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Uniform Admission Act bill faces opposition

BY ALEX SARDJEV STAFF WRITER

The University has been a large source of opposition to the Uniform Admission Act, which would automatically admit students who meet certain standards into any public Illinois college or university.

The bill, proposed by André Thapedi, member of the Illinois House of Representatives, would automatica lly admit students who graduate within the top 10 percent of their class and meet certain test score requirements into any public university in Illinois. These requirements would vary among universities and programs.

The bill, which has been introduced in previous years, aims to prevent emigration of Illinois students and to further diversify the student body, said Kevin Pitts, vice provost for undergraduate education.

“Illinois is the No. 2 net exporter of high school graduates to other states, with New Jersey being number one,” Pitts said.

Pitts said the bill considers all public Illinois institutions, but it was written primarily with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in mind. The University of Illinois system is currently the only set of schools openly opposing the bill. The regional universities have remained neutral.

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Students Wesley Blodig, Kyle Biedron and Bernard Chan play Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube in the basement of the Illini Union on Oct. 5.

Tournament expected to smash

BY LUIS VELAZQUEZ STAFF WRITER

The Smashing Illini is hosting the House of Paign gaming tournament, following the release for the popular fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Dec. 8.

The crossover game allows for gamers to compete with familiar fictional characters from other popular games.

“The House of Paign 20” is the 20th tournament of the series and will be hosted March 2 in the Illini

Union ballroom. Prices to participate for this event will range from $5-$20.

The event will also offer free snacks and Red Bull to those who attend.

“The House of Paign series is largely an event that’s meant to host a lot of people from around the region, and it’s a time for people to play together both in a competitive and casual setting. It also involves a lot of events for different competitive games such as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate,” said Joshua San-

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chez, junior in Engineering and treasurer of Smashing Illini.

To pay back fees for when they rent out venues, the organization charges attendees at the door for their big events, such as the House of Paign or Show Me Your Moves.

“A lot of the funds that come from this event are from the existing support of the community. So when we run these events, we collect venue fees to pay for the cost of the venue, like renting out the Illini ball-

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The University’s parking department will increase parking rates on campus starting July 1, 2020. Parking meters will increase by 25 cents per hour, while faculty and staff virtual parking permits will increase between 0.8 percent and 0.9 percent of an individual’s annual base salary.

This is the first annual parking rate increase the University has had since 2012.

The increase is to fund maintenance and construction costs associated with upkeep for the infrastructure for all parking on campus, according to the Illinois Parking Department. The rates

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long time. The games feel more enjoyable to play. The last few installments of the game have felt slow and not as engaging,” Sanchez said.

Enrique Carvajal, sophomore in Engineering and tournament organizer, said he is not nervous when it comes to planning the event, but he hopes everything will go smoothly.

“My only concern is things running late pretty much, but usually, they don’t. Even if it happens, SEE SMASH | 3A

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will be applied to the five parking structures and over 150 parking lots on campus.

“Parking is one of the main barriers to coming to campus partly because it already costs me about $8 a week just for parking and because it’s almost impossible for me to find metered spots available,” said University alumna Delaney Walsh in an email.

Universit y parking customer care manager, Maria McMullen, said in an email there will be no increase in annual students permits for Fiscal Year 2020.

When told about the

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The groups aim to explore and celebrate contemporary music and the spirit of the University of Illinois Festival of Contemporary Arts, a major cultural force in the mid-20th century, Krannert Center and the School of Music are working together to bring Sonic Illinois back to the University.

Sonic Illinois is a monthlong series of concerts, featuring a combination of marquee artists brought in by Krannert Center, faculty and students from the School of Music.

Bridget Lee-Ca lfas, advertising and publicity director, said Sonic Illinois is an opportunity to think

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Ever since the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, gamers, including Chavez, have been enjoying the new installments after the new additions were upgraded within the game.

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John Wilkin, dean of libraries and one of the faces of the modern library automation movement, is receiving the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award for his contributions to library automation.

While the University has one of the largest library systems in the country, most students do not roam the library to sift through books and articles, but instead use the databases to search for resources.

The movement of library automation is the reason why there are systems in place to digitize the search for resources.

The award serves to honor Hugh C. Atkinson, a former University librarian. Wilkin said in an email Hugh Atkinson passed away in 1986, but he had a profound impact on research libraries and library technology.

Wilkin said Atkinson added many significant things while at the University, such as the reorganization of the library’s administration based on his own views and ideas of the profession and computerized a statewide library network.

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Portrait of John Wilkin, dean of libraries and University librarian receives the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award for contributions to library automation.

ed to individuals who have made substantial contributions to library automation and management, according to the ALA website.

Wilkin’s contribution to library automation is most notably the HathiTrust, which is a model for shared governance and largescale collaboration that secured sharing provisions for member libraries, according to the website. Wilkin served as the executive director of HathiTrust.

“John was really instrumental in getting the HathiTrust off the ground and bringing it to the point where it is today, a vibrant depository that allows students and scholars not just

to access the materials that are in the public domain in digital form,” said Paula Kaufman, former dean of libraries at the University.

Kaufman worked closely with Wilkin in the early days of the HathiTrust.

“The HathiTrust effort mirrors so much of what Atkinson was trying to do and does it in a way that relates to digitized content,” Wilkins said. “My hope and vision was the same as Atkinson’s.”

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BILL While University officials share the goals of increased enrollment and diversification, they are not in agreement on the steps that need to be taken to achieve those goals, Pitts said.

Thapedi said the bill would allow more qualified students to attend the University, according to an article by the State Journal-Register.

However, University officials are concerned that because high schools throughout Illinois differ greatly in size and curriculum, the bill may lead to the admission of students who are not prepared to succeed at the University. “ We want to avoid bringing students to campus, saddling them with debt, and then sending them home with no degree,” Pitts said.

Andy Borst, director of undergraduate admissions, said the bill is approaching the problem from the wrong angle.

“The best and brightest leave the state primarily because of cost, not because they were not admitted to the flagship university,” he said.

Borst said severa l things have recently been done to remedy the high tuition costs, including a fifth-straight annual tuition freeze, additional MAP Grant funding and the creation of the Aim High scholarship.

“As the University has gotten more expensive and student debt has gone up, emphasis on student success has gone up,” Pitts said.

The bill is based off a system that has been in place in Texas since 1997, Borst said. Since its enactment, the University of Texas at Austin has seen minimal gains in diverse student enrollment, Borst said.

Proponents of the bill will likely continue to revise and reintroduce it to legislature in future years, Pitts said. sardjev2@dailyillini.com

Venezuelan crisis: Student calls for action Lack of ready resources causes distress

BY DANIEL RENTERIA STAFF WRITER

On Jan. 23, Venezuela gained a second president. Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president through the country’s constitution after almost two weeks of mass protests against the start of Nicolás Maduro’s second term as president.

Isabella Perez, a n exchange student from Venezuela and junior in LAS, said if there’s one thing a student should know about Venezuela, it’s the humanitarian crisis in the country.

“We have a really serious humanitarian crisis, that’s the biggest problem to me,” she said. “A lot of people in pain and no resources to help them get through the night without starving, so I think that is the most serious.”

She also said that even for individuals who are working two jobs, they will not have enough money to pay for food; and for individuals suffering from disease such as hepatitis and diabetes, there is no medicine to alleviate their conditions.

Damarys Canache, a professor in LAS who studies Latin America and Venezuela, explained what made Maduro’s election illegitimate and why there is so much protest against his inauguration.

According to Canache, Maduro changed the date of the election to be in May and banned the opposing political parties from participating in the election.

“There were no international observers, the elections didn’t have any of the standards to be considered a fair and free election and at the time of the election, the Organization of American States, the United States and the European Union, said the elections were fraudulent and not legitimate,” Cancahe said.

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Damarys Canache, professor in LAS, has been a part of the University since 2005. Her book on Venezuela came out in 2002.

able to declare himself the president, according to Canache, is a clause in the Venezuelan constitution. This allows for the President of the Congress of the National Assembly to declare themself interim president if there is no legitimate president and preside over an election of a new president.

Though this may explain why Venezuela currently has two presidents, there is more Venezuelan history necessary to understand how it came to be that Maduro even needed to hold a faux election in the first place.

First, there is Hugo Chávez. His appeal to the lower classes and to Socialist policies in the late ‘90s

lead him to be elected president, and stay in power until his death in 2013. Canache said Maduro was an appointee of Chávez, but he was not able to gain the same kind of support Chávez did.

Canache explained how Maduro lacked the charisma that made Chávez so popular. Alongside this, a drop in oil prices, bad policies and corruption within the government, Maduro had no support among the Venezuelan population.

A drastic decrease in the price of oil led to a loss of support from the people.

As Canache explained, 80 to 90 percent of Venezuela’s economy comes from the oil industry and the decrease in oil prices also leads to a decrease in government

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PARKING price increase, University students were understanding but wanted more information and adequate reasoning.

“I would like to be informed of reasons why the University feels the urge to raise meter prices with such limited spots available currently,” Walsh said. “I understand that with our economic system and structure, raised prices are just part of that and necessary for other expenses.”

Abigail Iuorio, junior in Engineering who drives on campus, thinks the parking price increase is crucial to

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Josh “NRG” Morgan (left) and Dan “Redbird” O’Sullivan (right), seniors in LAS, play Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube in the basement of the Illini Union on Oct. 5.

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SMASH people have fun at the end of the day,” Carvajal said.

Blake Ball, senior in Business and Smashing Illini president, is in charge of creating events such as House of Paign and is currently putting together a staff to run the organization before he graduates.

“We have a very good framework in place which takes a lot of the legwork

out of these events. We generally start planning and announcing the event two months in advance, although the date is reserved a year in advance.

The primary work is reaching out to top players to fly them out, and then advertising to the surrounding communities,” Ball said in an email.

Enrique expects about 100 to 120 people to attend the event since it is considered one of the

best tournaments in the Midwest. Gamers from different states, such as Indiana, drive down to Urbana-Champaign for the tournament.

“It’s just a fun game to play no matter what game skill level you're at. If you haven’t touched a controller before, the game still finds ways to make it enjoyable for you,” Chavez said. lvelaz20@dailyillini.com

about the history and evolution of new music scenes, and what’s happening now in the contemporary music scene.

“I think some people have a really narrow view of what new music might be, and one of the beautiful things of this one-month celebration is that it will really show all of the different ways they manifest in the arts,” Lee-Calfas said.

Jeffrey Magee, professor and director of the School of Music, said Sonic Illinois is a collaboration of the School of Music and Krannert Center for Performing Arts.

“It really integrates the public engagement efforts of Krannert with the academic mission of the School of Music. It’s very exciting to have stu-

spending. While the oil prices were high, the government was able to fund social policies that kept them popular; but with the lack of oil money, there was no funding going toward the people.

A fter the oil prices dropped in 2014, you couldn’t even buy a cheap coffee or ice cream with 500 Bolivares (equivalent to less that $1 in 2019), Perez said.

It just got worse and worse.

“In 2014, the government had serious problems because they had less currency because oil prices had a sharp drop. During Chávez, for a long time, the prices were high and even reached $100 a barrel of oil, which was very high,” Canache said.

Perez said that even though there is a chance for change in Venezuela, nobody knows what the end result will be. She mentioned how the military’s power could keep Maduro in power and this stops people from getting involved in politics.

“I would say everybody is scared, I don’t feel that anybody thinks ‘I don’t care about going out at night’ without being scared.

Everyone’s scared. Which doesn’t mean that everyone is being robbed or a victim of violence; in my close friends not everyone has been robbed or kidnapped, maybe two or three in a group of eight,” said Perez.

keeping streets available.

“It’s fair if (the University) needs that kind of money to keep it up,” Iuorio said. “They have to pay the towing companies to come and they have to keep up their parking structures.”

Iuorio said the towing process can be tedious and expensive for students who may not have any other means to reach the towing company after paying a $252 parking ticket.

These tows, however, were carried out for legitimate reasons. Both Walsh and Iuorio had their cars towed on campus for parking violations. Any car that has been towed in must be reported to the local police department to find the towing company the car is

being held at. “(Parking) enforcement officers have no quota, receive no sort of commission, nor are their paychecks in any way based off of citations written,” McMullen said.

Walsh said the parking price changes would not change how much she used her car.

“I would probably still use my car because sometimes the buses don’t go everywhere that I need to be and/or at the exact times I need to be at a certain places,” Walsh said.

“Weather permitting, I would try to ride my bike or just walk to where I need to go.”

dents, faculties and worldrenowned artists in the same series,” Magee said.

Pinda Ho, doctoral student from the School of Music, said in an email he believes Sonic Illinois is very important. He said it is an opportunity to demonstrate the talents and activities of the School of Music, especially when performances are tied deeply to our learning and professions.

“One could see Sonic Illinois as an exhibition of the school’s traditional and innovational history that still lives and breathes till this very moment,” Ho said.

Magee said a lot of shows in the celebration of Sonic Illinois are extensions of classical music traditions, but always with some twists that combine the music and performing arts together in a show.

Cara Feng, alumna living in Urbana, said in an email she booked the ticket of “The Rape of Lucretia”, one of the shows in the Sonic Illinois series.

She said she first learned about Sonic Illinois while scrolling through the Krannert website’s event calendar and realized that it is related to the University’s School of Music.

Feng said she has been to very few Sonic Illinois productions, therefore she hoped to learn more about the group and the opera itself after the show.

“There are some wild, exciting events going on, and there is some risktaking in our concerts,” Magee said. “It really demonstrates what a music and research university should be doing, you know, pushing the boundaries.”

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OPINIONS Avoid generalizations one another. While most international students seek opportunities to eduCOLUMNIST cate peers on their culture and background, the burden of dispelling stereoyou’re from typical remarks should Malaysia, how not rest disproportionateis your English ly on them. so good?”

It is understandable Meeting new people in that not everyone has to the United States often know every single detail entails the question of about existing cultures where I am from, wherein present in the world, but my response often garners it should not warrant the above in a surprised stereotypical remarks tone. Sometimes, it is pre- as a casual way to learn ceded with a, “That’s so about one’s culture. Some cool!” Or a, “Wait, what? I people may shrug it off had no idea. I thought you because they’re used to it, were from ‘X’ country.” but for others, it can come Another usual occuroff as ignorant and blunt. rence, albeit one that It is disappointing to mostly arises in the latknow just because your er stages of a developing country pales in comparifriendship is, “You’re Chi- son to one with a bigger nese? I thought you were presence economically, from Malaysia.” This is socially and in many othwhere I launch into how er aspects, people seem “Malaysian” is categodisinterested in wantrized under nationality, ing to know about where not ethnicity or language. you grew up and the kind In Malaysia, the populaof heritage or culture you tion primarily consists practice. Instead, looks of of three main races being disbelief are easily passed Chinese, Malay and Indi- around when one admits an, and yes, English is a to never having tried Taco common language spoken Bell or mac and cheese, as there. if the only way of life that The number of interexists in this world is the national students from one you grew up or are every corner of the globe familiar with. enrolled in schools across That being said, this the United States continsame issue may pose a ues to grow every year, reason to not ask one which allows for both about their culture, with international and local being worried about how students to gain a globthey may come off as al perspective or fosuninformed or silly. ter cultural awareness You could easily get as they interact among away without encounKIMBERLY NGOH

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Lake Michigan frozen over in Chicago on Jan. 23, 2016. Three Illinois representatives have filed bill HR0101 to make Chicago its own state.

Chicago should not be a state States has not ratified anymore territories into states.

NOAH NELSON It’s quite the long shot that COLUMNIST Chicago will become the nation’s 51st state, as so many factors play into the ome things should be situation that could make left untouched. this a mountain out of a Illinois State molehill. If these Illinois Rep. Brad Halbrook lawmakers want to sepa(R-Shelbyville) filed bill rate Chicago from the rest HR0101 in the clerk’s office of the state, what then hapFeb. 7, which urges the pens to Chicagoland?

United States Congress to Countless suburbs surdeclare the City of Chicago round The Windy City the 51st state of the Unitfrom every direction, and ed States of America and many of its inhabitants separate it from the rest of travel into the city for work Illinois. That same day, Illi- and other ventures each nois State Reps. Chris Mill- day. Will Chicagoland be er (R-Robinson) and Darconsidered Illinois or a part ren Bailey (R-Louisville) of this newfound state? added themselves onto the For years, residents in bill as chief co-sponsors.

Central and Southern IlliThe three-page long bill nois have felt Chicago runs claims the “majority of the the entire state of Illinois, residents in downstate Illi- both politically and socialnois disagree with the City ly. Maybe that’s why three of Chicago on issues such downstate politicians creas gun ownership, aborated this bill in the first tion, immigration and oth- place. Either way, that’s er policy issues.” Not only no reason to separate an does the content of the bill entire city from a state. sound absurd, but the bill This problem probably is a resolution bill, which occurs in other states like means it does not need New York and California, approval from the state with their most populated Senate or the governor. cities — New York City and Since Hawaii’s ratificaLos Angeles respectively tion as America’s 50th state — but those cities have not on Aug. 21, 1959, the United become states yet, nor will

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they ever in future years.

In the 2016 election, Democratic nominee and former First Lady Hillary Clinton won Illinois’ 20 electoral votes because Chicago is mostly democratic. Out of the 102 counties in Illinois, Clinton only won 12 of them.

These statistics do not impress downstate Illinoisans, but if Chicago were to become its own state, there would have to be some serious changes to not only the congressional districts, but also those within the state legislature.

Who knows what these Illinois state representatives had in mind when they proposed this bill or what they still have in mind today. Whatever the case, this needs to stop before the situation grows out of hand. There is no way Chicago would become its own state.

It very well could in the future, when pigs fly and a majority of the country’s inhabitants live in mobile homes, but like this situation, that is just wishful thinking.

Noah is a freshman in LAS. noahen2@dailyillini.com

tering any stereotypical assumptions if you don’t plan on meeting often, but staying quiet in a long-term friendship may eventually lead to a revelation shocking enough to burst out with the “why” or “how” questions, bringing you back to square one.

The solution here is to approach these questions in a sensitive manner. It isn’t wrong that you don’t know what language is spoken in a country, or that “Asian” isn’t an ethnicity, or “Malaysian” isn’t a language. Accept that your perception may not be right and ask for clarification without assuming. It is alright to be curious, but respectful, thus avoiding the use of generalizations to understand diversity.

Adapting to a new culture and the requirements of a higher education experience in the United States requires international students to be particularly adept at overcoming challenges and remaining openminded toward the disparity between values or practices of the new environment and that of their home country. In the same way, domestic students and faculty should resort to employing this mindset when approaching cultural exchanges.

Kimberly is a junior in Engineering. kngoh2@dailyillini.com

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rofessors who claim grades don’t matter are setting their students up for failure. We understand the purpose of class is to learn, but grades are an integral part in whether we know if we are grasping the material correctly.

Some majors have more of an emphasis on preparing to find a job after undergrad and are geared more toward teaching important skills.

Most engineering jobs will not ask for a students transcripts as long their GPA is above a 3.0. For graduating seniors preparing for the workplace, your previous job experience matters more than your grades.

But some teachers forget that for many students, this is not the end of our education. For students preparing for graduate school, law school, medical school or some other form of education, our transcript reflects our successes and failures, and it sets the stage for who we are on an application.

This is important now more than ever because some programs like Indiana University’s Department of Biology and New York University’s

School of Social Work (among many others) no longer require the GRE, making students rely even more on their transcripts when applying for graduate school.

And unlike when applying to undergraduate colleges, there is less room to explain why you received a poor grade in a class. Our grades

stand as is for better or for worse.

It’s easy to point to the Ivy League dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates for their underachievement in school, and their worldchanging achievements outside of it, but dropping out of college doesn’t guarantee you’ll be a billionaire, much less does it guarantee

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success at all. Zuckerberg and Gates are amazing in their own rights, but at the end of the day, they’re exceptions.

Professors need to acknowledge success comes with a balance of good grades and experience. Students on campus are working on research, participating in professional RSOs or working part-time jobs, which allows us space to grow and to find experience outside the walls of the classroom. Students may be focused on attaining an important leadership position to put on their resume while trying to maintain straight A’s in their 17-credit-hour schedule.

It’s a great thing to strive for excellence, especially in academia.

Grades matter beyond just the transcript — they teach us the importance of hard work and set us up for greater ambitions in life.

The Daily Illini Editorial board asks professors don’t belittle the importance of earning strong grades. Plus, the satisfaction of seeing that big, fat “A” on your transcript is something that never gets old.

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Making waves

Annual hackathon aims to help beginners

BY ROHIT JAMMU

HACKILLINOIS 2019

STAFF WRITER

There’s a rush of excitement, a buzz in the air, as word spreads throughout campus that this weekend, students will have the opportunity to make waves. Come Friday, hackers, volunteers and sponsors alike will storm Siebel Center, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building and the Digital Computer lab. At nightfall, the ECEB will be transformed into an aquarium with blue LED strips and the imagination of a thousand participants.

HackIllinois 2019 is almost here. Based around the deep sea, the goal of this year’s event is to cross new frontiers.

“Every year has a had a frontier design theme of various kinds,” said Kyle Begovich, junior in LAS and head of the logistic and attendee experience team.

He said this year’s theme was a challenge to come up with because after six years of HackIllinois, they have used many themes.

This year’s tagline, “Make Waves,” is meant to be moving and inspiring to participants.

Begovich has had a lot of experience, both as staff and as an attendee in previous HackIllinois events.

His freshman year, he went all out, joining everything he could despite having had little experience. To him, HackIllinois stands out because it focuses on beginners.

Unlike most hackathons where the first couple of hours are filled with cracking open the Red Bulls and getting going, HackIllinois has a softer, more nurturing beginning.

You don’t have to be a pro hacker in order to participate, Begovich said.

Instead of simply letting participants free to create whatever they desire for 24 to 36 hours to win the competition, HackIllinois provides a more rewarding experience for those who don’t take home a prize.

“HackIllinois is so much more different because in the end we’re still so much (more) focused on giving support to beginners,” he said. “Considering I was

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once a beginner at HackIllinois three years ago ... I really like giving back so I guess this is how I come closest to it.”

Nitish Natarajan, freshman in LAS, and HackIllinois attendee, has very specific hopes for his first experience. His greatest hope is for copious amounts of coffee.

Natarajan wants to experience everything HackIllinois has to offer from the food, to the special events and the minimal sleep that is often associated with hackathons.

It’s a long-standing tradition of HackIllinois to have Nerf wars as part of

said the University will be rewarding participants to motivate them to keep their projects going.

“It’s not a matter of number of lines of codes,” she said. “If we see somebody who has a team of five really experienced people who built a cool technical that them and maybe their friends will use yeah its impressive, but we (would) rather a have team of 10 beginners working on something together with their mentors that any of them and any of their skills levels can really enjoy as well.”

“There’s a certain satisfaction knowing you suffered, but it was for something worth remembering.”

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the event, which will be taking place this year at the Kenney Gym Annex. This year, HackIllinois has the added bubble football and human foosball.

“Honestly its one weekend and it’s also my first Hackathon,” Natarajan said. “So, I just want the

whole experience. I want to be hardcore coding and just inhaling coffee. I want to be raging with my mates at Nerf wars, I want to meet new people and learn from my mentors and, ultimately, I want to pass out after the closing ceremony for the next 24 hours. There’s a

certain satisfaction knowing you suffered, but it was for something worth remembering.”

Aparajitha Adiraju, sophomore in Engineering and one of the directors of HackIllinois this year, has her own unique perspectives on HackIllinois. She rjammu2@dailyillini.com

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Students gear up for Engineering Week

BY ERICA FINKE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

While many students are stressed during midterm season, the College of Engineering has planned Engineering Week, or EWEEK, for students. The eight-day event celebrates and encourages engineering students to apply their rigorous coursework in a fun setting, running Feb. 15 -Feb. 23.

Throughout the week, five-person and 10-person teams compete in activities like trivia, costume contests and tug of war. They earn points based on their finishes in events and team member attendance.

Arko Banik, senior in Engineering and director of EWEEK, said approximately 100 to 150 people attend each event either to participate or to cheer on their respective team. He is impressed by how the week’s festivities are able to bring different majors from within the college together.

“You’ll have pretty much all the engineering RSOs, they’ll submit some sort of a team and you’ll have, you know, (electrical and computer engineers) competing against the bioengineering department,” he said.

When he was a freshman on the Engineering freshman committee, Banik saw all the EWEEK events and wanted to get involved. He applied and joined the EWEEK committee. He began as marketing director his sophomore year, became events director his junior year and is now director of EWEEK his senior year.

Every EWEEK has a theme and this year’s is “Jurassic Park”. Some of the themes from years past were “Game of Thrones”, “Harry Potter”, “Star Wars” and “James Bond”. Every year they try to come up with new, fun events that match the theme.

Banik said one of the events is the dino kitchen crawl, inspired by the scene in the first “Jurassic Park” movie.

“So we’re going to set up a course you have to get through of pots and pans that are precariously perched and you have to make as little noise as possible so we’re using a decibel meter to measure the amount of noise made,” he said.

Paige Solcani, junior in Engineering and team captain of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, participated in EWEEK as a freshman and is excited to lead her team as a junior. She wants to make sure her team members are attending and having fun.

“I just want everyone to have a good time because my team is mixed ranging from freshman to seniors,” Solcani said. “So obviously the seniors know a little bit more of the people and what’s going on, and I just want to make sure every-

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Max Asselmeier, a sophomore studying Mechanical Engineering, spins around a hula hoop in the second part of Eweek’s Dizzy Bone relay race.

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Max Vittore, a junior studying Mechanical Engineering, grabs a ticket from Claire Samojedny, a sophomore studying Civil & Environmental Engineering, for the final leg of Eweek’s Dizzy Bone relay race.

Uma Krishnan, a junior studying Computer Science + math, tries to find her balance after spinning around a hula hoop for Eweek’s Dizzy Bone relay race.

one has a good time and that we’re getting to these events and that we’re all putting the effort in.”

Solcani believes her team could place in the top five, but winning isn’t everything.

EWEEK was a bonding experience for Solcani her freshman year, having met a lot of upperclassmen she otherwise wouldn’t have.

“Yes, there’s the aspect of competitiveness to them,” she said. “But you’re doing it with all your friends and it’s nice to do these things in an outside situation instead of just seeing them doing

is the last time we’ll ever get to do that.”

Along with the activities, EWEEK also provides Cheap Lunch, discounted lunches in Engineering Hall from a variety of sponsors every day of the week. Some of the Cheap Lunch sponsors for EWEEK include Maize, Jurassic Grill and Manolo’s.

“I mean, it’s like $1, $2 meals for lunches — which is perfect — so yeah, college doesn’t get better than this if you get $1 lunches,” Maheshwari said. “I would rather have free lunches, but this works too.”

homework.”

Solcani said she and her team are least excited about participating in dizzy bats, where the participants eat large quantities of desserts and milk, swing around a bat ten times and run around buildings next to the Engineering Hall. However, she is looking forward to the midweek bar crawl and the endof-week semiformal. Solcani is particularly excited for the superlatives but is mostly happy for the opportunity to relax and socialize with all the EWEEK participants.

“Everyone’s there. They’re

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Shrey Maheshwari, senior in Engineering and secondyear EWEEK participant, is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society.

“I’m not doing it for points or winning EWEEK, you know,” he said. “We’re getting involved in goofy activities after classes and it’s a bunch of my friends and this

Speaking from experience, Maheshwari said EWEEK can get rowdy and competitive, resulting in goodnatured calling out and even catcalling people on other teams while cheering on yours. Maheshwari said it is more exciting than an Illini football game.

“I’m glad that we have this passion and good around this one week of the year, and instead of being engineers, because engineers are stereotyped to be not fun,” he said.

“This is our week to be fun.” elfinke2@dailyillini.com

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Teams head to compete on big stage

BY CLAIRE O’BRIEN STAFF WRITER

The Illinois men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at Arkansas and Iowa State this past weekend. The distance group, throwers and women’s pole vaulters went to Ames, Iowa, while the sprints groups, middle distance groups and remaining field events competed at Arkansas.

Women’s track and field gains momentum for the Big Ten meet

At Iowa State, sophomore distance runner Rebecca Craddock placed second in the 3000-meter run with a time of 9:30.97.

Craddock’s time was a personal record and the sixthfastest time in program history. Her previous personal record was 9:33.76, which was set at last year’s Iowa State meet.

Junior pole vaulter Carolyn Nye finished second in the event, setting a personal best with 3.80 meters.

Nye’s previous personal best was 3.77 meters, set at the Illini Invitational.

Craddock felt the success at the Iowa State meet boosted the team’s overall energy.

“They really make it cool with FloTrack being in there,” Craddock said.

“For the distance races, well most of them at least, they have rabbits, like pacers to help us. It’s almost like they promise you a PR.” At Arkansas, sophomore high jumper Ololade Ayoola finished third in the high jump with a jump of 1.67 meters, setting a season best. Ayoola’s career best is 1.72 meters.

Junior sprinter Chisom Nwoko finished sixth in the 400-meter fastest sect with a time of 53.77. Kyra Constantine from the University of Southern California won the race with a time 53.07, but Nwoko set a new personal record with her time. Her previous personal record was set last season with a time of 54.16. Nwoko’s previous season-best time of 54.49, set at Iowa on Jan. 19, was ranked No. 54 in the NCAA heading into the weekSEE MOMENTUM | 2B

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Zac Taylor walks in the dugout during the opening weekend series at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Saturday. The Illini went on to sweep the opening series behind a strong hitting performance by Taylor.

Illini bats are in full swing

BY MEGHAN REST ASSISTANT SPORT EDITOR

The Illini swept their season-opening campaign in North Carolina, besting Georgetown, Wake Forest and Sacred Heart 11-3, 5-2 and 4-0, respectively.

With the early season grind underway, which will see the Illini on the road for nearly the entire first month of the season, the team will have plenty of storylines to follow before its home opener on March 15.

Freshman pitchers find their place early on

Not everyone on the Illinois pitching staff is as experienced as senior left-hand-

ed pitcher Andy Fisher. On opening weekend, Fisher pitched 5 2/3 inning against No. 20 Wake Forest, notably striking out seven batters and throwing a no-hitter into the fifth during the Illini’s 5-2 victory over the Demon Deacons.

“I’ve been around a time or two, so I kind of know already what’s going to work, what’s not going to work,” Fisher said. “So these first few weekends for me are getting that execution and just getting the feel for exactly my release point on specific pitches, like sliders to strike people out, cutters and getting certain fastballs to certain parts of the plate.”

Fisher’s performance on the mound Saturday followed senior right-hander Quinn Snarskis’ start against Georgetown in the team’s season opener Friday. Snarskis threw for 3 2/3 innings, striking out just one batter and allowing four hits and two earned runs.

But relief from sophomore southpaw Josh Harris, who scooped up the win against the Hoyas and right-handed junior Ty Weber, resulted in no earned runs and just four hits between them. Harris entered the game for twothirds of an inning, striking out one batter, while Weber stayed on the mound for 3 2/3 innings, striking out

four.

Despite solid performances from Illinois’ bullpen last weekend, the versatile pitching staff also got the chance to work out some of their youngest assets.

Freshman right-handed pitcher Aidan Maldonado, a 38th-round draft pick by the Milwaukee Brewers last year, bookended the Illini’s first game against a ranked opponent this year. He threw one inning against Georgetown, striking out two batters on only eight pitches and making quick work of the 11-3 contest, 1-2-3.

Maldonado also helped Illinois shut out Sunday behind pitching efforts from

junior right-hander Cyrillo Watson, sophomore lefty Jimmy Burnette and junior righty Ryan Schmitt. The freshman threw for the final inning, striking out one of three batters he faced.

For Maldonado, the transition into a Division I pitcher had been leading up to the last weekend’s season-opening series.

“The biggest thing is (speed) doesn’t matter,” Maldonado, whose fastball has been clocked in the mid90s, said. “That was probably the biggest thing transitioning from high school. It doesn’t matter how hard you SEE FISHER | 2B

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Nature of game, players have changed over time MILES POWERS-HUANG ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

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an. 17, 2000: It was on this day Illinois freshman guard Ayo Dosunmu was born, just over 19 years ago.

One day prior, “The Simpsons,” released an episode titled “Faith Off” in which Homer Simpson injures the star kicker on the Springfield University football team.

However, don’t count on the Illini’s freshman guard to know that, nor “The Simpsons” at all, as he admitted in an interview on Big Ten Network he has never seen the iconic animated comedy.

When asked if he could recall Homer’s signature catchphrase, Dosunmu was lost for words.

“Nah, I’ve never watched that before,”

Dosunmu said.

Given the show’s impact on American pop culture since its inception in 1989, it is quite remarkable to think Dosunmu has never once seen it. The moment not only brought the cultural knowledge of today’s college freshman into perspective, but it also reinforced how vastly different college basketball is nowadays, in terms of player experience, compared to the turn of the century.

In that season, Michigan State won the national championship with a lineup consisting of three seniors and two juniors, while freshman McDonald’s All-American Jason Richardson played as a reserve.

Compare that to this year, in which none of the leading contenders for the national championship can match that level of experience and where

programs like Duke and Kentucky have embraced recruiting players they know will leave after one season, even making it part of their brands.

Even top teams considered “old” by 2019 standards can’t quite match the 2000 Spartan’s experience, as Virginia starts both a freshman and a sophomore, while Tennessee has more juniors than seniors in its starting five.

Not only are college basketball’s elite programs far younger than they were 18 years ago, but players have less patience in terms of growing their games before turning pro.

In 2000, Kenyon Martin, a senior from the University of Cincinnati, went first overall and only five American players 19 or younger were drafted in the first round. Compare that to 2018, where a SEE CHANGE | 2B

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Freshman guard Ayo Dosunmu. Poses for a picture after Illinois’ win against Evansville on Nov. 8. Dosunmu, along with many other young players, are changing the nature of the collegiatelevel game.

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‘When we come together, we’re 100 percent’ Division II team attempts to skate out of shadows

BY JARED FARMER STAFF WRITER

It’s 9:30 p.m. on a Tuesday. The University of Illinois Ice Arena is still filled with youth hockey players.

The Illini hockey team finished practicing hours ago, and by this time, the youth practice is starting to wrap up, too. Parents have already arrived, all of whom are waiting to bring their kids back home and go to sleep at a reasonable hour.

By this time, it’s 9:45 pm.

The last kids have now left the ice and begin returning to their parents. A Zamboni can be seen polishing the rink. This late at night, the ice arena is still not closing up shop.

It’s now 10 p.m. Nearly four hours after the Illini finished practice, another Illinois hockey team skates onto the ice. It’s late and this squad’s season is already over. But nonetheless, the Division II Illinois hockey team is ready to practice.

It’s a team of 22 players, a collection of students representing each graduating class alongside some graduates students. They take up the late-night slots at the Big Pond every Tuesday and Thursday, practicing at a time many students are either studying, getting ready for bed or spending the night out.

On Mondays and Wednesdays, the team alternates between the ARC and the Armory for dryland practices.

The team typically plays its games on Fridays and Saturdays like their Division I counterparts. A typical Friday night game could be slotted at 7 p.m., but if the Division I team plays, the Division II team picks up right after the Illini clear the locker rooms. On nights like those, team members don’t see the pillow of their beds until after 1 a.m., only to wake up the next day to get ready for their next game on Saturday, usually held at 2 p.m.

As a member of the MidAmerican Collegiate Hockey Association, the team primarily matches up against the other Division II programs in their conference, namely Bradley University, Illinois State University and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

When the team travels far, they organize to get a team bus, but for the closer games, they manage to carpool.

The team is coached by Richie Nelson, who stands well over 6 feet tall in his padded gear and ice skates.

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MOMENTUM end. Since then, Nwoko has bumped up to No. 31 in the 400-meter dash.

Head coach Michael Turk thought the team had a strong performance this weekend and has improved over the course of the indoor season. “ We’re consistently improving and building upon our performances and starting to put a body of work together,” Turk said.

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rently in his second year as the program’s coach, Nelson grew up playing for the youth team the Champaign Chiefs before starting his collegiate career at Eastern Illinois University.

“I tell the guys this on the first day: I don’t care how many games we win this year. All I care about at the end of the year is that this locker becomes a family and I truly think twice now, we’ve come together as a family,” Nelson said. “You have guys from all different majors and backgrounds, but when we come together, we’re 100 percent here.

Our season’s been done for almost two weeks, but the guys are down there because they’re family.”

The Division II team is a student-run organization.

The team doesn’t charge admission to its games and all of the equipment is paid for by individual team members. Also, the team’s uniforms are entirely theirs to design. For both the players and those who watch, it’s all about coming together to enjoy the game they love.

“I don’t want to say we’re a hidden gem because we do have loyal fans,” Nelson said.

“A lot of the friends of our players come out to support us and the team has a really great Greek support system since some of our guys are in fraternities. Even in the late games, it feels like we get a

good turnout.”

No matter what goes on outside of the rink — stress over exams, personal problems or just being tired after a long day — when it’s 10 p.m., everyone comes in to set aside their problems and become the hockey family Nelson has envisioned.

“That gives this team a very important dynamic and an essential part of the game,” Nelson said.

Sporting a relatively new roster, several pieces being unfamiliar with each other is a cause for some growing problems. This past season, the Illini had more than their fair share of youth. Returning players absorbed the leadership roles filled by the vets who came before them and freshmen gained necessary experience — but at the cost of a couple of games.

“In order to become more successful, we’re going to need to become more consistent,” Nelson said. “We’ve got a great team dynamic and bond that’s boosting our chemistry, so I believe we will come along as we progress to the next season.”

As the team finished the season 9-14, the straw the broke the camel’s back for playoff contention came from back-to-back losses in the weekend series against Bradley.

The Illini competed hard in Peoria but fell just short, losing to the Braves 4-6.

With the loss, the Illini were eliminated from getting a spot in the playoffs, and the following day at the Big Pond, were beaten again

by Bradley, this time 9-3.

“It sucks because when we lost to Bradley in Peoria, that was a must win game for us. We still had our last two games with (Northern Illinois University) left, but losing to Bradley eliminated us from the MACHA playoffs,” Nelson said. “The hardest part, at least from the coaching perspective, is finding out how to keep morale high and keep the team motivated for these last two games.

You can just fold over and die or play with some pride and respect. That meant me asking seniors, ‘How do you want to be remembered?’ and for freshmen, ‘How do you want to set the tone?’”

At David S. Palmer Arena, the home of Northern Illinois’ hockey team, the Illini lost 8-2 in their final game of the season. But the night before they successfully defended home on senior night at the Big Pond. The Illini locked up the Huskies offense, allowing two goals while scoring four of their own and leaving the final home game of the season with a win.

“All the motivational talk, I think it worked really well,” Nelson said. jaredef2@dailyillini.com

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Zach Meeker takes a hit in the game against Northern Illinois University on Feb. 8. The Division II team is working to come out of the shadow of the Division I team.

Heading into the weekend, Quinn’s time was No. 12 in the NCAA and his time in the 200-meter dash was the 11th-fastest time in the nation.

Junior distance runner Jon Davis was in the top three for most of the 3,000-meter run but finished 13th with a time of 8:03.84. Going into the weekend, Davis had the second-fastest mile time in the NCAA with a time of 3:58.06. After this weekend, however, Davis ranks seventh. Wisconsin’s Oliver Hoare has the fastest time in the mile, 3:54.83, which he set this weekend.

Another Illini cracks the list, however, as senior distance runner Jesse Reiser has the 33rd fastest time in the mile with a time of 4:01.98, set last weekend at Nebraska. Reiser placed 21st in the 5,000-meter run this weekend, with a time of 14:13.64.

Head coach Michael Turk said the team has shifted focus to the Big Ten meet coming up on Friday and Saturday.

“We’ve performed well in those bigger, tougher meets,” Turk said. “That the attitude is pretty sound right now.”

At Arkansas, junior pole vaulter Jacob LaRocca placed second in pole vault, with 5.03 meters. His season-best 5.07 meters is ranked No. 61 in the NCAA. Alongside him, junior pole vaulter Cooper Jazo finished fourth with a height of 4.88 meters. However, Jazo’s season-best height tops off at 5.15 meters and comes in ranked No. 56 in the NCAA as of this weekend.

Senior sprinter Devin Quinn finished third in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.67, 0.02 seconds short of his career-best time set Illini distance medley relay last weekend at Nebraska. team sets school record

Illinois sent two distance medley relay teams to Notre Dame on Saturday.

The women’s team made up of freshman distance runner Maddie Marasco, junior sprinter Felicia Phillips, sophomore distance runners Mikaela Lucki and Rebecca Craddock finished in ninth with a time of 11:30.01. The men’s relay team consisted of senior sprinter Joe Haight, Reiser and Davis. They placed third with a time of 9:29.1 and ninth in the FloTrack distance medley relay standings, also besting the previous school record of 9:29.40.

Senior middle distance runner Konrad Eiring also finished ninth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:50.99, setting a new personal record for the event.

Illinois heads to Michigan for the Big Ten meet

and Davis ran his second sub-four minute mile at the Iowa meet. His time is currently ranked 10th; Wisconsin’s Hoare currently has the fastest time in the mile.

Reiser is ranked No. 49 in the mile. Davis also holds the 64th-best time in the 3,000-meter run at 8:03.84.

Other Illini heading into the meet ranked include senior sprinter Devin Quinn, who’s ranked No. 13 in the 200-meter dash and No. 19 in the 60-meter dash.

On the women’s side, the Illini are set to compete against No. 8 Penn State, No. 10 Ohio State, No. 12 Wisconsin and No. 15 Iowa. The Illini ran against the Hawkeyes earlier this season in Iowa City, Iowa.

Senior long jumper Briana Driver enters the meet ranked No. 55 in the long jump and junior sprinter Chisom Nwoko is ranked No. 32 in the 400-meter dash.

Penn State’s Danae Rivers is currently ranked first in the mile and Wisconsin’s Alicia Monson is ranked first in the 3,000-meter run.

With many strong performances across the Big Ten this season, the meet should be among the most competitive for the Illini this season.

This coming weekend, the Illini travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to compete at the Big Ten meet. Teams featured in the men’s meet include No. 8 Wisconsin, No. 11 Indiana and No. 22 Iowa, as ranked by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

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FISHER throw, it’s where you throw the ball and it’s what pitch you throw in that count. I think becoming a pitcher, not just a thrower, was a big adjustment for me.”

The Illinois pitching staff recorded only 17 hits, four earned runs and 29 total strikeouts in 27 innings this weekend. Maldonado was the only true-freshman pitcher to take the mound.

“I just thought our guys competed well,” said head coach Dan Hartleb. “They went after hitters, we got really good work out of the bullpen. I think the bullpen gave up one run all weekend, so it was a really, really good pitching performance.”

Clutch offense shows promise

Senior outfielder Zac Taylor’s bat was hot this weekend.

He led the Illini’s offense against Sacred Heart, Wake Forest and Georgetown, going 2-for-4, 2-for5 and 2-for-4 on each day, respectively. Taylor registered three runs and one run at bat on the weekend and was in good company alongside junior infielder Michael Massey, who notably went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI against Georgetown.

Freshman utility Cam McDonald also came into his own against Georgetown and Wake Forest.

The Ladd, Illinois, native went 2-for-2 against the Hoyas and also notched two runs. Against Wake Forest, McDonald went 2-for-5 with one run and two RBIs. Individually, Taylor said he’s spent more time working on his approach, managing the middle of the plate and perfecting his reaction to breaking balls — offensive elements that paid off this weekend. But as for the Illini offense as a whole, Taylor said it only takes a couple good swings to fire up his teammates.

“Honestly, I think hitting’s contagious and I think we saw that this weekend with our whole line up,” Taylor said. “One guy starts to swing a bat, (and) we all start to get hot.”

The Illini recorded 28 hits on the weekend versus their opponents’ 17 and 20 runs to just five produced by their nonconference foes.

Although not everyone hit this weekend, Fisher said the Illini supported the work each pitcher was putting in on defense. Runners were active on bases and sought out scoring opportunities whenever they had the chance, he said.

“They showed they can score even when they’re facing a really good staff and score runs even though we’re only getting a couple hits every game,” Fisher said. “It’s encouraging to the pitching staff to see that they’re going to back you even though they’re going against someone who’s throwing really well.”

As a team, the Illini had 11 RBIs, five doubles and stole 10 bases this weekend.

Although the Illini lost the

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offensive support of powerhitter Bren Spillane, their bats are still alive and well.

“What I liked were the competitive at-bats we had,” Hartleb said. “I didn’t see any at-bats where guys weren’t competing. At the end of the day, we didn’t have great hit production, but if you look at the number of balls we, they were hit very, very hard right at people, which just shows what can happen when you take quality swings with quality at-bats. At the end of the day, that’s all you can ask for.”

Illinois’ maturity pays off against Wake Forest

For Illinois, the game against No. 20 Wake Forest was just another day at the ballpark.

“Sometimes you have teams that don’t know if they can beat people,” Hartleb said. “They approach it to see what’s gonna happen, but our guys went into the team to beat Wake Forest. So I thought they were confident going in, executed very, very well, played with high energy and did a great job to get the victory over Wake Forest.”

Illinois’ 5-2 victory over its first-ranked opponent of the season, and fourth over a top-25 team in the last two years, is a testament to the team’s ability on both sides of the plate.

Fisher, who started the day against Wake Forest, approached the game like any other.

“Against Wake Forest, I mixed in a lot of good sliders and then just pitching fastballs to the inside part of the plate,” Fisher said.

“I had pretty good execution on both those pitches, I mean that got me through the first four or five innings.

Nothing special I would say, just hitting my spots and they weren’t hitting the ball most of the time.”

Fisher and the team held opponents to just 1-for-15, with runners in scoring positions during their first two games. On the field, Illinois played with zero errors compared with Wake Forest’s three.

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The No. 17 Michigan, the only top-25 ranked team in the Big Ten, also secured a 3-0 start to its season this weekend.

Michigan swept its threegame series against Binghamton University out of Port St. Lucie, Florida, 10-0, 5-4, 12-2, respectively, across the weekend.

Next week, the team is set to play three more games at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, marking Michigan’s second nonconference road series of the season. Last weekend, The Citadel went 2-1 to begin its 2019 campaign.

Illinois, Penn State, Ohio State and Michigan all went 3-0 on opening weekend.

Purdue and Rutgers both went 0-3 during their opening weekend series, facing Southern Mississippi and Miami, respectively. @Meghan_Rest merest2@dailyillini.com

turns as a rookie.

While the youth movement in college basketball and the NBA draft pool is constantly increasing, likely to the point the one-and-done rule will be ended soon, keeping players and developing them for multiple years is still the formula to win national championships.

Since Duke’s national title win in 2015, just one true freshman has started on a national championship winning team, Villanova’s Jalen Brunson in 2016, and he did not turn pro after.

Later on in his interview, Dosunmu also could not name a single member of “NSYNC” or the “Backstreet Boys.” As it turns out, when comparing college basketball in 2019 to the days when those bands were at their peak, the number of underclassman saying “Bye Bye Bye” to the collegiate game is increasing each year.

non-19-year-old was not selected until the Sixers took Mikal Bridges with the tenth pick and 17 players either 19 years old or with one year of college playing experience were drafted in the first round.

Furthermore, a nonfreshman has not been drafted first overall since Blake Griffin in 2009.

Looking ahead to this year’s draft, the trend slightly bucks, as more sophomores and juniors compared with recent drafts are projected to go in the first round at this point. However, at the top, three freshmen from Duke are expected to go within the first five picks and the other two players likely to go top-five, Texas Tech sophomore Jarrett Culver and Murray State sophomore Ja Morant, will both be just 20 years old in their rookie campaigns, the normal @MilesP_H age a one-and-done player milesp2@dailyillini.com

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This weekend, the softball team is slated to play five games against four different teams. On Friday, Illinois tees off against Hofstra and South Alabama, followed by Nicholls State and Stephen F. Austin on Saturday. The series will be capped off with a final meeting with Nicholls State on Sunday.

This weekend only marks three of the five nonconference road series’ Illinois softball is traveling to before the bulk of its regular season play begins.

Up next, Illinois will travel to the Oklahoma State University-Tulsa Invitational in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on March 1-3 and then to the Loyola Marymount University Tournament in Los Angeles over the first weekend of University’s spring break on March 15-17.

The Illini will face their first Big Ten opponent on March 22 when they play a three-game weekend series against the Wisconsin Badgers at home.

The Illinois softball team finished its second road trip of the season in Atlanta, Georgia, which took place Feb. 15-16, and is gearing up for the Mardi Gras Classic in Mobile, Alabama, this weekend.

The outing to Alabama follows Illinois’ four-game series sweep over Boston College and Georgia Tech at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, winning 12-3 and 7-3 against Boston College and 15-10 and 7-3 over Georgia Tech respectively. The Illini won all four games during two doubleheaders Friday and Saturday, lifting their current overall record to 7-2.

During Illinois softball’s opening weekend on Feb. 8, the team welcomed the 2019 season with wins over No. 22 Oklahoma State, 7-4, and No. 13 Kentucky, 6-5, at the Houston Invitational. In the same weekend, howefer, Illinois suffered its first two losses of the spring to Sam Houston State, 6-10, and during its second game @Meghan_Rest against Oklahoma State. merest2@dailyillini.com

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Illinois will continue its road swing in Boca Raton, Florida, for a three-game series against Florida Atlantic Friday through Sunday.

The Illini are still riding the momentum from their 3-0 season start in North Carolina last weekend; however, the Owls are coming into the weekend with identical credentials.

Last week, Florida Atlantic swept Cincinnati during its three-game opening series at home, going 9-0, 8-7 (11) and 5-3 respectively.

The Owls won in two straight comeback victories against the Bearcats Saturday and Sunday, and the team will gear up again for a midweek game at Miami before hosting Illinois.

According to head coach Drew Hartleb, the Illini aren’t focusing on scouting reports or their upcoming opponents too much.

Instead, the team is continuing to hone in on fundamentals this week at practice.

“Looking forward, I rarely look at what the other teams’ doing until we go head (to) the game,” Hartleb said. “There’s a certain simple, fundamental things that I want us to be strong with each and every week.”

Hartleb said the team will be live-hitting more this week and throwing pitchers who have yet to take the mound this season.

Last weekend, Illinois saw action from veteran pitchers Quinn Snarskis, Andy Fisher, Cyrillo Watson, Jimmy

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Michael Massey takes a swing against Wake Forest on Saturday. Illinois opened its season with a three-game victory in Cincinnati and hope to maintain momentum as the team takes on Florida Atlantic this weekend.

Burnette, Ryan Schmitt, Sean Leland, Garrett Acton and Ty Weber. However, not only did sophomore southpaw — and former Marine — Josh Harris earn his first college win on the weekend, but freshman Aidan Maldonado was the only rookie pitcher to see the mound.

The Illini’s seasoned pitching staff will rival the Owl’s starters, including senior Blake Sanderson (who started last Friday in

their game against Cincinnati), junior college transfer Ryan Sandberg and junior right-hander Mike Ruff.

Florida Atlantic’s pitching staff has a combined 1.86 ERA and 1.17 WHIP, according to fausports.com.

While Illinois’ starting rotation will remain the same against Florida Atlantic, the depth of the 2019 bullpen means any of the pitching staff’s 19 available arms could step in.

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“There are many things that are dictated by the game itself,” Hartleb said.

“Hopefully we’re in a situation where we pitch guys because we’re in a winning situation and trying to do a good job in a closing situation. Maybe we can get in a situation where we can create a little bit of a gap there and pitch some guys who haven’t been on the mound.”

Only four Illini batted three or more times over

three games last weekend.

In order to ignite more Illinois at-bats, Hartleb and his teammates have spent more time watching game film and focusing on the mental aspects of the game.

“Hitting is such a tough and hard-earned craft and something you have to work on every week,” Hartleb said. “The pitchers going to be a little bit different, different movement, different velocity, different pitch-

es. It’ll be working on our simple, basic fundamentals and making sure our guys are physically and mentally prepared.”

After its 43-19-1 finish in 2018, Florida Atlantic was ranked No. 30 in the NCAA according to RPI. Last year the Owls also went 23-6 at home, and the Illini were 12-6 on the road. @Meghan_Rest merest2@dailyillini.com

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BY EMILY PEASE AND LIAM DWYER 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, FEB. 21

Most items are $2 or less. Your purchase helps provide the resources that get kids to love reading. Tag Bag Sale: On the last weekend of the month, take home a bag full of books!

Bring your own bag that is the size of a paper grocery bag or fill a library tote. The sale includes Thursday ($2 per bag), Friday and Saturday ($1 per bag) and Sunday ($1 per 2 bags).

Star Course Presents: Smino

 7:30-10 p.m.  Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana  Students $15, non-students $22, all ages Smino will perform live at Foellinger Auditorium. It is reserved seating only. No backpacks, food or drink allowed. Foellinger Auditorium is a non-smoking venue. No reentry allowed.

Making Mr. Darcy: Cultural Context for the Regency Gentleman

PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN NELLI

Michal Menert and the Pretty Fantastics second full length album, “From the Sea,” was released last November. The band will perform at The Canopy Club on Thursday.

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MENERT sings, over a mix of electronic sounds and edits.

The track “Summer’s Gone” offers another anxious message to the album.

With lyrics like “Why are you afraid of dying,” and “I see it ending, I’m alone,” it’s hard not to get lost in your thoughts while listening to this track.

A reassuring, calming end to the thought-provoking album, the track “Radi-

ance” offers listeners peace of mind and an opportunity to get lost in melodic tunes and flowing guitar, piano and saxophone tracks, without Menert praying on inner thoughts and doubts.

“From the Sea” offers more than catchy tunes and lyrics. It offers questions and doubts to its listeners. “From the Sea” is an album that can make listeners feel less or more alone and confused. For those who already raise doubts about the world in which they are living, it is

reassuring to see others have the same fears. However, for those who follow blindly into the pattern, this album can be a wakeup call and a door to a deeper questioning of the world we know.

Michal Menert and the Pretty Fantastics will be performing at The Canopy Club on Thursday. Doors open 8 p.m.; and the show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 at the doors. 18+. mkuhl2@readbuzz.com

SATURDAY, FEB. 23

 3-5 p.m.  The University of Illinois Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 346 Main Library 1408 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana  Free, all ages Join us in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library for the opening of our spring exhibition, “Making Mr. Darcy: Cultural Context for the Regency Gentleman,” curated by Lynne M. Thomas, Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson, rare book and manuscript professor. Many of us are initially introduced to the works of Jane Austen through modern television and film adaptations of her novels. In adaptations, a “proper” regency gentleman may be easily created simply by casting a British actor with a posh “received pronunciation” accent and a good costuming department. To be considered a gentleman in actual regency society, however, was a different matter.

Works selected for this exhibition illuminate how gentlemen contemporary to Jane Austen were educated, dressed, occupied themselves in work and leisure, participated in politics and managed their love lives, providing additional context for Austen’s characterizations of gentlemen, both admirable and troublesome.

FRIDAY, FEB. 22

Tag Bag Sale

 11 a.m.-5 p.m.  Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St., Champaign  Free, all ages The FriendShop Bookstore offers more than 20,000 used books, CDs and movies. Staffed by volunteers, all proceeds benefit the library.

Give A Little: Benefiting Rattle the Stars

 1-4 p.m.  Exile on Main Street, 100 N. Chestnut St., Champaign  $5 suggested donation, all ages It’s time for another Give a Little event at Dandelion/Exile on Main St. This time for the benefit of Rattle the Stars. Rattle the Stars works to prevent suicide and increase acceptance and understanding of mental illness by providing suicide intervention education and hosting community events to raise awareness and reduce stigma. We participate in efforts to reduce the risks associated with suicide, and also engage in institutional and political advocacy to create a supportive and safe culture for those affected by mental illness and suicide.

SUNDAY, FEB. 24

Yoga for Mood Management: Depression w/Lisa Haake

 2-3:30 p.m.  Living Yoga Center, 212 S. First St., Champaign  Donation requested, all ages Depression, at its core, is a loss of connection — with one’s whole self and the ability to be fully present in one’s life. In this class, simple practices will be offered to reconnect with the self and the present moment in kind, mindful ways. Haake is a licensed psychotherapist and certified yoga instructor. Her therapy practice and yoga instruction integrate these two disciplines to offer a more holistic approach to healing and growth. Please join us for these donation-based practices.

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Young the Giant captivates Canopy Club

MATTHEW MO AND KENYON EDMOND THE DAILY ILLINI

Young the Giant performs to a sold out crowd Tuesday night at The Canopy Club, three years after its last sold out set at the venue. The five-piece band’s lively set blended both old and new material, the audience enthusiastically receiving it all, especially frontman Sameer Gadhia’s energetic dancing and banter. Read the full review and see the photo gallery from the show at readbuzz.com.

ALBUM REVIEW

‘From the Sea’ dives deep into emotions

BY MADDIE KUHL STAFF WRITER

buzz factor: Polish-born American artist Michal Menert comes in with another addition to electronic music with a second album with The Pretty Fantastics. “From the Sea” is not an album you listen to on your commute or while

multitasking. It demands more attention.

To first listeners of Menert’s music, the intro track may sound like an introduction to a sad album full of dark tones. Opening with the spoken lines, “Where do ghosts come from,” “The Rift” is an interesting introduction to Menert’s work. What starts out

as something a sad 13-yearold would listen to while she scrolls through Tumblr quickly turns into a mishmash of genres. Jazz turns to rap, which turns to electric. The album is all over the place — in a good way.

“From the Sea” is not overflowing with lyrics.

Often, Menert will slip in a phrase or three in between

the electronic tracks or saxophones playing in the background. This makes the words stand out, even though they may seem simple at times.

The second track on the album, “Horizon” includes the lyrics, “the world’s dying, no one is waiting for you.” These speak to the masses who may feel con-

fused about their purpose.

With vocal runs in the background that convey sadness, and an upbeat, yet anxious, backtrack, “Horizon” conveys a worrying message.

Thrown into the mix of calming, drifting sounds are sounds of protest, confusion and, for lack of a better words, chaos.

Although it is buried in

the middle of the album, track No. 11, “Cascade,” offers strong tunes of rebellion in our modern age. Rebellion against the work-culture, government and helpless people. “Workin’ til our back breaks, politics we can’t change, people that we can’t save,” Menert SEE MENERT | 5B

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