” Kapoor said. “So I’d say don’t omit those from your experiences.” Kapoor said searching for an internship during the sophomore year of college is critical to making a student a more competitive candidate after graduation. Neef said employers are looking for someone with the right skills and experiences, where the students can demonstrate they have the ability to do the job. “Even for employers that screen for GPA on hiring, they’re never going to use that again for people to rise

within the organization,” Neef said. “It won’t be a factor to determine upward mobility.” Daniel Jensen, engineering manager and recruiting leader for Rolls Royce at the University, said anyone with a GPA below 3.0 is not eligible to work for their company. “In general, if the person meets our standard, (GPA) is not a big differentiator,” Jensen said. “Once the person meets a 3.0 or above, we’re looking at all the other factors more.” Neef said students should choose two or three kinds

vice provost for academic affairs, said he believes institutions go after the University’s faculty because of the publicity brought by the budget crisis. “That really raised some questions for our faculty members who question the state's actual commitment to higher education,” he said. “Now that we have a budget, we’ve taken some steps internally to help improve the budgetary incline and improve the way we are allocating resources.” Bernhard said peer institutions like the University of Texas and Texas A&M University have been pursuing Illinois faculty on a regular basis. He said research-oriented institutions with good funding opportunities are appealing to Illinois faculty members. The Provost Office provides surveys for faculty leaving and staying at the University, and Bernhard said budget concern is a common theme among those relocating. “For those who decided to leave the past few years, everyone has mentioned the uncertainty around the budgetary situation,” Bernhard

said. “That might not have been the primary reason they were leaving, but it was certainly a factor that was on their mind.” In May 2017, the University System announced the President’s Distinguished Faculty Recruitment Program to recruit faculty. The press release stated the universities in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield would embark on a threeyear plan to recruit faculty members to the branches. Wilson said this year, the University System has received seven applications for professors to come to one of the three institutions, four of which have accepted their offers. Wilson said the University System will try to recruit 10 to 12 faculty across all three universities during the first year of the program. The system offices will evenly distribute $60 million among the three institutions for new faculty startup costs, such as equipment purchases and lab renovations. “We’ve asked the state for money to help us, but we'll see what happens,” Wilson said. tpokor3@dailyillini.com

while on parole and probation, but not while incarcerated, and automatically restores voting rights upon release,” Gaines said. “That’s comparatively ‘liberal’ or friendly to the exprisoner, by the current U.S. standard.” Unlike southern states like Florida and Oklahoma, Maine and Vermont make it possible for people to vote in prison. Ingram said many people may find that hard to accept, but he doesn’t have a problem with people voting in prison. “They are still citizens,” Ingram said. “And they could potentially vote for people who can change their life.” Joe Coyle, graduate student in LAS, said he thinks voting rights are important to every citizen. “Folks who have records or who are currently incarcerated are important members of the polity,” Coyle said. Though extending voting rights to felons is a controversial issue, Ingram said because ex-felons have already served their sentences, they should be allowed to vote once they leave prison. “Most people I talked to agree that if you put in your time, you should be able to vote again,” Ingram said.

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of experiences to excel in, instead of accumulating a laundry list of experiences. She said the Career Center helps students think about what attributes, experiences and skills they have gained that could be important to employers, regardless of GPA. “I do see students who assume that a lower GPA means they’re not going to be competitive in the job market,” Neef said. “So we spend a lot of time helping students bust that myth.” rnwood2@dailyillini.com

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Different majors, same struggles RYAN CHOW COLUMNIST

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hen you ask the average Illinoisan what the University is most well known for, they’ll most likely answer with “engineering.” There’s a certain prestige put on a student when they say they are an engineering major. And, for a lot of students, that prestige goes straight to their heads. For many engineering majors, it’s not a competition based on who has the best grades; rather, it’s a competition over who has the hardest schedule. It’s a competition to see who can one-up whom with how little sleep they get. It’s understandable to accept that engineers are typically worked harder than other majors; how-

ever, they must understand college itself is hard in general. Every major has its difficulties, and it’s not just the engineers who have packed schedules — everyone does. But not everyone goes out of their way to talk about it like some students do. When you hear, “I have three machine problems due this week,” what about the, “I have a stock portfolio project due tomorrow?” When you hear, “I have a code review and a theoretical and applied mechanics exam on the same day, and I haven’t even studied because my code doesn’t work,” what about the, “I have a 10-page lab report due tomorrow that I haven’t even looked at?” Struggles exist for every student in every major. They just take on different forms. Instead of difficult machine problems, chemistry majors have lab

reports. Instead of spending nights tinkering with a breadboard to find the right circuit, business majors have case study presentations. What about all the other majors? Do they not have the right to complain about how much work they have to do? Just because engineering is held in high regard at the University doesn’t give engineering majors a pass to complain. Last semester, I found myself studying in the Grainger Library IDEA Lab. I overheard two engineering majors a couple of tables over talking about their schedules for next semester. One was taking three technical classes and complained about basically living in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building. The other immediately responded by saying he had to overload the

next semester to finish his computer science minor. Again, the one-up. It’s almost a subculture of superiority. Sure, you may have the hardest workload, but the only person who really cares is yourself. At the end of every school day, I’m exhausted — classes are the last thing I’d want to bring up. So what’s the use of whining about it? We’re all just gonna wake up the next day and struggle with work again. Engineering students shouldn’t complain so much, and humanities students shouldn’t blame them. Having tons of responsibilities is a struggle we all face as students. And it’s that same struggle that should unite us, not divide us. Ryan is a sophomore in Business. rtchow2@dailyillini.com

Stop female comparisons, pitting women against each other JAIME WATTS COLUMNIST

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oachella 2018 had a diverse group of talented artists performing, but the lineup has brought about unnecessary comparisons, especially when it comes to female artists. The media obsessed over whether Cardi B was going to upstage Beyonce’s performance and steal her “crown.” An E! News article begins by saying, “Cardi B ain’t sorry she’s coming for Beyonce’s throne.” The title of the article itself states: “Be Careful, Beyonce!” The media is pitting these women against each other for some lucrative gain and to incite celebrity drama. All this does is perpetuate competition between women when they should be supporting each other. This comparison stems from when Cardi B broke Beyonce’s record for the most simultaneous Billboard U.S. Hot 100 entries by a female. Cardi B has increased her media presence recently to promote her new album, “Invasion of Pri-

vacy.” Coupled with the announcement of her pregnancy, the amount of headlines relating to her have skyrocketed. She is living her own life and promoting her own image, not trying to take down another woman’s music career. Beyonce and Cardi B have different styles of music, different images and are at different points in their careers. Beyonce has been in the music business since the late ’90s, while Cardi B is just getting started. So why bother with this irrelevant comparison? The pop culture news outlets need something controversial to talk about to entice audiences to tune in. A “crown-stealing” situation provokes people’s interests. They are also playing upon the so-called reputation women have for being “catty” and competitive toward one another. Lynn Margolies, a psychologist and former Harvard Medical School faculty member, states, “Women are actually less competitive than men out in the world and less comfortable being competitive.” Female competitiveness is not reality, according to Margolies. Female artists like Beyonce, Rihanna, Adele and Cardi B can all be powerful and success-

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ful in their own right and are probably not plotting the takedown of each other’s careers. As time goes on, artists will break others’ records and become increasingly successful — it is inevitable.

Creating this womanon-woman competition instills a negative notion that women need to be better than other women. This is displayed all the time in our society through the media with articles about

which woman “wore it” better. This phenomena causes women to compare themselves in their everyday lives because it is a norm set by the media. The average woman is equally as responsible and needs to

stop doing it just as much as the media. We can celebrate all female artists without the talk of competition. Jaime is a sophomore in LAS. jaimelw2@dailyillini.com

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CoreLife Eatery promotes healthy lifestyle to CU customers

“I look at the younger generation, and they definitively eat differently than I did as a kid, and they seek out healthy options like this a lot more than I did,” Baxter said. “You see all kinds of ages and walks of life and people in different points throughout their health journey. We’re something people typically

aren’t doing.” As operating partner, Baxter is the link between the corporate and franchise sides of the business. He is also responsible for opening all of the restaurants in Illinois. So far, Baxter has opened restaurants in Peoria and Champaign, and he plans to open restaurants in Normal, Downers Grove

and Springfield by the end of the year. One of the reasons why CoreLife Eatery can expand quickly is the emphasis it places on clean eating. All the food it serves is free of GMOs, trans fats, artificial colors, sweeteners, antibiotics, hormones and other artificial additives. “We try to do as much

in-house as we can and start with good ingredients. Anytime you process, blend, chop, freeze, puree, you’re taking away nutritional value. Keeping it as whole and under-handled as possible while incorporating great flavor is something we value,” Baxter said. “Food that’s good for you can have a lot of flavor and make you feel better and think clearer.” The menu varies from green bowls, grain bowls and broth bowls to power plates and warm rice bowls. Some customer favorites include the spicy Thai chicken and rice noodle bowl and the Mediterranean salad. Not only are CoreLife Eatery’s ingredients full of nutritional value, but customers also have the power to customize their meals. “I think what makes this place unique is building it beginning to end. We know exactly what goes into it because we make everything from scratch,” McLaughlin said. “I like that we have hormone, antibiotic, GMO-free vegetables and meat because I think that’s a rising concern in our food consumption.” One of McLaughlin’s favorite parts about working at CoreLife Eatery is interacting with people and helping them find dishes that fit their dietary restrictions and preferences. “My favorite part is definitely interacting with people all day long,” McLaughlin said. “I love helping people with food allergies or sensitivities because that’s become so prevalent and it makes it really hard for people to go out to eat. I love helping them find what

Youth performances that run through the park district will also use up space throughout the year. “We are a tax-funded facility, so we have different missions, and one of them is serving the community and bringing things to the community that are of value,” Marlow said. While the Virginia Theater is approaching its 100th year, it is still trying to grab the community’s attention. Marlow described the facility’s recent history as up and down, with renovations keeping the theater out of the public’s eye for years at a time. Although, its recent consis-

tency since 2013 could pay off. “I started right when it reopened,” Marlow said. “We have been building up steam since then every year. We have gotten bigger numbers, bigger shows.” Marlow describes the previous years to have offered one little opportunity after another, and now, as it continues to grow, the word is getting out. Spreading the word is a valuable concept that more places than just the Virginia Theater are trying to wrap their heads around. CUTC, the Station Theater and Parkland Theater have all made increased efforts to make

the community aware of the theater options in the Champaign-Urbana community. Nowlin said CUTC pushes for all its actors and those involved to invite their friends and family. She made sure to reference the “community” part of the term community theater when describing this request. The Station Theater has built up a loyal fan base over time, but according to Bright, that doesn’t mean the theater doesn’t see new visitors on a regular basis. “Every single show, there is someone that walks into the theater and says, ‘Oh my god, I didn’t even know this

was here,’” Bright said. “A lot of people still don’t know we even exist, and if they did, I think they would come.” According to Bright, making the commitment to nurture and cultivate relationships with other communities is the answer. For Dare, he wishes more people knew about all the different theater companies in the area. “I think we could probably be spending more on advertising and social network outreach,” Dare said. A consensus across theater groups and venues is that the number of theater options isn’t a problem. What matters

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Jeni McLaughlin, now an assistant manager at CoreLife Eatery, decided to change her eating habits some time ago. When she did, she knew it was time to make a job transition and to find one that complemented her now-healthy lifestyle. Upon seeing the job posting for CoreLife Eatery, she knew it was a perfect fit. McLaughlin said she has always been interested in healthy eating and nutrition but went through phases where eating healthy sat on the back-burner. “Last winter, I decided I wanted to eat well and started eating whole foods, fresh foods, antibiotic-free foods, and I felt incredible,” McLaughlin said. “I decided I wanted to change my job and noticed that everything they serve here is exactly what I had changed my diet to.” Her job has only made it that much easier for her to continue on this path. CoreLife Eatery, a new restaurant located at 2512 N. Prospect Ave. in Champaign, offers an extensive menu full of fresh ingredients. There are 35 restaurants across the country, including the Champaign location, which opened in March. According to Clay Baxter, operating partner for CoreLife Eatery, one of the reasons the company opened a restaurant in Champaign was because of the variety of people in the area who seek out healthy options. One of the populations he specifically wanted to target was the collegeage group.

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THEATERS talent. However, because the Champaign Park District has owned the theater since 2000, the facility has added many local theater events. Not only has CUTC partnered with the theater to put on one performance a year, but the Virginia Theater puts a lot of its focus on youth productions. Two local high schools in Champaign, Centennial High School and Central High School, have both put on performances at the venue, and Marlow says they plan to continue that trend.

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Jeni McLaughlin, assistant manager of CoreLife Eatery, puts together a Mediterranean green bowl, a customer favorite at CoreLife. Its menu provides students with healthy alternatives that are free of GMOs, trans fats, artificial colors, sweeteners, antibiotics, hormones and other artificial additives.

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they want to eat and seeing them leave happy and in a good mood.” Customers also value the variety and freshness of ingredients, as well as the friendly and welcoming employees. CoreLife Eatery’s ambiance also reflects its emphasis on healthy living, with natural materials and artwork decorating the restaurant. “I like the freshness of it because you don’t get that at other restaurants. It’s a better alternative than processed foods, and the vibe is relaxed and everyone is very nice,” said CoreLife Eatery customer Makenzie Milchuck. Baxter also enjoys working with customers, especially regulars who share their fitness stories with him. “I think we speak the consumer, the lifestyle and the foodie. Customers share their fitness story and that’s a special thing that you don’t get at other places,” Baxter said. “I learn something every day from people about nutrition that I didn’t know. There’s something rewarding in what we’re doing here.” In the end, CoreLife’s promotion of a healthy lifestyle doesn’t stop at the door. “Being healthy is a cycle that snowballs in a positive way. If you start eating better and feeling better, then you’re more likely to make more positive choices,” McLaughlin said. “They’ll feel better mentally and physically when they eat here and make good choices, and that might create a positive change by itself.”

is making the public aware of those options. No matter the circumstances or differences in style of production for the theater groups and venues in the Champaign-Urbana area, they all share similar problems. However, they all share a similar goal as well. “It’s so much more than just entertainment; it’s the relationships that those students and families and the people are establishing,” Nowlin said. “It’s the opportunity to get together and do something positive with a diverse group of people.”

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CU theaters seek greater public interest Theaters emphasize communal benefits BY ELI SCHUSTER SPORTS EDITOR

No bright lights. No big signs. No skyscrapers. The twin cities of ChampaignUrbana meet in central Illinois, surrounded by corn and soybeans. If you walk down Broadway in New York City, you’ll pass four historic theaters, surrounded by more than 40 others. If you walk down Broadway in Urbana, you’ll pass one historic theater, the Station Theater, with less than a dozen others scattered across the two cities. Some of the community’s most popular venues put on performances year-round, with several local theater groups filling the stages. The Champaign-Urbana Theater Company has been a staple in the area since 1991. A clear example of community theater, CUTC provides an open audition process to anyone in the area and welcomes people of all ages to be part of the group’s performances. “This last show we had a retired department of corrections counselor, an accounting professor, a middle schooler teacher and then high school students,� said CUTC manager Kelly Nowlin. “There aren’t a lot of places where you bring in all those different types of people, and by the end of the show-run, they’re a family.� Typically, CUTC will put

on three shows a year, with an emphasis on popular musicals. A family-friendly approach is taken on each show, something Nowlin states is rather unique when compared with the rest of the Champaign-Urbana theater options. A venue and group that has been around even longer than CUTC is The Celebration Company at the Station Theater in Urbana. The theater itself was constructed originally as a railroad station to serve the general public in 1921. It wasn’t until 1973 when the station was reinvented into a theater venue that community members would begin to see performances in. The Station Theater is currently working on its 47th season. It has become one of the most well-known theater options in the area. “The Station Theater is a really shiny example of what the community has to offer,� said local resident and performance artist Isiah Asplund. “It has a huge patronage that comes and supports the shows really well.� The performances at the Station Theater will differ throughout the season. Typically, the community can expect a schedule of around 10 shows a year, all of which will be carefully selected by a group of board members. According to board mem-

ber Latrelle Bright, the Station Theater selects shows that have found previous success to help ensure their own success. Bright said tickets sales keep the venue and company going, so picking shows people have heard of is the best way to get people in the seats. Last year, the Station Theater received around 20 applications for shows. Those applying have to submit a summary of the show and how they plan to work the show appropriately into the Station Theater’s smaller-sized venue. At times, the board members will participate in shows through leadership positions, taking on a director role, for example. An area the Station Theater has been able to benefit from is in the financial category.

Bright recalled an instance where a pickup truck crashed into the east side of the Station Theater building. Damage to the infrastructure was minimal, but expenses were completely paid off through a GoFundMe campaign in a matter of weeks. According to a Facebook post on The Celebration Company at the Station Theater Facebook page on Feb. 10, exactly four days after the original incident, the company raised $2,500. “We have people that donate money consistently, donate money when we need it; they show up at the ticket office, and when the ticket is $15, they give us $20 and just say ‘keep the five’,� Bright said. Still, money isn’t the easiest resource to come by. “Definitely, the financial end of it is challenging. A lot

“Every single show, there is someone that walks into the theater and says, ‘Oh my god, I didn’t even know this was here.’� LATRELLE BRIGHT STATION THEATER BOARD MEMBER

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of people don’t realize how expensive it is to put on a show,� Nowlin said. CUTC will look at popular venues in the area to use for performances. Meanwhile, the company has resources, like an office space, rehearsal space and set design studio, they continue to pay for.

One popular destination for CUTC shows has been through the local Parkland Theater at Parkland Community College in Champaign. The college itself offers a theater program that puts on many shows of its own, including performances that involve Parkland students as well as many members of the surrounding community. CUTC does have corporate sponsorships and individual donors, but Nowlin describes it as an ongoing struggle. “To rent a place like Parkland, that’s $5,000 to $6,000 to do that, and then that’s not even your costumes, sets and props,� Nowlin said. “Even with good tickets sales, it’s not enough to pay for everything.� Even with the financial challenges, Nowlin believes looking at the surrounding theater groups, like the Station Theater, as competition is unnecessary. “I don’t like to look at other theaters as competition,� Nowlin said. �I think we have all done really well at working altogether. I think, if you get someone hooked into going, that is good for both of us, because that’s one more person that is a theater fan.� Parkland Theater is currently in the process of putting on the Tony Award-winning musical “Memphis.� Director of the show Jeff Dare has witnessed the differences in the Champaign-Urbana theater community, specifically while working with CUTC and Parkland. “It doesn't feel like one theater company in the area is known as the one; they all

have different flavors,� Dare said. The resources at Parkland through the college’s budgeting allows for a greater sense of organization and professionalism, according to Dare. On the other hand, Dare believes a place like CUTC runs off more passion. Another larger facility that has had a long history in the Champaign-Urbana community and also houses many performances is the Virginia Theater in Champaign. Open since 1921, the venue was originally looked at as a movie theater. Nowadays, concerts, comedy acts and theatrical performances are all held on the stage. The theater has received praise from people like Bright and Dare for its union staff. The theater supplies aid for all the different performances that come through. Whether a production needs a stage manager or someone to work the lights, the Virginia Theater has the personnel. “It’s a big room, and with a big room, there are bigger costs,� said Mitch Marlow, sales and public relations manager at the Virginia Theater. The price range could push many people away, according to Marlow, which can lead to less theatrical performances. The local theater companies will struggle to afford the costs of the personnel and general stage time. With a place like the Virginia Theater constantly bringing in professional acts, it does leave less time for local SEE THEATERS | 5A

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Women’s Golf takes second in Big Ten back a year earlier at the 2017 Championships and Illinois encountered challenges on the course and ended up in the middle of the field with a seventhplace finish. But this time around, Illinois had more momentum going into its first postseason competition. The 2018 spring season has been marked by five top-10 finishes in just as many tournaments and three top-5 finishes, to name a few. The women’s squad was also ranked at a season-high No. 23 after its performance at the Briar’s Creek Invitational, according to Golfweek. Senior Chayanid Prapassarangkul cited the team’s SEE IOTW | 3B

BY RACHEL SPENCER STAFF WRITER

The last time the Illinois women’s golf team finished in second place at the Big Ten Championships, The Commodores and Queen were in the Top 40 music charts, the nation was preparing to celebrate its bicentennial and Gerald Ford was President of the United States. Add in the fact that most of the 2018 team wouldn’t even be born until 20 years after the 1975-76 women’s golf team took home second and that makes the accomplishment all the more special. Over the weekend, the Illini returned to TPC River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio for this year’s Big Ten Championship. Flash

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BASEBALL

TRACK & FIELD

Fletcher glad to give back to UI Siblings compete BY GAVIN GOOD STAFF WRITER

The Fletcher family has a storied legacy within the Illinois baseball program, so it came as no surprise in 2014 when Casey Fletcher transferred to Illinois from Kankakee Community College. His father, Darrin Fletcher, was an All-American at Illinois in the 1980s and holds the program records for both career and single-season batting average at .392 and .497, respectively. He went on to a 14-year MLB career, spending time with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays. His grandfather, Tom, held the program record for the best ERA (0.40) until 1982 and appeared in one major league game for the Tigers. “As a little kid growing up, seeing my grandfather played here, my dad played here, I always wanted to play here,” Fletcher said. “And then I got the opportunity to play here.” Casey, himself, also had a successful career with the Illini over two seasons, batting .318 cumulatively, racking up 126 hits, nine home runs and 60 RBI’s. When his collegiate career came to a close after the program’s 2015 run to the NCAA Super Regional, Fletcher signed on with the Joliet Slammers of the Frontier League, where he played for two years before deciding to launch his coaching career by returning to Illinois as a volunteer assistant.

For Fletcher, returning to Illinois is his way of carrying on his family legacy. “Stuff didn’t really work out for me going to the next level and everything,” Fletcher said. “I had some deep thinking about what my role was going to be as far as baseball goes. Everything that I’ve ever known has been baseball, and to come back and give back to a program that has given me and my family so much means a lot to me.” At 25 years old and in his second year as a member of the coaching staff, Fletcher views himself as both a voice alongside head coach Dan Hartleb, pitching coach Drew Dickinson and hitting coach Adam Christ, but also as a bridge between the players and staff. The former outfielder currently handles the Illini’s first base coach responsibilities, a role that consists of both technical advice and emotional counsel. Whether it’s a walk-off home run, a ground out to end a game or a simple base hit, Fletcher is always the first to come in contact with Illini players. Managing how he interacts with sometimes jubilant and other times furious players can be difficult, but after two years on staff, Fletcher says he has a pretty good idea of how to deal with the team. “It’s really two different sides of the spectrum, guys that have the big hit and PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK JONES they’re excited and they’re Assistant coach Casey Fletcher runs down the first base line. Fletcher was a part of the Illini’s 50-win season back in 2015.

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in season together BY JARED FARMER STAFF WRITER

David Kendziera, a senior on the Illinois men’s track and field team, initially picked up track and cross country as a means to get himself ready for the mile-time trials in P.E. classes. It wasn’t until high school that he and Brenda, his younger sister who is sophomore on the University’s women’s track team, officially became teammates. “For me, joining track was kind of random,” Brenda said. “I played basketball and volleyball when I was younger, and along with track, that kept me active throughout the year. Track was a sport I felt like I could continue in high school, and as I got better, I started to enjoy it more and more.” After considering other schools and receiving a personal recommendation from their mother, Maureen, David decided to commit to Illinois. Since then, he’s gone on to become one of the most decorated athletes in the program’s history. He’s a seven-time AllAmerican, NCAA Bronze Medalist in the 110-meter hurdles and the reigning Big Ten Champion in the 400-meter hurdles. Brenda followed suit with her commitment two years later. She said she

was swayed by their parents in addition to her best friend’s choice to attend the University. And with David already competing, Brenda ultimately made the decision to come to Illinois, knowing the academics would help her achieve her future career path. “My major is psychology, and this school has a great psychology program,” Brenda said. “I knew graduating with a psychology degree from here was a big deal because there are so many successful alumni out in that field. There were people here that I knew... I could still compete in track and I could position myself for a successful future.” The first two years David was in college and his sister was in high school marked the first time in four years that the tandem wasn’t competing on the same team. But when Brenda finally joined David at Illinois, the siblings regained the opportunity to support each other’s successes again. “I always want to see Brenda do her best and succeed,” David said. “I’m always trying to help her out in any way that she can, so that at every meet she performs to the best of her ability.” SEE TRACK&FIELD | 3B

MEN’S GOLF

Illini head to Maryland for Big Ten Championship this weekend BY JACK MCCOY STAFF WRITER

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Senior Dylan Meyer competes for the Illinois men’s golf team in match play against Bradley. Meyer is finishing up his final season with the Illini as the team heads into the Big Ten Championship.

The Illini men’s golf team is hitting its stride this season and it may not be coming at a better time for the reigning Big Ten champions. The team is coming off of back-to-back first-place finishes at the Bighorn Invitational and 3M Augusta Invitational, a win over Bradley in match play and a second-place finish at the Robert Kepler Invitational in Columbus this past weekend. The No. 13-ranked Illini have switched their focus to earning their fourthstraight Big Ten title this weekend. The team will head to Baltimore Country Club in Maryland to compete at a course it is quite familiar with after pulling past

conference opponents in last year’s Big Ten Tournament at the same location. Although, the team isn’t completely relying on familiarity. “You still gotta be smart and patient because it is a tougher course,” said senior Nick Hardy. “However, we do know what to expect (because) we saw it last year.” Success has been a big part of recent Illinois men’s golf history, having won the tournament eight out of the past nine years. While the track record has been kind to the Illini, the team doesn’t pay much attention to what has happened in the past. “We live in the present; whatever happened last year or five years ago doesn’t matter,” said head coach Mike Small. “What’s there is there and we’re gonna do the best

we can to take it.” Small has preached to his players a play-for-oneanother mentality and to not let the past success of former teams add too much pressure on the current roster. Senior leaders Dylan Meyer and Hardy have helped get this message across and have continually pushed a message of consistency. “It’s huge,” Small said. “Experience is huge in the game of golf; knowing how to handle certain situations and having been through it before, plus they’ve been to three final fours. They understand the importance of it and how to handle it.” The senior duo will be joined by sophomores Michael Feagles, Giovanni Tadiotto and Bryan Baumgarten, who competed SEE MEN’S GOLF | 3B

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Even the Illini have rigid game day superstitions BY MILES POWERS-HUANG ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Athletes are known for having superstitions, and the Illinois softball team is no exception. For outfielders Mattie Doane and Kiana Sherlund, stepping up the plate with special gear could be the difference between a good and bad game. Doane needs to have the right attire on — or off — when batting in order to be successful. “One superstition I have this year is that I’ve been more successful with my headband off when I’m hitting, as opposed to when I wear it,” Doane said. “I (make) sure that every time I go to the plate, I have my headband off.” According to Sherlund, some of the team’s superstitions have stuck with them for years. “Stephanie Abello puts pennies in her pocket, and I think they’re the same pennies that she’s been putting in her pockets for years,” Sherlund said. But the superstitions spill over into more than just game-time rituals. Doane said the team enjoys being goofy and doing things like dancing to music together in the

locker room before a game. She’s the team’s self-proclaimed DJ and said her pre-game music choices are all over the board. “It depends on our day; sometimes I’ll play ’80s and ’70s music, sometimes I play more hip-hop and pop,” Doane said. "But one of our team’s favorite songs is Thunderstruck by ACDC.” For Sherlund, her approach to pre-game superstitions is cerebral. She enjoys activities that mentally prepare her for each game. In particular, the Illinois assistant coaches give players laminated paper activities that challenge the players’ focus before each game, according to Sherlund. “Something fun that we do as a team is a concentration grid,” Sherlund said. “You have a piece of paper, (and) it has zero to 99 all randomly sorted. One of our coaches will come in and time us, and you have to go through all the numbers in order. I’m usually about four minutes, but there are people that do it in two minutes (and) there are people that do it in ten minutes, but that helps us get focused.” Regardless of what her

players do before a game, head coach Tyra Perry said she hopes the superstitions encourage more wins among the Illini. Perry specifically doesn’t do anything out of the ordinary. But she said she needs to have a specific routine each game day. “I’m more of a consistent kind-of person,” Perry said. “I generally will get coffee before every game, just to keep a routine going. Also, I like to be the last one out to the field. It calms me (and) I can see everything in front of me.” Perry’s day starts with a prayer, followed by breakfast, film study, lineup decisions, coaches meetings and batting practice — all of which is done with laser-like focus. She doesn’t always get to follow this exact routine, but Perry feels much better when she can. “You have to learn that sometimes, things are going to knock you outside of your routine, so you have to stay calm,” Perry said. “My routine, when I’m able to do it, helps me stay focused and helps me see and think clearly.” milesp2@dailyillini.com @MilesP_H

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Illinois outfielder Maddi Doane gets ready for her at-bat during the game against Northwestern at Eichelberger Field on March 28. Doane makes sure to take off her headband before batting.

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ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Junior Bren Spillane has had quite a season at bat for the Illini so far. The position player boasts 16 total home runs in 13 games and leads Illinois with a .444 batting average through 33 games so far this season. Spillane has also collected 16 doubles and 46 RBIs as well.

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The Illinois women’s golf team tied for second at the Big Ten Championships last weekend. The team has not reached this honor since the 1975-76 team took home second.

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IOTW energy as a major factor that helped it through the Big Ten Championships — Prapassarangkul finished in a tie for eighth place alongside fellow senior Grace Park and junior Bing Singhsumalee. “For the whole year, we’ve focused on having high, positive energy and trusting the process; that has really been key for us this season and we really

brought that at Big Ten,” Prapassarangkul said. “There was a great level of trust. We truly believe in ourselves and in each other and the work that we put in, and just went out and enjoyed and played hard.” Determined to play hard this weekend, the Illini earned their second-place finish at TPC River’s Bend after a slow start on Friday and Saturday. Battling back from fifth place, Illinois eventually outpaced conference rivals like Ohio State and

Purdue with an unprecedented final round score of seven-under-par. The strong finish matched the lowest round score in Illinois women’s golf history and tied Maryland for second place. Michigan State would go on to take home the conference title, besting Illinois and Maryland by four strokes. Park believed that having a few friendly faces in the crowd played a huge impact for her and the team. “It was nice to have a lot

“We normally don’t get too many people out at the golf course watching us, so this tournament was pretty special.” GRACE PARK WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM MEMBER

of friends and family come out and watch us this weekend,” Park said. “The crowd was great. We normally don’t get too many people out at the golf course watching us, so this tournament was pretty special.” Although the Big Ten

Championships have come to a close, the spring golf season is far from over for the Illini. After an off week, the next challenge awaiting the Illini will be at the NCAA Regional in May. With such big competition and high stakes in front

of them, Park is confident that it will be business as usual for the team. “A big focus will be to continue on sticking to the process and making sure we stay healthy,” Park said. sports@dailyillini.com

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MEN’S GOLF in all major tournaments last year. “If they can just play hard and enjoy the challenge of seeing how good they can be, it can be a pretty special thing,” Small said. Coming down to major tournament time, Hardy has seen the work his teammates have put in. “We’ve really grown since the day that we came here to now; everyone’s games have gotten better and I think we’re really in a good place right now,” Hardy said. “I don’t think we try to, as a team, treat it any differently. We’re gonna go out there and play hard. We know what’s on the line.” Meyer feels like the team has found a winning formula, and this could lead to the Illini winning it all. However, for Small, it is business as usual and has the same level of expectations each season. “Our goals every year from August until now are to get better up until this time,” Meyer said. “Let loose and trust the process we’ve done all year and how we’ve gotten better.” sports@dailyillini.com

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BASEBALL pumped up, and you’re the first person to see them and talk to them,” Fletcher said. “Just to be able to feel their energy of how they feel right then and there. Also, to be the guy that talks to them after something doesn’t go their way, to tell them that everything is going to be okay and to try and have a short-term memory about it.” Fellow volunteer coach Michael Hurwitz believes Fletcher and him are able to connect well with players, especially since they both played in the program only a handful of years ago. “They are trusting of you more than the rest of the coaching staff,” Hurwitz said. “They come to us with some of their problems in school and normal life things. We try to help them through because

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Sophomore Brenda (left) and senior David (right) Kendziera hurdle during the Illinois Twilight meet on April 14. The siblings enjoy competing alongside one another at the collegiate level.

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TRACK&FIELD For Brenda, David serves as a powerful role model on the track. “I want to be on the level he’s at,” Brenda said. “For every practice, I have that we’ve had that experience and we’re close in age.” Though both Fletcher and Hurwitz maintain tight relationships with most of the team, Hartleb noted there is a certain line between coach and player that must not be crossed. There’s a reason it’s Fletcher and Hurwitz in their positions — Hartleb trusts them. “The thing you have to be careful of when you have young guys that leave the program (return), they’ve got to understand that they’re no longer a player and that you don’t do things socially with the players,” Hartleb said. “There’s that line in the sand, so you have to have some mature guys that can handle that because there’s just a difference. These guys, both Mike and Casey, have handled that very well. They’re very mature and they do relate very well to the players.” In terms of on-field influ-

in the back of my mind as a big motivator.” Last year, the two rarely practiced with each other. Most of the time, they would only see each other when hanging out at David’s apartment. Now that the men’s and women’s teams are a combined

program, they typically see each other at practice every day. “It’s almost like we’re living together again,” Brenda said. “At meets, it helps me because it brings out the competitiveness in me.” Throughout their athlet-

ic careers, running track has strengthened and reinforced their relationship as siblings and as teammates. “It’s really cool to have someone there, especially family there at every meet for you,” David said. “Brenda is someone I can be personal and talk about

issues with, and even just being able to see each other at practice every day is nice. We have our own silliness and quirkiness with each other, and that shows in each practice.” @jaredefarmer jaredef2@dailyillini.com

ence, Fletcher’s most important job is to make sure he’s always giving baserunners good advice, telling them what they need to know when they need to know it. If there’s ever a situation when he slips up or isn’t paying attention and someone leaves the bag when they shouldn’t, or misses a signal, it’s on Fletcher. “You have to be on point at all times, especially when lefthanders are on the mound,” Fletcher said. “Sometimes I do catch myself daydreaming a little bit and have to lock myself back and say, ‘Okay, hold on here, did I talk to Doran Turchin about this? Or did I talk to Yalowitz about this?’ while they’re on base. I have to snap myself back into it, because over the course of the season, you play 50-something games and it’s tough to be locked in at all times.” @itsallG_O_O_D gavinrg2@dailyillini.com

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Assistant coach Casey Fletcher smiles in the dugout. Fletcher played at Illinois for two seasons before a brief stint with the Frontier league.

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K.C. Bailey talks film career BY MARK TOLEDANO

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At some point during adolescence, nearly every child is asked the same dreaded question by an adult: What do you want to be when you grow up? For most adults, “firefighter” or “astronaut” is a sufficient answer. For University alumna K.C. Bailey, some explanation may have been necessary. There are very few careers Bailey has not broken into at some point in her life. After receiving her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from the University, she pursued a career at the State Department specializing in nuclear non-proliferation. Exhausted by Washington, she settled down in Hawaii to open a lime farm with her husband. Now, she boldly enters the field of filmmaking. Her debut film, “Revenge in Kind,” recounts the stories of victims-turned-victimizers and women who refuse to become statistics in the disturbing realm of sexual violence. For Bailey, the creation of strong female characters who stand up and fight back against sexual violence is critical to the film’s message. In fact, it was the very concept that drove her to become a filmmaker. “I was watching a movie with my husband, and there was a woman who was being assaulted, and I just got really upset and left the room until that part was over,” Bailey said. “Later, I was talking to my husband about how it seemed to me that women were always the underdog and were never fighting back and were never shown to have a backbone.” Bailey’s dismay at the depiction of women in popular culture would set her on a course for some do-it-yourself activism. Recognizing the lack of strong female characters, Bailey decided she would just have to create her own. “My husband said, ‘Why don’t you write your own movie script?’ And I did,” she said.

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UI alumna K.C. Bailey recently released her first feature film, “Revenge in Kind,” which she both wrote and directed.

But, like any filmmaker will tell you, an unprecedented amount of work the audience does not see goes on behind the camera. Factor this into her first time making a movie, and it’s pretty clear that Bailey had her work laid out for her. After getting the ball rolling, Bailey encountered a few speed bumps along the journey. “There was a very steep learning curve because it is my first movie. I did everything from the financing and accounting and payroll to locations. Everything, really, just everything. I had to study a lot,” Bailey said. “The main thing was to surround myself with the best people I could. And they were a huge part of the success of the movie.” In the end, her hard work paid off. "Revenge in Kind" is a professional production far better-produced than other films in its budget range. Solid writing, sleek interior design and a talented cast turn the film into the intellectually stimulating experience it is. The timing of the film could not have been more appropriate. In the age of the Weinstein effect and the #MeToo movement, it seems like sexual violence is a topic not leaving the national

conversation anytime soon. But, according to Bailey, the release of her film coinciding with recent events was sheer accident. “The movie is highly political. But did I know the MeToo movement was coming? Not at all,” she said. Bailey has a lot of wisdom to share with the world. From her time at the State Department denuclearizing the world to her ventures into Hawaiian lime farming, she has learned a thing or two about life. Fortunately for her audiences, she is confident “Revenge in Kind” will not be her last film. She already has a script drafted for her next project that includes international shooting locations. It is never too late to start something worth doing. Bailey’s accomplishments have proven that. Now, she seeks to encourage others to pursue their life goals. “My advice to women entering filmmaking is the advice I would give to anyone in any profession: If you try hard enough, and you really work to become the best at what you do, you will succeed,” Bailey said. markjt2@readbuzz.com

 4-5 p.m.  Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana  Free, all ages The Spurlock Museum of World Cultures’ new series, Contemporary Conversations, instigates conversations about contemporary cultural issues, themes and ideas relevant to the University of Illinois and C-U community.

39th Annual Take Back the Night

 5:30-8:30 p.m.  R. A. C. E. S., 300 S. Broadway Ave., #154 A, Urbana  Free, all ages Take Back the Night is an event aimed at raising awareness around sexual violence and calling for its end by bringing together survivors, community members, students and other supporters. Gather on the west side of Lincoln Square Mall in Urbana (at the intersection of Race and Green streets). A speak-in will take place after the march at the Independent Media Center (202 S. Broadway, Urbana). For more information, call 217-344-6298.

Cooking Basics: Knife Skills

 6-7:30 p.m.  Common Ground, 300 S. Broadway Ave., #166, Urbana  Free, all ages John, co-op kitchen staff and local producer, will return to the Flatlander classroom to teach knife skills. Join him for a hands-on class to learn how to chop, dice, mince and more like a pro. This class is free, but registration is required. Sign up online through Eventbrite or in-store at the registers.

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 Noon-3 p.m.  PetSmart, 2017 N. Prospect Ave., Champaign  Free, all ages Cats and kittens will be available for adoption! There is an application process, which can be accelerated by applying ahead at Catsnap.org

The Annual Triwizard Tournament

 2-5 p.m.  The University of Illinois Main Quad  Free, all ages Swing by the South Quad for Harry Potter themed booths/games, treats and a chance to win prizes. There will be a full range of games to play from Escape the Devil’s Snare to a Niffler Egg Hunt to The Dueling Club and much more.

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 7-9 p.m.  The Iron Post, 120 S. Race St., Urbana  $5, all ages This event aims to build the community through poetry and music.

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Benefit concert meant to ‘empower’ BY LIZZIE JEDRASEK STAFF WRITER

In the early 1970s, a group of women in Champaign-Urbana founded a feminist alliance called Champaign County Women Against Rape. They then created the Rape Crisis Center as a resource for survivors of rape to get help and to receive counseling services. RACES was formulated in 2009 as the current version of the original crisis center, yet its mission has remained the same. Like its predecessor, RACES is dedicated to aiding survivors of sexual assault and empowering victims of sexual violence through advocacy, counseling, education, crisis intervention and activism. This year, Jarrod Finn, creator of the “Empowered” web series, will be hosting Empowered: A Benefit Concert. The second annual concert organized by Finn will seek to raise money for RACES and for a small portion of the production cost of the series. Finn came up with the idea for the “Empowered” web series to challenge common tropes concerning women on TV and in film, particularly within superhero franchises. “Empowered” will tell the story of five teenage female superheroes who are beginning to discover and develop their superpowers. “I wanted to have a series where younger girls, even younger women, could have real, everyday girls to look up to, and they just happen to have superpowers,” Finn said. “I can’t speak much to it as a male, but there is more to female superheroes than makeup, outfits, boys and shopping.” All of the main characters hail from diverse backgrounds, which required Finn to do plenty of research before developing and writing each character. Finn says one of the superheroes and her father will honor a close friend, whose ancestors originated in Trinidad

and Tobago. There will also be a Muslim refugee character with the superpower of healing and a young woman, who identifies as queer and is dealing with social anxiety. “I like to write characters and stories that challenge me and things that I’m not too familiar with, because that’s the only way you’re going to grow as a

“Even though it’s been challenging to get it off the ground and get it produced, there have been people that have already told me how much it has meant to them and how happy they are to see this,” Finn said. “Art is just one of the most palatable and most approachable ways to engage with societal issues and engage with just everyday life.”

“Art is just one of the most palatable and most approachable ways to engage with societal issues.” JARROD FINN CREATOR OF “EMPOWERED”

storyteller,” Finn said. “So before I lay down the framework of the character, I go to real resources, people and outside information to make sure I get everything right.” “Empowered” will address current social issues, but Finn’s main goal was to create an entertaining web series people would find relatable and impactful in some way. While the series is still in its beginning stages, Finn says he hopes to go into production by the end of July. His goal is to eventually sell the completed series to streaming services such as Hulu and Netflix.

began as Asplund’s graduating senior thesis project, titled “You and We.” They appeared together officially as CPW in May 2017 and have since performed at several local venues, including The Iron Post, Chester Street Bar and 51 Main. The Empowered benefit concert will be CPW’s second time performing as part of a lineup. “When you’re advocating for a cause, it’s really, really important to amass numbers, no matter what you’re able to contribute, and even just being present and standing in solidarity at an event like this can leave a really good message,” Asplund said. CPW said it was looking forward to sharing its original material at the benefit concert, emphasizing that the best way to really experience its music is to come to live shows. Unique to CPW, Maybee will often incorporate tap dance into the band’s performances. “We’ve been getting in the practice of trying to do more of our original material first. In the past, we’ve done concerts that are predominantly covers,” Maybee said. “And while we love doing covers, I think it’s really exciting for us to be moving into the territory of doing our own original music, a lot of which actually does come from a political place of wanting to live in a better world and spreading love.” The Empowered benefit concert will take place at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Friday at 7 p.m. There will be food and refreshments available to buy as well as raffle tickets. Raffle Prizes include signed Elsinore CDs, Cream & Flutter cupcakes, a Champaign-Urbana Adventures in Time and Space voucher and gift cards. There is a recommended donation of $10 at the door.

Finn’s own production company, Malachi Entertainment, and the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center will be hosting the Empowered benefit concert. It will feature several local bands, including Love Handles, Don Con, Jesse and James and Charlie and the Possibly Wilds. Madelyn Childress and McKenzie Deremiah, actresses from the “Empowered” series, will also be performing at the concert. Perhaps one of the newer bands to jump into the Champaign-Urbana music scene is Charlie and the Possibly Wilds. Comprised of Isiah Asplund, John Faw and Charlie Maybee, CPW jedrase2@readbuzz.com

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