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FAIRLAWN VILLAGE FAIRLAWN & VINE Aug 2005. Live in a peaceful, relaxed, neighborhood setting. Fairlawn Village is a one-story apartment community, spread out on twelve acres, close to U of I, shopping and walking distance to schools. Spacious apartments with washer/dryer hook up, a/c, and garages available. One bedrooms from $485/mo. Two bedrooms from $500 to $550/mo. Call for an appointment. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 344-5043 www.barr-re.com

1 BR. Available Now. Parking included. 6th & Stoughton. $400/mo plus utilities. (217)-359-6440 AVAILABLE NOW 1 BR loft apartment. Champaign. $380/mo. 773-821-0192. Engineering male graduate student looking for roommate to share spacious, furnished, 2 BR. Starting August at Bailey Apartments, 111 S. Lincoln. $385+ utilities. Contact Richard rcpage@uiuc.edu, 630212-9662

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STATELY BUILDING LARGE 2 BEDROOM 2 BR plus sunroom Avail. Fall 2005 hwd floors, laundry, parking $900/month includes heat, water & trash

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2 Bedroom beautiful house, off campus, garage, dishwasher, washer/dryer. $800. 359-4652 3rd and Clark August ‘05 beautiful, furnished 2, 3, and 4 bedroom apts. Ted 766-5108. 506 W. Springfield August ‘05. 6 bedroom, 2.5 bath furnished home. Beautiful, hardwood, parking. Ted 766-5108. 617 W. CHURCH Beautiful 6 BR. 3 Bath furnished home. Hardwood floors, two porches, off-street parking and more. 369-0500.

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BEAUTIFUL HOUSE 1 Block From Campus •804 S Busey, U. •4 BR -- 2 BA •Off - Street Parking •Laundry •Wrap Around Porch 344-2376 or 359-2072 East Urbana, Spacious Home on bus line. Very nice, all appliances, 2 car garage. No pets, smoke free. $700- 750 depending on lease. 3287110. Eight to Nine Bedroom Fall, Campus, $2850 367-6626

LINCOLN & STOUGHTON Furnished 4 BR w/ 2 BA parking, A/C, laundry $1,400/mo The Weiner Companies, Ltd.

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CAMPUS AREA. Quality large room in house on busline. Share kitchen, laundry, utilities with two. $235 and up. 356-0345. Single room for women. Clean, laundry facilities, close to campus, located on busline. $245- 270/ month. Utilities included. 367-4824. Speak loudly. WOMEN’S CERTIFIED HOUSE Near Nevada & Busey. Kitchen privileges, color cable TV, laundry, parking. On-site resident manager. 10month lease. Summer lease at reduced rates. 337-1565 or 328-6490.

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Female grads seeking roommates for quiet Champaign House. $295. 408-768-7107 email jheng@uiuc.edu Female graduate student to share spacious house by U of I. Nice neighborhood. Laundry, large kitchen, all utilities paid. $350. 344-4674 GRAD STUDENTS looking roommates to share beautiful nished 6 BR. 2.5 bath home at W. Springfield, C. $350/ BR. 766-5108

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Male/female to share 3 bedroom house. 1802 Peach. W/D, parking, near busline. $300 negotiable plus 1/3 utilities. Available June and August. Derek 333-6058. djm1992a@yahoo.com NEAT ROOMMATE WANTED: 2 year old home Champaign by Turnberry Ridge near Staley and Kirby. 5 miles from campus. Washer/Dryer, 2 Car garage, Broadband Internet. $450/ mo (All utilities included) - negotiable. Roommate wanted to share furnished 3BR house for Fall. $295/mo. + half utilities. Male non-smoker grad student preferred. Call 367-7980. Roommate wanted. 1 or 2. Male or Female. Nice house in country. $325 includes everything. 217-840-2257. Roommates wanted to share deluxe furnished 3/ 4 bedroom apartments at 3rd & Clark, C. Individual 1 year lease from $225/ mo. Ted 766-5108. Female for 4 BR. apt. at 3rd and Chalmers. Parking, W/D, furnished, 2 full baths, $400/mo. negotiable. 630-418-0618 or cirone@gmail.com 1 bedroom, near campus $300 per month 367-6626

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FIRST SNIFF After another top-notch meal from Crane Alley, I had a chance to take in Welcome to Tolono on Sunday evening. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last month or so, Welcome to Tolono is an original play written and directed by Urbana native Mark Roberts, and it’s currently playing at the Station Theatre in Urbana. Roberts is the producer and a writer for the television series Two and a Half Men, starring Charlie Sheen, which evidently, millions of people watch and enjoy all across America. I don’t watch much TV, so I had no frame of reference in terms of this guy’s writing when I went to see it. But let me tell you, I haven’t been this moved over a play since I first saw Fiddler on the Roof as an adult back in the stoner days during college. The play takes place in Tolono, in a church basement, centered around the lives of a group of people all struggling with some form of addiction.What ensues is a perfect combination of hilarity and heartbreak, of wit and wilderness, of simply great writing. Never before have I been in such solemn moments, only to find myself belly-laughing but seconds later. Consistently.Throughout the whole thing. I won’t give away too much because rumor has it that the play will continue running past its original June 18 finale. But take my advice, all of you people: Go see this play.You will not regret it and what’s more, it’s rare to have such a talent, recognized on a national stage, here in town, producing something just for us, about us. Hats off to you Mark Roberts! FOR THOSE OF YOU KEEPING COUNT ... It’s been two years, one month and two weeks since Dubya declared an end to major combat in Iraq. The total casualty count for U.S. soldiers is now over 1,700, and for the first time, polls show that a majority of Americans believe that this quagmire has run its course. Apology in order? Sure.Withdraw the troops? Got to sometime. But what about the wartorn country we leave behind? I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 again this past week, and while I am well aware of the slant that Michael Moore adds to his films, I find it hard to believe that there are actually people living in this country who actually maintain the view that Iraq was ever a threat to us or the international community. We are the thugs.We are the terrorists.You can put my name on a list and call me a commie, but you can’t make me change what I know in my heart of hearts. I am sickened each day by what we have done to that country and to this world.

PINK FLOYD IS PINK FLOYD AGAIN Putting all of the past aside, Roger Waters is teaming up with his former bandmates to play at Live 8 this summer to help influence the world leaders to cancel all debt in the poorest nations of the world. Happy as I am, I believe that only a 14-foot bong hit and a laser show inside Cheney’s head would send him hurtling back to reality enough to do something that actually helped someone aside from himself and his fat friends. UNIVERSITY OF OVERREACTION As a promoter, part of my job is to scour the town to look for places to hang fliers. I usually post fliers on the windows of empty buildings when they provide enough walk-by traffic to make it worth the day or two that they will survive until someone from the realty company tears them down. Last week, as I made my weekly trek around campus, I was on Sixth Street when I heard someone yell out at me: “Hey! Hey you!” I turned around to find an older man, arms crossed, glaring at me from across the street. I stared back, innocently, knowing what was coming. “Don’t you put that flier up there!” he cried out, his tone resembling an overbearSeth Fein is from ing, headstrong uncle. Urbana. He has a I had to respond. hero and his name is “Don’t you think that Neil Steinberg. More next week. He can be there might be a better reached at way to address me, sir?” I sethfein@hotmail.com yelled back, the traffic now moving in front of us.And he just repeated the same thing, this time, wagging his finger at me! So, I slowly made the motion to put up the flier, baiting him with a cheery smile on my face. So, I’m an asshole. Sue me. But seriously, is it just me, or am I the only one who finds nothing offensive about pieces of paper hanging on light poles and on the sides of buildings? They say it’s a way of “keeping the city beautiful.” On the contrary, I find bare poles with nothing on them to be as boring as a city council meeting. I might buy that spiel if I didn’t proceed to walk by a foul smelling Clybourne with beerpiss running down the alley,draining into the street next to a flowerbed that looks like it had been tended to by a blind goat. Note to the city of Champaign:Your flier ban can sniff it. I’ll just put fliers up without the venue name or company on it. Word of mouth will carry my show. What are you gonna do? WE’RE HOT ON THE TRAIL Cubs fans—have hope.As of press time, we are seven games back from the Cards. But we’ve been playing great ball and Derrick Lee is no doubt the MVP of the league thus far. I was at the game yesterday, and if my history at Wrigley has anything to say about it, we won by 2.3 runs, the Cubbies journeyman went 6 and 1/3 innings with 4.8 strikeouts and our batters ran a total of 18.9 bases. No. I don’t like statistics at all ... s o u n d s

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at 402 East High, Urbana. Close to campus, Lincoln Square, and downtown Urbana. Available August 1. Rent $415/month.

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705 S. RANDOLPH, C 2 BR, Available early June. Near campus and Downtown Champaign. $510/ mo. 352-8540 www.faronproperties.com ALL UTILITIES PAID! Two BR. App, pets ok. Free parking near Beckman. Large balcony, available ASAP. Only $540/mo. 417-6560. Leave message. Available August 17th. 2 BR. $630/ mo. Springfield and Gregory, Urbana. 390-1444.

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406 E. Green, U. $470-$495

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www.ppmrent.com 351-1800 DAWSON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 359-1221

Available August: Off campus 1 BR+ near West Side Park in downtown Champaign, prices ranging $390625. Older home character, great light and space. Good study atmosphere. Old Historic House. 1 BR apt. available. 611 W. University. 390-5989

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Convenient 1 bedrooms near downtown Champaign now available. From $390. 403 W. White, C. 605 W. University 711 S. Randolph, C. 511 W. University, C. 515 W. Washington, C. 811 W. Hill, C. These and other apartment locations also available for leases starting throughout the summer.

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Peaceful and quiet off-campus 1 and 2 BR apartments starting at $475. www.gardencourts.com 359-4652.

CLASSIFIED 337-8337 JSM Management - 359-6108 Available Fall 2005

48 E. John, C. 105 S. Wright, C. 107 E. Springfield (new gym), C. 503 E. Stoughton, C. 903, 909 S. Locust, C. 510 E. Michigan, U. 804 W. Illinois, U. 905 W. Oregon, U. 1010 W. Stoughton (new), U. 1102 E. Colorado, U. 1806 Cottage Grove (new), U. 2008 Vawter, U. 51 E. Green, C. 404 Clark 608 White 1009 Stoughton 506 W. Elm 907 Oregon

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Efficiencies 307 E. Armory $275.00 505/507/510 E. Clark $355.00 1-Bedrooms 601/603/605/607 E. White $445.00 $480.00 (w/d) 4-Bedroom 502 E. John $1650.00 BRAND NEW !

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Aug 2005. One block from Lincoln Avenue. Large units with Central A/C, Carpet, Patios/Balconies, Ethernet connection avail, & laundry. Off-street parking at $45/mo. 2 bedrooms from $600/mo. Showing 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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Spacious efficiencies and 1 bedroom apts. Some units paid heat/water REASONABLE PARKING

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Aug 2005 Rental. Central A/C, Carpet, Microwaves, Large rooms, laundry facilities, Ethernet connection. 2 bedroom from $625/mo. Parking at $30/mo. Shown 7 days a week.

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BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com Only ONE left for Fall! Well-maintained 2- bedroom furnished apartments near Beckman and Engineering. Dishwasher, AC, ethernet and off-street parking available. $595/mo. 493-8487.

Now Leasing 209 W. Griggs Two Bedroom $910 • Spacious 2 BR Luxury Apartments • Free Internet & Cable TV • Washer & Dryer in every unit • Dishwasher • Air Conditioning • Covered Parking Available • Elevator Access

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Avail Aug 2005. Located at Third and Gregory across from the Snack Bar. A block from IMPE. Large one bedroom apts. Gas Heat, Carpet, Window A/C, Assigned Parking available. High speed internet connection available. Laundry facilities available. Rents start at $410/mo. Apts shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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6 0 1 -6 0 3 E . C la rk, C . F u rn ish e d 1 B R w /b a lco n y, la u n d ry, so m e fre e u til. 2 m in . fro m th e U n io n . S ta rtin g a t $ 3 8 5 . 344-1306 or 352-4104 Furnished one bedrooms and efficiencies from $325, $365, and $395 near John and Second or Healey and Third. 356-1407.

FALL 2005 Smith Apartments 384-1925

1012 W. Clark, U 2 bedroom $640 1010 W. Clark, U 2 bedroom $ 720

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58 E. John August 2005. Two and three bedrooms, fully furnished. Dishwashers, center courtyard, on-site laundry, central air, ethernet available. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182 Showings Monday-Friday 10-5 Saturday 11-4

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507 & 511 W Church,C. 1 bedroom apartments $415-455 Near West Side Park. water included All have parking available, laundry on sight, A/C, internetavailable. Furnish/ Unfurnished. Most have dishwasher, disposals, microwaves, balconies

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307- 309 Healey Court. Fall 2005. Behind Gully’s. 2 bedrooms. Ethernet available. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

Champaign 2 Bedrooms 403 E. White - $540/mo. 302 S. Fourth - $540/mo. 405 E. White - $400/mo.

Parkview Apartments 121 W. Park, Urbana Efficiency apartments for fall. Includes water, trash removal, on-site laundry. $395/mo. Campo Rental Agency 344-1927.

All Units: Carpet, A/C, Appliances Cable & Internet Ready Parking Available On-Site Laundry

510 S. Elm Available Fall 2005. 2 BR close to campus, hardwood floors, dishwasher, W/D, central air/heat, off street parking, 24 hr. maintenance. $525/mo. 841-1996. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

Ask Tenant Union about us 390-2377

New Building “Lofts on John” One bedroom, unfurnished, W/D, dishwasher, opening August 05 $650/mo. Near John and 2nd. Call 356-1407

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Location 102 E. Gregory, C 202 E. John, C 610 E. Stoughton, C 910 & 910.5 S. Locust, C 807 W. Oregon, U 810 W. Iowa, U 811 W. Oregon, U

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$500/mo. Garbage, heat, laundry, water, included. Pets Welcome. Close to Downtown. 217-649-9517

Unf. 2 BR avail. 8/18/05, A/C, laundry, 101 W. Park, Urbana. $500/month. Weiner Co. 384-8018 www.weinercompanies.com 115 W. WASHINGTON, U

Avail Aug 2005. 1 bedroom apts. Carpet, window a/c, laundry, boiler heat. Rents from $510/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

2 BR DUPLEX IN URBANA hdwd floors, A/C, pkg, w/d hookups $515/month

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1009 W. Main, U 2BR $630 Furnished on engineering campus, water paid. Remodeled kitchens. Parking is $35/month. Onsite laundry.

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Renting Aug 2005. Very large 1 bedroom apts. Carpet, Window A/C, High Speed Internet connection avail. Parking avail at $30/mo. Shown Daily 7 days a week. Rents start at $435/mo. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 210 W. William. Rear, 2 BR newly remodeled. Off street parking. $500/ mo. 217-832-9507 3 bedroom 2.3 bath, lofted condo in Colony West. W/D. C/A, swimming pool, tennis courts, lots of parking. $895. 637-0806

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ly took a big trip to Branson, Mo. It wasn’t exactly like Muslims making a pilgrimage to Mecca, but for a bunch of rednecks, it was second only to the Grand Ole Opry. While there, we went to Silver Dollar City, a sort of Disney World for folks who call a violin a fiddle. They had a few carnival rides and a snack hut that featured some sort of pork on a stick wrapped in bacon. The rest of the park pretty much focused on lost art forms. There were blacksmiths, gunsmiths, town fools and an alarming population of glass blowers. Even as a kid, I felt sort of bad for those guys, barely hanging on as their craft withered away. Nowadays, I feel like I should join them in their attempt to prolong progress. I could be the guy who practices the ancient craft of making mix tapes. Let me be clear, I’m not talking about a group of random songs burned onto a CD counting as a mix tape.That’s like comparing a homemade haiku to a greeting from Hallmark. For you kids out there, a mix tape is, as its name

implies, a freaking tape. It is a 90-minute cassette that requires a little more effort than a few clicks of the mouse. It’s sort of like talking on the phone. In the old days, you were shackled to the wall by a cord so you actually had to converse with the person on the other end of the line. Now with wireless phones, you wander around the house, never really listening to the other person, simply waiting for your turn to speak.The mix tape forces you to concentrate for its entire length, 90 freaking minutes. If you stop in the middle, the vibe never comes back.You have to do it in one straight take. The mix tape can take many forms: a birthday gift, a love letter or a cry for help, sometimes all at once. It is a document of how you feel about its recipient at that particular 90minute period of time. It enables you to express the subtle thoughts you might not be capable of while sober. For instance, if you’re making a tape for an ex-girlfriend and the first track is a song titled “Gonna Kill You By Sundown,” you’ve found a guilt-free way to convey the compulsion you have to lop off her head while she sleeps. Conversely, if you choose Yo La Tengo’s “My Little Corner of the World” as

the first song, you may be attempting to declare your undying love ... unless it’s given to someone of the same sex; then it just means you’re gay. I acquired my skill for making mix tapes in high school under very intense scrutiny. On Friday nights in Southern Illinois there really wasn’t much to keep us busy, so we drove around in the country drinking beer.The radio stations around there left quite a bit to be desired, so each week I would make a soundtrack for our teenage drunkenness. It was tricky. Five or six guys squeezed into a 1972 Monte Carlo can have very discriminating taste. They wanted to hear all the old rock favorites, maybe a couple of new songs, and the traditional last song on the tape, Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” If I put on a song they didn’t like, the evening could go downhill quickly, and trust me, if you’re drinking beer on a gravel road for fun, downhill from there is not a direction you want to be heading. There are several nuances to the mix tape. There is often a temptation to simply cram it full of your favorite songs, but this isn’t the way to go. For some reason, 20 good songs in a row is just too much.Thus, I like to put a little musical sorbet in there every so often.A well-placed

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sort of crappy song can really make the rest of the tape seem better. Another problem is that it’s two sides. Many of the mix tapes I’ve heard sort of run out of steam on the B-side, so be sure to save a little something special for those last 45 minutes. Also, the end of sides A and B can present a problem.You can look into the cassette player and see there is just a little sliver of tape left to record on. For shit’s sake, don’t panic, or even worse, have a song start on one side and end Michael Coulter on the other. This is when the is a videographknowledge of your collection er, comedian really comes out, so keep and and sort of looking until you find a song a smart-ass. But that’s only a minute and a half we love him anyor so. This is also a fine reason way, and don’t to have several early Ramones know why. records in your collection. I could keep giving you tips, but now I’m all excited about getting my hands dirty and making a mix tape. In fact, I’m going to make it for that special someone in my life ... um, me. I’ll play it in my car all summer long, and if all goes well, maybe you can pick up a copy of it if you’re ever at Silver Dollar City.

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509 W. MAIN, U.

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- Gandhi argument is the scientific merit of the studies saying secondhand smoke is dangerous. Hays points to studies by the Centers for Disease Control that demonstrate the danger of secondhand smoke. A report put out by the CDC notes about 3,000 nonsmokers die annually from lung cancer, up to 300,000 children suffer from infections of the respiratory tract after exposure to secondhand smoke, and the risks of heart disease increase by up to 30 percent in people who live or work in an environment with secondhand smoke. These studies, however, don’t necessarily account for all other factors involved in the diseases. As Champaign City Councilman Mike La Due points out, federal courts have thrown out some studies on the effects of secondhand smoke because “their margins of error have been doubled in order to accommodate statistically the conclusions they wanted to reach.” He points out that the judge who made that ruling was not biased, as evidenced by an earlier ruling that the Food and Drug Administration has the right to regulate tobacco. “It’s tit for tat. It’s back and forth.The debate is going on and raging internationally every day and it’s not resolved,” he said. Because each side is able to come up with compelling scientific stories and each side has its legislative and judicial victories, it’s not as closed a case as some supporters and opponents of a smoking ban might like to think.

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moking has now been banned in public places in cities across the United States and the world. Bhutan, a country in southern Asia, has taken it a step further with a nationwide ban of tobacco sales. The question that has been dealt with in varied manners across the world has now come to Champaign-Urbana, and the debate about whether or how to regulate tobacco is on. PHOTO • AUSTIN HAPPEL

o Scott Hays, president of the C-U Smokefree Alliance, it’s an easy decision; the city should go completely smoke-free, without question.Although the smell bothers him, for both Hays and the alliance, it’s a question of what’s best for the public health. “Secondhand smoke is a public health issue; there are toxins in the air in public places, same as having germs in the food—it’s a public health issue. It’s got nothing to do with our choice, our preferences,” he said. The decision to go smoke-free isn’t one of aesthetics or ambiance, either. There are cities that have exclusionary bans that allow smoking in bars, but not restaurants. Certain businesses are

allowed to have smoking—for example, private clubs—but any business open to the public is barred from allowing smoking. For Hays, this idea doesn’t solve the problem. “You can’t carve out places based on public health—well, smoking is OK here, it’s not OK there,” he said.“Because if it’s toxic here, it’s toxic there. It’s not like it’s not toxic in a bar and it is toxic in a restaurant.” So the question isn’t just one of restaurant patrons being annoyed by the smoke from the person at the table across the aisle, it’s about the health of both of those people and everyone else around them. One of the problems facing the public health

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rettes. They don’t want their home to smell like smoke, either. In an attempt to prevent this, Schmitt’s wife has him remove his smoky clothes in the garage before entering their home after returning from work at Ned Kelly’s Steakhouses. Yet that alone wasn’t enough to persuade Schmitt, the longtime owner of the restaurants, to end smoking in his company. Acute bronchitis took care of that. In the fall of 2004, Schmitt’s doctor diagnosed him as having acute bronchitis. He suspected Schmitt had taken up smoking, but Schmitt assured him that hadn’t changed. That’s when Schmitt learned how secondhand smoke was affecting him personally. Discussions began to instate a smoke-free policy throughout his company. “I was a bit hesitant,” he said. The economic repercussions could have been detrimental. Hays characterizes the fears restaurant owners have about prohibiting smoking as mere perceptions. He says the perceived stigma of being the smoke-free restaurant next to the smoking restaurant is enough to scare most restaurant owners into keeping their businesses smoker-friendly. Allen Strong, whose restaurants Silvercreek and Courier Cafe are both smoke-free, agrees that it’s a worthy fear. Yet he doesn’t think it altered his sales at the Courier Cafe, 111 N. Race St., Urbana, which was a smoking restaurant until two and a half years ago. Silvercreek, 402 N. Race St., Urbana, opened as a smokefree restaurant. Strong says that going smoke-free at the Courier Cafe had a lot of positive effects. “There’s less wear and tear on the restaurant, there’s not that pall in the air when you come in—and the smoke-filled room, and the burned carpet, and the table burns, and the ashes, and having to dump the ashtrays.” Strong is happy with the change and he says his employees are also happy to work in a smokefree environment. Yet Strong’s decision to instate a smokeless policy at the Courier Cafe is not the result of health issues or a personal aversion to others’ smoking. Strong said, “I don’t know that I felt I was going to lose business, but I just got tired of all the fighting, just the constant complaining and then you know the detrimental effects that it caused the facility.” Strong said the complaints of nonsmokers and the constant bickering between smokers and nonsmokers got to be too much of a hassle for him. So he ended it the easiest way he could— smoking was no longer allowed. Opponents of a blanket ban on smoking would rather see market forces deal with the question of whether businesses should ban smoking on an individual basis. La Due doesn’t think the moment has yet arrived when it would be advisable for bars to go smoke-free. He cites the bar at Silvercreek as an example of s o u n d s

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(March 21-April 19)

"You always learn your mystery at the price of your innocence," wrote Robertson Davies in Fifth Business. In the coming week, Aries, your assignment is to disprove this assertion. I think it will happen quite naturally; you won't have to exert yourself heroically. In fact, I predict you will demonstrate the exact opposite of Davies' assertion: As you dive deeper into the secrets of your greatest mystery, you will reclaim a lost portion of your innocence.

TAU RU S

(April 20-May 20)

Taurus musician Willie Nelson is a premier talent. Though described as a country artist, he's really a genre unto himself. During his 50-year career, he has written and recorded many great songs, collaborated with Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, and founded Farm Aid, an organization that raises funds to support family farms. Recently, however, he suffered a disappointment. Republican state senators in Texas shot down a bill that would have named a 49-mile patch of highway after him. They had a problem with the fact that Nelson smokes pot, is an exuberant consumer of alcohol, and supports Democratic candidates. Sound familiar, Taurus? You, too, are in danger of being cheated out of your rightful rewards because of some minor problems. Nelson didn't protest his deprivation, but I think you should fight yours.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)

Here's your question for the week: What's the difference between deluded self-esteem that leads you to waste your time on impossible dreams and well-justified self-esteem that inspires you to seek a viable goal that's beyond your previous level of accomplishment? An example of the first is the Louisiana State University student who declared himself eligible for the National Basketball Association's draft, although he wasn't even good enough to play on his college team. An example of the second is my talented musician friend Allie, who made a demo CD in her home studio and brazenly sent it to a big record company executive, who liked it so much he signed her to a recording contract.

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CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

Your assignment this week, should you choose to accept it, is to outdo the Dullest Blogger in the World. From a command post at www.wibsite.com/wiblog/dull, this mystery figure writes entries like the following: "I was sitting on one of the chairs in my house. My hand was resting on the arm of the chair. I drummed my fingers on the arm, thereby making a barely audible sound . . . I considered playing some music on the stereo system. I looked at some CDs for a while, but didn't put one on." And what, you may ask, is my reasoning for urging you to be more humdrum than this person who is renowned for provoking yawns? The astrological fact of the matter, Cancerian, is that you need to temporarily tone down your excitement levels-way down. Escape the entertaining melodramas for now, and take a rejuvenating excursion into lazy boredom.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

The rules you've been playing by have worked fine for quite a while--not perfectly, but well enough. My sense is that their usefulness is almost at an end, however. Soon they will become counterproductive, no longer bringing out the best in you or the other players. I suggest, therefore, that you change the rules now, before they start undermining everyone. You know that old saw, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?" This is one time when that advice is wrong.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates is known as the father of medicine. Even today, the approach that he and his followers formulated remains a major influence, epitomized in the Hippocratic Oath sworn by all new doctors. His views on horoscopes might be shocking to some, however. "A physician without a knowledge of astrology," he wrote, "has no right to call himself a physician." I wish modern MDs would take that part of Hippocrates' wisdom as seriously as they do the rest; the art of healing would be more efficacious if it included an understanding of patients' astrological makeup. Now please apply this approach as you revisit the ideas that are at the foundation of what you believe, Virgo. In other words, explore

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LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

As a boy, the renowned Spanish matador Manolete was a sissy. He rarely played outdoors, preferring to be near his mother as he read books and painted pictures. Psychologist James Hillman explains this by suggesting that the youthful Manolete had already sensed his destiny, intuiting that one day he would be alone in the ring facing down angry half-ton bulls. His childhood behavior was a way of marshalling his strength and shielding him from the enormity of the challenges he would seek out one day. Think about how this theme might apply to your own life, Libra. Is it possible that what you have considered one of your weaknesses has actually been preparing you to express tremendous strength?

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

The only secrets you have to worry about are those you're keeping from yourself. It might be helpful to know what other people are hiding, true, but the only way their covert agendas and sneaky maneuvering can hurt you is if you continue to lie to yourself. Besides, there's just one sure strategy for exposing the secrets that others are keeping: Tell yourself the naked truth about your own feelings and motivations.

S AG I T TA R I U S

(Nov. 22-Dec.21)

It's Feel Gratitude for Your Ex-Lovers, Old Flames, and Divorced Spouses Week. One of the best ways to celebrate is to stop thinking of your old relationships as failures. Instead, regard them as classrooms where you learned valuable lessons about intimacy. Think of them as practice sessions that helped you figure out what you really want a loving bond to be. Acknowledge the fact that even if you believe your former par tners did you wrong, they were great teachers. I urge you to send them thank-you notes, or at least honor their memor y with silent bursts of gratitude.

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C A P R I C O R N (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) British medical researchers recently announced that contrary

to conventional wisdom, brief periods of stress are healthy for us--so much so that they boost longevity and enhance our cells' ability to repair themselves. At the same time, the scientists emphasized that intense, long-term stress is still just as bad for us as we've always thought. If they're right, Capricorn, you should be the picture of vitality right now. The difficulties you've been facing lately have passed the Goldilocks' test: neither too great nor too small, but just right.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

So you want to move a certain mountain from where it now stands to a place more conveniently located. Is that a worthy project? I don't know. Here's what I do know: The task *can* be done, but it will take longer than you think. In the early going you may have to work without the best tools and do much of the heavy lifting yourself. In order to succeed, you will also have to develop more stamina than you currently have. But all of these things would actually be very good for you.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

In my travels by car, I often see bumper stickers on which parents brag about their offspring. Today I spied both "My child is an honor student at Newbury Middle School" and "My kid beat up an honor student at Newbury Middle School." A new wrinkle also appeared on a third bumper: "I'm the proud parent of a rat terrier." It led me to muse on how everyone has a parental relationship with someone or something. The vulnerable little thing they care for might be a child or pet or houseplant or plot of land, or even a machine or other inanimate object. What about you, Pisces? Whatever it is you take care of, you should concentrate harder on being a good mom or dad in the coming week. Your ward or dependent or protege needs you more than usual. Homework: It's called Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings. More info is at www.freewillastrology.com.

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n the teenage world of Mean Girls, cat fights and Girls Gone Wild, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is as refreshing as a plus-size Queen Latifah in a room full of Lindsay Lohan-esque size 0s. Based on the popular book series by the same title, Traveling Pants tells the story of four best friends, Carmen, Bridget, Lena and Tibby, who spend their summers apart from each other, connected by a pair of jeans that magically fits each of them perfectly. This is not simply the Olsen twins sharing a pair of petite True Religion jeans, as each of the four women has a unique and realistic body type. The girls form a sisterhood based on the jeans that will allow them to remain united while apart. Narrating and recording the story is Carmen, played by America Ferrera. She spends her summer in South Carolina attempting to repair her relationship with her estranged father, played by The West Wingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bradley Whitford. She is shocked to find her father remarrying into a cookie-cutter perfect family and forced to assimilate into white suburbia. Ferrera stands out as an alternative to armies of skinny white blondes. The gorgeous Blake Lively, in her first starring role, plays the audacious Bridget, who is

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he smoke is palpable in Jonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pipe Shop, 509 E. Green St., Champaign. It billows and floats around, pushed by a fan in the back of the shop. The aroma of tobacco is heavy in the air, mixing with the sound of customers laughing together. Owner Pat Callaghan and La Due, who is a manager at the shop, stand behind the counter and talk about La Dueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new knife. A customer comes in and engages La Due in conversation. A mutual acquaintance has been diagnosed with throat cancer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know something, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all gonna die from something anyway,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We might as well enjoy something along the way.â&#x20AC;? The customer, John Laude, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind the risks of smoking tobacco. He is in the shop to purchase a cigar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We make choices in our lives, and tobacco is one of them,â&#x20AC;? he said, before reciting an adage, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything in moderation and nothing to excess.â&#x20AC;? That statement fits perfectly with the accusations that the problem of secondhand smoke today is caused by irresponsibility. Hays readily acknowledges he enjoys a good cigar â&#x20AC;&#x153;on weddings and thingsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;around festive events or something like thatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the birth of a child.â&#x20AC;? At the same time, he would prefer tobacco be outlawed because â&#x20AC;&#x153;people canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use things responsibly.â&#x20AC;? He feels tobacco would not be a problem at all if it werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t used with the regularity of an addicted cigarette smoker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a horrible irony, so many things that we know are harmful,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seventy-hour work weeks, child labor, you know, you name it, we get rid of (it).â&#x20AC;?

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carrying emotional baggage after the death of her mother and dealing with her emotionally distant father. Bridget attempts to bury her emotions within soccer and the pursuit of her soccer coach. The young athlete verifies that even the seemingly confident have insecurities, but more importantly, allows such uncertainties to exist as part of the maturing self. Resident Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel plays the shy Lena, who is visiting her family in Greece. Lena provides the stereotypical romance required in a chick flick as she falls for Kostas, a local Greek. Kostas comes from Lenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s archenemiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bloodline and thus a secret Romeo and Juliet relationship develops. Set in the backdrop of beautiful Greece, Lenaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story is predictable and remains the weak link in this otherwise wonderful display of sisterhood. Last is Tibby, played by Amber Tamblyn from the recently canceled Joan of Arcadia. Tamblyn claimed that if a man comes out of Traveling Pants without crying she would pay him $100 and go on a date with him. Men might lose that bet as they fight back tears, particularly during Tamblynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scenes. Tibby is stuck at home working at a Wal-mart-like store as she attempts to film a documentary, or as she calls it, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;suck-umentary.â&#x20AC;? Tibby makes an unlikely friend in 12-year-old Bailey, played by Jenna Boyd, and proves that friendship is not limited by age, only by imagination. The realistic problems of four unique and individual women prove to be part of Traveling Pantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; best quality: the depiction of real girls in real situations, but with a touch of magic. But more importantly, where can I get a pair of those jeans?

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Smokers say they have a right to smoke. Strong, even though he wishes people would not smoke for the sake of their own health, backs that right, and says he â&#x20AC;&#x153;would fully defend that right and stand up for that, you know, all the way to the Supreme Court, as long as the government recognizes it as a legal substance.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a universal view among nonsmokers, though. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the right to smoke? I have no idea where that comes from,â&#x20AC;? Hays said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A right to smoke, what are you talking about? ... A right to smoke, I mean, smokingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll kill you. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just say tobacco ought to be illegal because of its documented health consequences, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a ludicrous thing for me to say.â&#x20AC;? Callaghan reacted to the idea that other people were trying to protect him from himself,â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for your own good.You know you shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be eating that steak either. You know I think you drink too much and you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t engaged in proper sexual behavior, either. We have no personal responsibility at all anymore.â&#x20AC;?

quickly to make people happy, and you vote with your dollarsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;where do you go, what do you want; if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a market for it, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be there for you. So if all these people really want this, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s places they can go and those dollar votes will work.â&#x20AC;? ne way or another, the debate will probably O result in a compromise. The alliance, while pursuing a total smoking ban, recognizes there will almost certainly be exceptions. They understand the city council will probably not give them the

blanket ban they want because that would mean a prohibition of smoking in businesses that cater specifically to smokers, for example, hookah cafes and Jonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pipe Shop. Whether Champaign and Urbana do decide to pass ordinances limiting public smoking, the situation will probably work itself out eventually, Strong said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely a movement ... smoking is on the decline, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really just a matter of time until these issues resolve themselves.â&#x20AC;? buzz

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AN INTERVIEW WITH MIKE CLARK OF THE HEADHUNTERS SUSAN SCHOMBURG • STAFF WRITER

he Headhunters first received national attention in the 1970s as a result of their connection with and contribution to jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock’s groundbreaking work melding jazz, funk, soul, rock and other popular musics together. Over 30 years later, they are touring and still producing original music, this time without Hancock. Mike Clark, drummer for the group since their second album (1974’s Thrust), has been responsible for innovations in people’s perceptions of and approaches to rhythm and drum playing, and is one of the most widely sampled drummers in the world. “It feels great that people like your work enough to want to make it part of their work,” Clark says. At the same time, however, many popular artists who have incorporated recordings of his playing into their own tracks have not paid him—or even asked— for the privilege. “I’m from the school of musicians that actually play,” Clark remarks, “it’s called ‘live’ … [Still,] I’m glad that even though they stole it, they liked it, and it brought more attention to me, which helps me financially and helps me to continue to create and to bring new stuff to the world of music and culture.” According to Clark, every member of the Headhunters is coming from a similar place in terms of their perception of themselves and each other.“My music comes from the roots up, meaning that I’m a student of the music and history: where it came from ... where the music that I love and am a part of came from, and the artists that made it. I’d say now my role is to pass on the information that I feel that I’ve gleaned—and that I feel is accurate—to the next group of people and to whoever’s willing to listen and to whoever can hear it and is capable of understanding it. And in a group, I think it’s a similar activity ... [We] are really trying our best to bring forth what we consider to be culturally the high road. [I’m] not saying that we’re the best cats or the top of the food chain or divorced from ego, but ... there is a lot of history on the bandstand in [the Headhunters], and what makes it a special event for me is the history and the amount of contribution that every guy in this band has made.” Clark says that Hancock taught him the Buddhist chant, “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo,” and that by chanting that, one can achieve all of one’s dreams.“I was a young man, and if I heard of anything that said I could achieve all of my dreams, I wanted to know all about it right away, because I had a million dreams, and I’m not a particularly suspicious person, so I just thought,‘Sure, I’ll check it out.’”

up…the musicians that could play the best were the ones that we would get. That was my experience, and that lasted years, so when I met Herbie, I was quite comfortable, as far as who I was. I didn’t feel I had to try to be someone I wasn’t, or that I had to affect a ‘black-sounding’—whatever that means—type of talking, or any kind of bullshit. I was just kind of myself, and the friendship between Paul and I was so strong that nobody dared challenge it. However, there were some other people in the band who didn’t see it that way; they had problems with the fact that I was white, and I learned to stand up for myself and also love those guys back, who felt that way, and understand why they felt that way the best that I could…and to this day, we’re all serious family.” “And at the same time, it was this tremendous growing experience, being with those guys, because it wasn’t all beautiful just because Paul and I were friends; I definitely got some flak for it. However, musically, how I fit in was being myself. It seems like the thing I came up with, the thing I was doing with my drumming, fit in perfectly with this band, and does to this day. Nobody ever gave me a hard time about playing, but there were some uncomfortable moments … where I had to really look carefully at

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MR. & MRS. SMITH DAVID JUST • STAFF WRITER

It’s almost too bad that Mr. and Mrs. Smith was advertised as a

movie about married assassins who discover that they are each other’s next target. The film opens with John and Jane Smith (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) in marriage counseling trying to put the spark back in their relationship. For the first half hour of the film, the movie conceals their occupations from the audience. Pitt and Jolie play off of each other wonderfully as a troubled couple whose problems stem from mistrust and lack of communication.Then one night, Jane is called into work to deal with an emergency. After she is gone, John leaves in similar fashion. Jolie gets to her target and plays a dominatrix with a thing for bondage. Pitt shows up drunk at a private poker game and sits in.After a few playful minutes, everybody else is dead and the Smiths head home to get some sleep. The moments of the film leading up to the revelation of their careers are the most interesting and fun scenes. If the cat

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When the recording session for the track “Actual Proof ” on the album Thrust came around, the producer (who had received a very basic knowledge of drumming in school) asked Clark to play a very “basic, unhip” rhythm. “I said, ‘Look, I really don’t want to play that. I think I have a better scheme,’ and he got very mad at me,” Clark recollects. “Rather than me getting mad back, I thought, ‘This is an assignment for this [chanting] that I’m hearing all about from Herbie Hancock.’” Clark excused himself for a few minutes, snuck into another studio, and chanted. “I said, ‘Okay, everybody’s going to hear me on this record, and if I play a pedestrian beat like this man wants me to play, then they’re going to think that this is who I am creatively.’ The Buddhist practice is based on something called ‘Actual Proof ’—you get what you chant for—so ... being that the other tracks were also kind of pedestrian and this was my one chance to show my stuff, I chanted that on this track, I would be immortalized in jazz throughout history. I was young,” Clark qualifies, “so that was my prayer.” After chanting alone for several minutes, Clark says that he went back into the studio and (nicely) asked the producer to let them try playing it once their way, and if they could not get it in one take, they would play it the way he told them to. “He laughed at me, because it was a very difficult piece, and he said that nobody could play that piece in one take, because we hadn’t really rehearsed it, and especially the way (we wanted) to play it, it was too complicated. I said, ‘Please, give us a chance. If you’re r ight, we’ll all know within the first four bars.’”The group got the track in one take, and Clark is credited with a drumming innovation on the track, as well. The piece, originally titled something else, was changed to “Actual Proof ” in honor of Clark’s accomplishment. “When Herbie saw my inner change,” Clark reflects, “and saw that it had affected the environment that strongly, he changed the name of it ... When the piece was over, everybody was giving me high-fives and hugging me in the studio and going, ‘Michael, that was brilliant.’ And [the producer] then came up to me and said,‘Thank you for arguing with me, and making me see what you were thinking. This is one of the finest things I’ve ever been a part of.’” Incidentally, Clark is the only white member of the Headhunters, and experienced firsthand the breakdown of racial barriers in popular music in the 1960s and especially the 1970s. “I lived in Oakland … so I saw Huey Newton and all those guys, and I witnessed the police beating up African-Americans. I saw this with my own eyes. The reason I lived there was because Paul Jackson, the bassist in Herbie’s band, and I have been best friends since I was 19 years old. So his dad got us a place together because we were both young guys starting out … So I was witnessing a lot of things that I would have never seen before had I not moved in with Paul, and I was really outraged about what I was seeing, and about all the lies the government was telling...” Also, at the same time, Clark points out that in those days, “black consciousness … was really rising … and America was becoming aware of AfricanAmericans’ taste in clothes, music, what they liked and didn’t like, and also the needs of the black community: what was being addressed and … how they were being treated as citizens … began to filter through into white America and other Americas.” “Paul and I were a musical team, and so our bands were usually predominantly black through his friends, and mixed with the occasional white guy other than myself….We’d try to mix it

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wasn’t let out of the bag in trailers, the film would have had that extra twist, and all the humor in the film would seem even funnier in retrospect. The film is directed by Doug Liman, who also directed The Bourne Identity in 2002. To be expected, the action in the film is quite good, but the film sacrifices everything else for the sake of it.The Smiths are interesting characters. John has a storage room

of guns and ammo in a bunker below the toolshed. Jane hides her equipment in the oven to appear on command. For professional assassins, they’re both pretty oblivious to what is going on in their own home. But their relationship and their careers make for an interesting film. The mindless action that takes over the second half is an unfortunate mistake. One detail that might have been nice to know is for whom exactly the Smiths are working. Since they are trying to kill each other, it is difficult to believe they are working for the government. They’d be on the same team. It’s also hard to believe that either rich businessmen or mobsters are hiring them to kill international terrorists. Keeping this information out of the film deprives the characters of any motivation. And if they don’t care who is trying to kill them, why should we? Mr. and Mrs. Smith delivers some good laughs and action, but boils down to just watching Pitt and Jolie smile and wink at the cameras.The plot is so insanely predictable that there’s no reason anybody would go see this film except to do just that: watch Pitt and Jolie.Their chemistry together is fun and entertaining, but the action actually seems to slow down the movie because it’s so mindless and frustrating. It was bad enough when a fight scene turned into a sex scene. Or was it a sex scene that turned into a fight scene? Save yourself the trouble of finding out and wait for the DVD.

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myself and figure out who I was. It made a man out of me, and it’s the best experience a young guy could ever have, playing in that situation at that time period, because … it made me a strong person and a world person; I mean, I can talk with anybody and be comfortable with them. I didn’t have to adjust any of my personality to fit in the situation; what I had to do was accept the good part of my life, and not denigrate myself because I was a white person … I couldn’t be of any value as an artist if I punished myself mentally or spiritually because of that situation ... I’m grateful that I had the experience to deal with that and … develop myself. I wish everybody in this country could do that.” “Music really reflects what’s going on in society, but it can also really affect what’s going on ... Music is a strong force, and so that means that I want to be at my best, and the other guys in the band do, as well,” Clark observes, also explaining that “especially with music like [the Headhunters] play, [which] is intellectually stimulating, there is a tapestry of souls going on as far as we’re communicating with each other musically and intertwining each others’ lives through musical conversation. And the music is funky, so the body gets a good sensation, as well. So you get it from the neck down and the neck up, and that’s pretty much what our music is about.And so the more we can groove people and make them feel good, it just makes for a better feeling for people.” buzz The Headhunters will be performing this Friday, June 17, 2005, at the Canopy Club at 8pm. Tickets are $15 in advance.

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SATURDAY, 18 JUNE

9:30 – 11:45 AM PANEL 1: ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

9:00 – 11:30 AM PANEL 3: TRANSNATIONAL STUDIES

3:30 – 5:00 PM PANEL 5: DRAMATIC AND LITERARY LANDSCAPES

•”Transnationalism and Political Participation: The Case of Chinese Americans” Pei-te Lien, University of Utah •”Local/Global Political Dynamics in the Development of Boston’s Vietnamese and Cambodian American Communities” Peter Kiang, University of MA, Boston

1:30 – 3:00 PM PANEL 2: RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES

•”Spirit in Motion: Religion and the Asian Diaspora in the Unites States” Jane Naomi Iwamura, University of Southern California; Center for Religion & Media, New York University •”In-between Temporalities: Issues in the Authentication of the Hindu Diaspora in the United States” Rajeshwari Pandharipande, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

3:15 – 5:00 PM ROUND TABLE: REFLECTION ON DIASPORA STUDIES Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore Pallassana Balgopal, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

•”Asian Migrations to the Circum-Caribbean Region During the 19th and 20th Century” Brinsley Samaroo, University of the West Indies •”When Minorities Migrate: The Radicalization of the Japanese Brazilians in Brazil and Japan “ Takeyuki Tsuda, University of California, San Diego •“A Critical Transnational Perspective to Filipino Migration Return to the United States” Yen Le Espiritu, University of California, San Diego

1:30 – 3:00 PM PANEL 4: MUSICAL MIXTURES

•“Making Vietnamese Music Transnational: Sounds of Home, Resistance and Change” Caroline Kieu Linh Valverde, University of California, Davis •“Indian Music Culture in Trinidad and the United States: Negotiating Diaspora and Nation” Gregory Diethrich, Music Arts School, Highland Park, Illinois

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6:00 – 9:00 PM BANQUET Keynote address: The Honorable Vivienne Poy Senator, Ottawa, Canada

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SUMMER STUDIO THEATRE COMPANY BY BETH EDILLMAN

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The plays that Krannert puts on in the summer, until this year, were referred to as Summer Fest. Last year, however, there was a write-up on the plays shown at Krannert in a trade magazine out of New York.When producing director James Burton Harris read it and realized how many Summer Fests there were in the country (over 100 festivals, including those highlighting art, music and beer), he decided that they needed a more professional and distinctive name. Therefore, the name, Summer Studio Theatre Company, gives the atmosphere of creativity and professionalism that Harris feels fits this program. James Berton Harris said he is particularly excited, this season, for the play Broadway, which he’s been eager to produce for a number of years. He feels this play is important for a number of reasons. “It was the first play to deal with the gangster element, the first play about gangsters currently existing, exposing the corruption about Prohibition. People who saw this play who had no idea about the corruption were astonished, just blown away by what was going on, and people who knew about the corruption who saw this play were shocked by the courage of the play and the truthfulness.” He went on to say that around 200 runs of a play constituted a hit, but that this play ran, when it first came out, for around 600. Harris has wanted to show this play for the past few years but, until this summer, it just did not work out right.This summer, Harris finally got his wish by, as he put it, “working the summer around it,” and supplementing it with two great plays, My Three Angels and Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Harris could not have been more pleased with the director he found for the play, Sue Lawless.“There is no question she is right for this play.” Her expertise, indeed, is unquestionable. She has directed on and off Broadway, and her professional career has spanned over 50 years. Sue Lawless, however, is not the only experienced director this summer. William Jenkins, director of the Last of the Red Hot Lovers, has an impressive resume, being department chair of theater and dance at Ball State University, and having directed here three previous summers, besides numerous professional credits to his name.

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The third director,William Martin, director of My Three Angels, continues the trend of impressive directing expertise, with his third summer season at Krannert. William Martin is very excited about the play, saying that he has wanted to do it since high school, when he first read it, but that obviously, when he left, he put it in the back of his mind. When Harris asked him two years ago if he’d be interested in directing the play, Martin said definitely, but he would have to read it again. When choosing plays, James Berton Harris mentioned interesting reasons for picking My Three Angels and Last of the Red Hot Lovers to accompany Broadway. “One of the reasons I chose My Three Angels was that in Dear Ruth a few years ago, two of the actors had extraordinary onstage chemistry. It was remarkable, and afterwards, quite a few people commented on it. Since then, I’ve been looking for another play that might highlight their (onstage) chemistry in the same way, and here, as another husband and wife pairing, I found a similar relationship for them in a classic play.”The two actors he is referring to, Anne Shapland Kearns and Steve Keen, are excited about the play, playing Emilie and Felix, respectively. Keen was first exposed to the two plays he is in, My Three Angels and Broadway, this summer, but Kearns has a special relationship to My Three Angels, saying, “I played Marie Louise, (the girl), 30 years ago, and I directed (My Three Angels) 15 years ago at the Station. I hope in 15 more years I get to play Madame.” Harris says that Last of the Red Hot Lovers was actually a more recent addition to the list. He originally picked another play, a dark comedy dealing with wives who killed their husbands, but there was a last-minute change. Since they already had a mystery, Broadway, there was flexibility as to play choice, but not with casting, so he had to find a play with three strong female roles. He searched for a play, and was not finding one until, “I decided that I could have one man in the play.”When Harris came across the play by Neil Simon, which he remembered as funny, he reread it and found it also insightful. buzz

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My Three Angels June 17- July 29

This Sam and Bella Spewack comedy concerns three escaped convicts in French Guiana who cause troubles for locals over an extremely hot holiday season. Last of the Red Hot Lovers June18 –July 30 This Neil Simon 1970 comedy is a favorite of repertory and dinner theaters.This somewhat dated period piece takes you back to the swingin’ ‘60s. It tells the story of a middle-aged New Yorker who

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feels he’s missed the entire sexual revolution and makes three separate attempts at being a “real” ladies man. Broadway June23 –July 31 The Studio’s third production is Philip Dunning and George Abbott’s 1926 murder melodrama Broadway, about the sleazy, corrupt Prohibition era in New York City.This play was the first major stage success of theater legend Abbott’s career and ran a remarkable 603 performances in its initial New York run.

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Kathryn Wells is a writer recently graduated from the University of Illinois. She majored in rhetoric with a minor in Asian studies, and has plans to PHOTO • AUSTIN HAPPEL eventually return to graduate school for an MFA in creative writing. In the meantime, she’s taking a year off to work and write. What inspired this poem?

This was actually inspired by one of my literature professors. When he lectured, he was constantly moving— pacing, hands flailing, just generally unable to stay still. And I thought, ‘This is a guy who’s really excited, who really loves what he’s teaching.’ And I started to see his movements as being a dance with a missing partner, this muse. The poem just sort of spawned from there. When did you begin writing?

I started writing poetry in seventh grade. Class project. One of those mandatory things all schools force you to do at one p o i n t o r a n o t h e r . Tu r n s o u t , I was decent at it. I won a prize and just kept going. ∑W In what direction is your writing headed now that you have graduated from the University of Illinois?

Recently my poetry has become more serious. I still like to incorporate comic elements once in a while, but for the most part I’m working on poetry following various themes. I’m also doing a lot of experimenting with form. I always write with the idea that anything I put down on paper will eventually be read aloud.The fact that I can make the form reflect the movement of the spoken word really appeals to me, so I’m kind of enamored with spacing and line breaks at the moment. Which do you prefer writing, poetry or prose?

That’s a hard question to answer. I like both equally but for completely different reasons. Poetry works for me when I’ve found some detail that I really want to focus on or expand; but I love that prose gives me a chance to look at life in a larger context.

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Who has been your greatest inspiration?

I don’t think there’s been just one person who inspired me most. It’s been a conglomeration of a lot of different people at different points in my life. At one point, I was inspired by fish. It just kind of depends on who or what I find inspiring at any given time. The Professor He waltzes alone at the front of the class Silent partner swaying in lanky arms An imaginary figurine she Ghosts through the hours, Fidgeting slowly and following his lead. His unseen Lady, created By words, analysis literary And thematic disposition— I imagine her mouth, curved humorous by Twain, Smiling slow and deep Like Mississippi mud. Her bones must be soft, Flowing with ease, calcium Gone liquid, the milky prose of Whitman and Chen Opaqued and swirling With lofty ideals.

hipwreck now has a title and release date for their forthcoming full-length. Origin will come out July 5 at Cowboy Monkey; on the bill besides Shipwreck are The Living Blue and 2ON2OUT. Show time is 9:30 p.m., and cover is $5. The release is strategically timed because bassist Vladimir Brilliant is off for a month in Russia starting July 15. A barbecue and kickball game may precede the release party. Shipwreck next plays with Elsinore at Friends & Co. in Charleston, June 24 at 10 p.m. At Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Krannert Uncorked resumes today at 5 p.m. with the music of Jim Haptonstahl and Steve Jackson.This is a free wine tasting every Thursday in the lobby, often with live music. At 8 p.m.,Arôma continues its Acoustic Music Series with Kara Kulpa and Angie Heaton. elsinore was scheduled, but frontman Ryan Groff was asked to sing with Joni Laurence on live television at the same time.The program is Arts Across Illinois: CenterStage and airs on WTTW (Chicago) tonight at 8 and on WILL (Urbana) August 10, also at 8. Afterward, Anglo-Afro beat project Sacrelicious Groove Congregation performs across the street at Cowboy Monkey. Cover is $4. Joni Laurence will be at Taste of Champaign in West Side Park, June 24 at 5 p.m. There are two free outdoor concerts Saturday afternoon. The Champaign Public Library’s third annual battle of the bands is at 2, in a new location: Hessel Park.The contestants, in grades six to 12, are: Dark Room Notes, Mac & EZ, True to Form, Identity Crisis Jazz Combo, Cold Cut Quartet, Indeed and H.O.T. The grand prize is three hours of recording time at Pogo Studio. The event will be broadcast live by WPGU.

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At 4, Meadowbrook Park hosts Strawberry Jam, sponsored by Urbana Park District. Also an annual event, this is an old-fashioned kickoff to summer, with free ice cream and strawberries, hayrack rides, and of course live music. Bands include Spiral Seisiún, Grass Roots Revival and Noisy Gators. Attendees are encouraged to use the Race Street entrance, pack a picnic dinner, and bring blankets or lawn chairs. That night, there are two CD release parties, each at 9. Fresh from Strawberry Jam, Spiral Seisiún issues their new album at The Iron Post. Cover is $3. In the Mike ’n Molly’s beer garden, Relenter formally releases their long-awaited synth-rock album Through the Mirror. Also on the bill are i:scintilla and Enamel. Cover is $4. Relenter was the OpeningBands.com Band of the Month for April and is the Stream of Consciousness Artist of the Month for June. Another event Saturday night is Poser Roast 15 at The Canopy Club. Founded in 1999, Heavycore is a worldwide union of heavy bands, and a Poser Roast is a show with six or more of these bands. At the Canopy Club Saturday night are: Lividity, Skullpl8, Colossus, Low Twelve, Verbal Narcotic, Pist, and Skeptik. Show time is 7, and cover is $7. Poser Roast 16 is July 29 and 30 at Purgatory in Oklahoma City. Answers to questions about the release party at Cowboy Monkey last Thursday: 1. Overman is from Joliet. 2.The new Green Light Go lineup is tight. 3. Kissinger did deliver the rock.

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