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Behind the $20 million donation UI donors questioned for potential role in opioid crisis BY JESSICA BURSZTYNSKY SENIOR REPORTER
Former leaders of the pharmaceutical company H.D. Smith Co., behind the University’s latest million-dollar donation, were asked to testify in front of Congress earlier this year to discuss their company’s alleged role in flooding West Virginia with millions of opioid pills. Chris and Dale Smith, now of the H.D. Smith Foundation, were asked to testify for the company, a wholesale drug distributor, and provide an explanation as to why millions of prescription painkillers were shipped to West Virginia in the past decade. The testimony came just three months before Chris and Dale Smith announced a $20 million donation to the University of Illinois Foundation through the H.D. Smith Foundation. “From early conversations with Chris and Dale Smith about a possible transformational gift to the University, they have been very forthcoming about H.D. Smith’s involvement
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The population of Chinese students coming to the University has been growing exponentially for the past decade. This year, however, there has been a decline in enrollment for these international students, according to University Division Management Information. Kevin Pitts, vice provost for undergraduate education, said China is the biggest contributor to the University’s international enrollment. The direct cause of the decrease is unknown, he said, but there are several potential contributions. “Educators and schools in China could be increasing their own capacity to educate their students,” Pitts said. “Another thing we wonder about in this political climate is the availability of visas.” In April 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would ensure H-1B employment visas, which go to the most highly skilled, highly paid candidates. Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security announced a stop on foreign students who illegally stay their visas. “The potential issue is not whether or not they can get student visas,” Pitts said. “The issue is whether or not their
in a May Congressional hearing and their former company’s commitment to assisting in the identification of potential strategies to address opioid diversion, an issue of national concern,” University spokeswoman Robin Kaler said in an email. The House Energy and Commerce Committee said the company distributed 3,000 hydrocodone (commonly known as Vicodin) tablets a day to a pharmacy in Logan County a decade ago, which is 10 times more than in 2007, according to a story from the Charleston Gazette-Mail. A total of 1.1 million pills were sent to the small town in 2008. The committee also questioned H.D. Smith’s large sales to four other pharmacies. The hearing followed a year after H.D. Smith paid the state $3.5 million to settle pill-dumping allegations. “While preventing the abuse of these powerful drugs, we cannot lose sight of ensuring that suffering patients have access to the prescription medications
they need when they need them. But H.D. Smith was only one part of a complex supply chain, and we could not see all the information up and down the chain that could flag a potential problem,” said Chris Smith in his Congressional testimony. “In the last three decades, H.D. Smith was never fined nor had its license suspended by the DEA,” Kaler added. Regarding the $3.5 million paid in settlement, Kaler said it was a practical business decision. It was not a fine, she said, and added, “All of the top distributors who did business in West Virginia were included in a lawsuit, despite the fact that they do not manufacture, promote, prescribe or dispense drugs.” “Even knowing that they likely would have a successful outcome in that case, the H.D. Smith leaders say they made the business decision to settle instead of dealing with what would SEE DONATION | 3A
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The Fighting Illini Football Performance Center, which is currently under construction at Fourth Street and Peabody Drive, will be named the Henry Dale and Betty Smith Football Center in recognition of a donation from the H.D. Smith Foundation. Out of the $20 million donation, $15 million will be dedicated to the new facility, which will be completed prior to the 2019 season.
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Rep. Davis protested over lack of open meetings Students prepare for BY HEATHER SCHLITZ ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Diana Dudzienski, Champaign resident, said she waited outside in the sun for nearly two hours for a chance to speak with Rep. Rodney Davis the last time the congressman held open office hours in Champaign in May 2017. She never got to speak with him. After explaining she had medical issues and was awaiting a kidney transplant, a Davis staffer took down her name, phone number and address, and promised to get back to her. Dudzienski said she never received a
response. Dudzienski, along with a group of around 40 protesters, gathered outside of Davis’s Champaign office Saturday to protest the 17-month period where Davis held no open meetings with constituents in Champaign. The rally was organized by the grassroots organization Champaign-Urbana Indivisible, which advocated unseating Davis in November. “It’s been over a year since Davis held an event open to the public in ChampaignUrbana, and it’s absolutely unacceptable for someone who receives a $174,000
taxpayer salary to willfully ignore the voices of a huge community like ChampaignUrbana,” said Cameron Raab, co-founder of CU Indivisible. Davis doesn’t hold public town hall meetings and instead opts for “Open Office Hours,” where constituents are led into Davis’s office in small groups to talk, and teletown halls, where constituents can call into a line at a set time with pre-screened questions. “Just because we don’t call it a town hall doesn’t mean it’s not serving the same purpose, and we would argue these one-on-one public
meetings allow constituents more time and opportunity to be heard by their congressman,” Ashley Phelps, spokeswoman for Davis, said in an email. Phelps said Davis has held many open office-hour sessions in the last 18 months and has met with hundreds of constituents. Phelps said, “Congressman Davis just held Open Office Hours in Tolono on August 3rd that were publicly advertised and available for anyone to come in and talk about any issue they want, and many SEE RALLY | 3A
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Large-scale wind and solar farms installed in the Sahara Desert would not only substitute for fossil fuels, but also increase precipitation and vegetation in local regions, University professor Yan Li found in his recent study on the desert’s climate model. “With the climate model, we can do numerical experiments to study land cover change impact, such as deforestation, as well as the impact of large-scale wind and solar farms on climate,” said Li, postdoctoral research associate in ACES. The model then showed that wind farms in the Sahara Desert would cause the surface air temperature to significantly increase and would also increase precipitation for as much as 0.25 mm per day. This precipitation would in turn increase vegetation. “The Sahara is quite dry, and its surface is covered with little vegetation,” Li said. “The additional rainfall and vegetation would certainly provide a muchneeded relief to this dry, bare desert. So, I could not think of any downsides.” Li said the ecological effects of the model should be investigated more indepth by ecologists. Installing solar and
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RALLY from this same group were there to protest them, so honestly this additional protest rings a little hollow.” Grace Hebert, administrator for CU Indivisible, said during Davis’s open office hours in May 2017, she waited for hours before being led into a room with her friend and a group of around six strangers to speak with the congressman. When she entered the conference room, she said she received less than a minute to express her concerns. Though the rally was billed as an event to protest the lack of open communication between the congressman and his constituents, many of the speeches focused on unseating Davis in the November election and advocating for a slate of progressive issues, including gun control, immigration reform and healthcare. “Town halls are a basic democratic structure. They allow everyone to have access to their representative that they don’t normally have access to,” Hebert said. “He claims he wants to listen to people, but he doesn’t hold town halls.” schlitz2@dailyillini.com
CU shows its pride
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CU Pride Festival parade attendees, wearing rainbow flags and carrying banners, walk down Main Street in downtown Champaign on Friday. The ninth annual festival was held this weekend by the UP Center and featured the parade, talks and panels, parties and drag shows.
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and learn about all different potential employment opportunities,” she said. She suggested students job at a University career learn the background fair 11 years ago. information of the com“It is a great opportu- panies and the industry nity for students to come before they come to the
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career fair, and look for the companies they have passion for. Alejandra Alarcon, corporate human resource manager of Radiac Abrasives, sales and engineering company, said students
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Students crowd the Activities and Recreation Center during the Engineering Career Fair on Tuesday. Over 7,000 students and 1,800 recruiters attended the fair.
Obama’s visit boosts local cafe BY KAREN LIU NEWS EDITOR
It has been around a week since former President Barack Obama dropped by Caffe Paradiso, but the cafe and its owners are still experiencing the impact of his surprise visit. Dana Yun, freshman in Engineering and daughter of the cafe’s owner, said the overall sales of the cafe have gone up about 10 percent in the past week. She said there are also people who have come in the store saying they decided to pay the cafe a visit after seeing that Obama was here. However, Yun said the family doesn’t care about the advertisement effect; they are honored because Obama was there. “Sales went up, that’s great, if it only lasts this week and next week we go back to normal, that’s fine too. We have a lot of loyal, regular customers,” Yun said. “Other people have been saying Obama put us on the map. I think we were already on the map; a lot of people already knew about us.” Olivia Girardi, senior in LAS, is a regular customer at Caffe Paradiso, and she happened to be there last
Friday when Obama came to visit. “I was getting coffee with someone and I was going to leave but it was pouring rain and I rode my bike, so I thought I would wait it out, and that was when Obama walked in. I had no idea he was going to be there,” Girardi said in an email. She said Obama shook her hands and asked her
learned an important person was going to come to Caffe Paradiso a couple hours in advance, and she was only told the person was Obama about half an hour before his arrival. “I thought it was kind of a scam when someone came in a couple of hours before,” she said. Jeon said she thinks Obama chose to come to Caffe Paradiso because it is
“I don’t know if it’s ‘Obama effect’ ... a little more tiramisu got sold (since his visit).” YOUNG JEON OWNER OF CAFFE PARADISO
a couple questions about herself. Girardi said it was very cool to meet Obama and that she would give his order at Caffe Paradiso a try. Young Jeon, owner of Caffe Paradiso, said Obama ordered the black tea and tiramisu, which was recommended to him by Yun. “I don’t know if it’s ‘Obama effect’ … a little more tiramisu got sold (since his visit),” Jeon said. Jeon said she only
a local coffee shop instead of a franchise. She also said everyone in her family is a big fan of Obama to start with, so the surprise visit was a pleasant experience. “For a human being, I think he’s a very good person, good father, family man and overall, I mean I don’t really know much about political stuff, but as a man and a human, he’s a great person,” she said. karenl3@dailyillini.com
here at the career fair are brilliant. “Don’t be shy; the more questions you have, the more we can get to understand what kind of student you are and we can find a certain detailed internship you are looking for,” she said. Zhilin Zhong, junior in Engineering, said this was his first time attending a career fair. He said he spent much time modifying his resume for the fair. Zhong said the service of the career fair is good, but there were too many people and the line was too long. Fruehling suggested students do research ahead of time to familiarize themselves with the companies, and talk to 10 to 15 company representatives during the fair. She said there are also other ways to engage with companies, such as information sessions and workshops, instead of only counting on a few minutes’ talk at the career fair. “I usually tell students even though we have a lot of companies here, they can’t expect to see every single company, given the amount of time we have,” she said. zihanw4@dailyillini.com
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have been a protracted and expensive legal battle,” Kaler said. “The University itself sometimes settles lawsuits as a sound litigation strategy.” H.D. Smith was sold by the Smith family to AmerisourceBergen, a drug wholesale company, on Jan. 3. “Please note that the gift was from a family foundation, not the company. As of the spring, Chris and Dale Smith no longer have any connection to the company,” Kaler said. The $20 million donation raises questions about how the University of Illinois Foundation chooses to accept or decline funds from donors and how those funds may be used. “The University has and will decline any gift which stipulates anything to the contrary or is inconsistent with the University mission and values,” said UI Foundation Vice Chancellor for Advancement Barry Benson in an email. Benson declined to provide any examples for when the UI Foundation burszty2@dailyillini.com
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Chinese student enrollment throughout the years
ENROLLMENT visas will allow them to work in the U.S. after they graduate.” Claire Li, graduate student in accountancy and Chinese international student, said so far she has not had any trouble with her student visa since she received it a couple of years ago. However, there may be problems in the future, she said. “Luckily, I got my fiveyear F-1 student visa in 2015, so my application process was smooth,” she said. “I see a lot of Chinese students every year, so I wasn’t really aware of the decline. But I can see it happening under Trump’s administration.” Li said the learning opportunities and cultural experiences would not have been available had she stayed in China. She advises students to consider coming to the University due to its great reputation, even if their visas might limit them and regardless of the price tag. Although international students pay up to $42,796 in tuition a year, almost $5,000 higher than outof-state students, Pitts said the University is not worried about the decrease of income from their tuitions.
turned down donations. With respect to the H.D. Smith Foundation gift, the $20 million was “donor directed,” or donated to go to a specific purpose. An “overwhelming majority” of last year’s donations were donor directed, he said. Approximately 98 percent of funds given to the UI Foundation each year are “restricted in some way,” Benson said. While the bulk of the Smith’s donation is going to build a new football center, to be named after the Smiths’ parents, $2 million is going to the newly established Illinois Carle College of Medicine. “While donors are certainly able to direct their philanthropic passion towards a specific purpose and destination, they do not retain any control, actual or implied, over the use of the gift once it has been accepted. For example, donors cannot direct the hiring of faculty, determine who receives a scholarship or dictate the curriculum content of an academic program,” Benson said.
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“There’s no doubt the tuition for out-of-state and international students helps us be the institution that we are, especially as the support from the state has been reduced,” he said. “We want a student body that is global.” Even t houg h t he decrease of international enrollment won’t hurt the University’s income, Pitts said it might affect the instate scholarships it can offer, since the surcharge goes to fund financial aid for Illinois residents. “All of our financial aid goes to Illinois residents,” he said. “Virtually all our scholarship money comes from their tuition, too.”
Pitts said about 1 in 7 University undergraduates are international, out of a student body of around 33,000 students. Over the next year, Pitts said the University might be a little more intentional about attracting students to apply through social media and other low-cost mediums. However, no plans have been made yet. “The money isn’t everything,” Pitts said. “There are also countless educational benefits. Having a global student body is a very important and positive aspect to the University.” tpokor3@dailyillini.com
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pon returning to post-secondary education after many years in the workforce, I have gained a unique perspective about the state of accommodations for students with learning disabilities. As a member of this population, I have struggled mightily to meet deadlines and stay focused. While these tendencies make me uniquely qualified to serve in Congress, they are useless in the real world. The one area in which I have not struggled is finding institutional support for my efforts to overcome and succeed at the post-secondary level. I have found the resources available through the University’s Disability Resources & Education Services Department to be relative and sufficient. Nonetheless, there seems to be a great deal of fingerpointing when it comes to the practical application of policy. Students want more accommodations, including increased use of technology in the classroom. Instructors bend over backward to provide accommodations, with the exception of a few bad apples who have achieved notoriety by putting their ignorance on display. The problem with our approach to learning disabilities can be found in the numbers, specifically 1965, 1973 and 1990. The foundational laws of our education system date back to the Vietnam era. While attempts to amend archaic laws are wellintentioned, they are but patches on the blue jeans handed down to us by guys named Lyndon (B. Johnson) and Richard (Nixon). Much of the energy expended in addressing learning disabilities lies in compensating for a framework that needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. The best use of our efforts may well be directed toward the advocacy for and development of a comprehensive national education policy, relevant to the technological advances of the modern world. We must be equipped to address this world. Michael is a senior in Social Work. mjw10@illinois.edu
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early September, former President Barack Obama gave a speech on campus where he openly criticized President Donald Trump and the Republican party. Trump responded, stating that watching Obama speak is “very good for sleeping.” Tensions run high in our country as we experience the greatest political division in decades. Politicians openly fling insults at each other on live television, often straying away from policy disagreements and heading toward the realm of the personal. Family
ties and friendships strain under the pressure of conflicting viewpoints. Strangers despise each other for the crime of holding different opinions. It’s safe to say today’s political atmosphere no longer provides an environment that supports professionalism in debates. This needs to change. Now. The recurring inability to keep the spheres of emotions and beliefs separate now dominates social media and the internet, and it is currently seeping into the classroom. Any sort of political comment or idea presented on social media platforms incites rage and hatred from those with an opposing viewpoint. A student expressing disagreement with another in class is marked as bellig-
erent and rude. People immediately jump to personal attacks on those who vote or think differently than others. They shun and hate those who clash with their beliefs. Instead of sitting down and having a discussion about all views surrounding the controversy, it devolves into Twitter wars and Facebook comments miles long describing just where someone should go stick their opinions. Unfriendings and unfollowings quickly ensue. No one wants to listen to the other angle. People are much too close-minded for that. As a result, old friendships dissolve and families gang up on one another. This is absolutely ridiculous. A simple disagree-
ment, especially a political one, should never prompt the end of a relationship. We all have different ideas about what’s right and what should happen because we are human, and our differences define us. Unless we can at least remain civil during debates and learn to make friends with those who hold different opinions from us on matters about which we feel strongly, hate and prejudice will continue to tear us apart. We don’t have to agree with the opposition, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t attempt to understand their point of view. Part of a democracy is conflict, this is true. But that doesn’t mean we should hate those we’re in conflict with. After all,
another fundamental part of a democracy is that all voices are heard and all opinions are taken into consideration. How can we expect the generations that follow us to understand these ideals if we lose them ourselves? We need to remember how to disagree and take disagreement. If we cannot make friends with those who think differently than us, we will be truly alone in this world. So next time you’re tempted to post that comment on Facebook calling Bill from Montana ignorant and stupid for supporting something, remember to hate the idea and not the person. Lucas is a junior in LAS. loswald2@dailyillini.com
Attend career fairs to develop professional skills, techniques SANDHYA SIVAKUMAR COLUMNIST
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he fall Engineering Career Fair is a spectacle like no other. Eager-faced freshmen practice their ENG 100: Engineering Orientationsponsored elevator pitches and stand in line to get rejected by a company looking for upperclassmen. Impeccable, impossibly patient recruiters remain undaunted by the prospect of six hours of dealing with engineering students. The deafening din of a thousand conversations happening at once only adds to the sensory overload of an impenetrable sea of black suit jackets and mediocre
haircuts. More than just the unavoidable panic that hits as soon as you walk into the crowded heat of the ARC, there’s a different kind of stress that surrounds the week of a career fair. There’s the existential dread: a direct result of seeing an example resume with that wicked 4.0 GPA along with a million awards and internships, and then trying to come up with something to fill that blank column under “relevant work experience.” And then, of course, there’s the general crushing fear of unemployment, which, in your sophomore year, isn’t unwarranted but is definitely premature. All of this is only aggravated by the 3,000 emails that clog up your inbox
when you’re just trying to keep yourself updated on the Piazza drama. Daily reminders about resume reviews, elevator pitch workshops and informal career fairs only serve to remind you of how woefully unprepared you are, not just for this career fair but for a future as a professional in your field. Of course, the career fair is obviously an amazing resource to find internships and jobs, and a place to familiarize yourself with professional interactions. The real world is filled with roadblocks and stressors, both external and internal. The imposter syndrome brought on by loud, belligerent and obnoxiously intelligent men with an unfortunate amount of confidence isn’t
going to go away, but the career fair is a great, lowstakes way to get used to it and to get over it. The tensions and fears that a career fair dredges up aren’t always welcome, but that manufactured experience can help you gauge your own reactions to high-pressure, highstakes interactions. Just like the career fair prep flyers say, it’s a good idea to practice on a company you’re not interested in before you give your elevator pitch to Google. Career fairs are a great way to practice handling the overwhelming anxieties that accompany a job search before it actually matters. If you’re still an underclassman, though, there are still a few semesters left before the pressure
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Students talk to company representatives at the Engineering Career Fair held at the ARC on Tuesday.
truly intensifies. There’s a lot to come in the future, from research opportunities to more 400-level classes, that’ll boost
your confidence and your resume. Sandhya is a sophomore in LAS. ssivak3@dailyillini.com
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MFA theatre part I: Exploring tech, design
4,000-mile bike ride raises money for cancer research
BY SIDNEY MADDEN STAFF WRITER
Megan Coffel’s days are split between putting in graduate hours, managing schoolwork and working on production. As one of the two new first-year graduate lighting design students in FAA, she is still getting acclimated to her schedule. “I don’t know what I do all day,” Coffel joked. “I just do whatever my calendar tells me to do. My Google Calendar is my life.” Busy schedules are the norm for many design, technology and management students in both the graduate and undergraduate programs called Level 21. Level 21 — named for the sum of KCPA’s six levels — encourages and cultivates collaboration by its students. “If you add all those levels up, it gives you 21, which is a name intended to indicate a whole which is greater than the sum of its parts,” said former co-director of Level 21 John Boesche in their intro video. Because the three-year master of fine arts program is so specialized, the class size is small. Lighting design has a total of six students and costume design and technology has 12. Getting into the design, technology and management graduate program is competitive and the application process is not traditional. Interested applicants can apply directly to the school by submitting portfolios and scheduling interviews with the department. However, graduate school applications are expensive and many of these interested applicants choose to use the University/Resident Theatre Association as a platform to meet universities. URTA sets up conferences to connect applicants with universities several times throughout the year in cities like Chicago, New York and San Francisco. Applicants set up their work and portfolios in a large room and quickly leave. University representatives then walk around and take notes on individuals whose work interests them. They indicate prospective candidates to the URTA coordinators who set up interviews the following day. Costume design co-chair and seasoned recruiter Olga Maslova said it’s a two-way street between the applicant and the department: It depends on if the program suits the potential student and if the potential stu-
bers of Illini 4000 participate in weekly workouts to build core and leg strength. The route for the crosscountry ride goes from New York to San Francisco and is planned by the director of logistics. McKeough said it is created with the intent to spread the organization’s mission to as many people as possible while keeping rider safety a priority. Small tweaks in the route allow members of Illini 4000 to spread their message across the country each year. Christina Su, junior in LAS and vice president of Illini 4000, said the success of each ride is partly due to support from those who donate. This includes Neutral Cycle, the campus bike shop which aids the organization in determining bike logistics and training for their rides. Bikers travel with only water and some basic repair tools and are followed by a support van which carries backpacks and sleeping bags. Throughout the trip, the group stays with hosts such as churches, schools and community centers. Su said one of her favorite memories was when the bikers stopped to stay at a church in California and the host prepared a group dinner, during which Su sat with other church members. “Before we left the next morning, our host came up to me and told me that I had actually been sitting at a table of five cancer survivors, and that day we dedicated our ride to them,” Su said. “That instant is just a small glimpse of how incredible the journey is.” McKeough, DeBruyn and Su each said the places they have been with the Illini 4000 are unforgettable. Su said the organization hopes to find enthusiastic riders who will help Illini 4000 raise as much as possible and create as many new portraits around the country as they can. “During the ride, you don’t really realize how far you have gone until you look at a map and physically see the ground you have covered. I felt extremely proud of my team and myself for making it that far and found it hard to believe that our 72-day ride was almost over,” DeBruyn said.
BY MEGAN BRADLEY STAFF WRITER
Alison DeBruyn spent 75 days this summer riding her bike 4,000 miles across the country. Illini 4000 is a nonprofit group on campus. This summer was the organization’s 12th cross-country ride. Over the course of their 12-year history, they have raised over $1 million to support charity. Other than an affinity for biking, the riders share a common passion for raising awareness and money toward cancer research. Each rider is responsible for fundraising $4,000 which benefits organizations such as The American Cancer Society, Prairie Dragon Paddlers and Camp Kesem — all three of which support cancer patients and survivors in different ways. “I chose to be part of Illini 4000 because I wanted to be part of an organization that positively impacted lots of people,” DeBruyn, senior in Business and Illini 4000 director of fundraising, said. “Unfortunately, cancer is common in the lives of many. By joining Illini 4000, I am able to do my part in raising awareness and donations for the fight against cancer.” The nonprofit complements its support of cancer research and patient support services with the creation of a nationwide network called the Portraits Project. Riders interview and collect stories from people they’ve met along the ride and who have been affected by cancer. The end goal of this project is to document the American cancer experience so that those who are going through it have a resource provided by others who have gone through the same experience. Collin McKeough, senior in Business and president of Illini 4000, said something the Portrait Project has taught those involved in the organization is that many people have been impacted by cancer. “We find that some people are extremely open to talking about their cancer, while others might not be,” McKeough said in an email. “No matter how comfortable someone might be with sharing their story, though, the fight and hope you hear from their experience is truly touching.” To prepare themselves for the 4000-mile ride, mem- meganmb2@dailyillini.com
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Portrait of Megan Coffel, graduate student in FAA, sitting on the steps of the Krannert Center for Performing Arts on Saturday. Coffel is a MFA student in design who is taking a class this semester that only accepts 10 students every three years.
dent will work well with the department. “We are looking for originality,” Maslova said. “Someone with a drive, a passion. Not necessarily a skill set because that’s why they’re here. If a person knew everything, why would they need grad school? But we are looking for someone with a thirst for knowledge, openness and a certain balance of
paring for the various productions this season, ranging from plays to musicals to operas to dance exhibitions. Each one of these shows offers different design and technical challenges to students, something professors keep in mind when assigning students to work on different shows. “We start lining up students that would be right for
“We are looking for originality. Someone with a drive, a passion.” OLGA MASLOVA COSTUME DESIGN CO-CHAIR AND RECRUITER
both ambition and humility. We like ambitious people. I think it’s more about the chemistry.” However, new costume technology head Rose Kaczmarowski refers to URTA as the front door method of application — there are other routes. Maslova explained that they reach out to colleagues in the industry, scout out talent at summer stock theater and reach out to underrepresented communities. Coffel and her classmates are already hard at work pre-
performances by the theatre, lyric opera and dance departments. Level 21’s work will be seen in “An American Daughter,” “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” “La Bohème,” “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade” and “November Dance.” Kaczmarowski, who is first-year faculty, is excited for the year ahead and the work they’ll collectively produce as a department and a company. “So far from what I’ve observed in the two shows I’m going to be design-advising for next semester are the directors are true collaborators,” she said. “They have this desire to take information from everyone from the lighting designer to the scenic designer because everyone is telling a story and that’s an emotional story. No matter if your specialty is costume design or sound design or a director, we’re all on this journey together. The best collaborations are when everyone can kinda gel.”
those projects based on what projects they’ve done already, who they’ve collaborated with already if the projects are realistic or fantastical,” Kaczmarowski said. The following year’s season is announced around the holidays and designers begin conceptualizing the fall’s productions in the spring. Kaczmarowski attributes the need for such a stringent schedule “so we can produce the same level of shows while continuing to educate at the same time.” This fall’s season includes sidneym2@dailyillini.com
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LIFE & CULTURE
JEANNETTE YAN THE DAILY ILLINI
John Bieber, junior in ACES, builds furnitures for friends and family at his apartment on Tuesday. In recent years, he began commission work and uses his apartment on campus as a temporary studio while working on the main pieces at his house in the suburbs.
Student crafts career out of hand-built furniture BY EMMA PALATNIK STAFF WRITER
John Bieber has done woodworking since he was 15 years old. Now, he’s trying to make a business out of his hobby. Bieber, junior in ACES, runs JB Woodshop — a business where he creates custom, affordable furniture for other students. He learned his woodworking skills from his father, but Bieber found out over winter break that some form of carpentry or woodworking has been in his family since the 1850s. The problem with furniture bought online or in department stores, Bieber said, is it’s not of high quality. He started his business to create furniture he said “makes the room,” while also earning a few extra dollars on the side. “That’s the drive behind me making what I do. It’s quality stuff that’s going to last, that fits perfectly for the situations all at once,” Bieber said. Bieber builds shelves, TV stands, flower stands, multimedia centers and more. Right now, he’s making a couple bookshelves and a multimedia stand. For Bieber, a typical order starts with a Facebook message or phone call where he goes over what the customer wants and what they are expecting for the piece. If he’s at home, Bieber drives to the customer’s house, measures out the dimensions and sees the space to ensure he’s making a complementary piece. Next, he draws a 3D sketch of the piece he shows the customer to make sure they’re on the same page. Then, he starts the creation process. Bieber purchases materials and supplies — like wood, glue and screws — at either Menards or smaller lumber stores. The last part involves putting the piece together. Each project takes Bieber about a week, from start to finish. He also makes sure
to keep the customer updated throughout the entire process. With each project, Bieber likes to challenge himself and expand his knowledge. Every project is different. Bieber said he changes it up by using different hinges or joinery techniques which challenges him to some degree. “I try to do that with every project just so it’s as educational for me as it is someone who’s never really thought of getting handbuilt furniture for their own place,” Bieber said. Bieber works on the projects wherever he can. He sometimes goes home for a weekend to get all the boards cut, as that’s where he keeps his table saw. Bieber usually saves around five orders to cut in bulk at home. He transports the boards back down to campus and does the rest of the work in his apartment. With the tools he has in his apartment, Bieber can do joinery with chisels and drills. He can also put the piece together, glue it and stain it. He saves the heavy power parts to do at home. The price for each piece varies. Ninety percent of the cost is materials and Bieber charges around $20 for labor. He’s able to make the pieces affordable because he’s not trying to make a living off the business. “I’m just trying to expand my hobby into something a little bit more than a hobby,” Bieber said. “At the same time, I understand the value of being able to have a personal, unique piece for your apartment.” Bieber said he’s looking at his business right now as something that will help him build connections, and will give him a platform to expand on when he can build full-time. Sara Mason, junior in ACES, knows Bieber from classes. Bieber built her a desk shelf that she uses for storage.
“When I heard that he did carpenter stuff, I was like, ‘Oh this will be a good way to get a really nice quality shelf that I can keep for a couple years. I don’t have to worry about buying it at like Ikea or whatever and worry about it breaking,’” Mason said. She sent him pictures and dimensions, and from there, Bieber came up with a plan. Mason said Bieber came up with many interesting ideas she wouldn’t have thought of. He asked what kind of wood, stains, trim and features she wanted, and if the shelf needed a back or crossbar. “I really appreciated that, that he took a lot of input into what I wanted and it was like a collaboration,” Mason said. “He was the one building it, but he came and conferred with me if he had any questions or if he wanted to do anything that was maybe out of the norm.” The shelf is just what she wanted. It fits all her items, is sturdy and it looks great, Mason said. “The way it’s divided up, I have room for my books, I have room for my school supplies and makeup and any other kind of knickknacks I want to store,” Mason said. “It’s just storage, but there’s enough space that I can fit a mirror under and a desk lamp and I still have room to do all this stuff, and it doesn’t take up a lot of space on my desk.” Emma Robbins, junior in ACES, is dating Bieber. He’s made her three different pieces: a plant shelf, a shelf in her bedroom and an organizational shelf in her bathroom. Robbins said she had needed more storage for her spaces. So, Bieber came in, measured out the spaces and made custom shelves for whatever she needed. “My shelf in my bathroom sits perfectly around all my outlets and where I have things hanging on my walls, so I didn’t need to
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Bieber contracts work to not only those living around his suburban home, but also to his peers at the University by taking orders, cutting the wood with his table saw at home and then transporting the wood back to his apartment on campus to assemble.
move anything,” Robbins said. “It was custom made for my counter.” Throughout the whole process, Bieber updated her and sent her photos. Robbins said she loves how personalized her pieces are. She said there’s no furniture piece in a store that compares to a custommade one. Robbins appreciated that Bieber took the
time to measure out the space and consult with her. “I’m really proud, this was just something that he loved to do as a hobby and it’s something that he really, really enjoys,” Robbins said. She said she thinks it’s great that other people are starting to value Bieber’s work as much as she does. “To me, furniture is like
the intersection of every skill you can have in woodworking,” Bieber said. “You have to have the measurements, the precision of chiseling. Every thirty-secondth of an inch will add up and it will change the project. So it’s insanely important to be mindful of the bickery of precision.” emmacp2@dailyillini.com
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Illini fall in second half at Soldier Field BY TATIANIA PERRY STAFF WRITER
With six seconds left on the clock, head coach Lovie Smith called the final timeout of the game. It was the final drive for Illinois, and the team was down 25-19 to South Florida. In that 60-second span, the Illini made a plan. The team had 25 yards to goal, and freshman quarterback M.J. Rivers needed to throw the ball. Once they were back on the field, the plan was clear; however, the execution was not. After an overthrown pass to Ricky Smalling, an attainable win was snatched from the hands of Illinois and replaced with the first loss of the 2018 season. “We expected to win; it’s sad that we didn’t,” said running back Reggie Corbin. “I’m hurting right now; we expect to win every single game. We don’t expect to ‘hang’ with other teams; we expect to win regardless of who we play because we work that hard.” Illinois opened up the game much stronger than its previous two as Corbin rushed for a 32 yard gain, followed by Mike Epstein’s 43-yard touchdown run within the first five minutes at Soldier Field. Though it was the only touchdown by Illinois of the day, the Illini managed to maintain the lead until the last five minutes of the game. The team has kicker Chase McLaughlin to thank for that. The senior went 4 for 4 on field goal attempts. During the postgame, Lovie Smith mentioned he would rather not have to rely on the senior as much, pointing out that when in the red zone, walking away with a touchdown is key. But he made sure to note how happy he was in the reliability of McLaughlin. The third field goal of the night came right before
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Illinois linebacker Del’Shawn Phillips makes a tackle during the game against USF at Soldier Field on Saturday.
halftime, when McLaughlin sent a 53-yarder straight through the uprights to bring Illinois into the locker room with a 16-7 halftime lead. Throughout the first half, the defense looked sharp. The return of Tymir Oliver on the defensive line added some much-needed pressure on USF quarterback Blake Barnett. In addition, true freshman Jartavius Martin, who caused Illinois
problems early this season, showed flashes of athleticism when he grabbed his second interception of the season. Once the Illini headed back through the tunnel and onto the field, the tide began to change. The quick offense was one that Illinois was seldom able to catch once it got rolling. “I was just trying to keep the quarterback in the pocket,” said defensive end
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Bobby Roundtree. “Once (he) gets out, he’s a pretty good runner.” South Florida tight end Mitchell Wilcox was repeatedly left wide open for multiple connections. The junior collected 109 receiving yards, 90 of which came in the second half. As for Corbin and Epstein, the two continued some solid groundwork into the second half, but play-calling kept Illinois from making
any big advances. The two running backs rushed for a total of 221 yards collectively, while Rivers went 20 for 29 through the air with 168 total yards. “I could have done way better for my team,” Rivers said. “There are things that I needed to clean up and get better at.” Last season's game against South Florida is called a bad game by both the team and coaches alike.
The 47-23 loss proved to be a major setback and the kickoff to a 10-game losing streak. While the Illini have had their first loss of 2018 handed to them by the Bulls once again, Smith is more than confident the two seasons will not compare. “We’ll be in the position again, and we’ll be able to finish it,” Smith said. @tati_perry14 tp3@dailyillini.com
FOOTBALL
Players need to retain confidence despite lows ELI SCHUSTER SPORTS EDITOR
I AUSTIN YATTONI THE DAILY ILLINI
Illinois defensive specialist Morgan O’Brien celebrates during the match against Northern Iowa at Huff Hall on Friday. The Illini won 3-0.
O’Brien comfortably settles into new team role as libero BY MEGHAN REST ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The 2018 Illinois volleyball team looks almost identical to the 2017 squad, except for one daunting difference. Senior libero Brandi Donnelly made her final appearance as an Illini last fall during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament, and since her departure, the name penciled next to libero has been nothing but a big question mark. During her four years at the University, Donnelly was a unique cornerstone in the Illini's defense. She has the second-most career digs with 2,044 and the second-highest digs-per-set average in the program’s history. After
graduation, there wasn’t a clear indication as to who would fill her shoes. That is, until this fall, when sophomore Morgan O’Brien glided into the position. Formerly, O’Brien played as a defensive specialist, helping to compose the rising force that is Illinois’ back row. According to O’Brien, however, the transition to libero has been natural. “I played libero my whole life until last year,” O’Brien said. “It feels like I’m back in a good spot. I’m learning a ton; Alfee (Reft) brings a huge side to the game and he’s always teaching me new stuff. We keep building and then build on top of it.” Last year, O’Brien played
in 31 of the Illini’s matches, starting 14. During the 2017 season, O’Brien also logged 229 digs as a DS and posted a 1.99 digs-per-set average. Although this year, O’Brien has over half the numbers of digs she coined last year in almost a third of the matches. Before the season began, head coach Chris Tamas said there was no clarity about who would inherit the libero position. “You know, you bring in lots of people; Taylor Kuper was maybe in the conversation,” Tamas said. “We’re always battling for that position in general. We’ve got a slew of defensive specialists SEE VOLLEYBALL | 3B
llini fans beware. After each game this season, I will put together something I like to call the Press Box Bundle. Typically, I share this in the days following Illinois football’s weekend matchup. It includes video footage, tweets, photos and observations. After watching the Illini find a way to lose this weekend’s ball game in a heartbreaking fashion, I decided to share my raw observations from the USF matchup at Soldier Field in Chicago below.
First half observations:
The slow-start sickness only caught the Illini on the opening drive this game. Rod Smith wasn’t fooling around to start the game. Instead of experimenting early on (something that was seen in the previous two games), he gave the ball to his running backs. And wow, look what happened. Illinois quickly demonstrated why the running back position has arguably the best depth on the team. Corbin and Epstein are two explosive backs who broke off over 30-yard runs for a scoring drive that took less than 54 seconds. Oddly enough, while the Illini let the Bulls find the
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Illinois running back Mike Epstein runs the ball during the game against USF at Soldier Field on Saturday. The Illini lost 25-19.
end zone, they made quarterback Blake Barnett work for it. The defense kept up with the no-huddle, fast play-calling relatively well. There were no massive plays early on like the ones that have become expected by a struggling secondary throughout the first two games. Looking at the defensive line, having Tymir Oliver back is clearly a good thing. His presence was immediately felt. The pressure from Oliver and Bobby Roundtree made for a quality first-half showing that included back-to-back batted-down passes to stop a threatening USF drive. Usually, it’s hard to grab people’s full attention on
special teams, but the difference between these two squads was extremely noticeable. The fans and even those filling press row couldn’t help but be amazed by the good and the bad. For Illinois, Chase McLaughlin is continuing his incredible senior campaign. The man is 100 percent from over 50 yards this season. Meanwhile, punter Blake Hayes continues to pin opponents deep. The special teams play once again continues to be one of the most productive parts of this team. As for the Bulls, the ball was kicked out of bounds twice on kickoffs and extremely short on SEE FOOTBALL | 3B
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GAME NOTEBOOK
ILLINOIS VS. USF GRADES
BY THE DAILY ILLINI SPORTS DESK
OFFENSE
QUARTERBACK PLAY WASN’T THE PROBLEM AJ Bush was questionable heading into Saturday, after suffering a hamstring injury at the end of the first half in last week’s game. While Bush was suited up and throwing a football around during pregame, it served as a way to play mind games with the USF coaching staff. True freshman M.J. Rivers received his first collegiate start. Rivers threw for 168 yards and managed a game full of running back handoffs efficiently. The young quarterback is still with-
out a turnover through his seven quarters of play thus far, but hitting his receivers hasn’t been the easiest. A handful of drops have stagnated Rivers’ passing stats throughout his time on the field, and the play calling, especially in the contest against USF, has been more geared toward handing the ball off. Nevertheless, after Saturday’s game, the quarterback wants to do more to help his team come away with a victory. “It’s tough,” Rivers said.
The offense rode a roller coaster on Saturday. Illinois’ rushing attack once again proved to be the strength of the team. Handing the ball off worked time and time again throughout the first half and into the second. However, when true fresh-
“We just kept shooting ourselves in the foot, kept hurting our drives. We gotta get all that corrected and do better next week.” Offensive Coordinator Rod Smith has stated previously that when he is fully healthy, Bush is the starting quarterback for the team. Lovie Smith reaffirmed this in his postgame presser, stating “when you pull a hamstring, you don’t play the next week.” “He’s (Bush) making progress; we’ll see how it goes this week.”
DEFENSE The Illinois defense had a (good?) game, considering they gave up 626 yards of total offense. The team walked away with two big interceptions by true freshman Jartavius Martin and linebacker Del’Shawn Phillips, and both were their second of the season. The secondary that has struggled in weeks prior offered some
MCLAUGHLIN WAS PERFECT If McLaughlin was on the gradebook this week, he would easily be handed an A+. He has been, arguably, the most consistent player on the Illinois football team. In a game where his name was consistently called on, as the Illini continually came up short in the red zone, McLaughlin showed up. The senior hit four field goals on the day, and the
special teams unit played a vital role in keeping the Illini ahead for most of the game. “I think the role is what it’s been since day one; go out there for the one play that you get and help the team out,” McLaughlin said. “Whether that’s Blake pinning them deep or trying to put points on the board, you just try to help the teams as best you can.”
man quarterback M.J. Rivers had to step up and make a throw, completions didn’t come easy. Illinois only had 168 yards through the air and the play calling during the second half took a step away from the run-heavy approach that worked so well.
McLaughlin is 100 percent in field goal tries 50 yards out and is the first Illinois kicker in history to have three straight games with a 50-yard field goal. “It’s just being comfortable and being confident out there,” McLaughlin said. “I wish that I could tell you there was a magic formula, but really it’s just being consistent and being comfortable.”
glimpses of hope. However, when it mattered most, the absence of Nate Hobbs and Bennett Williams was felt on a blown go-ahead 50-yard touchdown reception for USF. The defensive line could only hold up for so long, and despite a rather dominant first half, they couldn’t put enough pressure on the Bulls’ QB Blake Barnett.
RUNNING BACKS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE Offensive Coordinator Rod Smith started off the game trusting his rushing attack. South Florida allowed 419 yards on the ground to Georgia Tech last week and Illinois used its depth at the position to pick up 135 yards in the first half. Mike Epstein, Reggie Corbin and Ra’Von Bonner all touched the ball
early on and continued to do so throughout the game. The team rushed the ball 25 times in the first half of the game compared to 23 in the second half. The rushing attack throughout the game was paced mostly by Epstein, who tallied 113 yards on the day and the team’s lone touchdown that came in the first
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quarter. Epstein credited the Illini offense for providing the momentum to keep the team in the game. “I think that positive energy is contagious,” Epstein said. “Reggie broke a big one and put me in a position to finish it. I think our offense had a little spark after that.”
The bright spot for Illinois’ offense throughout the entirety of the game was sophomore running back Mike Epstein. After ending his productive freshman campaign early last year with a stress fracture in his foot, he has picked up right
where he left off. In three games this season, Epstein has rushed for 251 yards with two touchdowns, 113 of those yards and one touchdown came in Saturday’s game. If Illinois can rely on one player, it’s been proven to be Epstein.
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Energy, teamwork lead Illinois to sweep BY BRIAN BINZ STAFF WRITER
Illinois volleyball has been perfect this season. The team has continued to move up in the rankings, earning the No. 8 spot in the country before it even set foot on its home court. While senior middle blocker Ali Bastianelli said she sees room for improvement, the Illini still managed to open their home schedule with a three-win sweep at the Illini Classic to finish nonconference play. Illinois jumped on Northern Iowa early in set one, building an early lead that it would never relinquish, winning 25-13. The next set, however, was not as easy. The Illini racked up nine points from serving errors and saw a 24-20 lead turn into a 24-all thriller. The serving woes continued into the third set and the Illini rallied after trailing 8-2 early on to complete the sweep. Junior Jacqueline Quade finished the game with the last three kills, ending a 15-kill day on a .333 hitting percentage. As a team, Illinois outhit Northern Iowa in all three games and finished with a .297 hitting percentage to Iowa’s .122. While the Illini surrendered a number of points to errors on serves, Tamas wasn’t worried. “The game plan was to serve aggressively,” Tamas said. “We’re gonna have to
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Illinois setter Jordyn Poulter (left) and middle blocker Ali Bastianelli (right) attempt to block the ball during the match against Northern Iowa at Huff Hall on Friday. The Illini won 3-0.
give a little when you serve that way.” Senior setter Jordyn Poulter agreed, saying that a lot of the team’s misses were actually good misses. Illinois followed up with a dominant three-game sweep of Lipscomb, in which they didn’t allow the other team to get over 20 points in any of the sets played. Then, the Illini moved on to their biggest test of the weekend against the No. 10-ranked Blue Jays.
Creighton jumped out to an 8-2 lead and held it to take game one 25-20 in Huff Hall. Tamas believed the slow start was because the Illini tried to do too much, and Bastianelli agreed. “Everything was on our side,” Bastianelli said. “I just think we got a little frazzled and we just had so much energy we didn’t know what to do with it.” The Illini settled in and won the next two games, with help frome of senior
Blayke Hranicka, who came in for Ashlyn Fleming in the first set and remained there for the next three. “Blayke did amazing,” Bastianelli said. “She did everything we needed her to; it was really fun to see that.” The decision to go with Hranicka over Fleming was a tactical one, according to Tamas. “Blayke was just fresh and she matched up a little bit better with what they’re doing,” Tamas said.
Hranicka didn’t play against Lipscomb or Northern Iowa but said she was always ready to go. With Hranicka, the Illini cut the Jays’ hitting percentage from .273 in game one to .103 in game two and .186 in game three. “It was really exciting because when I came in, we needed more energy,” Hranicka said. “It’s really easy for me to give people energy.” @binzy_20 However, one last test brianb2@dailyillini.com
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BY MEGHAN REST ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
For the Illinois soccer, men’s golf and men’s tennis teams, the fall serves as a chance to shake the offseason rust. While the men’s tennis team starts up this coming weekend, the Illinois soccer and men’s golf teams are in full swing.
Soccer
Illinois soccer kicked off their regular Big Ten season blanking Minnesota 2-0. Junior Arianna Veland netted both Illinois goals to lift the team to their first Big Ten victory. However, two days later the Illini suffered their first Big Ten loss against No. 22 Wisconsin in double overtime (1-0). The squad is now 6-3-0 on the season, and the program moves to 246171-35 overall. Head coach Janet Rayfield chalked the first match up against Minnesota as a “typical” one in Big Ten play, per Illini Athletics. “Tonight was a typical Big Ten battle on the road,” Rayfield said. “We have been working on our restarts and that paid off tonight. We were able to get great service and good timing, and Arianna finished the job both times. But like we have done all season, we will get back to work, focus on cleaning up our passing, and get ready for the next challenge.” Despite their victory Friday, during their Sunday matchup Illinois fell to Wisconsin in the 104th minute of the contest. The Illini have also defeated two ranked opponents this season: No. 3 Duke and No. 14 Oklahoma State. In addition to freshman Makena Silber being named Big Ten Freshman of the Week last week, two seniors and one junior were also named to the Big Ten Conference Preseason Honors List: seniors Katie Murray and Morgan Maroney and junior Alicia Barker.
Golf
The men’s golf team opened fall match play this week at the OFCC/Illini Invitational. The team played qualifying rounds last week in order to seed the match-play for the main event this weekend. After two rounds, the Illini post a team score of 6-overpar and tied for sixth place as a team. Leading the Illini in a tie for seventh place is
FOOTBALL their one 43-yard field goal attempt. The crowd let out a couple of laughs. Finally, things were going the Illini's way. Enough said.
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sophomore Brendan O’Reilly at 140, even after the first two rounds. Junior Giovanni Tadiotto trails O’Reilly in a tie for ninth place. He scored 141, 1-over, after two rounds. Mike Small told Illini Athletics that while the Illini offense is in full swing, the defense at the Invitational has been lacking. “Different day, same story,” Small said. “We played well most of the day, once again, but we didn’t close. We are playing a lot of good golf, evidenced by the fact that we are leading the field in total birdies. That shows that our offense is very good, but the reason we are in sixth place is because of our defense: our inability to save shots around the green and put the ball in the fairway consistently. We saw a solid round from Brendan today, and as a coach, I’m looking
forward to seeing him build on that momentum.” Three Illini freshmen are also playing the Invitational unattached. In a tie for 46th place, Tommy Kuhl marked a 147, or 7-over-par. Luke Armbrust finished day two with a score of 152, 2-over, while Adrien Dumont De Chassart sits at 74th place with a score of 159, 19-over. T he OFC C/ I l l i n i Invitational marks the first tournament the men’s golf program faces without senior Nick Hardy and Dylan Meyer, who graduated last spring. Olympia Fields is a par 70 course, and the field of competition includes: No. 1 Oklahoma State, No. 2 Alabama, No. 4 Texas A&M, No. T-11 California, No. T-11 Stanford, No. 14 Baylor, No. 20 Southern California, No. 23 UNLV, No. 25 Florida State, RV Purdue, RV South
Carolina, Air Force and Indiana.
Tennis
The men’s tennis team will open their abbreviated fall season at the ITA Milwaukee Classic this Sunday. Illinois’ fall debut follows a successful summer, especially for alumni of the program. Former AllAmerican No. 3 seed Aleks Vukic earned runner-up at the F19 Wichita Futures in Wichita, Kansas in early July. Former Illini and 2017 U.S. Open Finalist, Kevin Anderson, bolstered his pro career with a trip to Wimbledon. After two weeks, Anderson was knocked by three-time Wimbledon champion Nadal Djokovic. @Meghan_Rest merest2@dailyillini.com
would tell me things that coaches like to see or where they have their middle back defense just because it is a little different than club and high school.” While Tamas said O’Brien has made strides as a libero, it isn’t just her who’s improved. The Illini’s 11-0 record wouldn’t be possible without the team functioning as a whole, according to O'Brien. “It’s obviously them making the points. But I know I’m in the back and if I’m not passing, then they can’t make those points,” O’Brien said. “It all goes into being a team.”
that push Morgan every day, so it’s not always decided like that. She’s earned the role.” While O’Brien is wearing the libero jersey, she’s in good company with the rest of the back row, including freshman DS Taylor Kuper. With only 11 games under her belt, the Kansas-native has started off the season strong thanks to preseason advice from O’Brien. “I feel like she’s really taken me under her wing,” Kuper said. “She’s given me so much information, especially in the summer when we weren’t @Meghan_Rest working with coaches. She merest2@dailyillini.com
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Illinois midfielder Arianna Veland passes the ball during the game against Northern Illinois at the Illinois Soccer Stadium on Aug. 26. The Illini won 8-0.
waited in the third set. After taking a 17-12 lead, the Illini gave up a seven-point run, giving the Jays a 19-17 lead. Tamas, however, refused to call a time-out, and the Illini were able to get their feet underneath them. Quade highlighted the sets with team-high 21 kills to put them up 23-22 and finished out the Jays 25-23 in game four. “It means a lot that the coaching staff trusts us to get out of those kinda runs,” Bastianelli said. “It means more for the players looking at each other and saying, ‘We got this.’” Tamas said he doesn’t like to take timeouts and that he didn’t feel like the Illini were struggling with their serve-receive. “They’ve been around me long enough to know that expectation,” Tamas said. The late rally was bolstered by a loud and active crowd that filled both sides of the Huff stands. “Huff is Huff,” Bastianelli said. The win kept the Illini’s season-opening streak alive and sealed an undefeated nonconference slate at 11-0. Illinois opens Big Ten play with a trip to Indiana, taking on Purdue and IU. “There’s still room to improve,” Bastianelli said, “which is a little bit scary.”
Illinois found plenty of success rushing the football, but it took a step away from that as the second half got under way. The play calling wasn’t hitting as well, and a handful of plays for negative yards prevented the Illini from charging down the field. McLaughlin was able to salvage one drive with a 41-yard field goal toward the end of the third quarter, but otherwise, Illinois continued to be stopped in its tracks. It was only a matter of time before the defense fell tired, and the USF offense then came to life. Barnett is an extremely accurate passer, and it began to show as the secondary showed his young and unprepared self once again. Barnett’s two scores in the second half came on two easy throws to wide-open receivers. Illinois had multiple chances to put the game away, by either extending drives to milk the clock or merely handing the ball off to its playmakers, but poor execution on both sides of the ball allowed for the lead to slip away. As the fourth quarter went deeper and deeper, the feeling of an inevitable USF lead loomed. Illinois began to get a confused look on defense, similar to what they had against Kent State and Western Illinois. The blown coverage on the game-winning touchdown for USF is almost inexcusable. On a third and 20, a receiver was left wide
open for a ball that a fan fresh from the stands could have hauled in. The early-season struggles by the defensive backs couldn’t be covered up this time by the score on the jumbotron. Instead, a couple of missed reads ended up being the difference between a 2-1 start and the best start for the Illini since 2011.
Closing thoughts:
Illinois has tripped over the hurdle time and time again. The USF game had the opportunity to be a program-changing performance, but when it mattered most, the team demonstrated why it has been at the bottom of the Big Ten in recent history. The inability to close out games has plagued the Lovie Smith-led teams. The Bulls handed the Illini every opportunity to win the ballgame, and the Illini handed it back with a hardy “no, thank you.” Eventually, it’s going to be time to work the legs out a bit and extend that vertical. If the Illini don’t act fast, the back foot of this team will continue to trip down the stretch. It’s important to note that positives can be taken from almost every game, but it means nothing unless the negatives are fixed. The way for this team to prove that it can separate itself from those that came before it is to simply brush off the loss and put up competitive games throughout a favorable Big Ten schedule. Last season, the Bulls’ loss set the course for the rest of the Illini’s season. Now, the Illini have to show that only they can determine their course. @Schuster_Elias eeschus2@dailyillini.com
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buzz calendar BY EMILY PEASE AND KAYLA BROWN BUZZ CALENDAR EDITORS
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.
MONDAY, SEPT. 17
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post”
BRIAN BAUER THE DAILY ILLINI
The Art Theater will be screening the final film in its Centennial Series on Ingmar Bergman on Monday. The series, which is in partnership with the University’s Department of Scandinavian Studies, focuses on the prolific Scandinavian filmmaker’s body of work.
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ART THEATER of a Bad Girl” and recut as a sexploitation movie upon its initial U.S. release, it is actually a somber depiction of young love snuffed out by the requirements of being an adult. It also marks the first collaboration between Bergman and one of his recurring actors, Harriet Andersson. Another of Bergman’s recurring actors, Liv Ullmann, takes center stage in the second screening of the series “Persona.” Valkanova describes “Persona” as “a mid-sixties pinnacle achievement.” It remains one of his most iconic films. Ullmann plays a renowned stage actress
who has stopped speaking, and Andersson plays her nurse. Their personalities gradually and inexplicably start to combine. The third screening is an appropriate end to the series, showing what Bergman intended to be his swan song, “Fanny and Alexander.” The film is one of Bergman’s most autobiographical tales, following two siblings who must deal with the abusive power games of their new stepfather, a prominent bishop. Originally a 312-minute miniseries, it is presented here in the three-hour theatrical cut that won four Oscars. But so many years after their releases, do Bergman’s works still hold pleasures and power for
contemporary audiences? Valkanova calls them “works that live outside of time.” There is nothing dated about the grand sweep of “Fanny and Alexander” or the experimental flourishes of “Persona.” They shock and delight just as they did years ago. Valkanova explains their appeal best. “They stand as examples, not only of what cinema was in mid-20th century Europe, but also of what it could be: a restless, intense pursuit of slippery questions that can’t be articulated in verbal language. They evade simple categories and retain a sense of some deeper mystery that continues to invite and enchant us.” wt2@readbuzz.com
7:15 p.m. The Art Theater, 120 W. Church St., Champaign Varies, NR From writer/director Desiree Akhavan and based on the celebrated novel by Emily M. Danforth, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” follows Cameron (Chloë Grace Moretz) as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with another girl in the backseat of a car on prom night. Run by the strict and severe Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle) and her brother, Reverend Rick (John Gallagher, Jr.) — himself an example of how those in the program can be “cured” — the center is built upon repenting for “samesex attraction.” In the face of intolerance and denial, Cameron meets a group of fellow sinners including the amputee stoner Jane (Sasha Lane) and her friend, the Lakota TwoSpirit, Adam (Forrest Goodluck). Together, this group of teenagers forms an unlikely family as they fight to survive.
Open Mic Night
8 p.m.-2 a.m. The Canopy Club, 708 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana Free if 21+, $3 if under 21 If you’re looking for a creative outlet, head over to Canopy Club with your instruments and your laptops. All genres and styles are welcome at Open Mic Night, but no full bands or DJ sets are allowed.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 18
Molecular Arms-Races Between Primate and Viral Genomes
Noon-1 p.m. Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, 1206 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana Free, all ages Harmit S. Malik, Ph.D., from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, will be giving a lecture titled “Rules of Engagement: Molecular Arms-Races Between Primate and Viral Genomes.”
Community Kitchen with Cunningham Township
6-8 p.m. Common Ground Food Co-op, 300 S. Broadway Ave. #166, Urbana Varies, all ages This is a free volunteer opportunity. Did you know the Cunningham Township Supervisor’s Office started an urban garden? This local agency provides assistance for our low- and no-income neighbors, now including fresh foods from the garden. Garden Coordinator Emily is facilitating the crew’s weekly foodpackaging project in the co-op’s flatlander classroom — but we need your help. We will be freezing, dehydrating and canning the week’s harvest. If you have time to donate hands to volunteer and a heart to give, please consider stopping by the classroom to make an incredible difference in Urbana. This food will be distributed to those who need it and saved for the township’s big garden parties.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19
Tarot, Psychic & Numerology Readings
Noon-5 p.m. Beads N Botanicals, 117 N. Broadway Ave., Urbana $25/15 minutes; $50/30 minutes; $75/45 minutes; $100/1 hour, all ages Dawn loves to help others find the path in their life that will bring them to a place of harmony and peace. A psychic numerologist and tarot reader, she combines her clairaudient gifts with numerology to give detailed readings. If you need to gain insight into love, work or financial, she can help. Call the shop at 217-365-9355 during business hours to schedule an appointment with Dawn.
Mentoring Event: Resume Review
5-6 p.m. Lincoln Hall, Room 1002, 702 S. Wright St., Urbana Free, all ages Resume Review with the Career Center. Dress code is casual.
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buzz Ingmar Bergman series to conclude BY BILL TAYLOR STAFF WRITER
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVE BRUNO
Riley Clemmons, a pop singer-songwriter, will be playing in support of Danny Gokey at the Virginia Theatre on Sunday. Clemmons discusses her process in dropping her first album and the motivations behind her songs.
Riley Clemmons on making music that’s true to herself BY KATIE POWERS ASSISTANT BUZZ EDITOR
Three months ago, on-therise pop singer-songwriter Riley Clemmons was a high school student in Nashville, Tennessee. Since her graduation, Clemmons released her self-titled debut album on Aug. 3, a project she wrote during high school. Her debut single, “Broken Prayers,” earned over 14 million global streams and over 3 million views on its accompanying music video. Since Clemmons was a high school student during the creation of her debut album, most of the stories behind the songs on her album are taken directly from her experiences during that time in her life. “I remember I would take notes on things that happened during the day and take it to the studio after school was over,” Clemmons said. But it was important to Clemmons that each of her songs touched on the depth of her. “The truth is life has a lot of moments that aren’t perfect and beautiful, and I wanted to make sure I wrote
about those because everybody’s been there,” she said. Growing up surrounded by the robust music scene of Nashville, Clemmons was exposed to diverse styles of music. Her most significant memories come from watching her mother sing in a church choir when she was younger. “I would sit and watch her warm up,” Clemmons said. “She would sing this big southern gospel music, and I was so drawn to it.” It was the music scene of Nashville where Clemmons first got her start. When she was only 12 years old, she was approached by her manager, Mitchell Solarek, after a choir concert. The twist of fate and timing led Clemmons head-first into the music industry. “I really learned about what it meant to craft a song and be in the music industry,” she said. Although Clemmons doesn’t identify as a Christian artist, she’s conscious of the ways in which her faith informs her music. “My faith is a foundation,” she said. “It’s a source for me to find stability, peace, hope,
joy. That’s always been something that I can’t help but put in my music.” In releasing her first single, Clemmons relied on her faith to create a song that felt intentional and honest. But creating a song that accomplished this proved to be more challenging than she anticipated. “It was during a very heavy writing season that ‘Broken Prayers’ came about. I was writing all the time for this debut project, trying to get all the songs right. I remember I was so frustrated,” she said. “I felt really broken and confused. I just remember walking in the studio and I was like, ‘That’s what we’re going to write about today;’ the idea that broken pieces can be so important in building your story. I am hugely grateful that people are able to see themselves in it.” Just like her music, Clemmons wants her social media presence to be rooted in honesty. She frequently interacts with her fans directly on Twitter and Instagram, engaging them in her dayto-day life and responding to the stories and content they share with her.
“I want my social presence to be personal and accessible because that’s who I am,” she said. But making sure her fans can connect with her isn’t Clemmons’ only goal in maintaining her social media persona. It’s about making sure her listeners know she’s hearing them, too. “A lot of the people who listen to the music are my age. It’s like talking to your friends,” Clemmons said. “There are so many things that I deal with as a young woman. I’m no stranger to insecurity and identity problems. I never want the listeners to feel isolated.” But achieving such success at a young age hasn’t come without challenges. Clemmons sees this phase of her life as a season of transition, and in her case, she’s navigating it in front of an audience. Clemmons is moving toward a life that’s different than that of most people her age. “Everyone has a different path, and it’s important to remind myself that comparison serves nobody,” Clemmons said. “I have to remind myself this on the days I see friends going to college.
That’s been challenging.” But the joys of her life in the music industry have made the challenging moments worth it. “There’s been so many crazy moments. Radio Disney was insane. I had the opportunity to perform a few songs at Radio Disney out in L.A., and I was the biggest Disney kid, so it was so surreal. I can’t even put it into words. It was such a fun experience and I’ll never forget it.” Currently, Clemmons is on the road with American Idol alumnus Danny Gokey and pop artist Tauren Wells. It’s an opportunity for Clemmons to play with artists she’s long admired. “I watched Danny on Idol, and never did I sit there thinking we would go on tour together one day,” she said. “This is going to be such an entertaining tour, and I’m so excited to watch Tauren and Danny perform and learn from them.” Catch Riley Clemmons in support of Danny Gokey at the Virginia Theatre on Sunday. The show starts at 7 p.m. and doors open at 6 p.m. kmp2@readbuzz.com
Few directors are as towering of figures in the history of cinema as Ingmar Bergman. He directed almost 50 films in his lifetime, and many of them remain some of the greatest films ever made. He has been ripped off, homaged and parodied by everyone from Woody Allen to Bill & Ted, but he and his work have never been equaled. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Bergman’s birth. To celebrate the centennial, The Art Theater has been running a series of screenings for three of his films, which will end this Monday with a screening of “Fanny and Alexander.” The series was created thanks to the support of Dr. Theo Malekin, a member of the University’s Scandinavian Studies department. Bergman remains the most famous Scandinavian filmmaker of all time, and Malekin teaches a class on Bergman. “(Malekin) brought a lot of energy and excitement to the idea and committed to participating in post-show discussions,” said Dora Valkanova, The Art Theater’s head programmer. Narrowing down a filmography as vast and acclaimed as Bergman’s to a series length proved to be a challenge for The Art Theater. “Showing anything short of at least half of his filmography would fail to properly do justice to his influence on film, form and style and cinema as an institution,” Valkanova said. The three-film format was eventually deemed the most succinct summation of Bergman’s career. The series compiles one film from the beginning of his career, one from the middle and one from the end. This may leave out some of his most legendary works, like “The Seventh Seal” and “Cries and Whispers,” but it provides an introductory sampling of Bergman’s work for those who are new to it. The first screening in the series was the film that first won him international acclaim, “Summer with Monika.” Retitled “Monika, the Story SEE ART THEATER | 5B