What do rock music and Harry Potter have in common? The answer: They will both be at the Champaign Public Library on Friday as a part of the Get Inspired! literacy program. Two "wizard rock" bands — Ginny and the HeartBreakers from Oklahoma and The Remus Lupins from Los Angeles — will perform original songs about Harry Potter characters.

Senior Alex Zhai is used to being one of the top math students in the country, having represented the United States twice in the International Mathematical Olympiad. Now, he's taken his place among the nation's top physics students as well, according to results announced by the American Association of Physics Teachers. He is one of just 158 students nationwide who still have a chance to represent the U.S. at the International Physics Olympiad this summer.

Senior Jennifer Roloff won her second major music contest in less than two months, earning first prize in the Young Baroque Artists Competition held Saturday at Smith Memorial Hall on the University of Illinois campus. Subfreshman Kathy Qiu won third place. They were among eight Uni students who competed.

[UPDATED, audio included] Junior Kareem Sayegh chose an eclectic trio of poems to memorize and recite for the Poetry Out Loud state finals last week: a muscular tribute to a city on the rise, a flirtatious meditation on the cruelty of love, an unflinching look at the reality of war. The result? A top-five finish for Sayegh in Uni's first year of participating in Poetry Out Loud.

In her 16 years, junior Rachel Skoza has never been out of the country. All of that will end in a few days when she begins spring break by traveling to the Bahamas. She hopes her trip will be the start of many similar experiences. Check inside for Rachel's foreign-trip wish list.