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BY GILLIAN DUNLOP AND SAMANTHA BOYLE MANAGING EDITOR FOR REPORTING AND ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

The medical amnesty policy is a state and University rule that keeps underaged drinkers from getting a ticket or getting in trouble if they were to call 911. This could become an important policy to remember during Unofficial.

“Let’s say you call 911 and you’ve had a few beers. You’re not going to get in trouble for that because our first focus is really gonna be on getting that person help and we won’t be too concerned with other petty offenses that are going on at that time,” said Patrick Wade, communications director for Division of Public Safety.

During Unofficial, there is an increase of calls, whether

that be to the police station or calling an ambulance, Wade said. People also walk into the emergency room more often on this day.

“There’s definitely an increase in activity (on Unofficial), the good news is that

not as much activity going on as there was five years ago, University of Illinois Police Department, Urbana Police Department and Champaign Police Department all still have a busy day.

“We’re going to have a lot

“Just like we have done in the past, there’s gonna be a noticeable difference in police presence throughout the day on Unofficial.”

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it’s been dropping off over the years, and that’s kind of what we’re shooting for,” Wade said.

Even though students may not go to class drunk as much anymore or there’s

more law enforcement on the street that day,” Wade said. “Just like we have done in the past, there’s gonna be a noticeable difference in police presence throughout the day on Unofficial.”

Wade said in the week leading up to the day of Unofficial, there is an educational effort that takes place. Presentations are given about alcohol and drug awareness as well as giving information about medical amnesty.

The Greek community is also preparing for students’ safety.

Following suit with previous years, fraternities and sororities are not allowed to host social events during Unofficial, with the Interfraternity Council keeping a special eye on fraternities.

Members of the executive board of IFC will be checking all chapter houses three times a day during Unofficial, said Dan Smith, president of IFC and junior in SEE SAFETY | 3A

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taking in daytime activities that might make them a safety risk, such as by not observing traffic rules or darting into traffic.

“Sometimes people see the bus as its own crosswalk,” Snyder said. “They think, there’s the bus.

Now I can walk across the street.”

Unlike MTD, which has been around for many Unofficial weekends, VeoRide is a recent addition to University transportation, and this weekend marks the first time the bikes have been on campus for the holiday.

Linda Jackson, director of communications for VeoRide, said she was unaware that Unofficial existed at the University, but she would remind riders not to ride their bikes if they have been drinking.

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Community transportation companies and safety organizations are preparing for Unofficial weekend and potential safety hazards related to the festivities.

Amy Snyder, customer service director at the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, said they always send out a bulletin to bus operators and supervisors to remind them what Unofficial is and the dates it takes place.

During Unofficial, Snyder said there is an increase of visitors to the community who might not be as familiar with MTD’s services. She said operators are reminded that visitors might need extra assistance.

She said operators are encouraged to be extra attentive since visitors and local ridership may be par-

Alcohol-related citations on Unofficial saw a huge fall last year, dropping from 113 in 2017 to 57 in 2018.

These Notices to Appear are not bar citations. While these could be issued for a variety of reasons, the vast majority are for public possession of alcohol or minor in possession of alcohol, according to an email from Patrick Wade, communications director for the division of public safety.

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of citations was seen in 2011, with a total of 364 NTAs issued. The number has also been on the decline for the last three years.

These citations are all related to Unofficial in some way, Wade said.

Although the numbers are provided by the University Police Department, it is an aggregation from all the law enforcement agencies involved with Unofficial.

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Business as usual for bars on Unofficial

BY JOSE ZEPEDA ASSISTANT DAYTIME NEWS EDITOR

Bars and liquor stores in close proximity to the University will have modified service during Unofficial weekend, after both Champaign and Urbana issued emergency orders.

For Cha mpa ig n bars, no one under 21 is allowed to enter the bars from 10 a.m. Friday to 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

For Urbana bars, no one under 21 is allowed to enter the bars from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday.

Chris Fox, manager at Joe’s Brewery, said they will not do anything extra to prepare for Unofficial, besides what Champaign requires them to do.

“With people having to be over 21, we actually think it might be a good night,” Fox said. “We don’t think it will be too much different.”

Scott Wilkens, manager at Brothers, said they will have extra staff at hand. He also said staff will be more strict with customers and have better communication with police and Champaign officials. A zero tolerance policy will be in order.

Josh Pearson, owner of Illini Inn, said the bar will not be changing anything for Unofficial weekend.

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said he is also not changing anything for Unofficial weekend. He confirmed the weekend will be “business as usual.”

“Unofficial is pretty much dead,” Cochrane said. “It’s dead in my eyes.”

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An assistant manager for The Canopy Club, located within said boundaries, said they are not too worried about Friday, as there is a private event going on at 9 p.m. anyway.

Keg permits will not be issued from 12:01 a.m. Friday to 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Customers will also have to fill

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Hyrdations IV Lounge and Oxygen Bar on Green Street. The location offers hangover treatments.

Blackouts present unintended consequences

BY THERESE POKORNEY AND YOOJIN SON ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR AND ASSISTANT DAYTIME NEWS EDITOR

Without taking caution to your alcohol limit, a few drinks could turn the celebration of Unofficial into a terrible memory.

Catharine Fairbairn, assistant professor in LAS, said the social factor of events like Unofficial can increase the likelihood of drinking over the alcohol limit.

“A lot of people don’t like to think of themselves as just going along with the crowd or being influenced by other people,” Fairbairn said. “But as humans, we’re massively influenced by what the other folks around us are doing and particularly by our friends, our close friends, our peer group and by people who we view as similar to us.”

When drinking becomes a part of the culture around an individual, Fairbairn said it is easy to get caught up in drinking more than planned.

“If there’s this big University event where everyone we know is just going out and getting plastered, then that seems like the right thing to do and the normal thing to do,” Fairbairn said. “In fact, it may be a little strange not to do it.”

On the first use of alcohol, an individual can develop addictive patterns making it difficult to stop drinking once started, Fairbairn said.

Alcohol consumption can lead to the breakdown of some prefrontal inhibition processes that help in good

decision making, Fairbrian said.

“Drinking has really powerful effects on your thinking and your cognition. After three drinks, you make very different decisions. You’re a lot less aware of your surroundings. You’re a lot less aware of the effects on you,” Fairbairn said. “You make very different decisions and often, as everyone knows, much less wise decisions about what you should do next, which includes whether you should have drinks for five or six.”

of passing out, not responding, vomiting. That’s the most severe degree of poisoning.”

In general, the human liver can metabolize one alcoholic drink per hour, Arthur said.

People’s metabolism, weight, sex and age are all determinants of their body’s alcohol limit with weight being the most significant factor.

“No more than one drink an hour for females, maybe some males could go up to two drinks an hour without their blood alcohol content going above the legal safe limit,” Arthur said. “But it’s

“What can just make one person real happy and giddy and sociable at the best time of their life, it could put another person in the hospital.”

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Anna Arthur, assistant professor in ACES, said judgement impairment and the following reaction time impairment can increase one’s risk of injury. Excessive levels of drinking can also lead to an increased risk of stroke, heart disease and obesity.

“Alcohol consumption beyond moderation, which again is one drink a day for women, two drinks per day for men, would be considered just alcohol poisoning to some degree,” Arthur said.

“But then some more excessive drinking is when you start getting the side effects

son real happy and giddy and sociable at the best time of their life, it could put another person in the hospital.”

Another consequence of excessive drinking is hangover, with symptoms such as headache, nausea and dizziness caused by dehydration and an imbalance in electrolytes.

Instead of drinking water and taking a day to recover, University students have a new, more invasive way of nursing a hangover — IV therapy, offered at Hydrations IV lounge and Oxygen Bar. “We are offering two specials for Unofficial, a preparty vitamin drip as well as a hangover recovery drip,” said Mike Kittle, manager at Hydrations. “The hangover recovery drip usually provides near instant relief for our clients.”

Kittle said the hangover solution takes about 30 to 45 minutes and will relieve headaches and body aches, stops nausea symptoms and reduces acid production in the stomach which is typically increased by alcohol consumption.

Hydrations will extend its hours to 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday night and is opening Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Although the hangover solutions can provide relief, Kittle said they are not providing services to anyone who is clinically intoxicated.

difficult to know because everybody’s metabolism is different.”

Blood alcohol content is the measure of alcohol intoxication in the bloodstream used as a guideline for legal and medical purposes. A BAC of over 0.08 percent or higher declares an individual legally impaired.

Monitoring your body, checking how you are feeling and staying hydrated can decrease the risk of alcohol poisoning.

“But people’s bodies process alcohol really, really differently,” Fairbairn said. yjson2@dailyillini.com “What can just make one per- tpokor3@dailyillini.com

ties, but in recent years we haven’t had problems at all with students who are involved in Greek life,” he said.

The IFC is again having a UIPD officer come in to speak about alcohol and drug safety to all of its members, and to go over general expectations.

“We like to focus on the education side of things, educating our chapters at how to keep members safe in a number of ways,” Smith said.

Every year the UIPD, CPD, UPD and county sheriff’s office host a “Walk as One” event which is an opportunity for officers and students to pass out information on alcohol and drug safety prior to Unofficial.

“This year we had 240 volunteers from sororities and fraternities and they’ve always been super supportive of that event since the day we started doing it,” Wade said. “We really couldn’t do it without them.”

LAS. They will be looking for a congregation of people or any indication of a social event.

“It’s to make sure they’re being compliant, nothing is going on and everyone is being safe,” Smith said.

Members of Greek life are still allowed to participate in Unofficial activities as long as it is outside of fraternity houses. Fraternities, however, are still planning on looking out for their brothers.

“While we try to regulate it as much as possible, we understand we can’t keep track of everyone,” Smith said. “We ask the chapter provide the same food services and non-alcoholic beverages.”

Wade said in recent years the Greek community has been extremely cooperative with the police and University during Unofficial.

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report unsafe and concerning behaviors, Snyder said.

“When people partake in Unofficial festivities it can increase the likelihood that people won’t be safe,” Snyder said. “We caution our drivers to maintain their vigilance and patience when they are operating on campus.”

Through their research, Snyder said Unofficial has had a trend of having less police calls and less activity. She said their buses have also followed that trend line.

Patrick Wade, communication director for Division of Public Safety, said student patrol officers will have a change in normal operating hours. They usually begin operating at 9 p.m., but this weekend they will patrol from 10 a.m. on Friday to 3 a.m. on Saturday.

Student patrol officers conduct SafeWalks, a service that allows students to request student patrol officers to walk with them to a location. Wade said there are usually more SafeWalks on Unofficial.

Wade said these officers are also responsible for building checks and are trained in CPR. They can also contact police dispatchers immediately from their radios in an emergency situation.

while under the influence of any alcohol, drugs, medication, or other substance that may impair (the rider’s) ability to safely operate a Bike.”

Riders cannot get a DUI for operating a bicycle while intoxicated in Illinois because bicycles are not legally defined as vehicles, unless they are motorized and traveling over 20 mph, according to Neutral Cycle, a cycling blog.

Although riders cannot get a DUI, they can be ticketed for public intoxication, disorderly conduct or any traffic offense. Jackson said VeoRide has “the option to suspend the rider’s services depending on the seriousness or impact of the situation.”

Jackson said the company does not plan on issuing warnings to riders on the day of Unofficial.

MTD also operates SafeRides, which offers safe travel to individuals traveling alone when no other safe transportation is available.

Snyder said SafeRides operators will be driving in more of the “nooks and crannies” of the SafeRides boundaries.

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IEMS recognized for efforts to improve preparedness

BY GRACE MALONEY STAFF WRITER

Illini Emergency Medical Services received the bronze level recognition for its work on campus to improve emergency preparedness Saturday.

The Ready Campus is designed to take over a decade to complete and achieve bronze, silver and gold recognition for emergency preparedness. It takes about three years to reach silver and three more years to reach gold, said president of IEMS and senior in engineering Nathan Cromwell.

“Any organization appreciates recognition, but we wanted it to be meaningful recognition,” Cromwell said. “So we did it right and actually took the time to include everyone so that if this were to be called upon it would actually be used to its extent. And that’s where we arrived at for bronze.”

Considering IEMS did three years of work in one year by achieving bronze recognition, the organization is more than happy with this result, Cromwell said.

“Within one year, we went from zero within our organization to reaching the sixth year mark of planning, so it was a moonshot to go for six years of work within one year,” Cromwell said.

IEMS wrote the first Incident Action Plan for the campus to capture the

response plan at-home football games in fall 2007 to follow the national model for emergency response, Brian Brauer, adviser of IEMS, said in an email.

IEMS is the primary agency on campus and provides CPR, Automated External Defibrillators and First Aid training on campus.

“That is kind of the whole point, is that as a campus we’re prepared,” Cromwell said.

Cromwell said Memorial Stadium is one of the largest event facilities on campus.

“That’s the home base for the marathon; that’s every football game, commencement. So if we can cover that, adapting that framework to other buildings and events on campus is a lot more straightforward,” Cromwell said.

IEMS is already starting to do this. It has taken the plan of action and modified it for the Krannert Center.

“We’re going to take the framework of that plan and use it for all of our smaller graduation events in addition to commencement,” Cromwell said.

The main changes in the emergency actions plans lie in the realm of communication.

There are already contingency plans for all of the various incidents that have been identified by the Department of Public Safe-

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Illini football fans fill Grange Grove before the game against Purdue at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 13.

ty, but many of them are delegated to very specific safety or service groups without involvement from the other people present at games, Cromwell said.

“That was a main part of the plan...making sure that, if there’s any type of incident that occurs, every single public safety element at that game has a part to play in ensuring safety, safe evacuation, safe response to whatever that incident is,” Cromwell said.

IEMS has been working to revise the IAP for the stadium and numerous other buildings on campus.

This emergency procedure helps lay out how groups will respond and what people and patrons will do in emergency situations such as

fires, bomb threats, severe weather and active shooters.

The IAP revisions for Memorial Stadium are a part of a much broader project that IEMS has been working through, Cromwell said.

IEMS had a strategic planning session in 2016, which identified areas in both training and response where IEMS wanted to grow and excel.

The first target was to become a HEARTSafe Campus, a national designation that evaluated the preparedness of our campus to respond to a person in Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Brauer said.

Through this program, the campus has now met the requirements of a HEART-

is making sure that large events on campus have very robust plans in place if anything were to go wrong, and to just make sure the whole operation runs smoothly,” Cromwell said.

Through the EMS Ready Campus program, IEMS focused on preparedness for cardiac arrest events, improving training and planning for other emergencies on campus at various types of events that it staffs.

“We collaborated with the leadership of the University Police Department, Champaign and Urbana Fire Departments, McKinley Health Center, Carle Hospital and Arrow Ambulance, and the County Emergency Management Agency to define and document IEMS’s role in an emergency,” Brauer said.

The plans could then be shared with the IEMS membership, and drills and exercises could be designed and led by IEMS to practice responding to various events.

“While a larger event will be managed primarily by the local emergency responders, IEMS plays a critical role during the initial stages of a large-scale emergency to lay a foundation upon which other agencies can build,” Brauer said.

Safe campus by making sure that over 5 percent of the University population is trained in CPR and ensuring there are well-maintained AED, as well as a campus emergency response plan for a cardiac arrest.

“Additionally, IEMS assessed all of the AEDs on campus and mapped the devices in PulsePoint and IEMS was recognized for Excellence in Fire-Based EMS by the Congressional Fire Service Institute and Masimo in 2018,” Brauer said.

Another one of the programs that has fallen under the umbrella of improving campus safety is the National Standards for Emergency Preparedness.

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When it comes to mudslinging, sling your mud somewhere else ANDREW PROZOROVSKY COLUMNIST

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reshman representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been dominating the news cycle for a few months. The right claims she is the new face of the Democratic Party and the left claims she is the new bogeyman for the right to crusade against.

She is on the progressive left wing of the Democratic Party, and as a young woman familiar with social media and aware of how to manipulate the media cycles. She has made her presence known.

Reo. Ocasio-Cortez has quickly learned she has to get her facts straight before she begins to espouse them. PolitiFact has given her a pants-on-fire rating for multiple claims she has made on unemployment. She subsequently drew a lot of criticism for making erroneous claims about America’s poverty rates on the Daily Show.

Simply put, the 29-yearold Democratic lawmaker still has a lot to learn about fact-checking her own economic claims before making them.

Large and publicly documented errors leave a lot for the right to raise legitimate concerns about and criticize her for. Yet it feels as if many on the right seldom seize these opportunities and rather turn to their ineffective and petty slander campaign of OcasioCortez. It is unfortunate that many of her opponents have elected to misconstrue her policy positions and attempt to hurl character attacks at her, most of which backfire spectacu-

larly or appear trivial and petty to the masses.

While the beratement began as soon as she won her primary against longtime incumbent Joseph Crowley, one debacle began with the representative from New York tweeting about struggling to afford apartment rent in Washington D.C. before she begins receiving a salary.

What followed was a Washington Examiner reporter posting a picture of Ocasio-Cortez and insinuating that “the girl(‘s)” struggles are fabricated based on the clothing she was wearing. Ocasio-Cortez retorted at his both petty and demeaning remarks.

Some time later, Ocasio-Cortez responded with Spanish lyrics when someone adverted on Twitter that there was a panel of four on Fox News discussing Ocasio-Cortez’s shoes.

However, the attacks have not only revolved around the representative’s wardrobe. Opponents of Ocasio-Cortez have mocked the home she grew up in, her high school nickname and in the case of the Tennessee GOP peddling a racist meme, her Latino heritage as well. There was even a fake nude of OcasioCortez circulated by internet trolls and debunked by internet foot fetishists who concluded the feet in the photo were not hers.

Pushback against the congresswoman has not only originated from internet trolls and Sean Hannity. During the vote to elect a new Speaker of the House, Republican lawmakers, in a gesture of great incivility, booed Ocasio-Cortez on the House floor as she voted for Nancy Pelosi. Ocasio-Cortez called out the Republican

dissent in a tweet, “Over 200 members voted for Nancy Pelosi today, yet the GOP only booed one: me.”

The grandest misfire, however, was when a video emerged on the internet of the representative dancing to “Lisztomania”

by Phoenix as a freshman in college. The video was intended to embarrass Ocasio-Cortez and denigrate her professionalism as a congresswoman; however, the right wing opposition attempting to do just that severely misfired.

Social media lit up with support for Ocasio-Cortez and confused many who wondered how the video was supposed to embarrass her. Seeing this, she responded with a short video of her dancing at the capitol building outside her office.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is comparatively a fringe politician with contentious ideas for reform, but the treatment she has received so far from some on the right is disreputable. She has had bullies rather than outspoken civil critics.

This is not the civility that helps stimulate discussion surrounding ideas and preserve the pluralism in our democracy.

For a politician who has suggested publicly many progressive ideas and harbors a more radical ideology, surely her critics could raise legitimate issues with her platform rather than continually self-inflict wounds. Plenty of misfires have proven that Representative Ocasio-Cortez only grows stronger from each attack, but evidently many on the right have not learned that lesson yet.

Andrew is a freshman in LAS. atp4@dailyillini.com

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nofficial is just a day away, but the holiday feels like a shadow of its former self. There’s little reason to hype it up as we did in previous years when each year seems less extravagant than the last — but for good reason.

The Daily Illini Editorial Board wants to remind students how much the Champaign Police Department and Urbana Police Department, in cooperation with the University, have cracked down on Unofficial in recent years.

We all know about the annual letter the University sends out to parents as Unofficial approaches. Among mentioning the University amnesty policy, tighter police enforcement on campus and enforcing no outside guests in residence halls, the letter also touched on the darker side of Unofficial newer students might not be familiar with.

“During this event, scores of young people

receive notices to appear in court for alcohol violations and over the years, several participants have been seriously injured or died.”

This is the reality of Unofficial. While it’s a shame newer students will never get to experience Unofficial as it once was celebrated years ago, preventing unnecessary drinking fines, injury and even death is something any rational student can stand by.

If there’s some sort of odd compromise the University and its students are currently experiencing, it’s this. Unofficial will never be the crazy drinking holiday it was in the late ’90s and early ’00s.

An article published this week by The NewsGazette presents the numbers bluntly: “Last year’s Unofficial was quieter: 57 tickets issued, compared with 114 the year before and 364 in 2011. Just seven were given for minors in possession of alcohol, down from 47 in 2017.”

Compared to a measly47 tickets in 2017, 364 tickets is jaw-dropping.To put it simply, there’s been an 84 percent drop in drinking tickets issued during Unofficial weekend since 2011. That’s monumental.

By truly holding their stance on the drinking holiday, the University has minimized all the not-so-good parts of Unofficial that made it sloppy and dangerous. Students passed out on streets and excrements in bathrooms and academic buildings are a rarity — these are the sights we’d all rather not see happening to our fellow Illini.

Despite everything, the holiday lives on.

Students still celebrate it passionately. Parties throughout the day are still held (albeit a bit more lowkey), and it’s still more or less a campuswide celebration.

Let’s celebrate Unofficial. Let’s also keep in mind the history behind it. Have fun this weekend, but be safe, Illini.

Presidential candidates for 2020 have a lot to fix in US government AGASTYA BHATIA COLUMNIST

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he race for the 2020 presidential election has begun, and the current establishment has everything to lose. As the list of high-profile Democrats entering the fray grows, an ideology sidelined as radical in the 2016 primaries is more apparent than ever: democratic socialism. Bernie Sanders’ ‘“unrealistic’” and “‘un-American’” ideas are now, without question, on the forefront of many candidate’s platforms, and examining why this is happening in the country which essentially defined modern capitalism is telling.

The United States is one of the wealthiest countries on Earth. It has the world’s most powerful military, and the idea of

American exceptionalism has permeated far beyond its own borders. In the context of more economically developed countries, however, Americans do not lead good lives. With one of the highest poverty rates in the developed world, America’s prosperity scorecard does not read like one befitting of the current world hegemony. Economic woes are not the only statistic which point toward this fact: dangerously high obesity rates, average to below average literacy, lower life expectancies and medical costs so high that people are dying before they can afford to pay them. It all paints a bleak picture of the well-being in America. Still, the U.S. is a highspending, high-productivity nation, with some of the highest number of hours worked a week. These problems are obviously not a product of complacency.

While the issue of pover-

ty in the U.S. is an incredibly complex one, with no cut-and-dry analysis, significant responsibility lies in a failure of social security and policy. Saturated with laws and policies which further wealth disparity, the U.S., unlike its many economic counterparts in the developed world, has been unable to institutionalize equality. It is for good reason the U.S. has earned the moniker of a “reluctant welfare state.”

Despite popular belief that the federal government overspends on welfare programs and aid, the social safety net in the U.S. is one of the most limited in scope amongst developed nations; it shows, in tragic numbers.

With these figures in mind, it becomes clearer as to why these “radically leftist” ideas are permeating into the mainstream.

The late-stage capitalism America finds itself in is not working for its peo-

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Sen. Bernie Sanders was elected to the Senate in 2006 and won re-election in 2012 and 2018, running as an independent candidate. Columnist Agastya stresses the importance of accepting social change in the upcoming presidential election.

ple anymore, and the idea of a free market has been destroyed by the ironic ascension of the monopolies which run the nation.

The answers to these problems certainly do not lie in the abolishment of capitalism, but growing frustration in the system, as well as the recent championing of democraticsocialist ideas toward an increasingly certain reality: American capital-

ism needs to fix itself and evolve.

Will Bernie Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez provide a cure-all to these issues? It’s unlikely.

But many of the ideas they fight for, including higher taxation for the wealthy, more robust social security and a drastic move toward renewables is something the U.S. will have to embrace sooner or later. The argument for

the collective betterment of society is a convincing one, whether it’s driven by a simple kind-heartedness toward humanity, or by egoistic altruism.

When some of us are made better off, eventually everyone is — Isn’t that what progress as a nation really is about?

Agastya is a sophomore in Engineering. agastya2@dailyillini.com

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Playing for keeps

Alumnus co-founds Chicago-based JAM Orchestra with the original orchestration and full orchestra.

When building the JAM orchestra team and finding the perfect musicians, they hand-picked people they had encountered from school and gigs. It is now fully comprised with members who have the same passion for music they do.

“The musicians who play in JAM are our friends and colleagues and also share the same enthusiasm for the music we present, so the end product is electrifying,” Goldman said. “You can feel the energy from both the orchestra and the audience.”

From hours of practicing, fundraising and making the name of JAM Orchestra, each of the members is working hard to produce another show.

“We are preparing for an exciting 2019 season to feature a summer concert as well as another holiday concert, building off of the success of last year’s soldout ‘Holiday Swing!’ concert,” Kono said. “We are looking forward to working with the outstanding musicians of JAM Orchestra, as well as talented guest soloists and arrangers creating new works specifically for the JAM Orchestra.”

The behind-the-scenes work of JAM Orchestra is pushing them closer and closer to their goal of a successful 2019 season. Kaplan hopes that future University students see the endless possibilities to pursue a passion and work for something you love to do.

“I would love to bring JAM to (Illinois) because it has such a special place in my heart and opened so many doors for me,” Kaplan said.

“We have to be creative in the way people see our concerts. Making music with your friends was the key to our success.”

Kaplan believes the University can be a great space for students looking to pursue their passion and achieve their goals. From wanting to major in music to specializing in cello, becoming a conductor was only a role he found in time.

“If you want it bad enough, it is a lot of work, but it is worth every minute of it,” he said.

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The music radiates from the strings of the instruments, the musicians’ bows creating a perfect harmony which is immediately followed by the final tune and a burst of claps. The concert is over.

For many orchestras, the debut concert is one of the most rewarding and exciting performances, showcasing months of preparation and practice. For JAM Orchestra, a Chicago-based orchestra co-founded by a University alumnus, the first concert in December 2018 was a thrill.

In fall 2018, three friends, who had known each other since high school and parted ways to attended college, found themselves in the Chicago area, reconnecting over their love of music.

They began playing a lot of gigs together; with a similar vibe in their respective styles of music, they rediscovered a love of playing.

JAM Orchestra was born.

The name, JAM, holds a special significance for the group as each letter represents a name of the three co-founders. Justin Kono, Aaron Kaplan and Michael Goldman.

Kaplan, who graduated from the University in 2011 with bachelor’s degrees in cello performance and music education, found his passion in college to become an orchestra director. Kaplan has played the cello since he was 5 years old. Twenty-four years later, he continues to do so.

As a senior in high school, he stepped into the conductor role and directed an orchestra instead of playing in it. Music had always come naturally to Kaplan, who could read sheet music before chapter books as a child. In his first conducting role, he worked with his high school freshman orchestra as a senior leader and began to learn the ins and outs of conducting.

Throughout high school and college, Kaplan continued to play cello due to his love and enjoyment of music.

“When I got to (Illinois), I knew I wanted to major in music, but I wasn’t really sure where my path would take me,” he said.

His plan after graduating

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high school was to become a cellist.

As an undergraduate student, he started conducting a lot of Illini Union Board fall and spring musicals and started putting groups together to play. Once Kaplan immersed himself in the conducting role, he recognized a shift in his academic goals.

“By the time I was a sophomore, I changed my focus; I knew that I wanted to pursue conducting for my master’s,” Kaplan said.

He graduated in 2013 with a masters in orchestral conducting and learned under Donald Schleicher, current orchestra conductor at the University. Despite the shift

“The musicians who play in JAM are our friends and colleagues and also share the same enthusiasm for the music we present, so the end product is electrifying.”

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in focus, he still plays cello in orchestra quite often.

During his last year at the University, he and his friends started Illini Student Musicals, which still produces biannual productions today.

Kaplan believes one of the great things about the University was that there were so many different musical opportunities available in

playing and conducting, even in chamber music. Taking advantage of these opportunities, he found his voice.

After college, Kaplan, Kono and Goldman found themselves back together, playing for fun and gigs. Kaplan said they all have a passion to play different styles of music, not just classical music, which

made their group different and is why they work so well together.

“When the three of us are making music together, you can feel the synergy in the room,” Goldman said. “We speak the same musical language and that is evident in the performance.”

As they played around Chicago, they found many orchestra venues in the city were small, causing a lot of companies and groups to cut instruments from a full orchestra to a group of five or six.

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LIFE

CULTURE

Risky business

Police increase regulations on Unofficial

BY ERICA FINKE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Lindsey Tucker had firsthand experience with the campus holiday Unofficial as a bartender at KAM’s during her time at the University.

Tucker, who graduated from the University in 2016, said at the beginning of her college career she enjoyed celebrating the holiday without much worry. However, it became more of a hassle as the authorities began to crack down on antics.

“As a bartender, it was nerve-wracking because you had to be extra careful about who you were serving to and in what proportions,” Tucker said in an email.

She also said it was difficult to keep the lines moving and customers happy while worrying about the fines and termination that comes with breaking a rule during Unofficial.

“People were warned to basically hide out in frat houses in people’s rooms to stay as far away from the cops as possible,” she said when referring to what the holiday was like outside of the bars.

Tucker said as the police department got stricter, people attending house parties were afraid to leave the premise for fear they would get a drinking ticket the minute they stepped off the property. She also said she knew people who did not want their friends staying with them that weekend to avoid trouble. Tucker thinks the main cause of the problem has not been with University students, but the people who come to visit.

Patrick Wade, communications director for the Division of Public Safety,said their scare tactic is intended for both students and visitors. Wade credits the large volume of police officers on campus as the largest deterrent of risky behaviors.

“Everyone thinks, ‘Oh man, if they see me I’m probably going to get a ticket. There’s just so many cops out on the street,’ and that’s part of it. That’s part of our strategy,” Wade said.

Wade said in 2011, the University Police Department gave out 364 tickets during Unofficial. About 75 percent of those tickets, were given to people who do not attend the University. Since then, the number of tickets has dropped to only 57 tickets in 2018. Wade connects this with fewer visitors coming to celebrate the holiday.

“This whole thing started as bar promotion in the ‘90s and it kind of grew and grew and the bars were still really promoting it on social media. Some people were even bussing people in from Chicago or other campuses,” Wade said. “So there’s this big effort to get people outside our community here

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A line forms outside KAM’s during Unofficial on March 4, 2016.

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A Champaign police car parked outside of Red Lion during Unofficial on March 3.

to participate in this event that is completely centered around binge drinking and wreaking havoc and the people coming to our community for that, that’s all they wanted to do.”

Many participants are unaware of the ordinances and laws the cities of Urbana and Champaign have passed, as well as the University-enforced rules during Unofficial. These include raising the bar entrance age to 21, not allowing visitors in residence halls, allowing the sale of only one keg at a time to an individual and making parking difficult during the weekend.

“Our students know the rules; they know how to get help, they have a place to stay, they’re used to doing this so that has reduced a lot of the problems, because it’s turning into just any other night out on campus, just everyone wears green and that’s fine,” Wade said.

Wade, also a University alumnus, was a student from 2006 until 2009 and celebrated his first Unofficial in March 2007. However, the University showed great opposition to Unofficial after the first fatality in March 2006.

“It was after that that they really hit hard with the

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rules,” he said. “I remember my freshman year just how much they hammered us with ‘These are the consequences if you do something wrong,’ so that was around the time I think they really started cracking down on it.”

Wade said he is enthusiastic about the results they’ve seen in the decreasing participation in Unofficial activities in recent years.

“Some students may not like it and some students do, but Unofficial is definitely on it’s way out, so we’re going to kind of continue with what we know to work,” Wade said.

Many underage students

will go home for the weekend during Unofficial since it has become more difficult to go out. Sarah Demas, sophomore in AHS, stayed on campus last year to attend her Friday classes.

She said she expected people to ditch their classes, but that was not what she observed.

“They’ve cracked down so much on it,” Demas said.

Demas didn’t try to go out for last year’s Unofficial festivities because she was afraid of receiving a drinking ticket. She did say some of her friends went out and drank, but she stayed at house or apartment parties

rather than going to bars.

“I was expecting to see more drunk people (on Unofficial) because I walked down Green Street for food and even just by KAM’s and the bookstore and I was expecting a big, huge line like how it normally is, and it was less than normal,” Demas said.

Demas said she will be going home this year for Unofficial weekend.

“People can get drunk any other time of the year, but there are too many risks associated with this weekend,” Demas said. elfinke2@dailyillini.com

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SPORTS

MEN’S BASKETBALL

SOFTBALL

Freshman pitcher hits her mark early

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Illinois guard Trent Frazier drives to the basket during the game against Michigan State at the State Farm Center on Feb. 5. The Illini won 79-74..

Team in need of new energy

BY GAVIN GOOD STAFF WRITER

Illinois has dealt with its fair share of close, tough losses this season.

While the team is on its way to miss the NCAA Tournament for the sixth straight season, unless it wins the Big Ten Tournament, the young team has shown recent signs of promise after starting the year 4-12.

Despite a four-game stretch of wins ending with losses to Wisconsin and Penn State, the team isn’t happy with where

it’s at.

Senior guard Aaron Jordan didn’t shy away from expressing his displeasure with the team’s recent results.

“A lot of things to be disappointed about, to be honest,” Jordan said. “But that’s just tough love. That’s how you look at yourselves, (and) look at the team. You basically say, ‘Hey, fortunately we have another chance to go out there and prove ourselves.’”

A seven-point loss to lastplace Penn State at the State Farm Center on Saturday was

the latest shortcoming for Illinois.

Head coach Brad Underwood said his team doesn’t have much room to make mistakes and will most likely lose if it doesn’t match the energy level of opponents.

“We’re a team that has to play extremely hard; we don’t have a tremendously high margin of error,” Underwood said. “When we get outplayed in the effort category, that’s something we’ve got to correct. That was the case Saturday (against Penn State).”

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SophomoreguardTrentFrazier wanted his team to simply put the Penn State game in the rearview.

It wasn’t an x’s and o’s matter in that loss, Frazier said.

Rather, it came down to Illinois failing to play with the same energy which led to the team’s recent success.

“We throw that (Penn State film) away,” Frazier said. “The way we’ve been playing, I didn’t think we played that way. We’re moving forward, SEE ENERGY | 3B

Prior to her first tournament as an Illini, freshman pitcher Sydney Sickels didn’t feel the nerves which usually come the first season.

Even the star seniors on the team, like center fielder Kiana Sherlund, spoke of the anxiety she feels prior to the first tournament every season.

“One of our freshman said to me, ‘Man, I’m so nervous for this weekend,’” Sherlund said. “She said that as if I was supposed to tell her not to be nervous, but I looked at her and said, ‘I’m nervous too.’”

Sickels said she felt surprisingly calm thanks to the tight team chemistry the Illini built throughout the fall. When the first tournament commenced, it was clear she was ready for the moment.

She pitched two innings and faced five batters in Illinois’ first tournament game against No. 22 Oklahoma State. Without blinking, she struck out two and didn’t allow a single earned run as the Illini started the year off with a 7-4 victory.

“Going in the first game and seeing that I was competing against the other teams, that was (when I knew I fit in),” Sickels said.

The following game, a battle against No. 13 Kentucky would be Sickels’ first tournament start.

Despite the stakes being higher than her last game, Sickels pitched another solid game against a top15 opponent.

She threw eight innings with six strikeouts and only allowed four earned runs against the 39 batters she faced as she notched her first career victory with a 6-5 victory. Although she gave up two home runs, her cool mentality allowed her to move on quickly from the setbacks.

“If you were to watch her pitch, you wouldn’t know if she had just struck everyone out or if she was struggling,” said head coach Tyra Perry.

The intangibility and adaptability Sickels showcased gives a look into why

Perry and her staff recruited her in the first place.

Perry noted the elite-level break Sickels had on the ball when she was scouting the Indianola, Iowa, native.

Although her speed was questionable, the coaching staff knew they could increase her velocity once she came to town.

Perry also mentioned the rarity of seeing a freshman who has the ability to block out external factors and focus solely on the game as Sickels does.

“She’s basic.What you see is what you get with her,” Perry said.

Illinois’ older players have also expressed how impressed they are with Sickels and some of the other freshmen in their ability to fit right in without a hitch.

“Right when our freshmen came in the fall, they made an impact immediately,” Sherlund said. “They didn’t skip a beat in practices. Our practices are super high paced, and it’s really easy to get lost.”

The bond the players on the team share has contributed to both the team’s success and the success of young players like Sickels.

Although she said she believes she’s naturally a calm person, Sickels attributes a lot of her success to the mentorship of the senior pitchers.

The way the seniors carry themselves as players shows the young freshman what it takes to be a great player. Sickels said the impression she got from her teammates was to give nothing less than “110 percent” effort in every aspect of the game.

When she first arrived in Champaign, Sickels wasn’t sure she’d be able to match up toe-to-toe with the topnotch college talent the Big Ten has to offer.

“I’m generally a calm person, but the seniors also helped, especially the senior pitchers,” Sickels said. “At first, I wasn’t so sure how I would compare to everyone else, but the coaches made sure that I knew that I could be a comSEE PITCHER | 3B

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Gymnast makes debut Former manager proves dedication, focus pays off

BY SUMEYA KALIB STAFF WRITER

Rachel Borden was added to the Illinois women’s gymnastics team on Feb. 15 — one day before their meet against Iowa — where she made her debut on beam.

Having been the team’s manager for most of the past semester, the sophomore’s beam routine was able to capture the attention of Illini fans with over 48,000 views on Twitter.

Borden’s story is best recognized as one of working even harder after hearing rejection the first time.

She has been practicing with the club team since the end of her freshman year, coached by junior gymnast Rae Balthazor and past gymnast Sarah Lyons. After going home and working at her home gym, Borden contacted the gymnastics coaches about trying out for the team.

However, with Borden needing work on her skills and an already large team of 18 gymnasts, she could not be added to the team.

“She definitely showed a lot of potential. We liked her character, her heart and her

work ethic … we had a little bit of a larger team already, and we were deep on the events that she trained,” said head coach Nadalie Walsh.

At that point, the team needed a manager and Borden took the offer, wanting to stay in touch with the girls she met during tryouts. Their welcoming attitudes and Walsh’s advice on improvement gave her hope she could make the team.

“After I got the email, I was really upset, but Nadalie was so kind and was like, ‘If this is something you really want to do, keep training. Send us updates, and you’re more than welcome to try again next year,’” Borden said. “She was actually a big part of the reason that I started training on my own, and I continued to train because of the fact she believed I could come back next year and made me want to come back more.”

According to Borden, she needed to work on perfecting her posture, her skills and being consistent on hitting them. In particular, during tryouts when she would attempt a front aerial handspring, she would only make 2 out of 5 needed.

Working with the club team throughout the fall semester, Borden attributes some of her success to the help of Balthazor and Lyons for getting her skills back in order to update Walsh on her skills.

Given Borden’s improvements and “unforeseen injuries” from gymnasts on the beam lineup, Walsh decided it was best to add her to the roster sooner rather than later to bring depth back to the lineup.

“I was honestly very impressed with what she was doing and so given our team circumstances, she seemed like she was our little blessing dropped in our lap to be able to come and help us immediately, and she’s done a great job,” Walsh said.

With a repertoire of club experience, the most recent being a Junior Olympic qualifier and ranking third on beam at the 2017 Region 5 Championship, Borden showcased her routine at Iowa as an exhibition. Working out the nerves, she reminded herself of her teammates, their success and the advice they gave her and projected that into making her routine.

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Illinois forward Alex Wittinger rises up to shoot the ball during the game against Penn State at the State Farm Center on Sunday. The Illini lost 76-65.

Seniors reflect on years as Illini

BY GABBY HAJDUK STAFF WRITER

Between playing at Parkland College, experiencing a coaching change and living through three straight years with single-digit wins, Illinois’ seniors have been through it all.

When they got to campus as freshmen, the State Farm Center was being renovated, and seniors Alex Wittinger and Jaelyne Kirkpatrick played their first collegiate games at the community col-

lege. Following their sophomore season, head coach Nancy Fahey replaced former head coach Matt Bollant.

Now, with one regular season game left as Illini, the seniors have earned a 10-win season.

Wittinger and Kirkpatrick still recall their times at Illini Tower freshman year when they lived together with redshirt junior Cierra Rice, admitting there are still funny videos they look at from those times.

“I’ve been trying to look back on the memories I’ve had with (Kirkpatrick) and (Rice) because that’s my class I came in with,” Wittinger said. “How we used to live together and just as the years have gone by, how our relationships have changed and grown and how we’ve all changed.”

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2018 MLB draft picks discuss choosing college Maldonado, Campbell decide on Illinois over Brewers, Cubs

BY MEGHAN REST ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Not everyone who plays baseball at the Division I level gets a shot in the big leagues, and even fewer get the call to play pro ball fresh out of high school.

But Illinois freshmen Aidan Maldonado and Jacob Campbell both had that chance during last year’s MLB Draft when the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs plucked the duo during the 38th and 36th rounds, respectively.

However, both passed on the opportunity and decided to pursue a collegiate career at Illinois, something right-handed pitcher Maldonado said he questioned at first.

“I don’t think that a lot now, but I definitely questioned it in the beginning,” Maldonado said. “There’s a lot of things that college provides that you wouldn’t be able to experience in a minor league system or rookie ball. It’s allowed me to work on the small things and not worry about your career, I’m just trying to be able to develop.”

Maldonado was one of the 304 players called up from a high school program and one of the 502 right-handed pitchers selected during the 2018 MLB Draft — a number accounting for nearly 41 percent of prospects chosen.

But while Maldonado’s position is almost always in high demand by major league teams, he said he would rather work with the Illinois pitching staff to develop his presence on the mound rather than be thrown into a minor league system straight away.

“The coaching staff’s amazing here,” Maldonado said. “(Pitching coach Drew Dickinson is ) my guy.

He’s literally like my best

friend. You couldn’t ask for better coaches in the country. The decision was made based on the coaching staff and knowing that I’d be able to develop more, and in the grand scheme of things, probably benefit my baseball career as a whole.”

Campbell, who was drafted by the Cubs as a catcher, said he pulled away from the draft and toward Illinois for similar reasons. “ We’ve got a great coaching staff here, and I wouldn’t want to miss out on an opportunity to come here and play with a great program against great competition and just get better,” Campbell said.

Catchers were the fourth-most drafted position in 2018 with 115 taken but only accounted for about 10 percent of the entire draft. For Campbell, who was ranked as the No. 2 recruit in Wisconsin and the No. 8-ranked catcher in the nation by Prep Baseball Report, coming into college after gaining attention in the draft hasn’t affected the way he approaches the game.

“It’s just the same mentality every day,” Campbell said. “Just to get better in practice and as long as we’re getting W’s at the end of the day, that’s all that matters.”

Since the two out-ofstate recruits’ first chance to be drafted has come and gone, they are focusing on their next three to four years at Illinois and learning as much as they can from older players on the team.

Maldonado, who was the No. 2-ranked recruit in Minnesota, the No. 97-ranked right-handed pitcher in the nation per Prep Baseball Report and Illinois’ highest-ranked recruit, is learning to adjust

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Freshman catcher Jacob Campbell walks back to the dugout during the Illini’s tournament in Boca Raton, Florida. Campbell decided to attend the University despite being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2018 MLB Draft.

to an entire new type of pitching at the college level.

“The transition to college baseball was a lot different than what I thought it was going to be, quite honestly,” Maldonado said. “The game is such a mental game, and I definitely never fully understood that until I got to here. The biggest thing is (speed) doesn’t matter.

That was probably the big-

gest thing transitioning from high school to college, from ‘what’s your read’ to knowing it doesn’t matter how hard you throw. It’s where you throw the ball and what pitch you throw in your count. So, I think sort of becoming a pitcher instead of a thrower was another adjustment for me.”

Although playing for a

college team has given both freshmen new opportunities on the field, being able to pursue a degree from Illinois is something Maldonado said he probably wouldn’t have been able to do while in the minor league system.

“My mom and dad are really big on education, so going to college was important,” Maldonado said. “One of the

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biggest things not going to school doesn’t provide you with is the degree at the end, and I think that takes you farther than anything. Two percent of any baseball player makes it to the MLB, so if it doesn’t work out in the end (a degree) is huge, so that’s really the mindset there.” @meghan_rest merest2@dailyillini.com

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Double trouble: Brothers share first-year experience

BY BRENDYN JONES STAFF WRITER

For the Braunagel twins, freshmen Danny and Zac, wrestling is the one true thing they’ve shared throughout their lives.

The twins started wrestling at 5 years old as a way to keep in shape for their other athletic interests: baseball and football. In those early years, they weren’t as serious, but after success in middle school and high school, their attitudes started to change.

In the eighth grade, Danny made the state finals but lost to his current Illini teammate, We Rachal.

“After I lost that match, I was devastated,” Danny said. “But once I started looking back at the brighter side of things, I realized by how upset I got, that I really cared and I really loved what I was doing. I was really passionate about it and that is when I started realizing that wrestling is what I wanted to do.”

After that match, Danny became solely focused on wrestling. However, Zac still played football until his sophomore season of high school. That year, he got recognition by getting invited to a wrestling camp. After that, he decided to focus only on wrestling that summer alongside his brother, and his skills greatly increased.

In the last two years of their high school careers, the twins became two of the best wrestlers in the state.

The two each put together junior and senior seasons which culminated with two state championships each.

Given they’re almost the same weight, Danny and Zac also wrestled each other all the time.

The competitive nature

of wrestling was amplified by the competitive nature of brotherhood, which pushed them to become the athletes they are today.

But sometimes, their competitive edge got the best of them. The brothers got kicked out of practice almost once a week in their senior year for fighting.

“It even goes as far as when we’re on the couch watching TV,” Danny said.

“We see the other one put his headphones on and get his sweats on to go get a run in.

We’re like, ‘Now I got to go.

I can’t let him outwork me.’”

As their senior season ended, they had to decide where they would contin-

ue their college careers.

When they heard assistant coach Mike Poeta joined the coaching staff last season, the twins took notice of Illinois. After consideration, they realized they wanted to wrestle in their home state.

But, the admiration was not one-sided.

“They always competed on the national level, and they always had success on the national level,” said head coach Jim Heffernan. “They are great students, and they are incredibly hard workers. In order to be successful in wrestling at this level, there is a certain lifestyle that’s required for you to be a national champion. Both of

those guys live the lifestyle.”

Now, the duo seems to fit right in at the University.

Danny likes the home state aspect Illinois offers, especially since only two people on the team aren’t from Illinois, so the twins have wrestled with or against most of their teammates in the past.

Zac likes how close the team is, especially the freshman class.

“There are 10 of us freshmen, and we see each other almost every day,” Zac said.

“It’s really like a family.

When one of them makes a friend, we all make a friend.

We’re really close with the soccer team and the gymnasts. My favorite part of it

is probably the family aspect of that.”

The brothers have learned a lot about the sport at the collegiate level in their short time at Illinois. They’ve benefited from wrestling against Illini stars like Mike Carr, Emery Parker and Andre Lee, who have taught them better techniques.

“I’ve wrestled a lot with Mike Carr,” Danny said.

“In high school, I thought I was working hard, then I got here and saw the way he was working. I realized that I was not putting in enough work to be where I want to be. Just seeing him and how hard he is working just motivated me and pushed me.”

The twins have already had success in their college careers as redshirts, placing in tournaments while competing unattached. In the next three years, though, their goals are not just to win individual championships but also to win a team title for the Illini. “(Danny and Zac) are gonna be really good leaders,” Heffernan said. “They live the lifestyle, and they’re really good students. They want to be great individually, and they want to be on a great team. That’s going to make a big difference team-wise.”

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ENERGY

petitor as long as I worked hard.”

The coaches and the team fit were what drew Sickels to the Illini in the first place, and she hasn’t looked back.

“It was about the people.

It was all about the people,” Sickels said. “I really like how we’re all just so close. I wasn’t expecting that. We have some fifth years, and so you’re not expecting to be as close with them as the freshmen are.”

Now three tournaments into her career, Sickels has become the workhorse pitcher for the Illini.

She’s accrued a 6-2 record so far and leads the team in innings pitched, strikeouts and opponent batting average. Her 3.58 ERA is also second on the team, only behind senior Emily Oestreich’s 3.50 ERA. Coming up, Sickels and the Illini will take on Northern Iowa, Tulsa, Seattle and Syracuse in Tulsa and Oklahoma on Friday.

trying to get back on our run right now.”

Illinois has weathered an assortment of close losses already this season, and Frazier said the team’s recent outcome is no different.

“Falling short in those games, those are tough ones to lose,” Frazier said. “When we play (with) our best effort, we give it all. Losing those close ones, I think, kind of sucks a little energy out of us. But we can’t let that happen. We have to get back to it.”

man forward Giorgi Bezhanishvili to get more feeds, especially in the paint where he has regularly found success Against Penn State, Bezhanishvili got a lot of early looks inside, but Underwood said Illinois got away from it as the game went on and hurt its chances to win and offensive productivity.

“We forget about him sometimes,” Underwood said.

“We’ve got to continue to put him in different spots.”

Bezhanishvili has by far the best shooting clip of any Illini, boasting a 53.3 percent rate. The next closest — besides infrequently used freshman Samba Kane, who has made 13 of 20 field goals — is junior guard Andres Feliz’s 46.2 percent mark.

“The one thing that we’re trying to continue to do is get the ball to Giorgi (and) understand that he’s a pretty viable option,” Underwood said. “I thought we got good looks; I’m not arguing the looks. I can’t control whether they go in or not, but I liked our looks.”

It’s a lot of why Illinois’ form has faltered since its win at Ohio State on Valentine’s Day. “We haven’t had a lot of energy at practice lately,” Frazier said. “That’s one of the big reasons (for the losses). We need to get that back.

When we won four in a row, everybody came to practice

energy levels better than he can but he noted he was happy with the way the team has practiced since the Penn State loss.

“I thought our second team (Tuesday) was unbelievable,” Underwood said. “They just kicked the dog out of the first team, it wasn’t even funny. I love seeing that; that’s a huge

He doesn’t hesitate to show excitement about Bezhanishvili’s future while also emphasizing his importance to the current team dynamic.

“Giorgi’s established the fact that he’s a kid that brings it every day. His emotion is very much in play with all of our guys,” Underwood said.

“He gets us going. He’s a talker. He’s a great communicator. All those things are really, really positive. “ Frazier agreed and, for his part, said he believes he also needs to bring more energy to his teammates.

It’s part of what has helped the young Illini find success at various times this year, Frazier said, and it can lead to more if the team can tap into the right streams of it once again.

“It starts with Giorgi,” Frazier said. “Assistant coach Ron ‘Chin’ Coleman tells me a lot, it starts with me, too. I think the thing is me just being more vocal, talking early getting guys going.

Just talking, bringing a lot of energy from the jump. That’s when we play at our best, when everyone is playing for each other and playing hard.

We bring a lot of energy.”

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The Braunagel twins talk during a break in practice at the Wrestling practice space at Huff Hall. The two brothers decided to attend the University after each having a successful high school campaign.

What went wrong?

Under wood openly lamented his team’s performance against Penn State, a program the Illini have now lost five straight games to.

“It was a tough weekend; we got outplayed,” Underwood said. “Penn State was the aggressor. They played harder than we did. It was a game they definitely deserved to win.”

The coach rattled off several things his team has gotten away from. Namely, Underwood cited effort for Saturday’s defeat, but there were also technical reasons.

For one, he wants fresh-

Energy as an X-factor

Frazier said he perceived a recent lack of energy from his team in practice while speaking with the media after practice on Tuesday.

“Losing those close ones, I think, kind of sucks a little energy out of us. But we can’t let that happen. We have to get back to it.”

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everyday ready to go. Everyone had a lot of team energy, and we were getting after it.

That’s our main focus right now.”

Evidently, it’s something that’s up for debate.

Jordan said he hasn’t seen a lack of energy and thought practice on Tuesday was a positive one.

“More like a lack of execution,” Jordan said. “Even just today, our guys really got after each other, which is a good thing.”

Underwood said Frazier might be able to perceive

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SENIORS despite the lack of team success during its four years.

Fahey believes their commitment to helping the program grow reflects the mark they have made on Illinois basketball.

“They stayed loyal, and that’s really important,” Fahey said. “I’ve told them many times we will not forget what they’ve given at a tough time when a program’s trying to rebuild. They all just want to do this together, and I’m proud of the seniors.”

The seniors, as well as graduate transfer Sarah Shewan, played at the State Farm Center for the last time on Sunday.

While the team was not able to pick up a last home win, Wittinger and Shewan were still met with a standing ovation after checking out for the last time. The cheers were followed by hugs with Kirkpatrick, who was sidelined after battling an ankle injury all season.

Wittinger, leading the Illini

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Illinois graduate transfer Sarah Shewan smiles for a photo with her family, head coach Nancy Fahey and athletic director Josh Whitman before the game against Penn State at the State Farm Center on Sunday. The game marks the seniors’ last home game of their collegiate careers.

in scoring for her final time at home Sunday, will leave a lasting impact on the program’s future. A threat since she arrived on campus, Wittinger has led the Illini in scoring and rebounding since her sophomore season.

The Delano, Minnesota, native has entered the Illinois record books, now seventh in career scoring and fourth in career rebounding.

She is also three blocks away from breaking the all-time block record.

Wittinger’s individual success speaks for her on-court leadership, but the forward focused more on making an impact on her teammates and the future of Illinois basketball.

“I hope that I’ve been a good example for the younger people and then they can con-

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sign of growth.”

Despite disagreements, the team nevertheless reached a consensus on energy: Bezhanishvili is the emotional and energetic focal point of this group.

The young forward is expressive on the court and in regular interactions, frequently cracking wide smiles, playing to the crowd at the State Farm Center or getting upset with his own plays or calls by officials.

Underwood has a highlevel of trust for the relative- @itsallG_O_O_D ly inexperienced Georgian. gavinrg2@dailyillini.com has been amazing,” Rice said. “She’s been so impactful to this program, and she means a lot to all of us and I wish I could give her another year because she deserves it.

She’s one of the best people I’ve ever played with.”

While Kirkpatrick and Wittinger have four years worth of impact at Illinois, Shewan only had one season but still hoped to create a “winning culture” in the program.

Through her veteran experience, Fahey believes Shewan contributed leadership in the locker room, creating strong relationships off the court. Shewan attributes her ability to come in and be a leader to how welcoming Kirkpatrick and Wittinger were from the beginning.

“They were super open and super nice,” Shewan said.

“You don’t always have to be nice to the new kid, especially when they’re coming in and they’re a bit older than you and been playing basketball a bit longer, but they accepted me as great as anyone.”

tinue that as they get older too and that I’ve set a good standard,” Wittinger said. “I’ve really enjoyed my time here, and I hope I’ve represented Illinois well.”

Teammates like Rice, who was in the same freshman class as Wittinger, believes the senior has accomplished just that.

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DEBUT season by edging out Iowa 195.650-195.400. She was seen again at the Big Five meet on the lineup, scoring a 9.625.

The Illini scored a season high of 49.075 in the event and finished third overall behind No. 8 Michigan and No. 14 Minnesota.

They secured a spot on the night session of the Big Ten Championships on March 23.

Borden hopes to clean up on her skills to help contribute to the team’s score.

Walsh believes she will be a “valuable asset” to them.

“She’s going to right away be a beam stud for us, going out there and scoring well and being a rock for us and a testimony of encouragement as well,” said Walsh.

“She’s got a lot of hope as someone who overcomes, and that’s a great thing for everybody.” skalib2@dailyillini.com

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Drink to these tunes a bit different for Unofficial this year. Your friends at buzz created a 15-song playlist spanning 40 years of music, filled with just a handful of all the iconic bops released throughout

BY TYLER PANLILIO OPINIONS EDITOR

Instead of half-heartedly making a playlist based off the best bangers on Spotify’s U.S. Top 50 and calling it a day, we’re trying something

music history. While not all of these are bangers, they’re guaranteed to turn some heads during your Unofficial weekend. tylerjp2@readbuzz.com

Created by: buzz • 15 songs, 57 min

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Listen online at readbuzz.com/unofficialplaylist2018 SONG

September

Earth, Wind & Fire

Take on Me

A-ha

Electric Feel

MGMT

Yeah!

Usher

buzz calendar

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. 28

Spring 2019 Opening Night at Krannert Art Museum

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 6-9 p.m.  Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign  Free, all ages Join us to celebrate opening night and get a first look at Krannert Art Museum’s newest art exhibitions. Art exhibitions will open with a brief welcome by Museum Director Jon Seydl. Exhibitions opening include: From Hand to Hand: Painting and the Animation of History in Northern India. Curated by Allyson Purpura, senior curator and curator of global African art.

Big Bag Blowout

Lemon (feat. Rihanna)

N.E.R.D.

If I Ain’t Got You

Alicia Keys

7 Rings

Ariana Grande

Suit & Tie (feat. Jay-Z)

Justin Timberlake

Tongue Tied

Grouplove

Get Lucky

Daft Punk

Canned Heat

Jamiroquai

 Noon-6 p.m.  The Idea Store, 125 Lincoln Square, Urbana  Free, all ages The Big Bag Blowout is back. We’re piling our event space high with warehouse overstocks: school and office supplies, fabric and yarn, containers, holiday items and we don’t even know what else. Fill up a bag — or more than one — for just $5. We’ll be restocking every day.

FRIDAY, MARCH 1

The Middle

Jimmy Eat World

Mr. Brightside

The Killers

Toxic

Britney Spears

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 5 p.m.-midnight  25 O’Clock Brewing Company, 208 W. Griggs St., Suite 101, Urbana  Free, 19+ Part of Urbana’s First Fridays series, this will be a 14-speaker spatial sound experience, the first in a new series curated by Jake Metz featuring Ryan Groff of Elsinore and twoleggedzoo. The audience will be fully immersed in an array of 14 sound sources amplifying Groff’s vocal effects and loops, while twoleggedzoo will utilize Envelop for Ableton 10 to push groovy rhythms all around the taproom, and finally hang for DJ Quad playing all your favorite surround-sound hits from the ‘60s through today.

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Resist 3 Art Event

 11 a.m.-6 p.m.  Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, 202 S. Broadway Ave., Suite 1, Urbana  Free, all ages Resist/Resistance: the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument.

Throughout history, artists have responded to the turbulence of their times with artistic expression. Today, we once again find ourselves in such historic times. Art is transformative. It brings the community together. When we come together as a community, anything is possible. Last year’s Resist show was amazing because of you.

Please join us as we work to create Resist 3.

We at Resist believe change begins at the local level. We are so grateful to the generous artists who donate 50 percent of sales to local organizations.

All Breed Cat Show

 10 a.m.-4 p.m.  The Garden Hotel, 1001 Killarney St., Champaign  Free, all ages More than 150 cats converge on Urbana to compete for top prizes. Plus there will be a special event, Cat Agility, where cats navigate an obstacle course to beat the clock. It’s a perfect outing for the family.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3

Discover India in Foellinger Auditorium

 5-9 p.m.  Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana  Free, all ages Indian Graduate Students Association at Illinois presents one of its biggest events for the semester, “Discover India.” Join us in Foellinger Auditorium as we share and celebrate the rich and diverse Indian culture with the Champaign-Urbana community.

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Drinkoscopes: Give them a shot

BY THE BUZZ PSYCHICS

Aries: Rum and Coke

This Unofficial, Aries across campus will converge to the bars to order the drink that matches their energetic nature — the classic Rum and Coke. The carbonation in the Coca-Cola will bring out your fiery side while the drink’s caffeine will give you the strength to head out to bars before the lines get too insane. Aries are impatient creatures, after all. The drink’s simplicity will ensure short wait times at the bar and an even shorter wait if you’re making it at home. Aries exude confidence and, with a Rum and Coke in your hand, you’ll make sure that a little liquid courage goes a long way.

March 21 - April 19

Taurus: Screwdriver

Taureans are practical yet stubborn; nothing reflects this better than the Screwdriver. A classic drink that is fairly hard to screw up (pun intended), a Screwdriver matches a Taurean’s responsible nature by ensuring you always know what you’re gonna get. But an unwillingness to compromise might create an issue: Each Taurus has their own opinions on which vodka brand and orange juice type (Svedka or Grey Goose? Freshly squeezed or from concentrate? The world may never know.) that erring from their recipe will cause some trouble. But in the end, a patient Taurus will be rewarded with the Screwdriver of their dreams (granted they make it themselves).

Libra: Long Island

As someone who loves balance and harmony, nothing suits you better than a nice balance of vodka, tequila, gin, rum and triple sec. Even before drinking any alcohol, a Libra has an appreciation for the finer things in life. Be careful this Unofficial, just one Long Island can make you fall in love with the stranger who is simply just checking your ID. Also, remember that Unofficial isn’t going to be as peaceful as you may want it to be. Don’t get stressed out trying to keep everyone around you happy. Chances are if they’re sipping Long Islands with a Libra, they already are.

Sept. 23 - Oct. 22

Scorpio: Jager Bomb

Scorpios are trailblazers who won’t hold anything back.

When they hear that the odd combination between Jager and Red Bull is half off, there’s nothing to stop them from slamming back those shots. Take your time, however, because your friends may not be able to keep up with you.

As a water sign, a Scorpio can sometimes get caught up with their own feelings, so make sure to be aware of those around you this Unofficial. Remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s ok to take a break when things are getting a little too intense.

Oct. 23 - Nov. 21

April 20 - May 20

Gemini: Entire bottle of Moscato

Geminis are two sides of a double-edged sword, fluctuating between fun and sociable to serious and restless. An entire bottle of anything can cause emotional swings, but a bottle of Moscato straddles that fine line between sociable and serious versus sloppy and fake deep. Fun-loving Geminis will enjoy being able to party with a bottle in hand and know that they can chill in a corner with a friend in deep conversation moments later, still with a drink. Be sure to surround yourself with others this Unofficial, as a Gemini thrives in social situations — and it’s easier to pretend you didn’t just drink a whole bottle of wine if you poured a bit out for some friends.

Sagittarius: Smirnoff Ice

Sagitarrii know how to bring the fire so Smirnoff Ice is their match made in Unofficial heaven. It’s a long day of drinking and Sagitarrii are known for being fun-loving and free, so they’ll need to pace themselves if they want to make it through the weekend as their best selves. If you’re a Sagittarius, take no shame in indulging in a fun and fruity beverage even when your friends are making fun of you between tequila shots. You’ll get the last laugh when you’re living your best life at the end of the day and they’re puking in the bathroom.

Nov. 22 - Dec. 21

May 21 - June 20

Cancer: Vodka Cranberry

As a Cancer, you are notoriously creative and spontaneous, always finding ways to liven up the party. That’s why this Unofficial, Cancers can be found sipping on a Vodka Cranberry. This drink pairs perfectly with a Cancer: a classic, sweet drink that goes down easy but can also pack a punch. With how well this drink masks the vodka taste with its cranberry counterpart, it can bring out the impulsivity in any Cancer.

You can be found icing out at the bar and getting your friends to do the same. However, have too many and it might bring out your emotional side. You don’t want to be the one that’s crying in the bar bathroom at the end of the night.

Capricorn: Tequila Sunrise

June 21 - July 22

Capricorns are ambitious and self-confident, and there’s no better way to play up those traits this Unofficial than with a Tequila Sunrise. An aesthetically pleasing drink with its vibrant orange and red colors, a Tequila Sunrise is a dangerous combination of tequila, orange juice and grenadine syrup. This drink goes down easy and will provide every Capricorn with a little extra liquid courage this Unofficial. You will be the life of the party, exuding confidence as you make your rounds through all partygoers clad in green. However, you have to be careful with this deceivingly sweet drink — Mr. Jose Cuervo is a dangerous man when it comes to the hangovers he will give you post-Unofficial.

Leo: Shot of Fireball

Aquarius: Mimosa

July 23 - Aug. 22

Jan. 20 - Feb. 18

Virgo: Irish Coffee

Pisces: Vodka Sprite

As the only sign ruled by the sun, it makes sense that a Leo’s drink of choice would be Fireball. Your fearless energy allows you to be the life of the party and go shot for shot with anyone you encounter (if they dare). Taking straight shots of Fireball will ensure the people around you that you are not to be messed with. The cinnamony and somewhat spicy flavor of Fireball reflects your fiery and charismatic personality. However, don’t get too carried away. Just because no one will take shots with you doesn’t mean you have to take more to make up for what you think was lost.

As a Virgo, you are practical, analytical and reliable. Just like your traits, it should come as no surprise that Virgos will be drinking the classic, Ol’ Reliable drink: an Irish Coffee.

A beverage consisting of coffee, Irish whiskey, sugar and a cream topping, this drink is the perfect way a Virgo can start off their Unofficial. An Irish Coffee pairs perfectly with Kegs and Eggs and is true to the Irish theme of Unofficial.

As a practical sign, you love to multi-task and an Irish Coffee hits two birds with one stone: a caffeine high and a pregame to start your day.

Aug. 23 - Sept. 22

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Dec. 22 - Jan. 19 An Aquarius is drawn to helping other people, and this Unofficial, you’re going to want to help your friends have a good time. If you’re going out to the bars, you’re going to order a couple of pitchers of mimosas to share. Or if you’re visiting a friend’s apartment or house, bringing a bottle of champagne and a jug of orange juice is a good way to share your favorite drink with everyone. Whether it be pouring one out for a long-time friend, or a new person you just met, bringing the champagne to Champaign is always a good idea to get the party started.

Pisces can always be found daydreaming about something, and what better drink to get your head in the clouds than a Vodka Sprite. This simplistic yet classic drink in Pisces hands proves just how wise you can be. You tend to become emotional fairly easily, even adopting the emotions of those around you. Keep this in mind while you are downing your Vodka Sprites. Bring yourself back down to earth every once in a while and turn your dreams of Unofficial into a reality (with a couple vodka Sprites, of course).

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