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Semester begins with a chill

University librarian aids after hurricane

BY SAMANTHA BOYLE STAFF WRITER

Even though Hurricane Maria hit only four months ago, University library worker Miriam Centeno is already preparing for the next natural disaster.

Centeno is the collections care coordinator for the University library and traveled to Puerto Rico two weeks ago to assist with the preservation of books and libraries in the event of future natural disasters.

According to The Kaiser Family Foundation, the hurricane is known to have killed 55 people, though the total number is thought to be higher. KFF concluded that the hurricane worsened the public health and economic issues that Puerto Rico was already facing.

However, the issues Centeno focuses on are Puerto Rico’s libraries and the culture.

Centeno’s knowledge and experience of book preservation made her qualified for teaching preservation, said Jessica Unger, emergency programs coordinator for the American Institute for Conservation.

“I take care of books, and I take care of the environment in which they are stored,” Centeno said.

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Accused kidnapper’s lawyers file motions

BY KARAN ABROL STAFF WRITER

Attorneys of accused kidnapper Brendt Christensen, former University physics student, filed 12 pretrial motions totaling 663 pages on Monday. These include one to change the trial venue to northern Illinois and another to drop the main charge of kidnapping resulting in the death of Yingying Zhang, a visiting Chinese scholar.

For the motion to drop the main charge of kidnapping resulting in death, the lawyers presented two arguments.

The first is that, according to Christensen’s lawyers, prosecutors lack evidence Zhang was coerced or forced into his car.

Christensen’s attorneys argue the evidence does not suggest he seized, abducted or carried Zhang away without her consent.

“This leaves the government with having to show that Mr. Christensen enticed Ms. Zhang into his car through false pretense,” they wrote.

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BY CORI LIPPERT STAFF WRITER

The Illinois Student Government will go into the semester with a new chief of staff, Susan Zhou.

Zhou, freshman in LAS, wrote in an email that she was interested in advocating for students’ issues and joined ISG when she discovered the organization on Quad Day. “I ran for the position of Chief of Staff because I felt that I was fully qualified after a semester spent being the deputy Chief of Staff and learning all about the functions of ISG,” Zhou wrote in an email. “Additionally, I felt that I could make a positive impact both in ISG and on campus.”

Zhou wrote she would like to see more member involvement in ISG and would like to develop lasting connections between members that will help the organization run smoothly.

“The purpose of the Chief of Staff is to ensure that the government, and all of its branches (i.e. committees, subcommittees, events, etc.) are being run smoothly and in an efficient way,” wrote Joseph Domanski, senior in LAS

and student body vice president, in an email.

The chief of staff serves the length of the administration, so the position changes yearly, Domanski wrote.

“I think Susan will do a fantastic job,” Domanski wrote. “She is a strong and smart woman. Her drive and willingness to work is unmatched. I know she is only a freshman, but she works like a graduate student and is as smart as a professor.”

Andrianna Kurzenberger, senior in LAS and ISG senator, wrote in an email that Zhou’s work ethic and drive really resonated with her, and she is excited to see what Zhou will do as she gains more experience as a student government leader.

The chief of staff is chosen by the executive members and voted on by the senate. Zhou was the obvious choice and impressed all of the senators, so there were no reservations about confirming her, Kurzenberger wrote.

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According to the report, the victim left a small suitcase in the hallway of the hotel, and it was stolen.

Identity theft was reported on the 800 block of Fairoaks Drive around 5:30 p.m. Monday. According to the report, an unknown offender opened an insurance policy using the victim’s deceased husband’s name, date of birth and Social Security number.

Theft was reported at Nugent Hall, 207 E. Gregory Drive, around 3 p.m. Jan. 11. According to the report, a key and a swipe card were missing and presumed stolen.

Theft from a motor vehicle was reported on the 1800 block of Orchard Place in Urbana on Sunday. According to the report, several credit cards, an ID card and a Social Security card went missing.

Over $500 in unauthorized transactions were charged to the cards.

An arrest for retail theft was made on the 100 block of High Cross Road around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, the arrestee attempted to leave Walmart without paying for five food items concealed in his coat.

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IUB works to avoid spring textbook shortage

BY GEORGE VASSILATOS STAFF WRITER

At the start of every semester, the Illini Union Bookstore becomes crowded with students looking for textbooks. However, not everyone can always find what they need.

Last spring semester, there was a possible book shortage that inconvenienced students and slowed down day-to-day operations.

Tod Petrie, director of the Illini Union Bookstore, said he hadn’t heard of a similar problem for the fall 2017 semester.

Petrie said the last major shortage was in fall 2016, due to The Illini Shop (formally known as T.I.S. College Bookstore) discontinuing its book sales. When the bookstore closed, more students had to come to the Illini Union Bookstore to buy textbooks, resulting in long lines and a shortage of inventory. Since then, the bookstore has taken steps to streamline the process, Petrie said.

“We’ve added five registers and staff to man those registers. Our goal is that nobody should wait more than 15 minutes,” Petrie said. “We’ve adjusted dramatically and our lines move a lot quicker and every semester will get a

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Students purchase items for the spring semester at the Illini Union Bookstore at 809 S. Wright St. in Champaign on Tuesday. The store hopes to prevent another book shortage this semester as students rush to buy their textbooks.

little better.”

Farheen Naqvi, sophomore in LAS, said on average, she spends 10 to 15 minutes in the lines.

“However, there’s been a lot of times that the bookstore has run out of books that I needed and classes are assigning things,” she said.

Alroy Scott, the bookstore’s textbook manager, explained the Illini Union Bookstore’s process for calculating the number of textbooks to order.

Professors were required to give orders for their spring semester textbooks to the department book coordinator by Oct. 7, 2017. The department

coordinator would then pass the orders on to the bookstore.

“When we place orders, we first look at the history of the course,” Scott said.

“We look at how many we’ve sold in previous semesters and use that as our starting point.”

He’ll then add an additional 10 to 15 percent to the total order and take into account estimated buyback to approximate how many books to order.

“First, we give ourselves five weeks to get as many used or digital copies as possible. At that point, we start placing orders with the publishers and if they have stock they will ship,”

Scott said.

If the bookstore does run out of books for a class, a student can file a hold card.

“If we get a hold card, we’ll check the actual enrollment of the class,” Scott said. “That doesn’t mean we’ll order 100 percent of the enrollment because students will order from various sources and in some cases, our vendors have limited or no returns.”

He added that if they don’t sell everything, the bookstore isn’t always able to return unsold merchandise and has to take the loss.

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Six UI faculty get NEH awards

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masks and gloves, to library recovery workers to help minimize exposure to mold when going inside. She also introduced the Preservation Self-Assessment Program, which allowed institutions and libraries to go through their inventory and find out what they lost and what they can possibly recover.

Centeno couldn’t reach the east side of the island, which Hurricane Maria hit the hardest. This worries her because although KFF said most of the island’s power has been restored, it is usually spotty, making it hard to have access to Preservation Self-Assessment Program.

“I need to give people the basis of preservation so they understand what they need to be able to do in order to take care of their collection, so they understand what they need to do to prepare for a disaster,” she said. “We were trying to impact as many people as possible.”

The 2018 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships have been awarded to six University faculty members to support their authoring of books on a variety of topics.

This year’s recipients include Craig Williams, D Fairchild Ruggles, Paul Kapp, Donna Buchanan, Elizabeth Hoiem and Candice Jenkins.

The NEH is an independent federal agency and one of the nation’s top sources for funding the humanities. This year, the NEH awarded $12.8 million in grants for a total of 253 fellowships.

According to the NEH website, the grant awards “support preservation and collections at small institutions, innovative digital projects for the public, and advanced humanities research.”

This fellowship is one of the most competitive humanities awards, with an average of 80 fellowships being awarded out to an average of 1,210 applicants, according to the NEH’s data over the past five years.

“I knew that NEH fellowships provide excellent support for humanists who are writing books, but they are also very competitive,” Hoiem wrote in an email. “Working with my peers, I learned about all of the amazing projects pursued by humanists here at Illinois.”

Jenkins plans to use her fellowship to finish and to revise her book, which is currently under contract with the University of Minnesota Press, she wrote in an email. Her book focuses on how the identity of the black middle class from 1980s to early 2000s is represented in fiction and the contradictions of being both middle class and black.

“This project helps us to see blackness and class status in a different way than it is typically seen, by recognizing through analysis of these texts that black people can be socially and economically privileged even as they still are subject to racial violence and also still deeply invested in racial belonging and community,” Jenkins wrote.

Hoiem wrote that she will use her fellowship to write a manuscript for a book and to conduct research at archives such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in England and Robert Owen’s school in New Lanark, Scotland.

Her book, “The Education of Things: Mechanical Literacy in British Culture, 17621860,” argues learning-bydoing offers “an empowering pedagogy for affluent children while justifying child labor as educational” by blurring the boundaries between educational play and work.

Hoiem said her work offers new perspectives on class, gender, race, politics and power in children’s lives, which makes it of interest to the NEH. “According to their feedback, the reviewers were drawn to the interdisciplinary nature of the project and the eclectic range of texts and artifacts that I bring together,” Hoiem wrote. “My research seeks to expand what counts as children’s literature in order to honor families and children whose experiences are otherwise left out of history.”

Buchanan’s professional career has been driven by her passion for the Balkan music and music of the larger eastern European region, she wrote in an email.

Buchanan wrote that she is going to use the fellowship to write a book on bells in Bulgarian communities, which demonstrates how people inhabit the world aurally.

“Bells are something most people can relate to; they are a tool for marking time, can be visually and sonically beautiful, but also carry considerable symbolic weight,” Buchanan wrote.

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Students mingle on the first day of the spring semester at the Illini Union Courtyard on Tuesday.

Secretary of State mobile unit to return

BY HAIPEI WU STAFF WRITER

For over a decade, the mobile unit of the Secretary of State facility has made it possible for University students and faculty to renew their driver’s licenses at a walking distance from their classrooms.

In the spring semester, the unit will again visit campus, setting its booth up at the Illini Union from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 31, Feb. 28, March 28 and April 25.

Henry Haupt, deputy press secretary of the Illinois Secretary of State’s office, said the unit show-

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cases a partnership that the Secretary of State established with the University many years ago, bringing the Secretary of State facilities’ services directly to the campus.

“We can provide a multitude of services to students and staff who just happened to walk past Illini Union,” Haupt said.

These services include driver’s license and state ID renewal, license plate sticker purchase and organ donor sign-up.

Like last year, the unit will offer a custom University license plate. This can give students and faculty a to identify a man who approached her under suspicious circumstances from an array of pictures that included Christensen.

Among other cited procedural mistakes, the lawyers objected to the fact that though the woman stated that the man who approached her was clean shaven, she was only shown pictures of men with facial hair.

The lawyers objected to the search of Christensen’s apartment and car on June 14 because both occurred either before Christensen’s wife had given consent, and even when she did, the situation made her feel like she had no other choice.

After being questioned for an hour and a half on June 15, Christensen’s lawyers said that he invoked his right to counsel, but was still questioned while waiting to be taken to Ford County jail. He was also interviewed again on June 17 without counsel present.

On June 23, a female associate of Christensen was directed by the FBI to text Christensen “for the purpose of eliciting incriminating statements from him.” The lawyers argued that the FBI agents directing the informant should have known that Christensen had twice invoked his Miranda rights beforehand.

The lawyers object to a recorded conversation with the same informant on June 29 for the same reason, and statements made during conversations between Christensen and his cellmate on July 3 as his lawyers believe that the cellmate was another FBI informant.

Both parties were given until Jan. 29 to respond to these pretrial motions, and Christensen’s trial date remains set for Feb. 27.

case should be a state matter rather than a federal matter.

Previously, the case was elevated to a federal court because of the alleged use of a Motorola cellphone and a Saturn Astra vehicle, referenced as tools of interstate commerce, in the kidnapping. The lawyers argue that “(to) counsel’s knowledge, there is no evidence suggesting that (Christensen) contacted Ms. Zhang in any way, whether by way of a telephone call or use of the internet on his phone.”

They also stated the vehicle could not be considered an instrument of interstate commerce if it did not cross state lines.

Christensen’s attorneys additionally filed to change the venue with the argument that extensive coverage by The News-Gazette and other local publications has resulted in inherently prejudicial publicity.

According to the motion, The News-Gazette published “no fewer than 55 articles about the case” between June and December last year. The attorneys also used The News-Gazette’s comment sections as evidence of the “overwhelmingly negative” response to the case as well as public bias against Christensen.

Motions were filed to suppress evidence and are predicated on new information that Christensen’s attorneys revealed regarding events between the last time Zhang was seen on June 9 and Christensen’s arrest on June 30.

One of the motions was to exclude testimony from Christensen’s wife, citing marital privilege.

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unique way to express their University pride. A portion of the cost will go to the University’s student scholarship fund, Haupt said.

Haupt added that a benefit of the mobile unit is that students and faculty who do not have their own vehicles no longer need to travel to a local Secretary of State facility.

“This is a way to provide service to them while they don’t have to leave the campus,” he said.

Jacqueline Medrano, freshman in AHS, said she thinks the unit is helpful because it addresses people's need to stay up-

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ISG Rodriquez, senior in LAS, in an email.

“She took minutes for us when we had no clerks and was extremely helpful to our previous Chief of

to-date with their license renewal.

“It takes less time than going to the Secretary of the State’s facility,” Medrano said. “Right here is more convenient as you don’t have to wait for a long line.”

The mobile unit has been a service for colleges throughout the state since 2006.

The University has been one of two institutions to help start the program, the other being Northern Illinois University, said Karen Barker, downstate liaison for the Secretary of State’s office, in an email.

The inspiration for the Staff, Spencer Haydary.”

Rodriquez said the chief of staff position takes a lot of hard work and dedication, making Zhou the right person for the job.

“I feel honored that I was given (this opportunity) so early in my college career. And that

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PUERTO RICO Centeno worked with the National Heritage Responders, which is a part of the American Institute for Conservation. Unger said Centeno was extremely helpful to work with, not only because of her work experience, but also because she knew the area.

“Her local knowledge of the landscape there was tremendously helpful,” Unger said.

As a Puerto Rican native, Centeno was first concerned for her family, who lives there now, when Hurricane Maria hit.

Two weeks after the storm, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez contacted her for assistance. “(The University of Puerto Rico) had been hit

by Maria, but had not been (as) devastated as the rest of the island or some other places in the island,” Centeno said. “They had some damage, but they also had the ability (to communicate) outside of the island.”

Centeno went to various spots across the island and gave speeches about preservation and preparedness for the next hurricane season.

“If we don’t start now to prepare for the next (hurricane) season, we are at great risk,” she said. “We wanted to make sure that the future librarians and activists will be able to be better prepared in the

mobile unit service comes directly from the Secretary of State Jesse White, Haupt said, who recognized during his extensive travel around the state universities that it would be a real benefit to them if he could bring services to them directly.

Haupt said University faculties and students appreciated the mobile services the in the past, and the unit at the Illini Union could serve over a hundred customers each time.

“I will definitely call it a success,” Haupt said. hwu61@dailyillini.com

because I will be here for the next three and a half years, I will really have the motivation to create and implement ideas that will bring about lasting and positive effects,” Zhou wrote. coridl2@dailyillini.com

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future when they are taking care of the collections on the island.”

Books are one of the few accessible ways people can share their heritage with one another, which is why preservation is so important to her, she said. Unger agreed and said books and libraries are a sign of normalcy, which is key to culture and recovery from a disaster.

“It’s helpful for people to have that sense of continuity in their culture to get information,” Unger said.

As Centeno’s parents were driving with her through their town in Puerto Rico, she said she saw a museum that was protected by only a tarp. She said she saw some libraries that were infested with mold and were inaccessible due to dangerous conditions inside.

“We have lots and lots of institutions in that status right now, where we really have to act now,” she said.

She was able to introduce personal protection equipment, such as aprons, face

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OPINIONS Use new year as a chance to revamp your resolutions HAYLEY NAGELBERG COLUMNIST

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Ashley Graham, a plus-size model, at the Sports Illustrated Swim City fan festival in 2016.

Columnist Ashvini Malshe says the fashion industry needs to continue to work toward representing a variety of body types.

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ast year saw plus-size models breaking barriers like never before.

Ashley Graham appeared on the cover of Vogue, Candice Huffine walked on the runway for Prabal Gurung during New York Fashion Week and Paloma Elsesser posed nude on a billboard for Glossier’s Body Hero campaign.

There were 90 appearances of plus-size models on the runway at Fashion Week, compared with just four appearances in fall 2016, according to an article from The Curvy Fashionista citing The Fashion Spot’s bi-annual diversity report which analyzes model representation.

But these wonderful breakthroughs aside, the fashion industry still has a long way to go in terms of full inclusivity of plussize models on the runways, in the most prestigious magazines and in our frame of view. The industry needs to make more strides to include this particular demographic in the full scope of high fashion.

The Fashion Spot report also noted plus-size models during fall 2010 Fashion Week comprised 3.46 percent of the total 2,601 appearances by models in the 94 major New York shows.

It’s not enough that famous models like Graham and Huffine have a platform in the mainstream, though their vocal-

ity on this issue is rather worthy of recognition. To truly affect how people perceive plus-size models and how they can create positive representation for a diverse range of body types, there needs to be greater recognition of how the sample size — or the typical size used by stylists who work for these editorials to fit whomever it is they are modeling — excludes plussize models from being visible in the media.

The sample size affects the way plus-size models are depicted in fashion editorials; if they’re lucky, they can wear half of a sample dress, but the default is to have them pose nude. And in high fashion, the focus should be on the enchantment of the clothes, not on the bodies of these models, which are already so heavily scrutinized.

In a Refinery29 article, Laia Garcia said many renowned fashion designers are hesitant even to make sample sizes that can fit plus-size models because they don’t want to sully their images and cater to a “plus market.”

This may be hinting at the root of the problem.

Huffine spoke about her being an agent for change regarding the increased visibility of plus-size models in an interview with Refinery29.

Elaborating on the term “plus-size,” she said, “I don’t think it’s a bad word at all. But because of its existence, it’s divisive ...

Women shouldn’t have to be ostracized to a whole other floor or shop online because she doesn’t have

a store to go to ... It’s so refreshing to see everyone represented, so there’s someone you can identify with. If they’re not portrayed properly, then they’re going to think it’s not okay to be them, that they have to work to make changes.”

It remains that the advancements made last year were powerful. I saw women with nontraditional bodies represented in the mainstream. When I scroll through Instagram, I get to see Graham posing with sleekness and sophistication in clothing by Christian Siriano and Michael Kors. I got to see Huffine train for a marathon and cross the finish line as a champion.

Really, I had the delight of seeing these extraordinary women be champions in an industry that wants to divide them from the norm of thin bodies. That image itself is especially inspiring to everyday women who are made to feel self-conscious about not fitting into a mold that the fashion world expects.

Thus, seeing themselves represented in this world can be uplifting.

I only ask that the fashion industry keeps moving forward this year to ensure that a diverse range of body types gets equal representation and it makes a push to change how sample sizes are presented, as these factors are so undoubtedly tied to how we nonmodel women present ourselves to the world.

Ashvini is a senior in LAS. amalshe2@dailyillini.com

can’t remember the last time I woke up to my phone alarm and didn’t just reach for my phone to catch up on social media.

I can spend a half hour scrolling through Facebook and Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat, then move to my emails and not even realize where the time has gone.

This use of my time every morning is often followed by a frantic realization of how much time I’ve wasted and then a rush to get dressed, get ready for my day and get out the door. When I do make it out the door, I’m stressed and overwhelmed that I didn’t have more time to myself before the day began.

When the clock struck midnight just a few weeks ago I, like many others, made some New Year’s resolutions. I resolved to clean up, or rather minimize, the online media I consume. I would do this by getting myself off junk email subscriptions and by unfriending people if I don’t actually know who they are. The first of those have been completed (thanks to the help of some online mass unsubscription services), and I plan to begin the other shortly.

These tasks seemed like easy and attainable goals, but they won’t alleviate my actual problem of spending my morning time consumed by this world of media we live in.

In the TV show “The Office,” there is a scene where Michael and Pam are attempting to start a new company together. Overwhelmed by all he has to accomplish, Michael is doing nothing. Pam, in the interest of helping them both get started with the day, explains how she makes lists to stay organized and starts with the easiest of tasks: waking up, getting dressed and eating breakfast.

While the tasks may seem obvious and already completed, setting small steps as the first things to do provides a sense of accomplishment and allows the next larger items on the list to seem more attainable.

Many people joke, or say in all sincerity, that New Year’s resolutions fall apart in the first few

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days of the year. People then wait an entire year to set a new resolution and try again. This system does not yield positive results in any way.

As college students heading back to school in the middle of January, it’s possible that many of our unrealistic New Year’s goals have already failed.

However, we can use this new semester as almost a do-over on setting goals.

With a new semester, we get this reset button on a campus with endless opportunities to achieve our goals. If you want to get in better shape this year, we have miles of campus to walk and gyms to go to for free. If you want to eat healthier, we have fresh produce available, nutrition guidelines and resources to help. Whatever we want to achieve is doable with assistance on our campus.

We can take the time of the last days of break to work on what we want our end goals to be. But first, let’s set more attainable first steps.

Taking the time now to

lay out these plans will hopefully keep me motivated to achieve other goals this semester — to stay on top of my schoolwork and prioritize time with friends in person.

As the semester progresses, I want to get in the habit of using the time when I wake up for myself. I want to eat better and stretch or meditate in the morning, and not be consumed by social media — I definitely have my walks to class to scroll mindlessly through my phone.

But for now I am going to start with small changes.

I am going to try to turn off my alarm and to get out of bed without opening social network sites. I am going to try making breakfast and getting dressed for the day before seeing what I missed overnight on my friends’ Snapchat stories.

Through smaller firststeps, I hope all of my New Year’s goals will finally be met this year.

Hayley is a junior in ACES. nagelb2@dailyillini.com

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Stay salty about frozen roads and sidewalks

he snow has fallen, and so have many students slipping on ice.

Once again, we’re entering another semester in the frigid, icy winter. Students are getting settled into their coursework, ready to start the semester off right, but getting to class in this cold can be a dangerous task.

In 2014, there were several students reported as being injured; one even fell

unconscious after slipping on the Green Street sidewalk. The situation was so severe that police officers were forced to salt sidewalks themselves to prevent further injuries from occurring.

According to the University’s Facilities and Services website, it is the responsibility of over 125 University employees to maintain the upkeep of campus roadways, bicycle paths and sidewalks during cases of

extreme weather conditions. These employees work to clear 90 miles of sidewalk and 10 miles of bicycle paths that students use to travel to and from class.

The University claims primary campus streets and sidewalks are its priority focus when the snow starts to fall; however, many students and faculty members are still seen slipping on the ice all over campus.

Let’s be honest here: This University is in dire need of more salt.

The Daily Illini Editorial Board understands that there is a bit of a gray area about who is responsible for laying down salt. The University’s placement in between the two cities of Champaign and Urbana does create a bit of confusion, but something better needs to be done.

Sidewalks may be decently shoveled

(sometimes) when the weather gets rough, but they are almost never adequately salted.

Failing to provide enough salt on the sidewalks poses a danger to pedestrians that could potentially result in serious injury.

Students and faculty members, especially those who are older and more fragile, could easily break a bone or crack a hip on their way to class or work.

Facilities and Services employees should be diligently working this time of year to fully salt every sidewalk and bicycle path in addition to the campus roads. Pedestrians are just as at risk for injury as drivers.

This winter, we are requesting that the University, in partnership with the cities of Urbana and Champaign, works to ensure that students are always traveling safely to and from class.

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EMT course trains students for medical emergencies

BY DOMINIC ROSE STAFF WRITER

In the event of a medical emergency, most students’ instincts would be to reach for the phone and dial 911. An emergency medical technician class on campus could change that instinct drastically.

Elizabeth Woodburn, director of education for Illini Emergency Medical Services, said that through the EMT course, students learn to assess and to manage a wide variety of medical emergencies, including cardiac, respiratory, diabetic and neurological, as well as bleeding, shock and musculoskeletal injury management.

“Illini Emergency Medical Services has developed an academically and physically challenging EMT course that is offered,” Woodburn said.

“It stresses academic and clinical abilities, interpersonal skills, critical thinking processes, decision-making abilities and the capacity for quick and appropriate judgment.”

Alyssa Abay, University alumna and instructor for the course, said the EMT course offers hands-on experience with real patients who are going through a crisis, administering treatments that they wouldn’t perform otherwise.

“We are actually the first ones in Illinois to administer manual epinephrine, so we can actually do intramuscular needle injections,” Abay said.

Abay said that the course requires students to possess the respect and maturity to be sensitive and empathetic toward patients.

“You are charged with the responsibility of a person’s life,” Abay said. “There’s no time for messing around or taking the easy way out.”

Each course is limited to 24 students, which provides a more hands-on experience.

The classroom takes a flipped classroom approach with interactive lectures online and discussions in class of topics not included in the textbook.

Abay said the grading system is based on several components, including homework

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Students stand with an ambulance after completing the University’s EMT course. Only 24 students are admitted into the course in an effort to offer a hands-on, enriching experience. The course has several components, including homework assignments and assessments, exams, hands-on skills and national homework required for courses across the country. For students to pass the class, they must receive an 80 percent or higher.

assignments and assessments, exams, hands-on skills and national homework required for courses across the country. Students must receive an 80 percent or more to pass the class.

Woodburn said students also spend a total of 24 hours riding along with local ambulance companies and doing clinical shadowing at the Carle Emergency Department.

Kylie Harnen, director of public relations for Illini Emergency Medical Services, said students meet twice a week during the evening for the main material, then test their knowledge during practicals, which take place on Saturdays.

Harnen also said the classes usually consist of a main instructor, a class coordinator and a practical coordinator. These officers are the ones interacting with stu-

dents the most. There are also proctors and volunteers who work these practicals, creating mock scenarios with various patients.

As the semester progresses, practical sessions consist

of several scenarios that test the students’ abilities to integrate academic knowledge into various “real-world” situations.

Woodburn said the pro-

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Union, and if people wanted to talk to him, they could.

He finally realized he could be himself.”

It’s the same story with other hotel guests, even for those who haven’t made the

University their home yet.

“It gave a spark,” Mahesh said. “I liked staying there, and it made me want to see other buildings on campus.”

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emergency departments.

While many students end up becoming firefighters, working for ambulance companies, volunteering with Illini Emergency Medical Services or working as emergency department technicians, Harnen said some students choose a different approach, taking more classes to become paramedics.

Although the course appeals primarily to those entering the healthcare field, Woodburn believes everybody can get something out of taking the EMT course.

“Even if someone isn’t planning to pursue a career in healthcare, learning lifesaving skills along with developing core competencies in communication, critical thinking, and teamwork will be invaluable for the rest of their life,” Woodburn said.

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way to address these mock scenarios.

“We have IEMS members volunteer as ‘actors’ where they are given a patient history and interact with our stu-

dents to help them learn how to identify and treat various illnesses,” Woodburn said.

Compared to first-responder and CPR classes, Abay said the EMT course is more indepth and rigorous with the subject material, having as little as eight students able to pass the course.

“We tell (students) that the course is equivalent to five credit hours,” Abay said. “At other universities, they offer it for eight credit hours. It’s a really accelerated course.”

Abay also said there is a national exam that students must take to become certified.

After students pass the national exam, they must apply for a state license. Students usually use their licenses to provide EMS coverage for campus events or to seek employment through local ambulance companies or

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Baylin Shade, a sophomore majoring in community health, has been working at the hotel since last fall.

Illini Union hotel still stands 77 years later

BY THOMAS BLOCK STAFF WRITER

While the Illini Union gallantly occupies the crest of the Main Quad and grazes the ever-industrial Green Street, it’s a little too straightforward to reason that location alone makes the building “the heart of the campus.”

An interactive ground for students and faculty alike, the Illini Union is a blend of the old and the new. With its housing comes a nostalgic familiarity that never fails to pack a pleasant surprise in its whereabouts. Inside, the delicate twangs from an acoustic guitar accompanied with the soft smell of coffee in the air. It weaves through elegant lounge areas before moving down to the basement, complete with a food court and bowling alley.

Yet although these sights and sounds have become entwined with the Union’s storied presence, even seasoned visitors might find some perks hidden right under their noses.

Alice Lafond has worked in the building for 15 years.

As a senior attendant, she supervises the third and fourth floors that form the Illini Union Hotel. The hotel is a bundle of rooms situated above the shops and cafes on the ground level.

Despite the crowds that pour into the Union below her every day, Lafond said she notices a certain puzzlement concerning the hotel.

“A lot of people don’t even realize there’s a hotel there,” Lafond said. “I had been working there for several years when somebody came up to me and asked, ‘Well, what about the ghosts

upstairs?’ She thought the place was haunted. I just laughed.”

It’s no surprise that Lafond, once awarded with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award, is comfortable around the hotel.

Throughout an accounting career of over 20 years, Lafond gradually felt her heart being tugged closer to customer service. She worked at the Illini Union Bookstore, only a stone’s throw away from what was soon to be her next job, when she was asked to interview for a position at the hotel.

She couldn’t say no to the offer.

“It’s such a rich building,” Lafond said. “It’s not one of those places where you go in and things creak all over.

It’s inviting as you walk in, and it’s inviting when you walk up.”

The hotel has been extending this invitation for many generations. It was included in the original Illini Union design, which underwent construction in 1939 at the request of the Women’s League, the Men’s Illinois Union and the Student Council for a new student center.

The structure that debuted on Feb. 8, 1941, is different than the building today. Until the early 1960s, the Illini Union subsisted of a rectangular lot along Green Street. This is also known as the northern portion of the signature “I-shape” Union today. The lobby, which remained next to the main entrance on the first floor following the 1963 addition, retains its colonial stature from over 70 years ago.

Still, the hotel belongs to

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One of the king-size bedrooms in the Illini Union Hotel. The hotel served more than 7,000 guests during the last school year.

the present just as much as it does to the past.

The Illini Union reported that its hotel served well over 7,000 guests during the 2016-2017 school year.

Even though the number of rooms has grown from 23 to 72 over the past seven decades, demand pushes the hotel to the limits of accommodation. It is completely booked for Moms Weekend, Dads Weekend and Commencement Weekend for 2018.

Rahul Mahesh, freshman in Engineering, competed with a wave of customers last fall as he searched for a place for his family to stay while he moved into his dorm. He booked a room four months in advance, but he still might not have made the move early enough.

“Our first option was the Illini Union,” Mahesh said.

“We knew we weren’t able to get it for the full four days that we needed.”

While he had to settle for

two nights at the Union, Mahesh was content to get his foot in the door at all. “(The hotel has a) pleasant staff, and overall, the service is good,” he said.

“The size of the rooms and the bed and the standards for the hotel are all admirable.”

It’s that kind of first impression that employees such as Lafond hope to pull off in the short time they have with their guests.

Although management

often finds themselves in a rush, it’s important to slow down, welcome back alumni paying their alma mater a nostalgic visit and listen to their stories.

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Crouch retires, George Jr. transfers

BY GAVIN GOOD ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The Illinois football team lost two quarterbacks in the span of less than two hours.

Jef f G e or ge Jr. announced on Twitter Wednesday that he will be transferring from Illinois to finish out his two remaining years of collegiate eligibility.

George threw for 1,273 yards, seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions in seven appearances — and five starts — for the Illini this season, during which the team finished with a record of 2-10.

The Indianapolis, Indiana, native passed for a team-high 308 yards in a 35-24 loss to Rutgers at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 14. He made significant contributions in the 2016 season as a redshirt freshman as well, starting five games in lieu of injuries to other quarterbacks Wes Lunt and Chayce Crouch.

He tweeted out a message expressing his gratitude to former Illinois head coaches Tim Beckman and Bill Cubit and current head coach Lovie Smith, and he noted that the decision was a difficult one to make.

“I say this with an extremely heavy heart as the Illini have been and will continue to be my family,” George tweeted. “I look forward to a new chapter in my life and what the future has in store for me.”

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Illini lose seventh straight game

BY MILES POWERS-HUANG STAFF WRITER

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Illinois quarterback Chayce Crouch rolls out of the pocket during the game against Ball State on Sept. 2, at Memorial Stadium.

Both Crouch and fellow quarterback Jeff George Jr. will not be returning to the team next season.

ON MEN’S BASKETBALL

The Illinois women’s basketball team’s early struggles in conference play have turned them into the underdogs on most nights. However, on Tuesday night, it was Michigan State who had to play from behind, as the Spartans responded from an early deficit to stroll to a 67-55 victory, moving the Spartans to 14-5 on the season.

Desperate to find a winning combination, head coach Nancy Fahey inser ted sophomore guard Courtney Joens into the starting lineup, replacing Petra Holesinska. Early on, the Illini saw success as sophomore guards Cierra Rice and Brandi Beasley combined for 13 points and helped their team get out to an 18-16 lead after the first quarter.

The Spartans would rally in the second quarter, and, thanks to their full-court press, they forced six turnovers leading to nine points.

Beasley felt the Michigan State pressing prevented Illinois from playing fast, which is a staple of Fahey’s style.

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nother game, another tough loss. The Illinois men’s basketball team went into Lincoln, Nebraska, on Monday night searching for their first Big Ten win, while also attempting to snap a three-game losing streak. After what looked to be a game-winning four-point play by junior forward Michael Finke, Nebraska’s James Hunter Jr. nailed a goahead three of his own with 0.3 seconds left on the clock to deny the Illini their first Big Ten win and extending their losing streak to four.

There’s no denying this was one of the toughest losses in a season that’s been full of them. Three overtime losses, many late breakdowns and now a buzzer-beater in Lincoln, the Illini are sitting at 10-9 and are dead last in the conference.

Despite the loss, there were definitely some big takeaways to look at, so let’s check out some of the bigger developments from Monday’s loss.

Trent Frazier continues hot streak

Trent Frazier is on an absolute tear and it’s amazing that nobody saw this coming at the start of the year. The freshman has been on fire over the last 10 or so games, averaging just over 15 points per game and stepping up in all of the big moments.

On Monday he dropped another 19 points, while dishing out five assists and collecting four rebounds.

Underwood has talked about Frazier’s “swagger” all year long, and his performance against the

Huskers showed exactly why. He finishes at the rim with ease, has been hitting the three-ball, makes strong passes and is a menace on the defensive end that executes Underwood’s pressure D perfectly. Plus, he’s never scared to step up and take the big shots, leading to a go-ahead assist on Finke’s four-point play.

Finke steps up

Of all of the upperclassmen, Michael Finke might be having one of the toughest seasons this year. He got a lot of hype going into the season talking about how well he’d do in Underwood’s system, but since the start of Big Ten play, he has really struggled.

The shots haven’t fallen, he’s going up against bigger guys in the post and it’s led to a lot of tough defensive possessions on his own end.

But, on Monday, Finke stepped up big and played exactly how the Illini need him to if they expect any real success this season. He was good on the boards, grabbing 10 rebounds, while also knocking in 16 points and hitting a huge shot to nearly push the Illini to victory. He looked a lot more confident and comfortable against Nebraska on Monday, and while the Huskers are not that big compared with some of the other teams the Illini have played so far, it’s still an encouraging performance.

Hanging tough

It’s been a common theme all year, but there were times in this game where the Illini continued to dig themselves into holes. But, like most of the other games, they hung in there and did not give up on the game.

While this is certain-

ly encouraging and a good sign that the team is resilient and fights ‘til the end, imagine if there were never any 10- or 12-point deficits to make up. Sure, that’s a lot to ask for, but this team could easily be in a much better position than they currently are.

I’ve harped all year about how close this group is to winning a ton of games, but here we are and the Illini are officially 10-9 overall and 0-6 in the Big Ten. It’s frustrating for fans, players and coaches alike. And while Illini fans have been asked to be patient for years and years, it comes in a much different light this time around.

Every loss could have been a win this season, just as many of the wins could have been losses.

It’s tough, but this team really is right there, and sooner rather than later, they will learn to close these ones out. I have to give credit where it’s due on that Hunter shot, but that would have been a great way to win the first Big Ten game of the year on Monday.

Through it all, Illinois is ready to jump right back into it as they currently prepare for a Friday-night matchup in Wisconsin with the Badgers in what is shaping up to be a better game than many expected.

Wisconsin has had struggles of its own, and Underwood’s pressure defense should give the Badgers guards plenty of trouble. Until then, we can only hope that the Illini will be ready to secure their first Big Ten victory this season before returning home for the No. 10 Michigan State Spartans. @TPolc Polcyn2@dailyillini.com

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Bridget Hodan celebrates a stuck landing against Michigan State in Huff Hall on Feb. 17.

Illini earn season-opening wins

BY GAVIN GOOD ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The Illinois men’s and women’s gymnastics teams got off to strong starts for the 2018 season, winning their respective opening meets. Each team is looking to carry this early momentum into their home meets at Huff Hall this weekend.

In first-year head coach Nadalie Walsh’s debut competition at the helm of the women’s program.

The Illini seized the lead at the first rotation and maintained a threepoint cushion for the entire meet. Illinois finished with a team score of 195.100, while Yale followed in second (191.550). Rutgers, the host, took third place with a score of 191.525 and Southern Connecticut State placed fourth with a team score of 187.650.

“I am really proud of the entire team and the energy they competed with today,” Walsh said in a press release after the competition. “The team chemistry was amazing.”

Freshman Kasey Meeks won the vault title in her first-ever appearance as an Illini, earning a score of 9.825. She was joined by three other Illini who won titles. Sophomore Karen Howell took first on floor (9.800) and shared the title on bars (9.875) with fellow sophomore Rae Balthazor (9.875), who also won a share of the beam title with a score of 9.875, a careerhigh. She shared the beam title with senior Illini Bridget Hodan.

Illinois had its best rotation on bars, with the team earning a score of 49.175.

“We started out on bars and came out with a lot of energy after warmups,” Howell said in a press release after the meet.

“Lindsay (Dwyer) hit her routine and the team just exploded with energy, and we knew it would be a great meet.”

The impressive showing also marked some milestones for individuals and the program. The team score of 195.100 is Illinois’ highest score in a season

opener since 2015, and with the team score of 49.075 on beam, it marked the 14th straight occasion in which the team has scored above 49.000 in the event.

Freshmen Meeks, Nicole Bionid and Kylie Noonan all made their debuts for Illinois, and the trio will look to continue making strides when Michigan comes to town on Friday, where they are set to take on Illinois at 7 p.m. The meet will also be televised on the Big Ten Network.

The men’s team found similar success, against some high-profile competition, as Illinois took down No. 4 Minnesota, No. 8 Iowa and No. 17 University of Illinois Chicago in the Windy City Invitational on Saturday.

Three Illini left Chicago with titles, as seniors Bobby Baker and Brandon Ngai and junior Alex Diab all took first in events. Ngai opened the invitational by winning the pommel horse with a score of 15.250 — the SEE GYMNASTICS | 3B

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EYE ON THE ILLINI: TRENT FRAZIER

EYE ON THE ENEMY: NATE REUVERS

Through 19 games, Trent Frazier has emerged as a major contributor on an Illini team that has struggled to put together a complete performance and failed to win in the Big Ten Conference. Second on the team in scoring at 11 points per game — he trails only Leron Black, who averages 14.4 points per game — Frazier has come up clutch, hitting some big-time shots, including a buzzer-beating 3-point shot to send the game to overtime against Iowa.

He is also second in assists per game (2.6) and leads the squad in steals, averaging 1.7 per game. If Illinois is going to emerge from the Kohl Center with its first Big Ten win, Frazier is likely to play a key part, both in facilitating the offense to create chances and in taking his own opportunities to hit open shots and to attack the basket.

Nate Reuvers averages 1.1 blocks per game. After sitting out the first five games of the season, contemplating a redshirt, the freshman made his debut in late November against Milwaukee and has played in 13 games so far this season. In his first career start, one of three so far, he collected three points, two rebounds and one assist in the 14 minutes he played. So far, the most he has played in a single game is 23 minutes in the game at Rutgers, finishing with 10 points, four rebounds and three blocks. However, his career high was scoring 11 points at Penn State.

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Tennessee Martin

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DePaul

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Illinois forward Leron Black shoots a three during the game against Iowa at State Farm Center on Jan. 11. The Illini lost in overtime 104-97.

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W (89-61)

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Xavier

L (80-70)

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Baylor

L (70-65)

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ETHAN HAPP

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UCLA

L (72-70)

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Milwaukee

W (71-49)

11/27

Virginia

L (49-37)

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Ohio State

L (83-58)

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Penn State

W (64-63)

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L (59-55)

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Marquette

L (82-63)

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Western Kentucky

W (81-80)

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Green Bay

W (81-60)

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Chicago State

W (82-70)

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Indiana

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Marshall

W (91-74)

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Augustana

W (96-62)

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North Carolina Central W (86-73)

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MATCHUP Brad Underwood vs. Greg Gard Wisconsin’s Greg Gard began his head coaching career with the Badgers and is on his third season in comparison with Brad Underwood’s first year with Illinois. In his first two seasons, Gard coached the Badgers to a record of 42-18 (.700), owning the second-best 60-game start in program history. With similar coaching styles, the very offensive heavy coaches should be a comparable matchup for a fastpaced game. Gard’s team will be more accustomed to the system while the Illini are still learning all Underwood has to offer. Underwood has had validation that his spread offense worked. He believes an offense designed around spacing, ball reversals and hard cuts will project Illinois basketball out of its slump. Gard hopes to bring Wisconsin to its third tournament appearance of his career.

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fourth rotation.

Head coach Justin Spring was pleased with the way his team came out and competed, but he anticipates a lot of work in the coming weeks to improve on a variety of areas that will be needed to succeed down the road.

Illinois will have had almost a week back in Champaign to practice ahead of its impending showdown with Arizona State on Saturday, which is slated to begin at 4 p.m.

“We have a lot of polishing to do,” Spring said in a press release after the meet. “Our hits percentage was super low. We have a lot of growth ahead of us and we just need to make sure that happens.”

Illini earned a team score of 65.950.

Diaz earned his title in the second rotation, rings, with a score of 14.450.

Senior Dennis Minton took second with a 14.000 and Illinois tallied a team score of 68.100.

Baker then went on to win the horizontal bar with a score of 13.600, leading the team to a 66.400 score in the fifth rotation.

The Illini had their best showing in the third rotation on vault, earning a team score of 70.500.

Junior Johnny Jacobson earned a career-best score of 14.500, and the team posted a score of 66.250 for the parallel bars in the gavinrg2@dailyillini.com

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up in place of Alex, but we always feel she can help us make plays,” Beasley said.

From then on, turnovers plagued any chance of an Illini comeback, as the Illini gave possession away 10 times in the second half and would fall to the Spartans, pushing Illinois’ losing streak to seven and its record to 9-11 overall and 0-6 in the Big Ten. One area the Spartans used to their advantage was their size. The 6-foot-4-inch freshman Sidney Cooks led the Spartans with 15 points and six rebounds. Six-foot senior Branndais Agee had 18 points and 6-foot-4-inch senior Taya Reimer had 12 points Fahey noticed the disadvantage her team was at, and given the Spartans’ size and her own foul trouble, one could understand how Wittinger could only muster up eight points and seven rebounds.

“Michigan State is a very tall, long, fast team. We came out, played a lot of 2-3 zone,” Fahey said. “It worked for a while, but we just got really small when Alex went out of the game.”

make the play by continuously attacking. That was the biggest issue with them pressing us today,” Beasley said.

The absence of senior guard Jaelyne Kirkpatrick was evident Tuesday, as Beasley was often the only player on the floor comfortable dribbling against the Spartan press.

Rice, the interim second guard in place of Kirkpatrick, agreed that the tempo of the game dragged as a result of the press.

“I (had) to make better decisions to know when to dribble the ball or when to pass it. I don’t think it stopped us but it slowed us down,” Rice said.

Another turning point in the second quarter was the loss of junior forward Alex Wittinger due to foul trouble. She and Beasley have been the Illini’s most consistent performers, and Beasley felt that Wittinger’s time on the bench took away one of the Illini’s best playmakers.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Close game ends at the buzzer

BY WILL GERARD STAFF WRITER

Illinois head coach Brad Underwood not only hugged, but also chest bumped junior forward Michael Finke moments after Finke sunk a crucial 3-point shot from the left wing, while also drawing a foul from the closeout defender.

This put the team ahead by two points on a four-point play with eight seconds remaining against Nebraska on Monday night.

Under wood’s jubilation, however, was shortlived as Nebraska guard James Palmer Jr. caught a pass from junior point guard Glynn Watson Jr. and knocked down a contested 3-point shot with 0.3 seconds left before the final buzzer.

The Cornhuskers (13-7, 4-3 Big Ten) defeated the Illini (10-9, 0-6 Big Ten) 64-63 in a close back-andforth affair at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Palmer led all scorers with 24 points in 38 minutes. Freshman point guard Trent Frazier chucked a desperation

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FOOTBALL Ten team this season.

George would have faced stiff competition for the starting job at quarterback next season from Crouch, who is expected to return for his senior year, as well as from sophomore Cam Thomas, incoming threestar recruit MJ Rivers and Peoria’s Coran Taylor, who is still expected to sign.

Shortly after the announcement that George will be transferring from Illinois, fellow quarterback Crouch announced via Twit-

heave from nearly the full length of the court, though the attempt grazed harmlessly off the left side of the backboard as time expired.

Frazier once again carried the team offensively as sophomore point guard Te’Jon Lucas sat out for a second consecutive game.

Lucas didn’t travel with the Illini due to a violation of team rules.

Frazier scored 19 points (7-14 FG), following a career-high 27 points against Iowa on Thursday, and he has now scored in double figures in eight of the last nine games. He also brought down four rebounds and dished out five assists in a team-high 36 minutes.

“It’s hard to ask for a freshman point guard at this level to do much more than he’s doing,” Underwood said in a post-game radio interview. “He made plays, and he put it right on the spot to Mike (Finke) – it was a play that worked.

We ran one (play) that worked, and they just kind of scrambled around at the end and threw one in, but that’s the way basketball works.”

Finke recorded his sec-

ond double-double of the season (the first was Nov. 22, 2017, against Augustana) with 16 points (6-9 FG) and 10 rebounds. Five of Finke’s boards came on the offensive glass.

The Illini out-rebounded the Cornhuskers 46-29, and 18 of their rebounds were on the offensive end.

However, they were only to convert 14 second-chance points.

Cornhuskers sophomore forward Isaiah Roby nearly recorded a double-double of his own in his first start of the season. Roby scored nine points and snagged 10 rebounds.

Nebraska also took much better care of the ball. Illinois recorded nearly twice as many turnovers (16 compared with the Cornhuskers' 10), and Nebraska committed just two turnovers in the second half.

Both teams shot around 40 percent from the field (Illinois went 23-59, and Nebraska went 21-51), and they also both struggled from 3-point range (Illinois went 3-18, and Nebraska 5-23).

Freshman guard Da’Monte Williams contributed significant min-

utes down the stretch, though the player Underwood typically praises for his basketball intelligence made crucial mistakes in crunch-time down the stretch.

Underwood said he told everyone on the team to think about the small mistakes from the game because everyone was somehow responsible in his eyes, and he was in particularly upset with countless missed layup attempts.

Williams turned the ball over on consecutive possessions with less than two minutes left in the ballgame.

His first turnover was reminiscent of the errant outlook pass he made late in the previous game against Iowa, and he was stripped of the ball on the next possession, which led to a fast break dunk.

Junior forward Leron Black added 13 points (6-8 FG) and secured eight rebounds.

“Like I just told our guys, nothing is given,” Underwood said. “It’s all earned until the final horn.”

ter that he is going to “hang up the cleats” and end his football career.

Crouch, who fought through injuries in each of the last two seasons and was in and out as the starter at quarterback, played in seven games and made five starts this season for Illinois.

In those appearances, he completed 45 of 91 pass attempts for 443 yards and threw for one touchdown.

Crouch threw four interceptions and added 88 rushing yards on 54 carries. He also played in two games at tight end and had his first career catch in a 45-16 loss at Iowa on Oct. 7, 2017. In Illi-

nois’ 20-7 win over Western Kentucky on Sept. 9, 2017, Crouch completed a careerbest 14 completions for 107 yards.

Crouch said his decision to come to Illinois was the best he ever made, and that he poured every piece of himself into the program.

“I sacrificed my body, flipping into the end zone just to make Memorial Stadium go crazy and grab some extra momentum,” Crouch tweeted. “Hell, I even changed positions in the middle of the season to see if I could help us out in a different way.”

Crouch was voted captain by his teammates for the

season opener against Ball State — in which he threw for a career-high 145 yards — and at Ohio State, and he was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team.

Last season, Crouch was 18 for 32, passing for 249 yards and one touchdown in four games before he was sidelined for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury that required surgery. He led an Illinois comeback against Purdue with 137 rushing yards after starter Wes Lunt was injured, though the Boilermakers won 34-31 in overtime.

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Thursday, January 18, 2018

Skip the bars and visit a new venue

BY BEN TSCHETTER BUZZ WRITER

With a new year comes new live shows, and what better place to see great concerts than right here in Champaign-Urbana?

While summer is typically prime concert season, spring semester has no shortages of great live music in a variety of different venues in the area.

Virginia Theatre

One of the best, most unique venues of Champaign-Urbana — and in all of central Illinois — is the historic Virginia Theatre located at the edge of downtown Champaign.

Only a few minutes drive from campus, the Virginia is an incredible place to see some big name artists in a

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BY SAN KIM AND KAYLA BROWN BUZZ CALENDAR EDITORS

The buzz calendar is a compilation of events happening in the Champaign-Urbana area.

Follow our top picks in Monday’s and Thursday’s papers for ideas on what to do on any night of the week, from where to eat to what to watch.

Want to submit an event? Email calendar@readbuzz.com.

THURSDAY, JAN. 18

The Canopy Club

The University’s favorite venue always has an assortment of shows planned in advance. The Canopy Club typically features club and party music with concertgoers able to enjoy the music just feet away from the artists.

Electronic music is prevalent here with upcoming shows from Mija, Boogie T & SQUNTO, Big Wild and many more.

Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press, a great up-and-coming cover band from Chicago, will be making an appearance on Saturday and Sunday.

An event you won’t want to miss is The Great Cover Up on Feb. 2 and 3 during which a collection of great local musicians perform sets where they cover big-name bands.

A Champaign musical tradition, the bands that will be covered are kept a secret until the day of the show, so you’ll want to be there because your favorite songs might be covered.

On March 9, one of Illinois’ top music festivals, “Summer Camp,” hits the road and is making a stop in Urbana.

Come by for a live preview of some of the festival’s artists before purchasing a festival pass.

SATURDAY, JAN. 20

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Rod Tuffcurls & The Bench Press will be performing at the Canopy Club this Saturday and Sunday. Later in the semester they’ll host Mija, Boogie, TFSQUNTO, Big Wild and more.

more intimate setting. Built in 1921 and recently restored, the theater has gorgeous historic architecture that you need to see in person to fully appreciate.

Artists such as The Beach Boys, Alice Cooper, Alison Krauss and ZZ Top and countless other stars have graced the stage of the 1,463seat theatre throughout the years.

So far, 2018 is looking good for the Virginia Theatre. On Feb. 8, hometown heroes REO Speedwagon will be back in town, bringing the hits back to where they originated, which is bound to be an amazing show.

On March 30, “Weird Al” Yankovic will be performing an acoustic show of rarely played songs from his catalog. Further along in April, we will see an appearance by Robin Trower, and a week later, John Prine, both of whom are accomplished guitarists and songwriters.

ronment and lands musical acts all year round. Either way, it has a great location downtown and is an intimate hub to see some quality acts and grab some dinner.

Their currently scheduled shows include Bully on Thursday and Brendan Kelly on Friday. Both are rock acts and are sure to be good shows.

Memphis on Main

“Downtown Champaign’s neighborhood mason jar bar” is an almost rustic environment in the heart of the town that features local DJ sets every Sunday and karaoke every Thursday night.

They also have upcoming shows that include Chachi and the Bandidos and two classic rock and metal cover bands.

Support both the local scene and touring artists by coming out to these venues.

Spice up your spring semester and get to know the community by staying on top of the Cowboy Monkey show schedules and checkSo far, not much music is ing out new bands and their currently scheduled at the sounds.

Cowboy Monkey, but this bar has a clean, laid-back envi- brt2@readbuzz.com

Everywhere you are!

 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.  Hilton Garden Inn, 1501 S. Neil St., Champaign  $15 (buffet lunch), all ages Champaign Mayor Deb Feinen, Urbana Mayor Diane Martin and Village of Savoy President Joan Dykstra will answer questions regarding our communities.

Questions can be submitted to cirppinfo@ gmail.com.

Going International!

 7-9 p.m.  City of Champaign Fire Department, 307 S. Randolph St., Champaign  Free, all ages Nothing just came to be out of nowhere, and that notion is what has made historians question incessantly to figure out what has happened in the past. At Going International!, University professor Gracjan Kreszewski will give an insightful lecture on the Civil War and the reasons behind the deadly war.

FRIDAY, JAN. 19

U of I on Ice (Hockey Game!)

 7-10 p.m.  406 E. Armory Ave., Champaign  $5 (with your i-card), all ages Come root for Illinois men’s hockey team, which is currently ranked No. 9 in the ACHA Men’s Division One. Bring your i-card for a discounted ticket price.

Ladies Night (Rock Climbing)

 6-10 p.m.  Urbana Boulders, 1502 N. Cunningham Ave., Urbana  $8, all ages Come out and climb with other chicks at Urbana Boulders. All abilities are welcome, and the yoga foundations class from 6-7 p.m. is free with your day pass.

Give a Little: A Benefit for Renourish

 1-4 p.m.  Exile on Main Street, 100 N. Chestnut St., Champaign  Free, all ages Enjoy live music and poetry while shopping for vinyl. The proceeds will be donated to local organization Re-nourish, a group dedicated to helping the local design community. A $5 donation is encouraged.

Ellie Wilde Trunk Show

 Noon-5 p.m.  Michelle’s Bridal, 2210 N. Willow Rd., Urbana  Varies, all ages You’re invited to go ‘wilde’ and view the spring 2018 Ellie Wilde for Mon Cheri collection. For more information, call 217-384-7914 or visit www. michellesbridalshoppe.com.

SUNDAY, JAN. 21

First Muay Thai Practice of Spring 2018

 5-7 p.m.  Goshin Jitsu Mixed-Martial Arts, 201 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign  Free, all ages Capitalize on the two-week free trial of muay thai lessons by a national champion.

The lesson will not only focus on muay thai, but also on mixed martial arts to maximize your ability to take on fighters of diverse fighting backgrounds.

Wild Harvested Autumn Berry Jam Sampling  10 a.m.-noon  Common Ground Food Co-op, 300 S. Broadway Ave. #166, Urbana  Free, all ages Autumn Berry Inspired’s local jams and puree highlight the wild harvested and invasive superfruit found all over Central Illinois. Autumn Berry Inspired is not only delicious, nutritious and local, but it’s also sustainable.

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Singer-songwriter finds balance through music Fiona Kimble describes her journey as a local artist

BY SHELBI VOSS BUZZ WRITER

Fiona Kimble released two albums in the last three years and she’s not yet 21.

Kimble began playing music at a young age after receiving a guitar when she was nine. Music soon became second nature to her.

She then found a way to tell her story through her music.

“This past year has been extremely unstable for me, and releasing this album made me feel like I could let that go,” Kimble said.

Kimble’s greatest connection with the album is through her song “Panic Mode.”

“I wrote it when I was feeling my lowest,” she said.

The album is full of soulful lyrics and Kimble’s passion for music is evident in every song.

“Truthfully, I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t surrounded by music,” Kimble said.

She first started writing when she was only 13 years old. With the help of her father, Kimble began recording songs that would eventually make up her first album, “No Regret.”

music into a career. She and her younger brother even formed their own band with their neighbors.

She said her best writing is inspired when music is the only way she can express herself.

“I’ve always felt that I write music in a really strange way,” Kimble said.

“Random words and melodies will pop up in my brain and it will spill out of me in about 20 minutes.”

Her overall sound is very unique, with no two songs the same.

“I don’t compare myself to specific sounds because I don’t want to put myself in a box,” Kimble said.

She said her musical influences include Tame Impala, Minks, Angel Olson, Julien Baker and Lana Del Rey. “I’d say my sound is maybe ambient pop. But honestly, who even knows anymore,” she said.

This year has big things in store for Kimble. She will be performing her music out of town and will be going on a tour to promote her new album.

Dates and venues are still pending, but updates are available on Facebook and Instagram at Fiona Kimble Music.

She will also be filming PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC FRAHM various music videos to go Fiona Kimble has been surrounded by music her entire life, and she continues to expand her repertoire and sound as an artist. along with her songs.

“No Regret” and “Your “I’ve been extremely direction,” Kimble said.

10 songs that express her tening to her father play Playground” can be found lucky to have a lot of people Kimble’s most recent feelings throughout the music with his band every on Spotify. believe in me and my music, album, “Your Playground,” year. night, Kimble followed in and point me in the right debuted in 2017. It features After growing up lis- his footsteps and made her savoss2@readbuzz.com

Enigmatic metal band acidfuneral plans to emerge, expand in 2018 was an atmospheric, black metal album through and With a tone and met- through.” al style that departs from Due to the success that the atmospheric elements accompanied “wanderer,” in their music, local Cham- acidfuneral plans to keep on paign-Urbana band acidfu- recording in 2018. neral is coming down from “‘Wanderer’ turned out their first full-length album so well that it was quickrelease, ly decided t i t l e d to create “ wa nderanother er.” full-length T h e in 2018,” I two group said. “Our m e m first album bers have hit end-ofaliases t he -yea r written in lists like Japa nese a da mn characbrick and ters that we hope t ra nslate “I” to do that BAND MEMBER to “acidfuagain.” neral,” but I wa s for this responsiarticle, they will be sourced ble for guitar, bass, vocals as “I” and “II” upon their and atmospheric elements request. for the album and II con“This was an organic pro- tributed to the atmosphergression,” I said. “We sat ic elements and played the down to record an album drums. that we hadn’t yet written.

The songs on “wanderer” The drums and rhythm sec- have lyrics talking about tion were very much impro- “the realms within dreams vised and created in-studio. and their link to activity in What came out naturally the cosmos,” I said.

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The members want nothing to do with band matters and we don’t want to dilute our music with our own personalities.

It is apparent on tracks like “harvest dimension” and “shifting into alien form” that these songs deal with themes that are naturally occurring in the world and how they are connected.

This builds on the atmospheric tone and energy to the band’s style of meta l which hasn’t been done before.

Besides the production of a full-length album in 2018, I said he hopes to get a full band together besides the two members currently in acidfuneral.

“Live members would be nice,” I said. “Rhythm guitar, bass, electronics. We will not play live shows as a two-piece band.”

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knows what the members look like or who they are.

The pair’s renouncement of media advertisements follows suit of the famed novelist Thomas Pynchon’s definition of the word recluse.

“My belief is recluse

Local Champaign-Urbana band acidfuneral takes this as truth.

“The members want nothing to do with band matters and we don’t want to dilute our music with our own personalities,” I said.

There is an aesthetic

bers, it sounds that there might be a possibility of an appearance from acidfuneral sometime in the near future.

It is not only the enigma and mythology behind acidfuneral that adds to their aesthetic, but also theresulting tracks on “wanderer.”

This gives ground to assume that when their next full-length a lbum is released in 2018, it will be a metal masterpiece.

T h e f u t u r e record will be one where the two members hone their skills as artists; it will be even more thought-provoking and eerie than previous releases.

Give acidfuneral’s music a listen on their Facebook and Bandcamp.

is a code word generated by journalists ... meaning, ‘doesn’t like to talk to reporters’ … Let me be unambiguous. I prefer not to be photographed,” Pynchon said to reporters at CNN when they threatened to release the first public image of him in 40 years without his permission.

practice to the two members of this studio band.

It is rare to find a band that chooses the art over the fame, but the band is an enigma and the members have been together in Champaign-Urbana for over 10 years.

Yet, with the goal of attributing live band mem- jtamayo4@readbuzz.com