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e’ve listened to Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” more than most colleges, and we’re obsessed with Kanye West, according to a new study created by Spotify. The music-streaming service recently completed a study, which tracked the listening patterns of American college students. The University was ranked as the 26th most musical university out of 40 considered. California Polytechnic State University was ranked as the most musical university. Eliot Van Buskirk, Spotify inhouse data storyteller, said the most important concept to understand from the data is “distinctive” picks. “It means that this is the music that students at one school prefer disproportionately to the others,” Van Buskirk said. “If you just look at favorite music, you get a lot of the same music; looking at it this way highlights what makes each school unique.” Out of all bands on Spotify, University students distinctively favor Phantogram, an electronic rock band, and distinctively dislike Lana Del Rey, a solo indie pop artist. The study also put together a list of the most popular tracks and artists University students listen to overall, which is on their website. Some students, such as Gabyliz Machado, freshman in DGS, said they would listen to some songs on the list because of their popularity. “It’s a good social function because you can look at what your friends are lis-
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Distinctive Tracks
Relative to other schools, students listen to these songs the most: Q Jealous (I Ain’t With It) - Chromeo Q Jubel - Original Mix - Klingande Q La La La - Naughty Boy Q The Mother We Share - CHVRCHES Q Breezeblocks - alt-J
Popular Tracks
Top played songs at the University: Q Summer - Calvin Harris Q Rather Be - Clean Bandit Q Fancy - Iggy Azalea Q Problem - Ariana Grande Q Magic - Coldplay
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Distinctive Artists
Relative to other schools, students listen to these artists the most: Q Phantogram Q Of Monsters And Men Q Kanye West Q alt-J Q Grouplove
Recent controversy over Steven Salaita’s rescinded job offer to the University has sparked concern for some professors regarding their academic freedom on campus. Monday after noon, four professors who often research controversial topics, spoke about their experiences regarding the significance of academic freedom for University professors. “We’re here today to make a step. One step toward advanced understanding of the ways questions of academic freedom are brought to bear on the work of scholars in various disciplines,” said Dianne Harris, director of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities. “We are not here to discuss any particular cases. Other forums have done that and there will surely be more.” Harris said she hopes the discussion on academic freedom will lead to further conversation over the emerging concern of academic freedom on college campuses nationwide. The event was held at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology by the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities. Kathryn Clancy, co-director of the Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology and assistant professor of anthropology, said she considers a lot of the inclusion research
she does to be dangerous to her academic career. She said there have been times when her academic freedom was contested. Clancy said it’s difficult to convince other colleagues that women are important in inclusion across every field. “Issues of inclusion can be potentially dangerous in science, ” Clancy said. Clancy collaborated with junior female professors from the Chicago campus and Harvard University for their inclusive research. They surveyed over 600 people, interviewed 26 and said that gatekeepers within their rank do not like the type of work they administer. “The majority of women, and hefty majority of men, have been sexually harassed while doing field work and another quarter of women and six percent of men sexually assaulted,” Clancy said. “I have to carry the stories of several hundreds of women that have been assaulted, harassed and raped in the field. Many of them who did go to their university for support and their university turned them away,“ Clancy said. Bruce Fouke, professor of geology and microbiology, took the podium to describe the controversy over academic freedom at the University as a “cultural tsunami.” Fouke explained, “This tsunami of information has gladly given up something
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Popular Artists
Top played artists at the University: Q Kanye West Q Coldplay Q Calvin Harris Q Iggy Azalea Q Drake
SOURCE: “HOW STUDENTS LISTEN,” A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY SPOTIFY
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Kathryn Clancy speaks to at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology about issues of academic freedom on Monday.
Computer science grows, diversifies Campus police 50th year marked by more women and new double majors BY ANDREW NOWAK CONTRIBUTING WRITER
As the department of computer science celebrates its 50th year at the University, many significant changes are shaping the way the department looks, including a great increase in female students and partnerships with other majors. According to Steve Herzog, coordinator of Undergraduate Programs, almost 25 percent of the incoming computer science freshmen are female. Herzog has been working for Undergraduate Programs for 10 years, and said he has seen many changes in the department during his time at the University. “For as long as I’ve been here, and as long as a lot
of people have been here, professional, social and (female students) were at technical services to about about 10 percent department- 80 active members, accordwide, and our incoming class ing to Tran. usually was about 10 percent Tran said it is important fem a le ,” to get more women into H e r computer zog said. science. “And this “If you last year have an all(u nder male team g raduate designing f e m a l e s) were up to products 16 percent, that also which was women are STEVE HERZOG using, they really surCOORDINATOR OF prising.” might overUNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS E m i see a lot of the things ly Tran , that a woma senior in computer science, is the an would be like, ‘Oh, why is president of Women in Com- that designed that way, that’s puter Science, an RSO at the not female-friendly...’” Tran University. WCS provides said.
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“The kinds of things that computer science majors do are going to be pretty influential.”
Herzog said he believes it is important for women to be involved in the field of computer science. “The kinds of things that computer science majors do are going to be pretty influential,” said Herzog. “I think it’s important that there’s a variety of perspectives that go into designing our IT infrastructure, the kinds of tools we’re going to be using in the future.” Eva Shih, junior in computer science, is a tech team chair in WCS and a member of the Association of Computing Machinery, ACM, another RSO that involves students of all majors in computer science. Shih said equality is important, and that women
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Evacuating a dark, smoke-filled burning building can be terrifying. Approximately 125 University students attended the 19th Fire Factor Academy, a hands-on fire safety workshop at the Illinois Fire Service Institute on Saturday to improve their fi re safety skills. Held each semester by the Champaign and Urbana Fire and Neighborhood Services Departments, University Housing Office, Dean’s Office and the Illinois Fire Service Institute, Fire Factor gives students the opportunity to practice situational
fire safety skills through a variety of stations. “We were having problems with the lack of respect when firefighters would show up at a scene or a false alarm,” said Janet Maupin, deputy fi re marshal at the Champaign Fire Department. “People were very uncooperative as far as leaving the building.” In response, Fire Factor was created to raise awareness about fi re safety and improve the relationship between fi refighters and students. Attendees distributed free smoke detectors to
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