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PLAYING THE (REVERSED) ROLELola Garcia

Lola talks to the drama committee about how they prepared for the show that they hope starts a community discussion.

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CARNIVALE DE-BAUCHE: CU EDITIONShivani Dharmasankar

It’s not every day that you get the chance to see burlesque at its fi nest. Read more about our cover of the fantastical carnivale online!

All About MeasuringLeila Shin

Have you ever tried to bake something and had it turn into a kitchen fail? Maybe it’s because you weren’t measuring properly. Leila describes how to measure correctly no matter what you’re cooking up in the kitchen.

HIDDEN GEMS: WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTHSyd Slobodnik

March is women’s history month. To celebrate, Syd takes a look at celebrated female directors in his weekly classic fi lms column, Hidden Gems.

IMAGINE DRAGONS - SMOKE + MIRRORS REVIEWJess Gonzalez

Largely self-produced by the band's own mem-bers, check out our review to see if it lives up to the hype.

On Wednesday, Gov-ernor Bruce Rauner gave his fi rst budget address to the Illinois General Assembly. Among the proposed cuts in retiree benefi ts and pensions, the venture capitalist also outlined a 31.5 per-

cent decrease in funding to state institutions of higher education. This includes our own University.

Springfi eld currently provides around $663.5 mil-lion to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This money is used to pay faculty, staff, and employ-ees at the University. It is used to fund a variety of items, from construction and research to campus police and fi re departments. Perhaps most impor-tantly, though, the money funds scholarships.

President Easter said yesterday that, “a budget cut of that magnitude would substantially harm our stu-dents and the people of Illinois by most severely im-pacting the University’s core education and research missions,” stressing that his offi ce will emphasize to the governor the “twin aspects of prudent, respon-sible stewardship of public resources as well as the excellence and critical importance of our world-class University’s broad mission.”

Why care? Most people are driven by self-interest, so let me appeal to that sensibility fi rst: lower state contributions create a budget defi cit. When there’s a budget defi cit, the Board of Trustees will raise tuition. Boom, self-interest.

Maybe you’re a student on the verge of graduation. You would not be affected by higher tuition. Others would, though. Did you know that 68% of University students currently receive fi nancial aid? For many of these students, an education at a University as pres-tigious and well-resourced as our own would be out of reach without federal, institution, or state grants. I’m one such student. Should the fi nancial situation of our families be as important a factor in our admission as grades, test scores, or extracurricular experience? That isn’t strictly what Rauner is proposing, but he knows damn well the effect of his cuts.

Maybe you’re one of the 231,000 residents of Cham-paign-Urbana who isn’t a student at the University. You could care less about the plight of spoiled, trustfund hipsters from the suburbs. Fine. But, to quote a young Obi-Wan Kenobi, students and the surrounding com-munity “form a symbiont circle. What happens to one of you will affect the other. You must understand this.” The Trade Federation battle dr oids may be coming for our scenic Italian vistas now, but they will be coming for your sleek underwater cities next.

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»SENIORITISThis gripe is not new or unique to me in any way but it still sucks and deserves to be complained about! I don't want to do any work or go to any classes or

study for any tests. I want to take a nap and wake up in May to warm weather, a great job and that little piece of paper I've worked years to get. It's gloomy and bitter cold outside and I just want to stay in bed all day and then go out with friends at night and basically do whatever I want for the rest of the year. Is that too much to ask? Is there a job that will pay me to do that? If so, please tell me where so I can submit my resume. I have a lot of experience in that fi eld of work.

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The same comedy troupe that once featured the likes of Tina Fey, Bill Murray and Dan Ayk-royd, is making a stop in CU tomorrow night, to shed some comedic light on the issues and news stories that everyone is talking about.

“Second City Hits Home” is making its way across the country to fi nd humor in headlines and history from different cities combined with its classic Chicago-style sketch and improv, provid-ing an opportunity to see one of the most well-known comedy groups here in Central Illinois and perhaps some up-and-coming comedians.

The group hits this Friday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Virginia Theatre, located in down-town Champaign. Tickets cost $18-$45 and can be purchased by phone at 356-9063, online at http://thevirginia.org or in-person at the venue.

More information about the show can be found at http://secondcity.com.

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»WHEN DUDES DON’T PUT THE TOILET SEAT DOWN

The age-old controversy between the sexes. It’s not that hard to put the toilet seat down. It’s actually not hard at all.

Dudes could ask me why they should do it and not me if it’s so easy or why I can’t put the toilet seat up for them out of “common courtesy.” If they did, I’d aptly tell them to piss off. (Sorry.) I mean, I could leave it up for you guys, but that would be either assuming a. that you don’t ever shit or b. that you shit standing up, which would be grossly impressive, but don’t fl atter your-selves. You guys already do that when you piss by creating a far bigger target than you really need. Come on, now.

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TV REVIEW: BETTER CALL SAULJOSH PETERSON

IT’S HARD to talk about Better Call Saul without the context of

where it came from. Everything that could have been said about Breaking Bad has been said be-fore—likely by people much more articulate than I am, so I just want to touch on one aspect of the show that I feel is underappreciated.

By Breaking Bad’s fi fth season, Vince Gilligan had something that few works of media have ever had before: The complete trust of his viewers. Ev-ery time lapse, every weird POV shot, every time Marie wore a color other than purple, it all did something more than to just remind the audience what show they were watching. It all combined to bring the viewer comfort, to let us remember how we had seen these things before and it had been amazing. It reminded us that we were all in good hands.

About a minute into watching the two-night series premiere last week, I realized how fool-ish I had been to worry about the quality of the show. Sure, it’s easy to worry about the legacy of something as perfect as Breaking Bad was when

you get a spin-off show based on it, but what I and everyone else didn’t think about was what we should’ve already known: We were in good hands. It seemed almost like Gilligan had this in mind while crafting these fi rst moments. The beautiful black-and-white shots of Cinnabon pastries being made in an Omaha mall looked straight out of an episode of Breaking Bad, which made me feel strangely calm. Going back to Albuquerque is like coming home to the best days of the show, and the nostalgia is captivating.

This is not to say that Better Call Saul is justBreaking Bad with a new title sequence. It is not a needless victory lap or a cash grab; it looks the same but feels very different. The show made that clear by quickly embracing what Breaking Bad always fl irted with—comedy. It’s a dark sense of humor, painfully so at times, but this show is seriously funny. Whether it be the three cranium-defi ling teenagers whom Jimmy McGill defends at the opening of the series, or how he deadpans, “I just talked you down from a death sentence into six months probation. I’m the best lawyer ever”

after the quality of his services are questioned by a young man whose leg was just broken after Jimmy talked old Breaking Bad favorite Tuco out of killing him, the show is having fun with the corrup-tion of the man that will become Saul Goodman.

My only remaining concern is in the descent of Jimmy McGill into Breaking Bad’s Saul Goodman. In these fi rst episodes, Jimmy is still making the right choices; he declines to be fully corrupted when given the chance. The fear is that if the show chooses a slow burn, the same way Walt gradu-ally became Heisenberg, that it will too closely resemble Breaking Bad. Better Call Saul’s central confl ict shouldn’t be the corruption of Jimmy Mc-Gill; we’ve seen that before. It should be show-ing how this nervous, small-time criminal lawyer, becomes the charismatic, confi dent criminal (in both senses of the term)-lawyer Saul Goodman. That’s the story I want to see, and the one I think Gilligan will give us. He understands that Better Call Saul has to exist outside of Breaking Bad’s shadow and, so far, he has taken great strides in making sure that it does just that.

Used with permission from AMC

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CATCHING UP WITH PHOXCAROLINE KALKOSWKI

TAKING time out of his busy touring sched-ule, Matteo Roberts of PHOX sat

down with us to talk audio-visual EPs, Justin Ver-non’s woodland recording studio, Bulleit Rye whis-key, and what to expect with their upcoming gig on Feb. 20 at the HighDive in Champaign.

»buzz: We remember “Slow Motion” when it came out on the Confetti EP back in April 2013 and being impressed by such a new fresh sound. Who came up with the concept for an audio-visual EP?»Matteo Roberts: It was kind of a culmination of a couple things. There was this band called Ppmplamoose from a while back, they sort of pio-neered the format of fi lming every inch, every-one recording their parts and putting it together. We thought that idea was kind of cool, sort of experimented with it on our very fi rst EP, which was called Blushing. Essentially, we fi lmed a live recording and that was it. But, a few months af-ter we recorded that EP, Zach (Johnston) moved to Wisconsin and offi cially joined the band, and he—being a video-minded person—directs all the fi lms and stuff like that, so his thought was, “What if we add graphics and just sort of take it to the next level with adding funny things, and putting like a little more ambiance and mood in each of the songs?” And that coupled with also the whole thing was fi lmed at our house that we were all living in together, so it was sort of like, “this is our world,” and just sort of letting people see that.»buzz: What was it like fi lming and recording all the songs simultaneously? Was it a long process? »MR: Well, I guess it was pretty “shotgun.” I think we fi lmed and recorded the entire thing in about a week and a half and then edited it in about a week. It was very shotgun; it was kind of how we had been working on pretty much everything more or less. There’s some sort of imposed deadline, so at that time it was that we were going to South by Southwest, we have to have something that peo-ple can listen to and watch. We budgeted about two or three weeks where we wrote, arranged, recorded and post-edited it. All of the audio and visual was rolling simultaneous which turns out to be kind of a funny way to record. Sometimes you end up sacrifi cing certain elements. I guess there was maybe a slight focus on creating a bet-ter fi lm, which meant that sometimes we had to sacrifi ce audio. If the guitar take wasn’t perfect, but the visuals were perfect then we’re like, “Well, we aren’t going to be able to recreate that. We have to go with this take.” Sometimes it was a little frustrating in that sense because you’d have to make these little, quick calls, these quick judg-ments when really ideally you’d much rather sit

there, play the guitar part 20 more times until you nail it. It’s more going with your gut.»buzz: What has the journey been like from the re-lease of that EP and now to your self-titled album that was released last June?»MR: June 24, yeah. It’s been a very blurry jour-ney. It’s been really crazy, so many things have happened so quickly. And a lot of things have happened, we’ve got to play these amazing fes-tivals and this last year, we went on four or fi ve tours to support a lot of really incredible artists. I mean, it gets exhausting when you’re that active and on the road, you don’t really have a home kind of thing. But, you meet so many interest-ing people, share your thoughts and time with a lot of interesting artists—it kind of pushes the evolution along.»buzz: How would you say your life has life changed since the beginning, in 2011?»MR: I would say we’re all in a pretty different place than the three and a half years ago when we fi rst started out. Probably the biggest turning point was right around Confetti, when we did go to South by Southwest and also when we were having all these calls from managers, lawyers and record labels, because prior to that point, we were playing café gigs when we had free time. It was zero pressure, this is something fun that we do, we all have jobs and this is just a side thing. The big shift is now it’s treated like a career, we do have something special here, how can we grow this thing and how can we evolve as humans work-ing together and how can we make our music evolve. I think two years ago, this was still a fun thing that happens once and a while. Now, it’s 24 hours a day, around the clock that we are singing or working; it’s become our life.»buzz: So a total 180?»MR: Defi nitely, defi nitely. Before it was on the back burner, in our down time sort of thing. And now our down time is trying to do normal things like having coffee and saying hi to friends—very much a 180.»buzz: You recorded your latest album up in Eau Claire (Wisc.), at Justin Vernon’s recording studio. What was that like?»MR: It’s really, really, really beautiful. It’s a beau-tiful house and a unique set up. They put a middle school basketball court over the top a swimming pool, and that’s the live room where you’re re-cording. I think the most special thing about that place is it’s very much a community. He’s sort of grown this community of artists—just while we were there people would pop in everyday, some-times it would be guys that played in Bon Iver or it would be Sean Carey, just those friends in the

Justin Vernon realm. All these amazing artists and friends would just come, bring some beers and hang out for the day. It was this very rich environ-ment where I think being creative is encouraged. It just happened to be perfect that we were disap-pearing into this woodland home and there were three blizzards while we were there, so we were surrounded by four feet of snow, just trapped in this cozy, Wisconsin home. It was very dreamy, honestly. We’ve all gone back and visited a couple of times since then. We practiced the same thing that happened to us. You always end up running into interesting people, and some new people you haven’t met that you’ve listened to on records or you’ll see old friends that have just gone in for a recording session; it has the fl ow and the feel of an open and creative environment.»buzz: Do you have a good connection with Justin Vernon since you’re not coming from a big, well-known place like L.A. or New York? Is there something about the “small-town Wisconsin” vibe that made you have more of a relationship with him?»MR: I think there’s some charm and some func-tion coming from a tiny town. Baraboo (Wisc.) has about 10,000 people and a Walmart; that’s about it. I think with that comes some kind of ignorance to pop culture, like what’s cutting edge and what’s trend, but this ignorance can be really good, actu-ally, because in our case it helps us from getting too caught up in everything. Instead, you do what you want to do instead of worrying about what the rest of the world is doing.»buzz: Like a sense of self, almost. You know who you are and you’re not going to buy into big things.»MR: Yeah, exactly. Of course, there are defi nite miseries growing up in a small Wisconsin town, and even Justin touches on that in some of his songs, where he laments how you come to terms with being from a small town in rural America. But I think there are defi nitely some advantages. We

all knew each other growing up and would never have formed the band had we come from a big city. We wouldn’t know each other, so it has its pros and cons.»buzz: Totally switching gears, name your favorite live show you’ve played so far.»MR: That’s a tough one. Well, we just played in Milwaukee at the Pabst Theater. It was our larg-est headlining show we’ve ever played, but it was also far and above the most fun we’ve ever had.»buzz: What is something on your list of things you need before you play a live show? Any cool or fun rituals do you guys have?»MR: Well, we do always request a bottle of Bul-leit Rye because Monica (Martin) loves it. Well, everyone does—it’s kind of a solid drink. We do have an actual ritual we do every time we go on stage where “Coach” a.k.a. Jason (Krunnfusz) will draw inspiration from a sports documentary or movie he’s watched recently and he’ll give us a positive, “Let’s go out on the fi eld and kick ass” kind of speech every show. »buzz: What can we expect from your upcoming gig at the HighDive on Feb. 20?»MR: Well, we’ve been trying out some new things but also kind of digging back to our roots. We’re going do some songs with more of an acoustic-vibe, which makes some of these older songs new and exciting for us, with new parts or new vocals; it’s exciting for us to try it in new ways.»buzz: What can we expect from PHOX in the future?»MR: Lots of touring, making the rounds at some festivals and working on some fi lm projects, but that’s all under wraps.

Catch Phox this Friday night at the HighDive in downtown Champaign. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and costs $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

Used with permission from PHOX

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PROJECT READ

MADELINE DECKER

IMAGINE words swimming across a page then slowly coming into focus.

With persistence, what once hovered as a blur of text evolves into a vivid narrative, unlocking the door into a world of wizards and sorcerers, magic and malevolence, adversity and triumph.

For one Project READ student, triumph leapt off the page and into reality when his tutor recog-nized his dyslexia, supported him through his di-agnosis and helped him reach his reading goals.

“He started out at a first or second grade level,” said Project READ program manager Ahbleza Boltinghouse, “and he’s already fin-ished reading one of the Harry Potter books.”

Boltinghouse, who has served with Parkland College’s Project READ since August 2014, coor-dinates a network that provides tutoring for nearly 175 adult learners in the district. Funded by the Illinois State Library, the program aims to inspire achievement through learning and literacy. “You know,” people feel empowered by the knowledge that they’re gaining,” Boltinghouse said.

While many people take literacy for granted, reading and language difficulties loom as daily

obstacles for adults throughout Illinois. Accord-ing to the 2014 “Guide to the Secretary of State Literacy Effort” produced by the Illinois State Li-brary, about 13.4 percent of Illinois residents 25 or older have no high school diploma, while 5.8 percent have less than a ninth-grade education. Additionally, 1.1 million adults in Illinois who speak a language other than English at home report a low level of proficiency in English.

These figures correlate directly with poverty; results from the OECD study “Time for the U.S. to Reskill?” published in 2013 show that one in 10 of low-skilled adults “actively searching” for jobs are unemployed and 40 percent of adults with low literacy levels land in the bottom fifth of earnings distribution in the United States.

Aside from its economic impact, illiteracy com-plicates everyday tasks like following traffi c signs, grocery shopping or reading a newspaper, Bolt-inghouse said. Many adult learners pursue further education just so they can read to their children.

“There’s a direct connection between chil-dren’s success in school and their parents’ literacy level,” he said.

Adult education equips students with the skills and confi dence to overcome these challenges. Literacy paves a pathway to job opportunities and upward mobility that enriches the com-munity as a whole. “The higher literacy level... people have, the more opportunities they have for jobs,” Boltinghouse said. “It’s an upward cycle that builds up our community’s economy.”

Improving literacy levels strengthens a com-munity, and it also demands a community ef-fort. Through volunteer tutors, Project READ provides in-class or one-on-one tutoring in English, reading and math for ESL learners, pre-GED students or any other adults in the community below a ninth-grade level.

Personal tutoring sessions allow adult learn-ers to benefit from one-on-one guidance as an alternative or supplement to classroom instruc-tion. Learning at their own pace, students re-ceive more individualized attention. When they have specific needs or learning gaps, Bolting-house said, “a tutor is more likely to pick up on that than a teacher in a class of thirty people.”

When asked about the program’s impact on

students, Boltinghouse said, “Almost every pair has a success of some sort.” For the man whose journey with Project READ led him to discover his undiagnosed dyslexia and pick up Harry Potter for the first time, the path didn’t end at Hogwarts. Motivated by his tutor, who even watched a film with him about success-ful people with dyslexia, he went on to pursue more learning independently. “He was just so inspired. I think there were some places in the community where people were speaking about dyslexia, and he ended up going on his own (to) get more inspiration. I guess that’s one of the best success stories—just his change of heart toward his ability,” he said.

After serving the project as a tutor last se-mester, Boltinghouse realized Project READ benefits students and tutors alike. Building a relationship with a learner, helping them de-velop skills and watching their confidence grow makes volunteering an invaluable experience.

“It’s a very rewarding feeling. There’s just a more real sense of connectivity to the com-munity,” Boltinghouse said.

CONTACTIf you have questions about the program

or want to get involved, contact Program Manager Ahbleza Boltinghouse by phone at 353-2662 or by email at abolting-house@parkland.edu.

TRAINProject READ requires tutors to com-

plete 15 hours of training. This includes a one-hour orientation, 10 hours of online training and a four-hour wrap-up session at Parkland College. Equipping tutors with teaching strategies and guidelines, the program offers wrap-up sessions monthly.

MATCHAs soon as tutors complete training, they

get matched with a student. Tutors fi ll out fi rms to indicate availability, subject and location preferences and whether they prefer to work with a male or female stu-dent. Program administrators work to

make the best matches based on prefer-ences, personalities, and cultural sensi-tivities.

MEETTutors can work with reading, math or

ESL students, either in a one-on-one set-ting or as classroom tutors at Parkland. Project READ requires students and tu-tors to meet in public and ensures the comfort and safety of everyone involved. If something doesn’t work, administrators will match tutors with a new student.

TEACHTutors meet with students twice a week

for one hour sessions, making the pro-gram fl exible even for college students. According to Boltinghouse, University student volunteers generally choose to meet one-on-one close to campus or take a bus to Parkland weekly to tutor in scheduled classes.

INTERESTED IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH PROJECT READ? HERE’S HOW TO GET STARTED:

Books. Photo by Joe Marshall.

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GIRLS CAN BE FUNNY, TOO!AALIYAH GIBSON

FOOD may be the passage to the heart, but it is comedy and laughter that

somehow finds a way to reach the soul. On the last Wednesday of every month, that direct line to the laughing soul can be found at Soma, where late night comedy reaches its peak. This month’s line-up brings the women of the Cham-paign-Urbana comedy world into the forefront. Let the laughter begin.

“We’ll have fi ve different female performers,” said Jesse Tuttle, head of Champaign-Urbana Comedy and joke-teller at the upcoming Soma show. “We’ve had an upswing in females signing up for the past three months. There are probably a lot of women that want to do it, but they’re tentative because they haven’t seen enough women. They see a shortage in the area and it may discourage them, but we don’t want them to feel that way. There are women doing it, too.

Performers Katie Prosise, Maggi Mayfi eld and Sandy Ott are a testament to the former state-ment, and the world of comedy continues to infl uence their lives as it did from the fi rst day it came knocking on their doorsteps.

“I grew up with humor because I come from a funny family,” Prosise said. “My mom, older brother, stepdad, sister, dad... We all laughed all the time. Fart jokes to political commentary: We did it all. I watched and listened to all kinds

of comedy from all kinds of comedians.”In a different location but in the same come-

dic world, Mayfield was introduced to—and used—comedy to get through the stages of simply growing up.

“I moved around a lot as a kid, and I found out pretty early that making people laugh was the key to making new friends,” Mayfi eld said. “I did a lot of theatre, and improv comedy was a pretty big deal at the school I went to in California.”

While Mayfi eld used comedy to make new friends through adolescence, Ott found her co-medic knack when friends and family saw a tal-ent unnoticed by the comedian herself.

“I had a group of friends I would tell stories to, and they would tell me that I was so funny and that I could do it on stage like a stand up come-dian,” Ott said. “I tried it, and I was pretty good at it. I’ve been doing it ever since.”

Many years, jokes, laughs and accumulated hours on stage later, a life participating in stand-up and laughter continues to thrive as strong, if not stronger, than when it was fi rst introduced.

“Good humor is the foundation of my life,” Prosise said. “I appreciate a good punchline, especially one that comes from life. Comedy is the rock of my marriage. It is my therapy. It’s my shield. It is my religion. Some of the most intimate relationships I have in this world are

with my fellow improvisers in The Abe Froman Project. I often refer to them as my family.”

However, for a performer such as Mayfield, the memory of first performances and the emo-tional experience attached still ring as clear as day, offering encouragement to continue forward in a loved activity.

“My fi rst show was terrifying,” Mayfi eld said. “I practiced in front of my couch holding a re-mote controller, and I was preparing for all those people to be there. But the night I performed, it was freezing cold; it was a spell in November and no one showed up. No one showed up. There were just performers there and, I was thinking that they were going to be the worst critics ever. But I got up there and I did it, and they were like, ‘No, you were super great. Do it again!’”

With first show jitters long gone, the women of Soma have performed alone and worked to-gether to destroy the common stereotype of women not being funny, one performance and laugh at a time.

“I think if a woman is hooked on stand up, she’ll fi nd a way to get up on stage and be heard,” Ott said. “We have a unique voice and a unique per-spective of where we come from. Women have a unique perspective on life. That’s why each in-dividual comedian is great because no one sees anything quite like you do. They think it’s kind of

a hard thing for women to get into because you have to be pushy and you have to be willing to go to some seedy bars and hang out… Maybe it comes to putting yourself out there. Maybe guys can blow it off easier, or they don’t take things to heart like women. If they tell a joke and people don’t laugh, they blow it off. I think women are more sensitive to the scrutiny.”

Each comedian has developed a unique way to tell their stories with jokes during the Soma event. Ott will be using stories from “her son and friends,” Mayfi eld will cover “Valentines Day and gift giving” and Prosise is preparing to “do some jokes about coffee and sex and poop—standard stuff.” But collectively, this specifi c group of per-formers showcase their love and passion for an activity that brings smiles to listeners’ faces.

Kristen Toomey, a local stand-up comedian, will also represent women of comedy communi-ty at Big Grove Tavern a day after the Soma show.

“There’s this saying that goes, ‘If you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,’” Toomey said. “It never feels like work when you’re up there. It never feels like work, it’s just a joy to be able to do this.”

The comedy show is on Feb. 25 at Soma in down-town Champaign.

Comedians Maggie Mayfi eld, Shara Keen, Katie Prosise, and Jessica Dockins from "The Abe Froman Project." Photo by Tony Lopez Photography.

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From the 17th century, when intellectuals met in coffee houses to exchange ideas, to the present, where we frequent our favorite shops to study or chat with friends, cafés have served as sanctuar-ies for creative minds. Nothing inspires quite like a steaming hot cup of coffee and a cozy café astir with the hum of mingling music and conversation. On a quest to discover the best local cafés, my friends and I recently embarked on a café crawl, visiting eight coffee shops to get a little taste of what the area has to offer. From down the street on campus to downtown Champaign, we discov-ered prime spots to fuel up on caffeine, grab a snack, work on a project or just chill. Each spot of-fers something a little different. Whatever you’re looking for in a café, you have a good chance of fi nding it here in CU.

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1. Espresso Royale– For your busy morningWith locations at Oregon, Daniel, the Illini

Union, the Krannert Art Museum, the BIF and the Undergrad Library, Espresso Royale serves as an ideal campus café for students on the go. At most locations, patrons step into a bustling shop permeated with the smoky aroma of dark roasts and the shrill whistle of an espresso ma-chine. Each site offers a different vibe—students in search of a quieter study spot might try the Union or the Undergrad, while those in a rush might swing by the shop conveniently located at the corner of Sixth and Daniel. Quick service, on-the-go breakfast and lunch options and an ex-tensive drink menu make Espresso an easy stop on the way to class. My go-to picks at Espresso include the latté—a classic option—and the

raspberry almond scone, a buttery pastry fi lled with tart bursts of fruit. If coffee’s not your jam, try an Italian soda, a fruit smoothie or Espresso’s Ginger Dragon, a spicy brew of ginger, lemon and honey. In addition to offering multiple locations and a variety of drink options, Espresso caters to students’ pocketbooks. Most of their coffees and teas—organic, fair-trade blends, according the Espresso Royale website—go for between $2 to $4 for a small. What’s more, the café offers daily deals like $2 any-size lattes on Wednes-days. Better yet, get a Flock Card and swipe it for points every time you order; before long, you’ll earn enough for a drink on the house.

2. Cafe Zojo– For your healthy choiceStep into this hidden gem on Urbana’s Philo

Road, and you’ll fi nd yourself surrounded by warm, pumpkin-hued walls, eclectic reclaimed furniture and chalkboard menus framed in old windows. Just like the atmosphere, modern with hints of old-fashioned appeal, Cafe Zojo’s menu boasts classic café offerings with a fresh, healthy twist. Zojo emphasizes using fresh, local ingredi-ents and, while this shows in the prices, you get what you pay for. In addition to rich, artfully craft-ed coffee drinks like the 12 oz. mocha for $4, Zojo serves an array of 16-oz. smoothies blended with fresh fruit and organic dairy for $5.95 and a selec-tion of wholesome homemade baked goods, in-cluding vegan and gluten-free options. Hot bever-ages come in dainty mugs and topped with swirly designs while cold drinks come in tall glasses. Smoothie options range from classics like Berries and Cream to fun fl avors like Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana and Apple Pie à la Mode. I went for the Strawberry Banana, a thick, creamy blend with a tangy splash of orange juice. I also tried a coconut macaroon for $1 and one of the café’s more unusual menu items—an empanada. While

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dinner and snack items and a small selection of coffee and beverages. In addition to self-serve java for $1.76 (and $0.88 refills), the coffee menu includes cappuccinos, lattes and espresso with the option of soymilk or flavor shots for $.50. Other beverages served include tea, hot choco-late, juice, organic milk and fountain drinks. On my first visit, I ordered a small decaf cappuccino for $2.45, while my friends tried the Bravo Joe and Full House brews. Though the weak, flat cappuccino disappointed, the black coffee met expectations for the price. We stopped by around lunch on a weekday as the café prepared an appealing array of soups, sandwiches and salads, all for around $6.25. Intermezzo also offers daily lunch specials, the classic comfort-food combo of grilled cheese and tomato soup on Thursdays being the most popular option according to a Krannert Center em-ployee who frequents the café. Although I might not visit Intermezzo again on a weekday, I would enjoy stopping in for dinner or dessert with friends before going to a performance. Upcoming dinners served before and during performances are listed on the Krannert website. Whether visiting for lunch or grabbing a slice of cake and a cup of coffee before a concert, patrons can feel good about mak-ing a purchase. According to Intermezzo’s online menu, the café strives to use local ingredients and proceeds support future Krannert performances.

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