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AUGUST 26, 2010

IN THIS ISSUE

Largest Selection of Guitars in Champaign

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Canadian duo Memoryhouse reach all your senses this Friday at the Canopy Club

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PLAYING WITH FIRE

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Matt Carey reviews The Girl Who Played with Fire

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PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE

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BREAKING THE CYCLE 12

LIST-O-MANIA

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Coulter remembers what history has forgotten

CALENDAR

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Your guide to this week’s events

ON THE217.COM ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Do you yodel while doing yoga and eating yogurt? Well even if you don’t, Amara Yoga & Arts is putting together a collection of public arts projects, and we’ll have a preview for you on Saturday.

COMMUNITY Did you show your pride? JM talks about the ďŹ rst CU Pride Fest in this week’s “A Queer and Pleasant Danger,â€? up now.

FOOD & DRINK The ďŹ rst week of classes doesn’t seem like an ideal time to spend an evening trying a new recipe, but it can be the perfect way to unwind. Plus, leftovers make easy lunches all week. See what “Feats of Eatsâ€? has to offer this syllabus week, online Friday.

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EDITOR’S NOTE BRAD THORP

If your summer was anything like mine, the onset of the fall semester has been a crazy time.

Gone are the days of sleeping in, limited responsibility and the carefree mindset.

Instead, classes, homework and schedules are here to take their place — not a fair trade off if you ask me.

Summer lulled me into the habit of being somewhat relaxed, viewing days as blending mostly together and being somewhat irresponsible with time. Just because school starts doesn’t mean a switch gets hit and I am back to being responsible. The only thing that has changed is that now I have class to go to!

Something might have to change if I want to do well this year, but I am really torn on what that means.

Priorities are priorities, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes it’s a little difďŹ cult to decide what those are exactly. This is my senior year after all. If everything goes as planned, I have ofďŹ cially gone to my last ďŹ rst day of school, participated in my last Quad Day and watched my last group of freshmen go out to Green Street in large oor groups from the dorms.

These things are not that important by themselves, but when put into context, they start to feel a little more signiďŹ cant.

My entire life I have known that I am in school, will have a summer break and resume school in the fall. Though the venues would change, the formula remained the same. There was a sense of security in that, it was calming to know that there was a rhythm to life. I knew at some point it would change, but it wasn’t then, and I had a lot of time to prepare for it. But, as it usually does, time got away from me!

Rather sneaky, that time.

School and grades are important. Finishing what you set out to do is deďŹ nitely important. These are truths that exist at all times, but they by no means should make up your entire existence. Life is way too important! It is crucial to realize your place and time, know where you stand in life, and revel in it.

These are times that will not always be around like you thought they would.

Though school has begun, I will still sleep in when I can, still sit and do my crossword and always, always stay out way too late with my friends.Make memories a priority, live in expectation of those memories — life isn’t anything without them!

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Looking for a piece of clothing unlikely to be found in stores? Try trading the mall for the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

This Saturday, the Krannert Center will be hosting their Biennial Costume and Prop Sale.

Every year, Krannert hosts the sale not only as a way to make space for the next season’s costumes and props, but also as a fundraiser for future performance purchases. All styles, genres and decades of clothing are sold at discounted prices to the general public. This year, the sale will feature a wide range of clothing from contemporary street clothes to more conventional opera costumes (leftovers from last year’s Hip Hop Project and Rapachini’s Daughter). “The sale is a little smaller this year than in previous years,� said Bridget Lee Calphus, Krannert Center’s director of public information, “but we’ve received a number of donations from throughout the community that we’re really excited about.�

Because this year’s sale is smaller in scale, Krannert Center has decided to include a presale beginning at 9 a.m. with a $3 entrance fee in addition to the 1 p.m. sale, where any remaining items will be displayed admission-free.

What will be left is hard to predict according to Nicole Faurant, KCPA’s costume rental manager, who said that it’s hard to determine which items will go ďŹ rst, because “the costumes are never the sameâ€?. “Usually, costumes go ďŹ rst and clothing goes last,â€? said Faurant. “This year I think the really out-of-this-world costumes like the ower dresses and hats from Rapachini’s Daughter will be among the ďŹ rst.â€?

Whether you’re searching for a sweet ‘70s Halloween costume or a cheap winter coat, Krannert Center’s prop and costume sale is sure to have something for you.

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This production of “Singin’ In The Rain� invites U of I students of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, shapes and sizes to participate in our colorblind casting.

GRIPES  Revolutionary War jokes: We won every other war in history, we just thought we’d give someone else a chance at being world champions. Rule Brittania!  The stringent rules and regulations imposed on international air travel: If it were up to us, copious amounts of Irish nachos from Murphy’s, Taco Bell tacos, all varieties of Snapple (except mixed fruit), Switch gum and all of the people we have met here would all be taken back with us as a memento of our time here.  The end of a holiday: Nobody likes to go home, but sadly, it happens. We’re leaving this week.

It’s been emotional. We will miss you, America.

Thank you for having us. * Which reminds us: the BP oil spill — we feel your pain, America.

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These info sessions will give you a chance to talk to buzz staffers, in addition to members of other Illini Media departments including WPGU, the Daily Illini and the Illio yearbook. If you can’t attend either of these info sessions, feel free to contact our managing editor at ckeating@illinimedia.com.

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GROWING GREEN Sweetcorn Festival keeps getting sweeter

by Lauren Hise

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ue to all their potential for good food and, of course, large crowds, festivals can sometimes leave a rather formidable cleanup in their wake — one that often goes overlooked by patrons. Fortunately, however, those running the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival this year are thinking about where it all goes, and they are doing their best to reduce the giant eco-footprint left by the festival season.

“The whole movement to be green and to be eco and to be sustainable was obviously a big part of me looking into what we can do to make our festival green,” said Katie Hansen, interim director of the Urbana Business Association. “Luckily, we were on a really good start already”.

Now in its 35th year, the Sweetcorn Festival has made major strides in becoming an environmentfriendly event that makes it easy for its patrons to do their part. With six recycling tents stationed around the festival and bright yellow buckets to collect eaten corn, there will be less waste this year than there has been in the past.

“This year is the first year we are doing corncob composting,” said Hansen. “Last year, we did the corn husks, but I don’t think they were approved just yet to do the cobs. This year, I think this is the first type of food that we are actually able to compost.”

It’s one small step that makes a big difference.

Especially when combined with other green initiatives, such as using recyclable cups donated

by Solo Cup Company and rewarding people for traveling gasoline-free.

“We’ve got some bike racks inside the garage, and right next to it you’ll find Champaign County Bikes passing out free corn bucks to everyone who rides their bike to the festival,” said Hansen.

In addition to free sweetcorn, those with Mother Nature on their minds will find other events to keep themselves busy. The festival’s Green Alley, a block dedicated to green pursuits, will make its annual return and, according to Hansen, will host even more vendors this year. Attendees will also be exposed to musical performers who have found a way to turn the old into new through the instruments they use.

“Even with several ‘go green’ slogans, ad campaigns, eco-friendly products and the push for recycling in our surrounding neighborhood, state and nationwide, we are still faced with a large percentage of people who do not reduce, reuse or recycle,” said Chad Dunn of Recycled Rhythms.

“The Green Alley area at the Sweetcorn Fest will give us a chance to reach out and show the community what the possible alternatives can be with recycling, combined with music and the arts.”

The festival’s yearly success will provide Recycled Rhythms with a new set of ears to expose their progressive project to — an advantage that performer Tree Thump hopes to utilize.

“As a band, we approach music as a social thing. Rather than it being sit down, listen to this, don’t do anything else, we really like play-

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ing music at functions and for gatherings of people,” said Phil Clark, who plays the didjeridu for Tree Thump. “[We want to] bring people together through music”.

As we prepare for the end of these warm summer days and readjust to time spent in classrooms, the Sweetcorn Festival provides the perfect opportunity for Champaign-Urbana to come together before going our separate ways.

“It’s the perfect time of the year,” said Hansen.

“School has started, everyone is getting back into the swing of things, and it’s just so nice to have that weekend that you can look out for where you know that there is something great for the entire family”.

Whether you have just landed on campus or are experiencing your senior blues, whether you’ve lived here all your life or are just passing through for a visit, the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival is not to be missed. After all, with new attractions each year, chances are you’ll find a new reason to add it to your list of traditions each time you go.

“It’s just going to continue growing. It’s a fun time for everybody, and so that’s why we are excited to come back each year — and we are excited for our 35th,” said Hansen. “Really, it’s just finding that special factor every year, the little difference that grabs people’s attention. I’m waiting to see what I think of for next year. I don’t know what it’s going to be yet, but we definitely want to find something special every year”.

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What makes sweetcorn sweet Sweetcorn through the eyes of local farmers

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by Elizabeth Carroll

With the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival coming up, along with many other August Sweetcorn Festivals throughout Illinois,it can be easy to take sweetcorn for granted despite our being immersed in it. buzz talked to some local farmers about what growing sweetcorn is like for them.

Anyone who has spent time around a farmer during the planting, growing or harvesting season has heard many complaints about the weather, the insects, weeds, animals, and anything else bothering the crop that year. Dudley Carroll and his uncle, both local farmers, listen for the predicted chance for rain as they drive around Champaign County looking at their fields. You may have been stopped behind a truck (or a Buick LeSabre, Dudley’s peculiar choice of farm vehicle) and wondered why they’re driving so slowly in the country­­— they’re probably looking at weeds between the rows or seeing how much rain they got.

I asked Carroll what it is that makes growing sweetcorn (or any crop, for that matter) difficult.

The answer: it depends on the year, but “it’s always something different,” he said. Some years it’s insects (such as the Japanese beetle) eating the corn’s silks and hurting fertilization. Other times it’s an herbicide-resistant weed. With sweetcorn,

it’s very often the raccoon. “The raccoon likes to peel back the shucks, take a bite, and then move on to the next plant. He never even eats a full ear!”

Carroll complained.

There is a wide variety of sweetcorn being produced all the time. Illinois Foundation Seeds, a company located just North of the nearby town of Tolono, is one of the area’s main developers. In recent years, bicolor sweetcorn has become very popular. Instead of the completely yellow corn that was popular in the earlier years of genetic modification or the rare all white corn, sweetcorn growers are opting for the bicolor.

When asked why, Carroll wasn’t sure, saying it could be that it is a stronger genetic combination or just fashionable in the farming world. One gene found in corn can be tweaked to make the corn super sweet. This super sweet sweetcorn, the kind you eat at the many festivals and the one found in stores, was developed at UIUC and helped make sweetcorn what it is today. Before this development, many stores could not carry sweetcorn because of its very short shelf life. Along with the great taste, the super sweet sweetcorn lasts longer because of genetic manipulation.

Most of the corn seen growing in the massive fields across the state is field corn, used mostly for animals and found in cereals and other food.

Sweetcorn is shorter, and thus more prone to weeds because it is less able to shade them out.

Another difference between the two types of corn is evident when you harvest them. Sweetcorn is planted in the spring, usually around May, and picked in mid July on an average year, often by hand.

Whether you’re planning on eating your sweetcorn at the Urbana festival this year or have attended one of the many in Illinois in the past, go with the knowledge that a lot of work, worrying and pride went into your meal.

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Keep that breezy summer feeling going strong with a weekday lunchtime—and absolutely free!—concert in Urbana’s Cherry Alley. The Krannert Center pick for September 1 is the rollicking Polish dancing and music of Latawce. Grab a lunch special from a local restaurant, find yourself some dancing space, and get yourself downtown to let loose with the lively folk music of this vibrant band.

We, Sep 1 at 11:30am Cherry Alley, outside the Urbana Free Library (inside the library if it rains) Free

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Allspice

by Jeanine Russell Despite it’s name, allspice is not a magical culmination of anything. It’s one spice from one plant and it only grows in the western hemisphere — as if it could get anymore exclusive, forgoing its inclusive name. Misnomers aside, allspice is useful and deserves a spot in any cook’s cabinet.

Its aroma is described as a marriage of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg (this is where the name comes in), and is used in most Middle Eastern cooking for curries, stews and other meat dishes.

The English and Americans tend to use it for desserts, marinades and for pickling.

Allspice shines brightest in Caribbean cooking, though, making its appearance in the iconic “jerk” foods. Often the wood from the allspice plant, Pimenta Dioica, is what meats are cooked over in jerk foods. For those of us who don’t have ample access

to the plant, the spice is a worthy substitute.

Back to the confusing name of the spice, allspice sometimes is the base of pimento oil, which is used in many soaps and deodorants. So, if you see the word “spice” in the product, you can bet allspice in it (like Old Spice). The Spanish put allspice in their boots to keep their feet warm in winter and quickly discovered the deoderizing effect of the plant.

Whether you want to smell fresh, make a sweet dessert or a savory curry, allspice is all the spice you need.

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Switch on your senses

Audiovisual project Memoryhouse heads for the Canopy

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dia projects in which we paired my classical compositions with photography,� said Evan Abeele, who handles songwriting, instrumentation and recording for Memoryhouse.

The band often adds a projection screen to complement their music, because “there’s always been a visual aspect to [Memoryhouse], and adding the visual makes our music more accessible to us.� Abeele previously focused on creating classical compositions, which he admits made his transition towards creating pop music a challenge. “I’m getting better at [composing pop music] at each try, Used with permission from Memoryhouse but I don’t think I’m quite there Many bands today might cite David Bowie or The yet,� said Abeele. “The fundamentals of pop muBeatles as their influences, but you wouldn’t expect sic are focused on having the most melodic lines modernist author Virginia Woolf to be brought into and with classical [music], the melody is part of the conversation. This is the case for Memoryhouse, the larger picture or the larger soundscape and a fresh, instrumentally keen duo straight out of the [there’s] definitely been a learning curve for me college town of Guelph, Ontario. This Friday night, to divert what I’ve always done.�

In working towards a more pop edge, MemoryMemoryhouse will be playing at the Canopy along with Twin Sister and local act Grandkids. house has taken tips from ‘80s guitar pop similar to “[When]"5:: Denise and I met, she was a concert My Bloody Valentine and the Cocteau Twins. The 4(523$!9 photographer, and we started creating multime- band also channels the musical scores of Jon Bri!5'534

on, as evident from the song “Lately (Deuxième),â€? which samples Brion’s theme to the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The band is currently working on an EP and is expecting to release a single within the next couple months.

Abeele prefers coming to college towns like CU because “they are filled with people who really want to come out to shows,� said Abeele. “They don’t really get visited [by touring bands] as much as cities like Chicago, and Denise and I understand that, coming from a college town ourselves.�

On the subject of performance itself, Abeele said that “it’s pretty exhilarating. Denise and I are very introverted, whereas our other band members are extroverted. It gives us something to live up to. We’re quite restrained because our music is slow and melodic, and we know what we bring isn’t something people will dance to, but we hope that our music presents something to transcend, or feel, to as opposed to something to move to.�

Memoryhouse has had several tour dates with Twin Sister, who Abeele praised, saying that they will make the upcoming Canopy show worth attending. “If you want to see two really great young bands doing what they do best, then come out to our show,� said Abeele.

Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the show will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available in advance for $10.

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Indie rock quartet gets ready to play at Mike ‘n Molly’s

by Dylan Sutcliff Returning to CU for the third time is Laarks, a four-piece indie rock band from Eau Claire, Wis. Since their last visit, Laarks has been picking up steam and touring the East Coast. They are coming back to the Midwest to play Mike ‘n Molly’s on Friday, Aug. 27. “We’re excited to get back into Champaign,� lead singer and keyboardist Ian Jacoby told buzz. “It’s a lot like Eau Claire, so it’s just comfortable to be in another cool college town.�

Laarks’ most recent release is An Exhalation of Laarks, which dropped in March of 2009. The album received little media attention beside local newspapers and a short review from Pitchfork who wrote, “[The album] neither pushes any envelopes nor changes any games. It is, however, a well-crafted document of a time period we’re still in the process of digesting.� “I’m inspired by a lot of the local music that came out of Eau Claire,� Jacoby told buzz, “along with other indie artists such as Sufjan [Stevens] and Elliot Smith and stuff like that. That may not come through in our music, but I like the way that they write songs.�

As Pitchfork critic David Bevan suggests, Laarks doesn’t exactly make a mark of their

own. The album jumps around a bit in terms of genre, and the piece as a whole takes some getting used to. The end result, however, covers a lot of ground and is satisfactory. “We definitely like playing live shows as opposed to recording,� said Jacoby. “I think that

while our album is a very good representation of our band, the problem is that people can put it at whatever volume they want. During shows they don’t have that option.�

Mike ‘n Molly’s will open their doors at 8 p.m. for this show.

The future is shining bright for the smiling faces of Laarks. Photo by Zach Olefont.

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by Matt Carey Âť Aug. 29: Taste of the Arts 2010 If you are looking for entertainment, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts’ Taste of the Arts gives you a morsel of 14 different student groups providing a wide range of entertainment. The crews span the artistic spectrum with glee clubs, a capella acts, dance squads, theater troupes, improv teams and many others. I know what you are thinking: “Matt, you dolt, I am a college student. I do not possibly have the money to spend on such a lavish event.â€?

That is why, imaginary questioner in my head, you will be happy to know that this is free. — and free entertainment is always good entertainment.  Sept. 10: Opening Night Party If you are looking for an alternative to your average Friday night party, Krannert’s opening night party should provide enough fun for an evening.

There are outdoor tents filled with all kinds of foods from different cultures and free activites — plus, Tiempo Libre will be playing. For those who do not have their finger on the pulse of the Latin jazz music scene, Tiempo Libre is a critically acclaimed band that has toured all over the world.

I am pretty sure they have to be good, because international law does not allow sucky bands to tour globally, such is my understanding. Âť Sept. 25: Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Believe or not, but the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra is entering into their 51st season.

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been around for that long. If you feel like having a classy evening filled with ties and dresses, you should consider seeing the orchestra. They truly are very good, and this is from somebody who has no musical talent, so you know it is coming from somebody who knows a lot about that kind of stuff.  October 5: Diavolo Put down this issue of buzz for a moment. Go to your computer and look at the picture on Krannert’s website for this event. I’ll wait. Doesn’t that picture terrify you and make you want to see what seven people are doing on a giant water wheel?

Diavolo is a dance troupe that incorporates crazy acrobatics into their act, leaving the viewer stunned and a little bit jealous. (If I could, I would perpetually be doing backflips.) It is risk-taking people like these that bring the best live entertainment, and you should definitely check it out. Âť October 14-15: MacBeth You really cannot go wrong with Shakespeare.

Even if it is a bad production, the drama is always eminently watchable because of the writing on display. Personally, watching Shakespeare is much better than sitting down and reading it. In case you weren’t assigned MacBeth in the seventh grade like I was, the play is about the titular character, MacBeth, who is visited by three witches who inform him that he will be king of the land.

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Rasmus Heisterberg adapted a book that is over 600 pages long. Don’t worry if you haven’t seen the first one and want to check this movie out; you should have no problem with the plot.

The problem with the film is that it is a sequel.

After the surprising grittiness and dark subject matter of the first film, the shock value is gone, leaving Fire feeling far too ordinary. The fight scenes are flashy and over-choreographed, removing the viewer from the film any time action comes up.

Fire is a good film, but it suffers from not having a definitive beginning or end due to its placement in the triology. This is no fault of the director or screenwriters, but is awkwardness is apparent in the film. The movie feels as if you were to go to a football game, watch two quarters and the halftime show, and were then asked to leave. Despite how badly you want to see who won the game, you’re left with a disappointing abridgment.

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The best threequels are ones that tie everything up at the end of a trilogy and no movie does that better than The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Director Peter Jackson definitely took his time to make this a good quality film. The action sequences and special effects are amazing, but unlike the threequels that aren’t as successful as their predecessors, the storyline is complex and well written. There are no holes, and everything comes together in the end. Even though the movie runs for over three hours, it somehow doesn’t seem drawn out.

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When a film adaptation of a book fails, it’s usually because of one of the following reasons: one, the filmmakers are far too pedantic in their conversion, leaving the narrative of the movie uneven, or two, they stray too far from the original narrative in hopes of making the movie more cohesive. The Girl Who Played With Fire, the second installation in The Millenium Series by Stieg Larsson, manages to avoid these adaptation hazards, but suffers from being the middle chapter of a trilogy.

The Girl Who Played With Fire moves at a surprisingly brisk pace. Admittedly, part of that can be contributed to the fact that many of the characters were introduced in the first movie, so not much development is necessary. The story isn’t complicated and the filmmakers never get muddled in unnecessary details — that is really saying something considering director Daniel Alfredson and screenwriters Nikolaj Arcel and

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This third film in The Fast and the Furious series is the only one which deviates from the storyline that follows Brian O’Connor, an undercover cop with a thing for street racing. Instead, the film centers on a troubled teen, Sean Boswell, who must move across the world to Tokyo, Japan and live with his father after too many run-ins with the law because of street racing. This new spin on the series is a breathe of fresh air. This isnt the same old story, but die hard fans of the first two Fast films will be pleasantly surprised to find that as different as the third film is, it does connect to the original storyline.

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THURSDAY 26 live music Billy Galt and Jeff Kerr AnSun, C, 7pm TwoYou Duo The Clark Bar, C, 7pm Anne E. Clements and David Howie Aroma Cafe, C, 7pm Trampled By Turtles Highdive, C, 8pm, $12 Doors open at 7pm The Amy Mitchell Trio Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 9pm The Private Thoughts Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, $5

dj Here Come the Regulars Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm Dubstep Masquerade Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $5 Stitches at The Clark Bar The Clark Bar, C, 10pm REMIXXX Thursdays with DJ Bob Bass Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Ritmo Thursdays V. Picasso, U, 10pm Open Deck Night Radio Maria, C, 10pm DJ Roundhouse Joe’s Brewery, C, 11pm

karaoke DJ Bange Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 8:30pm CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Fireside Bar and Grill, C, 9pm Liquid Courage Karaoke Memphis on Main, C, 9pm, $5 CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm

stage The Little Mermaid The Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, 10:30am, $9 Call 728-7375 for tickets Comedy Night Jupiter’s II, C, 7pm The Solo Circus featuring Michael DuBois Illini Union, U, 9pm

markets Farmer’s Market Historic North First Street, C, 3pm

art opening

recreation Lunch Time Skates Ice Arena, C, 11:15am, $4-$5 Japan House: House Tour and Tea Ceremony Japan House, U, 1:00 pm, $6 Call 244-9934 for reservation

literary Summer Used Book Sale Urbana Free Library, U, 5pm

environmental issues Recycled T-Shirt Bags Event Illini Union Bookstore, C, 10am CCNet Six Month Celebration Illinois Terminal, C, 5:30pm

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classes & workshops Upward Bound Program McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, C, noon Restorative Circles Presentation and Practice Group Champaign Public Library, C, 6:30pm

FRIDAY 27 live music

Boneyard Jazz Quintet Iron Post, U, 5pm Darden Purcell with Don volunteer Heitler Silvercreek, U, 5:30pm UC Books to Prisoners Gavin Stolte Project Work Session Memphis on Main, C, Urbana-Champaign In6pm dependent Media Center, Twin Sister and MemoU, 2pm ryhouse kids & families Canopy Club, U, 6:30pm, $10 Preschool Story Time Doors open at 6pm Urbana Free Library, U, Live Jazz 9:45am Jim Gould Restaurant, C, Preschool Story Time 7pm Rantoul Public Library, Big Creek Guitar Band Rantoul, 10am Huber’s West End Store, Baby Time Douglass Branch Library, C, C, 8pm Laarks 10:30am Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 8pm Lunch on the Lawn Delta Kings Rantoul Public Library, Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, Rantoul, 12:15pm 9pm ARTfusion Texas Hippie Coalition Douglass Branch Library, and Last Night’s Disaster C, 3pm Bradley’s II, C, 9pm, $10 community Doors open at 8pm IMC Shows Group Meet- Mother and the Pearls ing: Community Booking Phoenix, C, 9pm, $5 Unknown Road Collective Memphis on Main, C, Urbana-Champaign In9:30pm, $5 dependent Media Center, Mayhew the Traitor and U, 7pm Big Red Skillet mind/body/spirit Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm Core Yoga dj Amara Yoga & Arts, U, noon, $12 DJ Mella D Iyengar Yoga Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm Yoga Institute of C-U, U, DJ Tommy Williams 4pm, $14 Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 Asana Intensive Yoga DJ Delayney Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 5:30pm, $12 DJ Tim Williams Yin Yoga Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Amara Yoga & Arts, U, DJ Stifler 7pm, $12 Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm DJs Ian Procell and Reflex illini media Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Grown KidZ Funk Illini Media Info Night Radio Maria, C, 10pm Illini Media, C, 7pm

2010 Parkland Art and Design Faculty Exhibition miscellaneous Reception Parkland Art Gallery, C, Tours of Japan House 6pm Japan House, U, 2pm

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The Bike Project: Open Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 6pm Yarn ‘n Yak Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 7pm

dance music Salsa Night V. Picasso, U, 9pm

Salsa Night The Clark Bar, C, 9pm Babes N’ Apes Welcome To Alphaland Canopy Club, U, 10pm

miscellaneous

karaoke

classes & workshops

CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm Karaoke at Po’Boys Po’Boys, U, 9pm

HeartSaver First Aid Class Danville Public Library, Danville, 2pm All participants should be 14 years of age or older.

Call 383-4601 to register

stage The Little Mermaid The Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, 10:30am, $9 Call 728-7375 for tickets New Works Live The Rantoul Theater Group, Rantoul, 8pm Zoo Improv Class Act, C, 9pm, $2

Annual Garage Sale Glass FX, C, 8:30am Downtown Illinites Illini Union, U, 9pm

SATURDAY 28 live music

Live Jazz Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 7pm Tim Burns and Karim Yengsep Jazz Guitar Duo V. Picasso, U, 6:30pm Sam Foster festivals Caffe Paradiso, U, 7pm Cooper and Joni 35th Urbana Sweetcorn Huber’s West End Store, Festival Downtown Urbana, U, 5pm C, 8pm Point of No Return museum exhibit Iron Post, U, 9pm, $3 opening Left Psyde Heavy Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, Siyazama: Traditional Arts, Education and AIDS 9pm Outbound Drive in South Africa Spurlock Museum, U, 7pm Memphis on Main, C, 9:30pm, $5 recreation The Curses, The Duke Of Uke and Missing the Lunch Time Skates Point Ice Arena, C, 11:15am, Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm $4-$5 Molehill Rat Hockey Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, Ice Arena, C, 3:15pm, $5 $4-$5

game-playing

dj

Board Silly Douglass Branch Library, C, 4pm

Request Night DJ Boomerang, U, 8pm DJ Belly and his friends Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm literary In the Mix Summer Used Book Sale Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 Hip Hop at Bradley’s II Urbana Free Library, U, Bradley’s II, C, 9pm, $5 9am Mainstream on Main kids & families Street V. Picasso, U, 9pm Tales for Twos Douglass Branch Library, C, Firehaus Saturdays Firehaus, C, 10pm 10:30am DJ Mertz For children aged two Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Bats at the Bridge DJ and Dancing Lake of the Woods ForSoma Ultralounge, C, 10pm est Preserve, Mahomet, DJ Luniks 7:30pm, $2 The Clybourne, C, 10pm Call 896-2455 to register

lgbt Coming Out Barbeque Illini Grove, U, 5pm

Mind/Body/Spirit Power Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Happy Hour Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12

Karaoke with DJ Hollywood It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm

open mic Event Popular presents: Saturday Nite Mic The Clark Bar, C, 9pm, $5

stage The Little Mermaid The Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, 10:30am, $9 Call 728-7375 for tickets New Works Live The Rantoul Theater Group, Rantoul, 8pm Fishing with Dynamite: An Evening of Sketch Comedy Canopy Club, U, 7pm, $7 Doors open at 6pm

festivals

DIY Weekend Wizard Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, C, 1pm Art Lessons for Children Urbana Free Library, U, 2pm For children ages 5 years old and up Chess Club for Kids Urbana Free Library, U, 4pm

Illinois Renaissance Festival Ellsworth Park, Danville, 11am, $6-$20

fundraisers

literary

Rummage Sale Oakwood Junior High School, Danville, 7am

Summer Used Book Sale Urbana Free Library, U, 9am

mind/body/spirit

kids & families

game-playing Trivia Night at The Blind Pig Brewery The Blind Pig Brewery, C, 7pm

Yoga Fundamentals Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 10am, $12 Collective Meditation Ananda Liina Yoga & Medfestivals itation Center, U, 5pm Hatha Flow 35th Urbana Sweetcorn Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Festival Downtown Urbana, U, 11am 5pm, $12 Illinois Renaissance miscellaneous Festival Ellsworth Park, Danville, The Bike Project: Open 11am, $6-$20 Hours Music Among the Vines Urbana-Champaign InAlto Vineyards, C, 7:30pm dependent Media Center, U, 2pm markets Annual Garage Sale Glass FX, C, 9am Market at the Square Downtown Urbana, U, 7am Biennial Costume and Prop Sale art Krannert Center for the The Mandala Project: A Performing Arts, U, 9am, Community Collaboration $3 Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 10am Free to enter from 1-4pm Schoolyard Brawl recreation Illini Union, U, 7pm 2010 Daycation Museum Bicycle Tour Series SUNDAY 29 Countryside School, C, live music 9am Email museumtours@ Live Irish Music with champaigncycle.com to Emerald Rum register The Blind Pig Co., C, Freestyle 5:30pm Ice Arena, C, 12:30pm, $4-$5 Surreal Deal Model Rocket Launch Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, Dodds Park, C, 1pm 9pm

Graphic Novel Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 2pm For Junior High and up

literary

dance music

live music

Summer Used Book Sale Urbana Free Library, U, 9am In Utopia: Six Kinds of Eden and the Search for a Better Paradise Book Signing Jane Addams Book Shop, C, 1pm

Michael Jackson’s Birthday Bash Cowboy Monkey, C, 9pm

movies

One Dollar Wild Mondays: Crayon Box Massacre and Arkansas Dogjaw Canopy Club, U, 9pm

Pizza, Pitcher and Movie Canopy Club, U, 6pm

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dance music

environmental issues

Swing Dance Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), C, 8pm Salsa Night with DJ Dr. J Radio Maria, C, 10pm

Environmental Education Center Open House Homer Lake Forest Preserve, Homer, 10am

karaoke

UC Books to Prisoners Work Session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm

CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm

kids & families

volunteer

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community Taste of the Arts 2010 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, noon

mind/body/spirit Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 3:30pm, $12 Beginning Vinyasa Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 1pm, $12 Prenatal Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:15pm, $12

miscellaneous The Bike Project: Open Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm Annual Garage Sale Glass FX, C, noon

classes & workshops Upward Bound Program McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, C, 6:20pm

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Industrial Dance Night Chester Street, C, 9pm, $2 ‘80s Night with DJ Mingram Highdive, C, 10pm

New Works Live The Rantoul Theater Group, Rantoul, 2pm Open Stage at Red Herring karaoke Red Herring Coffeehouse, U, 7:30pm CG Productions Presents: Drag Show RockStar Karaoke Chester Street, C, 10pm, $4 Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 10pm

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Fishing WIth Dynamite: Auditions Canopy Club, U, 5pm

Open Stage for Bands and Musicians Memphis on Main, C, 8pm

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You’ll “Remember the Time” for the rest of your college career. — Matt Carey, Arts & Entertainment Editor

TASTE OF THE ARTS 2010 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 500 S. Goodwin Ave., U. Sunday, Aug. 29 noon - 5 p.m.

Back when I was a young freshman, I joined everything and anything that struck me as interesting on Quad Day. I did the academic clubs, the outdoor clubs, the sword fighting ... you get the idea. Anyway, it was theater that finally stuck with me, which is why I will be at Taste of the Arts along with the rest of my New Revels Players. With so many creative groups in attendance, how can it be anything but entertaining? — Lauren Hise, Community Editor

35TH ANNUAL URBANA SWEETCORN FESTIVAL Race, Vine, Broadway and Main streets, U. Friday, Aug. 27 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Free I’ll just put it simply: I really like corn and I really like fun, both of which can definitely be found at the Sweetcorn Fest. — Eli Chen, Music Editor

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stage Abe Froman Project Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 9pm

recreation

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12pm, $12 Hatha Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12

miscellaneous Lunch Time Skates Ice Arena, C, 11:15am, $4-$5 The Bike Project: Open Hours game-playing Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, Trivia with Evan and 5:30pm Monte Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm classes & workshops Duplicate Bridge Game Ginger Creek Shops, C, 7pm HeartSaver First Aid Bingo Night Class Memphis on Main, C, 7pm Danville Public Library, Danville, 2pm literary All participants should be Summer Used Book Sale 14 years of age or older Call 383-4601 to regUrbana Free Library, U, ister 9am kids & families O Baby!

Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:15am, 10:45am PS2 and U Douglass Branch Library, C, 4pm

lgbt Quench! How LGBT Students Can Use the Law and Campus Resources Illini Union, U, 12pm

mind/body/spirit Yoga Fundamentals Amara Yoga & Arts, U,

Tuesday 31 live music Lara Driscoll V. Picasso, U, 6pm CU Hard Bop Collective featuring Joan Hickey Iron Post, U, 8pm, $5 Corn Desert Ramblers Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm The Piano Man Canopy Club, U, 9pm Lisa Cerezo and Steve Meadows Memphis on Main, C, 9pm

dance music

lectures

8th Grade Dance Joe’s Brewery, C, 11am

Neuroscience Program Seminar Beckman Institute, U, 4pm

karaoke CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke The Corner Tavern, Monticello, 8pm Dragon Karaoke The Clark Bar, C, 9pm Liquid Courage Karaoke Boltini Lounge, C, 9:30pm

open mic Open Microphone Espresso Royale, U, 8pm Open Mic Night hosted

by Mike Ingram Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm

stage The Little Mermaid The Little Theatre on the Square, Sullivan, 10:30am, $9 Call 728-7375 for tickets Zoo Improv Indi Go Artist Co-op, C, 9pm, $2

art Craft Club Chabad Center for Jewish Life, C, 6pm

recreation Lunch Time Skates Ice Arena, C, 11:15am, $4-$5

game-playing T-N-T Tuesday Night Trivia with Cara and Tanino Boltini Lounge, C, 7pm

literary

Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 4pm For Junior high kids Goodnight Storyshop Champaign Public Library, C, 6:30pm For children ages 2 to 5

lgbt Rainbow Coffeehouse Etc. Coffee House, U, 6pm eQuality Champaign-Urbana meeting Wesley-United Methodist Church & Wesley Foundation, U, 7pm

Red Herring Fiction Workshop Channing-Murray Founda- mind/body/spirit tion, U, 7:30pm Slow Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, volunteer 5:30pm, $12 Ashtanga Yoga UC Books to Prisoners Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Work Session 7pm, $12 Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, classes & workshops U, 7pm Adult Pottery Class kids & families Boneyard Pottery, C, 9am, 6:30pm, $25 Babies’ Lap Time Call 355-5610 to regUrbana Free Library, U, ister 9:45am, 10:30am Tuesday Twos Champaign Public Library, Wednesday 1 C, 9:45am, 10:15am, live music 10:45am For 2-year-olds with a Cherry Jam parent or grandparent Urbana Free Library, U, Wave Club Readers 11:30am

Donnie Heitler: Solo Piano Great Impasta, U, 6pm Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Canopy Club, U, 6:30 pm, $10 Doors open at 6pm Live Irish Music Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm Dave Cooper, Joni Dreyer and Brad Hendricks Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 7:30pm The Sugar Prophets Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 8pm Kilborn Alley Blues Band D.R. Diggers, Champaign, 9pm Caleb Cook Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 10pm

dj Wild West Wednesday It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm Boys Night Out with DJ Randall Ellison Boltini Lounge, C, 9pm DJ Tommy Williams Chester Street, C, 9pm, $2

dance music Salsa and Tango Cowboy Monkey, C, 8pm Discotech: Dance Night Canopy Club, U, 10pm Doors open at 9pm

stage The Titanic Players Illini Union, U, 7pm

10:30am Children from preschool through first grade

markets

community

Mahomet Farmer’s Market Market Street, Mahomet, 3pm

Girls’ Night Chabad Center for Jewish Life, C, 8pm

recreation

Core Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, noon, $12 Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:45pm, $12 Yoga Class Every Wednesday Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, U, 5:30pm Candlelight Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm, $12

Lunch Time Skates Ice Arena, C, 11:15am, $4-$5

game-playing

mind/body/spirit

Pokemon Fan Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 5:30pm CU64 Chess Club McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, C, 7pm Euchre Tournament Po’Boys, U, 7:30pm illini media Bingo Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 9:30pm Illini Media Info Night Illini Media, C, 7pm

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Community Connections miscellaneous and Outreach Group The Bike Project: Open Urbana-Champaign Indepen- Hours dent Media Center, U, 6pm Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, kids & families 6:30pm Storyshop Champaign Public Library, classes & workshops C, 9:45am, 10:30am Dreams Workshop Storyshop at the Branch School of Metaphysics, U, Douglass Branch Library, C, 7:30pm, $15

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AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

BY JO SANGER AND ROSS WANTLAND

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With current technology, the opportunity exists that phone sex might not just be verbal, but also visual. Whether via Skype or I-Phone, now the long distance stimulation can include both sight and sound — yet another reason why we heart technology!

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People might be uncertain what to say when they are having phone sex. Sure, there’s the clichĂŠ, “What are you wearing?â€? But where do you go from there? For many people, it might be difďŹ cult to ďŹ rst initiate phone sex. You might just start by raising the idea and talking to your partner about it. Of course, they probably won’t be able to jump right into it, but it allows you to talk through what it might be like before you actually do it. Sex could happen in a casual conversation, but you might want to set up a special phone date to get prepared.

When both of you are starting to begin, it can help to set the mood for yourself. Putting sexy music on, dimming the lights or even undressing can help get you ready. (Of course, you’ll also want to make sure to lock the door or do what you need to ensure you aren’t disturbed!) You might also start touching yourself, masturbating or caress-

ing your body to get warmed up. A hands-free earpiece might also allow you full access to your own body while talking.

You might start by telling your partner what you like about them, or what you ďŹ nd attractive about them. You could also describe your body, what you’re doing, and what you would like to do to your partner or have done to yourself. Together, you get to imagine a virtual sexual experience the two of you could be sharing and create a fantasy for each other.

Without the visual, you both have to describe what is going on with more detail. But when words fail, moaning, sighing or other noises signaling pleasure will also communicate to your partner how you feel and how you want to feel.

DIALING IT IN

Because the experience is virtual, you don’t need to stick to what is actually possible. Phone sex might allow you and your partner to explore sexual fantasies you might not actually do in real life. You could explore scenarios with being sexual in public spaces, sexual behaviors you ďŹ nd sexy but haven’t tried, or even role-playing. The possibilities are limitless. But don’t stress yourself out if this kind of play isn’t your forte. When in

doubt, you can just describe yourself masturbating, which you and your partner might ďŹ nd to be incredibly sexy alone.

OVER THE LINE

One of the difďŹ culties during phone sex is knowing what kind of talk your partner is enjoying, and what turns them off. Without the physical touch or other non-verbal cues, you might ďŹ nd yourself exploring a fantasy only to discover that it wasn’t working for your partner. Also, phone sex might feel like a place for talking “dirtyâ€? and it can be difďŹ cult to know if your partner is enjoying the slang terms you might be using.

As you engage in phone sex, keep the line of communication open. Feel free to “break characterâ€? for the moment and ďŹ nd out if your partner is enjoying themselves, or, if you aren’t feeling it, let your partner know. The human imagination is pretty vast, so you can probably ďŹ gure out something that does work for both of you.

Stay tuned until next week as we mix things up in sexual chemistry Jo and Ross are on the line. Literally. Talk to us on air this Thursday, Sept. 2 at 10 p.m. on WPGU 107.1! Or drop us a line at buzzdoinitwell@yahoo.com

Chris Berti: Whorl, carved granite, 7" x 7" x 7", 2010

exual intimacy between two people isn’t always easy — especially if you’re long distance from your lover. Many people at one point or another have found themselves in this predicament. For many college students coming back to campus, sweethearts may be staying back home or going somewhere else. For others, you might be in the same town, but not be able to ďŹ nd the time (or place). Whatever the reason, phone sex can be one way to keep the sexual intimacy active from afar. Without the physical touch, smell and eye contact of actually being together, it might be difďŹ cult to know where to begin. “Doin’ It Wellâ€? has some tips to keep phone sex on the line!

Phone sex is essentially engaging in a sexual conversation with another person while one or both (or more — they do call it “three-way callingâ€?) stimulate themselves. The speciďŹ cs of the sex may vary widely.

It may be a planned encounter, or it might happen in the course of a regular conversation. You might choose to talk explicitly about what you’re doing, or you might create a fantasy that turns on your partner.

Real or fantasy, phone sex can be an exciting way to have sex with one another without actually being together.

Hot phone sex on the line

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If interested please contact: Huimin Yan (217) 265-6726 yan13@illinois.edu Sushant Ranadive (217) 265-6726 sranad2@illinois.edu buzz

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by Derek Beigh What did you accomplish this summer? For Conor Canaday and 27 others, the answer is staggering; that is, riding a bicycle across the continental United States for 10 weeks, spreading the word about cancer and raising money for research. That’s the mission of Illini 4000 for Cancer, a registered student organization (RSO) that organizes a communal trip each year that taxes its riders physically and mentally. 2010’s journey, which started May 25 and finished Aug. 1, was the group’s most successful yet, bringing in over $100,000 and providing an unforgettable experience for its members. Canaday, a senior in LAS at the University and president of the club, was fresh from the trip when he sat down with buzz last week to discuss how he got involved, how the club has changed since and how he hopes it will continue to keep going forward. » buzz: How did you personally get involved with Illini 4000?

Conor Canaday: My grandfather passed away due to cancer. I’d never been a cyclist, but I saw a group of motivated students fighting for a good cause, and that’s what attracted me to it. » buzz: What’s changed since you joined the club?

CC: We’re always finding new ways to become advocates for the cause. Each year, we refocus how we spread awareness. For the upcoming year, we’re working on reaching out to new communities. We worked hard the first two years to make the ride itself a success, and now that we have that settled we can focus on the cause. » buzz: What was the result of this year’s ride?

CC: This was our most successful fundraising year to date — we raised over $110,000 — and we had 28 riders start in New York City and 28 riders finish in San Francisco, which is one of our goals.

We visited countless communities and talked to strangers, cancer survivors and patients on the road. Since we’re on bicycles, we’re able to engage

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with a large amount of people. » buzz: What issues arise on this sort of ride?

CC: It’s physically the most challenging thing I’ve ever done. It’s emotionally draining as well, because it’s easy to think about the mountains and the rain on the road. It’s easy to get down on it. But then you think about the patients, and you keep on pushing because you can’t help but think about the good you’re doing on the bike.

I don’t think anybody wanted to quit. We were all excited about being part of something bigger than ourselves. » buzz: What are some common misconceptions about Illini 4000?

CC: It’s not a race. That’s a pet peeve of mine. This is about advocacy, not competition. We start and end each day on the road together. » buzz: What would you tell students who are interested in joining the club?

CC: I would tell them it’s the most challenging thing I’ve ever done, but it’s also the most rewarding. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I can’t really describe in words. That’s why I’ve spent so much time working on it. » buzz: What are your goals for this year in Illini 4000?

CC: I want to push forward advocacy and educate the community as much as we educate the riders.

Basically, I want to reach out even more. I also want to do more presentations of our portraits project, which is a series on cancer survivors. And, of course, I want to continue to be very successful in fundraising. » buzz: Since you’re graduating next year, what do you want to be your legacy to be with Illini 4000?

CC: Above all, I want to see the organization grow from when I joined to when I finish. Illini 4000 is a great RSO, and I’d like to see it be a bigger part of campus, with a larger team and greater awareness. I want to leave with Illini 4000 bigger than it’s ever been.

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I’m anachronistic; I should’ve been a gangster in the 1920s named Bubs O’Houligan

Ready, Set, Joust

The Illinois Renaissance Festival charges into another year

by Lauren Hise

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tepping back in time has never been quite so easy.

Located in nearby Danville, the annual Illinois Renaissance Festival has returned to acquaint the modern world with one straight out of another century.

This year, in addition to the belly dancers, fire-eaters and sword fighters who usually populate the grounds, the festival will now include performances by both the Paragon Jousting Team and a gauntlet of local politicians. During the Parliamentary Political Smoker, local politicians will step out of their offices and into a new arena to compete in games for the chance to join the king’s court Ah! How good it is to be King; draped in bejeweled women and donning pumpkin breeches! Come share in the gallantry at the Illinois Renaissance Fair. Used with permission from the Illinois Ren. Fair (a nice perk when you consider that members are free to sit back and enjoy turkey, cigars and lies,” said JoMarie Dugan, CEO and festival director. “Our festival beer served by wenches). is unique in the sense that it is kept at a reasonable admission “Our festival is not like a county fair festival. There are no rides price, so people in today’s economy can come and enjoy it and [or] carnival things; it is more for historical reenactment for fami- have a full day of entertainment and education.”

For Dugan and the performers, the festival provides an invaluable way to impart their knowledge about the past, one that they feel needs to be known.

To foster an understanding of Renaissance culture in the Danville community, Dugan and a group of performers annually visit local schools the day before the festival begins. “Because we are a historical reenactment group, there is a lot of history involved,” said Dugan. “We talk [to students] about the Renaissance Festival and the history that goes with it. Our theme this year ... is the 16th century during Young [and Old] King Henry’s reign.”

Apart from having two King Henry’s roaming across the grounds, the festival will include vendors to help bring the arts of the past into the present, such as Daryl Sheldon, owner of Sheldon Pewter.

“I make custom hand-cast pewter jewelry,” said Sheldon. “I’ll be doing a live demonstration casting [which includes a history of metalcasting] at the fair next weekend.”

In addition to the talent on display at the festival, one of its greatest advantages is its affordability. Thanks to the festival, even families who couldn’t afford to take a trip across statelines this summer due to the poor economy can afford to travel across timelines.

“It’s nonstop professional entertainment from 11 in the morning to 6:30 in the evening — all for the mere price of $6 per person. A family of six can get in for $20 as long as they have one adult who is 21 years of age or older,” said Dugan. “That’s better than going to the movies.”

CU Sound off

by Charles Tabb

Do you ever worry about privacy in the internet age?

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nce a blip on the map, privacy concerns stemming from the ever-growing presence of technology in our lives has set off a tidal wave of concerns. In the past several months, Facebook, the wildly popular social networking site, has received negative attention for privacy issues that the site faces. Many

Facebook users fear that their personal information and data are not kept secret, since advertising companies and search engines have gained access to account data. In a cautionary tale, a Pennsylvania school district recently faced an invasion of privacy lawsuit (but was not charged) after it issued roughly

2,600 laptops to students that, unbeknownst to students or their parents, snapped up to 58,000 webcam photos of users as an anti-theft measure. The question is: do you ever worry that your privacy is compromised or invaded because of how plugged in we are to technology?

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“Not at all. It’s up to the user to take their own precautions. I’ve never had that situation arise.”

“Yeah. You can opt out [of technology] but it’s getting harder and harder to do that. I didn’t sign up for Facebook because of privacy issues. Every time I was about to sign up they would have more problems with privacy.”

“I think, at times. They have videocams on iPods and some people just take videos of other people.”

“I don’t think so. I think the benefits outweigh the risks [with technology]. I don’t do anything stupid.”

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES

(March 21-April 19)

Why should you work harder than everyone else? Why is it up to you to pick up the slack when others are suffering from outbreaks of laziness and incompetence? And why should you be the fearless leader who is focused on fixing the glitches and smoothing over the rough patches when no one else seems to care whether things fall apart? I’ll tell you why, Aries: because it’s the Karmic Correction phase of your long-term cycle -- a time when you can atone for past mistakes, pay off old debts, and make up for less-than-conscientious moves you got away with once upon a time.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20)

“What is the source of our first suffering?” wrote philosopher Gaston Bachelard. “It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak. It was born in the moment when we accumulated silent things within us.” Luckily for you, Taurus, the cosmic rhythms are aligned in such a way as to free you from at least some of that old suffering in the coming weeks. I expect that you will have more power than usual to say what you’ve never been able to say and express a part of you that has been buried too long.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)

More than 2,000 people have climbed to the top of Mt. Everest, and 12 men have walked on the moon. But only two humans have ever ventured to the lowest spot on our planet. In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Donald Walsh rode in a bathyscaphe all the way down to the Mariana Trench, which is almost seven miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Your assignment in the coming weeks, Gemini, is to move in their direction, metaphorically speaking. In my astrological opinion, ascending and soaring shouldn’t be on your agenda. It’s time to dive into the mysterious depths.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

I propose that we do to Mercury what astronomers did to Pluto in 2006: demote it. After all, it’s smaller than both Saturn’s moon Titan and Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Who wants to bestow the majestic title of “planet” on such a piddling peewee? In fact, let’s make the change now, just in time for Mercury’s retrograde phase, which began recently. That way we won’t have to get all riled up about the supposedly disruptive effects this aspect portends.

How could a barren runt like Mercury stir up any kind of meaningful ruckus? I hereby declare you free and clear of the whole Mercury retrograde superstition. Please proceed on the assumption that the period between now and September 12 will be an excellent time to deepen and refine your communication with anyone you care about.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

A Chinese company reached out to me by email today.

“Dear Sir,” the message began, “As the leading professional conveyor belt manufacturers in Shanghai, we present to you our very best sincere regards, desiring to find out if there is a chance for us to be your top-rate conveyor belt supplier.” I wrote back, thanking them for their friendly inquiry. I said that personally I didn’t have any need of conveyor belts right now, but I told them I would check with my Leo readers to see if they might. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you see, you’re entering a time when it makes sense to expand and refine your approach to work. It’ll be a good time, for example, to get more efficient and step up production. So how about it?

Do you need any conveyor belts?

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Our sun doesn’t really have a name. The word “sun” is a generic term that can refer to any of trillions of stars. So I’d like to propose that you come up with a name for it. It could be a nickname or a title, like “Big Singer” or “Aurora Rex” or “Joy Shouter” or “Renaldo.” I hope this exercise will get you in the mood to find names for a whole host of other under-identified things in your life, like the mysterious feelings that are swirling around inside you right now, and your longings for experiences that don’t exist yet, and your dreams about the elusive blessings you want so bad.

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The odometer will turn over soon, metaphorically speaking. The big supply of the stuff you stocked up on a while back is about to run out. The lessons you began studying a year ago have been completed, at least for now, and you’re not yet ready for the next round of teachings. These are just some of the indicators that suggest you should set aside time for reflection and evaluation. The world may come pounding at your door, demanding that you make a dramatic declaration or take decisive action, but in my opinion you should stall. You need to steep in this pregnant pause.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Most discussions on TV news shows involve so-called experts shouting simplistic opinions at each other. They may provide some meager entertainment value, but are rarely enlightening. In contrast to these paltry spectacles were the salons at Paris’s Cafe Guerbois in 1869. A group of hard-working artists and writers gathered there to inspire each other. The painter Claude Monet wrote that their discussions “sharpened one’s wits, encouraged frank and impartial inquiry, and provided enthusiasm that kept us going for weeks . . . One always came away feeling more involved, more determined, and thinking more clearly and distinctly.” That’s the kind of dynamic interaction you should seek out in abundance, Scorpio.

In the movies I’ve seen that depict battle scenes from hundreds of years ago, every army has numerous soldiers whose job it is to carry festive flags and pennants. If this is an accurate depiction of history, what does it mean? That powerful symbols were crucial to inspiring the troops’ heroic efforts? That touches of color and beauty lifted their morale? That they were more inclined to do their best if inspired to imagine they were participating in an epic story? Whether or not my theories apply to what actually happened back then, they apply to you now. As you go forth to fight for what you believe in, bring your equivalent of an evocative emblem.

Using a radio telescope, astronomers at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy have been scanning the center of the galaxy. They’re looking for evidence of amino acids that could be the building blocks of life. So far their hunt has been inconclusive. In my opinion, though, they’ve stumbled upon an even more appealing discovery: The huge dust cloud at the heart of the Milky Way, they say, tastes like raspberries and smells like rum. That’s the kind of switcheroo I predict for you in the upcoming weeks, Capricorn. You may not locate the smoking gun you’re hoping to find, but in the process of searching I bet you’ll hook up with something even better.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Each one of us is a blend of life and death. In the most literal sense, our bodies always contain old cells that are dying and new cells that are emerging as replacements.

From a more metaphorical perspective, our familiar ways of seeing and thinking and feeling are constantly atrophying, even as fresh modes emerge. Both losing and winning are woven into every day; sinking down and rising up; shrinking and expanding. In any given phase of our lives, one or the other polarity is usually more pronounced.

But for you in the foreseeable future, Aquarius, they will be evenly balanced. Welcome to the Season of Rot and Regeneration.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

*Allure* magazine sought out Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez, the women who wrote the book *Perfumes: The A to Z Guide.* “What are the sexiest-smelling perfumes of all time?” they asked. Turin and Sanchez said Chinatown was at the top of their list. Their explanation: “If wearing Opium is like walking around with a bullhorn shouting, ‘Come and get it!’, Chinatown is like discreetly whispering the same thing.” The Chinatown approach is what I recommend for you in the coming weeks, Pisces.

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AND ANOTHER THING ...

by MICHAEL COULTER

the generational gap The difference between then and now Every year, Beloit College in Wisconsin puts out a list of things students entering college this year know very little about. This doesn’t make them stupid; it’s just that these things were unimportant after they were born. This list is a fantastic idea. It makes college freshmen feel like they’re idiots, and it makes the rest of us feel far older and wiser than we actually are. It is a list, though, and I love to read lists. Lists don’t make me try very hard, and they usually give me the false impression that I’m learning something. So, for all the kids, I’ll pick a few items from this year’s list and try to explain the past, and, for the old folks, enjoy a creepy little walk down memory lane. With any luck it should be a terrible, terrible learning experience.

dude with a big gun saying, “Go ahead, make my day,” made us feel much tougher as Americans back then ... or something like that. Even now, the “Man with No Name” trilogy is counted as some of the best Western movies ever made.

Basically, all anyone any age needs to know is that Clint Eastwood is really awesome in virtually every thing he does. I say “virtually” only because of that crapass Hilary Swank boxing movie that did absolutely nothing for me.

One of the most surprising things was that very few students know how to write in cursive these days. In all fairness, I studied the crap out of cursive when I was a kid and I still can’t write it so it’s legible. My mind goes faster than my hand and each word is pretty much looks like a straight line with a couple of bumps here and there. I dot a few of these lines just for authenticity, whether I think there’s an “i” or “j” in there or not. It actually works out better for me if I just print.

I love to read lists. Lists don’t make Anyway, I didn’t really understand why kids don’t still learn it anyway. Since I me try very hard, and they usually found it pretty useless, I thought maybe the schools did too and they just said forgive me the false impression that get it. I asked a buddy, and he said they I’m learning something. don’t know cursive because they type on computers most of the time and have no So, first up, apparently kids don’t remember need to learn it. Good for them; cursive is a little Dan Quayle. This seems like a pointless piece of too show-offy for my liking, and I far prefer the information, which is sort of appropriate since more utilitarian methods. he was fairly pointless himself. He was the vice Also, because of computers, the new generation president under the first Bush, but he was better doesn’t use snail mail much at all. For you old folks known for not being able to tell his ass from a hole out there, snail mail is what we refer to as regular in the ground. He once misspelled potato in front mail — you know, the post office. The kids may of some grade school kids who corrected him. He be missing out on this one. Taking the time to was so stupid that his ignorance didn’t even reg- actually write a letter, find an envelope and stamp, ister to him; he seems sort of quaint now. It was and then go to the mailbox is wonderfully uncoma gentler time when we just thought politicians fortable and frustratingly satisfying. It seems like were ignorant instead of crooked and ignorant. more fun that it probably is. The last time I went The students also probably don’t know the to all the trouble, the guy who I sent it to replied significance of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Rodney King, to me through email instead of by letter. I sent or Beavis and Butthead. I find this startling only him another letter that said only, “Screw you.” By because two of these four people were cultural the time he received it five days later, he didn’t icons that should never be forgotten — and the really remember what was going on anymore. I other two were Jack Kevorkian and Rodney King. apologized by email.

I remember when jumpy parents everywhere So, if I’ve done my job, we’re all a little bit smartthought that Beavis and Butthead were ruining er and more understanding about our past. Actuour future and that our children would grow up ally, my guess is that we’re all just as confused as to be mumbling morons who watched TV all the ever, and that’s fine, too. Things are really different time and cared only about themselves. They may now, and they’re also still the same. Every generahave been sort of right, but funny is funny, and tion thinks every other generation doesn’t know a Beavis and Butthead could make soda come out damn thing. It’s sort of correct, but it’s not. Every of your nose on a pretty regular basis. generation just does things a little differently, New students this year remember Clint East- and it usually works out just fine. We probably wood primarily as a director instead of the badass don’t need a little list to make us feel more differcop who said cool things before he shot bad guys. ent from each other. Still, I read the damn thing Sure, those Dirty Harry movies were ridiculous every year, and I’m sure the next generation will and vengeful, but they could really suck you in. A as well.

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