Park Mitchell

2 weeks ago | dailyillini.com | Park Mitchell

“You do not need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary,” wrote Franz Kafka. Today marks 100 years since Kafka’s “The Trial” was published. Written during World War I in Germany, the book’s questioning of authoritarian power and over-bloated bureaucracy remains pertinent today. Kafka notoriously hated most of his work during his lifetime, so “The Trial” and many of his other pieces never saw the light of day until his death.

2 months ago | dailyillini.com | Anna Ceja |Gibson Asselmeier |Giuliana Means |Naveed Ahmed |Maaike Niekerk |Park Mitchell

Check out buzz’s picks for the top 10 new music releases of the past week, updated weekly. The list consists of the best songs, albums, EPs and music videos from all genres of music. Feel free to let us know if we missed anything. “cLOUDs” — J. Cole J. Cole is back with a new single that shows that when he’s on his game, he’s still one of the best. In a surprise release and his first of 2025, Cole effortlessly crafts elaborate rhyme schemes, throwing around double and triple entendres with ease.

Dec 7, 2024 | dailyillini.com | Ben Somerville |Anna Ceja |Jacob Slabosz |Park Mitchell

Climate change — regardless of personal stances — has become a part of everyone’s life. Many are clamoring to find out what might happen in the near future. Professor Rabin Bhattarai and graduate assistant Manas Khan, however, do not want to look at what climate change might do but what it has already done. “How do things look 50 years down the road? Nobody knows,” Bhattarai said. “Very uncertain. We have the models; they do the best of their job, but still, they’re model estimates and projections.

Nov 12, 2024 | dailyillini.com | Laura Mendes |Sahil Mittal |Anna Ceja |Park Mitchell

Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States Wednesday morning, and the announcement sparked varied reactions across UI political RSOs.“I’ve seen a lot of different phases of empowering and mobilizing young people on our campus towards reproductive liberation,” said Emma Darbro, senior in Information Sciences and president of UI Planned Parenthood Generation Action.