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No matter your major, course, or professor, there is one thing that
every student needs at the start of each semester.
Textbooks. And whether you choose to
stock up on required reading ma-terial at the UIS Bookstore, or are one of the many students who opt to search for a much needed bargain online, your backpack needs to be filled sooner rather than later at the beginning of the semester.
Brenda Butler, Manager of the UIS Bookstore, estimates that at least three-fourths of students enrolled will visit the on-campus site to stock up this semester.
There is at least mild discon-
nect between Butler’s estimate, and the estimate of students across campus. Most students asked on campus in Springfield believed the number of students who use the bookstore at the beginning of the semester is not quite that high. In fact, all student estimates ranged from ten per-cent to roughly forty percent.
But, what is the cause for this discrepancy?
Butler believes that number has been increasing in recent terms due to the Bookstore’s im-plementation of a rental policy. This gives students who chose to utilize the convenience of the campus spot about fifty-percent savings per book. Several factors must be considered in order to enjoy the potential bargains that the rental program can offer to
each student. “It helps the student save
money on each book eligible for rental up front,” Butler said dur-ing a rush at the Bookstore the first week of the Spring Semes-ter.
The student can check the book out for the duration of the semester at a discounted price, and return it to the store at the end of the term. The primary benefit to this procedure is that students enjoy the savings right off the bat, and are not forced to wait until the end of the term to potentially sell the book back—or frustratingly find out their professor has opted on a newer edition or a different book alto-gether for the following semester and the book cannot be sold back at all.
Butler also explained the big-gest misconception with the rent-al policy.
“The biggest misconcep-tion is that with a rental book, you aren’t allowed to highlight, write, or mark in the book dur-ing the semester,” Butler stated. “In fact, you can do those things, as long as it is reusable when it’s turned back in at the end.”
Still, some students opt to go a different route entirely and purchase or rent books at vari-ous online merchants in search of a potentially greater bargain. However, the UIS Bookstore of-fers more than just textbooks for students, a perk Butler believes
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UIS Bookstore changing things up and gaining business
Photo by Andrew Majors
A line forms at the UIS Bookstore check out during the first official week of classes for the Spring Semester. Bookstore Manager Brenda Butler estimates that at least seventy-five percent of students use the Bookstore for textbooks each semester.
By Andrew MajorsAssistant Editor for Features
Pate ready to keep moving forward
While it hasn’t seemed like just six months that
current Athletic Director Kim Pate has held the title, she has kept herself plenty busy at her new position. After leaving Bre-vard College in North Carolina for the Athletic Director position here at UIS Pate knew she would have to go through a transition period, but she’s been pleased with how the UIS community has welcomed her.
Pate was forced to hit the ground running, when almost immediately after the fall se-mester started, Brian Grunzke announced he would be leaving his position as head coach of the baseball team in order to take an assistant’s job at South Dakota State.
Pate assembled a search com-mittee that helped evaluate poten-tial coaches, and with the help of the committee came to a decision to hire Mike Zandler as baseball coach. Zandler was an important hire for Pate, as in the next few years it is expected that UIS will have it’s baseball facility com-pleted, but for now Pate needs someone to help in the planning from a baseball perspective.
Currently Pate is again eval-uating candidates for a head coaching position after former volleyball coach Angie Riggle left the program. Currently Pate
By Nick DowSports Reporter
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Recently, The National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB) recommended a ban on cell phone usage while driving. The NTSB wants the ban to be placed on all types of cell phone usage, which includes hand held and hands free mobile devices. The ban was proposed due to increasing number of distraction-related accidents, and rising concerns that cell phone usage is causing this driver dis-traction.
According to New York Times, the NTSB are concerned with the dangers talking on the phone can give a person, whether they are talking on a wireless head set or holding the phone to their ear. They believe it’s a dis-traction that can harm the person driving a car and other people out on the road.
In the past year, there have been approximately 3,092 deaths
in highway crashes that were due to cell phone use, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The NTSB feels that a human life is not worth risking over a conversation on the phone. That is the main rea-son why they feel strongly about recommending this ban to law-makers in Washington D.C.
Although NTSB proposal is just a recommendation, mean-ing that states are not required to follow through with such a ban, there are some senators inter-ested in considering this preposi-tion further. According to State Journal –Register, senators such as John Cullerton believe that the ban is an inevitable idea, and should be placed into effect.
Cullerton also feels that it does not matter if a person is talk-ing on a phone or on a hand held because it is an equal distraction. He thinks that it interferes with a person’s judgment when making decisions on the road. A person is not thinking clearly about other drivers; they are only concerned
with the conversation they are holding with another person.
There are some that feel that the ban is a wonderful idea that protect drivers and keep them safe. Students such as sophomore Emily Flores agree with NTSB proposition.
“People on the phone aren’t the smartest people. I think it will be a good idea to place the ban because people’s lives won’t be at risk, and people will less likely have distraction related accidents due to cell phone usage,” Flores said.
There are others that feel that the recommended ban is a bit ex-cessive and will not work. Fresh-man Brianna Werner has strong feelings about this.
“I don’t talk on the phone while driving, but I think that if they ban cell phone usage while driving it will be like SOPA. It is our own right if we want to talk on the phone while driving. If people are dumb enough to talk recklessly then they shouldn’t be driving anyway,” Werner said.
Moreover, a few think that the bill should be in place, but with a few exceptions. Chief of Police at UIS, Donald Marshall is one of the many that feels this way.
“Personally, I feel that hands free headsets aren’t that bad. I think that the ban should be in place, but should be negotiated as well. If this does become a law it will be a difficult law to en-force. I put this ban in the same category as the seat belt law be-cause people will end up doing it anyway,” Marshall said.
As of right now, there is not a ban that outlaws total use of cell-phone usage while driving. Even though NTSB has recommended the ban, the decision ultimately rest with the people in Con-gress. It will not be an easy task to make the ban effective in all states, but with the determination from the NTSB it could very well become a reality. Only time will tell whether or not people will have to hang up phone conversa-tion and just focus on driving.
National Transportation Safety Board aims to end cell phone use while drivingBy Che Vaughn Starling
News Reporter
Spring semester has of-ficially begun and the
Liberal Arts department has their hands full with preparation for the Verbal Arts Festival, taking
place on April 13. Dr.. Meagan Cass, a new As-
sistant in Creative Writing at UIS, is at the center of the upcoming events. She is the faculty advisor for the Alchemist Review and is also organizing the festival.
“It’s going very well,” says Cass. The festival will have “a
new couple of features this year. It’s partnering with the Students Arts and Research Symposium (STARS), so it’s going to be the same weekend on campus.”
The Verbal Arts Festival is an annual celebration of literature and language, taking place ev-ery spring semester. Students are
encouraged to participate by sub-mitting original creative works to the student-run journal, The Alchemist Review.
During the festival, students whose work is accepted by The Alchemist Review will be an-nounced at a seminar, giving students the chance to read their
own work. Unfortunately, The Alchemist
is no longer accepting submis-sions, but STARS is still looking for presentation submissions.
These presentations give stu-dents the chance to speak their minds in an organized fashion. The subject of the presentation is completely up to the student. It can be a creative performance such as a writing/reading as-signment. It can also be literary analysis or a presentation on a scientific study.
“We are theming it around ‘writing place’,” says Cass, con-cerning creative and analytical presentations. “The place could be a Wal-Mart parking lot, it could be an imagined future and an emotional state, etc. And so we are particularly asking for creative or critical submissions that deal with ‘place’ in some way.”
Cass assures that submissions will not be rejected if they do not fit the theme. All creative themes are allowed, but the theme cen-tered on “place” is what judges are looking for.
In remarks to the submission
Submit abstracts to STARS, get involved with the Verbal Arts Festival
elevates it above other options. “A lot of students come in
at the start of the semester and want folders and other supplies with the UIS logo,” Butler add-ed. “They come in for gifts and clothing to support their univer-sity.”
Another booming entity the bookstore has gotten on board with is CafeScribe, a digital bookstore that provides content to students and provides several other benefits.
“It’s a lot like Facebook,” But-ler said of the digital bookstore. “You can get online and share notes. You can highlight certain passages, and share ideas and in-formation with other classmates in a sort of online classroom.”
Whether you’re just walking across campus, or heading online to find your books this semester, it’s hard to ignore that price is a significant factor, and likely the most significant. For those buy-ing online, be double sure to con-firm the book information before you hit “Buy”.
By Lori Beckham
Features Reporter
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SOPA, blurring the line between protecting rights and ignoring them
In light of recent events, it seems necessary to take
a moment to make a statement about the freedoms that come with being a journalist, or even a student. There were two bills recently that threatened these freedoms that should not pass now or at any point in the future. Luckily the people spoke up, and their protests resulted in the leg-islation being put on hold.
Students expect to be able to gather and use information found on the internet. They know that if sources are not cited, there are consequences.
Imagine though, a site used for information is suspected of piracy, or that a single frequently read blog forgets to cite some-thing. These suspicions would
cause the entire site to be shut down, or even put on a banned blacklist until an investigation can be conducted. This means everyone involved would suf-fer for a suspected copyright in-fringement.
Students could lose access to the sites that they have come to use regularly. Journalists may lose their ability to use a blog site, or follow a fellow reporter’s blog. Across the country, there could be a dramatic change in the internet use citizens have come to expect.
There is a large difference between preventing piracy and restricting free speech and free information. By now most should have heard of two acts called SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) or House Bill 3261 and Senate Bill 968. Even if one has not, the blackouts and notices by Wikipe-
dia, Firefox, Google and various others were very hard to avoid.
These acts while on the sur-faces are geared towards a se-rious crack down on piracy of copyrighted material, may lead to an eventual infringement on First Amendment rights. Jour-nalists and students alike cannot accept this.
If approved this bill would allow sites to be taken off the internet at the government’s discretion. Anyone suspected of piracy would be powerless as their site was taken down. An entire blog site could suffer for the misuse of information by one single person. Also, groups such as Google would be at risk, due to the government’s requirement that search engines not link to sites that are suspected of piracy. Also advertisers would be told to stop conducting business with such sites.
User based sites such as You-Tube, Flickr and others would also be on the list for removal if one or some of the users were suspected of using copyrighted material.
This would include sites based out of the country. While not the same as the censorship of the internet experienced by those in other countries, it would hin-der the everyday use of online re-sources Americans have all come to expect.
On another note, there are ways that companies and indi-viduals can protect their copy-righted material. They can place a restriction on their material keeping it from being copied. Many groups already use these protections, an example being
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process, Cass says: “You don’t have to know what you are go-ing to present yet, or know if you want to do a short story, it does not have to be written yet. You can submit what is called an ‘ab-stract’.”
Abstracts are 2-3 sentences long, a brief summary of a stu-dent’s individual topic. Cass re-assures that there are 3 months until the Verbal Arts Festival, “So there’s a lot of time to finish the work.”
She also wants to make clear that these projects are open to anyone of any major.
“It is interdisciplinary and the creative and literary criticism stuff doesn’t have to be just Eng-lish majors. A lot of my creative writing students are coming from other majors, and so you really want to encourage people from other fields. It leads to interest-ing conversations and people are drawing out different subject matter in writing.”
The registration process is simple. A student wanting to sub-mit an abstract must sign up for STARS, located on the UIS web-site under “Academic Affairs.”
A student must inform a pro-fessor about the submission, preferably before signing up. That professor will look over the abstract and approve or disap-prove of the material before con-tacting STARS for the “okay”. Abstract samples can be found at the STARS website. The Dead-line for submissions is Feb.15.
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I excitedly registered to vote near the end of my junior
year of high school at the age of seventeen, utilizing the opportu-nity to enact my civil liberty to choose between candidates for offices ranging from small local positions all the way to the office of President of the United States. One of my high school teachers had told me that because I would be of legal voting age by the elec-tion, I could register early and be prepared for polling day.
In subsequent years, my ex-citement has subsided and voting has just become something that I do when I am actually allowed to do so. I remember when I turned eighteen and could begin voting how much I looked forward to participating in an election. As a young student on the school bus, I remember cruising around and every so often in the fall seeing a sprouting up of political signs touting the candidates and the of-fice they were looking to inhabit. As a kid, I wasn’t exactly privy to the complete debacle that is American politics, but voting seemed like something that adults did, and I wanted in.
And then I showed up to my polling place that first year I was eligible to vote and was told that because I lived outside city lim-its I was in fact not eligible to vote in this particular election. A bit of a sour taste in my mouth right out of the gate, but I have not let that stop me from voting any time I’m not deemed to have an address outside some arbitrary border.
This brings me to the current year, 2012, and the Presidential election that will be held this November. My interest in poli-tics increased ten-fold in 2008 when the Democratic Primary in Indiana provided me with the op-portunity to see former President Bill Clinton and future President Barack Obama speak in person at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana on the campus of Indi-ana University within a month of each other. In fact, on another stop he made in town that cam-paign season, I was able to shake hands with Obama as he made a surprise appearance downtown during the Little 500, an event depicted in the Academy Award winning film, “Breaking Away.”
I spent a decent portion of this most recent winter break from classes learning a bit about the candidates running for the G.O.P. nomination this year, even though I’m technically and currently registered as a Demo-crat. Because my country uses
the two-party system, my mind is supposed to already be made up. Only, it’s not this time.
The two-party system divides people into nothing more than red and blue dots in red and blue states, and allows for little impro-visation for folks who have ide-als that bend rather than remain rigid throughout their lives.
I have had conversations with people in recent weeks where they claimed outright that never, under any circumstance, vote they for a member of the oppos-ing political party. To me, that seems shortsighted, and a bit of how the United States has ended up in the pickle it’s currently in.
These friends of mine don’t care about what any politician says, as long as their party affili-ation happens to match. To me, this leads to them being unwill-ing to hold members of that party accountable for missteps. And that criticism extends across both sides of the aisle.
I decided that this year, my vote is up for grabs come elec-tion time. I’m not ashamed to admit that I voted for our cur-rent Commander in Chief back in 2008 under the pretext that things would change, and that I could believe in that change. I did, and I still do.
So come the fall, when the politicians get to doing what they do best—talking—I’ll be listen-ing. To both sides.
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Riding the
storm out
A storm of protest and criticism has risen in re-
sponse to the signing of the new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the legislation re-sponsible for determining the an-nual budget of the US military.
Signed by Pres. Obama on Dec. 31, 2011, this law contained provisions for dealing with cap-tured terrorist suspects in addi-tion to the authorization of $662 billion for the armed forces ex-penditures. Specifically, this bill gives the US government the power to indefinitely detain pris-oners in military controlled hold-ing centers. Even US citizens could become the target of this new legislation.
While I agree this bill serves as a threat to the constitutionally guaranteed rights of American citizens and the ethically estab-lished rights of non-US citizens, it does not deserve the fear it cur-rently generates.
It is certainly necessary to re-sist this kind of legislation, how-ever, I wish to reassure people that in all likelihood nothing fearsome will come of this bill. There are three good reasons why extensive concern over this law is unjustified.
When Pres. Obama signed 1. the NDAA he included a signing statement specifi-cally stating that he plans to not use the powers granted by the act.The NDAA is an annual 2. legislation, meaning the provisions included in this year’s act will come under scrutiny next De-cember.America has had a long 3. history of such legisla-tion, and in virtually all such cases, the law re-ceived extensive criti-cism and was repealed in a few years.
As early as 1798, the Ameri-
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photos that have watermarks and anti-theft image stamps. Flickr photos can be copyrighted and cannot be copied off the website.
This seems to be an easy fix
that was overlooked by the gov-ernment. It does not seem right to be able to take down a whole site for misuse of information; espe-cially when that right may extend further into taking down sites that are not to blame for what a user has done.
These bills were recently put on hold, thanks to the protests of people in the streets and nu-merous groups online. This goes to show that when the public’s rights are threatened, people can join together, make a stand and stop government intrusions.
can founding father John Adams signed laws granting himself the power to deport any foreign na-tional without legal procedure and prosecute American citizens who criticized the government.
These Alien and Sedition Acts, as they came to be called, were so hated that they proved the downfall of the Federalist Party and paved the way for Thomas Jefferson’s election as president, with the repeal of these acts soon to follow.
At the height of the Civil War, the US government suspended the writ of habeas corpus sev-eral times in response to rioting and civil disorder, which allowed military and civil bodies to hold prisoners for indefinite time pe-
riods. In 1863, the Habeas Corpus
Suspension Act gave the previ-ous suspensions legality and al-lowed the president to suspend the writ freely. This legislation was largely overturned by 1865 with the close of the war.
In the aftermath of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an execu-tive order allowing for the mili-tary detainment of Americans of Japanese descent. By 1945, the government repealed the order and in 1948 legislation was en-acted to provide compensation for material losses as a direct re-sult of the detainment.
These are just a few examples of the many times the American government has enacted laws detrimental to the rights of peo-ple both American and not, in the
name of national security. Luckily, in each circumstance
heavy and persistent criticism and protest served to spur law-makers to rescind and repeal this kind of legislation. I believe the NDAA of 2012 will prove no dif-ferent.
However, the US govern-ment, like any person, is liable to fall back into bad habits without occasional reminder. It is the re-sponsibility of American citizens to point out, through protest, when the government has gone too far. So I say do not fear this legislation, but do not dismiss it either. It can be overcome, but only through determined action and persistent protest.
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Last September, at the urg-ing of members of the
SGA, a committee of students, staff, and faculty came together. They were determined to study the impact of a student union on campus, and bring forward a ref-erendum for students to vote on a student union.
Across the state almost every public university has a student union. Across the country, most major college campuses, public and private, have a student union. We need one at UIS.
Many students on campus may be wondering what exactly is a student union. A student union is much more than a building, it is a campus downtown and a cross-roads of activity. A student union is the center of life on campus.
A student union is a place to gather away from the dorms, to see a concert or a movie, a game room to chill in after a workout at TRAC, and a café with outside food options. It is a destination for non-traditional students and graduate students to go and work on homework, to hold meetings, to hang out at after class, and to have a place of their own on campus.
Above all, a student union helps to grow the community. Many feel the disconnect of students spread out in disparate dorm rooms, or off-campus because they feel there is nothing to do on campus. A stu-
dent union would forever change this and bring a bright, loud, bus-tling center to campus for the stu-dents and by the students.
Two years ago, a plan for a stu-dent union was presented and the referendum did not pass. For those of you who supported the plan last time, we hope you support the cause this time. For those of you who were unsure, let me tell you that this plan is different.
This time we are seeking more student input with a campus wide email survey. It aims to find out ex-actly what students expect in their Student Union, as well as an ap-propriate level for a student union fee.
A student organization, Stu-dents for a Student Union, has been created to get more students involved in the referendum, and to make sure more student voices are heard at the discussion table.
Be on the look out for the sur-vey in your inboxes, and stay tuned over the semester for updates on the Student Union Referendum.
This semester we have the ex-citing opportunity to change the face of UIS, and to improve student life like never before by building a student union.
Let’s be the founding genera-tion that stood up and said that a student union is worth it, that UIS is worth it, but most importantly, that we, the students, are worth it, and we deserve a place of our own on campus.
It’s time we built a student union.
For a Student Union
By John TienkenGuest Columnist
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My Week with Marilyn, a review
My Week with Marilyn is a 2011 film based on
the true story that transpired in the summer of 1956 on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl. The film that brought together two titans of show business—the highly acclaimed thespian Sir Laurence Olivier and Hol-lywood icon Marilyn Monroe—with fresh Oxford graduate Co-lin Clark playing the bridge that connected the two famed actors both on and off the set.
The film, from its opening scene all the way throughout, belongs to the wickedly charm-ing Monroe, expertly played by Michelle Williams. Williams embodies the role of the pop cul-ture sex symbol with a delicate grace, one that whispers instead of shouts. Williams charms not only the characters in the film, but the audience as well, and the performance is given an ad-ditional layer of heft consider-ing Monroe’s real life swan song only years later.
The film follows Clark (Ed-die Redmayne), the 23-year old Oxford grad who is willing to do anything to break into the film business. As luck would have it, a door is opened on the set of the Olivier/Monroe film, and Colin immediately proves his dedica-tion and worth to the project by
winning over the infamously se-rious Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) before succumbing to the subtle charms of Monroe once she lands in jolly old England. Branagh’s performance is also outstanding, especially as the script calls for him to be playing a role within a role when onset of the 1956 film.
What the movie does is al-low the viewer to be a fly on the wall throughout the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl. It shows the troubling tightrope the newly married and already me-gastar Monroe is forced to walk on a daily basis between being herself and being the person ev-eryone expects her to be.
What the film lacks in inten-sity it replaces with charm. It’s a breezy, enjoyable film that never wears out its welcome. My Week With Marilyn is worth see-ing for the performance of Wil-liams alone, which has already garnered the young actress with a Golden Globe for Best Female Performance in a Musical or Comedy. She does a breathtak-ing job of embodying the infa-mous starlet. The film keeps its head above water just enough to make it, while not as outstand-ing as the performance contained within, worthy of an afternoon at the theater.
Grade: B
By Andrew MajorsAssistant Editor for Features
What’s Happening this Weekend?
Thursday, Jan. 26:LGBTea weekly socials are back for the new semester. You can head to the LGBTQ Resource •Lounge for the fun relaxed environment. 4-6 p.m. Open to all LGBTQ and allied students!
Voices in Praise Gospel Choir is holding auditions! If you are interested, open auditions will be •in PAC C/D at 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 27:Think you have what it takes to strut your stuff on a catwalk? Well now is your chance to prove •it. Rip the Runway is looking for models for this year’s event. Head to the SLB Multipurpose Room at 4 p.m. to show them what you’ve got.
Saturday, Jan. 28:In the mood for some music? Well SAC has just the thing, Coffehouse presents: Jetty Rae. She •will be performing in Stars Lounge at 8:30 p.m. Get there on time if you want a great seat!
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By Lori BeckhamFeatures Reporter
rts & Entertainment
Atlanta-based rockers The Well Reds took the stage at the SLB Multipurpose Room on Friday, January 20 to help usher in Welcome Week and the Spring Semester at the Uni-versity of Illinois Springfield. The band, comprised of Jeremy Ezell, Torin Degnats, and brothers Sean and Rex Crawford, has been touring since 2008, and recently released EP entitled Violet.
UIS welcomes Well RedsBig laughs in Brookens
Auditorium, courtesy of Jen Kober
Comedian Jen Kober entertained a packed house at the Brookens Auditorium on Tuesday, January 17 with a gut-busting stand-up act during Welcome Week at UIS.
On the first day back from winter break, students
crowded the auditorium late eve-ning for the performance of Jen Kober, a stand-up comedian who is gaining in popularity across the country.
Kober has a unique blend of comedy, telling raunchy jokes and stories about her experiences with friends and family. She adds color to her stories by combining facial expressions and body lan-guage that garner big laughs, yet there is a familiarity in her stories that make them relatable.
An instance of this is her rem-iniscence of childhood, when she used to sneak American cheese slices away from her mother. She ate them in the tub and stuffed all the plastic wrappers down the drain, inevitably clogging the pipe and rendering her scheme exposed.
The way Kober mimics her mother in that story is mnemonic to an angry parent that most peo-
ple faced as children. The talented storyteller is also
very active with the audience. She does not merely tell stories and jokes; she interacts with viewers, asking questions and playing off their answers. It shows her abil-ity to come up with jokes on the spot, creating more laughs by her reactions to individuals.
Kober also has a talented sing-ing voice, which comes in handy when she brings up the time she was hungry and listening to an 80s station, singing hits with food-related rhymes.
She brings energy to her act when she switches up the humor. She jumps from clever word play, to reactions from students, to music satire. She also pokes fun at members of the audience; the brave students who were singled out in the crowd had a good time laughing at themselves.
Her subjects include politics, racist stereotypes, fat girls, skin-ny girls, and anyone she can pick
Photo by Mayur Thulasi-Das
Photo by Mayur Thulasi-Das
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By Natalie NobleGeneral Reporter
OODS
The Italian dip is actually made with hazelnut and
silk milk. The taste is extremely sweet and rich and gives the taste buds a common flavor with a fancy twist. Whether with a slice of bread or used as a party dip, Nutella is a well-loved spread.
It is adored so much that Feb. 5, 2007 was declared World Nu-tella Day. One Nutella lover and blogger, Sara Russo, believed that there are so many holidays and things celebrated in a year that Nutella deserves a day as well. Russo made major con-nections worldwide through her blog and World Nutella Day is now coming up on its 5th Annual this year.
Costing only four dollars, Nu-tella leaves a college student with so many other items to purchase to make combinations. One com-bination is granola mixed with two tablespoons of Nutella in a bowl. That is not only a great breakfast meal for that morning class but a healthy snack.
The vending machines on campus have also made it con-venient for those who can’t pur-chase other items with Animal Crackers or pretzels to have that perfect snack. Another break-fast combination is French toast
dipped in Nutella for a sweet treat in the morning. The ways of using Nutella are endless.
Although Nutella can be high in sugar for a snack, healthy foods can be combined to enjoy the spread for any diet. Grabbing a banana or strawberry in the Food Emporium on campus can quickly lighten any gloomy day.
Nutella is a pretty natural spread made from ingredients that are the best. The nutrients such as iron, fiber and calcium that Nutella has are ideal for a great start in the morning. Sub-stituting butter for Nutella on a slice of bread is a good choice for sweet, cheap and healthy break-fast. A quick spread of Nutella to any daily snack can truly make it a joy to always keep it around.
As a college student, you are constantly looking for a “grab
and go” snack and Nutella can actually be the perfect fit for your refrigerator’s new addition. This small container of only two hun-dred calories is a supplement for multiple daily vitamins needed during the day that it makes Nu-tella more important to have in possession.
When marking World Nutella Day on your planner or calendar, don’t just mark Feb. 5, 2012 for a one day celebration through-out the year. Mark that date as a thankful reminder for a great spread that has no artificial fla-vors or preservatives.
Nutella is an awesome Kosher spread that has been sold for al-most forty years and is still mak-ing a beautiful impact. So enjoy the love for chocolate and the love for healthy snacks that fits every meal this Feb. 5.
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HoroscopesAries (March 21-April 19)
You may find that you are getting into arguments with people more. Maybe it’s time to take a break from the “hot topics” and focus on your work for a while.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) It’s time to join the
new age of technology. Put down your crazy old phone and step away from the stereo that still has a cas-sette player. You know it’s time for that new touch screen phone that will hold all of your music and keep you closer to social network.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) Be on the lookout for creativity. It may come to you in a dream, but make sure you capture the ideas before they disappear forever.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) Your horizons are in need of expanding and enlightenment is just around the corner. Be aware of the cosmos as they try to lead you in a new direction.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ) With the new semes-ter underway, you are about to meet some crazy people. Keep your head up though, because in the midst of all the oddballs, there is a new connec-tion waiting to be discovered by you.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your roommate might be in a better mood this semester if you actually keep up with your end of the cleaning. Stop com-plaining about everything that needs to be done and help make everyone’s lives easier.
Libra (Sept. 23.-Oct. 22) Pay attention at work today. You may be all that stands be-tween a blowup and the solution everyone has been waiting for.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Let’s face it, you need more cash. Try to pick up a few extra hours at work, or even give in to ba-by-sitting again. You will end up with more than expected, and have an easier time next month.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Start things right and buy a planner. It’s now or never when it comes to scheduling in that new hobby you were considering.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Be especially kind today. Someone will take notice and in-clude you in a special upcoming event.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You know your room is looking really drab. Talk it over with some friends and add posters and wall decals to make the space way more interesting.
Pisces (Feb 19-March 20) Understanding is key. Take the time to listen to people, and they will respect you for it. Great relation-ships are built on respect.
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from the crowd for good mate-rial. She may use adult language and controversial subjects, but it is all in good fun and students en-joyed the show.
“It was a good time to relax,” said chemistry major Ritesh Up-puluri, a sophomore at UIS. He said the comedy show was a “good way to forget all the stress from today’s schedule!” His fa-vorite part of the act was her in-teractions with the audience.
Kyle Palmer, a junior and telecommunication major said: “I loved it; it was awesome. She is a great comedian. She had a lot of great punch lines. There was never a dull moment.”
“It was fantastic. It was so
funny,” said Emily VanWaardhu-izen, a freshman in history. She remarked if Jen Kober was to re-visit the town of Springfield, she would definitely see her show again. Her favorite part of the show was the comedian’s hilari-ous catchphrases.
Kober is featured in the eighth season of Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. She will also be appearing in the new Ameri-can Pie movie, American Re-union, coming out this April.
For those who missed her show, Kober has a CD out called Bringing Hefty Back!, an hour of her best material. She also as an MP3 download featuring a few of her comedic rock ‘n’ roll tracks. For more information on these products and on Jen Kober, visit her site at www.jenkober.com.
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PORTS
It may be hard to believe with the freezing tempera-
tures outside, but softball season is only a month away. Enter-ing his third season as coach of the Prairie Stars softball squad, Coach Mat Mundell’s team opens their season in Bentonville, Ark. on Feb. 22 against Lincoln.
The team will return 14 play-ers from last season’s squad and will incorporate four freshmen into the mix throughout the sea-son. Out of the 14 returners to this year’s team, five seniors will don the Prairie Stars uniform for their final year. The seniors are not only keys in the lineup, but a valuable source of leadership to the younger players. This year’s senior class have all been named captains by Mundell, they are: Danielle Abbott, Angie Aug-spols, Heather Gradishar, Aubrey Watson, and Jessica Yocum
Although last year’s team only went 15-27, they managed to break virtually every school offensive record. They still strug-gled to plate enough runs to win games. This season could be dif-
ferent, as Mundell has increased the importance of team speed this offseason.
“We really stressed the impor-tance of speed and explosion. We should be able to change some games with the speed we have” Mundell stated. It’s reasonable to expect this year’s team to sur-pass last year’s stolen base total of 48 as the team will try to play more “speed ball” as Mundell explained.
Even though the 2011 team rewrote the UIS softball record books, Mundell seems to think that the team merely scratched the surface last year and more improvement is to come. “I would say offense is the most no-table difference in this team. We have the most talented group of hitters in our program’s history,” Mundell explained. He went on to mention the added element of speed as another possible source for runs.
The top three batters from the record-breaking 2011 season will all return to their lineup spots this year. Danielle Abbott and Rachel Wood will again look to bat over .300 for a second year in a row, while Tina Buck will look
to raise her .296 batting average from last year to the coveted .300 mark. In 2011 Buck was second on the team with four home runs and Abbott finished second on the team with 21 runs batted in.
To pair with what should be an improved lineup, the pitching depth of the 2012 Prairie Stars should also help keep every game close. This year’s roster includes five pitchers, four of which re-turn from last year’s team. Last year’s ace Aubrey Watson will try to back up her junior season that saw her post a team best 1.83 era along with a 7-4 record in 22 appearances.
Coach seemed happy with his pitching staff when he explained, “each pitcher we have brings a unique and different approach to the game…I think the confidence they gained last season in the circle will really shine through this year.”
When asked what he liked most about his season’s team, Mundell explained, “ I like this group of young ladies. They have really come together this fall as a team and you can see a drive in their eyes. I get the sense of something special.”
Softball coach Mundell hopes for more speed in 2012 lineup
described the search as, “going well with a very strong candidate pool… I anticipate the search concluding by the end Febru-ary.”
Pate explained her pleasure with how her first semester went, “we were able to set up our fun-damental foundational pieces and also implemented some new things to our operating structure to make output more efficient…I’m also very pleased with the relationships that I have been able to make in order to make dialogue better with both faculty and staff.”
It hasn’t just been hiring new coaches for Pate, but also getting to know more about the incum-bent coaches. “We’ve been get-ting to know each other better,
and getting used to working with each other, even though it has been a quick six months” Pate said.
Some dialogue that students seem to want from Pate is in re-gards to a football program here at UIS. Although many UIS stu-dents have expressed hope at the thought of a football team in the University’s time to come, Pate shot down the rumors of any-thing happening in the foresee-able future. “I’ve heard those rumors since I’ve arrived too, but there haven’t been any discus-sions about adding football, or any other programs at this time” Pate explained.
Pate did express pleasure with the fan support for UIS athletics, especially from students. “There is a need for growth and improve-ment in fan support…but we have a great student spirit group
in ‘Blue Crew’ that are very pas-sionate and that’s all it takes to build on and that’s why I am so excited” Pate said.
Pate concluded the interview by reflecting on what stood out to her most about the first six months of duty at UIS.
“After having the opportunity to serve in this role over the past six months, it has become appar-ent that people on this campus and in this community want to see UIS Athletics be successful. I have been overwhelmed with the incredible support I have received from administration, faculty, staff, and community members. I feel very fortunate to have joined the UIS team and am excited about the future of UIS under the leadership of Chan-cellor Koch; she has been very supportive of athletics and our student-athletes.”
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Springfield squash swings
into the Southeast By Nick Dow
Sports Reporter
Junior squash team member Charlie Laegler prepares for a service after winning a point.
Atlanta, GA – At approxi-mately 8 p.m. Central
Standard Time the UIS Squash Team departed from Lincoln Residence Hall for a weekend full of competition in Atlanta, GA. At noon Eastern Standard Time on Friday, the Squash team members traded driving shifts and tried to gather as much sleep as possible.
Upon arrival, the team learned that they were to play three matches Friday. Original communication with the event coordinators suggested that due to extreme driving distance that the team would only have to play one match on Friday.
“It put us at a disadvantage from the start,” commented ju-nior John Tienken, “when you have to play more squash than you had sleep the prior night, it is always going to be a struggle. I do think, however, we played well given the circumstances.”
UIS earned a ‘W’ early knock-ing off North Carolina State in their first match 3-0. The day’s competition was prolonged due to constant rescheduling by the event coordinators.
Weary and physically ex-hausted the UIS squash team pressed on, unfortunately drop-ping the next two matches to West Minister and Charleston in a very late nightcap.
The Prairie Star Squash play-ers regrouped and rested in prep-arations for two more days of squash.
“We, as a team, tried to re-main as positive as possible with seeming endless odds against us,” said first year team member Ryan Bouray.
Morning came too early for some, as the team returned to the Midtown Athletic Club for more Collegiate Squash Association competition.
By Carson BussAssistant Editor for Sports
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Sports Program Areas visit
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Sports Program Areas visit
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Intramurals
To participate in this year’s Intramurals program, you must register using IM Leagues located on the Rec Sports web-site. Individuals and captains enter their team using this system.
Intramuals is looking to hire IM Officials. If you are inter-ested in working for Re Sports apply through Career Con-nect and by submitted a Rec Sports application found on our website!
Special Events
Wacky Wednesday:Wednesday January 25th - Wii Home Run Derby; PAC Cafeteria
Wednesday February 4th - Football Trivia; PAC Cafeteria
Informal Recreation
Saturday: 12pm-8pm Sunday:12pm-11pmMonday thru Thursday: 6am-11pmFriday: 6am-8pm
Group Exercise
Group exercise classes have started for the semester. This semester we have one new class being offered. The new class is “willPower & grace on Wednesdays at 8pm in the Multi-Purpose Room in TRAC.
Wellness
100 mile club- Registration opens January 23rd. Contact Trent Tangen [email protected] to sign up. Teams of 3 or more; the first 50 participants that sign up receive a free pe-dometer. April 23rd will be the final day for teams to report
their mileage. If each team member reaches 100 miles, each team member will be awarded a “100-mile club” t-shirt.
Personal Training- Buddy Training Package
One-on-two meeting with a personal trainer that offers indi-viduals an opportunity to work out with co-workers, spous-es, roommates, or any other buddy. A personal trainer will assist in developing a fitness program specifically designed to meet your goals and interests. Prices are for two people.
Outdoor Adventures
Registration for the Ski Trip to Granite Peaks Wiscon-sin, Friday, February 17th- Sunday, February 19th is now open. Register today in the Rec Sports Office. Cost: Stu-dents-$145, Rec Members-$200, Non-Rec Members-$280.
Baele, Palmer pour in points
The UIS Women’s Basketball team showed this week that they are a force to be reckoned with, besting Quincy and Missouri S&T. Following this week’s competition the Stars are now 3-6 in GLVC play.
Starting the week with the first of three games, the
UIS Women’s basketball team opened with a 67-63 victory over GLVC Conference opponent Quincy this past Monday. The victory came behind the double-double effort of Alyssa Palmer,
the first of her career.The win put a stop to the four-
game losing skid for the Prairie Stars as they improved, at the time, to 7-8 overall and 2-5 in the GLVC.
Megan Bergerud augmented the Palmer double-double effort with 15 more points and Carly Goede also added 14 of her own.
While the Quincy Hawks were
able to start the game off strong, grabbing the first 12 of 14 points scored in the conference match.
Following the Hawks’ open-ing hot streak, UIS went on to lead a 17-7 run, significantly cut-ting into the Quincy advantage
By Carson BussAssistant Editor for Sports
Facing a veteran team in Van-derbilt, the UIS squash team played tough but with no avail, dropping another match.
A second match against Emory was scratched as Emory decided to withdraw from the competition following their first match.
The short day gave UIS team members a chance to recuper-ate before the final match of the weekend against Swanee Col-lege.
Though both teams seemed exhausted from the mangled weekend schedule, the compe-tition between the two teams proved to be of high quality.
A number of the matches went into the fourth and ultimately a final fifth game. In the end, it was Swanee prevailing in the high-energy match.
“Following a long weekend where emotions and stress ran high, it was sportsmanship that made the matches enjoyable,” commented freshman Cory Will-hite.
As competition ended, the team piled into the 12 passenger
school van for another 10 hour drive. While squash competition and scheduling conflicts seemed to highlight the weekend, the UIS Squash team did make time for homework and scholastic en-deavors.
“With a tight schedule for competition, homework and jobs, it really helps to have the support of faculty and staff of the Uni-versity.” Junior, Justin Keenan continued, “Many of the team members hold part-time jobs and with that on top of practices and competition it takes a lot of de-termination and prioritizing to be a successful student-athlete-employee.”
Next weekend the half of the team will be traveling to Madi-son, WI, as the lower half will be competing in a tournament for emerging teams.
As the squash season comes to a close, all eyes in the CSA are on Philadelphia, site of the 2011-12 National Championships.
“We need to continue to work on our mental game and building consistent shot techniques in or-der to be fully ready for Nation-als.” Added Tienken, “If we can do those two things, I know we can be highly competitive at the National Tournament.”
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UIS goes 2-1 this week
Photos by Mayur Thulasi-Das
Women’s Basketballcontinued on Page 15
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After losing in double-overtime against Lewis
University on Jan. 14, the Prai-rie Stars (9-9, 6-3) have surged to win three games in a row and seven of their last nine evening their record to .500.
The winning streak began on “Family Night” at TRAC when the Prairie Stars hosted Quincy University and beat them 62-59. The Prairie Stars defense held Quincy to just a 25 percent
field goal rate in the first half, while the Prairie Stars shot 50 percent from downtown. UIS at one point enjoyed a 14-point advantage in the second half, but had to thwart a possible Quincy comeback, as they were able to trim the lead to one. Junior Kyle Gupton set a career high in points with 20, including five treys.
Next up on the schedule was struggling Missouri S&T, who entered the game with just two victories on the season. UIS jumped out to another early lead thanks to pinpoint shooting from
the field. Gupton again lead the Prairie Stars in scoring with 17, but Jermaine Love-Roberts and Michael Fakuade weren’t far be-hind with 16 and 14 respectively. UIS held Missouri S&T to only two players in double digit scor-ing.
After the game Fakuade summed up the team’s success, “right now we are shooting really good and playing great defense, we just need to stay aggressive and make our free throws.”
Coach Wierzba added, “our defense is what really has kept us in games and given us a chance to win and tonight it really dic-tated the game into our favor.”
The Prairie Stars came out ready to play against Drury Uni-versity on Saturday Jan. 21, as
they took a first half lead and refused to relinquish it, winning 75-70. The win pushed the Prai-rie Stars back to an even .500 re-cord and improved their confer-ence record to 6-3.
Forward Fakuade double-doubled in the game, scoring 18 points and hauling in 13 boards while also blocking six shots. Guard Love-Roberts provided the Prairie Stars with consistent scoring as he contributed 24 points while making all seven of his shots from the charity line. Love-Roberts was the unofficial “closer” for the Prairie Stars as he scored six points in the final minutes to seal the win.
After the game Love-Roberts refused to take too much credit himself for the win, “having one
of your best players (Michael Fakuade) playing the way he’s been is huge for us…he com-mands a lot of attention, which only opens things up for the rest of us… We need every player from 1 to 13, and every player knows the goal and goes toward it with conviction.”
The Prairie Stars seem to be peaking at just the right time this season as they head into the home stretch of the season. Fakuade’s interior presence along with Love-Roberts scoring ability will give opponents fits in the fi-nal month of play as UIS tries to improve their postseason stand-ing. The Prairie Stars next game will be a matchup with Maryville University here in Springfield. Tip off is at 7:45 p.m.
Streaking Prairie Stars win third in a row
UIS record shot blocker Michael Fakuade rises for a con-tested layup. The UIS men are now 6-3 in conference com-petition.
Junior guard, Kevin Pettiford takes the ball away from Drury guard, Josh Buie. Pettiford has 14 steals on the season.
Photo by Mayur Thulasi-DasPhoto by Mayur Thulasi-Das
By Nick DowSports Reporter
and eventually taking a 3 point lead into half.
UIS continued extending their lead, and only momentarily gave Quincy the advantage.
Quincy did have a chance to take the game with 11 seconds remaining, but a Goede 3-point-er put the nail in the coffin and sealed the Prairie Star victory.
Palmer continued her scoring
ways pouring in a career-high 22 points and six assists, allowing UIS to beat Missouri S&T 64-58 in another GLVC contest.
Bergerud added another 12 points with 8 rebounds while Bailey Beale and Goede both added 10 points to the Prairie Star cause.
Putting the pressure on early, UIS jumped ahead of the Miners with a 5 point advantage.
S&T bounced right back tak-ing a slight one-point advantage before making a 12-7 run and
earning the largest Miner lead of the night.
A UIS layup with 40 seconds remaining in the first half gave the Prairie Stars a 28-26 lead go-ing into the locker room.
The Miners continued to bat-tle back against the UIS advan-tage, but late free throws iced the game giving the Prairie Stars their second straight win.
Looking to finish the week off undefeated, the Stars took to the court against another GLVC op-ponent, Drury.
Even with a career-high 25 point effort from Beale, the UIS women were unable to trump the Lady Panthers as the Prairie Stars fell 72-55.
Plagued with shooting colder than January’s icy winds, just 34 percent, the Stars were unable to mount a consistent offensive. To make matters worse, UIS was out rebounded by 20 boards.
Though the team’s shooting was ice cold, Beale was able to connect on 5 of her 9 attempted three-pointers.
The victory improved the Lady Panthers already impres-sive season to a 12-5 mark and a GLVC West leading 7-2 in con-ference play.
UIS (8-9 in conference play) will look to avenge their only loss of the week and move back to .500 in conference play as they take on Maryville this Thursday at The Recreation and Athletic Center. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.
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