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5 Daniel Injerd talks about Northeastern Illinois’ water problems

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NEWS Colleges across U.S. offer free opioid reversing drug

COD already ahead of the curve

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Colleges across the U.S. are being offered a free drug called Naloxone that can reverse opioid overdoses, luckily College of DuPage is already equipped.

America’s notorious opioid epidemic hasn't been getting better, in fact according to the Centers for disease control and prevention, “Opioids (including prescription opioids and heroin) killed more than 33,000 people in 2015, more than any year on record. Nearly half of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription opioid.” Chicago is no exception, according to the Illinois Department of Public

Health there were 2,113 heroin deaths in Illinois from 2013 to 2015. Some 1,425 of those deaths happened in Chicago and its collar counties. DuPage county has had it’s fair share of overdoses as well, in an interview with local COD Detective Raul Valladares, he stated that “over one hundred” overdoses had been reported.

Opioid overdosing may have turned into a full blown epidemic, but Naloxone has proven to be an excellent countermeasure to the rising number of casualties. “About three or four years ago when Naloxone started becoming

popular, the increase of saves, how many people have been brought back, has increased every year.

People are overdosing, it's not a mystery, but luckily Naloxone is saving some of them and bringing them back and hopefully getting them to where they can get help and kick the habit.” said Detective Valladares.

When asked if COD offered Naloxone on campus Detective Valladares said, “I guess offer is the wrong word, we do have it, our officers are trained in it. We do periodical roll call trainings, so it’s kind of like a refresher training, but everybody including

full time and part time officers are certified to carry it. They do carry it with them and there’s also a couple of extra doses here at the Police Department and at the Dispatch Center in case anybody runs out they grab more from there.”

Several organizations have recognized this epidemic as well, The Clinton Foundation in addition to Adapt Pharma have been working together to give colleges 40,000 doses of Naloxone. Naloxone also happens to be a simple nasal spray which is FDA approved. That design was intentional by it’s creators,

the goal was to make it simple enough to where ordinary people who weren't trained in administering the drug could use it anyways and potentially save a life. The effort isn't just limited to colleges as well, high schools across the nation have been given a total of 3,000 doses across 33 states according to Mike Kelly, the U.S. president of Adapt Pharma.

When asked, “has COD ever considered putting stations of Naloxone around campus for student use in case an office isn't around?” Detective Valladares responded with

“Actually that hasn't been proposed. We are fortunate here that we have a police department and most of the time it doesn't take as long as it does for a municipality to respond.

We get there quickly, and that might be part of the reason we didn't even consider that. So short answer is no we have not considered that at this moment.”

Also when asked, “has anybody used Naloxone on campus before?” he responded by saying “As of this moment, (knocks on wood) we have not had to.”

COLUMN: Emanuel’s new plan for CPS potentially withholds students’ high school diplomas Kitt Fresa · News Editor

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed a law for Chicago Public School students to have more of a plan after high school by leveraging them with their own high school diplomas.

With this new law students would be required to provide a letter of accep-

tance from either a college, the military, trade school or “gap year” program in order to receive their high school diploma. Students who have jobs or will soon have jobs also qualify to receive their diplomas.

The idea behind this law is to get students more focused about their futures and their well beings later on in life. Essentially, plan ahead now so when high school ends, it isn't the end of education for the student. However it feels that this unorthodox plan Emmanuel has come up with will only add to the long list of notorious pressures high school has to

offer. Graduation rates for CPS high school students have been abysmally low, 73 percent was the rate last year. So is now really the time to implement a law that piles even more on top of students?

This proposed plan isn't just another thing students have to finish, it's also a little pointless.

If you're a CPS graduate right now, you already qualify for Emmanuels new plan. Graduating as a CPS student automatically admits you into the City Colleges of Chicago community college system.

Which means all CPS students who are graduating

now, are already accepted into college and qualify for Emmanuels new plan.

The consequences of this law could make this option the only lifeline for hopeful graduates. Undecided students who want to take a year off might be forced into something they aren't willing to go into, and at a cost.

However the largest question to this law really stands out as, is this even legal? Does the Mayor have the power to force CPS students to choose a path regardless of what the student really wants? From what has been said so far the answer is sounding like

yes, he does. Right now the Chicago Board of Education is mainly Emmanuel-controlled so the law might even pass as well.

However no matter how good of an idea Emmanuel thinks he has, these are rights he has no business changing. If a student wants to graduate high school and just live at home and take a year off, that should be their right.

Nobody has any business changing that. Forcing high school students, let alone anybody into something they may not want goes against the founding views of America.

It might sound overly

American to say it, but after high school you should be able to do whatever the hell you want, and whenever you want to. If you want to go live your life as a bum on the streets, well that’s your right as an American to do so. If you want to work hard in life and go far, that’s your right too. Implementing a law to force students won’t change anything, if students want to go out and work hard, they will. You can’t force high school students to do anything anyways. Emmanuel being a father of three kids should know that already.

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NEWS

State prisons in Illinois and education Vandy Manyeh · Reporter

Director of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign education justice project Rebecca Ginsburg giving a lecture

No woman in any correctional center in Illinois has access to postsecondary education.

The state’s budget impasse forced four community colleges in Illinois to suspend their postsecondary education programs in prisons across the state.

“This situation should be getting headlines, it’s so shocking, until the budget situation gets resolved there won’t be any program at Decatur Correctional Center,” said Rebecca Ginsburg, director of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign education justice project.

On the other hand, hundreds of men at the Dan-

ville Correctional Facility are currently benefitting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign postsecondary education being offered through its Education Justice Project.

This was the highlight of Ginsburg’s keynote address when she spoke at a Higher Education for Incarcerated Students symposium hosted by the College of DuPage Liberal Arts Division on April 21.

As the head of an initiative that caters to the educational needs of incarcerated students, Ginsburg said a program like the EJP has led to lowered recidi-

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vism, better employment outcomes for students and hope for incarcerated men.

In Illinois alone, about 26,000 men and women return home every year from state prisons.

“That is an awful number of people that need to be incorporated and welcomed in,” added Ginsburg. “We don’t incorporate them; we don’t welcome them in.”

A program like the EJP provides skills for these incarcerated men to seek employment opportunities upon their release from prison. Students enrolled in the college program during their time in prison are able to transfer cred-

its for courses they take during their time of incarceration to the university.

EJP goes a step further and provides scholarships for family members of incarcerated people. Many of people in prisons were breadwinners prior to them being incarcerated.

Ginsburg, in a Fall 2016 newsletter published by the EJP, expressed pessimism about the federal government threats aimed at rescinding executive orders that were signed by President Barack Obama.

One Obama order mandated federal agencies to ban the box on employment applications that asked for applicants’ crimi-

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nal histories.

“Research demonstrates that eliminating the box leads to hiring more individuals with records,” wrote Ginsburg.

Juveniles serving terms in prisons are also benefiting from efforts to have some level of education provided in state prison facilities.

Judy Davis, the superintendent of the Warrenville Youth Center mentioned how effective the Illinois School District 428 blended learning model has been. The model involves teachers as instructional leaders, students as active learners, and technology as an individualized content.

As of Mar. 2017, there was 384 youth in custody.

As a result of educational opportunities available to these youth in prison, as of 2016, 40 received eighthgrade diplomas, 143 were awarded high school diplomas, 68 were awarded GEds and 3,764 GradPoint courses were completed.

Read more about the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Education Justice Program here: http:// www.educationjustice.net/home/

NEWS

Daniel Injerd talks about Northeastern Illinois’ water problems at COD Vandy Manyeh · Reporter

Water supply planning in the State of Illinois is at the brink of dormancy with the current budget logjam in Springfield. If water usage data cannot be collected, the Office of Water Resources, the state’s water supply regulatory body, cannot make any plans for water supply throughout the state.

This means the state as a whole cannot make any plan for water supply based on changing climate, weather and population.

In his capacity as the director of the OWR, Daniel Injerd didn’t mince his words when he expressed how bothered he is by this situation when the college hosted a Water Resource

Challenges Facing Northeastern Illinois symposium on April 20.

“It is not exciting; it is something that has to occur year after year,” said Injerd. “Everybody wants to do studies that will lead to a product and a recommendation.

“But in water supply planning, you have to have historical water use data.

Fortunately, in Illinois we’ve had the State Water Survey. They have been conducting a water inventory program for many years. But as you know, we don’t have a budget in Illinois for almost two years.

So, public water supply and data collection and industrial reporting are cur-

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rently suffering and are in danger of not being continued. This bothers me.”

Outlining the technical problems facing Northeastern Illinois, Injerd mentioned the depletion of deep sandstone aquifers, as one of the reasons for a potential water shortage within this region.

This depletion means water isn't replenishing when pumped out from these drilled deep wells to the elevated towers that have the name of our village. This condition is a scare for cities that partially get their water supply from Lake Michigan, Rivers Kankakee, and Fox and also tap out wells.

Water in these wells is

to be replaced by water that falls through rain and snow. Ironically, this is occurring in a state that, according to Injerd, received an average precipitation of 9.53 inches in June 2015.

But there exists a problem in the state’s Northeastern region that is far beyond the OWR jurisdiction. Currently, there has been population growth occurring in places with potential water shortages.

“Nobody in government talks about land use when we talk about water supply,” added Injerd. “As the state regulatory agency over water quantity, I have absolutely no authority to utilize any measure of my authority to influence

where growth occurs.

“Those are local issues, but it is an interesting challenge.”

On the other hand, Injerd expressed his optimism about the state’s capability to address a future water demand that may arise.

“While you read all the stories about our budget deficit, one area that Illinois has a water surplus in the bank is for water, which is a cushion against changes in hydrology,” added Injerd. “We have the capability today to meet whatever public water supply need there will be.”

The Village of Glen Ellyn was represented on the panel by its superintendent

for utilities John Hubsky and chief engineer Rich Daubert.

Hubsky alluded to Injerd’s assertion about the depletion of water in the deep sandstone aquifers.

Fortunately, the Village of Glen Ellyn’s wells are for backup purposes, while its population is supplied water from the DuPage Water Commission. The commission gets its water from the Jardine Plant, the world’s largest water filtration plant.

For a complete detail about COD’s Earth Sciences program, visit: http://www.cod.edu/ programs/earth_science/index.aspx

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Annual student art exhibit opens at Cleve Carney Caroline Broderick · Features Editor

When student Alex Hohnsen accepted her admittance to Butler University, she never imagined that she’d be back home attending the College of DuPage. Her decision to leave after one year spawned from many obstacles, but she quickly discovered her heart was not in her business degree, but instead in a deep seated passion that lay dormant for too long: her art.

“I was unhappy, unmotivated, and knew I had to change,” said Hohnsen. “It was an extremely difficult decision and adjustment.

It took looking at what was happening and having the courage to ask for something different. I have always been creative and artistic minded, but I have not embraced that until recently.”

Hohnsen dived head

first into her artistic side, enrolling in art history, drawing II and lithography. To cap off the end of her year of exploration, Hohnsen submitted one of her lithography pieces, “Anger Pt. 1”to the annual juried student art gallery, held in the Cleve Carney Gallery.

The gallery is open to the public until May 20.

This year, Sarah McEneaney, a Philadelphia based artist with works presented in the Locks Gallery and Tibor Nagy gallery in New York City, juried the works.

Being accepted into the show meant much more for Hohnsen who always found herself drawn to art, but had accepted early on it would not be a realistic career choice. Now on the path to becoming an art director, “Anger Pt. 1” be-

ing accepted was a symbol of her accomplishments and an ode to the faculty who helped her develop her skills.

“My teachers have helped me in innumerable ways,” said Hohnsen.

“They took my questions and talked about their path and were honest and encouraging. Everyone of the teachers I have had were inspiring, hardworking, and valuable resources.

All in their own ways too, the beauty of art is that it encourages unity and individuality. No two people are the same, nor two pieces of art.”

A lithography print, “Anger Pt. 1” presents itself as a manifestation of the emotion itself. An almost geometric, thick setting opens up to welcome smaller linework chaotically forcing itself inside.

Brushes of red hide behind the black, contrasting the composition.

“Emotions tie us to one another and life itself,” explained Hohnsen. “The intense lines of strong black with red coming through made me think of anger, and how we can hide it at times. Pt. 2 was an all red version of the black lines and side by side as they were when I named them they looked like a progression. Ultimately the question I wanted to ask was about emotion and how do we hide it and why?”

Best of show went to Erin Fitzpatrick with her work, “Rebirth” and “Reprise.” Elizabeth Thies took first place in 3-D art with “All Loved Up.” First for 2-D work was “Down a Dark Path,” by Elyse Warnecke.

Other notable works

include Marge Dady’s 3-D work, “Sit Down and Have a Cuppa.” Made from a wooden chair, fabric, crochet, found objects, and other accessories. All spawning from a once simple wooden chair, whimsical porcelain tea sets cover each surface making the piece reminiscent of Alice and her mad tea party.

Crocheted flowers cover the chair along with buttons, marbles, books and figurines.

The gallery features work from all mediums: acrylic, ink, charcoal, collage, photographs and includes ceramic art from Tyler Yocum, Meghan Koegel and Kenneth Jacobs.

“It is important to surround yourself with people that are passionate,” said Hohnsen, on the topic of her final lesson learned.

“Maybe those passions are different from yours but ultimately the shared ambition is what makes the difference. I think about how selfish it is to want to do art or something creative, but it comes down to a simple question: Who am I and who do I want to be? And that may change and that is fine, but having the kind of people there to lean on, encourage you, and show up to your art show, they are the ones that will continue to understand and support who I am and who I want to be. Whatever that is. Point being, we never truly do anything all on our own.”

For a full list of awardees, visit clevecarneygallery.org

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TV REVIEW “BIG LITTLE LIES” HBO

Marriage, motherhood and murder Joseph Molino · Graphics Editor

Imagine driving down the west coast of California on an especially gloomy day. The sky is heavily overcast, but there’s no sign of rain. You can feel the clouds wanting to shed tears, but nothing will just come out. You turn your head towards the horizon: the oscillating waves, the muddled coastline, the big boulders of rock formations– everything is heavily tinted in awful hues of blue. The whole scenery looks as if it was painted by Picasso himself, during his depressing blue phase. An eerie silence is in the air, even though you can see the waves crashing from afar.

You turn the radio on to liven up the uncan-

ny silence only to hear a raspy old voice, solemnly recounting a tragic event from last night. A freak accident in the small town you’re heading to. Someone met their untimely demise from falling down a flight of stairs, during, as the radio host exclaims, a lavish parent-teacher fundraising event for a local charter school. The police are still inconclusive as to what really happened, according to the reporter. They’re still investigating the scene of the crime, and the name of the person who died is still kept under wraps. The voice cuts to a woman who claims to be a witness. “Six people are involved– six parents who have stirred up some drama over the

past few weeks…”, a sense of malice and disdain lingers in her tone.

Suddenly the looming dreadfulness of the morning makes sense. Intrigue eats your very core as you listen closely to the harrowing details of the tragedy. There’s more to it than meets the eye. You turn the volume up, eager to find out more.

Somebody’s dead, and no one knows who did it nor what exactly happened.

HBO’s latest mini-series, Big Little Lies, hooks you up right away as it exceptionally captures the audience with the tried and tested whodunit premise by spinning it into a social commentary on the

suburban life of the rich and successful. The show has drummed up rave reviews and quite a bit of a following, which should not be a surprise to anyone– it’s absolutely a guilty pleasure. Big Little Lies is the lovechild of Desperate Housewives and True Detective: a dose of suburban glamour shrouded in a fog of murder and mystery set in million dollar mansions along the coastline of Monterey, California.

Based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies follows three moms of first graders, whose perfect lives unravel to the point of murder. Directed by Dallas Buyers Club’s JeanMarc Vallée, the seven part

mini-series is masterfully crafted into a level of sophistication that is not afraid to play up the crime and drama by interweaving shots of the investigation, malicious gossip, and even shots of the surging sea as the tension rises with each passing episode. Every scene is accompanied by a superb soundtrack that elevates the show into a truly cinematic masterpiece.

Big Little Lies stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley as Madeline Martha McKenzie, Celeste Wright and Jane Chapman respectively, making the show a powerhouse in acting.

The casting is brilliant, as the three main actresses add in the multitude of

(Left photo, L-R) Reese Witherspoon with Darby Camp, Shailene Woodley with Iain Armitage and Nicole Kidman with Cameron and Nicholas Corvetti

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layers to the already overused housewife and mother roles they were cast in, putting a different spin on what could have been a typical domestic drama.

The first episode backtracks to the first day of school as the families of the first-graders are introduced. Witherspoon’s character, Madeline, loves to be the center of attention, your typical helicopter mom with a first-grade daughter and a teenage daughter from her first marriage. Considered as the alpha female in town, her personality clashes with everyone; she’s your typical goody two shoes until you wrong her. Madeline’s go-to whenever she needs advice, Celeste Wright,

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is a retired lawyer and a mother of twin sons who are also beginning at the same school. Nicole Kidman plays her exquisitely as a very kept, calm and collected woman, living a perfect life with a perfect marriage. New to town is Woodley’s Jane Chapman, a mysterious young single mother who just moved to Monterey to raise her only son, Ziggy.

The series of unfortunate events commence as the school bell rang to mark the end of the school day. The shark-infested waters of the elementary school are instantaneously revealed as both parents and first graders are huddled into a group, as the teacher accuses a student of choking another student. Shocking everyone, Renata Klein’s (played by Laura Dern) daughter, Amabella steps up to show red marks on her neck and points to Ziggy, claiming he attempted to choke her, which the boy denies right

away. Chaos ensues as everyone’s maternal instincts kick in.

Renata threateningly spouts, “Ziggy, do you see her neck? If you ever touch my little girl again, you are gonna be in big trouble!” leaving Jane and Ziggy petrified by the accusation.

This confrontation ignites Madeline to step up for the newcomers, basically saying the kid is innocent after proven guilty and that Renata needs to apologize to the kid right away.

The battle lines are drawn as Renata and Madeline’s personalities clash, creating a monstrous rivalry between the two of them with everyone taking sides.

The show cleverly utilizes this double-whodunit mystery as motivation for each and every character’s actions throughout the series. The first episode also explores how elementary schools are full of impossible situations like this one, and raises the question: Can a 6-yearold child a l -

ready be a sociopath? The first episode not only tackles modern suburban life but also parenting, and the anxieties that come along with it. The truth is murky, and even though the amount of evidence is stacked against Ziggy, Jane’s forthright trust and belief in her son triumphs but this devotion ultimately raise the tension and suspicion between the mother and son.

An unlikely friendship develops between Madeline, Jane, and Celeste, serving as the catalyst that pulls these women through the tragedy which slowly unfolds as the show progresses. Secrets are revealed as the first episode ends, with Madeline struggling to connect with her older daughter, Abigail as she tries to cope with her ex-husband Nathan and his young yoga instructor wife, Bonnie at the same time. Celeste’s marriage doesn’t seem all too perfect after all, as her husband Perry starts to show signs of being violent and abusive. Jane's motives for moving to Monterey are still relatively un-

known.

Yes, the whole premise of Big Little Lies is a little bit trashy and cliché. The driving force of the show is pitting women against women, but the plot is handled with respect by elevating each character’s strengths and flaws exceptionally well. The A-list cast gives their roles more than justice with their powerful yet nuanced performances. The conniving nature and the sniping between the moms, the mysterious backstories, the sex and the violence– each piece all adds up to a hypnotic package that surely whets your appetite for more.

A lot of people dismiss the show, saying it only caters to women. The story revolves around conflict made by them, after all. But once you parse through and let yourself be immersed in the rich storytelling, you will find that the show is ultimately a very timely critique on the gender roles and norms our society has been abiding by. And this is what makes

these characters relatable; they’re not just prissy, self-absorbed, rich women living in million dollar mansions by the beach.

Big Little Lies displays the hardships these women go through: from the double standards of being a mother and a wife to the anxieties of parenting.

Jane is looked down upon by many for being a single mother, and as one witness condescendingly recounts from the investigation, “She drives a dusty old Prius parked outside of a Barney’s.” Madeline is constantly searching for approval and recognition among her peers, as she struggles to prove to her ex-husband that her new marriage is far better than his. Celeste tries her hardest to live up to the expectations of having a happy family and a perfect marriage, putting her career on hold to raise her twin sons.

Renata dealing with the fear and disconnect people attribute to women in power, as she just joined the board of PayPal.

Big Little Lies is a commentary on the falsehood of the ‘perfect life’ and how easy it takes for it to crumble. It’s a powerful study on friendship and the bonds women make amidst drama and confusion.

Is Celeste’s marriage in jeopardy because of the looming violence between her and her husband? Why is Madeline trying so hard to one-up her ex-husband’s marriage? Who is Jane, and is she running from someone? Who really choked Amabella?

What will be Renata’s next move? Who fell down the flight of stairs and died? Why did it happen?

Whose domestic palace is going to crumble next?

The questions just pile on, and as the first episode ends, you’ll be begging for more twists and turns to come along your way.

Who knew suburban life could be this exciting and dramatic?

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PLAY REVIEW “10 OUT OF 12” THEATRE WIT

Theater Wit’s “10 out of 12” promising performance ends with confusion, slight anger and great disappointment Caroline Broderick · Features Editor

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When I heard there was a play written about the first tech rehearsal of a show where the audience members are given headsets to listen to the hysteria from the techies, I thought I was in heaven.

As a theater lover and avid performer, maybe my hopes were too high. Once I left the theater even just for intermission, I heavily debated on walking back in. I noted some empty chairs after those 15 minutes, several people a few rows down had the same idea I did, but they were the strong and the brave.

I attended Theater Wit’s production of Anne Washburn’s “10 out of 12” with beaming excitement. The title “10 out of 12” refers to the Actors’ Equity Association’s policy that all equity actors must be given a 2-hour break in a 12-hour block of time. This show was meant to represent those 10 hours dedicated to tech.

A rehearsal continuing on for half a day is quite common for a first day of tech rehearsal. For non-thespians: 1. I’ll pray for you to find the light of

Thespis, and 2. Tech is the week before the opening of a show where actors and tech members run through the entire play using lights and sound for the first time.

When in high school, each tech week was referred to as “hell week,” a name not so heard of anymore but contains the same truth to it. Any actor or techie will instinctively groan and/or sweat at any mention to the name.

This is why when I walked in to Theatre 2 at the Wit, I was excited to see a pair of headphones over each seat. As instructed, I placed them on and left only one ear covered so that I could hear what was happening onstage and off.

For pre-show, the actors portraying tech members swept the stage, fixed lights and ran around in last minute preparations. This was the perfect choice.

It truly was the first step into making the audience believe they were at a real rehearsal. Actors wore all black if they were working backstage, and the stage manager looked disheveled yet put-together in an

odd way. Costuming truly helped to elaborate on characters where the rest of the show lacked.

This brings me to actual dialogue and characterization. For the entire TWO AND A HALF HOUR run, I was confused, a little uninterested, disconnected and sweating profusely.

For the characters, there appeared to be two tech members, a stage manager, assistant and director.

Stage manager and director portrayed their characters beautifully. As previously mentioned, their costuming was an extension of themselves with the stage manager wearing a messy bun, oversized superhero shirt and big parachute pants. She was a serious, focused, hardworking-yet-casual character who really brought some flavor into the show when she did have lines.

For the director, he was more of a “free spirited” and creative character. He sported a faux hawk, tight v-neck shirt and jeans. The actor’s tattoos were visible as well. This even added to the character.

The set design was a plus

as well. You didn’t quite know what was happening in the play that the tech was happening for, but the jungle-like mystical set really intrigued me and made you think how it connected to the piece.

For the others, techies were great. Specifically, the male tech member brought me to laughter even when I was questioning whether or not to stay. He was sassy, weird, and his love for randomly found shrimp chips was something so off that it was hilarious. His voice along with the other crew members were what we could hear over the headset. This bit made any of the strange commenting on his chips or his salami and swiss cheese sandwich even more entertaining.

The actor characters were the biggest issue. I couldn’t tell if it was Washburn’s writing of the show or the actors themselves who made me not care for the show one bit. There was zero characterization, only attempts to it. This was most obvious with Eva and Paul. We learn as we watch these actors in between scenes that Eva, the

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stereotypical cutie blonde, was banging another actor in the show, another cliché douche narcissistic famous actor man. Oh no! Bad news when this brings up one fit of drama with another actor, Paul. Too bad that this “drama” that ensues between Eva and Paul, resulting in Paul breaking character and shouting, was just confusing.

Paul’s character was only seen prior to this conflict backstage attempting to get himself into character.

As an audience member, I thought he was one of those weird actors with “off ” ways of attacking his character since he talked himself into character.

When he blew up, I barely understood him due to his unknown dialect, and what he said connected to nothing happening. It was too spontaneous with no build-up whatsoever. It could have worked if we knew anything about these characters as actors, if they had development, but it simply fell short.

Maybe it wasn’t the actor’s fault. Maybe it was the writing. It could have been because this “drama,”

which was the first spark of anything emotional or connectable or attention grabbing, happened after maybe an hour or more of sitting and watching the tech members start and stop and actors mime conversations and wait until told to proceed. A real tech rehearsal is best run professionally. This means you stop when tech tells you to and continue when they tell you. It can be long and grueling, we know this, but this is not what the audience wants to sit and watch for an hour. It’s boring. That’s why actors hate doing it. Don’t make an audience sit through and hate it, too.

The writing left no room for character development either besides the stage manager, director, assistant and tech. It was written to be ran as a tech, not giving actors many lines until the end of the first half and bits in the second half. I can cut them some slack here, but what wasn’t written in could have been easily made up for in various ways nonverbally on stage.

Actors did goof with one another in between starts

and stops, but it more so made me annoyed because as a professional actor, you must act professional, not as a child who tries to balance a tea cup on the back of her costar’s butt.

The actor’s were presented as cliché archetypal characters seen in the cheesiest performances. Eva was a cute petite blonde who had troubles with men. Paul was a looming, dark, older actor with years of experience over his costars. There was the vain, rude actor, some bald guy I didn’t care about who was actually the best actor, but it was such a shame because I had no idea who he was as a character. There was the assistant who came out sporting rolled up jeans with socks showing and sneakers, suspenders, a button up, pants to his chin and nerdy glasses.

His voice was even nasally.

It was an attempt at cheap laughs that I don’t think a more serious director would choose. It came off as bad, immature taste.

The ending was the real icing on the cake. After watching bits of a show I didn’t get at all and crossing

my fingers I could exit the tightly packed theater that was causing me to undress and sweat everywhere, it all ended with a song and dance. “Uh, what…?”

Was the only thing going through my mind as I watched these characters sing this sad song, spin each other around and lift chairs around. I guess when you’re a playwright and you realize there’s no message or theme to your show, you’ve got to throw in a quick, but admittingly beautiful, song that literally tells your audience your message. It reflected actors and their work ethic. You go work your temp job for 12 hours, yet every night you go to the theater to rehearse and perform and put on a beautiful masterpiece of raw human life, and you drag yourself out covered in dust and sweat, and you crawl into bed to do it all again the next day.

Actors don’t do it for money. They do it for the sake of the art and its incredible, unparalleled beauty. I just wish the show represented this more than just saying it at the end of it all.

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F E AT U R E S

Free Fire: Solely chaos in a cage

MOVIE REVIEW “FREE FIRE”

Kitt Fresa · News Editor

Free Fire takes the intensity of illegal weapon sales and the strange relationships of business criminals and put its all in a warehouse to see unfold.

However if you're looking for more than that, you're out of luck.

Set in Boston in 1978, two gangs meet to buy some guns in an abandoned warehouse. Tensions are high as the deal begins but the crew members ease the intensity with foul mouthed jokes and a casual approach to their illegal acts. Of course

though, things go awry and a shootout breaks out.

As bullets fly and ricochet off the concrete walls, gang members drop to the dirty floor of the destroyed warehouse. Ignoring the broken glass and occasional used needle the gang members largely still remain calm as they take cover behind anything they're close to. As the clash begins to slim the gang war turns into a bit of a stalemate with bits of action only popping up when eager heads do. However largely, everyone except a

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few drug addicts still keep it pretty calm as it's all just seemingly business.

Free Fire is largely an intense movie overall, there aren't any good guys or bad guys so it's fun to pick your favorite and hope that they win. However this is really where it peaks. There isn't a story to it, it's more about the experience and the slowly played out violence than anything which at times is very entertaining to watch. Everyone’s performances had their own special takes on their characters. No character is

alike and it reinforces that idea of picking and choosing your favorite. So really as the film went on it felt more like a picking and choosing slapstick action thriller than a film with a traditional story. It's a free for all in the way its setup and excuses its style and also as a story, hence the name, Free Fire.

Director Ben Wheatley who previously directed the dreamlike indie film High Rise has done a very unique job with Free Fire.

Wheatley has a very specific style of filmmaking

that has always been very outstanding and unique.

Free Fire is no exception, the intensity, the unique composition, the engrossing characters, they all make Free Fire great.

However Wheatley seemingly keeps making the same mistakes with his last films, hollow endings.

Going into his films they always start great but they never end well. Free Fire’s ending was certainly better than High Rises, which really came crashing down more towards the middle, but it still left me with an

unsatisfied feeling. Free Fire has all the right parts to a great movie, and it's even set up as one, however it still peaks early and ends on that flat note. As a Director I think Wheatley has grown very much and I look forward to seeing when he truly nails it, because that film will be truly amazing. However Free Fire is not it. He’s getting closer but it just falls shy of real greatness and Wheatley fullest potential. There’s no real reason to see this in theaters so maybe just wait until Netflix picks it up.

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OPINION EDITORIAL

Free tuition is terrible

Why New York’s free tuition program is short sighted

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Students can only stand to laugh with self-deprecation as the prospect of paying off their mountainous amounts of debt stares them dead in the eyes.

Based on statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor, from 1984 to 2014 college tuition prices have risen on average by 260%. This staggering figure forces us to beg the obvious question: why have prices risen on a practically exponential scale?

Many people believe that colleges are overcharging students due to the evils of capitalism. These colleges have become just like a corporation, and must be broken down like a Bernie Sanders wet dream. At least with public colleges and universities, people who ascribe to this camp want all public college’s tuition to be completely free for everyone, and have the government subsidize the tuition instead of it burdening student’s wallets.

The state of New York recently passed a new pro-

gram which gives students in certain financial brackets the freedom to go to any state New York school for completely free. These students must be full time, and after graduation they must reside in the state for at least two to four years under the state’s discretion.

Families who make under $100,00 will be the first who see this benefit, then the year after the cap will increase to $110,000, and in 2019 the cap will solidify at $125,000.

Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo has been working with state’s legislators in order to create a budget which could sustain such a blunt hit to government spending.

There are an estimated one million families who are eligible under the first financial bracket, and there will be about 200,000 current students who will have this paradigm benefit their wallets.

Cuomo and his legislators estimated that this plan would cost the state,

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at a conservative figure, $163 million in the first year of this program. On top of that, they added another $19 million towards assistance grants for students who choose to go to a private school. Students who choose this route will receive a maximum of $3,000, which is barely scratching the surface of their piling debts from a private institution’s tuition rates.

Who will pay this extra $182 million dollars?

The taxpayers, of course.

Who else would be able to provide these funds?

The main way the government makes their money is through taxing people until they die and pass on the fruits of their activism to their children, and from their children to their children. So on and so forth.

Is taxing the people of New York a solution to rising costs of college tuition? With the rise in government subsidized loans, there has been a large increase to the cost of tui-

tion. Due to the rise in demand of a high education via the influx of student populations pouring into them, colleges raised their costs to meet both demand and to run their colleges as they are supposed to be run: like businesses.

Should colleges be run like a business? Shouldn’t higher education be all about focusing on the students and not about killing their future financial life as they run head first towards grad school in any STEM or social science of their liking?

Most people would say no, that colleges should not be run like a business. It kills the entire idea of having education be available for all who wish to expand their state of mind. However, most forget the number of postcards, emails and miscellaneous college advertisements they see in their everyday lives.

Colleges are competing for student populations, and due to that they must run like a business. They

must compete with other universities for student populations, as well they must provide a good price point for their cost over education versus others in their same bracket.

Schools with higher demand for acceptance will raise their tuition costs in order to meet with demand. That’s a large reason as to why Northern Illinois University, with around a 15,000-student population and in the middle of farmtown America, cost less to go to than the more appealing in both education and location University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which has around a 30,000-student populous.

With the almost guaranteed increase in demand of a higher education in the state of New York due to this new program, prices are bound to increase at a staggering rate over the next decade. Students who do not fall under this $100,000 bracket will be paying higher prices due to universities need-

ing to charge all students evenly, whether under or above the family budgetary threshold. Students over the $100,000 cap will see an almost immediate bump with the rise in student population over the coming years.

American Colleges cannot run for free under the guise of wanting to be more like Europe. We cannot fixate public college’s price points at an artificial level. By doing that, we would be undercutting the quality of education the student receives via artificial deflation of tuition.

Higher education in the U.S. does not need any more government assistance to help lower income individuals earn a degree. What we need are real world solutions to the cost of tuition that aren’t as short sighted and obviously politically aimed at public admiration as the front led by Governor Cuomo.

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SPORTS Aaron Hernandez: Story of disappointment not tragedy Carlos Peterson · Reporter

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This past week former New England Patriots Tight End Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his cell from what appeared to be a suicide by hanging. Hernandez, 27, was facing life in prison without parole, leaving behind a pregnant fiancee at the time. Although his situation was bleak, his suicide leaves us all asking one question: “Why?” On April 15, 2015, Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of the first degree murder Odin Lloyd. Hernandez would spend the rest of his life in prison.

Still in prison for Lloyd’s death, Hernandez went

to trial again for a double-murder charge for a 2012 incident, which he would eventually be found not guilty of. In a series of terrible things happening for Hernandez this seemed to be a small victory. The suicide in his cell was puzzling having such a promising verdict just a day earlier. While the world reacted to the death of Hernandez in various ways the one term I could just not bring myself to describe Hernandez was: tragic.

With what seemed all the luck in the world, Hernandez would be coming home after being select-

ed by his hometown New England Patriots in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL draft. Being paired with second round pick, Rob Gronkowski, a tight end from Arizona who had some trouble staying on the field with injuries.

This seemed to be a match made only in the movies as both were ultra-talented players from programs that churned out so many great pro players. It seemed the Patriots had hit the jackpot in this draft. Although it would be found out later that coming home would be detrimental to the growth of Hernandez.

Having lost his father

in January of 2006, Hernandez would be returning home where much of what had been leading him down a path of violence would be resurfacing in his life. Hernandez, despite having the support of such a well-run organization as New England, took a path of violence instead. While others looked to steer Hernandez away from this path, he and he alone are responsible for his actions.

For so many great moments in his career it will always be overshadowed by the hard life he chose to live.

Growing up dearly loving the Florida football,

Hernandez is someone who shouldn't be viewed as a tragic case but rather a disappointment. There are many situations in life that should have our sympathy but someone who chose the path Hernandez did should not be that someone. Consistently having the opportunity for himself and the family he left behind is something that not many people have in life. If there’s any sympathy to be had it’s for the fouryear-old daughter who is going to be growing up wondering why her dad made the decisions that lead her to not have him in her life.

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MUSIC

“DAMN.” is an understatement Hardship, seen through Lamar’s lens Lucas Koprowski · Editor-in-Chief

Kendrick Lamar has solidified his craft to be on the same level as Michelangelo or Pablo Picasso.

The evolution from his debut release “Section.80” to the outstanding and highly revered “To Pimp A Butterfly” has elevated his status from being just another Lil’ Yatchy or Big Sean to a father of the modern rap scene.

His lyricism and style have taken sharp turns at every album. He challenges himself to evolve as not only an artist, but as a story teller and a human. His music does not tell the story of Kendrick Lamar, but everyone around him who he sees

has fallen into the same path as himself. His tone and articulation force his audience to pick apart every line of his songs and draw their own conclusions.

His multilayered writing, coupled with the production quality rappers like Drake and J. Cole can only have while trapped in wet dreams, is what has led Lamar to rise to the top of a thick concreted scene and elevated his status onto the same as Snoop Dogg or Tupac.

However, that’s not to say musical geniuses can’t hiccup along the way to the hall of fame.

His release of “DAMN.”

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was not disappointing in any major way. However, the album itself is disjointed, and loses a lot of kick while listening from cover-to-cover. That isn’t to say Lamar has lost his mojo after releasing the genre-defining “To Pimp A Butterfly.”

“DAMN.” is by far Lamar’s most self-destructive and introspective collection as of date. Every song pertains to a part of Lamar’s mind that’s weighing him down heavily. The majority of these tracks hit hard as singles, but within the collection they seem almost sporadic and bipolar.

The intro interlude

“BLOOD.” starts the album off on an eerie tone.

An echo of distressed men interlaces the atmosphere with questions of wickedness and weakness within one’s own moral fabric. Lamar follows up with a story about him wanting to help a blind woman find what she’s looking for, only to be smited by his own blindness brought on by empathy and is shot dead on the scene.

After the gunshot has fallen, echoes of a Fox News reporter overanalyzing Lamar’s anti-police lyrics infuriates Lamar back to life into an almost demonic mor-

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phology. His frustration with white media’s misunderstandings as to why he wrote those lyrics fully thrusts himself into “DNA.” The conviction of Lamar pulls into the song as he’s demonically describing his loyalty to his family and friends back in his home town Compton.

The deep bass cuts through extremely well, and helps progress the album throughout its 14 tracks. In tracks heavily influenced by spite and anger like “DNA.” the bass almost tends to drown out the lyrics, making the track a lot more aggressive.

In the following track

“YAH.” he falls back into an omniscient voice. His monotone droning goes on about how his public persona affects his family and his own perspective of his stature. He goes back to the same Fox News clip of the anchors criticizing his lyrics, but with his niece now watching them say his lyrics only hurt the black community.

He goes onto talking about his admiration towards his successes, placing his character on the biblical level of Israelites, who in the Book of Deuteronomy are God’s chosen people. He goes even further to talk about how

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the black community are the chosen ones of God, due to their hardships most likely referencing the civil rights movement and how badly poor black populations are treated within the U.S...

His references of Deuteronomy are laced throughout the album, with the perpetual idea that the black community has become the modern-day Israelites.

His personal conviction to God allows him to become critical in a detached manner of his community towards their ideas of success coinciding with illegal and sinuous activity. “I know he walks the Earth; But it's money to get, bitches to hit, yah; Zeroes to flip, temptation is, yah; First on my list, I can't resist, yah” Throughout the album, he constantly flips between two characters within himself that contradict and cause his depression and anger to set ablaze. In the following track “ELEMENT.” his attitude flips towards willing to die and kill for his ambitions. The death of his grandma focuses his anger into

a passionate flame that no longer stands for his family, but the entire Compton community.

After “ELEM E N T. ” h o w e v e r, the album diverts into a mess of conflicting productions that are aimed well, however miss Lamar’s status quo of quality seen

throughout his discography. “LOYALTY.” is the absolute worst track on the listing. It sounds close to a Soundcloud demo, and Rihanna makes the entire bit

come off like an early Calvin Harris release like “18 Months.”

“HUMBLE.” is a flame-engulfed track popping off a catapult with the intention of setting ablaze the monotonous and repetitive rappers who use the same beats rehashed in order stay relevant in the scene, as well catching the media’s interpretation of beautify and humanity along the way.

The best track in this collection has to go to either “LUST.” or “XXX.” The former’s mischievous tone sets the tone to be disgusting in nature while connected to lyrics asking if he can just “put the head in.” “XXX.” somehow makes U2 relevant again, with Lamar utilizing their soft oaky tone over his description of how the hood takes away any aspirations towards an education and aims them towards pipe dreams

like gang life or rapping.

There are ideas littered throughout this piece that piece the mind of Lamar into an omniscient being of his community and a symbol for the black community.

Although disjointed and lackluster at times, when he finds his stride he’s able to capitalize on his iconic storytelling and push his narrative beyond anyone in his same realm of rap. “ D U C K WO R T H . ” stamps his collection with a classic beat and a realization that the black community is pointing fingers around to find the cause of their problems, when in actuality it’s all within their own morality. The song follows the story of Lamar’s father Kenneth Duckworth, and a single event that could have ended his father’s life and altered Lamar’s life in ways only fiction could recreate.

With one final gunshot popped off into Lamar’s character, the album reverses completely and end back where he began.

The blind woman is God. She knows nothing, is completely lost, yet knows all.

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This is Gospel – Panic at the Disco Genre: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock Similar to: Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance A beautiful ode to lead singer Brendon Urie’s friend who struggled with addiction is brought to life in Panic’s fifth album. It brings about many feelings of anxiety and struggles with self worth as he works through some of it. Experiencing the liberation of taking control of one’s destiny is unbelievable. Urie’s melodious voice completely takes the show in this beautiful song. -Alizay

Sound of Walking Away – Illenium & Kerli Genre: Future Bass Similar to: Said the Sky, Seven Lions There’s no better way to kick off the start of warm weather than some brand new future bass music. With a very melancholy tone, this song is perfect for those long commutes home from class. “Sound of Walking Away” brings along a very unique and beautiful sounding drop. Coupled with its high-energy yet emotional supersaws, this is a track that EDM enthusiasts can’t miss. —Dave

I Hate You – Mary Bell Genre: Punk Rock Similar to: Scott Pilgrim vs The World This french punk band is the physical embodiment of how Sex Bo-Bomb sounds in the movie “Scott Pilgrim vs The World.” While perusing Bandcamp, a website for indie artist across the world to share their sound with anyone with open ears, I found them in dire need of a new sound. I thought I could never find a sound that not only meets the grunge of one of my favorite movies of all time, however Mary Bell has proved to be the kryptonite to my preconceived notions. —Lucas

Lights Out – Royal Blood Genre: Heavy Rock Similar to: Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails Royal Blood’s first album that came out in 2014 rocked the foundation of the rock genre itself. It was heavy and mean sounding with its own unique style, probably from the fact that the lead bassist plays his bass like a guitar. Royal Blood is back now and with a vengeance, but still with their classic style. Lights Out is a great preview to their upcoming new album that will be released soon.

If you’re a fan of rock then you’re a fan of Royal Blood. Make sure to check out Lights Out and keep your eyes open for their new album. ­—Kitt

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