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Athletic director’s contract renewed By MIKE CHAMERNIK Contributing Writer
DePaul Athletic Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto’s contract will be renewed through 2017, according to a source. The official announcement will be made at Tuesday’s tip-off luncheon. Ponsetto has been the athletic director since July 2002. Ponsetto is a member of the DePaul Athletic Hall of Fame and has been a fixture in the Blue Demon athletic community since she attended the school in the mid-1970s, where she played tennis, volleyball, softball and basketball. The results of Ponsetto’s tenure as athletic director have been mixed at best. Under her watch, Cacciatore Softball Stadium was built in 2010, and renovations
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DePaul’s Athletic Director, Jean Lenti Ponsettlo’s contract with the university was renewed through 2017.
have taken place at Wish Field and Cherry Family Indoor Track at the Ray Meyer Center. Ponsetto was instrumental in DePaul joining the Big East conference in 2005, and she has put emphasis on success in the classroom. During Ponsetto’s time, 450 student-athletes have been named conference Academic Honor Rolls, and in 2010, DePaul athletes have posted their highest combined GPA (3.353) in school history. Yet, the men’s basketball program – DePaul’s calling card – has languished over the past decade. Though DePaul made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2004, the school has not made the year-end tournament since then (DePaul did make the 2007 NIT). The Blue Demons have gone a disappointing 47-109 since the beginning of the 2007-08 season, and have yet to rebound under third-
year coach Oliver Purnell, whom Ponsetto signed to a seven-year, $15 million deal in 2010. Under Purnell, DePaul has only received one commitment to an ESPN top100 recruit, class of 2013’s Billy Garrett, Jr., and recently missed out on top Chicago prep star Jabari Parker. Ponsetto signed a previous five-year deal in 2007. She was praised by DePaul President Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M. for her dedication to DePaul athletics – “Her top priority was to seek the longest contract DePaul offers,” Fr. Holtschneider said to the DePaul website in 2007. “That speaks volumes about her commitment to the institution, and I’m pleased to say we are equally committed to her.” Ponsetto and Holtschneider were unavailable for comment.
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DePaul officially released the iDePaul application for iOS, Android and Blackberry phones Tuesday. The app was developed by DubLabs, Inc., a company that works with over 600 schools to develop and distribute schoolspecific apps that allow students to check campus maps, access important numbers, view event schedules and perform other functions that college students may use on a regular basis. Bob McCormick, vice president for Information Services, said that the nowreleased application may change based on feedback from its users. “We’re tracking the downloads so we can respond to feedback,” said McCormick. “We will be acting on the feedback people leave and working with our vendor to make adjustments.” He added that they have already received feedback on the app and currently have a four star rating on iTunes with more than 20 reviews. “We’ve been getting feedback from Facebook, Twitter, the iTunes application store, and we’re pleasantly surprised by how it’s been received,” said McCormick. Phil De Guzman, a 2008 alum tweeted Thursday, “Just DL’d the new DePaul app. Pretty cool.” Some students believe that the app may be useful to certain groups of students, but not necessarily the student body as a whole.
“Few of the features are something I would need to access often enough on-the-go that would justify me downloading a native app,” said Mehdi Bichri, sophomore business major. “That being said, I think that it might be useful for newer students or people with limited computer access, but I don’t fall into either of those categories.” iDePaul allows students to view several parts of D2L for their classes such as class announcements and assignments,
but it is missing functionality for grades and content. “I wish teachers actually added assignments onto D2L or it had grades, but (the app) was actually working,” said Kelsey Schroeder, sophomore public relations major. There was concern that the app would not work on iPhone 5 phones. “We just independently verified that the iDePaul app does work on the iPhone 5 – it is not optimized for that platform,
but it does work well,” said McCormick. He added that if students are having problems with the app, they can contact him and he will look into the issue. While this app may be useful to some students, it is not for everyone. “I read the description and played around with it on my roommate’s phone and decided that it was useless to me,” said Bichri.
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By CHRIS AYAN Copy Editor Mayor Rahm Emanuel presented the 2013 budget to the Chicago City Council Oct. 10. The mayor’s proposed budget balances the finances of the city “without raising a single tax or introducing a single new fee.” “Chicago is known as the City that Works,” said Emanuel. “This is our opportunity to deliver a budget that works for our taxpayers. The key to Emanuel’s budget is that rather than raising taxes it emphasizes reforming government. “Our goal is to reform where we can; cut where we must; and invest in where it matters: providing greater opportunities for our children, better services for our neighborhoods, and stronger growth for our small businesses,” said Emanuel. Some of the major changes for small business in the budget include the opening of a “Small Business Center” in the Department of Business and Consumer Protection (BACP), as well as completely eliminating the Employee Head Tax, that taxes employers a monthly fee for each employee, by the end of 2013. Emanuel believes that Chicago is a leader in job growth. “When it comes to job creation the Second City is second to none,” said Emanuel. “Chicago led the nation’s large cities in job growth in the past year and the largest drop in unemployment.” As Emanuel stated the budget also allows greater opportunities for children. The budget includes 5,000 additional early education slots, 3,000 additional afterschool program slots, as well as 1,000 additional summer job slots. One of the largest increases in investments in children comes from eye exams and glasses now being made available for 23,000 children, a marked increase from the previous 7,000. In order to provide better services for neighborhoods, the budget allows for recycling to be expanded citywide by the end of 2013. The budget also takes aim at the Emerald Ash Borer, an Asian beetle that has been destroying ash trees in Chicago since 2003, by hiring an additional 18 crews to deal with the invasive bug as well as trim trees. Emanuel also has the city partnering with non-profit food pantries so that the Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) can provide 150,000 additional healthy meals at almost 400 “Emergency Food Box” locations throughout the city. Emanuel also plans to open up DFSS service centers that will allow the city to provide services to an additional 3,000 victims of domestic violence. The budget additionally allows for the city to enhance public safety by providing funding for the Chicago Police Department to hire additional officers and always be at full force. The budget also proposes new allocation of police resources to districts that need them the most. In his address to City Council, Emanuel not only urged Council members to approve this budget, but also urged Springfield to take on the issue of pension reform. “In less than four years, payment to meet our pension obligations will comprise 22 percent of the City’s budge – one out of every five dollars,” said Emanuel. “We must come together to ensure the security of both our city retirees and our city taxpayer. And what we really need is for our representatives in Springfield to step up, take their share of responsibility and not miss this critical opportunity once again.”
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#Election 2012 and social media By MEGAN DEPPEN Contributing Writer
Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest and YouTube are all internetbased platforms for entertainment, information, communication and now the American presidential election. For the first time in history, debates are live-streamed on YouTube and available for audiences to replay on computers and mobile devices. Social networking expands the candidates’ campaign reach to the farthest stretches of the country and invites the world into the political conversation surrounding the election of America’s president. By the late 20th century, technology had rooted itself in society and developed a fundamental role in campaigning, particularly for the 2008 election. Bruce Evensen, political and news journalism professor at DePaul, said that, by the 2008 campaign, “the internet surpassed newspapers as a place where citizens received political information.” Candidates harnessed the Internet as a resource to broadcast their campaigns on a vast scale, and Evenson said the extensive use of technology in the 2008 election lead to Barack Obama being dubbed as “the first Internet president.” In the past election, the Internet proved to be a comfortable common ground between campaign agents and the public. Paul Booth, professor of technology and new media at DePaul, observed that the use of social media in 2008 not only increased “(Obama’s) ability to get his message to a variety of audiences, but also to motivate people to vote.” Research by the Pew Internet & American Life Project follows the incorporation of the Internet in election campaigns, starting with the first campaign website for Senator Diane Feinstein in 1994, to the use of social media by the Obama campaign in 2008. According to the Federal Election Commission, voter turnout steadily increased after 1994, and this evidence that may suggest that the use of Internet by election campaigns has increased the percentage of voter turnout. The merger between the American presidential election and the Internet made history Oct. 3 when presidential debates were live streamed on YouTube
for the first time. Live streaming on the Internet expands the audience viewing the debates and invites younger, more Internet-savvy generations to watch. Jason Martin, professor of political communication and journalism at DePaul recognizes “less and less percent of people have a television … but (YouTube live streaming) allows them to still access (the debates).” Martin admires YouTube’s decision to live stream the debates because they have “broadcasting reach (campaigns) haven’t had before.” Booth initially stated that he does not believe broadcasting the debates
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With more mainstream media using social media platforms, information is getting circulated quickly - some accurate, some inaccurate.” MIKE REILLEY, journalism instructor
will increase live viewership; however, “the debates are then downloadable and easily accessible online … so YouTube works really nicely as a reference for people to become more informed about the candidates.” The effect the Internet has on today’s voters in many ways mirrors the effect television had on voters in the 1960 election. The debates between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon were the first ever to be seen on television, and audiences around the country had the opportunity to participate in politics like they never had before by viewing in addition listening to the candidates. In data from the Federal Election Commission, the voter turnout from 1956 to 1960 increased from 60.6 percent to 62.77 percent , suggesting that televised debates had a positive effect on voter turnout. The Internet is no different. The online participation in the 2012 election is estimated to be significantly higher than participation in the 2008 election simply due to the increased use of social
networks. In a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, the “proportion of online adults who use Twitter on a typical day has doubled since May 2011 and has quadrupled since late 2010.” This increase strengthens the role the Internet will play in the coming election because more Americans have the opportunity to participate in online discussion of the issues and share information with a wider group of people. Social networking sites are the key to “viewpoints interacting together, making a truly multi-ideological viewpoint,” said Booth. In the election, “live tweeting opened doors to new conversations. When we tweet we often forget that we have followers with lots of different beliefs and viewpoints.” With the incorporation of social media, political coverage is therefore not a field left solely to journalists and TV broadcasters. The public has more power than ever to share their opinions on a wide scale. From 2005 until February of 2012, social networking site use, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, increased by 77 percent for 18-29 year olds. Since the last election, usage increased by 19 percent for 18-29 year olds and 47 percent for 30-49 year olds. Another study conducted by the Pew Research Center also found that at two degrees of separation, Facebook users could reach an audience of up to 156,569 other users. The combination of increased social media activity as well as a growing reach in audience ultimately means that each member of a social network has nearly unlimited opportunity to share opinions and discussion with hundreds of thousands of people from around the world via the Internet. While posts by the public appear on the individual feeds of popular networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, YouTube also hosted a live stream of politically relevant tweets on the screen during the debates. Mike Reilley, journalism instructor, excited by the stream of tweets, believes “the live feed is great in that (journalists) can measure instant See SOCIAL MEDIA, page 9
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As election heats up, a look back on the candidates’ histories and positions
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President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney exchange words during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University.
Romney still raises money in Illinois Obama: global start, Chicago finish By NICK MILLER Contributing Writer Mitt Romney. Mention his name in Chicago and, in a lot of places, you’ll be met by jeers and ill wishes from passersby. It isn’t easy to be the Republican presidential candidate, or a Republican for that matter, in Chicago in 2012. The city, after all, functions as both the hometown and campaign headquarters for President Barack Obama. Yet there is a community of dedicated conservatives working in Chicago to help get Romney elected in November. Even though the polls are showing Illinois as a “blue state” in the upcoming election, there are a number of Republican flyers, calls, and upcoming fundraisers in advance of the election. Romney has only visited the Chicago area three times in the last six months (twice in the suburbs), but the GOP standard-bearer is raising a slug of campaign cash in and around the city, according to press reports. At just one September fundraiser in north suburban Lake Forest, according to news reports, Romney raised $4.4 million in what is being described by his handlers as “the largest single Republican fundraiser in Illinois history.” A more recent follow-up visit to Rosemont by his vice-presidential candidate raised $2.5 million. That pushed Romney’s total takeaway from the Land of Lincoln past $20 million … with fully a month to go before the election. But besides money, how does Romney fit into Obama’s city? In most ways he doesn’t, exactly. But through his political ideals—especially his pleas for fiscal austerity—he does speak to many here in the business capital of the Midwest who are looking for a new leader. After all, he’s the son of a Midwest manufacturer. According to Romney’s campaign website, Willard “Mitt” Romney was born on March 12, 1947, in Detroit,
Michigan, the son of the governor of Michigan, George Romney. Mitt Romney grew up comfortably in an affluent atmosphere made possible by his father’s position atop the old American Motors Corp. He eventually attended Brigham Young University following his own Mormon upbringing. He later graduated with a Master of Business from Harvard University. Romney married Ann Davies in 1969, subsequently having five children—all of them boys. He entered the management consulting industry, eventually starting the highly successful company Bain Capital in 1984, a private equity investment firm that has helped raise Romney’s net worth to an estimated $190-$250 million. After a failed 1994 U.S Senate bid in Massachusetts, Romney once again entered politics in 2002. That year, he was elected the governor of Massachusetts. Romney later wrote in his 2010 book “No Apology: The Case for American Greatness”, that his decision to get back into politics was bolstered by his role in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In 2002 he took the position of president and CEO of the 2002 Winter Olympic Committee, whose organizers had been plagued by accusations of bribery and bad investments. Romney helped to revamp the organization by reducing budgets, reorganizing leadership and boosting fundraising. Romney also lobbied Congress for additional federal money and the Salt Lake Olympics turned out to be a success with an overall profit of $100 million. Romney’s work with the Olympics propelled him back into the public eye. Press accounts of his one term as governor (2003-2007) credit Romney with helping eliminate a projected $3 billion state budget deficit through spending cuts as well as the removal of tax loopholes. He See ROMNEY, page 6
By BRIANNA KELLY Contributing Writer Barack Obama took the nation by storm when he was elected as the first African-American president Nov. 4, 2008, with nearly 53 percent of the popular vote and better than a 2-to-1 margin in the electoral college. But can he do it again? Polls show roughly half of Americans believe Obama has not made enough progress during his four years in office. The president argues that, in order to deliver true change, he needs more time. Many experts think what happens this Nov. 6 will be determined by voter turnout. It’s not necessarily demographics, they say, for it’s pretty clear which segment of the electorate – racial, ethnic, income brackets – are most likely to be voting for Obama. It’s more a matter of which candidate, the incumbent or GOP noiminee Mitt Romney – can turn out their true believers in the largest numbers. Obama has worn many hats throughout his life: student, philanthropist, lawyer, professor, best-selling author and politician. His diverse and often complicated background has created much controversy with his opponents, as well as respect from his supporters. The many places he has called home, especially his adopted hometown of Chicago, have shaped him as a political figure. Barack Hussein Obama II was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 4, 1961. His mother, Ann Dunham, and father, Barack Obama, Sr., an exchange student from Kenya, met while they were both attending the University of Hawaii. The couple was briefly married, but separated shortly after Obama was born and officially divorced in March 1964. That same year, Obama, Sr., moved back to Kenya and remarried, causing him to be absent for nearly all of his son’s life. When Obama was six-years-old, his
mother, having married an Indonesian she met in Hawaii, took him to Djakarta, where he spent a significant part of his childhood. At the age of 10, he moved back to Honolulu to live with his grandparents and attend the private Punahou School. His mother made many sacrifices and at one time went on food stamps to ensure he had a top-notch education. Throughout his many years of schooling, Obama grappled intellectually with the deeply rooted racism and class prejudices that seemingly exist within American society. He also started to come to terms with his identity – a raciallymixed man who bears his absent father’s Muslim name. He began his undergraduate degree at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Obama eventually transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he graduated in 1983 with a double major in English literature and political science. Shortly after graduating from college, Obama turned down a promising job offer at an international consulting firm and moved to Chicago to become a community organizer. He agreed to an annual salary of $10,000, plus a car allowance. In his new position, he served as lead organizer for the Developing Communities Project on the South Side. For four years, from 1984 to 1988, he assisted residents in and around the Altgeld Gardens public housing development in the city’s far south Roseland neighborhood, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago. His issues focused on job training and public health, including the removal of asbestos from Altgeld and clean-up of landfills in the surrounding area. Obama then headed to Harvard University to pursue a law degree. While in law school he became the first AfricanAmerican president of the Harvard Law See OBAMA, page 6
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Obama plans Nov. 6 rally in Chicago By KEVIN THOMAS The Associated Press
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Latino turnout key in swing states By JACQUELINE MOLINA Contributing Writer
Voter turnout among Latinos likely will play “a huge role” in determining the outcome of the upcoming presidential election, according to Lourdes Torres, director of the Center for Latino Research at DePaul University. The big question: Will Latinos show up on Nov. 6 the way they did in 2008? According to the Pew Hispanic Center, Latinos voted by a margin of more than twoto-one for Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden over Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin. Many were apparently enthralled by the overall message of change that the Obama campaign carefully crafted and directed to them, and the promises the President made in regards to immigration reform. “Latinos identified with Obama because, to them, he seemed completely different and fresh and nothing like the previous Bush administration,” said Maria Isabel Ochoa, assistant director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at DePaul University. Pew Hispanic Center associate director Mark Hugo Lopez said the amount of Latinos in the electorate has grown over the past two elections. “In 2008, 9 percent of the electorate was made up of Latinos and grew by 1 percent from the previous presidential election in 2004,” said Lopez. However, for the upcoming election, Latino voter enthusiasm may be dwindling in comparison to the last. According to an NBC news report from Oct. 3, “59 percent of Latino voters say they are between 9-10 (out of 10) in their enthusiasm for the election, far behind the 88 percent who said they were at least an ‘8’ in the run-up to the ’08 election.” Lopez also pointed out that though there has been an increase in Latinos eligible to vote since 2008, it is highly unlikely they will do so at the rate in which some expect them to, given many factors such as age range and location. In his most recent report for Pew Hispanic Center, Lopez found that Latino voter turnout is not as high as other groups because, for one thing, their younger age range especially in the 18-29 demographic, tends to vote at much lower rates. Also, many Hispanics are located in California and Texas: neither of which are battleground states. Nonetheless, Torres argues Latino voter registration has been steadily increasing in key battleground states, including Florida, as well as other states like Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama. “It is in these key states that the Latino vote will matter,” said Torres. In battleground states like Colorado, Nevada and Florida with a significantly large Latino population, Latino voter turnout could surely
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Latinos identified with Obama because, to them, he seemed completely different and fresh and nothing like the previous Bush adminsiration."
MARIA ISABEL OCHOA, assistant director of the Latin American and Latino studies program make the difference for either of the candidates. Particularly, in Florida in which according to an NBC news report, “Obama leads Romney by merely 1 percentage point, 47 to 46 percent.” For the Obama campaign to secure this election, experts say it is important that they target Latino voters in key battleground states and focus on the issues this segment of the electorate cares about, primarily immigration reform and the economy. “In passing the Deferred Action initiative, Obama took a key step in gaining back Latino voters trust and in many ways secured many their votes for the upcoming election” said Elizabeth Martinez, director of DePaul’s Center for Latino Research. Prior to passing by executive order the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, President Obama’s overall approval amongst Latino voters had diminished, mainly due to deportations and the lack of immigration reform. Many Latinos feel what Obama has done in his first term in office was completely the opposite that which he promised, in that his administration has deported the highest number of undocumented immigrants in U.S. history. On the other hand, Republican candidate Mitt Romney badly lags Obama among likely Latino voters according to a survey conducted last month by Pew Hispanic Center. In an effort to appeal to Latinos, Romney has said he “would honor deferred action granted by the Obama administration for some undocumented young people.” The Republican Convention’s platform, however, condemns the Deferred Action program. Nonetheless, according to the Boston Globe, Romney’s camp is now saying that, if elected, their candidate would not continue with the program but would not revoke work permits for people who obtain them by the time he took office on Jan. 20. Many observers claim Romney’s unclear stance regarding the Deferred Action Program as well as the GOP’s condemnation of it continues to push Latino voters away from the Republican nominee. Story from DePolitics2012.com, featuring work by DePaul communications graduate students.
President Barack Obama is planning an election-night rally in his hometown of Chicago at the giant McCormick Place convention center. From there, supporters will await the election results and prepare for a moment of celebration or dejection. A person familiar with the
plans says the decision is subject to change because no contract has yet been signed. The person familiar with the plans is not authorized to speak publicly about the arrangements and requested anonymity. Obama held an outdoor Election Day rally in 2008 in Chicago's Grant Park that attracted more than 200,000 people. The convention center can't support a crowd of that size.
Poll highlights issues important to students By ZOE BARKER Online Editor
To gather data about which 2012 election issues are most important to the DePaul community, a poll conducted on DePauliaOnline.com asked, “If you had to pick only one, what issue is most important to you this election?” Overwhelmingly, out of 58 total respondents, the most important issue was “Taxes/ Financial Policy/The Economy” with 43 percent. Second most
important was “Student Loans/ Debt” with 17 percent, which was not surprising given the large student audience taking the poll. With 14 percent and 10 percent respectively were “Education” and “Health Care/Medicare.” The options with the fewest votes in decreasing order were: “Other” with seven percent, “National Security/International Policy” with five percent, and “Social Security” with three percent. Voice your opinion in our weekly polls. Check them out at DePauliaOnline.com.
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President Barack Obama, right, and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney shake hands at the start of their second presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York Oct. 16.
"ROMNEY" continued from page 4 also helped develop Massachusetts’ health care reform law—close in concept to Obamacare—which helped to provide near-universal health insurance. It was the first law of its kind in the nation. A reliable fiscal conservative, over time Romney moved to the right on social issues. He now opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions and advocates a federal law reaffirming marriage as between a man and a woman. He also changed his abortion stance from pro-choice in 2002 to anti-abortion in 2005. After serving one term as governor, Romney announced his candidacy for president in the 2008 election. His shifting social views during his term as governor irked many. He was labeled a “flip-flopper” and lost the GOP bid for president to Arizona Senator John McCain. On June 2, 2011, Romney announced the start of his campaign for 2012. Operating out of headquarters in Boston, he raised over $42 million in 2011 for his bid, according to press reports. This was the highest, earliest amount raised by a Republican candidate. After a succession of hotly-contested state-by-state primaries, Romney was officially made the Republican nominee on Aug. 28 at the GOP national convention in Tampa. Also in August, Romney announced the selection of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice-presidential running mate. Romney has built his campaign around advocating for a stronger middle class, building a five-point plan on how to solve the economic
problem. One point is to cut the American deficit by capping federal spending below 20 percent of the economy. Energy independence is also emphasized, with Romney promising to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Romney also focuses on businesses by reducing taxes on job creation as well as “protecting workers and businesses from strong-arm labor union tactics.” Romney’s position against strong unions has not gone over well with some in union-intensive Chicago. When Chicago teachers went on strike in Sept., Romney commented on the strike. “I am disappointed by the decision of the Chicago Teachers Union to turn its back on not only a city negotiating in good faith but also the hundreds of thousands of children relying on the city’s public schools to provide them a safe place to receive a strong education,” said Romney in a press release. “President Obama has chosen his side in this fight, sending his Vice President last year to assure the nation’s largest teachers union that ‘you should have no doubt about my affection for you and the President’s commitment to you’ … I take the parents and students side in education.” It is rare that Romney has brought Chicago into the spotlight during his campaign and for good reason. According to realclearpolitics, a polling aggregate site, Obama leads Romney by a staggering 15 points in Illinois in a state poll from Sept. 25. For comparison, Obama has a 2-5 point lead over Romney in most
national polls. So local Republicans are spending most of their attention and money on state congressional races. Chris Robling, a GOP strategist and conservative activist who has appeared on a variety of public affairs programs, said any wise candidate running for office will focus their time on areas that may be winnable. “A great amount of campaign strategy deals with where a candidate’s time is spent campaigning and fundraising,” said Robling. “Romney will spend as much time in Chicago as the campaign feels is necessary to get out of it what he can—like any candidate would.” GOP websites here focus heavily on local candidates, with some news on upcoming fundraisers. In fact, Romney does not even have a headquarters in Illinois, his closest being in Kenosha, Wis. “They can only do so much with Romney in Chicago—that is the way it is,” Robling said. “Republicans are directing resources into congressional races so that they can beef up the House and Senate.” “It is important to note that within Illinois, Chicago is the second largest source of Republican votes in the state and national election. Chicago does have some pull here and Romney has attended fundraisers in the city and suburbs that have brought him in a record amount of money for city’s Republicans.” Story from DePolitics2012. com, featuring work by DePaul communications graduate students.
Review. After graduating with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) magna cum laude in 1991, he returned to Chicago and began working at a law firm as a civil rights lawyer. Beginning in 1992, he spent over a decade teaching at The University of Chicago Law School. Obama initially got involved in politics in 1991 when he led a voter-registration campaign as the director of Project Vote. Four years later, he made his first attempt at running for political office when he successfully challenged one of his former mentors, Alice Palmer, for her Illinois Senate seat. “I think he saw that he could be a lot more effective if he was on the inside … handing out the money, rather than on the outside as the guy asking for the money,” said Edward McClelland, a journalist and author of “Young Mr. Obama: Chicago and the Making of a Black President.” He was reelected to the Illinois Senate again in 1998 and 2002, but when he ran in the 2000 Democratic primary race for Illinois’ 1st Congressional district, he was handed an embarrassing defeat by Congressman Bobby Rush. However, in 2004 he ran for U.S. Senate and – after his strongest potential opponents dropped out the race – he won by a landslide. Obama’s political career was truly launched with his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, in which the Senate candidate spoke poignantly about “one America.” The speech marked him as a potential candidate in the 2008 race for the presidency, with President George Bush stepping aside to create a wide-open race in both parties. The rest, as they say, is history. In his book, McClelland contends Obama and Chicago were the perfect combination to formulate the first black president of the United States. The concentration of African-Americans into safe electoral districts gave him the ability – and confidence – to succeed politically within an exceptionally short period of time. Obama has advocated always grassroots efforts to bring about community organization and his background in community work has affected his policymaking. “He thinks communally. He thinks about what’s best for everybody,” said McClelland. “As a politician he wants to lift up the people who are least among us. I mean, and that’s what he did as a community organizer. He worked among the very poorest people on the South Side of Chicago.” As a community organizer, Obama was trained to listen in order to bring the people of the communities he was serving together. “(Community organizers)have to sit there, and absorb, and pay attention,” said Hank DeZutter, a journalist who has met with and written about Obama. “They are true believers in democracy (…) they really think that the people should decide.” So, not surprisingly, the accomplishments candidate Obama frequently points to are legislation and executives order that have promoted equal rights, equal pay and more opportunity for those previously denied same, such as women and members of the LGBT community. Both McClelland and DeZutter describe Obama as being “professorial” and “emotionally-contained” – traits that may not have worked to his advantage in his first debate with Mitt Romney. They note, however, that he can be a captivating speaker who is also capable of thinking quickly on his feet… but at the same time is very careful with his words. He also applies community-organizing techniques when speaking both to his constituents and adversaries. “He’s someone who comes in quietly and listens to your questions, and then explores the question,” DeZutter said. It remains to be seen, however, whether that approach can be effective bridging the deep, often bitter, divide between today’s Democrats and Republicans. In the epilogue of Obama’s second book, “The Audacity of Hope” he wrote, “That was the best of the American spirit, I thought – having the audacity to believe despite all the evidence to the contrary that we could restore a sense of community to a nation torn by conflict; the gall to believe that despite personal setbacks, the loss of a job or an illness in the family or a childhood mired in poverty, we had some control – and therefore responsibility over our own fate.” In many respects, the 2012 presidential election is a referendum on that proposition. Story from DePolitics2012.com, featuring work by DePaul communications graduate students.
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• A Possession of Marijuana report was filed on a room in Sanctuary Hall. Chicago Police were called to the scene.
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• A Criminal Trespass to Land report was filed for an offender who was arrested for being on DePaul Property after being previously warned.
• A Possession of Marijuana report was filed on a room in Belden Racine Hall. The offender was taken into custody by Chicago Police. MAX KLEINER | The DePaulia
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DEPAUL PARTNERS WITH GORDON TECH DePaul will partner with Gordon Tech High School to improve the school's academics and enrollment, the university announced Oct. 17.
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Gordon Tech High School's campus, located at 3633 N. California Ave. Founded in 1952, Gordon Tech is a Catholic high school that currently enrolls more than 500 students, but aims to increase their enrollment to 1,000. According to the Chicago Tribune, 32 percent of students are at or below the poverty level. DePaul will assist in the search for a new principal for the 2013-2014 school year, and DePaul trustee Mary Dempsey was appointed to Gordon Tech's board in September. DePaul president Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. said DePaul believes that strong Catholic education benefits an entire community. “We welcome the opportunity to support a Catholic institution with a rising academic profile like Gordon Tech," Holtschneider told DePaul Newsline. In the same Newsline report, Gordon Tech board chair and DePaul trustee Dia S. Weil said the partnership "will ensure the long-term viability of a high-quality Catholic
institution on the North Side, giving parents a first-rate educational option for all students in the family." The Gordon Tech partnership comes the wake of DePaul's partnership with Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences, announced Oct. 3.
DEPAUL'S HEAD OF COSTUME DESIGN HEADS TO BROADWAY The Theatre School's head of Costume Design, Nan Cibula-Jenkins, will return to Broadway this fall for a new production of the classic play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Cibula-Jenkins recently designed the costumes for Steppenwolf Theatre's production of the play, and she previously worked on the original Broadway productions of "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Speed the Plow." Cibula-Jenkins joins fellow Theatre School professor Dexter Bullard on Broadway this fall. Bullard is directing actors Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon, among others, in a production of the play "Grace."
• A Fire report was filed for a fire that occurred in a room in Centennial Hall. The fire was accidental and cooking related. Chicago Fire Department was called to the scene.
OCTOBER 12 • A Criminal Damage to Property report was filed for pry marks found on a door in Sanctuary Hall.
OCTOBER 5 • A Liquor Law Violation report was filed on a student at 1237 W. Fullerton. Student was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital.
OCTOBER 16 • A Criminal Trespass to Land warning was given to an offender for handing out flyers in a DePaul owned building.
LOOP CAMPUS OCTOBER 11 • A Theft report was filed for an offender taking items from the Barnes and Noble at DePaul Center.
OCTOBER 13 • A Battery report was filed for a victim who was pepper sprayed by an unknown suspect at 14 E. Jackson.
THIS WEEK IN DEPAUL HISTORY The U.S. presidential elections are just around the corner, and soon people across all walks of life will fill voting booths and cast their decision for the future. But these days, it's rare for any election of considerable size to go without accusations of voter fraud, suppression, or misinformation. The same goes for our own SGA elections. On Oct. 23, 1975, DePaul's Internal Affairs Committee announced the year's elections would have to be run again, after four hours of deliberation. The cause? The "Better Student Government Association" and their improper campaign literature, which constituted a violation of election laws. Needless to say, it's unlikely the "BSGA" will reappear for this year's SGA elections in the spring.
"SOCIAL MEDIA" continued from page 3 reactions from people during the debate.” With the vast amount of tweets flooding across the screen, however, “(the public) needs to act as journalists when measuring those responses – is it balanced coverage or are (people) honing in only on extremes or extreme comments or takes?” In terms of college students, Booth believes “social media certainly speaks to the media younger voters are using.” The advantage of using the Internet during the debates is that it provides access to many convenient platforms of communication. For instance, while watching the debates, Twitter users can tweet in response to a candidate’s comment, and once the tweet is shared, friends on Facebook have access to that idea and can share with other friends on Facebook or begin a discussion in a group
• A Theft report was filed for a bicycle taken from the bicycle rack at Corcoran Hall.
or on a page. Twitter’s “hashtags” also amplify the relevancy of political discussion in that a comment about a candidate is paired with a hashtag specific to the candidate, so that others in search of comments or posts about a specific topic can easily filter through the millions of posts and tweets. While social networking around the debates is a wonderful resource for college students, especially those who may be voting for the first time, students should also be aware that many tweets, posts and blogs are purely opinion based. The live twitter stream on YouTube broadcasts public comments about the debate, many of which are made simply for the sake of wit and humor. Rumor is easily spread through the constant stream of tweets, and Reilley recognizes
that “with more mainstream media using social platforms, information is getting circulated quickly – some accurate, some inaccurate.” To combat the bias that may appear in posts by social media users, students should use resources like PolitiFact and FactCheck.org to check claims for accuracy as well as educate themselves about the popular issues in the debates. The 2012 election is an exciting time for students to witness the technological revolution in politics as well as participate in political discussion. The Internet may be the answer to the public’s closed access to the political world and inspire a participation in government that would redefine the American democracy.
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NATION & WORLD
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Iran faces tougher sanctions from the EU By CALLIE BRETTHAUER Senior Writer Iran faces new sanctions targeting its economy from the 27 member countries of the European Union. The sanctions, imposed last Monday, intend to place restrictions on Iran’s access to international banking networks, ban its ability to export natural gas to the European Union (EU) and take away crucial EU imports to the nation such as metals, software and materials used for ship-building. According to the Associated Press, the EU’s foreign policy ministers said that Iran has been “acting in flagrant violation
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have already had an effect on the Iranian citizens. According to the Associated Press, a shop owner in downtown Tehran said that, “immediately following the sanctions, the price of his goods went up 70 percent.” The value of the Iranian currency will plummet, and the price of goods will increase for other businesses as well. Officials believe these consequences will influence citizens to act out against the Iranian regime and force it to comply, while slowing the nation’s progress in nuclear development at the same time. Sanctions are foreign policy tools used as a way for a country to take a hardline approach against another nation without military intervention. The effectiveness of
The claim was that sanctions would weaken the regime from pressure by civilians."
of its international obligation” and uncooperative with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA insists that Iran needs to do more to prove that its nuclear program is peaceful. “There is a lingering sense that Iran is not complying with the Security Council or the IAEA,” said Erik Tillman, a political science professor at DePaul. “Leading countries want to put pressure on Iran to do so.” The justification for sanctions is that immense pressure will leave the nation with no other choice but to comply with the wishes of the international community. The sanctions the EU is enacting
Kaveh Ehsani, DePaul professor sanctions is debatable and some view them as an inevitable precursor to war. International studies professor Kaveh Ehsani said that the sanctions implemented against Iran are similar to those enacted in 1990 against Iraq. The United States’ goal was to contain Saddam Hussein’s ability to construct weapons of mass destruction. The most controversial issue was that the death rate of infants and children rose dramatically over the time that the sanctions were imposed. “The claim was that sanctions would weaken the regime [due to] pressure by civilians,” said Ehsani. “But it actually led to the death of Iraqi civilians and
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From left, Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle share a word during a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Luxembourg on Monday Oct. 15. strengthened the mafia nature of the Hussein regime. Instead of being angry at the regime, their anger was against the United States. “My fear is that sanctions will impoverish ordinary Iranians, middle-class Iranians who have shown a desire for a democratic government since 2009,” said Ehsani. The U.S. has had sanctions against Iran since the hostage crisis in 1979 and the sanctions have become harsher over the years. The most recent moves were in 2010 and 2011 when, due to increased fear of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Congress passed “the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act” that limited Iranian imports of certain foodstuffs and carpets. The following year, the government imposed tighter restrictions on U.S. companies whose business aided Iran’s chemical and oil industry.
The United Nation has implemented sanctions on Iran since 2006. Including, a ban on the exportation or acquirement of weapons, as well as an assets freeze and travel ban on various individuals and groups. The EU has had little history in sanctioning Iran. Besides an oil embargo implemented this past January, the only other restrictions it placed were in 2010 on “equipment which might be used for internal repression,” according to CNN. Since the EU is Iran’s largest trading partner, according to Tillman, their sanctions add a great amount of harshness and pain to previously imposed sanctions. “It certainly helps for the United States to make its case in having the EU on board,” said Tillman. “It helps the effectiveness of the sanctions and the perception of them as well.” However not every nation is on board. Last week, both
China and Russia criticized the sanctions and urged talks to take place. Iran insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and that the nation has no desire to build a nuclear bomb. Additionally, Iran feels that as a member of the IAEA and a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has the right to enrich uranium for the purpose of fuel for civilian use with obliging to very strict inspections. “The Iranian nation will not succumb to bullying, invasion and the violation of its rights,” said Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “While some action with regard to Iran must be taken,” said Sean Witry, a junior international studies major. “The European Union and the International Community must be careful not to make Iran feel further marginalized.”
European Union wins the Nobel Peace Prize By HALEY BEMILLER Senior Writer The European Union was awarded the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize last week for its history of and commitment to maintaining peace in Europe. According to a press release published by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the EU has time and time again succeeded “in the struggle for peace and reconciliation and for democracy and human rights,” and transformed Europe into a “continent of peace.” The Nobel Committee recognized that the EU is still undergoing economic trouble, but chose to focus on the aforementioned achievements. Erik Tillman, a political science professor at DePaul, said this award shines a positive
light on the organization’s current struggles. “This is a good time to remind or reaffirm the things the EU has done,” Tillman said. The organization was originally designed with the idea of maintaining peace between France and Germany after World War II, and Tillman said it’s certainly succeeded in that respect. It also has a long history of promoting democratization and human rights in Europe, and membership into the EU is strict to ensure that states are committed to those ideals. “This is where the EU had a more clear and direct effect,” Tillman said. The EU is not the first international governmental organization (IGO) or non-governmental organization (NGO) to receive the award. After World War I, for example, Tillman said the Red
Cross won for its work with prisoners of war. However, the EU is also a “quasistate actor,” according to Tillman, which makes its nomination a bit more unusual than the others. Despite its successes, critics have cited the recent economic crisis in Europe as evidence that the EU is under serving of the award, and according to Tillman,
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This is a good time to remind or reaffirm the things the EU has done.” Erik Tillman, DePaul professor
their arguments do have a point. The economic crises in Greek and Spain were caused in large part by EU policies, he said, and further attempts to repair their
economies have created more issues. “It’s fair to point out that the EU is a role in this,” Tillman said. In 2009, President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, another choice that drew a lot of criticism. Many claimed that he hadn’t accomplished enough to deserve the award, and according to a Wall Street Journal article published after his nomination, critics said it was based on “unrealistic expectations that his presidency could change the face of international diplomacy.” However, Tillman believes the EU’s nomination has more merit. “It is kind of the second surprising choice in the law few years,” Tillman said. “With the EU, the timing is awkward, but at the same time, I think the EU has accomplishments it can point to justify this award.”
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Michelle Obama campaigns for Barack in Ryan territory By LYNSEY HART Nation & World Editor
Michelle Obama campaigned for the President in Mitt Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan’s territory on Friday morning. Racine, Wisc., a city of around 80,000 that voted for Obama in 2008 and re-elected Paul Ryan to Congress in a landslide election in 2010, is considered a big city to land in the swing state of Wisconsin This is not the first time that the current administration has stopped in Racine. In Feb. 2008, then candidate Barack Obama made a campaign stop in the city and in 2010 he visited as President. However, it is the first time that the first lady has visited the city and she began her speech by saying it was the “closest [she’ll] get to home” until after the election. Later on, she mentioned growing up on the South Side of Chicago and a large group of the audience began chanting “South Side” making the first lady smile. It was not until the end of her speech that Michelle touched on the fact that Romney’s running mate being from the district may cause the incumbent some issues in holding his ground. Although she did not mention Paul Ryan by name, Michelle reaffirmed that Wisconsin is now
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considered a swing state and said to the audience of around 4,000 that, “this room could swing an entire district.” The majority of Michelle Obama’s speech was focused on what her husband has done so far as President and how she believes that it is vital, especially for women and young adults, to re-elect him. Michelle brought woman’s issues into her speech by urging the audience, “hear me on this one.” She said that Barack Obama was a man who knew that women have the ability, and the right, to “make our own decisions about our bodies,” bringing loud cheers from the audience. The first lady also urged voters to think about the men and women who have fought and sacrificed for this country, who “never again have to lie about who they are,” because the Obama administration has repealed Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. As Michelle began to move the discussion to young adults, she reminded that audience that her and Barack “never ever could have gone to college without student loans. In fact, when we married our combined student loan debt was higher than our mortgage.” Afterward she mentioned that the current administration has doubled funding for Pell Grants. Taking a swing at Romney and his campaign based on successful business experience, Michelle said that the decisions
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, Oct. 16. that the president faces are, “not just about the bottom line, but laying the foundation for the next generation.” Specifically addressing the young people in the audience, and the issue that voter turnout of those under 25 will be significantly lower than it was in 2008, Michelle shared a life lesson that she said most adults in the room had already learned, “real change is always hard. It
requires perseverance and tenaciousness.” For the second time during her speech, the first lady spoke against how potential disappointment in the “hope and change” Barack Obama promised in 2008 could make some feel that they should vote for Romney, or not vote at all. “Elections are always about hope,” Michelle Obama said.
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Rwanda is among five nations elected to the U.N. Security Council, amid an ongoing investigation by a U.N. panel of its role in neighboring Congo's rebellion. An unpublished U.N. experts' report, leaked to the media this week, accuses Rwanda and Uganda of actively supporting the M23 rebels in eastern Congo. Rwanda and Uganda deny the charges. The M23's rebellion has caused more than 200,000 villagers in the province of North Kivu to flee their homes this year. Eastern Congo has been engulfed in fighting since the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Rwanda won a two-year nonpermanent seat on the council, starting in 2013. Other nations joining the Security Council in 2013 include Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg and South Korea. Each gained the required two-thirds majority in the General Assembly.
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The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it will eliminate a half-century-old restriction that requires citizens to get an exit visa to leave the country. The decree that takes effect Jan. 14 will eliminate a much-loathed bureaucratic procedure that has kept many Cubans from traveling or moving abroad. "These measures are truly substantial and profound," said Col. Lamberto Fraga, Cuba's deputy chief of immigration, at a morning news conference. "What we are doing is not just cosmetic." Under the new measure announced in the Communist Party daily Granma, islanders will only have to show their passport and a visa from the country they are traveling to. COMPILED BY LYNSEY HART | NEWS COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A British computer hacker's decade-long struggle to avoid trial in the U.S. over alleged breaches of military and NASA networks ended in success Tuesday, as the U.K. government ruled he was unfit to face charges there. Home Secretary Theresa May said she had blocked the U.S. request to extradite Gary McKinnon after medical experts concluded he was seriously depressed and that there was "a high risk of him ending his life." The 46-year-old unemployed computer administrator, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, was accused of one of the largest ever breaches of military networks, carried out soon after the Sept. 11 attacks. Officials in Washington were disappointed and State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the decision meant McKinnon would not "face long overdue justice in the United States." British prosecutors will now decide if he should face charges in the U.K.
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OPINIONS
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Media bias corrupting our political views
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President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney exchange views during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Oct. 16. By JILL MISKEVICS Contributing Writer With 2012 being an election year, people across the nation are voicing their opinions from all corners of the nation. Diehard political junkies are speaking up and following the opinions of others. Undecided voters and independents are trying to solidify their decisions by following the news. As hard as media outlets try to remain independent, there will likely always be at least a little bias. Now, as a major election is rapidly approaching and with excessive media bias being drilled into our heads, where can we turn to find actual news instead of “expert” opinions? According to the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics, journalists should “distinguish between advocacy and news reporting. Analysis and commentary should be labeled and not misrepresent fact or context.” Examining the aftermath of the Oct. 16 presidential debate proves, though, that journalists do not always do this. A wonderful aspect of debates is that we have the opportunity to
hear each of the candidates’ ideas directly from their mouths. While this seems pretty straightforward, the media never hesitates to add their two cents. MSNBC, known as a left-wing news station, praised President Obama for proving that he is eager to take on another four years at the second presidential debate. The top news story on their website the next morning was headlined, “As Romney Stumbles, Obama Rumbles.” Even before the fact checkers were able to speak their mind, the station anchors covering the debate were quick to identify their winner: President Obama. There are always two sides to every story. Fox News is known as a right-wing news station and decided to cover the debate from just that angle. The Fox News website chose to headline their debate story, “Obama uses power of nope in bid to check Romney’s debate momentum.” Just as MSNBC was able to point out Romney’s flaws, Fox News honed in on the president’s combative performance, spinning it in a negative light. Before the second debate, MSNBC news reporter Chris Matthews broadcasted live from Hofstra University and warned, “We will either see a spirited defense by
Barack Obama of his four year record or we won’t. If we see it, this election campaign will take a strong new life. If we don’t, something historic will begin to die.” He later spelled out Obama’s accomplishments as president and encouraged the president to take note of them if he was watching MSNBC. Before the debate, Fox News reporter Sean Hannity responded to a caller on his national radio show who pointed out that jobs were saved due to the automotive bailout. “Every single person would have kept working if they had gone bankrupt. Every single solitary person,” Hannity argued. “You act as though Mitt Romney was going to go in there and shut down all of the plants and the cars would no longer be produced. That’s not what bankruptcy does.” Fact checkers later proved this point to be false. Obviously MSNBC and Fox News are not the only news sources available to the public, but this is a sample of what goes on in the media. Stations are labeled based on their political agendas, and undecided and independent voters should not base their opinions on biased reporting.
What is something else that voters should not be basing their decisions on? The answer is sports. “Today” show host Matt Lauer interviewed vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan the morning after the second presidential debate. Lauer concluded the interview with, “On Nov. 17, Wisconsin will play Ohio State in a football game. I would like you to tell the people of Ohio who’s going to win that game.” In case you missed the irony, Lauer is yet another reporter with transparent political beliefs and Ryan’s hometown is Janesville, Wis. Ohio is, of course, a battleground state and neither Romney nor Ryan can afford to develop negative relationships with the people of Ohio so close to the Nov. 6 election. “It really depends on who has the better record is going to lose, because that’s what happens,” Ryan ironically answered. Reporters need to know their respective roles in the media. For every strongly opinionated person in this country, there is someone who is not. It is time for these “reporters” to stop abusing their platforms to instill their personal opinions and start giving us the facts.
iPad Mini: Apple is creating same products over and over again By CHELSEA LUPICA Contributing Writer Even when everything else fails, technology continues to grow. It seems like there is a new product on the market every month, and this month’s contribution is Apple’s iPad Mini. All Things D, a technology website and a big reporter on Apple products, predicts Apple will reveal the iPad Mini Oct. 23. The iPad Mini is said to have
a 7.85-inch screen, the same lightning dock connector as the iPhone 5 and 3G/4G cellular connectivity, as reported by ABC News. It is difficult to understand the point of having so many similar products on the market. For example, while the price (or even existence) of the iPad Mini has not been yet confirmed, the Kindle Fire HD, Nook HD and the Nexus 7 all run at $199 and perform the same functions. It seems ridiculous that there
should be multiple versions of the same product. There has been no official disclosure as to what the exact differences are between the iPad and the iPad Mini. Right now, all the hype and excitement surrounding the iPad Mini is solely based on its size. After reading a few blogs and articles about the iPad Mini it seems that most people think the iPad Mini is going to succeed, basically because it is an Apple device. According to Information
Week, “conventional wisdom is that Apple can do no wrong.” This logic seems skewed. Of course Apple can do wrong, but the vast majority of people believe whatever Apple produces must be the new “it” technology to have. “I think it is an unnecessary product that is being used to trick people into buying the same product,” said Kristen Goldstein, DePaul sophomore. The production of a smaller version of the same product
seems absurd, yet people still go crazy over these Apple products. One can try to ask an Apple fan what the improvements and differences are, but it is likely that the answer is one that a less tech knowledgeable person will not understand. You have to wonder if the person giving the answer even knows what they are saying. But what these new and “improved” products create is a superfluous consumer need.
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Benghazi attacks prove Clinton is not doing her job By SEAN BOSWELL Contributing Writer A cover-up occurred on Monday as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the blame for the attacks in Benghazi, Libya that took the lives of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. U.S. security in Libya was reduced before the attack on the U.S. consulate Sept. 11, even as violence worsened in the country. To his credit and benefit, President Barack Obama did accept responsibility of the attacks at Tuesday night’s presidential debate. However, the acceptance of responsibility does not take away the lack of responsibility required before the attacks happened. There is no doubt that the president presides over all affairs regarding the safety and well-being of all Americans, especially those of a U.S. ambassador and three other embassy staff in a danger zone such as Libya. There is also no doubt that as secretary of state, Clinton should take much responsibility for not doing her job effectively. The upsetting issue is not that she made the mistake of not properly protecting the four that were killed, it is the lack of leadership that she showed. The four Americans asked for extra defense and were denied, according to reports. It was Sept. 11, the day that stands out above all as a time for grief and hardship for those attacked on U.S. soil by Al Qaeda, that the president should have woken up and said, “any protection you need, I will give you because we are in a place of battle, and this is the day where we got hit the hardest as Americans.” There is a war currently going on in Libya and the U.S. is a part of it. The bottom line is that Clinton must do one of two things to get the respect of the American people back for this
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People listen to Ali Suleiman Aujali, the Libyan Ambassador to the United States, during a public memorial in honor of slain U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens in the rotunda of City Hall in San Francisco, Oct. 16. catastrophe. Either she needs to resign from her position, citing incompetence in doing her job, or drop the cover and stop saying that President Obama had nothing to do with the attacks. Clinton tried using a scapegoat in her speech Monday, placing blame on the people that work beneath her. “I’m in charge of the State Department’s 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts. The president and the vice president wouldn’t be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals,” she said. “They’re the ones who weigh all of the threats
and the risks and the needs and make a considered decision.” A lack of leadership from the top down effectively places blame on people that are responsible, but not holding critical authority. “Responsibility for American security doesn’t lie with the secretary of state. It lies with the president of the United States,” said Sen. John McCain. Americans are not naïve enough to believe that Mitt Romney was a long shot at best to dethrone Obama, when both the president and Clinton kept this critical issue quiet. Romney has been picking up
steam on Obama since the first presidential debate. Now, the administration is staring America in the face and blatantly misleading the American public. All the while, Stephanie Cutter, Obama’s deputy campaign manager, states that before this confession happened, the only reason the Benghazi attacks were a “big deal” in the election to begin with were because of the Romney/Ryan team. No, Stephanie, losing four Americans without cause is a big deal in an election because the man you represent and the secretary of state he appointed could have prevented it.
Newsworthiness skewed as popular interest shifts By ZAINEB JAVAID Contributing Writer
Which story is more newsworthy? An orphan baby walrus finding a home or the Taliban shooting a 14-year-old Pakistani girl in the head? The third most e-mailed article in The New York Times Oct. 10 was titled “A Fat, Mustachioed Orphan Finds a Home.” Four articles down the list you would find “Taliban Gun Down Girl Who Spoke Up for Rights.” It is not that people are reading one article over the other. The young girl shot by the Taliban was on the front page of The New York Times and was listed as the second most viewed article. The walrus story was the third but it clearly had more shares than the young girl. These results bring up a couple of questions: do people actually care more about animals than humans, and if people are sharing more animal stories than stories about humans, which would be more newsworthy?
Michael Holmes, an Australian news anchor and correspondent for CNN International, addressed the first question in a story for CNN titled, “Do we care more about animals than humans?” In his piece, Holmes described that through his personal experience working in Iraq and Afghanistan and reporting on human suffering, he noticed a pattern- the stories about humans got the usual responses of empathy for victims, but whenever there was a story involving animals, he would get far more responses and inquiries. “Of all the stories I have covered during my frequent trips to Iraq, most of the viewer feedback I received asked about the animal victims of war rather than the human ones,” he wrote. “I make no judgment on that – it is just an observation.” The concept of
“newsworthiness” may seem abstract because of the subjectivity; a general audience has different preferences in the news they find interesting. So how do we define what is news
worthy? Take any introductory course in journalism at DePaul and you will learn the list of six basic criteria points that make for a good story: how timely is the story, how many people does it affect, what is the prominence, what is the proximity, is the story unique and does it generate human interest? The more hits your story gets, the more newsworthy it is considered. Sheila Clancy, journalism professor at DePaul University, explained that the newsroom is an industry, just like any other, and that it ultimately “needs to sell” to its audience. In the scope of strict “news” stories, journalists have a certain type of responsibility to the public. The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has a code of ethics, and according to the code, journalists must
“tell the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human experience boldly, even when it is unpopular to do so.” Aside from the point it makes, there should be an unbiased openness in reporting- it brings up the topic of popular beliefs and what should be reported. Since when did journalists start writing stories based on popularity? Stated in the SPJ preamble, members believe that “public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy” and that “the duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues.” One can only reflect on a time when writing stories about animals was considered taboo, but is this what the public wants? Although journalists ultimately need to “sell” their stories to maintain the industry, there is obviously a clear responsibility they have to the public in reporting and spreading news that is not easily accessible.
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The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
FOCUS
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Students are employed doing numerous tasks around campus including desk receptionists, ID services and the Ray Meyer Fitness Center. (From Left to Right): Va Melissa Mawey and Doug Fredrickson.
The differences between part-time student employment on and off-c By CHELSEA PAGE Contributing Writer
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Living in a big city can be expensive, and this is especially true of Chicago. Even though the sales tax in Cook County is almost 10 percent and the price of rent for a nice apartment in a friendly neighborhood often costs more than one paycheck, a high number of students still choose to live in Chicago. Many of these students can’t rely on their parents for money and need to work to be able to afford the city lifestyle that Chicago has to offer. Some students choose to work off campus, but others feel that working on DePaul’s campus is ideal. “I prefer to work on campus because it’s convenient,” said Paul Reyna, junior. “I’m a math tutor, which fills my junior year experiential learning credit, and I get paid for doing something I enjoy. I can’t argue with that.” Some students like Reyna are lucky enough to find an on-campus job that fills a class or major requirement. Other than paid internships, this is a benefit the majority of off-campus jobs can’t offer. Depending on the job, a lot of on-campus jobs are more likely to pay more than offcampus jobs. A basic food service or retail job is going to pay closer to $8.25 an hour, or minimum wage, more than what a desk receptionist or resident advisor will get paid. On-campus jobs are paid either through an hourly wage or a stipend. Wages start at minimum wage and vary per job. The same goes for positions such as Chicago Quarter Mentors, Orientation Leaders and Resident Advisors, which go through the Career Center through the Student Affairs department. The Office of Student Employment uses a ladder of employment, which has four levels - A, B, C and D - to determine the level of experience necessary for different on-campus jobs. The different levels coincide with the level of income received by the student.
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outside of DePaul. “I looked specifically for a retail job when I was applying. I think my job at Gap is better than working on-campus because I get to meet people who don’t go to DePaul,” said Haley Loufty, sophomore.
Escondo, junior. “My favorite thing about my job is the convenience of it, because I can do homework and it doesn’t conflict with my schedule.” Especially for student workers, scheduling can be a huge downfall to having a job on the
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h DePaul alumni is a benefit to working on mpus. It also gives students the opportunity meet students from other colleges within Paul. “Students who work on campus are olved in the DePaul community. They also n get to know staff and faculty who may able to help them find a full-time position ce they graduate,” said Sarah Carbone, istant director of the DePaul Career Center. he jobs on campus also offer transferrable lls that can translate into their career after lege.” Working off campus poses benefits as ll. It gives students a break from DePaul d allows them to network with employers
Off-campus jobs offer more opportunities for development within a company. It is more difficult for student employees to be promoted at their job because a lot of managers on campus have already acquired a college degree or are graduate students. Some students believe that one of the benefits of working on campus is that the job can be less strenuous and not as busy than working off campus. “A normal day at work is sitting at the desk doing homework while watching who gets in and out of the dorms. My job duties consist of access control, I keep an eye on students coming in, I check guests in and make sure the resident access policies are met,” said Jeremy
side, whether on or off campus. On-campus jobs are more willing to work with students to create a schedule that allows them to work and go to class. On-campus employees are able to work in between their classes during the day because they don’t have to leave school. A feature of on-campus employment that turns students away is the limit of hours student employees are allowed to work. Students with American citizenship are permitted to work up to 25 hours a week during the school year, while international students can only work up to 20. All student employees can work up to 40 hours during the winter intercession and summer break if they are not taking classes. “Students are here for school. It’s great if
you can balance going to school and working full-time, but 25 hours is really a good amount for a full-time student,” said Carbone. A positive to working at DePaul is that most of the on-campus jobs give their employees weekends off. Only certain departments are open on the weekends, such as Campus Recreation and Student Affairs, but this does not deter students away from these jobs, as they are some of the most sought-after oncampus positions, according to Carbone. Students said that one of the negative things about on-campus employment is how competitive it is to find a job - some believe it is easier to find a job off campus. “Last year I applied to a lot of reference desk jobs and clerical jobs around DePaul through the campus job board. All together I applied to around 15 jobs, and none of them called me back,” said junior Jessica Barnes. Some students are able to obtain more than one on-campus job, which makes the opportunities for on-campus employment even scarcer. A study by the student employment office discovered that the 6,900 jobs recorded at DePaul last year were filled with only 4,300 active student employees. According to student employees, students searching for on-campus employment are not putting in enough effort towards finding a job or are not doing the right things to beat out the competition. Students might apply for a job that 300 other students applied to. Carbone advises students to tailor their resumes towards a few specific jobs they are most interested in. “On-campus jobs are hard to find but a lot of students don’t realize that a job search entails more than just going on the job board,” said Vanswa Garbutt, junior. “Visiting the office you want to work in to talk to the supervisor and making friends with people who work the job you want and having them refer you to their supervisor is going to be what puts you over the top.”
ARTS & LIFE
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Chicago International F ilm Festival By MAGGIE DZIUBEK Contributing Writer
The Chicago International Film Fest, running through Oct. 25, showcases films from more than 50 countries. Below are reviews from three of the films, a full selection can be found online at depauliaonline.com/arts-life.
“The Weekend” Nina Grosse's film “The Weekend” may be based on Bernard Schlink’s novel the “The Reader,” but has the
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ominous feeling of an Agatha Christie mystery. A man is released after spending 18 years in jail for his involvement in an assassination attempt by a farleft political group. His sister picks him up and drives him
to her big old house in the German countryside where she has invited a few old friends to come welcome her brother home. The atmosphere is tense as piece by piece the audience puts together the relationships and histories that have been
uncorked by the return of this former inmate. Somber and chilled in tone, the film isolates its characters, forcing them to confront their shared past as they reunite after many years apart. The palette and plot of the film alike is painted
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family in Jerusalem. While Gur Bentwich gives a solid performance as the father, his character is too familiar to be profound. The lovable “buffoon,” well-meaning, resourceful, inventor/entrepreneur absent father is a character we've seen before. Bentwich contributes an endearing version of this character, but his performance does not stand out as particularly interesting. Inbar, on the other hand, is something completely different. Her character is an introverted, but very perceptive 13-yearold with a quick, and at times, biting wit. Libby is a refreshingly well-written teenage girl. Inbar's Libby resonates with a wellrounded realism that successfully captures both the profundity and the immaturity of being 13.
The film is at its best in scenes that feature simple interactions between the two main characters. The chemistry between the two actors shines in one scene in particular, in which Shaul reveals to Libby that it is his birthday. Libby pretends to go to the bathroom but instead chooses a song on the jukebox and dedicates it to her father. Singing along to a classic rock song, Inbar strikes the perfect mix of sheepish awkwardness and pride in her show of affection for her father. Across the table, Bentwich's performance is at its most endearing, as he quietly appreciates his daughter's gift. It is these simple moments in which a father and daughter begin to understand each other that “Off White Lies” shines brightest.
With characters drawn from the life of first-time Israeli director Maya Kenig, “Off-White Lies” highlights the talents of young actress Enya Inbar through the story of a father and daughter learning to understand each other while searching for both a literal and a figurative home. Shaul is an enterprising, but perpetually unsuccessful inventor who bounces from place to place and from project to project throughout Israel. Having spent most of her life in California, his 13-year-old daughter Libby is reunited with her father in Israel. They set off in a borrowed car, eventually finding a place to stay by posing as refugees and taking advantage of the hospitality of a
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in shades of gray, inviting the audience to ponder how larger ethical and political questions can become intertwined with personal decisions. This somber, contemplative tone is achieved through beautiful shots of the German
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“Otelo Burning” and “La Playa DC” In South Africa, three Black African friends escape the political reality of apartheid by learning to surf. Thirty years later, three Afro-Colombian brothers struggle with the drug trade in Bogotá, finding release and self-expression in the art of barbering. Despite the ocean that separates South Africa and Colombia, these two stories run parallel to each other, filled with similar themes and populated by familiar characters. From South Africa, “Otelo Burning,” directed by Sara Blecher, is a film about a group of young Black teenagers growing up in the township of Lamontville in turbulent 1989, five years before the end of apartheid. The boys discover and embrace competitive surfing as an escape from life in the township. “La Playa DC,” from Colombian director Juan Andrés Arango, tells the story of three Afro-Colombian brothers living in Bogotá's rough La Playa neighborhood, populated largely by communities of refugees fleeing wars on the Pacific coast. Struggling to get
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by, each of the three brothers tries to scrape out a living using any means possible. The films are set in places where political and social problems place constant pressure on the young men at the center of the stories. In “Otelo Burning,” local political factions divide and break down the trust
countryside in the chilly late autumn and the romantic unkemptness of the house and grounds. However, this tone is occasionally interrupted abruptly by loud music and fast paced cutting which is presumably very intentionally shot, but not to great effect. In these moments the audience is jolted outside the world of the film in a way that serves to distract from rather than deepen the viewer's engagement with the film. The film's relatively small cast delivers solid performances all around, with a particularly interesting performance from Sylvester Groth who inhabits a well-developed supporting character, a light-hearted political activist turned tell-all writer.
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in the community and at a national level; the institutionalized racism of the apartheid system severely limits the boys' means for advancement in society. “La Playa DC” focuses more on economic and social issues than on political tensions. Jaino, the youngest of
the brothers, is a victim of the drug trade and is entirely consumed by the world of using and selling hard drugs. The older two brothers participate in a less destructive sector of the underground economy, offering their services for automobile detailing and hubcap cleaning on the street. Both films feature a quest for freedom in an otherwise hopeless world. In “Otelo Burning,” this freedom is achieved on the surfboard, while “La Playa DC” explores the popular practice of Afro-Colombian men shaving complex designs into their hair. For a time, central characters in each film are able to use their artistic and athletic skills to gain economic and personal autonomy, but moments of crisis interrupt these paths to success. In each film tragedy intervenes, breaking down the world these young men have started to build for themselves. “Otelo Burning” and “La Playa DC” are both stories of coming-of-age into a world of poverty, social and political strife, and institutionalized racism. Drawing realistic portraits of desperate worlds, each film ends on a bleak but ultimately defiant note, forcing the viewer to acknowledge and perhaps start to understand the slice of the world each film portrays.
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Ballet's dark side: Joffrey's ‘Human Landscapes’
By MARY ELLEN SHOUP Contributing Writer
The historic Auditorium Theatre was the ideal escape from a rainy Wednesday evening as audience members shuffled into the architecturally-stunning venue to see the Joffrey Ballet’s first performance of the 20122013 fall season titled “Human Landscapes.” The Joffrey Ballet, founded by its visionary teacher Robert Joffrey in 1956, is revered for its unwavering commitment to deliver the highest level of performance quality to a broad and varied audience. Wednesday’s mixed repertory performance was a testament to Joffrey’s dedication to performing world-class and artistically vibrant work. As the golden glow from the 24-karat gold-leafed ceiling arches faded, the audience was greeted by Joffrey’s devoted executive director Christopher Clinton Conway. Conway warmly welcomed all in attendance and introduced the highly acclaimed Chicago Philharmonic as the accompaniment for the evening’s performance. A short “behindthe-scenes” film provided the audience with a glimpse into the countless rehearsals leading up to the opening night as well as some of the stylistic choices for each of the separate acts. The film concludes with Joffrey’s artistic director, Ashley C. Wheater, explaining that the purpose behind the evening’s final part, Kurt Jooss’ “The Green Table,” is to “ask ourselves how we move forward as a world.” The first of the three-part performance was Jiri Kylian’s “Forgotten Land,” inspired by a painting of a women on a beach by Edvard Munch. The work begins with the backs of the dancers faced towards
the audience as they move in pulsating unison. The music, replaced by whistling wind sound effects, created an imaginary chilling breeze within the theatre. Distancing themselves from the audience, the dancers continue on with their perfectly executed wave-like movements. This scene comes to an abrupt end as a clap of thunder from the orchestra pit frees the dancers from the conformity of their movements and into the interplay between men and women as they pair off by their respective colors of red, rose, black, cream and gray. Each pair deals with different themes of struggle and loss and as a member of the audience, you find yourself rooting for one pair to prevail among the insurmountable suffering. The female performers’ long-sleeved dresses flowed effortlessly, enhancing the varying degrees of circular motions present throughout this work. This hauntingly beautiful work ended on a somber tone but allowed for the audience to further explore our interpretation of human loss. The haunting beauty felt in “Forgotten Land” maintains its presence in the second work of the evening, James Kudelka’s “Pretty Ballet.” But do not let the name fool you, the title serves as an exploration of the balance between romantic ideals and industrious purposes where movements involved quick, sharp and controlled changes of direction. Unexpected poses where dancers stand pigeontoed, knees collapsed inwards with upper backs curved and heads drooped down remaining motionless on stage, were another major theme. What makes Kudelka’s work particularly moving is the duet between a ballerina, dressed in a ghostlywhite long tutu and contrasting
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A scene from the second ballet of three in "Human Landscapes," Pretty Ballet. blood-red pointe shoes, and her partner. You cannot help but simply gaze in awe at how a beautiful relationship forms between the dancers and the music as well as an intensely emotional interpersonal relationship between the two performers. “Pretty Ballet” explores many aspects of humanity and you may find yourself more emotionally present at its conclusion. Ballet buff or not, the final part of the performance is highly engaging and will change the way you think about the ballet. Kurt Jooss’ “The Green Table,” subtitled “A Dance of Death in Eight Scenes,” was choreographed in 1932 after World War I speaking to the horrors of war with the theme of death forever towering in the background; it was the first ballet
seen by 11-year-old Joffrey. The work opens up with 10 diplomats clad in tuxedo jackets and faux receding hairlines and bald spots unproductively negotiating with comical gesticulations around a slanted, rectangular table; this scene received a few chuckles from the audience as it was very entertaining to watch. The end of the meeting ends with simultaneous shots from 10 pistols symbolizing the declaration of war. Soldiers march off to war and must say good bye to their devastated wives, girlfriends and mothers. Multiple battle scenes unfold as Death, a towering figure who is truly the embodiment of everyone’s worst nightmare, makes his ominous entrance and performs his hypnotic dance. As much as you might want to him to disappear, he lingers in
the background and different characters find themselves unable to resist his maniacal powers. “The Green Table” intensely addresses the concept of inescapable death. Every single performer engaged not only their body but their mind and soul into the Joffrey’s performance of “Human Landscapes” and fearlessly tackled and explored dark dimensions of the human spirit. The dedication and unparalleled talent is palpable whether you’re sitting in the front row by the orchestra pit or all the way back in the nose-bleed seats. Partaking in this dynamic performance, coupled with the breathtaking setting, is the perfect way to spend an evening in Chicago. “Human Landscapes” will be showing at the Auditorium Theatre through Oct. 28
‘Sinister’: a sure scare this Halloween By ALEKSANDRA BUSH Contributing Writer
The perfect scary movie for Halloween is out: “Sinister” will leave you double checking the lock on your door for days. The film, directed by Scott Derrickson and from the producer of Paranormal Activity, stars Ethan Hawke as Ellison Oswalt, a crime writer in search of his next big hit. This fame driven character goes so far as to move his entire family into a home where the gruesome murders of the previous owners occurred. While at the home, Oswalt uncovers more then he can handle. Inside the home is a mysterious box filled with old
Juliet Rylance, left, and Ethan Hawke in a scene from "Sinister." homemade films. To do research for his book, Oswalt begins to watch these films to see if he can get more knowledge about the family that was murdered or any clues as to who the killer was. What he discovers is the actual
footage of not only the family that lived in the home but also other families being murdered horrifically. These tapes are by far the most difficult to watch in the entire films due to the killers creative ways of murdering the
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families. The tapes give clues as to who might be behind all of these murders and how they are connected. Once Oswalt beings experiencing distress from moving into the haunted house, he
begins recognizing the negative affects it is having on his family. At this point, Oswalt must make a decision between finishing his career-altering book or saving his family. Unfortunately, it might already be too late. Unlike most horror films, “Sinister” is scary from the moment it begins up until the credits. The plot does have many confusing details that add to the mystery, so make sure to pay attention so you can connect all the clues together at the end. This film is a must see for any horror movie fanatic but might be too frightening for the average viewer. If you are up to the challenge, grab a friend who is willing to have you squeeze his or her arm off and go see this film.
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DePaul rocks
Part three of The DePaulia's series of Q&As with three DePaul-based bands By TRENT BOZEMAN Contributing Writer
While walking around DePaul’s campus on a beautiful, sunny day, one is bound to hear the sounds of an instrument. Whether it is an acoustic guitar being strummed in the quad or a harmonica being played outside the student center, DePaul University fosters an education to many students that value music as much as their academic studies. From Jeremy Barnes, drummer for Neutral Milk Hotel, to Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for The Doors, and many jazz musicians in between, student musicians have always been an important part of DePaul’s community. These well-known musicians are now performing on stages and no longer seen walking around campus hallways, but that only means there are new student musicians
trying to become the “next big thing.” Formally known as Distribute, Teleporter is the brainchild of DePaul senior Elliot Gitter. With a heavy use of effects, such as reverb and lots of echo, over fuzzed out samples mixed with bombastic drums, Teleporter is an act that is setting out to accomplish the impossible: mixing electronic elements with psychedelic lo-fi rock. If that is too hard to picture, think of the Australian psychedelic band, Tame Impala, being fuzed with British electronic musician SBTRKT. Kind of hard to imagine? Not to worry because I sat down with Elliot in order to receive a proper description of the Teleporter sound. DePaulia: I described your sound as psychedelic-electronica but could you give the readers a proper description? Elliot Gitter: It reminds me of ambient music over pop songs
with a very dark overtone. The project started from sampling “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury. I was watching a lot of Twin Peaks and David Lynch films and I really liked the sound. The soundtrack to Edward Scissorhands was also a big influence. DP: So why the change from Distribute? EG: I wanted it to sound electronic with faster songs. Also, more danceable with stronger vocals. I kind of want it to sound like Frank Sinatra’s “In The Wee Small Hours” mixed with Madlib. DP: Speaking of Madlib, who’s your favorite producer that samples? EG: Definitely, Kid Koala or Black Dice DP: In terms of getting your music out there, has DePaul played any role in the networking process? EG: Mainly through friends.
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DePaul student Elliot Gitter, member of Teleporter. I’ve gone to see local DePaul bands like the Gnarwaals and Peoples Temple of America. DP: So when are we going to hear new tunes from Teleporter? EG: Hopefully in two months. We might release the record a couple singles at a time and then release a whole record.
We have a Martian Chronicles trilogy that we might release as an EP before. DP: Can’t wait to hear both of them! Is it hard to get gigs right now? EG: No, we started the project and a couple weeks ago.
‘Mad Men,’ mad fashion By GABRIEL CHARLES TYLER Contributing Writer
For one night, Chicagoans got a chance to return to the past and relive the fashion trends of the ‘60s, popularized by the pop culture craze “Mad Men.” From the Playboy bunnies to the Kennedys, it was a night of nostalgia. Eleven selected local designers created garments inspired by AMC's awardwinning series “Mad Men.” Each garment, constructed from interior design materials, debuted on a deconstructed runway last Tuesday at the historic Blackstone Hotel ballroom, as a part of Chicago’s unofficial fashion week Fashion Focus Chicago. The city of Chicago is home to more than 400 local designers and 300 independent boutiques, making Chicago fashion the intersection where commerce meets creativity. Fashion Focus Chicago, the week-long celebration of Chicago’s thriving fashion industry, showcases the city’s designer talent through featured runway shows in Millennium Park and various fashion events throughout the city. Christy Collins, the senior interior designer of Collins Designs & Co. and manager of hospitality projects in Chicago for over 10 years, said she looks to many outlets of inspiration but has lived following one motto: "Interiors follow fashion." Fashion Follows Interiors’ “A Mad Men Event,” produced by Collins and
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A model wearing a pilbox hat in the fashion of '60s icon Jacqueline Kennedy.
'60s fashion embodied in a black and white structured coat, pearls and winged eyeliner.
Laura Elvis Productions, reverses this trend, making designers use interior fabrics from the Chicago Merchandise Mart to create 1960's-inspired garments. For one night, fashion followed interiors. Earlier this year, “Mad Men” caused a lot of craze in the fashion and interior design industries — everything from apparel to home decor shifted to the cool American midcentury style featured on the TV series. The 1960’s retro style dominated the runway at New York’s Fashion Week in February, and major designers followed the
fashion. The first look featured a simple, two-tone geometric dress, paired with a rounded jacket with oversized buttons, mirroring the elegance of the early ‘60s. The next look featured a print leotard accessorized with print bunny ears and a choker bowtie that played on the more flirt and sexy style of the 1960s that emerged with the prominence of Playboy and Playboy bunnies. Another look, a full-skirted evening gown made of velvet fabric, proved to be another popular style among on-lookers.
retro trend, placing retro designs in stores nationwide. While the drama series centers on a man, Donald Draper and his unique sense of style, the fashion presentation centered on what designers could do for retro women’s clothing. The 1960s stands as a decade that broke many fashion traditions, much like the social movements that occurred during the decade that transformed social norms and broke social barriers. The runway show moved through many of the trends that women flocked to during this period in
The best look of the night featured a must-have ‘60s accessory that reflected the elegance of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy who made it popular: the pillbox hat. The model shined in a heather gray shift, a popular retro dress with no defined waistline, designed to fit close and comfy through a woman’s shoulders and bust, then glide down over her hips. The dress looked amazing in terms of construction, but it was the ruffle-layered removable skirt addition that really brought the energy of the “Mad Men” era to life.
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MTV's ‘Underemployed’ hits close to home By ALLYSSA CAMPBELLSAWYER Contributing Writer
Since a young age, we are told to go to college, get a degree and dive into a career of our choosing. It has been a successful formula for years, but it seems that finding a post-college job is getting harder. College graduates across the country cannot find well-paying jobs for months, even years after graduation. In MTV’s new show “Underemployed,” viewers are given a look at such a disheartening situation. The series’ pilot episode begins with a young woman named Sophia at her laptop, presumably trying to come up with a good opener for a piece she is writing. She then has a flashback of her and her friends shortly after their college graduation. Bright-eyed, she and her companions Daphne, Lou, Raviva and Miles all dreamed out loud as they described what they hoped their futures would look like. They vowed to keep in touch as they each took the world by storm. However, as the flashback ends, the viewer can see that those dreams have not yet come to fruition. Sophia is shown working at a fast food restaurant, wearing a donut hat on her head, while Daphne tastes dog food at a
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The cast of “Underemployed,” airing Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on MTV. corporation. At this point, many questions ran through my head: “Will that be me after college? How long will it take me to find a job? Is going to college really worth it?” I believe questions like these are the basis for the series, and the main characters will aim to figure them out. As we start to look into the lives of each character, the first conflict exposed is between Lou and Raviva. A very pregnant Raviva surprises Lou at his front door after a long period of no communication. They exchange a few awkward words before Lou presumes the baby Raviva is carrying to be his. He proceeds to freak out about how he is going to provide for her and the baby, she becomes offended, and storms out. Upon first seeing
this exchange, I thought it was a little silly and out of place. It was a short scene, and I didn’t understand why Raviva had such a sharp reaction to Lou’s words. Later in the episode, Raviva vents her frustrations to Daphne and Sophia about not only Lou, but the present condition of her life. She said that she imagined her life as a touring musician, not an expecting mother. This made me once again ponder if my life will actually be the way I envision it. Including a pregnant character enforces the show's theme of unpredictability. Meanwhile, Lou searches for a job by going on multiple interviews. He dressed for a corporate position and tried his best to impress the interviewers, but each interview ended the
same way. The employer said there were no available openings and thanked Lou for his time. Lou does eventually find a job, but only out of pity because he was an expecting father and the boss’s son. Is succeeding in life really a result of who you know rather than talent? Lou later admits to Raviva that although he did acquire a job, his true love will not earn him enough money to take care of a family. This issue of passion is a dilemma in determining a major for college students. I thought that it was cleverly woven into the plot of the episode. Looking to other characters, Daphne is revealed to be an unpaid intern at an agency that tests dog food. She desires to receive pay for her efforts, so
her boss invites her to lunch with him to discuss the details. The pair do very little talking before their conference moved to Daphne’s boss’s car, where they proceed to lock lips. After the two were finished with their romantic session, they returned to work as normal. However, it is later revealed that the boss has a girlfriend. Finding out this news, Daphne uses it as blackmail against the boss to get a pay raise. The boss later told Daphne that he and his girlfriend had separated. I don’t believe this to be true; he only told Daphne this so that he could continue to court her while at the same time saving his reputation from potential ruin. At the very end of the episode, Raviva and Lou work out their differences just in time for Raviva to go into labor. The entire gang united at a hospital to welcome a baby girl named Rosemary into the world. The group, although not having their lives completely together, remains optimistic as the pilot ends. “Underemployed” gets a stamp of approval. It’s a fresh new look at what life after college could be like. It also raises many questions for viewers to ponder about earning a living, maintaining relationships, and prospering in life. The pilot displayed the potential of the series as a whole, and I believe it is worth tuning into.
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By ANDREW MORRELL Contributing Writer Although she was raised in a nonreligious household, Jane Brody recalls being captivated by church windows as a child. “When I was 10, I would go to empty places in Milwaukee with beautiful glass windows. I was drawn to grand gestures and the beauty of light and the awesomeness of it,” said Brody. “I think that is the thing that keeps me in the theater, just the awe of life.” At 66 years old, Brody has found plenty in life to marvel at. Now a professor of graduate and undergraduate acting at DePaul University, she has previously worked as an actress, director, acting coach and casting director for Hollywood films such as “Fargo” and “Groundhog Day.” She has founded her own theater company – Immediate Theatre – and has cast and directed plays throughout the Midwest, as well as various films, television shows, and commercials. Her students, past and present, appear in film, television and theatre. The catalyst for such an expansive and multifaceted career, though, was a performance of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” she witnessed when she was 14. “Everything that actors do are things that I normally liked to do: watch people, wear costumes, read,” she said. “I think we focus on the things that come naturally to us. But there is a spiritual part of it – the awe I felt when I saw that man do ‘Hamlet’ … Theater is a spiritual practice and actors are spiritual beings.” Brody certainly has no shortage of spirit and no deficiency in passion for the things she is interested in. She is a small woman with a loud, sonorous voice that travels effortlessly, barely contained within her quaint, cluttered office. She sits with a round, beaming face amidst total chaos – shelves of books and stacks of papers surround her. It seems her mind is not unlike her office, stuffed to the brim with more facts and ideas than anyone else would know what to do with, but to her, all of them are perfectly organized and purposeful. She keeps a book by Constantin Stanislavski, no doubt one of several, close at hand, indicative of his huge influence on her life and work. “Stanislavski is still, without a doubt, the final arbiter, the Bible, if you will,” she said, thumbing through the pages indexed with Post It notes. Stanislavski, a Russian actor and theater theorist, was among the first to examine the scientific aspects of acting in a way that can be applied in practice. Brody is one of many modern professors who are still expanding on his groundbreaking research nearly a century
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after it was published. In this way, she is following in his footsteps as equal parts artist and scientist. “Stanislavski is still the gold standard because human nature is human nature,” she explained. “There is no new acting, only a sharpening of the ideas and techniques that Stanislavski originated. And now a lot of neuroscience is supporting his work.” One piece of modern psychological research that falls in line with Stanislavski’s theories is the concept of mirror neurons, or specific parts of the brain that display activity in tandem with another person’s brain. PET scans in humans have proven that when one mind executes a physical action, and another mind witnesses that action, the same mirror neurons fire in both of these brains, explaining why we feel emotional or even physical pain upon witnessing another person’s plight. Her credits as casting director for bigname Hollywood films such as “Fargo” and “Groundhog Day” mean Brody is often questioned on her relationships with famous actors in these films, like Bill Murray or William H. Macy. She tires of these questions, though, because they reflect a misunderstanding of her role in those productions. “As a casting director, you’re what’s called a ‘pre-pro,’ so you come into the project often after the stars have been set, so you don’t even meet them most of the time,” she said. She is more focused on maintaining relationships with her current students, but does still keep in contact with many former ones, although she admits, “It’s a strange relationship. A lot of my students have gone on to be TV stars, or in movies, but to me they’re still my students … They’re moving in a different world than you are and it’s difficult to straddle.” Some of her former students, only a year removed and still in the midst of their undergraduate studies, have begun to make a foray into television and film acting. Max Stewart, a second-year actor, already has credits as an extra in TV shows such as “Mob Doctor,” “Boss” and “Underemployed.” He also has a role in “Tasmanian Tiger,” a feature length film in development by independent Chicago studio Mobius Films, who has ambitions to screen the movie at film festivals around the world. “I think we all have a new perspective on acting now,” said Stewart, in reference to Brody’s influence on him and his classmates. “She approaches her directing in a very scientific and humanistic way, and is very relatable.” One particular aspect of her method that Stewart cited as very influential is her approach to character development and analysis. “She doesn’t believe in the idea of
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JANE BRODY, acting professor character because it means you can’t change. We are portraying real people, so we must actually become that person in the play,” he said. Noah Laufer, also a second-year actor, spoke well of this style of directing. “It’s an incredible way to relate to the character and get into their mindset,” he said. “It has helped me immensely as far as advancing technically.” Brody has earned great praise from her fellow faculty members as well. Although he has not collaborated with her directly, John Jenkins, head of undergraduate acting, has seen her work and commented on his impressions of her. “I have visited her beginning acting classes before and was very impressed with the results,” he said in an email. “Jane is a very experienced and effective acting teacher. She communicates with the
students extremely well and is able to lead them very quickly into the heart of their work.” Outside of her profession, Brody leads a life filled with discovery, never ceasing to lose sight of the awe in the world. She is a genealogy fanatic, offering her investigative services to anyone who has a few minutes to spare. “It’s not different from journalism,” she said. “You go places and explore and find people. It gives you a sense that ‘I am a result of all that,’ instead of just being here, hanging out.” For Brody, theater is the gift that keeps on giving. Her unceasing drive and commitment to the study of her craft is a rare phenomenon among professors in other fields, perhaps because she continues to learn more and do more, even as she approaches retirement. To her, the study of acting is not and never will be a bore; in fact, she sees it as essential to human development. “I think if everyone were trained to be an actor, we would have a really great population,” she confided, as if revealing a grand secret. “It’s a combination of intellectual curiosity, humility, and joy.” Through teaching, directing and learning about life’s intricacies, Brody is able to hold on to that same feeling of intrigue, that same sense of wonder she felt gazing upon those church windows in Milwaukee, and it shines through in all her work. “It was my absolute bent to do this,” she said confidently. “It wasn’t so much that I wanted to, but that I needed to.”
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Caramelized Crust Delight at Chicago favorite By ADAM SADUR Contributing Writer
Pequod’s Pizza: a staple of Chicago’s historic deepdish pizza. Known by many throughout the city, wanted by just as many, it is a deep-dish pizza place like no other. Chicago has long been home to the famous stuffed, or deep-dish, pizza boasting establishments such as Giordano’s, Lou Malnati’s and Gino’s East. But for many North Siders of Chicago, residents of the Lincoln Park community and DePaul students, Pequod’s reigns supreme. “I’ve tried Lou Malnati’s and Giordano’s, but Pequod’s is just better,” said Max Harkavay, DePaul junior. Burt Katz opened the original Pequod’s in 1971 in Morton Grove, where it still remains at 8520 Fernald Ave. What made the pizza special was its signature caramelized crust, achieved by lining the pizza pan with cheese and cooking the pizza at the perfect temperature until black and charred, but not burnt. Today, Chicagoans still enjoy the signature crust, but Pequod’s signature pizza has evolved much since 1971. Keith Jackson, owner of Gunzo’s Sports Center and a pharmacist, bought Pequod’s for a “few hundred thousand dollars” from Katz in 1986. “I had no idea what I was getting myself into,” said Jackson.
“I realized I spent a lot of money to purchase an entity I wasn’t all that familiar with.” Things have since worked out well for Jackson, who grew up on Chicago’s West Side, and now at the age of 60 has houses in Evanston and River Forest, where his office is also located. With white hair, a white beard and striking blue eyes, Jackson is full of passion and energy for his business and his life, and was eager to share his life experiences. “I’ve had a lot of DePaul students here as they work their way through college,” said Jackson. “We get a lot of business from them – the school’s been an anchor for us. I always tell the students to continue their education, to pursue your passion and live your passion.” Jackson graduated from college intending to be a pharmacist, but as he pointed out, you never know where life can take you. “Follow your dreams and, most importantly, don’t be afraid to pursue what you want to do, regardless of what it is,” said Jackson. The deep-dish, or pan-style, pizza that Pequod’s is known for is an improvement from the recipe he inherited from Burt Katz in 1986, according to Jackson. They have changed the entire recipe – adding better quality cheese and the freshest and best ingredients they can find, coming from a variety of
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A slice of Pequod's famous deep dish pizza. sources including private butchers to local shops. The pizza has been tweaked throughout the years, as Jackson tries to make the perfect pizza in the perfect restaurant. He acknowledged that perfection is impossible, but is something to strive for every single day. Pequod’s in Lincoln Park, located at 2207 N. Clybourn Ave. , was opened in 1991, and has long been considered as a “mom’s and pop’s” kind of establishment. After a fire in 2006 however, they remodeled the restaurant and since then business has boomed. No longer a local pizza joint just for couples, Pequod’s proudly hosts customers from all backgrounds and regions, including children and families. The restaurant is notably a Blackhawks bar, and Jackson loves hockey. It is dimly lit, with a full bar, flat screens on the walls and a second floor offering more seating.
Recent Middlebury graduate Erin Prak described Pequod’s as “a great balance of heartiness and satisfaction that’s not too heavy, making it a great meal to share during a fun night out with friends.” Harkavay simply said it’s “the best pizza he’s ever had in his life.” Recent DePaul graduate Zach Roberts called the pizza the “bee’s knees.” The compliments are easy to come by, and Jackson admits that he loves interacting with his customers, who he describes as “incredibly loyal.” He is surprised sometimes by the vast amount of praise and compliments he receives from everyone he interacts with. People are grateful to eat his pizza, and he is grateful to be doing such high volume business. Jackson tries hard to put himself in the position of the customer on a consistent basis, something he preaches to his
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Kel ler W il lams wows audiences By PARKER ASMANN Contributing Writer
Anticipation filled the room as onlookers gazed strongly at the long bass and six-string guitar propped up on stage in excitement for Keller Williams to take the stage and perform. Unique doesn’t begin to explain the true make-up of this singer-songwriter from Fredericksburg, Va. Growing up, music was a constant aspect in his life as both of his parents sang in a church choir. At an early age, Williams learned the guitar and slowly mastered the instrument as he progressed through high school. As college and post-college life came around, Keller developed his distinct way of performing his music on stage. After moving to Steamboat Springs, Colo. in 1995, Williams began to approach restaurant owners and other small businesses to play his music. This would be his sole source of income while he lived at truck stops and campgrounds up until 2000. Williams’ career took off when he approached famous bluegrass band The String Cheese Incident in a local bar in Steamboat Springs and asked if he could potentially open up for the band for free. The band agreed and Williams’ career took off from there.
As the clock inched closer to 8:30 p.m., the roar of the crowd steadily increased with excitement. Suddenly, a beam of light appeared on the left side of the stage. Guitar in hand, Williams slowly tip-toed to the center of the stage while bobbing his head and dancing to the beat. As he approached the microphone, the crowd erupted into a fierce cheer and the festivities officially began. With the absence of socks and shoes, Williams meticulously crafted together a beautifully improvised opener song that left the attending audience in awe. With the use of an advanced loop pedal, he was able to intertwine a slick bass line with a melodic guitar tune to go along with the strumming of his own acoustic guitar. On top of that combination, Williams carefully changed the tone of his voice to finish this complex song. The event continued for what felt like a continuous steady flow of music. Each song fluidly progressed into the next, which encourage constant applause from the crowd. Along with the heavy applause, music-goers kept their feet in motion all night long. Each and every creative riff caused the crowd to engage in one uninterrupted dance. Although the set quickly approached the end, Williams had a special treat in store for veteran listeners of his diverse
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Keller Williams at a performance in All Good Music Festival in W.V. music. After leaving the stage for a few minutes to revive his energy, he burst on stage with the opening notes of one of his most appreciated songs, “Freaker by the Speaker.” Simultaneously with the beginning chords, people in the crowd appeared to smile as each individual turned in amazement to the people beside them. Satisfaction filled the hearts of
every music lover in sight that had descended upon Park West for this lovely performance. While walking out, a younger fan appeared especially blown away by the set. “This was my first time ever seeing Keller Williams, and I couldn’t have asked for a better performance,” said Alex Skowron, a Lake Zurich resident.
Ryan Bingham’s rock and roll future
By HANNAH HOFFMAN Contributing Writer
Ryan Bingham is a man of the road, with many experiences and musical definitions to his name. The former rodeo cowboy turned Americana singer songwriter and Academy Award winner for “The Weary Kind” from the film “Crazy Heart,” released his most aggressive album “Tomorrowland” on his own Axster Bingham label Sept. 18 and will play the Vic Theater this Thursday. While “Crazy Heart” widely
introduced Bingham as the new face of outlaw country, “Tomorrowland” verges away from the more traditional Americana style, to a harder and more rock and roll infused style, with anthemic songs such as “Guess Who Is Knocking?” and “Beg For Broken Legs.” But, like any true artist, Bingham is not worried about meeting his audiences’ expectations and writes for his own personal pleasure and meaning. “Songwriting is my way of processing and dealing with my life,” said Bingham. “I always write about what I experience
and my songs are always about experiences. I don’t write songs to get radio airplay or be famous – I use it to make sense of the world around me. I don’t expect everyone to like it, but that is the point of it. I try to be as optimistic about the future as possible.” Bingham’s optimism is noticeable. This is his first release on his record label Axster Bingham that he founded with his wife Anna Axster. After his threeyear contract with Lost Highway Records expired he decided to go on his own, allowing him the creative freedom to experiment with his sound. He promoted
the record exclusively through social media sites as well as selling it on the road. Unlike his previously dark acoustic albums “Mescalito,” “Roadhouse Sun” and “Junky Star,” Bingham describes “Tomorrowland” as his “punk rock album,” with artists such as The Clash, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Black Flag influencing his songwriting and the overall sound of the album. “My live shows were really dark and acoustic and it was sad and hard to get through them every night,” he said. “I wanted to bring the tempo up and focus
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Ar t f ind s i t s ho m e i n Ch ic ago By TRENT BOZEMAN Contributing Writer
October is Chicago Artists Month, a celebration of Chicago artists and their art that makes Chicago the lively, vibrant city that it really is. Thanks to numerous organizations, to gaze at some astounding artwork and sculptures, you do not have to get all dressed up and attend a gallery or a studio. The Chicago Arts District (1826-1843 S. Halsted St.) has provided walk-around galleries in front of seven storefronts featuring seven Chicago-based artists. This project is titled The Installation Experiment, and it is the perfect chance to see the works of world-renowned local artists whenever you personally feel like it. One of these seven artists is Nikki Renee Anderson, a sculptor who dives into the realm of beauty, desire and femininity in order to explore cultural stereotypes. A lot of her most recent works are fantasy objects that address the cliché composition of females being “sweet, spice and everything nice.” Through her work, Anderson strives to take these traditional ideologies and reinvent them into new ones. “The Installation Experiment offers a unique opportunity to create an installation that is highly visible to public viewers from the sidewalk and the street. Typically, installation is only able to be experienced in a
gallery or a museum and is only available to those audiences,” said Anderson. Having been to public art spaces and gallery exhibitions, I must say that walking by a piece of work, being able to see it from all angles and sometimes being able to touch the work is much more rewarding than standing ten feet away from a piece next to people sipping on overpriced wine and eating fancy cheese. Granted, in order for the Installation Experiment to exist, it takes money from those types of art enthusiasts. Barbara Hoshimoto, the main person who is responsible for the successfulness of the project, is beyond busy, working with funders from the International Sculpture Center; Chicago Sculpture International; the Chicago Arts District and the BauerLatoza Studio, a local architecture firm. “Being the liaison between three big organizations is very difficult. On top of that, I am also overseeing the installation of all the pieces,” she said. Hoshimoto is doing more than working behind the scenes, though. This is her first time being a featured artist on a project while also being on the executive side and making sure it all works out perfectly. She has definitely been waiting for this opportunity: Hoshimoto has lived in Chicago for five years and has 25 years of practicing art marked off of her to-do list. She also currently maintains studios in Tokyo and Los Angeles. If
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that is not enough stress for you readers, for the Installation Experiment, she had to gather up all the artists selected, conduct background research and attend multiple studio visits. But, by Sept. 9 (opening day), Hoshimoto’s vision for the project had fallen into place. “It is perfect because the artists I chose are used to working in installations. The spaces are storefront and are lit 24 hours a day. The main concept for the entire project is to make public art accessible to everyone,” said Hoshimoto. “The public art in Chicago is more customary and that is why I really enjoy the Installation Experiment because it is a less traditional way of working.” Chicago is not really known for being a city with a great public art scene, but it is emerging. However, a piece of art on a blank wall is not the only way Chicago views public art. “Chicago has extremely influential public art that surrounds us. Even things like the elevated transit system is beautiful to look at and all of the different shapes and lines found in the structure that holds up the train can be seen as art,” said Bandito, a Chicago-born artist. Unlike New York City and Los Angeles, Chicago is still a city that holds true to classical and traditional stylistics of art and over many years that can pose a problem for local artists trying to breakout. “Chicago, as a city, is not as accepting, in terms of
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FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: A piece by Bandito, “Bed of Junk Mail” by Barbara Hashimoto, and “Humming Dreams” by Nikki Renee Anderson art, as other places. Other cities have beautiful murals all over it. Murals that are done with the medium of spray paint. Spray paint is used as a medium for murals all across LA and New York metropolitan areas where as in Chicago, it’s less prevalent because spray paint itself is
illegal. So one is prohibited to create legal public art because their tool itself is outlawed,” said Bandito. The Installation Experiment goes until Oct. 30 and is located in the Chicago Arts District (1826-1843 S. Halsted St.)
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(Clockwise from top right) Cleveland Melvin dunks during the men's team's open practice. Melvin was named to the second team All-Big East preseason team, Oct. 17. - Women's head coach Doug Bruno instructs players during a drill. - Men's head coach Oliver Purnell and the men's team have treated early practices as "defensive mini-camps" to improve on last season's struggles. - Brandon Young (with ball) and Peter Ryckbosch run through drills at open practice. DePaul basketball held an open-gym practice for fans to attend at McGrath-Phillips Arena on Oct. 13. After respective 12-19 and 23-11 finishes in 2011, the men's and women's teams are looking to be even more competitive in the new-look Big East conference. Men's head coach Oliver Purnell and women's head coach Doug Bruno addressed the fans, discussing the excitement and anticipation surrounding the two squads as the 2012
"MEN'S SOCCER" continued from back page who has battled through a tough first season. “The ball came right to me with the goalie out of position. It was a perfect setup. Right place, right time,” Kozielek said. The game went into overtime, where both teams had chances but failed to capitalize. The best opportunity came from senior Antonio Aguilar, who had two chances to put the game away for the Blue Demons. He took a shot that Taylor Hafling, the Cincinnati goalkeeper, blocked, but the ball was deflected right back to Aguilar. The midfielder blasted another shot, but it was deflected away from the net by a Bearcats defender. With only a few games left in the regular season, the team was happy, even if a little dissatisfied, with the final result. “We had a lot of good looks in the two overtimes. It was a fair result, even though we’re disappointed in not getting the win,” Blazer said. “We’re disappointed. But we’re starting to connect finally as a team. It’s a little late in the season, but we’re starting at least. We just have to start ripping shots and keeping it on frame,” Kozielek said. DePaul plays University of South Florida in a Big East matchup at Wish Field Oct. 26 to close out the season.
season approaches. Both teams held autograph sessions for the fans. For the men, Montray Clemons did not participate in full scrimmages, working instead on individual drills and loosened up on the stationary bike. Clemons is coming off a season-ending knee injury suffered last season. For the women, Katherine Harry and Alexa Gallagher also sat out due to injury.
"WOMEN'S SOCCER" continued from back page inside the left post past Megan Pyrz. Crystal Thomas and Taylor Schneider were credited with assists after the ball made its way around the inside of the area. The overtime loss was a cruel one for DePaul (8-9-2, 3-6-1), who put in a stellar defensive effort – including seven shot blocks – that earned praise from head coach Erin Chastain. “We have a couple of the best backs in the league, in all honesty,” Chastain said. “Our defending is real good, but we have to take the next steps in the attacking third.” Notre Dame (12-4-2, 8-1-1) controlled large portions of the first half, putting up seven shots and forcing Pyrz into making two saves. The best chance for the Fighting Irish in the half fell to Bohaboy, but the sophomore’s effort dribbled wide of the target.
Despite being on the back foot for most of the first, DePaul should have taken the lead in the 43rd minute through Rachel Pitman and senior captain Kelly Blumberg. Natasa Radosavljevic’s corner was met by Pitman, who turned and shot at the Irish goal from close range. Elyse Hight stopped the Pitman’s effort at point-blank range, while Blumberg’s follow-up shot sailed over the crossbar. “I said at halftime that we had to fight harder, that we were too timid,” Chastain said of her halftime talk. “We made some adjustments tactically, and they responded very well.” The second half effort was better from both teams, with each side narrowly grabbing the lead in a largely back-and-forth, up-and-down display. In the 51st minute, a driven cross
by junior holding mid Rebekah Roller nearly found two Blue Demons. Both Blumberg and Radosavljevic were a half-step behind the cross, however. For Notre Dame, their best chance came in the 81st minute. Taking an ambitious strike from 30 yards out, Glory Williams’ dipping effort skimmed just over the top of crossbar. The first overtime period saw just one shot from each side as heavy legs and a steady downpour started to affect the match. In the second, only one shot was taken by either side, and that ended up being the winner from Bohaboy. “I’m proud of the effort,” Chastain said. “This is a really good Notre Dame team with special players who play in World Cups.”
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COMMENTARY
Trout vs. Cabrera. Who ya got?
By SEAN BOSWELL Contributing Writer
Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera is statistically the best hitter in the American League. The man put up numbers this past season that only players such as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig can say they’ve reached. The best hitter, however, is not necessarily the best player. Even though “Miggy” became the first Major League Baseball player to win the Triple Crown since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967, the best player statistically in the American League, and in all of baseball, is Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout. Trout is special in every kind of way on a baseball field. With “tools” that rival the greatest players to have ever played and a smile and a swagger to boot, the kid is emotional and loves to play the game. He is known for highlight reel catches, stealing bases, hitting home runs, taking an extra base, hustling on every play…the list goes on. Cabrera cannot do these things. He is a great hitter, but he is a slow runner. His defense is average at best, and he can tend to be lazy on the field. The big debate going on is whether a Triple Crown should earn Cabrera the American League MVP over Trout. There are relatively new baseball stats, known commonly as
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Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout (left) and Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera have been two of the best players in the majors this season and are leading candidates for the American League MVP Award. “sabermetrics” that show the sabermetric analysis of baseball. Cabrera has 139 RBI, to Trout’s overall value of Trout to be much “WAR is a complicated 83. But Trout is a leadoff hitter, greater than Cabrera. statistic. On offense, WAR so he has fewer opportunities A stat known as WAR (Wins measures raw production. Walks, to drive players home,” said Above Replacement) shows the singles, doubles, triples, home Gregory. approximate number of wins a runs and stolen bases are all “In WAR, a solo home run player accounts for above the assigned values based on the is worth as much as a grandleague average at his position. number of runs each outcome has slam, since a player surrounded Trout registered a WAR of 10.7, produced historically,” said Sean by good hitters might have more which was 2.5 above second Gregory of TIME Entertainment. opportunities to hit grand slams place, Robinson Cano of the “The more home runs you hit, for than a players whose teammates Yankees. Cabrera ranked sixth example, the better your score. stink at getting on base,” said on this list. WAR tries to strip out statistics Gregory. The stat of WAR was created that depend on events beyond a WAR also consummates a by the authors of Baseball player’s control. player’s range factor and abilities Prospectus, a website with a “For example, RBI don’t on defense as well as a player’s slew of columnists devoted to the figure into the formula: sure, speed and ability to steal bases.
It should be noted that in the Triple Crown categories – batting average, homeruns and runs batted in – Cabrera led Trout – (.330/44/139), Trout (.326/30/83). So Cabrera had a fairly significant lead in two categories, but keep in mind Trout was in the minor leagues until April 28, nearly a month into the season. If Trout were projected out over the amount of games Cabrera played in (162), Trout’s line would look like this: (.326/36/100). This is still not what Cabrera had, but let’s look at other categories Trout excels in that Cabrera does not. Trout had 49 stolen bases, which projects to 59 in 162 games. Trout had a leagueleading 129 runs scored, which projects to an unprecedented 155 in 162 games. That mark would have obliterated baseball’s modern era record, which started in 1969. Former Oakland Athletic, Rickey Henderson with 130, holds the mark. Think about that: Trout was one run scored shy of the modern day record and he didn’t play essentially the first month of the season. “Out of date” statistics favor Cabrera as the American League MVP, while “new school” statistics are definitely favoring Trout. The vote will be conducted after the playoffs in late October/ early November to determine who was the most valuable.
COMMENTARY
D.C. sports experiencing capital gains
By DAVID WEBBER Assistant Sports Editor
Washington, D.C. is an amazing place to grow up. The Northern Virginia area is thriving and the city is beautiful, and the feeling of community is unrivaled. Being a sports fan in Washington, D.C. is something entirely different. Nothing is thriving, nothing is beautiful and hearts are broken in new and unique ways season after season. But things are changing, and they are changing in big and exciting ways. It was one year ago that I stepped into a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Lincoln Park to watch the Washington Redskins take on the Philadelphia Eagles in a mid-season matchup. The game’s proceedings were a microcosm of what it means to be a D.C. sports fan: the Redskins lost 20-13, a game they should have won handily. They lost because a certain Rex Grossman tossed four egregious interceptions and handed the game to Philadelphia. That was not a fun day for me because the Bears fans in the restaurant were completely aware of what was going on and mocked me for
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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is leading the resurgence of sports in the nation's capital. being from D.C. It was only made worse by the fact that Grossman played for the Chicago Bears and is generally thought to be the reason the team failed to win the Super Bowl in the 2006 season. My, how things have changed. D.C. sports are making a comeback, and it would behoove sports fans across the country to pay attention. The quartet of the Redskins, Capitals, Wizards and Nationals has been one of the
least productive groups of teams in North American sports for over two decades, but that perception is rapidly shifting. The Redskins are rising again. The Capitals are perennial playoff contenders in the NHL. The Wizards, while struggling, have the pieces in place to make a run at the NBA playoffs. And the Nationals just came off of the best regular season in team history, posting the best record in
major league baseball. The impetus behind this sudden change in fortune is the star power across the board. This starts, of course, with the arrival of Robert Griffin III, the multitalented quarterback from Baylor University who has set the NFL ablaze and has already led the Redskins to three wins in 2012. But the stars don’t end with “RG3.” Alex Ovechkin has held
D.C. in the palm of his hands for the last six years, turning the Capitals into one of the most formidable and consistent franchises in all of hockey. The Wizards are chock full of young talent, starting with third-year point guard John Wall, who is maturing into a bona-fide NBA superstar. And the Nationals, despite their agonizing five-game loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Divisional Series this year, have as much star power as any team in any sport, period. Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg head the list of young talent that has transformed D.C. into a baseball town. It’s an exciting time to be a D.C. sports fan. Misery has followed sports in our nation’s capital for decades, and the clouds appear to be clearing. Exciting young players are making an impact and the fans are coming out in full support of their teams. As someone who now lives in Chicago, I can honestly say that I’m jealous of the recent success of teams like the Blackhawks, Bulls and Bears (sorry, Cubs fans). Now that D.C. is on the rise, I can wear my gear with pride and parade around the streets of Chicago flaunting the best colors in sports.
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Baumgartner jumps into record books By ADAM SADUR Contributing Writer
In 2005, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner and Red Bull began the process of planning a record-setting jump from 120,000 feet. On Oct. 14, their dream was realized. In a historic leap from over 24 miles above the Earth’s surface, Baumgartner jumped from a stratospheric balloon, broke the sound barrier and managed to safely land on his feet in the New Mexico desert. He would hit Mach 1.24, or 833.9 mph, passing the speed of sound, which is about 761 mph. Dubbed the Red Bull Stratos project, Red Bull and Baumgartner’s mission was to “attempt to transcend human limits that have existed for 50 years.” The Stratos project was successful, the mission becoming the first time a person has reached supersonic speed without being in a spacecraft or jet. Baumgartner stood at the edge of his pod in his pressurized spacesuit, gave the thumbs up and jumped. For the first 30 seconds or so, he would spin out of control as he struggled to stabilize himself, trying various techniques, at first to no avail. “In that situation, when you spin around, it’s like hell and you don’t know if you can get out of the spin or not,” Baumgartner said afterward. “Of course it was terrifying. I was fighting all the way down because I knew that there must be a moment where I can handle it.” Anxious viewers would watch him stabilize and complete a successful jump, however. Baumgartner began skydiving at the age of 16 and is considered a veteran skydiver, having jumped more than 2,500 times in his career. In 1988 he started working with Red Bull doing skydiving exhibitions, who liked his daredevil mentality and spirit. At the age of 43, he was able to break an important record with the help of his long collaboration with Red Bull. Now that the jump is over, Baumgartner plans to settle down with his girlfriend and fly helicopter missions for mountain rescue and firefighting missions. More than eight million people watched the jump on YouTube, while all the major news networks covered live broadcasts of the jump Sunday morning.
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In this image provided by Red Bull Stratos, pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria jumps out of his capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos. Baumgartner's death-defying jump from a balloon 24 miles above Earth yielded important information about the punishing effects of extreme speed and altitude on the human body - insights that could inform the development of improved spacesuits, new training procedures and emergency medical treatment. America, and the world, was able to watch the death-defying jump live from multiple angles, thanks to years and years of preparation and hard work. Jordan Johnson, president of the DePaul skydiving club, was especially appreciative of everything that went into making the mission successful. “Most people don’t know he spent five years training for that jump. So everything he did in that situation he had practiced hundreds of times in preparation for that jump,” said Johnson. “He dedicated five years of his life to set that record, which is the definition of dedication. “He is an inspiration to the sport of skydiving and hopefully will cause a great new interest in skydiving,” said Johnson. “Seeing all the coverage was amazing and it makes me look forward to how others will push the limit in the future.” The Stratos project assembled a team of the world’s leading scientists, as well as top engineers, experts in aerospace medicine, and experts to design the pressurized suit, capsule, balloon and parachute. Everything designed for the jump used innovative science and
technology to assure that it would go off without a hitch and that Baumgartner would be as safe as possible. The Stratos team included Joseph Kittinger, retired United States Air Force colonel who previously held the record that Baumgartner broke. Kittinger successfully jumped from 102,800 feet in 1960 and was a key part of the mission, his voice in Baumgartner’s ear from start to finish of the jump. Coverage of the event showed the Stratos team assembled in a large control room as they monitored the jump. The room looked very similar to a high-tech NASA control room that you would see for any space mission. Many were impressed by the jump, but expressed doubt in Red Bull’s motivation for funding the project. “The jump was very significant, but also product placement has now been moved into space,” said DePaul graduate Garrick Schmitt, a former research assistant and lab manager for Dr. John Burke. Freelance space writer Amy Shira Teitel said, “At the end of the day, it was just an elaborate publicity stunt that
will likely see Red Bull sales skyrocket this month.” Teitel said the mission was called a jump from space, and that it would enable us to learn if astronauts could jump from the International Space Station in an emergency, but these are misconceptions. The jump was conducted in Earth’s atmosphere, not space. Space is considered to be around 62 miles from the Earth’s surface, while the jump was conducted at 24 miles above the Earth. Also, the International Space Station orbits 200 miles above the Earth. While Red Bull’s motivation in advancing space technology is up to the individual to decide, most consider the jump to be a huge feat and, at the very least, largely entertaining. A former biology major and lab assistant at Loyola University, Erin Prak recently graduated from Middlebury College. Prak thought the jump was simple incredible. “It was a great testament to the potential for humans to achieve amazing feats with help and innovation in science and technology,” said Prak. “It just goes to show you that there are still frontiers to cross.”
"LOCKOUT" continued from back page playing backyard hockey this winter break with his friends. Even with other alternatives, hockey fans still are hoping for a solution to get the NHL back. Hope came over the NHLPA’s counterproposal to the NHL’s 50/50 hockey related revenue split, and after finally thinking the two sides could agree with one of the fairest ratios of the talks so far, both sides came out empty-handed again to the dismay of NHL fans. After Bettman was quoted saying that the meeting was a “step backward,” Twitter exploded with fans voicing their anger at the NHL and NHLPA accounts, with most referring to how both sides were being unreasonable. “Obviously I am disappointed that the 50/50 split didn’t work out,” Paul said. “There has to be some decision soon for there to be a possibility for a full season and after today,
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Donald Fehr, center, executive director of the NHL players' association, talks to reporters after collective bargaining talks between the NHLPA and the NHL in Toronto, Oct. 18. it doesn’t look that that is going to be the case.”
So while the players and owners continue their fight,
the famously passionate NHL fanbase continues to build
up hope with every talk, and then continues to suffer after every talk. The discussions will eat up time until the dreaded cancellation of the extremely lucrative Winter Classic on New Year's Day. Since it is such a money-maker for the NHL, a cancellation would mean very little money if there would be a season afterwards. Yet as the NHL Zambonis continue to gather dust, the boards remain unmade and speakers that would be blasting Chelsea Dagger remain silent. Fans like Paul and Laufer won’t let dust gather on their jerseys or their hope for the return of their favorite league. “I’m going to be optimistic about it,” said Paul. “The other lockout should drive them to want to get a season. I’m not saying there is no chance for a season, but I’ll keep hope until there’s no chance left.”
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Making it rain
NHL searching for key to end lockout
Blue Demons draw Bearcats 3-3 in dreary, rain-soaked affair
By JAKE PAYNE Staff Writer
By DAVID WEBBER Assistant Sports Editor The men’s soccer game against the Cincinnati Bearcats Oct. 17 had all the makings of a dull match. It pitted two offensively challenged teams against one another on a windy, overcast afternoon with a steady drizzle from start to finish. So of course, it was only natural that the two Big East rivals battled to a wild 3-3 draw. In a game that can only be described as “crazy,” the two struggling squads played their hearts out in a thoroughly entertaining match. Head coach Craig Blazer was impressed with his team’s effort. “We really competed. We came out, we played hard, and we were able to execute offensively. It was easily the best offensive performance we’ve had,” he said. The start of the game was as fun as it was unexpected. By the end of the first half, Cincinnati (5-7-4, 2-2-2 Big East) held a 3-2 lead and both teams had combined for 13 shots. Incredibly, DePaul (3-9-3, 0-5-1 Big East) had only nine goals the entire season before this matchup, and Cincinnati had only eight. In fact, the Bearcats were so bad on offense prior to this game that they hadn’t scored more than one goal in any match all season. It didn’t seem to matter on this
possession in DePaul's final home Dame Friday. of scoreless soccer. Taking her shot low, Bohaboy tucked the ball just
The United Center, for once, was silent Oct. 13. For what was supposed to be Chicago Blackhawks’ home opener, the stadium floor had no ice, no boards and most hauntingly of all, no Blackhawks hockey. The first several weeks of the NHL season were canceled due to a lockout that was predicted to happen since last year as the collective bargaining agreement expired. The NHL is currently locked out through Nov. 1. While the league and the NHL Players Association quarrel over key issues like the inclusion of salary arbitration, revenue sharing amongst teams and revenue sharing between owners and players, NHL arenas and fans remain in the dark and without hockey…again. This is the third lockout the NHL has had to endure under Gary Bettman, the commissioner of the league, and it seems the third time is the most infuriating, especially when fans haven’t been able to properly voice their opinion about the lockout to the league. Bleacher Report writer and Colorado Avalanche fan Jeremy Laufer is one of those hockey fans who has had enough. “I’m really disappointed in the NHL,” said Laufer. “I thought the lockout a couple of years ago was an anomaly, but it seems to really be becoming normality in the league.” Where the second lockout was about salary caps, this lockout’s prime issue has been the split of hockeyrelated revenue. What was agreed on in the last lockout was that players would receive 57 percent of the revenue, but after last season’s record-breaking revenue gain of around $3 billion, the owners want more than just 43 percent of the share. Their proposal to reverse the numbers where they would receive 57 percent, which was eventually pushed down to 53 percent, gave off the impression of being villains to the fans. “I get [the owners] think the players are getting too much money, as with all sports, but so are the owners,” said Mike McNicholas, a DePaul sophomore and Blackhawks fan. “The players at least deserve it, since they are the ones with the skills and talent to entertain us, and they’re the ones putting themselves at risk of injury.” Yet a good amount of the players won’t go unpaid if the entire season gets canceled. Marquee players such as Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin have left to go play in European leagues such as the Kontenintal Hockey League in Russia. The move is good for players looking for experience and extra money, but it can be bad. DePaul sophomore and Blackhawks fan Alexandra Paul thinks that it’s “bad they are knocking other people out of their jobs” who have been in their leagues before the NHL players have. It is also pretty risky to go play in another professional league because of the situation Rick Nash put himself in. The New York Rangers center suffered a supposed bone bruise to his shoulder, which is what every NHL player wants to avoid since they are not on their NHL team’s insurance. If the players get hurt, they either had to have negotiated their insurance with their European team or pay for their own insurance. “I’m ambivalent about players traveling to Europe to play. On one hand, I think it’s good that they [hopefully] won’t be rusty and out-of-shape when the NHL season does eventually start up again,” said Laufer. “On the other hand, I’d be frustrated if one of the Avs’ star players got hurt.” While players cope with the lockout by moving to other leagues, hockey fans can do the same by watching the KHL, which has games on ESPN3. McNicholas keeps busy looking toward the prospect of
See WOMEN'S SOCCER, page 25
See LOCKOUT, page 27
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Antonio Aguilar's penalty shot in the 20th minute tied the match at 2-2. day, though, as the goals were fast and plentiful. DePaul scored first on a header by junior Brian Schultz just over two minutes into the game. Cincinnati countered with two goals in a span of 50 seconds. DePaul would tie it up, but the Bearcats scored again
to take a 3-2 halftime lead. In the second half, freshman Michael Kozielek scored his first career goal in the 62nd minute to tie the game. It was a thrill for Kozielek, See MEN'S SOCCER, page 25
Blue Demons qualify for postseason
DePaul earns tourney berth despite 1-0 OT loss to Fighting Irish By JEREMY MIKULA Senior Writer Lauren Bohaboy’s goal in the 106th minute of golden goal overtime gave visiting Notre Dame a 1-0 win at Wish Field Friday afternoon – but Connecticut and Syracuse wins ensured the women’s soccer a place in the Big East tournament. Needing a Syracuse win over St. John’s and a UConn win over Providence, the Blue Demons got both, enabling the women’s soccer team to qualify for the Big East tournament as the No. 10 seed after missing the postseason last year. Syracuse put up a 3-0 scoreline over the Red Storm, while Providence took the Huskies to double overtime. A UConn-Providence draw would have eliminated the Blue Demons, but Linda Ruutu’s late goal in the 110th minute gave UConn the win – and DePaul a postseason berth. DePaul was in control of its own
Senior Kelly Blumberg battles for match of the season against Notre destiny on Friday, but Bohaboy’s goal – her fifth of the season – put that into doubt. Her goal came in the second period of overtime after 100 minutes
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