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VOL8 NO17
APRIL 29, 2010
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IN THIS ISSUE
Largest Selection of Guitars in Champaign
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Read about what bees do in Central Illinois.
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MOVIES & TV A review of the remake A Nightmare on Elm Street, up on Saturday.
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FOOD & DRINK National Herb Week is coming up! Learn how it got its start and a few ideas for celebrating this food holiday on Friday.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Care for a night of theater, music and witty dialogue? A review of Albert Herring up on the217.com this week.
MUSIC Do you like music? How about barns? Not enough? What if I told you there’s a storm in the title? Sweet. Check out a preview for the Daytrotter Barnstormer, up Tuesday, and then a review of the show, online Friday.
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SPIRITUAL SEX 14 Check out what the Tantra Mantra means.
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Your guide to this week’s events.
EDITOR’S NOTE BRAD THORP
It is interesting to watch the different ways in which people come to accept that college is nearly over. For a few of us, we have some time left to put in and are really only leaving for the summer months. But for an entire class, this is the final semester to a (hopefully) successful college education. There are jobs to be sought, internships to fight for and, in some cases, the move back home. I can’t say I envy being in your position. I am already dreading my own experience coming to an end, and I still have a whole year to go! There’s so much being said about job markets, the economy and how hard job searches are, so I’ll just leave that be. I suppose those points are true, but I don’t see the use in dwelling on them. That is how it is; now how do we deal with what we are given? I don’t know if there is a perfect answer to that, but if there were, there would be much less worry in the world. If I come up with anything though, I’ll let you know! I think the bigger issue is the feeling that our childhood is really over. When we leave school, we are finally real people. Life can truly begin! Scary as this may be, it is pretty exciting. This transition comes with new responsibilities, cares and worries, but it’s also a chance to finally step up. We can finally have a significant impact on our world! Adults will now be our peers, and there will be little reason for them not to listen to us. This isn’t to say that we haven’t already had an impact on our world, but we are now able to work on a much larger scale. We will have the ability to push and transform our entire job market if we want to! Being able to use our knowledge will remind us how fortunate we are to have had such a great education. All the study sessions, final projects and all-nighters will all have been worth it. For me, staring down a senior year that I believe will prove to be the toughest year yet, this gives me hope.
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“I think I’ll miss PHIL 203 the most. I’m in engineering and we don’t take classes like that a lot. It was a really good change of pace for me.� New Revels Players presents Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog by Lauren Hise
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It’s your basic boy meets girl story: boy falls obsessively in love. Boy pines while conquering the world and combating his self-absorbed nemesis. Okay, maybe not so basic. Actually, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, originally a musical on Hulu, seems to be a breed all its own. It will likely become even more so when New Revels Players brings it to the Gregory Hall stage Saturday, May 1, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 2, at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. When the Revels began thinking about Dr. Horrible, they did so hoping to step outside the norm. “We wanted to do something totally different from anything that New Revels Players has ever done,� said Director Derek Beigh. “It’s a totally unique show.� A musical dramedy, Dr. Horrible revolves around an aspiring supervillain who is in love with a girl named Penny and eager to belong to the Evil League of Evil. However, he must first defeat his nemesis, Captain Hammer, who stands arrogantly in the way. While Beigh assures fans that the spirit of the original remains intact, he also promises more than just a performance of the film. Alex Furlan, who plays Dr. Horrible, agrees. “I think we’re adding a lot of our own flair to it,� Furlan said. “At least at every rehearsal, Alex Nordlund [Captain Hammer] comes up with two or three brand new things that he brings to his character.� Whatever the final changes might be, when Dr. Horrible makes its stage debut, one thing will remain the same: Freeze Ray. Stops time. Tell your friends. Cover Design  Nicole Hammonds Editor in Chief  Brad Thorp Managing Editor & Copy Chief  Danielle Perlin Art Director  Claire Keating Photography Editor  Annie Goold Image Editor  Bekah Nelson Photographers  James Kyung Designers  Nicole Hammonds, Kamil Kecki, Annaka Olsen Music Editor  Emily Carlson Food Editor  Jeanine Russell arts & entertainment Editor  Matt Carey Community Editor  Em-J Staples CU Calendar  Bonnie Siernberg Copy Editors  Michell Eloy, Tim Madigan, Emily Siner Sales Manager  Carolyn Gilbert Marketing/Distribution  Brandi Willis Publisher  Mary Cory On the Web  www.the217.com Email  buzz@readbuzz.com Write  512 E. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820 CALL  217.337.3801
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“I’m in a water aerobics class right now, KIN 107, and I’ll miss that a lot. It’s really fun and good exercise. Hopefully I’ll keep it up!�
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Âť Cute umbrellas: It’s that time of the year, since the May flowers are coming up pretty soon. Oh, but wait! It’s okay! My umbrella keeps me from being a soggy mess, and I look cute, too. Is it wrong that I want to buy multiples so they match what I’m wearing that day? Âť Allen Hall: Nothing against my current “home,â€? which is the Six Pack, but I’m super excited for next year when I get to claim that my address is 1005 W. Gregory Dr. Every time I go in there, I get bombarded with the artsy vibe of keynote speakers that play 50 instruments, hookah on the front yard and the delightful bunch of quirky, whimsical folk. I love it! I’ve made so many memories in Allen already, and again, I don’t even live there yet. Next year’s move-in day is going to be one of the happiest moments of my life. Âť My male friends: Because of them, I don’t have to walk home by myself at two in the morning and be another crime-alert. I also get the guy advice, the free sweatshirts and the unexpected ego boosts. Thank you Jay-Jay, Pendleton and the Double Bs, my best friends without vaginas. Claire Keating Art Director
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s summer approaches, outdoor time becomes more coveted. Why not take advantage of this beautiful weather by eating your meals in the sunshine? Picnics are a fun way to enjoy nature and indulge in your favorite fresh and delicious foods all at once. While enjoying local scenery, try out some local foods as well. The tradition of picnics began in the 14th Century in England. The wealthy civilians created the tradition of holding “hunting feasts,” which included eating foods such as hams, baked meats and pastries outdoors. This established the basis of picnicking that we have today. Picnics are ideal for many different occasions. They are perfect for family gatherings, large get-togethers and for those who prefer to have a romantic meal for two. Traditional American picnic foods typically include sandwiches, deli salads, potato chips, fried chicken and fresh fruit. Things that pack well, clean up well, and need little preparation are preferred. Adam Carr, an employee at Strawberry Fields grocery store, shared his idea of the perfect picnic foods. “Baguettes — they’re a classic picnic food. You see them hanging outside a basket,” Carr said. Strawberry Fields carries baguettes for a picnic, as well as prepackaged deli salads, such as pad thai, fresh produce and organic fruits. Additionally,
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Strawberry Fields sells packaged meat and cheese trays, fruit salads and vegetarian trays. These are all delicious and healthy foods that are easy to take on the go. Lara Orr, the Outreach Coordinator at Common Ground Food Co-op, mentioned different snack foods to bring on picnics. “I’m a big fan of our local goat cheese on crackers and all of our deli salads. We have iced tea I would bring, or sparkling water. We have sugar snap peas if you wanted to grab something simple,” she said. Common Ground offers many selections for those who want to make their picnic entirely local. It features many items from local farms, so any picnic can be a testament of the area and what it produces. If you are the type who prefers a classier picnic, try pairing your local selections with a glass of wine. If your menu consists of cheese, breads and fruits, red wine is the ideal choice. On the other hand, white wine is usually paired with meat, seafood and Asian food. Choosing the perfect wine for your picnic will make all the difference and create the perfect ambience for your outdoor meal. Carr commented on the ideal picnic experience. “Good company, and you should be surrounded by nature,” he said. “Sit in an open grass field, a field of warm grass on a sunny day. Oh, and you
have to be barefooted to feel the warm Earth.” Locally, a few favorite picnic locations include Busy Woods, Crystal Lake Park, Allerton Park and Meadowbrook. When packing for a picnic, keep the environment in mind ,and try not to pack too much plastic or disposables. They might be convenient, but part of enjoying nature is preserving it. Try packing some silverware
instead of disposable items, which add to waste. Fabric napkins and real glass are not only better for the Earth in the long run, but can also enhance a picnic with homey finishings. What better way is there to connect with Mother Nature while treating yourself to a delightful meal? Grab your friends and family, and go have a picnic in this magnificent weather.
MUSIC
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Molehill
Although Chicago-based band Molehill has a long history of gaining and losing members, now with a new permanent lineup, Molehill is here to stay. With its high, crazy energy, witty, ingenious lyrics and catchy melodies, this fivesome rocks out to their own unique, eclectic sound throughout the Midwest and the East Coast. Be sure to catch the band performing with Brighton MA and Hot Cops at Cowboy Monkey on May 1 at 9 p.m. » buzz: What’s behind the name Molehill? Does it have anything to do with chemistry? Peter Manhart of Molehill: No. I wish. I actually studied physics in college so that would have been kind of cool. [The name] is kind of random actually. I guess we just needed a name really fast, but there was also the fact that in the beginning, people didn’t take us seriously, and we were just seen as nothing, a small deal. But we took our name to be that someday we would make a mountain of it, but I could say that the name is because I have a lot of moles on my body, because I think I tell the same story too much. » buzz: How would you describe your sound? PM: High energy rock, pretty much, just rock ‘n’ roll. As for bands that we sound like, I’d say Spoon, Hot Hot Heat and Muse. There’s not just one band we sound like, so I’d like to think we’re pretty unique.
by Justine Chan
Teach for America Benefit coming to Canopy Club by Brigette Ruhland
Used with permission from the band
» buzz: How does the songwriting process work for you? What inspires you? PM: I just sit around and play guitar a lot and come up with an idea, and I’ll play it so much that it’ll get stuck in my head. The whole band and I will then get together to figure out the music, and then later, I’ll write lyrics over it. My lyrics are pretty random. It’s a really random process, too. Usually I have to have gone through a traumatic event, and then I hope I get inspired. My favorite thing to write songs about is girls — crazy girls — I guess. Failed relationships and the whole game of dating and people screwing each other over. So, I guess my songs are kind of depressing, but that was when I was single. Now I’m in a healthy relationship, and it’s different! » buzz: Who are your influences? PM: [My influences are] Spoon, Muse, Jimi
Hendrix and Elliot Smith — I really aspire to be like him, but nothing I write ever sounds like his stuff. If I could play with any band, I’d say probably Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd. » buzz: What are you trying to accomplish through your music? PM: Music has always been something I’ve always done and always will do. If people don’t like it, it won’t change anything. And I don’t know what I’d do without music — it’s me. If I’m able to do it and make a living from it, that’s like icing on a cake. » buzz: Do you have anything special planned for the Champaign concert at Cowboy Monkey? PM: I guess just our usual very high energy. It’s going to be really exciting too, because this will be the first time we’re going to perform with the new lineup. It’s going to be awesome.
QUICK PICK ALBUM reviews ARTIST:
Kayla Brown
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Three bands: one cause
Steady Now
Several adjectives swirl around in the brain when trying to classify the voice of Kayla Brown. Certainly at the forefront is “sultry,” as her voice possesses an almost smoldering quality. But her music possesses a depth that makes it difficult to categorize, or to pinpoint exactly how to describe it. And her voice is as sweet and smooth as it is diverse. Within literally the very first second or two of Kayla’s new album, Steady Now, it is nearly impossible to not be hooked. The opening track feels almost like a Lucinda Williams tune, somewhere between folk and Americana and acoustic rock. Throughout the album, Kayla’s beautiful voice weaves together the delicate strands of several stories. The imagery and emotion infused into each song plants the listener directly into the story of each track. Every song is reminiscent of a barefoot summer, whiskey and cigarettes on a week night, toes damp from dew, twisted bed sheets and troubled relationships. Something about her work is simultaneously cheerful and melancholic, like a heart that is broken, yet at the same time aflutter with possibilities. With seven tracks, the album is just long enough to leave the listener wanting more. By the second run through, you’ll be attempting to sing and hum along with the range of vocals. Even on “Mon Meilleur Ami,” which is performed entirely in French, the temptation to sing along will get the better of you, even if you don’t understand a lick of what you’re singing. This album blends nostalgia with incredible talent, and it is brilliantly done. — Sabrina Gosnell
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Veil of Maya
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(id)
The latest in Progressive Deathcore has finally come to wreak havoc, and no one will be spared from its brutal entrapment. Chicago-based heavy metal band, Veil of Maya, just released their newest album entitled (id). The highly anticipated album dropped on April 5, and fans were eager to see if it could live up to the technicality and rawness of their past albums. It’s safe to say Veil answered back with a vengeance, reminding us why they’re a force to be reckoned with. Starting off the album strong with an appropriately titled song, “Unbreakable,” Veil showcases their unrelenting aggressiveness with heavy vocals while still keeping their distinct Veil of Maya sound. My only problem with the album is the similarity between songs. I know, I know, I’ve heard it a million times from people critiquing metal music, “All the songs sound the same!” My answer to you is that yes, the heavy bass/vocals, pounding drums and swimming guitar riffs don’t offer much variation, but if you listen enough you will find that each song has its own unique qualities that set them apart from one another. Veil comes up with their own answer to this with their song titled, “Namaste.” I’ll let the song speak for itself, and I think it really stands out in the album with an incredibly heavy intro that smoothly transitions into a bouncing breakdown that would make for a great live experience. Veil wraps up their album with “Codex,” which sounds like a beautifully mastered remake of one of their most popular songs, “It’s Not Safe to Swim Today.” I would definitely stick with this album, and I applaud Veil of Maya for keeping with their unique sound and proving they can still bring the ruckus. — Matt Golden
Photo used with permission from Jet W. Lee
What’s better than an awesome band? Three awesome bands. And it’s for charity? Sign me up — I’m there. That’s exactly what you’ll find at Canopy Club, Friday, April 30 at 6 p.m. Jet W. Lee, Jiggsaw and Ben and Zack are all participating in a Teach for America benefit concert that’s sure to blow your mind. Profits will be donated to Teach for America, an organization that strives for equal education for students everywhere. They hire young college grads as ‘corp members’ to work as teachers in low-income rural and urban public schools, helping kids who wouldn’t normally get that amount of attention. And by making sure they are successful teachers, they ensure the success of their students as well. Christina Libs, a member of the Phi Sigma Pi national honor fraternity, came up with the idea, and acted as the event coordinator for the concert. She was inspired to plan a benefit after her fraternity worked with the organization a few times in other ways. “We never really had anything really campuswide to get the whole campus involved,” Libs said. After seeing the success of previous benefit concerts, she was inspired to plan one herself to bring awareness to Champaign-Urbana. “It was always something I wanted to try out to see if there was something bigger we could do on campus for Teach for America to bring a light to the organization,” Libs said. In order to spread information, speakers will talk to the crowd between sets about Teach for America and what they do. There will also be a raffle with all proceeds going to the charity. The doors open at 6, and the show starts at 6:30 p.m. and promises to be a good time for all. buzz
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ometimes a mere clearing on the horizon is not enough. Sometimes a human hand can make the world better for the uses of our species if it is done right. That is the very achievement Robert Smithson (of Smithsonian Institution fame) spoke of when he observed: “Parks are an idealization of nature, but nature in fact is not a condition of the ideal.� A look at three local achievements in this field may be an inspiration for that antidote for that spring academic fatigue. Right in our own backyard, the Urbana Park District maintains 22 parks that cover more than 600 acres, ranging in size from corner lots to significant outdoor complexes. Judy Miller, the environmental program manager of the Urbana Park District, noted that, �A visit to an Urbana park all depends on the interest of the visitor.� The following is just a sampling of activities one might enjoy while visiting an Urbana Park: tennis, basketball, frisbee golf, meditation, bird watching, photography, musical entertainment, picnics, cookouts, fishing, sitting in the shade, soccer, walking and hiking. Urbana’s extensive park system provides for those who want organized activities and for those who simply need a place to relax. Miller also noted that the Urbana Park District coordinates the indoors with the outdoors. “I invite folks to take part in the district’s Wild About Parks Quest. This letterboxing event (like a treasure hunt) gets people out exploring all of the Urbana Park Dsitrict’s facilities and parks while learning the natural and local history about each park.� Urbana’s Anita Purvis Nature Center is a great starting point to explore this fine park system. For the natural world in a more controlled and academic display, we have the University of Illinois Aboretum, located just south of Florida Avenue off of Lincoln Avenue in the Urbana area of campus.
It is open daily sunrise to sunset, and admission is free. Bill Kruidenier, the Arboretum’s director, provides a few critical facts about this campus gem. �The Arboretum consists of 57 acres of gardens, wooded areas, event lawns and activity areas. The Arboretum serves as a ‘living laboratory’ for students in the plant sciences and fine and applied arts as well as providing an oasis of natural beauty open to public use,� said Kruidenier. Developed in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s from the old “Illini Meadows� thanks to a grant from Miles C. Hartley, Kruidenier notes that now, “The Aboretum provides multiple users the opportunity to discover, interpret and disseminate knowledge in the plant sciences and applied arts by providing an aesthetically enriched setting for education, research, conservation, research, conservation and enjoyment. It’s also a sanctuary where one is able to refresh and reenergize the mind and spirit in order to face current and upcoming challenges.� The holy grail of organized outdoor spaces is Robert Allerton Park, located just south of Monticello. It gets the classification of “local� due to the fact that it is owned by the University of Illinois. Yet, one must travel some 25 miles west into neighboring Piatt county to experience this wonder, but it is worth it. Donated to the University of Illinois by Robert Allerton in 1946, it is one of Illinois’ natural wonders. Open 8 a.m. to sundown, the park is a free. This public estate on the National Landmark Register and the National Register of Historic Places includes 1517 acres of carefully preserved river bottom land and groomed trails. You have the headwaters of the Sangamon river and its floodplain mixed with lowland and upland forests, and there is even a good-sized meadow to experience. For good measure, you can also visit
Monticello’s Allerton Park is a locallandmark of both indoor and outdoor scenery. Used under the Creative Commons License; photo by Chauncey Davis
a 30-acre demonstration prairie ecosystem. Yet, the natural world has some real improvements here with 14 miles of hiking trails, extensive formal gardens and more than 100 outdoor sculptures and garden ornaments. Also, this park is open during the winter, and its groomed trails are a haven for cross country skiers. Its year-round appeal and fame may well explain why Allerton Park hosts more than 100,000 visitors a year, more than some national parks. There is even some indoor scenery at Allerton: the century-old Georgian-style Allerton mansion. Here, the free flow stops. This requires a reservation for a paid tour of the interior. The mansion can also be booked for weddings, conferences and special events. The constant use of this mansion certainly testifies to the special nature of this building and the setting around it. Listed by the Illinois Bureau of Tourism as one of our state’s seven wonders, Allerton Park sets the standard for private and public partnership in conservation. Lest we take such places for granted, note that even ecologically-minded Seattle failed twice to establish a city commons of a mere 80 acres as developers dug in their heels and bulldozers. More than one hundred years ago, Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of modern landscape architecture, noted that public parks not only improved nature, but also people. These parks give people a space to relax and for all classes to enjoy and experience The University Arboretum, located just south of Florida Avenue off of Lincoln Avenue in Urbana, consists of 57 acres of gardens, at once. It was the ultimate experience in outdoor democracy. wooded areas, event lawns and activity areas. Photo by Maria Surawska.
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Toy Story 3 (June 18) With the exception of Cars, has Pixar ever put out a film that could be characterized as nothing else but great? Add in the fact that Toy Story 2 is one of the greatest sequels ever made, and my anticipation for Toy Story 3 is through the roof. This time around, Woody and the gang are sent to a day care center after Andy leaves for college. Unhappy with their new surroundings, the group decides to break out and try to find a new owner. The film has already been screened, and reviews have been strong, pointing out that many people in the audience cried more than once. Good luck to anyone who cried during the first 10 minutes of Up.
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Robin Hood (May 14) It’s been done on the big screen more times than I can count, and they’re going to have a tough time topping the 1938 Errol Flynn version, but there’s still reason to be excited for this Russell Crowe action film. Why should you be anxiously waiting for this movie? First of all, it’s directed by Ridley Scott, and while the man has been hit or miss lately, the period epic is his wheelhouse (think Gladiator or the Kingdom of Heaven Director’s Cut). Sure, you’ll probably be able to predict the story all the way through, but Scott’s penchant for exquisite visuals is worth the price of a movie ticket.
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by Megan Dawson With endless concrete to the north and seemingly infinite farm fields to the south, the largest body of water within the county limits is a bathtub. However, one of CU’s best kept secrets is harboring its boats in campustown for more than thirty years. “It is surprising how many people I find that sail but don’t actually know that we have an established sailing club here,” said Jameson Gay, the president of the Illinois Sailing Club. “Sailing is really an opportunity that a lot of people in this area can’t easily take advantage of or have never done, and we’re a great means of providing that opportunity.” The Illinois Sailing Club is Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association certified. The racing team is composed of students and faculty who meet on a weekly basis to discuss upcoming races, fundraising, boathouse maintenance and planning the next day on the water. Education is also important to the sailors. According to Gay, most of the members that join have no previous experience on boats. His top priority is to help new sailors learn as much about sailing as possible. “We have been lucky enough that one of our wisest and eldest members stuck around here
for grad school and is able to give lessons for the half hour before the meeting,” Gay said. The club stores boats and equipment in horse stables and warehouses in Urbana. As frequent visitors to Clinton Lake, about a 45-minute drive West from campustown, the club has become a prominent presence at the Clinton Lake Sailing Association. “CLSA and ISC contributions have gone Skipper Heidi Rittmeyer and crew Haley Leesley compete at last weekend’s both ways to our mutual benefit,” said Bill Women’s Qualifier. Used with permission from Sean Wilson Vokac, former Clinton Lake Association Racing Club, Brevern gave both experienced and commodore and current membership chairman. inexperienced sailors an unforgettable season According to Vokac, Illinois Sailing Club has with instruction and tales of the open sea. Brevern’s eco-conscious principles seemed to “boundless energy and willingness” to volunteer for the lake’s community events, including an an- have rubbed off on the Illinois sailors. nual open house, work days and major regattas. “Sailing is a pretty environmentally conscious The Illinois Sailing Club has also received in- sport, so it’s not a surprise that we’ve gotten into ternational attraction with sailors coming from the green thing,” said Gay. Germany, Holland and Iceland each semester. Although sailing can be a financially deMost recently, Hermann Brevern, a visiting manding sport, the club never loses sight of its scholar in nuclear, plasma and radiological engi- basic objective. neering joined the Illinois sailing crew in Fall 2009 “We want to bring club members and their friends before returning back to the University of Ham- together to get into the sailing spirit ... I guess you burg in Germany. Experienced skipper in races in could say we’re trying to bring a little bit more of the the Baltic and member to London’s Royal Ocean ocean to the middle of central Illinois,” he said.
by Erik “E. Tiger” Hasenberg, WPGU DJ Last year, I ran as a part of a relay team in the first Illinois Marathon. It was a 6.8 mile run and the longest I had ever run prior to this year. Feeling ambitious after last year’s success, I signed up to run the half-marathon (13.1 miles) in this year’s race. To prepare for race day on May 1, I’ve taken several preparatory measures. To start, I invested in some running shoes. They’ve clearly made a difference while running — they have more bounce to them. I have also sought out the guidance of a good friend of mine who has run the Chicago Marathon twice. I have been training with her, running about three times a week. This includes a long run on weekends (which has progressively gotten longer) and about two three-to-four mile runs during the week. We peaked at ten miles a few weeks back and have been scaling down the long runs since. Hopefully this is the right strategy! I can’t say I have a whole lot of experience, but I am really excited to be a part of this great community event! Make sure to tune in on Thursday nights at 8pm on WPGU 107.1 for a ‘Track the Tiger’ Marathon race update and giveaways!
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which is a mat of grass that encourages further grass growth. Pesticides also play a role in decreasing bee population. Other pollinators, such as butterflies and hummingbirds, also require nectar or pollen from plant flowers. To encourage pollination, Marlin suggests having a variety of plants growing in yards at different times of the year, such as Spring Beauties, Brown-eyed Susans or even fruit/willow trees. “If you’re going to invest in a healthy environment, you’re going to need diversity in your plants,” said Marlin. Diversity in plants leads to diversity in pollinators. As with bees, butterflies and hummingbirds depend on plants as a food source. If they don’t have flowering plants with pollen and nectar, birds and butterflies will have nothing to eat and will eventually die off. The chemicals in herbicides, pesticides and insecticides poison the bees and the other pollinators, too. Marlin encourages using native prairie plants or wooden plants in home backyards; these include Trilium, Geranium, Bluebell and Jacob’s Ladder. Not only are they acclimated to Illinois weather, but they also require little water and mulch. They can also be mixed with non-native species, such as red Impatiens. “Native prairie plants can be a good alternative where grass can’t grow, because they thrive in shady areas,” said Marlin. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, Grand Prarie Friends, a local non-profit organization for protecting and managing natural prairies in East Central Illinois, will be holding its Annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale. The group will be selling more than 40 species of native plants, including Little Blue Stems, Prairie Drop Seeds, Bee Balms and purple and yellow Cone Flowers. Jamie Ellis, the president of Grand Prairie Friends, said it is important to learn about some of the native species of the tall grass, because most of the species are disappearing or already gone. The plant sale will have “knowledgeable volunteers, so folks can learn more about native plant species and about conservation work,” said Ellis.
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THURSDAY 29 live music Jazz in the Courtyard Illini Union, U, 12pm Alan Jackson Freight Train Tour with special guests Josh Turner and Chris Young Assembly Hall, C, 7pm, Floor, $25-$75 U of I Faculty Classical Brass Iron Post, U, 7pm, $5 CASA Benefit Concert: Street-Level Doppler Mike 'n Molly’s, C, 8pm, $5 WWHP presents Paul Thorn with Special Guest Fred Eaglesmith Highdive, C, 8pm, $18-$20 Tractor Kings and Scurvine Brass Rail, C, 9pm, $5 Hairbangers Ball Canopy Club, U, 10pm, $5 Doors open at 8pm. Pygmalion Afterglow: Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 10pm The Life And Times with Steeleater & Sweet Cobra Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, $7
voy, 9pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring Karaoke Opie Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring DJ Switch Fireside Bar and Grill, C, 10pm
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Swing Dance Lesson Illini Union, U, 9:30pm
Albert Herring Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $8-$24 MOMIX Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $6-$29
art exhibit School of Art + Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition and Reception Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 9am Pushing the Envelope Cinema Gallery, U, 10am
volunteer UC Books to Prisoners work session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm
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kids & families
Country Night with DJ Halfdead and Free Line Dance Lessons from Scotty Van Zant Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 8pm REMIXXX Thursdays with DJ Bob Bass Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm DJ Funktopus Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm All Request Thursdays Chester Street, C, 9pm Swing Dance Illini Union, U, 9:30pm
Preschool Story Time Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 10am ARTfusion Douglass Branch Library, C, 4pm
fundraisers Share Your Soles The Quad, U, 11am
mind/body/spirit
Core Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Vinyasa Flow Yoga with concert Don Briskin UI Latin Jazz Ensemble Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Krannert Center for the 4pm, $12 Performing Arts, U, Ashtanga Yoga with 7:30pm, $10, $7 seniors, Amanda Reagan $4 students Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Fixed Fumbled Free 5:30pm, $12 Krannert Art Museum and Slow Flow with Maggie Kinkead Pavilion, C, 7:30pm Taylor Amara Yoga & Arts, U, karaoke 7pm, $12 DJ Bange faith Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 8:30pm Moms & Grandmas Liquid Courage Karaoke Group Memphis on Main, C, 9pm University Baptist Church, CG Productions presents C, 12pm RockStar Karaoke featur- Undergrad Bible Study ing Crazy Craig University Baptist Church, Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaC, 8:30pm 12
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FRIDAY 30 live music Boneyard Jazz Quintet Iron Post, U, 5pm ROAR (Rock Out Against Rape) Highdive, C, 6:30pm, $5 Live Jazz Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 7pm Electric Six Concert on the Quad The Quad, U, 7:30pm Emblems Aroma Cafe, C, 8pm New Twang City Huber’s West End Store, C, 8pm Inlets Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 8pm Big James & the Chicago Playboys 88 Broadway, U, 8:30pm, $5 Kilborn Alley 10th Anniversary Show Iron Post, U, 9pm, $10 Rads Red Dirt Night — Third Time’s A Charm Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 9pm, $5 Honkytonk Trio Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm Lip Service & Joel Caracci Trio Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 9:30pm, $5 White Trash Rodeo Memphis on Main, C, 9:30pm, $5 Jus Marley: A Tribute to Bob Marley Canopy Club, U, 10pm, $6 Mhondoro Rhythm Success Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, $5
dj Top 40 Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 Grown KidZ Funk Radio Maria, C, 10pm DJ Delayney Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 DJ Tim Williams Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm DJs Ian Procell and Reflex Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm
Fubar Fridays Fubar Lounge, C, 10pm DJ Dreea Red Star Liquors, U, 10pm “The Meltdown”: Latin Night at V. Picasso V. Picasso, U, 10pm David Howie All Request Acoustic Jukebox Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm
bition and Reception Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 9am “Pushing the Envelope” Cinema Gallery, U, 10am Photos, Drawings, Paintings by Michael Fuerst Urbana City Building Council Chambers, U, 8am
etarium, C, 8pm, $4 Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 9:30pm, $4
UI Symphonic Band II and UI Concert Band I Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $10, $7 seniors, $4 students
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Kids Natural Arts and Crafts Playshops Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 10am, $16 Environmental Education SATURDAY 1 Center Open karaoke Homer Lake Forest Prelive music CG Productions presents serve, Homer, 10am Live Jazz RockStar Karaoke featur- Viva Chambana Jim Gould Restaurant, C, ing Matt Fear Lincoln Square Mall, U, 11am concert 7pm Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaKids Yoga with Kathryn kids & families UI Concert Bands IIA The Best 2010 A Capvoy, 9pm Fitzgerald and IIB Spring Prairie Skies pella Group Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Krannert Center for the Per- William M. Staerkel Plan- Illini Union, U, 3pm, $1-$2 open mic 11:30am, $12 forming Arts, U, 7:30pm, etarium, C, 7pm, $3-$4 Sandunga Event Popular presents: Princess Social $10, $7 seniors, $4 students Iron Post, U, 6pm, $3 Saturday Nite Mic Savoy Recreational Center, community Andy Moreillon The Clark Bar, C, 9pm, $5 Savoy, 2pm, $15-$20 karaoke Distinguished Alumni Huber’s West End Store, In My Backyard stage CG Productions presents Luncheon C, 8pm William M. Staerkel PlanRockStar Karaoke featur- I-Hotel & Conference Cen- The Middle East Albert Herring etarium, C, 7pm, $3-$4 ing Crazy Craig ter, C, 11:30am Mike 'n Molly’s, C, 8pm Krannert Center for the community Acappellapalooza Performing Arts, U, Foellinger Auditorium, U, 7:30pm, $8-$24 Women with Wings QUICK CASH - GET IT! 8:30pm, $5-$10 Penny Dreadful Players Chanute Air Museum, RanThrash Zombie Metal present: The Graduate toul, 9am Night at The Phoenix University YMCA, C, 8pm, fundraisers Phoenix, C, 9pm, $5 $5 1st Year Anniversary Fishing With Dynamite: Power N Soul Pro. PresParty with One 2 Many An Evening of Sketch ents... Ascension: Come Memphis on Main, C, 9pm Comedy Rise With Us! Beat Kitchen Canopy Club, U, 6pm, $5 Orpheum Children’s Science Iron Post, U, 9:30pm, $5 Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Museum, C, 7pm, $20-$25 Molehill with Hot Cops & Blog X-Krush Rawks for St. Brighton MA Gregory Hall, U, 8pm, $5 Jude Children’s Hospital Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, Radmaker’s Rock & Roll ATM conveniently located on campus at 6th & Green. art exhibit $5 Tavern, Tolono, 9pm, $5 School of Art + Design dj Master of Fine Arts Exhi- mind/body/spirit 1601 South Prospect Avenue :`YehYa_f ÛddafgakÛ ~ ÛÝÛ ~ Request Night DJ bition and Reception Yoga Fundamentals ooo l`]hjgkh][lZYfc [ge Boomerang, U, 8pm Krannert Art Museum and Amara Yoga & Arts, U, MEMBER FDIC Dance Pop Kinkead Pavilion, C, 9am 10am, $12 Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 “Pushing the Envelope” Hatha Flow fundraisers Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaHip Hop at Bradley’s II Cinema Gallery, U, 10am Amara Yoga & Arts, U, voy, 9pm Teach for America BenBradley’s II, C, 9pm, $5 Photos, Drawings, Paint- 5pm, $12 CG Productions presents efit Concert Dubstep Massacre ings by Michael Fuerst Group Meditation and RockStar Karaoke Canopy Club, U, 6pm Highdive, C, 9pm, $5-$7 Urbana City Building Coun- Spiritual Discourse Rumor’s Bar and Grill, U, DJ and Dancing cil Chambers, U, 8am Ananda Liina Yoga & Medmind/body/spirit 9pm Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm itation Center, U, 5pm lectures Karaoke at Po’ Boys Yoga at Krannert Art Firehaus Saturdays miscellaneous Po’ Boys, U, 9pm Museum Firehaus, C, 10pm Art Work: A National Krannert Art Museum and DJ Mertz Conversation about Art, The Bike Project: Open Hours stage Kinkead Pavilion, C Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Labor and Economics Urbana-Champaign IndepenAlbert Herring Power Flow with Amanda Urbana Country Dancers Urbana Free Library, U, dent Media Center, U, 2pm Krannert Center for the Reagan contra dance 3:30pm Spirits From the Sky, Performing Arts, U, Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Kalyx Center, Monticello, Libretto: Albert Herring Thunder on the Land 7:30pm, $8-$24 12pm, $12 7pm, $5 Krannert Center for the Per- William M. Staerkel PlanMOMIX Meditation — Find Some The High Dive and forming Arts, U, 6:30pm, $6 etarium, C, 8pm, $4 Krannert Center for the Inner Quiet The 217 Mafia present Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of Performing Arts, U, 7:30 Activities and Recreation “ZMICKStep Massacre” recreation the Moon” pm, $6-$29 Center (ARC), C, 12pm Highdive, C, 9pm, $5 The Buzz on Beekeeping William M. Staerkel PlanPenny Dreadful Players Happy Hour Yoga with Salsa Night with DJ Dr. J Lake of the Woods Forest etarium, C, 9:30pm, $4 present: The Graduate Amanda Reagan Radio Maria, C, 10pm Preserve, Mahomet, 10am Great Planes 2nd Annual University YMCA, C, 8pm, $5 Amara Yoga & Arts, U, R/C Airplane Auction concert game-playing 5:30pm, $12 Champaign County Fairart opening Kirtan with the Krishna Storytelling Concert: Dr. Chess Club for Kids grounds, U, 8am Springer Cultural Center Center Kirtan Group Ben Rosenfield Urbana Free Library, U, 4pm classes & workshops Artist Reception Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Anita Purves Nature Cenvolunteer Springer Cultural Center, 7pm ter, U, 7pm, $5 Storytelling Workshop: C, 6pm UI Jazz Combos UC Books to Prisoners “That Reminds Me of a miscellaneous Krannert Center for the work session Story! Enhancing Your art exhibit Spirits From the Sky, Performing Arts, U, Urbana-Champaign InStorytelling” School of Art + Design Thunder on the Land 7:30pm, $10, $7 seniors, dependent Media Center, Anita Purves Nature CenMaster of Fine Arts Exhi- William M. Staerkel Plan- $4 students U, 2pm ter, U, 1:30pm, $20-$40
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Market at the Square Illinois and Vine St., U, 7am Choose locally raised foods and treasure hunt among the arts and crafts vendor booths
Sunday Morning Bird Walks Anita Purves Nature Center, U, 7:30am
Photos, Drawings, Paintings by Michael Fuerst Urbana City Building Council Chambers, U, 8am
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Trivia Night at The Blind VAMP Film Photography Pig Brewery Meetings The Blind Pig Brewery, C, 7pm Noyes Lab, U, 8pm
live music 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 Blind Pig Co., The, C, 5:30pm
kids & families Open Gym Basketball Champaign County Brookens Administration Center, U, 1pm, $1
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Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, UI Jazz Trombone En3:30pm, $12 semble Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Krannert Center for the Per- Amanda Reagan forming Arts, U, 3pm, $10, Amara Yoga & Arts, U, $7 seniors, $4 students 1pm, $12 Sinai’s Got Talent Prenatal Yoga with Tami Sinai Temple, C, 4pm, $10 Mor UI Wind Symphony and Amara Yoga & Arts, U, UI Symphonic Band I 5:15pm, $12 Krannert Center for the miscellaneous Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $10, $7 seniors, The Bike Project: Open $4 students Hours UI Jazz Saxophone Urbana-Champaign InEnsemble and UI Jazz dependent Media Center, Guitar Ensemble U, 2pm Krannert Center for the classes & workshops Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $10, $7 seniors, West African Dance $4 students Classes with Djibril Camara karaoke Channing-Murray FoundaRock Band Sundays tion, U, 6pm, $10-$12 Hosted by MC Remy Bentley’s Pub, C, 8pm Monday 3
concert
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Anything Goes Open Mic Weekly Jazz Jam Session Night with Jeremy Harper Iron Post, U, 7pm, $2 Memphis on Main, C, 8:30pm One Dollar Wild Mondays with Jobu stage Canopy Club, U, 10pm Albert Herring dj Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 3pm, Dungeons & $8-$24 DragQueens: Gothic Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Prom 2010 Blog Chester Street, C, 9pm, $4 Gregory Hall, U, 8pm, $5 Industrial Night: DJ Open Stage SorceryKid presents Red Herring Coffeehouse, Nekromancy U, 7:30pm Chester Street, C, 9pm, $2 Drag Show ‘80s Night Chester Street, C, 10pm, $4 Highdive, C, 10pm
kids & families
O Baby! Champaign Public Library, C, 10:30am, 11:15am
Humane Society Benefit Po’ Boys, U, 4pm
literary
mind/body/spirit Yoga Fundamentals Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Hatha Yoga with Grace Giorgio Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12
miscellaneous The Bike Project: Open Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 5:30pm
classes & workshops Top Rope Belay Endorsement Clinic Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), C, 9pm, $30-$40
Tuesday 4 live music Corn Desert Ramblers Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm The Piano Man Canopy Club, U, 9pm
dj Retro Night Chester Street, C, 9pm
concert UI Jazz Band III and UI Jazz Vocal Ensemble Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $10, $7 seniors, $4 students UI New Music Ensemble Foellinger Auditorium, U, 7:30pm, $10, $7 seniors, $4 students
Monday Night Comedy Libretto: Albert Herring Illini Union, U, 8pm Krannert Center for the Per- Abe Froman Project forming Arts, U, 2pm, $6 Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 9pm
Starting May 1, the a cappella groups of our University fight to the death! Weapons such as spears, tridents and daggers are encouraged! You can also set traps like a Burmese Tiger Pit or a snare! It’s going to be a harmonizing of blood and doom! Honestly though, I won’t be admitting this, because the first Saturday of May is Beer and Pie Day, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to watch dudes sing instead of partaking in our country’s greatest biannual holiday. —Matt Carey, Arts &
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Acoustic Karaoke with Steve Meadows Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm
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WPGU presents Trivia Diner hosted by Fishing With Dynamite Canopy Club, U, 7pm
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The Best 2010 A Cappella Group
Zoo Improv at Indi Go Gallery GAS (Games After School) Indi Go artist co-op, C, Rantoul Public Library, 9pm, $2 Rantoul, 4pm Trivia with Evan and Monte art exhibit Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm Photos, Drawings, PaintBoard Game Night ings by Michael Fuerst Radio Maria, C, 10:30pm Urbana City Building Council Chambers, U, 8am
School of Art + Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition and Reception Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 9am Photos, Drawings, Paintings by Michael Fuerst Urbana City Building Council Chambers, U, 8am
Open Stage for Bands/ Musicians Memphis on Main, C, 8pm
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The Clark Bar, C, 9pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring DJ Switch Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm Rockstar Karaoke Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 10pm
karaoke Paul Faber hosts Dragon Karaoke
Red Herring Fiction Workshop Channing-Murray Foundation, U, 7:30pm
volunteer UC Books to Prisoners work session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 7pm
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Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” William M. Staerkel Planetarium Parkland Community College 2400 W. Bradley Ave., C. Friday, April 30 9:30 - 10:30pm $4 I have a soft spot for planetariums. From the moment I sat on the floor at a planetarium at Disney World as a little girl, I remember looking up and watching all the stars stream by and just being fascinated by it. I really felt I was moving through space. I can’t think of anything other than space that would look as cool on a planetarium ceiling than Pink Floyd. I’m not totally sure what to expect, but I know I’ll at least love the music, so it can’t be a total bust. —Emily Carlson, Music Editor
kids & families Lego Club Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 3:45pm, $4-$6 Story Time Champaign Public Library, C, 6:30pm
lgbt eQuality Champaign-Urbana meeting Wesley-United Methodist Church & Wesley Foundation, U, 7pm
mind/body/spirit Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Don Briskin Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 4pm, $12 Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Slow Flow with Amanda Reagan Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12 Ashtanga Yoga with Lauren Quinn Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm, $12 Introduction to Mantra Meditation Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, U, 7:30pm Introduction to Meditation Classes Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, U, 7:30pm
The buzz on beekeeping Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve 109 S. Lake of the Woods Rd., Mahomet Saturday, May 1 10 a.m. - noon Free It took me a long time and a class on insects to stop being freaked out whenever I saw a bee humming around the yard, but now that I know how important they are, they’re really cool. Bees do dances, and pick up their dead, which is both really creepy and incredibly fascinating. Plus, after learning about beekeeping, I can walk around Lake of the Woods. —Jeanine Russell, Food & Drink Editor
Penny Dreadful Players present: The Graduate University YMCA 1001 S. Wright St., C. Friday, April 30 Saturday, May 5 $5 18+ When I graduate college, I’ll probably do something with plastics. But before I compromise my ambitions, I’ll stage an elaborate affair with my father’s business partner’s wife. I’ll fall in love with her (the wife’s) daughter. I’ll interrupt a wedding and finally ride off into the sunset on a bus only to realize that everything I know is hopeless and awful! It almost seems that Penny Dreadful’s year end performance is trying to seduce me or something! I’m also very curious to see a version of The Graduate without Simon and Garfunkel in the background. This is sure to be fun for every Dustin Hoffman boy and Anne Bancroft girl! —Nick Martin, Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor
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DOIN’ IT WELL
by Jo SangEr and Ross Wantland
Exploring Tantric Sex Tantra Mantra
Tantra (Sanskrit for continuity) is a 6,000year-old set of spiritual practices that focuses on directing energies from the everyday to help access greater spiritual enlightenment. Although it has gained popularity in the West as a sexual technique, Tantra originates from the worship of the goddess Shakti, and Tantric teachings have influenced many religions, including Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. Tantric practices may focus on the spirituality of sex and viewing sexual activity as a way to gain higher levels of consciousness. In the Western world, Tantra is seen as a rejection of repressive ideas about sexuality and a promotion of sex itself as a spiritual practice. The practice of Tantric sex seeks to turn sex from a destination (orgasm) to a journey. In this new exchange, partners seek to extend their lovemaking beyond focusing on cumming (or making their partner cum) to a sacred and meditational interweaving, focused on intimacy rather than intercourse. Tantra practices believe that during orgasm, sexual energy leaves the body, and by refocusing the sexual experience as a sacred act, this energy is maintained in the body, bringing about a greater physical and spiritual experience. In addition, Tantric sexual techniques can help both men and women experience multiple orgasms (which for men can be separated from ejaculation) during sex, while also increasing their connections to their selves and each other.
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Great Impasta, U, 6pm Traditional Irish Music at Bentley’s Pub Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm Dave Cooper, Joni Dreyer, & Brad Hendricks Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaWednesday 5 voy, 7:30pm Caleb Cook live music Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, Donnie Heitler: Solo Piano 9pm Grad Students & Professionals Weekly Fellowship Lunch University Baptist Church, C, 11:30am
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Incorporate ancient practices into your bedroom
Whether you’re planning on finding ways to study and practice Tantra, or you’d just like to see what it might be like to shift the focus of sex, here are some techniques to help you and your partner.
that set the mood, like honey) and sounds to create an environment that draws in all of the senses to the experience. Bathing/Massage
Many of the practices of Tantric sex begin with a connection between partners. By straddling your partner’s lap (called the yab-yom position), you can sync up breathing. When your partner breathes out, breathe in. When he or she breathes in, breathe out. This practice builds intimacy, focuses attention on the moment and can help prepare for lovemaking.
In the Kama Sutra and in Tantric practices, bathing or massaging each other can be a precursor and component of your lovemaking. By bathing or massaging your partner, you are adoring and celebrating him or her. Again, this isn’t for a bathtub quickie; instead, both partners are just focused on caring for one another and preparing for the sexual experience.
Open Your Eyes
Go Slow!
Keeping your eyes open during the experience can also keep you focused on the moment at hand. Because the goal of Tantric sex isn’t the orgasm, keeping your eyes open can help maintain the connection with your partner, pleasure and the experience. This may feel vulnerable, but it’s also an important component of the sexual connection.
Tantric sex is about remaining in the moment and controlling sexual arousal to maintain the sexual experience. Going slow, then, can serve a couple of purposes. First, orgasm can be controlled. By going slowly, all partners are able to focus on their own levels of arousal and change behaviors, positions or speed to stave off orgasm. Instead of working towards the orgasm, focus on pleasuring one another. This can mean shifting from looking at sex as mostly about penetration, to using your mouth and hands all over your partner’s body and making the sexual experience about the whole body (not just the genitals). For men, exercising your PC muscle (the muscle that also stops the flow of urine) can help build endurance. Some Tantric practitioners
Just Breathe
Sensual Atmosphere
From what you wear to what you lay down on, the room you are using for your lovemaking should use scents (including essential oils, such as sandalwood), textures (such as feathers, comfortable pillows and soft materials), tastes (foods Global Transfer Afterglow: Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 10:30pm
dj Hillbilly Humpday with DJ Halfdead Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 8pm
Boys Night Out with DJ Randall Ellison Boltini Lounge, C, 9pm Wild West Wednesday It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm I Love the ‘90s Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Tango Night with DJ Joe Grohens Cowboy Monkey, C, 8pm Rave To The Grave:
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Like Sting, I’m Tantric
There are many elements of Tantric sex that we feel are important components of sexual development. However, there is also a way that the ancient religious practices of Tantra have been morphed and altered by Western pop culture. Since Sting announced his adherence to Tantric sexual practices, Tantric sex has woven itself into our cultural references, often seen as a mystical, exotic phenomenon. Despite the popular lore, Tantra is more than a sex trick; traditional Tantric practices rely on gurus, meditation and a set of rules and goes far beyond the bedroom. Before you go Tantric, think about what this practice may mean to you, and honor the rich cultural history of belief and practice behind Tantra. Check us out next week as Doin’ It Well gives an enthusiastic “Yes!” to authors Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti. Jo and Ross want to answer your sex questions. E-mail them at buzzdoinitwell@yahoo.com.
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describe the experience like surfing the crest of a wave without going over. Second, going slowly, like breathing and eye-contact, keeps everyone in the moment and focuses on the sensations. Tantric sex isn’t about floating away into ecstasy; it’s about building a deep spiritual connection and focusing sexual energy to the moment.
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Dear Bankier Apts. Commercial Girl, I believe the word you are looking for is tour pronounced “t-o-o-r,” not “t-o-e-u-r.”
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Dear protesting students on the Quad: we don’t give a damn. Shout all you want. Make speeches all you want. Maybe three people will listen to you. But in the end, you just get angry, get heart disease, get wrinkles and provide my friends and me with humorous stories. What is a little protest going to do for anyone? Unite your efforts, and do something practical for once.
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Journalism 415: I am emancipated! I have finished my articles! The shepherd has been struck, and the sheep shall be scattered!
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Dear asshole who keeps assaulting people in my neighborhood, I carry my keys between my fingers and will, without hesitation, go Wolverine on your ass if you try to mess with me. You’ve been warned.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES
(March 21-April 19)
“In a recipe for salsa published recently, one of the ingredients was misstated, due to an error,” said an apology run by a local newspaper. “The correct ingredient is ‘2 tsp. of cilantro’ instead of ‘2 tsp. of cement.’” This is an example of the kind of miscue you should be alert for in your own life during the coming week, Aries. As long as you pay close attention and spot the tiny booboos as they arise, you won’t end up dipping your chips into a gritty, gravely mess.
TAURUS
(April 20-May 20)
A little knowledge can be dangerous. I constantly meet people who have boxed themselves into tight spots by misusing their smattering of astrological information. There’s no better example of this than the superstition about Mercury retrograde, which is supposedly a bad time to begin anything new. During one such period last year, an acquaintance of mine decided to delay accepting a dream job offer as editor of a magazine. By the time Mercury returned to normal, the magazine had hired another applicant. I wish I’d have known, because I would have told her what I’ll tell you: Some of America’s biggest, most enduring Fortune 500 companies began when Mercury was retrograde, including Disney, Goodyear, and Boeing. The moral of the story: Of all the signs of the zodiac, it’s most important that you Tauruses don’t worry about launching new projects during the current Mercury retrograde.
GEMINI
(May 21-June 20)
Would you really prefer it if you had no problems? Do you imagine you’d enjoy life more if everything was pure fun and smoothly easy? Here’s an astrological perspective: People who have an over-abundance of positive aspects in their natal horoscopes often turn out to be lucky but lazy bums who never accomplish much. So I say, be thankful for the complications that are visiting you. I bet they will make a man out of you if you’re a woman, or a woman out of you if you’re a man. If you’re white, they’ll help you get blacker, and if you’re black, they’ll make you whiter. Catch my drift? As you do your best to solve the knotty riddle, you’ll become better balanced and more versatile than folks who are rarely challenged.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22)
April 29 - may 5
of an Iranian exile. Exchange conspiracy theories with an Icelandic fairy.
LIBRA
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
“Never bear more than one trouble at a time,” wrote author and clergyman Edward Everett Hale. “Some people bear three kinds -- all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.” That’s good advice for you, Sagittarius. Please just stick to the trouble you have, and drop the other two kinds. There’s no need to fill up your beautiful head with extra torment. Besides, you’re much more likely to wrestle the current trouble into submission if you’re not weighted down by unnecessary extras.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
VIRGO
I was pleased when I discovered a website with a video of quirky songstress Cat Power singing David Bowie’s iconic song “Space Oddity.” I love her, I love Bowie, and I love the tune. And yet a wave of disappointment broke over me when I realized, 30 seconds into the performance, that it was actually a car commercial. I felt duped. Appalled. Outraged. Any pleasure I’d gotten from the experience was ruined. Don’t be like me, Pisces. You, too, may soon receive a blessing that has some minor annoyance. Don’t overreact like me. Look past the blemish and enjoy the gift.
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Mangosteens and rambutans are exotic fruits that grow in faraway places. The mangosteen is creamy and purple, with a peachy citrus taste, while the rambutan is like a big hairy red grape. This is a perfect moment, astrologically speaking, to invite them into your mouth. Likewise, the time is right for you to consider welcoming other colorful, striking, and foreign elements into your life. So maybe consider making friends with a Paraguayan acrobat. Sing Vietnamese folk songs. Read the memoirs
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w h at r e m a i n s .
Unlike people who cheat on their mates, polyamorists carry on two or more intimate relationships but don’t lie about it. Their lovers know about each other and have agreed to the arrangement. I applaud those who have the inclination to pull off this tricky work, even though I personally couldn’t manage it. Handling just a single intense bond takes improbable amounts of my ingenuity. If I were trying to weave my fate together with more than one partner, I wouldn’t have any energy left over to write these horoscopes or do anything else. How about you, Scorpio? You’re in a phase when splitting your attention might be tempting, not just in regards to your love life but in other areas, too. Whether that’s the right thing to do, I can’t say. Here’s what I do know: You can either go deeper or wider, but not both.
In 1990, my rock band World Entertainment War played at a San Francisco nightclub on the same bill as the Beatnigs, an assemblage fronted by Michael Franti. Their avant-garde industrial music featured band members rhythmically hitting a steel bar with a power saw and slapping a long chain against a piece of sheet metal hanging from the back wall. Fast-forward to 2009, when Franti’s latest band Spearhead released a catchy romantic pop ditty titled “Say Hey (I Love You),” which reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. I predict a comparable development for you in the next six months, Leo: moving from a state of raw, dark, obscure power to a state of bright, refined, accessible power.
(July 23-Aug. 22)
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LEO
by Matt Jones
A reader named Emory proposes that we add a new meme to the cultural lexicon: interpersonal intellectual orgasm. Here’s how he describes it: “It happens when your conversation with another person becomes so intense that nothing else matters except the dialog you’re creating together. The two of you are so in-tune, so intellectually bonded, that the sensation is almost like making love. For that time, it’s like that person is in you and you are in that person; you are one because you understand each other so completely.” I bring this to your attention, Libra, because you’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when the interpersonal intellectual orgasm is far more likely than usual to occur.
CAPRICORN
Here’s the most important rule for you in the coming week: Keep your eyes fixed on a vision of your shining destiny. If you do, you’ll be unflappable, indefatigable, and irrepressible. Your luck will be so crazy good it’ll be almost spooky. Noble deeds you did in the past will finally bring the rewards you deserve. Allies will conspire to assist you, sometimes in ways you couldn’t have predicted. I’m not exaggerating, Cancerian. If you stay focused on the highest prize, you’ll live a charmed life.
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What excites you? What makes you itch with a longing to be surprised? What fills you to the brim with curiosity and an agitated sense of wonder? You may not know even half of what you could potentially realize about these matters. Have you ever sat down and taken a formal inventory? Have you ever dedicated yourself to figuring out all the things that would inspire you most? Do it sometime soon, please; attend to this glorious task. According to my reading of the omens, it’s prime time to do so. Now and then I get emails from long-time readers who apologetically say that they have to stop reading my horoscopes for a while. They feel an urgent need to practice tuning in to their own inner guidance without the voices of experts and authorities rattling around in their brains. I understand perfectly, and don’t take it personally. If there were ever a time for you to do that, Aquarius, it would be now. You’ll benefit from learning to trust your sweet, subtle intuition better. It would be great if you could do it without abandoning me, but if not, don’t worry about it. I’ll see you in a couple of weeks.
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(Feb. 19-March 20)
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1 “That’s so cool!” 2 Product that debuted April 3, 2010 3 Race car driver Teo 4 It follows “And” in a Beatles title 5 It might get spiked in December 6 Part 7 Mosque figure 8 “Please?” 9 Totals 10 Type of suit for a chemical spill 11 Operatic solo 12 Weightlifter’s units 13 Morse code bit 21 “You won’t believe the mess ___...” 22 Fruit in a gin fizz 25 Fill the tank 26 Schindler of “Schindler’s List” 27 Yonder objects 28 “___ la vista, baby!” 29 Large jazz combo 30 Olympic “Flying Finn” Paavo 31 Parfumerie’s attraction 32 Long rides? 33 Turner’s title film buddy 38 Ducts 39 His character was killed off after he left “Good Times” 41 Sir Topham ___ (“Thomas the Tank Engine” boss) 42 “Money Honey” Maria Bartiromo’s network 44 Bear claw, for one 45 Made noises from the pen 48 Yoga class supplies 49 Follow the rules 50 Foamy toy brand 51 Architect Ludwig Mies van der ___ 52 Otis Redding record label 53 Actress Skye of “Say Anything” 54 “___ friend you are!” 55 Get better 59 Andy Samberg show, for short
I can shoot a gun, but I haven’t learned how to tie my shoe? Such priorities.
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by MICHAEL COULTER
A new outlook Vacationing in Copenhagen The promise of free stuff turns out to actually be a pretty good way to get people to do some work for you. It’s basically just like regular work, except you’re paid in some sort of good or service. When this is the situation, it doesn’t seem so much like work. As a child, when my dad would drag his tired ass home from work every day, my stunningly untired ass would be in the driveway with a couple of ball gloves waiting to play catch. Most of the time, he’d just play, but occasionally, he’d make an offer. “You help me clean out the garage, and then we’ll play catch. Besides, it’ll be fun to clean the garage!” It didn’t occur to me that we were in a
enjoy. These bicycles are different though. They’re hooked up to generators. The scam is this — if guests at the hotel pedal enough and, therefore, produce enough energy, the hotel will give them a complimentary meal. It seems pretty strange, but I suppose it’s helping the hotel, the guests and the environment, so it’s hard to be super negative. I will say this, though — it better be a damn good meal if I have to ride a boring ass stationary bicycle in order to get it. If the meal sucked after all that work, I’d go so far as to stick a fork in a light socket just to get a portion of my electricity back. I think my biggest problem with it is that I simply don’t like the mechanism. I’ve tried to ride those things at the gym, and they manage to suck the joy out of every second. Five minutes on those things seem like three hours, and the worst part is that there’s no If I were watching television, I would way to crash them to put yourself pedal my ass off in order to see it. If I out of your misery. In order to get this compliwere on the Internet, I’d pedal my ass off mentary meal, the guests have to search some more. Hell, I’d even pedal to produce 10-watt hours of That seems like a really fast if there was a fully womaned electricity. lot of electricity to produce. Frankly, if it’s more electricstripper pole in front of me. ity than is created by rubbing negotiation and that any sort of means would a balloon on a sweater, then it’s far too much have justified the ends for me. He was far too work for me. My problem is that the payoff is tricky for an over-sugared, highly focused kid. just a little too far away. I’d be pedaling my ass Either way, doing a little work first made the off, and the entire time I’d be thinking about actual payoff that much better. how freaking hungry I was and whether or not We’ll get back to that in a second, but for I should even take time to shower before I go now, I’d just like to say for the second week get my meal. I think I might be more comfortin a row that Copenhagen is really beginning able if the bike moved slowly towards a plate to seem like an intriguing place. Last week, I that was placed ten yards in front of me. I know wrote about a brewery where the workers got how to judge progress in distance, just not free beer at lunch. They were a bit greedy and in watt-hours. wanted it all day, but still, some beer is better The truly sad thing is that, unless I was near than none at all. This week, I’m looking at Co- starvation, the food would not be quite enough penhagen again, not as an awesome place to incentive. If I were watching television, I would work, but as an okay place to go on vacation. pedal my ass off in order to see it. If I were on the Since I’ve never been there, and it seems so Internet, I’d pedal my ass off to search some more. great, I’m beginning to think it might actually Hell, I’d even pedal really fast if there was a fully be fictional. Anyways. womaned stripper pole in front of me. For some A Danish hotel is making a pretty cool offer to reason though, the meal seems strange. the folks who decide to stay there. You do a little The thing is, it sounds kind of great and silly at work, and they give you a little bonus. Initially, it the same time. It’s also sort of brilliant, simply sounds a little crappy. Many people staying in because of human nature. I would wager that hotels are on vacation, and most people think a there’s a line to get on those bikes all damned vacation should have very little to do with work. day. People love it when they think they’re getThis is normally the way I would look at it, but like ting something for free. If this “free” thing is my dad, this hotel is tricky. Do a little exercise, good enough, they’ll even work really hard to which you’ll probably do anyway, and we’ll make get this free thing. In the end, they spend much it worth your time. of their day cycling and eating. You throw in In this case, the exercise is bicycling. They are some sleeping, and that’s pretty much it. It’s the stationary kind of bicycles, so you’re not almost like a job, except it’s free—sort of. Not seeing the countryside or anything, but they really. It has to be a good deal though, because still seem to be the sort of thing some people I still don’t really understand it. buzz
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