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Volume #99 | Issue #12 | Jan. 26, 2014 | depauliaonline.com
First men’s basketball win against ranked team since ‘08 By Matthew Paras Sports Editor
Perhaps nothing signified the painful losing culture of DePaul men’s basketball more than the 51-game losing streak the Blue Demons suffered against nationally-ranked teams. Since 2008, the Blue Demons endured seven years of seeing the best teams in the nation roll over them. Not anymore. In what’s already been a stunning season, DePaul (11-10, 5-3 Big East) continued to prove that these aren’t the same old Blue Demons with a 64-60 win Thursday over No. 24 Seton Hall (13-5, 3-3). It was the team’s first win against a nationally-ranked team under head coach Oliver Purnell. “They’re just believing,” Purnell said. “That’s something that we’ve been trying to preach with our guys. And clearly, if you’ve looked at our conference season so far, we came back from 13 to beat Marquette in the second half. Saturday we came back from 10 back to beat St. John’s, and this was another game like that. “It’s still early, but when your
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Pieces are installed for the new “Rooted in Soil” exhibition at the DePaul Art Museum, which opens Thursday, Jan. 29.
From the ground up
New exhibit at Art Museum next step in making its mark in Chicago’s art scene By Courtney Jacquin Editor-in-Chief
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he upcoming exhibition at the DePaul Art Museum is a pile of dirt. That’s not a bad thing — “Rooted in Soil,” opening Jan. 29, explores the reciprocal relationship between humans and soil. “Soil is linked to everything around us,
and we’re connected to it in a multitude of ways,” said Laura Fatemi, the exhibition’s director and museum’s interim director. “It’s a key component of becoming a better steward of our environment.” The idea for “Rooted in Soil” began about a year and a half ago according to Fatemi, when she began working on a presentation proposal for a conference with her daughter Farrah, an environmental scientist and DePaul
graduate. “It looks at our role and how we are a part of this cycle … looking at birth, death and decay,” Fatemi said. “The exhibition explores how we are connected to our environment at large.” The show shares similarities with “Climate of Uncertainty,” another environmentally-based exhibition the
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Mayoral, aldermanic candidates discuss Chicago’s future By Brendon Moore News Editor
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43rd Ward Alderman Michele Smith talks to students at the mayoral and aldermanic forum Tuesday, Jan. 20 at The Theatre School.
Two mayoral hopefuls and several aldermanic candidates discussed topics ranging from the future of the city to the nuts and bolts of running a ward at The Theatre School Tuesday night, a little over a month away from Election Day. The event, organized by the DePaul Student Government Association, featured mayoral candidates Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd Ward) and Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, as well as candidates from the 2nd, 32nd, 43rd and 44th wards. Representatives from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s campaign were scheduled to appear as well, but no one showed up to speak on
his behalf. Fioretti and Garcia, both running to the left of the mayor, have tried to present themselves as the progressive candidate in the race. Fioretti, however, struck a more conciliatory tone in his comments, acknowledging that their goals line up at the end of the day. “When we say we’re in competition, we’re really not,” Fioretti said. “Because you know what, we’re here for one purpose, and we’re both running for the same purpose, to make sure that Rahm Emanuel does not occupy the fifth floor come the middle of May. That’s why we’re here today, and that’s why we’re running.” In running for Chicago’s highest office, Fioretti spoke of his love for the city as well as the
values he learned growing up in an ethnic neighborhood on the city’s South Side. “My values were shaped on the South Side by my working class Italian immigrant father and my Polish-American mother,” he said. “I became a civil rights attorney here in this city, I led the fight to move a progressive agenda in the city council.” Fioretti, a leader of the progressive caucus on the city council, has been in office since 2007. “We need a leader that is both tough and fair, and that is why I am asking for your vote,” Fioretti said. Garcia, on the other hand, said that he is the best candidate
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