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The Illini 4000 stopped at the Alma Mater to take a break from their 4000-mile cross-country bike ride on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
The nonprofit organization consists of student bikers who document the Ameri-can cancer experience through the Por-traits Project and raising funds for can-cer research while taking annual bike rides across the nation.
“Each year, we ride 4,000 miles from New York to San Francisco to raise mon-ey for cancer research and cancer sup-porting programs,” said Hannah Bur-khardt, media coordinator for Illini 4000 and University alumna. “This year, I think our exact mileage is 4,519 miles, so we’re doing a little bit extra.”
The bike team started their ride on May 24 in New York City and will finish at Niagara Falls 10 weeks later. In addition to riding, the team will blog and update people about their Portraits Project.
Ben Wooley, ride leader for Illini 4000 and University alumnus, said the Por-traits Project is a way for the team to dis-play the stories of people who have been affected by cancer.
“While riding, we interview people who have experiences with cancer because it is one of those experiences, unfortunate-ly, that most people have,” Wooley said. “So as a side project, we have the Por-
traits Project, where we’ll collect sto-ries from people all across the country from all different backgrounds and kind of get a feel about how cancer affects everybody.”
Ashley Young, member of Illini 4000 and senior in Engineering, said the team is trying to use the Portraits Project as a “network for people who have been affect-ed with cancer.”
Young said riders will use media to cre-ate entries for the project. The stories can be found on the team’s website.
Along with interviewing people, the rid-ers get the chance to meet people from different backgrounds in the places they stay in.
“One of the coolest things about doing something like this is that you meet the most amazing people you couldn’t even imagine,” Wooley said. “The cooler part of the ride than even riding the bike is the kind of people you talk to and the interac-tions you’ll have, whether it’s in a big city or a small town.”
Illini 4000 started in 2006 after two students had the idea to fund cancer research by creating a team to bike across the country. Each rider is person-ally responsible for fundraising $3,500 to participate in the ride. So far, the team has reached $800,000 for cancer research and patient support services.
According to Wooley, the bikers who participate in Illini 4000 do it for differ-
ent causes. “There’s kind of three sides of what we
do here,” Wooley said. “We ride bikes, we raise money to help fight cancer, and we
interview people and hear their stories.”
The Champaign County court sided with Steven Salaita and has asked the Univer-sity to hand over the thousands of docu-ments dealing with the professor’s hiring decision.
At the Champaign County Courthouse in Urbana on Friday at 9:30 a.m., presiding Judge Thomas Difanis called the hearing. Anand Swaminathan, attorney for Salaita and of Loevy and Loevy in Chicago, and Charles Schmadeke, representative for the University and attorney for Hinshaw and Culbertson in Springfield, were called to pose their arguments regarding the documents’ release.
Salaita was offered a tenure position for the American Indian Studies program in October 2013. However, Chancellor Phyl-lis Wise revoked the position on August 1, 2014, after Saliata posted a series of angry tweets about Israel and bombings in the Gaza strip.
Salaita asked for the files in which the University discussed his hiring decisions, and following their denial and use of the Freedom of Information Act, he filed a lawsuit in November.
“Even though we filed the lawsuit, it does not mean we are not open to negoti-ating,” Swaminathan said. “We can easily drop the lawsuit if the University gives Salaita and the public access to these doc-uments that they have kept hidden, but so far they have been unwilling to do so, so we had to take up these actions.”
Salaita requested copies of documents that involved communications between high-ranking University officials and influential alumni regarding his case.
According to Swaminathan, after Salai-ta’s request for the documents, the Uni-versity continuously delayed the requests, which ultimately led Salaita to file a law-suit against the University.
Swaminathan said the documents were important because they pertained to the public’s interest.
“As you can see by how many have come out to the courtroom today, the pub-lic and media are interested in knowing more about what happened in regards to Salaita’s hiring decision,” Swaminathan said.
About 20 community members attend-ed the hearing. Schmadeke said Salai-ta’s case was seen more as a “public
curiosity.”“There is a huge difference between
public interest and publicity or curiosity,” Schmadeke said. “Public interest means that a profound public policy exists while this does not exist in regards to a Univer-sity professor.”
Schmadeke said only the media was covering stories in regard to Salaita’s case and that no one else of importance was discussing it.
In rebuttal, Swaminathan said that Salaita was not the same as the Kardashi-ans. The media may be writing stories about the Kardashians, he said, but that was because of their name and celebrity status. Swaminathan said Salaita became popular in the media because of his story and case, and the public wanted to know more about it, which is why releasing the documents had such a high public interest.
The main issue discussed in the case was whether or not the Freedom of Infor-mation Act the University issued had any standing in Salaita’s case.
Judge Difanis came to the decision that FOIA did not have any standing because there was a higher public interest and the opening of the documents to the public
was less burdensome to the University in comparison.
Schmadeke brought up the argument that the University sees releasing the doc-uments as unduly burdensome.
“This is an unduly burden request because it is not necessary to the purpos-es of the requester (Salaita),” Schmade-ke said. “If we do release the documents, they will contain blackouts where peo-ple are expressing themselves and those words can be removed.”
However, Judge Difanis said the docu-ments were not an unduly burden because they contained information that dealt with Salaita’s hiring decision. Judge Difanis also said the documents held great public interest.
“The answer to the issue of whether or not the hiring of any individual is a pub-lic interest is that the court believes it is,” Judge Difanis said.
Following the court’s approval of Salaita’s request to have the documents released, his team must send in a written order to the court.
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Courts side with Salaita to release University documents
Illini 4000 stops at University during cross-country tour
BY ATOOSA SAYEHSTAFF WRITER
BY ATOOSA SAYEHSTAFF WRITER
RYAN FANG THE DAILY ILLINI
Illini 4000 members stand in front of the Alma Mater on June 10. The members halted their cross-country, 4,000-mile bike tour that spreads cancer awareness to visit the University.
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MARIAH SCHAEFER STAFF WRITER
Three University of Illinois alumni brought their senior design project to life using Kickstarter, a funding platform for creative projects.
Their project, EscaWheel, is a lift that makes it easier for wheelchair users to go up and down stairs.
“What we built was more a proof of con-cept to show that the technology works,” said Anando Naqui, co-founder of EscaWheel. “We’re trying to raise money through Kick-starter for a second prototype, which would be a lot closer to something that you would be able to put in someone’s home; it would have the safety mechanisms, the more advanced control system – an emergency personnel notification system as well.”
Over 20 percent of the project has been backed through Kickstarter so far. The goal is to raise $25,000 by July 2.
“We can use Kickstarter not just to raise the money but also to build awareness for the issue at hand,” Naqui said. “Hopefully, the people who are backing our campaign
are a lot more aware of the issues that wheel-chair users face on a daily basis because now they are invested in our project.”
If the project is not fully funded by the July 2 deadline, EscaWheel will not receive the money it needs to create a sec-ond prototype.
“While we still have a bit of a ways to go to reach our Kickstarter goal, it is clear that there is an interest and certainly an opportunity for EscaWheel to succeed,” said Chris Delaney, co-founder of EscaWheel. “At the end of the day, if EscaWheel is able to improve the life of just one person, I will consider it a success. With the help of Kick-starter, we hope to help many more.”
The EscaWheel team, which consists of Naqui, Delaney and Jake How, started build-ing the first prototype for their mechanical engineering senior design project in August 2011. They completed it by December of the same year.
Naqui said that at the start of the project, he talked with former Illinois wheelchair basketball coach Michael Frogley about the difficulties wheelchair users face, and
the biggest thing that stuck out to him was going up and down the stairs in a place of residence.
Frogley, who moved to Canada over a year and a half ago to work as the High Per-formance and National Academy Director of Wheelchair Basketball Canada, said he made his three-story home accessible by installing an elevator in the house, which cost roughly $125,000.
“I am very fortunate that I have an insur-ance company that can pay for that,” Frog-ley said. “That is out of the price range for the vast majority of people … and the Esca-Wheel has the ability to make ... it available for a person to purchase in a home.”
Although the team still needs to analyze the price of the EscaWheel more, Naqui said they feel comfortable pricing the product in the $5,000 to $7,000 range, including instal-lation costs.
The EscaWheel is a wheelchair lift that works in a similar way to a forklift, pick-ing up the wheelchair under the seat using forks, Naqui said.
He said the wheelchair user backs onto
the device, which raises about eight inches to a foot, then takes the user up the stairs and rotates 90 degrees, so the user can roll away from the stairs.
“We wanted to create something that kind of had the functionality of a platform lift with the footprint, form factor, and price of a stairlift,” Naqui said.
“We’ve been re-analyzing every part of our design in order to find ways to increase the functionality and decrease the footprint of the device,” How said. “When it comes to the challenge of lifting a wheelchair and user up the stairs, the geometrical con-straints become quite challenging.”
Frogley said from the first moment he saw the EscaWheel team’s idea, he loved how WWthey thought about the project in terms of maximizing a person’s ability.
“It doesn’t give people with disabilities outcome; it gives people with disabilities an opportunity to achieve an outcome,” Frogley said. “That’s the way accessibility should be designed.”
ATOOSA SAYEHSTAFF WRITER
Twenty-five state employees from the Champaign-Urbana area participated in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ (AFSCME) state-wide event urging Governor Bruce Raun-er to make negotiations over a new union contract on Wednesday. The rally began at noon on S. First Street in Champaign.
“AFSCME is asking their employees to come out and let the public know that we are fighting for our working class, for middle-class America,” said Arnold Black, president of AFSCME Local 2971 and mem-ber of the Department of Children and Family Services. “And that we also would like a fairer contract as well.”
Rebecca Harden, executive board mem-ber for AFSCME local 2971, said state employees are looking for a fairer con-tract, affordable health insurance and want to keep their pensions the way they are.
“It’s going to be a long uphill battle,” Harden said. “And we just want to let the people know that we are out here in sup-port of the bargaining committee and are
hoping to get a fairer contract.”Anders Lindall, spokesman for AFSC-
ME, said the federation wants to resolve the contract to provide its state employ-ees with pay that will prevent the Raun-er administration from driving down the middle class’ standards of living.
“The (Rauner) administration is continu-ing to exist on very extreme and harm-ful demands that would undermine those public services that Illinois residents rely on and that AFSCME members provide,” Lindall said.
AFSCME has been trying to negotiate with Rauner for six months and, according to Lindall, this is the last month for state employees to push for a new contract, as the current agreement is set to expire on June 30.
“It’s important to reach a fair agreement and a bargaining table without any disrup-tion to public services,” Lindall said. “But we worry that Governor Rauner may be seeking a confrontation that would cause a state government shutdown.”
Lindall said it has been over 40 years since state employees have been forced to strike to meet the terms under which they want to work. He said he hopes that with the events that took place this week, Rauner will stop pushing for a government shutdown, which Lindall said will weaken rights and bring down the wages of public service workers.
Over 100 similar events were planned across Illinois on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Participants aimed to bring
attention to how much service they believe state employees provide for the community.
Yard signs saying “We Support State Workers” were distributed, and state employees called out for honks from cars as they rallied.
On Tuesday, the city of Anna created a human chain of about 400 people to show their support for state workers, Lindall said. Other events in the state included ral-
lies, marches, leafleting and food drives.“The public response has been very
encouraging,” Lindall said. “People under-stand that public service workers are their friends, and people who provide vital ser-vice to their community that deserve a decent wage (and) affordable healthcare for themselves and their family.”
UI alumni raise money for wheelchair lift project
TYLER COURTNEY THE DAILY ILLINI
State employees rally and march in support of public services along S. First Street in Champaign on Wednesday, June 10. A total of 25 state employees in Champaign-Urbana marched that day.
Fighting back for the working classState workers rally for new union contracts
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The University administration officially lost the approval of the American Associ-ation of University Professors Saturday. However, many argue censure has been a long time coming.
Almost 100 members of the AAUP voted to censure the administration at its annual Conference on the State of Higher Educa-tion at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. after the University rescinded Steven Salaita’s offer of employment.
“Censure results from the Association’s findings that conditions for academic free-dom and tenure are unsatisfactory at a col-lege or university,” according to the asso-ciation’s website.
The AAUP’s 1940 Statement of Princi-ples asserts universities exist for the “com-mon good,” which is dependent on the free search for — and the expression of — truth. On its site the AAUP states that a university that inhibits such expression cannot fulfill its basic purpose.
The University is now the only school of its size — and in the Big 10 conference — to be placed on the current censure list. The list is published to inform the public, uni-versities and association members of the violations of academic freedom and tenure that have occurred at universities.
The AAUP stresses that censure is not placed on faculty members or the institution as a whole, but only on the administration, including the officers and governing board.
“Censure is the highest condemnation of the actions of an administration by the lead-ing faculty organization, so it is a powerful statement that something is terribly wrong at UIUC,” said John Wilson, co-editor of the AAUP blog Academe.
Wilson said the main purpose of censure is to “put a spotlight” on issues of academ-ic freedom and encourage universities to change course.
“If we do not censure the administra-tion, not only will nothing change, it will get worse and worse and worse,” said Har-riet Murav, University Slovic language and literature professor.
Peter Kirstein, St. Xavier University his-tory professor, said a vote to censure would “finally send a message throughout the Unit-ed States that it is okay to be controversial.”
Chancellor Phyllis Wise, President Emer-itus Robert Easter and the Board of Trust-ees came under fire in August 2014 after Steven Salaita was dismissed from his ten-ure position in the American Indian Stud-ies department weeks before he was set to begin teaching. Wise informed Salaita in an email that she would not be forwarding
his appointment to the Board for approval because of tweets he sent regarding the conflict in Gaza.
On August 29, 2014, days after Salaita was dismissed, Rudy Fichtenbaum and Hank Reichman, AAUP president and co-pres-ident, respectively, released a letter stat-ing that although many facts about the case were still missing, it appeared as if Salaita’s rights were violated.
On April 23, the AAUP’s Committee A released a report of the findings from its investigation into the case and declared Salaita’s rights were in fact violated. At the time, Fichtenbaum said he believed censure Nearly a month later on May 28, the com-mittee voted to recommend censure at the annual conference.
During the meeting, Cary Nelson, former AAUP president and University english pro-fessor said “rushed censure has been com-promised by anti-Israeli sentiments within Committee A” and argued censure would be premature.
Salaita said he does not have an opinion about censure as he has not been involved in the process. He said he believes the asso-ciation will do what it believes is necessary.
“However, (censure) would definitely not be a good look for the University,” he said.
Robin Kaler, campus spokeswoman, said in a statement the University is disappoint-ed to be the subject of censure but is making strides to reach a resolution with Salaita.
Nick Burbules, University general educa-tional policy professor, said while he doesn’t believe any University member is happy about censure, the University has survived it before.
Additionally, he said State University of New York, where President Timothy Killeen was previously vice chancellor for research, has thrived despite being cen-sured for decades.
Harry Hilton, AAUP Urbana-Champaign president and aerospace engineering pro-fessor emeritus, said that the Urbana-Champaign chapter polled its 66 members on whether the University should be placed on the censure list or not. Of the 66 mem-bers, 48.5 percent voted in the poll, with 27 percent for censure, 18 percent against censure and 3 percent in favor of delay-ing censure.
The University, however, began making strides to be removed from the list before censure was even certain. Katherine Gal-vin, associate provost for administrative affairs, provided a complete detail of which policies are being addressed.
Thus far, the academic senate has reviewed or revised nine policies and determined what further actions need to
be taken.David O’Brien, chair of the University’s
Committee on Academic Freedom and Ten-ure, said he believes censure was inevitable because “the University did not adhere to the policies of the AAUP regarding aca-demic freedom and shared governance.”
Burbules said the Committee A mem-bers who visited the University in Febru-ary made it “quite clear” they had already decided to censure the administration.
“Frankly, their lack of objectivity and other aspects of their review process trou-bled me,” he said. “But they’ve made their decision and it is what it is.”
The University was last censured in 1964 for the dismissal of Professor Leo Koch. Koch, a biology professor, wrote a letter — which was published in The Daily Illini — defending premarital sex. In the midst of outrage from community members, Presi-dent David Dobbs Henry fired Koch.
Koch was never reinstated, despite the
University’s removal from the censure list. Instead he joined Jefferson Poland in New York where they formed the Sexual Freedom League. Poland later brought the league to the San Francisco area where it reached peak success, according to the Kinsey Institute.
Hilton was also chapter president during the Koch case. Having experienced it once before, Hilton said censure is ultimately a matter of perspective.
“There are some people that may not pay any attention to it, while others, particu-larly off campus, may want to not be hired here or may not come here for seminars,” he said. “It depends on their view, how they take it.”
University placed on censure list by AAUP in wake of rights violationsBY ABIGALE SVOBODA & JASON CHUNNEWS EDITOR & ASSISTANT DAYTIME EDITOR
JASON CHUN THE DAILY ILLINI
Members of the American Association of University Professors discuss whether to censure the University at the association’s annual conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C., on Saturday, June 13.
Police brutality has been a very prominent issue over the past year. It seems as if
every month there’s a new #BlackLivesMat-ter protest, demonstration or even riots hap-pening, making it feel as if this issue will never go away.
When a big incident involving police mistreatment happens, it takes over social
media. The recent incident in McKinney, Texas did just that.
On June 6, a video of a cop showing exces-sive force was uploaded to Twitter. It caused a lot of uproar. The video showed several students leaving a pool party in McKinney and a police officer screaming profanity at the kids.
It’s awful to see how these young people are being treated. If this happened to me at their age, I would dislike police officers. Many wonder why people of color distrust law enforcement. These types of incidents are why.
Although there seemed to be people of all colors, only black children were the ones being harassed.
The part of the video that caught the most attention was the way the officer forcefully handled a young girl in a bikini. He dragged her as well as hovered over her with his knee dug into her back. It broke my heart to watch. From what the video showed, no attack was made toward the officer. He was just very upset.
The more cases that arise will bring more divide between people of color. It’s as if the cops are purposely attacking people of
color because they are likely to not be held accountable. I’m glad the video of the McK-inney incident was posted because people are more willing to fight for the unjust treat-ment of children. These innocent children didn’t deserve to go through this. They were just having fun and enjoying a pool party like normal people their age.
I hope that these things get better. Other-wise, a divide between the people and law enforcement will remain. The people will never understand or agree with the system.
Jerry Seinfeld voluntarily walked straight to the chopping block earlier last week
when, in a radio interview with ESPN’s Tom Cowheard, he announced that he will not perform on college campuses, citing college students’ almost “creepy” obsession with political correctness as harmful to comedy.
In Seinfeld’s mind, the extreme ends to which college students in particular will seek out and condemn even the most subtle instance of political incorrectness is harm-ful to comedy and comedic intent.
In a subsequent interview with Seth Mey-ers, Seinfeld reiterated this fact, and said to Meyers, “There’s a creepy, PC thing out there that really bothers me.”
He referenced a joke that refers to the flamboyance of “a gay French king” as evi-dence of a stereotypical homosexual manner-ism that millennial college students might find insensitive and threatening.
But Seinfeld’s complaint draws attention to the larger question: Does today’s hyper-politically correct culture pose a threat to comedy?
I believe that the force most threatening to comedy isn’t political correctness itself — it’s the notion that uncensored creativity and political correctness cannot exist within the same jokes, or, more largely, within the same personal belief system.
On one hand, policing comedy and demanding that comedians conform to a nar-row standard of what the majority of his or her audience feels is commonly accepted and condoned as politically correct inhib-its creativity.
And yet, we must also bare in mind that comedy is a reflection of the society in which it resides, and, therefore, we must present comedy as a product of that society — in this instance, a society very sensitive to polit-ical correctness and the impact of one’s behaviors.
Turning our gaze away from sensitive sub-jects in comedy (and, in life) simply because they make us feel “uncomfortable,” makes it far more difficult to learn, grow and gain exposure to the problems we face as a con-temporary society.
To gain an insider’s perspective on polit-ical correctness in humor, I spoke with Rebecca Tham, junior in communications, a member of the University comedy groups Spicy Clamato Improv, Loose Bread of Titan-ic Players, and co-president of Potted Meat
Sketch Comedy.Tham believes that beyond simply causing
laughter, comedy should strive to be memo-rable and significant to the viewer. A spec-tator at a comedy show should ideally walk away from the event and say to himself, “It made me laugh, and it made me think.”
One of the ways she said this can be done is by using possibly “offensive” comedy to draw attention to a real social issue.
She referenced a particular sketch one of her groups has performed on numerous occasions in which an overly cheerful gro-cery store greeter says hello cheerfully to every customer as they enter the store. When a black family enters the store, the greeter smiles and informs the family that they’ll be treated the same as everyone else — and immediately afterwards orders security to keep a close eye on the supposed subjects of non-prejudice.
How are we to learn about ourselves and the world we live in when we avoid conflict and challenge in the realm of speculative, observational performance? Rather than dis-missing political correctness as a threat to comedy, comedians ought to put their unique spin on the social values of their audience and create the opportunity to examine and critique the ever-imperfect world we live in.
It’s arguably pointless to “cross the line”
in a random, meaningless way. Causing dis-comfort “just because,” is tasteless and, in certain cases, cruel. Politically incorrect comedy of this sort is certainly grounds for opposition.
But causing discomfort for a specific the-matic or educational purpose is another mat-ter entirely.
Feeling discomfort or shock in response to a disturbing phrase or situation is a way to learn and grow through observation. Using crude or even offensive comedy can be an effective way to draw attention to a real crude or offensive societal problem through a popular entertaining form of literature.
While Jerry Seinfeld may be partially correct in saying that our politically cor-rect culture can be detrimental to comedy, I don’t believe the issue should be dealt with in terms of absolutes. The true danger, in my opinion, is believing that political cor-rectness and edgy, discomforting humor are mutually exclusive aspects of comedy.
Comedy is one means by which the writ-er and audience can both reflect upon and make light (or dark) of relevant social phe-nomena. So long as the material presented has thought and purpose behind it, offensive-ness can be fair game.
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BY BEN LASH STAFF WRITER
The Research Park at the University host-ed a community open house on Friday, where companies operating within the Park demon-strated their projects.
Guests also had the opportunity to tour buildings occupied by different corporations and companies, such as State Farm and Yahoo.
“Research Park does over 150 events over the course of a year, and a good majority of them have been open to the public,” said Laura Weisskopf Bleill, associate director of Research Park. “We decided to model this event more along the lines of other open house events that happen on campus.”
The open house was primarily located in the EnterpriseWorks Incubator building. While close to 90 companies operate in dif-ferent buildings throughout Research Park, the EnterpriseWorks Incubator alone houses over 45 companies.
“The startup community is centralized in the Enterprise Works, which is focused on sci-ence-based startups commercializing technol-ogy,” Bleill said. “Much of the technology has been developed out of the University, so a lot of our companies are started by faculty mem-bers. Some others are started by graduate stu-dents that start companies out of research.”
Many original and enterprising products were on display in the atrium of the Enter-
priseWorks building. Among these was a prod-uct called Mousr, developed by the company Petronics. Mousr is a robotic mouse created for entertaining household cats.
“Mousr is our first product,” said graduate student Dave Cohen. “But our aim is to grow into a home robotics company.”
Another company at the open house was Inprentus, which focuses on diffraction grat-ings for X-ray applications.
“We were asked to show our equipment off,” said Inprentus employee and University gradu-ate Jonathan Manton. “People here are doing really amazing stuff in labs here.“
Research Park was approved by the Board of Trustees in 1999 and opened its first build-ing in 2001. Since then, it has grown into a respected and productive complex in the U.S.
“The larger corporations are here because of the relationships they develop with the Uni-versity, whether that’s to tap in student employ-ment or the full-time engineering talent in this community,” Bleill said. “This is a major tech hub in the Midwest.”
Following the open house was the latest in the Outside at Research Park concert series, a partnership between Research Park and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Located across from the I Hotel on First street, Outside at Research Park featured Grammy-nominated musical group Della Mae, with an opening performance from the local
band Tara Terra. The performances drew a large crowd despite unfavorable weather con-ditions involving thurderstorm hours earlier.
The next installment of Outside at Research Park will be on July 15, which will feature the
Kilborn Alley Blues Band with an opening act from the James Jones Trio.
Open house draws crowd to UI’s Research Park
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A crowd gathers to enjoy a concert at Outside at Research Park on June 12. In collaboration with the Krannert Center for Performing Arts, Research Park hosted the concert as a way to promote the Park.
Uncork Urbana Wine Festival
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The Sleepy Creek Vineyards tent at Uncork Urbana Wine Festival on June 13.
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BY LILLIAN BARKLEY STAFF WRITER
It starts with a pitch. Then sound bursts out of 15 vocalists, layering and melding to form instrumentals and harmonies as stage lights blind the singers to all but the first few rows of the packed auditorium.
The thrill of the competition is nothing new to University a cappella group No Comment, but this time each move and missed note will be captured on film and broadcast for the nation to see.
“We all tried to dress a little better and put on a little bigger of a smile,” said Lizzie Jas-sin, sophomore in Media, No Comment mem-ber and Illini Media employee. “It did push us to try to be better.”
No Comment was one of five featured a cap-pella groups on “Sing It On,” a documentary-style reality television show which follows collegiate groups on their journey to the Inter-national Championship of Collegiate A Cap-pella finals in New York. The series, executive produced by John Legend, premiered May 13 on Pop and airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
No Comment member Micah Tryba, senior in ACES, was a sophomore when she trans-ferred to the University for the 2012-2013 com-petition season, when No Comment made it to finals before being eliminated.
“I just assumed, ‘Oh, you compete in ICCA, and you win the whole thing,’” she said. “Lat-er on, I learned that’s not quite how it goes.”
According to Tryba, the group was contact-ed by Pop in fall 2013, following their semi-finals win. Varsity Vocals, which runs ICCA, recommended some groups to the “Sing It On” production company, Tryba said.
After a series of Skype calls, in-person inter-views and contract negotiations, No Comment was officially on the show.
“We just had no idea what to expect,” Jas-sin said. “We were thinking when it’s all said and done, it’ll be so awesome to have a set of DVDs in our family room.”
The film crew filmed for short stints on-location before leaving for months to film the other four groups, Tryba said.
“It was definitely more of a time commit-ment this year with the cameras being there,” she said. “But they understood that we were students first.”
The crew and students had a mutual under-standing that the show needed footage, but finals and studying were a priority over get-ting another take of rehearsal, Tryba said.
“People didn’t act more outlandish; they actually pulled back a little bit,” she said of the group’s reaction to having cameras constant-ly filming, adding that the students tended to censor themselves more.
Though some swears and out-of-context comments were used, Tryba said the group
was portrayed in an accurate, positive light overall.
“A lot of the drama that the other groups have isn’t fictionalized at all,” said Jessica Clark, No Comment’s musical director and senior in ACES.
While drama has been frequent in the series, Jassin said the crew never pushed them to create conflict.
“You guys are still going to be best friends when the show’s over,” Jassin said, paraphras-ing what they were told by the crew. “We’re just trying to show the world what a cappel-la is.”
Clark, Jassin and Tryba were all featured members of the show. The group was told early in production that certain members would be highlighted, Tryba said.
“I had all of my issues with my solo and that was the big hump that NoCo had to get over,” she said.
Jassin was surprised she was featured, since she is a younger member of the group with no solos, though she said her role on the show makes more sense to her now.
“I say a ton of funny stuff throughout the series,” she said. “I play the comedic relief for the show because it is really serious, and
there’s tears, and there’s drama.”The focus of the show is the competition,
which is a breeding ground for turbulent emo-tions. ICCA was adamant that Pop had no hand in competition results, however.
“After quarterfinals, we got a ton of back-lash,” Tryba said. “People were talking mad sh*t about us.”
No Comment went five seconds over the time limit. According to ICCA rules, going over time results in docking the team by one place, but the group was still awarded first.
ICCA released a statement to resolve the conflict, assuring competitors that due to unforeseen circumstances, such as excessive audience applause, groups frequently go five seconds over and are not penalized.
Of course, the hands-off requirement also means that the featured groups are not guar-anteed a win, as No Comment experienced when they did not advance after semifinals.
“Because we were happy with our set, we didn’t feel as much regret,” Jassin said. “We’re moving towards the direction of wanting to be more competition-focused.”
Even though they are no longer in the com-petition, the group was eligible to film a sub-mission for the “Wildcard” slot, which would
allow them to enter finals again.They are also featured in a spring break epi-
sode with All-Night Yahtzee, one of the “Sing It On” groups from Florida State University.
“It’s not the end of No Comment on the show yet,” Tryba said.
The group is also using their exposure on the show to benefit the University’s entire a cappella community, she said.
University a cappella groups have created a fundraiser to get new microphones, because adjusting to different microphones during competition can have a negative effect on per-formance, Tryba said. She added that many successful a cappella groups with the same musical talent have an advantage because of high-quality microphones.
“There’s no reason why we shouldn’t be on that same caliber as well,” she said.
July 1 is the “Sing It On” finale, and though the group has heard rumors, Tryba said they have not signed for a second season.
“It was a fantastic year,” she said. “We had a fantastic season, and the whole ‘Sing It On’ experience has been nothing but a blessing and a really good time.”
No Comment a cappella ensemble hit high notes on reality TV show ‘Sing It On’
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No Comment, an a cappella group at the University, performs at the Midwest Quarterfinal of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella competition on Jan. 24. The group, along with four others spanning the nation, was featured on the reality television show, “Sing It On.”
SPORTS 9MONDAY
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breaking MLB draft
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Former Illinois star pitcher Tyler Jay was the 6th overall pick in the 2015 MLB draft, going to the Minnestoa Twins. Eight more Illini baseball players were drafted as well, which broke the University’s 1985 record of when six players were drafted.
BY MASAKI SUGIMOTO ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR FOR VIDEO
The Illini baseball team’s season ended on a bitter note after losing to Vanderbilt in the Champaign Super Regional on May 8.
Despite the season ending, the Illini still made history. Nine Illinois players were drafted in the 2015 MLB draft, which broke the 1985 record of when six Illini players were drafted.
Illinois’ bullpen was the story of the draft, with five pitchers selected.
First off of the board was left-handed pitcher Tyler Jay, who went to the Minne-sota Twins at the sixth overall spot.
“It’s definitely special,” Jay said. “A lot of great players came through here. They pulled up a bunch of former guys who played
in the pros.”Jay is one of the projected favorites to get
to the majors the quickest. His work ethic is seen as a key point in his ability to move up the ranks quickly.
“There would be days when we were off, but there was a group of guys who would always go lift on off days,” Hartleb said. “Tyler was pushing guys to go in and take the extra steps to be successful.”
Later in the draft, Illinois ace Kevin Duchene was taken in the fifth round by the Oakland Athletics. Duchene is expect-ed to leave Illinois to take up his chance in the pros.
One of the more interesting picks of the draft was Nick Blackburn, who went to the New York Mets in the 22nd round. Blackburn
played mostly in a relief role for the Illini, usually setting up for Tyler Jay. Blackburn’s showing in the team’s final game may have impressed.
Blackburn had two strikeouts against the commodores in relief of Jay. One of the players he struck out was shortstop Dansby Swanson, who would go on to be the number one overall pick in the draft.
The next player taken was pitcher Rob McDonnell, who went to the Los Angeles Dodgers. McDonnell started many of the midweek games for the Illini, and was one of the team’s best right-handed pitchers.
The last Illini player drafted was Drasen Johnson, who was a starter for the team. Johnson was seen as a workhorse, one who pitched roughly seven innings per start and
had a few complete games under his belt. The second-team All-Big Ten player had the highlight of his season when he pitched a complete game against Notre Dame in the Champaign Regional.
The Illinois baseball team will be a very different squad next season, as the roster was loaded with seniors this past season. The question is whether or not the non-seniors will leave for the draft.
Blackburn, Adam Walton, Jason Goldstein and Ryan Nagle were the non-seniors draft-ed. If they leave, Illinois will have just two players from their starting lineup and two pitchers from the starting rotation who saw major time remaining.
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Today’s Birthday
Monday, June 15 – Sunday, June 21, 2015
This week’s horoscopes:
ARIES: MARCH 21 - APRIL 19Someone could make a romantic confession to you as Venus heats things up. Maybe a neighbor has the hots for you or a friend of a friend has developed a crush on you. Keep your eyes and ears open and find out more
TAURUS: APRIL 20 - MAY 20
You’ll want to express yourself in creative ways as the moon fills you with inspiration. Sing karaoke at your favorite bar. Compose a love song for your sweetheart. Write a romantic poem to a gorgeous stranger just because you can.
GEMINI: MAY 21 - JUNE 21
With four planets in your sign, you’ll be filled with good vibes. Dare to dream big. It’s a great time to attend an interview, give a speech or perform onstage. And you’ll find it
easy to impress strangers and to enjoy some light flirtation.
CANCER: JUNE 22 - JULY 22 You’re focused on self-improvement, which is great. The moon keeps urging you to change unhealthy habits and ditch bad relationships. If you want to end up in a better place, you need to leave your current life behind you.
LEO: JULY 23 - AUG. 22
Friendship is important to a Fire sign like you. If you can’t let your hair down with your honey, the romance eventually fades. Right now Venus is reminding you that you need to be with a partner who is fun to talk to and totally trustworthy with your many secrets.
VIRGO: AUG. 23 - SEPT. 22
Your brain is buzzing with ideas, and you’re focused on changing careers, building a business or taking some new classes. The new moon is encouraging you to pursue something exciting. Talk things through with your honey, a parent or an adviser.
LIBRA: SEPT. 23 - OCT. 23
You’ll be surprised at how nicely things are flowing for you this week as multiple planets bringing you good energy. You’re content with whatever is going on in your love life. You feel positive about your future, and you know you’ll make your dreams come true.
SCORPIO: OCT. 24 - NOV. 2
You could be getting sentimental about
someone, even if this person is no longer in your life. Saturn is increasing your sense of idealism and hope. But if you were in a situation before that didn’t work out, it might not be a great idea to stir things up again.
SAGITTARIUS: NOV. 22 - DEC. 21
You’ll find it easy to charm others as Venus increases your sexual mojo. You could end up flirting with several people at once at a party or backyard barbecue. Or you might discover that several people you know through work are interested in you.
CAPRICORN: DEC. 22 - JAN.19
As the sun moves opposite your sign, don’t make any sudden moves. You might not have all the information you need to make a wise decision about life or love. Do some more research, get a second opinion and take your time.
AQUARIUS: JAN. 20 - FEB. 18
Venus is creating some turbulence for you, and you need to wait until the dust settles. Maybe you’re on again, off again with somebody you’ve been dating. Or perhaps you’re still trying to figure out if you should remain at your current job.
PISCES: FEB. 19 - MARCH 20
You’ll feel better if you spend a lot of time outside and let Mother Earth ground you. You’ve been living in your head too much, losing yourself in fantasies. The moon is telling you to exercise, laugh and spend time with good friends.
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Summer on the University of Illinois campus is generally quiet, a time mostly devoid of
any significant Illini hoops news.However, there were some developments
this past weekend with John Groce’s program, as he hosted a trio of visitors while welcoming back some familiar faces as well.
Summer school starts this week, which means the Illini basketball team reported back to campus after an extended break fol-lowing finals. They’ll be participating in the Illini basketball summer camps and getting back to work as offseason workouts and prac-
tices get underway.Groce hosted three high school hoopers
for weekend visits, all of whom currently hold Illinois offers. Class of 2016 point guard Charlie Moore from Morgan Park, 2017 guard Da’Monte Williams from Peoria Manual and 2016 point guard C.J. Walker from Arsenal Technical in Indianapolis all took unofficial visits this weekend.
You might be relatively unfamiliar with these prospects, so let’s take a closer look at each of them.
■ Charlie MooreMoore is a 5-foot-10 point guard who was
forced to play off the ball for much of his junior season. Former Illini target Marcus LoVett ran the show for Morgan Park, earning much of the hype that surrounded the third-best 3A team in Illinois. He toured the Illini cam-pus Saturday with Groce and his high school
coach Nick Irvin.ESPN ranked Moore as the No. 89 prospect
in his class, and he currently holds offers from Iowa, Georgia Tech and St. John’s, among oth-ers. He’s small but has deep range on a deadly three-point shot and could provide some much needed point guard relief for the Illini follow-ing the departure of Tracy Abrams.
■ C.J. WalkerWalker arrived for his visit Sunday, only a
couple of months after de-committing from Purdue. The 6-foot, 180-pound Walker is from Indy and yet another example of Groce’s efforts to recruit in the Hoosier state. He was the point guard on a state championship team that featured Trey Lyles before he was a Ken-tucky Wildcat. He’s another solid point guard option in a class where Illinois needs them badly.
Walker is rated the No. 100 player in his class
by ESPN, and also holds offers from Iowa, But-ler, Mizzou, Pitt, Memphis and Xavier.
■ Da’Monte WilliamsThe 6-foot-2 guard is the son of former Illini
superstar Frank Williams and showed flashes reminiscent of his father during his first two years at Manual. Williams’ elite athleticism helps make him an extremely talented scorer at the high school level. His efforts have earned him his first offer (from Illinois) and a No. 38 ranking in the 2017 class from ESPN.
Landing Williams would help Groce re-establish a once-thriving Champaign-to-Peo-ria recruiting pipeline that dried up once D.J. Richardson graduated. 2017 is an eternity away in recruiting years, but Williams’ high school career and recruitment will definitely be fun to follow going forward.
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BUSINESS OPPS 050
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Sudoku SKILL:
Enter the numbers 1-9 in the blank spaces so that each row, column and 3x3 square contains only one of each number. There is only one solution. (solu-tion in Classifieds and online at www.dailyillini.com).
11. Jun 2008 Part A Skill:
1
1 4 8 7 3
5 8
6 5 1
6 8 4
1
8 9
9 6
4 6 3 1
6 3
2
2 4 8
9
9 8 1 7 2
8 4
3 7
3 4 1
7 1 5
6 2 7
7 3
3
4 2 5
9 8
2 1 9
5 8
7 9 3 4
5 3 6
1 4 2
3 9 6
1 6
4
2 4 1
8 7 5 2
1 5 6
6 5 1 3
4
2 3 5 8
8
8 2 4
5 7 1
Sudoku SKILL:
Enter the numbers 1-9 in the blank spaces so that each row, column and 3x3 square contains only one of each number. There is only one solution. (solu-tion in Classifieds and online at www.dailyillini.com).
11. Jun 2008 Part B Skill:
135 7 4 2
4 1 86 3
4 5 12 9
2 4 75 3 8
3 78 1 7
146 5
2 3 99 7 3 1
4 68 1 7
9 1 71 7 25 9 7
3 4
151 6
3 2 9 43 5 9
5 36 2 4 8
7 6 29 4 3 5
6 3 76 2
168
5 94 2 1
4 7 1 31 3 9 6
59 1 7 43 4 68 9 3
11. Jun 2008 Part A Skill:
1
1 4 8 7 3
5 8
6 5 1
6 8 4
1
8 9
9 6
4 6 3 1
6 3
2
2 4 8
9
9 8 1 7 2
8 4
3 7
3 4 1
7 1 5
6 2 7
7 3
3
4 2 5
9 8
2 1 9
5 8
7 9 3 4
5 3 6
1 4 2
3 9 6
1 6
4
2 4 1
8 7 5 2
1 5 6
6 5 1 3
4
2 3 5 8
8
8 2 4
5 7 1
BUSINESS OPPS 050
11. Jun 2008 Part B Skill:
13581742936247396518639185247964253781753861429812479365126537894378914652495628173
14763418259581239674942765831239857416817624593456391782695172348128543967374986125
15541287369329146875786359124253814796167592483894763251972435618415628937638971542
16693714528718529346542638971265471839139852764487396152951267483324185697876943215
17628357149971462853534981726189234567265178394743695281497823615312546978856719432
18792456183684931752531287964427618539169523478358749216276395841915864327843172695
19264153897317984652589627143192368574843572961675491328726819435451736289938245716
20127489653486523791935671482813296547564837219792154836241968375359742168678315924
21816342975437859612925671384283415796561798243794263851379124568152986437648537129
22796834521584216397123975468471382659352769814869451273915643782647128935238597146
23235618497617493258849572163568341972794285631321967584172859346986134725453726819
24196423758257918634834675219512746893769381542348592176481259367675834921923167485
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