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Provocative email advertises passenger refund BY ETHAN SIMMONS STAFF WRITER

Over the next six months, former Suburban Express customers will cash out on owner Dennis Toeppen’s legal fees. The form for customers to submit payment requests closed last week. Anyone who bought Suburban Express tickets since April 23, 2014 could apply for up to $20 of the company’s $100,000 fine. Toeppen paid the fine as part of a three-year consent decree reached last April between Suburban Express and the state of Illinois, for the company’s “discrimination and harassment of customers and their families,” said the attorney general’s office in a press release. Suburban Express notified former customers of the payment request form in an email sent Oct. 7. “You purchased a ticket from Suburban Express in the past,” the email said. “Here is information regarding that purchase,

to help you receive ~$20 - sort of a rebate. We’re calling it Beer Money for Suburbanites.” In the email, Suburban Express called the lawsuit “slimy,” “predatory” and “full of unfounded, inflammatory claims” and labeled Attorneys General Lisa Madigan and Kwame Raou, both from Illinois, as “corrupt, opportunistic Illinois politicians.” Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed the lawsuit against Suburban Express for discrimination in April 2018. The lawsuit stemmed from a December 2017 marketing email by the company, which said its perks included “passengers like you. You won’t feel like you’re in China when you’re on our buses.” Madigan’s 39-page lawsuit attached 182 pages of exhibits, including Suburban Express’ “Page of Shame,” which lists the personal information of banned customers, Yelp comments left by the com-

pany on negative reviews and copies of the marketing emails sent by the company. Beyond the advertisements, Suburban Express allegedly encouraged employees to avoid giving coupons to students who spoke English poorly and denied credit cards of residents from ZIP codes with high Jewish populations. According to the lawsuit, Toeppen also posted a YouTube video of himself in a University dorm mocking Asian accents. The recent email includes 2017 statistics of the University ’s international enrollment near the end, highlighting the number of students from China, India and Korea. “To cover up the fact that University of Illinois has to pander to students from other countries in order to stay afloat, they have decided to call themselves Inclusive Illinois,” Suburban Express said in an email.

Suburban Express legal timeline The payment request form for former Suburban Express customers closed last week. Here's are the events that led to the $100,000 fine of Suburban Express owner Dennis Toeppen and the distribution of that money to customers. Dec. 1, 2017: Suburban Express email advertisement says benefits include “Passengers like you. You won’t feel like you’re in China when you’re on our buses.”

April 23,2018: Previous Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sues Suburban Express for violation of Civil Rights Act of 1964, right to privacy and illegal contract terms.

April 9, 2019: New Illinois AG Kwame Raoul reaches three-year consent decree with Dennis Toeppen.

May 7, 2019: Suburban Express shuts down.

May 15, 2019: Dennis Toeppen pays $100,000 fine as part of consent decree.

Oct. 9, 2019: Payment requests from Suburban Express customers are due to AG office.

Nov. 15, 2019: This date is the original deadline for AG office to distribute payments to customers.

April 3, 2020: This date is the extended deadline for AG office to distribute payments to customers.

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Two swastikas found on campus in single week campus to safely and freely express their perspectives and opinions,” Jones said. “But we will also be ready to condemn statements and actions that violate our shared values and seek to demean, intimidate or devalue others in our community.” Jones said a few immediate initiatives would take place in response to this first incident. He said the vice chancellor for Student Affairs will fully review the hiring, training and professional oversight of resident advisors and multicultural advocates. AntiSemitism training for all full-time University Housing staff, RAs and MAs will take place at the end of the semester, and an external review of University Housing multicultural educational programs will take place. In a previous article about the first incident, Erez Cohen, executive director of Illini Hillel told The Daily Illini in an email he was more shocked about the mandatory training than the actual swastika found.

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A pirate bug feeds on whitefly nymphs. According to a document by Illinois Department of Public Health, minute pirate bugs are 1/8 inch long and mostly feed on small insects and insect eggs.

Heat prompts presence of minute pirate bugs BY KIMBERLY BELSER STAFF WRITER

The ‘prolonged’ heat this year has caused a greater appearance of minute pirate bugs in central Illinois, which have been found at the University and in residence halls. Chelsea Hamilton, senior assistant director of communications and marketing for University Housing, said the office received its first report of pirate bugs in

September through a maintenance request. After University Housing received concerns about the “little pests” showing up in dorms, it sent out the pest control team. The team reported back that the insects were Orius insidiosus, more commonly known as minute pirate bugs, Hamilton said. According to a document by Illinois Department of

Public Health, minute pirate bugs are 1/8 inch long and mostly feed on small insects and insect eggs. Nicholas Seiter, professor in ACES, said in an email if he had to guess how pirate bugs got their name, it may be because of their aggressive nature, as they “plunder” their prey. Seiter said pirate bugs are quite common in central Illinois and are widely distrib-

uted throughout the United States. These bugs are commonly found on a wide variety of plants, especially flowering plants. Hamilton said minute pirate bugs emerge every year. The office has had reports of the bugs in the past when central Illinois experienced prolonged heat that lasted into fall. This year, the SEE BUGS | 3A

A swastika was reported drawn on a bathroom stall in the Foreign Language Building Monday. In response, Chancellor Robert Jones sent out a Massmail denouncing anti-Semitism and apologizing to the University. One day later on Thursday, another swastika was found drawn onto a bathroom stall in Taft Hall. No Massmail addressing the second incident has been sent; however, in Wednesday’s address, Jones stated, “acts and expressions of anti-Semitism are acts and expressions of hatred and discrimination that are in direct opposition to our core values.” In addition to these incidents, Jones addressed concerns about anti-Semitic content made by a University Housing student-worker at a staff development program. He assured housing staff will meet individually with all who were involved to fully understand the presentation. “We will always recognize the rights of those on the sjboyle2@dailyillini.com

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UI works to adopt Indigenous Peoples’ Day BY LUIS VELAZQUEZ STAFF WRITER

On the second Monday of October each year, the United States recognizes Christopher Columbus in the form of a federal holiday. However, the University does not acknowledge it as a holiday in its academic calendar. This national holiday

contains a current controversial discussion as to why it is recognized. “All campus designated holidays are determined by Chancellor Jones,” said Meghan Hazen, registrar of the University, in an email. Like many other European explorers, Columbus came across many indigenous people throughout

his exploration of the New World. According to History. com, there are three main sources of controversy regarding Columbus. He labeled Native Americans as “Indians,” forced conversion to Christianity and carried new diseases that still have long-term effects on Native Americans.

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“We think a more accurate slogan would be Highest Bidder Illinois.” The email closes by likening the University’s high international enrollment to dealing cocaine. “John DeLorean got his automobile company into a financial crisis,” Suburban Express said. “He tried dealing cocaine to save it. We think University of Illinois should find a way out of their mess that doesn’t involve dealing cocaine.”

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Several customers posted the email’s contents onto Facebook and Reddit pages for University students. One of them was David Zucker, a University graduate in Media. Zucker said his first interactions with Suburban Express were “difficult.” During his freshman year, his ZIP code on the north shore of Chicago was banned from using the service by Toeppen. “It was price discrimination,” Zucker said. “This was the first time I was like, ‘OK, this guy is a little nuts.’” Once his family moved to Lake Zurich, Zucker was able to purchase tickets during his sophomore year. Zucker got the email last Monday and sent in a payment request. Despite Toeppen’s “blatant xenophobia,” Zucker remains “fascinated” by his “never-ending ways of shooting himself in the foot,” he said. “I think this is a man who really believes in what he’s saying, and he really believes that (the University) should be a state school, so in a way, you almost have to commend him for his conviction to his cause, but the way that he goes about it is so obviously and laughably wrong. I’m appalled,” Zucker said.

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Urbana continues to rebuild after tornado BY ALIZA MAJID CONTRIBUTING WRITER

out the city. As a result, the Public Works Department asked the Urbana Park District and the University for assistance in clearing the area. The Park District provided three dump trucks with operations to help load and relocate storm debris from the residential neighborhoods to the landscape recycling center. The University also supplied some dump trucks for transportation. To help the residents, there was a prolonged period in which homeowners could move their debris onto the curb and have the city dispose of the remains. The city facilitated the pick-up, which is not a common practice for the Public Works Department, but because this was a unique situation, they decided to step in and aid the community. Currently, the city’s main focus is to reestablish the wildlife and forestation in the community. “We’re kind of in res-

toration mode now, so we got stumps that need to be ground out, and then we evaluate each planting site to make sure that we get the right species in the right tree,” Gustafson said. “There are some sites where there’s conflict because of power lines or street lines or other situational reasons where we may opt not to plant in, but (with) the majority of the sites, it’s our goal with the funding and resources available to replant wherever we can.” The City of Urbana has been able to replace 10 to 15 trees that were in need of immediate care and are currently working on the long-term process of tree replacements. There were also several issues regarding sidewalk damage that were addressed accordingly. “We are working with rotary on grant applications to plant some additional trees to replace the trees that were lost, but we don’t have any

word on whether that plan will be awarded or not at the moment,” said Derik Liebert, Urbana Park District Representative. “Independent from the grant, I expect that we will be replanting trees, just probably not as quickly as the grant, but we still remain committed to maintaining the Urbana forests and our parks.” According to a press release from the City of Urbana, the total estimated cost of cleanup was $131,259, and the estimated replacement cost was $21,960. Therefore, the Urbana Public District is encouraging people to donate to the Community Foundation of East Central Illinois, which will help keep track of the funds to be distributed to the replanting effort. “There’s a lot of interest in the community in what we call tribute trees, which are trees people plant in recognition or memorial for an individual they want to recognize,” Liebert said. “We have

a lot of trees in our parks that are tribute trees that were privately funded through donations.” Aside from the recovery of the city, Tara Powell, assistant professor in Social Work, said dealing with the wellbeing and mental health of individual homeowners after a disaster such as this is vital. Possible effects of these types of disasters include acute stress, which can cause people to lose sleep, have a shortened temper and be sensitive towards their surroundings. This typically lasts for around a month, according to Powell. “Disasters are really complex, and there’s not a onesize-fits-all approach to helping somebody, but there are steps you can take,” Powell said. “There’s also not a formula for how a person’s going to react, so everybody’s unique, and we react in different ways.”

Earlier this year, Champaign-Urbana was hit with a devastating tornado that affected 755 residents and damaged 153 trees in the area. For the past few months, the area has been trying to clean up and rebuild the area in attempts to return it to its former glory. The Urbana Public Works Department is still working to amend the issue. “The next day (after the tornado) was hazard evasion, we started off trying to take care of the dangerous debris Future proceedings and clearing the streets for On Oct. 5, Judge Andrea emergency response, then Wood granted the Illinois once those immediate hazAG office an extension to ards and roadways were distribute the payments cleared, we moved towards to former customers. The opening up access towards original lawsuit mandat- driveways and lesser areas,” ed the payments be sent to said Vince Gustafson, Pubcustomers 180 days after lic Works Deputy Director of Suburban Express paid the Operations. The majority of the damfine. Toeppen surprised the age occurred due to the tree alizam2@dailyillini.com AG office by paying the remains scattered through$100,000 on May 15, less than a month after the consent decree was made and only eight days after shutting down Suburban Express. In August, over 8,600 payment requests had been made by customers. The distribution date has been moved from Nov. 15 to Apr. 3, 2020. Due to the extension, Toeppen asked the judge last Monday for $2,080 in “lost investment income,” since he paid the $100,000 early to “obtain the benefit of the matter being wrapped up in 2019,” the filing said. Parts of the consent AKI AKHAURI THE DAILY ILLINI decree are still in effect. The exterior of the Native American House on Nevada Street is pictured on Friday. Though the U.S. recognizes Columbus Day as a federal holiday, the University Even with Suburban does not acknowledge it as a holiday in its academic calendar. Express shutting down, the AG office said it still exists FROM 1A fin still need to discuss in Columbus Day as a holiday. ing, not only on campus will take the University in as a corporate entity and order for the resolution to “There is no change to but in different countries the right direction. Finbe implemented with the this philosophy,” Patter- across the globe. ley hopes the ISG and the must fulfill certain items in the consent decree. passed a resolution to rec- University. “Several cities and states Native American House son-Stephens said in an As required, Suburban ognize Indigenous Peo“We want the Universi- email. “The University still within the United States will spread the word of this Express successfully hosted ples’ Day. Finley said Sen- ty to recognize Indigenous does not observe Columbus are choosing to openly new resolution. the webform for payment ator Casey Griffin came up Peoples’ Day as a replace- Day.” “It will give more repreexplore the role of colorequests and posted an anti- with the idea of Indigenous ment for Columbus Day in Finely said she always nization, racism and dis- sentation to Native Amerdiscrimination notice on its Peoples’ Day and present- the academic calendar,” assumed the Universi- placement in the devel- ican students, and it will website homepage. Toep- ed it in front of the Sen- Finley said. ty’s public status is a rea- opment of the spaces we replace the racist day of Shawna Patterson-Ste- son for the lack of holiday currently occupy,” Patter- Columbus Day and make pen, employees of Subur- ate on Wednesday at one ban Express and Toeppen’s of its weekly meetings. phens, associate vice chan- acknowledgment. it more representative of son-Stephens said. former transportation com- This resolution was passed cellor for the Office of However, Patterson-SteFinley said although the people on our campus,” pany Allerton Charter must mid-September. Inclusion and Intercultur- phens said she is glad the not many students may Finley said. participate in yearly antiFinley said President al Relations, said the Uni- general attitude toward be aware of this recent discrimination training. Connor Josellis and Grif- versity has not recognized Native Americans is chang- resolution, she hopes this lvelaz20@dailyillini.com However, according containing water and downy rial), and like many preda- ing into contact with them dens and crops, as it feeds on to the lawsuit, Suburban FROM 1A Express must “implement soap in residence halls and tors, they are capable of bit- now as they are moving from a variety of potential pests,” and maintain reasonable instructed residents to spray ing if threatened,” Seiter plants and looking for over- Seiter said. security measures to prowindow screens with the said. wintering sites,” he said. An email sent by Univertect records containing Per- number increased because substance to help “lessen Seiter, who has been at the sity Housing on Oct. 3 recHe said many bites probsonal Information.” of this reason. the impact” of the insects ably occur when the insects University since fall 2017, ommended students keep The Page of Shame is still “And so we were able to getting through window are testing the surface they said he has not worked at their lights off when their online. identify them, and we are screens. are on to see if it is “suitable the University long enough windows are open and point Neither owner Dennis prepared in order to help The document states the food.” to have experienced this fans out of their rooms. Toeppen and the Attorney our students have tactics to bugs “render painful bites” Seiter said the “surpris- before, but he has experi“As the weather cools, General’s office were avail- help decrease the amount of that seem “out of proportion ingly painful” pirate bug enced the bites many times these bugs will naturally able for comment at the pirate bugs inside of the resi- to the insect’s size.” go away,” the Housing office bites can cause itching or in corn and soybean fields. time of publication. dence halls,” she said. “While the bites can be said in the email. “Pirate bugs are predato- a welt, but are “generally Hamilton said Universi- ry (in addition to feeding on harmless.” annoying, this insect is a ecsimmon@dailyillini.com ty Housing left spray bottles pollen and other plant mate“People are likely com- beneficial predator in gar- kbelser2@dailyillini.com

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library volunteers, who were mostly University students in Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity on campus. Nick Blevins, a sophomore in Education, spent his Saturday afternoon assigned to the duck. His duties were to warn kids and parents to be careful because although it looks harmless, the duck bites. Moreland transports 14 animals by herself in one van to each venue. When they’re not traveling with her, they can roam around on Moreland’s farm in Princeton, Illinois. Although she has a wide range of animals, horses are at the top of her favorites list. “Ever since I’ve been a little girl, I’ve loved horses,” she said. “I have a variety of horses back home.”

Families and kids can’t often meet a blue-tongued skink named Bella or an alpaca named Harley in central Illinois. From 3-5 p.m. Saturday, the Furry Friends Petting Zoo came to visit the Champaign Public Library, which showcased a variety of animals such as a hedgehog, chinchilla and miniature horse. Debra Moreland, the owner and operator of Furry Friends Petting Zoo, has traveled all around central Illinois, Chicago, Indiana and Iowa, bringing her pets to schools and libraries. “I love to watch the people and their faces — the kids especially — they really enjoy being here and being able to touch something,” Moreland said. “As a kid, I always wanted to, hold, pet and touch features@dailyillini.com animals, so this way, kids can see something that they maybe haven’t seen before.” The event was run by

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Harley the alpaca stands outside the Champaign Public Library as visitors walk up to pet its fur. Inside the library, a variety of animals were on display including, clockwise from top right, a chinchilla, a duck, a blue-tongued skink, a tortoise, a dove and a prairie dog.

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CU shows scary films Nostalgic Halloween movies to make comeback at local venues BY FEATURES STAFF

It’s October in the early 2000s. Maybe your family is making dinner. Maybe you’ve already eaten. But it’s nighttime, and ABC Family’s “31 Nights of Halloween” is in full swing, where a Halloween-themed movie is played every night in October leading up to the holiday itself. Favorites include “The Haunted House,” “The Addams Family” and “Hocus Pocus,” each played on their own respective nights. And now, there are opportunities to see these movies and more in Champaign-Urbana this season. “Hocus Pocus” will be playing at a number of C-U venues in the coming weeks. The wellknown film, which follows three friends in the modern day who accidentally unleash a coven of Salem witches, first debuted over 25 years ago and has remained a family favorite since. “Hocus Pocus” can be seen Friday, at the Allerton Park and Retreat Center,from 7-9 p.m. Fam-

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Citizens of Champaign-Urbana celebrate and engage in fall activities at Hessel Park on Saturday. Flannel Fest activities include pumpkin chucking, mustache competitions and a lumberjack presentation.

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loween films being shown at the Goodrich Quality Theater in Savoy, including “Beetlejuice,” “Goosebumps” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” For those seeking out

Whether you love wholesome Halloween movies, are a fan of scary films or neither, there is luckily a variety of festive cinema in the community to choose from. ilies are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs to watch the film as part of the Movie in the Meadow event. Alternatively, “Hocus Pocus” will also be shown at the Urbana Free Library on Oct. 30 from 5-8 p.m. in partnership with the Urbana Arts and Culture Program, the Art Theater, the First Federal Savings Bank of Champaign-Urbana and the Urbana Park District. In addition to screening the movie, this event, which is also marketed to families but open to anyone, will also include other Halloween activities , including a photo booth, pumpkin decorating and a costume contest. There is a series of Hal-

scary movies instead of family favorites, the local Art Theater is hosting its annual ‘Shocktober.’ In its fifth year, this year’s Shocktober scary movie lineup included an All Nite Horror Marathon that happened earlier this month, with films such as “Friday the 13th IV: The Final Chapter” and “Halloween III: Season of the Witch.” The monthlong celebration also includes a double feature to George A. Romero, a filmmaker credited for creating the modern zombie, with his films “Night of the Living Dead” and “The Crazies.” The fest will also include the annual Illini Student Musical’s live performances of “The Rocky Horror Show,” hap-

penning Thursday - Saturday at 9:30 p.m. The fest, which is targeted at horror movie fanatics in the community, will also include a free kids program of Halloween shorts. In partnership with the Virginia Theatre, the News-Gazette will have its annual Monster Week starting Oct. 21, showing films such as “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” and “Bride of Frankenstein.” Monster Week aims to expose community members to classic Halloween movies and facilitates an experience, with organist David Schroeder accompanying the film and News-Gazette film critic Richard Leskosky sticking around for a talkback after each movie every night. Whether you love wholesome Halloween movies, are a fan of scary films or neither, there is luckily a variety of festive cinema in the community to choose from. It was the late esteemed movie critic and Champaign native Roger Ebert who encouraged the public to watch movies when he said, “A film is a terrible thing to waste.” features@dailyillini.com

It can be easy to forget Champaign-Urbana is much closer to a small rural town than a sprawling metropolis. This year’s Flannel Fest was a great reminder and celebration of the college town’s small-town spirit. The idea of Flannel Fest is simple: It’s a small gathering at Hessel Park where the public is invited to don their best plaid flannel shirts and spend the evening chucking pumpkins, watching lumberjacks and enjoying a mustache competition. Attendees Jeff Bugoni and Libby Sternleagem, who live right across from the park saw the event was happening and decided to check it out. Their dog, Seiba, was the star of the “Cupid Shuffle” interlude to the mustache competition and they enjoyed the show. “It was pretty good, lots of creativity,” Sternleagen said, with Bugoni chiming in agreement, “There was lots of creativity and diversity.” With categories like best women’s mustache, best burly mustache and best kids mustache, you start to get a sense of the type of high-stakes contest this was. Constructed and real beards were allowed, and when a kid no older than 6 was found to be a returning contender from last year, an audible “aww” could be felt through the crowd. Another staple of the Flannel Fest was the Lumberjack dash. Here, compet-

itors test their lumberjack skills in a series of log flips, crawls and more. This year’s winner, Harry Hornboork, dressed in the classic red flannel shirt and sporting a fake mustache, was proud of his achievement. “I did the Lumberjack Dash last year,” he said, “I got second last time, so I came this year to get first place.” Hornboork achieved his goal, and after his victory, he showed off his small wooden trophy of what looked to be a lumberjack. Huddled together as if to ward off the cold, was a collection of small tents manned by local businesses selling a wide variety of items, from clay mugs to beard care products. While the beard care tent certainly fit the theme with promises of smoother beards and great facial styling gels, there was not a single flannel to be purchased at the event. Instead, tie-dye shirts and scented soaps were available for purchase. The event also featured numerous food trucks. A number of other small activities was offered to provide a fall atmosphere including pumpkin slingshots, antler-ring toss and even a hay-bale ride. The hay-bale ride highlighted the smaller-scale of the event. The whole hayride took around eight minutes and despite a few hay bales tossed around the park at the end of the day, it was just a ride around an empty open space.

With most of the stations unmanned, families were free to wander from activity to activity at their own pace. Despite the chilling temperatures, many laughs and smiling faces were seen as pumpkins flew across the field and landed in the bullseye, splattering to pieces as they did. The highlight of the whole event and the closest to a scripted performance was the Timberworks Lumberjack Show. The show consisted of one announcer and two lumberjacks competing in various events that had them jumping on thin planks stuck into small trunks to cut the tops off with chainsaws and racing each other to see who could cut off three chunks of wood. The crowd was split into teams who and cheered out “YoHo” anytime their competitor was winning. The grand finale of the show was a log roll contest, pitting both lumberjacks against each other as they fought to avoid falling into the pool the log was in. For local David DeHaven, this was the best part of the show given the temperature when the contest happened. “It was pretty good,” he said. “The water must have been really cold when they both fell in.” While crowd size for Flannel Fest was never overwhelming, citizens of C-U seemed to embrace the silliness of it all with smiles and laughs. liamd2@dailyillini.com

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America must stop sending recyclables to landfills able, symbiotic operation; recycling companies made money selling their waste to Chinese companies, and COLUMNIST those companies made profits selling that trash right back — so to speak. mericans recycle In late 2017, seemingly in about one-third of a move to reduce pollution the waste that we pro- and protect public health, duce, a result of a widely China banned several successful campaign in the forms of “foreign garbage,” 1970s called “Keep Amerincluding used plastics and ica Beautiful,” a coalition mixed paper, and ushered of public and corporate in the beginning of the end interests that pushed the of a 20-year global trading responsibility of managpractice, leaving the recying the massive amounts cling world in chaos. of single-use products in Several recycling comcirculation onto the conpanies in the U.S. began to sumer rather than the send their collected recymanufacturer. clables to landfills, unable But where does our recy- to find an alternate procling go? Does it really get cessing route. Larger comrecycled or does it just end panies stockpiled recyup in a landfill somewhere? clables in the hope China Good question. There’s would change its mind. not really a straight A lot of companies startanswer. ed finding poor countries China started importto send their trash to now ing recyclable trash in the that their trash-dumping late 1980s, capitalizing friendship with China was on a cheap labor force to canceled. sort and process trash into Southeast Asian counusable raw materials and tries like Malaysia, Thaithen exporting the same land, Vietnam and Indotrash back to the countries nesia became the new they came from in the form dumping grounds. Illeof plastic products. gal recycling facilities and More than 40% of Amer- junkyards quickly began ican recyclables and about operating, often as subsid70% of the world’s plastic iaries of legitimate recywaste used to go to China. cling plants that couldn’t This was a massively profit- handle the volume of trash SANDHYA SIVAKUMAR

coming in. These illegal operations use low-end technology and unsafe processing methods, leading to contamination of drinking water and air pollution. Though Malaysian authorities considered capitalizing on the potentially lucrative business of recycling, citizen and environmental groups spoke out against the severely negative effects of the sudden influx of trash, from entire islands leveled by landfills to the rampant pollution. In the spring, the Malaysian government announced they were sending 3,000 tons of trash back to the countries they originated from. PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHLEY FELTON Several recycling plants in the U.S. have closed their An active tipping area of an operating landfill in Perth, Western Australia is pictured above. doors. Why can’t they just Columnist Sandhya urges America to rethink its ideas around recycling. suck it up and process the recycling themselves? It’s because the raw recy- become single-stream — was implemented in Amer- are not trash cans for cling that waste collection either you toss something ica by large waste corpothe rich. Poor people are companies receive from in the trash, or it’s recyrations, streamlining the not expendable casualAmerican consumers is cled. What this means for process of recycling collec- ties. Unless the pattern of crap. Recycling of industri- recycling companies is that tion and transportation. consumption in Amerial products like iron scraps the product they receive is Although the processing ca changes, we’re going to hasn’t slowed down. A large often unusable or extreme- side warned that singlebe seeing quite a few more portion of the recyclables ly difficult to process — stream recycling creatlandfills outside of our own China was taking were torn up, soggy paper that ed a difficult end product, backyards, chemicals in plastics, paper and glass — was mixed in with glass American businesses were our water and the stink of mostly single-use products and plastics with food resi- never confronted with the burning plastic instead of American consumers have due on them, along with harsh reality of what that just sickly sweet bubblegotten used to tossing in products that were aspirareally meant because they gum vapes. Sandhya is a junior in LAS. the blue bin instead of the tionally recycled, like den- were shipping their crap green one. tal floss and pizza boxes. trash over to China. ssivak3@dailyillini.com Recycling in America has Single-stream recycling Third world countries

Start small, cut down Educators: Encourage interactive learning on plastic bag usage TOMMY BLOCK COLUMNIST

fter a scathing speech to the U.N. from a certain Greta Thunberg and the series of public protests that have followed, the issue of climate change has finally taken center stage in the global discussion of our future. The question is, how does little old Champaign fit into Operation: Save the Planet? I wish we all had some extra ozone lying between our couch cushions we could chip in for the cause. But before we worry about rebuilding what has deteriorated, we should remember it’s just as important to cut back. So let’s start off small: Please, for the love of Pete, don’t use plastic bags. No, they aren’t recyclable. At least, not easily. Only about 9.5% of all plastic actually gets recycled, and it doesn’t help that as many as 100 billion plastic bags were used in the United States back in 2009. What doesn’t get reused usually ends up in landfills, rivers or oceans, where it’ll remain for as long as it takes to deteriorate. That could take hundreds of years. But there is hope! Several cities have driven down the use of plastic bags by imposing taxes on the items in stores. Chicago, which, in 2017, initiated a 7-cent bag tax, saw a 42% drop in the number of plastic bags taken from large grocery stores within a month of the tax

taking effect. Here’s what’s even more interesting: After flat-out banning single-use plastic bags, the city of San Jose noticed while some people made the shift from plastic to paper bags, its residents more often resorted to using no bags at all. If a plastic bag isn’t worth 7 cents to you (which, for many people, it clearly isn’t), then how could it be worth the risk of inadvertently contributing to the amount of waste in our waterways? Nobody’s selfish for wanting the convenience that plastic bags provide, albeit inefficiently. Besides, how can you help it if the cashier starts to pack your groceries in a tidy plastic bag before you can say otherwise? I’ll admit, it takes some courage to flip that interaction on its head and ask for your reusable bags to be filled instead. It’s only a little bit of courage that you need, but it’s a nonzero amount nonetheless. It might feel awkward to turn a plastic bag down, or if you’re like me, you may feel bad about being a “fussy” customer. I hope Thunberg, however, would agree with me that it’s about time we start getting fussy. Think about bringing a reusable bag with you on your next trip to the store or taking your Subway sandwich with just the wrapping paper. No pressure or anything, but your decision could affect the next hundred years. Tommy is a junior in Engineering.

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A Walmart bag flies in the wind Friday evening behind BuseyEvans Hall. Columnist Tommy challenges students to use fewer plastic bags when they shop or even when ordering food to go.

TARA PAVITHRAN COLUMNIST

hhh, fall. Pumpkins are prevalent in Instagram pictures and Espresso Royale drinks alike. The trees are changing, the leaves are falling … and so are our grades. It’s hitting that point in the semester where classes are getting hard. Students are beginning to understand the value of office hours, but the quality of help they get from going varies drastically based on the approach of the teacher. To the professors, teaching assistants and course assistants caught in the midst of assisting these frantic students: Please, show some patience. Teachers need to set realistic expectations for their students to understand their role in learning. Most full-time professors hold the highest degree in their field. In addition to being wellversed in their subject matters, they have some sort of work experience in that field as well. For instructors of specialized fields, such as business or STEM, the work experience part is especially relevant. Because of this, it is easy for them to forget that students are exactly that: students. Confused, underexposed, inexperienced learners trying to learn as much as they can in a semester’s worth of time. This causes impatience and condescension that comes through in the way instructors approach uncertainty. Even if it’s laughing when students ask questions or lightly ridiculing a wrong answer, anything of this nature is severely harmful to students. It rebrands the learning environment as a place unwelcoming of growth, a place where only correctness is acceptable. This may not seem like the worst thing in the world — after all, the goal

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of taking a course is to come out of it with a clear understanding of the material. But think of a situation where a student is already insecure about the class they’re in. Maybe it’s a completely new field for them, a class beyond their skill level or someone in a class that isn’t typically “their” demographic, like a female student in a STEM class or a male student in nursing. For these students, blowing mistakes out of proportion can be detrimental to their motivation. This impacts their ability to learn from said mistakes and undoubtedly reduces their desire to go above and beyond with course material. As Dr. Ken Shore states, a lack of confidence can also lessen focus and decrease risk-taking. Ultimately, students who “belong” there and who understand the material, will thrive.

The rest are left feeling like they’re fending for themselves. Luckily, there is much that can be done in order to avoid creating this divisive environment within the classroom. The way my biology professor runs his office hours is a primary example of this. He waits for people to come to him with questions, not unlike what occurs during most office hours. However, when asked questions, he does everything in his power to go beyond answering it outright. Rather than focusing on the answer being this or that, he makes sure students can arrive at the answer themselves. He re-walks students through the initial scenario, creates a slightly tweaked one and has them work through the new problem themselves. While that student thinks, he can attend to another student.

If there is a lull in the questions, he always makes sure to take it upon himself to ask anyone sitting in office hours if they need anything, even creating new spinoff problems if he has to, just to keep us challenged. The biggest takeaway from this approach is his investment. This professor is invested in us understanding the concept, however long it may take for us to get there. I have seen him stay well past his scheduled hours just to finish answering questions. The focus of any teacher should be the development of students’ knowledge, not simply forcing students to memorize the subject matter. Once educators internalize this, teaching will become more effective and inspire students to rise to new heights. Tara is a freshman in LAS. tpavit2@dailyillini.com

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SPORTS

FOOTBALL

WOMEN’S GOLF

Team finishes third in home invitational BY JOSH PIETSCH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Illinois tight end Justice Williams jumps through Michigan defenders during the game against the Wolverines. The Illni lost 42-25.

Illini close in on Wolverines, fall 42-25 BY MILES POWERS-HUANG STAFF WRITER

Ahead of Saturday’s matchup against No. 16 Michigan, Illinois fans were fearing a scoreline similar to senior day 2018 against Iowa, especially when Illinois announced it would be donning the same uniforms it wore that day. While it looked as though things were headed the same direction early on, the Illini got it together, but they still fell short to the Wolverines 42-25. The Wolverines came out of the gates looking unstoppable. They ran the football five straight plays to open up, moving the ball 65 yards and finding the endzone through Hassan Haskins. “(I) didn’t like the way we started the game today, simple as that, especially on the defensive side of the football,” said head coach Lovie Smith. “We knew we were a little bit short-handed on the offensive side of the ball with (Peters) being down, but (I) didn’t like the way we played.” Without quarterback Brandon Peters, the Illini struggled to move the ball offensively, failing to pick up a first down until their third drive. The Wolverines doubled their lead at the end of the first quarter when Shea Patterson found tight end Luke Schoonmaker for a 25-yard touchdown

pass, the first touchdown reception of Schoonmaker’s career. A blocked Blake Hayes punt set up a 7-yard touchdown run from Zach Charbonnet in the second quarter, and after Patterson found tight end Nick Eubanks from 4 yards away, Illinois found itself trailing 28-0 with 4:33 remaining in the half. The offense didn’t lie down, however. Redshirt freshman Matt Robinson made his first career start and led the Illini down the field, finding Josh Imatorbhebhe in the red zone after scrambling free from pressure, with Imatorbhebhe catching the pass and using his strength to bulldoze his way into the endzone. Down 28-7 going into the break, the Illini were overmatched, but things flipped in the third quarter. After forcing a threeand-out, the offense went and tacked on a field goal. Then Illinois took advantage of a Michigan turnover on downs to drive the ball 80 yards on 15 plays to score a touchdown courtesy of Robinson from a yard away. Two plays later, Stanley Green recovered a fumble by Tru Wilson, and the Illini used the short field and eventually ran in another score, this time through Dre Brown. Brown converted the following two-point

play, and in the blink of an eye, the score went from 28-0 to 28-25 with over 12 minutes left to play. “We got it together, some kind of way in the third quarter,” Smith said. “You’re down 28 points and you get the game to a three-point

“We made some mistakes in the beginning. we just gotta correct (them). We had some bright spots, but we just gotta get better from here.” STANLEY GREEN DEFENSIVE BACK

game in the second half, that’s saying an awful lot.” Despite Illinois’ best efforts, Michigan was not to be denied. The Wolverines’ ensuing drive saw them go 79 yards and score a touchdown, courtesy of Donovan Peoples-Jones making a diving catch to beat Nate Hobbs. In Illinois’ first play of the

The Illinois women’s golf team traveled 150 miles north of campus this week to host the Illini Women’s Invitational in Medinah, Illinois. The Illini had their best team finish so far this season, placing third out of 15 teams. Following a weekend trip to Norman, Oklahoma, where the Illini finished tied for 5th out of 15 teams, Illinois hoped to improve on its performance at the Illini Women’s Invitational. Senior Tristyn Nowlin came off a performance where she tied for first individually in Norman with the fifthranked amateur women’s golfer in the world. This week in Medinah, head coach Renee Slone and the team thought the conditions were much better than the previous week in Norman. “We know all the courses will be different … These conditions were tremendous,” Slone said. “Weather-wise, it turned out to be a beautiful day … wind was a mild breeze and basically a non-factor.” The team took advantage of the course conditions, getting out to an eyeopening start. After round one, the Illini found themselves in sole possession of

first place with a score of 285. Kentucky State was in second place, two strokes behind with a 287, and Louisville and Tennessee were tied for third, both shooting a 288. Crystal Wang and Kornkamol Sukaree led the way for the Illini, each shooting a 70 on the round. Sukaree was pleased with the teams’ first-round performance, despite not knowing where they were ranked.

“Energy and passion ... will motivate us through the tournament and really bring everybody together.” RENEE SLONE HEAD COACH

“We didn’t really get to see the score after the first 18 (holes), but I think it’s a really good feeling knowing we can be up there,” Sukaree said. “It’s good to be in the potential reach of first.” Despite an impressive first round, the Illini didn’t perform nearly as

next drive, Robinson fumbled, and Michigan recovered deep in Illinois territory but turned the ball right back over to Illinois on downs four plays later. The Illini fumbled the ball right back to the Wolverines just two plays later though, and Michigan SEE INVITATIONAL | 3B scored on the next play on a Patterson sneak. Before long, the hopeful 28-25 deficit turned into a daunting 42-25 Wolverine victory. “This defense showed a lot of fight today,” said defensive back Stanley Green. “We made some mistakes in the beginning. We just gotta correct (them). We had some bright spots, but we just gotta get better from here.” Illinois did a respectable job limiting Michigan’s passing game, albeit one, which hasn’t been very successful this season but simply had no answers for the Wolverine’s rushing attack. Haskins and Charbonnet each ran for over 100 yards with a touchdown, and the Wolverines as a team finished with 295 total yards rushing. Again, poor wrapping up on tackles after the first contact plagued the Illini, which was especially evident on Haskin’s opening touchdown run. PHOTO COURTESY OF ILLINI ATHLETICS Offensively, Robinson Sophomore Reena Sulkar swings at the Illini Women’s Invitational. The home invitational took place in Medinah,

SEE CHANCE | 3B Illinois, on Wednesday.

VOLLEYBALL

Illinois takes down Indiana for 16th consecutive time in clean sweep BY JJ KIM ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The No. 17 Illinois volleyball team (9-6, 4-2) took down the Indiana Hoosiers (12-7, 1-5) in a clean sweep at Huff Hall on Saturday, marking its 16th consecutive victory and a season sweep against the Hoosiers. The match was the second time in eight days the two teams played one another,. With the Illini sweeping the Hoosiers in the first match, history repeated itself on Saturday. “Every team in the conference is good, so we don’t take anything for granted,” said head coach Chris Tamas. “So when you’re able to have a performance like that, it’s nice. You’re always going to take those, but we know it’s not the norm in our conference.” With Saturday’s victory, Illinois nabs its fourth con-

ference win of the season, along with some momentum. The team’s offensive performance was a marked improvement from their previous game, where the team lost a tough match against Minnesota. “Looking back at film on Minnesota, we left a few points on the board, but we gave it our all and that’s what we ask them to do every single time we step on the court,” Tamas said. “And we did that again tonight, and we saw a good result because of it.” The team was led by senior Jacqueline Quade and junior Megan Cooney, tallying nine and eight kills respectively. Senior Ashlyn Fleming also had an efficient night, getting seven kills on nine total attacks, good for a .778 hitting percentage. Redshirt freshman Diana Brown also put up a team-high 31 assists and nine digs.

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Mica Allison (13) celebrates with her teammates after scoring during Illinois’ game against Indiana on Saturday. The Illini swept the Hoosiers at Huff Hall.

In the first set, the Illini got off to a quick start, racking up 11 kills and a .360 hitting percentage compared

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to the Hoosiers’ three kills and -.143 hitting percentage. Quade, Fleming and sophomore Mica Allison each led

the way with three kills each. call a timeout, and later took Illinois made it look easy, the set by a score of 25-10. as they were up 15-6 at one SEE SWEEP | 3B point, forcing the Hoosiers to

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Swim & dive vs. ISU, SIU @ 5 p.m. at ARC Pool

Men’s and women’s cross country at Bradley Pink Classic in Peoria, Ill. @ 2:30 p.m., 3:25 p.m.

Men’s and women’s cross country at Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind. @ 10 a.m., 10:35 a.m.

Soccer at Penn State @ 6 p.m.

Volleyball at Wisconsin @ 8 p.m.

Football vs. Wisconsin @ 11 a.m. Volleyball at Minnesota @ 7 p.m.

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ILLINOIS VS. MICHIGAN

“Everyone could use a little bit of Illinois here and there.” That’s what Rob Stone casually said of the Illini after they were down 28-7 against the Wolverines at halftime. Following their fourth straight loss of the season, the Illini went through a rollercoaster of a game, swaying between epic comeback and a soulless flogging. There aren’t many positive takeaways from this game, but here are some notes:

THE FIRST HALF It’s as clear as day this team doesn’t produce consistently without Brandon Peters in the starting lineup. Freshman quarterback Matt Robinson— more on him later — was off to an incredibly sluggish start. And, in a probable blow to his confidence at quarterback, offensive coordinator Rod Smith turned to true freshman Isaiah Williams to try and find answers. Long story short, neither seemed like he knew what to do with the ball, and the offense suffered. Illinois’ struggle in the passing game wasn’t much help either. Senior running back Reggie Corbin passed Red Grange in all-time Illini career rush yards, but that was the only positive for the offense going during the first quarter. At every turn, a penalty, dropped pass or incredibly small gain in yards bullied the Illini just as much as the Wolverine defense did. For a while, it seemed like the

Illini were going to mirror their 63-0 blowout loss against the Hawkeyes last season. However, in one sequence, the Illini showed some signs of life with a 65-yard drive that culminated into a 23-yard run into the end zone for Josh Imatorbhebhe at the end of the half. But by that point, the Wolverines already had 28 points of their own. To put things into perspective, the Wolverines didn’t actually punt the ball on a fourth down until around the five-minute mark of the second quarter. They went nearly a whole half doing just about whatever they wanted to offensively. To be fair, some sequences aren’t entirely on the defense, like the blocked kick from punter Blake Hayes that sailed backward into the Illini end zone and put the Wolverines at first and goal. They scored on their first possession, giving up 65 yards in a two-minute time span. Later, another 28-yard gain from Haskins turned into another touchdown. By the grace of a missed tackle, something head coach Lovie Smith has acknowledged the team has needed to improve upon, Michigan turned one mistake into a 70-yard gain. The loss was tough, especially since it comes a day after the unveiling of its greatest linebacker Dick Butkus’ statue.

THE THIRD QUARTER The second half fared better for Illinois. The Illini forced three straight punts and began to look like the team Smith had in mind coming into training camp. There were other instances of brilliance as well, such as a 50-yard field goal from James McCourt and, later ,a 31-yard pass completion from Robinson to Imatorbhebhe, which put the Illini in the Wolverines’ endzone. The Illini struggled to finish the drive off, but a holding and offsides call at the goal line proved to be too much to handle. As for the defense, it held the Wolverines scoreless for a full quarter. Holding on to the football for seven minutes, Matt Robinson came alive and trekked the Illini 80 yards all the way to the end

zone across 15 plays to close out the period down just 28-17. “We got it together some kind of way in that third quarter. You’re down 28 points and you get the game back to within 3 points, that’s saying an awful lot,” Smith said. “I’m proud of how the team played at the end, but we’ve got to figure out a way to finish games. It’s good to play well at times but we need to do it consistently.” Some of the third quarter spunk the Illini were playing with briefly carried over into the fourth period, but after the early touchdown off of Dre Brown to cap off a 25-0 run and cut the lead to just 3 points, the Illini buckled. All the hard work put in unraveled in the fourth-quarter. The back-breaker was a drop in the Illini end zone turning into a second fourth quarter touchdown after giving up another touchdown just a few moments earlier. The score ended at 41-25 in favor of Michigan, but for a period of time, it was all Illinois. But the Illini’s bright spots were drowned out by 489 yards, 95 yards lost to penalty, and a sea of yellow and navy blue.

MATT ROBINSON All things considered, this was a solid debut for the freshman quarterback. He hit a rough patch early on with his play, but in the abyss of the first half, he failed to shine until the very end. Robinson was also sharing playing time with Williams, who has continued to struggle as a freshman, recording zero completions on four attempts and gaining zero yards with only one sack. Illinois came out of the locker room at halftime with a chip on its shoulder. And that was especially true for Robinson’s third quarter. He ran the touchdown, which brought the Illini back into the conversation and found wide receiver Imatorbhebhe for double-digit gains in yardage on multiple occasions. “I think that third quarter was the one of the best stretches of offense we’ve had.” Robinson said. “We kept scoring and brought ourselves right back into the game all the way up into the fourth.” He finished the afternoon with 192 passing yards, completing 16 of his 25 attempts to go with his own touchdown.

It’s unknown how often Illini fans should expect to see Robinson start, and Peters’ status remains unknown after missing Saturday’s action with a concussion, but this is something Robinson and the rest of the offense will certainly look to build off of. “This start definitely gives me a lot of confidence in my abilities,” Robinson said. “Now that I have that under my belt, that experience will help down the road.” @jaredefarmer jaredef2@dailyillini.com

Illini must become cohesive unit to succeed TATIANIA PERRY STAFF WRITER

I am not going to say this was unexpected; we knew the outcome of this game before it even started. Everyone predicted it; Michigan is a good team. Brandon Peters was our best bet against a team like Michigan, and he was out for the game on concussion protocol. Matt Robinson and Isa-

iah Williams just aren’t ready, which is why they weren’t starting. And having them step up on a game like Michigan is not a confidence booster. At least that’s what I thought in the first half — the first half of the horrible showing by Illinois. However, I’m not interested in talking about the first half of the game. I don’t even care to talk about fourth quarter. What I do want to talk about is that third quarter. Whatever team came out of that locker room

after halftime was the Illini we have been wishing for. I don’t know what head coach Lovie Smith had to say to those guys to get them to perform like that. They came out of the locker room a whole new team, the team we knew they can be, and it was inspiring. Those guys came out of the locker room with a 21-point deficit after barely making a touchdown at the end of the first half. Josh Imatorbhebhe caught a beautiful pass from Robinson in his

starting debut and kicked off what could have been the best come back in a while. Not only was the offense on fire, actually making moves down the field and maintaining a good pace, the defense was keeping the ball out of the red zone. Michigan didn’t even get within reach of a touchdown or field goal at all in that third quarter. If you ignore the rest of the game and just highlight that performance, this was fantastic. Unfortunately, that’s

not possible, and you have to realize the rest of the game was a tragedy, and unfortunately, the Illini are only able to play one or two strong quarters. Even taking notes on the past few games, there were really good starts, or strong finishes or a good push for win. At the end of the day, if they start off rocky and finish strong they finish rocky, or the middle is rocky, the same goes; at some point, they wake up and become a cohesive team after spending most of the game in a dormant state.

They need to do better as a unit, and at this point, there is no answer for what exactly needs to be fixed. In the post-game press conference, Smith didn’t really have answers for how to duplicate that third quarter, and neither did the players. No one really knows how things went right; they just know that they did, and that is going to have to be a good enough start. @tati_perry14 tp3@dailyillini.com

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Illinois to play at Crooked Stick Invite BY JONAH PEREZ AND RICH EBERWEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Drew Richter controls the puck during Illinois’ game against llinois State. The game took place on Feb. 2, 2018.

Illini split series against Bronchos BY CARSON GOURDIE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Illinois traveled to Edmond to take on Central Oklahoma for a two-game series, its first road trip of the season. After two hardfought battles, the Illini split the series, falling victim to the Bronchos in game one before exacting revenge in game two. Both games featured an offensive shootout with the Illini starting out strong and the Bronchos having to play catch-up. On the first Friday night, Illinois and Central Oklahoma both came out strong, each scoring a goal in the first ten minutes of play before settling down defensively. But after 18 minutes of a deadlocked game, Illinois broke through Central Oklahoma’s defense, scoring on two quick goals from two of their senior forwards, Neil Novosel and Jon Moskaluk, in the final two minutes of the period. After 20 minutes of play, Illinois looked like they were in control with the 3-1 lead. “We did a great job of attacking with speed on the rush,” said head coach Nick Fabbrini. “It is the hallmark of our game.” But the Illini were unable to cash in on the late firstperiod success and ride the momentum to an easy first road victory, and the Bronchos made sure of that. After just 31 seconds after the second-period puck drop, the Bronchos quickly took control of the puck, going down the ice and scoring on an Austin Cunnigham to cut the Illini lead 3-2. The Bronchos weren’t done yet. They scored another goal on a shorthanded Illini lineup after a Braden Stewart penalty, to tie it up at 3-3. The Illini were able

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SWEEP The second set began in a back-and-forth fashion, but the Illini quickly gained traction on the offensive side of the ball. They put up another 11 kills, with Quade and Allison tacking on three more kills to their tallies. O’Brien also led the team with five digs after the second set. The Illini limited their mistakes, while also having a hitting percentage of .562. The Hoosiers struggled with self-inflicted wounds from the first set, which also lingered into the second set. Indiana had two service errors, six attack errors and a measly -.043 hitting percentage in the second set that cut any momentum for a comeback. Redshirt senior Beth Prince made an appearance in the second set to a stand-

to strike back, though, with Stewart shaking off the penalty to score and put his team back up with 2:42 left before the end of the second period. The Illini were able to hang on defensively for the rest of the period, going into intermission with a 4-3 advantage. Holding on for dear life, the Illini were able to stave off the Bronchos for much for the third period. But after 15 minutes of thirdperiod play, Central Oklahoma was finally able to get the puck past Illinois goalie Jake Barnhart and tie the game up at 4-4. The Illini were unable to respond offensively, resulting in the Illini’s third overtime game of the season.

“We deserved to win the hockey game ... It was nice to see us band together and pull it out.” NICK FABBRINI HEAD COACH

scoreboard with 1:12 left in the first period. After one period of play, the Illini lead 5-1, on track to break their two-game losing streak. However, similar to Friday night’s game, the Bronchos weren’t going to let the Illini just walk away with the victory. Twelve minutes into the second period of play, the Bronchos were able to find an offensive rhythm, controlling the final half of the period with two goals from Dale McCabe and Grayden Hohl, respectively. After the second period, the Illini led 5-3. The third period did not go completely smooth for the Illini, who were trying to avoid the same result as the previous night: a blown third-period lead followed by a loss. With 7:08 left in the third period, the Bronchos were able to cut the lead to 5-4 on their fourth unanswered goal, and it looked like the Illini were facing the possibility of another overtime. Luckily for the Illini, they were able to tighten up defensively and held the Bronchos scoreless for the rest of the game before capping it off the victory with a Zach Hayes’ empty netter to extend their lead to two goals, allowing the Illini to escape with a 6-4 road victory. “I told them we deserved to win the hockey game,” Fabbrini said. “It was nice to see us band together and pull it out.” The Illini held off a furious Broncho rally to split the weekend road series and improve the season to 4-2. Illinois is coming back home this weekend for another two-game series, this time with Lindenwood.

After three scoreless minutes of overtime play, the Bronchos finally broke the tie with a goal from forward Vitalli Mikhailov, winning the game 5-4 and dropping the Illini to 3-2. “In overtime, we talk about the same things,” Fabbrini said. “We had chances but they were the ones who were able to capitalize.” On Saturday night’s game, the Illini once again came out almost unstoppable, jumping out to a 5-0 lead with each goal coming from a different player, very much similar to the last week’s opening period in their 10-1 victory over Michigan State. Central Oklahoma @gourdiereport was finally able to crack the gourdie2@dailyillini.com ing ovation after missing the past 10 games due to injury and subsequently had the setwinning kill as the Illini took the second leg 25-13. “I was just excited to be able to put on the jersey tonight,” Prince said. “It’s been a while since I’ve gotten to suit up with the girls, so just that was enough for me. The reaction from Huff was heartwarming and I really love it here. I think that we’ve really come together, and we’ve really focused on making eye contact during plays, trying to be as direct as we can, and that really shows in a lot of actual skill, too, because you just trust your teammate even more to just make that play, and you know the girls around you have your back.” In the third set, the Hoosiers continued to cause trouble for themselves, and Illinois refused to relent as they fed off Indiana’s mistakes. The Hoosiers had a .000 hit-

ting percentage and a gamehigh eight attack-errors, allowing Illinois to come away with a 25-14 victory. When it was all said and done, Indiana committed more attack errors (21) than they had kills (19). On the other hand, the Illini only had seven attack errors and 37 kills. “It’s always just about continued improvement,” Tamas said. “The thing about our conference is we’re going to see every style of play. We’re going to see big hitters (and) big blockers. You’re going to see fast offenses and you’re going to see slow offenses so it’s just about continually making those adjustments.” For the Illini’s next game, the team will travel to Madison to face off against the Wisconsin Badgers on Oct. 18 at 8 p.m.

The Illinois golf team will travel to Carmel, Indiana, for the Crooked Stick Intercollegiate hosted by Indiana University next Monday and Tuesday. Illinois looks to improve its fall season after taking fifth place at the Olympia Fields Country Club Illini Invitational three weeks ago. With three weeks of practice and a strong attitude after leaving Olympia Fields, the team is eager to climb the leaderboard at Crooked Sticks and set the stage for the final tournaments of the fall season. “We’re excited to play,” said head coach Mike Small. “We’ve had a good three weeks of practice and training and I think they’re excited to go compete. Finishing fifth is not a bad finish in that championship. It’s a really strong field. We didn’t get off to the start we wanted to, but at the end, the last nine-15 holes were really strong.” The last time Illinois competed at Crooked Sticks was during the 2017 season, when the team finished in the top-three with three Illini in the top 25 individually. Several of Illinois’ current golfers participated in the tournament, including senior Bryan Baumgarten. “We have a lot of confidence right now; we’ve had two weeks to sit down and really see what we needed to work on,” Baumgarten said. “We have three solid events coming up with a

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Noah Gillard smiles during the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational over the weekend of Sept. 20. The Illini look to improve this fall.

lot of good teams. For us its about building momentum and continuing to grow as a team. We have a lot of talent here, and we haven’t shown what we’re capable of doing yet.” Baumgarten and fellow senior Michael Feagles were major contributors at Olympia Fields. Both golfers tied for 17th overall in the tournament, joining Adrien Dumont de Chassart among the top-25 finishers. “Everyone’s excited; it’s a fun time right now,” Baumgarten said. “We’re just trying to finish off the year strong. We have a really competitive and talent-

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INVITATIONAL well in the second, shooting 289 as a team. Due to strong rounds from Kent State and Louisville, both teams passed Illinois in the team rankings, dropping them to third. Sukaree shot another 70 in the second round, three strokes better than the second-best Illini. Illinois bounced back with a better third round, shooting just one stroke higher than its first-round score. It wasn’t enough to move up, but it was enough to hold its spot in the team rankings and finish the home invite in third place. A good round from Mississippi moved the team up to finish in second place, and a poor round from Louisville dropped them to fourth. Kent State held on to win the invite by one stroke, shooting a team score of 853, followed by Ole Miss with an 854 and Illinois next with an 860. Louisville and Maryland rounded out the top five, tying for fourth with an 862. Sukaree shot a 72 in the final round, leading the Illini with a total of 212. A

“But I think it’s a really good feeling knowing we can be up there ... It’s good to be in the potential reach of first.” KORNKAMOL SUKAREE SOPHOMORE GOLFER

ed team here; the sky’s the limit.” Some of the teams joining Illinois and Indiana in Carmel include fellow Big Ten schools Purdue, Northwestern and Michigan. Crooked Sticks is an 18-hole par-72 golf course established in 1964 in Carmel, Indiana, a northern suburb of Indianapolis.The 7,516-yard long course has hosted several notable tournaments, including the PGA Championship in 1991 and the BMW Championship in 2012 and in 2016. @ebs_rich rse3@dailyillini.com

far this season, but there were moments in all three rounds where the team could have capitalized to improve their individual and team scores. Slone said the girls definitely have some important things to work on this week before the next invite. “We’re gonna focus a lot on three to six-footers because we, unfortunately, let a few shots slip away from us,” Slone said. “And then just playing with confidence in each player individually and collectively as a team as well, and using that as a source of energy and passion that will motivate us through the tournament and really bring everybody together and keep the charge moving forward.” The Illini are off this week, giving them the opportunity to focus on practice. But, the team will travel to the East Coast for the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, North Carolina. The tournament will be hosted by the University of North Carolina Wilmington Seahawks Oct. 25-27.

strong 71 in the final round by Nowlin put her in second for Illinois with a score of 214. Ole Miss’ Kennedy Swann won the meet, shooting a 207. Sukaree said she was pleased with her performance this week, especially after not shooting as well as she’d hoped the previous week in Norman. “I am actually really proud of how I did, compared to how I did in the last tournament,” Sukaree said. “Getting to know what my weaknesses are (to play better) is really good.” Third place has been @JPietsch14 the Illini’s best finish so pietsch3@dailyillini.com

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Defensive back Stanley Green tackles Michigan running back Zach Charbonnet Saturday. The Illini started to gain on the Wolverines but failed to get ahead in the second half.

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Sophomore Mica Allison rises to spike the ball against Indiana on Saturday. Allison and senior Jacqueline Quade led the way with three kills each.

took advantage of the favorable positions his defense put him in through takeaways and looked far more confident in his first start than he did in mop-up duty at Minnesota last Saturday. “I thought it was pretty fun out there; I had a good time,” Robinson said. “Thought we played pretty well, came up a little bit short, but I thought as an offense we did a pretty good job.” Robinson finished with 192 passing yards and a

touchdown, plus he added another score on the ground. Given he was facing a topranked defense that had allowed three total points in its last two games, the performance from Robinson was certainly better than what could have potentially happened, especially after the first quarter. “Being down 28-0, you know they’re gonna pin their ears back and come,” Smith said. “I thought Matt was poised, composed and made plays when he needed to.” True freshman Isaiah

Williams also saw time, but the East St. Louis native didn’t appear to yield the confidence in his arm to legitimately scare opposing defenses yet, as he faced more stacked boxes and could only run for four total yards. The 2-4 Illini may be wondering what the result would have been had the offense clicked in the first half. But, it only gets tougher for Illinois. Undefeated Wisconsin comes to town for Homecoming next week. @MilesP_H milesp2@dailyillini.com

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‘Nancy Drew’ shows potential BY RUKAYAH HUSSEIN STAFF WRITER

buzz factor: “Nancy Drew” is the latest CW production in a line of reboots on the network. Nancy Drew is the title character and young female sleuth from author Edwa rd Stratemeyer, who published the Nancy Drew books starting in 1930 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. This new show, first premiering on Oct. 9, looks like the CW is giving Nancy Drew a modern and more 21st-century adaptation. Right off the bat, the show begins by retelling the town of Horseshoe Bay’s infamous ghost story, about the Sea Queen. As a coastal town, it misleads people into believing it to be quiet and without citylife drama. However, the show makes a point about this town and its range of crimes, from kidnapping to murder. Nancy is, of course, shown as a red-haired and curious young girl who has developed an interest as well as a talent in solving the cases of Horseshoe Bay. Nancy Drew, after an adolescence of solving Horseshoe Bay’s most puzzling mysteries, has had a tragedy of her own. Her mother has just died of cancer, and Nancy, no longer feeling the same energy about crime-solving, has given it up. She barely made it through her last year of high school and ended up staying in her hometown when she did not apply for college on time. She feels stuck and at an in-between in her life, working at the local diner The Claw. She is closed off from those around her, like her father and her boyfriend, as she is still reeling from her mother’s death. Throughout the course of this first episode, the audience gets to learn about the dynamic of the town, with a pretty diverse cast of

characters. In the original books by Carolyn Keene, those important to Nancy Drew, like her boyfriend and friends, were portrayed by white actors. It’s clear the showrunners wanted to bring the books and the characters into the world of 2019. Nancy’s boyfriend, Ned Nickerson, is AfricanAmerican and her coworker George, the young and cynical manager of The Claw, is an Asian woman. With other diverse characters on the show, it’s refreshing to see the popular 1950s character revamped and made more relatable for a modern audience. Speaking about progres-

this first season, focuses on the murder of socialite on the night of the town’s annual parade. The woman’s husband and his friends have a late dinner at the diner where Nancy and the rest of her coworkers are at when Tiffany Hudson, the socialite, opt to stay at the car where Nancy brought her food out to her. Time passes, and when the lights go out in the diner, Nancy ventures out to check on Tiffany, only to discover her dead body. This throws Nancy back into the world of crime, whether she wants to or not. The unanswered ques-

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siveness, the show makes it clear from the very beginning that it is going to be more mature and appealing to teenagers and young adults. Ned ‘Nick’ Nickerson is Nancy’s boyfriend, and his first introduction is he and Nancy having sex. It is nothing outrageous, but it does give Nancy a new look. In the original book series, parents were comforted by Nancy’s “clean” image, but now, the show is making her character sexier and more in line with the youth of today. With this steamy romance, it looks like Nancy Drew is getting the same makeover as the CW’s other teen-drama reboot, “Riverdale.” The central plot of the first episode, as well as what looks like the rest of

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Star Course Presents: Doja Cat

 7:30 p.m.  Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana  Students $15, public $22 Doja Cat will be performing live at Foellinger Auditorium in Urbana on Oct. 14. Tickets are on sale now through Star Course, a student-run concert promotion and production organization at the University. Members participate in all levels of event planning to contract, promote and stage campus entertainment.

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 6-8 p.m.  The Celebration Company at The Station Theatre, 223 N. Broadway Ave., Urbana  Free Come one, come all to the Station Theatre to read aloud Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the classic children’s scary story collection.

TUESDAY OCT. 15

Tuesday Night Trivia at Brothers

 7:30–9:30 p.m.  613 E. Green St., Champaign  Free Come to Brothers Bar & Grill Champaign every Tuesday night during the semester for free pub trivia! We have weekly general trivia on Tuesdays starting at 7:30 pm. Enjoy our special Tuesday Night Trivia specials, as well as Mug Club Night and appetizers. Teams can have up to eight people, and top teams get prizes each week!

An Evening with David Dobrik

 8-10 p.m.  Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana  Free with I-card For one amazing night, only students have the chance to hear from hit YouTuber David Dobrik. You must be a University student with a valid I-Card to attend.

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WEDNESDAY OCT. 16

How Dare You? Photography Contest

 Submissions open at midnight.  McKinley Foundation, 809 S. Fifth St., Champaign  Free Inspired Greta Thornberg’s recent remarks to the UN (“How dare you?”), Artists’ Alley and the McKinley Green Team invite all amateur photographers to submit photographs that inspire you to combat climate change. Both positive and negative images/examples are encouraged.

Writer’s Workshop: Creative Nonfiction | The Lyric Essay

 6:30 p.m.  200 W. Green St. #5193, Champaign  Free What is the lyric essay, and why might you want to write one? This workshop will approach these burning questions by looking at some examples and trying out a targeted writing exercise or two to get writers started on a lyric essay of their own.

Performance/Talk: Women in Music

 7:30 p.m  Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, 919 W. Illinois St., Ste 400, Urbana  Free Women have long played an extensive role in the world of music, but navigating the industry often comes with a unique set of obstacles. Local musicians Carrie Chandler, Emily McKown and Olivia Tasch are working to break down those barriers for female musicians in the community, starting at a young age. Through the local, nonprofit organization Girls Rock! ChampaignUrbana, they seek to empower girls and women using the tools of music education and creative self-expression. Each one brings their own experience of what it’s like to be a woman in the music scene, and uses that perspective to help others grow and gain confidence in their craft.

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Students share songs of personal significance BY BUZZ STAFF

This week, the buzz staff asked some students on campus a question: What’s a song that has personal significance to you and why? Here’s what our fellow students had to say about the music that defines them.

Song: “How to Save a Life” by The Fray

about things I want to do,”

Song: “Sugar Honey Ice Tea” by Princess Nokia

“There’s a lot of feminism involved, and she talks about domestic abuse,” said Linda Abonia. “I just think it’s a very empowering song, and coming from the genre of rap, I feel like it breaks some norms.”

“It’s really powerful,” said Mika Life. “I just remember Song: “Born to Run” by freshman year staring out Bruce Springsteen the window listening to that “My mom is an absolute song.” Bruce Springsteen fanatic,” said Harmen Alleyne. “So Song: “Crooked Smile” by I can guess that song from J. Cole the first two notes and I “It’s a song about sharing just know that it’s ‘Born to insecurities, and it’s cool Run’ because I’ve heard it so that it says those insecuri- many times. It doesn’t have ties makes people unique,” any like personal, signifisaid Au’Riana Dunlap. cance, it’s not a song that I associate with a feeling or a Song: “Day N’ Nite ” by Kid meaning, it’s just a song that Cudi I’ll recognize instantly even “The lyrics describe though I don’t really want to my life,” said Demitrius recognize it.” Osborne. “I don’t really sleep a lot, I’m always thinking buzz@readbuzz.com

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‘Gemini Man’ succeeds visually, disappoints in writing BY BILL TAYLOR STAFF WRITER

buzz factor: Ang Lee is the rare modern filmmaker who can truly claim he’s done it all. He’s won Oscars for a gay romance and a shipwreck tale with a tiger, and he’s made a Civil War movie, a martial-arts epic, a Jane Austen adaptation and an ill-advised comedy about Woodstock. But all of those films share a quiet contemplation: Lee focusing his camera on characters quiet in thought and on the beauty of the landscapes around them. His knack for stillness has made Lee one of the best directors alive, but it also makes him an odd choice to make a film for Jerry Bruckheimer, the megaproducer whose films are more often deafening action spectacles than quiet dramas. And yet they’ve now collaborated to make “Gemini Man,” a bizarre action-arthouse hybrid shot with technology that will make most people’s eyes bleed. It’s also the most interesting film of the year. Will Smith plays Henry Brogen, a highly skilled assassin who plans to retire. As often happens when people plan to retire in films, he’s forced back into action when his government double-crosses him and sends someone to kill him, dragging along an old assassin buddy (Benedict Wong) and another government agent (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). What he doesn’t know is that the assassin on his tail is a younger version of him.

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Will Smith stars in “Gemini Man,” a new Ang Lee film. The movie features stunning visuals, but the writing and tone fail to impress.

The film’s most obvious selling point is the chance to see “Fresh Prince” era Will Smith recreated with the magic of CGI. Outside of some rough-looking shots in the final scene, the visu-

al effects are quite impressive, with young Smith looking convincing even in tight close-ups and opposite flesh-and-blood actors. Anybody expecting to see de-aged Smith have

the energy of actual young Smith will likely be disappointed. Lee’s take on the character is similar to his take on the Incredible Hulk in 2003: a sad-eyed artificial being with serious

daddy issues. Clive Owen plays his “father,” the man who cloned Henry and is dooming his clone to a life of misery under the guise of fatherly love. The many who hated “Hulk” will likely hate this, too, but it’s a surprisingly affective relationship, especially coming in the middle of stupidity. The “Gemini Man” script was written in the 90s and feels like it, with goofy quips more “Con Air” than “Brokeback Mountain.” But Lee directs his actors to say their silly lines as sorrowfuly as possible, with Smith in particular sounding haunted by the violence he’s inflicted on others even when saying nonsense like “It’s not gun time, it’s coffee time.” The always-wonderful Winstead and Wong get to have a little fun as his deadpan sidekicks, but the tone is far more melancholy than joke-like on the whole. This mixture of a lowart script and a high-art director is both baffling and fascinating to behold, and that’s even before getting into the film’s strangest gambit. “Gemini Man” is Ang Lee’s second film shot in 3D at 120 frames per second. What that means in simple terms is that Lee has created a film absent of all motion blur, where every object and actor in frame is clearer than you’ve ever seen them before. This approach was an odd one for Lee’s last film, the quiet character study “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” but it has an obvious appeal here, where you can see and appreciate every detail of every action scene.

The 120 fps is improved technically from “Billy Lynn,” with the camera now being able to deliver more than that film’s flat, static compositions. Cinematographer Dion Beebe pioneered digital photography on Michael Mann’s “Collateral” and “Miami Vice,” and he gives “Gemini Man” those films’ dynamic camera movements, especially in a showstopping set piece involving motorcycles. And much like those films, this look is quite an acquired taste for those accustomed to how films look already. Only two theaters in Illinois are playing “Gemini Man” in 120 frames, but it’s worth the hike just to get a cinematic experience you won’t get anywhere else. Explaining the experience of seeing 120 frames is almost pointless; there’s no way to convey the feeling of an image that’s both too real and too unreal in mere words. Action scenes appear to be happening live on-camera. A dialogue scene is overshadowed by the shininess of a can of Coke on the table. Background extras are as notable in the frame as the main actors. It’s, quite simply, a lot. This review may make it seem like “Gemini Man” is bad. Many will get hung up on the script, on the aggressively odd visuals and on the dour seriousness of the thing. But you will not see anything like “Gemini Man” this year, and major studios may never make something this outre ever again. See it while you can. wt2@readbuzz.com

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