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Midterm election results all over the country since voting ended at 7 p.m., the Champaign County Clerk As results for the mid- released the unofficial term election come in from results for the county. BY THERESE POKORNEY ASSISTANT DAYTIME NEWS EDITOR

The report documented 79,552 ballots were cast, while there are a total of 124,057 registered voters, putting the voter turnout

rate at 64.13 percent. Voters were able to cast their ballot on positions on the state, congressional and county level.

Governor J.B. Pritzker

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Student ambassadors lower costs for brands to be in the past, and are more trusting of a message if it comes from a peer that they know, and would rather receive it in a personal and experiential way,” Meron said in an email. Meron said it is important to note companies are hiring students in addition to celebrities, not in place of them. One important component of advertising, Meron said, is the cost of hiring brand ambassadors. He said if a company has a lot of money to spend, choosing a celebrity brand ambassador can have a larger overall impact on audiences. However, hiring celebrities can be very expensive. There is also a risk associated with investing a large sum of money in a celebrity spokesperson who may get in legal trouble or say something offensive, putting the company in a bad light. Students are a safer bet, Meron said. “Student brand ambassadors are a much better value; it’s really cheap to hire student brand ambassadors, and each point of contact with a friend or peer has the potential to be really impactful,” he said. Walton is the shipping coordinator of Express at the University. She is in charge of receiving, maintaining and organizing packages. Walton promotes Express on campus by spreading the

BY JULIE KANG STAFF WRITER

When Sophie Walton, senior in FAA, received an Instagram message from a random woman asking her to work as a brand ambassador, she was skeptical. Despite this, Walton decided to proceed with the hiring process and became a campus brand ambassador with Express, a fashion company that mainly targets young men and women. As the holiday season approaches, Walton and an increasing number of University student brand ambassadors are joining celebrities as the faces of advertisements for businesses small and large. “The hiring process was a little sketchy, but Express is a well-known brand. I wouldn’t have done it if it wasn’t a major brand,” Walton said. The woman who contacted her works for Youth Marketing Connection, a management portal that connects students and companies. Shachar Meron, lecturer in Media, focuses mainly on brand strategy and advertising campaigns. Meron said social media plays a big role in this shift from celebrities to college students since ordinary people can develop a following now, too. “Also, millennials are more skeptical of paid brand communications (like advertising) than they used

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Though people have been making paper out of wood since the 19th century, a studio at the University is developing sustainable paper using non-wood recycled materials that can protect the environment and help protect relic books in libraries. Eric Benson, co-founder of Fresh Press Studio, said he and his colleague were inspired to make paper from agricultural materials from the corn surrounding them in Illinois and the 1,000-year history of making paper from agricultural materials in China. Mark Taylor, associate professor in the Department of Architecture, said in an email he is interested in the studio’s handmade paper and the paper is beautiful. Taylor, who is researching how to turn agricultural waste into insulation for buildings, said combining agricultural materials to create paper is important to building a sustainable future. Benson said the biggest difference between their paper and other existing recycled papers is that their paper will use no wood at all. The studio will only use agricultural products, such

BY DAVID RUVINSKIY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“Awesome.” “Green.” “Diverse.” “Busy.” These are the words students at the University use to describe Champaign, which ranks No. 7 in a list of top 10 college towns. The list, published by Livability, a website that ranks cities based on an array of criterias, ranked Champaign as No. 5 in 2017 and No. 7 in 2014. Winona Dimeo-Ediger, managing editor at Livability, said in an email that “Champaign has the perfect mix of a youthful population, great job opportunities, good salaries and affordable housing (in relation to those salaries).” According to DimeoEdiger, Livability creates a Top 10 College Towns list every year. The criteria Livability uses to rank 200 college towns includes: how typical income compares to rent rates, the population of young adults SEE LIVABILITY | 3A

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Anneka Vetter rebinds an old book before its eventual encasement in Fresh Press Studio’s case paper at the Oak Street Library on Friday. The studio is working to create sustainable paper.

as harvest waste from the Sustainable Student Farm, to make the paper. “Agricultural products as paper have a significantly smaller environmental footprint than paper using tree fibers,” Benson said. Compared to the traditional paper industry, Ben-

son said using agricultural material can enhance sustainability and accelerate the growth cycle of raw materials, which regenerate faster than trees. Because of the shorter growth cycle of agricultural materials like wheat, using agricultural material

can also decrease production costs associated with making paper. Benson said some companies in the paper industry are considering shifting to agricultural materials. Benson said they are

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Illinois invests into quantum computing BY MADELYN FOSTER ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Paul Kwiat, professor in Engineering, pulled two quarters from his wallet and spun them on the table. He called the spinning coins his own personal quantum computer. The University is investing $15 million into the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center, which will allow individual professors from across campus to converge and further research quantum computers and other areas of quantum information science. Kwiat uses the analogy of spinning counts to explain the infinite number of tasks quantum computers are capable of completing. “If you have a coin it can be heads or tails. But you can imagine a spinning coin which is somehow heads and tails at the same time,” Kwiat said. Brian DeMarco, professor and associate head for undergraduate programs, said IQUIST will focus on the development of not only quantum computers, but also communication, measurement and sensing. “That’s what quantum information science is about, is finding ways to

build that quantum computer and also researching very fundamental questions about what we can do,” DeMarco said. Some of what quantum information science research can do is already being used today, Kwiat said. For example, quantum cryptography is a secure messaging system readily available to companies with deep pockets today. IQUIST will focus primarily on the development of a quantum computer, which DeMarco said will allow researchers to optimize certain problems. “When are we going to get there? We don’t really know,” DeMarco said. “The reason there’s been all this buzz is because people are starting to feel like we’re close.” Thanks to the establishment of IQUIST and the growth of quantum information science, the University is working to create a professional masters program for a quantum science and engineering degree, as well as an undergraduate-level applied physics degree with a quantum science and engineering track. “IQUIST will make more educational oppor-

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Coral reef recovery brings biologists, engineers together BY ASHLEY FU STAFF WRITER

their movements. Artificial learning will determine whether larvae move randomly or if they actively look for an ideal place to land. Bruce Fouke, professor in LAS and another recipient of the grant, will study the growth and health of the coral larvae in Juarez’s tank. One way to study larvae health is to look at the color and resilience of the tissue. Another technique is to extract a small piece of tissue from the coral and use molecular tools to track DNA, RNA and proteins. The grant is interdisciplinary and brings researchers from seemingly unrelated fields together to work on a problem that deals with societal needs, Wagoner Johnson said. The group of professors who received the grant will be hosting three workshops during the three-year duration of the grant. The first workshop will take place this summer at the Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity Marine Research Station in Curacao. Biologists and engineers will collaborate and learn about coral spawning. This workshop will focus on brain corals because the species will be spawning around the time of the workshop, which means the larvae will be less fragile during the experiment. “I hope there’s a lot more attention to it,” Wagoner Johnson said. “If we can show that engineers have something to contribute to this problem and that this kind of team can be successful, then funding agencies will be more likely to be willing to give money.” Juarez said he hopes the project will encourage biologists and engineers to work together and would consider the work to be a success if they establish an annual conference at the end of the three-year period. The key to solving problems such as those related to energy, the environment, medicine and space exploration relies on interdisciplinary research, Fouke said. “Illinois is structured in a way to enhance, nurture and support integrative research in a way that is really remarkable,” he said.

A team of three University professors, along with a professor from San Diego State University, received an $825,000 National Science Foundation Convergent Research grant to study the recovery of coral reefs. Coral reefs have been dying due to ocean acidification caused by an increase in carbon dioxide content in the air. However, coral reefs are an important source of revenue for areas that depend on ecotourism, like the Caribbean. Most of the drinking water in the Midwest, such as water from Lake Michigan, is also stored underground inside fossilized coral reefs. Amy Wagoner Johnson, professor in Engineering and one of the recipients for the grant, worked on materials used for bone regeneration and thought the ideas used in tissue engineering could be applied to coral recovery. Because coral larvae and algae compete for surface space to grow on, Wagoner Johnson is looking for materials that are less suitable for algae to grow on and that are ideal for coral larvae to attach onto. Materials will be tested by 3D printing objects with different surface textures. Based on previous observations, larvae are attracted to colors, so the printed objects will have various colors. After the tests are complete, larger versions of the objects will be made and dropped into the ocean for coral to attach to. Gabriel Juarez, assistant professor in Engineering and another recipient of the grant, specializes in fluid mechanics and is studying how water flow affects larval attachment. Coral larvae can face difficulties attaching to surfaces depending on which direction water flows. Juarez is building a specialized fish tank to observe the motion of the larvae swimming near the surface of the water. The design of the fish tank needs to be biologically friendly, simulate water flow in oceans and be easily captured on video. After the fish tank is completed, Juarez will take videos of the larvae swimming and use a program to map afu6@dailyillini.com

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PAPER still trying to find the best combination of materials to make recycled paper. He said he believes their product can help protect the environment and help the world cut down on carbon emissions in the future. “This could be a huge piece of that puzzle,” he said. “It is not the solution, but it is part of the solution.” Jennifer Hain Teper, head of Preservation Services at the University Library, said she has been

working with Benson since the spring. “To the world of book conservation, (the recycled paper) is actually a great deal of potential,” she said. Teper said the paper Benson made is very necessary for book conservation, because the paper is durable and provides the same texture and flexibility of the pages of a relic book. “It has a strong potential to be less expensive to make, and we are all concerned about the sustainability, so this is obviously very interesting to us,” she said. Teper said when the

paper can replicate how relic books bend and age, it would be appealing to have cheaper paper to rebuild covers and pages inside the book, which would allow the public to see and feel what the books were like originally. “On a national scale, to be able to develop something, and bring back to the conservation community and to make an impact on future conservation across the U.S. and across the world for books, that is a fantastic opportunity,” Teper said.

tributed to making Champaign a top ranked college town. “I feel very comfortable having conversations with my professors, and I feel like having that on a campus is something that a lot of students look for. As for the community in general, it’s just a fun place to live,” she said. Peter Floess, graduate student in LAS, said one of the flaws of Champaign as a college town is that it struggles with housing segregation, similar to many Midwestern cities. “As a teacher, it’s just kind of tough to see. It’s just a sad situation outside of the college. So I think there’s a huge gap between people that go to school here and the actual community,” Smith said. “I just think connecting the two more and helping provide a community with all the resources that U of I has. I think it would help.” However, Smith said she enjoys life in Champaign in general. “I’ll miss the experience. I don’t want to leave,” Smith said. druvin2@dailyillini.com

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LIVABILITY in the town, the number of jobs in the education sector and the salary of education jobs. “At Livability, we know college towns aren’t just great places to go to school. They’re amazing places to live for people in all different phases of life,” DimeoEdiger said. “This is honestly one of our favorite lists because we get to showcase college towns for all the cool things they offer beyond the campus: diversity, inclusivity, tight-knit community, charming downtowns and tons of fun things to do.” The top three college towns in 2018 are Provo, Utah, home to Brigham Young University; Ames, Iowa, home to Iowa State University; and Ithaca, New York, home to Cornell University. “There’s always something going on, and if you’re ever bored on a weekend, there’s so many different things that you can choose to go to and spend your free time,” said Jessie Smith, senior in Education.

Dimeo-Ediger said Livability decided which categories to rank college towns in by considering what contributes the most to life in a college town. These factors include the tailgating culture, food culture and other qualities that make the town special. “We chose categories that we felt highlighted what makes each city special while giving our readers a real slice of life in those places (and hopefully a trip down memory lane to their own college experiences),” Dimeo-Ediger said. Derek Jiang, junior in LAS, thinks the different types of food available on and off campus, especially Papa Del’s, a pizzeria on Neil Street, are what make Champaign special. Carolyn Radecki, senior in AHS, said, “There’s a fun night life. There’s a lot of different places to eat on campus. (There’s) a lot of different types of food. I would say we’re very diverse with the food that is offered on this campus. I think that’s awesome.” Radecki also thinks the faculty at the University and the campus community con-

AMBASSADOR word about discounts and rewards. She held an event on the Main Quad on Sept. 21 where she handed out free clothes and encouraged students to sign up for the Express rewards system. Walton also posts on her social media regularly to advertise for the brand. Being a brand ambassador at the University has helped her with public speaking and gaining confidence in her field, she said. “As a designer, I have been able to promote my own products and own brands more,” Walton said. Anthony Bosco, senior in Media, is a brand ambassador for hims, a company that specializes in men’s health care products like skincare and hair loss treatment. Like Walton, Bosco was contacted by someone from Youth Marketing Connection through LinkedIn, based on his advertising background and sales experience. He had an interview over the phone and had to compile photos of himself, because YMC wanted to ensure he was the right fit. In addition to promoting through social media, Bosco holds group visits around campus where he hands out pizza and sample products while answering any questions students may have. “More recently, my team has been doing bathroom takeovers to specifically target men,” Bosco said. One bathroom takeover event Bosco and his team held was a barbershop takeover at Leland’s Barbershop on Wednesday. They offered beard and neck trims, gave out shampoo samples and had free food available for participants. Walton and Bosco both said one reason companies might be starting to hire college students as brand ambassadors over celebrities is because they are more relatable and easier to openly communicate with. For example, Walton said Express clothes are more commonly worn by college students than celebrities. Bosco said one important part of being a student brand ambassador for him is that students may be more open to purchasing its products if they know another male their age is using them. “It makes the purchase process through the eyes of the student way more comfortable,” Bosco said.

Local resident Jacob Carter and Allan Hay sit at the bar at Jupiter’s Pizzeria and Billiards, located in downtown Champaign, on Oct. 11. The University was ranked No. 7 in top ten college towns, citing Jupiter’s as one of the city’s iconic pizza places.

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uition is extremely expensive, and most students at the University do not receive any scholarships, forcing them to seek other forms of support. Many students receive financial help from their parents, who have likely supported them for years leading up to their college career. Others are left to fend for themselves by taking out loans or working while taking classes. The Daily Illini Editorial Board wants to take a moment to recognize all the hardworking parents and guardians who help put their children through school. We also want to recognize students who still attend school by working jobs to pay tuition, sometimes even spending much of their lives postgraduation paying off loans. In addition, students shouldn’t take their education for granted. At the University, it costs around $30 per class

for a class that is offered three times a week. Students should remember that we are here to further our education, first and foremost. Keep in mind each individual class actually costs a significant amount of money, so the mornings you decide to skip a class to sleep in or come late to a class “just for fun” are benefiting no one. Each time you make this decision, you waste tens, if not hundreds, of dollars of your parents’ (or your own) money. Each class is supposed to offer an enriching experience that provides students with a new skillset or information to aid them later in life. Professors can sometimes take years to curate the perfect curriculum meant to enhance career pursuits. Even classes that don’t seem like they offer any insightful information can be valuable if you put the time in. If you’re paying for classes or if your parents are pay-

ing for classes, you shouldn’t just be working to get an “A” and move on; instead, try to absorb the knowledge you’re presented with. Even if you plan on pursuing graduate school or other further higher education, your undergraduate career is likely the only time in your life you’ll have the opportunity to receive a well-rounded education with thousands of topics to learn at your fingertips. Also consider that at the University, we don’t pay per credit hour — unless you choose to overload, you may take 18 credit hours of whatever classes you so choose without having to worry about paying for each individual credit. Remember to not take your education for granted, as not many people have the privilege of being able to come to school to receive a degree — especially at such an esteemed University as ours.

Comedy that perpetuates division is not comedy FRED SHOAFF COLUMNIST

merican comedy has gone off the deep end. The only performances on late night television are politically charged, hateful and divisive. The artists of comedy can create hilarity using a far more diverse pallet than their producers allow, but for whatever reason, the same cheap laughs shaming Democrats and Republicans persist. Former “Late Late Show” host Craig Ferguson visited Champaign’s Virginia Theatre on Oct. 31 and showed why he remains a true comedic mastermind, despite not hosting a late night talk show in almost four years. Albeit not appropriate for national television, the show put the best comedy on display — the sort of comedy that has seemingly disappeared everywhere else. For those familiar with his style, this show was

classic Craig. It was 90 minutes of Scottish shouting that made the theatre shake with hearty laughter. The entire act was what comedy should be: an entertaining outlet. Instead of acting as an escape from daily stresses and news, today’s comedy shows have become a cynical and damaging news source that perpetuates division. The hosts of these shows are reemphasizing everything wrong with modern politics by utilizing the same slanderous tactics they satirize. To be clear, I do not advocate for limiting criticism of people in authority as that would be against what America was based on, but the irreparable damage done to the bond of American citizens is worrisome. Television stars such as Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and Seth Myers are being elevated to a position above journalists as they push their perverse views of the world to a level that divides viewers. When comedians continuously set new standards of cyni-

cism with another agenda of jokes, they hide behind the age-old excuse: “It’s just a joke.” Comedic reporting has become so one-sided that the idea of a civil debate between multiple viewpoints is an abomination. Entertainment will always remain an integral part of American society, but the comedy profession and the likes of figures such as Craig Ferguson are threatened if the creative flair of comedians is only used for mockery. Laughter is no longer the byproduct of entertaining content promoted skillfully by a clever host. Instead, it is used as the commodity that makes viewers comfortable with their belief and disgusted by those on the other side. Gone are the days when two individuals of different beliefs can sit alongside one another and enjoy a night of laughter. Now, comedy creates a world where the beliefs of one individual must be lowered to a level of laughter and be made a mockery of to gain the

attention of viewers. The great characteristics of comedy shows from years prior was their ability to uncover humorous stories and “report” them at the expense of a few. Plus, the equally funny political satires, jokes and skits were made funny not by slander or spite, but by clever usage of the First Amendment. Comedy and America are not made great by raising one side and lowering another. There will be no resolutions or unification when even comedy is no longer about the jokes, but instead the agenda. When attacking another American is the ideal way to attract a following, comedy is needed more than ever to unite both sides by acting as the hilarious mediator. No one who stands so strongly for a single side can act as a host necessary to make comedy about laughing with one another rather than laughing at one another. Comedy needs someone with independence like Craig Ferguson and his Scottish flair to take the

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reigns of late night television. He always displayed how proud he was of earning his American citizenship and began each show with his signature line:, “It’s a great day for America.” The pseudo-patriots who spew their political agenda on the national stage have

lost sight of what made them comedians. These talented hosts must take lessons from their predecessors or continue making a mockery of their important profession. Fred is a freshman in Media. fshoaff2@dailyillini.com

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Pilot Processing Plant undergoes renovation BY SIDNEY MADDEN STAFF WRITER

Past the McFarland Bell Tower at the end of South Quad is the Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building. From the exterior, the long brick building seems like any building on campus. But inside, students and staff are meticulously developing and processing mass quantities of food products to be exported to dining halls and other companies. This is the newly renovated Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition’s Pilot Processing Plant. Officially opened in September, the plant underwent an extensive $6.5 million renovation over the last five years. Brian Jacobson, assistant director of food and bioprocessing pilot plant operations, oversaw and helped plan much of the renovation. Originally constructed in 1984, the plant needed large-scale updates given the changing food technology landscape. Of the total budget, $3 million was spent on new equipment alone, with funding from the Student Sustainability Committee, the College of ACES, the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, private donations and fundraisers. Jacobson said the plant is a hub for teaching, research and community outreach. Most of the ingredients it uses come from the Sustainable Student Farm, and the products it creates go to the dining halls. The partnership between the Department of Crop Sciences and University Dining is part of the Illinois Sustainable Food Project, an effort to increase farmto-table food options within dining. The plant supplies all the pizza sauce served in dining halls with the tomatoes harvested over the summer from the Sustainable Stu-

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The newly remodeled Food Science Pilot Processing Plant on Tuesday. Students and staff use the plant to teach and develop, conduct research and process food products to be used by the University dining halls and other companies.

dent Farm. This past summer, the plant made 700 gallons of pizza sauce from 32,000 pounds of tomatoes. University Dining is already almost out of the pizza sauce provided. For the Harry Potterthemed Halloween dinner at the dining halls, student interns researched, developed and tested 20 different versions of Butterbeer for a month under the supervision of Jedi Brown, food service administrator. “We spent the last month developing the recipe using some inspiration from online and from books and pictures to come up with a

“We want to be able to do some full-scale processing.” BRIAN JACOBSON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FOOD AND BIOPROCESSING PILOT PLANT OPERATIONS

recipe for that,” Brown said. Jessie Yang, sophomore in ACES and aspiring food scientist, conducted both the research and the testing. “We try to get the color right,” Yang said. “We also research a bunch of other recipes online and then we make those recipes the same way to see how similar we could get it to the movie or at Universal (Studios). Then, we just go there from adjusting that, using various extracts and cream and different sodas to get the right consistency, taste and color.” Student interns’ work varies depending on their field of expertise. Gage Adams, senior in ACES, focuses more on the plant’s operational and mechanical processes. He believes the interdisciplinary nature of the plant is positive and reflective of the industry. “You have your food science majors who come in

with a lot of food experience and recipe development and that sort of thing,” Adams said. “But then you also have your technical system management majors who can do more of the maintenance, maybe something the food science majors wouldn’t be as comfortable doing.” Various companies also reach out to the plant for product development, ingredient swaps or process industrialization. Jacobson said this is because the plant is a “bridge from academia to industry.” However, the plant does not outsource its own products to companies for liability reasons, only to dining halls and Bevier Hall. Student interns are still able to work on contracted products for companies if they sign and adhere to nondisclosure agreements. Jacobson said the current model reflects their mission as a teaching and research facility.

“We want to be able to do some full-scale processing,” he said. “But it just makes sense to partner with campus where (the students) can see how it’s grown, how it’s processed and actually eat our own product within the confinement of the University.” Currently, the plant is looking to process and recipe test pumpkins. Jacobson describes the plant as a “value-add type of facility” by transforming raw ingredients into digestible and palatable food products. The raw pumpkin will be turned into a puree to be added to cookies, bread and muffins. After harvest season, the plant will focus on making hot sauce out of fermented hot peppers, jams and jellies out of chokeberries. The plant also plans to make a cold juice line out of the chokeberries — to initially be placed in a cold juice dispensary in a dining hall

— and to eventually be sold in 16-ounce plastic bottles at University Dining convenience stores. For the future, Jacobson hopes to bring in smaller student food startups to the plant for advice on food processing or business. The students behind Gnokara, a gnocchi-inspired dish made from okara, won second place at the Institute of Food Technologists this past year after being developed at the plant. As the plant focuses on projects ahead, Jacobson and Brown hope to grow their products, projects and student involvement. “We’ve spent the past five to seven years building the facility, the infrastructure,” Jacobson said. “Now, we’re going to work on building the program, and the program is always going to involve getting more students involved.” sidneym2@dailyillini.com

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Hezbullah Akmal seeks safety for his family in Champaign BY VISHESH ANAND STAFF WRITER

Hezbullah Akmal started his professional career as a veterinarian in Afghanistan’s Wardak Province. After working with animals for five years and seven months in the war-ridden country, he embarked on a long career of working with developmental organizations to rebuild Afghanistan. It turned out to be a career move with fatal consequences. Following the NATO invasion in 2001, many international organizations introduced development projects in the region. Akmal, who also holds a master’s in business, was employed by various foundations financed by the United States Agency for International Development to help with implementing civil service reform and education programs. In 2005, Akmal was contacted by the International Security Assistance Force, the NATO-led battalion at the forefront of the War on Terror, to monitor a basic education program for Afghan soldiers. He sympathized with the problem. At 31 percent, literacy rates in Afghanistan are exceedingly low. Akmal was not directly involved in ISAF’s primary mission of attacking insurgent groups, but frequently visited their camps and maintained open lines of communication with them. As a result, he kept contact information of many military commanders.

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Hezbullah Akmal skims fiction novels at the Champaign Public Library on Monday. Akmal, an immigrant from Afghanistan, came to Champaign-Urbana last year when he was being threatened after working with the American government.

“That put my life in danger,” Akmal said. “In my community, people who work with the U.S. military are at higher risk of being killed by the insurgency and other parties that oppose the government. And for insurgents, the U.S. government development projects were also U.S. military.” In addition, Akmal was forced to make a tough decision. He began doubting the reliability of an employee in

his command. He believed this subordinate could leak important information about the soldiers to insurgent groups. To mitigate risk, Akmal fired him. His suspicions proved true when the disgruntled former employee passed Akmal's name to the Taliban, the predominant insurgent group in the region. It was a turbulent time, Akmal recalls. He resid-

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Hezbullah Akmal studies at the Champaign Public Library on Monday. He studies regularly from 1 -5 p.m. at the library to improve his English, in addition to taking classes at Parkland.

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ed in Kabul at the time and received death threats in the form of letters and phone calls. His family in Wardak was harassed by Talibanbacked police officers. His father was taken and detained by the police for three days as a part of the investigation of Akmal. After his release, his family fled Wardak, fearing persecution and left everything behind. “Then they never went back,” Akmal said. “Our garden, our orchard and lots of our farmland were just left behind. It was not in our control. This was the real scenario.” With his family in Kabul, Akmal felt safe. After a few peaceful years, he remembers thinking that he had a good life in Kabul, including a very good job, his own car and his own house. But his troubles were not over. “I didn’t have life security,” he said. On a mundane September afternoon in 2015, Akmal received a call from his distressed wife. He ran out of his office and arrived home to barren rooms and tormented family members. Earlier that day, a group of armed men impersonating police officers invaded his home under false pretenses. They insisted it was essential to conduct a search of the premises for an ongoing investigation. They even brandished their guns to

scare the family to obey. The robbers then locked Akmal’s family in one room and pillaged his home. “They broke my tables. They stole my computer, all the cellphones, the TV,” Akmal said. “But the worst part, my small daughter was there. She was like 3 years old, and she was wearing earrings. And it was a gold earring, so they took it from her ear.” He said he was accused of being a spy for the American government. All he wanted was to contribute to governmental reform and assist with rebuilding infrastructure that was devastated by a civil war persisting since 1978. Fearing for his life and safety of his family, Akmal applied for a Special Immigrant Visa, a program available to those who have worked with U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. His visa was approved in April 2017 under the U.S. Refugee Admission Program. On Oct. 20, 2017, he arrived in Champaign-Urbana with his wife, Sosan Dorani, and five daughters, as a special refugee. Still, he grieves over the livelihood of those left behind. “This was not only with me, but several people are also in the same situation I was. They are stuck,” Akmal said. “I saw a lot of my friends lose their life. Or they were

arrested and dropped from a car on the highway.” For him, it was depressing to resettle here. He worried about how his family would assimilate in the new environment. With no one else to turn to for help, Akmal turned to the East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center, casually known as the Refugee Center. The nonprofit organization assists thousands of refugees arriving in ChampaignUrbana every year, according to Anh Ha Ho, director of client services for the Refugee Center. Since July, the center has processed cases of 1,300 incoming refugees. The Refugee Center receives the bulk of its funding from the state government on a case-by-case basis. Additionally, it is also sponsored by Champaign County Mental Health and the City of Urbana. vanand8@dailyillini.com Scan here to read the rest of the story.

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Fahey begins second season BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITER

engaged by the time he appeared in his first collegiate game, but he was married well before his first collegiate touchdown. In the Illini’s 55-33 victory over Minnesota Saturday, Brown broke loose for a 72-yard run for his first score. In addition, he put up a career-high day on the ground with 92 total yards. The moment sparked an

As reigning head coach Nancy Fahey enters her second year coaching the Illinois women’s basketball team, the team is looking to move forward after a 9-22 record in the 17-18 season. While the Illini had a rough start to the Fahey era, the teammates embraced their experience and are excited to start fresh this season. “Obviously, last season didn’t go the way we wanted it to, but we have a lot to learn from that,” said senior guard Jaelyne Kirkpatrick. “We don’t want to push it all to the side because there is a lot to learn, but once we take those lessons, that’s when you tuck it away, and now we’re just trying to focus on the positives and move forward.” The team used these lessons to implement changes to its overall playing style. Since last year, the team has been working hard on transition offense to keep the tempo fast during games. “We didn’t score a ton of transition points last year, and that’s something we really want to change, so really pushing the ball and speeding up the pace is something we’re really focused on,” said senior forward Alex Wittinger. While Illinois is looking forward to scoring a lot of quick baskets, those points will come from a solid defense. This “grind of defense,” as Kirkpatrick describes it, is an aspect of the game the athletes are constantly looking to improve. Wittinger believes her teammates are close to where they want to be in terms of their defensive identity as a scrappy and destructive team. Along with making changes on both ends of the court, Fahey believes the team is more settled into her coaching style and is ready to compete at a higher level. “(In our) second year, we know each other; I’m not teaching 14 players every single movement and what

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Illinois running back Dre Brown (left) celebrates with wide receiver Ricky Smalling (right) after scoring a touchdown during the game against Minnesota at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The Illini won 55-31. Brown ran for a career-high 92 yards on the day and scored his first collegiate touchdown.

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Dre Brown graduated high school early with his sights set on college football. The 17-year-old threestar recruit and No. 6 player in the state of Illinois chose to stay home to wear orange and blue. In 2015, he arrived on campus, but it wouldn’t be until the fall of 2017 that Brown would finally see the field during the regular season.

Brown was sidelined with an injury during his first season with the team, only to have it happen again come the 2016 season. In all, he missed nearly 2 1/2 seasons after enduring two torn ACLs, two sprained MCLs, a stress fracture and four knee surgeries. While battling his injury troubles, the running back had to sit back and watch as the team went through several program-shifting

changes. The coaching staff went from Tim Beckman to Bill Cubit to Lovie Smith, greatly impacting the direction of the team’s future. Brown stuck with it. “Lots of growth, especially off the field,” Brown said. “Just kind of becoming a man and what not. Coming in here at 17, I graduated high school early, and now I’m married, which is just crazy.” The years being side-

lined weren’t all that bad for Brown, who met his wife at the University and got married in 2017. It wasn’t long before his first collegiate game as an Illini on Oct. 7 of that year as a member of the special teams unit that Brown popped the question. “I was much more nervous for the engagement than my first college football game,” Brown said in 2017. He may only have been

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Illinois to rely heavily on guard play to lead team Team hopes to bounce back from rocky season BY BRIAN BINZ STAFF WRITER

For Illinois men’s basketball head coach Brad Underwood, the 2018 season is one to finally show fans he is the right man for the job. After a disappointing 2017 when the Illini lost their entire frontcourt and saw their top recruit leave after one rocky season, the patience of the fan base is being tested by a program experiencing the longest tournament drought in school history. After a season when Underwood commented many times on his fight for a winning culture, the head coach has a team of guys who are on the same page. “It’s exciting,” Underwood said. “We talk about growth a lot in our program, and I think this team

will continue to grow, but we’ve gotta have a starting point.” For the Illini, that starting point is in the backcourt — one that was the team’s strength last year and will again carry the load on the offensive end — led by returning All Big Ten sophomore Trent Frazier. Frazier is the most accomplished returning Illini; after flourishing in Underwood’s system that put him in the driver’s seat offensively he will again be the focal point of the Illini offense in 2018. Frazier averaged 14 points per game in Big Ten play in 2017 after starting the last 16 games of the season. But even with his continued development, Frazier won’t be the only Illini guard making plays. Leading the wave of newcomers for the Illini so far is backup point guard Andres Feliz. After getting rave reviews from Underwood and teammates so far this offseason, Feliz led the Illini in scoring in their exhibition game with

20 points off the bench. “A ndres (Feliz) has turned into the quarterback,” Underwood said. “He’s starting to take charge.” However, Feliz and Frazier only make up two of the three point guards on the Illinois roster, and there isn’t another player on the roster that can do what Ayo Dosunmu can for the Illini. Dosunmu, a 6-foot-5 inches freshman, was the face of the Illini’s youth movement over the summer. In practice, he showed a skill set that launched him into the top-40 prospects in last year’s national recruiting class. Dosunmu is one of the best defensive players in the Illini starting rotation, and at his size and length, he can guard every perimeter position with his combination of a next-level frame and quick instincts. Underwood likes his three-headed backcourt so much, he plays them all at the same time. Dur-

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Illinois looks to continue win streak away at Nebraska Smith, team discuss ways to improve BY GAVIN GOOD STAFF WRITER

Illinois got a much-needed win at home against Minnesota last weekend, but as head coach Lovie Smith said during the week, now it’s about stringing two complete games together. The Illini (4-5, 2-4 Big Ten) is tasked with traveling to Lincoln, Nebraska, to take on a young Cornhusker squad (2-7, 1-5 Big Ten) that nearly knocked off the No. 8 Buckeyes last week before a 36-31 loss at home in Lincoln. AJ Bush seems to have won the starting quarter job back as he comes off an 18-for-25 performance during which he threw for 216 yards, two touchdowns and an interception while running for 127 yards and two more touchdowns. Though the Illini opened as 19.5-point underdogs, it’s a position they’re comfortable with. Bush wants his guys to maintain the same energy they brought against the Golden Gophers. “If we play the same way we played last game, we should have a really good chance of winning the ball game,” Bush said. “I know they have a good offense, so if we have two good offensive showings, it will be an exciting game for fans.” Illinois posted 430 rushing yards, averaging a whopping 12.3 yards per carry. Junior Reggie Corbin went for 213 yards and two touchdowns on just 13 carries (including one 77-yard score). The performance earned Corbin the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honor, something no Illini had done since Wes Lunt during the 2014 season. Illinois brings a No. 59-rated offense in the

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Illinois head coach Lovie Smith sings “Hail to the Orange” with his team after the game against Minnesota at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The Illini won 55-31.

country to Lincoln, averaging 416 total yards per game, but the team also boasts the No. 11 rushing offense in the nation, averaging 249.4 yards per game with 20 rushing touchdowns on the year. Ahead of the Minnesota game last week, during which Smith called the plays on the defense after Hardy Nickerson’s resignation earlier in the week, he went to players on the team and asked them if they’d like to see certain things done differently. Though Smith ultimately still went about business the way he wanted, players appreciated and responded to the move. “He’s looking to see what guys may need for a change, to see what would help them

play better,” said defensive end Bobby Roundtree. “It felt good, but whatever Coach wants, I’ll do my best to give it to him.” Smith explained the move as something to bring the team closer together — players and staff alike — and to reaffirm mutual commitment on each end. “They’re invested; we’re in this together,” Smith said. “That’s how you do it. They should know exactly how I’m going to call every situation.” Though the Cornhuskers have struggled mightily in terms of wins and losses in 2018, they are no pushovers, especially at home where they’ve sold out every game for years. They bring the No. 19 offense in the country this

week, averaging 468.9 yards per game to date. Smith and the Illini are well aware of the threat first-year head coach Scott Frost and his high-powered Cornhusker offense present, despite their record. Led by true freshman Adrian Martinez, Nebraska has had four games with over 500 yards of total offense and has put up at least 450 in its last six games. Martinez has already set multiple records for the Cornhuskers, including most passing yards as a freshman (1,922 yards) and most total yards as a true freshman (2,402 yards). He also has rushed for 480 yards, the most by any true freshman quarterback at Nebraska.

“(Martinez) is a freshman, but he can throw the ball. He’s athletic; he can beat you with his feet,” Smith said. “An offense with the type of things we talked about what we’re trying to do will be how they attack us.” Illinois has lost more than it has won so far in 2018, but the team has doubled its win total from last season when it sputtered to 10-straight defeats after opening 2-0. All of that combined has made for a team that feels very different about itself at this point in the season. “It’s bringing more hope to the guys, making them more confident,” Roundtree said. “It’s not making them want to quit, like last year, seeing that we doubled our wins.”

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A win against Nebraska on Saturday would only be Illinois’ second win in their last eight meetings and the first since a shocking 14-13 home win in 2015. It would have major implications, though, as Illinois would have its fifth win and potentially could play in a bowl game due to a high APR. “Some of us, we have more experience,” Roundtree said. “Just losing, having a bad taste from last year, how the season ended. Guys are starting to put their foot down and do extra work because we don’t want to end up like last year. We’re already doing better, why not keep progressing?” @itsallG_O_O_D gavinrg2@dailyillini.com

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IOTW emotional reaction from Brown and his teammates, who head coach Lovie Smith said were even happier than Brown himself. “It was cool, just a lot of people reaching out to me,” Brown said. “Some people I haven’t talked to in a while and just kind of all my close friends texting me ... with all the social media nowadays, it kind of just blew up. It’s awesome; it’s been a while since that happened.” The DeKalb native saw playing time last year and proved to the Illini coaching staff he could be productive at the position. He got his first offensive snaps and carries on Oct. 14, 2017 at Rutgers. He had a breakout game at Ohio State, rushing for a career-high 76 yards on 15 carries, 5.1 yards per carry and finished the season with 138 yards on 31 carries 4.5 yards per carry. “He has been through a lot,” head coach Lovie Smith said of Brown at a press conference in 2017. “Similar to Mike Dudek, that long road to recovery when you’re having to fight through injuries, but sometimes when you go that long a period of time, you strengthen a lot of things up in your body.” When looking ahead to this season, the running back depth chart looked quite competitive. Reggie Corbin, Mike Epstein and Ra’Von Bonner were all healthy and demonstrated they could get a reliable workload. Unfor tunately for Brown, he started off this season with a similar tale. The running back missed his first three games due to injury. But, he took advantage of the opportunity he was given against Minnesota and could be a front-runner for more playing time in Rod Smith’s offense, especially with the health of Mike Epstein in question. As the season stretches on, Brown could continue to do the unimaginable. “(I) never would have imagined (getting married and) never would have imagined the injuries,” Brown said. “But I think they’re all for a purpose, and they’ve helped me become a better man and taught me lessons that down the road, nothing can beat.” As for the junior’s comments on his first collegiate touchdown, it was simple: “That was awesome.” sports@dailyillini.com

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Illinois head coach Chris Tamas talks to his team during the match against Michigan at Huff Hall on Oct. 19. The Illini won 3-2. The team continues to pick up wins on the road and now heads home to compete as the No. 4-ranked team in the country.

Volleyball to face Rutgers, Penn State BY RACHEL SPENCER STAFF WRITER

It’s been almost two weeks since the Illini played their last match at Huff Hall. While away, Illinois beat the reigning national champions and extended its overall winning streak to seven games with victories over Nebraska, Ohio State and Maryland. The team’s conference record stands at 11-3, and the Illini are ranked fourth in the nation with only one Big Ten team ahead of them, No.3 Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. With that in mind, this

weekend’s return home carries nothing but excitement for Illinois. The team’s schedule includes Rutgers and No. 7 Penn State, and this weekend’s matches will be Illinois’ first encounter with both teams this season. In 2017, Illinois played Penn State twice, losing both matches while taking down Rutgers in their only meeting. Amid all the excitement, head coach Chris Tamas knows his team is still focused as the postseason inches closer. “One of our mantras is ‘three sets by two points,’”

Tamas said. “We get to start every set new, it’s not like we go down by 20 and have to climb back by 20 or vice versa. It’s about taking care of business, and that mantra has been put out to the team, and they’ve taken heart to it. They’ve done well with it.” When playing in the Big Ten, however, no win is ever guaranteed; on any given night, even the best teams can be beaten. For Illinois to avoid such a fate, according to Tamas, the most crucial ingredient will be how they handle the volleyball this weekend.

“We put a lot of emphasis on our ball control, a lot of emphasis on our defense, especially after those three losses,” Tamas said. “It was an area we thought we could have picked up well, and then your attackers have to finish the job. And we’ve been working on all aspects, but a lot of it comes down to making sure they make the correct choices. Everyone has the ability to kill a ball or level, it’s more of how you make that choice.” As the Illini round out the final stretch of the regular season, their results on the court will have a major

impact on where they end up during the postseason. For Tamas and his team, that means taking each win or loss as it comes. “My message to them is just to make sure we’re handling this one game at a time and one day at a time, at that,” Tamas said. “The ranking is the ranking; some of that is opinion, some of that is earned, and we just need to make sure that we keep our head down and keep our eye on the prize.” @rachelspenc rachels4@dailyillini.com

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Head coach Nancy Fahey talks with her team before the start of Illinois' game against Michigan State on Jan. 16. Illinois fell to Michigan State 67-55. The Illini look to build off a season where they finished at the bottom of the Big Ten.

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FAHEY we’re trying to do defensively,” Fahey said. “Those things are simply easier, so you can get down to the next level, doing situations and different types of combinations defensively, offensively; it’s just a different place to be at.” With 11 returning players, the majority of the Illini are accustomed to Fahey’s

coaching and know exactly what she’s looking for. However, Illinois did welcome five new players during the offseason, partially due to the early departures of Addaya Moore, Jnaya Walker and Cydnee Kinslow. Fahey’s 2018 recruiting class includes two top100 recruits, freshmen Arieal Scott and Mackenzie Blazek. Having a handful of new players this offseason has created opportunities for the

older players to step up and be leaders. “Alex (Wittinger) is one of our main leaders,” Scott said. “For Alex, she’s not just a leader on the court, but she’s a leader off the court. She always checks in on me and everything else, so just having her presence here makes us all calm and okay and ready to go.” While Wittinger took time in the offseason to help the new players feel comfortable

and learn the team’s dynamic, the 2018 All Big-Ten Second Team Forward has also been improving individually. Focusing on her perimeter game, Wittinger has worked on her 3-point shot and her ball-handling skills. The senior said she’s ready to make her final season the “best one yet,” and she looks to break the school block record and contribute to the team’s goal of competing in the postseason.

Making it past the regular season is something the whole team remains focused on, but for now, the Illini are excited to get their season underway. “October is really long; you’re just practicing the whole time, beating up on each other, and now we have an opportunity to go in and beat up on some other teams,” Kirkpatrick said. ghajduk2@dailyillini.com

ing their exhibition game, Underwood played the lineup, and he says as the Illini grow, it’s something they may show more of. “We worked on it quite a bit in practice this week,” Underwood said. “We’re still trying to clean up the rebounding piece of it.” Underwood said he likes getting Frazier on the wing with Dosunmu and Feliz going downhill with the ball. The rebounding is still a work in progress as the Illinois youth also hit the frontcourt, where the only returning starter above 6-foot-5 is junior Kipper Nichols. “ D efen sively, I’ve always had good defensive rebounding guards,” Underwood said. “Last practice, Ayo (Dosunmu) led the team in rebounding. We need to get Trent going on that.” It’s something Illinois will have to learn quickly because its nonconference schedule is one of the toughest in the nation, starting with Evansville. “This group is up for the challenge,” Underwood said. “I’m excited from a competitive standpoint. This group enjoys competing.” @ByBinz brianb2@dailyillini.com

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The buzz calendar is a compilation of events happening in the Champaign-Urbana area. Follow our top picks in Monday’s and Thursday’s papers for ideas on what to do on any night of the week, from where to eat to what to watch. Want to submit an event? Email calendar@readbuzz.com.

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Album art for “you were the stars” by local black metal band acidfuneral. The album has an interesting psychedelic sound that gives a unique listening experience.

acidfuneral’s ‘stars’ is jarring BY LIAM DWYER STAFF WRITER

The first time listening to an album like “you were the stars,” or any psychedelic black metal, might be a jarring experience for the average music fan. The question then exists as to whether it’s worth delving into local black metal band acidfuneral’s album. As any metal fan will know, lyrics and vocals in songs aren’t always there to be focused on and analyzed. It’s a bit more complicated than that. Vocals are another instrument, a way to add emotion and feeling to a song. For “you were the stars,” the vocals are fairly consistent throughout, adding a nice energy to some of the songs. An example of this that stands out is “astral plain incineration.” The bread and butter of any song is the instrumental, and in this regard acidfuneral hits some high notes. While at points some songs get close to monotonous, whether purposeful or not, several songs in the new album switch things up. It’s, at times, a more atmospheric or even fantasy feel.

Three songs in particular, “leaving,” “worlds apart” and the title track, “you were the stars” stand out as examples of acidfuneral at its best. The former features a middle section that feels straight out of instrumentals of “The Bards Song” from Blind Guardian, interspersed with what sounds like a mandolin intermixed with an ambient undercurrent and occasional vocals. The other two, “worlds apart” and “you were the stars,” fully embrace a psychedelic sound. It is here the album weakens itself. The record seems split in half, stuck between two worlds. One half is fairly consistent in its musicality and its feel. It is raw, otherworldly and purposely unrelatable to average life experiences. There is a real flow between songs like “evacuation sickness” and “shifting into alien form.” For this half, guitar and percussion are well-done and interesting, with the vocals providing a baseline for the songs. The other half of the album almost entirely disregards all of that, instead of providing a psychedelic experience with a much

calmer tone and feel to it. The unnatural sound of it transports the listener to another realm and bathes them in the sound. The closest morph of the two styles is “leaving,” although it leans toward the first style rather than this one. Both sounds and the songs that encompass them have merits on their own. Had the album consisted solely of one of the two sounds, this review would be more positive. However, as it stands, the album left something to be desired. If the idea was to create jarring effects, that effect could be more obvious within the songs themselves. If it wasn’t, acidfuneral might need to decide which sound it wishes to identify with more. It is hard to recommend “you were the stars” to any one person. The potential is there and it certainly has its high points. For those willing to give it a chance, start by listening to “leaving” and “you were the stars.” If you like what you hear, give the rest of the album a shot.

 7:30-9:30 p.m.  Lincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright St., Champaign  $10, all ages Illini Student Musicals is excited to present “Mamma Mia!”, the hilarious jukebox musical that has thrilled audiences around the world for decades.

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 7-9 p.m.  Astronomical Society at the University of Illinois, Observatory, 901 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana  Free, all ages Come take a look through the historic dome telescope, observe planets, nebulae and star clusters through telescopes set up on the South Quad, learn about antique research instruments and visit the “Ask an Astronomer” event in the classroom. This event will NOT be canceled for weather.

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 10 a.m.-3 p.m.  Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana  Donations requested, all ages Help victims of domestic violence. The Illini Young Democratic Socialists are collecting new and unused hygiene products and personal care items for Courage Connection. We will be on the Main Quad on Friday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Example of items needed: pads/tampons, toothpaste, deodorant, baby wipes, body wash, toilet paper, etc.

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 3-5 p.m.  809 S. Fifth St., Champaign  Free, all ages Join the University of Illinois Women’s Glee Club under the direction of Dr. Andrea Solya in “Nevertheless, She Persisted,” an empowering exploration of resilience, hope and truth. This concert features the works of many female composers such as Gwyneth Walker, Rosephanye Powell, Eva Ugalde and Ruth Moody as well as works by Hungarian composer Kocsár Miklós, Kim André Arnesen and Charles Callahan. The concert is free and will take place at 3 p.m. at McKinley Memorial Presbyterian Church.

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The characters of Donna Sheridan, Tanya Chesham-Leigh and Rosie Mulligan perform a number for “Mamma Mia!” at the Illini Union on Thursday. “Mamma Mia!” will be performed in Lincoln Hall Theater at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

Have the time of your life at ‘Mamma Mia!’ BY SHRUTHI MEKALA STAFF WRITER

For this semester’s show, Illini Student Musicals is bringing popular jukebox musical “Mamma Mia!” to Illinois. The production is based on the music of ABBA and features many of the group’s biggest hits as the soundtrack. Co-directors Caylei Hallberg and Kara Hynes are both juniors in FAA and have been working on “Mamma Mia!” since August. This is their first time directing a musical. “We’ve never done anything with ISM before, but we’ve done things with Armory and Illinois Theater … but with a musical, there’s so many more parts and people involved. So as far as the process, we tried to be as organized as possible,” Hynes said. From the start, the pair has been responsible for setting up meetings with designers over the summer, holding auditions and callbacks and starting rehearsals the following day. Both Hynes and Hallberg enjoy having a friend to help come up with ideas and share the tremendous workload of being a full-time student and director. “It’s nice when we’re running the show because Caylei might see something that I missed, or I may have a different idea for a scene. It’s nice to have two pairs of eyes,” Hynes said. “We have each other, and we were really on the same page from the start. It’s really nice to have another person because there’s always a thousand things to be working on.” Hynes and Hallberg both agreed that the toughest part of directing “Mamma Mia!” has been balancing everyone’s schedules, including their own. “(Directing) is a full-time thing. We have class every day, and we also have meetings between class, and we talk to the cast and designers in our free time,” Hallberg said. “We’re also working around our cast’s schedules

and making sure that everyone feels comfortable.” The directors are excited for audiences to see their adaptation of “Mamma Mia!” and to finally show off their cast and crew’s talent. “We have been truly blessed with the most amazing cast. It has been such a cool experience to work with people from all different majors and interests,” Hynes said. “It’s really cool seeing the talent that comes from the variety of students.” Audience members can expect to be impressed by the elaborate dance numbers. “All our dances are amazing. The big dance scenes, such as ‘Lay All Your Love On Me,’ ‘Dancing Queen’ and ‘Mamma Mia’ are very high energy, and the whole cast gets really into them,” Hallberg said. But the directing duo also faced the challenge of balancing the fresh and the familiar in creating their numbers. “Because the musical is so iconic, so many people know these numbers already, and it was a fun challenge trying to see what we could put in ourselves that audiences would engage with,” Hynes said. When pitching the idea of directing “Mamma Mia!,” Hynes and Hallberg definitely had today’s social environment in mind. “Basically, we want the audience to forget about what’s going on in the world, and we want you to have a moment in Greece; get up and dance, and have fun,” Hallberg said. The fun and playful element of “Mamma Mia!” is what led them to choose the show. “There are so many great shows that address important issues, but I think the beautiful thing about ‘Mamma Mia!’ is that it lets you be free for a minute and go to a different place, leaving all your worries behind,” Hynes said. There are a few differences between the movie and the musical, including songs that aren’t featured in the movie. A few of those extra songs

actually showed up in the movie’s sequel, which was released this summer. “I would say most of our show is different from the movie,” Hynes said. “The nice thing is that we had room to really make it our own and encourage the actors to do the same.” The musical speaks to both directors in a lot of different ways. “There’s really cool, longlasting friendships between Donna and the dynamos and Sophie and her friends, and it reminds me of my friends from home. There are so many relationships and so many characters in the show, and we really want our audience to find themselves in one of them,” Hynes said. “My favorite part of the show is ‘Dancing Queen,’ because it’s iconic and I love how it’s about picking someone up when they’re down.” For Hallberg, the personal relationships the show explores also resonate with her. “All of the stories between characters are what speaks to me. The sense of what a family is and that it’s not defined by who you’re related to, it’s the people you surround yourself with. Even if your family is just your mom, you can build your own family,” she said. Hallberg pointed out the moment in the musical that had the greatest impact on her. “One of my favorite moments is ‘The Winner Takes It All,’ because it is Donna’s big moment, and you’ve seen her as fiercely independent for the entire show, and then the audience gets to truly see her vulnerability underneath. There’s also something amazing about portraying 20 years of love between some of the characters.” “Mamma Mia!” performances will be held Nov. 8-10 at 7:30 p.m. in Lincoln Hall Theater. Tickets can be purchased at the ISM website or on its Facebook page.

“I would say most of our show is different from the movie. The nice thing is that we had room to really make it our own and encourage the actors to do the same.” KARA HYNES CO-DIRECTOR OF “MAMMA MIA!”

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