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BY KAYLA BURNSSTAFF WRITER

When most think of Memorial Stadium, thoughts of the Fighting Illini football team playing on Saturday afternoons come to mind. Yet, this summer, the stadium and other local areas are serving a different purpose. They are being used as locations for the filming of “Food.”

“Food,” written and directed by Daryl Wein, stars many big names including Tay-

lor Kinney, Zoe Lister Jones and Beth Grant.The independent film is being produced

by Shatterglass Studios of Champaign. The film centers around a Midwestern mother and her journey to uncover her son’s mysterious illness.

Producer Brett Hays is an Illinois alumnus and has worked for Shatterglass Studios for eight years. Hays was first approached about the film by director Wein and star Lister Jones, who are dating, about two months before film-ing began.

“The last couple films they did were really, really well known and did really well and were just overall great films,” Hays said. “Once I read the script, I thought it was just fantastic. I told them the film needed to be made, whether it was with me or not.”

Once the film was put into motion, the next choice was location.

“It took convincing to film in Champaign,” Hays said. “They wanted to film in Chicago

originally because they’re from New York and L.A. and when most people think of Illinois they think of Chicago.”

Hays said, given that the film features farms and a university, he knew Champaign has the resources to offer the filming and would be a wise financial choice for location.

“With the resources and connections that Champaign has, it was a much better choice,” Hays said.

Although many department heads and crew members have been brought in from Chicago, many locals and students have been employed to work on the film.

“We need people that can work, 5, 6 days a week, all day long and we can’t ask local people to quit their jobs to film. So we pulled in crew,” explained Hays. “We’ve got some current grad-uates from the University and others from the community who were available who are work-ing as either interns or assistants,” Hays said.

One opportunity that the film is offering locals is the chance to be extras in the film. Jason Thompson and his two daughters, Ady, 7, and Maryn, 9, volunteered to be extras because of the girls’ interest.

“The girls have a long-term dream of acting, so they’re excited for this,” Thompson said. “Singing and dancing are a passion of theirs.”

Other extras decided to be a part of the film for the unique experience. Erin Tracey and Jami Tanner decided to give being extras on a film a try because it was something they’d

never been a part of before.One local who is truly hav-

ing the Hollywood experience is eight-year-old Nick Bonn. Bonn is the son of two Univer-sity employees and is one of the film’s leads. Nick’s mother, Maria Bonn, said her son was cast by chance.

“We met the filmmakers when my husband and my son took me out to breakfast and we ended up sitting next to them. They got talking and asked if he’d like to talk to them about being featured in the film,” she said.

One of the film’s stars, Beth Grant, was approached about the script about a month ago. After reading the script, she immediately called her agent back and said she would love to be involved. The opportu-nity came at the perfect time for Grant.

Grant is a regular on “The Mindy Project” and was sup-posed to work on an off-Broad-way play that was being direct-ed by James Franco when a conflict prevented her from doing so. As it turned out, “Food” fit in perfectly with the

off time she had.Born and raised in the south, Grant cur-

rently lives in Los Angeles, but said she wasn’t hesitant to come to Champaign to film.

“I’ve been to Chicago a few times and real-ly like the Midwest, so I was excited to come,” Grant said. “I’ve loved my time in Champaign. The people are so friendly and kind, and every-one has been going out of their way to do any-thing to help me, like take me downtown or to show me where to grocery shop.”

Grant also credits Lister Jones and Wein as part of her positive experience working on the film.

“Working with Zoe and Daryl has been great because she is a wonderful dramatic actress and he was trained as an actor, so he is really able to help you with your role,” said Grant. “As an actor we really appreciate when we can get hands-on personal help with our role, and he is one of the best with that.”

The film’s young star, Bonn, has also enjoyed his time on set.

“I think he’s having a good time filming,” Maria Bonn said. “The days can be long, but he’s made a lot of friends and he seems to be having fun.”

“He loves working with Wein,” Maria Bonn said. And, after working the past weeks, “Nick’s now saying he’d like to direct.”

Kayla can be reached at [email protected].

Shatterglass Studios movie “Food” now filming in Champaign, locals as extras

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Yongfei Ci, a former University graduate student, was sentenced to 46 years in prison Wednesday for the first degree murder of his ex-girlfriend Mengchen Huang, a Uni-versity graduate student, on Sept. 27, 2013.

The sentence falls four years short of the maximum sentence the assistant attorney general set after Ci pleaded guilty in May.

Huang broke up with Ci in early Septem-ber, and a day before Huang’s murder, he had texted her that he felt “much better now” and he “should be able to move on very soon”

But weeks earlier, during studies at Brown University in Rhode Island, receipts show that he wasn’t ready to move on. On Sept. 20, He bought a CO2 pistol manufac-tured to look like a semi-automatic online, paying for next day shipping. He also made a separate online purchase of two knives with next day shipping. That same day, he purchased rope from a Wal-Mart in Provi-dence as well.

On Sept. 24, Ci signed a UPS receipt for the knives and bought duct tape at a Wal-Mart in Providence.

On Sept. 27, 2013, he parked in front of Huang’s apartment, which she shared with her roommate, Xue Yang. As Yang exited the apartment in the morning, Ci forced her back in while holding the CO2 gun.

He proceeded to tie up Yang and Huang, moving Yang to the bathroom.

According to Yang’s testimony, Ci beat and yelled at Huang for a while until he asked her if she had any last requests.

Huang responded, pleading with Ci not to hurt her roommate. With that, Ci shut the bathroom door and proceeded to stab Huang in the neck six times.

Yang eventually left the bathroom and called the police, and Ci was apprehend-ed in his hotel room at Value Place in Champaign.

According to files from the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Ci admitted to officers that he was angry at Huang for dating another man.

“She wouldn’t answer my calls or return messages, I was angry, disappointed and thought there would be no chance for us to get back together, so, so I decided to come here and … kill her,” he said.

According to a court document, Ci must serve his entire sentence in an Illinois pris-on, after which he will face deportation.

Former University student sentenced for murder in trialYongfei Ci, who was found guilty of murder-ing his ex-girlfriend, was sentenced to 46 years

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After making a reappearance in the Univer-sity’s Greek community last fall, Phi Sigma Sigma sorority will be moving back into their original chapter house this August.

The sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma will be tak-ing over the chapter house at 902 S. Second St. The house was temporarily being rented out to Fiji after Phi Sigma Sigma left campus due to a low member count in 2010, but now that they have enough members, they are return-ing to campus.

“We are striving to turn it from a frat house to a sorority house this summer,” said Krupa Patel, philanthropy chair for Phi Sigma Sigma and sophomore in LAS.

As with any house, Patel said, there will need to be quite a bit of preparation done before opening up the doors to potential new mem-bers during recruitment this fall. Members of the sorority will be moving in early August to continue the transformation from fraternity to sorority house.

Although having to take over a frat house may seem like a daunting task, Patel said she is not dreading the move into the former Fiji house.

“I’m not afraid at all. I’ve been inside the house and though it definitely looks like a fra-ternity has made a home out of it, it’s noth-ing that a summer of maintenance can’t fix up,” Patel said. “We are having several work weekends this summer which will give us an opportunity to do light rebuilding and painting firsthand and to bond with our own families and our sisters as we redo our house.”

Kori McGraw, chapter president of Phi Sig-ma Sigma and senior in ACES, said the soror-ity members are feeling good about having an actual chapter house.

“The chapter is so excited to have a place on campus to call home,” McGraw said. “We were still able to have so many different sisterhood activities and participate in events on campus despite not having a house, but we are all look-ing forward to moving in this coming fall.”

McGraw agreed with Patel, saying the house

is in good condition, and that the local hous-ing corporation, made up of various Phi Sig-ma Sigma alumnae, have been hard at work prepping the house. She also said the process of moving into the chapter house has been any-thing but stressful for the chapter’s executive board, and the house will be ready for formal recruitment.

“The local housing corporation has already taken some major steps to prepare the house for the fall semester,” McGraw said. “They are working on everything from landscaping, to picking out furniture, to painting the walls.”

The house is planned to be ready by August 16, with 53 girls filling the maximum number of women that can live in the house.

“I cannot wait to have the chance to live with my sisters,” McGraw said.

Samantha Carrillo, sophomore in FAA, will not be living in the chapter house this year, but thinks having the chapter house will ben-efit all members of Phi Sigma Sigma whether they live in it or not.

“I’m so happy that we will have a house now,” Carrillo said. “After renovations, I know it’s going to be beautiful, and it’s in the perfect location. We can form many more close bonds that haven’t been made yet, since we are still a newer chapter, and can be much more orga-nized. I’m very excited.”

However, the chapter isn’t exactly new to campus. Prior to their hiatus in 2010, the chap-ter had been active since their founding in 1913.

Pamela Downey, alumna of the University’s Phi Sigma Sigma chapter and former interna-tional president of Phi Sigma Sigma, is also excited for the University’s Phi Sigma Sigma sisters to be able to experience the benefits of a chapter house.

“We are so grateful to the Greek Affairs office at the University of Illinois in helping us to re-establish our chapter at Illinois,” Downey said in an email. “The Phi Sigs have a rich his-tory ... We are thrilled to be returning to our beautiful chapter house.”

Christine can be reached at [email protected].

Phi Sigma Sigma returns to campus chapter house

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With the general lack of stress and education, summer means we typically have more time to dedicate to car-ing for our well-being. Living

away from dining hall food and often having more of a variety of healthy food options at home affords us the opportunity to eat more nutritiously. With the whole year having consisted of me grabbing random snacks in the small amount of time I had between classes, I decided to take advantage of the time I have this summer to cook my own meals and eat healthier. With my new dedi-cation to a cleaner diet, my commitment to a healthier lifestyle has surprisingly been met with some criticism.

It seems that many people have this mis-conception that you either have to be obese, old or in bad health to want to watch what

you eat. There also seems to be this double standard where commenting about someone being overweight is uncalled for, but telling someone they are skinny and should eat a burger is acceptable for some reason.

For example, I was at a fast food restaurant hanging out with some friends and ordered a salad when everybody else ordered burg-ers. I received ridiculous comments about missing out on good food, being on a card-board diet and being shallow because I am watching what I eat when I am not over-weight. The comments were then followed by attempts to feed me a vanilla shake after I repeatedly refused.

It should go without saying that healthy eating is clearly a personal choice, but these negative reactions bring light to some com-mon misconceptions about healthy eating that need to be addressed.

Many stereotypes that surround diet-ing elicit images of unhappy individuals restricting their food options in order to lose weight. Healthy eating isn’t necessarily about losing weight; there are good merits that have nothing to do with physical appear-ance that come with doing so—like being

more energetic and enjoying long-term posi-tive health consequences.

In fact, healthy eating makes me very happy, which is why it isn’t difficult for me to eat clean when I am on my own and have the capability to make my own food choices. In my experience, 99 percent of what is dif-ficult about being on a clean diet is having to deal with the idiots who insist that I should eat junk without caring just because I am young and already look decently healthy.

I am free to choose what food I eat and I should be able to do so without receiving unnecessary sarcastic comments about what my diet consists of, or back-handed compli-ments about how I look fine so I shouldn’t care about what I eat. It’s not like I sat there and told everyone they would develop ath-erosclerosis because of what they ordered. I am well aware of the fact that what one eats for lunch is a personal choice, and that one should be free to do so without being criticized.

People also tend to think that they can throw around the word skinny without car-ing because they equate being skinny with being healthy. Regardless of what one’s

physical appearance, nobody should be seen as too skinny to make a lifestyle change to eat healthier.

At the same time, no one should ever be considered too young to start cleaning up their eating habits either. Waiting until one develops health problems to begin watch-ing what they eat is like shutting the stable doors after the horse has already run out.

Don’t get me wrong, I fully recognize the fact that you are free to exercise your first amendment rights to say whatever you want - but telling me that I am somehow “missing out” because I don’t indulge in fast food and sweets is almost as ridiculous as a smoker telling someone they are missing out because they don’t smoke cigarettes. These negative stigmas surrounding healthy eat-ing derive from what people think defines health and other common misconceptions about dieting.

In reality, being truly healthy is more than skin deep.

Stephanie is a junior in LAS. She can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @syoussef22.

Let them eat lettuce: the stigma surrounding healthy eatingSTEPHANIE YOUSSEF

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According to American Time Use Survey results released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week, the average full-time university or college student spends the majority of his or her day (8.6 hours) sleeping. Second to sleep-ing, the average student spends 3.8 hours on leisure and sports, followed closely by 3.4 hours of educational activities a day. Can you imagine how much more we’d be able to get done if we didn’t have to sleep? Think back to that scene in “Die Another Day” when the villain tells James Bond that there’s “plenty of time to sleep when you’re dead.” Yes, that movie was pretty bad.

The World Cup is in full swing and those still on campus have a chance to view all the games in the Illini Union’s Courtyard Cafe. Throngs of excited students have filled the cafe for the past few weeks to cheer on their favorite teams even though we’re landlocked here in Central Illi-nois, many miles away from Brazil. Even though we all have our person-al preferences for a winner, it’s nice to see everyone coming together for a common cause.

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BY ALEX ROUXSTAFF WRITER

The Illinois men’s track and field team’s season came to a close June 12, but not before they left their mark on the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

The Championships were held at the college track mecca of Hayward Field in Eugene, OR. Six Illini athletes competed at the Championships following their suc-cess in the regular season and during the NCAA Preliminary rounds.

Senior Stephon Pamilton wrapped up his career as a member of the 4x400m relay team, alongside DJ Zahn, Joe McAsey and Kenneth Allen. The team finished the relay with a time of 3:05.80, good for 10th place at the Championships and second-team All-America honors. Pamilton graduates as a two-time Big Ten Champion in the 400m; his time of 45.92 won him the 2014 Big Ten Championship in that event.

Three Illini competed individually at the Championships. Junior sprinter Brandon Stryganek placed 15th in the 200m race with a time of 20.95, which earned him second-team All-America honors. Redshirt sophomore McAsey also received second-team All-America honors after finishing the 800m in 1:49.67, good for 14th place. Finally, sophomore Cam Viney placed 22nd in the 400m hurdles with a time of 53.09.

Though Viney hoped for a better per-sonal finish, the experience of competing

in the Championships left him motivated going forward.

“No matter how you finish, the drive and competitiveness you have once you’ve left Eugene is indescribable,” he said. “It push-es you to work hard to try and become the next national champion.”

The NCAA Championships followed a strong end to the Big Ten season for head coach Mike Turk’s team. The Illini placed second overall at the Big Ten Out-door Championships in May, totaling their highest team score since 1994 in the pro-cess. Pamilton, McAsey and senior Vanier Joseph were all crowned conference cham-pions. When the season came to a close, Turk took pride in the season his team was able to put together.

“This team worked really hard, came together and performed very well,” Turk said in a press release. “It was a heck of a season, one I won’t soon forget.”

With the momentum gained from this past season and Pamilton being the only senior among his NCAA Championships qualifiers, Turk believes his team will have the firepower to keep the program moving in a positive direction next year.

“Those returnees will progress next year, others will step up and the program will keep moving forward,” Turk said.

Alex can be reached at [email protected] or @aroux94.

DAILY ILLINI FILE PHOTOIllinois’ DJ Zahn crosses the !nish line to win the 4x100 meter relay during the Illinois Twilight Track and Field meet at Illinois Soccer and Track Stadium, on April 12, 2014.

Men’s Track wraps up season at NCAA Outdoor Championships

The United States are two matches into the 2014 World Cup, and as an American, one thing is clear: The World Cup is a big deal.

And the excitement isn’t just relegated to the rest of the soccer-civilized world. It’s the event of the summer here in the States.

Americans, most of whom don’t know the difference between a friendly and a free kick, are World Cup-crazy.

Twitter timelines are taken over dur-ing U.S. matches, with the hashtag #IBelieveThatWeWillWin popping up everywhere you look. Watch parties in Chi-cago, New York and countless other U.S. cities are packed to capacity. Celebrities like Ice Cube and Jon Hamm are endorsing the team on ESPN commercials.

It’s just such a unique event, and I love it. Last Monday, I watched from Champaign as the Americans defeated Ghana 2-1, and I screamed like a maniac after both goals. I spotted multiple replica U.S. jerseys that night on the Illinois campus, where soccer fever had taken hold.

Fast-forward to Sunday, when I watched the U.S. tie Portugal from the lobby of the Marriott hotel in New Orleans. Americans, in town from all corners of the country for a business convention, cheered like crazy when we scored and let out a collective groan when the Beloved let its late lead slip away.

As I write this, the result of the Portugal game still stings. But at the same time, I’m amazed at how much fun the World Cup can be. Soc-cer is far from my favorite sport and my knowledge of the game is limit-ed, but I know this: it’s extremely rare for a sport to cap-ture an entire coun-try’s attention quite like this. What else could possibly make men and women ditch their business conventions and chant “U-S-A” in a corporate hotel?

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ers in Louisiana won’t celebrate with me if the Illini basketball team beats Indiana. But you better believe they’ll high-five me when Clint Dempsey scores in the 81st min-ute. The World Cup transcends state lines and our regional rivalries. You can watch two games six days in locations 800 miles apart, and people will cheer beside you just the same.

You don’t have to be a die-hard fan to join in on the fun. It’s not a complicated sport to watch for the soccer illiterate.

The ball goes in the net? Boom. Stars and Stripes. ‘Merica. Fireworks. Freedom.

I probably won’t watch a ton of soccer after this World Cup is over, at least until the next one. And die-hard soccer fans, don’t resent me and other quasi-bandwagon fans like me. We’re having fun.

The U.S. team deserves a ton of cred-it for providing two crazy, edge-of-your-seat matches and seizing the country’s attention. These performances are huge boosts to the future popularity of soccer in America.

Will the U.S. win the World Cup? Almost certainly not. But as long as they’re in it I’ll enjoy it, along with millions of other Ameri-cans, many of whom have recently discov-ered that soccer can be pretty awesome.

So enjoy the rest of the tournament. Watch it in a public place (way more fun). Cheer on the U.S. Men’s National Team, or whatever country you support.

If you don’t, you’re missing out.

Alex is a junior in AHS. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @aroux94.

MARIUS BECKER MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNEMohammed Rabiu of Ghana and Kyle Beckerman of Team USA compete for a ball during the World Cup in Natal, Brazil, on June 16, 2014.

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Noreen Madden is looking to add Arabic to the list of languages she can speak. That’s why she and other students from within and out-side the University of Illinois are enrolled in the 6th Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World. This year, the three offered languages are Arabic, Swahili and Turkish.

Madden also speaks Spanish and Moroc-can Arabic, which she had the opportunity to put into practice when she studied abroad in Morocco.

She said the Summer Institute for the Lan-guages of the Muslim World is “a cool way to connect with different people and to learn about different cultures.”

“Books only go so far,” Madden said. “With this program we can also learn from each other.”

The institute is offered within the depart-ment of linguistics at the University. The pro-gram began June 16 and offers classes in a range of languages including Arabic, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu and Wolof, depending on the year.

Classes are held for four hours each day, five days a week, over an eight-week period. Those eight weeks are equivalent to an entire academic year of instruction in the language.

Because the courses are open to people out-side the University, there are a few students

from other institutions who have enrolled, as well as some high school students.

Eman Saadah, director and coordinator of Arabic at the University, is associate director of the institute.

She said there’s more to the course than intensive language instruction.

“We are also keen in offering extracurric-ular activities that supplement our language instruction in the regular classroom,” Saa-dah said. “So we offer a variety of events like research forums, conversation tables, movie nights, picnics, cooking classes and at the end of the institute we have a language showcase.”

She said this provides ample opportunity for students to interact with native speakers of the target language in different settings. Students from different levels and classes can then also have the opportunity to interact with one another during these events.

“It’s not only about learning language inside the classroom — it’s about providing this extra venue, learning the language in a relaxed, enter-taining, stress-free atmosphere,” Saadah said.

Students who participate in the program typically do not take other classes in addition to the language courses, so they can fully focus on the linguistic experience without the dis-traction of other courses.

“We see that the level of proficiency a stu-dent achieves after finishing taking language courses in the summer institute actually sur-

passes the proficiency level they achieve if they take language classes with other class-es,” Saadah said.

Gulcin Yildiz is a graduate student who is also a Turkish instructor for the institute. This is her first year participating in the program.

“I wanted to be part of this because Turk-ish is my language, and I wanted to share my experiences and culture with other people,” Yildiz said.

Saadah said the connection between teach-er and student during the summer institute is unlike that of the regular school year.

“The bond that instructors have with our students is really unique, something that couldn’t have happened if we hadn’t much time for interaction with them,” she said. “So this is something that we value and cherish.”

Abrar can be reached at [email protected].

University holds summer Muslim world language classes

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Participants in the 6th Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World gather on Thursday, June 19, for a picnic at the Foreign Language Building.

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Today’s BirthdayVenus in Gemini blesses this year with extra ability to express love. Take action for freedom, beauty and balance. Practical efforts transform a hobby into business, raising family fortunes. Store your harvest well, avoiding risk. Slow and steady wins the race. Pursue educational and spiritual growth through studies and travel. Play a game you love and thrive.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) Today is a 7 — It’s easy to get into a spiritual or philosophical frame of mind. Postpone tasks, and find words of love and visions of beauty. Read poetry, play music, and appreciate art made by others.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)Today is a 6 — Take extra care of yourself today and tomorrow. Pamper yourself with rest and healthy food. Think and talk about love. The words come easily, with Venus entering Gemini today. Surround yourself with kindness.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)Today is a 7 — Make plans today for

profits tomorrow. There’s plenty of work, and organization today helps when things get chaotic. File papers, catch up on correspondence, and return calls. With Venus in Gemini, you find the right words.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)Today is an 8 — Let your loved ones know how much you adore them. You know just what to say, with Venus in Gemini. Today and tomorrow your communication skills are in rare form. Express what you feel.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)Today is a 7 — Share your heart out at home with Venus in Gemini. Your attention and energy are wanted and needed there. Today and tomorrow are good for home repairs and renovations. Restore love with small kindnesses.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)Today is an 8 — The Taurus Moon invites fun and play with friends and family over the next two days. Take some time off. Work’s not going anywhere. Express love, with Venus in Gemini. Share precious time together.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)Today is a 7 — Breakdowns at work could get frustrating. Step back and review the situation. Take a deep breath, and look to get to the heart of the matter. You’re brilliant at expressing love, with Venus in Gemini.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)Today is a 7 — You and a partner may disagree on priorities. Be willing to compromise. Sit down and make an action plan. Don’t let small potatoes become big problems. Love is the most important thing. Share it.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)Today is a 7 — Handle financial and family matters today and tomorrow. Tie up loose ends and update the records. Love is the bottom line... make sure your dear ones know how you feel. Speak from your heart.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)Today is an 8 — Study, research, and embark on an educational journey today and tomorrow. It’s easier to share your passions, with Venus in Gemini. Let others know what you love. Take it slow and easy.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)Today is an 8 — A rise in career status could be possible over the next two days. Focus on what you love, and on having more of that. Talk about how awesome it would be. Get specific.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)Today is a 7 — Friends help you surmount obstacles and blockages today. Things may not go as planned, but your team’s behind you. Let them know how much you love and appreciate their talents and efforts.

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What are the facts?South African Apartheid. “Apartheid,” the Dutch-

Africaans term for separation, was the social order ofthe former South Africa. It meant exactly that. TheBlack majority of the nation and the so-calledColored were kept strictly apart in all aspects of life.White domination over the native population wasmandatory. For instance: Non-Whites had to carry a“passbook.” Passbook infringement could lead todeportation to one of theBantu “homelands.”Blacks and Coloreds werebeing kept from a widearray of jobs. Black-Whitesex was a serious jail-timecriminal offense. Hospitalsand ambulances were strictly separated. Whitesenjoyed free education until graduation. Not so forBlacks, whose education was strictly limited by theoppressive “Bantu Education Act.”

By law, no mixed sports were allowed. Parkbenches, swimming pools, libraries, and movies werestrictly separated. Blacks were not allowed topurchase or imbibe alcoholic drinks. And that isonly a partial and small list of the many abusiveimpediments that non-Whites suffered under theSouth African apartheid regime.

Israeli Equality. In fact there can be nocomparison of these policies to life in Israel. To thecontrary: Not one single apartheid law or practicecan be found in Israel. Israel is by far the mostracially mixed and tolerant nation in the entireMuslim Middle East. Arabs, who are about 20% ofIsrael’s population, enjoy, without any exception, thesame rights and opportunities in all fields as theirJewish fellow citizens. The total equality of all Israelisis assured in Israel’s founding document. All non-Jews (which means primarily Muslim Arabs) have fullvoting rights. At present, eleven Arabs sit in Israel’sKnesset (parliament): Three Arabs are deputyspeakers. Arabs are represented in Israel’sdiplomatic service all over the world. Arab studentsmay and do study in all Israeli universities. Allchildren in Israel are entitled to subsidizededucation until graduation, without any restrictionsbased on color or religions. In short, Muslim Arabsand other non-Jews are allowed everything that Jewsare allowed, everything that non-Whites were not

allowed in apartheid South Africa.But, yes, there is one difference: Jewish Israeli men

are obligated to a three-year stint in the IsraeliDefense Forces (IDF) and serve in the reserve untilthey are 50 years old. For Arabs, this service isvoluntary. Except for the Druze, hardly any Arabsvolunteer to serve in the armed forces.

Israel has granted permanent residence and fullcitizen rights to a large number of legal and illegal

foreign workers and theirfamilies – from thePhilippines, Eritrea,Colombia, Nigeria, and frommany other countries.Nobody, of course, is forcedor requested to convert to

Judaism as a condition of their being allowed to stay.Israel has accepted a shipload of Vietnameserefugees who had sought asylum. No Arab countryhas accepted a single one of those refugees. Israelhas brought in about 70,000 black Ethiopian Jews,who despite their backwardness have become fullyintegrated citizens of Israel. Everything that Blackswere not allowed to do in South Africa is totallyopen to non-Jews in Israel.

The “Apartheid Wall.” Another reason for whichleft-wing zealots and anti-Semites like to refer toIsrael as the “apartheid state” is the fence betweenIsrael proper and the territories. This fence (which isindeed a fence and not a wall over most of itslength) was constructed at great cost in order toprevent the suicidal attacks that had killedhundreds of Israelis and grievously woundedthousands more. Thankfully, this “wall” isexceptionally successful and has totally preventedany such attacks since its completion. There is littlequestion that this separation fence is the cause ofinconvenience for some of the Arab population. Butit is an annoyance that they have brought aboutthemselves. And, of course, there are walls forprotection all over the world. The Chinese inventedit hundreds of years ago. Our own country has along, high, very sophisticated wall across our borderwith Mexico. It is a wall, not to keep out criminalswho want to kill Americans, but people who want tocome here only in search of a better life. To call theIsraeli fence an “apartheid wall” is an expression ofignorance and of malevolence.

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Israel: An Apartheid State?Is there any truth at all in this oft-repeated calumny?

At many universities Arab militants and other radical students hold Israel Apartheid Weeks. Even someestablishment politicians have taken to using the word “apartheid” to describe Israel’s policies or the dangerof Israel becoming a segregationist state. What justification is there for this odious characterization?

Israel is a light unto the nations. It has, regrettably, many enemies – all or most of the world’s Muslim nationsand left-wing ideologues who mostly hate the United States and who consider Israel to be America’s cat’s-paw in the Middle East. The reality, of course, is that Israel is the exact opposite of an apartheid state. It isa country in which all residents, all citizens, enjoy the same full rights. All other countries in the Middle Eastare benighted theocracies, ruthless tyrannies, or mostly both. To call Israel an apartheid state is an expressionof ignorance, anti-Semitism or malice – or all three.

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University alum invents smart radiatorBY EARN SAENMUKSTAFF WRITER

Knowing that radiators are difficult to adjust and rarely accurate, Chris Moy, a recent Engi-neering alumnus, set out to create a system that would regulate a radiator’s temperature — MyHome.

About 10 percent of housing in the United States still uses steam and hot water heat-ing, representing the majority of this market, according to energy.gov. The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority estimates that 15 to 30 percent of heat is wast-ed by steam buildings overheating, a common occurrence due to the nature of radiators.

Moy lived in the Tau Kappa Epsilon frater-nity house prior to graduation and he experi-enced the same problem. Every room in the house overheats, he said.

“All the rooms get uncomfortably hot or uncomfortably cold,” Moy said, adding that it was quite difficult to deal with.

Moy came up with the idea of MyHome, while talking about radiators with his friend Colin Lateano, a recent Media alumnus. The system requires replacement of the radiator’s old valve with a newly designed valve. They put temperature sensors in a different area of the room, and these sensors work with a mobile application that allows users to set a desired temperature. Through a wireless

connection, the application will control the valve and ensure the radiator emits the cor-rect amount of heat.

The group did research in the Chicago area about home radiators, and the responses were similar to what he and his friends thought.

“Almost everybody we talked to said that it’s extremely difficult to regulate your radia-tor,” Moy said.

Together with two other students, they went to the final round of the Cozad New Venture Competition, a competition hosted by the Col-lege of Engineering that encourages students to create new sustainable businesses. Although they did not win the competition, the group continues to work on this project.

Moy works with several graduate and under-graduate students as well as an alumnus to design the valve and the application. They expect to have a production-ready model by October, so they can release the system in the winter and receive feedback from their users.

They are planning to start a Kickstarter campaign after they have a more solid design.

They are currently working on their first detailed model of the system. They chose Nylon with glass fiber, which is very heat-resistant, as the valve’s material. The model will be completed in two weeks.

Earn can be reached at [email protected].

BY AUSTIN KEATINGINTERIM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Loving thy neighbor means more to the congregation of the First Mennonite Church than fund raising and mission trips. To them, it’s their moral duty to take action on climate change — that’s why they installed a series of solar panels on their roof last week.

“We believe human beings have been given an important role in stewarding the earth,” said Janet Elaine Guthrie, lead pastor of the church. “We’re called to lives of simplicity, scaled in such a way that there is enough for all.”

They finished installing the panels last week, and Holly Nelson, chair of the church’s green committee, said the church starting get-ting estimates and planning it about a year ago.

At that point, the church had taken some steps in what they term “creation care” with installing rain barrels and using reusable dish-es, as well as starting a community garden — but they wanted to tackle something bigger, Nelson said.

“We see news stories and hear things all the time about how global warming is impacting people living in poverty,” Nelson said. “They aren’t very well equipped to deal with rising sea level or increasing droughts and floods.”

Nelson, who works at the University’s Smart Energy Design Assistance Center, used her grant-writing and research expertise with the

project and won the church a grant that cov-ered 40 percent of the cost. From there, the congregation raised funds for the rest.

“It’s great because individuals may not have the funding to put up solar panels on their homes, like I don’t even own a home so there’s no way I could do that on my own, but I have a job and I can contribute money towards put-ting them up here,” she said.

The green team that oversaw the project was put in place with the help of an organiza-tion called Faith and Place, which helps con-gregations across Illinois operate sustainably.

“The amazing thing to me about this project was that the church’s primary motivation for moving forward on this was concern about the negative impacts of climate change and doing something on a broader scale in response,” said Executive Director of Faith in Place Bri-an Sauder.

He said the church is one of the first in cen-tral Illinois to adopt PV solar energy, and that he hopes other churches in the Faith in Place network will follow suite.

“Now that we’ve done this project, we’ve been able to go to some Faith and Place events to share our experiences, and other churches have expressed interest and hope to do simi-lar things,” Nelson said.

Austin can be reached at [email protected] or @austinkeating3.

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!is 2013 Water Quality Report from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of I) provides information about the source of campus drinking water, contaminant testing, general health pre-cautions, and how calendar year 2013 sample results compare to regulatory requirements. !e University is pleased to report that all United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) drink-

!e University of Illinois purchases drinking water from Illinois-American Water Company (IAWC), Champaign District. IAWC water is delivered through "ve separate metered feeds into the Uni-versity water distribution system, which consists of approximately 46 miles of water main. !e University distributes this water to the majority of campus buildings. However some buildings are con-nected directly to the IAWC water distribution system. As such, the distribution system is considered a public water system. !e following information about IAWC, Champaign District water supply is from their 2013 Annual Water Quality Report, available by calling (800) 538-1125 or visiting their website at http://www.illinoisamerican.com. !e source of supply for IAWC, Champaign County District is groundwater. Currently 28 wells deliver water for treatment to three lime-softening plants: the Lincoln Avenue Plant, located in Urbana, the Mattis Avenue Plant, located in Champaign, and the Bradley Avenue Plant, located West of Champaign. !e wells are primarily located in two areas. !e north well "eld taps the Glasford Aquifer and consists of seven wells that supply the Lincoln Avenue Plant. !e west well "eld consists of 21 wells that draw from the Mahomet Sands Aquifer and supply water to all three plants. !e wells range from 150 to 366 feet in depth and are protected from surface contamination by geologic barriers in the aquifers. An aqui-fer is a porous underground formation (such as sand and gravel) that is saturated with water.

!e IEPA has completed a source water assessment for the Cham-paign County system. In this report, IEPA indicates that the wells supplying Champaign County are not geologically sensitive. !e IAWC’s susceptibility to groundwater contamination, a Well Site Survey Report from February 1991 and a source inventory conduct-ed in 1999 by the Illinois Rural Water Association in cooperation with the IEPA, were reviewed. Based on the information contained in these documents, potential sources of groundwater contamination are present that could pose a hazard to groundwater pumped by the IAWC community water supply wells. !e IEPA has determined that IAWC Wells #35, #40, #41, #42, #43, #45, #46, and #47 are susceptible to inorganic chemical (IOC), vola-tile organic chemical (VOC) and synthetic organic chemical (SOC) contamination. !is determination is based on a number of criteria including: monitoring conducted at the wells; monitoring conducted at the entry point to the distribution system; and the available hydro-geologic data for the wells. !e IEPA has made recommendations to further minimize the risk to the facility’s groundwater supply. If you would like additional information on the source water assess-ment, please contact Safety and Compliance at (217) 265-9828 or the Groundwater Section of the IEPA at (217) 785-4787.

In order to ensure that tap water is of high quality, USEPA In order to ensure that tap water is of high quality, USEPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health as public water systems. Illinois American Water’s advanced water treatment processes are designed to reduce any such substances to levels well below any health concern.!e University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is required to test water in its distribution system for coliform, lead, copper, tri-halomethanes, and haloacetic acids. IEPA requires 15 samples per month to be analyzed for coliform. In 2013, normal operations of the U of I water distribution system resulted in approximately 26

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Substances that may be present in source water include:Microbial Contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations and wildlife;Inorganic Contaminants, such as salts and metals, which may be naturally occurring or result from urban storm water runo#, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming;Pesticides and Herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runo#, and residential uses;Organic Chemical Contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum production, and may also come from gas stations, urban storm water runo# and septic systems; andRadioactive Contaminants, which may occur naturally or result from oil and gas production and mining activities.

More information about contaminants and potential health e#ects can be obtained by calling the USEPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791.

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. !e presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health e#ects can be obtained by calling the USEPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800) 426-4791.In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. !ese people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. USEPA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the USEPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791.

IAWC has monitored for radon for years. !e Lincoln wells and "nished water were sampled for radon in 2007. Finished water levels ranged from 140 – 194 pCi/L, with an average of 167 pCi/L. !e USEPA is proposing limits on radon in drinking water depending on other steps that are used to reduce radon from other indoor sources Radon is a radioactive gas that comes

Illinois American Water www.illinoisamwater.com United States Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov/safewater Safe Drinking Water Hotline: (800) 426-4791 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.state.il.us Surf Your Watershed Locate your watershed and a host of information. www.epa.gov/surf Envirofacts U.S. environmental data. www.epa.gov/enviro

Mahomet Aquifer Consortium www.mahometaquiferconsortium.org Prairie Rivers Network: (217) 344-2371 www.prairierivers.org

ing water quality standards have been met, with no violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs). If you have any questions about this report or U of I drinking water quality, please contact Facilities & Services, Safety and Compliance at (217) 265-9828 or via email at [email protected]. A copy of this report is available from our website at http://www.fs.illinois.

edu/docs/default-source/safety-compliance/water-quality-re-port2013.pdf or by contacting Safety and Compliance. In compliance with state and United States Environmental Protec-tion Agency (USEPA) regulations, the University issues a report an-nually describing the quality of your drinking water. !e purpose of this report is to increase understanding of drinking water standards and raise awareness of the need to protect your drinking water sources.

mainly from the soil; however, some groundwater may also contain radon. Inhalation of radon gas has been linked to lung cancer. !e contribution from drinking water is usually small compared to normal indoor levels. If you are concerned about radon in your home and would like information on how to have your home tested, contact the Champaign-Urbana Public Health Department at (217) 352-7961 or the National Radon Hotline at (800) SOS RADON.

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant woman and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by $ushing your tap for 30 seconds to two minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

Public Water System ID: IL0195500

!e following table lists the contaminants that were detected in your water. !e presence of contaminants does not necessarily in-dicate that the water poses a health risk. !e data in this table rep-resents a combination of the testing results on "nished water from the distribution system and its parent supply, Illinois-American Water Company (IAWC), Champaign District. !e University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign monitors water daily at "ve separate metered feeds. Additionally, the University monitors water at eight points within the campus distribution system. IAWC monitors the parent water supply at points prior to entering the campus distri-bution system.

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