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After perusing the menu, my boyfriend opted for the buffet anyway. The buffet was simply set up in a giant half-moon configuration with a sushi chef behind it pumping out fresh sushi. There were at least 20 different kinds of sushi rolls to try, and I attempted to sample each one. I didn’t make it, but almost. I must admit that most of the rolls were a little ingenuous, but they all tasted great. I suppose they can only offer the most popular types of sushi on the buffet to appeal to the masses. And for that reason, I would consider trying some made-to-order sushi on another occasion. I have a feeling it would have a little more pizzaz. Also included in the buffet was fresh fruit, steamed edamame and asparagus spears, crab legs and dessert. I don’t know if it was because we looked like such bums when we walked in to the shiny new restaurant and our waitress felt bad for us, or if the people of Kaiyo are just that nice, but we were offered some complimentary miso soup. My lunch date couldn’t hide his excitement — he loves free stuff, and miso soup. Regardless of whether or not she did pity our haggard student appearances, our waitress was extremely friendly and attentive. I had a fairly full drink the entire time I was there, which

Kaiyo’s wide selection of buffet-style sushi is sure to please even the pickiest eater. Photo by Sarah Syman

really means a lot to me. Our dirtied dishes never lingered on the table, and the check arrived promptly with a genuine smile that did not imply the usual “Please pay and get the hell out of here.” That’s a significant compliment in comparison to a lot of places. I know I have been guilty of that smile many a time when I have waitressed. Perhaps the most impressive thing about the service at Kaiyo was how attentive everyone was. For instance, when we sat down with our first plate of sushi, I did the little eye scan around the room that everyone does when they are looking for their server so that I could ask her for some

chopsticks. Within two seconds, the hostess, who had noticed my eye scan, came over and asked what we were in need of. She smiled and said she’d be right back. Five seconds later, our waitress arrived with the chopsticks. It was faster than Jimmy John’s. The bottom line: I ate more sushi than I ever have for $10 and felt like a valued member of society while doing it despite the fact that I looked like a hollow shell of myself after roughing it through the pre-spring break hell week. It’s amazing what food and a smile will do for you. I’ll be back for more as soon as I work off the three pounds of sushi I just finished.

TH: I think we have a lot to offer! We may not have $2 you-call-its or anything like that, but we have great specials every night of the week. We have more than 40 bottled beers from all over the world; you can get any one of them for $2 on Wednesdays. We have great beers on tap, any of which are also only $2 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Any day of the week, you can come in here, get a good deal on your food and your drinks and have a good time without the fuss of some other places. » buzz: Is the Chief Illiniwek costume real? TH: Is it authentic? Yes. Is it the one that was actually worn at games? No. It’s a replica of the Illiniwek outfit made by an area man who hand-sewed and hand-painted every inch of it. Every bead on that thing was individually sewn on. It took him more than 18 months to finish it! He even used casts of his own hands and feet so that they would look real.

Maureen McIlhany and Ed Lament, both Legends bartenders, are ready and waiting to serve you. Photos by Sarah Syman

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by Maggie Carrigan Legends, located at 522 E. Green St., has been a campus bar scene staple for more than a decade. Due to its ample space, good food and multiple big screen TVs, the bar and restaurant draws a diverse crowd ranging from undergrads to game-day visitors to area residents. buzz sat down with general manager Tracey Herbert to talk about the ins and outs of running a bar and what sets Legends apart from the rest of the campus watering holes. » buzz: What’s the hardest part about running a bar? TH: It’s difficult constantly staying on top of the ever-changing liquor and alcohol laws. It’s important to me that we are always operating legally; there are some bars that aren’t nearly as concerned with that, and it causes their customers and themselves trouble. But the fact of the matter is, even the bars that are really trying their best can get in trouble, especially on a college campus. » buzz: What makes Legends different than other campus bars?

TH: We’re very clean; your shoes won’t stick to the floors here. We’ve got a lot of space. It’s easy to sit and just hang out here. And we have really great food. » buzz: What is so good about the food? TH: We don’t cut corners. Everything we serve is of optimum quality. You can’t say that about most bars serving food. We make a ton of stuff from scratch, from our salsa and chips to some of our condiments to our hand-battered fish sandwiches, whereas a lot of places will have only one great item on their menu and then a whole bunch of mediocre ones. I can honestly say that everything on our menu is great. Our wings actually have meat on them, our burgers are huge, and everything is really fresh. We might charge marginally more than some place down the street, but you’re also getting more food, better food. I think these things matter to people. » buzz: What is the best thing Legends has to offer, in your opinion?

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Radio Maria will host an art auction of local childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artwork by Lauren Yang Brightly colored prints. Yellow, blue and purple paint splattered onto a white background. Construction paper flowers adorned with beads, buttons and stones. Patrons of Radio Maria may have noticed these additions to the interior. However, the bar is only a temporary residence for these pieces of artwork, created by students in CU elementary, middle and high schools. Their final destination? Your home. On April 11, Radio Maria will host its second â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kids Art 4 Kids,â&#x20AC;? an auction where artwork created by

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in part because at that age theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re cognizant of things, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not limited by education or people telling them whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right and wrong. There arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t any rules.â&#x20AC;? The students at Robeson Elementary School in Champaign, under the instruction of art teacher John Odum, have created a wide variety of paintings, drawings and collage work for the auction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids work collaboratively in a group, with maybe three kids on three paintings,â&#x20AC;? said Odum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of negotiating and sharing ideas, but they all kept positive throughout the process and learned to compromise and work together.â&#x20AC;? Before beginning the project, Odum taught his students about Crisis Nursery and how it serves the community, making sure that they understood the ultimate purpose of the project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For children, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really good way to add value to their creative efforts,â&#x20AC;? Odum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for their self-esteem and allows them to help when they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have other ways to donate.â&#x20AC;? The proceeds from the event will support crisis care for children in our community. Last year, Crisis Nursery provided more than 23,000 hours of crisis care to local children. Despite lackluster weather, last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event raised more than $3,000, a figure that will hopefully increase with this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spring date. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people of Champaign-Urbana have been so generous to the Crisis Nursery, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to see this becoming an annual event that we can look forward to,â&#x20AC;? said Kristen Greenstreet, Crisis Nursery marketing and special events director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope the community comes together and supports this, both for Crisis Nursery and those who have created the art.â&#x20AC;?

Put a little Spring in your ARt World buzz gives you a guide to Aprilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art events by Emily Cleary 1.18th Annual Petals & Paintings Benefit When: April 17 (9 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 p.m.) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; April 18 (12 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 p.m.) Where: Krannert Art Museum. more info: www.kamcouncil.org/Petals___Paintings Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss this unique showcase of floral arrangements made by regional award-winning floral designers in response to selected works of art. All proceeds go to upcoming exhibits as well as educational programs. 2.Parkland Student Fine Art Juried Exhibition When: April 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; May 8 Where: Parkland Art Gallery more info: www.parkland.edu/newsEvents Take in the artistic accomplishments â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of all mediums â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of the dedicated and talented students of the Parkland College Arts Department.

3.Artists Against AIDS 2010 When: April 23 - April 26 Where: Orpheum Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Science Museum more info: www.gcapnow.com

What better way to be artistically enlightened while supporting a great cause than this display of community talent and local artistry, which gives at least 50 percent of the proceeds to the Greater Community AIDS Project. 4.He and She When: April 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 and 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11 Where: Studio Theatre at Krannert Center more info: www.krannertcenter.com This stage show, which deals with pre-19th Amendment gender and family roles, is a captivating story about a married couple faced with the issues of their desires.

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local children will be sold to benefit the Crisis Nursery. The event brings together several CU businesses and schools in an effort to showcase the artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work and support the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My cause is to help bolster the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts and the art community, as well as to help the children see how they can help their peers who have lesser opportunities,â&#x20AC;? said David Spears, coowner of Radio Maria and the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founder. An artist himself, Spears wanted to find a way to both help children nurture their artistic skills and support a non-profit organization. Other local businesses chipped in: the Preservation and Conservation Association (PACA) of Champaign County donated old windows to be used as frames; the local art coop donated mounting boards; and Fasteners Etc contributed hardware supplies for framing. Spears then contacted local schools and asked them to create pieces to be displayed in the temporary â&#x20AC;&#x153;gallery,â&#x20AC;? personally framing the works in "5:: 4(523$!9 his studio. -!2#( â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just sort of stunning CORP NOTE KEEP THIS SAME SIZE ALWAYS to realize that what was a moment of a child doo 8 dling, when put together, TH PAGE speaks volumes,â&#x20AC;? Spears said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been inArtwork hangs on the walls of Radio Maria at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kids Art 4 Kids event. buzz file photo terested in childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art,

5.Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Choral Concerts When: April 17 (2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.) Where: Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center more info: www.krannertcenter.com An annual tradition, Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Glee Club will be performing with special guests the Varsity Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Glee Club on Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day at 2 p.m. The UI Black Chorus, performing at 7:30 p.m., is another singing ensemble that is sure to impress mom and entertain you at the same time.

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by Bonnie Stiernberg If you couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t already guess from the title, Hot Tub Time Machine knows exactly what kind of movie it is. Not since Snakes on a Plane has a more appropriately named flick hit theaters. However, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re expecting Hot Tub Time Machine to be another campy, so-bad-itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-good type of movie, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re only half right. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the thing: Hot Tub Time Machine is actually kind of great. Sure, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably not going to be winning any Oscars (although The Blind Side managed to snag a Best Picture nomination this year, so who knows?), but its self-awareness and willingness to poke fun at some tired movie clichĂŠs more than make up for the price of admission. The fun starts when four friends get sent back to the 1980s after a spilled energy drink causes their hot tub to short-circuit, forcing them to figure out a way home without disrupting the space-time continuum. John Cusack is right in his wheelhouse as Adam, an aging hipster with great taste in music and bad luck with the ladies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; essentially the same character he has perfected over the past 25 years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the rest of the cast (Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke) that steal the show. Everything the movie does, it does with a wink, and no convention of the time travel genre is safe. Chevy Chase appears as the obligatory mysterious guide who can never give a straight answer (think George Carlin in Bill and Tedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Excellent Adventure), and Crisp-

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in Glover, probably best known as George McFly in the time travel classic Back to the Future, pops up in a hilarious cameo as a one-armed bellhop. The script is loaded with laughs and great â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s references, delivered with delightful deadpan by the entire cast, especially Robinson and Corddry. Countless actors have spoken the line â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m from the futureâ&#x20AC;? in a movie, but none in a so wonderfully matter-of-fact way as Rob Corddry. The humor borders on gross-out at times, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little weird to see a 44-year-old John Cusack making out with one of the girls from Mean Girls (Lizzy Caplan as April), but audiences will laugh in spite of themselves. The 1980sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; jokes are a little formulaic (Leg warmers? Check. Jheri curls? Check. Douchy ski instructor named Blaine? Double-check.), but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the point. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make fun of these clichĂŠs without presenting them, and Hot Tub Time Machine never hides what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to do. The filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refreshing self-awareness and snappy dialogue are what separate it from the pack. It lampoons Hollywood clichĂŠs while also embracing them, and because of this, it succeeds where so many other cheesy time travel movies have failed. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not exactly high-brow humor, and you certainly wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave the theater pondering any deep existential questions, but if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen a single time travel movie, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably leave Hot Tub Time Machine laughing.

The Room (2003)

by Nick Martin The Room is a God-awful movie. Terrible acting, a nonsensical script, a score made from garbage in record store dollar bins â&#x20AC;&#x201D; everything about the film seems like it was deliberately chosen to be awful. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the weird part: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a blast to watch. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not alone in my fanaticism; the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director, Tommy Wiseau, hosts sold-out screenings across the country, and Ross Morin, a film professor at St. Cloud State University, calls Wiseauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Room â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Citizen Kane of bad movies.â&#x20AC;? For the sake of fun, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compare Orson Wellesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Citizen Kane with The Room. Kane is a probing look at a self-made man who conquers the media but never finds fulfillment in life. The Room is about a man whose girlfriend cheats on him with his best

friend; it makes the man very sad. Yet both directors felt confident in their artistic vision. Wiseau spent years and raised 7 million dollars (all wasted) to make his film, even after every Hollywood studio told him it was terrible. Likewise, Welles came under studio pressure after media mastermind William Randolph Hearst became angry that someone was making a movie portraying him negatively. Both men wrote, directed, and starred in two very personal films. Could one claim the subjectivity of art proves both films equally successful in articulating a mastermindâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision? No. Of course not. But, The Room is still a great movie to watch if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re drunk and wearing a Kevlar vest of irony.

The Big Lebowski (1998) Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m madly in love with this movie â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the film noir story, the bizarre dream sequences, the lovable characters that all have at least one scene guaranteed to crack you up. The comedy is fairly quirky, like all of the Coen Brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; humor, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accessible enough that you could show this movie to most anyone and they would laugh. Also, can anyone name a more quotable movie out there? Very few movies have inspired festivals to honor what a wonderful movie it is, and Lebowskifest is currently in its eighth year and takes place all over the country. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like this movie, well you know, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just like uh... your opinion man. Caddyshack (1980) Possibly the greatest cast for any comedy of all time. Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray and Ted Knight are all magnificent in this comedy. I assume the majority of you have seen this, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth mentioning what a put-together film this is. No actors are given more screentime than others, and each makes their material worthwhile. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those movies that feels like if one of the main characters was cast differently, the movie wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be half as good as it is. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a classic.

Trading Places (1983) Who wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve thought that a story about the stock market could be so hilarious? Dan Aykroyd stars as Louis Winthorpe, a rich business man living a happy, luxorious life. One day, his two bosses decide that they would like to see if they could pick someone randomly off the streets and make him as successful as Winthorpe. The two decide on Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy), a con man with no proper education. In the meantime, they strip Winthorpe of his job and house, get him thrown in jail, and leave him penniless. The film sounds miserably depressing, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the comedy comes from; Winthorpe at one point drunkenly dresses up as Santa(h) to crash the office Christmas party with a gun. The comedic timing in the movie is pitch perfect, and it reminds us all of better days when Eddie Murphy actually gave a damn.

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Does your friends’ week in Panama City Beach make you feel like the loser who stayed in town? Well, stuff your sorrows in a sack. You got the better end of the deal. The second weekend of spring break has a variety of shows to check out that won’t cost your entire savings account or mark up your permanent record.

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Friday, March 26; 9-11 pm. the iron post $5

Jamie Lou Carras and Michael Jones of Grass Roots Revival. Photo used with permission from Jamie Lou

Mhondoro, or Mhondoro Rhythm Success — the word “Mhondoro” is Shona for “spirit of a lion” — plays the native music of Zimbabwe and Guinea, ranging from Afro-pop to Reggae. Co-founder Clifford Jakopo has had a long career in music, contributing as a member of a popular theatre troupe in Zimbabwe and working on the making of the Disney film “A Far Off Place.” In 2008, Bolokada Conde joined the group, bringing his storied career in Guinean music with him. Other members include Gordon Kay on drums, Ben Hay on the lead guitar, Ben Juday on the rhythm guitar, and bassist Brad Decker. Their influences include Oliver Mtukudzi, John Chibadura and the Bhundu Boys. Mhondoro will be at the Iron Post following the Boneyard Jazz Quintet on Friday.

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BONEYARD JAZZ QUINTET When: Where: Cost:

friday, March 26; 5-7 p.m. The iron post Free

The Boneyard Jazz Quintet has been around since 1990, performing at various local clubs and events. They are influenced by George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie, among others. Their style varies, ranging from swing to Latin. The quintet consists of Armand Beaudoin on bass and cello, Jeff Magby on the drums, Morgan Powell on the trombone, Woody Woodward on piano and Tom (Shab) Wirtel on the trumpet and flugelhorn.

THE SUGAR PROPHETS When: Where: Cost:

Thursday, March 25; 9 p.m. Canopy Club $5

The Sugar Prophets are a blues and rock jam band that play often in CU. They have a wide array of influences, including Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and Champion Jack Dupree. Samples of their music can be found on their Myspace page. Band members include Josh Spence on vocals and harmonica, A.J. “Apple Jack” Williams on guitar and vocals, Joe Asselin on guitar and vocals, Al Chapman on bass and Bob Weber on drums. They will bring the jams to the Canopy Club.

saturday, March 27; 11 am. strawberry fields Free

Hailing from Homer, IL, the Grass Roots Revival play their version of old, American bluegrass music. The band consists of singer, guitarist and vocalist Michael Jones and upright bassist and auto harpist Jamie Lou. Last year, they appeared at the Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival and have been frequent performers at the Urbana Free Library. On Saturday morning, they will be at the deli and grocer Strawberry Fields, playing a free show and trying to avoid the temptation to do a cover of the Beatles’ classic of the same name.

SAM GINGHER When: Where: Cost:

thursday, March 25; 6-8 pm. v.picasso Free

Gingher has been playing the piano since he was 8 years old. He started in classical music, playing the likes of Liszt, Bartok and Bach. In more recent years, he has been deeply interested in funk and jazz, both of which appear in his performance. On top of being a versatile player, he also composes and was the winner of UI’s 10th annual 21st Century Piano Commission Competition. He will be playing at V. Picasso in Urbana.

Headlights

by Sabrina Gosnell Featuring former members of the bands Maserati and Absinthe Blind, Headlights is an indie rock group that had a name change before coming to their present form. Although Headlights had a bit of a confusing start, they don’t struggle with any identity issues now. The band is based out of Champaign, Milwaukee and LaFayette, Ind. Headlights is currently on a national tour with David Bazan of Pedro the Lion. You can catch them at the Canopy Club in Urbana on Friday, April 2. » buzz: What’s your favorite part of being on tour? Erin Fein of Headlights: There’s something really special about being able to travel around the whole country and seeing all these different cities. Probably the best part is just being able to perform every night. » buzz: What’s the worst part about being on tour? EF: The worst part of being on tour... [turning to her band mates] What do you guys think is the worst part of being on tour? Maybe not getting enough sleep and having to eat really crappy food

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all the time. And sometimes it’s really difficult to find the opportunity to do laundry, and that’s kind of a bummer. » buzz: What’s your favorite on-tour food? EF: Our favorite thing to do when we have the time is find a local restaurant or a restaurant that’s been recommended to us. There’s a bunch of places we love all around the country, and that’s actually one of the really cool parts of touring. We love BBQ as a general rule, though. All four of us really like barbecue, so we try to find the best BBQ place wherever we go. » buzz: Who is one of your biggest musical influences? EF: It kind of changes from year to year. I get obsessed with different bands, different sounds. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly one person, because four years ago it was probably somebody different. I guess I try to just listen to music that I feel like will inspire some good songwriting. I don’t know. It really does change, though. At the moment I’ve kind of taken a break from listening to music. I’ve

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been reading a lot. We’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts in the van. Lately I’ve been really inspired by Dan Savage. » buzz: Where is your favorite stop on tour? EF: A big piece of my heart is always on the west coast. I just love the Pacific northwest and Cali-

fornia and even the desert part of the country in New Mexico, in that area. I really love it out there. It’s just so different from what I’m used to. One of my favorite places we got to stop at was the Redwood forest on the Oregon coast. That’s just mind-blowingly beautiful.

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DOIN’ IT WELL

by Jo SangEr and Ross Wantland

Let Us Now Praise Famous Women A look at women in reproductive herstory March is Women’s History Month, a perfect time to recognize and celebrate the work that women have done to keep us doin’ it well! We thought we’d take this opportunity to highlight some of the women who fought for access to sexual health information, resources and care — historically and today! 4000 Years

Long before our current medical industry, women provided each other with information and health care. From pessaries — concoctions of natural ingredients inserted into the vagina to create a barrier — to herbs used to induce miscarriage, there are a wide variety of ways that women have been actively controlling their choice to reproduce. Ms. Sanger, I Presume

Margaret Sanger is believed to be the founder of the current reproductive rights movement. When she worked as a maternity nurse on the Lower East Side of New York City, she heard women’s stories about unplanned and unwanted pregnancies. At the time, the Comstock Laws forbade anyone from providing sexual health information or contraceptive devices. Sanger began speaking out about what she called “birth control” and the ways that women should be provided access to sexual health information, contraception and abortions. She said, “My fight is for the personal liberty of the women who work. A woman’s body belongs to herself alone. It is her body.” In 1916, Sanger opened the very first birth control clinic in the US, providing sexual health information and then sending women

to local pharmacies to buy birth control. After two weeks of providing services, Margaret Sanger was arrested for violating the Comstock Laws — the first of many times Sanger would be arrested for her fight for women’s reproductive rights. Sanger founded the organization that would become Planned Parenthood Federation, and in 1938, a judge ruled on behalf of Sanger that the Comstock Laws could no longer be used to limit access to birth control information or devices. Radical

Emma Goldman, a political activist, anarchist and radical at the turn of the century, was inspired by Sanger’s words. Goldman was a staunch advocate of “free love,” a movement that believed the government shouldn’t have a say over how people were sexual and that sex didn’t need to only happen within the context of marriage. After reading one of Sanger’s publications on contraception and education, Goldman started distributing Sanger’s work at her rallies and went on a national lecture tour, for which she was arrested. Goldman’s work connecting anarchist ideas and women’s reproductive rights provided some of the roots of radical feminism. They Call Me Jane

In 1969, University of Chicago student Heather Booth was approached by a woman who wanted to have an abortion. Because abortion had been illegal since the late 1800s, many women were forced to find people who would provide abortions illegally, often unsafely. Because Booth had access to a

physician who agreed to provide an abortion, she connected the woman with the physician. After that, many women came to her to help them find safe abortions. Soon, Booth had to recruit other women to help her organize this effort, which they called the Jane Collective. From 1969 to 1973, more than 11,000 women received safe, affordable abortions through the Jane Collective. Collective member Laura Kaplan said, “Those of us who were members of Jane were remarkable only because we chose to act with women’s needs as our guide. In doing so, we transformed illegal abortion from a dangerous, sordid experience into one that was life affirming and powerful.” Protecting Native Communities

Cecelia Fire Thunder had long been a powerhouse of activism for issues impacting Native Americans, including protecting native languages and fighting against domestic violence and alcoholism. As the elected tribal president of the Ogala Sioux tribe in South Dakota, she stood up when the South Dakota state legislature banned abortion. As a sovereign nation, Fire Thunder worked to build a Planned Parenthood on the Pine Ridge Reservation where abortions could be provided outside of South Dakota laws. Fire Thunder was impeached by tribal council members opposed to this move (who also later banned abortions on the reservation), but her fight highlighted the importance (and the struggle) for women’s reproductive health in all communities. “An Indian woman at Pine Ridge created a national discussion on women’s choices. Is that exciting or what?” Fire Thunder

said. “I love it. That’s why the Creator put me on earth.” And Many Many More!

These are just a few of the amazing women past and present who have fought to protect and build women’s reproductive health. Although abortion is the site where much of this activism focuses, the right to choose when and where a woman becomes pregnant goes far beyond abortion. Speaking about women’s reproductive health globally, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated, “We cannot accept the ongoing marginalization of half the world’s population. We cannot accept it morally, politically, socially, or economically.” Here’s to the amazing women who have fought to provide all of us with choice! Check us out next week for a big surprise!

Send Jo and Ross your stories and questions to buzzdoinitwell@yahoo.com

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4000 Years for Choice » Local artist Heather Ault’s work “4000 Years for Choice” is a poster project highlighting the ways that women (and men) have been practicing contraception and family planning for thousands of years. For more on Heather Ault’s 4000 years of Choice, go to 4000yearsforchoice.org

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Dear Opera Singing Roomate & Friend, Stop singing opera all the time. You’re probably pretty good, but we don’t want to hear it.

Anyone else have to wear a coat in most of their classes? Where are the people that we pay with our tuition to ensure we do not see our breath while in class? Some rooms are barely 50 degrees, and the constant banging of the heaters just adds to the annoyance. Apparently heat and comfort have a much lower priority than admin salary.

No, really. It’s totally flattering that you felt the need to honk and/or yell at me from your moving vehicle as I’m walking down the street. I just had to fight the urge to chase you down and give you my number. Oh, and it’s also great that you drive one of the white vans in which people get kidnapped and raped. That’s a real turn-on.

I have had classes like that and then classes that cause me to practically roast. It’d be nice to have a balance.

I LOVE being sandwhiched between two people... Riding the Illini 22 in the morning is like grinding...without the movement and sexuality, of course. Gosh damn, CUMTD, you never cease to vex me.

Really? Most rooms in Art & Design are sweltering. This causes my classmates to wear shorts to class or die of heat exhaustion. Not even exaggerating.

How freakin’ experienced do you need to be to get a job as a receptionist/greeter!? And how in the world am I supposed to get work experience if no one will hire me?!?! GRRR!!

Wikipedia is a great tool in that I could learn about the end plot of the “Hannah Montana Movie” without actually having to WATCH it and risk admitting that I was curious to see whether she’d pick Miley or Hannah.

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Dear neighbors to my left: I’m glad you have undying enthusiasm for life, but there are other ways to show it than having girly scream fests that go on for five hours. Either I’m a big beyotch, or you’re all annoying, but either way, tone it down (especially at 9 a.m. on a Saturday), or I’m going to kill you. I’m going to kill you.

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CALENDAR

MARCH 25 - 31, 2010

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THURSDAY 25

museum exhibit

live music

Champaign 150th Anniversary Historical Exhibit Illinois Terminal, C, 4pm

Sam Gingher V. Picasso, U, 6pm The Sugar Prophets Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $5 The Duke of Uke and His Novelty Orchestra Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $5

dj Country Night with DJ Halfdead and Free Line Dance Lessons from Scotty Van Zant Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 8pm No cover before 8pm. “Her Come the Regulars” with host Jason D Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm DJ Functopus Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm All Request Thursdays Chester Street, C, 9pm

karaoke

volunteer UC Books to Prisoners work session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm

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FRIDAY 26 live music

Andy Baylor The Clark Bar, C, 12pm Boneyard Jazz Quintet Iron Post, U, 5pm Live Jazz kids & families Jim Gould Restaurant, C, Preschool Story Time 7pm Urbana Free Library, U, The Fairchilds 9:45am Huber’s West End Store, Preschool Story Time C, 8pm Rantoul Public Library, Mhondoro Rantoul, 10am Iron Post, U, 9pm, $5 Baby Time Chris Sipos & Rachel Douglass Branch Library, C, Young 10:30am Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm ARTfusion dj Douglass Branch Library, C, 4pm Top 40 Read to the Dogs Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 Urbana Free Library, U, 4pm DJ Delayney Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 mind/body/spirit DJ Belly and DJ Leg Two Core Yoga Radio Maria, C, 10pm Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Fubar Fridays 12pm, $12 Fubar Lounge, C, 10pm Vinyasa Flow Yoga with DJs Ian Procell and Don Briskin Reﬂex Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm 4pm, $12 “The Meltdown”: Latin Ashtanga Prep with Night at V. Picasso Lauren Quinn V. Picasso, U, 10pm Amara Yoga & Arts, U, concert 5:30pm, $12 Yin Yoga with Lauren Studebaker John & The Quinn Hawks with special guest Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Delta Kings 7pm, $12 88 Broadway, U, 9pm, $15

DJ Bange Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 8:30pm Liquid Courage Karaoke Memphis on Main, C, 9pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring Crazy Craig Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring Karaoke Opie Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring DJ Switch faith Fireside Bar and Grill, C, 10pm Moms & Grandmas Group movies University Baptist Church, Alvin and the Chipmunks: C, 12pm The Squeakquel Undergrad Bible Study Virginia Theatre, C, 7pm, University Baptist Church, $3 C, 8:30pm The White Ribbon miscellaneous The Art Theater, C, 7:30pm Yarn ‘n Yak Rantoul Public Library, art exhibit Rantoul, 7pm “8 under 21” Art Exhibit classes & workshops Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm Tango Fundamentals Eight emerging local Review Workshop artists under the age of Phillips Recreation Center, 21 will be showing their U, 8pm, $10 photographs, drawings support groups and paintings at Amara. There will be live music GROW in Illinois: Mental by Liesel Booth. Health Support Group 10

Program Provena Covenant Medical Center, U, 6pm

kids & families

Radio Maria, C, 10pm Woodcock Walk DJ & Dancing River Bend Forest Preserve, Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 Mahomet, 6:30pm, $2

11:30am, $12 DIY Nano Kick Off Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, C, 1pm

mind/body/spirit

CG Productions presents Power Flow with Amanda RockStar Karaoke featurReagan ing Matt Fear Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Senator’s Bar & Grill, Sa12pm, $12 voy, 9pm Happy Hour Yoga with art exhibit Amanda Reagan Amara Yoga & Arts, U, “8 under 21” Art Exhibit 5:30pm, $12 Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm

SATURDAY 27 live music

Live Jazz Jim Gould Restaurant, C,

“8 under 21” Art Exhibit Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm

museum exhibit Champaign 150th Anniversary Historical Exhibit Illinois Terminal, C, 4pm

SUNDAY 28

museum exhibit

live music

Champaign 150th Anniversary Historical Exhibit Illinois Terminal, C, 4pm

Brunch with Panache Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 10am Live music at Carmon’s Carmon’s Restaurant, C, 5:30pm Live Irish Music with Emerald Rum The Blind Pig Co., C, 5:30pm

WWHP presents Two Tons of Steel Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 8pm, $10

Request Night DJ Boomerang, U, 8pm Dance Pop Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 Hip Hop at Bradley’s II Bradley’s II, C, 9pm, $5 Saturday Night Throwdown featuring DJ Mertz Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Salsa Night with DJ Dr. J

literary UFL Reads Memoirs: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Urbana Free Library, U, 2pm

Yoga Fundamentals Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 10am, $12 Group Meditation and kids & families Spiritual Discourse Ananda Liina Yoga & Med- Jewish Youth Group itation Center, U, 5pm Chabad Center for Jewish Life, C, 1pm, $10

concert

7pm Grass Roots Revival Strawberry Fields (Deli), U, 11am Ruthless Goats Iron Post, U, 6pm, $3 karaoke David Howie CG Productions presents Huber’s West End Store, RockStar Karaoke featur- C, 8pm ing Crazy Craig Delta Kings Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaRosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, voy, 9pm 9pm CG Productions presents Easton Stuard RockStar Karaoke Iron Post, U, 9:30pm, $3 Rumor’s Bar and Grill, U, Andy Morelion with Ben 9pm Wilson Karaoke at Po’ Boys Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm Po’ Boys, U, 9pm

art exhibit

karaoke

The Blind Pig Brewery, C, 7pm

community Teens Talk Chabad Center for Jewish Life, C, 2pm

mind/body/spirit Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Amanda Reagan Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 1pm, $12 Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 3:30pm, $12 Prenatal Yoga with Tami Mor Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:15pm, $12

karaoke Acoustic Karaoke with Steve Meadows Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm

open mic Open Stage for Bands/ Musicians Memphis on Main, C, 8pm

stage Monday Night Comedy Illini Union, U, 8pm Abe Froman Project Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 9pm

art exhibit “8 under 21” Art Exhibit Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm

museum exhibit Champaign 150th Anniversary Historical Exhibit Illinois Terminal, C, 4pm “Korean Funerary Figures: Companions for the Journey to the Other World” Spurlock Museum, U, 11pm

lectures

Dish It Up: “Plastic Dreams: Barbie” karaoke West African Dance Women’s Resources CenRock Band Sundays Classes with Djibril ter, C, 12pm Hosted by MC Remy Camara Burj Khalifa — the DeBentley’s Pub, C, 8pm Channing-Murray Founda- sign and Construction tion, U, 6pm, $10-$12 of the World’s Tallest game-playing open mic Building Chess Club for Kids Anything Goes Open Mic MONDAY 29 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, Urbana Free Library, U, Night with Jeremy Harper C, 5:30pm live music 4pm Memphis on Main, C, game-playing 8:30pm Weekly Jazz Jam literary Session GAS (Games After Book Signing and Reading stage Iron Post, U, 7pm, $2 School) with Marianne Malone Drag Show Chip Stephens Trio Rantoul Public Library, Jane Addams Book Shop, Chester Street, C, 10pm, $4 Iron Post, U, 7pm, $5 Rantoul, 4pm C, 1pm One Dollar Wild MonTrivia with Evan and art exhibit days with Jobu Monte volunteer “8 under 21” Art Exhibit Canopy Club, U, Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm UC Books to Prisoners Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 10pm Board Game Night work session 7pm Mayhew The Traitor Radio Maria, C, Urbana-Champaign InMemphis on Main, C, 10:30pm museum exhibit dependent Media Center, 10:30pm kids & families U, 2pm Champaign 150th Anniversary Historical Exhibit dj O Baby! kids & families Illinois Terminal, C, 4pm Industrial Night: DJ Champaign Public Library, Kids Natural Arts and SorceryKid presents C, 10:30am, 11:15am recreation Crafts Playshops Nekromancy mind/body/spirit Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Sunday Morning Bird Chester Street, C, 9pm, 10am, $16 Walks $2 Yoga Fundamentals Dollmaking for Kids Anita Purves Nature Cen- ‘80s Night Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Amara Yoga & Arts, U, ter, U, 7:30am Highdive, C, 10pm 12pm, $12 10am, $70-$75 Ballroom Dancing Hatha Yoga with Grace game-playing Kids Yoga with Kathryn Classes Giorgio Fitzgerald Trivia Night at The Blind University YMCA, C, Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Pig Brewery 6:15pm, $45 5:30pm, $12

classes & workshops

TUESDAY 30

Rockstar Karaoke Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 10pm

Boltini Lounge, C, 7pm WPGU presents Trivia Diner hosted by Fishing With Dynamite Canopy Club, U, 7pm

Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12 live music Ashtanga Yoga with Lara Driscoll Lauren Quinn open mic V. Picasso, U, 6pm Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Corn Desert Ramblers Open Mic Night hosted 7pm, $12 literary Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, by Mike Ingram Introduction to Mantra 9pm Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm Red Herring Fiction Meditation The Piano Man Workshop Ananda Liina Yoga & Medstage Canopy Club, U, 9pm Channing-Murray Founda- itation Center, U, 7:30pm St. Vincent Zoo Improv @ Indi Go tion, U, 7:30pm Introduction to MeditaHighdive, C, 9pm, $13-$15 Gallery tion Classes Indi Go Gallery, C, 9pm, $2 volunteer Ananda Liina Yoga & Meddj UC Books to Prisoners itation Center, U, 7:30pm art exhibit Retro Night work session faith Chester Street, C, 9pm “8 under 21” Art Exhibit Urbana-Champaign InAmara Yoga & Arts, U, dependent Media Center, Grad Students & Profesconcert 7pm U, 7pm sionals Weekly FellowWhat It Is! featuring ship Lunch kids & families Mavis Staples, Booker T., museum exhibit University Baptist Church, and JJ Grey Champaign 150th AnniBabies’ Lap Time C, 11:30am Krannert Center for the versary Historical Exhibit Urbana Free Library, U, Performing Arts, U, Illinois Terminal, C, 4pm 9:45am, 10:30am WEDNESDAY 31 7:30pm, $23-$45 “Korean Funerary Story Time Timothy Ehlen on Piano Figures: Companions for Champaign Public Library, live music Krannert Center for the the Journey to the Other C, 6:30pm Andy Baylor Performing Arts, U, World” The Clark Bar, C, 12pm 7:30pm, $4-$10 Spurlock Museum, U, 11pm mind/body/spirit Donnie Heitler: Solo Core Yoga Piano karaoke lectures Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Great Impasta, U, 6pm Paul Faber hosts Dragon Know Your University: 12pm, $12 Traditional Irish Music at Karaoke Three Theories Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Bentley’s Pub The Clark Bar, C, 9pm University YMCA, C, 12pm Don Briskin Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm CG Productions presents Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Dave Cooper, Joni Dreyer, RockStar Karaoke featur- game-playing 4pm, $12 & Brad Hendricks ing DJ Switch Boltini TNT with Cara Slow Flow with Amanda Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaBentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm Maurizi and Tanino Reagan voy, 7:30pm

buz z ’s WEEK AHEAD KARAOKE AT PO’ BOYS

1901 S. Highcross Road, U. Friday nights 9 p.m. Po’ Boys is sweet for a bunch of reasons. It’s in neither of the downtowns or campus and it’s great to branch out. Not only that, but they serve $1 PBR pints all the time, and it’s one of my mom’s favorite bars. So, maybe with enough of those, she’ll want to sing karaoke with me, and that’s a Friday night. I’m ready to get behind. —Jeanine Russell, Food & Drink Editor

DELTA KINGS

Rosebowl Tavern 106 N. Race St., U. Saturday, March 27 9 p.m. Free In my current role as buzz ofﬁce pen stealer, I will probably need to come back into town early to steal pens (and put articles in I guess, but that comes second). Once I’m done with those two tasks, I should go check out a show, like the Delta Kings. Once again, I know absolutely nothing about them, but they don’t know anything about me, so who are they to judge? —Matt Carey, Movies & TV Editor

GRASS ROOTS REVIVAL

Strawberry Fields Saturday, March 27 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Free Although it’s not usually hard to drag me to a free event where music is involved, I thought I’d actually initiate this adventure. I’m honestly not a huge fan of this type of music (Americano Roots), but I think that’s because I don’t really understand it that well. For me, the best way to understand something is to experience it, so it’s somewhat of a personal goal for me to go and see what there is to see! —Emily Carlson, Music Editor

“8 UNDER 21” ART EXHIBIT

Amara Yoga and Arts 300 S. Broadway Avenue Suite 156 B, U. Thursday, March 25 7 p.m. – 12 a.m. Free Ever since I made my quarter-year resolution to be more cultured (no joke, and hopefully it can be done), I decided that I need to go to more art exhibits. And because I like to support the works of kids my age and a little bit younger, this is the perfect place to start, right? Not only is it free (my wallet, by the way, breathes a sigh of relief), but it’s possible to meet the budding photographers, artists and painters ... with a local singer and songwriter playing the background. Count me in! — Tolu Taiwo, Assistant Community Editor

BONEYARD JAZZ QUINTET

Iron Post 120 S. Race St., U. Friday, March 26 5 – 7 p.m. Free Nothing says free music better than Boneyard Jazz Quintet at the Iron Post from 5p.m. to 7p.m. Spend your Friday night listening to the great music by Morgan Powell (trombone), Thomas “Shab” Wirtel (ﬂugelhorn), Woody Woodward (piano), Armand Beaudoin (bass) and Jeff Magby (drums). — Abby Wilson, Arts Editor

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Glenn Wilson Iron Post, U, 7:30pm, $6 Caleb Cook Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm

dj Hillbilly Humpday with DJ Halfdead Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 8pm Wild West Wednesday It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm Boys Night Out with DJ Randall Ellison Boltini Lounge, C, 9pm I Love the ‘90s Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Old School Red Star Liquors, U, 10pm Bomb Night Highdive, C, 10pm Tango Night with DJ Joe Grohens Cowboy Monkey, C, 8pm Rave To The Grave: Dance Night Canopy Club, U, 9pm Weekly Salsa Night Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm

karaoke

ing DJ Switch The Corner Tavern, Monticello, 8pm International Karaoke hosted by Paul Faber V. Picasso, U, 9pm

open mic Open mic at Green St. Green St. Cafe, C, 8pm Open Stage Comedy Night Memphis on Main, C, 9pm

stage History Makers Project: Play Reading of The Moment Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm

sporting event Softball — USF — The Game Tournament: Illini vs. Indiana State Eichelberger Field, U, 5pm

art exhibit

“8 under 21” Art Exhibit CG Productions presents Amara Yoga & Arts, U, RockStar Karaoke featur- 7pm

museum exhibit Champaign 150th Anniversary Historical Exhibit Illinois Terminal, C, 4pm “Korean Funerary Figures: Companions for the Journey to the Other World” Spurlock Museum, U, 11pm

game-playing Pokemon Fan Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 5:30pm Euchre Tournament Po’ Boys, U, 7:30pm Bingo Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 9:30pm Screwball Trivia Night Radio Maria, C, 11pm

volunteer Community Connections & Outreach Group Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 6pm

Storyshop at the Branch Douglass Branch Library, C, 10:30am

« VENUES OF CU » Aroma Café 118 N. Neil, C. 356-3200

As-

community

sembly Hall 1800 S. First, C. 333-5000

Latino Family Day Parkland College, C, 4pm Girls’ Night Chabad Center for Jewish Life, C, 8pm

Bacaro 113 N. Walnut, C. 398-6982

mind/body/spirit Core Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12 Candlelight Yoga with Kim Morin Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm, $12

The

Blind Pig 120 N. Walnut, C. 398-1532

Bent-

ley’s Pub 419 N. Neil, C. 359-7977

THE

Art Theater 126 W. Church St., C. 355-0068 It’s Brothers Bar & Grill 613 E. Green,

Post 120 S. Race Street, U. 337-POST Brewery 706 Fifth, C. 384-1790 E. Daniel, C. 337-3300

Krannert

East Peabody Drive, C. 244-0516

Center for the Performing Arts 500 S. Goodwin, U. 333-6700

La Casa Cultural

Latina 1203 W. Nevada, U. 333-4950

C. 378-8001

The Brass Rail 15 E. Univer-

ends 522 E. Green, C. 355-7674

Bunny’s Tavern 119 W. Café Kopi 109

Water Street, U. 367-8175 N. Walnut, C. 359-4266

Caffe Paradiso

801 S. Lincoln Ave., U. 384-6066

The Can-

Leg-

McKinley

Church & Foundation 809 S. Fifth, C. 344Memphis on Main 55 E. Main, C.

0297

Mike ‘n Molly’s 105 N. Market,

398-1097

Murphy’s Pub 604 E. Green, C.

C.355-1236

opy Club 708 S. Goodwin Ave, U. 367-3140

352-7275

Cinema Gallery 120 West Main, U. 367-3711

ton, C.

faith

Chester Street Bar 63 E. Chester, C. 356-

West Bradley Ave, C. 351-2528

Grad Students & Professionals Bible Study University Baptist Church, C, 7pm

5607

The Clybourne 706 S. Sixth, C. 383-

ria 119 N Walnut, C. 398-7729

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Curtis Orchard 3902 S. Duncan, C.

Billiard and Sports Bar 4 E. Holden, To-

kids & families

classes & workshops

Happy Birthday to Who? Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am

Parkland Jazz Improv Class Iron Post, U, 5pm, $2

Early American Museum 600

359-5565

N. Lombard, Mahomet. 586-2612

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609 W. MAIN, U. August 2010. 2bdrm TownhousesFurnished $620/mo, Unfurnished $600/mo. 2 bdrm apts- Furnished $545/mo. Parking optional, Central A/C, Carpet, Laundry, Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

205 EAST HEALEY, C. August 2010. Huge 1 bdrm apts. Window A/C, Parking $40/mo. To furnish $50/mo additional. Rents from $425/mo to $495/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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203 S. Wright 1 & 2 Bdrm. W/D, parking. Aug. 2010 www.baraka-apts.com 202 S. Lincoln, U Aug 2010. Excellent location at Green & Lincoln. Cool apartments: studios, 1 BRs, & 2 BR townhouses. Great prices: $520-$725/mo. 217-359-6400 or leasing@ramshaw.com Managed by Ramshaw Real Estate www.ramshaw.com

808 S. LINCOLN, U Aug 2010. Classic Building- across from Jimmy John's on Lincoln Ave. Hardwood Floors, Laundry, Call for showing times. Efﬁciencies $380 2 BR $490 (F) Parking $50/mo BARR REAL ESTATE, INC 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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905 S. Locust, C Aug 2010. Beautiful 2 BR apartments in great campus location. Incredible layout, breakfast bar, balcony, tons more. $760- $820/mo. 217-359-6400 or leasing@ramshaw.com Managed by Ramshaw Real Estate www.ramshaw.com COUNTRY FAIR APARTMENTS 1 & 2 bedroom, furnished or unfurnished, FREE gas heat, water, trash removal, basic satellite TV & FREE parking! Pool, tennis court, inside laundry. On 4 MTD bus routes. Small pet O.K. Ask about our student leases. M-F 9-5:30, Sat. 9-12. Call 359-3713 or just stop by our ofﬁce in the red barn, at 2106 W. White, C. www.myapartmenthome.com 209 W. Griggs, U Aug 2010. Luxury apts at a low price. All apts have washer-dryer, balcony, open ﬂoorplan. 1 BR/ 1 BA: $700- $760/mo. 2 BR/ 2 BA: $955/ mo 217-359-6400 or leasing@ramshaw.com Managed by Ramshaw Real Estate www.ramshaw.com

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101 N. BUSEY & 102 N. LINCOLN, U. Aug 2010. Near Green & Lincoln. 2 bdrm apts from $540/mo. Window A/C, Laundry. Parking $45/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

Old Town Champaign 510 S. Elm, C. Available Now & Fall 2010. 2 BR close to campus, hardwood ﬂoors, laundry, W/D, central air/heat, off-street parking, 24 hr. maintenance. Value pricing. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

907 W. STOUGHTON, URBANA Aug 2010. Huge 2 bdrm apt in great location near Engineering. Central A/C, laundry. From $650/mo. Parking $50/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

HEALEY COURT APARTMENTS 307-309 Healey Court, C. Fall 2010. Behind FU Bar. 3 bedrooms. Parking, laundry. Starting at $343/person. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

GREAT VALUE 306-308-309 White, C August 2010. Furnished studios, 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms. Balconies, patios, laundry, dishwashers, off-street parking. Behind County Market. Starting at $265/person. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

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Efficiency 201 E. Armory, C................................... $395 1 Bedroom 610 W. Stoughton, U ........................... $480 1004 S. Locust, C

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Fall 2010. Unique 1, 2 bedroom apartments. Furnished, laundry, internet. 2 Bedrooms starting at $387/ person. Parking available. Must see! THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

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2, 3 BR. Great Location, on-site laundry, parking. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

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105 E. Green, CHAMPAIGN

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602 E. Stoughton, C

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Aug 2010. Studio apts at First & Green. Wall A/C units, laundry. From $315/mo to $325/mo. Parking $35/ mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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605 S. Fifth, C. Fall 2010 5th and Green location Outdoor activity area. 1 bedrooms available. Garage off-street parking, laundry, value pricing. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

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Aug 2010. Huge one bdrms, Window A/C. Rents from $380/mo to $405/mo. Parking $20/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

Fully furnished one bedroom apartment only 2-1/2 blocks from campus! High speed Internet included. Washer and dryer in the apartment. Available Aug 2010. $680/month.

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Fall 2010 3 bedroom apartment. Spacious living area. Communal balcony, great backyard. Plus a bar area in kitchen, dishwasher, washer/dryer in each unit, value pricing. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

Available NOW Furnished Apartments Studios $355 - $390 1 Bedrooms $450 2, 3 Bedrooms $595 & up THE UNIVERSITY GROUP Ofﬁce @ 309 S. First., C universitygroupapartments.com 217-352-3182

111 S. BUSEY MODERN 3 STORY, 2 BATH. GARAGE 3 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE 1700 sf 2 Bath, CA, WD 1 Block to campus www.lincolnshireprop.com $1200.00 398-1998

807 to 809 W. ILLINOIS, U Aug 2010. 1 Bdrms corner of Lincoln & Illinois. Window A/C, Laundry, Rent $550/mo. Parking $50/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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706 S. LOCUST, C. Aug 2010. Window A/C, covered parking $45/mo, laundry. 1 bdrm $400/mo, 2 bdrms $550/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

508, 510, & 512 E. STOUGHTON, C. August 2010. Huge 1 bdrm plus den. Close to Engineering & C/S. A/C, Laundry, Parking $55/mo. Rent from $620/mo to $655/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

John Street Apartments 58 E. John, C. August 2010. Studio, two, three bedrooms, fully furnished. Dishwasher, center courtyard, onsite laundry, central air, parking. Starting at $298/person. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

Only one available, Furnished 4BR & 2BA $410/person ($1,640 mo.) 705 W. Main, U ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED & FREE PARKING Hardwood Floors, A/C, Laundry Efficiencies, 1 & 2 BR also avaiable at this location.

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1006 S. 3rd, C. Fall 2010 1 bedroom. Location, location. Covered parking, laundry, furnished, patios. Value pricing. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

102 N. GREGORY, U. Aug 2010. Close to Illini Union. 1 bdrm $440/mo, 2 bdrms $540/mo. Carpet, Laundry. Parking $45/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-173 www.barr-re.com

LARGE 3 BEDROOMS Near Engineering Campus Covered Parking, Cable TV. $1050 Shlens Apartments 217-344-2901 cshlens@aol.com

111 E. Chalmers, C. August 2010 studio, 1, 4 bedrooms. Furniture, skylights, off-street parking, laundry. Starting at $295/person. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

RARELY AVAILABLE 1 BR with w/d in unit A/C, free pkg, avail. Aug 4 Near Lincoln Square The Weiner Companies Ltd

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Off-campus 702 W. Washington, Champaign One bedroom ~ $526 per month

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Nogle & Black Apartments

Great location. 2 blocks from main quad. Leather furniture, hardwood floors, & flat screen TV. Loft style 4 and 5 bedrooms, each with 2 full bathrooms. Great location! Just across from the U of I Armory.

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Fall 2010 studio and 4 bedroom penthouse. Secured building. Private parking, laundry on-site. Value pricing. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

105 E. John, C. Fall 2010. Large 1, 2 bedroom furnished, great location. 352-3182. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com

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2 BR Fully furnished, W/D, ethernet & parking. Close to Beckman. $625/mo. Call Chris anytime. 841-1996 or 352-3182

706 S. WALNUT, U. August 2010. Close to Downtown Urbana, 1 bdrms $510/mo. 2 bdrms $540/mo. Central A/C, Laundry. Parking. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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5th & HEALEY, C.

1107 S. EUCLID, C

509 E. White, C.

August 2010. The BEST LOCATED EFFICIENCIES & 1 BEDROOMS on campus - period. Here's the best part: Efﬁciencies $400/mo to $425/ mo & 1 bedrooms $550/mo. Parking available at $50/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

August 2010. Large Studio and 1 bedrooms. Security entry, balconies, patios, furnished. Laundry, off-street parking, value pricing. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

Efﬁciency Apartment Immediately Available At 401 E. Chalmers! Rent includes: ALL utilities and 70 channels of cable tv. You pay only: phone and internet. http://www.illinimanor.com or call 217-337-7990.

Aug 2010. 1 bdrms near Armory & ARC. Window A/C, laundry, rents from $395/mo to $420/mo. Parking $35/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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Close In Urbana Locations 1005 S. First, C: Studio

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1009 S. First, C: 4BR 202 E. White, C: 2BR, 3BR, 4BR 202 S. Lincoln, U: Studio, 1BR, 2BR

Digital Comp. Lab, Grainger, Siebel 2 1/2 Blocks

303 E. Clark, C: 1BR

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1107 S. EUCLID, C Aug 2010. 1 bdrms near Armory & ARC. Window A/C, laundry, rents from $395/mo to $420/mo. Parking $35/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

502 W. Green, Urbana Fully furnished 4 bedroom, 2 bath with ﬁreplace, ﬂatscreen tv, full-size washer/dryer. Walking distance to campus. $1360/mo. Call John 815-436-8262 john.foster1@comcast.net

604 E. White, C. Security Entrance Fall 2010, Large studio, 1, 2 bedroom, Loft Apartment. Furnished, balconies, patios, laundry, off-street parking, value pricing. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

203 S. Sixth, C. August 2010. Large 4 bedrooms, 2 bath. Balconies, laundry, covered parking. Starting at $250/person. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

103 E. DANIEL, C. Avail Aug 2010. Efﬁciency close to Frat Park. Rent $425/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

Office 911 W. Springfield, Urbana 344-3008 www.BaileyApartments.com

209 Griggs, U: 1BR, 2BR 905 S. Locust, C: 2BR

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202 E. SPRINGFIELD, C. August 2010. 1 bedroom units conveniently located close to campus. Rent from $410/mo. Central A/C, dishwashers, balconies. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

KARMA

One Bedroom Residences Downtown Champaign. August 2010. A Complete regeneration of living space in DT Champaign. These artistically inspired residences are fully furnished and feature IKEA furniture and cabinetry, hardwood ﬂoors, video security, off street parking and laundry on site. KARMA is designed to be a fusion of art and living in a contemporary urban environment. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

311 E. WHITE, CHAMPAIGN Avail Aug 2010. Large efﬁciencies close to Beckman Center. From $325/mo. Parking $35/mo. Window A/C, carpet. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

506 E. Stoughton, C. For August 2010. Extra large efﬁciency apartments. Security building entry, complete furniture, laundry, off-street parking, value pricing. Ofﬁce at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP universitygroupapartments.com 352-3182

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706 S. FIRST, CHAMPAIGN Aug 2010. 1/2 blk south of Green. 1 bdrm $430/mo. 2 bdrms from $475/ mo. Window A/C. Parking $40/mo. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

WOW 4 BR $1180 3 BR $990 New Kitchens Flat Screen TV 106 E. Daniel 217-352-3182 www.ugroup96.com

104 E. Armory Fall 2010, 4 bedroom/ 2 full baths, skylights, leather furniture, ﬂat screen T.V. Utilities included $350 per person The University Group universitygroupapartments.com

1007 S. FIRST Aug 2010. Near First & Gregory. 2 bdrm apts from $595/mo. Window A/ C, Carpet, Laundry. Parking included. Call for showing times. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com Now Leasing! Gentry Square Apartments Quiet Community in SW Champaign 2 Bedroom Apartments & Townhomes 10 Gold Bus Route to Campus www.apartmentschampaign.com 217-356-2533

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leasing@ramshaw.com www.ramshaw.com 1817 S. Neil, Champaign

On engineering & computer science campus (Urbana Side) Union 3 1/2 Blocks Grainger 2 Blocks 1 Bedroom 901 W. Springfield, U $ 540-595 911 W. Springfield, U $ 570-610 1004 W. Springfield, U $ 495 2 Bedroom 901 W. Springfield, U $ 695 111 S. Lincoln, U $ 795-895 For Info: (217) 344-3008 911 W. Springfield, Urbana www.BaileyApartments.com

WALK TO CAMPUS! All of our apartments are 1-4 blocks from Campus • Free Internet • Washer & Dryer in every unit • Dishwasher in most units • Furnished • Air Conditioning

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES

(March 21-April 19)

All but one of our planet’s mountain ranges have been mapped: the Gamburtsev Mountains, which are buried under 2.5 miles of ice in Antarctica. Recent efforts to get a read on this craggy landscape, aided by a network of seismic instruments, have revealed some initial details about it, including its role in forming the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. I recommend that you regard the Gamburtsevs as an iconic metaphor in the coming months, Aries. They’ll be an apt symbol for one of your life’s featured themes: the discovery and exploration of a massive unknown territory that has been hidden from view.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20)

It’s my opinion that everyone has a duty to periodically check in with themselves to make sure they still are who they say they are. Over time, there’s a tendency for all of us to fall into the habit of believing our own hype. We get entranced by the persona we project. We’re tempted to keep capitalizing on our past accomplishments in ways that lull us into complacency and give us unconscious permission to stop growing. You, Taurus, are in no worse danger of doing this than any of the rest of us. But the coming weeks will be an excellent time, astrologically speaking, for you to do an intensive check-in.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)

The odds are higher than usual that you’ll encounter a future soul brother or soul sister in the coming weeks. Potential allies are gravitating toward you, even if neither they nor you are aware of it yet. You’re also likely to brush up against a tribe or team you could benefit from knowing more about. That’s why I’m counseling you to be extra open to meeting people you don’t know. Talk to strangers. Ask your friends to introduce you to their friends. And consider the possibility of skipping over the customary social formalities so you can reveal some of the core truths about who you are right from the start.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

Sci-fi author Neil Gaiman sometimes invites his readers to get involved in his creative process. While working on the story “Metamorpho,” for example, he Twittered, “Trying to decide if broccoli is funnier than kohlrabi in a list of vegetables.” When a number of fans suggested “rutabaga” instead, he took their suggestion. (Thanks to The New Yorker for that report.) I’d like to borrow Gaiman’s approach, as you’re entering a phase of your astrological cycle when you’ll have maximum power to shape your own destiny. So here’s my question: What accomplishment would you like your horoscope to say you will complete by May 15? Email me at Truthrooster@gmail.com.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

From the 9th to the 15th century, the Khmer empire thrived in what is now Cambodia. Its rulers were regarded as deities who had privileges that common folk didn’t have -- as well as special responsibilities. For example, each god-king was expected, according to custom, to engage in sexual relations with a sacred nine-headed serpent every single night, whether he was in the mood or not. (An actual human being usually served as a proxy for the magic snake.) I suspect you may get an inkling of the god-king’s double-edged situation in the coming week, Leo. On the one hand, you’re likely to be presented with the possibility of experiencing uncommonly interesting pleasure. On the other hand, there may be an obligatory quality to it -- a slightly oppressive pressure that is fully blended with the bliss.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

According to the oracular priestess at the ancient Greek shrine of Delphi, whom I consulted in my dream last night, your code phrases for the week are “luminous shadow” and “hidden light.” That was the gist of her entire message; she didn’t provide any more practical clues. But here are some ways I might interpret her prophecy if I were you: What dark place in your life might soon shine forth with a new radiance? Or: What secret beauty is aching to be 18

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yo u f i g u r e o u t t h e

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

In my role as moral sentinel, I strongly urge you not to watch “Telephone,” the music video by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. It epitomizes everything that’s crazy-making about our culture: brilliantly executed, gorgeous to behold, and perversely seductive, even though its subject matter is degrading, demoralizing, and devoid of meaning. In my role as a kick-ass educator, however, I encourage you to watch the video at least once. I think you’d benefit from seeing such an explicit embodiment of the crazy-making pressures you’ll be wise to avoid exposing yourself to in the coming weeks. You can find it at tinyurl.com/ycx6p34 or tinyurl.com/ycvkkdz.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

“Most of the time, life does not talk to you,” writes Robert T. Kiyosaki in his book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. “It just sort of pushes you around. Each push is life saying, ‘Wake up. There’s something I want you to learn.’” Different people respond in different ways, Kiyosaki says. “Some just let life push them around. Others get angry and push back. But they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband or wife. They do not know it’s life that’s pushing.” I’m here to tell you, Scorpio, that what he says is particularly apropos for you right now. And I hope that you will neither allow yourself to get pushed around nor blame the wrong source for the push. Instead, make yourself available to learn the lesson that life’s nudging you to pay attention to.

NASA scientist Richard Gross believes that the recent 8.8 earthquake in Chile was so strong that it shifted the planet’s axis and shortened the length of the day. The amounts were relatively small -- three inches and 1.26 microseconds -- but it was enough to make “the Earth ring like a bell.” I predict a somewhat comparable seismic shift for you in the coming weeks. The main difference is that yours will not be generated by a painful jolt but rather by a breakthrough that’s half smart and half lucky.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

In a library in Warsaw, there is a 1,000+-page memoir written by my great-great-great-great grandfather, Leon Dembowski, a close advisor to the last king of Poland. Someday I’ll make a pilgrimage over there, photocopy that family heirloom, bring it back to America, and have it translated into English. The task I envision for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn, has a certain resemblance to mine. I think you will have the chance to uncover a wealth of material about where you came from, but it’ll take a lot of footwork and reinterpretation.

There’s no need for you to get a t-shirt that says, “Oh no, not another learning experience.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are not about to have an embarrassing stumble that could in retrospect be euphemistically referred to as a “learning experience.” On the contrary, the educational events you’ll be communing with will be pretty pleasurable, and will more closely resemble a hop, skip, and a jump than a stumble.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

I’m inclined to prophesy that in the days to come, you may be able to read the minds of people whose actions are critical to your success. I also suspect that you will know exactly what to do in order to banish a minor health problem. I’m even tempted to believe that when you gaze into the mirror you will be more intrigued than you’ve been in a while. Have you ever heard a bird sing a song just for you? Did you ever find a small treasure you assumed was lost forever? Developments like those are in the works. There’s only one catch: To get the most out of this grace period, you will have to summon more faith in yourself than you usually do.

Solution in Classifieds.

Across

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Down

1 Actor Kinnear 2 Boring way to learn 3 Low part in a womens’ choir 4 Book jacket passage 5 Nastygrams 6 Tiny particle 7 Rajah’s wife 8 Business chiefs 9 Accident 10 Original company behind the Almond Joy bar 11 Asian sea that’s really a lake 12 Flickr posts, for short 13 Tattoo stuff 21 Instinct source 22 Manhattan Project weapon, for short 25 Take ___ of faith 26 “We ___ please” 27 Olfactory sense 29 ___ Hashanah 30 When some bars close 32 German painter Albrecht ___ 33 Retract a comment 34 They may be taken with a hand in the air 36 EEG detection 38 Prefix for pilot 41 “From hell’s heart, ___ at thee”--Melville 42 “How bizarre” 47 Kindle stuff 49 Get a little rest 52 Coordinate, with “up” 54 Wild card, often 55 Musical finale 56 Makes a selection 57 ___-wheel drive 58 Feminine suffix 59 “Avatar” race 60 Male-only 61 Sicilian volcano 62 Ernesto Guevara, familiarly

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by MICHAEL COULTER

Male, white, married The US Census is here, and there’s nothing we can do about it It’s fun to feel good about money we’ll never be able to pay back. So sending yourself. It’s fun to help other out a couple of letters to each household in the people. It’s fun to be a part of nation is not a huge deal. It’s only money after all, a large group. It’s also fun and it’s not even worth all that much anymore. It to take a really easy test. just seems like there has to be a better way. Since we all love every single I would bet that more than half of our citizens freaking one of these things, have some sort of access to the Internet. That thank God our beloved government has given us might be a much cheaper way to get some of the a chance to combine them all into a fun little form information. They could save on paper, save on called the census. It’s nice they think of us every help to transpose all the data into a computer and so often. By every so often I mean every ten years even help out the environment a little along the or so. The census is like that freaky uncle that the way. This would, of course, require some creative whole damned family assumes is dead until you and frugal thinking. That’s not really the strong hear from him once every decade. He doesn’t ask suit of government, though. So it’s business as for much, but he’s still sort of a pain in the ass, usual, just like it was 50 years ago when we did and we sort of just wish he’d go away. Still, the a census. This logic would make perfect sense if census is important, and it lets us all count for soda pop still cost a nickel, Johnny Carson was something. It’s just that that something is one still hosting the Tonight Show, computers were person. It doesn’t seem all that great to me. the size of a house and only three places in the There is a reason for the census, though. country had them. The obvious reason is that it lets the US count The other question is, what will be done with everybody. They send a form out now because the data once it’s collected? It’s all confidential it’s not realistic to have everyone line up and begin in regard to specific households, but I’m betting counting off. “Oh, did we get that guy? Wait, wait, there are tons of people out there who really don’t go back to the first guy and start again. Holy crap believe that. For once, I’m not on any conspiracy this is gonna take forever.” The census will also help bandwagon, but I do sort of understand the people the government decide where all the funding will who are. It’s hard to trust the government these go — $400 billion dollars or so worth of funding. days. This is, of course, because they make it very It also helps decide how many seats your area has hard to trust them. in the House of Representatives. So, if you aren’t counted, there’s That’s the nice thing about our government a chance you could have less people screwing you out of not having any sort of debt or funding issues. money the next time they decide They have enough surplus money to send to redistrict. Here’s something interesting. out a pre-letter informing me that the regular I’m actually doing my census while I write this column. That’s letter is on its way. Geez Louise, if I ran my right, I actually have my census household budget like they do I’d be living in a form in my hand. In fact, I even knew I was going to have it a freaking cardboard box. week before it came in the mail. If nothing else, though, it’s simple. You give your I knew this because the government sent me a letter informing me that I would be receiving name, address, race and relationship to the other another letter. They are so efficient it’s scary. people in your house. That’s it. Be sure not to lie, That’s the nice thing about our government not because that will be a federal offense, you know, like having any sort of debt or funding issues. They cheating on your taxes, which nobody ever does. have enough surplus money to send out a preI know the census is important. Our country letter informing me that the regular letter is on its is still growing, and we need to plan and at least way. Geez Louise, if I ran my household budget like attempt to understand how the population is changing. The census is a good thing. The they do I’d be living in a freaking cardboard box. This year, the census is estimated to cost implementation of it, however, leaves a little bit somewhere in the neighborhood of $10 billion to to be desired. It’s a long, complicated process $15 billion. It’s stunning that we are so desensitized without a lot of glory or fun. In other words, it’s to huge government spending that all of a sudden exactly the sort of thing at which the government this doesn’t really seem like that much money. I is terrible. It seems like it could be so much more, mean, it still seems like a lot to me, but politicians or even so much less. For right now, it’s just a form don’t even think about pissing that much money we have to fill out. I just hope somewhere down away anymore. This is because someone the road it turns into something more than ten somewhere is still ignorant enough to lend us minutes I’m never getting back. buzz

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