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Volume #98 | Issue #12 | January 27, 2014 | DePauliaonline.com
Cold, alone on the ‘L’
Arena TIF funds reallocated By Grant Myatt News Editor
EMILY BRANDENSTEIN | THE DEPAULIA
TARA GRESENS | THE DEPAULIA
LEFT, a train pulls into the Fullerton Red Line station on a snowy afternoon. RIGHT, a man takes refuge from the freezing cold on the ‘L’.
Homeless try to escape frigid weather By Maria Elias Contributing Writer
Escaping out of the cold and into the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Red Line at 4:15 a.m. is a daily ritual for Shannon Costello. The 23-year-old Chicagoan is a Starbucks barista, and often is scheduled to open the coffee shop at 5 a.m. Although Costello has never had a problem with taking the CTA at this early hour—or late hour, depending on when you ended your night at the bars—Chicago’s record
cold weather this winter has changed her opinion. “I’ve lived in the city my whole life, so taking the ‘L’ at that hour seemed like no big deal,” Costello said. “But I guess with this winter being so bad, it has brought way more homeless people out and the cars are repulsive.” The CTA agrees that its services are providing the homeless with shelter more this winter than any other in Chicago history. “The CTA has increased nightly patrols with social service agencies to provide
homeless individuals other options during the unusual cold periods,” CTA representative Lambrini Lukidis said. “Our security staff and experts from social agencies are working in teams to encourage homeless to take advantage of shelters and social services.” The winter months have also caused a spike in the diligence of the car services. With the inside of the railcars filling with salt, snow and slush brought in by passengers during inclement weather, the CTA is making more of an effort to keep their services
clean. “I got on the ‘L’ at Midway from leaving the airport, and one of the guys was cleaning all of the cars,” Jack Goodman, 24, of Wicker Park, said. “I felt bad for him, but I’ve also fallen while riding the L because of the slush and snow that piles up in the cars. So, I was happy to they are handling the situation.” Confirming Goodman’s experience, the CTA said its regular cleaning program of rail cars requires staff to walk
See HOMELESS, page 5
DePaul reacts to sex abuse disclosures By Tom Fowkes Staff Writer
After weeks of anticipation following an announcement by Cardinal Francis George in December 2013, more than 6,000 pages of internal Chicago Archdiocese documents concerning cases of sexual abuse by priests were released publicly on Tuesday. The extensive records, which the Associated Press called “the broadest look yet into how one of [the] largest and most prominent American dioceses responded to the scandal,” offer an unvarnished and disquieting glimpse of
years of abuse and systematic concealment. The documents feature correspondence between church officials, lurid details of individual acts and personal information about the accused in 30 of the at least 65 cases where the Archdiocese states it has credible claims of child abuse. Their release came through a settlement between the organization’s attorneys and law firm Jeff Anderson & Associates, which represents numerous victims and has made the documents available on their
CHARLES REX ARBOGAST | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
See SEXUAL ABUSE, page 9 Bishop Francis Kane responding to the recent sex abuse disclosures.
The City of Chicago announced that the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funding for the new DePaul arena will be reallocated to the Marriott hotel project, the Chicago Tribune reported. Originally, $33 million in TIF funds would cover the arena land, but the McPier organization will now pay for the land. The DePaul student group, the Contingent for an Alternatively Funded Arena (CAFA), campaigned against the use of those funds. “I was still surprised to hear that TIF funds would not be used for the event center,” Francesco De Salvatore, a member of CAFA, said. “One of the demands that CAFA has insisted upon is that DePaul University not partake in a partnership that would be using TIF and public funding.” Cynthia Lawson, DePaul’s vice president of public relations and communications said, “How the city of Chicago and MPEA finance their portion of the economic development project in the South Loop is theirs to determine.” CAFA plan to meet later this week to discuss the news.
MAP grant race starts By Nathan Weisman Asst. News Editor
Every year college students around Illinois race to submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to receive Monetary Award Programs (MAP) grants from the state. MAP grants are given on a first-come, first-served basis with funds often running out before the official application deadline. Because of this, DePaul has taken efforts to ensure that students know they need to apply as quickly as possible. “SGA has worked to get the message out in as many ways as possible,” Casey Clemmons, the president of the Student Government Association, said. “We felt it was important to have the message on D2L because we
See MAP, page 5