Naveed Ahmed

1 month ago | dailyillini.com | Brendan Gallian |Qaasim Jatoi |Naveed Ahmed |Maaike Niekerk

The 97th annual Academy Awards were hosted last night by talk show personality Conan O’Brien live from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre. There were two notable wins of the night. “Flow” won Best Animated Film and brought Latvia its first Academy Award. Additionally, “No Other Land” won Best Documentary Feature Film, highlighting the Israeli military’s destruction of the director’s hometown, Masafer Yatta. Sean Baker’s “Anora” won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

1 month ago | dailyillini.com | Naveed Ahmed |Brendan Gallian |Qaasim Jatoi |Conor Blount

Categories: Illinois women’s tennis closes 10-match homestand against Western Michigan, Chicago State Following its first weekend off since the season started on Jan. 18, Illinois (3-6) is back at the Atkins Tennis Center for a Saturday doubleheader. Beginning at 10 a.m. against Western Michigan (7-4) and immediately returning to action at 1 p.m. against Chicago State (0-1), Illinois is looking for another pair of wins before conference play.

1 month ago | dailyillini.com | Naveed Ahmed |Brendan Gallian |Qaasim Jatoi |Maaike Niekerk

Tucked away on South Locust Street is a small, intimate room adorned with instruments, speakers and soundboards. Soft lamps are perched on surfaces, while a tall light radiates a dim red hue on the floral couch in the middle of the room.  This space is The Living Room, the newest project from a senior in FAA, Micah Casey-Fusco. The Living Room builds community and uplifts artists within the local music scene in a smaller, more personal setting. It primarily focuses on jazz and hip-hop artists.

1 month ago | dailyillini.com | Naveed Ahmed |Brendan Gallian |Qaasim Jatoi |Maaike Niekerk

Rating: 5/10Director Osgood “Oz” Perkins landed on the horror scene with last summer’s “Longlegs.” He immediately struck audiences as a filmmaker harboring a specific — albeit bloody — vision. As a certain character proclaims in “The Monkey’s” half-climactic gorefest of a finale, “Everybody dies, and that’s f—ed up.” Returning director Perkins is woefully familiar with absurd indifference to death. His father, Anthony Perkins, of “Psycho” fame, was a high-profile fatality of the AIDS epidemic.

1 month ago | dailyillini.com | Naveed Ahmed |Qaasim Jatoi |Ben Fader |Maaike Niekerk

If you’ve ever lived on a college campus, then you’re probably familiar with Rush Week — a staple of the traditional college experience, where seas of girls clad in brightly-colored t-shirts chant and shout as they swarm the streets of campus. However, fewer people of color consider joining the Panhellenic Council, often opting to join a cultural sorority or fraternity, such as those in the Divine Nine.