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IN THIS ISSUE

HEADS HURTS SO GOOD

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The third in a four-part series on tattoos

DIY LEMON BEER

UP!

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How to make your own delicious shandy

CALENDAR

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Your guide to this week’s events in CU

DARK SHADOWS

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Reviewing the latest film from Tim Burton

KRANNERT 5

SANDWHICH?

CONFETTI CAKE BLIZZARD’S TERMINATION

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Takeout vs. Homemade

by Thomas Thoren

COMMUNITY: Mental health and wellness tips are explored in Jordan’s online column.

FOOD & DRINK: Summer’s here, the weather’s beautiful and the farmers market is in full swing. Check out food coverage, online now!

MOVIES & TV: Looking for a movie to see this weekend? Check out buzz’s review of Dark Shadows.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT:

Hey! Theatre reviews are online! Read ‘em before you get played!

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SAMANTHA BAKALL

Whatever happened to friendly, platonic physical contact? There used to be a surplus of high-fives, hugs, handshakes and cheek kisses between friends. Now, the camaraderie has been limited to fist bumps and head nods, if that.

Maybe it’s because of my lack of involvement with sports or other team-building exercises, but I’ve slowly started to realize that the last person I hug is usually my mom when I leave home.

I’d really like to bring high-fives back. Not that they necessarily went anywhere, but I feel like a mutual high-five is a really sure sign of a friendship. And maybe I’m hyping them up a little, but I think a well-placed high-five is underrated.

High-fives can be tricky. If you haven’t established a solid friendship or you haven’t incorporated them often enough into your kinship repertoire, it’s not uncommon to be left awkwardly holding up a hand, hoping someone will notice your futile attempt at a platonic reassurance of your relationship. It can be quite disheartening.

Then comes the issue of what do you highfive about? You can’t just high-five about nothing, but what falls under the category of things that are high-fiveable? Does waking up after an evening of copious drinking sans hangover make the cut? What about doing laundry for the first time in several months? Finding out your favorite cereal is on sale? Any or none of these could be worthy of a high-five.

I have been warned about the potential of the over-five. Apparently, high-fives can have a snowball effect. Once you’ve entered one category of things that are high-fiveable, where does it end?

Pretty soon, high-fiving because your favorite cereal is on sale will turn into automatic high-fiving for pouring cereal. Waking up without a hangover could turn into celebrating waking up in general.

For now, I’m going to put myself out there and attempt to incorporate more high-fiving into my daily life. Will I be left hanging? Probably. Will people think I’m a weirdo for wanting to highfive them about their latest accomplishment?

Most likely. It’s okay; I’m willing to take a few for the team.

The phrase “heads up!” is thrown around often, though it has never been used in a context as urgent as the one at hand. The end of May spells the end of Dairy Queen’s Blizzard of the month for May: the one, the only Confetti Cake Blizzard.

This nectar of the gods was brought to Earth by a crack team of Dairy Queen’s genius food scientists — likely the best in the world. Only this collection of raw, unadulterated brainpower could possibly conceive of something so knee-weakening.

Every kid’s birthday party that is worth remembering featured a massive birthday cake and ice cream to go with that cake. The more impatient of the kids would always scarf down the cake and ice cream seconds after they were served. However, the more patient and forward-thinking kids realized the payoff of waiting: an inconceivably delicious mixture of both desserts that would forever alter their life paths. These are the kinds of kids who would later go on to win Oscars, Pulitzers, Nobel Peace Prizes or, if they were overflowing with intelligence, the title of Dairy Queen food scientist.

So with the month of May coming to a close, there is no time to waste eating anything other this crowning achievement while you still have the chance. Sure, you could try to eat seasonal veggies while you get in shape, but beach bodies are for insecure people. Cake-infused ice cream is for the dreamers of tomorrow.

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» Mos Def’s random homophobia: The old saying goes, never meet your heroes. Ultimately, they might leave you disappointed. Sometimes you don’t have to meet them, and they still disappoint with the things that they say. Hero might be the wrong word here, but I am definitely a fan.

I watched Brown Sugar and that episode of House that he guest starred in. “Ms. Fat Booty” was my ringtone back in the day. Hip hop has a reputation for promoting sexist and homophobic lyrics.

This is not something that can be argued, but for some reason, it feels random coming from Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def. I’m not arguing that he is expected to behave better than his fellow rappers, but I still want him to. Mos Def is often placed in that category of the socially conscious rapper. His lyrics have spoken out against colorism, racism and a multitude of other issues.

The point is that if Mos Def is as progressive as his history has shown, those homophobic lyrics have to go. Recycling heteronormative views isn’t revolutionary. These lyrics are counterproductive to his message and his work with social justice. Until then, I will be waiting on the new Black Star album.

buz z ’s WEEK AHEAD CHAMPAIGN-URBANA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY’S FAMILY SKYWATCHING 7-10 p.m. Saturday, May 26

Free (donations accepted)

South of Monticello Rd. on CR 700 E (see website for directions)

Champaign-Urbana’s very own astronomical society hosts free public skywatches the Saturdays of every first quarter moon. This Saturday, May 26 is the society’s next viewing. In the event of poor or cloudy weather, the skywatch may be cancelled. Interested skywatchers can call (217) 351-2567 to check on the evening’s status. See the society’s website for a detailed location and more information: http://www. cuas.org/index.html. — Thomas Thoren, Community Editor

ME My Apartment

The next few weeks

Until the summer semester starts, I’m living alone in my apartment. Most people may not enjoy this, but I find it both liberating and refreshing. The entire apartment has become “my room,” and I can fall asleep where I want, eat where I want and leave garbage where I want and nobody says a thing. Except that ghost that I’ve been hearing at night, but he’s usually cool with the garbage. Oh — also, pants are now optional. (Roommates, ignore that last part. I’ve totally been wearing pants whenever I sit on our furniture.) — Evan Lyman, Music Editor

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND The United States of America

Friday, May 25

Monday, May 28

Ah, Memorial Day Weekend. The first of many summer holidays that result in grilling, boozing and family time. The holiday is meant as a remembrance for all the men and women who have given their lives for our country, but unfortunately that message has gotten lost for some. Now, the holiday stands as a convenient three-day weekend at the end of May, signifying that school is almost out and giving adults a nice break before their non-existent summer vacation. In the fashion world, it is also now okay to wear white bottoms (only kosher between Memorial Day and Labor Day). So slip on some white shorts, fire up the grill, pop open a cold one and pour another one out for the real heroes of the day. — Samantha Bakall, Editor-in-Chief

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Walking in Paris: Viewing the City and Its Denizens in the 19th Century Through August 12, 2012

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» Sore tushie: The last time I seriously rode a bike was senior year in high school for my school’s annual triathlon, and I vividly remember my sore bottom and the fact that I don’t know how the heck to work the speed control things that are on these newfangled bikes of today. Fast forward to sophomore year of college, when I hopped onto a friend’s bike to race from the Armory to my apartment to pick up some cups. That was nothing, especially because I was completely bundled up in winter clothes, and therefore my bottom was well padded. But look at me now. I am spending the whole of May at my grandparents’ house in Vancouver, Canada, and a touristy activity I really wanted to try was biking around the whole of Stanley Park, a giant forest reserve right under the Lions Gate Bridge. Hoo boy. It took two hours to bike the 12 kilometers — my sister, mom and I took frequent stops to take pictures and ooh and aah over the view. Throughout the whole thing, and especially at the end, when I hopped, or rather fell, off the rented bike, my tushie was not a happy camper. I think I seriously bruised my tailbone. I have new respect for the cyclists on campus, and since my roommates for the next school year bike everywhere, I am determined to make our couch as comfortable as possible so that they might happily rest their sore bottoms.

MAY 24 - 31, 2012

Expressions in Color: Selections from the Museum’s 20th Century Collection Through December 30, 2012

Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Fine and Applied Arts kam.illinois.edu 217 333 1861 For complete descriptions of exhibitions, visit kam.illinois.edu.

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TV PRIMER: JOSS WHEDON The Beginners’ Guide to classic TV by buzz Movies and TV Staff

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hen this staff decided to create a primer, the original idea was to tackle different television series that seem overwhelming. The show could be iconic like Doctor Who or have a reputation for confusing storylines like Lost.

Shows with cult status or hard to crack fandoms also make the list. Primers should guide readers through shows that make them think, “I want to watch, but I don’t know where to begin.”

Joss Whedon embodies the spirit behind this column, and because of The Avengers’ recordbreaking performance at the box office, all eyes are on him. It seems like the perfect time to look back at his work in television. »BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Buffy the Vampire Slayer began as a film. In 1992, the movie starring Kristy Swanson as the title character was released. Buffy Summers is a high school cheerleader, and in many ways, she embodies the stereotype of the shallow, popular teenager. This was Joss Whedon’s vision. He wanted to turn the idea of the typical horror film victim (i.e., the cute blonde girl) on its head. So inBUZZ stead of being the hunted, Buffy is the hunter or the slayer.THURSDAY It is her destiny to protect the world MAY 24 from vampires.

The film didn’t work because of corp note...keep this same size always its overly comedic tone.

In 1997, Buffy the Vampire Slayer received a sec1 X 5.417 ond chance on TV. This show was darker than the 1/8th pagefor a few changes, the basic campy 1992 film. Except story remained the same. 1. Sarah Michelle Gellar took over the role of Buffy Summers. 2. The setting is the fictional suburb of Sunnydale, California. 3.

Vampires are no longer the only threat.

Visually, this show is dated. It is filled with bad special effects, and the limited budget from the earlier seasons is very apparent. Start with the pilot (“Welcome to the Hellmouth”), and then watch “The Harvest,” “Witch,” “Angel,” “Nightmares” and finally “Prophecy Girl.” After that, jump right into season 2 — it is worth the watch. »ANGEL Angel is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff. This show focuses on the events that take place when Angel leaves Sunnydale at the end of season 3. On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel (David Boreanaz) served as Buffy’s main love interest.

He is a vampire with a dark past who is now trying to repent for his former sins. He moves to L.A. and starts Angel Investigations, a detective agency that works to help people with supernatural problems. Angel falls under the sub-category of vampire detective shows. Moonlight, Forever Knight and Blood Ties are other examples of the genre. Joss Whedon wanted Angel to be a more grown-up series and went for a traditional film noir vibe, especially in the earlier seasons.

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He didn’t let the constrictions of genre stifle the creativity. It ran for five seasons. Season 1 has a clear concept, but it takes a season before the show finds its footing. Start with the pilot (“City of”), then watch “In the Dark,” “Rm w/a Vu,” “I Will Remember You,” “Hero,” “Parting Gifts,” “Five by Five,” “Sanctuary,” “To Shanshu in L.A.” and then on to season 2. »FIREFLY A Western twist on apocalyptic space survival, Whedon’s Firefly reached cult status with a mere season. Firefly takes place in far-off planets that have been “terraformed” in order to escape crumbling Earth. Captain Malcolm (Nathan Fillon), leads a renegade space crew who conduct risky business deals with outer planets by providing food and supplies. It is a dog-eat-dog world outside of the core planets, and Captain Malcolm’s crew of noble bandits are the closest thing there is to a nuclear family.

Of course, they eventually become more than just rebels as they find out about the practices their supra-government, called the “Alliance,” take to undermine insurgencies. Among them are brainwashing the extremely intelligent, like River (Summer Glau), who compromises the Alliance’s chokehold on the planets. The lilting music and desert backgrounds also make it easy to fall into classic spaghetti western mode — they serve as juxtaposition to the black void that surrounds this civilization. This is the perfect quickie show for space/western genre fans, and even Hunger

Games fans, doing a great job of blending tradition with a modern “Capitol”-like regime. »DOLLHOUSE The show follows the hushed sales of programmed-for-hire human dolls; Dollhouse shows the darker and more intimate meshes of the human psyche. Specifically revolving around an agent named Echo (Eliza Dushku), viewers both unmask and decipher what the “Dollhouse” is and how its business operates.

For background, “dolls” are individuals who have their memories wiped and are then “imprinted” or filled with other memories, often tailor-made for a buyer. The series follows both the missions and orders the dolls undergo, but specifically Echo, throwing in the main twist of her beginning to have flashes of self-awareness, despite having her original “self” wiped away.

Depicting the clash of both artificially-crafted and humanly-experienced identities, Dollhouse manages to consistently throw viewers for loops and additionally produces a conglomeration of fierce main characters. Showing both the former identities of the dolls, their current experiences and the relations of the ominous Rossum Corporation to their pasts, a plethora of subplots intertwine in a beautiful overall-making of the entire series. Ending far too soon, Whedon manages to do the best he can with pulling hordes of loose ends together in the last few episodes. Follow Echo into the growing investigation of herself and all the other selves she has been.

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A PARISIAN SUMMER Krannert’s new exhibit brings Paris to Champaign Artwork on display at the Krannert’s “Walking in Paris” exhibit. Photo by Michael Zhang

by Samuel Lee

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distant chatter is overheard — the sway and staccato of French conversation peppers the air. The morning rays crawl down the winding cobblestone streets. A crowd bustles by, and the Pont Neuf Merchants set up shop lining the river Seine.

The district of Montmartre has yet to fall asleep.

Krannert Art Museum’s new exhibit, “Walking in Paris: Viewing the City and its Denizens in the 19th Century,” brings the sights, sounds, feel and footpaths of Paris for those who always wished to travel to Paris or for those who wish to fall in love with Paris once more.

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From late January, the curator of the exhibit, Robert La France, pieced together the exhibit from the museum’s art collection and library of late 19th century Parisian work.

The exhibit space is separated into two scenes by a half-curtain partition. In the first scene, visitors see the exhibit’s linear narrative of the geography and activity of Paris, specifically around the Seine River.

You walk through the exhibit from left to right as a 19th century tourist would have done. You walk as if on the Pont des Arts or beneath la Tour Eiffel. The echoes of 19th century Paris reverberate through the room.

This picturesqueness is evidenced by one of the exhibition’s highlight pieces, Camille Pissarro’s “Statue de Henri IV.” Pissarro’s well-traveled work frames Paris’s aesthetic cityscape with its peaceful rendering of the Seine River and its slow perambulating tourists.

“A painting holds the wall and has incredible power,” La France said.

The tourist’s gaze, however, is broken by Auguste Lepère’s merchants and laborers showing a Paris that is not all monuments, but a Paris that moves, works and even drowns around the Seine River.

“This is the quiet part of the show, very nice, you are walking through the streets, and you get the subversive action there, but it is very picturesque and lovely,” says La France.

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At this point, your walk around Paris may be complete. You finished your morning walk seeing all of Paris’s historical offerings. However, the half-curtain partition in the exhibit invites visitors to continue on to experience Paris’s other side: its nightlife. It is the same discretion that real tourists must answer to: keep Paris’s expressiveness, or continue past the half-curtain partition.

“This side is getting a little louder,” La France said.

“This side, we start to think about Paris as a way to look at people. It’s been for a very long time the capital of fashion and nightlife.”

Paris after dark in its famous Montmartre district is depicted by the posters of Pierre Bonnard and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. They advertise the hustle and bustle of Parisian nightlife. Other works detail the licentiousness and vice available in Montmartre.

“This is the boisterous side of the show,” La France said.

The second scene completes a heterogeneous mixing of picturesqueness and hedonism to create a unity of effects of 19th century Paris for the visitor-tourist.

La France said, “If you can’t afford a trip to Paris, we’re here.”

So, take a walk. Learn a little French. Travel to Paris this summer.

“Walking in Paris: Viewing the City and its Denizens in the 19th Century” remains through August 12 at the Krannert Art Museum.

Local creators cover a wide spectrum of topics

by Ken Halvachs The rise in popularity of the renowned iPod sparked a new form of media which allowed for an innovative way for media users to listen to political views, radio shows and funny tales of drunken debauchery. This new media is known as podcasting. A podcast is an audio or video file that can be viewed from a mobile device, such as an iPod. Podcasting has blown up computers and mobile devices everywhere, informing and amusing people in a variety of ways. Still, podcasting has not caught everyone up in its storm yet. Many are hesitant because they do not realize how quick they are to access and download. Others might not have realized that there are a variety of niches that podcasts can satisfy. If you have not started adding podcasts to your iTunes library yet, take a look at how they can fulfill some of your needs.

Politics Interested in local Champaign politics? The Halfway Interesting Blog updates its viewers on central Illinois, Champaign and University politics.

What is even better is that it provides viewers with podcasts of local politicians, campaign managers and advocacy groups to give its audience an inside perspective on the political happenings of the area. Eric Bussell started the blog as a “fun way for contributors to share their perspective on local topics and engage with readers using online discussion forum.”

The introduction of the podcasting aspect was to add unique content. Bussell recorded monthly

content for a year and while it was not easy, it added unique and diverse content other sites did not offer. In Bussell’s opinion, when a podcast is done right, it can provide more information than a simple blog post would. He is looking to start up a Halfway Interesting radio show as well as continue podcasting, but in the meantime, look at the work he has already posted from 2011, such as the podcast featuring Don Gerard, mayor of Champaign.

Entertainment Not pumped up about Champaign politics?

Maybe bars and shenanigans are more your style.

Several blogs offer entertaining “radio show” style blogging. Let Howard Stern rule the paid subscription world of satellite radio. The free world of podcasting can provide you with a variety of entertaining radio shows. “Broads at Brunch,” for instance, offers a new, edgier version of “girl talk” with tales of drunken debauchery and hook-ups.

And, guys, do not turn it away because it sounds girly. The stars of the show have found it is not just for women. Maggie Bondi, one of the podcast’s founders and hosts said, “Although women were initially our target audience, we’ve found that a large portion of our fan base is men who feel like they’re eavesdropping on a slumber party.” If that is too raunchy for your liking, there are a variety of other blogs from the world of entertainment.

If you are a fan of Illinois sports, Illini HQ might be a website to look into. It offers various interviews with coaches and players from Illinois teams and

also offers weekly radio shows such as SportsTalk with Steve Kelly, all in podcast form.

If fantasy sports are more your style, there are several podcasts at your disposal that can help you improve your team. While it is not local, the “Fantasy Focus” podcast offers game overviews, injury reports and strategies to give you a leg up on your league buddies.

Also, if you were a fan of Ebertfest, Indiana University podcasters were, too. They posted their own critique, so users can nearly always find a way to keep themselves content.

Education If you are a student at the University of Illinois, it is possible that you have already encountered podcasts. Many professors of the University provide their lectures in podcast form; some may even have you purchase podcasts from iTunes instead of buying traditional textbooks. If they are not having you use podcasts to obtain course material, they may have you make a podcast for the class itself.

For instance, one University course, Informatics 303: Writing Across Media, had students create their own podcasts about any topic that interested them. Be assured that if you have not had a class that has utilized podcasts yet, you are likely to have one in the future, as they are rising in popularity in the education system.

Speaking of education, if you are interested in teaching, adding a lesson plan that involves podcasting might give you an advantage. Adding

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podcast material to your curriculum might not only be a way to keep your class more engaged, but impress your cooperating teacher by using innovative methods to improve teaching.

There are hundreds of other wants and needs that podcasts can fulfill, so if you are interested in a topic, just get out there and start looking. If you are feeling bold, you might even try making your own podcasts for personal use or for others to enjoy. But for now, try out some of the suggestions above and give these talented artists credit where it is due. buzz

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Tattoos for Catharsis

How a few hours of pain can relieve a lifetime’s worth

by Marisa Gwidt This is the third in a four-part series of articles about tattoo culture in Champaign-Urbana. Marisa Gwidt is a guest writer for buzz.

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-year-old Randy Davis sat in an Illinois doctor’s office. His eyes had been bothering him, and his mother was sure he needed glasses.

Davis hated the idea of glasses. On the examination table, he fretted about how his classmates would tease him and how he’d have a harder time playing sports. He’d never even get to be a famous pilot. His future was basically wrecked.

So, Davis was relieved when the doctor declared his eyes fine. And he remained relieved when the doctor suggested an MRI. (It was, after all, 1988.

What the heck was an MRI?) Not until a while later, when a neurosurgeon explained to Davis that he had a brain tumor, did Davis long to just be “Four Eyes.”

Twenty-four years, five brain surgeries and two strokes later, Davis said he plans to get a tattoo of a large radioactive symbol on his head to signify that he has beaten the benign, yet dangerous, growth. It will be a form of emotional release for him. And he isn’t the only one getting tattooed to reduce stress. According to a recent survey conducted by Cornell and Princeton universities, 17 percent of collegeaged respondents at those schools had purposefully injured themselves — by receiving tattoos, piercings or performing self-mutilation — to cope with stress.

The National Tattoos Association in Allentown, Pa., said there are no national, state or local statistics related to what percentage of tattoo parlor customers receive tattoos for cathartic reasons.

However, several tattoo customers in Champaign expressed a popular reason for getting tattooed is to ease their anxieties.

‘Superman’ The amount of anxiety Davis, now 37 years old, felt over the years is immeasurable.

“The tumor cost me my marriage, time with my boy and a normal life,” he said while smoking a cigarette and driving around downtown Champaign in his white Dodge Stratus. “I would be interested to see how my life would have been different without it.”

For Davis, the hardest part about having the tumor has been the negative effect it has had on his family.

Davis was in a long remission when he met his wife, so he said she didn’t quite realize what she was signing on for. The anger, financial toll and debilitating nature associated with his condition (he had to quit his job as a truck driver) caused her to file for divorce last month.

Additionally, having grown up without a father, Davis hates the fact that constant medical procedures and visits have kept him from spending 6

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time with his 6-year-old son. Davis said he wants the radioactive symbol tattoo for his son as much as he wants it for himself.

“I’m basically Superman to him,” he said, smiling and teary eyed. “He has definitely motivated me to overcome this thing.”

Davis won’t try to hide the radioactive symbol tattoo when he gets it. He wants it to stand out in a big way. He has already met with a tattooist and decided to get it nearly as wide as the back of his head. He wants people to see it and ask him about it so that he can explain how it’s a badge of honor for overcoming death.

“The tattoo will represent that I’ve paid my dues,” he said. “I’ll never forget what I’ve been through, and it has taught me a lot about not taking life for granted. But it’s time to pick on somebody else.”

Although Davis said a debilitating health diagnosis doesn’t come without a dose of resentment, he considers himself increasingly accepting of how his life has turned out.

“It’s a part of me,” he said, pausing for a few seconds to gather his thoughts. “This is going to sound crazy, but if I could wish it all away, I don’t know that I would. I wouldn’t be who I am or have met so many amazing people.”

The psychology of pain Madeline Paul, a psychology student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, believes there is a connection between self-induced pain and emotional catharsis.

Although tattoos mean different things to different people, she thinks the permanence of a tattoo can be a reminder that certain emotions were very raw at one time and have now healed — even though there’s a mark left behind.

“For [Davis], it’s that he’s going to live his life but never forget something that affected him so much, since it is a part of him now,” Paul explained. “I think that tattoos can either be superficial or give people a constant reminder of why they are who they are.”

One of Paul’s close friends plans to get a tattoo of her mother’s signature because her mother recently died. Paul believes it will allow her friend to show the love she’ll always feel for her mother and go through the grieving process at the same time.

Little Momma’s roses for Mom Stephany Coburn, of Champaign, decided to get a tattoo after her mother died.

A couple months ago, the 23-year-old walked into the now-closed Altered Egos in Champaign to get it. She had gotten tattoos before, but this wasn’t going to be just any tattoo.

Coburn’s mother, Stacy Kington, had died unexpectedly just two months before.

As a mother of three children herself, Coburn

did not have a lot of time to dedicate to the grieving process. Additionally, she had two part-time jobs and a live-in boyfriend charged with aggravated, unlawful restraint.

Coburn was experiencing a much-appreciated reprieve the day she walked into Altered Egos.

Her kids were at daycare. Her boyfriend was at her side. She was ready to let go of all the negative emotions associated with her mother’s death.

“I’ve been waiting for this,” Coburn told her tattooist, Jason Dunavan. “This is my stress release.”

Her boyfriend, LaDarius “De” Powell, and his cousin, Anthony Grady, watched Dunavan sanitize Coburn’s tiny right arm. It would soon have a giant bouquet of roses with her mom’s name over it.

Powell wasn’t there just for emotional support.

He was also there to get his “sleeve” (i.e. the random tattoos that connect his left wrist to his left shoulder) added onto. Powell sat in a lounger next to the one Coburn was sitting in. Another tattooist started work on him.

Meanwhile, Grady just stood against the nearby brick wall and observed. He has lots of tattoos, but this wasn’t the day for another. Plus, he likes going alone to get tattooed. The process is personal for him.

“To let you all know the truth, I’ve got no idea why I’m here,” Grady said, shaking his head as he turned his navy baseball cap backward. “I guess I just like watching them be in pain.”

“You’re here because you love us,” Powell said.

“Don’t lie now, Cuz.” Dunavan had started tattooing Coburn, and he was going through more paper towels than usual to sop up the blood. He asked her if she needed a break, but she told him she wanted to keep going.

She could take it.

“You okay, Little Momma?” Powell asked her, mentioning he had never seen so much blood as a result of getting tattooed. He was genuinely concerned. “This shit hurts.”

“It hurts, but in a good way,” Coburn replied, shaking and wiping away the tears that were forming in her eyes. “This is for you, Mom!” “Looks like you’re about half done,” Grady teased, as he looked at her tattoo.

“Shut up!” Coburn laughed.

After three hours of work, Coburn’s tattoo was finished. Powell and Grady had gone to a McDonald’s for lunch and an ATM for $200 to pay for his sleeve additions. Coburn’s cost another $200.

Dunavan had used almost an entire roll of paper towels to clean up her bodily fluids and his superfluous ink.

“God, my back hurts,” Dunavan said, standing up straight for the first time since he started the tattoo. “Luckily I have friends who give me massages in exchange for tattoos.”

Coburn kissed her arm and smiled. She felt better than she had for a long time.

Neon kitty Dan Kaeding, of Urbana, will always remember his “Chance.”

Chance was Kaeding’s beloved cat of 10 years.

He died nine years ago, and Kaeding wasn’t ready to let him go at that time.

Kaeding now has Chance’s name tattooed in black, cursive letters on his right calf as a commemoration and final goodbye.

“When I wear shorts, it’s right there in the open,” the 29-year-old preschool teacher said, laughing.

“All my friends make fun of me for having my cat’s name on me.”

Chance was more than a cat to Kaeding. He was a friend.

When Kaeding was 10 years old, Chance wandered into his garage. Chance wasn’t a kitten, and Kaeding’s parents were apprehensive about taking in a stray set in his ways.

Kaeding begged and pleaded until his parents gave in and he was allowed to keep Chance — a name chosen because the family felt the cat was getting a second chance at life.

“Oh man, he was this gray, ugly, scraggly alley cat,” he said, remembering what Chance looked like the first time he saw him. “We immediately formed a connection.”

Kaeding said Chance was independent like a cat and devoted like a dog. He was an indoor/outdoor cat who would come and go as he pleased, but he was deeply committed to Kaeding.

“He was that powerful, quiet protector,” Kaeding explained. “It sounds weird, but I always felt safe with him prowling the streets.”

Five years ago — and four years after Chance died — Kaeding realized it was time to memorialize the positive impact Chance had on his life. It was also time to let go of the sadness linked to his death.

Kaeding visited a tattoo parlor and got the tattoo. He felt good about it. He felt like he had done something he had been waiting to do for a long time. It was a release.

It perhaps wasn’t enough of a release, though.

Kaeding said he’s thinking about getting a portrait of Chance tattooed on his leg next to the name. The portrait would be in ink that would only show up under black lights. Under black lights, it would glow in the neon color of Kaeding’s choosing.

“The general public doesn’t need to know if I get a tattoo of my cat,” Kaeding said, describing why he wouldn’t want to get it in regular ink that could always be seen. “But I think it would be cool at a club or something for this cat picture to just appear on my leg.”

Through getting tattooed, Kaeding has been able to recover from the loss of his cat. In fact, he might even get another kitty one day. But for now, he has dogs.

“This whole thing might not sound intellectual at all,” he said, “but it is what it is. I really loved my cat.”

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Nathaniel is a pervert... just sayin’

name: Randy Davis tattoo: Radioactive symbol location: back of the head meaning: to remember his

brain tumor name: Stephany Coburn tattoo: Mother’s name (Stacy

Kingston) over a bouquet of roses location: right sleeve meaning: to memorialize her deceased mother

name: Dan Kaeding tattoo: the name “Chance” location: right calf meaning: to commemorate

his deceased cat, Chance

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Nathaniel is a pervert... just sayin’

name: Randy Davis tattoo: Radioactive symbol location: back of the head meaning: to remember his

brain tumor name: Stephany Coburn tattoo: Mother’s name (Stacy

Kingston) over a bouquet of roses location: right sleeve meaning: to memorialize her deceased mother

name: Dan Kaeding tattoo: the name “Chance” location: right calf meaning: to commemorate

his deceased cat, Chance

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Can I Crash at Your Place?

By Hannah Pitstick Photo By Nathaniel Lash

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Just practicing for the sex issue.

Insight into couch surfing in CU and around the globe

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ugo Falco is a 20-year-old French man who enjoys skiing down freshly powdered slopes, spinning pretty girls around on dance floors and making tiger faces for the cameras. He wears a stylish brown leather jacket and likes to tell Americans that he is the son of James Dean.

In another age, Falco’s life and mine would never have mixed, but back in March he was wearing a polka-dotted apron in my kitchen as he prepared a meal of foie gras for my roommates and me.

Our paths crossed because of CouchSurfing. org, a social networking site that allows users to search among hosts around the world who are willing to let travelers stay on their couch/ bed/air mattress/rug for a few nights without cost. In return, hosts get to travel without leaving their living rooms.

Free to register, members have the option of providing information and pictures of themselves and of the accommodation they offer, if any. Members looking for accommodation can search for hosts using several parameters such as age, location, gender and activity level.

Casey Fenton conceived the idea of couch surfing in 1999 after he found a cheap flight from Boston to Iceland but did not have a place to stay. In an attempt to set up last-minute accommodations, he randomly emailed 1,500 University of Iceland students and received over 50 offers of accommodation. Fenton found that he loved traveling that way and thought up the idea for the site on his return flight to Boston. With the help of three others, the site went public in 2003 and currently has more than 4 million profiles in 246 countries and territories.

It may sound dangerous, sleeping on a stranger’s couch in a strange land, but a lot can be gathered about a person from their personal descriptions, pictures and references. The best indicator of a host’s trustworthiness comes from references left by previous couch surfers. Surfers have the option of leaving a positive, neutral or negative reference on another user’s profile page. If a profile has more than a few positive references and no negative or neutral ones, odds are the person can be trusted.

Falco’s three-night stay on my broken futon in Urbana was his first couch surfing experience.

He had met my roommate, Emmanuelle, when she couch surfed at his friend’s place in Quebec

over winter break. Falco, originally from Lyons, France, is studying at Laval University in Quebec City. For his spring break, he decided to travel the East Coast and then swing by Urbana for the authentic Midwestern college experience, red solo cups and all.

to an internship in California. Over the weekend, they got to know one another. The family took Chung grocery shopping and toward the end, when she broke one of her sandals, the woman lent her a pair of her own without hesitation.

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Magical things happen when open-minded strangers get together with the common goal of adventure.

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For its size, Champaign-Urbana has a fairly large number of registered couch surfers, with 209 member results for Champaign and 224 for Urbana, the majority of users being between the ages of 18 and 24.

Grace Kenney, a 24-year-old student living in Urbana, has been involved with couch surfing since 2009.

Kenney has traveled to Germany, England, South Korea, Thailand and Brazil, where she couch surfed at the home of a young woman and her mother in Rio de Janeiro. She spent six days with them, playing Brazilian card games, cooking with the mother and learning Brazilian swear words. By the end of the trip, the mother, who did not speak English and had never been to America before, told Kenney that the experience made her realize that everyone is fundamentally the same.

One thing that never ceases to amaze me about couch surfing is the lengths to which hosts will go to make their guests comfortable.

Christine Chung, a recent graduate of the University of Illinois, had her first couch surfing experience in Reno, Nev., where she stayed with a woman and her family for a weekend on the way

didn’t seem like too big of a deal for her, it was a really big deal for me because she was putting her trust in me,” Chung said. “Then, before I left for the internship, I was nervous and she told me, ‘If anything happens or you need anything, just call and we’ll come pick you up.’”

I have experienced that same overwhelming hospitality when I couch surfed around Ireland last summer and again when I surfed in Asheville, N.C., over spring break.

The people I met through couch surfing in Ireland were the sole reason for the trip’s greatness. Our first host was Gabriel, a street musician in Dublin. My sister, Katie, our friend, Emily, and I met him at an art co-op at the center of the city where young people hung out and used the space however they pleased. Gabriel lived in a house just outside of Dublin with a few vegans. Since these vegans had little use for a refrigerator, they never bothered to fix theirs when it got busted, and we decided to eat our entire lunch meat supply in the kitchen standing up before it went bad.

That night, Gabriel made us pasta and we talked till four in the morning.

In Kilkenny, we met our next host, Benny O’Regan, at a pub and started drinking pints at 5 p.m. with his friends while watching rugby on television. After a few drinks, we started sharing dirty jokes and eventually left the pub in search of some fish and chips. Back at their place, we exchanged some culture via YouTube; we showed them “Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama,” and they showed us “There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama.” Again, we stayed up until 4 in the morning, this time playing some form of truth or dare that resulted in everyone swapping clothes and speaking in foreign accents.

From my experience, one should not expect to get much sleep while couch surfing.

My favorite Ireland couch surfing experience, though, was in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, with Harry and Jamesy.

Harry and Jamesy are two 30-year-old bachelors that live together near the Giant’s Causeway. Harry is the tall, laid-back one and Jamesy the short, feisty one who loves Johnny Cash and knows every cabbie in town by name. We were their very first couch surfers, and they were very excited to host us.

We met all of their friends, went to their favorite club and drank mass amounts of Corona. It was good “craic,” as they would say, and in two days we were more or less in love with one another.

In my opinion, couch surfing is the best way to travel because you do not need a guidebook.

Hosts know the best places to go, and they are usually more than happy to take you there and introduce you to their friends and family.

I am not sure which is more fun, hosting or surfing. I get a kick out of showing strangers around Urbana. I have taken couch surfers to Murphy’s, The Blind Pig, the Union for contra dancing and even down in the steam tunnels, which happened to be propped open on a night when I was hosting. Magical things happen when open-minded strangers get together with the common goal of adventure. buzz

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FOOD

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DIY SUMMER BREW

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade and add booze

by Auffy Birjandi

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pring’s abnormal temperatures left us hot, sweaty and itching for summer vacation. Now that it’s finally here, what better way to celebrate than to indulge in the exciting cocktails the season has to offer? If you’re a fan of beer and lemonade on their own, then you’ll surely love them mixed together! This tasty summer brew recipe is not only thirst-quenching and refreshing, but it’s an excellent drink to serve at your upcoming summer gatherings, as well as a good drink to kick back with on your own.

With a recipe this simple, you’re bound to make more than one pitcher – and get rather wasted in the process. I’ve made this recipe countless times, and the flavor always remains consistent while also tasting dangerously un-alcoholic. Fair warning: this stuff goes down easy!

What you’ll need: » 1 pitcher » 1 mixing spoon » 1 can frozen lemonade concentrate (Minute Maid, Welch’s, etc. While other people generally use regular lemonade when making summer brew, I’ve found that the frozen juice concentrate is a more effective way of keeping your brew refreshingly chilled.) » 3 cans of beer (of your choice. I’d stay away from craft beers in this case, since the juice concentrate will mask their flavor. But don’t let that stop you!

Feel free to experiment with different beers of your choice! I’ve usually stuck to Bud Lite, Miller High Life or PBR for this recipe.) » 1/2 cup of vodka (of your choice, but the cheap stuff should suffice if you’re on a tight budget) » 1 bag frozen mixed berries, optional (Dole or

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any other brand works. You can even stick to one specific frozen fruit if you’re selective, or cut the berries out all together.)

The steps: Pour all three cans of beer into your pitcher.

Be sure to tilt the pitcher when pouring in order to avoid an excess of foam. Then, add your half cup of vodka. Once this is complete, upturn the ENTIRE can of frozen juice concentrate into the pitcher. Grab your mixing spoon and stir until the juice concentrate and beer have mixed and settled. You can then either add the frozen berries to the top of the pitcher, or if you don’t want the entire thing to turn pink and change in flavor, add some to the top of each individual cup! The berries eventually soak up the alcohol, so they’re great to munch on after you’ve downed your glass. They also serve as an excellent way to keep your drink chilled without watering down the flavor.

Makes approximately 4-5 servings.

Last Minute Tips: Spice up your cocktail by serving it in an extravagant drinking glass or goblet, and top it off with either a cocktail parasol drink umbrella or a crazy straw for good measure!

If you’re making the drink for a large group, you can always double this recipe, but be sure to consume within a reasonable amount of time after preparation, as the juice concentrate will eventually melt and lose its slushy-like consistency.

I like to stick to making it pitcher by pitcher for this very reason.

Drink responsibly and enjoy the start of summer!

Pouring a glass of summer brew. Photo by Nathaniel Lash

Tips to make your next grilling experience

by Daniel Chung May is officially considered National Grilling Month, which means that the prospect of busting out lawn chairs and footballs, throwing on tank tops and flip flops, and gathering friends together over slabs of meat and ice cold brews seems to be on everyone’s mind. But with spring classes over, going outside and feeling the weather these past few days got us thinking: it is definitely time to set up the grill and dust off those tongs, if you haven’t already.

If you think that grilling just consists of throwing a piece of meat onto the grill and flipping it over a couple times until the meat is a crisp, brownish color, you may be missing out on what could be some of the best meat you’ve ever had. A lot of grillers out there feel comfortable with doing the same thing each time they fire up the grill, but cooking is all about experimentation and variety.

Grilling is an art. And even if you don’t like trying out new things, changing a few of your grilling habits could make all the difference.

Before you even light your coals, scrub your grates and wipe them with oil. This gives your 10

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meat a nice grill mark after you cook it. It may seem like work for nothing, but it tastes better and looks a lot cooler this way. It really does.

The most fundamental tip of cooking your meat is to start seasoning it way before you start up the grill; seasoning the meat while it is on the grill just gets everything messy. Throw salt on your meat twenty minutes in advance, and let the meat sit on the counter. If you’ve prepared a sauce, now is the time to rub it into the meat. This gives the salt and the sauce a chance to soak up into the cut, and will ensure even flavoring.

Know your hotspots, especially if you are using a propane gas grill. If you’re burning charcoal, there are always certain spots where more coals may be burning. Take note of these places to make sure your meat does not cook unevenly.

If you want to roast larger meats, an effective tactic is to put your coals on one half to twothirds of the grill. This way, you can throw raw meat onto the hot side, and if you need to finish cooking the inside, you can place it on the area away from the charcoal. Many people make the

mistake of placing the coals evenly throughout the whole grill. If the fire gets too hot, there is no cooler area to place the meat, so it ends up burning. Also, if there is a flare up, where the flames jump up, you can take the meat out and put it in the cooler area. This tactic is also good, because it allows you to cook different meats that require different temperatures at the same time.

A good tip for burgers is to make sure one side is fully cooked and then flip it only once. Flipping it back and forth trying to get the right color on it not only makes the burger look messy from marks on the grill, but also ruins the taste. For sausages, split it lengthwise with the skin still intact on one side. Lay it out flat on the grill facing downwards and cook it all the way through. This allows the sausage to cook faster and more evenly.

Another mistake most people make is the vent usage. Not all grills have vents, but with the ones that do, it’s important to note that opening the vents will make your flame hotter.

With the vents open, more oxygen reaches the

coals. If you need to cut down the fire, close the vents, cover the top and let it sit for a little bit.

The flame should die down by itself.

For kebabs, a good tip is to judge the cooking times of your ingredients. Start cooking the items that take longer to cook beforehand, then put your kebabs all together while everything is hot. If you want to put vegetables on the grill, soak your vegetables in ice cold water thirty minutes before you start cooking to prevent them from drying out. Also, something to keep in mind, if you cook hot peppers and whole chilies, avoid the smoke: if it gets into your eyes, it’ll burn just as bad as squirting chili juice directly into it.

The most important tip is to try new things.

There are so many different recipes for grilling, and roasting the same thing for your hamburgers, hot dogs, steaks and chicken breasts gets old really fast. If you’re that guy everyone wants flipping the burgers, I’m talking to you. There are very few things in life more disappointing than having to eat the same thing every single time you fire up the grill. Have fun with it, enjoy and stay safe!

MUSIC

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Evil Tents enlist stellar lineup for release show Band will re-release debut, discuss follow-up

by Evan Lyman

T

he busy academic year has ended, but John Isberg and Evil Tents have a full schedule for the summer. The folk-pop fourpiece will release physical copies of their excellent debut LP, Night Air on The Midway, on Saturday, May 26, with a concert at High Dive.

Fans can also expect new Evil Tents material in the near future.

Evil Tents released Night Air on The Midway as a digital download on their Bandcamp website on Halloween of last year. For the release show they pressed 100 CDs, mastered by guitarist Aron Stromberg, which will be sold for 10 dollars apiece. They were named CU’s “best new band” in 2012 by Smile Politely and have a sophomore album in the works.

“For the release, we’ll be playing the album in its entirety and then possibly bring out a new song or two,” said Isberg, the band’s main songwriter. “I’m really excited to move on and get to new material, but I know you don’t want to bring something out before it’s ready.”

The show’s lineup includes two other acts mentioned on Smile Politely’s “Best of 2012 Music” list. Common Loon (“Best rock band”) and Psychic Twin (“Best chance to get national attention”) are slated to perform, along with Milwaukee’s Brief Candles and Fahri. Matt Harsh will provide visual art to go along with the music. After headlining the release show at High Dive, the band plans to begin recording sessions for its second album

while continuing to play shows in the area.

“We’ve written a bunch of songs, and we’re just trying to figure out how we want to do the second record,” Isberg said. “Probably over the summer we’re gonna do a lot of writing in a couple of different places — in the basement where we normally practice and at Aron’s house. He’s got a lot of recording equipment, so I think it’ll be a way for us to get a better idea of the sound we want.”

While Isberg played acoustic guitar on Night Air on The Midway, he expects to lean more toward electric guitars for the next album. Isberg said that while they will still use synthesizers and sequencers, he wants to “explore the space of the songs more” this time around. He said that electric guitar works better in space.

“Some of the acoustic guitar, the way we recorded it, gave us problems in the mixing and mastering because it would come across harsh,” Isberg said. “It would cut into the other frequencies, so we had to adjust it so it wasn’t just hitting you in the face. You don’t get a good sense of space if there’s something that’s really prominent in the mix and blocking that space from coming out.”

Isberg said the recording sessions for Night Air on The Midway took place in one day. He wrote and recorded tracks with drummer Nathan Westerman and bassist Isaac Arms, but Stromberg hadn’t joined the band yet. All of

Album art for Night Air on the Midway

Stromberg’s parts had to be overdubbed during the production and engineering phase. But for album two, Evil Tents will have its full lineup and more time to write, record, and flesh out songs.

“I can tell we’re really starting to gel now,” Isberg said. “When we wrote Night Air, Aron wasn’t even in the band yet. This time it’s kind of nice because I have someone else to write with.”

While Night Air on The Midway drew from childhood experiences, Isberg plans for the thematic content of the second album to progress

naturally into the trials of young adulthood.

“The first one was like … if you’re in high school, or you’re a kid, your map of your world is so small, but you get these glimpses into the future,” Isberg said. “The next album is about going past that and starting to grow up more; that kind of selfishness and that lost feeling you get when you’re newly on your own and you’re independent and screwing up all the time.”

I wouldn’t expect the track lengths and song structures to change much, though. Isberg

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THURSDAY 24

Yin Yoga with Lauren Quinn Art & other exhibits Amara Yoga & Arts EXHIBIT: ¡CARNAVAL! 7pm Candlelight Hot Spurlock Museum Flow Yoga with Luna 9am Pierson Walking in Paris: Amara Yoga & Arts Viewing the City and 7pm Its Denizens in the 19th Century Miscellaneous Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion F.I.N.D. Orphy 9am Orpheum Children’s SciExpressions in Color: ence Museum, 1pm Selections from the Yarn n Yak 20th-Century Collection Rantoul Public Library Krannert Art Museum 7pm and Kinkead Pavilion Preschool Story Time 9am Rantoul Public Library “Crystallography 10am Defining the Shape of Raising Readers Our Modern Mind” Rantoul Public Library Exhibit 10:30am U of I Main Library 8:30am FRIDAY 25 Parkland College Art & other exhibits Graphic Design Student Juried Exhibition EXHIBIT: ¡CARNAVAL! 2012 Spurlock Museum, 9am Parkland Art Gallery Expressions in Color: 10am Selections from the 20th-Century Collection Classes, lectures, & Krannert Art Museum workshops and Kinkead Pavilion 9am Live Homework Help “Crystallography Rantoul Public Library Defining the Shape of 2pm Our Modern Mind” Toastmasters ChamExhibit paign IL, Toast of U of I Main Library Champaign 8:30am Champaign Public Walking in Paris: Library, 12pm Viewing the City and Beginner Tango Its Denizens in the Course Phillips Recreation Cen- 19th Century Krannert Art Museum ter, 8:30pm and Kinkead Pavilion Live Career Help 9am Rantoul Public Library 2pm

Classes, lectures, & Live music & karaoke workshops Chillax with DJ Belly and Matt Harsh Radio Maria, 10pm

Mind, body, & spirit Open Yoga Practice with Corrie Proksa Amara Yoga & Arts 5:30pm Core Yoga with Maggie Taylor Amara Yoga & Art 12pm Ashtanga Yoga with Lauren Quinn Amara Yoga & Arts 5:30pm 12

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Live Adult Education Help Rantoul Public Library 2pm Live Career Help Rantoul Public Library 2pm Live Homework Help Rantoul Public Library 2pm

Food & festivals Wieners & Wine at Sleepy Creek Vineyards Sleepy Creek Vineyards 5pm

Live music & karaoke Walking in Paris: Heel Dragger Live at Boomerang’s Bar and Grill!

Friday May 25th!

Boomerang’s Bar and Grill, 9pm THE HILLBILLY JONES!!!!!

Memphis on Main 6:30pm SOUL PURPOSE BAND!!!!!!

Memphis on Main, 10pm Parrish Brothers Rosebowl Tavern, 9pm Late Night with DJ Belly Radio Maria, 10pm DJ Delayney Highdive, 10pm Karaoke with DJ Hanna Phoenix, 9pm

Mind, body, & spirit Power Flow Yoga with Corrie Proksa Amara Yoga & Arts12pm Vinyasa Krama Yoga with Don Briskin Amara Yoga & Arts 4:15pm Happy Hour Hot Flow Yoga with Luna Pierson Amara Yoga & Arts 5:30pm

Miscellaneous F.I.N.D. Orphy Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, 1pm

Movies & theater Afternoon Movie Rantoul Public Library 2:30pm Psychic Joker & C-U Confidential present Time Traveling Cinema SoDo Theatre, 10pm

SATURDAY 26 Art & other exhibits Biking the Ring: Photography in Ireland Exhibit - Photographs

by Dana Stodgel 133 West Main, 6pm EXHIBIT: ¡CARNAVAL! Spurlock Museum, 9am Expressions in Color: Selections from the 20th-Century Collection Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 9am

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im Burton’s Dark Shadows is a curious film that almost succeeds at several levels but is a tooscattered narrative that fails at most of its unrealized story strands. At one level, it’s a slight reboot of the old campy television soap opera that ran from 1967-1971; on another level, it’s a comical horror film mocking its predecessor, somewhat like The Addams

Family; still another strand is a love story that occurs over centuries and finally, it’s a somewhat loving tribute parody of ‘70s pop culture.

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Michelle Pfeiffer is Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the head of Collins Manor, who lives with a handful of other Collins relatives as well as drunken Doctor Julie Hoffman, played by Helena Bonham Carter.

She hires a somewhat odd young woman, Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote), to be a governess to the youngest Collins boy, David. While Barnabus tries to revive the family name and dominance in the local fishery industry, he meets renewed challenge from Angel Bay fisheries owner Angelique Bouchard, the same witch from two centuries ago.

He even throws a community party, hiring rocker Alice Cooper to entertain.

While not Depp’s best work, he still shines as Barnabus with a brooding weirdness and several comical moments, wondering what a lava lamp does, being perplexed by a television broadcast and thinking that Alice Cooper is one ugly, made-up old woman. Eva Green, who previously played James Bond’s deceiving lover in Casino Royale, is attractively seductive in

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a comedic way. But it is actually Bonham Carter and Pfeiffer who best capture the soap opera qualities in their performances and are most effective at approaching the tone of the original series.

Original television cast members Jonathan Frid (the original Barnabus), Kathryn Leigh Scott (who was Maggie Evans), Lara Parker (the original Angelique) and David Selby (Quentin Collins) appear in cameos as party guests in the latter part of the film.

Screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith’s original screenplay, based on the characters of the original Dan Curtis produced series, wallows in 1970s nostalgia at times, with references to the corny wisdom of Erich Segal’s Love Story, the Carpenters’ music, the soulful theme song from Superfly, even the opening title sequence using The Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin.” Where Barnabus’s lost love for Josette is revived in the young Victoria, not enough time is spent developing Victoria or any chemistry between them. The film’s main conflict between Angelique and Barnabus meanders into one chaotic massive duel to the death and the destruction of the manor.

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still remember the reaction my mother, who seldom eats out at restaurants, had when I took her to a Jimmy John’s. “Really,” she asked, “this is what I just paid $6.00 for?” At the time, her comment seemed silly and, considering that my girlfriend was with us, a little embarrassing. Despite this, she raised a good question. In Campustown there are a dozen or so sandwich shops, including three different JJ’s. I have been guilty a hundred times over of buying these simple, overpriced and addicting sandwiches — but why?

To be honest, the greatest sandwich I have ever had was the last slice of bread at the end of a loaf that I smeared with peanut butter and ate like a taco one night when I came home from the bars. One day, one of my roommates ordered a JJ’s sandwich that, contrary to its slogan, did not arrive “freaky fast,” so he had to resort to making his own sandwich. It took all of three minutes and looked as good as anything I’ve eaten from any sandwich shop. “You know,” he said once his JJ’s had arrived, “this kind of sucks compared to the one I made.”

I understand that this opinion isn’t shared by most people on campus, so I went to the JJ’s website looking for an answer — and maybe a number five with peppers. The website, which many people use to have their sandwiches delivered, makes looking up, ordering and paying spectacularly easy. The online menu does a great job of making all their sandwiches sound very appealing. According to the official Jimmy John’s website, a number three has house-made tuna mixed with celery, onions and sauce, topped with alfalfa sprouts, cucumbers, lettuce and tomato.

As I pondered over the ingredients, I imagined some frat boy thinking to himself late at night, “Wow, tuna with alfalfa sprouts — that’s healthy, right?” As though the fish and the small amount of veggies will somehow combat the twelve beers that he had slammed at the bars.

Jimmy John’s is not the only option available for sandwich delivery. As University of Illinois senior Meghan Beary put it, “I like Subway because it’s warm, and I can’t just go out to the store and buy all the ingredients.” It seems that many people like the bread selection of Subway and the fact that you can get a twelveinch sandwich for a little over five dollars. As University of Illinois student Danny Cook puts it, “Subway is better than anything I can ever make myself at home.”

Perhaps the answer is inability. Many people don’t have the ingredients lying around their apartment to make a great sandwich, and even if they did, many do not have the ability to make it in the first place. Perhaps the prospect of locking some meat, or mix of meats, between two slices of bread with whatever toppings they want seems too overwhelming for some people. Is it just laziness? Or does the five minutes that it takes to put a good sandwich together just too much time to spare in our busy lives? Perhaps the sandwiches are just as good as we tell ourselves they are when we take a second to consider how much money we have spent on them over the semester. Whatever the reason is, the sandwiches keep being made, and we keep ordering them. Whether you like the quickness that Jimmy John’s offers, or whether you like the options and taste of a Subway sub, or if you like something less corporate like the sandwiches offered at Torticas on Green Street, the truth is that there is always something out there for everyone. Taking a stroll down Green Street, you would have a hard time not being overwhelmed by the array of different options available. Perhaps this is the main reason why so many people choose these fast food sandwiches every single day. Plus, as University of Illinois student Ivan Hanold puts it while sitting in the Union, “They’re pretty convenient. I mean, I can’t just go home right now and make a sandwich.”

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