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Williams discusses how most of the show attempted to ironize the racial dispari- ties of the ceremony, but often the jokes were too celebratory and did not gain the laughs he aimed for. Dance performance WHAT: Chinese choreographers will perform as part of the Chinese Dance and Music Residency. WHO: School of Music, Theatre and Dance WHEN: Today at 7 p.m. WHERE:Residential College, Keene Theater Vampire times WHAT: University of Wisconsin-Madison professor will discuss the Gothic imagery’s relationship to the rise of the Balkans, as well as its use in literature, music and film. WHO: Comparative Literature WHEN: Today from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall Decline of democracy WHAT: Larry Diamond of Stanford will discuss the question of whether democracy is in decline. WHO: Weiser Center WHEN: Today from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building l Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ Discussion on racial injustice WHAT: University professors will discuss the pursuit of justice and the challenges of this pursuit in the real world from a pragmatist, social democratic and critical race theory perspective. WHO: Department of Philosophy WHEN: Today from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Angell Hall-3222 Black History Month Jeopardy WHAT: The Trotter Multicultural Center will host its final Black History Month event. Students will play Jeopardy and enter raffles throughout the evening. WHO: Trotter Multicultural Center WHEN: Today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. China and Taiwan conflict WHAT: Brown University prof. will discuss the civil conflict beteen China and Taiwan in 1930s and 1950s and its effects. WHO: Lieberthal- Rogel Center for Chinese Studies WHEN: Today from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building TUESDAY: Professor Profiles THURSDAY: Alumni Profiles FRIDAY: Photos of the Week WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers MONDAY: This Week in History THURSDAY: Campus Clubs FRIDAY: Photos of the Week TUESDAY: Professor Profiles WEDNESDAY: Before You Were Here THURSDAY: Twitter Talk FRIDAY: Photos of the Week MONDAY: This Week in History TUESDAY: Campus Voices WEDNESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers AKHIL MUNAGALA Sophomore pursues music dream RITA MORRIS/Daily Dentistry student Tabita Filimon makes paper cut-outs for a stop motion video in her sculpting class in the basement of East Quad on Monday. CUT IT OUT LSA sophomore Akhil Muna- gala is a rising hip-hop musician from Northville, Mich. He has been rapping for five years and just released his first mixtape under the name Mocha. The five-track set is titled “95 til Infinity,” and the fea- tured single “VIP” has more than 6,000 listens in its first month online. Akhil is on a pre-medical academic path and plans to major in neuroscience. Who are your musical inspi- rations? The reason I started rapping was because of Nas. I heard his song “One Mic” when I was in fourth grade. I remember think- ing, “Wow this is crazy, he’s spit- tin’ a lot of real talk.” His music really appealed to me. As a kid I was a pretty shy person, and I realized it helped for me to let everything out by writing it down. Eventually that translated into music. You just released a mixtape. Could you tell me about that? It’s called “95 til Infinity.” It’s a five-song set. It’s pretty much all of the songs I thought that I needed to put out right now. It’s my first mixtape, and I’m excited to finally be able to put my work into one cohesive project. What is the best song you’ve released so far? Based on overall production I’d say “VIP.” and the numbers show it — it’s definitely become much more popular than I expected it to. Especially since there was basically no marketing, I just put it up on social media. Me per- sonally, though, I like my song “Til Infinity.” I feel like it’s more of a personal song, and the flow is cool. It’s more hip-hoppy and doesn’t sound mainstream. Why have you chosen to study medicine? I’ve always wanted to be a doc- tor. I was really into science as a kid. What really made me want to follow this path, though, is having seen so many people, especially in Detroit, that are suffering and get very little medical attention. -HANK SHIPMAN Officals plan for rescue loans amid collapsing economy ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Caught between its own defiant campaign pledges and pressure from credi- tors, Greece’s left-wing gov- ernment will deliver a list of reforms Tuesday to debt inspectors for final approval of extended rescue loans, offi- cials said. Prime Minister Alexis Tsip- ras was already facing dissent within his left-wing Syriza party over claims it is back- tracking on its recent elec- tion-winning promises to ease budget cuts for the recession- battered Greeks. Two officials linked to the government said the list will be sent to Brussels early Tues- day and be reviewed at a tele- conference of the 19 eurozone finance ministers later in the day. They spoke on condition of anonymity either because he wasn’t authorized to make comments or because of the sensitivity of the negotiations. Greece and bailout credi- tors have been in a standoff since Prime Minister Alex- is Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party won general elections last month on a pledge to tear up bailout agreements and seek a massive write off of bailout debts, totaling 240 bil- lion euros ($271 billion). But they reached a tentative agreement Friday to extend the country’s rescue loan pro- gram by four months, avoiding the risk of a Greek default and exit from the euro currency. The government official said reforms would focus on curbing tax evasion, corrup- tion, smuggling and exces- sive bureaucracy while also addressing poverty caused by a six-year recession. A Syriza official in Brussels said that “immediate priority” would be given to the settling of overdue debts, the protec- tion of people with mortgage arrears as well as the ending of foreclosures of first resi- dencies. “Creditors will be skepti- cal. These are notoriously difficult reforms and, in the case of the latter, usually cost money,” said Megan Greene, chief economist at Manulife Asset Management. “It will be difficult for the Greek government to provide concrete measures for achiev- ing these goals, and they will almost certainly be unable to achieve much before the next round of negotiations in June.” Tsipras is also facing pres- sure within his party. Several prominent Syriza members have publicly said the party should honor its campaign promises. Tamas Gombosi on his personal journey through the solar system By SAMIHA MATIN For the Daily Engineering Prof. Tamas Gom- bosi lectured on what he called his “personal journey through the solar system.” Gambosi lectured in Rack- ham Amphitheatre Monday upon receiving a named professorship in the Department of Engineering — the Konstantin I. Gringauz dis- tinguished University Professor of Space Science. Gambosi directs of the Center for Space Environment Model- ing and founded the University’s doctorate program in space and planetary physics and the master’s program in space engineering. Throughout his career, he made scientific contributions to the fields of planetary exploration and the physics of space and the planets. University President Mark Schlissel opened the lecture by congratulating Gombosi for his dedication to teaching and research. “As a space physicist, Profes- sor Gombosi has contributed sig- nificantly to space and planetary physics and in revolutionizing space weather research,” Schlis- sel said. “His accomplishments include developing the first time dependent model of terrestrial polar winds flowing from the ion- osphere to the magnetosphere.” The son of Hungarian Holo- caust survivors, Gombosi credited his sense of persistence to his fam- ily background. Gombosi earned his mas- ter’s and doctorate degrees from Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest in 1970, where he met space pioneer Konstantin Grin- gauz. Gringauz later became his mentor as Gombosi completed his postdoctoral research at the Space Research Institute in Moscow. While in Russia they studied the impacts of solar winds on the charged spheres of Venus. “I was just a kid from Hun- gary back then,” Gombosi said. “I stepped out of my comfort zone. Coming from Hungary, where this was no space program, to the Rus- sian Space Research Institute, it felt like heaven.” Considered an international diplomat in the world of science, he is also renowned for working with a diverse group of scientists from around the world. In 1980, he worked for the Sovi- et Union’s first major international planetary mission, the VEGA mission. Since joining the Univer- sity faculty in 1987, Gombosi has worked on sending the Rosetta satellite to comet Churyumov- Gerasimenko and developing soft- ware to monitor space weather. Still, Gombosi said he is most enthusiastic about teaching. “We have learned everything from our mentors,” Gombosi said. “The scientific community can only reach milestones if we too mentor our future generation stu- dents. We don’t carry out research for money though. You should only do it if you enjoy.” Dogacan Ozturk, a Ph.D. candi- date in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, said as an interna- tional student, he found Gombosi’s speech inspiring. “Attending this lecture really showed that your background didn’t matter if you have pas- sion for it,” Ozturk said. “He’s a remarkable professor.” Greek government prepares new list of reforms for bailout Distinguished prof. speaks on his contributions to science DAVID SONG/Daily AOSS Professor Tamas I. Gombosi gives a lecture detailing his life and research at Rackham Amphitheatre Monday. Lecture series WHAT: Arshad Desai, Cellular and Molecular Medicine prof. at the University of California San Diego will speak about centrioles. WHO: Biological Chemistry WHEN: Today from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: Medical Science Unit II - North Lecture Hall