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News at 6 on WNUR News – October 20, 2021 Campus Transit, Dune, and Chicago Foraging WNUR News broadcasts live at 6 pm CST on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays on WNUR 89.3 FM
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Speaker 1 00:00:09 Live from w N U news. I'm Zach McCreary. You're listening to the six o'clock news on w N U R 89.3, FM HD one Evanson Chicago it's Wednesday, October over 20th, 2021 tonight on w NWR news. How N U students zip around campus, a preview of the upcoming film, dune and eating plants that grow in the ground. A small look into local foraging, those stories, and more coming up tonight on w N R news. Thanks for tuning in to w N R news in campus and local tonight. How do you get around campus MOED skateboard bike or by foot reporter? PABA learns how students get to class
Speaker 3 00:00:57 Northwestern's campus traverses almost a mile of C Charan road. Not to mention the space on either side of the street for students who live on one end of campus, but have class on the other end quick and easy transportation is vital. I talked to a few students about the best ways to get around campus, to maximize sleep and convenience. We'll start with the most traditional mode of transportation, walking with Tungy a first year Madil student who lives in Southwest area. Why did he get aside initially to walk around campus instead of getting a bike scooter or another vehicle?
Speaker 4 00:01:30 I was like, I already assumed I was gonna walk. When I arrived at school, then I didn't realize how many people had bikes and scooters and other more loads of transportation. So I was like, oh, that's cool. But I'm just still walking right now.
Speaker 3 00:01:43 I, how long has your average commute to class?
Speaker 4 00:01:46 My longest is five minutes. My shortest is two minutes.
Speaker 3 00:01:49 You mentioned, you were thinking of buying a scooter, what or who inspired this?
Speaker 4 00:01:53 Uh, the stimulus check. That's really not inspired it. Um, um, it seems like it'll be a decent way to get around campus. Um, it seems fast, reliable, but effort than a bike, but I don't know how good it is in the winter.
Speaker 3 00:02:07 So Tundi likes walking around campus, but even he is considering changing his routine up next. I talked to Jarvis a first year McCormick student who also lives in the Southwest area. His vehicle of choice is a skateboard. Um, so what made you want to get a skateboard or over a bike or another I'm mode of transportation?
Speaker 6 00:02:31 Um, I did not wanna waste time locking up at
Speaker 3 00:02:34 My bike. Um, what do you think about this, um, storage for skateboards around campus? Do you keep it in your classrooms, in your dorm?
Speaker 6 00:02:41 Um, they're, you know, mind's smiling enough to keep in my dorm could also carry it into the classroom. No. You know, with no issues or anything. So I that's, like I said, that's one of the advantages of having a skateboard over
Speaker 3 00:02:56 A bike. And how long is your average commute to
Speaker 6 00:02:58 Class? It takes no more than 10 minutes usually.
Speaker 3 00:03:01 Oh, that's great. Um, what do you think about riding on campus and on Sheridan road?
Speaker 6 00:03:07 Um, <laugh> I don't ride on Sheridan road or at least I try not to because Sheridan road isn't really made for skateboards. It's more suitable for bikes cuz the by bike lane is like really rough.
Speaker 3 00:03:20 You heard it here, if you want a fast way to get to class, but don't want to Lu around a bike. Skateboards are the way to go. Just stay on Orrington. Instead of Charan. Lastly, I talked to someone about one of the most common vehicles, bikes. Alex is a first year made student who lives on north campus. So what made you want to want to ride a bike over or a skateboard or another mode of transportation or on campus?
Speaker 7 00:03:42 So I cannot skateboard and unlike a lot of more optimistic kids on campus, I knew I probably would not be able to learn how to <laugh>. So I just am in the area originally. I'm from about an hour south here and I had a bike already. So just easy and simplistic for me to bring that up to campus and use
Speaker 3 00:04:01 It. How long is your average commute to class?
Speaker 7 00:04:04 I bike fast. <laugh> faster than normal, so I can make it from Bob McCullough to MFC and, um, McCormick, which is like very north, very south in about five minutes. I'd say I, um, am aware. However, that is just based on like the environment right now outside. And like once winter hits I will not have that same privilege. So I'm just taking advantage of the short biking time now. And
Speaker 3 00:04:31 That's impressive. Are you planning to still bike once it's all icy and snowy outside?
Speaker 7 00:04:35 You know, I heard about the Northwestern Ventura the other day from some of my friends. So I'm thinking of utilizing that. What
Speaker 3 00:04:40 Do you think about the bike racks around campus?
Speaker 7 00:04:43 You know, I like them, I've heard a lot of stories of people's tires, et cetera are getting stolen. I have not had that experience, but I've seen a lot of bikes around where I end up, um, locking my bike, having those like malfunctions on them. So that's not like the most positive <laugh>,
Speaker 6 00:05:02 Um,
Speaker 7 00:05:04 Reinforcement for me to see every day. But, um, overall I haven't had any issues yet and um, there's usually spaces available for me. So I do like before
Speaker 3 00:05:13 Letting my interviewees go, I had to ask about one of the most controversial modes of transportation on campus, the Mo pets, one of the most common sight and sounds around campus and along Sheridan is the worrying of athletes on their mopeds.
Speaker 6 00:05:28 You know, love it or hate
Speaker 7 00:05:29 'em. The mopeds are very accessible. I kind of wish I had one myself. However, I will not admit that anywhere outside of this interview, because
Speaker 6 00:05:36 I think they should be driven as cars, which means they should be on the roads only.
Speaker 4 00:05:41 I wish I got one right
Speaker 3 00:05:44 For now. All we know is that there's a no peds petition on change.org. The petition's goal is to quote, get Northwestern to ban mopeds until the student athletes have a winning record, whatever your transportation mode of choice. I wish you a fast and easy commute along Sheridan,
Speaker 1 00:06:01 Timothy Chama and Zendaya star in the new film, dune directed by Dennis Villane and E reporter Maria mano saw a preview screening of the film
Speaker 8 00:06:14 With a precious resource, a mysterious girl and a boy desperately trying to find his destiny. Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel dune tells the story of Paula tradies, a young man trying to find his destiny while being in the middle of a war between the Freeman people of desert planet Iraqis, and it's invaders the house of our Conan for a valuable Reese source spice. This week, the pages of the novel will be taken to the big screen and brought to audiences by director de veno. The film also includes an ensemble of talented actors with Timothy Chama Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar ISAC, Josh Brolin, Stellan scars, Steve Batista, Jason MAOA, and many more taking on roles for this adaptation of the novel originally scheduled for November 20th, 2020 June's release has been pushed back a total of three times leading to it becoming one of the most awaited films of all 2021 and leaving longtime fans of the series, anxiously awaiting to see it in theaters. I was invited by Warner brothers to an advanced screen, an interview with the leading actors in the film, Timothy Chama and Zendaya Coleman. But because I have never read the dune books, I decided to interview some fans of the series to learn more about the dune world, what the book is like and what readers are excited about when it comes to the film Weinberg third year, Nick B Casea picked up do during quarantine after hearing that the film would be coming the future.
Speaker 9 00:07:40 Before I read it for the first time, one of my friends described it as game of Thrones, meet star wars, like as a book. Um, and I think that's pretty fitting.
Speaker 8 00:07:50 He explained that one of the aspects of the book that drew him to the serious was the immersiveness of the dune world.
Speaker 9 00:07:55 You feel like you are immersed in that world a lot more than a lot of other science fiction books that I've read. I think it just has like the extra benefit of being a long book with this one. It has the, um, advantage of that extra, I guess, word length to kind of get a little bit deeper into all that content. So that was really cool. I was able to like imagine all of these worlds and now seeing on the movie trailer, um, it's pretty in line with what I was thinking. It was gonna end up actually looking like. So that's pretty fun.
Speaker 8 00:08:21 The case said that the star started cast as well as Han zimer's role as the film score composer where what he was most excited about.
Speaker 9 00:08:28 I'm, I'm really excited about the movie. What I'm probably most excited for is just the cast because I think they were able to get pretty much everyone cast perfectly. I'm not even the biggest fan of Timothy Chae, but in my mind now, like whenever I think of Paula tradies, I think of Timothy cha MA's face. Um, I think that like still in scars guard as the bear and har Conan is probably the, one of the best casting decisions. Just seeing it look like from the trailers and imagining like how he can play that, that character. Like, I'm just excited to seeing how all these people, um, are kind of just bringing it to life. I have also heard like little snippets about like the score of the film, like how Han Zimer right. He did the score for the movie and like he just creates new instruments to like a cut all this. And like, I can't imagine a movie of dune not having some kind of like new sound because it's just its own separate beast. Like no sound that has ever come before could probably define dune. So it was nice to hear that he was making something new,
Speaker 8 00:09:30 The film stars, Timothy Shao mate and Zendaya Coleman also explained that the cast was one of, of the many reasons they were drawn to the project.
Speaker 9 00:09:37 Well, I wanna work with <inaudible> first and foremost, you know, uh, I had auditioned for a small part in this movie prisoners that he had did years before, you know, uh wasn't you know, wasn't in that it was fortunate enough to be in this and, uh, fell in love with the book, uh, saw the cast that was being assembled, you know, was in day and Rebecca Ferguson, Jason OA, Javier RM. These are like the, some, like I said before, some of our greatest actors working today. So I was deeply attracted to that and also, you know, to get to work on a movie of this size, but that doesn't lose any dramatic integrity, doesn't lose any, uh, you know, ambition and you know, how seriously it takes itself, not in a bad way. Um, that's, that's like the creme de creme and at least for me, that's what I, that was my dream as an actor growing up, it is now get to be in a movie that Han Zimmer scores, you know, that that's the that's like, that's the best. So sort of everything was attractive about this <laugh> and uh, really honestly speaking couldn't point anything out that felt like a, you know, deterrent during it or before
Speaker 10 00:10:38 I would agree, uh, same, same, same year. I mean, I'm a huge fan fan of Benny and his work, huge fan of yours, you know, like I, I, uh, I, I as well saw the, the, the cast as being assembled and I just was like, I just wanna get in the room <laugh> I just wanna get in the room, have a shot at it. Um, so I kind of pretty suit it quite, uh, quite aggressively <laugh>, um, which you probably felt in the audition. Uh <laugh> but no, no, I, I, I, um, yeah, it's a, it's a, it's a absolute dream.
Speaker 8 00:11:09 This isn't the first time a dune film has been attempted. However, a film adaptation of the book was released in 1984 Coleman explained that, write this past attempt, this version of dune brings the new look into the universe. Herbert created through the eyes of the films director.
Speaker 10 00:11:23 VNO I think as far as like attempting to take on something like this, I mean, I mean, you, I can imagine the, the, the weight or what that feels like, because this, you know, you have to carry this so much. Um, but I, but I would say I'm definitely not new to doing movies that have been done before. Yes <laugh>. Um, and I think what's, uh, what's, what's so important is having that right director, that person who, um, connects with the material in a different way. I mean, the fact that Denny has such a connection to this being that he read it as a, as a, as a young person and was able to grow with it and grow up with it quite literally. And it's been a fan with it for so long. I think that is a greater emotional connection to the piece that he's creating. And I don't think there's anyone better for, uh, for the job. So
Speaker 8 00:12:10 First year Lucas Cortez explained that he thinks at the actors in the film and new CGI technology will make this film very different from the 1984 version.
Speaker 11 00:12:18 They did make a, a due movie a long, long time ago. That kind of was a flop a little bit. Um, and I think the actors and actresses are really, really good in this movie, um, in particular day and Tim, of course. And, um, yeah, I think they'll do a great job. I also, I think that because we're in a new age with new technology and movies and film, especially, um, a lot of the action and a lot of the, the fantasy aspects of it will be a lot nicer than it was in the past.
Speaker 8 00:12:45 Cortez is mostly excited about how the film will bring to life, the Doune universe for audiences.
Speaker 11 00:12:50 Um, I'm definitely excited just to see like the CGI and the action. Um, there's so much action in the dune book and so much different, um, like fantasy creatures and things like that. And, um, I've always been a big action, um, fan. So I also wanna see the personal, like character development as well. Cause there's a lot of it in the, in the book and the author is a great job with character development. And I really hope that that translate into the movie as well.
Speaker 8 00:13:15 But Casea explained that those who have not read the book should not be discouraged to watch the film instead, he thinks it will actually help the A's understanding of the first part of the book and encourage them to read the series. Once they walk out of the theater,
Speaker 9 00:13:27 I think with Doune people should just go and support it still. Um, because I, a lot of my friends picked up D and got to like page 50 and said, I'm done. I can't read any more of it. And I keep trying to convince them like, Hey, it, it gets better, like more interesting things keep happening. So I might start using the movie now, like, Hey, if you didn't like the first 50 pages of the book, watch the movie. Or like just the first part of the movie, since it lands off, maybe like half halfway through the books, there's still a lot of content left to get through, watch the movie and then come back and see what you're missing out on. And then you'll want to read the rest of the book, like you'll want to get to the end. Um, so then maybe by like June part two, whenever that comes out, I don't know, like 20, 23, 20, 24, then they'll have read a source material. And they're more excited about it.
Speaker 8 00:14:13 Shami says that although the novel was published in 1965 younger audiences who are encountering the story for the first time will be able to relate to the stories, themes.
Speaker 9 00:14:23 That's the dream is that, um, you know, cause we're all the same generation we didn't grow up with, you know, or at least this book didn't come out when we were growing up. Um, and yet it's themes remain really relevant about, you know, you know, fighting for what's socially fighting for what's right, environmentally, um, uh, uh, standing up for, uh, groups that are easily oppressed or that don't have the agency to fight back. Um, and, um, I would say as it relates to the movie beyond that, yeah, like it's, it's the movie's about many things. There's, there's many qualities to it, but if people, if young people can relate to what Shawn or Paul are going through at the center of it and can also intake, uh, you know, all the themes that are sometimes fly above my head, you know, then, then we really succeeded and I love how you put it.
Speaker 9 00:15:14 It would mean sort of transposing a story from the sixties and, uh, by way of Denise vision by way of Denise master plan and having be accessible to a generation, like I said, that relates in many ways to the qualities, qualities of the story. But in other ways, especially to the idea that technology, you know, technology doesn't or kind of technology, we have doesn't exist when they say, uh, a machine shall not be made in the likeness of a man's mind. And that way we couldn't relate, but in a lot of ways, uh, I think people can
Speaker 8 00:15:43 As to where you can find dune, the film will be released in theaters on October 21st in 2d, 3d, and IMAX audiences also have the Chan us to stream the film on HBO max on the evening of October 21st, it will be available there for a month for w N news. This has been Maria Manu
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Speaker 1 00:17:56 Welcome back to w N R news at six it's, 6:19 PM. Central time. I'm Zach McCreary in oddities for tonight. Some people get their daily dose of veggies from plants that grown naturally right here on Chicago oil in an O disease throwback from last spring, here's Helen Bradshaw.
Speaker 10 00:18:22 Springtime has hit Chicago as temperatures, warm and flowers, bloom. Something else is growing too. The avail of forageable greens.
Speaker 17 00:18:32 We went out for nature walk. We found some chanterelle mushrooms, and we cooked them up on the side of the trail with some beef Turkey. And, um, it was really good. And we're like, Hey, this is a fun thing we can do. You know, this is like, we let's go mushroom hunting. And then after a couple of weeks, we were kind of like so many mushrooms can eat any more mushrooms.
Speaker 10 00:18:52 That's Dave odd, a Chicago based professional forger who supplies dozens of local restaurants with fresh forged plants. And according to odd forging for more than just mushrooms may more important than ever.
Speaker 17 00:19:05 We didn't have grocery stores in their current art incarnation until about 1920. Like there wasn't a one stop shop you could just go to and buy everything you needed. So we're so spoiled with our food system, the way it is now, cuz we're just, you know, modern America, you can just go to the store and buy whatever you want. But what the pandemic showed us is that all it takes is a little disruption in that that chain of supply, whether it's the shipping or a factory, somewhere shuts down or a bunch of people at a grocery store gets sick and they have no choice, but to close. Um, if you learn what is edible around you and what you can use from nature and what you know is provided to you all around us and you never really have to worry about, you know, the crap hitting the fan because you'll always be prepared,
Speaker 10 00:20:00 But what exactly is edible around us and how do we know it's safe to eat
Speaker 17 00:20:04 Right now? We have a lot of, lot of like, um, herbs and flowers that are available. Um, violets, that's a, a pretty easy plant to who identify. Everyone knows what violets are. Um, but the violet flowers are edible and you can make drinks with them and you can eat the flowers themselves. And of course, because they're flowers and they have nectar and pollen in there, they have a lot of vitamins, probably one that you should learn if you live in the Midwest is the June Berry also known as a service Berry. And it's a small tree that they plant in a lot of parks. And um, you'll find it in like parking lots and they taste like a blueberry, had a baby with an apple and a cranberry. So when you get a big mouth full of 'em, it's like having a smoothie in your mouth.
Speaker 17 00:20:45 It's really great. Generally speaking, anytime, at least in the Chicagoland area, April through November, you're gonna be able to find stuff. There's uh, something I, I teach in my foraging class, that's called the 90% rule. You know, of course when you're foraging, especially for mushrooms, the rule is always, always be 100% sure of your identity of your, the thing you eating before you eat it because you don't wanna screw up and kill yourself. But I have something called the 90% rule, which is where there are some, there's a few families of plants that if you can narrow it down to that family, like if you can say this is a brassica, it is in the mustard family. You can be fairly certain. It's not going to kill you if you eat it, cuz there's nothing toxic in that family. Um, you know, there's some there's, you know, you might give yourself a stomach ache, but it's not gonna kill you.
Speaker 10 00:21:36 So with Dave's tips in mind, I set out to forage myself and force the rest of the w Nur team to rate the various edible plants I found on campus. Some reactions were good.
Speaker 18 00:21:47 Well, it is surprisingly meant to you. Okay. I'm a fan Uhuh. <laugh>
Speaker 10 00:21:54 Actually, it's kind of good. I like that one. Others were bad.
Speaker 18 00:21:58 Oh <laugh> but it's very bitter and like kind of tastes like you would imagine eating grass, but with more of a dirt flavor, like, like grass is a really specific flavor, but I feel like it's probably dirt and overall I would not eat this again,
Speaker 10 00:22:15 But one flower was a fan favorite. The red bud.
Speaker 18 00:22:19 Whoa. Yeah. That's juicy. This is so similar to an apple flavor. I feel like this is such a good like thing to know if you're ever like studying on Deering, just walk over to that tree. You just snack <laugh> I am literally gonna go and like get more when I leave the red boat is so good. I'm literally so excited about this.
Speaker 10 00:22:38 So yes, forging is a totally viable option in the Chicago area. Just maybe try cooking with the plants from time to time, instead of always eating them raw just in case you want some other flavors.
Speaker 18 00:22:49 It's like when you walk up to a random tree and you peel off a leaf and you eat the leaf, it tastes very much like a leaf <laugh> with this, with the bitterness. That's gross
Speaker 10 00:22:59 For w Nur news. I'm Helen Bradshaw.
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Speaker 1 00:25:17 Welcome back to w N U R news. It's 6:26 PM. Central time. I'm Zach McCreary. Taking a look at the weather. Current temperature is 69 degrees with partly cloudy skies, winds reaching seven of miles per hour. A small craft advisory will be in effect beginning 7:00 AM tomorrow until 4:00 AM on Friday. It's looking comfy tonight. Lows are expected to be in the mid fifties at the 10 o'clock hour. There's a high chance for rain. About 70% with chances dwindling overnight tomorrow will be about 10 degrees colder with the high expected to be at 57 lows for to tomorrow night looking to be at the 44 degree. Mark, it's looking like gray skies for tomorrow, but little to no chance for rain. That's all for the w N R news at 6:00 PM. For more news updates and reports. Follow us on Twitter at w N news. You can listen to these and other stories of the day on our Spotify, Google podcasts, and SoundCloud can also find us on our brand new website. W N U r.news again. That's w N U R dot N E w F. Our producer today is Nick song. Our reporters are PAs Baal, Maria mano, and Helen Bradshaw for all of us here at w and our news. I'm Zach McCreary. Thank you so much for joining us. Join us next time. On Friday, October 22nd at 6:00 PM. Now back to scheduled programming.
