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Tennis · UrbanaIllinois men’s tennis prepares to host Purdue at 6 p.m. today at the Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana, Illinois, ahead of the team’s Senior Day match this Sunday. Illinois has an impressive 106-11-1 all-time record over Purdue, with the first match between the two dating back to May 13, 1905. The Illini took the first match of the series with a convincing 6-0 win over the Boilermakers. Current Illinois head coach Brad Dancer has only lost once to…See the Story
Illinois men’s tennis hosts Purdue, looks to continue winning streak
Tennis · UrbanaLast weekend was the final time fifth-year Josie Frazier and senior Kate Duong suited up for No. 35 Illinois women’s tennis (15-7) at Atkins Tennis Center. It was Duong’s first bit of action since sustaining an injury in late January and she picked up a pair of doubles wins alongside freshman Alice Xu (7-5) and junior Megan Heuser (6-2). Conversely, Frazier dropped a pair of doubles matches, was leading in an unfinished singles match (6-3, 1-2) …See the Story
Matches at Penn State, No. 15 Ohio State close regular season for No. 35 Illinois women’s tennis
Professors · UrbanaUniversity of Illinois professors Manuel Enrique Hernandez and Richard Sowers, in collaboration with James R. Brasic, professor at Johns Hopkins and New York University, have published a study demonstrating how a low-cost, wearable sensor could help people with Parkinson’s monitor their symptoms. According to Hernandez, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical and Translational Science, this project has been in the works for almost f…See the Story
UI professors study wearable sensors for Parkinson’s treatment
Urbana, Illinois · UrbanaFrancis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” turns 50 this April. A thrilling exploration of paranoia, regret and the inscrutability of new technology, the film remains even more poignant today. The film follows Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), a surveillance expert who is hired to record a conversation between two people walking through Union Square. When he finds suspicious content in the recorded conversation implying that someone is out to kill the…See the Story
Column | Coppola’s paranoia-thriller ‘The Conversation’ stands the test of time
Gymnastics · UrbanaThe end of the 2024 season for Illinois men’s gymnastics (16-3) is right around the corner as the team prepares to travel to Columbus, Ohio, for qualifiers and the Super Six of the NCAA Championship. This comes two weeks after the Big Ten Championship with a second-place finish for the Illini, scoring 413.750. Graduate Connor McCool, senior Ashton Anaya, junior Amari Sewell and freshman Brandon Dang won event titles on the floor, still rings, va…See the Story
End of season draws near for Illinois men’s gymnastics
Urbana, Illinois · UrbanaNasir Jones is a storyteller. He makes that clear on “Illmatic,” an introspective and poetic album that set the foundation for rap music. With a smooth flow and contemplative lyrics over jazz-heavy samples and guttural piano lines, Nas vividly portrays growing up as a young black man in New York. He captures the feeling of growing up struggling in the hood surrounded by drugs, crime and violence. At only 20 years old, Nas created one of the mos…See the Story
Column | Nas’s ‘Illmatic’ is a timeless example of rap’s greatness, authenticity
Urbana, Illinois · UrbanaRating: 7.2/10 Coming off the trailblazing success of “We Don’t Trust You,” producer Metro Boomin and rapper Future dropped their sequel album “We Still Don’t Trust You” three weeks later to a mixed bag of reviews. Released on April 12, the R&B project explores a different side of the two stars compared to their performance on the billboard-topping predecessor album. Future, who normally raps in a very upbeat and aggressive style, instead fue…See the Story
Column | Metro Boomin and Future clearly still don’t trust you
Autism · UrbanaAlthough most developmental disorders associated with neurodiversity were studied in the first half of the twentieth century, according to the Neurodiversity at Caltech website, it wasn’t until the 1990s when the term “neurodiversity” was coined and diagnoses became more common. Because awareness surrounding neurodiverse people and their experiences has progressed slowly, many more spaces and resources for neurodiverse people have been implement…See the Story
