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INTRO This Modern World • Tom Tomorrow Life in Hell • Matt Groening First Things First • Michael Coulter

AROUND TOWN FY CARE: Raising Rape Awareness • Abby Cañeda In Your Words • Tatyana Safronova The Local Sniff • Seth Fein

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erin scottberg EDITOR’S NOTE

yberchondria. I've heard that term a lot recently. The best definition I've found is from wordspy.com: “A person who imagines they have a particular disease because their symptoms match those listed on an Internet health site.” College students are at the prime age to suffer from cyberchondria. As we graduate and get our diplomas, we lose our health insurance and the ability to go to a doctor. And if you can’t go to a doctor’s office, where can you go? The Web. You can research symptoms, get expert opinions from professionals and even look at pictures for comparison’s sake. It’s instantaneous satisfaction. It’s quick relief. It’s an immediate way to assure yourself that those weird bumps down there are just ingrown hairs ... you hope. But it’s also completely asinine. Dangerous too. There are people out there who read that swollen lymph nodes are a symptom of cancer and begin planning for the end. There are so many sicknesses, minor and severe, that have similar symptoms — please don't worry you have lung cancer because you wake up coughing. Quit smoking. But it's not just college kids who are suffering. It's the eighth-grader who's convinced she has an eating disorder because a Web site lists “bingeing” as a symptom and she just cleared her fridge because her boyfriend dumped her. This can't be good for her mental health. Or, more likely, what about the girl who sees her friend “bingeing” and later “purging” in the school bathroom (she’s actually taking a really long poop) and begins to tell INTRO | A ROUND TOWN | L ISTEN, HEAR | CU CALENDAR | STAGE, S CREEN &

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everyone this girl’s bulimic. Now the bulimic girl is the latest gossip, her self-esteem plummets and she’s online looking up information about depression and says, “That must be why I’m happy at home (with my loving family) but sad at school (with those two-faced bitches) — I’m bipolar.” I decided to sit in the seat of a cyberchondriac see what I found. I started by searching “neck pain,” a general topic. While most sites said I probably had nothing to worry about, there were a half-dozen or so said I had tissue abnormalities. Now that sounds scary. But who knows? Maybe tissue abnormalities are very common and not something to worry about. I would know if I had visited a real doctor. What about a sore throat? Again, most sites say they’re very common. However, as a sore throat is a sign of almost anything, it’s also a symptom for things such as the Coxsackie virus, which causes blisters on the tonsils that eventually erupt, scab over and cause great pain. Bingo! The cyberchondriac as just found what she was looking for. Basically, if you’re looking for a disease or disorder to suffer from, you can find one. Yes, there are reputable health sites that are a great resource for many — including those who have nowhere else to turn because of poor or no health care or are just seeking information. However, when your own health is on the line, it’s easy to convince yourself that you’re suffering from that nasty condition you found online. As easy as it is to use the Internet to assuage your health worries, it’s just as easy to work yourself into a tizzy.

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IF YOUR PARENTS NEVER HAD CHILDREN, CHANCES ARE YOU WON’T, EITHER.

michael coulter FIRST THINGS FIRST

My best friend straddles my face But it’s okay because he’s got four legs and greets me at the door

his past weekend left me with a myr iad of questions. Should I throw my dog through the window? Could I simply knock him out with a frying pan? Will he allow me to sleep over 27 minutes in one stretch? It’s not his fault, really. He’s just a little afraid of storms ... in the same way Superman is just a little allergic to Kryptonite. The moment a line of thunder storms crosses into Iowa, he begins getting a little jumpy. The second they’re actually audible in Illinois, he begins panting. When the rain begins, he must be in constant contact with me. If there’s a flash of lightning, he dribbles pee on the floor. Storms literally and figuratively scare the piss out of him. I feel sort of bad for him in my waking hours and do the best I can to comfort him. I say things like “It’s okay, buddy, everything’s going to be fine,” “It’s just a little storm, monkey boy, nothing to worry about,” and “Jesus H. Christ, seriously, leave me alone for five freaking minutes, you little pain in the ass.” Yep, nothing like a father’s love and understanding. He responds the same way to each of these attempts to console him. He breathes faster and tries to climb on top of my head. It gets far worse when bed time comes. He straddles my face with his front legs, puts his nose inches from mine, and rests his entire body on my chest. He then exhales hot air into my mouth until the storm passes. As the spring showers settle in for the next several weeks, I feel sure I will be lucky to get three or four good nights of sleep until sometime in June. It’s this time of year that makes me wonder whether or not having a dog is really worth it. I’m probably just overreacting. After all, I’m just losing some sleep ... right? All it’s costing me is rest ... right? Well, according to a survey by the Churchill Insurance of Great Britain, the little bastard might be costing me the amount a car would, a really freaking nice car. The survey concluded that the average lifetime cost of having a dog is around $40,000. The cost includes such things as food, boarding, neutering, general trips to the vet and toys. As I almost fall asleep at my keyboard because he kept me up all night, I’m positive I’m not thinking straight and I know in my heart that I love him and all, but geez Louise, forty grand? It’s gonna be hard to look at him and see a

slobbering, sweet best friend instead of a dollar sign from now on. Initially, the $40,000 figure seems ridiculous. I got my dog, Will, at the Champaign County Humane Society about ten years ago and from what I can remember it cost about forty or fifty bucks. I had him neutered and that cost about a hundred dollars, the price for me being far less than the cost to the dog himself. Still, you gotta get them fixed. As a bonus, nothing commands the respect of a canine more than the taking of his testicles. After the initial fees, there is a cost to get him settled in his new house. There are collars and leashes, bowls and blankets, dog beds and some of that orange spray that takes the smell of pee out of the carpet. These things, trust me, are really considered necessities ... particularly that orange spray. So far, not even close to the $40,000. The trips to the vet are a little pricey, about $300 a year, give or take. That’s every year though, so at ten years old, he’s already in the three grand area. Add on the flea/tick/heartworm pill, general ear infections, and him running a piece of glass in his foot, you’re looking at another $2,000. I feel better. He’s still not costing as much as they say. I’ve yet to add the toy budget, but for crapsake, how much could it be? He’s very resourceful and often simply uses my couch cushions as toys, carrying them from room to room while I’m at work. He has many regular toys, of course, but those were a waste of money. He prefers the couch cushions by far, making the cost of toys about a hundred bucks at the most. The real cost, however, is food. He really seems to enjoy it and everything, but the cost does add up. Will’s about sixty pounds or so, depending on when the last time he crapped was, so he requires quite a lot of nourishment. I get him a fifty pound bag of food about every other month, plus some canned food he likes mixed in with the dry stuff. You figure in dog treats and it’s probably a pretty big number. I would try to add these costs together, but when I thought about bringing his dog food home, it suddenly didn’t matter how much he costs anymore. When he sees me at the door with his bag of dog food, he’s ecstatic. He knows it’s his and he’s wonderfully grateful. He doesn’t know, he probably thinks I’ve been out hunting for his food and just appreciates the effort. I’ll set the bag down and he’ll lick my face, and for a moment, he’s worth all the money in the world.

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RAISING RAPE AWARENESS ABBY CANEDA • CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ach year, over 6,000 students sit in a room for two hours to discuss rape at the University of Illinois. The First Year Campus Acquaintance Rape Education (FYCARE) program provides workshops that are mandatory to all first-year undergraduates. Many think that the FYCARE program is needed, but others oppose it and question its overall effectiveness. “It’s such vital information that by requiring it, I don’t feel like it’s that big of a burden on people,” FYCARE facilitator Eric Bill said. “It’s two hours of your time for a possible lifetime of positive changes.” Cody Kay, freshman, feels differently, “There’s not enough of a positive effect to merit it, and obviously, it costs money to run it and the university could use that money for something better.” However, people involved with FYCARE say that the program is necessary. Research indicates that sexual assault is prevalent on American college campuses. The sexual assault statistic that FYCARE uses for the University of Illinois is 1 in 6. Ross Wantland, the coordinator of sexual assault education, said that the statistic is based on a 1993 study published in the Journal of Sex Education and Therapy. Women were given lists of behaviors that are legally defined as sexual assault. In Illinois, sexual assault is defined as sexual penetration by force or threat of force. Direct force includes physical assault, drugging and using a weapon. Indirect force includes physical intimidation, such as blocking an exit or punching a wall. Wantland said that 40 percent of the women did not know that what they had experienced was sexual assault. “The most recent large study that I saw estimated about 1 in 5 college students would experience sexual violence,” Wantland said. A report by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2000 said that there is an increased risk for sexual assault in colleges with large concentrations of young women. The report said that a college with 10,000 female students could experience more than 350 rapes a year. The University of Illinois would be at high risk. Over 18,000 female students currently attend U of I. Wantland said that the Campus Acquaintance Rape Education program began in the early ’90s when a group of students wanted to raise awareness about sexual assault on campus. They presented a petition with about 3,000 signatures and the university created a position within the Office of Women’s Programs to coordinate an educational sexual assault program. FYCARE was developed mostly through the Office of Women’s Programs with the help of university housing, McKinley Health Center, the Rape Crisis Center, the Counseling Center and university police. The program was not initially mandatory. Wantland said that the office always wanted more education but there was no campus support to make it mandatory. INTRO | A ROUND TOWN | L ISTEN, HEAR | CU CALENDAR | STAGE, S CREEN &

WORDS FROM FY CARE MEMBERS “You go to this university, you hear the number 1 in 6 ... So, granted it’s two hours and let’s say, at the very least, you can only learn two things from it. That’s still worth it… These are things that will help you for the rest of your life. It is not something that stops when you graduate and it’s not something that just starts when you enter the university.”

FYCARE facilitator Alan Guevarra,Sophomore in LAS

“One workshop is not going to change how we interact with one another, how we allow things to happen, or even the systems that may not allow us to feel like we could go to them for help ... but it’s a start, a start of a conversation.”

Ross Wantland, director of FYCARE “You’re not the only one. [They said] how I could get help ... I know friends are pulling stuff back from the workshop to help me.”

FYCARE facilitator Bernadette Ford, junior in ALS

This all changed in 1995 when a university staff member, Maria Pia Gratton, was raped and strangled on campus by a male student who was stalking her. After the murder, the student committed suicide. “The university responded in a very public safety kind of way,” Wantland said. “They cut the shrubs and they put a lot of measures in place that would deter stranger assaults.” After Gratton’s murder, the university decided to have a mandatory rape education program. The fall of 1996 was FYCARE’s first semester. FYCARE workshops last two hours and are held in university residence halls. The workshop begins in a large, mixed-gender group and then splits into single-gender groups. The mixed-gender IN

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“It’s two hours of your time for a possible lifetime of positive changes.”

FYCARE facilitator Eric Bill, sophomore in LAS

group covers a wide variety of topics, such as the legal definitions of rape and consent, rape statistics, common myths, victim blame, drugs and alcohol and how to support women who have been sexually assaulted. The single-gender groups talk about specific topics. The male section focuses on the definition and importance of consent. Male facilitators talk about how tight and revealing clothing does not mean consent and how women can be sexually assaulted by boyfriends and husbands. The facilitators tell the participants that they have the greatest potential to stop sexual assault and that it is their responsibility to confront other men’s behavior. The female section concentrates on risk reduction. The female facilitators talk about rape prevention methods, like sounds from the scene

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walking in well-lit areas, going out in groups and watching drinks at parties. They also talk about how every woman is vulnerable to sexual assault and how rape survivors are no different than anyone else. A study published in the Psychology of Women Quarterly in 2000 said that the FYCARE program increased knowledge of sexual assault and showed an improvement in beliefs, attitudes and behaviors, but only for up to seven weeks. Support for rape prevention increased for four to six months but after that, the effects return to normal. Even with these results, Wantland said he still thinks that FYCARE is beneficial to the campus. He also said that people have to be realistic about what the program can do. “It has to happen on multiple levels,” Wantland said about rape education. “It has to happen at a campus-wide level and the same thing as it happens on a personal level as well as it happens on an organizational or peer group level.” “One of the goals of the CARE program has always been to end sexual violence on the college campus but that cannot come from just one workshop,” Wantland said. “One workshop is not going to change how we interact with one another, how we allow things to happen, or even the systems that may not allow us to feel like we could go to them for help ... but it’s a start, a start of a conversation.” Comments from this year’s freshmen were mixed. “If anything, it makes the problem more important to you,” freshman Jeff Pearl said. “Society is more anti-rape ... Seeing how it applied to other people really touched me even deeper. Even if you think that rape doesn’t apply to you, it really does as a functional member of society. You have to deal with everyone else.” Others said that the workshop was a waste of time. “I already knew everything they were saying,” Kay said. “Every hour is valuable and I’d like to actually be working on homework.” “I saw people not paying attention,” freshman Paul Cruse said. “People aren’t gonna pay attention to stuff they already know. It’s like going through fi rst grade again. Anyone who grew up in the United States should know these rules.” “As much as it’s a pain to go to, I do see the value,” freshman Grace Zalski said. “A lot of questions that they asked are questions that I couldn’t answer and a lot of people in the room couldn’t answer ... I got stuff out of it, but I don’t think it was anything I couldn’t fi gure out for myself.” The most negative reaction to the program comes from men. “I used to think that it was just a big manbashing thing, almost an ultra feminist agenda against masculinity,” Bill said. “I think that’s also the reason that a lot of people don’t take the subject matter real seriously because they just assume it’s some biased agenda or something that doesn’t affect them.” “Guys are like, ‘Hey, that was ridiculous. It makes us guys seem like we’re such bad people,’” freshman Chris Deme said. “Girls take it more seriously because of the high number [of female rapes]. A lot of people mock it just

to fit in.” “They feel like they’re being attacked as men,” Wantland said. “Something that’s hard for guys to hear about is that most of the people who perpetrate sexual assault are men.” The most recent change in the program was made in the Spring of 2004, when the workshop shifted its focus to how to support rape survi-

gonna know what the hell to do because they could have done something ‘more productive’ with their two hours.” Heather Dillner and Bernadette Ford are both FYCARE facilitators and rape survivors. Dillner said that the FYCARE workshop she took as a freshman helped her with her sexual assault. She said that she knew where to go to get emergency contraceptives and get tested for STDs, and she knew how to access t he Cou n sel i ng Center a nd other rape resources. Dillner and Ford said that the workshop also helped their friends support them. “They recalled statistics and said, ‘You’re not the only one.’” Ford said. “[They said] how I could get help ... I know friends are pulling stuff back from the workshop to help me.” Some f re sh men sa id t h at F YCA R E was impor tant to have but that making it mandatory was not necessary. They said it should be made available for people to access voluntarily. People involved with FYCARE said that the program’s effectiveness would change if it weren’t mandatory. “People who do it by choice will always fi nd something more productive to do,” Guevarra said.

I feel like if First Year CARE wasn’t mandatory, it would greatly change the dynamic of this campus and I think it would negatively impact the ways of which survivors are able to access supporters and are able to have people support them. — Wantland

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vors rather than having a general overview of acquaintance rape. Supporters of FYCARE said that the workshop is important because it teaches students how to support friends who experience sexual assault. “The guys that came out [of the workshop] with that [bad] attitude ... they walk in there with that attitude,” FYCARE facilitator Alan Guevarra said. “These are the guys who are gonna have somebody raped in their life and they’re not

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Erica Friedman is an independent researcher and her work, for the most part, involves reading comic books and watching cartoons. For about 20 hours a week for the past five years, Friedman has been researching Japanese â&#x20AC;&#x153;animeâ&#x20AC;? (cartoons) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;mangaâ&#x20AC;? (comics) to find and study â&#x20AC;&#x153;yuriâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; lesbian themed stories.

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Yuricon was never designed to make a political statement. What Yuricon was and is is a celebration of [yuri] themes. So, they already exist. What we were doing was creating the community where people who say â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gee! You know, those two girls seem to like each otherâ&#x20AC;? or they just come and find other fans who agree with them. â&#x20AC;Ś Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about so much that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Look here! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to make these images!â&#x20AC;? They already exist. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have fun. If Yuri-themed anime and manga were made in the United States, would they be viewed as risquĂŠ?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty much the scene [in Japan]. Japanese women would have never created Yuricon on their own. But we were able to [export] it back to them. Last year, 2005, we [held an event], â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Yuriconâ&#x20AC;? in Tokyo, and it was very well received. But if you think about comic books in general, people in America say comic books are for kids. Cartoons are for kids. So there is a very small percentage of people [who] are interested in these things. And out of that [percentage], an even smaller percentage are going to be gay and lesbian or interested in gay and lesbian things. How did you become interested in Japanese cartoons?

When I was very young and I was back in high school ... a friend of mine was very into Japanese animation and at the time we called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;Japanimationâ&#x20AC;?, and I knew instantly that it was a hole into which I would sink all of my money and time. So I partly ignored it. I refused to get involved. And then many many years later, my wife was home, she was unemployed and she was sitting home watching cartoons everyday ... She says to me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You got to come see this cartoon.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Basically, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;you have to watch it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; So I went over and I came early one day from work and I sat there and we started watching Sailor Moon. And I turn to her half way through it. I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wow. We are watching two completely different cartoons! Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re watching the, you know, little girl cartoon and

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I am watching this, like, incredible lesbian subtextâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and I was just blown away. What are your favorite titles?

Sailor Moon was my f irst so of course itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my favorite. ... My tastes, I have been told, are exceptionally unusual because I like something of everything. Anime and manga tends to be split to the titles targeted for guys and titles targeted to girls. ... Girls [tend] to stick to the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stuff and the guys tend to stick to the guysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stuff. Or, you know, there are girls who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand the girls stuff cause itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s girly and really like the guysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stuff and vice versa. For funny, I like a title called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Azumanga Daiohâ&#x20AC;? [made as both an anime and a manga that includes a supporting lesbian character]. For cool, really well written, good action I like â&#x20AC;&#x153;ROD The TVâ&#x20AC;? [also made as both an anime and a manga]. But on the whole if it comes to anime or manga, I actually prefer manga. Why?

I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a much better variety of stuff thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out there that may never become an anime. A lot of my favorite manga in fact are not going to be anime. Anime costs a lot and so [they] make anime of things that are not just very very popular, but [also] something that will sell, and sells lots of stuff. So you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to make an anime of a good tight story. What did you notice about Japanese animation artists?

W hen we f irst star ted getting into the publishing, we began with translating some Japanese comics by women who were lesbians. â&#x20AC;Ś But these women did not identify themselves as â&#x20AC;&#x153;yuriâ&#x20AC;? comic book [artists]. I wanted to give Japanese lesbian women, the comic artists, the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;yuriâ&#x20AC;? back, that yuri was not porn by guys for guys. Yuri could also be for lesbian women with lesbian stories for whoever wanted to read them. [Since the 2005 convention in Tokyo] women who are drawing these kinds of comics are now starting to really identify as â&#x20AC;&#x153;I draw yuriâ&#x20AC;?. sounds from the scene

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FY CARE CONTINUED FROM PG. 5 Wantland said that the workshop saw about a thousand people each year when it was not mandatory. This past year, he said they saw 7,000 freshmen and 1,000 to 1,500 other students on campus. “I feel like if First Year CARE wasn’t mandatory, it would greatly change the dynamic of this campus and I think it would negatively impact the ways of which survivors are able to access

supporters and are able to have people support them,” Wantland said. For now, every first year undergraduate has to attend the FYCARE workshop. “You go to this university,” FYCARE facilitator Alan Guevarra said. “You hear the number one in six ... So, granted it’s two hours and let’s say, at the very least, you can only learn two things from it. That’s still worth it… These are

things that will help you for the rest of your life. It is not something that stops when you graduate and it’s not something that just starts when you enter the university.” Mandator y or not, people involved with FYCARE will continue to support it. “I hope it is a waste of their time,” Wantland said. “I hope it’s something they never have to use.” buzz

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FIRST SNIFF I suppose that, given my job, I probably shouldn’t expound on this particular topic. But because I’ve built my reputation in the column by breaking rules, slapping status-quo in the face, and making an ass of myself, I figure that I may as well let it out. In last week’s buzz, we were inundated with the comings and goings of our music scene. In one article, we were given an informational spiel about Joe’s Brewery putting on free rock shows on Tuesday nights. It went on to discuss how cool it was that there was finally live music being played at a campus town venue; how it is something that is generally absent from the life of a college student. In the other, we were given a plea for the scene by a friend of mine. She went on to discuss how sad it is that great touring acts come through here, largely unappreciated by the general student population and the community. I read both with much interest, as both articles have a direct affect on my livelihood. Both made interesting points and were extremely valid in many ways. HERE IS THE THING ABOUT A SCENE… It only works if there are bands that are truly and 100 percent dedicated to doing it as a career. You can track that anywhere in the country; it’s not exclusive to Champaign-Urbana by any means. My friend Steve Lambert books shows at a very cool club in Lansing, Michigan called Mac’s Bar in addition to doing independently promoted shows at bigger venues. We often chat on AIM, trading information and sharing thoughts on the national scene — who is coming up and who’s not. We both agree, without question, that a music scene is wholly dependent on its bands. For the first time in years, we have bands that are legitimately now doing it for a living — no questions asked. And while it’s in no way comparable to say, Athens, GA or our scene in the early ’90s, there are at least four bands that are truly “going for it”. I would name them, but I am not trying to name-drop. If you know who I am talking about then you can probably stop reading the rest of this column. sounds from the scene

I would also state that there are between seven and ten more that are right on the brink. My hope is that a few of them drop their everything too and give it their all. JUST A QUICK REMINDER BEFORE I GET TO IT ... In Champaign-Urbana’s case, we have no need for any more live music venues. I would venture to say that we have more than any other tertiary market in the country. Don’t believe me? For those of you in the dark: The Highdive, Mike ’N Molly’s, Brass Rail, Nargile, The Iron Post, The Office, The IMC, Tommy G’s, The Rose Bowl, Joe’s Brewery, Mckinley Foundation, Courtyard Café, Zorba’s, Lava, White Horse Inn, The Phoenix, Memphis on Main, Huber’s, Foellinger Auditorium, Assembly Hall, Red Herring, Cowboy Monkey, and The Canopy Club. Not to mention, Aroma, Paradiso, Espresso on Goodwin and a little venue across the street called Krannert Center. They ALL host live music. All 27 of them. And I am no doubt missing someone. So, just for the record, we have no real need to complain about a lack of venues in our humble little tertiary market. Uh, no live music on campus? We shouldn’t say that, either. Personally, I really dig on Brian McGovern. He is one of our best writers and that he writes about the scene only makes me want to cuddle with him that much more. But I kind of took offense to something he wrote in his article about live music at Joe’s on Tuesday nights. It’s only fair that I am able to correct his error. He writes, “Generally, area bands play at venues at more distant, downtown Champaign-Urbana locations such as The Highdive and Cowboy Monkey, which take some extra effort to get to. Shrink Wrap Live, on the other hand, brings the music to the students right in campus town.” What about the Canopy Club? It’s the only venue in all of Champaign-Urbana that consistently has live music year round. I understand the idea of it not being on Green Street, but walking across the Quad is hardly taking any “extra effort”. And if it is too much effort, then they probably weren’t coming out to see live

music anyhow and will probably not stay for it. Just a well-educated call. NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. I PROMISE. So, yes — I do work for Canopy Club. No secrets here. And I suppose that it could be considered a conflict of interest for me to write about any shows at the Canopy Club, but again, I don’t really care nor do I think I am crossing any lines. I just thought that it should be pointed out that Canopy Club sits in Campus Town East and is a live music venue.

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BAND OF THE WEEK I started this thing in order to promote local bands that are just coming up and who are definitely worth your attention. It should be noted that I never, ever rep a band and then tell you to go see them at one of my shows. That would be crossing the line. So for this week, I want to tell you about Beautiful Leper, the brainchild of one Michael Sutton. Experimental music has been on the rise as of late in town, and the aforementioned Sutton is a major player these days. His demo album is full of strange twists and turns that should appeal to fans of Man Man, early Animal Collective and the like. They play next on March 17 at The Independent Media Center, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, for a benefit show. FINAL WHIFF The Local Music Scene is doing great, despite the hub-bub and rifts that any music scene faces. I am not asking, nor am I beseeching, you to come out to see more live music. I believe that those who know and care do. Those who don’t, don’t. And it doesn’t matter where the show is. If it’s something that people want to see, they will find it. I could have put Of Montreal in a Government Laundromat and the same 700 people would have shown up. Trust me. Seth Fein is from Urbana. He is a promoter of live music and an agent for feisty little indie rock bands. He agrees that it’s rad that Joe’s is doing shows on Tuesdays. It’s about damn time someone on Green Street stepped up to the plate. He can be reached at sethfein@hotmail.com.

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ast night I had a dream ... that the world would turn around ... All our hopes would come to be ... and the people gathered ‘round ... They all brought what they could bring ... and nobody went without ... and then the song would sing:The revolution starts now – in your own backyard ... in your own hometown. Then entered a deep voice: “Welcome to Radio Free Urbana.” So went the first sounds to come from Champaign-Urbana’s new community radio station, 104.5 FM WRFU. Actually, to be accurate, just before Steve Earle sang about the revolution, a jingle was heard from a small, red music box. It was L’Internationale – an anthem often associated with Communist, Socialist and anarchist parties. The station is officially licensed to the Socialist Forum. “It’s a non-sectarian, democratic-socialist group,” said Mike Lehman, the station’s founder and manager. “But the radio station is not the party organ of the forum. We just want more people in the community to have a voice.” An often-expressed sentiment at WRFU, located at 202 S. Broadway Ave. in Urbana, is that low power and community radio stations such as itself are like David to corporate radio’s Goliath, but instead of David trying to slay Goliath, he’s merely trying to exist in the same realm – the airwaves. Prometheus Radio Project, a non-profit organization that helps the development of community radio stations, collaborated with WRFU in setting up the station, and part of their mission statement sums up the David and Goliath mentality. “Our concern is that those who have fought so hard to make this legalized service possible will be squeezed out by other interests with deeper pockets,” the group’s Web site, http://www. prometheus.org states. The station went live at 5 p.m., Nov. 11, 2005, on 104.5 FM, thanks in large part to a “barn-raising” event staged by the Prometheus Radio Group. In one long weekend leading up to November 11, approximately 200 people volunteered to help turn the Independent Media Center’s Urbana location into a fully functioning radio station. Volunteers from places as far as Olympia, Washington and Cameroon, Africa attended the event. “We literally built the entire station in three days,” said John Anderson, a volunteer at the station. The space at 202 S. Broadway Ave. is a recent purchase by the Independent Media Center (IMC) of Urbana. It takes up a sizable portion of the same building as the downtown Urbana post office. And while the IMC simply needed more space than its former, cramped, basement headquarters could offer, the purchase was made with the construction of the radio station in mind. WRFU joins a very small number of community radio stations in the state. One of which, WEFT, is located in downtown Champaign. “A lot of people think it’s direct competition,” Stephane

Stephene Alnet and Tom Wiltzius work with broadcast specialist Jon Almeleh, center, to set up the wiring of the new WRFU broadcast room at the Independent Media Center Sunday afternoon Nov 13, 2005.

Alnet, a volunteer at WRFU said. “It’s not. Having this doubles the amount of community radio in the area, which we think is a good thing.” WRFU currently runs at a frequency of 100 watts, which ba rely cover s the CU area, making it truly a low power station. Alnet said its relatively small size allows it to be more experimental. “Even if someone’s never done radio before,” he said, “it’s perfectly okay.” The IMC is politically unaffiliated but has similar interests to the Socialist Forum in offering media opportunities to the community. The Socialist Forum’s license for WRFU is currently being handed over to the IMC by way of a slowgoing legal process. “That means the Socialist Forum is just another working group for the IMC,” said Lehman. “And it means [WRFU] is not really organized. People just jump in and participate.” The station is attempting to run a consensus-based model, where everyone has an equal say, no matter how long one has

An often-expressed sentiment at WRFU is that low power and community radio stations such as itself are like david to corporate radio’s goliath, but instead of david trying to slay goliath, he’s merely trying to exist in the same realm — the airwaves.

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been there or how much experience she has. There is no official hierarchy. Lehman pointed out Lynsee Melchi as a leader who knows the day-to-day workings of the station more than anyone else, but still declines to claim a job title. “There’s not really anyone in charge, so I guess I don’t have a title,” Melchi said. “I act as a spokesperson for the radio station. So that might be the closest thing to one.” In this free-form system, Melchi points out that there are some “perceived barriers” by newcomers. Lack of knowledge or experience is no excuse to not contribute, though, she said. “When I first started, I was the only woman,” Melchi said. “It was me and f ive other guys, sitting around and talking about radio equipment, and I don’t know anything about radio equipment.” Her story serves as Radio Free Urbana’s ideal volunteering – just jumping in and getting involved. “And then one day,” she said, “they said we need to raise some money, and we need someone to tell people about us. And I thought – I can do that. I didn’t actually know what I was doing. I just sort of made it up as I went along, but I didn’t do so bad.” She says that she spends much of her time at the station when not at her full-time job. And that brings up another of WRFU’s difficulties: being run by part-time volunteers, things take longer to get done. “People ask why something hasn’t been done,” Lehman said, “and it’s like, well, no one has volunteered to do it yet. There’s

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no paid staff, so sometimes it can be a little bit disorganized.” The station is currently looking to fill some large gaps in its schedule, and in a sense, 104.5 FM is a blank slate to be filled in any way that the community sees fit. Despite L’Internationale being played during the station’s kick-off and the Socialist Forum being integral in its creation, the station is theoretically politically neutral, so ideology is certainly no grounds for discrimination at WRFU. Some members of the station would prefer that it is not considered strictly liberal. “It’s not so much left wing as it is just making space available for anybody,” Evans said. The station is willing to take on practically any show – just as long as the person who proposes it has been trained to work the equipment. And depending on who you ask, what the station’s programming should look like differs. “Women are largely underrepresented as on air personalities on WRFU, and we’re looking to change this,” said Danielle Chynoweth, a volunteer at the station and a member of the Urbana City Council. According to Alnet, one of WRFU’s main missions is to broadcast in multiple languages. Having been raised in the Northeast of France, Alnet enjoys playing and listening to his native language during his show, “The French Hour.” “WRFU is largely coordinated by those in the alternative music scenes, so musically we are quite eclectic,” said Chynoweth. “But as for talk, we could do better. Hopefully more people will come forward to discuss the critical issues in our community, country and the world.” buzz

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“Sukie was a kid, she liked to hangout in the graveyard/ She did brass rubbings, she learned you never had to press hard.” The bass flares up. The organ purrs. The cymbals smash. And Stuart Murdoch is joined by an army of “ooo-bah-bah”s. It’s one of those moments where you forget to breathe for a second – so begins Belle and Sebastian’s “Sukie in the Graveyard.” Involuntary head bopping ensues and an immediate enduring love for the album develops right off the bat. The Life Pursuit is brilliant. “Sukie in the Graveyard” is a testimony to this brilliance all on its own, but an album this good can’t be represented by just one song. The first track, “Act of the Apostle,” serves as a transition from the old to the new. From its conclusion to the intro of “Another Sunny Day,” there is a crossover from the melancholy twee of previous releases to the full-fledged pop of Pursuit. A short instrumental bridge with a simple, but unexpected guitar solo leads to a powerfully instrumented second half with a beautiful breakdown and perfect back-up vocals. “White Collar Boy” solidifies the transition between the two musically def ined parts of the album. Synths, cymbals, space-age guitar and hand claps accompany the story of a man running from the law with his hard-nosed female accomplice. Within this very song exists the greatest moment of music in this young year (you’ll know it when you hear it) and definitively

turns a page in the story of Belle and Sebastian. Instant classic a f ter i n st a nt cl a s sic fol low one another like catchy lemmings. With its lyrical wit centered around school days, strange and unrequited love, and religion, Pursuit is trademark Belle and Sebastian. Musically, they depart from their signature style and dive into several new styles and genres. From folk to funk, it’s all brilliantly executed. Albums that are great from start to finish are few and far between. In the independent scene as well as the mainstream stage, an album either blends together and songs are forgotten or a few gems are buried in a pile of mediocre dirt. The Life Pursuit is the first great album of 2006. Not only is it good because it’s something different for the established group, but also because it’s something truly great for both big fans and virgin listeners. The Life Pursuit has launched Belle and Sebastian out of the underground cult level and into mainstream commercial success, elevating the deserving band to the UK Top Ten. The United States tends to be a little slower to warm up to acts like Belle and Sebastian. However, this particular album will undoubtedly accumulate popularity as the year goes on. Belle and Sebastian prove with The Life Pursuit that there are always limits to surpass and another realm of greatness to enter.

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Originally a member of the Urban Thugz in Uganda, his native country, Edwin Ruyonga, a.k.a. Krukid, now resides in Champaign, championing his new debut album and getting ready for an upcoming three-week tour which will take him as far as New York City. After winning the Chicago Urban League Mic Check contest, he was awarded a winning certificate to be produced by Ivan Dupee of Level Next Inc. and aired on Power 92 in fall of 2003. Raisin in the Sun, his debut out on Cash Hill Records, has gained critical acclaim (4 afros on okayplayer.com) for both his intelligent flow and hot production. Krukid Garenne Bigby of Sanya N’Kanta sits with Edwin Ruyonga and references Nas, Grafh, Jay-Z and Saigon as Jon Heinze of Krukid at Nargile on March 6. his secondary musical influences, taking backseat to East Coast emcees. EITHER/OR: Urbana or Champaign? Champaign Big Lebowski or Royal Tenenbaums? Royal Tenenbaums Beatles or The Stones? The Beatles, man. East Coast, West Coast or Dirty South? East Coast. What’s in your CD player now? Mos Def The New Danger What was the first CD you ever owned? It was tapes back then, at least where I was at, and it was Biggie Life after Death. What kind of car will you drive when you make it big? A remodelled old Lincoln Continental, switches and e’eythang. That or a MayBach. Favorite Chicago talent: Juice, All Natural, Typical Cats. Top 5 most influential talent: 1) Wu-Tang Clan. 2) Death Squad. 3) J Dilla. 4) Dre. 5) The Lox. You can catch Krukid at the Local Music Awards ceremony on April 6 at the Highdive when he returns from his 2006 US tour Raisin in the Sun. – Peter Groesbeck

[C KING was unavailable for contact with buzz. The following bio was provided by WPGU.] Born Courtney Christian King, C-King began his music career when he was just 17 years old in Southern California. Now far from home, C-King has made it his mission to improve the local hip-hop scene here in Champaign-Urbana. He says, “As local hip-hop we all need to kind of come together to make the hip-hop stronger.” C-King is influenced by every type of music, and stresses that as a producer he must listen to everything. Right now, he’s into a lot of old music and listens to everything from Led Zeppelin to Panic! at the Disco. C-King also says that checking out a local Open Mic Night can be even better than listening to a CD. As for his nomination for a 2006 Local Music Award, C-King is very honored. He says, “It’s humbling to know I got nominated for something that could potentially lead people to listen to what I’ve got to say.” – Christine Italia Representing the North Side of Chicago, Al-iteration was inspired to become an emcee after watching Blaze Battle on HBO and was pushed by the talent of a friend who released his own CD while they were in high school. Al-iteration began freestyling, cyphering with other beatboxers at his high school, writing poetry, and posting online in textcee battles. From there he went on to perform at Open Mic Nights and the Youth Poetry Slam in Chicago. Crediting his musical influences to artists such as Jay-Z, Breezely Brewin, Eyedea, Nas, Common and a slew of smaller East Coast rappers, Al-iteration has worked on an album each year since his senior year of high school, with his most recent project titled The Other Side. Al-iteration was also active in the local music community as former UC Hip-Hop president and former host of Beats and Rhymes on WPGU. EITHER/OR: Urbana or Champaign? Which have better parties? It’s all the same shit, let’s not play that game. Urbana because it’s a closer drive. Big Lebowski or Royal Tenenbaums? Never seen Tenenbaums. Beatles or The Stones? Beatles. East Coast, West Coast or Dirty South? Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, Funcrusher Plus, The Cold Vein, Operation Doomsday, Appleseed – gotta go with New York. Favorite emcee: Right now – El-P. Favorite Chicago talent: Common circa Resurrection. The first Typical Cats’ album. Most important aspect of spoken-word art: Representing your opinions on things and being yourself. – Peter Groesbeck

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Edward Moses, otherwise known as Agent Mos, is an unabashed nerd by self-admission — a disclaimer he uses at the beginning of his shows to explain his unique style, but not as an apology. His parents listened to everything from Led Zeppelin to Mo’ Town soul, somehow managing to squeeze jazz in between, all of which have impacted him musically from early childhood. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, he was first influenced to write poetry and punk rock. However, when Moses was 14 years old, the mix-tape SoundBombin’ II caught his ear, and from that point onward, although he “digs on all three,” hip-hop became his primary musical focus. Aside from his work as a solo artist, Agent Mos is also an emcee for the Greg Spero Trio. EITHER/OR: Urbana or Champaign? Urbana. Hands down. Big Lebowski or Royal Tenenbaums? Lebowski. Can’t go wrong with going bowling. Beatles or The Stones? Beatles. More classic material, and no Keith Richards. East Coast, West Coast or Dirty South? That’s a hard one, but I’ll have to go with West Coast underground, specifically the label StonesThrow. Favorite emcee: Aesop Rock Favorite Chicago talent: Abstract Giants, Typical Cats, All Natural, Rusty Chains, Animate Objects, Optimus Rhyme What’s in your CD player now? The cleaning disc I left in there since I got my MP3 player. And probably some batteries ... I should get those. What dead celebrity would you like to face in a boxing match? Jimi Hendrix. He would have to belt out “Hey Joe” while he beat me down to the ground. What kind of car would you drive if you make it big? I just want something that works. Either that, or a 2006 VW GTI Mach-5. Either one. Check out Agent Mos March 17 at the Independent Media Center in Urbana and Friday nights on WPGU’s Beats and Rhymes. – Peter Groesbeck

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Hailing from Kingston, Jamaica, Sanya N’kanta has been running solo for two years. Previously a member of various other groups which include Jove, Red Mood, Paccavi and Krukid, Sanya N’kanta is on the brink of releasing his second album, Emergency. An active musician since his teens, he has gradually cultivated a unique sound defined as “a retro-hybrid of hip-hop and electro clash-pop meets soul meets hip-hop.” On top of being an impressive vocalist, Sanya N’kanta is an instrumentalist as well, seamlessly integrating music’s technological age with live instruments. EITHER/OR: Urbana or Champaign? Champaign. Big Lebowski or Royal Tenenbaums? Big Lebowski. Beatles or The Stones? The Beatles. Whats in your CD player now? Esthero Wikked Lil’ Grrrls. What’s your favorite food to cook? Pad Thai. What dead celebrity would you like to face in a boxing match? I don’t box unless I have to. What kind of car will you drive when you make it big? Bently Continental GTC. Sanya N’kanta will be backing up Krukid for his US tour Raisin in the Sun starting March 10. – Anna Statham

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hipwreck announces an ambitious plan to span the next year and a half: to issue a series of four EPs spread out over sixteen months. Each EP will match songs in a similar style. “Alias,” “Atlantic,” “Black Moon,” and newest song “Idolatry” are slated for the first, due this summer. Adam Schmitt will record it, and Mason Kessinger will do design again. Explains John Owen, “We tend to write songs at a pretty quick pace, and this allows us to get material out to audiences more quickly.” A tour of about ten dates will accompany the release of each EP. In the meantime, Shipwreck plays Shrink Wrap at Joe’s Brewery, March 28, and then Rehearsal Space at The Canopy Club, every Monday night next month. As a surprise, March 2 at Cowboy Monkey, Terminus Victor went from a duo to a trio with the addition of Terry Wathen, drummer for The Greedy Loves. Wathen is a permanent addition

to the self-described “electro-rockomatic-neoinferno,” although the drum machine remains in reserve, in case of emergency. “Our drum machine packed up and quit. She met some Roland model and moved to Portland to start a family. There were no hard feelings. We’re all still friends and all,” reassured frontman Scott Kimble. The set March 2, which ended with “Taking the Advantage,” drew a standing ovation across the barroom. Terminus Victor next plays March 25 at Points East Pub in Milwaukee and April 6 at The Highdive for the WPGU-Buzz 2nd Annual Local Music Awards. In addition, Terminus Victor appears on The Greater Community AIDS Project compilation with “The Mechanical Eye,” due next month, and will tour in May and June through Steve Brydges/43 Rocket.

Attention punk rockers: please keep it in your pants. Bad Religion frontman (and doctor of evolutionary paleontology) Greg Graffin recently got caught in front of the webcam by a flirty female fan, and auto-erotic stills (clearly identifiable as the aging singer) quickly found their way to the internet. It gets worse, though, when you’re the lyricist and bassist for super-famous Illinois emo quartet Fall Out Boy and you’re still showing your junk on the web. Photos of Peter Wentz with meat in his hand are splattered all over the blogosphere, identifiable from his distinctive abdominal tattoo. “Rocking out with your cock out” has taken on a whole new meaning.

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THU. MARCH 16 Live Bands IMC Show: Don’t Be A Pussy, Burning Oasis, TBA IMC 7pm, $4 U of I Latin Jazz Combo Iron Post, 7pm, cover The Bridge: Christian Rock Show Courtyard, 8pm, $4 student/$5 Barb Hamilton Aroma Cafe 8pm, free Caleb Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, free Badfish, Lorenzo Goetz Canopy Club, 9pm, $8 in advance/$10 Holly Holmes Quartet Zorba’s 9:30pm, $3 Adam Wolf Tommy G’s 9:30pm, free Will Rogers Band Neil St. Pub, 10pm, free Shovelwrack White Horse Inn, 10pm, free

Concerts University Symphony Orchestra Krannert Center 7:30pm, $5 Master of Music Recital: Sung Sin Kim, piano Smith Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free

DJ Generic DJ Jackson’s Ribs-NTips, 8pm, cover DJ J-Phlip, DJ Mertz with Special Guest DJ Bozak Soma 8pm, cover Mystik/3D Productions Dance Party Highdive, 10pm, cover DJ Limbs Boltini 10:30pm, free

Dancing Swing Dance McKinley Foundation, 9:30pm, free

Karaoke “G” Force Karaoke Pia’s of Rantoul, 9pm, free

Karaoke Fat City Saloon 9pm, free Karaoke by Paul Faber Dragon Productions Jillian’s Billiards Club, 9pm, free Liquid Courage Karaoke The Office, 10pm, free

Lectures/Discussions Literatures of the Real [Panel discussion] Humanities Lecture Hall, 3pm, free Gideon Klein’s “Terezin Trio OR Shooting the Wild Goose” International Studies Building, 4pm, free SPEAK Cafe- Power to the People: Written and Artistic Expression Krannert Art Museum, 7pm, free “Archaeology of Israel in the Time of the Bible” [by Alexey Zelin] Urbana Free Library 7pm, free “Serendipity in Practice: Breakthroughs in Nutrition of Animals and Humans” [Presented by David H. Baker] Siebel Center for Computer Science, 7:30pm, free “Pictorial Politics of the Body: Studying the Images of Underwear” [talk by Olga Gurova] Krannert Art Museum 7pm, free Cosmopolitan Club International Coffee Hour: Columbia Cosmopolitan Club 7:30pm, free

Film Fifth Human Rights Film Series: “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price” and “Lockout 484” Illinois Disciple Foundation 7pm, free Film: “An Unfinished Life” Virginia Theatre, 7pm, $3

Mind/Body/Spirit Krannert Uncorked Krannert Center, 5pm, free

Film: “Fun with Dick and Jane” Virginia Theatre, 7pm, $2

Billy Galt Blues Barbecue 11:30am, free Boneyard Jazz Quartet Iron Post, 5pm, cover Prairie Dogs Cowboy Monkey 5:30pm, $2 The Dolphins, Peasant Land Seizure Channing-Murray Foundation, 8pm, $3 Starlite Ramblers Hubers 8pm, free Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 Nebulous, The Greytones Iron Post, 9pm, cover Blind Pilots Phoenix, 9pm cover Delta Kings Cowboy Monkey 9:30pm, $4 Lynsee’s 1/4 Century Birthday Blowout: Beautiful Leper, Kayla Brown, Light Pollution, Veterans of Flight, Mayflower, Drive by Schiavo, Lorenzo of the Dolphin, Agent Mos/Limbs, DJ El Train, DJ Mertz, DJ Honsou, L’il Big Bass IMC, 9pm, $5 Spiral Seisiun Iron Post 10pm, $3 Will Rogers Band Neil St. Pub, 10pm, $3 The Brat Pack St. Patrick’s Day Party Tommy G’s, 10pm cover

Concerts Senior Recital: Colleen Potter, harp Smith Recital Hall 5pm, free

DJ DJ Elise Boltini, 6pm, free DJ Bozak Soma, 8pm, cover DJ Delayney Barfly 10pm, free DJ Tim Williams Highdive 10pm, $5 DJ Resonate, DJ Boardwalk Mike & Molly’s, 10pm cover

Easter Eggstravaganza Champaign Park District

Liquid Courage Karaoke The Brickhouse, 9pm, free

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BACH (Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana) St. John’s Catholic Chapel 7:30pm, $18/$15/$10

DJ DJ Bozak Soma, 8pm, cover MJ Wave Tracks, 10pm, free before 10pm DJ Tim Williams Highdive 10pm, $5 DJ Metra Gnome Mike & Molly’s, 10pm, $1 DJ Baby Face & The Hot 105.5 Staff Nargile, 10pm, cover DJ Elise Boltini 10:30pm, free Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s 9pm, free

Film “12 Angry Men” Virginia Theatre, 1pm, 7pm, $5 IN

The Show is the Rainbow and Some By Sea also join the O.P. (as there are affectionately abbreviated) this Wednesday. Organs and synthesizers accompany The Show is the Rainbow in songs that seem more like catchy ranting than anything else. Lyrics about the well-known difficultly of concealing erections in girl jeans as well as Quintron-like singing/screaming will make this show an experience for sure. Some By Sea, a much mellower opening act, is akin to Death Cab with more horns and cellos. If you’re around campus this spring break, this concert is the cure for your OMG-I’mNot-In-Cabo Blues.

“12 Angry Men” Virginia Theatre, 7pm, $5

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Well okay, there’s enough reasons that Nickelback sucks to circle the Earth’s circumference, and cute animals is far from the only reason The Octopus Project is amazing. A barrage of drum machine beats dueling with the crashing and clanging of a live drum kit turn the dial from head bob to DANCE with no preheating necessary. Tape loops meet crunching guitar and synthesizers with the intensity and sheer volume that is hard to match. The Octopus Project is a flavor of post-rock that is fun and colorful, different from those other p-rockers that leave you with pretentious and sleepy side effects. Balloons, odd party favors and chaos accompany the group on stage in an environment more like a 5-year-old’s birthday party on lots of LSD more than a typical concert.

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Remember all of those Easters when you were young? The day before, there would always be a big Easter egg hunt in one of the local parks and it would almost be as fun as Halloween. This year in Champaign is no different than any other year. The Champaign Park District is looking for 20 volunteers to help set up the egg hunt and oversee the event. This volunteer opportunity will take place on April 15 from 8-11:30 a.m. at West Side Park. Contact Kari Hester at kari.hester@cparkdistrict.com or (217) 398-2571 for more information.

Slampy, Rowl, and Roodee are not the names of the members of the Octopus project. Those are the names of the cute and huggable stuffed animals handmade by Yvonne, one of the four octopus projectors. A band that sells plush dolls along with T-shirts and albums at a merch stand is unfortunately rare in this day and age, and a band that hand sews their own… that’s like, as hard as finding Mew, the 151st Pokemon, c’mon! I’d like to see Chad Kroeger work a needle and thread, but he won’t…and that’s why Nickelback sucks.

International Coffeehouse Wesley Foundation, 4pm free “The Response of the Churches to the Environmental Crisis” [Speaker Peter Bakken of Wisconsin Council of Churches] Foreign Languages Building, 12pm, free “Step by Step Progress Towards Understanding HelicaseCatalyzed DNA Unwinding” [Speaker Kevin Raney, U. of Arkansas] Chemical and Life Science Laboratory 12pm, free Etc. Coffeehouse Wesley Foundation, 9pm, free

Metal Masquerade Phoenix 6pm, cover Sons & Daughters Pages for All Ages, 7pm, free Jiggsaw, The Fireflies, Echonaut, The Willies IMC 7pm, $4 No Secret Hubers, 8pm, free Candy Foster and Shades of Blue Iron Post, 8pm, cover Renegade Memphis on Main 8:30pm, $4 Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 None Taken, Justify the Means, Dropsixxx, Daphne Canopy Club, 9pm, $5 The Beauty Shop, Greatest Hits, Scurvine, Snails Cowboy Monkey, 9:30pm, $5 Will Rogers Band Neil St. Pub, 10pm, $3 The City Limits Band Tommy G’s, 10pm, cover Greatest Hits, JFKFC, The Snails Mike & Molly’s 10pm cover

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March 22nd, 9 p.m. Canopy Club, $7

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The Octopus Project, Anomic, The Show is the Rainbow, and Some By Sea

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Irish Traditional Music Session Bentley’s Pub, 7pm, free Bruiser and the Virtues Silvercreek, 7pm, free Chambana Jackson’s Ribs-NTips, 8pm, cover Malcolm Palmer with Probably Vampires Nargile, 9pm, cover The Octopus Project, Anomic, The Show is the Rainbow, Some by Sea Canopy Club 9pm, $7 Andy Moreillion Tommy G’s 9:30pm, free Wasteoid Workforce, Peasant Land Seizure, The Confines Iron Post, 10pm, cover

DJ Open Decks Soma, 8pm, free DJ Stifler Highdive, 8pm, $3 before 10pm/$5 Chef Ra Barfly, 10pm, free

Dancing Tango Dancing Cowboy Monkey, 8-10:30pm, free Salsa Dancing Cowboy Monkey, 10:30pm, $3

Karaoke “G” Force Karaoke T&T Tavern, 7pm, free Liquid Courage Karaoke Geovanti’s, 10pm, free

Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator [This exhibition highlights the ways in which artists go beyond the everyday utility of clothing and instead use garments as a format to critique standard notions about clothing, fashion, and society, and to invent new forms of communication between wearers, their clothes, and the fashion system. The exhibition includes historical work, contemporary projects and new proposals, and interactive and wearable editions, some commissioned specifically for this project.] Krannert Art Museum through April 9 Project 66: An Exploration of Utopia Inspired by the Works of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov [Project 66 is both an installation and a website created by a group of students from the School of Art and Design, the Department of Computer Science, and other campus units. To learn more about the project visit the following website: http://orchid.cs.uiuc. edu/people/adamczyk/final.] Krannert Art Museum through July 30 Uninterrupted Flux: Hedda Sterne, A Retrospective [Hedda Sterne’s impressive art career began in the late 1930s when she exhibited with the Surrealists in Paris and her career continues into the present. Despite her dynamic body of work, Sterne has been almost completely ignored in art historical narratives of the post-war American art scene. Uninterrupted Flux: Hedda Sterne,

A Retrospective brings together almost 100 works from museums across the country and Sterne’s own collection.] Krannert Art Museum through March 26 2006 National Biennial Ceramics Invitational Parkland Art Gallery through March 29 Spectacles of the Real – Truth and Representation in Art and Literature [The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities has joined with OPENSOURCE Art to investigate the relation between realism, the “real” and the image, philosophical realism and the idea of artistic truth, and the resurgence of realism in art and literature. This series of exhibitions and talks will combine IPRH’s acknowledged strengths in humanities scholarship with OPENSOURCE’s burgeoning reputation as a site for innovative art and curatorial practice.] IPRH through March 31 Photographs by Nick Mann [Beautifully detailed pictures record a wide range of subjects, from stark rural landscapes and lovely wildflowers to familiar UIUC landmarks and lush canyon vistas.] Pages For All Ages through March 31 In Human Form [20 artists explore how we portray ourselves] Verde Gallery through April 1

John Chichon, S.J. Hart, John P. Sherrod [Mixed media, painting] Springer Cultural Center through March 26 Vitamin C - It’s Good for You! [Ceramics exhibition curated by Professor Ron Kovatch, School of Art and Design, U of I. Features work by some of the best ceramic artists in Illinois.] Cinema Gallery through April 15 Life Drawing Sessions [Drop in sessions to practice and improve your life drawing skills] Sundays from 1-4pm at the Independent Media Center, $8. Contact Kindra Crick at 352-4668; kindredspark@ gmail.com for details. One-Acts: “The Doctor in Spite of Himself” and “Scapino” [A Double Feature. The first is about an arrogant woodcutter, whose “superiority” is put to the test when his wife convinces two servants sent to fetch a doctor for his ailing daughter that the woodcutter is a doctor. The second is about a clever servant who helps two affluent young men keep the women they love, rather than marry the women their fathers arranged for them.] Rantoul Theatre Group, March 17-19, 24-26 Fri and Sat performances at 8p.m., Sun at 2p.m., $10

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SUN. MARCH 19 Live Bands Crystal River Band Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free Dennis & Jennifer Stroughmatt & Friends Iron Post, 8pm cover

MON. MARCH 20 Live Bands Feudin’ Hillbillys Rose Bowl Tavern, 6pm, free Michael Davis Bentley’s Pub 7pm, free Jazz Jam: MRS Trio Iron Post 7:30pm, cover Rehearsal Space: Ambitious Pie Party Canopy Club, 9pm free Open Mic Night Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free Finga Lickin The Office 10:30pm, free

DJ DJ Delayney Barfly, 10pm free Metal Mondays: DJ Dirtleg and

DJ J Vance Highdive 10pm, free Jazz Night Nargile 10pm, free

DJ Tremblin BG Barfly 10pm, free DJ Bozak, DJ Kosmo Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free

Karaoke

Dancing Latin Dance Night McKinley Foundation, 9:30pm, $1

Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s 9pm, free

Karaoke Phoenix, 9pm, free

Comedy Spicy Clamato Illini Union 8pm, free De Bono Courtyard 9pm, free

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TUE. MARCH 21 Live Bands Billy Galt Blues Barbecue 11:30am, free Crystal River Band Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free Skeletons and The Girl Faced Boys, The Dolphin, Kiss Kiss, Bailey Canopy Club 9pm, $5

DJ DJ XM Nargile, 9pm, free Subversion: DJ Evily, DJ Twinscin Highdive, 10pm, $2 DJ Hoff, DJ Gambino Mike N Molly’s, 10pm, cover

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Winner! New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play John Gassner Award for Best Play American Theater Critics Association’s Francesca Primus Award Steinberg New Play Award A tale of love, loneliness, and endurance, Lynn Nottage’s award-winning drama poignantly depicts 35-year-old, African-American seamstress Esther, who earns her living making exquisite lingerie for ladies of Manhattan society. From Mrs. Dickson’s boarding house, the illiterate Esther’s clients give her a voice in an exchange of letters with a Panama Canal worker, who she agrees to marry upon his arrival in New York. As fantasy and reality diverge, Esther starts anew on attaining her dreams. Faculty artist Lisa Gaye Dixon joins the cast of this U of I Theatre Department production directed by guest artist Robert Castro.

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Setting the gold standard for writing and performing music that playfully reconnects each one of us with our best and truest selves, Red Grammer draws upon a treasure trove of original songs to celebrate the human race. Even the shyest family member won’t be able to resist clapping and singing along with this Grammy-nominated, Parent’s Choice Award-winning entertainer.

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Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Curtain Call Discussion 9:30pm, free

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re you sick of classes and studying yet? Is the same-old bar scene getting old? Looking for something new to do? Well, you are in luck! The Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company (CUTC) has organized many musical performances for the next few months. CUTC involves many members of the community, and they pride themselves on their musicals and other productions that take place throughout the year. Due to the fact that CUTC is a community theatre, they plan many events throughout the year for the entire community to enjoy. For example, one of the theatre events they’ve organized so far this year is the production of “Love Letters.” Appropriately performed on February 14 and 15, “Love Letters” was a script reading that featured volunteers who are well-known TV and radio personalities in the community; these local stars included Jim Turpin, Judy Fraser, Sarah Addison and Kevin Lambert. CUTC takes advantage of the benevolent members of the community who are willing to give back through the arts. “I am most proud of the fact that we as a company are able to spread the theatre concept to people who don’t usually perform,” says Mike Cornell, director of “Love Letters” and other CUTC per for mances. “It is a great opportunity for the actors to experience the stage, and it is neat for the audience to see their favorite radio and TV personalities up there.” This spring, CUTC is putting on

the musical “The King and I” and a student-based production of “Les Miserables”. “There is a need for youth theatre in the community,” says John Stuff, manager of CUTC. “There are so many young children who try out for the parts and we are trying to incorporate high school students to serve in technical and set positions as well.” Acting classes throughout the year and a theatre trip to London in July are other opportunities to get the youths of the community involved in theatre. Robert Decker, an often CUTC event attendee, appreciates the opportunities that CUTC gives him to enjoy the night

People ought to take advantage of [CUTC] because a lot of other towns don’t have theatre like this. – Robert Decker out with his family. Decker has lived in Champaign for the entire 64 years of his life, and he recently took his 90-yearold mother out on Valentine’s Day to see the CUTC’s prodcution of “Love Letters.” He very much considers himself a benefactor of CUTC’s community theatre program. “Things like this [ CUTC ] give the people a chance to see the arts and a variety of different things,” Decker said. “People ought to take advantage of it because a lot of other towns don’t have theatre like this.” Decker also says that he can tell by the reac-

tion of the crowd that everyone enjoys themselves at CUTC events. Libby Mueller, a student at Richland Community College in Decatur and member of CUTC, truly appreciates CUTC. Mueller says that she participates in CUTC for fun; she has been in CUTC’s “The Sound of Music” and is currently rehearsing for the upcoming “The King and I.” “CUTC is important to this community because it gives them entertainment,” Mueller said. “The Virginia Theatre is so beautiful and there is something always going on for all ages.” At the end of February and beginning of March, the CUTC organized a murder mystery dinner entitled “Murder Most Fowl” in order to fundraise for the organization. “CUTC doesn’t have a very big budget and is a community theatre so they do what they can,” said Kathy Murphy, CUTC treasurer. We are not here to make a prof it, we’d be happy just to strike even, said Cornell. CUTC offers discounts for students and seniors to all of its shows so that everyone can afford to experience the wonder that is CUTC. The downtown area is so full of restaurants and bars so people can make an evening out of a CUTC show at the Virginia Theatre, said Stuff. CUTC is a phenomenal way for students to get involved in the community and in theatrical performances. Any way you look at it, the community theatre does a great job at entertaining and enhancing the arts in a way that can be enjoyed by all ages. “The CUTC reaches a lot of people and includes a lot of people in this community”, Stuff said. “I am so happy to be a part of such a wonderful organization.” buzz

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October 26 - 29: Barnum CUTC is always looking for people to join their casts For more information visit www.cutc.org or call (217) 355-3636 For tickets contact the Virginia Theatre Box Office (217) 356-9063.

Holding hands and spinning, Taylor Lykins, Whitney Havice, Allie Cooper, Molly Blazier and Sara Sunderland sing “Getting to Know You” during the CUTC rehearsal of The King and I at the Busey Center located at 208 W. Main st. in Urbana, Monday night. INTRO | A ROUND TOWN | L ISTEN, HEAR | CU CALENDAR | STAGE , S CREEN &

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Should Crash have won the Academy Award for Best Picture? By: David Just

t surprised and deeply upset me to find out what a negative response Crash has received since its release almost a year ago. Winning the Academy Award for best picture only incited more anti-Crash sentiment. But this time, Oscar got it right. After seeing the film for the first time, I couldn’t help but discuss the film’s characters, events, and style with the few who had managed to see the film last summer. The film breeds discussion, almost demands it. Whether you were able to take something from Crash or not, you no doubt considered all that the film offered and generated your own beliefs about racism in our world. The mere fact that we are arguing the film’s worth indicates that it has done its job and resonated with the audience, for better or for worse. Set in Los Angeles with its wide array of culture, religion, and race, Crash lets nobody off the hook. To make a point about race in today’s society we must truly confront it, and

Counterpoint NO By: Randy Ma

irector Paul Haggis has become the goldenboy for modernizing classical Hollywood cinema. In Million Dollar Baby he took the archetypal story of the young boxer and the burned out mentor to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 2005. His latest film, Crash, caused an enormous upset beating out Brokeback Mountain this year in the same category. With two film screenplays and two best picture awards in less than two years, Haggis has garnered high acclaim through modern-narrative formula and mediocrity. The backlash of Crash’s success is not due to its mediocrity; it is one of the worst films of the year precisely from the effect of the modern-narrative formula that Haggis employs. The Oscar winner simplifies the issue of racism presenting archetypal caricatures of extreme prejudice. The message is that racism is futile because everyone is racist but human. This is all well and good, but the film’s manipulation of this moral issue produces the opposite effect than what is intended by the film.

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that’s exactly the concept behind Crash. Director Paul Haggis forces the issue with life-altering predicaments and circumstances that this world has no doubt seen far too many of. His script and direction may seem forced, but its relentless-ness is the most effective way to challenge the mindset of the audience. I realized the true genius of Crash in a particular scene near the f ilm’s end. Ryan Phillippe’s character, a police officer dumbstruck by the blatant racism he observed by a fellow officer, picks up a young black hitch hiker in the middle of the night. Without revealing the specific plot details, it is safe to say their conversation quickly turns into disaster. It’s amazing how the police off icer, one of the few who have spoken out against racism, subconsciously draws assumptions and concludes the worst about his black passenger. I think we’d be lying to ourselves to deny the truth of this painfully telling sequence. That’s the brilliance of Crash. It allows us to look within ourselves and around us, to more clearly see the intrusion and perpetual presence of racism in our daily lives. The characters in Crash sin and are expected to be forgiven. However, the extremity of their racism is unforgivable such as the physical rape of a black woman and so on. The subject of racism is hyper-animated taking the realism, morality, and legitimacy away from the film. It becomes an unsuccessful, preachy, “after school special” that presents itself as an important piece of work. Even the coincidences that unite these characters seem contrived. In other films that deal with relating an array of characters, they are aware of these connections. 13 Conversations forebodes a sense of fate and the intervention of God while Magnolia makes these coincidences an integral focus of the plot. Crash, on the other hand, shows a screenwriter engineering the plot forcing to make a statement. Haggis has taken the trends of modern cinematic narrative with an undeveloped screenplay that doesn’t work. It is not surprising that many viewers have called out against Crash as a racist film rather than a film about racism. By stereotyping the notion of racism it lessons the issue’s magnitude as a social concern. It is a bad film because it misguides the audience in this manner.

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ost self-help books are full of cheesy, oneline mantras that the reader must repeat to him or herself in order to gain the full weight of what the book promises you will achieve. If you strip away those mantras, readers are left with nothing but a waste of their time. Jessica Weiner’s most recent book, “Do I Look Fat In This?,” is fortunately not one of these time-wasters. The self-titled “Actionist” has appeared on numerous TV shows since its January release, discussing her book and charming television talk show hosts everywhere. To be honest, I went into this book like I go into most self-help books, extremely skeptical and waiting for the corny mantras. And for a while, I thought I was going to be right. Weiner begins her book discussing the negativity of the word “fat” and explains that there are other ways to express your emotions than talking about your body image. Bring on the mantras, right? If you keep reading, however, you discover Weiner’s frightfully honest accounts of discussions that she’s had with women that reflect conversations that almost everyone has had with someone in their lives. Her honest, personal testimony to her issues with body image cause the reader to reflect on the way he or she thinks about their own body image.

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Weiner brings notice to numerous observations that I wish I had the guts to write in a book for others to read, such as why conversations with women always end up back at disgust for their bodies instead of discussing current issues or common interests. And don’t think that this book only addresses the women of the world; there are great sections discussing men’s distaste of their girlfriends or friends rejection of their bodies. Men can read this and learn how to deal with one of the most dreaded questions a woman can ask: Do I look fat in this? Coming in at only 200 easy-to-read pages, “Do I Look Fat In This?” provides great Spring Break reading for anyone who has asked that question. Women can feel inspired and empowered, and men can feel more confident when confronting this question with the women in their lives. Definitely a book to pass between you and your friends.

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It was pretty much business as usual at last week’s Academy Awards: the ceremony ran almost an hour too long, the Academy showed once again that it would rather cut off the acceptance speeches of Oscar winners to spare time than excise some of the unnecessary montages they are so fond of, and quite a few people were shocked at Crash’s win for Best Picture. Best Director-winner Ang Lee, whose Brokeback Mountain was expected to take home top honors for the night, admitted he was especially surprised by the apparent snub. For those who expected the runaway favorite to win the Best Picture Oscar, I have three words for you: Shakespeare in Love. Every year there’s always some juicy gossip about the “gift bags” given to presenters at the Oscars. This year it seems the value of each bag given to presenters was about $100,000. Some of the gift bag items included a new iPod with an assortment of accessories, a digital camera and photo printer, lingerie courtesy of Victoria’s Secret, and a coupon for Lasik surgery. Two questions: what kind of bag can hold all this crap, and what’s Jack Nicholson going to do with his lingerie? Lest we think it’s all peaches and candy for celebrities, the

IRS promised that each presenter will have to claim the bag as taxable income. Attention middle-aged women everywhere: Sharon Stone is taking her clothes off for you. Ms. Stone returns to the role that shot her to superstardom in this month’s Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction in which the forty-something actress will bare all in front of the camera once again. Stone says she took the role in order to prove to Hollywood that it’s possible for women to still be sexy over the age of forty. Silly me for thinking she did it because her last big hit was the first Basic Instinct. Billionaire tycoon-turned-reality TV star Donald Trump raised some eyebrows last week with comments he made about his daughter Ivanka. When asked how he would feel if his daughter was approached to appear in Playboy, Trump quipped “She does have a very nice figure. I’ve said that if she wasn’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.” Yowza. Trump’s spokesman claims The Apprentice star was only making fun of his womanizing image, saying that “It’s a sense of humor that people don’t see all the time.” Right, because it’s CREEPY.

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nlike the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, this update of Wes Craven’s cult horror classic The Hills Have Eyes is a visceral, stylized, and disturbing tour de force. This effective remake has a lot of soul and bares large fangs that bite the jugular. It’s a film made by a grind house horror fan for grind house horror fans he knows what the audience wants and how to deliver it. Director Alexandre Aja (High Tension) is a student of the 70s/80s horror era. The story is about an all American family who gets lost in the New Mexico desert and is attacked by cannibal freaks who are the by-product of nuclear testing. You might laugh at this idea, saying to yourself “freaks attacking a family, that’s so lame.” To be honest, several people in the theater were chuckling in the beginning, but by the second act, no one was laughing. In fact, by the end of this movie several people fled the theater in terror. As a horror buff myself, I thoroughly enjoyed this piece and highly recommend it to those who are fond of other grind house works such as The Evil Dead and Zombie 2. It’s a superior work of terror that’s a delightful departure from the recent PG-13 horror junk (such as When a Stranger Calls) that’s plagued theaters. However, a word of caution: The Hills Have Eyes is very violent and gory. If you’ve seen Aja’s last film, High Tension (which I highly rec-

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irector Richard Donner’s (Lethal Weapon, Timeline) new movie 16 Blocks is an action thriller desperately wanting to be more than it is. Like so many Hollywood films these days, it takes a familiar plot and tries to revamp it, only to nevertheless wind up being merely mediocre. Bruce Willis plays Jack Mosley, a decrepit N YPD cop with a drinking problem. The morning after a long night shift, he is grudgingly assigned the task of transporting an annoyingly chatty convict, Eddie (Mos Def ), sixteen blocks to a courthouse so that he may be a witness for a trial. Sounds easy enough, but their journey goes terribly wrong as they are targeted by those who do not want Eddie to testify. The pair must race to get to the court on time and fight to protect their lives against the people who want them dead–who just happen to be Mosley’s colleagues. Regrettably, there is nothing particularly innovative about 16 Blocks. The plot seems a bit too contrived, and the chase scenes through the busy New York streets are too akin to those in other films. Both the character of the aging policeman out to prove himself as well as the mismatched duo device have already been done to death in cinema. Willis and Mos Def do well in their roles, but without a new spin on such an old genre, even their acting jobs fail to be

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$ Debbie Mandel, a local artist from the ChampaignUrbana area, creates and sells jewelry made from glass, wire, metal, and other mediums. Her business, BeeJeweled Enterprises, features necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and even includes jewelry made specifically for skydivers. Mandelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pieces feature very intricate details with unique colors and designs in each bead she creates. Her work has been featured at craft shows around town, including the Urbana Market at the Square and the Momsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day Arts and Crafts Show at the Illini Union. After becoming interested in bead weaving, she took classes at Parkland College and began to work more with creating beads from glass, a medium she greatly enjoys working with. She also studied occupational therapy at the University of Illinois, at both Chicago and Champaign-Urbana campuses. Mandel currently lives in Philo, Illinois (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The center of the universe,â&#x20AC;? she jokes), with her husband, three dogs, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;a varying number of poultry.â&#x20AC;?

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Tell me about your â&#x20AC;&#x153;skydiver jewelry.â&#x20AC;? How did you get the idea to do this, and why would skydivers want to have their own distinct jewelry?

My husband skydives with the Illinois Skydiving Center, and is a skydiving coach and a free fall photographer, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been hanging around skydivers for almost twenty years. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;closing pinâ&#x20AC;? which holds the main parachute container closed during free fall has a very interesting artistic shape and all skydivers like to incorporate it into various jewelry items. I thought I could bring more of a jewelerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective to the necklaces and also combine it with my glass bead making. What kind of work goes into making one bead? They are so detailed and intricate that it seems like it would be a complicated process.

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Dear Kim and Kate, In last week’s column you wrote “[the abstinenceonly-until-marriage] stance violates the dignity of queer people who — despite living in this here land of the free — are not legally allowed to get married.” Why did the word “queer” bother me? Is it appropriate? I thought “gay” was the “in” word. Enlighten me please. Love, Kim’s Mom Hi Mom: You ask an excellent question, we’re glad that you wrote in. Traditionally, “queer” has been used as a derogatory insult toward those who are romantically involved with people of the same gender, which is probably why the word bothers you. Even within the gay community it is embraced by some and continues to offend others. Before the late 1980s, many gay people only heard “queer” used by haters who would harass, attack, and even murder gay people. This history is why many people still feel on-guard when they hear the word queer ... even if it’s meant in a neutral or positive way. Before queer was “reclaimed,” if one was going to refer to a same-gender loving person in a respectful way they would use the term gay, usually for men, or lesbian for women. These terms are still in use and preferred by many. If you’re unsure how to identify someone, simply ask them how they’d like to be referred to. In the ’80s, when referring to a community of same-gender loving folks you’d either say “gay community” or later, GLB community which stands for gay, lesbian, bisexual. As the years passed, the GLB turned into LGBTQIQA standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, (formally known as hermaphrodite), queer and allies. Today many people use queer as an umbrella term to refer to this vastly diverse and ever expanding community. This is similar to how Latina/Latino is used as an umbrella for communities from different parts of Latin America. For example, people from Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Brazil all have unique cultures and sub-cultures, but the term “Latina/o” provides a unifying term that has been an important tool for organizing and advocating for the rights of Latina/o people. Likewise, the term queer attempts to unify a very large and incredibly diverse group of people. How did “queer” go from being a prejudiced term to one that evokes pride and community for many? It wasn’t until the early 1990s that the term was “reclaimed” in a noticeable way, when many young gay people formed direct action and public education groups with names like Queer

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Nation and Queer Action. Using tactics made popular by groups like ACT UP (which fights the AIDS epidemic), queer groups reinvigorated the gay rights movement and brought their message of equal rights to streets, churches, city halls and shopping malls all across North America. However, just because a word has been reclaimed does not mean that it cannot still be used in a hateful and hurtful way. Many homophobic people continue to use the term to “bash” anyone who does not identify as straight or does not fit perfectly into society’s expectations of male/female gender roles. As sex educators we felt comfortable writing “queer people” in our column for two reasons. Firstly, we have identified ourselves as allies to LGBTQIQ people in this column and in our lives in general. Secondly, Kate identifies with queer. Kate: The historic meaning of the word queer is “differing in some odd way from what is usual.” Embracing a queer identity for me is about acknowledging the fact that due to a culture that values straight people over queer people, the lives we live and the opportunities we have are sometimes very different because we face an added oppression. For example, the fact that I have to “watch my back” when my girlfriend holds my hand in public, and that I could be fired from my job because of who I love, are not experiences I’d have if I was straight. The word queer recognizes that and symbolizes my commitment to resisting discrimination and assimilation. Love, Kim & Kate

SEX 411 Language is powerful, so choose your words wisely. When in doubt, just kindly ask what terms people feel comfortable with. • The term homosexuals is out, and we don’t mean out of the closet. The reason is that until 1973 “homosexuality” was still listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (used by therapists) as a diagnosable mental disorder. So, many in the queer community have rejected it as a word that indicates pathology of normal human experience.

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March 21 – April 19

Your horoscope this week comes to you courtesy of the ancient Chinese book of oracles, the I Ching, translated by Richard Wilhelm. The title of your reading is “Liberation.” Here’s the heart of it: “In times of standstill it will happen that inferior people attach themselves to you and even seem to grow indispensable. But when the time of deliverance draws near, with its call to action, you must free yourself from such chance acquaintances with whom you have no inner connections. For otherwise the friends who share your views, on whom you could rely and together with whom you could accomplish great things, mistrust you and stay away.”

Oct. 23 – Nov. 21

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April 20 – May 20

I predict that animals will be especially attracted to you in the coming days. The light of the sun will seem to possess an uncanny fluidity and sparkle. You may experience vivid fantasies like seeing a talking cat in a tree or hearing advice coming from a soap dispenser. Strangers may gaze at you for no apparent reason, and even your friends will have unusual feelings for you. You may be reunited with precious memories that have been lost to you for a long time. In the consciousness industry, we call this natural magic time.

GEMINI

May 21 – June 20

S AG I T TA R I U S

Nov. 22 – Dec. 21

“I am a fugitive from the law of averages,” writes Sage Price, one of my Gemini readers. “I swore a long time ago that I would never be taken alive by anything that was average, commonplace, standard, or ordinary.” His attitude is especially recommended for you right now. In order to harvest the potential rewards the cosmos has prepared for you, you’ve got to push to excel; you’ve got to cultivate a lust to be unique; you’ve even got to be willing to risk making other people envious of you. One of the worst sins you could commit would be halfassed mediocrity.

It’s a good time to reconnect with your childhood memories-especially the good ones that made your heart sing. You will derive great practical benefits from remembering specific scenes that embodied the essence of who you were back in the beginning. Was there a time you read an exciting book under the covers with a flashlight way past your bedtime? Or waded in the creek searching for a fantastic treasure some big kid told you about? I hope you give yourself the rare pleasure of reliving those events, trusting that they’ll provide you with the exact emotional lift you need.

CANCER

June 21 – July 22

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 – Jan. 19

Siam’s King Mongut had a harem of 9,000 women. On his deathbed, however, before succumbing to the ravages of syphilis, he confessed that he was truly in love with only 700 of his lovers--less than eight percent of the total. Why he didn’t concentrate on that eight percent and forget the rest we’ll never know. Don’t make a similar mistake in the coming months, Cancerian. You will have the chance to indulge in a great variety of pleasurable adventures, but only a fraction will have the potential of nourishing your soul.

This would be an excellent week to tilt all the paintings on the walls of your home so they’re hanging a bit crooked, refer to yourself as the “Wizard of Desserts,” and stand in a mud puddle up to your ankles. I suggest that you further take advantage of the astrological opportunities by using a felt-tip pen to draw tattoos of magic symbols on your body, making love with grocery bags over your heads, and reciting dirty limericks in front of people who think you’re too serious. It’s high time for you to lose your cool.

LEO

July 23 – Aug. 22

AQUA R I U S

Jan. 20 – Feb. 18

What’s the best way to defeat a dragon? Some fairy tales propose the use of brute force, while others suggest that the protection of a magical amulet is preferable. Still other myths say the optimum strategy is to use stealth to avoid the dragon completely, though that usually means living in constant fear of the beast. From what I can tell, Leo, your future happiness will be best served if you use none of the above, but instead employ one of the two little-known methods of dragon-taming: either ask it sly riddles to confuse it or else pacify it through the entertaining power of your songs and dances.

Metaphorically speaking, you will duck at just the right time to miss the cream pie that’s headed toward your face. At least that’s what I predict, Aquarius. In addition to your good timing and skill at protecting yourself, you will also have a knack for avoiding messy complications, which is lucky given the fact that people around you may act as if messy complications are fun and interesting. Here’s further good news: You will have an instinct for detecting the slivers of truth that are embedded in wads of total BS. That will allow you to act with lucid efficiency while others are out fighting non-existent demons.

VIRGO

Aug. 23 – Sept. 22

PISCES

LIBRA

Sept. 23 – Oct.22

To be of real service to you, I have to do more than be simplistically optimistic. It’s important for me to be your cheerleader, counterbalancing the negative reinforcement that so often comes your way, but it would be irresponsible of me to

SCORPIO

A few years ago, executives at a major record company signed my band to their label. They loved us. We were the next big thing. Or at least that’s what they told us up until the moment when they demanded that we change the titles and lyrics to some of our songs. They were afraid that the cigarette company Philip Morris would sue us for our song “Marlboro Man Jr.” and that Kmart would sue us for our song “Kmart Tribal Ballet.” We agreed to make the changes only because we had no choice: If we refused, our music would have never been heard. The company owned the rights to it. Let this serve as an example of what not to do in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Do all the research and strategic long-range thinking necessary to avoid getting into a position where people you don’t know very well control your fate.

“We have art so that we may not die of reality,” said Friedrich Nietzsche. While I’m sure you won’t literally be killed off by reality this week, it could bore you half to death--unless you aggressively subject yourself to massive amounts of really fine art. I’m not just talking about listening to formulaic pop music or getting a glimpse of the Mona Lisa on an ad for the upcoming film The Da Vinci Code. I’m referring to intensive exposure to inspired painting, sculpture, music, architecture, dance, and literature--sublime forms of creative expression that you may have to work hard to find.

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One day 17 years ago I was lying alone on my acupuncturist’s table, floating in that hypnogogic state you sometimes slip into when your ears, wrists, feet, and forehead are pierced with needles. At one point she came in to check on me. Patting me on the upper arm, she murmured, “You will live a long life.” I received it as a prophecy, as a gift from her intuition to mine. In the days and months that followed, it stripped away the habitual anxiety I carried around with me and freed me to live with more courage and abandon. It gave me license to believe more wildly in my own potential. Now I’m offering you the same gift, Pisces. If you’re reading this horoscope today, you will live a long life. Homework: What’s the one thing you swore you’d never do which now maybe you’re thinking about doing? Testify: http://www.freewillastrology.com.

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