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Leaders explore effects of legalizing marijuana BY EUNICE ALPASAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
the study, said the phthalates research is a continuity of a previous study which showed 10 days of exposure of a very common plasticizer called di-2-eth-
While medical marijuana has been legal in Illinois since 2013, the proposed bills for legalizing recreational marijuana use has been in discussion in the state government. Illinois State Rep. Carol Ammons and State Sen. Scott Bennett held a town hall meeting in Champaign to discuss the proposals on Feb. 18. The meeting included an education and legislative panel to present information and address the concerns of the local community regarding specific bill proposals and their potential economic and societal impact. The meeting was held against the backdrop of increased talks of legalizing recreational cannabis through a proposal introduced to the Illinois General Assembly by State Sen. Heather Steans and Rep. Kelly Cassidy in early 2017. Illinois residents ages 21 and over would be able to purchase and possess up to 30 grams of cannabis for recreational use under the program. Additionally, it would allow employers to maintain a drug-free workplace and for landlords to restrict access to marijuana. The panel discussed equity programs for businesses applying for cultivation licenses, especially
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Katie Chiang works in her lab at the Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building in Urbana on Tuesday. She’s been involved with research at the College of Veterinary Medicine since 2013.
Research links plasticizer to infertility BY BENEDICTE YENYI MULUMBA STAFF WRITER
Researchers at the University have found feeding mice doses of phthalates, found in plastics, decreases fertility in female mice for up to nine months
afterward. Jodi Flaws, professor in Veterinary Medicine, said people have to care about fertility in female mice because we are exposed to these compounds every day.
“They are in a lot of different products, and phthalates, the main category of the chemical, are in a lot of care products such as shampoo, lotion, makeup (and) nail polish,” Flaws said. “The level in women
tends to be higher than in men. The reason is because women are more likely to use personal care products than men.” Katie Chiang, doctoral student in comparative bioscience and co-author of
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Universit y student Mike Skibski, sophomore in Business, is presenting his design for a new school mascot to the University Board of Trustees as a public comment. The proposed mascot is named Champ, and it represents University students who died in World War I. Champ resembles a WWI doughboy with an Illini twist, wearing a helmet with a Block I and carrying a billowing Illini flag. Skibski posted his first full artwork onto the UIUC subreddit on Feb. 11, along with a change.org petition to monitor support. His post garnered over 350 upvotes and 90 comments, while the petition hit 100 signatures in less than three days. Skibski credits the design’s historical continuity for its warm
reception. “A lot of people like the fact that it’s historical. We’re the Fighting Illini, and that’s based off of Memorial Stadium. So it makes a lot of sense to have a mascot that’s based around the Fighting Illini,” Skibski said. Skibski’s interpretation of “Fighting Illini” fits an early use of the term, dating back to the fundraising period for Memorial Stadium. Per the University Archives, the term “Fighting Illini” first appeared in early 20th century coverage of the University’s athletic teams, commenting on the competitive nature of the games. The University officially used “Fighting Illini” in promotional materials for the 1921 Memorial Stadium fundraising stretch, SEE CHAMP | 3A
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The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities received a $650,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the Odyssey Project at the University. The Odyssey Project was founded in Fall 2006 and is a free, two-semester program dedicated to helping community learners, who range from the ages of 18 to 80, acquire their education with a foundation in humanities. The project allows participants to earn college credit and then continue at a community college or any other higher education institution of their choice. “We support the Odyssey Project because providing access to higher education is part of our University’s mission,” said LAS Dean Feng Sheng Hu in an email. “But more importantly, this program has real impact on real people in our community.” Hu said the University is fortunate to have the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, which contributes to the community in many rich and meaningful ways. Hu also expressed his admiration for the University’s highly accomplished and dedicated faculty members who provide an enriched education to humanities students. “Studying languages, history, philosophy, religion and literature helps us better understand the world around us,” Hu said. “Our humanities programs help students develop important skills like verbal and writ-
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Soy flour supplies high-quality protein on low budget BY ZIHAN WANG STAFF WRITER
For developing nations in search for a cost-effective protein source, soy might be a low-cost, highquality choice, according to a research paper based on research conducted in Ghana, west Africa. As the paper, published in the peer-reviewed journal “Food and Nutrition Bulletin,” stated, University researchers conducted a detailed case study of four caterers supplying a traditional tomato stew recipe in northern Ghana to support school lunch programs. The study showed the importance of measuring nutritional content, costs and quantities of the actual school lunch. Research-
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LEGALIZE for people of color who have been disproportionately impacted by drug policies. Ammons’ recent proposed bill, “Cannabis Legalization Equity Act,” calls for more equity provisions for marginalized communities and the establishment of community benefit funds from recreational marijuana tax revenue. “I realized that we needed to do more to not only bring equity in the business side, but we also needed to deal with the criminal justice side,” Ammons said during the meeting. Alondra Pulido, junior in AHS, said she believes the higher rates of minorities who are convicted for drug crimes are unfair. “So many people are getting incarcerated and put in jail for little amounts of marijuana,” she said. “It doesn’t really serve a pur-
ers also proved locallyproduced soy flour as an ingredient can lower costs and raise nutrition as a substitution for other locally produced protein resources, such as ground beef and mackerel. Peter Goldsmith, professor in ACES and coauthor of the paper, said in their research they found the lunch food mixed with soy flour can provide protein, and it is also a good resource for providing amino acids. He said soy flour is the best option for governments to provide lunch for students with a low budget. “Policymakers need to validate soy supply chains to assure wide availability, stable pricing and reli-
able quality levels, whethAs data by the Illier the product is soy flour, nois Soybean Association (texturized soy protein) or show, Illinois ranks sectofu,” the paper said. ond nationally in soybean
pose because there’s worse things that people could be doing versus just smoking marijuana.” Illinois is one of 33 states with a public medical marijuana program. There are two medical cannabis dispensaries in the Champaign-Urbana area. During the meeting, education panelists spoke on a recently introduced opioid alternative program in the state, which allows some patients to apply to use medical marijuana instead of being prescribed opiates. Major concerns raised by the public in regard to the proposed bills in addition to equity programs included road safety, the length of time the THC stays in the body and marijuana usage among juveniles. Cha mpa ig n Count y State’s Attorney Julia Rietz said during the legislative panel prosecution of cannabis is not a major issue in the county, with only five out of the 198 people in cus-
tody for cannabis possession or delivery. Instead, there is a greater focus on the prosecution of cocaine and heroin. Rietz also raised concern over the nearly 20 percent increase of urine testing positive for marijuana among juveniles on probation in Champaign county from 2015 to 2018. “We have to be cognizant of that,” Rietz said during the meeting. “We can say it’s not a gateway drug and all of those things, but it absolutely effects ( juveniles’) brain cells. It absolutely affects their decision making. It absolutely affects the direction that they go in life.” Steans, one of the lawmakers who initially introduced recreational marijuana legalization, also proposed in her bill that the tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales should go toward funding public education cam-
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Peter Goldsmith, lead researcher of the search for low-cost protein source.
paigns on the drug. “When you give kids good information about why it’s not good for them to do things, they make those better decisions for themselves,” Steans said. “They don’t want to go and get themselves harmed or somebody else harmed in a drinking-and-driving accident or by using cannabis.” In addressing road safety, Reitz mentioned the costly and timely process of testing for cannabis, in addition to the lack of roadside tests for cannabis in drivers and the lack of drug recognition experts. These experts are specially trained law enforcement officers who can conduct field tests for detecting various drugs. “In Illinois, there are 50 certified drug recognition expert law enforcement officers for the entire state,” Reitz said. “We in Champaign County have one.” alpasan2@dailyillini.com
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Illinois State Sen. Scott Bennett (far right) introduces the legislative panel during a town hall meeting “C-U Talks Marijuana Legalization” on Feb. 18. The panel is comprised of (left to right) Champaign County State’s Attorney Julia Rietz, Champaign County Sheriff Dustin Heuerman, State Rep. Carol Ammons and Illinois State Sen. Heather Steans. The panel took questions and addressed concerns from the audience at the prospect of recreational marijuana legalization in Illinois.
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CHAMP referring to the 183 fallen student soldiers from WWI. University archivist Bill Maher believes the connection to “Fighting Illini” is an important element for the University’s adoption of a new mascot. “Don’t try to change the name Fighting Illini,” Maher said. “You’re taking on way too large of a battle. The team’s name is kind of set. The NCAA said it could be that way, and who is going to argue with the NCAA?” In November 2005, the NCAA banned the University from using Chief Illiniwek as its mascot, but it allowed the use of both “Illini” and “Fighting Illini” to refer to Illinois athletic teams. With Illini terminology so embedded in
University sports discourse, Champ represents a smooth transition, Skibski said. However, Skibski wants to sharpen his design and address concerns prior to presenting the idea. “The No. 1 issue right now is that many people don’t want to have a mascot that’s too militarized,” Skibski said. He replaced Champ’s rifle with a flag in his latest draft. Skibski is working with a costume designer to bring his concept to life. The Board of Trustees
exports, with around 9 million acres of soybeans grown annually in Illinois. Goldsmith said, in the world, soybean is mostly used for oil and livestock forage. Also because of the culture in Asia, there is a higher percentage of soy use for human needs, for meals. But outside of Asia, soybeans are not a main part of the cuisine. “So those (places outside Asia) are potential markets for soy inclusion,” Goldsmith said. For students, Goldsmith said most dietitians would argue the recipes including soy products could be healthier because people can acquire protein without fat intake, and the food is also high in amino acids.
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But Goldsmith said what is more important is the preference, which makes people accept the food. In America in the 1970s, according to Goldsmith, the use of soy in cuisine was an introduced idea from Asia. He said there could always be a niche market for soybean lovers, but for the mass consumption of soybean products, people should think about how to make the food taste like what consumers are more familiar with. “It has to be an American eye in terms of its appearance (and) its flavor, so it has to be integrated into American cuisine,” Goldsmith said. zihanw4@dailyillini.com
exposure. Chiang has been working on the study since August 2016 but has been writing the proposal since spring of 2016. Though her main focus has to do with understanding how these phthalates act on decreasing fertility, she said it’s hard to look at the future and know what it is as you might be looking on something specific and end up discovering other paths. “We cannot draw that direct link that ‘this’ will cause ‘this’ in humans, but we chose mice to work with as a transnational model for humans as their ovaries have very similarity with humans,” Chiang said. “We know that these affect mice. We know that their ovaries are similar to humans, so it’s something to consider.” Flaws said the researchers came up with this conclusion after seeing similar scientific data. “There are some human studies where they look at people that are exposed to phthalates and they do see in those studies some association with reduced fertility and abnormal hormone level,” Flaws said. Chiang plans to keep writing papers for every month the mice are dosed. So far, she only presented data for zero, three and six-month post-dosing even though the mice are already going to their 15th month. This study is similar to research Flaws did in 2015 where she focused on pregnancy and exposure to phthalates and what it does to the offspring. “We know that pregnant women are exposed, but also adult women are exposed,” Flaws said. “In this study, we are looking at a short-term exposure and the consequences of that for the reproductive lifespan. Where in a previous study we had a bit longer exposure during pregnancy and not exposure once the pups were born, kind of looking at what that did to the development of offspring.”
ylhexyl phthalate. “My studies aim at the following up on that study to see how 10 days of exposures to this plasticizer affects female fertility over the life of these females,” Chiang said. “In addition, I wanted to test a replacement for DEHP because some products are now removing DEHP and using something else.” The team is aware of more studies they still have to do, but their main focus remains on knowing what this chemical can do in fertility. With funding from the National Institution of Health, the studies on the phthalates are planned to go on for the next several years. “Katie’s study is almost complete, and hopefully in the next year we will finalize all of those data,” Flaws said. “With the funding, we start examining the mechanism by which the phthalates are causing problems so that if we could better understand the mechanism, we might be able to develop some ways to prevent some of the toxicity.” Chia ng sa id lit tle research has been done, so she is studying a replacement called diisononyl phthalate, or DiNP. A substance such as Bisphenol-A contained in some plastic water bottles is usually replaced with an alternative plastic, which is the focus of Chiang’s study. “I know that I wanted to bring in the DiNP because I am really interested in regrettable substitution like BPA,” she said. “We are finding that a lot of replacements are worse than BPA.” In the next couple months, Chiang’s team will collect the exposed mice, have their tissue sampled and look at their hormone levels. Chiang has been following female mice out as far as 15 months after their original dosing with no bm15@dailyillini.com
determines which public comment requests will attend their meeting in early March, said Executive Director of University Relations Thomas Hardy in an email. Until then, Skibski hopes to condense his presentation into the five-minute time requirement and gather as much online support as possible. “I especially want to showcase all the support that it has,” he said. ecsimmon@dailyillini.com
“A lot of people like the fact that it’s historical. We’re the Fighting Illini, and that’s based off of Memorial Stadium. So it makes a lot of sense to have a mascot that’s based around the Fighting Illini.” MIKE SKIBSKI SOPHOMORE IN BUSINESS
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Mike Skibski plans to present his idea of a new school mascot, Champ, pictured above, to the University Board of Trustees on March 14.
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Ironic nihilism is our generation’s best creation JOSEPH DILLIER COLUMNIST
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1955, James Dean played the badboy teenager, Jim Stark, in the cult classic “Rebel Without a Cause.” At the time, viewers felt it captured the zeitgeist of the times by portraying teenage disillusionment. Watching it today, however, the movie comes off as melodramatic and the ending as a bad attempt at a happy one. The movie’s closing scene involves Jim’s close friend, Plato, being killed after a shootout with the Los Angeles Police Department, but the drama is softened by Stark introducing his new girlfriend to his parents and resolving the movie-long conflict with his father. Stark is something called a transgressive antihero: We like him even though he is morally suspect. Anti-heroes are good characters because they are relatable. We see
ourselves in their sinfulness and their dislike of society or their lives. However, when you compare Jim to more modern antiheroes, you can see he is quite different. First, his character is set in a humorless film. Second, he gets a happy ending. Take many of the popular films and TV shows featuring an antihero: Rick Sanchez from “Rick and Morty,” Jeff Lebowski in “The Big Lebowski,” BoJack Horseman, the disillusioned protagonist in any Wes Anderson movie, Nadia Vulvokov in “Russian Doll” and Tyler Durden in “Fight Club,” to name a few. All these are comedies with a heavy serving of nihilism poured in, and all of them either have a dark ending or an ending — notably “The Big Lebowski” — that places the character back in the state they began, leaving the audience with the impression that it, like life, has no inherent meaning. There are more examples of ironic nihilism throughout youth cul-
ture. It is disseminated through the jokes we tell eachother. As I write this, the front page of r/ dankmemes, a subreddit with 1.8 million — mostly young — subscribers, features a meme about an implicitly pro-life baby boomer debating with a millennial who is saying they actually wish to have been aborted, a pasta chef shooting himself in the head because no one is celebrating “National Pizza Day” with the caption “pasta la vista” and another meme joking about how the children born to followers of the modern pseudoscience trend, the anti-vaccination movement, usually die. Pete Davidson, the millennial comic on “Saturday Night Live” who has quickly risen to fame, is likely so popular because his humor speaks for his generation. Davidson’s father died during the 9/11 terrorist attacks and he suffers from borderline personality disorder, yet despite all this, he is a comedian. This dark past has made
him an even more effective comedian for our generation. During the roast of popstar Justin Bieber he quipped that, after meeting Bieber’s father, who is known for his childish antics and demeanor, he was “glad” his dad was dead and that Snoop Dogg’s movie “Soul Plane” was the “worst experience of (his) life involving a plane.” The reason there is such a high demand for dark humor is due to our environment. Some of us were born in the shadow of 9/11, grew up in a recession and have come to age knowing our political system is insane. There is a crisis of confidence in capitalism, a reality TV president, neo-Nazis and climate change might kill us. Dark humor is our generation’s coping mechanism. Another reason for our nihilistic outlook is that people need a way to identify themselves. Essentially, if someone asks you who you are, people will list a series of imagined communities which
they believe themselves to be a part of. Your identity is basically whatever you put in your Instagram bio. Modern society lacks these. Most people are giving up on the groups that have lasted for centuries: career, religion and nationality. Millennials are struggling to find meaning in their work. We’re also going through a massive decline in church attendance and religious belief. After the Evangelical community spearheaded putting a guy who had an affair with a pornstar into the White House and it’s been revealed that the Catholic Church has been covering up serial pedophiles for years, it is not hard to imagine why young people view organized religion with cynicism. In the U.S., people are less likely to say they are proud of their country than ever before. This is not just about people standing up and putting their hand on their heart during the Pledge of Allegiance, but rather about
how people see themselves in the world. This lack of pride means people are less eager to say, “Yes, I am an American.” To quote the political theorist Antonio Gramsci, “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born.” We are living in that in-between. Old forms of meaning are dying and the West is in a state of arrested development. There is an opportunity for radical transformation. In order to fix these problems of modernity, we must recognize there is one to begin with, which is precisely why ironic nihilism is healthy, it is an honest and often darkly funny recognition that modern life is absurd. It embraces hopelessness with humor instead of trying to cover it up. Recognizing a problem exists is the first step to solving it. Ideally, if Gramsci was right, by working through our difficult times the new can be born. Joseph is a junior in LAS. dillier2@dailyillini.com
Healthy lifestyle does not depend on high-impact exercise over the years, the chronic pain I experienced made me feel like an old woman COLUMNIST As a 20-year-old who has felt 70, speaking to 20-somethings, I’m telleople exercise not for ing you right now: Stop the sake of exercise, running. Stop doing box but for the sake of jumps. Stop punishing health. When people jusyour body in the pursuit of tify their participation in health. damaging, high-impact The National Center for exercise with the vague Biotechnology Innovanotion of “health,” I can’t tion claims as much as 56 020 help but wonder if they’re percent of runners experinuts. ence injuries every year. In high school, I was a That’s well over half. I’m competitive Irish dancpretty sure none of you er. If you know one thing guys is being chased by a about Irish dance, know maniac with a knife. In this: It is as true a sport other words, you don’t as I’ve ever seen. Blood, have to run. sweat and tears are quite Health is not having a literally required for sucsix pack for a summer. It’s cess in the discipline. not running a marathon. Irish dance was my It’s not benching 200 first love. I ate, slept and pounds. Health, rather, is breathed it, every minute the establishment of habof every day, training for its that will lead to holistic three to four hours daily. well-being long-term, not Unsurprisingly, my reckshort-term. It’s learning less ambition resulted in moderation in all things, me breaking my left foot enjoying being active and twice in one year. caring for your body. These days, I’m more What are your workinto yoga. There are just out habits like? Do they too many miles on my involve pain or agony? Do body for a young woman they make you feel like of 20. At times, when I was you’re going to die? Are recovering from the myr- you ignoring an injury for iad of injuries I gathered whatever you’re training ELLEN BARCZAK
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for? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, seriously, please stop. Be kind to your body. Don’t punish it. Don’t push it to extreme limits when you don’t have to. According to research published in the BMJ, one-third of knee replacements result in pain and
regret. I’m afraid not many college students think much about possible knee replacements 50 years from now, though. One thing’s for sure: You’ll miss your knees when they’re gone. You’re ultimately going to do what you want, and that’s cool. However, whatever you choose to do, I want
you to try to put yourself in your elderly self’s shoes and ask, “Was it worth it?” Maybe you’re training for the Olympics; I don’t know. But I sure hope it will all be worth it, even during the pain down the road. If you don’t think it will be, take a chill pill and go for a brisk walk with your friends. Make
sure to put on your sunscreen if you do that. Be careful with yourself. Be kind to your body. Be conscious of your perspective on life. You’ll want those knees, hips, ankles and feet for a little while yet. Ellen is a sophomore in LAS. ellenmb2@dailyillini.com
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TSABARI that the reader is compellingly brought into these communities.” In a short story from The Best Place on Earth, Tsabari tells the story of a young Israeli boy who is headed to his town’s grocery store when air raid sirens sound. He immediately has to scramble for survival. This story stood out to Goldman as one with which students can connect. “Tsabari’s stories provide an intersection between mundane experiences and cataclysmic events. It allows readers to relate to her stories,” she said. In the future, the author plans to turn her talents to research the experience of Yemeni women. As recently reported by The New York Times, there was a period during the 1950s in Israel when the government abducted children from mostly Yemeni women and gave them to childless Ashkenazi families. Tsabari was already familiar with the practice, as her uncle’s wife was nearly kidnapped during this time by hospital officials. Though the direction of her research is unclear, she wants to give a voice to the silenced Yemeni women affected by similar tragedies. As she is planning to present some of her ideas for future research, students have the chance to learn about Yemeni women and immigrants from Israel. Tsabari is the third visiting author of a fourpart series. Beginning the series was author Ruby Namdar, winner of the Sapir Award, Israel’s most prestigious literary award. David Bezmozgis, whose works have been made into feature films, followed. After Ayelet Tsabari, Nicole Krauss will speak on April 9 at 5 p.m. in the Knight Auditorium at the Spurlock Museum. All events are free of charge and open to the public. “This has the potential to be an eye-opening experience for many students,” Kaplan said. “(Tsabari is) an incredible woman with a unique story to tell.” annaew3@dailyillini.com
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Sophomore raises dough with dough D’Oh Nation partners with Mia Za’s for fundraising BY ANNA PEVEY STAFF WRITER
For as long as she can remember, Allyson Kamrat has wanted to help people. Little did she know it would be through a sweet treat: cookie dough. In high school, Kamrat, sophomore in LAS, noticed some students went without food when they went home for the weekend. She decided she wanted to do something about that. “I became really interested in starting up a food service at my school for the kids that didn’t have meals for when they went home for the weekend,” Kamrat said. “In my high school, roughly three out of 10 students were considered below the poverty line or were getting free or reduced lunch.” Surprised by these numbers, Kamrat went to her school’s administration to think of ways to help the students who didn’t have food over the weekend. “I had been watching the BuzzFeed Tasty videos,” Kamrat said. “I felt like there was something worth working with the cookie dough video I had watched. I tried my own recipe, started jarring it and taking it to school, had people try it.” Kamrat’s cookie dough treat was a hit with her peers. For $4 a jar, people could buy the cookie dough, and all of the proceeds went toward buying food and supplies for students to take home over the weekend. BEN TSCHETTER THE DAILY ILLINI She was combatting this food insecurity at Mia Za’s on Green Street on Dec. 1, 2017. The restaurant now has a subset, D’Oh Nation, run by Allyson her high school with cookie dough. Kamrat. D’Oh Nation hopes to donate to charitable organizations in the community. This method of fundraising turned into a student-run organization that she called “Food Since the beginning, Kamrat has always and what the purpose of having this mini busifor Thought.” It raised over $1,000 for these thought everyone should have something to ness would be, he was immediately intrigued. meals within weeks. eat. Hink, the owner of Mia Za’s, knew Kamrat These high school experiences proved useful The goal of this “Food works hard for him at his restaurant, and he to Kamrat, and she uses her cookie dough for Thought” endeav- was interested in where she would take D’Oh skills to continue doing good. or and D’Oh Nation Nation if given the space and opportunity. She is now the brains behind the is to give back to “When Allyson brought up the idea of sellnew Mia Za’s subset, D’Oh Nation, the communi- ing cookie dough at Za’s, not to make money while also maintaining her posity she lives in for herself, but to finance her helping others, tion as the lead cookie dough now, because I thought it was an awesome idea,” he said. “I maker. D’Oh Nation currently she said the knew she wanted to give back to the commucarries seven staple flavors of U n i v e r s i - nity, and I thought that she would be the percookie dough, including origty commu- son to help take on this project. We are really inal cookie dough, chocolate nity is her excited and interested in where D’Oh Nation chip, mint and birthday cake. home. could go and how it can help people.” “You see Celine Banach, Kamrat’s long-time friend the home- and sophomore in LAS, can attest to her work less men and ethic and and desire for change that has been women on apparent for years. Green Street “Allyson designing Food for Thought and day-to-day, and selling the cookie dough in high school helped if I can do some- out so many students,” Banach said. “Her work thing to help them or ethic is amazing and she’s not one of those peoto help other students, I ple who has an idea and lets it go. She is the am going to,” Kamrat said. most hard-working person I know. I really do Kamrat said her hope is, once substantial think that D’Oh Nation is going to go places funds come in, D’Oh Nation will donate 10 per- and help a lot of people.” cent of its profits to a different organization As far as plans for the future of D’Oh Nation, each month. Kamrat has many.” Her previous endeavors within volunteering A goal of mine is to open a food-pantry delivand helping others are proving to be useful. ery service for college kids. They can remain “I feel like if I can do something, I want to do completely anonymous and have access to something. I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing these resources that aren’t usually given. If at all if there wasn’t an aspect of giving back to D’Oh Nation takes off, this is something that the community,” she said. is a huge goal of mine.” When Kamrat’s boss of two years, Bruce Hink, heard about her ideas for D’Oh Nation features@dailyillini.com
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Alumni run for Chicago mayor BY SIDNEY MADDEN ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
With the University being only 134 miles from Chicago, the city is a popular destination for many college graduates and is also the hometown of many students. As a result, Illinois alumni often have their hand in shaping Chicago politics and policies. The Chicago mayoral election on Tuesday has an unprecedented 14 candidates running for office, including University alumni Bob Fioretti, Gery Chico and Amara Enyia. During his time at the University, Fioretti served as the Undergraduate Student Association chairman, a governing student body that preceded Illinois Student Government. Fioretti was in this role during a contentious time on campus and around the country, as the Vietnam War was ending and Nixon was in office. During his tenure on campus, he lobbied to get a student trustee on the Board of Trustees and almost won a local office in Champaign. Though Chico only attended the University for two years, Chico also found himself in leadership positions on campus, most prominently as the chairman of the Alumni Association. He ended up transferring PHOTO COURTESY OF TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE to the University of Illinois at Chance the Rapper endorses Amara Enyia, right, for mayor of Chicago at a news conference at Chicago campus to be in the City Hall on Oct. 16 in Chicago. city in which he was born and raised. various organizations and was the first black should be.” Both Chico and Fioretti have run for editor-in-chief of The Daily Illini. According to the Division of Managemayor before. Chico ran in 2011 and FioToday, Enyia is endorsed by Chicagoan ment Information for Fall 2018 enrollment, retti ran in 2015, but both were defeated and musician Chance the Rapper. Her grass- over 5,000 University students have Chiby Rahm Emanuel. roots campaign is aided by many college cago area zip codes listed for their home Chico, who was runner-up in 2011, said students, including field organizer Malik addresses, including off-campus and nonthis election is challenging because it’s Jackson, senior in FAA. degree students. That is nearly 11 percent hard to stand out among so many Jackson, also from Chicago, was looking of the total student population. Jackson is candidates. to volunteer for Enyia’s campaign when he encouraging Chicago-based students who “I’m learning now how to was asked to interview for a more inten- requested their mail-in ballots to send them cope with that larger field, sive position. Coming from a politically and in by election day. Their votes will be countmaking it more difficult to raise socially active family and based on his own ed so long as the postage date is no later than money,” he said. “I’m learning city planning interests, Jackson was happy Tuesday. now that it’s harder to get your to try and mobilize student voters on camFellow Chicagoan Caitlyn Flaherty, freshideas out because the press is lis- pus. He founded a new nonpartisan orga- man in LAS, also got involved in Enyia’s tening to 14 candidates instead nization on campus called Bright Future campaign after being inspired by Enyia’s of two.” Coalition in September. While the organiza- progressive priorities. She connected with After completing their under- tion is still in its developmental stage, Jack- Jackson and has also been mobilizing stugraduate educations, Chico and son saw a perfect opportunity to use Bright dent voters through Bright Future. Fioretti also went to law school Future as a launching pad to raise awareness While many are discouraged by the polarat other institutions in the on campus for the mayoral election. He is ized state of politics at the local and national state. Chico has served in sev- careful not to promote any single candidate, levels, Flaherty remains optimistic about eral positions within the city, and just wants to get students more involved how policy and people can make a positive including the Chicago Public in the electoral process. difference, especially among the incoming Schools chairman. Fioretti He has seen that many students from Chi- generation. was alderman of Chicago’s cago seem unaware of the election and inat“(Politics) is really a great avenue to enact 2nd ward. tentive to the issues at stake, likely because change,” she said. “So much of our daily lives Amara Enyia received they are not directly affected. revolve around policy measure and large her undergraduate, grad“This is weird because we’ve seen school policy measures at that. And I think espeuate, law and doctorate closures come to the forefront and every- cially with the rise of the Trump, I think a lot degrees from the Uni- one is complaining about that, and you get of young people are looking to get involved versity. During her the Laquan McDonald cover up and every- and just voted for the first time, so that time on campus, one is yelling about that,” he said. “But then excites me.” she was heav- you get to the local election, it’s time to make ily involved in a decision about who the new leadership sidneym2@dailyillini.com COLLEEN ROMANO THE DAILY ILLINI
Author speaks on marginalized Jewish experience BY ANNA WRIGHT CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For many University students, living on campus is their first taste of independence. In her autobiography “The Art of Leaving,” author Ayelet Tsabari chronicles her personal journey of leaving home and self-discovery. Tsabari offers a unique perspective because of her complex cultural identity. She was raised in Israel, but her family is originally from Yemen. She said this complication in her heritage made her feel different from the Jewish people
in her community. Tsabari is also part of the Mizrahi community, which is a general term for Jews from North Africa and the Middle East. She is speaking for a marginalized group of people. “The Art of Leaving” opens with the death of Tsabari’s father. She was only 9 years old when he passed, and she said the loss shook her to the core. A grief-stricken Tsabari then left Israel and began to search for her identity. Tsabari lived nomadically. She called her bank account “The Wandering
Jew Fund” after the mythical Jew cursed to roam the world. She was also nicknamed “The Turtle” after her practice of living with her personal belongings on her back as she explored the world. She searched for her home. The book recounts tales of her travels, lost loves and her rebellion while serving in the Israeli army. As she learns to embrace her family’s history, she begins to embrace her own. On Monday in the Lucy Ellis Lounge, Tsabari will bring her story to the University as part of the “21st
Century Jewish Writing and the World” series. She is scheduled to begin with a reading from her published works. She will then have a conversation with professor Brett Kaplan, head coordinator of the event. Kaplan believes students can learn from Tsabari about writing their own stories. “Though students may be too young to have enough experiences to fill an entire book, they’ve certainly had their share of experience,” Kaplan said. “Sharing a personal story can be very powerful.”
Kaplan’s favorite short in Tsabari’s published collection of short stories, “The Best Place on Earth,” is titled “Tikun.” In the short story, two ex-lovers meet in a cafe and reminisce against the backdrop of an impending bombing. This concept of ordinary characters placed in extraordinary situations is a recurring one in her work. By doing this, she allows readers to empathize with a subset of people with whom they may not be familiar. Professor Dara Goldman, another organizer of the event, believes students
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can gain an understanding of cultural perspective often underrepresented by the media. Jewish people typically represented in entertainment media are white, upper-class and English speaking. Tsabari instead tells stories of a subset of Jewish people not usually seen by Americans. “Students can learn about the multicultural and trans-cultural complexity of Israel,” Goldman said. “Her writing provides such vivid scenes and characters SEE TSABARI | 5A
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Members of the 1989 Flyin’ Illini team gather around coach Lou Henson. The team advanced to the 1989 Final Four in Seattle before losing to eventual champion Michigan.
Flyin’ Illini return, praise current team BY GAVIN GOOD STAFF WRITER
Illinois basketball may have suffered a disappointing loss to Penn State on Saturday, but as the 1989 Final Four team was being honored, members of the Flyin’ Illini offered promising thoughts about the future under head coach Brad Underwood. The media swarmed around many of the former Illinois standouts, who were greeted warmly by the State Farm Center 30 years after cementing their place in program history. The prevailing sentiment throughout the Flyin’ Illini team is the current young
Illini have turned a corner. Former star small forward Kenny Battle, enveloped in cameras and recorders, shared his confident thoughts about how the Illini are on their way back to prominence. “It’s going to happen,” Battle said. “The group of guys here now, they’re playing hard, and I love watching them. Even though the record doesn’t indicate the talent level, those guys have been in at least six or seven games they could’ve easily won with a basket here or there, a call going our way. They’ve turned it around.” Illinois, which is 6-4 since starting the season 4-12,
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has put together some convincing wins over the likes of No. 9 Michigan State, No. 13 Maryland and Ohio State since mid-January. The hot streak raised some eyebrows within the fanbase and certainly with the players who made thennamed Assembly Hall a nightmarish place for opponents to play. Nick Anderson, the 1989 team MVP who hit the shot to knock off Bob Knight’s Indiana team at the last second, said this current squad has sent a message to the Big Ten. “It’s time to be even more hungry right now,” Anderson said. “They’ve put a
lot of teams on notice that we’re not going to lay down; it’s going to be a dog fight.” The Illini struggled with Penn State’s physicality on Saturday and didn’t shoot well down the stretch, eventually running out of time to make a comeback in front of a sold-out crowd expecting a victory. Anderson wants the State Farm Center to induce fear in opponents. While he believes it’s getting back to that point, he also thinks there’s work to be done. Illinois had won four of its last six games at home, notching three straight home victories over Nebraska, Michigan State and
Rutgers before Saturday’s defeat. “We dictate what goes on in our house,” Anderson said. “You’re not going to come in our house and dictate anything. We’re going to set the tone from the tipoff until the buzzer goes off.” Former forward Marcus Liberty is impressed with the current iteration of the Illini, who he said he has watched all season, even through their historically poor start. Liberty believes Illinois has true talents in the likes of freshmen Ayo Dosunmu and Giorgi Bezhanishvili. He’s seen each player
both struggle and succeed at times this year, especially early in the season. He has also taken in their shining moments, like Dosunmu’s dagger threes against Michigan State and Bezhanishvili’s record-breaking 35-point game against Rutgers. “(Dosunmu) figured it out,” Liberty said. “Early on, I think he had some problems trying to figure it out. But right now, I think Ayo Dosunmu is playing probably some of the best basketball of any Big Ten player right now.” Kendall Gill, who averSEE FLYIN’ | 2B
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New coaches Team off to best start since 2015 discuss future BY MEGHAN REST
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After losing assistants in multiple key areas, football head coach Lovie Smith finally announced his official replacements on Wednesday. The Illini coaching staff, which added Bob McClain, Mike Bellamy and Lou Hernandez, is now solidified for 2019. With Luke Butkus and Jon Boese off to the NFL and Thad Ward now at Temple, Smith was in need of new coaches for the offensive line and running backs, as well as a new strength and conditioning coach. When addressing the new hires, the first name that left Smith’s mouth was McClain’s. Because McClain served as an offensive analyst in 2018, one of the key reasons for his hire, according to Smith, was his familiarity with Illinois offensive coordinator Rod Smith, as the duo worked together previously at both Michigan and West Virginia. One of the critical goals of the offseason from Lovie was to make sure Rod was the leader of the offensive coaching search to build a staff with the best possible fit both toward the sys-
tem and from a chemistry standpoint. “Lovie told me, ‘You spearhead it; you gotta get guys that fit your philosophy,’” Rod said. “I had calls from people that I knew, people that I don’t know, tons of calls. And as I talked to people, the one thing I kept coming back to was my familiarity with Bob. I think he is top notch, I think he’s tremendous. He’s a great teacher.” Last season, the Illini line paved the way for Reggie Corbin to run for 1,085 yards and nine touchdowns. With most of the group outside of Nick Allegretti returning and Alabama transfer Richie Petitbon incoming, McClain feels fortunate for the group he’s inherited. “It’s gonna be great (because) we’ve got experience,” McClain said. “Anytime you’ve got experience, it helps, and that’s a talented group of guys, and they’re good kids.” When it comes to his plan for the 2019 group, McClain acknowledged the sheer physicality of the position means he is going to have to push his play-
Senior catcher Jeff Korte kept the Illini’s undefeated start to the season alive this weekend. Illinois opened its second road series of the season with a 7-6 win over Florida Atlantic University thanks to Korte’s dominant performance at the plate. During Friday’s game in Boca Raton, Florida, Korte hit two impact home runs, including a game-tying three-run bomb in the ninth. Korte evened the playing field 6-6 before senior outfielder Zac Taylor scored on a bases-loaded walk, lifting the Illini to their fourth straight victory of the spring and their first 4-0 start since 2015. Korte, a Florida native, led the Illini’s offense with two home runs and five RBIs after going 2-for-4 on the day. According to Illinois Athletics and Korte, his two-homer game marks the first of his baseball career. Senior outfielder Jack Yalowitz and freshman infielder Cam McDonald also helped lift the Illini past the Owls, going 3-for4 with one RBI and 1-for-4 with two runs. Right-handed pitcher Caleb Larson scooped up the win for Illinois and
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David Craan and teammates celebrate a victory against Florida Atlantic over the weekend. The Illini took all three games of the series for a 6-0 start to the season.
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hits and one earned run each, while Taylor and Michalak also had one double apiece on the day. Additionally, Michalak had a perfect OBP on the day, making it on-base during all of his at-bats. Collectively, Illinois had a .986 on-base plus slugging percentage compared to Florida Atlantic’s .489 during Saturday’s game. The Illini also produced 13 hits to the Owls’ six. Senior left-handed pitcher Andy Fisher started on the mound for Illinois, throwing for six innings and allowing just one earned run and two hits with nine K’s for the win. Junior righty Ty Weber relieved Fisher in the seventh and only threw for that inning, producing one strikeout and allowing one earned run. Righthanded senior Quinten Sefcik pitched the next frame, allowing three Owl hits and one earned run in his first appearance on the mound this season. Junior right-hander Garrett Acton closed the show for Illinois in the final inning and got the team’s save. He allowed just one hit between the four batters he faced. A fter clinching the series Saturday, the Illini extended their winning-streak to 6-0 after sweeping the Owls in a nail-biting 10-11 contest, spanning 10 innings, Sunday afternoon. Taylor led the Illini offense with three runs after going 3-for-6 on the day, while Sarver trailed him with two runs and two RBIs, going 3-for-5. Senior righty Cyrillo Watson started the game and threw for five innings, striking out six but allowing three earned runs and nine hits. Sophomore southpaw Jimmy Burnette relieved Watson but only faced two batters, allowing two earned runs during his stint on the mound. Freshman right-handed pitcher Aidan Maldonado stepped in for Burnette, throwing for the next 2 1/3 innings and allowing just one earned run and three hits. Sophomore lefty Josh Harris came in for onethird of an inning, facing one batter while recording one K. Junior right-hander Ryan Schmitt relived Harris for one and one-third innings and allowed just two hits. Senior right-hander Quinten Sefick closed out the game for Illinois in the tenth, facing just three batters.
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Lou Henson greets the Illini crowd at halftime of Illinois’ 83-76 loss to Penn State. Henson led the Illini to 423 victories from 1975 to 1996, winning one Big Ten regular season title and reaching one Final Four.
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FLYIN’ aged 15.4 points during the Flyin’ Illini’s memorable ‘89 campaign, said Dosunmu is someone he thinks will “play at the next level one day.” Liberty acknowledged there are areas the Chicago native must improve in. “(Dosunmu is) long, he’s lanky, he can get to the basket,” Liberty said. “He needs to work on his jump shot, and I can see that he has been doing it. He is what I call a gym rat; I know he stays in the gym getting busy.” He also explained how the way the NBA scouts college talent has changed from his day. Professional teams no longer make their decisions about players’ collegiate work or about who can contribute the most immediately when they are drafted. Many organizations face a more long-term approach to young talents, mostly in light of the explosion of
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COACH ers, but he will only do so with the intention of helping them improve. In terms of his familiarity with Rod, McClain is looking forward to the experience because of Rod’s willingness to take strategic advice from other coaches. However, McClain knows not to overstep his boundary even though he and Rod are close personally. “Rod don’t have an ego. Rod’s all about what’s best and getting better,” McClain said. “He wants to hear from everybody. In the end, I know I respect the fact if says no, he says no. It’s time to move on.” The other coach Rod was heavily involved in hiring was Bellamy. After earning first-team All-Big Ten honors as an Illini in 1989, Bellamy comes to the program after serving as the wide receiver coach at Toledo, Ohio, the past two seasons. Smith detailed the story of Bellamy’s interview, which won over his approval. Though there was severe weather which caused Bellamy’s flight to be canceled, the former Illini receiver decided to drive to make the meeting, which Smith said showed him Bellamy’s dedication to the program. Bellamy made it clear he sees Illinois on the cusp of something special and
players declaring for the draft after one or two years into college. “The way it’s set up now, it’s all about potential,” Liberty said. “When I was playing, it wasn’t about that. It was like, you got to get out there and do it. But he has all the potential to be an NBA player.” The Chicago recruiting market is perennially jampacked, and its immense talent pool and complicated American Athletic Union and high school scene can make the city a tough place to build a pipeline in. Gill thinks Illinois has to be able to tap into the nation’s third-biggest city, attracting its top talents downstate to wear orange and blue. It’s a fairly common opinion to have, especially as a part of a team which managed to build its success with the in-state talents of Anderson, Liberty, Gill, Lowell Hamilton and Battle (West Aurora). “I was at my son’s AAU practice the other day, (and) that’s all the coaches want-
ed to talk to me about, what the Illini where doing,” Gill said. “When you get buzz like that, that’s when you start to get interest from the top-level kids in the area.” Particularly with Dosunmu’s early success, Gill thinks Chicago kids will take notice of the Illini if Underwood’s staff recruits hard enough and on-court results steadily improve. “It’s good for Chicago kids (who) are in high school now to see success down here in Champaign and see everybody get fired up about the team,” Gill said. “Now, it stirs up interest. Interest was stirred up when we were in high school.” Then, there are those diamond-in-the-rough recruits who help programs punch above their weight class and compete in the Big Ten. Bezhanishvili, the Georgian transplant, has objectively exceeded reasonable expectations as a recruit outside the top 300, averaging 12.3 points per game with a 53.3 percent shooting clip.
feels he’ll be able to recruit young men who will want to be a part of that. “I’ve seen this place when it was successful, and we’re that close,” Bellamy said. “In recruiting, when you see the facility going up right now, it’s gon’ be easy to tell the kids this is the place to go. You add the education along with the facilities (and) it’s top notch.” B el l a my pr ev iou s ly served as the receivers’ coach at Illinois from 2012 to 2015 and said both he and his family knew a return was destined to happen one day. Lovie expressed similar compliments as Rod toward Bellamy, citing his experience in-state and passion for Illinois as key assets. “As a recruiter, then you know the University the way he does. (I’m) just really excited about Mike coming back home,” Smith said. For Lou Hernandez, his relationship with Illinois and the Champaign-Urbana community runs deep. Serving as the strength and conditioning coach from 2005 to 2011, Hernandez built a life in Champaign he was eager to return to after seven seasons at North Carolina. “I feel like I’ve had an opportunity to build a room here, so there’s still kind of a piece of what my philosophy has been here, so that’s No. 1,” Hernandez said. “No. 2, from a personal
standpoint, I got my wife to marry me here, and my two little girls were born here. I’ve always just had a great connection with this place; it meant so much when I was here, and it was primarily because of the people and the community.” With Mack Brown taking over as the head coach in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Hernandez became available just as Boese exited the program to join the Cincinnati Bengals. Once the positions needed to be filled, Lovie said he kept hearing Hernandez’s name as a recommendation, and after evaluating him as a candidate, he made the hire many had been hoping for. “ Your strength and conditioning coordinator spends as much time with the team as anyone,” Lovie said. “Lou has a history, and once the position became open, if I (could) only tell you how many people reached out to me that love the University of Illinois that wanted to see him back, you take that into consideration.” As college football changes stylistically, with more quick passing and readoption concepts, the way a team conditions itself in the offseason has evolved since Hernandez was last in charge in Champaign. Though he may need to adjust to the new technology and techniques now available in 2019, Hernan-
Through Illinois’ struggles this season, Bezhanishvili has been an unrelenting bright spot, and Liberty shares the same pleasure many fans do when they watch the kid from Rustavi, Georgia, play. “That kid Giorgi is good, man,” Liberty said. “A lot of people are asleep on him. He is real good. I watch his footwork; he has great footwork. He scores around the basket, and he looks like he’s having fun.” When watching Bezhanishvili play, whether it’s as he devours some pregame popcorn or high-fives dozens upon dozens of Orange Krush members before leaving the court, it’s evident he is enjoying himself. Basketball is a game, and it’s meant to be enjoyed, regardless of where one is playing and the success one has. “That’s the main thing when you’re playing basketball,” Liberty said. “You’ve got to have fun, man.” @itsallG_O_O_D gavinrg2@dailyillini.com
marked the first time a true freshman has done so this season. The Wheaton, Illinois, native pitched for one inning, allowing just one hit. Junior righty Garrett Acton clinched the save for Illinois — his second this season — in a 1-23 ninth inning. The clutch bullpen performance followed senior r ig ht-h a nder Quinn Snarskis’ second start of 2019. Snarskis threw for 2 1/3 innings, allowing six hits, two earned runs and two K’s. Sophomore Josh Harris and senior Sean Leland took over the mound through the next 4 2/3 innings combined, allowing just two earned runs and seven strikeouts between them. After Friday’s contest, Illinois’ bullpen registered a 0.98 combined ERA, 11 hits, two earned runs and seven walks with 21 strikeouts. On Saturday, the Illini continued their flawless record and moved to 5-0 on the season after trumping the Owls again 5-3. Illinois allowed Florida Atlantic to score first in the second inning off a home run by Andru Summerall to right field. But the Illini answered with two runs of their own in the third inning. Freshman infielder Kellen Sarver hit a single to right-center, sending senior utility Michael Michalak in to score. Then, junior DH Michael Massey knocked a single into right field, moving freshman infielder Branden Comia to second base and then to third on the throw, allowing Sarver to score. Illinois tacked on three more runs in the sixth and seventh innings. In the sixth, a Yalowitz single to left-center propelled Taylor to second and Massey in to score, and then Korte hit a sacrifice fly to center field, ushering Taylor in to score. Although the Illini held onto the lead for the majority of the outing, the Owls’ bats began to heat back up in the seventh. Florida Atlantic’s Eric Rivera reached on an Illinois throwing error to third — the Illini’s only miscue of the game — allowing B.J. Murray to score. A nd while Illinois’ bats were silenced in the eighth, Florida Atlantic’s Francisco Urbaez batted a single to the left side, sending Pedro Pages in for the Owls’ third and final run of the game. Massey, Taylor and @meghan_rest Michalak recorded three merest2@dailyillini.com
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Lou Hernandez returns to Illinois after seven seasons at North Carolina. Hernandez also served as the Illini’s strength and conditioning coach from 2005-2011 under Ron Zook.
dez has a set of principles he has always stuck to, which will be used to get the team into shape. “What we’re gonna do is, I’ve talked to coach, (and) I’m gonna be an extension of what he is expecting,” Hernandez said. “I’m not necessarily concerned with what they lift, how they lift
and how they run. It’s how they approach those things. It’s their expectations, it’s their work ethic and it’s their accountability. Those are the things that I’m gonna work on first, and all the rest of it from there will eventually start to come.” The trio joins Keynodo Hudson and Miles Smith as
new hires to a staff which has suffered through the attrition that is the college football coaching carousel. When speaking to each new member, the mentality is clear; they feel the program is ready to take off. @MilesP_H milesp2@dailyillini.com
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Illinois faces emotional loss against Penn State BY JAKE HASAN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR OF ON-AIR
After losing a four-game win streak in Wisconsin earlier this week, Illinois hosted the Penn State on Saturday looking to get back on the winning track. However, the Illini’s struggles grew worse, and the team lost in a poor shooting performance to the Nittany Lions 83-76. “This is a great example of what happens in Big Ten basketball when you show up flat and not ready to play,” said head coach Brad Underwood after the game. “Penn State deserved to win the game. They played much harder than we did.” The Illini got a strong performance from guard Andres Feliz, who scored 17 points. But the lack of production from the “big three,” Giorgi Bezhanishvili, Trent Frazier and Ayo Dosunmu (combined 16 of 44 shooting) kept the team from a win in front of State Farm Center’s largest crowd of the season and the ’89 Flyin’ Illini team who were in-house for a reunion. “Andres loves physicality,” Underwood said. “That was a game made for him. He’s a guy that isn’t afraid to challenge; he loves to challenge.” It was a back-and-forth affair to start the game, and both teams traded baskets early on. At first, it seemed that theme would continue in the first half, as neither team would let up, and both offenses knocked the other’s shots down with ease. But the defenses suddenly came to life for a short period that saw a two-minute scoring drought for Penn State and a 0-5 shooting stint from the field for Illinois. It was finally Bezhanishvili who started the scoring again for the Illini when he tied the game at 17 with a layup. Unfortunately for every Bezhanishvili basket in the first 10 minutes, Penn
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Illinois head coach Brad Underwood talks to the referee during the game against Penn State at the State Farm Center on Saturday. The Nittany Lions beat the Illini with a final score of 83-76.
State’s Lamar Stevens had an answer, as he started the game 4-5 with 11 of Penn State’s first 22 points. Later in the first half, Illinois went cold just as Stevens and Penn State increased their intensity. An 8-0 run combined with the Illini suffering through a 1-10 stretch allowed the Nittany Lions to build a lead, which peaked at 13 with a score of 37-24. After the quick start, the Illini had no answers on offense to get out of their cold streak, and their stars weren’t able to help, as Frazier shot just 2-9 in the first
half and Dosunmu recorded zero points. Penn State took a 39-32 lead into the locker room at halftime. “They play really really hard,” Underwood said. “They had a lot of dog in them. They’re unrelenting. That’s something that is a challenge for us.” After the break, things didn’t get much better for the Illini in the second half, as the Nittany Lions opened the new frame with a 7-2 run to push their lead to 46-34. Illinois showed signs of life with about 15 minutes
left in the game when they went on an 8-0 run which made the score 48-41. It was a Dosunmu three-pointer which made the game 50-44 and forced Penn State into a timeout to talk strategy. The Nittany Lions ironed something out in the timeout though, as they went on a 5-0 run to push their lead back to double digits. Shortly after, Underwood drew a technical foul, followed by another foul on Feliz, and Penn State was able to push their lead to 15, the largest of the afternoon. The Illini were able to put
together a 10-0 run capped by a Dosunmu dunk to bring them within five with just under eight minutes left. “We were fighting, but sometimes the other team plays better,” Underwood said. “We got close but you got to get stops, three or four in a row.” The two teams continued to trade baskets and the Illini couldn’t close the gap any further. For a moment, it seemed like Trent Frazier’s three-pointer with 2:30 left would jump-start the team but a foul by Aaron Jordan let the Nittany Lions go back up
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by six at the charity stripe. Illinois couldn’t bounce back and were forced to foul the rest of the way. “We been playing hard,” Feliz said. “Sometimes you play hard, but the score doesn’t come out the way you want. But keep working hard as a team. We’re gonna make our run again (and) just got to keep our head up and keep working.” Up next, the Illini travel to West Lafayette to take on the No. 15 Purdue Boilermakers, and try to get back on track. jakeh2@dailyillini.com
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People in line on Jan. 16 before seeing “American Tap” at The Art Theater. Originally founded as the Park Theatre, The Art Theater has operated for more than 100 years.
Art Theater runs risk of closing Fundraiser aims to keep doors open BY NILLY KUMAR STAFF WRITER
The Art Theater in downtown Champaign sent out an email Thursday evening with the subject line “Help The Art Raise 25K in 25 Days!” The body of the email explained “in 2017, the Art Theater became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and (they) now depend on personal and corporate donations for (their) lifeblood … Due to a slow end of 2018/beginning of 2019, we need $25,000 immediately to keep us open.” “I am very hopeful that the goal will be met from the community,” said Dr. Porshé Garner, The Art Theater’s Executive Director. “In the past, we’ve done a drive to raise money for our marquee, and we raised over $10,000 within a 12-hour period. So I’m very hopeful that the community will respond.”
If the goal is not met, Dr. Garner said The Art Theater “would not be able to remain such a pivotal institution in the community here in Champaign.” Garner notes there are multiple reasons for the current revenue shortfall. “In 2017, we switched to a 501(c)3 … and a part of being a nonprofit means that we rely on individual and corporate donations,” Garner said. “Additionally, up to 51 percent of our ticket sales have to go back to distributors … So while we are bringing in a substantial amount in ticket sales, we don’t get to keep that particular profit, which then sometimes causes our expense levels to not be met.” The money the theater hopes to raise will be used to pay for its expenses and allow it to “launch into more strategic planning as it relates to stainability, like with membership drives and other targeted events.” “If nothing else, this campaign and this drive will bring awareness to The Art, and hopefully people
who have not heard about the opportunities that we have or about the films that we’re screening each week or even know that we exist will realize that we are here in downtown Champaign, and we are the only independent nonprofit theater in the community,” Garner said. The Art Theater, originally founded as the Park Theatre, was first established in 1913, and for the more than 100 years it has operated in Champaign, it has switched hands multiple times and has screened everything from silent movies, which in those days required a live organist, to pornography, when it became an “adults-only” theater in 1971 for more than a decade. The whole time, however, it has remained a vital and treasured part of the Champaign community. Donations for the drive are being taken on The Art Theater’s website. As of 1 p.m. on Sunday, the theater has already raised over $15,000. nskumar2@readbuzz.com
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Zoe Willott sits near her keyboard in her apartment in Urbana on Feb. 9. Willott’s first full-length album came out in October.
Student artist sings stories through jazz, pop BY NILLY KUMAR STAFF WRITER
Inspired by events from her own life, those of her friends and the stories told around her, Zoe Willott released “Telling Other People’s Stories,” her first full-length album, in October. Willott, known professionally by her stage name zzo, is a student here at the University, currently in her third year, majoring in jazz performance. She isn’t sure about how exactly to pronounce her stage name. “I’m still trying to figure that out still. My friends in high school called me ‘zeezo,’” Willott said. In late December, Willott’s album was placed at the top of buzz Magazine’s Best Local Albums list, which described her work as, “a collection of charmingly told suburban stories that you can’t help but fall in love with.” It was an honor she wasn’t expecting. She self-describes her
genre of music as “dream pop” and “’80s popinspired.” Choosing her genre wasn’t really a conscious decision as much as a reflection of the music she loved listening to and what she felt like playing. “Most of the time, I would just be listening to stuff in the car, and I would be like, ‘Oh this is a cool sound,’ and I would try to mimic it but at the same time not steal from them,” Willott said. “I started classical piano when I was about 8. My parents didn’t make me. I just kinda wanted to do piano … I started jazz a little bit in high school, and this summer I was like, ‘What if I did pop?’” “Telling Other People’s Stories” is an album packed to the brim with sumptuous instrumentation which feels like music made for watching clouds pass on sunny days, layered beneath Willott’s own
soft and slow vocals. Each song tells a separate story about love, loneliness or loss, revolving slowly around one character and their state of mind. “Lost at Sea,” one of the songs in the album, begins with a somber progression of notes on a piano. The lyrics then begin, repeating the dialogue of what seems like a parent speaking to a child, chiding them on insisting to do “the same damn thing we did just yesterday.” The lyrics shift to tell the story of the child’s mother, who “sailed off to an ocean far, far away.” Back to the present, the child now waits at the dock with a golden raincoat, sinking into the floor as the sun sets. The vocals then reach the strongest they’ll be for the rest of the album as the speaker sings loudly, “Lost at Sea/She said she was going to come back, but it’s just not meant to be.”
The listener is left with nothing else but the image of the sunset, the cold and all the emotions in a child realizing their mother isn’t coming back. W hen Willott spoke about the inspiration for the song, she said, “I was driving, and it was rainy … and I just wondered, what if I wrote a song about someone whose family member or loved one was lost at sea.” For a song so powerful and one which seemed at times so personal, it felt like a disappointing answer. Willott is currently working on another project in which, drawing from her studies at the University, she “would like to have more jazz influence.” Beyond her next album, Willott said she “definitely want(s) to continue working in the music field, whether that’s performing or working behind the
scenes … I really like majoring in jazz as well, so I think I will still go to grad school for jazz.” Willott performed her first live show Saturday, playing at the benefit concert “Give a Little,” which this year is raising money for a charity called Rattle the Stars, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing suicide among teenagers. She will also be playing March 8 at the Krannert Art Museum as a part of their Krannert Art Remastered series. Willott credits her education at the University for the environment it fostered and the classes which taught her a lot about music production. “When I was a freshman I lived in Allen Hall, and I was always around music there,” Willott said. “I took this class second semester, a recording sessions class, where I learned about Logic (a music production software). It’s like
Garage Band on steroids. A lot of the stuff I learned about recording came from the class, but I also just watched a lot of YouTube tutorials, so I’m kind of self-taught.” Not all of what she had to say about the University is praise, however. One of the more personal songs in her album, “Steal the Show,” speaks about her experience at the University studying jazz performance. “When I was transferring into the department, I found that it’s mostly guys … So yeah, that song was kind of about being in a male-dominated field. (It’s) about being outnumbered,” she said. “Don’t get me wrong, I love the department, but sometimes you can feel a little … isolated.” Read the full interview at readbuzz.com
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Station Theatre puts on production of ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ BY SEAN SHEEHAN STAFF WRITER
The Celebration Company is sure to leave its audience arguing in its latest production of “A Doll’s House, Part 2” written by Lucas Hnath and performed at Urbana’s Station Theatre. “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” written in 2017, is an imagining of what happens after the end of Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll’s House” written in 1879. “A Doll’s House” ends
with its main character, Nora Helmer, leaving her ungrateful husband and three children behind in order to find a better life for herself. “A Doll’s House, Part 2” picks up 15 years later. Nora, who is now a successful novelist, finds herself opening the same door she shut fifteen years ago. As a result, Nora must come to contact with her old life and reconcile with people she left behind.
The play is directed by The Celebration Company’s founder and artistic director Rick Orr and is produced by Kay Holley. According to Holley, being a producer for a play means focusing on the business side of things, details and if things are progressing well. When asked why “A Doll’s House, Part 2” was chosen for this season, Holley said when Orr was finished reading the play, he had a complete vision for
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what the play would be and how to set it. “Rick is a florist and he just has an artistic vision,” Holley said. Although a direct sequel, “A Doll’s House, Part 2” was certainly not written in a vacuum. Simply put by Holley, “It’s a modern play, in Victorian drag.” Although all actors are dressed in period costuming, the vernacular used in the play is completely modern, and the
stage is extremely sparse. The play also features a very small cast of four performers: Cara Maurizi plays as Nora Helmer, Lindsey Gates-Markel plays as her daughter Emmy Helmer, Gary Ambler plays Torvald Helmer and Barbara Ridenour plays as Anne Marie, the family’s nanny. Just like the original play being controversial for its time, “A Doll’s House, Part 2” is intended to have the
audience questioning each other and their own beliefs. “The play offers a balanced argument as to whether Nora was right or not in shutting the door on her family,” Holley said. “A Doll’s House, Part 2” opened on Thursday and will run through March 9. Tickets are available for purchase from the Station Theatre’s website. seanps2@readbuzz.com
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