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By Sean Bruce

News Reporter

Hanfu Mi named new dean for Education and

Human Services

The search committee re-sponsible for selecting the new dean of the Col-lege of Education and Human Services (EHS) has chosen Dr. Hanfu Mi to fill the spot. This experienced educator, who has been a professor at the State Uni-versity of New York at Oneonta since 1998, will bring an inter-national perspective to UIS.

Mi received his bachelors in English from Shanxi Univer-sity in China. He then went on to pursue his academic career at the University of South Caro-lina, where he was awarded a masters and Ph.D. in reading education.

Prior to joining the State University of New Yorks fac-ulty, Mi spent time teaching at Concord University in Virginia and Georgia Southwestern State University, providing him with a total of over 25 years of experi-ence in academia.

Mis publications, a list 12 pages in length on his curricu-lum vitae, have primarily fo-cused on language. According to UIS Provost and Vice Chancel-lor for Academic Affairs Lynn Pardie in an open letter to UIS, Dr. Mis record of scholarship includes publications and pre-sentations on a variety of top-ics involving social and cultural aspects of language and instruc-tion.

He also has received a num-ber of awards and honors. The Honorable Title of Distin-guished Professor probably re-mains the most distinctive of them. This title is granted to the most accomplished academics to have originated from China.

Pardie felt very positive about the selections, I am so pleased that Dr. Mi will be our new Dean of the College of Edu-cation and Human Services. The Search Committees assessment

While some students will be found spending their nights in the li-brary trying to get an early start studying for finals, others will be found run-ning around campus, trudging through a mud pit, volunteering, and competing in sports as part of UIS 21st annual Springfest.

Beginning on Sunday, April 21st and go-ing until the 27th is the famous week-long Springfest at UIS. This years theme, as picked by students at the student activities proposal night, is The Hunger Games.

Twenty-eight teams of UIS students, alum-ni and staff will compete to have the highest point total at the end of the week-long event.

The festivities will start on Sunday at 6 p.m. with a team captains meeting. Following the meeting, there will be a showing of The Hunger Games at 8:30 p.m.

On top of the numerous activities that will be taking place on campus, there is also a vol-unteer project that will be held off campus.

Working with the Habitat for Humanitys A Brush with Kindness, Teams will be re-storing four to five homes on a single block in Springfield, said Matthew Dobill, a co-chair for the Springfest committee.

This community service project will be taking place the entire week that the Spring-fest event is going on. Team members can at-tend different times and dates in order to add points to their teams overall score.

At the end of the week, the three teams with the highest point total will win money for their team to enjoy a meal at a restaurant in Springfield, thanks to the UIS Student Ac-tivities Committee.

For more information about the Springfest event, visit the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/Springfest2013AtUIS. For all of the latest details and live updates during Springfest week, check out the official twitter page @UISspringfest.

Who will be titled the victors of Spring-fest 2013? Stay tuned, may the odds be ever in your favor!

Let the 21st annualSpringfest Games begin!

Monday, April 22nd11 a.m. - Sitting Volleyball Bonus Event (Sponsored by Rec Sports and ODS)7 p.m. - Earth Day Speaker Bonus Event9:30 p.m. - Springfest Scavenger HuntTuesday, April 23rd4:30 p.m. - Bonus Event Chemistry Club Egg Drop9:30 p.m. - Springfest Trivia NightWednesday, April 24th2 and 4 p.m. - Bonus Event Softball Tail-gate (Sponsored by Student Affairs)9:30 p.m. - Springfest Parade of Champi-ons (Flag)Thursday, April 25thAll Day Bonus Event Geocache Cornu-copia (Sponsored by Computer Science Dept.)11 a.m. - Bonus Event Drunken Bags (Sponsored by Rec Sports and Counsel-ing Center)9:30 p.m. - Chant Friday, April 26th7 p.m. - Spaghetti Dinner Saturday, April 27thAll day Sports Day

Plans for Springfest 2013 releasedBy Jess Bayer

General Reporter

The Springfest Games schedule

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Students to lobby at the Capitol for the U of I

On April 10, the Student Government Association (SGA) wants you to make a dif-ference. The University of Illi-nois is sponsoring a Day at the Capitol for an organized lob-bying effort. All three campuses will have attendees and will be well-represented when they ad-dress lawmakers.

Riley Quinlan, external vice-president of the SGA, outlined the goals for the session on Thursday. MAP grants are very important, as well as pensions, Quinlan said. Pensions are key because nothing will happen un-til that is cleared up.

Illinois five pension sys-tems are short a combined total of $96.7 billion needed to cover all of the state retirement obli-gations - pensions and benefits for current and former workers. Over many years, the state has either skipped outright or short-changed pension payments while scooping funds from the pension funds for discretionary projects.

Governor Pat Quinn released a statement on March 25 that the new pension proposal must in-clude a clause which states the state cannot legally skip out on its payments ever again. The state can never ever again not pay what it should pay every year to the pension account. Thats why were in this situation, Quinn told reporters in Chicago.

As far as MAP grants, the pro-gram is underfunded by at least $200 million and the aid provided runs out earlier and earlier each year. This year, the deadline was

moved up a month to March 1 from April 3 in 2012. According to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, each academic year, the amount of your maxi-mum annual award will be the least of (1) the eligible amount as determined by an analysis of financial circumstances, (2) the maximum amount which ISAC

allows for tuition and fees at the college, or (3) $4,968.

Quinlan wishes to impress the spirit of civic responsibil-ity on both politicians and stu-dents with this program. From the events website, the goals are [encouraging] students to participate because they provide great passion and knowledge to-

ward the importance of the Uni-versity of Illinois.

Not all students find the Lob-by Day to be as good an idea as Quinlan. Bridget Maloney, a women and gender studies major, is certainly not a fan. She finds lobby day to be a waste of time, because the lobby day includes all three Illinois campuses, UIS

gets 3 percent of the money that goes to the Illinois system, and for UIS students to go lobby is putting more money into UIUC that we should have here.

Maloney is a member of the Model Illinois Government and highly interested in local po-litical issues, particularly those which affect the University she wishes to graduate from. UIUC is a larger campus, but at the same time, they are taking more than their fair share of the money given to the whole U of I sys-tem, Maloney said.

Nathan Tarr, a political sci-ence major at UIS and Model Illi-nois Governments 2013 Speaker of the House, agrees. UIS has been receiving a smaller and smaller share of the money that is given to the U of I system. We shouldnt be using UIS students to get UIUC more money. We should be advocating for each university in the U of I system to be given their own separate fund-ing from the state, Tarr said.

For students interested in lob-by day, the event itself is free and transportation will be provided by the SGA. The student group with the largest attendance at the event will win a $250 gift card to Buffalo Wild Wings.

The first caravan will depart from the PAC teardrop loading zone at 10:45 a.m. for the capi-tol. A second departure will take place at 1:45 p.m. for those stu-dents with late-morning classes. Registration is encouraged for attendees, and the registration is done online at www.ic.uillinois.edu/lobbyday/. Meals are pro-vided at no cost, and vegetarian options are available.

By Andrew Craven

General Reporter

of Dr. Mis strengths as a can-didate included an appreciation for his extensive and successful administrative experience, com-mitment to a servant leadership model, ability to promote col-laborative solutions to complex challenges, and appreciation for and leadership of online teach-ing and learning initiatives.

Mi himself felt strongly about the matter, My enthusiasm and eagerness to join the EHS and UIS communities have been enhanced by the clearly defined university vision of Leadership Lived. I am so looking forward to making contributions, to-gether with UIS administration,

faculty, staff, and students, Mi said.

Not only is Mi popular amongst faculty and staff, but he seems to be a favorite of students as well. He received a four out of five rating from the Rate My Professors website, with clarity being the primary negative qual-ity.

For those who might be in-terested, a more informal view of Mi can be found on his web-site at http://employees.oneonta.edu/mih/. It contains a mix of Mis personal interests, tools for reading Chinese characters, his course lists, and music.

If his selection is approved by the Board of Trustees, Mi will begin working at UIS in July.

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Police Beat

Illinois Innocence Project frees another innocent manAnthony Murray shares his story with UIS community

We find the defendant, guilty. This is the verdict far too many innocent men and women face each year within the U.S. court system, according to the Il-linois Innocence Project, housed at UIS.

This verdict is far too true for Anthony Murray; a man con-victed of first-degree murder in 1998 in Marion County and was sentenced to 45 years in prison. Murray spent more than 14 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, but received a chance at redemption with the help of the Innocence Project.

Murrays case is the fifth case taken on by the UIS Innocence Project that led to the freedom of a prisoner of whom they be-lieved to be innocent. However, unlike other cases, which relied on new pieces of hard evidence, Murrays case did not.

Its been a journey, said Murray, a Chicago native who spoke at UIS on March 25 about the choices and sacrifices he made leading up to his prison re-lease on Oct. 31, 2012. He stood in front of several of the indi-viduals from the UIS Innocence Project, a group he considers family, praising them for their

faith and hard work leading up to his exoneration.

Murray explained that his in-nocence pushed him to fight for his freedom, even while in pris-on. I had a choice, the yard, or the law library and I [decided] Im going to the law library. [I said] this is more important to me, this is my life.

He added that he solicited the help of many innocence organi-zations, and the UIS Innocence Project was willing to take on his case. After accepting his case, the Project team began on an in-depth journey to investigate Murrays case, where they found new supporting evidence of his innocence.

A reluctant Murray accepted a plea bargain for second-degree murder, and was later released based on the time that he served

in prison. The plea, known as an Alford Plea, allows individuals to gain freedom from prison by pleading guilty to a lesser charge, while maintaining innocence for the original conviction.

Murray explained that the reasoning behind the Alford Plea was not because he was guilty, but rather because of the toll

his imprisonment was taking on his mother, and the lives of his friends and family members he was missing out on.

On October 31, 2012 Anthony Murray was released from Gra-ham Correctional Facility where he was reunited with his mother and project team.

There is nothing like the great day that we went out to meet Anthony at that prison and bringing him back to Spring-field, said Rebecca Luke, a UIS

Innocent Project volunteer. See-ing the smile on his face, and hugging his momthat [was] truly a life changing moment and I dont think thats something that any of us will ever forget.

Although not entirely exoner-ated, the Illinois Innocent Proj-ect says that they feel that in the future they will be able to clear Murray of all charges, leaving him completely exonerated.

Im not saying by a long shot that everyone in prison is inno-cent, but there are innocent peo-ple in prison. If youre guilty thats one thing, but if you truly are innocent thats a whole dif-ferent story, said Murray. And Ive been on that side where I was innocent, and the States At-torney knew I was innocent and I still wound up doing almost 14 and a half years of my life in prison, for something that not only I knew I didnt do, but they knew I didnt do.

He added, Its sad that were still in that era, after so many years, were still in the era that people look at people differently because theyre a minority and just say theyre guilty.

Murray emphasized the im-portance of evaluating every situation honestly not looking for a win or lose, but the truth.

Im not saying by a long shot that every-one in prison is innocent, but there are inno-

cent people in prison. If youre guilty thats one thing, but if you truly are innocent thats

a whole different story.-Anthony Murray, convicted of first-degree

murder and set free with the help of the Illi-nois Innocence Project

University of Illinois Springfield Police Department reported the following calls for the period of March 24, 2013 to March 31, 2013.

Medical ReportMarch 25, 2013 at 4:20 p.m. at Sunflower

Court.Officers responded to a medical call at the

above location. The subject was taken to the hospital via ambulance.

Medical ReportMarch 26, 2013 at 11:37 a.m. at LRHOfficers responded to a medical call at the

above location. The subject refused medical treatment. A report was completed.

Check on WelfareMarch 26, 2013 at 7:11 p.m. at LRHAn officer was dispatched to the above lo-

cation to check on the welfare of a subject. Contact was made with the individual.

Medical ReportMarch 26, 2013 at 8:03 p.m. in C-LotOfficers responded to a medical call at the

above location. The subject was transported to the hospital via ambulance and a medical report was completed.

Suspicious VehicleMarch 26, 2013 at 8:33 p.m. at SASAWhile on patrol, an officer got out with a

suspicious vehicle at the above location. The

vehicle belonged to employees that were se-curing the buildings.

Driving Under the Influence of AlcoholMarch 27, 2013 at 6:50 p.m. at West Lake

Shore DriveWhile on patrol, an officer conducted a

traffic stop at the above location. The sub-ject driving the vehicle was cited for: Driv-ing Under the Influence of Alcohol, Improper Lane Usage, and Speeding. The subject was arrested and a report was completed.

Open DoorMarch 28, 2013 at 12:17 a.m. at Penny-

royal CourtOfficers were dispatched to the above

location for a report of an open door at a residence. Officers made contact with the occupants of the residence and the door was secured.

Accident Hit and RunMarch 28, 2013 at 2:15 p.m. at PACAn officer was dispatched to the above

location for a report of a hit and run. A by-stander saw a vehicle hit another vehicle be-fore driving away. The owner of the struck vehicle declined to file a report.

Check on WelfareMarch 28, 2013 at 7:01 p.m. in E-LotOfficers were dispatched to the above lo-

cation to check on the welfare of a dog in a

vehicle. The dog was alert and did not appear to be in any danger.

Patrol InvestigationMarch 29, 2013 at 10:17 a.m. in F-LotWhile on patrol, an officer got out with a

verbal altercation at the above location. An individual was disputing charges with a tow-truck driver. They worked out their differ-ences and everyone departed.

Suspicious PersonMarch 31, 2013 at 3:18 a.m. at FRHOfficers responded to a call of a suspi-

cious person at the above location. Officers were unable to locate the subject. A report was written.

Patrol InvestigationMarch 31, 2013 at 6:55 a.m. at Trillium

LotWhile on patrol, an officer noticed a ve-

hicle with a door open. After inspecting the vehicle, the officer determined that nothing appeared to be missing and secured the door.

HarassmentMarch 31, 2013 at 1:57 p.m. at Police De-

partmentOfficers took a report on a complaint of

harassment. Subject was contacted by offi-cers and told to stop. A report was written.

For the complete Police Beat, go to www.uisjournal.com.

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Driving skills fail when snow falls

Cars on ice. It sounds like a new Disney spectacular but, in reality, driving on ice and snow can lead to skidding, slid-ing, injury and even death.

Driving in the snow is noth-ing new for the people of Cen-tral Illinois, but it seems like all our driving skills go right out the window with the first snowflake. Panic and fear replace common sense.

Last weeks record snowfall was no different. A level-two snow emergency was called for Springfield and people were asked to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary.

I work the night shift at a hos-pital that never closes its doors. On my way to work, I was very happy to see that people actually heeded the governments advice to stay home; however, the few brave souls I saw traveling the snow packed streets werent us-ing what theyd learned in driv-ers ed.

Driving too fast, stopping too late and lacking control as their cars were sliding around like pucks on an air hockey table could have led to more than just cars stuck in the snow.

The American Automobile Association suggests taking sev-eral steps to ensure safe traveling during the snowy season.

Make sure your vehicle is ready for winter weather before the first snowfall of the season. Have a mechanic give your car a thorough inspection to make sure everything is working properly. You wouldnt want to get stuck in a winter storm because of a lack of preventative maintenance.

Make sure you are ready for winter travel. Big bulky coats and gloves are great for making your way to the car and until the inte-rior of your car has warmed up, but AAA suggests pulling over and removing your heavy cloth-ing once your car is warm. This may be inconvenient but should an accident happen, it would be easier to get out of the car.

My biggest problem in the snow is getting going once Ive stopped. I have a tendency to spin my tires too much, which leads to skidding and sliding. To avoid this issue, gently press on the accelerator. If your wheels start spinning, let up on the gas until you feel your tires grip the road again. Dont just gun it or youll be spinning your tires into a ditch.

Once you get moving, re-member to increase your fol-lowing distances. Normally, you want to be three to four seconds behind the car in front of you but,

when driving on ice and snow, you should increase your fol-lowing times to about eight to 10 seconds.

Keep in mind that, like fol-lowing distances, stopping dis-tances need to be increased as well. In fact, stopping distances should be doubled when driv-ing on snow and ice. Gentle, even pressure on the brake is the best way to avoid skidding when stopping.

Skidding happens when you brake too hard causing one or more of the tires to lock up or when youre going too fast around a curve. The best advice when your car starts to skid is simple. Do not panic.

Avoid slamming on the breaks. This will only exacerbate the issue. Instead, let off of the gas and steer your car in the di-rection you want to the front of your car to go. Once your tires regain traction, continue steering in the direction you want to go. Most importantly, keep calm.

Im not very comfortable driving in the snow. It makes me nervous and Im not above ask-ing my husband to chauffeur me around town. However, armed with the right knowledge, any-one can be a good driver in the snow.

Hopefully, these tips wont be needed again anytime soon as spring is right around the corner.

Too close for comfort Urban violence hits Springfield schools

Coming from the Metro East area, I thought I had some perspective on urban crime. My hometown, Belleville, is a half-hour away from East St. Louis, the infamous neighborhood that once made St. Louis the most violent city in America.

My high school, Belleville East, is one of the biggest and most successful in the state, but still struggles with diver-sity, bullying and violence. Our sister school, Belleville West, made national headlines after an urban black student assaulted a white suburbanite on the bus, an act said to be racially moti-vated.

By contrast, Springfield and its schools seemed safe, boring, and homogeneous. I imagined middle-class white suburbanites who didnt know or care about St. Louis and Chicago. I imag-ined small, quiet classrooms, where students worried more about midterms than where theyd be sleeping that night.

But by working with Joni Paige, a veteran English teach-er at Southeast High, I lost my condescension. The same pov-erty and violence Id witnessed in East St. Louis can be found just 10 minutes from UIS.

Over the past month, Ive been confused, frustrated and encouraged by what Ive seen. Many of Paiges students deal with urban crime and gang ac-tivity on a daily basis. These issues are present at the school and in the Springfield com-munity at large, making many teens lives hard, unstable and, sometimes, short.

Southeast students have been both victims and perpetrators. Paige believes that, Its much more complicated than people assume. Most of these kids didnt choose to join a gang. It gave them power, protection, and a reputation.

Some families and neighbor-hoods have had gang ties for decades, making their influence unavoidable. Paige has lost stu-dents to violence before, and is especially sensitive to the warn-ing signs of gang activity.

It usually starts out small and harmless; students might be tracing a logo on their note-

book, or wearing certain colors. Some kids imitate gang mem-bers for status; I talk to them before I overreact, ask if they have any problems and if I can help, Paige said.

For Paige, its important that each of her students feels wel-come and cared for. Many of them do not have supportive parents. They might live with grandparents, siblings or other teens instead; others must sup-port themselves and (in some cases) their own children.

Paige is sympathetic to these problems and tries to accommo-date students as much as pos-sible. She avoids assignments that require a computer, and of-ten lends students books, maga-zines and other reading materi-als. Nonetheless, she refuses to lower her standards or accept inferior work

The best way to boost a students self-esteem is to chal-lenge them. Remind them that they have their own unique skills and ideas, which shouldnt be wasted, Paige said.

When students succeed in spite of serious personal and financial problems, they should be given respect and recogni-tion. Paige insists, The stu-dents at the top of the class typi-cally do half as much work, and they usually have the support of family and friends. Im more interested in the other students, whove been given every reason not to come to class, but do it anyways.

My experiences at Southeast High have forced me to rethink my attitude toward Springfield. For the students in our poorest districts and neighborhoods, its far from being a small, simple town.

Springfield deals with the same complex issues of poverty, violence, and racial prejudice as a city twice its size. False assumptions, like those that I held, are partly to blame for ig-norance and avoidance of these issues.

Anyone whos interested in education should try working in a high school [like Southeast] first, Paige said. Its where good teachers are needed the most, and the neediest schools are often closer than you think. Paige has made me grateful for the opportunities Ive been given as a student, and more ex-cited than ever about my future in education.

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Whats happening this weekendThursday, April 4:

LGBTea is a social gathering in the LGBTQA Resource Office at 4 p.m. It is a comfortable, accepting and non-judgmental social atmosphere for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and allied students.

Head over to the Land of Lincoln SB Center for a UIS softball double header against Maryville at 3 and 5 p.m.

American Roots of Latin American Boxing (an ECCE event) will be held at 7 p.m. in Brookens Audi-torium. This event is about boxing being used as a tool for the Americanization of Latin Americans, Asians and Africans in the 1960s.

Friday, April 5:

As part of the Foreign and Independent Film Series, Requiem for a Dream (2000) will be aired at 7 p.m. in Brookens Auditorium.

Looking for a UIS athlete? Win a Date with a Prairie Star will be held in the LRH Greatroom at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds will go to Make-a-Wish Foundation and the UIS Spirit Team.

UIS Theater presents Clifford Odets Awake and Sing in the Studio Theater at 7:30 p.m. The event will also take place on Saturday at the same time, but the Sunday showing will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 6:

Head out to Chatham Community Park for a Prairie Star double header against Rockhurst. Games are at noon and 3.

Residence Life is hosting a party in the townhouses to show students what an appropriate party should look like on campus to keep students safe. The event will be held in Marigold Court at 10 p.m.

Sunday, April 7:

If you missed Saturdays double header, you can always catch another one. Head out to Chatham Community Park for another UIS/Rockhurst face off. Games are at noon and 3 p.m.

A regular Student Government Association meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the PAC TV Studio.

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WHATSTRENDING

MLBOpening Day

It might not quite feel like spring just yet, but for many the MLB Opening Day is do-ing just the trick. Which team

are you rooting for?

in pop culture

Walking Dead Season Finale

Shocker

The season finale of The Walking Dead, Welcome to the Tombs left followers and fans shocked by the ending.

The powerful ending broke a series record with

nearly 12.4 million viewers.

Ware Beware

Louisvilles guard Kevin Ware suffered from a broken leg

in the teams win over Duke. Piercing through the skin, the gruesome scene was unbear-able for many. Fans shared their reactions to the injury on twitter, #prayersforware.

Relationships and intimacy have a variety of differ-ent forms, especially in the 21st century. In the traditional sense, intimacy is something that is left behind closed doors, but recently sex and intimacy have transformed and become much more public. There has been, what Millisom Henry-Waring and Jo Barraket would call, an exponential rise of communications technologies.

In their journal, Internation-al Journal of Emerging Tech-nologies & Society, Henry-Waring and Barraket said that global trends have influenced the formation of intimate rela-tionships through technologi-cal means. This is what UISs Visual Arts Gallery, |fn seks|: Digital Devices and the Trans-formation of Intimacy, sought to express through several works of art.

We decided digital technol-ogy was sort of interesting in terms of how it transforms rela-tionships, said Visual Arts As-sistant Professor Dave Kube.

|fn seks| features 18 pieces of work from 12 different art-

ists. According to Kube, there was a national call for artists who had work that could go under the category of intimacy and technology. Kube and Mi-chael Murphy, assistant profes-sor of women and gender stud-ies, worked side by side setting up the gallery.

This gallery has mixed me-diums of artwork. It includes videos, paintings, tapestries and fleshbooks. Jon Henry

and Laura McGinn painted many of the displayed pieces. Henrys painting is of photo-graphs that have either been taken by someone else or were bathroom self-portraits. The artist said, the arrangement can reveal a users underlining motivation.

One video that is highlight-ed is SIRI: Your wish is my command video. It received an honorable mention. This video brought light to how SIRI is a sexual slave to men. This artist uses videos from YouTube and mashed them together into this one cohesive piece.

I thought it was interesting, I never really noticed anything like that [referring to the SIRI: Your wish is my command vid-eo] before, said Ciera Hoosier. Hoosier is a freshman biology major. She does not have an iPhone, but she expressed that this video was an eye opener for her how a lot of technology is geared toward men.

I was not expecting to see what I saw, said Daniel Owu-su-Bempah, a freshman com-puter science major.

His favorite piece was the painting by McGinn. He said that he liked the colors of her work and it stood out the most to him. One piece of work he could not fully grasp was the fleshbooks. He interacted with them, but did not get why this artist chose to make a laptop out of flesh.

The artwork that was award-ed best in the show was Sean

Faders Sup?. This piece of work is personal; he went on dating sites to find men who would go on dates with him. When he first met them he took a picture that represented their online relationship. The second picture he had of them repre-sented who they actually were, basically, how he sees them as a person not as an online iden-tity, said Kube.

He went on to say that this piece touched what the show was really about. Because this artist won the best in the show award, he will have a solo showing next spring.

This gallery was opened on March 4 and it will be open un-til April 11. It is located on the 2nd floor of HSB and it is open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Intimacy unveiled:|fn seks| pushes envelope with graphic images of relationships

By LaNee Wood

Features Reporter

The photo series, Sup? by Sean Fader received best in show. There are three installments to this series displayed in the Visual Arts Gallery.

Booty by Lauren McGinn is an acrylic and glitter on panel piece featured in the art gallery.

Richmond & NYC part of Jon Henrys Grindr Portrait Series

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Mars Past and Present Dynamic Environments

Dr. Ryan EwingRyan Ewing is currently exploring the surface of Mars with the NASA Curiosity team.

Ewing studies how wind shapes planetary surfaces and how the resulting geomorphic record is archived in ancient rocks. He is an Assistant

Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama.

Friday, April 12, 2013 1:30-2:30 pmSangamon Auditorium, UIS

"Its hard to get perspective on Earth when youre only looking at Earth. Ryan Ewing

SFEATUREUIS students play in the dark

Left: UIS sopho-more Marcella Flowers, so-cial work ma-jor, makes her own sand art keychain.

Photos by Terra Easley

Below: Seniors Katie Woefel, psychology ma-jor, and Katelyn Fan-ning, clinical labora-tory science major, take a break from playing dodgeball at Late Nite.

Left: Students play a quick game of dodge-ball during Late Nite in the Student Life gym.

Left: UIS students play neon mini golf in the multipurpose room in the Student Life build-ing during Late Nite.

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Abes Ale and a Ditzy Blond, please Local breweries offer quality experience for beer connoisseurs in Springfield

Some of the best kept se-crets in Springfield arent in the actual city theyre in the smaller, surrounding com-munities. And if you like beer, you may just want to take a trip to Rolling Meadows Brewery (RMB) in Cantrall, Ill.

Chris Trudeau is the co-owner of RMB. Operating in a modest-size room since 2011 on his family farm, Trudeau de-cided to go into the beer mak-ing industry after delving into beers during his college years in Vancouver, British Colum-bia, where the drinking age is 19.

I did home brewing there where I went to school [at Emi-ly Carr University], right down the street from Canadas first microbrewery, Granville Island Brewery. One day in class I was focusing on communica-tion design and [the professor] said a brewerys largest cost is branding and their marketing,

graphic design, [and] commu-nication design.

Trudeau said he ran with that idea of starting his own brewing business. He began working with his mom, Karen, who started delving into home-brewing with a Mr. Beer homebrewing kit. Karen and her friend Connie then started making dark beers, and a he-feweizen, a kind of wheat beer Rolling Meadows currently serves under the label Spring-field Wheat.

In addition to working with his two brewers on staff, Trudeau also does the graphic design for all the beer labels. Trudeau knows beer really, really knows beer. When you ask him what makes beer dif-ferent than wine, for instance, he can pinpoint it to a key in-gredient.

Wine is kind of that sweet-ened alcohol liquid, but with beer, youre making that bar-ley sweet tea which is a sweet grain [beer], he said. And if you were to add in the yeast

and make the beer, without the hops it would just be sweet. So the hops: theyre bitter and kind of have a citricy, orange flavor and they help to bal-ance out the beer. And thats really our thing here at Rolling Meadows Brewery; were all about balance.

Trudeaus family operation also promotes sustainability; unused grain from beer making is used as feed for his familys farm animals. He said there are plans to add windmills and in-vest in solar energy within the next few years.

Rolling Meadows brews Springfield Wheat, Abes Ale (a 2013 Good Foods Award winner), and Lincolns Lager year round. The seasonal Bar-reled-Age Abes Ale is another top choice. Most local area pubs and bars in Springfield carry RMB beers, as do many other vendors in Illinois.

Chris Trudeau poses at the fermentor at Rolling Meadows Brew-ery. The microbrewery brews the popular Springfield beers Abes Ale and Lincolns Lager. Brewery

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Assistant Editor for News

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Tomorrow you will take the greatest, and last, shower of your life. Make it last.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Your lifelong fear of snakes will make your next trip to the gro-cery store bitterly ironic.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Cockroach wings make a great fashion statement. The fresher, the better!

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Mummification hasnt been popular for a few centuries, but remember, fads come around. Why not start before it becomes cool?

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Be cautious of out-of-body experiences. You might have some un-welcome guests when you return.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) What do you, Swiss cheese and a rabid raccoon have in common? Youll find the answer to this question short-ly, and you wont like it.

Aries (March 21-April 19) You will learn that you are descended from a famous Euro-pean noble. Unfortunately, so will the secret society that plotted his death.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Dont be alarmed when your headphones emit a loud burst of static. Your great-great-great aunt would just like a word with you.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Your facial hair will turn lime-green and give off a repulsive odor. Shave often.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You have a ge-netic predisposition towards lycanthropy. Stay indoors after dark and eat plenty of silver.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) You are much more flammable than usual. Avoid barbe-cues, bonfires and burning of any kind.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) At some point this week, you will be able to speak fluent Czech for exactly one hour and 33 seconds. Use this gift wisely.

Nutella Mug CakeIngredients:4 tablespoons all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking powder4 tablespoons sugar1 egg1 teaspoon vanilla3 tablespoons cocoa powder3 tablespoons Nutella3 tablespoons milk3 tablespoons vegetable oil

Directions: Place sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix in cocoa, flour, baking

powder and vanilla.

Add the milk, oil, Nutella and eggs. Mix well with a wooden spoon.

Place mixture in 3 medium size mugs or 2 large mugs.

Put mugs in microwave for one and a half minutes, checking the cake to see if its ready. Depending on the wattage of your microwave, cooking time varies. Add 30 seconds of microwaving time and continue to check on it, adding more time on to the microwave until cake is ready.

Trudeau said his favorite part of the brewing process is releasing a new beer. Its such a time consuming thing and you take it really seriously. Some brew pubs can put beers out there easily - they just kind of make it and ride it on the truck and there you go, he said. Whereas with us being a production brewery, with each beer we make, we do a label for it and they are distributed all throughout the state. Its kind of like having a kid; its a birth-ing process.

For beer and lunch, Obed and Isaacs Microbrewery and Eatery is the venue to patron-ize. Owner Casey Conn, his brother Adam, father Court and mother Karen own and operate the establishment in downtown Springfield, which celebrated its first anniversary this Lin-colns birthday. The micro-brewery is located in a petite building behind the restaurant, originally built as a carriage house.

Ditzy Blond is the most popular Obed and Isaacs beer, one of 37 beers the microbrew-ery has put out to the public. The reason that is, is because thats one of the lightest beers and youre in Miller Lite and Anheuser territory- thats what people drink around here, Casey Conn said. So trying to get them acquired to good beer, we did the lighter beer to slow-ly work them into good tasting beer versus the watered-down stuff from St. Louis.

For being new, Obed and Isaacs is already looking at expanding. On the east side of the brewery, we just got the go-ahead to put a beer garden in, he said. Were going to do bocce ball courts, horseshoe pits, put another bar out there. He added that his family also owns a house on 7th Ave. and Jefferson St. that they are about to start construction on as part of the expansion plans.

Conns advice to beermak-ers: take your time. Perfect beer takes time and patience. Its not as easy as it sounds; its a lot more work than peo-ple think in the restaurant and brewery business. Everybody wants to start their own restau-rant and brewery, but its a lot of time and work and dedica-tion that goes behind it.

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Sports ScoresMarch 29Baseball at William Jewell - L 0-6 and W 5-2Softball at Drury - L 4-7 and W 3-2Mens Tennis vs. Maryville - W 8-1Womens Tennis vs. Maryville - W 5-2

March 30Baseball at William Jewell - W 3-0 and L 3-4Softball at Missouri S&T - L 3-8Mens Tennis vs. Missouri-St. Louis - L 1-8Womens vs. Missouri-St. Louis - L 0-9

Photo by Terra Easley

S PORTS

By Cameryn Barbeau

Sports Reporter

By Adam Buck

Assistant Editor for Sports

Player profile:Megan Zumbahlen

The thing that I like most about playing tennis is that it is fun but a lot of hard work, a great stress reliever, and is a sport that I can play forever, said sophomore womens tennis play-er Megan Zumbahlen.

Zumbahlen comes to Spring-field from Effingham, Ill. and is the daughter of Michael and Carol Zumbahlen. Zumbahlen has been playing tennis since she was 9-years-old and played all four years of her high school ca-reer at St. Anthony High School. While at St. Anthony she made it to state all four years; once in doubles and three times in sin-gles.

One of Zumbahlens favorite memories of playing tennis is when she played in high school. My favorite memory of playing tennis is being undefeated in dual matches in high school and mak-ing All-State Honorable Mention in doubles and 3rd Team All-State in doubles, Zumbahlen said.

After graduating high school, Zumbahlen decided to attend UIS as a communication major as well as play for the womens tennis team. The reason that I decided to come play tennis at UIS is because I was glad that I would be able to compete all of the time, whereas if I went to a different school, I might not be given the chance to play as much. Also because Manny is a great coach and an amazing guy, she said.

Last year Zumbahlen did well for her freshman year. She had six wins and was third on the team in singles and had eight wins in doubles with Brooke Tweedy.

They had the second most wins on the team. Zumbahlen was also named to the UIS Athletic Direc-tors Academic Honor Roll for both semesters.

Since her freshman year, Zumbahlen has switched majors and is now studying business administration. After graduating from college, Zumbahlen plans to use her degree to start her own business or go into music busi-ness/management.

Some of Zumbahlens favor-ite professional tennis athletes include Roger Federer and Ra-fael Nadel. She likes Federer because, He is simply amazing and always keeps calm while on the court. And she likes Nadel because of how intense he plays and fights for every point.

Zumbahlens greatest inspira-tion comes not from professional athletes, but rather someone much closer to home. My dad has been my biggest inspiration because when growing up, he would play tennis with me ev-ery day, would take me to all of my tournaments, and continually supports me.

Zumbahlen and the rest of the UIS womens tennis team have three more matches remaining in the regular season before the GLVC championship.

Two losses, a win and a rain suspension

UIS softball takes home a win against Drury and an upset loss against UMSL over the weekend.

In the beginning of the first game against Drury, UIS gave away points, making errors and allowing Drury to advance.

By the third inning, the team stepped up its game as sopho-more Jordyn Amos hit a single allowing Sam Inman to grab a point for UIS. Quickly after, sophomore Chelsea Minor hit a home run in the fourth inning which allowed UIS to quickly put points on the scoreboard.

This was followed by senior Tina Buck scoring a run after Lauren Hollinshead hit a single, permitting UIS to tie with Drury. Drury then battled back immedi-ately and scored another run.

While struggling to better their errors, UIS was able to keep Drurys scoring at a minimal. However, by the sixth inning Drury was ahead of UIS by three. In the last inning, UIS was able to score an extra point, but still lost the game with a final score of 4-7.

Junior Mandy Smith said, Drury really benefitted off of our errors. We had more trouble than usual on defense, which Drury recognized and took ad-vantage of.

Into the second game against Drury, UIS struggled to score points in the beginning and al-lowed Drury to score three runs.

However, UIS limited the er-rors in the second game, which made it harder for Drury to ben-efit off of the errors and score. In the fifth inning, Smith hit a single allowing Inman to score a point.

Into the seventh inning, UIS pressed forward and Amos hit a double, allowing Smith and Hol-linshead to score. UIS continued to stay strong and work together. Drury didnt score again, leaving the final score 3-2 with a win for the Prairie Stars.

Our team came back strong and we never gave up. Even when we were down runs the entire game, we battled back. Our goal is always to win; un-fortunately we lost our first game against Drury, which hurt our moods to win, Smith said. However, in our huddle before the second game Coach [Mun-dell] made us remember our goal to always split on the road, and that is exactly what we did.

The following day, March 30, the softball team played an-other double header, but this time against Missouri S&T.

UIS struggled to gain control in the first innings, allowing Mis-souri S&T to score points. In the fifth inning UIS was down by five.

However, Smith was able to hit a double allowing Hollins-

head to take a run and put UIS on the board.

In our game against Mis-souri S&T, we started scoring late in the game which gave S&T a comfortable lead. It was a struggle for us to pressure the other team and work offensive-ly, Smith said.

Quickly after the first point, UIS scored two more points. Missouri S&T battled back and made two more runs in the fifth inning. UIS wasnt able to score any more runs and gave up one more run in the sixth inning, al-lowing Missouri S&T to win with a final score of 3-8.

Our biggest drawback dur-ing this game against Missouri S&T was that we were able to put players on base but not bring them home. However, during our second game we worked a lot better together and as a team, Smith said. We were able to finally get the momentum we needed and started to bring play-ers home.

However, the Prairie Stars didnt have a chance to make up for the loss in the second game as it was suspended in the top of the third inning due to rain.

The Prairie Stars have another set of double headers this week-end, facing off against William Jewell in Liberty, Mo. on Sat-urday. and Rockhurst in Kansas City Mo. on Sunday.

Freshman Cheyanne Bowman pitches the ball as the softball team goes 1-1 against Drury.

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By Cameryn Barbeau

Sports Reporter

By Adam Buck

Assistant Editor for Sports

Above: Fans and teammates show support for the Prairie Stars at the tennis matches on March 29.Bottom Left: Senior Alex Kinzinger serves the ball against Maryville. Kinzinger defeated her oppo-nent. Right: Oriol-Jordi Andres Pamies hits the ball back over the net.

Tennis crushes Maryville but gets dominated by UMSL

Baseball breaks even over weekend

This last weekend the UIS baseball team traveled to Kansas City, Mo. for a set of double headers against William Jewell. The late snowstorm ear-lier in the week made the field condition at William Jewell unplayable so the game was moved to Kansas City Commu-nity College.

FridayLast Friday, the UIS baseball

team played their first double header against William Jewell. In the first game, UIS could not accomplish anything offen-sively and went scoreless. The second game, the baseball team finally came alive and defeated the Cardinals 5-2.

The Stars struggled through-

out game one on Friday, as they could not get runners on base. They had only two runners get on base during the first five frames. The Stars couldnt do anything offensively or defen-sively in the first game as the Cardinals crushed the Stars 6-0.

Then in game two, after be-ing tailed by 13 hits and five runs, the Stars picked up their offense. Junior Josh Johnson hit the ball again and again going 3-for-3, hitting singles every time. Then in the fifth inning the Stars got three runs across the plate which sealed game two for UIS with a final score 5-2.

Junior pitcher Adam Karger threw all game allowing only two runs and six hits and strik-ing out five William Jewell hit-ters.

SaturdaySaturday brought another

double-header for UIS as they once again played the Cardinals of William Jewell at Kansas City Community College.

In the first game, junior Bar-ry Arnett pitched six innings al-lowing only six hits and not al-lowing any runs. Arnett picked up his first win as a pitcher for the season.

Early in the game neither team could seem to score as no runs were recorded in the first few frames. In the fourth inning the Stars finally scored when ju-nior Kendall Hocker hit a RBI double allowing junior Blake Baker to score.

Then in the sixth inning Bak-er would score again off another RBI double from junior Adrian Brown, and the Stars added an-other point to their lead thanks to junior Logan Frye.

The Stars finished out the game with a score of 3-0, mak-ing them 2-1 for the weekend. The second game was the clos-est game between the Cardinals and the Stars.

The Cardinals got an early lead over the Stars as William Jewell scored off a wild pitch in the second inning. The Stars

finally knotted the game in the fourth inning when junior Ja-son Messengill hit a home run. UIS added another point to give them the lead in the sixth inning when Messengill hit the ball out to center field allowing junior Trevor Johnson to score.

The Cardinals answered back by scoring a run in the sixth and twice in the seventh to take back the lead from the Stars. The Stars were only able to score one more time in the ninth inning but it was not enough. William Jewell finished the game with four runs to UIS three.

The Stars are back in action this weekend with two double headers against Rockhurst at Chatham Community Park on Saturday and Sunday at noon and 3 p.m.

UIS Tennis soared to the top as they defeated Maryville; however UIS strug-gled to maintain the lead as they slipped away from Uni-versity of Missouri St. Louis.

On March 29, UIS men and women faced the Maryville Saints and both teams domi-nated in doubles and singles. UIS men finished strong and beat Maryville in a near sweep of 8-1, while the women won with a score of 5-4

UIS men started strong in doubles winning every match; however, the Saints were able to grab one win in singles by a tiebreaker.

On the wins, UIS junior Jose Luis Ortega said, We have to win three of seven games to make conference, and the vic-tory against Maryville was the second win and it has helped us become one step closer to making conference.

UIS women took two out of three matches in the dou-bles and grabbed three of six matches in singles against Maryville. Senior Alex Kinz-inger grabbed a win.

Kinzinger said, Both my partner, Cassidy Burkardt, and I talked to one another through-out our match about different strategies and shots to take. Al-though our strategies were not

working against Maryville we had to change our strategies to better our performance.

She continued, However, our team did beat Maryville overall and it was awesome because we had another win on our record.

Although UIS defeated Maryville, they had a tough fight against UMSL on March 30, and had an ill-fated loss. UIS men rallied back and forth against UMSL only obtaining one win, while the UIS women were unable to obtain any wins against UMSL.

Ortega won his singles match, giving UIS one point.

Although we lost, it felt great to win in my singles, said Ortega. I was the last guy in the court and I was los-ing 7-5, and then 6-1 in the tiebreaker of the second set. I came back wining 8-6 and in the third set I won 10-6, Orte-ga said.

Losing against UMSL did not hurt UIS mens tennis in the long run. Its upsetting that we could not beat UMSL, because we would make con-ference, but we have four matches left and need to win one and I know our team can do it, Ortega said.

UIS tennis will face Drury on April 6.

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Thursday, April 11, 2013 UIS Music Performances Brookens Auditorium, 5 p.m.

The Alchemist Review Launch Brookens Auditorium, 6 p.m.

UIS Theatre Play Clifford Odets Awake and SingStudio Theatre, 7:30 p.m. (ECCE Speakers Series Event)

Friday, April 12, 2013 Student Presentations, Art Exhibitions & Music Performances PAC Lobby, 9 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Student Directed Play Reading of William Inges Bad BreathPAC Conference Room H, 10:15 a.m.

Keynote Speaker Dr. Ryan Ewing, Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences,University of Alabama~ 1:30 p.m. Sangamon

Auditorium~ Exploring the surface of Mars

with the NASA Curiosity team Presentation titled, Mars' Past and Present Dynamic Environments

Keynote Speaker Mary Jo Bang, Poet & Professor of English, Washington University~ 5:30 p.m. Reception

6 p.m. Address7 p.m. Book Signing Brookens Auditorium

~ Author of Elegy (2007), National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry

UIS Theatre Play Clifford Odets Awake and SingStudio Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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